Jack’s a witness, Cesc is miserable because he’s not playing great and Robin’s Ok. Expect Schwarzer to sign today.

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Let’s first of all clear up this Wilshere incident, someone was attacking a bird in Kensington, he stepped in to save her and now the police want to use him as a witness, he is a hero, so I wish the press will stop the rabid dog headlines and leave him alone, I would make him champ of the week but the way Theo has started, that wouldn’t be fair.

CHAMP OF THE WEEK, THEO WALCOTT! BY A COUNTRY MILE.

Cesc is playing badly by his standards, so when the boss took him off, it was understandable he was fed up, he is our captain, he doesn’t want to go off, let’s not forget he stopped us going one down though, once the window closes he’ll step up, don’t worry about that.

What did amaze me was he handed the armband to Song, who handed it to Vermaelen, who handed it to Almunia, that to me is humiliating him, he has twice tried to replace him, giving him the armband is taking the mick and I wish he would stop doing it.

Pedro said yesterday that our defence was all over the place again, he is right, I wouldn’t say it was Koscielny’s fault, yes he was skinned, but Sagna should have been there, the real issue is that for me he is not the centreback we need, he is too much like Vermaelen and even he is not the Tony Adams type we need, maybe Kozzer will end up as a DM, either way it’s not working at the back. Arsene, you have 2 days, don’t mess about again, go and get a keeper and a centre back and do it today.

I expect Schwarzer to sign today, he has told Hughes he wants away and Given was managed by Hughes, so providing City let Given go, then the merry-go-round will begin. Squillaci has signed already, but I’d like another one. Big strong, no nonsense centre back plus a decent keeper and I’ll be happy.

Other than the same old problem at the back, I thought we looked so much stronger in the middle, all bigger and stronger and less likely to get knocked off the ball by the EPL bullies.

I am concerned about Robin though, is he brittle or unlucky? I now think he is brittle, and when you add Bendtner to that I don’t think we have enough up front, we could do with a forward, we have no one coming through so we need to bring someone in, Adebayor anyone? He can’t get a game at the moment, ha, ha, oh and I am kidding!

The good news is that Robin only twisted his ankle, so he’ll be back, and Chamakh is an able replacement so I’m not too fussed, but we are only in August and I am concerned.

Well no football for a few weeks but I have no doubts we will be glued to the internet until late Tuesday evening, have a great day Grovers, it will soon be over.

577 Responses to “Jack’s a witness, Cesc is miserable because he’s not playing great and Robin’s Ok. Expect Schwarzer to sign today.”

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  1. zeus

    Whats this talk of us getting a keeper. We only have 1 target, in an average goalkeeper in MS.
    Man City won’t indirectly strengthen us by leting Given go so as to pave the way for Shwarzer.

    So all we’ve done is chase an average kepper all summer, undermine the confidence of 2 goal keepers who’s confidence was in a a millionn little pieces to begin with and this ‘saga’ will end with no new keeper and 2 keepers who knows the manager has ABSOLUTELY no confidence in them and they are only around because he couldn’t find anyone else.

    Top management that.

  2. RayGooner

    I had a look at the MAJOR transfers made by the BIG CLUBS around Europe (Only teams from England, Spain, Italy, Germany & France, and who are in the Champions League, plus Liverpool & Man City).

    Here are the Transfers:

    ARSENAL
    Transfers In:
    Marouane Chamakh (Bordeaux)
    Laurent Koscielny (Lorient)
    Sébastien Squillaci (Sevilla)
    Transfers Out:
    Fran Mérida (Atlético Madrid)
    Philippe Senderos (Fulham)
    Eduardo (Shakhtar)
    Sol Campbell (Newcastle)
    William Gallas (Tottenham)
    Mikaël Silvestre (Werder Bremen)

    CHELSEA:
    Transfers In:
    Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool)
    Ramires (Benfica)
    Transfers Out:
    Ricardo Carvalho (Real Madrid)
    Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen)
    Joe Cole (Liverpool)
    Michael Mancienne (Wolves, on loan)

