When I was a young lad, I travelled over to Marbella with a few chums. We hung out most of the week in a chav hole bar called Linekers. For those of you not familiar with the bar, it used to be one of the focal points in Puerto Banus. They had sport going on all day, easy women and rich footballers. When we were there we were lucky enough to share our stretch of bar with Lee Hendry and a young Gareth Barry. I was pretty hammered and ended up next to him in the unrinals (Sounds like a George Michael moment, doesn’t it?) … I embarrassingly asked him if he’d ever play for Arsenal to which he replied,
‘I wish… but I don’t think I’m good enough.’
A humble response. Needless to say I didn’t ask that little ferret Lee Hendry if he’d play for Arsenal…
So now the rumour has it that Barry wants to come and play for the Arse. Well, that would make sense to me for one reason and one reason only… his age.
If we can get him at a knock down price, he’ll have two years in him and he could help nuture some of the less experienced players through to maturity. Jet could do with learning from a classy player like Barry… as could Coquelin. Remember, Villa aren’t in a such a strong postion this year… they wont be getting £20million for him this summer… could be a very Wengerish move…
This could be one of my last Saturday posts for a while… not becuase I have a bad case of RSI… not because Geoff and I have been given our own Talk Sport slot… no… because Le Grove are giving you the chance to write a post. Oh yes… during the preseason we are going to reintroduce the failed guest post of a few years ago. I’d like to give the readers and commenters the chance to try their hand at putting their thoughts out to the masses. All you need to do is write me and e-mail, outline what you want to write about and if we like the cut of your jib… we’ll book you in for a slot.
You’ll be reading beleifs from both sides of the fence, hopefully you’ll enjoy it!
We’ll be announcing the winner of the Le Grove fantasy league tomorrow as well!
In other news, Eboue might be off… shame.
Have a great Saturday Grovers and remember, sun tan lotion is for girls.
Poll Results
How confident are you in Arsene’s ability to make us contenders again?
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Confident: 39%
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Confident: 26%
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Unsure 20%
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Lacking Confidence: 10%
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Extremely unconfident: 5%
Votes: 2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95Z-j9q428
btw Hazard said he prefers Arsenal & Madrid. however he wants to stay there but money could force Lille’s hand.
nice stu, cheers for that! Wish there was a really thorough one, with all his passes etc, bit much to hope for though. Was looking for age on youtube the other day for a recent bendy video, couldn’t find anything!
LOL A, i doubt anyone would make a highlight reel with passes. Its all about goals unfortunately.
Also i found that video with ease. Just typed in his name.
Why not make one yourself.
If only I had the footage I would stu! That bloke said that’s just a teaser for a video he’s gonna make at the end of the season so hopefully it’ll include all his wonder passes as well!
Dunno how i failed to find that before, maybe i was just being particularly retarded! Or as it says promo maybe i bypassed it thinking it was another pro evo or fifa clip?!
guys check out this site
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/basic/default/menue_transfers/transfer/menue_transfers/startseite.html
http://forums.cfcnet.co.uk/lofiversion/index.php?t42151.html
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/334930/Eastlands-bosses-believe-they-have-clinched-deal.html
I loved Quincy… The way he always solved those murders, brilliant IMO!
Who are you really thinking of LL?
gooner786
the man city deal is still a maybe.barry’s leaving villa because he wants champions league football. dnt think man city’s money is gonna interest him. Tevez is relying on L’pool to stump up the money if not man city are in with a chance.
Stu
why did quincy really leave though? i saw him play a few times – very exciting player. isnt he ein russia now??
The only way i would have Barry at Arsenal is if he cost less than 10m and only after we have bought a good defender.
He was in Russia. He is sitting on some championship teams bench i think.
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2943978240/tt0074042
http://www.timvp.com/quincy6.jpg
If I have to tell you Stu, then its even less funny!
Oh and he left because of attitude problems. A real trouble maker apparently.
If Teves goes to Man City, then he’s about as low as a footballer can get. Barry? Wouyldnt blame him, although it would mean his chat about wanting CL football is full of shizen..
