Even the most ardent Gooner will have to admit that this summer has been a nightmare.
We’ve had players talk about leaving before, but never in the volume we have today. What is worse about the players leaving is the complete lack of respect they are showing on their way out.
We started the summer needing 2-3 world class players to enable us to compete next year.
We’ve lost Flamini, Gilberto, Lehmann. That is three so far… which to my mind means we need 5-6 new players?
It get’s worse though… Alex Hleb is almost a dead cert to be leaving and Adebayor is doing his utmost to get his move to Milan. So that would mean 7-8 players we need to compete?
Ok, so we’ve signed Ramsey… but he wasn’t even a regular for Cardiff, so write him off as a starter. We’ve still not signed Nasri even though his holiday has finished, Marseille have bought Arfa, the French tax year has changed, the full moon has passed…. etc etc…*
Are we really heading into this season banking on a load of kids who are at best, average?
I hope not.
I don’t want to wait another 3 years to have half a good season. Open that cheque book Arsene and make sure we are competitive… long termism is fantastic, but a healthy bank balance isn’t what makes most Arsenal fans tick.
We want our team to represent our outlay every season… If we’d known the deal after leaving Highbury was clinching 3rd or 4th every year for the next century… we’d have told you to keep your Emirates dream.
People talk about spoilt fans, well how about spoilt club? We’ve paid more and got less than the other top 4 teams for the last 3 years… we’ve never expressed our upset at the stadium, never booed a player and never been anything other than 100% behind the team.
We are owed Arsene… don’t allow this summer to become even more farcical than it already is…
*How random? Stupid fate tempting… See here for Nasri stuff! This happened when I was posting before and we signed Ramsey…! Read on for the details…
“We are delighted to be signing Samir Nasri. He is young, quick and technically an outstanding player. He has shown great potential with his performances for Marseille and the French national team over the past two seasons and he will add great quality to our squad.” Arsene Wenger”
“I’m very happy to become an Arsenal player, it means such a lot to me. This is a very important step in my life as a football player because Arsenal is a massive club. I really hope everything will go well for me here. I will my best for Arsenal and its fans and I am honoured to be part of such a great football club.” Nasri.
Arsenal.com
Will we get some Hleb news later!
Have a good day!
Le Grove is now smart phone compatible!
Pedro
Geoff
July 11, 2008 at 09:13
1st
July 11, 2008 at 09:13
2nd!
July 11, 2008 at 09:13
(one of the) 1st!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:13
1st
July 11, 2008 at 09:13
MF !
July 11, 2008 at 09:13
YES!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:14
Personal Best!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:14
http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=news&article=493818&cpid=703&title=Samir+Nasri+agrees+to+join+Arsenal+from+Marseille
July 11, 2008 at 09:14
Morning Grovers, cant stop……………..
Fuck Me, Nasri is announced on AFC!!!!!!!!
Didnt see that coming – Laters, have a good one
July 11, 2008 at 09:14
Bobby Pires @ no 6 on arse.com!!!
Biggest write up yet!! Supert Robert Pires!! LEG!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:14
finally!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:14
Oh for pity’s sake!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:16
And some kid called Nasri has signed…….
July 11, 2008 at 09:16
Great post by the way
who would have thought the summer was going to be worse than jan transfer window,
ok so there is plenty of time but we are haemoraging players which we are suppose to be building upon,
July 11, 2008 at 09:16
FINALLY
July 11, 2008 at 09:17
Does anybody know anything about this Nasri fellow then?
July 11, 2008 at 09:17
I can’t believe it’s actually happened, I was fully expecting another week of no Nasri! At least that’s a start. If Ade goes, £15m + Yaya anyone?
July 11, 2008 at 09:17
hang on a min,
so arsenal.com have announced something before everybody else,
DDM are you reading!
July 11, 2008 at 09:18
Well that was a shock. Never heard of him….
July 11, 2008 at 09:18
shite pedro ..
you had better write another blog
http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=493818&lid=NewsHeadline&Title=Samir+Nasri+agrees+to+join+Arsenal+from+Marseille
July 11, 2008 at 09:18
Is he that 14 year old I’ve been reading about – supposed to be the new Pele?
July 11, 2008 at 09:19
remember a couple of weeks back I asked when we would announce a player
I said the 11th !!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:19
lol i was reading the article about bobby pires then this news about nasri popped out!
July 11, 2008 at 09:20
Nasri’s signed, well fuck my old boots!
Does that mean we’re no longer in the running for Dkembe Dkembe??
July 11, 2008 at 09:20
Spot on article.
Can’t see too many more players come in though. Arsene’s a tightwad. This will be another year of misery for our club. Anyone would think he was spending his own money. Yes he respects a dollar, but at what cost? Glory.
July 11, 2008 at 09:20
QoS nah!
Dkembe hasnt been unvieled yet, should happen this week, although I’ve heard via people in the know that the spuds are looking to make a last minute effort to hijack the deal…cnuts!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:21
This happened last time I posted!
Ramsey signed as I clicked the publish button!
July 11, 2008 at 09:21
I said yesterday that Fridays were good days on Arsenal.com!!!
Pires 6th, I wouild have put him 3rd or 4th at the least!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:22
Chris – I am, and i readily admit that i am rubbish………….
July 11, 2008 at 09:22
oh yes but nasri is the worst kept secret in arsenal history chris
even sagna yesterday spilled the beans in his interview he was coming shortly!
where do you expect to hear it 1st???
i think every other web page and blog in football history has already reported it at least a dozen times !!!!
BBC ran an article on the signing whilst the Euro’s were still going …
but at least you know someone works on the arsenal web page after all !!!
good call choy !
he said friday is a good day for the signing .. my vote goes to heard it 1st from choy !!!!!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:22
On the day Pires is announced as the 6th best player ever at Arsenal, Nasri is announced as an Arsenal player.
Is this an omen?
Have we found our new Bobby Pires?
Can he score 15 goals a season?
Will he make a difference?
Is he any good as a Center Back !!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:22
Right bets on the top 5 being
Adams
Begkamp
Henry
Wright
Bould ?????
July 11, 2008 at 09:23
so,is he the new number 8?
July 11, 2008 at 09:25
odub, u missed out Viera!
July 11, 2008 at 09:25
The young attacking midfielder made 145 appearances (scoring 11 goals)
shite and you thought hleb didnt score much yesterday !!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:25
Mark C if he gives us quality anywhere as good as RP07 i’ll be buying a SN08 shirt in the near future I tell ya!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:26
GMR – You out there fella?
That bastard Nasri’s only gone and signed for us, the swine, bang goes our theory!
July 11, 2008 at 09:26
cheers Pierre so instead of Bould Vieira, so does that mean Bouldie didnt get in the top 50? I cant remember seeing his name come up at all? Anyone?
July 11, 2008 at 09:26
dennisdamenace Says:
July 11, 2008 at 9:20 am
Nasri’s signed, well fuck my old boots!
Does that mean we’re no longer in the running for Dkembe Dkembe??
DDM
it means we might go for someone younger with less experience
July 11, 2008 at 09:27
worst kept secret ever, unless you are GMR whom must be pleased now,
July 11, 2008 at 09:27
AT LEAST WE HAVE NASRI IN……….WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!
WHAT ABOUT THIS PIECE ON MESSI ( Good read – She outshine s Ronaldo’s babe in several departments – Don’t ask me? You can see for yourself )
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1409531.ece
TODAY ITS FRIDAY ………JOKES TIME
4 WOMEN’S SEX LIVES
Some women are sitting around after a card party. They start complaining about their sex lives.
First woman moans, “My husband is a musician. All he wants to do is sing to it.”
Second woman moans, “My husband is a doctor. All he want to do is examine it.”
Third woman moans, “My husband is a psychiatrist. All he wants to do is talk about it.”
A big grin on her face, the fourth woman syas, ” My husband’s a mechanic. On our wedding night he tore the hell out of it, and has been working on it ever since.”
July 11, 2008 at 09:27
until now, from the silly season list, we have two players signed
July 11, 2008 at 09:28
I have the worst hangover ever… this is all to fast paced for me… I want to die… but rejoice over a signing!
It still doesn’t change the premise of my piece…
WE WANT KAKA!
July 11, 2008 at 09:28
my theory is narsi will come when hleb goes …
i think the hleb’s move will be finalized very very very shortly
if im correct ..
why DDM ? what was your theory ?
July 11, 2008 at 09:29
Get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At last! Hale Wenger lol!
July 11, 2008 at 09:30
yes messi and kaka !
lets get them
ac want ade .. lets do a swap … kaka for ade !
i wouldnt even ask for money !@
July 11, 2008 at 09:31
stevie Says:
July 11, 2008 at 9:29 am
Get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At last! Hale Wenger lol!
Dont get carried away ..
the cunt aint played a game for us yet …
July 11, 2008 at 09:31
good news man…
July 11, 2008 at 09:32
Pedro – Cobblers! I have the worst hangover in history! Started drinking in the Eurostar Business Lounge yesterday at 3pm and didn’t get home until 2am, and in work for 6.30am………….Leffe Blondes and Grey Goose vodka…………Chamon!
July 11, 2008 at 09:35
egunner – the theory was that the Nasri deal was a dead duck, and that AW would come clean in mid-August, thereby another Ribbery/Baptista shambles………..
July 11, 2008 at 09:35
Henry
Bergkamp
Adams
Vieira
Wright
July 11, 2008 at 09:36
Nasri is ok but i’m more excited by Double D as the press have nicknamed him!
July 11, 2008 at 09:36
2a.m…. what are you? Part time!
I started later… went to the worlds most expensive diner (£20 for a burger that is repeating already)… then hit a cocktail/karaoke bar in Soho till 3… I AM DEAD!
I am still pissed trying to run reports… it’s not going to be good when I get my mid morning hangover…
I was on grey goose as well… the stuff is so refined, but so dangerous!
July 11, 2008 at 09:37
You’re all wrong, the Arsenal site & the Marseille site have been hacked & a load of photoshop pictures put up!! Either that or Nasri’s lost his magical powers!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:38
Congrats to Will for beating Rico… many men have tried and failed… I knew you had it in you!
July 11, 2008 at 09:38
Messi’s chick is rank and full of plastic
July 11, 2008 at 09:39
GMR… we all know you are Dkembe Dkembe’ agent… trying to spread disinformation to get your client a move.
