PENKAAA Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Bendtner had Arsenal assistant boss Pat Rice in stitches as he even shocked a sports shrink during a psychology test on self-perceived competence. French psychologist Jacques Crevoisier, a trusted expert who regularly works with Arsenal’s players, carried out a series of psychometric tests to see if their brain power matched their football ability. Bendtner, who has claimed he will become one of the best strikers in the world within five years, showed self belief that Crevoisier had never seen in previous players he has worked with like Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka and David Trezeguet. Click here to find out more! Crevoisier, in an interview with Swedish magazine Offside, said: “One of the categories is called ‘self perceived competence,’ i.e. how good the player himself thinks he is. On a scale up to 9, Bendtner got 10! “We have never seen that before. Pat Rice was sitting next to me and couldn’t stop laughing. “When Bendtner misses a chance, he is always genuinely convinced that it wasn’t his fault. You might say that’s a problem, and to a certain degree it can be. “But you can also view it as this guy has an remarkably ability to come back after setbacks.” Crevoisier has devised a series of up to 117 questions to analyse self belief, concentration levels and determination. Arsene Wenger has known his fellow Frenchman for 40 years and Crevoisier - who specialises in working with young French players at the country’s Clairefontaine academy - has worked at Arsenal to help their youngsters. It is designed to ensure that Arsenal boss Wenger’s players have the confidence to match their ability and, in Bendtner’s case, that is something that is clearly not lacking. Denmark striker Bendtner claimed earlier this season that, when fully fit, he should always be in the Arsenal starting line-up and he was getting fed-up of being left on the bench. Now it is clear that Bendtner will never lose that self-confidence even when he is battling with Robin van Persie and Marouane Chamakh for a place in the Arsenal team. Bendtner has been in good form recently but has divided opinions in the past among Arsenal fans after missing big chances during games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 He has power, decent pace, good technique and is good in the air. His decision making and lack of composure is what stops being being a really good player. All the other tools are there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Bendtner had Arsenal assistant boss Pat Rice in stitches as he even shocked a sports shrink during a psychology test on self-perceived competence. French psychologist Jacques Crevoisier, a trusted expert who regularly works with Arsenals players, carried out a series of psychometric tests to see if their brain power matched their football ability. Bendtner, who has claimed he will become one of the best strikers in the world within five years, showed self belief that Crevoisier had never seen in previous players he has worked with like Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka and David Trezeguet. Click here to find out more! Crevoisier, in an interview with Swedish magazine Offside, said: One of the categories is called self perceived competence, i.e. how good the player himself thinks he is. On a scale up to 9, Bendtner got 10! We have never seen that before. Pat Rice was sitting next to me and couldnt stop laughing. When Bendtner misses a chance, he is always genuinely convinced that it wasnt his fault. You might say thats a problem, and to a certain degree it can be. But you can also view it as this guy has an remarkably ability to come back after setbacks. Crevoisier has devised a series of up to 117 questions to analyse self belief, concentration levels and determination. Arsene Wenger has known his fellow Frenchman for 40 years and Crevoisier - who specialises in working with young French players at the countrys Clairefontaine academy - has worked at Arsenal to help their youngsters. It is designed to ensure that Arsenal boss Wengers players have the confidence to match their ability and, in Bendtners case, that is something that is clearly not lacking. Denmark striker Bendtner claimed earlier this season that, when fully fit, he should always be in the Arsenal starting line-up and he was getting fed-up of being left on the bench. Now it is clear that Bendtner will never lose that self-confidence even when he is battling with Robin van Persie and Marouane Chamakh for a place in the Arsenal team. Bendtner has been in good form recently but has divided opinions in the past among Arsenal fans after missing big chances during games. Show me a good striker who isn't extremely confident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Wouldn't say his technique is good. He can be very clumsy on the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Would give us massive options as already mentioned, plus he's quality as well. Would love to see him play for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Scored a goal every 132.75 minutes last season in games that he started, all but 1 of his goals were scored in these types of games. He actually scored 8 in total for Arsenal, but only 1 in the league. The other 2 were for Denmark if ESPN is right. 5 assists was right, but only 1 of them in the league as well. Assist every 212.4 minutes. All came in games he started. I love stats, me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 He is better than all our current strikers [/myeyes&brain] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENKAAA Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Don't get me wrong, i'd love to have him here. But he's not world class like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 PS: He only played 415 minutes total in the league, like. 3 of those were starts and he only completed 2 of them. There's no real context in any of these stats at all, which is always the way, I just like winding Sewell up. I happen to agree that he looks like he has everything necessary to be bonza. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rich Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 He is better than all our current strikers [/myeyes&brain] Aye, was sort of making the point that statistics don't tell the whole story/can be used any way you like really. I haven't seen enough of Ba to really judge, but I'd be fairly confident saying that he's better than the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Bendtner do have great technique imo. He rather often dribles past to create space for himself and do some neat stuff on the pitch. And he does have physical presence aswell a great targetman. More in the berbatov mould. And as I stated earlier, I really do think Ba prefers to play off a bigger man then himself beeing the mobile player trying to find space to finish. I do believe he played off a bigger man in hoffenheim. Aswell as he did it in West Ham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Stats are always completely shite. As for Bendtner, dread to think what he'd look like in our team. Still, only 23 and starting regularly could produce the best in him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Stats are always completely shite. As for Bendtner, dread to think what he'd look like in our team. Still, only 23 and starting regularly could produce the best in him. Tooooo far. I don't think many centre-half partnerships would fancy going up against Ba/Bendtner like, there's a lot to contend with there, although as I've said it does have all the hallmarks of being a bit of a hitty-missy combo at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Who's Neil Farrington? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Who's Neil Farrington? Freelance journalist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Who's Neil Farrington? Journalist, writes for the Sun mainly these days I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Who's Neil Farrington? A wrestler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 If we are after Bendtner then I can't see Arsenal allowing the transfer to go through in time for him to play against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I do wonder which club he has agreed terms with, but unnamed club still talking to Arsenal, must be us haggling over the fee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I do wonder which club he has agreed terms with, but unnamed club still talking to Arsenal, must be us haggling over the fee Ashley: "20p is our bid". Arsenal: "£9m". Ashley: "99p". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Such wit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Such wit. What can I say, in my opinion I didn't think you would be able to understand a higher form of wit, sarcasim and other lower forms is where I thought your level is so I decided to try and not to confuse you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Such wit. What can I say, in my opinion I didn't think you would be able to understand a higher form of wit, sarcasim and other lower forms is where I thought your level is so I decided to try and not to confuse you. Thanks for that. A lot of your posts do confuse me, funnily enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Bendtner is reportedly on something like £50k per week at Arsenal. Given how highly he rates himself I can't see him taking a paycut to come here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/8310370/Nicklas-Bendtner-says-hes-deserving-of-50000-a-week-wages-because-of-sacrifices-he-has-to-make.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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