I imagine both stories are full of crap, neither will go there….
lol Lovedup. Its not funny at all when i dont know who you’re talking about. So there!
Stu;
You tellin me, you dont remember Quincy? The medical pathologist who solved loads of murders??? Shit! Never thought Id ever be asking anyone that question…
I dont see what other option Tevez has really considering he said he wants to stay in the prem even if it means joining a rival team.
Liverpool dont have the 30m needed, nor do we, nor do the chavs. So if he really wants to stay here then City is all he has got.
Either than or go to Spain.
Thats exactly what im telling you! Never heard of him.
When was he on TV?
Yeah, but the fee is based on what some dodgy businessman has set, not his market value, IMO.
There is no reason he has to go to the highest bidder, if Teves wants to go to Liverpool or Arsenal, then its down to that Jia Koobacien dude to make it happen and not flog him to the highest bidder… It stinks! The 2 year loan at United stinks too, but the Prem would never find against United in a million years…
stu
i think rafa might have the £25m/£30m he needs after he sells the crap he buys every summer. but hey we have to wait and see.
Stu how old are you?
Stu;
Quincy has been on terrestrial TV since the 1970′s, till quite effin recently! Unless you live in a cave with Osama Bin Laden or are less than 7 years old, you should have a vague idea who the fuck Quincy is!
But, lets move on…
Have a guess 786. Just for a laugh.
Or i just dont watch old people TV Lovedup.
Stu, have you heard of Hawaii Five O?
this article abt CANA sounds quite genuine to me but i’l let u guys make up ur own mind.
http://goonerforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=770
Nope never!
stu I think you are about 24.
LOL KM, i thought that was current until i looked at the date!
lol Younger than that!
if u’v noticed this was back in 2007
Would you have Le Sulk back?
http://www.footballfancast.com/blog/arsenal/wenger-should-forgive-and-forget-and-propose-swap-deal/13586
well spotted STU
i was trying to see if anyone took the bait hehe
Shit Stu, I had you down as being 35!
Doesnt matter really, I have heard about Last of the Summer Wine and the Good Life, dont mean Ive seen any of em!
Would you take Le Sulk back?
http://www.footballfancast.com/blog/arsenal/wenger-should-forgive-and-forget-and-propose-swap-deal/13586
Stu have you heard of Only Fools and Horses?
I bet, theres a movie executive toying with the idea of making a fillum about Quincy.
Stu would know about him then! Especially if David Hasselhoff played the medical based sleuth… Jeez, Im off my nut! Sorry
35 huh! Dont know whether thats a good thing or bad? Maybe i need to childen it up a bit.
Right, I am back from whooping my boy’s arse at tennis an then my team’s footy awards and I have nae won anything. So, who fancies a virtual row about something? Bring it. BBK, Etan. Anyone?
Oh yeah, this is an Arsenal based football blog innit…
Yeah yeah, sign him, sell those twats, yadda yadda… Chav cunts, blah blah…
Of course i have 786. Im not that facking young.
Lovedup, if the Hoff was in a film i can guarentee i wouldnt watch it. GUARENTEE!!
zorro;
Tell me… You know who the fuck Quincy is?
Or maybe Competitive Dad from the Fast Show is more your cup o char!
Stu;
So you DO know who the Hoff is then??? Thats very interesting fella!
Come on, I#m 44, have it! come on, who wants some?
We are the herd….blah blah blah
HA! How could i not know who he is. He has been on Spongebob square pants after all! In the film in fact!
Zorro; Lovin your work there dude!
See, thats weird, I had zorro down as being 24 and Stu old enough to know who Quincy is, ie 7 upwards!
Makes ya think innit…
Quincy is an ineffectual pathologist or a Duth/African winger. Both of which are worth a wank to AFC. Excus e teh typing, I am bolloxed!
quincy oldest foremsic in usa also pulled more woman than cassano
forensic
zorro; Dont matter fella, it was a shite joke that Stu completely ruined!
reggie reg!!!!
