Arsenal’s Under 18’s have retained the Premier Academy League Trophy after beating Nottingham Forest 5-3 in a thrilling final at Emirates Stadium. Steve Bould’s boys had to do it the hard way, coming from behind before eventually shaking off Forest. Benik Afobe bagged a hat-trick, including one from the spot while he made two goals for Luke Freeman, one of which was a penalty kick.
Bould made one change to his side which edged Manchester United in the semi-finals, bringing in goalscorer Oğuzhan Özyakup for Roarie Deacon on the wing. On the bench, out went Martin Angha and Jamie Edge in favour of an ‘insurance policy’ in Championship loanees Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Kyle Bartley.
Shea
Yennaris – Boateng – Miquel – Evina
Özyakup – Frimpong – Henderson
Aneke – Afobe – Freeman
Subs: McDermott, Bartley, Meade, Emmanuel-Thomas, Deacon.
Nottingham Forest kicked the 2010 Premier Academy League Final off, and it was they who settled to the task quicker. After both sides exchanged passes, top scorer Tom Mullen burst inside Daniel Boateng from the left and smashed the ball off the inside of the post. It was a real warning of their intent.
Arsenal hit back when Oğuzhan Özyakup’s direct, long diagonal picked out the rampaging Benik Afobe through the middle. He managed to hold off Kieron Freeman but after losing his footing, Forest were able to clear. They immediately exploded up the field with the tricky Matt Sykes. The dangerous wasn’t read and his excellent cross was steered into the net by Danny Elliot from close range. Forest 1-0.
Steve Bould reacted to the goal by barking orders from the touchline to the Gunners’ twitchy defence. Henderson and Afobe both had shots blocked in some fluid forward play, yet the visitors with Mullen were dangerous on the break.
The Gunners grew in confidence and began to dictate at the half way point of the first period. Superb 10-15 pass combinations were slick and included Miquel and Boateng from the back, but the lack of penetration was frustrating. Frimpong and Henderson were guilty of wasting good free-kick opportunities before the latter finally found the combination to unlock Nottingham.
Henderson’s ball over the top found Afobe, he bulldozed his way into the box yet Mytides denied him with a reflex save. The arriving Freeman stumbled but clipped the re-bound back to Benik who slammed Arsenal level. 1-1.
With the half time whistle approaching, Arsenal stepped it up and made sure they would go into the break ahead. Özyakup thought he would be the hero yet Mytides saved again, but Afobe would spare his blushes. Aneke’s slid pass was collected and then dispatched into the Forest goal with style by Benik, his 20th of a break through season. 2-1.
Half Time – Arsenal 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Steve Gatting handed out chewing gum to the coaching staff as the second half kicked off, a sign of how relaxed they were after a dominant finish to the first period. More of the same guaranteed the retention of the trophy.
Bould’s boys mirrored their earlier performance. The total domination of possession and the play continued although chances were few and far between. Despite a one goal difference, Miquel was far too casual when caught up field and after losing the ball to Tom Mullen, it was all hands on deck to stop the attack. Frimpong tried to force the forward wide but he skipped beyond the Ghanaian and crossed for George Thomson to level from close range. 2-2.
Far from being ‘shell-shocked’, Arsenal immediately began work on getting their lead back. Özyakup twisted and turned in the area on a rare foray into the box, he rolled in Afobe who was clipped down for a penalty. Benik gathered his composure and sent Mytides the wrong way to complete his hat-trick. 3-2.
Within minutes of re-gaining the lead, it was extended in similar circumstances. Afobe powered down the left and was hacked down for a second spot kick. A very easy decision in the end. Benik stepped aside and allowed Luke Freeman to convert. He did, slamming home inside the post. 4-2.
Nottingham Forest then pulled one back, 90 seconds later. The terrific Mullen taking Bamford’s pass and finishing. An exciting finish to the game was a certainty. 4-3. The visitors were buoyant but the scoreline was not an accurate reflection. Miquel should have put it beyond doubt when he had an effort cleared off the line but eventually, Afobe rolled in Freeman who side-footed his second and Arsenal’s 5th. 5-3.
The final minutes were rather quiet in relation to the previous 23 minutes, which brought five goals. The four minutes of injury time were coasted through by the Gunners, making sure they claimed their deserved prize. The full time whistle ended the contest and the celebrations began. Arsenal are the Premier Academy League Champions for the second year in a row.
Boy, that was quick.
Congratulations to the boys.
Good job J. Any way you can get your hands on the highlights?
Would appreciate that :)
I second that!
I will post it on youtube when it arrives on arsenal tv will take a few days I guess
Waiting for match highlight.
Good job, young guns.
well done to the lads,showing the first team how to win the league,and they done it b.2.b
any gossip flying about j???????
yeah YG the season is over any news on the following things
What’s going to happen with Merida’s contract?
