Hey hey hey mi amigos, we are back like Tiger Woods on Augusta’s
course with a bang. Yes sir ! The 2019/20 EPL season is here and your beloved
anaijagunner team is here to serve you like its hot. You know, I like the fact
that the summer transfer window is closed in England, yes sir I do. Allows us
to focus on the business at hand, Harry Kane agrees (he is scoring in August
you see). Anyway, by Arsenal standards, we did have a good if not great transfer
window, in my own opinion. We had to do an Arsenal by doing Luiz and selling
Iwobi on deadline day(rolling eyes), oh well I guess you can't have it all, can
you? It was still a good window for us, I repeat, good not great. The back
still needs shoring up, while the jury is still out on Ceballos Martinelli and Pepe. I hope
and pray they come good.
The team decided to hold up any posts until after the first game, because
I was scared, don’t ask why. There’s no denying it so I humbly admit. You see,
the gunners have only won one opening game in their last 4, losing the other 3
now add the fact that we have been on a wretched away form for two seasons in a
row. Such stats don’t exactly fill a fan with confidence going into the new
season even with the relatively good transfer window.
ManU did give Chelsea the blues with a 4-0 thumping at old Trafford
while Liverpool & City picked up where they left off last season. Yeah yeah,
those are nice ways to get out of the blocks, still, I would take 3 points and a
clean sheet from an away game while I equal last seasons tall for an away win
with a clean sheet….Just one. You see, the gunners are on course to improve
their away record this season.
This Saturday, Arsenal welcome Burnley in an Early kickoff game. The
Clarets would be hoping to make it 2wins in 2, buoyed by their opening day win
over Southampton. The Arsenal, on the other hand, was far from stellar in the
narrow win at saint James’s park. It makes for quite an interesting matchup. Knowing
that the gunners have had more joy over Burnley in recent times, Sean Dyche’s lads
may approach the game a little more conservatively in order to avoid a hiding. I
am just #saying, who knows if I am wrong. I just hope Arsenal gets all 3 points
with another clean sheet, that will boost the team’s morale while also stacking
the wins enroute our clash against Liverpool in a few weeks. I won’t do an in-depth
breakdown of the threat Burnley poses, especially aerially. Barnes seems to be
in fine form with the supporting cast of Barnes, Woods, and Gudmundson for the Clarets.
The gunners carry a threat or two in Aubamayang who seems to love banging them
in against Burnley, dude has scored a brace in the last 3 matches against them,
more of that please if you ask me. His supporting cast of Lacazette (who is fit
to start), Willock and Neilson should be good enough firepower to blitz through
whatever the Clarets have in defence. Let hope I am right, touch wood. I also
expect some of the new boiz to start from the bench save for David Luiz. My
starting team sheet should look something like this:
The bench looks strong especially as the gunners had a relatively
good transfer window, besides dropping a huge clanger in allowing Ramsey go for nothing
but, it is what it is, let's hope the team can kick on to bigger things. Notice I
didn’t mention Koscielny, oh I just did, that says a lot. Good riddance!
On a final note, Lukaku got Inter instead of Juve, Dybala didn’t go
nowhere. Which Striker did ManU buy? I still wonder how Arsenals plans
to do it with that defence. Has Tottenham really strengthened enough to get
over the line with Ndombele and Sessegnon? Chelsea Chelsea….hnmmm, can't see
Lamps getting thru the Season with the status quo he has. City's EPL crown to lose or Liverpool's to win?? Oooh, I guess the soon to unfold drama in time will
tell. So go get your jerseys, Strap ya boots, as I welcome y"all to EPL
2019/20 season
