“I believe we have the unity, the desire, the spirit and I know that before this game there will be a lot of scepticism around us but I believe in my players and in their spirit. We will show that.”
Like counting sheep, Arsene's press conferences have become repetitive
Sometimes, I do wish Arsene would think of something fresh to tell us at his press conferences.
“I believe we should be more relaxed at this time because at the start of the season nobody expected us in the top four or in the title race,”
Comments like the above just enrage fans further. If no one thought we’d compete at the start of the season because of his poor transfer policy, does that mean we should be ok with the fact that we’re out of two competitions and struggling in the Premier League race?
If you didn’t think you’d land that dream job at the start because there were 100 others applying, you got through to the final three and lost out because you forgot to wear a tie and a pair of clean shoes, would you be ok with it because you didn’t expect to get that far? No way. You’d wish you sorted out your problems when you could. Our dirty shoes and missing tie are a striker and midfield cover.
The expectation should always be that we’re going to compete… challenging when you’re Arsenal should never be a bonus.
We’ve got the only PR firm that is so useless they can’t detect a story that contains a conflicting message.
‘Yes, we did try to sign someone’ —- followed by —–> ‘In England, it seems all the problems are sorted out by buying players. I don’t believe that.’
Sorry Arsene? You don’t believe in signing players to solve a problem yet you just admitted tried to sign a player, and we know that you were in for Smalling. Are you completely off your rocker?
I don’t want to hear…
We were very, very close to a new signing.
I’ve heard the player was Thomas Sorenson, others believe it was Loic Remy. I reckon he’s having us on, he probably shared a taxi with Spurs new signing Gudjohnson, he’s got us on a technicality! Regardless of who it was, we didn’t get them. A failure of Gazidis and a failure of Arsene Wenger to do the right thing and purchase at the start of the window.
If you’re hoping for some action in the summer, forget about it, Wenger’s favourite excuse is there for the taking this year… THE WORLD CUP! You know how prices go up in the summer, don’t you!
So, here is the full list of excuses -
- World Cup
- Euro Championships
- Inflated transfer market
- Having to wait for City, United or Chavski to buy players
- Killing the career of a youngster
- Giving money to other teams strengthens them
- The solution isn’t always to buy
- My bonus will shrink
- Recession
- Our budget includes wages as well as transfers, plus, despite record profits and player sales, we’re skint.
George, if the press conference was a person, how would gesture to it?
Couldn’t have put it better myself. I believe that finger was also the one Fabio Capello raised to John Terry as he removed his captaincy. Oh, and the one he raised to Jason ‘Being a scumbag is ok as long as you’re a footballer’ Cundy.
I love being lectured on morals by the sanctimonious bunch of scoundrels they have running talk s*ite. It’s akin to being taught financial prudence by a stock broker or having your marriage counseled by Tiger Woods.
So, onto team news. Diaby is facing a late fitness test which means Denilson will probably retain his place in the team. I’m keeping every digit crossed he’ll be ok, as a precaution I’ve taken up 6 religions and I’ve prayed to all their gods. Nik B didn’t get a mention, so he should start which means Arshavin will be allowed to devastate on the wing. Below is the team that will take the Chav’s apart!
Almunia
Sagna Gallas Vermaelen Clichy
Song Cesc Diaby
Rosicky Bendtner Arshavin
Seriously, I truly believe we’ll turn Chelsea over. I think the revelations of sl*t-gate have cast a large grey cloud over the Chelsea dressing room. Last week JT came out fighting because he had something to save, this week, he’s lost his captaincy, he’ll feel deflated more than anything. Wenger reckons the influence of the captain is overplayed, says the man whose last proper captain that won trophies will be turning out for City this weekend. Wenger thinks the English have an obsession with Captaincy because we’re a warrior nation. Spot on Arsene, there’s your problem, we have very few warriors in our team. Would Nelson have allowed one of his men to be out run by a ref on the pitch? No way… he’d have been given 20 lashes! That point tells us a lot about how out of touch you’ve become.
Where were we? Ahh, a depressed, untrustworthy leader in charge at the Bridge, lovely!
I think we’ll nick it by one and we’ll keep a clean sheet. I just can’t see us losing, this season is too crazy for the obvious the happen.
I feel in a world of confidence… I hope you do too!
Onto something of a more serious nature. Now, I’m not one for bringing my politics to the blog, but after the whole climate-gate fiasco which was pretty much entirely exposed by the bloggers of the world, the ruling elite are looking to put an end to web anonymity by making all site owners register their details with their Government and apply for a license. You may think I’m talking rubbish here, but it doesn’t take long to find mainstream reviews of the idea in Time magazine and the NYT (Both authors unsurprisingly backing the idea).
Just to put the proposal in perspective. The Chinese tried to implement a similar thing but it was deemed too draconian even for a communist Government!
The big corporate media sites want the web back due to plummeting web traffic and weak hard copy sales. Government want to be able to get on with their own agenda without having to debate the reality of their lies and they need a strong main stream media for maximum effect.
Why should this matter to you?
Well, if you’re here, you like to get your news from blogs who will cut through the crap. Sadly, blogging will be a target. It’s easy to silence a dissenting voice if you can easily access their personal details. Say, for example, a corporation didn’t like what you were saying about them, they could file a costly law suit against you and force you to shut down because you couldn’t battle the case without bankrupting yourself… regardless of whether you were speaking the truth. Dissent would become easily manged.
So, the reason I’m highlighting this issue is because unless you share this info, web licensing will probably creep through the back door. So when you read stories about how hate websites are fueling the next generation of terrorists and you demand a solution… just be aware of the consequences when the solution put forward is a ‘web license’.
Thanks for reading, I appreciate it’s a little off topic but Le Grove was founded as a dissenting voice. Though we’re not performing a crucial role in society, many other sites are. Web anonymity and the free flow of information has helped create a true online democracy, one of the last bastions of free speech.
I’d hate to see that freedom eroded.
Have a marvelous Saturday! Remember, if there’s a God, I’ve prayed to him… bases covered.
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Pedro
Geoff
Good post, I am actually pleased to see that Wenger is getting a bit of shit from bloggers these days rather than everyone believing the crap that comes out the Arsenal camp. Having been in marketing and PR (not at Arsenal) trust me that the feelings do get passed back.
I was in the pro Wenger camp until about a year before Henry left, I could see then that Wenger would never buy experience even though Henry was crying out for it. Ultimately it meant that he left, I’m sure history will repeat itself with Cesc.
I’m now in the Wenger must go camp. I’m tired of his almost management. “we almost signed Ronaldo, almost signed Ronaldinho” etc. Even the latest we liked the look of Chamakh and Villa. Come on Arsene don’t treat us like fools, there is a world of difference between those two players so don’t pretend for 10 seconds you bid on Villa. Your decision not to buy saved us £10 million but probably at the cost of the title.
Wenger has done a lot for the club but he is stubborn and will never change his youth experiment. Its time for a change.
ps – another excuse for not signing a player “We have players coming back from injury and they’ll be like new signings”
BBooom
First
Get in!
lol am 1st today
Congrats bnsb lol
am a regular reader but today my first tym am posting
Asssss hoooollleeeeee!
Thank you Sabeel, your program works absolutely fine
Really interesting post
It does feel like the perfect opportunity to bag those Chavs,i remain optimistic……..YOU GOT TOP FIGHT,FOR OUR RIGHT,TO BLOOGGGGGGYYYYYYY,go Pedro
*TO…my typo,bs hook me up
Posted by Pedro, written by Geoff? At least the first half?
y dint we sign dzeko ??? didnt we have the money or his club didnt want to release him which is which
Arshavin:
And can he envisage spending the rest of his career at Arsenal? “Why not?” he remarked. “My adaptation to English football has been OK more or less, but I want to win something.”
http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/02/andrey-arshavin-interview-exclusive/?
morning all
great post – go Pedro, go Pedro!!!
Morning all – I echo SUGA’s comments – Go Pedro
I like the team too, if only we had Sorensen sealed and in that line up …
I wonder if that chavski dressing room did a train on bridges mrs or hilario,hopefully they got that,”omg you tapped her as well?” digust dissention,Chelsea Bridge is falling down,falling down,la la la la la la
Can anyone explain to me this:
Why are football matches always “going to be tight”?
Morning all
bnsb, its not the matches that are tight, its our boss!
Its squeaky bum time?
