Arsène Wenger stepped his sides training schedule this morning, as Arsenal prepare to face their first challenge of the Asia tour, a friendly against a Malaysia XI.
The highlight of the session saw wingers Theo Walcott and Ryo Miyaichi race each other, with both finishing almost identically. Ryo, who boasts impressive sprint times, also featured on the left wing of a practice game, with Samir Nasri in the centre. A possible indication of how the team will lineup tomorrow.
Elsewhere, the session finished with a penalty shoot out, but there was no pressure. Jack Wilshere took the first spot kick, and after scoring, received a swift kick to his behind from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny.
You can follow updates from tomorrows fixture on our Twitter feed.
Does anyone actually know if Miyaichi can score a work permit ahead of next season?
A bit off topic but do you know if we can watch through live-streams on the interweb?
Join up on AFC website with the new Arsenal Player they will have live coverage!
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Thanks bro. Watching the first friendly before jetting of to my holidays, and on my return i hope we’ve done some good deals.
Hope I didn’t jinx it.
Theo’s pace with better delivery and more tricks than Paul Daniels top draw.. High hopes for Ryo, seems like he’s definitely got the stereotypical asian hard working attitude too!
Do you know what time Walcott and Miyaichi ran on?
I will be really interesting to se the likes of Miyaichi, Jenkinson and Frimpong tomorrow and I assume that it will be unlimited number of substitutions?
I dont know the timings of this run, but one of Theo’s earlier races his time was just over 10 seconds. Somewhere around the 10.09s mark
Is Arshavin on the tour? I think he needs a good pre-season and to come back really fit!
Am i right in thinking Nasri is staying this season then leaving for free?
Wenger said he wont be selling him this summer and hopes he can be persuaded to sign a new deal.
yes, Arshavin is included in the tour…i was there at the training session..he looked sharp but still a little bit lazy as usual…haha
Thanks for the updates from Asia, Mr. JS
Wow.. if Rio Miyaichi can sprint like Walcott, then he too fast! the good thing with him is that, he sprints with the ball glued on his feet. He reminds me of Mark Overmas
yes…Ryo is fast…he’s on par with walcott when they were sprinting towards the ball…there ball but it’s enoce of them reaching for the same ball but it’s enough to see that Ryo is fast…but if they were really head to head…i think Theo will be a bit faster but Ryo is faster than most people :)
Hi Jamie, what an interesting race that would of been. Clips of Ryo show that he can run at pace with the ball but keep in control at the same time. Walcott has pace to burn but sometimes he does not have complete control of the ball and lacks the trickery of a normal winger. To use a Fifa game reference, Walcott is more of a nudge the right thumb stick and leg it, where Ryo looks like he has a few lollipops and other R2 combinations :-). Jamie do you know anymore news on what the chances of Ryo getting a W/P are? If he goes back to Holland then fair do’s but surely FIFA can see that this guy has the talent and should play games. If he gets the W/P I would put my right nut on the line and say that even if Wenger knocks the dust off his Wallet and gets big buys, RYO will still prove the ‘signing’ of the season for us.
Yep. So glad we took the gamble after he suffered that injury. Kind of gamble AW likes best: free.
Do we at least know WHEN the WP decision is likely to be made?
Hello, earth calling. This is real life dude, not a freaking computer game! :D
It is great to know, that our wonder kid can ran as fast as Theo. This will certainly add a new dimension to our game, especially when counter attacking.
Keep it up Ryo! Hope you will make it in our great team. Stay bless!
Good to hear that, wishing the team goodluck.
Do you know why Wenger is speaking about Ryo playing in the first team next season? Are we not going to have visa issues because he has played zero International games, and the fact special talent visas seem to be hit and miss.
i hope wenger has a nice surprise for us and a work permit for ryo is already sorted
thats competition for Theo Walcott and Ryo Miyaichi
Would love to see a few games of this lineup early on:
Walcott Vela
Ryo Ramsey Wilshire Gervinho
Gibbs Verm Kos Sagna
Chesney
Obviously we’re not going to sit RVP, Cesc, Nasri et al but man, that team would have so much speed they’d eat bus parking teams up!
That team would be terrifyingly quick!
Gervinho is not in asia.
Totally agree about the pace thing though, our counter attacks would be terrifying,
Times for both theo and ryo are posted on the link in red above (Theo 10.3sec, ryo 10.8 sec).
Bob, the problem about parking the bus is that the bus is parked deep and there is no space to run into. The ideal plan against the bus-parkers is to have a few tall forwards to knock in crosses and have a few people who can score from distance. Speed is not our problem, potency is.
The red link is from 2010 where he did a sprint for his school team.
I don’t think anyone knows what the pre season times were.
