Garry, a Gooner
(Ed’s note. I’ve compiled a couple of emails received before and after the Villa game from a Gooner who regularly emails me because, as a man who loyally loves Wenger but gets frustrated as hell by him and some of his players, I am always interested in his take on things. Here goes…)
Pre-match…
Isn't it ironic - doncha think… unlike the song on the topic - which ironically has no irony in the lyrics. Le Boss seems to have developed rational thought - late in the day though.
I really hope we win against Villa or things may get nasty on that lap of "honour". Last thing I want to see is Arsenal fans knocking lumps out of each other. Le Boss is a stubborn French git at times - but he is "our" stubborn French git!
How ironic after my email you ran on the height of the squad that we get... an extract from Arsene where it has taken the best part of 37 games to realise that little people have been the shortcoming where some 50% of goals let in have come from set pieces.
"I feel certainly a little bit, but I feel it is more about the size of our whole team in some games like Stoke," he said.
"When you go out of the back three, after that we are quite short, especially when Abou Diaby wasn't there for big games. When you have the defence plus Diaby and Alex Song, and you go to places like that, you can of course fight.”
"Sometimes we're one or two men short." (or should that read short of one or two big men?)
Finally, before the penultimate game, Le Boss becomes self-aware!
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Post-match…
I was arguing with my mate who stayed just to boo them off! You just can’t boo your team, leave or turn your back but no boos!
I just couldn’t do that. The whole “stick your 6%” chant whilst we were two nil down was understandable but badly timed. The players could get back at that stage, there was a stone cold penalty and a goal disallowed that looked fine to me.
Sammy is in his last year, so has to be sold if he won’t sign (one of the few I would want to keep). Nice to see Vermaelen back and growling again. I think Clichy will be off (good!) as hopefully will the lazy little Russian Knt. Fabregas not playing out the last games tells its own story! (as did his tweets at his disappointment not to play against Birmingham in the Cup)
I could give you a list of midfield candidates for transfer – and expect nothing less than wholesale change in the off season.
What I wonder about is who else will want to stay? I was clapping and shouting at our Dutch man of glass on the lap of appreciation (irony again?), mainly as with his young daughter on his shoulder and his kid by his side… having the boos must have fried his head. Luckily the few people left started to chant his name, after his best season so far, he must be thinking what the ****?
Kenny at Liverpool showed the way, take the bloody shirt off them, saying not sure I want to see you wearing this I don’t think you deserve this… time for you to earn the right to wear it.
Le Boss won’t go that route, can’t wait for his manager’s email on the Villa game, should be pure bloody comedy (only I for one will not be laughing). Fourth spot anyone?
