I’ve been without an internet connection for a few days Grovers, Spain is such a third world country, one provider for broadband internet, so they do what they want. And they think they can afford our captain, this country is more in the shit that Greece.
Anyway I have been keeping track and reading all Pedro’s posts, so well done for holding the fort!
It looks like Wenger finally has his man in Mark Schwarzer, so I’m also guessing that means the end of Almunia, I really can’t see the point in keeping him, it would be too awkward and absolutely pointless, then he’ll let Fabianski and Chezza fight it out as to who succeeds the 37 year old. That’s good business, if it happens.
I still think we need a big stopper at the back, I would prefer one with EPL experience but I am struggling to get my head round Laurent Kosienlny, I have never seen him, he’s had one good year in a lower league in a team that finished 7th, has this got Pascal Cygan written all over it?
Let’s not kid ourselves the manager has been tracking him for years, he hasn’t, and please don’t say Vermaelen was an unknown, he wasn’t, he was captain of Ajax and he was an international, so he was known, in fact a few people have been coming onto Le Grove claiming we were slagging of the signing of Vermaelen last year. Blog geeks love to make stuff up, I’m waiting for someone to come on and say that we never supported Nik B…or Theo, anyway, here are some snippets about what we said about our Tommy last year.
‘Vermaelen looks good, but he’s not the Sol Campbell type we need’
June 25th
‘Signing Melo and Vermaelen is a shrewd move as they are older and better than what we currently have, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, we need to keep either Gallas or Kolo’
June 23rd
‘Everything I have seen of Thomas Vermaelen reminds me of Martin Keown and if he turns out to be half the man Keown was then we have done a great bit of business.’
June 20th
Okay, well on that note I’m mostly resting my case on him, but my point about the Lorient defender isn’t whether he’s a great player, it’s that he is a massive risk considering the relative inexperience of Vermaelen in the EPL. I think we should be playing the Belgian next to a battle hardened centre back he can learn from. And a big bugger like Campbell that will knock people over and win the ball in the air, getting the nod from a Grimandi special doesn’t seem enough for me.
I also think we have too many French players.
Just my opinion of course and I’ll happily eat humble pie if he forms the centre back pairing of the century next season!
Well we won last night but Rooney was still rubbish, he really is so over rated, missed a sitter and doesn’t run after the ball. Good finish by Defoe though, and yes I cheered! Don’t forget though, it was only Slovenia, which only has a third of the population of London, the USA won the group (how embarrassing) and next up are the Krauts, so don’t get too carried away.
It won’t be long before the world cup is over and we can get back to being a football team blog again, I think Cesc will stay, but I really don’t want him to stay for one more year with a bumper pay rise, that would be a massive piss take, we did that with Henry and we did it with Ade, all it made us do with Ade was to hate him, don’t do that with Cesc Arsene, sell him for a shed load or keep him, no compromise, that would be weak.
Have a great day Grovers, the sun is shining and we have no injuries!
Christian Poulsen is a shocking footballer.
“hope rvp comes to life, cant see it tho.”
haha
Pedro says:
June 24, 2010 at 13:06
Well, £30k would probably buy you a 9 bedroom house in Scotland… and Wales come to mention it! 😉
Well i tell you what Pedders, i’d want fucking change from £30k for Wales, fucking dump….
Sagna – reasonably OK
Diaby – well, Diaby: oe brilliant game one so-so and one where he cocked up twice
Clichy – played in the last game, pretty poor
Cesc – bench
Gallas (theoretically) – shocking
RvP – GET IN 😀
B52 – typical self
Song – average
did I miss anyone?
was it a good goal? i wasnt watching
RVP!!! With the chocalte leg to boot.
carlos vela
mexican wonderkid
pretty slick goal a one two in the box slid it under the keeper right footed
You forgot Ebowie Suga. He played CM, dont know how he has done though.
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oh, right:
Vela – good in the first game, then pretty poor/injured
Ebowie – didn’t notice, maybe it’s a good thing 😉
so why is song on the bench?
no idea bbc said he was starting but then didn’t start
If only he could stay fit eh!!
fuck. Its like I’m typing from an iphone. Sorry about the misspelt words.
Speaking of which, anyone with the iphone 4?
Twitchy cunt having a pop at Bendtner!
bendtner has done fuck all
think he is injured
that’s all he normally does.
