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	<title>Comments on: &#8220;Lightweight, soft, and fundamentally flawed&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Foreverzidane</title>
		<link>http://arsenal.theoffside.com/team-news/lightweight-soft-and-fundamentally-flawed.html#comment-29274</link>
		<dc:creator>Foreverzidane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The purchase of Arshavin knowingly that he would not be able to play in Champions League was another costly error by Wenger. That money could have been better spent on a solid defensive player, or a Patrick Viera type of midfielder. Nasri is a great footballer but he is not a defensive midfielder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The purchase of Arshavin knowingly that he would not be able to play in Champions League was another costly error by Wenger. That money could have been better spent on a solid defensive player, or a Patrick Viera type of midfielder. Nasri is a great footballer but he is not a defensive midfielder.</p>
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		<title>By: miele</title>
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		<dc:creator>miele</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 12:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s not the youth-based policy. Wenger sometimes makes costly mistakes when buying veterans, which further eats away at a young team&#039;s confidence. Exhibit A: Silvestre.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not the youth-based policy. Wenger sometimes makes costly mistakes when buying veterans, which further eats away at a young team&#8217;s confidence. Exhibit A: Silvestre.</p>
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		<title>By: Alexinho</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexinho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agree with ForeverZidane....we don&#039;t have a captain at the moment, period, and the captain is a way-under-appreciated asset in the game today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agree with ForeverZidane&#8230;.we don&#8217;t have a captain at the moment, period, and the captain is a way-under-appreciated asset in the game today.</p>
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		<title>By: Alexinho</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexinho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh by the way, if this game demonstrated anything positive, and in fact this observation has become more and more undeniable the more I&#039;ve watched....is Gibbs the best crosser of the ball we have on the whole team??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh by the way, if this game demonstrated anything positive, and in fact this observation has become more and more undeniable the more I&#8217;ve watched&#8230;.is Gibbs the best crosser of the ball we have on the whole team??</p>
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		<title>By: Alexinho</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexinho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great review.  (&quot;It&#039;s a fucking disgrace!&quot;) Though no mention of Fabianski...perhaps you meant it that way as a &quot;scathing exception.&quot;

But for me, you missed the major point of Arsenal&#039;s problems: debilitating injuries.  Wenger&#039;s biggest flaw is not that he buys young players (though there is a convincing argument that it is a problem and he should stop being such an idiot about it), but that he gets deals by buying players that other teams don&#039;t want to take a chance on because of their injuries.  What if Rosicky was fit, remember how we played with him?  Eduardo seemingly still has not recovered though he has.  Van Persie had a good season this time, unusually, but I&#039;m sure next season his injury-prone-ness will return.  Adebayor gets an injury once every two months, and Walcott...he fell into the England dugout?  And then after four months he had a big scare when he was walking away from training and locked his knee?  Christalmighty.  All of our defenders, except maybe Sagna, have their regular time out.  Even Almunia...our freaking goalkeeper...has missed several games.  We constantly have four or five players out on injury.  How do you build a campaign with that?  How different would this season have been if Walcott and Fabregas didn&#039;t get their respective four-five month injuries?  THAT is unacceptable.  You can make an argument that our young players will get better (for me, not better enough, not soon enough).  It&#039;s hotly debated, but it&#039;s defensible given Wenger&#039;s past and just that little niggle of doubt and hope in the minds of fans.  But injuries?  Un-acceptable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great review.  (&#8221;It&#8217;s a fucking disgrace!&#8221;) Though no mention of Fabianski&#8230;perhaps you meant it that way as a &#8220;scathing exception.&#8221;</p>
<p>But for me, you missed the major point of Arsenal&#8217;s problems: debilitating injuries.  Wenger&#8217;s biggest flaw is not that he buys young players (though there is a convincing argument that it is a problem and he should stop being such an idiot about it), but that he gets deals by buying players that other teams don&#8217;t want to take a chance on because of their injuries.  What if Rosicky was fit, remember how we played with him?  Eduardo seemingly still has not recovered though he has.  Van Persie had a good season this time, unusually, but I&#8217;m sure next season his injury-prone-ness will return.  Adebayor gets an injury once every two months, and Walcott&#8230;he fell into the England dugout?  And then after four months he had a big scare when he was walking away from training and locked his knee?  Christalmighty.  All of our defenders, except maybe Sagna, have their regular time out.  Even Almunia&#8230;our freaking goalkeeper&#8230;has missed several games.  We constantly have four or five players out on injury.  How do you build a campaign with that?  How different would this season have been if Walcott and Fabregas didn&#8217;t get their respective four-five month injuries?  THAT is unacceptable.  You can make an argument that our young players will get better (for me, not better enough, not soon enough).  It&#8217;s hotly debated, but it&#8217;s defensible given Wenger&#8217;s past and just that little niggle of doubt and hope in the minds of fans.  But injuries?  Un-acceptable.</p>
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		<title>By: Foreverzidane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Foreverzidane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your headline sums it up the best! Specially given our glass dolls we got as players. I&#039;m not sure if anyone watched the post match commentaries as they were in accordance with most in regards to the absence of a tough veteran, that will guide this SOFT INEXPERIENCED group.
Wenger will be under much closer scrutiny and that may run him out of London which would be quite unfortunate.
Cesc is an amazing talent but leadership is an intangible asset that he yet to possess!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your headline sums it up the best! Specially given our glass dolls we got as players. I&#8217;m not sure if anyone watched the post match commentaries as they were in accordance with most in regards to the absence of a tough veteran, that will guide this SOFT INEXPERIENCED group.<br />
Wenger will be under much closer scrutiny and that may run him out of London which would be quite unfortunate.<br />
Cesc is an amazing talent but leadership is an intangible asset that he yet to possess!</p>
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