tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312983631309713992024-03-16T01:10:14.456+00:00Wrighty7An honest opinion on all things ArsenalWrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.comBlogger817125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-28503354667866635022019-10-27T21:11:00.001+00:002019-10-27T21:24:05.275+00:00Should We Cut Our Losses? <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let us have it right, we are shite. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But the truth is we shouldn't be. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In my very, very, very, very honest opinion we've got the third best squad in the league but the truth is at this rate we'll be lucky to finish in the top four.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We're in the biggest battle since The Battle of Hastings to get into one of those sought after Champions League places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the moment I have to hold my hands up and say I've as much confidence of Arsenal Football Club achieving that as I have marrying that lovely little treacle Laura Woods.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a little treacle she is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Talking of treacle watching Arsenal these days is like watching the players treading through the stuff. Sticky and stuck. Stuck as in they're stuck in a rut and sticky as in it's a sticky situation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And Emery is definitely in a sticky situation if you ask me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This time last year the Spaniard was orchestrating us through an unbeaten run that had quite a few of us thinking that Arsenal were on the verge of winning the lot (slight exaggeration). Including the 2019 Cricket World Cup and even X Factor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Twelve months on and it's all changed. The feel good factor (that some felt) of 'change' has gone and the 'patience' of many fans has worn thin. Many have had enough and want him gone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I've never been one to dig out a manager to be honest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like to get behind them and give them time but if I'm being straight with myself (and from time to time I like to tell myself the truth and not keep blagging) I'm one of those as well who feel that he isn't the right man for the job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following Arsene Wenger into Arsenal was one of the biggest jobs in world football. Maybe even the universe as it happens and it's becoming more and more evident that he isn't up to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I feel as bad as Micheal Jackson Bad for writing this because I wanted him to do well and always said he'd need 18-24 months to truly put his stamp on the club but in the time he's been at Arsenal can any of us truly say he's improved us in any way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Even a tiny teeny weeny bit?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I actually think we've gone backwards and we should be doing so much better with the players that we have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm not going to go all in-depth on the reasons why I think we need to cut our losses because I have a slight Irish Whiskey hangover (and Irish whiskey is better than Scotch whisky by the way) and I can't be arsed to be honest but I'll just be blunt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't think he's the right man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There is plenty of time left this season for someone else to come in and really make this squad live up to it's potential because at the moment it's concerning that that potential could go to waste.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-31403966859381102662018-01-09T13:29:00.002+00:002018-01-09T13:47:11.301+00:00 Adiós Alexis<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's be straight down the line here. Alexis Sanchez is on his toes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's no big secret. Arsenal have as much chance of keeping him beyond his contract as I do taking Gal Gadot down the boozer and then making sweet, sweet love to her all night. And then having a bit of a bacon sandwich in the morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It ain't happening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So the inevitable will happen and Alexis, along with Atom and Humber chomping on their bag of kibble, will be off to pastures new. Most probably in sunny Manchester. The blue side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The question is when? It's either gonna be this January or in the summer when Manchester hits a sweltering 4</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">°C. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Now I'm not gonna dig Sanchez out for leaving the club. Obviously when he signs for City I'm going to call him a slag but right now I'm a bit rational. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">He signed a four-year-contract when he joined the club and has basically fulfilled his end of the bargain. Not many players see out their contracts in this day and age and to be honest I've not seen him badmouth the club despite him being apparently 'desperate' to leave us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'm firmly of the belief he's not been 'desperate' to leave us at all. I could well be wrong but I think he's been quite happy to sit this season out with Arsenal because he knows full well the riches he will get in 2018.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'm not going to call Sanchez a money-grabber. Far from it. In fact I say good luck to him to be honest. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">His agent probably had a word in his lughole last summer and told Alexis to keep his nut down and don't bark, sorry, say a word about leaving The Arsenal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The man is 29 years old now. This is the last massive contract he will get in his life because in dog years he is now about 129. So I don't blame him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The contract and bonus offer is humongous as the transfer fee will be tiny or there will be no fee at all depending on when he leaves. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Who would turn down all that money? I wouldn't. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Money, in my opinion, is the biggest factor in Sanchez moving to City. And with the riches, and the bitches, for Atom and Humber, it's a win-win situation for him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At City he will earn serious poppy. He could buy Pets at Home in Manchester centre and play with puppies all day long after training.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And let's be fair, while the money is great he's also going to be playing for Manchester City who, it pains me to say, will be in the mix for titles and Champions Leagues the next few years under a bald git called Pep who is a fantastic manager. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now I know I keep mentioning the money he will earn, well for me that the biggest reason he's held out on his contract. But honestly as well, the fact City will be competing for the big trophies in the next few years will be a big factor in his decision too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For me I am gutted he will be leaving but also it's a relief as it dragged on for such a time and it's become really tedious. It's boring. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The way I am trying to look at it is that Arsenal have had the best few years of his career. Well, certainly the most productive. He's 29 now and played every summer since 1972 without a rest so maybe it is actually the right time for him to go. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's easy to say we should have tied him up on a long-term contract a couple of years ago and yes in an ideal world that'd have been great. Who knows? He might of agreed a deal in principal only for him to turn it down last summer?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Looking at the situation Arsenal and Arsene were in last summer it's a difficult one with Sanchez only having a year left on his deal. I feel for the club, and Wenger, because they were slaughtered by everyone when RVP left the club a few years back for the same thing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I felt that Arsenal were right to keep him this season, and I'm sure Wenger felt Sanchez would be still be focused but sadly it might not work out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Maybe the best thing would have been to try and sell him then but we'll never know if Sanchez may have dug his heels in to see out his contract? We'll probably never know either way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">For me, in my opinion, he stayed knowing he'd have so many options in 2018. And I don't blame him. If he was desperate to leave he'd have handed in a transfer request but by doing that he'd have lost money. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Make of that what you will..........</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the end of the day I'm not going to slag him off and it's a shame really there's so much animosity and anger over him going for various reasons. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'll remember Sanchez as a great player for Arsenal who got better and improved after leaving Barcelona. I'll remember him for helping us win trophies and lastly I'll never forget those damn beautiful dogs.</span></span><br />
