Those were the words spoken by the Messiah last night, the man that aims to put the ‘S’ in silverware, he said ‘I’m a gooner’ he is already a legend and he hasn’t yet kicked a ball, what a start, this guy has lifted the spirits of every Arsenal fan I know, I can’t wait to play the spuds on Sunday.
On that note I started to think about that Scouser reject Keane, just six months ago he was saying that Liverpool, the team he had supported since he was a baby was his dream move, he even said he had a poster of a Liverpool player on his bedroom wall, well I wonder if that player was naked, I really do because as far as I can make out he well and truly f-ckd the spuds over with that move, it didn’t work out, Harry the hamster brings him back and rewards him with the captaincy, what must his team mates be thinking? Anyway enough talk of them save to say when Arshavin the gooner was asked about the Russian at shite hart lane, he said he wasn’t a friend of his, that’s double legend status already, Dennis didn’t even get that so early, we are in for some years of glory, I can feel it.
Ok so we’ll have to wait until the summer before we get in the defensive midfield man we want as well as Chelleini as our Gallas replacement but at least we now know we have plenty of money to spend on players.
How so? You may well ask. Well new CEO Ivan Gazidas said yesterday that we are not financially dependent on Champions league football, so if that is the case, it must now surely banish the nonsense that we are skint, and we also heard that from old Etonian stalwart Peter Hill-Wood and I’ve always believed him, why on earth would a member of the board lie?
So if you can imagine Arsenal with all our injured players back and our youngsters a year older (with two noticeable exceptions) we are fast becoming a dream team, yes I know we were moaning not so long ago, but now he made the signing we all knew we needed, the whole team will be lifted, we always said bringing in a star like Arshavin will lift the team so I believe we will see a new invigorated Arsenal from here on in.
Next season we will see more of Vela, Wilshere, Coquelin and Ramsey – Coquelin could well be the defensive midfielder we need, I kid you not this boy excites me, I can see in all these young’uns vast talent, I’ll leave it there with the young player thing as there are 2 maybe 3 of them that are not only not good enough, they are not really young anymore either.
So who will it be on Sunday eh? Who will play in the midfield? Well it has to be Arshavin out wide, if he plays him, if not then Vela, in the middle I would go for Nasri and Diaby and throw Jackie boy out wide as I think this game will fire him up just like it did with Liam Brady in his day.
What was interesting though was on arsenal.com they say his is a right sided midfielder who has recently been playing the role of second striker.
We know what Keane is capable of and I expect one of Lennon or Bentley on as well, if Pav is fit we’ll see him too, we know what they are capable of as it’s happened to us in two games already this season, once with the spuds and once with the scousers, so if we can sort out the defence we can let Ade and Robin rip them a new orifice, I say Ade, because I really believe he will be thinking he’s going to lose his place and will want to prove himself, no better place to do it either, he got goal of the season there last year.
I was so desperate for news and views this past few days I took a little tour around some other sites and was heartened to see we are still the focal point on many of them, so I would just like to thank them for still reading Le Grove, as they must do to comment on what we’ve written, we find it kind of flattering, no doubt you’ll be talking about us again today because you have little else of interest to amuse yourselves, but remember we never once gave up on Arshavin.
I am still so excited I may just go down to the Armoury today and get me an Arshavin 23 shirt, so I can smirk all the way to Sunday.
You all know that I was waiting to see if Arsenal banned me for my little spat with the stewards at the Liverpool game, you remember I made the mistake of standing up and singing, all laced with a bit of colourful language, well common sense has prevailed and I’m okay, but the point of over zealous stewarding got home, so hopefully we may see a little less aggression from the few who try and take away our match day experience, El Tel and Angela you are the exception, if you’re reading keep up what you’re doing because we know you do a great job, there are some jerks out there on our side too.
Have a great day today Grovers because we finally got our man and he’s wearing an Arsenal shirt, bliss, pure bliss!
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Pedro
Geoff
Good morning
ARSHAVIIIIIIN
1st
1
First?
Wow – fifth!
fuuuuuuuuuuuck
No wonder no one was posting on the other thread! All you guys were here!
bah! foiled again
and as for that eejit Keane, I don’t expect to see anything from him without his pal Berbs to set him up.
Remember, our Russian’s better than their Russian!
top10 2 days in a row
Is Arshavin captain of Russia?
Harry the hamster and Ratty rat.
Tales from the riverbank at the shithole!
quality post geoff, le grove is the only place that makes us gooners proud coz its unbiased and downright honest, once a grover always a grover.
Geoff, you are right, we aren’t skint. We are rich, but our board’s full of misers.
Same result, except the board gets to gloat over the doubloons while we rejoice at getting Arshavin, where we really needed a CB and a DM and a goalkeeper! We get one out of four and we are delirious with joy!
Geoff think Bentley’s suspended for this one………is he?
Our russian is better than the spuds’ russian and also better than the chav’s russian!
gday all,
glory days!
anyone reckon he’ll be on the bench for the game on sunday?
Pedro, ‘next up’ still reads westham, it should be totenham
Andrei better play against the spuds!
How comes the media are up to their usual bleating about how Arsenal have broken the rules to sign Arshavin, yet nothing has been said about the fact the spuds fielded an ineligible player (Palacios) against Bolton. He had a two game suspension for having 10 yellow cards but having signed for the spuds they had played two cup games both of which he was cup tied for, therefore his suspension should have made him miss the Stoke & Bolton league games.
If we somehow get fourth spot you just know this Arshavin stuff will run & run because Villa will complain, just like the West Ham/Sheff Utd row.
anybody got a video with the immortal line “he’s no friend of mine”?
Reality check time – I don’t think Arshavin will be on the team list till Fulham. And my guess is that he will be on the bench against Fulham.
Please, please, please, let me be wrong!
good post geoff!! wish i could share your optimism though!!!
villa go to blackburn on saturday, they’ll probably destroy them which means we have to win…
didee
you spelt tottenham wrong
should have spelt shiiiiiiiiit
Did everyone know that 3rd place guarantees qualification into the group phase of the CL this year?
Something to aim for.
A Tom, Villa will draw on Saturday….
…and we will win…
its from next year chozzer i think
…so the gap will be down to three….
PDT… i think your right, apparently he needs to go back to russia to sort out a working visa or something… we’ll see the usual suspects against spurs…
nas, song, denilson, eboue
that will be our midfield unless diaby isnt as injured as we thought
GOOD OLD ARSENAL!
WE’RE PROUD TO SING THAT NAME!
AND WHILE WE’LL SING THAT SONE WE’LL WIN THE GAME!!!!
Come on you Reds!!!!!!
First day i’ve ventured into work this week, and i’m going to spend it watching Arshavin Clips on youtubes
Life is good
Richaldo
i agree Arsha is already a gooner legend wt statements like ‘he is no friend of mine’, ‘i hope to make the supporter happy’, ‘i like SOME of their Players’
the guy clearly understands its war wit any spud, SOME of our players are Shite and football is all about the fans
If AW plays Arshavin on the wing and Nasri in the centre till Cesc is back, and keeps Song off the team, we will finish 2nd or 3rd.
A Tom…….
Diaby’s suspended………..
Gazidas and PHW’s comments, about being able to survive if we don’t get CL football next year, can be interpreted in so many ways. I choose to view them as an attempt to take the pressure off of Wenger in the hope that with a bit less pressure he will be able to achieve the goal that we want.
Morning all, first off Geoff must be applauded for showing leadership qualities by not panicking when it seemed the deal may have been off.
He was the only voice on here that told us consistently and firmly not to worry while the other sites, and some bloggers here, were saying the deal was dead in the water.
Additionally I’d like to apologise to Ken Friar as I’d written him off as a useless old git(or something similar) regarding his negotiating abilities. I know he’ll never see this but my own conscience requires I make this cyber apology.
4.50pm yesterday was when the dark clouds of depression lifted – for what seems like the first time in an age the club has finally given us something to smile about.
We should sell Diaby. He is permanently crocked! But at least he has a slavage value. Eboue and Song don;t even have that.
Good man gunnerfever and good morning all!
GMR Arsenal need to challenge the FA on the validity of the transfer right now so we don’t have that fiasco at the end of the season when we win the league.
Reggie 57 point well taken
iceman… shit i forgot that… then we are guaranteed the pleasure of watching either song or eboue doing fuck all for at least an hour
haha Geoff its possible though… we just need united to do an arsenal… lol
Thanking you Chary!
seriously though just imagine when all our guys are back with walcott cesc rossicky eduardo arshavin robin. There is no way we could fail to score. And if we finally sign someone like yaya we will be better then barcelona. Hleb would wish he can return!!
ATom
They will destroy them, Blackburn are solid under Sam. lets reel them in.
Nice post Geoff, with a smirk
London, Gaz and PHW must be complete morons if they think their words have any influence on AW. He creates his own pressure – more than anything PHW and Gaz can aspire to. He is a supremely competitive man, very aware of his “legacy” and will do whatever he believes it takes to finish in the top 4.
The problem is not with motivation, the problem is with what AW believes is our best XI
Let’s not be fickle. I was overjoyed watching Arshavins first interview. A legend in the making. However I don’t see Wenger playing him against the Spuds and instead will continue with Eboue, Song, Denilson and Ade
I am so happy that this absolutely talented player has joined us, now we are only destined for success.
RVP ( c ) Eddie
Nasri Arshavin (Fab or Diaby) Rosicky
Gallas Silvestre Toure Sagna
Almunia
Benchers: Theo, Djourou, Fabianski, Adebayor, Bendtner, Clichy
And a new song (better than those I’ve seen on other blogs today).
We love you ARSHAAAAANIN
YOU SCORE ARSHAAAVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN
OOOOH OHHH O OH OH OH
OUR ICEMAN, OUR NEW MAN
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
HO HO HO HO HO HO HO
NO. 23!! AND SCORES WITH BOOOTH FEEET
(YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED I USED ‘ICE MAN’ THAT CHANT, WHICH IS A NICKNAME PREVIOUSLY GIVEN TO DENNIS BERGKAMP, THIS WILL BE HANDED OVER TO HIM)
I would like to get a petition going for Pedro & Geoff to replace the spuds shirt in the ‘up coming game box’ on this site to something more appropiate. I nearly brought my breakfast back up seeing that this morning.
Any Idea’s on what we could put in it’s place that is deemed less offensive???
A picture of yesterdays favorite word perhaps?
We better not concede first. All of our euphoria at signing the Arsh will be gone in a second.
A Tom……
Not unless he goes for….
EBOUE-DENILSON-NASRI-VELA
Eboue’s the lesser of 2 evils IMHO.
Morning all Geoff et all,
I was impressed that AA23 interviewed in English (better English than Hleb!).
Really looking forward to the boys stepping it up on Sunday…..BRING IT!!!
it would be great if he played on sunday, even on the bench, but i dont see it happening
I can’t believe he didnt sign anyone in the defence.
Morning geoff and All
my poxy virgin media server was down from 4pm yeaterday so I missed the fun with my fellow grovers so a belated . yyyeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssss !!!!
The guy is a fucking legend , ” im a gooner “. Quality . I love the bloke already .
also , as i said last night , he looks strong for his side , don,t think he will take any shit , tough little fucker as well as skillfull and bloody quick .
Yeah….Blackburn will do some damage….Fat Sam’s finally good for sumin……
Fulham, Evo, is the earliest we get to see him…
I agree Davoody it is horrible, morning Rockstone.
Stick him on the bench, so that he can sit & saviour what its like to hate spuds. It could be the making of him.
Oh, BTW, Arsh has a stinging shot from distance, just like Rosicky, so I am guessing Pat Rice has prepared a hypnosis CD for him which goes “Thou shalt not shoot, thou shalt not shoot..”
would be good if he snuck onto the bench for the spuds
PDT LOL!!
Yesterday, I posted a top ten list of excuses which Wenger will give when he doesn’t play the Arsh.
PDT
Good answer, although it must be difficult fielding your best team with so many key players being unavailable.
London – Yes he is captain of Russia.
His english is better than Gerards
Geoff
the best thing about this aswell is that we might see
a bit more of the pace and power to our game that we used to play with .
right , i will stand by my word . to the ticket hub .
see , Arsene , we all said , give us a lift .it works
( still , would like a def mid though! )
evo
Remember Guus used to leave Cullina on the PSV bench, with no intention of playing him, so that he could soak up the pressure of big footy games. Result he was a star in the World Cup with Guus.
I dunno, he seemed keen in the interivew about not being fit now but maybe by friday. That shows more motivation and a better attitude to playing than Song and Ade already, surely thats worth something and also he cant be any less fit than Huddlestone can he? and he’s at least 10 times as skillful
iceman, the first two goals in Euro2004 were scored by Rosicky from distance. Both were scorchers!
And then he came to tghe Arsenal and stopped shooting.
iceman, i agree about eboue being slighty less-awful! lol
davoody maybe this…
http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00lTaQMhTEutAJM/Coffee-Mugs-in-Solid-Colors-Zibo-Modern.jpg
Jules I can’t wait to see him. I’m out for a while Grovers, catch you in a bit.
Even though he is suspended for the weekend. Something new about Diabys injury? It looked bad since he stayed down. I remember he stood up shouting after that w*nker in Sunderland who broke his foot and now he was down on the ground. Hamstring on the back of thigh is my guess and that it is long time..
Great interview in English…what a bloke! I cant wait for him to settle in with Fab, Eduardo & RVP…quality. He wont play Sat unfortunately and i know we are all desperate for him to make a differnce, but lets give him a chance to settle before we all start moaning that he hasnt scored a hat trick in the first couple of games. Also, i couldnt agree more about Coquelin, he will the man in Cm along side the playmaker ( Fab )
Having said that you know how AW’s a rebel……
Don’t be surprised to see no.23 LM Sunday………
Geoff are you off to get your Arswaxin 23 strip
Agree, London, it must be difficult to be in Arsene’s shoes, but I am sure the 6 million makes it a little easier. We can afford to suggest the most outrageous lineups but he is the one who has to live with the decisions he makes. I am sorry for him, but I also think that he made his own bed, so….
You’re welcome Geoff.
BTW has Jimbo been on lately ?
gg9, how would you have phrased that if AA was Brazilian?
To all the away fans who go Sunday. Give the pricks heaps coz we will all be with you.
yeah i thought diaby would be out for ages going by his reaction to the injury he picked up, yet he is suspended, but is ready to play otherwise, how can that be?
Guys, I haven’t seen much of Coquelin, but do you really think he will be ready next year. My guess is that he will be sitting on the bench like LJW.
I’ve been reading through this spud thread which someone told me about. A spud site that dedicated a forum post about Arshavin joining Arsenal. The thread started in early January & it’s really funny as there’s a guy called gutterboy (good name for a spud really) who insists Arsenal will never sign Arshavin because spuds have an agreement with Zenit for 18.5 million upfront & that they have to sell to spuds unless someone offers more before the 16th Jan.
If anyone’s bored at some point today have a read through it, at the end you can tell they’re scared as they are all hoping his visa doesn’t come through in time or that he isn’t fit enough to be in the squad.
http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/forums/thread/544263.aspx
I think I would like to give up my season Ticket in Block S and take up a seat in a Block dedicated to Le Grove Bloggers.
