Now is the right time, let me knock him down!
Coming from a disappointing home draw against CSKA Moscow, Arsene Wenger expected his team to come back with a vengeance and rip West Ham apart. Much to his frustration and not so much to my surprise they Arsenal lost and couldn’t even score! That’s what 1 goal in 4 games? Looks like Drogba can outscore Arsenal this season!
Anyway, the topic of the day is Arsene Wenger’s attack on Alan Pardew after the 89th minute goal by Harewood that doomed Arsenal. They’re no Chelsea to take a defeat and come back strongly, if so they should have blasted West Ham out of the game after the Moscos draw at the ‘Emigrants’ stadium.
Alan Pardew has been getting the stick for a couple of months now and he saw his lowest point of his career with 8 successive defeats! From there, to beat Arsenal at home, by scoring an 89th minute winner will surely make you ecstatic. Okay, Pardew went a little overboard in his celebrations (may be he watched Jose’s double knee slide celebration against Barca) but how can the french ‘gentleman’ do this. His manhandling of Pardew was just sick by any standards.
If they were players, that’s a red card for professor Wenger. Just for a moment imagine that it was Jose Mourinho in place of Arsene Wenger. The press and commentators would crucify Jose and would be asking for his public hanging. The UEFA president will say that Jose is a big disgrace and FIFA president will say that Jose has brought the beautiful game into disrepute. Since it is this old frenchman and they are not threatening for any other big club, this will go under the carpet.
The Football Association has said that they will wait until they have reviewed all the video evidence before deciding whether to take any action against Arsene Wenger or Alan Pardew for their touchline bust-up. But, Pardew has already apologised, which still may not clear Arsene’s bad behaviour.
Arsene refused to shake his hands when Pardew offered. Remember, when Jose was unavailable to shake his hands with Rafa, it was quite a topic. There is a considerable double standards in the press when it comes to Jose. Arsene also skipped the post match conference. Atleast he did not give a Rijkaardish bullshit like “I was trying to congratulate Alan Pardew”.
Update: Arsene regrets his action
The conclusion is I felt provoked in a disrespectful way in my area. I responded and I regret that I responded I shouldn’t have done it. Pardew apologised and I accept his apology. We could have both done better. It is an incident that can happen in football.
Is he planning to appeal against the FA charges? I guess not!
Wenger shud get a touchline ban for this or he shud atlest be fined by fa. otherwise, we will see more of such nonsense. pardew had every right to celebrate, what’s wrong with wenger’s temper, he’s not a kid?
equal traetment to all – ban wenger nad let FA issue a strong statement, you can’t have senior people like him misbehaving in front of tens of thousands and millions watching.
Shame on u Arsene.Honestly iam not surprised he’s afterall a Gunner,i expect more of this kind off behaviour from him n his team.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but to me Alan Pardew says “fuck off” to Arsene Wenger. Maybe I’m wrong — I’m best at reading American lips, after all, having grown accostomed to the NFL/NCAA football world — and while that doesn’t justify Wenger’s actions at the end of the game, it at least makes them more understandable. Or maybe what the coaches do is actually completely irrelevant which it actually is. Think that might be a possibility?
Oh yes, I do. You may not know who I’m talking about, but if Tom Coughlin and Bill Parcells refuse to shake hands after an intense NFC East game, ESPN will pick it up, few people will actually care and Roger Goodell will certainly not follow it up with a fine or anything unless he’s a complete tool of the media (which UEFA would be for doing the same, especially since Pardew has apologized).
All that said, I have lost so much respect for Wenger in the last few weeks it’s unreal. In my eyes he went from a man to be respected to a whining imbecile, which, since I’m from a culture (USA) which loves whining imbeciles (isn’t our favorite athelete Terrel Owens?) is saying a lot. Wenger can shut up about right now and just accept that his team lost. They’ll win other games, as Chelsea will, as ManU will and while this is obviously not Arsenal’s best year, you can make the best of it…or you can bitch like a small child.
