..hope every one is well..always a pleasure to have you here. Midweek wasn't the best for me as i lost a dear aunt of mine to a heart attack. A quite numbing experience in all honesty. She was just the best, sweetest old lady out there..Life is fleeting guys, with less time than u think. So as James Morrison aptly describes it in his song ''One Life'' we have a duty to ourselves to make sure we live it right and fully. Added to that was the humbling we suffered in the hands of that impressive outfit from Germany, Borrusia Dortmund. I didn't get to see the entire game but from the highlights i caught, i observed it could so easily have been them on the wrong side of that result. You can say the defeat has sort of brought us back down to earth from the dizzying heights of euphoria we have been basking in for the last 2 months. Now both players and fans alike have come to the realization that we aren't quite that complete article yet. If you ask me, i'd take a defeat from Dortmund all day long if it would help get us switched on and alive to the basics of the game in-order to prevent a more painful and damaging loss to Chelsea, United or City...
So when you are smarting from a humbling loss at home in Europe, who better to bounce-back against than a team who have lost their last 5 games, parted ways with their (bonkers) Manager and are as confident as a chihuahua among Rottweilers..Crystal Palace it is. The South London club will be hosting us on Saturday, nursing ambitious plans to bounce-back themselves from their own rotten current state of affairs. They are finding life in the topflight rather difficult to put it mildly, and they are favorites to be back in the championship by Christmas. The whole Ian Holloway fiasco sadly hasn't worked. They had hoped his Premiership experience with Blackpool would somehow provide a good leverage but instead what they got was constant moanings of not having the right quality, or numbers to challenge at this level. No confirmation as yet as i write this on Tony Pulis replacing him, but in any case you have to say it'll go down as a disaster if we fail to get Maximum points from this one. Their only win in this campaign has been against Sunderland which pretty much tells its own story. They play a 4-3-3 formation, a formation i believe is behind the travails they are facing. This formation is best suited to teams fluid in passing and mobility. Attributes this newly promoted side lacks regretfully. The have the ignominy of being the premiership side with the worst pass conversion rate. Against Fulham on Monday they were shocking with their passing and defending, in truth the result in the end could have been worse. Chamakh (remember him?) their top striker looked isolated up-front, shorn of any kind of service to his head or feet. oh and he has only recorded one shot in 8 games this season..the one that led to their goal against Stoke on the opening day.
We possess the plethora of talents to wrap up this game with at least 3-4 goals. Our passing and technical ability will overwhelm them. They are a plucky combative side as all newly promoted sides always are but in their poor form and Managerial Vacuum they stand no chance. Sounding too confident am i? off course i am..Team news is sparse as at press time, but the boss did hint Flamini is back in the squad and there are also no new injuries save for Jack who will undergo a minor test. He should be okay though. So here's to a juicy bouncebacky 3 points as we once again put on our hunting hats and go Bird shooting again..this time some Eagles. c'mon you Gunners.
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