tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801923422895102629.post8268687257601093967..comments2023-12-22T20:53:01.454+00:00Comments on Jonny Gould's Soccermongery: The Professor IS the beating heart of Arsenal's Beautiful Game.Jonny Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07140291965364043592noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801923422895102629.post-20107500655724860202008-10-06T12:31:00.000+01:002008-10-06T12:31:00.000+01:00No. Not against Hull or Sunderland or Fulham. I mu...No. Not against Hull or Sunderland or Fulham. I must say that at this point Arsenal are not very convincing. They do not look at all like trophy contenders. They really do need a hardman in the mid-field and a reliable centreback. Song's lack of steel in the final minutes of the Sunderland match gave Leadbitter a goal he might not have had if Flamini or Viera were in that midfield. I'd like to briefly revisit my criticism of English refereeing and physical football by saying that the City-Liverpool match was a good example of some fine on the ball tackling and great refereeing. The official was spot on in dismissing Zabaletta but didn't over-react to some beautiful, lusty challenges from the likes of Dunne and Richards. Despite my love of Arsenal's free-flowing football, that was a great game to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801923422895102629.post-70948136469536855032008-10-06T10:43:00.000+01:002008-10-06T10:43:00.000+01:00I suppose, on reflection, Wenger's real genius is ...I suppose, on reflection, Wenger's real genius is translating his abstract principles into genuine results on the pitch (but not against Hull or Sunderland!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801923422895102629.post-35912542314323845842008-09-26T13:06:00.000+01:002008-09-26T13:06:00.000+01:00I'd really love to see Arsenal win the league too....I'd really love to see Arsenal win the league too. But the Premier League is such a long, grind and the other three big teams are literally too big and powerful for Wenger FC. It happened last season and it looks like it will happen again this season - where Arsenal's beautiful and brilliant football just gets ground down to third or forth spot. I sometimes think that Wenger should take his ideas to Spain or Italy where the style of play is more ammenable to his football. There is not enough time for me to get into this here but one of my biggest problems with the Premiership is the liberal officiating - and such officiating creates a brand of physical football which is just beyond the laws and the spirit of the game. Wenger is forced to take issue with such officiating every year - and he gets called a whiner and a whinger. It's too bad that the Premier League could not get behind a man like Wenger and take the game in England to a new level. Hell, even Sir Alex has started to change his tune on physical play since he started bringing in more technical players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801923422895102629.post-8264649899690445262008-09-24T12:17:00.000+01:002008-09-24T12:17:00.000+01:00Never thought the day would come when Jonny would ...Never thought the day would come when Jonny would utter the words: ‘I really hope Arsenal win the league this season’!! Good man!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801923422895102629.post-78417716528714874152008-09-23T23:59:00.000+01:002008-09-23T23:59:00.000+01:00Well, this is all very remarkable coming from an a...Well, this is all very remarkable coming from an ardent Villa fan. Good on yer, Gould! Up the Arsenal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com