That In-Between Games Feeling...
Tuesday, 10 February 09, 01:33 PM · Comments(1)
When there are midweek International friendlies and a sort of mini-interlull that takes place just after the TW ends and Chelsea sack their coach it's all a bit weird. From an Arsenal perspective Arsene would love to have some time with his players before next Monday's game against Cardiff (a decision which baffles me despite the fact that it's just for TV as we have no chance of getting a potential 5th round game in next week) especially as some (Eduardo, possibly Arshavin) could do with a work out with the rest of the team.
Eduardo's return, Arshavin's arrival and the potential return to fitness for Theo may mean (and I say this with fingers crossed and a large dose of optimism) that we can head into a run of fixtures in February/March with the opportunity (last chance saloon??) to resurrect the season. Our league games are against teams we should (or in the past should of, this season it's anybody's guess) beat plus the FA Cup game(s - hopefully!) and the Champions League returns. The CL will be difficult since we are playing the form team in Italy but we have much more of a chance with these players in the squad and Adebayor's injury has saved the manager the decision of dropping him, which on his recent form would have been the right one.
Meanwhile, we can sit back and watch how a true classy club like Chelsea manages itself in in its self created mess of a situation that it finds itself in...
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It will be interesting to see who gets Adebayor's starting place.