NLD Result...

[Lord Nelson]

No Sagna is a massive problem for us. His form has been picking up of late and, as much as I like Jenkinson, Sagna is approximately 743 times better. They will target Jenkers, they have lots of pace on either side and we'll definitely struggle now.

Agreed! Sagna has experience that would have contained "monkey bollock ugly fuck" Bale. Jenks will get a red before half time! Oh well, maybe we were fucked anyway?

[IBK]

Disagree that Sperz fans are confident. Anything but IMO. Once again they have their best season 'ever', pundits creaming. Bale best in world. And we are in meltdown. But nevertheless we are only 4 points behind them and our recent record against them is favourable. They may win - but IMO despite our issues we could also take this bastard!

[Niall_Quinn]

The Gunners go into Sunday’s North London derby four points behind their third-placed rivals after the Welsh wizard’s 90th-minute winner against West Ham on Monday.
It has prompted another week of lavish praise being heaped on Spurs ace Bale, who has found himself compared with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Wenger wants his team to concentrate on delivering a performance themselves rather than worry about what Bale might do.
He said: “We don’t plan for anybody. It is always the same — focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2MIBmIuqa

Does he just say this for effect or are we seriously this handicapped going into every game?

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Embarrassing.

[Kano]

cesc said the same thing a few years back.

this is exactly the reason why a change of manager is needed.

[Nayan]

what did you want him to say ' yeah he is really good and we're changing the way we play beacuse we are so scared?'

[Kano]

the reality is, he will say we have no plans and that will be the reality.

[Power n Glory]

There is more.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he has no specials plans to stymie Gareth Bale in Sunday's Sky Live derby.

Bale has hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks but Wenger insists his team must focus on their own performance rather than worry about the opposition.

"We don't plan for anybody. It is always the same - focus on our strengths and forget about your opponent," said Wenger.
"There is nobody special that you least like to face. All players have different qualities.

"What is important when you are a manager is that you are focused, that hasn't changed over the last 15 years, you always make sure your team is at its best, prepares well and focuses on playing the football that we love.


"What is important before a game like that is just to focus on our game and forget all the rest."
Should Arsenal secure victory this weekend, the gap on their rivals would be reduced to just one point.

"It is an interesting game because there is something at stake," Wenger added.

"We are confident and we are on a good run in the Premier League. If you look at our record, it is very good in recent games, so we will just focus on our strengths, that is it.

"Sunday is a very important game because it's in the final part of the season, the outcome will give a big boost to the team who wins it.

"This is a derby and [will be] a very intense game, as usual, it is always very tight, always a big fight.

"If you look at our record in the last 15 or 16 years, it is very good. Of course we want to continue to maintain that record."

Arsenal will be without Bacary Sagna (knee) on Sunday, while Abou Diaby is rated as 50/50 with a calf problem.

We need an upgrade. He's not a tactician. That sort of talk can't fill the players with any confidence when it's already close to rock bottom. It's like sending an F1 driver on to a circuit without studying the track before racing or boxing stepping into the ring with an opponent with no knowledge of his record or stregths. That sort of overconfidence often leads to a failure and now we have the answer to why our players come out and play the way they do.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Does he just say this for effect or are we seriously this handicapped going into every game?

It's been the case ever since the start of his tenure. You can get away with it when you have players with the quality of the invincibles but it's not going to work with our current shower of shite.


In some ways I can understand his thinking, you don't want to overthink your opponents and change your plans at the cost of your own performances but he simply has to pragmatic against certain opponents, notably when they are better then us. Even Ferguson adapted his the approach of his winning team to deal with specific threats of Madrid at the Bernabau a couple of weeks ago.

[WMUG]

what did you want him to say ' yeah he is really good and we're changing the way we play beacuse we are so scared?'

No, he could say 'we're not scared of Bale, we have a plan to deal with him and are fully confident that it will work' or something like that.