I want to apologise for appearing to be talking about the same old thing again, you see we are in a window, the buzzards from Barca are circling around our captain and if the Titanic went down this week and all I talked about was how much a second hand Gimp suit cost in Amsterdam (where Pedro is) you would all want to know why! So I am going to try and address the real current issues, and these are those.
Let’s deal with Cesc first, well I’m already bored with this saga, if Arsenal have said no chance, then we ought to be reporting Barca to the relevant authorities.
Forget the fact they have now bid for him, the amount is laughable, these flat track bullies from the Spanish SPL think they can offer what they want and we have to accept it, it’s time to offer them the same amount for Messi, they will have to say, ‘you have to be kidding, he’s worth 3 times that’ then we can say, ‘so you think that Cesc is only worth a third what Messi is do you?’ Then that will tell Cesc how much they think he’s worth, in fairness Cesc should object to what they are doing, he has been an Arsenal player longer than he was a Barca one, he must have some sort of loyalty, I think he has, and this is all Barca paper talk.
They must be proud of themselves, unsettling their Spanish starlet before the world cup, chumps.
Project youth was started around Cesc, it almost worked, Cesc asking for a move has proved that it hasn’t, he can’t keep waiting, we now have the money and we have the squad, time to mix it up a bit and show Cesc why he needs go nowhere else to realise his ambition. Let’s go into the new season with real belief we can win some trophies, have a clear out and bring in some top players, stop shopping in Primark boss, we are the Arsenal.
As far as Ian Wright is concerned, wasn’t he the same bloke who advised his son to join the chavs? Hmmm, we’ll listen to him then, won’t we!
I have no idea who Koscieny is, but if we wanted £80mil for Cesc, and we offered £4mil for him, then it doesn’t say a lot does it? Why are we always buying bargain basement? I hope the proposed swap deal is merely a loan because I think Coquelin is one for the future, I really do and would hate to see him go.
Richards is back on the radar and I think he would be a good buy, strong and pacy and an Arsenal fan. Remy I don’t know, but anyone who wants to join us has to be a good shout, we will need to lose a striker though, and that would probably be Eduardo.
I still think we need a big lump at the back, a Zing for Vermaelen’s Zang. If we are serious about Cole, we need to do a take it or leave it deal now, if he has a good world cup, his stock will go up, if he gets injured the reverse will happen, I would take him, but now.
We also need to show Cesc the direction we are taking so I would also buy Gourcuff, Cesc if he stays will get injured, and Gourcuff will offer us some height and trickery we haven’t had since Hleb went. And, by all accounts he wants to come.
Maybe now is the time to make a bid for Pepe Reina, that would please Cesc and I’m sure it would please the fans, whoever goes in there will needs funds, they are already £30mil down with no ECL plus the Rafa pay off of £6mil.
I don’t think we are far away from world domination but we do need to act soon as the Northern chavs and the spuds will buy, Liverpool will have the impetus of a new manager and no doubt some funds.
Gerrard is too old and too injury prone, so not for me, Torres is too injury prone as well, maybe Ireland would be a good bet, but I want some height in there so Gourcuff is my choice, plus a DM, a centre back and a keeper, another forward would just be a bonus.
One last word on Cesc, if he went he would have two games a year than count for anything, the rest would be like playing Carling Cup matches, if he stays and we promise him a move next season, that would be a massive cop out, if he stays, he should be around for at least 4 years, if not, then let him go, but let him go for the £35mil plus at least 2 players, maybe Assulin and that big old centre back that can’t get a game, I sure don’t want anyone else, Bojan is a little on the short side.
As far as YaYa is concerned, I don’t want him, I only want people that want us. Arsenal, time to step up to the plate, the players deserve better, the fans deserve better, and if you let Cesc go, then the flood gates will open and Robin will be next, or God forbid, Denilson and Almunia, it’s time to act like a big team, because we are.
YES, I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!
Barcelona are a big team in a small insignificant league in a country about to go tits up, Arsenal are a big team in the worlds biggest, best and richest capital, it’s time to start acting like that.
Oh and by the way, it’s free if you wear it at the Banana bar near the canals, the gimp suit that is!
Have a great day Grovers, it’s Friday and maybe today we’ll see some movement.
Le Grove is now smart phone compatible!
Pedro
Geoff
plz god
yes. Booooooooooooooooooooom. After months of trying. Finalllly
is everyone sleeping. Come on guys. ur making this bad for me
bomm
Friday. Yeahhhhhhhhhhh
Now go and read it sixx pac!
Lorient turned down a 10 mil bid
If Cesc again talks to Wenger to pursue a tranfer, e will be dead to me
Its nice that Micah is a gooner but he’s no good imo. Nice to see u share my view on IW
Sixx pac, is it because he is black? You racist!
Its cause he’s English. Ur all mugs
-Get rid of Eboue & sign Richards or Der Wiel
-Get rid of Walcott & sign Remy.
-Add a GK, world class CB, world class DM.
-Sign Joe Cole
-Win the league.
-Easy game
This french CB is only 6 foot 1.
We need a monster – 6 foot 3 plus.
He has only really had one season so I am not sure how good he is. If he was that good he would be in the French team, or Polish team.
Hangerland at 6 foot 5 for me all day thanks
Goeff
How come Cesc is so desperate about a move back to Barca?
And I thnk its about time for cesc to start focusing he’s future with us.
Geoff seems a happy camper today. Good on ye!
Get rid of Walcott? Utd want him for a lot o money
Long time reader first time posting great post as usual
6’1 6’3. Whats two inches
DDM,
Cheers for the reply on the last post it makes sense now
As its Friday ill give that Gin a go but again why the fuck would you want to add Veg to a drink its beyond me
Time for the club to change & now stamp their mark, to show the players, the fans & other all the other teams we now mean business & can’t be fucked about.
Morning all Geoff I must say your very Pedroesque in your blog today, thought it was the Pedders himself untill I seen that it was in fact yourself.
Yaya agent is a cu~t, he was on about playing under Wenger earlier in the season to attract intrest then the Chavs come a knocking and he’s all theirs.
Still if he signed for us would be top signing.
Richards is good but only good, prfer better centrehalf but under tution from Sol and alongside Verm we may just see the best of Richards.
Apparently he’s been a major factory in Lorient coming in 7th place.
factory?
Geoff good post as usual but your dreaming!
Wenger will not sign anyone you watch he will say he tried and they were all too expensive!
They will end up giving in on Cesc and it will be too late in August to replace him or Shity will have bought every player we are linked with!
Samir, he’s at the age where he wants a trophy, when he was learning he didn’t care!
Rohan I feel positive today!
Rocky, he copies my witty style!
Simo, I hope you’re wrong, but I suspect you are right, this has to be Wenger’s last chance.
Is this Remy any good? I’ve not seen much of him. Joe Cole is a no for me. JW is going to be 3x the player Cole is. We need to stick him in the side this coming season, playing him against the bottom half teams and bed him in. He proved at Bolton that he is ready. Joe Cole will only get in his way!
Turtle, welcome aboard, you are now free to post.
morning all, whats the big news that could be happening today!? enough of all this cock teasing lets have it!?
Geoff the little Israeli kid is free. His contract is up at Barcelona.
i just hope to god we do get a new keeper and i would love it to be Reina
I failed my driving test. The guy asked me “what do you do at a red light?” I said, I don’t know… look around, listen to the radio…. HAPPY FRIDAY
2 inches in a defender is the difference between winning a header and not.
We dont want our CB’s getting over powered by the likes of Davies from Bolton or Drogba.
A bit of extra height and power is required.
Even better Stonroy!
Is this Remy any good? I’ve not seen much of him. Joe Cole is a no for me. JW is going to be 3x the player Cole is. We need to stick him in the side this coming season, playing him against the bottom half teams and bed him in. He proved at Bolton that he is ready. Joe Cole will only get in his way!
Agree with what your saying with the Fab negotiations but would we want to take more Barca youth? Will they not turn out the same way and just want to move back. I love Fabs and everything and hope that he stays but this is getting annoying now. UEFA may be a good, or the only way to go. Agree with Gourcuff as well. Love the bloke he’s quality, not bad either for near £21 million either but we would have to buy him now otherwise we will probably get some stiff copetition from him. Probably from them lot in Spain!
i love this post…
get joe cole…. 2 def (one should be world class and Koscieny as back up) … a striker (remy)…. gourcuff and a def mid
then let cecs decide if hw wants to stay or no..
sell eddy and denielson
if cecs stay sell rocisky and if he leaves keep rocisky and make him play in the center of the midfield
Don’t lie you KNOW you would love Torres at Arsenal. That would be a 40-goal striker considering all the service he would get.
Well done sixx pac!!!!
Is it physically possible to connect Australia to England via all the world’s tug-boats??? God knows our weather is now the same.
Just send FAB4 on a loan to barca to get them out of his system, he’ll win a trophy with them and that’ll mean he’ll stay with us alot longer cause he has already achieved what he wanted with them. Anyone???
Matt it’s a good point, but we’ll have the same with everyone we buy young, this kid is from Israel, so maybe he’ll want to finish his career in Tel Aviv, I can live with that!
Dutch, Cole is on the left and Jack is on the right.
It amazes me how many blogs/websites lack any knowledge of the game. Goal.com write a complete bollox of a post, probably based on a 2 year old story where according to the Barcelona Blog suggested Fabregas could move for next to nothing.
http://www.oleole.com/blogs/fcbnews/posts/fabregas-lampard-and-the-webster-ruling.
It is quite clear this is nonsense yet even respected sites like the BBC have picked up on this “revelation” and have passed it off as authentic and as fact. No one does any research anymore or even considers the facts but if they did they would realise that as Fabregas signed a new contract recently he would therefore not be able to invoke the Webster ruling for this and other reasons.
Mark C Davies proves that height isn’t that big a deal, he’s just under 6 foot but wins everything
Geoff, good post.
I 100% agree with your views bout Cesc. Stay around for at least 4 yrs or just go……hope he stays.
Also, I understand what you are saying bout Arsenal asking to buy him for £30mil etc etc but, the main point here is Messi does not want to come to Arsenal. Whereas, most players Barca chase want to go there…
If Arsenal were to buy the right players now and win the EPL and FA CUP and ECL 3 times a peice over the next 5 – 6 years, then all the very young football players would be watching Arsenal and thinking what a great club with great history and tradition…….then in 10 years time, they would want to join us from other clubs over the likes of Barca etc…..
davies is good an elbowing, thats all
we should have def who would break his elbow even if he thinks about elbowing them
Well I think that cesc should leave if he really wants to.But know its seems as though cesc will move back to barca.and I think that it will be very sad seeing cesc leaving.But that was the same with Thiery Henry when he decided to leave us and join Barca.And Henry went their and won what he wanted.And Know it cesc wants to follow thiery henry’s Foot-Step.
We need a defender ASAP. If we get Koscielny in at 8 or 9 million that’s around what we paid for Vermaelen.
Meaningour frontline could be:
Vermaelen, Koscielny, Djourou, Nordveit.
Since Koscielny is for sale and should be around the 10 million we can afford, Djourou would be fighting for a place, so would Nordveit. Nordveit has been on loan and can be 4th choice backup this season.
I wouldn’t say asap finest, but we do need at least one, if not two, before pre season starts.
I’d rather someone with a higher pedigree than kos though
Morning yáll,
I dont mind Cesc going or staying. What i do know is that i definitely dont want him as captain anymore. The Verminator should be given the armband or Robin should. We cant have a captain who desires to play for another team. Thats like having a wife who wants to sleep with or get married to someone else!
