Comments on: Cesc Superman: a review

By: goonergerry

goonergerry — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:53:59 +0000

Cesc is a great player – I would mortgage the Emirates before selling him. What I know is Chelsea lose very few players to other clubs- why? because they pay them so much that even going to Barcelona would result in a wage cut- and they have a very competitive team. Add Wenger to the equation and we might be on to a real winner.

By: diceman1984

diceman1984 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:24 +0000

As great as Cesc is and will be, here’s a fact:

Arsene Wenger saw it first!!!(or maybe just after a scout told him about Cesc)

Who else would dare to sell club’s captain who seemed irreplacable at the time and gave the slot to a 18 year old rookie? After a couple of years that player turned into a world class player and club’s captain.

Sorry but I just can’t stop talking about him!

By: walter

walter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:18:23 +0000

I watched the game on the Dutch public channel last night and the commentator said about Cesc something like:

“It’s unblievebale that he is only still 22 and should get better with time to come. It sometimes looks as if he has been here for ages but still so young and so valuable and good for Arsenal”

I’m sure that after this season Cesc will be considered in the world as THE BEST midfielder and this will stay so for many years to come.

By: diceman1984

diceman1984 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:50:23 +0000

I said it…he added so much more to his game (the already great) this season.

And yes he’s 22!!!

Add those two goals last night into his will-be great great season.

PS: maybe we should write about our players more huh walter? Look at how they responded haha

By: walter

walter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:08:49 +0000

CESC is not a superman, he is superman, spiderman and what ever other man in one person.
Only 22 years old, the best is yet to come….

By: Cape Gooner

Cape Gooner — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:19:54 +0000

Thanks for your explanation Walter. “they tell us not to blow this little fouls in the penalty area”. This is obvious to any observer. But then how can there be the fierce debates about whether or not this should be a penalty? It is the debate that is the nonsense. The referee can give the Song penalty at West Ham, but not give the Fletcher penalty against AA. He can deny Chelsea 6 clear cut penalties against Barcelona and Barcelona go on to win the Champions League.

There are two major downsides to these instructions. Firstly, we the fans, the paying customers, are often left perplexed and disappointed by not being able to tell right from wrong. Secondly a crooked referee can get away with it for a long time.

The de facto rule seems to be that in the penalty area, if the defender gets some of the ball, then it is not a foul. Why not change the rules to say this, then the referee wouldn’t be a liberty to, with total justification, act contrary to this unwritten rule. While we are about it, why not make a late tackle where there is no goal scoring opportunity, not a penalty. The sight of a forward racing the goalkeeper to the ball, toe poking it towards the corner flag and getting the penalty when the keeper “makes contact” could be consigned to the dustbin of history.

By: walter

walter — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:57 +0000

That’s the difference between someone who can use a computer and someone who knows a computer, Godworeten. But Tony’ll fix it has fixed it.
Wasn’t that a show on the BBC some years ago ? I remember even Arsenal playing a part in some episode ? Or am I completly wrong this time ? Or another name ?
Doesn’t matter, I’ve got my whole untold back on screen now.

By: GodWoreTen

GodWoreTen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:12:58 +0000

Walter, I get the same problem, but if you really really can’t wait for it to be mended you can rightclick on it, and select “View Source”. You get all the text but also all the html so it’s a bit hard to read!

By: Brickfields Gunners

Brickfields Gunners — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:35:03 +0000

Nice job Diceman -he truly is Cesc-ond to none .He is still learning and improving and lately seems to withstand and ride tackles better.He is no longer an easy pushover and getting stronger – but for his birthday I’d like AW to buy Micheal Essien to help him to marshall the midfield.If there is any balance in the kitty why not get Yahya Toure on the cheap before Man.Arabs.Just imagine these three playing together.Hmmm ,yummy !

By: walter

walter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:11:06 +0000

Just off topic, Tony is there something wrong with the site ? The next article does not seem to open in full ?

