THE FOOTBALL THREAD Vol 2
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fgl
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having supported Arsenal sincc 1978 - I kena a hell of a lot of "days like these" man .....
sigh ....life goes on ........ I need TLC...sob!
fgl
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SENDEROS MUST NEVER, I REPEAT NEVER EVER BE ALLOWED TO EVER PUT ON AN ARSENAL JERSEY AGAIN! He's slow on the turn, no pace, NOT TUFF or aggressive enuff .... clumsy CANNOT MAKE IT!
Almunia -best we got now but not 100% solution as 1st choice AFC keeper.
Lehmann - sell him to Man U
Sagna- good / keep him
Hoyte - sell him to Crystal Palace.
Clinchy - good - keep
Troare - Keep / develop
Gallas - sell him to spurs!
Senderos - nuff said
Toure - should be captain next season
Joureou - sell him to Wigan
Eboue - sell him to Portsmouth
Walcott - start him 1st team next season
Fabregas - make him vice capt
Flamini - sign him for another 10 years - AFCs best this year
Hlep - keep
Rosicki - keep
Diaby - keep / develop
Bentner - sell him to Birmingham
Adebayor - keep (obviously)
Van Persie - keep
Eduardo - monitor affter injury and reassess
AFC NEEDS A TOP KEEPER AT LEAST 2 GOOD HARD CENTRAL DEFENDERS HARDMAN MIDFIELDER and another lightning fast striker to challenge for CL next season .... THE CURRENT SQUAD ISNT GOOD ENUFF
fgl
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Adebayor - Wenger will lift us for Old Trafford clash
By Richard Clarke
Emmanuel Adebayor has faith in Arsène Wenger to lift his side ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester United.
The Premier League is now the only trophy Arsenal can win after they went out of the Champions League in dramatic fashion at Liverpool on Tuesday night. And the odds are against the Emirates Stadium side given Sir Alex Ferguson's team are six points clear of Wenger's men with Chelsea splitting the difference in second. It would seem that victory on Sunday is essential for any late comeback and the Arsenal players will need rejuvenation after that last-gasp loss at Anfield.
"We have the boss for that," said Adebayor after Tuesday's defeat. "He will talk about that for sure. We will meet in the dressing room [at the Training Ground] and he will tell us what to do.
"He has more experience than anyone here, and he knows the words to use so that we can come back on the pitch, be more successful and want it more.
"The most important thing now is to stay focused on what we can achieve this season. We are still playing for the title and we still believe we can win something at the end of the season.
"We were so close to the Champions League Semi-Finals but football decided it the other way. As a player, these things are very difficult to take.
"You have to be focussed to the end of the game. We scored, it was 2-2 with only a few minutes to go and I do not know how they managed to get a penalty.
"You can imagine it when you are within seven minutes we were in the Semi-Final - then that all went away.
"It is better now to focus on the game on Sunday. It will be another big game for us and we will see what we can do."
By Richard Clarke
Emmanuel Adebayor has faith in Arsène Wenger to lift his side ahead of Sunday's trip to Manchester United.
The Premier League is now the only trophy Arsenal can win after they went out of the Champions League in dramatic fashion at Liverpool on Tuesday night. And the odds are against the Emirates Stadium side given Sir Alex Ferguson's team are six points clear of Wenger's men with Chelsea splitting the difference in second. It would seem that victory on Sunday is essential for any late comeback and the Arsenal players will need rejuvenation after that last-gasp loss at Anfield.
"We have the boss for that," said Adebayor after Tuesday's defeat. "He will talk about that for sure. We will meet in the dressing room [at the Training Ground] and he will tell us what to do.
"He has more experience than anyone here, and he knows the words to use so that we can come back on the pitch, be more successful and want it more.
"The most important thing now is to stay focused on what we can achieve this season. We are still playing for the title and we still believe we can win something at the end of the season.
"We were so close to the Champions League Semi-Finals but football decided it the other way. As a player, these things are very difficult to take.
