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And the winner iszzz,….Olivieerrr "HFB" Giroud, the scorpion King. Applause. Thank you, Mercie, Gracias, Obrigado. Whatever
language you speak, it was a night of sports meeting entertainment with glitz n
glam from the red carpet to the Opera styled ball room hall. In case you are
still wondering, I am talking about the FIFA awards held yester night in the
city of London but before we get into it all, let’s roll back and do a recap of
the past 3 weeks in Arsenal sphere.
First we must apologize for our
absence of in terms of bringing you our usual posts, we have been hit by some unfavorable
issues which prevented that, apologies again. Now, a whole lot has happened since
our last post just before the international break besides Trump whipping up a
storm here and there from the White House to Pueto Rico and back with the NFL
taking a knee stance and everything in between.
Nigeria did qualify the 2018 world cup in Russia, Yaaayy dancing alantaaa..... but you
already knew that right? This time however, it was without any nail biting
mathematical permutations, which in itself is cool for a change. Big Ups to
Iwobi for that goal. Arsenal got back to imploding when they had a chance to
turn the screw and make up ground. Chelsea had surprisingly lost to Crystal
Palace, Man United had drawn at Liverpool and of course Man City had not for
the first time put a team to sword, eviscerating
Stoke city 7-1…..Jeeeeeze (Popping eyez), that team!! We lost to Watford after
taking the lead and wasting a number of chances, Watford under Marco Silva is looking
a different team this season, they beat us, pushed Chelsea and I can say for a
fact they will take more points off the BIG boys this season, let’s see how it
all pans out. The gunner rectified their
form with a slim 0-1 nil win away at Belgrade, with another beauty of a goal
from Giroud again. Moving on Wenger got a wonderful 68th Birthday
gift by a virtuoso display from the players in Arsenal’s 2-5 win away at
Everton, unfortunately it was the final nail in the coffin that led to the sack
of Maurice Koeman as Everton Manager. The good news didn’t stop there, another
one for the gunners as Giroud got the Puskas Award for the best Goal of the
2017-17 league season at “ The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017”. The funny thing
is that same goal ddnt win goal of the month or season in the league, wonder
what they smoke in the EPL cuz the Carrol goal which is fantastic in its right,
didn’t even make the final cut of nominations for the Puskas Award. Our much
maligned Giroud scores some great goals, it’s the easy sitter he seems to miss
but that’s talk for another day shaa. Anyway the other winners on the night was
CR7 for best Male footballer, no surprises there and his coach at Madrid Zizu
for Best Coach, Lieke Martens got the nod for Best Female Player award while Sabrina
Weigman was Best Female Coach. WORD to Idris Elba for making the night an
entertaining one for London’s finest.
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So much for the the red carpets and other paparazzi recaps, let’s get back to the now. Moving on from the win a Goodison
park Arsenal face Norwich city in tonight’s Carabao Cup action at the Emirates.
Its been a while since we have seen the Canaries in top tier Arenas since their
relegation from the EPl seasons back, so I am sure they are gonna relish the
opportunity to impress. On the other hand, we also know the Canaries haven’t won
any game against the gunners in their last eight attempts, it won’t be good to
start now. Arsenal too have their own need to build momentum and consistency, it’s
perfectly set up for both teams init? That being said we all know is easier
said than done, with Arsenal one never really knows what to expect even though
we are in some sort of fine spell of form right now. That is of course if you
decide to ignore the blip at Vicarage road last week. feelers from Colney is,
Arsene seems to be taking this competition a notch more seriously than he used
to based on recent comments which is good. He says:
“I always used [the League Cup] to give a chance to young boys,” he
added. “We went to the final with a very young team and nearly won it.
“I always focus on winning trophies in the Premier League and FA Cup
domestically, and always used the League Cup as an education for our young
players.
“But with this team I have the squad to go further, so let’s see. Let’s
focus on winning the match against Norwich and then we’ll see where we will
go.”
He intends to use a mix of experience and youth, hopefully
they can get the job done tonight and move to the next round. Team sheet will
likely have Walcott Wilshere Mertesacker Holding Niles Wilock Jeff and maybe Akpom. Sprinkled with a star
dust of Ramsey, Alexis and Kolasinac….hey
who knows? Anyway it’s a game we can and should be winning with all due respect
to Norwich but we all now how cup games can go especially when a Big team doesn’t
show the right attitude on the footballing pitch. Let’s hope the gunners get
this message and apply themselves to win. That’s it from us, congrats once
again to all those nominated and the eventual winners at the FIFA Awards, do enjoy
the game wherever you may be…….Ciaooo
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