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Abromovich: "I don't understand Guus. Why did you not beat Everton? Is it money? Do you need more money? BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE GIVEN ENOUGH!?"

Guss Hiddink: "No it's not the money. Sometimes you just don't get the goal needed for a win. Everton in fairness played very well and, "

Abromovich: "I DO NOT CARE HOW WELL THEY PLAYED. I'VE GIVEN THIS CLUB MONEY. MONEY SOLVES EVERYTHING! Where is the one you call Anelka, bring him in!"

*Anelka shuffles in*

Abromovich: "Anelka! Why did you not score against Everton!?"

Nicolas Anelka: "I did try but, "

Abromovich: "ANYONE CAN TRY! I WANT YOU TO WIN! WIN! WIIIIINNN!"

Abromovich: "Is it the money Nicolas? Do you need more money?"

Nicolas Anelka: "Yes"

The joke is on Monsieur Nic anelka this morning.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5231390,00.html

ANELKA: ARSENAL ONLY AIM FOR TOP FOUR



Chelsea 8/11, Draw 5/2, West Ham 4/1
Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has blasted former club Arsenal's title credentials by labelling them a team who only "aim for third or fourth place".


Anelka, who played for the Gunners between 1997 and 1999, also believes the Blues are a bigger club than their London rivals.

The comments come just a week after Chelsea came from a goal behind to beat Arsene Wenger's side 2-1 in the FA Cup semi-finals.

The Frenchman, who is the Premier League's joint top-scorer despite a run of 11 games without a goal, has had a turbulent relationship with Arsenal fans ever since he left for Real Madrid and his latest outburst will not have helped matters.

"Chelsea are a mega club composed of top players, within which you have to win every game because you are under massive pressure," he said in the Daily Mirror.

"You have to win week in, week out. It is different from at Arsenal. There is a context surrounding the club because of the chairman Mr Abramovich that makes people speak about Chelsea more than about Arsenal.

"Arsenal are composed of young players, aiming for third or fourth place, but we do not really speak about them for the title.

"Chelsea are like Real Madrid - the pressure here is huge."

However the 30-year-old did praise Wenger for bringing him to England from Paris Saint-Germain as a raw teenager.

"I still enjoy a tremendous relationship with Arsene," he added.

"You must respect such a manager for all the things he has done for so many players.

"Thanks to him I have got to know England and I am still there despite all the things that have happened throughout my career."


To be convinced that Le Sulk is talking rubbish.
The article below was culled from bbc.co.uk

Good morning to you all
This morning I read comments made by Nicolas Anelka, where he suggested that Chelsea are like Real Madrid,at first I just smiled and thought what an idiot, but then it started to wind me up, so I thought I would do a little research,it just goes to show some/most footballers should really keep their thoughts to themselves.

Years Club
1995–1997 Paris Saint-Germain
1997–1999 Arsenal
1999–2000 Real Madrid
2000–2002 Paris Saint-Germain
2002 Liverpool (loan)
2002–2005 Manchester City
2005–2006 Fenerbahçe
2006–2008 Bolton Wanderers
2008–2009 Chelsea


Real Madrid

Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has since spent all of its history in the top flight of Spanish football.
Real's home is the 80,354-person-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception. Real is the world's richest football club (€366m) in terms of revenue.

La Liga

Winners (31 – record): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
Runners-up (17): 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1941–42, 1944–45, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06
Copa del Rey
Winners (17): 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1916–17, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93
Runners-up (19): 1902–03, 1915–16, 1917–18, 1923–24, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1989–90, 1991–92, 2001–02, 2003–04
European Cup/UEFA Champions League
Winners (9 – record): 1955–56*, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1980–81

UEFA Cup
Winners : 1984–85, 1985–86

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 1982–83


Chelsea

The team, founded in 1905, plays in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football.

Chelsea's home is the 42,500-person-capacity Stamford Bridge football stadium

In 2003, they were bought by Russian oil magnate Roman Abramovich.

