OK still no news on the Ade, Hleb, Nasri, Velosa, Santa Cruz, Villa, YaYa, Silva, Richards, Eto’o, Huntelaar or Gareth Barry front, but the news you’ve all been dreading is surfacing again, yes you guessed, we’re keen on one Obefemi Martins, who even at 43 years old, still excites Wenger.
Please let this be one of those ‘we’re close to signing Robinho’ rumours, that has no chance of happening, why is it that we all want a Villa, Huntelaar or Eto’o but we know if he’s in for anyone it will be another troublesome African than sulks and talks about playing for another club all the time.
‘Arsenal is a big club that everyone wants to play for. I am thrilled and it will be nice to play for such a team’ the 23-year-old told The Sun. …Oh bollocks!
Now I’m not against Africans, Kolo is fantastic, I think Yaya would do us some good but every two years they go to the ACN just like Kolo did and cause us problems with their form on their return.
Some are also called Eboue and I won’t go there.
So stick to Europeans, or at least latino’s whose Copa Cup only gets played when our boys are building sandcastles and eating ice cream, bad analogy I know!
Onto other more interesting and far less worrying news is us, Le-Grove, it doesn’t seem that long ago when we launched with the news that we had tied Wenger down to a new and improved contract, we have met many friends since writing our witty ditto’s and debated much over the last 10 months, having our very own Arsenal family has been awesome, having someone to share the burden of being an Arsenal fan with has been a wonderful thing.
Since we wrote that first post we have found out that what the boss doesn’t spend on players gets split between the stadium mortgage and his pension fund.
Well it’s the only explanation we can find! So if it’s not true, please don’t sue us!
Anyway, sometime today will be our 1,000,000th hit, we will try and find out who that will be and of course our customery Ferrari 360 Modena will be speedily on it’s way to that lucky blogger.
We seriously thank you for blogging on our humble site and value your company, you make this site what it is – light hearted, tongue in cheek, but always Arsenal and always friendly.
Have a great weekend!
Pedro
Geoff
July 5, 2008 at 09:26
1st
July 5, 2008 at 09:27
1st
July 5, 2008 at 09:27
There’s something fishy going on here
July 5, 2008 at 09:28
4th?
July 5, 2008 at 09:28
i bet martins is in…
July 5, 2008 at 09:29
Morning everyone!
Martins…. noooooooooooooooooooooo!
July 5, 2008 at 09:29
It’s 4:30am .. i’m going to bed
July 5, 2008 at 09:30
GMR and Rico how quick was that!
July 5, 2008 at 09:31
Morning Grovers
Martins………………………. Please please NO NO NO….
And you all thought I was mad yesterday suggesting Jones from Sunderland!!
July 5, 2008 at 09:31
Not quick enough in my case!! ha ha
July 5, 2008 at 09:32
unfortunately what we want we wont get and what we dont want we will get!
ill have money on it!
July 5, 2008 at 09:33
Morning Grovers, been away most of this week.
I had hoped to return and debate all our new signings.
I can’t belive this Martins rumour is still kicking about
July 5, 2008 at 09:34
morning all!
July 5, 2008 at 09:35
I dont know about Martins. Mostly cause i havent seen much of him to form an opinion. I do suspect if ADE does go, that Arsene will look for someone within the EPL so there is no ‘intergration’ waiting time which Arsene usually states as 6 months.
July 5, 2008 at 09:37
@AR
I’d rather Santa than Martins any day….
Oh to hell with it…. i’d rather Crouch than Martins….
July 5, 2008 at 09:40
can anyone tell me what is so bad about signing martins???he might be the next drogba….so please trust in arsene…he know what he is doing……so just relax…
July 5, 2008 at 09:40
I don’t rate Martins at all. If we do sign him it will be clear to me that Wenger has definately lost the plot.
July 5, 2008 at 09:40
I’d sooner no one than Martins!
July 5, 2008 at 09:41
43 years old?
July 5, 2008 at 09:42
43 y.o? am i missing something?
Don;t know why there is so much hate for Martins. He is quick and powerful, and produce something from nothing.
July 5, 2008 at 09:43
Crouchie over Martins…………….interesting
July 5, 2008 at 09:43
1,000,000th gun?
July 5, 2008 at 09:48
here here Geoff.
I wish this whole Nasri thing would get sorted
July 5, 2008 at 09:48
bring on the robot
July 5, 2008 at 09:49
Happy 1,000,000 birthday guys. May all the rest of your days be in peace with a lot of smiles due to cups won, opponents rubbished and trodden over plus achieiving the domination that AW has promised.
July 5, 2008 at 09:50
It says something when he cant get in the Toon team !!!!
If we were gonna buy from Newcastle surely it should be Owen he would be good not a great player but a born goalscorer like Lineker.
Keep up the good work Le grove only 5 more saturdays till the Emirates cup.
July 5, 2008 at 09:50
Well done on the million, and on the Martins story I think we’re better off saving the money and going with what we have, although it could be a Davor Suker type signing, with him playing his last couple of seasons for us and helping the youngsters develop.
Or of course this is all Wengers little game, and we have already done our transfer business for the summer and AW and the team can take a well-deserved holiday now and then when they get back reveal our 3 super-super signings.
Nothing’s going to happen is it? We’re going to have to make another improvement next year, and if we can manage that improvement, what will follow naturally is domination.
July 5, 2008 at 09:53
Michael Owen is a piss poor player and Martins is worse.
July 5, 2008 at 09:55
Sorry for the delay letting the new people on but welcome! the 43 years old bit has always been a cloud over Martins head, with many saying he tells fibs about being 23, 43 is our trademark irony.
July 5, 2008 at 09:55
how good are the beers this arvo!
July 5, 2008 at 09:55
“There are also some called Eboue and we won’t go there”
Classic!
Great Post, well, as always!
But why doesnt anyone want Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins? Just cos you cant pronounce his name… (then again, neither can I)
Strange, Martins seems to have gained 20 years… But if we are grabbing a newcastle striker, why not grab a better or more well known one?
On second thoughts… They only have two decent strikers, Viduka and Owen… Both are past it, but id take Viduka simpley because hes an aussie and his last name sounds like hes just stepped out of a DragonBallZ cartoon.
Slightly ironic that, seeing as the team he plays for are “The Toons”….
July 5, 2008 at 09:56
Rico
are you actually married to one of Geoff or Pedro, or maybe a close relative. You have to be getting tip offs from someone on the inside.
It is the only way I can explain how you hit 1st every morning within seconds of them posting.
I think you should have a lie in tomorrow and give everyone else a chance.
Anyway Martins please no
I think the press are just speculating and someone has asked him a leading question, I think and hope we are not in for him
The press know that Ade is pretty much fucked at Arsenal now. They must read the blogs as press are starting to include the fact that he has alienated the Arsenal fan base in their reports. So the press are now going to link us with every striker in the world until it is resolved.
On that I am a bit fearful that Wengers poker face may have ballsed this one up. If that vote of confidence goes wrong tomorrow, we will either be stuck with the lanky piece of shit, or will have to sell at a lower value to AC.
July 5, 2008 at 09:59
Nice one Pat! I don’t know how she does it, every post for 6 days and all at different times, the last 5 I wrote in Spain, todays was here in England, so unless Rico has access to my mac…
July 5, 2008 at 10:02
Mornnig everyone
Now Martins nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo for me too Stay away AW he is nasty
July 5, 2008 at 10:07
Hey,
Just to remind people of a Martins story I heard a while back…
Apparently he played in the same youth team as Babayaro… who is 31…
No one is sure of his age and he doesn’t look like a 22 year old (Or whatever his purported age is)!
Good player, inconsistent and short…
I think Arsenal are there to boost his profile.
Mind you, he’s scored a few against us over the years right?
I’m not married Pat… and my GF would rather clean toilets than post here! Think the same goes for Geoff’s wife!
July 5, 2008 at 10:10
Rico is a online 1st comment Poster Demon.
Someone needs to see if they can Break his record hahahaha!!
and Yet again we are after that shit Martins. they day we sign him is the day i loose all faith in Mr Wenger. and to be honest i would take Crouch over martins. i dont know why i just would.
lets just hope in the Next few days we get some decent Developments
July 5, 2008 at 10:16
I’m sure Martins is 32 or 33 b/c i remeber about 6 year ago their was a disput or his nationalt b/t cameroon and Naigeria by then he was allready 21 in Nigeria 17 in Inter
July 5, 2008 at 10:17
I just saw a clip of Santa Cruz, I didn’t realise he was 6′3″ tall, if we had him he’d score a shed load, and we’d be able to understand what he said in press conferences, have a butchers.
July 5, 2008 at 10:17
maybe he can be a supersub but not in satarting XI
July 5, 2008 at 10:18
43 year old Martins – made me laugh at loud. It reminds me of a few years ago, my dad used to work in Lagos, Nigeria a few months each year – his African colleagues knew he was a huge gooner and used to ask him what he thought of Kanu (who was with the Arsenal at the time) and how old Kanu was – when he used to say “about 23-24 years old” they used to roar with laughter – and swore blind that Kanu used to ply his trade in the Nigerian leagues (pre-Inter Milan) in the late 80’s! If you couldcut off his leg and count the rings – he’d be at least 43!
Just saw on Sky Sports News that Nasri will not be signing his Arsenal contract until after he has returned from hoilday… I dont mean to be precious about this but what ever happened to “the player cut his hoilday short in order to sign for his dream club”. Clearly no rush there.
July 5, 2008 at 10:23
Santa Cruz is a top player, but a bit slow, although an improvement on Ade and Bendtner. Anyway, we’ve got enough pace in the team, and with Vela and Walcott ( Nasri ) and co supplying for him we wouldn’t miss ade at all.
July 5, 2008 at 10:25
Highgate Gooner – hahaha thats the thing mate, we are not his dream club and in this day and age Dream Club dont mean nothing unless it comes with there Dream Wages aswell.
July 5, 2008 at 10:25
Sorry cant agree crouch over martins never,crouch will be as good as chapman was for us in the 80s.The mighty Arsenal are forever going to be linked to players whose agents are looking for a new deal from their existing clubs,thats why when checking out some of the shite put about in the media a large pinch of salt is required.
July 5, 2008 at 10:27
We have as much chance of signing Santa Claus as we do Santa Cruz. It’s not going to happen, Wenger won’t buy anybody that we’ve ever heard of. Infact I’ll be shocked if he buys anyone at all.
July 5, 2008 at 10:27
is their no any Scientific way of knowing un age?
July 5, 2008 at 10:29
G’Day all, i’m in disguise coz I made a stuff up.
