Perspective is a funny thing depending on whose view it is, it’s
a 6 ….no it’s a 9. Super Monday or Red Monday turned out to be nothing more
than a notch interesting above a borefest. There was that dipping Coutinho shot
which only God knows how De Gea kept out, spectacular doesn’t describe it
enough and then the other palmed away shot from Emery Can, add Zlatan's miss
from a teasing cross by Pogba and there you have it, all the highlights from
the match summed up in those moments. Pretty much dozed off through the duration,
funny thing is Jose Mourinho’s Man United is 2 points worse of 14points
than Van Gaals Man United after the same number of matches…….now that’s
interesting init.
On to Arsenal now (I keep saying this aint a man U blog).
3points in the bag.....Check
6th win in a row....Check
Ozil to score....Check
Keep the momentum....Check
Self-destruct button press....Check
Do it the hardway...... Check no go back double
CHECK!!
That’s where the check stops. We made an Omelette alright but my
oh my did we almost make a harsh of it with number of eggs we had to break.
What should have been a lot easier win turned out to be heading towards lucky
escape. I wouldn’t sound like a glass half empty guy as we were in cruise mode
for most parts of the game but why is Swansea at the Emirates such a
difficult fixture to navigate? Some argue that they are our new bogey Team,
like Bolton Wanderers under Sam Allardyce back then. Anyway 3 points is 3
points but I fear the Team needs to maintain proper 101% focus like we did
against Chelsea. Let’s move away from negativity and spot the positives. Walcott,
who missed two chances for his hat trick seems to be having a purple patch
right now. This can only be good for the team considering we have been without
Wellbz and the mysteriously injured Olivier Giroud in strike force while Perez
has been in the store room we hid Park Ki Sung back then. I just wonder why Wenger
will spend 17 Million pounds on a player and choose to keep him in a cold room,
especially one who has shown he can mix it in with those up there. Alexis
Sanchez on the other hand seems to have taken up the role of Mr Assist you as
he leads our assist charts currently while Mesut Ozil has gone AWOL in that regard.
One could refer to perspective and say it’s a good thing, the squad is better
since we have been able to cope without these players thus far.…. but squad
rotation is essential to players form and freshness. It also staves off
complacency when you know there is competition for your spot. I would not a
little bit more before these players start losing form while those NOT playing
keep getting rusty. Which brings me to Granit Xhaka’s red card. To say the least it
was dumb stupid red card to concede, making the game a real tough one for us. I
would rather not say more, I just hope he learns from it. Wenger called it a “Dark Yellow” whatever that means but
I beg to differ, Red Card no questions asked. If we had lost the game maybe he would have
been more critical of him, who knows.
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| Arsene Wenger speaking prior to Arsenal's Champions League tie against Ludogorets |
Unto Europe's Premier Competition, tonight we entertain Ludogorets Razgrad in the first of the Champions
League double header at the Emirates. Frankly speaking I can’t say I know much
about the Bulgarian side. Maybe a few clips here n there since their entrance into this competition this year.
They had a chance against PSG at 2-1 down when they got that penalty but Moti
missed from the spot and PSG went on to kill the game. They have a few tricky players and one to note is their number 10, the brazilian called Marcelinho who is at the center of their creative nous. In a nutshell I hope the
boiz remain focused and secure all 3 Points. If we are harboring any hopes of
topping the group then we can’t afford to draw the game let’s not even imagine
a loss, no disrespect to Ludogorets. Mustafi knows and he said that much
earlier on.
“I don’t know a lot
about them, but if a team plays in the champions League then they have quality,
we have to understand that and be prepared for a game which is going to be
really intense. It’s a home game so we obviously want to take the game into our
oen hands and keep up the good run that we’ve had over the last few games”
I do hope they all keyed in like that. Lets see that focus on
the pitch by picking another 3 points. My predicted Line up will be as seen below but a
bit of rotation will be good though….lets see.
Subs: Cech, Gabriel, Gibbs, Perez, Giroud, Xhaka (No red), Oxlade, Elneny.
That should prove too much for Ludogorets.....i hope. Get the goals earlier so we can give game time to the likes of Perez and Elneny if thy cant get a start. Thats it from me, sorry for another late post, do enjoy the game wherever you are......ciao
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