So we’ve been speculating like crazy about who we’ll be signing in the holding midfield role, I hate to say it but I think he has made his mind up. I think he will play Nasri there. Either that or Eboue. I say Eboue as that’s the only position he hasn’t tried him in yet, I think this may be his last chance.
But I have a feeling it will be Nasri because Nasri said it himself, he is French so is hardly going to miss-understand what his boss says. Who knows it may work. He’ll then have two options out left in Rosicky and Vela two options out wide in Theo and Wilshere and the centre midfield will be Cesc and Nasri with Denilson and Ramsey as cover. That leaves Diaby, and I think he’ll sell him. So with all those to chose from I really can’t see him buying.
The defence is looking increasingly like adding a young dutchman if the press are to be believed, though his size does bother me, perhaps he’ll make up for that with a great jump! He will partner Gallas for one more year until Song is ready with Djourou and Silvestre as back up, I expect Kolo to go, I don’t want that but it’s the way it’s looking.
What does puzzle me though is why Wenger would spend £11mil on a smallish defender from the Dutch league when he could splash out a little more and get Chelleini or a premiership proven monster, or even swap Kolo for Richards.
He should get rid of Silvestre but I can’t see him admitting to such a huge error after only a year.
Up front he’ll sell Ade and maybe buy Dzeko, but more likely run with what he has and go with Arshavin and Robin as his main pairing with Eduardo and Bendtner as back up.
The full backs pick themselves with Clichy and Sagna and Gibbs and Eboue as back up, I expect he’ll sell Traore as he won’t dislodge Gibbs, and rightly so, Gibbs has looked really solid.
So I can see us buying a new centre back, but also selling a centre back, a full back, a midfielder and a forward, the board get richer and a few youngsters step up and join the squad.
If all fit we do have a reasonable squad, if he gambles on that, it may work out, but this will be the third season on the trot without Rosicky and Eduardo if he’s wrong, and that in my book could spell disaster.
It’s only my opinion though, he may well buy Cana and Dzeko as fool us all. Is it me or is this Vermaelen deal looking like the Nasri deal all over again?
I think we need to sign a defensive midfielder that is world class to lift the team and the fans though, so I hope my hunch is wrong, but all the noises the boss is making seem a little familiar, there was a lot of dissatisfaction from the terraces last season and he would do well to heed that, I think the expectation of the new season will be massive.
The excuse that this team is very young means nothing, it’s time to deliver, the boss once said he doesn’t look at passports, if they’re good enough, they’ll play, same with birth certificates then, who cares how old they are, if they are good enough to play fine, if not sell them and buy some that are.
Have a great day Grovers today our squad may get bigger!
I’m pretty sure A wont be eating his words as well…
Quick post guys!
My assessment of Arsenal is a weak mid, weak defence. The mid / defense weakness allows teams to violate us almost at will. Toure and Gallas are average. Gallas is prob better at scoring headers not defending as he has been raped on several one on ones this past season.
Solution: Sell one of Gallas or Toure. Sell Sylvestre and buy 2 seaoned & tall defenders. One tall and the other not so tall Ok. Mid we need a styrong DM to mentor Song. We need a replacement for Ade if we sell him.
badey …. golden boot?
yeah right
Exactly pedro – players who are class have the natural ability, ade is someone who last season exceeded his natural ability, and doesn’t have half the natural ability that the top players have.
Gibbs got a quality assist in first half too, played midfield second half, maybe he could be our new DM, left footed too!
Chary, you are keeping the PTL \ 0 / thing alive!
Good work sir!
I believe a player can be class without being like Fernando Torres…and I do believe Ade WILL be class…he’ll be a late bloomer whether or not that is with Arsenal is yet to be seen but he will score goals for fun.
Little wonder why Milan and Chelsea want him.
Keiran Gibbs has been “a level above everyone else tonight…” Played LB, LM and CN tonite…
The lad is a likkle gem and future star for the Arsenal… Woo-Hoo!
The Chavs will buy Ade anyways!
Sorry but ade ,s attitude and work rate have been a disgrace this season . would not be sad to see him go as long as we replace him
Thats a shame pedro, thought u might of been able to set something up like f5 refreshs the page back to the bottom. oh well
Gibbs is too small to be a DM,
Charyb;
Sorry mate, was only messin anyways! What is the PTL ting???