For me, a captain should ooze 100% of the club. He is the second assistant to the coach!
sixxpac
4 inches – 6 inches. What 2 inches?
You ask any lady what they prefer.
This Lorient Centre Half struck me as good business, before they started the “Arsenal have some money, we want more” auction, as long as he was third choice. But now he seems very expensive.
I’m still confused as to if Joe Cole would be a good player for us? Certainly a good player, and for free it would be good business, but he always seems to need to beat a player two or three times to get passed them, but maybe him keeping the ball and slowing up the play before a good delivery, thus we have one of our strikers in the right position.
Theo is still a good player and we need his pace. Without him, we look a very slow attacking side, so lets get off of his back and support him like we should , as he is an English player in the Arsenal side, and he certainly isn’t lazy.
Nordveit is a young talanted def but not yet ready for first team at arsenal……
the guys needs some time or he will end up screwing his carrer
I am also tired with Cesc nagging stories. I think better to hear from da horses mouth and let him go if he wants to in exchange of CHYKRYSKIY + our Henry plus cash.Wud hve prefed Diakhate than Richards.
Am sure Wenger can MAKE another CESC as we dont believe in buying big name stars but making them
Guys i think im getting suspended from uni…
My professor gave me a scenario, where i had to use my discretion and arrest one of the many people in the scenario who i felt committed the biggest crime. When my proffessor asked me who I’d arrest, I replied “The one in the spud jersey”. Needless to say he wasnt too impressed.
no news on the sol man? bartley supposed to be pretty decent to, will probably play early FA cup and carling cup games
Good morning grovers.
We need two defenders imo.
Gallas out.
Koscielny and Kjaer in. Kjaer has a release clause of 12 millions, come on wenger !!
Sure A, but they will cost twice as much, like 15 million. Jagielka, Koscielny and Cahill = No defensive problems.
Jagielka + Vermaelen would be an excellent defensive partnership.
what i want to know is why cesc has not come out and talked publicly about all this barca shit and told us fans his thoughts? fuck off i say if you dont want to stay at the club youve been at the longest in your career, the club that made you the star you are and the coach who actually believed in you enough to build a team around you.
also sixx you might need to ask any barca fan about those two inches
I agree with the ‘I don’t want Toure’ bit, especially if the stories are true. Whats the point in getting a player who wants to go to any club bar Arsenal…?
I have never cared about the La Liga but now that Maureen is over there I will. I will be praying that he does a double and we get the champions failure to which he should get the treble with Real Madrid and we win at least the Premier league. Then we will see who will have the last laugh.
Sol is ‘seriously considering’ a move to celtic.
I think we could end up with Gallas, Silvestre and Sol leaving. Then we would have to sign two defenders ( + Nordviet and Djourou )
toure doesn’t want to come, fuck him. We don’t want him.
He can go to city for the cash and play the Europa league
Not sure about that finest – Jagielka is a trier, and a good player, but wouldn’t compliment Vermy as first choice centre back. He’s smaller than Vermy, and far from a commanding centre back, or a leader/organiser.
I’d rather we signed one quality, experienced centre back, who would compliment Vermy, than two or three decent centre backs
sol needs to stay big time, ive heard after the wigan game he went crazy at the team for about half an hour with wengers ok telling what a crock of shit it was
Gambon-
Walcott for Remy??? Your kidding right???
wardo
Don’t you think ten years is a long wait?
But I Expect us To win something withing the next 2 years or so.
E4 Paul; Agree entirely. Arsenal FC arent stupid, the new contract Cesc signed has a 2009 start date, so even IF and its a huge IF, Cesc were to go down the Webster route, no lawyer worth his his salt would touch it as a case that could be won. Rubbish story continuing the frankly nauseating tactics Barcacuntulunya and their media lackeys are employing.
Arsene where are the signings you promised to make before the world cup??
Morning All
Nice post geoff,
Yaya toure is moving to EPL next season,so more funds for barca to fund for fabregas..?
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_6189984,00.html?
Gunneroo
Walcott for Remy. What’s the problem?
When will you people stop talking about walcott like he’s the next English legend? It’s been 4 years, how much good games has he played for us? I think he’s just an overrated winger who doesn’t understand the game and never will. He doesn’t deserve to be playing for us. He’s 21 now, we should give him one more season maybe, or send him out on loan and decide wether to keep him or not next year.
we are the team that need the maximum signings this season specially if cecs leaves
wenger has got a busy summer this season
Still one week to go before the WC starts, it should get interesting now, assuming wenger didn’t lie to us when he said he will sign before the WC
Great post… Cesc needs to give us one more season and one more push for silverware he owes that much and Wenger needs to spend the next fews months and indeed the next year preparing for life without Cesc if that is the case and they can’t persuade him to stay. He needs to sign all of the above players and ship out the dead wood, its good to see we are being linked with some big strong players. Ballagay was on talkshite this morning prattling on about Yaya not coming to Arsenal because Wenger wanted hin to play at CB, where does this guy get this bollocks from, if he is not joining us it becuase of cash plain and simple.
What Walcott needs is playing time! stick him in the reserves as a striker and let him build some confidence or put him on loan for 3 months!
Samir
Read my post again…..I said win 9 trophies in the next 5-6 years.
Then in 10 years time, all the footie players would want to play for Arsenal.
Basically, players want to play for Real Madrid / Barca because of the historic success……..for Arsenal to have the same influence, we need to win consistant trophies over the next 6 years…
If Cesc was Adebayor we would be baying for his blood by now!
Pedro explained it best yesterday in terms of contracts and if he wishes to leave he should be made to pay all the cash back we gave him a year ago to sign the long term contract
This is on sky sports transfer centre with the beautiful Arsenal badge next to it. . . .. . . .
“Toure agrees Prem switch
Yaya Toure’s agent claims his client will be playing in England next season, with a deal already agreed.”
GoonerJohn-
When the hell did i say that he is the next english legend. I couldnt give a sh*t if he does cause im not english, so i only care about him when he puts on the red & white. Walcott has something that we need to harness and put to our advantage. It is only the mis-management of his role in the team that has hindered his ability.
Gunneroo
Why would i be kidding?
Walcott is useless, Capello now agrees, Keown now agrees, Eriksson now agrees. Hes possibly the most over hyped & overrated player in the history of the game.
Turtle, you had the signing it was Chamakh
The only thing that walcott has is pace.
Remy is just as quick as him, but much taller, more powerful, better finisher, more creative.
What we need is Keown as our new defensive coach!
in Hindsight 12million for walcott seems a lot…
Simo, I have often said the only person who benefits from a long term contract is the player, as he gets a massive pay rise, arsenal.com were boasting they signed Ramsey to a new 6 year deal, why? He already had 3 years left on his last one, and he has a broken leg.
If he wanted to leave, we would let him. No balls our Arsene.
Yep Simo, Wenger said that there would definitely be one signing before the world cup, and that’s chamakh
Have City gotten Toure?
No Gambon, that’ll be David Beckham.
gambon. I 100% agree with you there. That what we need this season and Walcott needs to get to the weight room if he has any future anywhere. Remy wants to come to Arsenal he is not hedging his bets and flirting elsewhere, he’s the man. Same goes for Richards he got Arsenal DNA!
Simo Chamakh is free that doesn’t count i hope??
I think its theo and wilshere`s turn this summer to get new and improved deals…
looking forward to see more extra long contract signings of walcott and wilshere on arsenal.com soon
Of course it does Turtle.
Wenger said that there would be one definite signing before the world cup, and that was chamakh.
He was the only definite. There may be someone else before it starts, there may not be until after
A, he also said he wouldn’t buy after the World Cup as the prices go up, so what does that mean for us then???
Great post Geoff!
I can agree with you, the best way should be to keep our captain, and bring some quality to the team, we need to show to the world who we are!
what’s there to decide if everything has been agreed,did they set this deal up behind wengers back or something???????????/
Gambon-
The only thing that they agree on is that Walcott hasnt reached his potential. Thats the fault of the people around him. Do u think beckham would have been who he is if he had Phil Brown as his manager??? I think not. If u want to rid of Walcott, how bout we get someone other than a no-name from a mediocre league!!!
If the media would stop repeating Walcotts performance that night in Croatia, then he would be able to work on his game rather than everybody automatically thinking he was a high-profile player…even though his salary begs to differ
morning soccer fans
Pray it is a keeper! I cannot bear the thought of another season with Alumina or Flappy in goal!
He is going to have to buy if Sol, Gallas and dolphin head all go!
bernard….toure will be a chav or northern chav, he doesn’t rate us!
what’s there to decide if everything has been agreed,did they set this deal up behind wengers back or something???????????/
Turtle, if a player coming back from injury is like a new signing for wenger free or not he is definitly a new signing!
Morning all,
I think we have to come to terms with seeing Almunia for another season.
I would put money on there not being a keeper purchased – nothing he has said or done leads me to belive he won’t be in goal next year.
Wenger has said himself 1/2 more – he said that after the Chamkah signing – so we are looking at 2 max and they both have to be defenders really if we lose Gallas, Sylvestre and Campbell.
I have a horrible feeling Sylvestre will get another year if Campbell signs for Celtic.
We might get JC purely as he’s free – he said he always says he’ll do something if the deal is right on top of what he has said he’ll buy but i am still dubious this will happen.
Lets make a £20m bid for that c**t Xavi to show we value him less than Cesc
Geoff
I doubt Wenger has changed or will change,even after the ongoing fabregas saga…
Ego`s are very tuf to crack,especially ego of one who has made fabregas what he is…
Wenger is still convinced he can win the league with the team he has, Almunia in goal and 1/2 additions.
He’s deluded as we all know – we’ll win nothing again next season – again as we all know.
It just depends on how long we can stay in touching distance to be honest. This season we lasted till April, 2008/09 we were out by November but ultimatley the same season repeated.
Fuck Xavi – they will take that -Cesc is his replacement.
Offer 20 mil. for Messi and we will chuck-in Ebay and Denilson
campbell reigning, a GK & CB and id be happy
1 thing you can be sure about by the way is Wenger balancing the books.
He won’t go out and spend £30M and not even that out with players out.
I can never imagine him doing that EVER – just going out and spanking £30M and leaving it at that.
If Fab doesn’t balance the books i can see a surpise coming.
Maybe Arshavin off for £18M and JC on a free with the £18 coving off what he has spent on defenders.
Whats the big news that were supposed to come today?
Simo-
I agree. Or Denilson and Almunia + $5 gift voucher for Messi.
Now THAT’S business.
THIG… its all being kept under-wraps mate, cock-teases the lot of em!
good post geoff…
but i have to disagree with you on IW
he’s doing the right thing..and i think he shares the view of all of us….we all know wenger is getting it all wrong with his youth policy..
and IW’s just trying to make the same point….
maybe he’s just frustrated of wenger’s arrogance,,,
..just like the rest of us…
If you were Cesc and you sat down and Wenger said – “Don’t worry Cesc i have Koshilney or whatever the fuck his name is coming in for £4M”
What would you think?
I would think – is this cunt for real? I am off.
He refuses to buy established, world class, prime players.
He will NEVER do it. He doesn’t have it in him to make a signing like that.
Next season will be a Carbon copy of this one.
Personally i think the best case scenario for Arsenal is to keep Cesc for 1 more year, make sure we get Champions league again next season.
Wenger goes end of next year when his contract is up, Cesc follows for £45M and the new manager has a decent transfer kitty to bring his own team in and then we can move forward on the football side.
Project youth hasn’t worked…
How many guys from the youth make it anyway?!
