Ok Let’s start with the ‘Eduardo dive’ – Well I have watched that 50 odd times and he simply didn’t dive, he went down with the momentum of his run, look again his body didn’t go up an inch, unlike Rooney’s last week and his face said it all, you clipped me and I went down, Okay, it wasn’t a penalty, but it wasn’t cheating either.
Now if that is what UEFA consider cheating and because of the Scottish influence on their committee, and anyone caught cheating will be retrospectively banned, tell me, where does that end? Because as far as I’m concerned if you kill one person, you are as much a murderer as if you kill 280.
If you cheat at golf you are a cheat, you can’t cheat a little bit, cheating is cheating, Eboue is a cheat, Eduardo played the game, get in the box and if you’re clipped, it’s a penalty, what are they going to do, give us the world cup we should have won in 1986? I spent a fortune going to Mexico and Maradona cheated England out of it and I ended up watching West Germany play the dirty Argies in the final, do I get my money back?
What pisses me off is when you see players getting throw ons that they knew weren’t theirs, do they care? Is that not cheating? Ban them then, what about when players get a throw on and nick 30 yards and take the throw on further up the pitch, isn’t that cheating? Ban them then, what about when players like Ronaldo go down clutching their leg in agony, rolling around in pain, getting straight up and scoring, like when he got that free kick against us in the ECL semi final and then scored, isn’t that cheating? Course it is. Ban him then.
See my point, you either cheat or you don’t, you can’t half cheat, ban one, ban them all.
As for the Wenger abuse at Old Trafford, I saw at least 50 Manc arseholes screaming abuse and pointing at him, the whole world did and those fuckwits were all in the posh seats, Gill sling everyone of those dirty bastards out now, you can see who they are.
I went to the first Emirates cup match, there was a big green flag with Libya written on it hanging over the stand above me, I complained and got kicked out, for what exactly? I said I objected to a terrorist flag and was told I can’t say that, so what are you saying Gill, Paedo chants are Ok at Old Trafford?
Finally onto the chavs, they seem to think they have been picked on and singled out, they are having a laugh surely! In Russia if you have money, you can do what you want, there are no rules, since Abromovich has been in town they have continually broken the tapping up rules, they started with Cashley, got their wrist slapped and then stuck two fingers up.
They felt they could do it whenever they wanted, that their bent money put them above the law, they even got pissed off when someone came along with more money and tried to buy Terry, well now they’ve been tumbled, now they can’t buy anymore titles, now they have been hoisted by their own petards.
Justice has been done.
Finally, now Wenger has spent our entire transfer budget on extra wages for the whole team instead of buying new players I hope to hell we win the league, because had we bought 2 world class players instead of improving the contracts of some pretty ordinary players, we sure as hell would have. That’s all I’m saying on that. And before anyone wants to remind me we almost beat the Mancs with a team that had an average age of 7, we didn’t, we lost again.
I really like Rosicky, I really do, but if he had a hair on his arse and any consideration to us the fans, who have stood by him through 2 years of injury, he would have declined joining up with the Czech team this week. Shame on you Tomas.
Have a great day Grovers only 8 days to go to find out if selling Ade and Kolo to improve Eboue and Denilson’s contracts was an inspired move.
Ramsey scored a great goal!
david
I didn’t know he did david, what did he say??
Everyone needs an enemy. If you don’t have an enemy to look down on and feel that you are fighting against you start to ask real questions of the ruling classes.
Revolutions are started in times of peace. Whilst at war the civilian will kill himself for king and country, in peaceful times the civilian will ask why their needs to be a king.
I read a comment in today’s Times where the author (US) had said he wished all Muslims would die then the world would be peaceful. Putting aside the fact the comment is total bollocks, if you were to take it on face value you would see that Russia is resurgent and China is economically vibrant, both would/could/have/will replace the hyped threat of destruction placed on the empire.
Every empire is built on the sword and the empires population are lead to believe the lives of those being conquered deserve less respect than their own.
The empire needs to be at war constantly, its position is only maintained through the constant pillaging of the natural resources of the countries it conquers.
Those living in the empire need to have an enemy in order to be convinced to keep going to war, once the population feels there is no enemy there is no reason for war, once there is no reason for war the resources relied upon by the empire dry up and the empire implodes.
If it is possible for us to hate people that we haven’t meet before then collectively we are no better than animals, we do not deserve to be associated with the word humanity.
We are currently witnessing something special, the death throws of the current empire. Your kids kids will witness the economic rule of China whose military might will be used increasingly to match its economic power in gathering resources, whose international political reach will spread as have the empires before it that have laid down the blue print for world domination.
Whilst this happens their population will be told there is an enemy and on and on and on.
May you live in interesting times.
He better play there or rot on the bench
he should thank his stars he’s no way better than Wilshere who sits on the bench week in week out
A,
See Franchise comment at 11.29
Ramsey’s goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiDdFq3Y1qQ&feature=player_embedded
GS my thoughts exactly. Maybe he feels like he’s a first team regular now?
Aaron Ramsey scored an absolute cracker, amazing goal. He looks like hes gonna have an eye for goal aswell, could be crucial in his run up to getting into the 1st team.
Oh my, only 17 and already better than Denilson!!
Fantastic observation Hitman
I believe he is stronger than Denilson as well….I hope he will be taking his position this season.
And he has a good shot from outside the box!
Ramsey has the potential to be great you just have that feeling he’ll do something everytime he has the ball
You can see why le Boss £5m for him. He is also faster than Denilson I think and will def score more goals. Just needs more game time. I would play him in ALL the meaningless games this season to give him that exposure i.e. Carling Cup, Group H matches, FA Cup.
