So Armand Traore says Tony Adams inspires him with the way he should play, great, well done Traore and a bigger well done to big Tone for the inspiration.
Get him back Arsene, he is just what our defence needs and more importantly he wants to come home, he said so.
We need a bit of English grit in there, and with all the talk from Nasri that every sod speaks French in the dressing room we need a big English character in the changing rooms, remind them how it’s done sort of thing.
Inler has now come out and said he turned us down as have Liverpool with Alonso, so we tried for two players and got snubbed, well that shows us that Arsene obviously doesn’t have the confidence in the squad that he says he does, does it not?
I hope he now gives the players a chance that we know can make it like Ramsey, Bartley and Wilshire, but Coquelin may be a bit too soon.
Bitchslap we’ll all have to wait and see, but hey, who knows, he may be the one, I think he plans on being fit by the end of September so maybe, just maybe we’ll be okay.
Not a lot else to report on at the moment but the Steven Appiah rumour won’t go away so we’ll see if that could be the reason he didn’t sign someone.
Whatever happens, the only new players coming in will be loaners, so as far as I can see that only leaves Appiah or Michael Owen… Kidding on the Owen front by the way!
Only a week to go before we can see how good our new team will be and Blackburn is a great test, so hurry up Saturday week, we’re all waiting.
Have a great Friday Grovers!
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Pedro
Geoff
you’re early today
1st and second
Nice Le Chump Pedro!
Good morning Geoff!
Good post.
I just wonder if we’ve lost a bit of shine amongst players in Europe?
How can Inler want to stay another year in Italy instead of playing for the mighty gooners in the champions league?
He is either:
1. Mad
2. Lying about our interest.
Armand Traore will be back in an Arsenal shirt. Does anyone know where Pompey are deploying him?
I may be naive, but I believe AW if he says he did not try to sign anyone. Perhaps, a query went out as to their availability.. But as you say message does that give the players in the squad.
Nice post Geoff. Hang in there old chap.
Look at Geoff mixing it up with the night shift!
Wow, taking out Pedro/Geoff. I got silver.
I would like to thank my family for the support they have given me, my manager, my trainer, the coaching staff , everyone who knows me.
I’m off to work catch you later.
Nice post!!
Pedro, Traore played left midfield against Everton.
Anyone concerned that Rosicky wont play for us again?
And Hurricane Hanna
Morning Geoff, Pedro. Just got back from holiday but i’ve kept up with the post. Great post as usually, Do you reckon Senderos would be any better had he had the guidance of Tony?
Pedro, re Inler, perhaps he doubted himself.
Does he think Diaby is better than him?
Traore on loan at Portsmouth is just what he needs and he has a great coach,
I have no doubts Adams will provide traore the motivation and inspiration that he needs. They’re testing out 3-5-2 at portsmouth and it’s looking good, Traore has a very important job as both wide men are expected to cover the entire length of the pitch in a 3 – 5 -2.
In fact when he’s back we could try it ourselves.
Almunia
Sagna Toure Clichy
Eboue Denilson Fabregas Diaby Traore
RVP Adebayor
That is good news Mark.
Finest. Where is Nasri in your set up ?
Nasri instead of Eboue
Rosicky is fixed Mark… apparently the problems he’s been having over the years are now sorted!
Adom, I think anyone would improve as a defender under Adams… but you can’t teach people not to drop clangers in my opinion… so I think the Milan move is best for him.
Left mid for Traore? Was he any good?
Inler susposively “turning us down” doesn’t bother me, he no better than what we have already. We could have really used Alonso on the other hand.
Pedro, because Inler knows he is a guaranteed first choice player at Udinese, it’s hard to leave when you’re a key player, at Arsenal he might only get half the games he does at Udinese.
Look at Villa, Real Madrid offered big money for him, he was happy to stay at Valencia because he knows that he became a good player there and that he can continue to be good for Valencia.
Big Raddy, that is one option, there are lots of possible Arsenal combos.
It’s all about us having strength in depth where if one player is unavailable it’s not a problem, we can adapt. When Traore is back we’ll have lots of options on the flanks. Senderos will come back a much better player from Milan.
Rosicky and Eduardo back…..we have lots of options….lots of very good options.
I suppose I should be applauding him… loyalty is a desirable trait in a player.
Morning gents. Sorry for breaking the rules in regard to that BBK character yesterday Pedro. He managed to get under my skin. I think it was the “how can you all support a team that will be out of the race by November” that tipped me over the edge.
It’s ironic that whilst you run a site that isn’t full of AKB’s, as soon as somebody slates the boss and his team we all jump to their defence.
Good post again Geoff, hope all is well. Hope the winds don’t hamper your golf too much. If you hit a PW 385 yards it is probably time to take refuge at the 19th hole.
I am personally glad Wenger didn’t spank £18m on Alonso – the prices are inflated way beyond their reasonable value. A Standard Liege player for £15m – that’s what happens when signings are made for signings sake. A cry-baby Brazillian show pony, for a British transfer record – I don’t want any part of it.
We should have signed someone, if they were available and at the right price. We haven’t, and I fear Wenger has tied himself a suitable noose for pundit to hang him with in August or even January. But we should give him that time to prove his decision was naive, or brave and sensible.
I’d like to see Appiah come in on loan, but we know Wenger isn’t going to bring him in just for the sake of it. Did someone say Bischoff?
Morning all, Rosicky was not injured for years, while playing in Germany for Dortmund he was a regular in the team and scored many goals. His hamstring injury that has kept him out for so long has been an imbalanced muscular problem. This was clearly pointed out by the Czech medical staff who stated that he needed specialized training and exercise to compensate the imbalance. Could it be that he was in fact mistreated/mishandled by the Arsenal medical staff??
We’re not going to sign many players in the future full stop, the kind we sign will be the Sagna’s, Eduardos and Nasri’s, I prefer that route to be honest, quality over repuation.
I reckon Alonso would be worth 18m. He just doesn’t get the recognition he deserve because on an international level he’s got Cesc, Xavi, Iniesta and Senna ahead of him.
Steve, nice post. Deep down, no matter what you may think, we are all AKB’s!!!!
Hounddog, it just shows you that Doctors are human beings and won’t always come up with the same diagnosis or the same treatment. When I was a kid a doctor diagnosed me with whooping cough. He was wrong, because I went to another doctor and they recognised the real problem. Asthma.
Obsinho, I’m not sure that Alonso’s price was over inflated. He is a champions league winner, a Spanish International and he is only 26… I think £18mill is just the going rate for a player of that calibre. When you consider we lumped out £13mill for Wiltord in 2002 and £14million on Nasri this summer… I think it definitely represents value.
I think the issue for Wenger was… if he spent that on him, would it be a waste becuase Denilson could be that £18million player in a year.
Steve, don’t worry about it. I was having problems with him the night before as were a few of the other bloggers. If all you can say is, ‘We’re doomed, we might as well not bother’ then your opinion isn’t of interest. People can say what they like on here… just back it up and be prepared to listen to other people. He wasn’t, so I put him on a time out.
I still think the site and the Grovers are the middle ground … we don’t abide by the ‘Arsene knows mantra’ but we don’t go with the ‘Wenger out, we’re doomed’ stuff either. We’re just realistic.
finestcuts, good morning. I agree with you. If we continue to sign the likes of Nasri, Sagna and Eduardo then I don’t think we will be doing bad.
Obsinho… Appiah is a free agent.
finestcuts, exactly. I just get a little upset when people try to make out it is the players fault. The likes of Rosicky and RVP do not choose to sit out due to long term injuries, these players want to do what they do best and that is play football.
Good Morning Geoff/Pedro.We have to move on now with what we have got and stop talking about the maybe’s ,the window is shut and Wenger has made his decision and at least until January nothing more can be done.The key for me is to get through this month and hope the experienced players such as RVP,Rosicky and even Silvestre are fit and come back ASAP,together with a slimmer and fitter Toure.That will give some more experience to the side.The others that need to step up are Denilson,Walcott and Bedtner and Vela.Diaby is an enigna for me,but I understand his is still injured.Eboue is Eboue enough sadi.We have 3 consecutive away games and after that a better picture can be formed,by us the mere fans.
Precisely – much like Bischoff.
Finest, I when I glance at the comment I saw:
‘I went to another doctor and they recognised the real problem. Almunia.’
I was about to tell you to get another doctor!
Houddog, we all hope the Arsene knows best. Everyone has made their judgement regarding what will happen… now we are all crossing our fingers and hoping the squad isn’t to light…
Indeed Obsinho, but I think the issue with Appiah that Steve raised yesterday is his quality.
What type of player leaves to play in Turkey in his prime?
Why did Wenger over look him last time after Paddy had left?
Why did Fener let him leave on a free?
Hi Pedro, Personally I wish we could have signed Alonso as he could play with Fabregas or play the Fabregas position when Fabregas needed a rest. Perhaps Appaih will be the answer??
Just on a united blog, there saying Rooney’s the long term successor for Scholes apparently.
And we’ve offered Appiah a deal, no sources though.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/09/05/stephen-appiah-offered-to-arsenal-115875-20724738/
Hounddog, I was saying yesterday that the Appiah signing reminds me of the time we all wanted Arsenal to sign Bouba Diop as Paddy’s replacement.
I think we might be clutching at straws…
Bouba Diop was a bit of a joke, I could never see that happening.
Bouba Diop made the most shots on target without scoring last season….
But we all agree the squad doesn’t look deep enough – which is why people have bemoaned Wenger’s lack of signings. Appiah would add depth and experience, with zero upfront outlay. Suits Wenger and suits us?
But if we’re saying he’s not good enough, then how many if the players we were linked with are good enough? Alonso I am a fan of, but not as a first choice – he wouldn’t protect Cesc, and for whoever plays there that it their number one task.
Barry? He may be an international, but so it Wes Brown.
Inler? An average player for an average international side and an average Serie A side. Sounds incredibly tempting.
So maybe we can now see Wenger’s problems – there are players out there with “tabloid” reputations and who a desperate manager may break his club’s transfer record on. But in the current financial climate, and current footballing micro financial climate, spending big on dross doesn’t make sense.
Not sure what I have just said does either actually.
trivia question, can anybody remember what was Plebs goal celebration?
morning all…
traore looked pretty decent against everton.. arteta had to change flanks as he didn’t always get past traore…
appaih looks like a monster… has anyone seen him play?
pierre.. just a high 5 or something.. nothing grand!
AW said a few months ago, that there were players who had values way above thier ability, and contribution to their teams. What we are seeing now, is that he is bang on the money (excuse the pun). Berbs …. £30m !! Come on …. that is £10m more than Ronaldinho, for a player the same age.
I agree with the opinion that AW’s youth policy is the only way forward.
At least he tried Finest!
I think if you talk to any Liverpool fan they will tell you that Alonso is a fantastic player. My boss told me he is a gem of a player and he’d be gutted if he left… lucky him. Alonso can be deployed out on the right… meaning less Eboue action and more productivity when Rosicky is having his customary 6 months off.
The problem with the holding midfield role is that Flamini redefined it for us last year. His game was all about energy and breaking quickly… I’m not sure if Alonso and Barry have the game for that. I think that is why we went after Inler, he is very similar to the Flamster apparently.
Song could possibly be the answer? Diaby has the ability to be the answer… Not sure about Denilson…
This season has been gambled on one of the above doing a Flamini and making the jump…
Pierre wasn’t he one of those players who just shake their hands like chicken wings. But it happened so rarely I a not sure !
Question;;
How would we feel if another major middle east consortium bought the spuds ?
They’d have no problem attracting top players to London.
Kelsey, Toure does look slimmer this year! I thought I was the only one who noticed! haha!
DoubleG. Unhappy.