Appalling behaviour…
July 11, 2008 at 09:40
so are eth pictures of him on holidays, doesnt look very glamourous
July 11, 2008 at 09:41
egunner – But, Dkembe Dkembe is actually 10, but big for his age, 4′10″……
July 11, 2008 at 09:41
Q: Did you hear that the British Post Office has just recalled their latest stamps?
A: Well, they had photos of Manchester United players on them – folk couldn’t figure out which side to spit on.
Q. What would you call a pregnant Man United fan?
A: A dope carrier.
Q: What’s the difference between Alex Ferguson and God?
A: God doesn’t think he’s Alex Ferguson.
Q: What’s the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead Man Utd. fan?
A: Skid marks in front of the dog.
Q: Why can’t you get a cup of tea at Old Trafford?
A: All the mugs are on the field and all the cups are at Highbury.
that last one is a little old
shame it only makes me cry instead of laugh lately !!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:43
Thanks Pedro, I didn’t prepare a speech because I never thought it would happen. Maybe I’ll celebrate with some Grey Goose tonight. And a cigar.
July 11, 2008 at 09:44
My client Dk Dk to his FRIENDS is twice the player Nasri is…………Ok so he’s half the size of Nasri but that means nothing, nothing I tell ya!!
Anyone got Daniel Levy’s number????
July 11, 2008 at 09:45
Can somebody get Mandingo Dkembe Dkembe on the silly season list??
ʍou ɐʞɐʞ ˙ɐʞɐʞ ʇuɐʍ ǝʍ
July 11, 2008 at 09:45
Will, that is the right way to do it my friend!
The AKB’s have woken up… just off to do some spamming…
July 11, 2008 at 09:46
Pedro – For shame on you, you wasted valuable drinking time eating! Do you not know that food is the enemy of drink!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:46
Mike and Maureen landed on Mars after accumulating enough frequent flier miles. They met a Martian couple and were talking about all sorts of things.
Mike asked if Mars had a stock market, if they had laptop computers, and how they made money, Finally, Maureen brought up the subject of sex.
“Just how do you guys do it?” asked Maureen.
The male Martian responded, “Pretty much the way you do.”
A discussion ensued, and finally the couples decided to swap partners for the night.
Maureen and the male Martian went off to a bedroom where the Martian stripped. Maureen was disappointed to find that he had a teeny weeny member, about half an inch long and just a quarter inch thick.
“I don’t think this is going to work,” said Maureen. “Why?” he asked. “What’s the matter?”
“Well,” she replied, “it’s just not long enough to reach me!”
“No problem,” he said, and proceeded to slap his forehead with his palm. With each slap, his member grew until it was impressively long.
“Well,” she said, “that’s quite impressive, but it’s still pretty narrow.”
“No problem,” he said, and started pulling his ears. With each pull, his member grew wider and wider.
“Wow!” she exclaimed. They fell into bed and made mad, passionate love.
The next day, the couples joined their normal partners and went their separate ways.
As they walked along, Mike asked, “Well, was it any good?”
“I hate to say it,” said Maureen, “but it was pretty wonderful. How about you?”
“It was horrible,” he replied. “All I got was a headache. She kept slapping my forehead and pulling my ears.”
July 11, 2008 at 09:47
Pedro – Now that’s spooky, Grey Goose AND i was in Soho last night too, coincidence? I think not!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:47
I forgot the man mantra… eating IS cheating… shame on me…
July 11, 2008 at 09:47
Hey, you weren’t in lucky voice were you?
July 11, 2008 at 09:49
how you can possibly say it has beena disaster when we’re only in early July?!
Who have liverpool signed, utd? Utd look like losing ronaldo for fucks sake! You cant add players on to what we need after seeing gilberto and lehmann go-they were hardly instrumental last year, remember what happened when gilberto played at OT? and how can you call some of young platers at best average? these are the kids who’ve reached 3 out the last four CC semi’s, meaning they’re better than the likes of everton, villa etc… and they’ll get better.
and i’m espeically shocked people on here seem so upset ade is leaving after the abuse he’s got in recent months.
and how can you say the arsenal fans have never booed a player? were you not at the emirates for the final few games when eboue got slaughtered?
Yes it’s been three years, but would you prefer to spend money we don;t have and end up doing a leeds? the important thing at the moment while we pay off the debt is to keep afloat and in the top 4. then when the money is there we can kick on and dominate again.
July 11, 2008 at 09:49
So what way around would people prefer a transfer to happen??
Do you prefer the new signing to be announced (ie. Nasri) & feel like the squad’s been improved & then later on hear that Hleb has left, so effectively we’re back at square one, or would people prefer that Hleb left & then Nasri was announced afterwards, which would give you a pick me up after the squad appears to be weakened??
July 11, 2008 at 09:49
egunner – Old Skool gold my friend, the last one made me cry too………
July 11, 2008 at 09:49
GMR I told you we’d sign Nasri! At least we all have something to talk about now, about time we lost a couple of players though eh!
July 11, 2008 at 09:49
pedro-if that post refers to my recent offering i am quite offended and to be honest i never mentioned ONCE that arsene knows. for all i care it could be any manager taking us forwards as long as we’re successful! i was just pointing out that perhaps the finances aren;t as in good shape as we all think so to go out and spend millions we don;t have would be foolish as we could end up like leeds, which i’m sure no one wants.
July 11, 2008 at 09:51
Odub, very pooooer fella, i’m still pissed from last night, and that joke was still rubbish!
July 11, 2008 at 09:51
Jamal, pre-season has started and we look like losing a chunk of our first team who are all heading into their prime, that is pretty disastrous.
July 11, 2008 at 09:51
How the fuck could we be Leeds? we have shed loads of money, what a stupid thing to say.
July 11, 2008 at 09:51
I AM WRITING THIS IN BOLD AS I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT !!!!
NASRI HAS THE LAST DECENT NUMBER AVAILABLE (No: 8), SO IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT NASRI WILL BE OUR BIGGEST SIGNING, AND NO OTHER RECOGNISED FORWARD OR MIDFIELD PLAYERS WILL BE JOINING !!!!!!!!
FUCKING BOLLOCKS !
July 11, 2008 at 09:52
Geoff, I still don’t believe Nasri’s signed. I think its all a big joke that Arsenal are having at our expense!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:52
This farmer has 500 hens but no rooster so he goes to his neighbor and asks him if he could buy a rooster for $100. The neighbor says, “You can have this rooster. His name’s Roy. He’ll get all your hens pregnant. He’s a real stud.” So the farmer takes him home and says, “It’s your first day so take it slow, okay?”
The farmer puts Roy in the hen house and then hears all the hens crying and yelling. Roy nailed every one of those hens and then nailed a duck and a goose at a pond.
The next morning the farmer finds Roy lying dead with his legs sticking in the air and buzzards circling overhead. The farmer says, “Roy, did you have to die?” Roy says, “Quiet! They’re about to land!”
July 11, 2008 at 09:52
Nah, i was in The Couch Bar………….Poooooooooooooontang city!
July 11, 2008 at 09:52
Jeez bud, no need to shout…
July 11, 2008 at 09:53
oh god the press are pretty silly !
————————————-
Chelsea and Arsenal are believed to be keen on Arshavin and an unnamed English club recently had a £19million bid rejected, according to the Russia play maker’s agent.
19 million ? so it definitely ain’t arsenal !
He’s Russian ??
Who else is Russian !!!
fuck me go figure genius !
i cant believe they can speculate about a move yet cant put 2 +2 together !
July 11, 2008 at 09:54
DDM, just warming up to my big finale!! got the best 2 coming up shortly and I’m done!!!
July 11, 2008 at 09:54
Geoff-are you arsenal’s book keeper? how can you say it’s a stupid thing to say and then come out with a comment like that?! no one knows how hard the credit crunch has hit arsenal football club in terms of the new highbury development and any other assetts we bought when developing the stadium. Ok so i doubt we’d do a leeds but you get my point, we cant start spending money we don’t have or we’ll have no chocie but to accept a takeover from someone like usmanov to bail us out.
July 11, 2008 at 09:56
pedro-i hear what you’re saying, but we have to at least see who we sign to replace these guys surely. come august and we’re in the same position then yes i would totally agree with you, but i really dont think we’d sell ade without a suitable replacement lined up
July 11, 2008 at 09:56
I’m with you GMR, i think this Nasri ’signing’ is a smoke screen for something bigger……Double D maybe????
July 11, 2008 at 09:58
messi’s girl is rank and full of plastic! I love that comment, so true, where did he find her, at the circus???
July 11, 2008 at 09:58
Yes Samir Nasri will wear the number 8 shirt as per arsenal.com under players.
July 11, 2008 at 09:58
PML at that one Odub………..ha ha ha!
July 11, 2008 at 09:58
GMR-I know you have your doubts, but lets assume nasri has signed for arguments sake! and if he has, then that could be a step up from hleb, who lets face it, always flattered to deceive. 10 goals in 3 years is a shocking return for a winger so maybe nasri can do better?
July 11, 2008 at 10:00
No Jamal but I am a shareholder and get the accounts sent to me, so yes I do know how much we have and you clearly don’t.
July 11, 2008 at 10:00
Jamal, using Leeds as an example of why we shouldn’t spend is weak.
Just look at all the clubs around us who spend double what we do every year… and we are supposed to be the most profitable club in the prem.
The Emirates was built to allow us to compete… it wasn’t supposed to impede us further. 90% of the flats are sold, there is £70mill sitting in the band and we are the 3rd richest club in the world… yet we still get out spent by the spuds every summer (Don’t come back with ‘Would you want there success’, I am not talking about how wisely the money is spent).
July 11, 2008 at 10:01
Pires – Only number 6………….. JOKE !!!!!!!
How comes we have signed a player and I have the mighty hump………… maybe because I was hoping of all hopes that Nasri would be number 20 or 30 something, so I could get excited about an imminent big player signing that will wear the number 8………. but now the truth is out !!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:01
Nasri has number 8, 13 will be free soon so give that to gallas who likes the number, leaving the No 10 free for Huntlaar!!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:01
A young blonde woman goes to an office for a job interview . The interviewer decides to start with the basics. “So, miss, can you tell us your age, please?”
The blonde counts carefully on her fingers for about 3 seconds before replying “Ehh… 23!”.
The interviewer tries another straight forward one to break the ice. “And can you tell us your height, please?”