Pedro/Geoff, could you delete my comment July 5, 2008 1.38 am please.
July 5, 2008 at 10:31
id prefer santa cruz over martins
July 5, 2008 at 10:35
Gnarley I’m holding you in moderation because your IP address is different from the real gnarley and I can’t allow people to steal others identities.
Come back with your real name and you’ll be welcomed, providing you’re not an AKB of course!
July 5, 2008 at 10:36
congrats to geoff and pedro on this massive mile stone,
July 5, 2008 at 10:37
Geoff, yes its me, When I activate my wordpress, the link activates as well, so for security, could you delete that comment with link?
July 5, 2008 at 10:40
Ha ha you lot, you just need to be up with the Larks!!
The thing is, I have to try and keep up with the level of knowledge on this site, so I am on the computer early. Sadly, I have to do a bit of work on it too. Trust me, I just got lucky over the last few days, and I am not hacking into either Pedro or Geoff access, gee, I can only just manage to use this thing myself
Crouch or Martins – Crouch!!
Ade or Crouch/Martins…………………..???? Crouch!!
July 5, 2008 at 10:40
That’s a relief Gnarley, will do.
July 5, 2008 at 10:40
abent arsenal: the only way that I can think of knowing Martins’ real age is to cut one of his legs through at the thigh and count the rings.
I would do this before the signing rather than after, but AKB!
July 5, 2008 at 10:44
Cheers Geoff, coz I don’t want anyone to stumbe upon my details by clicking on that link.
July 5, 2008 at 10:45
If Ade goes, AW will probably sign a striker we have heard nothing about, my hope would be he turned out to be as good as Anelka, but without the attitude.
Would we be happy then??
July 5, 2008 at 10:46
Gnarley there’s nothing wrong with that comment, don’t worry mate!
ArsenalFCnot ArseneFC I think we could hack an arm off and find out, if he loses a leg it will be like having 2 Eboue’s!
July 5, 2008 at 10:48
Gnarley, I removed the link not the comment, OK with that?
July 5, 2008 at 10:49
I won’t do that again, Cheers Geoff. Anyway 6 in a row for Rico
July 5, 2008 at 10:50
1,000,000 hits, thats more than The Beatles.
July 5, 2008 at 10:51
Hey Grovers, take a look a few comments back, I thought I’d put this on for your amusement, we are all racist cunts.
July 5, 2008 at 10:53
Gnarley… the link only activates because your PC remembers your login details!
No one else can get in!
July 5, 2008 at 10:53
You guys are stupid for writing that Martins is older than what he says. Martins did not play club football in Nigeria, he moved straight from a football academy to Inter Milan’s reserve team, so he can’t be as old as some of you fools are making him. If you know any thing about where he comes from, you will shut the hell up and appreciate the young man’s talent. For the fools talking about Kanu’s age, well he just won the FA cup for Pompey in which he scored the only goal and still ready to play next season at the highest level. Now tell me that English man who can still perform like him at the age you racist cunts are suggesting. I know Kanu from secondary school and he’s not as old as you lot suggest, so lay off king Kanu.
July 5, 2008 at 10:55
Crouch – do me a favour…
Martins – do me a favour….
Santa Cruz – one season wonder…..
I would rather keep Ade – all day long.
July 5, 2008 at 10:55
No worries Pedro, but I thought I’d better be more cautious, especially when the Uzo’s of the world are about.
July 5, 2008 at 10:56
Kenichi:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article59577.ece
Even Harry laughs about Kanu’s age, because Kanu doesn’t even know!
Playing the race card… how boring…
July 5, 2008 at 10:56
Just because you comment on someones age doesn’t make you a racist you muppet, calling us racist makes you a racist you humourless wanker.
July 5, 2008 at 10:58
so who can we actually sign, other than nasri?
July 5, 2008 at 11:01
4 people have found our website today by punching the following into google:
‘man fucking asheep’
There are some freaks out there…
July 5, 2008 at 11:02
Kenechi – nobody is being racist. I was telling a story about what Kanu’s fellow Nigerians think of his age…
The joke goes that Kanu enjoyed the best 10 years of his career between the ages of 29 and 30.
Dean Windass also scored against Championship opposition at Wembley in May to win a final – he’s 39. Though I have heard rumours that he was 30 in the 70’s.
July 5, 2008 at 11:07
Was is is with the Sun and Martins? It’s like they’re trying to play matchmaker or something. They must be under the mistaken impression that we want the squat ball of erraticness to keep bringing it up.
July 5, 2008 at 11:08
is Arsenal TV on the improve, can anyone comment?
July 5, 2008 at 11:09
HEY GOONERS.. rico i have been thinkin bout how u get 1st for the past 6 days and ive come to d conclusion that from 6am or maybe 5.30 u are hittin F5.. on both newsnow and le-grove..if not then u are on some magic sumthin sumthin
todays matter – first of all, im nigerian, 24 years old, grew up in lagos, same city martins did.. so belive me when i tell you this martins is OFFICIALLY 27 years old.
before he went to italy(his mum was a big trader with italian clothes and used to sell them in nigeria) he used to play football in the streets and under d bridge and stuff, then there was no reason to lie about age and no1 knew where he would end up. my elder brother used to play football with them on the streets and stuff and u get into teams not my skill or my punctuality but by “how old u are”… and martins and my brother and their age mates used to get grouped together
i think he left nigeria with his mum to italy.. when he was about 18 and spent about 3 years with other clubs b4 he got to inter fc. about 21 or 22…
The reason africans tend to lie about age is just the fact that most times becus of our upbringing we are never assured bout tomoro and they know the younger they claim to be ‘from the beginning’ the more GBPs they could rake in ..in their careers..
Jay jay okocha retired last week from football at a purported 36 years of age, he is really 41
kanu is about 40 as well.. julisu aghahowa is 36, not the reported 28 , yakubu is about 33, the only nigerians we all know back home in nigeria who are using their real ages to play football is
OSAZE ODEMWINGIE AND CELESTINE BABAYARO
to be fair, martins is great player not just a good player, he scores good goals, with a shit midfield like newcastle, see what owen has turned out to be compare him to the same supersub he was in real madrid…
i think he would be a good buy.. martins.. but its the african cup of nations dat worries me about him.. dip in form and incosistency
July 5, 2008 at 11:09
This site, Racist, get real Kenechi, no way…………..
Its not sexist either – its just the mutts nuts
July 5, 2008 at 11:09
Its been ages since iv made a short comment!
hope we dont buy martins because i have a feeling arsene might play him as a left midfielder and i know newcastle are gonna demand more than £20million. Arsenal need villa, we need more world class players, “big talent” players (remember that one AW?).
I got nothing good to say about ade so please take the £30 million and buy a world class striker. why does he really wanna go? no silverware, other players screw up costing precious points, not enough world class players in the team and huge clubs wanting me. i can partially understand but still i would stay. Learn from History brother. big examples include one that has probably broken the guiness world record for having the most visa stamps and two have had a divorce. Want champions league, dont go to Milan. Barca will screw you over the minute you stop scoring (which is fair enough).
Whatever if he goes he goes, but if he stays he betta pull a C. Ronaldo and become super striker.
July 5, 2008 at 11:10
hi geoff/pedro….we are linked with another underrated player.
i dont like martins and his attitude as well.
but isnt this a ployl ……………..by giving us two options of santa cruz and martins and we have to decide who is less pathetic than the other.
we want our great club battling for top strikers in europe and we are linked is to these two.
i hope we sign another class striker if ade goes and this is not another season of transistion …of ifs and but(seems like that when hearing from wenger)
July 5, 2008 at 11:11
Evo – its extending its hours, but it does repeat a lot at the moment. I wish it would show more archieve games and player interviews etc. But I guess its still early days for them
July 5, 2008 at 11:13
Hey Ric, sorry for the delay, nice comment, I hope that Kenechi is reading it. Pedro, what was the sheep like?
July 5, 2008 at 11:15
thanks rico – i just sent setanta an email to tell them i would cancel my subscription to their channel unless they fuck off one of Man scum TV. Chavs TV. Barca TV, rangers TV or The Bhoys TV so they can put on Gooner TV instead!
see what happens i suppose?
July 5, 2008 at 11:17
There is somthing very worrying about this whole Obe Martins story, it never seems to die. I just don’t get AW sometimes, if he really is thinking about this move that is. As pointed out in the post, he’ll be away at the African cup every couple of years, and who’ll be first to complain about it…AW! He didn’t do the job at Inter, has failed to make a mark for the toon…why will we be different. Think i’d rather take crouch/santa cruz. Neither of which fill me ith much hope.
Well done on the million hits. mate told me about you guys last week, so im new here the last few days and think you have a great site. More on here than the bloody Afc Homepage…bugger all news on it, and I now see Freddie is no.11 on the Greatest List. I loved Freddie, and he did a great job at Arsenal…but 11! That list really is shite….the word “Greatest” seems to mean nothing to the kids who are abviousley voting! Freddie ahead of Drake, Bastin, McClintock, Merse…I could go on.
July 5, 2008 at 11:19
The Nigerian FA had Martins birthdate as May 1 1978 but its been removed since so that makes him 30.
July 5, 2008 at 11:23
I didnt realise that Setanta run the other channels, at least AFC TV is free with Setanta subscription, the Chavs and Manure have to pay extra Evo – What is good though is being able to see the reserves,
July 5, 2008 at 11:24
The truth about adebayor
If adebayor wasn’t a footballer do u kno the kind of person he would be? HE would be that guy in your office who everyone knows is not so smart, he talks alot and brags about himself to all his colleagues, you cant help but like him becos he is naive and doesn’t want to hurt anybody around him.. BUT EVERYONE knows he is DULL really dull and stupid..
He gets work done, because he is hardworking and is tryin to back-up his earlier bragging rights, he is not really dat good or superb and can be easily replaced so he tries really hard to impress and when he impresses and his superiors give him good appraisals he takes ALL the glory for himself and never remembers his other colleagues who helped in achieving the what he just achieved.
HE CAN BE REPLACED, easily and he would get found out big time in his new job that i tell you and the whole world would know sheyi adebayor is just another average footballer who WAS very hardworking in his previous job. and luck smiled upon..
30 million is a bargain, cant think of any better deal in the past 10 years…
July 5, 2008 at 11:26
1000000th? ferrari? guess not-IM not that lucky:(
July 5, 2008 at 11:29
Rico – Setanta in Oz run the channels daily at certain times, etc, so for me anything would be better than nothing, but unfortunately their choice of team sucks donkeys balls!
