Big thanks to Kurt Angle for Modelling the stylish new Shirt
First up, our new shirt! After seeing it up close, I like it… the stripes on the sleeves are maroon… which is pretty cool. Me and Geoff like the collar as well. So a big thumbs up after my initial thumbs down.
Onto todays post!
Ok, so I am angry… more angry than I have ever been about a summer!
Why? Is it about Arsenal? Is it the weather!
Well, no, it is about the state of football.
Arsenal have had one player leave purely down to money and 2 more hoping to follow in his footsteps. Frank Lampard is leaving Chelsea as the bastards wont give a 30 year old a 4 year deal worth £140k a week, Ronaldo is miffed that he only getting £120k a week… he feels he deserves £300k tax free and countless other players are also rocking the boat at their respective clubs.
I am not going to knock players for demanding these sorts of wages; after all, they are on offer… I won’t knock the agents stretching clubs to their limits after their clients have one good season… but when do Europe’s elite clubs around a table and decide enough is enough?
The EU implement employment laws to protect the average workers rights. They are not there to make a millionaire sportsman richer.
So what is the solution?
Well in America, their bosman ruling happened in the 70′s. They had something called a ‘reverse clause’ which meant no player could discuss a move without permission from the club who held the rights. After the players lobbied various sporting bodies this clause was lifted and players could talk to other teams on expiration of their contracts. This was called ‘restricted free agency’ and led to bidding wars for the best players.
Restricted free agency caused the same problems for American sport teams as it is causing European football teams. The best players go to the most affluent clubs (or Clubs willing to go into the most debt), causing a lack of competitiveness.
To address the lack of competitiveness, and waning fan interest, the national associations for basketball, football and Hockey implemented salary caps.
The way a lot of American sports associations implement their caps is by working out the leagues revenue and dividing it by the number of teams so everyone has the same limit.
NFL and NHL have a hard cap… that means no one exceeds their limit. NBA has a soft cap, meaning that no one exceeds their limit unless the team who own the player are renewing a players contracts (The ‘Larry Bird’ provision). This is to stop a teams best player from moving every year and it helps keep the fans happy (Fans don’t like change… bless um’).
So there we have it…
The premier league and all the other major leagues can set a uniform wage cap to use how they please.
Everyone is in the same boat then and this has many advantages:
1. The team with the best coach and the smartest board will succeed.
2. Teams won’t be so inclined to buy players to stop other teams purchasing them (SWP effect).
3. Teams will think twice about paying players like Joey Barton £60k a week.
4. Teams will be run organically. Having a sugar Daddy will be of no benefit.
5. Season ticket prices may stop soaring (Dream on I hear you say…).
6. THE FANS WILL ENJOY THEIR SUMMERS MORE!
The idea isn’t fool proof, and this article here suggests a salary cap just makes the richest and the smartest, richer and smarter. But let’s be honest, Arsenal are a pretty savvy club… so let’s not worry too much about that!
Admittedly my idea is a bit idealistic, but lets be honest… falling premiership gates and a disdain for the modern game ain’t gonna reverse if we carry on as we are…
Fan’s help pay the salaries of these over paid sports stars and if they feel they are not getting VFM or that the game is not competitive, they will eventually switch off.
So if you are reading and you are a club chairman, have a think about it and share your thoughts with another chairman!
That is my solution, let me know yours!
Happy blogging!
P.S.
This morning Arsenal have been linked with Falcao, the Columbian scoring sensation (38 in 58 apparently.). The Hleb fee has been agreed and Hleb has been bashing London again. Arshavin has been bid for by and English club… £19mill apparently! Oh, and Gilberto has apparently been transferred to Pana. If that is the case, I think it is a real shame. Our treatment of Gilberto has been poor and you really can’t blame players approaching 30 for wanting to leave. That will be the 5th player to leave since January (If Hleb and Ade leave)… all first teamers or potential first teamers… that is a turnover that would make McDonalds blush! How does Wenger fight back from this? Only time will tell Grovers!
P.P.S There is another story on the news feeds regarding wage caps… I wrote this yesterday morning incase you were wondering!
P.P.P.S. See the Falcao vid here…
Hi Ethan
I love the way Hleb plays and he was a favourite of mine. Can you also say the same for the Flamster and Cashley then as he was the best LB in the Prem when with us and he still is quality. He’s just a cunt.
el tel
david beckham !
