Sven said it, not me. He is no fool though and he reckons he has the talent to be the English Maradona.
I just watched the second Arsenal goal at Anfield again and watched Theo’s amazing run from his own penalty area, my goodness Arsene, how can you afford to leave this kid out, he truly is the special one.
Then the commentator said, 7 minutes to go to be in the semi final of the champions league, 7 rotten minutes, then the rest of course you know.
So one Irish paper thinks we are going to get our biggest premiership defeat handed out today, he thinks the Mancs are too good for us and our season ended when we went to Old Trafford with a weakened side in the FA Cup.
We said on here that we would lose that with the team selected, we also said on here it would have an effect on our season if that happened, does that make is particularly smart? No, it was pretty obvious then we didn’t have enough players, which is why I’m struggling to see how one signing will get us the odd trophy next season, unless of course our injury prone players don’t get injured anymore.
That’s for another day.
I think we’ll have a pretty strong squad for today, minus Flamini, but then he was missing from most of the Liverpool game anyway, and defensive howlers apart, we were the better team, so I think if he can shore up the defence we can win this and go on and win the league.
So what can he do in defence? He has to play Eboue, Kolo, Gallas and Clichy, or maybe spring a surprise and put Song or Djourou in and mix it up a bit, but I would go for the tried and tested.
We know Ronaldo and Rooney will start so we have to dominate midfield so I expect Hleb to drop into the hole and Ade will play alone, but I would go 4-4-2 and go for a bit of shock value, but he won’t, so I’ll be comfortable with anything save two things, no Senderos and no Eboue out wide.
Send on Theo and let him be our Ronaldo, let them be terrorised by this young genius, Theo can be the next big thing in English football, and given the chance, can be the signing we have been clamoring for at Arsenal, this boy can be a genius if you let him go Arsene, let him off the leash and bite red nose squarely on his fat arse.
Arsenal 2-1 or better, go Arsenal, let’s try and win the league.
I know bert played well today but he has to go today as well. Jens will probably get a club after todays performance as well. they all will get clubs in the summer at a high level but they are not good enough for Arsenal.
whats the betting Song becomes the new Senderos?! ie a season of getting chance after chance but making mistakes or getting away with it all season long? has sendy finally been found out? Song is not the answer to our problems. 2 or 3 big errors today that show he is not a replacement at the back.
How come Song has leapfrogged Djourou? JD must be really crap in training!
Hola,
Just back from OT and I’ve had a quick read through – interesting comments.
We played well today but again as with most games this season we didn’t take our chances. Ade, Gallas, Eboue are not good enough to wear the Arsenal shirt. The others such as Hoyte, Jens, Gilberto, Senderos need to be sold on as well.
How Eboue gets in front of Theo is beyond me.
Ade, Geoff he could go on as many courses as you like he will never improve to the standard required.
Gallas – read what I said Friday.
Wenger needs to stand up and be counted; I still stand by him but I’m sorry 1 more season is all he can expect. And if he doesn’t buy some quality experienced players in the summer we’re fuicked for next season.
Cesc, Hleb, Clichy, Theo, Sagna, Toure, RvP, Dudu are the backbone and future
Flamini good if he decides to stay
Bendtner, Diaby, Song, Denilson worth another season or two
Buy in 2 CD, 1CM, 1LW, 1CF – we need the balance of experience and youth
clearly also tonite is that rather than moving his back 4 constantly around in order to preserve his midfield shape, he should have stuck with gallas/kolo and eboue as rb when sagna got injured.. whats the point of playing most guys out of position
even today he threw song into ice cold waters at OT as a CB which is not his normal position .. he could have played a different shape
without finding reasons to defend gallas, he plays every other game with a new partner
especially at the back, players like to get used to each other and to trust each other
big big gamble on wenger’s behalf to sacrifice defence for midfield.. this gamble did not pay off
scuba ..must have been heartbreaking
i thought hleb was outstanding today on tv
how did you see him at OT?
Ideal transfer world:
out:
Senderos
Lehmann
Gilberto
Hoyte
Traore(Loan)
in:
Micah Richards
Quaresma
Benzema
I know these would cost a few bobs but hey… we have the cash!!
AW needs to forget about the financial side of things & focus solely on the football wich is what he’s paid for.
BB – yeah I thought Hleb was superb today mate – the rest and we agree was same same – Ade, eboue, gallas -
I would that about half the Arsenal stayed behind for about 20 minutes continually singing “WE LOVE YOU ARSENAL, WE Do”
Great great support – you’d have thought we had won the title, UCL, the lot – yeah, it was a heartbreaker but as always I’m proud to be a GOONER mate!
Did you hear us on the box?
