Arsenal Bottle It Up Again Against Watford: Fans Blame It On Wenger

In our earlier post, we cautioned against Arsenal being caught in two minds by looking ahead at the challenge in the shape of Chelsea away at Stamford bridge and failing to devout necessary resources at Watford who lay before them. In what has now become a habit, a shambolic first half display at the Emirates left Arsenal trailing by two goals from as early as the 15th minute.

Arsenal fans on twitter blamed the poor start on Ramsey who hobbled of midway through the half with another muscular injury. His replacement, Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain took a while to settle in and Arsenal's worst half ever at the Emirates persisted. At this point, Arsenal fans on twitter lamented not knowing that they would be playing Bayern Munich today.

Piers Morgan wanted to die. So embarrassing a half it was. No one was spared. Even the usual empathy for Alexis whose toiling and 'carrying the team on his shoulder' routine spares him from criticism when Arsenal is misfiring, was absent.

North London Derby Preview: Lets Claim That Fourth Place Trophy and March On

Happy Sunday everyone.Happy birthday Theo Walcott! Down at the Equator, we are a happy bunch. The rains are here and we break back on the farm. Dependence on rain fed agriculture is a definite no no this day in the 21st century,but we do our best for bountiful harvests. In the premier league, the harvest season is fast approaching and today could be the day Arsenal claims its first trophy

NLD day it is. On a larger scale, it is show-me what-you-got-to-be-champions day. Liverpool face the Manchester United of Moyes David (David? What on irony at the moment. Hopefully, the Liverpool that turns up today is Goliath and not Uriah’s wife) in the curtain raiser event this super Sunday. What a match day it was yesterday.  What a title race this is turning out to be.

The Swahili people say Hayawi hayawi huwa. The improbable comes to pass; though you cannot say that of Mou-reen’s tantrum yesterday day. Probably thanks to his success, we tend to smoother Mourinho’s uncouthness as some variant of genius flowering it with terms like ‘mind games’, ‘psychological edge’ et.al. Let’s face it people, the man is a c*nt.

Chelsea’s debacle though utterly a joy to watch, piles up the pressure on the lads tonight. Not only do dropped points and game in hand bode well in Arsenal’s title chase, the spanner of Chelsea missing their two best midfielders, Ramires and Willian, through suspension means that if we beat Tottensh*t today, there is every chance of at least 6 points from the trio of hell games that end with Manchester City at home.

We could as well dream of a perfect nine which surely will build the confidence and momentum needed at this time.  Manchester City though presents a different prospect given that they now have only the league to go for from a possible quadruple a fortnight thereabouts ago. Their win against an unimaginative Hull was to paraphrase the commentator, “the type to build a title campaign on.”

A comfortable win having played with 10 men for 80 minutes, David Silva back to his best, six points behind the leaders and with three games in hand, it is City’s title to lose. For Arsenal, it seems rather odd timing for baby the steps approach: Today’s North London Derby should be about securing a top four finish, the Chelsea game should be about vying for second or third while for Manchester City, the aim should be at least stalling the Citizens run away with the title then we can dream.

Arsenal v Chelsea - Why That Early Christmas Gift May...

Decisive times indeed. It should be god sent, the match being at the Emirates. You and I know that  home always doesn't irrevocably feel like so.

Could be the spouse you can't stand or the neighbors who ought be glad that you don't bear a screwed sense of justice about you.

Tv pundits have been all about how home advantage should tilt the scale in our favor. I suppose it's all part of their job: Build up scenarios to wet the appetite.

Not to discount them,principally because we are cut from the same cloth, home as I mentioned earlier, can be a drag.

Upfront: Arsenal vs. Chelsea The Mind Games

Upfront seems to be the keyword; that is  62 pounds at MINIMUM it will cost you; and who will play (that word) for Arsenal ii against Chelski come Saturday’s early kick off London derby at the Emirates; financially and football-speaking  respectively.

On the back of the news of freshly minted cash- 36million pound net profit made by Arsenal PLC the past financial year as per the released end year returns, all that bloody dough made in the midst of a hostile investment climate globally, most certainly Europe, as rightly pointed out by Wenger; understandable it is why tagging entry to London’s hottest sporting event since the XXXX Olympiad at such a premium finally makes its way as trending sports news in mainstream media.

This ‘revelation’ unmasked way after the deed had been done when the big dogs at Arsenal decided on the abridged ticket prices structure.