Martin Keown. I don’t think anyone expected him to sound so articulate once he became
a pundit for the BBC, but he has proved to be a well spoken chap despite his
rugged playing career. The problem is that although the words come out
beautifully, the content is actually the perfect example of BBC ex-pro
anti-analysis.
Group F is not an easy draw for
Arsenal, with last year’s finalists Borussia Dortmund and big-spending
Napoli both good sides. You feel that they will have to beat Marseille home and
away to make sure they get through, so they could probably have done without
playing them away from home in the first match. They may struggle without a
striker (…)
Firstly,
a total lack of any anaylsis of any team from the group except Arsenal. Good sides
eh? So glad you wrote that.
Only
mentions one non-Arsenal player, and when he does it is as a reference to
Arsenal not buying Higuain.
Could
have done without playing Marseille away from home? Arsenal having won their
last 9 away games, including 2-0 at Bayern Munich in last seasons Champions
League.
They may
struggle without a striker? Arsenal’s striker Olivier Giroud has scored 5 goals
in 6 games. They also have Podolski and Walcott as back up who have fine
goalscoring records at the highest level.
Martin
now moves on to the strikers to watch in this year’s Champions League. Thanks
to the benefit of his exceptional knowledge I now know that Messi/Neymar and
Ronaldo/Bale will be quite tasty. So glad you pointed these unknown gems out
Martin.
NB. Not
his fault but the picture of Zlatan/Cavani actually has Lavezzi/Cavani on it.
