Comments on: Rosicky’s injury not a surprise, and not a disaster either

By: tripli00

tripli00 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:50:10 +0000

Hardly 18 months paid leave

Hardly 18 months worthwhile pay for the club though

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:57:43 +0000

akm, Rosicky may not have played in 18 months, but he’s still been through intensive physio and rehab work.

Put yourself in his shoes – he loves playing football, he’s had to do all the crap stuff for the last 18 months without actually playing the game. Hardly 18 months paid leave.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:15:26 +0000

Rosicky was going to be a bonus player in the start of the season for us neway in my opinion.
We saw the same thing with Eduardo. He came back to play and then had the injury again.
It is to be accepted that Rosicky will be drifting in and out till December. And once he gets his match fitness back, he is deadly!!!

In terms of player wide… I think Wenger will play Shava, Persie, Theo/Vela as attacking midfielders with wilshere drifting in and out from the bench,and Cesc and Song/Denillson as playmakers/Holding mfs.
Its a good enough lineup to beat the likes of City and Everton but not good enough to beat the likes of MAN-U.
Still, I will not comment much on it as we will know in a week if we are going to have any one else coming in before the start of the season. I am very optimistic this year anyway.

I personally feel Wenger will not go for the premiere league but for the Champions League. The 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 is a formation that will suit us in Europe very well. Its one of the reason Barca are so threatening.

Its time for the players to step up. Show the world what Arsenal saw in them when they were signed for First team. Time for Theo to that he is more than a road-runner and time for Van Persie to respond to the faith us Gooners have in him. Time for Denilson and Song to prove us Gooners wrong in thinking that they are not worth it and It is BIG TIME for Bendtner to back up his claims that he can lead the Gunners.
We need improvements in the current squad. But it should be mental. And I see some of it this year.
The tempo of the game until now has been high, the passing good, the finishing better than last year, even the tackles were solid. Aerially we need to be a lot better but i see the team defending and attacking together.
If we can carry on this way for most of the season, I know we are better than everyone (on paper and on the pitch.)

BEST OF LUCK TO THE TEAM.
LOAD EM’ UP… TIME TO GUN SOME MERCENARIES!!!!!

By: bops

bops — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:18:45 +0000

regardless of whether we have rosicky out or in.. we need that powerhouse midfielder.. or we r goin to miss out by a whisker !! like 2008..

By: akm

akm — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:10:26 +0000

he is still class, but he should offer to take pay cut. we paid him 18 months for NOTHING. Has he earned his keep at all? i would love 18 months of paid leave.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:08:19 +0000

for some reason i hate that word keep d faith!!! football is not a religion for God sake, its just a game you are only as good as the players you have. i think this is just an invention by arsenal 4 under performing over the last few years!!!

By: paul

paul — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:50:28 +0000

stephen Shut Up, your so clueless about Rosicky. He is still pure class and a thoroughbred. You would be an Idiot to write him off. keep the Faith.

By: stephen

stephen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:30:19 +0000

Time for him to admit he is not up to any physical sport and retire, if he was a horse he would be put down.

By: Samgunz

Samgunz — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:12:36 +0000

Vela, Traore, Gibbs, Eboue, Walcott, more than enough…….shoosh.

By: Paulinho

Paulinho — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:12:49 +0000

Pete;

Rosicky himself was in the Rosicky situation.

This time last year Wenger was predicting he would be back in September and used his presence as a reason why he shouldn’t buy. It sounded like wishful thinking then and so it proved.

I don’t like Vela and Bendtner playing as quasi-wide players, and Walcott either.

Rosicky is almost on Arshavin level in terms of importance, imo.