“As a precaution a’ve taken up 6 religions and a’ve prayed to all their gods”
hahaha classic pedro…..bt no god can cure denilson,beyond repair is an understatement
love the woofa reggie
i can normally see potential in a player but with denilson i’m afraid the potential is purely average. NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ARSENAL!!!! Good enough for your stoke, your hull, your burnley’s, your Spurs, but not good enough for us!!!! I didn’t fancy us for the manure game but i just get the feeling we will be lucky against the chavs. hope i’m right……
Pedro
I like your reasons for AW not signing anyone.
As for England in the World Cup. I just wish we were in your group
He’s the best rico!!
The English national team are about as scarey as Micky Mouse. John Terry would get two jabs to the scone as he was about to hit the ground.
So, who’s this yute team prick (ansah?) who’s been slaggin off Arsenal and loves Man U, so much so that he celebrated vociferacely last weekend from his free seat in the emirates, then goes on facebook to slag off Arsenal and the fans?
Alright mother fuckerrrrsssss!!
hi george, i used to be scared of MM
http://arsenal-mania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61161
Maqitlarge – He’s only at Arsenal because he knows once he gets a professional contract with the club it doesn’t matter how his career goes. He loves Man utd, but why would he want to join a club where he’d have to work to get recognition when he can stay with us & get all the trappings of being a pro player without any of the effort.
Wenger doesn’t call the league cup a trophy…
Love it…
Allright TAIG .
mate did you go last night ? Or were you going to , maybe , 50/50 ,thought why go out when you can stay in ,why go out when staying in might be like going out anyway or did you wait till 11.55 and very very nearly go out ,
ah , your not going to tell us where you nearly went are you .
you cunning fox you .
Pedro – Have you noticed how Wenger always talks like winning the league cup could only be achieved by missing out on the top 4. Then you get the idiots that lap it up.
Now that our season is crumbling I’d have been happy with the league cup & a top 3-4 finish.
Pedro: thanks for earlier email. Have contacted C. Also, signed Petition. Nice to finally get something in the in-box from N0.10!!
wow – excellent post – for the first time ever i agree wholeheartedly with everything that was written.
Evening rico
she who must be obeyed
george, you lost me there
GMR, he takes the fans for mugs because so many of them are happy to eat up his rubbish.
Did you read his piece about buying players?
Apparently you have to find a way of paying them, so it’s best not to buy when you need to.
Madness… he’ll always find a spare 15k a week for a kids though…
Ahh good stuff Mickey! He’s good for the tickets, I sat with him earlier in the year.
Top post Pedro, wenger’s press conferences are becoming a joke. and his usual crap like “we were very very close” is a disgrace to club and fans… BTW i loved the tie and shoes analogy lols
wemger thinks top 4 is the target and nothing else. joke
Jules – Morning…….what in the name of Zeus’ trident are you talking about??
I don’t have confidence in our team now, following recent capitulations.I wasn’t confident all season because, notwithstanding the goalscoring, we haven’t really clicked – possession hasn’t translated into victory because we can’t penetrate even the most lowly of defences if they set up tight around their 18 yard box. RVP doesn’t do it for me! i know how popular he is here but I don’t believe he’s a centreforward. He has amazing ball control and a lethal left foot but he is so easy to stop/mark. The biggest insult to our forwards has to be that opposition teams give very few free kicks away in and around the box because they don’t feel threatened enough by our possession. The few goals we’ve scored by actually passing through tight defences have come as a result of lucky bobbles and deflections off defenders. I really want B52 to do well and get a prolonged run in the team because I think we need someone up front who can compete in the air and give our…shit!… I can’t remember what you call Frodo and the other short-arsed fuckers in Lord of the Rings! Anyway give our vertically challenged players something to feed off. He also works hard and chases back – but should be told to stay up. Doubtful if Sagna or Clichy will find him so maybe they shouldn’t try- just pass it and cover back and let TV/WG venture forward. here’s hoping that victories against Chelsea and Liverpool aren’t followed by draws/defeats against/to Sunderland, Stoke and Burnley. PS we may be 3rd but we ave the potential to finish 1st or 5th which is why so many of us are pissed off!
What a top post eh!! Really makes the day right..
bums been squeeking all week Reggie
TAIG
wake up my man ! maybe , 50/50 , just taking the piss out of our great ( but somewhat embarrassing ) leader.
Use some WD 40 then LAzer
or if you are JT – 3 in 1 oil
No its cause of whats trying to come out Reggie not want you want to put in.
good post i have started to switch off the sound when le boss makes his weekly address , i think we all can voice over what he’s going to say and it just makes me angry .
I am already thinking about all the cringe worthy stuff he will say when being interviewed , and i find it insults all of us.
Simon
Agree , I felt insulted by that rubbish yesterday .
The audacity to come out with that and expect us fans to believe it is astonishing .
My manc nieghbour even taunted me last night with ” I see you nearly bought another player then “.
You had the two bob bits then LAzer?
BTW Saha has extended his contract with Everton
Arsene Wenger=God Almighty
He’s got the power!!
reggie, if that is the case, i think his switch has tripped
Everyones heard the taunts at this point. Spuds, mancs, you name it, I’ve heard it from em. Sad bit is some of them defending Wenger more then I would. They still in with the money etc spin.
Who , comes out in public and admits they failed becuase they were stupid enough to wait untill last moments of a month long business oppotunity ??
A striker should have been lined up early Jan as we new ade , rvp and bent all out , well before
yet we go into a manure game with 3 midfelders up front and lose !! suprise
its so poor .
He has 40 million, wont spend
He has power, wont switch it on
Recession affects even the almighty?
He’s on the juice
3rd place is a trophy…
Jules, get it out your system buddy as no talking about it tonight. I’ll be too busy taking your money off you again anyway!!
Finally I’d like to point out a rather interesting Le Grove post, the point made at the end of this is particularly relevant in an age where the England captain’s private life makes the front page for weeks on end, while the important things like political and scientific corruption are routinely ignored. Cheap gossip is easy news, proper intelligent investigative work is being done less and less by the mainstream
http://anotherarsenalblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/tough-persistent-and-consistent.html?
BTW vote on the right margin of above linked post, you wont be surprised
that was absolutely SPOT ON a great analysis of wengers failings and excuses theres not more i can say except we have gone stale as a club maybe hit a plateau ??????
TJ
mate , maybe just a little ! rose tinted said in the week said Denilson just had a bad game ! lol
good to wind up a little ,
bout 7 ok ?
post=BLOG=article
Jules, I may play poker the Wenger way. Bet big throughout & bluff at the last minute. You know you’ll fall for it every time! ChaChing!
And end up with fuck all you mean !
I’m happy with a top four finish, oh wait a minute!
jules – that’s way to intelligent for this time of the morning, ha ha!!
Morning,
chamone, you gooners, I have a feeling Wenger’s laid into them this time and they’ll be all fired up for the game. Atleast, I hope so.
Theres no excuses tomorrow, that line up is just RVP away from our strongest XI
TAIG
glad you got the drift mate , what a cock eh !!
Im not in the Wenger out camp ( yet)
I just want him to do what he says he will and what is required , but my patience is wearing thin .
“At the end of the day we have two kinds of buys. One is the players we can get back from injury and the other is the players we can get from external sources”
Utterly pathetic
gambon, I don’t see what is wrong with that statement. Where else is he supposed to get players from?
Wenger knows all! why argue with him? Denilson is class as is Almunia! show some faith!! so what if we havent won shit in 5 years oh I mean 6! why be so negative? we are all spoilt by the invincibles team, we have quality youth and they will be great!So i dont understand why “trophies” is such a big deal when we play nice football!! we good money and we aren’t in 700 million dollars worth of debt like Manure are!
ahhhhh only joking! All of the above is the typical AKB response and it’s all GAY as Elton John!
Rohan Says:
February 6, 2010 at 11:00
gambon, I don’t see what is wrong with that statement. Where else is he supposed to get players from?
———————-
last months transfer window would have been a start!
Chamakh – I want to join Arsenal
6th February 2010
Chamakh: Set for Premier League
My choice is to join Premier League and if I could choose, I will go to Arsenal.Marouane Chamakh
..Marouane Chamakh has revealed that he wants to move to England this summer when he becomes a free agent, and has stated Arsenal are the club he wants to sign for.
A host of teams have been chasing the highly-rated Moroccan international, who is out-of-contract at Bordeaux in the summer, but he has now revealed he wants to sign for The Gunners.
Arsenal tried to sign the 26-year-old last summer but could not agree terms, but Arsene Wenger has retained his interest.
However, in recent times Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, Everton and Sunderland have all made contact with Chamakh’s representatives – as he is now free to talk terms with any interested clubs.
Inter Milan, Juventus and Sevilla have also been in touch, but Chamakh has now confirmed that he wants to move to the Emirates.
