No I’m not going mad…..
A victory at the Etihad stadium tomorrow would earn us three points, we’d be back into the top four and confidence will continue to grow and of course it would a huge victory over the sugar daddies who are trying to ruin the Premier League by buying every player available, regardless of what they cost.
A draw, well I think many Arsenal fans would take that result today if they could and that is not being negative.
A loss, well that result is not in the fans minds, just the thought is unbearable but let’s be honest, it could happen, just look at the players they have!
However, Chelsea beat them, after going a goal down, AVB changed his tactics and won the game, so if they can do it, so can we.
Go back just a few months to our last trip to Manchester, a horrid day for all Arsenal fans but what came out of it. No matter how much our football club wish to deny it, that result forced Arsene Wenger’s hand in the final few days of the transfer window and with those mature signings has come stability, confidence and some very good results.
Not for one minute am I suggesting we will suffer in a similar way tomorrow and nor would I wish that just to get Wenger busy in the January transfer window but, should we come away from the Etihad stadium with not even a point, it may just make Arsene Wenger realise that we need just one or two extras next month. More importantly, not just make him realise but actually go out and sign them.
Wenger backs his current crop but for once he has he hasn’t said things like ‘it’s the best squad’ etc etc, this time it’s more simple:
I am personally completely happy with the team I have.
I think most fans feel the same, the current first eleven (team) can beat anyone on their day but it’s when some of the squad players have to step in, we struggle. So as happy as he is with his team, we have to hope he’s thinking he’s not quite so happy with his squad.
Talking of which, Wenger has not 100% ruled out trying to re-sign Thierry Henry – he has said that Henry is still good enough to play in the Premier League but has not made any contact with his current club about a loan deal… Yet!!
The Sun headlines are huge and all about how Citeh think a £30M offer will see them snatch Robin van Persie from us in the summer, what idiots they are eh!!
Another headline is about Jermain Defoe, he’s fed up with playing fiddle to Adebayor and at 29 years old, he wants to be playing and pushing his way into the England set up for next year. Yesterday we talked about how a PL striker would be the best option for us as he’d not have to get used to this league, could he be the answer??
Oh, and in case you missed it yesterday, we have drawn AC Milan in the next round of the Champions League, plenty of time before we have to think about that though.
That’s it for another day, have a good one….
They sold Cesc too cheaply and I bet they may be dumb enough to do the same with RvP, especially if AW knows he’s got Henry for a loan period. Hopefully it will be no sale
Henry may also not mind playing second fiddle to RvP. After all, he has legend status already with nothing to prove. Be good to see 442 with them both playing at the same time but AW won’t move there
So Defoe is shiity with ” Shitty “. Not a bad player. I’d be looking closely at Demba Ba, he’s hungry for goals and seems to be able to finish. Cheaper than Podolski and used to the EPL
Still need a decent defender
Morning all….
morning alan
i don’t see RvP going anywhere…
Defoe isn’t CL cup tied either is he, Europa doesn’t count?
Henry, he’d be better than no signing and he knows the PL game and yes, still need a defender, JV 😉
What’s happening with Brek Shea – Is he still training with us?
morning..good post
wenger indeed isnt saying the same things as the last few years..and to be honest im happy with the team too..
our first team, although lacks the flair of recent seasons is more direct and more versitile and the balance is perfect now its gelled..
the squad however im not completely happy with..i still think we are short of two players…a versitile creative midflelder and a forward who can play anywhere in the front three..
so thats a no to defoe..he doesnt fit the system, he will only be sat on the bench..
i really hope we sign gotze,…that boy will add the flair that cesc had in the middle, only difference is that he can play as a number 10 and a winger so we’re basically saying a cesc who can dribble and play anywhere…so we get the vision and creativity back but we dont go back thru the middle all the time..the balance stays..
henry would be nice short term, but i think it would benefit us longer term if we signed marco reus..he can play anywhere in the front three so hes not sat on the bench waiting for a chance like chamakh..he can also finish..unlike chamakh so he can compete with gerv and theo as well as robin..
if we add these players in january and have a good xmas and are in the top 4..rvp will sign a new deal..and with us still having to play city twice, utd, spurs and chelsea all to come to the emirates i think theres a chance we can pull off the miracle of all miracles and win the title..although if we do nothing and stick with chamakh and park i think were just asking for trouble come the second half of the season…
morning jj, we won’t sign goetze, he’s out for at least a month injured…
Reus is the one i’d put my money on wenger getting….
Morning/afternoon all 😀
oh depending on our injury sitaution at the back id go for vertonghen finally..santos, jenks and sagna are all out long term..and i would have too much faith in gibbs lasting more than 5 minutes..hes like diaby..
so maybe a versititle defender as well..although its not a priority at this stage..
versitile players are needed…no point buying defoe or cahill cos they wont play..
JV and a goal scorer is all we need in Jan but, we all know that prices are inflated and any longterm signings will be in the summer…
Henry on loan, and JV would see us through until then imho…
rico the injury wont be anything to do with us not getting gotze..
injury or not if we could get dortmund to sell at a ‘decent’ price we would still buy him..hes only out until the new year not long term..
