So, quite a busy day and still no signing in sight! Apparently Fran has signed for Athletico Madrid on a 5 year deal, if it’s true I’m not too fussed, he has shown glimpses, but not enough to get me saying ‘oh no’ if it’s true, good luck son and may the force be with you.
Tomas Rosicky has been awarded a new 2 year contract, some may think that’s daft, but had we not signed him, he could have walked ala Campbell style at the end of the season, so it at least gives us some wiggle room, if its pay as you play, I don’t have a problem with it, if the rumours are true about Sol, again I don’t have a problem, at least it saves us from spending money in the window and we’ll have Djourou back soon.
Cesc’s injury is taking longer than expected, but if Aaron Ramsey steps up, we can survive and Bendtner is close to training once more so we may save ourselves £25 million on a new striker as well.
The big news is Diaby is ready to fill in for Song, my only question there is, what happens if he plays a blinder, will he drop Song? Hmmmm, his problem, not mine!
Tomorrow sees the return of Owen Coyle to the Grove but this time as the new Bolton manager, what a twit! Fancy going to Bolton, that’s like leaving Forest Green to manage Buckhurst Hill. I’m not too worried about new manager syndrome because Bolton aren’t that good and if we can’t beat them, we shouldn’t be thinking about winning the league, my guess is we will thump them, close the gap and do Everton on Saturday to go top. I just hope if it is true, he re-thinks the Wilshere move, because the new guy may not play him and then the move becomes pointless.
The Chavs will struggle without their four Africans and we will take full advantage, that’s my guess, I think Diaby will become the missing Paddy link and be immense, and talking of Paddy, I really hope we sign him and he doesn’t go to City, that would not be a smart way to end his career and I think he can help our team when we need it most, come back Paddy.
I still harbour hopes that the boss will sign a striker, I think Bendtner will take time to adjust and if he gets another injury, we will be screwed until the summer, so the smart money is on a signing, and as Wenger hasn’t ruled it out I think he will.
So a good result this week will see us top of the league and frankly, that’s where we should be. If we are going to keep signing Africans then we really should lobby FIFA to make them have their tournament every 4 years, like the World Cup and the Euros, I think if they don’t, clubs will be loathe to sign Africans and that can’t be good for African football in the long term.
We are also coming to that time of the year when we see our new kit appearing in exclusive contraband shots, lets hope we have white sleeves and a white collar again with red and white hooped socks, or even black and white hoped socks like we did when we had Ian Wright playing for us.
Finally let’s pray they don’t cancel tomorrow because of the snow, yes I know we have a heated pitch and warm lager, but they cancelled before because of the travel chaos.
Either way I’ll be there, so think about that Arsenal, don’t disappoint me as we have waited since the Celtic game to catch up, with the FA Cup getting in the way, I don’t want to wait until March to go top, regardless of what the chavs do!
Have a great day Grovers, tomorrow we go second! Yeeeaaah!
P.S If you haven’t joined the fanpage yet, do it quick, the next two hundred win big brother on ice tickets! I’ve also got one spare for tomorrow night in club level for the discounted price of £50… e-mail in if you’d like it!
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Pedro
Geoff
Gold!
Morning grovers!
Happy New Year All
This is the year we make history!
Morning all..
Oh and does it go…boom boom…or something of the sort?
That’s Basil Brush mate!
How about Berbatov?
You know he’d be sick playing those 1-2′s with Arshavin et al…
Could it be?
morning grovers, top post
Podolski?
I think we need a tall striker.
top 10?
morning all, top post
I had a feeling he would go. God that pisses me off.
Merida’s gone?
How much?
Morning all, Viera to Citeh ?? if true maybe it’ll free up a cheeky bid for Kompany, Wenger’s always rated him and he could cover for Song and when he returns cover at CB as well. If not Veloso can do the same. Not concerned about Merida, just a shame we get no money for him.
No one really saw Ade coming…or Dudu…Maybe he’ll pull a rabbit out the hat…
Here’s to hoping it’s a tall ass rabbit
Cheers for that second spot! And the first come the weekend!
@iceman, Berbatov is nice but he is really not that robust. Good technician though.
morning muchachos y muchachas
good read Geoff, positive stuff – let’s thump them Shitkickers!
iceman,
I would go for Podolski, he is an intelligent player and would not cost a bomb either…
Dizzy I think many would have expected a negative post, what with another contract extension and a player leaving on a free. I felt good though, I see the positives today.
morning all…free i think.. seeing that he is out of contract in the summer
Morning all, top 15? Merida is out of contract at the end of the season but will get some comp as he is under 21
We’ll see. The curse of Arsenal players etc.
Gudjohnsen?
He still at Barca?
Geoff…
Mate you either drunk or bumped your head last night?
Which is it?
Bumped my head. Because I’m drunk!
If you get a chance another site (sorry about that) has taken the time to put the top 50 goals of the decade up there. Really worth an hour going down memory lane to those special days. http://www.goodplaya.com/blog/videos-of-arsenals-top-50-goals-of-the-past-decade-now-vote/?
Hi Guys,
Surprised there is no talk of Vieira to the Citeh.
I would love the guy to come back on loan for 6 months.
If Merida wants to go, we should sell him, rather than he play a couple of reserve games, and then go on a free.
I personally see us needing two defensive players, Campbell and Vieira (of old) would be great but are they the same players.
One thing they both have, and you dont lose is leadership and experience.
Frans on a free, thats bad business
morning all! good stuff today!
merida going isn’t the end of the world… its not like its mr ramsey!!
anyone know if the bolton games on sky?
Stonroy I have no problem with other sites mate. Feel free.
Ha! I knew it.
As long as we tear Bolton a new one it’s all good!
HI !
dyerzak great call. If we could steal Kompany on the cheap I would be up for that as backup.
VJ hi, you are free to blog.
we’re gonna be threadbare tomorrow. so willshere HAS to start. our injury list is comical.
I hope Wenger is not gonna say Bendtner is like a new signing I guess,,,no kidding please,we need that new signing,,tough times lie ahead,but then i wonder who its gonna be,he has ruled out almost all known players except for Dzeko who i doubt very much,,grrrrrrr give us a clue Mr Wenger,i cant wait
I can’t see Kompany wanting to go anywhere as back up, he’s got that now.
Iceman,
bnsb
What’s going on?
See me shining eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Quagliarella
Anyone?
Let’s be honest here, Bendtner’s news coming out that he will be back soon is Wengers way of saying we’re not getting a striker. He probably won’t be ready but it calms our expectations down.
That’s no good!
kompany wouldn’t wanna sit on our bench for less money than he can at shitty though would he?
We are in the throws of moving house. Today I transfered my Cable to the new place just in time for the Bolton game on Thursday morning. Now my ying is back with my yang.
Merida is an OK player but I dont think he is going to be top top quality. Atletico is probably his level and I dont think he would ever have got fully used to the physical nature of the prem league. the spanish league will suit him better. I dont have a problem with losing the player as we can get a better player, but a big shame he has engineered it so he left for free.
I doubt wenger will use a player who is leaving in the summer, even in the stiffs.
Geoff, any injury news?is Denilson available tomorrow?
Excellent post geoff, well done son!
I agree about the ANC and apparantly it is supposed to be moving in line with other (pointless) FIFA tournaments…Starting in June/July.
I also hope we get our white sleeves back…
Geoff, Rocisky contract is based on appearance n club succes so is a great deal as it may as well keep Cesc smiling n about Merida, he as stalled 4 too long n i dont want any player i cant trust to play 4 our club, n am wid you on da ACN organise it in da summer or we will live widout da Africans n am sure at da end we will see who loses
SUGA3
Yeah mate…and he’s decent.
More in the Eduardo mould but I would say slightly stronger…Not sure that’s the kinda CF Wenger wants though…
great post geoff! Any ideas off signing a keeper?
Stonroy
If what you say is true, & that is quite a ceditable theory by yourself, Le “scrooge” Gaffer (refer funnies)could cost The Arsenal The Title.
Kompany would’nt come to sit on the bench Arsenal Tom, he would fight for his place at CB or rteplace Song at DM then song could fill in at CB. Wenger’s said many times he see’s song as a CB. If not why not Viera on a pay as you play?
“White sleeves”? does that mean the top that my avatar has will be back?
You cant be happy with seeing Sol the nutter back at arsenal!!
Yes hopefully Gnarley!
Why would Wenger think bendtner is lioke a new signing? He’s not been injured for 2 effin years!
WEnger’s 1st priority this window is for a striker, then, hopefully one or even 2 others…
I’d love to see the French international keeper, not sure off his name but he is young and is savage!!
What is your problem with Song?He has proven all Arsenal fans wrong so be men and hold your hands up.He will be badly missed this month make no mistake.I want you to name a better player in the lge in his position over the past twelve months.You all cry on about Flamni a player who played well for 9 months in rder to earn a fat contract and to sit on his arse at AC ask yourselves why is he sitting on the Milan bench,maybe because he is not really very good.
morning all
wenger said he will go for premier league tilte then FA cup. then there is no need to put condition that a player should not be cup tied (dzeko and chamakh). if he really wants title -and its pretty much in our reach- then there is a need to buy
stonroy,
whether Bendnter is coming back or not, we are still one striker short – yes, I know RvP will be back, so a loan would be ideal…
Ivan should bend over backwards to get Adriano in…
By the time merida ends up at Madrid in June, Atletico will have been relegated!
Morning all,
Dublin, I think it’s Lloris you talking about, but he won’t come cheap, for that money we could get Akinfeev.
I loved those shirts! No chance of a keeper, hopefully he’ll promote Fabianski.
I hope Denilson doesn’t play, we don’t need crab football against Bolton.
Since Fabregas is out for another week, what games will he be missing now? Everton… any other games?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/arsenal/6935007/Arsenal-without-Cesc-Fabregas-until-end-of-January.html
Del, you seem to be on the wrong post son!
gnarley,
yes, I can’t wait for the new home kit – I did not buy this ridiculous Charlton-looking one and got the away ones instead…
Dublin Gooner;
Wht are you chatting about signing a keeper? Fabianski is the dog’s bollocks mate!
Here is, my old Pakistani mate gp. Mate what a sensational effort by your boyz. Top rank
Del,
the ex Arsenal players usually don’t fare as good somewhere else, it’s not the players, it’s the system…
Actually, when you think of it Lenny Kravitz look a like with Raybans, it is like a Charlton top
Top post Geoff, jammed full of Arsenal goodness!
Rosicky is good deal, Diaby can do the Song role and Paddy is definitely making a massive mistake!
are there any exclusive shirt picture as yet
Well done Geoff, well done!
If it’s true Pedro???
Good point duke, I just think to win a league we need a great keeper,
Vieira in that pissy watery light blue shirt will be effin awful…
Say it aint so Paddy!!!
Man I’m positive if they are!
Fabianski is a great keeper in the making…
Oh I lose Merida
I think Almunia’s days are numbered….
gg9 i still think 100+ and u have a chance..our bowlers do get us is good position quite regularly but our batsmen don’t know to stay longer on pitch..
Is Paddy being lured by the Petro $$$$$$$$
No don’ think so look at what was written what if Diaby plays a blinder will he drop Song hmmmmmmm his problem not mine.I get the inferrence.Why would he drop Song our player of the season.?Song rated 6 against West ham according to you.With you guys it is always about Song and how you feel he is no up to scratch .Now someone on here wants thinks Ivan should sign Adriano.
Manc the trouble is Wenger making him captain when Cesc is away says it all for me. Sad but true I think.
I don’t think there is any striker I want other than Dzeko. I don’t think anyone else is good enough, don’t get me wrong, they’re good but not great. Adriano would really fit the bill but he doesn’t want to leave Brazil. I don’t think Gignac is top drawer. The thing is Dzeko is worth 20-25million. He will fit in so perfectly.
That was a question, if you feel so strong about Song, why not write a post about him, I’m sure you’ll get lots of interest.
Like Carlos Vela News.
With Cesc out until end of Jan, that could mean he will miss Villa and Man U.
He needs some placenta to sort that out as he has to play in those games.
Wenger cant f**K around in Jan, he needs to make his signings in the next week, as we have some big games at the end of Jan-begining of Feb, and any new player needs to be on top form for those games.
For Bolton at home a midfield 3 of
Nasri Diaby and Ramsey could work, as they can all track back a bit.
With Eduardo Vela and Arshavin there should be goals.
I also think Fabianski is the shit, but he will make a mistake here and there, which could cost us. But surely he would make less than Almunia, and should replace him now. People like Akinfeev and Lloris are no more likely to be signed than Buffon and Casilias. So we should just let it go, and give Fabianski the number one shirt.
Del, I’m one of Song’s ardent fans and have been for a while but even I would allow Geoff that one…there are far more goodies in the rest of the post mate…I’m sure he doesn’t really mean it anyhow
Diaby cannot play the defensive role, definitely not. it is not in him to sit there and defend. sure his height and power are useful in the midfield area but he wont sit in front of the back 4 – he just wouldn’t be very good at it. Even Rambo would do a more discliplined job than diaby.
midfield could easily be Nasri, Diaby and Rambo if Denilson does not make it. But I hope Den is fit.
Mark the midfield that finished against West Ham was as good as I’ve seen this season.
Geoff;
Hmmm, hopefully we will score 4 goals afgter Almunia makes a mare of a cross and gifts em a consolation, meaning he gets dropped…. Or, better still, another mystey chest infection that lasts 4 months!
I hate thinkin like this about an Arsenal player, but in the big scheme of things, I feel that Fabianski has huge potential, is a better shot stopper, can make match winning saves and comes off his line…
Whereas, this season, Al has been poor by his standards (I wouldnt have a problem with him, IF he played like he did last season) and his confidence seems very low…
Del, you need to re-read before you post…
If you want a big striker, I would move for Fabiano from Seville.
I think he can even play in the CL.
and i am waiting for my first home shirt i ddnt liked this one and got away shirts in this time…
Mark he would cost a fortune I think.
how can song be player of the season?
hes been good, much better than he was last year, but better than fabregas this season? never? better than Tommy V? nope! and better than RVP before his injury? doubt it!!
MarkC;
Cesc will miss Everton and be back for the trip to the Reebok, fella…
Geoff – you could be right about the midfield – but Song cant play against Bolton so we need to re-jig.
Mango,
I’d be surprised if Fabianski didn’t start as our number one next season, though, I’d prefer if he was number this
podolski is the last player in van persie mould
also not cup tied
he will be around 10 mil now
It’s pretty easy not to get your place back if you fuck off for a month and your understudy has a blinder!
I would stick Rosicky in there.
I think Carlos Vela news is a blog not just a post.I might get interest as it seems for the past yr Song gets a mention in at least every post either you or Pedro put up so at least two people would be interested.
That was my question and point Pedro.
It has to, has to, has to, has to be Dzeko. He’s worth 25 Million Euro’s easily.
He is exactly what we need, Wenger should suck it up and get him. He would be perfect.
Any other striker mentioned i would be 50/50 at best, Wenger says he will only buy if the player is better than what he has, ok Robin has been immense but 2 players of his quality – even better and he’s also different to everything else we have.
We also 100% need center half. I am very, very concerned that he won’t sign anyone and then it’ll be 2 late in a couple of months and we will hear the old bad luck stories.
Bottom line if he doesn’t do something this month and we don’t win anything….
It’s down to Wenger.
Arsenal Tom,
You looking for another Song debate eh?
fabiano would be a dream in this team but theres no way we’d pay the money
Taig, right on about Song being player of the season.
He’s been good, very solid but not player of the season.
I think Cesc is way ahead there!
had RVP played all season like that then yes RVP for player of the season but you cant give it to a man who plays half a season IMO. so far it is between Tommy V and Song. Gallas has also done well as has Cesc. Arsh has yet to really click into top gear.
Oh and Bendtner back? Good player but he’s hardly prolific is he??!?!??!?!?!??!?!
Last season most of the fans at home games were moaning about him!!!!
So to now say when he’s back it’s all solved is laughable.
Del now you’ve lost me, but I’m not up for a row today, I wrote a positive post, move on.
the problem is will diaby stay back when gallas and verminator will go up like song.
Pedro Song has no choice just like Drogba etc so he is not fucking off.In the same token are you saying Cesc should be dropped as Ramsey has played a blinder. Geoff stick Rosicky in where?
MG,
I would not play Cesc at Reebok anyway – we can beat them with or without him and we have a bigger fish to fry a bit later…
Don’t forget Diaby was earmarked for that role before Flamini had his wonder season.
Del, you are getting boring. My match reports cover more than just Song… and Geoff rarely talks about him in his posts… in fact, he usually goes out of his way to avoid talking about him.
Fuck off to another blog if it bothers you and stop clicking Le Grove on newsnow.
Here’s another thought. I do believe that Willy G is going to leave, in my heart i believe that. If that be the case, NOW is the time to get his replacement, not just a backup but the real deal. Don’t wait till the start of the next season. I hope he doesn’t go, but I don’t know.
man… i dont think theres enough song chat on this site thats all!!
lol
i think he’s been quality this year but not our player of the season… not when you look at the players i mentioned… cesc has 12 goals already i think and probably 10 assists! im not comparing them cos they are different positions but cesc & tommy V has been incredible this year
I think Diaby can do the holding role, if asked. He has added more discipline to his game and when loads were slating him on here, it was obvious to me, that he was being asked to do a more defensive minded role…
Now, of course, he is an amazing player!
good morning grovers
goner-park; don’t worry wenger will tell him to do so
Rosicky? In the midfield, Diaby will take Song’s role, he said it not me.
Not sure on Cesc being way ahead of Song in player of the season. I’d place Song alongside TV, Gallas as our most consistent players this season. I think Cesc started slowly but has got better since…Song was on point from the start!
Geoff – Rosicky for Song – I like that.
Arsenal Tom – who would cost more Dzeko or Fabiano?
I would say they would be similar in price, the cheaper maybe Fabiano.
Manc I have always said Diaby is one of our most talented players, and his finishing is as good as Robin’s, the trouble is he was having 1 great game and 4 bad ones, now he’s had 4 great games on the trot, and that for me makes him amazing.
A Tom,
I’m not expecting goals from Song, it’ll be unfair to but for what I expect from him, he has excelled i.e. being a defensive midfielder
Mark I would say Fabiano, because he plays for Brazil and Seville won’t let him go, Dzeko though is basically up for sale.
Anyway let’s stop talking about Song, he’s gone.
Mark… maybe but wenger already rulled dzeko out as too expensive, fabiano is 20-25m+ no?
i think we’re more in the 10-15m market at best
Nice mature answer there Pedro.
Players of the season, so far;
Song, Cesc, Gallas and Vermealen… With Ramsey and Diaby looking to get a look in soon!
Fabiano is nearly 30 and would cost about £25m!!!
and lets hope rosicky thsi time goes on for the n then one game cameo – just to remind us he’s there
Del;
Trust me mate, leave it man. Pedro rates Song, geoff doesnt… Thats it, in a nutshell…
Time to move on, chat about us not signing anyone!!! Hahahaha!
Yeah Diaby will play well in the DM position…I don’t thin SOng has missed many games this season. If we calculate the number of weeks Cesc has missed this season would it be more than 4 weeks? But we would expect him to start when he returns…maybe Song deserves the same?
Just kidding I’m happy as long the best players available are the ones starting, if Ramsey gets better than Cesc then he should start ahead of him
Man..
i agree he’s done well, probably better than i thought he would but has his contribution as a DM been greater than cescs as an attacking midfielder and play maker? not in my opinion.
Pedro, who do you think you are, me?
Del, talk about the positives on my post.
No Fabiano was quoted in the Summer for 15 mill.
Perhaps he does not have long to run on his contract.
If he is 30 – Wenger wont pay that kind of money for a player that he cannot re-sell.
I think Wenger is saying he has money, and he will spend it, if the player is good enough, Dzeko and Fabiano fall into this category.
Same for a Hangerland.
Arsenal Tom;
Although I rarely take what Wenger says seriously when it comes to transfers…
He did say that Dzeko’s price, AT THE MOMENT, was too high… Whether that means he is hoping that Wolfsburg drop their asking price???
Ive been saying for ages Merida would be going, this definately isnt a bad thing, he’s a good player but there isnt any room for him.
Just a shame we didnt get a fee for him.
We should just pay the money for Dzeko, he’s 23, brilliant and would cost the same as we got for Adebayor, so what is Wenger’s problem, It makes my blood boil!!!
Geez
Sounds like the big England white out is getting to some. Ofcourse its been another scorcher here so I’ll leave you all to sort out the pros & cons of Song.
Del
At the end of the day, all Geoff & Pedro want is for The Arsenal to win The Title(s). Geoff is into advertising, so he hooked you in. Feel like you’ve been had?
Mangoon… he probably is hoping but i doubt its likely, plus the bloke loves AC for some reason. i dont think either is our kind of signing though as they are a bit obvious, wengers probably looking to pull another eddie/ade (without the cunt personality) out the bag.
Geoff, Weneger is convinced no-one is worth more than £15m, well if thats the case he should give Man City £10m back as they mustve overpaid for Ade.
Geoff;
Steady on fella, take those happy pills!
There are a few obstacles in signing Dzeko…. The asking price for one and the fact the player wants to go to Milan…
IF Wolfsaburg see sense and put a fee of say £17-20m and the player realises Milan are a graveyard for tired old pros, then jobs a good un!
Ha, ha nice take Gnarley!
So when the two African lads return, how long will it take for their injuries to heal, both having had their arms twisted off to go to the ACN, the Carling Cup of world football.
Just a thought.
Granted you have made some interesting and excellent points not only in this post but others just think Song gets bad press on this blog?(not just this one though).I never thought he would make it but he has and I congratulate both him and Arsene for that.As for not signings we really need 4 players.Dzeko would be my number 1 target,Sorensen from Stoke number 2, PV4 number 3 and Wheater from Boro number 4.Saha would be worth a punt as would Sol if we decide to do it the cheap way.I think the most important thing is to get players who know what the premiership is all about and all these players apart from Dzeko fit that bill.