Then we can sing and dance and celebrate together. Vieira Vieira…….
Archie Archie……
Get organising Geoff.
Diaby and Eboue are wimps!
PDT
Exactly, shaving was a 20th century thing, everyone is waxing this century……apparently
This is a good article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article5655221.ece
LOL, gg9! Though I have to say you demonstrate a strange intimacy with the subject.
We must have crossed wires PDT as I can’t believe that you are suggesting that Wenger could have avoided the injuries which have had such a disruptive affect on the teams he has been forced to field.
GMR
“Same old arsenal always cheating” ?
Spuds are deluded. 48 years in the widerness. Fuck me Moses only spent 40 in the same place @ apparently that was a life time.
evo… cos he’s a pussy… he probably had a dead leg
morning all,
Good post geoff…….
I’m struggling to keep up witht eh speed of posts this morning…..
Duke, I like your “he speaks better english than Gerrard” v.funny.
When we have all our players available and just a couple of injuries (song, Eboue) some team is gonna get it big time…….
@ Arsenal Tom
Yes Yes…. that was good..
Any advance on the ‘Mugs’
PDT
To be honest no. I spose I’m feeling abit like my old man used to when blokes started growing there hair long
London, I am not suggesting he could have avoided the injuries. But he could have assembled a squad with a little more experience where the 1st backup player is not 17 years old. He also should have played Nasri in the middle instead of Song, etc., etc., etc.
My point is that we can afford to make all the suggestions we want, because we aren;t held accountable for those decisions. Wenger is accountable for taking the team decisions (including the size and depth of the squad) and he has now made his own bed by being 13 points off the pace and 5 points behind Villa.
Does anyone else think that we bought AA as a safegaurd if Rosicky never gets back to the player he was or just to add quality to the team,which he certainly will.
One tabloid again linked Bedntner with a loan move, this time to City,yet Wenger was reluctant to let it happen in case the AA transfer didn’t go through,which I find a little bit difficult to understand.
gg9, I obviously belong to your dad’s generation!
Wardo, it’s the adrenaline! The Arsh signing has raised our spirits to a point where we thing (and type) much faster!
With so much euphoria about since the “saviour” signed, wheres Big Raddy
*think, not thing
Think he rejected the Bendtner bid in case E9 isn’t back in time….we’d be short with all the injuries….
GG9 – The Spuds got lucky this time because there is no way Arshavin can play, the chances of him getting injured would be so high that Wenger at most would give him 10 minutes at the end, personally though I doubt he’ll even be in the squad for this game.
I think spuds will spend their lives as deluded fools. There is one comment on there saying how we’ll miss out of the CL this year & that next year Arsenal will be competing with Spuds for 5th spot. I doubt spuds will even be in the premier league by next season, no wonder their fans are hated.
GMR…..looks like the spuds are worried. However, and sadly, I dont think he’ll play this weekend…..
I would love him to get the last 30-20 mins tho…..Imagine we’re winning by 2/3 goals and we bring on Arshavin…….it’d be a better sub than the last time that happened!!!! They’d shit their pants I reckon and Arry neck twitch would go into overdrive.
London, its like if I miss my sales quota, no one comes and gives me a pat on the back and says “Bad luck, mate – the market’s down”. I just get a far smaller pay-check.
It should be the same with Wenger.
GMR, they are right – the spuds will be competing for the 5th spot all right….
In the Championship!!
GMR
Like I have said before “Spuds are going down”. Lets make it real bumpy ride for them
PDT
Fair point
GG9.
Loved the 48 years comment. I am going to send it to a Spud !
Look at the words AW used at his press conference – “Impact player” and such like.
He is looking to bring him on as a sub for the immediate future and let Nasri play on the wing with Song in the centre…
Please, please, please, let me be wrong!
Hi Grovers – it’s your Russian correspondent here!
I can confidently forecast that the AA will get our season back on the road and inject that ‘Bergkampesk’quality back into our attacking play. Its clear that RVP and Cesc like to play with footballers of their own standard (it’s pointless top pass the ball to someone you know is going to give it away!).
Spot on Geoff – the idea of having AA, Nasri, Cesc and RVP (possibly Mozart) on the pitch together is mouthwatering.
Hey! If there are any spuds reading this. We are going to wipe you like a dirty arse. Its pay back
Big Raddy
Its a big good evening to you.
2 Things I really really really hate that C**t Keane more then anything.
Also we need a good catchy song for our new arrival who we can rely on the AA
colonel check this out i dont know what he said (no speaker in office) i wanted to c him signing shirts of fan and meeting them but….
(i dont know if tht legendary line is in it)
http://www.skysports.com/video/clips/0,23791,12606_4891859,00.html
Am I the only Theo-phile here? I do believe this kid will be our next TH14.
And a God Dag to you GG
PDT…….dont think AW will sigh a player for that amount of money to bring on as a sub.
I think AW means that he will contribute alot to our team…..
Morning Everyone…
I really hope AA comes off the bench against the Spuds, the reception he will receive will be awesome, he will only then know just how much he is welcome and how his decision to come to us is so very right…. Just thinking about it give me goose bumps
Oh to be there ….
What’s the betting TT ups his game and effort now there is real competition for his position. Let’s hope he gets his ‘dream move’ in the summer and someone is stupid enough to pay us 20m plus
I hate Keane Big Dave, but that dosent stop him from being in one of my fav memories when almunia saved his penalty and Nikki scored with his 1st touch.
Gooner-Pak…..he says he is a Gooner twice
PDT
What is your time scale for Theo to become the new TH14?
We still need a good defensive coach and a goalkeeper. I can live without the DM and the CB. But the defensive coach and goalkeeper are non-negotiable.
We need those two for a sustained challenge for #2/3 this year.
I understand that getting a GK on loan is tough, but the least AW should do is give Keown a three month contract to the end of the season.
rico
If he comes off the bench there its more likely to be Baa Baa Baa. Its @ spud park
London, I believe he should be partnering RvP/Dudu in the attack next year and overhaul TH16 in the next 7 years.
TH14…
he’s fast
he’s fleet
and scores with both feet
he’s our baby faced
Russian ace
Arshavin!Arshavin! Woooo
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Wardo, I hope you are right!
But He has been known to do more mysterious things…
No you are not PDT. I think the kid had enormous potential, IF he can stay injury free.
I have written before about the need for a player that is an Internationally known figurehead for the vlub. TH14 was that man. There are very few of them in World football. I took a year travelling and TH’s mug followed me everywhere – on busses, billboards etc. With him wre Ronaldinho, Raul, Stevie G, Eto’o etc.
I believe Theo will be that man for Arseal. He is good looking, intelligent and a spectacular talent. An advertiser’s dream.
Theo not Cesc, is the real future of Arsenal (IMHO)
Awesome post Geoff,
Im So happy lads & Ladette’s!!!
Anyway Off to do My Company Paperwork, till next time
2 and 3 feb and now 4 as well pure AA every where….wish villa draws next 4-5 matches (tht includes matches against chav, liv, everton and manu)
PDT
With a time horizon of 7 years most people would go along with you. The concern at the moment is that he is still a Ford Fiesta with a Ferrari engine. That said I am sure that Wenger sees it your way and he will be playing along side RVP and Eduardo next season.
Thanks, Big Rad! I especially agree with your last comment about Cesc and Theo. I hope Cesc stays with us to the end of his career but I know that his heartstrings will pull him homewards at some time.
morning all…
wooo.. how happy are we today!!!! I am grateful that i can share my happiness with all of ya grovers!!!!!!!!!
ARSHAVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
george – stupid me, forgot that small factor
choy, me boy, its a great time to be alive
London, he still has some growing left to do. He will definitely put on some weight around his shoulders and arms which will allow him to compete better with the CBs. Also, when he is hanging off the shoulder of the last defender, it gives us options which we don’t have with Ade. He’ll never be a big bruiser like Shearer but he can definitely be a thouroughbred like TH14.
Walcott and RvP – TH14 and DB10! Plus Eduardo as the poacher we never had!
Should i get a AA23 shirt since next season he will prob be 10 and i want my away shirt to be a nice memory since i like the shirt, and if it will have AA23 (in which he played only 10 games or so) might be a bit of a dissapointment. Suggestions?
yes gg9…. can’t stop smiling!!!!! heheheheh
hey rico
Basketball has a position called small forward. Theo is our small forward.
Have fun Grovers! We have four days of anticipation till the Spuds game hoping that AW will not let us down! I’m off with a spring in my step and a Arshavin in my heart!
It seems that wenger is gonna turn coquelin into a right back… he has been playing in that position for the reserves and most probably as a future back up to sagna. Next season, i wanna see more of nordveit and Pedro….
London.
Firstly may I congratulate you on your gold this morning. Very impressive at your age !!
I disagree with your 7 year timeframe. He will be awesome by the middle of next year – assuming an injury free run, and a regular place in the first team. The lad is highly intelligent and we saw a huge leap forward from him this year. Sure , he goes missing, runs into blind alleys and chhoses the wrong pass, but less and less often.
So will he play on the left?
and nasri on the right?
my collegue said leave this guy alone…i am watching his goals….i said u cant imagine what he means to my club
Hey BR… how are you
I have more hope in Jack Wilshere over Theo
Swagger is the word and theo aint got it
Theo is Diabyesque in his development
and in terms of overall ability LJW is better equipped
Theo wld definitely be in the mix
can he be the star of the show????
I doubt it
choy… id rather see arsh on the left… the way he cuts in and bangs them into the roof of the net is awesome…
nas in the middle with denilson and eboue on the right… yes i said eboue!!!! only because if he puts nas right it means song might play….
WHy wont you chant “ZIZOU” to nasriiiii on the games+
:D
Morning choy, any sign of Bobby yet ?
Is there any Gooner here who has stopped smiling yet
Awesome , now lets get back to sanity (only after pre-Arshavin euphoria ofcourse). Awesome blog tough guys , you really stuck together during this period of Frenzy. Awesome work Pedro and Geoff and indeed all the Gooners here.
Looks like we just increased the count of Gooners to +1. Awesome feeling!
I meant post-Arshavin (i guess am still felling too good to type correctly
)
Morning Big Raddy
Yes, I still have it in me to get a first but very kind of you to notice.
Back to Theo. The 7 year time scale was PDT’s I would say he will be world class at 25. The few remaining problems would have been ironed out by then.
Ali i wouldnt mind making that -1 selling 2 ovbvious ones now that we got THE ARSH
i reckon once ade goes, either this summer or the next theo will be moved into the middle… until then he’ll have to make up the numbers on the wings…
unfortunately i think one of our attacking players if off in the summer…
rosicky
arsh
nas
theo
eboue (him and AW said he’s a winger now)
ade
rvp
bendtner
vela
dudu
i cant see us having all those players at the start of next season… too many options
morning rico… i think its lost no?
i am so sorry .. you had to take all the trouble and its now here yet
so that’s it, no more 6 weeks of talking about will he won’t he, what do we talk about now? my ehart is back in full working order thank god.
so he said he agreed to join weeks ago, so was the papers correct when they said he met Wenger in December and took tour of Emirates? also love when he said he is not mates with Spud Pavlenko, Pav does not speak english our little Russian does, Spuds a joke
*not
Guys, I said Theo will break TH14′s goalscoring record in 7 years.
I hope not choy, keep our fingers crossed that it missed the only slow train in Dec and its still en route to you
Wilshire has one magic ingredient that neither Denilson nor Diaby have and that is the ability to make an incisive pass that can open up an oppositions defence. Cesc can do it and, of course so could Bergkamp. It is this skill that could elevate Wilshire to world class status.
dream on PDT
Thats the whole point, just one decent quality signing & it lifts everyone connected to Arsenal.
Hopefully now the club can start to move forward, I think everyone is happy for Wenger to bring through quality kids but we also need experience quality to add to that mix.
I think Arshavin is a better version of Reyes & even Wenger has admitted that we’ve missed Reyes. He was a world class player that ultimately failed because he was probably too young to come over, it’s good to hear he is rebuilding his career at Benfica.
Do you rember the wonder, volley goal that RVP scored against Charlton away and the header that Henry scored at home against the mancs to win 2-1? Do you know who made those inch perfect crosses?
Eboue London
Seriously, he crossed for TH header, not sure about the RvP volley
I can see Ade and Gallas being sold in the summer. I doubt Ade will be replaced but Gallas must be.
I still dont think Den or Song in DM is good enough for a club going for the PL and the CL. really they bring down the quality of an otherwise very good team.
No chance that Arsh will start on Sunday but I do hope he is on the bench, even if he doesn’t come on. His presence will be a lift IMO.
Likely team for sunday (Diaby is both injured and suspended):
Almunia
Sagna Djourou Gallas Clichy
Eboue Den Nasri Vela
Ade RVP
Song and Den in central midfield would be an unmitigated disaster. If wenger does that we cannot win the game.
Ade needs to shape up or expect to be replaced by Bendtner.
did any pne saw this on daily mail
Arshavin delay sees Man City miss out with loan bid for Arsenal’s Bendtner
Manchester City failed in a deadline-day bid to take Arsenal’s Nicklas Bendtner on loan.
City spent most of Monday scouring the market for a tall centre forward after they opted against forking out close to £25million for Blackburn’s Roque Santa Cruz.
Instead, they targeted a loan for 6ft 3in Bendtner but Arsenal could not afford to let him go as they were still unsure about Andrei Arshavin’s signing.
City were also linked with Schalke’s Germany striker Kevin Kuranyi, who attracted interest from Everton, Blackburn and Spurs after telling the Bundesliga side on Friday he wanted to leave.
Everton made tentative inquiries about Portsmouth winger Glen Little, and Tottenham and Portsmouth failed with loan bids for Bayern Munich’s Germany striker Lukas Podolski.
early night for me, need to go and celebrate in my dreams about being those potato cunts on sunday.
ciao for now!
Bentnder/Ade should watch their backs, once Eduardo is back fully fit one of those 2 can not be granted a 1st team start, we wont pay £12 mill for a player to sit on the bench
that wonder goal v Charlton hit RVP’s skin, was lucky, watch it on replay, hit his shin
man city made late bid to take Bender on loan, ah man why we not accept???
That’s it Rico. So in a way it is understandable why Wenger moved Eboue to the wing. The shame is that he hasn’t lived up to the expectation. Still this is all academic now as we have Russia’s captain.
hahaha London, i like i like
new pics of arshavin at the emirates
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/26696/arshavin-gallery?image=3
Rico – it was Eboue who passed for the boy wonders super volley against the Robins. Wish he’d do that more often though.
big dave…. sounds good doesnt it??? eddie and rvp up top next year…
if we sold ade & gallas for 20m ish we could spend that on a proper DM and a top CB and we’d be a real threat again
Maybe he would if he was played at Rb and not right wing…but Sagna is the better right back due his far superior defensive ability
Kev, I thought Robin caught it where the front of the ankle meets the shin. I don’t think it was straight off the shin, IMHO.