Wenger knows how to buy talented players. He just dont buy enough for my liking.
oh ok David, I thought it was something genuine rather than a silly bit of word twisting!! Was gonna say I don’t get why he’d complain, it suits him imo, and he plays out wide alot of the time for the danes
Hitman I hope he’ll play in league games as well in home matches, like the one against the brummies. All he, wilshere, and merida should get a fair bit of exposure to the first team this season
A
you know that wont be true whilst eboue – diaby song and denilson are in the team …
they will get 20 minutes here and there and it will genuinely stunt vela – rambo – jack and merida for the above 4 …
vela possesses more natural talent than nik , but again wengers natural chronological age order of things will stunt a wonder kid …
vela will get from point A to point B , far quicker than nik … like rambo V denilson ..
but as a team we are made to suffer ..
there is a point to which wenger believes in his youth players …
and for selling purposes he will stunt Arsenals progression as a team because of his faith in the Average !
Whilst the other teams are recovering like man U
and pool who started slowly he should be showing faith in people like jack whilst cesc is injured .
give him a run , it might because a head ache ina good way !
ethan I expect them to get games, song will play obviously as he’s our first choice dm now, rotating with denilson. I’d expect ramsey to play ahead of denilson a fair bit as long as song’s playing, or rather than song sometimes maybe.
vela is a forward, he won’t be competing with diaby, song denilson!
bendtner and vela offer something different, i expect vela to play a fair bit this season, though there’s a hell of a lot of competition. Bendtner and vela are unlikely to be competing with each other though anyways, vela will be playing the left, bendtner on the right or through the middle
opps …
it might become a head ache in a good way !
cesc was only out for one game, and it was at old trafford, if it was against a weaker opposition, or at home then I think we could have seen ramsey step in when cesc was ruled out, hopefully if the same thing happens in the second half of the season ramsey/wilshere/merida will have developed to a point where they could start against the big boys.
Hell of a strike by ramsey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz_mgHPvuBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik4j8S09TD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2FilSIGfCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKXAKQY-0Y
isn’t terry an idiot, on top of those four, you could easily find owen, lennon, and defoe dives, and young is alot with gerrard the worst diver in the premiership!
If Vela is fit and does well in the CC game coming up this month, expect him to become a regular substitute in the league, coming on for Arshavin in the 60th or 75th minute. With his style, I wouldn’t be surprisewd if he got quite a few goals as a sub.
Ransey’s growth path is a little more difficult. I expect he will start all the CC games at the centre of midfield. Arsene sees him as a backup to Cesc more than as a backup to Song.
The big challenge for Ramsey is Nasri. Will Arsene play Nasri on the left or in the centre?
The really difficult piece in our puzzle is Theo. He is clearly not going to fit on the right in a 4-3-3. He also has talent (despite all the naysayers here). How Arsene shapes his growth will demonstrate whether he is a truly great manager.
I suspect Arsene will sell Theo at some point in time.
No shame, Theo, it’s not you, it’s the formation! Even the great Bobby Pires would not have fit into this formation.
Why wont he fit on the right of the 4-3-3?…thats where he will play…..as the right forward…….he and Bendy will share that position it seems…..I expect RVP and Eddy to share the striker position….
Theo was already playing like a 4-3-3 right forward in a 4-4-2…..playing the 4-3-3 will probably be better for him…he can pressure high up the field because he will have a midfelider beind him..instead of the right back….Sagna will have more help from the midfielder and Theo can press high and focus on the final third of the pitch
Arshy will be on the left….I hope that Vela is his first back up…..if not it will be Nasri when fit….and possibly Diaby or Rosciky and even Bendy as well….remember Bendy played on the left against Roma in the CL…he did everything right except score…..he got into very good positions…
i do expect vela and nik to compete as they are both juniors in their trade , nik offers height
take him off you lose that option ..
unless wenger goes into a C.C game both vela and nik wont appear at the same time .. so yes indirectly they compete .. they will compete for a spot with RVP and dudu who are natural inclusions in a 3-3-4
vela -RVP – DUDU are all more mobile
nik really should be a plan B as against starting every game , wenger is obsessed with height in his old age ..
nik is clearly far better than ade , BY FAR !
and after the outrageous ac milan claims etc ,
wenger feels he has to play him every game or lose him thru discontent ..
and those sorts of decisions can ruin our season like last term ..
PDT i think theo will come good ..
give him time , he is still young by english standards ..
Hey all,
Just read the post and geez Geoff got kicked out for that?>>> thats pathetic!
Meh anywayz what do i do this weekend with no EPL?>> i guess i have to watch the aussies put south korea to the sword!
Rob
If we beat South Korea, will we move from 14th in the world to the Top 10 in the FIFA rankings. Not bad for a pack of Sunday leaguers hey
Imaging if football wasn’t ranked 4th in Australia behind the other 3 codes we’d shit on everyone.
Geoff
That number 280 you mention, its called kissing arse for oil.
…….oh & by the way, sensational post Geoff, Great to see you back.
Arsene Wenger is called worse things on here than what those baboons called him @ Old Cow Paddock. You can understand those idoits chanting that sort of shit, its when the insults come from inside the ranks that are the worry.
Ofcourse the media set Gooners up to ridicule him. Its called divide & conquer. And gooners fall it. Its about time we all became one & did something about it. Ok, first things, give the Uzbeck and/or yank the reigns. Then…………….
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Thanks Gnarley, you’re right about the arse kissing, Labour have always excelled at that, oh and queer ministers, that Mandleson has probably been dating one of Gadaffi’s camel, the boy ones.
Fucking pervert and he’s leading the country, roll on the elections.
Sorry everyone new post, don’t know how that happened!
For anyone who is interested in seeing Roonie’s ahem…. “just a bit frustrated” lunge….
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3259580/frank_lampard_goal_pen_v_slovenia_05_09_09/