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Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Africa Cup of Nations spells danger ahead, but Arsene Knows right?

By Kazeem

It is no longer news that the 2009/2010 English Premiership fixtures have been released. The main danger that lies ahead for Arsenal is not in the opening fixtures (which include playing Manchester United as early as the 29th August) but later in the month of January.

It is Arsenal’s performance during the early months of the new year which will may make or mar the rest of the season for us Gunners.

This might be repeated again and will not necessarily be due to the heavy and difficult schedule that lies ahead:

Arsenal play Everton home (Jan 9), Bolton away (Jan 16), Aston Villa away (Jan 27) and Manchester United home (Jan 30) during January but also face Chelsea away (Feb 6) and Liverpool home (Feb 9) within the eleven days after that.

No, it is the “agony” of the real possibility that during January Arsenal may be missing four players for the Angola 2010 African Nations Cup which runs from 10th to 31st January 2010.

These are Song, Toure, Adebayor and Eboue. There is the possibility of course that the last three (and Senderos) might not be Arsenal players by then…

Nevertheless if we are to believe Arsene Wenger that no players will be allowed to leave this season then we have to consider the effects the Africa Cup of Nations might have on Arsenal’s thin squad.

In that period we will be left with four central-defenders, Vermaelen, Gallas, Djourou and Silvestre. And if the African players are too tired or injured by the time they return we will also have to face the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea (in early February) without them too.

Any injury or suspension to the first two of the remaining players will force Wenger to field what are really second and third choice defenders. And we saw what happened against these teams when Silvestre for example had to fill in.

The question is: "Has Arsene planned for this?"

And there’s more. While the duo of Toure & Song are being missed in central defence, Emmanuel Adebayor could also, for the same reason, be missing from the attack.

Presently, Eduardo is injured and we cannot really rely on Bendtner & Vela for those crunchy ties. That will leave us with only Robin Van Persie available…. if he is not injured at the time.

But Arsene knows, right?



27 comments:

Anonymous said...

U can rely on walcott, bendtner and vela. They have had premiership experience and will be better players. Wenger said himself bendtner can cause damage to any defence in the world when hes switched on. I agree having seen this kid come up through the ranks he was destined for greatness

Unknown said...

"Presently, Eduardo is injured and we cannot really rely on Bendtner & Vela for those crunchy ties. That will leave us with only Robin Van Persie available…. if he is not injured at the time."

... and Arshavin. and Walcott. Hell, we even have Simpson coming back, although I would prefer Bendtner or even Vela. So what are you saying exactly? Taking last season's performances into account, Ade's absence hardly makes a crisis, does it?

Anonymous said...

Considering none of them are first choice, why would anyone be that bothered?

Vermaelen, Gallas, Djourou and Silvestre seems like a good enough set of defenders with or without Toure (who I hope we sell) and the addition of Song (generally) will add a bit of depth to the area, pushing Silvestre out to 5th choice.

As for Eboue, we are hardly going to "miss" him if he goes to the ACN. Saying that, I don't want him to be sold.

As for Adebayor, he will be out of the door quicker than I could say Ade-BYE-or as soon as we fix down a replacement.

Not that big a deal mate. its not like any of them are good enough to be first chocie.

Anonymous said...

Bendtner did a fantastic shift up front against Manure at home when we won 2-1. Sure he didn't score but he worked so hard and created so much space etc.

wonderman said...

"we cannot really rely on Bendtner & Vela for those crunchy ties. That will leave us with only Robin Van Persie available…. if he is not injured at the time."

What a ridiculous thing to post...same way as we "couldn't rely" on Gibbs until given the chance he has shown we can ! Bendtner & Vela are Arsenal players because the manager and his staff ( who see these players everyday in training) know they are good enough ! Every single world star in football was a Bendtner or Vela at some stage in their career....or have you forgotten what Henry was like when he first came...the web is full of enough rubbish posted by non arsenal supporters nevermind so called supporters posting drivel as well!!

Ted said...

I think the main point of the post is right.
Wenger will be relying on second choice players again to get us through a thin patch. And all this because of Arsenal's financial situation.