Song has had a good season so far but many players have flattered to deceive before, lets see how he returns from the ACN, plus IMO he is very one paced, when he finds himself the wrong side of play he struggles to get back, hence all the freekicks he gives away cheaply, if he could find and extra yard of pace along with consistently playing well for a full season then he could be very very good for us.
it was diaby himself who said he wanted to fill in for Song. wenger didn’t say that. wenger said about 2 weeks ago that diaby cant play the DM because his natural game is to go forward. I dont think wenger will trust him with the holding role. Yes I think wenger will ask him to be to more defensive minded but not play the holding role.
… or Bendtner will be back for the Bolton game and we’ll keep the money!
Did anyone read that Swedish guys comments about that Brazilian the press over there reckon we’re after?
A Tom
Well, I think so…maybe I’m biased being a defender. Song is probably one of the most creative DMs in the league…I wouldn’t really class Carrick as a DM
What happened to Jay Simpson…could he be useful right now?
Del, I’ve been getting ripped by Geoff all year for giving Song 8′s in my reports!
Gambon that’s my point, he doesn’t mind selling them for big money does he???
Manc fuck Milan, they aren’t in our league and I don’t believe he really wants to go there. Paper talk.
Who went there and really did well recently.
Not to mention the fan club he has on here.
our fist choice midfield with song away will probably be
denilson
diaby, fab
Not really Gnarley just decided today was the day to respond thats what happens at 4.30 am with nothing else to do.
Onya Del
You’re not from Peckham are you
Gazzap, Wenger said Diaby was going to be the DM but got injured and Flamini stepped in, go check the Arsenal.com archives.
ZAK;
So Song has been flattering to deceive for about 18 months now…. And as for that sly shyster cesc…. he aint fooling me! He is shit!
Now it all makes sense Del, you are American or something!
Yep
Manc how can you not rate Cesc, he’s been our most improved player this season.
Del;
Apart from Dzeko, I cannot agree with any of your choices fella!
Sorenson and Wheater??????
What about Cahill from Bolton?
Man… each to their own mate!
think simpson is on a season long loan again?
Pedro;
No no and thrice no! Bendy aint gonna be seen as the “new” striker mate! Dont even joke about it…
As for that Swedish dudes posts about that Brazilian… Yeah, very interesting and sounded like a Wengerish signing…
Geoff;
Yeah, Milan havent even got the cash apparantly… I imagine Wolfsburg would be keen for an auction to happen with Milan and other clubs, something we definitely would not get involved in…
Mangooian
re read my comment, I said Song has had a good season its just players in the past have flattered to deceive. He must continue to shine and some how improve his pace to be considered the finished article
fabiankski is good enough to play full time.
wheaters shit, rather have hepatitus bramble
Not American.Man Goonian thats fine I have no problem with that.Just think Sorensen has been very good for past two seasons.As for Wheatrer he would not need first team football right away unlike others we could chase who will be wanting to play in a world cup yr.PV4 could fill in at the back also.
Is there any chance of Nordveit returning from his loan in Nurenberg?
I agree with stonroy, I think Dallas will be off and even if he stays I see a defender as a far higher priority than a striker.
Also, quick point about bendtner, to my mind a centre forward in arsenal’s system plays as the focal point passing the ball off to the many on rushing midfield/wide players. As such, although scoring goals is obviously important it is the ability to play for the team that is more important. It is also this we’ve missed most as arshavin and eddy haven’t really been effective in doing this like rvp was.
ZAK;
Re re re re read my post….
So, Song has been flattering to deceive for 18 months???
Take your time, I’m here all week…
Geoff – if Coyle goes to Bolton, would you take Cahill off Bolton and allow them to have Wilshire on loan for 6 months, we could throw in Merida as well !!!
Obviously we would need to part with some cash for Cahill – but Wilshire could be the sweetner.
Cahill has been good for past two seasons but until Gallas goes can’t see him joining as he would have to spend a lot of time on the bench plus he would cost a fortune.Shawcross anyone, though he is a bit like Cahill.
ZAK;
And now Song needs to be able to run faster as well??? Blimey…. And he could do with growing a few more inches and change his eye colour too, oh and his birth date is all wrong, that will have to improve too…
Shawcross only just went to Stoke I think and Cahill won’t be sold unless Bolton go down.
Does any1 see SAF quitting in two yrs time due to the pressure and frustration of not winning anything. Well i do. I do not see them as good as they were last season after their goal machine absconded. Do u remember those games were they were poor and need the brilliance of CR7 to rescue them i.e against porto, 2nd leg semi-final etc. They wont win anything even with rooney. All you need do is to frustrate rooney and they are finished
Manc he’ll be okay if he gets over his injury, time will tell.
Preencemeka, this is an Arsenal blog mate, I think you took a wrong turn!
Not a chance of us getting Dzeko. First of all, he really wants to go AC MILAN, and secondly the price: Milan are reported to be lining up an off of €25mil PLUS Huntelaar! No way in hell would we match that
I reckon gallas will get an extension in the next month or so.
now were back up there i cant see him wanting out, he’s a proper competitor at the end of the day and the chance for a couple more years at a potential trophy winning club on very good money should out-way a mil or 2 signing on fee
Another top post mate…….what about forlan he is banging on about coming back to prem league
There is a press conference today at 1. Is that just because we’ve got a game tommorrow?
ManGoonian
Do you really think Song is quick enough ?? For me as i’ve already said he is too one paced and once he finds himself the wrong side of play finds it difficult to get back. As for the sarcasm, well thought better of you.
GM….yeah
DEl;
Thanks for the reply. I just do not see why we need Sorenson, when, for me, Fabianski is top class… The bigger issue is moving the current number 1 on…
Wheater I really do not rate, but get your point about him not demanding 1st team football straight away…
How ever, where would that leave the likes of Nerdveit and bartley? They are waiting in the wings to step up next season, IMO… We need cover and an eventual replacement for Gallas, if Djourou wasnt injured, we would be sorted however…
Paddy Vieira coming back, for me, is just not an option, as seeing him struggle after all his great years with us, would be horrible…
The only player I would have back, is Henry!
me to mangoonian… im not angry…. just disappointed
Geoff don’t you think fabregas’ improvement is as a result of song’s improvement. Think about it
ZAK;
Sarcasm??? Moi???
Anyhoo, Song is quick enough, I think his languid style has lead you to the conclusion he is slow… You’re get over it I have every confidence in your ability… Or maybe you will flatter to deceive??? Oops, there i go again…
Cahill will be a manc player in the summer he will be signed as Vidics replacement thats what Mystic Chippy thinks anyway, That and the fact Bolton would want roughly 15mill for him and theres know way wenger will spend that on a defneder !!
Mauitidi and Dzeko Pretty pretty please
Not a chance of us getting Dzeko. First of all, he really wants to go AC MILAN, and secondly the price: Milan are reported to be lining up an off of €25mil PLUS Huntelaar! No way in hell would we match that. GEOFF- Don’t call AFCON the Carling Cup of world football. Its the same as the Euro championship to the europeans and Copa America to south americans. Just because you don’t think much of it doesn’t make it lesser tournament. To African people, in terms of international football, its second only to the World Cup
I read a realy funny quote from the wolves manager this morning. He said people can say what they want about me team selection but I send out teams that can win. Wanker
goonermichael;
I think its just a pre-match Press Conference fella…
Vidic will be gone within 2 weeks like a rat leaving a sinking shit, sorry ship
You never know though Mang
Mangonian.
Funny you shouldf mention TH14 on gol tv football station sanyed towards spanish football they say that we have been offered him in this window.He wants to play in England again to be close to his daughter only problrm is his handball against Ireland and the way the English media reported it.Arsene feels that it may help with Theo.They brought this up on two different occasions over the past week so make of it what you will.
Lady Goon
I think the ACN is a huge tournament for Africa, however, it would sit behind the World Cup, Euros and Copa America in the pecking order…. Erm, probably…
a DM can cope without much pace imo.
makelele wasn’t a pacey DM but he was the best.
Del;
Mmmmm, very interesting that mate! You never know!
goonermichael;
Erm, well, you never know!
Chippy;
That Cahill fella has looked pretty pants, I really dont know what the fuss is, apart from him being English, so therefore, hyped to fuckery!
LadyGooner,
Milan are broke long gone are the days they sign world class players in there peak they are now a retirement home the only way they will get the funds for his transfer are by selling either Huntelaar or Pato, After selling the crowds favourite last year Kaka i doubt very much they will let Pato leave and im sorry the most they could possibly get for Huntelaar would be £10 mill so they rate Dzeko at around the 30mill mark cannot see it myself,
We should at least test the water and put a bid in then we will at least find out if weve a chance !!
Upson back to arsenal? would he take being 3rd choice? He might be too slow as well. I dont watch Cahill enough to know if he could play the Arsenal way. A lot of these defenders are out and out defenders who can head away high balls and get tackles in the box, but senderos can do all that, but he isn’t good enough for Arsenal because we dont play in a defensive way like say Bolton.
wenger would prefer another Vermaelen, can defend, but can also play football and is damn quick.
I’d still be having a look at Hangeland.
The guy is a machine… he’d played 60 games in a row until he picked up a strain against Chelsea.
I don’t care what people say about his pace, he is a top defender.
Arsene Wenger’s joy at Arsenal’s progression in the FA Cup at the expense of West Ham United is understood to have been tempered by the news that ITV have requested their fourth round tie away at Stoke City be moved to Sunday 24th January so it can be broadcast live on the television channel.
The news of the fixture switch comes as Wenger looks ahead to a tricky run of fixtures in the second half of the month which could well define the Gunners title chances. Facing Bolton away in the Premier League on January 17th, the north London side then travel to Stoke City for the aforementioned FA Cup tie, before moving to Birmingham to take on Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa just three days later.
With Manchester United at home, Chelsea away and Liverpool at home inside the following ten days Arsenal face an epic 24 days on the domestic front.
It is thought that with Arsenal still very much in the hunt for their first Premier League title since the 2003-2004 season, Wenger will play a much weakened side against Tony Pulis’ Potters in the FA Cup. Although the move to heavily rotate would not come as a huge surprise it does pose the Frenchman with a tricky situation and could further force his hand in the transfer window.
The Emirates outfit have been racked with injury problems this season with star man Robin van Persie, veterans Gael Clichy and Tomas Rosicky and striker Nicklas Bendtner all spending long periods on the sidelines. With Alexandre Song also set for a month away on international duty and with niggly injuries troubling Cesc Fabregas and Denilson it is expected that Wenger will target both a striker and central midfielder in the coming weeks.
Gazzap, he got out jumped by Eduardo… bin him off straight away.
ManGoonian,
Totally agree, well overpriced due to that fact. from reading the papers etc they seem to think we are after the Cardiff centreback.
Good point Gazzup.We defend differenly to others so maybe we need to spend our money on a high quality keeper.I wonder are there any more TV’S out there anyone know any?
gazzap;
Thats true, we require defenders who can do the bread n butter stuff, as well as being quick too…
We wouldn’t need to field a weakened side against Stoke if we spent some money!
Pedro;
Cygan and Senderos in the Fulham defence would look great… I am telling you…
http://community.footballpools.com/blog/2010/01/04/miguel-veloso-tottenham-arsenal-launch-9m-chase-for-rejuvenated-sporting-star/
If Sol does sign on a pay as you play contract I dont see any centre backs coming or going until the summer anyway.
wenger is more likely to be in for a (big) striker. I still think we need a back up to Song because I dont think Denilson is really capable of doing that job properly. If we could get another good DM I would let Den go in the summer.
again, Podolski would be a good shout, all things considered – would not cost a fortune and should get enough playing time in the WC year with RvP out…
plus, he would have 2 Polish mates in the squad
yes, I know he’s ‘German’, but he was born in PL, wanted to play for us, but dumb fuck of a coach dissed him…
Gunners the Stunners;
That was very well written, all your own work???
Podolski… he was on Wenger’s radar way back when!
Suga, he’s quite short though?
Podolski is soooooo 2006!!!
Geoff;
So, should we buy a team for the next round of the FA Cup???
pedro- podolski is not that shot he is as tall as vermy i think
if wenger really wanted a big striker he could get it. £20m, high wages, and the offer to play at a top english club, going for the title and CL. We are a very attractive offer for most players.
wenger’s knowledge and scouting network is immense. he could probably name you 5 top strikers who are available for £20m or less this January. Its all about how much wenger wants it IMO.
If one player is not available move on to the next target. I honestly dont beleive arsenal can win these trophies without a target man. OK we have Bendtner coming back but I’d feel a damn sight more comfortable with someone else as well.
No not a team but a centreback, a DM and a striker, the same as I asked for in the summer, when I knew we would have an injury crisis, like we do every year, not to mention the ACN.
just under 6′, but I think he would do OK as RvP like for like replacement, and at 24 would have good resale value too…
Good article.
Only thing I don’t agree with is the return of Paddy in a playing capacity. I think the younger players would benefit more from his infinite wisdom if he hung up his boots, and came back to share the love!
Dzeko tore Man U a new arse hole twice this season already! The red nose twat admitted that and would blatantly sign him if he had a pot to piss in.
Surely the title is worth 25mil?
All this loan signing stuff makes me giggle is this a sign that Arsenals inactivity in recent transfer windows has now got Fans pleading for any sort of transfer
Why the fuck we cannot go out and make a statement of intent and spend a few bob is totally and utterly beyond me we shouldnt have to be scrapping around for short term fixes for once someones at the clubs got to be bold and take the bull by the horns and say we are really going to make a go of it this season not Fucking next !!!
Geoff;
Unless we signed about 8 players, then we will field some sort of weakened team vs Stoke in the FA Cup! But we will still win that game…
I was with you, back in the summer… I felt we would sign another midfielder and a defender. I didnt feel we needed a striker though…
Geoff,
You mentioned in the post that Rosicky is given a 2 years contract. I think it’s only a 12 months extention to his current contract. Although, Arsenal.com never disclose length of the contracts, Sky reported yesterday that Rosicky is believed to have signed a contract until May 2011. His current contract is due to end in May this year. I might be wrong but I couldn’t find any news on the length of his contract.
Gazzap.
An immense scouting netwaork for a club that are scared to spend money! Stupid eh!
CHIPPY… if igazidis is the man he says he is in interviews then it’ll happen…. if not he’s just another useless puppet
ManGoonian, you’re very kind but I didn’t write it, just copied the article from metro.co.uk…
Chippy;
I can’t speak for others, but for me, I would be happy with a striker loan signing as I dont think we would need the player longer than 6 months…
We will have RvP back as well as the signing of Chamkh…
The same COULD be said of both a midfield and CB signing too…
Next season we have Djourou, Nordveit and bartley for the defence and in midfield, possibly Eastmond, Coquelin… Although those 2 are very very raw…
Dzeko is a superstar back in Bosnie, his signing would raise our profile across the Balkans, not to mention commercial aspects that could be exploited.
Big signings arent anywhere near as expensive as they seem.
most of the scouts are for the kids id have thought, otherwise they have the easiest job in the world
Gunners The Stunners;
Well, if it was me mate, I’d have lied and said it was all my own work! You are obviously a better man than me!
I hope Cameroon lose all their group games and Song is back ASAP because I dont think any other player currently in the team is good enough for DM for a title winning team. Diaby is very good attacking wise not defensively.
And , a new signing would take time before settling in. By that time , song would be back.
http://articles.squarefootball.net/squarefootball/2010/01/arsenal-transfer-diary-1-4-january-2010.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Squarefootball+%28Squarefootball%29
Yeah, we definitely need to raise our profile in the balkans… I have been shocked how poorly received we are there…
I think Dzeko is a top player, well, in the few games I have seen. But its way too simplistic to just say we should sign him! There MUST be other players about and yes, I am sure our scouts have been looking at potential signings for a while now. Well, as long as RvP’s injury has been confirmed…
i thought behrami was very flamini-like against us the other day, he was absolutely everywhere
I neither have too much of a problem with Merida going. From what I’ve seen, which admittedly is limited he is no Cesc in the making, however he did score a fabulous goal for the Spain under somethings, so the boys got talent. Sitting in our reserves is never going to be that good ultimately for his career and lets be frank, you are going to have to be super special to get a chance in the first team as we’ll always buy in the end if players dont quite cut it. He was way too far down the pecking order to be happy.
Here’s hoping for a striker too, as any more injuries and we’ll have Diaby playing there! C’Mon Mr Wenger we all know you really aren’t too stupid to notice our players are going down like a lady in an Amsterdam window shop…
MG,
Dzeko being from Balkans is probably quite a factor in him willing to go to AC, due to Italian league being quite big over there, just like Bundesliga, due to many people from there living in Germany…
Former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira looks almost certain to leave Inter Milan this month as he goes in search of first team football and a potentially lucrative final contract of his career. With Manchester City thought to be leading a host of European clubs for the French international’s signature, it is now understood that reigning European champions Barcelona are also keen on snapping up the 33-year-old on a short-term deal.
Vieira was consistently linked with the Nou Camp outfit during his time at Highbury but despite seeing Marc Overmars and compatriot Emmanuel Petit make the move, the Senegalese-born enforcer finally chose to leave Arsenal for Italian giants Juventus in 2005.
Having been in contact with Arsene Wenger, and accepting that a move to the Gunners is unlikely, Vieira is thought to favour a return to France where he has not played since leaving Cannes as a teenager.
Lyon are thought to be the most likely destination for the powerful midfielder should he opt for a taste of Ligue 1 action although the club’s special advisor Bernard Lacombe made clear they face tricky competition.
“Patrick has a lot of offers,” Lacombe stressed of the Arsenal hero.
“Barcelona would like to recruit him to make up for the loss of Yaya Toure and Seydou Keita during the African Nations Cup. They would give him an 18 month contract.
“However he would play less when these players return, and this concerns him because he wants to play in the World Cup.”
Capped over 100 times for France and with the prospect of bowing out of the international game in South Africa, Vieira is desperate for his contract situation to be sorted as soon as possible so he can prove to Raymond Domenech that he is worthy of a place in the squad.
Diaby’s most natural position is SS, mind you
recent few good games coincide with Cesc’s injury and Abou being moved a bit further upfront…
Does anyone remember this freezing cold night @ Highbury. I do, I was there, & it was really cold.
MG,
I can see your point of view but to me it would just smack of penny pinching again, The only area i really dont think we need any new players is the goalkeeping department as Fabianski is sure as hell going to be a top keeper and the other young pole on loan at Brentford is getting rave reviews from my mates that follow them so we are well stoked in that department !!
ANC details for those who are interested. I might watch a game or two featuring Arsenal playwers.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/815/african-nations-cup/2009/06/09/1314173/date-for-2010-african-cup-of-nations-draw-set
Gnarley the good old days !!!
Oopsy daisy Marting Hayesy la la la la la
FA Cup giantkillers Leeds’ fourth-round tie against Tottenham is one of four games to be shown on ITV over the weekend of January 23 and 24.
Leeds scored one of the greatest upsets in modern Cup history when they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday and were rewarded with a trip to face Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham side made the fourth round after cruising to a 4-0 win over Peterborough.
The game will be screened at 5.15pm on Saturday January 23 and will be preceded by Premier League leaders Chelsea’s trip to Preston (ko 12.15pm).
Carlo Ancelotti’s side moved into the fourth round with a 5-0 win over Watford, but Preston, who are currently without a manager, were even more convincing as they hammered Colchester 7-0.
Our coverage continues on Sunday with another double header.
We start at the Britannia Stadium at 1.30pm as Arsenal travel to Premier League rivals Stoke.
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal young guns proved too strong for West Ham on Sunday, but they will be up against far more difficult opponents in Stoke – who, if reports are to be believed, could have Ruud Van Nistelrooy in their line-up for the game.
Our final match of a mammoth weekend comes from Glanford Park, the home of Scunthorpe United, who will be welcoming the millionaires of Manchester City to their humble home (ko4pm).
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has enjoyed a serene start to his Eastlands reign and will be expecting an easy ride against a Scunthorpe side sitting just above the Championship relegation zone.
But as we have already seen this season, anything is possible in the FA Cup.
FA Cup Fourth Round – Games live on ITV1 & ITV.com
Saturday January 23
Preston v Chelsea (12.15pm)
Tottenham v Leeds (5.15pm)
Sunday January 24
Stoke v Arsenal (1.30)
Scunthorpe v Manchester City (4pm)
Chippy
From memory Perry had a goodie that night as well
remarkable memory
Indeed and as you say twas Brass Monkeys i think if i studied it closely would probs see myself in the crowd just to the right of the post as we scored, Damn that was over 20 years ago i was just a young whipper snapper with all my hair and best years ahead lol
Proper Badge,Proper Kit, Proper Ground The gold old days
Goonerman
Perry didn’t have many goodies in those daze, so it wasn’t hard to remember when he had a goodie.
Morning all,
Good post Geoff……loved the below quote but, to be honest, Buckhurst Hill would have smashed crappy Forest green
“that’s like leaving Forest Green to manage Buckhurst Hill”
SAVE OURSELVES 25 MILL ON A NEW STRIKER JUST COS BENDTNER IS BACK??? HE IS SHIIIIT. STILL SO SO SHIT….YOU THINK ANY OTHER BIG TEAM WOULD HAVE HIM???
Anyone know anything about Adam Matthews from Cardiff.
Apparently both Manure and us are after the lad.
A defender by trade….
He did when he come on in the cup final
Old El Pel was it against coventry he once had a worldy game think we won 5-1 or something ??
Still dont think that night was as cold as the day we were meant to have played Norwich (i Think) at home at xmas time, Walked out at Arsenal Tube to be met be the thickest Fog ive ever seen safe to say it was called of
We played some cracking matches against Norwich in those days and there was always a fair bit of niggle !!
Ha, ha, Wardo, I played against Buckhurst Hill in the FA Vase as my last game before I hung up my boots at 29, I scored one and got a penalty, we won 2-1.
Happy days!
Neither did Merse after he put on weight from drinking etc etc.
He was fit when AW sold him though and he was an Aw type of player
Gooner welcome aboard, interesting viewpoint! You are now free to blog.
Breaking news:
Merida going is in the Gran Canaria newspapers
Goonerman strangest decision in football, but then he was English.
