Sunday, April 19, 2009

a disappointing defeat but theres no time for self pity

howdy, watching drogba scoring the goal to make it 2-1 to chelsea was heartwrenching. It was a match that, i assume, most arsenal fans would want us to win as the FA cup really feel like the most realistic chance for any silverware this season.

But what wenger did was baffling. with that, i mean mind-blowing.

he claimed to have 'rested' song. c'mon, song is having the best form of his short career now and i bet he must have been dying to play that game but to leave him on the bench and change to denilson and diaby, with the latter not played for a month now, was just plain puzzling. To assume that he rested song for the liverpool game would only mean that wenger is still delusional that arsenal can still win the lge.

Or maybe he wanted to protect the 4th place and push for 3rd. No one knows whats going on in the mysterios mind of monsieur wenger.

BUT, to place arshavin on the bench was a complete rubbish decision. I bet the man himself must have thought what the hell did i do wrong to be on a bench in the semi finals.

He was on the bench with nasri, that was crazy. 2 of our most influential midfielders, on the bench, vs chelsea, fa cup semi finals.

How many times would arshavin play in a fa cup semi final? probably 0 if wenger does what he did ytd. Arshavin is the player to change the game. He was fresh, no ucl duty, hungry to impress his own national coach and wenger places diaby.

It was stupid. Plain utter dumbness.

The goals were conceded due to shocking goalkeeping mistakes. I blame fabianski for the goals but i would blame wenger for the defeat. Wenger seldom make the wrong decisions but he definitely lost it last night.

However, with that, i do not mean that i want wenger out of the team. I am still 100% behind that man and i still believe he will bring us to glory. Perhaps a better explanation can be given for his actions by him himself.

Hope is not all lost. There is champions league to play for. This season can still prove to be a successful one. The young ones will learn, hopefully, and come back stronger. I still believe with an added defender and midfielder, we can win the double or even treble nxt season.

Youngsters like gibbs, ramsey and fabianski have to be given more time. The worrying players are denilson and diaby because they simply are not arsenal material. If they can really grow and become arsenal greats in the future, then i will gladly eat my words.

This has been a fairly analytical post, and a calm and clear headed one at that. Yes i am disappointed but i believe something great is happening. C'mon you gunners!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

am i seeing legends in the making?

howdy we are through to the semis. It was just a little, just a little, (ok maybe more than a little) easier than what i initially expected. I did expect arsenal to go through though and they did, with style.

The emirates crowd was brilliant and i love watching european ties in the some unearthly hour like 3 am. Theo was not human, he was imbatic god like. Capdevila(sp?) couldn't cope with him, simply because he couldn't get anywhere near the man. So 10 minutes into the game and comrade eboue released a ball to cap cesc and he did, not sure if he wanted it that way but hes assist king so i shall give him benefit of the doubt, a superb cheeky flick-on and then it was theo, the ball, the keeper and the back of the net.

Theo took the ball with one touch and to be fair to the villarreal keeper, he charged out very fast. I was thinking "sidestep tt fool!" but theo just continued straight and kicked the ball into the air. Its crazy to watch at the angle the tv was showing cause the ball seemed to be floating out but as soon as the ball dipped suddenly into the side corner, theopedo has wheeled off to the supporters not unlike a certain number 14 in the past.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

1-0 up. 2-1 on aggregate. We were in control.

The subsequent 35 min only proved that we were in total control, and despite the occasional attacks they threw at us, arsenal defence (makeshift btw) proved to be sturdy. I could have sworn i was hell nervous at this moment. Thankfully the half time whistle came and went and it was second half.

Arsenal were starting to look more vulnerable, we were allowing them to play us at our own game. Then who else but the togonator scored once more.

Cesc did an inspiring header to rvp who danced around the defence like a seasoned ballet dancer before unleashing a perfect through ball to ade who took a perfect touch and finished with the outside of his foot as if it was training. Watch this goal on the replay and you can see just how much movement arsenal players make around the box. Surely you cant blame the villarreal from being bamboozled.

Obviously, our attack was a class above their defence.

Before long, comrade picked up a ball and released a fine through ball to theopedo. It is worth noting that eboue was simply brilliant throughout the game. Theo took it wide and decided to check back when some goon defender went in for a sliding tackle. Whistle. Penalty. A different goon protested. red card. rvp step out. a huge breath. a massive left foot. 3-0.

The penalty looked harsh on tv but the replay certainly showed there was contact.

3-0 and game over. Arsenal are through to the semis for the second time in wenger's proud 11 years. It effing man utd next btw.

This was probably the best and most matured performance i've seen from the gunners for quite some time. They seem to be in flying form and surely they can bring this good form to wembley this saturday and gun down the russian-money-plaything.

The players were fantastic. Fabianski was spot on in his decisions. Sylvester was actually good! Song is now evolving like a pokemon to some level 238453 monster and gibbs hardly put a foot wrong. Captain Cesc and Co gives me the feeling that i am watching legends being born. Lets hope i am right.

