After the appointment of Cesc Fabregas, which to my mind was the ideal choice all along and I’m pretty sure he’s the ideal choice for 90% of the fans out there. Despite us hoping that this is when our season officially gets underway, we can be under no illusion that Senor Cesc faces a very difficult time ahead, well for the next few weeks at least. This, as I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, is a step in the right direction, the seed of change, but it is not an instant panacea.
We’re struggling for form and overwhelmed with injuries. Our long term solution lies in Uncle Scrooge taking his cheque book out and injecting some quality into the squad. This can only happen in January and till then; the going is to be very tough indeed.
The team that we do have needs to step up and show quality and repay the belief that the boss has shown in them. We need to be consistent and we need to do that every game, week in, week out. We need to start playing as a team and less like a group of individuals who are having a kick around for the first time.
And this is the main responsibility in Cesc’s job description. He has to somehow unite these players, to make us look like a team again, to function as one. This is by no means a simple task; it’s a lot to ask from anyone one in the world and it’s especially difficult to ask of such a colossal feat by a 21 year old. But this is no ordinary 21 year old, he’s one of a kind, a one in a million type of player and I’m fairly confident he’d be able to pull through. Cesc has never been afraid to speak his mind, to stick up for himself or his teammates, to get involved and he is a winner. He has that drive that we've been missing a bit this season.
Arsene has given him the definitive responsibility as a player at Arsenal, we've asked a lot of him, but the club has to do likewise. As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, the team needs to built around him, he needs players who can deliver instantly, players he can rely on, players who can allow him the space to roam about freely and express himself on the pitch. The boss has to now deliver that set of players and create an environment where Cesc can flourish.
I know he can and will be an exceptional Arsenal captain, ranking right up there with the likes of Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira and we already know he’s a dazzling player and we know what a radiant player he is but it's too much to ask him to be radiant without help. He needs a quality experienced partner alongside him, he needs quality players all around the park, he needs assurance and that will ultimately bring out the very, very best in him. As much as Cesc now has a responsibility to Arsenal, Arsenal has a responsibility to him.
This appointment will be also be extremely popular with the players and that's vital. It's obviously very clear that a few of our players have had some strife’s with Gallas. As unprofessional as it was to point fingers, it was detrimental that Arsene address the root cause and he’s finally done that (no matter how long it took). This decision should have been made a long time ago but it's definitely a case of better late than never.
All hail Fabregas. The new king of Arsenal football club.
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