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by Jordan Taylor-Bartels on 09 February 2008
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by roonaldounited on February 09, 2008
''The likes of Chelsea and Manchester United had better watch out, as a fiery and unified group of youngsters are on the path to glory!'' Yawnnnnnnnnnn.... heard the same old crap many times before.. cant you come up with something better to write???
by Amit on February 09, 2008
This team in 2 years time will dominate the premiership but also Europe, with an average age of 23 our first team is already top of the premiership. We already have the best players in certain positions: Clichy one of the best left backs in the premiership already only 23, Fabrigas also one of the best midfielders in the prem, only 20, Adebuyor only 23, Toure only 25, imagine when all these players reach their peak. Man U and Chelsea fans are jelous and scared of our players.
by Paul on February 09, 2008
[quote]This team in 2 years time will dominate the premiership but also Europe, with an average age of 23 our first team is already top of the premiership. We already have the best players in certain positions: Clichy one of the best left backs in the premiership already only 23, Fabrigas also one of the best midfielders in the prem, only 20, Adebuyor only 23, Toure only 25, imagine when all these players reach their peak. Man U and Chelsea fans are jelous and scared of our players.[/quote] There you lot go again, rabbiting on about this fantastic squad yet you get stuffed 5-1 and blame it on a few players being out! and if it meant so little, why were the players turning on each other and on their knees afterwards?
by davio on February 09, 2008
I don't think that that will ever be repeated Arsenal had a bit of luck like the penalty miss at Man U etc that would have to happen again. But he is building a good team that has a good chance of winning things. Arsenal were well beaten at the Lane in the Carling and losing is hard when you are not used to it, I would rather see that reaction of hurt than to just accept it as they say show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser.
Respect, Havent heard that reaction yet!
by Jim on February 09, 2008
I'd say 9 prem titles out of 15 would be a dynasty, not the odd onehere and there. yeesh, your logic would almost make Rovers a dynasty team! As well, recall who eventually beat the unbeatable!
by livrahs on February 09, 2008
It is only hard for Man U and Chelsea fans because inspite of their having a team so called famous superstars they are trailing to Arsenal.Arsenal doesnt buy superstars ,its makes them .Well you target our one match loss at White hart lane...but do you need to be reminded that Man U were beaten to coventry ,well they would say their reserves were playing...but wat differeent does arsenal do...And Chelsea Plays A full squad for the carling cup ,thats thier level of confidence in their reserves.Man U without Ronaldo and Ferdinand are Nothing.. And Chelsea with all 11 superstars is still nothing.So no point in thinking arsenal to be a weak link..just admit that you'll hate when arsenal proves everyone wrong .Go Gunners...!!
by The knower of all things on February 09, 2008
The one they call Arsene Wegner is a true genius in as far as he always plays beautiful fast flowing football.Win or lose they always entertain highly.Chelsea get lots of point but fail to excite most of the time.Wegner is the only one close to Ferguson( praise be upon him ) 10 yrs down the line perhaps Moyes will develop into a great.What he has done with Everton is pretty damn good.
by George on February 09, 2008
Your hardly on track again by scoring 6 goals in 2 games against Newcastle.Manchester United scored 6 in one game.Scoring goals against Newcastle is like taking sweeties off a kid.Arsenal are on their way to a semi final CL and a runners up in the PL mark my words on that.However the coming 3 seasons we are gona see something very special from Arsenal possibly a double CL win 09-10 season and 10-11 season.
by Krede on February 09, 2008
What about United????!!! Tevez 23, Ronaldo 23, Rooney 22, Anderson 19 and Nani 21. Tomorrow we are introducing Welbeck 17. And so on.
by don on February 09, 2008
Manchester Utd are the Benchmark by which ALL other teams measure themselves.They are at this moment in time unbeatable and untouchable.Arsenal are great to watch and I as a Man U supporter don't have any problem in voicing that,they will run us close this season but will fail to touch us at the end.7 point win of the PL and a CL Trophy will see the PL teams bow deeply to us.
