Tottenham Hots**t - Arsenal (A) - EPL - 1-3 (Adebayor, Fabregas, Adebayor)
Arsenal - Sevilla (H) - UCL Group H - 3-0 (Fabregas, RVP, Eduardo)
Our midfielders have been a great form, scoring most of the goals.
But there are worrying matters such as injuries which depleted the squad in defense and now it's taken our best wingers, and of course the lack of goals from RvP, our top goalscorer last season.
The positives are that the goals are coming from midfield, which is definitely something extra for Arsenal now.
Goals win us games and hopefully the trend would continue. :)
Later today, Arsenal would face Derby County without 6 players, which is a worrying situation. :(
But I hope we're strong enough mentally to beat these newcomers. :)
Anyway, my final year project planning has been pretty good and smooth lately.
I've planned that the project would be started one week after my final exams for this semester ends.
It would give me a much needed boost to start my project as it would require lots of thinking and brain-storming.
Not easy stuff you know, especially when your friend might depend on your project as well. :(
PIC is a great chip man. I'm beginning to love this project as I've known a great deal about the chip and its related programming software during my attachment. :)
But what worries me now is the possibility of having more tests in the next few weeks.
I hate tests but what to do.
Oh ya, I've just been to one of the hottest cafes in my area, which is the Ipohmali Old Town White Coffee Cafe.
But only today I found that their French toast is a NO NO to me.
It is superbly oily damn it! And I can't believe that it's so yucky!
Sorry, I've to say this man. No offence to Old Town White Coffee. :)
In the last blog entry, I mentioned about Thierry Henry leaving the club for F**kelona.
No special tribute to him in this one though as we, Arsenal FC, look to the future.
So today's blog entry would be mainly about Arsenal's moves towards the future.
Let's look at certain aspects for simplicity.
a. Arsene Wenger
The master, Arsene Wenger
Basically Arsene Wenger is the main mastermind of the rise of Arsenal FC in the English Premier League.
But lately his future has been talked about a lot.
Henry to F**kelona
The French maestro hasn't signed a new contract and Henry's departure didn't even help at all.
The media circus DO NOT simply let go such a GOLDEN opportunity to slate Arsenal and harm Arsenal. That's what the media do best.
So what Wenger can do now is to calmly consider his future, think about it and make a decision.
A lot of people are saying that he's sure to leave because Henry left.
But I am on the other side of the Henry departure story, where Wenger might stay because Henry left.
Wenger's job isn't done yet since he started it 2 years ago when he sold Vieira to Juventus.
His rebuilding job hasn't ended yet and now with Henry (the so-called "Egoistic" bastard) departed, he can finally put a team which can truly understand each other, which can work with no "egoistic super star bastard" in the team.
b. The Arsenal boardroom
The Arsenal boardroom now is known to be divided into two main camps: pro-Kroenke and old school heads.
I don't know who supports which side but this is definitely not a healthy sign to maintain a club.
If the Arsenal board thinks that Kroenke's take over is bad for the club, then make him a good friend of Arsenal and make plans with him involving.
If the current Arsenal board is unable to take the club towards a better future, Kroenke won't hesitate to launch a take over of Arsenal FC. That's a very obvious fact.
c. Signings
Since July is around the corner, signings are set to pour into the EPL.
But as June barely ends, Arsenal are already linked with all sorts of players. Here and there.
Hmm...
But on this side, the player whom I can confirm coming is a French defender named Bakary Sagna.
Bakary Sagna (I call him "La-Sagna")
Bakary Sagna was voted the best right full back in the French Ligue 1 by his fellow players in that league.
He's a versatile defender who can play across the back 4 and of course 2 of his main positions are left back and right back.
He'll be a great addition as he's likened to Lauren, who left Arsenal 6 months ago.
He can make crunch tackles, he can attack well.
And unfortunately, many Arsenal fans are loathing about him. I don't know what's the fuss.
Since Henry's departure, Arsenal are also linked with damn lots of strikers.
And I can tell you the media loves to make Anelka the Arsenal's "most possible" signing as he's Wenger's protege and he played for Arsenal before.
Anelka returning to Arsenal IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE in my opinion.
But the player I would like to have at Arsenal the most is Klaas Jan Huntelaar.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, the Dutch finisher
From a reliable source, I was told that Huntelaar is having talks with Arsenal FC and this Dutch player is VERY INTERESTED to join Arsenal.
Firstly, he's a great finisher. He can score from free kicks, and keeps the ball well.
