We have signed Chamakh on a free, good news indeed, one in, but we already have two out on frees with Merida and Senderos, one in 2 out so far, well we know that Gallas, Silvestre and possibly Campbell are next out, so that would be 5 out and 1 in, so by my calculations we will need 4 new signings just to stand still.
Doing business with Fulham would have been a smart move, given they wanted Senderos, but I’m sure they shook hands on something. Good luck anyway Phil, you were a much loved player, error prone maybe, but loved all the same, you’ll get a great reception when you return.
Now we know every year we have more out than in, and we have signed a 17 and 16 year old, but they are for the future and Wellington (19) won’t arrive until January, so if we are to strengthen this season, we will have to be very busy indeed, Cesc seems to be upping his value with every game so he is doing us a lot of good but as Wenger always says, no more than 3 in or the balance gets affected, now whilst I don’t believe that, I am getting concerned that a team like ManU have spent £20mil already and they owe over a billion and all we have is a free in and probably 5 out, and that doesn’t include Cesc Fabregas, who looks like he will also be going.
If we get rid of the players on the fringes, like Simpson, Hoyte, Barazite, Gilbert and Randall, and then those that are not good enough like Almunia and Denilson, we are facing a massive spending spree, or another influx of youth.
Maybe our wily old fox has a plan, great, but what if there is no plan? It’s not like that hasn’t happened before is it!
I also read that Ronaldo was very close to signing for us, unfortunately the Mancs offered more for him, at £12mil, it didn’t seem such a risk did it.
Oh well, no point in going over old ground, perhaps we have agreed all sorts of deals that can’t be made public until after the world cup, maybe July will be busy, it’s not as if all the other teams are tearing up the transfer market is it?
What about signing Petrov on a free, he’s now available, maybe we will get the world record for all our new players signing on frees, Petrov, Cole, Assulin and Chamakh, I wonder what keepers, centre backs and defensive midfielders are currently available of frees?
There was a question from a number of grovers yesterday about some bloggers continually having a pop at our management and players, well it’s hard to tell people what to think, that wouldn’t make it a place to have an opinion, the only time I block people is if they come on for a row, or insult fellow bloggers, so let’s all try and be positive and have some fun today, you know who I mean and you know who you are. I’m not judging, just making a friendly suggestion.
I know Arsene could help by opening up his purse, but don’t hold your breath, he must however by now see the writing on the wall, there’s nothing wrong with changing tack boss, in the real world we do that all the time, as the market dictates, and you know what? If we don’t do it soon, we could get left behind.
One thing is for sure, we will get injuries, live with it, plan for it and see where it takes us, otherwise your beloved 4th spot could come under a bit of pressure this coming season and that would be a shame in what maybe your last season.
Have a fun filled and happy blogging day Grovers, the world cup starts in a few days and maybe things will start to fall into place.
2009/2010 season:
This is how the squad looked before the season started:
Goalkeepers:
Manuel Almunia
Lukasz Fabianski
Vito Mannone
Defenders:
Bacary Sagna
Thomas Vermaelen
William Gallas
Mikaël Silvestre
Gaël Clichy
Kieran Gibbs
Armand Traoré
(Philippe Senderos)
(Johan Djourou)
Midfielders:
Alexandre Song
Denìlson
Cesc Fàbregas
Abou Diaby
Samir Nasri
Emmanuel Eboué
Tomás Rosický
Aaron Ramsey
Fran Mérida
Forwards:
Robin van Persie
Eduardo
Nicklas Bendtner
Andrei Arshavin
Theo Walcott
Carlos Vela
The goalkeepers were the same, but by this time i was not so convinced by them to be honest, still i was hoping for Fabianski to come good…
The defence lost Touré but bought Vermaelen and i for one knew him after following the Dutch league on a regular…also was hoping for Djourou to come back from his injury…(he did, but only for the last 20 minutes of the season!)