Bentner having another great game, hasn’t put a foot wrong, coz he’s done fucking nothing……maybe his mind is on other things, like his dream move to Barca……cunt!
bendtner is a clown.
DDM, it was embarrassing watching Linekar, Hansen and Shearer ripping him for his sense of self importance…
FFS Denmark. Well, the stage is set for a Bendy hat-trick I guess.
C’mon you fucking Danes!
Neat goal from RvP though! Hope him and the Oranje kick on from here.
Has someone been hitting Wenger on the head with stupid stick, why does he want to buy an over priced has been goalkeeper like Schwarzer who’s no better than Almunia when he could get someone younger and alot better for the same price like Vincent Enyeama.If Wenger had signed Enyeama last year for 2m euros like he was going to but pulled out at last minute after agreeing personal terms with him and extended Fabianskis contract instead then we might of won the Premiere League last season. Maybe Wengers trying to get a collection of incompetient goalkeepers, if he buys Schwarzer he’ll only need Rob Green and he will have the full set.
As for Laurent Koscielny who no ones heard of,he must be some player for Wenger to loan Lorient FC a player and have so called offered £8.3m for him when Lorient only paid 1.2m euros for him a yaer ago but according to the transfer market he is only worth £4.5m. Sounds like Wengers completely lost the plot.
Bendtner hasn’t had any service whatsoever.
Because Paul Le Guen is a twat!
Rohan, this is your fault… all that over hyping 😉
Enyeama has been bad as well. I won’t praise him because he made great saves. I say he’s shit because those great saves went to waste with his awful errors. Therefore, he’s a shit keeper.
Zorro, or maybe Arsene is?
Just putting it out there…
Denmark are just shit, devoid of any attacking ideas apart from lump it to Bendtner or down the wing for Rommedahl. They badly need a playmaker.
he has lost the fucking plot paying that much for him,it’s a disgrace and a joke signing.
What’s more embarrassing Pedro? Listening to those planks or believing Bentner is a top class player?
twitchy can fuck off
whole denmark team has poor, bendtners still having treatment on groin and he can’t do anything if he isn’t getting any service
“according to the transfer market”
Eh…you what?
Sam.. you want Fabianski flapping everytime Enyeama goes to the ACN?
that’s because bender is fucking shit.
Where/who is that from Gambon?
isnt there going to be two african nation tournaments in a row coming up??
FFS. My mate at work has called EVERY SINGLE GAME WRONG!
DENMARK DOWN 2-0 FFS!!!!
I’m telling to choose Brazil now.
About 10 posts up Stu, someone talking about Koscielny.
Yep.. I think its 2011/12 !
You look at the teams that have made it through and you just have to think a South American is gonna take this after England do Germany and Germany get done themselves.
Probably this rash I’m struggling with DDM…
Sorensen is shit. Almost caught out again
Ro16 with Paraguay, Slovakia, Mexico, Ghana, Usa…..almost certain to add Japan to that now.
Another ladyboy rash Pedders 😉
I can’t help myself DDM 😉
Robben’s balding… tragic.
“Nicklas Bendtner has to get into the game here, he has to. For me, his career is passing him by.”
keown
Any port in a storm eh Pedders….
Wengers going to come back from South Africa thinking Almunias one of the best in the world I’ve never seen so many keeper cock ups in one tournament,
sam ” sounds like wenger has completely lost the plot ”
yep.
I forgot our players are all shite!
Glad I came back!
how is his career passing him by? he’s only 22 ffs and goal + assist in last game
i think bentdner made a bit of a rod for his back with all of his comments and self love
insesc – dont forget walking around the lobby in his pants.
Who wants Spain to be eliminated tomorrow evening?
Ericksen should’ve started. Has confidence and is very lively.
Finally Robben coming on!!!
Bendtner is now giving possession away for fun. He’s been rotten tonight.
Jon Dahl Tommason is shit. How did he ever play for Milan?!?!
Well he is nearly 34 Pat. Cant expect much from him, especially when he plays in a defensive team who frankly have shit midfielders.
…maybe the Japanese coach could teach Wenger how smaller players defend against bigger opposition eh 🙂
78692,
Who doesn’t want them out?
