Me? A writer?

Wow, dreams do sorta come true. Well in all my 20 something years of wisdom i've found something out. The best time having a dream is when the door to that dream has just opened. It's full of untapped potential and the only obstacle barring our way has just been removed.Blue skies ahead.

But for most of us, dreams are unrealistic. Be wary of the storm brewing beyond the horizon. So here comes opportunity and he's a'knockin on my door.

'Hey Jolly Goon, d'ya wanna be a writer?' he says.

'Not sure actually, Opp.'

'You sure bout that?Isn't that one of your dreams?'

'Well yeah, but it's only a dream. If you try and you don't make it, you'll lose your dream. I don't want my bubble to burst.'

One of the most dumb stuff i've ever written surely. (I've sent a sample of my writing (beyond the door) to caughtoffside.com and they decided to post it on the site {i'm not sure it's up yet, but i'm really excited. I hope this'll start a whole new thing for me, but i'm not putting my hopes that high})

Turns out it's not so dumb.

My Arsenal door opened the summer of 2004. The previous season was the best season in Arsenals history and the best ever in Premiership history. We were feeling it, we were certain that Arsenal would be all conquering and the first few games showed all the promise in the world.

We had it all so it seemed. Apparantly not. We had an alright season 04/05 winning the Charity shield (woohoo....) and the FA Cup. For most of the other premiership clubs winning those cups would've been a dream come true, but not for the mighty Arsenal, nooooo.... We were supposed to be the kings of the world. A charity shield and an FA Cup weren't good enough we wanted the league, FA cup, champions league Treble. For god sakes we went thru a whole season undefeated!! We were good enough. We just didn't perform.

So after that alright season we should have gone on to better things. We didn't win the league but we could only improve right? The Door Opened. But, no. It wasn't to be. The sale of captain Patrick Vieira did not show a comitment to improve, it just left a (then, and still now for a matter of fact) mediocre player in Gilberto who did not work hard enough for his place, and a comparatively inexperienced but hell of a talented Fabregas in midfield to try and fill in the shoes of the immovable object that is Vieira.

With that kind of hole in midfield controling and containing the opposition was bound to be a lot harder. It stang but the acquisition of Hleb did put a little ointment on(little did we know that Hleb's slow start was gonna take a year, a bit like Ljunberg). So we thought that our Arsenal would have more attacking options, and even though we'd concede more goals we'd just score more. If only it were that easy. Cue the sound of a locking door.

So after winning nothing last year (we got to the champions league final, a good thing for Arsenal but still no cigar, yet) and nearly not getting into this years Champions league it looked darker than ever. But after watching how our guys did in the World Cup it looked as if a candle was lit and some light was able to penetrate that darkness. Cue unlocking sound. Then 3 games, no wins. Cue locking sounds. And then 3 consecutive league wins plus good results in the champions league. Bloody hell, quit playing with the door will you?

Now after one and a half months of the football season I have to admit that this Arsenalsquad is filling me with hope and confidence. Hleb's playing well, so is Van Persie. Rosicky is showing all the promise that the world cup gave, and Gilberto who still can't pass but now he's making an effort there. Also let's not forget that little uberkid Fabregas. It looks like we know who the squad will be built around in the future. With the emergence of Eboue, Djourou, and Adebayor as potential stars it looks like this Arsenal team is capable of doing things that can only do us proud. Well done, Arsene!! We sing your praises.

But even though it looks like a bright future for my beloved Arsenal, it's still discouraging to know that every single season we football fans are subjected to the opening and closing of the door of opportunity. Our disability to not not care about our clubs leaves us especially vulnerable.

Normal people don't have to deal with this crap every single year don't they?

Oh, how I love the Arsenal.