We just need flamini back, i think JD and Toure partnership can florish.
thanks chary – so as London says, he can do it and i wish he could find such form again..
rico, he’ll only ever find that form at right back, thats the problem…
benno
I agree that Eboue will never find that form for us at right back but I wouldn’t bet against him doing it for someone else.
FA cup coming home this season I reckon!!!
That would be a start, followed by prem next year
those youngsters are all great but u forgot merida
hes as good as wilshere
theyr both potential legends imo
Tribal Football actually got a story correct, they say we have signed Arshain.
As for song we should go for the Rasputin version on online gooner
i’d say teh fulham game will now sell out
Mate, you’re getting a little ahead of yourself, Arshavin is unlikely to be fit enough to be playing right away. No competetive match for him since November, very little pre season training with St. Petersburg – he won’t play against Tottenham.
benno, i’m with London, you could bet your bottom dollar if he was sold he would perform well at another club – i thought he was pretty good when he first played for us, hopefully AA arrival might give a hoof up the bum…
Pedro must have the flu or something. Its not like him to not be here on post signing day
And for that matter ethan. Jimbo i can understand
Let’s face fact’s, Wenger knew he had to make this signing, the fans booing at games, more and more fans not going to games yet Arsenal still say 60,000 attend which is rubbish, easier to get tickets, I remember when been a red member I could never get a ticket, now? it’s way easier, Fulham tickets still on sale, Roma game only just sold out this morning, that used to be never the case, Wenger and the board knew they had to get the fans back on track by signing a big player, he knew signing Mohamed Bongo a 12 year old kid from Ivory Coast was not acceptable anymore, in 5th place Wenger has now realised, if we were in same position as this time last year would he of signed Arshavin? No way Jose!! He was forced to buy him. Also don’t bother getting number 23 Arshavin on your back cause in summer when Gallas leaves he has been promised number 10 jersey so don’t waste your hard earned cash just yet
Rah Rah Arshavin, he is Arsenal’s dream machine.
Hope you don’t mind Rasputin
While I’m in a positive mood I’m happy about the way the club have got AA23 out to meet the fans as opposed to the way in which Nasri was hidden from the fans. For a change AFC have got the PR right there for a change. It helps that AA23 seems to have a knack of knowing the right thing to say, he’s endearing himself to the fans in super quick time.
Kev
I’ll be getting Djourou 20. Down here in Oz Arshavin 10 on your back might be construed as an add for a metro sexual grooming parlour.
But I thouigh loan players can be signed outside of the window??? Or am I wrong
rico, i daresay he would, i still reckon he’d do a job for us at Rb. i just detest him when played in midfield….
For all the bullshit wenger comes up with in post game interviews or in press conferences u just needed to look at his ranting, facial and body gestures during games to figure out that he was disappointed with his team.
the mystery for me was why didnt he do more to improve it (transfer wise)?
at some point i was like i would take malbranque over eboue
I HAVE JUST OPENED MY PC AFTER BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD
http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/Football/2009/02/04/Premier-League-Statement-on-Arshavin/gnid-38579/
I hear one of the Lawyers to protest was from Aston Villa. let them know we will still be in the top four and we will never give up on the TITLE….
It is high time for the boys in the team to step up their game or continue warming the bench forever..
sexy time down at the arsenal! i’m tipping arshavin for a goal and an assist on debut, but i wouldn’t be surprised if he only plays as a sub on sunday, all due to the russian season being out-of-line with everyone elses.
anywho, go the gooners!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/feb/04/andrei-arshavin-arsene-wenger-arsenal
haha gg9….
Where is jimbo?
wheres michael P… him and DDM have business to discuss
we got burnley next round of the FA cup to after… time for revenge!!!
benno – i agree, deputy RB only
I hear Robbie Keane is selling all his Liverpool gear to JJB Sports, it was never used,
ha ha i’m brilliant, i’m hilarious!!
Rico, most definately deputy
i was asking for vdo of these images link given by choy….i just got glimpse at sky news in morning couldnt wait for sports news had to rush to office
ATOm….im right here!!!
Where is ddm???
ATom, Im right here….
where is ddm???
gooner pak.. it should come out in youtube in a while…
here is another something
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid958992159?bctid=10041756001
hows tricks michael??
No Diaby for Sunday, what is the midfield most likely to be against the spuds ?
thanks choy……lucky londoners!!!!or should lucky grovers
guys even purchased shirt with his number….!!!!
eboue denilson song nasri
but at least we now know we have plenty of money to spend on players.
How so? You may well ask. Well new CEO Ivan Gazidas said yesterday that we are not financially dependent on Champions league football, so if that is the case
so if this is the case then why did we milk it down to the last day of the transfer window ??
why did zenit ring any other team willing to take AA over us ?
why did we offer even less than the 12 million quoted . 10 rising to 12 ??
also paying season membership holders would fucking flip out if they knew the club was skint and charging for the dearest golden ticket in the league with a failing team like ours ..
thats why !
we are not dependent on C.L football ?
well we will see how important it is over the coming months .. when wenger lets the little hints slip
that he is chasing 4th spot .. also id rather liken that statement as a safety net , to appease the fans .
THE SIMPLE FUCKING FACT IS IF WE HAD THE MONEY STATED , WE WOULD HAVE A NEW GOALIE AND DM ,
before the end of this transfer window , we dont !
the player we were even after we got as cheap as chips .and risked losing him to boot !. so if we have an abundant coffer of gold why pray fuck did we take 31 days to sign 1 player ?
why didnt we get a DM ?
and why have we got 1 goalie who if becomes injured
exposes our youth goalies ? who just are not ready !
sorry it still stinks of stingy make do until highbury development is sold !!
what is the bet once that things ticks over the gaps in our team will disappear ?
wagers anyone ?
u are also dependant on espnstar for news and supersports for football matches or got any other alternatives in india
Have a look at the current Arshavin picture on the Arsenal.com frontpage. Spot a resemblance?
Picture him 30 years on….
i am addressing choy in last comment made by me sorry i forgot to write name there
don’t have sound on mine Choy, what is that fat guy saying on the video?
Possibly the best post yet from the wonder that is ‘Le Grove’!
Great to see Arshvin got Sol’s old number – we all know how much the Spuds love that numbered Arsenal shirt!!!
I’m trying to solve a trivia question so does anyone remember who was the Chav goalie before Cech? I think he was a balding dutch guy with a tache but I can’t remember his name. It’s been bugging me all morning.
same here kev but i wanted to see aa23 signing grovers shirt and like tht
kev.. he’s talking about how hard they worked on the transfer and how they really wanted it(arsenal), how it went down to the wire…. then they just have arshavin signing a couple of autographs….
gooner pak… yes espnstar is the saving grace. They don’t have FA cup. Sony Pix have taken the rights and they’ve fucked it up… Champions League on Ten Sports and the internet for the games that are not televised.
choy u still there????
chary… ed de goey pronounced hoy though i think
http://www.ajansspor.com/galeri/resimler/61695F61655F636161695162616B62676B65677CA69BA667.jpg
Wow,dawning of a new era,23 is the new 10
fuck…I was wondering why these guys are not showing fa….aaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhh
even tensports mess it only one chaneel atleast espn star can televise two matches at same time…..supersports is saviour in CL matches for me
Ah, that’s the guy A.Tom, thanks that’s well remembered. He’s looking good next to the present day Cech isn’t he?
The Arse to pinch the Chav’s 3rd spot.
oh we don’t have supersports
Arshavin went to have dinner with his ARSENAL shirt on!!!!
chary, he does look a bit awkward… would definitely put me off running towards the chavs goal!
Top of the morning grovers!
I have been reading this blog for quite some time, and I must say that this is by far the best blog out there. Keep up the good work.
It`s a really good day to be a gooner. The signing of the russian impact-player has lifted us gooners out of our depression and I reckon he will put bums on the seats and money in the clubs wallet. I love him already!
I still think we should have brought in a DM aswell though. Song, Denilson and Diaby are simply not good enough for a club like Arsenal and I find it strange that a club with such a good scoutingnetwork can`t find players that are better. Especially since Wenger said he would only bring in players that are better than what we already have. There are soooo many better players around who plays in that position. We need someone who can let our creative players be creative by doing the dirtywork in the middle of the park. The reason Cesc did`nt score that many goals before the injury was because ha had to much defensive responsibility, and I find it weird that Wenger did`nt try to resolve this problem in the window.
The solution may be close though, if the reports about Appiah are true. I doubt it though. Appiah is a fantastic player btw, highly underrated. I said in august that he could be the answer to our problems and I still believes he can be, if his fit enough that is.
Any luck reaching his agent goonerpress??
Let`s demolish the Scum on sunday.
ethan no one knows what we paid zenit… it could have been more than 12 or less… no CL would be shameful but not exactly a financial disaster IMO… Being in the UEFA Cup (God forbid) wld reduce our profits for sure but there wld still be profits. I doubt if one season out of the CL would cripple us financially. That was Gazidis’s point
fabregas to barcelona has started again… oh lord.. when will these people ever ever learn!!!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jhwUOFIwq6O11uuEdhr2Bl6JFdsA
It’s ‘cos we’re used to the Torquay waiter in goal A. Tom – all goalies look scarey compared to him!
I think gazidis is just taking the pressure off wenger a bit with his comments
Hell! We might even do well in the uefa cup.
the worse thing about finishing 5th would be that if we are gonna start trying to sign proper players (chellini, de rossi, villa etc) are they gonna leave when we cant offer them CL football
if our current transfer policy continues then it wont make much difference to the eboue’s & songs of this world
choy… started? when did it ever stop with those fuckers
One player signing has reassured a lot of fans
It has answered a lot of questions for me.
If I were in London I wld have raced to the Armoury to get the Arsenal Away shirt (50% off) with Arshavin and 23 on the back
wo hooo
After a long while something positive happened at Arsenal
he wont go to barca..caz i’ve read somewhere ppl at barca say he snubbed us v wont initiate the comeback talk….hope they are not sp*ds in disguise and stand by what they say…however if fab wants to come we are open!!!!
ATom the key word there is money. If we are willing to bid sensibly we should be able to sign any ‘top’ player. I 100% believe Alonso is coming in the summer. Since the move for him collapsed L’Pool have not offered him a new deal he wld have 2 yrs left (I think)
he can’t go to barca now… eventually maybe… but he would have to sit on the bench if he went next season…
“…however if fab wants to come we are open!!!!”
What is that supposed to mean Pak?
Ribery went to Bayern… If the history is there, the ambition and the cash we should be able to sign top players even if we are in the uefa cup (God forbid)
We have not won the league in like 5 years but still yet we have a player like Villa saying he wld love to play for us.
franchise, i hope your right mate… i wasnt so sure about him earlier in the season but id love to have him now!
i think our defensive problems come more from our weak midfield than the CB pairings personally
Cudicini was between those two
But Ribery was a Bayern fan as a kid. But i know what you mean.
We should ask Barca if we can have Messi and whatever they say, we should say, well touché.
I think there is more chance of Inler coming in the summer, than Alonso. It would not surprise me if Wenger needs to raise funds from player sales before he can buy in the summer.
AA23 will keep Cesc happy because he was missing playing with Hleb.
Speaking of Messi- Real Madrid were rumoured to be lining up a bid for somethng like 235m before tax. Not sure how true it is tho.
yeah i hope so too
Arsenal appeals in a different way to MAncs and the Chavs and a lot of good players have gone on record saying they wld love to play at Arsenal
the thing that was always annoying for most of us is that we hardly reacted to these ‘come and get me pleas’
What was even more annoying was the fact that the current team was in desperate need of 2 or 3 quality players. 3 players in the summer say NAsri, Alonso and a top CB. we wld have been pissing on the league from the top.
Norwegian Bergkamp sorry for the wait, but welcome, you are free to blog.
Chary you were in there again, what gives???
Unless Inler picks him form up i cant see that happening. He was another one season wonder and is apparently having a very poor season this.
can anyone actually ever see Messi leaving Barca?? when i try to picture it all i get is a 38 year old Messi that can’t run and has hair like Andy from little britain
£ points at the lane on Sunday or our desperation would go into overdrive again.
the word ‘cunt’ was used more than ‘is’ in the last 33 days
ITS A FACT (Benitez
)
Benno, shouldnt you be sleeping?
Andrei Kanchelskis says Arshavin cost us way to much and he’s not that good, cunt.
I remember Alan Sugar said that when we signed Bergkamp, cunt.
** 3 points
Stu, its only 9pm and indoor footy isnt till 9:40 anyways
Some Russian based sports guy said he was the equivalent of Messi in Russia.
Lets wait and see.
ok then, never mind
Saying that, your probably right after the lack of sleep the last couple of nights!!
Geoff, if the £12m price is true, thats cheaper than spuds paid for pavchenko, and I know which 1 I’d rather have!
fu*k Kanchelskis, hit and run as fast as you can player! he should concentrate on paying off the Russian Mafia
GROOVERS
Just read this from anothe rblog and i was left in Tatters…………
Arshavin is already better than Adebayor. TRUST IN ME TRUST IN ARSENAL.
Did you hear that Ade started football from church? Dont you think he needs to go back to another church to possibly wash his legs so that he can perform better than this woeful display?
Or Wenger should rent a church filled with ball for him to play with….
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/13824/Cartoon_Finally_Arsenals_conditions_are_to_Arshavins_liking.aspx
Cesc will leave, but not yet, 2 years time I reckon
Pierre everyone in our squad cost less than him and Bentley, Modric, Bent, Defoe, Keane and Palacios.
What a bunch of wankers, they must be stealing their money, it doesn’t make any sense.
it can mean two things stu….
show him money like ronaldo…or he’s fed up with trophy less SEASONS at grove….in both cases he will want to leave on a realistic note
i don’t think of forst option realistic however second is very much realistic…..
or might be they trying to unsettle player by showing there desire for him
http://goonertalk.com/
Cesc won`t go to Barca now. It`s just the silly spanish press who are at it again. Expect it to be heavy rumours in the summertime as always, but there`s no reason to worry I think.
I really think we might win the FA-cup this season. We will trash Cardiff at the Emirates and when that is done we will meet Burnley, also at the Emirates, who clearly are not as good away as they are at home. Remember the CC-games against Spurs where they lost 4-1 at Shite Fart Lane and won 3-0 at home.
If we get trough those games, who are very likely, we are in the Semi-Final already. Here`s hoping!
gooner-pak, where are you based?
John Terry!! Lmfao.
http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/4076812._NHS_is_exploiting_my_life____claims_transsexual/
happy days…
The Spud shirt is still showing!
I’ve now bought My Lunch Up.
Please see my comment at 9.32am.
hiiii…..everyone…new to this blog….but it seems a great blog as there are so many comments….and all are gooners…….arshavin……..is the new legend of arsenal….he is not my friend-roman soory spurs dumbo..plus the legend says trust in me and trust in arsenal….
One Arshavin is all it takes for the conversations to die. It’s 12:30 and Le Grove is deserted!
12:38 technically…
All the doom and gloom is gone…
Everybody has Song on their lips and joy in their hearts
Somebody? Anybody?
