Comments on: Do You Actually Think We Can Win The League?

by: Norway Gooner

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:58:34 +0000

I have lost faith now. We had it in our pocket almost, but these draws are killing us off.

by: malaysian passionate gunner

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:27:14 +0000

Bopnip Popdritso youre talking crap!!

no use making predictions….wait until the end of the season

rosicky has to come back ,once he’s back we’ll have more chances

for those who think arsenal are not gona win the league..think again

we are gonna win it…..!!!!

so to all the arsenal supporters who thinks arsenal are a side which consist only of useless kids who does not have any potential whatsoever…

MAY YOU BURN IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!

by: Serguey-Serge

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:01:32 +0000

I don’t really beileve that it was Adebayor’s post but if it was then here my french message to him(sorry for the rest of you who can’t translate this)
mon cher ami togolais,si Arsenal rate le titre cette annee,ais en vue que c’est generallement a cause de toi et de tes chances manquees.En plus il devient de plus en plus evident que Wenger et sa logique se retrouvent vachement inutiles dans une Premiere League si competitive

by: double98

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:48:19 +0000

Last year teams bullied us and we drew or lost
this year teams bully us and we win or draw

Big difference

We have lost 3 games in all domestic competitions

We have shown tremendous spirit to claw our way back from losing positions to draw and win
Last year we lost and drew from winning postions

Arsenal are a club of great integrity - Wenger embodies that and to sacrifice the future of the club for a few quick wins is madness.

Get the chequebook out? Italian Clubs are ruing that mentality at the moment and spanish clubs are about to soon.
AC Milan have an old team of ready made players and no future
Inter are the same
Barcelona watch fabregas bloom at a club that gives him an opportunity to play
Real Madrid are a joke - is Raul their last homegrown success story?
Liverpool have no commitment to sustainable youth development
Chelsea buy whoever they want? were is the satisfaction in that?
Man U don’t bring players through anymore

Wenger has a style of play that means there are no readymade players we can just go out and buy.
Would Lampard be able to play the electric passing game we play? Would gerrard?
No - they don’t have the technique

Would eto? Ronaldihno? Messi
Maybe but they would have to go through the same 6 - 12 month cycle that Adebayor, eduardo et al

Chequebooks bring success if you are willing to sacrifice style which is all well and good but you must also remember if we start trying to sign galacticos we simply can’t compete with the chelseas, the manus, the reals, the barcelonas and we may end up with a team of readymade players playing dire football and finishing second to the team that can afford to outbid us

When the dust settles Arsenal will always be there.. and maybe that will be a soon as may with one or two tropheys that we can all appreciate far more that supporters of the financialy doped clubs.

by: David

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:41:38 +0000

So if we’re robbed of points by illegal refereeing decisions, are we going to turn on the players and the team? Is that what being a gunner is about, when things go tits up and someone else is to blame, do we berate those who we claim to support? Cos if thats what being a fan is about to you, perhaps you should question your motives for being a fan. Is it to claim you are intellectually superior? How can you be when an injustice has been done and you perpetuate it.

by: Danish Gooner

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:18:41 +0000

Furthermore i really do believe that the defeat against Barcelona had a much bigger impact on the squad then Wenger has ever told the press.If we would have won a big stone would have fallen from their young shoulders and they could easily have gone from strength to strength.They lost the final in acrimoniously circumstances and much balaver were made.But the notion of the fact that they keep failing over and over again cant be healthy for a young player.That is why i think Wenger should get his chequebook out this summer and sign some experienced player that will keep coming back when the going gets though.The dressing room needs an Adams more then ever !!!!!!!

by: Ole Gunner

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:16:17 +0000

No, the manager had just 14-16 players fit for 3 consecutive matches.

Why I get upset with this notion that the team is not good is that we really should have beaten Birmingham. Think about it. How different would our position be if;

1. Eduardo’s leg wasn’t chopped off.
2. The clear Adebayor penalty was given.
3. The no-penalty against Clichy wasn’t given?

I know that there is a fine line to walk between success and failure but I think you have to say a team can’t go from being good enough to just being dismal as some poeple are painting here.

by: Danish Gooner

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:08:16 +0000

But exactly the same meltdown happened last year.Remember that fa cup game against Bolton where we almost achieved “Wengerball” Then only a few days later we were as transformed as sun/night against Blackburn,could only draw 0-0 the fixture list suddenly got congested big time and it all fell apart inside 11 horrible days losing a cup final to chelski,being spineless in Eindhoven,going out with a whimper in Blackburn and finally pounding Eindhoven for 90 minutes at the emirates with absolutely nothing to show for it.Now look at the current season allbeit a much better placing in the league.First we get trounced by spurs,then another spineless performance at Old Trafford and since then craptastic for the rest.But the general consensus is that too much tinkering in the above mentioned fixtures created an uncertainty and never gave us a stable ground to go from strength to strength.From the Bolton game and forward he never put out the same team and i remember walcott having a stinker against Blackburn.

by: double98

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:03:36 +0000

Ok guys lets all calm down

And thanks to Adebayor (if that really is him) for his reassurance that the team is up for the run in.

The facts are that we are still in the race - It’s virtually in our hands.
There are tough games coming up and we have droppped a few points.

But why get so down about it all…
Take it game by game -
Next week we can win Manu lose and we are back on top
Then we can beat them and go further on top..

We are streets ahead of where we thought we’d be and need to get behind the team. This negativity by the media, by the fans filters through to the team and the manager..

Lot of you talk about strenght in depth - We have lost 1 game all season in the league - that is pretty convincing evidence that the squad has strenght in depth.
We have bad luck with injuries - RVP, Eduardo, Rosicky
We were hit badly by the ACN

But players stepped up to the plate and delivered and still are..
Adebayor has had a great season
Flamini has had a great season
Eboue too -

They need us behind them to finish the job…
If that wins a league and champions league then great
If not then lets get behind them more next year - we are the twelfth man after all and all this bitching and moaning makes us look like ashley cole or david bentley

Time will tell if wengers got it right but can you really see the manu, chelsea, liverpool spending model working long term???

by: YONAZZ

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:43:57 +0000

Thanks ALEX, spot on!