The young lady stands up and produces a measuring tape from her handbag. She then traps one end under her foot and extends the tape to the top of her head. She checks the measurement and announces, “Five foot three!”
This isn’t looking good so the interviewer goes for the real basics. “And ehh, just to confirm for our records, your name please?”
The blonde bobs her head from side to side for about twenty seconds, mouthing something silently to herself, before replying “Stephanie”.
The interviewer is completely baffled at this stage, so he asks “Just out of curiosity, miss. We can understand your counting on your fingers to work out your age, and the measuring tape for your height is obvious, but what were you doing when we asked you your name?”
“Ohh that!” replies the blonde, “That’s just me running through ‘Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…’”
July 11, 2008 at 10:01
Geoff-i’m not going to enter into a slanging match with you. if you know the arsenal accounts then who am i to argue, but personally i doubt very much every shareholder knows EXACTLY what is going on with arsenal’s finances
July 11, 2008 at 10:02
Jamal, check the side bar… you can have a look at the accounts yourself.
July 11, 2008 at 10:02
jamal – don’t get your hopes up too high, 11 goals from 145 games isn’t exactly pulling up any trees is it……..
July 11, 2008 at 10:02
That’s the whole point, we don’t and that’s what pisses us off, we have the money but we don’t spend it, it’s one in, one out.
July 11, 2008 at 10:05
numbers dont mean much anyway, senderos is 6, Adebayor is (was) 25, whoi had the bigger impact last year?
July 11, 2008 at 10:05
Jamal – Geoff is a shareholder at Arsenal, therefore of course he has a copy of the company accounts…..
In fact anyone can view Arsenal’s accounts, they are not hard to find……. try checking out the full facilities of this site and you may be surprised !
July 11, 2008 at 10:05
pedro-i know they spend double each year, but they’re all in HUGE finacial debt now. chelsea are fucked if roman goes, and god knows how utd keep doing what they’re doing when they’re in such a huge amount of debt!
i understand the majority of flats are sold, but as i undersatnd it a lot of that percentage have forfeited their deposits and not gone through with the sale because of the current climate.
Honestly i hope i am wrong, and to be perfectly honest, i don;t know the full detaisl to be abel to comment properly, but i just worry perhaps things aren;t quite as rosy as they appear behinbd the scenes. as i say i hope i am wrong though!
July 11, 2008 at 10:05
BREAKING NEWS: NASRI SPEAKS;
” It’s great to be joining the Arse, I aim to have a great 18mths but don’t expect to really feel at home here & will always be worried about my pension, at that point I will have to consider my future & well being in another country”
July 11, 2008 at 10:06
Odub, looks like you peaked too soon fella, that was pants!
July 11, 2008 at 10:07
Ade was not established player when he joined……… Long and short I want Vill ato replace Adewanker…….. he’d look good in an number 8.
By the way, anyone know what number he wears for his club now?
July 11, 2008 at 10:07
NICE 1 ARSENE! NOW GET 2 OR 3 MORE FACES AND WE’RE RARING TO GO! COME ON!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:07
Well Spurs are doing ok Jamal, they managed to pay a dividend this year!
Geoff, GMR… did you guys get a dividend?
July 11, 2008 at 10:09
Just answered that myself…. number 7
July 11, 2008 at 10:09
Geoff-i am interested to knwo then just where does this so called money go? I understand you are in a better position to comment being a shareholder, so if we’re making all this money and the shareholders aren;t seeing it, where does it go? PHW pockets?
July 11, 2008 at 10:10
Jamal, I’m only joking you know. I’m quite confident that Nasri has signed in reality!!
I’m extremely pleased we’ve signed such a great prospect (in fairness he’s more than just a prospect) but my fears for Arsenal won’t go away until I know who’s coming in & who’s actually going. If Ade, Hleb, Flamini, Gilberto & Lehmann are all departures, then we need a lot more than Ramsey, Vela & Nasri.
July 11, 2008 at 10:10
Pedro-no idea how they manged that! they spent a shitload last summer, didn;t make CL, and don;t have a massive ground. where does their money come from!
July 11, 2008 at 10:10
for all of you that said the Nasri deal was dead.. I TOLD YOU SO
July 11, 2008 at 10:11
We have no idea, but we don’t get paid a dividend, Nasri may not be prolific but nor was Pires…until he joined us.
Hleb would have trouble scoring if the opposition didn’t have a goalie!
July 11, 2008 at 10:12
Pedro, A dividend, whats that then??
I get one from Friends provident!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:13
LOL Geoff!
I have to say one player i am excited for this season si Diaby. wiht regards to all our young players i think he was the one who excited most people the most, and maybe with a midfield position up for grabs and a decent pre season behind him, maybe he can finally step up and become the player we know he can be
July 11, 2008 at 10:15
so assuming the season starts and we have sold ade and hleb and not brought anyone else in, what would be people’s startign 11? mine:
almunia
sagna toure gallas clichy
nasri cesc diaby rosicky
RVP Theo
July 11, 2008 at 10:16
Joe – Well boo-hoo to you fella, you win 1st prize in the ner-ner-ne-ner-ner competition!
July 11, 2008 at 10:17
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I was out and i just got the news of Nasri Wooooooooooooooooooo
July 11, 2008 at 10:17
Diaby is a decent player but he’s much more a stand in for Cesc than a partner for him. I can’t see Diaby ever being the defensive midfielder we need.
I do genuinely believe that Wenger will try Eboue there. We’ll see because if he is going to try that I reckon he’ll do it in one or two of the pre season games!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:18
DDM- lol, thats exactly what I was thinking!! After all its not like the papers were saying it on a daily basis now was it!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:20
Yeah Joe, no one likes a bragger…
I think we only have one team to choose from!
I think it’ll line up like this
Big Al,
Sags, Gallas, Toure, Clichy
Nasri, Cesc, Diaby, Rosicky
Eduado, RvP
I’d like this though:
Big Al,
Sags, Gallas, Toure, Clichy
Nasri, Cesc, Diaby, RvP
Eduardo, Bendtner
July 11, 2008 at 10:20
GMR-i bloody hope not with regards Eboue! I’m not one of the fans who really dislikes him but for me he has one position and that is right back.
July 11, 2008 at 10:22
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1296133/pires_long_shot_goal/
July 11, 2008 at 10:22
Pedro-that’s a good shout about bendtner-he’s another i expect to push on this year.
Anyone know much about this Vela? seemed to do well in spain but that’s all i know
July 11, 2008 at 10:23
Jamal, Its unlikely that Rosicky or Sagna will even be fit to start the season. Rosicky has only just come off crutches & said in the past week or so that he’s having to learn to walk again!!
Considering Sagna’s injury was just supposed to be minor & that was back in March its somewhat surprising to hear him say he can just about kick a ball now. Wenger blatantly lying about injuries doesn’t help the mood with fans, & if Arsene is only relaying the info he gets from the club doctors etc then he should sack the lot of them, as it would mean they are all incompetent.
July 11, 2008 at 10:24
4 months out for an Arsenal player is a minor injury for an Arsenal player GMR!
Jamal, here is my fear…
Vela = Reyes
July 11, 2008 at 10:25
LAST ONE!
Husband and wife are getting all snugly in bed. The passion is heating up.
But then the wife stops and says, “I don’ t feel like it. I just want you to hold me.”
The husband says ” WHAT???” The wife explains that he must not be in tune with her emotional needs as a woman.
The husband realizes that nothing is going to happen tonight and he might as well deal with it.
So the next day the husband takes her shopping at a big dept. store. He walks around and had her try on three very expensive outfits. And then tells his wife, We ‘ll take all three of them. Then goes over and gets matching shoes worth $200 each.
And then goes to the jewelry Dept. and gets a set of diamond earrings. The wife is so excited (she thinks her husband has flipped out, but she does not care). She goes for the tennis bracelet.
The husband says “but you don ‘t even play tennis, but OK if you like it then lets get it.’
The wife is jumping up and down. So excited she cannot even believe what is going on. She says ” I am ready to go, lets go to the cash register. ”
The husband says, ” no no no, honey we’re not going to buy all this stuff.” The wife face goes blank.
” No honey – I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while.”
Her face gets really red she is about to explode and then the husband says ” You must not be in tune with my financial needs as a MAN!”
July 11, 2008 at 10:26
Funnily enough, regarding Diaby, I had this theory that Wenger talked to him and planned to play him out on the left for a season to improve his otherwise standing only left foot, in order to help him become the complete midfielder.
The energy excersion levels of a winger is very differnt to that of a central midfielder. A winger has to undertake longer sprints and is more in and out of the game, a central midfielder is all about perpetual motion with short sprints which will suit Diaby better.
I do believe he has every chance of becoming the new PV4
July 11, 2008 at 10:26
GMR-I saw the pictures on the website of the players back in training and sagna looked fit enough to me but i guess you’re probably right about rosicky
July 11, 2008 at 10:27
Feels like a bit of an anti-climax after all that though doesn’t it??
He better be good after all this….
I wonder if in the first press conference anyone will ask AW why it took so bloody long to sign the guy?
July 11, 2008 at 10:31
GMR – Sometimes these things need saying, especially after the night i’ve had, i feel as though i’ve gone ten rounds with Bella Emberg…….
July 11, 2008 at 10:31
Nasi has been our player for the last month or so but when i see it on the offial web wow wow what a feeling . Is this the way of Arsenal fun jumping like a baby for only one sinnig
July 11, 2008 at 10:33
I’m sorry Obub, but you have been warned, yellow card fella!
July 11, 2008 at 10:34
I will give my best for Arsenal and its fans and I am honoured to be part of such a great football club.”
July 11, 2008 at 10:36
good on you chris! What shirt no will you be wearing next season?
July 11, 2008 at 10:38
14 of course,
July 11, 2008 at 10:38
I we have a better player than that Hleb
July 11, 2008 at 10:39
or may be 23 to piss off Geoff
July 11, 2008 at 10:42
23 it is then!!
July 11, 2008 at 10:45
but what i really wanna know is did Geoff really tell posh to fuck off, i cant remember if it was steve or bud (or even mike the neighbour) that was the witness,
July 11, 2008 at 10:49
wouldnt surprise me, and to be honest I’d have done the same. I can’t stand insects.
