You can also say deja vous before anyone says something! So this time last season we had Vermaelen out and Nasri in the last 2 years of his contract, I wonder if we have learned anything, this year we have Robin in Nasri’s position and Jack in Vermaelen’s, last season we were told Veramelen would be out for a few weeks and it ended up a season, we did nothing to replace him and won nothing, and contary to what the manager says, we weren’t even close.
Earlier this season we were told Jack will be out for September and now we are told 5 months, and we know that means all season. Why it takes that long is one of life’s little mysteries, I broke my arm in 8 places and was hitting golf balls 5 weeks later (badly) first of all I’m a lot older than he is, and he has the best surgeons money can buy.
So we have lost Nasri, Cesc and Jack, our entire first choice midfield last season, great and replaced them with whom? 29 year old Arteta.
Well Arsene, if you want to win anything this season you really need to go out and spend some serious money on some world class players because Vermaelen is out as well. Thing is January is still 3 months off, I fear for us, I really do, with the spuds coming up and in form, and with Ade in their team, we could get hammered this weekend.
Now let me talk about Robin, I would offer him an extension, but just an extension, as captain of our club he should sign it, if he doesn’t, leave it at that, by the time his current contract runs out he’ll be 30, and who buys 30 year olds (don’t say we do) so his sell on value will be low, I don’t think it’s worth bribing him to stay if it stops us signing a younger injury free player in his place, don’t get me wrong, I love Robin, but I’m sick of us throwing heaps at players to stay, I’m sick of players refusing to sign contracts and Robin is still a bit of a crock, so for me I would say sign this or we’ll leave it.
We should learn from this window, players like Young and Mata are worth pursuing, players like Park are not. We should go out in the window and sign a few players that will genuinly change our season, players like Hazard and Cahill will make a difference, sign them before someone else does, before we can’t afford them and before our season implodes once again.
Arsene Wenger said this yesterday ‘we paid a heavy price to knock Udinese out of the Champions League, that was very demanding for us’ Well who’s fault was that boss? Had we finished in the top 3 and not collapsed last season we wouldn’t have had to have played Udinese would we???
I love these excuses, all self inflicted and not a hint of blame attached. It’s like qualification was thrown at us and there was no choice.
I hope we play a team tomorrow that will form the nucleus of the team on Sunday and not a young team that will screw up and cost us, remember, we need to win this group otherwise we could be out before the window opens and have no hope of attracting top talent, maybe now we can get Goetze and Schweinsteiger as we now have a top German in the team, that would be neat wouldn’t it!
I would try a forward line of Chamberlain Robin and Gervinho and see what happens, I think it’s clear Park is a dud as he got taken off against Shrewsbury, but he never admits to buying a dud so maybe Park will make an appearance and we” all see why he was bought, you can fantasize all you want, but to be honest beating Spurs still means more to me than most I can think of so straws it is!
Finally on a sad note, a great, great friend of mine, a lifelong Gooner and season ticket holder died yesterday, my thoughts are with his family.
Another loyal fan that never got to see Wenger’s end game, Colin, at least you got to see us beat Bolton!
Have a great day today Grovers, tomorrow we are at home, I never said it was in Greece you liars, given the state of their economy let’s hope they don’t take any of our players hostage and take them back to Greece with them as we are at home! Arsene, get Squillaci and Chamakh on the bench!
P.S. There are spares galore for tomorrow night and I have 3 going for Marseille next week. E-mail for details.
why, thank you Ricky
Suga3, you are boring. How old are you? 12!
Every club pays people off, how else will you keep players? I can’t understand the hypocrisy of it, it isn’t like London is crawling with super talents lining up to join Arsenal, how else would you make Cesc sign for 8 years? Money
Enough said about Adebayor, i don’t know what the fuss is, we’ve played Messi without shitting this much in our pants about one player..get some perspective and don’t leave shit marks on your Fruit of the Loom
No offence SUGA
who are you representing exactly Juju?
boring, am I?
if you know that I am 12, why do you ask the fucking question?
was it a rhetorical question or do you just like to respond to yourself?
if I were you, I would see a specialist if it’s the latter, you know?
seriously mate, let it go…
Lurch,
That makes sense. Either nothing or something.