He has the killer instinct (goalscoring that is) which impresses me the most.
And he loves to score "bicycle" kicks.
Lol.
But his main weakness is his pace.
However, this might make him suitable for the new generation of Arsenal because this new Arsenal team doesn't rely much on pacy counter attack.
So a damn super finisher would be a GREAT asset to the team.
Other strikers mentioned are Obafemi Martins, Carlos Tevez and Ryan Babel.
Tevez is too expensive, Martins is XXXXXX (don't know what to say) and Babel might join Arsenal a little later.
And as I mentioned earlier, June barely ends and patience is needed from all Arsenal fans.
Wait for a while for Wenger to calm his nerves and continue his job, bringing Arsenal towards the next level.
Till then, it has been Kelvin who's been waiting for Arsenal news all month long. Tata.
A day when surprises and shocks rushed into our minds.
Not many Gooners expected this to happen, me included.
I've been without broadband connection at home for days so I've to return to the office to online.
On a sunny Saturday, I was having a pretty good mood and brought my laptop together with me to the office to online.
After connecting my computer to broadband (in my office), MSN launched automatically and a window popped up on my screen.
I wondered what it was as it took a few seconds to load it.
"A MSN chat window... who could it be?"
It was Sanderson, my Arsenal pal in England whom I chat a lot.
As I read the message, I felt a rush of anger, frustration and confuse running through my veins.
It's weird.
"Henry leaving Arsenal for Barca..."
Oh God. Is it for real? I asked myself.
I switched on Mozilla firefox and click on "newsnow.co.uk", the live feed site which is my daily "necessity".
To my horror, the whole page consisted of news about Henry leaving.
Tears began to fall down... Such is an evidence of how vital Henry is to Arsenal and the fans.
It was a sad day that even before that, I was convinced by Sanderson that he'll not leave but it wasn't meant to be like that.
Thierry Henry...
My memory started to accomodate him after I start watching Arsenal in season 2003/04.
What a great season to start watching the Gunners. Or maybe not because of the high expectations for the following seasons.
Thierry Henry wasn't the guy who pulled me to watch Arsenal.
It was always Dennis Bergkamp (whose name is similar to Beckham of the then Man Untied midfielder) who acted as the pulling factor for me.
So, my first game was at City of Manchester Stadium, against Man City.
Anyway, in the first few Arsenal games I watched, Henry didn't impress me much. Maybe I was ignorant of the fact that I'm still a rookie fan who knew little football.
But as time goes by, I learned a lot about attacking football.
The one-twos, the through ball, the crossing, the volley, the passing... Many.
Henry began to fill my life.
So as football controlled part of my life, I began to watch more Arsenal games and luckily for me, I witnessed a lot of Henry's brilliant moments.
The most memorable one was against Liverpool at Highbury.
Never a doubt of the quality of Thierry Henry. Hattrick against Liverpool after much disappointment.
And he was an absolute integral part of the Invincibles squad of 2003/04.
After the departure of Vieira, Henry was announced as the new Arsenal captain.
However, things didn't seem to go Henry's way and even prompted him to reconsider his future at Arsenal.
With his contract not solved, Barcelona were sniffing around him and were always gonna pounce on the French international.
What shocked Henry was that Arsenal were cruising towards the final of the Champions League 2004/05.
Arsenal opponents?
Barcelona.
How ironic can that be??!
Arsenal played them but lost 2-1 with 10 men. It wasn't a shame for Arsenal. It was in fact an over-achievement for a young squad.
Henry thought like wise too. Due to that, Henry signed an 4 year extension at Arsenal, and said "I saw nothing special that night" about Barcelona.
Ya, it was true Barca won because of a one man advantage. Nothing more.
Nevertheless, Henry's stay wasn't gonna be that smooth anymore.
The World Cup damaged Henry's body, thus decreasing Henry's involvment at the Emirates Stadium.
His injury in the first half of the season was frustrating him a great deal. Why?
He has slowly becoming big-headed and thought he's the superstar of the team. He began to gain media attention so that he won't disappear in the eyes of the world.
The Ade-Henry dance was one significant proof.
I don't know much about the dressing room situation but Wenger seems to think that Henry's ego is starting to affect the team in a negative way.
I read on tribalfootball (I know it's an unreliable source) that Real Madrid were offered Henry in the January transfer windows of 2006/07 and this further proves my point.
It doesn't take tonnes of genius to figure the situation out and maybe Henry was preparing to leave Arsenal earlier than we thought.
