Young Gunners should be proud
As a Liverpool fan I was embarassed at our defeat at the hands of the Arsenal younsters in the Carling Cup. I thought that may have been a one off, but I was wrong. The Young Gunners went on to beat Spurs in the semi's and to be honest, they should have beaten Chelsea in today's final as well.
The pace, ability and sheer confidence they displayed today was a delight to watch. Ok so the brawl at the end was unsavoury to say the least but that should not dampen a great display by players who are merely kids.
I congratulate Chelsea for winning the season's first trophy. I have a feeling this may not be their last piece of silverware this season . . .
posted by SKG at 2/25/2007 07:45:00 pm
EFT match of the season for 2008/2009: Barcelona construct a masterclass footballing performance to defeat the reigning Champions League holders and current English champions, Manchester United, by a scoreline of 2-0 in the 2009 Champions League final in Rome
EFT player of the season for 2008/2009: Chelsea central midfielder, Frank Lampard
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EFT player of the month for April 2009: Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for March 2009: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for February 2009: Phil Jagielka (Everton)
EFT player of the month for January 2009: Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)
EFT player of the month for December 2008: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for November 2008: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for October 2008: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for September 2008: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for August 2008: Amr Zaki (Wigan Athletic)
EFT match of Euro 2008: Turkey's amazing comeback from two goals down to beat Czech Republic 3-2 as captain Nihat Kahveci's two goals in the last three minutes sensationally put his country through to the quarter finals at the expense of their beaten opponents
EFT player of Euro 2008: Spain (anchor) central midfielder, Marcos Senna
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EFT player of the season for 2007/2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for May 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for April 2008: Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
EFT player of the month for March 2008: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for February 2008: David James (Portsmouth)
EFT player of the month for January 2008: Ronaldo (Manchester United)
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EFT player of the month for October 2007: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
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EFT player of the month for January 2007: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for December 2006: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for November 2006: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
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7 Comments:
The players who played against Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea make up the vast majority of Arsenal's first choice 16 (apart from Lehmann and Henry:
Almunia, Toure, Hoyte, Eboue, Senderos, Fabregas, Gilberto, Baptista, Rosicky, Aliadiere, Adebayor, Walcott, Hleb, Flamini and Clichy
11 of them played some part against Wigan and 2 of them were on the bench.
So please, stop this "Arsenal play their kids" lie. The Arsenal reserves or youth team did not play in the league cup games you mention.
2/25/2007 8:29 pm
forgot to add Denilson
2/25/2007 8:29 pm
as a lfc supporter, i predict that manure will slip up against us and chelsea, and in a few more of their ties.....chelsea will win the league and fa cup as well.....but not the cl.....porto seem to be a tricky side and a better one than last year and the year before.....chelsea will beat them however only to fall to a club like real madrid or milan.....
2/25/2007 8:34 pm
i am a liverpool fan but arsenal fully deserved to win that cup they did put out a team of mostly kids truth only a few first team choices they will be huge and will win the prem many times in years to come as for the champions they have noting in years to come like liverpool deserved too lose
2/25/2007 11:16 pm
Please this Arsenal kids nonsense is getting too much agree with anonymous and have been saying this for sometime....yes they are young but have been regulars in the first 11 many other clubs have youngsters making up the core of their teams playing week in and out yet dont go harping about losing in the finals.......
As always another goon generation have learnt a vital lesson how to choke at the last hurdle but dont worry lets blame everyone else for it............
2/26/2007 5:41 am
I felt Arsenal fielded a less experienced side definitely in comparison to Chelsea who fielded a known starting 11. Traore instead of Clichy, no Flamini, Eboue, Henry, Hleb, Ljungberg, Lehmann, Gilberto, Adebayor and therefore not a strong Arsenal as it could have been. Nonetheless I suspect Arsene Wenger opted for pace through Walcott and Aliadiere mixed with the experience of Fabregas and Baptista and the marshalling of Toure as skipper and Senderos, both World Cup stalwarts, to help hold out the Blues.
When Diaby fashioned out a route for Walcott to move, it looked as if Arsenal would be too quick for Chelsea to handle, as the Blues seemed lethargic to string any form of pressuring attack in response to Arsenal passing it around and moving off the ball. But crucially Drogba beat the offside trap, that looked suspiciously to have caught him, to score. Then Chelsea began to get further into the game but lacked some impetus in pace why they brought on Robben at half time. And it worked as they began to push back on Arsenal much more to gain their second goal, Drogba moving quicker than Senderos to get in front for his header.
I'm glad for John Terry's recovery for it was a nasty moment as his brain took the shock of impact. I may have missed it but otherwise I felt Jose Mourinho or someone from Chelsea should have thanked Arsenal physio Gary Lewin for his immediate reaction in rushing on and having to slightly shove through to treat Terry, already familiar with Terry from the England camp. Terry had regained consciousness and returned to join the team in celebration.
As for the melee at the end, it was unsavoury for more than one reason as players should have conducted themselves better, particularly Toure as captain. He was rightly sent off for raised hands and a kick at Mikel, Mikel hadn't done anything other than tug on Toure prior to and deserved a yellow. Fabregas should have been dismissed for manhandling Lampard instead of a booking, as for Lampard I couldn't tell further his involvement so a booking was probably warranted.
Adebayor may have possibly had some involvement in Wayne Bridge lying on the ground and receiving treatment. One linesman had a word with referee Howard Webb before Webb dismissed the Togolese man so that was issued on advice. Adebayor may receive further punishment for his reaction and failing to leave the field appropriately.
Overall Arsenal began well and looked to grab hold of proceedings until Drogba sneaked away and dragged Chelsea back and in the second half Arsenal lacked enough bite in the Chelsea third to threaten Cech further why Chelsea gained their winning goal. The melee was usual so for me in football and definitely should be clamped down on but the only bad point in the final was Terry's injury.
As for "they have noting in years to come like liverpool deserved too lose" coming from a LFC fan, I doubt you really are.
RedsMan.
2/26/2007 8:18 am
Good stuff SKG, Redsman and Blindjak.
Been meaning to say thanks to SKG for sporting comments since I saw his post on Monday... this is a case of better late than never!
3/01/2007 9:39 pm
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