Kind of disagree re the defender jj, I think he is a must in jan, we are snookered on the left…
TV can play there but that in itself will cripple the defence as all three of our CH’s will be on the pitch every game and with the amount of fixtures coming now that is a dangerous game for wenger to play…
In defence and up front, we are playing one injury away from a crisis…
His price will be reason enough for us not to get him jj…
English defenders preferably
Afternoon alan 😉
Morning Gooners.
Morning Rico.
I hope we don’t go after Defoe!
Wonder if Lee got home ok?
Morning AK
He’s probably still in a bar somewhere with Stella 😉
Who though alan?
I know who i’d like us to sign 🙂
Hi Rico
Nice to see the Man C players bickering among each other. Too many expensive egos in one side clashing
They’ve had 4 incidents, admittedly 3 involving that moron Balotelli
Na$ri will be the next ego to go, he can’t be happy on the bench 🙂
How long before Diaby returns?
we aint snookered as such..Tv and iggy can play there and gibbs aint far away so thats three players.
the Rb’s are more of a concern..jd and koz can do a job but our rbs wont be back until march i reckon..
now we can keep playing koz and jd there and get away with it but that just means we are short in the middle..wengers resolve to play le coq at rb again may be tested but one more long term injury and i think we should go for one..
well we have Gary Cahill to think about
Rico did you say defoe? No way this is the same guy spuds fans dubbed “jermaine no goals” we need better but not henry. I love him so much won’t want him tainted with mediocrity. Let’s get podolski or remy. Morning jj Ak and alan.
couple of stories in http://justarsenal.com/
AK, 2/3 weeks i think, not sure though…
I meant to say on both left and right jj, that’s why getting a defender is imperative in Jan…
a contributor in another blog says
ndy says:
December 17, 2011 at 10:26 am
” I Don’t Know How Many Of You Lot Watch The Mls But He Is Nowhere As Good As He Was With Us. so No Waste Of Time And Money We Might Aswell Just Sign A New Player ”
This guy has a point if what he says it’s true
Gibbs will no doubt play one game and be injured again…. Miquel is ok but it’s always making do, we should be better than that…
JV is the obvious signing as he can play anywhere, but Cahill is going to be cheap, very cheap..
The Chavs don’t want him so they say, it could be between us and Arry and no doubt he’d want to join his best mate Jack….
english defenders preferable..or pl players..but the only one available is cahill and he wont get games..he’ll be 4th choice and the reason spurs are ruling themsleves out is cos he wants 80k a week..
fuck that..im all for restructuring the wage bill but having a player on that wage who is battling for a place on the bench is needless..rather give it to robin..know what i mean.??
id love us to sign samba..but 15-20 mil again to fight it out on the bench is pointless…if we can find one who can play 2-3 positions then yeah lets go for it but i dont know too many in the league who can..
JV can..and at 10mil or whatever it is were getting a good deal..but thats only if the injurys worsen..were already trying to offload squiilaci cos iggy and kyle are coming thru so theres no point buying for the sake of buying..in fact, a loan move for that milan LB maybe the best option short term..
morning goonster, it’s just a suggestion as he’s PL ready and if he wants a place in Euro next year he’ll be out to prove his worth….
morning y’all
kev is there any point talking about diaby 😉
Morning Stan.
If the price was right i’d take Henry on a short loan.
See that Landon Donavon has rejoined Everton on a 2/3 month loan.
Morning JJ.
Diaby? Yeah i know. But if we can get 10 games out of him this season, then i suppose that would constitute progress of a sort.
In all honesty he really is a sideshow.
ive got no worries relying on iggy..
got hope for him..wont make it if he dont play..when you get injuries thats when the kids come in and take there chance and hes doing nothing to suggest hes not gonna make it..
maybe alex from chelsea on loan until the end of the season??
no decent striker wants to play as reserve to another, so it may be hard to find one, as if AW doesn’t know
Yeah but he’s an arsenal legend. Coming back and totally failing will only ruin his legendary status. He should be like his country man Aimee jacquet. He won the world cup retired and went into oblivion. Wouldn’t want henry to be a part of a team of bottlers(not that this team is) but you get my drift.
i know wenger will think differently but we dont need diaby..we havent needed him all this season..
if rosicky and benny leave in the summer then spaces will open up again but if we sign gotze..and with jack, arteta, song, frimmmers, and le coq..what do we do with diaby?/ play him ahead of these lot..id say no..hes skillful but doesnt work hard enough..but chances are he wont be avialable anyway 😉
Wonder if Wenger will cash~in on Rosicky?
With Coq & Frim in the squad & the fact that TR can walk for nix in the summer it kinda makes financial sense.
Offski for now.
Lee, are you still in transit? 🙂
goonster, yes. I see your point
jj – i still don’t understand why Miquel isn’t playing at LB instead of TV, he kept Adam Johnson pretty quiet in the CC match – his defensive play is better than Gibbs and he doesn’t go bombing up the pitch so often and leaving us open at the back….