And only last few weeks, Henry kept saying "At the moment I'm an Arsenal player" and this doesn't diffuse the situation.
A footballing genius like Henry is not that stupid to know it.
It seems inevitable that a football legend like him wants to move.
So, Arsenal.com interviewed him for the last time and the usual excuse of him leaving was "Dein left, Wenger might leave, so I leave".
It's a very bad reason to be honest, trying to act as the good person.
Nevertheless, he has been a great servant to the Arsenal.
He has won many matches for us. He has brought us tonnes of joy. He's a real modern day legend after Dennis Bergkamp.
I would love to give a 100% dedication to him but I still think he doesn't deserve it like Dennis Bergkamp had.
Anyway, I won't mourn the loss of Thierry Henry knowing the fact that his departure will do good in the dressing room.
I will look forward to seeing good youngsters who're willing to work for Arsenal.
Till then, enjoy Henry's top 50 goals in the clip below.
I'm just so into the mood of logging in online and stuff lately.
Lol... I've been using the computer for almost 18 to 20 hours per day.
Blame my boss for handing me and my friend the task of converting assembly language to C language.
Hell yeah it was damn "nice".
For that, I'm still counting down the weeks towards the end of this pathetic industrial training.
Hmm.. more like industrial hell-ing...
So, with f**ker team Manchester Untied (I love to put it Untied and forever I'll type it that way) won the title with the help of my beloved team, Arsenal.
And every Manchester Untied fan seems to be generous at showing their gratitude towards Gooners.
Well, to all Manchester Untied fans, "FUCK OFF AND GO TO HELL!".
Obviously you know what I mean.
C'mon, who wants to help you guys win the title? Just f**k your ass off, Man Untied fans.
Anyway, it has been an interesting season for Arsenal.
A lot of reflections can be and should be made upon this season, due to the weird storyline to this season.
Big matches: We get points.
Small matches: We lose points.
Bolton: We lost away in the EPL, 3-0; We won at home in the EPL, 2-1; We struggled to beat them in the FA Cup but still won in the end.
Perhaps the worst frustation would be Chelsea's PSV player Alex stopped Arsenal from progressing to the Quarterfinals of the CL.
However, all are not gloom and doom.
For one, I would always stress that INJURIES are the key towards Arsenal's early exit in most cup competitions (bar the League Cup).
I personally think that Arsenal would still only need 2 or 3 players to relocate Arsenal's position to the top of the table next season.
Well, the usual suspects are still Ribery, Eto'o etc.
By the way, a keeper has been very close to joining the Arsenal.
Let's welcome LUKASZ FABIANSKI!
Lukasz Fabianski
Full name
Łukasz Fabiański
Date of birth
April 18, 1985 (1985-04-18)(age 22)
Place of birth
Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland
Height
190 cm
Playing position
Goalkeeper
This keeper was Legia Warsaw's No. 2 when Boruc was still first choice in between the goal posts at the club.
With Boruc leaving Legia Warsaw for Celtic, Fabianski was automatically promoted to first choice keeper.
According to news and reports, Arsenal have been keeping in touch with this keeper for quite a while now.
So, maybe we have something to savour upon. Afterall, Arsene did wanna get Cech but the stupid UK rules and bla bla bla.. (you know what I mean).
Here you go... The season hasn't officially ended and Arsenal are increasing their tempo to sign new players in order to prepare for pre-season.
Well, the pre-season is always predictably in Austria.
It'll be a boring June though. Sigh...
Meanwhile, I'll be looking forward to the Champions Youth Cup (August) in KL and Emirates Cup (end of July) in London.
Till then, congratulations to Arsenal for surviving a better season in the league.
Only this afternoon that I read about the Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood declaring that he and some other board of directors are hanging onto their shares.
But he also stated that David Dein wasn't with them.
David Dein
This means that David Dein wanted to be on Kroenke's side and supported the idea of the American takeover.
At that time, I thought that was pretty amusing, considering the fact that David Dein is a great supporter of the club.
But somehow, I realise a few things that have been going on with the club for a few years.
One, David Dein is the only person who does lots of things for Arsenal and football.
He is the one who brought Wenger to Arsenal.
He is the one who represented Arsenal in the FA.
He is the one who's responsible for so many of Wenger's transfers, i.e. Vieira, Campbell, Reyes etc.
Just to conclude, he is the only member of the Board of Director who really contributed a lot on and off the football field other than staying in his office or sitting in his executive box at any of Arsenal's stadium for a few decades.
Sigh.
