Comments on: Lehmann - Almunia - Gallas - Wenger - Dein - Sven

by: Robert

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:53:55 +0000

Thanks for the links, that video is mint!

by: Wenger's Immortals

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:30:55 +0000

We’ve got to take the positives out of this situation, otherwise we’ll just crumble and lose confidence in the team and the club.

Almunia has been at times excellent, and at other times poor. But with Lehmann out for a few weeks and Manuel knowing that he’s going to have a run in the side then this is the golden chance he’s been waiting for.

The last chance Almunia had was a couple of seasons ago when Jens was dropped but he didn’t take it. If he can add stability to the defence along with some clean sheets then he could find himself as a regular starter and push Lehmann to the limit which can only be a good thing in terms of competition.

by: daymee

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:37:25 +0000

Manuel coming in right now is great for the stability of the defence.
Whether he will stabilise the back in the forthcoming games remains to be seen. I personall don’t like slating GKs but I can’t help but think the best of Lehmann was when he was fighting Oliver Khan for the number 1 shirt leading up to the World Cup last year.

Manuel deserves this chance. Although easn time I think of him, I can’t help but remember how naive he was in the CL final goals and against Chelsea in the CC final. Drogba’s goal was particularly annoying.

But I think Manuel is better now. Hope he takes this chance and really nails the position.

by: Ryan

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:59:01 +0000

Mark it’s interesting that you say we struggle to score and we don’t struggle to keep clean sheets, since in the past 9 games we’ve scored every time and usually scored twice and we’ve conceded in most of those games. Nice logic you have.

by: Clock End Gooner

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:53:03 +0000

Yeah, I see where you are coming from Walter…

Slur Alot, said “WE WILL BEAT SPURS…” that’s a very dangerous game!
Essien said the same, against Brum, the other weekend & it nearly bit them on the arse…

So for taking the piss out of Fergie side, it would be fun watching spurs do ‘em… but if spurs do beat ‘em… the whore mongers down the 7 slag sisters, will get all excited again & we’ll have to listen to “Spurs will get 4th, after all…” bullshit, for a fortnight!
So a 3-3 draw with 4 red cards & 6 broken legs for me please…
THAT’S NOT MUCH TO ASK FOR, IS IT LORD? haha

by: Walter Smith

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:15:07 +0000

Almunia has been villified for letting in the goals against Barcelona.
On the occasions he has saved Arsenal nobody seems to remember.
Please lay off the man and give a him a chance to prove himself.
And talking of proving oneself I would get no greater satisfaction than for Spurs to ram down the words of one saf who thinks he can do no wrong and is lord ot the pl.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m as passionate as any fan supporting the gunners
but as far as I’m concerned that man from OT is a man who has outlived his time . He has said mu shd have won the matches they played. For that matter the gunners shd have even won more matches and would not be twenty points behind.
He has said mu are due a win against Spurs.Althought the odds are are against Jol I hope Spurs draw or beat them and make that guy chew on his own shit.

by: Helius

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:50:20 +0000

It’s interesting how nobody seems to be willing to give Almunia his due. Arseblogger nailed it pretty well on his Arsecast today. Almunia has definitely made mistakes, particularly early on, but he has also performed well for us on occasions when we really needed him (penalty shoot outs, specifically) and I think he’s actually a reasonable keeper these days. Clearly his forte is as a shot stopper, but he can’t be any worse than Jens has been so far this season (can he?!).

It’s just too easy to forget the good games he has had and focus on the bad ones. It’s equally ridiculous to use his crossbar challenge shot as some indicator of how good he might be, although I realise that was probably a bit tongue in cheek. Hopefully he will put in a few assured performances for us and get a bit of credit. We need some stability between the sticks right now…

by: mark

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:21:14 +0000

watch the games my friend. we have no problems keeping clean sheets. both the goals we have conceded have been because of goal keeping mistakes.

we have had problems scoring.

gilberto is absolutely average and if you had seen how he performed in the copa; he is a liability more than any help.