Wenger efter Fulham
Själv satt jag på O'Leary's på Birger Jarlsgatan tillsammans med redaktionskollega Ruben och tittade på matchen. Vi var inte helt ensamma, men nästan. Några Brooklýn Lager passerade förbi och efter Giroud, Podolski och Podolski så måste "the-Spurs-reject" Bent göra mål. Å andra sidan så gör han mål rätt ofta. Ändå. Minns dock en match när han spelade för Spurs och drog bollen i ett friläge till inkast. Klassiskt Spursavslut, som jag naturligtvis vill se mer av på söndag. Jag är inte dock så orolig efter att ha bläddrat igenom kavalkaden av missar mot Swansea. Makalöst kul att se en gammal United-spelare göra två mot Cíty igår. Cardiffs publik ser ut att vara gifta med varandra. Vilket liv och jag undrar om Glenn Strömberg satt mitt i publiken. Helsike vad han vrålade vid 1-1 och när han skulle förklara vad som hände. Har alla islänningar tatueringar över hela kroppen för övrigt?
Wenger var nöjd, glad och trevligt uppsluppen efter matchen mot Fulham. "We played in the way we wanted to play because we created chances. At the start of the game Szczesny made a great save but after that we feel we were always in control of the game."Han tyckte inte att laget var speciellt segt efter veckans excursion till Turkiet utan den mentala styrkan tryckte tillbaka tröttheten. Ungefär så. Han kommenterade vidare hur laget spelat mot Fulham och menade att man anpassade sättet att attackera något. "It was impressive because we had a good mixture of patience and speed in our game and that was positive today. I changed the shape of our team today because I rested Jack. We played with four defenders and six offensive players so we had to make it tighter with numbers but of course when we had the ball we were always looking dangerous."
Tyske Lukas gjorde två mål.Ramsey sade i en annan intervju. "Killen har ett skott och träffsäkerhet som du inte hittar någonstans" och Wenger var nöjd som en bagare som precis kläckte det rätta ägget för att göra en bakelse. "I am pleased for him because he hasn't started much recently more because of the balance of the team than his performances. I am pleased because he plays with a lot of spirit and he can score goals. Everybody in the squad loves Lukas and I want to keep him. When a player doesn't play he is not happy and recently he did not always start but if you look at his and Giroud's goalscoring record it's very good."
Precis som Erik Niva sade i TV-soffan så menar wenger att Girouds andra säsong alltid är bättre än hans första"His second season is always better than his first one. You could see as well technically today that he was quite impressive. His physical presence up front is very important and I think he looks like he's much more confident than last year."
Mot Fenerbahce då..vilka spelar? Vilas någon?"No. [We'll] just try to win it on Tuesday. For us it's important to finish the job and get the focus right. We have made a big step but it's not over the line. Now we want to finish the job because that's a big part of our season. The group stage of the Champions League is highly-important. I will not rest players on Tuesday night, certainly not."
Wenger nämner sedan inget om Cabaye eller andras transfers. "Om vi har något att annonsera, så märker ni det". Å han avslutar med en monolog om den allt starkare brittiska kontingenten i laget"I'm happy for that. During the transfer period, people are so much focused on who is coming in that they forget how good our players are. Somebody told me there was an interesting article somewhere in a newspaper. I personally didn't read it so I don't give you any guarantee but they [apparently] said "We don't bring players in. But at the other hand, the English players don't get the chance to play in the Premier League." If you look at our team today, you had Jenkinson who gets a chance, you get Walcott who has started with us, you have Ramsey, you have Wilshere, you have Gibbs - all [British] players who get a chance with us. You should give us some credit for that sometimes.
..sade Wenger.