Anonymous said...

i want to agree with the jority of the comments here, but also to say:

Any danger of waiting until the transfer season is over before proclaiming that "Arsene Knows" sarcastically.

For all you know he'll sign players to replace the Africans you mentioned.

Anonymous said...

I can't figure out why people are complaining about this guy's concern. The larger squad of players we have to rotate, the better. If these four players are missing, (regardless whether they are starters or not), it's going to make life difficult.

Anonymous said...

eduardo will be fit and will be in pre season mate , rosicky will also be fit freeing up arshavin from the left flank pushing him up as a second striker , therefore adebayor is not a neccesity , besides he sucks

Anonymous said...

Same old shit.
The big spenders are destroying football
We kept up with the big boys with a 38,000 stadium and will do the same with a 60,000 stadium.
Yes we need players but dont every team.
We have a great bunch of youth a very good reserve and a great 1st team.So lets go out and spend lots of money on a player that needs time to settel and not use the home grown talent.
Every team under 4th position aims for 4th position.
With the plan still in progress and players coming in, we will be ok.
I’m a season holder and do not hear the shit that us fans are supposed to say at the ground.
No one I know has given up their seats and we can’t wait for the season to begin.
We will be better than last year, so that’s all that matters.

ArSeNaL
_/@""

Danish Gooner said...

This african Nations of cups is pissing me off,if we come January are in the running for the title and at the same time we have yet another injury crisis and Wenger decides or are forced to let the players go i am gonna go ballistic.

Anonymous said...

Ted, how will Arsenal be relying on "second choice players" when none of the four are first choice? It is a stupid statement.

Anonymous said...

you dont have to worry about Adebayor cus I doubt Togo will qualify

Anonymous said...

Without those 4 African players I think we will still have a pretty balanced squad.

Option A :

Almunia

Sagna, Senderos / Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy

Cesc, Melo (yes I hope so)
Walcott, Nasri, Arshavin

van Persie

Option B :

Almunia

Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy

Rosicky, Cesc, Denilson, Nasri

Arshavin
van Persie / Eduardo

Option C :

Almunia

Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy

Cesc, Melo, Nasri / Rosicky

Walcott / Bendy, van Persie, Arshavin

Option D :

Almunia

Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Clichy

Cesc, Melo / Denilson, Nasri

Arshavin, van Persie

Eduardo / Bendy

Back-ups :

Fabianski, Senderos, Djourou, Gibbs / Traore, Diaby, Denilson, Rosicky, Bendy, Vela, Eduardo

Anonymous said...

I have faith in Bendtner and Vela.

Bendtner will be big next season. Tho I get the impression that Bendtner would be awesome as a second striker in the 'Bergkamp' role.

We can live without Fabregas, we have Nasri and Rosicksy is coming back from injury. I sick and tired of hearing that two faced Spanish prick go on about Barcelona and his love for all things Catalonian. Fuck him, sell him for the highest bid.

Losing Toure, Eboue and Song is going to be devastating tho.

The purchase of Micah Richards would be a wise choice as he can fill in at right back and centre so therfore cover for Eboue and Toure.

Losing Song is gonna be a tricky one to manoever. It would leave us with Denilson as the only other defensively minded midfielder. Whereas with Song we are able to change to a 4-4-2 or more attacking 4-3-3/4-5-1 using just one defensive midfielder without him we would definately need to use 2 midfielder that are more defensively minded. People critize Denilson for not being the tough tackling defensive midfielder but that is not his style.

If you look at most top teams they use a 4-3-3 system with 3 in midfield. Taking Liverpool and Barcelona as an example. Liverpool use Mascherano, Alonso and Gerrard as their 3 whilst Barcelona use Yaya/Busquests/Keita, Xavi and Iniesta as their 3.

Currently for the defensive midfielder role we have only Song. For the Xabi Alonso/Xavi role we have Denilson who is already better than Alonso, statistically, Nasri has also shown he is effective in a deeper lying playmaker role and I expect Wenger to increasingly use Ramsey there as well.. For the Iniesta/Gerrard free roaming role we have again Nasri, Diaby, Rosicky and maybe Arshavin if it boils down to it.