The midfield looked exactly the same but with the addition of Rosický coming back from injury (finally)
Though during the final week before the season started we lost Nasri to injury…
Overall though, the midfield was the same…
The forward-line lost Adebayor but by then i and almost every Arsenal fan was glad he left…and also Eduardo was back from injury and Arshavin started his first FULL season so i was happy with our forwards…
I really believed we could fight for the title this year also because United lost Ronaldo and Chelsea didn’t really strengthen their team by much…
The result was 3rd spot again, but we kept ourselves in the title race almost until the end, but honestly we never were close…
There you have it, season by season, and the funny thing is the only season when i really thought we’d never compete for the title was the 2007/2008 season and then we went the closest we’ve been since winning the damn thing…
looks like Jaguar entertainment spreads to a certain blog cultured left foot of something that, it was a quite funny read to be honest
Guys dont worry abt the planks that were here earlier. Don is Jaguar from Le-Grove. He really surprised me because i didnt think his vocabulary had more words than retard and senile. Stepanov is the old english twat TAIG. Forza is the skinny Irish plank Stu
shitty shops for the good players in footy, and almunia contract may be up
anyone Grover could suspect jaguar to be done, i don’t have a clue for the other two though
any grover* sorry
Interesting article:
http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=519040
Something to think about..
Who the fuck said that ANB? I may be skinny and irish but im certainly no plank!
If Wenger wants to improve our squad this upcoming season, it’s simple really:
The Goalkeepers:
Buy a better goalkeeper than the 3 we have now (shouldn’t be too difficult).
The defence:
We’ve lost Senderos (though he didn’t play anything last season, we will lose Gallas so we need a defender that’s better than him (to improve), we also need a good back-up defender instead of Silvestre (again shouldn’t be so difficult to find one better than him)
We also need someone on the right-back that can compete with Sagna, and hopefully can cross better than Sagna, Sagna is good defending but not so good attacking and crossing the ball…
The Midfield:
Well, it all depends on if we lose Cesc or not, but i for one would like the replacement for him to come before he leaves…
If he leaves now then we must buy Gourcuff now!
If Cesc doesn’t leave now, but is assured to leave next summer then buy Gourcuff now anyway!
Then we need another DM to compete with Song!
And then we need a GREAT Winger that can CROSS THE BALL INTO THE BOX!!!
The forwards look Good enough at this point, no need for anymore additions there!
van Persie, Chamakh, Bendtner, Walcott, Vela, Eduardo & Arshavin is good enough to compete!
So conclusion:
1 Goalkeeper (better than what we’ve got now)
1 right-back (to compete with Sagna)
2 CD (1 replacement for Gallas & 1 for back-up)
1 DM (to compete with Song)
1 Winger (cause we have no REAL winger in this squad)
1 playmaker (replacement for Cesc, even if he doesn’t leave now)
That’s 6 more players to add beside the already signed Chamakh!
And if you ask me, these are the players to get:
1 GK (Hart or Akinfeev)
2 CB (Subotic & Taylor)
1 RB (van der Wiel)
1 DM (Yaya or Melo)
1 Winger (Hazard)
1 MF (Gourcuff)
That’s 7 players to sign, and if we get Joe Cole that’s only a bonus!
How much would these players cost then?
Well, i don’t care, we should have the money cause only Gourcuff & Yaya would be expensive, the others would go for £10-12M each at the most!
And we’ll sell some of the players we have now too so we’ll have the cash, i’m sure of that!
Let’s say we must pay just under £100M for those players, and we get say around £20M for the players we sell, (Fabianski, Denìlson, Eduardo, Traoré, Simpson to name a few)
Then we need to put up maybe £75M and we have that i’m sure…
If we sell Cesc now we could even add a couple of more players…
So, it’s simple, if Wenger wants to improve on every position this is how he should do it!