    LIVERPOOL
    Transfers In:
    Christian Poulsen (Juventus)
    Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liège)
    Joe Cole (Chelsea)
    Danny Wilson (Rangers)
    Brad Jones (Middlesbrough)
    Raul Meireles (Porto)
    Transfers Out:
    Mikel San José (Bilbao)
    Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)
    Diego Cavalieri (Cesena)
    Alberto Aquilani (Juventus, on loan)
    Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea)
    Albert Riera (Olympiakos)

    MANCHESTER CITY
    Transfers In:
    David Silva (Valencia)
    Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio)
    Mario Balotelli (Inter)
    Jérôme Boateng (Hamburg)
    Yaya Touré (Barcelona)
    James Milner (Aston Villa)
    Transfers Out:
    Valeri Bojinov (Parma)
    Javier Garrido (Lazio)
    Martin Petrov (Bolton)
    Nedum Onuoha (Sunderland, on loan)
    Craig Bellamy (Cardiff City, on loan)
    Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)

    MANCHESTER UNITED
    Transfers In:
    Javier Hernández (Guadalajara)
    Chris Smalling (Fulham)
    Transfers Out:
    Ben Foster (Birmingham)
    Zoran Tosic (CSKA Moskva)
    Mame Biram Diouf (Blackburn, on loan)
    Danny Welbeck (Sunderland, on loan)

    TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
    Transfers In:
    William Gallas (Arsenal)
    Transfers Out:
    Dorian Dervite (Villarreal)
    Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers)

    FC BARCELONA
    Transfers In:
    David Villa (Valencia)
    Adriano (Sevilla)
    Javier Mascherano (Liverpool)
    Transfers Out:
    Yaya Touré (Man City)
    Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar)
    Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls)
    Rafael Márquez (New York Red Bulls)
    Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan, on loan)
    Martin Cáceres (Sevilla)

    REAL MADRID
    Transfers In:
    Ángel di María (Benfica)
    Pedro León (Getafe)
    Sami Khedira (Stuttgart)
    Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
    Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen)
    Transfers Out:
    Christoph Metzelder (Schalke)
    Guti (Besiktas)
    Raúl (Schalke)

    VALENCIA
    Transfers In:
    Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray)
    Ricardo Costa (Lille)
    Roberto Soldado (Getafe)
    Alberto Costa (Montpellier)
    Aritz Aduriz (Mallorca)
    Transfers Out:
    David Villa (Barcelona)
    Michel Herrero (Deportivo)
    Nikola Zigic (Birmingham)
    David Silva (Man City)
    Carlos Marchena (Villarreal)
    Asier del Horno (Levante, on loan)
    Alexis (Sevilla)

    INTER MILAN
    Transfers In:
    Philippe Coutinho (Vasco da Gama)
    Transfers Out:
    Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas)
    Mario Balotelli (Man City)
    Victor Obinna (West Ham, on loan)
    Nicolas Burdisso (Roma)

    AC MILAN
    Transfers In:
    Marco Amelia (Genoa, on loan)
    Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona, on loan)
    Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Genoa)
    Kevin-Prince Boateng (Genoa)
    Bruno Montelongo (River Plate, on loan)
    Transfers Out:
    Marco Storari (Juventus)
    Gianmarco Zigoni (Genoa)

    AS ROMA
    Transfers In:
    Adriano (Flamengo)
    Aleandro Rosi (Siena, on loan)
    Bogdan Lobont (Dinamo Bucuresti)
    Guillermo Burdisso (Rosario Central, on loan)
    Nicolas Burdisso (Inter)
    Paolo Castellini (Parma, on loan)
    Transfers Out:
    Marco D’Allesandro (Bari, on loan)
    Artur (Braga)
    Stefano Guberti (Sampdoria)
    Marco Andreolli (Chievo)
    Alessio Cerci (Fiorentina)

    BAYERN MÜNCHEN
    Transfers In:
    None.
    Transfers Out:
    Luca Toni (Genoa)
    José Sosa (Napoli)
    Michael Rensing (Released)
    Christian Lell (Hertha Berlin)

