Comments on: Arsenal v West Ham: It’s time for Manuel Almunia to return

By: james

james — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:33:50 +0000

also i think mannone did an exellent job

By: james

james — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:32:48 +0000

I love arsenal, in ability, every 1
is the same and everyone’s da best.

Fuck westham, they don’t fuckin diserve 2 goals they scored. in ma mind, the reall score is 4-0 for the gunners

By: Ianinja

Ianinja — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:26:01 +0000

Almunia or Mannone, either is fine for me. Just hope they both have a good solid game and hopefully the team improves on the set piece defending.

It will be a tricky game but hope the boys nick it.

Cheers All

By: Darragh

Darragh — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:05:52 +0000

People forget that Arsenal went like nearly 20 years without a league title in the 60s, 70s and 80s. 5 years is not that long – think about the teams who never win anything and play shit football.

By: Hey Nonny Mouse

Hey Nonny Mouse — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:53:04 +0000

I think it’s a tough call – because Mannone has done really well – and is very popular right now as a consequence. I think Almunia will come back in though now and as much as I’m a Mannone fan I won’t be sorry about that (unless Almunia completely stuffs up!) because Almunia is not ‘a clown’ or any of that other rubbish people are saying and the timing is probably right for him to come back. Meanwhile Mannone can take a breather away from the ‘heat’ and think about what he needs to do to become first choice. I felt that he punches away unnecersarily at times when he really ought to be catching and hanging on to the ball. For a goal keeper he’s also a bot of a short arse so he needs to grow a few inches! A good solid peformace from Almunia will mean we have two good keepers now. But hopefully Almunia won’t have anything to do during that match anyway but applaud the rest of the lads sticking the ball in the back of the net. Some good results for us yesterday – let’s take advantage.

By: Shervin

Shervin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:32:37 +0000

i belive almunia should be put back between the posts. Mannone has done excellent, but the reason why experiance matters is becasue older goalies can put in more consistent performances and awhile Mannone has put in great performances, he should get more experience.

By: BobCantFixIt

BobCantFixIt — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:56:47 +0000

i bet non of you knew almunia was gay though

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:10:44 +0000

Almunia is the vice captain. He’ll be back, there’s no doubt about that. The only question is when but I don’t think it will be this weekend. It’ll be interesting to see how it unfolds though. Terrific analysis Xabier and it just shows that Mannone still deserves to be starting keeper.

By: brian

brian — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:39:08 +0000

It should be Mannone’s position to lose. So far he has shown that he has been capable of filling the role of Almunia at such a young age, so I don’t see a compelling reason to take him out. Mannone might be unpolished, but he has the presence of a world class keeper and should improve with experience. Give him the chance to prove himself to see what he is capable of. If he fails, then you can bring back Almunia

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:32:19 +0000

Sorry people, I want Arsenal to be the best club side in the world, and to that end want the best players in each position.
Is Manuel the best keeper in the world? No. Europe? No. England? No. North London? Probably not.
That’s my point. Not that his new hair cuts silly, or I don’t like his accent or he was a cheap buy.
He ain’t good enough. Why do people think there’s a personnal agenda?