My favourite football saying was by the great Brian Clough. It was You can’t lose amatch if you have the ball. That reminds me of Hleb. Give him the ball and he kept it probably longer than any other player in the Prem.
Gareth Barry!
Ethan
Why him mate?
Liverpool has ruled out David Villa.
So at least we won’t have to face a Torres-Villa partnership that could have been ours
Abdenor
Not a bad shout.
I thought many Grovers wanted Richards and I think he will be an awesome player for England. After Theo and Jack Willshere that is.
You don’t win the prem by not loosing matches(Chavs & us have lost less than Manure)
You win it by Winning matches
You win matches by scoring
Hleb can’t score so what’s your point El Tel?
Trinidad
I find that strange that Villa isn’t being touted about like others. Is there something already done with him as Rico suggests.
Steven Gerrard sit him on the bench as a wind up!
Hleb is a legend and its no co-incidence that barca want him …
I mean its debatably the best team on the fucking planet thats interested in him and you’ve got retards saying he is over-rated !!!
yes we shall see how over-rated he was next season when we don’t have him
playing in our midfield !! MARK MY FUCKING WORDS !
cesc is still a year away from being pure class , maybe the Euro’s gave him some confidence , but in the EPL ,cesc is still a little weak to match the physicality’s
of the EPL against certain opponents . He goes missing .. and thats when hleb shines .. Sometimes they mark cesc so heavily he is neutralized !
it was hard to neutralize both hleb and cesc (and flamini ) thats why it was a great partnership that will affect us next season ..
Richards will be a top player for years to come
He is not there yet i don’t think but i’d love to see him in an Arsenal shirt
I also like the Citeh keeper Joe Haart,
England’s #1 in the making i think!
Abdenor
Yes winning matches is the name of the game but when you are winning and you keep the ball you can’t lose. How many matches have we seen Wenger take a player off and then the Opposition power forward. Cesc in CL final for instance. Cesc was playing simple keep ball and he got taken off for the Flamster. The Flamster was there to help defend the lead but his mistake along with the idiot in goal lost us the Holy Grail.
Didn’t Barcalona want Ade ethan?
Who you’re retards Ethan?…. you need to watch what you are saying mate.
I think Hleb is overated and am not alone in that otherwise more clubs would’ve been in for him.
* Who you’re calling retards Ethan?*
Spot on Ethan mate.
Hleb is a great player and you are right about Cesc which I loosely mentioned earlier with regards to leaking goals and the defence taking the blame. Cesc isn’t poewerful enough to cover the DM. When all four played together Sicky was your missing one we were the best midfield by miles and it was superb to watch with or without the TT
david good pick .. yes steven gerrard would be good also …
why el tel ? because we need becks for set plays , corners , spot kicks ..also for his crossing abilities !
he still has the best crossing abilities of any player ive ever seen ..
also it would be good to dislodge eboue at right midfield with the addition of beckham !
plus the obvious experience ! a natural leader !
so many bonuses having either stevie or becks ! !
but i think it would fall away after that ! …
rooney might be good for a couple of seasons , until he proved himself
to arsene ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/7500179.stm
good too see one go on loan…
i hope too see 6 more do the same …
Agreed David, If Barca wants Ade then he must a world beater in you book Ethan?
Abdenor
Forget Ethans comment re retards, The point is the Clubs that did want Hleb were Barca, Inter and Bayern there is no bigger than them mate and Bayern knew more about him from his Stuttgart days. Hew is a Super player that I hope Wenger can replace.
It is said that Ronaldhino has ignored the plea from Barcelona not to go to the Olympics.
He wants to go to help Brazil win the gold and prove himself once again. If these tsatements are true, he is already showing the dertermination and desire to get back to the top of football.
I say if this is his current relationship with Barca…go for him!!!!
Its obvious he and club are not on the same page. On Chelsea is competetion……lets use our leverage and get him.
Arshavin is good as well…but why buy 27 year old Arshavin when u can get 28 year old Ronaldhino….It just does not make sense
david
if they really wanted ade they would have GOT ade !!!
barca get who they ask for at arsenal !
AC are the retards who will pay any amount to get him ..
barca made an offer it was rejected .. they dont rate him enough to bid higher ..
