Premier League: Why does Arsene Wenger have to wait for an action before making a reaction?

I remember those good old days in Secondary school as my Physics teacher taught Newton's laws of motion. It's one of the fundamental laws in Physics that it just sticks to memory if you're someone acquainted with science courses. On Sunday, I kind of saw one of these laws been applied in football albeit wrongly.

To be specific, the law in question is Newton's third law. It states that

'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.'

Arsenal have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Guess what, Arsene Wenger consents to this law but he applies it in the reverse gear. He doesn't take 'the action', he waits for 'the action' to be taken before he reacts and that has been his bane.

At least, this scenario has played out in two of their games this season. Surprisingly, both matches were against the Manchester teams in which they dropped crucial points.

In the game against Manchester United at Old Trafford, the second half commenced with United on the ascendancy, Mr Wenger just kept watching as United carved chance after chance until they took the lead. It was then he decided to 'react' to the situation, his first substitution was bringing on Oliver Giroud.

That pattern was repeated in the game on Sunday at the Etihad, City came into the second half a much improved side while Wenger continued with the plan of sitting deep and hitting on the counter but their counter-attacking style wasn't effective as they couldn't keep possession of the ball when they won it. With seconds into the second half, City equalised and pilled the pressure from then on, you could sense that they were going for the jugular but poor Wenger, kept waiting till he was punished. City took the lead with a second goal.

Then, Wenger does the usual stuff, 'react' to the situation by introducing Oliver Giroud.

You see, this post isn't about how introducing Giroud in games is the customary way by Wenger to rescue Arsenal, it's about showing that he can be proactive, take the intiative, force the hand of his opponent rather than waiting to react to their action.

Mesut Ozil was anonymous for most part of the game at the Etihad and yet played the entire duration.

It seems he enjoys shooting himself in the foot. Now, they are a whopping nine points off the League leaders - Chelsea.

Well, it isn't new, it's Arsenal doing things the Arsenal way.

If this approach isn't changed, you could be sure that Arsenal fans have another disappointing season on the cards in their attempt to become Premier League Champions again after 13 years.

WWE Roadblock: Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks, who is better?

 "As iron sharpeneth iron, so one sharpens another."  Proverbs 27:17

Sasha Banks was quoted recently as saying that "as much as she despises Charlotte in-person, Charlotte-as-a-competitor brings out the best in her."

Both Superstars have the raised the bar of the women's division so high that they are willing to go any length to prove that one is better than the other but this feud must end before both women are consumed by it.

The Boss tries to break Charlotte's signature maneuver with a steel chair at 'Hell in a cell'.

For the first time in WWE history, a match between two female Superstars was held inside 'Hell in a cell' (The structure itself) last October. Both women gave their all in a fight that lasted about 30 minutes. Eventually, Charlotte won but it never proved to Sasha that the Queen is better.

The Boss requested for her mandatory rematch which was fixed two weeks after in North Carolina - Charlotte's home town. Sasha Banks' relentlessness caused her to reclaim the title as both women pulled out all the stops. She even went a step further to dedicate her victory to Charlotte's father - Ric Flair - who in return endorsed Sasha Banks over his daughter.

Charlotte's father - Ric Flair endorses Sasha Banks.

You could be sure that the move by Ric Flair only got Charlotte irate. She seeks to prove to herself and the WWE universe that she deserves to be the at the top of the food chain in the women's division on Raw.

This feud must end at Roadblock. It's the end of the line for the battle that has been brewing between Charlotte and Sasha Banks.

Roadblock beckons, it's just some days away. Who will prevail? Who will reign supreme?

Premier League: Chelsea show patience and tactical flexibility in win over WBA.

The victory over West Bromwich Albion wasn't as inspiring or entertaining as the victories Chelsea recorded over Everton and Manchester United some weeks ago but what stood out in this fixture is the patience shown by the London club and the tactical flexibility demonstrated by Conte in the latter part of the second half.

Antonio Conte showed his tactical flexibility against WBA on Sunday.

In truth, this might be the most impressive victory of the nine consecutive matches Chelsea have won since their Italian manager implemented the 3-4-3 formation to his side.

One of the hallmarks of Champions is being able to grind results when things don't seem to go their way. In this fixture, Tony Pulis did his homework on the blues and for more than an hour, Chelsea laboured to no avail in breaking the deadlock.

Then came the first substitution which showed Antonio Conte's tactical flexibility, he brought on Willian for Pedro, with Victor Moses moving from the right wing-back to the left flank while Willian occupied the right flank with both Azipilicueta and Alonso switching to full-backs role. Hazard just played slightly behind Diego Costa. It seemed like a 4-2-4 formation.

With the tactical switch not yielding any incisiveness in Chelsea's attack, the second substitution was made with the introduction of Cesc Fabregas for Moses. It seems Conte switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation with Hazard moving to the left flank and Willian on the right flank while Fabregas played the central attacking role.

Diego Costa's winner against West Bromwich Albion.

Perhaps, these change of formations during the second half may have discombobulated Tony Pulis and his lads as they were hit on a counter. A long punt of the ball by Cesc Fabregas in the path of Gareth McAuley on the right flank who seemed to have the ball under control only to be nudged off the ball by the Diego Costa who then strode towards the goal and delivered an emphatic finish pass Ben Foster.

From then on, it was solidarity in defending. Conte made his final substitution bringing on Branislav Ivanovic for Hazard. Chelsea reverted back to their familiar three at the back with Ivanovic and Alonso playing the wing-back roles albeit the formation was altered to 3-5-2.

Such tactical flexibility and patience will certainly be needed in Chelsea's quest of becoming Champions again as they can't consistently serve up the thrashing of their opponents.

With those two qualities in hand, it looks like Chelsea and Antonio Conte are primed to become Champions come May 2017.

Premier League: Mauricio Pochettino is plotting one of the biggest coup of this weekend.

You guys will all say I was damn right. I saw it coming. Perhaps, I time travelled into the future to watch the game and came back to the present to act assuredly sure that Tottenham will defeat Manchester United this weekend.

Pochettino planing to beat Jose Mourinho - master of mind games.

Who still thinks Mr Mourinho is the Special one these days except for Pochettino?

The Tottenham manager told a news conference that Jose Mourinho will "always be the Special One," and also thinks the Manchester United manager will be remembered as one of football's greats.

I bet you guys, it's all mind games. Just look at the stats, they speak for themselves. Mourinho has earned just 36 points from 30 matches with Chelsea and Manchester United as manager.

According to a Ghanaian witch doctor, Mourinho should ask for Eva Carneiro's forgiveness before his managerial fortunes can improve. 

With all the disappointing results, he claimed of "rats" being in his Chelsea team, to players (Chris Smalling & Luke Shaw) who can't die for the cause at Manchester United, to being confused with player selection (just look at his usage of Mkhitaryan, Mata, Fellaini and Pogba) and can't stop incurring the wrath of the referees and English FA these days.

It's well documented. The Portugese boss has lost his mojo and may find it very difficult to regain with the number of Supermanagers in the Premier League this season.

Super Sunday clash returns this Sunday at Old Trafford.

Then in the midst of all this, we have Pochettino hollering

"He is the Special one, one of the best in the world."

Guys, don't you see what the Tottenham manager is trying to do? I can see it very clearly. Just tell Mr Mourinho all the sweet words, the things he would like to hear. Just don't tell him he is a spent force. Tell him things like he is the best in the world. Allow him to ride that all weekend while you plot the biggest coup with the return Toby alderweireld, a resurgent Christian Eriksen and a confident Harry Kane.

I see an upset on the cards this weekend at Old Trafford, what do you see?