Halloo people,
Not a lot of news but still enough for a blog. My internet is back and so I'll be able to resume blogging as usual. I may have already said this already, but having internet in your own home is so exciting I'll have to say it again. Anyway, Denilson and Bendtner have signed new deals and I think we can all be happy about that. Denilson has really come into form. He was very good last year and totally underrated and this season he's improved beyond that and is looking increasingly like the player we've all hoped he'd become. Except that I guess not since we all thought he was some Brazilian magician, the next Ronaldinho, when he was still good. He's turned out to be a hard worker with great intelligence and still has the skill and execution of a Brazilian. Bendtner has come a long way. Last season was his best and this season he'll have even more opportunities and will hopefully score some goals. I'd love to see him get 20 or more in all competitions. If we can get 100 goals between 6 strikers in all competitions we'll really be in business and if we are to do that Bendtner will have to get on the score sheet a little more often.
Fran Merida gave an interview to Arsenal.com about being what it means to him to be called up to the first team, which is strange because I could have sworn he signed a loan deal and he was going to Levante. The Spanish league has started and he's still here. I'm not complaining though, he's an excellent center mid, a great replacement for Fabregas, should he carry on impressive as he has been he may usurp the disappointing Aaron Ramsey as our play making central midfielder off the bench.
Senderos is apparently upset about staying at the club. Everton went for Distin instead. I'm not sure why this happened but it has and Big Phil isn't happy. It seems that it'll hurt his chances of making the Swiss world cup squad and you have to feel for him. The more thought I give to the situation the more I realize that Senderos staying at the club may not even solve our center back trouble. There's no telling whether or not l'Boss will make him 4th choice or stick with Silvestre. In which case keeping him is a terrible shame. If he's not going to be playing at all he surely won't make it into the world cup squad for Switzerland and missing out on a world cup would be devastating. Although Switzerland may not even qualify so who knows about any of this.
Eduardo's ban has been given and he's set to miss two matches. It's a really stupid decision that won't set any precedent. I doubt that any more dives will be looked at retrospectively this season, particularly those that are seen by the ref. There are so many contradictions in Eduardo's witch hunt situation that it's not even worth discussing as it'll take hours to pick apart. UEFA fucked up, they're the bureaucracy and we're the people. They are the automated phone service and we are the annoyed customers. However, unlike annoyed customers, unlike the people, we have a legitimate chance of fighting back. We have a real chance of getting our own in with a good long run in the Champions' League, where Eduardo will start every match that he isn't banned from and finish top scorer. Stick that in your ass Platini you fat little lunatic.
And now something from last week. I went to the pub after missing the second leg with Celtic to watch the Champions' League highlights as my television service hadn't been installed yet. The internet programming schedule for Fox Soccer Channel was wrong and I ended up having to watch the fucking Champions' League draw. An absurdly boring bit of television that really has no place being aired, but I guess they have to so there's no though of fixing match ups.
During the draw they show nominations and award players with a position specific trophy. There are 3 nominated players for each category, Edwin van der Saar, Petr Cech and Victor Valdes were nominated for best goalkeeper, John Terry, Nemanja Vidic and Gerrard Pique were nominated for best defender, Xavi, Lampard and Ryan Giggs (I think) were nominated for best midfielder and I didn't see who was nominated for best forward as it simply cut over to Lio Messi picking up the trophy.
Notice anything about the nominated players? What do they all have in common? I think it's that they were all Champions' League semi finalists. They all came from the same 3 teams. Does it seem as though there was a lot of consideration as to who may win these awards, did a panel watch all the matches from the Champions' League and pick out the outstanding performers or did some old lazy gits decide they were going to nominate players from the semi finalist teams. I think the latter. And of the semi finalist teams there is only one without any representation: Arsenal.
Did we have any Champions' League performers who deserved to be up there? Was Bacary Sagna better than Pique was last season. It's certainly debatable. I only saw a handful of Barca games and all the Arsenal ones but from what I saw Sagna was certainly better. And what about Almunia, his performances against Man U were excellent, despite the scores and he was constantly in form throughout the competition. Victor Valdes is a disaster of a person and a goalkeeper, he's lucky to be in that team and I'd pick Almunia over him any day of the year. It's us against them.
Another thing on the subject, UEFA's ineptitude was highlighted when John Terry won best defender over Vidic. Vidic was the best defender on the planet last year and anyone who thinks Terry performed better in one of his worst seasons at Chelsea is a moron plain and simple.
Right, moving on. I was watching Fox Soccer Report, which is great when Bobby Mcmahon is on, but mediocre at best when he's not, and they were previewing the upcoming Brazil v Argentina world cup qualifier. Firstly Argentina is mental to let Maradonna coach that team. He's a legend no doubt, clearly the most famous person ever to live in the country, but he's clearly a crazy, fat mental case. Argentina are in 4th place in their group, while boasting one of the best squads in the world.
Anyway, I'm watching the preview and they are discussing tactics and why certain players are being rested and all that good stuff when they cut to an interview with a Brazil player. I look up from my computer and see Liverpool's Lucas on the screen, wearing a Brazil training kit! Now if that awful fucker is being selected for Brazil I see no reason that Denilson shouldn't be captain. Denilson is 10 times the player Lucas is, and I mean no exaggeration. It would take 10 Lucas's to do the work Denilson does in a game. In happier news Gilberto is included in the team to play against Argentina, hopefully he'll get on the pitch.
Until next time,
Highbury86
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