Is Samuel Galindo coming to Arsenal?
Are we going to go in Stefan Savinc again?
These boyz will go places!!
You know the good thing about the young people winning these kinds of cup are that they have won something with Arsenal. Whoever makes it can say he has already won something with Arsenal. These and Last years Arsenal players are winner and we have missed players like these in Arsenal team.
Hope to see most of them becoming Arsenal players in the future.
About the Game I thought we played a very very open game and gave up to many goals but a fantastic game to watch. WE have some serious talent in Aneke, Freeman, Afobe, Henderson, Ozzy, Miquel and Shea
Nottinghm forest are typical british team lack technicaly ability but have got pace get balls down the channels very much like how aston villa play.
Arsenal really deserved it i would have liked to see Arsenal vs man utd in the final would have been a much ebtter game
No comments about Benik Afobe lol
who were the subs that actually came on? JET?
An important point: The second year running with nearly a completely different team, I believe.
Second point: The youngsters are learning that consistency and application get league trophies, while cup runs are a different kettle of fish.
Okay for the all people who want to watch the highlights I can post the United game highlights now but I am still downloading the Forest game.
The problem is that these Videos are above 10 mins and youtube only allows you to post videos under 10 mins so do you want me to upload it on a file sharing site like Rapidshare and post it here.
United games is in two part both 50 mbs and 12 mins each
Forest game is 55 mins each and 250 mb in 2 parts also
filesharing site please. i want to see the whole game!
WILL DO HOPEFULLY YG WILL ALLOW ME TO POST THE LINKS
where do we find it mate
I will post it here I guess
the links I mean
I want to see this game.
I am uploading the United game. Still downloading the Forest game the links are very very slow only giving me about 20-40kbs will post the final game links in a couple of hours
thanks man, i really appreciate it!
Can you upload them on Youtube but in parts? thanks
youtube from what I know only allow you to upload a 10 min video and forest one is 55 mins each and united games are 12 mins each so cant upload it on youtube. sorry will give up the enitre game and if you can upload it on youtube then great
sorry will give you the enitre game*
I think he’s great, but I really feel for Shea. I look at him and think he’ll just get battered in the premier league by forwards who outweigh him by 30-40 pounds, and possibly jump higher than he can even get his mitts to punch, and the referees won’t give him enough protection. The youth teams’ coaches and players are too respectful and fair-minded to play like Pulis/Allardyce/Brown et al. But I could be wrong about his prospects.
However, as Andrew puts it, it’s great that Shea will at least be able to look back on this and feel that he was one of the best youth goalkeepers in Britain for two years. Wherever he winds up the club will be really luck to have him.
Chuks Aneke that guy has sublime skills. Whos more skillful jay thomas or chuks aneke?
Chuks Aneke this season has really improved his work rate and his work off the ball hes a really inteligent player as well.
He does remind me of riquelme when he was at Villareal they way he controls the ball, manipulates, shields it from players.
First time I’ve seen this crop. Particularly impressed with Evina, Freeman and Miguel
Evina is leaving
hi guys,its nice and enjoyable to discuss about arsenal with you all.here’s my opinion
GK-hart(he is the only gk with good quality but not in big club,and he had proven himself in epl compare to those other rumours that link gk with arsenal),almunia(second choice will suit him and relieve his pressure to gain backthe form he used to be,an okay substitute keeper.haha),mannone(wenger should loan him out to primier league team with call back option or until january in case of injury crisis and gain some experience with playing time off the club)
CB-vermaelen,campbell,djourou,nordveit(same with mannone),a new starting cb who wenger thinks that will suit arsenal
RB-eboue,gilbert/hoyte(i din see them play a lot,but i would prefer gilbert and do the same thing like mannone),a new starting rb(as i prefer eboue to be included in the subs and sagna did well but not enough for a team that challenge title with such awful crosses.maicon will be great.haha.damn.it will be like having dinner with cheryl cole if maicon join arsenal.)
LB-clichy,gibbs,traore(same as mannone)
DM-song,eastmond and coquelin(both of them will improve alot as the competition for backup role)
CM-fabregas,diaby,denilson(plz dont include him in dm coz he cant afford to play such an important role),ramsey,lansbury and emmanuel-thomas(wenger can choose one to be loan out like mannone),merida(if he still want to play for arsenal,if he choose to stay,he will be a great cover for ramsey before he come back)
wingers-walcott,wilshere and vela(loan out for half season for final title challenge sprint),nasri(i would prefer him in the cm role but wenger is looking forward him to be the second pires),rosicky(included in the sub role),hazard/zarate/suarez(i would prefer a new world class starting player but i dunno whether hazard suits)
CF-rvp,chamakh,bendtner,eduardo(loan him out to let him gain the confidence back and come back for title challenge)
players out-fabianski(this guy got no hope,haha),gallas and silvestre(out of contract),sagna,arshavin(i love this guy,but he keep talking he will join barcelona,juz sell this guy that would affect the team chemistry when he still have the market price.haha)
beside these player,arsenal will have a bunch of players that can step up such as szczesny,miquel,angha,ozyakup,galindo,frimpong,wellington silva,freeman,afobe…ah man,future looks great for arsenal.haha
Please… this is a youth site, about a youth game in which our young team won the youth league.
