So now Arsene Wenger says Manuel Almunia doesn’t get the credit he deserves, what? And he also rates him along the same lines as Van Der Sar and Cech, okay boss, I think you need to lie down in a dark room and have a rest.
So now Almunia joins the list of Song, Eboue, Denilson, Bendtner, Gallas and Kolo Toure that I can remember Wenger saying does not get enough credit, well apart from their huge, huge salaries we also need to give them credit as well, you ungrateful bastards, give this young team credit.
Okay quick bitch out of the way and now I will get onto other things, the Mail has a picture of Micah Richards and he is saying all young boys want earrings and fast cars, wrong Micah, earrings are what girls want, boys want fast cars, now whilst I know the wearing of earrings is contentious so for this debate I’m going with fast cars for boys and earrings for girls.
Anyway I’m going off wanting Micah to join us of late, I’m siding with Chiellini, but we have a long wait ahead of us there. Today we play Fulham and today we really need to start scoring if we are to get into the top four, remember the start of the season when we played Fulham at Craven Cottage? I do, I was expecting 5 goals and a stonking win and we played like shit and lost 1 nil, that was the start of the rot, that was our first loss and the sign of bad things to come, so today we need to avenge that defeat and get our season back on track, today we need to win big to exorcise those demons.
Today believe it or not I’m going for a big win, 5 nil. I think today will see the team finally realising they need to start catching up or losing out, so maybe we’ll see some urgency.
We need a win today to get our champions league qualification back on track, I have a feeling Villa will lose, don’t know why but I do.
Keep the faith today Grovers and don’t forget to thank Manuel and give him the credit he deserves. And no being sarcastic either, he does deserve more credit, he doesn’t get enough and those clown stories are hurtful and unnecessary.
Jraynor… different debate for a different day… but I think think the fact we just blew £17mill shows the money is there.
We need to invest in the summer… especially if we drop out the top 4…
BTW, I was mighty impressed to hear the Emirates crowd last night when they let their displeasure show!
Now if only they’d sing to support the team consistently….
Pedro, the problem with dropping out of the top 4 is that no one will want ot come to us!
ethangunner – You care a lot more than you’ll ever let on.
What about Adebayor, what were people trying to tell you about him ? They weren’t angry because of your opinion it’s because of the way you choose to express it.
There you go again with some ‘bag baby’ bollocks ? Wtf are you on about now ? You can’t help yourself, follow the conversation back, read the posts, should people just ignore injuries orhave they had some effect however little on how our season has gone ?!
Have as many problems as you want, I don’t have to agree with you, if you want to trade insults like we’ve done before I don’t mind, it gets tedious, but hey, whatever mate.
Zorro, Wenger does have a lot of clichy’s:
‘I will only buy super class players’
‘I trust in my squad, I will only add one more’
‘It is not always about the price of a player’
‘The spirit was good’
‘The players coming back will be like new signings’
etc, etc…
Somebody please tell me all our remaining games are away from Emirates, cause the crowd there just sucks!!!!
denilson – it wasnt down to our strikers when we lost to stoke, man city and let them cunts down the road
we are on an unbeaten run but moving nowhere 4 nil nil draws is unacceptable and to say we beat united chelsea and roma means that we are good enough is stupid!
im sure middlesboro beat the top for one year and finished bottom half it means nothing were in trouble!
i wasnt even nervous in 2006 because i knew we had the quality to finish 4th and before them draws i was confident but now its looking like were gonna have to win the CL.
Pedro- without seeing the bank balance dont know how much more is there. In todays player market 17m does’t go far. Manure have 3, yes 3 30m players and some….
I personally believe the Arshevan thing was for the supporters as they just knew we were getting a little unsettled…IMO
Singing means effort , effort means they have to stay until the end. Casulaty starts at 2030 so they cannot possibly stay until the end.
Wow it really has become all out war between the AKB’s and AKS’s. The thing is that the truth is somewhere in between.
PDT, I think we are big enough now for players to want to come to us… whether it is to spring board their careers of because we’re in London and we have the best stadium… there will always be an attraction.
cunts down the road score 4 at the emirates (sorry)
Denilson, we don’t all suck buddy!
