Comments on: Humiliated and Exposed – Arsene clearly does not know.

By: Danish Gooner

Danish Gooner — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:39:20 +0000

Plainly,losing 4-0 to your worst rivals is simply not acceptable and throwing the game like some have suggested is borderline treason.I personally didnt travel to this game because of family commitment but i would have travelled if not for a birthday saving me.But several others did and travelling from Denmark to Scrap heap central aka Manchester is not easily done and costs a few bucks.Some of the people i spoke to are angry no irate with that performance and the total lack of commitment and they dont earn 50 grand as easy as your average footballer.Losing is ok but being spineless is not.

By: stuart

stuart — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:46:46 +0000

U call yourselves Arsenal supporters? ure worse than Paul Merson all he does is say Arsenal arent good enough to win a trophy.Arsenal had a shocker of a game against Man U who cares does it mean its gona ruin our season NO. One bad game and now its a crises! You wont b saying that when Arsenal beat Milan on wednesday and when we win the Prem will ya.Wait till we have Van Persie back .Also dont critise Wenger if it wasnt for him we wouldnt be top of the league, we wouldnt have a fantastic new stadium and we wouldnt be the 5th richest club in the world! WENGER KNOWS!!!!

By: Paul N

Paul N — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:13:47 +0000

So how do u really prepare for so many injuries. Should Arsene just buy players to have them on the bench or keep miserable players and stifle them just for an in case situation, i mean there is no way to expect this many injuries at once. Dont u guys remember the pain last year of being in the running for nothing? i do not condone not playing well at all but i believe given what happened last year this is what Wenger thought he needed to do, especially given the amount of INJURIES AGAIN. it hurts but it must be looked at with perspective. Win nothing or concentrate on winning the most important things! i’m sorry but with all the INJURIES i can understand. We fans really need to get a grip – we complain too much and really if u do not like what is being done u can support another team or not go to the matches and waste ur money. As i said i am not condoning the lack of fight but too much of us want to throw the baby out with the bath water. we r from one extreme to the other – no middle ground at all. When we beat Milan wednesday, Wenger and Arsenal will be the greatest thing since slice bread. This roller coaster ride is quite tiring. For the dude who did not get any sleep – cut that out Bro. this is not that important – its just a game in which players get paid quite a lot mind u. Enjoy the wins but get over the losses quickly or it will stress u the hell out!

Arsenal for the CL and BPL!

God Bless

By: 5am

5am — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:24:52 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with this blog. It’s so frustrating that fans need to chuck fake fivers at el stingo Wenger rather than greedy guts Cloe! Getting sick of the small mentality provided by ever youtthful purchases on the basis that we’re forever a team to be, rather than a team that is……….. On Sat it should’ve been Eboue covering for Hoyte (as much as Eboue vexes me, he wouldn’t have backed away from Nani’s skill) Toure should’ve been in for Gilberto or Flamini swtiched to RB to accommodate. Senderos could’ve kept the good partnership with Gallas going. I still think that should be the selection for Milan (possible drop Eboue if Sagna and Theo are ready to come back) There’s ways to make this team work but AW is gutting things fine when he should be using a lto of the money that fans have paid for to ensure a big team than competes on ALL fronts. When did you ever see Man U lose by such an embarrassing margin?????

By: paul

paul — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:46:38 +0000

if we are going to drop some of our better players for some games , wenger should make sure the ones that come in are good enough , what ive seen this season they clearly are not . mr wenger ,i think its time to spend because squads win trophies not teams .13 top plyers isnt enough

By: jammin gooner amin

jammin gooner amin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:09:21 +0000

we havent won anything in 3 years – yes the PL is top priority but we need to put trophies in the cupboard and such obvious contempt for the FA cup is just not acceptable

i think nobody expected us to be in the position we are in the PL but theres a long way to go and we have 2 away days against our nearest challengers so there is everyting yet to play for

plus, psychologically this must have an effect for our league visit to OT and remember they also had 2 of their best players this season out and whilst we obviosuly missed Ade, Flamini, Clichy Sagna, we still had a pretty strong line up

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:53:56 +0000

I think the thing to point out here is that there is a massive gulf between reserve football and top class football.

I think it must be hard to play away in front of 76,000 fans.

Traore and Hoyte were not given much support by Eduardo, Gilberto and Eboue.

Lets hope Clichy can play against Milan as well as Flamini.

By: Denilsonsdad

Denilsonsdad — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:48:34 +0000

In January when i was trying to explain on this site that we need le boss to buy some players and strengthen incase of of any eventualities, this is exactly what i meant, yet i was villified by certain gooners (you know who you are). When you buy players you create competetion for places and the players you already have, up there game, this is not happening at the moment, there is no competition. If we have to prioratise for certain competitions how the fuck are we ever going to win a treble, it aint going to happen unless Wenger stops giving in to every players request to leave and start spending our hard earned cash.

By: 71/72

71/72 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:45:23 +0000

We’ve got to look at this objectively. Something had to give. With the injuries and the ‘lite reserves’ Wenger made the right decisions.

If he is going to keep this squad together and add to it in the summer he needs to be in the race for the league, right up to the last day of the season and the CL to at least the semis.

The FA cup, no matter how romantic / wrapped in history is not heavyweight enough.

The squad knew this was a game lost prior to the kick-off. Not ideal and I dont agree with it BUT at least with this approach there will be no Knock on for Weds night and no new injuries.

By: Gooner

Gooner — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:03:55 +0000

Extremely well said cesc at 3.44 pm Feb 17….