Tuesday, 27 August 2013

'The Stranger and The Town'


Once upon a time

                There was a town that had a group of people who always worked hard to achieve great things. They lived in harmony and happiness. One day a stranger arrived, people of the town got confused and asked; who is he? No one had an answer except one man called David. He talked to the people and told them the guy wants to help the town; he is a very wise man who is here to make us happy. People welcomed the stranger but had doubt over him and whether he could indeed help them or not.
               Immediately, the stranger gathered a group of young men and started advising them and drew a plan on how work should be done and the roles of each person. He put rules and regulation and didn't accept less. After just a week, he formed a council. He brought up new ideas, tried to upgrade the town’s culture and changed people’s mentality on how things should be done. Other towns heard of him and one in particular tried to attack the town to kill that man who clearly is having a very positive effect on the town. The army of the town survived the attack but lost lot of its people died in the process. What has the stranger got in mind now? He gathered everyone and told them, the army needs reshuffling and told them about his plans to bring other strangers to fight for the town, people were astonished and didn't like the idea. Just after a week, 3 young guys arrived and the rest followed, the army has become very big and strong. They now go to other towns to attack and always won the battles. Just after 4 years the army become the strongest of all, defeating everyone that comes their way, they simply become IMMORTAL..
                 The stranger is now an inspiration of every town across the universe; people learned from his ideas and try to implement it. Suddenly, the rich men of the country were annoyed by that and wanted to enter the frame and prove themselves and make more money. They spent millions buying better equipment, build houses and factories. Their army was full equipped; they also brought foreign guys to fight in their army. It was a battle of the riches vs the inspiration. 2 years has past and the shock come were one General in the IMMORTAL army decided to go, they persuaded him to join the riches, they gave him the best house in their town, lots of money and the best looking girl. He betrayed his town, the battle become more intense during those years and the stranger was having difficulties in keeping his army who were leaving one after the other. What's the solution the people of the town screamed! No one knows what was happening, they started arguing among each other. What has the stranger got in his magic hat? That was the question no one had an answer to it.
                 The stranger had to come out several time to calm his people, he told them we're still strong and function as one despite some departures. He restored clam for a year or two but same problem kept happening and Lots of people become more frustrated. It got to a time were people started beating each other, the town was divided into 3; the pro stranger, the anti-stranger and people who couldn't decide. The anti-Stranger kept growing in numbers, they formed groups and councils. Who could have imagined such thing happening years back........ To be continued 

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

SIGNINGS SIGNINGS SIGNINGS…. LET’S HAVE A CHAT




          Hello Gooners across the globe. I don’t want to talk about last season because it only gave us heartbreaks and the last 5 games were just hell. But at the end of the day, we finished ahead of the scums and that’s the only joyous moment.

        Media linking us with almost every player you can remember.  And interesting enough, we’re now following ‘Colombian Radios & a Kenya TV Show’ thanks to twitter. It’s funny you know but could be hell in some cases. The 2 most used words in the Goonerland are ‘Transfers and Signings’ everyone wants to know who we going to buy and looking for clues.  For me, we need 4 signings; we need a backup keeper, a 4th defender, a DM [Everyone wants a DM, we actually wanted a DM since 3-4 years] and a World Class striker IMO.

       Starting with the Goalkeeping situation, there has been talks of Cesar, Begovic and Mignolet. Realistically speaking can only see Cesar joining out of the 3. He fits the bill, short term and could provide competition for Szczesny.

      The defenders situation is also not that complicated, it’s a must we keep Vermaelen for me. He, Per and Koss the Boss will do the job but we need an addition just in case injuries do happen and also it’s a long season ahead. Ashley Williams will be a good addition for our 4th backup position.

      What Next? A DM. We the fans are calling for a solid DM since years, even before Obama was appointed as president of the USA. Goal.Shit and the times linked us with Fellaini just recently and the entire GoonerWorld exploded. Maroune has said before that he wants to play in that role, at Everton due to injuries Moyes was forced to use him in a higher position and he excelled. He would be an intent signing and will do well at the Arsenal. Question is are we really interested or just noises? Capoue and Wanyama are linked with us since January and are cheaper option.  Another player heavily linked is Greiner. Apparently Arsene praised him. Good little player but is he a necessity?  The answer is No but he could be a good squad player.

      In the Striking department, Rooney will be my pick but can’t see it happening due to various reasons. Realistically it’s between Jovetic and Higuain. Who would fit better in our squad? Not too sure to be honest. Jovetic is an interesting target; having watched him recently I would say he played below his potential but he was magnificent in the previous 2-3 seasons.  On the other hand Higuain’s stats look very good but could be a little misleading. Is he a big game changer? Not too sure about that. Is he the World Class striker who would bring us back to the footballing map? I also have my doubt. To be honest it’s difficult for me to pick one but I am leaning slightly towards Jovetic.


    Lastly, my advice for all the Gooners is neglect Goal.Shit, caught onside sorry offside, Daily Fail and the rest. Next 2 months going to be very long, we will have 230 medicals scheduled [31 for M’Villa alone]. Hopefully it’s going to be a very good summer and next season we can compete for trophies and get back to where we belong. Keep it up boys… Arsenal till we die. 

Let me know what you think.. Comments appreciated