Morning all,
Couple of snippets from The Daily Express, Mark Schwarzer has not been offered a new deal by Fulham and unless that changes, he’s available for free this summer. We all know Arsene Wenger tried to sign him, will he try again now he’s free? Is 40 years old just a bit too old? Staying with the same club, our asking price of £6 million for Emmanuel Frimpong is far too high for Martin Jol so they won’t consider making his loan move permanent.
Jose Mourinho has finally left Real Madrid, so having see one old big head retire from the Premier League, back comes another!
We have to keep chuckling at the expense of the club down the road.
I’d love to Arsene Wenger bring in 2, 3 or 4 really top players this summer. Players who, because of their level of quality, demand a £20-£25 million price tag.
However, past experience would suggest that we’ll probably only see one player in that category.
Looking ahead to next season, I’ll give you my thoughts on what Arsene Wenger might do to strengthen our squad. I will ignore hysterical rumours linking us to the likes of Rooney and Fabregas along the way……….
Wenger is, and always has been very conservative in his transfer business. So I will too.
Looking at our senior squad of twenty five players, I think it could be broken down as thus:
3 goalkeepers
4 full-backs
4 centre backs
6 central midfielders
4 wide midfielders
4 strikers
So – I would offer Fabianski a new contract and tell him that it’s a straight forward fight between him and his fellow Pole for the number one place. That should be a good motivating tool.
I’d also sign Mark Schwarzer on a freebie from Fulham on a short-term contract, he’d be a great experienced backup keeper and I’d offer him a coaching role as part of the deal.
I would retain both Sagna and Vermaelen and add Ashley Williams from Swansea to the squad.
Meanwhile, both Miquel and Bellerin would go off out on loan to the championship or to another Premier League club for a season with a view to them replacing both Sagna and/or Vermaelen in 12 months time if need be.
Time for another..
Back to the summer and I’m sure Arsene Wenger will almost certainly pay only one big fee this summer and that seems likely to be Jovetic. Therefore, Remy seems a logical and inexpensive choice to give us four strikers. (pending his police investigation of course)
Higuain is another possibility, maybe instead of Remy but I doubt that Ebenezer Kroenke would sanction two multi-million pound signings…..
I know I was having a bit of a rant the other day, which does seems at odds with the post I have done, but my post is about how I think Wenger will act this summer, not what I what I would would like to see happen this summer.
Personally, I would ditch Diaby! Or I would send him out on loan to France in a less physical league and try to see if he can stay fit. Then maybe he will encourage interest from other clubs….. That would allow Wenger the option of signing two new centre midfielders.
The possible sale of Djourou, Denilson and Bendtner will help the clubs bank balance sheet and get rid of them from the wage bill.
We could also get some compensation from the younger members who leave.
Added to them of course is Mannone, Arshavin, Chamakh, Squillaci, Frimpong, Coquelin, Eastmond, Watt, Henderson, Monterio, Ebecilio, plus a few other young fringe players..
Our midfield is always an interesting area of debate among us fans and I can only see Wenger signing one player in this key area.
The two French guys from Lyon, Maxime Gonolans and Clement Grenier sound like typical Wenger business and of course, Capoue is still on the radar of our manager. To be honest, any one of those would fit the bill, possibly all three so that’s one big signing, three moderate signings and one bargain basement signing.
Last one for today.
So, that makes my estimated total transfer outgoing at approx £50 million…
My senior squad for next season might look something like this.
Szczesny, Fabianski, Schwarzer, Sagna Jenkinson, Monreal, Gibbs
Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Williams
Arteta, Ramsey, Wilshere, Rosicky, Diaby (New signing)
Gervinho, Walcott, CAZORLA, Oxlade-Chamberlain Gnabry/Miyaichi
Giroud Podolski Jovetic Remy (Higuain or A.N. Other)
That’s how I see things at the start of the season…
How do you see things shaping up over the summer?
Written by Allezkev
Morning all…
Great post Kev but I sure hope AW is a lot more active than that this summer… 😉
Back in 20….
Cazorla might make the squad
Whats about Santi Cazorla… You forgot our most valuable asset..
Morning to all HH & good article there Allezkev…
What else can I say but to continue dreaming & wishing that this season AW proves us all wrong & splash the cash on a very experience players we so much need.
Hope he does as I see Arsenal going on the up.
Good post Kev ,But Remy will not be considered because of the publicity surrounding his arrest on Rape charges.Just our luck to sign him and find he is playing for H.M.P Parkhurst for the next 2 years on 60000 grand a week. Agree we need a new G.K ,but surely should be looking at a younger keeper than Schwaazer.
Hi fellow HHers,
Super post Ak, more of those please…
One question though, are you not scared for your life for suggesting Loic and 3 french midfielders? 🙂 How can you keep Gerv… SYG may have a fit after reading this… 🙂
On a serious note, I agree with your post… I would be happier if you had mentioned Benteke but hey…. 😉
I would not mind if we get a younger RB and move Sagna as a CB option… Williams at 28 and only suitable for one position (imo) is not a typical AW signing… Amorebieta is still available as far as I am aware unless Conte comes for him…
For DM if Capoue decides to go PSG way… what about Claudio Yacob? I know he is not a beast but his position awareness and work rate is very much like Rammers …. I mean Ramsey.lol
I will keep Frimpong though. Pre-season will definitely get him back to shape… Pires did not come to his best until 18 months after having injuries similar to Frimps… and he is Arsenal like us.
Diaby can’t be loaned out as he’s been ruled out for at least 9 months due to his injury. By the time he returns to full fitness, he’d have less than 5 months on his contract.
I’m guessing Diaby will leave Arsenal on a free at the end of next season.
No Cazorla… lol
Giroud, Podolski, Gervinho, Sagna, Ramsey, Rosicky, all out.
Good Morning to the Lady of the House and fellow Gooners.
it would be a major mistake to sell fringpong the him and the heart of a lion
Ginge,it always takes players 12-18 months to get back after major knee injuries…always.
We have sports here in Oz where they occur a hell of a lot more often than Football, and it is always the same story.
Word has it the girl in the pic has had thousands of marriage proposals…..Gooners all around the world are in love 🙂
Good post Kev….keep the faith matey!
Morning all.
Did you sell Santi or what?
Watt is on the way out….
Poxy weather here in essex again ,cheered up by agag viewing of the 2 Spurs Mingers leaping around on Sunday after Sugar tweeted that the toon had scored against us.F……g priceless.I bet they havent had many marriage propoals.
Adam, that is just plain bloody nasty.
Ramsey should be getting a payrise 🙂
Hi Scott, you weren’t referring to Aussie Rules were you? How do you think Poo-list will fare in that game?
Bingo wings and dick heads cavorting everywhere…priceless!
Morning all,
good post AK. Its gonna be more of the same but a severe trimming of the wage bill. We will get 3 in and the departures cashwise will balance our books.
I expect Fabianski to go in all honesty, along with Mannone, but we will get another goalie, so Shwarzer on a free at 40 looks likely.
We will buy another defender to replace johan Djourou. Hopefully it will be Ashley williams, but i wouldnt be surprised to see sagna and TV go along with Djourou and see no one of note come in. this is where i think AW will look for a cheap unknown from France.
In the striker department is where we will spend no more than 12m. I can’t say I am optimistic we will get Jovetic or Villa, but we will get a better player than the outgoing tosh we have in Arshavin, Chamack and Bendy.
Hope Im wrong but unless we see the BFR take over its more of the same..
