That by the way was a song in the Jimmy Cagney film, the Roaring Twenty’s. It has to be you- ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. And I loved Jimmy Cagney.
Tony Adams has said that, ‘I think Martin is feeling that sitting on the sofa at Match of the Day and Football Focus is the way forward’ Ooh that’s a bit bitchy! So if that’s the case then it means he won’t be joining us unless it’s as a part time defensive coach.
If that’s the case then what will happen with our woeful defence? Coming up to the big game this Saturday I’d like to think he plays his best options in there and that has to be Djourou and Gallas.
Why the boss is so ridiculously stubborn when it comes to Johan versus Song is beyond me, even a blind man who is president of the Alex Song fan club can see who is the better option.
We’ve never conceded when Djourou has played and against Fernabache he looked like he’s been there all season.
Wenger’s belligerence is beyond me, stubborn can be an admirable trait but stupidity isn’t. It’s a stupid trait. Play Johan in there and at least the rest of the team and 56,000 fans at the Grove will feel a tad more comfortable.
What to do with the midfield, me; if fit, I would go with Nasri Cesc Ramsey Theo and put Vela up top with Bendtner or Diaby up top Vela and use Bendtner as an impact sub.
I suspect Diaby will make up a five man midfield and he’ll play him in the hole. I would like to see Jack Wilshere get 20 minutes, he could be to us what Rooney was to Everton that fateful day when we lost our unbeaten record to the young Shrek like creature.
We are light on the ground with forwards so that’s a poke in the eye for all those who said in the summer, we don’t need to buy another forward, that includes me! It shows you how many players you need in a squad that’s in the Champions league these days.
Have a great day Grovers, tomorrow is the decider, well for us anyway.
No!
i voted for song too..
supporting our players geoff!! eheheh
hello lads how is everyone doing?
i see JD won the Vote then lol
hey.. raif.. hows it going?
Choy, he shouldn’t be one of our players. Raif not if it had been left to Paul and Choy.
Geoff. Lucky everyone else had enough sense to vote for JD lol
Choy. hello there mate alls good now that im in my flat there was a Fire in our Block of flats and we had to evacuate.
These are the actual quotes from Arsenal.com:
“You can expect Arsenal to be active tomorrow at 12.45 and for the rest January is a long time away. I believe that this team personally is very strong and recently they don’t get any credit. But it’s a good moment for this young team to grow together, show resilience, show strengths and an opportunity to be a strong team in the future.
“Good players can always help you but I believe at the moment I have good players here. I do not want to focus on January and I am not sure at all that I will buy.
“The solution is not always to buy players. The solution for me at the moment is to trust the players I have because I trust their strengths and I trust their intelligence, so let’s show it.”
THE MAN IS COMPLETELY MAD
Toure as a DM does not solve the long ball problem. DMs need to be good headers of he ball and need lot of stamina to cover ground. I think AW is on record saying Toure does not have the stamina to be a midfielder.
hi choy,raif evacuate sounds a bit scarry.
kelsey.
yeah mate the fire was on the floor bellow mine. lucky for me the fire was in the flats on the opposite side. so nothing happened to me. but i feel sorry for our neighbors as there flat will be full of smoke and the firery smell and so on.
the guy who actully got his house burnd to a crisp was pulled out by the fire Brigade lucky for him.
but the guy is bit of a crack pot from what i have heard from other people.
there not suprised he set his house on flames.
but the men & woman of the fire Brigade got my respects tonight seeing them smash the doors down and running into a burning flat
by no means do i support what he is saying kelsey but did you expect different?
if there was ever a sure bet its Arsene defending his youth policy pre game
same ol ,same ol
every time with the hypocrisy from this guy cause if we don’t show well tomorrow he will blame them for all the reasons he stands behind them
but credit to the guy he may just be, right now, the sole diluted believer in this current squad
but goddamn i still secretly hope ,all my senses tell me not too but still in my heart i fucking hope
I am not at the game tomorrow but for those of you that are there please also raise your game.Especially the cunt that normally sits next to me.Club level Block 51 back row 201 and 202.Watch the whole game for a change and make some noise.
