Make It A Day For The Supporters
May 3rd, 2008 by 'holic
Listeners to the excellent Arseblog arsecast will already know my thoughts about the impending visit of Everton. The events of this (Saturday) afternoon will not have enhanced the chances of seeing a free-flowing demonstration of attacking football.
Everton now need just a point to ensure a UEFA Cup berth for next season whilst our own slender title hope vanished like bubbles blowing in the wind at Old Trafford. We can mathematically claim second place, and that is a possibility only if Chelsea drop points at Newcastle and against Bolton.
So all we can ask for from the last home game of the season is that the Gunners give it everything for the supporters who have spent huge sums following them this season. A demonstration of Arsene’s feted ‘handbrake off’ football would lift spirits on a cloudy day.
The absence of Robin van Persie has attracted much comment. Holic reader Garrett is among those who would like to see him picked rather than left out ‘as a precaution’ when he has every chance of being injured again playing for his country in the European championships.
That is clearly a view with which many have sympathy, and perhaps it would have been smarter for the club to have declared him unfit yet again. I can understand if he was making way for, say, Nacer Barazite to gain some Premiership experience, but the chances are we will have to adjust our style to incorporate Nicklas Bendtner. Strange.
Anyway, I’m being positive with my pound and plumping for 3-1 to a rampant Arsenal. Odds of 14-1 can be found if you look hard enough, and that has got me saying ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’. Now for a few pounds more I cold cover my insane bet on wining the Premiership last Monday. Mmm.
Anyway, have a great weekend all of you. I’ll be back on Sunday.
5 Responses to “Make It A Day For The Supporters”
Well done on the Arsecast ‘holic – you sounded eminently sensible, just as you do on your blog!
I think the ‘precaution’ was against making RVP’s injury worse. He has already been playing injured since the Liverpool game and obviously exacerbated it against Derby. I don’t blame the club for not wanting to risk him when it’s not really necessary. I just hope that if he plays in Euro 2008 Van Basten will repay the favour and use him sparingly.
P.S. I agree, a ‘handbrake off’ game would be a perfect last home game of the season treat!
Anything less than 7-0 and I’m gonna boo the team off and refuse to renew my season ticket 🙂
For those who do not share Dutch’s sense of humour that is not what he will do at all. Sadly there are those to whom he is alluding that may well do just that.
I want an absolute trashing of Everton. The supporters deserve such a farewell present.
7-0.
I got the joke, but you’re right ‘holic that a major problem with some of our fans is their unreasonably high expectations that we not only win every game, but win 7 – 0 as well!