We need Coquelin for the future!
Lol i mean LMAO!!!!
Big news day today!
Woo-hoo!
I’ll spend all night on newsnow pressing F5…and when nothing happens I’ll be here bitching about it tomorrow.
Geoff Geoff; I do ”love” you…. on a Friday your post is exactly what I needed – cheering me up with positive words, no slating or slagging off, but honesty about current situation/s. I’m feeling somewhat more hopeful to-day; according to one site, Chelsea has withdrawn their contract offer to Cole so possibility of the rumour that he has agreed to join Arsenal FC? YaYa can YoYo off back to Barca as far as I am concerned, don’t want him in an Arsenal shirt. Another site claims that Arsenal are favorites to sign Robert Green?, I don’t mind that all, he is good when the defence is good. All in all if Arsene signed; Green, Konciesky, Cole and Courcuff (spelling) I would be very happy and add Cahill to that and I would be more than satisfied!
In fact thinking about it, i could see Maureen cleaning up next season, Guardiola getting canned and Wenger managing Barca.
Oh and by the way, someone mentioned that we needed a big chump to take care of Drogba and Davies.
Honestly, it’s far more important to have someone that can read the game and break a situation before it goes to a man vs man between the likes of Drogba or Davies.
Geoff he never said he won’t buy after the world cup, he just said that prices CAN rise after the world cup, so in some circumstances it would be better to buy before.
He would never say that he’s not going to buy after the world cup, that would be ridiculous
we should sign gourcuff(21.5m), veloso(12m), flamini(7m), taylor(5m), richards(8m)
keep cecs
sell denileson (we cant wait till he improves…which will never happen)
sell eddy and buy remy
sell traore and all the wast from the reserves
send wilshare, jet and some other players on loan
we have 40m transfer budget …
plus we can generate funds from sales of players …
for one time wneger must not think about profit…
if we buy the above players we will win the premier league next season …
then if cecs wants to leave he can leave for 80m+..
i have to take issue with rob green,he’s no better then almunia
veloso?????/
BBK… im with you mate they are basically the same player!
hart is the answer
What we need is some english backbone in the team. Green, Cahill and possibly Taylor!
has anyone of you shouting for remy…..even seen him play???i guess not!!
I would love Hart but cannot see shity letting him leave!
WTF is going on here……its gone 11:10 on a friday and not once joke from DDM, BBK or Nick……..
who the fuck is taylor?
not that bolton cunt?
terry we need a quality centre back – either richards or taylor would be fine as a sub/squad player, but neither are anywhere near ready to be a regular for a title challenging team.
Currently the most important acquisition imo is Vermy’s partner, and we have to find the right man for that job, and not get in anyone just alright, like taylor or cahill, or not very good like richards.
dalglish one of the favourites to get the liverpool job
haha
stupid scousers
simo… if we offer decent money like 10m and he wants to come he’ll leave. he knows given will be first choice, and he could be ours for the next 15 years
AT
i suppose he is referring to the newcastle defender..
If a tinpot club like L’Oreient wont take 8.5 mill then they can fuck off and we will go elsewhere to do our work
Yaya is a greedy fucker, who ever crosses his palm with silver gets him
a if players like denilson song walcott diaby can play in a team thats going for the league,richards can aswell,
Arsenal Tom, you mean first choice for 6 months, before he makes a couple of mistakes, confidence goes to shit, and he follows Carson/Foster/Robinson/Wright as “the next England number one for the next 15 years” to end up average at best….
We CANNOT take a massive risk on yet another over hyped young English keeper, especially after getting our fingers burnt with Wright, and the fact that not a single one of the similarly hyped keepers has made it big.
No more risks, no more potential – we need proven quality, and especially in that position more than any other
taylor is shit, no one went for him when they got relegated so why now!?
Morning all
What’s this latest about Cesc being able to buy himself out of his contract with us for 28m? If that is true then we should let him go for as much as we can. If he really is that desparate to leave then no point in holding on to him.
Secondly based on the AFC statement from Ivan, you would have to say it is amateur night in the Boardroom They could end up with serious egg on face. 28m is less than Barca have offered. Any thoughts?
why the fuck do we want this lorient player anyway,he can’t be that good.
ANB Song can, and Diaby can, both are far better than Richards, who’s behind onuha now as a centre back at city, and worse than both sagna and eboue at right back.
We need a first choice centre back to partner vermy, not average english players
the players you mention are average aswell
no A i meant for choice for 15 years, he’s got balls allot more than bottlers like carson, and he’s not fat or a crock like robinson and foster so can play consistently.
who would you realistically have instead?
joe harts no worse then both almoonia and fabianski,infact he is better then both of them.
Anyone AT – until he’s played three seasons you and I have absolutely no idea about his balls and his consistency. Robinson looked amazing for a couple of years, people were calling him world class before the last world cup! carson, foster and wright all had one/two seasons where they were amazing, no worse than hart was this season and last.
Until a single hyped English keeper has made it, I don’t want us to spend any sort of big money on any of them, far too big a risk.
I’d much rather Rob Green, who isn’t top quality, but he’s a good premier league, and experienced keeper, who isn’t going to completely go to shit, as any young and largely untested keeper could very easily.
Although I’d rather someone better, buffon or frey, or even try and steal reina, but i fear all those are just fantasy ideas
To be honest, we don’t need Joe Hart right now. We need a keeper that is 30+ that has the presence to dominate and dictate his defence and not do any howlers. That’s enough.
I believe in Wojciech Szczęsny for the future, but for the coming 2-3 years we need someone to lead by example and get rid of Al and Flappy, and play Szczęsny as second keeper for a while under someone, like Green or James, an old fuck who knows how to scream his lungs out.
what about seaman though A
he was great, and not exactly an internatonal when we bought him
incesc Seaman was 27 when we signed him, he was more like a Rob Green signing than Joe Hart
What has happened to our great club? oh for the days when we had Henry, Pires, Bergkamp, Viera, Lundy
ManU and the Chavs have proved in recent seasons, you do not win the PL without a International world class experienced keeper. This in the area we are lacking in and need to address, There is no point in signing Hart or even Green it would be too much pressure for them and yes they could go the way of Robinson and Wright before for us. We need a Buffon or even a Schwarzer Arsenal need a keeper who is in his mit to late 30s.
Yeah I agree THIG – we need someone who has experience, who will instill confidence in the defence, and help to organise it. NOT a young unproven keeper still learning his trade
I have a really bad feeling. For the past 3 months Arsenal have been linked with 100 or more players, some cheap and some overpriced. We make noises, put in stingy bids, get knocked back and it all fizzles out. Then, on the horizon appears Chamakh. Tall, fast useful in the air and FREE. We immediately make it known that he is the one we’ve been waiting for. Joe Cole’s head pops up on the same horizon and again we are heavily linked. Why? Could it be because he is FREE! Now today we’ve been tipped to take the next ‘Messi’ and surprise, surprise he’s…FREE! Now, call me an old cynic, but isn’t there a disturbing pattern emerging here? The only player we have actually bid for is that CB in France and we go and bid almost 4 million under the asking price!
A schwarzer as a top class keeper?! sorry?!
good prem keeper, similar to green, but older.
We need a good keeper, but vds is no longer world class, and neither is cech post injury. They’re not in the buffon/casillas league nowadays, so a good keeper would make a difference. You just have to not have a shit one!
Iceman – We’re broke?
seaman 27
green 30
hart 23
Seaman was pretty much in the middle of the 2 when he joined, age wise
Rob green isnt really world class but hart could become world class imo.
Maybe we should just see who plays and does best in the world cup.
We are going bargain basement again in all other areas so we should be able to fork out on a good keeper
A. Seaman was a different animal all together, he had concentration beyond his years. He was very calm and trusted. Hart is like Seaman but too young at the moment for the pressure of Arsenal keeper, he is just not ready. We have Chesney waiting in the Wings, we need another Lehman type keeper in the mean time.
kolciensy as well
what an underwhelmng player to be linked with. Is he better than Gallas?
i doubt it.
Boy says to his mum “is it wrong to have a willy?” she says “no why do you ask?” the boy replies “because dad is in the bathroom sweatin like mad trying to pull his off”
Iceman
I agree, we’re supposed to have shitloads of cash to buy quality, yet we don’t spend anything more than what’s absolutely necesary.
I’m hoping for the best, but I fear we’ll have another rather bleak summer.
AW may have made the signings before the world cup but they could be announced after the world cup.
If we have made the signings of players at the world cup, such as Joe Cole, Joe Hart, Gourcuff Yaya, etc we do not lose or gain anything by waiting until the WC is over before telling the world, and the players probably would only want to focus on the WC and not have the press all over them and distracting them, hence why Chamakh (Morocco) no WC and an Arsenal player now.
Darren
if hart is too young then chesney surely wont be ready for 6-7 years…
fuck the future, lets get an amazing keeper and when chesney is ready let them fight it out.
I agre darren – we need someone who has experience, not someone who’s never played in any big pressure games, so it would be his first experience of them, and he could drumble under the pressure easily.
Incesc
Listen to it ‘Hart could become world class’
That has been the story of our lives for too long mate.
What if he crumbles under the weight of expectation when he becomes first keeper in a big club?
I’m a fan of him, but at the same time he is very young, and the odds are against him that he’ll be the next English Casillas.
Rob green hardly comes with lots of experience of top level games does he?
30 and never playeed in the champions league.
thig
if wenger finds another lehmann i will be a happy man, although arsenal fans gave him stick when he first arrived…
Who is this shit player remy. Do we ever get linked to players who are not freebies and francophonic shit players whom no other clubs want
i was under the impression something might happen today, is DDM on at all?
7 more shares sold yesterday
of course we do jaguar.
kolciensny!!
any sighting’s of pedro le gimp?
Getting a keeper is a top priority. Hart is quality – but young, Green looked amazing for England but isn’t always so. I’d like us to do a Barca and unsettle Reina and court him with CL promise. He’s quality, the perfect age and maybe, just may be enough to make Cesc stay.
Incesc
It’s always about Wenger finding diamonds in scrapyard.. Does get a little tiresome.
Of course I’ll be happy if it turns out that way. Problem is the usual… Might as well go to hell.
Proven talent is just that, proven. Why should it be so difficult for Wenger to accept that, instead of being so fucking mysterious with his choices all the time.
Well not champs league, but some 360 games in the league as well as ten england caps.
Compared to Hart who’s made 80 or so prem appearances in his career and a couple of friendlies for England
incesc. and if we sign a keeper in his mid thirties then that will allow Chesney to come in gradually and not be thrown. I agree about Green he has limited experience for his age. A keeper is one of the most specialist and important roles on the field so they need to be right, it is also one of the most physiological positions and confidence is the key to performance.
Incesc kols isa francophonic shit player
What arsenal should do is make a counter offer of messi plus 5million. Barcalona’s will straight away say ‘are you fuckin mad? Hes our best player and hes not for sale’
then Arsenal would say ‘cesc is our best player and hes not for sale, so fuck off you cheeky bastards’
anyone agree?
Darenchallis is bang on. psychologically we have two keepers who just can’t handle pressure and therefore getted psyched out before the game has started. That’s why we need someone like Reina, who has a massive ego and believes he’s the only one on the pitch.
Pepe Reina for me has the experience and that counts for a lot, he is also supremely confident. he is younger than Green I think but look at the games he has played in and the top four / title scraps he has been involved in.
100% agree with MC29. Cheeky fuckin’tappers!
