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The Easter Midweek Football
By Arun
First of all, I would like to apologize for being late. The reason for this is that we don’t have holidays at Easter in India and Monday being the first day of the week, I had a lot of things on my mind, especially after enjoying a 4-day break beginning from Thursday.
Let’s get back to the league and we are back on the course for the third (second maybe) spot in the league and now has a chance of going 5 clear of the Totts with 5 to play after tomorrow. Elsewhere Liverpool avoided a defeat against Aston Villa, Chelsea defeated Wigan with 2 offside goals and then drew with their neighbours Fulham, Mission Rednose XX was handed a big edge by first playing early and then getting an opponent sent off plus a penalty on a brilliant dive by Young. QPR chief executive tweeted that he might give some competition to Daley for the Olympics birth.
Somebody told me that Arsenal starting line-up cost £45.5m whereas Man C bench was £113.5 . Man C was completely outperformed by Arsenal as we showed that the defeat at QPR was only a blip.
Man C also had zero shots on target. With all their money, mathematically at least, one shot at target at the Emirates cost them infinite pounds. Perhaps they felt hard done by the on loan signing of Lee Mason (the report is that he was selected by a strong recommendation of the Webbmaster) but we compounded their misery. The enjoyment grew further when Norwich defeated Totts and gave us with a chance to go 5 clear of the trio chasing us.
Let’s see what the stats have to say regarding the remaining fixtures as the 6-day long footballing action continues:
1. Manchester City (2) v West Bromwich Albion (13) (Wednesday- 19:45)
Man C has found that buying 11 players doesn’t constitute a squad and the only thing left for them to avoid now is losing the title at their own home. To avoid this harassment, they must win their next 3 games and then beat Man U. Man C has won only 1 of their last 5 games, a run which also saw them ending their perfect home record and virtually the title as well.
Man C put up a very bad display at the Emirates led by none other than Mario. There has been rumours regarding his future and I think that we might sign him. He is undoubtedly very talented and I think that Wenger can cure his attitude problems as he did with RVP. He should be available for cheap as Man C are definitely looking to sell him and it’s unlikely that other clubs may seem uninterested in him. But if he is ready for a big pay cut, then why not give it a try?
West Brom is 11 clear of the drop zone and should be pretty safe for the next season. Surprisingly, their form away from home is better than that at home with six wins on their travels so far. But Man C hasn’t been a good ground for them in the recent years as they are yet to register a victory at Man C in their last 4 travels here. The reverse fixture ended in a ‘bore draw’.
Man C will be without ‘super Mario’ and his YOLO t-shirt and Tevez might get a chance to start if he’s fully match fit. Despite their recent troubles, it looks like a victory to Man C given their home advantage.
2. Wigan Athletic (19) v Manchester United (1) (Wednesday- 19:45)
The on loan signing of Lee Mason did miracles for Man U on Sunday and Fergus XX is coming closer and closer for them. It seems like they aren’t going to need help from a referee to beat Wigan at least. Well, If they do, then it’s a shame that they are going to be champions.
Wigan have lost all of their games against Man U and this is going to be their 14th defeat in 14 league matches against Man U if they lose. Wigan has somehow beaten the odds to survive at the end of season and if they do it this year with only 2 home victories so far, it’s going to nothing less than a miracle. I just don’t know why but I have a soft corner for Wigan in my heart and I think they are going to survive with Bolton and Blackburn goes down with QPR (along with the captain Barton).
3. Wolverhampton Wanderers (20) v Arsenal (3) (Wednesday- 19:45)
The victory for Norwich has opened the doors to an early St. Totteringham’s Day for us.
A win at the last placed Wolves will also give us a margin for errors as we close in on the third spot. The defence may be a problem for us with BFG Per out and now Kos suspended but Wolves are hardly going to test our defence, so it may not be a problem after all.
I am surprised that no media reports are concerned with RVP not scoring for 4 games in a row. Where are the one man theories???
Surprisingly Totts aren’t in a crisis with only 1 win in last 8 games. It seems that crisis is a copyrighted word only to be used in the case of Arsenal.
Wolves have lost 6 in a row. That sums up why are they at the bottom of the table with 6 games left and they are yet to play Arsenal and Man C, they are the best bet to be relegated. Still their manager is saying that he is enjoying every moment of it with his team getting only 1 point of last 21 but I am sure he’s not going to enjoy relegation when it comes.
My wish for the Wednesday is that RVP ends his ‘draught’ and we win and finally go somewhat clear of the dogfight for the CL spots.
Enjoy the football as the 6-day long Easter Football Festival finally comes to its conclusion.