Spuds playing Thursday aren't they? Plus Chelsea just handed them a thrashing, won't get a better opportunity to beat them to be honest.
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Spuds playing Thursday aren't they? Plus Chelsea just handed them a thrashing, won't get a better opportunity to beat them to be honest.
Good performance, perhaps. Win no chance, Wenger has an abysmal record against him, he's quite often too negative and tactically naive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Actually Wenger is slightly ahead, here's his record against Chelsea:Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Matches - 41
Won - 15
Drawn - 12
Lost - 14
Goals for: 54
Goals against: 55
Of course we can win. Chelsea aren't nearly as impressive as the media whores make out. If we get an impartial ref we have a 50/50 shot.
against Mourinho, won = 0Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
They used to be our bitches but our record against them since they won the lottery is terrible.
What happened to Monreal? Or is he not at Arsenal anymore?Quote:
Originally Posted by Injury Time
He's still running off the pitch from the first leg tie against Bayern. Not the quickest lad.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
We were their bitches for a while before the 90s, then we made them our bitches, but then they made us their bitches again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Chelsea are nowhere near Bayern, Barcelona or even City earlier in the season and id fancy our chances against them providing we DONT commit suicide and gift them a goal or two. The way we defended against Bayern in both legs and agains Everton showed encouraging signs and if we can keep it tight then i can see us beating them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
He was suffocated on the treatment table :rose:Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Ramsey won't play any part in this according to Wenger, but he's back after this.
Atleast he isn't being rushed back like last time.
At least Mayaichi can play in this one. He travelled to Munich but was ineligible to play apparently! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Monreal should be back, Gibbs too. Yaya and Kallstrom in training but in Kim's case, might not neccesarily be available. :lol:
Sanogo and Kallstrom gonna rip errbody a new hole!
Ramsay suffered a small set back.
So we're going into death run without Theo, Ramsay and Ozil. Thats like playing Chelsea without Hazard, Ramires and Willian or City wihout Silva, Navas and Toure!
Fuck, "small setback" is code for out for the rest of the season and half next season too.
Not quite, because they can just drag multiple more multi-million quid mercs off the bench. We have to turn to kids. Injuries and suspensions affect us much more. Negating injuries and suspensions is one of the big pay-offs from financial doping. Fortunately Mancini and AVB spent those millions on rubbish so the advantage isn't as great as it could have been.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Most damagingly, Dawson is out for the Spuds. :(
Although they are playing a strong team against Benfica, which gives us some sort of advantage.
The league is gone, we're pretty much down to the bare bones now. If we were offered a point in each of the next 3 big games against Spuds, Chavs & Citeh I'd bite your hand off.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Fingers crossed we get some bodies back before the Cup Semi-Final, I really don't fancy playing Wigan without some of our regulars.
1Astonishing...Quote:
0 M Ozil Hamstring Injury 28th Apr 14
N Bendtner Knee Injury no return date
Y Sanogo Ankle/Foot Injury 16th Mar 14
K Gibbs Ankle/Foot Injury 16th Mar 14 Late Fit Test
J Wilshere Ankle/Foot Injury no return date
N Monreal Ankle/Foot Injury 16th Mar 14 Late Fit Test
K Kallstrom Back Injury 16th Mar 14 Late Fit Test
T Walcott ACL Knee Injury no return date
A Ramsey Thigh Muscle Strain no return date
V Diaby ACL Knee Injury no return date
It's worrying to see so many classed as "no return date", the same classification given to Diaby. Does this mean they don't know the return date and if so why don't they ask somebody? Or they really aren't ever coming back?
I hate to break it to you mate. Diaby ain't coming back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Yeah, the only reason he's sticking around here is because Wenger got a few favours for keeping him. On 60 grand too :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...petent-3233644Quote:
Originally Posted by IBK
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"Clearly something is going wrong. If you look at the law of the big numbers, something in the last ten years is going wrong. It’s clearly incompetence but it’s unconscious incompetence. The only way you can improve is if it’s conscious incompetence, so you’re aware of it.
"Then you can act. If you are in denial, you are blaming the outside world for the injuries and not looking in the mirror then you will stay incompetent.
"If it happens occasionally then this is a gut feeling. If it happens regularly, over 10-12 years, then coincidence is out of the question."
That guy's talking total shit. On the one hand he says Wenger revolutionised training, then he says he's unconsciously incompetent. That right there makes no sense. His theory likens training to fashion. One week it is in, the next it is old hat. Is that how fitness works? Has the game changed so dramatically that Wenger's "revolutionary" methods are now out of date? And why do Marines train like Marines if they end up being unfit, as this guy concludes? There may well be something wrong with the training but let's keep this guy well away and get the opinion of somebody who makes even the slightest sense.
You didn't read it properly. His methods were revolutionary in the 90s but he's arguing they are now old. Sport science doesn't stop. We only just recently introduced those fatigue monitors that show when a player is in the red and close to breaking down. Here is a better article. I remember he said the same about Moyes because of the amount of injuries RVP was picking up. It's his line of work, has a credible CV and may have a point considering we always get hit with injuries. New developments in training methods and fitness evolve all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...ds-are-ruining
I understand things move on but Wenger was widely credited with getting our squad properly fit with his training methods and diet regime. I don't remember us having these injury crises back in the day, the human body hasn't changed in that time, has the game really changed that much?
