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Fabregas stay or leave ? it's a matter of time

2010/05/19 16:38:20 網誌分類: 波經

19 May

Fantastic Fabregas leaves Wenger's failed youth project

By Myles Palmer

Arsenal's main man wants to go.

He is the captain, their 23-year old playmaker and top goalscorer.

Cesc Fabregas has decided to exit Wenger's failed youth project.

He met the manager on Tuesday and said he wants to join Barcelona.

As a player, Fabregas has been fantastic. His talent, vision, and courage have been exemplary. But, remember this, he has been more than a player at Arsenal. He has been a leader in over 250 games for the club, even when he was a kid. As a footballer, Fabregasis one in a million. As a character, he is one in 50 million. He is Arsenal's best character as well as their best player.

He knew how highly Wenger valued him when he was given an eight-year contract.

But Fab4 has seen the Arsenal team decline around him, year by year. The club built a stadium but skimped on the team, so he decided to go. He knows this squad and this manager far better than we do. He works with them all every day.

In effect, Fabregas is saying : I don't want to hear any more promises about "quality players" coming in. It's a failed French-African youth project and I can see why it failed and why it will fail in the future. I've done my best to make it work by carrying mediocre players, by playing in front of Almunia, I've watched Song improve from incompetent to competent, I've asked you to sign David Villa and Xabi Alonso to help me out. Instead, you've given me Diaby, Eboue, Vela and Walcott. We've even had to re-sign old man Sol to keep us in the Top Four.

Now he has given Arsene Wenger the thumbs-down. It's a very hard day for both men when a 23-year old captain has to tell a 60-year old manager: You believe in me but I don't believe in you.

Fabregas knows what these players can't do. He trains with them, travels with them, talks to them, plays with them. He has experienced success and failure - and he hates failure. In 2008 he played for Spain in the Euro 2008 Final and he told Torres before that final, "Nando, this is going to be your game." Torres scored and Spain won 1-0.

We are not surprised. We all saw this coming. Fabregas is only saying what I've been saying for three years : this squad isn't good enough. I knew that long before Barcelona smashed Arsenal 4-1.

Now Fabregas has decided he can't keep giving Wenger another year to build a proper team around him. After the Fulham game, when all the French players were doing a lap of honour, jumping on each other, celebrating their wage packets, Fabregas walked round disconsolate, talking to Ramsey. You knew he was going. His body language told you he was going.

Bottom line, Cesc Fabregas is a serious footballer who should be playing for an ambitious club. He never had the satisfaction of lifting a trophy as Arsenal captain. But he put his heart and soul into Wenger's youth project, which failed to deliver what the manager told everybody it would deliver.

Clearly, Barcelona are signing striker David Villa for 45m euros and they don't have unlimited funds. Wenger won't let Fabregas go back at a cut-price fee just because he nicked him from Barcelona seven years ago. Laporta's eight years as president are over and both candidates have promised to bring Fabregas back.

In South Africa, he can get to know Pedro, the goalscoring winger who made the difference for Barcelona this season. He will not be playing with muppets. He can just enjoy playing with players who share his ambition and drive. He has backbone and can handle the pressure and score goals in big games.

So that is where Arsenal is today. Fabregas has gone, although technically he is still an Arsenal player. He has abandoned the Wenger youth project, which has failed him and also failed 60,000 fans.

My view? Go with our blessing. You've been a phenomenal player for Arsenal and you don't owe them a thing. And Wenger will get a mega transfer fee for you.

My advice to Gooners? Be realistic : foreign players will always leave Arsenal. Always, always, always. If you have a French manager who doesn't trust British players, your best players will leave.

My final message to Cesc is short and simple : Well done. Thank you. Good luck

May 19, 2010

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Persie 2010/05/21 10:45:53 回覆

Cannot agree more.

Well done Cesc. Goodbye, good luck and we love you.

Pedro has been doing exceedingly well this season, not giving Henry a chance.

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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)

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