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		<title>By: PRN</title>
		<link>http://le-grove.co.uk/2007/12/27/wenger-delusional-and-stubborn-with-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-2101</link>
		<dc:creator>PRN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i think this an over reaction, no team can realistically play at top level at all times. the biggest problem i see is that since the loss in th champions league Arsenal have not looked at all the same(check it out), havent all these mediocre games been since that match? confidence is not the same since that so that was a mistakt to rest the players. we should have tried to murder sevilla to keep the confidence up (a loss is never good for the psyche to me). we have only lost once playing like this, playing some decent teamsand actually beating chelsea, we will be back and do not believe Man U will not drop points and they are also not playing great - so beating sunderland is now a big deal, wasn&#039;t the everton game more of a gift than our totenham match?  

&quot;oh ye of little faith&quot; - has our confidence gone already after dropping behind by one point? come on gunners, we all know that at our best we r unstoppable! as Bob Marley sang &quot;everythings gonna be alright&quot; 

I believe do u?

God bless!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i think this an over reaction, no team can realistically play at top level at all times. the biggest problem i see is that since the loss in th champions league Arsenal have not looked at all the same(check it out), havent all these mediocre games been since that match? confidence is not the same since that so that was a mistakt to rest the players. we should have tried to murder sevilla to keep the confidence up (a loss is never good for the psyche to me). we have only lost once playing like this, playing some decent teamsand actually beating chelsea, we will be back and do not believe Man U will not drop points and they are also not playing great &#8211; so beating sunderland is now a big deal, wasn&#8217;t the everton game more of a gift than our totenham match?  </p>
<p>&#8220;oh ye of little faith&#8221; &#8211; has our confidence gone already after dropping behind by one point? come on gunners, we all know that at our best we r unstoppable! as Bob Marley sang &#8220;everythings gonna be alright&#8221; </p>
<p>I believe do u?</p>
<p>God bless!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike (the neighbour)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike (the neighbour)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Geoff told me 64 is the record number of posts so pretty close especially if you take account of the 2 tossers who had been &quot;terminated&quot; .Just wanted to say you are all a  great bunch of guys -and your opinions are helping me (as a newcomer ) to get a different perspective about what is obviously a great  team even with their current shortcomings (manager driven or otherwise )-Keep them coming please</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geoff told me 64 is the record number of posts so pretty close especially if you take account of the 2 tossers who had been &#8220;terminated&#8221; .Just wanted to say you are all a  great bunch of guys -and your opinions are helping me (as a newcomer ) to get a different perspective about what is obviously a great  team even with their current shortcomings (manager driven or otherwise )-Keep them coming please</p>
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		<title>By: Stewie Griffin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stewie Griffin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*Sorry meant AusGunner is a smug TOOL!</description>
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		<title>By: Stewie Griffin</title>
		<link>http://le-grove.co.uk/2007/12/27/wenger-delusional-and-stubborn-with-selection/comment-page-1/#comment-2062</link>
		<dc:creator>Stewie Griffin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AysGunner is an utter TOOL. Seriously muppet. Stick to boomerang, Ozi rules or rugby. Your bollocks is not welcome round here you self-righteous mug. If you wanna act like a general plonker then go to Arseblog. That place is full of dickheads like you and Stevo. Right now I got that off me chest on to more important matters. We need 4-4-2 and most o all we need a new STRIKER. Ade simply won&#039;t do. Would he get in the Braca team? nope. Real? Ha ha. AC Milan? No. Inter? No. Bayern? No. So why us then? His stats are misleading. He has scored as any as Anelkas of BOLTON but if we had Anelka or Santa Cruz as our main striker they woulda scored at least 15 by now playing for a sick team like ours. Totally agree our midfield goals have dried up. How do you address this? By signing a quality attacking mid in Jan. Will we though? Doubt it. It really is a shame. I reckon we are 2 top signings away from a league winning side. But if we stick with this side then imo there is no way we can win the league. Especially when you consider our thin squad and injury to Gallas or Fabregas. Eboue don&#039;t contribute enough. Rosicky and Hleb need competition from a midfielder who can score goals. Once Kolo goes if we sign no one then the shit will truly hit the fan. I am actually gonna have a bet on Everton to beat us Saturday. If they win at leats it gets me money. If they lose? even happier! I really really want us to beat them but if Gallas is out then you may as well forget it. Oh and as for RVP i have all but given up on him. He is of no use to us always injured injured injured. Out until the new year now. Whats the point of having a top striker who is injured 3 quarts of the time? AW needs to get tactics better, drop ade, play Nicki way more as he is better than Ade.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AysGunner is an utter TOOL. Seriously muppet. Stick to boomerang, Ozi rules or rugby. Your bollocks is not welcome round here you self-righteous mug. If you wanna act like a general plonker then go to Arseblog. That place is full of dickheads like you and Stevo. Right now I got that off me chest on to more important matters. We need 4-4-2 and most o all we need a new STRIKER. Ade simply won&#8217;t do. Would he get in the Braca team? nope. Real? Ha ha. AC Milan? No. Inter? No. Bayern? No. So why us then? His stats are misleading. He has scored as any as Anelkas of BOLTON but if we had Anelka or Santa Cruz as our main striker they woulda scored at least 15 by now playing for a sick team like ours. Totally agree our midfield goals have dried up. How do you address this? By signing a quality attacking mid in Jan. Will we though? Doubt it. It really is a shame. I reckon we are 2 top signings away from a league winning side. But if we stick with this side then imo there is no way we can win the league. Especially when you consider our thin squad and injury to Gallas or Fabregas. Eboue don&#8217;t contribute enough. Rosicky and Hleb need competition from a midfielder who can score goals. Once Kolo goes if we sign no one then the shit will truly hit the fan. I am actually gonna have a bet on Everton to beat us Saturday. If they win at leats it gets me money. If they lose? even happier! I really really want us to beat them but if Gallas is out then you may as well forget it. Oh and as for RVP i have all but given up on him. He is of no use to us always injured injured injured. Out until the new year now. Whats the point of having a top striker who is injured 3 quarts of the time? AW needs to get tactics better, drop ade, play Nicki way more as he is better than Ade.</p>
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		<title>By: Remi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Remi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally i think are problems still lie with our non goal scoring midfielders. Despite improvments over last season from some players i still feel that some players do not contribute enough goals ESPECIALLY Eboue.