Look at Lehman he told us Almunia was shit years ago and he was an International keeper. He was arrogant hot headed and a complete nutter sometimes, but was he beaten by daisy cutters or did he come out a flat at air?
reina would be awesome darren.
but it aint going to happen imo.
if wenger had any balls he would put in a 25 million bid and test the broke bindippers.
Iceman
Take the game against Blackburn, perfect example of a game where you need someone who won’t get bullied and who knows how to shake off the pressure. Flappy failed miserably in that game!
Darrenchallis
Reina recently signed a new long term contract with the scousers I believe.
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Artur Boruc (30) could be able to be part of Arsenal team. Celtic goalie has been approached to Gunners several times, but seemed that this could be the right one. His contract expire next season and also Sevilla offered 3 million euros to Celtic.
7 more days to go before the events in South Africa kick off.
Do you honestly see us making a signing before then?
2% of your time doing transfers is problematic.
Anyway theres no point in signing a decent keeper if he doen’t get a quality CB they are both interlinked the CB feed off the confidence of the GK and it works the other way too.Look at That as the triangle of a solid defense any weaknesses will be exploited. We had it with George Graham’s teams and we had it with the Invincibles.
anyway, we wont sign a keeper.
whenever the fans are desperate for wenger to strenghen a position that is clearly lacking wenger just basically says fuck you and sticks with what he has.
Almunia has been awfull since he came into the team in 2005 i think it was.
I remember watching him vs man u in the pub with my mate and being absolutely astounded at how shit he was and how he cost us the game.
Its clear he has been shit for 5 years…
why would wenger change it now.
haha
Arsenal is slowly becoming the recreational club for Polish rejec.. erhm, the Polish national team.
Thierry Henry is God. Cesc Fabregas has a long term contract at Arsenal, I rest my case. I was only using him as an example of what is required. Any keeper with experience of PL CL, Europe in general would do. An experienced confident keeper, not a flapper or a has been no2 keeper or a kid with no experience.
Green?
I want reina, fry, buffon, lloris, nueur quality
The fact is we are being linked with every keeper in Europe so there’s no smoke without fire. Almunia must realise his days are numbered as No1 and he will have to settle for no2 or fuck off. He probably thinks he’s the nuts because he saw of Lehman but he’s not he is one of thouse who are to blame for the decline of the last five years, he is just not a PL or CL winning keeper.
incesc it was 2007 when almunia came into the side, summer of 2008 when jens left.
he’s not been shit the whole time, he’s been average with occasional dips of shit
just noticed that “Beast” made the Brazil squad! maybe I won’t stick a fiver on them after all…
darrenchallis
Yeah, well.. If Cesc is sold it won’t be under 40 mil. Barca is the kind of club who spends that kind of money. Do you honestly believe that Liverpool will sell Reina for a price that Wenger would accept?
The signs are all over the place that Wenger will do yet another summer filled with bargains here and there, which in the end will mean that we will be left emptyhanded because all the clubs we negosiate with will be so tired of Wenger’s cheap approach.
Thierry henry is god
Koscienly hasn’t got the polish passport yet
Gooby
True, but it seems like he is more inclined to play for Poland then France.
Which is stupid, considering that France needs good CBs and it surely would be better for his carreer to play for France.
Almunia Signed for Arsenal in 2004
Boruc is a fatty. Frey is better than although he’s plump too.
Thierry Henry is god. I know it was an example only. he will buy a bargain basement version or make a last minute offer for what is left on the table and then say ” I tried to sign Buffon” yeh but you faxed an offer of 10 Mill at the last minute. I’M SICK OF THAT! Wenger will wait until after the World Cup no one wants a player, like with Arshavin and then make an offer at the last minute. We will get all the dregs of whats left as usual.
That he did David, what’s the relevance of that?
As Incesc correctly put.
He’s been shite since 2005
Boruc is the twat who tried to get Eduardo banned after jumping through him like two tons of flying lard
Boruc is prone to extreme clangers too. There’s only one man for the job and he goes by the name of Gigi Buffon.
Neuer or Adler would be cool too…
Read about Boruc on english Wiki, he seem to be a bit eccentric and crazy.. Maybe he does have some of the Lehmann way in him.
And he has kept 67 clean sheets since 2006 playing for Celtic. considering how dominant Celtic are in the Scottish league, I imagine that the situation in their games is much like for Arsenal, dominating games except for some counters.
So what the hell, why not?
Almunia is another example of a player who would suit playing in Spain our goalkeepers are easily bullied in the PL, You can not imagine Lehman being pashed about or Flapping to get to a cross, he would run through walls. Watch good keepers they are strong mentally and not easily intimidated. One of the reasons why Cech is not as good as he was. At a live game, watch the keeper push people out of his way put his shoulder in and let all around know whos boss. Almunia the pink UGG boot wearing Poddle walking is not up to that.
Yeah but David he only came into the team in 2007/8, when he displaced Jens at the start of the season after a couple of his howlers.
Before then he was just a sub/cup keeper, and was fine, you wouldn’t have found many people to call him shit, he was just nothingy
Please i need something about english clubs and their debts. A muppet in my office said Chelsea is free of debt. Can anyone help me??
Wtf.
Arsenal have reportedly submitted a bid of £2 Million for Boruc services and is now fighting against Sevilla for his services. It is said Boruc will prefer a transfer to Emirates over a transfer to Sevilla. He aint that bad is he?
Lehman trained with Almunia, and he openly told the world he was shit and they then began training seperately. Im sorry but any keeper who does not get a look in for their country and not seem too bothered is not up to it.
Kunle4Fabregas
Abramovic more or less wiped out their debt this winter.
Rio Ferdinand injured. Taken to hospital. BREAKING NEWS
Boruc … yep true to form the cheap option I guess he couldn’t find a keeper on a free! After all the shit he said about Arsenal last summer, he’s going to be a fans favourite right.
Robert Green, Micah Richards and Scott Parker all to the Emirates for 30m
GUNNER4LIFE10. He is not a bad goalkeeper but he is a complete cunt! In a rangers v celtic game he took his shirt off at the end and he was wearing a tshit that had a picture of the pope on it just to wind up the rangers fans… he was also caught shagging another bird whilst his wife was in hospital having their child. Complete wanker
Kunle4Fabregas. He paid off the debt but loaded it onto the parent company I believe so the club is debt free but Chelsea are not. Basically the club still owes him £700 odd million.
Triaud insists there have been no discussions with Arsenal and believes it is all paper talk for now.
“I’m not going to comment on anything from the English newspapers,” he told L’Equipe. “Today, I have received no offer for Gourcuff or anybody else for that matter. We know what the English tabloids are like…
“Fabregas was going to Barcelona, everything was done, and I just saw Wenger say that Fabregas will stay in London. I will not be drawn into this game.”
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror reports that Arsenal have had an £8.5 million bid for Lorient defender Laurent Koscielny rejected.
RT how on earth would that come to £30 mil?!
Richards was being offered around for £5 mil last season, Green would be £3-6 mil, and Parker is not for sale supposedly, though if we spent more than £10 mil or so I wouldn’t be happy at all!
kenny smith. He should be playing for the Chavs then.
yeah he probably should. He is my most hated football player in the entire world. I would hate it if we signed him. He is a smug cunt
ferdinand might be out of the world cup, just wait for king to get crocked and we’re screwed!
Damn, there was supposed to be some revelation today…
Where is DDM when you want him to give an update!
If Boruc is the revelation that will be a kick in the nuts!
where have these boruc rumours originated from? i’ve not seen them anywhere?
The revelation is that Ferdinand broke his leg.
ddm never said a revelation either – just said that there would be some news that would be “pretty good”
Dam, no Gurcoff.
I think Joe Cole had his picture taken at Arsenal and signed up before he left for England. Maybe Green did as well? And they will both be picture side by side on Arsenal.com with the Tooth Fairy (Not Ronaldinho).
A
That’s the silly season for you..
The agent of a player spreads a rumour, which is then snapped up by a paper, and then twisted by another until suddenly it’s a fact from an certain source for the third.
Enjoy the ride, hope for the best and fear for the worst!
A. Its his agent, he’s infiltrated this site to try increase his 10%.
THIG that is how things work – but i’ve not even seen a rumour, let alone a tabloid pick it up?!
Joe Cole will want the number 10 jersey.
I think they are waiting for Gallas to leave so that Joe Cole can take his number.
I’d give him 10 now and tell Gallas to fuck off with number 42 if he decides to stay.
A
Alright, maybe not a revelation…
1. But so far the best we’ve had today is that a Polish unfaithful hooligan might be interested in a move.
2. That Triaud has told that there haven’t been any offers for Gourcuff yet.
3. That Lorient’s president does not rule out a move for Koscieny, as long as it’s for the right price.
None of these news are very interesting IMO
Maybe his agent couldn’t get a reporter to listen to him, so he took matters in his own hands and rewrote Artur Boruc’s wikipedia site! Bold move!!
THIG.. He’s probably so cheap that he is his own agent and rewrote his own Wiki.
The revelation is that Denilson has signed a new 6 year deal at £80k PW! thats their idea of good news.
I don’t want Gallas to stay, I think he’s a surly cunt, the atmosphere since he arrived has been shit and we’ve won fuck all, co-incidence?
That was on Wenger, he should have made a decent man captain, Gilberto, but stabbed him in it and sent him packing.
Geoff
Amen to that.
The season when Wenger pushed out Flamini(Even though Flamini went on a free, Wenger could have kept him if he tried.) and Gilberto was the season I lost all respect for the man.
As far as the number 10 shirt is concerned Arshavin, Cesc and Cole if he comes will be after that, maybe even Robin.
Ha, ha, I bet he gives it to Denilson, to make his extended, extended contract seem that much sweeter.
Oh and to piss the fans off!
Geoff. You’re spot on with that, Galla pissed everyone off and screwed up moral. I can’t see him being encouraging like Sol was. What happen to Gilberto was shameful.
Thierry, the season before when he allowed Edu extra time after the Copa and then Edu went for a friendly with Brazil shortly after was the start of me losing respect for him, he didn’t talk to him until the 2005 cup final and sulked all season, then he tried to get Edu to sign, he stuck his fingers up and went to Valencia on a free.
Don’t blame him.
Wenger’s sulks have cost this club dear.
I hate Gallas! Apparently i always have.
Both our examples sums up Wenger pretty well these last couple of years. The man thinks himself bigger then the club, and there are no words that can describe the loathing I feel for such attitude, and I’m reminded of it everytime he tries to be shrewd at a press conference.
There is no doubt that he is a good manager, but we need a David Dein character behind him to reign him in properly and give him a good spanking from time to time.
I don’t wanna sound too much like Sabeel, but I agree with Geoff about Gallas…. (shit, that’s the 2nd time today!)
I hate Gallas for ruining Senderos and taking number 10. 10 should be given to top class playmakers who are gonna be at the club for years. Not Gallas…dont want Cole getting it either though. Give it to VP..
Sometimes as a manger you have to rise above the pettiness and man manage. This is a skill Wenger is lacking in and those cases prove it. A good man manager would not have lost Flamini or Edu and you can not rely on your own reputation, repect works both ways.
Gallas is a giant sulking baby at 33 years of age..
No wonder he has been a bad influence for the team.
For a moment I thought you wanted to give Senderos the No.10 Stu.
Naah, I say give it to Bendtner. Inflate his ego a bit more.
Cesc set for Wenger talks – Daily Mirror
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is keen to hold further talks with Arsene Wenger as he looks to secure a summer switch to Barcelona. Will the Gunners be forced to sell their talisman?
