Arsenal 4 Fulham 0

2010/05/11 23:36:18 網誌分類: 波經

11 May

So Arsenal finished third after 38 games , and Fulham will play for the 1st Europa league championship tomo night.. The only EPL team still have chance to win the european trophy.

Any thought ? After watching Chelsea who won Wigan by 8 goals..I am wondering Wenger who spent the whole 5 years to rebuild this team and finally they win the qualification of group stage of CL this seaon, without trophy in last 5 years while Terry / Lampard already collected their 3rd PL title .. it's a total lost being a gooner . Such feeling is so empty and ungrounded .. u don't know where this team will go next season .. Wenger produce a hope season after season and now even himself felt the same kind of loss !!

In last 2 home matches , I noticed so many vacant seats around in the lower tier , very odd indeed. As full house at Emirates stadium should be seen but instead of 60k people who should support their team in the last home game of the season.. those season-ticket holders just quit their right and don't want to waste time anymore.

Have they quitted already and won't come back again ?? !! Listen, football is always the most important umimportant event.. if it will damage your health .. then just stop it !!!

Wenger's decision to extend contract

By Myles Palmer

I warned this might happen.

Wenger has said, "I am very happy with my club, but if I extend my contract and when, I don't know yet."

CEO Ivan Gazidis says he's confident Wenger will extend.

What does all this mean?

It might mean that Wenger has realised the crowd will NOT give him another three years.
The board will. But the crowd won't.

Is Wenger thinking : How can I get the crowd onside again? I don't think so.
Should I change my ideas? Not a chance.

Arsenal is going nowhere under Wenger. And he knows it.

That's why I still think he will stall on signing, give us more of the same next season, then quit in June, 2011.

Did you see the interviews with Roy Hodgson and Wenger on Match of the Day 2 on Sunday?

Hodgson lost 4-0 but he was smiling and laughing.

Wenger, after clinching third place, was depressed. His voice was weak and cracking. I'm told he has been ill recently. But I've never seen him like that. He looked devastated. Why? Had he had a big row with somebody?

Was he demoralised by the 10,000 empty seats? By banners like SPEND OUR MONEY!

Wenger was badly shaken by something.

He said, "For me there is two big trophies in England. The first is to win the Premiership and the second domestic trophy is to qualify directly for the Champions League. So that's what we have done. For me, it is not enough. But it is the minimum requested, that we want to do. And we have done that 13 years on the trot now. So that's not too bad."

I was so shocked by the state he was in that I barely noticed what he said. But what he said was yet another example of the ultimate spin-doctor moving the goalposts. He said something he has never dared to say before.

Wenger said : Finished 3rd is a trophy.

Is that where we are?

How many Gooners want three more years of spin like that? Watch that space. I don't want to watch that space. But I want you to watch that space.

May 11, 2010

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chanreborn 2011/02/17

Wilshere and Szczesny give Arsenal far more authority and guts

By Myles Palmer

Arsenal 2 Barcelona 1

Villa 26, Van Persie 78, Arshavin 83

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The key player in the Nou Camp will be Szczesny.

So pray that nothing happens to Arsenal’s goalkeeper between now and Tuesday, March 8th.

Barcelona’s style is cleverly-timed runs onto sharp little passes, which ｃｒｅａｔｅs a lot of one-on-one chances with the keeper.

Wojciech Szczesny’s fine positional judgement makes him a master of making opponents shoot into the side-netting or just past the post.

On the goal, he was a bit unlucky because David Villa, a razor finisher in these situations, slotted between his legs.

By contrast, he got lucky on the loose ball after his save, when the scrambling Messi headed in but was flagged offside. Messi wasn't offside.

For me, Szczesny was Arsenal’s best player last night for that reason. Making Messi miss was the name of the game.

Yes, Koscielny played his finest game in an Arsenal shirt.

Yes, Jack Wilshere played with remarkable authority at the heart of the team. England need to play Jack football, Fabio - not Capello football.

Yes, of course, CL knock-out ties are a game of four halves.

Arsenal lost the first half 1-0 and won the second half 2-0 and halves three and four will roll round 20 days from now.

Arsenal raised their tempo after half-time and the game turned on 68 when Keita and Arshavin came on.

Keita replaced Villa to stiffen Barca's midfield, which was running out of steam, and allowed young Busquets to go ball-hunting further up the field.

Arshavin’s arrival (for Song) allowed him to link in a cool manner with Clichy, who played a killer ball forward into the box with his right-foot and gave Van Persie a chance to hit a mighty left-foot shot on the half- volley inside the near post of Victor Valdes for 1-1.

Valdes has always had flaky moments. That blunder by allowed Arsenal back into a game that Barcelona were still playing mostly in Arsenal's half.

Still, defending deeper can be good. You can only counter-attack if your opponents are in your half of the field. You can attack too much in a game. If you attack less, you often score more.

Frankly, Fabregas, Eboue and Walcott had been crap.

All three played crap. Only a blinkered, badge-kissing nincompoop would say any of those three played well last night.

Arsenal had nothing on the right flank but now, suddenly, that was where the winning goal came from after a fabulous move.

The cool Koscielny picked up the ball in his penalty area, passed to Bendtner, who passed infield to Wilshere, then quickly forward to Fabregas, who instantly released Nasri with a superb ball down the right flank.

Nasri could have tried the obvious with a low cross to the far post but chose instead to play a lovely pass which allowed Arshavin to curl his sidefoot shot behind Abidal and into the net from 15 yards.

That quality goal gave Arsenal their first victory against Barcelona and it set the seal on the pulsating, rocking, thrilling night that the Emirates has needed since 2006.

Sporting Gijon was a factor last night because game was much harder than the Wolves game was for Arsenal .

After two and half years of staggering success, and intensifying pressure, Barcelona are showing signs of burn-out, so Pep has to husband his resources very carefully.

Coming back off an international break, which is mostly where Barcelona ｄｒｏｐ their points, he conceded an early goal at Gijon in a game that was very passionate, intense and physical, since Gijon are fighting for their lives just above the drop-zone.

I was really enjoying the game but as the second half went on I was thinking : This is taking a lot out of Barcelona !

Indeed, it was a helluva battle that was taking a lot out of both sides.

Just as the commentators began to say that David Villa was about to be taken off, he glided onto a wonder-pass from Messi and chipped the keeper from the edge of the box and it finished 1-1.

Success brings a heavy schedule.

The more games you win, the more the pressure is on you. To handle that you need character and guts. Wilshere and Szczesny have given the team a lot more personality and authority than it had last year.

Big characters, big difference.

As Rufus Thomas said, age ain’t nothin’ but a number.

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ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy; Song (Arshavin, 67), Wilshere; Walcott (Bendtner, 77), Fabregas, Nasri; Van Persie. Subs not used Almunia (gk), Rosicky, Denilson, Squillaci, Gibbs. Booked Song, Nasri, Van Persie

BARCELONA (4-3-3): Valdes; Alves, Pique, Abidal, Maxwell; Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta (Adriano, 88); Pedro, Messi, Villa (Keita, 67). Subs not used Pinto (gk), Bojan, Mascherano, Milito, Afellay. Booked Iniesta, Pique (misses second leg)

Possession :Arsenal 47% Barcelona 53%

Shots on target Arsenal 8 Barcelona 7

Man of the match: Szczesny.

Referee Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Crowd 59,927.

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