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-60323437219675606122017-05-31T21:05:00.002+01:002017-05-31T21:21:09.720+01:00Arsene and Arsenal: My thoughts<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Football is about enjoyment is it not?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, I think so. I enjoy football and I particularly like Arsenal Football Club. I also like big butts and I cannot lie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now let's be honest, last season was a little bit pony weren't it in many ways? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were disappointing in the league campaign to say the least and I hold my hands up, baby hands up, give me your hea......Sorry went off track a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where was I? Oh yeah, I hold my hands up, I was wrong. I was certain we was gonna win the league. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Deluded? Maybe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mad? Possibly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was Jean Claude van Dammmmmme certain we were going to win the league. And we didn't. In fact we ended up 5th. Not even in the Champions League places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And below Spurs. For the first time in 22812 years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, we still won a trophy, and yes that does cover up a few cracks, maybe more cracks than my mirror has after doing my barnet when it's seen enough of my ugly mug, but it's still silverware. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The FA Cup is a great achievement and we knocked out some massive clubs in Lincoln and Sutton so let's not knock it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of course the league campaign didn't quite go to plan. It was pretty disastrous at times to be truthful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I will admit this, because I feel like I need to cleanse my soul, there were times when I felt that maybe Arsene Wenger's time was up at The Arsenal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There I've said it. I feel clean again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over the season, at different times, I honestly felt that maybe a change would be needed at the club. Either Arsene or just get rid of the players and use my old Sunday league team instead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I felt like a right old sl*g to be honest. Like I was cheating on Arsene by having these feelings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now let me tell you straight, right here, right now, them (or those) feelings hurt me. Because I love Arsene. I love him like a brother and I felt saddened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The man is a Legend and I would never abuse him. I would never sink to the lows I've seen lot's of people do regarding him. And them people really fricking annoy me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the end of the day we all want what's best for Arsenal. We all supposedly love the club. And Arsene loves the club too. You must remember that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In truth if the right man came along then I would be all for change in the managerial ranks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But who is the right man? And who is available?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me, and it's probably about as realistic as me having a second chance with Margot Robbie now she's got herself all married and shit, the only man I'd want is Carlo Ancelotti. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But would he leave Bayern? What with all that Bavarian beer, bratwurst sausages, first dibs on a sunbed abroad and lovely German ladies? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next man has to be steady. He would be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It makes me laugh when I see certain names bandied about to replace Wenger. I'll be honest, about 99% of them ain't fit to lace to lace his boots let alone manage Arsenal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What's certain is Arsene will be with us for another two years. At least. I wouldn't be surprised if he managed into his 80's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those two years he will have my full support. Like any manager who is in charge of the club. I am behind him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am behind him because despite having these disgusting thoughts I am confident the 'complacency' around the club is gone. The players, and Wenger, may have took things for granted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Something happened to make us go off the rails in December. I don't know what, but it seems to be sorted now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And you know why else I am confident these next two years can be successful? Because we finally have a plan B! We are not so predictable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This squad has massively underachieved this season. I'm a firm believer that the players AND Arsene are equally to blame. Just as I'm a firm believer the same set of players, and manager, can turn it round and push on from here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On paper, for me, this squad is very strong. Lose a bit of deadwood and add the couple needed and this time next year the feeling around the fans could be very different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He's been here 21 years. What's another 2 more? Let him have the chance, like he deserves, to go on top. To go out as a champion and for Arsenal to be the best again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whenever I stick my nut on Twitter and see someone having a pop at someone else, and they're calling them either of the above, I feel like throwing my phone/laptop against the wall and looking for a wimp to have a fight with who I can hopefully beat up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whoever invented AKB or WOB seriously needs a dry slap round the mush and if I had my way they'd be banished to a prison cell and made to listen to 'What Does The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE">Fox</a> Say?' all day, on repeat, for the rest of their stinking existence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In all honesty social media does not help. It gives complete and utter fucktards (like myself) a voice. It kind of makes me wanna go back to the days when the only form of social media was a telephone box and you had 20p to make a call.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I log onto Twitter now and the amount of infighting between Gooners is an absolute joke. We have become the laughing stock of English football. Fans of other clubs find us hilarious. And not in a good way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have people calling each other the most horrific stuff all because they can't agree on one subject: Arsene Wenger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I can read one tweet, it appears perfectly reasonable, and I find myself nodding away like that Bulldog from the Churchill insurance adverts. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; line-height: 20.79px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Then, I can read another tweet, and I feel like drinking ten pints of Stella Artois and going on a rampage somewhere. Somewhere like Stoke, and destroying all them inbreds with a toilet brush. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px; line-height: 20.79px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">I understand people get frustrated, I get frustrated, but sometimes people can go over the top with their reactions. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Constructive criticism is always welcome in my eyes. If someone has a valid point about something I will respect it, even if I don't agree with it.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the only criticism I seem to see on Twitter these days is sheer abuse. Trust me, some of the abuse I've seen leveled at Wenger is borderline hatred.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wouldn't speak to my worst enemy the way some speak about the Arsenal gaffer and if you ask me a smack on the bottom or washing some mouths out with a bar of soap wouldn't go amiss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's face it, Arsenal fans are split at the moment. That's obvious. We're split more than my 32 inch waist Levi 501's after I tried to squeeze my fat arse in them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of the day we all have different opinions and that's the beauty of something like Twitter. We can debate whether Arsene is still the right man for Arsenal or not. Like normal humans. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately the real world isn't like that and people can't debate. Just abuse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And on the subject of abuse one man I think doesn't deserve that is Arsene Wenger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know you're thinking 'here we go, another AKB' and if you are then I'm gonna hunt you down and suck your eyes out through a straw. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me tell you why he doesn't deserve abuse. Because of what he's done for Arsenal Football Club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong, Arsenal Football Club has been very good to Arsene Wenger too. And in truth, Arsenal fans have in the majority been very patient with Arsene during the 'barren times'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the things I read thrown at him sometimes is disgusting and he deserves so much more than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It appears Wenger's time at Arsenal could be coming to end. I don't think this summer and I hope not too if I'm honest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He has one more year left on his contract and I would love him to see it out and go out with a massive bang. Not a bang on the chin but a title. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arsene Wenger is the GREATEST manager Arsenal have ever had and more than likely will ever have. One more year for him to put right this season (and it has ended up more horrible than Beth Ditto farting in your mouth) and we go from there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See where we're at in December/January and if things aren't improving then change next summer. That's where I'm at in the Wenger situation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing you'll never see me do is abuse the man. If the day comes and I think we need change, and maybe that time is sooner than I think, I will air my views respectfully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because that's the least a man who spent 20 years of his life dedicated to OUR club, two-thirds of my life, deserves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now fuck off and do one.</span></div>
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-49095223749123593752015-10-22T21:01:00.003+01:002015-10-22T21:01:39.574+01:00Nacho - Arsenal Player Of The Year?<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 21.3px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seri-arse-ly, and I mean seri-arse-ly, how good is Nacho Monreal?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When he first signed for Arsenal I couldn't believe we'd signed someone named after a Mexican delicacy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But all food puns aside, the man has sizzled since joining us. Like fajitas........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He's got better and better and to be completely honest, because I'm an honest kind of guy, he has become un-droppable this season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kieran Gibbs must be asking himself what he'll have to do to break into the Arsenal team again at the minute? The only way I think he'll break his way back into the starting eleven is if he breaks Monreal's metatarsal such is the Spaniards great form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know what Arsenal do to have such fantastic left-backs over the years but we've had some crackers. Some have actually been crackers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've seen some proper talent in that position over the years. In fact there has been more talent playing at left-back for Arsenal than the talent show I saw one night at Camber Sands in Pontins back in 1992. And one bloke blew up a condom on his head too. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monreal is unfortunate he has only played for Spain 16 times in his career but the way he is performing at the moment I fully expect him to add to that tally in the future. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Age isn't really on his side though. He turns dirty 30 in February and although that is the age he'll reach his peak of sexual confidence it also means he's at the age where things begin to sag too. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish Naaaaacho, Nacho maaaaaaan was a bit younger. Had he arrived at Arsenal a few years previous to what he did I truly believe he'd have become of Europe's top, top left-backs a lot earlier. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 22.72px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Wenger played him at center-back he just rolled up his sleeves and got on with it. Despite playing in a position he'd never played in before he did a job. A good job.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.72px;">If the Spaniard continues to improve and play like he is then I think we're looking at a possible Arsenal POTY here. He has become an unsung hero and an </span>integral part of the side. </span></div>