Lurch,
whorepresents.com
Mancini said: “He refused to warm up and again refused to go on the pitch. If a player has a lot of money to play for Manchester City … he can’t play, never.”
Money can’t buy you love…I bet Wenger is schmoking a joint laughing his head off “zee? in England, they buy to solve ze problems, I prefer ze internal zolution”
We’re not all negative on here mate.
Your women are just too hot suga!! Are they all that sexy in poland?
“Who bit you? I hope not Suga3, cause you just sound like him. Young does not want to live in London for personal reasons. If you dont know, then you know it now.”
Lol, this is embarassingly silly.
Firstly, the place where Young would spend 90% of his working time, is London Colney, which isnt even in London….its in Herts, where he grew up.
He would have to spend no more than a few hours per week in London.
Stop making awful arguments.
Dale,
you have already bored the pants off everyone when IG slapped you around, do you seriously want a round two?
Ricky,
even better!
Suga3,
Not your english nor ur german did impress me. So keep it for those who value it (like Ricky). Simple question: Did you know that Ashley Young does not want to live in London for personal reasons?
like qualideeee
SUGA3 it has nothing to do with internal discipline, they’ve been professional until their last game, well at least they appeared professional enough. I can’t remember any major incident in the dressing room like the one with tevez, there’s good atmosphere in general and the players are always behind their manager witch is good.
transfer are a different issue, there’s money, success, need for a change, development, being home sick bla bla bla
boring… is people tearing into each other in a humourless way, if your gonna do it be sensible and make it funny.
it just smacks of ADD otherwise.
Hey hey, now, SUGA face Juju who is doing your slapping around, deal? You know Ivory is getting emotional about what i say so don’t make it worse
I suggest you face your problems with Juju.
No offence Lurch
Here dale, is that you by any chance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvrG7ZmIPG4
Juju,
straws, clutching and all that…
and what were these mysterious ‘personal reasons’?
please enlighten us, oh wise one, what do we know?
we are only dumb locals, afterall…
jeez, some of you guys need to take a chll pill, or in dale’s case just remove what’s left of the forntal lobe.
Surely, now is time for all linking arms and singing sweet songs to each other.
After all, this time tomorrow it could have all turned to rat shit / paper over cracks time again.
Until then have some (vomit inducing, though not in a bulimic way) loveliness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU
I’d like to know SUGA’s take on The Tevez and ADebayor’ report at City, in contrast or comparison. Please do a “write up” on what we have learnt. What if Arsenal had Tevez and paid same wages, and he had the same attitude today, who would you blame?
Yippee, FRONTAL lobe, just saying…are you missing yours in any case?
its a little bit sad when you resort to using my joke Dale.
Dale: arent you supposed to be on the pitch bitch?
Juju,
Im not a hater like you mug! Im not ashamed to give someone props when its deserved.
Juju says:
September 27, 2011 at 23:11
Suga3,
Not your english nor ur german did impress me. So keep it for those who value it (like Ricky)
Sorry to be a pedant, but it’s ‘neither’ if you are going to use ‘nor’.
I am assuming the lack of ‘y’ and ‘o’ is a a typo as a result of fists smashing the keyboard inaccurately rather than mis-spelling.
Here to help.
Ivory, i had some work to finish up, cause i was entertaining your responses, but i’m leaving now, thanks though.
Gambon,
I appreciate your logic in putting things together, like he is from here and here is not exactly there….
Fact is that if he plays for any of the London clubs, he will hang out in fucking LONDON. No matter if he trains in Herts, he will be in London.
Dale, yes I know it’s a typo, I assume as much for most of both sides. I never really cut it as as secretary.
let’s see if you get irony as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
LMFAO….OK Yippe…i give you that, that was funny
“I am assuming the lack of ‘y’ and ‘o’ is a a typo as a result of fists smashing the keyboard inaccurately rather than mis-spelling.
