究竟乜野係忠心？

如果你女朋友同你講
「我而家好愛你，但有一日我會重返前度男朋友既懷裡」
又如果你女朋友同你講
「好多人想追我，所以我希望你花多 d 時間陪我」

邊一個女朋友配得上「忠心」一詞？

換一換個場景

如果一個球員講
「我而家好鍾意 Arsenal，但有一日我會重返 Barcelona 踢波」
又如果一個球員講
「好多球會想買我，所以我希望 Arsenal 俾高 d 人工我」

那麼
邊一個球員配得上「忠心」一詞？

Hi all,

There have been no blog posts since the Stuttgart friendly simply because I am lazy. I have a lot to write but none of them are written.

I hate type Chinese, so I write in English this time.

The 2008/2009 Premier League season starts today and Arsenal face W.B.A. in the Emirates Stadium.

Almunia

Sagna Gallas Djourou Clichy

Walcott (Toure 73') Eboue Denilson Nasri

Bendtner (van Persie 69') Adebayor

Since Fabregas is out, Eboue starts as a central midfielder. What? Eboue cannot defend, attack and pass. How can he take Fabregas' role? It is a joke! His performance proves my words. How many chances does he miss? What if it is Xabi Alonso to take these chances,...

An early goal for Arsenal in the 4th minute, Clichy to Denilson then to Nasri who scores on his Premier League debut. How many matches did Hleb play until he found the net? A good match for Nasri. He can shoot, hold, pass and defend. So, will you miss Hleb?

A good match for Almunia too. He makes several decent saves and commands the area well. Adebayor misses several golden chances. Does he realize how much he is paid every week? van Persie is not better. How many times does he sky the ball? For Bendtner, how many times does he shoot? Arsenal have Adebayor, Bendtner, van Persie and Vela as strikers currently, but who can actually score a goal?

With Toure being unfit, Djourou and Gallas forms the partnership in the central defence. Once again, Gallas' mistimed header nearly causes Arsenal to concede a goal. Gallas has a go at Djourou in the second half right after Djourou clears the ball off the line. Maybe Djourou is responsible for the failure of the offside trap, but Gallas, as a captain, should give some merits to Djourou for his denial of W.B.A.'s equalizer. Moreover, it is Gallas' responsibility to organize offside traps.

Anyway, nothing is better than a victory in the season's opener.

Wenger says there will certainly be one new signing before 27 August. Cana, Yaya Toure and Xabi Alonso are all cup-tied. Barry is also cup-tied until next January. Who will be the new signing, Annan? Inler? Toulalan? or Veloso? Let us hope he is not a sixteen-year-old.

P.S.

Middlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs for Champions League football? Do not piss me off!

Arsenal 將會係 UEFA Champions League 外圍賽第三圈對 FC Twente

首回合將係 8 月 12 日或 13 日上演，FC Twente 主場

次回合將係 8 月 26 日或 27 日上演，Arsenal 主場

FC Twente 上季於 Eredivisie 排第四

並係季後賽擊敗 Ajax 取得 UCL 外圍賽第三圈參賽資格

FC Twente 而家由前英格蘭領隊 McClaren 執教

估唔到 McClaren 咁快返黎英格蘭

Amaury Bischoff，21 歲，葡萄牙 U-21 國家隊成員，由 Werder Bremen 轉會到 Arsenal

Bischoff 既位置係中埸中，但亦可踢右中場

咩野話？中場中？邊類中場中先？

答案係 Fabregas、Ramsey 果類

今個夏天，Flamini、Gilberto 先後離開，再加上年頭既 Diarra，半年內有三個防守中場離隊

但 Wenger 至今卻只買入 Coquelin 一個防守中場

不過 Coquelin 只係 17 歲，雖然熱身賽有良好既演出，但仍未可以登大雅之堂

Wenger 明知中場防守係球隊既弱點，點解仲唔買番個防守中場呢？

點解簽入左 Ramsey 一個技術型既中場後，再簽入 Bischoff 呢個技術型中場呢？

我既要求好簡單 - 簽一個有經驗既防守中場

我並唔係要求 big-name signing，亦唔係要求 big-money signing

但 Wenger 的確講過話會買有 Premier League 經驗既球員

市場上 Barry 同 Xabi Alonso 都係 available 既選擇

（Update：《Daily Mail》指 Aston Villa 同意賣 Barry 俾 Liverpool，價錢係 19M GBP + Finnan）

Bischoff 本身亦都有問題

佢去季一整季基本上都係養緊傷，而佢至今既球員生涯亦經常受傷患困擾

Arsenal 已經有 van Persie 同 Rosicky 兩個藥煲，再買多個藥煲對 Arsenal 有乜幫助呢？

Wenger 你究竟想點呢？

Stuttgart 1-3 Arsenal

正選陣容：

Almunia (Fabianski 45')