Now he's gone, but many sides have speculated that David Dein WILL return in quick sucession.
David Dein IS a big fan of Arsenal.
And this is why he works his socks off for Arsenal.
There are speculations and rumours that David Dein WILL combine powers with Stanley Kroenke to launch a takeover of Arsenal.
If this is true, I want it to be fast rather than slow.
This kinda thing will bring instability to the club if it is prolonged.
And for the sake of the club, we need the goddamn funds to help Wenger buy big talents.
The funds that Wenger has at the moment is a combination of wages and transfer funds, which in my opinion, is definitely insufficient for Benitez, Ferguson and Mourinho in order to compete in the league.
But this is what Wenger has for so many years and yet he survived all these commercial and economic stupidity in football.
One cannot help but sympathize Wenger for his situation.
However, Wenger adapted to it and instead went for the "Grow Your Own Talent" method, which the fans have applauded for a few years running, but which is also fast gaining disapproval or frustration from the Arsenal fans.
It's been a while Wenger has brought in any wonderful BIG talents (mind you not wonderful young talents).
Fans have been waiting for players such as Ribery, Robinho or any other BIG talent but they are forced to wait until now.
Sigh...
Anyway, I'm somehow frustrated by the Arsenal board's inability to provide more funds to Wenger.
Stanley Kroenke
And that is why fans have slowly starting to support Kroenke's takeover.
If the American does takeover the club, I surely want David Dein to be the chairman of the club.
He's the most appropriate person to take the place!!!
Finally, Kevlinefm has return to the blogging world!
Cheers and Hurrays! I'm honoured to be back though, especially after a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
It's been a "long" 2007 till now due to the number of events in the past month.
And now I'm blogging on a completely new platform!
Okay, I'm not exactly entirely new to this site though.
It has been created for months now and after a series of testing and experiments, I decided to switch to blogspot which provides better personal customize options.
Hail Blogspot! Hail!
That would surely spell the end of my blog on Window Live Spaces.
To begin this blog with a bang, I've added several elements to it which I've been longing to insert.
Firstly, the imeem player. It is so awesome as I previously visualized that I would have my Hot Tracks placed on a embedded music player on my blog.
Now it has been fulfilled! All thanks to imeem.
Next up it's the clip player. With me loving Arsenal goals and music videos all the time, this section would feature cool music videos and wonderful Arsenal goals of course!
"Another happy customer" as I would say to myself. Lol!
As I write this blog entry, I realise that time is ticking off for the arrival of the new lunar year.
I remembered that my last blog on Windows Live Spaces was about the end of 2006.
This time around, the first blog on my new blog would signal the end of another incredible lunar year, which of course started last February till now.
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2007 is slowly becoming another meaningful year.
Just by looking at January, I've experienced so many wonderful moments, Arsenal-wise and Kevlinefm-wise. Lol.
Just look at the charts below. Arsenal are in 3 finals, of course this comprises of Arsenal Ladies.
Of course, Arsenal have started the year with a bang, where Charlton Athletic were whipped 4-0 at the Emirates. In the same week, FA Cup was opened to big teams of EPL and the fortunate unfortunate Arsenal had to play against Liverpool at Anfield. Who came out the victors? Of course, it was Arsenal. Rosicky stole the show with 2 goals while Henry signalled his return to the FA Cup by beating the holders.
:: "Charlton owned!" pointed Henry ::
Beaten in the first hurdle, Liverpool had a chance to redeem themselves but was again humiliated. How? Arsenal fielded a superb reserve team to compete against the majority-first-teamers Liverpool. The end result was: Baptista scored 4 and Arsenal became the first team in don't-know-how-many-decades to beat Liverpool at Anfield with 6 goals.
:: Baptista listening to the silence of Liverpool ::
Arsenal also did a 2-0 at Blackburn with only 10 men while Manchester United were humiliated by King Henry's last minute goal which of course sent the whole world an alarm of what the real Arsenal are.
:: Fergie has to concede defeat this time around. Arsenal rocks! ::
The "B" team of Arsenal did not fail too at White Hart Lane as the Seven Sisters Road players were shell-shocked after having a 2-0 lead having to succumb to a 2-2 draw with Baptista scoring a hat-trick at the Lane (of course one was generously scored for Spurs).
FA Cup resumed again for the 4th Round, with Bolton luckily drawn against the Gunners. Arsenal had to play their "bogey" team at the Emirates but home luck did not come as the Wanderers scored first. But the Emirates is already a fortress and so Toure had a chance to take the replay to the cursed Reebok Stadium...