There are plenty of blogs and sites dedicated to the First team, and it smacks of disrespect to repeatedly go off topic on J’s wonderful blog.
Yah normally it turns into a transfer thing but this one is about Arsenal just winning the title so not on this one
Went to the game and it was great, aneke was brilliant his pace skill and power were all really promising
Afobe is getting all the plaudets on the arsenal site I think our best players were Aneke and Freeman and Afobe but especially Aneke and Freeman because they worked and made things happen for Afobe
Why is Evina leaving? He looked terrific, I thought.
he wasn’t given a contract. I am not sure about that one either but looking at the talent we have in the LB position I am not suprised
Talent at left back coming down the pipeline – who? Evina looks more promising than Cruise to me, though on the basis of two games I guess I haven’t seen enough of either of them to judge. Really sad, though.
Gibbs and Traore first of all and don’t forget Clichy’s only 24, it’s good for both him and us if he leaves.
Oh and Botelho if he gets his head screwed on…
Bothelo has lost his mind.
Saw what kind of antics he did after being replaced he should be released next year
who out of those who started today will be too old to play next year?
only frimpong and shea other than them everyone else can play I think YG will know better than me.
J how tall is Afobe?
Traore looks like he’s leaving – to PSG? – and anyway I’m not convinced he’s good enough for us. Wenger seems to like Cruise, who even got a chance in the Champions League – perhaps being English gives him an advantage? But what do I know? The young players I most like are Coquelin and Barazite. Coquelin may come through if he can adapt to being a right back, but Barazite I’m beginning to think won’t make it with us.
Traore has all the skiils to be a very good leftback. Pace, power, and has skills on the ball. He is just horrible at descision making and positioning. But his attributes are a reason to keep him around.
Yeah Traore will probably leave, but if he can’t break in, what chance has Evina? Like most Traore, he has a pretty poor positional sense – his pace just bails him out of trouble, but he doesn’t have as much pace as Traore, isn’t as physically imposing and his crossing ability is weaker, too. I too like Coquelin and Barazite. I hope Nacer gets just a couple of chances early on next season. If he doesn’t impress, then fine, loan him in January and sell him in the summer and he’ll do well somewhere else. Coquelin won’t stay at RB for long I don’t think. I think Arsene just wants him to learn how to protect the full-backs. He’s doesn’t look natural out wide, but I think the experience will make him stronger at DM and I expect him to be challenging Song, who will be very tough to knock out of the side, the season after next.
I think Traore will do better in the LM or in the wings he loves going forward and a lot of times stay forward and leaves spaces for team to exploit. I think Wenger should move him into the midfield rather than keep him as a LB
Andrew- Troare is not a 4-3-3 left winger. In a 4-4-2, yes because he has pace to get down the wing and put crosses in but in a 4-3-3 you need wingers that take on players, score goals and link up. Much more responsibility on wingers for goals in the 4-3-3.
Does anyone else think that Luke Freeman would make an exceptional left back?
why wasted his talent at Left back
Freeman reminds me of Ronney. A player who keeps working for his team till the very end and not a bad finisher either hopefully he turns out to be of the same class.
fingers crossed
I was just think about his main qualities, Andrew. I’m think they’re tenacity, team ethic, turn of pace and ability to shield the ball.
Let’s just say he makes it into the first team – I reckon those attributes would be perfectly suited to left back. I don’t know – I’m just speculating – but I just wonder if he’d be more effective at top flight football from that position.
Woops, a couple of typos in there…
you have just described Rooney to me
tenacity, team ethic and turn of pace
and when we have players like Gibbs and Cruise waiting for their chance then then no need to put him on the LB. LW yes but I dont think putting him on the LB will work.
I think Freeman if he is going to be success at arsenal will have to be as ST or a temporary LW.
Well that’s the difference; I feel Freeman has those qualities in abundance…but he doesn’t have Rooney’s skill. I hate to say it as an Arsenal fan, but it’s no shame not to be up to Rooney’s level.
Like I say it’s just blind speculation, but there’s a bit of precedence with AW moving attacking wide players back to full-back position. Freeman just seems like a candidate to me.
