Ok, so a bit of a silly headline there, but I think it’s fair to say, there were a lot of silly comments on the blog yesterday.
Geoff and I decided to clear the spam list out the other day and give certain folk another chance to post on the site. Some have come back and played ball, sadly, it seems others still haven’t learnt to behave.
Both sections on the positive/negative side are as bad as each other. We have a poor result and the positives come on the site prepared to say anything in defense of the team even if they don’t believe it, the negative come on the site armed with statements akin to a relegation dog fight.
I can accept difference of opinion, but when I look back and see childish sniping and bitching, it makes me a little sad. Even more disrespectful is when people start abusing the authors. Geoff and I don’t give a s**t about peoples interpretation of the Magna Carta because our own version of that document is engraved here. Respect it, or blog elsewhere.
May I just remind everyone, the success of the Le Grove comments section is down to you lot treating each other with deserved respect. Don’t lower yourself to the crap I read on other people’s websites, you’re better than that.
I’m not angry guys, just disappointed… let’s make amends today.
In other news, Alex Song’s Cameroon side were unable to beat the might of Egypt, so he’ll be on a jet plane, I’m not sure when he’ll be back again… I’ve heard for United. If some of you are celebrating Song’s return because you think that’s the end of Denilson’s first run, may I just laugh in your face and point my finger at you… that’ll never happen. Now Senderos has gone, Denilson has been promoted to love child number one. He’s here to stay people! I’m so glad I don’t have to listen to people telling me about how good Song was in the ACN…
It has all gone quiet on the transfer front. Goonertalk reported the news that Loic Remy could be on his way out of Nice after fans were so disgusted with his performance, they queued up outside the ground to spit at him and abuse him. An £11mill move has been suggested. Now, not one to put a dampener on a transfer rumour… but… if he’s not good enough for Nice fans, I’ll be damned if he’s good enough for Arsenal!
Wenger has been justifying his weak FA Cup team on the propaganda tv. He reckons the Frenchman has been on the verge of injury all season. Arsene, which of our players hasn’t been in that situation all season? Kind of like the 15 players we have on the verge of greatness! Jokes aside, Willy G has put in a sterling run this year, if wrapping him up in cotton wool keeps him fit, I’ll post my Tesco’s club card points to Arsenal to help with the cost of bulk buying the white stuff.
Finally today… the news you’ve all been waiting for… yep, you guessed it… we’ve been treated to the news of a young player signing on for 10 years. Yesterday was the turn of Vito Mannone.
A player we all know wont make it at Arsenal has been given a new long term contract! Great business Arsenal, I’m so excited. Vito must be chuffed knowing he has to displace Almunia, Fabianski and Chesney! I’ve got faith Vito, I’ve got faith!
Am I the only one who has noticed we seem to save these announcements for the days after poor results?
Just before I go, I’ve been working with a t-shirt designer on some designs of the hand painted variety. I’ll hopefully be able to showcase them later in the week! I’m looking forward to showing you!
Have a great day Grovers, keep it friendly in the comments section… Jesus would have wanted it that way.
Pedro
Ray
Whoever said that knows fuck all about hairdressing
I have never seen this Smalling fella play a single minute, have no idea if he is any good or not, but Wenger was waxin lyrical about him last week, being a bit smug about still being interested in him then as well… Like it was inevitable that we could get him, just a matter of time…
Now United have simply come in, offered more cash and bang! He is off to Mancland (very nice town it is too, BTW!)
And we apparantly are not in for a striker this window at all either…
Scuse me while I busta bloodvessel
I hope you’re right Luke
Campbell is right footed isnt he..can he not cover for Gallas. (even though he shouldnt be first cover).
i dont think we should be too confident of gallas being here next season though. i want him to sign so hope it gets announced, but if you look at it from his perspective he can either sign a good 2 year contract at arsenal or go on a free get more than 2 years and a final signing on fee….money wise he could end up doing better not signing for us.
plus no almunia to worry about and have to give his death stares too lol
Maybe it takes 4 – 6 weeks to get over a bad haircut
Ray, who are “they” and how do “they” know this? I dont have 4-6 weeks. (well i do but hate waiting).
Pedro, sorry to disappoint you. I guess i’ll have to live with the shame..
Bentley takes a good freekick for a cunt
Any news on Huntelaar?
There were some more articles again today saying what a good fit it would be…six-month loan, etc.
any thoughts on fit or likelyhood?