great post btw
hey kelsey.. how are you doing.
fuck hope alls well with you raif.. hope its not a sign for things to come tomorrow
choy.
thanks, and i hope so aswell. but having said that Dreaming of Fires is Bad. actull fires i have no idea LOL
having said that i think im going to listen to
tom jones “burning down the house”
Evening all, I’ve just read an article on the News feed, claiming Arsene is unlikely to buy in the January transfer window. Hopefully he’s just bluffing, I know he’s not one to buy in Jan, but without some reinforcements I think we will just about manage finishing 4th. On the game tomorrow, what are the chances of Nicci B having 3 bad games in a row? Surely he’s due a good performance. I’m going for 1-1 draw, as I believe we will score first, then get pegged back.
i think the last High Profile Signing we made in Jan was Reyes.
i could be wrong tho
raif we actually bought ade in january.
the trouble with nicci is that he is a lazy sod,you wont see him tracking back and he’s not the fastest.the limelight will sure be on him tomorrow,but we are going to have a monumental fight on our hands.One thing he has got is a better heading ability than ade though laugh not gallas is the best header of the ball in the squad.
truth,we have just been discussing it,he aint got the money.
kelsey
ahh yes i forgot about Ade
and about Nikk Big Balls. his heading is very good i think. the only problem is our crossing we cantcross for shit and i have been moaning about it for ages. same with out Corner taking. it hardly beats the first man.
thats why trying to play a game were we can get more crosses in fro ADE/NIKK B is a wast of time in my view. as were shit at getting the ball in the box as it is
Sorry kelsey, I did not have time to read the earlier posts. What no money, how can this be. As far as I am concerned, our club finances just do not make sense.
actually we are just plain shit.
Nothing makes sense at our club,everything is shrouded in mystery.When edelmen said money was available(at the CL draw) what did he mean.half a million or 30 million,,all i know is that ade’s wages went up from 35k to 80k and that was the worst deal we made all summer.he was hot property then and we could have got 20 million for him,now,well that’s a different matter.
The thing is, if he was sold, are you sure we would have spend the proceeds?
Truth.. you speak the Truth, Wenger wouldnt spend the proceeds
FENERBACHE IS NOT “NEXT UP” LAST TIME I CHECKED. Just wanted to let you know
I think the realistic goals The Club must aim for are:
1. Winning Champions League
almost forgot,
2. Finishing in Top 4 in PL
3. Signing stars in January, and
4. Winning F A Cup.
Big Raddy
I refer you to previous 5-0 thrashing,
Rico
Charlie George
Ian “slobber guts” Botham
Gnarley… I cannot knock Beefy, as he as raised £10 million for Leukaemia research..
Top geezer!
morning all.
evening Evo
avenell
I respect what you say, but he should just continue his good work with raising money instead of opening his big trap about Oz cricket. He may just be the Wenger of Cricket, i.e gives the opo the edge
Morning evo, early kick off should be good tonight.
Anyone else think the Nic was saving himself on Wednesday night for the Utd game?
Anyone else think we’re going to get hammered tomorrow?
We were watching the 2nd test on tele from Adelaide, a few coldies going down like Stoke City & Hull, when Giles dropped a sitter from Ricky Ponting. One of my mates said there & then. “He just dropped The Ashes”
How true he was.
Well Botham has just done sort of the same, only, England don’t have them, to lose
Haven’t watched cricket since the days of G.A. Arnold and A.P.E Knott so cannot comment on what he says Gnarley.
Queenie
If you are going to the game, you might be pleasantly surprised. I’ve just got a good feeling about this one. Maybe not 3 points, but a point would make a point, (or a statement)
The “kids” have to stake their claim at some point in time, they can’t always be seen as potential, so what better stage for them to finally show their skills than against Sir Fur-on-Tongue.
yep perfect kick off time, need to head down to the boozer and pick up a case of heinekens!
evo have you tried the new Richmond Lagers. Not too bad at all. Fosters, that Scottish Brewing Company, have just released them in time for the new era
I think we are going to get hammered
QoS – do you think Nik was saving himself? What would be the point of saving yourself if you are a striker?
well the spotlight is firmly on nick.. i think this is the first time that he will be leading the line for arsenal.. he has talked the talk and shown the attitude..
lets see what the boy is made up of!!!