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-5360780282072331472014-11-11T14:03:00.000+00:002014-11-11T14:03:24.070+00:00What Have We Become?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's have it right, things ain't great with Arsenal at the moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact it's a horrible time to be a Gooner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Losing is part and parcel of supporting a football club. I'm 31 years and 12 months old so I've seen quite a few defeats in my time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the amount of abuse I see Gooners throw at each other whether it be on the terraces or social media is scarier than the sight of Piers Morgan naked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's almost as if nobody can just have a debate these days without resorting to name-calling or just being a complete thunderbastard to someone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently had a little break from Twitter because I swear I was losing the plot with some of the hatred spouted all over the gaff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Talking to a pal of mine recently, who happens to be a Spurs fan, really opened my eyes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He said he found it really funny how some Arsenal fans are acting at the minute. Not because any of us are comedians but because of how we bicker among one another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found that embarrassing coming from a Spurs fan because I used to laugh my tits off at them lot doing it all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never believed I would see a set of fans more fickle than lot from down the road but let me tell you I don't think we are far off them now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Winning the FA Cup, just 6 months ago, I believed would put a lot of this to bed. Instead I feel like the split has intensified more since.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can understand the frustration at the moment. Believe me, I get frustrated too. But the way we are behaving at the minute is not normal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I go on Twitter because I enjoy interacting with fellow Gooners, people who supposedly support Arsenal like me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've met some great people on there. But I'm starting to not enjoy it so much anymore. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The constant arguing and bickering is becoming vicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I genuinely thought that lifting the FA Cup would help unite the gap between Arsenal fans. Because it was all about winning silverware. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I don't know what it is and what can be done to get Arsenal fans to stop this bullshit and just support the club like they used too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep It Goonerish...... </span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-27821391158234664572014-02-09T12:12:00.001+00:002014-02-09T12:37:26.586+00:00The Abuse? Is It Needed?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't get me wrong, yesterday was embarrassing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was nearly as embarrassing as the time I saw Kelly Brook in Bluewater Shopping Centre. I shouted Kelly and then, as she looked round, I hid behind some cookie stall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've had people ask me how I was so calm in defeat, especially in the manner we lost, but I think it was easier to take because it was all over within 20 minutes if that makes sense?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Had we lost to a last minute goal after playing well, and competing for 90 minutes, then I believe I'd have been in bits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That said it was embarrassing. And I don't want to see anything like it again for at least 100 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I know people deal with things in different ways. Going on Twitter after a game like that is like a minefield.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can read one tweet, it appears perfectly reasonable, and I find myself nodding away like that Bulldog from the Churchill insurance adverts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, I can read another tweet, and I feel like drinking ten pints of Stella Artois and going on a rampage somewhere. Somewhere like Stoke, and destroying all them inbreds with a toilet brush. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I understand people get frustrated, I was frustrated, but sometimes people can go over the top with their reactions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Constructive criticism is always welcome in my eyes. If someone has a valid point about something I will respect it, even if I don't agree with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Criticism is good, when it is warranted, and I reckon that the performance by Arsenal yesterday deserved plenty of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I don't agree with though, and it makes my blood boil hotter than the sight of Shakira doing one of them bum wiggles, is when people, especially Gooners, feel the need to call Wenger, or any Arsenal player, names.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The amount of times I've seen Wenger or Giroud is a c*nt, or any other player, recently astounds me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is there a need for it? I understand people can get angry. When I get angry I too can have the mouth of a sailor, I hold my hands up, but is there genuine need to be abusive?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arsene Wenger is not above criticism. I love the man to death. But I know he has faults. I know he does things wrong and at times he can drive me insane in the membrane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I felt he did things wrong, I felt the players did more wrong, but some of the venom I've seen spat his way is more deadly than a King Cobras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why? Is there honestly a need to drop 'C' bombs on him? Is there a need to call Giroud a 'useless French c*nt' just because he miscontrolled a pass? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've done it in the past I'm sure, so I'm not painting myself as whiter than white but it makes me cringe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some people need to show a little more respect. I don't drop abusive swear bombs on my dad if he burns my Yorkshire puddings on my Sunday roast. I just knock him out. Seriously though is there a need for it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I've said, I understand why people were pissed about yesterday. It was a bad day and I know people need to vent their fury, but have a little more respect because you wouldn't like to be called a c*nt would you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep It Goonerish</span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-49427439450271385972014-01-26T14:30:00.000+00:002014-01-26T14:35:55.782+00:00Per Mertesacker - Future Arsenal Captain And Legend<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Words cannot describe my love for Per Mertesacker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He's got me right there, right in the heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I maybe nearly two years older than him but I love him so much I wish he was my Dad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well that might be harsh on my actual Dad so I wish he was my uncle. Or my brother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or just my mate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When he first came to Arsenal people, including many Gooners, slaughtered him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I felt this was very unfair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've always backed him, from the start, because many foreign players need time to adapt to English football.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The man had played 42811 times for Germany too, so he couldn't be that bad right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a credit to Per that he has changed most of the doubters views. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In fact I reckon 99% of people would now acknowledge the fact that the Big Fu*king German is one of the best defenders in the Premier League. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Personally I'd go further. I'd say he's one of the best defenders in the world. Maybe even the universe. And not Universal Studios. I mean the real universe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The man is probably the first name on Arsene Wenger's team sheet these days. That's how well he's adapted to English football.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love everything about Mertesacker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love how passionate he is about Arsenal. I love how good he is. But most of all, I love how he doesn't need to ask someone to reach something off of the top shelf for him in Tesco.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When RVP left the Arsenal Thomas Vermaelen took over as captain. At the time I felt that Mikel Arteta should have been given the armband.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nowadays I think the most suitable skipper for Arsenal should be big Per Mertesacker and I hope that Wenger gives him the honour this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I've said, Per is the first name on the team-sheet week-in, week-out. He, alongside Arteta, is the most influential, and tallest, player in the Arsenal squad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mertesacker is a leader. A man players look up too (literally) and I think he'd be a very popular choice among the squad, and amongst Gooners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've read that Per, when he was a (not so little) kid, was an Arsenal fan so he has the club in his blood. He loves the Arsenal. And I love this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He has everything it takes to become an Arsenal legend. I can see him ending his career with us. And I can see him helping us to trophies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Get a few of them, with him here, and Per would have gone from someone people didn't rate to someone who Gooners will talk about as the man in many years time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep it Goonerish............