My only worry is that cazorla is missing from your senior squad for next season and I strongly doubt AW would want 2 consider Schwarzer, he’d rather pay to get Ceaser from QPR.
Hope U Tube dont wipe it off Lee,we need something to make us laugh .
Comedy gold….a bit Gervinho shitting himself when he receives the ball!
Ginge, Aussie Rules, or AFL, has a huge amount of major knee injuries due to the nature of the game.
12-18 months….ALWAYS.
And that goes for broken legs as well, of which there are quite a few.
As for that Stoke prick, i would LOVE to see Barry Hall, Robert Dipierdomenico or Jonathon Brown marking him.
He would not survive lol
Hi Rico… Fernando Amorebieta has already agreed to join Fulham I hear so….
How Did Bendtner damage his wrist guys ? Wouldnt have been him practising the old 5 finger shuffle would it ?
Morning all
Great write-up Kev
Don’t agree with your sqaud entirely I’m afrraid (but the world would be a boring place if we all agreed!)
Sagna I feel needs to go now. He’s had some great years, some good years… and then THIS year which has been, by his own admission – gash. He really has looked disinterested at times. Think we should thank his for his efforts and bid him farewell. Same goes for Gerv (well, without the great or good years, obviously).
I think we should look at the possibility of farming Ox out on loan to a good club until January. He’s wasting his time on the bench and some of his performances have been pretty average. That’s no fault of his own, and reckon he’l l come good, but he needs to be playing regularly.
I’d give Verm another year but he needs to be made aware he is fighting for his Arsenal career… If he is bothered that is. Certainly needs captaincy permanantly stripped from him (which has probably unofficially happened anyway).
Can’t see Remy happening after the events of last week. We should be aiming higher than him anyway.
Rambo has (until Sundays match – especially his free kick at the end of the match) gradually started to win me over again. I hope he kicks on a bit now.
Diaby can go fuck himself. Athough he’ll probably injure himself trying to do it. Hope Rosicky stays in some capacity. Love the way he is so tenacious and rarely gives up on chasing someone if they have just gone past him. More than some can say.
Only read the first paragraph and it was awful!!
Frimpongs contract runs out in one month so quite how you believe you could get 6mill for him I do not know?!
Schwarzer is 40 years old and not been deemed good enough to be rewarded with a new contract at Fulham, yet. Do you not think that this would be a very underwhelming signing??
Baring in mind the need to strengthen dramatically in order to catch the other teams at the top, I do not think a 40 year out goalie would appease supporters!
Probably Jay. While looking at a mirrir of himself.
or even a mirror….
Morning again all…
That might be my fault missing off Santi…
K.Toure is joing the dippers… ha ha ha… I guess it was not about trophies after all…. still invincible though
Blinding Rocky lol
Kolo had better invest in some spare hub caps.l
And for the troll bleating on about Frimpong = £6 million, don’t shoot the messenger, it’s in the Daily Express…
Great idea kev,mark schwatzer is good,he’ll be a good backup for scecezny and fabianski,and other players like arshly williams higuain/jovetic.lets just hop wenger do some serious biz dis time around.we still keep the faith.
AK – Interesting post and based on previous experience you’re probably not far off the mark. However, although my mind agrees with you, my heart says Arsene will be a bit more liberal with the transfer funds this summer than he has been in past years, although nowhere near the profligate levels of the likes of Maureen Yo.
I think he will have a marquee signing of the likes of Jovetic or Higuain. Maybe both if two or more of Chamakh, Gervinho and Podolski go. A couple of promising young players of the likes of Maxime Gonolans and Clement Grenier. An experienced goalkeeper like Julio Cesar. I think Mark Schwarzer has seen his day. We need a keeper who can still challenge our young keepers for the starting position and have them benefit for his experience. Then we will have the odd wildcard signing like the young striker Yaya Sanogo.
The more I thought about it the more I realized that most of this depends on which, if any, of our regular first team squad leaves. Also, how many of the returning deadwood (e.g. Bendtner) can be sold off early in the window and if there are any of the Academy players ready to make the step-up to the first team. If Sagna stays for another season, Jenkinson can be eased into leftback with more games as the season progresses. If Jenkinson is not the answer then he can be replaced in the January window.
Anyway I’m more optomistic than your predictions. Time will tell.
Durham on the not so special one:
”He divides the squad – some players love him, others hate him. Before the Copa del Rey final, the whole Real Madrid squad went out together without even notifying Mourinho. His stock with the players at the Bernabeu couldn’t be any lower. He didn’t divide the squad, he turned them all against him.
He walked into the club and told them he was brilliant. Unfortunately for Jose, nobody believed him so they asked him for proof. He couldn’t come up with any. Simply saying he is the Special One works at Stamford Bridge, but Real Madrid fans need more convincing. They’ve experienced greatness before, they don’t accept poor imitations too readily.
So Mourinho will go back to Chelsea where he simply could not come to terms with Rafa Benitez’s tactical superiority when the Spaniard was at Liverpool. Since he left, Chelsea have won a Champions League without him and also won FA Cups and a Premier League title.
Life went on after Mourinho left. Even Benitez won a trophy after just a few turbulent months in charge. They change managers a lot but managing Chelsea isn’t exactly the impossible job, especially for a man who the fans still hold so dear to their hearts.
He inherits a fantastic squad, so let’s see if he can get them playing great football.
One thing he needs to overcome is a shattered ego. Mourinho has achieved mission impossible by becoming the first man in football history to be hated by Barcelona fans as much as their Real Madrid enemies hate him. This manager self-destructed in three years. He’s going back to Chelsea to be stroked and cuddled after his reality check in the Spanish capital. This man is mortal, and he now knows it.
Among authentic Spanish Real Madrid fans there is a collective sigh of relief this egomaniac has gone.
There was a title along the way but Mourinho left most Madridistas feeling nauseous.
Real Madrid are not a football club that will do literally anything for success. It has to be achieved in the correct manner. With class and quality. That is the mark of true greatness.
Real Madrid offered Jose Mourinho a chance to achieve true greatness at a global giant. He failed.”
JB… Frimps contract does not end next month…
CG – Personally, I’d give Jenks a shot at right back…..!!
The spuddies u-21 managed to lose the FA u-21 final after going 2-0 up…. ha ha ha…
JB – Only read your first line. Thought you were a c**t after that,,,,
JB, have you even seen Schwarzer lately??
Bloody stupid comment.
On a free, he would be a great tutor for Szczesny and a very able back up when required.
The guy is 40 and still at the top of his game, so if that does not tell you something of his attitude and professionalism then what would?
Tell him what you really think Rocky 🙂
Ts – not a great week to be a spud fan eh?! I’ve been having great fun winding up my wife and her family (especially her turncoat mother who used to be a gooner now has strayed to the dark side!)
Schwartzer would be fantastic on a free.
Must of left the doors open again….
Morning all,
Good read Kev.
I have no idea who’ll come in, all depends on Wenger’s ambitions. Spend to be competitive then we may be surprised who he buys, if it’s conservatism again then I expect more of the same.
Only first team leavers I see are Sagna, Fabianski, Manonne, Djourou, Frimpong and possibly TV.
All our loanies will still be with us next season except Djourou.
Hi buddy… you sneaked in… lol. how are you Rocky…
Talking about a gooner going to the dark side… was Piers Morgan ever a gooner… he is still talking shite… he says if AW does not buy 4 £35M players he should be sacked… This is coming from a guy who turned down £1m a year to do IG’s job allegedly…
I don’t see a place for our out of form captain in the team, not good enough.
Sagna is too slow now and terrible crosser, time to go.