(Did i mention that i’ve had 7 beers by now…)
Who thre absolutel fuck is Buddy Boy and how the fuck did they know i was Irish, or even who i am. Its either a le grove stalker or a grover who apparently hates me.
nice read eastcamp
Moreover, how do they know im skinny. This is getting wierd! Its gotta be a grover…or i have a real life stalker who is an AKB and monitors my internet activity. Erm…i better delete some things
WORST OF ALL is that im being mistake for you ANB. No chance am i as negative as you…no chance! I demand a recount!
lol stu it was very funny when i read that.
as it terns out arsenal are not the only ones who are having problem with gallas high wage demands all the clubs linked to him have backed off which does not suprise me.on joe cole although would love to see him in arsenal shirt i think manu are favourates to get him but i dont think it would be end of world if dont get him seeing the reason why he is leaving chelsea is because his wage demands i am not sure if arsenal would meet his demands.but he such class player it would a shame to miss out on him.also i think if a realy good offer comes in eboue he might go i feel troae will leave
If we have this squad going in to the next season then we WILL fight for EVERY competition we enter:
Goalkeepers:
Joe Hart (or Igor Akinfeev)
Wojciech Szczesny
Vito Mannone
Defenders:
Bacary Sagna
Gregory van der Wiel
Neven Subotic
Thomas Vermaelen
Steven Taylor
Johan Djourou
Gaël Clichy
Kieran Gibbs
Midfielders:
Yaya Touré (or Felipe Melo)
Alexandre Song
Cesc Fàbregas
Yoann Gourcuff
Samir Nasri
Aaron Ramsey
Eden Hazard
Abou Diaby
Tomás Rosický
Joe Cole
Forwards:
Robin van Persie
Andrei Arshavin
Marouane Chamakh
Theo Walcott
Nicklas Bendtner
Carlos Vela
nigerian,
taig’s comment of 9:58 where he used the bold html code made the rest of today’s comments appear in bold on the firefox browser that I use. I was unsuccessfully trying to get rid of it.
It’s ok in IE8.
This is gonna sound a bit “yeah yeah”, but a friend of a close friend works for Cole’s agent, David Geiss.
Apparently the “official word” is that Cole hasnt decided where he will play next season and no official approach has been made from any team to sign him.
This “official word” is cos he is at the World Cup so dosent want anything distracting the England camp with non England talk.
He is seen as successor to Fabregas and this is how it was sold to him and his agent, Arsenal just hanging for best price for Cesc.
If they announce signing of Cole, Barca can pay lower price for Cesc, something like that. Its a joint thing between Cole’s agent and Arsenal to ensure both parties get the best deal possible and Cole can concentrate on England without domestic talk pissing Capello off.
England
————- Hart ———–
Johnson — Carrager — Terry — A.Cole
————–Barry———–
———Gerrard —– Lampard
Lennon ———————-J.Cole
———-Rooney———–
Arsenal will make michael ballack an offer to arrive on a free transfer to the Emirates. The deal will be worth about £80,000 per week and he will as Wenger sees it operate as the connection between Song and Fabregas in the central 3 in the arsenal midfield.
Despite a reasonably high wage offer it does seem though that Ballack will rejct this offer due to the wage drop from his £120,000 per week deal at Chelsea and the fact that some teams in Dubai (Al Wasl and Al Shabab) will offer him wages in excess of £100,000 per week (+ there is no tax there so it is the equivilent of £200,000 per week in England). But despite these huge offers from Dubai expect Ballack to reurn to his beloved Germany to either Hamburg SV or Bayern Leverkusen with his prefferd destenation, Bayern Munich, not requiring him due to the top class form of Van Bommel so one of these two rich german clubs will do there best to snap him up.
Regarding the Joe Cole saga it does seem that he would rather stay in London as he has a settled family and is happy living there and has a good hting going with many charities in London. So it seems as though he will either go to Tottenham/Arsenal. OUt of the two it is more likely that it will be totenham as Arsenal have many wide players and hissigning would be expensive wage–wise in an are were Arsenal already have a lot of depth (nasi, arshavin, walcott, vela, wilshere)
Joe Cole a successor to Cesc???