How tall is Gubbs tho? Is he too short to go in goal?
… and as for Drogba… he was poor in his first season at Chelsea but he had calibre before that.
Last season was the exception to the rule… Drogba not scoring was the exception to the rule.
Ade can never be like Drogba because he thinks he has made it already… he’s lost his drive.
Dregz was 27 when he had his breakthru season with Marseille tho…
Lovedup, he is like Ashley’s nicer brother… if you’re sister came back with him, you’d be pleased!
Unlike that filthy little shit Ashley cole…
agree Pedro ,, how you doing by the way ?
gibbs is the same height as our supposed new centre back….
to be fair he was a centre mid most of his youth career, you never know!
(though the opposition are so bad England just brought on joe lewis up front!)
Not true, Ade can get his mojo back… He just needs de-programmin like those people who get brain washed by religious cults n shit…
I think he was 25 when he joined the Chav’s lovedup.
He is 30 now.
I’m all good Jules, have you been busy lately? How have you been!
Nah, Gibbs is a left back now, well for Arsenal anyways…
wiki say gibbs is 5’11, do they have any other sizes apart from 5’11 lol
Yeah i saw that Dan – actually thought gibbs was a bit taller than that though!
Angry/Loved up – I just felt we shot ourselves in the foot last summer and it hurt when we could all see that we had to recruit to stay in contention.
ARRgghhh.
By the way the PTL is Praise The Lord – something Pedro(I’m hooked on the PTL at the moment) started up earlier. I kinda like it as it reminds me of the synchronised screaming we had a while back whenever we found out another of our first team were injured.
PTL /
Been fine Pedro , apologies for the lack of comment lately , new job role , v busy but back for some transfer window chat and hoping for good things !!
good to be back
Yea A i thought he was at least 6’0, 6’1. looks tall when in the line up
Pedders;
Drogba was 26 & 1/3rd when he signed for the Chavs!
Also, as Geoff’s not around, let’s all laugh at the Aussie’s who’ve been knocked out of the 20-20.
Not that 20-20 is my bag anyway.
Ok – I’ll take my yellow card….:(
Nice to see you back Jules.
Hot transfer gossip? What have I missed?
Chary. Fine post on Saturday…..
lol , dan , wiki have mini mi at 5 ft 11 too
Wow! We’ll soon have a team of monsters again at this rate!
I think ronnie corbit is 5’11 aswell
charyb; Ahaha! The Ozzies out? Blimey! Not my bag either, but funny nonetheless!
Jules, mini me at 2’8 would slip nicely into our back 4
Glad to have you back Jules, what are you thoughts on our slightly height challenged Belgian?
BTW Thomas Vermaelen is 6ft 1.. So one of our tallest cb’s…
Here’s my back up…
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/06/08/the-inside-track-on-arsenal-target-thomas-vermaelen-scouting-report-and-video-115875-21424475/
He’s 6ft 1 I tells ya
The Mirror say hes 6ft 1 so they must be right:http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/06/08/the-inside-track-on-arsenal-target-thomas-vermaelen-scouting-report-and-video-115875-21424475/
Also Wiki has just changed…
Bonjour
Thanks Radders – Pedro said earlier that we have a ripper of a post awaiting us this Saturday too.
Angry/Loved up – to be honest I’d laugh even harder if the Clogs(Holland) win tomorrow.
Now that certainly would be cause to….
PTL \o/
lol dan , don,t joke though mate , arsene is probably thinking excactly that !!
Great to be back Pedro ,
Hi Big Raddy old bean , how are you ?? Hope all is good .
Pedro , not sure , he looks bigger than 5 ,11 but have not seen much of him . I read he is quick and agressive and strong in the air which is all good , I would like a class d m as well and we do need some hieght in the team .
the team of 04 had 7 ,6 ft plus players , that would scare the crap out of opposition in the tunnel, we lack that now for my money
1966
you have got it with the clogs , stick vermaelen in a pair and the fucker will be 6ft 3 and we will all be happy !!
All good Jules. Summer in Scandinavia has some definite benefits (eye candy!)
