Comments on: An exclusive interview with Bölöni – manager of Royal Standard de Liège

By: jazbo

jazbo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:11:18 +0000

Good game for us fans to watch, the return of Denilson was intresting as it showed that we have at the club a realy good collection of midfield players and we are spoilt for choice at the moment,it’s just unfortunate the same cannot be said for our striking options at the moment although i would say that apart from scoring Carlos Vella had a pretty good game, he ran and harried all game long, good close control and hit the post.

I must say that i do like the Denilson, Song, Fabregas trio in midfield because it’s balanced and the players all know each others games like the back of their hands.
My MoM is Alex Song, what a player this boy is turning into, i know everyone says that Cesc is the focal point of the team, which is true but Song is the heart beat, is their a better DCM in the EPL apart from Essien? I don’t think so, which just goes to show that “ARSENE KNOWS”

Next up Chelski, can we win it yes we can!

Team: Almunia Sanga Gallas Verminator Treaore Song Cesc Denilson Wallcot Eduardo Arshavin
Subs: Manone Silvestre Nasri Rosicky Vella Ramsey Eboue

By: walter

walter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:21:07 +0000

I really hate to spoil the good feeling but just read that Gibbs has broken his metatarsal in the last minute and will be out for 3 months. Is it allright I just swear a bit….. GVD ….did it in Dutch so nobody has to feel offended…

By: walter

walter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:46:55 +0000

Nice game, nice victory just hope Gallas and Gibbs are going to be fine for sunday…..

By: isaic

isaic — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:46 +0000

nice read and funny as always, walter! haha

By: Tony Attwood

Tony Attwood — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:07:13 +0000

Perhaps the ultimate would be that when the teams come out onto the pitch the captains should choose their team, just like we used to do as school kids. Or, maybe everyone should be in the same colour. Or maybe the refs should be in goal. Or maybe Prince Philip should appear and demand that only English players are allowed to play. Or maybe……..

(It’s gone 11, time for bed. More tomorrow. I’m quite looking forward to the game now). And that letter from the guy who copies out of the Gooner really is quite surreal when you think about it.

By: LRV

LRV — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:42:11 +0000

As long as they fight themselves to distraction, enough for our boys to slip 3 goals past them, I will be most obliged.

By: Tony Attwood

Tony Attwood — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:32:43 +0000

Mind you Walter, I was there when Pires and Henry tried to do the double passing game when they had a penalty when one was supposed to pass it to the other to score, and each forgot who was supposed to do what. The ref gave a free kick on the grounds Henry touched the ball twice.

But on reflection I think the main question is:

Why has no one ever linked football with surrealism before? I have tried in a minor way with the first page of MAKING THE ARSENAL which is all about hats (compare that with the cover), but that is small stuff.

It seems like there is a complete world of art that is waiting to exploited.

Tony
PS: I have just been told by our IT department that the readership of this blog has dropped by 99.9999% in the last 12 minutes. I must take this apple out of my mouth.

By: redford

redford — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:16 +0000

Yesterdays defeat I feel gives the need to dispel the myth that …

WHAT I liked about this letter was not just that it was copied word for word from one that appeared in the Gooner but that the author even copied the spelling mistakes.

Since today’s article is not about the defeat at Disneyland but rather about the absence of surrealism in 21st century football I was inclined to let it pass in full, but then I thought, bollocks, and cut it.

Tony

By: walter

walter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:54:37 +0000

And to make it clear : Jovanovic is injured and this is a big blow for Standard. He really is an unpredictable player.

By: walter

walter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:52:27 +0000

As Tony couldn’t understand it as it was in French but after leaving the Toppled Bollard there was another incident involving Jovanovic.
Last season he and Witsel a few times had this strange habbit of fighting for live or death on who is going to take a penalty that has been given to Standard Liege. Is it to put the keeper off but they have done it 3 times in a year. It looked like playing football in the park between 12 year old kids and could end up with one kid going home with a bleeding nose.

But back to yesterdays training after the visit at the pub. As they, Jovanovic and Witsel, started fighting for a penalty to be taken on their training Jovanovic got injured by pulling a muscle in his thigh.

Now after the hangover, that I had just from the smell in the Toppled Bollard, I must admit the injury was not because of the fighting.

But the thing I mentionned about fighting like 2 schoolboys did really happen last season. It was rather embarassing for professional footballers.