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I'm still not a Nani fan. He's such a greedy arrogant ringpiece.
Warming to Anderson.
Warming to Anderson.
Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [27th - 28th August 2011]
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He said something like "We have a break, then games and then come back and we'll be focusing on that".
So not a yes or a no, but he said we and we'll.
And no it didn't sound like he wanted to sign any players. Crazy crazy crazy.
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but so has Man U
MW
I don't know what you mean? I meant it as a he isn't acknowledging the problem and they haven't really got going yet. Thats how I intepreted his interview
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Song is Song, but the other two IMO were direct results of playing completely inexperienced players in games of massive important and expecting them to be able to keep their heads for 90mins. Again, entirely Wenger's fault. Fabregas had a great team around him to grow in, Wilshere broke into the team over a couple of seasons. Someone like Jenkinson is basically being thrown to the wolves and expected to return with a handfull of pelts. Asking way too much.
Gary, "Dont think neutrals will of enjoyed that today" think again we did
as just about to post this.
i think they had a great time.
lets not forget De Gae saving a penalty!
Yeah, asking to play with a dysfunctional, poor center back pairing against Young, Rooney, Nani, you can't expect anything other than exactly what happened tbh.
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Cahill won't fix a cack defense, look at how crap Kos looked last year, how HUGELY improved he looked alongside Verm, and how crap he looked alongside Djourou. One player can't fix a defense, the system is wrong, the training is wrong, the positioning/covering, everything is wrong in there.
Arshavin hasn't been cack for a while, he's been cack for two games, he was probably top 3-4 players in preseason and last year he was also good, the team is simply playing so horribly offensively he can't work with it. He's a little guy, he's not Kevin Davies, he can't battle through a team on his own, nor hold it up well, he needs fast paced attacking football to run into space and make chances, when our football is slow and no one moves, he's easily easily contained.
Also yes, our board for over a decade now has said "wenger has X amount to spend" every year and Wenger won't, again the issue is Wenger actually thinks Song is brilliant, and Djourou, and, etc, etc, etc. If you had ROnaldo, you wouldn't buy a replacement, when someone thinks Song is the best DM in the world, you don't replace him, the problem is Wenger has lost ALL ability to judge a players ability, which was by FAR his best quality in his early Arsenal years.
Pretty much, but you're COMPLETELY wrong about Wilshire, I'll say again for the seats at the back, HE PLAYED AS A DM LAST SEASON. Did Makelele look dangerous, does De Jong, does Busquets, does Mascherano.
Realise where he played and that he is disciplined and stayed back 98% of the time which is why he was so good. Song is epically rubbish at DM< because he runs off all over the place, zero discipline, rubbish DM, pretty simple. When Wilshire plays further forwards, which is his natural role, he's a very dangerous player.
Ramsey looks a shadow of the player pre-injury though, before injury he was closer to Fabregas/Wilshire, get the ball, turn into space, pass inteligently, since he got back from loan he's been slow on the ball, passing badly, turning INTO trouble and losing it constantly in stupid places.
As for Young, yes, half(probably more) of the Utd AND Liverpool fans were saying Young really wasn't that good and 20mil would be a waste, he wouldn't start..... wouldn't start ahead of Valencia and was no where near as good as Nani...... they were very very very wrong.
He is there, he just wasn't playing an attacking role last season, he looked more dangerous for England as he plays a more attacking role, more of a CM than AM/DM and in preseason he looked VERY dangerous as he did at Bolton and anytime before that loan.
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Are you being serious?
Maybe i shouldn't have said i don't rate them at all, but i don't think they are top class by any stretch. The amount of times i have seen Arsenal bombing forward and then the ball goes to Ramsey and it just stops and all of the pace and impetus goes out of the move....
Can they pass it around midfield? Yes, can i see them setting up many goals? Not really
The word does have other meanings..
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They've been drawn ever since the Carling Cup Final and rightly so. Everyone likes to see the ball kept on the ground and nice passing but if you're constantly drawing and losing then what's the point? Wenger has no idea, he has no plan B, it's plan A which is keep it on the ground and try and play fluidly, when that isn't working he has absolutely no idea. Our left and right backs are still overlapping our wingers and leaving MASSIVE gaps, every time our opponent breaks on us they just stick it in the empty space and watch an attacker run straight at the CB's. It's pathetic and it's been happening for years.
Pretty sure he said he wasn't even thinking about it.
I can see an almighty spanking for Arsenal this weekend by Utd...doubtful if we sign any players that they will be able to play for us with so little time left before the game.
Doesnt help that we have a few suspensions and injuries as well...looking very grim for us.
Please go easy on us Utd
Looks like i was spot on with my prediction....what an almighty spanking indeed
...top man Fergie for his supportive words towards Wenger...new found respect for him.We are well and truly screwed if Wenger doesnt buy before Wed...so so so screwed...worst start for over 20 yrs...depressing stuff.
What a ***!
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Wenger will never quit and the board wont sack him.
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Cascarino did nothing wrong, hope it doesnt go further.
