Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Arsenal - Football's Beautiful Creation

Throughout the recent years, Arsenal FC has left soccer fans across the globe mesmerized. The free-flowing, almost choreographed precision the Gunners posses is something to be appreciated.

As a football fan, this team is certainly something special to watch.This year, they didn’t come home with any shiny silver dishes. They did, however, play with brilliance and beauty just as their predecessors did. I think that’s good enough. According to Arsene Wenger, the average age for his ‘usual’ starting 11 this year was 22.3. That’s an extremely young team. Jens Lehmann, who recently made his exit from Arsenal, reportedly thinks too young.

Rest assured, the likes of Rob Van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor, Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy, and Theo Walcott will have their names among the English record books soon enough.

That in no way means there isn’t anything to gain from this so called “disappointing season”.The dauntingly talented Gunners will have to concentrate on focusing the experience and football knowledge they gained from the season into a more consistent style of football. That’s all. I fully expect Arsenal to bounce back and prove to all of us that they really can mesh their talents into one unstoppable force.

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