I think Jovetic is simply not good enough and no where near worth 20 million. Higuain would be a better investment.
Love to see Negredo, 26 goals, 12 goals MORE than Jovetic’s 14 this season and tough enough for the premier league
Bony is a tank and would be an asset, rather see him instead of Remy and perhaps around the same price?
I am all for experience but there are keepers with experience who could give us a few years between the poles (no pun intented).
Surely OPR’s keeper would be a good buy?
If I had a wish list Strootman would be in midfield and Isco would be hard to pass up, that said we do need a dedicated DM and Celtics star defender has been making noises indicating a move…
Hi Rocky, couldn’t have put it better myself….
I’m good thanks Ts. REALLY busy here though. Been a solid month and a half of non-stop work. Have a spare half hour this morning so thought I’d stick my head round the door!
Some people were saying that he was never really a gooner. Just said it to piss off his dad or brother. Makes a change for Piers… Intentionally being a c*** to wind someone up! Why change the habit of a lifetime?!
The media doing their best to undermine us but… Any excuse for a party… ”Arsenal used to celebrate winning trophies but now finishing fourth is enough to bring out the bubbly”
The headline mentions bubbly but no bubbly in any of the pictures… they say we are celebrating finishing 4th and lack ambition but fail to state their troll of a team were miles ahead of us and we still beat them to finish in CL qualifier spot after they spend £50M whilst we spent £36M last season…
All I see is team spirit what they see is red… lol
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Rocky – Yes! As usual I caught that error after I hit the Post Comment button. I was sure someone would catch that. My bad.
Also, I agree with regards to Diaby. If he is fit enough to start the season, farm him out to a team in France and hope we can sell him in January.
Every little bit helps !
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Utd aside, we are not far at all behind the others above us.
Utd will be weaker next season.
We do not need the massive improvement plenty think we do to compete.
For evidence….the last 3 months results.
Great post. I really dont think we are that far away. Give Santi, Lucas and Hey Jude another season to blend with our main midfielder Jack the lad if fully fit and we are starting to build a great team. Look what happened to Kos and BFG in 2nd season.
All this talk of Goalkeepers, is shez really that bad at only 21 years (give or take) Fabianski looked good on his return and we have Martinez coming through. Sign another keeper and you destroy the confidence of the ones we have, who have true potential. How many howlers has Chez made this season? I cant remember, compared to Reina & Hart.
We need reinforcement at striker and my vote is for Jovetic. If higuain was that good why are Real trying to sell him and if Real are prepared to sell I would take Benzima any day. Walcott is not a striker, but an amazing wide man with ability to cut in and score (great finisher) I some times wish Wenger would play Oz and Walcott at the same time. (speed kills)
Midfield is a real bone of contention because we are stacked and still want more.
Gervinho I would replace with Gnarby. Make some money and set the German loose.
Ramsay had a terrific last few weeks after finally playing in his best position. I used to cringe when he played or came on as a sub as I expected the worse.But he has been terrific in this central DM but attacking MF with Arteta.
Rosicky. Is really a sub, but a great sub but is winding down.
We need to find a place for OX and Eisfeld.
RB is a problem as Bacary Sagna might just be past his used by date. He cannot get a cross pass first defender and Jenkinson looks good to me.
First spend – A good world class striker
Second Spend – A fast attacker.
Third Spend – A good right back
fourth Spend if Neccesary a midfielder with defensive qualities.
One thing that is for sure, WATH’S mate Piers, has always been a cxxt of Biblical proportions!
tsgh – Maureen Yo is returning to the club he said still loves him. He has never managed a team for more than three years before he is found out. But as long as there are rich naive owners willing to let him throw money away in the transfer market, he shall remain the Special (Needs) One.
Arshavin too Bradster, his contract is up… and how could you forget Squilli 😉
Can anyone explain how we had a goal difference of 15 over the scum of London but just finished only 1 point ahead of them… Wales FC…
The funny thing is Bale is a gooner and he rescued the losers this season on 7 difference occasions… that is 21 points…
How many gooners do they have amongst them… everyone of their players only signed for them because they thought if they can’t join Arsenal they must as well join the noisy neighbours…
From Lloris (whose wife twitter… her husband was joining Sagna in North London… I bet she did not know their was a team called Totter-ams) to Adeba whore to their board. We implement financial prudence they copy that too…
Good day all,
Good post AK.
With all the known departures plus a few more the wages made available should be ample to attract top talent. That said I agree our fearless leader will no doubt be true to form and not go big, rumours abound that he will but I can’t see it.
Higuain would be top of my list for strikers, many have questioned his pace but his goal ratio speaks for itself and every time I’ve watched him he’s looked a class act.
Rooney rumours, no chance. Wouldn’t want him.
If cesc is for sale, go get him, cesc feeding higuain, dream stuff right there.
Then another CB, Williams has looked good but he would be 3rd or 4th choice if we signed him.
With Fab and mannone most likely leaving a good GK needed to push chezzer, he’s looked better since he came back but definitely not irreplaceable, promote Martinez.
That for me would constitute a good summer.
Hi Cg… I am surprised the media and some chav fans have forgotten that the not so special one was losing his touch before he left the EPL … the reason why Roman sacked him…
It goes to show that if someone in a privileged position says something so many times the sheeple will believe whatever crap is spilled…
Mauren – Yo must have the ego of Gervinho by now as he is not even Roman’s number one candidate… even his best buddy Fergie thought he is a useless ‘monopoly type’ manager and went for Moyes over him…. especially after ass kissing the Rednoses’s butt in April at Old Trafford…
Fray Bentos have offered 5 grand for Squillaici,and Bendtner.Bite Their hands off
Roman is only getting him back because he has been through the worlds available managers and has gone full circle lol
tsgh – I think Maureen Yo is just an upmarket version of Harry Redknapp, whose results are commesurate with the the amount of transfer funds available for him to buy success.
Englishmik I agree with your post btw… but I am always surprised when people say Ramsey was played in a wrong position…
He was a RW at Cardiff before he joined us and when he went back on loan to them 18 months or so ago… even Fergie wanted to sign him as a RW but AW thought he would be better as a CM instead… part of the reason why he chose us…. I Believe
Chelsea fans use to think Ramires was average because he was used by coaches to do a tactical job like Ramsey was used before January… like Ramsey…. Ramires shows his worth playing through the middle because they are both selfless… imho
Ramsey has some good attributes ,but speed isnt one of them ,too slow to play out wide
jenks is fine……How about Miachi…i see you have included him. good idea i think. Diaby simply has to go. good against Liverpool at start of season but thats it.
Agreed Jay. Doesn’t see a pass quick enough either. Doesn’t have the vision of a great midfielder. I’ll give him credit though, he’s pretty industrious. Painfully slow though….
Ah, glad to see the back of Rammers Scott 😉
Ts, Ramsey himself said he was being played in the wrong position…
Good heavens, what a twerp, how on earth could I have forgotten Santi Cazorla!!!
That’s me with the dunce hat on….. 🙁
Morning Gooners.
Morning Rico, thanks for the sub-edit.
Off to read comments…
I really am a clueless twit!
Cg, no chairman wants Mauren…even the Mansours have opted for a manager who has not won anything over him…
As I said before his ego must be as low as a rat on a ship… because rumours has it that Perez has begged Cruyff to allow De Boer to RM… taking into consideration the Barca-RM rivalry…
Mauren only got the RM job in the first place because according to Perez, AW was the number one candidate but he chose to extend his contract with us again…
Would Schwarzer be coming as a first team pick or a mentor , Szczesney And Fabianski are going to be a very good keepers and need a modern coach to up their game. The aussie has current experience and used as a back up coach could prove to be the answer to an ongoing problem we have had with inexperienced keepers.