Sagna (G. Hoyte 78') Gallas Djourou (J. Hoyte 45') Clichy

Walcott (Randall 78') Eboue (Ramsey 61') Denilson Nasri (Wilshere 61')

van Persie (Vela 45', Simpson 85') Adebayor (Bendtner 45')

咩野話？Eboue 打防中？Wenger 你諗緊乜架？

Denilson + Eboue 既中場組合好明顯唔多平衡

邊個上去攻？邊個逗後防守？

Djourou 明顯係唔掂，無速度、攔截唔準

唔要蠟筆小新 (Djourou)，亦唔要鐵達尼號 (Senderos)，但剩低既只有歌王 (Song)

Wenger，買後衛呀！

Adebayor 既 first touch、控球仍然係咁唔掂

學如逆水行舟，不進則退，踢波都係一樣

希望只係因為佢休假後首次比賽，仲未開始上力

Nasri 唔錯啊，最少有機會就起腳

運球、傳球、意識都唔錯

半場 Stuttgart 0-0 Arsenal

全新既鋒線係下半場出現 - Bendtner + Vela

佢地兩個係之前兩場熱身賽夾慣夾熟，應該比無乜狀態既 Adebayor + van Persie 好

但 Arsenal 卻失波在先

51 分鐘 Yildiray Basturk 射成 1-0

呢球失波令我諗起係 Online Gooner Forum（定係 Arsenal Forum）睇到既一條 thread

條 thread 既作者話佢睇完 07/08 Season Review 後，發覺 Arsenal 大部份既失波都係來自左後防

無獨有偶， Yildiray Basturk 既入波都係來自 Arsenal 既左後防位置 Umm...... 咁代表 d 乜呢？

Bendtner + Vela 既威力係 58 分鐘展露出黎

Bendtner 一腳 through pass 傳入禁區

Vela 壓過出迎既 Lehmann，右腳射入，1-1

Vela 真係好似當年 top fit 既 Reyes，更好既係 Vela 唔怕同人撞

呢球某程度上係 Lehmann 既錯誤

Vela 係左腳仔，加上有後衛貼住佢，當時處於偏右位置既 Vela 根本無即時威脅

但 Lehmann 既出迎令到個後衛要走開讓路俾佢

結果 Vela 順勢推過 Lehmann，用右腳射入空門

雖然係空門，但球波係中楣低入波，證明 Vela 仲要好好磨練隻私家 cue

65 分鐘，同樣係 Bendtner 同 Vela 既配合

一個 one-two，Vela 傳既高波，高度、速度、落點都非常準確

Bendtner 用頭輕輕一點個波，之後射入遠柱，1-2

我敢講，Adebayor 一定做唔到呢樣野

埋齋既一球出現係 73 分鐘

Clichy 左邊死纏爛打，結果俾佢轉到身出到波

當全世界都以為佢傳俾 Bendtner 既事候，個波竟然係傳俾較後既 Wilshere

Wilshere 心口一控，左腳一射，係龍門最尷尬既撲救位置入網，1-3

其他球員黎講

Denilson 有 Flamini 既影子，不過係 06/07 球季既 Flamini 既影子

Ramsey 征戰三場後，表現明顯有少少下滑

今季可能係 Randall 最後一季穿起 Arsenal 波衫踢波

Simpson 仲未完全證明自己，但睇得出 Wenger 仍然未放棄佢

今晚 Arsenal 作客 Stuttgart 既友誼賽係今季 Arsenal 季前熱身賽既真正開始

之前 Wenger 講過，對 Stuttgart 先會開始打真軍

所以即使大部份一隊球員係上場對 Burgenland XI 之前已經復操，但都無係果場賽事落場

今晚場波，我地會見到 Adebayor, Gallas, Nasri, van Persie 等球員落場

Fabregas 同 Toure 身在英格蘭，今晚應該見唔到佢地兩個

Ramsey, Vela 同 Wilshere 上場踢足全場，所以今場未必會正選上陣

預計正選陣容：

Almunia

Sagna Gallas Senderos Clichy

Eboue Denilson Diaby Nasri

van Persie Adebayor

今晚另一個焦點係倒戈既 Lehmann 身上，估唔到咁快又見到佢

記住今晚 2:15 開波

各位好

歡迎黎到 Arsenal Street

其實呢個 blog 本來係叫「Arsene Knows His Arse Knows」，但咁叫既話會俾人一個呢個係反 Wenger blog 既感覺

咁岩香港有條街叫 Arsenal Street，咁就用條街名黎做呢個 blog 既名喇

呢個 blog 主要係寫比賽前瞻、賽後評同對關於 Arsenal 既新聞消息既意見睇法

不過，首先表明我既立場先，係 Arsenal 隊中我喜歡 Adebayor, Almunia, Gallas, Song，唔喜歡 Bendtner, Diaby, Eboue, Fabregas, Senderos, Wenger

我會盡量保持持平中立既意見，但我都有我既立場

你鍾意我既意見既，我歡迎你經常黎

你唔鍾意我既意見既，我更加歡迎你經常黎

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