    SCHALKE 04
    Transfers In:
    Christoph Metzelder (Real Madrid)
    Raúl (Real Madrid)
    Sergio Escudero (Murcia)
    Tim Hoogland (Mainz)
    Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Olympiakos)
    Erik Jendrisek (Kaiserslautern)
    Ciprian Deac (Cluj)
    Hans Serpei (Leverkusen)
    Transfers Out:
    Rafinha (Genoa)
    Heiko Westermann (Hamburg)
    Mineiro (Released)
    Gerald Asamoah (St. Pauli)
    Zé Roberto (Vasco da Gama, on loan)
    Jan Morávek (Kaiserslautern, on loan)
    Kevin Kurányi (Dynamo Moskva)

    WERDER BREMEN
    Transfers In:
    Marko Amautovic (Twente)
    Felix Kroos (Hansa Rostock)
    Wesley (Santos)
    Mikaël Silvestre (Arsenal)
    Transfers Out:
    Mesut Özil (Real Madrid)
    Martin Harnik (Stuttgart)
    Carlos Alberto (Vasco da Gama)

    LYON
    Transfers In:
    Jimmy Briand (Rennes)
    Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux)
    Transfers Out:
    Mathieu Bodmer (Paris SG)
    Yannis Tafer (Toulouse, on loan)
    Frédéric Piquionne (West Ham)
    John Mensah (Sunderland, on loan)

    OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE
    Transfers In:
    César Azpilicueta (Osasuna)
    Loïc Rémy (Nice)
    André-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse)
    Transfers Out:
    Mamadou Samassa (Valenciennes)
    Pape M’Bow (Ajaccio, on loan)
    Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle, on loan)

    AUXERRE
    Transfers In:
    Soumahoro Johnson (Amiens)
    Anthony Le Tallec (Le Mans)
    Transfers Out:
    Daniel Niculae (Monaco)
    Moussa Narry (Le Mans)
    Gabriel Tamas (West Bromwich)
    Lynel Kitambala (Lorient)

    All these teams are teams that Arsenal will or could meet during the season…

  3. DaleDaGooner

    I here Given is refusing to go to Fulham, so this means Schwarzer WILL not be allowed to come to us….truth???

  4. DaleDaGooner

    ….and Stockdale is out injured, so Fulham WILL NOT aalow Marky Schwarzer leave for his beloved Arsenal…

  5. DeiseGooner

    If we dont get Schwarzer then it will be as you were id imagine. Almunia as No1 (shakes head) and a decision to be made on who is backup and whos going out on loan.

  6. BillikenGooner

    If we don’t get Schwarzer?

    Well, invest in antacids and alcohol for a season full of, “Oh sheet…it’s another corner kick.”

  7. peter

    i think we should go for this Bologna keeper. he is really frustrating inter milan. he has made a lot of high profile saves and is overbreeding with confidence

  8. Wellington

    robin out for 4 weeks

    if his injury record continues throughout the season then he needs shipping out in summer

    our squad aint big enough to accommodate a striker who cant play week in week out

  9. ritesh

    we would be better off with rvp shipped and an average player on board over a season…at least he would be thr to play.

    MS…i hope he signs….surely fulham have a back up plan if given does not come!!!

  10. cem

    one question for all. is it more profitable to be a yoyo team like west brom than stay in the PL? If your ambition is to make money is that more profitable?
    I know teams who get promotion to the PL receive a lot of money.

  11. Wellington

    if a keeper aint signed tomorrow its fucking disgracefull

    wat a circus its been for us in terms of keepers

  12. Dan,The Gooner.

    wellington,that’s just what it is going to be,DISGRACEFULl because we ain’t signing no keeper now…………..bollocks.

  13. Samir

    RVP does seem to be far to injury prone for my liking.Then…When he gets back…He isn’t his self…It has to be said though, when he’s had a run he is one hell of a player :D Why can’t Drogba or Rooney get injured as much as him though :(

  14. AA23

    I posted in the wrong thread but what the fuck is it with Van Persie?
    he has to go, we just cannot rely on him.
    Love the player but he’s played about 20 minutes of football for us this season and he’s out for a month.
    fuck that, see you later Robin.