Gooner; he is work in slow progress. Bit like Song. They are all WISPs.
I never did find out why specifically why Merse was sold. maybe Aw economics.
the villa game is off. I hope they don’t cancel our game
I like that a ‘WISP’.
haha Geoff !! My uncle played for Buckhurst Hill in the 60′s !! clearly I am biaised.
Close Game Forest Green must have been some side to get a result against B-Hill
Dont want to put a downer on today but, why are we not hearing anything on the grapevine re signings ?? I really hope we do make some sighings….create competition for places. If we have excess at the end of the season, some of those players will be going to the WC so we can sell them after if they have a good tournament !!
Geoff, did you play at the school, on that rediculous slope?
Goonerman…….it was cause of Ray Parlour basically. If Merse had signed a new contract at Arsenal Ray was off !!
Merse was offered double his salary at Middlsebrough i think so he went (with a little push from Wenger)
what villa game gm?
good point, goonermichael, I’ve just had a look at out fixture list:
http://www.arsenal.com/fixtures/fixtures-reports
fuck me, a game every 3-4 days, assuming progress in all competitions
Wardo – oh yea; I vaguely remember something like that.
Bolton at home still not sold out; too f….g cold.
do you think the Box Office will be open for once?
fucking hell, they probably forgot how it works
As I said yesterday, the end of this month is going to be totally defining for our race to get silverware.. So far we’re one man down (Song off to Africa that is)
I wonder, I really wonder how Wenger has planned this. We have a team made of glass and we have two hundred games in the span of 20 days..
Yep Johan… i don’t know if gallas and verm can be the CB pairing for all those games,
a lot of permutations and combinations required
The cc semi that was on tonight Choy
25mil for a striker who tore Man Ure a new asshole twice already this season seems like good deal to me.
Come on Wenger!!!!!!
If they cancel the game that is a load of shit, I don’t care if the Bolton supporters can’t make it…I can be at the turnstiles exactly 8mins and 30secs after leaving my front door even in a snow storm!
Gooner;
Bendtner aint shit and no one said we wont be signing a striker because he is due back from injury… Oh, and stop shouting FFS!
F*ck me, I don’t even want to think of what an injury to Gallas or TV would mean. So I’m not even going there.
As for now, we’re good, and I do think that we have a lineup that is really good enough in;
Sagna,Gallas,Vermaelen,Traoré – Diaby, Nasri, Ramsey – Vela, Eduardo, Arshavin.
And honestly, I wouldn’t sign anything if it wasn’t for the possibility(probability) that this eleven (plus those injured) might break down.
I believe that an Eduardo whose confidence only is growing is a great choice as CF, and I wouldn’t screw up that confidence by making a short term loan. If we sign any CF it needs to be a good one instead of that fucking danish c*nt, I hate Bendtner!
Btw, you speak of cold, well.. It’s going to be over minus 30 degrees where my mate lives(I’m a Swede).. Now thats fucked up.
Dutchmaster;
What? £25 million for Jermaine Beckford?
Seems a bit much to me…
Merida you TRAITOR.
Remember that goal he scored at Anfield… Class it was.
What a bastard he is…..
That was at the Emirates Samir
A Villa v Blackburn off tonight !!
Good news I think. Maybe the resheduled game will be played in the week we should be playing Villa which would mean we can put a stronger team out in the fa cup 4th round and have a break beforefor game against Manure. If we do play Villa still maybe they could be distracted still with the 2nd leg looming.
ManGoonian HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
yeah well, he is obviously homesick enough to sign with a struggling Madrid side(Atletico) even though he is a product of the Cantera.. So off with him, better this than him becoming an etablished player like with Flamini.
afternoon all
Afternoon BBK
Madrid only want him because they will be losing kunt aguero
afternoon g.m
How does the team travel to away games in England? Train or bus?
they fly swed
Most players that leave Arsenal turn out shit.
Merida will be another Reyes….
or sometimes walk
merida scored one good goal in the carling cup he had a chance on sunday to step up and he didn’t,no biggy that he will be leaving
So is it official that Merida is gone? Thats a real shame. He will be world class (eventually) imo.
Actually, Sebastian Larsson was in Arsenal and left for Birmingham, and he is quite good there. Now he isn’t really on a Gunner level I suppose, but he did turn out ok.
Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale has revealed that Arsenal are tracking Bluebirds £4m-rated defender Adam Matthews.
“We have had two or three enquiries and I know Manchester United and Arsenal are interested in the lad,” Ridsdale told WalesOnline.
“But there is no agreement with any club, verbal or otherwise.
“We want Adam to stay with Cardiff and that’s what we are hoping will happen.”
Its generally players who do well for us and leave that do bad. Merida hasnt done anything for us so might turn out good.
get giovinco…..or charlie davis or arda turan….
Merida could at least of showed some respect. Signed a contract and left for a transfer fee with a sell on clause.
But no… He is an ungrateful bugger!
His contract ends in July.
Wenger should give him 0 Games from now to then….
his heart & head was visibly somewhere else against WHU – and for that he’s a cunt, otherwise, I have no complaints…
Afternoon BBK… MY the sky has suddenly turned black as coal outside…
So Wilshere should now be going to West Ham on loan…..
Stu;
Not 100% confirmed he has signed for Atletico mate…. Still a chance he can stick around a bit longer, before we sell him to Birmingham next year…
You cant really blame him for wanting to go. Whatever about being homesick but he has been here since he was about 16 and only started getting on the bench last season. He hasnt had the same opportunities as others of a similar age.
Wotcha maties!
Similar age Stu, but obviously not similar quality. He aint as good as cesc or Ramsey is he?
However, there would still be a chance for him to make it at Arsenakl if he’d stick around as some players develop later….
Howya doin Zorr0 mukka??
Saw you an Ethan were at it last night!
Samir,
Barca would have said the same although they eventually got 2mill from us as would Marseilles with regards Flamini you reap what you sow at times im afraid !! And to be honest as i said on here last night cannot see him getting a game over the next few years at our gaff so i would have done the same as him !!
Where have the Merida rumours come from? I’ll be very disappointed if he is gone
Where is the Heavy Snow in the south could do with being snowed in tomorrow and not having to work
I think if we had not of signed Ramsey then Merida would be knocking on the first team door now, but he’s been put down the pecking order. Having said this, i’d still rather keep him and sell Eboue!
ManGoo, he was a proper fukwit last night and I offered to take a yellow, but there were no refs around so I got away with some shirt pulling etc!
He tag teamed with Jaguar so A and I had to open a can of whoop-ass; A is still looking for a ladder and a table as I speak!
And before Geoff says anything…yes Eboue is a decent full-back!
Just a thought, everything breaks down at Ashburton Grove. Why don’t we spend a couple of millions on new physiotherapists and physicians? And make that our priority..
Maybe it would be good to have tomorrow snowed off? We can play our game in hand with a few more players back fit/new signings(lol). Plus they will not have new manager syndrome and they will all be confused as fuck by then as Coyle tries to explain football to them as opposed to cage fighting!
Plus, I fancy a night in the warm, not battling my way across the smoke in a blizzard!!!
Zorro,
I can still see coyle turnng bolton down !! for the life of me i carnt see why he would go there they are a smaller club than Burnley and play rugby not football, remember the shambles that was Sammy Lees reign that had a lot to do with him wanting the side to actually play the ball on the deck.
Very true Chippy, good point.
Lunch calls!
song, denilson , eboue and Diaby were the most criticized players last season? Song and Eboue imo have mad a grade this season.
We are yet to confirm from Diaby n Denilson…..
listening to the radio they reckon there is going to be a ton of snow tomorrow in the south. the game will be called off if that happens, not because of the pitch but the fans being able to get there. If there are no train services for example then its impossible. not necessarily a bad thing as we are down to the bare bones.
There is one thing that strikes me. I think most of us are rational human beings but when it comes to transfers most people lose their head.
Wenger should buy X, Ivan should bring in Y.
In transfer talks there are more people involved you know.
The player himself: does he want to come ? If NO: it’s over. If his name is Dzeko, Fabiano, Villa, Huntelaar or who ever if he says no it is no.
Two clubs : they have to agree in the transfer. If Wolfsburg (for Dzeko) says: NO. Well then it is no. And Wenger and Gazidis may say yes but if the other two concerned say no then there is no deal.
Transfers dealings is not the same as going to the supermarket for a bread.
But please carry on by saying:
Wenger should buy : Dzeko, Fabiano, why not Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Ribery, Kaka, and you can fill this with some other names I think…
And make it look like it is the simplest of things like buying a bottle of pepsi in the shop.
Why would the tube be cancelled if it snowed?! I’d be shocked if the game was called off
I knew Merida would be off. If he was staying it would have been announced at least two weeks ago.
But great, we’ve signed up Sanchez Watt and JET, whoopee.
I don’t want the game to be called off. Need to get this game in hand out of the way.
A,
any reason is good for these fuckers to cancel the service
Maqitlarge I can’t remember, there was definitely a building there, and there was a slope, I scored on the upslope, took it on my chest from a free kick and vollyed it into the top left hand corner, one of my best!
Wardo, I’m not that fucking old!
Dutchmaster, I agree, Eboue is a good right back, but a shit midfielder..
I didn’t say the tube would be closed, I said the game may be called off because of travelling conditions (chaos) as it was before, fuck all to do with trains, we have these things called roads that cause the problems.
Walter,
But yes id imagine making signings is alot harder than we imagine but again i dont think we have been to active over the last few windows.
Thats half the problem tho we never aim for Pepsi we are more happy aiming for the supermarkets Value brand
I said trains but I meant overland. you forget just how many fans travel into London on a real train rather than tube. Even if 6,000 fans cant get there they would definitely call it off.
then you have the bigger problem of blocked roads. If the players coach cant get to the ground then they are fucked for a starter.
lets see how much snow there is tomorrow before trying to say its a good or bad idea.
Yeah I wasn’t referring to you Geoff, was confused by someone talking about there being no train service! Surely being underground in London protects the trains from the effects of the weather somewhat!
walter…..other clubs manage to buy top class. You are right and I think 99% of bloggers on le grove know there are agents, players personal rights, players wages, transfer fee’s etc to agree before a player is signed.
Are you saying there is no player out there that Arsenal could buy and increase our slight outside chance of winning the EPL ??
Geoff, how old are you?
I’m not that bothered Merida has cryed off.. It’s funny how this all culmiunated after his shocker at upton park where he was subbed after 65 minutes… It’s quite clear he wasn’t ready and needed at least another 6 mths – 1 year playing away on loan and learning his trade in the stiffs… He’ll just end up a half decent spanish hasbeen.. Never mind hey
I’ve always backed bendtner so for me if he can get match fit in a fortnight the need for a striker will lessen.. However, wenger will probably continue to use him as a first choice right forward in a front 3 so maybe we actually do still need a striker!
Coyle has delyaed his decision for 24hrs.. I think he’s going to stay at burnley.. Burnley are a much better side and his style doesn’t suit the players bolton have at their disposal.. The squad would need a major overhaul and i’d be the first to stick money on them going dow.. Plus i’d rather wilshire went to a stable burnley playing decent football then a relegation threatened west ham, unless of course carlton cole came the other way
Dutchmaster10…….dont think Geoff would disagree there. Geoff actually rates Eboue over Sagna sometimes for the RB position.
Where Geoff does disagree is when Eboue plays right mid.
Altho, i have to say that I think Eboue sometimes plays well in the RM position
A,
you would think that some leaves on the tracks don’t stop a Tube train, wouldn’t you?
hahaha – Geoff, I wasn’t saying you were 70 !!
Just stated that my uncle played there in the 60′s…….he’s knocking on a bit now tho !!
Just as i said that, Coyle has told burnley he wants to leave them and will now undergo talks with the bolton chairman.. Live on sky as i speak!!
What a mug!
Did anyone see the poll for the best goals of the last decade on Sky last week?
Fucking Coyle, he is an idiot, I never understood those managers changing a club for a club on the same level for no reason what so ever.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5832634,00.html
Tam tam tam…
You cant respect a man who leaves a club he has built up from nothing to go to smaller club. I realise he played there but come on, bolton is the arse end of nowhere.
Top 5-
Bergkamp vs Newcastle
Van Persie vs Charlton
Henry vs Utd
Vieira vs Liverpool
Henry vs Spurs
The African Cup of Nations has always been a biannual event, and its the height of arrogance to demand that it is changed to suit the Premiership. I’m a Gooner, but I’m also Nigerian, and the regular intra-continental contest has done a lot for African football in general….to the extent that former no-hoper nations have become testing opponents (without having any stars in the Premiership).
If you boycott the Africans they will just play in other European leagues, much as they did in the past. In addition, kiss goodbye to the African vote for any English World Cup bid (maybe you think your rivals wouldn’t exploit an anti-ACN stance?).
In summary, get over yourselves. Africans aren’t beholden to you for the level of their football nor do they need to schedule with your permission. A bit of respect wouldn’t go amiss.
good job we are not in the carling cup still what with those games being postponed as well. the fixture pile up would be unworkable.
Wardo, Eboue gets on my nerves at RM, I think he just runs into trouble all the time. Would much rather wenger plays a youngster there than Eboue.
God I pray they don’t postpone tomorrow, i’m not working tomorrow and i’m gonna be SO bored if there is no game to go to.
I picture Geoff as being 39 and Pedro as 36? I’m I even close?
But think about it bobo, if the tournament was in the summer, Arsenal and any prem team could buy a lot more africans. I think a lot of managers are put off buying perfectly good africans because they know they will lose them for a month every 2 years. I am sure it would be better for African footballers if the ACN matched all other international tournaments.
Which channel showing the match in India ?
Amazing! We’re fucking resigned or even willing to let a talent like Merida leave, but we reward and stick with Mr Fucking Average Denilson…
Hate to see Merida go, but atleast we have signed up Lansbury, so maybe he will get a chance, I think they are similar players, and while Meridas goal against Pool was good, every single one of Ramseys have been better. So Ja sucks to see Merida leave, but its not the end of the world. We should get some sort of compensation for him though.
Bobo, that is just bullshit. I am very anti-ACN, and not because I have some agenda, or that Arsenal players go to it. It’s because it’s stupidly held in the middle of the season every two fucking years. Play in the fucking summer every 4 years when the Euro’s are on. Oh what it’s too hot? I guess then the World Cup shouldn’t be in Africa this year.
I don’t like your tone young man, you better behave. And I don’t care for any African vote, and it’s worse for African players, as all the other top leagues play during this period. If I was French, I would be very pissed at the ACN seeing as half the league fucks off for over a month and comes back injured.
Bobo,
Euros are every 4 years, so is the WC – what the fuck with this biannual bollocks?
please explain…
ReVELAtion,
I was talking about the best EPL goals of the decade, not only Arsenal.
According to the Sky Sports poll, Di Canio’s half-flying kick against Wimbledon won the best EPL goal with 30% votes.
I’m not a technical person but I do think that Van Persie’s flying kick stunner against Charlton was way better than Di Canio’s goal in terms of,
The jump/leap
The timing & improvisation
The level of difficulty to link-up with the ball
The distance from the goal
Bergkamp’s goal against Newcastle was 2nd with 22% votes.
are you suggesting, at this moment in time, that merida is better than denilson dennis?
Gunners i knew you were and those are the top 5
6th would be shearer’s volly vs everton followed by van nistelrooy’s vs fulham
Oh and let’s not forget the return of Mr Prolific……Bentner, another woefully overatted individual……ask yourself this, will he score 10-15 league goals between now and the end oc the season?
Not playing as a fucking winger he won’t Wenger you mug!!
di canio? please!!! Pires goal vs southampton was better than that.. What mugs actually vote for these things
Although climate wise it wouldn’t be ideal, the African Nations should be in the summer. Football schedules throughout the world are being standardised, and the majority are in line with the European leagues and European Championship, World Cup, and Copa America. The African Nations needs to get into line with the other National tournaments, not to mention the fact that international football comes second to club football.
Dutchmaster10…….think Geoff is over 50 mate.
If not, you will see me pick up my first straight red card
dennis, to be fair bendtner has scored goals when started uptop in the 4-3-3 formation.. Even now he’ll go straight back out on the right when fit anyway so the need for a striker still remains.
every game north of doncaster has been postponed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2010/jan/04/highbury-quadrant-london
ReVELAtion,
Exactly, my point. The best goal of the decade should make you go ‘wooooowwwww’ and Di Canio’s goal doesn’t do that. You see these kind of goals every couple of weeks in EPL.
Also, Sky compiled a program of top 50 EPL goals a couple of years ago and they showed Di Canio’s goal as number 1. Shocking. I don’t believe people would have voted for that goal but Sky did some cheating to show how credible their pundits are which they’re not…
Rev – Not at all, but Merida has undoubted talent, a true one for the future, now probably at Barca in 3 to 4 years. However, all Mr Crab offers us is the total slowing down and killing of our pass and move game, wonderfully highlighted in the recent home game against Villa, the moment he went off our predictable and clumsy game was replaced by a truly dynamic performance.
Not forgetting Pires’ goal away to Villa!
But, my personal all time favourite goal ever is DB10′s effort away to the Barcodes, truly astonishing speed of foot and mind coupled with technical ability of the highest kind….
Hey Booboo what is your problem? So who pays their wages, you?
If you want a bit of respect stop taking handouts from us and all the other European nations.
What a cheek you’ve got.
If our Manager doesn’t rate our Danish CF as good enought to play him up top and down the middle he should be benched or outted……..ohh silly me he can’t, he doesn’t spend money on wingers, just CM’s or CF’s masquerading as wingers….
ddm, since I have seen the DB10 goal at Newcastle, I have kept trying to do that, my got shitloads of bullocking from team mates, and have still never done it, but I still try from time to time
Pure genius!
Hey and another thing Booboo, who’s fucking game is it anyway? It sure as fuck isn’t yours is it???
i’m not denilson biggest fan by a long shot, but he has the experience in the first team and we can’t keep banging on about having none and then all and sundry asking for inclusions of inexperienced young players in place of players we deem woeful, out of form etc…
We’re getting away with the injury toll at the moment, but only just.. All it will take is a loss before any signings and the mob will come out again..
Ramsey’s form has papered over some cracks and song’s departure is a massive loss in all honesty.. Is anyone really that confident diaby, denilson possibly ramsey can do his job efficiently in our new formation whilst at the ACN? I’m not…
There’s going back to a 4-4-1-1 but we still lack a target man whilst bendtner and van persie are out injured..
WE will struggle against everton (if not postponed) without cesc as on their day they are a good side that’s hard to beat..
Arsene, let’s have some good news for once other than contract extensions.. That’s getting boring as all it means at the moment is a collection of young, talented underachievers getting the chance to continue that trend for years to come.. You’ve got the money, show some ****** ambition!
ddm,
the reason wenger is playing NB as a winger is too teach him the trade of a winger, thus improving his understanding of their movement, decision making when he is a striker.
its an incredibly successful technique. the last player who was subject to this was henry.
walcott is going through the same schooling.
Manchester derby second leg carling cup resheduled for 27th Jan, if Villa follow suit then our game will have to be resheduled as well. Good. See my 12.22 post
I have Arsenal TV Online on now for the 1.45 conference, all I’m getting is porn channel music, they can’t even do a conference on time can they? Unless of course they are unveiling Dzeko or someone!
Yeah right!!!
Geoff, fingers crossed, but then again i doubt it
Geoff,
yep, this music is something else…
DDM, Great shout without doubt my Favourite as well My mate had the lucky privlidge of sitting behind the greek defender that was twisted inside out Dabizas? on the flight back into london after the game and spent the entire journey in a dutch accent reminding him that he swhent thish waysh and yoush wensh that waysh
Apparently he got very irritated by the time the plane landed !! that goal to me was closely followed by his 2nd (i Think) against Leicester what control, 3 other great goals spring to mind Wrights brace of scorchers against Forest at Highbury and also his juggling one against Everton Great goals thats my top 4 and 5th of all time would be Limpars against the scousers for a small man he didnt half hit that from a long way out 
Keep dreaming Geoff, they’ll just reveal stuff we already know. Like it the Merida thing.
Cesc, bollocks it is, Henry was a winger at Monaco, fast with quick feet. If Wenger wants training camps on match days he should start a football school.
Arsenal should be about the ready made player, not one that may come good in 3 years, that’s why I’m like I am with Song.
I reckon it’s between hughes, darren ferguson, shearer, megson, curbishley & reid for the burnley roll..
I’m watching now, he’s unveiling no one, how disappointing.
Hey guys how do you put that little picture on the comments ??
If he buys someone, he’ll do it sooner rather than later. No Vieira though.
Rev, Cannot belive hes going what a plum !! Pretty sure i saw that fergie Junior was in the stands at Burnleys last game,
Geoff, Is that what Wenger said in interview?
Geoff, I hear you, I also shared your frustrations re: Song over the last couple of seasons, but my god, isnt he turning out to be some player – same as diaby. and I am happy he has been nutured by AW this way.
As for Henry, he was a failed winger and striker, AW always signed him as a striker, but played him as a winger to improve knowledge / confidence.
Walcott is the same, he has played as winger, but he is destined to be a striker.
I completely disagree with your assertions that match day shouldnt be a training camp. It is the best training camp, and AW is the best at utilising this.
What do you think Liverpool fans would give to see Rafa have some input on the development of one of thier players? Wouldnt they love to see Babel playing week in week out on the wing / up front, learning as each game goes on, or would they rather he sat on the bench like a useless piece of shit, tasked with emmulating torres, and not developing in his own manner.
Yes mate!
afternoon all…
i reckon merida is on his way to some spanish(giants)lol…giants my ass…well those spanish shit teams does have their own way in capturing players…respectful and gentlemanlike..feck em..
and feck merida..im happy to see him leave,loyalty is a rare quality..and merida doesnt even begin to understand what it means..so run along you little shit…hasta la vista…good riddens..
its about time we got rid of players who think they are bigger than the club..and this mean Ramsey and Wilshere will get nore chances..thats fine in my book..
now we only need to offload silvestre…senderos…then we are in a good position to buy 2-3 new players…like Grimandi said in the summer..we got to balance the squad..perfect …
Ha Ha Ha that’s so funny I farted and almost followed through….
