Arsene Wenger needs another striker as he admits Eduardo is 9 months away from being match fit, that’s the average age of an Arsenal prospect! That means he’ll be back next January, so I think we need to find someone.
The two to three week signing thing has to be related to the French league and because he added the 3 week bit, it has to be the French cup, which means it’s Ben Arfa, I haven’t seen much of him outside of youtube, but if he’s as good as he looks, he’ll be just what we need, a proper winger.
Vela is a forward as is Walcott so if Eduardo is out for 9 months, perhaps they will fill the strikers role, but either way we need a replacement, we can’t leave his slot vacant in the hope he comes back as sharp as a tack, because he might not.
There was a lot of talk about signing Richard Dunne yesterday, why, I don’t know? I know he’s a premiership player, but it’s Wenger’s style to sign a player that has barely reached puberty, and in Dunne’s case, he’s at the point where the boss doesn’t even extend contracts, so I can’t see that happening.
Richards is too short and will cost too much so I can’t see where this centre back is coming from if he’s from these shores, my guess is the Prem player will be Barry or Johnson in midfield and someone like Kompany or Mertesacker in the centre back role.
I can’t see him paying £10 million for YaYa especially since we could have had him for nothing, I could see a Hleb swap plus cash for YaYa and Henry though, interesting concept don’t you think, midfield sorted – Eduardo covered, for practically nothing, or is that fantasy?
I watched the highlights and Theo looked great, and Randall looks like he knows where the goal is, maybe all the kids will put on a bit of weight and surprise us this summer.
Jens hasn’t disappointed – with a farewell pop at the boss, saying only at Arsenal would his job be safe, I wonder if the AKB’s will be looking for his email address to berate him for daring to have a go at their leader?
Jens may have a point though! This young team is good, it has promise, but if it goes on too much longer, it won’t be a young team any more will it? That will defeat the argument, twisted logic I know, but logic all the same.
A final bit of news, Pedro has made it possible for you to receive Le-Grove by email, there is a widget in the sidebar or you can click the here to register – then you’re away! It will save you time and improve your relationship with your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend or husband, trust me, it really works!
Well another day of speculation so let’s make Arsene’s job a little easier, we know he reads Le-Grove, give him your ideas!
well if there is a bargain anywhere .. you can always expect arsenal there!!!
nite geoff!!
If it is Dunne, we should know soon. Night again!
Night Choy.
AW said he was looking to stop the route one stuff and Dunne fits the bill. But I am disappointed . We should be signing players with footballing skills if we want to win the CL. But I guess AW will rotate the team and play him when we play against big forwards.
Disappointed if it is him and not Richards…
I just don’t get it! Why Dunne?….. God I hope your wrong COL
Wenger said
“I know what I want and I am very confident,” “I hope to turn that around in the next two or three weeks. But the fans should be re-assured by what they see.”
Yes, well if it is Dunne the only thing i’ll be re-assured by is the fact he will miss the opening 3 games due to suspension.
spurs have also offically approached city as has his old manager kevin keegan.
It hs basically decided on the show that while it wood be a very un-wenger like signing, it wood be the closest thing to the tony adams wenger first inherited…………..seems not to bad.
The other was that when he was young and it looked like he was throwing his career and lively hood away because he was putting on so much weight, that when king kev did his famous sugar belt stunt, he completely changed his life around, is unbelieveably fit, completely dedicated to his diet, that he wood regard wenger’s diet as being to lack!!
So it looks like we’re shopping in Dunnes Stores instead of Selfridges.
Sorry, another poor pun.
Morning all.
Have we signed anyone yet?
Hey Pedro, it worked. Thanks for your help.
I kept a close eye on Citeh’s back line ever since MICAH RICHARDS declared his desire to play for us coz i wanted him to join us.
I have to tell you guys, DUNNE really impressed me , He would complement what we have he’s big, strong, quick but more importantly is someone who can attack the ball & is prepared to put his head where it hurts and he’d no shit from no one, nothing fancy or pretty just what the doctor ordered.
That should read he’d take no shit from from no body…..