Don how can an an unbeatable team lose 3 games? The article is about going a full season unbeaten like Arsenal did in 03-04. It is very tight at the moment between Man U and Arsenal and a lot depends on Arsenal not losing the plot like they did when the total unbeaten run ended (yes to man U) (Oh and Arsenal deserved to lose in the Carling before the Spurs start again)
Only one Englishman in your new potentials then. I thought Man U brought good quality English players through, Leave it to Villa shall we!
by Jokily on February 09, 2008
In my experience, Utd and Chelsea fans only come out with this rubbish when they are scared. They don't worry about Fulham, Derby or Birmingham. They keep their words for the teams they fear. And they Fear Wenger's Wonderkids!
by m57 on February 09, 2008
learn how to respect great football and a great team which didnt cost millions of pounds. dont see man u doing tat any time soon.. if you're tired of hearing how great the arsenal team is then please dont read these stories any more and continue to try catch us to the premier league title.. oh and with an average age of 18 sgainst tottenham.. good learning curve fool.. we have passion in our game.. not like fergie who likes kicking boots to ppl faces!!!
[quote]learn how to respect great football and a great team which didnt cost millions of pounds. dont see man u doing tat any time soon.. if you're tired of hearing how great the arsenal team is then please dont read these stories any more and continue to try catch us to the premier league title.. oh and with an average age of 18 sgainst tottenham.. good learning curve fool.. we have passion in our game.. not like fergie who likes kicking boots to ppl faces!!![/quote] Gallas, Sagna, Adebayor, Gilberto, Eduardo, Hleb, all well over 18 and as far as im aware, not one under that age so really dont see how you came to that conclusion!
I thought the average age was a bit older than that even in the first leg (about 21 I think). We still lost. Did you have problems with the questions in the other article?
by Essexian76 on February 09, 2008
and writing garbage, what a one eyed piece of kack. Blinkered, arrogant and dismissive of the obvious. In football the future changes, Arsenal are good, very good,but they are not Man Utd, who incidentally are equally as young. Chelsea are cash rich, and are also adopting a youth policy, which could yield equal players in the future. Spurs have bought young raw talent, and West Ham have nutured many internationals via their system. ALL clubs will be cash rich soon, so think again and look about the league, its about now and yes your top, but lets see in May, after the cup game v Man Utd, Milan and the rest of the sides looking to batter you like Spurs did, they're not all like Newcastle you know!
So are you saying Arsenal are not Man U???? Woodgate and Gilberto are young raw talent???? All clubs will be rich equally rich? (a bit George Orwell) All sides want to batter Arsenal but not batter ManU??? Explain please.
by Larry Kwirirayi on February 10, 2008
it creally doesnt say anything that hasnt been said throughout the season
by Essexian76 on February 10, 2008
Any side who's competed against Arsenal this season, have been high tempo from the offset, Man Utd/Chelsea are capable of doing that and have far better players than Spurs 'at the moment'. Its every fans right to gloat, its what we all do, but there has to be a sense of realism also.Wenger has achieved the impossible, but the facts are you've won nothing for three seasons, and this season still hangs in the balance as far as a trophy stands.As for the quip about young raw talent. Huddlestone,Lennon, O'Hara, Gunter, Bale,Tarrabt, etc,its my point exactly look about the league and see whats happening elsewhere.As for the money side; how come teams like West Ham or Spurs for that matter can financially compete with Arsenal then?
by davio on February 10, 2008
We are at the top of the league and we have played all the sides at least once so we are there on merit.... Yes the season hasn't finished yet.... The Spurs players you mention are about 21 to 23 years old Arsenal have those and another group of youngsters coming through younger and have played at the highest level in the Carling Cup. West Ham and Spurs cannot compete with Arsenal they are the third richest club in the world in front of Man U... Spurs cannot keep there best players like Carrick and as soon as £30 mill cheque is wrote out Spurs will be packing Berbatov's suitcase.... West Ham have bought has beens(sorry Freddie) and players that can only get a club to a top 10 finish... No gloating just the facts at the moment.
And Henry is playing where exactly?, we can all cite examples cant we!, as for the new batch, does that mean that teams like Birmingham, Blackburn etc will benefit from them, because if they're English then they've no chance of making it at the Emirates, have they?, big turnover doesnt make a profit by the way!, but the point is that Arsenal arent Man Utd, never will be, but it seems only other supporters can see it..just look at your poor away following for example, if people were that hungry to savour your teams exploits then you'd think your away support would at least match that of Spurs or West Ham wouldnt you?
