Arsenal Whizkid Targeted To Be Kicked By Bolton Bullies
Posted on 23. Sep, 2008 by Milox in Premiership
Bolton midfielder Kevin Nolan has revealed that he told team-mate Jlloyd Samuel to clatter Arsenal winger Theo Walcott during the Gunners’ 3-1 win at the Reebok.
Walcott, who has enjoyed a superb start to the season for both club and country, came on as a second-half substitute on Sunday and Nolan admitted that he encouraged Samuel to ‘kick’ the winger after his introduction.
“I have never seen anybody as quick as Theo Walcott in my life,” said Nolan. “I said to Jlloyd Samuel ‘Give him a little kick and see if he comes back at you!’ “At the end of the day, it is a physical sport. We don’t want to be like basketballers. We are in the gym four or five days a week to build ourselves up to try to stand up to challenges like that.
“We are in danger of losing that side — the roughing up of people.”
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Ranju Rahman
23. Sep, 2008
I dont know why they go to the gym 4-5 times a week if they they have to resort to kicking fellow professionals. I reckon Bolton players should carry guns onto the pitch and be done with it, because they’re obvoiusly not bothered about playing football. Even Fergie condemned Davies as being the Premiership’s dirtiest player last season. By the sounds of Nolan’s confession, Bolton are proud of this. It’s so appaulling that Diaby resorted to their “gamesmanship” last season because it’s the only way the Arsenal football players can stand a chance against Bolton’s martial arts experts. Diaby should be ashamed of himself as well. The worrying thing is that Bolton’s tactics are not only going unpunished as in the case of Davies’s tackle on Clichy, but they are being adopted by other teams. Prime example of which was Taylor’s gentlemanly and “physical sport” challenge on Eduardo last season. For years Arsenal were subject to much criticism themselves with tabloid pages dedicated to the red cards obtained by Viera. Now we’ve resorted to playing good football and can end a season without a sending off, we’re now victims of the Bolton Wanderers of “football”. Now Platini’s criticising Wenger for calling on referees to be able to view video evidence after filthy challenges like Davies’s on Clichy. Perhaps I shouldn’t be the one raising this, but the journalists like Michael Parkinson who slated Viera should show some consistentcy in their criticisms and come forward!
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Akbar
23. Sep, 2008
All these idiots (including Platini) should bloody well grow up and stop complaining. Platini practically has done nothing to make things better in football and those who do or suggest he gets offended. The stupid bastard should lay rules that leaves these thugs out of football. Such players ruin football, careers of great footballers. Wenger has changed the way english players are groomed (walcott, wilshere, randall are prime examples).
Wenger also suggested ‘the more goals, more points’ rule so that shit teams like Bolton and others dont put 10 men behind ball after scoring one lucky goal. Platini should be sacked! The guy has done nothing but waste his and other people’s lives.
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Big-gun
23. Sep, 2008
Dirty no good Northern C***
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