July 11, 2008 at 10:50
but she woudl shatter under the sound prssure waves, like glass or rosickys ankle
July 11, 2008 at 10:51
Who is this bastard Nasri??? And, why does he wear my number 8 shirt, i will kick his scrawny arse!
July 11, 2008 at 11:04
Mandingo… he’s nicked your favourite shirt number as well!
I think there has been a muted response to Nasri because everyone knows Hleb is going out the door later today or next week…
We are going to be desperately short next year…
July 11, 2008 at 11:07
Agreed there Pedro, virtually everything that can be said, has been said about Nasri.
July 11, 2008 at 11:10
Where’s that fucker GMR? Hey GMR, you call yourself an agent, i was promised the No.8 shirt, a flat in Chelsea and hay for my goat…………you fecker!
July 11, 2008 at 11:14
It’s amazing that we sign a 21 year old french international, and no one seems the least excited!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:18
i know it is mental, but totally understandable with the current mess going on
July 11, 2008 at 11:22
Odub – I’m so excited i’ve become quite moist…….
July 11, 2008 at 11:22
Mandingo, Calm down son!! I’ve got the hay for your goat!! As for the rest I’m waiting for Levy to get back to me, you’ll be much better off at Spurs!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:23
joe
i never said the nasri deal was dead !
i said we would NOT get him until hleb left because we are fucking skint!
so i expect hleb to leave in the next 7 days …
July 11, 2008 at 11:24
Fuck Spurs! You promised me a big club, you lying fucker……..
July 11, 2008 at 11:26
I like your spirit MADD!!! You’re def the kind of player we want at Arsenal!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:29
Odub Says:
July 11, 2008 at 11:14 am
It’s amazing that we sign a 21 year old french international, and no one seems the least excited!!
we are excited……… on the inside
no in fact ill reserve my excitement until i see him scoring goals !
and hleb was in the team to Marshall the play ..
not score ! if nasri can do better , we will find out shortly …
until then theres a big relief that we have got someone in …
but bring on MORE signings .. !!!
because 1 player wont change our seasons fate !
bring in several and i’ll breathe easier !
and preferably over 23 yrs of age !!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:30
Odub – I shit on Spurs, i’d rather sign for Plymouth Argyle……….that’s in Scotland yes?
July 11, 2008 at 11:31
We might have to work on your Geography a bit…….
July 11, 2008 at 11:31
Odub Says:
July 11, 2008 at 11:26 am
I like your spirit MADD!!! You’re def the kind of player we want at Arsenal!!
FUCK WE’LL TAKE ANYONE !!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:32
Pedro says “we’re going to be desperately short next year” MADD id 4′10″ he’s desperately short, he’s custom made for us!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:33
Mandingo, if you don’t start showing some respect I’ll put you in tottenham reserves, you short arsed fucker!! Now go & round the sheep up!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:34
Pierre – Size isn’t everything mutha fungler!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:34
Odub, as long as he knows where the goal is!
Let Tom Tom take care of the minor things!
July 11, 2008 at 11:38
Newcastle winger Charles N’Zogbia will have talks about his future with boss Kevin Keegan but is keen on a move to either Arsenal or Tottenham.
fuck me, that would be a bolt from the blue, midn you, its probably a bolt from the bulls arse!
July 11, 2008 at 11:40
Pedro. 1 week to go till we get the big interviews with Le-Grove with our new signings (eeerrrrrrrr???) at the Barnet game. Saying that, I can’t see Wenger letting the players actually into the players lounge….. i reckon it will be off the coach, get changed and get back on…… still we can but try !!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:40
GMR – You treat me like shit, you fecker………
July 11, 2008 at 11:40
Rumour has it that Pat Rice has asked Mandingo to come along and bring his boots in case we are short !!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:42
Bud, I don’t think Arsenal know what press conferences are!! I suppose that unless they can make a couple of quid out of it they aren’t interested.
July 11, 2008 at 11:44
lol @ Pedro Tom Tom!! ha ha!!
No thanks to Nzogbia!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:44
bud
your right we are always a bit SHORT in these pre-season fixtures .
July 11, 2008 at 11:44
So, what’s the chances of a double signing day? Get yer finger out GMR, get MADD his deal and that’ll be us sorted for next season…………..!
July 11, 2008 at 11:45
Ahhhhhhh I figured that GMR, thats why I got us tickets in the players lounge at Barnet…….. me and Pedro are going in unnoficial !!!!!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:45
GMR you should also get your player a wiki page set up!! Chris can sort that out for you!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:46
Looking forward to it bud!
I am unsure how to play the Le Grove thing…? Are Arsenal footballer AKB’s? Will there be a violent back lash?
July 11, 2008 at 11:46
Nzogbia, no ta!
July 11, 2008 at 11:50
Morning everybody.
Just clicked on arse.com .
The advert for the home kit only has Cesc on now No ADE!
July 11, 2008 at 11:52
According to PR’s son, Hleb’s deal with Barca was completed yesterday………..
July 11, 2008 at 11:52
The first interview will probably be on Arsenal TV tonight….
July 11, 2008 at 11:53
Did it ever?
July 11, 2008 at 11:53
david, theres an advert on arse.com to download the latest Ade anemation for your phone, it shows him packing his case and fucking off
July 11, 2008 at 11:55
DC – No chance. They haven’t even had a training picture or a return to training interview with a player yet. Still running reruns with Keith fucking Edelman !!!!
Chelsea’s channel has training ground film, new interviews with the players, new season reviews the lot………. we have the same fucking shit we were fed for a tenner a month last month and the month before………. Arsenal treat us like shit and don’t give a fuck, trust me !!!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 11:58
hello why was that link deleted
July 11, 2008 at 12:00
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jul/11/arsenal.premierleague?gusrc=rss&feed=football
July 11, 2008 at 12:01
Rafa thinks he will win the league thisw season………
Read this article
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=771931
KEEP ON DREAMING MR. BENITEZ!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:02
Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has dismissed reports he’s a closet Tottenham fan.
“It’s not true,” he said. “I absolutely hate Spurs and always have done.”
July 11, 2008 at 12:06
Kenya, rafa is a 100% wanker!
Mike Ashley though talks a lot of sence…
July 11, 2008 at 12:07
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandingo_Dkembe_Dkembe
user name pasta-brown
password manley1
edit at your hearts content,
July 11, 2008 at 12:08
Arsenals Website has gone down !
July 11, 2008 at 12:10
not for me bud
July 11, 2008 at 12:11
Dein has doubts over the income from the Highbury Square residential development. “At Arsenal, something has to break. Nothing lasts for ever. The board, because of their age – and a couple of them are not well – will change.”
July 11, 2008 at 12:11
I lied……. my system gone down !!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:12
Bud – it’s crashed on me too……….
July 11, 2008 at 12:13
Oops, i lied, it’s back up!
July 11, 2008 at 12:14
Bud – Keep on refreshing that page.
That shows the magnitude of Arsenal supporters worldwide.
COME ON YOU GUNNERS!!!
Wenger has prized Adebayor out of the market and there is no way he will be given first team preference next season. His place should be taken by my favourite striker Walcott to partner with RVP.
July 11, 2008 at 12:16
Wenger’s want-away generation paint Arsenal into a cornerManager faces new problem as still developing players flex their muscles for money, writes David Hytner
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jul/11/arsenal.premierleague?gusrc=rss&feed=football
The chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, and his directors have repeatedly said since the move to the £357m Emirates Stadium in 2006 that Wenger has had money to spend. The club borrowed £260m for the move at a fixed rate of 5.3%, which looks very good in the current financial climate, and their annual repayments of £13.78m are manageable. They have sold 91% of the units at the old Highbury and expect to make £300m upon completion of the development, and the new stadium has almost doubled match-day revenues.
The last trophy, though, was in 2005 and departures from the squad Wenger is trying to develop can only fracture the rhythm. He will not change his methods but, if the want-aways blossom elsewhere, the lines in his brow may yet deepen
July 11, 2008 at 12:19
I am actually thinking about getting
Dkembe Dkembe No.8 on my Shirt
As for Nasri, I am happy he is here at last, but I think the excitement factor of it all was drowned out by how long it took to sign him
I Still think we are short once Hleb goes.
I know Ramsey and Vela are talented prospects but not sure if they can show this season. Maybe Arshaving is being lined up…..but not at 19m I doubt there was even at that much, its more likely that the club is trying to raise his value. If it was Chelsea they would have publicised the fact they turned down a Chelsea offer.
So me we will still need another wide player, CM, CB and a replacement for Ade if he goes. then I am happy
July 11, 2008 at 12:22
So is this one signing supposed to be the much vaunted “reassurance” ?
Cos – bloody -mic !
July 11, 2008 at 12:24
I think MANDINGO 8 would look better !
July 11, 2008 at 12:24
Villa is coming. Just got a feeling in my bones, even more so after Benitez pulled out !
July 11, 2008 at 12:26
And it would not be the first time the Website has put a player in a number when it was not confirmed.
Go back over history and usually a seperate statement is made re numbers, i.e. Arsenal can announce Mandingo will be taking squad number 666 for the forthcoming campaign.
July 11, 2008 at 12:27
just for a laugh, please google mandingo and tell me what the first result is!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:28
my line up for next season so far
Almunia (shouldn’t be but still)
Sagna,toure,djourou(i have faith in him),clichy
just not eboue,fabregod,ramsey,nasri
Eduardo,RVP
July 11, 2008 at 12:29
if we can get arse shavin or the hunter for £19m, i’d take the hunter every time.
July 11, 2008 at 12:30
like they say in south pacific “you got to have a dream, if u dont have a dream, how u gonna have a dream come true?”!
July 11, 2008 at 12:31
Chris I was in the BA lounge in Manchester , in the corner, alone, she comes in, crosses the empty lounge and sits opposite me and starts yakking on her mobile to you know who.
I told her to fuck off and sit somewhere else, she was so stunned she couldn’t talk, I picked up my newspaper and bag and sat somewhere else.
True story!
I was reading an Arsene Wenger exclusive at the time, that’s true as well.
July 11, 2008 at 12:31
i did earlier, first two are le grove and eth other is setanta!
July 11, 2008 at 12:31
fucking classic Geoff, good on ya!
July 11, 2008 at 12:33
chris I meant just his first name, without the double barrelled last name.
July 11, 2008 at 12:38
Odub – Just Googled Mandingo, and not only is he our 4′10″ pocket dynamo, but he’s a pron star too!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:39
*** pron = porn
July 11, 2008 at 12:42
yeah that’s the bit I wanted to point everyone’s attention too!! He’s a porn star!!! lol!!