"You have to be focussed to the end of the game. We scored, it was 2-2 with only a few minutes to go and I do not know how they managed to get a penalty.
"You can imagine it when you are within seven minutes we were in the Semi-Final - then that all went away.
"It is better now to focus on the game on Sunday. It will be another big game for us and we will see what we can do."
KissMyAxe
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Why Arsenal players are considered cry babies? First you have Gallas whining after losing a match, now this
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=548421
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And Wenger keeps whining about why they lost....There shouldnt be any penalty la, referee kayu la, injuries la. Always come up with excuses for losing....what telah happened? I'm apalled!
Such cry babies
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=548421
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And Wenger keeps whining about why they lost....There shouldnt be any penalty la, referee kayu la, injuries la. Always come up with excuses for losing....what telah happened? I'm apalled!
Such cry babies
henryvelge
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haha, i respect arsenal alot, although im a liverpool fan through and through. they play nice football (i really fancy walcott), but always wanna try the brazil way of scoring, making every player pass the ball to each other before scoring. only thing is..
why you you guys such whiners? maybe if y'all just stop focusing on the past, and concentrate the next game or the future, you guys might actually not end up empty handed at the end of the season.
come on arsenal, beat manure and they're everton-scum shrek, portoguese-ugly-milfhunter diver, ugliest (and shortest) striker on earth to the title!
why you you guys such whiners? maybe if y'all just stop focusing on the past, and concentrate the next game or the future, you guys might actually not end up empty handed at the end of the season.
come on arsenal, beat manure and they're everton-scum shrek, portoguese-ugly-milfhunter diver, ugliest (and shortest) striker on earth to the title!
fgl
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Basically, EVERY managaer whines - rafa, fergie ..all no exception ....
The whole problem is the MOFO Press is anti Arsenal - thats why they always pick on the slightest thing...
MANY of these MOFO press soccer writers including those MOFOS writing for the newpaper, Straits Times & INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS SUPPORT THEIR OWN TEAMS ...so they always will find faul to tekan AFC!
The simlpe fact is that AFC, while we may not be the best, will always be the team who gives the leaders a run for their money and the MOFO writers just cant take it ....
So lets not all be influenced by these MOFO writers into being MOFOS ourselves .....
VIVA THE GUNNERS
The whole problem is the MOFO Press is anti Arsenal - thats why they always pick on the slightest thing...
MANY of these MOFO press soccer writers including those MOFOS writing for the newpaper, Straits Times & INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS SUPPORT THEIR OWN TEAMS ...so they always will find faul to tekan AFC!
The simlpe fact is that AFC, while we may not be the best, will always be the team who gives the leaders a run for their money and the MOFO writers just cant take it ....
So lets not all be influenced by these MOFO writers into being MOFOS ourselves .....
VIVA THE GUNNERS
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henryvelge
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hahah! i agree, but sad to say, I HATE tnp's tohari paijan. he is one biased guy, he supports arsenal and every game when arsenal plays and loses, he'll give excuses. i hate these kinda people who work in the sports industry, if liverpool loses fair square i will have no complains and criticise every player who derserves it to the BONE!
fgl
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Manchester Utd v Arsenal
Barclays Premier League
Old Trafford
Sun, Apr 13, 2008, 4pm
By Richard Clarke
Mathieu Flamini has been ruled out for three weeks after picking up an ankle injury against Liverpool on Tuesday.
As a result, Arsène Wenger is likely to bring in Gilberto for the crucial Premier League clash at Old Trafford this Sunday.
The Brazilian replaced Flamini when he was forced off at Anfield before half-time. It was ultimately a disappointing night for Arsenal and now the aim is to recover straight away. In fact it is essential if Arsenal are to keep their season alive. Even Wenger has labelled this weekend's game as must-win if his side are going to come back and take the title.
Robin van Persie, only a substitute in midweek, will be fit to start but Bacary Sagna will be absent due to an ankle problem.