Hey since there is uncertainty over Hleb, and given that it may not be wise to change the style of play because that would lead to “transition” again.
Why not tell Hleb he is not leaving and bring in Miralem Pjanic to be his undertsudy. Everybody seems to think this young lad is the new Zidane….not BenArfa(more ronaldhino attack down the wings type)
So therefore when Hleb gets tired or is not playing up to standard we put Pjanic in the mix. And also I dont know which one of our young reserves we could use to rest Cesc …could it be Merida or one of the English boys(Randall). I mean we would use these young guys more in the Carling Cup and earlier points in the FA Cup to rest these first teamers. And they could also be something like impact substitutes in league games etc.
This way the first teamers would be well rested.
So I say bring in
BenArfa 15 mil
Pjanic 12 mil
Dunne 5 mil or Matersacker 10mil ( to pluck those long balls out of the air)
Maybe an affordable proven striker (like Eduardo) because we seriously cant expect him to be his best b4 the 2009 2010 season
8 mil
In all thats 40-45 mil which i think is a very respectable amount. That is certainly not breaking the bank.
Anyone know what an ole ole account is?
i dont know wat to think but i asked my city supporting friend wat he reckon, he said their best player for last three years, only one who really cared when they were just awful wit an awful squad last year,
but most important is that he said micah richards is nothin, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING(he really enforced this point as you can see) wit out dunne. Its dunne who controls the back line, he points consistly with richards should be, and micah has stated on many occasions that he loves playing with dunne, because he is better then any coach he ever had, he’s always teaching him everyday
It’s the social networking site Arseblog are part of Wrighty…
It’s a poor man facebook… I don’t really get it?
Cheers Pedro,
just had an anon on my blog, post “have you thought of making an ole ole account?”
If its like a poor mans face book it can jog on!!!!
Gnarley! Nice pic… what is a VB?
I am guessing if you are an Aussie… it is some type of beer?
I am loving everyones Avatars!
They brighten up the site!
I’m off to create an ole ole account………;)
Later on Grovers.
Pedro/Geoff
great post again
Laters Wrighty!
VB is Aussie beer Pedro. Piss weak, & no taste. Not like good old Danish beer… Carlsberg,
No disrespect, GG9
I don’t really get the Arseblog chat in general. Each to their own and all that but mentioning football on it is not seen as the ‘cool’ thing to. Or so it seems anyhow.
Hey guys remember my picks
Ben Arfa(to stretch the defenses out wide)
Dunne/Metersacker ( to pluck out long balls)
I had Pjanic as well. This guy really looks Zidanesque but if we cant get him I think Nuri Sahin is very good as well and is too years older with more experience.
I am covinced anyone of these 2 guys can come in and be Hleb understudy or in fact play the Hleb role when he is not available.
And also a good affordable striker/loan to replace Eduardo til he recovers.
And as I said these players wont break the bank.
Ben Arfa 15mil
Pjanic/Sahin 12 mil
Dunne/Martesacker 5mil/10mil
maybe affordable striker/loan 8mil
This is in the 40-45 mil bracket, even less if we leave out the striker.
I mean we must be able to spend that. Imean its not even close to so called breaking the bank.
Paulinho, FinestCuts etc. what do you think about that list. I think its one of the most realistic ones so far.
I wish wenger would buy Villa. he is a great finisher and knows where teh back of the net is unlike adebayor most of the time. with the chances arsenal creates for strikers, adebayor should be scoring like 50 goals a season. I really really hope Villa comes to arsenal. any new news related to David Villa and Arsenal?
btw, anyone seen this video?
http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikefootball/en__EMEA/index.html
can anyone tell me who that player is? I think it is RVP but the freekicks were taken by a right footed player. also where can i download this video. it is fking brilliant.
Ja_Gunner. Agree with all you’ve said. Pjanic would be a great Hleb alternator. However, he was a guest of Lyon at their most recent match so a deal looks unlikely.
Ben Arfa and a midfielder who looks to come in a link up ala Hleb would be perfect.
