Captain Shows The Way 'IN'!

An average of 3.27 goals a game is something even the Invincibles would have been proud of. Its sounds amazing right from the onset, but what makes this all the more intriguing is the fact that the 55 goals we have scored this season, have come from the boots/heads of no less than 17 players.

11Gunners celebrates this ‘Goal-Fest‘ right now..

Every League game@the Emirates has seen atleast 3 goals being scored. The likes Fabregas and Van Persie lead the scoring charts with 9 and 8 goals respectively. Even Vermaelen and Gallas, centre-backs by profession, can’t out-do their tempt and often have found the back of the net. They have 5 and 4 between them, respectively! This proves why the Gunners are gunning like never before and why this is a football team which should be cherished more than criticized.

A target of 100 League goals looks realistic now, more than ever before. The fact that this has never been achieved in the Premier League era, and the last team to have breached that barrier were Tottenham in 1962-63, makes the challenge even more exciting. Wenger, on being asked, if that target was on, said this:

“I don’t know if that is possible. But what is possible is to play even better. The result shows the way we play suits the team. I enjoy the way we play. Different teams try different styles and we manage to find solutions. It’s very good for us because we are not destabilised by the physical style, or when a team drops back. Every time we manage to find a solution and to score goals.”

“We play with three strikers most of the time. We have kept our philosophy to pass the ball at a high pace in very tight areas. The basis of our philosophy has not changed.”

Captain Fabregas, the man who has been at the peak of his powers off-late, was a little circumspect, and cautioned that we don’t get too carried away with the bludgeoning form we are in goal-scoring wise. He said:

“There will be a time when we cannot score goals. It will be maybe not that easy and we will have to be patient. It is in that moment where we have to be strong. That’s why you are always cautious in football because it’s a very fragile sport.”

“We don’t look at what the Invincibles achieved, or whatever the name of that team was. We are Arsenal. We are young and trying to do our best. There will come a time when we cannot score. So we just have to keep going.”

Nice way to put it, I would say. We play the ‘Beautiful Game‘ beautifully, there is no two ways about that. But apart from the pleasure which very apparent at the sight, the effectiveness too must be considered. But as long as the spirit of ‘Joi de Vivre‘ is kept alive, we are not complaining! And didn’t the legendary Herbert Chapman say:

“The team that scores the most goals wins.”

PS: How the English FA didn’t ban Eduardo (for raising in jersey after scoring a goal against Wolves, and endorsing a social-cause pertaining to rise of drug-peddling in his place of birth i.e. Brazil), still baffles me. It seemed to me, those guys ban him for any and everything. All I can infer is, Justice Prevails! Keep Gunning for now..

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