Returning to this forum after a hiatus always reminds me of how difficult it is to combine your work and the passion you hold so dear. Away for months due to a transfer at the work place, travel upheavals and settling down in the new environs have combined to silence my thoughts on this forum. Over a year ago when i began this Blog i reveled in posting entries twice a week. How time flies & how things change.However, the show must go on as they say and no matter how long i'm away from this Blog, i'll always come back.
A lot has been happening since the last time i was here, we've stuttered in some games, impressed a little in others and absolutely sucked in quite a few too. No use picking the bones off some of those games. The thing about any season is that games come quickly so there hardly is any time to lick wounds after a poor showing. And lets be Honest, the showing against Anderlecht especially after we conceded the first goal was rather shocking.We showed No fight, No character, No balls... It typified our disjointedness and apparent low confidence currently that in our own ground, in front of adoring fans, 3-1 up we had absolutely no clue on how to close-out a game.We looked set to win and book a sure place in the round of 16 but we choked big time.
There are issues at the back, perhaps we even have issues as a team as a whole. You just get the feeling that the recent under-performance isn't entirely down to the injuries we are experiencing but to a more mental deficiency we are experiencing at the moment. Wenger has said many times that the only cure for mental blocks is to go on a run of games where you keep winning. With Swansea standing in our way Next, It wouldn't be out of place to demand maximum points from that game to start that therapeutic regime we need to get our season flying again.
We sit 12 points adrift from league leaders Chelsea with a game in hand and you'd be an optimistic person indeed to count us as title challengers if we lose at Swansea Sunday. Our capital one cup aspirations ended abruptly in Sept. and with only the League and Champions league (don't laugh) as the only Trophies left that can set the heart of fans racing, nothing is left to play for. (I deliberately didn't count the FA cup as a target).
We have to get some players who are flying at half mast back on fire again: i.e Cazorla, Ramsey, Flamini, Mertasacker (to a lesser degree). Their performances have ranged from average to piss poor. Cazorla looks uninterested and we know when he is on he can be deadly. Ramsey is forcing it, as opposed to letting it come to him. Per is missing Koscielny and its showing in his decision making and as for Flamini, the ''Bull in a china shop'' analogy doesn't even quite describes his game right now.
Walcott should provide some added pace in attack, which i believe will suit our man of the moment Sanchez. I hope the Anderlecht capitulation would have stung the team to remember their collective defensive duties. I'm just going to watch the Swansea game with an open mind. I certainly don't want our season to be over by November..So fingers crossed we get the win we need.
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