July 5, 2008 at 11:29
Evo, my sentiments exactly re Setanta. I emailed them about 6 months ago & said similar. Maybe more Goooners need to do the same, coz I hate Manu T V, Chelski TV, etc, etc.
July 5, 2008 at 11:31
ASh, the truth about the Nigerian FA was that , their incompetency lead to so many misunderstandings.
they gave some guy(1 person) the right to edit info on the Nigerian FA website, just becuz he designed the website, so only God knows what happened when martins, uche and some other unknowns in the national team had the same birthdates
but trust the english media, they only picked martins becuz he’s in england and it would generate all the needed HEAT and hits..
Im not standing up for the guy, i think he can resurrect his career here in @ d emirates, he is not an Hlebish kinda striker who just likes to pass around in the 18 yard box
he lovess to shoot, and shoot on target too..
Nigeria is blessed with so many strikers(and talented footballers) but for the average nigerian on the street to tell you that their firstchoice striker should always be martins.. that tells you sumthing
July 5, 2008 at 11:34
agreed gnarley! lets see what they say when i told them i would cancel my subscription!
July 5, 2008 at 11:36
I actually did cancel, but the Blue Square Premier was too tempting , so I got back on
July 5, 2008 at 11:40
man fucking a sheep……………….LOL Pedro
July 5, 2008 at 11:48
To allude that Obafemi Martins is 43 years old s quite disparaging.His age according to official records is 23.If you have any proof that he has falsified his age you should do the world a favour by showing this.You need not disparage a man nor his birth place.
Whether he is a good material or not for our beloved Arsenal is open to debate.
July 5, 2008 at 11:53
first of all i am nigerian and have followed martins career for years now. he is not 43 or anywhere near that. it was a silly error in the NFA. that same idiot gave the impression that players that played in the 94 world cupp are the same age as him…what nonsense! Martins is a kid. how can a player who scored approx 20 goals a season for newcastle…a player Inter wanted to keep be rubbish? fans need to watch football and make informed comments rather than spouting the same rubbish many people do.
If you were to say he is too different from ade and we dont need a player of his style…i would agree. but dont try to knock him because he gets the job done. Fact is if he was at arsenal he would score goals for fun
July 5, 2008 at 11:53
Ade… have you seen these official records?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4742321.stm
Maybe the onus is on Martins to prove his age…
Played in the same youth team as Babayaro and the Nigerian FA have the wrong date for him… sounds suspicious to me?
July 5, 2008 at 11:55
Sorry to interupt but i’ve got a quick message to the Nigerian pensioner who thinks he can play for us.
F**k off…….You won’t be welcome a Arsenal!
Got to get back to work now…… catch you guys later.
July 5, 2008 at 11:56
read the messages above pedro…if u were nigerian your age would probably be put wrong too…you hqve no idea how bad the NFA really is…i do
July 5, 2008 at 12:01
Aaron… saying you have followed his career for years proves nothing… did you follow him before his first italian club?
Apparently he played for the same youth team as Babayaro… and lets be fair, he doesn’t look 24 does he? Even when he played for Inter he was incredibly developed for someone so young…
I can imagine how bad the NFA are… but it wouldn’t be the first time a Nigerian player has been caught up in an age row.
Kanu is definitely lying about his age… Harry made a joke about it in an interview and that is why they only give him one year contracts.
July 5, 2008 at 12:02
no….no… just no… no martins fuck that shit stay put and only come to the emirates on your away games and only if you have too!!
July 5, 2008 at 12:03
a bit off point but….to the person who said martins is at the top of the pecking order of nigerian strikers…he is not. Uche has overtaken him and yakubu cannot really be removed because he offers the big guy/little partnership (yakubu being the big guy obviously). Martins is No 3
July 5, 2008 at 12:04
I think the Yak is a superb striker, I prefer him to Martins… much more consistent.
July 5, 2008 at 12:04
We seem to be offending quite a few people today
Can’t any of you fucking idiots take a joke. I dont think anyone intended any offense,
And in all honesty I really could not give a shit how old Martins is anyway, as I really do not think he is good enough to play for Arsenal.
July 5, 2008 at 12:07
Well you’ve all offended me you bunch of c**ts!! I’m going to find a site that doesn’t make racist comments about Red Indians!!
July 5, 2008 at 12:08
pedro…where dids you hear he played in the same youth team?? provide a link or any evidence. that would certainly interest me. How can you tell how old a player is by looking at him? how many developing nigerians have you seen? have you been to nigeria? if someone told me martins is 28 i would say they are lying because he does not look that age. Go look at other nigerians of his age and tribe…you would quickly realise any judgement on appearance is very weak. i look foward to your evidence though
July 5, 2008 at 12:10
12 months ago Martins turned down Arsenal, but now he apparently wants to play with Arsenal. Why the change of heart I wonder?
July 5, 2008 at 12:11
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article59577.ece
There were quotes before… I just can’t find them.
July 5, 2008 at 12:11
off point again…but i come here regularly and its a brilliant site…even if i dont always agree…i guess thats the beauty of it…keep up the good work
July 5, 2008 at 12:12
Gnarley, he didn’t turn us down… we just didn’t activate his release clause.
That is what this is all about… you have to lodge a bid otherwise martins stays another year at Newcastle.
Cheers Aaron.
July 5, 2008 at 12:13
Im no fan of Martins, not by any stretch, but if, if AW pulls one of his odd ball trasfer moves and does sign him because he sees something in him that he can’t find in say an Eto, or a Villa (if he can explain what that something is i’d love to hear that one) lets at least give the old boy a shot. Like it or not, if he ears the shirt lets see what he does. Maybe a consistant run as a striker (instead of a winger) in a team where he will get chances…welll…..maybe, just maybe we should think twice before completely hamering the guy…
…i must reiterate though I am not in favour of this move and have always hated the way we keep getting tied in with, along with Santa Cruz and the other middle of the road talent we seem to keep getting linked with.
July 5, 2008 at 12:14
I have to say Martins does look his reported age 23, 24. I don’t look at him and think he’s old. If all these players were as old as people say then it would effect their performances more. Kanu can’t be forty and still doing what he does, even if he never relied on pace. Same for Yakubu being 33 or something.
July 5, 2008 at 12:14
pedro…thisw is not evidence. newcastle simply looking for a way to reduce the price by quoting a cock up in the NFA. Even the paper regurgitated the cock up in the NFA. this is not evidence. Why didnt newcastle drop their interest??? why did they still pay 10 million?? its not evidence and you know it. i challenged you to find evidence because i know there is none out there
July 5, 2008 at 12:14
I heard from a Nigerian that Kanu told the doctors his real age is 27 back in 96 when he had his heart operation, It is a common theme with African players. Adebayor might also be well over 24!
July 5, 2008 at 12:15
Oh, so we sort of turned him down. Well, I hope history repeats itself. I don’t want someone who turns cartwheel after hes scores. Is that racist
July 5, 2008 at 12:16
Martins probably is more talented than Adebayor………
July 5, 2008 at 12:19
paulinho and morrow…i totally agree with both your views. I cant wait for the next batch of nigerian players to get hammered because i have followed them as well…right from under 17 level. if any are old (by the way…kanu IS OLDER THAN HE CLAIMS) and i know it to be a fact, i would not hesitate to say it.
July 5, 2008 at 12:20
I think the people who said they didn’t want Crouch are either racist or are discrimating against people who are tall and lanky.
Quite franky I find it disgusting.
Now what was that about google and something about sheep………..
July 5, 2008 at 12:20
Check this out re Thiago Neves.
July 5, 2008 at 12:21
he’s definitely scored some cracking goals this season and before, im just not keen on him no matter what age he is!
July 5, 2008 at 12:21
Ash…kanu told my dad with his own mouth that he is in his late thirties…this was about 4 years ago!
July 5, 2008 at 12:23
Gnarley (and everyone) – looks like the milligan trial was true after all, its just that he’s not good enough!
July 5, 2008 at 12:25
Evo in Oz.
Word.
There’s just something that doesn’t fly with this move, I can see Martins having a game where he scores two all time greatest ever amazing goals…and all the sunday papers will headline with “ADE WHO”…then he’ll go and play 3 or 4 shit games…i could well be wrong but he seems like that sort of player.
He’ll probably make the top 20 Greatest ever gunners (see AFC.com)next season though. No doubt he’ll be right behind Ade somewhere.
July 5, 2008 at 12:27
Parlour was at 19!!!! 19!!!!!!!!
July 5, 2008 at 12:28
guys…a bit off point again (bear with me) but ajax have just signed a new striker fo 13 million pounds. I just hope that martins is a smoke screen for huntelaar(who has refused to sign a new contract). We can hope right?
July 5, 2008 at 12:28
i would have been truely surprised if we had of signed milligan, he would have been a back up to clichy or sagna…
July 5, 2008 at 12:31
Evo, I reckon Arsenal would have been more likely to sign the late great Spike Milligan.
July 5, 2008 at 12:31
do i get the modena?
July 5, 2008 at 12:32
so he is 40? Geez, what do they put in their food over there.
July 5, 2008 at 12:34
lol funny you should ask paulinho..IT IS partly in the food
July 5, 2008 at 12:34
how about now?
July 5, 2008 at 12:36
ok, well im giving up my hope for the modena. Congrats on 1,000,000 hits though guys
July 5, 2008 at 12:38
I am officially now 10 years younger. Why not???
July 5, 2008 at 12:39
Sell ade 30mil and buy santa and martins just incase van persie gets injured and who wants to see walcot and bendtner
Up front
July 5, 2008 at 12:39
aaron u and i know martins is nothin less than 27.. as i have previously said.. if u think he is 23 or 24, well….
and he never played in any youth team with babayaro.. that is tru, i dont think he ever played any youth football in nigeria even…
July 5, 2008 at 12:43
i agree with most of what u say..i cannot ever recall seeing him play youth football for nigeria so i knew the talk with babayaro was nonsense. However, why do you believe he is 27 or 28? and not 24?
July 5, 2008 at 12:45
mike, as much as i like nigerian players as i’m nigerian…i would rather see huntelaar than martins. forget santa cruz. If we had huntelaar i wouldnt care where adebayor is because he is a complete striker. I dont even care about Villa or Eto’o
July 5, 2008 at 12:51
i see news now has a top rated sources only section now – guess that means no tribal football links then???
July 5, 2008 at 12:52
congrats on the 1,000,000th hits!
still no news on who’s coming in next, huh?
July 5, 2008 at 12:52
Ajax have confirmed the Dutch transfer record signing of one of the most exciting rising stars of European football, the 19-year-old Serbian Miralem Sulejmani. The teenage starlet arrives from Heerenveen with a glowing reputation and is a major coup as his impressive debut season in Holland had the likes of PSV, Feyenoord and Chelsea chasing him.
