Now that Jackie boy, Theo and maybe even Gibbsy will be regular starters for the England team, I can finally come out and watch them again, during those dark days of Sven and the wags, through to the Capello years of giving Beckham 45 second caps, I just had no interest in watching my national team, a team that my brother and I travelled all over to watch, in 1986 I even went to Mexico, how’s that for a supporter!
Anyway, now there are a few Arsenal players on show, I can finally take an interest again. Though the picture of Jack in the Metro today and on Sky News last night showed him in the tightest shorts you can imagine, not a good look jack, you need to sack them, it reminded me of Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle!
It appears the Spanish have called time on the Cesc deal because of the money, they were apparently shocked that the chavs (who Bruce Buck said were going to be self sufficient by next season, oops) £50mil purchase of Fernando Torres, and said he wasn’t worth it. Rich of course coming from the slimebags that paid €67mil for an unattractive Swedish substitute forward. Anyway, they said they can’t afford him and the deal is dead, good, it was getting boring and he still has a contract with us until 2015. So come back in 3 years and we’ll have a little chat.
I was musing over the hypocrisy in football and the media, a couple of weeks ago I was defending Arsenal hating Sky pundits Gray and Keys, over their female lino comments and their subsequent sacking.
Well yesterday I find out they have pitched up at radio station Talk Sport, more commonly known as Talk Shite, what a line up, they joined a radio station that employs a drunk who thinks Joe Barton tackles are acceptable, a dogging woman beater that thinks he deserves a second chance (Peter Sutcliffe thought he did too) and amongst others, a failed politician that supports countries where women have no rights, still with their views on females they will feel right at home, good judgement call boys, says it all really. I am sorry I defended you.
Then I read that Mad Jens says he rates all three of our keepers, that’s not what he said when he was here, maybe he sees something in Almunia that he missed before.
I would like to end this post on a positive and cheerful note, it seems that star centreback Johan Djourou isn’t as injured as rumour suggested and he could be back for the Wolves game, I hope so for two reasons, one we need him, it will be a disaster without him, secondly it will show that his crock days are behind him, because if it was his knee again, it would have been curtains, we can’t afford a ‘will he, won’t he?’ situation in that position, far too risky, come on Johan, hang on until Vermaelen comes home, we need you.
Have a great day Grovers and enjoy the game tonight!
A,
yeah, then AW took that exceptional RB and put him in RM, where he was pap and that destroyed his confidence…
way to go, ffs!
yeah but GDA,, if you remember up until the last couple of games TV5 was an ever present, then got injured, started again then got injure, once this pattern starts it will repeat!
i hope it dont cos he looks ok, goes missing to far up the pitch sometimes, but he wont be back this season, and that annoys, the club must have gambled on this one!
@ SUGA, Too much has been made of that 2006 defence as if that season was all about the Champions league. Remember it was that same defence that lost 3-2 to West Ham, 2-1 to Fulham, Lehmann had his most tortous 90 minutes against Liverpool at Anfield etc.
Meanwhile, the team was more of Eboue,Sendy, Toure, Flamini.
What Arsenes article DOES highlight, despite it being a month old, is that we have a very short term memory when it comes to players. Essentially we have completely forgotten that Djourou and Squillaci formed a very decent CB pair. Squill has come in for a lot of criticism lately, but those stats suggest the problem has been the lack of Djourou rather than the presence of Squill.
Either Squill or Kozzer is a perfectly decent partner for DJ, its just that together they don’t work well. Because of the nature of recent teamsheets, where Squill has always come in for DJ, not Kozzer, it has appeared as thought Squill is the disaster waiting to happen, rather than that pairing in general…
henry…
Spend it!
LOL, thats a top joke, is it friday?!
We all know that every penny spent is one less in the bonus pot.
I dont think Eboue is ‘a liability’.
Hes decent backup. Just a spastic & a twat.
x2
henry14 if Andy Carrol is worth £35 mil then Bendtner is worth £40 mil
suga3 I dont see TV and Kos as the same type of player at all, would be interesting to see them play together
Not an Eboue fan, can’t see what this big obsession with some fans are about him, another player gone backwards under AW
GDA..
yeah in certain area its may be keeper keeper yes, but up front ?
you rate chamkah better than Eduardo i don’t.
midfield, maybe mids better than last year , but even the return of edu would have improved it last year!
Gambon – Very true!
Well £15M for Bendtner at least gives everyone at the club a pay rise.
