Arsenal's snipers are wrong to take aim at Arsene Wenger

Paul N (26/03/2008 19:32)

U r a man after my own heart. We must support the team until its over. If we do not keep the faith then who will and what we do is leave the team all by themselves. It is so sad that most supporters/bloggers dont even see that their support is needed more now than when we were winning all the time. I have never been so dissapointed in being an Arsenal fan as we seem to only love and support our club and manager when we on top, which is no support at al really. Keep the faith - i got your back dude! God Bless!

FabGunnerz 3 (26/03/2008 19:42)

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Absolutely spot-on

I must say that I agree with u. We have been hammered by injuries all season, still were at the top with only 1 game loss. Yet people say we do not have strength in depth, Chelsea have the stronger squad, no doubt, but Manure on have more depth in wingers and that their players do not get injured, except for Saha. It was obvious that our young squad would get a lot of fatigue at some point, because of injuries we couldn't rotate. . We were the most unlucky team in those 5 games. We didn't had anyone on form after Eduardo's injury. But still if there was anyone who could have done better was AW. How? He knew we were lacking defensively, then why not play Gilberto, instead of Eboue in DMF position, or we could have played Bendtner up front who IMO played very good in all games this season, Adebayor could have been rested. Eboue crapped is all games but still Arsene kept faith in him. Trust me when we play WITH Eboue we are like down to 9 men, Better down to 10 men than having an Eboue in our side, we did wonders when he was gone to ACN. Toure hasn't been playing well because of fatigue, why not rest him and Play Senderos who was on a good form? I must say that at this occasion Arsene could have done better.

Gunner from Romford (26/03/2008 19:54)

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Carlsberg don't do managers, if they did it'd be Arsene

Spot on Riyaaz Hill, I am also amazed at people ringing up Arsenal Hating Radio presenters questioning Arsene Wengers future. If you look at the team from the Champions League final you can see the massive changes that have taken place. We have kept the fantastic football, great team spirit and a high position despite the received wisdom of the experts. This is a time of rebuilding and we remain competitive. This is work in progress which will bear fruit. I will admit though wouldn't it have been nice to have Thierry on Sunday against the Village People.

Drew Gooner (26/03/2008 20:29)

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sorry mate

why were we ever in that position at the start of the season? when has wenger's arsenal every finished 3rd and the fans feel we have over achieved? wenger needed to buy last summer, this past jan and he did not do so, that has cost us the title. this is probably going to be the third year running that arsenal have finished outside the top 2...

Val Bheach (26/03/2008 20:29)

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Has anyone Noticed?

Has anyone noticed that over the last 5 games, 4 of the result as they were, were a result of dodgy calls by the Referee? Dodgy pen v. Birm - 2pts lost A disallowed goal for The Arsenal, an offside - goal given v. Midd. - 2pts lost 1st goal offside v. Chelsea - 3pts lost Dodgy calls v. Wigan - 2pts lost????

Deepak (26/03/2008 20:55)

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Squad depth

Wenger has done a great job with most of this present squad. The first choice XI, when fit, is world class. But the bench strength is poor/shallow. And this has been the case for 2 seasons now and it still has not been addressed this season. The main reason we won't win anything this season is because of lack of squad depth. I support Wenger, but when he's wrong, he's wrong.

Jamie England (26/03/2008 21:01)

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Crying "arsenal" supporters SHUT UP!!!!

Im still quiety confident... Arsenal have been geat this season. All it takes is for Man U to draw or loose 1 game and the all of a sudden that game at Old Trafford will be huge again. All ive wanted over the last few months is for us to hang in there... and get to Old Trafford wid a chance of the title... i wanted to see the 2 best footballing sides in Europe go at it, both having to win the game... and hopefully itll still happen!!! Again, just as on previous articles ive commented on, theres fans whipperin, cryin, Wenger should have done this and that... Support the team, support Arsene!!! There were no Man u fans moaning wen we were 5 clear... We've still got a chance, and i will love it, if we win the league or champs league or both... jus so i can turn around and say i neva lost faith, i neva stopped supporting!!!!!!!! what will you be saying!?!?!

king gooner (26/03/2008 21:56)

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i've noticed

val man-i've noticed-believe me i have!1bloody refs-worst in europe by a mile-manure lovers to a man. hard to beat manure when you play 12/13 men every week(ref & lino)-i don't even think it's incompetence-it's a F***king conspiracy!!!

king gooner (26/03/2008 22:06)

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so many crap refs

what's the betting at old trafford we'll be stitched up by any one of howard webb,mike riley,mark halsey,steve bennett,.stiles etc-there isn't a decent ref amongst them-for the so called big 4 games get in someone who doesn't have a manure agenda like a johnny foreigner

Matt James (27/03/2008 03:08)

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GET REAL!!

