Comments on: Managerial musings: Arsenal’s English bias, Mourinho set for Barcelona, Bilic or Blanc for Liverpool?

By: mtabazi sheu

mtabazi sheu — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:53:16 +0000

you better think thrice before you deliver your comments.silly boy.

By: Jon T

Jon T — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:53:01 +0000

Andrei… If you think Bentley would command a place on the right side of Arsenal’s midfield you clearly don’t watch Arsenal very much. With a starting 11 fit, Hleb is first choice on the right and I don’t think Bentley would move him. I have heard rumours Barcelona are interested in Hleb, I don’t hear Bentley’s name being thrown around with interest from top clubs, I wonder why?

No doubt, as a squad member Bentley would be a great asset. Is he good enough to start week in week out – I don’t know. Wenger obviously didn’t think so and we are currently top of the league, so how can I argue with that?

By: Andrei

Andrei — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:58:32 +0000

Lol Spiral!!

Farmer, do you know anything about football? Bentley is a winger, not a striker and he would command a first team place in just about every team in the PL (exception Man Utd of course).

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:16:27 +0000

Yaaaawwwnn…

Oh what? Somebody is talking about Wenger’s ‘anti-English’ bias again eh? Huh. Must be a reeeaaal slow news day…

By: gunner11

gunner11 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:14:57 +0000

Anti-english? was that why ashley cole took the place of sylvinho? if they are good enough they will play. Arsenal have just signed a 15 year old englishman, i’m sure we would sign more englishman if players like defoe weren’t valued at the same price as better players like Eduardo.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:44:49 +0000

Rob, you don’t sound super silly. You are right in what you say – Real got rid of Capello (x2) and Del Bosque after winning the league titles in 97, 03 and 07. My point was just that titles (whether Euro or La Liga) do not guarantee the coaches position. We will see won’t we if Rijkaard wins the Champions League this year.

Farmer – Arsenal fans must know that Toure is in Africa now and injured ? I would think Upson gets in the team ahead of Senderos and Djourou no ? And Bentley is still a right midfielder and better than Eboue.

By: Lukey Smith

Lukey Smith — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:35:29 +0000

I absolutely concur with Farmer’s commments

By: Farmer

Farmer — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:37:07 +0000

Neither Bentley nor Upson would get into the main Asenal first team. They are not good enough for first selection. I’s as simple as that, they are no loss to Arsenal. Who would select Bently in front of van Persie and Adebayor and Upson in front of Gallas and Toure? They would make good first replacements but neither would accept that. All footballers eventually reach their real level and playing as regulars for mid-table teams is their level.

By: Hugo Steckelmacher

Hugo Steckelmacher — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:33:35 +0000

Deschamps is hotter property than Blanc: Blanc has taken over a decent squad and is doing fairly well with it. The reduced gap between Lyon and Bordeaux is evidence more of Lyon’s decline – the bane of having to sell one’s best players every single season is finally getting to them; they’ve released pretty much the world’s best midfield in the last few years (Essien, Diarra, Malouda).

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:24:10 +0000

Don’t mean to sound supercilious, but I don’t think your Barca/Real managerial analogy quite makes sense.

Real sacked a manager for winning the League and failing in Europe – twice in the last few years, now I come to think of it – not the other way round.