Hounddog, you are not wrong about us all being AKB’s deep down. I was at a wedding a couple of weeks ago moaning about the fact that we were unlikely to buy anyone. When a couple of mates from other clubs joined in I got the raving fucking hump and jumped to Wenger’s defence. I confused the fuck out of them.
Double G… I don’t think it would be possible for Spurs to spend anymore than they do already!
Pedro, my only train of thought is that the quality and experience of Appaih could only help! However with that said I truly believe the likes of Diaby and Dennilson can step up to the plate and fill the Flamini position. I don’t think our current squad has a quality problem it is just stretched thin. I do not believe we are in as bad a state as some would think. Bottom line is that we have “only” failed to replace Flamini….
well flamini’s energy often saw him at the opponents 6 yard box rather then where he should be.. trying to defend.. poor cesc had to almost the same amount of defending!!
Steve. re: your apology about BBK. No need mate, It was exactly what I was thinking but was too polite to write !
Why oh why does this Appiah thing appeal to so many people? The expects tell us that a footballer reaches his prime between 25-28. Appiah left Juventus at 25 to go to Turkey FFS. What world beaters go to Turkish football for the most productive years of their career?
I have just decided Spurs are fucked. They have spent well beyond their means to get into the Champions league, and had to steal a manager as well.
This has all failed. There is no more easy funding, so in order to give one last push, they have had to sell their best two players (and Spuds fan who disagree can fuck off, and if any of them mention Huddlestone I’ll cut their heart out with a spoon), and wave goodbye to the last shred of moral fibre they had in deciding to let ManU’s filthy lucre remove their fully-founded complaints at tapping up.
Smacks of sheer blind desperation to me. And I am pretty sure lots of people have been moaning that we should be scared of the Spuds. Shame on all of you.
That’s exactly the point Steve. We can moan all we want and voice our opinions but at the end of the day we don’t let anyone else slag our team or manager. I know it may not happen but it would be one in the face for all the big spending clubs if we in fact did the miracle and won the PL this season!! After all we only missed out by 4 points this time and my main point again is that this season we are only missing Flamini!!! Rosicky and Eduardo to return and please please please a fit RVP.
How hapy am I that I am not a Geordie. Their fans love their club, and are seeing it destroyed from within.
8 managers in 11 years !!
Dyer, Barton, Woodgate, Bowyer.
And we complain because we came £rd last year, and havn’t signed anyone in the Window. !!
No, it shows Wenger recognises that we’re light in MF. Who isn’t aware of this?
What it shows is that he’s not willing to go out and just get anyone to put in there. I mean who would have been happy if we’d spunked £11mill on Rieira like Liverpool??
Steve, The only thing about Appaih is he offers quality and experience and will provide some much needed depth to the squad.
Si, Riera is a winger, so I’d be pretty pissed if he bought him to replace the Flamster.
Houddog… if he was so good, he wouldn’t be struggling for a contract in early September.
appaih clips
You’re right Raddy. It all needs to be put into perspective. We have one of the most astute managers in the world and support a FOOTBALL club of great prestige. We have not sold out to thieves and villains and we still have a very good side.
My glass is half full today.
liverpool spent a shitload again didn’t they
According to most articles the only club after him are West Ham hounddog. A club that is famous for buying up geriatric crocks. I think the speculation with Arsenal is either he and his agent trying to generate interest from other clubs or purely because we had tried in vain to buy him before his injury.
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steve.. if he was a target before then wouldn’t a free transfer excite arsene… he lives for this kind of deals!
They did Choy. Just like every year. And what did they win last season? And where were they in relation to the Arsenal kids?
I only have this to say about L’Pool ……. Pennant
I rest my case….
p.s. but they do have the best striker in world football. Imagine him in place of TT.
yup BR and i think benitez was the first manager to come out and speak about man city… hahah….
well to be fair.. Torres keeps getting injured more *knocks on wood*
Pedro. I think you are missing my point. I am not claiming he is a great player or the answer to our problems but I am saying that if it was to materialize we can only benefit from it as he will add depth to the squad. As for the contract issue that is more related to the fact he was injured for a long time and his legal battle with the Turks because he was mis diagnozed and mis treated it has nothing to do with the ability or quality of the player.
Morning everyone,
It would be great to have Adams come in as a defensive coach & groom him for the big one & who better than Wenger & Rice to do that would be good to see Keown is as assistant as well but thats me dreaming
Appiah rumour sounds good fingers crossed even take him on free sell him on at 30 for a couple of million.
If Stephen Appiah is such a fantastic player, available on a free transfer, why hasn’t he got a deal yet?
Finest he has experience and was good at the 2006 world cup he has walked out on Fenerbahce due to them botching a operation
Id rather have him in there than the pass master!!!
Good Morning All
I’d rather have Pedro playing there than Eboue.
Doesn’t mean we should just get another dud in though.
Steve as opposed to Bischoff,Diaby,Denilson,Song,Ramsey,Eboue, aint hardly world class in the DM department are we?
morning rico
Morning Rico
Morning Rico.
Abou Diaby
Monday, September 1, 2008
Abou has a thigh injury and is likely to be sidelined until after the international break.
Tomas Rosicky
Monday, September 1, 2008
Wenger believes Tomas will have recovered from his hamstring injury at some point in September.
They’re both going to be back soon…this month.
afc53, just because the players we have there aren’t good enough I don’t think we should buy somebody else who is as equally inefficient. It just doesn’t make sense to me. I’d rather wait for someone that is likely to improve the team not the squad. I think because we have had such a barron transfer window everyone just wants to see a new face, regardless of quality.
So not much news then, a Vodafone top man, who is a Gunner is being linked to us
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/297439794?-11203
And The Telegraph seem to think we will get Appiah soon -
choy, bobby will soon be in the post
Took me ages to get them out of my head
chary – you behave today………..!
and Raddy, have you stopped singing Abba songs yet!!
Steve I see your point but Appiah was a good player in 2006 we will probarbly not bother getting him anyway as AW sees things we dont Eboue pass master case & point!
Mornin’ Rico…and everyone else….
Eboue, the pass master, is fourth choice DM, after Diaby, Denilson and Song….why would Wenger get Appiah if Denilson has been playing well and he plans to develop Diaby and Song?
Why would Appiah join to play about 10 games a season?
Morning all, lovely clips of Appiah scoring goals – thanks choy, anyone know if he can track back and tackle?
finest – Good! I think it is time that AW started playing the games that other managers seem to play, start withdrawing some of our players for these stupid International friendlies –
Lok at Rafa and Stevie G – plays for his club, needs an operation so has it done during this International break, he then is back for the club game -
Robinho’s available for 9 million on Fantasy football if anyone wants him.
Bad boy Barton to be judged today, i hope they throw the book at him – caught yesterday driving in a bus lane and then through a red light – if that we us, we would get 6 points and a big fine -
fuck too much AKB on here !
you should all ban yourselves
i thought id clicked on ACLF this morning !
Man U paid 30 mil for berbatov because he is worth every penny !
and was the only class in last years spuds team ! Ramos knew it and didn’t want to let
him go ! Red nose is the shrewdest of the bunch .. And he realized even with ronaldo he needs more fire power ! shame arsene and everyone else doesn’t see it !
but we all know we will win fuck all this season ! so why buy right ??
AKB blind faith is taking over !
I think AW actually said that Eboue would not “pass muster”
You only know I like being cheeky, Rico, so you can tell me off !
It certainly is “one rule for and one rule for another” (as Fat Gatt famouslly said) – Barton getting off bus lane and traffic light infringements is just typical – remember ole 65% proof nose got off punishment for driving in the hard shoulder because he claimed he had the two bob bits ?
And as for Pete Doherty, Naomi Campbell et al….
Ethan – not so much blind faith as “we are where we are”. We can only really judge whether Arsene really does know best at the end of the season. If our string of league titles has increased come next May, I will be happy to admit I was wrong.
On this day in 1596, Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java……… fascinating !!!!!!!!!
Good Morning rico,exactly,Wenger should never have let RVP go,fergie does it all the time.
Hounddog,morning as well.I feel because we are all dissapointed about any closing day transfers everyone is clutching at straws about Appiah,he’s like me I got misdiagonozed aswell.
Funny england playing tomorrow and no one is talking about it on any blogs
Ill add to that bud
On this day ‘next year’ WE WILL STILL ALL GIVE WENGER ANOTHER YEAR !
And on this day in 1991, Nelson Mandela was chosen as president of South African………
Sorry I am back on history, it’s just there is feck all else worth talking about !!!!!
And it’s John Carew’s birthday today.
Ethan – are you starting the Groundhog Gunners movement ?!!!!!!!!
Bud – Are you after a job on Arsehole.Com???
Feck me, it’s Friday!!!!!
Paddy was working at the fish plant in Cork when he accidentally cut off all 10 of his fingers. He went to the emergency room in Cork’s hospital.
The doctor looked at Paddy and said, ‘Let’s be avin’ da fingers and I’ll see what oi can do’.
Paddy said, ‘Oi haven’t got da fingers.’
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And Paddy said, ‘ How da fock was I ‘spose to pick dem up?’
And best of all on this day in 1993, Robocop got married !!!!!!!
bud
i didnt think it needed prompting !
Dennis – You besmirch me with such scandalous accusations……… am I really that boring and behind the times???????
Bud – You got the job baby!!!
1997 – On this day, Mother Teresa died
Morning all!
It’s friday………
Tommy Cooper jokes
1 . Two blondes walk into a building………..you’d think at least one of
them would have seen it.
2. Phone answering machine message – ‘….If you want to buy marijuana,
press the hash key…’
3. A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts.
The shrink says, ‘Well, I can clearly see you’re nuts.’
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find any.
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couldn’t reach the meat off the top shelf. He said,
‘No, the steaks are too high.’
6. My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in.
7 . A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted,
‘Doctor, doctor, I can’t feel my legs!’
The doctor replied, ‘I know you can’t, I’ve cut your arms off’.
8. I went to a seafood disco last week…and pulled a muscle.
9.. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the
craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can’t have your kayak
and heat it.
10. Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with
hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself.
11. Man goes to the doctor, with a strawberry growing out of his head. Doc
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‘That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome.
‘Is it common?’
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there anything you can do for him?’
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cross-eyed?’
‘No, because he’s really heavy’
14. Guy goes into the doctor’s. ‘Doc, I’ve got a cricket ball stuck up my
backside.’
‘How’s that?’
‘Don’t you start.’
15. Two elephants walk off a cliff…boom, boom!
16. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
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me a lift?’
I said ‘Sure, you look great, the world’s your oyster, go for it.’
18. Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. There are 5 people
in my family, so it must be one of them. It’s either my mum or my Dad,
Or my older Brother Colin, or my younger Brother Ho-Cha-Chu? But I think
its Colin.
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one says ‘So are you, you fat bast**d!’
20. Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and
the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one
off.
21. ‘You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They
left a little note on the windscreen. It said, ‘Parking Fine.’ So that was
nice.’
22. A man walked into the doctors, he said, ‘I’ve hurt my arm in several
places’
The doctor said, ‘Well don’t go there anymore’
23. Ireland ‘s worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small
two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue
workers have recovered 1826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb
as digging continues into the night
On SSN’s there are a lot of fans talking about Newcastle and KK, I would tell you all what they are saying, but i cant understand them
No offence meant
On this very day, Bud had trouble in the toilet after a particularly vulcanic ruby last night !!!!
Nice post Geoff, i was reading on 4thegame.com. they seem to think we will have Appiah cause curbs left west ham….
Odub – pmsl, well done sah!!
How many more crocks are we going to buy,I have visions of a first world war outfit coming onto the pitch with head bandages,limping on crutches , make a collectors item photo.
