A Little Ways More to Go...

There're a few interesting things out there which I thought would help fill in the time till Sunday. Let's get started straight off.

Soccernet's got a great piece on one of the real worries in the team. And that, surprise surprise, is Manuel Almunia. Couldn't have said it any better - as far as goalkeepers go, we're up shit creek, lost our paddles, and just found out we've got an almightly leak. Almunia, Fabianski, Mannone, Szcecescescseszny are all really not (to put it courteously) championship-winning quality. Far from it. Yes, Mannone may be someone to watch for in 2018, and Szcecescescseszny in 2021. But we want to win something now, yesterday, not the Carling Cup in 2022.

Read somewhere too that Almunia - even statistically - which is something even Le Boss cannot argue about - is just about the worse goalkeeper there is. He's made the fewest saves. 17 goalkeepers made more saves, and those who made fewer actually played fewer games. Put it another way. We've already let in 28 goals. Let's not even compare that with Man U and Chelski. Those who have done better include: Birmingham (23), Stoke (26), Liverpool (26), Villa (18) and Spurs (25). Most illustrious. Stoke!! Stoke!! Now, don't give me that crap about us scoring more than enough goals to compensate. What's the shit use of scoring 6 against Everton, when we ship 3 each against Chelski and Man U, and 4 against Citeh?

Wanna hear something even weirder? Quick look at the Actim Indexes: early February, and the top defender in the EPL: Vermaelen. No. 4: Gallas. So we've got 2 of the top 4 players in league, and our defence sucks. Go figure.

Well, it's quite simple actually. Just think: (a) Almunia, (b) Clichy/Traore, and (c) Wenger.

I'm sure there's more to write about there, but then I'd just be scraping the bottom. But for lack of anything else to do, there's the new Arsewiping Poll to take, and thanks to those who have already done it - before it was even advertised. Wow! I'm flattered. Leave a comment to suggest someone else I should put on.

Ta ta then.