Teenage midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong believes that he must be a ‘little less crazy’ on the pitch if he is to save himself from further disciplinary problems.
The all-action enforcer, who was sent off against Liverpool in the first home game of the season, regrets that his one game suspension saw him miss the chance to shine on the big stage at Old Trafford but insists that the experience is part of his learning curve at Arsenal.
Speaking to Sky Sports about his development, and how he will alter his game since his first career red card, the Ghanaian reflected:
“I was gutted to miss the Manchester United game because I felt that was a big opportunity for me to show what I can do, because obviously Song was still suspended.
“Things happen in football, when you’re on the pitch playing and everything is running through you, you do things that maybe you shouldn’t have done.
“ I spoke to people at Arsenal, I spoke to the players and that’s something I’m going to have to learn from.
“I think that has changed me as a player, it’s made me more calm on the pitch, but I don’t like to be calm because that’s not my type of game.
“I think I just need to be a little less crazy on the pitch when I’m playing, just to save me from anymore red cards in the future.”
Opting to play for homeland Ghana rather than England, the Academy graduate admits that his main aim this season is to establish himself at Arsenal, despite competition for places increasing in the wake of Mikel Arteta and Yossi Benayoun’s arrival last month.
“We’ve brought in five new players to the club so it makes it even more difficult for me at the moment to get a game in the team, but I’m still only 19-years-old, I’ve got loads of years ahead of me to show what I can do.
“I’m just going to have to train hard and show the boss what I can do. When I do get picked hopefully I can do the job.
“I think we’ve brought in experience. If those players had not come in it would have increased my chances of playing, but it was important that we brought in some experienced players.
“A couple of years ago I remember playing in the pre-season [Emirates] cup with Jack and asking him, ‘Do you think you’re going to play this season?’ He said, ‘No, I think I’m going to go on loan.’ But then he went on to play 48 games with Arsenal and England.
“That’s how funny football is. When your opportunity comes you just have to take it with both hands and hopefully that’s what I’ll do this season.”
Deeeeench!
I am going to buy him hobnail boots for the Cittttttyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee game
Haha nice one
deeeeeeeench!
The lad is much cleverer than his haircut suggests. Articulated himself quite well. Really hope he gets his chance this year. Looks quality.
I still hope he isn’t drug tested or DNA for that matter. This fellow resembles a large mule in human form.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA FRIMPONG
Oh yes!!!
“Hero with a Mohawk… Frimpong Power!”
The guy is a fucking lion in the midfield, he’s a power house I can’t wait till he plays more games for us. I love he’s hair cut!!! he’s my favorite player along with wilshere, van Persie and vermalen, frimpong is going to be a massive player for us
Let’s all do the Frimpong…
Let’s all do the Frimpong…
Lalah La La… Lalah La La !!!!
Genius!
Apart from when you rip The Cunt’s legs off against Citeh, Manu
He s a real prospect but so s coquelin- we gotta win tomorrow come on you reds!
*red and white
Frimpong is already a firm favourite…there is lots more to come form this lad!! He seems Arsenal through and through…unlike some players #na$ri
his vigor and aggressive is a breath of fresh air. We’ve been bullied for far too long; now is the time to make teams like b/burn and bolton fear us. Just seeing this kid hovwing around you could make any player-even-barton pee in his pants!
He’ll be massive for us, but must master the timing of his tackles fast.
His emergence has brought back colour into Song’s game.
sorry, hovering. Just imagine him man-marking a player!
Bartons a fucking bully, frimpter would have him soil his bags with one tackle
I genuinely think the second yellow at Liverpool looked a lot more like an unfortunate accident than a hard challenge. Both players were going for the ball, and the Liverpool player jumped into the tackle, which is pretty dangerous in itself. Then, he got slightly clipped by Frimpong, which looked very much unintentional, but given he was in the air at the time, the touch sent him spinning, and made the whole incident look a lot worse than it was.
To be honest, I think Song is likely to pick up more cards than Frimpong this season.
i think he fucking stoved him in and thought ‘have that one you cunt’. which is awesome.
frimpong and song should have babies. like in the movie ‘Twins’. They take all the dna of these top athletes, scientists etc and make arnold Schwarzenegger. they should take song, frimpong, wiltshire and theo and make the fastest, hardest, lion midfielder ever. the left over stuff – ala danny divito in the movie – would be like titus bramble. we could just sell him.
[…] which could be costly, as the match against Liverpool showed. It is good to note that Frimpong himself understands that he is a tad too zealous in tackles and challenges, and is willing to learn to […]
Yes I agree, we’ve been on the receiving end of countless bullies from most premiership clubs, but now we’ve got ourselves a real young lion to return the disrespect, and he is also a true gunner, you can tell from the way he speaks.
DEEEEEEEEENCH! If I may say.
I have a man crush on the Frimster!
Would’ent fancy being your arse mate
I like this kid and his enthusiasm on and off the pitch, but he is correct in saying that he needs to calm down. I get a bit scared when I see him running towards an opposition player who has the ball fearing that the Frimster is going to slide in hard and late. Song’s display against Dortmund showed everyone what we’ve been missing. I hope the media reports are correct and that Song takes Frimpong under his wing and really teaches him the defensive midfielder role. Imagine if Frimpong had Songs awareness and calmness on the ball combined with… Read more »
He reminds me of Mr.T from the A-Team