**would have thought that about –
yeah .. did hear you .. great support
we played really ell
like easily one of our best performances of the season
but bad defending and no adeqaute goal scorer cost us the game
Just had a quick look at the blog before giving up for th night
heard the Arsenal support on the box, as always makes you proud to be a gooner
BB – bad defending and no goal scorer sums it up…..but how many times have we said that this season!!!
Anfield & OT – we played some great but came away with nothing….
This is the guy I think Wenger is after. Check out his first touch, his skill, how lethal he is in the box. And he does this week after week, again and again….
We know how to make chances….we need someone to convert them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuajGdrvpI&feature=related
I expected this result even though im still gutted. Arsenes stuborness, arrogance and inability to accept hes wrong has tortured me these last 2 months and now ive got to get my head round the fact that hes no intention of doing what needs to be done to change things for next season so its more of the same gutless spineless surrender again next march when things get serious. Theres many people surprised at the way Ferguson praised Arsenal after todays game, but when you think about it its obvious why hes done it, Arsenal have become a joke now and none of the top managers want to see Wenger go as under him we’re gauranteed to roll over in the big games and hand the pionts to them. Im sick to fuck of hearing how good Arsenal play cause at the end of the day we always choke and lose when it matters. Im just waiting now for the usual summer rumours to start when all our top players are linked with all the top european clubs, i mean where else would you see this bullshit every year only at Arsenal. I actually wouldnt blame Fabregas at this stage if he pisses off to Barcelona seeing as Wenger has stated that its more of the same next year where Fabregas is expected to run himself into the ground every fucking game cause He wont or more likely isnt able to convince any top class players to jion us. Anyway as ive said allready im gutted the way our season has ended and its all down to that lying bullshitting cunt who thinks he owns our club and wouldnt dare bow to anyone, Arsehole Wenger. Keep up the good work Pedro and Geoff with your excellent enjoyable blog, keep telling it like it is.
i think the board at arsenal it stuck in a way though. With coaching wenger is brilliant but when it comes to players we are just way too be of a club to experiment with kids young enough to be his grandkids.
if flamini wants to go(even though he has been a beast this season) the let him, no point in potentially damaging team chemistry because he wants to be payed more.
but im sure 08-09 will be arsene’s LAST season if he doesnt sign someone or find a hidden diamond in the u18′s to come in and kill in the league. lets just hope vela is as good as he looks on youtube. because playing him while rosicky is injured would give him experiance and knowing rosicky’s injuries, more then enough playing time.
if one person deserves more then 50k a week, its clichy. the boys fucking world class.
but when we have short cb’s with toure and gallas we need to replace one, and everyone knows that toure will stay , so hopefully we see gallas(the most rediculous looking player on the field) as backup or just gone period.
as far as replacing flamini,
diaby, to me, will come good. the best part is i think he is like 6’3 or somethin because we despartly need more height.
for the rest of the season id like to see bendtner givin a starting role, basically same type of ade but today in a matter of 5 min. he had about as much shots on goal as ade did in 70.
we need a tall VERY experianced striker. (dreaming, maybe, but someone like nistleroy)
i think RVP has played almost as a LM the last couple of games because he hasnt been anywhere near the penalty box.
well im going to check arsenal.com to see who arsene is blaming for this loss.
geoff
I’m probably in the minority but I think Ade will come good,
Well id like to have your faith but i think bendtner will come good before he does .And we don’t need 2 giraffes id rather pick the one with more room to grow and at 19 bendnter can pass , isn’t afraid to shoot at distance And has definitely got more ball skills than ade .still lacks composure infront of goal , but he definately can achive more in his career !. when dudu comes back (if) and RVP walcott and vela .. You have to say what room is left for either ade or bendnter?
Im sure one will go .. and i hope he will purchase someone who can score in the summer!
I know we have leaks everywhere in our formation , but surely SCORING ! is a real issue now ! Hi-lited by the past few game in particular !
We would have beat them last night if someone was a finisher ! the rest of the team did ok ! we could have scored 3 more last night ..
Fuck it ferdinand and brown almost scored for us too ! That game was there for the taking last night ! Poor shot selection let us down !
wenger let us down !
theo on at 60m.38 seconds like i said !
NOT GOOD ENOUGH !
he came on as an impact sub and didnt do much !
so those people who say we get the best from him in this way
ARE WRONG! On a tough team like ManUre we needed him on for 90 minutes ! Why is arsene treating theo like this ? Eboue is on for 60 minutes
and whilst i think he had a better game last night than usual , questions must be asked !!!
I Can See Several Points From This! I’ll Start With the positives
1) Song played out of position, and potentially was a reason we lost. It proves Arsenes Policy needs reviewing. It also means we have something to complain about!
2)EBOUE GOT INJURED! EBOUE GOT INJURED! EBOUE GOT INJURED!
3)Practically everyone got yellows, except fabregas, which means that he can still play, but one more means a two game rest!
