Okay, following yesterdays poll of who would the Grovers like to see the boss buy this summer, we had nearly 500 comments and many interesting suggestions, so you all felt passionate, the short list was drawn up from the following,
Ferdinand (Anton), Schweinsteiger, Ben Arfa, Robinho, Richards, Caceras, Zapata, Dos Santos, YaYa Toure, Alex, Benzema, Diego, Villa, Kerlon, Velosa, Gomez, Buffon, Nesta, Lucio, Eto’o, Barry, Huntelaar and Lescott.
It was close and Robinho was felt to be the choice but you also believed he wouldn’t be on the radar, same with Huntelaar, Benzema and Richards so the final choice could have been different, but this was your pick.
Buffon, Kompany, Ya Ya Toure, Ben Arfa and David Villa. Will we see them at the Grove next season? Who knows, (except Arsene of course!) but at least we all know who we would chose.
Someone even suggested Paula Radcliffe, but I think that was tongue in cheek Raddy!
I would like to add that I think Walcott will be like a new signing next season, stronger, quicker and more confident and like Ade, could explode with goals. Ade I think will improve and work on his first touch, as he says, he could had have 10 more, which is honest and I like that, if we have a fit RVP, Rosicky and Eduardo there’s more there too.
We also have Barazite and Vela coming on board and the most important thing is we won’t have an Henry/Flamini situation, is he staying? is he going? Which I think is massively detrimental throughout a season and should not be allowed to ever happen again, take note Arsene.
I really believe that next season could be the one, but we have to buy and the list we have put forward is impressive to say the least, Arsene, are you reading?
Given the nature of yesterdays post we only had 2 AKB’s on all day, which either shows people are beginning to stand up to the bullying or the AKB’s are all back at infants school.
Plenty to ponder today Grovers.
well there is an avatar there now finsest cuts, bugger if i can read it though, mind you i thought odubs said “10,000 bc” for a week when it actual says “hulk”
yeah odub, i have that season on vhs and its been played to death, i had better see if it is available to download before videos become even more obsolete
chris! 10,000?? Are you trying to say I’m a caveman or something?!
Got that season, the cup final, the 01 double all on VHS! I wonder if DVDs are available!
Anyway I’m off fellas, have a good one!
Speaking of which I need to update my old end of season videos to DVD, I still have the first one’s they bought out, I think it was 1985/6 or 1986/7.
Jeez that makes me feel old.
hey ive got the same table mat !
the blue Technicolor spew royal blue one !
are you doing this pedro ? geoff ?
if so can i have one thats all black with WANKER written on it ?!
Finest, is it a tube station logo?
Open a wordpress account Ethan, you can get whatever you like!
http://share.ilovevideoz.com/media/playvideo.aspx?f=flash7&cid=09760ED2D71A4D4684C65A4C82FBBEAC&v=mostviewed
Maybe we should hire her to help Adebayor improve.
Yeah Pedro.
It works now, you can’t see the Arsenal on it though, better change it.
What’s the difference between Madonna and the Panama Canal?
Well, you see, the Panama canal is a busy ditch…
I didn’t realise that MeanLean had a site?
Remember the guy who posted a comment from ACLF earlier!
He used that comment as a post…
I’ve changed it…should be up soon.
Pedro i have just posted the same joke twice mate… neither have come up yet but could you delete one when they do/if they do? cheers
Snazzy Grovers, Snazzy!
“Hleb is leaving Arsenal. This has become known today after the Belorussian player officially notified his manager Wenger about his decision to switch clubs.”
His agent, Nikolai Shpilevskiy, said:
“Sasha is ready to make one of the most serious steps in his life. Despite the fact that Arsenal would not mind offering him a new long-term deal on much better terms. Time will tell whether my player has made a right choice. But there is now no room for retreat. The question of Hleb’s leaving Arsenal will be settled within the next two weeks.”
Not the funniest joke i’ve been sent but does make you chuckle… thought i would share it with you guys.
I’m trying to save some for tomorrow being Friday and all
In 1993, the University of Kentucky did a study to see why the head of
a man’s penis was
larger than the shaft. After one year and $ 80,000.00, they concluded
that the reason the
head was larger than the shaft was to give the man more pleasure
during sex.
After the study was published, the University of South Carolina
decided to do their own
study. After $250,000.00, and 3 years of research, they concluded that
the reason was to
give the woman more pleasure during sex.
The University of Georgia, unsatisfied with these findings, conducted
their own study.
After 2 weeks and a cost of around $75.46, they concluded that it was
to keep a man’s
hand from flying off and hitting him in the forehead.
