Arsenal frustures supporters

Without RVP, Arsenal are not going to win anything this year, yet again.

Somebody predicted Arsenal are not going to win anything since Almunia keeps Arsenal's goal; while some others bet Wenger cannot win another trophy with Arsenal. I do NOT want to believe, but they are right until this moment.

Arsenal surprisingly got their formation right at the start of this season. Playing RVP as the invisible no.9, linking wingers and midfielders, and allowing them to get into the box. They were betted to become the highest ever goal-scoring team since then.

Everything changes after RVP's injury in a stupid freiendly international match.

Wenger tried all strikers in the team and found only Arshavin, the best player in the team, is capable to replace RVP in the central role. This makes their best player out of position, and other players play out of poistion to replace Arshavin's role. That's why Wenger did not put Arshavin there after the failure of Eduardo and Vela.

Nasri needs to play as a winger and Walcott on the other wing. Nasri could not still find his best position in arsenal. He can dribble but not fast enough to be a winger. He can link teammates well but without a Cesc vision. He best play in the Denilson role. But without too many options, hw need to play upfront. Walcott did not improve since his hat track in Russia. He even drops after his continous injury. A winger without final ball is the best description on him. If the offense on the other wing is good enough, Walcott can be provided more space to run. But now he cannot.

Eduardo is a better option to a team as a central role but he plays 4-4-2. Rosicky will be a better options as a winger but he cannot play consecutive matches. Bendtner maybe good to the team but he is injuried at the moment the team need him. Vela cannot prove himself excluding Carling Cup matches.

When Arsenal cannot attack, what does the word Arsenal mean?

顔強眼中的英超帝國

很多人都搞不清英超是什麼的一回事，以為只是改個名字，由甲組聯賽到超級聯賽，名字強了而已。這可不是獎門人，由超級無敵到宇宙無敵這種文字上的改變，背後的是希斯堡慘劇及英格蘭球壇比現今意大利更低沉的景況。

要知道英超甚至英格蘭球壇的歷史及發展，我推介此書 - 《金球—顔強眼中的英超帝國》。英超近年的強大，令此書更值得我們閱讀。

初次接觸顏強的名字，是他的另一本著作《你永遠不會獨行——英國足球地理》。發掘到此書時已經出版了數年，資料已經不合時。但當時仍然被其充實的內容吸引，絕對是了解英國足球文化的啟蒙讀物。尤其在香港，一直只有那些由圖片主導的足球讀物，沒有分析、沒有知識。在香港最好的足球刊物是內地出版的《足球週刊》。香港人看球賽，會選擇英文旁述，因為連講波的都不懂足球。

書中有總結中有一句話：「我們只看球，我們不踢球。我們只看電視足球，我們不看真實足球。這恐怕就是英國足球和中國足球的區別。」我想告訴作者，這句話套用在香港更切合。