You must be joking…
a successor usually is younger isn’t he? (like Ramsey)
Or at least the same age (like Gourcuff)
Cesc is 23, Cole is 29…
and also, what a players agent says (if he did say it) doesn’t mean it’s what the club (Arsenal) is saying…
The agent of a player is ONLY interested in what’s better for the player…
Cole would be a good player to have (when fit) to help out with his experience but he won’t be given a long-term contract if he signs, therefor can’t be named as a successor to anyone, just an addition to strengthen the squad!
Good hope cole does sign for the spuds!! dont want him any where near us the chav cunt!!
hahahaha!!!
just read the ACLF home invasion, quality windup
raygooner it seems you have to much free time.
Almunia released?
http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/statistiken/wettbewerbe/transfers.html
Even ze Germans are wishing it would happen…
Where does it ay ALmunia was released there?
Stu,
du musst die andere Liga wahlen und ‘Anzeingen’ druecken
that was probably pretty lame German
according to that site, he is out of contract and thank fuck for that…
what baffles me is:
1) why wouldn’t he play for the new contract or a new club
2) why would AW play him?
Dont be so harsh on yourself SUGA, im sure its fantastic German
I cant believe that someone like him being out of contract wouldnt be common knowlegde, especially among us Gooners. I mean how can we throw him a ‘fuck off’ Party if we dont know he is leaving?
well, I don’t know, really, this is just another proof of how ‘secretive’ our club is…
I am quite happy for Schwarzer to come, he is solid enough, I remember him causing me a few headaches at Boro and Fulham…
Stu if you go to the scroll box and select Premier League it shows Almunia as a transfer out on the right hand side for Arsenal.
LAzer,
that’s more or less what I said
I don’t think thats true he signed an extension of 3 years before last season began.
Keyser,
it was in April 2008:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7328899.stm
say what, Fran?
well hello there
…and one more:
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/almunia-i-d-like-to-stay-for-rest-of-my-career
well, maybe he is done?
Suga3 – I had no idea, I was just messing about.
Keyser,
quite frankly, I came across the information about him being out of contract only a few weeks ago myself – I thought he was on a contract a bit longer than that too!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm
WATCH! (We Are The Champions)
Suga3 mate.That site doesnt show Shitvestre being a free agent.So he will be offered a new contract?
Btw,I hope you enjoyed reading the posts in the unculturedbullshit site.
I sure did, some of them actually agreeing with you lot was priceless…
it’s not big and it’s not clever to rip the piss out of the, er, ‘less fortunate’, but still…
about Sly:
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/micka%C3%ABl-silvestre/profil/spieler_3393.html
out of contract, if he is offered a new one, I’ll scream…
and oh, check out how many Arsenals there are:
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/undefined/suche/ergebnis.html?quicksearch=arsenal&x=11&y=4
OFFICIAL: Brede Hangeland signs for Arsenal.
http://www.inyourdreams.com/sad_face
jaguar, your intervention was hilarious
Which intervention,Gooby?I started off the whole stuff and said that Silvestre should be offered a new contract.And one mug agreed with me,hahaha,
that’s the spirit!
Jaguar
Absolute genius…”my name is Donald”
Those cunts at A Cult of a Left Foot were agreeing with you!!
Mugs
Why not just make Sylvestre President………………of the world.
why not the universe?
Why not the galaxy?
So with J. Cole, Ballack and Petrov all out there for free, what are the chances Wenger picks up one for the “experience card” he claimed he was going to use this transfer period?
silvestre must be given an extension, as he deserve it imo
goldfishing manc geriatric cunt
jokes aside, fair play to him – he did whatever he could taking into the account that he was:
- old
- pretty shit
- played out of position ahead of a perfectly good CB
http://www.tribalfootball.com/wenger-arsenal-duo-must-shrug-world-cup-disappointment-896031
theyv been overrated all along…so they shouldnt be dissapointed…they should just buckle up
I dont blame Shitvestre,its the cunt Wenger who deserves the flak for buying that mancunian cunt.
silvestre is a nightmare
Suga
Sylvestre is a manc trhough and through. He was sent here to destroy us. In just 2 years, how many points and cup ties have he cost us with loads of help from Almunianski of course.
a bit late on this one
good post ..
