Mr. Met Is a Gooner: Pretty In Pink

Lukasz Fabianski is pretty in pink

As a Mets fan the best part of seeing the World Series end is that you can finally take a break from baseball and all the misery that comes from following the Mets. While I love the sport and the team, sometimes it's good for your head to just have some time off. That being said, the Mets have so far made good off season decisions that at least show fans that the top brass are heading in the right direction. Lowering ticket prices for the 2011 season is a righteous move. Stealing a line from our local NBC affiliate, "At least next year Mets fans will pay less to have their dreams dashed".

As for Arsenal, sometimes they dominate games so much that you start to believe that this is the year they will finally get back on top of Chelsea, Manchester United and the rest of the pack. Then they come out and look like a shell of the team that had you believing. In the past November has proven to be a defining month for Arsenal and this November didn't start out well. First the team travelled to Donetsk in the boonies of Eastern Ukraine and put in a sub par Champions League display losing 2-1 to a team they had pounded 5-1 back in London. The only consolation was that former Arsenal man Eduardo scored the winner. While Arsenal still lead group H, this was a troubling performance. Then, last Sunday at home, they dropped 3 points to Newcastle, losing 1-0. Andy Carroll's game winning header was the only true shot on goal the Magpies had and of course it went in.

Yesterday the Gunners finally got back on track, but even then it wasn't overly convincing. Marouane Chamakh scored in the first and last minute of the game. The 93 minutes in between were pure torture to watch. Arsenal were constantly under pressure from a Wolves onslaught. If not for luck and the excellent individual efforts of Bacary Sagna and Tomas Rosicky the score may not have been so one sided. Then there was the man of the match...believe it or not, Lukasz Fabianski. The often maligned goalkeeper, dressed in a Pepto-Bismol colored hot pink goalie kit proved a site for sore eyes in more ways than one. While the kit was shocking, the saves Fabianski made saved Arsenal.

Next up is Everton away this weekend.

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