Bolton, Juve, and PV
I don't usually comment much on other club's match but Bolton are gaining my attention lately. Point-wise, they can potentially be more dangerous than Spurs in the competition for 4th place. I said yesterday that our match postphonement could work for us because, and this is only my stupid psychology theory, they would go into the Boro game getting all excited that a win would see them climb above us with a game in hand. They unintentionally created a pressure to themselves. Had we played Porsmouth and won, things would be different.
But of course that was my baseless theory that I create for fun, and of course as I said yesterday, we can only tell whether indeed the postphoned match work for or against us after all the "Ifs" are fulfilled.
The first "If" would be "if we prevail in tomorrow's match". Nedved and Camoranesi are two players who can hurt us seriously considering we are playing with makeshift fullback. But Nedved was suspended. He may be the more dangerous of the two but I somewhat wish that Camoranesi, who operates on the right flank, is the one who won't play tomorrow. It is no secret that Flamini-Senderos partnership is much much weaker than Eboue-Toure's. Camoranesi is an experienced and skillful player who knows exactly how to handle inexperienced defenders. Flamini will need to stay back and mark Camoranesi closely for 90 minutes. In fact we will need the left winger to help out the defense.
This is not to say that Juventus' left wing can be totally abandoned due to Nedved's absence. I have not watched Juventus for a long time and correct me if I am wrong, but do they not have Ruben Oliviera? A young Uruguay midfielder who I once hoped we would buy. Wenger would love him.
In the wake of the clash, PV explained that he was not at his best during the last few seasons at Highbury due to the lack of "hunger" and "winning mentality" within the Arsenal camp, something which he finally found in Juventus. How he remained not at his best and even considered Juventus' weak link by some despite the "hunger" is beyond me.
Admittedly, he may have read Wenger's remark on him being past his best and now our ex-captain is trying to restore some pride. Fair enough. Everyone are free to say what they want but in the end the result of tomorrow's match and the April 5th's second leg is the one thing that matters.
But of course that was my baseless theory that I create for fun, and of course as I said yesterday, we can only tell whether indeed the postphoned match work for or against us after all the "Ifs" are fulfilled.
The first "If" would be "if we prevail in tomorrow's match". Nedved and Camoranesi are two players who can hurt us seriously considering we are playing with makeshift fullback. But Nedved was suspended. He may be the more dangerous of the two but I somewhat wish that Camoranesi, who operates on the right flank, is the one who won't play tomorrow. It is no secret that Flamini-Senderos partnership is much much weaker than Eboue-Toure's. Camoranesi is an experienced and skillful player who knows exactly how to handle inexperienced defenders. Flamini will need to stay back and mark Camoranesi closely for 90 minutes. In fact we will need the left winger to help out the defense.
This is not to say that Juventus' left wing can be totally abandoned due to Nedved's absence. I have not watched Juventus for a long time and correct me if I am wrong, but do they not have Ruben Oliviera? A young Uruguay midfielder who I once hoped we would buy. Wenger would love him.
In the wake of the clash, PV explained that he was not at his best during the last few seasons at Highbury due to the lack of "hunger" and "winning mentality" within the Arsenal camp, something which he finally found in Juventus. How he remained not at his best and even considered Juventus' weak link by some despite the "hunger" is beyond me.
Admittedly, he may have read Wenger's remark on him being past his best and now our ex-captain is trying to restore some pride. Fair enough. Everyone are free to say what they want but in the end the result of tomorrow's match and the April 5th's second leg is the one thing that matters.
posted by phoenix chix at 9:28 AM
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