The Arsenal Society VIII

Right. Fine. Whatever. We probably won't win the league this season, and that's fine. There are places where we really need to improve, and that's all right. There have been places where we have definitely improved, and we look likely to finish the highest we have for a couple of seasons now; that's brilliant.

I'm not looking to next season just yet. I'm still looking forward to Blackpool away next week.

Do you ever think you'll get over your self-perceived air of importance and superiority?

You are categorically wrong time and time again. You slag off people like me and Zizali, yet you are constantly proven to be completely hopeless when it comes to footballing knowledge.

Every year you come out with the same crap, then every year you just go quiet when your masterplan inevitably fails.

Thankfully, most others have stopped falling for this rubbish. You selectively ignored their posts as well, however.

So come on RobbieC, tell us all what you were right about this season, or last season for that matter. Also, tell me and Zizali where we were wrong.

Bendtner = Bent is not as stupid as you may think. Bendtner manage 15 goals from a bench role a couple of seasons ago. He suits a system with target strikers. I've seen enough of him to confidently say, in a physical side, he can do everything that Bent is capable of. I don't rate Bent (just like I don't rate most english players) so clearly I don't really rate Bendtner either. But getting 20 goals in another side, wouldn't be impossible for Bendtner. Which is what Bent is averageing now while not offering anthing else.

Another copy and paste from your crying game archive, yet more blathering about knowledge and being right. Bloo bloo, abloo-a-bloo-blah!!! Unbelievable.

I can only say that both you and Zizali do nothing as 'supporters' but swoop in for the post-game carcass destruction, which frankly involves no possibility of being incorrect.

You never speculate, you never make a hopeful wish, you never dare to dream. You are not Arsenal fans. You are just negative, boring individuals who want nothing more than to annihilate meaningful discussion with your crying.

Sure I can be wrong, and I can be heartbroken - not this season so far where I predicted we would finish 2nd, by the way. But I can also experience joy and love a victory. I can feel and experience the good/bad/ugly in life.

You are withered husk and you are nothing of consequence. Sort yourself out.

What has this thread descended into.

Ther term World Class being dished out to the likes of King, Dawson and Defoe

The Arsenal thread amuses me more than anything, MoMatrix started it off with his usual Arsenal need to buy 11 world class players, and it end up here due to peoples definition of world class and Arsenal fan's refusal to see their squad as other fans do, and tbh to give other teams in the league some credit rather than just seeing them a **** munchers who should just roll over and let you win with their average players.

IMO, King and Dawson are on the verge, I can't think of many CB other than legends like Puyol & Nesta who you could say are streets ahead, in performances rather than reputation with neither of those are going to have with Spurs. Many consider Vidic to be world class, I don't think as a United fan he is much better than either of those. I stand by the fact Defoe is a world class finisher, I'm not the only person to say that.

What a pathetic statement.

I see the idea behind doing that, but I think I'd rather switch to a 4-1-3-2 which becomes a sort of MW formation on the attack:



Against the weaker sides I reckon something like that could potentially work. On the attack you've got Clichy and Sagna to push on down the sides and Nasri and Arsh join a 4 man attack. I guess the obvious weakness you'd point out is the possibility of being outnumbered and overrun in midfield, but once Song comes up next to Jack, and RvP drops back in - something he's definitely capable of doing, we're back to a 5 man midfield with Song defensive, Jack defensive/link man and RvP the creative point to look for. You could even look at Nasri coming back narrow and switch RvP wide if necessary, not sure it would be though. Tbh, I still prefer the 4-2-3-1 but rather than just shoving all our strikers on in some hope they'll do something, I'd like to see us try something a bit more like that at times when we're struggling to break sides down.

Lazy.

Try again, or better still, piss off.

I see the idea behind doing that, but I think I'd rather switch to a 4-1-3-2 which becomes a sort of MW formation on the attack:



Against the weaker sides I reckon something like that could potentially work. On the attack you've got Clichy and Sagna to push on down the sides and Nasri and Arsh join a 4 man attack. I guess the obvious weakness you'd point out is the possibility of being outnumbered and overrun in midfield, but once Song comes up next to Jack, and RvP drops back in - something he's definitely capable of doing, we're back to a 5 man midfield with Song defensive, Jack defensive/link man and RvP the creative point to look for. You could even look at Nasri coming back narrow and switch RvP wide if necessary, not sure it would be though. Tbh, I still prefer the 4-2-3-1 but rather than just shoving all our strikers on in some hope they'll do something, I'd like to see us try something a bit more like that at times when we're struggling to break sides down.

Not going to waste my breath with you. You clearly haven't got a clue.TSR full of people like you who portray themselves as condescending despite having no real substance to what you actually say.

Haha I cannot believe that you actually believe that tbh. But whatever, cba dragging this on, I'm pretty sure you're in a very small minority that would believe that statement.

The thing is I don't rate either players. People slagged off Ade when Henry was here, but once he was given the chance he banged in 30 goals in his first full season without Henry. I didn't believe he could do it at the time, but I'm sure Wenger did. People would have said Wenger was in the minority in the fact that he felt Ade was a top striker.

Bendtner is exactly similar, I don't rate him as a player, but I do believe he can get goals, like Bent does. 15 goals in a season from a bench role is one of the reasons I beleive this. Bent doesn't offer nothing else but goals, and if Bendtner is capable of a 20 goal season, then he has proven he is just as good as Bent. I think he can produce those figures, hence why I feel he is of similar quality to Bent. The fact that neither players add more to a game than goals, limits how highly I can rate either of them.

Bent flopped at Spurs, and is fairly average for England, which further shows he is incapable of playing well at fairly decent sides. On the other hand Bendtner has been one of Denmark's better players.

The thing is I don't rate either players. People slagged off Ade when Henry was here, but once he was given the chance he banged in 30 goals in his first full season without Henry. I didn't believe he could do it at the time, but I'm sure Wenger did. People would have said Wenger was in the minority in the fact that he felt Ade was a top striker.

Bendtner is exactly similar, I don't rate him as a player, but I do believe he can get goals, like Bent does. 15 goals in a season from a bench role is one of the reasons I beleive this. Bent doesn't offer nothing else but goals, and if Bendtner is capable of a 20 goal season, then he has proven he is just as good as Bent. I think he can produce those figures, hence why I feel he is of similar quality to Bent. The fact that neither players add more to a game than goals, limits how highly I can rate either of them.

Bent flopped at Spurs, and is fairly average for England, which further shows he is incapable of playing well at fairly decent sides. On the other hand Bendtner has been one of Denmark's better players.

The thing is I don't rate either players. People slagged off Ade when Henry was here, but once he was given the chance he banged in 30 goals in his first full season without Henry. I didn't believe he could do it at the time, but I'm sure Wenger did. People would have said Wenger was in the minority in the fact that he felt Ade was a top striker.

Bendtner is exactly similar, I don't rate him as a player, but I do believe he can get goals, like Bent does. 15 goals in a season from a bench role is one of the reasons I beleive this. Bent doesn't offer nothing else but goals, and if Bendtner is capable of a 20 goal season, then he has proven he is just as good as Bent. I think he can produce those figures, hence why I feel he is of similar quality to Bent. The fact that neither players add more to a game than goals, limits how highly I can rate either of them.

Bent flopped at Spurs, and is fairly average for England, which further shows he is incapable of playing well at fairly decent sides. On the other hand Bendtner has been one of Denmark's better players.