First of all a big thank you to Gunner8 for taking us down memory lane with his guest post yesterday, Gunner8 I expected you to be on more, it was your post!
Onto today, so now we have Vermaelen on board there goes the supposed budget, I don’t believe it for one minute, but for the sake of this post, let’s say it’s true, so is that the end of it then? How about this for a great way around the problems.
Eboue wants out and PSG are interested, so why not swap him plus a little cash for Sakho?
Toure wants out and Man City want him so what about a straight swap with Richards, he hasn’t spoken to Hughes for 3 months, they hate each other, we need a centre back and he’s an Arsenal fan, happy days.
Adebayor has Chelsea after him, why not swap him for John Obi Mikel and Alex?
Senderos wants to play in Italy and we want Melo, so why not swap him plus cash? That would work.
Gallas is wanted by Marseille and we want Cana, same deal.
We could then sell the fringe players like Randall, Simpson and a few others and pick up the shortfall, we still have £3 million left from the Vermaelen purchase. Now in that little lot we have at least two of our problem positions taken care of and no real money would change hands so why wouldn’t we consider it? That’s just the sort of thing that Gazidas could do and the mentioned players we could out would all get their wishes, there’s no point in keeping players that want to go and we would have the squad we have been dreaming about.
I’m not saying buy them all, but two from that lot would be easy peasy. Or am I doing the wishful thinking bit?
We would also be saving a bunch off the wage bill as three of those players are well paid, no one loses faith and we keep players like Robin and Cesc happy, hey who knows, we may even win the league with that line up!
Finally Jose Antonio Reyes is being dumped by Benfica, Athletico don’t want him back and he’s going for €6.5mil, perhaps we should have him back, he was a classy winger and he did get on well with Cesc, any takers???
Have a great day Grovers, we need to move fast now as there are only a couple of weeks left until we re assemble our squad for pre-season and we know how important it is to integrate them early.
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11 ….out of the top ten …..uaah uaah !!
or just 2nd ….u cheeky dan
I agree with the Reyes scenario. Now that his nemesis has gone………
anyhow gr8 post buddy …u have made us realize again that how close we are to becoming a dream team ….
gr8 …hope it cud all materailizeeeeeee
Always a great idea but we never do sawp deals. Only cashley and gsllas lately. I’d take reyes over eboue
Anyone?
2nd!
And Cartman is nowhere to be seen
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………….
Knowone is to be seen
Wtf dan.
Good effort dan by the way…
I’m not sure swaps are the way forward. The only one i like the look of is Ade for Alex (Jon Obi can piss off- he’s a prime twat) and a bit of cash. Richards isn’t as good as Touré yet imo and Reyes hasn’t got what it takes mentally. Technically he’s great but obviously- that we can gather from his nomadic stints in every southern European country- he’s just a big baby.
If we signed Melo and that was it i’d be a happy man.
Touré Gallas Vermaelen Djourou with Song as emergency cover sounds absolutely fine to me.
If we could swap Silvestre + cash for Sakho that’d be a bonus.
Chipo I don’t think they’re that stupid! Nice effort Dan!
Dan that i’ve never seen before…
Good post but who’s to say that the said clubs want our players..
I got bored hahaha I thought about stopping at 3 but I wondered how many I could get before someone else turned up. The reason I prefer swaps is because if we sell for money then we won’t spend it
hahahah Dan, got to work a bit early did you?
I would take Reyes any day, always had great hope for him, shame he didn’t like the rain. I don’t understand how anyone can not like London anyway, but then all those Spanish players are happy in Liverpool? You have to be joking right…
Sanjeev and Gary welcome, you are now free to blog!
GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING GROVERS!
My hangover is horriffic… if it were a scenario… it would be David Carradine in that cupboard… pretty grim…
Right… off to read the post!
No offence but what is the Geoff:Pedro posting ratio?
Ahhh Pedro making jokes and it’s not even Friday
Mayank, I am offended!!!
6-1 Mayank and yes I’m glad you brought it up!
Arsenal apparently have the best matchday programme in the PL…
The refresh button got a battering haha bit bored at work as u can see. What happened to your meeting geoff?
If we lose toure or another defender wenger has to be in another centre back. I really hope Vermaelen isnt a replacement. We lacked defenders this year!!
Reyes was a huge disappointment. He had everything but was ill equipped mentally for the PL. Almost as soon as he got here he was linked with a move away. Since then he has flakily moved from club to club and country to country with the same pattern as he did with us. He starts great, everyone gets excited, then he fades away. It’s the food, the climate, his team mates. But the swap ideas have a lot going for them I think.
Morning Geoff,
Firstly, I would defo take Reyes back…..the reason he left is that he did not get on with Henry and Pires !! not sure why but its so clear when you see repeated goal celebrations…….(pleased to say Bergy did not get involved in the little spat)
Secondly, those swap suggestions……..we’d win more then the league mate !! Altho I’d keep Gallas if Toure went or vice versa.
Duke i don’t know what to say… I apologise on pedro’s behalf for the joke…
Mayank, did Geoff ask you to write that?
I thought my joke was good…
lucio up for grabs?
http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germany/2009/06/21/1338555/lucio-heading-for-bayern-munich-exit-report
Haha… no not really, i really like your posts but they’ve thinned out in the summer that’s all…
Geoff i was implying that WE PAY PSG cash + silvestre for Sakho, not the other way round!
Although we might as well try that way round first
What can u possibly do with two fingers???
Dan, ur da man!
Geoff, i like ur idea of swapping eboue for sakho, but do we have a decent backup at RB?
And i really liked reyes but i dont think wenger wud take him back, tho i wud like to see him back!
haah Pedro the joke was good, I was offended by Mayank for asking the question, he obviously didn’t realise
Mayank, I’ve been away with business for the last two months… I’ll be doing more when I get back from holiday next week…
Geoff wont like it though…
Great idea – however perhaps a bit too simple for football.
it is surprising to see the number of players who want to leave us.
Eboue
Senderos
Gallas
Toure
Adebayor
5 first team (squad players)
All internationals in their own rights.
All experienced in terms of CL and Prem.
However these are the types of players we want to attract – not them as individuals, but experienced footballers, internationals etc.
We have to make sure if we do do a swap it is our interest, and perhaps paying a bit of money will make sure we get the right outcome.
I mentioned this before and from what I seen of Sakho, I am not impressed, plus he is another project youth, he is way too young. I know you can say he is captain of PSG, but a friend is a PSG fan and he doesn’t rate him at all, says he is very overrated.
Almunia Fabianski
Sagna, Eboue, Gallas, Touré, Vermaelen, Djourou, Clichy, Gibbs
Walcott, Rosicky, Arshavin, Nasri, Song, Melo, Denilson, Cesc, Diaby, Ramsey, Wilshere, Traoré
Rvp, Bendtner, Eduardo, Vela and a replacement for Ade.
That squad is 100% good enough to win the Prem.
Good on you Pedro…
Pakistan won the WC, who woulda thought?… or do we not talk cricket here?
Richards started to look great as a full back but average as a cenral defender. He is not that tall. For me he is a powerful pacy full back but I don’t think we need that at the mo.
Were being linked with that Russian goalie, he’s suppose to be quality isn’t he?
Morning all,
Agree with you Geoff – the only way a skin flint like Wenger will allow us new players is to go for swap deals and hope that Gazidis likes horizontally-striped wolly jumpers (Noel Edmonds styley, from the 70’s).
Of the proposed swaps I’m definitely against Toure leaving, but it is hard to tell if he actually wants to leave or it’s more lazy “work” from the red top hacks. Also I was generally in favour of off oading Badey and keeping Ebway but I’ve changed my mind on both of those, for non footballing reasons though.
As for the others – yes, get some in !
Akinfeev? He’s damn good. Defo up for that.
Mayank he’s been threatening to do that for 2 years, ‘my’ and ‘arse’ spring to mind.
Dan, he is in the top 3 in the world with Casillas and Buffon, also he is 23 years old and has been in the starting line-up of CSKA since 17 and starting line up of Russia since 18. Full of experience and will last us a life time, he is almost as good as a Tesco bag.
Arsene buy a GK? not on his life… GKs are known to kill twice as many players as outfielders… don’t think we really need one either…
Geoff no further comments from my side
Yea that’s him chipo. Only in the daily mail but hey they’ve gotta get one right
Yea I thought he was quality
There is no way Wenger would ever replace Almunia, no way. Utter tosh. Blimey it took him long enough to get in the first team in the first place.
My mate bet me £20 last night that Arsenal are going to sign Tevez.
Talk about a win/win bet!
I don’t like loan players at Arsenal personally.
The fans have no affiliation with the players and the player has no affiliation witht he club or it’s fans.
It’s a little like falling in love with someone else’s wife.
The problem is that if the player is shit then you hate him and he isn’t even your player and if he performs then the price goes up and the club won’t pay the money.
It’s a poisoned chilice.
He knows Arshavin’s agent, who apparently told him that Tevez was going to Arsenal… But he’s also a united fan. Case closed!
whats about Senderos to Fiorentina? They want him and we will get Melo and pay them 10 mill.
Steve is a ‘chilice’ a chalice full of chillies?
Who are you talking about Steve?
Dan, if only it were true
Chipo, can I get in on that?
Take Reyes back you sure ? no way will never happen
tevez to arsenal? cant see it, unless we loose 2 strikers and wenger goes bonkers
I hope you lose that bet chipo
I doubt it though
I’d take Reyes back but would he fit now? AA 23, Rosicky, walcott, and nasri maybe wilshire. I don’t think he’ll get in to the team plus he always complained about england so i don’t think he’ll be too egar to come back. Agree with the swap deals though.
Steve… whose wife are you in love with?
Agree with you there A Tom – no way would Tevez come to us as it’s not his choice – it’ll be down to Kia Joorabchian’s company where he goes. By the way, it’s funny to see the manks turning on him by making comments such as “headless chicken” “poor goal scoring record” blah, blah blah. There just putting a brave face on losing half of their “Fab 4”. The mugs.
I have been playing chess since I woke up and hell I won only two 3 matches
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Unless ade went for 25m then there’s no way!
If we sign the Melo fellow i’d be content… GK striker RW?… Too many new players and we’ll be off to another slow start till they bed in, that we can’t afford, continuity is key… Also it might cause problems in the dressing room.
hey charybdis, i want ladou!
Tevez ia going citeeeehhh
David Villa to us….. ??????????
This guy is a total liability. One of those people who just consistently does stupid stuff and gets himself in way over his head.
We’ve got another bet on too-
I’ve bet him £20 Arsenal will win the league next season.
A little cocky you may say, but not when i tell you he’s given me:
30/1 !!
what an idiot.
I hope he never joins betfair!
AW may let go some of his senior players, who failed to deliver last season, when there being suitable replacement identified. Obviously, high earners with limited room for improvement will be showed the door. I guess Toure, Eboue and Ade will soon be offloaded in order of priority.
the most important signing at the moment is the DM, that’s true!
If only life was as simple as just ‘swopping’ players…
And who actually makes the descision as to who is worth what or how many players…????
Very strange.
I’d rather we concentrate on Aquisitions. If people want to go, we will get money for them.
Arsene, don’t listen to all this drivel… concentrate on your targets and worry about the cull once we are fully stocked up again.
chary, yeah its nice to see someone else getting picked off for a change! tevez was a hero over there, and they’re only proving just how fucking stupid they are by saying that!
looks like theyll get benzema now though. just hope ribery goes anywhere but there
Pedro, it was hypothetical.
Geoff, Baptista springs to mind.
Welcome Peter, Rich, what drivel?
and who was at old traford holding playcard pleading fergie to sign him!!!! suckers
Chary my Manc friends done the same with ronaldo. Not even out the door and he’s all of a sudden a greedy diving mug. Funny that
Steve what made you bring that up, he’s long gone.
Haha chary… the mancs turn sour faster than milk, its great to read their blogs now ronaldo the one trick pony tevez the headless chicken whats next?
it wil be eather cana or melo
i think how many players will get on how quickly the next one comes in or first one leaves… if we get a DM or winger within 2-3 weeks then we’ve still got plenty of time to do another deal before it disrupts pre-season or anything.
melo has been saying how flattered he is that big clubs from europe/england are after him….
Chipo, seriously can I meet this friend of yours? I also like easy money…
Diaby wants to reach the next level…
Instead of spending his holiday on the beach, Arsenal’s Abou Diaby is working on his fitness with famous French personal trainer Renaud Longuevre.
The Gunners midfielder has opted against resting this summer, as he wants to gain muscle power and reach the next level, Longuevre has revealed.
As a consequence, the France international, who has been widely compared to Patrick Vieira, will practice with the track and field trainer for four weeks.
“When I feel that a sportsman is ready to give it all in order to reach a stage, it suits me,” Longuevre told Les Dessous du Sport.
“He is motivated and wants to reach the next stage on the physical level.”
He added: “The English league is very demanding; as a consequence his objective is to improve physically in order to be stronger and more resistant.
“He wants to be stronger in challenges. That is why he needs more muscle power.”
sounds good to me
Bordeaux want £14mill for their striker Chamakh
Continuity is massively important in football, it would be crazy to sell / swap and buy about 10 players.
Surely selling no-one, and maybe bringing in 1 more central midfielder would be a nicer option?
Besides, if we did what you say, where are they all going to play?
Will Sakho, Alex or Richards be happy moving to us to sit on the bench?
Will Melo and Cana?
