Hey guys, what’s crackalacking over there, we good over here so no
worries. As the EU and UK cant seem to make middle ground on the looming Brexit
I sure hope our loved ones and the common folks on both sides don’t get the short
end of the bargain cuz that’s usually happens when two elephants wrestle, the
ground they say bears the brunt of it.
On the other side of the Atlantic, besides yet another shooting,
someone in thinks the best way to dig Kavanaugh out of this mess is by
questioning the credibility of the accuser of …..i just dey laff, #Meetoo go
soon join make Mr President dey play with November. Anyway, thank God for sports….especially footy,
the one panacea the world can always turn to in this divisive times.
To things Arsenal then, the
gunners kicked off their Europa league campaign with as expected, a 4-2 win
over Ukrainian club Vorskla. That makes it 4 straight wins in all competitions for
the gunners and while some may argue these past oppositions might be only B- at
best, a win in any competitive game is always welcome as that’s what’s expected
by the fans. The confidence boost it gives the morale of the team and momentum
it builds are added bonuses which can’t be underestimated. I am also glad Auba
repaid the faith in him the manager to start him ahead of Lacazette, ditto
Welbeck. Özil displaying a rare poacher’s instinct is another good one We
needed to rotate, we did, and the squad players did the job, end of story. Now
having said all these we can’t look at the positives alone and forget some hairy
talking points. We can’t seem to buy a clean sheet to save our Arsenal lives even
if its offered free of charge, I mean how hard can it bee to stay switched on
for 90+ minutes? Its so annoying, it just beats me like habaaaa common guys!! Does
it mean the gunners cant win the good old fashioned 1 nil to the Arsenal way?
Okay enuff rant there, on to the premiere league action this Sunday,
the gunners entertain the toffees from the blue side of Mersey and I expect a
much tougher game. I hope I am wrong though. Everton have shown flashes of
brilliance this season, but some abysmal defending has let them down in games they
probably should have taken all three points, I don’t know, just thinking. Marco
Silva has a pleasant memory of winning at the emirates before, the boiz should
remember this and make him realise that is well and truly past. His work at
Hull city and Watford were quite commendable even if he ended up leaving both
clubs under a cloud f less than ideal circumstances. I have a positive feeling
he might have found a good place to build something in Everton. That sounds lie
wishful thinking but that’s my honest opinion.
Anyway, to Arsenal, while winning
two consecutive games away from home is a welcome change this season, it should
be matched by an impregnable home form at the emirates. I talked about keeping
the momentum going earlier. This would
boost our quest for a top four finish hopefully. To achieve this, we need to
defend better first and foremost, keeping it tight at the back with cautiously
timed bombing forward from our wing backs (gat ma scopes on U Hector). The center of the field needs to be crisp in their passing, if the Emery insists on
playing Xhaka, I would prefer him beside Torreira or further forward with Guendouzi and
Torreira behind him. That means sacrificing one of Özil, Auba or Ramsey. Auba
and Özil played in midweek the coach might be thinking, also Ramsey has racked
up quite a number of goals against Everton. Call me superstitious but these
little things have a way of impacting events on the field big time. I am glad Emery
is wary of a potentially dangerous Everton smarting from their loss to West ham
last week seemingly down and out with so many injuries/suspensions he isn’t getting
carried away as to it being an easy picking for us.
“They didn’t win that important match [against West Ham] but maybe
this is why they can be more dangerous to us because they come here and need to
show their supporters that they are better than the last match. They lost
against West Ham and they want to show us, to show their supporters, that they
can win here.”
The onus is on the gunners
to play with hunger and fiery passion like they wanna win a trophy or something,
winning the 50/50s, aggressively attacking the high balls into the box and
pressing them into mistakes from the front while we take most of our chances
created. If we do these successfully we should have what it takes to beat the Toffees
come Sunday. Our goal difference (GD) column could also do with some incremental
boost in numbers too. My predicted line up will look something like that below
(culled from Arsenal Page on the UK Guardian)
Can we get the win with a clean sheet on board too? I guess another
90+ minutes will tell. So that’s it from us over here, remember to hit the
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