Schalke were excellent and deserved the win,however the most shocking thing that Giroud(French Ligue Player of the year last time around) was dropped for Gervinho .Gervinho who is a no-name ____.No,really!His real name is Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi(whatever!).Gervinho is "marketable" to the proles.
Well it showed and he really was a liability(Gervinho that is) to an extent that Arsenal could have been better with 10 men.He was booked for diving and finally replaced by Giroud.
And just like the case of Balotelli,the commentator was reminding us how his unpredictability(Uselessness that is) is his strength and how he is such a precarious talent and how it is talents like these that make the EPL exciting etc.etc.
That is why I believe that commentating/football punditry is maintained as something for old,retired footballers.
Because if it was done by professionals,surely one of them would notice and say the truth.
i think that wenger is financially involved in gervinho, so he wants to use him a lot, otherwise he might lose money
gervinho comes from guillou's academy in ivory coast:
http://www.castefootball.us/forums/threads/14249-beveren-the-most-repulsive-club-ever
and arsene wenger was involved in that academy
i'm 100% sure that he knows how bad gervinho is
otherwise, when it comes to pundits, they can't really say the truth on TV, that would be too harsh
it's all about what they don't say usually
i listened to a radio show in france after the arsenal match, this guy:
https://twitter.com/PhilippeAuclair said how bad gervinho was
"Octobre, le temps des vendanges, chef de recolte, Gervinho. "
it's a joke about gervinho's misses in that match, in french
this is what he said about the match:
"A few questions about AFC's surrender tonight. Santos has an awful game. Ok. Why not bring in Koscielny and switch Vermaelen to left-back? "
"Then, why wait until the 76th minute to bring in Giroud, and the 83rd to give a chance to Arshavin and Gnabry? "
but i'v seen very bad pundits
who wants to know what jean alain boumsong thinks about a game for example? (he's a pundit in france)