“My future? Well, I hold all the cards, I have no reason to be under pressure but everyday passing by, I am a little less a Bordeaux player,” he revealed.
“My choice is to join Premier League and if I could choose, I will go to Arsenal.
“Bordeaux has brought me so much. I will soon clearly state things so the club can prepare to find my replacement peacefully.”
Camakh is full of praise for Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc.
“Laurent Blanc has brought us a winning state of mind, he has taught us how to hate defeat,” he told L’Equipe.
“Both on mental and physical levels, I am at my best. Three years ago, I was still a little crazy. Now I can manage my efforts, which allows me to be more clear-sighted at the end of the match.
“I have improved, but I can still improve. I am not only happy to play anymore. I have become someone who wants to win. I am more a scorer, but not enough yet. There are too many situations where I still do a pass for a player in a better position.”
I said it before, chamakh to arsenal!!!! Wenger, get him!
Yeh well if he is free we will probably get him….
Hello Grovers,
So does that mean Arsene is going to get him in the summer?
Chamakh is hardly a world beater.
If we do sign him, who is gonna make way?
No his wages will be too much and we will need to pay denilson!!
Chamakh imo is not good enough..Bendtner is already better than him…
Manuel Almunia retains his place in goal <—– from propaganda.com…..that's disturbing!
gambon,
Eduardo,Vela,Bendtner to name a few
There will be others who will come and pay him more. I wouldnt want to break the bank for him, he could be another Nasri. I would rather we go all out and get Ribery. But I know that will never happen with Arsene in charge
Im rapidly loosing faith in wenger and his stupid statements!!
maybe his nickname should be ‘nearly’, yes u Arsene Nearly Wenger, the man knows no bounds in feeding rubbish 2 the press. At this stage I wouldn’t have a grudge if Cesc thinks of going to Barca. And the comment that finishing 3rd is better than winning the FA Cup baffles me at least finish 3rd & win the FA Cup. I really doubt the fans except their money is an important thing 2 Arsene anymore, he was once a great manager. I can’t even describe what he’s become all I know is just it makes me sad to see how a formerly ambitious club has become a money making toy for the manager.. As for us the fans that one day we ll see the team competing for all available trophies, SIGH!!!
Correction I have lost faith in wenger the man has gone stale/senile whatever!!
RVP, Bendtner, Chamakh, Vela, Eduardo, Walcott.
Lots of numbers but not one of them is anywhere near Rooney, Torres or Drogba.
Gambon,
Of course not, and we haven’t had one of those type of strikers since the great TH14
I know it’s Saturday, but I can’t help it:
Apple have scrapped their plans for the new childrens iPod afetr realising iTouch Kids was not a good product name
chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamooooooooooooooon!!!
Morning all! What’s been left out to see if the chickens peck at it then?
*burps*
Rohan:bendtner is not better than chamakh!! Never ever
So the FA cup is in the same bin as the league cup. The only way to rescue the cup is to give it the 4th champions league place. That should shake it up a bit. Petition anyone?
Of course everyone is saying that chamakh is not as good as players we have!! But he is great this season, he is a real beast!! In the air and his technical abilities are perfect.
The FA cup is ok. It’s our fuhrer that has the problem
Dutchman,
Hes a striker that doesnt score goals. Thats the last thing we need.
Saying cl is like silverware is like saying having a wank is like a blow job
I love that eleven.great pulication.
Citroen installs new seats at Emirates
Citroen, Arsenal football team’s official car supplier, has installed new luxury pitch-side seats at the club’s Emirates Stadium.
The seats have been designed by Loughborough-based Auto-kit International. The leather seats have a sporty, figure-hugging shape and feature the Arsenal crest along with Citroen’s new logo.
Martin Mangat, Auto-kit’s commercial director, was delighted with the 40 new seats, as was Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, who said: “We are delighted with the new Citroen dugout seats, which are a real improvement and very much in keeping with the overall stadium design.”
The club’s players, management, coaches and staff have been driving Citroen’s C5, C4 Picasso and Berlingo Multispace since 2008 and the manufacturer’s LCVs have been used by the club to transport training equipment to matches around the UK.
Kimi Raikkonen recently began preparing for the 2010 FIA World Rally Championship in earnest, test driving the Citroen he will use for the championship which starts on February 12th in Sweden.
Fantastic news. It’s like a new signing
love that eleven.Great publication
I miss the days when we were linked with world stars, and we could get excited because the possibility of us signing stars existed. Lets not forget, that not long ago we had a legend in DB10 playing for us. But nowadays we only shop at lidl.
OK gambon, if he comes you will see that he is perfect for us.
Yeah, I’am to insidealbania. But the frustated thing is that wenger is the one who won’t buy. We have the money but ..
good day grovers!
nice 11 geoff
I honestly think if we had a goal scorer like Chamakh in our side we would be level if not above mancs and chavs… look at last weekend – three chances before they scored, if two had been converted, different game.
Three, and game over
rico…..you obviously havent seen Chamakhs goalscoring record.
50 in 200 games…..thats not a goal scorer, thats Darius Vassell!
Chamakh
2008–09 Played 42 Goals 21
2009–10 Played 25 Goals 8
But this season he isn’t happy, stick him in a side who creates chance after chance….
gambon, i was checking out his stats
Ok, that was from Wikki so it could be rubbish…
If we sign him i expect him to play wide right a lot.
to late for that now rico.. we have to wait till the summer for all that. sad to say..
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/patrick_barclay/article7017094.ece
Rico
We could not buy Chamakh at the start cause Wenger said Eduardo was back and scoring.
Chamakh adds weight and height, is aggressive and links up well with the midfield players. He is direct also.
Nice post guys…
I don’t think wenger has done a press conferance this year….
They just re run them from the past seasons.
Same bullshit. Differant year.
So many differing opinions regarding Chamakh is he good,can he score,or as A says is he good at linking the play,who knows cos i dont think he is arsenal quality? but then who is……..
Denilson is apparently
You can contribute to the bank account I have opened.
Its to be used for buying an air fare for Wenger on discover spaceship.
I cant figure out why donations stopped suddenly after we reached half of the amount requested for the return trip.
one thing about chamakh, i would rather have him as a lone CF than arshavin, eduardo of vela
Yes Rob, yes. I heard the news. very sad and unexpected indeed.
My sincere sympathy.
We are developing a team which will play without strikers.
The modern game has changed and the role of strikers is different to what it used to be. Its like the role of the captain which is over-emphasized in England (and the World including my little island)
We don’t need another striker. We abolished the position.
http://www.arsenal.com/fanzone/30121/arsenal.com-blog
would anyone else stick eastmond in for Sunday?
It’s either him or Ramsey for me, it doesn’t sound like Diaby is fully fit.
Eastmond against chelsea wouldnt be a good idea.
Then again neither would Ramsey, so flip a coin.
hi raif, which summer
Its so frustrating though with our strikers, Nik can’t score or stay fit, Eduardo is a shadow of the finisher is used to be and can’t stay fit, Theo never gets to play in the right place and can’t stay fit, and RvP is on fire but gets crocked
Nik has to play as a striker tomorrow, and not on the right of the front three.. Fingers crossed he and AA have their shooting boots on…
fuck me, anyone than fucking Lego…
ritesh, i would love to see him in our shirt..
Who have Bordeaux got in the CL??
Did anyone see Deco’s write up in the currant bun saying we are a bunch of chokers!!what really!!
Catch you later folks, gotta go out..
Lets hope Everton woop the dippers and crock Gerrard
laters, rico
Song, Ramsey, ….. sshhhh, d e n i l s o n.
hi guys, haha my dog looks really cool in competition:D
And do u see arshavin’s comments about club, himself and clichy??
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2010/02/05/1777526/arsenals-andrey-arshavin-we-wont-win-premier-league-playing
Whisper it quitely ritesh and perhaps no-one will hear you!!
One of the newspaper columnists just said on sky news “You could find a better midfielder than Denilson in the Rymans leauge”
OUCH!!
Lost you there Rico, its Olympiacos as far as I recall.
They have been the best team in the CL so far.
lol
statistics wise bordeaux have been the best team in the CL, not the best attack thogh
Thats never a red card for Kyriakos! If anything Fellaini fouled him imo. And Pienaar should have been sent off too..
Chamakh is shit.The only reason bastard wants to buy him is because he is cheap,francophonic and african.
http://media.dublins98.ie/extra/439/popup — Millwall FC fan banned from the World Cup. Funniest shit ever!!!
According to this Bendtner will not start.