Stu it was meant to be a joke
for most guys their hair grows out in that time ready for a better haircut
got to learn when to use those creepy smiley faces
Think I’ll switch to the bindippers game. Spuds look like they’ve won theirs
On the other hand I have so few hairs left they have names and it’s a personal loss when one of the dies
like killing the family pet rabbit for supper…don’t give edible pets names
oh it was deflected. I’ll take back what I said about bentley
The difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is 4-6 pints…
Hey Ray, I live in SF too! The mission infact
I’ve got some creepy music comung out of my speakers and I’ve closed every window. I’m in a fucking horror film.
Ray Wenger said not after Huntelaar, and I wouldn’t want him! Want him to go to Everton so they give us Saha!
Haha.. good one Ray
Gervinho for me!
Stu;
Sol is cover for Gallas… He is fit as a butcher’s apron…. No probs with Sol fella, none at all…
good one arsene, he looks amazing, good to see you sorting out the Defence….at last!!
As a central striker gambon?!
Only seen gervinho in the African Nations, but he looks far too small and lightweight to play centrally, he’d be a wide man in our system surely
Tim,
‘ze defence eez overrated’
though U knew…
*thought
No, he can certainly play there, but more as a right sided to support Bendtner now, and RVP when hes back.
If we sign a central striker then it would have to be someone at the start of their career, or end of, as they would immediately be on the bench when RVP came back…ie Saha.
Soooo, Fulham’s dismal away record continues…
Does Smalling have pace? Fulham’s style of play makes it impossible to see.
Gallas, right footed played left side till this season. Overmars,Pires right footed played up left side. TH14 played everywhere.
WTF does being one footed matter. Watched that Ozil guy the other night for Bremen he is very left footed but played mainly down right side V BM.
I dunno gambon, I wouldn’t rule out someone in their prime, like Cole. Would just mean more rotation when VP is back, and potentially someone who could play in the wide roles too, as VP and Bendy could do. Currently our greatest need is someone who would be primarily a central forward though, got wide men galore!
That aquilani was a great buy for 20 million
El Tel in defence it matters, which is why you never have a central defensive pairing with two left footed players. In attack it doesn’t matter though, certainly nowhere near as much.
A
The thing is if we sign a central striker in his prime is Bendtner really gonna play when everyones fit?
He would carry the same rank in the squad as Traore.
If we sign a wide player we would have Rosicky, Arshavin, Walcott and new guy as our 4 wide forwards. This is assuming Nasri is gonna be a CM long term.
Mind you that leave Eduardo with no squad place, so come to think of it, unless he’s lost faith in Eduardo, we wont be signing any striker.
A, regardless of who is better, it looks like Huntelaar is available and he could do a useful job for us
I would rather try Huntelaar a see if he works out than give a Gallic shrug and say
“Allors, there is nobody who iz better that wesalready ave!!”
Chamach or whatever his name is will be the one. He is playing poker to get him cheap as usual and it will be another Arshavin scenario.
Hope it doesn’t snow on the big day as that will mean a longer wait.
Ozil is the closest thing to Fabregas there is. Identical copy, but worse. Class player nonetheless.
Lol liverpool
bindippers have drawn
Ozil is the best player in Germany, true class.
A
I acceept that opinion but its like saying all 6 footers are CBs when picking the school team, a very English way of thinking.
Was not the Sol Toure partnership two right footers.
Keown, Big Tone and Bouldy I believe were also Right footers.
gambon I dunno about that, Bendtner would be on par with anyone brought in, would be rotated, or one of them played wide, and them swapping. You missed out Vela too. That would be Arshavin, Eduardo, Vela, Theo Rosicky, Nasri as wide forwards!
Ray I’d rather Saha, Huntelaar would be better than noone, but there would be someone better than Huntelaar out there, surely.
and I say that as someone who likes AW
I guess I’m an AKE (with the E standing for enough) generally spot on but with occasional room for improvement…like this transfer window
Do you guys rate Babel ?
El Tel;
I think Chamakh will sign (for us, or elsewhere) for free in the summer…
I dont rate Huntelaar, but if it was a choice between him now for 6 months, or no one, then I’d give the lanky slow as fook misfit a punt…
Yeah El Tel, you can have two right footers, absolutely you can, not two left footers.
Ozil > Diego
Pat, Gambon
I usually work nights but am off at the moment. Saw the Bremen v Bayern Match was on and intended to watch a couple of minutes. There was only about 30 mins left so I watched it.
The commentators were oozing when Ozil was on the ball and I must say he looks true quality.
A
Ive always said id prefer a smaller, but higher quality squad.
We dont really need 6 wide forwards. I wouldnt be in the least surprised if one of Vela & Eduardo left at the end of the season.
Gotta try & fit hazard in there as well.