Part 2 of the North London derby saw Spurs taking the game to extra time after Mido's late equaliser which replied Adebayor's 77th minute opener. A Ricard Rocha error was enough for Aliadiere to capitalise it while Rosicky humiliated Chimbonda by forcing him to score for Arsenal. The game ended at 3-1 and Arsenal would feature at Cardiff for the League Cup final.
:: Isn't Rosicky sooooooooo cute with his superb celebration, esp against Spurs? ::
The unexpected occured as Arsenal were red-carded once more but were unlucky to return from the Riverside for a win. 1-1 at Boro. Wigan was next on Arsenal's Emirates list but the visitors had every intention to crash the record. Denny Landzaat scored a superb rocket but time-wasting on Wigan's part turned against them, causing Arsenal to snatch two late goals.
:: Denilson was so happy that Bolton were killed by Arsenal! ::
Just only the past Wednesday that Arsenal won the replay against Bolton Wanderers. Unfortunately, Arsenal made themselves difficult as they squandered numerous chances including a penalty by Gilberto to put the game to bed at full time. Instead Arsenal managed to see the return of the true Freddie Ljungberg who scored a superb goal after receiving an Aliadiere pass. The 3rd was of course to humiliate Bolton. Lol! Watch the clip I've uploaded and you'll understand why.
Oh ya, Arsenal FC were invited to Queen Elizabeth's Buckingham Palace for tea. Hehe... I've tonnes' of pictures (not exactly tonnes la) to show you guys. Lol!
:: The 4 Frenchies - Diaby, Henry, Aliadiere, Gallas (From left to right) ::
:: Arsenal players were so smartly dressed! Djourou was smart! Lol! ::
:: "Cheeeeeeseeeee" by all MIBs in the pics ::
:: Hleb, Cesc and Almunia posing man-ly in da Palace! ::
:: A wonderful wonderful palace indeed. Arsenal players are so lucky. ::
:: All the Arsenal guys paying attention... Serious attention ::
:: Flamini and Rosicky seemed to enjoy the English tea. ::
:: Freddie, Freddie drinking tea... ::
:: VVIP: The Queen, Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood, and Arsene Wenger ::
:: Even the Queen fell for Wenger's charm. Yes? No? Hmm... ::
:: King of Highbury introduced Hleb to the Queen of England ::
:: The Queen must be delighted watching soooo many "international" players. Hehe ::
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Personal-wise, I've learnt a lot too during the month.
My first major task was to host Golden Key UTM's new member reception.
Boy I was damn nervous being an emcee. Not easy. Nervous. Mind-cracking!
I'm not a person who's good at wordplay. Nor am I a joker. But I pulled through!
Hehe... Whatever the situation it was a superb event where I've managed to know new members and work with my committee members.
Another event was on show in that month too as Golden Key had their community service project at Seri Kenangan.
It came as a surprise visit for me because I wasn't expecting to go due to personal reasons.
However, I ended up there as I've to pick up our regional director, Mr. Jimmy Teo to the venue.
To my surprise, Seri Kenangan was a superb place for the old folks. Definitely lotsa happy old folks around. I had a chat with some of the old folks and was definitely honoured to see them performing music.
What I didn't really expect was that I had so much fun dancing with them, enjoying the real fun at the stage. The kinda joy was difficult to describe. No doubt, difficult to describe. I was damn happy.
I left early that day but the moment of joy was still fresh in my mind. Hehe...
As I write on, I realise that I've spent almost an hour blogging.
To cut things short, as the new year arrives, I wish everybody a superb superb new year ahead. Not forgetting my roots, I would post some Chinese words in this blog entry.
凯文在此祝个位朋友及我部落格探访者新年快乐，万事如意，猪年行大运，身体建康。 (Kelvin wishes every friend of mine and my blog visitors a happy CNY, good luck in everything, good luck in the Year of Pig and good health!)
Enjoy the new stuff that I've put in and I'll be back soon enough! Tata!
A Malaysian Chinese living in the capital of the utmost southern region of Malaysia, Johor Bahru. An Internet freako with a weird taste of surfing (which includes multiple refreshing pages in a second). An insane supporter of rock music and the Arsenal! Mind you, the Kel would kill you if you take those away from him!
Stop there and let me correct it I wanna live a life from a new perspective You come along because I love your face And I'll admire your expensive taste And who cares divine intervention I wanna be praised from a new perspective But leaving now would be a good idea So catch me up on getting out of here
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