Dec 03
A Letter From Nike to Nicklas Bendtner
We are writing to you today to inform you that we are terminating the contract that allows you to wear our new Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa boots.
At Nike we worked long and hard on the celebrated pink boots and each time we see a player sporting the Rosas all of us here at Nike feel a great sense of pride.
However, here at Nike we believe in sticking to our word above all else. To us there is nothing worse than breaking a promise. I must now point you in the direction of our press release for the Rosas.
“The Mercurial Vapor is the boot of choice for some of the fastest and most prolific strikers in football today.”
While we certainly admire your stand-out confidence Nicklas, we feel that we may have been a bit rash when handing you the Rosas. We feel that though you have a lot of potential it would not be fair to class you as one of the “most prolific strikers in football today”.
We understand that you will be hugely disappointed by this notification but we must act in the best interests of Nike and currently your performances are slowly beginning to tarnish the pristine reputation of this company.
We greeted your goal against Dynamo Kiev with many a cheer in the Nike office as your first goal in the Rosas was awaited with baited breath. But despite this, the glaring one-on-one chances that you squandered against Burnley eclipsed the small success of the Kiev goal.
At Nike, we view teamwork as a holy principle that should not be voided by any callous individual. On Tuesday, it was apparent that you were going out of your way to run around in circles instead of playing simple balls to your teammates. There were flashes of potential, but once again these stood in the shadow of your painfully clear errors.
We can understand some of your frustration in playing in the Carling Cup, but what you must realise is that you put on a display of incompetence and petulance that shamed you, your team and most importantly the sacred Rosas.
Here at Nike we can no longer associate our showcase product with your sub-par finishing and misplaced arrogance.
It is with a deep sense of sadness (rarely is our judgment so poor) that we have decided to terminate your association with the Nike Mercurial Vapor Rosa boots. You must turn in your boots to your nearest Nike outlet and resume play with your previous model. If you are seen to be wearing the Rosas again within a ten mile radius of Arsenal’s training ground or the Emirates Stadium, then you will be contacted by our legal team.
Wishing you all the best on your Rosa-less future, Nike.
Tremendous post and absolutely 100% spot on. Bendtner thinks he’s so much better than he actually is. The truth is, his finishing is woeful. The strike against Fenerbache could easily have ended up in the stand. He should have scored two or three times in the dying minutes against United. He very rarely finds a red (or yellow) shirt with his passing. Maybe Ade was far nearer the truth than we thought when he smacked him last season in the Spurs game. He’s had enough time to “develop” get rid now.
please lay off bendtner..yes he was awful the other night and was extremely frustrating but he is young and still needs time to develop..i think he has a lot to give to our team and i think he will come out of this tough period for him..When he came on against chelsea he did a superp job at winning ball and throw-ins..! give him time..i bet he will come good yet..
Nice blog I think is time for bendtner to be replaced with jay simpson as he has untapped talent
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Wenger knows what hes doing and obviously sees something in him, and its just taking longer than thought to come out, ill support him aslong as he remains at the club.
we have enough people trying to rubbish the club at the moment with out us lot starting.
please lay off Bendtner… he wasnt the only one at fault the other night. He has alot of potential and we need to have patience. As somebody said above Ade wasnt a world beater his 1st season either. i remember him scoring against the yids in the derby on a 1 v 1 with Robinson and i couldnt believe he scored. with one big goal Bendtner will flourish.
in wenger we trust
He is by far the worst striker we have ever had on our team. Seriously, I am shocked that he keeps getting picked to play on the first team. He has no touch. He can barely stop the ball. Watch the games that he plays and see how many times he stops the ball and goes backward. He almost never takes on a defender and goes forward. Even when he goes forward, he does not have the skill or speed to go by many defenders. He is just not good enough to play for Arsenal. It doesn’t matter that he is only 20 years old. So what, play him on the reserves, or loan him out for next two years to see if he gets any better. Meanwhile, go out and get a real striker with some skill and speed to replace him in the first team. He is the worst Arsenal player that I have seen play for the first team in the past five years.
Christoper Wreh, what ever happened to him
which absolute moron wrote this piece of rubbish article?? probably the one who was sat behind me the other week slagging Nik off – but then screaming like a little girl when he scored the winner! call yourselves Gooners? last time i knew, gooners supported arsenal and didn’t slag off anyone and everyone. most of you lot should be supporting the scum!
I think this article is a disgrace. Bendtner is top quality, and with Adebayor as another prolific goalscorer, it is one of the great mysteries in football how they are not in the runnings for World Footballer….
Cow’s Arse Banjo. The Pair of them….WIshing Eduardo the speediest of recoveries..Adam the Gooner.
haha…very funny…sack bendtner…we don need him
Great piece of work.Even though it’s not true, that’s just what the dane is all about.he is a flop and should be eliminated from the arsenal squad.
all you new fans should go fuck off to WHL – scum
stuff like this is read by players and is totally out of order.what is the matter with our supporters now!for goodness sake give the guy some support like he gets away from home.the prawn bagel brigade dont give him a chance
Come on Chris! I thought you had more class than this. This webblog shouldn’t stoop down to the level of other blogs by making fun of players. This blog is better than that.
It’s an opinion article by a respected writer. He can have his opinion on the player, just like you are allowed yours on this article.
Why don’t we just buy Michael Owen, get him fit, then Cesc will actually have someone to pass the ball to, rather than HAVING to find miracle/hollywood passes to try to find Adebayor? 6 foot 4 and can’t win a header. His first touch is so bad…his second’s a tackle!
He’s definitely allowed his opinion and although it may be humorous to some I just thought the site has more professionalism but it’s your blog so you choose.
Bendtner needs a bit more confidence but yes his balance and co-ordination seems weird but time will tell how good he is. He weren’t destined to be a wonderkid no matter the age Arsenal bought him at it’s just his potential talent was identified early though the chance is the scouts and Wenger may have been wrong. I personally feel he will be a good player.
the trouble with bendtner, is that arsenal have got worse since last year. he scored a fair few last year didnt he? i didnt see vela saving bendtners ass, the little womderkid screwed up some great chances.
fact is as arsenal have gotten worse so has bendtner. theres no hleb to run through, so noone for bendtner to try and find really. theres no quick incisive breaking anymore, the set pieces arent as good as last year. the team has lost lots of what bendtner used to make his game. wheather he can adapt? well…youll see wont ya.
well said above, we always need a scape goat if we dont win, last week gallas this week bendtner, next week who knows
the bloke is a load of wank you might a well play any of us up front at least we would try.
bendtner is good for nothing,only fair as sub jay is far better than him anyway please wenger to stop using this nikk.
how did u get this on the timesonline?
lets look forward for our next match because 3point is what we deserve anything less than that,i think we be in for it again.i strongly believe we can do it.gooner till end of time.we can
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