WAS WENGER RIGHT TO PLAY AN UNDERSTRENGTH TEAM TODAY?

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WAS THE MANAGER CORRECT TO CHANGE THE TEAM?

YES - WENGER WAS RIGHT
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NO - WENGER COCKED IT UP!!
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I Hate Hleb
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WAS WENGER RIGHT TO PLAY AN UNDERSTRENGTH TEAM TODAY?

Post by I Hate Hleb »

WELL, I'VE ALREADY HAD A BIT OF A RANT ELSEWHERE, BUT WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE THINK? SHOULD WENGER HAVE STARTED WITH HIS BEST AVAILABLE 11, OR IS HE CORRECT IN (SEEMINGLY) SAVING PLAYERS FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND LEG?
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Post by giorgio55 »

Wenger is always right. I wish Arsenal fans would realise this and stop doubting him. Without him we would be Spurs.
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Post by Red Gunner »

I'll vote for "yes", giving him a benefit of the doubt. If we pull it off in Anfield then no-one will be complaining, as our title's surge finished long before today's match.
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Post by Lethal »

yep the leagues over but were not gonna get through in the cl anyway although the thing that annoyed me today was if youre gonna rest players rest cesc an matt aswell they are cleary totally cream crackered
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Post by Lethal »

giorgio55 wrote:Wenger is always right. I wish Arsenal fans would realise this and stop doubting him. Without him we would be Spurs.

wenger is ALWAYS right,na mate,i belived that up until a few weeks ago,after the chelsea game i remember saying to bring back pires youre talking shit but some of his comments were correct,
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Post by SCREAM AIM FIRE »

i think the players that came in did well, hoyte and traore looked a bit suspect at times but still played well
we was better without ade and hleb imo, im sure bringing on ade will have a nice knock on NBs confidence now and he will be playing shit again midweek :roll:


edit: oh and no to the question, we still had a chance before today, no chance in hell now, nice one
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Post by Galasso »

Why did we keep on getting fed the line that we were still in it then?? that's just insulting.

We left out Hleb, Clichy and Adebayor - but played Flamini, Fabregas and Toure!! what's the point/ don't Those latter 3 deserve a rest? Are the former 3 more important and have to run more on Tuesday?

Wenger got it wrong today. We don't have the squad and we can't do this half and half thing. Either full strength or reserves.

Looks like we've fucked up 2nd place as well and that will put Wenger's own pre-season plans out again.
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Post by SCREAM AIM FIRE »

at least we get an early champions league game with the real fans again :lol:
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Post by Galasso »

SCREAM AIM FIRE wrote:at least we get an early champions league game with the real fans again :lol:
Yep, nice to see someone looking on the bright side! I was at Prague away in august and what a fine time it was!! :D :D
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Post by I Hate Hleb »

giorgio55 wrote:Wenger is always right. I wish Arsenal fans would realise this and stop doubting him. Without him we would be Spurs.
NO-ONE IS ALWAYS RIGHT - NOT EVEN WENGER, AS HE PROVED YET AGAIN TODAY. :roll: :lol: :wink:
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Post by MizzNaughty »

yeh, i think it was right to rest them, as wenger said..they were tired
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Post by Galasso »

MizzNaughty9 wrote:yeh, i think it was right to rest them, as wenger said..they were tired
so, why always hleb and adebayor? Are they the only ones who get tired? Does it mean they will do more running in tuesday?

doesn't make sense.....
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Post by MizzNaughty »

well adebayor already had a slight injury and coz hes been an important player to us this season, maybe he didnt wanna risk losing him for the CL? i dunno thats what i think. dont think he would rest anyone if he didnt feel the need to
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Post by Galasso »

MizzNaughty9 wrote:well adebayor already had a slight injury and coz hes been an important player to us this season, maybe he didnt wanna risk losing him for the CL? i dunno thats what i think. dont think he would rest anyone if he didnt feel the need to
so why always the same players? Is Toure not due a rest?

My thinking is that we are a team low on character - By that I mean some players are keen to take a rest where others do not show it - And just because Toure doesn't show it doesn't mean he is not in need of a rest.

Some of the players in our squad who think they need a rest and think they are injured need to take a look at Toure and learn.
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Post by aw »

He obviously cocked it up, we lost 2 points at home :x :x

He will probably rest Toure , Flamini and Fabregas against Mancs.

I'm certain Eboue will start against Liverpool and the Mancs, though.
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