Arsenal - No Guts, No Glory

I am not an Arsenal fan but i like their attacking football. This article is taken from Goal.com and although none of them are my thoughts, i must agree with every word of it :) :)

Arsenal - No Guts, No Glory


What a poor few weeks this has been for Arsenal’s hopes of being crowned Premiership champions. Indeed, all Arsenal fans should look away now, as a recap of their recent Premiership form makes for less than pleasant reading.
The Gunners are without a win in the league since February 11th, and have managed to claim only a paltry four points out of a possible fifteen. Simply put, it is a shocking collapse - more reminiscent of relegation form than that of title contenders. Newcastle United, Fulham and Sunderland have all taken more points from their last five games.
This disappointing run included this Sunday’s crucial 2-1 defeat to title rivals Chelsea, in a game that provides a worrying microcosm of the current problems afflicting the Arsenal team.
Although the Gunners managed to take the lead through Bacary Sagna’s first goal for the club, the stage was then set for Ivorian powerhouse Didier Drogba to play the key role in Chelsea’s emphatic comeback, with the striker scoring the two goals that saw the men from Stamford Bridge usurp Arsenal in the chasing pack behind league leaders, Manchester United.
However, not only was the loss itself a bitter blow to the Gunners' title aspirations, but as Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger noted after the game, “I feel we have some defensive problems which we need to sort out. We got caught on the long balls and the physical battle."
Anyone who saw the style in which Chelsea pummelled Arsenal with sheer ferocity after going behind will agree fully with the Arsenal manager’s rather honest assessment of his team's weakness.
Whilst it is to Arsene Wenger’s credit that he has been able to assemble a team capable of proving the point that football is 'the beautiful game', there comes a point where necessity must come hand in hand with artistry if a team is to fully prosper.
As such, there can be no doubt that the soft underbelly displayed by the Arsenal backline bullied into submission by Chelsea is their Achilles' heel. This seemed to be something that Arsene Wenger was previously aware of, with his title winning Arsenal teams of the past being manned by players of the physical capabilities of Tony Adams, Martin Keown and Patrick Vieira.
Indeed, even flying French winger Robert Pirès stood at a height of over 6 feet. Whilst all these players were capable of reaching the high technical standard expected by Wenger, they were also able to stand up tall in the face of the challenges presented by the less complex and more basic nuances of the game.
This, however, cannot be said of the current Arsenal team that boasts a first choice backline consisting of no player that stands above 6 feet tall, and which has exhibited an alarming inability to prosper in the overtly physical world that is the Premiership.
Indeed, they did earlier in the season - fresh and in peak form. For that, they deserve due credit. But with the demands peaking as the season moves into overdrive, and a couple of injuries here and there, all of a sudden, opponents saw something to aim at.
This Sunday’s match against Chelsea more than proved this viewpoint, with the Arsenal midfield being over ran by the power of Michael Essien when he was switched to his more favoured central position, and a defence that simply could not withstand the Blues' striking duo of Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba, when Chelsea manager Avram Grant made the all important decision to introduce the ex-Arsenal striker to the fray.
Whilst it would undoubtedly serve as a blow to Wenger’s ego, he really should look no further than the examples set by his fellow title contenders if he is to see the blueprint of what it will take to get Arsenal’s name back on the Premiership crown.
How often will you see Chelsea's centre back pairing of John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho be run ragged and physically undermined? Even in their worst games, that is very unlikely to be the case.
Furthermore, Wenger should also see the doctrine laid out by Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United side, in which players of an exuberance and flair to match the brilliance of Wenger’s own side are backed up by an ironclad defence that has managed to concede a miserly 15 goals in the league so far this season.
It is imperative for Arsenal that he starts setting up defences of the quality of Manchester United’s and Chelsea’s to stand any hope of ending his side's four year wait to claim another Premiership trophy - now set to become at least five.
However, the Arsenal backline will be unnerved to find out that this weekend’s fixture list sees them travel to Bolton Wanderers, who, in the Sam Allardyce era, had made a canny habit of roughing Arsenal up. It might be easier this time - with Anelka having made his impact on Sunday - but the damage might already have been done, one fears.
We love your football Arsene, but some steel in the midriff would not hurt.

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Dine in and Dine out,
Log in and Log out,
Drink in and puke out,
Yes Ma'm and jump out,
Hold her and slap loud,
Think in and wipe out,
Salary in and Credit out,
Wife in and Life out,
Freak in and Hang out,
Two pegs and knocked out,
No cash and thrown out,
movies and nite out,
Aimless and always doubt,
No future, who care about,
Nobody knows his whereabouts

Day of an Engineer !!

