This weekend: The Positives by GilbertoSilver Gunnerblog http://gunnerblog.com/?p=2741 After writing up the disaster of that 4-4 draw, I promised you my next post would be more positive. So here it is. Get your smiley emoticons at the ready - the sun is coming out. 自从上次评论了4-4那场的灾难表现，我承诺过下一篇的观点会更积极乐观点。就是这篇 ，持着开心的心情，享受阳光吧。 (可以自行去 Gunnerblog 看前一篇的评论，因为我没有翻译唷 Orz ) We’re in a better position than we were at the start of the weekend… 比起过去在周末的表现，我们现在的状态相当好。 Bizarre though it seems, we’re actually in a better position than we were on Friday. Wolves’ defeat of Manchester United (I always liked that Easter Island shaped prankster, Mick McCarthy) means we’re now just four points off the leaders. 虽然大家可能觉得奇怪，但我们确实比上周五的表现好多了。Wolve 击败 ManUtd 的那一 场意味着我们只落後榜首4分。(我蛮喜欢那位长得像复活岛石面人像且说话讨喜的 Mick McCarthy) 注：Mick McCarthy 为狼队的教练 Some fans have been suggesting that United’s defeat only makes our slip-up worse. I’m not sure that’s true - or indeed a valid point. Knowing that they had the opportunity to go seven points clear may have played in to the United players’ minds and put them under more pressure than usual. 有些球迷指出，ManUtd 的输球更显得我们这次的差错相形见绌。我不确定那是否属实， 或着那是否为有效的观点。要知道，ManUtd的球员心里都认为自己能拉大至7分的差距， 也因此给他们更多的压力。 Chelsea’s defeat to Liverpool was both funny and timely: a win for them, plus the added momentum of ￡70m-worth of reinforcements, could have seen them in back in the title race. Man City were the big winners this weekend, but assuming Saturday’s game has no long-term psychological repercussions we didn’t come out of it too badly at all. Chelsea 输给 Liverpool 既令人值得玩味且来得正是时候：若是赢了比赛，加上先前挹 注七千万英镑的增援，或可使他们重回争冠行列之中。ManCity 是这次的赢家，但假若 周六的比赛并未带给我们长期的心理影响，其实我们这次的表现也不算太坏。 The Invincibles remain unique in the modern era… 不败赛季的神话依然难以突破 I think deep down every Arsenal fan will admit to having been a little nervous that United might match our feat of going unbeaten for the season. They’d had so many lucky escapes that you began to fear it might just be possible - or, indeed, that it’d come down to a Cup Final-esque clash at the Emirates on April 30th. 我打从心里认为，每位枪迷都会担心 ManUtd 可能会在本季追上我们不败赛季的纪录。他 们好几次逃出输球使得我们担心它可能会成真，或者得到四月30日那天，由我们来击败他 们才能决定谁能夺冠。 Thank God that they’ve finally lost. I’d never want any team to match our incredibly achievement - like United’s ‘treble’, there is something unique about it that serves as a badge of honour for what was a truly great team - but for this United team to have done it would’ve been so anticlimactic, so unfair, that I’m not sure I could’ve coped. 感谢老天，他们总算还是输了。我不想看到其他球队达成不败赛季的成就，就像 ManUtd 的三连冠一样，都有着独特的意义，唯有真正伟大的球队才配得荣耀的奖章，但对於目前 的 ManUtd 来说，若达成不败赛季未免显得太虎头蛇尾了、太没道理了，以致於我都不知 该如何是好。 If you fancy a reminisce about the good old days of The Invincibles, just to crank up the positivity that little bit more, why not check out this piece from Threeandin. 如果你怀念昔日的不败赛季，不妨调整自己朝正面去想，何不看看这篇《Three and in》 的文章呢？ (Arsenal’s invincibles were like crack http://goo.gl/9OFPq) Wojciech Szczesny continues to impress… Wojciech Szczesny 持续表现抢眼... Yes, I know he conceded four goals, but two were penalties and I think it’s fair to say that without him we probably would have lost. It’s a huge month for Wojciech - the games against Barcelona and at Wembley could cement him as Arsenal number 1 for a long time to come. 没错，我也知道他被灌进四球，但有两球是因为点球之故，且我认为若非是他守门，我们 可能就输了。二月会是 Wojciech 重要的月份，迎战 Barcelona 以及在 Wembley球场 的 联赛盃冠军赛可能就确立他成为 Arsenal 的王牌门将。 Theo Walcott is having his best season as an Arsenal player… Theo Walcott 正持续着他在 Arsenal 以来最好的表现... I find myself talking about Theo a lot less these days. It’s simply because he’s doing exactly what you’d want from a player with his set of assets. His opener on Saturday was his 11th goal of the season, and he set up RVP’s first too. He’s back in the England set-up, and is finally adding that one thing his game has always lacked: consistency. 我发现这几天，无时无刻都在谈 Theo 。正因为他确实做到我们对他的期许。上周六踢进 的开局进球成为他在本季的第11颗进球，同时也助攻 RVP 的第一记进球。他也回到英格 兰国家队的阵容，也在他最欠缺的能力-稳定-有所成长。 Andrey Arshavin’s form is recovering… Andrey Arshavin 的状态已经在恢复中... Form, they tell us, is temporary. In Arshavin’s case, that’s a blessed relief, as his had been dreadful. Two assists on Saturday, added to the goal against Everton suggest that he is on the way back. With Nasri out injured, it’s just in the nick of time. 人们常说，状态只是一时的。就 Arshavin 的表现来看，相较过去糟糕的表现这次显为有 如神助般的解脱。两次助攻，加上对 Everton 的进球表现指出他正在恢复该有的表现。 在 Nasri 因伤缺席之际，Arshavin 恢复得正是时候。 And finally… 最後... Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas have withdrawn from this week’s round of international fixtures. Good to know they’ve got their priorities in order. Robin van Persie 和 Cesc Fabregas 未被召回参与周中的国际赛事。真高兴他们得到 应有之俱乐部先於国家队的优先次序。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 祝福 Arsenal 走出上次被扳平的阴霾， 手牵手共携回冠军荣耀！！ (不然从前年起每次文末喊口号打得挺心酸的 :)) Goal! Goal! Arsenal! We r the Champions ! --

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