Spxrs last finished above The Arsenal 1994/95 season, if as an Arsenal supporter you had a £1 double or quits bet up until this season you’d be £131k up…… just saying!
JB, shouldn’t you be at school? Key board bellend….
I know Rico… but like most players soe think they are playing in a wrong position… in this case Ramsey was right of course…
JB… it must be hard pretending to be an enemy (Arsenal fan) when you are actually a spuddie… 😉
JB… not every actor can win an Oscar or not every musician can win a grammy… but selling your soul to attempt to acheive something is stupid… if we need to spend £100M to win anything… you will need £1B to finish above us… lol
I hope your wrong with your take on Arsene’s transfer policy.We cannot afford to be conservative this time around,if we are tight with the purse strings it will be this season all over again.Arsenal’s midfield is crying out for a top top playmaker, at least one if not two top strikers and the rest eg goalkeeper,dm and cb.The time is right to move up a level squad wise and stop pissing about.Get rid off the wasters and deadwood!!! Let the fun and games begin now not in August!!! AFFA!!!
That’s him spammed….
What a knob you really are J.B,why are you on an Arsenal website you sad Fuck.Get back on the tiny totts website where you belong,Or are you a closet gooner.I bet your dad werent even born the last Your Losers last won the League.
😀 jay
Morning Ak, really like the post but really hope you are totally wrong…
I have a feeling it’s going to be a good summer.
😆 Jay, that’s funny…
tsgh – Maureen Yo is certainly burning his bridges behind him. He left UnReal Madrid with a flourish when he and CR7 were ejected from the Copa del Rey final. Surely there are not many clubs, that he would consider suitable to his stature, left to employ him. I’m not going to shead any tears over that though, Chelski are welcome to him.
Scott totally agree re your 11:15
Hi fellow gunners. I think the sign we ned is .Miglet 25 from sunderland G K £10 m . Willam 28 from swansea C B£12 m. Nzonzi 24 from stoke D M £8m.Jovetic 23 from florentina A m £17m. Benteke from aston villa S K £15m. and we promote Tomas Easfeld . Ignasi miquel.
Leave Aaron alone, Rico 🙂
Lee – Just ignore JB. He’ll slink away into the shadows when he can’t get a reaction from any of us. Posters like him come and go, but never last long.
Scott – I see you’ve managed to supress your alterego Rammers. Welcome back.
Cg… you know my lack of respect for Mauren-yo as a manager by now… I see him in the same vein as Simon Cowell and all the so called corrupters of this world…
People who make the gullible feel like if you are not no.1 in something you are a loser.. or if you don’t spend big you are unambitious…
For someone to be a winner someone has to lose… if splashing cash is all it takes… Adebawhore on £190k will be like Ronaldo…
Cg – he’s spammed now
Don’t tell me Lee, you have had that bet on??
He/she may fill up your inbox Rico… 🙂
Lol CG….yep, back in full swing.
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Dont Spam him ,we may convert him if we explain in the right way what a waste of time supporting the tiny totts is.
No chance Ts…
Jay, can you really be bothered to waste time out of your day? 😉
My pics:
New arrivals GK: MS. off goes Manone. Send him back to Hull.
MF: In: James McCarthy(Wigan, typical typical AW signing) Aneke to be promoted, Out: Pong, Le Coq and most players that is over 21 and have not played for 1st team.
Strikers/Winger: IN: Remy, Jovetic Out: Gervinho
Def: If Sagna is going to leave then buy Lowton from Villa, send him back there on Loan and keep Sagna for one more year.
So, in a way we’d be spending: MS- Free, James McCarthy- 7Mil(Max), Remy- 6Mil (Max), Jovetic 20Mil, Lowton- 5Mil.
Total spending: 38 Million + couple of youngsters for 2 Million= 40 Million
Total transfer earnings: Gervinho- 14Mil (Min) + Le Coq- 2 Mil(Min) + Pong 3 Mil (Min) + NB- 2 Mil (min)+ Chamakh – 2 Mil (Min) + JD 4 Mil (Min) + Denilson- 1 Mil (Max) + Diaby 5 Mil (Max) + VP bonus 1.5 Mil + Saving on the wages of Arsh and Squid – 3.5 Mil (Min)
Total : 38 Million
Excess spending on transfer: 2 Million.
I think from that 68M left in the bank we should go out and buy Barnet so our youngsters can play in lower league like Arsenal B side.
Rico – As Lady of the House that is your prerogative. However, I always find the likes of JB amusing. It’s interesting to see the lengths some people will go to to get some noteriety or recognition, as long as they can remain anonymous.
Key board gangsters… lol
S2S – can’t see AW going for Remy after his arrest…
Point taken Rico ,The old red mist came up then.As you can guess I have a dislike of Spurs fans ,especially with the ones with less than the normal 2 brain cells.
It is amusing Cg, but tiresome and I’m not home so can’t keep right up to date with it all…
😆 Jay, that many cells??
tsgh – All the cash in Christendom wouldn’t turn Adebuymore into a player like Ronaldo. If Adebuymore could make that sort of money he’d buy himself a stand-in. It seems as if even the Spuds don’t want to keep him. He’ll be playing somewhere else next season. Hopefully somewhere as far away from London as possible. The frozen steppes of Russia would be good.
No you are right Rico ,most of them shouldnt be allowed out on their own.
Rico – Point taken regarding tiresome.
As long as he doesnt have to go on a coach to sign AAAAAAAAAAAAAAArrrgg
Jay – Change “on their own” – “unless accompanied by a responsible adult”. Two of the likes of them together aren’t any better than the one.
😀 Cg
Nice on Cg lol
Rumours has it that a 28M Euros bid has been put in for Jovetic… is he marquee enough?
I liked JB. He was living proof for my arguments on selective breeding.
Eboue boxing
http://gossip.ladyarse.com/arsenal/2013/05/21/eboue-boxing-in-the-tunnel-video/?
The Prayer of Saint Totteringham;
http://arsenalarsenal.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/the-prayer-of-st-totteringham/
Haha Adam..
Man City can have Cavani for £50 million….
Winners wear Red
Losers wear Lillywhite
We play in the Champions League
You’re wasting Thursday night… 😀
TS. What is the problem with two-way mirrors?
So $hitty have a strike force worth a combined amount of over £150M and that is not even considering their salaries worth in excess of £200M… they then go out and splash out that amount on a single player…
Afternoon all….
Hiya Ginge, Rico, Rocky, CG, Scotty from Oz, Potter and Lee etc…
Let the culling begin … Bring out the Gatlin Gun…
We have a good solid first 15.
machine gun these….
Mannone
Sqillaci
Diaby
Coquelin
Arshavin
Gervais
Chamakh
Frimpong
Djourou
Santos
Park
Bendtner
Denilson
…Move the squad numbers around to reflect the actual first team
Promote Gnabry, Eisfield and one or two others
And bring in 4/5 world class players and a good goalkeeper
😀 Adam, I hate coppers watching me twitching like ‘arry
Hey SYG… how is Cyprus?Hope all is well?
Ts – they have signed him yet 😉
Surely they will be looking to offload a few players to comply with FFP
TS. If it wasn’t for two-way mirrors I never would have met my second and third wives. They both despise my rampant sexuality now though.
Hi Syg, That’s pretty much how I think too.
