A chance to make amends

With the Champions League fixture tonight comes a chance to make amends by giving fenerbahce a well deserved thrashing and regaining some vital confidence ahead of United’s visit to The Grove.

Le Clichy has been speaking to the media and had the following to say:

"We have the quality to do it but it's just a fact of being focused and working as a team because in football when you play a collective game everyone has to turn up, everyone has to defend, to attack and to run for each other."

"I think now it is time to realize that we have got the quality but we need to work harder because football is not only about playing nice football and goals."

An obvious hint towards the fact that some players in the team do not have the focus and think they have it made too soon. Focus is detrimental to any job, anywhere in the world as is determination. If you tend to get arrogant, you’ll find yourself, well, you’ll find yourself in a position we are currently in. And if one is to bear in mind the horrendous trip to Stoke that prompted Le Sagna to comment that we lacked focus, then a bitch slapping is the order of the day.

Moving on, we know the team will be rotated and with the likes of Gallas, Adebayor, Theo and Eboue more than likely to miss the game, a lot of young blood could be drafted in, which could see the likes of Vela, Bendtner, Ramsey, Djourou and even Fabianski making starts. I say fabianksi because Wenger is a bit ticked off with Almunia and unlike Fabianksi; Almunia just isn’t world class material. So we’ll have to wait and see till the press-conference by Le Boss. In any case, I do not want to see Alex Song playing tonight, next week or ever again for the club.

A win tonight should definitely see us qualify for the knock-out stages and it would be a welcome boost for everyone; players, fans, the manager etc. We need to set our agenda right and that is to straight for the jugular from the word go and just hope our attacking play clicks. November is a tough month and we definitely need to straighten out the current train wreck that is Arsenal and get back to the only way we know. And that way is The Arsenal way. The way where we steamroll opponents by playing fast, attractive football, only this time, we end up with a trophy in whichever shape or size.

Here’s hoping for a win tonight.

Until next time.

Tas van Danya.