First Division/Premier League
Champions: 1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06
Runner-up: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08
FA Cup
Winners: 1970, 1997, 2000, 2007
Runner-up: 1915, 1967, 1994, 2002
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Winners: 1971, 1998
Semi-finalists: 1995, 1999

tkb417:
HNIC
make una leave us na abi wetin na

@tkb417
Your moronic friend thinks he is infallible.Just a simple admission that he made a mistake in thinking the match was slated for Tuesday instead of wednesday, he goes about claiming he's the best there ever would be.
What a dunce!

nyabinghi:
@HNIC,

I guess from your incoherent writings that u probably work in a park as a tout. YOu are worse than my goat. Mongoloid like you.Let the war roll on, i am your boss.

I really thought you could do better.
Let the house decide who sounds like a tout in a park?
It's obviously you.
The sad thing is that even the touts in a park would put you to shame as per footy issues.
For God sake, they know the match(arsenal vs Man utd) is on Wednesday and not Tuesday, !!!!!!!!
You claim I am worse than your goat.
Sad thing is that your goat(wonder whether it was stolen) is much smarter than you
Quit this war and apologise for your atrocious goof.
Common sense will always prevail over Sheer stupidity!

nyabinghi:
@HNIC,

Thought u had outgrown your megalomaniac tendencies. I know someone who mends a leaking brain, thats the type of brain you have. When did i mention playing Arsenal at the Emirates.

Dude, you are just geting more stupid as the days roll by.
Where did I write that you wrote, that Manure will play Arsenal at the Emirates.
Your football is so shallow that something as basic as the correct day for one of the biggest matches in the football calendar is not known by you!
it's a freaking disgrace.

nyabinghi:
With respect to footie, i am zillion years superior to you cos i have the facts,balls and the brain to say something reasonable people follow.
I can take on the whole of nairaland headlong and come out unscathed.

You should try comedy.
The numbskull didn't know when manure will take on Arsenal for the semi-finals of the CL and he wants to take on the whole of NL.
Take on yourself first and update your footie knowledge.
You are just a waste of space if you didn't know!

@ debosky
Flamini can tell his stories to the Marines_{they will believe him}
He left Marseille also controversially, so I wasn't really surprised when he didn't sign the new deal.
Good luck to him in Milan.
I would have sworn that AW doesn't sign players that he let go but
Things are changing.
Who knows??
I will rather a good replacement though.

nyabinghi:
United make a hard work of simple tasks. Losing the ball at critical places. United should have scored 12 goals yesterday all the same nice play by the team. The team is getting back to their best. I pity the Gunners on tuesday, they i will be roasted.Once ando keeps it tight.

Can you see why you are disparaged by so many footie fans on NL.
Even my nephew(who is just about 7 years old)knows that Manure is taking on Arsenal on WEDNESDAY.
Can't you just calm down and stop barking like bingo and get your facts right b4 ranting
_{BTW,the first leg takes place at O.T before you start raging about how you will beat Arsenal at the Emirates}

@ Cris
see, it's good to sit on an arm chair and analyse
afterall, we are the fans and they are the gaffers.
I don't know why pips keep mentioning Hleb, i don't miss him and in Nasri and Arshavin who needs a  Hleb?
Flamster, well, we miss him but like i always say, that was his first good season and we dont know if he would have replicated it this season.
afterall, had Ade gone and we had finished trophyless this season, Ade too would have been added to the long list of players AW should have kept.
Really, I know AW makes some mistakes(which manager doesn't)
But to crucify him based on that Chelsea match isn't the best.
take your mind back to that match.
Drogba did nothing in the match, except the header towards goal that Gibbs cleared and the 85th minute winner  he scored
prior to then, RVP had a chance to make it 2-1.
Had he scored from that right wing cross by TW and we had won,
AW would have been hailed as a genius!_{Beating Chelsea with a 2nd choice defence and a 3rd choice CB,Silvestre}
It's not easy losing 4 defenders and a goalie in a space of 1 week!
Picture manure losing Ferdinand,vidic,Evra, Rafael and VDS in one week OR
the chavs losing Terry,Alex,Cashley,Bosingwa  and Cech .
The gaffer panicked and played to stop Chelsea (very unarsenal)
instead of his normal 4-4-2.
He thought more of protecting the fragile back 4, than going all out to attack the chavs!
It was a gamble by him and unfortunately, it didn't pay off!

Cristalz:
@HNIC/ kay_pumpin
Why does AW sometimes play Cesc in his least comfortable role when it's not necessary to do that?

Why did he constantly do same with Eboue some time ago?

Why does he play formations that even ardent 15-year old supporters know won't produce the best results?

