May will be a big month for Arsene Wenger.
That’s when the prizes are handed out and fourth place is one prize his club needs.
Chelsea, Manchester United and Stoke could work out for him.
His last three games are Chelsea at home, Man United away, Stoke at home.
By then the title race should be over. United should have wrapped it up.
And Stoke could already be relegated.
After Burnley, there are 10 more weekends of Premier League football.
I wish we were closer to the end than that, a lot closer.
I’ve had as much as I can take from the Arsenal players.
Carlos Vela : I’ve improved this season.
What?
Eboue: I’ve improved this season.
Whaaat?
Bendtner : Why I wear my pink boots.
Is that all you can talk about?
A dazzling gem from Adebayor : If I don’t score another goal, and we win something, I’ve had a good season.
A STRIKER SAID THAT IN FEBRUARY !
THAT’S AMAZING.
He actually said that on Arsenal TV when admitting it was unlikely he could score 30 goals, as he did last season.
His last league goal was against Middlesbrough on December 13 !!
Adebayor said, “I have 12 already but to score another 18 now would not be easy. But I don’t care if I stop on 12 goals if we win something with the club.” He also said, “I am getting assists now too and getting closer to being a complete footballer. I can score with my left, score with my right and score with my head too.”
By thinking like that, Adebayor is further away from being a complete footballer that he was before he said that. But the whole idea is beyond ridiculous.
To use the words “Adebayor” and “complete footballer” in the same sentence is an insult to the history of the world’s greatest game, and an insult to football fans on every continent.
It’s interesting that Adebayor has a “hamstring” and will miss the Roma game.
Ade was given an alleged £ 80,000 a week contract but he lost his temper with an abusive Gooner at Lagos airport and told the guy, a paramedic, that he’s really on £110,000 a week.
After games Adebayor is surrounded by a big gang of bling-spattered buddies. Remember, when Wenger signed him he was at the bench in Monaco for disciplinary reasons, not footballing reasons. He has his hair done at Sweeter Touch in Neasden Lane, where he is the star customer. The hairdresser, a Nigerian, is one of his best mates. The shop, I’m told by one regular, is plastered with signed photos of the Arsenal star, who is the current African Footballer of the Year. The hairdresser goes to parties at Ade’s house and says Ade loves to party. When Ade first came to London his neighbours complained about loud music coming from his house.
Now Arsenal are playing quite solidly without him. Arshavin is making clever short passes, Bendtner is scoring goals as well as missing them, Nasri is mobile and sharp in their short-passing game, Walcott and Eduardo are coming back, Fabregas too. Arshavin had a couple of shots in the second half at West Brom, when Arsenal were leading 3-1, and looks as if he might score his first goal soon. The Arsenal style is now a Nasri-Arshavin style, and Eduardo and Walcott will fit into that.
All along, even before Arshavin signed, I thought his precise style would blend with every Arsenal player except Adebayor. What I’ve seen against Sunderland, Fulham and West Brom confirms that view.
So I’ve now started to wonder : is Adebayor really injured?
Will he play for Arsenal again?
What did Wenger think of those words?
What did the manager think of a striker who says he doesn’t care if he stops scoring?
What does Wenger think about Ade saying : I don’t care if I stop on 12 goals, if we win something with the club.
I suppose Adebayor will play again. But it would be marvellous if he didn’t.
We shall have to wait and see if they need him.
Maybe Wenger doesn’t fancy him any more.