WE definitely packed last season and, one plan for parking the bus teams might be tall players to cross to. Also, having players with good close contraol and dribbling is another too. As well as our usual game plan of working spaces with fast accurate short passing. When we collapsed at the end of last season, that game went as the players lost form and confidence. WE definitely alternatives to that game plan, agreed. Not sure we will be going with the tall man cross thing type though.
Walcott & Myo’s times are around 10.4 seconds for the 100 meters. Arshavin’s around 23 seconds & Denilson 34 seconds. Although Bendtner isn’t on tour I’ve heard his time is about 1 minute and 22 seconds.
armand traore is as fast as theo if not faster
Just came back from arsenal training session in bukit jalil stadium, kuala lumpur. Glad to see TV5 playing again. Ryo looks promising on the left playing against Sagna. Jenkinson was ok but need to improve his crossing. Chezney looks solid. Nasri got a loud cheer. Arshavin got the most shot but wasteful. Too bad cesc wasn’t there. Can’t wait for the real match tomorrow!
i wonder how denilson feels at practices…i hope he gets no playing time..unless song, frimpong,coquelin,bartley,diaby,ramsey,wilshere are all injured i wouldn’t even put him on the bench
and Lansbury.
I am very interested to see exactly what formation we will be playing this year. I sure hope we go at least back to the 4-3-3. I am not a big fan of the 4-2-3-1 for us. Fabregas is much better coming from deeper roles and Wilshere is much better being aloud to run with the ball instead of when he does it, we are left vulnerable for the counter attack in the 4-2-3-1.
Would love to see Ryo get a work permit because we’v been playing Arshavin and Nasri there last season and it doesn’t seem too effective. Natural left footed and left sided player with his pace would offer a lot going forward especially if he can notch a few goals along with Theo and RvP will always get us goals so hopefully a work permit gets granted
Ryo is rightfooted.
How can you say not too effective, last season we scored 114 goals in all competitions 46 of those were either scored or created by Arshavin and Nasri.
I think Ryo’s dribble is slightly better than walcott’s cuz he uses more tricks than walcott. just pace is not really enough!
Shyster – Just using an example mate – Chill dude, at least you can pretty much understand what I am trying to say. What is it you are trying to say?
Wayne Quinn – Me too mate. Ryo does look pretty sweet and he is the type of all action player we have missed since Thierry left. Someone who will constantly go at the full back.
Ps…
There is quite a good article on Gervinho -http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football-sport/gervinho-better-fit-for-arsenal-than-eden-hazard-says-french-scout/
Plenty of information about him. Kind of puts down Arsenal when mentioning Hazard but still interesting.
The main problem is just that a lot of us have kind of had Eden Hazard as our dream signing for a few years now and Gervinho happens to come from the same club so it reminds us a bit of what we didn’t get.
Personally I am happy with Gervinho because he fills what we needed.
i watch the game and ryo miyaichi is so impressive sure he will beat walcott he know how to beat player and he got pace just like walcott with extra brain .
Well Ryo can’t come under special talent after abusing the system by bringing in Denilson and Song under special talent. Arsene abused it utising it for average players.
Alex Song is just an average player? Some people don’t know football. And at the time when Denilson arrived, he was very good and very highly rated. Some players just don’t develop like they should have. The same could happen to Ryo or any other player for that matter.
Didnt song have a french passport when we signed him shane?
Honestly I got know clue mate. I watched more of the Brazil league and Lyon at the time then I just got absorbed in football at that point. Always played and watched the world cups but in America I was limited in knowledge to what tv package my parents could afford lol. (I have sense went back and caught up on a lot of football I missed because you can find almost any match of FBTZ.com.)
First time I really watched Song was on loan at Charlton and I thought he was a special talent. You could just see his quality ball control, vision and strength in the tackle.
denilson was cpt of the brazilian youth squad and song has a french passport .that probably why they got in and not miyaichi who hasnt be selected for japon
Right if he dont get the special talant visa, we should get him married to an EU national, he will be in the country within 3 months. LOL
‘utising’ should read utilising
Amazing good times ahead Arshavin has lost weight!!! Hopefully he will be back to his old form.
Nasri, Walcott, Arshavin and Gervinho and possibly Miyacihi our wing options look good on paper.
hasnt played a game for us, already a fans favourite :)
Ryo is the kind of player i am looking for at the emirate. I believe him and with GOD our problems are all over. Ride on RYO. I am feeling you.
RYO is Arsena’s solution.l
Cant believe Zapata when to Villarreal???? Arsenal didnt even have a look he was a much better option than overpriced Cahill and Samba really getting annoyed at how this club is being run. Letting vital 1st team players contracts run down to one year Narsi should have been made sign last season or sold while f**k heads like Denilson, Eboune,Traora, Eastmond and given long contracts on good money so we cant shift them!!!!