No…. Keep everyone we have, add 1 more central midfield player.
What’s odds did u give him chipo?
The swap deals sound good, but id rather keep our fringe players esp simpson. he will make it big for us (i hope)
Matt read what I said, I said 2 from the above not all from the above, try reading slower.
Daiby can build up his muscles if he wants , and while he is at it, teach him how to pass to
Get in Cana and we are champs for 09/10 !
Dan, I am sure if he gave him 30/1 then Chipo gave him 1/30.
Chamakh is not half as good as Ade. Nuff said.
Matt they were just examples, not all of them
Ok Geoff, but my point is still the same…
Surely it would be a better option to keep everyone we have, add 1 or 2 faces.
Then we would have the improvement of our current squad, plus a (hopefully) fit Rosicky and Eduardo with the addition of 1 or 2 new faces.
As opposed to a clear out, and 6 new faces to bed in…
Plus, as someone said earlier – who decides what a player is worth, and how realistic is swapping players in this day and age?
To prevent a decline in the standard of football next season, the FA have banned the fielding of B teams in the Premiership.
Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton and Burnley.
I thought i’d post this again……….
It’s so so good, ManUre supposedly have all that money, but can’t buy anyone! Benzema is DEFINITELY staying at Lyon for another year and Ribery is either going to Barca or Real Madrid and is NOT coming to the Premiership, and they can’t even agree the deal for Valencia from Wigan ha ha ha!!
On top of which, there’s every possibility that they might have to hand that over that £80m to the banks, now that would be comedy!
However, i did hear that they aren’t even getting the £80m up front, they will get it in £20m instalments, even funnier……
if arsenal win the league, i get £620.
if arsenal don’t win the league, he gets £20.
like i said, he’s an idiot!
I was referring to loan deals in general Geoff. Very rarely do they work out for top clubs. Baptista was just an example.
I don’t like them in principle.
Matt what we had last season didn’t work, Dennis B said 4 or 5 new players coming in every season lifted the team, I think another centre back, a defensive midfield animal and a winger would be perfect, no more.
Hi guys
I heard cana’s passing is a bit well… Crap
He’d be at home then with Song and Denilson!
I read that Diaby thing as well. I was impressed, but let’s see how he comes back in July. I’m perfectly prepared to see Diaby and Cesc in the middle, as long as he sorts his act out!
Geoff, sorry I read the post in a hurry.
Confused loan deals for swap deals.
Ignore me, i’m a cunt.
Geoff what ad agency do you work at?
I’ve worked at DDB and WCRS… might we have shared a canteen moment? lol
Dan, he can make a 5 yard pass to Fab, and to be honest that is all we need him to do after he break 3 players getting the ball back.
I worked at CDP if you went to that canteen! Ok Steve!
Mayank/Dan/A Tom – it seems like the Mank nation (from Peterborough to Penzance, and from Macow to Monogolia) is alive to the sound of rattles, dummies, whistles being thrown out of Old Twatford shaped prams. I also don’t think Benzema sounds like their salvation either, certainly not for the 2009/10 season, if he arrives anyway that is. I see him as another Aliadiere. Maybe players in Europe feel that the Manks are in decline, what with ole 65% proof nose pushing 70 (and no longer having the stomach for the Premier League rough and tumble) so there are best off elsewhere ,e.g. R Madrid, Barca etc…..or even us ?
Cartman, – who is “ladou”?
if we are buying another midfielder i think we would have to loan out or sell 1 or 2. we are oversubscrided in midfield areas but the problem is the quality and readiness of some options. Diaby, Song, Denilson, Ramsey on last season’s form were as good as just being two players.
chary… i agree allot of top players or players touted as the next big thing like benzema will look at barca winning the CL and the madrid revolution and fancy that over manure, especially europeans
charys, I am sorry, did I misread something or did you actually compare Benzema to Aliadiere?
I agree with you on the central midfield player, but would rather keep what we have at centre half, plus Vermaelen, and don’t see the need for a winger.
We have Rosicky, Arshavin, Nasri, Walcott, Vela and Eboue who can play wide.
An even little Jack could play wide, so no need.
Chary, I don’t agree with your comment about Benzema… but funny you should say that… my brother made a similar comment about him yesterday.
Duke it depends how he passed to fab under pressure. We only need diaby to make 5 yard passes to fab and put his body into the challlenge but he can’t
diaby couldnt be a DM, he wants to play behind the striker and said he’d never want to play CB… thats not a DM mentality.
I would love to see this squad for next season :
Keepers : Almunia , Fab (better still , send Fab on loan and get in Yohann Pele on a free as Al’s understudy )
Rb : Sagna , Eboue
Cb : Gallas , Vermaelen , Djourou , Senderos [sell Toure to Citeh for 12 - or maybe Kompany(who can fill in as DM and Cb) + 5 mil
Lb: Gibbs , Clichy
CMs : Cesc, Song , Denilson , Diaby [his last chance , imo - if ONLY , this guy had Vieira's brain - he 'wd be better than him]
+ Get Melo/Cana – my preference being Cana – he’s apparently available for 10 mil and would complement Cesc better .
Wide players : Vela , Arshavin , Walcott , Nasri , Rosicky .
Strikers : Ade , RvP , Dudu , Bendtner.
[Remove Ade and get in Chamakh and that looks a lot worse . Besides, given RvP and Dudu's injury track records ; we could well have to do with Bendtner as the MAIN MAN. And no champion team can afford to do that. IF at all we aspire to be champs, that is.]
PS : This year is a massive chance for us to wrest back the league. There are question marks on all of our nearest rivals. Time to take them by surprise. Anyways , no one expects us to do much. All I get to hear is that the Chavs or the Dippers are gonna win it next season.
If we can reatain our first choice XI and add a Cana /MElo in the mix before pre-season ; are those cunts in for a massive shock or what ! Cmon you Gooners !
Benzema is somewhat over hyped IMO
Just released! A photo from Diaby’s training camp!
http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/body_builder_21sfw.gif
Matt, I think keeping all our players would be a bad idea.
If they are all fit… there are too many of them… especially in midfield.
Players will be bitching left right and centre come January… possible unrest in the dressing room…
Factor in the kids coming through as well…
But Benz has all the attributes to be a top , top player , imo. Maybe his ego may let him down.
Dan, yeah but Cana is class, I watch French league a bit, and I am very very impressed.
Chipo
I’d rather have that situation , Pedro than having to play a Champs league semi with G.Hoyte at RB; Traore left Wing , and Song and Denilson in CM ; with Diaby in the hole and NIk up-front.
True, but you could argue that the ones who would be bitching would be the ones not getting a sniff of playing, and players moaning about not getting a game suggests the guys who are, are doing well….
I mean it makes sense to keep all our players… but a lot of them are coming into their prime years and they’re not really cutting it.
I don’t think it would be in the interest of Eboue, Senderos and Diaby to hang around if they’re not going to be getting games…
Probably not in the interest of the wage bill either!
Anyone catch the Brasil/Italy game last night?
I know it was only the one game, but Melo looks the real deal, whereas Chiellini looks like Senderos’ big brother!!
WE sell Ade and lose RvP and Dudu to injury – all we have is Bendtner and maybe , Vela ; if he is played there. Sell Toure and Senderos ; and we are back to having MArtian starting 70 % games.
THink !
Matt, 100% agree… but when you’ve got the volume of players we’ve got, it might not be one player moaning… it could be 3… that’s enough to cause problems in the dressing room I think.
Chipo
he’s definetely bulked up
ddm , I’d have Senderos over Chiellini after watching him at the Confed for 3 games .
Is anyone else extremely excited about seeing Rosicky back and playing?
I know it’s a cliché, but he will be like a new signing.
He’s top class.
No, you read right Duke – but I’ll concede there is an element of wishful thinking in that. I do believe he won’t have the instant impact The Arsh did on joining – but I’m illogical and partisan when it comes to other clubs. I only want the worst case scenario for them, and the Manks especially, so while Benzema probably isn’t as bad as Aliadiere I don’t think he’s all that.
Perhaps he’s more like Matija Kesman.
agreed on Chiellini, he’s a hefalump
Pedro , be sure that 2 of that 3 wd be in rehab , so all they wd moan abt would be the injury they picked up !
Pedro we have like 7 CB options as things stand WTF
Gallas
Toure
Silvestre
Djourou
Verm
Senderos
Song
That is just too much
I know what you are saying Pedro – but a nice problem to have if we are top of the league come Xmas!
And worth the risk – as a previous said – better that than have to rely on kids if we get a stack of injuries.
Couldn’t agree more Chipo – Rosicky is world class, it would be awesome to have him playing week in week out.
Franchise,
Senderos is surely going, and if Silvestre gets anywhere near the team in front of that lot, then we have serious injury problems!
ddm, totally agree mate, everyone wanted Chiellini, but now that we seen him play, well thanks but not thanks.
Very excited about the return of rosicky, fingers crossed though chipo
DDM… 100% mate, chellini was getting destroyed by brazil and by the commentators… they even called him the ‘new materazzi’ poor bastard!!
I say sell Diaby, Song, Denilson and Eboue, add £10m to that lot and go and buy Melo……
1 of Toure / Gallas will go.
Count is at 6.
Song will be used at CB , if we are ravaged by injuries – count is at 5.
Senderos will go – count at 4.
Silvestre – haha . – count at 3.
Namely , Vermy( unproven talent) , Gallas , Djourou (shaky) : So we need to add 1 more experienced head in there , Franchise !
ddm , then Melo breaks his shin and missed 8 months and we are Fucked proper !
*misses
I’m off to do some work
AKOL – That’s a very sad indictment of Chiellini my friend!!
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song and denilson should be kept, but only as back up and to p[lay against weak teams to give fab/ our DM a rest, they have potential but they arent good enough yet.
indeed it is !
He was BIGGED up into some kind of mythical CB here – quick , strong, aerially unbeatable , etc..
But he seemed to be Senderos LITE , to me.
AKOL – If we stick with what we’ve got we’re well fucked anyway!!
Arindam- captain of Ajax is hardly unproven talent!
Matt i personally think for starters either one of Toure and Gallas has to go. Verm has to start IMO. We need to try something different.
Gallas major con is his age and Toure’s is his lack of concentration and poor decision making. Defenders are known to play well into 35 so i hope wenger doesnt give up on Gallas that easily. I personally would prefer Gallas over Toure.
Why Dennis?
Everyone is a year older and better, Adebayor has something to prove, Eduardo and Rosicky are back, and we have a new CH..
Sounds pretty good to me!
ddm , we cant really sell as many you listed there , mate – Only 1/2 can go .Best would be to retain ALL and add 1 more – but we dont live in an ideal world , do we ??
Imo , we can only afford to sell Toure of the lot . IF its Ade as well , the replacement will take time and we are Fucked in that scenario as well. Too many trap doors !
Franchise – Agreed – no room for sentiment in football, Gallas is the best CH at the club, so it is him and Vermaelen as starters for me.
Chipo – I meant at the PL level.
Now do you want me to mention super players from other leagues that flopped here ?
You guys do realise that if we sell Toure it is an official end to our Invincible squad…
toure plays well with a dominant arial CB which i think verm is… he said he likes to play ‘physical’ which is exactly what we need, he also said he wont hide from taking responsibility so he could bring toure back to his best like sol did
Arindam Matt was saying priority is to keep team together and i was just pointing out that it wasnt the case. as things stand we have 7 CB options. 4 is enough and Song as a versatility CB/midfield player making 5.
if we werent to sign anymore CB my options would be
Gallas
Verm
Djourou
Senderos
+
Song
Man United played mostly 3 CBs all season (Vid, Ferd, Evans) and they won the league, got to the FA cup semis, won the Carling cup and got to CL final
out of the 3 Johnny Evans is quite inexperienced. Wes Brown was injured for most of the season and he is no Vidic. injuries permitting 2 world class CB are enough with a few side kicks
Good post!,but if we can keep what we already have + Melo,that would be fanastic,and we’ll be competitive on every front,including CL
But Duke, that might mean it’s the official beginning of our next one
Duke we still have clichy
duke… clichy was part of the squad, and played a few times
ATom, not really sure if Verm is the aerially dominant CB we need.
Franchise you forgot Kolo
Maybe he’s more in the Gallas mould and his eventual replacement.
Chipo i sold him to Manchester City
Franchise , your selection is what I picked myself earlier (scroll up) . However , dont see Sendy staying. Hence , the need for 1 more. And Silvestre can leave on a free with his tickets paid for .
Oh nice one! How much did you get for him?
Can you sell Ade to Chelsea while you’re at it?
Evening all
Not everyone agrees on most things Arsenal on here, but one thing that seems to galvanise all Grovers in Blighty is the dislike of your press, & reading the crap that they say about THOF, I can see why.
The best way to stick it up the press is for The Club to win Cups, so winning this seasons PL will suffice I reckon.
Oh shit, forgot Clich was there, thanks for pointing that out. But still…
gg9 , spot on , mate.
Would love to see the smugness wiped out of the faces of MEssrs . Gray , McMahon , etc.
Arindam like Many believe Gallas or Toure would be leaving I also believe either of Senderos or Silvestre would be leaving. I dont see both of Sendy and Silvestre leaving and i would rather have Senderos over Silvestre.
adriham, i agree we’re not sure but i think he is, the small clips of him about show him being that sort of player… the desire to go for the arial balls and putting yourself in the way when you might get hurt is what we’ve lacked rather than pure size
Matt – Because imo i truly believe we’re getting all we’re ever gonna get outta the likes of Eboue, Denilson, Song, and sadly Diaby too….