@PDT
this will help bring people back to the doom and gloom
http://www.arsenalpies.tv/bob.jpg
Dont think so. Those 2 wins would put us in the quarter final not the semi. Remember we have only won 1 game in the FA cup so far (plymouth). Knowing our luck we’ll draw Chelsea away in the QF, then Liverpool away in the SF!
LOL!!!!
Thats fucking brilliant. I actually thought that was Terry!
john terry had a sex change
http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/4076812._NHS_is_exploiting_my_life_claims_transexual/
someone sent me that 5 minutes ago posted it and it’s already there.
karachi, pakistan
pdt sorry again not mentioniong person i m replying
i am in karachi, pakistan
Late reply to you Geoff – it’s my day time proxy server that gets me into the moderation. Kanchelskis and Sugar have only said that out of envy – they’re jealous.
It pleases me all the rags(led by the Daily Mail surprise, surprise) are getting worked up over the delay in ratifying the deal. The more they whinge about it the sweeter it makes me feel that we’ve got AA23. And if Villa start complaining – it just shows they’re scared. Excellent!
SDo Terry was a dick and changed to a cunt!
CHARLIE…. that is fucking awesome mate
My bad gazzap. The fixture-list in Arse.com tricked me. But I fully expect us to progress to the QF. We have been very lucky with the draws in both domestic cups an CL this season and let`s hope it continues.
A-tom,I thought it was photoshoped,fucking uncanny!
HELLOOOO GROVERS
I cant stop myself being happy today after the deal was rubber stamped. But like many have stated we will not hear the end of it with lawyers and so on.
And I have to agree with Ethan, have they done this thing earlier than we could have gone and got ourselves a DM, CD, and GK. but that will have to wait till summer where I doubt all three departments will be filled, then maybe as Goeff said Coqelin is the man for DM.
And finally well done Geoff for sticking by your guns.
Rah Rah Arshavin, Russia’s greatest goal machine
To the tune of Boney M’s Rah Rah Rasputin, of course
…debate, and complete the rest of the song
charlie… its amazing…just passed it round work!!!
send it to pedro as well and get it in the funnies
i’ve on pic of rooney getting physical with ronaldo from sky showbiz a long time ago…i can’t post it here right
touching ronaldo’s bum….in pratice session
By the way has Lansbury gone to scunthorpe on loan or a permanently??
Just sent it A-tom
IA – one month loan i think i read on AFC.com
On loan for a month.
Insidealbania, on loan for the rest of the season
one month of course
gooner-pak that’s the reason ronaldo wants to stay at that rubbish club……….touching ronaldo’s bum….in pratice session …..he keeps on doing this rooney…..
Get over to the funnies and click the link under the story.
i’ve mailed it at funnies@le-grove.co.uk so geff/pedro will do their job
* Sent in by Charlies Barber
Been a while since I posted but the pic amused me:
http://www.megaginge.info/personal/upload/Arshavin-1.jpg
All heil Andrey Owlshavin :p
Thank you guys
GP, I’ve already got that one in the funnies somewhere.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1135595/Arshavin-Dont-tell-new-Arsenal-team-mates-I-design-womens-clothes.html?ITO=1490
Anyone seen this?
why won’t arsene go…
wilshire denilson nasri vela
go on Arsene, just once
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/sport/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Sportarsenal&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=sport&itemid=WeED04%20Feb%202009%2012%3A55%3A55%3A787
I love the way that he says ‘we’.
What is it about Robinho wife, well ugly
why do players have man bags FFS ? Jenas of Spuds for one cu*t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjqkHxvNK0
It’s been a bit like that on here r.e signing andrey arshavin
Did anyone see arshavins photos on ars.com in the 2nd photo the bloke in the yellow jacket looks like harold bishop from neighbours! rob from aus can you confirm?
Against Spuds I would start with
Almunia
Bac Willy Kolo/JD Cichy
Eboue/Ramsey Denilson Coquelin Nasri
Rvp Ade/Vela
If AA fit, then him in mdfield and no Eboue, and a little switch around
here’s a good vid showing what the boy can do..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoE8naQhasY&feature=related
Also, can someone tell me where these “Flamini loan” rumours came from?
hahaha, you must all see this !!!!
http://www.offthepost.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/andrei-arshavin-arsenal-2.jpg
good work arshavin!!!!!
whoa rico, a choice between ramsey and eboue on the right? Have you got a punt on us getting a hiding?
Almunia
Sagna Toure Djourou Clichy
LJW Denilson Nasri Vela
Van The Man Adebayor
Andrey will be in the stands until cardiff away/fulham away..
ok pedro…ihevent completly visited funnies as yet tried once or twice it takes bit time wil c someday
i’m sick of this song, eboue thing in the midfield like we need to defend and what not…
Bullox, we should keep the ball better as we have the better players. Let the better ones play..
Mostly from me and Bud Reva, more wishful thinking that rumour.
I see Geoff..
but, it’d b rather nice like wouldn’t it
I would prefer to go with
Fabianski
Sagna Kolo JD Clichy
Wilshere Denilson Diaby Nasri
RvP Ade
Wilshere because when better to start than against the enemy. No Gallas because I hate him, D&D in the middle because then there will be no Song. And Ade because he likes to score against them.
Rev –
I just cant see Arsene starting with either LJ or Coquelin to be honest, I am unsure if Eboue is injured after last weekend ?
Diaby is out Stu, both injured and suspended
Ok then……Merida so.
Whats happening with Bischoff ??
Reva it would be great, Rico he was the gamble that didn’t pay off.
Apparently lighting up the reserves.
Not when I’ve watched him Stu but I would still rather him than Song.
I havent really watched him either but thats what i hear.
Stu, Diaby is suspended…
And i’ll agree with you on Fabianski also, but I think Wenger is more likely to throw others in first…
Rico we will always agree to disagree
I’m not going along with the whole find a place for eboue and song in the starting 11 fad just because Arsene keeps feeding it to me.. They are both at current no more then cover right back and cover centre back… Arsene, in all honesty what is with the “try them anywhere, everywhere” thing?
It shows quite clearly to me when they play in midfield it’s quite clearly not, in their natural positions.. This harlem wengerball interchange positions technique is lost on some i’m afraid, me included…
We don’t even play top quality football at the moment.. It’s gone bit route 1 with either bendtner or adebayor up top.. Against the hammers on saturday we’d gone from our original plan (a) of pass and move to find gaps to (b) route 1 football…
I’m going with a movement to have the better players play.. I’m not on this “eboue, song, and a diaby there, let’s see if they can play everywhere” experiment…
Fab
Bak Kolo Yoyo Gael
LJW Deni Nas Vela
RVP Ade
G~ET SO~ME!!
Cant wait til Merida steps up. He is very creative, dont know why he hasnt been tried before, especially given our problems as of late.
Who hates Aston villa???
I do I do
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/astonvilla/4511828/Andrei-Arshavins-delayed-move-to-Arsenal-wrangles-Aston-Villa.html
O’Neil should stick to the Potatoes…
I reckon we ‘as done fings proper.. Just chip shop talk init
I like Merida……. I have no f-ing idea what youa re all talking about as I have not read past the last 2 or 3 comments, but hey………..
Now O’neil is really pissing me off. I sure will laugh my ass off when he finished the season outside the top four.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/astonvilla/4511828/Andrei-Arshavins-delayed-move-to-Arsenal-wrangles-Aston-Villa.html
O’Neill had the perfect forum to air any grievances at his press conference yesterday and said nothing. I think even he realises it was an admin issue and nothing more sinister.
Oh…and no quotes from ANYONE INVOLVED is always a good indication of an article without any foundation whatsoever.
enjoy boys
O’Neill said on Tuesday that he was unable to justify spending at swollen prices.
Ok and when you bought Young for £10mil from Watford that was what?….
And when you put Barry on the market for £18mil, that was what?…
Dopey little cunt, fuck off back to Wycombe, where someone liked you.
Henry’s available in the summer, I can endure another Arshavin saga if we get him back.
Afternoon folks….
I like the positive post
Richaldo, stick yer potatoes up yer arse!
Way to go, Geoff. Did I tell you I wear girl clothes and read ladybird books.
I must say I never realised he was so quick, he flys
Kev – Who flys?
re: Chris Andrey arshavin’s song to Boney M:
Quality!!
How about to dschinghis khan’s “Moskau”
And–rey, King of the Russian Land
Goes past another man
scores us a goal
And–rey, those silky skills you show
Come sun, wind, rain or snow
Win home or away
And every night, night, night there is drama
and every night, night, night there is goals
and every night, night, night there is singing
because andrey has got us a goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDnLIYd0hZY
check it out and sing along… trust me
the russian trained today
Oakland – Spend more time in school and less time blogging fella….. your spelling is atrocious !
Just judging him on those clips he will need midfield runners to get the best out of him.. Shame our midfielders are either thick, slow or both.
Oakland fuck off you moron and read the post.
As is your grammar actually !
Thats a bit harsh on him. He could be a spud for all we know.
Where the fuck did that prick come from, when did I say Gazidas got Arshavin?
If he wants to see what balls I’ve got he can send me his email address the fuckwit.
Thanks bud.
Oakland you are a very very naughty boy. You better be careful playing Truant, someone might tell your mummy and you will also get detention !!!!
How about to dschinghis khan’s “Moskau”
And–rey, King of the Russian Land
Goes past another man
scores us a goal
And–rey, those silky skills you show
Come sun, wind, rain or snow
home and away
And every night, night, night there is drama
and every night, night, night there is goals
and every night, night, night there is singing
because andrey has got us a goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDnLIYd0hZY
Sing a-long….
Gonna make this a hit lol
ide love it if he starts on the bench against the spuds and comes on at 1-1 to score the winner, he’d cement himself into arsenals hall of fame.
I’m going to the gym Grovers, catch you all later for a late afternoon session.
Arshavin must play, we don’t have any more midfielders!
laters geoff
Arshavin – Fabregas – Nasri – Rosicky – Walcott – Eboue
Spot the odd one out.
Yes that’s right grovers, it’s Theo, because he is the only one who can’t play our passing game. I think his days as a first choice RM are numbered – impact sub and eventually striker once he grows a bit more, that’s all. Eboue is better at passing combinations in the midfield than Theo is, no joke. Theo is a soloist in an ensemble, he looks out of place often, but he can be a tremendous impact player in the future imo.
Btw I don’t believe Eboue is fit to lace the boots of that first quartet; once they are all fit, they should play every game, we would be fucking unbelievable.
oh I forgot Denilson Song and Diaby, whoops. Never mind eh.
LJW could hold his head up in that company, as could Rambo and maybe Merida in time. Not yet though.
I like Denilson, think he’s ok
Fucking hell Seb, that last one got me back from the gym!
Ah yes, I remember the gamble on bischoff Geoff, but he still has time to show he has something i guess….
Must watch more reserves games, i have some recorded so i may just go off and watch a few moments of his magic
Let me know your opinion, he seems , well ordinary, but all the same better than Song!
Ah Bitchslaaap, Rico. We’d better get a chant ready for him in time for the 2010/11 season.
Andrei Arshavin song:
To Dschinghis Khan’s “Moskau”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDnLIYd0hZY
And–rey, King of the Russian Land
Goes past another man
scores us a goal
And–rey, those silky skills you show
Come sun, wind, rain or snow
home and away
And every night, night, night there is drama
and every night, night, night there is goals
and every night, night, night there is singing
because andrey has got us a goal
chorus:
And-rey, And-rey, plays for arsenal, you can see
greatest team there’s ever been
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha HEY!
And-rey, And-rey, his last name is Arsh-av-in,
you’ll be seeing more of him
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-HEY!
And-rey, And-rey, chelsea, man-u, tott-en-ham
we will stuff the lot of them
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha HEY!
And-rey, And-rey, we’ll be drinking all night long
Whilst we sing this arsenal song
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha HEY!
Sing-along like you’re proud…
Yes, I am bored!!!
Kanchelskis is of Ukraine origin which explains why he does not rate our Andrei.
I am convinced.
I thought Denilson had his best game yet against WHU.
Denilson is nothing out of this world but he does ok in my book. I think people can be too harsh on him.
bishcoff looks ok.. pretty nippy quite creative but sensible with the ball. and as Geoff said better than song… although to be fair i include myself in that category
Seb
That was an interesting point you made about Theo not being able to play our quick passing game. Do you think this will come with time or do you think he lacks the skill full stop?
Irish G………I like Denilson. I agree he is not world class yet but, he is getting stonger and quicker imo. I think he will keep improving to become a very good player.
Compare him to Flamini…..I think Denislon too will have a great season next year and people will start to rate him.
Fingers crossed anyway
I will Geoff – I thought when i last saw him, he could be good, i hope so, and Coquelin, the latter i think will be a little like Flamini in the way he covers so much ground, but a lot better imho
Wardo – In my opinion Denilson is there to win the ball and pass it to the nearest playmaker or available Arsenal player. He is getting better at it each week. I know he is not finding that killer pass but is that his job?
He seems like a good honest kid as well which is why I like him and he is only 21 and gaining more experience. I have no problem with Wenger playing him over the likes of Song. Yes AW could buy better but he’s not going to so Denilson it is.
The people who were concerned about Denilson were only concerned about whether he had what it would take to win the league this season. What position in the league are we? The Denilson doubters, which included myself, never doubted that he would be a very good player in the future.
London – that is a fair point but the thing is if the rest of the team were playing better Denilson would look better if you get what I am saying? He’s not ideal by any means but he is decent.
is doesnt help denilson that flam had an absolute stormer last year. compare the 2 now and flam is miles better in my opinion, but they are completely different and i think we all expected denilson to copy flamini… denilson has shown he has ability just needs a bit more time and experience around him
IIIIIIIIIIIIIrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiisssssssshhhhh!!!
Denilson will come good imho, he is definately one for the future, he is gettng better all the time and plays with heart and conviction.
Irish G…fully agree that he is there to win the ball then pass it to creative player. However, when protecting the ball he seems to be getting better…….I’d like to see him get a bit stronger in the challanges tho…..
I love U irish…
I like denilson too..
MP – How you doin?
AT…Flamini had his best season with us last year. Altho, he was quality as a utility player when we got to the ECL final…..shame that little shit Cashley took his place in the final…..bet flamster was pissed off with that one which was probably part of him leaving.
Sorry..
Typing error…
Wardo – In a perfect world he’d have a Patrick Vieira to learn his trade from. In all honesty the defensive areas aren’t overly worked on at Arsenal so Denilson is doing a good old job by all accounts. I certainly rather seeing his name than Song’s on the teamsheet
Vandejie – I love you too
Catch up soon, thats me done for the day
Have a good evening, i am off to watch some footie
i love u too irish
why dont we all get together and have a grovesome
btw denilson ticks ok in my books
Wardo, yeah he looked after himself and fair play to him cos we tried to ship him out a year earlier!
just a shame he couldn’t put his pride/greed to one side… he was a real leader.
it’ll be interesting to see what wenger does this summer… i think we need a proper DM like alonso to partner cesc, a real specialist for that role. but id like to keep denilson and he obviously needs games to develop
ARSHAVIN!!!
Legend in the making!
