You're gonna Win F All
Well, it's that time of the year again. The annual event where i sniff into my lil hanky and wave goodbye to my beloved team, Arsenal from e champions league. Till this date, i've simply taken it in my stride and told myself that next season would be better. But this year is different.... It's a special occasion indeed as i mark my 10th aniversary watching my favorite team crash out of europe's premier football competition. So as an Ode and to mark a cornerstone in my Arsenal supporting career, i've decided to write alil smt in tribute to e team.
Reasons why Arsenal Won't win the Champions league
1. Simplicity is the hallmark of greatness...
To be more specific. Arsenal can't play simple football. The times we score, 90% of the time, the Goals are usually classy, elegant works of Art. Well, here's News, We only score those goals against small, usually incompetent teams like 3/4 of the premier league. When we face opposition of the same standard or slightly better, we simply can't score, and when we do, its too few and too late.I'm totally sick of watching e team stroke the ball around outside the oppositions penalty box for 70 mins, just trying to find room for a beautiful pass or shot. I think it's absurb, we have to face reality that sometimes against good enough opposition, we simply won't be given that opportunity, and even though such a chance may appear once or twice a match, they don't always result in goals for our team.
Things get Worse when the other team simply hoofs the ball into our penalty box and someone gets his head to the ball and scores against us. It makes me feel stupid, and i think e arsenal players should feel stupid too. We need to learn how to scrap it out, put in crosses and get our heads to the ball when the ball is put into both penalty areas.
2.Turn Right to Hell.
Simply put, Our right flank just Dosent cut it. No disrespect to Ljungberg for whom whose tenacity and spirit will always be insipring. But he dosent have the technical ability to cut in and create chances the way pires, henry and reyes do on the left. This simply means that while defending, the opposition team can afford to shift their midfield to the left, giving them a advantage in no.s while not having to worry too much about being exposed on the right.
Lauren is a clown. He slips on the field as much as mengkiat falls down while playing soccer. His cross success rate is about the same as Remus's pass rate as well. But i have to say, he scored one of the classiest goal ive ever seen a right back convert in my life. Just too bad it was an own goal. He also has the pace of weihao to top up his sterling attributes.
On the bright side, this is an easily enough rectified problem. With an inspired buy or two, this problem can be eliminated without too much hassle.
3.Trap the ball for goodness sake.
Don't get me wrong. Henry is a genius. He's the best player i've ever seen, and he's as close as an idol to me as i ever had. But i don't get it, why the hell does he always flick e ball left and right with his first touch instead of trapping and turning? It's not like he can't. 2 problems with flicking the ball instead of trapping it or passing it backwards. Firstly, the success rate is horrible. i think i ve onli seen it work out once or twice in like 150000 tries. Secondly and more importantly, when he does that, he adds pressure to the midfield to surge forward so that the ball can fall into their path. This means that if the flick dosent work out, the opposition has like a tonne of space to attack on the counter.
bah... i think i can think out of a gazillion more weaknesses in now arsenal plays. But at this juncture, i'm gonna stop. Cuz u know what? Arsenal is the team of my life and sometimes, winning isn't everything.
Here's to more success next season.
Reasons why Arsenal Won't win the Champions league
1. Simplicity is the hallmark of greatness...
To be more specific. Arsenal can't play simple football. The times we score, 90% of the time, the Goals are usually classy, elegant works of Art. Well, here's News, We only score those goals against small, usually incompetent teams like 3/4 of the premier league. When we face opposition of the same standard or slightly better, we simply can't score, and when we do, its too few and too late.I'm totally sick of watching e team stroke the ball around outside the oppositions penalty box for 70 mins, just trying to find room for a beautiful pass or shot. I think it's absurb, we have to face reality that sometimes against good enough opposition, we simply won't be given that opportunity, and even though such a chance may appear once or twice a match, they don't always result in goals for our team.
Things get Worse when the other team simply hoofs the ball into our penalty box and someone gets his head to the ball and scores against us. It makes me feel stupid, and i think e arsenal players should feel stupid too. We need to learn how to scrap it out, put in crosses and get our heads to the ball when the ball is put into both penalty areas.
2.Turn Right to Hell.
Simply put, Our right flank just Dosent cut it. No disrespect to Ljungberg for whom whose tenacity and spirit will always be insipring. But he dosent have the technical ability to cut in and create chances the way pires, henry and reyes do on the left. This simply means that while defending, the opposition team can afford to shift their midfield to the left, giving them a advantage in no.s while not having to worry too much about being exposed on the right.
Lauren is a clown. He slips on the field as much as mengkiat falls down while playing soccer. His cross success rate is about the same as Remus's pass rate as well. But i have to say, he scored one of the classiest goal ive ever seen a right back convert in my life. Just too bad it was an own goal. He also has the pace of weihao to top up his sterling attributes.
On the bright side, this is an easily enough rectified problem. With an inspired buy or two, this problem can be eliminated without too much hassle.
3.Trap the ball for goodness sake.
Don't get me wrong. Henry is a genius. He's the best player i've ever seen, and he's as close as an idol to me as i ever had. But i don't get it, why the hell does he always flick e ball left and right with his first touch instead of trapping and turning? It's not like he can't. 2 problems with flicking the ball instead of trapping it or passing it backwards. Firstly, the success rate is horrible. i think i ve onli seen it work out once or twice in like 150000 tries. Secondly and more importantly, when he does that, he adds pressure to the midfield to surge forward so that the ball can fall into their path. This means that if the flick dosent work out, the opposition has like a tonne of space to attack on the counter.
bah... i think i can think out of a gazillion more weaknesses in now arsenal plays. But at this juncture, i'm gonna stop. Cuz u know what? Arsenal is the team of my life and sometimes, winning isn't everything.
Here's to more success next season.
posted by Kairos at 8:35 AM
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