The 2009-2010 Arsenal Thread
05 October 2009, 04:55 PM
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Caught me a nice bit of perch.....
05 October 2009, 05:35 PM
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Great performance from the ****, looks like they might give Villa a run for 5th place.............................
.............didn't think I'd say something nice did you?
.............didn't think I'd say something nice did you?
07 October 2009, 09:56 AM
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Dear Brownface,
We scored six goals on Saturday and their keeper, Paul Robinson, still had a great game. And that 6-2 win over Blackburn leaves us in a strong position.
Despite the fact that we have lost two games, if you look at the away games we had they are in places where other teams can drop points. We have had four away games to Manchester United and City, Everton and Fulham. We got six points but we had the impression we should have won the two games in Manchester and that made our resolve even stronger.
Cesc Fabregas had an excellent game against Blackburn. I felt he had already given a good performance on Tuesday night against Olympiacos too.
He started the season a little less sharp physically but in the last two or three games he has become stronger and stronger. We know that in every game he creates chances. What is important for him is to score goals and today he scored as well so that's a relief for him certainly.
I have seen him play quite a few good games. When we went forward as a whole team on Sunday we always looked like we could score and when you look he is always in the middle of it, at the start or at the end. A team goes always naturally through its strong points, that's the way of the game. So it goes, therefore, through Fabregas.
The best answer to all the transfer speculation over Cesc is to play well on the football pitch and to show that you are happy to be where you are.
The best way to show that you are happy is to be happy to play football with your partners. And with this team there is something in the side that is light-hearted and enjoyable to watch. Why? Because you feel they enjoy what they do and they enjoy playing together. That is, for me, the most important thing.
The fifth goal - scored by Theo Walcott - was fantastic. When we are confident we have a flow that looks like the goals could come at any moment from anywhere. There are some strengths coming out of this team and we have to add some discipline defensively because we struggled a little bit defensively. But we looked always like we know we will score goals.
I have to say though, it's difficult to have so many people going forward and to have everybody straight away defending as well. It's a consequence of our philosophy.
Finally, Thierry Henry was watching from the stands on Sunday and he inspired us because our players wanted to show him they can score goals and follow in his footsteps.
It is good to see Thierry back here although I believe he belongs more to Highbury than to Emirates Stadium because certainly, coming back to Highbury, he would have more memories than here. But we were happy to have him with us. He would have scored on Saturday, certainly.
Thanks for your continued support.
Lots of love,
Arsène Wenger
We scored six goals on Saturday and their keeper, Paul Robinson, still had a great game. And that 6-2 win over Blackburn leaves us in a strong position.
Despite the fact that we have lost two games, if you look at the away games we had they are in places where other teams can drop points. We have had four away games to Manchester United and City, Everton and Fulham. We got six points but we had the impression we should have won the two games in Manchester and that made our resolve even stronger.
Cesc Fabregas had an excellent game against Blackburn. I felt he had already given a good performance on Tuesday night against Olympiacos too.
He started the season a little less sharp physically but in the last two or three games he has become stronger and stronger. We know that in every game he creates chances. What is important for him is to score goals and today he scored as well so that's a relief for him certainly.
I have seen him play quite a few good games. When we went forward as a whole team on Sunday we always looked like we could score and when you look he is always in the middle of it, at the start or at the end. A team goes always naturally through its strong points, that's the way of the game. So it goes, therefore, through Fabregas.
The best answer to all the transfer speculation over Cesc is to play well on the football pitch and to show that you are happy to be where you are.
The best way to show that you are happy is to be happy to play football with your partners. And with this team there is something in the side that is light-hearted and enjoyable to watch. Why? Because you feel they enjoy what they do and they enjoy playing together. That is, for me, the most important thing.
The fifth goal - scored by Theo Walcott - was fantastic. When we are confident we have a flow that looks like the goals could come at any moment from anywhere. There are some strengths coming out of this team and we have to add some discipline defensively because we struggled a little bit defensively. But we looked always like we know we will score goals.
I have to say though, it's difficult to have so many people going forward and to have everybody straight away defending as well. It's a consequence of our philosophy.
Finally, Thierry Henry was watching from the stands on Sunday and he inspired us because our players wanted to show him they can score goals and follow in his footsteps.
It is good to see Thierry back here although I believe he belongs more to Highbury than to Emirates Stadium because certainly, coming back to Highbury, he would have more memories than here. But we were happy to have him with us. He would have scored on Saturday, certainly.
Thanks for your continued support.
Lots of love,
Arsène Wenger
31 October 2009, 04:05 PM
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much love to thierry. If arsene had implemented the song and diaby to hold after we were 2 up versus the hammers last week we would be top now.
