Nasri, what on earth?!

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His form is not so much a result of improvement technically (in fact I'd say it was nothing to do with it) but more due to his improvement off the ball, and some self belief. Wenger himself said Nasri was always 'attracted to the ball' and the club wanted him to improve his off the ball movement/running.
Makes sense. He's made some brilliant cutting runs off that right wing (strangely similar to the type of runs Walcott has benefitted from, despite hugely contrasting styles) but I've not seen a whole let else in his game change aside from his confidence.

:lol: what a drama queen, calm down.
Whooooooooosh.
 

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so basically my paranoia made me look what the gooners think about this thread and I came across this

Arsenal Mania - Forum - View topic - Samir Nasri

dont know whats more of a concern
United fans sounding a lot like arsenal fans or you visiting a united forum
and I think the numpty has a point, too many United fans sound like gooners in this thread, it's actually a bit disturbing the glee some are showing that Nasri is helping Arsenal, so I propose we delete the thread as a big 'feck you' to the Arsenal fans who are getting off to this thread
 

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Internet, serious business.

Nah seriously like brwned said, chill out, we all make our mistakes. Nasri is probably playing better than anyone in the pl, keep the thread. Who cares what some arsenal fans think, who you don't even know in real life.
 

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Two of the best moments last season were nani's individual brilliance against them and rooney's awesome team goal. Hopefully we see something similar!
 

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and I think the numpty has a point, too many United fans sound like gooners in this thread, it's actually a bit disturbing the glee some are showing that Nasri is helping Arsenal, so I propose we delete the thread as a big 'feck you' to the Arsenal fans who are getting off to this thread
Yeah right ..
Accept the same, it's part of the caf
 

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Yep , isn't that a bitch?

I'm hoping Berba or Nani can steal that mantle from him
This is bait isnt it?

Nani has been fantastic this season in my opinion. Always think something will happen whenever he gets the ball. I used to think the same way about Ronaldo.
 

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and I think the numpty has a point, too many United fans sound like gooners in this thread, it's actually a bit disturbing the glee some are showing that Nasri is helping Arsenal, so I propose we delete the thread as a big 'feck you' to the Arsenal fans who are getting off to this thread
Agree. The whole 'lets post things in the Nasri thread everytime he scores a goal so we all can laugh and enjoy' is getting a bit weird now. It's turned into a thread celebrating his form more than anything. I'd rather it be deleted.

That and Jason's uber-weird taunts towards you.
 

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This is bait isnt it?

Nani has been fantastic this season in my opinion. Always think something will happen whenever he gets the ball. I used to think the same way about Ronaldo.
He's been tremendous this season. Our best player.
 

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Agree. The whole 'lets post things in the Nasri thread everytime he scores a goal so we all can laugh and enjoy' is getting a bit weird now. It's turned into a thread celebrating his form more than anything. I'd rather it be deleted.

That and Jason's uber-weird taunts towards you.
It's a let's laugh at Boss thread (for being a bit too forthright with his opinions).

Harmless fun.
 

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It's a let's laugh at Boss thread (for being a bit too forthright with his opinions).

Harmless fun.
Sure. It does feel a bit like an Arsenal love in though. It probably wouldn't feel that way if they weren't right up there in the title race.
 

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so basically my paranoia made me look what the gooners think about this thread and I came across this

Arsenal Mania - Forum - View topic - Samir Nasri
dont know whats more of a concern
United fans sounding a lot like arsenal fans or you visiting a united forum
You visit an oppositions forum and quote a post questioning why someone would visit an oppositions forum.

Postmodern spamming, I like it.
 

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Some French journo was on the Football Weekly podcast today, talking about Nasri.

He said that Nasri is apparently the second fastest player in Arsenal's squad (behind Walcott) and he reckons he's comfortably better than Zidane was at the same age.
For me the signs have always been there about his ability but he's added a certain determination and composure to that which, fingers crossed and barring injury, could amount to him being a fantastic player right out of the top draw

I'm hopeful he could be as effective and consistent as Robert Pires in his prime who was fking world class
 

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Some French journo was on the Football Weekly podcast today, talking about Nasri.

