was it intentional or just bad luck what happened to arteta?
i've only managed to see one replay of the situation, and i that it seemed pretty obvious deliberate icehockeyesque hit.
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was it intentional or just bad luck what happened to arteta?
i've only managed to see one replay of the situation, and i that it seemed pretty obvious deliberate icehockeyesque hit.
Accidental
ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
i'd love to see a decent gif.
I still don't understand how Henderson managed to run in to him.
http://arsenalist.com/video/?id=xp73w2Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Can't see it too well there but it doesn't really do him any favours. He was so far away from the ball I think he could've avoided contact. Arteta didn't really move either way, unless Henderson didn't see Arteta - which I find hard to believe considering he's in the eyeline of the ball - there wasn't much excuse.
That was as deliberate as you can get tbh.
He was running towards the ball but just barges through arteta, he even readies himself for the impact just before he hits..
He knew full well what he was doing the ****.
Deliberate
Looked very deliberate, you cant accidently run into someone whilst looking at them like that, with nothing tripping you or in your way.
Like this?Quote:
Originally Posted by hymppi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGRheKlGbq0
He should be back for Milan .
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ld-injury.html
He's probably suprised their fans didn't boo him, being a former Everton player and all.
You'd have to be pretty classless to boo a player getting stretchered off after being down and not moving for the best part of 10 minutes.
I'd boo most of the Chelsea team under those circumstances, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Nice of him to say so, he didn't have to come out and say anything.
It is sad when a player so clearly injured is booed, it happens all too often. I'm pretty sure Lucas was booed off at Chelsea, and the reaction to Alan Smith was a disgrace.
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Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
with the alan smith injury, didnt they rock the ambulance and throw bricks at it? or was that just media rumours? i remember hearing something like that at the time
Sadly, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by ollie the optimist
Wow, 100% deliberate. No room for doubt there, unless Henderson is blind. Pretty cowardly too considering Arteta had his back turned. Just goes to show, as cynical as we all are about the shit presenters and media that pump out crap about this sport, you can still fall for their bullshit. They were so matter of fact it was an accident that I just went along with it. But Henderson should be banned for that. Or is he not that sort of cowardly thug?
Henderson is the real victim in all this
I just hope it doesn't affect him adversely, he's suffered enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
he was in tears and his mum came to pick him upQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I haven't seen it since, but why hasn't Wenger come out to condemn it if it looks intentional?
I think people just assume this man is a mong and leave it at that:
http://www.abload.de/img/henderspazyrci.gif
Because it was accidental.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
Synical GW. :rolleyes:
It was Accidental thats why, everyone could see it. Wumger would be silly to go on about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
I think everyone thought it was accidental at the time. When you see it again, clearly it was deliberate. Maybe Wenger hasn't seen it again, maybe he has enough stuff to worry about already like a 4-0 deficit to Milan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
Should have said blind or has a dinosaur brain, he probably only noticed Arteta this morning and he'll feel the impact next Tuesday. So maybe accidental after all, although why hasn't he died from crossing the road or falling off cliffs? Maybe they don't let him out between matches.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Looks like he's trying to engage Kelly in a Derp-off.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...on-return.htmlQuote:
MIKEL ARTETA can't see any reason why Everton fans would abuse him when he returns to Goodison Park next week.
The Arsenal midfielder ended 6½ years as a Toffees player in the summer when he slapped in a transfer request an hour before the August window closed.
The lateness of the move prevented Everton from reinvesting the £10million they got for their star player until the turn of the year — something that may not have gone down well with some supporters.
But Arteta hopes they will forgive and forget next Wednesday and focus instead on all he gave to the club while there.
He said: "I really can't wait to go there, and I hope I'll get a good reception because I gave Everton everything I had in my time there and I love the club.
"Everyone there was great to me and, even though I left, hopefully people understood.
"There's no reason for any of us to be unhappy with each other."
Arteta, 29, is relishing running out at Goodison again, but admitted it would be strange to do so for a rival club.
The Spaniard added: "Visiting Everton next week will be really special for me.
"It's going to be weird to sit in the other changing room, warming up in the opposite half of the pitch and having the crowd against us.
"I just want to enjoy it."
Leave him in Everton tbh
And bring Fellaini back instead
When people come out with stuff like that, they're always feeling the opposite of what they say.
"I really can't wait to go there, and I hope I'll get a good reception because I gave Everton everything I had in my time there and I love the club.
"Everyone there was great to me and, even though I left, hopefully people understood.
"There's no reason for any of us to be unhappy with each other."
Sounds a bit "please don't boo me. I didn't do anything wrong!". So when gelboy says "I just want to enjoy it", he's really telling us he's bricking it.
It's like Scotty Parker the other day. "We're not worried about Arsenal catching us"... :lol: Yeah, you fucking are. You're bricking it. As is your manager who fully cracked in his post-match interview.
So I wouldn't start Arteta for this. I wouldn't start Ramsey either because you want 2 sitting CMs allowing Rosicky to roam forward as he has done with great effect. So Oxlade, Song box-to-box and sitting, respectively. Benayoun, Theo out wide. And we're strolling away with 3 points.
Is there a window at the side of the pitch and he is watching the other two through it while he has a lick?
Arteta is a good player . But it is hard to notice his contribution . If you compare his to Cesc then you will be disappointed as Mikel is not that kind of player . But if you can remember Gilberto , then you can understand what Arteta is : The '' new invisible wall " . When arteta plays we take him for granted and don't see his importance to the team . When he doesn't play and we struggle and we start wishing he was there . Credit where it is deserved .
:good: It is the story of many good players doing the DM role. Some people don't realise their contribution until suddenly they are missing due to injury.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
Arteta isnt and never has been a DM though like Gilberto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpha
At Everton, he was their creative midfield player and his set pieces were very good.
At Arsenal, he rarely makes a pass forward and his set pieces are awful
Even Gilberto played his part offensively. Arteta doesnt. Hes been a failure. Not a major one such as Benayoun, Park, Jenkinson but a flop nontheless
If him being there stops some of the opposition goals and results in us winning more games, I don't give a shit what his official title and position are, or what he was originally (thought to be) bought for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Well thats just it. It hasnt really has it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coney
Not really Artetas fault as hes not a DM and hes been put there by a mong
Bollocks. Listen to yesterday's Tuesday Club and hear Jonathan Creek talk up gelboy's contribution - he's spot on.
Hey Ach, leave the sexy spaniard alone.
Arteta? Sexy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Hes an ugly fuck
What did JC say?Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
He was talking about Ramsey I think - and how he's always a bit desperate to make something happen. Which is great. But he is too wasteful and we can't stamp any authority on the game. He was saying Arteta does what the experienced players in the past used to do for us. Bergkamp would keep making short passes and keeping it simple until he could spot a clear opening. His positional awareness is spot on. He knows where to be and what to do. There was always a great naivety about our play in recent years. I think Arteta has helped to clamp down on that rather well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coney
Another great comment I think he made was about Theo - saying that in the past few weeks we have seen him learn a lot about football. Before Theo used to drift out of games a lot and a lot of the time you didn't know he was on the pitch. Now he knows where to be. You can talk about him missing chances but he's always in the right place. He talked about how you couldn't keep players like Pires out of the game because although he'd never run more than 20 yards, he knew exactly where to be. You compare that with Oxlade's performance and you could see that he was struggling to get involved, which is to be expected. Theo is starting to learn the art of that - along with the fact that, as Wenger says, at 22, this is the time players start performing consistently. But encouraging signs is all it is at this stage - too early to say he has turned the corner.
When watching Arteta is always good to bear in mind the theoreticals.
Football is about controlling space.