Rooney burst on the screen when he was only 16 and freeman burst on the scene at 15 and I think Freeman can become better than Rooney as you say he has all the qualities
Are you posting the game Andrew?
yeah in a couple of hours.
Afobe was good but i thought freeman, aneke, henderson were better.
Freeman really is top top class in my opinion. Hes shown it against Man Utd and hes shown it against Nottingham forest who for me are worse than Man Utd.
MOTM Afobe without question, by far the best player on the pitch. 3 goals 2 assists. Afobe just needs to improve his workrate and he can become a world class striker
if you watched the game then you will see that Freeman and Aneke were the better players this by no means that Afobe had a bad game but Freeman and Aneke had a better game.
I WAS AT THE MATCH WAS PRETTY GOOD FEW LAPSES IN DEFENCE THAT COULD HAVE COST US BUT OUR GOALIE WAS SHARP AND CONFIDENT FEW MISTAKES FROM THE MIDFIELD BUT FREEMAN WAS VERY LIVELY N REALLY LOOKED LIKE ARSHAVIN EVEN HAD THE SAME BOOOTS AND BODY FIGURE :) AFOBE GOT 4 NOT HIS GREATEST PERFORMANCE BUT HE WAS EFFECTIVE IN THE FINAL 3RD N DROPPED BAK ALOT DESPITE PICKING UP A KNOCK IN THE FIRST HALF MIQUEL WAS BRILLIANT GREAT TECHNIQUE FEW RUNS GOOD SKILLS AND SOLID IN DEFENCE.
zola is such a nice guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcYYQg4FJIs&feature=player_embedded
Congrats Young Gunners well done! I had to miss the match due to job? ATVO will have whole game probably split into 2 half’s later on site. Enjoy J and thanks for the blog! Peace
The game is on now on Arsenal TV Online!!!!!!!(Split) Awesome!
Semis
http://rapidshare.com/files/386141426/Academy_Semis_-_Arsenal_vs_United_1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/386141430/Academy_Semis_-_Arsenal_vs_United_2.rar
can anyone see the rapidshare links for the united game?
Yes I can see it
andrew the playback is messed up the visual n sound i doiwnloaded wat did u use to open it i used vlc player
no use Windows Media player
In every other it will be all blurred I dont know why
If you want to share it, you’ll have to remove the DRM before uploading since the files are encrypted.
Have to warn you, that’s illegal, so be careful.
They have websites for sharing soccer matches but you have to be a member to see the content. Yes it is illegal so i wouldnt suggest posting to many things on here,
are you talking about rojadirecta dot com
they have matches and highlights from all countries france, england, germany, italy, brazil, argentina etc
no, the website i am talking about is just a message board website made to be a host for people like you to post the links to the games you have.
no idea how to do it sorry
not a subscriber to atvo but thanks for trying
media usage rights
any way to get around J will know
do u kno any other links online
no I dont think so
Andrew, Really like your analysis of the youth, what do you think about Henri Lansbury @ right back he probably get some playing time? I personally think he would be great there to interchange up the right with whomever the right midfielder is ? Thanks
I think Coquelin will be a better fit there because he love getting forward, loves to tackle but he needs to learn positioning and I am not sure how good his crossing is but other than that he can become a great player in the future.
Not working for me once i download it and try to play it makes you get the media usage right which tells you you must log in with your atvo account
I did watch a full game. Aneke was great but still when a striker scores 3 goals and has 2 assists in a 5 goal game… Freeman was good but nowhere near Aneke, Miguel, Afobe
I disagree about Miguel even though I love him and About Freeman because I thought he really worked for them went up and down the left wing and kept working till the last min
and if your defense conceeds 3 goals then you really cant say a defender had a good game
can you guys see the rapidshare links for the united game ???????
mattMG,
Where on ATVO? I can’t find it.
reserve and youth games
you need an account its not free
It’s there under the ManU game 3 options. Good luck!
Miguel was at fault, I think when, when he rushed forward and lost the ball. I think that was their 2nd goal. Besides that he played really good. And yes when you concede 3 goals it doesn’t necessarily mean that all your defenders played bad.
I am not saying he had a bad game but an average game by his standards
The whole back four weren’t great today Boetang was out sorts? But anyway were champs! I still think we need to shore the defense throughout the club? Who below age 16 is a great prospect in the AFC academy?
Below the age of 16 I am sure there are a few players who are good
Above the age of 16 we have Angha, Harjovic, Bartley, Ayling Norvedit, Djourou and Vermaelen in the CB role and my favourite CB IGNASI MIQUEL
LB we have Clichy, Gibbs, Traore and Cruise
RB we have Sagna and Eboue – this is where we need to strengthen we have either used DM players or CB in this role. I hope Liam Brady can find some good young RBs. Coquelin might be the answer or we might go out and buy someone young like Van Der Wiel.
