Whinger: Stoke Are Cowards

[GrandOldTeam]

He is at it again, you would have thought he would have learnt from his Martin Taylor/Eduardo tackle rant...

Sky Sports | Football | Premier League | News | Boss blasts Stoke 'cowards'

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has accused some of Stoke's players of deliberately trying to injure his players.
Gunners stars Theo Walcott and Emmanuel Adebayor both picked up injuries during last weekend's 2-1 defeat at the Britannia Stadium.
The duo will miss Wednesday's UEFA Champions League clash with Fenerbahce as a result with Walcott having the better chance of returning against Manchester United this weekend.
Wenger was unhappy with Stoke's physical approach and has described those who injured Walcott and Adebayor as 'cowards'.
Courage

"For me, you need to have more courage to play football when you know somebody is tackling you from behind without any intention to play the ball, with only one intention to hurt you and I can show you some tackles where I can prove what I say," said Wenger."The one who is tackling is not the brave one, for me the brave one is the one trying to play football.
"Do you really feel that [Rory] Delap tried to play the ball when he tackled Walcott or that [Ryan] Shawcross tried to play the ball when he tackled Adebayor off the pitch?
"All the players have been injured deliberately.
"For me, the brave one is not the one who tackles from behind, but the player who tries to play football. That's the coward."
The Frenchman was also adamant it was not the first time opponents had hurt his players with reckless challenges, with the badly-broken leg Eduardo suffered against Birmingham last season the most notable example.
Defender Bacary Sagna was also hurt against Stoke and had been receiving treatment on an ankle injury in a bid to be fit for tomorrow's game.
Wenger added: "Do you want me to tell you the players we have lost here? Diaby, deliberate foul from behind, Rosicky, deliberate foul, Eduardo, deliberate foul. Now we lose Walcott, deliberate foul, and we have lost Sagna - deliberate foul on him.
"There is only one intention when he is tackled and that is the ankle. And you want me on top of that to sit here and say, 'Yes, sorry we are not brave'?"

[Dom1878]

He always accuses teams of playing too rough when he loses.

[Blue Ray]

Originally Posted by Dom1878

He always accuses teams of playing too rough when he loses.

Ferguson and Rafa Baconarse always come out with this shit too. Idiots.

[Bruce Wayne]

What is it, 72 red cards they've had under Wenger? People in glass houses and all that.

[Dutch Toffee]

Think the FA should also clamp down on this kind of behaviour. They are the ones who launched the respect campain and to be honest this kind of rubbish is the opposite. Why is it always, that in 90% of all cases, the Sky four managers are the ones complaining?

Unbelievable, think the game has gone to soft already. The top four, surely get enough protection as it is? What do they really want, that the so called lesser teams just give up and roll over, when playing them?

[MikelsGoat]

What do they expect with there crappy pass,pass,pass tactics. I used to love watching Arsenal, when they used to give the ball to Henry, Overmars and they would just destroy teams with pace and finesse, now they bore teams into losing. If some fool was playing keepball and not football i would just rake my studs down their calf, i dont blame ppl for kicking them!!

[Dom1878]

Originally Posted by MikelsGoat

What do they expect with there crappy pass,pass,pass tactics. I used to love watching Arsenal, when they used to give the ball to Henry, Overmars and they would just destroy teams with pace and finesse, now they bore teams into losing. If some fool was playing keepball and not football i would just rake my studs down their calf, i dont blame ppl for kicking them!!

Arsenal are a totally different team without Henry...i used to like them, now i am actually bored by their football. PUT THE BALL IN THE FUCKING NET.

[Neiler]

You would think he would have learned after so many years here what teams wil try and do and come up with a strategy against it.

Personaly i would have more resepect for him if he came out and said my big players are of form like adebeyor and Fabergas!

[Bruce Wayne]

Looks like the league will elude them again this year. How long will he be allowed to carry on without winning trophies do you think? Must be a good while since they last won the league. He's been building a team for a few years now and doesn't seem any closer to cracking it.

[James Martin]

Originally Posted by Bruce Wayne

Looks like the league will elude them again this year. How long will he be allowed to carry on without winning trophies do you think? Must be a good while since they last won the league. He's been building a team for a few years now and doesn't seem any closer to cracking it.

Yeah, they seem to be turning into a feeder club for the big European teams now. Wenger's talent spotting ability is so well known it's becoming a cliche. He doesn't get time to build a team now before important players are off. I can see them falling further and further off the pace in the coming years. Imagine they lose Toure and/or Fabregas and/or Adebayor in the summer, They'd struggle to get into the Uefa cup

[Cal]

I used to like Arsenal until last season when they came to Goodison and acted like a team of absolute bellends.

I was close to coining that **** Almunia.