The problem is that if AW were to keep these guys as backup i wouldn’t have a problem, but to be constantly flogging the proverbial dead horse with making them first choice regulars is costing us trophies!
No doubts on that , Franchise ! But, AW sees things differently than mere mortals , so see him keeping :
Silvestre and possibly, showing Senderos the door.
I want Sandy to stay, CB don’t become world class until they are around 25-26. He could prove to be a legend.
ATom , Toure and Gallas on youtube would seem to be the best CBs ever.
pacy defenders like gallas and toure like to step back rather than commit into a challenge. they rely on recovery pace. slower defenders (not neccessarily only slower def) stick to the players they mark like glue not allowing them to gather momentum. and they try to attack (as in charge in) early. i think vermalaen is that type of player. his game would complement gallas, toure or djourou
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
Good morning everyone
1stly : Pakistan Zindabaad
well done to Pakistan for their win y’day. also Sri Lanka were great opponents – big up to all Sri Lankans out there.
2ndly : I liked ur post 2day Geoff/Pedro(?) i’d like to see at least a few of those swaps but i think u need 1 old head in defence like gallas because i think he can offer us a lot still. there is no substitute for experience.
3rdly : here’s something on DIABY
http://www.oleole.com/blogs/arseblog/posts/diaby-shows-some-fight-as-his-arsenal-career-hangs-in-the-balance
Looking at the centre back situation I would rather we got rid of Silvestre and keep swiss Tony, so our options stay at Kolo-Gallas-Verminator-Djourou-Swiss Tony, with 2 of those capable of filling left back if necessary and the Franchise look alike a bit injury prone and therefore only a squad player. SongBillong should stay as a midfielder IMO, with Diaby being flogged off to make way for a first choice DM. I do feel we are a bit light at right back if Ebway goes so maybe that area needs addressing as only Kolo has filled in there and not done too well I recall.
Its ridiculuous that these T20 World Cups are happening each yr.
MELO on being linked with us :
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_5394529,00.html
Arsenal & Man U put on red alert by agent’s comments
10:53 AM 22 June, 2009
Arsenal and Manchester United may renew their interest in Lyon’s Karim Benzema, after his agent said his client would ‘think about’ a move away if an offer comes in.
Benzema’s agent, Karim Djaziri, said: “Karim is on holiday at the moment and he is not thinking of moving.
“He wants to stay in France for another year so that he can prepare for the World Cup and I think that Sir Alex [Ferguson] knows this.
“Perhaps he wants to make an offer to Lyon. If that happens, then Karim will think about it, but as things stand, Karim wants to stay with Lyon for another year.”
Arsenal have been following Benzema’s progress for a long time, but may be put off bidding by the astronomical asking price.
I did Chipo, it said 100%
Fuck Pakistan and Sri Lanka. What about bigging up the English bitches team??? Well done ladies.
NEVER REYES!!!!!
Swapping players is not as easy as it seems, both clubs must be satisfied and both players, it is twice as hard as a regular signing…
Arindams is it each year??? damn i didnt know that! i think it should be every 2years, because there’s a lot of tournaments happening…..1 day world cup & the champions trophy this october.
morning KM.
We’ve done Diaby already- see Chipo@10.16
He’s really bulked up
Sorry KM, can’t join in with your T20 feelings as to me Pakistan the Manks of cricket, in that I can’t stand them rather than that they win all the time. Sorry !
Mikel is pants.
I’d take Reyes back ASAP!!!
Can we sell Ade already!!!
3 people want Vermaelen and DJourou as 1st choice pairing! Interesting!
it is , KM – its more annoying than the ACN – and that says a lot !
Geoff you are right after all, Cricket is a girls game, in England
Matt – ‘everyone is a year older and better’ Really??
Sounds a touch too much Arsenesque to me, the sort of cobblers he comes out with after he’s made his nominal one signing justifying it with how much greater this group of players are for having another year under their belts!!
the English bitches??????team?
-Steve ur a legend !
KM
I think they are actually Butches If you know what I mean
Franchise you Muti, i sent you an email last night wiv my matchday proposals. I hope you like, othrewise i will have to cry myself to sleep in my gigantic pillow tonight
I thought I was being quite p.c for once.
DDM
Chill, The number 14 Title is coming, just slip down to the Tattersals Castle & have a couple of soothers, & it will all become much clearer, Chamone
chipo – i couldnt be bothered to read everyone’s earlier posts
Chary – fair enough my friend – it was an enjoyable experience for most neutrals. but saying that i think England showed in this Twenty20 that they can be a good limited overs team — but they lack a bit of depth in some areas – thats where pakistan & Sri Lanka & S.Africa excel. I really believe England can give Australia a good game. Although i cant stand Test Matches – just too long.
arindam, i doubt that but my point is that a certain type of player compliments another, its obvious we lack grit at the back, so would wenger go and buy another defender who scared to get stuck in? i doubt it
Chipo – I am proud to say that i voted for Senderos & Sivestre…….
DDM we’ve got a deal. Some flexibility re swaps would have to be taken into consideration. come 1st of july we can sort out the finances
Lol at Gnarley @11.09. That team do consist solely of butches of the lipstick or lumberjack variety.
sell kolo and eboue get richards in as part of the kolo deal and richards gives cover for right back and cb easy one player two jobs
T20 is a sad grab @ a declining market IMO.
“However we are certainly the only team with three teenage players at the World Cup – Cesc Fabregas, Johan Djourou and Theo Walcott. They are 17, 17 and 19. Those are like new signings and they will come back still under 20 years-old with World Cup experience. Then there is Thierry too. All that makes you strong.”
that was wengers comments in 2006 re transfer targets.
walcott and djourou when compared to 2006 IMO havent improved by a lot.
that is why u have to be a bit careful when u relying on youth to deliver performances that ensure silveware. its a big risk
from goonertalk – 5 DM possible targets
http://goonertalk.com/2009/06/21/5-defensive-midfield-options-for-arsenal-videos/
(hmmmm they don’t show much tackling etc though)
Personally, I think selling one or two of the fringe players is a good thing. It will send a message to the others that failure is an option if they aren’t cutting the mustard!
watching richards play for england has impressed me committed and strong in the challenge plus his a lump to give us a bit more of a presence physically
Gnarley you old Biffa, always the ying to my yang! Peroni IS the cure for ALL ills…….
There’s that fecking ‘e’ again, you slipped that one in there again didn’t you, you devious fecker
steve wheres the best rate for euro’s at the mo????
chelsea want adebayor — any truth in this?
http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=2356
Actually DDM, I caught up with a mate I haven’t seen for a while, & he told me how he was into Peroni’s, & that I should try them
They have taken off down here, but must be served chilled IMO 
Franchise – agreed, flexibility is a good thing, Peroni is a good thing, taxation is a baaaaaaaaaad thing!!
chamakh gagging to move to premiership
http://www.setanta.com//uk/Articles/Football/2009/06/21/Prem-Chamakh-on-asking-price/gnid-57740/
Franchi – whereabouts do to you currently reside my old mungler?
did u kow that in 2006 against boro (RIP) @ highbury a game that we won 7-0 our CB pairing was senderos and djourou?
our defence that day was
Lauren…….Senderos……..Djourou………Cygan
Westhampstead/kilburn area DDM and u?
fran remember that paring against chealsea? essien scored a toe punt to equalise with the last kick off the game ….wanker
For my sins Franchise, Bromley in Kent….
hum hum downham
i was in Sydenham the other day DDM.. god knows why -it’s an absolute hole
Gnarley – I was in a watering hole on Friday evening that was recommended to me by that drunk Steve (!) where the draught Peroni was phenomenally chilled, but the bottled Peroni was a tad warm!! That’s what you get for having ‘out-of-towners’ running your bar!!
Sell Adebayor, Eboue, Gallas, Silvestre and Senderos.
Exchange Eboue & Silvestre for Sakho (PSG), Gallas for Richards (ManCity), Senderos for Brazillian Melo (Fiorentina) and use money from Adebayor to buy David Silva (Valencia).
DDM – you must be in the posh bit between Chislehurst and Elmstead Woods – well posy !
Ha Ha Ha, fucking Downham…..
hmm..
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/06/22/manual_110538.html
Mexes for Pink Boots ??? Naah..
Chipo – Sydenham is the pimple on the buttock of the Earth my friend….
i used to live in dulwich off lordship lane
Where are you working at the mo?
Nik the game i remember essien scoring against us was at emirates the back 4 was eboue, gallas, toure, clichy
really dulwich is my area never noticed any giants…think your fibbing
na that was the return the one at stamford bridge before it
DDM im a software engineer i love my contracts and im willing to work anywhere. im a money chasing hoar
im presently working in dorset but im back to london every friday
Current Squad:
GK: Almunia, Fabianski, Mannone
RB: Sagna, Eboué, Hoyte
CB: Touré, Vermaelen, Djourou, Gallas, Senderos, Silvestre
LB: Clichy, Gibbs, Traoré
DM: Diaby, Song, Ramsey
CM: Cesc, Denìlson, Wilshere
AM/W: Arshavin, Nasri, Rosicky, Walcott, Vela
ST: Adebayor, van Persie, Bendtner, Eduardo, Simpson
Out: Gallas, Senderos, Eboué, Traoré, Simpson, Hoyte
In: Richards, Sakho, Melo
And the Squad Being:
GK: Almunia, Fabianski, Mannone
RB: Sagna, Richards
CB: Touré, Vermaelen, Djourou, Sakho, Song
LB: Clichy, Gibbs
DM: Melo, Diaby, Ramsey
CM: Cesc, Denìlson, Wilshere
AM/W: Arshavin, Nasri, Rosicky, Walcott, Vela
ST: Adebayor, van Persie, Bendtner, Eduardo
Any objections?
whore
nik its cos u live in the shitty bit
i missed Silvestre, he’s also in the “Out” section…
Franchise – which is it West Hampstead or Kilburn – One is pretty nice – the other…. not so much
Franchise , whats the domain u work on ?
Yippee its our fortnightly stats up date with Ray.
fran in the ghetto
arindam@kol
interesting it could be true that he went to Roma to see what they were offering him – because apparently ManU have/are interested in Roma striker Vicunic -
also Bendtner probably tired of being 3rd choice striker. —- could adebayor be staying??????
or he may just be going on holidays:)
nik it was
eboue……djourou…….senderos…….clichy
chelsea v arsenal
1-1
stamford bridge
scorers flamini and essien
06 May 2007
Ha Ha Ha, software engineer…….a programmer then you old soak!!
Well i currently whore myself as a contractor between Cannon Street and Brussels as a Technical Tester….
The very mentioning of Carlo Ancelotti reminds me of food. Anchovy maybe
Carlo Anchovy ofcourse 
Football players are not allowed to go on holiday to Countries which have good football clubs.
Franchise – It’s because he lives in the area where all the bridges have a low clearance!!!!
watching the U-19 European Championship i’ve been very impressed by the “German/Turkish” player Özil.
He’s top class, can play as a striker or behind the striker, has great vision and skills. He currently plays for Werder Bremen. He would be a great signing!
Thoughts anyone?
Is either like this bloke
we’r after a young african striker…
http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/arsenal-monitoring-salamancas-akinsola-video/#comment-34098
fuck programming DDM, i do the lot. tailor my cv for the job.
u cant survive in this current market as a specialist DDM
ive got programming skills but currently im working as a oracle Database analyst/performance tester
fuck programming DDM, i do the lot. tailor my cv for the job.
u cant survive in this current market as a specialist DDM
ive got programming skills but currently im working as a oracle Database analyst/performance tester…
brighty i knew something was wrong when i typed ‘hoar’
when im trying to impress i live in west hampstead when im trying to get help kilburn
i live off mill lane brighty. its more west hampstead than kilburn
new addition to our youth academy – a left winger
http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/player-profile-mr-versatile-samir-bihmoutine/
I live on Finchley Road (Golders Green end) parallel to West Heath Drive – home of one Cesc Fabregas…
Ray, I think you mean u21′s and I watched him play Spain, he missed more 1 on 1′s and open goals than Adebayor did in a season.
Franchise do you do hardware?… my desktop has been making this screeching beeps occasionally after it hangs i think its from the HD… is it time to get a new HD?
Mayank, no mate, it’s your desk!
Haha… i knew it damn chinese desks!
our new CB Verminator won’t mind a crack at captaincy:
http://goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/06/22/1340033/new-arsenal-signing-vermaelen-wants-fabregas-armband
I do hardware…
misco.co.uk
Brighty – do u know which no. Fabregas lives at?
your desktop is making noise ?
FFS what are you doing below it ??/
theres only 2 things that can make a noise in your computer hub .. the hard disk or your power supply ! possibly your cooling fan but i very much doubt it ..
mayank
your not doing the 5 knuckle shuffle on the piss pump are you now
???
If I did I would be a bad man to advertise it on here
Ha! You might have to work in India soon fella, all those types of jobs are slowly being syphoned off to India….
I reckon its the hard disk… it gave me problems earlier also… Thanks for the technical support guys… you too Geoff…
Santa Cruz on the way to Man City.
http://goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/06/22/1340117/breaking-news-roque-santa-cruz-undergoing-medical-at
Not true DDM… I live in India, the IT sector has died off after the initial exponential growth, its reached a plateau i doubt if it will grow more… I particularly enjoyed its demise, as a Mechanical Engg.
