Another Injury, Big Tony talks Relegation and that Weasel Barton talks B****X……

Two stories to talk about today, the first has to be the biggest load of poppycock I have ever read – and that is Joey ‘Thug’ Barton reckons he was in with a chance of signing for us and he’d been in talks with Arsene Wenger in August. He goes on to suggest that the incident with Gervinho put a halt to any chance of a move to us……

All I will say is that he is not speaking with forked tongue, then big thanks have to go out to Gervinho.. 😉

Onto the second:

Old boy Tony Woodcock has come out of the woodwork and seems to have jumped on the ‘Let’s talk about Arsenal’ bandwagon…

We’ve seen over the years that clubs can go down that are not expected to, It’s early days, only a few games. This togetherness, this determination, if you haven’t got it to pick a trophy up then how’s it going to be to get away from the relegation zone?

I hope I’m not right, but I don’t want to be sitting here in three or four weeks and they’ve let some more goals in and they haven’t picked up any points. We’ve gone six years without winning anything and are now in this tricky situation.

I’m hoping it’s going to be a bit of a kick up the backside for everyone.
But Woodcock was quick to point out there are currently plenty of positives surrounding the North Londoners as well.

The club are very stable, have got a fantastic stadium, have a fantastic training ground, are making a profit. Although we’re not very happy with where Arsenal are at the moment, there are lots of pluses and positives that have been happening at the club.

It’s not all doom and gloom. There’s a bigger picture there as well.

Tony Woodcock was born and bred in Nottingham, so why does he say ‘We’ – he played for us for four seasons between 1982 -1986 so he is hardly Mr Arsenal is he?

Maybe a few things he says hold a little bit of truth but where was he when we were winning under Wenger, did he speak out then?

No, I doubt it, I guess he’s just another in a long list of ex players who need to earn a bob or two…..

Talking about being relegated so early in the season is just daft, relegation form yes but things can change quickly in football. We haven’t become a bad side over night, we are just down on confidence and if Wenger can sort out the defensive problems, we can soon start to build that confidence back up again.

Little bit of bad news, Yossi Benayoun said on Twitter on Wednesday evening that he is: “Very disappointed as I have a strain and will be out for a week or so.”

Hopefully he won’t be out for long, we need every bit of experience we have in this squad right now.

Benik Afobe has also out with a groin strain, he’s likely to miss the next four months according to Young Guns. What is it with injuries to our young players, just as they get their chance for the first team, injury hits…..

That’s about it for today, have a good one all….

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goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Morning good people…..ben ayoun out for a week. Great just what we need right now. Another injury. Oh well at least we ve got the OX.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

morning Gooners….

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

Morning everyone. All I remember about Woodcock was that he wore shorts so tight that it didn’t make sense.

TT
TT
14 years ago

Morning rico.

A least Gervinhos’ red card came with a silverlining;) Doupth though the manager was ever interested in signing that lil shit, if he was he should be sacked on the spot for bringing the club into the gutter. As for injurys to our youth players are they getting injured more than othere? We only hear about whats happening in our own youth setup but is there any more injuries compared to other clubs?

TT
TT
14 years ago

Was that so he could show off his WOODcock adam?….;)

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

Rico. You remember then?

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

Wenger was born in France , Rice in Ireland,George Graham in Scotland,Chapman in Yorkshire… this bit about Woodcock being born in Nottingham is plain stupid regarding his supporting Arsenal or not – Wenger was never an Arsenal supporter – he just supports himself – along with his AKB of course.

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

TT. I remember him as having a kind of Demi-Permed white man’s affro and an inconceivably small pelvic girdle crammed into micro shorts. I also remember that he fell over a lot. As for the nature of his genitalia I can only speculate.

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

Two Adams posting could lead to confusion.

TT
TT
14 years ago

Lol Adam you discriped him perfectly and if memory serfs me right did he not leave us for Germany only to come back?