Ive said a few times, Ozil is the only player at the mo that could replace Cesc if he left.
Didn’t Chamakh say he will reveal his decision by the end of January?
We must have offered him a pre contract then…
After the CL game with pool (yes that game) one reviewer described Babel as have speed, power and a surprising lack of balance in the 18-yard box
why 2 right footers but not left footers?
Luvd Up.
I have always wanted the Hunter even before he wwent to Madrid as I love the Ajax system.
Forget the speed thing this guy hits the net, there are possibly better forrwards but he is gettable.
A. I think you don’t like lefties mate as that makees no sense that 2 righties are ok but not lefties.
Liverpool drew with the mighty Wolverines then? Ha!
So Jack is going to Bolton.
Could do him the world of good, being beasted in training will mean he adapts to the PL quicker than anywhere else id imagine!
I’d be absolutely shocked if Vela left gambon. Eduardo it depends if he re-finds his shooting boots between now and the end of the season.
I feel that we need a pacey forward instead of a tall lanky one. In recent history, we always had one quick one (Thierry or Wright)and one tall striker beside em.
Because right footed players arent afraid to use their left foots. shazam! :shick:
A
Ray I’d rather Saha,
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WHAT ?????????????
i said i like saha and you said ID PREFER CARLTON COLE ANY DAY OVER SAHA !
FUCKKKK A ! your worse than a woman !
every 2 seconds the story changes with you !
Tv will be able to tell Wenger eveerything about The Hunter.
I think Chamakh is a done deal with the player but we have upset, FA cupped (Disrespected) the Club.
lol nothing to do with not liking lefties El Tel!
Most footballers are right footed
Right footed players have an advantage against left footed defenders.
One left footed defender gives you balance, two leaves you very unbalanced, which is why you NEVER have a central defensive partnership with two left footers.
Right footed central defenders can play on the left side, left footed central defenders can’t play on the right side.
Anyone know if Roy Hodgson has said anything about Smalling after the math?
match***
Hi Ethan.
Fuck having another Manc reject at our beloved Club. Another injury prone one at that.
Evening. Just popped in to see if Smalling, Shmallin has signed. One thought…AW often buys someone who ends up playing somewhere else. Smallthing DM material? Dunno, never heard of the bloke till today.
Proof that righties are more adaptable – Lots of right footed left backs, very few if any at all left footed rightbacks (although i do remember Lopez playing right back against Liverpool for Atletico in the CL). Exception to every rule..duh!
Someone tell us what Hodgson says in his interview
huh ethan??
I’d be happy with either, been saying I want us to sign Saha for ages though!
you hooked onto the carton cole rumor , stifled everyone elses selections , telling us NO carton cole is more suited .. blah blah blah .. then
3 weeks later you like my initial pick NOW , when you initially condemned me for saying it !
fuck me A !
phuck! i take that back
in 2 weeks time you just might want too 
A.
I am rather confused by this left footer thing, maybe its because I am left handed.
Seriously though pal that doesn’t make sense to me, do you have scientific proof to back up your notions?
Stu, Ferraira(chelsea) and Lahm
Surely a right footer prefers playing against a left footer, logically that makes sense.
So lefties should find it eaier against righties.
Sign Vertonghen and get the 2 belgians together, he can play LB and DM as well.
Both of them are right footed Pat…or is that your point?
No El Tel, it isn’t scientific, it’s football theory!
It’s why you get more left footed players who are attacking, than defensive. Also why you don’t have many left footed centre backs, and certainly never a central defensive partnership with two lefties….
ethan I think you’ve got yourself confused, been saying for a good while that I’d love us to sign Saha!!
Nutty started playing for us at right back although it was as cover at the time, did ok if my memory was right.
OH please A !
come on !
your usually bursting with intelligence ..
im dumb founded !
Lahm is right footed.
Ok I think Smalling is Man United’s.
Manchester United have won the race to sign highly-rated central defender Chris Smalling from Fulham.
The England U21 international will join the Premier League champions in the summer after finalising the deal on Tuesday.
The move completes an astounding rise to prominence for Smalling, who has made just nine first-team appearances for the Cottagers since signing from non-league Maidstone two years ago.
London rivals Arsenal had also shown an interest in the Greenwich-born 20-year-old, however Sir Alex Ferguson, who lost out to the Gunners in the race to sign Wales star Aaron Ramsey in 2008, has moved quickest to secure his signature.
“It just looks like Manchester United offered more money than us,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
United are refusing to state how long Smalling, who will complete the remainder of the season at Fulham, has signed his contract for.