We had Henry at arsenal for 8 years he became the top goalscorer. he still had a contract that he was only one year into and Arsene let him go and still made a profit of £5.5 million he was affecting the rest of the team and Arsene had faith in RVP and Ade which looks as if he was correct. Can you name an Arsenal player who has left and gone on to better things? Perhaps Gio at Barca. Arsenal made the third largest profit out of the clubs in the world. Man U made more but the interest on the loan the glaziers took out to buy man U swallowed that up. I don't want Arsenal to be Man U I want Arsenal to be Arsenal a bit like the one that went all season unbeaten. There is never any tickets available for the away games on the Arsenal website so I assume they sell there allocation.
Henry left Arsenal to FURTHER his career.fact!, it means that Arsenal are small compared to Barca, who in turn are smaller than Real, its called cudos, which is why Carrick left us for Man Utd, not money as you inferred by the Berba.Perhaps if Carrick had ambition instead of looking for easy medals he would have stayed, as we hope Berba will, but hey Their footballers promise their loyalty one minute and are gone the next (Henry)
They must sell an awful lot of tickets to the invisible man and his mates then?..point is Spurs,West Ham, Newcastle, Man City, Everton, Liverpool, Man Utd, are better supported than Arsenal in away terms, perhaps its they attract fans instead of bandwagon jumpers, lets see how wonderful your support is if and when your unsuccessful for a period of time, mind you three seasons is it?
We are unsuccessful now (three seasons)41.000 still waiting for a season ticket I supported Arsenal before the first double and I don't like gloryhunting fans either. I asked what player has been more successful not future La liga runners up in the case of Henry. He is injury prone now and has a serious back problem hence why his form as dropped (Keegan must need his head looking at if he wants to beat the transfer record for this 31 year old who struggles with his injuries and his main advantage is pace) and I think he(Henry) underestmated how good Arsenal were going to be so far this year. As for Untouchables Man U have just lost again proving how hard it is to go unbeaten all season especially when there are local derbys.
I had to watch you win the damn thing, but then you should know that pre-Wenger the difference between Spurs and Arsenal was a fag paper, and logic should tell you that NO team can double their support in a decade, Theres always a hard core thats there come hell or high water, the rest just peripheral hangers on who want to be associated with success. Which is why I think Spurs, Newcastle et-al, get under the skins of the top four, because they can never be accused of glory hunters. And remember its us that make the prem what it is, not just those in the European Cup. BTW; Tarrabt, Bale,Gunter,KPB,Lennon are all 19 at the moment,Huddlestone 20
by The knower of All things on February 10, 2008
When oh when are football fans gona stop the childish retoric of "we are real suporters we are more knowledgable supporters we have more supporters we are better than yous even though our team is rubbish we are more loyal" This is the mentality of kids.The overview shows clearly yous are all easily manipulated by the money men.They have yous all in their pockets yous are all just fodder to them.A football supporter is ego driven therefore not in touch with reality yous live in the land of ego and judgement and are constantly feeling sorry for yourselfs,oh poor wee us the big teams don't have REAL supporters.YOUS MAKE ME SICK!!! got that wake up and grow up yous are being used and abused but sadly yous feel so sorry for yourselves that you don't mind....full of cliche and predictability.GROW UP NOW!!
Spurs or Newcastle don't get under my skin I would rather watch the Premiership than the Champions League any day. I like the banter on a monday morning with the Spurs or the West Ham boys. It sounds like you would rather not win anything than be known as a glory hunter? Spurs and Arsenal between 1972 and 1987 were pretty much equal apart from a relegation. Oh and time moves on. Lennon was born on the 16th April 1987. Huddlestone was born on 28th of December 1986. Those are the ages that a lot our first team are but Arsenal have a player in nearly every position fighting for the 21 year olds place.
by Gary on February 10, 2008
Hey knower you've got a point about football supporters and their childish whinging and petty arguments.But lets face it its their whole life sad as it is many of them have'nt even read a book.Their emotions are always cliche and always bitter.With many of them their whole life goes by in this childish bitter and petty way.They adore the players who are their role models in life,hahaha role models who cheat feign and curse despite them all being SO religious.Football fans and players alike want to grow up.You bunch of little petulant kids.here ends this sermon.
Gary what brings you to a blog site. where the article writers encourage rival football supporters to have a whinge and make childish comments. You are sadder than us because you read and write on here but you don't even like what this is all about.