Regardless of whether Fabregas stays or leaves we still need a top quality defensive midfielder of the calibre of Song, preferably Lorik Cana.

I think we need to sell Fabregas. We are on the verge of watching Denilson, Diaby, Nasri and Song become awesome central midfielders. Fabregas is getting in their way and other than his 'vision' and passing he really has nothing else to offer and is the slowest and weakest member of our squad perhaps even out of the top 4 clubs.

..............Almunia..............
.......Djourou........Gallas.......
Sagna........................Clichy
...............Song................
............Denilson...............
................Nasri..............
......Walcott.........Arshavin.....
................Ade................

..............Fabianski............
.........Toure.......Vermaelen.....
Richards......................Gibbs
................Cana...............
...............Ramsey..............
................Diaby..............
....Simpson................Vela....
...............Bendtner............

just to play Van Persie, I think we need to go (using no African players!):

..............Almunia..............
...................................
.........Djourou.....Gallas........
Sagna.........................Gibbs
...................................
............Cana...Diaby..........
...................................
...Walcott...Van Persie...Arshavin.
...................................
..............Bendtner.............

subs:
Fabianski
Clichy
Richards
Vermaelen
Denilson
Vela
Eduardo

so it is obvious that we need another defensive midfielder and right back/centre back.

Personally I would like to see:
Silvestre SOLD
Senderos SOLD
Fabregas SOLD
KEEP THE REST OF THE PLAYERS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
Vermaelen BOUGHT
Micah Richards please
Lorik Cana please.

= squad complete

Anonymous said...

Can't believe so many gooners are taken in by the media silly season! Cesc conducted an interview in Spanish that has been twisted beyond belief! Lazy journos again I am afraid.. There is no story.. He said he was angry about not winning anything.. Good! He said his close family would support him.. Whatever.. Not just playin for Real.. No in the context that his family would support him WHATEVER! So he's guilty of givin a fuck and caring about team not winning.. He is the capt.. What do u want? Him not carin and being just about the money??? He's guilty of havin a caring family.. So? Pls read the interview in context not what the uk media want u to read.. And to say he only offers vision and good passing is way off the mark however these skills should never be underatted and they are very rare! Get a grip gooners and don't belive the lazy journos!

Anonymous said...

What the F*%k is the purpose of this article??The off season isn`t even over yet and some f*%ked up (non)supporter is already talking about what players will be injured and who won`t be bought!!Why don`t you wait and what the coach decides to do first??
Who needs enemies with friends(supporters)like you??

Anonymous said...

So it looks like Liverpool are being further financed by Royal Bank of Scotland (who own Nat West) despite protests from Liverpool’s own supporters.

And Mr Usmanov has (according to the Guardian and the Times today) suggested that there should be a £100m rights issue at the Arsenal. The Times says, “Red & White believes that the club’s £350m debts have made the club uncompetitive”

Both these developments seem odd to me. Not that I am some kind of financial know-it-all, but none of it seems to add up.

If we start with Liverpool - the bank seems to be saying that the current American ownership are great guys, and there is no financial crisis, so why shouldn’t they lend the money? The club is financially well-managed and sound.

Well, not really, when it has £350m debt and no way of paying it back. “No prob” says the bank, “they are going to pay it back,” as if saying it makes it so.

But if that is true the only place those repayments are coming from are the pockets of the owners (who have been selling assets, which suggests it could be so) or from selling players (which seems unlikely given that they are still buying). Which means all that’s happened is that, as we guessed a month ago, the owners are now guaranteeing the debt. The debt is still there, and getting worse (Liverpool are still spending and they have no new forms of income) and they can’t build their new stadium.

In fact - Liverpool is as insolvent as ever, only now the banks are protected.

On the Arsenal front if the statement from Red and White is what they said is true, it is most curious. Mr Usmanov might be many things but he is not financially illiterate. He knows that the annual income at Arsenal AFTER the interest payments on the stadium is considerably higher than the income at Highbury, where of course there were no such payments.