“Injury-wise, here are the certainties. Sol Campbell is back in the squad for the game but Eduardo (hamstring) and Carlos Vela (knee) are still out. Manuel Almunia retains his place in goal but Nicklas Bendtner is still not fit enough to start.”
http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/3221546/first-team/chelsea-v-arsenal?tab=preview
Looks like its gonna be a another frustrating game trying to get Arshavin involved, if him and Diaby don’t start then we’re fucked.
Clownmoonia to start!I wish I were an Arsenal keeper.
Balls! Bendtner not starting because he isnt fit enough? BULLSHIT! Bendy said himself he is 100% and ready to play. If we start shit then we could be out of it by half time like we were against united..Bendtner coming on at 70minutes could be too late. Just start him ffs!
Arshavin against terry and alex.Wonderful!!!!!If diaby is fit i would put him upfront and push into midfield.
Did u hear all the prem clubs could be getting 50mil each from a new TV deal.
Arsene and Ivan must be wet in their pants.
More lollies for the kiddies.
Bollocks
Double Bollocks
Triple Bollocks
Octagonal Bollocks!!!
“Of course [finishing third is better than winning a domestic cup]. It’s much more difficult.
If it is easier to win the Cup, then how come we havent fucking won it in years.
Enough is Enough. Wenger has to step down in the Summer if he does not deliver either the PL or CL.
He might prefer to come 3rd, but I would take winning the Fa Cup and finishing 5th right now. The Honours board at the Emirates will not be etched with 3rd but it will have a Cup on it. This is also why I think the FA Cup should carry the 4th CL Place for the winners.
Personally I dont see why we cant compete for at least 3 trophies. He makes it out that we are on the breadline and that we sacrifice the Cups for the PL. Yet we have not won the PL or even been close in nearly 6 years so surely he is failing. Man Ure and Chavski seem to be able to compete in all 4 and their Trophy Cabinet proves it.
Wenger is really getting on my tits now
There should be a Statue outside of the ground of him for what he has done in the past, but his efforts in the last 6 years would get him the sack at any of our competition.
It is wrong that this man is simply un-sackable.
On a positive note, I reckon we will beat Chavski tomorrow. Sometimes these things happen in football when you dont expect it.
For me, at the end of the season;
1) Step down
2) Completely change things
Unfortunately he is unsackable, and until the fans own the club that will remain. The board dont give a fuck about trophies.
The one option he doesnt have is to continue with this “project”. It is a failure, time to accept it.
I meant those are his only options, project youth is no longer an option for me.
Awful idea to have the FA cup winner getting the other CL spot imo Pat.
WHat if a championship team happen to win the FA Cup and disgrace the country in the CL. Or if 2 of the top 3 are in the final. You cant give the FA cup winners 2 CL spots. As it is is the way it should be imo.
This lineup could get us a result tomorrow; anything else, we will lose:
Mannone.
Sagna- Gallas- Cambwell- Vermaelen.
Fabregas- Song- Diaby.
Eboue- Walcott- Arshavin.
Gambon what do you mean by completely change things?Getting a new keeper and a DM itself will make a lot of difference
Stu, it is the only way to bring back the passion and importance of the FA Cup
and if there was a CL Spot up for grabs, Then a Championship team winning it would be a real rarity. It would not happen, Every PL would take it seriously
lc,
That line up is awful.
Vermaelen isnt a LB and is our best CB. Mannone is pathetic. Walcott is useless.
Geoffs line up is way better.
Sacrilege Gambon
PTG-Most of the teams still play their strongest teams in the FA CUP.
The FA would never go for it imo Pat because it would mean a real possibility of one of the big 4 not getting the CL spot. It would be money lost too.
Manone is better than Almunia. He has more class.
I know it would never happen, but whilst Managers like Wenger treat it with complete disrespect and would rather come 3rd!!!! then Football will be more about making Money than winning shit. and it fucking Sucks.
Come on everton
ritesh,
Mannone is a fucking rabbit in the headlights and quite frankly, he should have been shipped out of here a long time ago…
but no, let’s give him a new contract…
he is just big and can stop shots well enough, but his positional sense is awful and can’t catch the ball – putting Szczesny in there would make more sense…
Nishant, you can put the best prospects in the world in an Arsenal shirt, they will still not wing anything.
This team has no character.
Szczesny is on loan….he was on fire at the start of the season.
Fabianski, Szczesny in-house and Big Al plays.
hmmmm, comprenne qui pourra!
Manure never won anything with their bunch of kids… until Cantonna arrived.
We have become like that Old Manure team. Plenty of young talents who fall apart when it matters.
Ritesh this team lacks character but to say they have no character is rubbish.The likes of denilson,almunia clichy are the weak links in the team.Replace them and we are fine.
The reason we lost to united was because of terrible team selection
Gambon,
We can’t beat Chelsea with that lineup. Bentner won’t win any ball with Chelsea CBs. With my lineup, we have a physically well balanced team that will hit Chelsea on break with Eboue good link up play combined with Walcott speed, and Arshin will finish the actions.
Clichy is a liability at left-back. Rosicky is another pb, giving away possessions and unwilling to take on anyone; just like Nasri is playing at the moment. We need Eboue to make those daring speedy attacks Chelsea back line are not comfortable to take on.
Ritesh-The kids arrived after cantona came.
Great acting by gerrard there
That match was awful. Just full of horrible tackles, ugly football and dusgraceful refereeing….oh and constant diving and over reactions.
Wrong time to face liverpool
Looks like wilshere is not starting again
VIERA ON BENCH FOR CITY….
Imagine if we had Viera in there instead of Denilson V Man U last weak……
We could have won comfortably…..
Just seen one of those, ‘lets dig out a section of the support’ blogs ping up on newsnow.
Moaning about the moaners… such a vain attempt to garner credit points.
If you want to write something positive about the team, write something positive. Don’t pick on a section of fans who want to discuss what’s going on at the club and slag them off for their view point.
Very weak.
So Jack Wilshere isn’t starting today? Disappointing! I haven’t even checked to see whose playing…!
Pedro,
That’s the blind faith trying to justify and distract the realist of the problems we CLEARLY have.
If Le Grove allowed dissent itself, I’d be a little more sympathetic. But you come from a land where people can be libeled by telling the truth about them, so not much hope.
I like your website and share a lot of your views, but I’m not putting all my personal details on a petition so you can remain anonymous!!
which one was it, Pedro?
Do what Joel? The only think we don’t allow is abusive behaviour. I reckon that’s pretty standard in a democracy.
Paul, I wouldn’t worry about giving Downing street your personal details, they probably have them. If people allow news firms to charge for backlinking… free news disappears!
Arsenal Station
Joel,
there are many contrary views allowed to be expressed on here, but fortunately, P&G don’t allow the standards to go below the certain level and quite rightly so…
I have been blogging on here for some time and I haven’t seen cases of people being binned for disagreeing, but quite a few for calling other bloggers names…
Thanks for answering Pedro, your right actually, they do!
pompey to get the draw? am i dreaming too much?
just read it – what a load of wank…
Suga, Joel rolls on with opening lines of ‘Arsene knows’ or ‘Go support another team’.
That’s why he’s whinging.
Pedro,
that is just ridiculous, eh?
why not try matching our sensible, intellectual approach?
oh wait…
Sad really…………
Exactly Suga…
What a moaner!
Go Hull!!
and it is us who are ‘moaners’ apparently…
oh the irony
berbatov makes me laugh
Gary Neville just died
sorry
wishful thinking
of course mr ref, rooney can’t be given a yellow…
gm,
what do you mean ‘died’?
have the cunts scored?
mancs scored, game over
I was dreaming out loud Suga
someone please break shrek’s fucking leg
1st shot on target for the mancs. How the fuck does rooney win a header?
Interesting thing is that ROoney has only scored 4 goals against the top 10 this season. None of the 20/21 were outside the box and take into account he takes all their penalties.
Chamakh should fuck off to liverpool
Wenger should fuck off to liverpool
true gambon
United’s millionth OG of the season. Unbelievable how their most important goals are usually OGs.
Sunderland at OT, last minute equalizer.
Their goal against us when we were arguably on top till that point.
Against 2 teams in the CL group
etc
Top Post Pedro…Fantastic stuff.
fortune seems to favour these who help their luck, simple as…
Have any of you doom-mongers seem Chamakh play?
Own goals can only come about if you are pressuring the opposition
I have seen him a few times Shn. He didnt do much and had a pretty shite touch. Maybe i just watched his bad matches because i havent seen enough of him..but i would rather we didnt buy him and got someone better, even if it did cost money.
Bullshit SUGA. CR never had a fucking injury for United and RVN rarely was injured.
THey went to Spain and got injured straight away and had long spells on the sidelines.