Pedro, I don’t bother listening to him anymore. It is all just spin for the stupid sheep and the players!
Angelos, there are no AKBs outside of the club hierarchy. All the fans get it.
Sorry, supporters, not fans!
there is no war… just a difference of opinion on where the problems stem from.
I’m sorry but out of all the cliche responses the one that really bugs me is the ‘we lacked a little sharpness’ WTF? It’s like a swimmer saying that the bleach in the pool affected his performance.
Right, I’m hitting the hay… tune in for my post tomorrow… it’s rumoured to be a pretty good one!
Play nicely everyone… (Ethan/Keyser in particular!)
Night.
Angelos- maybe they were just a little tired, from Tuesdays game. It happens. Clearly they are not quite match fit (tongue in cheek, not a direct assualt at Angelos)
jraynor
Have they been tired for all of these draws then , lets face it ,but for a penalty we would have drawn 0=0 with Roma too.
Kirby,
If you’ve a point say but name-calling… please.
We’re falling away from the top 4 not because we are losing games and not even because the other top for are all winning either (liverpool just lost, aston villa lost last week, etc). 4 draw thats 8 points that’s the gap to the team above us & that’s my point!
maybe they all stay up late looking at blog sites to see if we like them or not?
Yeah I get that but don’t say it 12 times in a season. I mean c’mon. They train and train to be as fit as they can and you’re telling me that after a three and a half day break they couldn’t recover sufficiently to be ‘sharp’ enough to score against Fulham once? OK
zorr0, never said you suck buddy!
Doubt it that would require them to care about our opinions, which clearly they dont
PDT
1. Get him a strong No. 2 who can stand up to him. DB10 comes to mind.
NO POINT IN DOING SO , WENGERS VOICE IS NUMBER 1 AT THIS CLUB AND HE WONT BE DENIED , HE HAS PROVED THAT FOR 4 YEARS NOW
2. Get a competent defensive coach (also someone who can stand up to him) – Martin Keown.
DEFENSE HAS NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM , ITS LACK OF GOALS IN THE BACK OF THE NET THAT IS THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM HERE AND WAS ALSO THE PROBLEM LAST YEAR TOO !.
3. Link his (and their) compensation + bonus to wins and silverware, not to how much money the club earns.
CLEARLY NOT A CLUB PRIORITY , A FAN PRIORITY MAYBE, HOWEVER FOR 4 YEARS THIS ARGUMENT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNADDRESSED IF CURRENT MANAGEMENT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT ..
4. Add a rider to Gazidis’ comp plan to include wins/trophies.
SAME AS ABOVE .. IT WONT HAPPEN IF HISTORY IS ANYTHING TO GO BY
5. Goal AW on developing a mix of first team and reserve team players who are 20% above 27, 40% above 22 and 20% below 22. (This is my mix, yours could be different).
CURRENTLY ALMUNIA – TOURE- GALLAS – AA
ARE OVER 20% OF 27 OR OVER .
40 % ARE ALSO IN THE 22 CATEGORY ..
THE PROBLEM STEMS FROM LACK OF CLASS PLAYERS .
NOT THERE AGE’S
Peace the f@$k out, grovers!
i was not calling u a name i just made a point about you saying we beat top teams so we have depth and our unbeaten run which we started 5th and are currently 5th
the cunt thing was hurled at the spuds
I was being fun-ney. They are match fit. They just happen to play football like an overpaid, cant be bothered bunch’o'c’s
Guys do know what to say really. As a die hard Arse fan I expect much much more. Looking at our sqaud, I’m genuinely surprised we are where we are, as we really dont have many great players, mainly averages. But I’m very depressed about it, hence me coming here for responses. Fucking hell, now I realise what its like being a Spuds fan!!!
whhhoiooooahhh Ethan. Captitals is shouting man. We are just here. Can hear you well with singular letters…
LOL Jraynor , it could be worse you could be a spuds fan
Cool Kirby, no hard feelings.
cool denilson stop giving the ball away lol
Pat – but at least they never EVER think they will win anything. But they have, more than us lately. Fuckers! We EXPECT (shouting) to win, every year, but we dont. Thats why so many people are on here venting their anger rather than needlessly punching some innocent in a oub somewhere…
The thing is player for player we seriously lash Villa, I mean it’s not even funny how much better we are but why are they above us? It’s because they have an identity, drive and a singular goal for success which if not reached would have dire consequences for the club.
