Tired of the moaning
I realise I’m going to have to duck down under the parapet after this one, but hey ho, has to be said.
A (brief) trawl around the Internet today suggests that Gooners are either the biggest moaners in the Premier League or possibly the most spoilt. Either way the level of whingeing about Arsenè’s stubbornness, short sightedness, dislike of spending money etc has reached a deafening crescendo.
Get a grip people, yes we’re all dissapointed that we don’t have a ‘world class’ goalkeeper coming in, but the suggestions that Arsenè should have just gone out and got any one of the many goalies that have been suggested is utter nonsense. And using the fact that he didn’t buy as proof of his parsimony is plain ridiculous.
Let’s put it as simply as possible, if you want to buy something, the person who owns it has to want to sell it, otherwise you can’t buy it. Arsenè could not go buy a goalie just because he wanted to. I have no doubt he has the money and equally no doubt he would have spent it if he could have got an agreement on a decent goalie. What he doesn’t have is Al Citeh type money to be able to pay so much over the odds that the selling team agrees to sell anyway. That’s why we couldn’t buy Given, no amount of money would have made Al Citeh decide it was worth it, they have to much cash for money to have talked. And besides they see themselves as our direct rivals, so they wouldn’t do anything to strengthen us.
So please let’s just take a deep breath now everyone has vented and remember we are Arsenal supporters. That means we support the club, the manager and any player he chooses to put out in the red and white. Despite our reservations.
In all the hype and nonsense concerning the transfer window the fine win against Fat Sam’s gang seems to have been lost somewhat. Shame. We were plenty nervous at points in the first half and made some errors, but I thought we learned from them and pushed on in the second. Kos particularly seemed to have overcome what must have been disappointing being skinned for their goal, but quite why mini-diouf was allowed to run through three players unchallenged to score is beyond me. A certain lack of awareness on their part methinks.
However it would be easy to pick out all the mistakes and such, but we took our chance and won. Not sure we would have done that last year and certainly wouldn’t the year before. You may scoff at Arsenè, but that’s progress in my book, so maybe he’s right?
Not surprising Cesc looked a little glum being taken off, apparently it hadn’t been discussed before the match and he likes to play. Nothing to read into it as far as I am concerned. He was beginning to play a bit better having lost the ball an unusually large number of times, but having Rosicky available, in the form he is in, was a great bonus. The way things are going, with a match-fit Cesc, Rosicky and Nasri when he gets back, Arsenè is going to have real selection problems in midfield. Song and Diaby did well and Jack was just Jack when he came on. Short of a significant injuries (did I just say that?) Denilson is going to have a bit of time on the bench as things are going.
So with the Interlull now, hopefully we don’t get too many coming back with injuries. RvP seems to have got his in early doors so one assumes the Dutch won’t have the opportunity to crock him even more. Although it is the other ankle to the one which got badly injured. Hope it’s not the same thing as with Theo when he got one shoulder fixed the other came out (sorry) in sympathy.
So peace and love to y’all and to any Spanish waiter come Morris Dancer who has the fortune to be supported by us. May he regain his former form and stay fit all season so we don’t see our current second choice in goal…
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