Cmon ARSENAL!!!!!
The Arsenal forum on arsenal tv this evening had Lee Dixon guesting with Tom Watts. Lee Dixon said he felt positive about a result tmoro as he knew what sort of prep the players would have had this week from Arsene and his team – he said the team would be ready!! What d’you think happened last week then????
Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted the Emirates Stadium will play host to a “critical” Premier League blockbuster – but for Manchester United rather than Arsenal. Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, has reiterated his commitment to Arsenal despite his youngsters’ recent struggles, insisting he would not swap places with Sir Alex at Old Trafford.
Mmmmmm!! The Shock Jock might just be the one handing over the amo
Go Go Gunners
I have never felt so excited or so scared!!
Cmon lads!!!!!
Tonight/This arvo may be one of those moments in time you remember where you were in years to come. I’m serious now.
Can you imagine Geoffs day @ The Emirates:-
Arrives @ Corporate Lounge & orders Bottle of Moet with lunch.
scores our 2nd, which loosens it off its fixings and lands on some unsuspecting manure fans sitting bellow inseats that they got scalped for 500 quid.
Gets sauced up then asks a steward if that cunt Beckham is here today. Belts the sign as Little Nicky
Then staggers along leaving the ground singing “Nicky Nicky Nicky Nicky Born is the King of Highbury. (well Emirates doesn’t rhyme with Nicky does it
)
Now that would be a great day out, & should make up for the Spuds debarcle.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/25640/wenger-trophies-are-not-my-only-target
rEAD This Lads
i did rob.. what type of message is that supposed to send out to the players.
yeh a little odd, on the eve of a massive match!
Rob
I’d prefer to send a message pre game that he is thinking conservative, then belt the living daylights out an unsuspecting manure.
Wenger hasn’t said outright(a result you have against England in cricket) that he wants to win the CL but body language tells me its his number one priorty.
that would be a legendary day gnarley
i read that Link.
Wenger is a Pleb
…..lets hope that today, having said that, that a good deal of todays work is taking place behind closed doors, and not getting blurted out @ a media conference. But there is still plenty of time for Le Boss to let down his guard.
Tonight could be seen like Shakespears Henry V. Manure come flying out on their prized steeds to flog a mottley lot whom they know from previous encounters, but wait a moment. The mottley lot have “long bows”
Mmmmmm?? Maybe there could be a lot of long balls or pin point Cesc passes cutting through the manure mid field
Its starting to get pretty exciting for me. You wouldn’t want to be having a sleep between now & kick off. Wake up London
raif i don’t know whether you’ve had more avatars than Rico has been first to comment @ post time. I must admit I prefer the old style cannon than the new logo.
i reckon vela and bendtner are going to have a field day
gnarley
HAHA
it is true. i like changing my avatars
but i think Rico is just egging it lol
All those articles on arse.com show that Wenger had a pretty hard grilling from the press today. The official site only ever gets stuff from his pre-match press conferences, which is pretty poor in itself, but it looks like the media were really out for blood.
One thing he said which is very true, is that it doesn’t matter who we reckon we need, we ain’t gonna get anyone before january. So we have to use what we’ve got, which means Denilson or Geoff’s favourite. In fairness to Denilson he has come on a lot from his sporadic appearances in the past, but he hasn’t exactly been a midfield enforcer. As AW said ‘we do things a different way’ post-Flamini, well I’m not entirely sure it’s the right way whatever it is.
Manager Arsene Wenger has pleaded with Arsenal fans to respect Ferguson this weekend.
“We always want to respect our opponent and to respect the dug-out,” said the Arsenal boss. “The way we want to behave at Arsenal is to respect everybody.”
