to be honest l have never taken hansen seriously.yes level of competion is different but the kids are learning and getting experienced faster, because they go to world cups at an early age.you do not need anything to notice that david edgar ia a quality young guy, not because of his goal but his alround play was good.l can see them doing well.you know what Bobby , the amount of times l have seen arsenal you struggle to find henry's best game this season.as much as l love henry, it just like we play with ten man .yes he capable of magic as he did against manu, but it is too costly a price when you ply 90mins with almost ten men.if you take any partenship hery has been involved abd take the ade and rvp one in december you are tempted to say henry should be dropped albeit evetone fit
Henry14?! Where did you get your moniker from? There are 19 other teams in the EPL that would be glad to take Henry from Arsenal.
Bobby, is there any chance that Platini's plan to limit the number of Champion's League places to the big leagues comes to fruition. I think it's one of those ideas that sounds nice in theory and when campaigning, but is not practical because if implemented perhaps the talk of a Super League gets more traction.
V97: Right you are on all accounts.
I can’t see EPL, La Liga or Serie A giving up a CL slot without a fight and leveraging the threat of a Super League.
As Plantini is typical of most of those desperately campaigning for office their memories and conscience will fail them sooner rather than later. This should prove not to be a problem as it would be in keeping with established operating procedure under King Blether. The Marcotti Times article was very much on target.
And yes; H14 please be aware. I had a friend in London telephoned me with the news that Thierry is none to happy with your all too frequent vacillations. Mr. Henry kindly suggests you change your blog handle to WW1. (Wishy-Washy One) …LOL
Finally; with Gordon and Hartley as the next sacrificial lambs at Hearts the rumor is that Ivanauskas and Romanov are soon to announce a Lithuanian’s only policy. These two are attempting to re-live the 14th. century when Lithuania was the biggest and the badest in all Europe. What a sorry state of affairs for the Jambo faithful at Tynecastle.
Cheers
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Bobby my question to you is can't Wenger call up one of those players on loan(Stokes, Larsson etc.) instead of buying a new player if injuries become to many?
I won't even comment about Alan Hansen's article and I agree Henry has not even come close to his best form. But he is still capable of winning games like he did against Blackburn, Liverpool and Man U. And because of that we have to live and die with him. I've decided to stop complaining about his wrong doings and hope that he scores those so important goals that he has been scoring.Because by now if you are a true Gunner you should know Wenger will never bench Henry.
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Bobby
Ive been in a bit of an argument with a few friends. Who do you think are the 5 biggest clubs currently outside of the premiership? Big as in history and large fan support as in clubs that probably should be in the EPL.
Now that Platini's the President of UEFA and he has said on record that he wants to limit the amount of UEFA Champions League spots from 4 to three for the big countries (Spain, England, Italy) and spread them around to the smaller countries, do you think this will if it does go through, de-value the UEFA Champions League at it's current format of 32 teams? Also do you see any remmifications for the UEFA Cup because of this (ie: possible format change)
Bobby after rooney scored his goal against arsenal and his double against pompey ( i love it when he chips the keeper especially calamity james ) commentators said that he had "broken his scoring duck"
I understand that it means he ended his goal drought but i was wondering if there is any significance to the word 'duck' and if there is a story behind it.
also, how's your fantasy team doing? do you think it would be a good idea to incorporate the fantasy league more into FSR?
Alan Hansen's article is riddled with faulty reasoning. Yes the team is young but these youngsters are producing higher qulity football that teams with more experienced players couldn't produce.I'm a true Arsenal fan who doesn't jump ship when things get tough.So we had an off day against Bolton,that doesn't mean we wont win when we play the tie because we will win.And these 'kids' will take Arsenal deep in the CL competition.I guarantee we will be the last remaining english team in the competition
Recently coach Bora Milutinovic was named as national coach of Jamaica. I know a little about him and his accomplishments of taking 5 different teams to the world cup, but what else can you tell me about him as a coach and how do you rate him Bobby?
Bobby, I enjoy your analyses on FSR. You obviously have a good eye for the game and pick up lots of things I don't see. I was just wondering if you have ever done any coaching?
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