Arsenal v Chelsea Match Reaction

[Marc Overmars]

No point protecting Elmo, the league is full of shit kickers, he'll face a new challenge every week regardless. He's played in Europe for a couple of seasons so I'm sure he's familiar with a different level of intensity and quality. Might even have played against Chelsea if he was with them when they faced Basel? But anyway, all he needs to be able to demonstrate right now is some positional awareness and he immediately becomes a better option than Flamini and Ramsey. Without even seeing him play I have faith that he won't be as braindead as either of those 2.

New players come into this league every year and make explosive impacts. Why must we always wrap our lot in cotton wool?

[KSE Comedy Club]

No point protecting Elmo, the league is full of shit kickers, he'll face a new challenge every week regardless. He's played in Europe for a couple of seasons so I'm sure he's familiar with a different level of intensity and quality. Might even have played against Chelsea if he was with them when they faced Basel? But anyway, all he needs to be able to demonstrate right now is some positional awareness and he immediately becomes a better option than Flamini and Ramsey. Without even seeing him play I have faith that he won't be as braindead as either of those 2.

New players come into this league every year and make explosive impacts. Why must we always wrap our lot in cotton wool?

I agree.

The premier league isn't that fucking special that it's in another planet of football, let's be honest. PL teams get spanked regularly by most of Europe in the EL and CL the last few years.

Christ, momo was I. The team that beat Chavs in the CL so he can't be that bad!!

I'm fed up with the same old shit with Wenger, it's gone on for far too long now - there are no more excuses left for him. Pathetic.

[Globalgunner]

I agree.

The premier league isn't that fucking special that it's in another planet of football, let's be honest. PL teams get spanked regularly by most of Europe in the EL and CL the last few years.

Christ, momo was I. The team that beat Chavs in the CL so he can't be that bad!!

I'm fed up with the same old shit with Wenger, it's gone on for far too long now - there are no more excuses left for him. Pathetic.

We bought him from a team where he was playing regularly, so the excuse of not being fit is not tenable. This is another example of a manager too afraid to change what he thinks is a winning formula. We are(were) top of the league so play the same team till the wheels fall off. Its been a wenger tactic for years now. However it means that when players are now called in under an emergency, then THEY are neither fit or in sync with the rest of the team. Good managers rotate routinely to keep the team fresh and everyone on their toes.

[Niall_Quinn]

We bought him from a team where he was playing regularly, so the excuse of not being fit is not tenable. This is another example of a manager too afraid to change what he thinks is a winning formula. We are(were) top of the league so play the same team till the wheels fall off. Its been a wenger tactic for years now. However it means that when players are now called in under an emergency, then THEY are neither fit or in sync with the rest of the team. Good managers rotate routinely to keep the team fresh and everyone on their toes.

None of those managers consistently make profits for the owners, so what's your point? I hope you're not trying to bring football into this again.