So saying “Red & White believes that the club’s £350m debts have made the club uncompetitive” is nonsense - if he ever said it. The club in simple numbers terms is more competitive financially than ever, because the money from TV has gone up, and the gate receipts have gone up. If there is a pressure on Arsenal it is from player salaries - but not from the stadium debts.

If Arsenal are less competitive it is because Manchester IOU and Liverpool Insolvency have gone mad in spending more and more money, while the KGB has taken over Fulham and are quite probably printing their own money. On that front others have raised their game - again it is not the stadium’s fault.

A rights issue would give the club new money, true, and presumably there are not too many clauses in the way to stop Arsenal paying off the debt. So that reduces the repayment costs and makes more money available for the Lord Wenger. But the risk is that the balance of power could change again, and that might not be good for the club.

The problem is that we don’t really know what Mr Usmanov said. If he says what the Times said he said, then I would not trust his motives an inch, because it makes no sense, and he must know that. The Guardian has no quotes from Mr U - so maybe the Times did make it up.

Which then that leaves a question. Who do you trust more to tell the truth? The Times or Mr Usmanov?

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生平成就
(2005年):
一個剛出道的酒店經紀梁曉尊,時間背景正於八大行業的戰國時代,群雄割據⋯人人都是幹部、人人都是經紀人,在這麼競爭的環境裡脫穎而出。再千百人之內披荊斬棘、越戰越勇,不斷的創造機會闖出自己的名堂,不少資深前輩認為梁曉尊潛在未來有影響力的人物不容小覷。

(2007年):
梁曉尊已「十八路令諸侯」集結16家中小型經紀公司全力投入支持某家酒店,當時以梁曉尊做為搖旗的領頭羊成為這間酒店駐點主要核心的酒店經紀,資深酒店前輩指出:該店的酒店小姐人數梁曉尊就佔了三分之二,也幫助該店的業者達到最高峰,也因為如此梁曉尊打出漂亮的戰役,展現出各方面資源、才華、構想、以及強烈的企圖心。

(2009年):
當時網路媒體還不是很盛行,智慧型手機也沒有很普遍。梁曉尊是八大行業裡第一位主張「網路行銷事業」開創人。此時不少資深前輩不看好,理由網路世界不切實際,畢竟虛擬世界可信度不高,缺乏真實性沒有說服力,這番遠見根本是好高騖遠、天方夜譚⋯等等評論!。於是梁曉尊堅持照著自己主張的開始經營Google 搜尋關鍵字先從自己名字創造舞台。可如今Google成為人們生活上必備工具不管是搜尋、查詢、求證、等等各方面⋯都被梁曉尊所預料到。

(2011年):
Google 搜尋:梁曉尊/梁小尊。獲得亞洲地區Google認證關鍵字達到全版面。不僅如此⋯八大行業主要關鍵字(酒店工作)、(酒店上班)、(酒店經紀)、(酒店打工)、(酒店應徵)、(酒店兼差)、(酒店兼職)每組關鍵字都在首頁榮獲前3名。

(2013年):
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坊間流傳梁曉尊的小姐人數有高達120位以上⋯。

(2015年):
梁曉尊發動「台北之變」,事件導致影響北部八大行業酒店小姐薪資價格大翻轉。由於梁曉尊給1節190元,打破市場行情價,同時揭發很多經紀公司黑暗管理酒店小姐的秘密一併揭露出來例如:逼小姐簽合約、老二經紀控制法、毒品控制⋯等等!。於是讓有些操作不人道的黑心經紀公司、小經紀、各人經紀等⋯頓時崩盤甚至無法生存離開八大行業。資深酒店人士指出:圈內對於梁曉尊發動「台北之變」也是藉時讓台北地區八大行業重新洗牌。有些人認為誠實面對這個社會現實就是如此適者生存。因此圈內人士對於此事件又稱為梁曉尊「北梁軍閥」這個名號!名稱來自於 🔍台(北)⋯(梁)曉尊⋯(軍閥:代表一方梟雄的意思)這樣而來的。

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