TH14 was a failed winger converted to a CF….
Cesc had he been like that 3 years ago we may have won something by now, same with Denilson, Almunia, Theo etc.
Chippy he has said believe and mental strength 74 times already.
Geoff,
I love the belief and mental strength lines, Dont they say the more you say things the more you start beleiving them to be true,
Reckon he must have someone pretty much lined up then if hes saying that so hopefully they will be signed and sealed in the next few days !!
STG, a bit harsh? It’s not like Merida is a 1st team player being disloyal. He has about 6 players who would play ahead of him…Song, Ramsey, Diaby, Nasri, Tommy R, Cesc, Denilson, and even some others. He understands he has no chance playing for Arsenal. Best of luck to him at Atletico or wherever he goes.
Afternoon guys
DDM how u doing? we need to sort out the rest of the home games
bolton, everton, united, liverpool are the next homers
so……..
and just to mention it my money is on Saha…seems like a good cover…and i really doesnt mind if he played for hitler before…he could be a smart buy..
Duke and Suga3……well said re ACN tournament.
The organisers of that tournament are thick as shite and are twice as arrogant. Perhaps if they put as much effort into humanity then most of their countries would not be fcuked to shite.
fcuking cheeky cnut
Man City v Man U tomorrow postponed…
Duke..
harsh.??.well isnt it about bloody time we show what we stand for..we are a proud club..lets keep it that way eh..if that little shit merida cant cope with competition..well let him run back and hide behind his mom’s skirt..
loyalty my friend is easy to promise and hard to stick with….
Problem is, I fail to see Wenger being able to keep waiting for his youngsters to bloom for much longer.
Either Arsenal will fall into russian hands or into american hands when their cold war on the board is over, and I don’t think either Uzmanov or Stan the man will be very patient once that happens.
and good luck to him….me i hope he never plays a game ever again…then again considering what usually happens when players leaves Arsenal..he just might ..
All he did was told us Denilson had played over 150 EPL games for us and he was good, so fuck off. All that with a smug grin.
looks like our game tomorrow will be called off
Chippy it’s the same line he’s been using for 5 years. If they were so mentally strong since the chav game, why weren’t they mentally strong during it???
Geoff i dont watch wenger anymore..i get sick..to me he has become mr Maybe Babe….its gettin ridicilous…
I really hope not!!!! Grrr I need my weekday football fix
Is the weather so bad over there?
Any chance of our game being called off?
Franchise you old Mungler, you get Bolton, Everton and ManUre, I’ll get the ticket back for the Bindippers though…….Booyakasha!
rob green…is it official..the FA usually is hesitant of postponing a figure twice..
The weather forecast is snow tomorrow, you know this country!!!
Sweet.
Hi!
Lets hope we don’t miss songs physical presence against bolton…lets make sure we take maximum points!
A UEFA tribunal is set to decide how much La Liga outfit Atlético Madrid will pay Arsenal if they complete a deal to sign Fran Mérida. The 19-year-old has rejected the offer of a new two-year development based contract with the Gunners in favour of a reported five-year deal at the Estadio Vicente Calderón.
Arsene Wenger has constantly spoken of his desire to keep the Spanish Under 21 international but warned that others were trying to destabilise the prospect and convince him his future lies away from the Emirates. Agent Joseba Diaz appears to be the man who Wenger was talking about, as he’s been in touch with several clubs and issued comments in the media that Fran was unhappy and keen for a return to his homeland.
Sevilla and former loan club Real Sociedad have both made advances but Mérida has met with senior Atlético officials and thrashed out a deal, which would see him remain with Arsenal until the summer when his contract expires. As the player is under 24, Madrid would be forced to pay compensation and the early signs are that the Gunners will struggle to agree a deal, meaning a tribunal would decide how much will change hands. A figure of around £3 milllion has been touted.
Many will no doubt be disappointed that Mérida has quit the club especially after he has become an increasing fixture in the Arsenal side, including featuring in the F.A Cup on Sunday. Confirmation is expected shortly.
i wld try to finally meet my mentor Sir Alex (chary and Mangoonian choke at about now)
ARSENE Wenger would be “surprised” to see Patrick Vieira turn up at Manchester City, but has no doubts the former Arsenal captain can still do a job in the Barclays Premier League.
The Gunners boss had considered moving for his old midfield enforcer, now seemingly surplus to requirements at Inter Milan.
However, Wenger decided against pursuing his initial interest during the summer, instead placing faith in youngsters like Aaron Ramsey, Abou Diaby and Denilson.
New Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is, though, reported to be ready to offer the 33-year-old – whom he signed while in charge at Inter during 2006 – a return to England, initially on a loan deal, as Vieira aims to cement his place in the French World Cup squad.
Lyon were also keen to bring Vieira back to Ligue 1, but it now appears Eastlands could be his next stop.
“I will respect Patrick forever for what he has done and what he has achieved here,” Wenger said.
“We have young players in his position and are not in a real need to bring players in this position.”
The Arsenal manager added: “I was surprised it was Manchester City, because there were more talks about other clubs, but it is a good opportunity for him.
“I believe he will still be very effective in the Premier League because he has been injury free for three or four months and that is what he needed.”
I’m down the gym, catch you all later!
DDM did u see Olympiakos or Liege at home? how about Birmingham?
Arsène Wenger expects Andrey Arshavin and Denilson to be fit for Wednesday night’s visit of Bolton Wanderers but Cesc Fabregas will be out until after the Everton fixture.
Gael Clichy is also nearing a comeback and should return to training early next week but Nicklas Bendtner remains out.
Denilson sustained a back injury in the Gunners’ 3-0 victory over Aston Villa on December 27 and missed the trips to Portsmouth and West Ham United. But the Brazilian midfielder is available for Wednesday’s clash with Bolton at Emirates Stadium and Wenger also expects to have Arshavin fit for the match. The Russian midfielder missed Sunday’s FA Cup victory at West Ham with a foot injury.
However Fabregas (hamstring) will not return and Clichy (back) remains unavailable.
“Clichy should join in next Monday,” said Wenger at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
“Fabregas will not be available for Everton but [should be fit for] the game after against Bolton [away].
“We did not lose anybody from the West Ham game.
“Denilson is back in the squad and he will be available for Bolton. Arshavin as well but I would be a bit more cautious about Bendtner (groin).”
Just realised that the Carling cup semi second leg has now been put back to 4 days before United visit us thats a touch Fergie will not be happy with the weather gods
Geoff, Agree Weve been Murdered the last two times weve played Chelsea and the semi defeat to United last year was Absymal and was a tipping point for alot of fans, Think the saying goes You can fool some people some times,, but the same old excuses wont wash for ever, Not asking for massive investment just to spend what we made on Kolo and the cunt would be nice !!
Sorry meant Blackburn not Birmingham
The match will be postponed tomorrow. The Bolton fans can’t travel.
“In the modern game, there is a lack of patience and one response when you lose a game – people say to you ‘buy, buy, buy’.
When you have silvestre as your fucking backup CB you need to buy buy buy
They had to postpone the mancs’ match how would evryone get there from Devon?
Glad denilson’s back, puts the bed any thoughts of diaby playing as a dm, though i think ramsey would’ve played there anyways rather than diaby
Will be interesting when clichy comes back.Traore has done really well in the last 1 month.
DDM,
So Henry was an out and out striker, signed as a striker, and played instantly as a striker.
My bad………
vieria to play at the emirates later this year… he would get some reception.
I take it that means Rosicky is still out then?
I dont expect Vela to start given that Arshavin is back. Nasri will start and so will Eddie. Rambo and Diaby will join Denilson.
now the only question is whether there will be too much snow.
Palmer reckons we should sign rodallega.Not a bad player actually but we could do with someone better
sorted DDM i saw Blackburn
Nah, didn’t see any of those munglers fella….
STG, I understand what you are saying, but calling him a little shit because he undestands that he has limited ability and should move on to progress in his career is a bit harsh in my eyes. It’s his life after all, look at Sandy, he has been loyal, what did he get for it? Being frozen out. It’s a two way street, and while people like Hleb and Flamini are cunts, Merida on the other had did nothing wrong, and best of luck to him.
not sure gazzap, the useless press people didn’t ask about rosicky so no idea if he’s fit or not! whether he was rested for west ham because it would’ve been a risk or whether he’s got a knock.
Er…the ACN has been going since the late 50′s. Just thought I’d chuck that one in there.
Bit BNP in ere for my liking…
He was a failed winger at Juve, joined us and was immediately played down the middle and stank the house out for the first half dozen or so games….
Notable Transfers in Europe:
Fran Mérida (From Arsenal to Atlético Madrid)
Landon Donovan (From Los Angeles Galaxy to Everton on loan)
Vladimir Stojkovic (From Sporting CP to Wigan Athletic on loan)
Won-Hee Cho (From Wigan Athletic to Suwon Samsung on loan)
Florent Sinama-Pongolle (From Atlético Madrid to Sporting CP)
Ernesto Javier Chevanton (From Sevilla to Atalanta on loan)
Alejandro Dominguez (From Rubin Kazan to Valencia)
Felipe Melo (From Juventus to Fiorentina on loan)
Goran Pandev (to Inter)
Sergio Floccari (From Genoa to Lazio on loan)
Alexander Baumjohann (From Bayern München to Schalke 04)
Cotto, It would certainly be better than AdeenoughoftheCunts
STOP THE ISLAMIFICATION OF ENGLAND.
i got the roll call mungla
i saw
pompey
celtic
wigan
olympiakos
bburn (missed the game actually)
you then saw
birmingham
spuds
alkmaar
liege
then i saw
chelsea
stoke
then you saw
hull
villa
then ill see
bolton
everton
united
then you would see
pool
sunderland
burnley
then we can work it out from there on
u must have seen brum at home cos i had surgery 2 days before
ddm,
sweet – so you agree he was a failed winger turned into a striker by AW.
Henry was a striker at Monaco initially under Wenger
He was then used as a left winger at Juventus
Wenger only returned him to his natural position
melo has gone back to fioretina? wow, thought he was doing ok at juve
I dont expect a quality DM to come in,thanks to Wenger’s obsession with his love children.As in the case of striker,Mr.Wenger is pressurising Chamakh,to join us,so that he can save some pennies.Stingy bastard!
so what if Bolton fans can’t travel?
boo-fucking-hoo…
the pitch is in suitable condition, if they don’t show up, they should forfeit, simple as…
cotto.. ok is an overstatement.. he’s been pretty shite!
Alex Ferguson and Simon Grayson were having a post-match drink at Old Trafford. They both had one pint, then a second, then a third.
At that point, Grayson turns round to Ferguson and says “Shouldn’t you fuck off now, it’s the fourth round.”
Just listened to wenger’s press conference. I doubt we’ll be signing anyone. He kept mentioning players coming back from injuries and that we we’re not close to anyone coming in. If we do get someone i would imagine it’ll be a stop gap player like saha. Certainly not an arshavin type signing.
You’re right Franny I did see Birmingham, I must’ve just nodded off
Melo is still at Juve, its Udinese defender Felipe that moved to Firoentina on a loan
DDM u cheating thieving scouser
lol
DDM – I realise I’m about an hour late with this response but Henry was a striker before Wenger got his hands on him at Monaco. At Monaco Wenger pusged him out wide in much the same way he is doing with Walcott. Henry developed in this role and went to play for france and Juve as a winger although I think everyone would agree he wasn’t the best in this role (even though he did win the WC as a winger (I think)). Wenger, however, being the bright spark he is, knew about Henry’s striker potential, bought him, pushed back into the middle and hey presto we had the best player any of us are ever likely to see.
I could be making that all up but I’m fairly sure that’s what happened.
hmmm, should have hit refesh earlier, Franchise said what I said but did so in 3 succinct lines.
SUGA3
WTF Felipe Melo (From Juventus to Fiorentina on loan)
Why did’nt we have him??
Wenger has wild fantasies and obsessions.The success of Henry and Toure has resulted in him toying with the careers of Eboue,Rosicky,Walcott and many others.Why the fuck cant he play them in their natural positions?
Ah Well, I said after the game on Sunday that I thought Merida might well have decided his future after that game and so it seems.
I am gutted as the lad looked to have real quality, but I feel this is the first example of a young squad killing the slightly younger players coming through.
You can’t blame Merida, he is sat behind Denilson (21) Diaby (23) Cesc (22) Ramsey (19) Nasri (22) and that is without even looking at JET, Coquelin, Lansbury etc.
Has he had enough chances? Personally I would say no, the youth cup in the summer did not help, but Denilson was putting in some shockingly average performances only to be rewarded with been given more opportunities to be shockingly average.
Good Luck Fran, I hope you do well back in Spain.
Does any1 watch alot of serie A here? is that sampdoria striker pazzini any good?
Paul88 how did you get that from the press conference?! He talks about injured players returning because of the questions he’s asked….
He said that he “expects someone to come in”. That’s the first time he’s said that, before he’s said he’s looking for players etc and hopes, but he’s never gone the extra step and said that he expects someone to come in.
There was never a chance of an Arshavin type player coming in, that was never on the cards. We need cover, not a superstar.
Patthegooner – isn’t that a little off the wall?
Samir,
because he’s shit?
Cor you’ve hurt me Fran, the ONLY cheating thieving bindipping scouser on here is than bandit Pedro!
Hi guys! I know mthat it’s only Myles Palmer but is this Rodallega from Wigan any good. Would You like to sign him? Have a great day!
Good luck Fran,you deserve better managers than a Francophonic obsesssionist.
i only saw melo play for juve early in the season against roma and he was very good.
his form has clearly dipped since then.
paul88
I am telling you, it was Chamakh or no one, and my money is on no one.
Revelation, he is very good but he is also an expensive player. And chelski can outbid us and hijack our attempt to sign him.
ptg its survival of the fittest, if merida was not confident enough in his own abilty to get ahead of players in front of him… thats his loss.
Aint looking good for tomorrow night!!!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6976571.ece
The next problem we will have is at LB, we have Clichy (24) ahead of Gibbs (20) Traore (20) and Pedro Bothelo (20)
Spot on Pat. He will bring noone and in 3 weeks time after we lose against Villa, MU and chelski he will say that it was because of injuries. What a stubborn man he sometimes is.
He is reva, but not for us imo. Very good goalscorer though.
rodellega? hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Maciek – I’ve heard good things about pazzini, 25 y/o, good scoring record.. But as with good quality ala dzeko etc we won’t be signing such players…
It won’t even be carlton cole or gignac..
It’ll be no-one.. as per usual..
*no one
am i the only one not too bothered about the merdia thing?
You can be as confident as you like in your own abilities, but ultimately if a Manager keeps picking someone who continually plays poorly in front of you, what can you do?
How long will he keep it up with Ramsey? as far as I am concerned, it should be Ramsey ahead of Denilson every day of the week.
merida*
Felipe Melo didn’t go back to Fiorentina.. Fiorentina have loaned a center half from Udinese, coincidentally also called Felipe.
I am not overly bothered Reva
We have plenty of depth in there. It is just a shame he was never given a fair crack (IMO)
Wenger “expects” someone to come in, and wants to do it asap. It won’t be chamakh though obviously, I reckon someone will be in in the next 10 days though. After Saturday there are 8 days before the return game with Bolton up north, that’ll be the time to get things done.
merida won’t leave, he signed a pre-agreed contract last month, wenger wouldn’t let a talent such as his leave. Only gets rid of the wastemen….bentley etc.
Toure was also always a CB from the start
He played at Asec Mimosa as a CB, wenger tried to convert him but reverted him back to a CB
Maciek…
So you having a pop at Wenger for something you think he might do in a month’s time?
Give the man a window – he said he will sign, I think he will.
Last two windows have seen TV and Arshavin. His track record is pretty good.
Do you pat? Yes, let’s just throw another 19 y/o inexperienced kid into a starting 11 competing for the premiership title shall we
Denilson isn’t ideal but has the experience playing in this team and we do not have better whilst fabregas is injured and song is away at the ACN..
Yes, Revelation. But to be fair I would rather sign a good gk( Jaskelainen now and Adler or Lloris in the summer) a strong cd- Cetin from Galata and he also wants to play abroad and a strong, powerfull cdm( Sissoko from Toulouse) and a winger( Turan, or someone else). I know that it’s 4 players but we do have money to spend and it’s time to spot wasting them on Rosickys and Cambpell’s of this world.
Unfortunatley I dont think he signed anything Carlos. He just gave a verbal agreement to stay. So did Flamini!!!!! Means fuck all.
carlos – sorry to burst your bubble but he’s going..
If this group of players not only have tremendous quality, mental strength and belief, but happen to also be the best group of players he’s ever had, but continue not to deliver then logic states the manager must be the weak point……yes?
Wenger didn’t try and convert him Franchise, but just felt that he wasn’t ready when he arrived to play centre back, and was a decent utility player all over the pitch in the mean time, but yeah he was always a centre back.
almunia and fabianski will have to do until the summer if we’re honest.. Lloris will sign in the summer for an extravagent fee..
*time to stop
Silvestre is experienced Reva and look what he does er I mean doesn’t bring to the team.
If you are shit in the first place, experience means fuck all.
Yes Vela, he will sign ….for Utd.
If Merida had the same opportunities as Diaby and Denilson,we would have been another Fabregas in the making.
Absolutely no way we’ll sign a keeper now nor in the summer, Fabianski is the future for us, and he’s ready now.
a friend of mine told she heard on croatian tv the arsenal are trying to sign one of dynamo zagrebs defenders, he is said to be the most promising defender from croatia
Zola said yesterday that Cole has started training; is it possible that an Arsenal medical is not practical until he is fully recovered and fit to play?
we don’t need attacking midfielders. We have enough of those.. Why sign turan or hazard? Silly signings..
We need a top, top quality GK long term, but that’s a signing you make in the summer.. Everyone and their mum knows that almunia is not a top club goalkeeper and fabianski is a decent prospect at best right now..
We could do with a central midfielder.. Parker would be a good signing for me, but that’s a move unlikely to bare any fruit..
Then we have the lack of physical presence upfront.. Eduardo and arshavin aren’t a solution that has any legs left in it.. Gignac would do.. But chamcack, cole, dzeko and Remy have their supporters…
Parker and gignac signing for a combined fee of less then 20m and i’d say we we’re rocking
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARF…..BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARF
Its Ok im alright. I just finished throwing up at DDMs comment at 14:23. Mate we realy didnt need to know that. Next ull be telling us the flavor of your morning pudding.(Shakes his head)
Wenger wouldnt sign Gignac because of a reason.
So, is that fact, speculation or just a ain old opinion A?? Only you must be one of AW’s coaches to make such a bold statement about Toure!!
what about toure ddm?
yeah A one can never know what wenger’s Toure plan was. Keown and Campbell were the preferred pairing the year he arrived
the funny thing is he hardly ever featured probably never did (not sure) as a CB until 2003/04 season
in 2002/03 Cygan was 3rd choice
silvestre is a totally different player.. He’s there to be an experienced head to guide and give advice to bartley, cruise, traore, eastmond, Miguel, gilbert etc… It’s not ideal him being 3/4th choice but you have to keep him under the illusion he has a sniff and i can’t complain too much with the smattering of games he’s had…
A long term injury to one of our key centre halves though means some may panic… I think Senderos can do a job..
BUT if we get an opportunity to take a sakho, cetin, subotic, shawcross or Zapata then we should take it..
Fran is homesick and going to receive his medicine for the disease at home can we push another player and some cash over to Atletico and ask for their prized possesion Sergio Aguero? problem is this guy is getting his head messed up by his relative diego Maradona and will demand the world for weekly pay.
Diego Forlan anyone
Im over my Forlan love affair
dzeko for me
dennisdamenace – Gwaan trying to think Sherlock Holmes style there, there’s far more vaiables than that to consider.
If you’re going to isolate the club on its own there you’d have to take for granted that anything outside of it had no impact on us winning the title.
Lol.A speaks about players like he is Arsene Wenger.
wenger said it in an interview about him franchise. Said he always saw him as a centre back but he was very raw when he arrived and could fill in in many positions until he was ready to play defence.
yeah i don’t think he played a single game there until he came in and stayed in?! i remember people didn’t know that he was a centre back, and thought it was a joke when he was named there!
Does anyone remember the ECL game we lost when CYGAN came on as a DM and wanted to score a goal. We lost that game because of him.
bolton will do use every excuse in the book to get tomorrows game postponed with the imminent appointment of Coyle..
Cygan was such an unlucky player. very very unlucky
as was Nelson Vivas!
so too kaba diawara
For cover, power, and cup games sign:
Cahill, Parker, Davies.
Not world beaters, but the balance we need.
Am I missing some irony here?…. Cygan, Vivas and Stepanovs were all equally dreadful…
Here’s today’s most “believeable” transfer news
Manchester City have offered Estudiantes de La Plata £7 million for the services of Argentine midfield wizard Juan Sebastian Veron, according to Argentina sports daily Hoy de La Plata.
The bid reportedly comes at the behest of Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini, who played with Veron at both Sampdoria and Lazio, where the two won an Italian league title, an Italian cup, and the European Super Cup. Mancini later served as Veron’s coach at Inter, where they won two Italian cups, two Italian Super Cups, and one Serie A title together.
Although the initial reactions to the offer appear to be negative, they are not definitive and the amount offered would help the Argentine club to balance their books as they aim to solve their financial problems. Veron would receive a similar wage to the one he currently earns with Estudiantes.
Veron has had a phenomenal year at Estudiantes, recently chosen as the best player in America and earning a spot in Diego Maradona’s Argentina national team
Lansbury is better than Merida. Let the girl leave, he’s homesick.
Fabregas out against Everton. Fuck our luck, honestly. We need a big game from Diaby to beat Everton. They drew 3-3 at the Bridge.
Bolton game will probably be called off. Glad the United game against City got moved to Jan. 19th. Means the 2nd leg will be played Wednesday, Jan. 27.
cahill? Maybe…
Parker? Good aquisition?
