<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fenix down @ Dec 15 2005, 03:42 PM) [snapback]298671[/snapback]</div>
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If everyone faces the facts you will see Arsenal this season qualified top of their group in the Champions League with the best record by far out of all the British teams competing and are unbeaten at home all season so far. The only dent in their season is their (admittedly) poor away form, but with so many injuries that is hardly surprising. [/b]
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Arsenal's form in the CL can hardly be used as a barometer for how well they are doing - their group was so ridiculously easy. As for injuries, I'd be careful using that excuse if I was you, you're going to start sounding like Graeme Souness.
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The stuff people have been posting about Henry not being able to carry the team is complete rubbish. It is the ermergance of van Persie as a quality central striker that has allowed Henry to do precisely the opposite and enjoy playing his natural game cutting in from wide on the left.[/b]
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Van Persie has done okay, but without Henry there with him, he'd be lost and nowhere near as effective.
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Newcastle were taking the piss on sunday and Shearer should have walked immediately for a vary dangerous challenge that could easily have broken the arsenal guys leg on another day, but he's one of the premierships sacred cows who are percieved as always being innocent even though he's spent the last ten year elbowing defenders in the face.[/b]
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I'm amazed at some people's attitude towards Shearer. He's one of the most liked and respected players of his generation yet some people always seem to give him abuse. He has always been a physical player - taking as well as giving. It' a shame Arsenal players don't know how to take. I bet you didn't use to complain when the likes of Vieira, Adams, Dixon and Winterburn were kicking people up in the air.
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Oh, and if anyone even thinks of suggesting Hargreaves as a possible arsenal target, they need shooting as he is Britains most overrated player by a long mile. What arsenal need is world class support for the defence and a genuine title winning keeper. [/b]
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I agree with you on this point. Hargreaves should have opted to play for his native Canada instead of England, they are more his standard.
Just a word on the CL draw today. Out of the four British teams, I can only see Liverpool getting through.