Been over a year since i last posted, never felt the need to post, i guess life happened!
Arsenal still gives me heart-ache, my long term ex had a kid, i am still single(although i did have a promising budding relationship which went nowhere), i got promoted, 2 of my closest friends got married, that about sums up the year!
Mar 26, 2014
Feb 19, 2013
Arsenal + Arsene Wenger
So i had a miserable weekend in terms of Arsenal that is, otherwise it was quite pleasant actually and my misery was compounded today, so on the weekend we went crashing out of the cup with a loss to blackburn and today albeit a much stronger Bayern side trashed us 3-1.
I have mentioned previously in posts that when Arsenal lose and i don't care to whom i have a miserable day, i am angry, i am frustrated and i feel like i am never going to watch football again, but come game time i am desperate to see them play.I guess most fans passionate about the game and their team are like me, but there comes a time when i have to question myself, why do i even bother watching anymore? its not like we are going to win anything? the satisfaction of finishing above spurs is there every season but it seems unlikely this season,, which brings me to Arsene Wenger.
I have long believed that Arsene has done great things for the club and he still is the right man for the job, but everytime something like this happens i question myself and my judgement.I read a lot of blogs primarily sports related and from what i can see there are an equal number of people now in both camps, i.e. the For Arsene Camp and the Against Arsene Camp.I still do not know where i Fit in, i was in the For Arsene Camp but now i am on the FENCE.
I do believe however that replacing Arsene is not the solution,as people on blogs like Le-grove may lead you to believe, it may be part of the solution but definitely not the end game, the entire heirarchy should go, i mean Gazidis, Hill-Wood, Kroenke, the lot, easier said than done considering Stan the Man owns close to 70% of the club.NOTHING and i repeat NOTHING will change just by firing arsene, and besides he makes money for the club so the other three are happy with him anyway. Ironic how Arsene always talks about running a club responsibly in financial terms and i agree completely, i would hate for a Sugar Daddy to take over and us become like Chelsea or City but he(Arsene) can take a page from the club that beat us today, Bayern Munich, the club is run like a well oiled machine and i don't mean in footballing terms but i mean as a business and they still attract some of the biggest names in world football something i think Sadly my beloved Arsenal does not anymore.
I am not a writer and i don't have a lot of time so in conclusion, here is what i think,
For Arsene Wenger: Finish in the top 4 secure Champions League Football for next year, then spend and i mean spend a lot in summer, forget about turning in a profit
For the Board and Kroenke: Let Arsene Spend and if he does not MAKE him
For the Fans: Support the team so that we finish in the top 4 and if changes do not happen this summer time for an Arsenal Revolution next year, similar to the Arab Spring, stop following games, buying merchandise,etc., a fan-blackout of sorts, let the club lose money and then maybe we will see some action on the part of the owners and the manager( i sincerely hope it does not come down to this)
Adios for now!
I have mentioned previously in posts that when Arsenal lose and i don't care to whom i have a miserable day, i am angry, i am frustrated and i feel like i am never going to watch football again, but come game time i am desperate to see them play.I guess most fans passionate about the game and their team are like me, but there comes a time when i have to question myself, why do i even bother watching anymore? its not like we are going to win anything? the satisfaction of finishing above spurs is there every season but it seems unlikely this season,, which brings me to Arsene Wenger.
I have long believed that Arsene has done great things for the club and he still is the right man for the job, but everytime something like this happens i question myself and my judgement.I read a lot of blogs primarily sports related and from what i can see there are an equal number of people now in both camps, i.e. the For Arsene Camp and the Against Arsene Camp.I still do not know where i Fit in, i was in the For Arsene Camp but now i am on the FENCE.
