Comments on: How Arsenal have ensured Australia will host the World Cup (Guest Post Tuesdays)

By: Mark46

Mark46 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:12:41 +0000

And all their children, as far as I know. ,

By: AR5ENL

AR5ENL — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:37:23 +0000

Great post White Ox. It’s always a pleasure to hear fellow Gooners’ stories about how the Arsenal became part of their lives. Personally, I was in London on that fateful day in 1989 and that was the day when Arsenal became my life.
I have found it hard to cope with the lack of football all around me while living in Australia but I have to say things are on the up these days.
Going back to the post, Dennis Bergkamp is in my opinion the greatest player to ever play for us. My most treasured possession is the commemorative redcurrant jersey for our last season at Highbury with Bergkamp and number 10 printed on the back.
Latest on the defensive midfielder topic, we had Senderos play about 45 minutes in that position in our latest friendly… that’s a pretty worrying thought. Hoping for a new signing… which might not come

By: Medeski

Medeski — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:05:37 +0000

Nasri’s injury is devastating. Like some of you have said, I’m hoping it causes Arsene to buy Cesc a partner. Nasri played a CM role in a couple games last season and I had an inkling that AW might have tried him there again. Personally, I loved his work ethic in the middle and his ability to track back and mark players making runs through the middle. Between Song, Denilson, Senderos, and Toure (who has been mentioned here for the position), We have an amazing set of fill-ins, but not the complete player I would like to see starting as a DM week in and week out.
If there is a silver lining to be found in the wake of Nasri’s injury, it is the extra opportunities and playing time it will give to Ramsey, Wilshere, and Vela.
Go Arsenal! and please please please try to make it through the rest of pre-season without losing any more players.

By: Hey Nonny Mouse

Hey Nonny Mouse — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:01:06 +0000

Yeah – and I forgot to say thanx to White Ox for the guest post and Dennis The Menace….absolute legend. If there was one player we could could have a statue of at The Emirates it would be him. Apart from being an absolute genius of a player what a fantastic professional he was. No carping about joining other clubs. Finished his career with the Gunners. Hang your head in shame Alex Hleb (and others).

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:53:38 +0000

Nasri’s injury is such a blow. Hopefully he recovers well.

By: butterfingers

butterfingers — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:39:42 +0000

@ white ox nice piece mate glad to see you going for the gunners as most aussies I meet go for bloody manure and they don’t have a reason for it. Best berkamp goal was when we beat the spuds 3-1 with a wrighty pen and berkamp having a awesome goal and got to be in my top 3 of all time.
@ nonny mouse wow sendy as dm might work as the lad is big and he is a good header of the ball so that should help sort out our set peices.
Nasri out for 3 months and dudu is supposed to be back in 2 months so I’ve got a feeling ramsey will be used as back up as tight arsne won’t spend anything but I’m not saying do a man city but another couple of players will do martins and richards will do.

By: Hey Nonny Mouse

Hey Nonny Mouse — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:13:15 +0000

The Nasri injury shows again that The Great Man is gambling dangerously by not bringing in another defensive player. What happens if Vermaelen gets crocked for 3 months? We’ll be back to ****ing Sylvestre I suppose – and look what good he was last season. Come on, Arsene, for god’s sake. Get that ****ing wallet out.

I’m not actually worried about the midfield as we have plenty there – even Aaron Ramsey who hasn’t been getting much of a mention lately – but scored twice in the friendly against SC Columbia.

On a more positive note – I see that Philip Senderos played as a defensive midfielder in the second half of that game, something I speculated on a few days ago. I just feel it’s a possibility for him to fill that much needed position and I’d be happy to see the big man back if he can do the job.

By: MoMONEY

MoMONEY — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:35:53 +0000

Dzeko could be a possibility again if Wolfsburg sign Nilmar according to goal.com

By: jay-jay

jay-jay — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:18:46 +0000

Nasri out for 3 months. 1 month til season starts but we have Arsha and Rosicky to cover the left. And we have Rvp and Dudu upfront so Arsha can play on the left. Or if AW wants Arsha upfront we have Rvp and Rosicky who can play on the left so we are ok for now. But why do the arsenal get the injuries all the time!

By: Filipino Dan

Filipino Dan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:15:19 +0000

Excellent article!

As a Scotsman, I feel a sense of pride in my countrymen’s role in your great awakening into the beautiful game.

You Aussie Gooners deserve respect for getting up at crazy times in order to watch games. When I lived in Asia I did the same and it was not easy!

I have plenty of family in Oz and I would love to see Australia host the World Cup (certainly more than England). Should it happen, I won’t be able to resist a long-overdue visit to your country.

For me, it was Ian Wright’s double back in the cup final of 93′. As a ten year old striker, fed up with the failing’s of Scottish teams (I am too young to remember Celtic’s European triumph), Ian Wright reached outside the television and showed me the way towards a life dedicated to Arsenal.