"I believe Mathieu will be out for three weeks," Wenger told Arsenal TV Online on Thursday afternoon. "It is a big blow but Gilberto has a lot of quality and experience. He will come in. He can help the team recover and focus.
"Apart from that we don't have any other injuries from Tuesday. We have a few bumps and bruises but nothing special.
"Robin van Persie is available. He had two good sessions yesterday and today. He looks to be OK and we'll see how we go from here. But Bacary Sagna is out." Arsenal TV Online subscribers will be about to see the full video interview on Friday morning. In it, Arsène Wenger talks about: the crucial decisions at Anfield, coping with criticism, picking his side up after defeat, the loss of Flamini before half time. why this game is a cup tie, the FA Cup game at Man United earlier this season, the form of Cristiano Ronaldo and envoking the spirit of 1998
fgl
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Even a BIG ship can sink....WATCH YOUR BACKS MAN U
hahaha this post means EVERYTHING with that pix .... up yr points
fgl
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Manchester Utd
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Arsenal
By Richard Clarke
"When you are a winner you continue to fight when others give up," said Arsène Wenger his press conference on Friday, "and that's what we want to do.
"We have a big game on Sunday now and we want to focus on that. I think we have gained a lot of respect for the quality of our game. Now we can gain a lot of respect for the quality of our behaviour on Sunday, show how much we are winners and respond in a very strong way."
They were brave, honest, wise words and, frankly, the Arsenal manager was talking to anyone prepared to believe him. The wider footballing world seems to have decided that his side saw their season end when Ryan Babel tumbled into the penalty area late on Tuesday night at Anfield and Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool's third from the spot.
Of course, that notion precludes Arsenal's failure to win at Manchester United this weekend. Sir Alex Ferguson's side are three points clear of Chelsea in second and six above Wenger's men in third. Judging by the form guide an away win is unlikely. Just don't tell the Arsenal manager that.
"I can't understand people who say the team's season is over," he went on. "Why is it over? We are not too far behind. It depends on what happens on Sunday - if we win then we can win the title and that's what it's important to focus on.
"What is at stake on Sunday is the work of a whole year as long as we go there and don't believe then it is over. But do you really think that we will go to Manchester United thinking that our season is over? That would be ridiculous. We have worked so hard since the first day of the season. We will fight until the last second of the Premier League."
Mathieu Flamini damaged his ankle in the Champions League Quarter-Final defeat at Anfield so Gilberto is set to start in midfield alongside Cesc Fabregas. Bacary Sagna is absent with the same injury and Abou Diaby will be sitting out the second of a three-game domestic suspension.
If Arsenal do lose on Sunday it will complete a remarkable turnaround. They will be nine points behind having been about to go eight points clear before conceding an injury-time penalty at Birmingham on February 23. Wenger accepts there have been certain frailties in his side since then but, in addition, he believes they have been on the end of some unfortunate decisions.
"In that game there was maybe a lack of maturity in some situations," he said. "But we produced the game we wanted to produce, we scored goals and we produced chances.
"Against Chelsea as well there was the lack of maturity but the decisions of the referees consistently went against us."
Indeed, Wenger argues that the crucial calls also hampered his side in both legs of the Champions League Quarter-Final second leg against Liverpool. In fact, he suggests a seam of duff decisions have dogged his team this season.
"In 11 years [at Arsenal] it's the worst I've seen," he said. "It is in every game. It is difficult to understand. It damages the confidence of the team and then you become more vulnerable, but it is like that.
"I do not want to make a big fuss of the refereeing decisions because I cannot change that. I do not want to focus on that, I want to focus on what I can improve, but the least you can say is that it has not helped us."
But Arsenal can help themselves with a repeat of last season's win at Old Trafford. On a sunny September Sunday in 2006, Wenger's men worked tirelessly, defended valiantly, missed a penalty but responded brilliantly to put off an unlikely win.
