Wenger: I want people who care, like William

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
23 Feb	12:45 PM	P	Birmingham City (A)	2	2	Draw

Manager Arsène Wenger has come out and defended captain William Gallas after the Frenchman's reaction to the draw against Birmingham City.

Gallas staged a single protest in the centre circle after the final whistle, refusing to walk off with his team mates into the dressing rooms.

Wenger explained: "Ideally he should not have responded like that but he was not blaming anybody.

"He is a guy who is highly committed and sometimes when he goes overboard he can respond like that. He's an explosive one.

"Because we are young we don't know exactly how to behave to look really good but we are maybe more genuine.

"William is not young but he has the commitment of a very young boy, believe me.

"You want people in this job who care.

"What I hate the most in this job are people who are always nicey nice and behave well. But at the end of the day they cheat a little bit with their commitment.

"I prefer sometimes a guy who goes overboard without hurting anybody, somebody who cares about winning. That is William."

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Mark Byworth

Posted on 1 Mar, 2008 at 04:20 PM - Reply

Gallas is passionate, honest & an inspiration. We like him that way !!

Borsak Hassan

Posted on 1 Mar, 2008 at 12:22 PM - Reply

Gallas is more than perfect. He showed his class when he scored the only goal when Arsenal won over Chelsea. And he scored a crucial goal versus MU in Emirates.

abdi nassser

Posted on 1 Mar, 2008 at 10:47 AM - Reply

a leader at times also looses his mind,gallas showed he cares and it hurts to lose and lose a friend at the same time, let it out lion that is the way at times

aaron rogers

Posted on 1 Mar, 2008 at 10:27 AM - Reply

yh so wot gallas lost it but dnt foget he is the person who gave us the leadership to be at the top so dnt get on his back

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