Saturday, August 1, 2009

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.

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