He may just do what Flamoney did in 06….
alan..
thats not what we are looking for..we dont want just a striker..
we want someone who can play any position in the front three..
he wont be reserve that way..
competition for places is what we are looking for..players who can play more than one position help..
if someones coming to sit on the bench it means they aint good enough and their just coming to get paid..like chamakh..
AK, maybe it’s time to let Rosicky go, as much as i love him, if we can get a good price from Woolfsburg and then use that money, it would be a good deal for all..
He’s not getting much playing time with us anymore….
We need a striker who can score goals, a poacher who will get on the end of everything and not be afraid to shoot….
Oh to have the old Eduardo with us still…
I don’t buy all this 4-3-3 stuff 😉
wenger will only cash in on tomas if we get gotze..
if we dont tomas will stay until summer to keep the numbers up..jacks still injured and diaby pfft… so we need him right now..
rico..at the minute iggy is on stand by..is the one player who can rotate with the rest..
JD, koz, bfg, tv still looks solid so wenger will go with that but im comfident iggy can come in and rotate and give someone a breather over xmas..
more confident than squillacis anyway..
Laters AK, be safe on those roads, two more sleeps 😉
I ll cry if TR7 leaves. He’s still one of my favorite arsenal players of all time. Though I won’t begrudge him. He deserves to play week in week out but unfortunately he won’t in this arsenal team.
I hope JD is nowhere near our starting eleven tomorrow…..
In fact, I’d rather we sold him on the 1st Jan and buy Cahill….
That’s that guys..am taking ya predictions for the game tomorrow. What do you lot think? I say 2:1 to the arsenal with theo with both goals. Watch this space.
He’s one of my favs too goonster, if only he’d not suffered with such injury, he’d have made a huge difference over those years…
If Wenger plays
JD Kos Merts TV along the back line, I see us getting beaten…
what about Parker?
hmm I don’t know really re utility players
Parker alan, no chance, he’s happy with Arry….
Rico
that’s a pty. He’s having a good season
rico??
come on now..
is this the same JD who was our best CB last year?
the same JD who was that important to us last season that wenger brought him back from the dead twice..even though he was ruled out for the season twice..
hes a good player..we sell JD and buy cahill weve not acheived anything..just weakened the squad..
sell squilaci and buy cahill yeah, i can understand..
but cahills form for bolton has been just as dodgy this season at cb as JD’s and if we sell JD were just losing a cb whos able to play at rb and dm and gaining just a cb..
But that’s what he ll play Rico. You don’t change a winning team he ll say. I think we ll win this. They got problems of their own too. Theo should cover jd enough. The battle is in the middle maam. But I think ARS would cope. COYGS.
Fuck it! I’ll stick my neck out re defenders
Shawcross & Barton. Both good players, and Delap too the serve big Per via corners
good morning
i’m going outside
Yep jj, the same player – the player who this year has been very average, his mistakes in the chav game alone nearly cost us, they could have been 2 or 3 up in the first ten minutes…..
I don’t care how good he was, it’s how he’s playing now and i think he is a very weak link….
Love the guy, love his attitude, personality etc etc, but……
That may sound harsh I know….
all the old deadwood should leave
And No Africans
Cahill is one of a whole Bolton squad that has been poor, for me he wanted out in the summer and his game has suffered, one player cannot carry a team… Put him alongside experience and he’d be good again…
Then we’d have four quality CH’s and Wenger will be able to rotate properly without disrupting the balance….
You said jj. Jd will come good. Keown picked him out for a reason. He just needs to play less with almunia flappy and squillaci. We saw what he did to drogba at the EMS last season. Besides he’s only 23 most CB come into their own at 28. Keep the faith. Jd ll come good. He reminds me of a young sol.
that’s it Rico, Cahill would perform in good company
then we will no doubt lose goonster, JD will get roasted imho, although i do like to be proved wrong…
HI JM, you wouldn’t if you were in the UK, it’s -2 where I am….
Morning Rico and everyone else.
I would sign Henry on a short term loan and bring him on for RVP with 30 minutes of a match to go. It would help keep Robin fit and not be too tiring for Henry.
Sign Cahill, and sell some of the 2nd rate defenders that we have, Dojurau being one.
I fancy a draw against City, but would love to see RVP get a brace against them and us get the 3 points.
It will be an interesting match and a good test to see how far we have come since the United capitulation.
Have a good day everyone.
Rico, check my lads out on You Tube. Type in The Electric Flowers 100 Club.
jeez 🙂
weve had one of the most balanced defensive units weve had in a while full of good players and its gelling nicely..were on a good run and kept the most amount of clean sheets in the top 6 and have the second best defence at home this season..only a freak number of injuries to every single one of our fb’s looks like affecting that and halting the development..
and ppl wnat to start selling them and replacing them with players whove had average seasons themselves..cahills been shit this season to be fair..if were buying cahill were going on what he achieved last season or the season before..so whats the difference??