Do you have a link for that Paulinho
Lets face it, it was on the cards
what’s your source Paulinho?
lol.. goonerjay!!!
o lord… its come a full circle hasn’t it..
most people wanted hleb and flamini to leave last year…
From football italia. Some dude on Redcafe obviously translated it.
http://www.redcafe.net/f9/hleb-out-arsenal-201289/
Yeah, do you believe it? I don’t. If he does go it will not be his choice, but if he asks to, we should get his arse out in a hurry.
Here is the rather funny translation of that page
Alexander Gleb, after three years of speeches over the English team Arsenal is leaving London.
This became known today after Belarusian legionnaire formally announced his intention to change the club head coach Cannoneer Arsène Wenger.
Sasha ready to do one of the most serious and responsible steps in your life – told PB manager Gleb Nikolai Shpilevsky. Despite the fact that Arsenal do not like to offer him a new long-term contract at a much more favorable terms. Time will show whether it received my ward. But nowhere to retreat already. The question of moving to another club Gleb finally clarified within two weeks.
According to the BoP, it will be Italian Inter, whose coach Roberto Mancini does not conceal the desire to get in your team captain the Belarusian national team, and black and blue ready to offer a much more solid Alexandru wages than in the Arsenale. Recall that, under Article 17 of FIFA regulations, Gleb two years before the expiry of its five-year agreement has the right to redeem the remainder of the contract and be sold for a fixed amount to be clearly lower than 11.2 million pounds, paid Arsenal in 2005, the German Stuttgart. So Cannoneer have no choice but otherwise, as a stand for Gleb moderate amount that will not be much higher this fixed. Otherwise, the Inter just redemption for our compatriot remainder of his contract with Arsenal.
not sure legit the Website is, for all we know it is a tribal football style site, but I think we all know he wants out anyway
The creative player Wenger is looking for looks likely to be someone to replace Hleb+Rosicky, someone who can play on both wings meaning we’re most likely to see a Flamini replacement from within.
That would definately be a mistake to promote from within to replace Flamini
Not fogetting Diarra has gone too, it is already apparent we are short in squad depth, that will cripple us. Neither Song, Denilson, Diarra or Gilberto are currently good enough to fill that gap
Paulinho, I hope that story about Hleb is true. The guy doesn’t appear to want to stay at Arsenal so I’d prefer all those that want out are sold so the club can move forward with committed players. Whether that will happen or not is a different matter.
Who’s given me a dodgy grey table cloth??
oh joy… and just when i thought the day was going well regarding arsenal
so kranjcar is on the way then… hope ben arfa too…
once Pleb has gone, I think we honestly need four quality players in. 2 Wingers, a CM and a CB
God this looks like another Season of Eboue
I feel a small mood lightener is in need
I think it will be his choice. He hasn’t exactly got quality putting pressure on him at Arsenal. Wenger is obviously desperate to keep him as well. He knows that you get an extra 15 percent out of Fabregas if Hleb plays. Them two are vital to the possession game Wenger has moved towards in recent years.
I found it very strange how players seem to grow so easily disillusioned at our club. It’s suppose to be a utopian existence.
If he wants to go though, feck him.
Through the kitchen window a farmer’s wife sees her
son coming home from school. The boy’s in a bad mood,
and as he crosses the field he kicks a pig. He walks a
little further and kicks a cow. Once inside, his
mother says, “I saw what you did, young man! For
kicking the pig you’ll get no bacon for a week, and
for kicking the cow, no milk for a week.”
Just at that moment, the boy’s father walks through
the door and boots the cat halfway across the room.
The boy looks at his mother and says, “Do you wanna
tell him, or should I ?”
Paulinho, where did you see that story??
There has to be a point though when we hold our ground and show some resistance. Like United did with Ronaldo after the 06 world cup.
We can’t keep saying ‘if players want to go they can go’ because it will be a never ending cycle of players just pissing off when they feel like it.
GMR they are just random! Choy, where did you read that?
Redcafe.
Geoff, well sort it out!! Grey doesn’t suit my happy go lucky nature!!!
Hleb is not Ronaldo though, and given that he only has 2 years left on his contract he will either look into that new law or cause merry hell in the club to get a move
Lets get rid and get Robinho and Ben Arfa
Why doesn’t Wenger just be a bit more honest with the fans. We all know Hleb met up with Inter Milan but we don’t know who’s idea it was.
Rather than Wenger saying he wants to keep Hleb I’d like him to tell the fans if Hleb actually wants to stay or leave. If he wants to go then let him, why does he need to try & convince him to stay, its pointless.
As a fan I only want to see players at Arsenal that are fully commited.
GMR, saw you fighting a one man AKB battle earlier…! Very amusing!
The patterns look like the stick to the names of people! haha!
It will change tomorrow I suspect!
Looks like it could be another good days blogging! It’ll be 400 by the time the night shift takeover!
Sorry mate, we can’t control it, why don’t you get your own moniker like some of the others have?
Scroll back through the comments, they’ve been talking about how to do it for ages.