A – he’s not English.
You can take £20M off his transfer fee based on that alone.
@RSPC, there is nothing definite about injuries. I remember Eto’o struggling with injury for 2 consequtive seasons and the he was on and off for those seasons. But he has been super fit for the last 3 seasons. I think that negates your theory on injuries.
henry14 – totally agree that EE’s forward runs are maddening! I don’t even need to watch the screen to know once one starts that he will fall over at the end having lost the ball. What’s so frustrating is that he usually makes plenty of ground. If he only learned when to pass it could be quite useful!
He could sell NB52, buy Hazard and move Walcott Central.
Big Dave you reckon he’s gone backwards under Wenger?! Before he played for Wenger he was a complete nobody!
I’d sy the main reason people love Eboue because you can see how passionate he is about the club, he goes absolutely mental when we score.
why woiuld it henry… i’m not a great fan of bendtner, ask the fella behind me, but i rate him better than chamkah, i think he is another player who would benefit from a good run in the team playing in the natural position up front! not left or right, straight down the middle!
any road… will city beat united. or do we want a draw?
nah leave theo doing his thing coming in from the right for at least another season.
Albo – i know mate it’s ridiculous.
I know Denilson isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and i can see why, but i do actually think he’s an OK squad player and decent against the weaker sides.
Rosicky and Eboue – absolutley offer us nothing at all.
Waste of £80K a week between them.
arsenes,
gambon has summed it up perfectly: they would look exactly like Toure and Gallas…
albo also said that it may well be more about poor partnerships rather than a case of SS being a poor player, which means that our CB setup is not balanced properly:
- SS, TV, LK: three ‘little sweeper’ brothers
- JD: ‘big guy’, no siblings
so does gunnersaurus A. does that mean he should be in the squad?
agreed Lurch – Theo is a long way away from being our central man
lurch imo Eboue would be first choice right back at almost every other premiership side, he’s a very good squad player and the fact that he’s a Gooner through and through is a bonus
Henry
Cant see us putting Walcott down the middle. He just isnt a CF. Would rather have Carroll there than Theo.
I can see us buying Hazard for one of 2 reasons.
1 – Sell AA, sign Hazard. Then the wide positions are shared by Nasri, hazard & Theo (In that order).
2 – Sell Cesc. Sign Hazard to replace Nasri, who replaces Theo.
RSPCA-Why isn’t TV5 gonna play again this season????
I’ve heard hes already in full training and is pencilled in for the Cup Final. Anybody else heard this?
PS im being moderated???
a draw will do me…
RSPC – I don’t mind NB52 – i actually think he’s got everything to be a great player other than a first touch – his is rubbish – i just don’t think it’ll happen at Arsenal.
Wenger will never play him Central over VP.
The problem he has is that every game is vitally important and you can’t afford to drop points in any game – so would you honestly trust him up front in our next 4 fixtures to give him a run in the team?
I wouldn’t.
He doesn’t even play central in the FA cup games.
A – really? First choice at every other Prem side?
‘almost’ is the point A. United (cheating cunts) maybe but not any of the other top 4 contenders.
Oh and A just out of interest – if this is the case why haven’t we had 1 single offer for him from any other prem side?
Are you honestly telling me that we wouldn’t have sold him if they had come in with an offer – reflecting that comment?
almost every other side henry14, utd he would be, chelsea and city probably not, liverpool maybe, spuds maybe, anyone else other than them though….
how on earth do you know who we’ve had offers from?!
Yes we wouldn’t have sold him, as we havn’t despite offers (that we know about) from sides in Italy and Spain
In fairness to Jen’s keeper comment… he wasn’t refering to Almunia as a keeper.
In his day Almunia simply was the guy who fucked up the crosses to him in the pre – match warm up. Period.
I think you should hang your head in shame for the duration of the day for refering to him as such hahahahaha : )
i think what we have to remember with Bendtner is he’s Denmark’s equivalent to Rooney.
He’s always going to feature heavily in their sport media and they need to fill columns.
Take his hyperbole with the pinch of salt that entails, because he’s not talking directly to the british media.
How is Cat Deeley is the face of Pantene now. Not a massive fan of Pantene but will give it another go now Cat is the face of it.
Cat Deeley has lazier eyes than droopy dog.
Still would though.
prefer fern cotton.