There was a question from a number of grovers yesterday about some bloggers continually having a pop at our management and players
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well all i can say is if we cannot critique our own
then no one has the right !
if your son is dressed in lime green pants and a pink turtle neck sweater , do you tell him he is dressed like a queer or do you just let him go out and find out for himself ?
I read somewhere that Shitvestre’s transfer was the cunt Fergusons second best transfer after the lady boy
zeus,
to be honest, I am with Jag on this one (well, maybe apart from the whole lot of ‘French’ if you pardon the pun) – the buck stops with OGL as he was the one who could not resist a bloody bargain!
extension for shitvestre = extension of trophyless…………what a badluck cunt he is
Ethangunner,did you read my post at 11.43?
and he is/was allegedly on 50K per week – fuck me sideways…
silvestre has cost us £41,000 a game, thats a fine bit of business!!
The posters at Unculturedbullshit.wordpress.com is celebrating the day,when it recorded more than 10 comments for the first time.
Jaguar says:
June 9, 2010 at 22:22
Ethangunner,did you read my post at 11.43?
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11 hours of reading ?
NO !!
but i will
what really pissed me off was seeing played at the end of the season with Phil getting fucking splinters at Everton…
great piece of management, that…
*seeing him played
the koscielsny talk has gone down abit….what could be going on
holla at your boiiiiiiiiiiii westwooooooooooood
someone said earlier today on here that his mate bumped into AW in Nice: Remy, anyone?
Lyon are after Remy.Let him go there.Anyways,he is another over rated shit player.
Id love Remy at Arsenal, much much better than Theo.
to be honest, I would nt mind him coming – he is far from shit, good wide right player, pisses all over Walnutt…
then again, I can’t see AW bringing a player to compete with ‘TJ’ as it would ‘kill’ him, no?
Wenker is enjoying holidays in Nice.
Argh no more French Starlet
gambon, great minds and all that…
Why are we linked with only shit Francophonic players?
24 goals in 63 apps?
not bad for a wide player…
that’s compared to Walnutt’s 9 goals in 86…
i’d just be happy for him to start signing some players!! getting to the stage where not even bothered who!! didn’t he say he wanted transfers done b4 the the WC
Suga3.Remy is a striker,not a winger.
Knowing Wenker,he would play him in the midfield.
and he wants to come to Arsenal too…
hattrick?
Jag,
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/loic-remy/profil/spieler_45121.html
Forward/right wing, check out the action area diagram
A front 3 of Remy, RVP & Arshavin would be very good.
Or Hazard instead. Either way we need a top class right sided player. Walcott is sit & Nasri is fat.
184 cm? Thats pretty tall aint it?
think its about 6ft Stu
yep, he would be the one to tire the fullback for Walnutt to come on for the last 30 minutes or so…
Yeah its about 6’1 or 6’2. THats very tall for a winger. Would add height and, im assuming, pace too. Depending on how well he links up with others he could be a fantastic signing for the right wing. Its just a damn shame Theo is english because it means Wenger refuses to give up on him.
Stu that’s 6 feet
186 is 6.2, so its roughly 6.1.
it’d be nice to get the GK, CB and CM situation sorted out b4 we start thinking about more forward players
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFv4pQApkfU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&]
check out his goal @ 1:32…
Jag,
excuse the French
Remy7.Any chances of him taking up Rosicky’s place?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1lniI0CirA&hl=en_GB&fs=1&]
did a bit more in this one…
quality player and he wants to come to us – if it means dumping Eduardo, so be it…
Suga3,talking about youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vxgsskqaEw
as for Theo, he should be given a runout on the left IMO…
Jag, this is the Polish league we’re talking about here, yesterday’s result (and play) against Spain says it all, really…
I am Polish and I watched this twat earlier than most of you on here and I never wanted him at Arse in the first place…
Suga3 Wenker knows mate
nigerian gunner says:
June 9, 2010 at 22:21
extension for shitvestre = extension of trophyless…………what a badluck cunt he is
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he’s only been with us 2 years whats the excuse for the other 4 ???