We won’t lose Rico…zabaleta and whomever they play on their left will have their hands full with theo playing on that same wing am relaxed. Zabaleta won’t venture forward cause he has no pace to burn. 2:1 to the arsenal with theo grabbing both goals.
wheres cahill gonna play when everyones fit??
wont even make then bench…neither will JD but thats ok cos JD’s wont be getting paid 80k a week…
and then ppl will be complaining we pay our backups too much and our key players not enough as a result..
I think so alan
Hi marinello, i will check them out in a bit, tomorrow is another game which will tell us how far we have come and hopefully shut a few up who think we will get battered….
jj, that is a fair comment about cahill, but for years now he has been good, but JD has had five good months and that was last season…..
Tell me about jj. I saw cahill against the spuds and he was shit.
Hi all.good read.cahill is not good enough by the way.
hope you are right goonster..
jj, it’s just my own wishes, not for one minute suggesting i am right and to be honest, Vertonghen is the better option as he can play anywhere…
I just want the next England CH in our team and not at the spuds or chavs….
🙂
I love how goonster is always optimistic.kudos to you.
Hi ya KT..looking forward to the game are ya?
you couldn’t have watched him for long goonster, he was wrongly sent off within the first half an hour 😉
Morning Kt, don’t you start 😉
Got to pop off for a couple of hours, face the crowds in the supermarket, see if i can find a cahill cardboard cut-out, just for me 😉
Later all…
http://mr-renoog-videos.blogspot.com/2011/01/mid-season-analysis-whats-wrong-with.html
Firstly, let’s take a look at the defensive efficiency of the 5 different centre backs pairings that have been fielded during the Premier League campaign so far:
Table 1: Centre back statistics for all 19 Premier League games to date
rico at least we agree on JV 😉
ive always liked cahill but i think that ship sailed when we got BFG..we dont need him now but id still take JV on the basis he can play lots of positions and at the minute thats the reason why weve been looking more balanced this season..
Cahill is…to put it gently… shit.
How are you jj?its been long since we talked tactics.
just thinking the same KTR..
howve you been mate..ive missed our little chalkboard discussions.,.
alan
those stats are interesting
i like table three..if i read it rightly JD has the best % of headers won and tackles won..??
Do you think a 3 man defence on the rise again or is it just Barça who are good at it?it was very bold of Guardiola to play with that system at the Bernabeu but they won.thoughts?
we need bother less with clean sheets, always important but less now as we haven’t got a chance in pegging them back. We need to win 1-0 2-1 whatever
Hi JJ, it’s interesting stuff the stats
Also , on another note One reason I want to see Delap at Arsenal is to feed Per from corners. Good potential there
Im also looking forward to the Milan game.im just relieved we are not playing Napoli or going to Russia.
Milan game interesting. Won’t be easy
I read somewhere not sure where or if its true that since the BFG joined our % of goals conceded has dropped from 29% to 9% the lowest in the league.
Alan thats exactly the point.the point of playing in the CL is facing the likes of Milan.a trip to the San Siro in Feb sounds nice.
Yeah KT even set piece goals too. BFG really has helped. Yet a few mugs over at leshite were questioning his acquisition. Some people…SMH.
i saw stats last night saying Merte has improve Gunners stats well
The thing BFG has that we haven’t had in years is his calmimg influence and composure despite how hectic things are.
Champion’s league draw was a joke as always. There is a fund that only certain team’s contribute and they decide which matches happen. The truth about how corrupt football really is will come out soon. Plus some more inside info. Thierry has agreed a deal to play for us guys in Jan/Feb . The hero returns 🙂
ktr
if our injuries keep coming we could soon see a three man defence at arsenal 😉 but it wouldnt be a bad idea
theres also a stat flying about that BFG has the highest % of passes completed in the team..
and yeah i cant wait to play milan..speaking of milan id take pato off their hands..we need a versitile forward..
Hiya guys and chicks of the Guners’ faith.
Defoe??? I will have him in a heart beat but on one condition. That if he scores he must celebrate like mad. 😆 😆
obviously against the Tiny Totts that is
JonJon
er Mertesacker has the best pass completion rate (90.5%) among all Arsenal players this season. #AFC @ArsenalStatMan
15 Dec @ 11AM
Hi K-TR7,
Cahill is a good player playing in a poor team. A good player does not become a bad one overnight. There are many games to play over the season, and Wenger will need to rotate players including the defence. I just think it would be good to have another experienced English defender competing for a starting place in the team. Competition for places is good, and keeps players on their toes. I love Doujureau’s attitude and love for the club, but I could never see him being bought by Fergie, or City, or the Chavs. He just ain’t good enough.
Milan play a 4-3-1-2 formation with barely any width.Gerv/theo will have a field day against their fullbacks unless the RCM/LCM help out alot which will disrupt their intent of dominating play in the middle.it will be a fascinating tie.
smudge
dont tickle my bollox like that
where have you heard this news??
what news JJ
oh sorry I see
allegri will pack his midfield against us KTR
home and away..apart from their strikers i dont think they are better than us..we can control that midfeild even though its packed..like you say our width will be key..
and as good as thiago is..i dont think he’ll stop robin..
