THE REVIEW!

A photo is worth what again? (courtesy of Arsenal.com)

First thing first..my appologies for going M.i.a on y'all..was caught up with this life thing,add to that the fuel crisis,the maize shortage,Gor MAWEia and you realise it's been hard to write!
So season end is here,now we start the stone throwing! One reason I haven't been writing was that,all I had was negative input,I'd rather keep that to myself,right?
First let's floor the facts..we finished 4th in the EPL.12 points off the top...we were Carling kacup finalists,F.A cup Quarter finalists and reached the last 16 of the Champions league. Not bad...if you are Liverpool or the tiny tots. It even gets worse when you consider that with 7 games to go we were title contenders..where did we step on the 'banana peal'? Well am sure you've heard many  theories and read even more so I wont do that. I'll summarise the solutions to our problems into three words...DIVERSIFY,SOLIDIFY and INTENSIFY!

So how do we Diversify and more importantly what do we diversify?
1. Our style of play,yes tippy tappy is good..very good but lets add another dimension to it. Make it more effective.How many times have teams come to the grove and packed the proverbial bus and got away with a point..or worse all three of them? We have become far too predictable to our opponents.
2. In order to diversify our game we have to diversify our pool of players,to suit every game plan or rather game play we have. Replace these goody two shoes with pure Grit. People who have the balls to hold onto a lead into the 112th minute if need be!

SOLIDIFY.
We all know what we have to solidify...our back line,not necessarily overhauling the defence but lets get abit tighter at the back. Am going to narrow it down to almost a single aspect of our defence...set pieces! If I am not mistaken we have conceded the most goals from set pieces in the past season. Lets have a change of system..from a man to man,to maybe a zonal,I dont know..all I want to see is a water tight defence. I think we have the personel to get us there,Verminator and Djorou look like a solid partnership with Koscielny stepping in when needed. What we need is another CB to cover up incase of our usual injuries. I'll get to who I think we need later.

INTENSIFY.
Most of our critics blame our faliures on a lack of intensity in games that matter. I kind of agree,how many times have we seen lackluster performances with Mr.Bean saying that 'we played with the hand brake on?' We cant have any more of this,in order to be champions we need to be ruthless in every game and alert at all times.Concentration and Intensity for the whole 90 bladdy minutes we are on the ground! If there is a player that does'nt give his 1000% (yes that's 3 zeros) in every game..then they should be shown the door and replaced with a far more aggresive player,a fighter!

Enough with the lecture..now to the news this far. First let me comment on my happiest piece of news to this day...Denilson is out...woohooo! For those who follow me on twitter (@pitseh if you are not get on it!) know how much I celebrated the day the news broke. Denilson to me is no brazilian..he cant make a foward pass anymore,cant defend hell he cant do anything! I think he just got smart and saw that he has no future at the Ems and decided to leave first. Kinda like a girlfriend who knows that she's getting dumped but pulls the first move. I dont care,bora ameishsia. What with Rambo back,Jack already on fire,Diaby and Song where would he fit in. I wish him all the best hopefully he has a brain and goes to spain.

Player of the season,Jack Wilshere finally pulls out of the U-21's I already wrote about this,so no need of going back. But it's good he gets a rest.

Arsenal refuse to release Carlos Vela for the Copa America. So that he gets a proper pre-season with the team,so they say! I think it's just to keep him fit so that we sell him. Seriously if he can't hack it at WBA why should we even bother? Though I think Mr.Bean  will hold onto him for abit longer.

Arshavin says He's staying..good news if you ask me..with his stats I pray he stays. We say we need experience..well he got it!

Nasri's contract negotiations have hit a snag..and according to Mr.Bean in an interview in france he says its a financial hicup,but should be sorted..and may I qoute the Bean man..he said
      “We’ve got a little financial disagreement but I’ll try to make him [Nasri]     sign a new contract. I’ll work on that this summer. What is certain is that we won’t be selling Nasri to Manchester United.”

Read more: http://goonertalk.com/2011/05/31/there-is-a-little-disagreement-over-terms-of-nasris-new-contract-admits-wenger/#ixzz1NvYsvbnr 

so breathe easy people!

Finally the story of the summer..Cesc to the Barcunts. Dont see it happening,the poor souls dont have the money,so does Ac millan maybe Madrid have..I would be happy with him going there. But I still see him here next season.

Now to my transfer wish list if you may :

To Leave..IMMEDIATELY!
1. Denilson (oh he's gone)
2. Almunia
3. Rosicky
4. Bendtner
5. Squillaci

Phill Jones.

To Join
1. Samba and or Phil Jones (Blackburn)
2. Gary Cahill (Bolton) if we cannot get the above.
3. Eden Hazard.(Lille) Left winger..the name says it all..
4. A striker yet to be identified..

Personally I dont care who leaves,as long as they are being replaced by a better player..preferably with EPL experience!

