Comments on: There’s Only So Much Arsene Wenger Can Do…

by: Henry

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:04:09 +0000

Glo - so its all about making money then is it…..idiot!

by: Gavaldinho

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:16:03 +0000

Arsenal to do a Leeds - GET IN! All you gooners need to wake up and smell the coffee, you are nothing but a small club in decline that had a nice little spell of top flight Euro football, that is now coming to an end and you will soon be where you deserve to be - league 2! Heck, I reckon your so crap, you wont even finish in forth this year and Spurs will be laughing all the way to the bank when a vice-versa happens this year and they take the last CL space on the last day of the season! Ha ha ha ha ha

by: Neil

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:40:50 +0000

I don’t buy the “English core” argument. Players like Vieira and Bergkamp, Wenger-era legends both, had that physical commitment, bravery and edge (read occasional nastiness) that you need to express your technical ability in a fast-paced and difficult league. “Earning the right to play” as the cliche goes.

So did Lauren, Edu and others for that matter, and the Invincibles were no more an English side than the Unwatchables. Yes, Pires often shirked defensively, or otherwise went AWOL, but it didn’t matter because he was so damn effective at the other end of the pitch.

And, no, I don’t believe buying is the “easy option”. Putting the same misplaced faith in too much underachieving mediocrity for yet another season is the easy option. Despite some great memories of last season’s CL run, including Paris (I was there), I almost wish it hadn’t happened, as it seems to have unshakeably convinced AW that a number of those players are way better than they really are.

We have bought only two senior international players in the 3 years since Reyes was signed (in Hleb and Rosicky), and only one (Rosicky) is good enough. We have lost eight senior international players over the same period. That is not the transfer business of a team with any realistic title pretensions.

by: Kelvin

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:47:31 +0000

Also, I heard our dressing room ain’t exactly the warmest places to be these days - with more than half a dozen nationalities from German to Czech to Spanish to Afrikans…

I read on some sites our players don’t even have the odd meal together…

I play in a small club - team spirit is 90% of the team. It motivates others to fight for you, to cover for you, to die for one another…

If that’s lacking… then the team will always be lacking too…

by: Kelvin

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:45:32 +0000

I guess the easy solution is to always look to “buy” new player ain’t it?

We often forget, that success on the field depends A LOT on what goes on in training and behind the scenes - things we as spectators don’t get to see.

Spectators always see the players who are on form, and salivate at the prospect of them playing for Arsenal (same for all other fans). It’s an easy route to “buy success”.

Let’s now forget about training methods, the style of play etc.

Also, one thing lacking this season is fighting spirit - and that, IMHO comes down to the fact that we no longer have English players in the squad (other than juvenile Walcott & the squad player Hoyte).

1999 & 2004, we had some spinal & core players who were English. Adams, Keown, Parlour, Campbell, hell even Cashely Cole etc. Granted they were not always the most skillful of players, but they were always 101% committment.

I’m sort of feeling we’re lacking that grit in our play this season. We hardly see the players sticking it in this season - always prefering to grace over tackles, pulling out, skipping/jumoing over etc.

You can’t buy these things…

by: glo

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:39:42 +0000

DIABY WAS AS BAD AS CESC TODAY, HE PLAYED IN A STRANGE POSITION. HE WAS BEHIND ADEBAYOR. DIABY IS A TOP PLAYER. HE HAD A BAD GAME BUT HIS QUALITY STILL SHOWED.

GUYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS IF YOU ARE THAT DEPRESSED GO WATCH PAST GAMES LIKE 2004 SEASON OR 1999 SEASON.

by: Ash

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:01:45 +0000

Yes unfortunately Wenger can do nothing before the end of the season, Our team is just simply not good enough. Our midfield needs a total re-shape, we dont have enough physical players there, our wide players are central players, we need to sign 2 new midfielders and let afew go.