Jag,
he knows a fair bit about attacking and sweet FA about th other end, which is funny, given that he used to be a defender
He was a sweeper right? A sweeper has no fixed position…..
what is the point getting on he defending poor performances ? defending club management when it clearly is geared to GENERATE INCOME instead of play football .
i mean are you really fans ?
or is this your objectivity ?
If this club had a WAR CHEST would we be fucking around with free transfers , or trying to secure GOOD TARGETS EARLY ?
as far as im aware wenger has linked himself with no MONEY ORIENTATED TRANSFERS .. what does that tell you about ambition ?!
what does that tell you about their
CONTINUAL RELUCTANCE TO SPEND .. ????
yes cole and the gay would be COULD good additions ,
but where is the leads wenger is working on , ON THE SPENDING MONEY TRANSFER SIDE ?!
surely you would be working on the free transfers anyhow . AS THERE FREE ..
but surely he is trying to bring in LONG TERM PROSPECTS he’s had his eye on too for seasons RIGHT ?
this club is covered with a good layer of BULLSHIT !@
Stu,
a sweeper may have no fixed position as such, but it’s closer to defence than attack anyway, no?
and this is curtains for me – nite!
WHat do you mean by “Wenger has linked himself with no money orientated Transfers” Ethan?
We have been linked with dozens of players already this summer who would cost to bring in. Only Chamakh and Cole have been linked who are on a free.
this club claims its lined in gold ..
but all i see are a bunch of cheap charlies stock piling our money and repaying off real estate with your cash !
if people think this is sound management then they ‘ort to be reminded of what this organization is primary about !
FOOTBALL !
& dominance….
Its more of an attacking position than orthadox CB though. Sweeper is expected to take the ball and play a simple pass. IMO its the prem that fucks our defending up. If we had the same defence in another league i think it would a great one. Wenger just doesnt want to give into the english mentality that a defender should be 6ft5 and manhandle the forwards.
Stu says:
June 9, 2010 at 23:33
WHat do you mean by “Wenger has linked himself with no money orientated Transfers” Ethan?
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stu who is a serious chance currently coming from another club FOR MONEY ?
who has wenger secured ???
that COSTS CLUB FUNDS ?
Stu,
we don’t play in another league – it’s not like you can ask Drogba politely not to score, can you?
stu
If this club had a WAR CHEST would we be fucking around with free transfers , or trying to secure GOOD TARGETS EARLY ?
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i can see alot of free transfers being worked on ..
but where is wengers PLAN ? .. ok these guys signing will be good and a stroke lucky for us ..
but really what is wenger spending this WAR CHEST ON !?
who are we in the final stages of signing that we are going to spend 10 + mil on ?
Well Chamakh did cost funds in wages and a signing on fee but i doubt thats what you mean.
I was curious why you suggested Wenger decided who we get linked with.
I doubt anyone we’ve been linked with is a serious target, which is unfortunate because i really rate some of them (particularly Gourcuff
.
No Suga, and thats the problem.
*is it?
fuck me, I really need some sleep
Stu only a few weeks ago some claimed wenger had 70 mil to spend ..
at least thats what was told to the fans to pay for there memberships ASAP .
now all i can see is a scramble to sign frees .
i mean as much as i think cole will be great , he has been crocked all last season , so much so even the chev’s dont want him at 28 !
and gay assassin
has not had too many games last season who knows how good he is now ..
chamakh only scored 1 in 3 games .. is he prolific enough ?>
1 things for sure , there free enough …
all im saying is IF THE CLUB REALLY HAD THIS WAR
CHEST .. dont you think they would have at least signed 1 person with the funds ? and be linked like nasri with someone , ..
if THE CAHS really existed …
its not like we dont need 4 or so players …
CAHS – cash
all big transfers like ronaldo to RM or rooney to man U . cesc to barca ..
are all public forums ..all drag on publicly , they all are bigger than ben-hur in the media ..
who are we hawking with our 70 MIL ?
not even a ripple in the pond ! pnly FREE RIPPLES .
makes you wonder how real this money is .. doesnt it !
rumored initially with buffon , now we are down to the cheapest humanly possible alternative in schwazer ..
is that our big name 70 mil signing ?
because that’s the only serious rumor that wont go away
and that transaction is a whopping 3 mil
so 47 million back to the board !!!!!
a couple of more frees.. and bobs your uncle .
stu
you dont like me very much do you ?
