It's Friday and we are starting on a very good news in terms of our options tomorrow against Southampton with Theo Walcott back in the squad. From what the manager says it seems like he’ll be starting from the bench but his pace is something we’ve missed at times, and the sooner we get him back up to speed the better, aside that, when you have 11 players on the pitch and look at your bench and you see qualities, you will feel relaxed unlike looking at your bench and seeing Nicklas Rod Bender, Broom and Parker etc ... ewwwww ... I just dont like the fact that he'll be feeling pressure to perform and hoping it wont affect his game.
Meanwhile, from what we are hearing, Lukas Podolski is around three weeks away, apparently, which realistically means he’s another few weeks beyond that to get back to match sharpness. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is ‘at least’ a month, but fears that Jack Wilshere had been matcheted by Frank Lampard while on England duty were dismissed by the boss who said those reports were inaccurate.
I guess it’s just part and parcel of the Wilshere narrative. If any other footballer got a kick during a game, it’s not a story, but because it’s Jack, and because there’s such concern over his fitness, yeah, we know he has a cracker biscuit bone, it’s easy to make the jump if you’re that way inclined.
Meanwhile, Santi Cazorla makes a very interesting observation about Arsene Wenger. Having talked the other day about how the team have matured, he says of the manager:
" The manager is more concienciado, more concentrated, more conscious. He’s more demanding, it’s been a long time without winning anything and he’s determined. In terms of not committing mistakes, he’s more on top of us. He knows last year we lost too many points. It could be that [the pressure in the summer] might have helped; it might have done the club good "
Cazorla points to the signing of Mesut Ozil as the moment things changed. Not just for the fans, but also for the players:
People want that run to end. They were excited, agitated: they wanted signings, a genuine chance of fighting for the title. And with the signing of Mesut optimism returned. The players got a lift too, the mentality changed. We felt like we had closed the gap.
Sincerely, i feel we are well oiled to win at least a trophy this season, baring any injury and of course, with Wenger getting a very bahdt striker by January.
Till tomorrow where we will preview the Southampton game, a must win for us i must say.
FF @gr8akin
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