Stop this don't pick on Arsene rubbish...... he is the manager of one of the top clubs in Europe/the World and he has failed to win a trophy for 3 years and again he has refused to buy big to give the team an edge to carry it through the season. Personally I think he sees it that if he buys big and fails he will get criticised, but if the youngsters fail then all that happens is that it is put down to lack of experience and they need more time.....exactly how much time are you all prepared to wait.....19 years like Liverpool?? That is what can happen if the right things aren't done at the right time. If Arsene doesn't spend big this summer I fully expect next season to much more of the same and we could even see the doom mongers being proven right and our top 4 place being seriously tested. So guys stop with the Arsene knows crap and stop accepting 2nd best, the only way forward is for seasoned quality purchases to be made in centre of defence, wide widfield, & on at least 1 top striker ...... NOW!!!

mora L (27/03/2008 05:29)

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A great man and his team

The reason I support Arsenal is down to this man, Arsene Wenger. I like his humility, his temperament, his idealism, and his support for young talents. Of course, being a human, he has some flaws - like over protective of some, and maybe over-optimistic at times:-) But, frankly, if you want result at any cost, go for Jose Mourinho. If Arsenal get a coach like JM, I will be 1st to stop supporting the team

Kixzon k (27/03/2008 07:08)

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Matt, though I shared yr sentiments but think I've to change it due to the above article by riyaaz. When you mentioned Liverpool haven't won anything for the past ** years, don't you think we should give wenger some breathing space. For me personally, I don't quite like Adebayor cos of his arrogance & worst of all, he started to believe he is the next Henry! I prefer Bendtner anytime. But what the heck, what do you or I know about the players? We don't train them, eat with them or had any conversation with them. So who we to criticize Wenger & his policy? He knew every single player much more than we do, their strength, weaknesses & potential. He's a man of economics & it seems that his vision is geared towards the image of arsenal. By buying young talents & playing them, it give potential talents around the world to sit up & give Arsenal a chance when Wenger comes calling. It create a conveyor belt of young talent. Now the business side of it, those who are not able to make it to the first team are sold for a handsome profit. It seems logical. If we buy into the idea of buying stars, we'll inadvertantly be stopping the promotion of young talents.

Soumyadeep Ghosh (27/03/2008 07:48)

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Slightly Biased But Have to Agree

I am a Manchester United fan, but I do agree with your analysis in many respects. A similar thing happened to United last year when van Nistelrooy left and no one was brought in to replace him. The only thing is: Arsenal probably doesn't have the squad to really go all the way, at least in sheer numbers. The real question isn't whether they are able enough (they are). The question is whether they have enough legs to carry them over the line.

Danny (27/03/2008 15:23)

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AW's wrong

We need title. A. Wenger 's wrong , in despite of numerous warnings from the beginning of the season. he's too stubborn and seems to gamble with his policy. A.Ferguson is the best coach, very efficient

Paul N (27/03/2008 17:10)

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EARLY WARNINGS?

We have lost 2 games all year and just recently dropped out of first place. Danny, Man U have and Chelsea have not played too good. Te reason why we feel the way we do is because of the calls against us because if we played bad and won we would not be talking crap. Im sorry but how can we be expected to stay in top if so many crucial calls go against us one week after another. Im not saying its a conspiracy but these calls have resulted in goals for the opposition or goals taken away from us. Guess what, this is a game of GOALS! add in the blasted injuries! We must ease up on Wenger, REALLY! God Bless

Jamie England (27/03/2008 18:15)

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Matt, i agree with some of what your saying, but liverpool have spent over and over again, and have got nowhere, Spurs are another side who have ivested heavily and not got the rewards they've expected... so spending big does not guarentee titles. We've got a good group of players, who have played with each other for a few seasons now, if Arsene does make wholesale changes, than it could have a negative rather that a positive effect, just like it did at spurs at the start of this season. A couple of quality players away perhaps... but i dont think too much has too change, i think its possibly more about a lack of experience this season, these players can take us to a title this season.... notall is lost, what will you be saying if we win the European cup? Danny, Arsene is not stubborn, he jus believes in these players. If they're not up to it, he'll make changes, but at the moment give them the benefit as they've still got a chance of 2 major titles. I also think this "early warning" is rubbish, we've proved those comments to be rubbish, by playing the best football in europe this season. this side is challenging for the premier league and champions league so to say nex season we need to look over our shoulder is cr*p!

Arsenal's snipers are wrong to take aim at Arsene Wenger

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