However nothing could upset me today seeing as weve just put three probably shouldve been 6 past the scum . Come on you gooners!!
However nothing could upset me today seeing as weve just put three probably shouldve been 6 past the scum . Come on you gooners!!
05 November 2009, 10:10 AM
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Another world class display imo. the front boys are looking unplayable at moment
BUT we let in another goal. dodgy keeping, should never be beaten on your near post from that distance
BUT we let in another goal. dodgy keeping, should never be beaten on your near post from that distance
05 November 2009, 11:15 AM
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The defence and keeper are still weak. Eboue/Sagna and Clichy/Gibbs are great going forward but not great defenders and that is the issue. Gallas and Vermaelen are too exposed at the back as the full backs are always caught too far forward.
I also maintain we still need a World class striker to replace Henry. We don't have one that is consistently banging the goals in and will get 30+ goals a season. The goals are coming from all over the place which is great but it would be even better with a 30+ goal target man up front - Van Persie is not that person. I still think Walcott could be made into an Henry replacement as he has the pace and his finishing is good enough to be the target man.
I also maintain we still need a World class striker to replace Henry. We don't have one that is consistently banging the goals in and will get 30+ goals a season. The goals are coming from all over the place which is great but it would be even better with a 30+ goal target man up front - Van Persie is not that person. I still think Walcott could be made into an Henry replacement as he has the pace and his finishing is good enough to be the target man.
05 November 2009, 12:05 PM
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I see Walter Cronkite 
or whatever he's called, is about 500 shares short of taking over, looks like he's making his move, good or bad in your opinion ??
or whatever he's called, is about 500 shares short of taking over, looks like he's making his move, good or bad in your opinion ??
05 November 2009, 01:47 PM
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A bad move as i'd prefer it to have been Usmanov doing the take over with David Dein back in the fold. First good move will be to get rid of Peter Hill Wood and then spend some money on players to replace the likes of Diaby, Denilson, Eboue and Bendtner for starters.
It's no good being an old boys club and refusing to sell to foreign investors but then claim you don't have any money for new signings. To compete in the transfer market you need foreign investment to be able to challenge Man Utd and Chelsea. No one can challenge Man City's buying power so no point even trying but they can't compete yet on footballing grounds in terms of Champions League football and having it every season.
It's no good being an old boys club and refusing to sell to foreign investors but then claim you don't have any money for new signings. To compete in the transfer market you need foreign investment to be able to challenge Man Utd and Chelsea. No one can challenge Man City's buying power so no point even trying but they can't compete yet on footballing grounds in terms of Champions League football and having it every season.
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05 November 2009, 02:14 PM
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The defence and keeper are still weak. Eboue/Sagna and Clichy/Gibbs are great going forward but not great defenders and that is the issue. Gallas and Vermaelen are too exposed at the back as the full backs are always caught too far forward.
I also maintain we still need a World class striker to replace Henry. We don't have one that is consistently banging the goals in and will get 30+ goals a season. The goals are coming from all over the place which is great but it would be even better with a 30+ goal target man up front - Van Persie is not that person. I still think Walcott could be made into an Henry replacement as he has the pace and his finishing is good enough to be the target man.
I also maintain we still need a World class striker to replace Henry. We don't have one that is consistently banging the goals in and will get 30+ goals a season. The goals are coming from all over the place which is great but it would be even better with a 30+ goal target man up front - Van Persie is not that person. I still think Walcott could be made into an Henry replacement as he has the pace and his finishing is good enough to be the target man.
05 November 2009, 11:12 PM
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I agree with the Manc.
What would you rather, A team of forwards/attacking midfielders that clock up 8-10 goals a piece a season or one striker getting them all. If said striker gets injured then what?
Ade was our main striker. No he has gone and we are playing the 3 frontman, we are awesome.
I think we are playing some of the best attacking football i have ever seen with this system. obviously players can be bought who are better than diaby/denilson etc but we are doing well.
Whats the point in having a russian billionaire taking over when the manager won spend the money? I'd much prefer Dein back but investment is investment at end of the day.
What would you rather, A team of forwards/attacking midfielders that clock up 8-10 goals a piece a season or one striker getting them all. If said striker gets injured then what?
Ade was our main striker. No he has gone and we are playing the 3 frontman, we are awesome.
I think we are playing some of the best attacking football i have ever seen with this system. obviously players can be bought who are better than diaby/denilson etc but we are doing well.
Whats the point in having a russian billionaire taking over when the manager won spend the money? I'd much prefer Dein back but investment is investment at end of the day.