Honest like Rafa today, Kewell is going, Crouch can go for £15mill and he is trying to sign Barry but wont speak till after the weekend!
I’d like some of that from Arsene!
read what geoff
Well said GMR
To me he agreed to meet them, so regardless of who’s idea it was, I think he has to accept blame, especially the night before a major fixture.
Like Flamini, Hleb is replaceable, just got to hope that Wenger will actually replace them. Or maybe he will go absoloutely barking mad and try and convert Fabianski into a Winger.
Pedro, I don’t usually get involved with other sites but I made a sensible comment to an article & an AKB member jumped on me straight away. F***in idiot!!
I hate gutless people, its great on here having a debate but these AKB idiots who start abusing people from the safety of their homes/schools/work place really p*** me off!!
these patterns are pschyodelic
Well I’m lucky really because Grey will never go out of fashion, as its never been in fashion!!
Now who remembers that advert??
Choy i think some of them look like Wengers formation diagrams.
The bit about Kranjcar Choy.
yes i guess so.. and i can see eboue out of formation and doing nothing lol…!!!
Geoff at a guess I think Choy was just saying he thinks Kranjcar will arrive if Hleb is going!!
o kranjcar… there were some people here and on arsenal mania saying that it was a done deal…
he plays on the left and CM right.. pretty useful player i think.
Wouldn’t it be nice to buy additions instead of replacements all the time?
it would pedro it would… but i think arsene is fed up of players complaining…
lehmann went about almost all year whining.. so did diarra..
and there were a couple of more making noises…
Lets hope the replacements are top notch then!
Pedro,
I had to laugh at Benitez, he goes in with an offer of 10 million (made up with bags of coal a few packs of sweeties, some s*** players & a couple of quid in cash) for Barry who is now a first choice England player & someone who has become very influential over the past couple of years. Then with a straight face he puts a 15 million valuation on Crouch.
For a spanish waiter he makes a good comedian!!
BRUSSELS, May 8 (Reuters) – The European Parliament dealt another blow to FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s controversial plans to curb the number of foreigners at soccer clubs by voting against the proposals on Thursday.
EU lawmakers rejected Blatter’s ’6+5 rule’, allowing no more than five foreign players to start a match, by 518 votes to 49 but most backed the ‘home-grown player rule’ of European soccer’s governing body UEFA.
‘The parliament calls on the member states and sports associations not to introduce new rules that create direct discrimination based on nationality, such as FIFA’s 6+5,’ the resolution said.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=533081&cc=5901
Hi lads…
I like the idea of having someone Like Buffon between the sticks, he make you feel safe but Despite Lehmann’s impending departure, Wenger had said that he will not sign a new keeper. Therefore Fabianski will Battle it out with Almunia on next term.
So Hleb’s days look to be numbered! He’s not that good , yes he can dribble ……………. into dead ends! if you can tell what else he can do then i’m all ears!
If we get £15 mill + offer I’ll help pack his bags and give him a lift to the airport.
I hope the Inter fans enjoy watching him run around in circles there and when they draw Barca in the champions league he has ice cream with one of their guys while discussing a transfer
Flamini was one of Wengers home grown kids, well as home grown as any of them.
Benitez works the price out on £5 million pounds per metre.
Red please!
haha the dumb fcuk blatter…
518-49.. hahahah
Blatter is a cock… i wish someone would rigerously rub a cheese grater across his face and then cover the wounds with salt… fucking wanker.
But it is good to see that pathetic rule rejected… heavily rejected at that.
The only way you could describe that sort of rejection is that it is the same as your hand falling asleep half way through masturbation.
what hleb did was truly sad.. on the eve of the biggest game of the season.. you go to negotiate transfer with other clubs?!
disgrace.
Has anyone seen the green baize of a pitch that wigan have laid funnily enough before the last game of the season, against their old friends manure,,, i guess it would be very funny of me to suggest that there is a plot to keep the trophy up NORTH.
just watch them get battered by manure’s passing game,
Its ironic though when we got to play them in march you would not have run a donkey derby on that excuse for a pitch, and the league did not sanction them.
Check out CUELLAR next week for rangers looks like the kick the crap out of the striker and put the ball in row z kind of centre half we need ………..
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=764046.html#laporta+pep+replace+rijkaard
We should start a petition for Cuellar. The guy loves heading the ball clear.
Rikjaard is a knob. I cannit forgive him for spitting at Voeller (another knob) in the World Cup. Any man capable of that kind of behaviour deserves the season he has had at Barca. His face last night was a gem !!
First touch of the ball by Higuain….. goal
” ” ” Horseface……. Goal.
Superb. Let’s hope he gets the Chelsea or Man Citeh job
And a heavier bigger knob is Blatter. How the fuck does an idiot like that get the power he has ?
