i'm sorry arsene, you're my dude, there's no one else i would rather talk football with if i had the choice, but i think we both know that wasn't good enough last night.
i don't like second-guessing arsene when he starts shifting players around. he's the man that converted thierry henry from a winger devoid of confidence into the world's best striker; that somehow realised that kolo touré would make a brilliant centre-back despite being a rather unreliable central midfielder; that transformed a defensive utility man, emmanuel petit, into a world-cup winning midfielder. but, i'm not having emmanuel eboué as your starting central midfielder, even if fabregas is injured. this is a man that demonstrated absolutely no aptitude for playing in midfield last season - no footballing intelligence & poor technique made me cringe every time i saw the man start on the right wing. there's no way he should even be at arsenal this year, but i'd be surprised if there was another top-half premiership side that would go near him.
eboué's partner in crime yesterday, denilson, was awful as well. god knows what happened to him last season, when he wasn't seen even when arsenal were experienced their yearly injury crisis, but i still think he's got great potential. he needs, however, someone with a little presence next to him if we're to see his full potential, and emmanuel eboué isn't that.
so, for god's sake arsene, buy someone. you need an accomplished midfielder that can tackle, a proper partner for fabregas. what on earth are you doing trying to patch together this joke team when you've got money to spend? i don't want to endure this nonsense any longer. apparently the word is he might try and push touré into midfield with silvestre coming into the side - BUT WHY? WHY DO THIS? WHY ARE YOU NOT BUYING XABI ALONSO?
oh, and liverpool are still rubbish and have steven gerrard (and sheer luck) to thank for buggering up my nearly excellent prediction.
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