Is it that hard to find someone who doesn’t have to go to the infirmary after we sign them,our medicals are like contracts thay mean fuck all.
lol kelsey
Odub – Very funny, I loved TC, one of the funniests guys in the business
Women goes shopping in Autumn with her friend wearing only one glove
‘Why only on glove’ asks her friend
She says – The weather man – he said it might be warm, but on the other hand it might be cold
Kelsey, Good morning. Andorra-England, hardly worth mentioning is it. Barry sends out a rallying call to the English players. Surely he does not think that Andorra pose a threat!!!!!
Odub, I felt a bit ashamed of how much I was laughing at those cheesy one liners!
I thank you!!
houndog, dont even think I’m going to bother watching!!
A mate of mine asked if I thought it was harsh not including Owen and Crouch, I told him what I think is harsh is anyone having to play for a team captained by cunt (sorry Rico), and managed by an overated manager on 6 mill a year!!
What a joke!
kelsey -tofm to you – are you going to watch our shower of …….;)
new day, same arguments…. appiah probably went to turkey for the money – there’s alot of it floating around at the top clubs. his injury problems have been expalined, and resolved. and he’s free FFS…. let’s not get our knickers in a twist over this – if he comes he comes… you complain when we dont sign anyone, and when we have the chance to sign a decent player with loads of experience – YOU COMPLAIN
Pedro, nothing to be ashamed of mate! they are side splittingly funny!!
Odub, it might be worth a peep, especially if you need a laugh!!
Theo is playing apparently – Becks is out, with his wife i think
I think we should have a swear box, and you all have to send the money to me to keep safe!!
Red25, we complain when we sign kids… that doesn’t mean we want older average players who can’t find a club.
How do you know he is a decent player?
I hate to tell you, but there is way more cash floating around the Premiership than in Turkey.
What do you mean his injury problems have been explained? He fucked up his knee so badly that Fener let him go on a free! That tells me there was no value in keeping him.
Our new shirt sponsor is BUPA for the forthcoming season !
An atheist was taking a walk through the woods Majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!” he said to himself. As he continued walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes.
Turning to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charging towards him. He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder he saw that the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically and he tried to run even faster. He tripped and fell on the ground.
He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him. At that instant the atheist cried
out: “Oh my God…” Time stopped. The bear froze. ! The forest was silent.
It was then that a bright light shone down upon the man and a voice came out of the sky saying:
“You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others I don’t exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?” The atheist looked directly into the light, “It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but, perhaps, could you make the BEAR a Christian?” “Very well,” said the voice.
The light went out. And the sounds of the forest resumed. Then the bear lowered his paw, bowed his head and
spoke: “Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive and for which I am truly thankful. Amen.”
Appiah’s knee surgary caused him to have blood clots that were causing him breathing difficulties.. This was then wrongly diagnosed by Fenebache causing a fallout with the club and a problem with his contract extension…
As red said explained yesterday..
Morning all (again) I got up at 4am thinking it was 6am and now it is 6.20am and I have to go, it’s windy here!
Just read about Curbishley, not really a surprise but pleased for Theo, if Rico is right and he plays I think that will do wonders for him as an Arsenal player, so I welcome it.
I’m off out now but as a night shifter (I said night!) I’ll be back later to join my new pals.
No way am I going to watch.if we win 2-0 the media will say we are crap and if we win 8-0 the media will say they expected it.A meaningless game to evaluate players but the points only have the value to the game. Now Croatia is a different kettle of fish altogether.
Walcott should play tomorrow,but he won’t.Ideal game for him.
Another thing that wenger keeps harping on about international breaks.The average game has ball in play for 23 minutes each half not exactly stamina sapping.
David… what does that matter? If he was contracted, and capable of playing… Fener would have sold him. You don’t give a free to a player for no reason.
We didn’t let Willy G go after fucking up his treatment in his first season did we?
The last time that England played andorra it was 0-0 at HT in Barca and the fans booed England off the pitch, I wouldn’t want our Theo to be part of that..
We should of Pedro ….. Mardy,Narcisistic,Bas*ard as you can tell im not bitter!
I can’t stop laughing at that picture of Capello on Arse.com……….. he is our very own Blogmiester Geoff’s double !!!!!!!
Pedro – we can only hope that he decided not to sign and leave on a free, but like you say, I dont understand why he has not been signed up by now IF he is that good –
But if he is good – 20 games would be a bargain??
Bud, that is so harsh!
But True Pedro !!!!!!!!
appiah’s contract situation was also explained yesterday, pedro. you don’t pay attention, i can’t be arsed…
Am I sensing some twisted knickers on Le-Grove????????
I hope they dont play Theo.
bit of a slow news day today, huh?
i’ll kick off a new discussion.
WHAT DID DAVID DEIN DO THAT WAS SO WRONG??
Bud, I am just bored of listening to people promote a player they’ve never watched before.
Facts:
> He left Juve to play for Fener… hardly the sign of a World Class Player
> He is a free agent and the only notable interest is West Ham
> In the last eleven years he has averaged 19 games a season (208)
> He is injury prone
> He didn’t interest Arsene the first time around
Those facts don’t read well and I don’t care about his injury woes with Fener… they mean nothing, he was still crocked in the first place.
Plus, we have song… younger, fitter and probably better.
Or – discussion wise – why couldn’t we keep “Marathon” bars instead of “Snickers” ?
Theo Walcott is set to start for England against Andorra on Saturday, in place of David Beckham. (Daily Mirror)
red – he was all for a take over i think and rebelled against the board, and the idiot sold the russian his shares, i really dont want usamnov or whatever his name is anywhere near our club!!
chary – agree with you on that one, people used to ask me when i was a lot fitter and younger if i had ever done a Marathon, i could honestly say yes – now!! Bloody Snickers!
Another point of discussion…
Why do most spuds fans look like inbred knuckle dragging twat faced raw grass chumping neanderthals?
One of life’s big mysteries I guess
Pedro Fenerbache v Appiah.
http://discussions.ghanaweb.com/viewtopic.php?p=1153054&sid=3476d772f0f75bdd1ab93289ac4df9bf
Odub, you can definitely spot a spud in a crowd… you get the vibe…
i always imagines the rest of the world called it snickers it was just changed in teh UK and Ireland
David, I’ve read it, my heart bleeds for him… but that doesn’t mean he is good enough for Arsenal.
not really odub, there is limited genes to go around so it is perfectly reasonable to assume that spuds fans share their lineage with uncles and auntys as well as brother and sisters, this has been well documented for spud fans
Pedro.. But it also dosn’t mean Fennerbache just let him go as was stated..
chris
That explains it!!
Chris – as they used to say at Sh*te hart lane after winning (a corner) … Gimme 6!
and they are cunts as well, let us not forget,
so pedro u are looking forward to the arrrival of Appiah then?
Forget the snickers let’s talk about the national team. Its not a case of Club vs Country its more a case of get behind the national team with a realistic expection of where we are in relations to the rest of the world. Support your club by all means, but at least unite behind those things that bind us all together and the England football team is one of them.
Some points I believe in:
1. England invented football. Its our national sport. We should all be proud to support our team regardless. For me its part of our national duty.
2. Players who are selected to play for England should be selected based on form not favour and should be proud to put on the shirt and be willing to give there all. They should not be paid to play for England. Any player not giving his best should be dropped in favour of those who are willing to do so (including the captain).
3. All clubs in the English league system should be proud to let their players represent their club at the National level without payment or undue influence. I agree some form of insurance payment should be used to the club if a player is injured and out for a long period of time whilst playing for England.
4. The England manager and coaching team should be English. When all said and done its about showing how good England is vs other countries. Hopefully this would be a catalyst to put in place a proper coaching and management structure in the English League system.
5. The time has been reached when clubs should be capped on how many non-nationals they are allowed to field (ie those who cannot claim English citizenship). The rule about how many years you have been in a country should be scrapped. This together with a better spread of football wealth amongst the leagues with a link to how a club is being financially managed should help bring English players through the system.
We can be inclusive without losing our national identity and we should be proud to demonstrate are allegiance to our identity. If not why the fuck do we keep sending our troops into harms way!
why kid about michael owen, he’s a big english character isn’t he? ;P
Guys who gives a stuff, its all paper stuff and we wont be getting him.
Do I get the feeling that many have changed their views on Song and he should be given a chance now to be ‘that midfielder’
Hope so
Not agreeing with buying Appiah……… but didn’t Anelka do the same thing (go from a big club to Fenebache ?????
Pedro, you are really a stubborn one on this Appiah issue, are you not prepared to budge an inch? No one is saying he is the answer for the future…all that is being said is simply that if he is available and fit and can play, then what do we have to loose. He will be an added strength to the club/squad. Lighten up just a little bit, cheers
James where have you been??
Talking of the ‘Snickers’ v ‘Marathon’ (kinda) debate, anyone out there remember a choccy bar called an Aztec Bar…………..very old skool!!
Did i just read those dreaded words….
‘Lighten up’
Ok, so one point out of 6 has been resolved
Now explain why West Ham are the only team interested?
Chris, I originally like the idea of him… but then I thought about it and realised that we probably have better players available already.
Cameroon didn’t get to the ACN by accident did they?
This is the make or break season for Diaby; in the same way that last season was Flamini’s opportunity. I suspect Diaby knows this and will fight as hard as Flamini did. For the first time he will be given a real go at playing in the position Wenger always envisaged him in. If he fails to impress, he will not be with us next season.
Man City aren’t a big club Bud!
dennis – is that the one that had that hard chewy nougaty stuff in the middle – yum yum
Hi Geoff & Pedro,
I hear Roquet Santa Cruz is going to be fit for the Blackburn game. He is a player I really rate and I would have been more than happy to take 20 million plus for Ade and buy him in the summer. He can score with both feet and his head, he’s 6ft 3ins with good physical presence and more of an ‘in the box player’ than Ade. Also we could have made a 10 million profit on the deal so maybe afforded the extra 2 million for Alonso. We’ll get a chance to compare the two players next week, but I reckon RSC will get more goals than Ade this season
aztec bar?
how long ago DDM,
i know pedro i tend to agree but i assume if we got him we would just sell him to portsmouth in January anyway
I’d rather talk about an obsolute choccy bar than those overrated fuckwits………
dennis – what about The Nutty Bar – i used to love all those peanuts…until i realised i have a nut allergy !! Thankfully though the life threatening one is Brazils only, so please no Just Brazils at Christmas
Pedro, with all due respect, who are you to state which of us have seen a player play or not? Example, you don’t know me from Adam, who I am or where I come from or where I live. Stereo type statements will get you into trouble my friend. No offense but a point that needed to be made.
for OIL kelsey??? not sure you belong on this forum…..
I refuse to get involved in this Appiah debate.
DDM, you still going to NY?
rico – it could’ve been,i know i wasn’t a fan for some reason, more of a Topic boy myself………..
wispa, end of….
me too dennis – i used this site a couple of years ago, the sweets even come in paper bags, just like when i was a kid!
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/
chris – Late 70′s, early 80′s ………….that’s correct, yes rico??
Ah yes, the bar with squirrel s***e in every bite
red25 what’s your problem two digs in two days.
Richest club in the world Pedro…….. do you not read the news????????
I am being facetous by the way Pedro……. you obviously had a few beers last night and didn’t have time for your Weetabix this morning as you are raging like a “Dangerous Brian” !!!!!!!!!
oh rico, u have done me a seriuos favor there, a sweet shop that sells (suitable for vegatarian ) jellies, you are firmly on my christmas card list
Spot on dennis – 1970s
Song, has matured from a strolling kid who looked a bit lazy and lightweight to a rather scary muscular player who combines skill on the ball, incisive passing and physical presence.