Goalkeeper just need one Szschesny I dont care whos backup as long as he’s our NO.1 for the next 10-15 years
I think Luke freeman could break into the first team. I have seen him all season watch the highlights on arsenal tv ppl. You can quite clearly see Freeman has been our best player hes involved in nearly every goal we score and his work rate is unbelievable.
Freeman got the short passing game, hes an inteligent player like chuks aneke and conor henderson. You can see these players have something.
Afobe is a goal scorer but can he fit into arsenal system
I agree, I saw him play much better than today.
i cant see any rapidshare, where is it posted?
THEY WERE POSTED AT 7:23pm AND ARE STILL WAITING MODERATION?
any way around this
CAN ANYONE SEE THE UNITED LINKS I POSTED ABOVE ?
Andrew,
I have an ATVO account, and it’s not there.
I went to HIGHLIGHTS then RESERVES/YOUTHS and the latest game is jus the highlights of the Man United game.
below it
they are after the united game
no Andrew we cant.
Probably all links have to be first approved by J before being visible to all.
Thanks Andrew!
Now I feel really stupid. How did a miss that.
I guess I just assumed the latest would come first like they do for the first team games!
yeah it a bit stuoid to put the united game in the front of the forest game
can you guys see this ? just apply http in the front and replace the dot with .
semis
rapidshare dot com/files/386141426/Academy_Semis_-_Arsenal_vs_United_1.rar
ANDREW
try doing one thing.
post the links as www (dot) google (dot) com
that should work
how does posting them on google work
can you guys see this ? just apply http in the front and replace the dot with .
semis part two
rapidshare dot com/files/386141430/Academy_Semis_-_Arsenal_vs_United_2.rar
I hope you guys can see these links now
yeah, now its visible
downloaded the first part of the match and will start to upload it now it will take a a lot of time as its about 250mb so be patient
John – I know you are a big Conor Henderson fan but he was nowhere near one of our better players today. Wasted possession too many times. The following lads had good games:
Shea – Assured
Yennaris – Good concentration, neat in possession.
Miquel – Good concentration. Clever player. One mistake in the whole game that led to goal.
Evina – Got forward well. Very poor positionally, wasted possession too cheaply as usual.
Aneke – Oozes class.
Ozzy – Neat and tidy. Good vision and passing ability, links the play well.
Freeman – Never stops moving. Hassles, harries, links play.
Afobe – Man of the match. You don’t score three and make the other two and not win that award. That’s unheard of.
Boateng has poor concentration and positional sense.
Henderson has the sweetest left foot and good passing ability but today he had a poor game.
Frimpong is so wasteful in possession. Didn’t protect his defence like he should have today.
what I think all of our are forgetting is that the size of the pitch these players play on small pitches but arsenal have a huge pitch and a lot of player from both teams were having problem because of it.
This may not be the case but it think this was one of the reason there were so many gaps for both teams to exploit.
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Is aneke a wide midfield player now?? I thought he was a central midfielder. Who is better, Ozyakup or Henderson?? Or are both of them good enough to amke it at Arsenal?? After how long it took to find and sign Oguzan, I would hope he amkes it. I guess I’m a fan of his hahaha. I’ve really liked what I have seen of him this year!! I like Hender son too though! Ramsey, Lansbury, Cesc, Ozyakup, Henderson, Wilshere, Nasri, rosicky, Arshavin, Diaby, Denilson, Aneke, JET…that’s a lot of midfielders. I know one or two may leave, and some of them can play on the wings, but wow…that’s a tonne!! I think a lot of fans worry that we might make a mistake and release one or two players we shouldn’t. “We” being Arsene, his staff, and the youth team staff. I know this sort of thing has already been posted, but i can’t help thinking about it as more and more midfielders emerge within the club. Or after a youth team match. You can’t help but question the future of some of the better players in the more congested areas of the club.
Our midfield is filled with great players and that means we wont have to invest in for the next 7-8 years
DM – Song, Eastmond [ Frimpong and Denilson gone] Yennaris maybe
CM – Wilshere, Diaby, Lansbury [Aneke in the future but he’s 17 right now so about 4 years and Diaby will be gone by then} Henderson maybe
AM – Fabregas, Ramsey, Ozyakup [By the time Ozyakup is ready Fabregas might have been sold to Barca}
Arshain is a winger and Nasri too
Rosicky is 30 and wont be here for long
Andrew’s comment is somewhat rediculous because it excludes JET. JET on the stregth his play in the last 18 months is a much better prospect at Central and/or Attacking midfield than Lansbury, Henderson, and Ozyakup…all of whom he lists as Arsenal’s future.
This kind of absurd misjudgement of this gifted player is a complete mystery to me. To pick out a Lansbury or Henderson and not even mention JET in Arsenal’s midfield future is beyond oversight…!