</span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-84176077975458672862014-01-02T15:40:00.001+00:002014-01-02T15:43:15.666+00:00Berbatov Would Be PERFECT For Arsenal<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's no secret that Arsenal could do with another striker this January. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Giroud is knackered, Podolski is slightly short of match-fitness and Bendtner, the best thing to come out of Denmark since bacon and John Jensen, is injured.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There could be a case for Walcott having a run up top but in my very, very, very honest opinion he is doing such a good job on the right flank that he should be left there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many Gooners will be screaming for the likes of Diego Costa but I think you'll just be giving yourself a sore throat. You could end up sounding like AVB in fact. All croaky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is World Cup year. Players are playing for their places in their countries squad. Big signings, well high profile signings, are about as likely as me getting under an umbrella with Rihanna.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One player we seem to be continuously linked with at the moment is Dimitar Berbatov. Going by what I've seen on Twitter I think most Arsenal fans are against it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm one of them though that thinks it'd be a great move. And I swear, on my Makita drill, I've taken my tablets this morning too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Berbatov is a player that I've always admired from afar. Even when he played for S*urs and Man Utd I often wondered how he'd look in an Arsenal shirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is perceived as being lazier than a sloth stoned out of its mind on the best Amsterdam has to offer. But I don't think that's fair. Maybe he is a little bit lazy when it comes to tracking back but that isn't what his game is about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Berbatov is all about quality in the final third of the pitch. That's when he comes alive. And even the most ardent Gooner cannot deny the man has quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Giroud has done a sterling job this season. He still has his doubters but the man has grafted his awesome physique into the ground. He needs a support act.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a support act Berbatov could be at Arsenal. He could be the ideal short-term solution. I'm sure he would be happy with an 18 month deal and I would snap up the chance to take him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not saying bring him as a first-choice. I'm talking bring him in as a squad player to help push us onto the title this season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bringing in Berbatov now and then making a big, big signing in the summer is the ideal situation for me. Despite Bendtner becoming unlikely hero at present he'll be off in the summer to pull another princess. So Berbatov can take his squad place.</span><br />
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-44830334281468380612013-07-03T15:43:00.000+01:002013-07-18T14:51:16.232+01:00Why I Am Backing Arsenal to Be Premier League Winners 2013/14<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some people say I am far too optimistic for my own good. For me that glass isn't half-full, it's full to the brim.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most, in my view, are probably just being polite and nodding away, whilst inside thinking I am a raving lunatic when I say this, but I think Arsenal will be champions next season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.betfair.com/sport/football">They are great value to win the league at Betfair</a> and I have to admit I have put £30 at 10/1 for them to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now please, don't rush me to the funny farm because I am being serious. I haven't gone crazier than the time Frank Lampard entered a pie-eating contest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe it can happen, just as R Kelly believes he can fly, and I have put my money where my mouth is and backed Arsenal to win the title. Our first since 1543.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can spend the big money for the first time since, well ever, and are on the brink of signing world-class talents like <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-need-more-gonzalo-higuain-calibre-2017083">Higuain</a> and Gareth Barry (cough).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only, according to Ivan, can we splash the cash like Elton John in a flower shop but I think the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United will find it difficult this campaign.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Moyes is a solid manager. In fact he could be a member of the notorious So Solid Crew but I reckon it'll take him time to find his feet at United.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Manuel Pelligrini is another who take time to settle. He is the first Chilean in English football since Adrian Chiles and I think the Premier League might be a culture shock. Well Manchester will be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the first time since I was a wee nipper Arsenal seem to be keeping the core of this squad together. It isn't being ripped apart, and with us seemingly looking likely to add decent players, this could be the best chance we've had in a long time to be champions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep It Goonerish...... </span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-29505000234253910842013-05-20T12:50:00.001+01:002013-05-20T13:02:04.212+01:00Champions League Final (That Could Have Been Us)Again The Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League for the millionth time in a row and this time it feels better than the first time I had sex. And the feeling will last longer no doubt.<br />
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The final of this holy grail is upcoming this week and I often wonder had we defended in the first leg vs Bayern a lot better then it could have been us at Wembley sucking Dortmund's eyes out instead.<br />
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Bayern Munich have looked unstoppable this season. Like a big German Juggernaut powering their way through teams like Frank Lampard eating a Krispy Kreme. Not surprisingly they are massive favourites for the final and you can see those odds here at <a href="http://www.unibet.co.uk/betting">Unibet</a>.<br />
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If I was gambling man, and I am, I would be lumping on Dortmund. Arsenal proved by winning in the Allianz Arena that Munich are human and not some form of extraterritorial football Gods.<br />
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Dortmund are a fantastic little outfit and as long as outgoing Mario Gotze doesn't score an own-goal to provide his future club with a victory in the last minute I believe they are a match for Bayern.<br />
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This is what it's all about. The Champions League. And despite thousands upon thousands of Germans descending into London early to put towels on the Wembley seats its going to be a great game to watch.<br />
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With our win yesterday Arsenal have guaranteed that we will be in the same company as the Germans for next seasons premier European competition.<br />
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That means no Thursday night games for us which is handy because I play snooker Thursday evenings but not so handy for my S*urs supporting snooker partner.<br />
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When I watch the game on Saturday I'll feel a pang in my stomach and I doubt it'll be the result of my usual Saturday fry-up but a little bit of jealousy.<br />
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I want those big nights for Arsenal and I'm confident that in the future we will get them.<br />
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For now we've made sure we have a chance to play the likes of Bayern again next season. Who knows? This time next season it could be us in the final.<br />
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Keep It Goonerish.................Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-49014303933427989382013-03-14T18:04:00.001+00:002013-03-14T18:04:39.477+00:00A Legend In The Making At Arsenal?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The term 'legend' is thrown around rather loosely these days. In fact the word legend is almost on a par with being as loose as Katie Price's muff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some footballers are given that accolade well before they deserve it. And some aren't even given the status when it's clear they should have it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For example, was Cesc Fabregas a legend at Arsenal? In my opinion, no. Was he an icon? I think yes, but he certainly was not a legend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hear people all the time say that the Spaniard was a legend at Arsenal Football Club but I don't know why. I'm not having a dig. I love the man like he was my own brother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fabregas <i>could</i> have been one of the biggest legends in Arsenal history if he had stayed at the club. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He could have been up there with the likes of Bergkamp, Henry, Adams and the chef who worked at the Marriott Hotel, Canary Wharf, in 2006.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Instead Cesc left us and he now spends a lot of time plucking splinters out from his buttocks that have cruelly been inflicted from the Barcelona bench.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nowadays at Arsenal we need a hero. Well, we have one I suppose in Jack Wilshere. But he can't carry all that hero status on his back. It'll weigh too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We need more heroes and one man who I think is fast developing into a fans favourite is Carl Jenkinson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If a year ago I would told you that Jenko should be first choice over Bacary Sagna I would have been shipped off to the funny farm, given an umbrella, had my head shaved and told to beat up a car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well now that doesn't seem so doolally does it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jenkinson has easily become the most improved player at the club and when I see him wear the Arsenal shirt I feel prouder than the time I drank 22 bottles of Budweiser in Lloyds Bar, Bexleyheath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the fact he is a Gooner living the dream. Playing for Arsenal. And I also love the fact that he is fast becoming one of the best right-backs in England.