‘The Nutty Bar’…………….now that rings a bell, but i can’t place it, it’s not good having a nut allergy on a Saturday night after 10 Guinesses, half a bottle of Bacardi and a keeebab Rico………
chris – thats why i use it, i love jelly sweets but the geletine stops that, Thorntons have just bought out jelly sweels for us non meat folk, bloomin lovely, and really fruity
Man City are the richest club in the world……… have you not seen the news Pedro???
I of course am being facetous as I think there is a strong possibility Master Pedro went out on the Raz last night and did not have his Weetabix this morning and is on a rage rampage of the scale not seen since “Dangerous Brian” !!!!!!!!
Man City are the richest club in the world……… have you not seen the news Pedro???
I of course am being facetous as I think there is a strong possibility Master Pedro went out on the Raz last night and did not have his Weetabix this morning and is on a rage rampage of the scale not seen since the days of “Dangerous Dick Darstadly” !!!!!!!!
if u wanna come here and talk about football, fair enough – if u wanna talk about other stuff – you’re opening yourself up to ‘digs’
Connoisseur of the 2006/2007 Turkish championship Houddog? If you are, I assure you that you are in the minority.
I didn’t mention specific names and I certainly didn’t stereotype, but as far as I am aware, you’d have to go to pretty extreme lengths in the UK to watch Turkish football… in fact, you’d have to be pretty bored in general to watch Turkish football when you have Serie A, La Liga and French football available to you.
So I stand by my original statement… most people championing the Appiah cause have not watched him in any great detail.
I am bored of this debate. So we’ll agree to disagree on the matter… If Wenger signs him great, if he doesn’t… I wont be surprised.
Odub – NY is still on, but for various reasons we’re now off to the land of the burger on Thursday 4th December now, you still going at the end of the month??
I’m with Pedro on this Appiah issue as my comments in the past days shows.
At best Appiah was a poor man’s Viera and that was b4 he moved to a big club, Juventus. There is no point taking on a player who has not played for the best part of a year.
It is unfair to compare his situation to Bischoff’s as Bischoff is 21, likely to develop and on considerably lower wages. Moreover, I understand he is owned by a Sports Group just like Tevez which makes the deal more complicated (see Youngguns). If I remember correctly, Wenger has suggested he is unlikely to sign such players. Appiah is a player that has been sounded out for a long time and if Wenger was going to sign him he would have done so years ago.Why sign him when he seems to be on a downward spiral??? We might have as well have kept Gilberto!
Dare I say, the only big club Anelka has played well for is Arsenal
Back to the chocolate debate
red25says. What does OIL mean???
all things chocolate today is it!
Bud, you’re not wrong… maybe I need to give my self a time out…
Hopefully when I come back Appiah will have signed for Grimsby…
chris – I think you’ll find that The Wispa , quality product that it is, is one for the laydeeees my friend……….
Chocolate – a much better ‘Topic’
red – thats a tad harsh!!
bounty bar, end of!
DDM goind in a couple of weeks, back first week Oct.
Who’s having digs at who?
Let me at ‘em!!!!
No way dennis, too much chocolate and not enough Nuts!
Odub – the red one is just melt in your mouth stuff…. Mmmmmeeeeeeeeee
Pedro, Why so touchy? No need for sarcasm either. I thought this blog was about people having different views and discussing them or is it a rule for one and a rule for others?? You are stereotyping when you make a statement that people have not seen him play when you have no idea who the people are that you are refering to!! I agree we agree to disagree.
u poxy git, i was thinking teh same thing about topic but i was too polite to say it!
bounty is also gay
Rico – A quality site indeed……….
and there i was thinkin i was on le grove, not le cadbury
Bueno all the way
Snickers for a busy day
Texan Bar !!!!!
Frys Turkish Delight – a happy medium between chocolate and Appiah……. !!
And Double Deckers when they had fruit as well in the buiscuit bit !!!!!!
IMO, they fucked with perfection there in the same way Wenger did with the Invincibles !!!!!!!!!
Hounddog, that is generalising… and I think it was a fair generalisation to make.
Who watches Turkish football? My Turkish friends don’t even watch Turkish football… they are too busy watching Arsenal!
Bloody hell Bud – I had forgotten that one, orange wrapper, and the chewy inside.. I think i may have got this one mixed up with the Aztec bar
fcuk off is bounty gay chris!
nasirdane the joy of this site is everything is discussed mixed in with Arse talk. Got no problems with that at all!
how did I spell Biscuit there??????????
Odub eats bounty! haha! Definitely a gay chocolate bar…
Cliff Richards eats bounty..
chris – who is a poxy git??
Crunchie Bar roools ok!
No Odub, Bounty is gay……… in fact it is a statistical fact that Bounty’s are only to be eaten by Gay Men, Women and Old Folk in Retirement Homes !
And you can check that, its in the Bible, so there !!!!!!!!!
gday all, great to be home early tonight from the pub and great to see king kev on the outter! knob!
Cliff Richard does not eat chocolate, he drinks red wine with tea cakes…. no, not fairy cakes, tea cakes!!
it totaly is,
“oh i like chocolate but it makes me fat” “its ok darling its mostly coconut”
yorkie is obviulsy not
turkish delight, galazy, minstrels, malteasers and topics are for the ladies oh and the last rollo
So Theo up front tonight? Or out on the wing? I hope he has a blinder!
Theo eats bounty because he is sensitive.
Welcome Evo – Odubs Gay !
Excellent analogy there Bud………
rico DDM, for calling wispa a ladies choice
Tonight. Is In-Ger-Land playing tonight?
Evo, do they have bounty in oz?
Chris… that was hilarious!
International week eh?
Le Grove is THE site for a Football/Choccy Bar parallel universe………..
met him in a gay bar
Sorry, tomorrow!
I am so uninterested in England I don’t even know the dates!
Same question stands…
Winger or Striker?
Someone made the point the other day that Denilson didn’t make the Olympic team which was supposed to be Under 23.
Bud – I having been missing out on a whole new experience all these years, I have been eating the Dark Choc Bounty Bar since Lord knows how long, Martina Navratilova has never knocked at my door
Maybe I am just soon to be in the Retirement Home
bounty is nearly no1.
do u guys have cherry ripe?
The Bible never lies Dennis my old friend !
Trouble we have now is how to get O’dub out of denial and let him know that it is OK to be gay and we are cool about it !!!!!
Gob stoppers who remembers them!!!!
:):)
PS – Fry’s Peppermint Cream…………..Chaaaaaaaaaamon!
the liberace of chocolate you have their DDM, bet Odub likes that as well
Wenger eats W(h)ine Gums
actually no, you dont have cherry ripe you poor bastards, i remember when i lived there i was depraved for so long!
fuck a duck ill ship some over!
Rico, if I am mistaken, you are a woman, so its OK. As I say, it is legal for women in most counties to eat Bounty. If memory serves me right, its just Essex and Lincoilnshire that have it banned !!!!
number one chocolate in, as geoff says, the gay capital of the world, nuff said
Gob stoppers… the most pointless sweet in the world… but it was a man challenge… it tasted bad, the label said it would last forever… so you had to defeat it over 3 weeks…
Kelsey, I do
Bon Bons – and dare i mention Cadburys finger of fudge……
winger, a failed striker will set him back for us pedro after the experiment
Leave well alone Rico for f***’s sake………….. you’ve gone well overboard there !!!!!
Pedro. Okay we have both made our points, end of discussion, let’s now move on.
Picnic is a manly bar disguised by a camp name?
gob stoppers are for the poor or the old
LOL Pedro
Oops – thought you wrote Gay Men and Gay women Bud – like i say, retirement home looms!!
RED25. I still don’t know what you mean by OIL???
Chris, you are on fire!
Who remembers the famous Mars Bar Marianne Faithful (sorry rico)
Yes Pedro but they were cheap in a jar I recall
Lion Bar for us chaps and as Rico put it, a Finger of Fudge for the ladies…….. there you go, peace and rightness restored !!!!!!!
Bud – What did i say??????
Odub – I think you’ll find that The Bounty Bar is definately one for the laydeeeeeees too!!
Kelsey, are you poor or old???
You bought out the Bon Bons Rico, that was out of order !!!!!!!!!!
PS – However, there’s nothing wrong with showing your feminine side Odub!!!
kelsey – none taken, especiall sideways!!
chris – gob stoppers are for those who talk crap, i am going to send Andy Gray some
what about the left handed mars bar released on april fools day, that was a ripper!
Was joking !
What is wrong with Bon Bons Bud
Odub – stop hiding – get out that closet
bounty bars are too small, they are for kids, i like chocolate to be big, like a dirty big slab of fkn cadburys whole nut, I also am partial to a picnic but they are not substantial enough.
What about munchies… the most expensive chocolate in the snack machine… I just never had 50p to get them!
See comment above your last one……. was being silly !!!
LION BAR – THE GENTLEMANS CHOCOLATE VAR !!!!!!!!!!!
Pierre… don’t try and man up cadburys whole nut… that is verging on diet chocolate…
ok so you lot have lost the plot! I maintain the taste of a bounty bar is bliss!
But seeing as I’m fighting a losing battle hear, my second choice will have to be a Lion, now you cant tell me that’s gay can ya?!!!!
LION BAR – THE GENTLEMANS CHOCOLATE BAR EVEN !!!!!!!!!!!!
you guys must be in dire need of a dentist or about to be so do drop me a line sometime we give good discounts. i’m afraid i can be of no help to the lady heading for the retirement home.. my cousin does good hip replacements tho
laters chaps
Hounddog,I am old and roughing it down here in the costa del sol,by the way chocolate is crap here have to go gibraltar for anything decent.
Rico I don’t believe you said that,these young ones don’t know what we are talking about
LIOn is for gay ppl in denial
yeah kelsey that marianne faithful story, my dad asked her if that was true she didnt comment,
gobstoppers i never was fond of except the everlasting wonka ones with diffrent flavours (fyi they didnt last, but did find an orange pubic hair once but that is a diffrent story)
Welcome to the “Mans Man Club” O’dub. A very stately and Straight Guy like 2nd choice there !!!!!
pedro, the nuts ar one of your 5 a day fruit and veg, its quality on my opinion!
Exactly Mandada… it’s too obvious Odub… Like Cliff coming out and denying he is gay because he fancies Jordan!
Bud – I know you were joking, numpty…..
I have not got my bon bons out!!
pedros right fruit and nut is out as well
Mandanda – Wash your mouth out you foul being……… Lion Bar is the choice of the Straight Man……… they even found it written so in the sacred scriptures !!!!!
chris, my friend, have a hit a nerve there, my whispa eating chum………ha ha ha!!
a lion bar is a castrated picnic bar.
chris that story went round for years naughty boy Mick Jagger
get on the hersheys highway
a lot of africans i know hate chocolate
OK then………. now beat this one for a mans bar…… a DRIFTER anyone?????
Empty
2 manly chewy crispy sticks covered in chocolate that satisfies the hunger of real men like Bear Hunters and Lumberjacks !!!!!
Pedro can you please remove that link asap if poss – ta
Why do a lot of women over 40 prefer chocolate to sex
Chocolate Sex – Isn’t that banned till you’re 21???
good call Bud, Drifters were the dog’s proverbials.
How about your WORST choc bar? I cannot abide Boost bars, that biscuit in the middle makes your mouth all dusty – either be a biscuit or a chocolate bar – ONE OR THE OTHER.
I’m pulling out of the Odub baiting… If Odub advertised bounty… it would be a manly chocolate bar, trust me! Odub vs Mr T… it would be a good fight!