We are told by Wenger the Gibbs is going to replace Clichy. Gibbs is still very raw and defending wouldnt be his strongest attribute. I know people are saying Vermanlen can play there and I suppose thats fine the odd game. Gibbs also has had horrible run of injuries the past few seasons are the management expecting these to disappear all of a sudden.
F**king Amateurs.
For one relax a little. Secondly, I think you are over rating Zapata. How often have you honestly watched him play? He makes quite a few mistakes and he is not even a starter for his national team. I agree there are better options then 17 million for Cahill but not sure if Zapata was it. Very raw talent.
Also I understand your anger some but why do people always name Eboue in their rants? I say this all the time and no one ever responds….. Name me a list of better back up right backs. Also he is one person that actually does love this club.
Direct from Eboue’s twitter page….
“I Love Arsenal F.C more than The Person That Founded it”
@Shane, that’s Frimpong’s twitter not Eboue.
LOL….its been a long day. I literally just clicked on his twitter today. Well I guess we have 2 players that love Arsenal then. Cheers mate and my bad. The rest still applies tho.
My suggestion which I know most people probably don’t know him so will automatically disagree but I would love Osvaldo Alonso from Seattle Sounders in the MLS for another defensive mid signing. I call him the Cuban Essein.
no need to panick dudes, nasri is not leaving for free. not under the nose of this greedy boards anyway.
obviously negotiations are still going on and arsene saying that just to get the media off his back. if he doesnt sign he will be sold.well arsene himself said it, the flamini situation wont happen again.
i hope he signs
Song and Denilson good players but were they special enough to warrant special talent visa? My answer is no.
Clearly how song turned out he was. And Denilson was EXTREMELY high rated. He was captain of the brazil youth team and even Henry said he had never seen a player adapt to the premier league as fast a denilson.
song was selected to play for france u16 and he lived there for more than 3 years. he must have french passport or at least right to work in the eu.
i don’t think he needed special talent visa
btw, we paid alot of money for him. he wont walk away for free. he has not repay that yet coz he only had a good half season so far.
he cannot blame lack of trophy for wanting to leave. he’s part of the team as well and disappear in the second half of the season.
Song has a French passport, but still… Only a football-moron could suggest he would have deserved an STV, given the benefit of hindsight.
Hell, Denilson is more than good enough to have got one. They’re only ‘special talent visas’, not ‘extraordinarily brilliant once-in-a-century talent visas’.
In any case, all these extreme views on Denilson are completely bizarre. In reality, it’s a marginal thing: either he hasn’t quite done enough, or he’s just about produced enough that we should keep him around and hope he fulfils his obvious potential. It’s not clear-cut either way, and anyone who pretends it is is just showing that they don’t really understand football and don’t have a valid opinion.
Nice try to swoop back in with the backing of Denilson. Almost all of us would disagree with you mate. I am not saying it is impossible that he turns it around but he just doesn’t add anything to the team. Tell me the point in a defensive mid that can’t take and can’t pass over 4 yards and gets caught on the ball constantly. Balls in your court mate lol
Edit…. “a defensive mid who can’t TACKLE”…..sorry about that
Imo Busquets is the best dm in the world but also the biggest cunt he is the type of player denilson should of become.
He positioning is good, he can keep our possession, he has a good long shot. Have another look at his carling cup debut that was worthy of a special talent. He had the talent but his tackling has gone downhill and his speed and tracking back leaves a lot to be desired. The premier league isnt the right leauge for him the spanish and italian league would suit him. Can you remember him aggainst barca two seasons ago he was far better suited to there style than song.
But i agree his time is up and he has to go.
” Only a football-moron could suggest he would have deserved an STV, given the benefit of hindsight.”
Er, damn. Make that _wouldn’t_.
ryo is more likely to get one for his convincing performance at feyenood. hopefully wellington will get his head up and do the same at lavante.
well, hopefully!
check arshavin out in malaysia, he is lookin trim, good sign for the season coming. could be our dark horse
Cant be in Malyasia myself, but my pal is out there and watched the training. He reckons there is every chance that Arshavin could get a role behind the main striker next season, rather than on the flanks. I would love to see him play where he did in Russia.
If Ryo gets a work permit, I will expect Wenger to announce him as a “new signing” along with Vermaelen and Ramsey. Hopefully thats not the end of our transfers this summer thou…
all the critics are good but remember ryo hasnt tasted premiership yet.
i hope you gonna say later that he didnt deserve a special talent visa if he perform below our expectations.
arsenal football club is an academy, from the experience. i wouldnt diss a young player arsene still keeping.
you never know with arsene denilson could turn a winger next season and do well, then we all shut up. bendtner is tall enough to play i goal or in central defence, unfortunately he’s not patient. LOL!!!
toure and lauren were both midfielders, henry was a winger.
trust arsene!