On the subject of total knobs…….. Platini. Great player, knob of a man
Flamini gone, Lehmann gone, Diarra went, Hleb will probably go, Rosicky and Van Persie always injured, Hoyte and Gilberto not upto standard, Its going to be a hard task to actually have a stonger squad next season. If Wenger only replaces players that leave how in the world will we be stronger next season. Its certainly going to be interesting this summer to see what the manager will do.
Also inhabiting Knobville ……… Mourinho, Ramos, Redknapp (man + boy), the cunts that work at Talksport, Mark Lawrenson, John Terry, Lamps, Ash, Keane (Roy + Robbie), Viduka, Taylor, Aaron Lennon, Pennant,
Care to add any more?
We do not need a bigger squad, just a better one. The layers that have come in and not been great will have benfitted from the experience. Of the kids only Djourou seems to have gone backwards. Bendtner, Theo, Diaby, Traore have all devloped through time on the pitch. A few new signings and we will have strength in depth
Yes but Hoyte and Denilson haven’t and I’m not sure the others will be world class.
ya ya toure.1 robinho.2 benzima.3 richards.4 nasri.5 eto.6
we need these 6 to get over the loss of sendaros flamini gilberto hleb and maybe cesc
Apart from Bendtner, our youngsters haven’t progressed at all.
Randall and Gibbs couldn”t even make the Burnley or Norwich starting line ups, why are they making ours next season???
Denilson got injured just as his opportunity arose. I think he will get there. Brazil Cpt etc etc
goodbye Hoyte – shame because it is always good to have a local gooner in the team. .
As to world class, if we have 4 w.c. players we will win the league. We have one and perhaps 3 (Fab, Bac and Gael), so we need another. And hopefully AW will sign him in summer.
Even the Invincibles weren’t all world class. In that team we had TH,DB, RP, SC, PV. Freddie, \Wiltord, Lauren, Ash, Lehmann, Kolo, were not w.c. Nor was our subs bench
Paulinho, I don’t agree.
By that I mean that the players listed after PV were NOT w.c.
my knobsville inmate ALAN GREEN RADIO 5 TWAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
THE KING AND MAYOR OF KNOBSVILLE ,,,,,EBOUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUUSGALINEN/GOMEZ
CUELLAR/ZAPATA
YA YA TOURE,
ROBINHO/BEN ARFA
MY NEW FACES IN IF POSSIBLE.
get montolivo the guy is a brainiac can do everything
For once I agree with Bigraddy, we don’t need a bigger squad just a better quality one.
Having said that I don’t agree about how the some of the youngsters he mentioned are doing. It’s unfair to say Djourou has gone backwards considering Wenger didn’t ever play him. Denilson & Hoyte look well off the pace when they get a game, Diaby doesn’t & never has been able to maintain form over 90 minutes & Senderos is possible the worst player I’ve ever seen. His positioning is awful, he cannot jump unless he has no-one around him, when the balls on the ground he has to take several steps backwards before he can play it, he can’t run & he can’t turn, all in all not great assets for a defender!!
just sign Benzema and watch him tear up defences.
The man is super incredible, i’m telling you who ever signs this beast of a player will run things.
lol, who gave me the flipping swatstika thingy ?
Nice touch Adolf!
Agree…..
Benzema would be my choice if we were to purchase a striker but how much would he cost?? over £25 mill me think, it could be lot more if he bags a few goals in the euros!
This Wenger question time is cringeworthy. Some of the questions are quite to the point. Wenger will sure have a wake up call in regards to fans not questioning him anymore. I thought I was critical.
MR. Ade-barn-door changes his tune after the interview he gave yesterday.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=564936&in_page_id=1779&ito=newsnow
Wow these avatars are cool man!! Feels like I’ve smoked something I shouldnt have. lol
Bigrad, I get your poit with regards getting a better squad but i still feel we need a bigger squad.We need to be able to confidently field two quality teams from our squad cos next season we need to compete for every trophy available. We can keep missing out every season .
Fine, the kids get us to the final or semis of Crapling(Carling)cup only to loose to another team that fielded a stronger team. It aint cool having to jear every year,”Zé boyz played well even zo we loze zé game.I am very proud of zé boyz”. Sooo tierd of that speech!!
yeah this question time thing with wenger is really good.
good question about RVP and his injuries and also not playing a proper team in the semis of the carlton cup ( as good old bob wilson keeps calling it )
Looks like the fcuking media wants Aresenal disarray with this type of sh!tty stories.
feeling well depressed now about the Hleb situation. his agent says there is no way back and that Hleb is leaving Arsenal. wenger will have no money left after he has replaced the 2 that have left. we will go backwards. fuck.
