Gunnersaurus patiently waits....oh yes.....he's waiting....
Alright Treacles
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I may be slightly psychic (and that is an ‘ic’ not an ‘o’). A few months ago when a little club in London was 12 points adrift and struggling with having to face Joe Cole in Europe...I had a United mate mock me. There’s a reason I generally have a policy against having them as friends – but I digress. I told him that we were merely making it interesting for everyone else. We’re that generous and giving. That when we appeared to be running away with the league and winning it before the Christmas turkey had cooled, it was fun for us, but no one else. I told him that we have a flare for drama and were going to fall away only to claw back up the table and win it. Did I really believe that this would come true? Clearly not. But I wasn’t going to tell him that! Anyways, here we are, gaining 25 out of the last 27 points, level on goal differential and 3 points back from the team we play next week! How did this happen?
Well, clearly, we don’t need to discuss 22 of those points again. You’ve clearly saved and printed those to peruse again and again. But two things really had to come together this weekend – and let’s be honest, one more likely than the other. The more likely scenario was to see off a team who hasn’t won a game at the Bridge since Liverpool have won the league...no really! I know that’s a really long time guys, but that’s seriously how long its been. However, when Sandro hit the back of the net (and for those of you who didn’t see – yes, Sandro....that Sandro), it wasn’t looking great. In part due to reverting back to the 4-4-2 which has not worked for us. Thankfully, Harry Redknapp was there to cheer us all up by yelling at his goal scorer for getting himself out of position. Not in a joking, good on you mate for getting one past big Pete, no, its Uncle Harry, and it was a proper and hilarious bollocking. And with Gomes in goal, no doubt the comedy from North London was bound to continue. I’m not even going to try and get into the debate here as it still rages on. But let’s be honest, Gomes shouldn’t have dropped it, and the likelihood of him actually saving a clanger is slim to none. And the lino clearly felt the same by awarding Frank’s goal despite his position of somewhere between the managers’ technical area. To keep the controversy going, and something for Lady Ferguson to whinge about because you know he needs an excuse, it does also appear that our little Number 21 may have been marginally offside. He just moves so quickly, its really impossible to tell. I think the lino was hypnotised by his dayglow boots. Sidebar: I hope now some of you believe me. This blog nearly just turned into a cut and paste about Kalou’s skills from earlier this season.
If this was only job done....I could have slept easy...
But we all had to suffer a fate so unexpected, so terrible...I almost can’t go on. To all my Gooner mates: I now know what you’ve gone through for six years. This was a torture like no other. Depending on Arsenal to not bottle it, is like waiting to understand anything that comes out of the mouth of Chris Coleman. To sit and watch the tippy tappy little ones run around like elves who’ve had too much candy. They spent a lot of time darting about, but their no shooting policy really needs to be changed. How do you guys suffer this week in and week out? Did Ashley Cole take his concepts of shooting with him when he headed West? They certainly looked the more impressive and were fantastic in the middle with Ramsey and Wilshire not afraid of getting stuck in. But the Welsh captain is the one who finally came up with the shot which we all thought would not last the 20 minutes + Fergie time. And yet somehow it lasted. I know most of you think they were playing for pride, or for the candyman Arsene, or to guarantee they stay in Champions League without the nuisance of extra games which would really break into their X-Box time. But I’m going to just put it out there for you – it was for Gunnersaurus. For any of you crazy to ever read my twitter feed, you’ll know it was really due to the Berba-snub forced upon him that morning. Love or hate Arsenal, you have to love a bit of Gunnersaurus. He is quite the magnanimous figure who greets everyone off the team bus. Some players opt for a handshake, some like to fist pound, obviously the man hug is always a popular option, and most of the United team showed him the respect he deserves. I mean, he’s part of the team enough to have lined up with the starting XI for the Hillsborough moment of silence. However, the Count deemed himself above all that and just snubbed him. Well congratulations to the Berba for instilling a passion into the zygotes of North London, they played with everything they had in them to right your wrong. The lesson here: don’t underestimate the power of a dinosaur in a baseball cap.
And despite his audition to be Van der Sar’s replacement for next season, goalkeeper-want-to- be Nemanja Vidic will more than likely be facing Chelsea unless he’s part of the ‘rotation’ that Lady Ferguson will be using for their mid-week match. With the way Schalke played against them last week, I’m pretty sure that both Darren Gibson and Bebe could line up and they’d still be fine. Schalke are playing like a mid-table team from the Bundesliga....oh...
KTBFFH
jb xx
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