Hospitalised - sorry about mistakes (written on phone)

So much to say and so little time.

First, a very good piece on football365.com about British tackling becoming and old fashioned thing of the past. It was argued that Barcelona don't hurl themselves around playing a game of chance with huge tackles to rouse a crowd. Instead they play a percentage game by stretching the pitch in possession and narrowing it when they've lost the ball. They use interception as the new tackle as it is much easier, more intelligent and less risk of injury. It is so true having witnessed it at first hand. The off the ball running is staggering. But I also believes they peaked in the first half and neither side will provide such stiff opposition in the return game. It will be open but with mistakes.

The next thing is that it could be argued that the reason Barca can play like that is because Arsenal can wholly appreciate their tactical genius. This is true and they can do this to the best teams. But when they fall short, the smaller teams have pressed them into mistakes from deep and it has worked each time.

Myles Palmer on Arsenal News Review again slagged off Wenger claiming this is his last hurrah. Maybe but I feel he is writing for the Sun in a non profit, under subscribed sensationalist blog. He needs to go back and re read himself. It is so bitter he sounds as if he is jealous of Wenger and wants to manage Arsenal himself. Oddball.

Lastly (as I'd like to keep it brief today), wolves can be a real threat. Ha ha. No seriously, in our team of confidence players with one eye on Barca and the other on Spurs - our season could end today because the players got full on the starter and forgot to leave room for the main course. That is something we need to worry about. Nasri and Theo have to step up. Also a great point I heard about Denilson (a player I have usually no time for), he is the most barca like player we have. Leads the EPL on interceptions and read the game better than most. Can't tackle for toffee and pulls out of anything painful. How odd that he is possibly the purest form of a genuine Wenger player but might be totally the wrong thing for the Premier League? What doyou do with a player like that? Save him only for Europe? What a dumb luxury!

We need to win and show that the players in hospital won't wreck our chances. Unlikely, but then we must believe.

Time to play flexi- percentage football. Please Arsenal be smart.