This is a difficult one to write for a couple of reasons. Firstly its been ages since I even thought about writing anything and secondly it has been an disappointing few days in terms of the football club I support, Arsenal. Losing out to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup and the losing to the German side Bayern Munich 1-3 at home in the Champions League leaving themselves almost no chance to qualify for the quarter finals exiting the competition at this stage for the third season running.
Arsenal had lost just one Champions League match after moving to the Emirates Stadium in the 06-07 season and have lost 2 matches in this very season and both to German opposition. After losing the semi-final of the 08-09 season against Manchester United, we managed to go unbeaten against the best of Europe facing the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Internazionale and Juventus for 19 games. The run came to an end against Schalke on 24th October 2012 in the group stage of the competition.
Overall it has been a poor season so far with a lot of excellent records coming to an end. The loss to Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup a first home loss in the competition since 1977, ending a run of 35 unbeaten home games. Losing to Bradford who were about 65 places below them on penalties (3-2) in the Capital One Cup was another embarrassment mainly because it was a strong side put to do the job but they never took their chances and 3 players missed their spot kicks.
The wait for silverware has been too long and it looks like it'll be another year without anything going in the cabinet. For all the past seasons there has been one thing Arsenal have consistently done and that is to finish in the top 4 in the Premiere League which is also looking doubtful this year because of the inconsistent form throughout the season.
Unlike most fans I do not want Arsene to go as he has genuinely done a wonderful job at the club and am in complete support of his self sustaining model for the club and when the UEFA's Fair Play rules are implemented it is going to leave us in a very strong position. The rules which were agreed in principle in 2009 and some part of the rules have been implemented at the start of last season, the major rule regarding player transfers which would have ensured that we hold onto our best players was shelved.
I sincerely hope that Arsene will not lose faith in the players he has because they indeed are a skillful and strong group, unfortunately all most all of them have gone through carer threatening injuries and are taking time to regain their confidence back. Also I hope that the team are going to pull themselves up and repay the faith their manager has in them with quality performances. I see a bright future for Arsenal with the current bunch of youngsters, hopefully they will realise their potential and return Arsenal and Arsene to their Glorious days.
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