Are we sure this guy is really only 14? I mean he seems to have accomplished a lot in his relatively short life time!!
Porn Star, Footballer, trend setter and all round good guy…. I give you MADD!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:43
if he’s a porn star thats good, bringing in extra incomme he wont be tempted by to jump ship a la flamini!
July 11, 2008 at 12:44
Am I the only one that thinks those Nasri pics look like they were taken in a council estate block in Peckham?
July 11, 2008 at 12:46
BLIMEY – WIKPEDIA SAYS MANDINGO’s DONGO is 11 & 3/4 INCHES….
Mandingo (born February 25, 1975, in Mississippi) is an African-American pornographic actor. He currently has a Bachelor of Arts.
He grew up in the Carson/Torrance area of Los Angeles, California and is raising an asthmatic daughter as a single parent. He did not choose his name based on the movie Mandingo but rather because it was given to him as a nickname in college.[2] He has Mandinka West African ethnicity.
His penis is 11 3/4inches in length.[citation needed], and several fellow porn actors claim that Mandingo has the biggest penis of any porn star. [3][4]
July 11, 2008 at 12:47
Odub – Not forgetting sheep herder too!
July 11, 2008 at 12:47
Ok ok… you busted me… I am mandingo!
July 11, 2008 at 12:47
Guess he wont be wearing shorts for games then?
July 11, 2008 at 12:48
Yeah and that Nasri looks 11 years old and is not even as tall as the trunking, which I always though was generally hung at 3 & 1/2 foot !!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:48
Odub – That fecker GMR works me like a fucking dog!
July 11, 2008 at 12:49
Nasri looks like a shifty inbred pikey….. does that concern anyone else???
Pedro, you lie, I AM MANDINGO !!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:50
You all lie, i am Mandingo, you mutha fuckers!
July 11, 2008 at 12:50
Eh Bud, Pedro,
explain this one to me…..Mandingo is of African origin…how the fuck can you 2 possibly be him then?! I AM MANDINGO!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:52
Are you being fuckin racist Odub or what ?!!!!!!!!
Is it because I am white you are saying I am not of African origin, that is such a 90’s attitude??????!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:54
He’ll be the billy bollocks Bud, I’m off now for a while!
July 11, 2008 at 12:54
I know quite well you’re of Belgian decent BUD!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 12:54
Kevin Pertersen is of african origin Odub….
July 11, 2008 at 12:55
Pierre, I know, I’ve met these 2, and if they’re of African decent I’m half Chinese and half Mohincan!
July 11, 2008 at 12:56
Is Lewisham in Africa?
I blow off in your general direction, you fecking imposters!
July 11, 2008 at 13:05
Odub is in fact telling the truth, I am a rare mix of English & Belgian…….. however he lies about his origins…….I have met him and can confirm he is in fact half African half Mohican with a hulk blood dissorder, so why pretend he is Chinese heaven knows !!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 13:06
Anyway, I am not Mandingo, I am am his half brother Manbreasto !!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 13:07
watch the nasri interview here.
http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/6ZMRMB5HWT8FQJ59
July 11, 2008 at 13:09
HES AN AKB!!!!!! “maybe the best manager in the world right now”
His voice isnt exactly what i expected either
July 11, 2008 at 13:17
thank you ethan….
nasri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what is his number anyone?
July 11, 2008 at 13:18
8. its on the first team section of Arsenal.com
July 11, 2008 at 13:18
^^^to choy btw
July 11, 2008 at 13:20
thanks tr13…..
July 11, 2008 at 13:29
Crouchy went to Pompey
Thank fuck for that
July 11, 2008 at 13:39
HELLO THERE LADS.
THE FUNNYEST THING HAPPEND TO ME TODAY.
i was queing in Tescos watching Sky News on the big screens they have, and suddenly im looking at Nasri in a arsenal shirt.
the laugh from me was so loud every one turnd around looking at me asif i was crazy.!
July 11, 2008 at 13:40
iypiiiiiiiii-finally signed him:)) I was so bored I allmost didnt notice it. so 1 signed and we need 5 or 6 more then.
11 goals in 145 games???????? Hope he doesnt turn Pleb No2 for us – dribller,passer ,but not scorer.
Its seems infectious this now -everyone wants to leave us ?? Even the womens team !
Thank god 200 other footballers want to join us, acc to AW.Most of them under 18 unfortunately.
July 11, 2008 at 13:41
I fuckin hate Gum chewers and who wa sthat prick taking the photoss???!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 13:56
you hear the music in the background? that was Eboue and Adebayor practicing their goal celebrations a la Derby in the pub car park down the drive!
July 11, 2008 at 13:57
Very funny you lot, stop hiding……….. I’m getting fed up with your stupid “Lets Hide From Bud” games every fecking day……… it’s getting boring alright !!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 13:57
Ahhhhhh Pierre, they didn’t tell you then about hiding from me about this time every day !!!!
July 11, 2008 at 13:59
Bud, I am here!
What’s going on?
Oh, I see we have signed someone… and we are seriously looking at Huntelaar!
July 11, 2008 at 13:59
shit, have i spoilt the game, i just got back in from a pub lunch, really feel like working now!
July 11, 2008 at 14:05
Boo!
July 11, 2008 at 14:09
Nice liquid lunch consumed, although was rather ruined by the fact that office spud decided to tag along and then proceeds to repeatedly insist that they will finish in the top 4 this season!!
I say repeatedly because each time he tried to start saying it the other 5 blokes (4 gooners, and a scouser) at the table burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter!!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:13
Now then Odub, i seem to recall you berating me for even talking to a SPud, but you’re actively socialising with the feckers……………do i see a touch of double standards before me!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:14
I say…
Ade for 30 + another French guy
Hleb for Yaya + 5
Buy Huntelaar
And we should be set
Nasri
Vela
Yaya
Huntelaar
Gouffran
(Ramsey)
A fit Rosicky?
A fit Eduardo?
A fit RVP?
July 11, 2008 at 14:16
DDM the cnut just kinda tagged along, not my doing I promise!! I feel unclean!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:16
Gourcuff
July 11, 2008 at 14:18
What is so good about this Huntelaar chap everyone keeps going on about? He wasnt even good enough to start for Holland!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:19
Odub – emery board and liberal amounts of swarfiga should do the trick fella!
July 11, 2008 at 14:20
Huntelaar is Klass
July 11, 2008 at 14:22
But aparantly, Real has first option on him
July 11, 2008 at 14:24
Cheers DDM!!
I dont doubt that Trini, but I’d still rather have someone who’s played in this league to replace Adebayawn!
Santa Cruz – some say injury prone, and wasnt great at Bayern, I’d have him.
Berbatov – some say moody, I’d have him because he’s a top finisher, and it would piss off the spuds!!! Win win situation I’d say!
July 11, 2008 at 14:29
FACTS ABOUT MANDINGO!!!!!!
Mandingo may refer to:
The Mandinka people of West Africa
The Mandinka language
Mandingo (novel), a bestselling novel originally published in 1957
Mandingo (film), a 1975 film based on the novel
ManDingo (porn star), a male African American pornographic performer
July 11, 2008 at 14:29
Trinidad Gunner
Agree 100% you have my vote ????
July 11, 2008 at 14:30
Bud, I’ve been away secretly filming Mandingo. He is trying to get a new agent & as for him being a porn star I was trying to keep that quiet. He is already barred from Wales due to the amount of sheep he’s had!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:32
HELLLOOOOOOOOO!!!!
IT’S A BIT TOO QUIET ON HERE FOR A FRIDAY ISNT IT?!
July 11, 2008 at 14:34
Santa Cruz has been around for a long time its suprising that he’s just being noticed …. I think it was the 2002 world cup? He looked good with nelson cuevas I think it was
July 11, 2008 at 14:35
Just for you DDM!!
David Beckham had a near death experience the other day when he went horseback riding. Everything was going fine until
the horse started bouncing out of control.
He tried with all his might to hang on, but was thrown off.
With his foot caught in the stirrup, he fell headfirst to the ground. His head continued to bounce on the ground as the horse
did not stop or even slow down. Just as he was giving up hope and losing consciousness, the Woolworth’s manager came
out and unplugged it.
July 11, 2008 at 14:37
classic odub
July 11, 2008 at 14:41
An Islington school teacher explains to her class that she is a Spurs fan.
She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Spurs fans.
Everyone in the class raises their hand expect one little girl. The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says, “Janie, why didn’t you raise your hand?”
“Because I’m not a Spurs fan,” she replied. The teacher, still shocked, asked, “Well, if you are not a Spurs fan, then who are you a fan of?”
“I am an Arsenal fan, and proud of it,” Janie replied.
The teacher could not believe her ears. “Janie, tell me, why are you an Arsenal fan?”
“Because my mum is an Arsenal fan, and my dad is an Arsenal fan, so I’m an Arsenal fan too!”
“Well,” said the teacher in an obviously annoyed tone, “That is no reason for you to be an Arsenal fan. You don’t have to be just like your parents all of the time. What if your mom were a moron and your dad were a moron, what would you be then?”
“Then,” Janie smiled, “I’d be a Tottenham fan.”
July 11, 2008 at 14:42
Can anyone else remeber the link for the David Villa petition……… gonna get all my company to sign it ?!
July 11, 2008 at 14:46
http://www.petitiononline.com/dvatdp1/petition.html
July 11, 2008 at 14:46
all 37 signatures….
July 11, 2008 at 14:48
38 now my friend, 38!
July 11, 2008 at 14:49
40 now!
July 11, 2008 at 14:49
Its a fucking swizzle…. I signed it and my wife signed it and our names are no longer on there………… and there was a lot more names than what there is now……….
July 11, 2008 at 14:50
In fact I was number 6 !!!!!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:53
Now you tell me!! I wont bother next time!! I bet it’s the Arse going on there and deleting the names!!
July 11, 2008 at 14:53
actually it this one that one was some dude from oz
http://www.petitiononline.com/villaars/petition.html
July 11, 2008 at 14:53
franny jeffers and david villa have signed it, they got to take us seriously now!!!:)
July 11, 2008 at 14:54
Where are all the jokes?
I think Odub prematured on the jokes! No one has any to compete!