Flamini, Senderos and Baptista seem to be leaving which is good news

Ade is not consistent enough & he’s showing now why he’s 2nd choice, Hleb for two seasons has offered nothing but afew great games in Europe, We could do with an improvement. Rosicky can alternate with Cesc.

If Gilberto leaves this summer we will be in big trouble next season, the last 2 seasons we are closer to the likes of Spurs, Bolton and Everton than the top 3 which is embarrasing even in a so called transition season

by: Franny Jeffers

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:40:18 +0000

Did I watch a different game to everyone else??

Diaby was pure CRAP and i have no idea how people still continue to rate him!!

by: jake

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:04:03 +0000

AW needs to admit to have sold too much physical power too fast. Paying Lauren’s wages for 9 injured months only to sell him as soon as he recovered is just poor management. Eboue was already showing mental weakness before this and we needed one of the fiercest, nastiest players in Arsenals recent history back.

AW should focus the entire summer budget [including revenue from selling Alliadiere, Freddie and even Adebayor] on a proven striker. Good player are lured by AW’s taste for fliar and he shouldnt shy away from pursuing: 1. Villa, best striker in Europe with Drogba 2. Tevez, Hammers will not hold to him even if they survive 3. Simao, loves the flair and that is why he dissed stiff Rafa.

Last but not least, move Kolo to the middle and give him the armband he deserves and we all so desperately need reassigned.

by: glo

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:02:45 +0000

ARN is a disgrace. I THINK ARSENE SHOULD DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO. IF HE DOESN’T FEEL HE HAS TO SIGN ANY PLAYER THEN LET IT BE. EVEN ETO’O WILL NOT BENCH RVP AT ARSENAL; THE FORMATION WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED 4-3-3. ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT THIS TEAM NEEDS A BREAK AND WE NEED TO GET BEHIND THEM INSTEAD OF BLAMING THEM. THIS IS THE SAME TEAM THAT STARTED THE SEASON AND WHEN YOU ARE MISSING PLAYERS LIKE HENRY AND RVP, THEN YOU WILL STRUGGLE.
ARSENE IS A GENIUS HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING. THE VERY GOOD PLAYERS ARE TIRED. I DON’T THINK WE NEED ANY PLAYER SIGNED YOU KNOW.
NOW WE KNOW THAT RVP IS BETTER THAN ADEBAYOR. HLEB NEEDS A STEADY PARTNERSHIP WITH EBOUE. CLICHY NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS SHOT. TOMAS WELL WHAT CAN HE IMPROVE? CESC NEEDS TO SCORE, GIBERTO NEEDS TO STOP GIVING THE BALL AWAY, BAP NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS CONTROL; IT IS A DISGRACE. DIABY NEEDS TO START FIGHTING CESC AND GIBERTO AT MIDDLE OF THE MIDFIELD. ALIADIRE NEED MORE CHANCES MAN, HE COULD BE SOMETHING SPECIAL, HE IS QUICK AND ALL HE NEEDS IS GOALS HIS FIRST TOUCH IS GOOD AND HE SOMETIMES REMINDS ME OF THE WAY RVP PLAYS DROPPING DEEP GETTING THE BALL AND PASSING IT AND GOING FORWARD. IF HE SPENDS MORE TIME WITH RVP ON THE TRAINNING GROUND THEN WE COULD BECOME A VALUABLE SQUARD PLAYER NEXT SEASON.
LASTLY A WINGER WON’T BE A BAD IDEA. IF ARSENE MAKES ANY SIGNING IT WOULD BE A GOOD STRIKER AND A WINGER. BUT WE CAN MANAGE. ARSENAL CAN MAKE £200MILLION THIS SEASON; ARSENAL CAN PAY THE MONEY FOR THE STADIUM BY 2009 IF THEY WANTED…BUT 20 YEARS IS LONG.
ARSENAL ALSO MADE £50MILLION PLUS LAST SEASON MORE THAN ANY CLUB (CHELSEA, MAN UTD).