Now I really hope that our man finishes as the top scorer in the Premier League ahead of Rooney, like he did after being crowned Footballer and PFA Player of the Year, for obvious reasons. The most obvious being I dislike the Manchester United striker almost as much as I dislike Harry Redknapp. And that's a lot.
Of course I admire Wayne Rooney's football ability though. Perhaps equally as much as I admire his pace when running from an OAP massage parlour. I'd be as silly as a sausage to suggest otherwise. But while I'll begrudgingly admit I think he is a great player, I also believe that Robin van Persie is far better. And that's not me being biased either.
By all accounts Robin won both of his individual awards by an absolute country mile and that, in my opinion, was more than fair enough. The man has been as unreal as Kim Kardashian's bumcheeks but I have to hold my hands up though and say fair play to Wayne Rooney for even making the Golden Boot a contest.
At one stage it appeared that van Persie was running away with the award but, as I've said, the goals have dried up quicker than Paris Hilton's porn career for him. We need him to find that Midas touch again so he can win the top scorer award to cap off an already outstanding campaign and also to help cement 3rd place for Arsenal.
Although his back must be aching carrying a lot of the Arsenal players this year I hope that van Persie can muster up a few more goals. Our skipper has been untouchable at times and it would prove a lot of the doubters wrong about him.
People said he couldn't sustain an injury-free period for over 24 minutes and he has proved them wrong. Others said he would be a bad choice of captain for Arsenal and he has arguably proved to be Arsene Wenger's best choice for the role since Patrick Vieira.
And there has always been doubts about his temperament. Sure, he can still be as fiery as a red-headed half-Italian half-Spanish woman, but he really has curbed that side of his game and leads by example. The rest of the Arsenal squad look up to him.
From a petulant nutcase to becoming Arsenal's captain and main man, Robin's transformation has been complete. To top off this achievement I really hope that he adds the Golden Boot to his awards because he deserves it immensely. And I'm confident he'll sign a new deal at Arsenal too.
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8 comments:
Who cares about the golden boot shoe sock or bloody flip flop. The important thing is 3rd place and given the option of rooney winning the golden boot but stopping nasri getting his goofy smile on top of a premier league medal i would place the boot on his granny shagging foot myself if we could also guarantee 3rd spot and i wouldnt care if bloody squillaci park and chamakh scored the only goal of our last 3 matches as long as we win.
Smashed it loool
VAN PERSIE SHOULD FOCUS ON GETTING THE TEAM THIRD PLACE. TO HELL WITH CHASING PERSONAL GLORY, IT'S COSTING US PRECIOUS POINTS AS VAN PERSIE IS GETTING VERY SELFISH WITH ZERO ASSISTS. ZERO ASSISTS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A TOP FOOTBALLER. MESSI AND RONALDO SCORE GOALS,BUT ALSO ASSIST PLENTY.
Who said that van persie didn't have an assist? May be you are not arsenal's supporter.
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Robin has 10 assists, rooney only has 4.
I hope Van Persie wins the golden boot for three seasons. First; he hugely deserves it. He has been phenomenal and he has had to do it despite the fact that Arsenal has not had a consistent creative midfielder. Secondly, Rooney has benefited from the referees quite a lot. I can count at least five controversial penalty kicks that Rooney scored this season. Yes, Van Persie has also scored from the spot but in my view they were genuine spot kicks. Most of Rooney's spot kicks have been dubious to say the least and that is what has helped him to come closer to Van Persie on the goals chat. Thirdly, I would like him to win because it will do him a lot of good in terms of personal motivation. And of course it is good for the team.
We should be more concern about getting 3rd place for automatic Champions League Qualification than who wins the Golden Boot. Why? If we do not get at least 4th, RVP will definitely leave us.
Right now, our form is quite worrying. We have not won since we lost Arteta 3 matches ago. Remember our slump in January, when we lost many matches with Arteta out injured? Arteta is very important because he can concentrate 100% in 90 minutes, is tactically and technically sound. Right now I would say it will be hard to maintain our top 3 position unless Ramsey or Song can step up. Wenger really need to buy 2 more midfielders this summer – one defensive and another offensive one. Hopefully we can ger Yann M’Vila and Mario Goetz! (although he has just signed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund)
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