Why doesn't he know when to sub, and the right person to sub most of the time?

Why does he have so many wrinkles on his forehead?

These and more are baffling. Help, please? Good answers, else I'll have to conclude the man has already peaked, and instead of staying on that level, is on a decline as a manager.

@ Cris
Lol, do u think AW sets out to lose matches?
Or you think he's hell bent on Ridiculing some players
It's only the little mistakes you are 'harping' on.
What of the genius discoveries he has made.??
Kolo came to arsenal as a midfielder, played DM, also played RB
AW turned him to one of the best defenders to ever grace the EPL.
how about Henry?
Henry's career was almost over at Juventus as he was out of the first 11 and played wide
he joined arsenal and AW turned him to arguably, the best player ever to grace the EPL and arsenal's record goalscorer!
Moved him from RW to CF
_{He has the same plan for Theo Walcott also}
There are many more examples of players who were moved from their original positions to new positions where they have excelled.
No manager would set out to humiliate a player or to ask him to play in an uncomfortable position
Such things would have been tried before in training and they must have worked out.

He doesn't know who to sub and when to sub??
must be kidding
Some examples
he brought on Ade against West Ham at upton park at 0-0
Ade came on, changed the game and scored two goals.
brought in Bendtner against Bolton, he scored the lone goal.
Against Hull City in the q-finals of the FA cup,with scores at 0-1 and Hull parking the bus at goal, he brought in Bendtner and nasri and the game changed.
So many examples
Or are u judging him now based on the rubbish that happened over the weekend.
The gaffer has tacitly apologised for his gamble._{he has his eyes on the CL and a strong finish in the EPL}
It's just like saying Fergie lost his damn mind by changing 8 players from the previous game for an FA cup semi.
He lost the tie
Spare AW pppplllllleeeeaaasssse!!!!!

Cristalz:
It's baffling. . .aren't gaffers supposed to position players where their strengths lie? Unless there's an emergency shortage, there's no excuse for not doing that. It's just asking for trouble.

It has happened a number of times with Arsenal yet Wenger refuses to learn. Said it before, he was a good manager

What is baffling

PurestBoy:
Biko iwe ni we( Sorry for my poor Igbo), I'm sorry for using the word stupid on you. I didn't know what came over me. You are right, even a mad man knows how Stingy Wenger is and a close pal of him said he goes to the market himself to buy foodstuffs and groceries instead of his wife and another source confirmed that Mrs Wenger cuts her hair since Prof couldn't afford a salon hairdo

@ Purest
For about 3 consecutive matches, Wenger wore the same suit, same tie and no belt
In fact, there is a rumour in London, that after each match, the jerseys are returned to the club for washing, so that it will be used for the next match.
Don't be fooled that some of them exchange it with visiting teams, they go back later on to retrieve it.

chidichris:
PurestBoy,
am sorry if u were offended. anyways, ashley cole, jemie aldiere, hled, matheu flamini, henry, pires, edu, and a host of other arsenal players left because of salary structure/wage policies of wenger. i hope am not taking u too high. u can make inquiries on the internet and know if am stupid for real or,
are u sure u are arsenal fan? because even wenger himself knows he is the most stingy human being in the history of man.

as for mikel, he is out to enjoy his life because life they say is too short.

Dude, You can't be serious!
Henry, Pires, Aliaderre, Edu and a host of others left because of salary structure/wage policies of Wenger
Why not include Kanu,Gilberto,Lehman and Campbell in your list also
Before I continue, do you think because Wenger's first name is Arsene(which is similar to Arsenal), he owns Arsenal
You will do well not to listen to all those beer parlour analogies which always metamorphose into 'Chelsea is rich' and ' Arsenal is poor'.
Try and research wide and also ask questions if in doubt.
It will help you instead of writing drivel all over the place!

