Wie geht's?
The continual sour grapes criticism of how Arsenal are winning games is getting on my wick. It seems that if we score a goal from a set play, like a corner or a free kick, it is not worth as much as a screamer hit from 30 yards out.
Bunkum!
Sure the screamer gives the viewer a vicarious thrill but a goal is a goal is a goal.
Every other team scores goals from set pieces and celebrates as if they've won the World Cup - why not Arsenal? On the same day that we scored from two corners, Man City scored their second goal versus Nottingham Forest from a corner. Good on them. But no one was crying about that fact - that only happens if it's Arsenal F.C and only if we're leading the English Premiership.
Generally, winning a corner means you are on the attack; during which the ball comes off a defender. Allow me to repeat: You. Are. Attacking.
You don't get a corner, generally, if you are playing tiki-taka in your own half. By the way tiki-taka was popularised by Barcelona under Pep Guardiola, who manages Man City these days.
I liken a corner kick to a cross in open play where the attacking team's heading technique and desire to score are the two key ingredients to success (measured by a goal).
The other aspect I've heard some whining about is time wasting when in the lead.
Bunkum!
Name me one team who doesn't do this....Crickets and tumbleweeds. It's only annoying when it's your team who is chasing the game and desperately needs a goal. Usually, the other team are being seen as professionals who are 'seeing the game out'. Unless it's Arsenal F.C and only if we're leading the English Premiership.
As an Arsenal supporter of long standing (Charlie George's heroics during 1971 sealed the deal), I've heard these accusations and moans plenty of times over the years. Chants like Boring Boring Arsenal and One-Nil To The Arsenal are part of our shared Arsenal culture. Now a bizarre badge of honour.
In the meantime, I'm doing my best to follow Tay Tay's advice:
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off.
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