Your choice, Wenger/Mourinho/Ferguson/etc
Totally correct, but being a football fan rather than a fan of any other team, I watch all games closely, and look up wat the managers say and all..I have to give it to Arsene. I have watched every Arsenal game this season and believe it or not, THEY HAVE BEEN THE MOST UNLUCKY SIDE IN THE PREM TILL NOW. Having watched all their games, I feel sorry for them and can only say that they DESERVED TO WIN EACH ONE, except for the one against CSKA Moscow on Russian soil, where they lost but again, were wrongly and SHOCKINGLY disallowed a good goal from Henry. I just wat to write a few things about the Arsenal team from how i’ve watched them play this season.
To me, the Gunners play good football. It was a pleasure to watch them take apart Reading and Watford. They haven’t just struggled in front of goal, they’ve been struggling with some ABSOLUTELY s**t refreeing as well. Honestly, if you’ve watched the Gunners play this season, you’d feel they deserved to win every game.
Coming back to Arsene Wenger. Great man in a bad mess. Put yourself in his place. His side, one of the best in the world are screwing up some really easy games. Plus they’re being bogged down by bad refreeing. I’m not surprised Wenger was angry. I’ve watched him over the years, and I think others will agree as well, that HE IS NOT THE TYPE TO GET INTO CHEAP BRAWLS. He’s always been a gentleman who’s let his team do the talking. Pardew was RIGHT in his face with his clenched fist when Wenger was frustrated with some AWFUL refreeing. But it was not right of him to not have shaken hands afterwards. It just proves we’re all human beings with emotions and feelings. He was just being a human being, thats all.
The refreeing was particularly bad, for a moment, I thought the refree was playing for West Ham for a while. A clear penalty wasnt given, and a shocking tackle on Robin Van Persie that desered at least a yellow, got away with just a free kick. I saw the spikes with my own eyes. And to top it off, RVP was hit in the head by a coin from the crowd. I dont blame the Professor at all for getting angry. Anyway, the whole point is NOT about the Gunners, its about Arsene. Chelsea and Arsenal may be rivals, good, but ridiculing Wenger at this point is not professional. He’s proven himself above all this crap, and we know him. I saw how incensed you were when John Terry was awarded that red card. I really think that should apply here too. John Terry, my favorite defender, btw, DID NOT DESERVE that red.
Think about it..Insulting Wenger here is totally unprofessional..
Roman here
Hey guys the tabloidss make dough outta bad mouthing CFC. But don’t you touch Arsey and ManUrey about their loss of airs and temporary or whatever loutishness and gross immaturity. Cause their fans are never gonna pick up another of the papers that do . Simple economics and thin thin skins .
The media isn’t in the business of being fair . Only in the business of selling more copy.
talk about pot and kettle.huh. so mourinho never complained or refuse to shake hand huh
Atleast Jose has not ‘assaulted’ or ‘attempted to assault’ anyone. Of course, Jose has refused to shake hands. But what I talk about here is to ensure Arsene also gets the stick like Jose gets when he does something like this. Let there be no double standards. The press has gone very lightly on Arsene.
I accept 100%, but Arsene has always been held in VERY high esteem by the media, so when things like these creep up they tend to go soft on him..
Plus we dont know wat exactly happened there..Coz Pardew’s not such a gentleman to offer to shake hands with someone who’s assaulted him for no fault of his. And knowing Arsene and having watched him over the years, He is certainly not the type to assault anyone, unless there is some serious provocation. He’s always been a very good gentleman..
Generally, your test of character is only when you’re provoked, otherwise you can put your face in your palms and wait till the final whistle lol. Anyway mate, cool it, I respect him though I dont consider him to be what he is made of by Arse fans. Jose and Fergie are years ahead of him when it comes to football management, but thats another topic!
so blue champion i am assuming if i say something insulting to you you will just accept it and move on. what a christian. and what exactly is the point of the hand shake anyway. if you do not mean it why should you do it. i rather a person tell me what he feel about me that shake my hand and then backstab me. and could you detail your comment about fergie and jose being much better than wenger.