I am proud of the gunners and i love arsenal.

By far the greatest team the world has ever seen.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

soccer makes the world go round

howdy, i was blessed with good, amazing, just brilliant soccer the previous wkend. The round round thing was the best thing this week, no doubt.

Hah i have almost forgotten the joy of playing soccer and its coming back, soccer is FTW. Like seriously.

Street was on good friday and boy it was good (friday! lame go away). Cant rmb i was ole and was oled how many times. I do rmb scoring a rather good strike from half line to the top corner. But its just 1 goal, B smacked in goals for free from all sort of angles.

Soccer at B park was great. poked in 2 goals plus i learn how to make a Frisbee swerve back or swerve to your target. Yes, who says one cant play soccer and frisbee at the same time, hmph.

And i managed to get some studying underway. This is a good week for me.

Arsenal drew Villarreal 1-1 at the madrigal and i'm salivating at the prospect of watching them going thru to the semis on wednesday. *drools*. 4-1 at Wigan wasn't too shabby either, though we suffered a stunted start, the second half performance was a joy to behold. I'm loving Arshavin alr. But duh, cesc is still the <3.

Not gonna act like some bimbotic girl supporter who support for the sake of individuals. I love arsenal, and passion is forever. Hopefully they can keep the run going, i dread the prospect of silves playing in the central defence. BUT again, in arsene we trust, in arsene we trust......

Ohhhhhhhh (haven said this for damn long time!)
C'MON YOU GUNNERS!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Indifference

Howdy, nationals wasn't all that satisfying. Considering the fact i underperformed badly and let the whole team, no wait, whole club down. Not gonna be emo about this, guess i gotta grow through this pain.

I'm waiting for arsenal match to arrive in 3h and 30 min. Its the only thing that injects some enthusiasm in the life i am living right now. No, please do not think i am getting emo. eh i said please. I need some fun right now, like now.

The only problem is i also feel like just lying on the bed and laze around.

And i have lots of tutorials to catch up.

Whats this happening now?

i'm loving angels instead

Friday, March 27, 2009

running out of luck

Howdy, after that superbly abrupt post made by my sister last time round, and to prevent any of my readers to think that i am in perpetual emoland, i'm not too affected by my results now. Cant say i wasn't affected but to feel prolonged emoness after scoring badly is totally rubbish to me. I sincerely blame Arsenal, my laptop, itunes, msn and my ever-comfortable table for my fiasco in the CTs.

Maybe those tom n jerry crackers too, which made me sick everytime i eat more than 1 packet.

and last but not least, my laziness and inaptitude. You can't expect to pay peanuts and get abalone in return. I do feel that i have put in a considerable amount of effort this time round hence the gutted feeling i had for a few hrs after i received those horrible grades. (Oh i have 2 S'es btw. And 1 A too, so ASS for now) It just seems to be i am paying 20 million bucks in order to get back 20 million worth of goods, but i didn't really check the currency and i ended up paying 20 million rupees for 20 million USD goods, therefore i ended falling short by a lot.

Complicating analogy, i agree. To make it sound more unjingwei-like, i simply mean i have to do more than what i believe i should do in order to get better grades. I love beating around the bush.

I just did an IQ test and i managed a mere 140. Does IQ determine how far a man can go in his future? Or does other factors play a huge part? I'm definitely not as smart as i think i am, i mean, how clever can a boy who'd rather watch arsenal then study for exams? (oops, i don't do that often, its just on special occasions) they say 140 means u are an intellectual but i certainly do not feel like one... hmm i am starting to doubt the accuracy of online test.

Especially when teng can score 146! Something is definitely wrong...

Kidding!

Today is saturday and someday i'll be saturday night.

Its always darkest just before it goes pitch black.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Slumdog millionaire

Howdy, this is indeed a rare occasion. I thought i wouldn't have time to use the comp but i actually had! Like duh right.

Today is THE ONLY DAY i do not have trainings until some crazy 3 am. (kidding! 9.30 pm the latest) and today jus happened to be half day so for once, and for a very long time, it was rocks to be me. I remember jus lying on the sofa in the range at 650 and waking up some 40 min later. I even had 2 dreams during that period of time. This explains why i was so damn tired the whole day today.

Then there was the usual ARC admin work to do. The usual class outing and this time we went town. So its cool stuff altogether. Swensens (again woohoo) was fine and slumdog millionaire with the class was simply superb. I've not watched a movie for damn long and i wasn't disappointed at all with this one. Its just mind-blowing action. Go watch it if you haven. Don't miss out too much alot in life you know.

and also support arsenal if you haven, duh.

Good movies are <3 and being able to take naps are <3 ^ 2.

have a gd week ahead my frens.

Friday, March 20, 2009

we're invincible

Howdy, its been a no-lifeing 5 days.

All i can remember from these 5 days are pellets, grips, shooting hell lots of 8s, some 9s and the occasional 10s. Training everyday is tiring and fun at the same time.