January transfer window is a few days away i would loove to see Wenger go out there and buy a proper right/left sided winger my vote goes for Ricardo Quaresma from porto but the chances of that happening are tiny but one can dream cant they?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally i think are problems still lie with our non goal scoring midfielders. Despite improvments over last season from some players i still feel that some players do not contribute enough goals ESPECIALLY Eboue.</p>
<p>January transfer window is a few days away i would loove to see Wenger go out there and buy a proper right/left sided winger my vote goes for Ricardo Quaresma from porto but the chances of that happening are tiny but one can dream cant they?</p>
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		<title>By: Gooner from Melbourne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gooner from Melbourne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can i just say that i agree with almost everything on here, but will add my snippits.  I don&#039;t think its an overreaction to the recent 0:0, on the contrary, it was a long time coming and the portsmouth result I believe only heightened our inner thoughts:

Henry - Why is everyone slagging him? How quickly how people forget
Clichy - Has no right foot and can&#039;t cross a ball, but is very quick so the jury is out on him
Sagna - Excellent
Eboue - he was amazing as a right back, why does AW always feel he has to &#039;convert&#039; players?  We should have kept him at RB and we woudln&#039;t need Sagna.  He can&#039;t cross or score and is a cheat, please leave or play at RB.
Rosicky - Perhaps not being played in the correct position, but seriously, not good enough for Arsenal.  Does not compare to Pires or Ljungberg
Fabregas - What&#039;s happened here?  He looks lost of ideas
Hleb - has done nothing lately, too shot shy, doesn&#039;t cross and often tries to dribble too far, but when on song, he is amazing
Flamini - can&#039;t complain
Diaby - Get him out there in the centre!
Adebayor - Too big a gap between a good and a bad game, but agree he does need support.  
Bendtner - Give him a change from the start, a few games in a row and he will deliver
Gallas - One of the players of the season so far
Senderos - Sell him

