Varies by region, but
a real good cup of Coffee from a Truckstoppy Diner, and it's hard to go back to the oversweet - syrupy candy coffee of Starbucks, but that's just me.
Not exact matches
Kit include: • 45 serve Container • Shaker
Cup • Meal Plan • Shopping List • Recipes Our bodies function
best when we consume nutrients from
real, whole foods like greens, fruits and veggies.
Well, I didn't research it a whole lot to find out what is the «
real» way to make it BUT what I did was use about 6oz of cultured buttermilk from the store and added it to 3
cups of raw milk that was souring anyway and let it set out on the counter for 24 hours in an airtight container.
I use about 1
cup and melt it (whichever way works
best for you — I sometimes let it melt in the jar in a sink of hot water, or if I'm in a
real hurry, I'll use the microwave.
Ingredients: 2
cups whole, raw, organic milk from grass - fed cows 1
cup organic cream, raw is
best, but at least not UHT (ultra-pasteurized) 3 egg yolks from pastured chickens (I don't recommend store - bought eggs be eaten raw) 2 TBL, or to taste,
real maple syrup 2 tsp pure, organic vanilla extract Pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg OR pumpkin pie spice Dash of unrefined sea salt
Easy Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes What you need: 3/4
cup rice milk 1 tsp apple cider vinegar * 1/2
cup brown sugar (a very full half
cup — pack it in
real good!)
My gauge for super moist,
real fluffy, chocolate smell and chocolate taste
good cup / cake recipe is from Hersheys.
I love creating
real food recipes, making my own diy products and drinking a
good cup of herbal tea.
It's perfect with a
cup of tea, and it makes you feel
good knowing that it only contains
real, healthy and clean ingredients.
2/3
cup (148g) light brown sugar, packed 2 tablespoons (20g) potato starch 1/3
cup (75g) refined coconut oil, melted (but not hot) 1/4
cup (56g) Califia Farms unsweetened almondmilk, room temperature 1 1/2 teaspoons
real deal vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 1 1/3
cups (185g) all purpose unbleached flour 1 1/2 ounces
good quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
1 1/2
cups of all - purpose or whole wheat pastry flour 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground cardamom 3/4
cup of sugar 3/4
cup of
good olive oil 1 teaspoon of
real vanilla extract 1 1/2
cups of apple cider 1/2
cup of applesauce
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A move to Cardiff City could
well act as a shop window for the England man and if he were to make a
real impact he could perhaps sneak into Roy Hodgson's 2014 World
Cup finals squad, not least as Arsenal's Theo Walcott is out with a long term injury.
Higuain is a big NO, he's a bottler of note on the biggest stages, there's a reason
Real Madrid got rid of him and he only wound up at Napoli instead of other big champions league clubs, he doesn't have the winning mentality needed to take us forward he missed the
best chance in the world
cup final then does the same in the copa america final
The solid and hard - working Brazilian may not be everybody's
cup of tea due to his lack of
real flair and poor scoring record for an attacking midfielder, but he was one of his side's
better performers yesterday as he again started out wide ahead of Cuadrado.
Oh and a few FA
cups, but the
real prize the league title escapes us, in a year where it was probably our
best chance ever.
True nothing against the players, we should focus on the
real culprit, once more we are sitting waiting for this man to make move, meantime we lost 3 valuable points, and today
well I take the win but frankly an own goal and once more no clean sheet, we are far from being contenders why...... because of the arrogance of this man who does not want to see that he needs to reinforce the team if he wants more than just 3 place and the
Cup we took from Hull
When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face
well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones pe
well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the
cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side
Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones pe
Well if we do nt we need to separate the
real man from the phony ones period
Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game,
cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcert
cup or otherwise, isn't
good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA
Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcert
Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe
real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting
I hit the putt
real well and was waiting for it to suddenly break down into the
cup.
This article I read on bleacherreport sums up what a fan who wants the club success would like to see from than onwards: - Beat Bayern and progress above our mental block - Make top four and possibly as
good as last season finishing # 2 likely getting positive result in our 5 most difficult fixtures (Spurs, Man U, Man City, Everton, Liverpool) & taking back some lost points - Ensuring we finish above any team in London except Chelsea of course - Win FA
Cup best chance of silverware - Win UCL long reach but beating Bayern could spur the team and maybe make them believe coupled with playing any team except Barca,
Real & Atletico in the round after and could we do a Chelsea 2012.
Real are now eight points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona in the Spanish title race, and will have expected to do
better than take one point from two games against Spurs in their bid to retain the European
Cup.
The World
Cup winning playmaker would seem
better suited to Barcelona's style than
Real Madrid's.