By: walter

walter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:41 +0000

Cape gooner, a very difficult question or lets say not a simple answer.
If you should apply the rule book to the letter you could blow a penalty, just as you would blow a foul in midfield. But when we follow our course they tell us not to blow this little fouls in the penalty area because otherwise… well you can blow every time a penalty.
This is one of the differences between “the rules” and “the instructions”, if you now what I mean. Well in fact we get two books when we study (well in Belgium it is with an exam after some 12 hours of lessons) to become a ref: the rule book and the instruction book. One of the rules that is not in the rule book and also not in the instruction book but that is being told is the rule of the “common sense”. And here comes the tricky part… what is commons sense ? To you it might be blow a penalty, for me not blow a penalty, for some one els only blow when is for your team and not against our team….

This common sense rule is the base of the not applying the rules on every pitch in the same way because it depends on the ref’s personal view on the game.

This rather theoretical answer to tell you that I can not answer the question with a simple black or white. It could depend on the ref having a good night sleep before the game or not ? It could depend on the refs wife… if you know what I mean.
I must admit that even if you try to blow your games with the same standards all the time it is not possible. So sometimes I would blow for such a foul and sometimes not. Not to say how 100 different refs would act at the second to make their decision.

I hope you understand what I’m trying to explain and when reading it again it is in fact not good enough explanation. You should have robots to do the refereeing.

By: Tazz

Tazz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:21:18 +0000

You Beauty..
Couldn’t agree more..
Cescy Babes is Just-So-Fab and he, like King Henry was, is a Gunner for Life..

By: don't believe the hype

don't believe the hype — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:34:25 +0000

Cape Gooner, all they need to do is apply the existing rules evenly. It’s a no brainer!

By: Cape Gooner

Cape Gooner — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:05:46 +0000

Thanks Luke. Cesc is indeed a star. However, he appears to be no better than any of the rest of the team at winning penalties!

On Saturday, after his shot which Gomes saved while it was still 0-0, Assou-Ekotto clattered into his standing leg in what was clearly a late tackle. I have not seen a mention anywhere of how we were denied a nailed down penalty.

Walter, would any referee give a penalty in this situation? Would any referee not give a free kick if it happened on the half way line? Should they change the rules so we can all know what is going on? Or should the referees just keep to the rules we have at the moment?

By: Ankit

Ankit — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:22:56 +0000

he is super cesc!!!
the super spaniard!!!!!!!

why barcelona are infatuated, simple ‘coz he combines abilities of both xavi and iniesta.

u can see him improving and is capturing abilities like lampard and gerrard to score.

he will become scary to other teams.

also cesc has more face value than xavi or iniesta.

By: Sun10

Sun10 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:45:28 +0000

Fabregas is not only the best player..He is a true leader…
Superman.. No..
A SuperGunner!!!!!!

By: steve

steve — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:50:18 +0000

ces u can

By: LRV

LRV — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:28:18 +0000

Well Diceman, you put it rather nicely. Whatever anybody says, Fabregas is fabulous. He is without doubt in the same league as Senna, Inniesta, Xavi, Messi, Ronaldo etc, and will soon surpass them.

Rumour mongers can say whatever they want, they cannot price him away, for as long as we remunirate him properly for his brilliance.

By: Armin

Armin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:03:36 +0000

There is something what psychiatrists would call “cow logic”, it is common belief that grass from the other side of fence is greener and juicier. In that way you can understand people who “believe” Xavi is better than Cesc.

I am somehow bored with stories about “Cesc leaving for team where he grow up”. Cesc is brought to London as 15 years old kid, he grew with club, he sow generations of players, he was wittiness of so many things that probably his memories and feelings about Barcelona fade. So in that way Cesc is no different than ..for example, Gerard. Only difference between those two is that they have different first language, but when you think about their loyalty to club, its logical they are loyal to team where they were raised.

By: RedOak

RedOak — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:51:03 +0000

Great post.

couldn’t agree more . . .

Gunners rules

cheers