Arsenal
2011-08-22 11:38
Wenger efter matchen mot Liverpool

Det vet Wenger också. Eller kanske inte. "it is not all doom and gloom", säger fransmannen, men jag undrar vad han tänker på. Han kanske tänker på "hur-i-helvete kan halva laget vara skadat innan säsongen ens har börjat?" Han kanske tänker "Borde jag inte fattat att Kieran Gibbs är hälften kycklingkropp och inte pallar en frostnatt?"; Han kanske tänker "Hur många ägg ingår i en fläskpannkaka?". Det sistnämna kan jag svaret på. Tre.
Men vår franske mästerkatt med stövlar, ponton och med Pampas många hundra mil bakom sig sitter på sitt rum och tänker på vad Udinese-matchen kan ge honom. Vi har 1-0 att gå på skall sägas och han tänker nog på hur han skall strukturera det defensiva mittfältet mot ManU. Han kommenterar också matchen och menar att han är alltid under press och stress, men "...not more than usual."
Han tyckte att de hade lite otur. "The decider was the sending off and as well the offside goal, it was the decider of the game." och tillade "I think Frimpong was a victim of his lack of experience and of his enthusiasm and heart. He deserved a second yellow card, he should not have gone into that challenge."
Han har naturligtvis hört "Spend some fucking money" skrikas på läktaren och kommenterar; "I think the target is to have a good team and good players. You can spend money and have a bad team. You want the supporters to be happy and when you don't win the game you can understand that they are not. But I think we had eight players out today and we still had a good performance. So it is not all doom and gloom, there are positives in the game today."
Just skadorna ja.."We have injuries and suspensions as well. We had a few players injured. Why? I am not a doctor. I do not feel we have too many, at the start of the season we have a heavy schedule compared to other teams because we play the qualifier on Wednesday night. That has an impact as well - we have five big games when the team is not completely ready."
Det är en viktigt tid nu. Wenger medger det. "onsdagens match är viktig", men menar också att laget har en bra avslutning på säsongen, då man möter alla stora lag hemma. Fransmannen vet också att han aktivt måste lyfta spelarna. "Det är viktigt att ge dem en klapp på axeln. Vi förlorade på ett försmädligt sätt, men vi lyfter oss. "
Så rundar vi av med Nasri. "I don't know [what will happen]. I always said that I would try to keep Nasri and I have never changed my mind on it because I played him today, to the surprise of everybody. He loves the Club, he wants to play for us, if we decide to sell him we will do it and we have to stand up for it. At the moment I am happy he is here. I don't know if he will play on Wednesday, we will just play the game." (Vi kan väl anta, att om Nasri spelar mot Udinese, så stannar han kvar i klubben, för då har City ingen nytta av honom i Europaspelet. ).
..och nya spelare?"We look, you know? But we try to do the right things for the Club. I think Koscielny and Vermaelen are a fantastic pair of centre backs but it's very difficult as well because if you buy another centre back and then someone gets injured I have to buy another one. You cannot do that every time you have an injured player."
..och egen framtid?"There is no chance I would walk away. I will try to give my best for the Club. We live under circumstances where every defeat is an absolutely a disgrace and an earthquake. We are at the start of the season and we are very disappointed that we lost the game. But we are at the start of the season.". För övrigt, en löjlig spekulation. Tycker jag.
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