How can he say Rosicky’s injury is minor? He been out for six months! I’ve love to know what Wenger thinks is a major injury.
fuck em
fuck em all
fuck em all in the eye
our three new musketeers will do the bizness
theo, carlos & rvp
Not true Hleb will be sold, Wenger has already rubbished the buy out crap.
If the Ade story is true, let the nasty cunt rot in the reserves and buy Benzema or Villa. If Wenger sets an example now, this won’t happen again, if had done it to Anelka he wouldn’t have this problem now.
I don’t believe we are the only team that can’t pay salaries, how do all the others manage? with the exception of Chelsea.
All these players that are disloyal characterless cunts were his choices, so let the buck stop with him.
I’m now depressed and going to hit the sack.
Until the morning Grovers.
VERY positive sign of major signings this summer, when asked about holidaying this summer he smiled and pointed to ken friar ( who helps in all transfer negs since dein got booted out ) and said WE have a very busy summer ahead.. i quote
“the busiest summer ever”
Hmmmmm, certainly going to be the most exciting close season for transfers since maybe 97/98 time.
i think a big tall hardcase centre half will be his first signing this summer.
i would guess mexes or squillaci.
I think Hleb is gone, Wenger’s talk is probably aimed at getting as much out of Inter as possible. I certainly don’t want to keep an unhappy player. I wonder if Flamini was a bit of a barrackroom lawyer in all of this and has slowly talked everyone into wanting more.
As for Ade, there is no real direct quote there and it does seem a little strange given the interviews given by Adebayor himself not 24 hours ago
I actually expected this, the press do it to Arsenal every year, they sense all is not right so just go all in for the kill in the media…
‘Now is not the time to talk about his contract. We’ll wait until next week.’ does not really mean a lot to me, I am sure if he is on 35k a week then they probably will be talking to Arsenal about improved terms. The press are very good at asking the right questions to get the response they want, they then read into it and print what they like.
Wenger hasn’t rubbished the buy out clause. He has just spieled his usual guff about showing ‘absolute disrespect’ and all that stuff. He doesn’t really understand clubs don’t give a toss about these moral values anymore and will have little trouble invoking clauses. It is as simple as it looks if morals are discarded.
However Inter proabably won’t need to. Hleb will say he wants to go and Wenger will have little choice. Nothing Wenger says about wanting to keep him holds any weight with me. It’s happened before and players have left regardless.
Big Raddy As usual you are spot on with the Cuntsville thing. Match of the Day mob are all cunts including that non personality Dixon. Sky have the biggest cunt ever in Dick Keyes. I don’t mind their panel on sky sports news but apart from Tyler they are cunts. Robbie Keane top cunt hope he breaks his fucking neck doing a girly cartwheel. ALL the Mancscum are cunts every fucking one of them. Terry, Lumplard, Cashley, Drogshit are top cunts. The nobody who snapped Edu’s leg fucking dirty scum cunt. All the Manc’s mates oop north are cunts. I am bitter and twisted and dislike far to many people.
I am amazed at the indifference between us. Most want Hleb to go (not productive) Ade is not good enough (wasteful). Yet get all doom and gloom when they want to leave. AW hasn’t been generous to Ade and said he must improve. Maybe he is getting rid and signing someone more prolific. Aw will talk Hleb up to raise the transfer fee but he has replacements for both these players already at the club.
Right thats me for the night, over to you Far East and Aus and the States the other way
Lets see what tomorrow brings and which Arsenal Player the press try to unsettle. Surely Sagna should be in for some Barca or Real Madrid stories soon
In my opinion we must get a Keeper and obviously a CB. The guy who said don’t see the keeper as being blamed for not winning the Prem should look at CD of our season if there is one. Far to many gifts by old Coco when we had the lead. Yes the defence were at fault but he is the hub of this defence. Can anyone find the stats for Manuel Almunia for this season goals per shot and compare with all the other keepers in the Prem. Poxy useless goalkeeper. How many free kicks did he concede. How many 1on 1′s did he save. Penalty saves. What were the kind of goals he conceded most, was it flapping from corners or did he just stay on the line. I saw most of our games and I have my own idea but maybe the stats will prove me wrong.
If RVP and Sicky had played more then they would have been linked to other clubs too. maybe they are not injured but AW doesn’t want other teams to see how good they are.
What replacement do we we have for Hleb? Your having a laugh if you think Carlos Vela can fill the void.
Going soon as everyone is sleeping. My wish list is. Gomes in goal. Alex at CB. Robinho or Ronaldinho (thats the reason we must keep Bert he is our Brazilian ambassador) Huntellar. Richards. Elano or Petrov or SWP.
Sagna just extended, patthegooner!
As I said before Richards will sign for us next season.
Really need a Coupet, Frey (although he was shite in UEFA and the last few games) because Aloofina is rubbish–at least with Jens, no one fucked with him. Buffon is a fucking fascist so he won’t come play with Africans or anything not Italian.