I think RVP can do what Beckham does re the set pieces, Beckham is a over hyped prat in my eyes who should never be allowed in our Club. Gerrard is a great shout David and yes on the bench as an impact player. Hee Hee
Ethan they were still going to pay more for him than Hleb. So the best team on the planet wanted Ada? lol
I thought Denilson was grromed as a Cesc cover! He’s too short to be a DMF – how would he challenge for high balls which is what AW has said is our weakness?
El Tel – Good points on our defensive situation though. Yes, Micah could do it! But he’d cost a fortune but hey, he’d play his socks off for us, wouldn’t he?
Abdenor
we bid on ben arfa – nasri -Given-zapata and many others this season …
we got none of them WHY ?
because arsene didnt pay over the odds for them ..
so barca bid on ade .. it was rejected … they didnt improve the offer for the same fuckin reasons !
they dont rate him enough !!!!!!!!!!!!
so Abdenor who is going to improve our midfield then in the absence of hlab and flamini + bert ?????
please answer !!!!
Got to go guys, very interesting afternoon. Thank fuck nobody chose Fat bollocks or the Chavman as England choices.
I liked the TT until he destroyed what he had at our Great Club. Good riddance I say.
The Hunter would cheer me up just to put another one over them Mancscum cunts.
I will check into the bar tonight from work and see what has been going on.
david Says:
July 10, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Ethan they were still going to pay more for him than Hleb. So the best team on the planet wanted Ada? lol
arsene wants ade also !!!
LOL !
Why get wound up when there’s a month before the season starts Ethan?
I believe players will come in …… you just have to be patient mate
and david
thats my fucking point !
12 million for hleb is an insult !!!
he has over 5 -6 years of 1st class football left in him !
and barry is being sold for 18 million !!!!
are you telling me barry is 33% better than hleb ????????
Barry is going for a crazy amount of money and we all know why that is..
Abdenor
im just angry that we let one of our better players go for 12 mil !!!
its like TH14 ground hog day all over again !
the guy has 2 years left on contract ..
we are selling him for what we paid for him !!!
hopeless fucking transfer dealings !
we are far better off keeping him ! we cant replace him for 12 million !
, not instantly !!!
and knowing arsene we WONT replace him ..
not with a seasoned professional !
the money will vanish then you’ll hear denilson will step up with cesc next season !
am i the only one who can see where this is going ????
Good memory El Tel in regards to substituting Fabregas for Flamini. Flamini’s crap touch meant we lost possession and Barca scored 20 seconds later.
People don’t understand how important holding the ball is when teams are trying to pin you in your half. That’s where we will miss Hleb the most. I remember the Blackburn match at the Emirates and when we were getting dominated Hleb saved our ass by dropping inside and collecting the ball and giving the team time to move up the pitch. Without him we couldn’t get out of our half.
People just seem to take notice of the game when we are twenty five yard from the opponents goal. How we got there in the first place seems irrelevant.
El Tel – I’m a Beck’s fan! He’ll never come to us though, don’t worry – far too expensive and not got the legs now for the EPL. The best at crosses and possibly at free kicks although Ronaldo must go close on those and there are others about perhaps. But his captaincy for England was in my opinion thoroughly deserved and on some occasions he was the only player who you knew cared – ran his socks off!
But hoped he would show our lads how to cross/bend the ball while he was there training with them; maybe next time.
Paulinho
yes your right people dont appreciate hleb because he doesn’t appear to do much , its rather in the same vain that they do appreciate ade as he gets 24 goals .
the reality is ade gets fed sublime balls from our midfield and they work hard to
get into that position for the feed !
all i can say is we will miss hleb next season . and i doubt wenger will get a class replacement , he already knows unless he sells ade , he wont have any cash to get in ANY fresh faces !
El Tel, Barca & Bayern both wanted Mario Gomez, yet everyone classed him as a donkey based on a couple of appearances in the Euro’s!!
I seriously think Hleb is replaceable, the question is whether Wenger will actually do it. Hleb made it clear he wanted to leave & has come out in the press & threatened Arsenal with poor performances if he isn’t allowed to leave!! Wenger could stick him in the reserves but how will that help the first team basing it on the fact we can’t afford a replacement without the cash from his sale!!
im sure the 12 mil for nasri from the hleb deal is stopping the nasri transfer ..
but will a 20 year old be able to replace hleb instantly ? i doubt that ….
