this time two weeks ago, we were in four competitions and looked like we had a fair chance in all of them. a defensive error against birmingham at wembley cost us the carling cup, a pathetic referee & an average performance led to us going out of the champions league with a whimper against the 'mighty' barcelona and an unlucky defeat at old trafford yesterday, led to yet another cup exit.
i can't make up my mind whether this will benefit our push for the title or if a lack of confidence could damage us more than i'd like to think.
next game, west brom away. it wasn't considered an easy game before the 'slump' but now, it looks like a real test. the squad is riddled with injuries to key players. johan djourou out for the rest of the season, with thomas vermaelen showing no signs of a comeback anytime soon, meaning the rest of our season relies on good, solid performances from laurent koscielny and sebastian squillaci.
'good' and 'solid' aren't really the words that come to mind when you first think of squillaci. maybe if he had more experience, i would suggest turning to ignasi miquel. a young, promising spanish central defender. but i fear this would be too much pressure on the eighteen year old.
we'll have to keep the faith with squillaci because we have faith in arsene wenger and i like to think that arsene wenger would know a good player from a shit player.
this premier league title is up for grabs and there's no reason why we can't win this. we've put in some really good performances this season and as long as we can deal with the pressure, we'll be absolutely fine.
c'mon arsenal!
we still believe.
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