Fabianski will prob leave too…
No they haven’t Rico… but they would I guess with Dzeko going the other way
Adam… so far as they didn’t ask you to put a brown bag over your head but smile when they take the hollywood size alimony from you its all good 😀
Good to see you SYG.
Back over on 29th, Ginge, 2 weeks this time …
Been busy of late with the mag and the gym mate, but still keeping up on the blogs … Le Grove did a good one yesterday re: the defence, Bould, getting shut of Song and accountability… and their comments last night from the AST via twitter were enlightening re Mata, Sahin etc..
It’s about time you got up north !
Judging from the celebration I believe he is staying Rico… Flappianski
I know SYG… the extended in-laws want me up there too this summer… fuel price is high though 🙂 its the AW in me…. 😉
TS. I have never paid a penny in alimony. I buy Blu Ray DVDs with all my spare money. What is left over I spend on lentils.
Forward your lawyers details to Cavani then…
https://twitter.com/JWTelegraph/status/336771793023012864
SYG – You may place Arshavin and Squillaci before the Gattling gun at your leisure, as they are out of contract, but let’s see if we can get some money for the others first. If any are left at the end of August, you are free to offer them a cigarette and a blindfold before you fill them full of lead.
Ahhh…. I get it you gigalo; they pay you instead… 😛
I would avoid going too far North TS. They use police horses to charge people up there. Ask SYG. Or even EYG. They will tell you.
I suspect you are right Ts, after all, they can afford it…
SYG… I don’t agree to the general view that Higuain is world class but as always just my views…
That 19m plus 20M can get us Lewandowski imho
Ts, maybe he’s been offered a new contract then…
Got to pop off for an hour…
Higuain is not a lone striker… he can’t lead a line by himself in La liga let alone against the likes of Huth and Shaw-thug in the EPL…
He is behind Benzema at RM and Benzema is a bottler of french proportions… I guess I am being unfair….
If this rumour is true it will be like another suker in my opinion…
Lee 11.01….. He isn’t one of those mate… they are most useful, him i wouldn’t pee on if on fire but would gladly help out with extra petrol…!
Rico why are you upsetting the nice lost yids on here..? Such a bully you are..! 😀
Ts, maybe we going back to not playing one up front alone…?
I hope so…!
a bottler of French proportions…
… I guess I am being unfair…
That is class, Ginge
I see AK has got carried away with spending the 100 million we got in the bank…..! Nice post mate but you really are spending to much time with Adam……! pessimistic pair of bastards…! Next you’ll be strutting around in red strides too..!
HI WATH… i am taking a shine to Yilmaz…
gm/ga/ge wherever u are,
Doubt we will go for Remy as Sanogo deal is almost done. Doubt we are in for Higuain, it is most likely Jovetic. Like tsgh said Higuain can’t lead the line on his own and his workrate gives room for concern. Jovetic has good workrate(tracks back) and can play as a lone striker and if need be as a CAM. He might not have scored so many goals so was TH14 when he played in serie A before joining arsenal. A little coaching from the professeur and he will be banging 20+ goal a season. The potential/ability is there for him to be a great player for us. Hope the deal comes thru cause he is what we need
This ones for Adam. The photo is courtesy of John Sturrock/Network Photographers from W6. I am wearing the faded denim jacket in front of the Ford Fiesta MK1
https://twitter.com/natm_mag/status/336811324434706432
I like him Ts, wouldn’t break the bank yet the fella knows where the goal is and puts himself about..!
This Jovetic must have more agents than Max Clifford, apparently he has an agent in London talking to us yet another rag says his agent is talking to Juve today…!
I was thinking it was you in the cloth cap n donkey jacket SYG… 😉 go on admit it….!
hi there!
I’m not agree witn mostly of the comments.
Where does Allez want to win with that squad?
Everybody was missing one importante thing: 2013/2014 is a World cup year.
Who is a player, i the countries present in Brazil, which would like to play in a shadow or be a replace of a team?
WATH – you’re as bad as Adam – Never wore a donkey jacket or a cloth cap …..
At that time the media’s manufactured concept of the archetypical miner was as a flat cap wearing whippet or pigeon breeding mong who couldn’t string a sentence together ….
It was PR gold for them when they found one to interview ……
Syg…. there are many a cloth cap n donkey jacket in that pic mate lol I am nowhere near as bad as Adam thats bloody harsh 😉
Then again is you went down to the swampies in the late 70’s early 80’s there were a lot of them in donkey jackets as well….!
You are back Emma……good to see you!!
Well, read you!!!
Lewandowski or Reg Varney for me….
horrible question guys ,but if we lose our C.L qualifier do we go in the Europa leauge with the tiny totts ?
https://twitter.com/natm_mag/status/336818211158888449
Have a good afternoon or evening fellow Gooners, i’m off to bed. Keep the Faith.
hi scott 😉
Yes Jay we do…..!
Hi Emma, I am with you on Jovetic over Higuain…
When did he ever play a full 90 minutes?
Later Cg…
Scott you are still up?
yes Jay… but we get the proceeds from the match 😉
Cheers guys
Ginge, i am always up mate.
SYG. 🙂
I can see you there. What were you doing?
Wath. I have been corrupted by Lee, Rocky and Kev. If you remember, I was very positive and staunchly pro-Wenger when I first stumbled on the haven of unrest. I was called a Troll and a Spud and slaughtered on a daily basis. Even Rico gave me a virtual kicking.
Jay, that question is up there with “what happens if we finish behind the Spuds”.
Luckily, neither is an issue 🙂
Sorry Scott hopefully it wont be an issue
Off now though.
Good night all….good day….whatever.
Have a great one.
Hold it SYG. Are you bloke with the long hair or the taller one behind?
kev -good post but i doubt if Denilson, Djourou and bendtner will leave unless they take a pay-cut which i doubt they will.They will still be with us until their contract expires. Bendtner wasn’t patient enough perhaps could have lead the line this season.
We need 3 players imho.
Striker
DM
CB
Cheers Scott,
I remember those days of you being picked on Adam, I tried my best but I wasn’t able to defend you as Rico had a bee in her bonnet about your being a deviant and a mole sent to infiltrate and corrupt us…! If only we had known… 😉
Me too Wath and I remember your efforts but Rico sniffed out my deviancy and really let me have it. I soon came round to being a doomer.
Jovetic’s agent in London…
Keep ’em peeled Ak 😉
How rude of me, good afternoon all….
And goodnight to al those zzzzzzzz-ing….
I’m sure your first comment on HH was ‘Wenger Out’ Adam… .)
Nipping off with Fido. Laters…
S2S I kinda like some of your signings.
Lowton & McCarthy in particular.
Took me 2 hours to sort something out with BT
What a bunch of useless feckers…
Afternoon Gooners.
Thanks for the positive feedback.
And the negative comments.
Adds to the debate.
JB= Knobhead
Rico, I thought your first comment to me after Adam joined was Adam out…! 😉
I like that McCarthur from Wigan BUT is he really the top top player we need for central midfield..?
Good post kev, does kinda beg the question who brought half of these duffers in, in the first place !
Be great to think the club has finally woken up to this spongers and hanger on’s.
As good a player as Schwartzer has been he missed the boat a couple of years back through no fault of his own, he’s getting to the stage where he has to look both ways before crossing the frontroom, I’d like to see Cesar come in myself.
Bonjour mes amies.
