Refs are Asses + Wenger Mindfucked Barcelona

The Sunderland game was a disappointing one in many ways.We played pretty badly in the first half,but i thought we did make some pretty good chances,maybe we will do better.In the second half we totally dominated Sonderland and well,we still didn't win.We still didn't win.There seems to be a lot of that going around....We give our all and still not win,hmmmmmmmmmmmm why could that be???? LET THE BLAMING BEGIN!!!!
Blame it on the linesman
Got you feeling low man
Blame it on Bramble
Got you in a Shamble
Blame it on the R e e e e e Referee
Blame it on the R e e e e e e Referee 
(to be sung to the tunes of 'Blame it on the alcohol' by Jamie Foxx)


Some of the decisions made during the match were sooo bad that........ahhhh i dont wanna talk about it.A clear penalty and a goal disallowed in the same match against the same team says a lot for itself....

          Sunday morning was pretty sad......but things started to get better as the day progressed.First i read that Wilshire was fine and ready to take on Barcelona,then later on in the evening Manchester Utd got pawned by Liverpool (one thing i love more than Arsenal winning,is Man Utd losing) thanks to a hat-trick by Kuyt(the ultimate opportunist) & crybaby Nani got injured(not as good an actor as C.Ronaldo).Finally things were looking good.So it became a weekend where we ended up a point closer rather than falling behind by more..

Now the focus is on Barcelona on Tuesday.We lead 2-1 on aggregate.But that doesn't matter.Once they get started,those guys can score a lot of goals.So what we have to do is hang on for the first 45 mins without losing a goal.If we do so,we pretty much have the game in our hands.

    A lot of talk has been going around this weekend about the team that would be travelling to Barcelona.On Saturday Jack Wilshere was said to be a doubt for the Barcelona fixture with some sort of ankle problem he picked up from the Sunderland game.When asked about the injury list,Wenger said "No Walcott. No Van Persie. Fabregas has a chance."


Come Sunday,Wilshere tweeted "Afternoon everyone..just to let you know i am not injured and if selected will be fit to face Barca! Few kicks but nothing too bad!"The Arsenal website confirmed this later on.Fabregas was reported to have a 90% chance of playing in the game,but Alex Song was confirmed out.When asked about this,Wenger said "Fabregas will have a final test today,It is 90 per cent he will travel and be fit. It is vital for us because he is important in the transition between attacking and defending. He is also the leader of the team so we want him there.Alex Song  is completely out. He had a test on Sunday morning and it was negative. Wilshere will be fit. Everybody else who played on Saturday should be available."


  
                             Monday morning Arsenal.com posted pictures of the team's final training session at London Colney.Surprise surprise,RVP is training with the team!!!The man who was ruled out for 2-3 weeks is magically back and in full training.The whole team looked pretty confident in the pictures,i mean who will not be???Their most potent goal threat was back to full training and had a chance to play in the all important tie....Ofcourse,there was no official statement till about late afternoon.

Manager of the Decade

Van Persie playing.....well that changes quite a lot,for Barcelona....Here they were,planning on ways to handle Bendtner and thinking 'Hey,we have this in the bag.",till Wenger enters with the ultimate surprise"Ermmmm guys......Van Persie is fit and will playing on Tuesday.......sorry(evil grin)..."That changes the whole game plan,we play differently when each of these strikers play,and it takes a very different  approach to cope with it.I bet Barcelona players are shitting their pants thinking of how they are gonna cope with Van Persie,Arshavin,Nasri,Fabregas&Wilshere with both their starting center-backs out.......We still go into this game as underdogs,but with a more fighting chance...

Guess who's back?? Back again!!    
                                               courtesy @WonderGunner

                                  
               Although even with Van Persie fit,i don't expect him to start.The risk of him to tighten up his muscles is great.I am hoping Wenger wont take that chance.With Song and Walcott out,i expect Diaby and goal hero Arshavin to start.The defense looks pretty solid with Kos and Johan at the back.With Wojciech back to his best,i expect both Sagna and Clichy to act more like wingers and make a lot of runs forward.Wilshere will play a deeper role in midfield and try breaking up the play between Xavi &co.

During the pre-match conference Pep said that he had a lot of players like Wilshere in his second team........wait he does?????I wonder,then why would Barcelona try soooo hard to buy Cesc from us if they have such talent.......(something to ponder on)

Predicted line-up: Wojciech,Sagna,Djourou,Koscielny,Clichy,Diaby,Wilshere,Arshavin,Fabregas,Nasri,  Bendtner

              A win would do a lot in terms of morale for the team.A positive result would be the perfect preperation with another tough fixture against Man Utd (FA Cup) coming this weekend.

My prediction for the game is a 2-2 draw.I am sure all the fans will be happy with this result.Personally i would even take a 3-2 loss with us going ahead on away goal rules.....But I'd rather have the team squash Barcelona at Nou Camp and just show them their place.They are a good team,but are getting pretty vain these days....

           Thats all for the day folks,post your comments below and follow me on twitter for more news and banter on Arsenal FC.