Nothing Is Wrong When Your Timing Is Right
And nothing is ever right when your timing is wrong.
Wenger has had problem with his timing this season. It's true that we need to sell PV sooner or later, but not this season. He should have sold him a season ago or a season later. Why did he sell his most influential midfielder when he himself knows that it is not easy to buy good player a year before World Cup? But let's forget about PV.
Let's talk about Bentley and Quincy.
Many people think both of them are not good enough to stay at the club. Bentley, who was never given proper chance to play with this team, was deemed not good enough based on his performance with Norwich and Blackburn (at least before he scored hattrick last night). Let me tell you something. If it was Reyes who went to play with Norwich, he would not turn out better either. And had we sent Henry to Blackburn, he would all the same suffer with his performance. How can you judge Bentley's performance based on that? He is, above all, a technically gifted player. He is suitable for Arsenal and not Norwich or Blackburn.
What about Quincy? I have watched him playing for first team quite a few time and I agree that he was full of tricks but lacking in final product. But so was Joe Cole for so many seasons, and so was Christiano Ronaldo during his first season. Those players need time and strict coaching to mature. But the talent is definitely there. Quincy was always one of the best talents in the youth tournaments he participated with Holland.
If Wenger could bear with watching Reyes playing so badly at times, and could still give Hleb chance to play despite his poor form at the moment, why could he not give these both players chance?
And why sell them now? Do you seriously think that Ljungberg is far better than Bentley at the moment? There were time when we had to play Ljungberg upfront due to lack of attacking players. We are now severely depleted and a not-so-good player is better than no player, isn' it?
Don't talk about Vela or Walcott because the former is now still loaned out to Spain and the later is a 16 years old who haven't got Premiership experience. Did Wenger not want to have some experience in his squad? Well he got Bentley; he used to anyway.
I often wonder why Wenger always wants to have thin squad and then complains about his squad's lacking in depth. And why did he fill his firstteam with technical players and then complain about other's physical approach? He is a bit naive sometimes.
One of the reasons Arsenal grew complacent almost every season after they won the Premiership was probably due to the size of the squad. These players have no one in the reserves to challenge for their spot and they could afford thinking "Now that I have helped the team to win the Premiership, my position in the team is 200% safe. Wenger likes stability and even if he wants to meddle with the team he doesn't have quality players in the reserves to do that anyway." Okay, I made up that theory and of course may not be true.
The only logical reason why they were sold was that probably Wenger had secretly offered them a new deal which they rejected.
I have nothing to say for last night's game. Campbell stormed out of Highbury and Wenger, as usual, defended him with good words. This Arsenal team, you just get the feeling that they would concede in one way or another.
Wenger has had problem with his timing this season. It's true that we need to sell PV sooner or later, but not this season. He should have sold him a season ago or a season later. Why did he sell his most influential midfielder when he himself knows that it is not easy to buy good player a year before World Cup? But let's forget about PV.
Let's talk about Bentley and Quincy.
Many people think both of them are not good enough to stay at the club. Bentley, who was never given proper chance to play with this team, was deemed not good enough based on his performance with Norwich and Blackburn (at least before he scored hattrick last night). Let me tell you something. If it was Reyes who went to play with Norwich, he would not turn out better either. And had we sent Henry to Blackburn, he would all the same suffer with his performance. How can you judge Bentley's performance based on that? He is, above all, a technically gifted player. He is suitable for Arsenal and not Norwich or Blackburn.
What about Quincy? I have watched him playing for first team quite a few time and I agree that he was full of tricks but lacking in final product. But so was Joe Cole for so many seasons, and so was Christiano Ronaldo during his first season. Those players need time and strict coaching to mature. But the talent is definitely there. Quincy was always one of the best talents in the youth tournaments he participated with Holland.
If Wenger could bear with watching Reyes playing so badly at times, and could still give Hleb chance to play despite his poor form at the moment, why could he not give these both players chance?
And why sell them now? Do you seriously think that Ljungberg is far better than Bentley at the moment? There were time when we had to play Ljungberg upfront due to lack of attacking players. We are now severely depleted and a not-so-good player is better than no player, isn' it?
Don't talk about Vela or Walcott because the former is now still loaned out to Spain and the later is a 16 years old who haven't got Premiership experience. Did Wenger not want to have some experience in his squad? Well he got Bentley; he used to anyway.
I often wonder why Wenger always wants to have thin squad and then complains about his squad's lacking in depth. And why did he fill his firstteam with technical players and then complain about other's physical approach? He is a bit naive sometimes.
One of the reasons Arsenal grew complacent almost every season after they won the Premiership was probably due to the size of the squad. These players have no one in the reserves to challenge for their spot and they could afford thinking "Now that I have helped the team to win the Premiership, my position in the team is 200% safe. Wenger likes stability and even if he wants to meddle with the team he doesn't have quality players in the reserves to do that anyway." Okay, I made up that theory and of course may not be true.
The only logical reason why they were sold was that probably Wenger had secretly offered them a new deal which they rejected.
I have nothing to say for last night's game. Campbell stormed out of Highbury and Wenger, as usual, defended him with good words. This Arsenal team, you just get the feeling that they would concede in one way or another.
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