From what I have been told JET now plays an attacking role as either a striker or a winger so why would I put him in the midfield. I am not doubting his quality but before you make those comments you should atleast know what position JET has been playing in his loan spell
Wellington Silva came on in the 80th minute at the first matchday of brazilians league Serie A.
Andrew I like Freeman but there’s no way he can be better than Rooney! Rooney is a phenomenal talent
Yeah you’re right he maybe not be upto the Rooney but he’s not that far I think
Freeman vs Rooney at the same age is like comparing night and day.
oh i understand why now lol i tried opening wid media player windows den it said media usage etc im not a subscriber
Afobe got the goals today, but i think Freeman is the better player
I am trying to put the highlights on youtube but it might all be blurred lets see what happens
It is ridiculous to even speculate that Freeman can become as good as Rooney. Yes he may have burst onto the scene for Gillingham as a 15 year old but Rooney made a REAL impact as a 16 year old. To suggest that upwards of 5 players per year in the youths may make it is living in a dreamworld.
Well done to the lads today, they deserve the plaudits and hopefully they can all carve out careers in a high level of the game but if even 2 of todays XI become week in week out regulars I’ll be surprised.
Did you try uploading to Youtube?
yeah didnt work it was all blurred
Nasri has been left out of the French world cup squad along wit Benzema domenech is an complete idiot nasri shud be startin for France. Great to see the youths liftin another trophy pity we got knocked out of the Fa youth cup so early. Hopefully Wenger wil giv more younsters a chance next season i was realy impressed wit Lansbury against Fulham he mite get a chance in the first team next year
Okay for the all people who want to watch the highlights I can post the United game highlights now but I am still downloading the Forest game.
The problem is that these Videos are above 10 mins and youtube only allows you to post videos under 10 mins so do you want me to upload it on a file sharing site like Rapidshare and post it here.
United games is in two part both 50 mbs and 12 mins each
Forest game is 55 mins each and 250 mb in 2 parts also
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Post the link rapishare link here if you have one
tried doing that but unless you have an account with Arsenal TV you cant watch it
Nasri didn’t make it but Diaby did:S Will this create a problem between them?? I would be pissed even if the other guy did deserve to make it. AND DID ANYONE ELSE HEAR ABOUT THE RUMOUR GOING AROUND THAT SAGNA, FABREGAS AND NASRI WERE CAUGHT PARTYING WITH FRANK LAMPARD, TERRY AND EMMANUEL ADABAYOR AFTER CHELSEA WON THE LEAGUE???? If this happened I would kick all of them off the team full stop. Why hang out with them. especially after what Adebayor did to RVP and what Terry has done all of this year?? I hope and pray to whomever that this rumour is COMPLTELY false.
Milo you’re being stupid do we have friends who support Chelsea or United ofcourse we do but when it comes to game time then they are the opponents and our players give 100%
Its a shame Nasri and Benzema have been left out I think Domenich will have to move away from France after this world cup.
‘sagna,fab,nasri partying with lampard,cole,adebayor’…comon now give them a break…so ur gonna choose players friends now??? its ridiculous-u cant control players lives completely,its been a long hard season where all are players tried there best and we overacheived compared to what most of us expected and u wanna trow out 3 of r best players cos they had a drink wiv a few players from a rival team…crazy person! imagine wenger explaining to the press that he sold fabregas cos he cracked a couple of jokes with adebayor(god forbid they ever tallk to eachother again) anyone would think hes shagged his missus or sumthing (terry wasnt their by the way!!!LOL)
Why don’t you true fans all just subscribe to Arsenal TV Online it’s like 7 dollars a month? I love AFC!!! It’s full of great content even know no more reserve games live due to LACK OF VIEWERSHIP so if everyone subscribes maybe that will change? Enjoy & Peace to all gunner fans!
I had it but when they canceled the reserve games out of no where, Kind of messed up when you are paying for a product, then they take away a feature out of no where, After that, I have watched all the other footage on there and I just watch all the Arsenal games live so what is the point in having it? You dont have to pay for Arsenaltv to be a true Arsenal fan.
By the way, the video quality of the youth match highlights started becoming crappy.
the quality is pretty good
It was but then it started skipping. I sent emails to Arsenal but the never responded.
MattHq you stupid little prick. I can’t afford Arsenal TV online right now. Not with the money I make. I’m a true fan. Just because I can’t afford Arsenal TV online you think I’m not?? Watch what you say. And as for those players partying with the Chelsea boyz, yes I would throw them off the team. What kind of message does it send to the fans?? All those players are replaceable. You don’t go cohorting with the enemy. You don’t. I’m so competetive that if I were a manager, i would make sure my players didn’t have any contact with any other players from any other team. I don’t care if they are former teammates. Adebayor is a sad little fuck. And so is JT. The players would have to have approval from me first if they were asked to go out by someone from a different club. If it were Scott Parker for example, fine. But not adebayor and not anyone from Chelsea. That’s just crazy. This is only my opinion, and it will never happen but that is what I would do and how I would expect my players to behave if i were a manager.
