RVP return likely? Fergie loses it & Uncle Sam a closet Gooner?
No. No. No. Not this Uncle Sam. But Uncle Sam, the uncle of Blackburn Rovers. The one who never gets much affection from Arsenal fans. But after this weekend he might just get a little. About 0.000001 % of it.
Forget that Spurs lost to Portsmouth. Had the regular happened at Wembley i.e. Spurs won – what would be the result that made our sunday? It would have been Utd firing blanks at Ewood Park. Given the friendship between Allardyce and Fergie (word is and this never slips away from my mind, they shared a few drinks after Bolton kicked us off the park back in 2003), I expected Utd to win comfortably.
Yes Utd were without Rooney and they do depend on him quite a fair bit but this is Blackburn, Sam’s Rovers who’d bark and bite when Arsenal are in town but surrender when Utd gave them a biscuit. So not only have Blackburn held Utd to a draw, but claimed a point against Chelsea. Co-incidentally both Utd and Chelsea played Rovers after their Champions League exits. We won’t have such issues thanks especially to one Lionel Messi…
Rovers’ draw vs Utd wasn’t that suprising considering Fergie ‘s ‘Rafa’ moment on Friday. In 5 minutes he:
- demanded praise for Utd’s 3-0 lead. Yeah just like the hare demanding praise for take an early lead against the tortoise.
- accused the press of cheering for Barcelona last year in the final - based on the word of one journalist who had no proof to back his claim.
- Took a dig at UEFA’s rules that managers speak straight after the game even though this has happened for years.
- Accused the press of sensationalising the now infamous “typical germans’ phrase (as if it needed any sensationalising)
- Agreed with Van Gaal that the English league the most honest in Europe – forgetting that his team have been probably the least honest in the EPL.
Well that’s a lot of bullshit to go through in 5 minutes. And Arsene is meant to be the whinger eh? To top it off, Fergie used the phrase “and that’s a fact” to support hearsay. Oh we laughed.
So, that was a fun weekend for us Gooners and hopefully the fun won’t stop there. Wednesday is the ideal game for us to show we’re better than the result at the Nou Camp. The NLD has the feel of a straightforward win but it never is. Since 2001 we’ve triumphed at the Lane 3 times which makes our overall record against them even more remarkable when you think about it. Harry’s Spurs are never to be taken lightly especially after they capitulated against Portsmouth. I have a feeling that our players will be grateful that Palacios isn’t playing. When we played them last year in February, the man was “fully committed”. Given our luck with regards to injuries, it is a blessing that Palacios is unavailable.
Word around is that RVP might return, possibly a place on the bench at worst. This is good news in a way. For far too long our season has had a feeling of “If only RVP wasn’t injured”. Well, the Dutchman is back, training hard no doubt, to help end our season on a high. In a way this news is bad for the fringe players – i.e. Eduardo, Vela and dare I say it Bendtner. It is better we have a squad that is fit and raring to go then to rely on a player who might not be fully match fit. Besides we saw what happened to Utd when they risked a Rooney with one fit ankle. Then again, considering our injury list we don’t have that much of a choice do we? There is also the incentive for Robin to show some form right in time for the World Cup and that is reason enough to include him as soon as he declares himself available.
Of course only Wenger and his medical staff can make the decision to play or not play Van Persie, we at home can only speculate. Myself I can`t see the benefit of introducing a player who is not match fit into a game which has a good chance of becoming extemely physical. He can not be expected to have the inpact he had at the start of the season. It`s a risk I personally would not take.
and with it being RVP I think we’ve got to be more careful. Here is a player who already has had setbacks with regards to injuries.
I’d put him on the wing on 65 minutes.
RVP? This seems sensationalist claptrap to me.
Sure, the rumour that Robin is a probable for Sp*rs has been gathering momentum for days now, but would AW risk RVP on Wednesday?
On the one hand we’re playing a depleted side a bit out of puff after being stuffed by Portsmouth. On the other we’ve seen what happens when players return before their time.
He risked Gallas against Barcelona, and we not only lost the tie, but lost Gallas. OK, he was passed fit, but he still wasn’t ready. (Thinks: how can we complain about our injury list if we “risk” players and the risk doesn’t pay off?)
Wishful-thinking apart, I’d only play RVP if he’s truly fit. Mathematically-impossibly fit. 110% fit. Certainly for Sp*rs. We’ve just as important games after Wednesday. We really don’t want him out for those.
As for Ferguson … the man’s an embarrassment to his club – which is brilliant. A spiteful, OAP with a W C Fields nose, a penchant for looking and sounding stupid, and a distracting interest in watching horsies go round in circles. Oh, but he’s the “peoples’ granddad” – I hear you say – much-loved, and respected. Not really. He’s just what Arsenal need at one of our rival clubs, and I for one hope he decides to go on and on. It would be such a shame if he left the game after MU’s worst season for years. He has to stay and keep sowing the seeds for their next tranche of “wilderness years”.
Unfortunately, we no longer need MU to lose any more points, our attention is now on Chelsea and that next step at Sp*rs.
One game at a time should do it nicely.
starting the game would be asking too much of RVP, best to throw him on for vela in the 70th
i think we will play the following squad
—————-almunia—————
sagna—sol—vermaelan—-clichy
———————song————–
————–diaby——————–
walcott———–nasri———vela
————–bendtner———–
eduardo, eboue, rvp subbed in
I want Van P. fit and well in time for our pre-season games in the near Continent rather than risking a good kicking from Spurs. He simply cannot be match fit this early in his recovery.
I agree with all the comments about Whiner Ferguson. The most irritating is his habit of ending most of his arrogant sentences with the words “there’s no question about that”.Time for the BBC to compile a documentary on the guy….warts and all.
Go the Gunners…