Fair enough marinello but i have never rated cahill at all.i hope am wrong but i don’t think he has it to make it to the top.
If jack and Sagna will be available we’ll be much better.i don’t think rambo has reached that level yet of bossing a game in packed midfields.jack would be ideal for that one.
JJ I wouldn’t tickle your bollox with out a little bit of inside info . 😉
Sit tight and see .
Nesta will be key for them.if he is fit,available and on form robin will be in for a tough game.
When are the swampies playing guys? Today or tomorrow? Against sunderland right?
marinello
fair point..but at the same time we can say i dont think any of the big teams will be interested in evans..
cahill was good enough for arsenal a year or two ago..
hes not anymore..does he replace, koz, tv, BFG, no way and like i said earlier its ok having depth but when that depth is gonna cost you 80k a week just to not even make the bench its beyond the realms of logic..
city and chelsea can afford to do it..we cant..
Santos will be ideal too.with milan barely playing with width he can be an extra midfielder.its a shame he is out injured 🙁 🙁
i cant wait..
no injuries..and we’ll take em..home and away
rambos coming along just fine..
i love his workrate but its gonna take a while longer for him to impose his game..
jacks place will be there when he gets back rambos just keeping it warm but i still think we need gotze..
Im actually pumped up for the game jj.if we can get some bodies back and no injuries bring ’em on 😎 😎
As much as I love Thierry I was hoping for a Marquee signing. Someone like Llorente or Kalou.
fuck Toure. Another African. We don’t want them. The trouble we are going through now is due to Africans and that ACN
Ramsey is not there yet and sadly i can’t see him as a top class trequartista.he is more likely to be arteta’s long term replacement.
I can’t see us getting Götze sadly 🙁 🙁
Kalou? Smudge, are you for real?
goonster I was taking the perverbial . Kalou ? I’d rather have Chamakh. Now Vargas would be a quality option.
Oh good one smudged…..hahhahahahahaha
Diarra?
if we are going for african strikers then sow at lille is the option..
but theres the key word…african..theres a little cup going on so pointless..
Phew smudge 😮 i was shocked when you put kalou and marquee in the same sentence…
marco reus guys..
thats who we want..
No Africans please
or pato 😉
Apparently jj Bayern have already put in a bid 🙁
for reus??
so have we 😉
JJ did you catch the el classico?in the 2nd half iniesta was unplayable.watching him make khedira look like a mug with that sombrero flick over his head and turning away from madrid pressure time and time again i couldn’t help but admire.he must be the classiest player since zidane the way he just glides on the pitch.do you think jack can get to that level?
Not sure about Sow JJ. Think there’s better option’s out there. He feed’s of Hazard and it make’s him look good. I think his game is limited . Having said that he does score goal’s!
If we place in a favorable bid reus will come. Its a well know fact he’s a gooner besides moenchengladbach ll really want to send him abroad.
Sow is a pretty limited player.he is like Bent.
ktr
i often wondered over the summer if wenger would replace cesc and nasri..
i think in jack and rambo he had the replacements in house and yes jack can reach the levels of the likes of iniesta..rambo has a future too but we are looking at 5 years time..
if we signed gotze and had all three of these lads and kept them for a decade or so we would have a midfield that would rival barca’s..
hes better than chamakh..
so is bent..
but i agree the limited ability would hinder him..
we need a versitile forward…think wiltord but more prolific.. 😉
Bent is good. I’d take him
JJ stop tinkling my tummy…Götze/ramsey/jack midfield is a wet dream.that midfield would dominate for years.
bent wouldnt sit on the bench though..
and he can only play one position so hes no good
we gotta convince that idiot Wenger to play 442
442?
why?
I think Llorente does everything Chamakh can’t. Mobile,quick,link up play,good in the air and goal scorer. Ticks all the boxes . 20m and he could be ours.
Off topic but do you think madrid are moving in the wrong direction?Ronaldo is a brilliant player but i think madrid would be better off building their team around özil?watching how tunnel visioned Ronaldo ran into blind alleys all night giving away possession countlessly must’ve hurt the madridistas.he is very selfish despite being brilliant.his individualism wins them games against lesser sides but against the creme de la creme of Europe he is their weak link.i think madrid would be much better if özil was top dog.how i wish he was a gunner… 🙁
can llorente play wide as well?
Come on Alan enough of the name calling or wenger bashing. Give him some credit. He’s been through hell just like us. You may not like him but one thing you can never question his love or loyalty to the club.
nah
joses got things ticking again..
they would have beaten barca if it wasnt for ronaldos shitness in front of goal on the day but hes normally reliable..
i think they’ll still win the league..
the game at the nou camp will be a massive one but i cant see real dropping that many points in the meantime..
I’m against 4-4-2.its outdated and we would get overrun playing with it.the invincibles tore apart the league with it but there is a reason why they were poor in Europe.even right now most PL teams play 4-5-1 against us which would make us too easy to overrun in the middle.
wengers made mistakes..
got caught up in his own litle project and almost fucked us up with it but gotta give him credit..hes turned it round..
and hes done it without cesc..
lets just hope he sees january as the chance to finish the rebuilding job he started in the last days of the window..i think theres still players he wants that he didnt have time to get and after the way he lost cesc and nasri i dont think hes messing about anymore..