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

Ooooh Rico. You make him sound quite lovely.

g clarke
g clarke
14 years ago

nice to read some as it is comments other than doom and gloom only m u sticking out at moment and all teams have bad periods arsenal have time to get back in pack

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

bad barnet….

Adam
Adam
14 years ago

I am a little disappointed that his shorts are not tighter in those clips Rico and that there isn’t a bit more “bouffant” to his hair. Just shows how time distorts one’s memories. Ah wel…..

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Good Morning Gooners.
Nice post Rico.

Ah those shorts, those were the days.. 😉

Just had a peek a LG, now i’m gonna slit my wrist.. 🙂

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

AK,it’s bad for your health that LG!!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Talking [writing!] of shorts, do you remember that yellow + blue kit we had in 1993.
The shirt was a bit cosmic, with a very strange pattern.
The shorts were of the Alex James baggy variety..

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Lee, i wouldn’t wanna live in ‘their’ world mate… 😉

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

No Rico, i got a pair for my eldest. But i wish i had got a pair for myself… 😉

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

looked like something a raver would wear!!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Lee, how’s things with you buddy?

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

That why i wished i’d got myself a pair Lee… 😀

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

All good mate, mum got her bone marrow results & they were clear!! Not got to go back for 3 months!! So happy days!!!!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

1992-93, that was a turgid season in the League.

But a fantastic season in the cups…

Happy Days at Wembley… 🙂

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Lee, that’s fantastic amigo. I’m so pleased for ya…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Rico, you have that kit…!

Well according to Lee, that makes you a little raver…. 😆

And yes, a big win this weekend for Lee & family…

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Get Mrs 47 sorted in a couple of weeks too!!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago
allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Yeah mate, Oct 5th to see an orthapedic surgeon.
She’s got knees like Paul McGrath… 🙁

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Yes Rico, i liked that kit.
Arsenal played in white during the 30’s 40’s 50’s and 60’s. So it isn’t new.
I think that Everton were the first team i recall wearing yellow + blue.
We adopted it around 1967-68.

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

I did read somewhere, that kit manufacturers like blue shirts as a 2nd kit, as they match up well with jeans [!] and are therefore fashionable and make for better sales…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Yeah Rico, Fulham will never beat them, they have a terrible record against the Chavs…

We need a home draw. Aldershot would do for me….

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

on what Rico??

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Afobe’s injury is a bummer.
Some good performances in the Carling Cup would have brought him into the senior squad.
I just hope they can get a work permit for Campbell and/or Wellington next summer.

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Rico.. 😀

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Rico, i hope we get the totts away….. they’re out.. 😆

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Lee, are you going saturday?

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

OH……. sorry Rico.
I’m just becoming Mr Cut & Paste these days…. 😉

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

We certainly don’t want Stoke away Rico…. 🙁

Yeah, we’re still too light up front.
Can’t expect Oxo to take up the slack.
Chamakh simply has to deliver more.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

No AK….Olympiacos yes!!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

We’ll have to meet up for a pint sometime this season Lee…
I’m going to Bolton, but my lad is going to the CL.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Ships in the night, AK! We must meet up!! Or the Harold Wood ruby!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

I fainted in the curry house when I heard REM had split up.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

That’s me in the korma.

Rockyrocastle07
Rockyrocastle07
14 years ago

Like it Lee!

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Good moaning all,
Tonys right, we have a fantastic stadium ,we just can’t fill it at the moment, the natives aren’t happy.
Woodcock was a good striker for us in his day, he scored 5 goals against villa in one game for us, not many players can say they’ve done that, quite a feat.

Joaquim Moreira
Joaquim Moreira
14 years ago

hello!
I remember Woodcock too.
We can’t expect we have all the squad fit for the next match. The injuries and the exclusions will be constants. Specially in those periods, we have players play twice a week.
Worrying, is talking about relegation. We can think and be advice of tahat; other, is write or say that in an interview. Not make goos sense for the moment. And I hope never will make any sense.

SD-London
SD-London
14 years ago

Even Harry Redknap has even advised Wenger on how he can solve the Arsenal defensive problems: He said we Wenger should get specialist coaches.

