quote:Op dinsdag 19 mei 2009 13:10 schreef Chuck_Norris het volgende:
Maar even serieus. Wenger met zijn teambuilding zou lang niet al die tijd krijgen van Real Madrid en je hoeft maar 1 keer niet kampioen te worden en je ligt eruit . Denk niet dat hij daar interesse in heeft.
strik er omheen en enkeltje milaanquote:Op dinsdag 19 mei 2009 11:29 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
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30 miljoen en hij is van jullie Silvio.
daar zit ik dus ook mee...quote:Op dinsdag 19 mei 2009 14:11 schreef Gordon_Shumway het volgende:
Ik zou echt geen idee hebben wie 'm op moet volgen.
hahaquote:
quote:Op donderdag 21 mei 2009 19:13 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
Haha ik scrollde vanuit het walcott plaatje naar boven en dacht letterlijk "Damn ik ben nu al verliefd op dat shirt" en dan zeg jij gewoon hetzelfde
Sinds ik destijds een Ajax shirt kocht met Gronkjaer waarna hij een week later uit het niets naar Chelsea ging heb ik nooit meer een shirt voor het einde van de transferdeadline gekochtquote:Op donderdag 21 mei 2009 19:16 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
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Ik vind 'm echt fantastisch. Cesc komt er weer op.
Als ie blijft tenminste...
Ik kocht een shirt met Overmars achterop, op vakantie in Londen. Kom ik thuis, is Overmars inmiddels naar Barcelona toequote:Op donderdag 21 mei 2009 19:25 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
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Sinds ik destijds een Ajax shirt kocht met Gronkjaer waarna hij een week later uit het niets naar Chelsea ging heb ik nooit meer een shirt voor het einde van de transferdeadline gekocht
dat was het jubileum thuisshirtquote:Op donderdag 21 mei 2009 20:06 schreef Rejected het volgende:
Ik vind het shirt ook niet zo mooi. Die donkerrode is nog steeds het mooiste uitshirt.
Ziet er gezellig uitquote:Op donderdag 21 mei 2009 20:38 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Gisteren lekker wezen stappen
http://www.dailymail.co.u(...)manuel-Adebayor.html
Tof artikel om te lezen, klinkt allemaal erg goed .quote:Ever younger Gunners shine through to realise Arsène Wenger's prophecy
• Arsenal aim to add FA Youth Cup to Academy league title
• Up to 10 England prospects in squad to face Liverpool
At the end of a week when Arsenal were forced, however briefly, to contemplate what life might be like without Arsène Wenger it is pertinent that this evening offers a glimpse of the club's future played out in miniature red and white. Arsenal's brightest tyros, having clinched the Academy league title last weekend, take on Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup final.
Wenger's fixation with youth has been hotly debated as the season crumbled but he has long been of the opinion that when football's financial bubble implodes, Arsenal will swim strongly while others go under. The club's thriving Academy fuels his confidence. This is probably the strongest group that has emerged since the process to sharpen up the production line was handed over to one of their most gifted graduates, Liam Brady, back in 1996. As Wenger notes, "There are plenty of players in there who could very quickly be in our first-team squad."
Jack Wilshere, a virtuoso playmaker with wonderful vision, has already played in the Champions League. Henri Lansbury, a dynamic midfielder who scores goals, found his feet in the Carling Cup. Emmanuel Frimpong, who could pass for Michael Essien's younger brother, was recently on the bench with the senior team at Portsmouth. So too Jay Thomas, the captain who can play just about anywhere. All these kids play for England. "I'd say this is the best group of young English players in my time here," reckons Brady.
The team for tonight's first leg is likely to include up to 10 English boys (the only foreign players to feature prominently in the cup run are a pair from France – burly striker Gilles Sunu and midfield marathon man Francis Coquelin – far fewer than Liverpool). Arsenal have long believed passing is more important than passports and that view is set in stone under Wenger. So this is a clear reflection that local standards have been pulled up sharply.