But i wont go into any detail about training, am too tired to recall. but what has been brightening up my life is arsenal!

2-1 against Hull crap City. into semis of FA Cup, ready to slay chelsea. hell yea.

4-0 nice and comfortable against blackburn. Villa just had to lose against our hated sp*rs. Arsenal sitting at fourth place on goal difference. Sweet.

This post has been delayed for 2 more days...

Yea, now that even man utd has stuttered. Arsenal remained high-flying form by winning newcastle, whom i believe will be found languishing in the championship next season, with a comfortable 3 goals to 1. Great.

Oh, chelsea lost too. what a wonderful world.

Sunday is a real lazy day, i guess. Even when theres no rain and all, and its school reopening tmr. I'm too numb from training to be excited for school. wait, i've been going to school on all 5 weekdays, whats the real difference anyway? Gonna be hell tiring for the next 2 weeks, safra trngs after school everyday. EVERYDAY. I''m expecting myself to reach home at around 9 or 10+ every single day. sweet.

We probably be taking our results back too so its %*&%#^ soon. I shall try to break my personal best of 4 Es and 1 Cs. What a daunting task man.

I apologise for this sloppy post but i hope you can sense the weariness and tiredness in my words. I sincerely say sorry if this post does not entertain you but i do have a recommendation.

Watch Russell Peters, brown and white. (or something liddat) my teammates are going crazy over it.

If that still does not satisfy you, then i have 4 words for u. You guessed it. uhhuh.

STBY

Tough times don't last, tough men do.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

summary

howdy, a quickie one today *act cuteszxzx*

1. I love stayovers with teng and quan. they rock my life.
2. arsenal rocks my life ^ 2
3. Shooting pistol and how to shoot betta is in my mind everyday argh.
4. not saying thats a bad thing though
5. I like holidays where i can get enough sleep.
6. i am looking forward to schl. No really.
7. MJ therapy is seriously needed.
8. I cut my hair short, something i haven done for a few months.
9. it actually feels good
10. i miss my friends. awww.
11. i am looking forward to nationals.
12. even the best fall down sometime
13. thats right i am listening to a song now.
14. Number of theo walcott. Arsenal ftw

Gunners ftw

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sunday morning

Howdy, i love sunday and saturday mornings.(That is, if i don't have to wake at 6 am to go school!) I usually wake at around nine and it always feel so good. You always seem like you have the entire day in control, and you wish that time will stay still while u watch OKTO on your tv and sipping on hot coffee and eating curry puffs.

Then the clock will slowly but surely tick its way to around 12 pm, then suddenly it feels like the day is gonna be out of your control. You start to feel anxious about what you will do later if the noon, or rather what you will not do. Then you think of tomorrow. Monday. Blues. Gulps.

Yet, in the midst of the panic attack, you usually manage to calm down and gather your thoughts. So you go over the computer and you click on blogger. And you type a whole long post on sunday mornings.

Its 12.05 now. Its a typical sunday morning.

Life's good.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

there is hope

howdy, arsenal has been given a lifeline. From a potential 8 pts gap to just 3 pointsssss. Football can be so unpredictable. Yes, even as unpredictable as your very own chem teacher.

And there is hope for CTs. Of course there is, if not i would not even try to study at all. i cant really bring myself to say i am very prepared for CTs. or even prepared at the least.

I feel very well these days. Both physically and mentally. (spiritually? arsenally?) Arsenal's winning and everyone's mugging and training has been more enjoyable too. Relishing the opportunity to help the club in both the backstage scenes as well as up ahead, right at the firing line, literally. Thankful for the chances i've been given.

And most importantly, i'm thankful to my classmates and friends who made my life much more interesting and fun.

You know its one of those rainy days where u play songs like 'always' and u start thinking about stuff. Its 12.12 am and i'm dizzy and all so please forgive me if you cant tahan all this mushies, which is very different from what this blog usually spits out.

Welcome to wherever you are, my friend

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Arsenal

This will be all about the club i love and adore so much.

http://www.oleole.com/blogs/arseblog

He got it all spot on. Everything i wanted to say.

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I've watched half of the games tonight. It makes an arsenal fan depressed, no, more depressed. Why is it that most central midfields in the BPL are so committed and so lively compared to arsenal's? Some of them don't even earn half the pay the arsenal players are earning yet they work tirelessly for their clubs. What happened to the days where even after we lost, we could still say 'yes we tried our best'?

The problem with arsenal players now is their effort, or rather the lack of. Fans are very fickle minded but not all of us are cock-eyed crap. We do have eyes to witness for ourselves who is trying hard and who isn't. The entire arsenal lacks the attitude, the extra 10%.

What i do hope is that wenger sees this now and not give excuses on why we are in such a predicament. I still believe he is the man to bring us back to the top, the highest, once again. Top 4 may elude us, we may not be playing in europe next season, we may be knocked out of all competitions but they will not bring the Arsenal down.

Not the Arsenal i love and support.

Keep going you gunners

*oh fuck, aston villa just scored*

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