http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s378/st86868.htm?fromrss=1 看到這篇好文，轉貼過來並翻譯給大家看。 Magpies 1 Arsenal 0 -time for perspective By Boris Mellor - December 11 2005 Not so long ago, though its ancient history to many younger readers, Arsenal lost 9 games in a season. In fact it was 1999-2000. Away from home we were a soft touch. （不久以前，在很多年輕的槍迷的古早歷史中，兵工廠曾經在一季內輸了九場，那季正是 1999-2000賽季，在英超客場兵工廠表現得嫌疲軟些。） The reason for this, according to some, was that the Gunners had soft foreign fancy dans in the midfield that didn't like it up em. You know the sort Vieira, Petit, and Grimandi. （造成該季不理想的原因是，根據某些人的說法，槍手中場充斥著幾個不喜歡豁出去拼命 ，愛賣弄技巧的外籍球員，你們應該也知道韋拉，佩蒂，格林曼迪有多"軟"） After winning the first double the team went through several transitions, and eventually Wenger decided one of the fancy dans had to go, so Petit joined Barcelona. In Europe things got even worse and Arsenal failed to qualify for the second round, and went into the UEFA Vase. Arsenal scraped 73 points by the end of the 2000 season, and the next was even worse, with only 70 points. True they got to the final of the FA cup, but the Gunners lost the final. According to the pundits Arsenal were the nearly men, they lacked spirit, they lacked English steel. They would never achieve anything; they were one off wonders. （溫格在帶領該隊贏得第一個雙冠後，這隻隊伍經歷了幾個過渡期，溫格決定讓其中一個 外籍賣藝的球員離開，佩蒂去了巴薩。在歐洲事情變得更糟，兵工廠沒晉級第二輪，而進 了UEFA Vase，兵工廠在2000年那季季末在聯賽只拿到73分，在接下的另一個賽季更糟， 才拿70分。沒錯，他們是打進足總盃決賽，但是還是輸了。根據球評的說法，兵工廠不過 是群小男人，他們缺乏精神力，他們沒有英格蘭的鋼鐵意志，這批人不會成就任何事情， 他們不過是曇花一現。） Pre 2001-2 no pundit forecast Arsenal would win anything, indeed Man U had bought RvN and Veron, they would scoop the pool, favourite for second was Liverpool, and the Gunners would have to fight Chelsea for the scraps. （01/02賽季季前，一般預測認為兵工廠不會贏任何榮譽，那時曼聯簽了范尼與維隆，大 家都認為曼聯會獨霸整個聯賽，而利物浦會拿第二，兵工廠與契爾西只能相爭撿剩的。） Stubborn Wenger stuck to his guns, well almost, he did buy Jeffers, and continued playing that fast flowing football that had been "found out", but he wouldn't change. （固執的溫格堅持他自己的想法，嗯…'幾乎'堅持啦，他買了Jeffers，並一直要球隊打 那種快速的，被輿論認為已經被大家'識破'的流暢足球，溫格沒有動搖。） Well by the end of the season Arsenal had the double. Of course all the pundits admitted they were wrong and that Wenger was indeed right (I made that bit up).So what's the point of all this? （那季兵工廠又奪了第二個雙冠。當然所有的球評們都承認他們錯了，而溫格的確是正確 的 [這有些是我自己掰的]，所以我重提這些的用意是什麼？） The point is that transitions are painful - although Wenger has never admitted they are taking place. Wenger has always been stubborn, not always right, but stubborn. When everyone yells crisis he refuses to believe it - he works on his own ideas and stays true to them. A true leader cannot give in to the whims of the press, where the attention span is slightly longer than that of a Goldfish (bit unfair on Goldfish. Ed). （重點是過渡期是痛苦的，雖然溫格幾乎從來都沒承認過這些過渡期的確發生過。溫格一 直都很固執，雖然他不完全對，但是很固執。正當每人都在大叫兵工廠有危機時，溫格從 來都不去相信這種論調，他努力貫徹且不背離他自己的理念。一個真正的領導者不會因為 媒體炒作就退讓，而且媒體的注意力不過比金魚久一些 [這樣講對金魚有些不公平]。） So lets not get carried away by one defeat, or even five. The performance was not that bad yesterday, they produced far worse in 1999-2000, maybe the team didn't do enough to win, they had 55% possession, and shared the shots on goal. Conceding on 82 minutes was cruel, it was the one time that being a man down mattered, Newcastle switched the ball to where the Gunners were a man light. （所以我們不要因為這一場輸球就太過激動，即使是五場。昨天槍手們的表現並不那麼差 ，他們在99/00賽季表現的比這場還要差。也許這隻隊伍並沒有盡到該盡的力去贏球，他 們有55%的控球權，且有些射門。當然在第八十二分鐘失球是很殘忍的一件事，而這發生 在槍手少一人的情況下，紐卡索把球轉移到槍手少一人的地方。） Neither side had that many great chances; and Given dealt with Henry's rocket shot very well. Most days that would have gone in. （雙方沒有太多的好機會，Given漂亮地撲出亨利的射門，平常這樣的球都會進。） True the referee was appalling, and Shearer was lucky not to be sent off, and that's not just an Arsenal view check the press. Don't let the carthorse get you down, he can polish his one medal, Arsenal's foreign fancy dans have a shed full at all levels. （沒錯，裁判執法是很糟糕，而席勒運氣好才沒被逐出場，這不只是槍迷的看法，可以看 看媒體怎麼說。別讓一隻苦力馬讓你消沈，他大可在那擦拭他僅有的一張獎章，而兵工廠 的外籍賣藝兵團已經在各級比賽贏了一堆榮譽。） So Newcastle got three points, yes it's a piss off, but do those fans who think this is a victory for physical English football really want to see Arsenal copy this kind of thing? Should Arsenal give up football in exchange for anti-football? If they do I don't want to watch it. （紐卡索拿了三分，這的確讓人很不爽，但是那些認為打粗野英式足球是勝利的槍迷們， 真的要看到自己的球隊拷貝這樣的打法？兵工廠真的要放棄自己的足球去換取'反足球'？ 如果球隊真的這樣做，那我寧可不看。） No doubt the Gunners need an experienced midfielder, but they are not far short of being a great team again. Transitions are painful - Arsenal fans must get used to it. The last time it took four years. （當然槍手們需要一個有經驗的中場，但是他們距離再次成為另一支偉大球隊並不遙遠。 過渡期是痛苦的，兵工廠球迷們必須習慣它。上次像這樣的時期為期四年。） =========== Over to you, Arsene. --

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