Wenger....

has issued a statement apologising about what he said after the game about Martin Taylor.</p>

Fair play to him.
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Agreed

trouble is some are quick to judge without seeing all the facts.. like some ***** on here.

 

thats true that pal. i earlier slagged wenger off for having selective eyesight and never seeing any misdemeanours of his own players. now he admitts his comments were made in anger. good on him. he was obviously upset earlier and is man enough to admit it.

 

still only sees what he wants nt

 

Wenger has only issued the statement because his PR agent will have told him too it won't have been of his own back

 

exactly, he said it was in the heat of the moment when he said it to various tv and radio stations, numerous times

 

It's called being a manager

You can't publicly slag off your own players, you must defend them to the hilt else you'll lose your respect with them.

 

Does William Gallas have the respect of his team mates? nt

 

RE: Does William Gallas have the respect of his team mates? nt

Absolutely, no doubt about it.

 

Major overreaction to what Gallas did. He'll have apologised once he calmed down - football can be frustrating; and it got the better of him. Big deal. He wasn't the first and it won't be the last.

 

RE: Does William Gallas have the respect of his team mates? nt

Even after the way he acted yesterday? Disgraceful.

 

first time i've ever seen a player walk off and refuse to play

when his team were defending a penalty kick

 

I can understand it

It happens in football at all levels, even at sunday league level. You say things to your team-mates in the heat of the moment and then sometimes have to apologise. Very easy to get carried away during a match after an incident.

It just showed how much Gallas cares.

 

RE: first time i've ever seen a player walk off and refuse to play

Clichy clearly won the ball. So id have been pissed off too

 

He didn't refuse to play - he came back as soon as the penalty had been scored. Like me, he probably felt there was no chance James McFadden would miss it. It was out of character and out of order, but the overreaction to it is nuts. I know I'd have been fuming if:
a) One of my best players had been crocked with a disgusting injury.
b) Birmingham had scored their opener from a ridiculous award of a freekick..
c) You'd got 2-1 infront against 10 men only to see your defender make the most ridiculous mistake.
d) Then see your defender recover and quite obviously win the ball; and a penalty be awarded.

Think I'd have punched the ref in the face personally.

 

If I were in a team of any kind

I wouldn't want my team leader to be acting like that. All respect would be gone and I'd want a new team leader.

 

I think it showed comprehensively that he's not captain material nt

 

And if...

Your team leader then apologised for his actions, explained that it was in the heat of the moment and it wouldn't happen again, then you wouldn't give him a second chance and understand the circumstances of the game? Thats slightly unfair.

 

That is exactly what I was getting at. nt

 

I'd accept his apology without question

But there's no way I'd want him to carry on in his position. It's easy being a leader when everything is going smoothly and you're 5 points clear at the top of the premier league. But what you really want in a leader is clarity of judgement and a calm head when the chips are down. He failed when the going got tough and he's simply not up to the job of being a leader of men.