GUNNER IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON

In the world of football everyone are immersed in the transfer period, just like any other year? Hell yes, every transfer window is like the most exciting period of the football season. Fans find who‘s the rat and who is the faithful. This year we have been unfortunate to have Perez take over Real Madrid again and spoil the balance between the clubs. The “galacticos” concept is something that disgusts and disgraces the beautiful game. Football is all about team work and a bit of individual skills. Just by spending a lot of money it will not return trophies for a team. It is going to be an interesting season where I am hoping to see the Barcelona and Atletico Madrid can prove them wrong.

That being one part of the transfer saga; the other one is the same old story we have seen for so many years, Arsene Wenger! The manager maestro is just doing the same thing year after year. He is creating players and selling them off for a huge price. I have faith in the manger like all the gunners, but to see Kolo Toure and Adebayor go in the same season…and not to forget the utility man Eboue is also in queue to sign for Fiorentina. As per the news that’s floating around, we may end up with Chamak as a replacement for Adebayor and Viera for Eboue. We already have Vermaleon for Toure. This is so nostalgic; we have all the promises for a performance and in the end a lamenting grabs for the fourth place. Considering the spending spree by Manchester City and the quality shown by Everton and Villa; it is going to be a real tough time for the gunners.

Arsene has promised silverware this season because he feels that the players have matured from last season. I have to agree on that point of maturity. The players have truly learned a lot last season. A team with an average age of 23 goes on 21 games unbeaten, champions league semifinal and FA cup semifinal. This is a feat that by itself a huge achievement. We are going to lose the last of the invincibles, but guess what!! We are not losing the last of the invincibles, we are getting back the back bone of the invincibles; Patrick Viera. Yes, he is a legend and undisputedly one of the best midfield generals for Arsenal. But, he is old now and frankly has not shined much after leaving Arsenal, in fact having very less match experience all this while put the main man a few steps behind. I think it is time to forget the invincibles and start building and having faith in the new team which Arsene is building. With Cesc and Van Persie committing there loyalty it is a boon for the gunners to complete the project they started for a second time. It is time to build the new invincibles. That should show the heavily spending clubs what football is all about and why this sport is called the beautiful game. …Astala vista baby.

Just a Thought

Year after Year….

Here comes the close of one more season and eventually the champions [Man United] stay winners this season also but not after a lot of drama and struggle. Looking at the way they started the season people would have thought that they were not worthy of the title this year because of their sloppy playing compared to the great start by Chelsea and Liverpool.

Manchester United now seems to have a unique way to start the season by ending couple of matches at the beginning of the season in a draw. But this season it was different. They lost a game to Liverpool, which gave Liverpool the wondrous chance to take all the lead they required and take on the title. What did they do? They did a “Liverpool” out of the opportunity and goofed the whole thing by ending all possible victories as a draw. The same holds true for Chelsea and Arsenal. After a few matches United truly proved why they deserve the league title and why they are champions of the world.

Now that Manchester United has been established as the best team in the world, they become the subject to target during the summer transfer window. Like Bekham, Nesterlooy and many once great Manchester United legends become the major targets by cash rich clubs like Real Madrid, Milan and now Manchester City.

This year it is going to be Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez. The latter being the easiest target of all is going to be preyed upon by almost most of the clubs in need of a world class striker. The package deals being in Tevez you not only get a striker but a defender and a midfielder also. He is one of the best utility players and a fantastic striker of the ball. As Manchester United have yet to give him an exended deal he might be moving out anyway. The team getting his sign will surely be lucky as there has been anguish in that player and a thirst to prove him for a long time. All the best Carlos. Manchester United would be very unlucky to loose Carlos; he was a wonder against Wigan.

Cristiano Ronaldo…or probably Attuitudo Ronaldo… would be courted by Real Madrid once again as Perez would be taking over as the president this year. Well, looking at the way the fellow seems to carry himself in the field cursing the referees and then having the audacity to show attitude to the master tactician in front of his home admirers. He might have well packed his bags for Spain. A self centered player like him is going to be more of a hindrance next season playing only for him. The best idea would be to offload the idiot to real Madrid and wish him doom till eternity. If not this season then next, but the moron is going down for sure.

Manchester United does not have to buy any player and they will most probably not be buying any players as Sir Alex has already mentioned. Probably he will be purchasing some talented young lads and he would be turning them into little Red Devils. It has been some times since Sir Alex build a young devil. Transfer windows are always exiting and have a lot of suprises.

Oh Gunner!! the missing mile

Being a big team means winning a lot of laurels. Well what has arsenal done till date? The last silverware was in 2005. Well, keeping in mind that we have a fairly young team it is worthy to actually congratulate the team on successfully defending a position in the champions league for the next year.

I agree with Wenger when he said that the major reason for the failure was the lack of precious experience [Gilberto, Hleb and Flamini] who left during the transfer window last summer. Look at the Greater Manchester side, they have Rafeal, Rooney, Ronaldo, Anderson, Macheda and Welbeck.These players are all not 27 years of age, they are all below 24. The only difference being that they have the likes of Giggs, Ferdinand, Scholes and Neville there to provide them with the valuable match experience and support. Well on the other hand. Look at the matches played by the young gunners it is a wonder to play this kind of football. The only thing missing is the winning edge. The season would have been very different had Rosicky and Eduardo had been available.

Let me analyze what else is missing, definitely it is not the thirst to prove they are the best. Most of the games the gunners are out muscled and bullied but the boys fight for it till the end. That’s what is most required to become a great team. The path that the team is currently following is the road to a great glory if they can retain the team for another two seasons. Minor modifications and fabrications need to be done to bring out the second “Invincibles”. All that only holds good if Arsenal can retain their star players for more than a season at least. It has become a business for Arsenal to pick up small players and have Arsene train them and make them into great stars and then sell them and make a fortune. Looking at it from a fans perspective; that is just sick. The pay system in Arsenal is so stringent and strict that the money is not shown to a player because he is great and a star and has more TV coverage; so unlike Chelsea. That has become the great reason for some players to leave the club in search of more money; Ungrateful wretches. Arsenal can follow the same policy for years to come but they need t have an eye open for people who demand more money and give it if they are worth it.

Van Persie is great, but the team needs only one at a time, they are good when the play along side if a finisher like Eduardo. Arshavin has had a good influence on our team. He is not a nurtured gunner and so will be of different class and style. He would be competing among players to shw why he is different and how different he is, guess the fellow Arsenal players have realized that based on his stunning display against Liverpool; WOW!! That guy is going to be incredible. The mid field is pretty strong if we are looking at a formation consisting of Fabregas, Arshavin, Walcot and Nasri. To me this does seem to be a very promising mid field in years to come. Well the team may need a new defender with a little experience. Gibbs is very promising like rafeal of manchester united, just so unfortunate he does not have the likes of Ferdinand and Neville to inspire him; poor guy is stuck with the cry baby Gallas.

Players we may need to offload, Diaby please. he is not good and that is the bottom line, he is not learning. Adebayor would be the next to be shown the door. guy is clueless in big games. The team does not need a mid fielder as there are some really cool ones already with Rosicky returning from injury there ought to be competition for a place in the mid field.

All a fan can do is pray for the fellow gunners to do better next season. Ending a season in sorrow but carrying the faith of the manger that the Gunners will perform and show the world that size does not matter.

Arsene knows.In Arsene we Trust!!

Go Gunners.