Mayank – You wanna rub a bit o’ Vic on it fella!!!
just saw the vermaelen interview…he seems confident
morning all..
all this news about the chavs.. have they even made a bid for anyone?
they are linked to every god damn player!!!
Mayank – Try downloading a free app called HD Regenerator.
Run it in DOS or burn it to a CD when ur PC is booting up hit F2 in the Bios boot from CD and it will autorun – it takes a while depending on the size of ur hard drive but will fix all bad sectors and you should see drastically better performance.
Peace
choy, so are spurs.
Whats vic :$ ?
DDM i know i would soon win the lottery. ive git everything planned out up until my retirement
plan 78: win the lottery at age 35
ive got 5 years to go
Well i dunno about that, but the following companies are still offloading IT jobs to India fella…..
Legal & General
Royal Bank of Scotland
Euroclear
mayank
so what’s next for the IT hubs in bangalore etc? are they losing jobs there?
Thanks Brighty, will do!… Technical support on le grove, damn the internet is powerful!
Vicks, my friend, is a vapour rub, to clear blockages!!!
the best cure for bad PC’s is a zero porn policy
You are sooooo outta luck Franchise, because it’s only Northerners who win the lottery….
TIP OF THE WEEK: get a seperate cheap machine for pornage
DDM – or ppl who are too old to appreciate the money and want to spend it on growing giant vegetables….
By the same definition then, the best cure for a bad beer is no beer……………how wrong is that!!!!
Well i guess the trend will continue as long as the wages in India reamain considerably lower than those in the UK and US also there’s no dearth of software engg., but the radical growth has stopped even near Delhi where i live there were IT centres springing up… all that’s stopped now… almost all companies have stopped recruiting, its sort of at a standstill… so whatever’s not going up is only going down. The IT hubs in bangalore are relatively safe as they all have long term contracts with big MNCs
Absolutely Brighty, what a fucking loser that prick was who £25m! I mean, what is the point of doing the fucking lottery if all you’re gonna do is sit in your allotment all fucking day………wot a cunt
I know vicks the green gooey thing i didn’t get what vic meant
well, i can’t be online here and don’t give any stats for you, so here it is:
Our starting line-ups in wins against TOP opponents in the last 4 seasons:
1-0 away to Real Madrid (210206):
Lehmann
Eboué, Touré, Senderos, Flamini
Ljungberg, Hleb, Gilberto, Cesc, Reyes
Henry
2-1 home to Liverpool (120306):
Lehmann
Eboué, Touré, Senderos, Flamini
Ljungberg, Gilberto, Cesc, Hleb
Adebayor, Henry
2-0 home to Juventus (280306):
Lehmann
Eboué, Touré, Senderos, Flamini
Hleb, Gilberto, Cesc, Pirés
Reyes, Henry
1-0 home to Villarreal (190406):
Lehmann
Eboué, Touré, Senderos, Flamini
Ljungberg, Gilberto, Cesc, Hleb, Pirès
Henry
1-0 away to Man United (170906):
Lehmann
Eboué, Touré, Djourou, Gallas
Ljungberg, Hleb, Gilberto, Cesc, Rosicky
Adebayor
3-0 home to Liverpool (121106):
Almunia
Eboué, Touré, Gallas, Clichy
Flamini, Gilberto, Cesc, Hleb
van Persie, Henry
3-1 away to Liverpool (060107):
Almunia
Eboué, Touré, Senderos, Clichy
Hleb, Gilberto, Flamini, Rosicky
van Persie, Henry
2-1 home to Man United (210107):
Lehmann
Eboué, Touré, Senderos, Clichy
Hleb, Flamini, Cesc, Rosicky
Adebayor, Henry
3-0 home to Sevilla (190907):
Almunia
Sagna, Touré, Senderos, Clichy
Hleb, Flamini, Cesc, Rosicky
van Persie, Adebayor
1-0 home to Chelsea (161207):
Almunia
Sagna, Touré, Gallas, Clichy
Eboué, Flamini, Cesc, Hleb, Rosicky
Adebayor
2-0 away to AC Milan (040308):
Almunia
Sagna, Senderos, Gallas, Clichy
Eboué, Flamini, Cesc, Diaby, Hleb
Adebayor
2-1 home to Man United (081108):
Almunia
Sagna, Silvestre, Gallas, Clichy
Walcott, Denìlson, Cesc, Diaby, Nasri
Bendtner
2-1 away to Chelsea (301108):
Almunia
Sagna, Djourou, Gallas, Clichy
Denìlson, Song, Cesc, Nasri
van Persie, Adebayor
3-0 home to Villarreal (150409):
Fabianski
Eboué, Touré, Silvestre, Gibbs
Walcott, Song, Cesc, Nasri
van Persie, Adebayor
The most notable thing is that we reached the Champions League Final 2006 with Flamini playing LB all the way through the knockout stages until the Final itself when “Cashley Cole” took back his place in the starting line-up (and we all know what happened in the final…)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/arsenal/5601388/Arsenal-close-to-agreeing-Robin-van-Persies-contract-renewal.html
Note also that Senderos was playing in most of these games we won against top opponents…strange, right?
vic, kinda short for vicks!! Sorry, very poor local English….
dat be daanem talk
RayG – A player who has gone backwards…..
eboue too
Fellas , being a Fresher back in India (predictably graduating in CS – passed out last year), I found it tough for a year to land a decent job. Worked for 8 months for HSBC as Tech Support Engg. Now cooling my heels as a Tester with Lexmark in Kolkata. They pay me for blogging on LE Grove !!
Surely it is better to look who was playing when we lost silly games, rather than the games we won.
Arsenal should be winning big games, however they should not be losing easier games.
Hull, Stoke, Boro etc.
Don’t we all get paid for blogging here?
Arindam im a Lexmark UK exec i would investigate this and act
I do
no ways !!
Franchise that would be grossly unfair !
That too to a fellow gooner.
btw , Franchise where are u based in the UK ?
We dont have any R&D centres in the UK.
This Ramirez (Brazil) chap seems like a typical Wenger signing, shame Benfica beat us to him…
Check him out on here;
http://en.sambafoot.com/articles/289_Ramires_a_talent_for_the_future_page_1.html
yes ways Arindam u r fired, if only i know ur real name hmmmm
No doubt we’d all be getting paid more if we weren’t blogging here lol
Ramirez didnt really catch the eye yesterday. Those who did were the LB(Santos ? ) , Kaka , Robinho and Fabiano and Melo mopped up well ; though his passing was a bit off.
Our Center-Back formations in all our Premier League Wins this last season:
Djourou/Gallas (1-0 WBA home)
Touré/Gallas (3-0 Newcastle home)
Touré/Gallas (4-0 Blackburn away)
Touré/Gallas (3-1 Bolton away)
Touré/Silvestre (3-1 Everton home)
Silvestre/Gallas (2-0 West Ham away)
Silvestre/Gallas (2-1 Man United home)
Djourou/Gallas (2-1 Chelsea away)
Touré/Djourou (1-0 Wigan home)
Silvestre/Gallas (1-0 Portsmouth home)
Touré/Djourou (1-0 Bolton home)
Touré/Djourou (3-1 Hull away)
Touré/Djourou (3-1 WBA away)
Touré/Djourou (4-0 Blackburn home)
Touré/Gallas (3-1 Newcastle away)
Touré/Gallas (2-0 Man City home)
Touré/Djourou (4-1 Wigan away)
Touré/Silvestre (2-0 Middlesbrough home)
Djourou/Song (3-0 Portsmouth away)
Touré/Song (4-1 Stoke home)
And the games we lost in the League:
Touré/Gallas (0-1 Fulham away)
Touré/Gallas (1-2 Hull home)
Touré/Silvestre (1-2 Stoke away)
Silvestre/Gallas (0-2 Aston Villa home)
Djourou/Silvestre (0-3 Man City away)
Touré/Silvestre (1-4 Chelsea home)
haha , Franchise !
What about yours ?
Shoudnt you be working too , matey ?
Oh fuck, it’s back.
So JD lost only when paired up with Silvestre. I like the kid, don’t know why people are not happy with him, a very good 3rd choice, and shouldn’t have been dropped as soon as Kolo was back. He was on form.
Instead of spending his holiday on the beach, Arsenal’s Abou Diaby is working on his fitness with famous French personal trainer Renaud Longuevre.
The Gunners midfielder has opted against resting this summer, as he wants to gain muscle power and reach the next level, Longuevre has revealed.
As a consequence, the France international, who has been widely compared to Patrick Vieira, will practice with the track and field trainer for four weeks.
“When I feel that a sportsman is ready to give it all in order to reach a stage, it suits me,” Longuevre told Les Dessous du Sport.
“He is motivated and wants to reach the next stage on the physical level.”
He added: “The English league is very demanding; as a consequence his objective is to improve physically in order to be stronger and more resistant.
“He wants to be stronger in challenges. That is why he needs more muscle power.”
Stato!!
neither did Silva…but we signed him
this could be good if he gets the strength maybe the composure will follow and he can become the player he shows glimpses of
my name is Jobs
Steve Jobs
No matter how hard i try, i can’t make anything out of that stat, what so ever….oh wait, i know, the lack of playing the same 2 CB for most of the season….
I count at least 7 or 8 different CB formations being used throu out the season, that’s waht’s wrong isn’t it?
Someone said Man United only used 3 CB’s all season…
well, that’s the difference, right?
oh , Mr. Jobs meet Mr. Paul Allen.
Not me Chipo…..
I’ve actually been doing some work today, not too much mind.
Last week Thursday I was at home with a bad leg, had to write up some process notes and spent all day worried about how much ‘work’ I could produce as evidence, so that I ocul dstil charge for a full day.
Back to work on Friday, and didn’t do a minutes work all morning, sat 10ft from our Hd of Dept amd my line manager !! Did about an hours work in the afternoon.
Crazy.
All our players are way too injury prone.
Vermaelen, Djourou & Touré (or Gallas) would be enough you’d think…
But considering Arsenal have a tendancy to get loads of injuries i’d want to have at least 5 players able to play CB…
Big Jobs
Why would we want Reyes when we have Arshavin and Rosicky? Why would we want Micah Richards when he’s complete shit? How do you know Toure wants out? How do you know Wenger wants Cana? How do you know Gallas wants out? Why would Chelsea swap Mikel & Alex for Adebayor?
Why do I bother reading all this if I don’t like it, I must be a real sad bastard with an IQ of somewhere between 3 and 4.
Ray there was a game where United were forced to play G.Neville as a CB. they mostly had Vidic paired with either Ferdinand or Evans. In the games that really mattered though they seemed to be lucky to have their best pairing unlike in our case
james
dont read it then if it hurts so much
bottom line!
Arsenal haven’t been able to compete with Man U, Chelsea & Liverpool in the last 4 seasons cause of too many long trem injuries on too many players, that’s a FACT!
Players that has missed at least 15 games or more due to injuries:
2005/2006: Clichy, Cole, Campbell, Ljungberg
2006/2007: Gallas, Rosicky, Ljungberg, van Persie, Henry
2007/2008: Diaby, Rosicky, Eduardo, van Persie
2008/2009: Gallas, Diaby, Cesc, Adebayor, Rosicky, Eduardo
Calm down dear…
The best signings would be having all players staying fit!
James – Maybe because Reyes is an out and out winger and Arshavin and Rosicky are not wingers!!!!
They are both central play makers, both for their countries and their previous clubs!
They only play on the wing because the club is either too blind to see this failing or too tight to spend some fucking money on a player to play is his preferred position!!
ddm
handing in a transfer request usually shows a desire to leave as well james you bel-end
Most important though, is that Arshavin stays fit, he will win us the League, the CL & the FA Cup single-handedly!
James – The idea is to spark a debate, if you are so blinkered as to not see this then i suggest you piss off and watch the Teletubbies…..
…just kidding (he’ll need some help from the others too)
Ray, have you got any stats on how many stats are complete bollocks?? I heard it was 99%.
maybe its arsenal
http://msn.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_5394839,00.html
Fuck ddm, cheers mate. I forgot that was on.
tellitubbies might be too complex for James
Arshavin for Player of the Year !
Yeah rob, maybe it isn’t too.
Touré only wanted to leave cause of Gallas, right?
But if Gallas were to leave, then Touré would surely stay…
Though it could be the other way around in the end…
But one thing is for sure, we won’t have both of them here next season…
Come to think of it, they both might leave…
cant afford us !
Hope its not!!
Sounds like Fulham / West Ham to me .
Always makes me laugh when you get people like James looking at a website expecting to have a headline of “Nothing has happened since we bought Vermaelen”.
Maybe even the BinDippers
So how long until the PL matches are played in dubai…
Teletubbies rool mutha fuckas!!
hey Steve, in my oppinion stats is only a fun thing that i like to put together, sometimes they make sense, sometimes they don’t, it’s just for fun, like a hobby of mine, that’s all…
Gallas good defender/absolute cunt unsetteling to club
tore was a great defender not so much now loves arsenal.
its tough to call who to keep
steve wheres the best euro rate at the mo any idear??
and i won’t stop writing stats here just because you think it’s bollocks!
i usually get some credit for the effort i bring to it..
Ray dont mind Steve. stats rule unless they are denilson’s
Fran, hahah
stats tell me that we never lost a game in which arshavin started
I like stats especially of the meticulous nature… But someone once (cornily) said “statistics are like a bikini what the conceal is more important than what they show.”
