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Reading vs. Arsenal match preview

November 12th, 2007

Arsenal will try to regain their 1st place in EPL in this game.

Arsenal are in big pressure I think,and with Man United’s 2-0 win over Rovers Gunners are forced to get all the three points and and they must win by at least 2 goals margin in order to compete with the fired Red Devils.Same goes to Liverpool,they too pressure us by remain unbeaten in the league,and they keep a close distance with us in Premier League.

But the good news is Everton helped us to stop Chelsea by two points and Portsmouth stopped themselves as well as Man City.Blackburn dropped points as well but I wish they could drop Devil’s point too.But they are just too strong for Rovers.

And as this game is an away game for Arsenal,there are always some risks involved.But it’s good to hear that no players are injured so far except Persie,and Persie could be available for fortnight’s match against Wigan.

About the technical aspects of the game,I seriously hope that Adebayor would have another striker accompanying him,and he’s lonely at the front.Probably Dudu or Walcott can pair with him.I don’t sure about Reading style but they could play defensively with us;they would probably pack 9-10 players for defending but it may change.

My prediction:Reading 1-2 Arsenal.

Though we will fall to 2nd place if my prediction is true but I think 3 points are more important.Besides,we can’t compete with Man United in terms of goal difference,we must take advantage of our one game in hand.If we can manage to at least draw in one game in hand then it’s M.U turn to trail us again.

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Wenger will not rest for his entire career

November 10th, 2007

Source:Arsenal.com

I modify the title a little bit,and hopefully my title will have the same meaning.

I don’t think managers will rest,the only time they can rest is only when the season is over.Players can be rested,but not managers.We did not have second managers out here,right?

But the good thing about managers are they are not exposed to physical game,they play more on mental game instead.But if the teams goes bad,managers will take the blame.

If you are the players,the chances of getting blamed is 1/11,but it’s 1/2 for managers.50% for players and 50 % for managers.

I personally think that managers are more important than players in the team.Though good players are important as well,a good managers certainly can make best of the players.

Let’s take this situation in cooking;a good or fresh ingredient(players) is a must,but only a good chef(manager) can make best of them.

We has seen this example with our team itself.Teams like Manchester United had shown as well that good managers is more important than good players.Most of the new and good performing comers in EPL such as Reading,West Ham and Portsmouth(Portsmouth is already years in EPL) make it well in EPL because of managers.

We can have many good players,but a good manager is very hard to find and if they exist,most probably they are already holding a great post in good teams.And that’s why I’m worried about rumour about Wenger’s departure last time.

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Wenger:Arsenal only average

November 8th, 2007

Source:tribalfootball.com

I somehow agree with him,but why our play is only average in that game.If it’s because of Slavia itself then we can praise them for good game.

But I’m scare that absence of Fabregas makes the difference in our team.If that is the case,I think it will bring more harm than good for us,considering the whole team have to depend on Fabs for goals.

If he(Fabregas),injured for long time(eg:10months) then we will have to miss the silverware,merely because of his injury.

I agree as well that our players need to be rested for sometimes,especially our style of playing require them to run a lot,but I hope there are no dependency on one players.

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Arsenal extend their draw record to three games

November 7th, 2007

Arsenal drew 1-1,another drew and this means they drew three games in a row .

Yes,a point may be enough to send Arsenal to knock-out stage but personally I think Gunners should finish a top leader of the table.Not I’m saying that Arsenal can’s lead the table but I think Arsenal should get three points from this game as this game is easier than the next game against Sevilla,at least for me.

Now Gunners must do the same thing when they visit Seville in another two weeks.

About the game,Arsenal still control the possession but there are very little attack from both teams,and this makes this game a dull game.I hope the thing will be not the same next Monday,as our players had been already properly rested for 10 days.

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Slavis Prague vs. Arsenal preview

November 7th, 2007

Gunners will try to extend their straight winning record in U.C. League with a win over Slavia Prague tonight.

Anyway,before I comment further,let’s take a look at players list for this game

I think Wenger would rest some players since Gunners had endure stressing of Liverpool and Man United recently and I think some players certainly need to be rested,and this game is a good chance to do that,since Arsenal are sure for qualification for knock-out stage.

Slavia Prague are obviously wants to take revenge over their embarassing defeat at Emirates.But I think we can still at least gain a point tonight although Sla. Prague will show their best and some of our main players are present.

I expect a draw from this game,how about you?

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