The reason Arsenal do not go fishing abroad for young talent as keenly as they once did is down to a boost in quality since clubs were allowed to take kids on much earlier. "The Academy system allows clubs to have contact with boys from the ages of seven, eight, nine years of age. Before, the schoolboy forms tied a boy to a club when he was 13," says Brady. "It makes a big difference to be able to work with them from such a young age." And what do they focus on at such a tender age? "Improving technical skills. It's something that had to be addressed by English football."
There are new problems youth development now needs to overcome. Handling young men with egos to match their big talent takes some doing. "It's very, very challenging," Brady says. "There is much more attention on them than on a player from my era. Before they get in the first team they are on TV, on websites, playing international football in high-profile tournaments. It is not difficult for the boys to get carried away with themselves. Keeping their feet on the ground is a major priority. I've seen so many players since 1996 who have hit a brick wall because they think they are better than they are.
"In many respect they are all babies. The days are largely gone in the Premier League when 17-year-old players were thrown in at the deep end. They have to be handled thoughtfully. The next stage of development comes on loan, learning the game at a lower level."
Lansbury did just that this season, with a spell at Scunthorpe which fast-tracked his maturity. "I think the move changed me as a person," he said. "It's good experience to go through those ups and downs, getting shouted at, getting moaned at. You learn to take it on board and get a thicker skin."
Many of the issues that have been criticised in the first team this season are in abundance in this young group: spirit, leadership, resilience. They are a lively bunch who have had to come from behind, plunder late goals, and play with 10 men – all in difficult away games – at key moments this season. They may have skill to burn but they love to fight for each other.That is the reward from having a gang who have grown up together since they were tiny.
Brady recently dug out a photo of the under-11s from a few years ago. Seven of those little faces will be involved against Liverpool in front of a crowd of approximately 30,000 at Emirates Stadium, with the return leg at Anfield next Tuesday night. Wenger has been impressed by their "personality". If only he could put them in a time machine and bring them out in a few years' time, his job could be a little less stressful than it has been lately.
Arsenal's three to watch
Jack Wilshere Highly creative playmaker who broke the record as Arsenal's youngest ever player this season, fighting to be fit. Named by Uefa as one of their 10 stars of the future
Emmanuel Frimpong Ghana-born powerhouse in midfield who grew up in London and plays for England
Henri Lansbury Energetic midfielder who has just returned from a loan spell at Scunthorpe where he scored four goals in 16 appearances
quote:Arsene Wenger is likely to have around £50million to spend on new players this summer after selling Emmanuel Adebayor, according to reports.
It had been reported Wenger would have less than £15m to spend but today's Evening Standard claims a source from within the club said this was 'mischief-making' and the Frenchman has been assured he will have at least £25m plus whatever he generates from sales.
And that is likely to include whatever is raised by the sale of Adebayor, whose agent today admitted he did not know what the future held for the striker
Adebayor was linked with a £28m move to AC Milan last summer and there will be no shortage of offers should Wenger, as is likely, decide to sell, although he will probably have to accept around £25m after an indifferent season from the Togo striker.
Chelsea and Inter Milan are also in the frame and Wenger has already admitted he would not mind selling the player to an English rival.
Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz, Gokhan Inler of Udinese and Fulham defender Brede Hangeland are believed to be among Wenger's transfer targets.
quote:Fabregas in clear over 'spit' row
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has been cleared by the Football Association over charges relating to his conduct after the Hull FA Cup tie.
Fabregas, who did not play in the game, came on to the pitch after the final whistle and was alleged to have spat at Hull assistant manager Brian Horton.
But an independent commission has now found there was not enough evidence on two charges of improper conduct.
Hull boss Phil Brown has requested a personal hearing to answer his charge.
Brown was charged by the FA following his comments about referee Mike Riley following the fifth-round replay on 17 March, which Arsenal won 2-1.
Bisschof bij de echte bazenquote:Op donderdag 21 mei 2009 20:38 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Gisteren lekker wezen stappen
http://www.dailymail.co.u(...)manuel-Adebayor.html
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