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he first played for Arsenal I felt sorry for him. It was like he had been thrown in at the deep end without so much as a 10 metre swimming lesson in the shallow end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jenkinson looked well out of his depth. But he worked at it. And worked. And worked. And that work has paid off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You just know that Carl Jenkinson would run through a brick-wall for Arsenal. He would put his head, legs and bollocks on the line for the club because he loves Arsenal. Like us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've always said don't judge players straight away. I went against my own advice because in Jenko's case I was concerned. But I shouldn't have been. He's a top player who will only get better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm not going to say Carl Jenkinson is a legend. Although him telling that interviewer last night to pretty much f*ck off could give him a case to be called one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What I will say is here we have a legend in the making. A Gooner, playing for the club, getting better all the time who will, and I say will, have a long career with Arsenal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In ten years time we might be saying that Carl is an Arsenal legend. In fact I think we will be. And who would have thought that a year ago?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Keep It Goonerish........ </span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-18704945902405713012013-03-01T17:47:00.001+00:002013-03-01T17:47:37.933+00:00I Love It When Gooners Play For Arsenal<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">Bacary Sagna has been ruled out of the North London Derby this coming Sunday after busting two of his dreadlocks and there seems to be a mass debate (not masturbate) as to who will replace him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">I'm seeing plenty of opinions about the subject and one bloke even went as far as saying that Arsene Wenger should bring Lee Dixon or Lauren out of retirement as a one-off.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20.796875px;">Now I don't think its fair at all that monkey's as talented and fast as Bale are allowed to play in the Premier League but there's nothing in the rule book to stop it apparently. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">So we have to stop an in-form primate without using a tranquilizer and we have our 'best' right-back ruled out. Triffic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">Jenkinson is a Gooner. He is one of us. If he didn't play for Arsenal then I've no doubt he would be in the stands with us telling AVB to suck on a strepsil or tormenting Bale about that Orangutan who banged his sister.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">He'll want to play more than anyone in that Arsenal squad because he knows what it means to play against them. He had Arsenal bed sheets for crying out loud. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">Not only is Carl a Gooner, but he is a decent fullback too who started the season in more decent form than my pal down the bookies last Saturday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">I've seen it said that Laurent Koscielny or even Aaron Ramsey might start at right-back on Sunday and in my opinion that would kill Jenkinson. Having someone playing ahead of you in your position who doesn't usually play there would be soul-destroying. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">Arsene Wenger bought Jenkinson into this Arsenal squad to fill in when needed and to learn from Bacary Sagna. He should be used against Sp*rs this weekend. He can cope.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">I love it when actual Gooners play for the club. It fills me with a lot of pride. Jenkinson is living the dream and I wish someone like him all the luck in the world. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">Imagine playing for the club you love? How good would that be? I could have played for Arsenal but I was too good and banned from English football. That's a true story. I swear.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20.796875px;">There won't be as many players in the Arsenal squad pumped up as much Carl will be for this game. Play him.</span></span><br />
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-72627249304093840852013-02-25T15:03:00.002+00:002013-02-25T15:20:02.063+00:00Give Wenger A New Contract But With Less Responsability <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arsene Wenger's contract at Arsenal runs out next summer and although people are saying it may be time to replace him I think that would be the wrong move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We all know that Wenger is incredibly stubborn. In fact I've seen mule's gaze at him in awe. But if he can get some guys with the clubs best interests at heart alongside him then it can only be good right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it may put a few noses out of joint but maybe the bullet could be bitten and David Dein, or a man Arsene can work with, could be brought in because that would benefit the club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's most important here is Arsenal Football Club. We all want to win things and need the right man to lead us back to those days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my view Arsene Wenger can be that man again. Give him a new deal but with less responsibility.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take the finances away from him. Let him run the footballing side of things and get people in to help. People that he trusts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep It Goonerish.... </span>Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-3728858158716483882013-01-29T16:39:00.001+00:002013-01-30T09:32:55.497+00:00Could Arsenal Be Worth A Sneaky Bet For The Champion's League This Season?<br />
It's not been the easiest of seasons so far for the Gunners, although the news that Theo Walcott has signed a new contract will give them a much-needed lift, and the problems that they are experiencing is reflected in the long odds offered at sports betting sites on them winning the Champions League - or even beating Bayern Munich in the next round.<br />
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Arsenal are currently rated around 33/1 to win the tournament at football betting sites, and 12/5 to beat Bayern. Thus clearly most bookmakers feel they have a greater chance of the latter and, although they are not the favourites, betting on them getting past the German side is at least a reasonable outside gamble.<br />
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Winning the tournament is another thing, and it would be as unexpected as Liverpool's win in 2005 if they did - that's how far off the domestic pace the Gunners are.<br />
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Most Arsenal fans are realistic about the club's current position - which was emphasised again by Manchester City's routine win at the Emirates last week - and will not be expecting to win it, but it is unlikely that those of them who enjoy betting will fancy gambling on a rival team.<br />
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This is where online casinos can offer a pretty decent alternative option, especially as those opting to play here rather than at sports betting sites will find entertaining football-themed games.<br />
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An example of this would be the casino slots game Soccer Safari, which revolves around a goofy group of animals competing in their own World Cup-style tournament deep in the jungles of Africa and is found at <a href="http://www.luckynuggetcasino.com/au">http://www.luckynuggetcasino.com/au/</a>.<br />
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For fans who are finding the season a bit hard going (which many Gunners fans undoubtedly are) this can provide a fix of football betting alongside escapism and traditional casino benefits like bonuses and the chance of a cash payout or jackpot on the roulette- certainly a stronger chance of the latter than Arsenal look to have of winning the Champions League this season.<br />
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(This article was a guest post from Discover Media)Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-73795899659840647702012-12-28T14:51:00.002+00:002012-12-28T15:49:17.318+00:00David Villa - Will It Happen?I don't care that David Villa rhymes with Aston Villa, serial killer, chincilla or a tub of ice-cream flavoured like vanilla.<br />
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I love him. Like a brother. Always have, always will.<br />
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And if there is a smidgen, even just a smidgen, of hope that we can sign him, I hope Arsene Wenger goes all out to do so.<br />
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If people complain about his age (Villa has just turned 31) then they have no right to whinge when Arsene signs another teenager do they?<br />
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David Villa is exactly what we need. Experienced, classy and a born winner. He can play anywhere across the front-line and I think an arrival like him would be a massive Cadburys boost for the whole club.<br />
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There are some players who's career you follow. Villa is someone who I have followed since his days at Real Zaragoza. Not like a stalker, just watching from afar. I mean I've never sent him a valentines day card or anything.<br />
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Now I know he has suffered a bad injury (broken leg) in recent times but Villa is no injury crock. Abou Diaby's place in the treatment room is safe.<br />
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Along with David Villa we are being linked with every Tom, Dick and Harry. Namely Demba Ba.<br />
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I won't moan if Ba comes in, but I wouldn't be overly excited. Especially since its seems we're after either Ba or Villa and for me the Spaniard would win that race every time.<br />
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Maybe I am blinded a little but I honestly think Villa is a genuine world-class player and that Ba is a decent Premier League player. So I know who I want.<br />
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In the past Wenger has had a transfer policy of not signing anyone over the age of 12. In more recent times he has relaxed this a little and maybe there is substance in the Villa rumours.<br />
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I hope so, because in my opinion Villa would hit the ground running.<br />
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Yes, David hasn't played in the 'intensity' of the Premier League before but he plays for Barcelona. And I don't know a team out there who play with their intensity or desire to win the ball back.<br />
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-83450646426186979682012-12-09T10:36:00.001+00:002012-12-09T10:50:13.921+00:00The English Media. Xenophobic or Arsenalphobic? Let me start by saying I hate divers.<br />
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I hate Tom Daley, I hate the entire Chinese Olympic diving team and I hate the biggest diver of them all, Gareth Bale.<br />
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There is no question that the S*urs man is the biggest 'cheat' in the Barclays Premier League. Bale has had 4 yellow cards this season for diving alone. That's 3 more cards than I received for my 30th birthday.<br />