Bulls eye! Bang on the money! Shit, he didnt half have his way wid da ladies! Mustve been all that embalming fluid he spiked em with
Lovedup, now I have to look back and see what Stu fukt up! and i am having trouble reading and typoing!
Stu;
You nsee what you’ve done now??? Hope you’re happy fella!
Listen, you turn up every week, well except those weeks whe the mighgyt AFc are at home and you holed the whole back 4 together with your experience and you do not win a trophy? Fuck that! I feel like Song reading this blog!
Haha.. I’m actually 35… the 70′s were a good era for my folks! Btw the likes of Tevez, Ronaldo & co can fook right off because their attitudes stink!! These players are solely playing for their own needs.. increasing their value and lifestyles! They are not team players and the sooner these pricks leave the English game the better!
Oh and whilst I’m on a rant… Drogba is another friggin diving twat too!
Fack that Lovedup. I didnt do nothing!
You didnt have to tell me….i wasnt bothered!
Redbearer, what did Tevez do to you? He is very much a team player etc etc……
zorro; How far back have you been reading fella? Tell me what the beejayzuss you’re on about mate…
quincy also known as jack klugman classic name!
Where is BBK, I fancy a row with him as he is the most pessimistic MF I have ever seen on this blog! And we have some on here as well! Peroni induced (actually Becks induced as the Italians know as much about beer as they do about a good scrap!) bravado!
Come on, if you can qait for me to type properly I am still in control of my facultoiesQ!
Dah da da da dah darr, dah da da da dat…wooooh
Thats the Quincy theme tune BTW…
Sounds amazing.
Lovedup, sorry. Been back about 10m minutes. There was aq uestion about Quincy. who is either a forensic/patholohist who made love to cadavers or a dodgy dutch.
. afro winger who was not good enough to lace Helders bootys….and he was a useless cunt at best!
Oh I get you now Zorro. Not only are you wanting a ruckus with BBK, but all those on here who partake of a Peroni too! Hahahaha!
Stu… I’m v much an English man and Tevez holds Rooney back! I see the fooker shoot when he should pass to a player in space.. don’t like him, never will, end of! He should make a career out of being a stunt double in the hulk movies or just fook off to Spain where all the other Latino pricks go!
Stu; Now you are with me…
We can finally move on! Pheww
Spot on loner remember it well what was his assistant called koreon guy i think
Stu; You seen Evil Dead 2? Only ask coz its on now and its a feckin blindin fillum..
Reggie reg;
Sam? Japanese fella, folks were in an American inturn camp during WW2… But Ive said too much, might look like a complete Quincy aficinado now!
Bruce Campbell, quality dodgy spy in Burn Notice!
I fucking hate chelsea!
Evil dead 2 huh………not sure….whats it about?
Oh, almost forgot, chav cunt mercenary wankers… winning the FA cup is almost as meanbingless as the Carling Cup if you aint won the league to go with it!
stu; Look, Im smashed, are you serious? You aint seen, or heard of Evil Dead 2 now??? Dont mess with my already addled brain fella!
Has anyone worked out how much those cunts have spent in 2 seasons to win the FA cup once?
Stu. Evil Dead? It’s about agroup of nuns hiding from the Toittenham fans.
zorro;
Im gonna stick up for BBK now. He may be erm, a tad pessimistic, but he IS consistent and he has a sense of humour too! You can have a laugh with him, which for me, goes a long way
Zorro; You’re getting confused with the Sound of Music I think…
Loner can i borrow your Quincy anorak please haha
LL. Are you serious? BBK is the most miserable pessimistic geezer on the list! I swear he is just AW trying o wind us all up!
Zorr0.. yes zillions of Russian Chavs made this years FA cup a reality and the trophy is now gonna become a glorified piss-pot!
Nazi’s, scum fans. Smae shit, different idealogies!
Im being deadly serious Lovedup.
But in fairness to me i wasnt yet born upon its release. Im totally blameless on this one.