Eden Harzard

On the actual transfer scene,we are said to have signed Ricky Alvarez from velez sarsfield in argentina apparently on a free transfer..typical Mr.Bean. He's 23 ,left footed skillfull and pacy central midfielder,am getting great reviews about the player and from what I've seen it doesn't look bad.

Also we are said to have signed a certain defender by the name of Carl Jenkinson from charlton,though his manager denies that everything is sorted..here's what he said..
    “I’m sure Carl, if nothing goes wrong, won’t be our player any more. That is a shame but if it all comes off then it is a wonderful opportunity for him.”
Lets wait and see..
This,like all summers for us gunners is going to be filled with countless rumours,I'll try and give you the most reliable of stories if and when I get them,so save yourself the hustle and keep it here.

Ricky Alvarez

Carl Jenkinson

As always..keep loading those cannons!!

My Wife And I! The Life and times this far..

Let me tell you the story of my wife and I. We have been married since 2001 so thats what,like 10 years now. She's from London,North London (there's only 1 lady worth mentioning in that area,the other is her maid!)..yes there are other 'ladies'. We live in a neighbourhood with 20 households in total,the other families include the devil lady's family,the blue bridge lady,the red kop lady,the sky blue lady and their families among others. In the next street we have the cataluna lady and the madrid lady..further down there are more neighbourhoods. My point is that there are several ladies to chose from though I've never seen why anyone in their sound mind would not select my north london babe,she's the most beautiful thing you've ever laid eyes on. Sexy,smart,stylish..she has it all!

Our marriage has been quite okey,I mean the normal ups and downs,some nights are long and tough,Very! Others are just for luck of better words..absolutely Sensational! I remember the first time in 2002 May,I was a young boy,just about 14. (Yes am that 'bad') It was a double. It did not hit me till later. But it was pure bliss. Before I could even settle down,came the greatest year in our union 2003 to 2004 where we made history,49 straight nights of hapiness before the devil lady had to spoil this incredible run when we visited her.

In 2005 we had our last night of passion,with the devil lady and his husband left to pick up the pieces. From this point things took a deep so to say..the happy nights became fewer,they were replaced by the not so happy ones..full of regret and sadness. As time moved on things got harder,what with the emergence of the blue lady from the bridge after being adopted by a certain russian billionaire,she had new toys to play with and even started giving her husband 'some some' for the first time in 50 years! Now that was a drought..Visits to her place all of a sudden become tough trips!

Aah but there was that night in Paris where we met the spanish lady from cataluna..ooh we were so close,15 minutes to be exact..then my wife crumbled and dosed off. She couldn't hit the highs she used to reach,it got more frustrating as she lost her more experienced toys and her dad the economist couldn't replace them. Instead he brought her second hand toys to do a first class job. It looked like the economists ingenious plan almost came good as we moved to our palacial home just across the street,in 2007 but it didn't! By this time I was feeling the disapointment especially when I met up with the devil lady's husband to have a drink,it usually was the two of us..but the bridge lady's man started showing up..hell even the kop lady's husband dared sit with us. They took digs at me and sometimes I didn't go back home to my wife. This once I stumbled upon a fine lady in white,she was from Madrid we got to know each other,and discovered we have a common enemy..the lady from cataluna,the bond was instant! Yes I have spent nights with her,she got me there once or twice,most recently aganist the cataluna lady..though it feels good,its not the same as my wife's!

Most recently the devil lady's noisy neighbour,the sky blue lady was been adopted by an Arab who makes the bridge lady's guardian look like a peasant..she hasn't got her act together though she also gave her husband some for the first time in 38 years..just the other day! (the devil lady's neighbour just got noisier!) that coupled with the 'rise' of my wife's maid from shit hart lane,are threatening my nights of happiness and passion!

It has been 6 years now,my patience is being stretched here! Especially after the devil lady made it 19! The economist has had an American guy pump in some cash so let me hope that during this break..oh yeah our marriages have a 3 month break around this time every year! Where we analyse the past year,and start the cycle all over..it's a really hectic period some families are kicked out of the neighbourhood and others invited!
As I was saying,I hope the economist first gets rid of the broken and over used toys and buys real quality ones that my wife can play with and get us back to the happy nights and more importantly those nights where sensation meets bliss! When I can finally get one over the cataluna lady..for me and my madrid clande! Till then..for better or worse am sticking with my wife.
And when I need a good laugh I just walk down the street to Merseyside..being the kop lady's husband is like working in a museum...all they have is history!

Yes there are nights of late when I can't stand my wife,and go to madam Madrid for the weekend..or I chipo one of the Millans or a french lady ike the one from lyon (she's also hit a patch!) or a german once a while,driving a mercedes with Ms.Dortmund is not bad!
I still love my wife very much..she's virtually ireplacable,the feeling I get on the happy nights is unexplainable..I'll stick with her to the bitter end!

My Wife...My one...My only...
MY ARSENAL!