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However, Bale says he isn't diving, just trying to avoid injury. So that makes his simulation all right then.<br />
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Perhaps after the uproar created by Santi Cazorla's dive yesterday, and it was a dive, the Spaniard should use the same excuse.<br />
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Now I don't like the fact Cazorla went down like he had been clubbed with an imaginary right-hook from Mike Tyson, but after the way many outsiders (not Gooners) have reacted to it then I think if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.<br />
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Diving does my head in more than a migraine but after seeing the likes of Gareth Bale, Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young get away with it regularly, and nothing hardly being mentioned about it, I think the reaction to Santi diving is a bit over the top.<br />
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Many Arsenal fans didn't like it, and rightly criticised little Cazorla for doing his impression of Bambi on ice, however the usual overreaction from the English football media pisses me off.<br />
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Over the years I have often wondered whether the media in England are xenophobic or just plain old Arsenalphobic.<br />
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When Eduardo 'dived' a few years back against Celtic, in the Champions League, the reaction was astounding. At one point I genuinely feared for Eduardo's life. I thought he was going to be lynched with Alan Brazil at the forefront of the lynching. The lynching bastard.<br />
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This reaction was way over the top. More over the top than a Stoke City long ball and I wonder if the media would have acted the same if it was Wayne Rooney, the media darling, who had done the diving.<br />
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When Arsene Wenger was interviewed yesterday the interviewer put the debate about Cazorla diving straight to the gaffer. And Wenger, as usual, answered. <br />
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However when Wayne Rooney or Ashley Young do their Tom Daley impressions it seems to be brushed under the carpet. I may be wrong here, but I, with my own eyes, have never seen Alex Ferguson questioned about it.<br />
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Luis Suarez is vilified for his play-acting. Now don't get me wrong, he annoys me for doing the things he does. But had he been born in Liverpool, had the name Lewis Smith and played for England, would he get slaughtered as he does?<br />
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Going back to Gareth Bale, again, he has been booked 4 times for simulation this season. An outrageous amount of yellow cards that if someone had picked up over a period of 5 years they would be branded a serial diver.<br />
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Bale has picked 4 yellow cards <b><i>this</i></b> season alone for diving yet isn't vilified a quarter as much as Cazorla was yesterday. In fact, on Match of the Day a while back, Bale's diving was laughed off. Seriously I haven't seen as much laughter since I saw Lee Evans live in 2011.<br />
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This persecution against overseas players has to stop. It's double standards and hypocrisy to laugh off Bale, Rooney and Young's play acting yet destroy foreign players for doing the same. It's not fair.<br />
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As I've said many Arsenal fans were annoyed with Cazorla yesterday. On my twitter time line I only saw a handful of people (myself included) who didn't condone it.<br />
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My reasoning, however flawed in my deluded state it was, was say I don't care he dived because I knew what the media reaction would be. After all, Cazorla isn't British, he is a foreign player who plays for Arsenal. The worst kind.<br />
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Lets not forget Santi Cazorla, that diving foreign cheat, stayed on his feet against Sp*rs, when fouled, to set up Arsenal's third goal in our recent 5-2 victory over them. I seem to remember Bale diving in the corresponding fixture last season to earn a penalty for them.<br />
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Diving is cheating. Easily as cheating as John Terry or Ashley Cole on a night out. But when a British player does it its okay. Don't sweat. But them bloody foreigners....<br />
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People try to compare him to Robin van Persie. And the comparisons are unfair. Giroud is simply Giroud. He isn't van Persie. He doesn't have a little boy inside of him. He is just a sexy French beast who plays in a completely different way to his Dutch counterpart.</div>
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It was always going to take time for Giroud to settle into English football, and the Arsenal way. Yet some people were so Giroud, I mean rude, at times to him. They expected instant success and the truth is he needed time to adapt.</div>
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How many players come to England and set the league on fire straight away? Not many in my book. And the fact that Giroud was only used sparingly, with a forehead called Gervinho taking his place, at first didn't help matters for him.</div>
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He was playing in dribs and drabs and anyone that plays, or played, football knows that getting into the flow of a game is very difficult. Especially with only 10 or 15 minutes here and there.</div>
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Of course, Arsene Wenger was only easing Giroud in at first. Completely understandable. But people should have understood they wasn't seeing the real player because he wasn't getting the <i>real</i> chance to showcase his ability.</div>
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The movement of Giroud is exceptional. In fact, I would say that Mick Jagger has the moves like Giroud. And that is a compliment. He (Giroud) is awesome round the box, and while I'd say Jagger is awesome round the, um, box too, I think Olivier just shades it. Although Jagger has bigger lips.</div>
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We have a real player on our hands here and apparently Fulham turned him down in the summer. Whether that's true or not I don't care because, in my opinion, their loss is our gain.</div>
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Now Giroud is getting a run of games we are starting to see why Arsenal spent a few quid on him. Some at first tried comparing him to van Persie, then a donkey and now I am even seeing people say he is the white Didier Drogba. Some change around! </div>
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-77922352819589269232012-11-13T11:02:00.004+00:002012-11-13T11:04:22.446+00:00Could Another Manager Do A Better Job In Wenger's Shoes?There are many disgruntled Gooners out there at the moment and some, more than ever before, are beginning to question whether Arsene Wenger's time at the club is coming to an end.<br />
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When a team struggles the first person you look at is the manager. Unless Kelly Brook or Jules Wheeler are part of the Arsenal staff of course. Then you just look at them two beauties.</div>
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And it's true that things haven't been great for us Gooners in recent years so I understand the frustration building. </div>
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Despite this I always try to look at the bright side of things. You could say I am 10% optimistic and 90% deluded but that is just me.</div>
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That said of course I am worried about Arsenal and where we seem to be at the moment but, when J-Lo's bottom isn't in the way, I see the bigger picture and think there is always someone worse off than yourself.</div>
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I understand people questioning Wenger too. I think nobody is above criticism, constructive criticism at that, and there are questions of Arsene that need to be answered.</div>
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However it is easy to say 'sack the manager' and get someone new in isn't it? Who do you replace Wenger with if that's the case and would he do a better job?</div>
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In my opinion if a man could be guaranteed to do better than Arsene then bring him in. I'm pretty tasty at Football Manager 2009 so I am a possible candidate. </div>
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But seriously nobody is guaranteed to do such a thing and while I agree a lot of the time a change can freshen things up in the short-term you have to look at the long-term picture.</div>
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Could you honestly see this current Arsenal board giving a new manager lots and lots of cash to spend if they don't give it to Arsene Wenger? </div>
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I don't.</div>
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So we would be in the same situation only with a new manager at the helm who has Arsene Wenger's squad.</div>
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And would the new gaffer be happy with the constraints that Wenger has had to deal with in the last few years? I doubt it. </div>
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Arsene has just got on with it, without moaning. And I think he should be respected for that.</div>
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Bandying names about to replace Wenger is easy to do but when I see the likes of Harry Redknapp mentioned my eyes bleed.</div>
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Seriously? If Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid or Wigan had managerial vacancies and Wenger or Redknapp was in front of them who would they choose? </div>
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I mean, he was sacked by S*urs!!!</div>
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It would not be triffic if Harry was at the Emirates unless he was selling hot-dogs in a burger stall.</div>
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In my opinion Arsene Wenger is not irreplaceable at Arsenal. Nobody is. But there is more to this.</div>
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I think the board are happy with top 4 finishes and the money it brings in. Wenger delivers that so they are never going to sack him. </div>
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We have a stadium to pay off and the gaffer gets by on what he is given to help the club. Would Redknapp, Guardiola or Mourinho do the same?</div>
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They would be out the door quicker than John Terry knocking on his team-mates doors for a quick fumble when they are at training now he is injured.</div>
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Of course I get frustrated by Wenger too. Please don't think I'm a Wengerite. But I genuinely don't think replacing him, at this moment in time, is the right thing to do. </div>
