Arsenal Banter Archive September 26 2013

26 Sep 2013 19:08:27
When other managers give up on you, you're dead to them

Look at Ade at Spuds

Now consider the man Wenger is for repeatedly sticking by his guys

I know we are short on numbers and tried to sell him, but he could have banished Bendtner, instead is giving him a real shot to succeed again

For the sake of the type of manager Wenger is, old school: you stick by your guys always, I hope Bendtner comes good

He needed that extra gear, and I always thought it was mental. If he can play with pure intensity for 60-70 min a match, technically he's far above most guys his size

If you remember, we played him as a winger and he was pretty good in patches.

Hopefully he has matured and is ready to take this, his last chance. For Wenger's sake as well, as a just reward for sticking by Nick through thick and thin

US Gooner,

Completely agree. Just look at the headache going on at Chelsea with Mourinho and Mata! I can't believe people wanted us to axe Wenger and bring in Mourinho!

Wenger shows loyalty to his players, too bad they do not return the favour.

(*cough* RVP *cough* Nasri *cough*)

Here's to hoping NB23 can come good and contribute this season.

Cheers,
Trinidad-Gooner

I think Ade has lost his interest in football and became too greedy.
That's one of Wenger sticking with dross way too often for way too long.
Almunia, Bendtner, Denilson.
And if you think that suddenly Bendtner turned into Henry you have really short memory.
Let me give you a reality check and a short description of TGSTEL:
-Slow
-Poor finishing
-Dribbling non egsistant
-Poor movement in the box
-Not great at heading
-Arrogant person who doesn't care about anyone else but himself.
I can honestly say that Heskey is Maradona for Bendtner.
Ah and just when you thought you have no deadwood.
The only way gooners remember all his skills and gameplay is Wenger to let him start two or three games - which I hope never happens.

OK MKD
You make some very fair and accurate points and give a decent summary of his his game but in the interest of balance you have to admit that apart from that he's brilliant!

I agree managers have a job to do but doing a mouriniho or avb and treating them with utter content is bad and wrong and for this I salute Wenger, however I do think the shooting at the cup of nations involving the team coach mite have had a part to play in ade mind these days.

Fair enough mate :))

26 Sep 2013 13:43:48
GoonerMKD I understand your frustrations with Big Nik he has certainly rubbed many gooners the wrong way.

All I will say in his defence is that some of that "laziness" that you saw last night was down to not being match fit, as he has just come off of injury.

Also, of those 150 appearances that he has made, how many of them has he played ST through the middle? I remember Wenger deploying him out on the LW as a substitute for Arshavin most of the time.

For me the most important question is this: can he help up win? I think the answer is yes once he gets his fitness and some confidence back. If you see him play for Denmark he can be a real handful for defenders.

I would certainly rather Demba Ba or Fernando Torres but until at least January we must stick with NB23!

Ed, your thoughts?

All the best,
Trinidad-Gooner

Your right TG while he is an Arsenal player we have to support him even if we don't like hi. Again as you rightly point out for Denmark he does well in big tournaments too but I think his arrogance has done him no good at all.

Maybe he should try a bit of humility and admit he made a part of himself with all the self proclaimed greatness let's football do the talking and who knows? Maybe all will see why he always had such a high opinion of himself.

Bendtner definitely has the talent to play Giroud's role. He is extremely similar to Giroud. Hopefully, he will have matured and realised that he is playing for his career at he top level. He failed at Juventus and his offers were from the likes of Hull & Crystal Palace. My main concern that he needs to play regularly to get mtch fit.

Gunner62,

Totally agree if he showed some humility and would just shut up and played football then I think he would get a lot of fans on his side because the lad can play.

I had a question about the so called "self proclamation" that he was The Greatest Striker That Ever Lived (TGSTEL lol):

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did he actually say that about himself? Because I think he was saying that he wanted to be the best striker in the world, not that he was already the best.

Cheers,
Trinidad-Gooner

26 Sep 2013 18:32:52
What NB23 actually said;

'If you ask me if I am one of the best strikers in the world, I say yes because I believe it. When I see that other strikers score a lot of goals, I realise I need to score those goals. But I think everything else in my game is right. Even if I believe I can still improve. But the goals are the last thing I need to add and when I do I believe I will be the player I want to be. One of the best.'

He will prove as much, he says, next season. 'Remember, I spent a lot of time playing on the right wing here at Arsenal. Then I had my accident. But since I've been back, and I've been playing up front, I've started to find my balance.
'I'm sure it will be shown that I am one of the best.'

He also went on to say that he changed to NB52 after Eduardo refused to let him have the No9 and after a discussion with a girlfriend, it was nothing to do with £52,000.

Hi TG

I think he said he was going to be worlds best and a lot of other stuff about himself. Then after a few more poor performances Paul Merson said it about him to point out how poor he was.
I still think the one that sums him up perfectly is about 5years ago during a boot signing with Betner and rvp the dutch bloke was asked of his hopes for the future and he replied " I hope to one day be the player he already thinks he is". One let the football do the taking then left and the other we have had trouble giving away

Stoner,

Thanks for clearing that up. I wonder why he decided to change his number? Maybe a sign of a changed person with a smaller ego? Let's hope so lol.

Cheers,
Trinidad-Gooner

TG
I'm not really bothered about what he said for Arsenal "He would never play", blah blah.
Fit or unfit he always looks the same, he always plays the same, in other words he is sh!t fit or unfit. But yet somehow you all seem to have forgotten and for some strange reason expect him to shine.

He was played RW I think and of course he didn't change my opinion.
On the question can he help us my answer is
of course he can't. He just don't offer any qualities, in fact i'm not even sure he has any.
Maybe he can be at use in Hull, Palace or Stoke but not at Arsenal mate.

Lol stoner i'd love to live in ure world, tell the tin man I said high and will pop and see him once I get my cupboard fixed, damn where a good fairy god parent when u need one?
Of corse he wanted 52 on his back he always has rated himself very high although I must admit I think he is a hell of a lot better than he has shown over recent years!

26 Sep 2013 11:37:18
Walcotts surgery went well in germany and is coming back to England today. Hopefully not out for too long. Just after the internationals will be great.

Walcott should be fit for the double header england qualifier, however he will not participate right after surgery. he will start training in 3 days. which means he will be fine for when we return from international break.

26 Sep 2013 08:30:46
Does anyone know why Frimpong wasnt in last nights squad?

Have you seen frimmy play?

hes more dench when he can't make the bench.

i like him as a twitter entertainer but not arsenal player.

Eisfeld was poor all game until bentdner gave him a pass on a silver platter.

I don't think he will make the cut at arsenal. however this is his last year to either make the grade or move on.

I can only think its an attitude thing with frimpong as what little I seen of him he has a lot of the P word we all sick of hearing when connected with us. I thought he was going to break through a couple of years ago but maybe he put took much effort into Twitter and not enough into his game

Cuz he's a pile of junk maybe? More interested in image than football maybe?
Now that's DENCH!