We are seriously struggling to score, especially from general play, I can&#039;t believe we have been scoring headers from corners! That&#039;s ironic.  We are also too &#039;small&#039; in the middle, we need a Vieira presence there and we don&#039;t have it.  We lost too many headers in the middle against Pompey.  Why can&#039;t we buy a marquee player?  We have the money...but with this team we won&#039;t win the title. 

AW is stubborn, bring back 442 even without RVP.  I can&#039;t remember the last time I watched free flowing Arsenal, we have played average and struggled to score in the following games:

Liverpool, Manu, Chelsea, Tottenham, Borough, Portsmouth, Newcastle, second half at AV, so this is not an overeaction....

My trail run team list....

Almunia
Eboue, Gallas, Toure, Clichy
Rosicky, Fabregas, Diaby, Hleb
Bentdner, Adebayor</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can i just say that i agree with almost everything on here, but will add my snippits.  I don&#8217;t think its an overreaction to the recent 0:0, on the contrary, it was a long time coming and the portsmouth result I believe only heightened our inner thoughts:</p>
<p>Henry &#8211; Why is everyone slagging him? How quickly how people forget<br />
Clichy &#8211; Has no right foot and can&#8217;t cross a ball, but is very quick so the jury is out on him<br />
Sagna &#8211; Excellent<br />
Eboue &#8211; he was amazing as a right back, why does AW always feel he has to &#8216;convert&#8217; players?  We should have kept him at RB and we woudln&#8217;t need Sagna.  He can&#8217;t cross or score and is a cheat, please leave or play at RB.<br />
Rosicky &#8211; Perhaps not being played in the correct position, but seriously, not good enough for Arsenal.  Does not compare to Pires or Ljungberg<br />
Fabregas &#8211; What&#8217;s happened here?  He looks lost of ideas<br />
Hleb &#8211; has done nothing lately, too shot shy, doesn&#8217;t cross and often tries to dribble too far, but when on song, he is amazing<br />
Flamini &#8211; can&#8217;t complain<br />
Diaby &#8211; Get him out there in the centre!<br />
Adebayor &#8211; Too big a gap between a good and a bad game, but agree he does need support.<br />
Bendtner &#8211; Give him a change from the start, a few games in a row and he will deliver<br />
Gallas &#8211; One of the players of the season so far<br />
Senderos &#8211; Sell him</p>
<p>We are seriously struggling to score, especially from general play, I can&#8217;t believe we have been scoring headers from corners! That&#8217;s ironic.  We are also too &#8216;small&#8217; in the middle, we need a Vieira presence there and we don&#8217;t have it.  We lost too many headers in the middle against Pompey.  Why can&#8217;t we buy a marquee player?  We have the money&#8230;but with this team we won&#8217;t win the title. </p>
<p>AW is stubborn, bring back 442 even without RVP.  I can&#8217;t remember the last time I watched free flowing Arsenal, we have played average and struggled to score in the following games:</p>
<p>Liverpool, Manu, Chelsea, Tottenham, Borough, Portsmouth, Newcastle, second half at AV, so this is not an overeaction&#8230;.</p>
<p>My trail run team list&#8230;.</p>
<p>Almunia<br />
Eboue, Gallas, Toure, Clichy<br />
Rosicky, Fabregas, Diaby, Hleb<br />
Bentdner, Adebayor</p>
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		<title>By: jimmyfingers</title>
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		<dc:creator>jimmyfingers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wenger must act eventually: he&#039;s no mug, and once the 4-5-1 stops workig,as it seems to have done, we have to hope he reacts. He has a young tyro in Bendtner champing at the bit and he must give him his chance</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wenger must act eventually: he&#8217;s no mug, and once the 4-5-1 stops workig,as it seems to have done, we have to hope he reacts. He has a young tyro in Bendtner champing at the bit and he must give him his chance</p>
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		<title>By: Geoff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Geoff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah guys I agree with what you&#039;re saying and we are second in the league after being top for most of it, so it&#039;s not all doom and gloom.

