(One) London Derby

One of the London Derby's is Arsenal-Tottenham Hotspur, since I'm a critic, it is my job to criticize games or whatever, so I will criticize that derby because I think it's amazing that Tottenham can't beat Blackpool
but can tie against Arsenal, in Arsenal's case: How can they beat Manchester Untied, but not someone who loses to Blackpool. The criticism begins below:




Result:           Tottenham Hotspur            3-3         Arsenal


                                                                0-1   5.   Walcott      
                                7.   Van der Vaart    1-1
                                                                1-2  12.   Nasri
                                                                1-3  40.   Van Persie
                              44.   Huddlestone      2-3
                              70.   Van der Vaart    3-3



                                                            ARSENAL SLIP-UPS 

Arsenal actually went up by two goals and for a team that has expectations, that can't happen. They had that happen against Tottenham Hotspur in their first game against each other in the season when they were up 2-0 and lost 2-3, don't forget their sloppy performance against Newcastle, as they were cruising 4-0 after half an hour they still managed to tie that game at 4-4, I'm not kidding! If they wouldn't have lost those points they would be first place right now, it's not like they didn't have a chance so actually Arsenal has to be first if their going to play at a high level. Arsenal player Francesc Fabregas even said if Arsène Wenger were a coach in Spain he would be sacked because he never wins anything.


                                                            WENGER PROBLEM

 I think the problem is that Wenger's choices on who to buy until now were alright: They all have loads of quality, but have you noticed that they don't play all the games because their tired, for example Andrei Arshavin, he did play 34 games, (which are not all the games,but still a lot) doesn't start a lot of them and doesn't finish a lot of them which means when he goes in the other player was in the game, all over it, really concentrated and when Arshavin comes in he still needs to adjust himself to the game, the same thing happens when he comes out just the other way around. The team has a hole because the guy still needs to adjust himself, that way the team is more vulnerable and has a bigger chance of conceding a goal, it's not only Arshavin it's also Rosicky, Squillaci is also a bit old, their are lots more that can be counted up. The problem is you have only got 3 substitution options and you have more players that need a brake, so to the three substitutes that make the team vulnerable you can add all the tired players. The reason this has to do with transfers is because he buys guys like that. If I were Arsène Wenger I would try to sell these guys and buy young players with a lot of endurance like off the top of my head I would say he could replace Arshavin with M'Vila.

Yann M'Vila

                                             TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR




I've only been talking about Arsenal, so now it's Tottenham's turn, there's not much to say about them, I mean they are the ones that came back aren't they, but the question is how did they go behind by two twice against Arsenal and why did they come back, it's weird. It could be that Arsenal was the main reason about vulnerability and Tottenham were playing the same throughout the game, still I think there's
a different reason.

                                                          SLIP-UPS

For the first thing Tottenham slips-up as hard as Arsenal a lot and I think it has to do with the quality of the team, Gomes has messed up THREE times this season and he's the keeper, so when he messes up it's goal, I also think the croatian players Krancjar and Corluka are way overrated, I mean seriously they have no quality at all. Van der Vaart and Bale are amazing players and score a lot, but need to pass the ball a bit more. Crouch is not good and not bad and is not smart and does a lot of dumb things.  


                                                     COMEBACK


I think they made a comeback because they like the pressure and excitement, that's why they have their slip-ups, they don't see the action against Wigan and aren't motivated, but when it comes to Arsenal it's a top 6 match and a London Derby, so how can you not be pressured or excited? The other reason is they have a coach that knows what to do when their down and could definitely use a goal, he uses the right players and also already has players on the field that stage comebacks a lot, they have a way of thinking positive the whole time and they don't let their heads hang down just because they conceded a goal.




I have now criticized Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur,
and remember that soccer is the best sport in the world.
FEYENOORD