da cassino online： The way Arsenal players celebrated victory at Stamford Bridge you would think they had just won the league; however it goes to show the pressure that everybody at the football club is under. Let’s be honest Arsene Wenger’s men are always seemingly one defeat away from the next crisis, so the nature of the win against Chelsea was the first real statement of intent that this club has produced in a long time. The players knew it, the media knew it, and maybe finally the supporters will wake up to it. This football club has masses of potential, so hopefully this result will go some way to silencing its critics.
da luck： I have on this blog championed Arsene Wenger and got a fair amount of stick as a result. I feel the manager has taken a large percentage of the flak, while the board have hidden behind him happy that the manager has continued to work wonders on a shoestring while the financial transition took place following the move to the Emirates. By rights Wenger could have easily made outlandish demands of his board to ensure the ‘invincibles’ of 2004 was suitable replaced in the following years, but his loyalty to his employers ensured he kept his head down and looked to build a side on the cheap so the club wasn’t jeopardised financially in any way. Wenger also managed to ensure Champions League football every season during this time; an unappreciated feat given the competitive nature of the League, with teams spending millions in the hope of achieving it.
The transition is difficult for any football club to take and it’s clearly something Arsenal fans haven’t been use to in some 20 odd years. While supporters have grown frustrated during this time it is worth pointing out that they have been competitive, challenging for the title and reaching a Champions League final. The lack of funds has meant that Wenger has had the opportunity to blood youngsters like Fabregas and Wilshere; players who may not have got their opportunities had the club followed their supporters wishes and spent big. Unfortunately building a football team doesn’t happen overnight and Wenger has been unfortunate that his best laid plans keep getting derailed by the mercenary nature of the modern footballer. The likes of Nasri, Hleb and Adebayor were relatively unknown until they arrived on these shores and yet a successful time at Arsenal saw them get attracted by the bigger money on offer elsewhere. These squad breakups cannot be solely down to Wenger and more down to the current motives of the modern footballer.
Arsene Wenger has endured terrible stick from sections his own support in the past 12 months, who are fed up with the Frenchman’s reasoning. I am not going to sit here and be blind to the fact that a club of Arsenal’s size should go so long without winning silverware, but it’s not as if the Gunners haven’t come close. Had Wenger’s men not got stage-fright at Wembley back in February then this pressure simply wouldn’t be on the manager and supporters, not to mention a few pundits; they would be backing the football club to the hilt. Instead mountains are being made out of molehills and every game now brings its own amount of pressure.
Victory on Saturday now sees the club within 3pts of the top four of the Premier League and subsequently the clouds of gloom are starting to lift from N5 and supporters on the message boards and forums have a little bit of their swagger back. The bottom line is that there isn’t a crisis in the first place and if the supporters adhere to Wenger’s call for unity then the club certainly have the ability to bring an end to their barren run. A little belief can go a long way in football and Arsene Wenger will be hoping that the win at Stamford Bridge could mark a turning point.
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