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Originally posted by atai at 16-5-2009 12:50 
kite pun bley pikir mcm tu..inikan plak fab..
nak main negara pun susah kalau benchwarmer..
tp sape x mo main kt tpt tumpah darah kn.. team yg hebak lak tu |
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baca dia merepek..menarik gak..
Arshavin speaks his mind: Outspoken Arsenal star on 'scary' Wenger, the United 'machines' and 'boring' Chelsea
What we are dealing with here is a clash of cultures. Andrey Arshavin has just been given an opportunity to retract, or at least clarify, some pretty incendiary views on women drivers and has chosen instead to stand by every word and add a few more.
Katya, our charming interpreter, who has translated all this without a blink of her blue eyes, then attempts to place the man, and his opinions, in context.
Lip service: Andrey Arshavin celebrates at Liverpool
'Russia can be a very chauvinistic society,' she says. 'There is a saying: "A chicken is not a bird, and a woman is not a person".' Noticing my look of horror, she quickly adds: 'No, no, we do not mind. If you said that to a Russian woman, she would laugh.'
And Arshavin is unreconstructed Russian in as much as he speaks his mind. Ask about the future of Arsenal, the best footballer in the world or his hopes for the Champions League final and a straight answer is returned.
'We must buy in the summer. Not more potential, but players who are ready to do it now, players like me'
He speaks some English, understands more, replies through Katya only when a question requires explanation and arrives bearing the look of a man who has just had someone reverse into his car. Probably a woman. Initial exchanges are not promising.
A gentle question about how he is finding life in the Premier League.
'To start with, it was extremely difficult, because the game was very fast compared to the Russian style. I had to think on my feet, think a lot quicker, but as the time goes by I find it easier, increasingly.'
An observation that Russian players have often struggled here, which is one of the reasons his four goals against Liverpool at Anfield caused such a stir. Reply in Russian, deadpan face with a hint of didn't you- poison-my-cat about it.
'I believe my technical level is good enough to play here.'
Later, Arshavin says his mood changes with results, which is true of many footballers, but would explain certain contradictions in his character. He clearly knows he is good, but is also aware that at Arsenal this season results have not always backed up grandiose claims. So when he talks about his talent, he says he realised at the age of seven on his first day at the Smena youth academy, run by Zenit St Petersburg, that he was special.
Comfortable: Russian Arshavin has settled in north London
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siot je..
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sambungan..
In the next breath, he agonises that he would not get into thecurrent Barcelona team and, misunderstanding a question about LionelMessi and Cristiano Ronaldo, places himself at the outer reaches of thetop 100 players in the world. It could be false modesty.
Arshavin is plainly a devastating footballer, but he needs to drag thisArsenal team with him if he is to realise his ambitions in the PremierLeague.
Today, Arsenal play the supporting role in what isexpected to be Manchester United's coronation. Even if they spoil thecelebrations at Old Trafford with a victory, it will only underlineArsenal's potential, a most frustrating commodity when allied toinconsistency.
'I am not very excited about playing in a game in which another team will be crowned champions,' said Arshavin said.
'When I first saw him, I was a bit scared, like he was a person from a different planet'
'But it will be difficult to win and stop that happening. There is alot of potential here, but it is more important to show we arecontenders next season, rather than we just have potential to win onegame.
'We must buy in the summer. Not more potential, butplayers who are ready to do it now, players like me. We need two orthree. If Arsenal want to win, they have to do it. We are tired ofwaiting.
'I believe that out of the top four English teams, whenit comes to football, Arsenal are the best. They have the best styleand the best coach. At the moment, young players come to Arsenalbecause they see it as a very big team, but if we carry on like thiswithout winning trophies, young players will not want to come. Everyonelikes the appeal of Arsenal, the football of Arsenal, the young playersof Arsenal, but if there is no result they will stop.
'Arsenalhave not achieved good results in the last few years, but that iseasily explained because the team is so young. I believe we are now ata point where it will begin to work for us and enable the team to startscoring and move on as Manchester United did.
Family matters: Arshavin with partner Yulia and daughter Alina
'A few years ago, they had young players like Wayne Rooney andRonaldo, who were very promising, but they did not win the league andachieve the right results. Now they are older, they cannot stopwinning. Arsenal have been recruiting players for two years, so I donot predict results a long way in the future: I predict them for nextseason, if we can add some others to our team.'
Arshavin's rootsare in St Petersburg, a city he loves and misses greatly. He grew up ina Soviet-style communal flat, three families with one room each but ashared bathroom and kitchen. It has been painted as a life of grindingpoverty, sleeping on floors, but Arshavin says he was comfortable. 'Iknew nothing else.'
His life improved when he became a full-timeplayer at Zenit (making his debut at Valley Parade, of all places,against Bradford City in the Intertoto Cup) and began receiving hiswages in hard cash. His love of his homeland is pervasive but, sincethe age of 11, the spirit of his football has been housed at the NouCamp, Barcelona.
