Comments on: Arsenal, life, death and play acting.

By: isaic

isaic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:46:52 +0000

thanks @don’t believe the hype and anaconda~! =)

By: LRV

LRV — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:51:28 +0000

Very glad to know that Arsenal & Arsene have the heart to spare a thought for others. How can the other managers reply to such cry for help when they are ‘shouting’ silently for help themselves but are too proud to go cap in hand to Arsene?

By: Paul C.

Paul C. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:30:53 +0000

I am happy to take the blame just as long as I can also take all the credit!!

Well, I didnt see that as I was watching on TV but unfortunately I had to sit through two hours of Lou Macari commentating. His “expert” opinion consisted solely of saying that Burnley needed more players that could “kick” Arsenal, and talking about how bad Arsenal’s defense was EVERY SINGLE TIME Burnley actually came inside our half. You can imagine his comments when Burnley actually scored. And yes, I am serious about his comments about kicking Arsenal. One would have thought that his co-commentator would have said “Lou, you are talking complete and utter sh*t, shut the f*ck up, but his co-commentator (Sean someone I believe) was one of these typical, clueless commentators that think ex-players are actually a source of knowledge. Once again I ask, what would they do in Spain if teams said that they were planning on “kicking” Barca or Madrid?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:07:27 +0000

OK Paul I’ll go with that – and if it doesn’t work, then I can blame you.
Incidentally did you notice that at the start of the second half Burnley’s keeper came out on his own, leading to a lively debate that Burnley were about to play a rarely seen

1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 formation

By: Finsbury

Finsbury — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:58:26 +0000

That might be the improved site security.

Well, the links were to:

Mike Basset: England Manager. (The movie). His half time team talk.
An interview with Ron Manager from The Fast Show.
& Jose Arroganito, probably from The Fast Show again.

By: Finsbury

Finsbury — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:24:07 +0000

The last link didn’t work properly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=EgQld_0vyEU&feature=related

By: Finsbury

Finsbury — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:18:04 +0000

On Nasri,

I was wondering (distracting myself from work if you really must know) if Raymond Domenech was the worst manager in the history of football, ever, and some brief research led me to the following links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=J4x05Z3MSkQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NeRoSFZWbs

And I conclude that it is not only Arsenal fans have picked up on recent trends in the game. After observing the use of Bazooka’s, impaling objects etc. against a team who’s players wear a familiar kit in the clip below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=EgQld_0vyEU&feature=related

By: walter

walter — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:41:09 +0000

Nasri really is looking good lately. Well certainly against Burnley he was sensational. The only way they could stop him, and Rosicky, was by fouling him.

No Cesc tomorrow is confirmed on Arsenal.com but we should have enough players to go to the next round.

By: Paul C.

Paul C. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:10:19 +0000

I would rather see Nasri drop back and do a “Cesc”. I think we all agree that Nasri’s form recently has been transcendent. If there was ever a perfect time to see if he can handle that playmaking for that day in the future then this is the time.

Diaby – Song – Nasri

That’s my midfield.

Walcott – Bendtner – Arshavin

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:28:18 +0000

As for Theo – can I call this my deliberate slip up. As Mr Mainwaring said “Now I was wondering how long it would take you to spot that…”

But the fact is, where does he play. Arshavin comes back and immediately bends the law of physics by making the ball pass through a space smaller that its own dimensions. Bendtner didn’t have his greatest game, but the game before at Stoke he got a sensational header. Nasri, for me, has been the star of the show of late – his ability to turn, twist, go back, forward, push three players out of the way, give a quick snarl, turn, twist… well you know.

If you play Theo do you drop Nasri back – and if so that makes the middle 3 more a middle 2. Maybe it could work…

Or if you dropped Bendtner, do you play Arshavin in the middle? I know he did, but he is so much better stepping in from the side.

Anyway, as you realised a long time ago, what do I know about football?

By: tim

tim — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:06:12 +0000

Somethings I feel Arsene Wenger and Arsenal are the only things good about professional football. (But perhaps I am a little biased…)

By: anaconda

anaconda — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:38:41 +0000

Another source:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/arsenal/7326648/Arsene-Wengers-revival-at-Arsenal-will-take-time.html

By: anaconda

anaconda — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:38:04 +0000

to isaic:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/mar/07/fc-moscow-norilsk-nickel

By: Clerkenwell Gooner

Clerkenwell Gooner — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:29:51 +0000

Walcott! He’s missed the bus again, evidently.

By: don't believe the hype

don't believe the hype — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:45:25 +0000

isaic, the story is not on the website, but I saw it in one of the newspapers online during the Arsenal in the Community week of celebrations. It was Mills who was interviewed and told the story.

By: IBBS

IBBS — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:20:58 +0000

Yeh Tony,where’s Theo?
WHY isn’t this story on sky-sports news? Oops,silly question,lol!

By: isaic

isaic — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:05:21 +0000

can i know the source of which you refered to write this piece? thanks… i cant find it in the official web site… :S

By: Rhys Jaggar

Rhys Jaggar — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:01:27 +0000

Rumour of the day: well, it was actually printed in yesterday’s Sunday Times. Adepaymore said to Bendtner upon coming on as sub at the Lane ‘The only reason I’m on is because you’re so shit!’ Great for team bonding that, if true……I’m sure he’ll get a great reception to Andrey scoring against Man City in April……

By: migratory coconut

migratory coconut — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:51:08 +0000

well walter beat me to it .. but walter nicely summed up the thoughts i had reading the article — the best thing is it would have been so easy to ignore such letters for Arsenal/AW but they chose not to.

Watt is back from his short (1 month?) loan spell … what would happen to Barazite and Simpson next season — will they be released?

By: walter

walter — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:49:52 +0000

Tony, how on earth could you forget Theo ? Not even on the bench. Or do you know something more like the fact that he is injured ? Please not if possible because the Theo from saturday was a joy to see.