Sunday, December 4, 2011

and i read somewhere that ramsey (?) mentioned the reason that van persie had been scoring so many goals was coincidental with the departure of fabregas. coincidental? i dont think so. with fabregas gone van persie has so much more room in the middle instead of having to compete for space with his captain or to stay up front all the time which is definitely not his strong suit. would i have fabregas back and a less effective van persie? honestly i'm stuck in between. dont get me wrong, i love fabregas despite me saying earlier that he's not captain material. i'll never forget that appearance at aston villa. that was pure class. but fabregas honestly seemed to be on a different level at times. cant rmb exactly when but in the 09/10 season during one of the champions league qualifiers he played a really disguised ball perfectly straight through the defense but walcott couldnt read his intention properly and he opted to go wide and the ball rolled safely into the keeper's hands. fabregas was always one step ahead of everybody at arsenal. and when i look at arsenal's pass and move and compare it with barcelona's i few ashamed to call arsenal a passing side. i mean, just look at the opening minutes of yesterday's match. boom. song gives it right away. i've always been a fan of song's defensive work but he has to learn to make the right pass always. playing in that kind of position means you'll probably receive the ball a lot and one error leaves your back four exposed. just play and early simple pass at times can save you a lot of trouble.

back to van persie. i mean, i look at him and he's full of confidence. he's willing to try his tricks and flicks and yet at the same time he's not selfish and is such an astute distributor of the ball. wow. and anybody knows a confident striker is a dangerous one. case in point: daniel sturridge.