Here to help.”
“under pressure Nottingham Forest boss Steve McClaren went into meltdown with his side 4-0 down at half-time against Burnley. He sat in the dug-out on his own at the interval and ordered his players to stay out on the pitch until the start of the second half. McClaren said “At the end of the day, players cross the white line and they have to be responsible for performance, so yeah we sent them out early at half time.”
YKY,
you know these sausage fingers
on the second thought, perhaps ‘Bratwurst fingers’ would be more apt…
and oh, Juju,
since you are not impressed with my command of foreign languages, how about you impress me with your Polish?
and here we have another compulsive liar.
has young actualy said he doesnt want to live in london.
not that it matters as he plays for man u now.
SUGA3 says:
September 27, 2011 at 23:10
Ricky,
even better!
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Ahh mate….
I got this crazy thing for polish women.. Some of them are so hot its untrue.. Might have grab some lads & visit next summer & watch some of the footy while we’re there.
Any recomendations?
Ricky,
Krakow is definitely the place to go…
I will probably be going for the whole month, would not miss it for anything
Ricky: on polish women, by own experience, I’d say Polish women are the finest looking women in the world joined with Ukrainian and Iranian
seaside’s Tricity (Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot) is not half bad either…
Suga3: too many hookers
IG,
mostly foreign imports
Juju,
I cant be bothered to argue with someone like yourself, its boring arguing with people of low intelligence, especially the ones like you who enjoy making things up.
However…..Arsenal play about 28 home games per season (in London). As I said we dont train in London, so he would only have to be in London about 28 times in a 40 week season.
You see how stupid your argument is now?
Also, if he has a chronic fear of London, why doesnt he refuse to play for England….after all, the Emirates & Wembley are only 10 miles apart???
Also England train at London Colney & the Grove in Hertfordshire, doesnt seem to have a problem with that does he?
Oh deary me!!!!!…
Ricky,
Sorry man, apologies to you, didn’t mean to insult you. But thanks for the “mug”.
Yippee,
Yes, you got it. English is not my mother tongue, but enough to communicate, unless you expect only perfect English. But thanks for the grammar lessons, i will take it on board. Never too proud to learn. And I am preserving my fists for Suga3′s teeth.
Any1 else wants to teach me something, I am here to learn English.
for our american friend Suga3 I think the term you want is…
“I wouldn’t miss it for nothing”
Mancini’s festered over a poisonous atmosphere at City. Shocking behaviour by his players week after week. If he’s not defending Balotelli, it’s Carlitos… and now Dzeko. No fucking discipline. You need strong characters in the squad, but this is beyond ridiculous.
Thought Nasri looked pants. He looked slow and labourous, almost as if he’d gained a kilo or two. He looked nowhere near as lean and sharp as he did in the first few months of 2010/2011. Early days for him at City though…
incesc has a point, I’d also give a nut for Arsenal to be as disciplined as Bayern were. They also have an exciting attack. They’re a proper Champions League team and contender. They would’ve beaten Arsenal 5-0.
Krakow is the nuts
Apart from when you find numerous payments coming out of the bank a week later for a club called “manhattans”
Gambon,
Do you really think that Herts is a million miles away from London. Just as you said, lets leave it at that. Why to talk to low-lives like me. Right?
nie wiem polski bardzo dobze, ale troche i po niemecki, jest stare
Suga3: I know, been living a while in Poznan, was engaged to a beautiful woman.
SUGA3 says:
September 27, 2011 at 23:27
seaside’s Tricity (Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot) is not half bad either…
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IvoryGoonz says:
September 27, 2011 at 23:27
Suga3: too many hookers
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Sounds like my kinda place IG!
Na, seriously tho mate.. They are different kettle of fish! I love my english girls but once you’ve had a hot polish girl the others take a back seat..
I’ve gotta start doing my research now cos i dont wanna be missing out come next summer.
