The transfer window slams shut and with it goes the hopes of Arsene bringing in a defensive midfielder that so many Arsenal fans have been crying out for. No new central defender to replace Thomas Vermaelen either and with that, our hopes of winning the title are gone. This seems the general attitude amongst most of our fans since 11pm last night including myself. However, today I have woken up and started looking at the positives, and so I should especially after my last blog entitled ‘Arsenal Will Win The League’. I even tweeted saying i regretted writing that blog but now ive calmed down and the emotions have gone im thinking clearly again. Like I said before we have signed a world class player in Alexis Sanchez and his work rate has been exceptional. A goal in the Champions League qualifier and a goal at Leicester on Sunday has already shown how vital he is for us already. Debuchy and Chambers have shown their qualities proving to be exceptional buys. So going into transfer deadline day what was needed the most? Cover for centre back ‘incase’ we get injuries? A defensive midfielder? Or due to Giroud now being injured for 3-4 months, a striker? In my opinion a striker was needed the most. We are not going to challenge for honours with Sanogo up front. I’m sorry but were just not. Still yet to score a goal for Arsenal in a competitive match and with every passing match he seems to get more frustrated and more anxious. Personally i would rather give Akpom a chance up top over Sanogo.
19th June 2014 and im watching England vs Uruguay tweeting at the same time about how awful Danny Welbeck is. Second half im fuming that Roy leaves Welbeck on who for me was one of the worst players on the pitch. We end up losing 2-1 and luckily for Welbeck its Gerrard who gets my back up more for setting up his Liverpool team-mate to score against us. Fast forward a couple of months and its deadline day and we NEED a striker. Piers Morgan tweets that he has heard Danny Welbeck is on his way to Arsenal on a loan deal. The next thing i hear is that Danny Welbeck is at Colney trying to push through a move to Arsenal. My reaction on twitter was maybe a little over the top.
https://twitter.com/AFCsince81/status/506485296293502976
As you can tell I wasnt Welbeck’s biggest fan. All I was seeing was ‘well he’s better than nothing’ and ‘at least hes better than Sanogo’. I’m sitting there thinking to myself ‘why are these fans happy to settle for a mediocre player?’. I wanted the worlds best at my club, I wanted Cavani, I wanted Falcao, I wanted Benzema ect… Safe to say I was having a bit of a meltdown. Thinking to myself, that’s it, we wont even make top four.. i was not happy. Then as the 11pm deadline was approaching I found myself thinking ‘imagine we don’t even get Welbeck’. What was happening to me? I was somehow thinking like everyone else. ‘He’s better than nothing’. It’s amazing how many emotions and thoughts you go through during a transfer window when its small margins that matter come May. Like I said, today I have woken up and feel positive now. I havent ever rated Welbeck but a lot to do with that could have been a biased opinion based on the fact that he was a Man Utd player. For example ive always been a fan of Di Maria, but the moment he signed for Utd I now think he is scum. So now I have to get behind Welbeck, give him my support and judge him purely on his Arsenal performances. He’s not the player I wanted but he is what I wanted, a striker.
So in a nutshell, I still do think we are very capable of winning the league. When you look at our team, it’s a very good team. I feel like we just havent clicked yet this season and a couple of players havent stepped up. The likes of Ramsey and Ozil just have not turned up yet. On the flip side, I think Wilshere has been brilliant and the likes of Cazorla, Alexis, Debuchy, Chambers and Monreal have been excellent. Once it all clicks together I can see some wonderful displays to come. Lets not forget that we are still unbeaten this season despite not playing that well. Theres a lot to be positive about so let’s get really behind the team now and march on until January’s transfer window when we can all lose our heads again. 🙂
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