*they
stats tell me that adebayor doesnt underside the offside rule or he is just a lazy thicko
Stats tell me that Arsenal is the ONLY current top division team that has never been out of the top division since after the First World War (1919/1920)!
Does anyone actually have stats on that the no. of time ade is offside in a match.
Bring Reyes back!
And for the sake of completeness, bring the Beast back!
Nick, it’s all much of a muchness mate. Many of the ones that offer a better rate charge you more commission. I always find it best to take a small amount of cash and use my cashcard when i get there.
GBP/EUR is currently at about .8420 to banks.
RayG, we have never been relegated.
Ever!
Yup i love that stat even man u had a stint in the 2nd division post world-war… And they tell us to lower our expectations!
Ray, for what its worth I’m not a big fan of stats, but I’m still interested to see them and find them useful.
The stats that showed AdeNuffs offides were singlehandedly higher than Stokes total was brilliant, and added a lot of weight to what I already knew.
I like stats to support an argument, but I don’t like stats when they are used in attempt to tell me my eyes are deceiving me.
Ray, I haven’t asked you to stop writing here have I??
Go take your prozac and ignore me you fist.
cheers steve
Stats tell me Arsene will win us the league this year.
Or next year.
Or the next.
Or maybe the next.
I am pretty sure before he retires.
And maybe even in real life.
Ray stats we didn’t need stats to show we’ve never been out of the top flight mate, we all knew that.
Not only have we never been relegated, we got promoted ahead of teams that came ahead of us in the league thanks to Henry Norris being a crook. Happy days.
If memory serves me right, one of those clubs were Spertz
Why do people insist on confusing stats with facts?
I noticed that PDT.
and to rub it in Spurs fans, we paid our way up to the First Division in 1919 (cause Arsenal had members in the “Football Association” at the time) and took what was intentionally supposed to be Tottenham’s place in the top division. We only finished 5th in the Second division the year before and Spurs were 3rd…hahaha, that’s funny!
I am guessing you all know the one about the 6 foot man who tried to walk across a river which was only 2 feet deep on average and drowned?
So much for stats….
thats why we dont get on coz we nicked their league place and fans
wankers
You need to re read James’s 1.04 comment, it’s quite funny.
Dein saved us a bucket load in suspended fines when he was in the FA.
thats the way i read it first time round
Nice one Nick, he’s in the bin so he won’t be back.
I am feeling my age today….maybe we need an old gits corner on LG
We have been relegated once, i’m sorry to say….
1912/1913 we finished 20th and were relegated to the second division, but that’s the only time…
you should let these pricks on for longer that way we have someone to take the piss out of then when we finish pass em on to the other twats
Henry Norris Ray, as i’d previously stated. As it was already in my bank of knowledge I didn’t need to look it up and got there first.
I told you the Carling Opta stats were invented by some bird and she used Don Howe as her consultant, says it all really.
i think wenger should take a trip to S.Africa & have a chat with Melo. Wenger has a great pull – just ask Arshavin.
Leave them on, Geoff….we need the exercise….life is too dull…
Throw them out if they have an IQ of 200, but at 3 or 4, we might have some sport….
KM, Arsene will spend his time with Melo’s mum. He can’t resist the ladies….remember what happened with Ronaldo?
stats show how lazy badey has been
he attempted 9 (66.67% success rate) tackles all season in the prem same amount as vela who had several hundred less minutes.
RVP attempted 37 (62.2% success rate)
Trouble is PDT they just cause rows, then the good people fuck off, so I have to keep them in check, you have to wonder what he does all day, do you think he goes on every blog accusing them of playing Football manager?
What the fuck would we, the real fan have to do if we didn’t speculate in the summer?
we only won 3 and lost 23 in that season….
37 and he is meant to be made of glass
PDT yer we dont want ones that will come back with witty put downs
KM… i think gilberto is on the case mate
Re: James’ comment @1.04
Why would we want Reyes when we have Arshavin and Rosicky?
We wouldn’t.
Why would we want Micah Richards when he’s complete shit?
Cos he’s better than fishface.
How do you know Toure wants out?
We don’t, but we know City are sniffing around, and that he considered leaving in January, so we put 2 and 2 together.
How do you know Wenger wants Cana?
We don’t. That is a purely Le Grove engineered rumour!
How do you know Gallas wants out?
We don’t.
Why would Chelsea swap Mikel & Alex for Adebayor?
They wouldn’t.
As in every one of these questions, the over-riding answer is that it’s fun to speculate!
As for your last question, i’ll leave that one
Agree, Nick. Keep the dumbos, throw the smartasses out!
It’d be so interesting if you only posted what’s happened in the last day Geoff and didn’t offer some kind of opinion to debate.
We’d all be window lickers by now searching the internet for pointless stats.
after the way berto got treated his a good man if he puts a good word in for us
There are many things I give Wenger credit for, but the two most pigheaded things he did were selling Gilberto and Pires!
steve
subtle steve
Fuck him Geoff, and the horse he rode into town on, life’s too short to waste of fuckwit mugs……
PDT id go along with that
bollocks i just wrote a long comment and it got lost
How about this for a Starting Line-Up:
Almunia
Sagna, Touré, Vermaelen, Clichy
Walcott, Melo, Cesc, Rosicky*
Arshavin
Eduardo*
*= hoping the stay fit.
Window licker, personally i’d prefer poonani licker
Argie, we’d lose to Fulham with that lineup.
This is why i hate Adebayor, and why he is not good enough to play for Arsenal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2wi8Qlllo
All that is needed to play that pass is a little bit of concentration and a solid technique.
It’s lucky Arshavin scored or I wouldnt have been able to find the clip on youtube!
Ray, check your stats to get an average height of that team you have not including Almunia.
Oh dear……
http://www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1304&cntnt01origid=30&cntnt01returnid=42
I would also like to see statistics, on how many corners RVP took last season, which went directly into the keeper’s arms.
Sagna 5’9
Clichy 5’9
Vermaelen 5’11
Toure 6′
Walcott 5’9
Melo 6′
Cesc 5’10
Rosicky 5’9
Arshavin 5’8
Eduardo 5’7
Team of midgets.
Blogius Fartius => Latin for Blog Fart
Don’t encourage him Bill ffs.
Geoff you and pedro dont get enough credit keeping two blogs going must take a lot of effort…..LG and the other i shall not name but sounds like a daniel day lewis film.
I would also like to see some stats, stats on how many times i tore off a pre-match air biscuit after consuming a balti pie!!!!!!!!
Steve for God’s sake don’t call Vermaelen 5″11- you’ll be lynched!
The falla you sit next to has probably got a dossier on it dennis.
A blog becomes a fart only if it clears the boards for at least 10 minutes.
How small is he then Chipo?
No wonder we get beaten up if Cesc is the giant on our team!
And what films is DDL in Nick??
Name dropper!
“7 inches shorter than Franchise” is the official LG answer.
he’s a midget
I was surprised to see Eddie is small than Arsh.
Ray was right, stats are mind improving.
he is a 6′ monster steve. monster arrrghhhh
15’6 then PDT. Happy fucking days.
hes 6ft. possibly 6’1. no one knows exactly.
never before has height been such a mysterious issue!
Eduardo must have been sitting down when he was measured. There is no way he can be 5’7.
eddie shorter than arshavin? really? i know eddie aint big but arshavin is the micro machine of football
Steve – Unfortunately not, i am the Norman No-Mates of Block 7 of the Lower Tier as a result……
very good and interesting post. firstly i not sure if eboue realy wants to leave and i hope stays,here is a thought if he did leave and sagna got injured who would be his backup,eboue is experienced squad player his crossing is not the best but runs passed players very well and also provides good attacking options when needed,i know poeple say just swop him with senderos but firstly we realy dont know how good he realy is and how well would adapt to the prem and how do we know he wants to leave his club,either way trust wenger judgement find right player to fit into the team
PDT – Is that a stat or a fact????
Chipo, you obviously never watch Crimewatch, the police are always looking for someone between 4 feet 2 and 6 feet 7.
In fact, they were searching high and low for him.
HO Ho HO
Vermin is 6′ 6″ when he’s wearing his Cuban Heels
leon, that would be fine, the problem is Eboue said he doesn’t want to be a squad player any more, he wants to be an automatic starter when fit.
I don’t know why he complains though, he had 40+ games last season. Weird boy.
Fucking hell Steve, did you lift that one from Pedro?
I think we should build a team full of monsters and freaks. Take the key required skill for each position and find the person in the world who is best at it.
GK- biggest hands in the world
DR & DL – fastest shuttle runners in the world
CBs – the two tallest men in the world
ML&MR – the two fastest 1500m runners (pace and stamina)
CMs – the two best UFC fighters in the world
ST – the two dealiest finishers- possibly the two people who are the best in the world at shooting through those plastic goals with holes worth different points.
That team would definitely challenge!
duke
eboue wants to be 1st choice at rightback. last year he was played everywhere. his best position is right back
Leon have you ever heard of a full stop?
Eboue’s just looking for an excuse to leave, incredible really when you consider that he already has a ready made excuse……that he’s fucking shit and should NEVER start for Arsenal Football Club.
Fair enough it was wank dennis, but that’s just fucking insulting. Take it back.
Eboue is fucking mental. it’s obvious when you look at him, he looks like he should be in restaints.
DDM
i think we should keep EBOUE for another year unless one of the youngesters is ready & good enough to step up. if not then we should get a young defender who can alternate between CB & RB
Steve – I’m afraid my friend those who live by the shitty joke, die by the shitty joke!!
Just wondering what everyone makes of Walcott’s comment, that he has spoken to Wenger, and he intends to play him as a striker.
Obviously he was a striker before. But do you see a place for him as a front man?
I got a renewal email saying that they were going to take 27 pound out of my account on the 25th.
Firstly I don’t remeber telling them that they take money out of my account every year. Secondly arsenal F.C could you not have given me more than 3 days notice so I could of saved money from the weekend. Dicks
HAHAHA.
For what Dan???
£27 not quite as painful as £800 though Dan! My bank acc is still sore from the rogering that Arsenal FC gave it a couple of weeks ago lol
To pay for dance lessons for that fucking clown Eboue!
Here’s a scout report on Melo which I think is pretty good. Have a read, especially those who haven’t seen him play.
http://arsenalcolumn.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/scouting-report-felipe-melo-brazil/
My red membership. Yea it’s not the amount of money it’s just the fact that they think 3 days notice is enough.
DDM hahaha
Chipo – Join the club mate, my account took a fisting to the tune of £1100, just for the privilege of watching reserve team players play in the first team Red & White……
Dan – I got my Season Ticket renewal through the post nine days before they wanted the money….
Chipo 14.33. Amen to that. I’ve often been tempted to copy, correct and repost some of his ones, just to show how they become more readable.
Leon- I write this in peace, but you do need to at least use some sort of separation between your sentences and points. Your posts are hard work to read.
They fucking debited 1400 quid from me last week.
KM, when has Eboue said he specifically wants to play RB? I agree it is his best position, but I never seen him to saying that.
well its kind of a long story DDM. They sent me a renewal throughthe post ages ago. But arsenal.com wouldn’t let me renew. So I thought it must of been buy one season get the next free, which conviently they are offering this year. Then all of a sudden I get an email to pay in 3 days
i think wenger will want 4 cb so its only 2 will go if has has his way and there is fear chance that the new signing want start every game and wenger will want bring him gradualy and keep toure/gallas but i could well of base there i just hope wenger can keep toure/gallas, and just off load silvestor/senderos.toure has already stated that he wants to stay but it will depend on how much first team football he has promised.when it comes to gallas 31 is not to old at all i think poeple forgetting rio one of best defenders around is 30 so for between 27-32 is in your prime and gallas is our top player, when it comes to finding midfielder i dought wenger will be going for this this player from brazil as there are alot of experienced tough tackling players in around that will have smaller price as we dont that many funds
“but I never seen him to saying that”
Have no fucking clue what that was all about
I thought I could renew it when I wanted not when it suited them
You pussies, what are you complaining about, I had to pay £2,500 x 2.
Steve Re: Daniel Day Lewis film – My Left Foot
Here’s Leon’s last post…its a decent read
I think Wenger will want 4 cb’s so its only 2 that will go if he has has his way.
There is a fair chance that the new signing won’t start every game and wenger will want to bring him gradualy and keep toure/gallas, but I could be well off base there. I just hope wenger can keep toure/gallas, and just off load silvestor/senderos.
Toure has already stated that he wants to stay but it will depend on how much first team football he has been promised. When it comes to gallas 31 is not too old at all and I think poeple forgetting Rio, one of best defenders around, is 30. So for between 27-32 is in your prime and gallas is our top player.
When it comes to finding midfielder I doubt wenger will be going for this player from brazil as there are alot of experienced tough tackling players in and around that will have smaller price as we dont have that many funds
Yes Geoff, but you are twice the man any of us are….
Oh cock, four times!!!!
this red member renewal thing is a crock of shit.
sharky the original was better i hate these updated versions of classics
Dan, I am really surprised, I thought it’s only the Season Ticket which you have to renew when they tell you and your Red Membership should be renewable at any given time.
You get something for that 2500 geoff. I get a card which I’ve already got and the privelegde of Being bottom of the food chain at arsenal lol I’m not actually getting nothing
.
Nick 15.03. Very cute..I like that.
Great gags on Friday, and now quick fire wit. Well done that man….
Where has everyone gone?
fish flaps….