Cole set for Chelsea exit – Daily Star
Chelsea have withdrawn their contract offer to midfielder Joe Cole with the England international stalling over his future. Where will Cole be playing his football next season
I think Pat has had his time also. A good no2 would be able to iron over problems and diffuse situations. Pat is buried up Arsene arse too far to notice.
Never Rohan! Bendtner wants 9 and in fairness it would be disrespecting Bergkamps no10 giving it to anyone other than VP>
Gallas only says things that wenger should be saying.
Gallas moans off the pitch and gives 100% on it.
Walcott gives it billy big bollocks off te pitch and plays like a cunt on it.
I know what I prefer.
RVP is the natural no10 end of Ashavin might want it but hasn’t exactly earn’t it with loyalty, so its Robin all the way.
Gallas is just a cunt who should never have joined in the first place.
does he actually want 9 stu?
darren how on earth do you know what pat rice’s input is?! some of the things that people just make up/assume based on precisely nothing, then treat as fact are just laughable, but i guess that’s part of football, especially with gooners!
Nothing at all is gonna happen today is it??
Ive heard that joe cole’s gonna sign for utd,
I think it would be crap if we missed out on him.
Is he a gooner or a chav supporter,anyone know?
Geoff how about this idea.
If someone claims that ‘some good news is coming’ which actually doesn’t, I say ban them from the site. All these morons claiming exclusives as their best friends uncle lived nextdoor to wengers barber said so. It’s bloody annoying. Most of them who say it are probably spuds anyway!!!!
Apparently he does A. Read that he asked Eduardo for 9 last summer but obviously Eddie said no, so Bendtner somehow came up with 52 instead…cant remember his reason for it though.
DDM a spud? I highly doubt that despite not knowing him. I believe him when he mentioned the list of players wenger would let go.
*would be willing to let go.
Ok so people still think fabregas will be leaving arsenal for over £50m reality check, this just aint happening unless alisher usmanov send his men round to extort them. (thats a joke btw).
The situation will be sold after the WC with a deal more than likely involving 35m + a player wether arsenal like it or not.
I can’t see Gourcuff signing unless a serious injury occurs to nasri.
Ive heard that there could be a deal in place with lyon involving cash + eduardo for toulalan.
Koscielny is the no1 target at cb, with a possible 2nd being brought in with the losses os senderos, silvestre and possibly campbell.
Joe cole would be a great signing but due to our wage structure, can we offer him the kind of wages that united and city can??
Finally, we could be taking Gai Assulin off Barcelona. Barca take one player off us, we quite hapily take one of there brightest prospects whos been quoted as the new messi by guardiola himself.
Coming in will be:
Micah Richards – 6m – Man City
Laurent Koscielny – 8m + Coquelin – Lorient
Joe Cole – Free – Chelsea
Yoann Gourcuff – 16m – Bordeaux
Marouane Chamakh – Free – Bordeaux
Outs:
William Gallas – Free
Phillipe Senderos – Free
Mikael Silvestre – Free
Emmanuel Eboue – 6m
Armand Traore – 3m
Cesc Fabregas – 60m
Tomas Rosicky – 5m
Eduardo – 8m
A. I love Pat but he’s overshadowed by Arsene now, he used to be vocal he used to show passion. he now just seems to sit like a relic of a bygone era. Your right I do assume, based on the above he has nothing to do with the team or in common with the team anymore apart from training. I feel sorry for him because I remember what he used to be like. And he now just seems disillusioned. I may be wrong but its just an observation.
I GOT THOSE ABOVE FROM FOOTBALL RUMOURS, sounds realistic enough
A baker hires a young female assistant who likes to wear very short skirts and a thong. One day a young man enters the store, glances at the assistant and then at the loaves of bread behind the counter. Noticing the length of her skirt and the location of the raisin bread, he has a brilliant idea. “I’d like some raisin bread please,” the man says politely.
The girl nods and climbs up a ladder to reach the raisin bread, which is located on the very top shelf. The young man, standing almost directly beneath her, gets an excellent view just as he planned. Once she comes down he says he should get two loaves, as he is having company for dinner.
As the girl retrieves the second loaf of bread, one of the other male customers notices what is going on. Thinking quickly, he requests his own loaf of raisin bread so he can continue to enjoy the view. With each trip up the ladder, the young lady seems to catch the eye of another male customer. Pretty soon, each male customer is asking for raisin bread, just to see her climb up and down.
After many trips she is tired, irritated and thinking that she is really going to have to try the bread herself. Finally, once again atop the ladder, she stops and fumes, glaring at the men standing below. She notices an elderly man standing amongst the crowd, staring up at her. Thinking to save herself a trip, she yells at the elderly man: “Is it raisin for you, too?”
“No,” stammers the old man: “but it’s quivering a bit!”
Well if they are from Football Rumours then they must be true.
There’s no way Gourcuff is going from Bordeaux for less then his buyout clause.
As for Koscielny, I doubt that we’ll trade Coquelin for him. To be honest, I believe the price will be around 12.5 mil for him.
RvP is a CF though. Give it to gourcuff if he comes in.
Stu-
Nikki B wanted 7, so he got 5 and 2 cause they equal 7. He asked rosicky for it but rosicky wanted 9 but Eddie said no.
stu, i only think its realistic coz most of them are really cheap players, and wenger will make a big profit selling sum players as well
If we’re that desperate to land Koscielny, he must be some player. We must have scouted him and seen him play a lot of times so I’ll trust Wenger’s judgement on this one.
Bring it on!
5 players in = £22 million
8 players out = £82 million
Bendtner wanted 52 coz it’s the number 25 flipped backwards. ( he wanted to be the opposite of adebayor.) I just called him and he told me.
Seriously though, didn’t he say it was a number of personal significance?
RVP is the no10 any other player other than Ashavin would be disrespectful to Bergkamp. Thats why Gallas didn’t deserve it. Me I fucking reire it along with 14 and 4 most of this lot do not deserve to were the numbers.
No one had heard of or seen Koscieny before this week any more than anyone knew Chamakh before last August.
4 of course if Cesc does leaves.
NEXT SEASONS TEAM
Fabianski
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Clichy
Song Diaby
Van Persie
Walcott Chamakh Arshavin
Subs
Almunia
Djourou
Richards
Nasri
Joe Cole
Bendtner
Denilson
B52 Bomber I would guess.
Lot of differing opinions on Bendtners choice. I remember it was something like : cirrent number+his goals and assists + the number of sitters he missed that season ::: 26+15+5+7=52
Not completely sure on that though but it was something like that.
Thats 53…must have gotten one of the numbers wrong..6 sitters maybe?
Awful team rtz. VP in midfield and Walcott starting.. disgusting.
Question for you lot, who would you rather have?
Vermaelen or Chiellini
Fabregas or Gourcuff
Van Persie or David Villa
Eboue or Van Der Wiel
Nasri or Hazard
Walcott or Aaron Lennon
Song or Yaya Toure
Denilson or Felipe Melo
Stu, dont be suprised if that is next seasons team
Stu: http://media.photobucket.com/image/threadbomb%20fail/briansmexyington/millionaire_idiot_fail-713308.jpg
RT I’d go with the arsenal player in every one of those except for the bottom two
Vermaelen
Gourcuff
Van Persie
Van Der Weil
Hazard
Neither
Song
Neither..
Vermaelen(Chiellini is a beast, but Vermy is the future for us.)
Cesc(Even though I love Gourcuff, Cesc is still Cesc)
RVP
(Haven’t seen VDW so I can’t say)
Hazard
Walcott(Cuz Lennon is same crap different name.)
Song (The touré brothers are cunts)
Melo
Ah ok stu, fair dos. Not sure what number I see him as!
darren 99% of an assistant manager’s job is behind the scenes, and on the training ground, unless you have access to that?
RT coquelin is only going on loan to lorient, no way we’d let him go permanently. I’d say with those players we’d be a defender short, as richards would only really be sub right back – he’s an absolute liability at centre back, i’d rather keep sendy!
But, I have to add that considering the whole situation, I’d rather take Gourcuff now and sell Cesc.
So I guess I change my mind there.
Melo definately wouldnt be the answer to a DM problem. He is failing at Juve because he needs to play with an anchorman so he can go after the ball. Juve expect him to just sit in fromt of the back 4 like Gilberto does.
van Persie or David Villa is a tough one…I think I’ll go with Robin.
*no more an answer to DM than Denilson is.
whats wrong with short players??? messi scored 4 against us.. if u look at barcas line up messi, bojan, pedro, xavi, iniesta r all around 170 cms nd they’re the best team in the world, stop talking about huge players and start looking for actual raw talented players!
Funny thing is, Wenger claims that no one is better than who he currently has, and he doesn’t want to pay over the odds for players, when he obviously knows where the teams problems are.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-we-will-concede-fewer-goals-this-season-
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-we-conceded-too-many-goals-to-win-the-title-
Stu I wouldn’t mind that though – he CAN play lone dm even if he isn’t ideal there, but someone like him as well as Song in the big games would be very good.
Yaya would be better though obviously
Stu
In the hypothetical situation where we would have Melo instead of Denilson, we could at least make use of him along side with Song as anchor whenever we need to muscle up our midfield.
But I agree that the way he has been played at Juventus is completely stupid, that is out of position and without any proper backup.
Thinking of the Brazilian national team really makes you miss Gilberto doesn’t it?
Van der Weil or Eboue, that must be a trick fucking question?
I would rather have shingles than Eboue, that’s an easy one, but then you knew that right?
Song and Denilson make me miss Gilberto, no question.
A. and my point is 99% of the problem with Gallas was behind the scenes as well as Ade, Flamini Edu. It would be a no2′s job to sort out the players and remain there own person so they can do this between the players and manager, this is why no all no2′s make good managers. It is a bit like saying our medical staff are shit, 100% of there work is behind the scenes, but are they doing anything right well the results say different. Pat worked in his era and an other ex Arsenal pro would work in this era, they can relate to the players and the situation.
Rohan
RVP is better then Villa in my opinion, the only problem is that RVP is too fragile to last a whole season.
It isn’t that clear cut of a question Geoff. No one knows if van der Wiel is any good defensively and Eboue is more than decent attacking right back.
i’d take van der Wiel but I can understand if someone chose Eboue.
Geoff-
I had heard of Chamakh before august as he was one of the few players who has my first name.
Retire 14, 4 and 10??? C’mon. Might aswell retire all numbers of the Invincibles and use roman numerals.
VDWeil vs Eboue doesnt make any sense. Everyone should chose vd weil because EBowie is a midfielder and we need defenders.
I’ve heard that VDW can be shocking when defending, a young and a bit less clownish version of Eboue.
Gunneroo. I was being dramatic because I can’t see anyone deserving the numbers apart from RVP getting 10 and Cesc keeping 4. Bentner getting 10 no way and as for giving 14 the Theo well I say no more.
Villa is the better goalscorer. RvP is the better allround footballer.
Ivory Coast have suffered a massive World Cup blow with the news star striker Didier Drogba has been injured ahead of this summer’s finals.
Unconfirmed reports suggest the Chelsea hot-shot has fractured his right elbow – which would rule him out of Sven Goran Eriksson’s side for the finals.
The skipper left the field clutching his right arm in the 2-0 friendly success over Japan after a seemingly innocuous clash in the 16th minute with Brazilian-born Japanese defender Marcus Tulio Tanaka.
Erikksson said: “It’s an elbow injury but we don’t know how bad it is, we (are going) straight to the hospital.
“I think we should get an answer before we leave.
Very worrying
“If it’s serious, it’s very worrying, he is our captain, one of the best strikers in the world.”
RT.Z we should sign up the Japanese defender.