July 11, 2008 at 14:54
fucking hell, what was that other one then, some phishing bollox, am i gonna get half a ton of viagra on me doorstep?
July 11, 2008 at 14:55
Signed that one too! 786 signatures, that’s more like it.
July 11, 2008 at 14:56
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/want-to-see-joaquin-and-david-villa-at-arsenal.html
some guy has been doing one since last year, teh progressive fucker that he was
July 11, 2008 at 14:58
haha i just checked the David Villa petition. theres about 40 people who has signed it so far.
40 wouldnt even get us a player 3rd divison player. HAHA
July 11, 2008 at 15:01
Odub – You’ve now driven me to drink, and i’m off to the Tatershall Castle for a libation or ten…….
July 11, 2008 at 15:02
dont use me as an excuse for your drink problem young Dennis!
July 11, 2008 at 15:10
what happened to that 21 yr old DM with the permanent injuries who was supposed to be signing for us a couple of weeks back. Not that I want him, just wondered where that 1 went?
July 11, 2008 at 15:13
Bischoff or something he was called Pierre
July 11, 2008 at 15:18
A woman is in the jewellers looking at rings
She bends down to look closer at one and accidently let’s out a little fart
The sales assistant comes over and say’s can I help you madam?
She say’s how much is this one?
He replies madam if you farted just looking at it you’ll absolutely shit yourself if I tell you the price.
July 11, 2008 at 15:21
haha! Nice one… I reckon I could remember that one!
It’s a shame you can’t tell the really distasteful ones on here!
July 11, 2008 at 15:22
angry loner got to him to save face and kidnapped him
July 11, 2008 at 15:28
“Doctor,” the embarrassed man said, “I have a sexual problem. I can’t get it up for my wife anymore. “Mr. Thomas, bring her back with you tomorrow and let me see what I can do.” The next day, the worried fellow returned with his wife. “Take off your clothes, Mrs. Thomas,” the medic said. “Now turn all the way around. Lie down please. Uh-huh, I see. Okay, you may put your clothes back on.” The doctor took the husband aside. “You’re in perfect health,” he said. “Your wife didn’t give me an erection either.”
July 11, 2008 at 15:29
haha! Nice one! 2 I can remember!
July 11, 2008 at 15:29
Three girl friends have met up for their weekly meal together and are discussing their relationships.
One of them is engaged, one is a mistress and the other is married.
They decide that to try and surprise their men that night
all three will dress up in a leather S&M style bodice, red stilettos and a mask.
The next week they meet up again and compare their experiences.
The engaged girl says, ‘The other night, when my fiance came home, he found me in the leather bodice, the high red stilettos and mask covering my eyes. As soon as he
saw me he grabbed me saying “I love you” and carried me upstairs where we made love all night.’
The mistress says, ‘I went up to my lover’s hotel room where he was waiting for me and knocked on the door. I was wearing the leather bodice, the red stilettos, and the mask, with my fur coat on top. When I entered the room and dropped my coat to the floor, he said “Wow” and we made love all night.
The married girl say ‘Hmmph, I got myself dressed up the same as you two, leather bodice, red stilettos and mask over my eyes and waited for my husband to get home from work.”
“He opened the door, came in and said “Evening Batman, what’s for dinner?”
July 11, 2008 at 15:31
fucking bat man classic LOL
July 11, 2008 at 15:40
Where’s everyone gone?
July 11, 2008 at 15:40
Seen as it is quiet… New Batman anyone? It looks pretty awesome…
July 11, 2008 at 15:40
I’m done now!!
Someone else have a go!! Where goonajay when you need him?!
July 11, 2008 at 15:42
Who’d fancy Brad Friedel between the sticks? He’s available (NewsNow).
July 11, 2008 at 15:45
The Prems best keeper according to Opta… but gotta be about 37 now?
July 11, 2008 at 15:45
Hell yeah Pedro! Been waiting ages to see that too!
July 11, 2008 at 15:48
Pedro – i cant wait for this new batman. iv been eger to see it for ages ever since the end of the firt movie were u see Gordan Given Batman the Joker card. the Dark feel of the movie i really good
July 11, 2008 at 15:51
is* i mean
July 11, 2008 at 15:52
I think Brad would be good competition for our Torquay waiter, the bugger always has a blinder against us so it’d be nice having him keeping the oppo’s strikers out rather than ours.
But Wenger probably won’t go for him as he’s over 19.
July 11, 2008 at 15:52
Heath Ledger looks awesome… someone told me he got all fucked up filming it because he got so into the dark aspect of his character!
July 11, 2008 at 15:55
Heard that too!! He just looks so creepy in all the trailers I’ve seen. And I think there’s a few more intresting Bat gadgets to be seen as well.
July 11, 2008 at 15:57
no no Pedro that was Media bullshit after his death. they wanted to make the movie as a scape goat. but he was well into another movie Safe and Sane as a button months after the dark knight finished filming.
his portrail as the Joker will be his finest work.
July 11, 2008 at 16:10
What a slow boring quiet day!!
July 11, 2008 at 16:14
Well I agreed with Pedro about Friedel. He’s got to be a better back up than the short-arsed, flappy Pole.
July 11, 2008 at 16:16
I’d take him as first choice for next season Chary.
July 11, 2008 at 16:20
I know… it is killing me… I need football so bad!
Chary, if we signed Friedel, he’d displace Almunia… he is a lot more solid!
I was saying to my mate that he is probably the only world class american footballer?
Agree?
July 11, 2008 at 16:22
Yes. Odub, in an ideal world Brad would be the number 1 rather than Basil’s employee. He certainly inpsires more confidence when defending crosses, free kicks, corners and just about any defending situation. Unlike the aforesaid Torquay waiter.
July 11, 2008 at 16:22
We need someone to claim the high balls in the area and CATCH them if possible with good distribution. How is it that some punch them all the time whereas others can catch them?
July 11, 2008 at 16:25
I think Big Al does that ok… his punches are better than Lehmanns!
He holds everything… he does everything well.
Remember how bad Friedel was at Liverpool? Shite…
Maybe Almunia can up it this year?
July 11, 2008 at 16:25
OK!
since its kinda boring and a slow day i think ill jump on call of duty.
speak to you all when i get back
July 11, 2008 at 16:25
Tom thumb, snow white and quasimodo are having a coffee together
tom thumb says I’m so glad I’m the smallest man in the world
Snow white says I’m so glad I’m the most beautiful girl in the world
Quasimodo says I’m so glad I’m the ugliest man in the world
Tom thumb says how do we really know. Let’s go and ask the fairy godmother
They go to ask the fairy godmother
Tom comes out I am the smallest man
Snow white comes out I am the most beautiful girl
Quasimodo comes out sobbing
What’s wrong asks tom
Who the fuck’s peter beardsley? say’s quasmodo
July 11, 2008 at 16:25
I’ll bet you some will disagree and claim Manuel’s a better goalie!! I just dont see us winning the league with that guy in goal, and Kolo and Gallas as the CBs. I hope I’m wrong. Even the DM position isnt sorted yet.
Any football on the box this weekend?
July 11, 2008 at 16:26
I just got this off Wiki:
In February 2008, Almunia was reported to have claimed that a ghost monk inhabited his Hertfordshire home, which was built on the site of a former psychiatric hospital[2]
I like Manuel but hope he doesn’t go looney like Jens?
July 11, 2008 at 16:27
Pedro…….. start counting down buddy……. 7 days till we go to that great sporting arena “Underhill” and then 2 days later we are playing again on Arsenal TV in Austria……….. it’s a relative football fest !!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 16:27
I hope he does… I loved Jens in his prime! What a character!
Diaby for the DM position. I don’t know why people keep talking about Song there… Wenger already ruled that out!
ARSENE KNOWS!
July 11, 2008 at 16:29
He’s a very good keeper but he’s even older than lehman, theres no way wenger would go there. Pity cos i think he’s really help shore us up at the back.
July 11, 2008 at 16:29
£5M+ Yaya for Hleb sounds better to me!
July 11, 2008 at 16:30
Pierre he’s a year younger than Jens actually.
July 11, 2008 at 16:33
is he, thought he was 39, he must have had a tough life!
July 11, 2008 at 16:33
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Friedel
July 11, 2008 at 16:34
Playing for that club – yes!
July 11, 2008 at 16:34
its shit when you drink at dinner, then have to work 3 hours in the afternoon before you can continue at 5! totally off subject but there you go!
July 11, 2008 at 16:39
Ask for flexitime then you can go in early and drink right through!!
July 11, 2008 at 16:40
How mental that we’re sitting here complaining about it being quiet… we’ve had 300 comments today!
It’s been a pretty good week all in all!
July 11, 2008 at 16:42
hey I’ve got a glass of red and I’m sat at my desk!! Company policy now to have a glass to toast to the weekend!! How cool is that!!
July 11, 2008 at 16:45
Great isn’t it Double ‘O – Have been doing alchohol afternoons on a Friday for some time now
July 11, 2008 at 16:47
That is a cool company policy… I work at home… so I have a bottle of wine on my desk all day everyday!
July 11, 2008 at 16:48
just for you pedro
the first 6 mins of the new bat man movie
http://rapidshare.com/files/128500440/tdkp-plube.rar
July 11, 2008 at 16:48
ah well, theres a dirty burger an a pint of coors wiv my name on it in 15 minutes! then pool and stellas with the old chaps before karaoke with the vodka pissheads! I’m in Sheffield by the way (bit of background info)
July 11, 2008 at 16:50
i hear ya Budster great policy!!
We should have a pre season knees up btw, wont be at the emirates cup as in Edinburgh for a stag weekend, but free any other one.
July 11, 2008 at 16:50
does anybody kbnow, have Arsenal kept their 3rd kit, cos I got a fab04 3rd shirt last yr and its me pride an joy!
July 11, 2008 at 16:50
Best of luck with that Pierre – I’ve had a few spells at a karaoke bar in Clerkenwell(London) – speciality: “Highway to hell” by AC/DC.
July 11, 2008 at 16:52
chary, my speciality is sweet child o mine!! guns’n'roses
July 11, 2008 at 16:55
You must have a better vocal range than me Pierrre, I only chose AC/DC as Bon Scott wasn’t a very good singer – great for the group but limited vocally.
Also tried “Once bitten, twice shy..” – Great White version.
July 11, 2008 at 16:57
i’m not the best singer but i manage, being pissed i find helps a great deal!