6 months and maybe we will get a return on nasri …
but by that stage the title race could already be over …
hleb is a team player and thats the sort of player arsenal requires !
you need to be a selfless player in his position ..
he like cesc made others look good !
theo has the same qualities !
Nasri is Hleb’s replacement, ethangunner.
KP is flying at the moment……… am officicially a Cricket fan till we sign someone decent !!!!!!
gooner talk ….
give some transfer stats for this season ..
interesting . i do think he forgot zapata ..
Players linked officially by press:
Huntelaar – above 20 mil
Arshavin – above 20 mil (Zenit kinda asking for crazy price)
David Villa – above 20 mil (with the competition of clubs who wants to sign him)
And here are the players that we are seriously linked to:
Roque Santa Cruz – 13 mil (as stated in certain reliable sites)
Nasri – 13 mil (signing imminent)
Aaron Ramsey – 5 mil (signed)
* Obefemi Martins – 13 mil, but i sincerely think its his agent who’s trying to up his price.
Players signed previous seasons:
Tomas Rosicky – 7 mil
Aleksandr Hleb – 11 mil
Eduardo – 8.5 mil
Bacary Sagna – 7.5 mil
Theo Walcott – 12 mil
William Gallas – Swap deal with Ashley Cole + 5 mil (actually Arsenal earned).
*Arsene Wenger admit after Man Utd signed Wayne Rooney that he made a bid of 20 mil, but that was all he could afford. Man Utd signed Rooney for 30 mil.
Paulihno – I remember many matches where Hleb was shit and many people were for him to be dropped.
He holds on to possesion for far too long ‘cos he thinks he is Maradona, in doing so he slows down our attacks and messes up our rythym.
Not only i don’t rate him, i feel he is a faceless coward blaming the noise in london and lifestyle among other things….. i much like GMR, SFO & many others think he’ll be easily replaced
Although Ade is a primadona & a cunt, you can’t knock him for being honest
*calling*
theo was 9 mil or so someone said tonight
so that makes hleb our dearest player bought for several seasons ..
and we sell him to barca for F A profit ! (like TH14)
is everyone on the same page as me now ??
can you understand my frustrations that hleb is an important team member for us , when we have little recourses in this department past cesc already, and we are willing to let him go for what we paid for him ..
and surely we cant replace him for 12 mil !
Abdenor
maybe 2 seasons ago !
but not last season !
he was selfless and kept the ball at his feet and passed the ball
with sublime skill and timing …
He was our back bone when cesc had a rough patch , he was the marshall !
Inter are only bidding 9 million for Lampard and he scores goals!
SFO Gooner Says:
July 10, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Nasri is Hleb’s replacement, ethangunner.
i know i said it 1 minute before you did ..
but i was implying we are waiting for hleb’s money before we sign nasri ..
Hey guys again I say…..let us swap Hleb+Cash for Ronaldhino.
Nasri as some have said cannot be expected to just take up such a burden.
He is for the future. Ronaldhino could be here for 3 years or so, with Nasri gradually taking over.
Yes Ronny could flop but I mean when was the last time we took this kinda chance, I think its warranted now.
If we spent 12mil on Nasri and then lets say we pay barca 10 mil +
I give you that Ethan but he’s still not as good as some are suggesting and also we’re selling him for £12m ‘cos no one else wants!
He clearly doesn’t want to play for us so what do you do Ethan?
I am all ears mate….
That means we would have spent only 22 mil, to get Nasri and Ronny…we would have lost Hleb. Surely we can afford to spend 22mil or so. Its not as if we would be spending 100mil.
Games when Hleb was shit:
Everton away (whole team was utter wank as well)
Spurs home( didn’t do much)
Wigan(absolutely dreadful, was a crap pitch though)
Villa and Boro at home he was medicore, still one of our most dangerous players though and did one sumptious throughball for Cesc at home to Boro that Cesc missed.
That is five games out of 38 or so that he was poor. That is pretty consistent.
This slowing the game thing is nonsense as well. The only time he slows the game down is when teams already have ten men behind the ball. The only option is to be slow and try and prompt.