Should we now make a move then for Huntelaar??
July 5, 2008 at 12:54
i reckon Rico! i was reading that earlier thinking the same!
July 5, 2008 at 12:55
i hope and pray le boss will go for him. I dream of an all dutch front pair. we would be awesome. lets hope wenger is at it again
July 5, 2008 at 12:58
well i am 31 and i was asked in aldi for id and in dubai by some monster of an African gentleman bouncer, looks mean nothing,
why do people pick the bones of the posts, we are hear to chat not write abuse and then fuck off, if you have a complaint email the site not bore the tits off the rest of us that want to talk about …well everthing really
fucking nOObs, piss off back to myspace/flicker/etc
from the archives on martins 2003
http://www.newswatchngr.com/editorial/allaccess/bob/10929105339.htm
July 5, 2008 at 12:59
Evo – how much would he be, RvP would over the moon, bloody hell, so would I
July 5, 2008 at 13:01
The martins story is absolute rubbish. I actually feel sorry for newcastle now that martins has said what he said. Someone please show me any evidence that wenger remotely even likes him. The papers/agents/blogs/websites make all this shit up because there’s no real news or to push up values.2 weeks a go clichy was leaving for about 3 hours until he signed his new deal. If he hadn’t signed we’d be reading about the 10 left backs that Arsene wanted to replace him (and no doubt at least one of them being “flattered) If martins goes to arsenal I’ll eat my own shit
July 5, 2008 at 13:01
Don’t hold me to that
July 5, 2008 at 13:02
martins mistake on age
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4745717.stm
July 5, 2008 at 13:05
chris…i dont think anybody would say martins is rubbish. at least i dont think that for one moment. I just dont think he is what we need. we need someone tall who can hold the ball and score. Huntelaar, ibrahimovich and adebayor’s of this world are few and far between. if adebayor goes huntelaar is the most realistic target
July 5, 2008 at 13:07
actually aaron i havent mnade my mind up on this guy as i have not seen too much of him,
but arsene has been tracking him for a while there must be something there for him to consitantly be tracking him
July 5, 2008 at 13:08
i am happy that chris has produced these articles..that would shut a few people up…nice one chris
July 5, 2008 at 13:10
Huntelaar would be my choice, followed by Santa Cruz, Villa was up there but has said no.
Navez is a homeboy like Reyes, he doesn’t even like away games.
July 5, 2008 at 13:11
has anyone seen the latest story that Togotwat’s Barca move will move forward until either Etoo or Ronaldinho are sold
Why dont we just swap him for either of them. And I am not sure how it has come about, but we could probably get player and cash for both
I know both had in-different seasons last year but you dont become shit overnight, they are both way better than TT25 and would probably pay for themselves in merchandising.
Our Fast East merchandising would go through the roof if we bought Ronaldinho.
And either of those guys would get me excited and re-assured.
July 5, 2008 at 13:13
chris, i can only assume he offers genuine pace and a very good left foot and good spring. i know he has a eye for goal but he has to be used in the right way otherwise…well we can see what newcastle has done for his career. he is not the same player. i would still prefer huntelaar
July 5, 2008 at 13:13
Well played Chris… thanks for proving we don’t produce articles for no reason on here!
I thought all that stuff was common knowledge…?
Chris, do you even think Ade is leaving?
July 5, 2008 at 13:15
Hey Geoff, we agree, I wont be at all unhappy if Santa replaces Ade, but my hunch is all this crap from him and his agent is a pure money spinning exercise, and he wont get what he is after, no-one will pay 35M, so he stays. Pretty much the same has happened to Hleb – So far, anyway…
July 5, 2008 at 13:17
Rico…Everyone knows the adebayor thing is all about money. its always been about money.
July 5, 2008 at 13:19
I fear Ade will end up staying as well.
If Barca pull out, we should go back to Milan and take the 25M
Ade is going to really struggle at Arsenal if he stays next year. The fans will be on his back at the first moment of crapness, infact I honestly think he will be booed for a bit. It will take a lot of arse-licking for that guy to get back in favour, and I think his game will suffer as a result.
That will probably lead to more speculation next summer and you can bet his value will be well below 25m after an average season.
July 5, 2008 at 13:19
What a load of poo….we were never after him in the first place! utter bollox
The Gunners’ hopes of capturing Spain’s holding midfielder Marcos Senna have suffered a setback after Villarreal slapped a £25m price tag on him.
July 5, 2008 at 13:23
why are big clubs scared/reluctant to go for huntelaar.. maybe he just sounds/looks to good to be tru fairytale kinda striker… and no1 wants to gamble
aaron two reason i think he’s 27/28, that is my brother’s age who used to play football then wit martins crew @ebutemetta.. and they used to group dem by age den..
second reason.. he was shaggin this girl one time who was in university of lagos and she told us he told her his real age(dat was in 2006) and he said he was 26 then.. she claims she asked him just b4 he was about to cum.. and u kno guys we say d truth t those times!!
July 5, 2008 at 13:25
Anyone here off to the Armoury later today???
I’m about to set off to go get my kits.
July 5, 2008 at 13:27
Ade for £30 mill is the greatest bit of daylight robbery since the Brinks Matt job.
July 5, 2008 at 13:29
I wish the Chavs would hurry the fook up and buy Eto’o, so Barca can pay for Ade.
Huntelaar and that Diogo kid from Brazil. Apparently his youtoob clips are to die for.
July 5, 2008 at 13:29
treze – who you getting on the bak?
July 5, 2008 at 13:30
Have it!!!!! TREZE have a nice day, let us all know what the new kit is really like.
July 5, 2008 at 13:32
Isnt Huntelaar only 24??
July 5, 2008 at 13:33
I’m undecided either Vela12 or Eduardo9, My 3 year old brother said he wanted Fabregas4 so i can’t get that
July 5, 2008 at 13:34
LMAO very funny stuff ric-dizzle. you have no idea how bad i want to beleive you (if only for that great story) but i guess its hearsay. you could be right though, i dont know. afterall kanu told my dad he was in his late thirties some years back. interesting stuff. must say i dont really have anything to suggest he is as old as that…just as i have nothing but comments to suggest kanu is old. but you never know. he looks younger than that to me though
July 5, 2008 at 13:34
Evo that is a good question for everyone
I remember a time when we were really spoilt for choice and the decision on whose name you would have on them was a tough decision. It was Bergkamp, Vieira, Pires, Ljungberg, Heny.
I would imagine Cesc is the most popular, and I bet he is miles ahead of anyone else.
I know a big name is not everything but we must suffer in merchandising by not really having any. Hopefully a injury free season for RVP, Rosicky and Eduardo will change that.
July 5, 2008 at 13:38
Well im off now. Bye grovers
July 5, 2008 at 13:40
Just returned from Brazil, caught the Fluminense/Quito Copa Libertedores Final. Thiago Neves; Thats who we should sogn.
July 5, 2008 at 13:41
the question is will barca pay the money that AW wants,
July 5, 2008 at 13:42
Ric-Dizzle; You meant martins right?
July 5, 2008 at 13:44
Chris;
The answer is yes. Where you been?
Cave to cave selling Encyclopedias in Afghanistan?
July 5, 2008 at 13:44
Huntelaar is 24yrs old
July 5, 2008 at 13:44
Amaury Bischoff
whats the update angry……
July 5, 2008 at 13:45
35 million?
July 5, 2008 at 13:45
it is a tough choice.
i have cesc – 4 – on the white one. bergy on the long sleeve burgundy commemorative one. henry on the short sleeve same.
plenty of other ones i never got names on
July 5, 2008 at 13:46
The Bisch got out of bed the wrong side this morning, causing him to break 3 bones in his foot and rupturing his achilles tendon.
July 5, 2008 at 13:46
ive got rocky on my commemoritave one
July 5, 2008 at 13:47
lol
July 5, 2008 at 13:48
oh i just remembered, my old cheese brought me back an inter – vieira one from milan last year when she was on holidays….didnt even ask for it…
July 5, 2008 at 13:49
Chris;
If we can believe any of these reports lately. I would say/hope upwards of £28 million!
Anything above £20 million would be amazing business in all seriousness though.
But barca, more specifically, Laporta is desperate to appease the fans so he can get re-elected, he’s promised them Ade, we aint in a hurry, but he is, Sunday is tyhe deadline to stop a vote of no confidence, so he will just have to up his bid to a level that is acceptable by Arsene and the club.
Sgit! We could really screw the bastards this time!
July 5, 2008 at 13:50
how good are the Joe Crow’s going down?! – lime cut into quarters – smashed in the bottom of the glass – add cruched ice and 1 shot of tequilla, topped up with lemonade!
July 5, 2008 at 13:53
Angry
I think that decision on a re-election will be decided tomorrow though
I reckon his price will go down again after that as they will not be in a rush.
July 5, 2008 at 13:53
yes martins @ angry
if we sell adebayor i have info from edelman’s secreatary @ d emirates, that vela would be lined up for immediate replacement.. with walcott continuing on the wings
the 30 million would be used to pay outstanding debts
July 5, 2008 at 14:02
Laporta is pleading with the fans not to go with the no confidence vote, just in case he cannot parade his numero 1 signing.
IF he is using the buying of Ade as a political promise then I dont see the price changing much TBH.
Like I said tho, anything over £29 mill will be effin top money.
My bet is £27.6 million!
July 5, 2008 at 14:02
If Sp*rs lose Keane and/or Berb I can see em moving for Hunelaar…
July 5, 2008 at 14:05
wenger should take berba if he’s available
July 5, 2008 at 14:08
I would take anything over 20m myself.
My reasoning for the price going down is that I think Wenger knows that they were desperate so put the price high. If Barca were willing to pay the 30m They would have done it by now.
If they dont get him for around 25 my bet is they will go for option B. Which is shame as we will never have that much money on the table for him again, and similar to the Vieira and Henry moves, we end up selling them a year too late.
Someone said yesterday that Barca blogs were about as excited as Ade coming as we are about Bischoff.
July 5, 2008 at 14:15
pat;
They are spent up fella! barca need to offload RonnieDino and Eto’o before they can do any more business. Just say they agree to buy Ade for £25 mill, then cannot offload Eto n Goofy. They would be effin fucked up!
Thats my take on it any ways.
July 5, 2008 at 14:16
O. Martins
Age: Debatable
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) = loss of Adebayor’s Ariel threat not compensated for.
Goals: not enough, career goal ratio 2.8/1, recent form (last season) 3.3/1 (deteriorating)
Bluff!