We need that back, because right now it just looks like a bunch of starry eyed children who can’t believe they’re playing infront of 60,000 people a week.
Success for them is getting through a match without an injury and a pat on the back from Wenger.
KEYSER
What about Adebayor, what were people trying to tell you about him ?
THAT HE DOESNT SUCK !
should people just ignore injuries or have they had some effect however little on how our season has gone ?!
WHICH SEASON ? LIKE I SAID THE CLUB SHOULD OF LEARNED FROM ITS MISTAKES OVER 2 YEARS AGO , BY STRENGTHENING THE SQUAD THEN .
Lastly im not here to trade insults but your comments get very tedious themselves when you keep banging on the drum like wenger ..
oh injuries are our problem ..
problem being is …
you are very accepting of mediocrity .
its something i wont subscribe to !
our club should have never got in this state , and if you cannot see the state its in currently then the lord have mercy on your soul !
IF INJURIES ARE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM THEN YOU STRENGTHEN THE SQUAD WITH ‘NOW ‘ PLAYERS .
.2 years ago ..
PDT, Pat Dig, Denilson, Angelos, good to hear your comments tonight. I need to go dark now as cannot clearly see the screen anymore (and the misses will fucking kill me tomorrow whn I act like a shit for being so tired). Until we meet again. Up the Arse everyone…
jraynor
are you a victim of the old chat room days ?
shouting ?
no im using capitals to show the responses to questions asked of me ..
i actually quite like the look of capital letters!
they look architecturally superior to lower case .
if i was king of the world i would burn all lower case letters .. they are just plain ugly
ethangunner – Heh, and that’s something you’re upset about ? Because people wouldn’t accept that Adebayor ‘sucked’ ?!
You’re still dealing in petty sensationalism, ‘God, have mercy upon my soul’ ? See wtf ? I’m not accepting of mediocrity, I just choose to go beyond simply saying we’re shit, shit, shit if you don’t want to discuss any of the reasons with me, then fine, don’t bother replying to me I don’t think there’s been a post where you haven’t been banging your ‘AKB’ drum.
Can we stop moaning about injuries
Everton have been playing for almost 2 months without a CF???? Yet they are advancing up the table.
keyser
i think ive given you enough reasons for our woes
. lack of class strikers available all season
. persisting with mediocre players
. losing/drawing games we should have won
. poor management and use of sub’s and available players
. lack of experienced personnel trying to learn from equally inexperienced partners in the center of the pitch
. dropping points and conceding far too many draws( 8 draws in the past 12 games )
. lack of transfer activity in the off season when we all clearly stated me need more experienced heads to replace those gone .
.and stating injuries its a very poor, poor argument to keep blaming them on our woes when we should have learned these lessons well over 2 years ago ..
its more like you who cannot argue any case with authority , and to use the classic wenger
argument of injuries is just a cop out …
it was totally unavoidable for any normal , rational human being to see that being in 4 comps every year required more class players to compete on all fronts …
im not upset by by ade sucking , im laughing about how right i was ..
Franchise – No-one’s moaning, CF’s like Cahill ? Or Amichebe ? Or Saha ?!
ethangunner – Again and again, you have no idea what you’re going on about, if you can’t cite injuries as a cause for concern, or something where having one player fit over another could be an advantage, or even accept that it’s possibility then there’s no point in discussing anything.
You can sit back and pat yourself on the back for some sort of wisdom you think you’ve shown at the detriment of the team, and laugh all you like.
I can argue whatever case I like, your so called authority counts for nothing here, you’re just another blogger like the rest of us.