16 November 2009, 02:34 PM
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Yep, he never has an injury free season so i'll take that 6 weeks with a pinch of salt. Eduardo is going to have to step up and improve massively over how he has been so far this season. Perhaps this is what he needs, a decent run in the team that's if Wenger plays him. Also want to see Vela get more playing time because he shoots from distance which many of the team refuse to do. Probably why Wenger isn't playing him much as he doesn't try and walk it into the net 
16 November 2009, 05:48 PM
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Yep, he never has an injury free season so i'll take that 6 weeks with a pinch of salt. Eduardo is going to have to step up and improve massively over how he has been so far this season. Perhaps this is what he needs, a decent run in the team that's if Wenger plays him. Also want to see Vela get more playing time because he shoots from distance which many of the team refuse to do. Probably why Wenger isn't playing him much as he doesn't try and walk it into the net
16 November 2009, 06:27 PM
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Any news on theo? is he anywhere near playing. Could be a good time to test arshavin upfront with it being his prefered position.
The way fabregas is going i'd be tempted to put him upfront. The problem with Van Persie, once he gets a bad injury he keeps tweaking it for a good 6mths to a year afterwards, so it could be a long spell with him only playing small parts in the team.
The way fabregas is going i'd be tempted to put him upfront. The problem with Van Persie, once he gets a bad injury he keeps tweaking it for a good 6mths to a year afterwards, so it could be a long spell with him only playing small parts in the team.
16 November 2009, 08:08 PM
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Not really worried. haven't really got any hard games coming up except Chelsea
We have in form players to step in. Eduardo will get a run in and get his touch back. Theo nearly back and Nasri upto full fitness means we have an almost full squad
Granted Robin has been great but as a team you have to be ready to lose players to injury. Morocan lad in January maybe on the cheap as his contract is running out
We have in form players to step in. Eduardo will get a run in and get his touch back. Theo nearly back and Nasri upto full fitness means we have an almost full squad
Granted Robin has been great but as a team you have to be ready to lose players to injury. Morocan lad in January maybe on the cheap as his contract is running out
19 November 2009, 05:53 AM
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Good news for The ****, Eduardo signs a new deal 
, just as Liverpool were sniffing around, looking who to buy with the money they get when they have to sell Torres
, just as Liverpool were sniffing around, looking who to buy with the money they get when they have to sell Torres
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Not really worried. haven't really got any hard games coming up except Chelsea
We have in form players to step in. Eduardo will get a run in and get his touch back. Theo nearly back and Nasri upto full fitness means we have an almost full squad
Granted Robin has been great but as a team you have to be ready to lose players to injury. Morocan lad in January maybe on the cheap as his contract is running out
We have in form players to step in. Eduardo will get a run in and get his touch back. Theo nearly back and Nasri upto full fitness means we have an almost full squad
Granted Robin has been great but as a team you have to be ready to lose players to injury. Morocan lad in January maybe on the cheap as his contract is running out
14 December 2009, 03:05 PM
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Good result for us yesterday. Appalling first half and not a great second half which without Arshavin's incredible skill wouldn't have been much better than the first.
Wenger really better buy a top class striker in January or he can wave good bye to challenging Chelsea and Man Utd for the title run in.
Arshavin needs to be supporting/providing openings for the forward man, not be that forward man. If anything imo Wenger got it wrong yesterday and should have had Walcott up front and Arshavin on the right, not the other way round.
Wenger really better buy a top class striker in January or he can wave good bye to challenging Chelsea and Man Utd for the title run in.
Arshavin needs to be supporting/providing openings for the forward man, not be that forward man. If anything imo Wenger got it wrong yesterday and should have had Walcott up front and Arshavin on the right, not the other way round.
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thought the team was pretty good 2nd half. Liverpool didnt look like they believed they could win. I think the ref had a hand in it also. we look to have got a good few decsions our way. How was it not a penalty??
Well done boys for sticking at it. Lucky but if we are to challange we need results like that
Wenger has said he is going to spend i believe in an interview. Hopefully it will be as soon as window opens and not 2 days after it closes lol
Well done boys for sticking at it. Lucky but if we are to challange we need results like that
Wenger has said he is going to spend i believe in an interview. Hopefully it will be as soon as window opens and not 2 days after it closes lol
14 December 2009, 03:44 PM
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He has also said Dave that he doesn't believe he will be able to get those he wants for 2 reasons:
1) he wont spend the money they are priced at
2) according to him they wont sell their strikers in the middle of a season - sounds like refer to point 1 to me
1) he wont spend the money they are priced at
2) according to him they wont sell their strikers in the middle of a season - sounds like refer to point 1 to me