To be fair to A, he has had Saha posters on his BR wall since Jan 1st
If the Mancs are signing the unknown Fulham kid lets make an offer for Vidic. OOPs left footed.
A Says:
January 3, 2010 at 01:58
He’s also one of the top scorers in the prem this season
Got the all round game to play in our system as the central striker
Short-term, before Chamakh arrives in the summer.
I’d be happy if we signed him
Vidic is right footed.
Never mind
Currently we have four centre backs, neither Vermaelen nor Silvestre could play right side, which is one reason we signed Sol with Senderos off, because if Gallas was out we wouldn’t have anyone who could play right side.
Samir
They can’t say how long he’s signed his contract for because he hasn’t signed it yet
Samir that story means absolutely nothing, it’s just hashed up from the stuff that happened earlier
Samir.
Those cheating Manc cunts have cloned Rio the elbow Ferdinand.
He looks like a younger veersion and was also from Greenwich.
How far will they go for World domination?
Arsene Wenger, though, maintains until the ink is dry, no deal can be considered done.
The Arsenal manager said: ‘It just looks like Manchester United offered more money than us, but as long as the player has not signed anywhere it is not the end of it. Let’s see what happens there.
‘We will not come out on what we are doing exactly. It has come out [elsewhere], but that does not mean it is true.
‘If we have anything more to tell you we will let you know.’
Wenger, however, rejected suggestions he was set to move for Dutch forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
He said: ‘We are not after any striker at the moment.’
The Gunners boss is, though, ready to let teenage midfielder Jack Wilshere go out on loan to get some regular first-team football.
‘We have interests now from a few Premier League teams, it will be decided today or tomorrow,’ Wenger said. Burnley is an opportunity.
‘At the end of the day, Wilshere will have his word to say, because he needs to decide where he likes to go.’
Stu,
more confused as Vidic plays left side I think?
So United were interested in him before us!
Great…
So Wenger says Smalling deal is not over and we are NOT after a striker ATM….
Yeah he does El Tel. You get alot of right footed left sided centre backs, but no left footed right sided ones.
iqwoo,
I do – shame about that fat fuck ruining his career…
Come on everyone… Repeat after me;
Smalling boomby yay
Smalling boomby yay
Smalling boomby yay
Smalling boomby yay…
Thats bound to work!
He has agreed terms… just the medical to go according to Hodgson… we didn’t bid.
Roy Hodgson just confirmed in interview Smalling to have a medical at United tomorrow and know nothing about Arsenals offer.
So looks like he’s gone.
Samir those quotes were from the press conferences this lunchtime.
He also said “at the moment” regarding a striker, we’ll still get someone, I have faith!
El Tel
you best just quit right now trying to work out
where A comes up with his notions !
WHY El tel who are we signing now ?
oh you mean saha !
yes wenger’s weakness is old injury prone french player has beens, who he used to like several years ago .. when he couldn’t afford them
His form for everton is very similar to anelkas really . i think from the EPL leaders board tallys
standpoint it makes sense .
cesc is our highest scorer and i knew this would happen going into the season so light on with no credible strikers !
wenger will make the same mistake by not strengthening and we will all say i told you so again . im sick of this merry – go – round .
A
i haven’t got myself confused at all !
True El Tel but he is capable with either foot so can easily play left side.
That sucks, still time though! 99% gone I guess
OMG so SSN were bullshitting us!!
CUNTS!!!
Unless Hodgson suffers memory loss?
We’ve been linked with Smalling for awhile and the day the United rumours pop up, its a done deal.
ethan I just quoted myself saying we should sign Saha on 3rd January….
Maybe we’re bringing TA6 out of retirement…
A Says:
January 26, 2010 at 22:02
A Says:
January 3, 2010 at 01:58
He’s also one of the top scorers in the prem this season
Got the all round game to play in our system as the central striker
Short-term, before Chamakh arrives in the summer.
I’d be happy if we signed him
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A ,talking like Arsene has told him that Chamakh will sign for us in the summer.
He’s too young Pedro
Pat, Roy said he’d known about there interest for a while
He doesn’t know anything about Arsenal offer?
There is something sketchy here. Wenger made it seem like we bid, 100%.
Cunts probably never told Smalling about our interest!
A is Arsene Jaguar. Have you noticed how he’s never on when Wehger does a press conference? It’s like Michael and latoya
So what the fuck was that about with Arsene earlier?!
Why does he always hint that he’s making moves when he’s not??!!?
so last week hodgson said he didnt know anything about arsenal bidding for smalling, then you see what wenger said today then just now hodgson says again he knows nothing of arsenal bidding…..so if arsenal did bid if we are to belive they did then maybe their offer was so low that fulhams exec didnt even mention it to roy…
hmmmm GM, you might be onto something there. A doesnt comment during matches either..