Ozil played in 3 world
cups and performed
well at one of the biggest clubs in the world (
real madrid) and built up a massive reputation while coutinho did nt even feature in a single world
cup game.
In the end Ronaldo's
Real Madrid teammate James Rodriguez took the gong for
best goal of 2014 for his admittedly impressive strike for Colombia against Uruguay in the World
Cup Last - 16.
For Arsenal statue we deserve
better, admin I see you have settled with 4th place trophy and two back to back FA
cups, while our rivals (
real rivals — Man U, Man city, Chelsea) are winning EPLs and UCLs and happy with any position they are with.
Even the
best teams (barcelona,
real Madrid etc) have
cup and league keepers.
partly agree, but chelsea looked no
better after the
cup final than they did before, I think they had just set a lead before christmas that was unattainable and the
real turning point was getting the draw against us, I think if we had beat them at home it would have made it an interesting finish.
Not that that's all bad, I thought he was
real good last season but this year he has been very mediocre and hasn't made many game changing saves (the one on Toure in FA
Cup being exception).
They lack the desire to be the
best that's why the Three Lions has not made
real exploit in the World
Cup and Euro.
Good point on Barca and Real, we did play some good teams in Emirates cup but we were still expected to beat t
Good point on Barca and
Real, we did play some
good teams in Emirates cup but we were still expected to beat t
good teams in Emirates
cup but we were still expected to beat them.
always has and always will sum us up, the only way something drastic can happen is and i tell you know it is highly likely we these bottllers, drop out of the top 4 this season, get a
real embarrassing hiding from Barca something like a
good 7,8 nil aggregate, knocked out of the f.a
cup.
Winning the FA
cup is definitely a
real good thing.
The fact that we scored four very
good goals then will be a
real boost ahead of the FA
cup final, and with West Brom under Tony Pulis being renowned for their defending should erase any doubts that the players may have had about our scoring power.
You have an international forward that distinguished himself during the world
cup against some of the
best teams in the world (Campbell), and you play Sanogo???? Come on, man, get
real!
2 FA
cups back to back is nice, but if Wenger was at
Real he would have been sacked because it's not
good enough.
We have had and trophy drought until the recent FA
Cup triumph and there are
real reasons for that most notably financial but I have no doubt in the world that the Arsenal will be a force again with or without Wenger at the helm and we will all look back and realize the greater
good that he has done for our beloved club... With that said I expect a total professional performance from the boys today against Leicester so we can move forward as a club as a whole, that's including the staff, the manager, the players and fans alike...
Luckily players can have a
good rest as there are no
real tounaments this summer, confederation
cup is a very short tournament as
well so sanchez should have enough rest too.
Mate, a
cup is a
cup, and we want both and Arsene will deliver, just wish him and the team
well, its
good to have a difference in opinion but not fair to slate him and wish him bad, just remember he was wanted by ManU,
Real Madrid and PSG, yet he remained loyal to us.
Once he learns
better distrubution he could become a
real talent for us, he isn't that far off either from what I seen... I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the league
cup and maybe appear on the bench from time to time.
I felt that it was a
real cup game where they defended very
well and took their chances on the break, the few chances they had.
He won 16 of his 23 attempted tackles, including the 4 successful tackles he made in the FA
Cup quarterfinal clash against the Red Devils, taking up
good positions ahead of the backline and preventing the opposition from posing any
real threat to David Ospina's goal.
Despite the fact that it was the former
Real Madrid star's debut season and he had a few injuries along the way, and despite the limited amount of preparation and fitness training he was able to get after the World
Cup, the media were looking for reasons as to why his form was not the
best.
Roberto Martinez may
well see the League
cup as a very
real chance of a trophy and it gets you a place in Europe these days as
well.
And I think there is now a
real appreciation of how
well Wenger did to keep us up around the top of the Premier League in those hard times, especially now that two back to back FA
cup trophy wins have eased the frustration.
-- With the World
Cup well under way, be sure to check out our 2014 World
Cup Central for
real - time odds, public betting trends, recent blog posts and more.
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His performance last Saturday at Wembley in the 4 - 0
cup final victory over Aston Villa was one of his very
best since his # 42.5 million transfer from
Real Madrid in the summer of 2013.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no
better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to
better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any
real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really wa
real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty
good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA
Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel
good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a
good defensive player in
Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really wa
Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were
well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
As long as Arsenal do not mess up the FA
cup final at Wembley later we will be able to look back with a smile on the season and look forward with
real optimism to next season and the hope that the Gunners will improve once again and go from winning a
cup competition to becoming the
best team in England once more.