Lehmann: Stop humiliating me
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Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has warned coach Arsene Wenger not to "humiliate" him by continuing to omit him from the Gunners line-up.
The 37-year-old has not played for the north London outfit since making a mistake against Blackburn on August 19, and vented his anger in an interview with German pay-tv station Premiere, which will be aired during Tuesday night's Champions League programme.
"It could be that at some point I feel like commenting on the whole issue," he said.
"But right at the moment I just accept everything as part of the humiliation. You have to let it happen.
"But I think - and this is directed towards my dear coach - that you should not humiliate players for too long. I am an Arsenal player and I will not just fade away quietly."
Lehmann has remained Germany's number one under Joachim Low, however, and kept a clean sheet in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Republic of Ireland earlier this month.
"The disadvantage from the game against Ireland is that my coach now knows that he has a keeper who can produce a pretty good game out of nowhere and without match practice," Lehmann continued. "He could not ask for a better keeper on the bench.
"I am convinced I will soon be playing again. Almunia hasn't shown that he can win us matches just yet. I have been through this situation once and know how the other keeper is situated mentally. I can't imagine he will handle this.
"Wenger has spoken of three world-class goalies. I guess I must be one of them. The others have proven their class by winning titles? I'm just thinking about it, and I can't recall any. But yet today they are considered world class." -
but he humiliated himself and the club with his blunders....
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Ego too big lah.....team spirit first and foremost.
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he is a nazi
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Actually i hope he won't play against Man u in 10 days time cos he is still a good keeper and a big match player...
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His outbust wont do any good to the team spirits. His ego is too big for his and Arsenal good.
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x2Originally posted by kramnave:but he humiliated himself and the club with his blunders.... -
i do believe lehmann will really step up...
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Cristiano will rambutt his face again.Originally posted by zocoss:Actually i hope he won't play against Man u in 10 days time cos he is still a good keeper and a big match player...
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Too much ego and ate too much of vinegar..
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this might explain his high eccentricity in FM
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gk needs to be confident and leads his team. Lehmann fits that bill. Almunia is not bad too.
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confidence and hubris are two different thingsOriginally posted by HyuugaNeji:gk needs to be confident and leads his team. Lehmann fits that bill. Almunia is not bad too.
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But don't you think he's overconfident?Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:gk needs to be confident and leads his team. Lehmann fits that bill. Almunia is not bad too.
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he shld go during the january transfer window
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He's humiliating himself by behaving like this; acting so high and almighty while putting his team mates down.
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i think the current replacement is doing jolly well... lehmen.. i guess u'll be doing more bench warming...
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lehmann can play but he has to wait!
right now we r facing two big clubs in successive matches n we do not want any screw up by him.
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"Keep your comments to yourself"
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he showed the same face this morning on the bench