I’m very suprised aswell duke
Word of the day – Dirthole!
dirt hole the hide out of a turd burglar
Good word that, good word.
what a slow day
Thank you, i like to take a pride in my work!
Word of the day contender – Minge!
I need TP for my bunghole
He shoots, he fucking scooooooooooooooooooooores!!
flange DDM far better
You fecker!
Flange is gooood, very gooood……
Muff is a true great.
Fucking Onion Bag!!!!
best served at room temperature
well played steve fucked it right up again for ddm
,
I’m more of a ‘gash’ man myself.
The latest one doing the rounds is ‘clunge’… I’m not really feeling that one…
how about a good old fanny
Nothing wrong with good old fashioned ‘cunny’ in my humble opinion
Hey Geoff, I would have loved to and put in a strong morning shift, but had about 40 friends and family over yesterday and am suffering with a monster hangover today
Pedro, the old hairy axe wound?
Dirtbox
or the axe wound
Ohh ffs Steve get outta the fucking way, there goes another fucking hat-trick…….
I’m quite a fan of Labrador’s Jaw………messy!
Clunge is from the inbetweeners. Knee deep in clunge haha
Growler always makes me laugh
Bollocks!
How about ‘Ray wilkinson’
I’m also partial to Chuff too!
Gash.
Rusty sheriffs badge
DDM
beef curtains
run over hedgehog
lol nick
Growler is absolutely classic!!!!
spam purse
Sorry guys
Why did the cookie go to the doctors?
He was feeling crummy
What about the old classic:
Foofoo
how about ade, his the biggest cunt i know
Ham wallet. Arsenal tom classic
Only make sense if we swap Toure for Richards + 10m, definitely not straight swap.
Forget about Reyes, we need a man not a cried baby.
You see Dan you were doing so well, until you stole a Pedro ‘joke’, very poooooooooooooer indeeeed!
fuck me its dead today, someone sign someone please
Nick, haven’t you heard of Ronaldo?
Front Bottom!
the best joke ever is the jazz chord one… i wont post another till i can top that!!
i cant see toure leaving, if wenger wanted to cash in on him i think he’d have done it in jan, i reckon he’s guaranteed him a starting place next season
hmmm… I like a few of those deals but adebayor in a swap for obi mikel and/or alex (who has just signed a new contract).. NO thanks! Just a straight £15 – £25 mill would be better used elsewhere!
Melo swap deal involving phil looks good and i’d rather richards (being a gooner) p/ex with toure over a sakho p/ex with eboue or gallas (Take the cash!!) deal all day long…
I’d agree with farming out those who aren’t likely to make it (Randall, Simpson, Gilbert, Barazite) and i’ve changed my mind about offloading Diaby following his commitment to getting fit for next season.. He’s certainly in the last chance saloon though.. The less of his dilly-dally play around our 18 yard line the better..
Add to that an exciting prospect like saviet, hazard etc and i think we’ll just about be ready to go..
Richards
Vermaelen
Melo
Hazard/Saviet all in
Adebayor
Randall
Simpson
Toure
Senderos
Silvestre
Eboue (would rather keep him to be honest) all out
We’d break about even and then see if we can’t sneak a Huntelaar away from Madrid.. Because Chamakch or whatever his name is not Arsenal class.. 12 goals in 30 summit appearnces in france isn’t exactly prolific is it?
Duke yer but his an arsehole not a cunt
front bottom lol…
‘wizards sleeve’ for a big baggy one
‘mouse’s earhole’ for a tight one
They’re the only jokes I know DDM
Well said Nick.
Maybe we could get a petition, and send it to the Oxford English Dictionary, and get the word ‘Cunt’ officially changed to ‘Adebayor’…..
Disagree there Tom.. One of Gallas or Toure will most certainly go.. And if i take the blinkers off for a sec i’d keep the better defender and that is Gallas hands down… Toure’s form has been erratic to say the least..
I’m not having that Gallas has effected his form crap.. He’s paid to do a job, if you don’t do it properly and throw a shit strop there are others who would be quite happy to come in and do it for you..
Foreshame on you Dan, you are a disciple of Pedroism!!!!
afternoon guys, EXAMS ARE DONE!!! so i’m back (woo) firstly GET MELO WENGER YOU OLD FART!!!… secondly LOL @ Arsenal Tom
Furry Cup anyone??
Some mug told me he saw timmy cahill at the emierates yesterday! Any one else heard this nonsense?
Owen on a free or 15m on Huntelaar etc?
reva… i agree gallas is the more complete defender but im saying that i think will happen…
wenger loves toure…always has and probably always will, he loves the fact he got him for nothing and now he’s a top player… toure represents everything wenger loves doing.
if kolo’s gonna go he’ll go soon though to get the verm cash back from city… cant see it though personally, he’s a huge personality in our team.
bushy plate
DDM thats the great one, it was on the tip of my tongue
Beaver!
Chocolate star fish
hat trick mudda fuddas
shit
Snatch!
‘BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS’
poontang
Fran, hahahah
Simple rug
Dan my friend you are not earning yourself any brownie (oops!) points you know, it’s completely the wrong side fella, very very dissapointing!
I didn’t think people from the caribbean were in to the flavour fran
let alone have names for it
the cuchy
Fly trap…..
Dan you dont want to get the plates mixed up fella chocolate it aint
chamakh
not convinced still though tom.. There is more speculation concerning Toure where as i’ve heard nothing about Gallas.. Plus if Toure was really “Mr. Arsenal” he wouldn’t have handed in a transfer request when things weren’t going his way, plus there’s the african nations cup and i’m tired of Wenger’s excuses every 2 years in January…
On a different note if the chip shop rags are to be believed Man City will have Robinho, Jo, Bellamy, Bojinov, Sturridge, Evans, Santa Cruz & Tevez all vyinbg for 2 spots up front, 1 away from home… I say “Hide the golf clubs”
hat trick? I fired in 10 this morning lol
undercarriage
Badly Packed Kebab!
I know that I was just running out of gusset names so moved on, evolved even
reva… golf clubs lol!!
i see what you mean especially about the transfer thing, that surprised me allot about toure, i reckon wengers just old billy to shut up and he’ll be looked after.. i think we’ll find out soon though cos if kolo’s off then he’ll be done quickly to balance the vermaelen deal
Quim.
Watched that chelsea vs barca game again last night that caused all that furore.. Chelsea definantly were cheated out of the final… I’d have hit the referee at the full time whistle.. Drogba did nothing wrong, except call it as it was ” a ******* dosgrace”
Guys, this blog bullying has to stop… my jokes are top notch… and stealing jokes is not something I wish my good name to be related to.
DDM, this campaign of hate must cease!
How slow is the newsnow feed today?!
‘Dan’ – Are you really Pedro in disguise????
reva… that was the greatest referee display ive ever sen mate!!! he should do all the chav games
Steve – i doff my cap to you sir, Quim, geeeeeenius!
suprised Harmisson was left out of the provitional ashes squad for Rashid, Swann and Panesar… Plus Onions & Bresnan are in there as medium-fast bowlers!? Might get tonked!
Atom great call mate my thoughts exactly drogba should have hit him got baned then chavs would have really needed adenuff then
just read that scouting report on felipe melo by arsenalcolumn. melo does seem to have his flaws… which makes me wish that we had kept the Flamster!
lol true tom, but in europe i’m all for flying the flag and that in games not involving the arse! I’d love it if it was liverpool barca and arsenal amdrid semi’s and both english teams got to the final AGAIN!
Pedro – You charlatan, i am the voice of reason and fairness, you are the Member of Parliament for Expenses & Bindipping!
just to show my cridentials then. How bout fur burger, spasm chasm, stench trench, hairy pie, kipper, test, meat mountain. Anymore?
Even pearce knows walcott is best used off the bench.. Still not ready in my opinion..
Be good to see gibbo against ze germans later
Nope not pedro
I was about to say quim LOL
Dan, spasm chasm LOL!!!! you win
Pink velvet sausage wallet, beetle bonnet
What are peoples feelings on calling a birds squealer …..’The batcave’
Cheers for the support treze, some are against me right now lol
Love tunnel
Dan spasm chasm pulled you back buddy well done
Like that Dr.Whiff. Not sure you should ask to see one in the professional sense though.
“o.k Mrs.Smith, if you wouldn’t mind stepping behind the curtain and unveiling the batcave”
no probs Dan sprayed 7-up over my keyboard when i read it support was deserved
steve
nananananana
Purple headed womb broom was my all time favourite cock description.
Or, oops I got my foot stuck in the batcave. Sorry about that love.
Cummy monster
Send the purple headed womb broom into the batcave and give it a good sweep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTM6R00wdSI&fmt=18
check out this goal by brazilian wonderkid NILMAR
- we should get him on a pre-contract now imo
KM???
Let’s get a defnitive answer on this:
Cock pit, hitlers trench
I think that’s the best poll ever on Le Grove by a street lol
chipo u didnt add ‘breakfast of champions’
hey cartman
Quim gets my vote only because spasm chasm wasnt there
hey franchise, choose between:
1) A Dildo
2) A Megan Fox lookalike shemale
3) Barbara Streisand
KM, nice video that.
I would of voted for spasm chasm but it wasn’t there. So had to go with second favourite growler
Cartman errrrrrrrrrr no. 2 if she or he is post-op. if not then no 1
hahaha
Obliquus externus abdominis
i did the survey before spasm chasm was put forward im afraid.
there are still some pretty tasty ones there though!
Chipo top poll and fran you dirty sod :p
how slooooow is today going fecking 1hour left at work feels like ive been here a week already
yes nick – its dragged 2day….thank god for the net
today has flown by for me… then again i only woke up at about 2pm
i’m off, catch ya probably on friday(nick hope u have sum great jokes left)
that sounds like a good day treze
na shot me load on Friday none left peeked to early
Its gone quite quickly actually considering i got in at 7.30… eeeesh. 1hr left cmoncmoncmon
It is indeed the best poll so far
great one nick, post exam chill time, then holi holiday!!! (woo)
I’m finish! Yipppie
I was at the Brazil game last night. I have never seen a more single footed midfielder than Melo… Trust me Denilson is way ahead.. Gilberto at his age looked so much better.. We don’t want to be teaching a 25 year old the basics. Please NOOO!!!!!
chipo 40 mins and counting :8
I have been away, does anyone know how Arsenal did in the Masters football at Wembley?
baked po’tata
On TALKsport Melo’s agent was on and he said we’re in talks with Fiorentina about signing Melo. Maybe someone could look more into this ?
Jeff,
thought he did Ok,Their midfield was the difference in the match yesterday
Evening all. Got my ipod sorted by my younger cousin. I was embarrassed slightly because i know absolutely nothng about them. Its going to be annoying trying to put all the songs on but needs must.
Also, did yall see my Bendtner appreciation ‘do’ last night. He is facking brilliant! and is gonna be great next season.
So………….any news floating around?
So te chavs are going to have Sheva and Anelka up front next season. Drogshit should be out the door is the rumours about what Abramovic said are true.
And Livershit have agreed a fee or somefink with Pompey.
Still cant believe we were the first ‘big club’ to dip into the transfer market.
http://goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/06/22/1340846/breaking-news-liverpool-confirm-fee-agreed-with-portsmouth
Yo Nish, whats the sca!
Is that really true David?
If it is… YESSSS!! Get in!!
If we get him we shall be champions!!
Plus Denilson could really learn alot from him. Maybe even play the two together in a 4-2-3-1?
If we got Melo then Denilson wouldnt get a look in. Nor should he.
IF we get him then i think it should be him in DM with Cesc and either Nasri or Rosicky in front of him.
——-Almunia——-
-Sagna-Gallas-Vermy-Clichy-
—-Fabregas-Melo—-
-Rosicky-Nasri-Arshain-
——Eduardo—-
Arshavin*
good lineup samir.But knowing wenger he will somehow try to fit in rvp in that lineup.Even then its pretty good
I was thinking something more like
Melo
Cesc – Rosicky
VP – Eduardo – Arshavin
The only possibly problem with that lineup is the lack of pace
But the small lack of pace would be made up for with the amazing footballing ability and brains.
And Arshavin aint no slouch. Rosicky is fantastic too. Movement is the key etc etc.
Rosicky, Nasri and Arshavin are reasonably fast. Plus, we can also bring on Theo if we’re lacking that much.
I’d like to see
– Melo –
Arshavin – Cesc – Rosicky –
— Van Persie — Eduardo –
although Ade and Eduardo are pretty good together.
we speak more about theo even though vela is definitely a better footballer
David, so we’re in talks for Melo?!
David, did you hear the interview yourself?
David what up?
My mate heard it and at first I thought he was winding me up(he’s a chelsea fan) but then when I looked on some Arsenal forums/blogs, other people are reporting it. Looks very promising.
It on arsenal mania.
If we sign this fella I will be in heaven.
Arshavin – Melo – Cesc – Rosicky
Best Midfield in the Premiership, that.
It sure is.
If we get our targets this season may really be the start of something special.
santa cruz to shitty
http://www.mcfc.co.uk/default.sps?pagegid={DBD12D53-8346-431D-A04F-5D0F8664DE80}&newsid=6634880
And then you have Nasri,Merida, Diaby, Denilson, Walcott as bench options. I would back us for the title.
If I’m being really picky though I would like another striker. A mobile, low centre of gravity, right footed one.
I don’t rate santa very high…
Injury prone and quite slow…
Would prefer Ade IMO.