Andrei Arshavin is a another who can play wide and cut in and create havoc. Maybe Diego as well.
I’m off now… I’ve been working behind the scenes to help create a mighty fine post for tomorrow!
Le Chump of the season is announced!
Be sure to tune in…
Happy blogging!
Ja_Gunner. I sat directly behind Hleb & Flamini at the last home game. Believe me, all the body language indicated that they were at their final game for us. If Hleb is still with us next season I’ll eat my own socks.
Pedro (if ya still there), VB stands for Victoria Bitter, arguably the biggest selling beer in Australia. Sometimes known as Vitamin B. Not as good as Boags Premium, but when served really cold, they go down like a treat.
Whoops! I’m @ work so i used my old name.
Oh! What ever!!
Big raddy, The amount of assists Radford gave the great Charlie George. No disrespect taken.
…….& anyway. Down here we drink our beer to cool down. Not to warm up. lol
sorry geoff
disagree with you on this one .. we need a striker as a 1st priority , not only are we going to be missing dudu !have a injury prone RVP, but what happens if ade goes missing again for 11 games ?? whilst your playing the cunt and arsene being arsene is reluctant to give anyone else a chance it could ruin the start – middle – or end of the season again !
scoreless against Everton and more importantly most minutes of any striker on the pitch at sunderland and scoreless again !!!!
do you guys have ade blinkers on or something ???
i agree old father gun.
hleb is a dead man walking as far as arsenal is concerned .
too many initial rumors of his dislike for london and his banter in the change rooms ,
hlebs agent summed it up when he said there was no way back !
inter or who ever the guy is looking for the exit door !
lets hope arsene gets some serious cash from him !
sell him to barca .. real … not those Italian pricks !
but im sure article 17 might be invoked thats why all the quietness
from both parties .. what ever has happened .. it blew up last week
and now everyone is playing james bond on the issue !
who will replace him is the major question !?
only way i see hleb staying is if arsene buys mega names !
but then we will get FA for him next season ..
in fact he will probably do a flamini on us !
not worth the risk if you want to keep the players value at the club!
another revelation is what happens if our midfeild next season isnt that experienced and doesnt provide there normal lions share of spoon fed chances to ade ? We need someone
Like TH14 who can create his own luck and chances .. like a theo !
big mistake making that boy a right winger ! i know no one else can do the job currently(eboue?)
but why waste the talents of our only player who can beat a defense,pass a man so easily compared with everyone else in our squad .. . and have dumbo in theo’s spot missing 70% of the chances !
Sell ade and buy a forward/ right winger !
its arsenes lust to give players new roles ! most times its a mistake !
my biggest gripe with arsene is his continual passion to play his squad out of position !
Hlebs agent yesterday…..
Hleb has been playing in London for three years now and isn’t sure whether in the future he can show the level of talent that he is showing currently.
“I can only confirm that some of the world’s biggest clubs are interested in him.
“In any case I can say simply that Alexander will not buy out the remaining part of his five-year contract for a fixed sum of his sale.
“Hleb is a gentleman and will not stoop to that level. (but he thought about it !!!) Everything will be done properly.
“I am sure that the situation surrounding this issue will finally be resolved in the next 10 days.”
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its like i said he wont dare use the websters clause but he realizes how good we’ve made the cunt so he’s off sniffing the gravy somewhere else !
this part sums it up for me !
and isn’t sure whether in the future he can show the level of talent that he is showing currently.. ( so move whilst i can still command a huge wage for my services!)
fucking loyalty ! it dont seem to matter whether junior or senior !
no fucker wants to hang around if you aren’t paying them enough ! or ain’t winning enough ! those 2 issues seriously have to change or we will continue do this road indefinitely ..
the striker will either be gomez or Amauri
and its good to see hleb come out and clear the air at least ..
i think 90% knew he was going, but to websters or not to websters that was the question .
i think the venom has gone out of the move away, i think wenger will be at least happy to get some funds for him .. the question is … will it be enough ?
will the punters who buy him try and steal a bargain ? id be tempted if the player is a want away .. how much do you think he is worth ? 20 ? 15 ?
how much will we get ? 10 -11 ?