But Kevin Davies? hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
u can add Phillipe to the unlucky list
the goal against the scousers and appearance on la liga with balague have gone to the boys head it seems…
chris kiwomya never got the chance to replicate his ipwswich town form.. Unlucky too
I’ve always rated Parker.
Palmer reckons we should sign Rodallega. Looks a good player, but good enough for us?
Ahhhhhhhhh did I upset lickle Mr B, ahhhhhhhhh never mind didums, I’ll wipe your bottom for you and make it all better….
rodellega, kevin davies.. Who next, Craig fagan, Bobby Zamora? **** me!!!
how about beckford?
Bobby Zamora’s playing well, good pick that.
and behrami
Revelation……
I am not saying Kevin Davies would win us the Champions League, but away at Sunderland, having a big physical, aerial threat, who is fairly decent on the deck?
Would have been ideal. Bringing our wing forwards into play is the source of the majority of our threat.
Just for balance, another, dependable option.
Keyser – his words and statements not mine, if you follow AW unreservedely you don’t need to think, critique or ask searching questions….
Kevin Davies is shit. If we want a plan B, theres always Kenwyn Jones.
James Beattie’s also available for the right price…
Rodallega could do a job for us but i wld prefer sm1 better
kenwyne jones
Jan Venegoor of Hesselink is better then him..
Kevin Davies has been playing like this for 5 years. Not 2 months like some of you are suggesting.
Short term, cheap, ready to play instantly.
lol, i just saw my mistake about Felipe Melo…
thx for setting it straight Franchise…
Franchise you still out there fella?
That kid has a problem i guess. May be he is not getting proper guidance.
Franchise we want presence upfront.. What is rodellega going to do eduardo isn’t?
I think Parker would be a great signing. my west ham boss says he is the one player they desperately dont want to lose this january. that means we should try! they need the money badly and Parker doesn’t want to be down there. he is quite flamini like.
Kevin Davies, now there is a proper battering ram.
Immense in the air and offers a very different strategy to what we usually have!
I’d take Carew over every player recently mentioned.
outside your house stalking??? no i left 2 mins ago
Franchise…….I watched Bihirani on Sunday and he looked pretty good.
But he is good though. Good strength, height, vision and eye for a screamer.
Fran – the only home games I definitely need the ticket for are against the Bindippers and Fulham……..Chamon!
Carew is class but………..
When we start playing stoke/bolton type football then Kevin Davies would be a useful acquisition, whilst we play with the ball on the deck there are about a bazillion better options than him
I can’t believe some are actually suggesting kevin davies on a serious note
Kevin Davies might make Sagna the best crosser in the league think about it
A..its a different strategy!
Its better to cross to Davies than Arshavin!
I am not sure if anyone has but could someone clarify for me how it is possible for one to sign a contract whilst serving out an existing contract ?
Could we not sell Fran now knowing he is leaving ?
Fran
He’ll be fackin cheap as well!
Its all about balance lads.
Why do England have a half decent chance at making the WC semis this year? Because the ugly, unassuming Heskey, occupies players, leaving more space for the ‘technically’ gifted Gerrard and Rooney.
Davies would do the same for us, free up space, occupy defenders for Arshavin et al to exploit.
All aboard the kevin davies for arsenal train…. *toot toot*
Ive given up on Sagna crossing. Why o why do 70% of our moves end with a Sagna cross
well if we’re going to change our number one strategy to crossing to the central forward then we should snap him up choy! I don’t see that happening anytime soon though….
Jlp,
I don’t think so he is leaving now. He is going to stay till end of the season. I guess he is allowed to talk/sign to other clubs from this month. Looks like there is 6months early window to shop around for players.
Cescs, is kevin davies a relative of yours by chance?
Davies could win us some ugly points in the coming months
im on the train until the next stop
A.. we cross a lot.. I would say at least 30-40% of our attacking play is hoofs and crosses!
Jlp,
I don’t think so he is leaving now. He is going to stay till end of the season. I guess he is allowed to talk/sign to other clubs from this month. Looks like there is 6months early window to shop around.
Lets get Seyi Emmanuel back on loan
DDM Whats that with licking my bottom mate. Thats not on but if u shove a phone up your ill give u a call.
yeah choy, so the majority of it isn’t, and getting in someone who would be TOTALLY incapable of contributing to, and would even have a massive negative effect on, the other 60-70% isn’t a good idea!
Whatever happens we’re not getting in a target man, though Kevin Davies isn’t even that big, he’s just pretty powerful
when we were chasing the game at west ham i almost switched off the tele everytime sagna crossed the ball
Bring back Kaba Diawara
to amore:
he’s the beast in the box, heading in sangas cross keeeeeeevin day-vies
Only if I can have on silent vibrate Mr B
ddm,
how about Luzhny while we’re at it then?
Davies gets his first gunners hattrick against sunderland
The more I think about it, the more I’d take Davies. Wenger won’t. He wants players with technique.
Anyway, UNITED’S POSTPONEMENT is great news for us. The 2nd leg against CIty is 3 or 4 days before they play us!!!
a proper hardman though A.. think about it.
Exactly Franchise, few ugly points job done. (also agree with Carew, ideal player for us)
Home game v Chelsea was crying out for the inclusion of something different. And a, incase you havnt noticed we cross the ball an awful lot for a side with no aerial threat. Chelsea case in point.
Revealation – not relative, just a friend pleading with me to get him out of that shithole!
How about Piquionne from Pompey? He plays for a shit team, but individually he seems pretty good.
Gave us a torrid time at the Emirates when we won 4-1.
I have thought about it choy! We need someone who’s going to offer us something different. Not someone who would totally cripple our style, system, and limit the other players in the side!
First and foremost any forward we get must be capable of fitting into our system
I dont like where this is going.
What are your thoughts on Kevin Davies DDM?
Sug – I’ll see your One Leg Luhzny and raise you a Glenn Heldet!!
i’m not convinced.. Carlton Cole, Dzeko, Gignac, Pazzini & Carew are preferred options…
Cole will give rosicky competition in the injury room.
Davies on the other hand, always gives us a torrid time.
Sport.co.uk understands Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra is available in the January transfer window and that the Manchester United are a possible destination for the Malian international. However, any January move, whether it be to Manchester United, or a central European club may not go through due to Real Madrid’s valuation of the player.
In an exclusive interview with Sport.co.uk Frederic Guerra revealed that his client is available. When asked if the player will leave Real Madrid agent Frederic Guerra said:
“For now in January it is possible, but it will be very difficult. It depends how much money a club is willing to pay the player, and how much Real Madrid want for the player.
“His contract finishes in 2011, so he still has time to run.”
Guerra was coy when asked which Premier League clubs were interested in the Malian international:
“I will say that three years ago I spoke with Sir Alex Ferguson about Diarra but he didn’t give me any money. ”
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has tracked the progress of the combative midfielder since the former Lyon player moved to Real Madrid. The signing of Portsmouth’s Lassana Diarra and injury problems have relegated the defensive midfielder to the bench at the Bernabeu.
However, Manchester United’s recent dip in form and the long-term injury problems regarding Owen Hargreaves could see Sir Alex Ferguson look to add some steal to his side.
Diarra has previously been linked with a move to Old Trafford, while he was at Lyon and during his time at Real Madrid along with Italian giants Juventus. Diarra has only managed 16 appearances in two seasons at the Bernabeu and is rumoured to be eager for a fresh start.
*on the field!
Franchise you’re a strange man, in fact you’re stranger than Pedro’s haircut, and that’s some strange shit Mutha Fungler!!
Lets get Dindane to lift Bendtners confidence in front of goal…. or maybe just to make Bendtner look better
What a sitter misser contest that would be
I see maurya.thanks
Got to be honest I don’t buy it. Has Diazs contract negotiating scheming all over it.
Just not like the Arse to be that negligent in renewing contrac….uhmm forget it
Piquionne, Davies, Zamora, Rodellega, Jones, Berbatov… I’m waiting for the Jo, Pavlychenko & Beattie shouts..
DDM we are all strange in our own way. i dated a girl once with 3 hands
Pedro’s haircut wasnt strange. how dare you?
Is the Bolton Match stil on?
Choy – I’d like to punch the cunt !
It was shocking. Sorry Pedro
Jo is too inconsitent, Beattie is similar to what we have.
Pavlychenko and Berbatov, could play for us, maybe.
Anyone remember Caballero the Argentinian we bought, back in the late Nineties?
What do u guys have to say to my Seyi Emmanuel suggestion? see my 16:32
choy are you suggesting berbatov? Now i’ve heard it all
who’s that franchise?
Fran – I asked you not to mention my mother, you swine!
I’d rather have luke freeman upfront than dimitar berbatov..
I can see Davies giving JT a broken nose in our 1-2 victory in February at the Bridge
He came to us when Henry left Eddy, Eddy.
He broke his leg but he came back Eddy, Eddy.
Give him the ball and he will score
Unlike that c*nt Adebayor
Eduardo Silva, Arsenal’s number nine! NEW SONG ALERT…….
Seyi Emmanuel the MnCity striker that just wants to be loved and doesnt care about the money
The snow is due to hit London in the next 24 hours. Don’t get your hopes up, they’ll probably cancel. Wimps.
not really, he looked pretty good at spurs, but since his move to manu, he’s been dire.
maybe their footballing style doesn’t suit him.
but he’s too lazy, we already have arshavin to take the one lazy spot a team can afford!
bbk, niiice
Seyi has donated a months days wage to the Seyi Emmanuel fund
He’s in togo i reckon!
Choy,I dont think red nose would sell Berbatov to us. He will only sell us shit players like fish head.
Choy – He made that name up with spare lteers from his daily game of Scrabble!
BBK to what tune? JLS – everybody in love????
id like us to sign jason roberts
78692 – if he’ll only sell shit players to us berbatov falls into that category..
we sold diarra too soon we could have had fish head and dolphin head in the same starting 11
ppffftt
no franchise i just came across it i didn’t make it up
franchise i dunno the song..
duh duh der duh der duh duh duh hurrah hurrah
duh duh der duh der duh duh duh hurrah hurrah
this is for you fran enjoy lolll
I think berba would do well for us. United are too direct for him. He likes when the play is flowing and slower. United is based on counter attacking, which is why CR looked much better there than he does for Madrid.
A lot has happened since the Premier League started back in 1992…
These are all the clubs that has ever played in the Premier League but doesn’t anymore, and where they are now in the league system:
Newcastle (1st in the Championship)
West Bromwich (2nd in the Championship)
Nottingham Forest (3rd in the Championship)
Leicester (5th in the Championship)
Sheffield United (7th in the Championship)
Crystal Palace (9th in the Championship)
Queens Park Rangers (10th in the Championship)
Middlesbrough (11th in the Championship)
Watford (13th in the Championship)
Barnsley (15th in the Championship)
Coventry (17th in the Championship)
Derby (18th in the Championship)
Ipswich (19th in the Championship)
Reading (20th in the Championship)
Sheffield Wednesday (23rd in the Championship)
Leeds United (1st in League One)
Norwich (2nd in League One)
Charlton (3rd in League One)
Swindon (6th in League One)
Milton Keynes Dons (Wimbledon)(8th in League One)
Southampton (14th in League One)
Oldham (19th in League One)
Bradford City (13th in League Two)
And i also had to mention Luton Town, they never played in the Premier League but were in the top division for many years before that, they now are 7th in the “Blue Square Conference” (level 5 in the system)…
And gotta feel sorry for Chester City, being bottom of the table in the lowest league with -3 points!!!!
They started off with 25 points dropped…the sad thing is that it’s exactly 25 points up to the first team above the relegation zone…
Berbatov is just lazy.. Not a player you want in the trenches and not one that’s better than any forward at our club..
Ronaldo looks just as good for madrid as he did for united..
Not at all Rev. He hasn’t changed though.
He struggled to get involved against Osasuna and took a disgusting dive. Amazing how he didn’t get a yellow.
I hate myself that I like that Song
……Every minutes like an hour
Every hours like a day
Every day lasts forever
But what else am i gonna do
I’d wait forever and a day for you
I wait up, wait up
I can’t eat, I can’t sleep
what else could it be missing you so deep
long as I’m where you’re going to
I’d wait forever and a day for you
I wait up, wait up for you
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Geoff it wasnt me that posted at 16:55
Reveleation…
All nice ideas but not great in practice:
Carlton Cole – too much money for a short term player
Dzeko – would love him, but, far too much, would rather play for AC Milan, the allure is greater. Brutual fact.
Gignac / Pazzini – Lot of money on untried, unproven, gambles. Could flop easliy. Pavylchenko was supposed to the nuts – if he can do it in the russain league the EPL will be fine they said. Too much risk
Carew – would love him, like fuck they would sell him to us.
Kevin Davies has everything we need for cheap, for now, with no risk.
kevin davies has not technical ability, he is the proverbial lump of a player.
Im for Dzeko. he can form a great partnership with RVP
Cotto he’s done well for a lump so far
Franchise – Dzeko would be the shit.
Can you honestly see it happening though?
Kevin Fucking Davies,
Is this the Stoke Blog Site or the Arsenal one?
Seriously Kevin Fucking Davies, have we been brainwashed that much into accepting non world class players.
a 433 with
——————GK——————-
—————Back—4——————-
——————Song———————
………….Diaby……Cesc…………….
VP——————Dzeko…………….Arshavin
Kevin Davies we are nothing but mere mortals before thee… forgive those that dont rate you for they knoweth not what they doeth
franchise, so has jermaine beckford at leeds…. dont mean he is good enough to wear the shirt of the arsenal.
Fuck it, lets get in Kieron Dyer, Bouba Diop and Ameobi too
Cotto,
it’s not like he is fucking Maradona, buit we have enough technicians as it is as well as fuck all power…
without power, we will be reduced to being Globetrotters with nothing to show for it IMO…
Why wouldn’t anyone want this lad in our side:
Davies is frequently cited as being the player in the Premier League that commits the most fouls, committing more such offences than any other Premier League player in the 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In the 2003-04 and 2007-08 seasons Davies was slightly better behaved, committing the second highest number of fouls per season.
I really don’t want Dzeko, but Davies is just a joke. What do people think he’ll actually add? Just flick ons?! He doesn’t score goals, doesn’t participate in build up play, has no technical ability. All he is is a wide fucker, not even that tall, who makes life difficult for defenders.
haha JLS..what a waste of fecking time!
i could accept lump like rodelliga or heskey.. they have a little more to there game then just elbowing the defender behind them and the hoofing it.
*then hoofing it
Are we seriously considering buying Kevin Davies..we might as well buy Christopher Samba
Rodalega isn’t a lump, he isn’t even 6 foot
patthegooner we are just having fun… dont take us too seriously. i speak for myself
A –
he occupys defenders therefore freeing up space for our hobbits to exploit.
he is very good playing on his own, holding the ball up and would be bringing our wing forwards into play – what RVP does so well, and what we miss from not having a line leading striker at present
he is good in the air and pretty good on the deck.
Davies for captain
Cescs u righty there…… start a davies campaign i would back u up. im 6’6″
I’ll say it again, the striker i think Wenger will buy is Loïc Remy from Nice!
No one seems to be talking about him at all here, only me…
He is a French International (both with the U 21′s and has also played a couple of senior caps)
He is good in the air, has scored around 10 goals for his club Nice (which are in the lower half of the table) and he is 22 (23 soon) years old.
He would be able to play in the Champions League too!
Does no one here rate him?
I think he would be perfect!
A you dont have to be over 6ft to be a lump, a lump is a wide fecker… i am not that against rodelliage in all honesty, palmer the cock may not be too far off with this one.
he went for us buying that marseille striker last year, forget his name.. he is another who could do a job.
“pretty good on the deck”?! He’s hopeless on the deck, not even average. He doesn’t have the vision or technique to do what VP does, not in the slightest. He’d be better than Arshavin at bringing others into play from long balls and such like, but imo we’d be MUCH more successful just keeping Arshavin there than sticking in someone who would completely cripple our usual style of play.
Even the media havn’t contemplated a Davies rumour, which shows JUST how ridiculous an idea it is!
Cesc,what are you smoking mate..Afghan or Moroccon?
At old trafoord if United are loosing, come 89mins
……every second is like a minute
every minute is lika a day
everyday lasts forever
but what else is Phil Dowd meant to do
he’ll wait forever for a goal for ManU
he’ll wait up wait up for You…… Giggs
niang
is
Franchise, I am serious,
Bouba Diop is the New Patrick Vieira
I would like to see Davies in an Arsenal shirt smashing John Terry in the face with a dubious flying elbow.
Rather than rolling aroung like tumble weed – which the LEGEND RVP behaves like. Occasionally.
I will run on the pitch tomorrow, tackle AW to the ground and explain signing Davies is his destiny – in a very John Lock-esque manner.
OLD
we only need a fecker to do a job for 4 months.. i dont care if he is 44
then lets get Roger Milla
bolton put like 10 long balls into the box every game. how many goals do people think Davies has scored this season?? Not many I can tell you. 3 league goals this season.
78692 – just the egyptian charris for me mate!
How are you Franchise? Doing well I hope..
naah roger milla has been out of form recently
i hear john radford is doing well for his pub team.. he would be ideal.
Fuck me that was deep Franchise!
Sod Davies I reckon Nouble played well against us. Buy him for £12m.
Trouble is, there is so much bollocks talked on here that sometimes it’s hard to work out when people ar on a wind up or seriously rate a player!
Moussa Dembele is a good shout, not as dear as the rest but stil quality.
How tall is this Remy?
just under 6ft
Jobanyu Kelele at CSKA Moskva is a top prospect and at 6’2″ could be just the answer to our problems up front. Youtube him, some great clips, plus in CM10 his stats are awesome.
Silvain Wiltord anyone?
Or maybe it will be good to re-sign Paul Dickov.
Thanks Cotto.
We should sign HULK from Porto….such quality
And Marcelo from Madrid while we are at it
I know neither would happen…but they would both fit nicely
lol nouble, he was hilariously terrible against us
Is Eric Djemba Djemba still around He would solve all our defensive midfield problems…
Anyone up for Bafetimbi Gomis.. I’m serious now.
where would marcelo fit nightman?
RVP, but he only scored 22 goals in 120 matches in the Dutch league.
haha
Who plays CM10 Zorro?! Football Manager, not Championship Manager, very poor copy of FM
There is Luis Suarez too.. classy player imo but maybe a bit too much like Vela??
Merida has gone? so what? he’s pony.
He’ll go on and be world class? will he fuck.
Gonzalo Higuain would be absolutely perfect. I would be over the moon if we got him. I would rather him than Dzeko too to be honest.
I think we should try and tempt neil shipperley and ian dowie out of retirement
David Villa-35m and we are sortyed for years to come.
Lets go for Ngog and Voronin,
The Dream Ticket, Don’t know how Torres is ahead of them
And Lee Bowyer for midfield, he is having a great season so must be worth a punt.
Higuain’s the one for me.
*sorted
John Jensen?
About 3 years to come Maciek with him being 28!
David villa is a bit too old now imo to be worth his price tag. We should have gotten him for 20mill 2 years earlier.
Cheslea fans are talking about Aguerro, United’s about Dzeko and Villa and we are talking about Gigniac and Chamakh and Cole.Says all about our ambitions.
Frankly, I think David Villa is a tad overrated.
id like to see higuian but shipperley and dowie would do us nicely
he’s certainly shite at penaltys
A and Rohan, but he is still quality. How many more years will Andriej give us? Yet, he is quality. And it will give our team a huge lift.
We could get Gonzalo Higuain for 20 mill imo… He would fit in nicely into our system and can play on the right or through the center…a sort of aggresive and hardworking player in the kuyt mould but with a lot more class.
How about Danny Shittu for CB?
Meant FM10 A, back me up, you must have seen Jobanyu play?
Naah, frankly I think RVP is a better player than David villa but that is just me. I don’t think he’ll be that successful in the premier league. Could be wrong though.
How on earth could we get Higuain for £20mil Rohan?! He’s leading the line for Madrid and doing fantastically, he’d cost over double that.
We might as well buy Diego forlan then if age isnt a criterion.
Rohan If you reckon you could get Higuain for 20 Million I’ll pay half.
I reckon Berbatov on loan for 5 months.
I know he is well liked by the fans…buy from what i’ve heard he isnt that well coveted by Madrid’s upper echelons.. 20 mill should do it. they have Benzema RVN ROnaldo and Kaka and Raul ffs
Buy a proper winger and play Theo up front. Or recall Jay Simpson. He is scoring for fun.
A
I knew Merida was going to fuck off. Wemger was being cagey with him after what happened with flamoney
Rohan, and soon..Rooney.LOL. And Vidic.
What about oberfemi martins he’s quite good?
Yes of course Zorro, scored 85 goals in a season on my game in the Belgian league.
Rohan there’s absolutely no way he’d be sold for £20 mil. He’s their main striker, ahead of Benzema, who cost £35mil, and it’d cost more than that to let go of him.
He’s the main man there, he’d cost well over £40 mil. Even if he wasn’t a regular starter he’d still cost well over £20mil
Fuck me, Higuain has socred 12 in 18 appearances this season. But he still isn’t first choice and only played because of the injury crisis of sorts.
He was also eligible to play for France so maybe Wenger could entice him.??
Fair enough A I probably stand corrected.
Haven’t really seen Higuain.. is he a tevez type?
Maybe they might sell him to us for 20mill so as to soften us up for a potential fabregas sale 3 seasons later which won’t happen anyway.
what you on about rohan?
higuain is ahead of benzema and raul… he is real number 1 striker.
20m? lol, yeah right and lets get messi aswell for 25m
lol, well played A.
Laters! I’ll be back on when Ethan comes back from internet hospital after I busted him up last night!
Carlito my arse!
choy, higuain is a pacey, direct striker.. much faster than tevez… cannot really think of another player i can compare him with
maybe he is a mix of bellamy and tevez
Higuain is twice the player Tevez ever will be. He is an allround sort of player, has devastating pace at short bursts and decent enough skill on the ball, can head and will fit into our 433 nicely.. Maybe when his position was under threat by Ronaldo in the summer we could have got him…
Pavlychenko is the answer.
