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Stop Kidding Ourselves!

Premier League Arsenal
by topgooner87 (U12772602) 01 November 2008
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Look at our great football Arsenal fans. The best football in the world. Who we kidding. To be the best you have to be complete from keeeper right up the field. To all those arsenal fans that keep sticking up for this current team, your as much of a problem as our stubborn manager. This is not good enough for any title, they aint got the stomach to be the best. There is no real quality. The football we play only pays off when the other teams leave themselves open. Arsenal are so easy to beat its unbelievable. What excuses can anyone have for this team. I have run out, and come to the conclusion that we are miles behind the other top 3 when it comes to being a complete package. Lastly why on earth would any manager play 4central midfielders in one midfield. Untill we aquire a world class goalkeeper two world class defenders and a world class midfielder we aint going anywhere. God i miss Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira, Pires, Campbell etc. Personally i believe the football we played then was the best this club had ever played.All we do is pass. It aint that great. Infact its getting boring. I want to be direct and quick like we use to be.



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posted Nov 2, 2008

We need a leader and fast, I can see us missing out on European football entirely next season otherwise.

And we're at least five players away from a title-challenging side.

League season over as far as I'm concerned. Roll on August.

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posted Nov 2, 2008

BerkampWonerland....what a pessimist you are, and I'm a Man Utd fan, show some backbone!

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posted Nov 3, 2008

All these so called Arsenal fans now blaiming Wenger, calling for his head and going on about us dying should be ashamed. Yes this is a difficult period and yes Arsenal need to radically overhaul part of the squad, but Wenger knows this too.

We need 3-4 decent players, but sometimes radical changes don't help (look at Man City right now) - teams like Liverpool have been built slowly and steadily even though last season they had some shocking results!

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posted Nov 3, 2008

Am very disappointed! Arsenal have a brilliant side, very technically gifted and we all know Arsene looks for that in a player! When they are playing well they are undoubtedly the best team to watch in the Premier League!

But they are not winners!!! It was abundantly clear last year when they were leading a Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford and Anfield and lost all three games - that’s not just coincidence and not just unlucky! Would Chelsea have lost from any of those positions??? Of course not!! They need a world class holding midfield player and one/two quality centre half’s! Nasri is a quality player but surely it was clear after last season and especially after losing Flamini that they need a Gattuso/Maschernno type player!! They will not win anything until these deficiencies are sorted out - FACT!!!

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posted Nov 3, 2008

Arsenal are in a transition period. Yes, all us gooners miss the days of henry, bergkamp, pires etc but that is history now. We need to focus on the future, and with our current squad we will win trophies, just not quite yet. Remember our players are much younger than in most teams and providing they stay with us they will gain experience, confidence and of course get older. I have no doubt that in a few years Arsenal will have the best football team in the league and possibly in Europe. Just be patient and hang in there.

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posted Nov 3, 2008

new goal keeper and centre half (why did u not sigh barry). as for stoke, on the day they wanted it more, thats football.

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posted Nov 3, 2008

Sometimes I feel Arsene Wenger is opting out of the real PL title race by insisting on signing and playing as many young players in his first team. Very commendable indeed and as has been talked about in the last few years "he's developing these young players". But at what stage does the 'developing' stop and the real press for winning titles start? The 'developing his players' stance is beginning to sound like an excuse for failing to win things and a very convenient one as well. Or is his (seemingly) relentless pursuit of the perfect play and win hindering his team's acheivements? To quote Charles Rennie MacIntosh - "There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfections of a mere stylist"

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posted Nov 3, 2008

Almunia keeps conceding from long range efforts,we need to sell him and get a better goalie!!

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posted Nov 4, 2008

They play brilliant football and win on a day and the next day they are poor, this doesn't mean they need a new manager or some more players or even a leader. They have lost and drawn games only where they had to confront the physical test or undone by goals which can not be scored in every game of football. And there are not many teams with such stubborn resilience as Stoke and Sunderland. Yes, against Stoke; Arsenal were far below there standards but not in all the games they did not win.
If Arsenal can just hold on to not more than 6 points away from the top of the table till mid-season, they can and will really hit-back as the likes of Eduardo, Rosicky and Bischoff will add to the talented squad cheerup.

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posted Nov 7, 2008

bring in david james,micah richards and garth barry

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