A dog like and a dog-alike

Dogs are very important parts of our lives in india. They are referenced just anywhere and everywhere. The day we are born, we start understanding what it means to be a dog. When you are just three, you get a toy where dog barks when you tweak his ears, you love them. When you are five, mom makes you stuff milk and pulses saying 'If you wont eat, i will leave you to the dog
next door'. Here, you hate them. When you are ten, they wag their tails when you are roll in the muddy field along with them. you love them again. When you are thirteen, they bite you for the first time which leads you to get your first injection since age 5, you hate them again. When you become sixteen, you get one of your own and you love them seeing jumping and
moving around, you love them most. When you turn twenty, street dogs bark at you because they cant tolerate your alien hairdo or the noise of your vehicle. You hate them most here. When you are 23, your girlfriend call you dog and you love that like never before. This is a
vicious circle which goes on till the time you find that there are some other kind of dogs in this world as well and at that moment you find your true love and respect for dogs. The moment you realise the difference between a 'dog' and a 'dog alike'.


These other kind of dogs are American dogs basically born and brought up in america. Actually they are not dog, they can be chow chow, pekepoo, papoo, goldador, french bull dog but you just cant call them as 'dog'. The major characteristics of these tribes are :
1) Peaceful-They never bark or create any kind of noise even if you jump on their tail holding 15 kg weights in each hand.
2) Coward-They never run behind your vehicles, you can honk them and disturb their sleep any number of times but they dont
have courage to revenge for that.
3) Lazy-They dont eat shit. They live on artificial dog food having blah blah amount of proteins and fats which keep them
lazier.
4) Well-mannered- They always sit on the backseats of your car with their seatbelts on and greet everybody who passes them
by. They even warns their owner whenever they have to shit. Owners buy a seperate car and hires a bangladeshi driver to give
them a regular evening ride.
5) GentleDOG-They wear clothes like superman tees, sandos, ribbons, ties and cap. They can not be chained as it is against
their fundamental rights.

These 'dog alikes' have similar rights as normal human beings apart from the fact that you can touch a human being and will not get sacked in any offense. The only time they forced to bark is the time when they have intercourse with a female 'dog alike' under the legal terms and supervision of attorney where it is being taken care that both should be equally
involved and pleased.If any of them stop barking then the concerned party has to pay hefty penalty of not attending the other party in a dignified manner. The puppies' ownership is decided by a superbowl game between two families where family getting knocked out have to pay for puppies' primary education for seven years and clean their shit.


Obviously, when dog power is so strong they need to have seperate attention. Here you find dog clinics which specializes in a particular breed of dog only, dog maternity homes where they keep the track of how many puppies can be delivered upto the safe limit, dog parks where dogs can have water-rides, zakoozee, meditation centre and volleyball courts. There are hundreds of
events like dog olympics, dogs paralympics, miss bitch USA, miss teen bitch USA, mr bull dog usa, mr hot dog usa, mr cool dog usa, mr powerful usa, american idol etc etc.There are awards for them as well like 'most silky hairy dog' who gets one year advertising agreement from Garnier, 'most efficient bitch' where criteria is how many puppies she can deliver in a single shot, 'best dog in comic role', 'best dog in Van Hausen shirt' etc etc. I was just wondering if we have similar awards in india they will be like 'best cracky sounding dog', 'dog with alright
four legs', 'dog who never eat shit', 'dog who bath twice a week', 'dog who looks better than chandrachud singh'.


I remember once an american dog came to visit india to one of his indian dog friend, he asked for a massage parlour. It took our indian dog three hours to understand what he was trying to say and when finally american dog rolled on the ground and rubbed his body twice, indian dog jumped with a cunning smile and took him to a stable where they freaked out for an hour. American dog felt happy of his hospitality and gave indian dog KFC chicken wings which his entire family of 13 gulped in less than 13 seconds.Then they watched 'teri meharbaniyan' together and indain dog cried 18th time after watching the same movie.

Whatever its like but whenever you mean 'dog' it means someone with a raw attitude, who can go beyond the limits, a macho with a macho face and stubborn look. Someone who can give and take life on a single command.I wish someday in future the 'dog-alikes' identify their true destiny and become dogs finally. I will dare to watch 'teri meharbaniyan' that day.