Last year was a rather disappointing one for Arsenal supporters. The first Thierry Henry-less season started off very promising and the Gunners continued to thrive until the injury to Eduardo seemed to derail the squad. They crumbled in the last month after leading the league for the entire season, fell to Liverpool in the Champions League in heartbreaking fashion on a questionable call and seemed to hit their stride for a moment, only to viscously deflate when they needed the points.
The off season headlines were dominated by the news that both Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb were leaving the Gunners for Barcelona and AC Milan. Despite these massive losses to the infrastructure of the midfield and the disappointment of last season I think Arsenal will be back with a rabid vengeance. The emergence last season of Theo Walcott as a force to be reckoned with accompanied by the signing of another young gun with tremendous upside Samir Nasri should help lighten the load. The re-signing of Adebayor along with a healthy Fabregas and Van Persie and I dont know how one could not be looking at Arsenal to be a big contender.
Lets not forget Walcott started for England last week in place of one (washed up) David Beckham and ended up being the youngest player (19) to net a hat trick in international play.
Arsenal Gunners 08/09
1 comment:
Whats this futbol you speak of???
THIS IS FOOTBALL SEASON SON!!!!
If you didn't know me you'd probabaly think I was an ignorant d-bag.
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