Imagine if he did a Daren Bent and suddenly played well in an Arsenal Shirt.
Fuck it would be worth it just to piss the yids off.
the ruski at the yids is probably the answer.. but cannot see it happening
ah ok.. not a big lump though?
I like pavz during the euros but I think him and arshavin don’t really get on..that’s a nonstarter then.
nahh, about 5ft 9
I wouldn’t actually mind Pavlyuchenko, but the apparent problems between him and Arshavin would rule that out I’d imagine. Intelligent, technical, good in the air, about VPs height or maybe a bit bigger
Maciek if you wish we could talk about Ronaldo.
Or Ronaldinho or even Kaka…. why not.
Talk is cheap but will it bring any of those players to their clubs ?
The work is mostly done behind closed doors and we just have no clue who we are truying to buy.
What do you guys think Of Cristiano Ronaldo?
Rohan reckons we can get him for 10 million. Worth a punt?
He’s all stepovers and no end product. His boyfriend wont let him come back to England either
AA23
Ronaldo is utter wank…
I reckon we could get him for 5 million and some of Wenger’s best French wine.
Only Playing around Rohan, Higuain is a top player. If we could get him for 20 million I would properly panic.
Surely Higuain’s taller than 5ft9 more like 5ft11
actually he is 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Maciek Says:
January 5, 2010 at 17:41
Cheslea fans are talking about Aguerro, United’s about Dzeko and Villa and we are talking about Gigniac and Chamakh and Cole.Says all about our ambitions.
And, that my friend is why we will always be a big club with a small club mentality until there are changes in the management….
Forget Pavz, Hugain, Ronaldo, Kaka. They are all shit
NB52 is back ….soon!!!!
I would be very happy with Pavlyuchenko to be honest, I think he’d be excellent at Arsenal.
I’ve heard the “problems” between him and AA23 are bollocks as well, they go to dinner together and so on.
DennisD,
Chamakh may win the CL with Bordeaux this year the way they are playing.
Wenger ruled out Gignac, so it media rubbish.
Cole, shit? I would like to have shit like him.
AA23,
Arsha went a bit ahead of himself and did a little unofficial ‘team talk’ and Pav told him to STFU…
that was well after the dinners mentioned after AA signed…
Chamakh may win the CL with Bordeaux this year the way they are playing.
Surely that’s a joke.
ritesh,
Cole is another permacrock like Rosicky – we could ask Ashton to come out of retirement while we’re at it…
Ritesh if Bordeaux win the CL I’ll give you 20 million quid.
You could buy Higuain
Next we’ll be talking about buying the legend himself that is Andrei Voronin.
Rohan,
Bordeaux are top and 9 points clear:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tables?league=FRA.1&cc=5739
oh, sorry, you meant CL…
ha-ha indeed…
DDM
United’s fans are actually talking about getting beat by a third division club and going skint.
SUGA
I reckon thats a load of bollocks mate.
who gives a fuck anyway?
Cole and Sheringham hated each others guts they still put a few goals away.
Personally i’d rather have any one from Villa, Fabiano, Dzeko or Aguerro, but there again i only want the best for my club…..
Dennis
hows the weather in La La land?
aaha Cl as in not the Champions League..Who cares? Gourcuff is the star man in that team not Chamakh.
Dzeko can’t be put in the same company as the other three, they’re all proven at the top level!
AA23,
I don’t want a Spud reject, period
Sol Campbell didnt turn out half bad did he.
Campbell rejected the spuds though.
SUGA3
I understand mate. I actually think he’s a decent player who would suit us well and I reckon he hates spurs more than we do at this point.
But I get you.
fabiano is a name that has not cropped up, he must be worth about 30-40m in the current climate, now that would be wishful thinking.
Any news on our many transfer targets yet?
We signed a cech player called Rosicky Reg.
Bad news guys
Rosicky was just hit by a snowflake and he’s out for 14 years.
lol AA23
Yeah ok GM i take that as no then!!
Surely the medical staff wouldnt have given Wenger the green light to offer a contract if they weren’t confident of his fitness..
Having said that. they were the muppets who passed him in the first place when we first signed him,
Only 14 years im surprised it never killed him!!
Monaco was a considered a shit team but went in the CL final when Deschamps was its Manager.
Bordeaux is managed by Blanc now. Blanc is not anyone. They thumped some big names already and are for the moment the best team in the CL in terms of points collected.
Truth guys is that we might not really have more than 10-15M to sign a player. For that price, you wont get any big name.
Well if we only have that amount of cash ritesh some needs to be fired? where the fuck has all the money gone then!!
one!!
New song alert! To the tune of the animals went in two by two
He came to us when Henry left Eddy, Eddy.
He broke his leg but he came back Eddy, Eddy.
Give him the ball and he will score
Unlike that c*nt Adebayor
Eduardo Silva, Arsenal’s number nine
fook, the heating better be on at the emirates tommorow… got a feeling bolton had better be in london tonight or the game will be off tommorow
worst snow since 1981 forecasted
30CM!!!!
Pavlychenko is my new favorite.
I think it would work too, Redknapp is a shit manager.
Bent is rubbing his nose in it, and so could Pav at Arsenal.
He is for sale as well and would not cost too much. We can give them Silvestre too if they want.
Fucking right about La La Land…..
haha…its hot here, and the beach is cool.
Reggie, it must be something to do with the loan. Wenger said 2 seasons ago we need to sell a star each year for many years to come to honour our commitments.
PHW must be talking shit when he says there is money available. Maybe he means 10M is a huge sum
seriously lads, the forecast for north london from midnight tonight till friday is HEAVY snow
i cannot see the game going ahead tommorow, not because of the pitch.. but due to the hazarsdous conditions for supporters.
so bascially our delayed game in hand will be fooking delayed till the end of the season as there is no other slot for it
even the weather is against us winning the league
It’s just started snowing here
The club is not responsible for the fans. Fans travel at their own risk. Thats a shit excuse to be honest. Most fans walk or take public transportation, no?
Pitch is heated, game should go on as planned. City fans are furious as the conditions are apparently ok. Gives United time to recover some injured players.
If they cancel any more games (our game of Stoke v. Fulham), they are truly wimps. The snow you get in England is nothing!
On the positive side, I suppose if it does get delayed, at least we will have players back
On the negative, I still think we have more than enough to take them tomorrow night, and I want the points in the bag and more pressure on the Mancs
good one jawbreaker
pat, any idea why the game earlier this season was cancelled at the emirates when it snowed?
heard about public liabilty?
it might be a good idea to have a rest tomorow for the players. but i was so excited for the game
anyway will still have it in hand, it keeps up the pressure
The last time we had the heavy snow they cancelled our game. The stoke game is still on so far. Fulham fans must be well on thier way. Is there snow in Stoke? Where the fuck is that? Is it in the north?
Well they have gritted all the surrounding areas today,
Arsenal want the game on.
I can only see it being cancelled if Bolton cry and say that they can’t make it to London.
DDM;
Wow! I never realised the depths of your animosity towards Wenger!
Boy am I dense or what???
Which game was suspended because of snow at the Emirates? I can’t remember one??
No Beattie for Stoke.
Reckon he’s on his bike.
I can’t remember which game it was but I was supposed to be going.
Cotto, that wasn’t a game which was cancelled. It was Member’s day.
The snow you get in England is nothing. Sad excuse really.
Here in CHicago, we recently got about 8 inches of snow, 24ish cm I think.
Nothing stops. Sports go on, work, school, everything.
i am not sure just how desperete we are for striker we have been without rvp for while now and so far the goals have had no real sign of drying up bretna is still to come back so i just dont no,as far central midfield we have delinson ramsey diaby cesc should be back very soon and we have nasri and risicky,as far as cambell roumour goes i dont think so,in wenger mind he has senderos and silvest and dj comming back so i just dont know.inmy opinion it is clear we are not desperete for goals at all and only if a top player comes wenger will spend,i feel its shame merida might leave but lets face it nasri delinson ramsey risicky and diaby all far ahead of him not to mention cesc,we still players like wintshire and lansbury waiting in the wings
Hello Gooby it’s good to see you around. how you doin’?
No animosity, just deeply disappointed in the man….
Oh yeah gm of course – the cardiff fa cup match last year?
ask arshavin how it works in russia with the snow
you can’t see the players and the players can’t see each others or the goal
There difinitely was a game cancelled at the Emirates.
goonermichael, you’re a lying sack of shit.
You weren’t going to any game cause no game was cancelled!
goonerjohn-cheers mate!
Pat there’s meant to be 40cm+ here. I agree to an extent though, but you’d expect it, snow here is an extreme and rare occurence, so it makes no sense to spend loads of money preparing for it, whereas in other places that experience it as a norm, it’s absolutely imperative that preparations are made to deal with the conditions.
I went to that game A and I don’t go to many so it probably was that one.
I’m no weatherman, but it looks like tomorrow’s match with bolton has a high chance of being called off due to snow ..
Cardiff was due to the cold, no? Sad excuse again, but whatever.
Apologies gm, thought you meant this season.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/7858896.stm
gm – it was the replay against Cardiff at the start of 2009
I think Wenger has made mistakes as all managers have. However, his work at the club borders on obsession if you ask me…. maybe he is too stubborn and has tunnel vision in certain things, but then we as fans dont have all the facts and are very biased and think with our hearts most of the times. The way we slate one player one week, then, without a thought praise em to the heavens next!
I hope we strengthen the team, as I have hoped for a few seasons now!
But I cant think of any other fella I want running ny club…
But each to their own… n another matter…
The chavs havent spunked the 100s of millions they did a few years ago… There’s been talk and more talk, but thats it…. United banked £80m from Ronaldo and signed Valencia…. They are in deep deep doo doo, financially as well and have just been knocked out by a League 1 team…
So I’m not a lying sack of shit then? That’s a relief.
A, 40cm+ in one night? I highly doubt it.
Are there snow plows in England?haha
They’re always on the streets here whenever theres even a warning!
goonermichael;
Were you goin to the Junior gunners big day out celebrations at the Emirates that got cancelled?
No Mang. But I went to the one last August. It was really good. I sat in the only place where you can get wet. I actually enjoyed it.
We bought ice creams and everything
“Heavy snow and icy roads are causing chaos across most of the UK, where Met Office severe weather warnings are in place as the “deep freeze” continues.
Hundreds of schools are shut, many roads are hazardous, and buses, trains and planes have been delayed. Liverpool airport has closed for a second time.
Snow fell in Scotland, and large parts of England and Wales, in what is said to be the coldest snap in decades.
Snowfalls of up to 30cm (12in) have been forecast for southern England.
Forecasters say the band will stretch from London to Cardiff, and warn some areas may even see 40cm (16in) of snow on higher ground on Tuesday evening. ”
I’m not sure, I’ve never seen a snow plow actually! I’m sure there are snow plows, but not many of them, we usually make do with grit or salt, which always runs out. Also issues with how rare it is that general people aren’t prepared as well as the authorities, things like snow boots and such like, that those who experience it regularly will have, the vast vast majority of Brits won’t.
We don’t get snow ploughs in London.
ManG – I completely and totally understand your your point of view fella…..
DDM;
Thanks mate, ditto!!
I think this snow could well benefit us…
United have to now play City on the 27th 3 days before us, instead of havin to play Hull City… That could mean extra time, pens and another Cup exit! Likewise lour game vs Villa could now be cancelled and we will have a week to recover after our FA Cup game vs Stoke…
where has the big mouth yank cocksucker gone now?
fucking yankee cock, go watch bullshit yank sports
when i talk about my country you son of a bitch you fucking listen to me!
when i fucking tell you yankee piece of shit that a game was cancelled at the emirates earlier this year (feb time) due to snow… you fucking chicago cunt listen to me.
ok?
It snows a little and everything stops in England.. Arshavin was having a good laugh saying that. What would you do if conditions were like in Russia.
They are saying that O when coil will take over Bolton for Saturday’s game. That means tomorrow night will be the last chance their players have to slack. C’mon Bolton boys, chill out, party on, these are the last few days of your hols……..
mother fucking yank cock sucking son of a whore
I’m nearly definate it was the Hull game in the cup that was called off last year
I dunno Mang, I reckon Utd have really got out of jail with the postponement, and it seems weird it’s been decided today too, it isn’t like fans are going to be travelling long distances so gotta make an early decision!
Utd lost to Leeds, could well have been battered by City, then a tough game with Birmingham at the weekend, could’ve really knocked them back quite a bit.
Though I see the point with them playing just before us, but I’d still much rather they had to play tomorrow
A;
Its like an effin blizzard up here fella! Not surprised its been cancelled….
And for me, it would’ve been the opposite. United would have had a chance to get over the Leeds game very quickly…. Now they have all week to think about it and feel shite about it, before they get a chance to excorcise that demon!
And we will be fresh as fuck when we play em…. All good, absolutely no negatives for me…
Cotto;
Who is this yank whose pissed you off?
RVP
I posted the link it was the Cardiff cup game as A said
the fuck face who called GM and me liars for having a memory that extends to 1 year.
for gods sake it was only 11 months ago we had mental snow and the emirates games was cancelled.. was not even talking about 30 40 years ago.
# goonermichael Says:
January 5, 2010 at 19:13
There difinitely was a game cancelled at the Emirates.
# Pat Says:
January 5, 2010 at 19:14
goonermichael, you’re a lying sack of shit.
You weren’t going to any game cause no game was cancelled!
They’re definitely playing kids though Mang, so no way they’d have gotten over it, I reckon they could’ve gotten absolutely smashed! Now they’ve got all week to prepare for Brum.
Ah well anyways, nevermind!
fucking cock sucking chicago cunt
go mighty bulls, stick to your own naff sports wanker.
Sorry mate didn’t notice, was just going off my bad memory
We will need all our top players end Jan/start of feb if we are to win the championship.
If we do badly during that period, it might be over for us as early as February.
I thought someone said Beattie isn’t in the Stoke squad – he’s on the bench. Wonder who he’ll go to assuming he is gone this window, be a good signing for Newcastle or another Championship club, QPR could partner him with Simpson, be a good little and large combo!
Not happy to see Merida leave at all. He actually has real talent. More talent than Cesc at that age!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hdlxQSJvoIc/RqfkoNLttpI/AAAAAAAAAPo/CoRDIzLVWII/s400/200px_mr_plow_1170205748.gif
david, if he had more talent than cesc.. he too would have been given a first team start at 16.
Anelka had a big impact for Chelsea. They were lackluster without him.
A pity we did not re-sign him guys.
not resigning anleka for a measly 15m ( what wil that get us now? ) is one of wengers biggest mistakes.
eduardo got injured about a month later and we lost the title… i think aw admitted somewhere recently that they gave it serious thought at the time.
Harry Redknobb is a fecking Yidiot.
A
You are right Beattie is on the bench.
David
Merida more talent than Cesc at the same age? Do me a favour.
yeah, he makes things happen. I think if we sign just one forward player, we will be very very close to that title.
I like the Idea of Pavchenko…He can play with his back to the goal…a good aeriel threat..not sure about his finishing but maybe a different environment would be good for him
Cesc was pants at 16.
Stoke scored
Merida is rubbish.
lol @ you
lol david, he was top scorer in the u20 world cup playing in midfield, and scored his first goal for us at 16, still our youngest ever goalscorer. Merida was superb at 16 too, but not quite Cesc level. Merida still has a hell of a lot of talent though, and I’ll be very disappointed if he does leave.
sorry – meant u17 world cup!
merida is a hardcore atletico fan, would nto surprise me to see him go.
A,
it’s a done deal…
good riddance – would not get through into the first team anytime soon…
Biggest thing that surprised me about Merida is his ability to get past his man and his close control. Almost Messi-like.
Cesc went straight into the first team…i have no doubts that if Merida had the same first team opportunities he wouldnt be leaving.
Fuck it we should sign franchise. Hell be our crouch.
Wasnt it the game vs Birmingham?
The wage demand will be right up Wengers alley too.
Unfortunately for Merida,he is not Francophonic.
Merida is not getting into the first team any time soon and he’ll make more if hes a first teamer in Spain.
If we can pay 40k to useless cunts like Shitvestre and £6m for a manager to ensure that we finish in the fourth place,I wouldnt mind paying 100k to Anelka.
A;
Teams always wanna play as quickly as possible after a bad defeat…. Well, they always say they do! Having to wait a whole week, then play just beofre our game is posivie all over the place!
Oh and there is no way Fergie will play the kids now mate… He might stick 2 or 3 in but even in the early rounds he never played a team full of yutes like Wenger…
Jaguar;
Havent you noticed people just ignore you now??? Your comments were funny for being sooooo completely warped and stoopid… Now they are just tedious…
Time to move on, get some new material…
David;
Cesc was pretty effon hot at 16 if I recall…. Scored an amazin goal in the reserves against the spuds for one thing!
Mangoo they’ve always done that to me, what are u trying to say. :p
Merida leaving is a shame for him, not for us…
I said it earlier,
This Merida situation is a prime example of our kids killing our kids.
There was an article saying we were back in for veloso. Hope thats true. As much as ive seen, hes good. Would fit in perfectly into our team. He can cover both at DM and CD.
ManGoonian
I dont flipping care about people,who are obsessed with their blind beliefs.I will always voice my opinions.
Fulham is shit
If wenger continues with project youth, We’ll have to buy another club just to play them all.
fulham are getting tonked 3-0
Yeah, flip off Mangoo!!!!
!!!nian.
you must be pissed that you live up north,fucking northerners
I am very wary of Veloso.
It seems that a lot of Portugeezers were hyped beyond belief whilst Ronaldo was around.
Quaresma (18.6m), Nani (14m).
I don’t trust them. I am sure if Veloso was all that, then he would have moved by now. Maybe Bolton was his level.
i think the same will apply to us when we play them in the fa cup
Merida leaving is a shame for us and him! It’s not official nor confirmed yet, so I’m still hopeful the rumours are unfounded, doesn’t look good though.
He was getting close to the first team, in the matchday squads every week etc.
If he does sign up with Athletico I wonder what’ll happen with him for the rest of the season, will he remain in the first team squad or drop down to the reserves, and would Wenger consider that an extra space in the squad that someone like Hazard could fill
BBK WHERE YA FROM?
good im glad he’s off he’s shit,he’s only going there to replace kunt aguero who’s selling his batty to chelscum
enggggerland
veloso
big yawn
hes that good even bolton fucked him off
wheres the snow at???
moscow
Hangeland is shit…good we did not buy him
veloso has the same style as flamini, all action stamina laden performances.
technically he is better than flamini, and also has a sweet shot.
would love to sign him, but cant see it.
snowing in west london and home counties now, getting heavier all the time.
Ritesh,one bad game makes you shit does it?
If he is off A, then I would ask him to leave now. There is no point in continuing his development and taking up space that someone that does want to be at the club could take. I would not risk him unsettling other youth players as he has not made it.
Apparently we get money for him though as he is under 24. It will go to a tribunal (Even though he is out of contract)
we must have 40 million at least, just sign david villa wanger, hes not a brute i know but how many strikers will definately bag you 25 goals? he wuld in theis team, easy.
Darren Ferguson is set to be named Preston manager.
Also think Hazard is a great prospect, but I think we have too many kids in that position, even with Merida leaving.
I think we have to say enough is enough and get behind Ramsey, Cesc, Lansbury etc
Rory Delap asked for a towel before a throw in…Not allowed by the book. But hey, thats how the FA coach the refs.
Balloons and now towels…. what next!
“veloso has the same style as flamini, all action stamina laden performances.
technically he is better than flamini, and also has a sweet shot.”
utter utter bollocks, in my humble opinion of course.
the guy is completely unproven at the top level in the premier league
incesc, i never said he was proven at that level, did i?
i only spoke about his style of play.
78692, Vermalen everytime over Hangeland. And yeah, he had many more than 1 shit game
now c’mon veloso,why would you suggest such a thing
i thought not incesc
Patt,
I agree with you. No point trying to keep Merida. May be, he will come to close to Fab in terms of football over the time. But not in terms of attitude and character.
If he is good, sooner or later Barca and Real come calling him. He won’t be able to handle like Fab and make all of us fools.
you said he was technically better than flamini who was one of the top players in the premier league before he was bought by Milan. Veloso is basically a nobody who has never done anything and has a crap hair cut
Maurya
I think he will also be looking across at Ramsey. They are both the same age, yet even though I rate both, I think Aaron is on another level and is developing far quicker.
We have Cesc, Diaby, Denilson, Ramsey, Lansbury, Nasri, Rosicky and even Arshavin that can play that role.
That is without mentioning some of the fringe kids like Randall coming through. It is a shame he did not make it, but I am sure he will in Spain.
yes i said he has a better technique than flamini
and?
not sure you are really following, and trying to act the biggun here.
fucking mug pikey.
I agree to an extent Pat, but it depends as I’d say Merida is a squad member now, and it would still benefit us to keep him around in that way, so it gives us the chance to speed up Wilshere’s development by sending him on loan.
ritesh it isn’t against the rules, he’s had towels home at stoke ever since they came up, other teams do as well sometimes.
you said he was technically better than flamini who was one of the top players in the premier league before he was bought by Milan. Veloso is basically a nobody who has never done anything and has a crap hair cut,he also got dominated by barry ferguson a couple of season ago in the ropa cup
flamini you melons was a hardworking, tough tackling midfield enforcer
do you fuckwits actually know that technical abilty is?
are you 12 cotto?
are you 10?
bloody joey
Cotto, stop being a cock and abusing people.
There is a place for that,
It is called a play ground. We are all gooners…Behave and grow up.
ptg did you detect the brainless hypocrisy in your last post by any chance?
flamini had fantastic technical ability, he played in arsenals first team when he was incredibly young 18/19 against teams like chelsea. He was then snapped up by AC Milan after being a standout performer for arsenal who came within a whisker of winning the premier league.
Not at all Cotto, you are ruining the blog at the moment
i thought as much, you have no idea what techincal ability is
for the record, flamini was a fabulous player for us.
confused?
anyway veloso, no thanks.
why bother when we are stuffed full of young midfielders.
ptg, you hyopcrite, call me a cock and then say dont abuse people
fair enough incesc, but one more DM could help us.
