Can you imagine running against someone twice your age Alex?
Here we go again. Champions League football is back (yeah, it was back yesterday but those were
not my team) tonight. A meeting against AC Milan is one to drool over. 7 times champions of Europe,
a real giant of world football. It's a glamorous tie and this is what we're in this competition
for.
Fine margins
February and all we've collected from 2012 is a solitary point in the league. Unfortunately for
a club the size of Arsenal and the ambitions that we harbour, that is not good enough. 7th is where
we are right now in terms of the league standings and hopes of staying with the top pack and
clinching that vital Champions League position is not mathematically out of grab.
What a game in store for us this afternoon. As was said earlier this week a barometer game. A
resurgent Sunderland looking to continue their very surprising run against an Arsenal team
confident as a result of last week's big win.
And yet, in my opinion both appear to be skating on thin ice.
Those who regularly read my pre-matches may have noticed a softening in approach over recent
months; this is due to the Jonah effect. Every time I slagged off a team they took points from us.
However, if nothing else, this season has persuaded me that my "lucky" habits have no effect on
Arsenal's performance, I have used lucky socks, lucky shirts, lucky cakes, lucky beer, lucky wine,
lucky scarves, lucky routes, lucky sweets, and you know what nothing works.