I hope that the FIFA 12 Producers take NOTE of this LOL
All the Best for Miyaichi In the Future
Cheers From BermyBoy
I think that Miyaichi will be denied a work permit, but when he does come he will live up to expectations!! We took a gamble on him when others weren’t willing to and I think he owes us his services for a few years because of this. Even if he doesn’t come this year he should persevere and trust that he will get his opportunities with Arsenal!!! He might have to be overly patient, what with all the rules and regulations he has to endure to get the proper certification, but he really does owe us and I think he will do marvelously well when he comes and plays for us!!!
Walcott is a clinical finisher and should be a striker
“Tell me the point in a defensive mid that can’t take and can’t pass over 4 yards”
Makelele? Gilberto? They all started somewhere. Not that I’d agree about Denilson being unable to pass long – he’s actually very, very good technically. More of a Xabi Alonso than a Makelele. He restricts his passing range a lot of the time, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play a Hollywood ball if he wants.
In any case, the short, four-yard passes are what our play is built around. The simplest way for, say, Fabregas to get past his man is to lay the ball off to Denilson, move, and get it back.
The point isn’t that Denilson clearly deserves to stay, but that it’s not clear-cut either way. You’re perfectly entitled to hold the opinion that he’s not quite good enough, doesn’t offer quite enough, but it doesn’t make sense to say that he’s rubbish. At worst, he’s slightly below the standard required to play for Arsenal, but that still makes him a very good player.
I have always stated that he simply not Arsenal quality. He might be a decent link up man for a mid size club but for us he provides nothing. Almost all of our players can play a 2 yard short pass. He does not break up play well if at all and he does not tackle at all plus like I said, he gets caught on the ball all the time. I guess there is really no reason to get into this debate again but what we need is another true defensive midfielder and not just a guy playing out of position that does not really add anything to the team.
My opinion about Denilson is that the confidence necessary for him to excel in Arsenal just waned. Mind you, he had a few pretty good displays (the perfect pass completion rate game against West Ham, 1st leg against Barcelona in 2010). Then suddenly he started to make more and more errors and talk sh*t. I don’t think his sale (or his stay) is essential for the success of this season. That said, he already said he would like to leave, last season was a lost one for him and we have a few people who can do his job. The team would benefit from the money, and a fresh start could benefit him as well. If Arsene can restore his confidence, it’s good for us. If he leaves, no greater harm.
The biggest problem to me is he is not a defensive mid but Wenger thinks he is so if he stays I seriously doubt we bring in another proper defensive mid. Also there are squad size limits to consider too.
I dont know if Song needed a visa or not, but how can anyone say he shouldnt of get a STV when he was playing 1st team football making 30 odd appearances at the age of 17 in Ligue 1? Some people are hard to please!
Meant to write this down here…sry
My suggestion which I know most people probably don’t know him so will automatically disagree but I would love Osvaldo Alonso from Seattle Sounders in the MLS for another defensive mid signing. I call him the Cuban Essein.
@Shane whats ur twitter handle?
ShaneoHeff
Kind of off topic here … Werder Bremen Per Mertesacker contract running into his last year. Do you see the possiblity as well do you see he fits into our central back role in Arsenal? In fact I prefer that two chaps from borussia dortmund but i don’t expect Wenger will want to pay for that kind of money but ironically isn’t good player come expensive?
I have a been going home and a lot away since the late 60’s, I have seen a lot of great, average and awful players for Afc, denilson is awful period, nasri is great… Says it all about things at the arsenal at the moment really.. But football does strange things, it’s hard to call the season yet, depends on the eventual close of the window, the spirit of the squad and what if anything arsene does.. It’s going to be fascinating.. Let’s be positive, why not? Nothing is going to change this season, it WILL next summer, you heard it here first, usmanov will buy out kroenke, how do I know? I just do
Let AW buys big players’ for cryin out loud.
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JS. Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere but what is hapening with Galindo next season? Will he be staying at UD Salamanca?
The problem with denilson is that he is creative possession type player who is being told to give the ball to players like fabregas nasri wilshere. He is being played out of possition and he dosnt posses the speed or strength to play defensively in the premiership.
With Botelho and Silva off to Spanish league, any information on Samuel Galindo, Our Bolivian Kid.
“Werder Bremen Per Mertesacker contract running into his last year. Do you see the possiblity as well do you see he fits into our central back role in Arsenal? ”
Why bother? We have Squillaci if we want an average centre-back as back-up. And considering one of the major criticisms of Squill is his lack of pace, Mertesacker is hardly going to solve that. I’ve seen trees move faster.
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