Cotto is well up for it today.
No 12 year old would know what a joey was. Have some respect you fucking, pikey, chicago, cunt, fuckwit mugs
Flamini was a great player for us, but calling everyone fuckwits and this little line to pat earlier
fucking cock sucking chicago cunt
go mighty bulls, stick to your own naff sports wanker.
Sorry I know you did not start that but thought this was an Arsenal Blog and not somewhere for rubbish like that.
no im not confused flamini mixed hard work with great technical ability proven by the fact that he could mix it with the best in europe in midfield or defense, creating chances, defending and scoring goals. Not all players are Lionel Messi.
Cotto, I called you a cock as you are ruining the best Arsenal blog out there.
Sorry
geez.. sometimes we all forget we support the same team!
ptg, but can you not see that makes you quite a thick hypocrite
its akin to me being 20 stone and calling you a fat cunt
very funny, the iq levels in this place aint the best.
Official confirmation that Wenger has lost the plot and is a loon and shouldnt be in charge of our club!
“Denilson has played 150 games in the premier league”
Actually its 68 Arsene you mad old cunt!
You called him a cock because he was being a cock.
And that is why I posted it Choy. This is the best Arsenal fan site out there, but just recently the atmosphere on here has been ruined by a minority that lower the tone and turn it into playground banter.
have you ever considered universtiy challenge, ptg?
Flamini wasnt all that. he ran around like a loon but some people do tend to be a bit revisionist about him.
I wonder what Cesc will have to say about Fran leaving, surely he would have consulted him first?
Cotto, I will leave you to carry on the abuse. I think those that read this and read back the last few hours will realise why I said it.
easy now, ladies…
blog hug
Yep no need for all that, disagreeing is fine, no need to abuse and mock each other..
ptg, i would have accepted your point, but you had the stupidity to call me a cock and then accuse me of being abusive
are you really that silly that you cannot accept you fucked that up.. if you wanted to be taken seriosuly.. dont abuse yourself.
it really is basic stuff fella.
still no snow here hopefully the games go ahead this week otherwise we could be looking at a potential interlull situation
my apologies all for going over the top.
a hypocrite is something i definately aint
a cock.. well on occassions yes.
Cotto,
shut up already, you’re boring the fuck out of me…
Cotto try to hang around until Ethan turns up.
It would be like Hearns and Hagler.
cotto, calm down, stop winding people up
incesc, hope it stays that way… a fixture pile up at this moment is a no no.
Would Cesc have remained at Arsenal if he didnt have first team football at such a young age?
Who knows.
We forked out what was it 3-4 million to Barca for Merida only for him to leave on a free…
Which highlights some of the frailties of project youth.
You cant let it go can you.
I called you a cock because you were being one.
You were calling people fuckwits as they disagreed with you.
I am off guys, I have better things to do, than read rubbish like that.
incesc, where are you?
it is teaming it down in west london and apparently heavy over north london now
the entire south east will be caked in snow by tommorow afternoon according to the met office.
ptg, YOU still cannot admit you were a hyopcrite, why?
to all those who are getting bored…
tbf suga.. who cares about you?
I think we’ll recoup some of that money back David, but we have a lot of kids, some work out most don’t.
Merida is one thing…Senderos is another…
no one cares about you either – neither here, nor in the real life, dude, that is why you must come and pollute the best Arsenal blog with this drivel…
yawn…
is that really all you could muster in terms of a retort?
we should get at least 5-10M compensation?
Anyone heard the Alan Davies podcast yet? Très bien.
Anyone got any updates on if there will be a match tomorrow or not?
Hi Cottoo, I am forcing myself to write this.
lets keep this clean here. Yesterday, you had a distasteful argument with Finestcuts and you went overboard with your language and today same thing.
I accept passion is part of it and indeed, it is one of the reasons we are on this blog, but lets keep a minimum human values.
no updates yet johan.. but heavy snow is predicted for norf london
I said many times that there are many ways to be successful,” said Wenger. “I want to show that our way can be successful as well and that is why.
Dear oh Dear..
Johan
I very much doubt it’ll go ahead.
Annoying cos weve been waiting for this since the second week of the season.
ritesh, that was piss taking over his rosicky “is a proper winger”
no swearing i’m afraid, sorry to dissapoint you.
if you are offended, ignore, otherwise why post?
ritesh,
don’t bother…
some sad people just need to big themselves up by abusing others on the web, as they might find it hard in the real life…
anyway, why abuse others? I could think of a reason or two
Hey man FUCK THE HATRES :O
If Man City are looking for 7-10M compo for Sturridge we should look for the same for Merida
alex, he was not part of our yoof develpoment so we cannot get compo.
shite.. fixture pile up
when will this “game in hand” be moved to now!
last game of the season.
below 21.. cotto.. so we will get compensation.
Maybe they’ll play it to an empty stadium just to get that bloody game done
serious? i thought we paid barca 3 mill comp for nicking him before he had a pro contract.
Alex, i dont understand why we would get compo for Merida, isnt he on a free transfer?
is it not now just a bosman thing as his first pro contract has run out?
“We have players who can play in the same position. Denilson is an all-rounder. He can play this role and come in for Song without a problem. People don’t notice how important he is for us, he can play in every single position in midfield.
“He has 150 games in the Premier League and is very strong in reading the game and winning the ball back. Although Song and Denilson can play together, they have similar qualities.”
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Fuck
Wonderboy
Ive been listening to the Alan Davies Podcasts, I think they are blinding mate.
:!
nah, it won’t be empty, but there will be plenty of empty seats, at least on the upper tier, they’re still on sale through ticketmaster…
Johan,
80% of the arsenal fans could make it but its all about travel, tv crews travel, team travel, away fans travel & the chance that the game would have to be abandoned anyway (which is v high).
i’m sure they are pissed up and stoned up when they do those alan davies podcasts
Cotto, one more derogatory comment from you and you’re sin binned for a day.
Go and check the rules of engagement or blog somewhere else.
This is the third day in a row I’ve caught you pissing people off.
dont mind me I just want a new smiley
Denilson is about to fuck our season over.
can i complain about people pissing me off?
yep…
Denilsons a solid player, i just thought he was injured!
I like him, perfect squad player.
Eboue is our best squad player. Fact.
When a player U-21 leaves a for another the club on a free the club gets compensation. If clubs cannot reach a agreement for compo a tribunal will decide the fee.
gambon,
perfect squad player, yes, but he will get raped without Song nursing him…
God help us…
Cotto, you make one more comment I deem offensive you’ll be off.
I wont tolerate rudeness to people who are mature enough to obey the rules and get on with people.
I cant believe that Arsene having always known that Song would be off to the ACN would risk this period with Denilson in it.
Choy, we paid 3M when Merida came it and we will recoup (if we are lucky 3M) on his departure.
Not a good piece of business this. But I can understand Wenger.He plays on the left wing and we have Arshavin, Eduardo and Nasri there.
I wish him well as he is a great talent and if he had the luck of a run like Cesc had in the team he would have been one of the best around no doubt.
Maybe its a smoke screen to buy a proper CDM.
I think your all arseholes and mugs anyway so there
Whats happening just spunked some dough at poker so thought id calm myself down on here lol
Poxy snow is settling fast in the Heathrow area big danger tomorrow will be off,
Reading Wengers latest ramblings ive got a feeling we will be seeing a couple of loan signings on the way !!
what about rudeness towards me?
can i make a formal written complaint?
where do i email it pedro?
right, chippy just offended me, i want to complain, how do i go about it?
cheers fellas, its been emotional.
night all, enjoy the snow.
Cotto,
go back, check threads from the last few days – it’s you starting the abuse…
you think you’re funny? think again…
ritesh, well you win some you lose some…
for every bentley, merida, larsson, there is a wilshere, fabregas which is why the youth academy is there!
What a strike from Dempsey! 3-2
Stoke 3 – 2 Fulham. 5 mins to go
Thats why the PL is different.
Online BUNDLE !!!
Cotto
Bye.
Suga,
Song is not superman, he isnt that good. He has gone from being vastly underrated to vastly overrated.
….And a Ramsey too
Blimey didnt think they would even play that game tonight sounds like a cracker!!
Had qq Went all in got beat by Aq damn betfair lol,,
Chippy,
You want some poker lessons? I’ll give you a grove discount!
“patthegooner Says:
January 5, 2010 at 20:55
Cotto, I called you a cock as you are ruining the best Arsenal blog out there.
Sorry”
There’s your apology Cotto…..I’m really not sure why it didn’t just end there with you accepting it.
Cotto;
Seriously fella, way to make friends and influence people, dude!
Wonder Boy;
I have just about stopped crying after that vicious verbal assault!!!
Gambon, Im a Song fan but your spot on with that comment there is no middle ground with him at the mo which is quite funny !! I Do think he will be a very good player but hes got a long way to go yet !!
Tbh, I don’t really buy that you need to be big and a physical monster to get by as a DM. Just look at Lass Diarra when he played against Serbia, he was the boss on the midfield. So basically what Denilson needs is the confidence to go out there and break some legs. With his all around ability and his ability to read the game he has what it takes, he just need to have the confidence to actually be out there and fight..
Can’t believe I just defended Denilson but there you have it!
gambon,
Denilson is a Melo type player without the physique, but more intelligent: not suited to being a lone ‘DM’ – Song nursed him the way Bert nurses Melo in Brazilian national team…
as for Song – I rated him ever since I saw him in the ACN 2 years ago and it’s not like I am ‘overrating’ him now
ManGoonian: You don’t cry, you spend your days laughing to yourself, admit it!
Gambon, Thanks for the offer mate but im not to bad in all honesty
Just had one of them nights when i keeped getting outdrawn when i was holding the better hold cards so got out before i damaged my bankroll lol
Johan
Confidence is one thing….Physicality is another..
The term “lightweight” comes to mind when Denilson is playing.
Chippy, weve all been there!
Johan, i dont think size always matters, its more about agression & intelligence. If you have size as well (Yaya, Diarra) then you are worth serious £££
David:
Go wiki Lass Diarras physical stats, he is a lightweight aswell but he fights off fellas twice his size. Same thing with Makelele, he wasn’t a physical monster, but he could practically force anyone on the midfield to f*ck off
Chippy where you from,i work in Ashford
Gambon Indeed
I think i must be one of the only bloggers on here that is not a massive fan of Yaya seriously think hes overrated,
Johan
YOure confusing Stature for Physicality.
Yes Denilson has the same stature as a Las Diarra but not the same physicality.
What are the chances that Denilson would lose the ball in a dangerous area with thug-like Bolton?
Alright, there you go; Both Makelele and Diarra are 5’7 while Denilson is 5’11. Can’t really tell about their weight, but they should be roughly in the same weight class
Denilson is the most underrated midfield player around.
Whenever he plays, we shoot him down. It is when he is not around that we really appreciate his value.
True many times last year he was passing sideways, but that was because no one was in front of him. Its changed now.
paul mate i live in Ashford and what a lovely part of the world lol !!
The Arsenal manager intends to add quality and quantity to his squad during the current transfer window but he is adamant that any new recruits must not stunt the development of the young players already in place at the Club.
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See?
I can copy and paste something and make it look like GOOD news!
Night all, apologies for nonsense earlier!
Have a good one, say no to drugs.
David;
I know you have issues with Denilson and bendy, you are normally an intelligent person, but you just have a few blind spots where certain players are concerned!
Lets at least wait till tomorrow (weagther permitting) to see how Denilson does before we say he cannot do the job!
ritesh Says:
January 5, 2010 at 21:46
True many times last year he was passing sideways, but that was because no one was in front of him. Its changed now
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L:DL
Whaatt???
As hard as I try I really struggle to rate Denilson.
Great free kick the other day but other than that I dont see what he offers us.
Happy to be wrong about him but I just cant shake the feeling that he’s not all that good.
Alright David, you might have a point there. But I still believe that we grossly underrate Denilson’s abilities, and I think I have a point when I say that with a boost of confidence he should be able to handle the job while Song is gone.
The only thing we lack is a strong physical presence in our forward line
ritesh Says:
January 5, 2010 at 21:46
True many times last year he was passing sideways, but that was because no one was in front of him. Its changed now
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Hahaha…Diaby for WPOY next.
Johan;
Oh, you got me bang to rights fella!!!
I read that before aswell MG, it does sounds good
Im not his biggest fan but then again think at times he takes some unfair stick, Gilberto was a fine Dm but for a couple of seasons everyone moaned about his passing ability and pace a Dm is never going to set the world alight.
having Song week in week out, I didn’t miss Denilson for a second…
yes, he has his abilities, like great long shot (say what you want, but I was sure he was gonna score THAT fk), but defensive player he ain’t…
Gambon;
I think there are a few people who have gone over board with the praise for Song, but that is probably because they were the same Gooners slating him!
Whereas some of us have thought he has done well previously (on loan at Charlton for instance) and from about the time we played the scousers at home last season, he has been very consisntent, IMO… He has been very good for us this season, hopefully he will not be missed… Too much.
Most slaughtered Diaby. Same for Song. And Same for Denilson.
I think He will be a great midfielder.
My honest opinion is that he is more an attacking midfielder by nature but since Cesc could not defend that much, he had to carry the burden for the past years. He had to learn the trade and indeed it is a bit unfair towards him to ask him to defend when his natural game is attacking. I was always impressed by his attacking displays when he was in the youth team with Cesc and many said at the time that he is a better prospect than Cesc (rings a bell???)
I’m almost disappointed there’s not more of a clamour for us to sign Dempsey, his goal was awesome.
Mangoo
I have the evidence of factual games to back up my arguments.
FA cup semi final Denilson was absolute dross pants and had to be taken off for Nasri
This is after playing about 45puls games for Arsenal. We bang on about the players gaining first team experience and the very next game against liverpool the most shite performance ive seen from a midfielder all season..was taken off…and what happnd?
We scored 3 goals…
Suffice to say Denilson started from the bench till the very end of the season…and thats a fact because he has never been good enough.
About Bendy.
Well Niklaus Bendy is just shite. Nothing more to say about that.
Suga3;
Oh contraire mon ami! Defensive player he most certainly IS!
Ive always liked Dempsey. Big guy, scores goals, can play wide.
Wenger would never sign an american though.
David;
Like I said, we all have bloind spots where certain players are concerned…. Please dont bother trying to validate your hatred mate. It simply isnt needed!!!
We’ve got a scout that used to play for us thats American or Canadian, his career cut short by injury.
I think his names Daniel Karbassian or something, I could have made that up.
MG,
when he came, he played in much more advanced role (in the CC for example) to great effect…
that is just another square peg stuff…
ritesh;
I think you could be right my friend….
As Song and now Diaby are proving their worth, and Diaby has come on soooooo very much it must be killing certain posters on here (wonder who I mean?)
Now its poor old Denilson’s turn, but we will have to wait for these Goons to get with the program I guess and finally, eventually recognise the value of Denilson to the squad…
No hatred. Just being honest.
Being tagged as a “doomer” is funny enough as the over-positivemistics…(L
L) tend not to be honest enough with themselves.
Its a fact that Denilson is not only shoved around like an insignificant little fly its also a fact that he is the definition of a crab and cant make a pass forward to save his life.
We will miss Song.
Fact.
I’m sorry Mangoonian, just sometimes i get so flipping angry like Jaguar, i’m a crazy man, just earlier i broke a pencil!! I didn’t, but i could have if i wanted to…probably.
Keyser,
Karbassiyoon i think. Scored against citeh in the cc if i remember.
Denilson has always been a DM, his defensive reading of the game has been his best attribute from day 1. If only he had better physical attributes he’d be an amazing player, real pity he isn’t very athletic
Suga3;
If he was being asked to play upfront, I would say he is being played out of position dude…. However, he is more defensive minded than attack minded, IMO…. Not a problem for him to play that position and early in the season, his role was very disciplined and defensive…. We missed him when he got injured, if you ask me…
Wasnt he a DM back in brasil?
Chippy i am a Staines boy originally now work at Bronzefield
David,
He may be a crab but he would kick your arse all over the emirates!
Song proved alot of us wrong Admittedly.
Diaby has always had massive talent and we all recognized that he just didnt show it consistently enough.
Denilson has NEVER impressed in the DM role.
Fact.
gambon
I have no doubt he will as you say “kick my arse” hed have to catch me first though…
I doubt Denilson has the pace!
David;
I never labelled you as a Doomer mate and the hatred thing was more tongue in cheek, to over play my point…
But I still maintain, where certain players are concerned we all have players that we do not rate, EVEN when they have improved, etc…
Like people always goin on about Sagna’s crossing, EVEN though he has put in many top crosses; low and high…
Just an example, please dont give me any shit about his shite crosses anyone!!!
Wonder Boy;
You are a MAD MAN!!! Please do not take my cooments as a dig….
Mother!!!!!!!!
anyone now why Lukas Podolski isn’t being linked anywhere?
David,
To be fair he couldnt catch Sam Allardyce.
Also i dont agree that Denilson has always been Defensive minded imo…
Last season he was way too forward…Cesc played deeper just to cover up for him!
A;
If he was the size of Gilberto, or had the energy of Flamini, then his attributes would become easier to see for those that is blind to the guys talents man…
Ohmmmmmmmm….. Ohmmmmmmmmmmmm….
Apparantly Denilson has new footy boots, they have those wheels in the heel so he can get around a bit quicker…
Indeedy mang, some just don’t notice/appreciate the more subtle sides of the game
Cooments? lol
SSN says there’s a premier club tracking Babel, sounds fishy to me…
I saw him running to the touchline after the goal he scored… was not slow at all. And the samba was good too.
Fishy…geddit?
gambon
ManG
Denilson is a good player. Decent back up…but he is a very poor DM imo…Bolton are a physical side and he still gives away the ball easily in dangerous Areas.
Id sooner play Rosicky there than Denilson.
Wonder Boy;
Was that some kind of joke???
Haha! Babel fish… Like it!
David;
Yeah, back up to Song, I guess! Bolton will be a good test for him… I think he will do the business too…
Wonderboy it’s meant to be Birmingham, £8mil fee apparently. Not sure would be good for either them or him! They could spend £8 mil on someone who’ll do more for them, and he should go to a lesser league and try and make an impact.
Though actually he could potentially be good for Villa, fits their style of play
Babel deserves Birmingham…and Birmingham deserve Babel!
A Cunt for Cunts…Perfect fit!
Im not so sure i understand why Pompey are in so much trouble.
What happned to the supposed 25m they got for Dolphin Face?
Didnt they sell Kranjcar for 4m?
Ok all, I am about to go off line for a while, but before I go, go give Bolton a bolt up the Arsenal.
& remember, while you are all savouring all that freezing cold weather, think of me down here in the heat/sun drinking ice cold beer
by the beach.
I know it’ll be tough but I will get through it
Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhamoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
20m for Diarra i think, and we got some outta that
2M for kranjcar
don’t know what the fuck they did with all that tho, harry twitch fucked them up
paul not far away at all mate, Yep i was a Staines lad for a large portion of my life Mathew Arnold in fact lol
Working over there are you, where the railway bridge is that used to be our hidden away drinking spot when we were kids until some buggers decided to build a bloody great prison their
A mates sister works over there some nasty inmates by all accounts,
David, From what ive heard they were paying far far to much in wages and its crippled them rumours are Lassana moved from 60grand at our gaff to 140 a week at theres campbell defoe crouch were all meant to be earning over 100k a week !!! And of course all the brown envelopes in back pockets didnt help lol
Anyone watching Barca?? Ibrahimovic really is absolutely class
What is weather update lads?
He’s a donkey A!
Pompey are run by a crook in Peter Storrie and Redknapp has had his wicked way with their loot too… Everywhere he goes, he leaves behind a skint mess…. Thats why his tenure at the spuds should be appauded for what he may do to them in time!
David;
Before the season started, I was all for a midfield 3 or;
Cesc – Nasri – Rosicky
Haha!
That Messi is sooooooo shit!
GnarleyGeorge;
My heart bleeds for you mate…. Well, it would do, if my veins hadnt frozen up!
Enjoy the beach, the heat and that darn fine ice cold beer mukka!
Choy, Not good mate if it carries on through the night ill be skiing to work tomoz
Mangoonian, What Harry wheeler dealer redknapp the media luvy surely not !!
Ive said this before but Football and in particular a couple of well known northern clubs are in a complete and utter financial mess more and more sides like pompey scousers united etc will be up shit creek over the next two seasons we are only seeing the very start !!
ah fack..
thanks chippy!
Chippy;
Yes, the saintly annointed one Sir Arry of Bournemouth!
It will take a club, like Pompey, or possibly the scousers or Mancs (please gawd!) to go under before the FA and Premier league start looking at these dodgy goings on, the deals and takeovers that are being financed in increasingly ropey and tangled mysterious ways…
The huge debts that are saddled onto the clubs by the “owners” is a scandal.
But the league have been more than happy to welcome these corporate raiders and shysters and carpet baggers…
Soz choy mate
,
Good news for me tho if it gets over a foot deep ill be spending tomorrow with my feet up laptop on and ENGLAND V SAFFAS on the box
Take it easy all im of to dream of heavy white fluffy snowfall !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not to mention the bings that the likes of fat Sam and Arry have been stuffin down the back of their sofas for years… And the huge amounts given to effin blood suckin parasites AKA Football agents…
bings = bungs
we are going to win the league this season. i m sure.
Nite chippy
Gooby;
Steady on there… You’ll get accused of being a deluded dreamer like me!!!
MG,
Yep totally and what was done at Notts county was a complete and utter scandal the so called owners munta basically nicked the fans shares under false promises swanned around for a few weeks then bolted they should be facing a court !!!
Always makes me laugh when the media go on about what a wonderful wheeler dealer he is and not the fact hes financially sending clubs broke !!
Always thought clubs would learn after what happenend to Leeds but then again maybe not
United may slack of the pace for a few years but they are and will always remain a money making machine and do not need a new ground so are a viable investment if you have enough cash Liverpool on the other hand are completley in the shit in my view !!!
Defo of now see you
Highly-rated Legia Warsaw goalkeeper Ján Mucha flew to London earlier today after being invited for a trial by Arsenal.