maybe a new post just about the above mentioned topic
Enki! Are we talking about thugs, common people (like me) managers of football clubs? If I were Wenger I wouldnt have behaved like that. I would rather wait for them to come to ‘emigrants’ stadium and smash them 4-0 or something instead of resorting to these red card behavior. As regards Jose/Fergie being better than Wenger, didn’t I say it’s a different topic and deserves separate discussion.
xenephobia creeping in. sad considering that your manager is portugese,your owner is russian and your best player is ivorian. a case of john terry creeping in. what do u mean by your first question? are u saying that wenger is not a common person. why? about red card behaviour i think all human at one time in their lives has make a mistake. that does not make wenger a monster. all it make him is human. he a sore loser like all competitive,sucessful manager (mourihno/ferguson/riijkaard). i did say you should post anew one to explain your view. don’t u read your own blog.
I’m not for crucifying Arsene. All I said is that what he did was a disgrace and he deserves punishment for that.
i do not care about if he get punished for it as i feel the punishment will probably be a token. but the media has amplify the gravity of what was basically a shoving match which was nowhere as worrisome as van persie getting a coin in the head. where your video for that. where the media uproar for that. and for those who say that wenger get an easier time with the media they need to see how many time he been accussed of destroying british football.how many time his player get kick off the park and injured (diaby) with the media defending the guilty.
Thanks Enki. Our discussion on wenger’s attack on Pardew is over. Why are you talking about coining issue? That’s off-topic. Otherwise, I’ll have to talk about million other off-topic stuff.
because it is part of the bigger issue here. i do not mind going off point. and what attack are you talking about. if two guys pushing each other (afterall pardew was the one to put his hand on wenger first) is an attack then we are in trouble as this happens in almost every single match. remember when some said essien tackle on the pool player was an assault. i doubt you would agree with such an exageratted statement so why even use the word attack.
That’s humor for non-Arsenal fans. Looks like you have no problem in me saying “atleast he was on target”. Humor again.
Wenger is KNOWN to be an absolute gentleman..If you were fair in your writing, and IF you wrote as a football critic rather than as a Chelsea fan, you wouldn’t write so much about Arsene.
Here’s wat Wenger had said yesterday :
“I think Alan Pardew apologised because he was conscious that I felt provoked in a disrespectful way in my area..”
Pardew apologised even after the scuffle..WHY? Coz he knew in his heart that he’s gone overboard..
And about Fergie and Mourinho..I’m not sure whether you’re talkin in your right senses..I dislike Man Utd..But I admire Fergie..And Fergie and Wenger and waay ahead of Mourinho, ESPECIALLY when it comes to man-management..
Arsenal have the least no of superstars among the top three teams..Actually ONE, Henry, who was NOT a superstar when he was bought..Fabregas was bought when he was 16 itself..
Hows that for man management?
Wenger senses the potential in the kids and brings the superstar out of them..That, my friend, is good man management..
That’s only scouting, my friend. If his speciality is finding good youth players, how many in Arsenal first team have come from Arsenal youth academy. Your man-management skills will come out only when you handle superstars. Now you’ll say he does not need superstars. The fact is, he cannot handle them. 2 titles in 10 years in a club like Arsenal is nothing great.
Wenger and Fergie way ahead of JM in man-management????
what about JM’s successs at Porto….he didn’t have those ‘roubles’ there but he won Portuguese and Eueopean cup both…..he got these resources only due to his past performance and not the other way around….Wenger or Fergie couldn’t have achieved that feat with Porto or any other team of that level, I am for sure….
Yes he doesn’t need superstars.
Handling superstars is good. And I accept Jose is doing a good job. But look how far Arsenal have come without superstars. How did Arsenal make it to the ‘BIG FOUR’ without superstars? Handling superstars is difficult, BUT handling a bunch of talented amateur kids, and STILL getting results, is ten time more difficult..
What Wenger has been doing with Arsenal is amazing. The silverware he’s brought with the little help he’s had with superstars and cash, is awesome..
With ‘talented amateur kids’, Jose Mourinho won the portuguese title twice, portuguese cup once, UEFA Cup once, UEFA Champions League once – all this in just 2 years! Absolutely unmatchable!!