I believe some of the Barca Brigade will popping over only if Riikjaard is sacked (he will) and they like their new coach (Moanrinho or Eriksson so no) so hello Ya ya. Henry would be too expensive for his age and won’t want to take a cut for a squad role.
Arsene will surprise us with some no-names again, as usual.
Let’s buy our necessary players get’s this silly season over with, and get the Ashburton Cup started already!
Fabrigas to play further up and have Toure, Sicky, Dennilson, Diaby, Walcott, RVP, Bert plus a couple of signings. Diaby could be Hlebs replacement too. How’s that having a laugh. Hleb is never a real winger mate have you ever seen him do a FB and sling a cross in. Hlebs work was mostly done all around the box.
Carlos Vela wasn’t in my mind as I have never seen him play.
Denilson could do a job, certainly a lot tougher than the lightweight fucking fairy pleb.
fucking nob.
on second thoughts, lets get ronaldinho
I don’t think Hleb will be with us for long if he stays, another season at the most.
How can any player who has 2 years left on his contract meaning if the club need to negotiate the official way is to contact Arsenal and discuss it with the manager?
That’s why Wenger says it’s not so easy, they still have to contact him first, the player who left via a Webster only had 1 year left on his contract, he was personally entitled to speak to other teams to negotiate for next year, but the club said no and he bought his contract out.
It would take Hleb going up to Wenger and saying “I want to leave the club” for the clause to kick in.
The question then becomes why? Is it because you want to go to another club.
If the answer is simply to become a free agent it would be the first move of it’s kind and a club taking on such a player risk losing millions, they set an example to their remaining players that this would be an acceptable way to leave.
Hleb’s ice cream story is so foolish and is basically a slap in the face to everyone at the club, but does he give a shit? No because he’s “world class”. About as world class as Usmanov’s fat arse.
The guy feels threatened, he knows his end product is low and he is still “untapped potential’. Great dribbling skills but his job description accounts for a fair share of goals, and for an Attacking midfielder it’s below par, even Larsson scored more than him. Even Malbranque the spud had more assists than him, Hleb is at about the same level as him, but can dribble………………
Hleb is just an Arsenal version of Malbranque, a workman player who makes a contribution, but seriously he’s not as creative as what we’re looking for.
he is certainly more wateful than many believe.
rosicky is a much better all round player.
A workman player. Whatever.
Paulinho, where are the goals? Goals, do we not expect goals of our creative players?
Bloody hell!! This blog keeps reinventing itself; all new funky icons. And 400+ comments again, don’t people go to the pub anymore to talk footy. Anyway, its still sounds like nothing has been resolved with transfers, with all of you over there in “ol’blighty “.Next time I post a comment it’ll be about why Barry was signed and/or Karim Benzema will be a revelation up forward with the Togo Termite.
As Wenger said in Arsenal TV tonight, it’s not important where the goals are coming from, what’s important is how many the team scores as a unit. We’ve scored the same amount of goals this year as the invincible side.
It’s all very well buying a player who on paper has good stats ie. Ashley Young, but if he is technically not on the same level as Hleb and the team overall doesn’t score more goals, are we a better team going foward?
Too much is made of direct assists anyway. Often the main work is done a few passes before the final assist, which is usually a simple squared ball, especially in Arsenal’s system. Hleb often does this work early in the move.
His goals record is frustrating but in terms of creativity and making a team flow and making players look better than they are(Eboue in 2006 champs league) he is a unique player.
When did world class Hleb last score a goal in the Premier League? In November against Reading, his other was against Fulham.
Hleb can pop a couple in against relegation teams……world class that.
2 Premier League goals, the guy is an over-rated joker.
I bet Mr. Whippy loves a screwball.
Yeah the unit argument always works, it doesn’t matter who scores as long as we win, but we need both, a skillful player who also can score goals regularly, making a contribution to a unit and being a cog in the works doesn’t entitle him to believe that his skill level is superior to those who are as quick and accurate as him. There are many many better players than Hleb, he’s a good little reliable cog but it does not excuse him from contributing with the finished product, he’s not a defender.
Cogs are easier to find than quality players, because he plays for Arsenal doesn’t make him all that. He’s a Premier League player but there are many who can take his place. I mean it’s not like we’re losing Henry here, this guy can and will be replaced who can do the cog job and score more.
I can’t understand your logic Finestcuts. You slate one of our best players this season- generally accepted by everyone- and yet you big up all this shite we have in reserve like Diaby and Denilson, who have done precisely zilch whenever they have played this season and were giving lessons in midfield by the likes of Jamie O’Hara in the carling cup.
Did you not watch games without Hleb this season? Newcastle away, Boro away, Seville away, Prague away? All complete crap without any creativity whatsoever.
hlebs manager has said its on like donkey kong! from setanta:
“He is leaving Arsenal even though they want to offer him a new long-term contract and better conditions. There’s no way back now.”
so another player leaves the squad…geeez cesc must be feeling pretty lonely now!
