The natural state of a football fan is frustrated. We're frustrated if we lost to a smaller team. We're frustrated if we lose to a bigger team. We're just plain can't be satisfied unless we do everything perfectly.
Okay, so this is a bit exagerated but pretty true either way. Arsenal fans are frustrated because our team is playing football too perfectly. It's just a little bit insane innit? 3 weeks ago we couldn't get a win because we played too much with the ball. 30 odd shots on goal and 60% possesion but we still managed to find a way to draw. Bloody hell...
We were doing everything right, but results never came our way. So you can imagine the second guessing that arised from fans. We were questioning the wisdom of playing good, atractive, passing football. Seems weird right?
You can imagine the frustration. But what happened is so totally Arsenalesque (to steal Hornby's expression) When all the pundits all around the world were writing us off for the 'Battle of old trafford' we just went in there and played the socks right on off of Manyoo doing what we do best. Playing too perfectly.
Fabregas went and took the ball from Ronaldo jinked a couple of players took a lucky bounce and played a perfectly played ball into the run of Adebayor who rolled the ball just right under the keeper. After 80 odd minutes of fantastic too perfect play, we thoroughly deserved that perfect goal.
Ironically for the next 2 games we discarded the perfect way of football. After proving our point we abandoned our way and just played football, good 'perfect' football and even some scrappy stuff. Our Sheffield utd match showed it all, we had a great goal from a perfectly weighted cross from Eboue headed perfectly into the goal by Henry.
We also had a great goal scored by Gallas his first of (hopefuly) many goals for his new club. And the cool scrappy own goal off a badly timed clearance from Jagielka.
Just as i was still laughing off the Henry header Henry scored another headed goal into the net of Porto. Beuatiful stuff from Hleb as he scored a shot from the edge of the box.
This just serves to prove that however frustrated we get we have to put our faith in our leaders. Wenger turned not only the fortunes of Arsenal but he changed the way everyone percieves Arsenal football. No more shouts of 'boring, boring Arsenal' (exept from us, of course)
He made the Arsenal we know and love. He made the untouchables and now he's in the middle of making a new untouchable team. We're gonna make it, if not this year then the next.
And I'm proud to say that in order to succeed we don't need filthy russian wankers money. All we need is Wenger a little faith and a little luck.
So fuck off all you Arsenal haters cause whatever and however we do we'll still play good football.
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