AT….interesting point. However, if we get a decent DM, then Denilson can be the utility player (he would get games due to injuries suspensions etc). This would then improve our utility players as Song and Eboue would be dropped further down the pecking order…….Also, Denilson isn;t that old so if Wenger got a 27/28 year old, in 3 years time, Denilson would have hopefully learnt the role and would be ready to take the position for himself
Franchise – Love you too
a “grovesome” 
Anyone think Alonso can be there for the taking in the summer? Rafa is gone cuckoo and surely will get the boot in the summer and they are having financial trouble, maybe Gazidis will spend the extra millions and push a deal through.
Midfield: Arshavin, Cesc, Alonso, Rosicky, Nasri, Walcott – who to pick??
arsenal tom…you mentioned we need a DM
whats wrong with veloso?
he was linked to bolton!?
is he having a sh*t season or something?
Wardo – that’s the perfect solution.
Hopefully with the signing of Arshavin AW is aiming to really balance the youth-experience thing. We can hope at least
Rob – Veloso has struggled to get into the sporting side lately and apparently has fallen out with the coach. Some seem to think he may have been just a tad over-rated
Re: John Terry sex change article…it says “The person on the poster is fictional, made up of different images that were merged together by an artist”…surely he has to be a Spurs fan who created this masterpiece!
I get the feeling that people think we have too many options in midfield now Arsh (Only 1 player mind) has arrived.
Hate him or loathe him Mourinho was right to insist on 2 world class players in every position to allow for injuries, suspensions and loss of form. I’m happy to have too many options in midfield as no way will we have every one fit at any one time.
I’m fed up of us having a wafer thin squad that relies on the assumption that no one will ever get injured. Of course dead weight should be flogged, this being the usual suspects(Song and Eboue), with quality replacements.
Isn’t it about time we built a squad not just a first XI?
You lot are sex mad, and Irish loves it
Kelsey no, that really is John Terry!
kelsey – 80
Kelsey – that was meant to be a “shocked” face, didn’t work
you can argue all you want but for me Denilson ain’t up to it, far too lightweight for middle of the park and a joke when he is stuck onto wing, if you actually look at the games he never tracks back, has cost us lots of goals this season, everton at home osmon a clear one, never tracked him and he scored. Villa Zat knight last minute, where was he? in the middle of the park picking his nose. he’s a Spurs type of player
Chary – that would be ideal but apart from the Mancs no other side have a proper squad IMHO.
Chelsea have a LOT of deadwood to get rid of and Liverpool have a crazy manager who thinks N’Gog can fill in for Torres
Cheers irish gunner
has anyone got a link to that john terry article/pic…lol?
Couldnt agree more Chary, we need 22 very good players, plus a few utility players. IMO i would like our squad to look something like this, backups nin (brackets)
GK; ….., (Fabianski)
RB; Sagna, (Eboue)
CB; Gallas, (Toure)
CB; ….., (Djourou)
LB; Clichy, (Gibbs)
RM; Arshavin, (Walcott)
CM; Fabregas (Denilson)
CM; ….., (…..)
LM; Rosicky, (Nasri)
CF; Van Persie, (Bendtner)
CF; ….., (Eduardo)
Utility players; Ramsey, Wilshere, Vela
So basically i think we need a GK, a CB (plus replace Gallas if he goes), 2 DMs and a top class centre forward to replace Ade.
Diaby, Eboue, Song, Ade & Silvestre can go.
With that 25 man squad we would win everything ib sight.
Rob, in the funnies
pedro
where do i find the funnies…sorry!
Irish im putting a 20 quid bet that we get Alonso in the summer
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Chary
I am sure you realise that the only reason that Morinho was able to insist on having two world class players in each position was that they could afford to pay such high wages. The result being that any player who wasn’t getting a game was satisfied that he was getting paid much more than if he were anywhere else.
We simply do not have money to waste like Abramovich. Our policy has had to be to have one world class player in each position and one up and coming understudy. Bentner is that perfect example of someone who doesn’t moan about being on the bench and tries to take his chances when they become available. Whether you think he does enough is for another debate.
True Irish – but the Mank squad is something we should aspire to and of course the Chavs at the moment are not the squad they were since Grant and Scolari have messed up Mourinho’s efficient – if dull – teams of 2-3 years ago.
BTW, is there some sort of love in going on? If so, in that spirit..”I love you Irish x”.
http://le-grove.co.uk/e-mail-funnies/
ROB im not sure about him… he’s about 25 and still at sporting… id have thought if he was top top class he’d have been snapped up by now… the fact that bolton were linked makes me wonder about him to.
he doesnt make the portugese 1st 11 either
Arshavin would replace cesc in the mean time while he recovers from his injury. Imagine a midfield with cesc, nasri, and the russian..wow..mouth watering. Though I don’t think the three can play at the same time.
Pedro – I read the story and saw the picture. Is it a piss-take of Terry or is it true?
LOL that’s the funniest thing ever ha ha
I see where you’re coming from London, Mourinho was in a fortunate position, however we have sub standard squad members who aren’t going to get any better who should be replaced by a player who is actually capable of being ready in a season or two.
wardo… thats what im hoping for… getting a player at this peak for denilson to learn from that way when he does play he knows the role in-side-out.
we can dream huh!??
Franchise – definitely worth a punt
Sure can AT……Wenger can keep his over 30 policy going also.
Good night all…leaving work now. Someone just called me “Levi’s”……..think that mean cause I leave at 5:01……
Chary – It is definitely what evey club should aspire to. I’ll tell you one thing, if I was a Liverpool fan I wouldn’t be backing Rafa the way they are, he has spent £170mil and only re-couped £69mil and for what? One Champions League!! Not good enough. Chelski are outta money
And I love you loads Chary
Ive got an idea Irish
I want to start a black jack hedge fun
i would get investments from ppl without the balls to gamble guaranteeing a 15% increase…. I would get all the cash and head into the casino for some serious black jacking…. (im quite good and lucky on it)
what do u think?
what wld the FSA think?
My name is franchise, i am not a gambling addict
* hedge fund
That’s true Irish – Rafa summed up in one word is “profligate”, something Hicks/Gillette will not appreciate in the long term, providing they stop bickering and are still at the Bindippers for much longer.
Are we all lovey-dovey because of the feel good factor we’ve got from the coming of Arsh ?
It’s a heck of a lot better than the angst of the denouement of the summer transfer window.
f**king hilarious! LOL
Love it!
Cheers pedro!
irish,
being a proclaimed journalist,you will know that Gillette and hicks (who sat nearly at opposite ends of the stand agaist Chelsea) have had an extension until july to find the 200 million they personally owe to the banks.Liverpool will become the selling club of the year,as G & H can’t hold out much longer and the asking price for the club will have to be renegotiated to a lower value.
I’m not much of a gambler so wouldn’t know Franchise so I will say…yes
Kelsey – I am right in saying that Liverpool are in debt to the tune of £368mil and have until June not July to re-finance the loan? I think H&G are just a little bit broke… do i feel sorry for ‘em?
Kelsey – I should have phrased that “Am I right in saying” not “I am right in saying” cos I could very well be wrong
Lol @ blackjack hedgefund….even card counters cant return 15%…
There are a few poker hedge funds out there though.
The thing about spikes is they are normally followed by drops… over 2000 comments 48hrs ago currently struggling to quarter that.
its all arshavin’s fault
there’s nothing to moan about
nothing to argue about
why? o! why?
really gambon
my quest for riches is far from over
if only there was a curious case of franchise i would start training to be a football player. £15,000 a week i would sign a life contract
London
If you take young players like Wilshere Ramsey and Cesc at 16/17, they have no problem playing our style of football. They are all about composure in possession and passing vision. Theo is older than that and yet still looks a little bit lost at times while the play goes on around him.
I just think he’s a different type of player – all the times when he has wowed us for Arsenal and England have been solo moments of brilliance, or occasionally great balls across the face of goal. He is not a technical ball player, he is an explosive sprinter with good finishing ability and an improving final ball from the wing. The question is whether he can play a part in our system on a regular basis, with players like Nasri Cesc Arshavin and Rosicky ahead of him. I just worry that he slows down our play once he receives possession, because he likes to run with the ball rather than pass and move.
Really I suppose he is more like Marc Overmars than anyone else, if he could develop the same directness and notch up the goals, he could still be very useful during his time as a midfielder. Or maybe he will start his conversion to striker sooner than expected.
It should be interesting seeing how AW balances out the team once everyone’s fit again. Mind you, Theo will have a battle to regain his place from EE27 of course…
But there are players at Arsenal that you can see will never make it.
Seb, it was part of my point earlier – there’ll never be a time when everyone is fit. As one player returns another will limp off crocked. If we ever do get to that mythical position of a fully fit squad another surprise element can be introduced to AFC – COMPETITION FOR STARTING PLACES.
Now there’s a novelty.
Irish, I don’t know all the ins and outs at pool,but the extension of 200 million I believe has to be payed by July,a final extension.
I would like to know who decides who makes it and who doesnt. Is it Brady as head of youth development or Wenger that decides? Certain players might impress some and not others. Like Rodgers, Randall etc and all the other youths that have been released or let go only to end up eventually playing against us a few years later.
Geoff,
let me guess do they rhyme with pong and kung fooe
Kelsey – I’m not too sure either, there are just figures I have seen. Either way its not looking too good for them, so we can take Alonso and Torres off their hands and give them Eboue and Song as we are quite charitable
Seb
Perhaps I should of made clear that I agree with your concern but I was, and still am, curious to know whether you think that in time Theo will develop the necessary skills to play our quick passing game do you think he lacks the talent full stop?
Seb
I have re-read your comment. I think you have answered my question. Thanks
Kelsey you must be a clairvoyant! Spooky.
I think Theo has our quick passing game and like RVP will one day develop into the world’s best player.
It’s too quiet……
Theo would have been much more suited to out counter attackng teams because now thats its all passing he gets a bit lost and crowded out with no space to run into. He lacks the on the ball intellegence to succeed with the crab football we play now. But hes getting there…..
I certainly agree that I expect Theo to blossom into one of the best forwards we have ever had but at the moment he still seems to trip over the ball more often that he should.
Its amazing what Hoffenheim are doing in Germany. They only just came up and are top of the table half way through and still unbeaten at home.
I can see Eboue leaving during the summer, Randall to do a Lupoli on us. Probably 1 big name leaving, most probably Gallas and Henry to retire soon and returning to mentor Walcott.
And I’m being serious ;D
Iqwoo- adebayor to leave?
One more thing, I’m very sure 1 of our strikers will move on during the summer.
Je suis désolé que j’aie passé £15m de votre argent
Adebayor to leave and have a quiet season in the Serie A as the curse continues. We’ll let him off for maximum 20million by then, he’ll be a little too old for our team.
Stu but they are funded by a billionaire!
Randall I don’t rate much and I have to say there are quite a few I don’t rate, but it’s the ones in our first team that are shit that bother me the most.
Irish I think everyone blogged themselves out after the window closed, it’s called post transfer window traumatic stress!
I actually think, and it all my honesty, that Song has a future in Arsenal. Maybe as a utility man.
Evening Grovers!
Geoff – I can’t suffer from PTWTS and PMT. I’ll me a mess
Evening fellow Grovers
So Apparently Martin O’neill is going to use his game tonight to voice his concerns over the validity of the Arshavin transfer
I wonder if he will mention the loan move of Stephen Kelly from Birmingham to Stoke that only happened this afternoon!!!!
Hope he does have a pop, it will show that the pressure is on him.
I think Song has a future at Arsenal, as a Ball Boy.
Seriously unless he is the ultimate late developer, I just cant see it, You would have thought that he would have shown at least some improvment by now.
He is not and will not ever be good enough to play at this level and I just hope that once we secure 4th, that Wenger uses the summer to clear out the players that obviously won’t make it and either promote Youth that will make and buy some ready made replacements
Pat – Yep. The FA have stated a number of other transfers were stamped even later than the Arshavin one but as usual the meeja hear what they want to. O’Neill would do well to not open his gob
Pat he’s not good enough to give out the half time oranges!
In the summer I can see Eboue and either Ade or Gallas moving on.
But if I were to decide I would let the following go (and obviously replace them):
Gallas, Silvestre, Eboue, Song, 1 of Diaby or Denilson and Ade.
I would consider keeping Almunia because he wouldnt be a bad 2nd choice to Fabianski.
I’d keep Denilson.
i think the best formation for arsenal when everyone is fit is 4-2-3-1
almunia
sagna-gallas-toure-clichy
fabregas-nasri
rosicky-arshavin-v.persie
adebayor
Definately keep Denilson, he can be a great back up to Cesc. Wenger clearly likes him as he is way ahead of Diaby, Song in the pecking order.
So…….who’s coming in the summer then? Not to early to speculate is it?
Certainly a DM but whom??
Ron, Fabregas and Nasri will never play together, he wont even use Nasri as a replacement for Cesc let alone with him.
Ron- what abouit a DM? Surely we need at least 1 in the team to cover the defence and full backs going forward?
Stu, if we get CL football then Alonso i reckon.
If not a french league DM – Cana, M;Bia, Matuidi maybe.
Stu – Alonso
Evening Grover’s. How are we all today?
Norwegian Bergkamp – They haven’t got back yet mate. I don’t think they want to give me any information lol. Oh well, will wait a bit more.
alright folks… So pleased to have the arshavin thing over and done with now. i just hope he gets fit as soon as possible. i dont think ive ever been this excited to see a footbal player play for us.
Not taking anything away from anyone else its just we are doing shit this season frankly.
Im so excited i even have a pic of him holding his arsenal shirt as my desktop background
fabregas started his carrer as a dm…so it will be no problem for him fitting in that role…..plus atleast he will do better defending then denilson or diaby do at the moment….
Seems everyone wants Alonso then. But will we get him?
If we cant then I would prefer shopping in Germany because they are great players imo. Technically good and disciplined, just what we need.
irish i wud love alonso here. i think he is one of the best midfield players in the league
Ron, using Cesc as a DM would be a monumental waste of talent. Even Barca, the most attacking team ive ever seen recognise the need for a couple of tough DMs in the squad.
Cesc is no DM, nor should he ever be used in that way.
Ron, Gallas started as a striker, Toure as a midfielder, Cashley was also a striker.
Should all them play their childhood/reserve positions?
It would be a massive waste putting Cesc at Dm because clearly, as last season showed, he is far better as an attacking midfielder.
if we need to buy a dm matuidi……should be the buy watched his performance for saint ettine against lyon man of the match…….kept benema and juninho quiet…no easy job..has been outstanding all season
cant see cesc as a dm sorry guys. he is too creative and he lacks the height and strength to be a DM. He also isnt that fast and if a players gets past him he usually struggles to catch up
I am always confused when people describe Alonso as a DM. Macherano (spelling) is my idea of a DM.
Kenny – yep he’s top class. I’d rob him and Torres from Liverpool in a heartbeat. Even Alonso would make me very happy, I think we have a small chance of getting him.
maybe just use him in the alonso type role….. deep lying playmaker
Alonso is just deep lying playmaker, not a traditional defensive midfielder. Mascherano does most of the work to make Alonso look good.