Yeah fair point, certainly has a ‘hang-dog’ kind of look to her. I would always picture droppy whilst fking her, better than picturing my mum I suppose.
henry14 I dont thonk Wenger would sell EE hes a good squad player covers a few positions and is very good for the team moral, whenever you see any of our players talking about him its always with a big smile, Nasri has recently said that he has never experienced such a good atmosphere in the changing room
donut, look he has broken down twice already he will be match rusty, where do you think he will start if he does get fit? barca home or away? cup final ? orient away!
the likely one is orient but they will get at him! to dangerous to risk not enough match practice!
“Well yesterday I find out they have pitched up at radio station Talk Sport, more commonly known as Talk Shite, what a line up, they joined a radio station that employs a drunk who thinks Joe Barton tackles are acceptable, a dogging woman beater that thinks he deserves a second chance”
I wonder why people listen to and patronise such a blatant Arsenal hating media ….that upsets me more than listening to the collymore’s and the durham’s of this world. Hating on Arsenal is part of their researh and business plan….and we always buy into it.
Not a fan of internation football. Would rather no Arsenal players had matches. The whole football calender need over hauling, letting the internationals all be played at a set time instead of breaking up our season every few months.
If hes back in full training it means hes not suffering any pain. The rustyness issue is the key one but if Djourou and Kos stay fit by some miracle, we’ll be able to spoon feed him into the side. I think they are confident the problems sorted. It may comeback, it might not. Time will tell but to suggest he will not play at all again this season seems ridiculous.
Ed,
yeah, because after you listen to these inbreds a commercial break is like a sweet heavenly music:
‘Must. Buy. Powertools.’
Cat deeley has inverted nipples.
A – OK, it’s all opinions anyway.
Personally i don’t think many other sides would touch him with a barge pole.
I also think we would have sold him if a decent offer had come in.
I have no idea what offers we have recieved, other than the ones reported and from what i understood based on the news, the only reason he didn’t go to either of those sides was the money they offered.
Didn’t we offer him as a make-weight in the Melo deal?
However i bow to your superior knowledge on all things football.
verms recovery only took so long cos they kept missing the problem, nothing to do with him being a crock.
and last year the calf strain was due to over playing, due to not investing properly in the squad.
Arsenes – yeah i can see that everyone loves him and i take your point.
I just don’t think he’s a very good football player.
henry14 i thought that Fiorentina asked for Eboue, not us offering him, hence their then offering for him after that didn’t happen.
reports were that we did have decent offers, from italian teams in particular. he’s a good utility player thought and didn’t want to leave so we chose to keep him.
Not a fan of inverted nipples. A bit like two japs eyes staring at you.
A – Wenger does rate him i agree so maybe your right.
I just can’t see it myself, i think he’s OK back up at right back at best.
When he plays him right midfield i want to cut my eyes out of my head.
lol…Suga3…be kind to your blood pressure, and stop listening to such torturous lies, you would live longer…belive me, ever since I stopped listening to them, I have been prescribed a clean bill of health by my GP…..te-he-he!
Long live Arsenal!
I’d have any of these in my team
http://www.onlinegooner.com/gallery-thumbs.php?set=honeys&title=Highbury Honeys
I would have a fucking massive smile on my face as well is I was getting paid what Eboue was. If he so’s popular, just keep him on staff as some sort of ‘humour and high-jinks specialist’. Just keep him off the pitch.
This whole turning him into a cult hero thing is fucking ridiculous.
Never takes the easy option and doesnt have the ability to do what he always tries to do. He does have some ability but that can be said very every professional footballer. When he gets into dangerous positions he is always looking to take a dive rather than make a pass or have a shot.
yup Ed Atom.
The day I did my own car stereo install and the AM antenna failed was a good day.
haha Dial, think you just killed conversation for 10 min!
Yes Lurch i would type more but my wrist is hurting for some reason
So we are rating players on spasticism?
Fine, I’ll throw in Diaby then.
Denilson is another one, he is the godfather of crab football…
cigarette Suga?
just quit smoking…
Always said Dial Sq was a wanker.
Lol.
lol @ gambon……very funny for you there gambers !!