Hey MIlo, I’m a very peaceful adult so relax buddy! All I’m saying is that if we get more fans to subscribe maybe live reserve games again? I think you owe me a apology? And who cares what the players do the season over you need to relax and enjoy the best club on planet and be positive. Sorry if you took that the wrong way!
whats wrong with you man. YOU know these players does not HATE each other in real life right? They are not hooligans that want to “rape eahothers women and kill eachohters childs”.
They are ordinary young men that likes to party. And why oh why should they not have friends in the same buissness at the same age working for anoter company???? Its perfectly leageal. To play football is their JOB! I doubt people from Tesco hate people from Morrison.
Just because you are an extremist does not mean our players are! They are mostly wellbalanced people! I am happy our players can hang out with Chelseas players without killing eachother, i am also happy they can hang out with Ade, most of them worked together for over 3 years you know.
Also your finances, well 7$ is not very much where i come from. You must appreaciate the fact that we all come from different backgrounds. Just beacause 7$ may seem like a little fortune to you, for me it is what i use for lunch every day. Everything is relative, no need to get so touchy about it. Am i a millionaire or a spoiled brat? No you do not have to be that to pay 7 bucks a month for ATV you just need to go to work regularl…..
JS can you please confirm who Wenger was talking about when he said two of our 14 dont have to learn anything technically?
Was he talking about Nico yennaris? Can you please tell me who the two are?
It was Benik Afobe and Chuks Aneke.
Aneke and Ansah
Sorry J, but it couldn’t have been Afobe unless Arsene was smoking something on the day. He certainly isn’t “technically perfect”, he’s very talented sure, but out of that starting XI I’d say he’s one of our weakest technically. Freeman, Ozzy, Henderson, Yennaris, Miquel all have better technique.
Aneke definitely has to be one of them though. Amazing technique. He’ll be such a brilliant player in the future. With that perfect technique and huge physique you can’t not be. Not too mention his vision and the shot he has on him.
Guys I’m can’t give you details of ways to get around it as it’s copyright theft. I have to protect myself and this website from hosting illegal content.
If you want to share it, you’ll have to remove the DRM since the files are encrypted.
I’m with MattMQ, its like £5 a month, thats nothing, you get highlights/full matches of every game(u18,reserve and 1st team)/ press conferences/ interviews.
Seriously, a fiver a month…
Benik afobe and chuks aneke? Are u sure?
Yh i can see why with aneke but afobe i dont think hes technically good enough.
Also how is Nico yennaris captain of this team when hes one of the youngest.
Yennaris was a he a captain for the under 16s? Wasnt he a playmaker or has he always been a defensive midfielder.
BTW JS Do you think Lansbury will stay with arsenal next year or go on loan.
Also its sucha shame seeing mark randall being a flop at MK dosn such a highly promising player dont knw whats happened to him. Looked a world class prospect at one stage
Mark Randall reminds me of Connor Henderson who you all rate so highly. They both look decent players but they both seem to pass the ball to the other team as much as they pass it to our team. They are a poor mans Aaron Ramsey. I believe they both will make it but it will be a steve sidwell trip. Lower leagues and than back up.
congratulation!
Someone did an analysis on keepers we have and been linked with in this transfer window
tinypic dot com/r/xfnslt/5
Szchesny is a class above others
Someone did an analysis on keepers we have and been linked with in this transfer window
tinypic dot com/r/xfnslt/5
Szchesny is a class above other
Is it me or are people like ANDREW and JHON becoming more dump? Instead of promoting our youngs players to develop,”those” claiming to love the club spit venon in the youngs trying to kill their confidence! Unfortunately blogs are allowing people staying in anonymous identities like JHON,like ANDREW insulting and always writing bad stuff on some players without facts and veracity. Please JHON show some compasion. Your comments specially on BENIK OFOBE are sickening and ridiculous. My guess is that you must be related to a player in competition with this talented Ofobe. You wrote broadly the same things last season and the season before trying to destroy his confidence . Your brainless comments goes beyond football and my heart goes out to his school friends who have to read yours horseshit comments. ANDREW;please give this blog a break! Are you a jobless person or what? no one care if you dismisses OFOBE talents because you are not WENGER and you dont write for the Arsenal.com. If you dont appreciate the boy who single handedly score 3 goals and provide 2 to “your” Freeman you must hate the boy who has been called “THE HAT TRICK HERO” by the ARSENAL.COM and at the end of the day Wenger was there to appreciate. Just to remind you no one in the u18 has scored more goals than OFOBE this season IN ALL ENGLAND. Checks and learn.