I agree, we need someone who can mix it. Song seems handy as does Sagna. But Denilson, Diaby, Cesc, Nasri etc are too ‘nice’
We were saying that last week when the Verminator first appeared on our radar Radders. We need some players with some menace in them- to scare the oppo while they’re in the tunnel. Actually the “tunnel” doesn’t apply at the Grove as it’s a wide open expanse – big enough to play tennis in.
Still,it’d mean we’d kept pushed around less at places like Stoke, Bolton,Blackburn, etc..
Good to hear from you big rad , enjoy the scenery .
agree , need a bit of hieght /grit , pv04 , th14 , dennis , bobby , edu , sol , keown all big and a few of those you would,nt mess with , also as i said before , if someone know needs pulling into line and explianing what it means to put on the shirt like a few of those guys could …… who in our squad now is that person ? maybe kolo or cesc and thats it !
not excactly scarey though
Zapata is someone we need. He is real scary.
Look how built up he is:
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eJi98X98naEE/610x.jpg
Interesting Jules/Chary.
The Dippers have Gerrard and Carragher to instill the meaning of the shirt.
Chavs. Terry and maybe Lamps.
MU. Scholes, Giggs, and Rio.
AFC. Perhaps Kolo and Cesc (who is just a boy). We have to find a new TA.
Big raddy, notice all those people who fight hard for the club are english. theres what were missing!!
Exactly the point im trying to make big raddy
your examples are bang on , we need a tony / keown figure ,
can not see willy g dishing it out
anyone watching ross kemp on pirates
they found an abandoned somalian pirate boat and the pirates had arsenal stuff on board
good lads
I love those Somalians. Real life Robin Hoods. Steal from the Rich to give to the poor, I am not surprised they are Gooners.
Eboue 27, least he has a fan supporting him incesc lol
yeah fair play to them i reckon, although i dont condone violence.
haha dan, maybe the club sent out all the un purchased eboue shirts to somalia, theres probably a few silvestre ones out there as well
Nope, not English, just nutters we need! That Vermilli Vanilli looks like a loon! He’ll do for starters! RvP has an edge to him too, or he used to…
Yea but loved up all the players big raddy said were english. Because generally we have alot of fight and passion in us
lovedup
how about that madrid cb pepe, he went nuts in a game recently and violently attacked a striker
They had a Eboue 27 boat hahaha
I think Vermaelen is about 6’0 6’1. Look at the pictures of him standing next to Stam, Van Persie, Kompany etc etc etc.
Yep, a lot of fight, passion and zero talent!
http://www.imscouting.com/press_article.aspx?id=335
Someone just came on and said Geoff was stupid for suggesting Eboue might be a good back up for DM…
Then said he was even more stupid for suggesting we’d sign Micah because he is small.
Well Max… Eboue played the holding role a couple of times this year… and it looks like we’re going to sign Vermaelen who is 5ft 11.
I guess observations like that are the reason Geoff writes posts and you don’t.
If Kolo is wanted by City, what about askin for Kompany in exchange? He can play CB and DM, apparantly…
Theyve got way too many midfielders, want to buy lescott and Kolo, it seems… worth a shout…
Yep, Im very happy with that suggestion…Smug mode…
Im goin now… before I say sumfin stoopid… ahem
Ooh, soooo, Gallas and Kolo out, Vermilli and Hangeland in then???
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/08/arsenal-thomas-vermaelen-brede-hangeland
anyone seen this? http://goonertalk.com/2009/06/08/gibbs-scores-twice-in-under-21s-rout/
I just saw a report saying the Verminator’s agent is the guy who allegedly was involved in George Graham’s bung scandal.
Weird.
Hangelands agent Charyb
Yup, you’re right Angry, I misread that.
My god… big brother is depressing.
However, my post tomorrow is pretty damn good.
You should all tune in!
Chary, your post was well received at the weekend.
Well played!
Gooner pirates !
Look forward to it Pedro – and I’m glad it got the guest blog off to a tidy start.
On that note, I’m off and one final….
..PTL \o/ \o/
Guys, relax. We will buy Varmelaen,and Matudi. Gallas or Toure will be sold.Ade will stay because Milan will outbid us.Silvestre will stay of course as he is Wenger’s love child.Expect another frustrating summer.
Do not expect Chiellini, Zapata, Cana or M.Diarra or Akinfiejev.It’s all about the money at Arsenal. Sad but true.