Uncle Song looks more like Grandpa.
tulio tanaka is a great defender
One team between south korea, uruguay, ghana and usa will be in the semi final. Interesting
Spain has to do Brazil in the RO16 b4 they fuck off in my opinion.
chile will do spain and brazil in my opinion 😉
That would have been goal of the tournament had that gone in!
oh man that was close, cracking effort
WHAT A FUCKING SHOT FROM BENDTNER!!!!!!!!!!!!
come on bendy take it
pen
Pathetic
That wasn’t Bentner by the way….
it wasn’t bendtner, it was larsen
Cunting commentators. Making me think it was Bendtner.
Stu – That was Lasrson with the shot that hit the bar. Super Nik was off in the background twiddling his thumbs.
i would love to see him get 2 still though. 🙂
Nice finish from Huntelaar.
stu that wasnt bendtner
🙂
Honda is a good player. very composed
Great play by honda.He has been excellent so far
now bendys coming home
3 – 1
japan look a tidy team
How good is this Honda fella…..
Honda scored a free kick against Sevilla this season too to send them through in the CL. GK mistake but still…
inamoto is on
Another hand ball!!!!
This is all Poulsens fault. If he didnt score that stupid og against Holland none of this would have happened.
G’won the Nips…..
its wengers fault.
senile hypocrit…
Just looked up Honda’s details. 24 yrs old and signed a 4yr contract with CSKA Moskow last yr.What do you reckon his value would be? He’d be worth a few bob in marketing income!
Yeah Catford, whether its Honda or someone else it would be benefitial to have a good asian player in the team, if only for their marketing potential (like Park at united).
Honda or Bendtner?
Danish lost because they didn’t give bendy enough balls, it is a shame
Bendtner 😉
at least bendy will have decent pre season
I blame Bendtners PR machine for over-hyping him, too much pressure and he couldn’t handle it.
John Dahl Tomasson should get a lot of the criticism but he doesn’t have a silly haircut so Bendtner’s going to take the brunt of it.
I wouldnt say Bendtner has a silly haircut, more bad than silly.
Bendtner = iaquinta. FACT.
FACT= My opinion.
FFS, denmark…no fucking playmaker no plan B other than lumping balls into the box. If Rommedahl is contained, they have absolutely no other outlet….
Ref was way too happy blowing the whistle when balls were crossed in. Trevor Francis here made a very good point that in rarefied atmospheres at high altitude, teams that pass the ball around along the ground will fare better than teams that rely on crosses because the ball behaves funny.
Where are England-Germany playing?? 😀
After seeing Bendtner’s website, I think he and his royal girlfriend want him to be an international footballing high class secret agent man of mystery.
The new Danish 007.
It’s definetly silly, if you’re going to try and be as anonymous as you can throughout a game, you shouldn’t strap a blonde hedgehog to your head and run around with it.
Tomasson is pretty shite.. he misses so many chances..
Honda takes a better free kick than RVP 😉
I am Bendtner’s PR machine. are ye saying it’s my fault?? Ungrateful much?
You should go see Bendtner Consulting.
http://nicklas-bendtner.com/Bendtner_Consulting.aspx?ID=52
Rohan – I was wondering when you were going to show your face, The RohStu PR group is affecting his game now, you need to tone it down.
Choy – Van Persie’s against Fulham was far better.
I know Billiken, his website is world fucking class. Best site I’ve seen in a long long time. Arse.com should take note.
http://nicklas-bendtner.com/Awards.aspx?ID=31
nice hair cut here
Technically, I haven’t shown my face, but RohStu doesn’t sound right.
I was thinking more along the lines of SNAP ( Super Nik Appreciation Party )
Nicklas Bendtner’s mantra is “Believe it”. These two words have followed him throughout his career. And they are two words that are the hallmark of everything he does. Nicklas Bendtner cannot be beaten by adversity or disappointments. He believes in himself and that he will be successful. Nicklas Bendtner believes that you can achieve your objectives, as long as you “believe it”.
LOL
lol incesc, I haven’t seen that one before.
Rohan – You’d sound like a teenage girl with glasses on, a cardigan and loads of ‘I Love Nikki B’ badges all over it..
If that was your group.
His website is a fucking laugh riot. Bendtner Consulting takes the cake though
incesc – That’d be a bit mroe decent, it’s the American Psycho look. He should be more like Christian Bale.