The joe cole story spreads like fire, just had a driver come in, who is a big gooner, lower tier who tells me his mate has it on good authority that we have signed him, I reckon that bloke must read the metro. It’s all chinese whispers at the moment
Cole will announce anything until end of wc
“I’m not going to comment on anything from the English newspapers,” Tiraud said in L’Equipe.
“Today, I have received no offer for Gourcuff or anybody else for that matter. We know what the English tabloids are like.
“Fabregas was going to Barcelona, everything was done, and I just saw (Arsenal boss Arsene) Wenger say that Fabregas will stay in London. I will not be drawn into this game.”
100% agree Rohan. VP over villa although he does get injured more. Why are u ppl picking hazard over nasri??? Nasri will come good. He has the ability to show up when needed.
Lol@ geoff: ‘rather have shingles than eboue’.
RT Z this is drogba we’re talking about – someone probably gave him a chinese burn so he’s claiming it must be fractured….
http://www.arshavin.eu/en/news.php?id=554
Arshavin answering questions from his Russian fans. Some of them are rather funny.
Geoff you love Song really….
This world cup is going to be missing a lot of star players.
Darrenchallis-
Sorry I didn’t understand before but I do now. Although, Walcott in 14 was done to give him confidence as he was being linked to TH14. Whether it worked or not is upto the individual.
They seem to be drooping like flies today Rohan.
hello everybody,
to be honest none of the names we are being associated with don’t really excite me, except Gourcuf and that one is the least probable to happen
I’d have loved Buffon and Chiellini in tho but those are not even in the radar, so a pretty boring week so far
very odd as well usually THIG!
lol
20. From katya02
Do you like Crazy Frog?
Arshavin: I have no idea who he/she is.
Kreshnik chiellini couldn’t play with vermy, so of course he isn’t on the radar
buffon would be amazing though….
This world cup seems flat all round no excitement at all as mentioned all the best players off form or injured other then messi and hopefully his form dips from now as well
THIG, have you ever held a hedgehog in your hands??????
These guys are really strange!
A,
why wouldn’t he ?
left footed, left sided.
two left footed centre backs don’t play together out of choice, unbalanced etc – been through it all many times before!
Bendtner chose 52 because that’s how many chances he needs before he scores. Fact.
Yeah, A. You seem to be on that topic every week at the very least.
Bendtner chose 52 because that’s the number of goals he plans to score next season. I hear he’s upping to 99 in 2 years. He really is a legend.
Bendtner is number 52 for personal reasons involving him and his mother..maybe the amount of times he’s done his mother behind his fathers back
Rohan, I really don’t understand what you see in the useless clot.
afternoon all. wenger talking about the dangers of the usa on arse.com – aggravates the hell out of me, has he not got more pressing matters?
Rohan says:
June 4, 2010 at 14:40
Bendtner chose 52 because that’s the number of goals he plans to score next season.
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more like the number of years youll need to play him before he will be an arsenal player
well people always come round to it rohan, then others come on who didn’t realise that it’s something which isn’t doable, and no manager would have two first choice left footed centre backs.
I just feel that they should be enlightened, nice guy
MC29 says:
June 4, 2010 at 14:40
it cant be that,that figure is too low
A – even if chiellini was right footed – would he be on the radar after the rvp incident? he’s in the doghouse with shawcross isn’t he?
lol he did an interview for arsenal magazine zee
seriously the things that some gooners claim are ridiculous and get wound up by that wenger/the club/players do, that happen with EVERY manager, EVERY club, and EVERY player, are just silly
A – je ne comprend pas
i dunno zee, vermy and vp had a scuffle didn’t they before we signed him?!
so you think we’d sign shawcross?
so it looks like numbnuts cole and kreshnik [sp] green will be our signings this summer imo i do hope yaya aint on his way to us just seems strange any other club would want to keep it quite thats more our style
nah zee – but because he’s not good enough to play for us and never will be, not because of what he did to ramsey
A – I’d also like us to aim higher than shawcross but I’m not sure koscielny would be much better. I’d like us to go for older/more experienced – of the ilk of kjaer or mertesacker – doesn’t sound like that kind of bracket player would cost a whole heap more than koscielny will at £9m
from all the different arsenal related blogs i have been to, this is probably the best
Rio definately out of the WC
Not that I give a flying feck
Unfortunately another scum will take his place – Dawson
Oh well, doesn’t look like anything interesting will come out of Arsenal today.
Only 12 weeks to go before this fecking transfer window shuts.
Hello…..anybody there?
Obviously not
zee i’ve got no idea, not heard of him before recent chat, but someone who would command £8 mil from France must be better than shawcross!
I agree about someone older and more experienced (though kjaer is a bit young) but no idea who would be available. I want us to sign someone top top quality
I’ll just talk to myself then
Oh depressing.. Still no interesting news.
A – yeah kjaer still young but at least is established at international level compared to koscielny.. Mertesacker’s a giant tho at 6’6 and would give us real presence
Haha rio out! it was a tackle from Heskey LOL!
Mertesacker is shite…imo of course.
Kjaer is way too young to even be though of as an experienced (especially for defence). I would still like to sign him though.
So whats the news on Rio. WHat kind of injury is it?
stu – wd far rather have kjaer @ £12m than koscielny @ £9m. sounds like rio twisted his knee after tackle from heskey at end of training session
Heskey did a number in him… Lol.
I always knew including Big o’l Heskey would be a mistake
AS I said earlier with the goal keepers we need a presence at CB an International who will not allow themselves to be intimidated. Mertesacker fits that bill, an unknown from Ligue1 does not. Everyone thought Vermelen was unknown but he wasn’t, I bet all our players knew him and RVP certainly did, he was the captain of Ajax and he stepped up to the plate, I’m not sure if this Koscielny guy is of the same mould, he is just an other Wenger cheap defender, but at the money we are hearing perhaps not so cheap, so no chance even of him coming.
I think England better stop full on training, just play one touchotherwise no one will be fit, Heskey and Rooney will run over all of them. I want England to wun, but part of me wishes it was Terry.
rio out is bad for us red nose will defo be in the market now for a cb a bad knee to go with his bad back puts big question marks on him
yeh they may pip us to koscielny!:)
Not necessarily Nick..
Fergie will probably spend big, we will still be after bargain basement defenders.
And if all else fails they have Smalling..hahahahahahahaha
he’s on crutches but only supposed to be out for four weeks
WOW. Rio id OUt?! England have ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE IN HELL OF EVEN GOING PAST THE RO16.
I think Rio out might be a blessing in disguise becoz he hasn’t played enough games this season. Carragher can slot in and do a job for the boys. Come on England !
true stu they will be in for stars my bad
Heskey probably told him “How do like that for a World Cup Wind-Up”!
good news, it’s hard supporting a team containing so many wankers so one less makes my life easier
king will be in now – which i think is a mistake as you ideally want the same cb pair all the way through, which we all know he won’t be able to do
now rios out, does capello get the option to call up another player or is it to late as hes named his 23?
g4l thats a good call but it seems everyone thinks ledley king will step up, spose that will solve the 1st half against the usa, injury prone fucker he is aswell
Rio will be fine. He has a stiff upper lip. gambon will like that
capello should take the opportunity to recall Walcott, we don’t need another defender
zee i never see your comment honest
nick – hehehe
theo would have the fire in his belly but would rather he used next season for us to vent it and make a point
bet John Terry lovin it, capello will have to make him captain again.
Its not like Rio getting injured is gonna change anything. England werent gonna win with WC anyway.
I guess its Karma for bringing Heskey in the first place..e’s fucking shit.
nick
I really hope its not going to be king. he was crap against mexico, god for bid if he plays in defence.
bet its upson capello fav
Capello should never have signed that extension. GO TO INTER YOU MUG.
upson terry is probably the best we can do carra is a bit slow on the turn
benitez new inter boss klinsmen liverpool whats the odds grant would have been if he hadn’t gone whu
I think Upson is crap imo…i would rather he play that scum Dawson if he doesnt want Carragher to play as Cb.
Any news yet about the friday story?
king will be well ahead of upson. i’d have dawson ahead of him too definitely
Laporta has to be the bigest c*nt ever !
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=792744&sec=transfers&cc=5739
Piss off Laporta
I would stick Fabregas in the reserves for a season just so as not to sell him to them cunts.
Why oh why don’t Madrid make a bid of 70m so we could royally fook up these barca cunts. All they know how to do is ruin careers.
Riquelme, Saviola,Rivaldo,’Dinho,etc etc etc.
Hello there !
Well, what’s the ‘big news on Friday that will make us happy’ then ?
You have to love that Heskey’s first contribution is to take out Rio and end his world cup
Laporta is having us all on surely!
“Fair market price” – why? Because you say so and that’s all you have left in your kitty? lol
heres the friday BIG NEWS
Arsenal have beaten Chelsea to the signing of Dutch Under 17 international Kyle Ebecilio, according to RTV Rijnmond. The 16-year-old midfielder will join from Feyenoord on July 1st.
Ebecilio, a strong and powerful attacking midfielder, has been strongly linked with a move to Chelsea in recent weeks, but a reported last minute move from the Gunners has seen them seal the deal, much to Feyenoord’s dismay. Kyle is the cousin of Blues defender Jeffrey Bruma
What does Laporta mean “player like him”? Clearly he thinks Cesc isnt good enough to warrant a higher price tag. A slap in the face of Cesc.
Ik dont get people who are backing Fabregas. i think fab4 is just the same as Adebayor. Why did he come to us in the first place when he knew he would want to go back to barca? he trying to make himself good to the fans but he is kn good whatsoever and of he stays he should be stripped of the captaincy. i cant believe its the same guy who was kissing the badge against Blackburn so UNLOYAL!
Nick,
LOL !
I was hoping for a new signing or Denilson leaving
g4l i know where your coming from but cesc is a great and you can see why? Ade was just a premaddona money grabbing cunt to use the technical term
They are just trying to buy Cesc as cover for Xavi and Iniesta and maybe to win a vote or two, they do not need him, so thats why the stupid offer. If they really needed him they would offer £80 mill, they feel the need a striker and so have bought one for £34mill and he’s 29 year old all be it great. They see this as the right time to buy Cesc Arsenal are at a weak time and Cesc is going into the World Cup as a favourite to win it, good publicity and pressure because of the World Cup. Its all bollocks and will blow over until next summer IMO.
I tell Cesc you either join the highest bidder Real/Man City or whoever, stay here or go to Barca for the right price, now tell them that.
I feel empathy with Cesc so I will back him up. If he does want to leave its not for the money like Ade its because he’s pissed off with project youth and lets face it so are we, so can we blame him. He has given his all right to the end and won FA literally FA and it is not for want of trying on his behalf. He’s not Arshavin who moans about everything and flirts with Barca, he’s a boy who grew up at AFC.
A
i went out to get the sun so didnt reply, but almunia has been playing and fucking up since 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4221105.stm
Yep.. he’s been here 6 years or so and has hardly had a sniff at a trophy.
So i fully understand how he feels, and we as supporters would probably do the same.
Doesn’t mean he doesn’t love the club. Look at Henry.. he wanted to win the CL and therefore left, does it mean Barca will mean more to him than Arsenal? Never.
But he always knew that the youth project was built around him tho.Why has he started acting like totally different person and why cant he just say i want to leave so we can know and no t blame the club for what is going on behind the scenes. Anywheres i hope Le senile strenghtn the team if he leaves but i realy cant see that happening.
shit rio is out of the world cup.
would have loved to see a peckham boy lift the world cup.
gonna be a fucking scouser now
To say he wants to leave is two things disrespectful to the club and their position and a request for a transfer which means no money, and no footballer does this unless they are stupid or desperate.