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if wenger wanted to make a pitch or proposal for a player who could make a difference to this club he has had 10 days to do so . he would rather spend his time signing semi- risky free signings as against make a AA23 style signing , to a player who can change the clubs level of player ..
and hopefully with it our fortunes ..
are we linked with any top players ?
gourcuff’s going somewhere else stu …
and it was only an option for IF CESC LEAVES .
(which he will )
because this club loves cash 1st , and if they sign cole for free they have replaced cesc effectively .
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/139071/Arsenal-confirm-they-want-to-sign-Mark-Schwarzer/
Like I have been warning all of you, Gourcuff is at the same level Nasri was with L’OM and would be a major, major risk for 25-30 million.
Sources close to the French team suggested on Wednesday night that the majority of Domenech’s players would like to see Henry and Abou Diaby in Friday’s team at the expense of Yoann Gourcuff and Sidney Govou.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1285385/Raymond-Domenechs-unhappy-French-stars-revolting-Thierry-Henry-axed.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0qPEeuihT
i doubt we will sign anyone pat if we get cole ..
wellington is due to make a midfield attempt at the1st team this season , and you have jack – vela – theo lining up . and the fucking marmites ..
no chance wenger will make the lst any longer ..
especially if chamakh pushes AA23 back to the midfield .
LIST ..
and rambo .. i suppose we are keeping denilson – eboue and the marmite tribe .. so song and diaby will get sniffs ..
not much is really changing here …
we are just losing quality from the midfield and the management will pocket the best part of 25- 30 mil for the black hole ..
the sale of cesc will fund any activity this season wenger wont over spend , in fact im sure he will make the board another windfall margin again this season , in his dealings ..
fucking sad ..
Pat says:
June 10, 2010 at 01:01
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/139071/Arsenal-confirm-they-want-to-sign-Mark-Schwarzer/
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yes this is the sort of rumors that are believable .
that and joe cole ..
spending 3 mil on 3 players isnt not showing the other clubs we are back in it to win it !
no wonder cesc wants out ..
it looks like more of the same to me ..
listen players in are players in
if we get chamakh – confirmed
joe cole – the gay assassin – and schwarzer
then its better than a kick in the teeth ..
but my problem is it wreaks of cheap charlie dealings
when we were promised so much more …
its pretty clear to see the club is cutting corners .
Have we signed anyone yet?
The world cup is freaking tomorrow.
French Bastard. Wake up
Maybe Arsene Knows
Arsenal mentor Arsene Wenger says “tough cookies” Australia will be giving three-time champions Germany sleepless nights before their FIFA World Cup opener.
Wenger gave the Socceroos a 40 per cent chance of shocking Germany on Monday morning (EST), a result which would throw Group D wide open.
“If I was the national team coach of Germany and I had to play Australia, I wouldn’t sleep well,” Wenger said.
“Let’s say for me it will be 60 (per cent chance for) Germany, 40 Australia.
“I give them a chance against Germany but we’ll see.
“It will be very interesting.”
Australia beat the odds to reach the last 16 of the 2006 World Cup before being controversially ousted by eventual winners Italy.
They are currently ranked No.20 in the world to Germany’s sixth.
“Usually they are very tough cookies in the World Cup, Australia,” Wenger said.
“Sometimes Germany are slow starters in the big competitions, maybe Australia can take advantage of that because it will make it a very interesting group.”
A message to Germany. You want the ball from us, you will have to earn it. Crunchy! Crunchy!
Morning anyone.