Ak blog good poses lots of fantasy players chat! Our playing staff will be what ot will be. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t indulge ourselves in a little, we need, we must buy….., we should go after……etc etc. i’m not holding my breath for any marquee signings, we may get a tent signing but that’s about as good as it gets! And I bet he’ll arrive as around peg who will be expected to fit into a square hole! (Boom, boom)
Someone mentioned Cesar of QPR, word is that his form fell away towards the end of the season because the Brazilian was a little ttoo fond of the. ‘Columbian’?any truth in the rumour? Have to say I don’t really rate him, anyway! So he won’t be making the trip across London, then!
As for the rest I’m of the opinion that Jovetic is a deal that has already been done although nothing has been published, yet.
As for the rest I don’t think Wenger will be signing any more small african boys. He has learned the error of his ways. Gervais was the last straw!
This Jovetic has more agents MI5…..
Adam being rampant, hmm, yes, having enjoyed his company many times I can definately see the potential for rampantocity (new word?) 😀
Pulis has got the tin tack lads.Watch out Arsene he is a great favourite with Gooners,and Harlequins R.FC.
Ts are you in London representing Jovetic… come on own up…!
Wavy, there were a lot of whispers/rumours that Jovetic was actually done in January…!
Wavy…the fowler like rumours are legendary like Maradona’s… 😉
Lee, Ak is one of such agents… a cabbie who blogs… ehh dead drops in Regents park… 😉 ANB double agent he is….
WATH… ANB are as cruel as the SVR… I am a lover like AW 😉
Pulis binned…. GOOD!
Just checking Ts…. have you got your mega umbrella on you…? nudge nudge wink wink….!
I am heartbroken to hear about that horrible tosser at Stoke….!
Another to vanish into obscurity…!
Pulis :- Oh dear , what a shame , never mind.
Snitch Wath, I thought that was just between you and me 😉
Pulis sacked eh, good!!
Afternoon again…
I am not a snitch I never told Adam at the time………….. 😉
But the bag has no cat now Wath 😉
Cat suffocated long ago….! Time to bury it 😉
Now if Pardew can get the tin-tack, it’ll make for a very enjoyable summer.
Rico, i’m looking everywhere, but i’ve yet to spot SJ or his agent…
Ginge, or should I say 007, I left the package behind the 4th tree, next to the 2nd bench, on the Inner Circle, by the public toilets….
Mind your back… 😉
Was driving thru Camden awhile ago and I saw this right miserable git in an Arsenal shirt….
Needless to say I drove past him….
Sorry Wath… 😛
🙂 Wath, that’s so cruel….
Ak, look harder….
Striker done and dusted.
Yaya Sanogo has confirmed he is looking forward to linking up with Arsenal next season.
Arsene Wenger revealed last week that a deal for the 20-year-old Auxerre front-man was close.
And Sanogo has now confirmed that he is ready to link up with the Gunners.
“Arsenal could be a great club for me, I scored nine goals this season with Auxerre and they think I can improve my level in England,” he told Sky Sports.
“I am pleased to be following in the footsteps of Abou Diaby who came through from Auxerre.
“There are many teams interested in me, but Arsenal is my choice.”
Arsenal will be due to pay Auxerre compensation for Sanogo, who is under 23.
“I am pleased to be following in the footsteps of Abou Diaby who came through from Auxerre.
Good god.
I think he means on the injury front 😉
😀 SYG…
Ak, 007 is for the posh boys like Adam… me… I am the handy man you drive by in Pimlico…
AK you should know i don’t ever wear colours… I think it was my next door neighbour though he’s a right miserable git, wear red strides as well maybe related to Adam..!?!?
Begovic to dippers so what happens to Reina.. is he going back to Barca or…
Begovic to the Dippers? Darn it!
Wath, you sure your neighbour isn’t actually Adam? 😉
Apparently, Italian journalist Tancredi Palmeri has tweeted:
“It’s no more just a contact, or interest. Since yesterday an Arsenal bid is on Fiorentina’s table: €30m for Jovetic, exactly the price tag. Player’s fully keen to move. Fiorentina asked few days of stand-by. They will meet Juventus in next hours to check for a raise. Otherwise. “
Wathy 😆
it seems Sanogo is done… i was rather hoping for Aubameyang but…
Sevilla are reportedly broke get us Negredo and Rakitic please Arsene…
Oh no!
Good evening Lady and Gentlemen.
Kev………..fine post. Pa realised it was yours after the first paragraph.
Good points especially the team and how you see it lining up next year.
But is AW thinking about selling Cazorla or have you simply grown tired of him? 😉 😆
So Sanogo says he cant wait to follow in the footsteps of Diaby. Err no mate ehhhh!!!!! Fucking darn mad if you do.
Evening Adam/Devil
Cracking signing 😉 😉
of course its cracking.
It has already cracked me up.
with laughter and with tears of pain.
exactly what we need.
tbh I liked what I saw of him.
but to get another injury prone crock is like someone enjoying a bottle of wine up his arsehole instead of his mouth.
This time last year we had Podolski in the bag, this time around Sanogo…hmmmm, along as its just a stepping stone I’m happy with that.
Devil, he could be over his injuries now… 😉
Micko, it’s a stepping stone, I’m convinced this is going to be a great summer….
If the next one is Sunday Mba it’s gonna kick off, right Lee !
Hi Dev, Micko…
WATH, Yilmaz made the team of the CL this year ahead of Vpursey and Ibrahimovich..
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4935240/Who-makes-the-Champions-League-team-of-the-season.html
I hope he is over them Rico.
From what I saw of him he is Anelka (hopefully not the attitude) with the body height/built of Lukaku.
For a tall player he is fast. And very technical.
So it seems that we have the right package.
Its the injuries which scare me.
And I am still hopeful of Wooney. Even though AW said that we are not interested (large pinches of salt here)
Hope we will batter Stoke next season……………10-1 might be fine……………..
Tony Pulis’s reign as Stoke City manager was set to end tonight following talks with club chairman Peter Coates.
The Welshman’s future had been in doubt for some time and reports claimed today that he had been told by the club that they feel the time is right for him to leave.
Pulis, whose side finished 13th in the Premier League this season, was appointed Potters boss for a second time in 2006 and two years later he orchestrated the club’s promotion to the Premier League.
However speculation over his future grew this season as the Potters flirted with relegation, which they eventually averted.
Pulis had also come in for criticism for his side’s style of play, which was perceived by some as being overly physical and too reliant on the long ball.
Upon hearing the reports of Pulis’s departure, recently retired Stoke striker Michael Owen tweeted: “Just heard that Tony Pulis has left Stoke. No denying he did a great job getting them to the Premier League and keeping them there.”
There is little doubt that Pulis leaves Stoke in a better state than that which he found them in.
Under his guidance, they returned to the top-flight following an absence of 23 years, reached an FA Cup final and tasted European football in the Europa League.
Behind Arsene Wenger, Pulis was the second-longest serving manager in England following Alex Ferguson’s retirement and David Moyes’s subsequent move to Old Trafford from Everton.
With Pulis out of the picture, Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew will become the second longest-serving manager at a Premier League club — just two and a half years after taking charge.
Sorry 10-0 I wanted to say.
I would be livid if my team hammers someone with 10 goals and manages to concede 1.
This is music…………….
Stan Kroenke has given the go-ahead for Arsenal to increase their wage bill to help the club become title contenders next season.
Arsenal are determined to sign at least three star players — a keeper, a holding midfielder and a striker — and manager Arsene Wenger has been given at least £70million for transfer fees by Kroenke, the club’s majority shareholder.
Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott are the top earners on around £100,000 a week but the club would be willing to offer £150,000 a week for the right player.
Chief executive Ivan Gazidis said: ‘Mr Kroenke has made it clear that our ultimate objective is to win major trophies. We all share that ambition. Arsene and I have been planning what we need to do.’