The 27-year-old, who was previously Lukasz Fabianski’s understudy at Legia, is said to be hot property in his homeland due to a terrific bunch of performances during Slovakia’s qualification for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
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What the feck??
This seems a bit odd
http://goonertalk.com/2010/01/05/slovak-keeper-mucha-handed-arsenal-trial/
Great find by Gooner Chris
We are trialing a 27 yr old keeper that used to be the understudy to our very own Fabianski at Legia Warsaw.
Unless Wenger has lost patience with Almunia and this bloke is lined up to compete with fab for the No.1, I just dont get the point of the trial.
If he was a great keeper, surely we would just sign him.
It’s to try and decide if he’s a great keeper i’d imagine pat! Have a look at him alongside Almunia and Fab and see how he fares.
I dont but that A.
When it comes to a great keeper, you dont sign him based off a trial. he would be respected as a great keeper and you would scout him and sign him.
Also you cant judge his ability alongside Almunia and Fab in training. You would need to see him under pressure if that was the case.
If this is true, surely he has lost faith in one of Almunia or Fab.
MG- this dream looks real, and i m happy to see i m not the only one
Merida deal to be confirmed on wednesday by Atletico apparently
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/01/05/1727720/atletico-madrid-sign-juventus-midfielder-tiago-arsenal
Oh and you have to watch the You Tube clip.
It is the first one I have seen of a player that does not make the player out to be no.1 in his position in the world.
It is shocking
evening all..
well more proof from mr maybe babe wenger today…now its all about Bendtner and his injury…im sickened to my stomach…and one more maybe from wenger now..ill say lets show him the door…he is no more than a master of puppets and lying…well one should really have gotten used to it by now…what a fecker…
wenger you have lost all credibility..time to go home fellah
I disagree pat, it’s impossible to judge a keeper in a different league, especially a second rate league, or internationally. It’s impossible to know if a keeper has what it takes to adapt to the prem until he’s there, but the closest you can to testing him in that way is to put him alongside other keepers who are premiership keepers, and go on that.
FFS Songthegreat, you really don’t get how press conferences and interviews work do you?! If it’s all about Bendtner, it’s because the media asked him all about Bendtner.
You do come out with some very weird things at times, literally can’t see any logic there!
SongtheGreat
I have seen conflicting reports today.
One saying he wants to buy early, the other saying wait until they see what is going on with NB
Personally I decided at the start of the month that I was not going to get myself wound up by Wengers comments this month.
I have seen them all before and it is just a case of cry wolf.
So I have got it in my mind that we are signing nobody and anyone that does come in is a bonus.
songthegreat- i don’t understand your point very well(?)
A did we trial Fabianski or just buy him, as he came from a substandard league?
The guy is 27 not 17 and he is under contract and the no.1 for his club. It makes no sense.
Ok say he has a blinding trial and we buy him. Why? Who does he replace? I can’t believe he is being brought in as a no.3 and I cant believe he would come to be no.3
pat Wenger hasn’t said anything about waiting until Bendtner is fit.
He said in today’s press conference that he EXPECTS someone to come in, (not just hope which is what he previously said) and that he hopes to do business as early as possible.
Regarding Bendtner he was asked how close Bendtner was to returning, because of the reports that he was back in training, and he said that he was going to be cautious with him.
logic is clearer than the brightest star A…wenger has benn lying to us all for far to long…ill buy..i want buy..for several years…are you the only one who have failed to recognise that fact ?? or do you have some long drawn excuse…face the facts dude..
no money..we have money…injured for a week..or 8 ??..like a new signing..or two ??..ill buy..or maybe…i could go on and on..but i rather ship that fecker home..
and that my friend is my opinion..
Patthegooner…
my point and it aint the first time we’ve heard this stories is it??..really..come on ??
i know its easy to forget..i dont..sorry
pat keepers go on trial all the time, Fabianski was number one for his club and he came on trial, though was younger obviously. We usually just don’t hear of trials.
Perhaps the rumours of Mannone to Milan are true, so Wenger does want to bring in a third keeper.
What I am trying to say is, what is this guy being looked at for.
I don’t understand why a first choice 27yr old keeper is being trialled if it is to be no.1
And if it is not to be no.1, I dont understand the need to buy him
A top team in european football does not buy a keeper to be their no.1 keeper based on a trial. A trial does not show you how the keeper will react in front of 60,000 people.
pat a trial will show you more than watching a player play in a substandard league, which is why players from those sorts of leagues do go on trial….
Would imagine either as a number three should Mannone go to Milan as rumoured, or as a number two in the summer, if Fabianski takes over and Almunia leaves.
I cant find any links stating that Fab came on trial first.
Difference also there is that Fab was pup when he came to us, not 27!!!!
The Manonne rumour would kind of explain the point of looking for someone. But I would have thought we would look at a Mart Poom no.3 type signing, not someone aged 27 who is first choice at his current club.
Song The Great Hairy Arse;
Unless you nare haing a bubble, apologies in advance….
But please give it a rest with the melodramatics fella!
Wenger should go coz he didnt say what you wanted to hear in a freakin press conference???
Diddums
smoke screan..or a safety buy only..if we buy(more like being thrown at if you ask me)wenger is all clear and that will be the signing he promised or not ?..great cover.up..at least he aint using rosicky’s signing as an excuse(new signing)lol…well…im sorry for being agressive about this…but im truly fed up with wenger..
SongtheGreat
That is why I said the Cry Wolf stories,
I have heard them all before, and that is why I dont believe them until a player is signed and on the TV,
There have been too many super super class signings, players to reassure the fans, I am taking my cheque book to the Euro’s for me to get excited by I want to sign players early in the Window.
I simply dont believe it anymore.
ManGoonian..
dont be short sighted…this has been going on and on..sorry me..try to remember this summer ..last summer the summer before there..come on ..its ok to love wenger…i dont..
” Arsenal are poised to sign the Polish goalkeeper Lukas Fabianski in a transfer expected to be worth about £2m. “The clubs have done the deal,” said Fabianski’s agent Martin Wiesner. There are only a few details left to sort out.”
The 22 year old, who played a key part in Legia Warsaw’s Polish title success in 2005-06, missed training on Tuesday and was left out of last night’s match against Gornik Leczna, having travelled to London to finalise his move. Fabianski impressed during an extended trial with Arsenal in 2004 but opted to return to Poland”
If they come they come,
If not then so be it. I took the decision to try and just enjoy Arsenal this season, and not get wound up like I did last year.
And if it does go all Alexander Song then I will have a right moan in the Summer
I guess not the same though, he was on trial early. I didn’t realise we were after him for so long before we signed him.
pat you have to understand the comments in context, the cheque book to the euros thing was a joke
Bob on A
Good find.
Still dont understand trialling a 27yr old but that is just me fella
polish keepers trio at arsenal next year, if the clown goes. NICE
I dunno pat, keepers aren’t like outfield players, they can come good at a much later age. Jens was a perfect example of that!
It was more the players to reassure the fans quote that fucked me off that year A.
Like I said, if they come they come.
This way I will get excited by a new signing but wont be gutted if they dont.
agreed patthegooner…
and im taken it a bit far..but the truth is there for all who want to see it…one thing is for certain history never lies…and we do need some extra strength..and he promised just that..well feck it lets sit still and watch the trophies slip out of our hands ..once more…
I guess I am getting all conspiracy theory on the Keeper.
My money is on Almunia gone in the Summer and Fab and this fella (if he impresses) to fight it out until Schezney comes through.
SongTheGreat;
You must lead a very simple existence if the quotes in a football press conference get you soooo worked up…
Ooh thatnaughty man Wenger has lied to us…
That really is laughable, I think you should email the club, get it off your chest, then maybe you can contribute a few posts on here that make sense…
It shows we are looking for a Keeper though.
its abit like watching the comedy *the butler and ms wenger
..same procedure as last year James…only better …
pattg;
Thats my take too…. No point getting wound up oiver things beyond our control and things we really know fuck all about!
We have no idea what players are coming in, what ones we nearly signed, which ones changed their minds at the last minute, or a hidden health problem was discovered last minute, etc…
yeah pat i agree to an extent, but this window is very different in that there is a totally public and specific need for a player in a specific position for a specific reason! Previously it’s just been about perceived weaknesses, but this time the squad has lost a forward, probably for the season, and that forward NEEDS to be replaced.
I’d be shocked if no forward comes in this transfer window, but I’ve got no idea who!
Yeah I agree, if this bloke signs up then I’d imagine it’s only as cover, though you never know. I dunno if Almunia would go in the summer though, Fabianski in as number one, Mannone off to Milan, Almunia and new bloke fighting for number two, Szczesny on a season long loan to someone in the bottom half of the prem.
ManGoonian…
ill just say one thing …at least im not raving about some of your posts…fellah..i could see that other might not agree with me and respect that..well…you are one heck of a guy…
Song The Great;
You’re pissed yeah??? Your posts make NO SENSE!
Chamakh to Lpool?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1240891/Liverpool-hold-talks-Marouane-Chamakh-Atletico-Madrids-Maxi-Rodriguez-edges-closer-Anfield-deal.html?ITO=1490
A & Pattg;
Firstly, we dont know IF this story is true.
Second; If he is having a trial, I cannot see him wanting to be number 2, let alone 3, as he is the Slovak National keeper…
And third;
We dont know if its true…!!!
ill leave this blog to you Mr.Mangoonian..it will be better…and return to my simple existence…and yeah ill bring my hairy ass with me……you do have a way with words..touche..
STG;
Look, I am only askin for you to make it clear what you are saying fella… As A has done numerous times!
You spout the same garbled stuff that I have difficulty in understanding… Apologies if I have offended you.
You seem to think Wenger has lied to you, what did he promise you???
“I don’t know, but I fear the worst,” Wenger said. “I am a bit disappointed if he has [signed for Atlético]. We have made him an offer which was accepted at the start, but he could never finalise for different reasons. He is at the stage where he wants to play. He needs to play. He is still available to me and I will do what is good for the club until the end of the season.”
Hadn’t seen those quotes before, not a happy bunny with Merida if he has signed for Athletico, hope it’s all premature but I guess we’ll know tomorrow
[...] Merida’s going, Tomas is staying, Cesc is longer and Nikki is shorter, but Diaby’s the … So, quite a busy day and still no signing in sight! Apparently Fran has signed for Athletico Madrid on a 5 year deal, [...] [...]
If it is true, although we’d want him in the squads so Wilshere can go on loan, his heart wouldn’t be in it, and having lied to the club and manager like that I’d imagine his position would be untenable and he wouldn’t play again.
Looking out of the window at the moment I can imagine tomorrow’s game being postponed because a lot of people won’t be able to get there and the streets around the stadium could be tricky.
obviously it must be true A or wenger wouldnt say im dissapointed if he goes …
also he must know the state of contract negotiations . be it , stay or go …
surely ..
i can hear the same noises echo , like just prior to the flamini departure ..
he better not turn into the next ronaldo or we will hear it from wenger for the next decade ..
Hear it from Wenger?! We’ll hear it from the fans for the next decade, and it’ll be constantly in questions put to Wenger, rubbing it in, as with Ribery/Ronaldo etc!
Lacina Traore,the new Drogba,being linked with a 4m Euro move to Arsenal.Premiership 2015,here we come.
thats the problem right there in project youth .
all the good supposed potential cant wait ..
merida will add to lupoli , stoke , mumbva , even pennant and bentley in impatient youths who either are home sick or just sick of waiting ..
i dont blame them when they see jack sit on the bench for 2 years at the expense of trying to make players like song and denilson look at least average over a 24 month period..
We wouldnt hear it from Wenger,Ethan.Because he never admits his mistakes.
There are far too many “next drogba”s for my liking! 6’8″, the blokes a giant! Where’s that rumour from? Sounds like gibberish to me, though he’s 19, so not like he’s at an age where he’d be a youth player, though not had an Ivorian cap.
Jaguar;
That was quite funny!
Who is this Traore fella then?
wengers youth policy is flawed in the fact that ALL MUST MAKE IT … leave no man behind .. attitude ,
yes its good if your a football councilor , not if your trying to win football games at a top club .
OR obviously if they scream publicly like a little bitch then he will let them go also..
i know the list is far longer than the 4 or 5 mentioned . but the point im making is what point was it to sign merida in the 1st place if your just going to cancel the 3 or 4 year investment you’ve already made with him ..
you might as well bought a readi-made player
another well demonstrated point why ive been suspect of wengers management for some time now ..
flamini – hleb – TH14 – PV04- JENS GONE ..
in song – denilson -diaby – AL ..
YES THE CLUB MUST BE BETTER FOR IT
right ?
Ethan;
What will you have to moan about come May, old buddy???
The cost of a blow job from some Thai Tranny???
giant strikers dont work for us ..
i think around 6 foot athelic – skilled
and can play wenger ball is all thats needed
for us …
we score mainly for a counter or fast break , and
in free flowing play , we are not a team that generally scores from set plays , although its nice to see some spot kicks go in since TH14 left .
but the point im trying to make if you get another ade – barn – door log in the side , just beware !!!!
you will learn nothing !
ethan;
Hopefully, Fabianski will be numero Uno, sooner rather than later…
Players like Henry and Vieira dont come around too often, thats why we have changed our game and formation…
I am happy with our squad at present, ideally, I would like at least 2 new signings to bolster it…
Another Ade??? No effin thanks!
http://www.romaniantimes.at/news/Sports/2010-01-05/5409/CFR_player_wanted_by_Arsenal_
There you go,A.
Ethan;
What will you have to moan about come May, old buddy???
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having to still listen to your crap maybe ?
That list of yutes is hardly a ringing endorsement that Wenger fucked up by letting them go…
None of them are good enough and in Bentley and Pennant’s case, they burnt their bridges on numerous occasions…
In fact, I could not be happier we got rid of twats like those 2!
ethan;
Awww come on! You not playing today?
OK, enough of the sly digs, I promise…. But do you???
hey theres no trannies on soi 6 mate !
only hot 20 year olds and cold beers !
i think you have some fetish issues about trannies mate , if you want to come here ..to experiment , i can set you up with a few that will sort you right out
Have fun ranting ethan… Zorr0 said he was coming back to kick your arse again…
Nitey nite!
I love the fact that people genuinely put comparisons like
“flamini – hleb – TH14 – PV04- JENS GONE ..
in song – denilson -diaby – AL ..”
as if it makes any valid rational point (although Song>Flamini by a mile imo)
it’s like writing
cygan – grimandi – wiltord – kanu
vermaelen – cesc – van persie – arshavin
Ethan;
Apologies, i thought you were a fully paid up member of Gary Glitter’s Gang!!!
Cheers Jaguar, how did you come across that?! Or just a link from another site?
ethan;
Hopefully, Fabianski will be numero Uno, sooner rather than later…
Players like Henry and Vieira dont come around too often
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more like we dont purchase ones like that anymore!
we could get benzema-ribery anyone whos good and french . we seem to miss even all the good french talented players nowadays , or haven’t you noticed that up in Manchester
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Google is our friend,A.
seems like your eager to sign up thou ..
What were you googling!? Impressed, the romanian times, what an obscure place to find an Arsenal transfer rumour!
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=Lacina+traore+arsenal&meta=&aq=f&oq=Lacina+traore+arsenal&fp=d85c830bfd253bed
I have given you the options for you to select it according to your own discretion,A
Yeah I’d know how to find it if I’d heard the rumour Jaguar! I thought you meant that that site is where you first heard the rumour, and was wondering how you came across it, thinking it’s a very strange site to be perusing (unless you’re romanian)!
Football Manager rates him pretty highly
The only two things which I know in Romania are a drug addict and Christian Chivu.
Carlton Cole will sign for us in the next week or two, i promise. I know it sounds like another rumour, however i’ve just been told my mate’s were out in Essex and spoke to a few of the West Ham youth boys on Monday night. They were told he’s in talks over a possible move and was saying his goodbyes sunday afternoon.
Don’t know if im too pleased when we were linked with the likes of Dzeko, but could be a diamond in the making. Wait and see hey, but for the near future it’s gonna be Cole leading our front line.
If that was true then I’d be ecstatic carlos, not too optimistic though.
So is there any chance of the match getting postponed?
Definite chance nisanth, gonna be mightily pissed off if it is though!
Good luck to Merida if he does end up leaving. I just think he is missing out on being apart of one of the future’s best team. The likes of Ramsey, Fabregas, Djourou, Song, Denilson, Vela and Wilshere will no doubt be one of the strongest teams in Europe in a few years if they all stay on and Merida will miss out on that. I just hope he has fun trying to battle against relegation in a league that is a two horse race, with Atletico not being one of them.
dont worry me too , i want to see if the team bottles it … or can they handle the pressure of getting close ?!
if they dont’ bottle it ‘i might start believing ..
but if we dont sign anyone and get a better class of player in , we will always scrap like this ..
Really home the match doesn’t get postponed. And Cole @Arsenal? He’s English maybe the media will get off our backs…
congrats gg9.. itold u once its 100+ pakistani batting line struggle…
Woo hoo, no work today!!
http://goonertalk.com/2010/01/05/slovak-keeper-mucha-handed-arsenal-trial/#comments
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2796193/Wengers-9m-swoop-for-Cole.html
HOW IS THE ASHBURTON GROOVE TODAY…..IS IT AS SNOWY AS IT IS IN RUSSIA.
HOPE THE MATCH GOES ON AS USUAL…
Kenya
I live a few miles outside of London and im under a foot of snow, plus its still snowing.
I very much doubt the game will go ahead.
For once this could be true…….
http://www.imscouting.com/global-news-article/Arsenal-prepare-9m-move-for-West-Ham-striker-Carlton-Cole/4748/
gambon
yedterday they called off carling cup match for snowing reason but stoke fulham game was played…
gooner-pak
It is much, much worse today though. And its gonna snow all day as well.
Stoke is oop north, no?
I hope its not called off.
Mucha is a quality keeper. Probably the 2nd best in the Polish league, behind Sandomierski, who is a youngster that’ll compete with Szczesny for the future #1 spot for Poland.
And our league may be shit, but we’ve always produced quality keepers.
i like polish players surely they must have a striker or 2 we dont know about pat ?!
i like polish women too !
as much as mangoonian will be disappointed to know
its will be to much congestion later then. one match after other. and by that time CL matches will be ther as well
I’ve just had a look at the pitch condition (pitch camera on ATVO) – it is picture perfect, no snow, the game WILL go ahead…
marvelous news suga,
it must be a win tonight ..
Suga
The pitch wont be the problem, its the travel for the fans, team etc.
Plus theres a very good chance the match will be postponed during the game, as its gonna snow all day
patthegooner Says:
January 5, 2010 at 17:01
Kevin Fucking Davies,
Is this the Stoke Blog Site or the Arsenal one?
Seriously Kevin Fucking Davies, have we been brainwashed that much into accepting non world class players.
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This comment is solid gold Pat
Gunnerblog says the decision will be made midday, regarding the game and whether it will go ahead.
Ethan, there are 2 strikers I like, a LOT actually.
1. Ireneusz Jelen: Plays for Auxerre and has been recently linked with Juventus. Quick and a very good finisher. When he was fit, Auxerre climbed up to first in the table earlier this season, maybe 3 weeks ago. When he got injured again, they started dropping points again. Castrol ranks him at 49, which is quite impressive for a Polish player.
2. Robert Lewandowski: Young, tall, skillful, decent pace. His est attribute is finishing. Lech Poznan in talks with Fulham over a possible move.
IMO, only Jelen could make it at a top team.
If Blaszczykowski wasn’t so injury prone, he’d be a great player. Plays for Borussia Dortmund and has been constantly linked with Liverpool. He’s a winger. Loves scoring against Bayern Munchen! Btw, he’s the fastest player in the Bundesliga. Miles better than Theo and probably a bit less prone to injury.
Blaszczykowski
Thats one name I am def not getting on my shirt
Pat
Jelen has said he dreams of playing for us aswell
“Auxerre have not lost this season when Jelen has played. They lost their last two games, which the Pole missed because of a right thigh muscle tear.”
Last season he got 14 goals in 26 apps.
This season he’s had 4 goals in 11, but he’s been off form for those last 5 games due to constant injuries.
“I am not afraid of a challenge. I heard that I would never go to England because the Premier League is not for me, but all it would take would be a phone call from Arsenal and I would pack my bags for London.”
4 in a row?
And he was Sagna’s teammate!
Given the immediate need for a striker, I can’t see AW signing player with on-going injuries.We have enough of those!
And, morning all.
jelen is indeed a deadly finisher
His goals last season. the one against PSG is Kanuesque. Good sub to have, imo. Not starting material though.
Kevin Davies is shit, because he’s a dirty bastard and has a silly name. Leave it there and never mention him again!
The game will be cancelled if the fans of our board members can’t get there in their chauffeur driven cars, I think they will announce it this morning as the Bolton fans will be leaving early, both of them.
See my todays post for a run down.
Going to sleep. Night Grovers.
http://www.goodplaya.com/blog/weather-report-from-north-london-looking-good-for-arsenal-v-bolton/?
Wenger said this on Arsenal.com
I will spend my money responsibly ‘Why should I pay 10 [million pounds] for a player worth five?’
Well simple really, the same reason that you sold two players to City for £40 million when they were at best worth £20.
It’s called economics and market forces mate.
Pat wait until my post at 9, don’t be a mug!
I saw on the news this morning some public sector workers on strike. Utter cunts. I fucking hate them. Probably get full pay today as well.
Actually, I must not be so harsh, they do have rights after all.
Actually, I take that back. Cunts.
Public sector workers – same all over the world. Let them fulfill their obligation to work first of all.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-spy/Gignac-Balotelli-Dzeko-Chamakh-Van-Nistelrooy-and-the-rest-of-Arsenal-s-January-striker-shortlist-assessed-and-rated-by-John-Cross-article278823.html
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Arsenal-boss-Arsene-Wenger-warns-Manchester-and-Chelsea-that-the-title-title-race-starts-now-article278677.html
the UGs didnt come out to play, that saved your bacon, coz ud have been ridiculed