Whenever we have a counter attack, he delivers the ball immediately out to Ade out on the flank.
It must be the english mentality or EPL mentality. This obsession with doing everything fast. Probably why the english national teams falls on its ass every tournament.
Look at Spain, the slowest most patient team in the tournament. It works when fans understand why a player is slowing the game down and don’t brainlessly shout “shoot!”
Paulihno – International is slower than domestic football….. obviously my conception of a top footballer is different to yours and am not saying am right.
The way i see it is this…….a creative attacking player has to hurt to opposition, Hleb does it ocasionally but not enough imo…i don’t want him to leave but equally i want more compition for his place as i think he is very inconsistent (more bad than good if you ask me)
I think we will agree to disagree on that so we’d better leave it at that mate but if you think he had 35 great games then you must be alone in that otherwise he would’ve in the pfa team of the year !
Fair enough. We should have had the depth to rotate him with somone else as well. when he was playing shit. Him and Cesc were flogged last season IMO.
he had the chance to win it against lpool at the emirates!!!!
Just got back from parents evening at school GREAT REPORT i amazed myself to be honest, anyhow my mum gave me 50 quid because of my good grades so ill be getting my Le Grove 13 shirt at the arsenal vs R.madrid game
Great going Trez, get that shirt!
I’m sorry I’ve not been on today guys but I’ll be there in the morning, have a great night!
arsenals secret weapon it seems!!!
http://www.clubfanzine.com/arsenal/v2.showNews.php?id=11887&loc=1
RE arsenals secret weapon
*sigh*
So now were gettng Gourcuff and Nasri!
http://www.premiershiplatest.com/news/milan-finally-land-adebayor-rossoneri-cl-5511968.html
gourcuff is not coming this season!!
Choy, it won’t happen!! Wenger wont sell Adebayor so cheaply & he certainly wouldn’t wait a year to gain another player as the squad is already stretched & we haven’t even kicked the season off!!
GMR – Where did it say Gourcuff won’t come for a year or are you reading something else?
it was on one of the sites!! he is on loan somewhere!!
I’ve just read on Wikipedia he’s 6’1 and loaned out until 2009 but maybe they can terminate the loan?
The height might be useful. It was Bordeaux I think.
An attacking midfielder!
It is Bordeaux, they wouldn’t be able to cancel it, not without serious compensation being paid!!
I see reports are saying the spuds have signed Luis Garcia from Espanyol for 12 million & that he’ll be unveiled next Wednesday!! Seem spuds are deadly serious this time around!!
I think Gilberto has been treted harshly.
No wonder players are not loyal anymore, because clubs are not loyal to them. The minute you are not your best or you dont cut it you are sold off to the highest bidder.
In this case, Gilberto was part fo the invincibles and all that. What loyalty have the club shown him for his years of good service.
This team lacks expereinced campaigners, now we will short one more.
I think he should be kept if even to play 15-20 games for the season alternating with Diaby etc until they are fully ready.
Well said J G…
He has always said that he would like to end his career here.. but arsenal want to milk even 2 million out of him!!!
I mean can you believe it, 2 mil, it almost sounds disgraceful. What will 2 million be in the grand scheme of things….
A drop in the bucket.!!!!!
They should give him the dignity of ending his career there (as long as he is willing to stay but getting less and less games)…like Giggs and Scholes are doing at United now.
I think he could that for 2 more years or so, then if he wants to play full seasons still then he go off and have a big pay day in Greece or somewhere else, and leave satisfied with his Arsenal career.
I think that the Youth philosophy of the club will be tested if the coming season does not produce any silverware. It could lead to a takeover, so the Board members better watch it. Phils comment about being satisfied with no silverware is a big let down to genuine fans. Why do we support Arsenal?
The modern game needs resources which translates to assets on the field. If we keep having resources that cannot be transferred to useable assets , then we loose money due to depreciation. I question the replacement of Hleb with nasri, who will definitely struggle in the Premiership. Are we that broke that we cannot sell and get sensible replacements?
Stan please take the gauntlet!