Apparenly Melo’s agent was selling it as a done deal, very exciting.
sounds good david.. i guess if that is true it should be announced after the confed cup?
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BFE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC%7D&teamid=443%A7ion=playerProfile&bioid=4021
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BFE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC%7D&teamid=443%A7ion=playerProfile&bioid=4016
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BFE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC%7D&teamid=443%A7ion=playerProfile&bioid=4030
Wishful thinking to say the least
If he’s worth 18M then Ade must be worth 20-25..
i would love to see a link on this David, if true then it is a signing I am excited about.
Is it enough? not sure but we are certainly heading in the right direction if true.
Would still like Hangeland or similar in. I think a complete revamp of our CB pairing is the way ahead.
The best thing though is that we are getting our transfers done early. Only problem I can see with Melo is that we might not see him until September given the Confederations Cup and we wont see Cesc either and that means Song and Denilson up against Everton, Man Ure and Man Shitty away and that seriously worries me.
Where you get them Mayank??
Paulinho Says:
June 22, 2009 at 19:06
And then you have Nasri,Merida, Diaby, Denilson, Walcott as bench options. I would back us for the title.
If I’m being really picky though I would like another striker. A mobile, low centre of gravity, right footed one.
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Michael Owen it is then….
I saw them on a MU blog site… you can alter the last no. and you get a player… some wierd sorta glitch…
There will probably be more news after the confed cup. Wenger and Gazidss seem to want to do all the deals quite quickly this summer which we don’t usually do.
There’s rumours Milan want him but personally I think they’ll sign Gago from Madrid. Plus, if they did want Melo I’m sure a certian Gilberto Silva could put in a good word for us.
Mangoonian,
If we got Owen on a pay as you play, then I would take the risk on him if Ade left. I still think that for the right club he could do a job. Might have lost a bit of pace but he has the untrainable knack of being in the right place at the right time.
RSC isnt worth 18m at all. Especially after the season hes just had. He only cost that because he is moving between clubs in the same league and Man shitty have so much money 18m was nothing t them. They paid that for De Jong instead of waiting a few months to get him for a few million.
why september pat.. i thought the confed cup gets over by the 28th!
pattg;
Owen on a pay as you play deal would be the only way to go, given his injury probs of late. He can still score the goals tho…
They get a longer break and come back later but september would be pushing it. Late august before they would be ready imo.
It does Choy but that is when their Holiday starts.
Probably wont start Pre-season until the end of July at the earliest and then wont be match fit until the end of August at the earliest.
http://www.fansfc.com/story/12885.html
Ha and indeed ha… Well at least its positive made up bullshit…
If Senderos is not used in the Melo deal then I say we should keep him and see how he does in pre season.
If he’s good keep him and sell Silvestre.
If he’s bad sell him and sell Silvestre.
Simple!
Vermy
Gallas
Toure
Senderos
Song
And loan out of Djourou? For some much needed experience.
When the AFN start we will lose Toure and Song.
Leaving us with:
Vermy
Gallas
Senderos
?Djourou?
Exactly Stu and that might cover the Everton and Man Ure games and of course the matter of a potential bananna skin in the CL.
I typed in haste, i thought the Man Shitty game was in the first few days of September but it is on the 12th so should have everyone back then.
David are you 100% sure his agent was on talk sport? sorry to be a nag but got a feeling this rumour is not true.
That sparky hughes isnt so bright is he,to pay 18 mill for a injury prone player beggars belief, mind you he has been groomed by red nose!!!
I didn’t actually hear the agent, a mate told me and I’ve seen it on lots of Arsenal blogs/forums but TalkSport are a well respected radio station. I’m sure they’d do their research before hand.
oh oki.. like that.. when is cesc back for pre season? end of july?
cheers david, lets hope we get him.
I would be surprised if Milan bought Gago. He hasn’t exactly been a raging success at Madrid.
I’ve always rated Owen and would take him. The problem are his injuries and wages.
England U21 team: Loach, Stearman, Tomkins, Mancienne, Taylor, Driver, Gardner, Rodwell, Johnson, Campbell, Rose. Subs: Hart, Cranie, Onuoha, Richards, Gibbs, Cattermole, Noble, Muamba, Walcott, Lewis.
Germany U21 team: Neuer, Beck, Howedes, Boateng, Schmelzer, Castro, Khedira, Ebert, Ben-Hatira, Ozil, Dejagah. Subs: Fromlowitz, Aogo, Johnson, Hummels, Schwaab, Grote, Adlung, Ede, Marin, Wagner, Sippel.
Walcott benched again…
i think the fact that weve already signed a player so early on is good news. hopefully a couple more to come
How is Danny Rose ahead of Wilshere and JET ? Pearce is such a terrible manager.
David Says:
June 22, 2009 at 19:24
I didn’t actually hear the agent…. but TalkSport are a well respected radio station. I’m sure they’d do their research before hand.
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You shittin me fella????? They aint called Talk Shite for nuffin!!
Paulinho;
Owen on a pay as you play deal; basic wage with most of any potential earnings based on games played and goals…
surely even talkshite wouldn’t be that…ermm..shite, to get a fake agent on.
Haha! Well, they did have Tony Adams on, tellin em he was the new Celtic manager!
Come off it Mangoonian every one knows talksport is well respected what other radio stations have got presenters of the calibre like brazil,dogger collymore,jason cuntley,and durham,whos shitting who fella!!!
Mangoonian, if Owen has any real ambition left he would accept it as well.
It’s not a case of talksport being shite to get a fake agent on, random people always claim to represent players they don’t, and the media just lap it all up, they aren’t fussed if it’s genuine or not!!
Thats what Pearce gets now, for not playing Gibbs.
David re JET pearce said he’ll only consider players playing first team football, and it’s because Rose was on loan. I think it’s pretty ridiculous personally, but I can see the basis for it, youth and reserve football is incomparable in terms of how competitive it is to first team footy, but the likes of Wilshere and JET are imo far superior players to Rose
Shows how quickly Gibbs has become a top player with being rested when he only made his debut a few games ago didn’t he??
Gibbs isn’t playing b/c this game means nothing
Team for next season;
Akinfeev
Richards – Zapata – Hangeland – Dabo
Melo – Inler
Sneider – Cesc –
Huntelaar – Chamakh
Gibbs is being rested, like most of the other starters…
Whos team is that ManG because it certainly aint gonna be arsenals.
A, where was Manvienne on loan then because i thought he was in chelskis reserves because he defo doesnt play first team football with them.
was with qpr stu
One other good thing about Gibbs is that he is versatile, can play wing or central midfield, very useful should we need it IMO.
Stu;
Thats the team after a bit of swapping, wheeler dealering…. Or me takin the piss… You decide!
Mancienne was on loan at vWolves, I think…
Sagna > Richards
Gallas > Hangeland
Clichy and Gibbs > Dabo
Rosicky > Sneijder
Arshavin > everyone there
Chamakh is just awful. Shit, shit, even worse than shit. Eboue is better than Chamakh.
Pat;
I see the jist of my team was lost on you then fella!
yes pat he is…
“With speculation rife in Bordeaux that Marouane Chamakh is set to turn his back on the club in favour of a move to the Premier League, I have to confess that I won’t be expressing much disappointment. The Moroccan is one of the most frustrating player’s I have ever seen and quite why the likes of Arsenal are expressing an interest in him is beyond me.
I’m a regular watcher of Bordeaux and they provide me with football fix that I have missed since leaving Birmingham over a decade ago. Ligue 1 is certainly no Premiership and why Stade Chaban-Delmas can never replace Villa Park, it certainly fills a void every other weekend. This season has been absolutely superb and Lauren Blanc is slowly proving to be one of the best young managers in the business and has got a group of average players, with one or two stars working in tandem. Their success this season reminds me of Blackburn’s PL triumph back in 95, although it has to be said that Chamakh is certainly no Shearer.
Chamakh is a poor man’s Arshavin. He has all the flicks, clever touches but in front of goal he just isn’t clinical, and tends to over play around the box; you just scream at him to shoot but he’ll always look for a pass, hence my source of frustration with him. Chamakh does work hard for the team and is an effortless runner; however that only gets you so far. He doesn’t score nearly enough goals and his 1 in 4 ratio up against some of the defences that Ligue 1 offers, will certainly not improve in the tougher Premier League.
So it leaves me bemused as to why Arsenal reportedly after him, he is certainly no better than Van Persie, Arshavin, Adebayor, Eduardo or Bendtner. Why I would expect one of the PL lesser likes to maybe take a chance on him, Arsenal need a more polished striker who would surely guarantee them goals. They will certainly get nice touches, flicks and a player that will run all day, but a prolific goalscorer they will not and unless Wenger believes he can unlock that from his game I don’t know, but having watched him for the last five seasons, I think he will have his work cut out.”
Realistically…and hopefully:
Almunia
Sagna ??? Vermelean Clichy
Arshavin Cesc Melo Rosicky
RVP Ade
??? = Gallas or Zapata
Buffon
Bassong – Chiellini – Upson – Wheater
Gunter – Yaya
Cana – Veloso
Dzeko – Dindane
Pat, Eduardo for Ade, change it to 4-3-3 and you’ve got a deal!
If im being picky i would orefer a new keeper too. Almunia is fine but we need great, or at least a better stop gap until Fabianski is ready, which he showed he isnt.
What’s with all these dreamesque 4-2-3-1′s and 4-1-2-3 formations.. We’re Arsenal not ****** barca or madrid!
big al
bak-willi-verminator-gael
arsh-melo-cescy-Sami
vp-ed
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Fab
J>Hoy-Yoyo-Nordvik-Gibbo
theo-song-den boy-rocky
Pinky-Carlo
fling in a wilshire, je thomas, rambo, conquelin & merida..
Happy days…
ManG, who is this Gunter you speak of?
The only on i know of is the spud right back from Wales. Surely you dont mean him.
Stu, I said realistically. We won’t play a 4-3-3 and Wenger won’t sign a good keeper.
Hopefully I’ll be proved wrong
chamakh sounds like hleb doesn’t he…
Stu;
I think I meant Gentner??? Anyhoo, him and the others are just some of the 50 odd players we’ve been linked to… I just thought I’d be a bit stoopid for a change (what?) and make teams out of em, like a right sad fantasy footy manager playing Geek!
No offence
True Pat, but Wenger played mostly 4-5-1 at the end of the season. I just hope it was a failed 4-3-3 because of personell rather than 4-5-1 tho.
With the right players 4-3-3 would be great for us.
Rosicky is a much better player than Nasri, Rev
1-1.. Go On Boys!
Yeah, stupid for a change.
What choy??? Chamakh will never be half as good as Hleb.
Much much better Pat. I actually have a mate, liverpool fan, who thinks Nasri is a better player.
He might be one day but defo not any where close now.
Nasri disappears too much for my liking
Why all of a sudden everyone has this fascination with 4-3-3, 4-4-2 is the most versatile formation on offer and certainly the best for the PL currently my team would be
AL
Sagna-Gallas-Vermi-Gael
Rosicky*-Cesc-Denilson-Arsh
RvP-Dudu
*if he still playss like i remember him to, else walcott or nasri.
We have very good backup for every position esp if we sign Melo.
I think Nasri will be a huge player for us… At least 500ft tall when he’s reached his peak… Rosicky is class, hope he can come back, tho….
Well, according to A, we will be playin 4-2-3-1 next season…. I tend to agree, and as we all know, I am never wrong…
Nasri is the player i like most at the Arse, esp after his handling of evra… He seems to have everything you can ask of a MF but at 21 he can drift out of games, also at 21 he should be happy as a 2nd choice player.
pat, rosicky is nowhere near fit enough to keep nasri out with 18 mths missed participating in competitive football..
1st 11:
Big Al
Bak-Willi-Verminator-Gael
Arsh-Melo-Cescy-Sami
VP-ED
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2nd 11:
Fab
J>Hoy-Yoyo-Song-Gibbo
Theo-Abou-Den Boy-Rocky
Pinky-Carlo
Plus a few cameo throw ins for: (providing they do not go out on loan)
Wilshire, Lansbury, Nordviet, Merida, Ramsey, JE Thomas & Conquelin.
That’ll be being realstic knowing Arsene…
I do expect us to lose Toure and Adebayor and to be honest and use the money on melo and renew contracts and leave it at that, about even.. It’s just more a case of when and not IF IMO..
its not like hleb is setting the world on fire… !!! chamakh is what 24-25?
chamakh isn’t good enough to polish hleb’s boots.. and i don’t even like hleb…
yes but at what age did hleb come into prominence.
Chamakh would be a good player to have sitting on the bench in case of an emergency and be on b=very very little wages.
He is only liked at Bordeaux because he came through their academy imo and he isnt even french so he isnt really one of theirs. Na mean!
lol… and if you read my original comment.. i just stated that chamakh sounds like hleb!!!
Hleb was very well known at 25. And was doing great things in germany. The ability was always there with Hleb (with build-uo or whatever).
But i saw Chamakh a few times for Bordeaux and he was useless. He is tall….thats about it.
Chamakh is moroccan tho…
So another one to the ACN then..
We dont need that do we!
There was a lot of opposition to Vermi, but Wenger still went ahead with him. I would not be suprised if he does the same with Chamakh.
maybe wenger likes a challenge.
This is all very confusing.
