CL: Dinamo Zagreb v Arsenal - 16/09/2015, 19:45

[Rain Dance]

Nah, Fabregas with ease.

I started watching Arsenal more consistently during the time when he broke through and I thought it was normal for an 18 year old to play like that through midfield. It was only as time went by that I realized that it wasn't normal at all playing at the level he was against top class opposition.

He ran midfield, he hasn't fulfilled his potential at all in my books.

Anelka was amazing too though....
I am not gonna compare on who is better but Anelka at 18-19 years old was something else. Was already a top top striker...
He didn't bloomed because he left for Real too soon, had he stayed another year or two......

 

[Jackie_Treehorn]

Please keep Gabriel in the side Arsène, don't drop him. Him vs Costa next Saturday will be so tasty, can literally see one of them being killed.

So we're having the same visions? One of 'em hides a shiv and takes the other out. That's what I'm feeling. My money is on Costa trying to shiv Gabriel, getting it taken away, and being the shiv-ee. Make it happen, Gabriel!

 

[infineon]

He didn't bloomed because he left for Real too soon, had he stayed another year or two......

I think it was just Anelka being Anelka. He was professional but has that sort of lazy style (relative to his incredible talent) and it was hard to get him motivated and really passionate about the game. When he did for brief periods of his career, he was pretty awesome.

 

[Mastadon]

Anelka 97/98 was fantastic but a level below teenage Rooney or Ronaldo (both Brazil and Portugal) IMO. Brazilian Ronaldo was the best he was scoring crazy amounts of goals as a teenager he had everything pace, power, technique and a natural eye for goal. Career was ruined by injuries at Inter but even then he was still world class.

 

[Gooner n Proud]

Anelka 97/98 was fantastic but a level below teenage Rooney or Ronaldo (both Brazil and Portugal) IMO. Brazilian Ronaldo was the best he was scoring crazy amounts of goals as a teenager he had everything pace, power, technique and a natural eye for goal. Career was ruined by injuries at Inter but even then he was still world class.

I think the level Wilshere was operating at for an eighteen year old is up there with them all.

 

[ArsenesNO1Fan]

I think the level Wilshere was operating at for an eighteen year old is up there with them all.

No way, Ronaldo 9 was already pretty much the best player in the world when he was 19

 

[David Smith]

BT Sport is to blame for the early Saturday kick off. No one else. Could easily have made it a Monday fixture. BT Sport hate Arsenal.

 

[A_G]

BT Sport is to blame for the early Saturday kick off. No one else. Could easily have made it a Monday fixture. BT Sport hate Arsenal.

They chose their fixtures in July, well before the CL fixtures were announced.

 

[Rex Stone]

They chose their fixtures in July, well before the CL fixtures were announced.

Yeah but they know when the Champions League game days are and they know that both us and Chelsea would be in the CL.

 

[A_G]

Yeah but they know when the Champions League game days are and they know that both us and Chelsea would be in the CL.

Of course but BT could say that both clubs could have been playing on the Tuesday when there wouldn't have been such a big issue. There should be a rule though that says the CL clubs don't have to play the early kickoff, Rafa was right about that in his facts rant.

 

[haha_arsenal]

look at out next fixtures, really tough ones

away at Zagreb
away at Chelsea
away at Sp*ds
away at Leiceter (on form)
home to Olympiakos
hot to Man United

all of these in less than 3 weeks.
I want to beleive.

 

[redanddread]

Looks like Gabriel & Koz will be doing it for The Arsenal for a few matches more. Doubt he'll bring Per in for the Chavs either.

Per Mertesacker did train last week but Arsène Wenger deemed him to be short of the required levels for Stoke City’s visit on Saturday. The Arsenal manager added that he was unlikely to travel to Croatia for Wednesday’s Champions League opener against Dinano Zagreb too. Mertesacker’s chest infection, which struck him down before the Liverpool game on 24 August, was a serious viral condition and Wenger said the German was “in bed for 18 days.”

 

[redanddread]

look at out next fixtures, really tough ones

away at Zagreb
away at Chelsea
away at Sp*ds
away at Leiceter (on form)
home to Olympiakos
hot to Man United

all of these in less than 3 weeks.
I want to beleive.

Bro, that set of fixtures jumped out at me weeks ago! It's a defining moment in the season ALREADY! One by one though.

 

[Rex Stone]

Also who the f*ck organised it for us to have three away league games in a row!?

There is some major payback due in the home game against Utd and the away against Sp**s.

 

[Rain Dance]

Anelka 97/98 was fantastic but a level below teenage Rooney or Ronaldo (both Brazil and Portugal) IMO. Brazilian Ronaldo was the best he was scoring crazy amounts of goals as a teenager he had everything pace, power, technique and a natural eye for goal. Career was ruined by injuries at Inter but even then he was still world class.

I thought the debate was whether Cesc or Anelka was the better youngster in our club?
Why suddenly it's about Ronaldo? Might as well throw teenage Del Piero for comparison sake.... to be honest, at 19-22 that guy was a complete player, playmaking, scoring, set piece, pace, vision... the Del Piero after that is only 50% of his former self cause he broke his thigh and lost almost all his speed...and still become a legend

 

[Rain Dance]

I think the level Wilshere was operating at for an eighteen year old is up there with them all.

Er.. no...definitely..

 

[Rex Stone]

I thought the debate was whether Cesc or Anelka was the better youngster in our club?
Why suddenly it's about Ronaldo? Might as well throw teenage Del Piero for comparison sake.... to be honest, at 19-22 that guy was a complete player, playmaking, scoring, set piece, pace, vision... the Del Piero after that is only 50% of his former self cause he broke his thigh and lost almost all his speed...and still become a legend

Teenage Freddy Adu beats them all.

 

[tap-in]

Don'the think you will see Theo and Giroud in the same starting 11. They are our only 2 real strikers.

I feel we should rotate a bit, not too much. Per in for Kos or Gabriel. Need both of them for Chelsea. Giroud in for Theo, assuming Theo will start at Chelsea. Maybe Debuchy for Bellarin. Arteta in too perhaps.

Don't want too many changes, but it is still a huge match on Saturday. A good result could really give the team a great deal of confidence. Too bad I will miss it.

You are probably correct but my team is based on resting Alexis, so we would need Ox & Walcott on the wings, maybe bring on Campbell for Ox later.

 

[haha_arsenal]

Ox would do fine at Zagreb and White *** Lane, also at home against Olympiakos.
Alexis should play at Chelsea & Leiceter and against ManU.

what worries me is CBs as mentioned above.

 

[tap-in]

Ox would do fine at Zagreb and White *** Lane, also at home against Olympiakos.
Alexis should play at Chelsea & Leiceter and against ManU.

what worries me is CBs as mentioned above.

CB's can play 2 games a week no problem. As long as they are not carrying an injury I think Kos & Gab will be fine to play right though this tough period. In fact it could confirm them as our starting pair.