Davio I aim to enlighten you all as to how thigs are.I am a big fan of football but I am very aware of how BIG BUSINESS can manipulate the punter and the working class.I hope you wake up to how you are abused by the clubs and the sharks that swim amongst them preying on your weak minds and feeding lavishly on YOUR hard earned MONEY.Whan this present economy dives and the asian or russian economies rise in around 15yrs these money men Will leave and take their assets(YOUR CLUBS) with them and it will be LEGAL.I suggest you wake up and smell the coffee its a game of 2 halfs and you lose both!!! the fans Nationwide have to tand together on this development! forget your petty differences and UNITE or longterm LOSE what is rightfully YOURS,built by you and your forefathers but your childrens children won't know what its like unless a game is brought abroad ironially to ENGLAND....when do I see this reality? around 2035 trust me for I am the knower of all things.LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT SERMON FOR I WILL SAVE YOUS!!!
Somewhere you are right. But until that day we can still make our childish comments,
You want a good laugh go to the article on Footballs hardmen,scroll down to comennt 199 from David Brent.....yes thee one and only from The Office,read the article as if David brent is talking.....its very funny and puts things in a alternative context.
by gary on February 10, 2008
Davio incase you cant find the site it comes under te above heading.
Help me find it Gary I tried the search! What p***es me off with you I know deepdown you are bloody right. Football teams don't give two tosses about me, but still I watch and I fight the loyalty the tribalism and the time I spend as if I can make a difference but it helps the day go by. It's an ism I'm afraid!
Better read than you are old boy,what you fail to realize is simply that to watch football is supposed to be an enjoyment, a release if you like!, you cannot get the full emotion of it, simply by attatching yourself to whoever is flavour of the month!, get it..no perhaps you dont!
What does the 76 stand for in your name as a matter of interest?
door number, needed a numeral for email so chose a door number. Got a great idea though. Lets plough up the pitches, give cups of bovril to all, get the players to wear long baggy shorts, and charge them for playing for our respective teams, and all supporters must have a bundle before,during and after each match...now thats real retro fooball
We could use Wembley instead of firing up the tractor. I don't know where it's going sometimes I like the old days Spurs fans taking the North bank with knives in hand. sometimes I like it now turn on the dish and Rooneys there. What was your best era???? And cheers for the banter no slagging each over off like most of the "supporters" on this site if You don't come back.
like most things, the media hype things, and the public fall for it. I loved the game then and still have the same passion for it today, but its different. Every new innovation is derided, remember how the back pass rule would kill the game?, when in reality it killed Liverpool!, I get a little annoyed when people harp back though, police treating fans like scum, having a horses a*** pushed in your face, getting food poisoning from the burgers, and having bottles thrown at you at the Bridge (and returning them BTW). Its called PROFESSIONAL football, its about money, always has been always will be..now thats my sermon for Sunday
Winning things, those were the days........sigh!
So what did you win in the eighties then essexboy? You have won jack since you hijacked an Arsenal manager from Leeds... We had more home support in the eighties than Spurs... We didn't have fences at Highbury because our fans were better behaved.. Only Joking bud cheers....
by Esseixan76 on February 10, 2008
How boring was that though?, nearly as bad as the 93 saga's, Rip Van Winkle was a gooner, of that I'm cerain...cheers ears, not an Essex Boy BTW, North Londoner Born and Bred, just couldnt live in pig sty any longer
by The knower of all things on February 12, 2008
Are you qualified enough to give sermons? If so you will be above footballing cliches.....oh Ive been supporting so and so even in the bad times oh how I suffered poor we me...SNAP out of this mentality if you want to rise to a level of sermonship,I woke up long ago and it is my job to WAKE you supporters UP from your comatose state and ultimately lead yous to CONTROL your sport!Enlighten yous to the POWER yous all really hold.The badeagon supporter has flooed the market with BIG cashflow that he used to spend at the Badminton horse trials!WELCOME him to the fold for he has seen the light,forget your suffering and bad burgers your not a bloody martyr WAKE UP GROW UP and the future is yours...here ends this sermon for today.
by stephen on February 12, 2008
if you remember, Rooney dived in the box for the penalty and the second goal would never have happened if it wern't for the cheats that then knocked the gooners confidence. False result, invincibles we are!!!!!
by Tom on February 12, 2008
don't knock the supporter wallowing in his own self pity" oh I'm such a die hard fan oh I was there when there were only 3 off us and a crisp packet blowing across the terracing and we were getting humped 5-0 yes wee poor me there in the hard times" Well sufferers NOBODY GIVES A TOSS grow up and listen to the knower of ALL things he can awaken you from your self inflicted misery!!! but I guess in the tones of KEEGAN "YOU JUST LOOOOVE IT"
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