Kelsey, it’s because chocolate doesn’t care if you’re fat.
if someone just logged in here they would think we were mental who cares only until sunday week to name every chocolate ever produced.
i have an arguement with my wife over smarties.She says they all taste the same,I say they dont especially the orange ones which have a definite taste anyone agree
Just had a vision of Odub and Mr T wearing Dresses squaring up for a fight…….. quite funny that !!!!!!!
So chris calls me gay for enjoying the odd bounty, and he is partial to….. WISPA!!
I say no more!
Too much sugar coating Kelsey…….. coats your teeth for days !!!!!!!
Pedro – I have just emailed you
Kelsey I have the same argument with my mrs re peanut m&ms!!!
Seb, got it in one mate!! lol!
Bud who’s talking about teeth
Chaps & Chapesse – Any thoughts on the Caramac Bar??
Odub – I already identified the Wispa bar as being one for ‘The Ladies’, and chris slaughtered me, touched a nerve there methinks!!
My thoughts exactly DDM!!
o’chris does have a rather touchy side to him doesnt he?!!!!
Odub – Maybe we should offer him a peace offering, maybe a Walnut Whip!!!
what is wrong with wispa, ist just chocolate,
then again so is flake and that is as feminine as, well, feminax!
DDM you are shit hot today!
mmm….fry’s turkish delight
What ever you say girlfriend!!
Not very manly at all Dennis…….. In fact Caramac’s are for women in unhappy marriages or going through their menopause. Luke, Chapter 5, Verse 4 !!!!!!!!
I go with Bud. The Lion Bar is King.
It is the Elvis of Chocolate Bars.
Bounty … Gay
Topic ….. Rubbish
Drifter …. Pants
Picnic …. Poor Man’s Lion
Walnut Whip … !!!
Nearly all of those bars are unavailable here because they no longer use real chocolate.
chris – don’t be all defensive fella, get out there, defend your right to eat a girlie choccy bar, stand tall, be proud to be light in the loafers…………..ha ha ha!!
Do you guys get Dime Bars. Taste fine but fuck up your teaath.
Bud- lol
Dime Bar, is that the Pro-Evo version of a Caramac ????????
their is no consensus here,
i like aero,
Big R – How can you just dismiss the Topic as ‘Rubbish’, i’m sorry but you need to back up your argument fella…………
My girlfriend eats a lot of Caramac. I had better pack my bags Bud
i like aero, there i said it,
I like malteasers chris, so we’re even!
its the fifa version of caramac, bud
wtf is lion bar, sounds gay x2
chris – i take it the peppermint version???
i love malteasears odub
Dime bar gay… pfff!
Back off Chris – You are going way too far…….. what next a Curly Whirlie ??????
OK DDM.
They were good when they first came out, but then they took out the cherries, and then they reduced the nougat. Then they stopped putting real chocolate around it, replacing it with “chocolate-tasting” chocolate.
The final straw was when they started selling them in Gay Bars and “Sauna’s”. At least that’s what I am told….
mint has no business in confectionary, if you want it minty brush you teeth or chew some gum at the same time, never did get that
hmm curly whirlie, the best thing about a kids birthday party,
Everyone loves Maltesers. They are Old School
I’m going to the pub!! I need to re discover my masculine side!! :evil!
Have fun!
Excellent recovery there BigR………
Toblerone is the adulterers choice, a sort of penence for overseas exploits,
Pedro – did you get my email please ?
You can tell it’s Friday again, this place is insane, i’m sat at work pissing myself, and getting strange looks from everone………….fucking excellent………
enjoy the wine odub
I think Yorkies try too hard to be macho -”They’re not for girls” etc, I think Yorkies need to come out of the closet.
Topics are rubbish, end of.
Anyone remember Aamzin Raisin Bars from the mid-70′s?? Mars Bars with raisins …thats the 70′s for ya.
OK, OK, if Arsenal were a choclate bar, which one would it be???
top stuff DDM, calmed everybody down in the process
A rolo… good to look at but a bit soft in the middle!
Toblerone – Now you are talking………. Got to be the big ones though and must be refrigerated so you run the risk of snapping your teeth when you bit into it !!!!!
No Rico?
Toblerone…………ha ha ha!
thank fuck there is something else to talk about other than the bollocks football….
Pedro – you ignoring me
Rico, don’t take it personally………. Pedro has the hungover personality of Rose West today………… I think he was on the WKD Blue !!!!!!!
There was a time when the Peanut Yorkie was the ‘Thinking Man’s’ choice. But it all went tits up with those trucking adverts.
And of course, they too are not real chocolate anymore.Just check the small stuff – it says “Chocolate Flavoured”.
Fair point there Pedro, if a little disheartening!
I have re-sent Pedro, HELP!!
what about Wispa’?
They were my fav, and I bought 3 boxes of them, when they came back last year
Chelski would be Ferrero Roche – expensive, nasty and nobody likes them..
wagon wheel
Arsenal. ? Could be a Milky Way.
Thanks Bud, I will be more patient then
wagon wheel was the ducks nuts of chocolates back in the day
mark c, i only got the single bar from that re-introduction,
great point abides,
wagon wheel, taht brings me back to primary school,
I agree with the post about Toblerone’s being the choice of adulterer’s . Paricularly the Giant one’s that you can only get in airports.
Ring any bells Bud ?
mark c – Wispa has been well and truly harranged for the lightweight (girlie) bar that it is!!
Off for a pint!
Wooo hooo!
do they sell WKD in pints?
or is that only fat frogs
That’ll be J2O’s!!
it is all gay anyway, deliciuos but gay
Bud – you still here?
If Arsenal were a chocolate bar it would have to be something really smooth and sexy, not expensive, something that all other chocolate bars would want to be like but just couldn’t – has to be a Twirl I’m afraid x
Twirl? a left field choice but i quite like that as well,
Its really gay but no one can knock the taste factor on a ‘Milkway Crispy Roll’….
I always buy them then lock myself in a dark room and eat them, so glorious
Boost – Now your talking chocolate, or a ruffle anyone remember those!
I’m here…….. just had to break off from Chocolate Pleasureland to do a bit of work for a moment…….. most inconvenient !!!!!
Too much biscuit in a Boost……..
I foooooking love Twirls……… so chocolatey and errrrr chocolately !!!!!!!
STAR BAR anyone????
What about double deckers?! there like a camp chocolate bar but still well nice?
afc53 – you can still get ruffles. There is a Cadbury Factory shop near me that sells them in packs of six
Arsenal can be like a Double Decker bar – completely different in each half………….
Star bars are well nice, not sold alot but still well nice
ruffle? the rasberry chcolate thingy?
settle down Bud. Chocolate & star bars could lead to chocolate starfish:)
Done the Double Decker Dr Whiff (tongue twister !!!!!)……… I believe they were better in the good old days when they had a bit of fruit in the biscuit !!!!!!!!!!
You can get those little Chocolate Stars….. they’re made by Milky Way, my little boy loves them !!!!!!!!
wallnut whips and wagon wheels used to be massive when I was a kid, now they are fuckin tiny! Or maybe my hands just grew.
Has anyone heard any hurricane updates recently
Plain or Jam ones Pierre????????
gnarlye are the called moro or boost in oz
Never tried on of those Gnarley……… are they wafer or Noughat ??????
yes Bud, thats a point as well, the jam in wagon wheels now adays is pitiful
gnarley, u are quite disgusting, chocolate star fish!
chris I do believe you can get boost.
not only are season ticket prices escalating out of control, we’re being robbed blind by the dereriorating quality of chocolate bars!
have we done Mars by the way?
What about the chocky covered Turkish Delight. Bloody lovely IMO
gg9 – It’s apparently gonna be seriously wet ‘n’ windy, oh hold on that’s just me after that suspect curry last night!
Thedude – Ruffles were great as a kid but I have not seen them for years
Bud, i am having a worry about my earlier link to Marianne Faithfull gave access to my PC when clicked on – did you by chance click on it – if so, please put my mind at rest
Has anyone tried those dairy milk with chocolate inside !!!!! lovely
A rolo… good to look at but a bit soft in the middle! said pedro he’s talking about Theo
Actually the supreme is Bendick’s Bittermints caked in real chocolate and cocoa
OMG! No, Mars Bars haven’t been mentioned yet, what a schoolboy error!!!
holy shit there is some amount world wide,
what is a triple decker?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_products
DDM – I had a wicked curry last night. Goan Chicken Piri Piri, Chicken Pathia, Boiled Rice, Caulliflower Baji, Sag Panir and a Kema Nan, washed down with 2 Jumbo bottles of Cobra………… better than any damned chocolate bar I tell you !!!!!!
The choc star fish is very popular around inner Sydney, like Oxford Street, etc
Oh yes they have DDM
Yes, but closed immediately !
Bud, do you mean the Milky Way Magic Stars…they are glorious, but sometimes you go into the pikey shop and there all white where they’ve been there so long but if you get a good chef with them then you’ll be fine!!
I am a sophisticated Ripple man as well
fuck me we missed the obvious the cadbury blow job sorry flake
rico the link is gone now and it was juts a link to wiki, dont panic,
….
Bugger, thanks Bud, my fears confirmed then, i think pedro sorted it pretty rapid though, bless him
Chris the triple decker is brown, white & strawberry chocolate block. We have it here by cadburys.
nothing beats a Babe Ruth bar or three musketeers from the USA!!!
Kelsey, do you even have teeth….
I’m sorry, but i’m gonna play my trump card now, i’ll see all your pikie UK choccy bars and raise you ANY chocolate made in Belgium…………Chamon Mutha Funglers!
a triple decker chris is whrn eboue falls over having missed the ball and lands on his face and we get a freekick
next DDM you will be saying bourneville is for purists,
A ruffle & a bag of cheese or tomato snaps ….. God is it really 1983
RICO – To put you further at rest, I am a married, respectable business owner that has known Geoff and Pedro for over 20 years on a personal level, so I am not some random nutty cockhead that is interested in plagiarism !!!!
Kelsey – Twirl far superior IMO you get choc on the outside too xx
DDM
I’ll raise you Swiss choc
HOUNDDOG all specially made not bad for a bloke nearing 40
Bud
thats why i asked you
lol kelsey,
hounddog 250 million fat americans cant be wrong eh?
DDM – As I am in fact Belgium, I must concur with your most accurate assumption of Belgiums finest !!!!!!!!!
gnarley are you meaning chocolate starfish as in milky way magic stars or as in a chaps rusty bullet hole?
DDM – have to go with you on that – Leonidas white choc with white inside and a nut yummy!
bud if u were so respectable why were you drinking in chelmsford?
Bud – Excellent call fella, i love Goan food, i could only manage a Mutton Jalfrezi, Tarka Dahl, a couple of plain nan breads and a couple of litres of Pear Cider!!
What about our medical staff. There favorite is have a break have a Kit Kat
eh? when was I drinking in Chelmsford……….. you’re scaring me now Chris !!!!!!
Re. Ray Parlor,
Pierre
When it comes to Oxford Street, Sydney, its a rusty bullet hole, so I’m told. But speaking of Chocolate bullets, I could/used to eat a bag of them when I used to get the munchies. Licorice covered with chocolate.
Who on God’s green earth mentioned Yank choccy, forshame on you and your offsping!! The yanks know as much about quality choccy bars as they do about making cars……………..bugger all!!
…and theres clinkers, choc covered sultanas, Old Jamaca Black Gold (thats great), & ofcourse icecreams well don’t start me there.
That was Billericay…….. and talking of that pub. I’m off there now for a couple of Fosters (work beer – light and low and don’t make me slur). See ya’ll in a bit !!!
Fosters Lager, Fosters lager, in a can or in a glass
Its the health food of the Nation,
So stick your icecreams up your arse
Good Night God Bless
Bud – Are you fella, i work three/four days a week in Brussels, where are you based fella??
peaches – Not a bad call, but the best is either Neuhaus or Corne Port Royal chocolate………..phwoarrrrrrrrrr!!