That was the highlight of a Premier League title bid that barely got off the ground. After crashing out to PSV in the Champions League in March, they were left with 11 games from which to assure that crucial fourth place.
It is important to remember those facts when examining the strewn wreckage of Tuesday night. Arsenal are better than last year and will continue to improve next term.
The table would suggest Manchester United are still the better side but, if Wenger's men are superior for 90 minutes on Sunday (and get a little of the good fortune they are due) then it would make every Arsenal fan feel a whole lot better about themselves.
And, of course, it would blow the title race wide open once more.
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Arsenal
By Richard Clarke
"When you are a winner you continue to fight when others give up," said Arsène Wenger his press conference on Friday, "and that's what we want to do.
"We have a big game on Sunday now and we want to focus on that. I think we have gained a lot of respect for the quality of our game. Now we can gain a lot of respect for the quality of our behaviour on Sunday, show how much we are winners and respond in a very strong way."
They were brave, honest, wise words and, frankly, the Arsenal manager was talking to anyone prepared to believe him. The wider footballing world seems to have decided that his side saw their season end when Ryan Babel tumbled into the penalty area late on Tuesday night at Anfield and Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool's third from the spot.
Of course, that notion precludes Arsenal's failure to win at Manchester United this weekend. Sir Alex Ferguson's side are three points clear of Chelsea in second and six above Wenger's men in third. Judging by the form guide an away win is unlikely. Just don't tell the Arsenal manager that.
"I can't understand people who say the team's season is over," he went on. "Why is it over? We are not too far behind. It depends on what happens on Sunday - if we win then we can win the title and that's what it's important to focus on.
"What is at stake on Sunday is the work of a whole year as long as we go there and don't believe then it is over. But do you really think that we will go to Manchester United thinking that our season is over? That would be ridiculous. We have worked so hard since the first day of the season. We will fight until the last second of the Premier League."
Mathieu Flamini damaged his ankle in the Champions League Quarter-Final defeat at Anfield so Gilberto is set to start in midfield alongside Cesc Fabregas. Bacary Sagna is absent with the same injury and Abou Diaby will be sitting out the second of a three-game domestic suspension.
If Arsenal do lose on Sunday it will complete a remarkable turnaround. They will be nine points behind having been about to go eight points clear before conceding an injury-time penalty at Birmingham on February 23. Wenger accepts there have been certain frailties in his side since then but, in addition, he believes they have been on the end of some unfortunate decisions.
"In that game there was maybe a lack of maturity in some situations," he said. "But we produced the game we wanted to produce, we scored goals and we produced chances.
"Against Chelsea as well there was the lack of maturity but the decisions of the referees consistently went against us."
Indeed, Wenger argues that the crucial calls also hampered his side in both legs of the Champions League Quarter-Final second leg against Liverpool. In fact, he suggests a seam of duff decisions have dogged his team this season.
"In 11 years [at Arsenal] it's the worst I've seen," he said. "It is in every game. It is difficult to understand. It damages the confidence of the team and then you become more vulnerable, but it is like that.
"I do not want to make a big fuss of the refereeing decisions because I cannot change that. I do not want to focus on that, I want to focus on what I can improve, but the least you can say is that it has not helped us."
But Arsenal can help themselves with a repeat of last season's win at Old Trafford. On a sunny September Sunday in 2006, Wenger's men worked tirelessly, defended valiantly, missed a penalty but responded brilliantly to put off an unlikely win.
That was the highlight of a Premier League title bid that barely got off the ground. After crashing out to PSV in the Champions League in March, they were left with 11 games from which to assure that crucial fourth place.
It is important to remember those facts when examining the strewn wreckage of Tuesday night. Arsenal are better than last year and will continue to improve next term.
The table would suggest Manchester United are still the better side but, if Wenger's men are superior for 90 minutes on Sunday (and get a little of the good fortune they are due) then it would make every Arsenal fan feel a whole lot better about themselves.
And, of course, it would blow the title race wide open once more.
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