When has United’s best player ever had an injury while at the club? Think about it. How is that not lucky?
CR the past few seasons, Rooney this season(and he ALWAYS get a pretty lengthy injury at least once a season).
henry norris
Many many times. Hes a very good footballer, but a very average striker. So im not quite sure what Wenger sees in him.
Also, he will probably be playing tonight when Bordeaux play away at Rennes. So you can judge for yourself.
Bullshit gambon. No one was pressuring Almunia.
Anton Ferdinand’s OG at OT? No one was pressuring him and the shot was obviously going wide.
gambon Says:
February 6, 2010 at 16:15
henry norris
Many many times. Hes a very good footballer, but a very average striker. So im not quite sure what Wenger sees in him.
———————————————–
The answer is obvious,innit?
We don’t need a good striker up there. Chamakh will score goals with us and will, most of all, help us in the final 3rd.
There is a reason he’s considered the best headerer of the ball since Morientes.
He’d do fine. I’d take him over Dzeko. Prefer Higuain or VIlla though =D
Yes Pat, everything is against us. If luck was evened out we would have won every trophy for the last 10 years.
And you would be a billionaire, and married to Megan Fox.
Everyone is against you.
Take your tin foil hat off.
The refs protect Utd players alot.
Lol, Chamakh over Dzeko.
Thats funny.
ha take chamakh over villa,deluded guy
Pompey are so bad.
my bad chamakh over dzeko , no way
2-1 adewhore scores, vieira on.
Still no Wilshere
i think we will get what pompey are getting at united tomorrow
Dzeko is shit. Failed to perform against a shit United side and invisible today, like always, against Bayern.
He can fuck right off.
Pat,
it’s not ‘lucky’ – now answer me: how does Milan keep all these pensioners fit in the league where players viciously kick the shit out of each other week in week out?
So Utd have scored as many goals as Arsenal this season.
2008–09 Played 42 Goals 21
2009–10 Played 25 Goals 8….SHIT
Chamakh is shit and can fuck off to any other team.How the feck does Wenger come up with shit strikers every single time.
Greedybywhore,Chamakh
Criteria is cheap,francophonic and african.
HaHaHa!!!!!!
You mean scoring goals against Utd is “failing to perform”
I wish we fail to perform against chelsea then..
liverpool creeping up on us
In fairness to Dzeko today the whole Wolfsburg team were shit. No service etc..
SUGA, apparently Milan have a sophisticated method to predict when players are most likely to get injured and take preventative actions. I dont know the details but it definately fucking works so we should sent someone over there to find out how they do it,
Utd have scored more goals than Arsenal this season.
There goes your record.
gambon, take yours off. Its quite obvious we haven’t had the luck required to win competitions.
You can blame lack of signings, Wenger, anything really.
long term Injuries to your best players will lower your chances by a lot. And you can’t really replace the best players, now can you?
RVP was the best player in the league when he got injured, scoring or assisting every 72 minutes which is a great fucking record. Cesc, right now, is at 76.86
5-0 and counting not bad for a team thats shit is it?
Dzeko for Wolfsburg; 61 goals in 103 games
Dzeko for Bosnia; 14 in 23
Chamakh for Bordeaux; 69 goals in 246
Chamakh for Morocco; 15 in 52
Plus Germany’s a tougher league
Plus hes 3 years younger.
You want to give up your shit argument now pat?
When we dont have the right players,luck cant assist
Even Harry said the spuds could overtake us!!
hatrick of o.g’s lolllll
the mancs love spanking the shit teams (like us)
United are champions and up there again this season because they are ruthless…ALWAYS score when they are on top. And dont slow down after they take the lead. They just push on until the game is miles beyond doubt and their opponents have been humiliated.
they can also spank a big team aswell g.m
SUGA, Serie A won’t leave you with as many injuries as the PL.
Kicking just gives you bruisies. Its not considered a physically demanding game. I’ve seen what they did to Kaka in his last 2 seasons there. Kicking won’t cause muscular injuries or breaks(2 or 3 breaks in a fucking season ffs!)
Another OG…..and there is no pressure at 4-0.
BBK, your judging a player on stats, so by your method Denilson was our best player last season. Dzeko is shit and plays for a worse league/team than CHamakh.
When we talk about overall play, CHamakh pisses all over Dzeko. Ask Bayern or Juve.
Are you talking about that team thats on its last legs GM surely not!!!
Overall play is bullshit.What the fuck do you expect from a striker than scoring goals?Cover up for a clown like Almunia between the sticks.
Pat, the stats just prove Dzeko is a better goalscorer imo. And we dont really need someone who is better in overall play because we have plenty of those. We need someone to just put the ball in the net.
Im fucking dreading tomorrow against them slags!!
Lets not get carried away…
Pompey are going down no doubt about it…and they sold off their best players…Kaboul…Distin and the likes…
They are basically playing their reserve team.
A bit like us then david!!
might aswell judge him on stats everyone else seems to,stat or no stat he’s still shit,and wenger wants to add another shit player to the team,he’s better off staying in france tho,he’s got a better chance of silverware,he will also probably do an adebayor after a few seasons of winning fuck all and start crying and want to move,he seems that sort of character.
reggie i think we will get smashed 5-0
Gambon, et al
maybe Wenger see a player that has a natual first touch, lightning quick and lethal in the air. Further more he’s game may still be on a upward curve. Granted his goal scoring record is not that of a prolific scorer bit he will have more chances to improve that playing in our side.
You predicted a victory for us the other day,BBK?
I have great belief in this team!!
Dzeko is better than Chamakh in all that aspects apart from may be speed,Sir Henry Norris.
Yes…a bit like us reggie
Sunday has the potential to make us go up or all the way down.
And right now is not the best time to play liverpool.
On the plus side Torres is still out and Mascherano would prob be too.
nah jag,it will be a loss
Bolton used up 3 subs, no debut for wilshere again, what a waste of time sending him there
Dont say that BBK I cant sleep all that well as it is ..thats a nightmare!!!
lose tomorrow and lose against liverpool,3rd spot is in serious doubt,but hey wenger won’t mind that.
reggie it will become a reality
Wheres me magners early start for me!!
Bundesliga better than Le CHampionat. Now I’ve heard it all hahahahahhah.
Did you watch the CL this season? L’OM, Lyon, and especially Bordeaux were miles better than any German team in it and Ligue 1 might even go above Italy in the coefficients!!!!!
SO, I think its time YOU give up that shit argument.
I’ve seen Chamakh perform in all 4 CL games against Juve and Bayern.
I’ve seen Dzeko struggle against a United defense containing Carrick and Flether. I’ve seen Dzeko go AWOL against a very average Portuguese defense. We already have a striker that is anonymous in the big games(Nikki), we don’t need another. We have the personnel to score against the lesser teams, so Dzeko would be surplus.
What we struggle with against the good teams is in the final 3rd. We fail to keep it there with the current squad.Chamakh will give us the flow RVP did when fit. RVP was our best player even when he wasn’t scoring goals. It took him a few good weeks to score his first, but his play was irresistible and lead to talks of us breaking scoring records. That died when he got injured.
Also, paying 30 million for a bench warmer? RVP will be 1st choice there no matter what.
Chamakh is shit.End of
Jag. What position does Dzeko’s club occupy in the league he currently resides?
Mid table SHN.But thats not an reasonable argument.Valencia are not leading the La Liga either.
Pat
Youre not making any sense…what striker struggles against a UTd or Portuguese defence when he’s scoring against them?
Are you feeling alright?
Chamakh has 2 goals in 5 CL games
Dzeko has 4 goals in 6 CL games
Youre really getting nowhere now pat. Give up mate.
fuck dzeko and chamakh. get benzema, torres, villa
ahahhahah Jaguar, you clueless cunt.
I’m pretty sure everyone agrees that CHamakh is the best headerer of the ball in world football right now.
He might even be better than Morientes was.
CHamakh is much better at holding up the ball and linking up play, which is what we have missed. The gap between the midfield and the front 3 is too big atm. RVP would come back, draw the CB in, and allow others to run into space.
That is an absolute nightmare for a CB, especially since they aren’t the quickest players. If a natural CDM decides to cover RVP’s movement, then it leaves Cesc open. SO at the end of the day, it is usually a CB covering RVP or the opposition plays with 2 CDMs to counter it.
Its a lose-lose situation for them when RVP and Cesc both play. And I’d take CHamakh over Dzeko because the Moroccan does what RVP does pretty well, with the movement.
Not to mention CHamakh’s great work rate and closing down. We need a harrier up there sometimes. Nick and RVP did it at the beginning of the season. Since they got injured, there is no pressure on the opposition defense. Eduardo, Arshavin don’t close down.