Next!
July 5, 2008 at 14:16
I’ve just been told by a spuds fan that bereba has primised to stay 1 more year if they let him go cheap next season
July 5, 2008 at 14:17
Henry is acting as a double agent in all this.
He’s telling the barca Gran Quesos how amazing Ade is to pay what ever it takes yadda yadda. All the time he is working for Arsenal so we screw the bastards and get rid of the ego maniac.
July 5, 2008 at 14:17
sory thet’s berebatov
July 5, 2008 at 14:18
michael – that was in the press this week
July 5, 2008 at 14:19
AdDEE-ByYoor!
Adee-By- Yoor-or-or!
Show him the door
he aint needed no more!
July 5, 2008 at 14:21
I have a bad feeling Wenger is using this Ade case to make a point. He’s had enough of looking like willy the wimp in releasing players so now he’s gonna be stubborn and reject every offer. Which is bloody typical of Arsene, playing hardball over a talentless streak of crap who I wanted gone from the moment he arrived.
I will categorically state that Ade is going nowhere and will be at Arsenal next season.
July 5, 2008 at 14:22
Does anyone else think this Bischoff thing is a load of nonsense? I do.
July 5, 2008 at 14:26
i really struggle to understand why everyone thinks ade is rubbish. he scored 30 goals, he hold up the ball, runs defences ragged, frees up space for our midfielders to join attack by occupying defenders and yet he is seen as a liability. He offers a diffewrent option…an option we never used to have but always needed. I dont get it. and lets look past all the talk of needing 4 chances to score 1, henry didnt score all his chances either (not that i am comparing thier abilities). His ratio is the same as torres according to stats i saw a few weeks ago (cant rermeber the link).
July 5, 2008 at 14:30
if kanu jnr can get his left side going, then i think he’ll be top class!
July 5, 2008 at 14:35
Ade isnt crap.
Anyone saying he is, is deluded, daft, being petty, racist, whatever…
He is far from crap, but he is also an another galaxy away from the wage demands he has allaegedly
made (although the quotes about him saying’ pay me what henry was on and Ill play like henry’ are pretty damning) and he has burnt his bridges as far as Im concrened.
UNLESS those quotes are proved 100% bullshit. Saying that, he should fuck off coz of his c*nt of an agent.
July 5, 2008 at 14:37
Paulinho;
Give AW a break fella.
We don’t know whats going on at the moment. You think he wont sell to be stubborn (as loads have accused him of being a pussy when it comes to releasing players), whereas I think we are just playing hardball, wanting to sell on our terms for the maximum price.
Until we know either way, we cant say yet.
July 5, 2008 at 14:38
Oh and i effin hope to Gawd, Buddha, Allah, Jehovah, Dot Cotton that this Bischoff thing is complete garbage and doesnt happen.
July 5, 2008 at 14:39
I dont think he is rubbish at all Aaron and I have been one of his biggest fans on this blog.
However his actions over the last few weeks have been a disgrace and i no longer want him at Arsenal, not because of his lack of ability but because his is a fucking cock
Ade took 2 years to get the respect of the majority of fans, and he was still winning the others over, unfortunately that respect was taken from him as soon as he made that press conference.
July 5, 2008 at 14:39
totally agree angry loner, somehow i think the rumours are true. Adebayor is not the reserved type. he speaks a lot. remember when reyes left…he had a lot to say. he has always spoken his mind without thinking of the ramifications. Either way, i want him to stay…thats my first choice unless we get huntelaar
July 5, 2008 at 14:41
agree with you too pat.
July 5, 2008 at 14:44
Afternoon Grovers, I was going to ask what have I missed, but just read some of the comments and it looks like we’ve had a busy day already!! WTF?
I’ve done the whole age of Nigerian Footballers before so not going into it again!
Have we signed anyone yet?
July 5, 2008 at 14:44
1,000,000th!
July 5, 2008 at 14:45
Gimme the Ferrari!
July 5, 2008 at 14:50
Honestly I am gutted it has come to this with Ade
Some of us spent all season bigging the guy up and defending him, especially back in May when the mail ran with the 80k a week story only for Ade to rubbish it on Arsenal.com.
I just feel he has shit on the fans big time.
Arsene has a big dilema here, as I honestly think he does not want to sell him. It is whether or not his gives a toss about what we think.
July 5, 2008 at 14:51
Take it that’s a no then!!
Have a good weekend regulars, we’ll catch up during the week!
July 5, 2008 at 14:52
you will be called a racist odub, behave!
July 5, 2008 at 14:56
I’m off to the armoury as well anyone know how much print cost there? my friend seems to think its free!
July 5, 2008 at 14:56
Huntelaar is leaving Ajax. They’ve signed some 19 year old Serbian from heerenveen for £13 mill. (Soz if its already been on here!)
So, where is the big lump going?
AFC hopefully!
July 5, 2008 at 14:56
what u trying to say barracuda?
July 5, 2008 at 15:01
Well I’ll be damned chris!!
I think Kanu and Martins are older than they’re claiming, and wouldnt touch martins with a barge pole!
Let’s see…that makes me a racist black guy who’s lived in England,Nigeria, America and Wales, supports Arsenal, and has an opinion!
What do i know about anything!!
July 5, 2008 at 15:04
Martins had a joss stick stall at Woodstock.
The fella’s ancient.
July 5, 2008 at 15:06
I’ve just read some of the previous comments!!
People really need to lighten up!! The headline is a joke, you know… HUMOUR!!
Get it?
July 5, 2008 at 15:09
Mark,
Please tell me you’re joking? Explain how the comments are racist, and please chose your words carefully because I’ve met quite a few of the lot on here and know them enough to be able to say your comment was a load of crap!
July 5, 2008 at 15:10
mark, which comment of Geoff’s draws you to the conclusion that he is racist please?
i dont get it personally?
July 5, 2008 at 15:12
Harry Barracuda… you are right… it is more than a million now and thanks for your two hits that we receive without fail every weekend… you’re back in the moderated section. I am sure that wont stop you coming back though…
Mark, when you make pathetic accusations, it helps if you can qualify them…
This is like yesterday… ‘Can’t believe you are mocking Senna’s death’.
People need to lighten up and give up on the PC crusade.
Boring, boring cunts…
July 5, 2008 at 15:14
maybe people get confused and they think their nationality is getting attacked somehow so they just come up with the racist tag? strange…
July 5, 2008 at 15:16
Evo… I think there are a few people on here that are well placed to tell us about the age thing in Nigeria.
It’s not an attack on nationality or race…
Some people are just desperate to turn anything into a race row.
July 5, 2008 at 15:17
I’ve got another guy in moderation saying he is shocked by the obvious racist comments…
Show me… and I’ll let you on! If not… fuck off…
July 5, 2008 at 15:18
True words spoken Pedro, as true as I am 25 years old…..Or is that how old you are?
July 5, 2008 at 15:20
Weekend bloggers Odub…
What ya gonna do!
24… haha!
July 5, 2008 at 15:22
Oi you werent meant to laugh at that Pedro!
I am 24!! Ok fine my Passport and Drivers Licence say 36 but…………….
July 5, 2008 at 15:22
fuck knows, im just enjoying the booze and warming up for yum cha tomorrow!
July 5, 2008 at 15:23
Pedro –
What I suggest is that people who think this site or its bloggers make racist comments, or that the authors of this site accept such comments, go and research the definiton of ‘Racism’ by Law.
Ok, it talks about peoples perception of racism, but to have that, there needs to be Racism in the first place.
Being the token girlie, I have to say I am a ‘good target’ for you old boys, but it just doesnt happen.
Also, I am very strong with my views that Racism holds no part in this world.
So, to conclude, I am still here on Le Grove, and that my friends is because any suggestion of any prejudice towards any group of people, is utter bollocks!!
July 5, 2008 at 15:24
Eh Evo, exactly what time is it over there, and why do I get the feeling you’ve been drinking for about 24HOURS??!!!
July 5, 2008 at 15:24
Sorry Odub! I didn’t realise!
What are your thoughts… if we stay as we are and add Nasri… will we compete next year?
Evo… what is a Yum Cha?
July 5, 2008 at 15:24
wow did i miss something…i never for once felt insulted and i’m nigerian. i dont know about the whole racist thing. its just opinions as far as i can tell. are we not all on the same side? are we not all arsenal? I support arsenal first then nigeria or any other team. Therefore no room for talk of racism.
July 5, 2008 at 15:25
Interest rates are 2.25% in the states…
Wouldn’t mind a mortgage on those rates!
July 5, 2008 at 15:26
Bugger me, we will all soon be guilty of Ageism (not sure on the spelling) the way we have a giggle about the age of Kanu and Martins – Anyway, how old is Ade really???
July 5, 2008 at 15:27
I think Adebayor is also older then he says he is like Martins. Adebayor is really Nigerian after all.
July 5, 2008 at 15:28
So, if Kanu is Ades father, Kanu must be at least 40
July 5, 2008 at 15:28
ade is 39…and he has a 14 year old son. if you look really closely…you will spot a few grey hairs on his chin
July 5, 2008 at 15:29
i did have some sleep on friday night trust me!
its 0025 here, so ill go to yum cha around 1130…its basically dim sum…lots of little dumplings and other items that you can have mid morning-lunch
July 5, 2008 at 15:29
Yeah I was going to ask what the hell is Yum cha Evo?
Pedro, we need a CB, mark my words we wont win the league with what we’ve got, apart from that the GK situation is the other one I’m not too sure about.
We’ve got enough midfielders, maybe add someone like Veloso or yaya, and if Ade goes get an experienced striker taller than 6 ft.
Job done!
Aaaron, none of this was aimed at you fella, it was aimed at some knob jockey that came on and accued Geoff of being racist, the comment has been taken off as it was a load of bollox!!
July 5, 2008 at 15:30
someone…now that IS a comment i object to. “he is nigerian afterall” whats that supposed to mean?
July 5, 2008 at 15:30
Well said Aaron… I doubt anyone Nigerian is complaining… just PC prats from the UK as far as I can tell.
If I read a headline saying:
‘Man U sign English Granny shagger for £28mill’
I wouldn’t read that and be offended or feel like I’d been attacked in a racist way. I’d just accept Rooney is a granny shagger and happens to be English…
July 5, 2008 at 15:31
aaron – then 30M is good for a 39yr old!!
July 5, 2008 at 15:31
**accused
July 5, 2008 at 15:31
Pedro – you know something we dont about Rooney????