Yes, Matuidi is very good, clairefontaine trained and very similar physical style to coquelin. I would prefer someone a bit bigger ideally but he would certainly keep Song away from the team.
song is better as a cb then a dm…..but not a regular just to fill in…..
fuck it just bring coquelin in now! Maybe thats a bit too optimistic at the moment but if Coquelin isnt playing th DM role in all of next seasons carling cup games instead of Randall ill really not be impressed
I watched Leverkusen play recently, their DM (Rofles) is also their captain, a german international and only about 25. I dont know anything about him tho but if he has accomplished that much then i think we should seriously consider him.
Seriously, im pushing for a few German additions (or at least german based players).
Song is at best a CC quality back up. Nothing more. He should never have been given a contract with us without proving his worth because he is getting money and taking up space that could have been given to a far better player.
i think rofles is an attack minded player and one who can also play on the left side of midfield …..we should consider appiah for a short term deal
Well he plays dm for Bayern and Germany and his wiki page says dm too so……….
okkkkk thanks for the info……
Jan Vertonghen @ Ajax would be a good signing, i remember wenger saying he is keeping close tabs on a number of young belgians when he denied the kompany thing.
Mathieu Bodmer will probably be available in the summer from Lyon, id take him any day.
according to repots..henry the great will be sold next summer by barca and they have lined up villa…..why not just bring henry back next season and sell ade ……who at the moment is doing nothing but missing chances……
Essien from Chelsea, I reckon they will continue to sell to buy and will want funds for Robinho
I would be happy if that was our only summer signing and we let go of Eboue and Song
And Ron
Yes I would love to see Henry back, but I think he might go for a fling in the states
best option is van bommel whose contract will expire in the summer……will be a great signing
I wouldnt be opposed to Vertonghen. He was even stand in captain while Stekelenberg was injured so he is obviously held in high regard at Ajax. I would also like the idea of buying straight from Ajax because so many of their ex players become great players that we cant afford when they are proven at another club.
Vermaelen is another Belgian at Ajax. Also highly rated and young.
Essien is the man, but no chance there, theyd want £25m minimum.
Essien is a dirty fucker. Always trying to break players legs and feigning injury to try get away with it. Great player tho and way outside our budget.
I agree ptg, I think Henry will go to the states because rumour has it he will retire soon, maybe over there.
I think Blaise Matuidi would be a decent signing for us, but I think Wenger is keeping an eye on Coquelin, hence why there might not be a DM coming in potentially, I think a stop-gap should be brought in, maybe Appiah???
What about Witsel of Standard Liege? Although haven’t seen much of him lately, he’s only 20 too so perhaps not experienced enough.
inler will be available in the summer for 10m……but has been poor this season….hope he is not a one season wonder…
He is dirty and we need a bit of that,
I dont think he will be out of our bracket, I reckon given his lack of games this season and that Chavski buy high sell low, I think he may be surplus to requirement and 15m would seal the deal.
Imagine this 5 man midfield
Arshavin, Nasri, Cesc, Essien, Rosicky
He is a Gooner as well Irish.
Inler keeps saying he dont wanna come though, I would forget about Inler.
I would think twice about a DM simply because of Coquelin, but I do think a stop-gap should be brought in. I personally think (and hope lol) Denilson & Diaby will come good though, very soon.
Wenger wont pay 10m for Inler after the shocker of a season hes having.
Irish, is it Witsel or the other guy from Liege that is a fellow gooner? Either way they are both highly rated.
Fuck Inler, He had his chance
alonso will be tough to buy……because president candidates are using him as bargaining chips for the elections for next president of real madrid…..
Witsel is an attacking mid.
Essien would never be 15m, for one hes the last person theyd sell, and if they did there would be 10 clubs willing to pay more than us.
I would bring one in Sion,
Even if Coquelin does come through that quick, we have a shocking lack of depth in that position.
Personally I think neither Denilson or Diaby or Song are going to be that good.
You can see the class shine out in Coquelin but the three mentioned have been around a bit now, and they are not showing signs of being world class in my books and forget sentiment, world class is what we need.
Stu – Witsel is the DM at Liege, the other guy you are thinking of is Defour the playmaker, think he’s a Gunner too
Ron – Madrid will look for a bigger name than Alonso. I can honestly see Kaka going there.
Witsel used to be a wing player but has been converted to a DM and Defour is their attacking player in the middle
I dont know Gambon, they have Lumpalard, Ballack and Mikel.
I dont think Abramovich is going to release many funds in the summer, and the chances are a new guy will be at the helm who will want his own players.
I think 15m will get him, remember as well he is 26/27.
I would definately buy because even if Coquelin does move into the first team he still wont be ready for a starting berth for at least 2-3 more years at best.
Anyone seen this – Hey Geo, how spooky the story is after earlier
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/326633473?-19387
de roosi will be a great signing……great player
Yeah I think Kaka is a banker for Madrid in the Summer. and no doubt Adebayor to Milan could be on again too,
Hopefully we will snap their hand off this time.
Woops -Geo = Geoff, now I am in Big Trouble
15m wont get him.
Rafa is starting Lucas ahead of Mascherano – he really doesn’t want to win anything LOL
Ron, do you know something we dont because you seem to think he is coming judging by the “will”.
Lucas is like the Eboue of Liverpool. Obviously not as bad but always starts ahead of better players despite being shit whenever he plays.
I think Diaby & Denilson will be world-class, Pat. I do believe that they are taking their time about it though lol, and we really don’t need anyone taking their time right now.
Song I have major doubts about, he just doesnt have the urgency at all. Diaby I have very high hopes for though, I think he could be magnificent for us if he pulls his finger out his ass. Denilson is the same, he was a beast when he first came, now hes being a pussy, but I think they will have a major and fast spurt into form very soon, not to sound too much like Arsene but I “believe” they can. lol
I also have a feeling that given another 6 months of financial troubles and job losses will have a knock on effect and apart from Man City and Tottenham (who have employed a number of armed robbers who knock over a post office every week, its the only explanation) I dont think there will be a lot of money going around. Players will be worth a bit less I reckon.
Also the PL TV rights are up again this summer, and I seriously doubt that they will get a huge amount again.
Has Connor Henderson declared for Ireland?
He’s playing for us hoorah
bad news…..risse is a doubt for cl clash against us…hope he is fit at least he will score some goals for us……
Im sure Diaby and Denilson will become great players but there just isnt time or room for them both to do t here. One of them will have to go in the summer to release some funds and allow better players to come in.
Coquelin removed in place of Frimpong??? whats going on there? lool
Sion
You are basically saying that Diaby and Denilson are going to referred to in the same vein as the likes of Vieira, Keane, Gerrard?
They might be PL class (Denilson Certainly, Diaby maybe) but imo I dont think either will ever be classed as world class.
Irish, other way round, he was a DM in the superb belgian youth teams but has become more attacking, it doesnt look like he will revert as he is very good in an attacking role.
Irish, he wont play under trap because hes a reserve and doesnt play for united.
Stu, I would keep them personally, but if I had to sell one, it would maybe be Denilson, I could see Diaby being incredible here.
I think they could Pat, honestly, when Denilson first came, I was in awe, he had some pizzazz about him, but now hes being a pussy, and I wish he would stop lol.
Im the other way Sion. I cant see Diaby getting the consistency or fitting into a 4-4-2 formation. Hes not productive enough for an attacker not does he have any attributes usually associated with defensive players.
Gambon – He looked good as a DM too. He looks like a very good player either way.
Stu – We could loan him to Stoke and he can sit on their bench and then Trap would pick him
Stu, I understand, I have been disappointed with Diaby’s inconsistent displays.
My friend is even more of a Diaby fan than I am, he thinks he could potentially be better than Vieira!!!
disappointed that Coquelin is injured but i like the look of henderson
here he’s decided to play for england but not 100%
It works for Whelan so I dont see why not Henderson too.
evening patthegooner,
I agree but they are having to play without a mentor.Both should be understudies,but we have had this debate before and we don’t have that experience to teach them.
Ha Ha
This is how much it cost to put together all of the squads in the Premier League
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1135774/Hey-big-spenders–refined-profligates-extraordinaire.html?ITO=1490
Interesting Reading
Spuds 187m!!!!!!!
Arsenal 74m
On one site it says Henderson has declared for Ireland on another it says England – think Brady would tell him who he SHOULD be playing for!!
True Kelsey
But both have been a bit of a dissapointment for me. Denilson did look quite good in his first season but has dipped since. Again Diaby looked good as well, but it is like they both still make the mistakes that we passed off as youthful inexperience in their first year.
Denilson is still 20 so I think there is more chance of him developing further, but Diaby is 22, we are not talking about an 18yr old and I just dont think he is going to make it at the highest level.
He would get a lot more chances with Ireland too.
Would be a pity if we didn’t get him in the Irish set -up. We’d have him and that young guy is Scotland James McCarthy coming through, better than Gibson and Whelan!!!
He played for Ireland U-19s in August
Diaby doesnt score many, rarely gets assists, cant tackle, doesnt track back, looses the ball far too much but still has the ability to do a bit of magic once a game.
Denilson does most of the above too but is more productive so has a slightly better chance of improving enough to make it here due mostly to his age.
Even tho Diaby is just 2 years older he has been here in the team a little longer and should have done a lot more than he has.
God I hate the setanta panel!
Stu – they are showing scousers on UTV as well, slightly less annoying
Stu, I don’t think you can write Diaby off just yet… he might be older, but he’s been injured a majority of his Arsenal career.
Denilson and Diaby both have plenty of scope for improvement… and I think Denilson has come on a lot this season.
Im not writing him off yet but i just cant see where he fit in anymore.
anybody else reckon hamsik would be quality for us
*writing
The Napoli chariman turned down a 20m bid from Inter in the summer so i doubt he will be leaving for us.
If he applies himself, the coach will have to find him a place!
I am sure Arshavin said he wasn’t fit for Spurs… is that right?
Thats right Pedro. Not sure if he has his work permit as of yet either. But if he gets that he might be on the bench.
I’m sure we’ll despatch the scum without him… if there is a game you’d hope the players would be up for… it is this one!
So… who’s going to win, the bindippers or the errr? Bindippers!
Hamsik is superb, but i feel (apart from maybe replacing Ade) we need to concentrate on bringing great defensive players in now.
I went snooping – Henderson has chosen Ireland and was in the U-19 team at 16. He is on the FAI website but not the FA website so just hoping he doesn’t change his mind. He was in the Carling Cup squad but had to get an operation on his cruciate ligament but is now in the CL squad.
Jeez hope he makes it, not been anyone decent and Irish at Arsenal in a while.
Chiellini… that is who we need.
Remember Graham Barratt? Whatever happened to him? Oh, and Joe O’Ceaurell (<- Spelling) from Watford?
Hamsik will have to be dragged from Napoli kicking and screaming because Napoli have a long term plan and Hamsik and Lazzerri (spelling) are big in their plans. Not going too bad for them so far.
Irish… a big enough offer and a bit of unsettling will have him out of there in a month.
Im hoping that Everton win on penalties.
That will piss pool off, give everton more games and increase the pressure on Rafa.
I think O Cereal went to brighton maybe?
Graham Bareett was a big old bastard.
My local team, Crawley, recently signed Isiah Rankin & Paolo Vernazza.
Not sure where Barrett is gone – he was in the lower leagues in England but not sure now.
O’Ceauraill (however you spell it) was with St.Pats in Ireland last season but hs left now now sure if he is still in Ireland though
Pedro, Mourinho offered 20m+ in the summer and they still said no.
Gambon, last time I checked Vernazza was playing for Dagenham and Redbridge.
Rankin was our top reserve scorer, right?
Pedro – a big enough offer from us???
I thought Lupoli was our top reserve scorer. I wouldnt know tho.
Stu, a team that can’t offer European football won’t be able to turn an offer like that down twice. Why would he stay? That would be like expecting Wigan to keep hold of their star players.
Irish, £16 and a free subscription to ATVO probably wouldn’t cut it as a big offer…
Lupoli is gone a while isn’t he? Norwich but moved on last week – I think
Napoli started well but have begun to slip recently like the look of gargano aswell. Hes more defensive aswell
Pedro – £16 and ATVO is a massive bid for us? Did we even offer that much for Arshavin, ATVO is priceless
Yeah, it seems Vernazza is at Woking. He was at Crawley when we beat them in preseason.
Lupoli went to sheff u didnt he the other day?
Lucas tried to make a 1-2 with Kuyt
I hate that retarded version of the fields of athenry liverpool sing
I dont get why we kept Bendtner but not Lupoli-his partner in crime.
Haha imagine they had to take an injured Torres off. Fuckin’ idiot Rafa. He doesnt want the league at all.
Gerrard is injured
oh-oh Liverpool 
Aw its only stevie G. Still tho, an injury is an injury. Now they are fucked.
Bloody hell Irish you know your football! Did you just by pass the dolly playing stage as a child and go straight into collecting Arsenal football programmes.
Fellani’s hair is too cool for school.
I have to say im not a fan of Xabis Ginger beard. He should have left it at a bit of stubble not the full think.
Think Rafa should have brought on Keane and … oh wait…
Stu
Height
London, whats that now??
Oh i get you, the Bendtner Lupoli thing.
London – I had two dolls when I was small – they got thrown out because I needed room in my press to house some footballs
The difference between Lupoli and Bentner….height
The defference between Senderos and Djourou….Pace
Nice one Irish
These derbies are proper grudge matches aren’t they?
Fellani specialises in clumsy fouling… he is quite good though…
I kept “My Little Pony” stuff though and New Kids On The Block stuff so I’m not a butch lesbian or anything
I like butch lesbians
Lucas – what a bag of crap
Pedro – I could find you some. Do you know the Seven Sisters Tube stop in London?
Butch lesbians are basically men with no….(whistle sound- because i dont know how to spell sounds)
They are the lesbians that give lesbians bad names.
I remember watching Jo Brand on TV and she said a lesbian wrote her a letter and told her to let the public know she was straight because she was giving lesbians a bad name…!
Jo Brand?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/grahamnortonshow/images/173/jo_brand.jpg
Comedienne
Its a good thing I wasnt eating when I clicked that link!
You don’t find her hot?
Not really no!
agh – know her, saw her on “Have I Got News For You”
weirdo…
To be fair Pedro she looked a lot hotter when her hair was longer.
Dossena looks like a top purchase!
I wonder why they bought him when they had the Insua guy lined up?
Thanks
Fellaini likes yellow cards – he wants more
I can’t disagree there Keyser…
Maybe his favourite colour is yellow?
Does Benayoun remind anyone of Hleb?