Heh, enjoy the teams woes and make the most of it.
Evening/morning all
The long term injuries to our quality players, in Rosicky, Cesc, Theo & Eduardo have been the thing that pissed me off this year. Its got me stuffed why The Arsenal get more long term injuries than say manure, Liverwurst & Chelski.
In a perfect world where luck finally shines on the team & everyone is available, & with a couple of really good signings next year Arsenal will be back on top. For me the PL is the real trophy to win, but, I’m so down with these long term injuries I’ve lost confidence that we will ever get them all back on deck together
keyser
i have no idea what im on about ??
holy @@@@ !
well what does that make you then ?
you cannot keep bringing up the injury card when rosicky has been injured over a year also dudu !
and this has proved the same stumbling block since before th14 left ..you cant keep using the same old BS excuses 3 seasons later thinking it is fresh reasoning for our failings! ..
maybe you can conveniently not remember back that far with RVP out and TH 14 at the same time …
there’s no point in debating with you ..
you are beyond help ..
your a loony good and proper !
i think you need to buy yourself a gunner’saurus costume , your the ‘le grove a-saurus’ of the blog world !
GG9
my theory is wenger refuses to use weight training … he would prefer to keep them lean and speedy , he is old school and believes muscle mass slows you down , he has said this statement years ago .. less muscle mass around your joints makes you more likely to get injuries when they occur .and more importantly be out for longer when they strike .
also muscle does not restrict your movement its a fallacy, train enough and you wont get any slower ..
oh unless your name is SONG
PS : how do i know this ?
i was a gym junkie whilst doing karate for over 5 years.speed is more important in karate that any other sport,& providing you keep doing both simutainiously you get no SLOW DOWNS what so ever ..
its also like speeding, having an accident
the faster you go the more of an impact you make …the more damage done ..
though i think now a days our fast break days are almost over anyhow .. he should be bulking them up for the rigors of the EPL !
good statement earlier about ‘arsenal at the cross roads’ earlier its a shame some loonys dont read your wise scriptures !
Ethan
hurry up and do the new post.
NEW POST!
Morning All,
firstly I refuse to be drawn into pointless in house fighting,yet again.People have different opinions and that’s that.debate don’t belittle one another.
On to the game.Firstly,there was no bus parked anywhere on the pitch yesterday.RVP had 3 good chances and except for heading straight at the keeper,he should have scored that one.
Vela is certainly not up to standard required yet.Gallas was immense.Almunia back to his old ways in the second half,didn’t even come for a cross which he should definitely come for.
clichy is really below par,he is getting caught out in defensive at least once in every game.
Confidence is at a low time low,and RVP is the only striker who looks class.
Nasri is catching hlepitis.
Quite honestly do all the maths you like,we have basically conceded 4th spot.
If any players leave except RVP and Cesc and hopefully fit AA it wouldn’t bother me a lot,as we would only replace them with kids to save more money,but the main reason is that regardless of the quality of players we have,the team always play the same way,and we are easy to play against as we don’t have the quality or intelligence of players that we had in the invinsible year.Booing the team when they left the field,was sheer frustration at not winning,not in my opinion at any particular player.Wenger has cocked up big time,he should have demanded funds but freused and did it his way.All this could have been avoided,but the board just sit there and don’t say a word.What a fucking mess, a year on from being top of the league.
PDT
A strong number two would be pointless. It’ll never happen. Any dude who stood up to Wenger would be summarily fired! That’s why the current number two has stood the test of time. Hear no evil, see no evil.
As for Clichy, he’s gone backwards. Ought to be called Calamity, methinks. So the experiment, in my opinion, has only thrown up one genuine star – and that’s Cesc.
It’s like the old saying goes:
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Not in the sense of financial corruption, of course, but corruption in the sense of the Arsenal brand.
Corruption in the sense of the wonderful legacy he could and should have left.
And the corruption of confidence and faith felt by supporters towards players who care more about the money and less about the shirt.
Did I say we’ve been corrupted?
Because essentially, over the last three or so years, we have.
Right down to the core.