Flamini is a cog. Overrated water carrier he was. Hleb doesn’t need players like Adebayor, Eboue, and Flamini to make him look good. They need him.
fkn cunts flamoney and pleb….wenger brings em in, makes em into great players…and this is how they repay him…fkn shitcunts!!!
I agree, both of them are cunts if they leave.
Well, Flamini has already left.
He is a good player, but he is also over-rated. Denilson and Diaby are up and coming and I said earlier we expect big things of them in the next 12 months. Can Hleb improve? Yes he can. He is above average but lets not say he is world class or irreplacable.
My logic is; we can get a player who does just as good a job but makes a greater contribution. Hleb works hard on the pitch, there’s no denying that. Hleb by his own admission is frightened of taking a shot at goal.
Of course we’ll lack creativity without another player there to replace him which means that even though he’s good, he’s not outstanding, he’s nothing compared to Pires and thats the kind of player we need in his position.
10/10 for movement……other areas are lacking. Hleb is not a complete player, his game doesn’t give us enough edge.
He is not faultness that’s for sure, but I still think many many fans still do not quite understand exactly what he brings to the team. As I mentioned, watch the games without him and maybe that might hit home a little. Against Villa, widely acclaimed as the best first half of the season, Hleb was man of the match playing behind Ade. Fabregas wasn’t even playing.
He is so much more than carling opta stats and no one in our squad is anywhere near him.
He also makes Cesc give another 15 per cent, as Cesc has said himself. Hleb makes him a better player because they both understand eachother.
Anyway, he’s gone now but replacing him with a statistically better player is not as simple as it looks.
This version of Wenger ball is officially gone. We are back to the invincible type directness if we sign a direct replacement. Shame, especially when that type of game doesn’t suit Cesc. If we had Vieira, no problem.
I think you will be disappointed with Diaby and Denilson. They were supposed to be up and coming last summer. Instead they’ve stayed still, or in Denilson’s case gone backwards. They are really nothing to get excited about.
Denilsons problem is that he’s being tutored by Gilberto, and often played as a defensive mid next to Fabregas rather than in a more offensive role that i think he’d prefer.
Diaby started the season in smashing form but for whatever reason, likely injury’s just didnt get going after he started to miss a few games. I’d like to see him get super fit and Wenger to give him a more central role next year, get him to run around and hold the line and hack a few leg bones whilst Fabregas plays in a more advanced position.
hey, what is this green avatar thing i’ve got next to my posts?
Denilson just doesn’t have the engine and he finds it physically impossible to make runs beyond the strikers like Fabregas does. Plenty of times this season he has played in the cesc role alongside Gilberto and still he just strolls around doing very little.
geoff
you need to read this
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1143082.ece
sounds unofficially OFFICIAL !
they havent come on as expected…BUT…diaby is still yet to be played thru the middle & denilson did not get a run of games this season…so i reserve judgement…
but doubt they can impose themselves as much as where hoping…not yet anyway
Maybe the old Cesc who A.’ole called an “unproven featherweight” could find it tough but Cesc has matured so much, he is a tough player now. The old skill v aggression argument….Cesc’s game DOES suit the invincible style, but it doesn’t mean Cesc having to do bone crunching tackles, with a player like Barry next to him the direct approach is not a problem.
Of course we missed Hleb when he wasn’t there, but if we had someone there instead of him we would have been fine. I rate Bentley over Hleb any day of the week. As for Cesc’s buddy Hleb, I’m glad he did his job and improved Fabregas’ game, but a great player like Cesc won’t find it difficult to work together with other talented players.
pass-pass-pass has been exagerrated, we need a mix of Arsenal Mk II and Arsenal MkIII (this geneartion) to win the Premier League, there wasn’t enough action taken when there were perfectly good chances. We’ve improved in that area but that extra directness you mention is just what we need.
I saw this picture of hleb,flam i cesc partying 2gether in the SUN. so 2 of them already gone-I hope at least Cesc stays. But if we dont win anything and cant afford to pay him what he deserves hell be gone in max 2 years-believe me.
finest cuts
i wouldnt talk to loud , if you think hleb can only score against crap teams how about ade?
And he’s our main spear head !!!
only goal ade scored against the top 4 this season was thanks to a theo setup !
if it wasnt for theo ruining his record he would have been scoreless against the top 4 this season !
He is not someone you can rely on to score goals when we need them the most !
oh this is good
read this about ade the love of everyones lives !
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=564936&in_page_id=1779&ct=5
Directness..your right fincuts. we need midfielders who can shoot. We r the only team in the world who doesnt have shots from outside the pen area, and this is big minus to our play , as it si very predictable. Goalkeepers can sit and relax when play against us,when the ball is outside the pen-area.needs changing
man cant beleive spurs are seriously in contention for etoo…and we’re losing players!
