Sagna happy to bide his time
February 04, 2012 09:28:45 UK
Arsenal's fit-again defender Bacary Sagna has been through a huge learning curve since breaking his leg in October against Spurs.
He is ready to help give the team a much-needed boost as they struggle by their own high standards in seventh place.
Manager Arsene Wenger declared yesterday that it only showed how successful the team had been over his 16 years at the club before issuing a "here's to the next 16" proclamation.
You can see open spaces that you can't when you're on the pitch because the angles are different.
Bacary Sagna
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Sagna meanwhile has been spending all his time watching as many games as possible and as a result has seen things he'd never noticed when in the thick of the action.
Speaking to today's matchday magazine, he said: "You can see open spaces that you can't when you're on the pitch because the angles are different. What looks easy when you're watching a game is often more difficult on the pitch, and you realise why supporters get nervous when you do certain things. I think I understand that more now.
"I always look at other right-backs, what they do well and what they don't, so hopefully I've picked up some new things for my game too."
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Wenger, meanwhile, addressed the fans' discontent at his pre-Blackburn Rovers press conference, declaring: "I believe we played 15 years on the trot in the Champions League and we play in 10 days in the last 16 of the Champions League.
"We want to come back in the Champions League position in the league, we want to prepare properly for the next round of the FA Cup and I wish that in the next 16 years it will be exactly the same for the club and that the fans will be happy.
"I am here to make all of the fans happy and when I do not manage to do it I am, of course, not happy. But what is most important is that we have our fans happy at the end of the season."
Arsenal, who are 6.50 to beat Blackburn 2-0 on Saturday, are 1.03 to finish in the top four of the Premier League, 1213.00 to win the FA Cup and 1213.00 to claim the Champions League.
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