  15. Big Dave

    Sill don’t get why Cham was a non starter v Blackeye.

    We can’t rely on Rvp anymore it’s obvious with him that he should be a sub

  16. gambon

    Big Dave

    RVP is a much better player, thats why he will start ahead of Chamakh.

    I agree his fitness is getting ridiculous, and if this continues he will have to be sold, and replaced with a world class striker.

  17. chris

    ridiculous if wenger leaves it to the final hours tomorrow and then rushes through a ‘bargain’ and its nerve racking seeing if its all done in time.. unless of course he wanted al in goal after all

  18. Marko

    Heard this Viviano guy had a stormer against Inter tonight. We were linked to him in the past. Well even if Given doesn’t want to go to fulham I heard Fulham are looking for alternatives such as Federici of reading so basically they’ve given up on keeping Schwarzer one would assume.

  19. reggie 57

    Surely wenger needs to get a replacement for van persie we cant keep on going down the same route season after season!!

  20. Marko

    Am I right in thinking that Liverpool sold Maschrano for 18 million 2 or 3 years after paying 20-25 million for him off that chap Kia something? If so thats shocking business.

  21. zeus

    Now that the RVP news has me down I read this for a pick me up……..

    Sweet baby Jebus, my head hurts. Make it go away. People expect me to write about yesterday. What the hell can I remember?

    Just after two, arrive at the ground and buy the most expensive scarf on the planet and gloves for a mate on the Eurostar. Head for the pub. ‘Pint of Guinness please’. Mate texts. ‘We’re in the Italian’. Off I go . Pasta and a carafe of red wine. “My treat ‘holic.” Happy Christmas, indeed. More Guinness. Lots more Guinness, then off to ground.

    Ladbrokes. “Still 7/1 for 3-0?”. The ‘holic pound and a bunch of his mates are invested. Find seat. Forty-four minutes of drudgery follow. We are not very good, and Hull are worse. Hunt is late on Almunia. Bennett lets him off. “Unusual to see that little bastard attempt to maim a ‘keeper” is the best line of a poor half until the Tigers goad us with “You’re rich, and you’re miserable“. Very good.

    Hunt involved in handbags on the stroke of half-time wakes the miserable ones. Denilson floats it beautifully into the corner. “One nil to the Arsenal“. I’ve seen empty seats behind the visitors bench. I’m going that way at half time, swigging from a flask of Grouse as I go.

    Perfect, I’m a few yards from the son of Allardyce. Strangely though the crowd are letting him have a quiet time. Then a passing breeze catches some twat in a yellow shirt and he stumbles. What? Penalty? You’re having a giraffe. The orange one cavorts in front of us, punching the air and laughing. He runs toward us, gloating.

    Manuel saves. He is back to his best today. Time for retribution. Thousands of voices fill the bitterly cold night air. “Stand up, if you hate Phil Brown“. More whisky.

    We’ve been longing for an Eduardo goal. Diaby and Song set him up. 2-0. “Sacked in the morning, you’re getting sacked in the morning.” Brownie’s ears are warming up, despite the falling temperature. More whisky.

    “Liar, liar what’s the score, liar, what’s the score?“. It’s relentless now, and massive fun. Phil Dowd and the television people are even chuckling. Diaby fires in a cracker. That’s the bet secure if the silly buggers don’t score again. “Tango, Tango, what’s the score, Tango, what’s the score?”

    There’s a real danger we could add to three. Theo and Aaron go very close. I don’t care about the money. The crack is now fantastic. “You’re not very brown, you’re not very brown, you’re not very, you’re not very, you’re not very brown!“. The neutrals next to the Hull bench are in tears of laughter.

    Then the evil henchman finally makes an appearance. It’s Alan Davies and his mates who spot him first. “Brian, wave to us Brian.” Horton stares ahead, embarrassed. “Come on Brian, how about a duet with that orange twat? I wanna go ho-o-ome, this is the best trip, I’ve ever been on!” The game is forgotten.