Stu, bollocks, so just cause you didnt see it does nae men you cannae say the nazis were wronbg, or that Quincy was pish!
Reggie Reg;
You can borrow it any time! Haha!
Zoro; Dude, BBK’s Arsenal glass is half empty at best, but he can take a joke fella. I could name a few who can’t! But won’t, coz Im a lady.
Come on. There are Grovers/Gooners everywhere, who gas a sensible argument to discuss, or some bollocks to talk/ Where is Geof or Pietro when you need them!
Saturday night and everyone is out birding it! Cunts! lol
Zorro; Great point there! Stu, I guess you’ve never heard of the Second World War then either?
Evil Dead 2 BTW, effin hilarious camp horror directed by Sam Reimi, who did Dark man and Spider man too. Shit, my brain is full of useless crap that I just do not need!
Hold the fucking phone Zorr0! I never said a bad word about the great quincy!
And as for the Nazis, the idea was right in that they wanted a greater world. Hitler was just a cunt the way he went about it. A right fucking cunt!
zorro; So, what you wanna discuss Arsenal=wise fella?
Thing is, we’d probs only agree on most of it!
Lovedup, you a wee lassie? You are shittin’me? That’s an unexplainabl;e as me talking in a Scots accent when I ahve nae Scots blood in me!
LL, there were 2?
Stu;
Say what??? The Nazis were on the right track, they just had a poor leader? You are basically comparing what happened with the extermination of a race with Arsenal having Terry neil as a manager…
So LL, It’s you, me and Stu on a sat night!
BBK might have a sense of humour, but he is a miseraqble cunt at best! Like a lot of them, actually Stu, you are not blameless with yon mithering!
Stu; Actually there have been 7 World Wars, each one has been won by Silvester Stallone, Chuck Norris and Arnie Swarz
NO No no!! Never said that! Just that the overal idea was right (making the world a better place) just wrong in the way they did it (killing, racism etc etc) Overall it was bad tho.
zorro;
Yep, it looks like its me, you and Quincyless one!
Oh and Red and Reggie reg!
zorr0, fella.. you crack me up! Lovedup, you know some random shit.. enuff respect! Stu, WTF is zorr0 on & do u want some lol
Good nite all, a pleasure & never a chore!
Stu; Way to pull yourself out of a humungous hole fella! Hahahahaha!
Red, don’t go!
redbearer; Laters mate
Stu, lol, the Nazis were right, just elected the wrong leader, lol, best laugh in a while.
Borrow my shovel!
Phew…so im safe..
Red, i wouldnt go as far to say its a pleasure on here. More of an addiction that you cant kick..and dont want to. Not that i’ve ever been addicted to anything…..illegal.
Anyways, I think Theo goin to the U21s will do him good. He’ll be the main man for em. Do his confidence no end of good.
People go on about how he gets preferrential treatment coz he’s English. I dont buy it, for me, he gets a fair crack of (ethans) whip coz he gives it his all, maybe it dont come off all the time, but he looks like he gives a shit. Like Bendy too, IMO.
This is the only blog I go on. Mainly because you get so many diff views. I hate it when you get people call AW a cunt as it is wrong. Even Geoff should appreciate wht AW has done for this club!
But he is not beyond criticism, no firkin way!
Quincy was crap, his Korean mate used to solve most crimes while he was shagging the corpse or some blond bimbo! No offence Lovedup!
im still around just about
Stu;
Shite that was close! Thought Id have to get the Anti-Nazi league on your case there fella… You are voting for the BNP at the elections I take it?
Reggie, you older than me dude!
Speaking of Barbie- Bendtner is a legend! OPINION!
Zorro; I only mentioned the useless corpse shagger in reference to a lame arsed joke I thought was funny… about 2 hours ago!
Reggie reg; Good to see you’re still here fella!
LL, i will answer your question with a question of my own. The BNP are?
Stu; Bendy has come on an effin shit load this year, along with Song, IMO.
Thing with bendy, well the bendy of the last half of the season, he tries really hard, not saying thats all we need, but he gives a shit!