No offence but I couldnt even read that whole rant. Yes John is wrong about Afobe but breaking down his confidence lol. For one all John says is he doesnt hustle and isnt a wonderkid. Secondly , I seriously doubt Afobe reads blogs. Lastly, I don’t know if you have ever had a coversation with Afobe, but trust me, he does not lack confidence. By the way if you are going to throw out accusations about a guy not doing his research right, atleast spell the player’s name right. lol. It is Afobe not “O”fobe.
Well said NIKITA MELANICH. Your comment made a lot of sense, despite minor spelling errors. The hostile posts made by John and Andrew, I agree are becoming absolutely pathetic. I too have noticed the constant attack on young and extremely talented player Afobe in particular which is utterly obsurd considering the fact that without his presence on Tuesday the final show wouldn’t have been as exciting as it was. The boy made a terrific performance along with Freeman and Aneke.
Afobe remained in the correct positions and took on every goal opportunity to drive his team to the trophy. Scoreing goals is his job. He can’t take it from one end of the pitch to the other all by himelf!
Also might I add that whilst time is wasted in criticising Arsenal youth, this very negativity can cause rivaly between team members and fans within the same club.
Comments have not been constructive ie. “He should shoot more” or “He should pass more”. Shame on you gunners. We should be encouraging the boys not knocking them down.
As for shane… Have you spoken to Benik yourself to know that he is over confident or that he doesn’t read blogs?
Nikita is right, no one is Wenger, we are all just passionate commentators in our own rights but we should watch what we say, I think. If the boss likes what he sees in Afobe and Aneke then who are John and Andrew to persistently downtred on their abilities?
This site should censor any further rubbish written about the boys. They are the future.
Yes, i have spoken to Afobe through something called Facebook. Not sure if you have heard of it or not. Benik is a very confident person.
Buffon to Arsenal makes sense and worth the dough he would be a great role model for WS and Vito. I’m pretty sure Buffon is Vitos idol? Sign him Arsene! J maybe start youth transfer link it seems that we all talk about? Can some of you please be respectful of all comments? Peace
Yeah, i guess i flipped a bit on Matthq, but sometimes people take too many things for granted. I still stand by my own stance on the partiers though.
Long time reader (enjoying the design change)…took the afternoon off work yesterday to watch the game, and was generally impressed with the standard, if not the intensity. Thought Forest’s front two, and Mullen (sp?) particularly, looked direct, intelligent and had a good understanding. They lacked quality in midfield which is where the game was really won, as we dominated the ball. A bit tippy, tappy going forward, but had so much of the play….only our lack of coheseive defense kept it interesting.
Shea didn’t have a lot to do, and wasn’t at fault for the goals.
Yennaris: Tidy and energetic, but absolutely tiny! Hope he has a late growth spurt like me.
Evina: Hasn’t developed over the last two years…pretty good going forward, fairly clueless defensively. always out of position
Miquel: dominant in the air, good technique, good passing. slightly lacking in pace on the turn, and was out of position a few times
Boateng: poor both technically and positionally and needs to make big leaps forward.
Ozyakup: Tidy, good technique, not particularly developed physically. Had 2 decent shots blocked and had an air shot…Still a couple of years away from CCup for me.
Frimpong: Tenacious tackler, decent engine, mediocre passing, naive positionally. FOr me hasn’t really kicked on in the last year, but could yet become a flamini type.
Henderson: Reminds me of a more mobile Randall…decent size and technique, but flattered to deceive a bit and didn’t contribute a great deal. Took up decent positions, and seemed to have some intelligence in his play.
Aneke: Was described by some oaf behind me as a ‘big lummox’…at times clumsy, ponderous and looked a bit lost, at others looked brilliant. Some good passing and wayward passing and twice seemed to slow down time to beat 2 or 3 men and shoot narrowly wide from the edge of the box. A really, really big lad!
Freeman: tiny, nippy, clever, direct. Bit like a 16 year old 1 footed arshavin but with a greater work rate. one of the best off the ball on the pitch. A lot depends on his physical development, but definitely has something about him
Afobe: well taken hat-trick, won 2 penalties and basically caused panic all around him. Decent strength, good pace, direct and has good movement off the ball. 1st touch sometimes like thierry enry, sometimes like perry groves, but at one point killed a 40 yard ball perfectly into his path with his wrong foot. Missed 2 good chances as well, and passing really needs work. As a striker, too good for this level…..
ive spoke benik afobe before yes he reads this blog along with his team mates but he laughs it off and just wants to prove every hater wrong
Hey Andrew, do you have the highlights yet?