We dont need “the best headerer of the ball”
We need someone who scores goals.
Last i checked Dzeko was fantastic in the air as well.
what the feck is a headerer of the ball?Who is a clueless c***?
Whats more important
good link up play or putting the ball in the net!!
bit of a no brainer really!!
David, Dzeko didn’t score against Portugal.
ANd yes, he scored a header against United but was awful throughout the match. If anything, the cross from Gentner put the goal on a platter.
Gambon, its not all about goals. Chamakh played against quality teams, Dzeko didn’t. Besiktas, CSKA, United.
Bayern, Juve, Maccabi…
Its obvious who had the harder group
Dzeko scores more goals with his head that Chamakh scores in total, so how can chamakh be the best in the air.
Youre just obsessed with Chamakh Postman Pat.
I would rather have an ‘invisible’ striker who scores a couple of goals ,than an over elaborative shit striker like Chamakh.
exactly we need someone to just stick the ball in the back of the net someone who can produce that moment of magic when needed this chamakh can’t do that,all he will be is another frustrating player and we have enough of those already.
Jaguar, you are. You know fuck all about Ligue 1.
David, no. We need someone who scores against the best teams. Dzeko is, for the most part, always anonymous in those type of games.
40 million euros for that clown? NO club will buy him for that money, I guarantee you.
Our front 3 can’t keep the ball against top teams. Chamakh does that very well against anyone he plays against.
Dzeko is out of the question. We play with 1 striker and Dzeko will never become better than RVP. He’s just another Zigic who was brilliant when he played for shit teams
I dont know nuffin about Ligue 1,except for the facts that its a shit league,and an overrated shit striker called Chamakh play there.
Dzeko scored twice against the Mancs….and he had and still has absolute shite service.
Youre right he didnt score against the Portuguese i was thinking about the Spanish game.
He scored against Spain when they were considered the Worlds number 1.
Its a dead argument because We all know Chamakh is coming in anyways.
Id much rather Dzeko. Someone who takes his chances.
Why the fuck is that cunt coyle not playing wilshere
fuck chamakh he’s a cunt
Jaguar, you’re clueless. CHamakh isn’t over elaborative.
Dzeko rarely scores against the big teams. When he doesn’t score, he’s anonymous. Thats my fucking argument! ANd he costs 40 million!
because he to is a cunt,why wenger let him go there is beyond belief,just goes to show what wenger thinks of wilshere sending him to bolton.
Disagree that Dzeko wouldnt be better than RVP. RVP cant stay on his feet against the big teams..always gets outmuscled and outjumped against the likes of the man who likes to shag his neighbors wife and that extremely ugly caveman at Old Toilet.
Chamakh is a cheap man’s Dzeko with maybe slightly higher work rate. Perfect Wenger buy.
Dzeko is top class.Not worth 40 million but around 20-25 million.
lets hope for a villa win as i don’t want the league to end up finishing like this.
chelsea
man u
liverpool
tottenham….could you imagine that,wenger would surly have to hand in his notice
David-RVP does well in most of our big games.He does get outmuscled often but still does a lot of good stuff.Last year scored twice against chelsea.Scored a stunning goal against liverpool.RVP definitely ahead of dzeko
Jaguar, you the fucking clueless. You might as well go play in traffic.
Ligue 1 is a shit league when they might take Italy’s place in coefficients starting next season?!?!?!
That would make them the 3rd best league you ignorant fucking cunt.
David, Dezko has quality service at Wolfsburg. Gentner is a very good crosser and I wouldn’t mind Misimovic at Arsenal.
Every Bosnian will tell you Misimovic is their best player, not Dzeko. Both play for Wolfsburg and the National team.
Id rather Dzeko than either RvP/Chamakh one is too injury prone,the other well what can you say?
David, Dzeko isn’t worth more than 20 million pounds imo.
Villa is worth 40 million.
Next seasons number 1!!
nishanth
RVP up top on his own without Ade against the big teams is quite useless.
Agreed. I think Dzeko’s price will drop considerably after the WC.
When he is fit RvP is class just a shame he suffers a lot with persistent long spells out……..
Pat
I dont know…but I like Misovich but Ive seen Gentner fuck up Denilson style in midfield.
Cant say that i watch the german league enough to tell.
David-I thought the game against united came too early for him.He was just adapting to the position and did really well after that.
Barnetta’s contract ends this summer right?I don’t mind us buying him
So that little prick Coyle does not play Wilshere again…….
If I were Wenger I would be having a word…..
He can sit on our bench, why sit on Boltons?
Mancinni is a complete bellend for keeping SWP on the bench.
i had a really bad feeling about tmr, something tells me we will be leading for the first half but in the second someone from our team will get red carded and we will loose the game i’m staying positive though
Almunia can’t dream of making those saves.
i’m having a really bad feeling about tmr, something tells me we will be leading for the first half but in the second someone from our team will get red carded and we will loose the game i’m staying positive though
Oops!!
nishanth
RVP played up top on his own against Chelsea at home. The one where Wenger thought it brilliant to leave him there by himself when he’s never done it before and put Ade and Bendy on the bench.
‘And with Gillingham unable to beat the excellent Wojciech Szczesny the home win was never in doubt’
http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10421~47950,00.html
AARGHHHHH!!!
Also played him up top on his own against Utd at the end of the season which basically won the league for UTD. We had about 3 shots in that game. Vidic kept him very quiet
Wojciech Szczesny better be NUM 1 next season!!
SUGA, jest lepszy od Boruca, Kuszczaka y Fabianskiego already!
I don’t think RVP is injury prone. Long term injuries don’t make a player injury prone.
Metetarsal, ankle ligaments have been unlucky for him.
Last season he was fit for the most part, even this season he got through challenges unscathed…until…
He does suffer his fair share though pat? you must agree there mate!!
Pat,
and better than Three Idiots combined as well
I just hope wenger has the balls to play Szczesny next season, hes by far our best keeper.
This is assuming we dont buy one.
gambon – just seen your comment about Dzeko v Chamakh – Dzeko makes makes him look like a blue square striker, no wonder most want Dzeko..
I reckon Szczesny was loaned out just to test his abilty and strength following his freak double break -he is playing a blinder at Brentford, so much so I bet they try and sign him in the summer…
Trusting all the reviews about him I would say he is going to be the keeper we will finally trust in, and I dont think we have honestly had one of them since Seaman…
When I see Almunia I wonder why we ever let Manninger go
gambon,
I wouldn’t bet on that – AW will typically avoid tough decisions, simple as…
if that was my call, Szczesny would be No.1 with Fabianski No.2…
Great post Pedro, fair and to the point!
Afternoon all, I agree Rico, I’d put him in goal now, 6’5″ and on an hourly loan, put him in now.
I’m watching England as we speak, makes a change supporting a team that’s winning!
Geoff,
we let Bees have him ’til the end of the season…
with the
shitty result and a possible draw at the spuds we’re looking good for 4th
Hi Geoff – I am watching too, tell me please, why is Prince William clapping after a Wales try???
because he’s an inbred
Rico he’s the Prince of Wales son and a prick, so I expect they are trying to appear fair.
I hate the fact that we sing the National anthem and the rest sing their own shitty little songs.
And those Royals support the teams that don’t, Anne, William, and Charles.
Suga, not according to that you tube clip on here today.
I used to be a big royalist until Diana and Fergie fucked them up, pair of toms.
I only see them as lazy wastrels now, I quite like Harry, but then his dad was James Hewit wasn’t it!
I watched the merseyside derby today, Liverpool are utter dross. If we can’t beat them on wednesday then we must be worse than everyone thinks we are.
‘Top-three finish harder than winning a cup’
Arsène Wenger believes it is harder to finish in the top three of the Premier League than win a domestic cup competition.
The Arsenal manager has scooped seven major trophies during his time with the Club – and been a whisker away from many more – and he would like to end his career with as much silverware as possible.
But Wenger insists that success cannot be measured by trophies alone and is just as proud of his team’s consistency in the Champions League over the past decade.
“It’s very important that we win something, we’re here to win trophies, but it depends on what you call trophies,” he explained.
“Is it the Champions League, the Premier League, the League Cup? If you win the League Cup you cannot say you win trophies for me.
“Of course [finishing third is better than winning a domestic cup]. It’s much more difficult.
“I want to win trophies and, like the fans, I’m frustrated if I don’t. But a season does not go from fantastic to zero. A season in the English league, when you fight with Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa, to finish in the top three is still not a disaster.
