Howdy people.
I have been away for a while….been sorting out my life, so my blog hasn’t been updated for a while.
So, we were well beaten by Man Utd and Chelsea, but no point really discussing it….surprisely, we are still in the title race! More talk about the battle with Sunderland tomorrow.
As for yesterdays performance, it was a bizarre game. The first blunder from the great Fabianski is something you would see at a Sunday League match down your local park. Awful awful…..I think its best to say he was nervous. The second, who knows what possessed him to grab the ball, he surely lives in a fantasy land. The decision from the referee was just as bizarre as the fact that Fabianski picked the ball up! Fabianski and Big Sol should have delayed the freekcick anyway, why on earth did they not boot the ball into the crowd baffles me, it would have been worth a yellow card. Perhaps Fabianski is naive, but surely Sol has the experience to know these things. . The second leg will now surely be a tough task, Porto will go the attack to score that away goal. A special mention must be given to the decision by Wenger to bring on Walcott and Vela. I do not remember them causing one problem to the Porto back four. Walcott for me is quick to splash his cash out on the likes of a Ferrari for his girlfriend, but the question is, what has he done at Arsenal to deserve the wages he is on, or the reputation he has? Would Walcott even be considered such a talent if he wasn’t English? I personally think he doesn’t deserve to wear the shirt, a bad signing I feel. I can think of many winger/forwards in the world, around his age who are a bigger talent. For us to sign Walcott on one wonder goal he scored for the Saints has always irritated me.
Anyway It wasnt a bad performance last night, and well done to Sol for scoring, he actually played well. There were positives, and if it wasnt for the blunders by Fabianski, we would have most likely won 1-0. However, all it takes is for a screamer by one of the Porto heroes at the return leg at Emirates and we will be facing a huge task to score three goals to win. Porto are a very talented team, they are the Arsenal of Portugal, have a great scouting team in Brasil, they find talented players on the cheap, develop them and sell them to major clubs across the world.
Unfortunately, all of us Arsneal fans see the goalkeeper position as a weakness, why Wenger has so much faith in error prone Fabianski, and shaky unconfident Alumina baffles me. All it would take is for Arsenal to invest £15million into a decent international goalkeeper. I am a big fan of Fener’s Volkan, he is an immense shot stopper, very focal and will create confidence in our back four but you will all accuse me of being bias……then again I like Russia’s Akinfeev. No team can win the league or CL with a weak goalkeeper, somehow our first team keeper is a player who was brought in years ago for cover.
More tomorrow.
