Comments on: Balotelli might be a risk worth taking + Arsenal vs Man City preview

By: Christian Olesen

Christian Olesen — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:59:22 +0000

Arsenal should by “Peter Utaka” from “Odense boldklub” in Denmark. He is a real box-player, which is what Arsenal need at the moment.

By: Solomon Kebede

Solomon Kebede — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:48:52 +0000

Dear Arsenal FC Blog,

I wonder what happen on Arsenal team? So think of January transfer window. Balatoli will be the best transfer to Arsenal. Not only Balatoli, but also midfilder is needed for the team.

Good luck for Arsenal

By: spanishgunner

spanishgunner — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:58:16 +0000

@MoMONEY. I’m NOT, nor did I say I would rather win the Carling Cup than reach the semis of the CL – but now I think about it what the hell does reaching the semis of the Cl give us? Nothing!! Reaching the semis is another failure to win a trophy!!As for “attracting young talent” – I believe we have a wealth of that at Arsenal – but they’re not winning us anything ! Surely you must have noticed that.It’s not young talent we need.It’s experience and the ability to fight, to mix with the young talent.
As for your assumption that Hughes is the guilty party in the spat over the handshake – well , the facts speak for themselves – Wenger refused to shake Hughes’s hand, and in the process made himself look a real sore loser – as well as a prick !As Hughes said ,he lost 6 – 2 at the Emirates but he still shook hands .I think it’s time we took our Wenger tinted glasses off and started to see him as he really is – and sadly, at the moment, that’s as a loser!! Like it or not it’s a FACT.

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:39:14 +0000

I agree with him. How will we attract young talent if they never play? And the Carling Cup DOES mean next to nothing… You would rather win it than reach the semis of the UCL? I agree with Wenger 100% in those comments…

As for not shaking hands with Hughes- I am sure Hughes deserved the treatment he got but even so I expect Wenger to be the bigger man… Shame that he is the one who ends up looking bad because Im sure Hughes did something/ said something that led to the reaction…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:06:35 +0000

Fool fool fool wenger is a foool. big foool

By: spanishgunner

spanishgunner — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:38:19 +0000

Sorry , should say “doesn’t WANT to win etc “

By: spanishgunner

spanishgunner — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:36:46 +0000

Who said this ?
“We have not won a trophy since 2005, but I don’t consider that if you win the Carling Cup, you can say you have won a trophy”.

“It’s a competition we use to develop our players. To play in semi-final of Champions League means ten times more than the Carling Cup”.

Yep , right first time – Wenger. Can you believe that ? I think he must have sold the trophy cabinet to Barca along with Henri – doesn’t wnay to win trophys now because got nowhere to put them !
Also find his refusal to shake hands with Hughes embarrasing – is he losing the plot here ?

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:32:09 +0000

Amazing how important RVP was to our team. If I have one criticism of Wenger it is that there was no backup plan for him. Well Bendtner was the backup plan and you would think we would be able to keep our style if he was in there- but we need another striker. Screw you Bordeaux. I want a proven winner with experience in his prime. Someone used to winning at all costs. Someone who knows how to grind out wins consistently. Not sure who but a David Villa type mindset is essential to whoever we buy. If Balotelli comes in Im all for it because it means the boss thinks he can control him

By: GetGunMN

GetGunMN — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:44:36 +0000

I don’t believe Balotelli is ready for PL. He is a bit temperamental and not really a proven goal scorer. Why would we want to have him unless it is an improvement to Edwardo and Vela in terms of goal scoring? He is a future star, but we want goals now.

3-0 the youngsters lost again. Well, it looks like there is a confidence crisis at Arsenal right now. I can’t wait what this weekend brings. Are they going to step up and be counted or wilt under this enormous pressure and disappointment?

By: C-Bass

C-Bass — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:23:08 +0000

NewGooner echos my sediments. We require either winners or warriors. One or the other or both. Song has developed into a warrior but we don’t have time to wait for someone to develop.

Personally with the injuries I’d like to see us go back to 4-4-2 especially for the trickier fixtures. I’m not sure our personnel fits the 4-3-3 properly.

That Stoke game is going to be tough. Song is out for it too because of card accumulation. Time for Wenger to get it right.