I didn't watch the match but was updated by text messages intermittently.
At a time, I thought they were just playing games with me.
I could understand 1-1,2-2, but by the time it got to 3-3, I switched off my phone.
Only for the phone to come up and say 4-3,arsenal leading, then 4-4,scousers equalize.
The Scummie's texts were too funny.
Messages like
'God bless Arshavin'
'Arshavin the great'
'Arshavin, please come to man utd'
Anyway, I watched the highlights later and  really 'Arshavin was the man'
But really, what kind of defending was that by Arsenal
Anyway, that done, its Boro again on Sunday.
_{Does anyone know if Aliaderre is coming to town on Sunday? Dude scores two goals every season and it's always against Arsenal, one at riverside, one at emirates}

Cristalz:
So no Ade and no RVP for the Liverpool game. . .Rafa will so have you guys for supper

Anywayz, they are missing Gerrard too, but I doubt that will hinder them from making Fabianski wish he had sustained an injury during the game against Chelsea

@ Cris
I tell you what.
Fabianski is a good goalkeeper.
He will become a top goalkeeper in the near future.
One bad outing doesn't make you useless.
Mark my words!

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=247857.msg3756843#msg3756843 date=1240244399]Fucking GAYnners . . . . . . . .If you let Liverpool leapfrog Man Utd before tomorrow, i am going to wreck havoc on this thread.
Why can't y'all spastics get y'all shit together.
Eduardo is out. . . . . .Ade is out . . . . . .Van Rapist is out. . . . . .Gallas. . . . .Clichy. . . . .and your fake Eminem.
Who is going to lead the line 2mrw?? Bendtner??
Dear me!!!![/quote]Ha ha ha
Now you need us to silence the scousers
Fabianski would return to goal_{and make up for his stupidity on his birthday}
Back 4 would be Gibbs,Eboue, Toure and Silvestre
Midfield-Theo, Nasri, Fab4 and Song
Arshavin will pair Bendtner in front
Dont worry Sauron
Reina would score two own goals tomorrow!!!

MrCrackles:
You dont even know youngings that play for your club!

It is Nana Ofori Twumasi!

@ Brash
LMAO
She couldn't even GOOgle, copy and paste correctly!!!

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/van-persie-and-adebayor-to-miss-anfield-trip

Ade and Van persie out for tomorrow's clash with the scousers.

I really think, in the summer, we should organise a Prayer Retreat at The emirates.
I have never seen a team so ravaged by injury before.
I am not sure we have started out with our first 11 in about 3 seasons.
At a time, all the attack minded players were crocked
Then we lose 4 defenders and a Goalie in a space of a few days.
Now our two top scorers this season are both out for tomorrow's game.
This is serious !!!

chidichris:
wenger is working for a group of traders who are strugling to overcome poverty hence stinginess is a way of life in arsenal. is it mikel's fault that wenger is not paying his players well enough to afford them good things of life?

I hope what you wrote above was meant to be a joke.
firstly, Wenger doesn't own Arsenal and doesn't pay Arsenal players wages from his pocket.
Secondly, who told you arsenal players are not well paid.??
take a trip to Ashburton Grove on match day and see the vehicles on display.
Not every club likes to do stuff in the media like the Chavs do!

Jaggy scores
Everton has knocked out manure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Vidic scores!!!!!
Hits the post first

Rio
Manure yet to score

berbatov is just useless
ex-spuds
there is a smile on my face!!!!!!!

Let's see if Ben can come up with another round of heroics
Last time out, O hara and Bentley(former gunners)  threw away penalty kicks
Eh Moyes, hope you don't have any ex gunner in your ranks!!!

chikeobi:
Why didn't Man United took part in FA cup of 2000? Anybody know the reason?

Manure didn't took part because they had to represent europe against the rest of the world and felt there were too many matches to play(hope  I am right)

Vidic has been learning from CR7
what a dive

Watch out for james Vaughan
Could be his 15 minutes of fame!!!

I am so bored
All I am waiting for is Scholes to play some volleyball once more

I thought it was said that Riley was a certified Manure fan.
The guy is just a useless ref, like Steve Benett and Rob styles,all useless

chikeobi:
They have rubbed us again

which part of your body was[b] rubbed[/b]

Haha
The volleyball star makes his entrance!!!
some drama expected

Cristalz:
Why are the Everton fans making noise like they are 2 goals up with 3 minutes to go?

They are all bored.
It will keep them from falling asleep

vinisky:
seriously,i'm falling asleep;, truth be told i did not sleep lastnight but i was expecting this game to keep me wideawake unfortunately,it's not the case.

I think I find the spectator chants more interesting!!!!

Cahill
Nice shot
Where was Saha to tap it in
Hmmmn
If Yak was around!!!