Saturday, November 03, 2007
And the winner is ...
Another big week of fixtures in England sees Arsenal facing their second 'test' of the season as they take on Fergie's rampant United at the Emirates. Odd, why isn't it a 'test' for United? Why do only Arsenal have these 'tests'? Maybe our first few fixtures were just strolls in the park?
I don't enjoy these games, the result is all that matters for me. Living in Indonesia have the football literate people support United while the other half share Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal in varying numbers. Much depends on who is winning and which players have the sexiest butt at any given moment.
Defeat today for the Arsenal means work on Monday is going to be a pain in that word again as everyone will seek to mock the poor Arsenal fan. When we win it's luck, when we lose it's 'cos we're crap. I take some solace from the fact that the health centre will be kept busy if we lose as I dish out a serious of surreptitious digs and trips. Revenge is mine sayeth the Arsenal.
Liverpool travel to Blackburn knowing that everyone, including me, is having a pop at Rafa these days. With Blackburn on fire at the moment and one point ahead of Liverpool I wonder why this game isn't being called a 'test' for either team by wise pundits in the media. The Scousers have the best away record in the league and are still unbeaten while Rovers are a 'test' for any team when they are up for it. Victory for Blackburn could see them in the top 4 at the end of the day if other scores go their way. Defeat for Liverpool could well see Rafa hung, drawn and quartered by the media.
After seeing Chelsea score the most goals ever between the goalie's legs in a single game Manchester City will be glad to be back at Eastlands facing Sunderland and hoping for a simple three points. It won't be simple though. Roy Keane would have had his Sunderland players dress the reserves up in Alf-Inge Haaland masks during the week preparing for this fixture but will it be enough? City have a perfect home record and the Mackems have just a couple of draws on the road.
If Arsenal and Manchester United cancel each other out the weekend's real winners could prove to be Chelsea who have a less than daunting trip to struggling Wigan. With 10 goals in two games Avram seems to have won over the 'Bring back the Special One' brigade who foresaw the apocolypse in South West London after Jose was shown the door but then fickle fans soon forget the past when presented with a goal feast. Talking 'tests', following games against Manchester City, Middlesbrough and Bolton, The Blues next opponents are Everton (H), Derby (A), West Ham (H) and Sunderland (H). By the time Chelsea play a big team, Arsenal on the 16th December the top of the table could look very different to now. Good timing by Chelsea, ditching Jose and allowing the new bod a gentle run of fixtures to get the results and get the fans on his side.
I don't enjoy these games, the result is all that matters for me. Living in Indonesia have the football literate people support United while the other half share Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal in varying numbers. Much depends on who is winning and which players have the sexiest butt at any given moment.
Defeat today for the Arsenal means work on Monday is going to be a pain in that word again as everyone will seek to mock the poor Arsenal fan. When we win it's luck, when we lose it's 'cos we're crap. I take some solace from the fact that the health centre will be kept busy if we lose as I dish out a serious of surreptitious digs and trips. Revenge is mine sayeth the Arsenal.
Liverpool travel to Blackburn knowing that everyone, including me, is having a pop at Rafa these days. With Blackburn on fire at the moment and one point ahead of Liverpool I wonder why this game isn't being called a 'test' for either team by wise pundits in the media. The Scousers have the best away record in the league and are still unbeaten while Rovers are a 'test' for any team when they are up for it. Victory for Blackburn could see them in the top 4 at the end of the day if other scores go their way. Defeat for Liverpool could well see Rafa hung, drawn and quartered by the media.
After seeing Chelsea score the most goals ever between the goalie's legs in a single game Manchester City will be glad to be back at Eastlands facing Sunderland and hoping for a simple three points. It won't be simple though. Roy Keane would have had his Sunderland players dress the reserves up in Alf-Inge Haaland masks during the week preparing for this fixture but will it be enough? City have a perfect home record and the Mackems have just a couple of draws on the road.
If Arsenal and Manchester United cancel each other out the weekend's real winners could prove to be Chelsea who have a less than daunting trip to struggling Wigan. With 10 goals in two games Avram seems to have won over the 'Bring back the Special One' brigade who foresaw the apocolypse in South West London after Jose was shown the door but then fickle fans soon forget the past when presented with a goal feast. Talking 'tests', following games against Manchester City, Middlesbrough and Bolton, The Blues next opponents are Everton (H), Derby (A), West Ham (H) and Sunderland (H). By the time Chelsea play a big team, Arsenal on the 16th December the top of the table could look very different to now. Good timing by Chelsea, ditching Jose and allowing the new bod a gentle run of fixtures to get the results and get the fans on his side.
# posted by Me @ 11:15 AM 