What about the original Munchies & Mintolas mmm mmm
agreed ddm, what cand of a wimp brand name is nestle? didnt they buy up Rowntrees and Terrys (of York),
Night george
Mintolas…………….omg i think i’m gonna start drooling now!
I shall leave you with “Tootie Fruities”……… thats it now though, I really am going for a beer !!!!
afc53 – ruffles still exist, ask you local confectioner.
Damn right DDM – our American cousins don’t put enough sugar in their confectionary but shove in peanuts instead.
I can’t believe there’s been no mention of that seasonal fav the creme egg???
DDM with a bag of cheese or tomato snaps!
i once had to survey a sweet factory for work, they gave me a big bag of diabetic lollies, of course I ate them all and was then sh*tting throught the eye of a needle for about a week!
afc53 – you are clearly pregnant with cravings like that – anyway, definately off this time !!!!!!
well does anyone remember a ice cream called toffee nose !!!
ho boy ! that was1973 ish !
kola cubes and pear drops !
hmmm
the only thing i miss about England !
pedro , surely appiah would be better than eboue though dont you think ?
i mean in several seasons eboue has done anything but impress !
and just because he has moved again to another position doesnt mean he will play with any more vigor
afc53 – a controversial call there fella!
kola cubes, fuck me i’d clean forgotten about those bad boys………
Anyone remember the ice cream pzazz??? a multicoloured ice lolly with 1 flavour nice though
its a quiet news day today isnt it.
Oh……. we halfway there, oh oh!,……. we’re livin on a prayer!
I think should replace the ‘wonder of you’ at the Emirates.
Laters everyone have a good weekend im off to weight watchers lol !
Can Appiah be a less worth a gamble than Bitchslap???
At least Appiah has a track record and experience………
afc53 – I reckon they should change the music to the theme tune from Steptoe & Son!!
bon jovi will not be tollerated,
I think we were linked with Appiah a season or two ago – he may not have set the world alight when he was at Juve, but neither did Henry.
when the kids sign at arsenal they get a kindersurprise
Right, has it is raining small animals out there I tell ya!!
The pub wasnt even enjoyable!
You lot still discussing choccies and lollipops?
Anyone remember WHAM bars.
You had to be a man to get through them, tough on the teeth
Westlife- What makes me a man?
“Tell me what makes a man…..blah, blah!”
Quite apt with the youngsters.
If Appiah was a chocolate bar he’d be a Crunchie, looks exciting but when you buy one it’s invariable broken inside.
yeah mark i do, a lot of clones came out after that with the wierdo sugar shit as well
lol seb,
id say a flake for teh same reason
Fruit Pastilles anyone?
Gorgo bars were green Wham bars with black bits in, evil shit, made your tongue go weird.
yeah Seb that is the one, i remember it well when i had my first one,
i love pastiles but they are not veg friendly
Odub – Sorry fella, but Fruit Pastiles are just a girlie version of American Hard Gums!!
yes i agree DDM
appiah must be a better option than relying on eboue !
as for the injuries he’s sustained . well given the recruits we’ve just
all put faith in ! And more importantly just accepted !
im sure most of you must have the room for a little more
and like you said at 27 experience playing series A counts for more
than a few seasons in the stiffs !
so if arsene takes him ! im all for it !
ive seen him play for his country before and he looks very strong !
a midfielder who likes to shoot !
sign him arsene
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=2JkF8O3QtD8
Fruit Pastilles are not girlie DDM!
You’ll be telling me crisps are gay too in a minute!
hello Le Grovers.
i think Appiah can do a Job for us. iv seen him play for Fenure and he could be our own Essian,
buying Bitch slap was a bigger gamble so Appiah would be the safer bet if i had to pick one out of the two
i mean of course they arent going to show him on you tube tripping over his shoe laces !
but he does possess a shot on him !
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=71qnXOQXjbM&feature=related
They are compared to AHGs, those jaw wrecking bad boys!!
Now there’s crisps and there’s KP Beef flavoured crisps……….
Odub
i liked the fruit pastilles with just the black ones !!! – black currant ?
if i got the normal pack i would always get 50% green ones !
!!!
Worst Crisp flavour… roast chicken walkers… the taste stays with you forever…
Paulinho
nice choice of song !
also level 42′s
its over ?!
Ethan, they do packs with only blackcurrant now!
if ade was a chocolate bar he’d lick himself to death ;0
aPPIAH WOULD MOST PROBABLY BE FIT JUST IN TIME FOR THE anc
Crowded House.
“Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over…….hey now…..”
pedro, roast chicke bloody stink as well!
Was about to say that Pedro!!
Only found out about a month ago!! I looked at them and thought…
”why hasnt anyone made me aware that you can get these sodding things in blackcurrant only?!!”
Re Crisp flavours worst ever…. Marmite!
If ADe was a chocolate bar he’d be a chocolate coated marzipan bar, initially great, but then leaves a nasty taste in the mouth……..
Ethan, not sure of that one. I think the title says it all though.
candy legrove?
Chris, you got that right. I own a home in Naples Florida, everyone is mostly fat and/or retired. Great Golf though!!
Nice song for Tomas Rosicky!
Pickled onion Monster Munch, they are EVIL!
Marmite is King!
David,
I had the misfortune of trying one those once, they are absolutely revolting!!!!
worst flavour reville, coffee!
I dunno if anyone’s posted this already but this sells all the old sweeties, brilliant!!
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/index.php
i have never been hounddog, just giving in to the stereotype,
Closely followed by Bovril flavoured crisps………
M&M’s: The Theory of Evolution
Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species.
To this end, I hold M&M duels.
Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger,I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.
I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theatre of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.
Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.
When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to: M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc. Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3×5 card reading, “Please use this M&M for breeding purposes.”
Old time sweeties….
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/index.php
m+m’s are just ripped off smarties, the peanut ones are ripped of treats.
choy – wtf!!!!
hell no, m&M taste better,
Revels are just ripped off Paynes Poppets!
Choy,
That was quite disturbing!
Just got this at work, if you’re under 30, look away now!
THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!
If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears
With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When
they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning
… Uphill… barefoot.
BOTH ways
Yadda, yadda, yadda
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,
There was no way in hell I was going to lay
A bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it
And how easy they’ve got it!
But now that… I’m over the ripe old age of
Thirty, I can’t help but look around and notice the youth of today.
You’ve got it so easy! I mean, compared to my
Childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!
And I hate to say it but you kids today you
Don’t know how good you’ve got it!
I mean, when I was a kid we didn’t have The Internet. If we
wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and
Look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write
Somebody a letter, with a pen!
…Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put
it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3′s or Napsters! You wanted to
Steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and
shoplift it yourself!
Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and
the DJ’d usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
We didn’t have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you
Were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy
signal, that’s it!
And we didn’t have fancy Caller ID either!
When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school,
Your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you
Just didn’t know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn’t have any fancy Sony Playstation video
Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600!
With games Like ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘asteroids’. Your guy was a little square! You
Actually had to use your Imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or
Screens, it was just one screen Forever!
And you could never win. The game just kept getting
Harder and harder and
Faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!
You had to use a Little book called a TV Guide to find out what was
On! You were screwed when it Came to channel surfing! You had
to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and
there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons
On Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I’m saying!?!
We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled Little rat-bastards!
And we didn’t have microwaves, if we wanted to heat
Something up we had to use the stove … Imagine that!
That’s exactly what I’m talking about! You kids today have got it too easy.
You’re spoiled. You guys wouldn’t have lasted five minutes back in 1980!
Regards,
The over 30 Crowd
Barton has a 12 match ban, 6 suspended! Bastard
Barton got a 12 match ban (6 games suspended)..
You win Rico !! you have faster hands than me..
Odub – shall i take you back to the 60′s………
Top Rant!
Spangles and Sherbert Fountains – Yummy
hahaha
rico, was that the yellow cylinder thing witht he sherbert in and a stick of liquorice sticking out the top, good sweet that was!
Opal Fruits……………made to make your mouth water!!
I always knew what time Tiswas was on Odub!
Oh and the Big match.. QP fuking R TV I mean..
are the english games only on setanta?
CHris yup!!
For the first time ever, an England game will not be availableto watch live or on a highlights show on free tv….
I’ve got setanta and still wont be watching! Is that bad?
I remember when you only had 4 TV channels… now you have 400 on Sky!!
Euro Dance Competition on BBC1 – thats what I will be watching, and of course after Shrek –
Odub, and viewing is still poor!!
i actual dont understand u english guys not watching the national team,
anyway that is a disgrace, teh matches should be free as licence payers,
sky tried that here and there was uproar so now all matches are on sky but the competitive are on the regular stations free,
how can a irish owned tv station charge u to watch an english game?
I cannot support any team with Rooney, Terry, Lampard and Cole in it…
chris – by the same token that given a choice, i’d choose Arsenal to win the CL rather than England to win the WC…………
chris, not worth getting all wound up, because they (the players) dont give a monkey’s anyway!
Too right re an Irish broadcaster charging English folk to watch their national team, scandalous, the FA dropped the ball there big time!
ddm, hell yeah, I still get a lump in the old throat when I think about the CL final in Paris.
county over country DDM, that is normal mate,
but i know what you are saying how could you watch rooney terry gerald and enjoy it,
it would be like if roy keane came back, for me, ghastly!
david spot on!!
said the same at around 11.15 I think, Terry – England captain?! do me a favour!
What pisses me off more with England they think they are so fu**ing good that they are going to win everything..
Then every time they play like s**t..
this is a good read…..
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article2461460.ece
well final point as i leave for the day,
if ireland make it to the world cup, come over here, you wont know what hit ya!
the country stops for drinking, and a bit of football,
mr nostalgia is going to be sick he missed out on the afternoon confectionary banter (charybdis)
I leave the grove for a few hours and it’s turned into a Candy shop!
I didn’t know all these things about Bounty being gay and what have you…but no I do thanks to the le-grove sweet awareness programme, thank you for educating the masses about their choice of confectionary.
England v Andorra, piece of cake…..Premier League superstars versus a conference team….
finest, bit like Chavski v Barnsley in FA Cup last season
These over payed, under achieving arsewipes shouldn’t get payed for pulling on the three lions, like they’re not payed enough as it is, it should be enough to be selected.
Can you see that salad dodger Lumpolard putting up with that………cunt’s got no redeeming features as it is………
DDM. They give all there wages to charity (that bits good)..
Brown – manc cnut
Terry – full time cnut
Ferdinand – flash cnut
Cashley – do I have to draw you a picture?!!
Bentley – see Terry above
Lumpard -fat cnut
J Cole – over rated cnut
Rooney – thuggish cnut
The list is endless, hence I’ll be watching Ben 10 on the Cartoon Network with my likkle nephew!
that CL final was probably the most emotional I’ve ever been for an arse game!! Was completly deflated.
Chris, I make everyone else on here right… supporting a bunch of cunts is no fun.
Especially when they are underachieving bottler cunts…
I love my country… but I can’t stomach the footballers.
I didn’t know England players got paid either, it’s the biggest honour a footballer can get (apart from playing for Arsenal), being chosen as the best in your country seems to have lost it’s meaning.
Finest, they get paid and they all donate it into a charity trust fund… probably the most admirable thing they do becuase they don’t publicise it.
david, they give the fee they earn playing for England to charity yes, but it’s not much, and the overpaid twats would only use it to pay off their gardening bills anyways!
Yeah it sucks when you have footballers who make you feel ashamed rather than proud and you’re asked to support them. They’re all prima donnas, that’s their problem, they don’t play with passion or with a team spirit.
Odub, depends on what you think of a million pounds..