July 5, 2008 at 15:32
odub…i know…i was just making the point that i dont think racism is an issue on the site. though i dont quite get what someone just said
July 5, 2008 at 15:32
Aaron what I meant was that people are saying Nigerians like Martins and Kanu lie about their age but Ade probably does too because he’s originally from NIgeria. I didn’t mean to sound racist.
July 5, 2008 at 15:35
Rico, everyone know he shagged that 60 year old prostitute!
Aaron, I took that comment off…
Ade looks 24… he has been with a French team since he was 15… so I don’t doubt his age.
Odub, I would love a proper centre back… but there isn’t exactly an abundance around at the moment is there? I can’t think of any attainable centre backs we could sign… I know that I am no scout, but even that papers are struggling!
I’d still like a decent winger and I fully agree on a holding midfielder…
July 5, 2008 at 15:36
lol…but it does mate. read it back to yourself. anyway i dont think you are trying to be but it sounds bad thats all.
July 5, 2008 at 15:36
Guys… can we talk Arsenal!
Who do people think is the most likely kid to break through this year?
July 5, 2008 at 15:38
Keane; as much as I hate to say it, would be a great signing for Liverpool.
July 5, 2008 at 15:38
traore
July 5, 2008 at 15:39
pedro…do you recall when everyone jumped on the mertesacker bandwagon??? where are they now? aint that some sh!t!. i just want a Vidic type…a true no nonsense brut of a defender that would spit in the face of alex ferguson and give john terry’s girl a good seing to. thats what i want
July 5, 2008 at 15:40
Yeah Ade looks his age so does someone like Obi Mikel and Yobo. Still dont mean they right though!!
Not a lot of CBs around at all!! Even the Italians looked shit at the Euros, but have seen and heard good things about Chiellini at Juve, and we’ve spoken about Boro’s David Wheater, and say maybe Nedum Onuoha @ Man City. Ok fine he’s originally from Nigeria, but I’m thinking he’s not shaved 10 years off his age, is def 22, and is 6 foot, and people at City reckon he’s better Richards
Not a huge list of choices is it?
July 5, 2008 at 15:43
Mertesacker is slow and didn’t look good. Germany’s best young defender is Mats Hummels.
July 5, 2008 at 15:45
Robben looks about 40 but is only 24.
July 5, 2008 at 15:45
I put that question to my German Colleagues that said Mertesacker was the mutts nutts. They actually stand by their appraisal and Germany as a whole really cant understand why their back four were so poor.
As for the kid that breaks through
I reckon Nordveillt, especially if we are not buying a CB
July 5, 2008 at 15:46
Aaron… I started the Mertesacker band wagon!
All I’ll say on the matter is that for a defender who is supposedly so poor… he didn’t do to badly in getting Germany to the final!
The whole point of the suggestion was that anything is better than Big Phil…
Micah Richards rumours have gone quiet as well…?
I tell you a player I really liked at Euro 2008… Inglandeer… the holding guy for the Dutch!
Podolski rumours have gone cold…
Very classy!
July 5, 2008 at 15:48
bring podolski-huntelaar-berbatov…any of those would do
gotta hit the sack lads, yum cha tomorrow!
catch you all later!
cheers
July 5, 2008 at 15:48
Germany actually has some good defenders but their coach decided to use the same players from the 2006 WC. Marcel Shaefer is alot better than the horrible leftback Jansen and Westermann is alot better than Metzelder.
July 5, 2008 at 15:49
*Mertesacker was many Werder fans player of the season.
In a team that boast Frings and Diego… not bad…
July 5, 2008 at 15:51
lmao…so you are responsible pedro. got to disagree with you about him although i know not to judge by one tournament. I agree we do need someone to replace senderos as i dont trust him. we need a warrior that would enjoy a battle with the drogba’s of this world but who. as odub suggested, there arent many choices
July 5, 2008 at 15:56
Mertesacker was the best of the back 4
I was really looking forward to seeing him, especially as his own website says he would love to join Arsenal
I thought he was great in the first few games, but seemed to drop his performance levels as the tourney went on.
Most disspointing for me though was his lack of strength in the air. not sure if it was just his starting position but given his size he should have won more in the air.
I personally believe this (Roll on the abuse). If we started the season with big Phil, his confidence would grow. we fucked up by dropping him when Toure came back from ANC. At the time I thought Senderos was actually getting better game by game. I think he is still a talent, but he seems to have a self confidence problem.
July 5, 2008 at 15:59
Nite Evo
I dont think players can be judged on one tournament/game alone, I watched the game v Milan yesterday, judge Senderos on that one game, he looked pretty good, Hleb I have to say was awesome, and how did Theo stay on his feet to set Ade up, and what a goal by Cesc….. Stop it, what was I saying…
Yes, Big Phil looked good in that game, but we all see and know different, just because a few games of less than best, or better than usual, doesnt always mean a player is greta or good – AW needs to bring in a consistant player, you know, like Bac plays…. I dont care who they are or what club they come from, if they are signings 90% with as good an attitude and player that both Bac and Dudu have shown
Bring them in Arsene!!
July 5, 2008 at 16:01
pat, when he is not making mistakes senderos is probably the best we have but he just makes too many errors for my liking. no one can doubt his potential, he has the best defensive brain (if that makes sense) but the mistakes…
July 5, 2008 at 16:03
When he is not making mistakes?
That is like saying when Almunia is not letting goals in, he is the best in the world!
Senderos has poor distribution… lack of concentration and he fucks up at least twice a game…
July 5, 2008 at 16:05
i guess i like him pedro…what can i say. i like him but its not enough
July 5, 2008 at 16:10
I like Senderos as well
I agree he is prone to mistakes, but usually when he is coming in after a spell on the bench.
just before Toure came, back the mistakes were becoming few and far between. At the time I thought he was playing better than Gallas.
But Consistency is the key and that is why unless we made him 1st choice, he would never make it at Arsenal.
July 5, 2008 at 16:12
bit of a no win situation for him then pat
July 5, 2008 at 16:18
take care guys, till next time
July 5, 2008 at 16:29
You gotta be suspicious of any sentence that begins “Now I’m not against Africans…” And following it up with the comment “stick to Europeans” doesn’t really help. I don’t think your site is racist or xenophobic but I do think those comments were ill-considered. I can’t see Martins at Arsenal, he’s definitely got ability (mainly athletic) but I don’t think he’s technically good enough for Arsenal. He’s also too well known, and at 5′ 7″ isn’t gonna add anything we don’t already have, beyond unbelievable pace, but we’ve got Theo for that right?
July 5, 2008 at 16:59
Right I let that comment on just to answer it. I said I’m not against African players to justify why I don’t want to sign one, because of the ANC, why would I want to sign players that will leave us for two months every other season? and then come back and play shit, like Kolo did, twice.
So I say that and then I’m defending myself against racism, get a life people, today we got to a million hits and all a few people want to do is bang on the PC bandwagon.
I’ll say it again I don’t want another African, I’ll also say I don’t believe Martins is 23, he doesn’t look it and the BBC don’t believe it either.
Now if they want to sack the ACN, I’ll change my mind, until then I’d prefer to shop in Europe.
So if you think any of that is racist you’re mad as a bag of snakes. Green ones.
July 5, 2008 at 17:04
Well Said Geoff
I completely agree,
And I think if the African Nations want to improve more, they should seriously consider moving the ANC to fit in with the European League schedule. That way the bigger clubs will probably sign more African players.
July 5, 2008 at 17:06
What I do find quite funny is that anyone can start labelling Arsenal fans racist
We have more foreigners in our squad than anyone
I say bring back the Gingers, I think it is disgraceful we dont have any gingers in our squad.
Romford Pele and Sidwell for me
July 5, 2008 at 17:09
Bang on Pat, if they want to keep the ACN why don’t the have their own league and call it the African Premier league, they can’t so they ought to change their dates.
I like the ACN, just not every two years and not during our season.
What about Perry Groves!
July 5, 2008 at 17:16
Oh I only forgot Perry
Sorry if you are reading Perry
July 5, 2008 at 17:33
Geoff Notice how mancs have stopped using Africans. (apart from manucho)
July 5, 2008 at 17:37
That’s very true, after Jemba Jemba I can’t think of one!
July 5, 2008 at 17:42
Bloody hell you cant say anything without someone getting offended these days. keep up the good work geoff, why would we want half the team to bugger off every 2 years, thats not racist its realist
July 5, 2008 at 17:45
Guys, I have to depart, I am getting ‘the look’
Geoff, Pedro – you should be listed amoungst the Super Heroes……
Have a fab evening Grovers, apparently I have to have a lay in tomorrow… Huff
TTFN
July 5, 2008 at 17:46
Cheers Andy, too right.
July 5, 2008 at 17:47
See you Rico, have a good’un and ignore ‘that look’ we all get that.
July 5, 2008 at 17:49
Yeah Geoof but you get a girlie look!!!!
I just get a bruiser!!
July 5, 2008 at 17:49
anyone going to Amsterdam in August?
July 5, 2008 at 17:49
Sorry Geoff, too many oooooooo’s – see, i am now feeling rushed!
July 5, 2008 at 18:18
Geoff/Pedro
well done lads for the 1000,000 This is the biggest bar in the world the pub chat is what we Arsenal fans want, the odd row does no harm and you boys Police it brilliantly. You also fuck off imposters who try sneaking in. I reckon guys those jealous Mancscum twats will dream up a site that will pretend to be bigger.
We are Le Grove and we are the best we are Le Grove so fuck all the rest.
I am not mad by the way.
July 5, 2008 at 18:19
Far from it El Tel, with views like that you are my hero!
July 5, 2008 at 18:21
michael mate i sincerely hope you don’t have to snack on your own excrement buddy. I think Martins would score many goals for us and i believe he is an option if other options fail. The Hunter is my choice, i havent seen anything of the guy but his stats are incredible even in a supposedly shit League.
July 5, 2008 at 18:24
I would love to meet you guys in a real pub one day soon and buy you both a drink. Pedro you can have a Peroni if you wish, since you suggested it i have been drinking more of it and mate you are right its a fucking good beer.
There are many Grovers I would like to meet we are a team and have no hero’s mate.
July 5, 2008 at 18:26
Got to go guys I know it was a short stay but I have been reading almost all the posts and that takes time.
Have a good un all of you and I will check into the bar very soon.
July 5, 2008 at 18:44
Definately El Tel
We should plan a meet before one of the games next season
I too have started drinking Peroni, top beer
July 5, 2008 at 18:51
I just don’t think there’s any truth in it
July 5, 2008 at 19:24
I want to say that the scheduling of the African Cup I think has to do with weather patterns.
This is why it does not fit into the european league schedule.
