Comments on: Is Anyone Bothered About Arsenal Anymore?

by: DKNY GOONER

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:21:17 +0000

I would prefer we dont qualify for champions league. Then the club will understand the gravity of its shabby transfer policy. we cannot keep on expecting to get results we didnt work for. we cannot start a season unprepared and naive and expect some form of magic. you must have a well tailored squad and good buys to start a season as winners. football is getting more competitive by the day. Denilson, Song, Diaby and Bendtner ARE NOT WINNERS. AW has to know this.

by: Robert

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:36:27 +0000

dfb, you are spot on mate.

People work hard for their money and support the team by digging into their pockets and they still get slated.

by: kENSAI - 剣聖

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:35:35 +0000

Credit where credit is due, you were right about the decline. BUT, I think the problem in the last game [Fulham] was that Arsene was trying too many new and risky tactics all at the same time.

Now, I really rate Denilson and hes improved a lot as the season has worn on. Thing is, Diaby looses the ball far too much [and does nothing to regain it when he looses it] for Denilson to clean up after him. Diaby’s movement has improved and he is now getting to think quick enough for the PL, but his passing was terrible and led to a lot of anxiety that became contagious.

Arshavin, Vela and Nasri have not played together and Vela and Arshavin are nervous so the 1-2s were not 100%.

RvP Persie is a great striker, but he cant play through the middle as an out&out striker. He needs to come in just behind the main striker so he can drift to the wings as he likes.

So…I think the leak in midfield came from Diaby and the attackers were not used to playing together creatively. With RvP drifting. We effectively had no striker in the middle which is why we didnt shoot much. When Eboue and Bendtner came on the performance improved.

We WILL be OK. Our fixture list is kind during this mediocre time. We will finish 3rd or 4th. No question.

by: Danish Gooner

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:21:30 +0000

it just goes to show how out of touch Wenger and his players are when he can ask a question like he posed today.I dont know if the fans are losing faith ??? wake up man we are miles behind teams you promised we would crush and dominate 4 years ago your plans have gone seriously belly up or should i say your experiment,we are a straw away from finishing outside top four and we cant score in a brothel.Yes,we are losing faith and rapidly and you wonder why…..my god, the man is as delusional as ever.We havnt won anything for four years we crumble like a stack of cards when we get the chance to win something the players seems uninterested or spouts some drivel like we can win this or that or we are a special team with special talent while Man Utd have just won another trophy,their 8th since Wenger started his special team nonsense.

by: dfb

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:45:37 +0000

I get really hacked off with people like Cesky who castigate others for leaving the ground early without any understanding of why they might do that. What if staying ’till the end puts an extra hour or two onto a journey because of missed trains ? Some people don’t live within walking distanca of the ground and have significant round trips to watch their team. My brother has watched Arsenal for 50+ years and has had a season ticket for nearly 40. He leaves a couple of minutes before the end for exactly the reason I mention. Is he plastic ? Does he not deserve his seat ? Grow up. There are more problems at the moment than people leaving early.

by: GoonerC

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:17:57 +0000

I was talking to my old man on the way back from the game and we came to the conclusion that yes wenger did fuck up last year- he should have replaced flamini diarra and gilberto- his faith in players like song, who is certainly a promising player but not an arsenal standard one stopped him doing that. Yes he was wrong- all those hailing wenger as almost untouchable need to accept that. However, those calling for his head are worse. Wenger is the man to dig us out of this rut and get us back in the big time- everyone makes mistakes, its how you recover from them that matters. If there is a better man to get us back than wenger I would love to hear the suggestions? We have been in the champs league for the last 12 seasons- thats the 4th most consequtive seasons of any team in europe! All wenger.

by: Hugh Janus

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:12:22 +0000

Robert. 1, We are not Chelsea and do not have the amount of money to throw at a side as they obviously have. So if you believe that Arsene is suddenly going to spend £150m then you are living on a different planet. I cannot see the comparison and 2, Yes if Fergie lost 6 important players from his squad, then United’s form would faulter like every other team. United at the moment are forunate that it has not happened. Give it a couple of years when Giggs, Scholes, Neville and Van der Saar retire and United have a bagful of injuries…what then?

by: Asmo

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:11:07 +0000

“We don’t have players that can shoot.”

Hahahahahahaha. Another clueless Arsenal blogger.

by: cesky

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:13:19 +0000

are you a spud in disgiuse?

If you do go to the emirates i bet your one of the plastic fans that leaves 10 minutes early. Stop being so bloody negative and GET BEHIND THE TEAM, If your a real Arsenal fan that is.

In fact anyone reading this that does leave early, take my advice and pass your season ticket onto someone who really cares about the club you tosser. WHat kind of effect do you think it has on the players, 10 minutes from time with everything still to play for, to look up and see all you tossers heading out the exit? Cant be a positive effect now can it.

by: Robert

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:11:36 +0000

I think you’re clutching at straws there Simon, winning the competition? Manchester United are miles ahead of anyone else at the moment.

And to Hugh Janus, it’s all about having a decent squad. United and Chelsea both have one, and they could have 6/7 injuries and still compete at the highest level.