I do believe however that replacing Arsene is not the solution,as people on blogs like Le-grove may lead you to believe, it may be part of the solution but definitely not the end game, the entire heirarchy should go, i mean Gazidis, Hill-Wood, Kroenke, the lot, easier said than done considering Stan the Man owns close to 70% of the club.NOTHING and i repeat NOTHING will change just by firing arsene, and besides he makes money for the club so the other three are happy with him anyway. Ironic how Arsene always talks about running a club responsibly in financial terms and i agree completely, i would hate for a Sugar Daddy to take over and us become like Chelsea or City but he(Arsene) can take a page from the club that beat us today, Bayern Munich, the club is run like a well oiled machine and i don't mean in footballing terms but i mean as a business and they still attract some of the biggest names in world football something i think Sadly my beloved Arsenal does not anymore.
I am not a writer and i don't have a lot of time so in conclusion, here is what i think,
For Arsene Wenger: Finish in the top 4 secure Champions League Football for next year, then spend and i mean spend a lot in summer, forget about turning in a profit
For the Board and Kroenke: Let Arsene Spend and if he does not MAKE him
For the Fans: Support the team so that we finish in the top 4 and if changes do not happen this summer time for an Arsenal Revolution next year, similar to the Arab Spring, stop following games, buying merchandise,etc., a fan-blackout of sorts, let the club lose money and then maybe we will see some action on the part of the owners and the manager( i sincerely hope it does not come down to this)
Adios for now!
Feb 12, 2013
Crazy stuff??
So a little over 2 weeks(well almost 2 weeks) since i last posted i guess, some crazy stuff has been going on in my life, not like wildly exciting crazy but just nonsensical, that is a word i think :) well i know it is!
Some of the crazy stuff has been good,
Example 1: I am on the subway coming back home, the train stops at yonge and eglinton like it does everyday, but it stops for an extended period of time, i guess the driver might have had to take a leak or something, i am standing lost in thought, suddenly among the loads of people exiting from the other side i see a familiar face, i see ricky and he looks at me and has the same puzzled look!, anyway i have been trying to co-ordinate a day to hang out with ricky and mana ever since i moved here but it had not happened and all of sudden a coincidental meeting at the subway station leads to drinks and dinner at their place!
Example 2: Bad but interesting crazy stuff,
So a couple of weeks ago? i think it was 2 weekends ago i was supposed to babysit/house sit for a friend of mine(the one i spent christmas with, close friend) but it did not happen, i was back from kingston that day so i thought well i better make some other plans and so i did. But when i reached home to my surprise there was no electricity, meaning no heat, no hot water nothing!!!! Apparently the wires had burnt out and the whole house needed to be rewired! and so it was sat,sun and mon without heat, hot water and more importantly internet!!!!!! A couple of friends insisted i spend the weekend with them, but i hate to impose and besides would have meant leaving oreo alone in the cold, so i decided to make it a camping experience, indoor camping! well i survived but boy it was cold and cold showers in cold weather not so good!!!!
Anyway there is more to write but i am getting sleepy and its almost 1, so maybe in the next post!!!
Some of the crazy stuff has been good,
Example 1: I am on the subway coming back home, the train stops at yonge and eglinton like it does everyday, but it stops for an extended period of time, i guess the driver might have had to take a leak or something, i am standing lost in thought, suddenly among the loads of people exiting from the other side i see a familiar face, i see ricky and he looks at me and has the same puzzled look!, anyway i have been trying to co-ordinate a day to hang out with ricky and mana ever since i moved here but it had not happened and all of sudden a coincidental meeting at the subway station leads to drinks and dinner at their place!
Example 2: Bad but interesting crazy stuff,
So a couple of weeks ago? i think it was 2 weekends ago i was supposed to babysit/house sit for a friend of mine(the one i spent christmas with, close friend) but it did not happen, i was back from kingston that day so i thought well i better make some other plans and so i did. But when i reached home to my surprise there was no electricity, meaning no heat, no hot water nothing!!!! Apparently the wires had burnt out and the whole house needed to be rewired! and so it was sat,sun and mon without heat, hot water and more importantly internet!!!!!! A couple of friends insisted i spend the weekend with them, but i hate to impose and besides would have meant leaving oreo alone in the cold, so i decided to make it a camping experience, indoor camping! well i survived but boy it was cold and cold showers in cold weather not so good!!!!
Anyway there is more to write but i am getting sleepy and its almost 1, so maybe in the next post!!!
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