As far as the Hunter goes, I gotta like him because his birth date is listed as August 12 1983 …exactly the same as my birthdate.
Yes it seems he may lack pace and may not fit our style but…..if he is a Ruud van nistle Roy type of player then, he can score goals in any league. Look at Ruud he scored in Holland , England and now Spain. So if he is that type of player we may not need to worry about pace. Those type of players are all about positioning which will work in any league. As Tommy smyth said Ruud scores GARBAGE goals, he scored about 150 of those goals in about 5 years, so maybe we need less finesse goals and more garbage goals to win.
Incidentally Ade gave us that option, even tho he did score a couple of great ones. The one he scored against Tottenham was goal of the season and rightfully so.
July 5, 2008 at 19:29
Why dont we go after Ronaldinho. He has said he is working hard to get back to his best and he also said he does not care where he plays, he just wants to prove himself again.
Can you imagine how he will play with this new determination and drive.
He said he does not care where he plays either, so this could be an opportunity with the Ade situattion. I guess the only thing that ma hold back Arsenal would be his wages, which would be atleast 100,000.
July 5, 2008 at 19:44
Just got back, I got Eduardo9 on mine and im lovin it, looks sooooo much better on than it does in photos. My lil bro’s Fab4 one looks great too. I was suprised though there were more people with Walcott14 on theirs than there was for Cesc, even saw one bloke with Eboue on the back (he’s either metally ill or taking the piss). All in all great day out with the family.
July 5, 2008 at 19:47
Also i got a question for any season ticketers here, HOW DO I GET ONE!!!!!!????!!!!???!!!??!?!?!???!?!!?!!??!?!!questionmark!!!!???exclamationpoint
July 5, 2008 at 19:55
WELL we probably wont get Huntelaar because he says he wants to play for United.
I guess he wnts to follow Ruuds footsteps…..not Robins.
Oh well, so much for being born on the same date as me, If he goes to united i cant cheer for him at all, I hate United too much.
July 5, 2008 at 19:59
If Ade goes..why not go after Roman Pavlychenko.
He would give physical presence as well.
July 5, 2008 at 20:05
Treze… I thought you were getting ‘Le Grove’ on the back of your shirt?
July 5, 2008 at 20:15
Pat,
No chance ACN moves to suit the European league schedule.
I read that in Africa, there is almost zero ground with floodlights, so all the matches need to be played during the day. And in summer, it is scorching hot in Africa during the day, so it should be sometime during the winter.
But seriously why don’t they have it every 4 years, rather than 2?
We’d better make a petition and send it in to those in charge of ACN.
July 5, 2008 at 20:25
I’m getting Le Grove on the away one. Also i am now officially an Arsenal Red Member (woo)
July 5, 2008 at 20:32
found peroni on tap the other night, just as good as the bottled stuff but bigger!! fasntastic. Trouble is crap pub
July 5, 2008 at 20:34
only about 10yrs till you get upgraded to silver then Treze and can actually get tickets!
July 5, 2008 at 20:34
10 yrs??? huh? im confused
July 5, 2008 at 20:48
my god putting le-grove on the back of a shirt?!?! you will be mugged by the akb, best put a.cole instead,!!!
July 5, 2008 at 20:48
when you become a red member you are on the waiting list to become a silver member. Tickets go on sale to silver members a month before they go on sale to red members, but sadly there are very often none left.
I was a member at highbury for years, but gave it up when we had kids, as i could no longr go every week. I rejoined 7 yrs ago and am told that i missed out on an upgrade to silver this year by 500 people so next year i will be upgraded to silver, 8 years!
July 5, 2008 at 20:57
As Wenger pointed out the excuse that the ACN can’t be moved due to the weather is crap. Just go & have a look how many African world cup qualifiers were played over the past month to prove that is nonsense.
July 5, 2008 at 21:00
AndyB… well played on the Peroni… I hope they put it in those tall glasses… they remind me of the world cup!
Good shout Chris… if you are getting Le Grove done, make it cryptic or something! haha!
July 5, 2008 at 21:03
Oh ok thanks, better be up at 6am on the arsenal website everyday checking when tickets do finally go on sale to us red members then.
July 5, 2008 at 21:05
Still im excited to even have that small glimmer of hope about going to a few games this season
July 5, 2008 at 21:24
Treze – sorry to piss on your fireTreze but I have kicked myself every year since giving up my ticket registration membership, sorry.
On the plus side I am really excited about the silver membership in a years time, and with a bit of luck my mrs will of fucked off with the milkman or someone by then and I’ll be able to join the travel club aswell!!!!
Pedro – yes, tall thin world cup glass that had been in the freezer, perfect!
July 5, 2008 at 21:28
lol. Stupid to assum this could be anytime in the next 10 years but i just joined the season ticket waiting list too, how long do you think it will be before i get a chance at one im guessing a good 25 years
July 5, 2008 at 21:34
i belive there are 20,000+ on that list mate, once again sorry.
July 5, 2008 at 21:38
lol. I’m only 15 so i COULd still get one this lifetime then. Thanks
July 5, 2008 at 21:40
well said GMR
the onus is on the African countries
Move to the summer or we will not buy as many African Players as we would like to
Floodlights and weather is a bullshit excuse
I have live all over the globe and you can play football in the evenings if it is too hot
July 5, 2008 at 21:52
Well,
maybe they’re trying to help THE AGED by having the cup games during the chilly season. Hardly surprising given how old some players really are:))
July 5, 2008 at 21:57
you may not have to wait that long. it will depend on how mant trophies Arsenal win. when we are winning no one gives up their tickets and everyone is happy to stump up over a grand for the season. when we are not doing so well a lot of people dont want to pay the money. I bet when they drop off the list they feel like idiots when Arsenal win something the following season. you have to keep the faith. at least it weedles out the glory hunters. In the end surely only the die hards will remain?? right now the stadium has too many part-time fans with more money than feeling.
July 5, 2008 at 22:02
totally agree with the mroe money than feeling statement you made, do you know how many tickets i can buy at a time at red level?
July 5, 2008 at 22:18
Guys at one home match last year the sky reporter borrowed his mates waiting list certificate, he was number 54,000 something or the other.
One more year of winning nothing should see a few drop off though. When Sky bring out there TV seasons they’ll be a few more drop off as well.
Sometimes Grovers have spares for games, always ask on here a few days before, you can email us and if people have spares, we can put you together.
Finally why would it matter if it’s hot in the summer in Africa, if you lived there you’d be used to it wouldn’t you? it’s a lot hotter in South East Asia I can tell you.
Next week I’m going to be a shirt and get Le Grove put on, I’ll take a picture for you all!
You won’t have to worry about the AKB’s though as none of them are over 14.
July 5, 2008 at 22:20
Ok thanks, How do people end up getting SPARES for games, i’d kill just for one.
July 5, 2008 at 22:22
Because sometimes they have 3 seasons but only have 2 going, or other times their mates can’t make the midweek games and so on.
July 5, 2008 at 22:22
3 seasons……………..that is heaven.
July 5, 2008 at 22:24
Don’t know how people would feel about a 15 year old tagging along but ill ask around anyway.
July 5, 2008 at 22:28
MARTINS IS 23 AND THAT IS OFFICIAL. TODAY\S HEADLINE WHEN LE GROVE HIT ONE MILLION APPARENTLY DO NOT GO DOWN WELL WITH ME AND SOME OF US THAT COME FROM NIGERIA. IF THIS IS A JOKE, IT IS AN EXPENSIVE ONE!!!!
July 5, 2008 at 22:39
Well here’s a surprise, I don’t write this for you and your friends in Nigeria, it’s not expensive because I don’t get paid to run this site and the last person I or most Grovers want to see at Arsenal is Obefemi Martins, so go somewhere else if you don’t have a sense of humour.
We do.
July 5, 2008 at 23:17
Sorry Geoff, looks like you’re going to loose that bottomless pit of money you make on here…bugger. Cancel that Mansion purchase you had lined up mate.
July 5, 2008 at 23:29
Thanks MBA I’m going to lose all those advertisers and all those stand up bloggers from places that always tell the truth!
All three of those upright people completely missed the point today about Martins, I don’t give a rats arse how old he is, I just don’t want him, I guess where they come from humour isn’t high on the list.
I’m just glad we have no French people on here with what we said about Flamini, fuck we’d have been called some names.
We can’t have anyone from Swiitzerland on either.
July 5, 2008 at 23:30
Agree 100% Geoff, i dont want to see Martins at arsenal, hes no fucking good so thats the only reason. I dont think Arsenes got the ability to convince top class ready made players to jion us despite all the spin and bullshit that surrounds him, thats blatently obvious, so im beginning to worry that mabey Martins is an obtainable target for Wenger seeing as hes fucked up with everybody else. Who remembers the 3 week promise he made us over 2 months ago, how come the Arsene knows brigade convieniently forget that one. As you guys pionted out before, Arsene may be a great coach but hes not a great manager. I think now we can say he “WAS” a great coach. Keep up the excellent blog guys.
July 5, 2008 at 23:46
Geoff
You may have to ban me after this but who the fuck are these arseholes having a pop at you. They can fuck right off and read the Spuds site or even worse the Mancscum.
I hope AW doesn’t sign that tosser Martins, how can you trust the guy. He seems like another Ade to me taking the dough and running. I see 1 good season with us and he will fuck back off to Italy. He is probably in his 30’s as if anyone really cared, and I hate the fucking race card being played at every opportunity.
July 5, 2008 at 23:48
Oh by the way I would love to see Etooe or Goofy in our colours just in case i get reported by the do gooders brigade.
July 5, 2008 at 23:50
gday all
July 5, 2008 at 23:53
we’re not signing martins, were signing huntelaar! end of story!
July 5, 2008 at 23:54
AW must be having a tough time finding the promised star players as he is looking at the Shammers Mark Noble. Maybe Noble can be the new Fat Wank, all i know is he could be ok but he won’t inspire the fans who need a boost.
July 5, 2008 at 23:56
u out in the Garage El Tel?
July 5, 2008 at 23:57
I have given up on the hope of the big name striker, Eto would be great but it don’t look likley now. Not fussed about the goof boy though, plus they aren’t going to break the precious wage structure for him. I see Huntleer has come out and expressed how great it would be to play for Utd! Crouch has signed for Pompey…..it really is coming down to Obe Martins/Santa Cruz…..if either sign i’ll give them a fair shot…but please no…i’d rather we buy no more strikers in that case and buy a fecking defender / goalkeeper which is more of a need for us.