Dossena is first choice leftback for Italy – bring ‘em on
(yes I am ignoring all the other talent they have) Kevin Kilbane will make a fool of him 
Pedro, you were saying!
wrong wing…agh well Paul Mcshane will make a fool of him
If I was given the opportunity to make realistic changes to the arsenal squad, this is what I would do:
Out:
Eboue – £8m
Gallas – £6m
Song – £3m
Senderos – Swap for Gourcuff of AC Milan
Total – £17m
In:
Richards – £9m (Can cover Eboue’s RB position and can also play CB)
Chiellini – £10m
Veloso – £12m
Flamini – £7m
Gourcuff – Senderos
Total – £38m
£38m – £17m = £21m Spent
Squad:
Almunia,Fabianski
Sagna,Richards,Chiellini,Djourou,Toure,Silvestre,Clichy,Traore,Gibbs
Walcott,Rosicky,Veloso,Flamini,Fabregas,Diaby,Denilson,Ramsey,Nasri,Arshavin,Wilshere
Van Persie,Eduardo,Bendtner,Adebayor,Simpson,Vela
What do you guys think?
Forgot to add Gourcuff to the midfield!
Pedro, emphatically no!
I don’t see any resemblance.
I don’t mean looks wise… style of play. Tight control, quite pacey…
A craftsman of the ball.
GP, the immediate problems I see there is that Silvestre is still there, Ade too, and there is no way that Milan would do a straight swap for Senderos and Gourcuff. A few million plus Phil maybe but that also depends on whether they want him or not and I doubt they would.
Goonerpress, i like your ideas but-
1- where would gourcuff play
2- he is worth vastly more than Senderos.
Benayoun looks like Benny from ‘The Mummy’..
Kuyt looks like Sloth from ‘The Goonies’..
Rafa looks like Max or is it Paddy ? from ‘Phoenix nights’..
and so on..
God Everton are so effin boring.
Glad we never signed Arteta, he doesn’t do anything but sling in decent free kicks.
Benayoun would make a great squad player for us, or would have before Arshavin came along.
Kuyt looks like Rocky from Mask.
Benayoun is more prolific and more productive, not as good in a tight situation and probably not as clever either.
But i see what you mean- the amazing lack of strenght, the ability to cut inside so often and the ability with both feet. About the only similarities I notice. Any others?
Hleb was deceptively strong. Strong like bull.
I think Keyt looks more like a Vampire for whatever reason, Benayoun is like something from the Loard of the Rings and Voronin (although out on loan) is like a eurotrash pornstar-(its the ponytail that does it).
*Kuyt.
Hleb was good on the ball but not that strong. Good at avoiding challenges and wriggling his way out but couldnt hold off anyone.
Voronin is dog the bounty hunter.
Amazing lack of strength?
We should buy Llorente from Atletico Bilbao(i think).
gambon and stu – point taken on the value situation. chuck in an extra 5mil?
Gourcuff can play on the Wing or as a AM. He could be Cesc’s quality backup.
Think about the depth that squad would give us though? Would be an amazing squad and we would be able to challenge for all four trophies every year?
Premiership and CL team:
Almunia
Sagna Toure Chiellini Clichy
Rosicky Flamini Fabregas Arshavin
Van Persie Eduardo
FA Cup team:
Fabianski
Richards Djourou Silvestre Traore
Walcott Veloso Gourcuff Nasri
Adebayor Vela
Carling Cup team:
Youth
Yout Youth Youth Gibbs
Ramsey Diaby Denilson Wilshere
Bendtner Simpson
Now I’m not saying those would be my choice of teams or would be Wengers choice of teams, but Im just trying to say that we could have a quality line-up for each competition. We could rotate and players would not moan about tiredness.
I thought I`d misheard him when he said he was a gooner, then I heard him say it again. He must have been well briefed. this is the signing we all needed, and its a pity he probably wont be match-fit enough to play any part ahainst the spuds.
Maybe a small version Gambon.
OK so Pedro, maybe Amazing lack of strength was a bit of an exudation.
I think saying Benayoun is no good in a tight situation was also a bit of an oversight… and that he lacked intelligence… look through a couple of his you tube reels if you need reminding of his skill set.
Not singling you out GP because so many others seems to do it…but why is it that when people suggest teams for next season, which includes new players etc, does noone ever exclude Almunia. Its obvious that he isnt good enough and we need to sell him but he is always there.
I also notice Silvestre is still there!
keyser:http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/football/gallery/2008/aug/06/liverpool/DONEMArsden-9588.jpg
He is fairly good but compaired to Hleb he isnt anything special. Thats where im saying there isnt a similarity. No doubt he is a good dribbler on his day but nowhere near Hleb of last season.-not that anyone else in europe was either tho.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/gallery/2008/aug/06/liverpool?picture=336269488
this is ace
Stu – True point but I just can’t see Wenger buying a keeper. I don’t know why but I just can’t. I would exclude him though.
Silvestre will also stay there for another season and will then leave. I don’t reckon he will leave this summer unless Wenger goes on a huge re-development of the team.
Goonerpress,
There is no way Gourcuff would be a backup, hes going to the very top. Realistically we just dont need another AM. I would have him over any other AM in europe right now but wenger wont buy another one unless Rosicky has to retire.
Hahaha metronome.
gambon – Do agree with you there mate. I do think Gourcuff is an Arsenal player in the wrong shirt though. I feel Wenger may bid for him in the summer. He is going to be class!
Dont know if wenger will bid. What is obvious is he knows exactly what hes about, he tried to sign him a few years back, and he has more scouts in the french league than anyone so he cant have missed Gourcuff, whos been phenomenal.
Unfortunately dont see it happening.
A choice of Arshavin, Gourcuff, Rosicky, Nasri and Wilshere would be amazing and surely see us win at least 1 trophy a season. Add to that Cesc in the middle and hopefully the addition of a DM, and maybe a youngster or 2 pushing into the first team. Fuck! that would be amazing.
gambon – Yeah did hear about Wenger being after him. But with him being at the very top at the moment, I feel Wenger will go for him. Atleast I want him to. Four players I would definately like at the club are Richards, Veloso, Chiellini and Gourcuff. Three I would definately want out are Eboue, Song and Gallas.
zzzzzzzzzzzz one shot on target all game zzzzz
Stu – My point exactly. With that team working together I swear we would become unstoppable.
4players I want at the club are ….Chiellini, Toulalan, Gourcuff, Villa.
But players we could realistically attract… Hangeland, Flamini, ?, Pogrebnyak. They would be the cheaper and more viable options.
Stu – Good choice of players there mate. Toulalan is an excellent player. I don’t think we could get Villa though. He’d cost to much and is very loyal to Valencia and Spain. I’d guess he would only move to Real Madrid.
Only in Liverpool would you have socks thrown at you.
Why are they throwing socks????????
Torres looks to be in a wee bit of trouble
OK remove Villa and swap him for…Ibisevic?
I cant think of any forwards of the villa calibre.
I still however would like us to buy Pogrebnyak but he is a very un Arsene type buy.
Irish- because they dont have any coins. Wonder why?
I wouldn’t even mind a this group : Mertesacker, Rolfes, and Schweinsteiger. Germans galore! All young and talented.
I agree GP. I think we should add some Germans to our ranks. Disciplined, organised, efficient and always perform on the big stages.
I disagree on Mertesacker tho. Im not a fan of his. IMO he is just really tall.
Stu – Benzema? Fucking hell he would be good! I’ve added my list of the people I would like to fuck off.
Eboue, Song, Gallas, Diaby and Adebayor!
To me they are all deadwood. Adebayor will never be a top scary forward, Eboue and Song are waste and to me Diaby will never be a top quality player. Talent yes, world class no.
Replace all those fuckers with stronger, faster, and more gifted world class players. Come on Wenger, work your magic!!!
surely if lucas can get a brazil call up denilsons in with a shout cause lucas is cack
Is Lucas still on the pitch??
Honestly, I don’t even mind Senderos back at the club.
Bringing Senderos and Flamini back will surely give Fabregas an gigantic boner. He would be happy and back to his best again!
yeah i only noticed when he lost the ball:)
*also, not all
Goonerpress £8 MILLION FOR EBOUE! we have been very fortunate offloading very average players in the past for comparitevly big sums;Hayes to Celtic and Groves to Southampton for example but getting £8 million for a guy who can’t pass,shoot or think would be really something.Gallas is 31 if Iam not wrong as well and will probrably leave us for a minimum fee as no one like to pay up for anyone over 30 these days.
Gerrard has just picked up a hamstring injury which is a massive blow to a club that has spent the equivalent of a the national debt of a small European country but only somehow ended up with 3 maybe 4 great players.
Geoff totally agree that Diaby would should have been our preferred option in central midfield on Sunday instead of the stationary Song but unfortunately he is not only injured but suspended for the Spurs’ game.
Lucas is fucking useless!
Stu coincidence – some of the best loved and hardest working at Arsenal are black – Sagna, theo, gael etc
ha ha there goes Lucas
oh there he is!
haha
lucas or song you decide
Good point Irish. Must just be that they are lazy pricks then!
goonerpress – can you text Eboue’s agent and find out what Athletico offered?
Stu – Very true mate. I don’t think its offence of any sort. I mean most of Wengers signings have been black and we have loved them all. Infact most of them have been the best players in the history of Arsenal. I just think there is an whole difference between European black players and African black players. Africans tend to come with a lot of attitude and seem to act very flashy. Just look at Adebayor and Eto’o as expamples. Eto’o on the otherhand is very very talented, unlike Adebayor.
I would like to point out that I am in no way trying to offend any coloured grovers or any African people. Well there would be no point of me trying to offend coloured players as I am brown myself. Off an Indian background.
Metro – Song honestly never Lucas he is beyond horrible
Stu – yep they just happen to be lazy
Lucas isn’t even on the pitch now! Gerrard off injured and Torres in trouble. interesting times for Rafa. cup replays can be a killer.
IrishGunner;I have liked Gael and Sagna’s attitudes from the off,they are what you need when the going get’s tough….a couple of lessons regarding humility,perhaps after training for Adebeyor might be in order!?
Very good point GP. The africans dont seem to be humble like Henry was or hard working in the way our other former black european players were.
Never really thought of it like that before.
Stu Mate. how you doing?
seems like that curse didnt work after all isn’t it mate
and thank fuck for that i might add LOL…
George – exactly. Gael has made his fair share of mistakes but he’ll keep going and going and never throws a hissy fit or looks for attention. Sagna too has a fantastic attitude as well, I didn’t hear of him before he came but he is a great buy and has a great attitude.
Stu – Vieria had a great attitude
Sorry Stu, what are you talking about?
Africans aren’t humble? Kolo used to shake hands with all the cooks after each meal at the stadium… and as for Thierry being humble… please… he was the most arrogant player in Arsenal’s history.
I think you need to move away from this race agenda thing you have going on tonight.
LOL Kanoute just missed an 84th minute penalty at 1-1.
Pedro – yeah Kolo is a great example. What an ace guy he is, so glad he stayed
pft just when everyone shows up I have to leave!
Evening Raif, my curses dont work anyways. It was all in your head!
Pedro, i’ll drop it. No worries, not trying to cause problems.
Night all!
hey Pedro how you been fella?
Night Stu
Arteta and Alonso have been very average tonight
Not bad Raif, how are you?
Still enjoying the trappings of fatherhood?
Everton are fucking shit tonight. why couldn’t they play like this against us. I tell yu why, its because Moyes hates us and wants to beat Arsenal more than any other team in football, including Liverpool. He sends his team out to kick us and run all night, because of that stupid myth that Arsenal dont like it physical. Moyes is a cunt.
Good or bad news for Liverpool F.C;lukas sent off on 76 mins!Most doctors would provide tapes of Liverpool games as a cure for insomnia.
Personnally,the colour or country doesn’t come into it for me when talking about hard work and humility as every nation has footballers that make them proud and ones that make you cringe;Drogba,Bentley,Van Nistleroy,Ronaldo and last but not least Teddy Sheringham are all cunts but hail from mostly different places
Gazzap, at least liverpool are tired and depleted.
chozzer – Can’t seem to locate the agents details mate. He’s not even registered as an agent in the FA’s directory. Every agent with an player in the Premiership has to have their information on the FA’s directory. Hmm, something dodgy here?
Was it 0-0 in the first one ? It’s going to extra time right ?!
yeah i have mate. very hard work tho and tireing. but loving it all either way lol
so any free time i get is a welcome one
i also got a funy arshavin video uploading on youtube as we speak ill show you when its done lol
Cahill is a handy player ain’t he?
Van Nistleroy,Drogba,Teddy Sheringham,Ronaldo….it doesn’t matter what colour you are or where you come from as you can still be a cunt.
Keyser – yep another half hour of boredom
Good to hear Raif! Let us know when the vid is done!
Extra time and penalties are so much more exciting when its not your team.
I think Everton might actually push on here with the extra man it’s a bit pointless playing for penalties.
Can anyone explain to me how SWP gets charged with violent conduct while Bosingwa gets away with it? Looking forward to hearing the FA explain that little inconsistency away…
As for the African players…
…when I was working for DWS Investments we sponsored Villa and I regularly hosted them with clients. In our last season (just before we were sold to Aberdeen) we were given a box for the away game at Highbury. Awesome. We were in the box right in the corner between the west and clock end, right by the player car park. Was outside having a fag (been clean for four weeks!) when Toure walked past, asked for photo which he was glad to have taken with me and then he asks if I had a pen so he could sign my programme, I didn’t so he says he’ll go and grab me one! I had stop him from running back to the dressing room to grab one…top bloke!
Scouse based players are all illiterate and have very low intelligence. Put 22 of them together and what would you expect? Nothing special in my opinion. Thats why the entertainment level of this FA Cup tie is boredom of the highest order. They are all confused out there. None of them what they are doing. I would be like putting 11 Song’s vs 11 Eboue’s. One team wouldn’t know how to defend, and the other wouldn’t know how to score.
But for my favourite Arsenal story comes courtesy of my brother via a former Arsenal player (not sure if it was Stu Taylor, John Spicer or Ryan Garry).
Toure’s first day in training and they’re playing five a side. Toure apparently is running around like a blue arsed fly trying to impress le boss. AW blows the whistle to bring them in and whoever-it-was knocks the ball into him. Toure can’t have heard the whistle because he goes flying into a tackle on Wenger, cleaning out and sending him 6 feet in the air. Now THAT is the Kolo that I love and miss
Pedro here it is mate
and everyone else intrested in our new signing
Andrey Arshavin. Arsenal Interview (Gooner Mix)
An ammend to my previous post – None of them know what they are doing*
I’ve read lots and heard lots of idea’s about what Andrey’s new chant should be…
I think it would be wicked to get something to fit with the main part of the russian national anthem.
Andreeeeeeyyy Arshaaaaaaviiiiin
Andreeeeeyyyy Arshaaaaaaviiin
take a listen, tell me what you think?
I think the Toffee’s may nick this one. I hope they do! Would make me a very happy Gooner (as Arshavin would say).
to late Davoody i got there first with that one hahahaha
raif, I was cracking up! very good.
@raif
really… lol
I tell you what though it’s got legs…
Im off to see the scum vs the good scum. Will be back in a bit.
Rhyle, I have heard that story about Kolo before…don’t remember where! I think Arsene told that story….
gazzap
thanks mate hahaha.
gp, there are no good scum – there are filthy scum and evil scum!
I think that would be a fitting tribute to him. AA would love to hear his national anthem belting out at Emirates. Minds you I’d love ANYTHING to be belted out at the Emirates at the moment.