He said that Nasri is apparently the second fastest player in Arsenal's squad (behind Walcott) and he reckons he's comfortably better than Zidane was at the same age.
Similarly to Platini, Zidane was a late bloomer. Many players have been more impressive in their early 20s than Zidane. Still, Nasri is technically gifted, quick and can score goals. He has all the ingredients to make some career.
 

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Would be surprised if he was the second fastest with Clichy and Gibbs around.

Though I'm not surprised about the Zidane thing. Mind you Zidane did become one of the best players ever, a transformation Nasri will have to undertake if he wants to be compared favourably at the end of their careers.
 

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Doubt he'll ever become anywhere near as good as Zidane.
 

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For me the signs have always been there about his ability but he's added a certain determination and composure to that which, fingers crossed and barring injury, could amount to him being a fantastic player right out of the top draw

I'm hopeful he could be as effective and consistent as Robert Pires in his prime who was fking world class
He has the potential to be much better or rather influential than Pires in my opinion for club and country. Pires was a quality player though.
 

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Among the last 100 players I've heard being compared to Zidane, Nasri is the one that I like the most, what a fecking shame he plays for that drama queen club.
 

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So will Real Madrid...
hahah you're right

How long before we start to hear about one of them unsettling him Real / Barca - if he carries on with his current form they'll be all sorts of talk hitting the lad

Hopefully he'll remain for a while yet - I really can see him Wilshere and Ramsay being the heart of a quality midfield if all goes well
 

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I doubt it too but if he only falls even a couple of levels short of that pedestal - I'll take it
Well well short for me. He's a class player at the moment so I don't see why anyone wouldn't take that :)
 

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Samir Nasri can almost 'feel' Arsenal's hands on Premier League trophy

Samir Nasri takes his seat at the table. The location is one of Wembley's dressing rooms yet it feels a little like an expensive hotel suite, all dark wood upholstery and hi-spec finishing. Someone cracks a joke about a Mafiosi sit-down. "We're here to make you an offer you can't refuse …" Arsenal's man of the season laughs.

Nasri's message, though, is not out of keeping with the imagined theme. When the kid from the mean streets of Marseille talks, he reveals ambition, calculation and steely desire. His business is indeed pressing. "We know that it is today or never," he says. The 23-year-old is referring to the Premier League title and Arsenal's designs upon it. The fight looks to have boiled down to a straight shootout with Manchester United and Nasri admits that he can almost "feel" the trophy. He seeks to clarify his statement.

"When I say it is now or never, in French we say this as well, it doesn't mean that if we don't do it this year, we will never win a trophy," he says. "But what I mean is that it is our best chance since I came to a club to do it. It feels like that to me. Chelsea are not as good as last year, Manchester United as well, so it is our time."

Nasri speaks critically about his club's rivals, which is unusual for a high-profile footballer but it reinforces the strength of his character. "When we played against Manchester United at Old Trafford in December [Arsenal lost 1-0], they didn't play in the normal way," he says. "They were scared. They played with three defensive midfielders and they closed the game. They know that we can beat them.

"United are not like they were two years ago with Cristiano Ronaldo and [Carlos] Tevez. For me, they were untouchable. Every time at Old Trafford, they scored in the 90th minute and they made the difference always against the small teams. This year, away from home, they have been unconvincing. Chelsea as well, I don't know what happened to them but they just fell down after eight games or so. This year we have had fewer injuries and everyone has grown up, and that's why I say what I say."


Nasri has scrutinised the remaining fixtures and he pinpoints Arsenal's game in hand on United as being potentially decisive. It comes away to Tottenham Hotspur on 20 April. Arsenal famously won their last league title at White Hart Lane in 2004. "If we beat Sunderland, we move to within a point of United and then they play at Liverpool on Sunday without [Nemanja] Vidic and [Rio] Ferdinand and, this year, United are really strong at the back so something can happen there. They hate each other. And if we win our game at Tottenham, we can be on top. So that is why I say we feel we can win the title.

