Monday, February 18, 2008

Man U squad not better than Arsenal's in terms of depth

Mighty gunners, am sorry for interfering with your mood following Arsenal's outrageous display at old trafford.

I have been provoked to swing into action following recent arguments that Arsenal's squad does not compare to Man U's interms of depth which in my opinion is not corrobarated by statistics and many a people does associate depth with mere numbers and not quality.

I won't waste time talking about the first team because their works are justifiable courtesy of their position in the league. I will immediately go to second string sides and the KPI will be the quality of the players. For goal, it is needless to mention as you can hardly distinguish between Lehman and Alumnia. On the right of defence there is Eboue who is actually better than brown. On the left of defence, Man u has no replacement for Evra and Arsenal has a young Traore who is upping his game every second that passes by. In the heart of defence is Senderos and Djourou where as Man u has inexperienced Pique without a sensible pairing. In central midfield i do confess that Hagreaves or Carrick are better than ageing Gilberto who is now second choice for anchor man role. When it comes to number eight and the other midfield options it is moreless a tie and upfront is a no contest as currently the Arsenal first team is actually thriving on the one fit first team striker and a second choice due to the injuries that have rocked the side since October. That is it for now those with suppliments can contribute otherwise lets meet on thursday after a sweet win over the most decorated team in europe over the last five years.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Arsenal's clash with Man U, Milan and title prospects

About three weeks ago when the gunners lost the lead in the premiership to Man u, as usual the "seasonal" fans who only associate with it in only the good times thought gunners' title hopes had been shuttered.

I personally didn't take it in good faith but was not worried considering the surprises the gunners have come up with this season. It has just taken a couple of good games notably the fulham game and in the blink of an eye the gunners are table leaders and people can hardly be convinced that they ever lost the top spot.

From the look of things, the mighty gunners are slowly picking the form they had at the start of the season and provided they can put up a run of about 8 games, then there is no way the premiership title will not begin its historical journey to the emirates. Fab Flamini had not played the football they are known for since they returned from injury but latest displays show they are afew minutes away and with Hleb who has been in excellent form this season coupled with the return of the most talented player at the emirates RVP,then we are as good as champions ceteris paribus.

The forementioned highlights will be crucial as we engage two european giants that is Man U and Milan in the FA and champions league respectively in the next two weeks.

In the latter game, we need Clichy and Sagna doing what they know best ie outclassing Ronaldo and Rooney with Adebayor tormenting Ferdinand and that will take us to the next round of the FA.

However, the Milan game will be a battle of skill and pace with the players to watch out for being Robin Van Persie against the ageing Milan defence, Flamini battling with Gattusso and ofcourse brilliant displays by Fab and Kaka on both ends in the midfield. As a matter of fact, the first leg being at the emirates will to alarge extent be determined by the pace of the gunners and if Milan can contain that, then they will have triumphed but if they had a chance of watching Arsenal in pre-season,they should be aware of what the man i expect to win the game for Arsenal (RVP) did to Intermilan. Bye bye for now i will be back after these two crucial ties.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Season alittle too tight

At the beginning of this season, majority of the premier league fans in Uganda thought the best position Arsenal could settle for was fifth. This looked very likely as the team's talisman Titi had crossed to its kawowo counterparts in Spain and of course considering their display last season.

In the turn of events, one of Africa's blend of lousy footballers in Adebayor upped his game and the other average players such as Flamini coupled with the seniority of Gallas and Gilberto and needless to mention the brilliance of europe's undisputed Architects of flair ie Hleb, RVP and Fab and for the last few months , the skeptics including book makers have had a shock of their life and even tipped the gunners for honours this season.

The season kick started in style with the gunners securing a late win against Fulham at the emirates after atrocious goalkeeping by lens thanks to goals from the duo of the flair power house. Arsene was quoted saying that the result was one of those that would change a season and within a fort night, the mighty gunners were atop the premiership, a position reliquinshed last weekend in a game described the worst of the season by the manager.

As the league stands now, were are not only contenders but eventual winners if only the young gunners can keep focussed and shrug off competition from last season's champions. The ultimate thing would be as usual out classing Man u at OT in april and winning afew more games and then look forward to adding to Arsene's premier league titles in April. See you but stick around for more juicy staff.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Another signing in the offing

If what has been running in the press for the last 2 days both nationally and internationally is anything to go by, the gunners have made a record signing of Rodrigo Palacio, a 25 year old Argentine for 15m pounds which breaks the earlier set record of 12.5m pounds for Sylvain Wiltord. He has played 79 games for boca juniors and scored 39 games. With such potential under the tutelage of great Wenger, this summers' big spenders definately have to be wary of our talent as we are ready to give them a good run for their money. Am sure the young guns can't wait for the premiership to start so that they can take the ball to the big spenders. With that i wish you all the best but don't dare forget to log in for the latest Arsenal signings.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Hi gunners, barely a week after the capture of Eduardo da Silva. am here once again to update you. we have already signed a defender wonder kid who is a norwegian and we are on the verge of signing another defender Bakari Sagna who is a versatile defender on both left and right flanks. as usual we are getting them cheaply but ofcourse you know with the tutelage of Arsene then they are bound to turn into world class players. please stay hooked for more updates.

Monday, July 2, 2007

newsigning

News just coming in indicates we have signed a player from Dynamo zagreb. He is a brazillian born now changed to croat. A couple of people i have talked to are not happy with the signing because they wanted a big name player but this guy Eduardo da Silva is not a bad signing. He was the first player to score a goal at the emirates in a competitive fixture and frustrated us for an entire 70 minutes as we were on the brink of missing out on a champions league spot. Lets wait and give him time as he looks set to replace our former talisman.

ugandagunners

Hi my dear gunners, in the aftermath of Thierry Henry's departure, many of you seem disappointed but my appeal is that you keep calm for we are blessed with a world class manager who in my opinion is second to none on this planet. The gentleman who recently left for camp nou was nurtured by Arsene and if we still have him at the emirates i don't see why you think he can not mould another Thierry from the young talents we have or even a super one. I know this is had to take for a good number had never watched arsenal without Titi but am optimistic we are destined to prove our critics wrong. All the best.