Rosicky is a great player, but for a great player I expect more goals, well at least more shots.

We have some fantastic players up front but use them sparingly, why? maybe it&#039;s because he doesn&#039;t want to upset his midfield so plays 5 of them, either way we play better when we have two forwards and I guarantee that if RVP were fit, we would play 4-4-2 so I&#039;m just puzzled as to why the other strikers don&#039;t get a chance when he&#039;s not fit.

An yes if we got a nil - nil against Portsmouth last term we&#039;d be happy, that shows how much we&#039;ve moved on and that&#039;s my point about negative tactics, when we clearly don&#039;t need them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah guys I agree with what you&#8217;re saying and we are second in the league after being top for most of it, so it&#8217;s not all doom and gloom.</p>
<p>Rosicky is a great player, but for a great player I expect more goals, well at least more shots.</p>
<p>We have some fantastic players up front but use them sparingly, why? maybe it&#8217;s because he doesn&#8217;t want to upset his midfield so plays 5 of them, either way we play better when we have two forwards and I guarantee that if RVP were fit, we would play 4-4-2 so I&#8217;m just puzzled as to why the other strikers don&#8217;t get a chance when he&#8217;s not fit.</p>
<p>An yes if we got a nil &#8211; nil against Portsmouth last term we&#8217;d be happy, that shows how much we&#8217;ve moved on and that&#8217;s my point about negative tactics, when we clearly don&#8217;t need them.</p>
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		<title>By: jimmyfingers</title>
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		<dc:creator>jimmyfingers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, good blogging guys. Nice to see comments from Pakistan and SA among others.

Strange that an away 0-0 draw against a top half team should provoke such debate. Perhaps it is the sight of United top that is so worrying. They didn&#039;t drop enough points when they were rubbish at the start of the season and are starting to look their metronomic best. If we let them get away they will take a lot of catching.

One wonders if the easy start for us (loads of home games) followed by a difficult middle section (loads of away games) is colouring our perception of the team i.e. thinking they&#039;re genius and now worrying that they&#039;re a bit rubbish. Think we need to mash together both our early and now our mid-season perception of the team to get a truer idea of this team and what they are capable of.

Which is a lot. I&#039;d be surprised if we didn&#039;t walk away with some decent silverware this season. We&#039;re in the middle of a difficult sequence of away games in the depths of an English winter (which doesn&#039;t exactly suit our style of play). And we&#039;re not struggling like say Liverpool, just having a bit of a wobble</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, good blogging guys. Nice to see comments from Pakistan and SA among others.</p>
<p>Strange that an away 0-0 draw against a top half team should provoke such debate. Perhaps it is the sight of United top that is so worrying. They didn&#8217;t drop enough points when they were rubbish at the start of the season and are starting to look their metronomic best. If we let them get away they will take a lot of catching.</p>
<p>One wonders if the easy start for us (loads of home games) followed by a difficult middle section (loads of away games) is colouring our perception of the team i.e. thinking they&#8217;re genius and now worrying that they&#8217;re a bit rubbish. Think we need to mash together both our early and now our mid-season perception of the team to get a truer idea of this team and what they are capable of.</p>
<p>Which is a lot. I&#8217;d be surprised if we didn&#8217;t walk away with some decent silverware this season. We&#8217;re in the middle of a difficult sequence of away games in the depths of an English winter (which doesn&#8217;t exactly suit our style of play). And we&#8217;re not struggling like say Liverpool, just having a bit of a wobble</p>
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		<title>By: stevie</title>
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		<dc:creator>stevie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>agree with much of this but ROSICKY has been class this season, you must be watching a different player than most of us</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>agree with much of this but ROSICKY has been class this season, you must be watching a different player than most of us</p>
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