Wenger's nod to Sir Steve

[SpaceCruiser]

so not at all aimed at hunt for the upcoming reading arsenal game then?
ok......

oops sorry, i missed the emoticon!! Wink

All his comments relate to the general safety about keepers, at a time when keeper safety was a big issue, because two keepers had been injured in one game.

The timing of it, due to the fact we were playing them a week after Chelsea is merely a coincidence.

He was probably asked his opinion on it, at no point does he say he thinks Hunt did it or that he did anything wrong.

Er, yes, he said he was angry.

That goalkeepers weren't given more protection, not that Hunt had tried to kill Cech

got knocked out due to what are called 'clumsy' challenges.

"This word clumsy makes me really angry as well because these stupid TV pundits say sometimes 'it's clumsy' and 'it's a man's game'.

Sounds like he didn't approve of Hunt's so called challenge.

[brendywendy]

i believe that wengers comments, right after the chelsea game
were a direct comment on the hunt challenge, was designed to cause the reading players and staff to take it easy, and was specifically timed to effect the upcoming match between the two teams

im not sure i really care what you lot think
im reffin certain

[zac naloen]

So you don't think he was asked his opinion in the build up to the match and said what he thought of it?

[brendywendy]

So you don't think he was asked his opinion in the build up to the match and said what he thought of it?

you may continue to assert that you believe that he wasnt directing negative comments at stephen hunt, thats up to you

but its pretty clear(to me at least) what he meant in the interview

as highlighted by the previous poster who you didnt reply to

[zac naloen]

as highlighted by the previous poster who you didnt reply to

It's a Spacey using a quote out of context where he's complaining about the use of the word Clumsy to describe events where someone got really hurt, what's the point in replying?

He's talking about Pundits, not about Hunt.

Find me a quote where he is saying it was done on purpose.

[SpaceCruiser]

as highlighted by the previous poster who you didnt reply to

It's a Spacey using a quote out of context where he's complaining about the use of the word Clumsy to describe events where someone got really hurt, what's the point in replying?

He's talking about Pundits, not about Hunt.

Find me a quote where he is saying it was done on purpose.

No, you miss the point. It wasn't a challenge but Arsene seemed to think it was a nasty challenge and took offence to it being called merely "clumsy".

[zac naloen]

Actually, I just read the article my self.

Arsene Wenger fears a goalkeeper could be killed on the football field unless they are given more protection.

Chelsea keeper Petr Cech fractured his skull after colliding with Reading's Stephen Hunt on Saturday.

The Arsenal boss said it was no coincidence more keepers were suffering serious injuries during matches.

But he added: "I can't imagine a player will go in to try to hit another player on the head with his knee because you know you can kill the player."

Wenger said there had been four instances in the past six months in which goalkeepers had been badly injured.

Chelsea's second-choice keeper Carlo Cudicini was also stretchered off in Saturday's match after colliding with Ibrahima Sonko.

Middlesbrough's Mark Schwarzer fractured a cheekbone after a collision with Dean Ashton in April, while Newcastle's Shay Given needed surgery after tearing a bowel in a challenge with Marlon Harewood in September.


"This year there have been four incidents. It cannot be coincidence," Wenger said.

And the Arsenal boss admitted he feared a serious injury to his keeper Jens Lehmann.

"In some games, Jens has been targeted," he said.

Lehmann also voiced concern about goalkeepers' safety, saying someone could end up in a wheelchair if they were not protected.

"I really felt sorry for both Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini. It made me really, really angry too.

"I'm upset still because it happened to Schwarzer and Given. Now it's happened to Cech and Cudicini.

"All of them are great keepers, very brave. They never went to challenge or harm the striker, but all four of them got knocked out due to what are called 'clumsy' challenges.

"This word clumsy makes me really angry as well because these stupid TV pundits say sometimes 'it's clumsy' and 'it's a man's game'.

"Yes it is a man's game, but what you have to consider as well is these men have children and wives and their children don't want to see their fathers end up with lifelong damage, driven around in a wheelchair or not being able to work anymore."

Everything I've bolded is all from Jens Lehmann.

Wenger said nothing of what you are attributing to him in the article.

[brendywendy]

GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY


if the papers and the BBC publish articles saying: wenger fears for lehmans life after hunts challenge on cech
its good enough for me.

and i already told you

i dont care what you think!


even if you are probably righter than me

[Katie Marsden]

Nice comments from the FOURTH best coach in the Premiership.

[zac naloen]

GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY


if the papers and the BBC publish articles saying: wenger fears for lehmans life after hunts challenge on cech
its good enough for me.

and i already told you

i dont care what you think!


even if you are probably righter than me

I apologise for finding the massive flaw in your argument

[biscuitsrus]

Having taken 6 points off us this season Wenger is bound to be complimentary about us. He seems to see matters differently when things are not going his way.

[brendywendy]

GAYGAYGAYGAYGAY


if the papers and the BBC publish articles saying: wenger fears for lehmans life after hunts challenge on cech
its good enough for me.

and i already told you

i dont care what you think!


even if you are probably righter than me

I apologise for finding the massive flaw in your argument

yes
jolly good

ruddy good show young man