un"sung" hero

the engine room of the arsenal defense is married and has 2 kids


It was a hell of a Wednesday night at the Emirates. When a mouthwatering champions league tie actually lives up to the pre-match billing it can be something special and this was one of those nights. In one of the most entertaining games of the decade (3 months) Barcelona somehow didn't score in the first twenty minutes due to the heroic efforts of Almunia, (just manny being manny). But despite all of Arsenal's "fighting spirit" and "character" to get something out of the game, there not likely to have anything more than fond memories of this year's champions league campaign after the return leg in the camp nou next week. I don't see any reason to believe that we can beat barcelona with a nicklas bendtner-led front line, i'm sorry.

And what a costly night it was. As Cesc Fabregas cemented his status as an Arsenal legend, by converting a penalty with a broken leg. Arshavin was busy sidelining himself for 3 weeks, and big willy will miss the remainder of the season after coming back too soon. And the pundits are all licking their chops at seeing sol campbell get a few more games. But one man we dont have to worry about losing is good old Alex Song. He's appeared in almost every game this year when available, and along with tommy v, i dont think there's anyone who's meant more to the team aside from fab.

What an asset it is to have a player who can just tuck in to central defense if needed and not miss a beat. The assumption was that song would eventually move full time to central defender, but i hope this doesn't happen anytime soon. His efforts at defensive mid have been tremendous and I hope that all the post-viera era critics have taken note. Diaby was the man lauded as viera's heir apparent due to their physical resemblance, and he is a similar sort of player, but more careless and inconsistent than sir alex. Song values his possession and is super confident on the ball, especially with a man on his back. I can't remember him having a bad game this year, he was easily cameroon's best player in angola, and I hope that he gets all the accolades he deserves.