Suga – if you feel like having a ciggy, just smoke one. Esp if you’re having a beer……
wardo,
nah, I just somehow don’t feel like smoking, just stopped…
the bong is my shepherd, I shall not want
Hey I might get in trouble for this link but this site is genius so have to share, and I would have most of these in my team, enjoy.
http://guesshermuff.blogspot.com/
ed atom…
agreed ,
listened to talk shite the other day when the Gray thing was going on, and a fellow called Adrian Durham was bleating on about how 50% of the staff was made up of woman… well i listened over a period of time and apart from the odd news report did not hear many woman’s voices, i can only assume they were working in the secretary and in the canteen and cleaning department!
also i have never heard a more bigoted person against our team as the aforementioned twat, i used to get annoyed thenn i remembered its all about encouraging people to call in, calls make dough!
i preferred in the mike dicken days, at least there was good discussions!
haha
so Tom…
we are weaker not only on the pitch but also in the medical dept ?
there should be laws against that.
anybody out there?
LOL, quite addictive is that site.
you misogynists!
Lurch,
just to quote the classic: do me a favour, love
Truth be told though not much to talk about when it’s just crappy internationals. Got so used to hating the England set up that it’s going to take a while for those feelings to thaw away.
sorry. racist misogynists!
whilst I do understand the qualifiers and all that, IMO, friendlies should be for the fring players to have a chance to impress…
*fringe
Joppa, what an addictive site.
Bit of a shock when I came across my sister (not literally though)
How many comments did she get though Jonas – all good I hope?
ha ha, they were all good, Joppa
Had a look at your website yesterday and thought it was very interesting…bit of a life story there and a few things I can relate to
haha Suga…..no need to smoke then.
…..bit like a decaff coffee or alcohol free beer. Waste of time
exactly, since I like to smoke, it better counts for something
Cheers Jonas, I kind of toned it down a fair amount. Used to have another blog which I got going after splitting with ex and after coming out of rehab. I have all the old posts from it but wouldn’t know how I transfer it over to WordPress. Must get around to doing that.
“Just hope that Jack doesn’t get tapped up by Wayne.”
a quot from Myles Palmer article is he an arsenal fan or a mancunt can somebody know any thing about Myles !!
i like his reading sometime but he really heats arsenal and then again he has some good insights from the club
Just stuck a spare for Saturday on with Geoff and Pedro. 35 quid, block 3 lower tier. Great view and you get my wonderful and analytical thoughts on the game!
joppa can you put a link to your site
http://joppas.wordpress.com
If you just click on my name though above the comment it should take you there. Any name in blue rather than black means they have a wordpress account I think and allows you to get there by clicking on the name.
WOIII OI GOONS,what’s the latest on dj??????
Could be fit for sunday ANB, straight from the horses mouth
Whoops, saturday even
Just glad that JD is not seriously injured. Squilly is a heart stopper. He makes me nervous through out the match.
NSFW…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1jN3MT8wZE
yeah arsenal tom, very serious, even against newcastle if memory serves.
Now we know JD just got a bang on the knee and has a wee bruise, what a wuss, never mind the result, someone has hurt my knee mummy!!
Just have to say this. TOP POST GEOFF.
Oh, are we talking about Bendnter? He’s been talking a lot
great comment wattsy
Hazard is now talking about Real Madrid,Barcelona and United??!!! What a strange guy, first he is talking only about arsenal and Real m and now…??!
Hi All, again, havent post in ages cause of new job but what excellent news as regards JD20 being fit sooner rather than later.
Jamie Sanderson
@YoungGunsBlog Jamie Sanderson
Ryo Miyaichi makes the AD.nl team of the week – http://twitpic.com/3y0jkb
thats not bad for debut is it i ve a big hope for this lad
dutchman there is no such quote from Hazard. any link you have? Pretty sure if we can match Lille`s asking price he wants to come. Personal terms it is said already agreed.
Anyone else think we’re counting unhatched chickens?
Still no mention of JD’s injury on arsecom.
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/50272/Hazard_All_of_the_big_clubs_make_my_mouth_water.aspx
Hazard does not mention our name at all
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/50272/Hazard_All_of_the_big_clubs_make_my_mouth_water.aspx
here u go a4e
every body in here should read this !! great read i must say
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/darren-lewis/Darren-Lewis-column-Why-Arsenal-players-and-fans-have-a-right-to-react-to-awful-challenges-like-Newcastle-Joey-Barton-on-Abou-Diaby-article694139.html
Big Dave, I think he was asked the question regarding our interest in him, hence the omission. Either way not every youngster has to love us.
Lurch, I wonder if we’d be more sceptical if the news was of him being out for the season. Anyway my theory is our medical team hasn’t had a look at him after he’s gone to Switzerland and will issue a statement after he comes back.
also every day they leave reporting on JD is another day closer to his return making the injury seem shorter… its all mind games!!