JJ Llorente would be the main striker with Robin playing in the ‘bergkamp’ role. Gerv and Walcott as the widemen .
442 when needed.
And when Robin needs a rest 451.
weve got the strength and depth to play 433 now..
its just upfront we are lacking one or two..
the 442 would only be for chamakhs benifit but fuck that…hes not good enough to change the system for…
Mourinho seems to be out of ideas on how to beat barça.barça are just better and Guardiola has become such a good tactician.
why move a striker whos up there with messi and ronaldo to another position??
it dont make sence..
leave robin where he is and buy the players to play around him..
I may be out of line here but I don’t think ferguscoont can do what wenger did since August. Losing your best players and injury to key ones. Give him credit Alan.
two strikers plaaying at once. Good strikers will transfer knowing they won’y be reserve to RvP
he dont have to play barca though every week..
barca have the egde in the classicos but real can clean up playing the other teams so its a close call..
But what happens when Robin is injured JonJon???
what happens when llorente is injured??
Goonster
AW was dragging kicking and screaming to make decent buys are his own ideas failed
He bought out of circumstanes of his own making forcing him to
Agree jj.robin is top dog.the team should be built around him.
oops please excuse my typos
ktr
you understand what im saying dont you???
buy a versitile forward who can play wing and then when robins out he plays centrally..not an out and out CF..its the reason why bendtners at sunderland, chamakhs shit, parks not geting games velas on loan and dudu got sold..
ppl seem to want this out and out cf but they dont work in our system and changing the system is just taking robins and the rest of our midfeilds games away..fuck that..
we need a pato or a reus..a better version of wiltord..
someone who can play anywhere who fits the system..not sum mug who we have to change the system for..
Goonster. AW is not loyal to the club. It is sadly not a club. It is a commercial business as per the west end theatre and people go to the show
If it were a club there would be memberships and the board voluntary. The members would be the owners with voting rights
Barcelona is a publicly owned club.
AW is NOT loyal to Arsenal, but to a board, which in turn has legal obligations to the shareholders, who, incidently are themselves
not forgetting the fact that other than oxo theo and gervinho we dont have anyone else who does a job as a wingforward..
arshavins games gone to shit…so when gervinho goes for 6 weeks whove we got?? theo and oxo realistically…
fuking hell, one injury not even to robin, and we looking down the barrel whereas if reus came in he could play anyway..were killing two birds with one stone..
this obsession with robins replacement is fucking with ppl’s head its taking focus away from everything… trust me guys JJ’s always right 🙂
JJ do you even have to ask?i agree.specialists in the modern game are kind of a rare breed.Song is a DM but he can also play abit.there is a reason why poachers are outdated.modern footy requires all 11 players to contribute equally both in offence and defence.the likes of rvp can drop into midfield,go outwide you name it.versatility is very important not having one man sitting in the box waiting for a tap in.having a fluid front 3 is a thing of beauty because of its unpredictability.one minute you’re marking robin…then theo…then Gerv…its difficult to cope with unlike having to mark just one CF.its why Arsene wants reus/podolski and not the likes of Sow,to create a fluid system.the same thing is happening in midfield with rambo/song/arteta constantly moving.no opposition wants to defend against such a team.Barça nowadays can shift from 4-3-3 to 3-4-3 to 4-2-3-1…due to having universal players who are very versatile.it makes them very hard to beat and thats what Arsene must be aiming for.
that is Wenger again. He should have a slave stall in Africa. He is fascinated with African footballers. Then they piss off for ACN and this occurs
Like I’ve said, if AW ignores Africans and buys properly in the first place, the board would not need to stick it’s hand in it’s pocket a second time
ive got no problem with africans..
song and gervinho have been key for us this season..our top assisters..
acn is just unfortunate but we used to have the same problem with gilberto and copa america…
Afternoon all,
Just reading some of your coments and noticed one or two of you have said we should build a team around RVP that i think would be a mistake Would you build a team around Gibbs no of course not because he is always injured the same goes with Robin, at the moment he’s electric but one injury and were in the deep stuff we need another VPersie so that the team continues the same way. I would forget about Wenger Buying Defenders in January to, as we have many that can step in, and although i felt Cahill was destined to wear our red and white i have to admit we have no room, i would sugest a striker and a playmaker, and of course quality back up for Czezsney that is where we will definitely need it.Many on the verge of fitness and i believe if we can hold on we will have the tools to get the job done.
K-TR 7
We need finishers. All else comes to nought if they can’t score
JonJon
It defies commonsense to contract players who bugger off for 6 weeks
The system isn’t to blame for that Alan is it?to even see the likes of Gerv get into such great positions for widemen is such a bonus.the onus is on the coaching staff to work on their finishing in training.the system has nothing to do with their poor finishing.if they can’t improve get better players 😉
Alan would you still have the same argument if all English players buggered off for 6 weeks every two years?