Bendtner might have belief but how is his back lift?
Choy
Pretty much everyone takes a better FK than RVP!
Hondas got a good engine though.
jesus christ, surely from Bendtner’s website you can make out that ain’t our style.
He looks like Stuart Broad in that pic.
http://beerandsport.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/broad.jpg
Ha what a shit haircut that is. That was back when he was in the reserves and he played against…Doncaster??? and Gilberto scored a late equaliser and Almunia saved a few PKs in the shootout. Either that or I am mixing memories to make a brand new one.
I’m off anyway…
Remember, when God said “let there be light” ,Bendtner said ” say please “.
G’night.
bendtners a cunt,just remember that,night.
There are some interesting games tomorrow!
Arsene Nose
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Not in the custom of calling our players cunts.
ped’s
It’s the music equivalent of Rohan telling me he’s discovered an unknown band called Snow Patrol
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well rohan is only 14 ..
i was listen to this unknown band the other day , queen i think it was .. or was it called Led Zeppelin ?
Hello Italy/Lygon Street 😀 Justice has been done.
This WorldCup has turned out like WW2 – The French surrendered early, USA arrived at the last minute & Brits are left to fight ze Germans!
Let’s see if it’s gonna end like WW2 as well … it would be quite a shock 😀
Eriksen is impressive and he is only 18
Kresnik
It could end like WWII with the USA winning the whole thing like they did in 1945.
Did he play tonight Gooby? Or did he even play in the other matches?
How many French players exactly do you think is too many?? Would they be any better if they were from a different country? Or if Nasri chose to play for Algeria, and Diaby for Senegal, would it still be too many French players? I think Gallas and Sylvestre are off anyways, i don’t think the problem lies with what country our players are from though, thats kinda….
Kresnik – So the USA destroys Japan in the end, then we buy a Honda?
What happened to NB52, he idn’t even look interested.
CBD
😆 like that one.
If they played for ALgeria and Senegal then we would have too many africans
It’ll be interesting to hear what Evra has to say about the whole french debacle. He’s due to do a reveal all interview about what happened in the french camp.
Diaby is Ivorian,
Algeria could have done better with nasri and benzema in the squad mmm
Stu
I saw a bit of the Wenger interview on Eurosport, (all beit he spoke in French & it was translated), but he implied that the players were playing for the French Football Federation, when they should have been playing for France. Obviously, the players hate their Federation so they lay down.
Yeah gg9, something is obviously not right there. I doubt anyone respects or trusts the current manager but its the federation who kept him there far too long.
Friday Joke (18 mins early):
An elderly couple, who were both widowed, had been going out with each other for a long time.
Urged on by their friends, they decided it was finally time to get married. Before the wedding, they
went out to dinner and had a long conversation regarding how their marriage might work.
They discussed finances, living arrangements and so on. Finally, the old gentleman
decided it was time to broach the subject of their physical relationship.
‘How do you feel about sex?’ he asked, rather tentatively.
‘I would like it infrequently’ she replied.
The old gentleman sat quietly for a moment, adjusted his glasses, leaned over towards her and whispered – ‘Is that one word or two?’
shite season for juve at the back.
same defence for italy.
Shite WC for the italy cheats.
take that you wankers 😀
I’ll 2nd that Gooby 😆
The italy defence isnt the Juve defence is it? I thought it is just Chiellini and Cannavaro? Criscito has been at Genoa since 08. And Zambrotta is at Milan.
Cracking goal by Quagliarella today.
italy how funny 🙂
wanker in the cafe won’t be taking the piss out of me any more.
yeah i meant the CBs; jeez he could have chosen bonnuci, barzagli in the first 11. italian always looking for experience but too much of it kill the player, cannavaro was the embarrassment of a whole nation today
Where’e your BLACKBERRY you fucking piece of shit Basil! That’s why he should be in London, working his arse off not blowing air kisses at the GODDAMN WORLDCUP! You people who support him are just sheep – and sheep eventually get slaughtered. Tossers!
he’s done the right thing with his b.b especially with that piece of shit signing kocielny,lets hope he keeps his b.b at home.
”Jack Wilshere is a legend. He put this on his Facebook: “If I have to watch that cunt lennon again I think I will slit my wrists”
lool B.B.K seriously?
from twitter goobs
alex song is injured