Cesc has shown dignified silence with a stern message that he is open to leave.
Project youth may have been built around him, but it hasn’t progressed in the same way.
We were talking about Almunia early, he joined just after Cesc, Two players one gave us a chance of winning something, the other cost us any chance of winning anything.
yeah incesc but he took over as number one from jens at the start of 2007/8.
He was nothingy before that, noone called him amazing, but noone called him shit
every fan I knew thought he was atrocious when he covered for jens. Me and my mate spent that game screaming at the telly in the pub, and every subsequent game he played that season. His positioning was diabolical and he cost us that match.
everyone called him shit.
he cost us time and time again, much like fabianski now.
people forget how shit he was and became happy when he went from utter shit to average at best.
kind of like a few other players right now…
wenger hasnt got a clue when it comes to keepers
fair enough incesc, we obviously roll in different gooner circles! or have selective memories
If Cesc leaves Arsenal need enough money to replace not just his playing ability but influence. This can not be done with one purchase ie Gourcuff which would cost just shy of £8mill less than is being offered for Cesc. I think it would require at least three experienced players to play in and back up the midfield area. Eg Gourcuff/Melo/Cole and that’s why Arsenal require £50 Million plus so they can look after their own position after strengthening and CL rival with their best player.
Stu
Finally someone recognizes joke friday. ehehe
finally some transfer news! we have signed the pearl of feyenoord’s youth system, Kyle Ebecilio.
seriously A
After you saw this
did you really not get pissed off?
arsenal vs man u
a massive game?
how did he end up our keeper? look at his positioning?
this was in 2005
Gallas goal disallowed
watch from 2 minutes
People hated the guy after this, he wasnt a nothingy player, he was an atrocious keeper who alot of fans hated
incesc i don’t remember arsenal fans “hating” any player then, it was before the fanbase got small man syndrome and were really angry. back then i can’t remember any fan saying to me that they “hated” any arsenal player….
Almunia has always made mistakes apart from the majority of 07-08 but then again most of our squad hit their peaks that season and everything just worked.
I remember his mistake against united in the cup. We lost to a first minute goal by Bellion, whos fault was it?
before mediocrity had ingrained itself into the midset of arsenal fans and we accepted the shitness of players like almunia.
Almunia has always been awful, he was the worst player on the pitch that day, barely ever improved and has now captained the side.
The stakes were pretty big in that game, our rivalry with man u wass massive back then. Im sure a lot of fans went home pretty pissed doff with almunia.
i think you have a selective memory Mate.
How often did the fans get on gilbertos back?
or cygans, or stepanovs.
its always happened at arsenal, its not a small mans thing. football is important to people.
1. Liverpool target Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp – report. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2559/rumours/2010/06/04/1958996/liverpool-target-tottenham-hotspur-manager-harry-redknapp.
2.Reported Arsenal target Felipe Melo: I want to stay and win trophies with Juventus. (Don’t really care)
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2010/06/04/1958153/reported-arsenal-target-felipe-melo-i-want-to-stay-and-win
3.Barcelona president Joan Laporta finally admits Yaya Toure will leave and defends ‘fair’ bid for Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas.(We already know about Yaya)
A. Fans do not really hate a current player but they do feel that some are not good enough or try hard enough or are just plain frustrating to watch. Almunia is all of the above on occassions and its the only sing when your winning and moan when your not syndrome more like.
If this current team weren’t so close it wouldn’t be as frustrating as it is. A team with Almunia in it has given me many and great Arsenal game, but he personally has caused more pain, particularly recently.
incesc people had their favourites, and there were always scapegoats, but people never had such strong negative emotions against their own players as hatred, or at least noone i knew did.
that is a very recent thing from my experience, and has had a negative impact on being around or speaking to gooners about the club!
France international Moussa Sissoko chased by Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur & Lyon – report
http://le-grove.co.uk/2010/06/04/we-upped-our-offer-for-koscieny-offered-coquelin-and-traore-are-after-remy-and-richards-and-cesc-will-be-easy-whew-what-a-day/#comment-614654
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I believe he is one that some of you put forward though he is young.
Etienne Capoue seemed the best of the lot put forward, though he is young as well.
Cygan and Stepanov ohhhhh the horror. I have a feeling this new CB could be one of those, God Forbid.
ok maybe hate was a strong word to use although it did equate to almunia that night.
hated the fucker.
gunner4life
check this one out
french…
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00134/barthez0105_134526a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article167297.ece&usg=__dRIrRmqiOIW6W5HpgGBBBTazaQU=&h=240&w=200&sz=11&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Q0o-M5YHjQFnfM:&tbnh=110&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbarthez%2Bpee%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1
incesc
That has to be water bag squirting or something. No one would take thier cock out for a pee on the pitch just clear in the open.
incesc
typical french lol
Well a man’s got to do, what a man’s got to do eh
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6191437,00.html
what the fuck is FIFA article 10
haha barthez done it more than once. He took a pee on the post in france once when the ball was up the other end
What a coincidence…Toon vs Marseilles. That was the game that thrust Drogba into the limelight and imo got his move to Chavski.
Why does he keep on blabbing about having respect for Arsenal? Barca does not have respect whatsoever, there the lowest piece of sh*t !
Weren’t Zing and Zang on GMTV?
Diaby coming on for france..
Get in Diaby. ‘Diaby, Diaby, Diaby, Diaby, HE KNOCKED OUT JOHN TERRY DIABY’.
drogba out of the WC
rio too
1-0 China!
hahahahahahaha!
Get in, Xiang!
afternoon all
zeus
ooh nice shot diaby
Diaby almost scored !
Hehe right on the button
shortly after Lewin saved that cunt’s life, he fucked off to be England physio and our fitness/injury record went down the shitter – coincidence?
Is Fabio holding his belly in?
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q30/perkel4346/Blog%20Pictures%202/article-1200139-05BA6DAC000005DC-27.jpg
Possibly.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q30/perkel4346/Blog%20Pictures%202/article-1200139-05BA6BB9000005DC-77.jpg
Does he like to play hide the Italian sausage……..probably.
http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/capellodancerAP_450x350.jpg
Are England going to win the World Cup…….doubtful.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_02/capellotutuDM1212_468x661.jpg
and oh,
Happy Birthday Eboue!!!
Titi should have finished that from Diabys pass
I’m not gonna lie. Sometimes I feel wrong seeing that Diaby song. They guy almost died…..
ooh gallas could have scored there from Gourcuffs freekick
france really are shite, will struggle to score like at euro 2008
Diaby was the best player on the field for the french
出色地完成中国的法国教练是屄！
How the fuck could Domenech not take Nasri and Benzema and instead take numpties like Gignac, Govou and Valbuena. FFS!
You know when you lack something when Diaby is the man you look to to make telling passes in midfield.
Rohan,
how the fuck Domenech is still their coach is beyond me – he is rumoured to have dropped Bobby for being a Scorpio…
So Gourcuuf not living up to ‘cesc’s replacement’ status.
I could watch this all day. Argentina for the world cup.
Giurcuff was a bit disappointing this game
Gourcuff *
Its only France. A player shouldnt be judged based on international football. The true test is consistency in club football.
Anyone signed yet? mind you it is only 4 days!!
4days is plenty reggie..Definately enough to make an offer, have it refused and make another offer that will be accepted.
Rio out could be a blessing in disguise. He has had a shit season. 12 starts in the league or something pathetic like that…if only there was a good back up.
Lloris is fucking shit. Countless times he fucks up. Where did all the good goalkeepers go? Not many out there.
Reina
Buffon
Casillas
Diego Lopez
are all the good keepers who rarely make mistakes
http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/5877038/
Pat- lloris shite?
LOL, are you having a laugh?
No I’m not. I’ve seen a lot of him this season. We don’t need another mistake prone keeper. He can stay in France. Plenty better out there. You see his most recent mistake today?
Don’t give me the bullshit that the ball swerves. If he was a class keeper, that would never go in
Shocking mistake by Lloris in that clip. DOnt know what he though he was doing.
it was deflected, and it’s not bullshit. you’ve seen a lot? so i guess you watched lyon in the CL.
By the way, that Fabregas leaving on Webster clause story is non-starter. Clause has already fallen down legally. Clubs no longer rely on it
On twitter
That China goal was`deflected, wasn’t it?
Did it take a deflection?
For all u people asking for the ‘ Big news’ from DDM, read yesterday’s post. There will be a meeting today where Wenger will decide if He wants Cole or not. All personal terms have been agreed according to DDM’s source.
You guys are all so silly. At first u wanted given. Then u changed ur minds. Then it was Hart. Then it was Akinfeev. Then Lloris. Guys all keepers make mistakes.
yes it did
No chance of Cole coming unless he starts speaking French all of a sudden.
So who are the new shit players we are linked with?
Barcelona president Joan Laporta is still optimistic of convincing Arsenal to release Cesc Fabregas.
The Spanish giants were turned down earlier this week when they offered a bid for the 23-year-old Gunners captain, who has long been linked with a return to Camp Nou after plying his trade there as a youngster.
Fabregas is contracted at the Emirates until 2015 but last month revealed his desire to return to Barca, and the club seem keen to make his dream a reality after reportedly submitting a written offer of €35million (around £29m) to the London club on Tuesday.
Next step
“It’s a price that we consider to be his market value. Arsenal have rejected it. Now the sporting director (Txiki Begiristain) must decide what should be the next step,” said Laporta.
“We are in negotiations and we’ll see how they turn out. At times, these operations are resolved at one speed, and others at another.
“We have to do everything we can to convince them (Arsenal) that the best thing for all is to reach an agreement,” Laporta said in Spanish daily AS.
The Barca president remains hopeful of bringing the Spanish international to the club, but admits the Gunners will be reluctant to relinquish their star midfielder.
“The club have full confidence that Arsenal will end up understanding the situation,” Laporta told the club’s official website.
Ideally, Laporta would like to “have the transfer closed as soon as possible, before the start of the World Cup”.
He added: “But it will be difficult because Arsenal are entitled to stand firm and that must be respected.”
Laporta also shrugged off the idea that Fabregas could invoke FIFA’s Article 17 rule to force his departure from Arsenal.
Article 17 regards compensation for breach of contract.
“I’m not sure if Cesc will take this course, but we want to find an agreement by talking with Arsenal,” said Laporta.
“We respect Arsenal a lot, we must have in-depth dialogue and follow this path.”
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How the **** is 29m his market value?
And how will barcelona convince us letting him go for cheap is the best option for all parties?
We need to report these cunts to fifa!!
They talk about our club like we’re some annoying 3rd party getting in the way…
Either cough up the 50m w/ no player exchanges or fuck off… It really is that simple Barca!
U have something with the French Jag
that was not a deflection off anyone, it was a swirl because of those new balls.
Cool goal tho
What a horrendous mistake from Lloris. Geese, Almunia and flappy written all over that howler.
Either way I’m for Frey. If we get that Lorient defender who is a young 24, I at least hope we get someone who is ‘been there and done that’ up in his 30s.
For he record i’ve never wanted Given and am not that set on Hart or Akinfeev at all.
Well it is the Market value. Barca is the only team in for Cesc so they are determining the market value.
Silvestre has been there and done that…but he is still fucking shit!
Sixx Pac, i get the feeling that one of Jags parents had an affair with someone who spoke french and thats the route of his hatred.