Check Le Exchange Grovers.
david – Are you totally sure about that fella?
A new Team England Footballers’ Charity has pledged a minimum of one million pounds to good causes up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Football Association (FA) told its official Web site (www.thefa.com) on Saturday.
A million quid David? That seems a bit extortionate!
Has anyone seen the season ticket on offer in Le Exchange?
I doubt it’s that much david, thought it was a 4 figure sum per game.
Oh right… in total! I thought you meant a game!
Pedro There not on your wages!!
Yep, seen that ticket, good opportunity for someone without a season ticket………..
Sorry david, thought you meant their fee per game too mate!
Good offer that ST, can’t take it up as in the midst of a major life changing expense! So I’ll stick to my red membership and the odd tickets from my tout Bud
I would love the ticket and thanks to the chap for giving us the chance, but it would cost me about £ 3grand in diesel on top now I’ve moved.
By the way it takes about 2/3 days to express a letter to the u.k. from here and about three weeks to receive one if you are liucky.(re the post for over thirties)
Rico we forgot those little pink sweets called shrimps
The worst thing about so many live games is that spout trash for about 3 hours before the game itself
It’s good to get the ball rolling!
I’m sure you’ll get takers for it Pedro.
Once the international break’s over and the hardcores come back to blogging, it’ll go in a flash.
Is it beer time yet???
It’s always beer time!
DDM, that is trick question right? IT’S ALWAYS BEER TIME!
Friday night fever has got a hold of me!
Apologies for being the rage machine this morning… hangover and appiah combine like beer and redwine cocktails…
Odub, it is unusual for you to be online at this time?
bitchslapppppppppppppp…………
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/bischoff-on-course-for-first-team-chance
Pedro, what are you insinuating aye?!!
Mate, it’s the start of the month so everyone’s too busy for the pub!
Either way, I’m off in a sec, meeting some nutters for a drinking session closer to home.
Tonight i shall mostly be drinking Champagne at the Long Bar in the Sanderson Hotel…………happy days!
you guys sure do drink a lot don’t you?
Choy,
They make it sound like that the fatc that he will be back in training in a matter of weeks is great news!!!!
He was signed injured ffs, at this rate he’ll play 40% of the season!
Great news!
Choy, are you being beerist? Discriminating against us because we booze?
That is low…
I bet Bitchslap becomes a revelation!
yeah odub.. they have nothing else to post.. in case he does become a revelation.. i think he will retire at the club… seems very grateful to the club!!!
choy – jealousy’s a terrible thing my friend, and doesn’t sit kindly with you!!
hehe pedro.. cheeky bugger
choy, have to do something to relieve the stress of being an arse supporting londoner!
tonight I drink alone!
wouldnt it be good if bitchslap turned out to be a great player!
DDM..
Rather than posting that load of old cobblers on Arsehole.Com they would’ve been better off having a full on debate on old skool choccy bars………
wouldnt it be good, thats a song by nick kershaw
wouldnt it be good of Ade stayed onside
even if it was for just one game….
I’m offski folks, have a good one, I’m heading for the victoria line!
Wish me luck!
Pierre – Wouldn’t it be hilarious if because of his time away from the game Bitchslap had actually forgotten how to play football…………..
and now just look at pierre’s avatar… hheheheh point proven ya’ll !!!!
I’m hitting a bottle of red tonight… it’s vintage as it has now been sitting in a dark cupboard for 3 months now… hopefully it tastes great.
It’s LE GROVES BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!
Make sure you all drop in to say hi and make sure any cash gifts are sent via pay pal
if you dont have alcohol how do you get through the international break weekend?
well said pierre.. so you a fan of peroni or…?
Good luck Odub, i shall be off myself soon for a night of druken debauchery and soiled pants!!
i looked at some of the le Grove archives earlier, back in the old days you used to get 1 or 2 comments a day, i even grabbed myself a first on one of them. Incredible how the good word has spread, and a credit to those who run the site.
this is THE arse site for me… its really a great thing you’ve got going on here pedro/geoff.
and the people we discuss things on are SUPERB….
choy, i love the stuff but its a bit expensive for my tight northern budget, so i ususlly go for the 1664 or the dirty stella.
Right, i’m back, whats happened????
Just been into Superdrug to get my stash and saw they were knocking out packs of Chocolate Santa’s for 29 pence………… last years stock OBVIOUSLY Pedro before you get excited and fire up the Pedromobile to get down there and grab yourself a Wenger style bargain !!!!!!!!!
*people we discuss things with
is 1664 the french beer?
just thought i’d put in some great “Thierry Henry-Stats” for y’all, it’s been a while since i did that!
So here it is:
Thierry Henry scored in 166 games for Arsenal and of those 166 games Arsenal only lost 9!!!
So to sum it up, we rarely lost when our former master scored!
Total Stat is:
166 Scoring games, 127 wins, 30 draws & 9 defeats.
Thierry is still the KING!!!
But is he as King as the Kingsize Toblerone?
what a player th14 was.. hopefully tw14 will reach those dizzying heights..
choy, it is indeed, kronenberg (or is it belgian?)
my mate got charged £6 for a bottle of tiger beer at centreparks, ripoffski or what!
and how i get through the international break without alcohol is:
Marjiuana & 20 hookers….
yeah i think kronenberg is french beer…
feck me.. 6 for a tiger beer.. no thanks !!!
them toblerones that are 3 foot long, fkn stupid they are, how you supposed to get them in your fridge!
ray goo0ner, are you that formula one bloke in disguise?
break it? they still got that foil around them no?
haha but i can imagine the ordeal
Theo Walcott has scored in 7 games so far with the record of: 4 wins, 2 draws & 1 defeat…
Well, he’s on his way…
Cheers Pierre and Choy!
I’m off now to hit the long road ahead!
Keep it easy Grovers!
Notably: Alex Hleb only scored in 10 games for Arsenal but sadly to admit we won all of them…
Phew! Just back from my pre-drinks poo, now i’m offski myself, keep it real Grovers.
Up The Arse!
what about Rosicky, his scoring to wins stat must be pretty high?
see ya pedro.. m off to get some grub..
ray g.. interesting stats.. thank feck he’s off.. at least nasri scored in 2 and we’ve won two.
choy are you the dell boy if so how much is a decent laptop with english keyboard,for my daughter here in spain,if not sorry to bother you
kelsey .. i would say in an unbiased view.. dell gives you the most bang for your buck.
please visit http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=es&l=es&s=gen&~ck=cr
I would recommend the Inspiron or Studio line
Fabregas has pretty good Stats:
24 goalscoring games: 21 wins, 2 draws & 1 defeat…
and Adebayor:
38 goalscoring games: 30 wins, 5 draws & 3 defeats…
but the best current player is Robin van Persie:
38 goalscoring games: 34 wins, 3 draws & only 1 defeat!
Krone is French Stella is Belgium………. philistines !!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks choy will look it up
always a pleasure kelsey.
Rosicky has only scored in 12 games for Arsenal, but we did win 11 of them and only lost the 1 time…
choy where is the best buy to get one
See I am being ignored now, so I shall bid yee farewell !!!!!!
Good weekend Grovers !
WOW !
i didnt realize they were not produced in the UK !
george can back me up on that ! used to sell them in Oz ..
blackcurrant fruit pastilles only ! remember those ! ??
ahhh you guys your pulling my leg ! !
Rowntrees is a UK company how can you not of known of them !
you just dont go to your local sweet store !!!
there you go lads !
http://www.rowntrees.co.uk/range/fruitpastilles.aspx
picture 4 !!!
the package has changed a bit thou !
it used to be like the 5 flavor 1′s !
just all black !
now the blackcurrant and strawberry at No. 5 ive never seen !
my son would love that !
and dad possibly too
I’ll leave you with 2 other masters:
Ian Wright:
134 goalscoring games: 93 wins, 27 draws & 14 defeats
Dennis Bergkamp:
103 goalscoring games: 79 wins, 14 draws & 10 defeats
bye folks!
hey bud ..
it was more like sweet appreciation day than a history lesson
ray you forgot ade!
Is anybody out there.I have been thinking very hard about this arab dynasty taking over city,will we see the first 100 million pound player on 500000k a week,you know who will suffer first.It will be Chelsea because Abramovich has been top dog and he cant compete anywhere near with the limitless funds from a group who are not there for the winning,just for taking part, and know nothing about football.It wont benefit the game,because we will see the same players,just at a different club,and if Abramovich pulls the plug Chelsea will go down the plug hole.
A chelsea defender spat at the referee(at the olympics) and got a one year ban from all competitions. Joey Barton assaulted his teammate and got a 12 match ban. What a travesty of justice.
kelsey what do you mean by best buy?
I meant where is the best place to buy one or are they the same price in every country,choy.
best is US.. i can give you a website where they have discount coupons.. so you get a couple of 100 dollars off.. not sure whether those coupons work in Europe though.
here my good man.. please check the site below:
http://www.notebookreview.com/dellCoupon.asp
Right Guys, I am off to the States for a week and a bit, happy blogging and lets see if Appiah is a Gooner when I get back.
Maryland, did not get in contact as my itinerary for the week is pretty full. If it frees up in time for the Blackburn game I will log in and send you an E-mail. Thanks for the offer though, we have Grovers all around the globe now so it is good to know you can get some local intel on what to do and where to watch Arsenal. No doubt I will out on the tiles in Bethesda tomorrow night so might see you there (I will be the very drunk English one, especially if I win 95m Pounds on the Euro Lottery tonight and If I do I am going to buy Wenger a Midfielder in Jan)
Have a good week guys
Thanks choy,I will go and look at one over here first,though they have spanish keyboards.
see ya pat… have fun.. take care
PLEASE bring APPIAH!!!!
I have watched him for both Juve and Ghana and have always thought he was REAL quality…
This was 2 or 3 years ago, but I knew it then.
I am telling you guys you wont be let down….he will HARDLY PUT A FOOT WRONG, much like such favorites as Cesc, Nasri, Clichy, and Sagna…..
Kelsey, I’m not sure the impact of Man City is going to be as great as everyone is making out.
Abramovich coming to the UK didn’t push the cost of players up… it only pushed the cost of players up for Chelsea and it only pushed up chelsea’s wage bill.
Man City won’t sign a £100million player, because they wont need to… who is worth £100million in world football right now who would go to Man City?
Ronaldo? Kaka? None of these players… plus, you can’t guarantee that you will get performance out of a player for more than 2 years… look at what happened to Ronaldinho.
Man City may pay over the odds for players, but I don’t believe you’ll see them paying hugely over the market value. DIC didn’t offer over the odds for Liverpool did they? They are still business men at the end of the day.
We’ll see some movement in the summer, they’ll try and sign all and sundry… but I don’t think the impact will be as great as they are making out.
You can only play 11 players…
Hey Ray Gooner, have a look at RVP’s stat record (all games, cup and League…for Arsenal)against Blackburn.
I have got 2 STs but am desparate for a spare ticket for a cousin from the USA. Who wants to flog me a spare.
Hull match sold out
I will ask around Goonerman
My advice would be to ask again on Monday mid-morning, when the crew are on-line. That way more people will see your request
Cheers Raddy
pedro
Kelsey, I’m not sure the impact of Man City is going to be as great as everyone is making out.
Abramovich coming to the UK didn’t push the cost of players up… it only pushed the cost of players up for Chelsea and it only pushed up chelsea’s wage bill.
It also push us out of the top 2 for the 1st time in many years !
its ludicrous dont you think that people say money doesn’t buy success ?!
well when you use the term BUY ! it usually accompanies money !
no one can deny that Chelsea are NOT a world force in football since the new owner took over ! back to back EPL titles c.l finals ! man .. they have come from zero to hero in a remarkably short space of time ! he might of bought the title ,blah blah blah ..
but at the end of the day they are winners and pushed out of our tree !
