Comments on: Andrey Arshavin, “Arsene needs to buy new players and expensive ones”

By: Dunn123

Dunn123 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:24:45 +0000

Wow

By: Kaelo

Kaelo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:25:26 +0000

any other star more than you? could you just shut up and deal with the business that brought you to the emirates?

By: Dunn123

Dunn123 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:34:16 +0000

Andrey,
I agree with you but… Please score at least twice against Chelsea!!!

Arshavin is good and smart and I respect his opinion.

By: FREDDY KOIGI

FREDDY KOIGI — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:13:27 +0000

(1). The best deal this year was Thomas Vermaelen who was only 10 million, So to say the best players are costly is definitely not true and to spend huge money on a single player is unreasonable. (2). Our best players this season are Cesc Fabregas who came for free and Robin Van Persie who only cost 3 million. (3). Dimitar Berbatov cost Manchester United 30 million, equivalent of what Arsene Wenger paid for Thomas Vermaelen-10m, Andrei Arshavin-16m, Robin van Persie 3m and Alex Song-1m, SO ONLY A STUPID MAN WOULD ASK WENGER TO DO SUCH A DEAL. (4).Arsenal players are not cheap, they are very expensive, its only that Arsenal didn’t pay huge sums to get their players because of Arsene Wenger’s wisdom, but if they sell, they will sell them for huge sums of money. (5). WHAT IS WRONG WITH HOW ARSENAL ARE PLAYING?, 16 wins, 2 draws & 3 losses all with such a beauty and 57 goals. WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO?-ANYWAY, YOU CAN ONLY ASK MORE THAN THAT FROM THE BEST and SO, ARSENAL HAVE TO BE THE BEST.

By: beatup

beatup — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:09:57 +0000

Well that game against liverpool was last season. I agree with the man that this season he has had very few good performances, basically only the Olympiacos game comes to mind. How many times has Chris rated him an 8, or even a 7? He has generally got somewhere around a 6. Granted he hasn’t scored less than a 5.5, but his performances so far have been average.

Considering how many goals Arsenal has scored, and how many games he has played (most of them), I think it is fair to expect more goals and more assists from someone who is supposed to be one of our best players.

Like I said we continue to anticipate something great from the guy based on last seasons performances.

Im not saying he is a bad player or that he has been poor this season, just that he has been dissapointing.

By: King Kolo

King Kolo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:17 +0000

This argument is getting a bit tired now. We dont win 5-0 and lose the next… we just went 13 unbeaten so thats nonsense… we clearly do shoot because we’ve scored the most goals this season… mate you must be watching reruns of Hansem from 2007??? And if you think that Nani, Anderson, Valencia (combined cost of 50m) are consistent then you are sorely mistaken. Difference is actually that the likes of Giggs, Rooney, Fletcher (godammit), Evra, Vidic, Scholes know what to do when they are carrying passengers in a match… unfortunately Arshavin, Rosicky etc dont or wont. We can never carry passengers United and Chelsea can…our players dont take enough responsibility… vermaelen and gallas do, and van p but thats about it…

By: King Kolo

King Kolo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:07:47 +0000

Whats wrong with Song!

By: BillikenGooner

BillikenGooner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:56:23 +0000

Bring in Ruud for a swansong at Arsenal. Shouldn’t even be that expensive.

As long as he stayed healthy. heh

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:09:23 +0000

I have to agree with this point. Alot of people are saying we should buy expensive players, but how is UTD winning then?? If they can do it, then so can we. The problem does not lie in what we don’t have, it’s in what we have, and what we have is inconsistency.
Our keeper, don’t even go there – 5 brilliant saves and then he lets in a goal that my granny would have saved! Arshavin, Rosicky, Nasri, Walcott, Diaby, Eduardo, Bendtner, all inconsistent, and there’s no debating that, it’s the truth. UTD have players who are less skilled than ours, but they perform consistently, and that’s what wins trophies. UTD win all their games ugly. We play beautifully one game and win 5-0, then lose the next. Inconsistent….
We bought an expensive player, but all he does is moan. Maybe we do need to buy more players, because we certainly lack the depth when the injuries hit us, but again, if UTD can do it, why can’t we? Do they have a better manager? Are their players more committed? You can decide that. Buying more players (expensive players) is one solution, but it’s not the only solution.
The problem is Arsenal (the thing that makes me wanna pull out my freakin hair sometimes!) is that maybe, just maybe, we focus more on playing beautiful football that on winning ugly.
Remember when Benitez first arrived and won the Champions League with Liverpool? He did it without buying expensive players at that stage, and they certainly didn’t play beautiful football like we do, but guess what, they won the Champions League!
Everyone knows what our problem is, we pass the ball soooooo many times in the box and nobody will take a bloody shot!! Win ugly, who cares, but just win! All my friends who support other teams will even admit that we play the most fluent football, but what good does that do when you don’t win anything??

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:45:30 +0000

In response to Debbos,although the need for centre-back cover is apparent (Sylvestre too slow, Djourou injured, Nordtveidt too inexperienced and Senderos apparently being left on the shelf for someone to make a reasonable offer) if we bring in a top-class CB like Brede Hangeland, will he be willing to warm the bench until Gallas or Vermaelen are injured or suspended? I doubt it.
As to Manuel Almunia – yes, I agree 100% – Arsenal deserve and need a world-class goalie, and Manuel is just not good enough.