July 11, 2008 at 16:57
Here’s something to cheer up the afternoon:
I’ve just seen a video showing Nasri scoring from a corner and he can take bender free kicks too.
Halleluyah! We might even get something out of dead-balls for a change…….that’s got to be worth a few points on its own!
July 11, 2008 at 16:59
My speciality is ride around sally!!!!
And on that bombshell!! I bid you adieu!!
Have a good one gentlemen, and dream for many more signings!!
July 11, 2008 at 17:00
right all, im off to endulge in some carnage, catch up with you over the weekend!
July 11, 2008 at 17:01
Make that Mustang Sally btw!
July 11, 2008 at 17:01
What a day Nasri signs, the link with Given returns and Freidel could be up for sale.
James didn’t do well at Poo either but theres no doubting he is Englands number 1 at the moment (not that this is anything to shout about)
Freidel would be a great signing for us, just as VDS was for the Mancscum. He could make a big difference.
If he is too old lets borrow him Martins passport.
I won’t go on as the Coco lovers like Pedro will attack me but Freidel at 40 would be better than that mug is at the moment.
Come on Wenger do some business.
July 11, 2008 at 17:02
Maybe that last comment should have been ‘worth a few pints’ not points in the current conversation.
July 11, 2008 at 17:02
I need at least 3 bottles of peroni before I get the mike.I’m far too uptight to even try singing before then.
I can’t even do the Brian Johnson AC/DC numbers as he’s a better singer than Bon Scott was. I made a disasterous attempt at “For those about to rock” …not good.
July 11, 2008 at 17:03
I thought that comment might wake you up El Tel!
July 11, 2008 at 17:04
haha! Coco lover!
July 11, 2008 at 17:08
Manuel Almunia
He’s 6 foot 3
And he’ll do for me!
if he can control his box and take the high balls.
July 11, 2008 at 17:09
Chary – SACRILEDGE!
Brian Johnson better than Bon Scott!!!!
NEVER.
On another note – if any of you guys have ArsenalTV Online, you can see a clip of pre-season training on there…..
July 11, 2008 at 17:12
Sorry Pedro me ol mate.
Patrick the thing is he can’t do them things, did yoou see him flap at the cross against Poo in CL the following corner resulted in their first goal which Big Phil got blamed for.
July 11, 2008 at 17:20
bon scott was way better than johnson
July 11, 2008 at 17:41
Anyone there? The evening crew?
I am still doing dirty reports… not a Friday night job if you ask me…
So a bit of cyber company would be appreciated right now!
If someone can tell me what they see in Denilson…
Like, what is your vision of him in the future?
He doesn’t seem to have a style?
July 11, 2008 at 17:59
pedro.. he has a wicked shot on him.. that goal against the barcodes at the emirates?
but last season he was hampered by injuries… nothing new there eh?
July 11, 2008 at 18:03
did you guys know that arsene is the highest paid manager??
i thought it was purple nose!!
http://thegoonerforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/arsene-wenger-earns-45million-a-year/
July 11, 2008 at 18:04
Hey you lot – I havent got long so I will read the comments later and no doubt I will have huge smiles
, and
Denilson – Sorry Pedro, I dont see him being good enough for us, I hope he proves me wrong, but I think he is slow and just lazy! (IMHO)
Its funny – now we have Charles N’Zogbia and Falcao who suddenly have declared their love for us and desperately want to join us -
I have good feelings, next will be Villa, then a DM and if Ade goes….. then a replacement – its getting warmer in THOF –
Bloody Ian Bell – 199 then C&B, what a bloomin shame, but what a fantastic innings
July 11, 2008 at 18:14
Denilson was hampered by injuries last season. He’s another year older and we’ll see what this season brings; he’s certainly talented though.
El Tel – no didn’t see that mate, I just remember Phil looking at the Poo scorer instead of at the ball and doing zilch to stop him. Yes, Manuel by the sounds of it made a mistake but there’s no excuse for the defender that normally attacks the ball to be player-watching.
July 11, 2008 at 18:14
He does have a good shot, I was sitting behind the goal for that screamer!
He just sort of does everything ok without doing anything really well?
N-Zogbia would be an Arsene signing… I don’t rate him, but the Geordies do!
Choy, I don’t think he is the highest paid manager…
July 11, 2008 at 18:15
Old Carlos has left Manure!!!
July 11, 2008 at 18:17
rico is the portuguese winger set to follow next?
pedro.. wouldn’t that be ironic if arsene was the highest paid manager yet refuses to pay world class salaries to his players?!
July 11, 2008 at 18:20
He probably earns it with his masterclass coaching, financial acumen, player knowledge, contacts and sheer time spent in watching media for talent/tactics if the media have it right about him. He’s added playing time to many of our players careers with his policies so he’s worth a few bob extra and when you think how many millions the others waste…………………………………………………
July 11, 2008 at 18:23
Pedro – Don’t you think we’ve got too much talent down the left to sign him UNLESS of course AW sees him as something else………………………….DFM!
July 11, 2008 at 18:23
yeah patrick.. but he could say.. no board.. give me 10k less a week.. give to to flam or ade instead!!!
July 11, 2008 at 18:24
I dont know choy – but i think Carlos is a ‘big’ part in Manure, and he will be missed, rumour is McClair could replace him.
Not that i believe the Paps, but they say about the Winker quoting about he agrees with Blatter, and his services are abused –
I think he and Ade are similar in they think the grass is greener ( except the Winker actually is worth 35-40M in todays market)
July 11, 2008 at 18:26
Choy – I don’t think so. I don’t think the board would be happy to pay him less for the job he’s doing; they’re fearful of losing him and want to make him part of the institution going upstairs when he’s had enough of his current role.
July 11, 2008 at 18:27
I don’t think there is anything wrong with Wengers salary… and I don’t really have a problem with his stance on wages.
Ade is not worth a world class… if you put him on £80k a week, it would be a huge risk.
Remember, Arsene is the guy who sanctioned £200k a week for Thierry!
July 11, 2008 at 18:29
hmmm.. interesting points there..
imagine how many player tapes you can get for 75k a week!!! lol!!
July 11, 2008 at 18:30
Rico – Methinks he’s worth more than that. Torres cost that and he did far more than him last year: he really did unlock the doors for them. If you took him out of their team hey, we’re on a more level playing field; he rescued them on so many occasions.
July 11, 2008 at 18:42
i hope you guys know that mancini has signed for inter and where does that put quaresma quoting he had signed for a big club hmmm is that us?
July 11, 2008 at 18:43
How do you justify that sort of money? Are they really going to make that back in shirt sales?
Torres was worth £23mill and they pay him £40k a week… Ronaldo wants £300k a week and he will cost the earth!
July 11, 2008 at 18:44
Arsene’s wage should be based on bonuses for winning trophies!! He slates players for wanting more money but is happy to accept it himself.
I have no problem with the money he earns as long as he does his job & over the past few years he hasn’t!!
July 11, 2008 at 18:47
GMR… his bonuses are taken from the cash surplus I am sure of it!
July 11, 2008 at 18:52
I agree Wenger has been making poor decisions recently but I have no problem with his salary, he has given us years of his football life and he could have jumped ship many times over.
I have a go at Wenger but he deserves his salary.
July 11, 2008 at 18:54
I would like Arsen to use some of his salary to get in a decent keeper.
July 11, 2008 at 18:56
pedro where did you read that torres was paid 40 k a week.. he gets close to 80 i think…
http://www.soccerly.com/fernando-torres-got-a-salary-increase/
July 11, 2008 at 18:58
El Tel, if, & its a big IF he earns more than Red Nose, then nobody at the club can justify that. Ferguson’s success far outweighs Wenger’s.
July 11, 2008 at 19:00
I read he was being rewarded with an improved deal this summer. He got 40k a week because of the magnitude of the transfer fee.
Mind you, he still got 10% of the fee!
July 11, 2008 at 19:07
Some of the Whino’s money gets used to keep the Officials happy
July 11, 2008 at 19:07
so pedro what about the facebook thing for le grove?
July 11, 2008 at 19:09
Next season the whole of the North except the Bar codes and Poo will have Mancscum influence. Managers/Coaches ex players. We will get a real kicking next season for playing such lovely Football last season.
July 11, 2008 at 19:10
Torres won’t stay at Liverpool beyond this season!! They can’t afford to buy anyone with these American owners & it’ll only get worse now they’ve started the stadium.
They are looking for free agents or have to sell first like they have with Crouch. Rafa has even admitted they really want Villa but cannot afford him so are looking at other options.
Torres will probably get a big offer from one of the massive spanish or italian teams if he does well again this season & then he’ll leave because he wants success, just like our very own cesc!!
July 11, 2008 at 19:10
How about an end of season party for all Grovers. Rent the Stadium for a night and celebrate our CL success.
July 11, 2008 at 19:14
Who is in crisis Arsenal for losing Hleb,Flamster, Ade and Bertie and signing Nasri or the Mancscum for the 2 reasons why they were successful last season. The Winker will go and queer os has gone already. If Mc Clair comes in we will get the mother of all kickings next season.
July 11, 2008 at 19:19
Where did you get £40k/week figure from Pedro?
Torres earns as much as Gerrard if not more according to one of my pals whose a big Pool fan!
The signing of Nasri will set the ball rolling i feel as more will follow i’m sure.
July 11, 2008 at 19:23
el tel.. we can have eboue dance for us!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 19:28
Facebook thing Choy?
July 11, 2008 at 19:30
I read it on SSN I think?
Teams who pay massive transfer fees don’t always pay massive wages…
£40k a week + 10% of the fee… he still does ok!
July 11, 2008 at 19:34
Gilberto has agreed a deal with Pana in principles and will join up with them once he comes back from his holiday according to a lot blogs.
I wish him all the best for the future, he’s a true gent but his best days as a top class midfielder are well and truly gone i’m affraid!
Good move for everyone concerned…..
July 11, 2008 at 19:37
Well said.
July 11, 2008 at 19:37
yes pedro a group for grovers!!!
July 11, 2008 at 19:38
Last time carlos left manu they wer shite
July 11, 2008 at 19:48
I would love to do that, but I wouldn’t want my face all over a group!
Some people aren’t the biggest fans of the site…!
If you know how to do it, feel free to set one up and we’ll link it into the sidebar!
July 11, 2008 at 19:52
lol…
July 11, 2008 at 19:57
Evening all!