Juju
your going to have to elaborate on AY’s personal reasons if you want it admitted into evidence, otherwise it just reads as jury tampering really.
Ricky: For the footy I can only recommend Lech Poznan
Arsenal haven’t lost to non-English opposition at home in the UEFA Champions League since Internazionale de Milano in 2003. They’ve only lost twice at home since that 3-0 loss. The losses were to Chelsea in 2004 (1-2) and Manchester United (1-3) in 2009.
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Good record at home in the Champions League
Juju, Schaetzi, you better preserve your fists to have a good wank…
people making threats on the web crack me up no end, more often than not this is the only way they can appear ‘tough’…
need a big game from our new spine tomorrow and we’ll be ok.
chesney
mert
arteta
rvp
too late for a lock in at Le Rocket?
IG,
1. Polish women
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2. Footy
Cumbria?
Theo Walcott Knee
Gervinho Muscular
Laurent Koscielny Ankle
Sebastien Squillaci Calf
Jack Wilshere Ankle
Yossi Benayoun Muscular
Johan Djourou Muscular
Thomas Vermaelen Ankle
Abou Diaby Ankle
great
well need Pedro to lock down the location of this new franchise.
^^^^^That record’s all the more remarkable when you think of the top European opposition we’ve played at home since 2003….
Some examples…
Arsenal 1-0 Bayern Munich (2005)
Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid (2006)
Arsenal 2-0 Juventus (2006)
Arsenal 0-0 AC Milan (2008)
Arsenal 2-2 Barcelona (2010)
Arsenal 2-1 Barcelona (2011)
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Ricky: for women depends what you’re after.
I’d recommend Krakow for a quickie, Poznan for a long-term and Wroclaw for a short-term relationship
(but that’s obviously just generalities and perceived personal experiences).
Die Rakete?
hahaha
richtig.
LMFAO IG!!
Thats hillarious…
Where would be best for a semi-short term then? lol
Just kidding mate.
Seems like you’ve got it all worked out already though.
Think i’ll take suga’s advice with krakow for one of my destinations next year for sure..
rumours circulating that zabaleta smacked Tevez in the tunnel
Juju
your silence on the AY question is deafening.
can you imagine what someone like henry or vieira that cared deeply about the game would say to tevez if they were sat next to him on the bench or on the pitch today.
if reyes even missed a pass henry would look at him like he wanted to fuck him up
obviously nasri wasnt bothered on the bench next to him, he was probably still trying to work out what £200,000 a week works out per month
Nasri looked particularly thick on the bench tonight his little underdeveloped chin was consumed by the lesbian flap beneath it.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-must-accept-selling-out-is-hard
“We live in a society where life is more difficult for everybody,” said Wenger.
“And what I told you the other day, we had a combination of us not having started well and people suffering more in daily life. That makes it a bit more difficult.
“I saw the other day when Chelsea played against Leverkusen – it was not a sell-out. It is more difficult now.”
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I bet you if the supporters weren’t being made to pay 6,5% more to watch the shit on display we’d sell out a few games. Chelsea aren’t Arsenal, because Arsenal are the biggest club in London and have sold out games for years. Alarm bells should be ringing around the club because a few games in succesion now have gone on general sale. But they won’t. Wenger and Gazidis will lean on the “economic crisis” wall, and if that’s not enough, bury their heads further into each other’s backsides. Sad state of affairs.
Ricky: good pics
and more interesting pictures too, remember to bring a video camera. you’ll thank me for that :p
Incesc,
Sky showed Tevez approaching the team bus, Viera was standing by the door and Tevez went to make conversation before boarding, Viera just turned his back to him.
Such a shame Viera’s getting tainted by that lot.
good pick even stephen.
haha
gormless little twat
yeah i saw that.
bit devastating that vieiras turned his back on the club now but i guess wenger did sell him to italy behid his back.
yeah and italy’s a real shithole.
Yandi
its worrying that arsenal fans arent turning up because we are a pretty loyal bunch
and we are getting bigger attendances thean everyone than man u but we should be selling out that stadium every game considering how big our fanbase is.