“It’s not enough because you want to win trophies. But it doesn’t say: ‘oh what a terrible season that was.’ We’ve just qualified from the group stage in the Champions League for the tenth consecutive season.
“That is, for me, three times as difficult as winning the League Cup five times. I know what’s difficult and what’s not difficult.
“But I know people want to parade with a trophy and if you don’t win a trophy you can’t do that. But it doesn’t mean the rest of the season has been completely useless
So this is the mentality of a manager who won 7 trophies and now has resigned to just competing with the lower pack. If this doesn’t spur you so called arsenal fans to starta protest to remove this guy then i don’t know what will. You’re all hoping on luck right now but when u have such a negative belief and practice coming from a manager how do you hold on to your wish for luck? 13 more games…
fuck sake izzo…
Geoff,
http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/sport/football-ealing/brentford-fc-ealing/2010/02/01/arsenal-agrees-brentford-stay-64767-25738623/
Wonder what Wenger would call finishing in the top three and winning the domestic cups…Impossible? As if one is impossible to achieve without the other. *cough*
Ha Ha Geoff, so its not only my household who think he is Hewit’s
Why do they only show that welsh loving prick William clapping and going nuts when those cunts score, why don’t they show Harry when we score.
I fucking hate the BBC.
Suga, thanks.
Rico he even looks like him, and what part of Charles family has ginger hair?
Aston Villa are a disgrace. If this isnt long ball wtf do you call this Martin O’Neil?
Villa are AWFUl…..
FFS its only spurs…hoofing and long shots…O’ Neill is limited.
so Spuds signed Gudjohnsen?
we could do well with a player like that…
Geoff
He is a dead ringer for James…
Good win in the end, about time too
I am off again got a takeaway due, yum yum….
See you all tomorrow
laters rico
Is the Villa Spud match over? What was the score?
Barca V Getafe. Now thats a match. How come these barca players are always up for it? Wenger, you need to learn from them
I just turned it on too Confident. Barca (although cunts in general imo) are amazing on the pitch. Im not even sure how they drop points in a season. They never lose the ball and if they do they just win it back immediately. They make most teams the play look like amateurs.
ALl their players look faster and stronger than everyone else too.
nil nil
jeez, Villa R pants – how the fuck did we draw against this dross?
Because all they do it defend and counter attack or hoof it long SUGA. Classic frustration tactics.
Rosicky didnt have anyone infront of him to deflect the ball into the net.
and they have a proper GK too…
LOL How the fack is that a straight red?
David,
but he did – Ramsey stood in his way with the goal gaping…
Yeah SUGA, Valdez was once considered a liability but now he saves them from going behind on so many occasions.
Stu.,0-0
HA! Idiot Ibrahimovic..Delighted he missed.
Thanks Confident..
Bordeaux 1-0 behind after 6minutes. ANyone know who scored?
Stu,
Sylvain Marveaux
http://transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spieler/39909/marveaux-sylvain/profil.html
i for one did not hav high hopes for wenger making a signing for striker it was always going to be very difficult always better in the summer and that might have been a miskake not getting a striker in the summer,but the claims that it just excuses that we did make a signing and resesion is no excuse when you look at both chelsea and city spending very little if at all,having the money is part of it but the quality players in the market is also a factor, all i here is how tight fisted i can only buy players wenger has bought and most of them have been very goodand some have out of the clubs price range,has wenger made mistkes alot but i think he is trying to make is right i think,alot fans think we need a new manager i dont agree i dought many managers would asa well with budget he has for stadium he pushed for which i am very happy with but it always going come at cost for few seasons unless you want private owner and i dont want that but at same time i want to see some titles,i dont think is helpes with huge drop in good players around we had such huge players like overmas petit lumberg pires edu veria sorry i just see to many players of that quality so if there not what is wenger susposed to do
Thanks SUGA. Commentator just said there are lots of scouts sent to this match to see him. Not a bad time to score then…
Bordeaux are all over the shop! 2-0
leon,
fuck me, why would City or Chelsea spend? unlike us, they’re all stocked up…
Remy was available. Spuds signed Gudhjohnsen.
I could carry on…
SUGA, we couldn’t do anything regarding Remy until Lyon decided to sign him or not.
They were in talks the whole time so ANY other team interested couldn’t even get a sniff at Remy.
If you haven’t heard, Lyon have first option since they’re the ones that sold him to Nice. So, in a sense, he wasn’t available to anyone until Lyon made a decision. They were in talks till the last minute so no other club had a chance.
no sage its mainly because there very few top players around thats why chelsea nad manu have not spent either,there very very few top quality players around and the top players hat are around will cost through the roof as remy and gudhjohnsen remy i have never hear of and gudhjohnsen well passed his prime if he was still on top his game he would staid at barc,in my view the best manager in prem fergi said him self said there are very top quality around particualy in midfield there some good strikers around and i think maybe most likely wenger maid mistake not buying the summer wenger made huge mistakes no dought i just dont think he tight fisted tosser you think he is
yeah ‘sage’
Pat,
fair enough, didn’t know that – Gudjohnsen would be a good buy though…
leon,
even Southern and Northern Chavs wouldn’t buy just for the sake of it, besides, we are way out of their price range, aren’t we?
I don’t think he is a ‘tight fisted tosser’, just a bit deluded, that’s all…
OK, muchachos, off to London to get shitfaced with me boyz & galz
suge what he is one of the most stuborn managers i have ever seen he got alot things right but he has got alot wrong and because of small amount good players he has chosen to build this young team who are quite tough but manu and chelsea are tougher
HA! ANother red for Barca. Marquez this time.
Leon,
Do we have a top player? Lets leave out Cesc, Ashravin, Gallas, Verm. The rest of the squad are not in any way top players – and that includes Rosicky of this moment.
Its a disgrace the way Wenger has run our club. He needed to make few investments in the summer , he failed to do it. He failed to make a signing in the window and we had players available. Wenger is a resident dictator in AFC and looks untouchable. Its time we took back our club.
Its becoming quite clear now. Its about now most years that the diceman leans towards manchester united. Here they go again, but this time with a team of battlers. The dicemans next role ofcourse is The Arsenal beats chelsea.
Chamakh looks good. While were in for him we should nab goucuff too.
Wenger’s weaknesses
1) Wraps players in wool. No tough love-only once in Liverpool.How about a daily dose, boss?
2) Waits toolate to react to trends, making us loose unnecessarily.
3) Refusal to buy players when there is a gapping need.
4) Buys players who are not ready, causing loss of funds.
Bordeaux 3-0 down now. They never win when i watch them…
gnarley,
Were you dreaming? We lost to eams that were better organized to play against us. best is a draw n current form except Daiby surprises everyoe.
Was that not a red card again?
confid i think you can say the same for manu take roony berbotov giggs and maybe scholes how many top players do they have there team same for chelsea lambard alenka drogba not that many ,he may have a msitake not buying a striker but as top midfielders. if you think he has not spent enough so to have much bigger budget each maybe we should have staid at hibury stadium because going to emerites stadium whch we love was never going come for free
Leon,
He admitted he had the budget this transfer window. His words, not mine. He then lied that he couldn’t see better players. Hell even Fellaini of Everton will have been good for our mid, or Saha for our strike force, or even Carlton Cole. Note I havent mention the Wolfsburg star Gzeko et al.
Point is ManU have fighters, we have bottlers. This is the attitude of the manager, the corporate culture at Arsenal. Accept anything as log as it is endorsed by AW.
config both cole and saha are very injury prone and at the time cole was injured so what have been the point going for him and wolfsburg how do know wenger did gor him he might have snubbed to use and he stated several times he wants to real just because he is top player does not mean the player will want to come to use,you have to remember both manu and chelsea have won the prem and know it takes but this young have won nothing,there not two many top players particualy in midfield position
The old saying shit rolls downhill thats the AFC motto? until there is a change at the top level we will always be a team of under achievers….imo.
if dennilson and almunia appear on the teamsheet tomorrow i am taking myself into a dark room and praying for the 90 minutes. i cant watch arsenal with these 2 muppets on the pitch. they fuckin terrify me. it shouldnt be that way. comon wenger, drop them. its getting embarressing
well i find it very diificult to question wenger ability to spot top players when look at the amount players that he brought in and made into top players edwardo was killing it before the injury,rvp top class henry,overmas edu,berdkamp,veria,petit,so wenger may be tight with his money but when it comes getting top players sorry poeple i think you are well base there
the whole club is an embarrasment at the moment!!
Thats the point Leon. Why be so tight when you have needs to address. It sounds like lunacy. If he had bought evwen Chamkah, we would have been fine in the striker department. he didn’t because of a mill pounds ffs!!