If the wenger proto type really worked , dont you think we 1stly would have won something by now .. and 2ndly it would have been adopted by other managers
they dont adopt wengers principles because up to date they have not worked !
and this year in all honesty for us will be the biggest fight ever to hold on to what we have !
frightening ! really , i think some gooners are slow to react , or are hoping for a miracle
,whilst what we do or say really doesn’t make a shred of difference , it would be good to come to some consensus that if we fail again this season the measures to resurrect the club must be taken on !
Drastic measures that will make heads roll !
its killing me seeing what our club has turned into in the past 4 years !
we might as well be leeds !
weve gone from odds on title holders every year , to media scape goats
that gamble every season on our top 4 hopes continuing !
There was one season ticket in the exchange at the top earlier goonerman..
Ethan you always talk as if Wenger’s never won anything.
And When were we odds on title “holders”
Since the Premier league started The mancs have been Favourites most years.
It’s also a myth to say Chelsea have come from nowhere as the were top 4 before Abramovich.
Hi, Finest – what was the name of that website for speeding up your pc ? You mentioned it a few days ago. Cheers in advance.
chary with respect to faster software and indeed finests advice, u really need to install windows and start again,
ccleaner is great bit of software (crap cleaner is it correct name) its teh john smith’s of free applications failing that, just google “ccleaner”
also clcik start, run, type “msconfig”, click ok, u will see system config, go to start up and uncheck the things u dont use or be really brave and uncheck everytyhing,
particularly things like quicktime google adobe in fact any thing that says updates it is all system hoggers
Evenin’ Grovers, whats shakin?
fuck me pierre.. this day won’t end… its boringggggg at work here!!
can anyone tell me how i go about getting tickets for away games, do i have to have a red membership and can i get more than one? cheers
hey choy!!! the day is drawing to a close for me my friend, im here at home on my own (wife has gone out) with tiger woods on the x box and cans of 1664 for company, bliss !!!
where do you live choy?
Cheers Chris, I’ll give ccleaner a go. I did think about re installing windows but that takes ages.
evenin’ chary, who is it in your avatar, and is 1966 your DOB, you whippersnapper you?
Evening all from hot sunny spain.We have gone off topic,my point was that abromovich instead of being the big fish in the pond will become the little sprat compared to the arabs,who know fuck all about football and have unlimited resources and will not come into football for the gain,just for a whim,and that will destroy football as we knew it.Pedro argues they can only have 11 players but a squad of 30 is not unrealistic with huge salaries to boot.Do you think players like Ade would think twice if he could double his wages again.It will be a merry go round with the same players but at a different club.If we had bought one or two experienced players we would be able to compete better this year,but things will soon get out of hand and if Chelsea aren’t top dogs abramovich could just walk away,and what happens to chelsea then.There is no immediate answer for us but the game we once knew will change dramatically.
Drunk as hell and after an argument at work (for which I was blameless) no longer employed. Anyone know of some local wine shops/merchants after a genius let me know
India pierre..
fucking hell jimmy, thats well bad shit fella, where are you based?
cool Choy my friend, Gooners of the world, unite!
What an excellent site this is, fuck all news today and still heading for 600 posts (although the great chocolate debate may have helped)
back to football, in a few years when hopefully the Yanks have pulled the plug on Manure and the Chave are bankrupt, we will be fighting for the title with the thieving gippos and man shitty, plus our youths will have matured and those who havnt been sold will make us a fecking solid team, the futures bright, the futures Arsenal!!!
Andy C if you are desperate to go to a game you can buy them from the club hosting, you just have to sit among the unwashed and keep schtum when we score.
If we needed a winger /striker, then Podolski would have been good.
He is not happy at Bayern..sitting on the bench.
Too bad we are not short in that department. We have Theo, Nasri, Vela and Rosicky coming back.
You’d love it at Totenham!
imagine sitting among those cunts
i have done that a few times now and its, well, crap to be honest. Ive got a red membership but if i want to take the missus im screwed, not shelling out for another membership for maybe two games a season
damn.. that would be shit.. haha.. ja gunner.. all wenger was in the market was presumably a CM or flamini replacement.. and we didn’t get shit..
but it is what it is.. blackburn couldn’t come sooner….zzzzzzzzz
where are you based pierre
im in sheffield (england) and im going to Blackburn on a freeby!!!
Hope we stuff them!
good on you.. yeah hope so.. they’ve conceded seven goals so far.. the highest in the league as of now..
At he moment Cheltenham but am looking for a move back to the capital. Keep those eyes peeled
Hey c1996, there are a few good tools.
Ccleaner is definitely recommended.
Cachemanxp is a great utility, a must have, when installed you manually have to select chacheman’s cache control (19mb cache should be fine)
http://www.download.com/CachemanXP/3000-2086_4-10257919.html
Advanced windows care will restore your registry settings:
http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html?Str=download
Then you should also defrag your HD, this will do a very good job and quickly.
http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html?Str=download
This will disable any evil programs that may be residing in your PC and prevent them from being activated in the first place.
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html
Those 4 are very good progs.
Also if you’re using Windows firewall, it’s crap, Comodo’s is industrial strength, it can even handle full on DDOS attacks, their antivirus is also very good.
am off grovers. nite all.. nite pierre. jimmy…andy c
choy, its because they got paul robinson in goal, he’s absolute shit!
u guys familiar with a site called grooveshark? stick in your songs and grooveshark will find em, save em as a playlist and its all free u get music when you want it whenever you are on the pc, good shit
michael Says:
September 5, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Ethan you always talk as if Wenger’s never won anything
michael your only as good as your last season !
tell that to all the managers that have fell by the way side in this environment !
Im aware of wengers past ! and thats all it appears it will be now!!
its pretty naive of you to think we can get anything from our current bunch !
however you have it your way ! id rather be a winner than a historian !
just a little post to say i believve in arsenal(even more than arsene) and we will do well this season.
Whats happened to the nightshift?
The way that Ade played against Newcastle, scurrying about like a menancing taranchula, I think he enjoyed himself. Maybe that is more his natural game, running @ the defenders; taking 2 or more defenders with him.
With the unfortunate circumstances with respect to RVP & Eduardo last campaign, maybe Mr Wenger asked him to take on the striker role more, which doesn’t really allow him to totally express himself. As it turned out we bloody nearly won the league.
I know I might cop some flack over this assessment with Ade, but he does get around doesn’t he, the big fella.
im gonna be kind on you george and not comment !
however i will say this 3 EPL games no goals ade !
the only goal (the twente goal) theo set him up on a plate and spoon fed him dinner
like a cripple in a wheel chair ! theo also did this in the AC away game – and the liverpool C.L game !
GOD BLESS THEO ! the most underrated player in the arsenal line up who creates something from nothing ! and get plenty of shit for it ! yet ade can get 90k a week and scores fuck all , flirts with other clubs ,head butt team mates , has 11 game goal droughts , 64 offsides in a season .. and every cunt still loves him !
Arsene play jack ! he’s itching to be a 1st 11 regular !
and we can do with a class injection !
Ethan
I know & agree with you on Ade not scoring yet this campaign. But what i mean is he can take defenders with him & run @ them as well, which, in a climate of AW not making signings is good/a positive for the team. I, like you, agree as an out and out scorer he is frustrating but maybe that is not his game. Only time will tell.
Anyway, how are you anyway me old aussie cricketing mate
Arsenal are considering offering Steven Appiah a contract after the player admitted he would relish a move to the Premier League. The Ghana international is now a free agent after being released by Turkish side Fenerbahce and can still sign for any outside the transfer window.
Arsene Wenger is keen to add to his midfield options after missing out on Gareth Barry and Xabi Alonso during August and Appiah looks a suitable candidate. The 27-year old has also been linked with a move to West Ham United in recent days but as yet nothing has materialised and Appiah has welcomed the interest from the Gunners.
“There are contracts, there are talks – I can’t say anything yet,” said Appiah. “I am not going to put people off, my agents are talking so I have nothing else to say.” I personally think Appiah is a tremendous midfield player who would benifit a lot of sides in England, including Arsenal. He wouldn’t cost the club a penny (apart from his wages) and I feel he could prove to be an excellent signing.
If Appiah is fit again, he’d be ideal.
To some extent, I agree with Ethan re Theo. I have looked at a few re-runs of our games – he does give possesion away quite a lot but this more often down to others – hospital passes and poor movement.
Re Ade, we need one of the statto-types to work out how many goals he has scored against weak opposition – and how many goals have actually contributed to points.
If there is any question over Appiah’s fitness, we should leave him to the East End- Icelandic alliance.
Hello fellow grovers!!
If anyone would tell me what Senderos said in his final interview it would be much appreciated!!
Onya Cesc
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=851546
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=569648&sec=england&cc=3436
Morning all,well Cesc has already told the sheiks were to put their money,good on him.
Catfors,IMO because of the dissapointment and in my case surprise,of not signing one experienced defensive player,the minute we are linked with a possible free signing crock,everyone goes overboard about Appiah.He is another injuy prone player and there is a big IF as to return of fitness to the player he was 4 years ago.This is what gets me most about Wenger,he sees the players on a daily basis and for the last 2 years RVP and Rosicky have had one injury or another and never recover completly before they are injured again.To some extent Diaby is the same,Silvestre though experienced the same and even Wenger admits Bischoff is a gamble.One can’t rely on these players and he has had at least 3 transfer windows to rectift the position.The squad is so young and although we have already debated the captaincy,there are no other options at the moment.Wenger may not be on the pitch but his great belief in moulding youngsters to his ideal way of playing football doesn’t always come off,i.e.Fulham.We are to dependant on Cesc,and a blind man can see that.
trindle
i think he scored 1 goal against man U the year before last , he seemed to play well Vs spuds and the newcastle last season .. Yes i know what you mean ..
when you consider of the 24 scored last season in the epl 3 or 4 were penalties 9- 10 goals v’s relegation bate teams .. it leaves about 10 goals in about 30 games !
1 in 3 games when your the teams sole focus is not good enough and has always been my point!
you know the funny thing is i dont know why wenger didnt sell him ! ?
it really makes me question wengers eye for a class player !
he sold anelka quick enough for cash !
that bit of business could have gave us a good striker and a good DM for the money !
and everyone was happy !!!!
but now everyone is blaming the fact we aint backing him !
Fuck ! what a joke !
it seems the excuses can never end !
He must score next game ?? even defoe has got 1 for pompy !
Wenger will not experiment with the strikers role either .
i fear it could let us down in a big way if he cannot find the right pairing !
Ethan – other than the chances-goals ratio, the thing that gets me is the number of offsides. How many times are Theo, RVP or even the great Dane in comparison … hardly any. He is responsible for almost all of our offsides.
On the positive side, seeing Carlos Vela’ introduction was more than welcome – like Nasri, he looked totally at home. Reyes with knobs on.
We’ll back him if and when he delivers – he’s got to prove himself to us not the other way round … I don’t know of any Gooners who threatened to support another club unless the ticket prices came down!
Hi Ethan,
Had AC really offered £30m for Ade, Wenger would have bitten their hand off. Trouble is that others can see Ade’s statistics, and that is why no-one signed him when he obviously wanted to go.
That said, I do like Ade. He never stops trying, is skilful on the ball, and good in the air. But would I swap him for Villa, Torres or Santa Cruz. You bet I would.
NEW BIRTHDAY POST! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!
Two yars time I see our front line as Eduardo and Vela, with RvP playing a deeper Bergkampy role.
If we can keep Nic happy with the occasional appearance (& I very much doubt that), we can sell Ade,.
Ade is a cunt
he shouldnt play up front
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