Comments on: Arsenal 4-0 Wigan; the Good, Bad, and Ugly

By: Geoff Strong

Geoff Strong — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:39:41 +0000

A lot has been said about Arsene's lack of signings over recent years, but if he continues to sign players like Vermaelen, Arshavin, Eduardo, Rosicky and Nasri, I for one am prepared to believe him when he says he will not buy unless he can find players that are better than he already has.

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By: ctpa

ctpa — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:42:24 +0000

ManU 4-3 ManC. I only caught the the last 60″ or from 3-2 ManU. That means I saw about 40″ of regular time

Sparky: cry you big weanie.

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By: arsesession

arsesession — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:49:18 +0000

@ctpa, Absolutely right about Pool. They have 4 intelligent attackers, Yossi, Gerrard, Torres, & Kuyt. Balance of team is average. If Torres or Gerrard have injuries, the team will struggle for ties.

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By: Mia

Mia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:20:12 +0000

I'd forgotten Mark Randall. Mercifully. I don't see the point of Mark Randall. I'd guess Gavin Hoyte will be right back, and maybe Luke Ayling will play? Has Jay Emmanuel gone to Blackpool for the season or just a short spell, like Lansbury's at Watford? Would be terrific if Sunu got a chance. I've seen him twice and was awestuck. Essence of panther, essence of Henry. Along with Barazite and Coquelin, he looks like the future - and it can't come too soon, given our lack of clinical finishing. How many shots on goal yesterday? I think around 25.

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By: Mia

Mia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:40:21 +0000

Both.

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By: Mia

Mia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:39:13 +0000

There won't be empty seats on Tuesday. West Brom have got their tails up and will be there in numbers. As for us, I'm now regretting not getting a ticket last week. Trouble was, the only seats left were top tier in the corner where (a) you get vertigo and (b)can't see a thing. It will be a tough task for the kids but the open style should suit them fine. Team? Vowel-less, hopefully Dunno Dunno Senderos Gibbs Coquelin Ramsey Lansbury Merida Wilshere Watt or Bendtner Bench: Sunu, Murphy, Barazite, Traore, Frimpong - actually those last two might start? Haven't a clue about the central defenders. Midfield is quite strong, assuming Lansbury is back from his loan spell at Watford, and Wilshere hasn't yet left for the under-20s; otherwise Traore could play left midfield. Strikers? I don't see Bendtner and Watt playing together but not sure if Sunu or the other little nippy one are ready for this level?

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By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:24:13 +0000

@cescfiberglass, He called Arsene's comments about Arsenal taking positives away from the two Manchester clashes "myopic." That's just taking the piss out of Wenger and the squad and it's completely unnecessary.

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By: Wigmore

Wigmore — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:23:08 +0000

"Either way, it seems to me that Arsenal should make arrangements with the club that, say, the week before if they don’t sell out the away end that they make it smaller and fill some of those seats with Arsenal fans. Put the tickets on special, put kids in there, do something, it looks like an OPEN WOUND to have that many empty seats." yep!

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By: cescfiberglass

cescfiberglass — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:51:06 +0000

@Akash, Not that I want an argument or anything.. just out of curiosity- what is not objective about pat dolan's analysis? where does he prove to be straight anti-arsenal or anti-any team for that fact, without giving both sides of the story? I had setanta for as long as its been out, aside from this season so far, and I have always seen him to be quite frank about what is going on. I rarely find him favoring 1 team or another. I really fail to see his subjective point of views on many points..

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By: ctpa

ctpa — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:44:51 +0000

We’ve not commented about Eboue’s yellow for a blatant handball. It was all going so well w/ Eboue this season. Tsk, tsk. Got caught trying for a “hand of god” goal.

Popular knock aginst Wenger is that he could only sign good offensive players but couldn’t bring in good defensive players. That old chestnut can be put to bed I think.

The Man has weigh in on the Adebayor disaster and he cuts the clown off at the knees: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/incoming/Arsenal-old-boy-Thierry-Henry-slates-Emmanuel-Adebayor-for-lack-of-respect-article164545.html

If Tevez scores tomorrow, I guarantee he will NOT celebrate his goal Adebayor.

Some chatter about Eboue doing the ’sliding’ goal celebration after his goal. He’s never played for Wigan so what’s the big deal?

I watched Liverpool-West Ham today and Pool are flattering to deceive. You can take this to the bank, Carragher is done as a top flight defender. He has lost more than a step somewhere and struggle all game long.

So that’s what Nugent needed, teammates who could actually get him the ball in scoring positions. Who knew?

Does anyone get a chill up their spine when they think about the drop off in quallity represented by CB subs?

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