Comments on: Just How Far Are Arsenal From Chelsea & United?

by: stephen

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:31:11 +0000

we r not far behind dem..we can beat any1 on the day..but we dont shoot enough n dont take our chances…if we wonna challenge 4 da tittle nxt season n keep henry den we gotta do it

by: Robert

Tue, 08 May 2007 15:42:15 +0000

“What would Chelski do without Drogba and Schevchenko or Man Usa without C. Ronaldo and Rooney?”

James is spot on - they wouldn’t be 20 points behind that’s for sure like we are!

And the sad fact is Man United won the league without a proper centre-forward! Saha has been out for most of the season and you can hardly call Rooney a centre-forward can you? His role is behind the striker and even an old Ryan Giggs has been playing there!

by: keithster

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:26:36 +0000

Arsenal are never going to win anything with the likes of Adebayor and Baptista leading the front line. If henry or van-persie get injured next year we can not rely on the likes of Adebayor to step up - He is just not a top premiership striker and in my opiion is only slightly better than Baptista.

Arsene has to spend big on a top class proven striker and a winger who can get 10-12 goals a season if we are to have any chance next year.

by: James

Tue, 08 May 2007 14:24:22 +0000

” what would …Chelsea do without Drogba or Man USA without Ronaldo and Rooney?’”

I am guessing that neither would finish 21 points behind the leaders with one game to go. If you don’t think 20 point differentials in successive seasons is huge disparity then you just may be in the same position again next year. i.e cheering a 1-1 in the last home game with nothing to play for.

by: Fishpie

Mon, 07 May 2007 22:46:42 +0000

Buying new players may be academic anyway. If you were a top player the first question you’d ask (after how much do I get?) would be, “Are you staying at Arsenal Arsene?”. Wenger hasn’t committed himself to the club beyond next season. Why would anyone decent join in those circumstances.
Fergie has just declared he wants to stay at Utd for “years yet”, has already given his American owners a list of the three players he wants and expects them to cough up. Arsene needs to make the same commitment to Arsenal and demand the funds to do the job. Even young players aren’t going to come if Wenger is going to be gone within a year. Arsene has left renewing his own contract late before but this time the Dein backdrop creates significantly greater uncertainty.

by: Wenger's Immortals

Mon, 07 May 2007 21:43:32 +0000

I’m probably in the minority here but I like Hleb and think he’s a good addition to the squad, and more importantly I think Wenger rates him too. The problem with him is that he misses Henry and Van Persie to finish off his moves - those two will score goals and more importantly make those runs for Hleb to pick out. In comparison Baptista and Ade just don’t have that movement around the box.

Hleb was good for us last season and especially in Europe, linking well with Fab and Henry. He’s one of the few players who is willing to hold onto the ball and take on a defender instead of doing those stupid and quite frankly useless passing triangles half the team are obsessed with.

Remember the game against Reading away? Hleb, Van Persie and Henry were devastating together and totally dominated Reading. And I’m sure if Anon 1 looks into it he’ll find Hleb’s probably got one of the highest assist rates in our squad.

by: D

Mon, 07 May 2007 19:47:06 +0000

I just dont get how people can lump Rosicky/Hleb together.One is a proven top-class player (great feet,clever passer,superb work-rate) who (when fit) has been excellent for us in his first season.(though admittedly his finishing’s been poor at times) He will score 12-15 next season.
Hleb is just utterly useless. There is no question of him being good enough.Ever.

by: veteran

Mon, 07 May 2007 19:32:42 +0000

Anon 1 makes a great stat that we have obtained 45 points since Dec 2 comparable to the top two and this without our two main strikers. How many points would we have gained with TH and RVP been fully fit. Glo your barking mad about Reyes he doesnt want to play for us so why do you want that little s..t back. Admittedly he makes a better contribution than The Beast but thats not saying very much. Forget about him lets hope Arsene goes out and buys a winger who will be totally committed to the club and not moaning all the time about english food and the weather

by: CESC4

Mon, 07 May 2007 18:53:36 +0000

i mean inc our best playeR (Henry)

by: CESC4

Mon, 07 May 2007 18:52:06 +0000

Just think a little. Our two best strikers inc. our best players were injured half of a season.
What a fuck would Chelski do without Drogba and Schevchenko or Man Usa without C. Ronaldo and Rooney?