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Nothing would change. It would be the same board only we would probably have managers coming and going the door because they wouldn't take it.</div>
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Wenger is paid handsomely of course, but you can't doubt that he loves Arsenal and has the clubs best interests at heart. </div>
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And not a lot of people could do a better job in his shoes.</div>
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I am speculating here but a bit of honesty, from the board, would go a long way to help a lot of Arsenal fans realise that maybe Wenger isn't so bad after all.</div>
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-27319683689288816262012-11-12T17:28:00.001+00:002012-11-12T20:15:56.761+00:00This Arsenal Team Can Explode SoonI have no doubt I will get slaughtered by some for writing this piece but hey-ho I am there to be shot at. You couldn't miss this nose anyway!<br />
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When I look at this Arsenal squad I see so much quality. I really do. If you look deep down I'm sure most of you do too.<br />
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On paper, in my opinion, a first choice Arsenal 11 matches anything that Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United can muster up.<br />
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Now you may think 'Hold up, Wrighty has had a liquid lunch again" but seriously have a look at the squad on <a href="http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players">Arsenal.com</a>.<br />
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That there is a decent squad who, for reasons unknown to me, are underachieving at the moment.<br />
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I can't put my finger on why we are struggling at the moment.<br />
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I kind of think its a confidence issue because when we are on-form we take the piss out of teams but off-form, well, they piss on us.<br />
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Maybe its a complacency thing? I would hope not because I think in the past we have definitely seen previous Arsenal sides think they have just got to turn up and they would win.<br />
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All I know is, at this very moment in time, we need something to inspire us. We need a big win. A confidence boosting victory to kick-start our campaign and get us back on track.<br />
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That's why I think this NLD coming up is perfect timing and could be the vodka and to...sorry the tonic to get us going again.<br />
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Of course that notion could go the complete opposite way. Defeat against that lot could see us crumble like a cookie soaked in milk and really deflate us. In a bad way.<br />
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But a victory? A win against them lot could really set us up for the decent season we showed glimpses of having a month or so ago.<br />
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Form goes out the window when its derby day. Anything can happen.<br />
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And I am optimistic that if, and its a big 'if' going by recent form, this Arsenal side 'click' then we could go on a run of games to change our season and claw our way into contention in that top four.<br />
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Last season beating S*urs 5-2 was the injection needed to boost our confidence and I really feel this Saturday could be the same.<br />
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I can understand people doubting that but there is a belief I have had since the summer and I won't change my view on it.<br />
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This is the most complete Arsenal squad Arsene Wenger has had at the club for a long time and a shit run of form doesn't make me feel any different.<br />
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Remember form is temporary, class is permanent and we have lots of class at Arsenal.<br />
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Keep It Goonerish...............Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-49107400287382249892012-10-25T19:02:00.001+01:002012-10-25T19:02:52.067+01:00Olivier Giroud Needs The Chance To Deliver I'm starting to feel for Olivier Giroud.<br />
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It must be heartbreaking for him to be sitting on the bench watching a forehead, who is naturally a winger, play upfront in his place.<br />
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Of course Giroud needs time to adapt to the Premier League. But we are almost in November and he has started less times than my old Ford Fiesta used to on a cold winters day.<br />
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He gets little bits of game time here and there and it must be killing him.<br />
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I've heard people say that his performances aren't up to scratch. Well, with this lack of action, how is Giroud meant to get a run of form going? <br />
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I think that he needs a vote of confidence and needs to be given a run of games to start. Each week. Every game.<br />
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Not only is it unfair on all the gay men, and all the ladies, out there not seeing the sexiest Frenchman alive running around in a pair of shorts, but I genuinely think that its not fair he isn't getting a real chance.<br />
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Giroud is a natural striker and I have every faith that he will deliver for us. Given that chance.<br />
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At the moment he must think Arsene Wenger has little faith in him. Well that's how I would feel if I wasn't hardly given any time on the pitch and a winger was being picked in front of me.<br />
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Surely now is the time to unleash Giroud? Let him have a run of games and let him gain some belief back.<br />
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People keep saying "he's no Robin van Persie". Robin van Persie isn't Robin van Persie. He's a robot, or an alien, who replaced the Dutchman last summer. How else can you explain the lack of injuries?<br />
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And while he isn't van Persie, Giroud is an entirely different threat altogether. More physical. And more good looking. <br />
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I want the man to do well. And he will. He just just needs the chance to prove it.<br />
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Wenger paid decent money for him and now its time for that investment to shine.<br />
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Keep It Goonerish.........Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-85267242822213170142012-10-04T17:05:00.001+01:002012-10-31T16:58:46.507+00:00Suddenly Per Mertesacker Doesn't Seem So Bad After All? Last season Per Mertesacker took a lot of stick. He was dug out more than a hole on the beach in beautiful Skegness.<br />
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All the Caroline Flack he took was, in my own very humble opinion, totally bare bang out of order.</div>
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Big Per was hung, drawn and quartered before he even had a chance to establish himself in the side.</div>
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Why people judged him after just a few months was beyond me. But then football fans are quite fickle like that aren't they? </div>
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Here, was a German international, with 42315 caps, and people wrote him off as fast as Kim Kardashian pulls down her knickers when a gangster rapper strolls past.</div>
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The amount of arguments I've had over Per has been astounding. But finally now, he is getting the credit he deserves.</div>
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Mertesacker needed a chance, and at the beginning he was never given one.<br />
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I know he looks odd because he can graze from the top of a tree. I know he probably turns slower than a tortoise in a wheelchair.<br />
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But he was always gonna come good because he is a great player. A player with brains.<br />
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He needed time to adapt to a different country, a country where football is fast and full of action. He needed a decent pre-season. And he needed a chance.<br />
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You don't play for Germany 42315 times without being decent.<br />
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We, at Arsenal, are lucky to have Per Mertesacker in our squad. Just as we are lucky to have Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny and Sebastien Squillaci (cough) too.<br />
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Arsene Wenger has top, top quality at his disposal in defence. Three superb defenders and its difficult to leave one out.<br />
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The system we play means one has to sit out and I fear that Mertesacker will always be the fall guy.<br />
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I think he should be first-choice but I'm not Arsene am I? I don't pick the team, I just play Football Manager 2012.<br />
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Per brings the kind of calm to the back-line that only Herbal Tea from one of them Chinese shops in the high-street can provide.<br />
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He calms Thomas or Laurent down and brings the best out of them. Either of them. Like a soothsayer.<br />
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I love all three of them. In fact, I wish they were all my children. But of the three I would choose Per over the other two to start. All day long.<br />
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Competition is fine and good. It's healthier than an apple a day. We have that now at Arsenal.<br />
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But all those doubters out there, the people that said Per was pony, suddenly he doesn't seem so bad now does he?<br />
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-17789266214642384352012-09-01T13:34:00.000+01:002012-09-01T16:28:28.665+01:00Arsenal Will Be The Surprise Of 2012/13There are many people out there spitting feathers over Arsene Wenger not bringing in some 'super, super quality' players yesterday. <br />
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Or any players. I even saw some Gooners so desperate for Arsenal to get someone in they wanted Micheal Owen. Even Emile Heskey's name was bandied about.<br />
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While I can understand the frustration brewing there's not a lot we can do about the fact we didn't make any signings.<br />
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Don't get me wrong I would have loved Arsenal to have brought some new blood in yesterday. In my opinion, and most other peoples, we look a little short in certain positions.<br />