Some french defender
Well for the record ur still silly Stu. I think Keyser called it Stuvid
Real were the only team in for Ronaldo but still had to pay 80m for him depsite him wanting to leave.
Great word…silly.
Merde.
That’s like asking ‘do you think Wenger has a touch of Alzheimer’s?’, Jag.
We missed a trick with Given I reckon, but if he came back after that france travesty it would have made for some interesting banter at the training ground..
Hart isn’t good enough, neither is green.. Lloris is too expensive for the fact he just happens to play for Lyon..
Buffon would be ideal and at 31, the perfect no.1 for the club, supporters & for szchesney and mannone to learn from..
Neuer is too young imo and boruc, after what he said about us after that celtic game? FFS! you’ve got to be kidding!
If we’re going to pay 9m+ for this twat for Lorient, we might aswell pay kjaer’s release fee for 12m.. Serie A and international experience for the paltry difference of 3m seems much more feesible.. 9m+ for some unknown schmuck, who happens to speak french (again
) makes no sense whatsoever…
We certainly do need more of an english backbone in the dressing room and i would definantly be alot happier if we bought in g.cahill and j.cole.. Because, at the moment gibbs and theo are kids lost in the wilderness!!
RVP, Arsh, Verm, Cesc don’t speak french I think!
Madrid had more money than they needed. They set the price at 80
easy really, get fuckin Buffon and get done with it. Everyone will be happy. Really, everyone, including you Wenger, so fuckin do it.
Zeus go see france ukrain 2 years back frey was in goal
And he made 2 major mistakes. Does it make him shite?
Ffs i hate this judgements based om nothing
China v France highlights
http://visualfunhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/france-china-body-paint.jpg
ok this Barca thing is really utter bullshit, fuckin easy really, compare what they paid for Ibra-shit and do the math.
” sixx pac says: Well it is the Market value. Barca is the only team in for Cesc so they are determining the market value. ”
Well, if they stopped having everyone in their organization jumping up and down and screaming “I want it! I want it! and I want it NOW!” like spoiled brats (ala Veruca Salt), then perhaps we wouldn’t know just how dead set they were to get him and would accept their offer.
Supply and Demand… and they are making it abundantly clear they desire a product we have.
Gouge ‘em.
Sylvestre was ‘been there and done that AND WELL PAST IT’.
I am just imagining Wenger buying no keeper and saying we are good enough. Hahahahahaha.
How can you determine the market value of something that’s not for sale ? Will they call in the experts and check him like a racing horse or a house ?
sky sports news are running that story about cesc buying out his contract, what a load of utter bollocks!! a) he’d never do that to arsenal and b) i’m pretty sure if it was possible someone would have already done it by now
Eastcamp
haha.
Anyway, if Cesc wanted to stay at Arsenal, he would have told Barca to get off it by now.
The fact they still try to come after him tells a lot about what Cesc really wants.
Zeus
Seems like you are in one hell of a laughing mood there !
We should have bought Sami Hyypia when he left liverpool. I mean we already have Silvestre, Gallas and Campbell. We wouldnt want Liverpool to feel left ot.
*left out.
Silvestre is the shittest player to ever pull an arsenal shirt
What a mug really
Does anyone has the same feeling as me, when looking at Cesc’s pictures on the websites lately ?
Strange but I must confess I can’t stand his face anymore…
For me it’s as if he has already left.
I only want players at Arsenal who desire to play for Arsenal.
What makes people think that Cesc wont buy out his contract. If he loves Arsenal so much he wouldnt be leaving in the first place. I’ve lost all my love for him and i hope he goes sooner rather than later .
I did feel a bit like that when seeing him in the Korea friendly yesterday.
Bad, I know, but if he wants to go, he’s already gone in my head.
Bring ozil and melo, we won’t miss him.
Ramsey is gonna be better
I cant believe i used to shout for Lloris to come to Arsenal.
How do you get beat like that from a freekick?
I thought there was an unwritten gentleman’s agreement among top clubs, not to use webster’s ruling to buy out contracts..
But then I read somewhere that Hleb used it ..
Anyway that is the reason for the ridiculous long contract extensions so that when they buy out the club gets enough money ..
Wasn’t Arshavin threatening to use the webster ruling to buy out his contract with Zenit but they thought better of it and accepted our offer because they werent sure what they’d get if it went to arbitration?
All I can say is……. Denilson is so good on the ball its almost a problem.
SFOGooner
barca don’t have any class they’d go back on a agreement in a heartbeat but can’t see cesc using it
Anyone else thing Gourcuff is the solution to our Cesc problems?
At least Ozil hit the bar yesterday.
Allez Les Bleus!!! to where….who knows?
like Gourcuff better just on the bases his tall and them germans can be funny about moving abroad. but we should buy one whether or not cesc stays having options is always healthy
its now more obvious that he wants out even at the detriment of arsenal..he could have easily told wenger about it rather than making it public which the stupid barca are taking advantage of with the prize…..even a moron like shitvestre knows he is worth 60mil pounds.i would love him to stay but my love for him is gone
No Gooby, I watch Ligue 1.
And are you blind?!?!?! Absolutely no deflection on that goal Lloris conceded.
Diaby got the highest rating on goal.com from France today … what do you know hehehe
http://www.goal.com/en/news/468/internationals/2010/06/04/1959248/player-ratings-france-0-1-china
Cesc loves Barca, thats normal. But if we were to sign a few players I think he’d be happy to stay. He loves Arsenal, but he is a bit of a cunt since he kissed the badge and all that shit. I think he told Wenger he wants to leave if its possible, but he understands if Arsenal don’t sell him.
I’d say that LaPorta has a great future as a comedian when he steps down from being tosser-in-chief at Barcelona.
wad up foools 8-;
why was he fab desperate to play against them in the second leg….why that kind of emotion when he got booked…
look cesc wants out we should get the right amount of doe for him and let him fuck off.
Guys Laporte is getting anxious he leaves on 9th June and still no cesc!
cesc is a winner who can blame for wanting out 5 years is too long for any top class player to go without winning anything and he won’t be the only one if we don’t change our transfer policy. arsenal need to send out a msg this summer our top players aren’t for sale and make some major moves in the transfer market
Have you seen this guy operate he is the self proclaimed
Messiah of Barcelona
eastcamp
haha. Have to make bad things and turn them into jokes sometimes.
As for Cesc’s face, not at that point yet. Getting there though. Its like hearing Walcott say ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL. After the season he has just had, during it all I just could stand to hear him speak, didn’t even want to read his quotes.
Also we should buy Guy Assullin. Not because I know him too well, just because he is highly rated and I think barca would be pissed. Buy him AND KEEP Cesc to boot. Cunts.
I’m not from England so to an extent I don’t really get the history behind the hatred and the rivalries, I just accept them as the norm, but I absolutely hate the catalan bastards its unfunny.
now that rio has been merked will Sol get the call up. I’m glad rio is out he’s been shit this season
oh, and barca are still cheap spanish cunts.
But Zeus we love the Arsenal!
Laporta stated they had 2 dates to complete the deal, June 4th or the 9th. Unless some miracle happens in the next hour, it’s not happening tonight. As for the 9th, again its pay up or shut the f**k up time.
i guess no transfers are going to happen till after the world cup now, and then prices will be too high.
Chamakh is is then!!
incesc.. there is that french defender!
I just realised something Messi scored 47 this season but 2 of those goals were in the world club cup…so therefore technically he really didnt tie Ronaldo’s record for Barca which is 47.
Messi (45) goals in europe at the age of 22
RONALDO (47) GOALS in europe at the age of 20
Had it not been injuries I would say el fenomeno is the greatest ever. Forget Pele and Maradona.
Laporte shut to fuck off!
JA
Nope. Can’t agree. Modern footballers get so much protection (minus the thug mentality of the PL). Maradona and Pele, its a miracle that they can even walk today with the amount machete kicks they got.
Certainly though after those two, Ronaldo is the g8est with Zidane a close 2nd.
@Geoff – Your comment on Cole does not make sense… Buy him now because if he has a good WC his stock will go up but if he gets injured it will go down…
A) He is on a free so we are only talking wages; and
B) If he gets injured we probably did the right thing by not buying him in the first place.
You also say “Remy I don’t know, but anyone who wants to join us has to be a good shout”… Really? You don’t know me but I want to play for Arsenal…
As I said earlier Cesc has taken himself off the market. He doesnt wanna go anywhere else so its a closed market.
Zeus I guess for our generation its Ronaldo then Zidane…I mean its all opinions anyway cuz evryone had their favourites….
For instance Ronaldinho though not as prolific as Messi certainly would get the prize in my book for the best showman of our time. Ronaldinho is like a one man harlem globe trotter team.
I cant really comment on pele and Maradona becaus ethy were b4 my time but, if i objectively compare them with each other. The title would have to go to Pele simply because he was the better over footabller, I bet he would a brilliant goal keeper as well.
Maradona may have the better dribbler, but Pele wins in every other aspect of the game.
In fact Pele’s dribbling and close control is very underrated just because he didnt dribble from the half line and score but you can find videos where he display just as good ball control as Maradona.
Cesc non comuniation speaks volumes the guy is gone!
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sorry Jay you are mistaken Cesc clearly stated he would leave it all in Wengers hands The Mighty Arsenal issued the FUCK OFF statement (pure class) so why should he say anything? He concentrates on the world cup now and is an Arsenal player END OF
Jaygoooner i use to think like that x weeks ago! At first i thought it was a nightmare what cesc disowning arsenal but i started to realise after thr siclence that our so called captian is a gooner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8U-I0RH8Cc
Get a fuckinload of this come on england!
While I am here for what its worth list of my favourites: Pele beyond doubt tops; George Best at two but didnt make a world cup; Johann Cruyff for genius; Beckenbaur wow pure class; Bergkamp that goal against Argentina; Gordon Banks for that save against Pele, astonishing and finally Ray Houghton for that goal against Italy in USA YEYYYYYYYYY
Jay gunner your names are good but the best was liam brady!
lol jay your having a giraffe! nice one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79htcecmr_Q
Do not ehavin ask!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79htcecmr_Q
Fuckin awessome1 COME ON ENGLAND GET TO FUCK IN THERE!
it wasn’t deflected sorry
yeah chippy that goal against the yids on boxing day 1978 we won 5-0 at the lane and thought we would battle them all the way back up the seven sisters road. There wasnt a yid in sight denton marched up the road and we followed young skins a few mods a few battlers but denton had one rule If your scared stand by me i will look after you soooo everybody stood next to denton lol EIE
Gambon in the hizills!!
France is shite. No creativity and they left Nasri and Benzema
Morning anyone.
Here’s a thought. Wenger has repeated many times that he would only add two or maybe three players in any one season. For the moment, lets say that Chamakh and Cole are done deals, thn who would we want os the last of the three. A GK, a CB or a DM?
The answer is all three, we know, but given one, I would say an advanced DM. By that I mean a PV4 type to play alongside Song. A tough tackling, great passer with leadership and drive. Someone proven and world class, who will also provide protection to Cesc and get the best out of him. A young Gerrard type. Any suggestions? With my practical hat on, a new GK would be worth maybe six more points a season, but then this ADM man maybe worth seven points.
Also, was there anything in the rumours of Gallas returning to France for family reasons? A twat he certainly is, but that would leave a massive gap.
Wow, I know how to stimulate debate. Lets try a different approach.
Screw the Palestinians.
Has Pedro taken all Grovers to Holland, or was everyone simply ripped to the tits last night?
Later, I suppose.
Morning Micky, I agree! Anyway I have to work today so I’m new posting now!
?Would love Loic Remy playing at Arsenal