Lovedup. What time was the joke and I will look for it although I am not at my best!!!!
Stu, we agree on something! LNB has a shot at the title!
*that doesnt really look like a question does it. Let me rephrase- Who/what are the BNP?
Stu; Forgot, you dont live in these recist filled islands mate! Sorry
British National Party. National Front under adiffernet name, i.e. all out celebrating winning the cup tonight!
No i live across the channel.
Still tho…im intrigued now…..slightly. Who/what is BNP?
Stu; They are a racist/fascist hate mongering bunch of cunts.
Zorro; Honest guv, it was a shite joke, but loving the Quincy related memory jogs!
OK so i dont care. Im not even voting here.
Stu. So Calais, Paris or even further?
It would help if you knew where everyone was from, just so you knew what geographical refs or slang they would understand!
There was a documentary about one of the BNPs so-called young leaders. He was at Leeds Uni, a complete narcisist, billy no mates wanker… very funny, but sad too. Sad that inadequates like him have a platform for spreading their bile. Well, apart from joining the Met Police I spose…
No offence
Across the english channel Zorr0. At least i hope thats whats between us….i was never good at geography.
LL. C Kool and the Gang! Sorry for pissing on your chips, my bad!
I remember Quincy, just not as much as bergerac!
Stu, so you are hoping there is at least the English Channel between us? Why? How far have I made you feel it is safe? I am not a nutter!
Zorro Im fuckin older than Quincy himself!
Heard a funny (to me anyways) story tonite. When Man City played the spuds (I think) both teams played in their away kits. This was coz my mate, a City fan, and his crew nicked the City kits. When they tried to take em back, some dude mistakenly thought they were rubbish (the kits, not the teams) and chucked em in the furnace… Oh bollocks, you had to be there and on 12 beers, charley and 2 Es…
Stu; So, you aint in Ireland then? The English channel is what seperates us from those weird Frenchies innit???
LL. Charlie and e’s? I have no idea what you are referring to! Please explain.
Shit, it was when City played the spuds in the FA Cup… Bollocks, another shite story from me…
Shit’s and giggles!
I dont believe you Zorr0, you would stand no chance against me. FACT! And yes thems fighting words!
zorro;
Please ask your teacher at school on Monday morning!
Can anyone remember a american tv pi/detective series with a swarthy looking geezer with either a toucan/parrot as a pet?
OK i am in Ireland. Again my geography is shite….whats between us then?
Lol, not as good as when the scum lead the blue mancs 3-0 at HT and had 11 v 10 and lost 4-3 in the cup!
Now that was a cracking tale!
I can guess that e’s are but charlies im stuck on. Enlighten us.
Stu, that would be the Oirish Sea!
Remember Perry Knowles and Denton?
Reg;
I dont wanna get some rep as the sad twat that knows about formulaic 70s american detective series… BUT, was it Dan Tanner in Vegas?
Stop trying to confuse me with yer tales of the past and names of old!
I swear I just saw Guus Hiddink and Abramovich smoking cigars together in the Chelsea changing room at wembley. WHAT THE FUCK? First their players were acting homosexual, their players have the most weight out of all premiership footballers and now the owner and manager are smoking cigars in front of their players, maybe even with them?
lol Stu, you cagey bastard!
LL, nah, Dan Tannet was in Vegas. The other one was like Banacek or something!
Stu; charlie; street slang for cocaine, other wise known as the Breakfast TV presenters friend.
remember jenkins and gurney Zorro!
Okay it was just Hiddink smoking one.
LOL GP, i saw it. They both looked pissed off their respective tits!
Stu, you anywhere near Cork? I’m bringing my teasm over on as 4 day cruise next May and we need to find an oirish team to play in a friendly to make it look like aproper tour!
Banacek?
Wasnt he the dude who used to find vampires n shit?
Wow, we are seriously pushin the envelope here fellas!
LL, i bow down to you infinite wisdom and street smarts.
Zorr0, what makes me a cagey bastard? You namecaller!