4) And finally, todays game means one game less untill the end of the season!
I would mention the negatives, but i would be repeating all the above comments!
Bring on Pedro’s match report i say. Im off to wake up fully!
Arsene Wenger on sticking with youngsters…
“We have the quality and we are young. I have worked with this team for a long time now and people don’t know what that means. For example Alex Song played today. It is two years ago since I bought him. Today he played in a massive game and showed he has exceptional quality. He was not like that two years ago. We want to be rewarded for the quality we have.”
Fact or Fiction?
fiction big style
I can’t see what he’s looking at with Song, I really can’t.
you can watch all the highlights and goals here
http://srohit.blogspot.com/2008/04/manchester-united-v-arsenal-13-april.html
geoff
maybe with the rumors of senderos getting the flick
hes on the look out for a new progenitor .
I think i would of taken this game more seriously than try
out a player who’s had 2 C.C games the whole season !
put theo in from the start , i thought it was almost mandatory !
Or bendtner with ade and RVP on a wing at the very least .
I gotta say wengers thoughts sometimes amaze me ..
Like bringing ade / bends on in the 60th minute V’s spuds in the C.C game
Long after the horse bolted !!
Thats still got me fucked to this day !
Rohit
you mean low-lights
Adebayors goal was a hand ball! just saw the close up!
Morning all,
The match report will be up at about 0900.
Cheers
Pedro
I see Wenger’s back to blaming the ref this morning. He says the penalty was not certain & that Gilberto never touched anyone for their free kick, all whilst convieniently forgetting that our goal was a handball.
It’s those sort of comments which are making us a laughing stock. He has become delusional.
You get to see all the plastic and irrational arsenal fans when things go wrong i guess. The only players i deem unworthy of playing for arsenal any longer are Eboue and Gilberto. Solely as i believe they cannot improve any further, Eboue has serious trouble reading the game which isn’t worth keeping him around to develop on as i don’t feel he has the intelligence to learn in a required time and Gilberto..well he’s just way past it he can’t even play the role if a ‘destroyer’ anymore. I’m growing infuriated with Arsenal ‘fans’ saying get rid of Senderos, Song, Hoyte and Bendtner because partially disregarding Hoyte i feel that all of these players can improve an extreme amount. How old was Tony Adams at his peak? Which top quality center backs is there in the world that are 23 years old? That’s a serious question because the only ones around that age that i can think of are Micah Richards who reading of the game is no where near immaculate but it is his physical attributes which make up for that fact and Sergio Ramos whom Real Madrid paid £22m for and even if Arsene was interested in him he was only going to be interested in Real anyway. As for Micah Richards Arsene is looking at £30m+ if he wants him due to Chelsea’s interest which will subsequently cause a bidding war, to me that doesn’t sound like a good deal but I’m intrigued as to your opinions. Back to Bendtner of course he is a talent but mentally he is no where near ready as his unfounded arrogance is ruining his game, in time with the ideal role model of Wenger is extensively likely that he will progress into a top marksmen but arsenal fans expect him to become that player overnight or even in a season, to all of the arsenal fans in your profession how long did it take you till you were highly talented and flawless at your job? I doubt its even one year for the majority but that’s what you expect of Nicklas. Look at Adebayor it has taken him 2 and a half years to become a 20 goals a season striker and me paid £3m for him so that means that the evaluation for a 20 goals a season striker at Adebayors rate would be £7.5m yet Liverpool signed Torres for £26.5m which further outlines the gulf in ability between Benitez and Wenger and between the scouts at Arsenal and the Scouts at Liverpool, so i find it ridiculous when fans compare Wenger to Benitez and Ferguson regarding £30m Rooney who has scored 34 times for united in the league in 154 games compared to Adebayors 32 in 74 and say we should have gone out and bought Torres because would you buy a pint for £27 if you could get it two and a half hours later for £3? and well in Rooney’s case you could wait forever for the pint so you might as well get an cranberry juice. Overall i feel that at Bendtner’s age Adebayor was no where near him so can we not give Bendtner another year and a half to provide? Lastly i admire Hoyte as i feel he’s the only Arsenal player who truly loves and supports Arsenal but then again footballs a business and its all about winning so what’s the point of having passion.
I normally just read and i rarely post, i love the site and never miss an article but i truly got pissed off with some of the comments. If i can stay rational sitting with United fans at the match today after travelling over 4 hours then i feel the fans who sat at home watching the game can too. I am very confident that they don’t have as much football knowledge in their pinkie than Wenger has in his head, i mean of course they know the squad better than Wenger because they’re with them everyday right? And of course they know better than Wenger because they won use 3 league titles and 4 F.a cups and led us to two European Cup finals as well as finishing second in the Premiership 5 times and losing in an F.a cup final, thus making us the third most valuable club in the world above Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Barcelona who spend about £100m more than us every year.