I’d say 15 Ethan.
No signings as yet.
Knowing the way our club has been doing business in the past few years i’d say we’ll probably get about £7m for him, and all at the club will think they’ve done oh so well, while the Italians will be laughing at us………
Once again we pluck a relative nobody from obscurity, give him the platform to perfom, raise his profile, he has one good season and all of a sudden we’re not good enough and he wants to fuck off……………….and lets not kid ourselves here it’s all about money, the simple matter of fact that when it suits Arsenal we hear all about the wage structure, that simply means we will not compete with our rivals and we will continue to lose these players…………..sho’s next? Cesc? Or will they suddenly do an Henry and make yet another exception like they did for him and Sol…………
Still haven’t signed anyone?
still waiting…
No way we sell for less than what we payed. He cost 10. Needs to be around 15 unless something like the aforementioned player swap plus cash with barca or inter.
Did we really sign him for £10m, i thought it was nearer £8m…….
I guess you’re talking about Helb?
Pedro, my avatars have gone all feral, I’m going to have to email you to help me out here. I’m caught between my work & my home.
I had thought around 8 then someone said 10. 8 sounds accurate though.
Yaya on coming to Arsenal…
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3562969,00.html
Early reports say that Sp*rs are in for Richard Dunne !!!
Gnarley… your comments got held up becuase your IP changed, its been approved now, so you can get on here with both computers now!
Ethan, you are fine now right?
All is good in the world of Avatars and Grovers being spammed…
It’s a good post today, we reveal Le Chump of the season!
I think it’ll go up at 0900. I’m just tweaking it.
Any signings yet?
Dennis – Hleb was not a nobody playing in obscurity, he was a top-rated international playing in the Bundesliga (like Luca Toni, Frank Ribery, Owen Hargreaves etc). We signed him for a big sum against competition from several clubs including Chelsea. The obscurity came in his first couple of seasons in the premiership!
If we get more for Hleb than we paid for him wich am sure we will then i am a happy man,
“i am aware of the interest from the Premier League,” YAYA told skysports.com.
“But I can’t say anything yet – however it would be great to play in a big team with my brother, it would be fantastic but you never know.”
E-boo-eh has been linked with Barca (they need a right back) for so long mabe a swap plus cash deal could on!
As to Hleb, he can fuck off. At first, I stood by the feela, but he should either call his agent a muppet and sack him, or ship out. It is very bad for team morale to have a player who is not wholey committed to the team.
10 days is a long time for him to commit to the team. My guess is that his agent will tout him around, see if there are concrete offers, and if not eat humbe pie and say that ‘Alex never wante d to leave, he loves the club and the fans, and is totaly committed to the Arsenal’. In which case , we should sell him.
hah, just in time for me to go to sleep.
I think it will be another week before we sign anyone, waiting for other seasons to finish…
could be on
Eboue = Barca ? You’re having a laugh
Abdenor that is the best idea I have heard all day. Any deal in which we rid ourselves of Eboue and get someone of any interest sounds great to me. He is just never going to cut it. My money is on Eboue for chump of the year, that is if it is a player from our squad. Otherwise its Arsene’s cheque book right?
a few months ago is was milan interested right?
lol…..I know bigraddy but he’s a decent right back,
Yepp …. agreed Joaquim Eboue for Le Chump of the year, he worked bloody hard for it, worthy winner in my book!
I was a fan of him until we moved him to mid. Sagna is definitely better, but I hadn’t felt we needed another rb. Eboue had rendered Lauren surplus to the requirements.
Timao – Sorry fella maybe i’m just being all bitter and twisted, but for me he was a relative unknown, not what i’d call a big signing at the time. But, you’re right about the first two seasons…………bugger all, then a good season, followed by talk of wanting to leave……….well he can fuck off, take the money now Arsene, don’t let this one drag on and on until we get nothing for the time waster…….
Chump of the year, does Wenger qualify for that award?? If so it has to be him!! He continued to play Eboue & Senderos even when everyone else knew how rubbish they were.
