Wenger – I had no-one on the bench to replace Wilshere

Posted on November 05, 2012 by admin

Arsene Wenger had to face the frustration of seeing Jack Wilshere sent off against Manchester United on Saturday, even though he knew that the youngster was on a final warning from Mike Dean.

As expected Wilshere lunged in for another tackle on Patrice Evra in the 69th minute and was duly sent off, and Wenger admitted that he wanted to take Wilshere off before that, but had no other possibilities on the bench after already brnging on Walcott for Ramsey.

Wenger was asked why he hadn’t taken Wilshere off and he replied: “Yes, of course I thought about replacing Wilshere. But we were in a position where we had to attack and I had no offensive central midfielders on the bench as well.

“I thought I would leave him a bit longer and the red card looked harsh from the bench.”

Wenger DID actually have Andrei Arshavin among the substitutes and brought him on for Podolski with ten minutes of the game remaining. Personally I wouldn’t have thought that Wilshere was ready to play the full 90 minutes anyway, and Wenger should have planned to replace him after an hour whether he was on a warning or not……..

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Wenger – I’m surprised no-one bought Mannone this summer

Posted on September 29, 2012 by admin

Arsene Wenger (and most Arsenal fans I guess) have been pleasantly surprised with the way Vito Mannone has stepped up to the plate after the unexpected injuries to Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski, but he has admitted that if a suitable offer had come in for the Italian keeper this summer then he would have let him leave the Emirates.

“He always believed in himself and was ready to show me that but he had no real opportunity to play,” Wenger said.

“Szczesny has the No.1 shirt and it is up to the others to win it. He has not lost it but there is competition now.

“When I sent Mannone to Hull, I watched him every single game and all the reports I had were very positive. I was quite surprised no club went for him because I would have let him go.”

Wenger also made it clear that it would still be hard for him to demote Szczesny despite Mannone’s good form right now and he explained his reasons: “The goalies need competition but also confidence,” he continued. “It is a special position where, if you are challenged every time, if you change every time, you cannot be good.

“If Gianluigi Buffon makes a mistake he knows he will play for Juventus the next game and if Joe Hart makes a mistake he knows he will play for Manchester City the next game.

“That’s important, but if, over a period of time, their standards drop, and somebody comes in, that’s different.”

Would Arsenal fans say that Szczesny’s standards have dropped “over a period of time”?

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BBC report that only Michael Essien may arrive at Arsenal today – No-one else!

Posted on August 31, 2012 by admin

The respected BBC football expert David Ormstein seems to have been talking with someone at Arsenal and he has been assured that Arsene Wenger has no intention of adding to the squad today.

With the departures of Nicklas Bendtner and Chu-Young Park this is rapidly turning into a deadwood day for Arsenal fans rather than deadline day, and Ormstein seems sure that the ONLY possible arrival could be Michael Essien on loan and that is only because Chelsea are looking to offload.

Ornstein said on the BBC: “We’ve been given word that, as things stand, it is unlikely there will be any major arrivals at Arsenal before the transfer deadline.

“Reports linking them with a move for Newcastle midfielder Chieck Tiote are wide of the mark, while there have been informal conversations with Chelsea about midfielder Michael Essien – the Blues are open to him leaving on loan – but this move will not happen unless Arsene Wenger changes his mind on a player he has not been tracking.”

So it looks like Wenger is just concentrating on getting rid of players rather than bringing in anyone else. What’s the betting that Wenger says that Theo Walcott is “like a new signing” lol!

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