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| Image Credits: Arsenal.com |
Ho ho
ho, it’s the last game of whats been a rollercoaster season from a Chelsea fans
perspective, Conte really showed the others (gat ma eyez on U Arsene) who is
BOSS. For us gunners, well its being a disappointment let’s call a spade a
hecking spade, no offence to Wenger apologists. Speaking of Apologists, we at
anaijagunner do apologies for going AWOL on our readers. We welcomed the
arrival of a “goonerette” yeah our founder just had a baby girl. So as you may
have guessed right as every other thing including writing about Arsenal had to
take a back seat, trust me when I say, it has been another learning curve of
responsibility….hats off to our mothers and wives who make responsible child
caring look easy. I am still trying to make up for lost sleep. And that’s
saying a lot for someone who people sometimes call an insomniac.
Anyway
it’s the final weekend of the EPL season as we all know. One which has had it
all, highs lows and everything else in between…right? Ok, maybe more lows than
highs and then everything else in between, from an Arsenal fans perspective. For
the first time Wenger’s holy grail of a champion’s league qualification and
finishing above the Spuds down the road at seven sisters is looking like
history (the latter definitely is). Yeah there is a slightly off chance we may
finish fourth, but let’s keep our feet on the ground as this is absolutely out
of Arsene’s or Arsenals hands. I fear this time the team has left it just a
little too late. Last season should have thought us a lesson, but we failed to
heed the warning signs after falling abjectly short last season. Arsenal barely
improved, other teams around us did, sure we have improved on the points total at
this time last season by a whooping 1point, and we may even increase the tally
by another 3 points if (BIG BIG IF ooo) the gunners beat Everton in the
universal 3pm kick off for all games on Sunday.
Should they s do that and somehow find a way to qualify for the
champion’s league and then also win the FA cup on the 27th, it will
be one of the greatest of “great escapes” for Arsene Wenger and that’s the best
he can hope for from what’s turned out into a season of “ifs, what and maybes”!
To the game proper, there is nothing much to
analyses except well, Everton would of course want the gunners to get that Champions
league spot over their Merseyside rivals in Liverpool, but like Klopp said when
asked “it’s in our hands to get the job done, and if we do it we deserve to be
in the champion’s league, if we don’t then we don’t deserve to be in the
champions league”. Quite a frank manager there if I may say, Arsene on the
other hand says things like “ Winning trophies don make you better” JEEEZ I
hope that was a slip please Arsene. That’s the reason why our team is stuck in
status quo, while the speed train is beginning to leave us behind. Arsenal need
a convergence of coincidences to qualify for Europe’s premier club tourney. For
me that doesn’t look like happening besides what’s the point of qualifying to
the champions league if you end up bowing out at the round of 16? Pointless if
you ask me shaa ooo, but it would still be nice for sentiments sake to qualify,
even though everyone including my dog (which is non existent by the way) knows
the gunners don’t deserve the slot on the basis of this season’s poor showing
by the whole team. You may have noticed I didn’t mention Man City, that’s
because I believe their train has left the building. Yes, this is football
where anything could happen, but come on guys….do you see City losing to
Watford looking at the current form of both teams? GOD knows that I don’t, so i ain't even going to bother myself with their game, Liverpool on the other
hand……….well, you can fill in the blanks.
The
gunners definitely have a job on their hands with so much at stake, there is
the subliminal issue of who gets the golden boot, with harry Kane pulling
3goals clear of the chasing pack in Romelo Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez. This
definitely puts a real twist to the last game of the season. Lukaku would like
to win it, Alexis I am very sure is hungry for it while Hurricane ....sorry Harry Kane must be having
a good laugh wherever he is cuz he still has a chance to add more goals in
Spurs own last game against Hull. We haven’t added the issue of Wenger’s
future, will he be staying or going, who knows? For the first time in a long
long while Arsene’s future seems to be hanging in the balance with rumblings in
the background about a power struggle between Ivan Gazidis and the coach, not forgetting
the failed bid of $1.7B by Usmanov to buy out KSA. There is an AGM coming up
and the Club says his future will be decided after the FA cup final on the 27th. I am sure we all know where this is headed
but l I guess this is what makes the EPL most exciting as a league, all the twists,
scenarios and drama. Let’s hope the fans get their due for backing to
this TEAM. My predicted line up here
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| Image Credits: The Uk Guardian Online |
Subs:
Ospina, Giroud, Gabriel, Walcott, Coq, El Neny, Gibbs, Jeff
Once
again, while not a Chelsea fan we celebrate football, so Congrats to the Blues
of Stamford bridge again, much respect to Conte for the turn around the 3-0
trouncing at the Emirates, now all coaches are playing back three including
Wenger. That for me was one of the few highlights of my 2016/17 Arsenal season. On that note, its Adios Amigos……do enjoy the last sip, Ciaaooo
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