The certainty of an Arsenal win.
I just wanted to put this out before the game this lunchtime.
Apparently the premier League will be handed out the trophy to Manchester United this afternoon. What irritates me is the concrete certainty of all this. No one seems to be able to contemplate an Arsenal victory at Old Trafford, like it is completely impossible.
I know we’ve had a poor run recently, but is this not the same Arsenal that beat Manchester United at the Emirates earlier this season? Is this not the same United which lost 4-1 to Liverpool?
In the midst of doom and gloom I can still see the blue skies.
The funny thing is that I didn’t hear much about the demise of United when they lost to Liverpool at OT by the same scoreline as we lost to Chelsea, they then went on to lose at Fulham. No, what I did hear was “it’s just a glitch they’ll bounce back”. What hurts even more is our own fans a resigned to defeat, accepting the inevitability of the coronation of Man U, they are sitting in wait, sharpening knives, vigilantes ready to impart justice on the criminal Arsene Wenger.
Well, we will bounce back —that I am certain of, just as I am certain that we will win every time we step out on the pitch. When we do beat Man United this afternoon, I am waiting to hear the volte-face … or maybe it will be a run out of excuses for Man United because Arsenal is simply not good enough to beat the “world champs”.
They would say we were lucky, Man U were saving themselves for Wigan and Barca. Wenger will still get shown up against teams that ‘get stuck into them’. They would then highlight the lack of English players in our team, how Wenger is is the anti-Christ of English football and then Jamie Redknapp would surface from fat Frank and Stevie G’s butt hole and say ‘yeah, wiv outta doubt Richard.
dean
16 May 09 at 1404hr
I like your optimism but we wont win.