I think Geoff said yesterday that Corporate sales were down 60 or 70%. Doesn’t that make up something silly like 30% matchday revenue?
I think we would have a great chance if we signed the usual suspects mentioned on here. GK, Hangerland’ish, Hazard’ish, Toulalon’ish, but don’t we need more of a name/prestige player to get the suits signed up? Is this was the Cole talk is really all about.
Oh and I reckon we will flog AA.
ethan
With mon ami noticing Oz, means that Schwarzer is to be signed IMO. Bout time The Club got some blood & guts in. No more poofy fancy pants goalkeeper stuff. Now the word s.a.v.e will be relevant @ Goonerland
I have message 4 Germany too !
however if i showed you ,
i would be banned for abuse
yes , GG agree ..
listen i think schwazer is a good signing ,miles ahead of big Al anyhow …
his name just sounds too much like my X-wifes for me to feel at ease
Evening MDI89
Is Blighty getting all worked up about the WC. I just bought a slab of Carlsberg stubbies & got a free footie. When I mentioned footie, the bloke @ the bottle shop said it is a soccer ball.
Is your ex as old as him as well
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has confirmed that the Gunners have made Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer their top target this summer.
Mirror Sport revealed on May 15 that 37-year-old Schwarzer is Arsenal’s target to replace Manuel Almunia. Hill-Wood also admitted that Arsenal are almost resigned to losing William Gallas, as revealed in yesterday’s Mirror Sport.
Schwarzer, who signed a new one-year contract with Fulham in April, is anxious to join Arsenal but the Gunners have had a bid knocked back. It is believed Fulham want £3million.
French veteran Gallas, 33 in August, is also a target for Paris Saint Germain and Roma after Arsenal refused to bend their rule on not giving over-30s more than a one year contract extension.
Gallas wants a new two-year deal worth £80,000-a-week. Arsenal are now looking at Lorient defender Laurent Koscielny and Dynamo Kiev’s Senegalese defender Pape Diakhate as potential replacements.
Hill-Wood added: “We certainly have made an inquiry for him (Schwarzer) and they (Fulham) are not prepared to sell him, so we have gone away.
“If someone else is prepared to pay him (Gallas) that, good luck to him. We would very much like him to stay for another year, but we are not too sure about two.”
GG
ive followed Aussie football more closely than you think over years past ..
for obvious reasons ..
my aussie cousins ..
and we both know schwazer can drop some clangers ..
i just hope it gives him new vigor to perform ..
im just worried about his age …
its not a signing based on longevity , is it ????…
im mixed at wengers decision .
i would of preferred sorensen or even hart .. but
for 4 seasons in a row ive used the TERM beggars cant be choosers..
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gnarleygeorge9 says:
June 10, 2010 at 06:46
Is your ex as old as him as well
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about the same yes !!!
very strange .. she was 38 in may ..
dunno Gnarley, this Aussie team lacks the spark of 2006. Hard working grafty players but imo they lack the quality to even make it out of the group stages.
Serbia will be a tough nut to crack too imo. The Serbia Australia game will be the most important game. imo, the Yanks have a better team this time round.
here you go GG and the lads everyone needs this !
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/64/42/24/2010fwc_matchschedule_3004_en.pdf
The footballing world fucking quakes in their collective boots, Arsenal’s top target this summer is a 37 year old goalkeeper……….ha fucking ha, does this management really want the club to be taken seriously with fucking cunts like PHW allowed to gob off in the press…..
Evening to you Gnarley.
I don’t think Blighty is quite as worked up as usual. The usual blind optimism appears to be lacking! Then again, I live in the heart of rugby country and havn’t been in London for a couple of weeks.
Oh, sorry, morning munglers….
just whacked it on my A2 printer ..
23rd of june is a double header for me
Moawwwwwwning DDM …
yes … our new goal keeper will strike fear …..
hmmmmmm….
errrr.. wont be as bad as Big Al
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Ethan: great chart, cheers. Just highlights in technicolour how little work I am going to get done!!
yes mick its getting that time when i need to schedule my drinking dates