Comments on: Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa: Thoughts on Denilson, Campbell, Bendtner and the title charge

By: shambogunner

shambogunner — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:55:31 +0000

ice,
if i keep agreeing with you and you with me everyones gonna think were the one person backing up our own opinions under different alias’s,lets hav a barney over something…..wot ever happened to spanish gunner and gunnerboss….and radads?????????

By: theicehammer

theicehammer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:14:52 +0000

Well, well, well. Den is not a DMF player. Can anyone remember the Den/Diaby debate i had with a blogger a while ago. He seemed to think the sun shone out of Den’s arse. Only shambo backed me at the time. i said it then that the job Wenger has allocated for him is far to difficult. He does not command that kind of persona or demeanor to begin with. He has a good touch and can keep the ball ticking and can go forward a bit, but has to many deficiencies in pluging holes and making tackles and winning balls in the air and holding onto the ball by using his physical strength. Buuuuuttttttttttttt………Wenger loves im.

By: Hey Nonny Mouse (and his bell of doom)

Hey Nonny Mouse (and his bell of doom) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:36:54 +0000

3 days to go and no signing. No signing on the horizon. Nothing. Arsenal FC is becalmed.
‘Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.’

You Gooners make good points, both for and agin the current situation. Even rocknrolljesus (nice modest name) who appears to be as mad as a cut snake. And I agree with both sides – we play the best football and are financially sound as a drum – but don’t expect us to win any trophies soon. The history of the Premier league shows that you have to shell out to win. Our very very good team is still made up of too many so-so’s who Arsene, for whatever reason – maybe even loyalty to the player – won’t replace with championship winning quality.

Which leaves us with a team I love to watch – doomed to be trophyless and the butt of rival supporters cruel jibes. Ah well…

So let’s enjoy what is a favourite game of the season – manure at our place. Given their current state this is a game we can win. Should win. I have no qualms saying that at this moment in time we are the better team. But the manc scum are fighters = as we saw against Man shitty – so we have to fight back too and keep playing til the final whistle.

I know we can’t win the Prem with the current squad – but at least there’ll be some satisfaction pushing manure into third spot come seasons end and winning this game will help that. It’s a six pointer! wink:

By: Andrew Weber

Andrew Weber — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:34:22 +0000

@ SCOPE KNIGHT / guyfrmars – A job implies I have money to give away

By: Geebee

Geebee — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:28:59 +0000

Vermaelen’s knock wasnt that serious after all though he’s not likely to play against United. I’m positive we can beat Man U on Sunday. The boys just need to show a little more attitude, passion and aggression. Win it and we got a good morale boost for the Chelsea game.

By: SCOPE KNIGHT

SCOPE KNIGHT — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:46:22 +0000

@guyfrmara,
ur comment has being the best. i am so impressed. Apply for a job on arsenalfcblog i am sure andy will look at ur application. For those who have not voted for this blog as d best blog eat a d&&&&&.
Back to arsenal. I will trade this position we are in 4 seasons ago 4 my left balls. Did u guys see ramsey? Did u see cesc and rosicy tracking back. Okay denilson lost a few one on ones but give him some space. This is villa guys not wigan. they beat pool, manure and chelsea. daaa.

By: RBP - The Next RVP

RBP - The Next RVP — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:55:07 +0000

Can we not forget, that all of the rest of the “Big 4″ had lost to villa, united at Villa Park, Pool at Anfield, and Chelsea at Villa park…So the fact that we won one game, and drew one game from the games we played against them this season is in my opinion a decent outcome…I’m not saying that we couldn’t have one, but Villa is by no means an easy team to compete away especially when playing them at home. I’m glad to see that Bendtner had a good game…i hope he can bring a good physical impact that our front line had been lacking in these upcoming important games. These next three games will most probably define our season, and if you would have asked me last year if we had this same fixture list, i definitely been much less enthusiastic about the possible results. I really have faith that we can bring positive outcomes from each and every one of these games.

By: guyfrmars

guyfrmars — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:36:07 +0000

wow.what backlash.this is Villa, not your normal 6 placed team but a very good team, with scalps vs other 3 top teams, the same team that was gunning for 4th place last year. i am disappointed we didn’t get 3 points but considering we played Villa, i wasn’t too worried.
i’m gutted on how people just look for someone to blame, Denilson in particular. You guys need to watch the game again, and you will see that Denilson actually did alright, considering he just came back from injuries. I was rather peeved at Walcott & Clichy, but seeing they have just came back from injuries, i wont let that go to my head.
The point is, we have had 10 injuries to our team. As much as everyone likes to compare Chelsea and ManU, but if these teams have the same amount of injuries, i dont think they even be in title contention. The fact that we are very much still in it says something about Arsenal.

Bendtner brings a unique approach to our attack, a Plan B is you must. How could you start blaming someone who has been injured and expect him to be a goal scoring machine. Put it in this way, if one of your co-workers get transfered in a middle of a big project and the new guy replacing him struggles to keep up with everyone else who have been working together. Do you fire his ass off for trying? or do u allow him to get himself up to speed? I bet you these are the same people who was up against Adebayor and next season was singing praises for the 30 goal haul.

Its the same thoughtless comments every season, (Diaby/Denilson/Song) is not a great DM.(Bendtner/Eduardo/Vela/Walcott) brings nothing to the team.The same people who would then be lauded for their greatness in the same position. DM job is not just about tackling, but limiting the choices of which the ball carrier can make. Shutting him out, pressuring him, prevent him from making the link between the midfield and the strikers. To do that, DM needs support.The other midfield players need to close the other player down too. That is what i think we lacked, the same defensive naivety. Every time an attack went belly up, look how many got up and helped the DM.
The same with a striker. Gone were the days when the striker’s job is just to score. They are now expected to bring others up in play, pressure the keepers and the defense, so other players have the opportunity to take a shot and yes score goals. The great Dennis, was a great example. With RvP out, Wenger has tried to supplement our goal scoring option by playing a proven play maker (Arshavin) in the striker’s role to offset the lack of sharpness in our current field of players.

That my lads is the reason why we didn’t win. A definite lack of match sharpness. Go through the starting line-up again. See how many playing has just came back from injuries within 1 month time frame.

Come on Gunners. Constructive criticism please. Take other people point of view, they may be seeing things you don’t see.

By: Donnyfan1

Donnyfan1 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:00:14 +0000

Villa have beaten Manure, Chelski and Pool this season so far. Did they beat Arsenal in the two games? No!! Where would we have been in the League and Cups with average injuries this season- last season and the one before. Arsenal get assaulted- have to put up with kick and rush tactics on dodgy dry pitches with a side that won’t reach maturity for 6 years or more— and cost nothing incidentally—and you moan!! Nutters!!

By: radads

radads — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:28:25 +0000

Bad news is Diaby would be short for the united game
But 2 good news abt Verma who will be back for the Chelsea game, and for which im really fine with cos he needs a lil rest, but my best news is that Song is back for the manure game.
My Line up has changed to this:

Sagna- Gallas- SolCamp- Clichy
—————– Song—————–
————-Cesc-Ramsey———-
Rosicky——-Bendi———Arsha

hey Gooners!! Its a perfect line up!!isn it??!!
No worry for a Nasri swap for Rosicky or Nasri agst Ramsey.Whats important for me is: How good Bendy would be???? Is he gonna keep the ball for himself again or is he gonna pass the ball at the right time or is he gonna shoot that ball right at the back of the net with all his strength so that it would tear the net apart????
Thats what I wanna see on sunday,
comon Gunners, lets shoot the Manure down!!!!