With Arsenal all the football supporters are treated with a bit of history. We are history makers. With the remarkable start to his Arsenal career Mr.Arsene Wenger raised the bar for other teams. We won Doubles, we were The Invicibles. Well everyone knows this. But today I'm talking about our history in the recent past. For the last few seasons our Arsenal team has performed in certain pattern. We start the season on a very strong note. We even top the league or are around the second place in November , December but after February we seem to lose our footing drastically and go on a run of few goal-less games, drawing games which we normally would win. This is a history which keeps repeating year after year which is really annoying. And when we look to do a little better we are stopped by the Injury gods and consistent refereeing. By consistent refereeing i meant the repeated poor performance of the referee's against us. This history was yet again repeated this season and we have not performed well after February. The game against Liverpool had every bit of history in it. we were heading for a goal-less draw at home but we scored a penalty and then the referee decided that to deny us another victory as they have done for a lot of times this season.
More than the 2 points dropped I am worried about the behaviour of Arsenal fans. I am not able to differentiate between the (brainless) football pundits who keep writing us off and calling for the end of Arsene's era at Arsenal and the complaining Arsenal fans. The fans alike football pundits tell we are not good enough, we lack this , we lack that ,we need to buy him, we need to send him out, we need to send Arsene packing ..Too many complains..Do you lot mean we are not good enough to win the title..(which i think is a yes) I have one question for you. Why do you think that Arsenal will win the trophy when you yourself have written them off before the start of the season .?? They have already surpassed your expectation level by being at a position where they currently are.
Arsenal have silenced their critics time and again. And this time we have to shut their mouths in such a way that they are not able to open it again. This season is not over. We have 6 games left. We are capable of winning each one of them. As for Manchester United who are at the top of the table with a 6 point cushion they have to play Chelsea , Arsenal were we can expect them to earn 0 points . Its possible. Apart from those games they play Newcastle, Everton, Blackburn and Blackpool. On a bad day they can draw any of the first three games. And that's the reason I refuse to give up on our season just yet. This season can go down to the last game as well. So gooners just don't write off your favourite team this early.
And now coming back to the ever complaining fans. I know that many wouldn't read this blog but i would still like to make a point to the fans who insult our own players/manager. If we did not have Fabregas we wouldn't be playing in our 11th consecutive champions league knock out stage. He is our heart beat. Watch a few matches were fabregas is not playing and the ones in which he is playing you will know what he brings for our team. And the Wenger haters ... If Mr.Arsene Wenger had not come to Arsenal we wouldn't have had The Invincibles, about which we proudly boast to the supporters of other teams & humiliate spurs.. without him we wouldn't be sitting in a fanastic stadium with guaranteed champions league football unlike our minor fellow rivals "spurs".
I know that being trophyless for last 6 seasons is a big problem for a club of Arsenal's stature. It is not that we have struggled to challenge for a trophy. We have come close, a lot of times Champions league final 2006 , League cup runners up 2007 , Third in the league in 2007-08 why I'm mentioning this is because we were rocking the league up untill the Eduardo injury. This year we lost in the League cup finals again. Our season looks done and dusted but I wouldn't stop believing that we can turn it around. Not long ago we were not given a chance to qualify to the semi-finals in the champions league when we had to face Barcelona. Our own fans had little hope. But you all will never forget that amazing night when we beat them 2-1. All of a sudden we had a hope of doing what seemed Impossible at the start. Eventually we failed but my friends don't forget how close we were to our goal and how we were denied of it.
Its all about believing . Believing in the players, in the team, believing that it is possible. I have a point for the fans who tell look at Manchester United.. They never seem to falter like us. Had they stopped believing for their Champions league finals match against Bayern Munich they wouldn't have scored in the 91st and 93rd minute and the rest as they say is history. Our season is now at such a stage. So HOLD MY HAND and your fellow gooners and start backing the team untill the final hurdle. A single finger stands no chance against a group of fingers forming a fist. Stand up and make yourself counted.!
More than the 2 points dropped I am worried about the behaviour of Arsenal fans. I am not able to differentiate between the (brainless) football pundits who keep writing us off and calling for the end of Arsene's era at Arsenal and the complaining Arsenal fans. The fans alike football pundits tell we are not good enough, we lack this , we lack that ,we need to buy him, we need to send him out, we need to send Arsene packing ..Too many complains..Do you lot mean we are not good enough to win the title..(which i think is a yes) I have one question for you. Why do you think that Arsenal will win the trophy when you yourself have written them off before the start of the season .?? They have already surpassed your expectation level by being at a position where they currently are.
Arsenal have silenced their critics time and again. And this time we have to shut their mouths in such a way that they are not able to open it again. This season is not over. We have 6 games left. We are capable of winning each one of them. As for Manchester United who are at the top of the table with a 6 point cushion they have to play Chelsea , Arsenal were we can expect them to earn 0 points . Its possible. Apart from those games they play Newcastle, Everton, Blackburn and Blackpool. On a bad day they can draw any of the first three games. And that's the reason I refuse to give up on our season just yet. This season can go down to the last game as well. So gooners just don't write off your favourite team this early.
And now coming back to the ever complaining fans. I know that many wouldn't read this blog but i would still like to make a point to the fans who insult our own players/manager. If we did not have Fabregas we wouldn't be playing in our 11th consecutive champions league knock out stage. He is our heart beat. Watch a few matches were fabregas is not playing and the ones in which he is playing you will know what he brings for our team. And the Wenger haters ... If Mr.Arsene Wenger had not come to Arsenal we wouldn't have had The Invincibles, about which we proudly boast to the supporters of other teams & humiliate spurs.. without him we wouldn't be sitting in a fanastic stadium with guaranteed champions league football unlike our minor fellow rivals "spurs".
I know that being trophyless for last 6 seasons is a big problem for a club of Arsenal's stature. It is not that we have struggled to challenge for a trophy. We have come close, a lot of times Champions league final 2006 , League cup runners up 2007 , Third in the league in 2007-08 why I'm mentioning this is because we were rocking the league up untill the Eduardo injury. This year we lost in the League cup finals again. Our season looks done and dusted but I wouldn't stop believing that we can turn it around. Not long ago we were not given a chance to qualify to the semi-finals in the champions league when we had to face Barcelona. Our own fans had little hope. But you all will never forget that amazing night when we beat them 2-1. All of a sudden we had a hope of doing what seemed Impossible at the start. Eventually we failed but my friends don't forget how close we were to our goal and how we were denied of it.
Its all about believing . Believing in the players, in the team, believing that it is possible. I have a point for the fans who tell look at Manchester United.. They never seem to falter like us. Had they stopped believing for their Champions league finals match against Bayern Munich they wouldn't have scored in the 91st and 93rd minute and the rest as they say is history. Our season is now at such a stage. So HOLD MY HAND and your fellow gooners and start backing the team untill the final hurdle. A single finger stands no chance against a group of fingers forming a fist. Stand up and make yourself counted.!
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ReplyDeleteArsenal do have a mental block, Mahesh! I think someone needs to energise that team. They lack the cutting edge. A top 4 team, no doubt. That one extra bit to win a trophy. Ones you had when you were invincible, Ronaldo at United, Drogba at Chelsea, Bale at Tottenham. That one man, who can produce magic. Fabregas can control, keep you in the top 4, but that one man is missing. I always believed Arshavin is one, but he seems to be messing up too! Some business to be done in the summers, Sir!
thank you Arihant We had nasri for a good part of the season , but after his injury he sort of faded out with his goal scoring.. but there surely is a mental block..!
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