“Well almost everybody, said an Australian Arsenal fan on Le Grove, “if that idiot Beckham is in the crowd, he’d better stay away from some of the Moet sipping Corporate Members”.
I prefer the old style cannon aswell it was much better.
Just woke up, and the suspene is already killing me!!! Wish theyed let us know about Theo aswell, its meaning my fantasy league transfers are gettin closer and closer to the deadline :@
* suspense
**they’d
benno.. theo will def start
well he won’t start is he’s not fit will he, just wish they’d say one way or another coz i can’t make any changes till i take Ade, and until they announce if Theo’s fit i cant put another centre forward in, meaning i can’t make any transfers
*take Ade out…
god it must have just gotten up to be making this many typo’s
btw did anyone else figure that Dudu should be back playing competitive action next week. The arsenal.com injury page said he’d be playing competitively in 3 weeks and that was on the 23rd Oct which was 2 weeks ago….a nice and timely boost if we can get something off the mancs
charybdis1966
it was on tv.com
they said they are now officially auctioning off all the set- memorabilia etc ..
id presume they’d do it on eBay .. but that last part is just a guess ..
charybdis1966
http://www.tv.com/story/11835.html?ref_story_id=11835&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story
charybdis1966
Thousands of one-of-a-kind BSG bits will be up for sale to the highest bidder beginning January 16 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Southern California. However, those who can’t make it all the way to SoCal can use space-age technology known as “the Internet” to bid remotely.
January 16 YOU HAVE TIME TOO SAVE
Viper flight suits there you go !!!
just dont buy starbucks
LINK
I think we will be slaughtered 2morrow guys.
Frankly
Plus, I heard Walcott we not be risked, neither will Sagna.
Ade is out already. Fuck!! And Assing Wenger will never play Vela according to his philosophy. Cuz he’s “not combative enough”
FUCK
LINK
Believe and sing your hearts out. Its 11:13 pm here in Chicago and I cannot wait for the game.
Almunia
Sagna JD Gallas Clichy
Theo Cesc Ramsey Nasri
Diaby
Nik
If Sagna isn’t fit, play Toure there. He handled CR last year whilst playing as a RB.
I think nasri will have a good game tomorrow, regardless of the scoreline. Gut feeling, I guess.
COME ON ARSENAL!!!!!!
My prediction on the tempo of the match…
We start strongly, 3 shots on target within first 10 minutes. No goal yet. The mancs start creeping back into the game, Ronaldo makes some excellent bum-dives. But 14th minute, Clichy makes an overlap leading to Wes Brown tracking him, Nasri cuts inside squares it to Bendtner, continues his run to the far side, Bendtner lays it off for Walcott, and Walcott SCORESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
1-0 to the Arsenal.
I wouldnt go any further
Nice prediction ikon,however i think we are dreaming.today all our attacking options are nearly missing the only one who might get on the scoresheet is nasri,even though he and many others have performed well below their form recently.i don’t remember nicci ever lading the line as a sole front man.he hasn’t got the pace of ade or theo or rvp.
one thing you can’t do against united is walk the ball into the net.
Then consider cesc is on 4 yellow cards,will that be on his mind.
The bookies make us 9/4 to win at HOME
This started against spurs with wrong subs and even though clichy was at fault with their third goal,there was a minute left,and the thing we do so well “playing keep ball” to run down the clock we fucked up big time.
RVP when fit is a class act,and what he did at stoke was unforgivable,we will miss him today through sheer stupidy.
on paper we are the underdogs and i hope wenger doesn’t look for a draw..It’s easy to say the players are foucsed but mentally they are shattered.If gallas plays,it gives him a good chance to really act as a leader.
my heart wants us to win but my head think its unlikely.We have to play 4-4-2 at least to start with and finally don’t hold your breath about january signings,le boss has said its unlikely.
Eduardo is meant to be back in training,bt i haven’t heard a word.it’s all gone quiet on rosicky but maybe bischoff will feature soon and if Theo plays give him a full ninety minutes for the first time instead of the obligatory 70 minutes.
Fingers crossed guys.
New post going up!
top of the world …….guys