Well it’s a beautiful day for a semi-final and I had a dream about it last night. Arsenal were playing in white on a big dusty pitch. Philippe Senderos was playing at the back and as the ball came across he slipped on a patch of car oil allowing Casiraghi (remember him?) to get in on goal. But just as the Chelsea man was about to shoot Senderos extended his left leg by about eight feet, hooked the ball away and started a counter-attack.
The ball ended up in the Chelsea area with Adebayor who went around the goalkeeper, scored and 1-0 was enough for the Arsenal in the end. At the very least I’m hoping the Adebayor goal comes true, the rest would also be cool. Footballers with Inspector Gadget type skills would be very handy indeed.
She wore, she wore, she wore a yellow ribbon ….
The team news that we have at the moment is that Sagna is out, he hasn’t recovered from his illness enough to be considered, while Kieran Gibbs will have a late fitness test. He’s obviously borderline but pictures from yesterday showed him training with the squad so fingers crossed he can make it. We know the option if he isn’t passed fit so there’s no point going over that again.
At the other end of the pitch the manager will bring Arshavin into the team but for whom remains to be seen. Nasri wasn’t particularly effective from an attacking point of view against Villarreal but he did good work in protecting Gibbs and that might play on the manager’s mind. So we might see one of Adebayor or van Persie on the bench with Arshavin just behind.
She wore a yellow ribbon in the merry month of May…
Whatever team he picks though they’re going to have to work really hard and perform well to go through. Chelsea are a very good team and, it should not be forgotten, a pack of complete and utter cunts. We need our big players to have big games.
Now is when we see the value of having someone like Arshavin, whose experience and quality will show today, I’m sure. Now is when Cesc’s return becomes so hugely important and with a couple of games under his belt now to get himself sharp again it’s time for him to deliver a big game.
And when, I asked her why she wore that ribbon…
It’s hugely exciting and it’s only 10am now. Its going to be nailbiting stuff later on, no doubt about it. There are those who will say there’s a score to be settled. The last time we played Chelsea in a cup competition was the day of the Carling Cup final. A game we took the lead in but which ended badly for us. Two Drogba goals and a bit of a melee at the end saw red cards flashed all over the place. Cuntley Cunt, who didn’t even play that day, danced around in a t-shirt with a winners medal as if he had anything to do with it.
So while Cesc says this game isn’t about revenge for the players, there can’t be an Arsenal fan at Wembley or anywhere else today who doesn’t have that in the back of their minds. Do I want revenge? Oh yes, yes I do. Sweet, delicious, juicy revenge. I wants it.
Ray Parlour reckons Petr Cech could be the Chelsea weak link and the keeper has certainly not been in the best of form recently. It’d be just typical of him to have a stormer today though. In fact, I can say with absolute certainty that there’s no way Cech will make even the slightest mistake. No a chance.
She said its for the Arsenal and we’re going to Wembley…
The manager is hoping the new Wembley pitch will be up to scratch. I don’t think I’ve seen enough games taking place there to make any judgement on the pitch but I’ve read that it’s not great and cuts up quite badly. When you compare it to the old Wembley surface it’s easy to see why Wenger has concerns. There was nothing quite like the old pitch. I remember, having watched games on TV there, being taken to see England v Ireland by my Dad some time in the late 70s/early 80s and I can still remember the greenosity of the grass to this day. Magic.
Anyway, enough of this nervous waffle. There’s a whole day to get through before the game kicks off. I know we’ve got problems at the back but I think the team is attacking as well as it had done all season and there’s so much quality available today – RVP, Ade, Walcott, Arshavin, Nasri, Cesc, Bendtner, Eduardo and even Vela. There were times you looked at the team this season and wondered quite where the goals were going to come from, not today.
Time to stand up and be counted boys. It’s the FA Cup semi-final. I don’t care what anyone says about how the cup has fallen in stature, I love the competition, it has provided fantastic memories for Arsenal fans down the years, let’s hope today is another one of those days. COME ON YOU REEEEEEEEDS.
Wembley, Wembley, We’re the famous Arsenal and we’re going Wembley.
Up the Arse today! More tomorrow.
