The blogosphere for gunners is one with a wide gaping hole,
none representing the pulse of the teeming supporters here in motherland 9ja. I
get it, we are in far flung Africa right [the continent most misconstrued as a
country] do we even have electricity talk less of knowing what a box called a
TV might be? …..
Anyway let’s talk about what this
blog is gonna be focused on, that is ……things Arsenal from a Nigerian supporters
perspective, I must warn you though, it won’t be perfect no it won’t!! It would
be no less passionate within objective reasonable means than what you get from
other places of civilization because it would be sincerely from the heart
however divergent or convergent you might find the opinion here, football first
let’s all remember that.
Supporting Arsenal football club or
Arsenal FC can be such a paradox at times, both exciting and frustrating all at
the same time, trust me. This season I chose to wait until our first win before
I launch into this blogging about Arsenal thing [the ink flows better writing in
a happy mood]. The truth if we choose to face it is that, our preparations
prior to this 2016/17 season’s kickoff has been avoidably less inspiring and
that’s putting it lightly, yes Arsenal won a couple of preseason friendlies
against lowly opposition scattered across the globe add the fact that we just
beat man city coached by master Pep himself, the young lads [Chuba Akpom
especially] did put in a good showing for maybe another loan spell…….still we all
knew deep down what Arsenal and the board seem to inexplicably brush aside
like we all are JJCs. The team had holes and still has holes that need
immediate plugging. For about 3 seasons now we have been banging on about
needing a “top-top qualiteee striker” (Arsene’s voice) and we had faffed about
chasing Luis Suarez, Higuain, Benzema, Draxler, Griezman, Lacazette and ……Vardy
but when it came down to showing the money like Juve / other teams did for Higs
and the rest, we stuffed our hands in our cash loaded pockets, pouted our
mouths and walked away, like we typically do. Now here we are, three matches
into the season, Arsenal have 1 win 1 draw 1 loss and are 5points behind leaders from manchester and chelsea…..let
that sink in!!
The league is a marathon as we all
know so maybe we don’t have much to worry about for the gunners as there’s
still lot of points to play for over the course of the season. The fear is
Arsenal football club have left a lot more to be done for the team to properly
compete against the perceived big boiz in the Premier league and Europe. Some may
think we are being glass half empty here but far from it, the need for
objectivity requires one to look at the numbers to see the big picture, 10
points off the champions Leicester and another round of 16 exit in the UEFA champions’
league reeks of stagnation not stability. Okay we got our first win at Watford plus the purchase of Mustafi and
Perez, with loan moves for Joel Cambell, Calum Chambers and likely Jack Wilshire
should stand the players/team in good stead but I believe we still might be a
bit short on that very “next level” quality up front. I would love to stay away from the deadline hysteria cuz as much as it can be exciting from a neutrals perspective, it is hard to see Arsene Wenger dashing into the market for a marque splash ...even if the late dominos start falling in Madrid. In all i believe we are done, now would these players be able to cut it for the whole season by finally maing that stepUP??? Only time will tell, not that i advice you to hold a breath on that .......naaaaah, i wont! Ciaooo
