The great news of the day is the return of Jack Wilshere to full training. The young lad burst into the scene in 2010/2011 crowned with superb displays against the world best midfield if not best ever one in Barcelona’s in form Xavi-Busquets-Iniesta. Another midfielder return albeit with lower profile in Emmanuel Frimpong is also registered along Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh. Also Rosicky and Sagna are believed not to be too far away. Exciting times ahead!
The first eleven is shaping up quite nicely to be honest. I still think Koscielny will regain his place along Vermaelen and despite one high profile error Schzesny will still get his number one spot. For the defense the other position not play is Sagna as a right back. The center of the park is right now the strongest part of the team right now with Cazorla-Arteta-Diaby arguably the best in the PL. But Wilshere and Rosicky won’t let them enjoy starting spots. In the attack only Podolski have made the left attacker position his own. Gervinho is doing himself a world of good and may claim a regular birth in the middle or on the right. But the striking options are where Arsene have a bigger flexibility as places are very well up for grabs.
Now onto the punditry world!
After beating Southampton 6-1, no wonder people have started to reconsider Arsenal's season predilection as they always do. We are supposedly doomed every season according to football pundits in all the media sphere. Honestly most fans don’t care about what they say as no one believes they know our club as much as we do.
One thing that quite bothers me is the way the media and the football world think of supporters as being fickle, over sensitive not very smart drunk folks blinded by their passion and their club tainted glasses. Truth be told, we may be fickle, we may look at football matters through our Arsenal tainted glasses and we definitely are blinded by our passion but most of us are very knowledgeable smarter than your average football pundit and we have been following football for most of our lives. That’s why we know how clubs operate financially and tactically. That’s why we know how the media works with sensationalism, lies and favoritism. It is funny how new technologies have changed the habits of all football fans. We get opinions from fellow supporters through blogs and social media.
The quality of some of blogs put the big classic media to shame. Take SWISS RAMBLE it has made all fans financial experts. The way that guy goes through club dealings and all things finance is insane. It’s been a drug for someone like me to go through some specific blogs every morning arseblog, a cultured left foot, the grove, goonerholic to name but a few. If you look at some initiatives done by some of them like untold arsenal on referees, arsenalreport on transfers you wonder where the future lays as far as football cover is concerned.
Time to time you see good pundits and as much as it pains me and probably any gunner to say Gary Neville is a wonderful pundit that I enjoy to listen and read more than any football expert. I hope people will take some leaves out of his book.
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