Comments on: Arsenal reveal Robin van Persie will be out for four-five months

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:08:48 +0000

[...] ankle injury he suffered in the Netherlands recent international matches (full Gunning Hawk article here). This is terrible news for Arsenal who was initially led to believe that their leading goal scorer [...]

By: SwedishGooner

SwedishGooner — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:11:12 +0000

I agree, though Bendtner suck, and he is not worthy to play inte the Gunners uniform!

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:42:05 +0000

Good oppurtunity to give Eduardo, Bendtner and Vela more game time. We are still very capable of winning the title. I do however believe we may need to change the system around a little bit. DO NOT forget the improvement Denilson & Song achieved with a long injury forced run in the side. That sort of improvment to Vela, Bendtner or even Eduardo would create a world class striker.

It is easy to be pesimistic but there is going to be a very determined, angry arsenal with something to prove going out onto that pitch tonight. If we can defeat Chelsea without RVP which we can, no one can stop us and that league tittle is ours.

If it goes horribly wrong we have the transfer window coming up soon anyway =P

By: Nando

Nando — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:48:22 +0000

If not now, when should Vela be given the chance to prove himself? He’s been patiently waiting for his chance to come, and now that he has it you want to take it away by signing another striker. In the champions league match, he was creating a lot of room for his teammates and many of them had their chances at goal. He was open on a number of occasion, but no one passed the ball to him, and when they did, they over missed him with inaccurate passes.

Besides, Arsenal don’t even play with a true lone striker because they are always moving and interchanging positions. With this type of movement, the goals don’t necessarily need to come from the striker position, but I’m sure that with a couple of games Eduardo or Vela will become sharper in front of goal. Lastly, people seem to be forgetting that players need time to adapt after changing to a different league so any signing that is made upfront will most likely not provide with the team with the impact some of you think it needs.

I agree about your comment needing a goal keeper though. Almunia is far from being world class.

By: Herbert

Herbert — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:52:20 +0000

I red some of the articles and I can believe some people still think that Vela can play as a lone striker!!! That’s just silly…(sis Standard de Liege, we did not see him during the all game) and it will be unfair to the boy as he has so much quality… He is an offensive mid (that’s his position for Mexico and when he was at Osasuna on loan)…
Bendtner is not good enough and we all know that (let stop lying to ourselves)…!!
Let’s not forget that Song(basically our best player with Fabregas) will be gone in January! Who replaces him???

So what else?
Let me answer that,NOTHING!!

I am a bit upset with some of our fans who do not want to see the truth and keep saying that we will be fine… NO WE WILL NOT, a big club, if it wants to be or stay a big club sees the faults and try to fix them! Wenger always declared that his squad is strong enough and we all,and I mean ALL OF US,know that it is a fairy tale…
How can you compete with an average goal keeper, no world class target man, a back 2 who will eventually collapse because there is no back up(and I don’t see gallas and Vermy play 65 games,that is too much) and a bench where the average age is around 18-19 years !!!

WAKE UP PEOPLE !!!

Anyway tomorrow is a massive test and I don’t see us passing it…
My heart wants us to win (100%) but my logic is surpassing it…

By: dunn123

dunn123 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:57:59 +0000

This is really bad. ;-( I guess Arshavin was right, we need 2 expensive players. I still hope that we win the title this year. I feel like we have what we need. It is so sad about Robin, damn!

By: phillydawg

phillydawg — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:20:41 +0000

Phillydawg back barkin’ at ya’ll again for the second day in a row.

It strains the brain that, between the Dutch national team physios and Arsensal’s medical department, they’re only finding out now the full extent of RvP’s injury. That kind of quackery is inexcusable and constitutes malpractice on everyone’s part.

Bordeaux will now jack up the price for Chamakh, and Wenger’s parsimony is well known . He won’t give in to extortion. Instead, expect Wenger to manufacture goals from midfield through more off the ball man movement and tread water until Bendtner’s return in a few weeks time. Bendnter’s always fancied himself a central striker and now he’ll get a run to make his case.

RvP’s absense, though, will mean Arsenal can’t continue outscoring opponents and will increase pressure on the Arsenal defense. The defense is thin, and both Vermaelen and Gallas will now need cover, all the more since it’s increasingly likely Gallas will leave at the end of the season. With Almunia’s adventures in goal, Arsenal will need an iron man in defense or additional defensive midfielder, particularly during Song’s African Cup campaign. The defesne will need cover. Once Kroenke divests himself of his 40% ownership shares in the NFL’s St. Louis Rams, estimated at approx. $300-350 million USD, between this liquidity and Wenger’s shrewd eye for talent, expect 2 defensive purchases during the transfer window.

As for the Chelsea match, expect a monster game a la Liverpool from Arshavin. He’s angry about Russia being eliminated from WM 2010, he’ll be facing in national team mate, Zhirkov, with a point to prove, and he’s due for another big time game. Expect him to be a demon fully bust loose with a chip on his shoulder.

Over and out!!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:14:58 +0000

I agree.

All this silly stuff about immediately saying that we need to sign someone has to stop.

Carlos Vela is good, Wenger confirmed Theo Walcott will play as striker and we also have Nicklas.

By: oswas32

oswas32 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:04:40 +0000

hey dudes, come on let’s give a chance to vela, eduardo, bendtner and maybe walcott as strikers, they need some games to be world class, this is their chance to shine

By: one ede

one ede — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:23:54 +0000

once again it’s getting towards the period when injuries play a big part in the race for the premiership.i (and many others on this forum) have repeatedly warned of the shortage of quality players on the bench.call me pessimistic,i agree and it’s wth good reason.we all saw this coming except Wenger.
Chris,i have been away for some time now but as usual have beeen following the club keenly.what do you think about our chances now?i warned you before the season started about the cost of not having a good bench.i warned about injuries but if i remember correctly,you felt we had enough in reserve.please don’t go talking about bad luck.all good coaches prepare for that.we have a great coach who has just stubbornly refused to to see reason.let’s hope for the best.