Akinfeev
Sagna-Kompany-Richards-Clichy
Fabregas-Nasri
Arshavin
Vela-Bendtner-Walcott
Bassong is Cameroonian, another african. Just thought i would mention that as i only discovered it recently.
not worth the 8m + punt when we already have much better.. Plus i want and expect to see more of pink boots up top next season.. If we do actually sell Adebayor, Arsene won’t buy anyone unless owen’s coming in on a free…
I’m still in shock we’ve spent money before the bindippers, mancs and chavs! But let’s not get carried away.. If only melo comes in now and we lose eboue, adebayor and toure aswell as loan returnees & stiff’s that are never quite gonna make it (Randall, Silvestre, Simpson, Gilbert, Traore, Senderos)
I would be happy with that and think we’d be right up there with what we have throughout the squad..
We need to get rid of the rubbish this summer.
We’re not a charity.
agreed dave
Sell;
Gallas, Kolo, Eboue, Song, Silvestre, Senderos, Clichy, Denilson, Diaby, Walcott, Bendy, Ade, RvP, Almunia…
Sign….
No one! Thats the last thing they would expect, we’ll surprise all the other teams by fielding a line up of;
Sagna, Cesc, Arshy and Eduardo
The old 1-1-1-1 formation…
Oh bruvver
I’m looking forward to seeing Vermaelen play as CF next season. Also, since Arshavin has proved himself a formidable left winger, he will be at left back.
If this blog practiced what some peoplem preached and ditched the rubbish on here….
Then me and Stu wouldn’t have many people to chat to on here…
Cheers MG
MG, we could just bitch and moan about other blogs. Simples!
Yeah, that Knitting world blog is soooo up its own arse innit???
Stu;
It was a toss up between you and BBK…
They also have a distinct Man Utd bias
Well at least i won the toss up. Luck is on my side.
This Jack Rodwell is quite good aint he.
Stu,
Yeah he’s seems quite handy. Not short of drive
Hleb was a superstar in waiting at 22, the top assist king in Germany, being compared to Maradonna by the likes of Krasamir Balakov.
I read a while back that Moyes sees him as a future CB in the Rio mould. I think he would be somewhat wasted there because, as you say, he has a read drive about him. He wants to get the ball forward and gets the team going.
Oh dear … Another opportunity for Theo to get injured
No doubt the mancs will come sniffing, armed with about 30m.
THEOOOOO
Bill, try changing your tune. At least until something bad actually happens.
England have done a lot better since Agbonlahor got injured…. Coincidence???
Rodwell is a great prospect, but if he played for Arsenal, then i would sell him…
No coincidence MG, he is just shite. All he has is pace.
Sell him? Whys that?
Paulinho… you’ve got to let Hleb go… he’s gone… he’s not coming back…
Stu;
Coz if he was a Gooner, he’d have been written off and scape goated to fuckery by now! But am I being too cynical?
Speaking of Hleb, remember how he scored minutes into his debut in a pre season game. Odd how he didnt continue scoring…or even shooting the rest of his time here.
ManGoonian… you’re being cynical.
He’s English… we’d be loving him regardless of how shit he was.
Hleb was seriously bad for my blood pressure. The amount of golden scoring opportunities that he would turn in to cheeky little passes was beyond ridiculous. He could have been a prolific scorer if only he had the cojones
Pedro;
Haha! True dat! He could fuck up all day long and we’d still rally round him like a fluffy comfort blanket!
Hleb was an artist tho… he didnt wanna besmerch (check THAT word out!) a gorgeous attackin move with a scuffed shot, when he could add yet another cutesy likkle pass…
Like we don’t do that to certain spaniards or dutchmen?
Haha MG, that might have been it
I always said Hleb was the purists footballer…
If Denilson got a little better… he’d be in that category.
Yeah won’t touch the ball just in case
Pedro – Can’t compare Denilson to Hleb. Hleb was a risk taker, a zig-zagging dribbler extraordinaire, while Denilson is a plodding, side-winder passer.
Theo never ceases to amaze with his lack of footballing brain.
He hasn’t got the strikers instincts or touch to play up front, and he hasn’t got the stamina or vision to play on the wing.
Hopefully he’s a bench option next season. Nothing more.
These are all things which can be developed. Raw pace is always dangerous, providing one can work on the rest
Honest Bill, I’ve noticed Theo needs to ration his pacy bursts though, he hasn’t got the physique to constantly test his full back. Only one out of every five opportunities will he actually really go for it.
He needs to do more when he has his resting periods and passes it off. He can’t just simply pass it back to the full back all the time. He needs to come inside and try and make hay in a more subtle way.
Theo’s a bright lad, he can learn a trick or 2 and move forward as a striker….
He thinks too much, which for a footballer, is a very rare thing…
Yes you’re absolutely right. He does need to figure out when to run and when to slow things down. He does tend to be very ‘one dimensional’
I do believe that sort of thing improves with time and experience. Games like this one, where he is on his own up front, with people just punting speculative balls up to him, aren’t the most flattering. Nor are they the best time to analyse a players repertoire.
I think if you cast your mind back to 07/08, and look at him now, you would see a noticable improvement in his decision making
Was just listening to Talksport now, and that Gabriele Marcotti was on talking about transfers that he reckoned would happen.
He said that Arsenal and Fiorentina have reached an agreement over the transfer of Felipe Melo. Arsenal have to wait for Brazil to finish the Confederatios Cup before they can speak to Melo. He believes that Melo’s agent has spoke to Arsenal and is happy with their proposal.
He went on to say that once Melo starts to speak with Arsenal, Fiorentina will then speak to Senderos to take him to Florence. He understands that Senderos has enjoyed his time in Italy, and would jump at the chance of a move.
David, thats great news re Melo. But is it a swap deal plus money or are they 2 seperate transfers?
Either way Melo will be a welcome addition.
That’s interesting news David!
I would fucking love that…
That would be a great thing if we signed a good DM. But as usual, i’ll believe it when i see him holding the shirt with an awkward grin
I think he looks the part… and has the disciplinary record the be the part we’re all looking for!
Hey, anyone seen Keyser lately?
He was looking for violence in the team…
Evening all!
So, in brief, how was the u21 game and Theo specifically?
I’d agree on the Theo thing… he needs to take more risks and go on instinct…
Senderos over thinks as well…
a striker or attacking player can overthink.. a defender definitely not… less margin for error.
Pedro, if we bring in Melo then no one will have anything to complain about….so Keyser’s role will be rendered reduntant to an extent.
I’m not sure, I guess it’s a swap. I wonder what the fee is, £10m plus Senders ?
wenger does seem to love brazilian DM’s…
I think I’d accept summer as done if we signed Melo…
We’d have enough at the back, over kill in midfield… and enough strikers, even without Ade.
So if Melo comes in, what happens to Denilson? Does he just become back up?
I’d imagine so. There would also be adequate players for rotation.
its ok pedro.. he’s what.. 21?
hi my fans
any 1 here want to ask me any questions?
sup eboue…. is melo coming? is ade leaving?
yes “Eboue”,
Are you considering leaving the mighty arsenal just because you feel you haven’t played enough 1st team matches?
If so, explain to me what 41 1st team appearances last season means then?
is melo coming of course he is coming now ask me a sensible question for fuk sake
no i am not leaving arsenal due to a lack of first team games i am actually staying on to fight for my place in the team and no my good friend ade is not leaving the club he loves the club
also ade is very dissapointed how he has lost the support of the arsenal fans due to what they read on the papers
next season i believe we can win the league!
eboue, would you continue continue with the dance moves?
please keep the dancing going ‘cos its what you are best at and def worth the ticket prices!
well tell him to learn the offside rule and start giving us goals and a better attitude.. In return for his loyalty and goals against the mancunians and scummy spurs we in turn will give him our love.. Maybe…
dont worry i can assure all arsenal fans that he will be scoring many goals next season with players like fabregas nasri arshavin in the midfield and players like myself and theo we will score many goals next season
“Adebayor has done fantastically well for the club,” “All the big clubs wanted him last summer and it will be the same again this summer. Some players have bad periods. If they don’t do well it is because they have lost confidence. But the only way to help a guy who has lost confidence is to support him. Slaughtering him it does not help him.
Did someone say that TalkSport are a well respected radio station???
Im not even engish, or english based, and i know talkshite are useless mans loving, arsenal hating scumbags.
I hope they are right on this one tho.
Eboue, if you’re still around, Q:last season we say some amazing backheels from you, will there be more or those or will you add a new skill for the coming season? And whats the meaning of life?
“Gabriele Marcotti has reported on TALKsport that we have been allowed to talk to Melo after the Confederations cup, with Senderos going the other way apparently. :p
Gabriele Marcotti usually is a very relaible source, Lets hope this is true, this could be the best summer transfer Arsenal has had in so long”
hmmmm
*manc, i mean.
Nothing wrong with man loving…if thats your sort of thing.
oops, David already told you guys. I got that comment from a different site.
Hopefully Talksport is a good source!
Talk Sport are one of those things in life that you just cannot bear at any cost. Like Tony Blair, Ken Livingstone and Lenny Henry, to name but 3 complete a’holes. I don’t say they are wrong on this although Marcotti is really just another rumour monger, a kind of portly half American, half Italian guy version of Ballague who makes a living from judging people with the benefit of hindsight. I remember only too vividly TalkSport’s attitude to the Eduardo injury. By the end of the day they had basically decided that it was his fault anyway and were reciting Arsenal’s role of shame etc. I have not listened to them since that day and refuse to get into a car unless the station is turned off. Yes, I know it’s petty and a little stupid, but some hatreds are like that so indulge me on this one.
Lou, very true what you’re saying.
However, when there is a rumour I like… I choose to ignore all the things I dislike! haha!
Balague is one of the best when it comes to rumors though…
Lou, good point well made. Likin’ your attitude fella!
Agreed Pat… he is brilliant.
I don’t know why everyone gets so up tight about rumours… I love it!
I think my knowledge base of players swells ten fold in the summer… it gets me tuning into football games I’d never normally watch… surely that’s good for the game?
Balague knows a lot about the transfer dealings of spanish clubs. Nothing outside spain tho. So when he starts talking about Arsenal its pretty annoying.
Especially when him and Mark Bolton go on and on about it on Revista. I remember their smug fucking faces when Henry was on his way. Bastards.
people i know the meaning of life
I’d have Livingstone over Boris anytime any day!
Lenny Henry like French & Saunders should have been banned 10 years ago!!!
and the meaning of life is you hav.. oh damn my internet connection is lost damn u aaaahhhhh
Balague usually gets it right when it comes to Spanish and English clubs though. At least his website, which is the only way I get to see what he says.
Its not his fault that the Xabi-Arsenal deal fell apart when he was the 1st to report about it.
His rumors have truth in them, unlike others.
Why Man?
Corrupt as fuck… a liar… a bit of a racist…
I like Boris.
Whos this Boris fella?
The London Mayor, a bit of a plonker, but his heart is in the right place.
Right, I’m off to bed!
Night!
Before you all run off, any news??
hanks Pedro, night.
Great report on Melo.
http://arsenalcolumn.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/scouting-report-felipe-melo-brazil/#comments
They value him at 10m. Most think 10-15m plus Senderos is just enough. Who to trust?
One of Boris’s promises was to Prevent Tube disruption by negotiating a no-strike deal, hmmm england at wembley. That went well boris
Pedro
The London Mayor, a bit of a plonker, but his heart is in the right place.
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the left side of his chest cavity ?
all politicians are plonkers, dont trust a single MF that has been elected , chances are he had to step on many to get there !
remember those facts and you wont go wrong .
you only have to look at Iran to see that !
Hi.
Liverpool here.
We have no money but we’re gonna spend 18m on a RB.
Wtf?!?
iceman – it may have something to do with one of their septic tank owners, who just sold his 80% share in the Montreal Canadiens, worth approximately £340m!!
Rafa obviously pin pointed that a RB is what they need to win the premier league. Not a class striker to play alongside and cover the injured torres
Has he sold it yet?
So apparently v persie is signing his new contract
Wow it’s packed on here this morning lol
Morning all, Wenger is hinting at other signings but is saying that no one is leaving, oh dear.
DDM….splash the cash…it’s all good…but a RB?? 18m?? We got Arsh for less than that FFS!!!!
Adebayor will leave if the price is right…I think.
Id rather players stayed than have some elder players leave and upset the likes of vp and fab thinking that were just going backwards
I hope so!
Freaking madness Johnson is good, maybe 10 million but 18 million = Arshavin or Henry or Anelka
What is one club’s (real) madness is another club’s misery.
Looks like this Melo business is hotting up then chaps??
Wenger is almost admitting that the fans were right at the beginning of last season when we all said we needed a centre half and a tough tackling midfielder.
Don’t forget the bindipper will fetch a few quid by selling Arbeloa to Madrid too.
Yeah.
Bent-16m
Henry-16m
Sagna-7m
Johnson-18m
Do you really blame AW for not going “English”?
Arsenal will come out of the blocks full speed, lead the PL @ Xmas & new year, but Old Fergie won’t be able to win the mind games this time. Prepare for number 14, & GG9 hitting the streets of Islington in May 2010.
New post everyone!
Where is the new post?
Manure lose the winker and Tevez and can’t even get Valencia on board.
Make the right moves Wenger and we are on the way.
Happy days indeed.
Chamone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where’d you hear that Geoff-8.40?
i think wenger has learnt from his mistakes from last season and i think wenger letting any of his topplayers go at all which some of the fringe players will go like silvestor and senderos,maybe diaby posiibly but rest wenger has no intention of selling for any price
How about swopping Adebuywhore for Michael Essien?