*Milan will outbid us and will sign Dzeko.
Evening GM!
Night Chary
\ 0 / PTL
Hi Maciek!
If thats the case then we will lose Van Persie.
Julian Clary is 6′ 3″. Will he do?
That is one tall poofter!
How tall must a poofter be?
it’s official then kaka is a real madrid player arghhh lucky cunts
At least he didnt sign for he chavs or city. And now milan can waste their money on TT. Hopefully……
After seeing the above video on Juhasz i’ve gotta say he looks good. And being tall he would ccertainly solve some problems.
nah milan will waste there money on dzeko
damn if real madrid sign all of there targets they will be some force next season
Thats only if they have the right coach. The last Galactico era went 4 years without wining anything because everyone they bought was at their peak and went shite after a season or 3.
If we dont get a high profile signing like Chielling (which we wont) then Juhasz or Hangeland would do fine.
Toure, Gallas, Vermaelen and Juhasz.
Silvestre, Senderos and JD(loan) out. Nice!
i reckon they will be different this time,can you imagine there team jheez kaka,ronaldo,villa,ribery,silva,robben,cassilas fuckkkkk that lolllllllll
and then there’s us with denilsong,vermaelen and bendtner in the ranks…..
I heard that Robben will be one of those that have to make way tho.
But…..
Silva Kaka
Ronaldo Villa Ribery ………that is a scary thought for defences. And whoever else they have too.
Hopefully Huntelaar will be seen as surplus to requirements and allowed to join us on a free. Nice!
Just heard the Kaka news. It puts the old saying “worth his weight in gold” into perspective. Judging from the comments on here Kaka won’t be the last big spend for Real. How the fuck can idiots like Platini allow this sort of bullshit to keep going unchecked. At what point does he say enough is enough.
im also happy that cuntski didn’t get hold of him
Platini will complain when City make a big signing. Or any english club for that matter.
Fuck me, if you took football out of the Spanish Gross Domestic Product, Spain would be little more than a 3rd world tourist destination for Northern Europeans.
Other than football & tourism, would I be right in saying that fishing is the next biggest industry in Spain.
also city’s possible strikers next season eto,robinho and tevez lollllllll
also city’s possible strikers next season eto,robinho and tevez lollllllll
City had better fuck off next season and so on.
I swear to jebus! If someone gets into the top 4 at our expense then Wenger had better be prepared for a backlash!
If he doesnt add quality to rival other clubs improvements then fuck knows what i’ll do.
and people think vermaelen will be the adequate added quality Hmmmm not sure about that one there arsene
if arsenal fall out of the top 4 next season it will be down to the board,it will actually serve them right for being cunts
and if wenger thought people were being disrespectful about his players this year just you wait untill next season when we finish outside the top 4……
BBK
IMO, The Arsenal will be a serious challenger for The PL Title. But I agree, if things do go pearshaped, the finger should be pointed @ The Board.
Can anyone name a Real Madrid player that Real Madrid actually made into a footballer. They are like the cunt who ponces about like a big hero, then steals his mates hot girlfriend coz he isn’t good/bothered enough to find one himself. If you know what I mean
I’d be more worried if i was a utd or liverpool fan about falling out of the top 4 next season! in the last quarter of the season utd were the 4th best team, behind us, and they’re losing tevez in the summer, and maybe ronaldo. Liverpool apparently have loads of financial difficulties. Next season could be between us and chelsea, and only if ancelotti makes them tick quickly, otherwise we could be long gone by xmas!
vermaelen seems to be higher rated than vidic was before he went to utd, so i wouldn’t rule him out just yet! Though i’m still iffy about him, if he does come in, or whoever else does then i’m sure it’s because the scouts have done their homework.
you been taking any drugs today a????????
we could be long gone by x-mas,have a word lolllll
League table speaks for itself bbk.
Last 11 games we were better than utd.
So far we’ve got stronger since the season finished, they’ve gotten weaker.
Simple logical analysis
vidic is 6ft 2 not fucking 5ft 11
So what bbk?! We’re talking about the quality of the players, not the height….
Zat Knight is huge, Cannavaro is tiny, it doesn’t magically mean that Knight is better than Cannavaro!