He fell in love with the Catalan club afterwatching them win the European Cup final against Sampdoria in 1992 andonly Zenit St Petersburg's insistence on a transfer fee above 15millioneuros prevented him achieving a lifelong dream by signing for them lastseason.
Arsenal came up with the money in January and, forArshavin, an ambition to play attacking, creative football makes them,for want of a better phrase, Barcelona Lite.
'I believe my talent, my technique, is God-given and all I do is keep it going, rather than bury it in the ground' 'Arsene Wenger wanting me was a big factor,' added Arshavin. 'When Ifirst saw him, I was a bit scared, like he was a person from adifferent planet. I would never in my wildest dreams have thought Iwould be talking to him, let alone playing for his team. I neverthought I was good enough, but we shall see. The Liverpool game was thebest of my life, but I do not want to be a one-game player. Anyone canhave a good game.
'I did have an offer from Barcelona but Zenitwere not happy. I try not to think about what could have happened andat least at Arsenal I am playing. At Barcelona I think I would besitting on the bench, like Aleksandr Hleb.
'Which player could Ireplace? Thierry Henry? No, he is too good and I think Messi will bethe World Player of the Year. If I could vote it would be for Messi.Even if you just count the goals and the beautiful passes and look atit statistically, Messi would win over Ronaldo. It has been close butMessi has been better. So where would I play at Barcelona?
'Lastseason, once I knew I was leaving St Petersburg, the choice was alwaysEngland or Spain, never Italy. I think the English league right now isthe best league there has ever been, whereas in Italy it is verydefensive, very closed football. I do not like it. I enjoy the honestyof English football, because nobody gives up, and almost all the bestplayers are here. Italian football is at the bottom because of allthose scandals. Their league is not very interesting.
'I loveBarcelona for the same reasons I love Arsenal. It is as if they do noteven think of the result, they just want to play and score and if theylose, OK, then they will go out and do it again and win next time. AtArsenal, all we think about is how to attack, how to score, how todribble, how to make a pass. We do not think so much about defence.Probably, for results, this is no good: but I like it.
'That iswhy I hope Barcelona beat Manchester United in the Champions Leaguefinal. United look very solid but they play like machines, whereasBarcelona are dreamers, they are more creative. Sometimes United killeverything and I like Barcelona's football more.
On the ball: Andrey Arshavin during training at Arsenal
'Think of Chelsea. If you watch how Chelsea play, they can kill anyteam, not by fighting, but with the way the midfield play. FrankLampard, John Mikel Obi, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, they willdestroy you, they will damage you with their power.
Chelsea havea good team but it is not football with emotion: one goal and then(blows raspberry, folds arms) boring again. Always. I like teams thatare more open. I like style.'
Now this might sound a bit richfrom a player whose team has just lost 4-1 to Chelsea at home, butKatya identified the Russian characteristic as opinionated - she didnot mention logical - and perhaps Arshavin was referring more to the1-1 draw with his beloved Barcelona at Stamford Bridge, rather than thedebacle at the Emirates Stadium that followed.
Then again, evenon the back of two defeats at home to major rivals, the consensus isthat Arshavin's assessment is correct and Arsenal are two or threeplayers away from being a serious force. Even in a season in which theclub is perceived to have fallen further behind, Arsenal have wonleague games away at Chelsea, at home to Manchester United and drawntwice with Liverpool, including Arshavin's famous four at Anfield.
'I believe my talent, my technique, is God-given and all I do is keepit going, rather than bury it in the ground,' concludes Arshavin. 'Itis a natural talent. I knew I had it from the first day of training atthe age of seven, because I found football easy.
'I played, wegot a good result. If I wanted to go through some defenders, then noproblem. I didn't have to think about it, I just did what I wanted. Theday I started at the academy all the coaches could see I was different.'
And then that flicker of self-doubt returns. 'I used to watch my fatherSergey. He played for various teams in the town, factory teams, randomteams, there was no professional football in the Soviet Union. Thepeople there still say he was better than me.'
This time, though, he has a broad grin. He should try it more often. Perhaps next season he will get the opportunity. |
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anak cebin sebijik macam bapak dia |
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Balas #2151 atai\ catat
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betoi la apa yang dia kata..... |
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ini malam aku rase bung sagna akan melakukan sesuatu
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seri dah malam ni |
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Originally posted by thylord at 16-5-2009 10:14 PM
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/liverMPA2305_468x725.jpg
naya betul..sampai kat benang ni pun boboi fools nangis.. |
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terima kasih...jumpa lg next season...
kami joreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
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mengyu jore , mesia melingkup kt sudirman cup , rossi jatuh.. adoiii... what the weekend  |
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Which Arsenal home shirt worn since 1969 do you like best?
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Originally posted by katana83 at 18-5-2009 08:34 AM
Which Arsenal home shirt worn since 1969 do you like best?
http://www.footballshirtculture.com/images/stories/arsenal-shirt-legend.jpg
marron 5.. |
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Post time 16-5-2009 12:55 PM