The increased spend on wages will be helped by a summer clear-out, which could save £18m a season in salaries.
Andrey Arshavin, Johan Djourou, Sebastien Squillaci, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Park Chu-young, Denilson and Andre Santos can all leave and Sportsmail understands the club will also consider offers for Thomas Vermaelen and Gervinho.
In his hunt for a striker, Wenger is looking at Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain and Fiorentina’s Stevan Jovetic.
Talks with Fiorentina are under way, and there is a growing interest in Higuain after Madrid made it clear they would consider selling him this summer.
It remains to be seen if the new wage budget at Arsenal will be enough to lure their dream signing Wayne Rooney, who earns £250,000 a week at Manchester United.
WATH talk to your people and arrange for a swap deal between us and Gala… they can take Santos plus £12M and we can have Burak since they are playing in tyhis years Erms cup…
devil – just why i think this summer the sun will shine 🙂
Off for dinner…
Howdy tsgh, just reading back, re your 10.57, Ronnie Whelan was asked his thoughts on our celebrations at St.James Park and would he have done the same in his day, his reply ” I dunno, I never finished fourth”
😀 Micko..
not bad buddy…
there was no CL then though and a dipper even an Irish one has no sensible views 😛
This Gerv news is good only if Gourchuff the original sicknote is not part of the equation… the rumour is gathering pace now…
Why is nobody but nobody mentioning the addition of Lescott. He will probably be available and knocks Williams into a cocked hat
Insulting the Irish now, your opening up a whole bag of cans there mate !!!
ESP is a big fan of Gourcuff, he’d be happy.
If Gervinho goes to Lyon and we get Grenier then I am not complaining.
This will surely be coached out of him by AW………..
C’mon Micko… was just joking… what I was saying is that because Whelan was a dipper his views don’t count… apologies if you thought i was insulting you… 😉
This is surely something the Irish dream about……….. 😉
This seems interesting Mick!!!!! ehhhhhhh????
Angus McEwan was very fond of the drink and one night while walking home, passed out in the middle of the street. Along came Molly Malone and saw Angus lying in the street. She walked up to Angus and whispered in his ear, “Angus I have been watching you and to let you know that I have been watching you, I am going to give you something to remember me by”. She pulled out a blue ribbon from her hair and tied it around Angus’s twig and berries and soon she was on her way. A half an hour later, Angus woke up and stumble home the rest of the way. When he arrived at home, he went to the head and pulled out his unit to find the blue ribbon tied nicely around his johnson. Angus stated, “Laddie, I don’t know where you been, but you won first prize”.
And what about this………..
Patrick O’Malley hoisted his beer and said: “Here’s to spending the rest of me life between the legs of me wife!” – and he took home the top prize for the best toast of the night.
In bed later that night, he told his wife: “Mary, I won the prize for the best toast of the night.” She said, “Aye, Paddy, what was your toast?”
So he told her: “Here’s to spending the rest of me life sitting in church beside me wife.”
“Oh,” she said, “that is very nice, dear.”
The next day, Mary ran into one of Paddy’s drinking partners in the street. Mischievously, the man said: “Did you hear about your husband winning a prize in the pub the other night for a toast about you, Mary?”
She replied: “Aye – and I was a bit surprised. Till now, he’s only been down there twice. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come”.
tsgh, if you don’t get my sense of humour by now you never will, I think that’s the reason poor ole Scott went over to smileys.
all good Micko… my bad
Ahhhhh now this beats the lot………….
An Irishman goes to the Doctor with botty problems….
‘Dactor, it’s me ahrse. I’d loik ya ta teyhk a look, if ya woot’.
So the doctor gets him to drop his pants and takes a look.
‘Incredible’he says, ‘there is a $20 note lodged up here.’
Tentatively he eases the twenty out of the man’s bottom, and then a $10 pound note appears.
‘This is amazing!’exclaims the Doctor. ”What do you want me to do?’
‘Well fur gadness sake teyhk it out, man! ‘shrieks the patient.
The doctor pulls out the tenner and another twenty appears, and another and another and another, etc…..
Finally the last note comes out and no more appear.
‘Ah Dactor, tank ya koindly, dat’s moch batter. Just out of interest, how moch was in dare den?’
The Doctor counts the pile of cash and says ‘$1,990 exactly.’
‘Ah, dat’d be roit,” says the Irishman
‘I knew I wasn’t feeling two grand..’
Murphy, O’Shea & Mullligan go for a job on a building site, but have been told beforehand that the foreman dislikes the Irish. Murphy suggest to the other two that they give English sounding names.O’Shea goes in first to to interview foreman asks him his name,O’Shea looks out window & sees a Woolworth store.My name is F W Woolworth, get out shouts the foreman. Mulligan goes in same question he looks out window and sees a shoe shop, my name is Freeman Hardy Willis, get out shouts the foreman. Murphy is last in an exasperated foreman asks what’s your name, Murphy has good look out of window and replies Ken, thank Christ for that says foreman, Ken who?Tuckey Fried Chicken says Murphy
It seems the special one is definitely coming to the EPL… If he’s so special as he claims to be, & very ambitious, then why is he returning to a club that sacked him? If he had any self respect, he would go elsewhere & proof himself again.
😀 Dev…
haaaaaaaaaaaaa…..this is simply great………..
A priest and a nun are on their way back from the cemetery when their car breaks down.
The garage doesn’t open until morning so they have to spend the night in a B&B. It only has one room available.
The priest says: “Sister, I don’t think the Lord would object if we spend the night sharing this one room. I’ll sleep on the sofa and you have the bed.”
“I think that would be fine,” agrees the nun.
They prepare for bed, say some prayers and settle down to sleep.
Ten minutes pass, and the nun says: “Father, I’m very cold.”
“OK,” says the priest, “I’ll get a blanket from the cupboard.”
Another ten minutes pass and the nun says again: “Father, I’m still terribly cold.”
The priest says: “Don’t worry, I’ll get up and fetch you another blanket.”
Another ten minutes pass, then the nun murmurs softly: “Father I’m still very cold. I don’t think the Lord would mind if we acted as man and wife just for a night.”
“You’re right,” says the priest. “Get your own blankets.”
and finally……………
Father McGee walked into the church and spotted Micko sitting cross-legged on the altar.
‘My son,’ said the holy man, ‘what are you doing? Who are you?’
‘I’m God,’ said Micko.
‘Pardon?’
‘I’m God,’ he repeated. ‘This is my house!’
Father McGee ran into the presbytery and, in total panic, rang the archbishop.
‘Your reverence,’ said he, ‘I hate to trouble you, but there’s a man sat on me altar who claims he’s God. What’ll he do?’
Take no chances,’ said the archbishop. ‘Get back in the church and look busy!’
Good point made there Jimd… And we would know exactly what we are getting …
Could not resist to put another…………..
An Irish man, an English man, a Scots man and a Welsh man were all on an airplane together when one of the engines fails.
The pilot explains the situation to the all of the passengers. He tells them if someone doesn’t jump out they will all be dead.
He asks who is prepared to die for the greater good, adding that they will be remembered as a hero forever.
The brave Scots man says ‘Ok then, i will do this for the glory of my country’ and jumps out.
The pilot turns around and tells the remaining passengers that the plane is still going down and someone else must do the right thing.
The Welsh man tells every one that as he is the oldest out of all the passengers, he will take the plunge, so he jumps out .
Again the pilot turns around and says, its helping but we need 1 more to jump for the rest of the passengers to survive.
