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| Arsene Wenger is going to jail; HE HAS ROBBED A BANK!!!!! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 28 2009, 01:53 AM (512 Views) | |
| GUNBERG | Jul 28 2009, 07:34 PM Post #46 |
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Liam Ridgewell
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I have to agree with this although I think I would be tempted to keep Senderos as he formed quite a good partnership with Djourou at international level. We'd have real variety in defence as well as greater all round experience which we haven't had for a while. |
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| Vardy’s Mum | Jul 28 2009, 08:28 PM Post #47 |
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I'll tear your throat out
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I want to keep Senderos too but the signs are not too good. |
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| GunnerBoy | Jul 28 2009, 08:32 PM Post #48 |
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Prediction & Scorers Double 13/14
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i want to keep him too.
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"3-0, easy win. I'll quit the forum if we lose, we're not Arsenal mate we sort our business." Ant on the FA Cup final 15/4/2013
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| KOL | Jul 28 2009, 11:47 PM Post #49 |
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Big Daddy Welbz
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I personally prefer Song as a CM, but Wenger has alwas senn him as a CB, he's not agile enough to be a Wenger-type CM. Even if Senderos & Toure go, i could see him sticking with what he's got |
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| Homer | Jul 29 2009, 01:52 AM Post #50 |
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I am the King
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ARSENE Wenger’s nickname of ‘The Professor’ is entirely apt and not just because of his measured manner, undoubted intelligence, the economics degree obtained at Strasbourg University or his fluency in five languages. He has accurately judged and stud ied his Arsenal players’ strengths and weaknesses and does so with an almost-religious zeal. And that methodical, calculating process would have undeniably been a major factor in his decision to dispense with Kolo Toure’s experienced services to Manchester City – as well as the eye-watering transfer value of a player who will be 29 next March and was approaching the last year of his contract . Wenger is an unashamed fan of the ProZone system, arguably the greatest advocate of the statistical Leeds-based company which provides detailed match analysis on team and player performances . So much so, that Wenger and Arsenal have extended their contract with ProZone into a 10th consecutive year, the longest standing association with a manager and club. At the flick of a switch, following the installation of 10 cameras at the Emirates, Wenger can find out all he needs to know about a specific player, much more detail than who has run the most miles or a percentage of completed passes. In Wenger’s methodical mind, he will be acutely aware of where the passes were delivered – forward or sideways – the time it took and, down to a decimal point, the speed. And according to revealing Opta Premier League stats on Sky Sports for defenders last season, Toure ranked 67th in aerial duels, winning 44.4 per cent of his 72 challenges. He was listed 28th in tackles – a success rate of 77.7 per cent in 54 attempts – and made 222 clearances to be 35th in that department. Toure, who can also play in midfield, was ranked 16th in his passing accuracy of 83.2 per cent – in a list headed by Chelsea’s former City target John Terry on 90 per cent. Just last month Wenger said: “Football is a game of opinions and I’ve always tried to make the right decisions. SEARCH FOOTBALL for: “When you want to make a decision, you want to make sure you know as much as you can about the game and about the player. “So I believe data does not make the decision , it helps you to make a better one. And it’s easier to know the player, his physical and technical qualities. And after that you transform it into your own knowledge and try to make the right decision.” Some seasoned Arsenal observers have speculated that Toure is not the force he was . But regardless, Wenger would have taken everything into account, including the remaining six potential central defenders he has . And all the numbers, especially from a financial point of view in terms of excellent business and profit margins, have attractively added up for Wenger to bid Toure au revoir . For a player who cost £150,000 from Ivory Coast club Asecs Mimosa in February 2002 and after 326 appearances and seven years at Arsenal, the expected £13.85million profit was too handsome to refuse. Since Toure established himself in the title-winning 2003-04 ‘Invincibles’ team – when he made 55 appearances – the last two terms have been his lowest in terms of outings, 41 in each, with last season being his fewest starts, 38 in all competitions. No matter that Toure is the last remaining member of Wenger’s unbeaten side – coincidentally the last season the Gunners lifted the Premier League title. Like all the best and most successful managers , Wenger has to suspend sentiment, loyalty and personal friendship for the greater club good, what is best for his side . It is why club legends such as Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira were sold and why the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Nicolas Anelka and Marc Overmars left – those five bringing in a profit of about £68m . One of the areas which Wenger identified as a problem for Arsenal last season was their vulnerability in the air at the back . And one of those men who could plug that gap from within the club, Johan Djourou, was actually picked out by Toure in April as a “really good and intelligent player”. Djourou, 22, and about 6ft 4in – bigger than six-footer Toure – is more than up for the challenge after making 29 appearances last season. |
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| Goonie | Jul 29 2009, 07:53 AM Post #51 |
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Visça el Barça!!!!!
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One of which shouldn't have been. (Toure) Not disrespectful just truthful. Adebayor though will be a loss, the guy is class. Anyway £16m (Which it is now being reported) is too good to turn down for someone who was not going to be first choice. If he was Vermaelen would never have been bought as we have more than enough CB's as it is. |
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| Homer | Jul 29 2009, 03:37 PM Post #52 |
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I am the King
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Wenger is making us weaker |
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| DaG | Jul 29 2009, 03:39 PM Post #53 |
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Top Button Wanker
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OMG OMG WRIGHTY JUST SAID VIEIRA TO ARSENAL |
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| Homer | Jul 29 2009, 03:42 PM Post #54 |
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I am the King
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What ya mean? |
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| Vardy’s Mum | Jul 29 2009, 03:44 PM Post #55 |
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I'll tear your throat out
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What? He said he wants Vieira back or that it looks like happening? The only reason we'd want Vieira is for his influence in the changing room, not for his ability which has diminished drastically. |
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