"We have the best schedule. United still have to play Liverpool, Chelsea at home and they have to come to the Emirates to play us. I think we have more chance than United because I am convinced of our quality and I know that the Carling Cup will help us now to face the other targets that we have."

The Carling Cup final against Birmingham City last Sunday was supposed to provide Arsenal with their first silverware since 2005 and the springboard to greater glories in May. Instead it served up last-minute calamity, a familiar sinking feeling and yet more questions about the team's mental toughness. "If you win the Carling Cup, it can give you confidence and sometimes when you haven't won a trophy you become scared of winning," Nasri says. "Winning the Carling Cup could have helped us but now we have to show we are men, that we have the guts to give our answer in the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup."

Nasri admitted that fear had undermined his team in the past, specifically when they fell to Barcelona in last season's Champions League quarter-final. This season's last 16 re-match is delicately poised, with Arsenal 2-1 up ahead of Tuesday's second leg at the Camp Nou, but Nasri anticipates a different outcome. This time out, he feels, Arsenal have found liberation in the role of underdogs.

"Last year we didn't touch the ball," he says. "They were everywhere, it was like playing 16 against 11. It really was a nightmare. Maybe we were scared of them as they were fantastic. But this year we said we had nothing to lose. We just played our game and we beat them. At the Camp Nou they will have to attack and they will leave space for us to score on the counter-attack and so we will do it."

Nasri does not disguise his admiration for Barcelona, the club that he could have joined from Marseille at the age of 16. His agent held talks with Txiki Begiristain, who was then the Barcelona sporting director, but no official offer was forthcoming. May Nasri play one day for the Catalans?

"When I was younger my hero was [Diego] Maradona," he says. "After that it was Ronaldo and [Zinedine] Zidane but Maradona played for Barcelona. The game that they have is the way that I love football. I don't make plans for my future. I have learned that you cannot predict what will happen."
Nasri said that he could not rule out playing for another English club, although he did make one exception. "I will not play for Tottenham," he says. "It's like in France, I cannot play for Paris St-Germain [Marseille's rivals] because I'm faithful."

But William Gallas swapped Arsenal for Tottenham. "That's another good reason not to go there," he says. Nasri's feud with Gallas is well documented.

Nasri will discuss a new contract at Arsenal in the summer – talks are currently on hold – and he says that he wants to stay. The weather apart, he likes London, he is happy at Arsenal and he acknowledges that they have made him into the player that he is today.

His progress this season has been eye-catching. Being overlooked for the France World Cup squad last summer has helped him physically and perhaps motivated him further while his numbers speak for themselves. The headline statistic is his 14 goals in all competitions; he had 12 across his first two seasons at the club and he is being talked about loudly as a potential Footballer of the Year.

Individual accolades, though, will not suffice. When rival clubs splashed the cash in January, it heightened the sense that opportunity knocked for Arsenal. "We keep hearing we have quality, quality, quality," says Nasri, "but we have to show it and that means winning a trophy."
Samir Nasri can almost 'feel' Arsenal's hands on Premier League trophy | Football | The Guardian
 

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His first point is rubbish, as well we beat them and should have had another goal had Rooney not skied his penalty. His second point is fair, United were untouchable when we also had Tevez and Ronaldo.
 

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I remember Fabregas complimenting us after the 1-0 defeat at OT in 2006, about how open we had played and that it make it an enjoyable spectacle.

But we've changed for the better in these big games. Our record, particularly against Arsenal has been much better since we chose a more conservative approach in these games.
 

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''"They were scared. They played with three defensive midfielders and they closed the game. They know that we can beat them.'

Is Nasri Peter Storey?
There's a bizarre sense of entitlement instilled within their players and fans. They get really annoyed when the opposition doesn't allow them to play their natural game. :houllier:
Aye, I can scarcely remember an Arsenal shot at goal in that game.
 

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God how i hate these bunch of pussies.
Would rather see Chelsea lift the trophy than those fickle cnuts.
We will do them at the Emirates!