Evening Everyone – Great article and some fab comments, blimey, that took ,me ages to read -
On the Gilberto transfer, I think AW does want to keep him, but its Gilberto that wants to go to play regular football – I wish he would stay though, and have his testamonial with us fans being able to show our appreciation -
rico where did you disappear and do you know kurt angle the tna wrestler has signed a lucrative deal with le grove to be the kit model every 2 seasons when a new kit comes out.
gunnerf – i had no clue who Kurt is, I am useless aren’t I, i thought this was Geoff the newly turned model…. until I read on and found out he is a wrestler!!
This week I am on a tight blogging pass, dearly beloved is out for a while so i am using the time to try and catch up…. Back to normal next week I hope…
Rico, it is Geoff. Its just everyone has started calling him Kurt Angle since Pedro said he looks similar to him!!
How comes you’ve been limited with your blogging??
Gourcuff, I suppose he’s some unknown french teenager, they are having a giraffe!
See we are now being linked with this Russian, and not Arshavin – Yuri Zhirkov CSKA Moscow, forgive me if this has already been posted
Great days cricket – could kill the game off tomorrow if they keep their heads!…
P80 – He’s 21 and could be quite good – see wikipedia but GMR doubts he’s available until 2009/10 season as he’s on loan to Bordeaux.
GMR – The ‘Old Man’ is on holiday this week, and he thinks I spend a bit too much time blogging…. Funny enough I disagreed!! He is a Gooner, but laid back about it all, you know – ‘What will be etc etc’
Anyway, Im sure he thinks I should be in doing the chores, cooking dinner and stuff, you know, womens work’ I say, bollox, go get yourself a Pot Noodle or something!!
When he is at work, I just get a wriggle on in the afternoons and he knows no different, so best I try and keep that bit a secret….
I’m sure he loves me really …….
22 tomorrow. Should push the average age up a bit!
Patrick – he has agreed a loan to Bordeaux, but I am sure Milan could sort that, and they can pay any compenstaion for a cancellation. If they want Ade, they will have to, surely.
david – Im 46 next time round, that must also help…
I could be the oldest woman on this blog………
Oops – Happy Birthday for tommorrow
Rico – Wiki says he’s a left winger named in team of Euro’s 2008 linked to Chelski so wouldn’t hold my breath on that one with Vela, Traore and Clichy hammering down the left and RVP (El Tel wants)……………..besides it’s not our most needy position for our pots of gold!
Funny you should say that rico I am 40 bloody six tomorrow..
You naughty man, I thought you were 22……. Its a good age my friend, have a great day and drink loads
Happy birthday David. Not much chance of that I’m 58 this year, going on 40 so getting toward middle age now! Hey, if you’re passionate about something…………
This is doing my head in, now I got to go out, bloody hell – you men and your late beers!!
Well, tomorrow is the day, Villa will be revealed as ours
Hleb will be gone
Ade saga, well, that will just go on and on
Some kid called Nasri will be unveiled together with Villa
I will be happy – then the alarm clock will go off….;(
Nite nite all – Stay safe
Rico, Gourcuff is 22 tomorrow not me , I am 24 years to the day his senior Arsene don’t want me not even on a years contract.
Thanks Patrick!
Hey I am 35 today, and I was hoping a signing would cheer me up for my Birthday
Fat Chance hey, just more rumours of those exiting the club
At least Liverpool have ruled out Signing Villa, that would of really fucked me off if they got him as well.
And how come the press are calling Nasri Hlebs replacement, I thought he was coming in to fill the massive width gap missing last season. Surely we need Nasri and a Hleb replacement.
This Summer surely must get better
I think we have got Vela for width Pat, Nasri is a Zidane type player somewhere between Hleb and Fabbie I think..
Not sure about that,
I have seen Nasri play on the LW, and I think he is more of a Pires type than Zidane.
I have great hopes for Vela but I am not sure he is the great new hope for next year, it is going to take him time to bed in and adjust.
We need a lot more than just Nasri, Ramsey and Vela (Those last two I am looking more at for the Season after this one)
what we need is 24yrs plus individuals!!! with experience.. prem should be better!!
Well Said Choy
thanks pat.. am off now.. friday is a good day to sign somebody i think…
anyways.. nite people!!!
ARSENAL IN FOR FALCAO AGAIN.THE SUN
one thing for sure if wenger plays vela and walcott in midfield it might be a better season than we once thought .. nasri and cesc in the middle.. it could end up being a reasonable 4 … but like paulinho said , the experience of hleb will be missing
this season ….
it really is playing the lottery on what the Arsenal squad could end up being like this season …
Id prefer a few more players with experience to have a insurance policy
on staying in the top 4 !