    With one eye on the clock, the best song of all. “Cesc in a minute, you’re seeing Cesc in a minute.” Even the Hull bench turn round and giggle at that one. The final whistle blows, Arsene races over to shake the hand of the vanquished. That’s another lie put to bed.

    Join the queue at Ladbrokes. Someone in front of me says we must all have read Goonerholic this morning. I smile, but don’t own up. A fistful of dollars accompanies me back to the pub where several more Guinni hit the spot, and some fabulous people provide engaging company.

    Back to the train. More whisky. Taxi. Stumble through the door.

    “Good day, love?’

    “Magical, sweetheart, magical.”

    It’s not been such a great day for everyone. Text arrives from Eurostar mate. ‘Just got to Ebbsfleet’. Poor sod. I’ll keep the gloves until the United game!

  22. Marko

    Sometimes it’s hard to judge when a player gets injured. But I was asking for a Remy signing. He could play up top or play on the right or left.

  23. Maciek

    We won’t sign any gk or a striker.

    And tomorrow Wenger will tell us that we can win the league and that we almost signed Swartzer.

  24. Maciek

    I would love to see us signing a gk and a striker with cdm as well, but Wenger has had enough of time and I think he has failed.

    We are making 3m bid for Swarter, but we could get Benalio, Adler, Akinfeev, Frey, etc.

    A world class cdm and striker is also badly needed.

    We will see, but I fear we won’t sign any more players.

    Hope, I’m wrong.

  25. incesc

    the only one i think that has any chance is schwarzer and that is highly unlikely.

    Im not even going to bother checking online till about this time tomorrow night, its not worth it.

  26. Dan,The Gooner.

    the deal at the mo is,given is staying at city.so i think it’s all gone a bit pete tong m8……..who knows tho,we will just have to wait n see.

  27. iamgooner

    RVP should be sold lads, the guy is arsenal but he doesnt score enough or play enough yo justify him being the mighty Arsenals first choice striker.

    Almunia in goal isnt the worst thing you know, shwarzer is not really any better if at all.. the thing is wenger has left EVERYTHING too late, from centre backs to gk’s to dm’s the guy shorely didnt think he could relie on our players being fit

    nasri/rvp/bendtner ETC all injured with only 3games played.. no wonder fabregas always has a face on

  28. Stu

    Sell VP? Thats a little extreme isnt it. With the new GPS thing we should be able to cut down on the injuries and VP is one of the best players in the world, let alone forwards. His assist for Theo was magnificent, outside of the boot and inch perfect.

    Sell one of the few players who loves arsenal and actually has the talent too? Utter lunacy!

  29. iamgooner

    rvp does not effect the game the way torres or drogba or rooney do when he steps on the pitch

    he is good, but too expensive to be kept only to play 15games a season..

  30. colonel mustard

    he has’nt played 100 games for us yet….in 6 seasons….nuff said…evra has that in a year and a half…

  31. Stu

    Torres is equally as injury prone as VP so thats not one in your favour. Before this past weekend Rooney hasnt scored since March partly due to injury (he played the whole WC for england) and partly due to being overhyped, he only scored a penalty ffs.

    And Drogba is one of the best CFs in the world and never injuried. He is a fucking beast of a man and cant be contained by any defenders because of it. VP is a whole different player. He relies on ability rather than physique and sacrificies himself for the good of the team. Im sure if he just stayed in the box and just shot he would easily stay injury free and rack up 30 a season like Rooney who scored all of his goals from inside the box last season.

  32. Stu

    Who hasnt played 100 games for us Colonel Mustard?

    I hope you’re not talking about VP, who made his 200th appearance in an arsenal shirt on saturday.

  33. Limestonegunner

    Interesting suggestion at 20:17, Gambon. Why not offer them Chesney on loan plus the case for Schwarzer? Maybe they would go for it and chesney could fight for a place with Stockdale.