A you really do come out with some crackers,united with there weaker finish still beat us and got to the final of the c.league they also wrapped up the league for a third consecutive season and that’s being weak shittttt what are they gonna be like at full pelt
Im hoping you’re right A.
But seriously, what makes you think we will even be challenging. No signings have been made yet. We are still stuck with the dsame squad. Why are you so optimistic?
look you know full well a we struggled last season because our c.b;s height was a major issue
One season recently we finished very strongly in terms of defence and everyone tipped us to have the best defence the next season. Guess what? We didnt have the best defence and i think we might have even won nothing. Im not sure tho.
As i said stu – in the last 11 games we were challenging in the league, so since we signed Arshavin we’ve been challenging in the league, and ahead of Utd. Next season we’ll already have two additional players in Eduardo and Rosicky, as well as Arshavin from the start.
Utd have also lost Tevez and could lose Ronaldo as well.
Liverpool have big financial problems.
Chelsea have a new manager and noone knows how he’ll suit the club and the players etc.
We’re the only team who’s on the way up and getting stronger, everyone else is on the way down
as for the quality if he was that good other major teams would be hovering around him
like everyone was hovering around vidic bbk?!
the two new players will not have a full season you will see,liverpool are in finacial difficulty but there still better then us,man u and chavs still got a stronger team then us we are the 4th best the table don’t lie
All ifs and buts tho A.
I heard today that IF Liverpool had Torres and Gerrard fit and playing together all season they would have won the title with a record amount of points.
Still tho.i hope you are right. But those final 11 game stats dont fill me with confidence.
It’s irrelevant whether they’ll have a full season bbk….
this year they played 0 games
next year if they play half a game between them that’s still more than last year, so we’re stronger as a result!
I agree the table doesn’t lie – before we signed arshavin, we were behind the other three
now since we signed arshavin we’re ahead of utd
with rosicky, eduardo, and any new signings, we’ll be ahead of EVERYONE
now you are talking bollocks a lolllllllllllllll
since we signed arshavin we’re ahead of united he say’s lollllllllll
yeah but they managed 50+ games between them stu
Eduardo and Rosicky managed 0 games between them, and Arshavin just into double figures.
I think it’s undeniable that we’re much stronger with Arshavin than we were without him
im sorry a but that is just utter crap
After the initial hiccup of 5 losses to poor oposition, The Arsenal lost 1 game to Chelski. I think the other clubs are in for a reality check by xmas. Only this time, the mind games by SAF won’t work IMO. & if can have any imput to Le Gaffer I will be saying keep the blinkers on mate & don’t be swayed by fuckwits.
We are bbk….
Count up the points….
In the games since we signed Arshavin the League table would be
Liverpool
Chelsea
Arsenal
Utd
at the end of the day united won the league and a few other things what did we win fuck all again
yeah i agree gnarley
in the big games in the league, against the top 4 we were beaten just once, we really aren’t as far behind them as alot of people who’ve lost any sort of perspective seem to think.
we signed our best player 2/3 of the way through the season bbk, we’ll see what happens when he’s around from the start next year
I cant take any more of this weird deluded positivity. Im off to sleep. Night all……..
yes a we will see
deluded stu?!
We had two teams this season, pre-arshavin, and post-arshavin!
pre-arshavin we were the 4th best team in the league
post-arshavin we were the 3rd best team in the league, above the overall champions
no point in losing just once to the other 3 if you are gonna lose to the crap aswell
yeah i agree bbk, we will certainly see! i think alot of things will surprise people next season, arsenal as a whole, as well as individually bendtner, vela, denilson, song will prove to be miles ahead of where people thought they were!
anyways i’m off to beddy byes
nite people
yeah of course they will a,night
Actually BBK
City have just signed Tevez…apparently
Well A , i always thought you were a bit of a dreamer , more so than a man of facts and now you have proved it ..
players cannot come on in leaps and bounds without hard work and constant games under there belts .. i agree with you on nik B to a degree , but we have already seen a bit of promise from both he and song …
but are they top flight starting 11 material ?