His tactics on match days rarely addresses our on-field weakness. I noticed also delayed subs. The guy is really average and his legacy can only go south.
confid i feel the team needs real big leaders and beasts in midfield and used to have those players in edu petit viera and i just see two players of kind quality around its huge problem but however the huge mistake he made was not getting shay given and chamkah he does not want to move in jan and his club want let him go anyway no matter what he will given time but some the players wont,there huge question mark over mental toughness of this team.one thing is very true when it comes defenisve players wenger needs fresh ideas because until verm he has got badly wrong
The point is Wenger couldn’t have bought Chamakh in cause Bordeaux wouldn’t sell
Daiby needs to step up big time against Chelsea. But his is his first from an injury, so fingers crossed ..
Cesc needs to play well against the big boys not only against average opponents.
We need to clip Chelsea’s wing play. I’ll play erm on the left and play Gallas and Sol as CB
Alumina
Sagna Gallas Sol Verm
Eboue Song Cesc Daiby
Bent Arsha
We cannot loose with this squad. I’ll bring on Ramsey for Ebuoe and Rosicky for Daiaby, with instruction for Song to lie deep
Stop Chelsea’s fullbacks, win the game. Wasn’t it Cashley who had 2 assists against us?!?!
United did that superbly against them and Chelsea only won because the ref failed to spot Drogba’s push.
What a pointless article. Out of nowhere really.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1249117/Arsenals-Chris-Smalling-bid-irks-Manchester-United-Patrice-Evra-bemoans-Gunners-plaudits.html?ITO=1490
And this hahaha. Where do they get this from?!?!?!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1249110/Arsenal-boss-Arsene-Wenger-ready-spend-35m-war-chest-deadline-day-deals-collapse.html?ITO=1490
Confident
At 3.00am I will be dreaming, coz I’m taping this game. I’m only saying we will beat the chavs coz it will work in manure’s favour. Things always seem to this time of the year.
Karma seems to be SAF mate.
Do you think that we stand a chance against the chavs gg9?
pat
no sure about the article but the photo’s a classic……
AA23 looks like one of santa’s elves
War chest.. more like a musuem!
The money is only for display!
more like monopoly money choy ,
they’ve spent all the real stuff !
they can put it on display in the trophy room , there’s plenty of space there the last few years .
I walked through Chelsea territory earlier this evening with my Arsenal hat on, and my vibes are, they are quite uncomfortable about playing us tomorrow. But I’m sure when Harvey turns up they’ll feel a little better.
Lets hope their players are feeling the same.
Haha..
All the Balance Sheets from the years.. all glittering!
theres no real weak link in the chelsea line up .
we might show more spirit than V’s the man’cs but sorry it will all be in vain !
they have no denilson to bully off the ball
they have no weak link in goal ..
there formation is fairly settled with quality in every position ..
it will hace to be GAME OF THE YEAR of us to beat these pricks !
it really will ..
and i don’t like our chances …
not given our immediate run of games and the form we have displayed in them !
they wont give us many free shots on goals , so
i hope we become clinical overnight !
if we are to beat chavs we don’t have to play our usual game, but let them come at us and hit them on the counter with quick passes of fabregas and rosicky using arshavin’s and full back’s speed.
we need to play like the shite teams who managed to beat them and keep it simple. focus on defending.
choy Says:
February 6, 2010 at 23:31
Haha..
All the Balance Sheets from the years.. all glittering!
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i bet your life ade’s money isnt sitting in some bank account getting next to no interest , a smart prudent business would stick the funds into the loan as surplus to knock off the capital , with some loans you can draw the +proceeds out at any time , but i bet your life the ade money at least plus (MORE) is not on hand anyhow , a tight business like this wouldnt be sitting idle not making this money work for them ! ..
i would ..
and im more than sure AFC is even smarter with it still ..
in fact the truth might even scare us !
Reggie
If AW picks a team that specifically can beat the chavs, yes i think we can win, but he usually picks his favourites like denilson and/or has full backs (who can’t cross)cross the ball into midgets players. What sort of strategy is that. Or he’ll start with Little Nicky
up front & not use the long ball. I don’t know what the hell Wenger is doing half the time with is strategy. And results over the past 14 years show that SAF is superior on the day than Wenger. SAF has a game day strategy.
Maybe Le Gaffer will be able to pull a swifty over Anchovie @ Swingers Bridge, but that will be the way The Arsenal can win, IMHO. Coz on paper they are superior, all the way down the bench as well. Maybe Pat Rice trumps Uncle Fester but other than that, as I write, “youth policy” is being trumped by the “purchase of ready made quality player”. Lets hope it switches the other way after 90 odd minutes and we capitalise on this 6 pointer game.
we need to fight.. if we play like we did against utd.. we have no chance.. we need strength and determination.. all the players must work very hard..
We can do Chelski tomorrow without a doubt, provided we get in their faces like we did to teams in the first few weeks of the season. Hull have shown us the way (never thought I’d say that).
Scarey stuff but not unexpected about the ruling elite wanting to restrict access to the internet. I’m amazed it took so long.
If you need examples of free speech conspiracies maybe look at the worldwide abuse of UK libel laws and the use of superinjunctions by corporations to cover up their corruption, rather than focussing on keeping your right to fuck the planet up.
The climate debate is just not a good example. The actions of a couple of dodgy individuals doesn’t discredit 40 years of research and the consensus of over 90% of climate scientists with plenty of empirical evidence.
I can quite happily show you many examples of misquotes and misinformation from climate change sceptics with their own vested interests if you want to drop me a line.
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I think we can win ,but I’m to scared to get up at 3am to watch.
Ian, dodgy individuals? What… the guys advising the UN! Lets not down play their importance to the process and what came out of their e-mails.
90% of scientists agree? Hmmm… that there is lie.
31,000 scientists signed a petition stating that they did not believe climate change was man made.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2053842/Scientists-sign-petition-denying-man-made-global-warming.html
I’m not denying we’re fucking up the planet… but lets focus on the real problems, like over fishing, polluting the rivers and deforestation over a subject designed to control us.
Well gnarley i agree with your asessment its gonna take every one of the players to work their bollocks off bendy needs to start with arshavin playing in the hole, nasri owes us big time after his performance against the mancs i think we will surprise em big time C’Mon you goooners!!!!!!
pedro
you tree hugger you ..
yes its common knowledge its solar flares ..
like i said we might not live to see another EPL trophy
I cant see me living to watch AFC lift another EPL title esp with that tight arse cunt wenger in charge!!
http://www.tribalfootball.com/liverpool-big-winners-if-portsmouth-go-bust-624351
my sun wears solar flares
Believer in
. Peak Oil
. Peak Gold
. Peak commodities
. Global Cooling rather than warming
. Peak Water
. Peak Wenger ??????
. Peak Arsenal (certainly not)
. ……………
No way would that happen Maksud. If they went bust, then they forfeit the remaining games 3-0 each. Certainly thats a much more logical outcome?!?!
The Arsenal has the opportunity to totally humiliate John Terry today. The question is, do The Arsenal have the ability to tak this opportunity.
But, can I say this, how satisfiying would it be for every Gooner, more so for those in Blighty, & even more so those in London to really kick the bastards where it hurts
Good luck to all those who venture to Swingers Bridge. You were senasational last year, I hope Le Gaffer gives you the necessary amo to really cause some shit there.
Its time to break the Drogba duck.
Time to revert to the pre-Abrahamovic era.
Its the turning point.
Change is here and boys become men.
Lets go do the bridge.
Arsenal for life.
The away fans have to up for it. Give JT hell!!!
*be up.
new post?
Sorry it’s late Grovers, I had technical probs, Pedro’s sorted it so it’s about to go up!
new post!
Off to the shithole bridge today, not the most confident i must admit. However the thought og giving John terry stick on a sunday afternoon is brilliant.
Come on boys, show that strength the boss keeps chatting about!!!!!!
Pedro – re your 31000 scientists. Your “petition” has long since been discredited.
http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/1654
Some of them were dead and a bunch of them were still undergraduates. Why don’t you go through the list and try to find out how many of them actually specialise in climate science? Here I can save you the bother…It’s 1.
1. Atmospheric, environmental, and Earth sciences: 3,697; 2. Computer and mathematical sciences: 903; 3. Physics and aerospace sciences: 5,691; 4. Chemistry: 4,796; 5. Biology and agriculture: 2,924; 6. Medicine: 3,069; 7. Engineering and general science: 9,992.[2] As of 2007, about 2,400 people in addition to the original 17,100 signatories were “trained in fields other than science or whose field of specialization was not specified on their returned petition.”[20]