Something is clearly going wrong.
Ramsey out for 2 more weeks now ? Fuck sake.
Kallstrom is back for this. So is Monreal.
arsenal.com
The game has changed. The makeup of players and pace of the game has changed dramatically. Wenger himself will tell you the game is played at a much higher tempo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
If you look back at the pace of the game when we last won the league, it seems almost pedestrian to the speed it's played at now. And that's with Henry and Pires ripping up the wings.
The article posted earlier sounds pretty spot on, if you ask me.
Yeah I think it happens too regularly for it to be called "unlucky". We most definitely have some kind of issue with our training methods/conditioning of players.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
I admit I don't pay major attention to other clubs injuries but we do always seem to have lengthy injury lists, it's totally ridiculous.
Finally, the Ramsey situation is starting to worry me, I have got a horrible feeling we won't see him again this season.
I think the pace thing is a total myth. Anelka was the fastest player I have ever seen when he played for us and the speed we used to break (en masse) from back to front was unprecedented. If anything the game is pedestrian now compared to then with extra midfielders holding up play and pissing around in their own half effectively reducing the tempo and breaking the game into short bursts. There may well be something wrong with our methods but this self-publicist bloke doesn't just go on about us, does he? EVERYONE that won't hire him is doing it wrong according to him.
Updated physio room
Eta link to EPL injuries: http://www.physioroom.com/news/engli...jury_table.phpQuote:
ARSENAL 11 T Rosicky Groin/Pelvis Injury 16th Mar 14 Late Fit Test
* * M Ozil Hamstring Injury 13th Apr 14 *
* * N Bendtner Knee Injury no return date *
* * Y Sanogo Ankle/Foot Injury 16th Mar 14 Late Fit Test
* * K Gibbs Ankle/Foot Injury 16th Mar 14 Late Fit Test
* * J Wilshere Ankle/Foot Injury no return date *
* * N Monreal Ankle/Foot Injury 16th Mar 14 *
* * K Kallstrom Back Injury 16th Mar 14 *
* * T Walcott ACL Knee Injury no return date *
* * A Ramsey Thigh Muscle Strain no return date *
* * V Diaby ACL Knee Injury no return date *
Crystal Palace only have one injury...can you guess who...
Spurs are terrible and on poor form, so we will smash them 2-0
good choice:scarf:Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
That's your personal opinion. Walcott and Henry had the pace of Olympic athletes. They could do 100m in 10 seconds. The game is quicker and it's not just based on pure running power. The ball moves quicker, defenders are quicker, compare our backline of that era to what we currently have. Playing styles have evolved. 20 years ago, a player like Giroud would have just been playing off the shoulder of defenders latching on to crosses, in the modern game he's playing between the lines, making short passes and it's more touch and go. Sudden bursts of pace and changing direction quickly takes it toll. Besides players becoming much better athletes, the actual ball moves quicker because they're making them lighter and pitches are cut so the ball can move quicker. I've heard several coaches, ex players, including Wenger say the game is quicker and I'm not going to argue against that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
As for Raymond - I'm not going to argue against his expert opinion either. The fact that he's critical of other clubs with bad training methods means he can't be accused of having some sort of anti Arsenal agenda. I'll have to wait for another expert opinion to debunk his theory but there is something going wrong behind the scenes at the club. The injuries are racking up again.
No, it's my personal observation.
That guy's opinion amounts to Wenger being incompetent. You say you aren't going to argue against that. Then you cite the incompetent Wenger and say you aren't going to argue with him either.
This guy also had a lot to say on the van Cash Machine transfer. He could even be accused of being a self publicist. A marketing man. Yes, he was involved with the Dutch set up and seems to trail Dick Advocaat around the place. He then moved up to the heady heights of Wales. Maybe it's his career that's going backwards, in a footballing sense? Certainly not in a business sense, he has fingers in a lot of pies. He seems to spend more time hobnobbing with football executives than football players these days. And yes, he has a book coming out in the UK that needs to be hyped.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...s-9192305.html
Wenger has said he'll look into the injuries and maybe we'll find the cause.Quote:
“I am concerned that it happens,” said Wenger. “If you look at our overall injury list going into such a decisive part of the season, we have no Wilshere, Walcott, Ozil, Ramsey. We went to Bayern with no Gibbs or [Nacho] Monreal. Of course it is a concern, we are analysing very deeply why it happened to see if there is a link between these injuries.
Where did I say I agreed with the incompetent part? We were talking about outdated training methods and how the game is changing. Stop moving goalposts.
As for your personal observation, this is another man's personal observation who can back it up with facts and his own personal experience in this field. You can't. Your opinion is also suspect if you think the game isn't faster. Walcott is one the quickest players in the league.
It's good Wenger is looking into the problem, but not so good he's unconsciously incompetent because he therefore won't be able to find what the problem is. I suppose we'll need to buy Raymond's book to figure out what's really happening.
Raymond can back up his claims of Wenger's incompetence with facts? Really? Where are these facts? The central plank of his tirade against Wenger is Wenger's incompetent and outdated methods. So if you don't agree with that part, what part do you agree with? That's all he really says isn't it?
Any idea why he comments in the media so much on things that are of no concern of his whatsoever?
You are your damn tinned foiled hat conspiracies. Enough already. Wenger's looking into it and hopefully we'll see an improvement.