NO
i think your stretching it there ..
and if we are to keep persisting with bring up these guys and using the EPL as a breeding ground we will reap what we sew .
the accolade of a selling club whilst winning fuck all in the process ..
there needs to be a massive swing in the mentality of this club .. it needs to get serious and recruit quality ..
all these young players are great back up ..
but in no way – shape – or form should they be our starting 11 ..
david
it wouldn’t surprise me ..
man shitty is serious about the top 4 , even if our board isnt ..
man shitty didnt have the time to spend there hoards of cash last season at thaksin bailed
bailed just prior to being arrested ..
now he is exiled in morocco , but that’s another story .. the arab didnt have time to
make any purchases other than robinho . but youll see that squad get serious this season !
will they have enough time to bed down and play as a unit ? who knows ….
but if i was AFC id seriously look at it as a threat …
Shitty have some good players that will come good imo…that will feck off with their…”buy quality now” mentality and alot of players will be going to the bench that are starting…Elano is a player that has handed out a tranfer request…we are in for Richards (allegedly) and i dont see them as a top 4 team even though…i do see them in the top 5…
If Ronaldo fecks off to Madrid….United is out of the top 4.
ethangunner Says:
June 8, 2009 at 06:01
yes he will be 26 during the 09-10 season .
this next coming season ..
how old is torres ?
how old was rooney ?
talk about late bloomer ..
also talk about arguing for the sake of arguing dave ..
you need to goto ACLF .. you’d do well over there .
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SO what Ethan????
How old is Pato?
How old is Messi?
How old is Sergio Aguero?
Whats your point?
BBK’s half empty glass fell off the table and cracked and A’s glass is overflowing even though it’s half empty.
I am guessing we will have a good run for the PL if we can sort the defensive positions out. Shitty will find it hard with Sparky packing the side with midfielders and forwards like he did last term and getting fired by Jan so the Sheik’s can let a big name manager do the spending. Pantcelotti will struggle in his first season in the PL and won’t adjust right away (Guus was the man simply cause he has been all over the world and has a lot more exposure). Pool will challenge but are an injury or two away from disaster as are the Mancs. Doesn’t look like the Mancs will be adding anyone big, perhaps Benzema for Tevez.
yes how old is pato – messi etc . YOUNG !
all the best strikers are young .. they dont
start blooming at 23-24-25 …
they show good signs well before 24 ….
the year ade was when he fluked 24 goals ..
what is your point david ?!
fuck the cunt is useless !!?!!
who is he ? your brother ?
are you really an arsenal fan ?
or do you just like us having average to poor fucking players ? and love sticking up for them ?
REALLY WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM ?
Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko is seriously considering a bid from Arsenal according to his agent Irfan Redzepagic.
The 23-year old is being chased by many clubs including the Gunners and Manchester City but it seems the latter is out of calculations and the former is a realistic chance.
“It is not possible for Dzeko, who is a leading player in Germany and has the chance to play in the Champions League, to go to a mid-table club like Manchester City,” Redzepagic told Onet.
“Arsenal would be a different matter.
“The Londoners’ offer is one we treat very seriously.”
Those quotes were before the Milan quotes GG. And the Milan quotes actually come from the player not the agent. He was apparently a Milan fan since childhood. Also according to rumour Galliani and a contingent flew to Sarajevo to speak with the agent already. I reckon with the windfall of Kaka this will piss 20 mill away on Dzeko which in all honesty gives them a good pairing up from with Pato. I don’t see who else they will try and buy, probably some players from Serie A or Silvio will just pocket the cash for retirement since he might not be PM for too much longer.
*front
So as Geoff’s post suggest we may be going in to another season unprepared with very few signings. All we can hope for is Eduardo and Rosicky to return fit and put some time in and perhaps we will see Wenger’s vision for this current team with a fully fit squad.
If the winker does join Real and lose Tevez to Citeh then manure will bring in Benzema.
I think Mancs see Benzema as step up from Tevez and have been tracking him for a while now so yeah I see that happening. Fergie pretty much always gets his man even if he has to plunge his club in further debt or drive himself there to bring the fella back (like Berba) so I can see that happening. They will then have Rooney, Ronaldo, Benzema, Berba as 4 choice strikers, probably the best 4 in the world overall. The only ones who really compete with that set is us with RVP, Arshavin, fit Eduardo, Ade/Dzeko imo.
LAzer
If you are right, then you know who ain’t going anywhere then? His surname starts with A & ends with R.