January 23, 2008 - First Loss in 9 Years
Of all the times that I get the urge to start a Gunner blog, it comes after their massive 1-5 loss to NL arch-rivals Spurs! The unbeaten streak was due to end one day but never have I dreamt such a scoreline would be inflicted on AW's emerging young guns!? (more of this later)
Supporting Arsenal since the days of John Lukic, Tony Adams, Ian Wright etc, I would have to say my most memorable days as a Singaporean Gunner (all 10,869 km or 6,753 miles of it) is the unbeaten streak of Season 03/04. Watching how the class of 03/04 - Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, Pires, Ljungberg, Campbell - took apart teams with such aplomb that the streak was never taken as a fluke. Alas, a controversial RVN penalty from a Rooney dive and Rooney's goal ended the streak at 49 games - a streak that no team has come close to matching.
The days of old has all, literally, long departed from Arsenal. The latest being Ljungberg's switch across London to The Irons and Lauren joining Campbell, Kanu and the younger lads Muamba and Larsson at Portsmouth. Oh yeah, not forgetting Lassana Diarra joining the Arsenal retiree club recently. What a waste when a youngster of such talent but of such impatience to play, leaves Arsenal..
Portsmouth manager, Harry Redknapp, is sure a fan of Arsenal (or is he really one?). I read that he asked AW for advice on Benjani, who was available from Auxerre. AW just simply said: "Whatcha waiting for? Hop on a plane and go get the lad!".
Such highly regarded is Wenger in the eyes of rival managers, he is and definitely will be the legend of legends at Arsenal Football Club. The Gooners worldwide now waits to see whether the class of 07/08 (the third generation) can emulate and better past glories. Cesc, Hleb, Rosicky, Flamini, Ade, RVP, Captain Gallas, Toure, Clichy etc..
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU!
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