Real Madrid loan star Emmanuel Adebayor: I am not problematic & working with Jose Mourinho is ‘very easy’
Real Madrid striker Emmanuel Adebayor has said that he finds it easy to work alongside new coach Jose Mourinho and suggested that he is not a “problematic” player.
The Togolese arrived at the Santiago Bernabeu last month on a loan deal from Manchester City having struggled to establish himself as a first-team regular under Roberto Mancini.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Adebayor focused on his relationship with Mourinho, saying of the Portuguese: “He is an excellent person, when he speaks you understand him. It is always very important to know what is expected of you, and he tells you what he wants.
“It is very easy for me to work with someone like him, I know it is not easy, but I think we can become a hard-working side.
“People who know me know that I am nice. I always laugh and I am happy. I am an African, I come from a very poor family, and for me to be in Europe is a marvel. I am not problematic.”
The ex-Arsenal striker also had kind words for new team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, continuing: “To be honest I think Cristiano receives enough kicks. He is a tough player who works hard every day in the gym.”
Adebayor refused to set himself a target for the number of goals he would like to score between now and the end of the season, however, adding: “If I say I want to get 10 and then I get 10, what do I do, do I continue keeping score? Besides I have already got two goals and in that sense I am very happy.”
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/02/09/2344800/barcelona-can-only-afford-to-pay-34m-for-arsenal-captain
fucking skint bastards. Carrol’s worth the same as Cesc now, eh? We won’t even enter negotiations at that amount.
rosicky just scored for czech republic to make it 2-2 against crotia with eduardo also scoring
find it hard to believe our medical team haven’t assessed him by now, ‘why be so cautious when he’s got such a shit track record? mind games go both ways…
Rosicky scored? Was it a good goal?
Hopefully that can open the floodgates now….
Hey ho fellers
Rosicky still has a great surging run and cutting pass on him though. Hes having a pretty good game atm.
http://www.directon.tv/channels/4181/
Rosicky scored ? WHAT :O
Rosicky goes off as well unscathed.
Hey Geoff and Pedro, In case yall didn’t get my previous mail, I urgently need advice on which tickets to purchase for Arsenal vs. United on 30th April. I plan to buy tickets from the following site: http://www.onlineticketexpress.com/event/team/arsenal/arsenal-vs–manchester-united-tickets/2876/11 Will VIP Gold tickets or Club Level tickets have a better atmosphere ? Cheers and Hoping to meet you before the game, Vaibhav Jhunjhunwala
Darron Gibson scored last night aswell they are just friendlies though.
hahahh Cech in a shocker
Doubt it, go for somewhere in the lower tiers.
Russia lost to Iran, Arshavin played 90 mins..
Germany v Italy
France v Brazil
Argentina v Portugal
Still to come.
ahahhahahahh … that was some funny shit from Cech. He should do that for Chelsea sometimes
what the hell was cech thinking haha ? and they blame almunia for disasters
So Arshavin will probably be not starting for us against Wolves?
Arshavin, Rosicky, Fabregas, Djorou, RVP, Ramsey all safe thank Lord, lets protect the french and english boys now!
Anyone have live streams for the games (especially the England game)???????
URGENTLY NEEDED PLEASE!
Advocaat is a poor overly pragmatic international coach what a waste!!
amazing that all the hype of the english game is surrounding jack wilshere as an arsenal fan i will immensley enjoy watching the 2 “W”s theo + jack
VJ I don’t know what VIP gold tickets are and when I click on them it doesn’t tell me, Club level are great though, Pedro and I sit there, and you get a free beer at half time, order your tickets early though as they will sell out early.
Let us know if you go there!
Don’t forget Bendtner will be on show as well!
Blimey TR7 scored
http://atdhenet.tv/33841/watch-denmark-vs-england
re: rosicky
even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.
Rozzas goal againtsr croatia now..
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1430226934021
theo you muppet
A nice old clean bill of health tonight for us and an injury to Rooney and Messi would make my day
http://atdhenet.tv/33874/watch-denmark-vs-england
lol
denmark gol
Great play there Theo
theo assist
ffs tw14 bleeding from the eyesocket
1-1 bent …walcott assist
You know that Joe Hart really isn’t all that
yeah marko he’s looking pretty shite, as is johnson but no surprise there.
yeesss theo assist and wilshere playing amazing stuff
Denark zippin g it around
Erriksen lookin good
http://footylive.info/
nice bendy