The penultimate game of a season that we’ll all remember for a variety of reasons. The ManU win means that we’re officially out of the running for the EPL title. I haven’t been able to watch any football apart from a few scraps of the CL game primarily cause I can’t bear to watch an English team do so well and we not even being involved. I can’t even honestly say that we weren’t good enough..well result wise yes as some of our wise realists will point out..but football wise I think we deserved better.
I’m also not sure what the loss of Keith Edelman means football’istically. There’s rumours of Danny Fizzmann having dumped him and him needing a “fresh challenge” or whatever. Ken Friar again? Wasn’t he also helping AW last year with the transfers? Its getting really tight at the board level. Surely AW needs some help? Hope everything works out…without Usmanov having to even touch the club.
Flamini and Hleb I have no clue what is going on so I won’t add fat to the fire and speculate. There’s enough of that already. Numerous links to players as well..so now we know who all is not coming atleast; Niko Krancjar being the latest on the list.
Everton’s season has tapered off primarily due to a small squad and injuries to key players. If you look at positions 5-8 Everton are closest to how Arsenal operate..small spenders, decent football and a shrewd economic savvy manager. Plus I quite like Everton ; they’re the only northern club that beat us in those Paddyless years without kicking us. They play hard but fair football. I’d have quite liked them to go that next step and seal a CL spot..but maybe they’d have struggled with that small squad. Still hope they get a UEFA cup slot at least.
I’m off tactical previews till the qualifiers next season coz there is no point. So I’ll just put out the squad that AW will put out tomorrow. Since glass boy is being preserved for the Euros for whatever reason ..possibly for being flogged in a 4-3-3 wide right 90/120 minutes every game so Arsenal can treat him when he comes back this will be the squad:
Fabianski
Toure Gallas Song Clichy
Denilson Gilberto Cesc Walcott
Adebayor Bendtner
Arsenal 2 – Everton 0