Finally the Nasri deal done and dusted,
I was beginning to have nightmares!
Shame about Gilberto looking like he’s on his way.
If indeed he does leave then I wish him good luck. He has been a superb servant for Arsenal and an excellent professional throughout his time at the club.
I won’t forget Gilberto and what he has done for Arsenal. An excellent player who did a great job for us. He has a brilliant attitude and even when he was over-looked as captain last season and barely featured, you hardly heard a grumble for him.
Young players could learn bundles from Gilberto just by the way he conducts himself on and off the pitch. And Arsenal will miss him, not just his experience but his role in the squad.
I would be more than happy for him to stay, but you can’t argue that at his age he needs regular football and it’s likely he won’t get that at Arsenal.
Can Diaby step up?
He’ll never get a better chance than now.
July 11, 2008 at 20:29
nice write up wrighty… haha always like the way that sounds…
yes it is going to be a make or break season for him.. though he may be headed to milan too.. if he does well..
read it a couple of months ago!!!
July 11, 2008 at 20:38
Cheers Choy my boyoyoy!
What do you reckon? I’d love Yaya to come, he’d be perfect. Although Le Boss will promote from within methinks.
July 11, 2008 at 20:43
Evening Wrighty!
I think Diaby will step up to the plate… if he doesn’t, he knows he is out because you can’t hide in centre mid!
If he succeeds, he will be twice the player Flamini is… and could perhaps emulate Paddy.
That is a big big if though!
I like Yaya, but he looks a but Vieira lite to me…
July 11, 2008 at 20:44
I still think there’s a chance: Hleb for Yaya +£ otherwise it’s a lot of cash in these tight finance days.
July 11, 2008 at 20:45
wrighty… to be honest.. i would not like to see many african players in our squad.. the ACN takes a lot out of them and we’ll be screwed.. i like the look of veloso…
but as poor as we are.. we’ll probably have eboue there.. who will have a breakthrough season and leave for milan the next season!!!
July 11, 2008 at 20:47
Diaby will need someone else to cover for or vice-versa; a big risk pinning the season on him. Hope he’s improved his left foot in the close!
July 11, 2008 at 20:49
Agreed there Choy. Same applies to Ade but he’ll definitely be gone by then.
July 11, 2008 at 21:00
ade’s togo .. if they qualify… seems quite around here… where you from patrick?
July 11, 2008 at 21:11
Think about it
In just under 12 months we have lost our 3 top choices to play alongside Cesc
Flamini, Diarra, Gilberto
There is no question, we have to strengthen that area.
Diaby and Denilson are not adequate first choices yet. In fact going on last Season they don’t fill me with confidence about being back up choices
Diaby is too prone to giving the ball away, just cause he is built like Vieira doesn’t make him a Vieira replacement
Denilson is still too small for me, we need a commanding tough tackler there that can break up play and feed Cesc, Rosicky, Theo and Nasri to work the magic.
July 11, 2008 at 21:15
If not Yaya, how about his big bro Kolo?
Strong, dynamic and his distribution has improved. Then sign a massive ugly bastard of a centre back who will kick the shit outta people!
Re-sign Keown!!!!
July 11, 2008 at 21:17
400!!!!!!!!!!!! If I cant get first I’ll get 400!!!!
Pedro, what time did you get your 1,000,000 comment on your blog last week?
July 11, 2008 at 21:18
I wonder if Wenger is waiting to see who gets the cull from the Chelsea midfield
They are still swamped in Midfield
If we start against WBA with either Denilson or Diaby then we have failed to adequately strengthen in my mind
Maybe he is thinking Djorou, but again I am not convinced. Why can’t we just buy a ready made replacement instead of gambling on youth or converting players positions.
July 11, 2008 at 21:19
I guess we will know about Yaya when Hleb moves
July 11, 2008 at 21:24
Because Wenger Knows Pat!!!
July 11, 2008 at 21:28
I’ll have Essien please after the cull!
Choy – I’m a Londoner, now settled in central France.
July 11, 2008 at 21:35
If Chelski had a cull I’d take……………None of them the Chav bastards!
In all seriousness Essien is a monster of a player. Imagine him and Cesc, fucking hell! We would tear teams apart.
Remember in the paper when Essien had an Arsenal shirt on?!
If only………….
July 11, 2008 at 21:36
I think Scolari said he wanted to cut their squad so I imagine there will be a few coming available
Makele, Mikel, Ballack, Essien, Deco, Lampard, Joe Cole, SWP, Malouda,
I know Lampard is hinted at going, but Essien you never know (He is a dirty fucker though)
July 11, 2008 at 21:38
Wrighty, one of the Aussie boys got the millionth! It was got it at about 1:00 on the Friday!
Essien would be the best player Arsenal could buy this summer… what a player!
July 11, 2008 at 21:42
We’ll both agree on that Pedro but no chance Scholari would let him go and not sure we could afford him but if he was available AW would dip into his own pocket surely!
July 11, 2008 at 21:43
It definately needs to be someone of that Stature Pedro
I honestly think that that CM role is the most important position on the field, it is the lynchpin
Diaby and Denilson just dont cut the mustard.
July 11, 2008 at 21:46
I want a vicious beast in the middle… not a fairy boy.
Flamini was tenacious, but not scary… where are the Roy Keanes/PV04’s of this world?
Our players all come across like child stars… no grit…
Not all of them… but certainly our midfield… bar Cesc.
July 11, 2008 at 21:48
Pat – possibly next year but certainly not at the moment. Will AW see how the early games go before he makes his mind up?
July 11, 2008 at 21:49
PKB!
July 11, 2008 at 22:01
Essien would love it at Arsenal. We play proper football!
I just watched Nasri try on his Arsenal shirt on you-tube. He looks about 12!
I’ve got a feeling we’re gonna like him.
Even if he is only half the player Bobby was then we will be lucky.
July 11, 2008 at 22:03
Why are all our signings “undisclosed fee”?
July 11, 2008 at 22:17
Well thats it for me
Pleased we have finally bought somebody that I expect to see in the starting line up next season.
Hopefully it gives us the ability to stop fielding players out of position on the Wings
Keep It up Arsene, we are still lean manned, and need some more class
What happened to that Bischoff dude
July 12, 2008 at 00:10
we never release our figures for the signings, its just the way it is Wrighty
July 12, 2008 at 00:22
well choy you said it pal !
you have to get a golden star mate !
Friday was a good day for a signing alright !
but wasn’t it more drawn out than root canal surgery ?
the temporary filling was in for like a month at least !
and then arsenal finally rang us and told us our permanent tooth had arrived
at the surgery ..
It was hard too feel any joy like pat said !
only relief ! And the ironic part was it was Arsenal .com that rang us to confirm the tooth was in the building !!!
Proving that this is the ONLY time they are fucking useful ..
when every cunt knew he was coming months ago ..
(minus GMR and DDM )
BBC reported the deal was wrapped up weeks ago and so did every other tabloid !
But A.com gets a very very rare victory !
But i dont think you can accuse the BBC or sky etc .. for not posting the news 1st ..
it was as long and drawn out as a root canal when the final rumors probably hit , they thought ‘what else could we possibly write about it ‘?
Well hats off to A.com and there useless bunch of cunts who run it !
a rare protracted victory !
Ade will go villa will come !
ive said it 30 times before .. but i feel we owe cesc something !
im sure its got to happen !
July 12, 2008 at 01:49
Looks like Bischoff next up. Lets hope the Hunter is after that and then a winger a Keeper and Essien or the like. Then we can rock and roll.
July 12, 2008 at 02:44
i hope the huntelaar info gathers pace, i would love him at the gooners!
that would make up for missing out on torres perhaps?
July 12, 2008 at 03:02
bit of a downer there!
All will be fine – the players will gel around Cesc and the football will be the envy of Europe – CHEER UP
too late for a friday joke?
Three women: one engaged, one married, and one a mistress, are chatting about their relationships and decide to amaze their men….that night all three will wear a leather bodice S&M style, stilettos and mask over their eyes.
After a few days they meet again….. The engaged girlfriend said: “The other night, when my boyfriend came back home, he found me in the leather bodice, 4-inch stilettos and mask. He said, ‘You are the woman of my life, I love you, then we made love all night long.”
The mistress stated: “Oh Yes! The other night we met in the office. I was wearing the leather bodice, mega-stilettos, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat, he didn’t say a word. We just had wild sex all night.”
The married one then said: “The other night I sent the kids to stay at my mother’s for the night, I got myself ready, leather bodice, super stilettos and mask over my eyes. My husband came in from work, grabbed the TV controller and a beer, and said, ‘Hey Batman, what’s for dinner ?’”
July 12, 2008 at 05:25
If Ade stays…..and Rosicky will not b ready for the start of the season …then
this should be the line up against smallto medium level teams
/////////////////Almunia
Sagna……….Toure…….Gallas…………..Clichy
Walcott……..Fabregas…..Diaby………….Nasri
///////////RVP…………..Ade
Against tuff opponents/knock out competetions
///////////Almunia
Sagna……..Toure…….Galllas……..Clichy
////////Denilson/Djourou/Song
Walcott…..Fabregas….Diaby………Nasri/Rosicky
///////////Ade/RVP
This way if Diaby and Fabs are caught up field Denilson,Djourou or Song will sit and protect the defense
July 12, 2008 at 07:35
not bad ricardo!
July 12, 2008 at 07:45
Manchester United have bid £20m for Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov and hope to tie up a deal within a week. (Various)
Arsenal have made an 11th-hour bid to hijack Liverpool’s protracted move for Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry. (Various)
If Man Scum get berbatov i will absolutely spew!
July 12, 2008 at 08:11
Morning all!
July 12, 2008 at 08:23
i smell a new post any moment now
July 12, 2008 at 09:10
ja
your forgetting ade is going ..
July 12, 2008 at 09:12
ade will burn in hell
July 12, 2008 at 09:14
more like…
ade will crash and burn in Italy
but at least he will be well paid for 3 or 4 years ..
July 12, 2008 at 09:15
who knows brotha maybe milan will do a freddie on him and ask him to tear up his contract due to his shit performances.
July 12, 2008 at 09:18
NEW POST!
July 12, 2008 at 09:20
ade is that bigger merc, he would be happy sitting on the bench at AC for 3 years as long as he is getting 120k a week !
or there aboutz ..