It was also him who sold Diarra before he knew what was happening with Flamini & it was Arsene who failed to strengthen at the most important time of the season, when he knew we had injuries.
chump of the year…. So many to choose from, but for me there is only one winner..
Martin Taylor – B’rum assasin. Delighted that the fucker got relegated
My vote for Chump of the Year goes to Derby County, a quality effort from everyone’s favourite Sunday League team – with a worthy shout going out to those mugs from N17 who managed to fulfill their potential yet again………….well done fellas keep up the good work!
Eboue shouldn’t take the award. It was not his fault that he was played out of position. As has been rightly said, he is a fine full-back.
And GMR, that is Blasphemy !
Bigraddy – I’d like a special award for Martin Taylor……………Cunt of the Year.
Barcelona are almost sadistic in their lust for getting mugged by Arsenal…
Chasing Eboue! My god…
Mind you, VB didn’t look to great at Arsenal but he did a job for Barca didn’t he?
Let’s pray the rumours are true… I’d take anything for Eboue to leave in the opposite direction. I wouldn’t mind adding Dos Santos to our ranks!
Or bojan!
I would take Deco also, veteran who seems unsettled. Know he is not young but still quite the player and who would doubt him being able to fit the system?
What do you think Pedro?
bigraddy, its all true though!!
How abysmal is the UEFA cup. I’ve just seen Rangers qualified for the final by playing 8 games, they won just 2, got 5 draws & lost 1. They scored 5 goals & conceded 2.
I know that at the end of the day winning is the most important thing but if I was a supporter of theirs I just couldn’t be proud that my team had played for penalties in every round.
How can a team like that deserve anything!!
GMR, your points are correct, but your conclusion isn’t.
bigraddy, how do you work that out?? If anyone of our players earns the award chump of the year then what does that make Wenger for playing them all season??
Le Chump of the year has to go to Martin Jol! Or @ least he’s got to be in the Top 5.
He’d get Le Champ Gnarley… look at the state the spuds are in!
oh…. NEW POST!
We had a good season GMR. In any season mistakes are made, one could point to Ade’s misses, diabolical refereeing mistakes, Bendtner’s ‘clearance from Fab’s shot (1st leg CL).
Where I do agree is regarding the Flam/Diarra affair. It was chronically short-sighted,
CNUTs of the year – Martin Taylor the hitman and Alex McCleish, the Tony Soprano who ordered it. I’m delighted they are relegated and I hope they are never seen in the prem again. Dirk Kuyt and Peiter the Cheater Vink, evil buddies from school will both end up rotting in a hell where Peiter chews Dirks nob off while Alex Hleb looks on eating shit-flavoured ice-cream with his agent Bigshit Shitileshvky. The f*cking ignorant twat who made the end of season MOTD montage and the only Arsenal footage he found to include was shots of Gallas fuming at Birmingham. Wigan’s groundsman. Holland.
GNR .. spot on.. I would say that both European finals are not exactly an advertisement for football.. Rangers main objective is too get 0-0 drwas at home .. great, aint it?? no need to question Chelsea’s motivations either ..
I must admit I generally enjoy your points of view, but the AKB bashing is slightly annoying. Its based on the premise that we should be spending as much as Chelsea and Manu or even newcastle, Spuds, Liv etc. Unfortunately most of those teams (Man u excepted – they are unfortunately running a good business) are currently playing fantasy football (massive losses each year), with rich benefactors paying the way for big transfers and big losses. Arsenal are run properly and this will ensure that we are kept very close to the top of the bunch (with the possibility of the odd trophy – we were 1 game away from winning the league this year – if we had beaten utd instead of losing to them the league would now be ours) for years to come. I’m sure you’d prefer to be where we are rather than where Leeds are now – they were within a gnats whisker of getting to the top and blew it because they lost the run of themselves. I’m sorry, but Wenger has kept us at the top and he does know best. Have faith, he will deliver, maybe not this year, maybe not the next, but when Abramovich gets 20 years in a siberian salt mine, we will still be rosy. AKB.