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I look at our current squad and I see a very, very, very, very, very strong starting eleven. Probably stronger than any side we've had in recent years. Possibly even stronger than Jodie Marsh on steroids.<br />
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Now whilst I think we have a powerful first-team I worry about what happens if we get injuries or suspensions because I hate to say it but we lack options in certain areas.<br />
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Honestly, and this is my Pinocchio honest face because my nose is big enough, I think we will still finish in the top 4.<br />
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However I genuinely feel had we pushed the boat out, and made a couple of signings, we would have won the league. We still might, but we will need a lot of luck on the injury front to do so.<br />
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I am still optimistic about the season ahead, I always am, but I have to concede that Arsene has taken a big gamble going into this campaign. Possibly the biggest gamble since Paul Merson in 1994.<br />
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Maybe if Wenger had just come out a week ago and said we wasn't bringing anyone else in then the furious reaction from some would have been less harsh?<br />
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Having said that I'm sure he was looking to bring players in but couldn't find someone suitable. I wouldn't want him to sign someone just for the sake of it. <br />
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It's easy to say we should sign, 'A, B or C' but this is real life and not Football Manager. There are many factors when bringing a player in.<br />
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The player could be an absolute 'C' Bomb and ruin the dressing room harmony. He might get homesick. Some even want a night light and that would piss his room-mate off on away-day trips.<br />
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Of course there are many if's and but's. At the end of the day we have brought in 3 very good players, who once they gel with the rest of the team, will benefit us.<br />
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I dare say had we signed only two of them a few months back, like we did, but then added the third yesterday, I doubt people would be as angry.<br />
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This time last year many had a pop at Wenger for 'panic-buying' on transfer deadline day. This time round however he is criticised for not bringing players in. Fickle? I don't know.<br />
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What I do know is Wenger has taken a chance. We all thought, especially me, that things had changed when we signed Podolski and Giroud early doors. Adding Cazorla to the mix and it looked great.<br />
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Then we sold our most influential players of last year and things seem grim again.<br />
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Despite this I think we will surprise a lot of people this season.<br />
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Nobody expects us to do well. And while I think we will fall short of winning the league we will be in the mix and I genuinely think we will win a trophy. I really do.<br />
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But there will be that slight niggle inside that says had we really gone for it we would be top of the pile come May.<br />
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Keep It Goonerish.......... Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-86277525695160774522012-08-29T11:46:00.001+01:002012-08-29T11:52:00.522+01:00Let Theo GoBy all accounts Theo Walcott wants £100,000 a week.<br />
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That is exactly £99,999 a week more than I would pay him.</div>
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Seriously though, he is lucky I don't run the club, because if I did, and he demanded that amount of money, I would hire Jonny Wilkinson to drop kick him and his agent out of the Emirates.</div>
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Now don't get me wrong, it would be good for Theo Walcott to stay at the club. But not at that money. And I'm glad Arsenal aren't bowing to his demands.</div>
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The thing is we are in a catch 22 situation. People will say Arsenal are mad to pay him that kind of money if we do and on the other hand people will say we are a selling club (again) if we get rid.</div>
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Personally I'd like him to stay.</div>
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However I wouldn't be too gutted if he left as long as he was replaced PROPERLY and not with some 13 year-old Spanish left-back we stole from Real Betis who Wenger tries to convert into a right-winger.</div>
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To be fair Arsenal have to take a lot of the blame for this situation. To have yet another player run into the last year of his contract is diabolical. </div>
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It seems we haven't learnt the lessons from the past and we can't keep making the same mistake. Either we have to tie players down to a 100 year-long contract or we have to incorporate a dead-line of some sort.</div>
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A player entering the last year of his contract should be put in a room with Beth Ditto and Frank Lampard told to sign a new deal or be eaten. It's that simple.</div>
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Either that or be sold by the end of June.</div>
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If Theo goes I'd be disappointed but not devastated. He isn't worth £100,000 a week and if that is what he wants then I suggest he goes elsewhere.</div>
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Wrighty7http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066942899830871365noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731298363130971399.post-12789398212339830352012-08-02T14:32:00.000+01:002012-08-02T14:32:56.411+01:00Its All About The Money, Money, MoneyI've kept quiet in the last couple of months. Not because I had my jaw broke or anything but simply because I have been too busy to write.<br />
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I am going to try and change that. Ideally I'll try and get on here at least twice a week or at the very least four or five times a year. Which is more than I have done recently.<br />
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Like many Gooners out there in the universe I have been keeping an eye on the Robin van Persie situation.<br />
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When he first released his statement I was very surprised. In fact I looked more surprised than Sharon Osbourne after a Botox orgy.<br />
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I genuinely believed that RVP would sign a new deal at the club.<br />
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To be honest I was so sure that he'd sign a new contract at Arsenal I wagered several bets he would. As it stands I owe about £1323 to several people. Dangerous people. So I could be gone soon. For good.<br />
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At first I couldn't get my head round his statement. It was full of self-righteousness and reading through the lines it appears that he doesn't think his Arsenal team-mates are good enough to challenge for trophies.<br />
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Because apparently that is the reason he won't sign a new deal. Trophies.<br />
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Now don't get me wrong, we all want to win things. I've had my eye on the Footscray Social Club Snooker tournament for several years now, but surely RVP must realize he is part of the reason we haven't won silverware recently?<br />
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If he had spent more time on the pitch, and not getting horse placenta injected into his muff, then surely we would have had a better chance of winning a bit of silver? <br />
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This trophy winning thing doesn't convince me. It's all about the money plain and simple.<br />
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Imagine being in van Persie's position. Loved and worshiped at Arsenal by everyone, but not only that, being a Gooner too.<br />
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Surely the biggest challenge in the world would be getting Arsenal back to the top. I know that's what I'd want to do. Look at Steve Gerrard, he'll be known as a legend for ever at Liverpool.<br />
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That could have been Robin. Still could be in fact.<br />
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All Robin has done is make a rod bigger than Rod Stewart for his back. By saying, after talks, that Arsenal don't match his ambition he's made things difficult for himself.<br />
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Arsenal have signed Lukas Podolski, a man who has scored for Germany more times than John Terry scores with his team-mates birds. We've captured Olivier Giroud, and look to be on the verge of bringing in Santi Cazorla. A class act.<br />
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The standard of players we have brought to the club has been more unreal than Nicki Minaj's big booty. And if the signings of players with this type of quality doesn't show ambition than I don't know what does.<br />
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If RVP released a statement saying, "I'm 29, I'm injury-prone, and this is my last big pay-day" then I would respect him so much more. Instead he hid behind this 'AFC don't match his ambition' excuse.<br />
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Well, the problem is now with Arsenal bringing the quality of Podolski, Giroud, Cazorla and possibly Nuri Sahin to the club we have shown a LOT of ambition so unless RVP signs a new contract then it's clear money is his main priority and not trophies.<br />
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Of course if van Persie stays then it would be a good thing. He is a world-class player and I'm sure that if he does a Rooney-like U-turn then it wouldn't take long for Gooners to forgive him.<br />
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If he doesn't stay however it won't be the end of the world. Arsenal will survive like Gloria Gaynor. We always do.<br />
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Like many Gooners I've got used the idea there is a huge possibility the Dutchman won't be at the club for a lot longer. Like many Gooners I've got over it.<br />
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I just find it a shame that someone who apparently loves the club would leave for money but hide behind a different excuse.<br />
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There is still time for Robin to stay at the club. If it happens, it happens. Whatever the case I can't wait for next season.<br />
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