I don’t blame the system, K-, I blame those that purchase players that can’t finish
we do need finishers but if they cant do fuck all else it will come to naught as well..
‘It defies commonsense to contract players who bugger off for 6 weeks’
come on now think about it..its part of football thats why its a squad game…
ppl can go missing for more than 6 weeks thru injury..nevermind acn
that would be as silly as me saying jacks not worth a new deal cos hes missed 6months of this season..
africans got nothing to do with it..if they are good enough then we should sign them..and as long as we dont fill our team with them then whats the problem??
frmmers is choosing to play for ghana..shall we sell him?
Hi steve.i have to disagree.why can’t we for a second think that maybe rvp is getting that break he deserves from injury?he is taking care of himself much better nowadays because of that extra responsibility of being the lynchpin.we are doing everything from GPS to resting him to keep him healthy.he hasn’t got injured for a year as a result *touchwood*.maybe we need to show rvp a little bit more faith.even when Guardiola took over at Barca he sold deco/ronaldinho and made messi,who was very injury prone at the time,top dog.he also revised his training regime and diet to better his fitness just like we are doing with rvp.that faith and responsibility has seen messi blossom and he rarely gets injured now.i can see parallels with robin.that doesn’t mean we don’t have to buy a backup but so long as he is fit he is top dog.if he is unavailable its up to Arsene to make a plan B.Van Basten took rvp to Euro08 injured…yeah,he is that good 😉
hello steve
robins the captain..best player, top scorer and injury problems behind him 🙂
your right though the team shouldnt really be built around robin it should be built around versitility and adaptability but robins the catalyst..
I tell you this…..it wont be Podolski, Gotze or whatever.
AW will simply buy Toivonen. He is a Swedish footballer who plays for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven. He plays as a striker.He is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) and his scoring record is that of 1 goal every 2.1 games.
He will not cost as muchas podolski. He will cost less than 10 million and is quite a fast lad for his size.
Personally I would like Podolski.
Watch this space.
I like Gervinho for the simple reason that he is always in the thick of things both in offence and defence.if he can develop composure when finishing he’ll be a massive player for us.
he’s a diver though
JJ put it even better than me steve.robin is the catalyst.
I wouldn’t disagree with Robins quality and he has had a spell of good health but remember when we built a team around Cesc and we got blown out of the water lets not get suckered like that again. Who scores when Robins not there, not that many, i hope Robin lasts out to the end of his playing days but i wouldn’t put my house on it.
Morning all. 30 mil undervalues him for the form he is in. besides, we shouldn’t be talking about fees for our best player and captain during the thick of the season.
Milan again. The two legs in 2008, when they were defending European champs are still fresh in memory. How many remember the 1995 European Super Cup? European Cup winners Milan met Cup Winners Cup holders Arsenal over two legs. 0-0 at Highbury and 2-0 Milan at the San Siro. That was some Milan side.
Don’t think Arsenal will lose tomorrow. 2~2 i reckon.
As for Reus, yes fucking please.
Bayern must be favourites unfortunately.
So we need Big Mert in his ear~hole.
when one considers RvP’s age, maybe we couldn’t get much more for him
Steve we are kind of implying the same point.its up to the likes of Gerv/theo to score from the chances they get.all our chances don’t fall to rvp so its up to the others to step up in that department.as jj put it we aren’t built around rvp as we were to cesc but he is the catalyst and our best player so he’ll always shine.
gervinhos just lacking the cutting edge..
hes thinking too much in one on ones but hes doing brilliantlly in his first season…the finishing will come as he gains more confidence and trains more with robin but the assists are still there..
think about this, nasri got 15 goals and 5 assists last year..
gervinhos scored 3 and got 7 assists so far..hes well on the way to contributing what nasri did..
be back in a bit
Hiya AK. Like you I would like Reus and if possible Podolski. However if both do not come who would you like???
What do you think of Toivonen situation??
i think he’ll turn out better than nas. for me, it isn’t so much that he is not scoring a lot, it’s the chances he is wasting.
…Although I still think it will be Thierry who will come on loan for two months of January and February.
Hi DG. Don’t know much about the Swedish guy, but he sounds ok. And you know that i always trust in your professional judgement. 🙂
yes Oliver, he wastes so many. Has missed a few sitters
Hi DG. I suspect Henry may help
We have some blinding players as you say they are refining their talents Gerve and Theo comunicate well switching wings to confuse but they both need to finish better when that comes happy days.
*coughs* kiss ass
Got the feeling that Podolski is, and always has been, a red herring.
I like the fact that gerv gets into so many great positions in the first place.all he needs is composure.he is a very good player for us.
perhaps he can bag a couple tomorrow, was nas looking on (hopefully from the bench). even robin will not keep scoring like this indefinitely.
At last we agree steve.lets hope those happy days start tomorrow 😉
that right Steve. Unless goals are scored, it all means nothing
Good Morning to you Oliver.
A rare visit from our wordsmith colonialist is always welcome. 🙂
Is it snowing on the Eastern Seaboard?