Suga3: I didnt advise Warszawa, a little too big for a start I’d say :S
incesc: and following that, we should also have a better team…
and a better manager?
now, since our ‘insider’ does not want to share his precious info, does anyone want to take a stab at guessing what that horrible trauma keeping AY out of London could be?
is it anywhere near as bad as the one suffered by Tubbs and Edward’s son locked upstairs?
IG,
I studied there, but I am not much of a fan…
hopefully he’ll be shitting it when man u come to the emirates next time
Lurch: have a good memory of women in Italy too
and I’d definitely have to take you to some places on the coast, you’d love it.
Suga: it’s because he doesn’t want to live in the same city as the “insider”
yeah, he probably values his teeth too much
is any of you using Copernic lately? (The Search tool)
IG lets do it. haha
St Petersburg harbours some curiosity though I must admit.
the fact that Marseille away tix were made available to red members says a lot…
what is more, they are not yet sold out and there are quite a few spares offered on Tw*tter!
The LG sex tour of europe has its appeal.
but lets not allow Keyser & Dale to feel unwelcome….
Swiftly followed by the LG KFC tour of USA.
Lurch: definitely. Let’s do an arsenal orientated research tour in all international european capitals of beauty and culture.
Right. On these good words, need some sleep.
Nite nite Grovers/Grovettes
case study for Russia.
preliminary results.
http://anuglybeauty.tumblr.com/
I would love to do the whole Trans-Sib trip with a bag of ‘surprises’ and a couple of these eyecandies at one’s disposal…
nite IG!
indeed
now you’ve all got yer bedtime reading sorted.
night.
Gute Nacht
Hehe. The Arsenal Groveteers – Band of Pervs
Dobry wieczor (sorry for the chars.)
on Jack Wilshere being fit for the Euros…
“Yes, I don’t have any worries for that. He will be 12 weeks in a boot and after that it is rehab. That 12 weeks brings us to around Christmas. If all goes well, you would think he will be fit again to play in half the time you are in the boot – six weeks. Count 10 to be closer to the truth, so it’s 22 weeks to be capable to play football again.”
Don’t worry we have the quality and Diaby is back soon who hasn’t played since the summer, truthfully nobody comes near level of talent and influence in the team even at his age.
It seems more injuries are happening for whatever reason but the season hasn’t even begun to get busy and crucial yet.
Last night had a interesting round of CL fixtures even for the Group Stage don’t expect much from tonight though. It’ll be interesting if Dortmund can get 3 points and Marseille though and Mata back in Valencia.
Stuck with who with have for now though despite the way the summer was run unfortunately, it’s just that the volume of injuries at times is questionable we couldn’t cope last season as it was even with Cesc still around.
So Fifa 12 anyone? Even though I’m more a PES fan now..
FFS,
i had a bumper dope yesterday, i got up when all the CL fun and the fun on here was over……
oh what a miss!
to miss mancs draw Bazel at home, or $ity outplayed at Bayern? oh shit……some people more lucky that others…..
Apparently Miquel got injured in pre-match yesterday with the Reserves.
With Vermaelen, Koscielny and Djourou out, we are left with Mertesacker and…. Squillaci.
Mert and Song at CB…Can only hope their striker isnt quick.
3-1 to the Gunners. COYG
Morning all,
Ivory you do spend like 18 hrs a day on here don’t you!
What a great thing it is to see that it is not only Arsenal players that has a short attention span but also ManU players too (although i have to admit that our players suffer from a much more serious case of ADD..
Also I have to comment on Tevez, my god what a prick, I get paid 0.5% of what he does and i do my job whether I feel good or bad or sick or ill or depressed or even suicidal, how can he think that he can decide when to do his job. basing his choice on his ‘mental state’… what a tw*nt!
Correction, i just made a more accurate calculation, i get 0.004% of his salary!
Santos is my MAN OF THE MATCH.
HE CAN be good.