July 6, 2008 at 00:00
Hi Evo
How do you know tgis mate. I fucking hope you are right, but i believe the Mancscum will gat him.
I hope you are right.
July 6, 2008 at 00:03
Yeh Evo mate, in the garage, off work tonight but can’t sleep just yet. What you up to Fella.
MBA I am with you there Pal. A great Keeper for me is priority.
July 6, 2008 at 00:04
hey el tel, i dont actually know, im just sick of talking about martins and i want it to end, so im starting up another conversation!
I just woke up, having an iced coffee and watching fox spors news!
July 6, 2008 at 00:07
All the Ade/Hleb talk took everyones attention off the defence issues. we’re going to start next season with Kolo/Gallas/Senderos/Djoure as our defence and back up for the whole season. Im fine with Kolo…but the rest…mmmm…not a title winning line up for me. Sure they’ll have good games here and there, but over the whole season I am not confident. As for Almuina, I have to say I am not and never have been so sure about him. Try this…Van de sar, Chech, Casillas, Buffon, Almunia. He just doesn’t fit that list does he.?
July 6, 2008 at 00:08
twinstaiye, get a fucking sense of humour…
320+ comments on a Saturday would suggest that it wasn’t an expensive mistake and that 99.9% of the Grovers got it…
Bring on Sunday!
Mark Noble rubbishes Arsenal rumour… glad to hear it Marky boy… we think you’re a cunt.
Till tomorrow!
Happy blogging!
July 6, 2008 at 00:09
We could still give Bendtner the chance i suppose. This will be contoversial but here goes.
How about we go after the Hunter and use RVP as bait, MVB loves RVP and i would bet he will go for it.
July 6, 2008 at 00:12
MBA
I am Almunia Coco the fucking Spanish waiter clowns biggest admirer mate and I think this is the person who will fuck our season and end AW reign. Glad Pedro is signing off as he loves Coco and he will have me sorted. Joking Pedro me ol mate
Evo
Have they spoken about us and the Hunter on Fox news?
July 6, 2008 at 00:14
sounds good to me, the dutch connection could work. I’m all for starting with the currrent striking roster if we cant get a class act in. Even if we get 30mil for Ade i’d rather that money went somewhere else in the team than buy a striker for the sake of it.
I also just read Arshvans agent saying that the Chelsea interest has dropped, and i don’t believe Barca really want him either. He could be there for the takin…but to be honest, i’d never heard of him until the Euros, he had 2 good games and suddenly was the Russian Maradona. I don’t know enough about him, but i think he’s gettable….not for 20mil plus though, wouldn’t want to pay that. Lets stick with Wardo, Beendtner, theo and Vela alongside RVP. They’ll get goals between em.
July 6, 2008 at 00:16
I don’t kno why, Almunia just doesn’t seem like a towering No.1 He makes some good saves…but i don’t think the defence trust him.
As for huntleer, i’ve scowered the sports pages and am yet to see our name and Huntleer together in the same article. I think AW will go for Obe/Santa cruz because they are gettable.
July 6, 2008 at 00:21
MBA
I had heard of Arshevin from the end of this season as he had an enormous season with Zenit. What I said during the Euro’s was how come he is 27 and nobody had heard of him and also do Russians settle in the Prem?
I think AW can make him even better but then he will just fuck off to Barca anyway.
Too many ifs and buts for me with Arse shaver.
July 6, 2008 at 00:23
For the sake of throwing out a new name to the mix, if Madrid get Ronaldo, lets have a crack at Sneijder. Heck, Ronaldo or not lets have a go anyway, or go double dutch. Huntler and Sneijder…see you Ade/Hleb (im starting to think Hleb is gonna be left with no transfer, Jose took over at inter and thing went quiet there, and Barca signed Alves for a boat load, are busting a nut seemingly for Ade…..mabes Laporta saw that signing the Ice Cream lover was not the vote winning signing he needed).
July 6, 2008 at 00:25
MMM, true, can’t think of a lot of Russians who star in the PL. But I can see Arshvain having no worries, he’s fit young lad, those Russians can handle themselves.
July 6, 2008 at 00:26
no football news so far….
Ive seen huntelaar news several times…its only news though, not much substance…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1030131/United-Arsenal-alert-Ajax-striker-Huntelaars-contract-talks-stall.html
July 6, 2008 at 00:28
Hunter is clearly ready to get out of Holland and take the next step in his carear….question is who wants him. Come on AW, go for it mate.
July 6, 2008 at 00:29
I fear you are right mate about the striker targets, Cruz would be my choice from the 2.
I don’t think I have seen many of Coco’s saves where I thought wow that was fantastic. He is a tv keeper and makes saves look good. He has let in some easy ones for me like a few free kicks and some near post efforts.
If people want to defend the free kicks he conceded last year I would say this. He is the Guvnor at free kick situations he lines up his wall, the guy is Gigantic and makes the goal look small yet the target ishit and its a goal.
He doesn’t dominate his area and he causes confusion. I blame him for the Pen at Brum as I believe he called Clichy to let it run, of course I cant prove it but just who did shout to Clichy as he had been to good to just let that ball be nicked off him so easily. He went walkabout against the Mancscum at home and the Boro goal at home by Aliadiere was just bollocks in my opinion.
July 6, 2008 at 00:32
Fellas i know the red nosed prick was linked with the Hunter yonks ago and thats why i started to check his Stats.
He has an awesome record and would score for fun for them or us. If he supports them then it will be difficult but look what happened to Alf Ramsey, he chose us instead.
July 6, 2008 at 00:33
We can only hope that DB10 has told the Hunter that he could be a leg end at the Arse.
July 6, 2008 at 00:35
Yep, a team needs a great keeper to win the league and big Al don’t fit the bill in my opinion. Sadly AW is clearly in no hurry to sign keepers. I don’t know much about the Polish boy at no.2, but he’s still pretty young.
Like i said before, all this ade/hleb talk seems to have distracted a lot of people from our true weaknesess. Season aint far away and i see no change happening at the back.
Interesting theory on the Brum Penalty…it would explain why Glichy (player of the season) made such an error. I think there was a second gunman in the grassy nol calling out. Clichy we forgive you.
July 6, 2008 at 00:37
Just quickly before I hit bedforshire…
We can harp on about the need for a world class keeper… but in my eyes there are only 3 out there:
Casillas
Buffon
Cech
We don’t have a chance with any of them!
Big Al does a good job…
Lets hope Fab can takeover after this season…
Night all!
July 6, 2008 at 00:41
catch ya pedro…yum cha for me in a couple of hours
July 6, 2008 at 00:50
“Several potential buyers are involved as clubs sell their players. Arshavin’s future may be dependent on conversations about [Alexander] Hleb, [Emmanuel] Adebayor, Cristiano Ronaldo and others.”
This is from the agent, so who knows whats really going on. But another reason to sort out all this Ade/Hleb nonsense so we can move on and get our buying under way and put our new team together.
July 6, 2008 at 01:02
Night Pedro
Gomez
Jussi
Given
Boruc
Cudicini
Kirkland
They were all getable and better than what we have. If you can’t have the best go for the next best thing and don’t be hampered by an average stand in.
July 6, 2008 at 01:05
I hope Fab 2 grows very quickly as he will be needed and that Mannone is progressing fast too.
July 6, 2008 at 01:09
I think Jussi was a good option. I’m pretty sure his contract was winding down as well until he just resigned afew months back. We could get him so easily for a good price. Wouldv’e created real competition for the No1 jersey. Given wouldv’e been good as well. There are definetly options out there, not world class per say, but quality keepers. At the moment if anything happens to Almunia there os no back up…ok thats unfair, Fabinski could be brilliant, but he’s unknown??? Last season shouldv’e shown us that we need qulaity back up as the season wears on..injuries, loss of form etc. We could still go for Jussi, he’s a good bloomin keeper
July 6, 2008 at 01:12
If AW has a list of strikers to choose from i would like the strikers we have been linked with to come in the following order.
The Hunter
Villa
Benzema
Robinho
Santa Cruz
Guiza
Pavlechnkyo
Podolski
Gomes
Crouch
Martins
July 6, 2008 at 01:16
Jussi signed an extension a couple of weeks ago and i believe he was waiting for someone like us to go for him. AW has no idea when it comes to Keepers.
I think Jens was quality but that apart his record is very average.
Shabban
Manninger
Wright
Almunia
another whose name i can’t remember.
Big Dave was inherited.
July 6, 2008 at 01:20
AW also has an iffy record when buying CB’s
Grimandi, he came as a CB and was moved to midfield
Stepanovs
Upson
Cygan
The Horse, he came as CB and moved to RB
He played Vivas at CB
Senderos
Tavraledis
There have been some good uns in there too though like Sol, Kolo,possibly Gallas
July 6, 2008 at 01:21
Gday Good night Chaps.
July 6, 2008 at 01:21
night el tel
July 6, 2008 at 01:21
Hunter, Vila, the only ones that real get me…..and for some weird reason the more i thought about the crouch signing the less it worried me. In some weird universe i think Crouch would do a decent job, the guy always scores goals, he just needs a run in the team he plays for. Looks like he’s signed sealed delivered to Pompey.
I see last week Villa stated he wanted to say at valencia for many years, and had no interest in moving anywhere, nice to see a loyal striker in todays game.
Ade isn’t gone yet? Isn’t the vote of no confidence this weekend for Laporta? If he goes (he seems like one of those blokes who’ll always survive though) is the Ade bid still on the table. The Togo wonder could be lining up for arsenal yet. Would love to be there for that first game Hleb/Ade run out for Arsenal. Wonder who gets the most boos?
July 6, 2008 at 02:39
LAST!!!!!
July 6, 2008 at 05:56
last lol
July 6, 2008 at 06:25
This was on Arsenal World
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/07/06/sfnfro106.xml
July 6, 2008 at 08:45
gg, we’re a selling club (according to Wenger) so cross anyone that costs more than a couple of million off the transfer list.
July 6, 2008 at 08:48
I just watched “Fever Pitch”, & the new away strip is pretty close. It is the same Yellow. Oh! nostalgia, its gets ya
July 6, 2008 at 08:51
Charlie, Charlie, Charlie Charlie, born is he King of Highbury
July 6, 2008 at 08:53
Rico, I know you are there somewhere close to your mouse.
July 6, 2008 at 09:05
NEW POST!
July 14, 2008 at 10:33
When other clubs are paying reasonable money to the players why arsenal is being low pay masters?
The reason why cesc fabregas is still in the team is he has got GBP 85000 a week while Adebayor and Hleb only GBP 35000 a week.
Arsenal have to increase the wages or else can’t hold any player and the team will be relegated.