In Londoninium thw sun is shining, but it’s bloody brass monkeys outside.
All for that KT
Just look at the difference when you take out Gerv for AA.we barely create chances anymore.
Hi oliver.long time no see.
hi ak. Not yet snowing, but cold and grey.
StevieP if Theo & Gerv could find their scoring boots, then this team could really go places.
But the midfield need to weigh~in with a few more.
And i’d love to see Mert get one. Once he breaks his duck then he’ll be off and running.
AK, you love it, Alan it will come soon i’m sure
Has merts got on the end of a corner yet AK
Hi tea break 😉 we can’t continue relying on lionel song for assists.arteta and rambo must chip in more.its a shame santos got injured because he is a big goal threat too.not forgetting vermy too.
Stevo, he’s getting closer. The big~boy is ok…
Hi KT. 🙂
Yeah, i make you right.
What’s your vibe on the Milan tie?
BRING IT ON!!! 😎
Yeahhh, KT. My thoughts exactly.
Two great games of contrasting football cultures.
And an Arsenal passage into the next round.
See you guys in a bit.
Merts would get on the end of a few if we had Delap
He wouldn’t have to move Alan Delap would put it on his head the only thing is thou he would head it out
wolves 1 stoke 0
Steve
a brilliant combination merts & Rory theoretically
hello again,
rico, here is ok. Now maybe 14 degrees.
yesterday, Pobolsky was a normal player. Koln only defend. We had also scouts in benfica-Rio Ave…
I’m commit with next two games. If we cimb up with two victories, the things in January completely change. So, let’s wait.
I’m watching Everton-Norwich
Hi jm what’s the current score?
half time everton 0 Norwich1 I had a lokk too Newcastel 0 Swansea 0 (half time). Now Feeiburg 1 Dortmund 4 (73 minutes)
What is this I am hearing about United possibly getting back into the Champs league last 16?!?!?
Say what?
how?
I was just listening to the radio and they were talking about United replacing Basel, dur to some legal complications with Basel, just like Celtic earlier in the year.
Evening guys and gals…
and draw with bayer…?
Yeah I believe so.
Hell No!!!id rather Bayern were fastracked to the CL quarters.those manc mugs were beaten fair and square talking trash about the Europa league in the process.they deserve to be out in the cold.
Everton 1 Norwich 1 82 minutes
Drente changes the game…
I wonder how much united will pay to make the last sixteen 😉
that Manure story has to be a joke!
Hope your right rico for the sake of justice .
Would be annoying, but only right i guess smudge, if Basel have been naughty…
Switzerland could be suspended from world football if Sion are not sanctioned by 13th January, FIFA have warned.
The Swiss club were put under a transfer embargo over the signing of Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary, but proceeded to sign six players in the summer.
Sion then fielded five of the six players during the Europa League play-off tie against Celtic earlier this year and were kicked out of the competition as a result, with UEFA’s decision to expel them upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport earlier this week.
FIFA have now ordered the Swiss Football Association to sanction Sion or risk Switzerland being excluded from all football.
Basel
If Switzerland are banned, Basel would miss out on taking part in the UEFA Champions League last 16 and the national team would not be allowed to play Argentina in a friendly in February.
A statement from FIFA read: “The executive decided to give a final deadline of 13 January 2012 to the Swiss FA to enforce the registration ban imposed on Sion by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and confirmed by the Swiss Federal Court and to sanction the attitude of the club repeatedly trying to circumvent this decision in a legally abusive manner.
“As a consequence, all matches in which the relevant players participated shall be declared forfeit or three points shall be deducted respectively.
“Should this deadline not be respected, the Swiss FA will be automatically suspended from 14 January 2012 onwards.”
Just been reading back – steve, i think your comment about building a side around RvP is spot on – it’s a team game and i don’t think we should build a side around any one player – we did it with Henry when he was the main man, we did it with Cesc and both sides failed….
Do we want to go back to being a ‘one man team again’ – no thanks….
Just get a goal scorer, who will score from where ever he plays….
And, i’m 442 too, this 433 – leaves RvP too isolated……
Seeing as you old toads have disappeared, so am i for a while, few things to be doing….
Croak croak croak.
Bud-wise-errrrr. 🙂
Would that not be typical of those lucky baskets, to get re~instated.
Maybe the Swiss government should expell FIFA & UEFA from Switzerland in retaliation?
Just listening to Ian Wright on Absolute Radio.
Shame he’s never quite got over the 1998 FACup funal.
Hey AK, read-it, read-it 😉
Bet you have gone again by now 🙁
I’m off too all – catch you tomorrow..
Its strictly final night tonight 🙂
Have a good one…
Have good boogie Rico.
See ya tomorrow.
Only seven more shopping days to Christmas….
Hold onto that thought Gooners & goodnight.
Nice one wigan 🙂
yes. 1-1…
The chavs drew? Wow
stats from Metro
http://footballstats.metro.co.uk/metro/?Lang=0&CTID=11&CPID=4&pStr=Team_Stats&TEID=217
Morning …..
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