Comments on: Complacent Arsenal need to switch on again

By: darragh

darragh — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:14:07 +0000

SF – this might have been addressed in a previous comment from another reader, but Beckham the only good english player in the last 10 years? Hrm, I’d put players like Scholes, Terry, Campbell, Ferdinand ahead of him. Much of the english problem, I think, is that their midfield is not balanced correctly, and that apart from Rooney (when he is fit to play for them), their strikers are not all that good compared to strikers for other countries. Owen is too injury prone and should be left to get a good run of form in the league before playing english games, and crouch is not effective.

Also, england seemingly always have terrible managers. Perhaps capello will sort them out.

By: Demetrio

Demetrio — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:21:39 +0000

I think Arsenal will punish Fulham this weekend. I think its rubbish about Arsenal falling off pace for the title.. did people already forget… Man Utd showed the same kinda preformence against West Ham as Arsenal did against Brimingham, and nothing was said, its apart of football. Some games the guys just cant play to the best of their ability. Im expecting a big win over Fulham.

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:51:15 +0000

I won’t deny that he’s had some downs; the red card against England and the penalty miss against France stick out. But he’s done a lot; he was the standout in Euro 2000 when everyone else failed, played well before the quarter-final exit in 2002 and scored the free-kick to get England to Euro 2004. Then in 2006 he basically single-handedly dragged an underperforming England to the quarter-finals again with his dead-ball skills.

He’s not perfect but I still think he’s a cut above any other England performer. He’s shown it time and time again at club level as well both with Manchester United and then Real Madrid. He’s class and he’s done more than Owen or anyone else for England in the past decade.

By: Ronaldo7

Ronaldo7 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:29:20 +0000

anyone else with other opinions ?

By: Ronaldo7

Ronaldo7 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:28:56 +0000

as if becks has performed on a consistant basis for england….thats so untrue…id say Owen has done more for england then becks has…
becks has done some great things but really id have to say he did some bad things aswell…not consistant in my opinion

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:23:03 +0000

Although I can see where you’re coming from I personally don’t feel that any of the players you mentioned ever performed to the level that he did so consistently on the World stage. Beckham was a class above in my opinion. Perhaps only Gascoigne was up there, and his last great performance was at Euro 96, 12 years ago. Time flies!

Also, I never said that Beckham would or wouldn’t have gone to Arsenal, just that he would have been a nice addition to the team.

By: Ronaldo7

Ronaldo7 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:51:26 +0000

are you dreaming SF…Beckham would never ever go to arsenal and play for them..he is united all the way…
also i highly disagree he is disagree in the statement about him being the only true world class english player…

Mate id say Shearer, Paul Gasgone, Paul Scholes, Soon to be Rooney…are all better and of higher class than Becks…Becks is good but not the best

By: TayGoon

TayGoon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:09:10 +0000

Gilberto and Lehman couldn’t just walk into the team after “injuries”/absence, especially when players deputizing were doing well. I believe in Wenger’s mind, RVP has to work his way back in the team just like anybody else, especially with Adebayor, Eduardo, and even Bendtner in good form. If that happens, Gilberto and Lehman and even myself will accuse Wenger of double standards, and rightly so. That is why he is being sidelined. We may not see him start @ Fulham. It might be hard to sell to fans, why the player of the month can’t get a start, especially after he achieved it by playing only about half of arsenal games in the month. I would love to see him in the side against Fulham but I would like to see both Adebayor and Eduardo in the side. If this happens, I predict a clobbering.

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:36:53 +0000

Yeah. It’s so frustrating that he’s been out for so long. While I don’t feel he’s the ONLY player who can create something out of nothing (I’d put Fabregas and Hleb in that category too) having him back will make us more dangerous. Plus, it will make Adebayor play better as well.

By: Le Gunner

Le Gunner — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:28:13 +0000

I think we need to forget about the Birmingham game now and look foward to the Fulham game.I really hope to see RVP in top form again, it will give everybody a lift.All top teams have match winners.To me he is the only one who can create something out of nothing.