Comments on: ‘Scared’ Toure has to be dropped for the good of the team + Arsenal-Porto preview

By: TheMan

TheMan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:05:40 +0000

People have to realise the board have given Wenger far far too much room. How long has Fergie gone without winning trophies recently? even when they’re not winning the league they get something – be it fa cup and carling cup. Wenger – you say whats the point of finishing in bottom half of league and winning carling cup? Well – how would that be the case with Arsenal? The youngsters will be OK till semi final if Arsenal keep getting easier teams and then put some experience in if they come up against Chelsea, Manyoo etc. 4th place is assured at least and Wenger knows it.

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Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:16:17 +0000

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By: Arsenal FC Blog | Arsenal 4-0 Porto: a good response, Helton a clown and Walcott a beetle

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:40:55 +0000

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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:40:52 +0000

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By: TayGoon

TayGoon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:21:41 +0000

@ Butterfingers;

They are 2 types of players as I see them, the “Visible” and the “invisibles”. Flamini was a “visibly workaholic” while Denilson is “quietly efficient”. same as Gilberto. The reason why he(Denilson) put in very impressive stats while people still can’t seem to see, is a testament to how very efficient a player he is. judging from reactions from people after matches you would think he loses all his passes and didn’t put in a single tackle in a match. Either people just don’t like him or he does his job the way it should be done. Currently, he is one of the best MF in the EPL.

On the “link up” aspect, I think Denilson and Cesc link up better than Flamini and Cesc. The difference here was Flamini was adventurous and thus drawing attention to himself more hence his partner whenever something had to be done, whereas with Denilson, it can all go unnoticed especially for the TV audience.

Stats for Flamini last season read 30 games, 3 goals and 2 Assists.

Denilson this season; 6 games, 2 goals and 3 Assists. He is just 2 assists or a goal away from being more productive than Flamini for an entire season and we are just 6 games in, who is willing to bet he won’t have an assist or a goal in the next 5 fixtures?

Just give the boy his credits. He deserve them.

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:14:31 +0000

Wow – miss one article and the controversy flows… SF took a beating but stood up strong. Well done. I understand that new people come on here all the time, but seriously, if they’d been here long enough they’d know that you aren’t about sensationalist headlines and causing a stir. Some people also need to think long and hard and possibly even read the full article before commenting. It would save our dear SF a lot of trouble… I certainly understand where you’re coming from with this article SF but it is a tough decision to make… I certainly wouldn’t want to be in Wenger’s shoes if he did happen to drop Kolo – there would certainly be some real tears methinks.
I am so upset I didn’t get up for the game this morning… And I’m even on a week of holidays but I was just too tired after doing assignments all week. Very upset indeed. I will have to settle for the replay on ESPN at 10pm. Damn it…
Good result though – sounds like a cracker of a performance.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:35:45 +0000

I don’t understand the mass support for Bendtner. I thought the pace and flow of the game really changed after Walcott and RVP were taken off. I’m glad for RVP hope this quiets some of his doubters.

By: Spanish Fry

Spanish Fry — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:11:24 +0000

@ tom – I saw the first half, it was brilliant. Luckily there were no more goals after the break

By: butterfingers

butterfingers — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:14:15 +0000

Nasri’s back yay and didn’t he play well after a few early missplaced passes but denilson can have all the stats in his favour the point is I don’t think he and fab fab link up as well as flamster did. The boy has got skill and I like a couple of shots he had from outside the box but as my old p.e. teacher used to tell us hit the ball hard as you can but keep it low and in the corner everytime it just went over. Plus I like the new corners in the fing box and look what happened ade scored.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:07:21 +0000

4-0 nicely done.

see zenit v madrid afterwards sf? cracker of a match. zenit really should have put them away.