PMSL Raif
‘Now I’m Gooner’ mix…
nice one…
any thing will be better then that bloody Elvis song they play before each game
Ade is a twat! He is in no way representative of African players.
Kolo, Eboue, Song etc. are far better examples of African players. They keep their collective mouths shut.
raif. they need to get AC/DC on before a game to get the crowd going… im going to see them at the O2 in april
:):)
Hey Irish, if you are still around, you wanted to reproduce with Arsene, so we know you aren’t a butch lesbian.
AC/DC would be excellent i think.
does anyone remember back at highbury when they used to play Gary Glitters “my gang” before each game?
they stoped playing that and burnd the tape after he went on his Tour in the far east
What kind of response do you think Song will get if they are sold to the spuds? Will we be grateful or upset? Will we boo him for this season or for wearing a spuds shirt?
raif i wouldnt know ive never been to highbury… or the emirates for that matter. i live in scotland
So glad we missed out on Babel.
he’d end up being the best midfielder in the prem if he went the spuds. dont like him much now, like him even less if he was a scummer.
Reina is bloody good with penalties.
PDT
i will just laugh every time he touches the ball.
just imagine 60 thousand people shouting “HA HA”
like that kid in the simpsons every time Song touches the ball
Babel is shit. I dont know why some people rate him. and he is a worse diver than Gerrard.
Pedro, aint that the truth!
imagine having to watch this guff every week
haha – fucking itv amateurs – gone to break with a couple of mintes left… AND THEY MISSED THE GOAL!!!!
did itv really do that?
haha mon everton!!
did anyone’s TV go to Ads when Everton scored the goal? Fucking idiots at ITV. I sit here for ages and no goals then when there is one they fuck it up.
good that Everton are going to win though. Fuck off Liverpool.
why do itv have so many commercial breaks? and why go in the middle of a match??? thats insane! they must have a contract with dairy milk to show that eyebrows shitty advart every half an hour!
yep – what a joke. the only bit worth watching and they missed it.
Yep my TV went to some adverts then came back, bloody ITV blame it on the wrong kind of snow probably
someone flicked a switch accidentally as its manual breaks for this kind of event… p45 for that person in the morning
so with cadbury’s lol
PDT – Probably me where you heard it mate…on here. It’s one of the stories I tend to repeat over and over and over…ad infinitum…
steve rider giving apologies. twat. I bet the Everton fans at home were livid – they missed THE moment. definitely a sackable that one.
Liverpool are out.
Excellent. Now Manure must be the next big team to go.
I doubt Arshavin will play against Tottenham but lets hope he makes his debut against Cardiff.
He should start against Cardiff in the hole behind Van Persie.
The Liverpool fans must be livid after that.
And Liverpool had to play 120 mins for fuck all
and both their key players are injured.
Fucking Superb night.
Rafa really shouldn’t have sold keane… what a dumb move.
Too much of Liverpool’s season is wrapped up in Rafa’s ego…
Youre not wrong Pedro,
Liverpool need to sort themselves out. Lets face it he sold Keane as he was not his signing, and to prove a point he has moved him on. If he was going to do that, He should have done it a week ago and got in a replacement.
Keane is a fucking prick but he is a handy player, and he is better than what Liverpool now have and that is nothing after Torres.
who got injurd for the bindippers?
Pedro. did you check out the vid
Gerrard and Torres Raif
Gerrard is def out for a bit, and Torres got taken off but he is definately carrying an injury at the moment
Oh and Lucas is suspended, but most Liverpool fans will celebrate that in the same way we would if Song got suspended.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MY WISH CAME TRUE
I WAS SAYING THIS THE OTHER DAY I HOPED THEY BOTH GET FUCKED.
Gerrard is a hamstring so probably 3-4 weeks.
Torres will probably play through the pain barrier, but he will not be as effective
haha, I got the message Raif!
‘I AM GOONER!’
Pat, factor in the Rafa rant… the moaning about the Agger contract thing… and the power positioning he’s been doing… well, if I was a bindipper I’d want him out.
He has probably blown the best chance of a liverpool title in 17 years… which is a bit selfish.
Still, Arsenal have an equally stubborn manager.
Right… enhanced women on Channel 4 +1! Excellent!
Just back from watching the bindippers v toffees and I left just before the second half of extra time, boy am I glad I did, there were tons of bindippers in the pub. Yes, we’re talking about Silverware, lets talk about beating the spuds!
Hey Geoff, did you get my email, check your spam tray, if not poss no problem, though I’d ask anyway, all the bes!
the bindippers have gone little tits up after Red Nose made the comment about them cracking under the pressure
That cadbury advert does my head in…
the one with the eye brows.?
it was funny the first time i saw it.
the 2nd time i was seriously wondering if them kids are normal
pat that link about the cost of Premiership squads was very interesting.
I noticed the Arsenal entry though:
8. Arsenal – £74.4m
League position: Fifth
A squad comprising immense young talent would perhaps benefit from a few major signings to boost the club’s progress, but this is not the Arsenal way. Debt-free and living by their own means, the Arsenal model is to be admired for its sustainability.
__
As admirable as it is that we are paying our own way, something that deserves to be recognised, it seems to have been about the only thing anyone can find to say about us of late. How shit is that, we are known as a model of financial sense, rather than as a team that play sublime football anymore. We used to be known world-wide for our beautiful game… now we’re football’s ambassador for economic prudence
Still…
We do have Arshavin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucx-x5W_12Y&feature=related
I’ve searched for this track for ages and finally found it, enjoy!
Definitely deserves a rewind!
If we win are next game it would/could be huge for us Geoff my opinion is that we do need to finish in the top 4 becuz we need 2 attract players as well as keep our own I think it would be a diaster if we we’re 2 finish outside the top 4.
I hope this is the first 11 real soon
DM Denilson CM Nasri RW Walcott LW-AA SS RVP CF Eduardo that attack really is mouthwatering shame I cant say the same about the defensive side of things.
how convenient that Steve BD (bin dipper)gets his injury before a england game.
Metal Gear, yeah we absolutely have to win. After this weekend the next game is Villa v Chelsea which means dropped points for the only 2 teams we can realistically catch.
If we can win our next 2 we SHOULD get 4th.
right i think im off to bed now.
night lads
night Raif
walcott still isnt ready to start, he’s not the finsihed article..he will be but not yet.He runs beats players but with no real end result. Better off with Rosicky at rm if he gets fit…ever
Hopefully if Beckham stays at AC Milan, there’s a good chance we could get flamini back on loan
Good to see liverwurst’s luck has run out. Hope stevie G is out for yonks. Fuck’n one man army.
Seb make no mistake that deserves to be recognised.
If you look at any other club, they will always be in danger of going into administration. After this economic massacre, strict laws will follow, which wont allow clubs to enjoy finances beyond their means. I have a feeling when wenger talked about 2 percent from league domination he was pointing towards this.
I firmly believe that this should be recognised as an achievement. MAke no mistake the clause on wenger’s contract mentions his top priority as qualifying for champions league, anything more is a bonus.
Yes we have to make do with poor players , on top of that, poor performances. But Wenger has made mistakes in his team selections like never before. With the correct team line ups and positioning, I doubt whether we would be even having this discussion.
And I think Arshavin signing is nothing more than a major major attempt to attract fans on renewing their season tickets.
With gerrard injury i think manu will be champions again, by a larger margin than last season. Rafa will leave pool, and scolari would be sacked, mass exodus from chelsea to inter, while Rafa takes every single spanish player to his new club, it will be left to us and manu again.
Its hard to say, but Fergie is the best, every fucking season, he turns up winners, not great players, winners. sry
ikon
I know there is still a lot of water to go under the bridge this season, but I’m really looking forward to next season now
Ikon
I’m sure AW would have the same success provided he spent that kinda money every season….without a doubt….
Look at the Invincibles…..We matched United and bettered them in that we did something no team had/has managed to do……
If he adds the 2 right players in the summer….We are well and truly on the way…..
It’s like being so close yet so far…….
I would like to see Ashavin make his debut against Cardiff. He wont be ready for tottenham.
He should start behind Van persie.
With his creativity we should win comfortably.
Think about it….ManYoo still have Giggs & Scholes on their books….that’s like saying us having Bobby P & Ljungberg…..If we had both of them right now….surely we’d be in a better position?
Ja….
That’s a realistic scenario…..
I doubt he’ll be fit for Spuds….
I’d have him on the bench for sure to soak up the atmosphere….
Barn door better pull up his socks or this could be it…..
Couldn’t have asked for a better result in the pool everton game, pool losing during extra time, gerrard injured and lucas his natural replacement now suspended
afternoon/early morning all btw
ivan gazidis is south african,lol didn’t even know that
iceman if he had kept all the players from last season and added a few, we would be well on top right now.
Its very crucial that Wenger keeps hold of his players, if we dont add anyone, no problems, but we need players to carry on to next season.
When Hleb leftI was utterly utterly dissapointed. Cesc looked so dangerous not because of flamini only, Hleb was a major major part of the partnership. I think Arshavin-Cesc/Nasri should be the pairing in the middle, backed by Toure as the defending midfielder.
Thats prolly our best lineup.
Fuck beckham
Thankfully not everyone down south bought into that shit stain and he leaves without really breaking into that upper echelon of british stars like Eddy Grant and Micheal ‘the eagle’ Edwards
its probably a PR stunt to drum up the fading interest the yanks have in the MLS
I can’t figure how he gets games before flamini
or buying him and selling on Gourcuff
Mind boggling
anyways our fortunes are really starting to turn
all the quality back into action soon Chavs r shit n for some reason can’t turn it around, Pool in deep and AV .. well imo the pressure will get em like its shaking down the Pool at the moment
losing to everton will end their title bid IMO
games like that change a season
confidence killer
we keep our business tidy n who knows
Aaahhhhh!!!
Peronis on a hot day. Magic
Good evening London,
I wonder if AA23 knows just how much of an influence he has had with the fans since he signed
Anyone who says we are overracting are either jealous or from Mars. Spuds fans would say be got duped if we signed Messi. “you got to sell a player for 15 million & buy him back for 20 million to be a big club like Tottenham aiming for top 4″
…….dickheads
Gnarley, i wish i could join with a peroni on this fine summers afternoon, but alas training in a bit means i cant
Loving this summer tho, so much better than last years, last year was colder and we didnt sign AA23
benno
Summer here was shit for the 1st month or so, but the past 3 weeks has been balmy to say the least. & AA23 has lifted the bar too for me
Gnarley, Yeh here has been brilliant since xmas pretty much. Also hat did you think to Fowler turning down Sydney for the newcomers, the Fury, i myslef thought it was fucking hilarious that the so called glamour club of the A-league couldn’t sign him.
* what did you think
benno
Townsville is closer to Port Douglas than Sydney is maybe.
Sydney people just don’t follow fooball or anything in the capacity of the other states. They prefer to go surfing or lie on a beach.
I watched Robbie Fowler on Setanta pre the Cardiff game. Bloody hell why wouldn’t you spend the twilight of your career in the tropics. I mean I would move up there if I didn’t have to drink recycled urine, & I’m not talking about Castlemaine XXXX
I see all those not associated with The Arsenal in any capacity are slagging off the signing of AA23.
………..I can’t wait for his 1st goal. Chamonnnnnneeeeeee
Lol true gnarley it is way nicer up there than in Sydney.
Thats coz they didn’t sign AA23, they jealous much?
oh and Castlemaine is possibly the worst beer ever, probably only beaten by VB and tooheys new. Have to drink it at the glory games coz its all the sell, wankers.
benno
4X wouldn’t get a gecko pissed. tooheys new makes you smell,& Vitamin B is only good if it borders on frozen.
Did you Aussie guys hear about ITV showing the scouse FA cup replay last night? 118 minutes in and the fuckas switched to an advert.
http://www.epltalk.com/itv-screws-up-everton-v-liverpool-tv-coverage-video/4257
I prefer St Miguel, morning all.
I prefer burbon myself !
or a long line of B-52′s !
go hard or go home !
Morning Geoff. Is it snowing in London?
Chozzer
I watched it till the 70th minute then off to work.
Geoff, have you chucked the Peronis
Ikon….
I hear you mate….I’m all for having a bigger squad and competition for places….but look at it this way….If Hleb hadn’t left would AW have bought Nasri?
I know who I’d rather have……..
It’s drizzle but the snow is still here, Peroni’s are great too, but St Miguel’s remind me of playing golf in Spain!
Gnarley, I pretty sure 4X sobers me up at games…
Chozzer, nah I didnt mate, thats fucking disgraceful tho.
Ethan, B-52′s?? is that the replacement drink that bars over here use as a cheap excuse for red bull? although it does actually taste better than red bull… whack some jager in it and make it a long line and i’m all for it…
I’ve got 6 Boags Premiums to polish off as well. I’m saving them for main course
Iceman, I would rather have Hleb and Nasri both. Nasri has miles to go to being as effective and creative as Hleb was.
ARSHAVIN SAYS……
Naturally there are problems with English because I don’t know the language very well and can just chat about basic every day things. And today I was sitting in the changing room and it was all French – now that’s a language I have a lot of problems with!
LOL!!!!
ikon
For me Hleb was a nice little guy, but he was never going to be the bloke to emulate Robert Pires, etc.
For me he was a bit of a sook if things went against him.
Nasri on the other hand has IMHO a bit of grunt, as well as skill.
Kenya
He has just made freinds with 99% of the English population with that comment.
Lol Gnarley don’t get me started about whats in the beer fridge…
Kenya
That’s funny! Poor bloke probably thought that coming to play for Arsenal would help his English. Lol
You can see the makings of Pires in Nasri….
True he has a long way to go…..but he will be some player….
Kenya, love it!!
the comment that is, not the french language. In fact until Wenger, Paddy, Henry and Bobby came along i hated the french, now i only dislike them
I see that changing….
Eboue/Barn door/Diaby/Gallas/Toure(??)/Song(it’s good to dream)….
All French speakers……that look like leaving…….
Have no fear Andrey
I play manager mode in FIFA08 and nasri is one of the best players in the world. that confirms it for me
ade speaks french?
Spuds in the top 4!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1135774/Hey-big-spenders–refined-profligates-extraordinaire-Sportsmails-club-club-guide-teams-squad-costs.html?ITO=1490
Indian
Ade speaks French better than he speaks English
He’ll never sell Song and Eboue, it’s an oxymoron anyway, who will buy them?
Eboue as a right back would get in most teams in the EPL
We shoulda offloaded Eboue to the supposed interest from Juve, Inter and Atletico Madrid during the last few seasons
Geoff
Add a P & you have a spuds fan, a Poxy moron
Eboue will almost certainly go in the summer. Coquelin will become Sagna’s understudy making Eboue redundant. I bet we sell him for good money, somewhere around the 12 mil mark.
I like it Gnarley!
NEW POST!
Where??
Yeah Pedro – where ?
Yeah Pedro……..what’s going on?
???
Why are we waiting, why are we waiting, oh why are we why are we waaaaiiting
i dont see a new post either!
new post!
For real!
Great article, i agree with everything. I got Arshavin 23 shirt already, so I suggest you go and get one as well. Just order it on our website =P