  34. Limestonegunner

    RvP is quality. Tell me who Wenger would replace him with, especially since he isn’t going to command a 25 Million pound fee, is he.

    When he was fit last year he was having his best spell at Arsenal, scoring goals and making assists like no one in the league.

    Maybe he is getting his quota of knocks and injury time out of the way early on! If he is back for CL group games games away and Braga at home, we will be fine. Look at the schedule–we don’t face the toughest teams until later and Chamakh is going to grow better and better.

  35. Limestonegunner

    Rohan, Bendtner might be out longer than RvP. He is no saviour at this point. He is part of the problem–we have two healthy central strikers–Vela and Chamakh. We might end up seeing a bit of Walcott in there–his second goal v. Blackpool came with back to goal receiving the ball in the box with a nifty turn and strike. That’s striker play! But, I’d rather not see that at this point if we can help it.

  36. Limestonegunner

    iamgooner, he doesn’t affect the play the same way as Rooney and Drogba (leave Torres out, he has been injured so much the last two seasons) because he is a totally different kind of player and Arsenal play completely differently from both those teams. Evidence of how influential RvP was to Arsenal’s attack was teh first few months of the season. How many strikers could score those goals, make that many assists and play in our team concept to set up so many goals from midfield players?

    Yes, I am really upset that we lost him last year and that he already has an ankle injury this year, but he might not miss that many games. And unlike last year, we have a central striker in Chamakh who can actually play the way we need the front man to play, with the right game and skills to do a decent job.

  37. colonel mustard

    busy on the stats there stu…….24 matches his best record. its not a criticism…he is quality.but dont see him getting fitter over next few seasons.

  38. iamgooner

    yeah guys i dont want you to think i am saying he isnt good enough, because im not, of course he is quality!

    all im saying is he doesnt score enough to justify the months at a time he has recovering from injury.. hes not even scored 50 goals for us! main striker? yeah right..

    “yes but he has been unlucky with injuries” yes he has.. but 5 seasons running? i think its silly to think RVP will go throught the season without many more injuries

  39. Stu

    Can people PLEASE just check the stats before they comment on players.

    VP has 73 goals for us.

    Yes injuries have ruined his career so far but he is world class when fit imo.

    He isnt about only goals now. He has 38 assists over all, which isnt great but he cant be faulted for other people missing what he sets up. :grin:

    The start of last season was the best we’ve seen of VP imo. This formation is designed to make the most of his abilities and the stats certainly prove it. Last season before his injury he had – 14 starts 8 goals 8 assists and probably set up dozens of chances. The man is world class, selling him is and should be out of the question.

  40. peter

    wenger makes a last ditch 4 million pounds move for swarzer….lolzz, really ridiculous. why didnt he bid this amount since? now it might be too little too late

  41. dennisdamenace

    They probably wouldn’t in all honesty, but unlike us, at least that scum from up the road are trying to improve their squad……

  42. dennisdamenace

    TBH Sab, The Hunter probably needs to drop back down to that level, if only to rebuild his career.

    He’s obviously either out of his depth at a big club like AC or he’s just been unlucky a la Bergkamp.

    IMO it’s the latter, for me i’d have him as third choice CF in fron of Bentner.

  43. dennisdamenace

    If your ambition is to tread water, and attempt to maintain the status quo, in that you are just trying to ensure ECL football, then yes we have shown ambition. However, do you really see these ‘additions’ (and i use that word lightly as i’m not going to go into the players in/players out debate) enabling us to overhaul ManUre and the Chavs?

  44. dennisdamenace

    Another one out of the club to balance the Book Keeper’s books, no wonder he gets a 20% salary increase!

  45. Sabeel Indian Gunner

    From BBC
    ———
    From Anon, via text: “I work for Arsenal in an unnamed capacity and while transfers in seem unlikely, one that seems certain to go through is Jay Emmanuel-Thomas to Sunderland on loan until Christmas.

  46. dennisdamenace

    Nope Sab, i save all my shit up for today, the shittiest day in the Gooner calendar…., well apart from where we get embarrassed at home by the Chavs and the Mancs….

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