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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

the king is dead long live the king..

Unless your head has been stuck right up your arse since May,,the longest running saga of this(and every summer)shows no sign of abetting.
The saga of course is the will he wont he,cesc to Barca daily serial.
Now cards on the table ,,i think it will happen,,and I WANT IT TO HAPPEN,,now i would be more than happy to see him stay but i believe after the cycle of 5 years maybe we need to look to the future.
Ceac is a brilliant player,,has been 1 of my favourites,he will go onto better things,,but will he displace Xavi,or Iniesta,,who knows.
There can be no doubting the seminal reason for cesc wanting to go back to his hometown club,,and i geuninely beleieve that Arsene Wenger has promised him this,,based on the proviso that Barcelona pay the fair market price for him.
There are no innocent parties in this drawn out pantomime,(a)arsene wenger,,is at fault for allowing this to happen season after season with player after player,,(b) Barcelona,for their classless stalking pursuit ,breaking every taboo in transfer tapping up terms in a daily relay of vomit inducing comment from players being used as media pawns to declare love for cesc and to give biological information on his D,N.A. (c) cesc fabregas,you can never serve 2 masters,,his love for arsenal seems sincere,,his love for barcelona is unconditional,,but from a cold and business perspective,,,cesc signed a 6 year contract less than 18 months ago,,(d)the media,,which for all their pontificating have derided the transfer policy of arsene wenger and continually print the garbage associated with the saga,,i have counted 3 occasions this month alone on "exclusives" that cesc will sign for barca within the next day/week/minute?,and daily updates on what cesc has "told them excluisvely"(GRAHAM HUNTER)you know who you are.
A simple and salient fact is that since we have played cesc as the fulcrum in the team as the leader and goto man we as a club have won nothing in 5 years,,,Sometimes radical surgery IS needed,,Jack Wilshere is 2 years ahead of potential and was always seen as cescs potential successor,,,,Alex Song,,although improved impressively over the last 3 years,,has slightly regressed,,but is considered 1 of the best holding players in the EPL,and then there is Aaron Ramsey,,,when he was bought by Arsenal he was courted by Jose Mourinhio and ole whiskey nose,,he was considered the best british propsect in years,,strong,brave,,classy and a deft touch with an eye for a pass,,he began to show signs of his abilty in his first season,,the goal he scored at fratton park a glimpse of what was to come,until that FATEFUL day.....
With that triumverate,,we are served pretty well in midfield,,,we have strength, we have pace,we have goalscoring ability ,we have tenacity,we have youth,we have creativity.
What we dont have is a proven winner,,a trophy laden genius,a man with medals,,if we could incorporate someone of that ilk,,in their early 30s,,prefered if he was tall also to add to the physical aspect,we could be onto a winner,,,my personal favourite would be BASTIEN SWEINSTEIGER or MARK VAN BOMMEL type.
If cesc stays we will play brilliantly but i fear we may come up short again,,by changing it we might not win the league this year,,but we will and sooner than people think
cya

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