So the Irish man says ‘well I hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but I will do this for the greater good and for the glory of my country.
So he grabs the English man and throws him out the door.
I bet Micko will like this one for sure.
Lescott??? Of course he would make a good addition. I would pair him with the Verm and keep BFG and Kozzer together.
Alternating between midweek and weekend.
Rico
Exactly
Good to see you back Jimd..
Another I have always like is Richards, he can play both central and right back… He’s wasted at Citeh…
devil – i still think TV’s head is elsewhere…
But we surely need 4 centrebacks Rico.
Ere you lot, don’t you go upsetting my ol’ mucker, Michael of Upper Holloway…
He owes me a pint!
Of course devil. Merts, Kos…….. and then who??
Vermaelen has really struggled and I think he’s going. I think Miquel will come into the first team/squad and we will sign a central defender. Maybe Williams, maybe a.n other…
Devil, she should have tied the ribbon around Arsene’s todger, it’s been that long since he’s won anything.
Jimd, didn’t Lescott go to City for really silly money at the time, always been a bit over-rated imho, didn’t we bang 7 past them on his last game for Everton, his head was in the clouds that day, never really made it at International level either.
Who is that Ak? 😉
7.42 devil – that’s funny…
lol
I just happened on an Irish web site and there were these jokes.
There are other jokes but I selected a couple.
Next time I will put some on the Jocks.
I only liked it because the Englishman got thrown over. Makes a nice change 😛
Tuesday M’Bia you say Micko? FFS what happened to Thursday M’Bia??? We are deep in the shit now……
Jovetic, Cesc and Capoue…..£70m?
Sorry WATH….
How much would Klay’s old man be???
Old Klay dough head…..
I can’t believe you lot are taking the piss out of Micko… he’s such a quiet lad with no sense of humour what so ever and you lot are taking the mickey…. Outrageous…!
Ts, Yilmaz would be my buy on the quiet behind a big name…! As for my people and that lot at Gal lets NOT go there I like them less that I like Cesc and if anyone had a spare bomb 2 be dropped there would be a stunning target… why AFC are inviting that shower 4 the Ems cup is a f’kin insult in my opinion…!
Cesc Lee, Cesc??
Wath, i have slapped my own wrists… 🙁
Yeah I still rate him…..
He’s superb but he really shafted us… I think he really hurt AW…
I can’t believe we’re inviting the captain Kirks over….shocking!
Blame Eboue. That has to be the only reason.
I thought he had his head turned massively by those cnuts at barca… Anyway we beg to differ, get Isco instead!
Isco will follow his manager to Citeh I think 🙁
If AW re-signs Cesc then so be it, and as soon as he plays I’d love him like he never left us…..
Pardew second longest PL manager…… Fucking hell!
I think it could be an interesting weekend Lee, Really bad idea from what ever bright spark at AFC decided to invite that lot…!
People have very long memories…! Not for the feint hearted that one and they won’t all be able to drive in from Germany either…!
Isco going to Madrid by all accounts…. !?!?
That Grenier at Lyon looks a proper player…! I’d take a punt on him…! We need a few players who also up the tempo of the team we still to slow as a unit in my opinion..!
Pardew……….. til they sack him in the summer Lee lol Then again on an 8 yr contract can Ashley afford to give him the boot.. piss funny.
That’s me done.
Catch up tomorrow all….
Nighty night….
If we buy three top drawer players we’ll be a force again…..
Me too, night Rico, WATH et al……be safe!
Lee, if your up for going I’ll join ya….!!
Ni night you lot…. have a good evening..!
3 top top players Lee and 2 very good players the rest we promote and we’ll be very very competitive I reckon.
If we get Ak in the same strides as Adam and get em both behind the goal it could spur anyone on….!
Morning all
You know over the years I have savoured some of the finest/funniest comedy acts that have come out of Blighty. On the buses, the young ones, Derek & Clive (pete & dud) Benny hill, Minder, the list goes on. Can I say this, one comedy act that really tickles my funny bone is Tottenham Hotspurs. I love watching all footage and/or reading any article that takes the piss, & this seasons installments are up there with all the previous episodes from the past 18 years.
What did one spurs sympathiser text me after I wished him a happy St Totteringhams Day, “tiresome” 😆
So keep the funny spuds piss takes coming please, too much is never enough.
GG9, they are a constant source of humour mate…… It’s so easy to take the piss out of them as they are so reliably shit…!
That youtube clip of all those mongs celebrating the non existent equalizer by the barcodes on Sunday is priceless…!
Yep that is right up there for me W.A.T.H 🙂
How ever bad we are sometimes GG9 least we can always console ourselves laughing at that shower…!
Just checked out the ‘Arsenal Blogger’ He’s taunted totties& they have bitten big time 😆
They always bite cos they so delusional and so bitter and twisted about us….! So would you be if you were forever in someones shadow 😉
Wath, if Adam and I wear out cat-suits, will that suffice???
Season Tickets need to be re-newed by the end of the month…
I wonder if the club can spin-out the Higuain and Jovetic rumours for another 8 to 10 days?
Just long enough for everyone to re-new their tickets, and for Man City to sign Jovetic and Higuain, and for Gazides to dream up another shed-load of excuses?!
Remy can still be an option.
And then there is Monday Mbia…
Remy will be doing dinners in the Scrubs mate..!
Well Wath, you would think that that was the case with Remy.
But if he gets off, then Arsene could rekindle his interest?
You know Wath, Wenger has to get his fucking finger out.
He cannot afford to fanny about.
He is in a rare situation, with Moyes not settled, and with both Man City and Chavs in flux.
The opportunity to steal a march on them with some quick and decisive transfer business cannot be missed.
If he fucks up this summer, then he cannot really complain at any of the criticism that’s bound to follow.
Kev, with the right signings, we can get off to a flying start and steal a march on the others.
Scotty let’s hope it’s not all bullshit to sell season tickets and we are in for some serious players! Ambition is the key….
Need to get our business done early and get the players bedded in, ready to hit the start of PL at full speed!
Tony Pulis has left Stoke City yesterday.
That means now that every other pro football club (91 of them) has changed their manager in the time since Arsenal last won a trophy.
And Alan Pardew is now the second longest serving manager at the same club in the Premiership.
You’ll have to excuse the language but very funny…..
Morning Lee, Scott and all….
No Jovetic then he’s too expensive…..
Pffff
That’s funny lee, the eastenders bit finishes it off nicely 😛
Stoke want Martinez to replace Pulis…
Morning Gooners.
Morning Rico.
Who have we signed?
I might treat myself to an extra £5 of derv today. 😛
Clive Woodward would be better…. oval ball fuckers!
Stoke are beyond repair, even Martinez isn’t that daft to try and get them to play football Rico… He’s better off at Everton , where they will still have a decent side after Moyes raids them for Baines and ViledaSupermop.
Morning all!
Very funny lee …. Clive Woodward lol… You sure you do mean Clive James??? Old tv funny man? Hahahaha
George, you would imagine that Martinez & Everton are a perfect fit.
Everton are a major club.
Stoke are a bunch of wankers.
It’s a no-brainer.
Morning Ak….
I might spend my fiver on a bottle of Cava… 😛
Morning George – agree, who with any sense would want to go there….
New post is now up…
Whoever is unfortunate enough to get the Stoke job, must realise the enormity of the task.
They would have to sign 12/15 footballers, to replace the rugby players currently in situ at Stoke RFU.
Stoke have some brillant exponants at the line-out, maul and scrum, but passing the ball on the floor, well that’s another matter!