Tales Of Wenger!
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger sees no reason why his chargers cannot compete for this season's Premiership title.
Many believe the North Londoners are already out of the title race having slipped 12 points behind leaders Manchester United - although they have a game in hand.
The Gunners are the only side to have inflicted defeat on Sir Alex Ferguson's side this term and Wenger retains the belief they can catch the leading duo.
"We can still win the championship. Look at the numbers, we have the potential to do it," insisted Wenger.
"Either Manchester United or Chelsea could have dropped a few points at the start and that is what happened to us.
"We have lost twice, Chelsea twice and Manchester United once - but the difference is the points we dropped at home."
Meanwhile, Wenger has confirmed Arsenal will not be splashing the cash with the transfer window re-opens in January.
The French tactician has confirmed his admiration for Watford's exciting winger Ashley Young, but they will not be getting out the chequebook.
"I like Young because he is mobile and has good movement, a high work-rate and is a creative player," he continued.
"He is an interesting boy - but we will not buy anybody in January. At the moment we have enough players.
"If you look at the number of players we have on loan - like [Nicklas] Bendtner and [Arturo] Lupoli - we are not going out on the market at all." -
Arsene Wenger admitted his side had fallen too far behind the Premiership leaders following Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at Bolton.
Former Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka scored twice to inspire Bolton to victory and leave The Gunners nine points behind Chelsea and 12 adrift of Manchester United.
Wenger felt his side deserved to leave The Reebok Stadium with something to show for their efforts, and conceded that dropping points while still playing well was becoming a depressingly familiar habit.
"We are too far behind," he told PremPlus. "If you look at the number of points we have dropped and the way we have played it is really difficult to take.
"You feel on one hand there is a lot of quality in the side, but on the other hand we cannot transform that into points, so it is very disappointing to be such a long way behind because I feel we have a good chance to play with the top teams."
Wenger paid tribute to Arsenal's character against Bolton, but declared that a lack of experience may have cost his side.
"It is disappointing to lose the game because we gave a lot, but the decisive moments of the game we did not control well," he assessed.
"The second half was all us and I think the third goal was offside, but that killed the game off.
"We showed resilience, character and going forward we always looked dangerous, but you are never happy when you lose a game because it is very difficult to take.
"It is a learning curve for our team at the moment. We do not get enough, considering the quality of our game, because we lack experience in the decisive moments of the game." -
both on 25th nov UK time.
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Arsenal can still do it! Gooners!!
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basically the team suffered cos there isnt enuff quality upfront.... henry injured, rosisky also injured,van persie suspended makes it worst... they still need a big name attacker other than henry... van persie still learning n adebayor not good enuff... they cant win titles like tat... last nite they also unlucky with their chances but they should look at visiting teams on how they win at reebok rather than keep using the same approach...
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Arsenal players need to go to the gym man...in order to win against bolton...Originally posted by felirox:Arsenal can still do it! Gooners!!
Bolton players man-handled them.
No offence i still think arsenal is one of the most entertaining side i will pay to go london and watch them play.