The german league is not bad, but in a way they are like the english league in the 90′S, tons of space, slow and naive defenders.

the average level is strong in France, as I said, they just need one big team with great financial power to keep the players. instead every year, they lose Nasri, Ribery (who played together at Marseille), Drogba, Essien, Benzema etc. but still they produce so many players that the level is quite high.

The germans are definitely improving at producing players, but don’t fool yourself France is still number one in Europe for young players

I’ve said this to all my peoples before (can’t remember if i’ve ever said it on here) but Denilson is a passenger in this side. He does absolutely nothing! People point at his stats and how he intercepts so much. What fuckin good is that when you can’t have the decency to track runs? Or use your bodyweight to shield the ball? Or drive past/stay with someone with your pace? Or help out in defence and attack with your aerial prowess? I laugh, i swear down, i laugh at how this guy is currently representing the club i love with all my heart. Playing in the position i have played in my whole life (albeit, on a more amateur level of course). It’s beyond a joke and i’m not surprised many Arsenal fans are lamblasting such a poor player. He may turn good in a few years but he is absolutely nowhere near ready to play on a regular basis right now. I’m sure Eastmond would have played better yesterday. I’m sure of that. You can’t really get worse than what Denny produced yesterday.

I won’t even go there on Almunia because everything that needs to be said on him has already been said a thousand times before by ALL Gooners and still there is no change. I watched a re-run of the Arsenal/Man Utd game from 2004/05 the other day on ESPN Classic where they beat us 4-2 at Highbury. We had a much better team then, as you should all know. CR scored twice for them, one being almost identical to the Almunia own goal yesterday except this time he ran out of his box to meet Giggs in the Nani position from yesterday, Giggs simply skipped past him and looped a cross to the back stick with his weaker right foot where the greaseball just tapped into an empty net. In fact they should have only scored their first goal in that game (a deflected Giggs effort which he could do nothing about). We dominated the game but ended up losing simply because our ‘keeper is a joke.

This is all they deserve from yesterday IMHO:

Almunia – 4
Sagna – 5
Gallas – 6
Vermaelen – 7
Clichy – 4
Song – 7
Denilson – 3
Fabregas – 7
Rosicky – 6
Nasri – 5
Arshavin – 5

It’s also worth noting that when NB was brought on, although he didn’t do much and clearly needs some match fitness, we instantly looked more likely to score and for once, not to mention, the bollocks idea of getting it out wide and throwing in high crosses was actually justified for the first time in about 3 months.

Porto coach will be licking his lips because Porto’s biggest weapon is on the counter. Lets hope Denilson isnt fit for both legs

http://arsenalcolumn.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/united-show-the-best-form-of-attack-is-to-counter/

Clichy’s been out of form the whole last season (even before his injury), Sagna always the same, somewhat reliable in defense but dreadful in attack.

1989 : Brian Marwood
1991 : Anders Limpar
1998 : Marc Overmars
2002/2004 : Robert Pires & Freddie Ljungberg

Now : Theo Walcott ?

Someone’s having a laugh.

(Plus championship winning sides need a championship winning keeper. Oh, & a solid central defensive pairing.)

Bordeaux played Bayern in champions league, they drew away and won in Bordeaux.

What the french league doesn’t have is a really big team with a great budget that can afford, like Bayern, players like Robben. But the average level is way better.

I can’t remember the last time a french team was beaten by a german one in Europe

Sebjob.. The German league is the third strongest league in uerope now and is the deepest and probally the most entertaining as far as the title race. The league is about 9 teams deap. Plus if Bayern keep Ribery and get Toni Kroos back next year watch out. That will be a great team.

A goalkeeper is a must. Watching Almunia is starting to make me sick. A top class striker cf. There is only one out there not on a top level team yet, Edin Dzeko. These are often the 2 differences in the games verse the big teams.

Then a winger that takes players on at pace but can also link up and is random in the final third (Walcott). You saw how Nani made something out of nothing. We have to simply pass teams to death. I would chose Hazard. Then a quality back up CDM/CB. We are 4 players off of being true contenders and I am not a person that has just start complaining because we lost. I have been saying the same thing for a while.