Im sure we will get another striker , and move vela onto the wing …
im sure wenger realized he did ok in spain last season in that position ..
im sure it will be too tempting for the man !
theo and vela on the wings .. i could think of worse options ..
nasri and cesc in the middle sharing the holding role evenly ..
Joint Marshalling the central midfield .
It could work .. and things must change .. there was simply too much movement in the midfield personnel this season to not see our game play change .. Lets hope cesc is not disillusioned by our lack of ambition on paper !
Toure for captain !
i think gallas cant be trusted for another season ..
and im sure wenger knows this …
as the last surviving invincible, he earns the right …
cesc is still too young and needs to get his game right 1st …
I personally think cesc will be off next season unless we sign villa
and give him some thing to hold on too ! some stablitily ,
losing flamini and hleb might push him over the edge …
we wont know how much until the season starts again !
but im sure he is aware that a lot has changed since last season .
he probably feels he is not apresiated by wenger ignoring his plea’s to sign villa
fuck i would !!!
happy birthday pat you young boy !
35 .. i picked you for 50 + !
The proposed move of Adebayor to Milan has become one of the main transfer sagas of the summer. Yesterday the Rossoneri claimed to have received a letter from Arsenal saying that the Gunners were now prepared to discuss a deal for the Togo striker.
The Rossoneri will pay €30m in cash, and will also throw in €8m rated France Under-21 international Yoann Gourcuff as part of the deal.
Gourcuff joined Milan in 2006, and was regarded as one of the best young talents in the whole of the Europe. However, the 22-year-old has failed to impress, and indeed has already been loaned out to Bordeaux for next season.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is a huge admirer of the attacking midfielder, and it seems the inclusion of Gourcuff in the deal has swayed him to accept Milan’s offer (goal.com)
yes ade will stay george , hahaha !
stick too afl mate !
but doesn’t that just show people how retardedly stupid hill wood is to state
a week ago that ade is going nowhere !
How long has the cunt been in football ???? surely after seeing TH14 leave
last season after denial after denial he is leaving .. and then turn around and leave youve got to be saying to this olde fart , just shut the fuck up and say nothing ! your just going to make us look more daft than before !
and P.H.W doesnt need any help making himself look stupid the last couple of years !
stupid fuckin plonker .. !
i was hoping we signed this lad Gourcuff a couple of years ago …
if we get him and the Argentine youngster we could be stocked , for a less embarrassing season ..
I told ya he would go for an Argentine youngster ! the new brazil ….
some great players coming thru the ranks there .. i wont be surprised if he gets another from Argentina also .
400 whooaa !
401 even better!
402! Shit… Automat was fucking over priced… jeez…
Glad to see you landed in one piece blogger Geoff!
when i think about it currently in this sort of EPL rivalry we face in the current day , team unity is the key .. How well you play as a unit gets you over that line , i think its safe to say we wont win the EPL this season with this sort of set back , but to concentrate on silverware from the get go is the priority we should be aiming for ! .. Finish the season strong , instead of weak as piss then ill be happy …
08-09 season is over !
sure all you chick flick loving groupies will disagree !
but id rather face the cold light of day than
live in la la land !
we need to rebuild a squad again .. i expect gallas to react to that !!!!..
not sure how .. but im sure he could orchestrate a move away also !
being french arsene will talk him out of it and he will remain captain !
not what i want .. but i think might happen !
403:)
404 what happened to the night shift???
what about todays post Geoff
abent Pedro is doing todays, he shouldn’t be too long!
abent Pedro is doing todays???
why whats he been smokin ?
15 mins people!
Not good enough!! I expect a certain level of efficiency from this blog, and there is a degree of slacking in the fact that you havent got a new post ready b4 9 o’clock!!
Shoddy!!
ODUB
im sure all the 1st gremilins are just hovering !
let give them a run for there money !
I’m 411th.
with you Ethan, let’s go for it!!!
hahaha!!!! http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=news&article=493818&cpid=703&title=Samir+Nasri+agrees+to+join+Arsenal+from+Marseille
finally!!!