So yes “in Wenger i trust” and yes to me “Wenger knows best” because although i question the results of some of his actions as winning the Premiership at Old Trafford and White Heart Lane severely outweighs them.
Although i do feel its very evident that we need to strengthen our squad starting with a reliable keeper, because although Almunia has been sterling for the majority of this season but his previous goalkeeping atrocities and the fact i feel he doesn’t communicate well enough with the back four go strongly against him and makes him only viable for a back-up keeper. Lehmann has to go, i don’t feel i need to justify that as all Arsenal fans will agree other than German ones. As for defence we need a player who is strong and dependable who can play RB and CB just as cover preferable young so that they can progress and give competition to Senderos as Song and Djourou are a long way away, and when i say young i mean 23/24. We need another left back as Traore is a long way away also someone in the mould of Clichy but more defensive about 22 years old as i feel Clichy has still a lot to improve on. Into midfield, i feel we need a winger and a creative central midfielder if the Denilson problem doesn’t resolve and if Arsene still chooses to play Diaby on the wings, but definitely a winger who will get crosses in as well as being able to make off the ball runs and creative passes which will be hard to find and the only players i can suggest Quaresma, Modric, Ribery and Capel yes all players we’ve been linked with as i had time to look at them but Ribery tends to hold on to the ball to long and doesn’t favour crossing and i would paint Modric with the same brush. Quaresma seems to pricey as i don’t feel he’s worth £20m+ as when you buy a player your buying potential as well as current ability and i don’t feel he offers a huge amount of potential and as for Capel well i don’t feel he is completely ready yet and reminds me of a lesser talented Reyes who Arsene would have tried harder to hang on to like Diarra (who i have a picture with while he was at arsenal(email me for a copy)). A dream signing would be David Silva of Valencia, who is an ideal age and is an extremely talented winger probably the best LM in Europe at the moment can’t think of any others (i no longer consider Ronald a midfielder) but it would cost a lot of money to get him probably about the same as Quaresma which would be Arsene’s stumbling block. As for forwards we need one, a creative player who comes deep but takes his chances so like a Hleb who shoots. My suggestions are Huntelaar and Villa, but I’m living in dream world with Villa as he would cost £30m+ which Arsene would never shell out but also he’s too old at his standards though he’s only 26. Huntelaar would be cheapish and ideal but many believe he’s like a Van Nistelrooy type poacher but he has more to his game as in the Ajax squad he plays a more supportive striker role but misses very few chances, he’s too much in demand though and Arsene will never get his claws out in a bidding war.
Well I’ve said already to much.
sorry i know that this has nothing to do with the current topic but i just watched the reserve match against Derby….. did anyone else see it????
Barazite is a quality player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunu is a quality player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Traore played on teh left wing tonight and was immense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Wilshere looks about 9 is tiny but is fuckin amazin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nordveit should be playin centre back instead of senderos and song!!!!!
i know derby reserves are not the best like but i was impressed by arsenal.
if anyone else saw let me know what they thought
cheers
Adom, I think I have read the best assesment of our team written by you since I have been reading the blogs. I am very frustrated with AW more for the poor decisions he makes in matchplay. However you are spot on with everything else. AW has done wonders for us and because he keeps us interested till the end of every season bar 1 of them it raises our dissapointment levels. I am certainly not one of those who thinks Arsen knows as he makes too many mistakes. AW doesn’t exactly tell all as it is either, but swap him for another Manager would be a huge gamble at this stage of our clubs development. (New Stadium). I would like to see him take on his predecessor and tell us at the beginning what plans he will have for the right person. He could groom his eventual replacement to play the Arsenal way and hopefully this person will have the balls to question AW on decisions. We are on the verge of being great but we shouldn’t wait any longer for this greatness to happen. In all my years following the Arsenal I have seen success but never a team that dominates for many years like them Norhtern scum Pool and Mancscum. This could be the time now or maybe the time has passed by this season. The keeper is our biggest problem and if we don’t replace him this summer then we will need 100 goals a season to win a trophy. Its time to be calm now and reflect on what might have been. Its also an opportunity for AW to steal an early march on the transfer market while our rivals are still playing for the cups. Come on you ARSENAL. Lets do it.
it all went wrong when ye lost 5-1it all went wrong when ye lost 5-1who was that team agin ……..8 points up now -9….out of all cups…..all arse fans were sayin trophy count at end of season…..whos got the last laugh noe…now lets do it now shall we 1-0 to the tottenham
@ Thomas
“Maybe Wenger should clone Ronadlo at Colney – we just need to make sure we get a DNA sample from Old Trafford, there will be enough skin samples in our 18 yrd area from the amount of times he hits the deck.”
Suddenly someone else bags the title for the Biggest dickhead in the world.
You lost, we lost – S Alex Ferguson gets the title again.