Eating my Delicious Words as a Snack

Hours after the EPL season kicked off, Sean wrote about the Arsenal/Liverpool game. I agreed and disagreed. Let’s glance at these teams a week later…

Arsenal, capable of the dominance they demonstrated this week, will always scare me with their predictable unpredictability. 6-0 vs. Blackpool was a hearty meal, but they could so easily starve me with a loss or draw at Blackburn next game.

The goalkeeper saga continues for the Gunners. What a gossip-mill conundrum! To buy or borrow Schwarzer or Given? My money is on Arsene offering for neither, which could be a mistake. At the very least, please buy another center back, Professor!

Someone please explain to me the Arsenal injury of the week! I praised Nasri last week, but now he’s out for a month. I also commended Vermaelen, but I booed Walcott and Arshavin after one game. The joke is on me: “The diminutive Russian” got an assist and took the PK, and Theo kicked me in the teeth with a hat-trick!

Liverpool, hmmm… Last week, I commented that Liverpool had “a newfound fire in their belly”. Not so fast! I feel that they approached Monday’s match at Man City as if they were already resigned to a loss. It’s as if the Reds weren’t even hoping for a draw! They played like they expected a beatdown, and that’s what they got. No creativity, lack of fundamental “trapping the ball-ness and simple passing to the space-ism”, play without purpose. Liverpool is making me sad!

Say what you want about Man City, they played a near-flawless game, as if they’ve been playing together for years. (That’s all right with me, as long as Adebayour keeps off the pitch!)