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!
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!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yio9zi_GPPs
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?
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!
what a player th14 was.. hopefully tw14 will reach those dizzying heights..
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