And now they say Ade wants 80k
?? fuck em. who wants to go -just fucking go arseholes-just go somewhere and be only a hole-hihihihi
And yet Hleb left Bentley completely in the shade when Arsenal played Blackburn at the Emirates. Hleb got Setanta man of the match while Bentley, the slow coach, could only throw in a few thirty yard crosses that went nowhere.
Bentley is a more direct player but he can’t see the game like Hleb. Very few can.
Fabs will be very pissed with Hleb gone. Looking forward to his next media day. Some strong quotes I would imagine.
Ethan, we need another top scorer playing next to Ade. Bendtner’s been in development all season, RVP has too, not enough goals from Hleb, Eboue or Flamini, nor assists for that matter.
Ade will improve again next season as he did this, I mean what a leap forward from 4 goals to 30…….if he can make such a big improvement can he not improve his accuracy. After 30 goals I think so.
Next season we’ll get more goals from midfield from the players we replace with this lot, people will once again expect more from their midfielders, we can have a team based on our pivot but is this really the new generation style. I was under the impression that the whole team idea meant we have quality all over the shop not just pass the buck tup front and let them finish it off. Were Pires, Bergkamp or Viera like that…..they certainly weren’t.
And where did they get us?
Flamini and Heb were not as good as who they replaced, stop gap players who look good because of strategy rather than their own contribution, something that once again cannot be attributed to Pires, Bergkamp or Viera .
Who would we rather have, a fully fit Pires, Bergkamp and Fabregas or Hleb, Flamini and Fabregas. This will split opinions, but we need to improve upon Flamini and Hleb with Bergkamp and Piresesque players, we should not abandon that ambition neither should we start downgrading our standards to suit new players. Flamini and Hleb are perfect opportunities to make a good team even better.
rosicky will need to step up, he is a better player than hleb.
how easily we have forgotten about little tomas.
They didn’t get us anywhere in europe anyway. They didn’t even play good football there either.
Hleb and Fabs are Arsenal Mark III. They are everything that encapsulates Wenger ball. Ostriches like Ade are a dime a dozen.
when wenger says this you know your REALLY IN THE SHIT !
Despite claiming he can compete with United and Chelsea on the field over the next few years, Wenger has privately expressed fears that Arsenal will soon be too far behind the top teams in financial terms.
hey my links didnt appear ..
HLEBS GONE !!!
and ade wants 80 k per week the greedy cunt
Arsene Wenger fears his young Arsenal team are in danger of breaking up after it emerged that Emmanuel Adebayor has demanded £80,000 a week to stay at the club
good sell the cunt and fuck off !
you can see his attitude on the pitch , now you see the loyalty off the pitch !
why pay 80 k for MR offside ?
every goal he got this season came from the 6 yard box , either cunt needs glasses
or cant kick straight, if we have to pay that much get a REAL striker !One who has skills !
Th14 is going to west ham as arsene has told TH NO !
all this coming within days of him saying he will stay at barca ..
i think he must of spoken with wenger who told him to TAKE A HIKE !
told you they ain’t on good terms anymore . the split took its toll !
And if you believe the rumors hleb told arsene yesterday ..
lets see how much longer it will take for Arsenaldinosaur dot com to catch up with the rest of the news .. have they spoken about flamini yet ??????
pathetic nazi web page .. the propaganda must be screened !
Ethan cut them up like this:
http://le-grove.co.uk/2008/05/08
/ben-arfa-kompany-buffon-ya-ya-and-villa
-are-all-on-the-list/#comment-22699
Arsene Wenger was in meltdown last night after Barcelona entered the race to sign £20m Alexander Hleb.
Inter Milan have already infuriated the Arsenal boss by making the Belarussian a four-year offer worth £16m.
Now Wenger will be fuming after Barca have told the 27-year-old’s advisers they are interested in signing him.
Barca have kept tabs on Hleb all season and are now looking to exploit the possible mass exodus from the Emirates after Mathieu Flamini’s departure for AC Milan on a free contract.
finest
i just cut and pasted it .. save you lads leaving the site anyhow
Cheers, source?
you were right yesterday cesc came to us at 16 on a free transfer !?
i thought there was a set governing body that protected players until they were under 21
from buy outs ?
ade
Adebayor demands an £80,000-a-week deal from Arsenal and threatens to quit if he doesn’t get it
Arsene Wenger fears his young Arsenal team are in danger of breaking up after it emerged that Emmanuel Adebayor has demanded £80,000 a week to stay at the club.
The 24-year-old striker signed a new contract last summer worth a weekly £35,000, but he has told Wenger he wants to be paid in line with the top players in the Barclays Premier League.