I have had a patented, complete about turn and am convinced we will sign Smalling, Shaha and Flamini now…
Ahhhhh… All is well, please disregard my earlier Wenger is a cunt remarks! (Sorry Gambon, Suga3!!)
8D
I think A is more sensible than Arsene,GM.He acknowledges that there is a need for strengthening,which our ‘beloved’ manager Mr.Wenger has never done.
Pedro, we were after him when he was with that shit team according to someone in the media. Us, Chelsea, and someone else, but he chose Fulham.
Smalling is a dumb cunt or United are losing a CB. He’s not better than Rio, Vidic, or Evans.
Either way, Smalling will always look better on a very defensive Fulham team than for United. Hope he fails miserably tbh
We are probably after Christophe Smallingne, a cameroonian playing at Rennes…12 years old!
That will give them a great foursome of CBs though!
We must’ve offered them 1 mill or so!
Stu;
I think GM meant that Jaguar is Arsene…
And I retract my earlier retraction about Wenger….!!!
gambon, great? No one really knows about this Smalling fellow.
Mang
Once youre on the darkside its impossible to turn back.
LUL,
I am not one of the WACs
no, he’s not a cunt, just lost his way…
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=731572&sec=england
ferdinand to be out for our game?
Thing is, this wasnt your usual tabloid bullshit, where some lazy hack links us with some dodgy player just to fill a few inches in a rag…
This was Wenger saying, to the media he wanted the player and felt confident we would sign him…
Either Smalling has been offered more cash and has reneged on a deal (Flamini styleee), or we just took the piss and assumed he was in the bag, when that was just not the case…
If he turns out to be a top player, then FFS, I do not wanna hear any chat about how we were close to signing him…
Wanky wank wank…
evening grovers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr5y0mUsyLM
hope this will cheer you guys up, as it seems Boss failed to ink the smalling guy.
keep up the good job, i’m a great fan of the LG community
btw, hope we thrash villa tomorrow!
Jay, Rio will play against us cause the FA is a fucking joke.
If he pleads guilty, he misses the game against us.
If he appeals it, no action will be taken until after the game against us. Fucking ridiculous.
SAF will force him to appeal. He’ll get punished either way
Wenger is NOT a cunt.He is a selectively blind manager,obsessed with francophonic people and fooling fans.
I think sky might be making abit of mischief. Smallings mum seems to think he is a United player and says that his brother is ecstatic as he is a united fan. Although, wenger is a sneaky one.
from Vital Fulham comments
Gambon;
I am trying to claw my way out of the inky black abyss!!
How are our players doing with injuries.
How close to injury is Gallas.
What was wrong with Bendtner to keep him out so long and can he start or will he be on the bench against Villa.
Surely Arshavins foot injury wouldnt have healed because he came on against Stoke and…..thats it right?
Pat;
Even if he appeals, it has to be sorted before the weekend fella… Thats how it works nowadays… And a bloody good job too…
If Ferdinand appeals he’ll play the game against city and still miss our game. He’ll also miss their villa game
Its not like Ferdinand is going to be missed anyway because he has either been injured or shit all season.
Really? The United fans seem to think he’ll still play against us. The deadline to appeal is Thursday. Doesn’t that take some time?
If he appeals he misses 4 games.
I demand confirmation, one way or the t’other!!!
ANyone have a clip of the Ferdinand incident? Still havent seen it.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-why-i-ve-not-bought-a-new-striker?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arsenal-news+%28News+Feed%29
Another one bites the dust!!
Nasri and Nick on the bench against Villa
Lets face it bostick pockets is getting no-one in!!
Super nick is gonna fire us to glory!!
We dont need any new signings !!
i’ll be interested to see how it pans out. Im glad liverpool drawed – the more points they still drop the better, esp in the build up to our game, iwant them without any confidence.
He has totally lost the plot,good-night!!
Pat;
The rules were changed some time ago…. It has to be sorted in a week, so, if the deadline is Thursday, it will be done Thursday or Friday…
But as Stu says, it will hardly matter as Rio has been crocked or bollocks!
If Alex Song and Abou Diaby can go from a “stupid Gorrilla” and “Abou Diabolical” to… “Welcome back Song from the ANC” and “I love Diaby” …… THEN FUCKING Bendtner can be the new Pele.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article7003699.ece
there’s no doubting we need 1 striker as cover, cos bendtner will get injured again –
yet he refuses to even think of a loan deal with huntelaar. ffs – having some1 there is better than not, why cant he see that?