Now i want to say this , can this people just shot up and stop trying to teach Wenger what he should do because if if they are right , that is exactly what Wenger is not going to do.

Wenger hates given people the satisfaction of being the right one , so please stop telling Wenger what he is to do unless you are a staff and a fan.

Therefore if you are the press,rival coach,rival fan,TV pundit and referees now making mach analysis, please shot up and mind your own biz waz.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

or tell him he doesn’t need a defensive coach!!!

SD-London
SD-London
14 years ago

yes , exactly,

Wenger , you are fine and you don’t need a Keown or any Tony A.Just do your thing by yourself.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

or tell him not to jump in the river thames with arm bands on !

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Hi guys did I mention today’s my birthday? That’s right people every 22nd of september is my birthday. So I ll be expecting a few presents from you guys. Lee ak rico agag TT micko sd kt oliver….hmmm who did I miss? Yeah my man DK! Speaking of which…..when was the last time anybody saw DK? Oh well so come on guys send down those presents pronto!

Scott
Scott
14 years ago

These clowns only offer up comments because some wanker journo sticks a microphone in front if them.
The media truly are the scum of the earth.

SD-London
SD-London
14 years ago

Easy Micko, he is still the best coach we have had.

I wouldn’t rate Mancini who said they need to buy more players in the January windows because they drew in the weekend.What kind of coach is that , with all the players he has in his team.

Nor do i rate a Ferguson that pays astronomical amount to assemble a team in the region of £250Mil every season .

The only reason i rate Morinho is because he coached Porto with an average team and won the Champions league.Everything else he has done doesn’t count in my book.His present team is close to £260 mil at present.

So please let us pay more respect to the Wengers,the Vilas Boas,the David Moyes and the Roy Hodgsons of this world.

If Fergie can do what David Moyes has done at Everton with the budget and the team he has then i will rate him.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Happy birthday Goonster, I ‘ll pop a bottle of martini in the post for you, will you be painting the town red tonight or is that a silly question ?

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

SDL, forgive me, for i have sinned !

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

You know me micko…..am painting the whole goddamn town red and white…

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Don’t think I forgot u WATH…..am expecting something huge from you my man….thanks by the way.

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Eeeewwww not a big sloppy kiss! Yuck and definitely not from jj! Maybe rico and agag but not jj….never jj!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Happy Birthday Stan….cheques in the post mate!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Cheers WATH….

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Thanks lee…..its gonna ne a long long night. Can’t wait to get off work.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

what’s your plan Stan? Apart from getting off your cannister….

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Nothing man…..that’s the plan. Just drink my own weight in beers.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

That’s a plan I like the sound of mate….followed by curry/kebab/fight?

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

You are reading my mind pal…..then I ll get some loving from my gal I guess.

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

No way WATH…..we ll probably be drinking together anyways. So there you have it. Goddamn how I wish today was Friday. I wouldn’t have to bother about work. Oh well its my luck I guess. Bummer.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Thought it was ok to get someone else in the shit….it’s normally me!! 🙂

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

Yeah lee…..stop trying to lead me astray.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

I was out and about last night, feeling extremely hungover now! Hitting the 2.30 wall….at pace!

goonster
goonster
14 years ago

You said WATH….its gonna be a wild wild night. Just me and the boys draining the pub of any available liquor. Then head home with my gal…..you do the rest!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

got home at 1.30am up for work at 5.30am….small boozey drive to the station and now i’m beginning to feel really horrible!
Cannot wait to fck off….. I’m too old for this, well until next time!!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

big & clever springs to mind…

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

8yr old boys cage fighting….WTF is that?

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Hey Stan, Many Happy Returns.
A packet of sedatives are in the post for your match days.
lee is gonna send you a jamaican Woodbine.
JJ is getting his spandex on as i speak [write]….
😀

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Lee, can’t say i approve but admire your honesty !

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

And Stan….. promise me you’ll get a cab home… ok

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Saturday….hahahahaha! Also might have a few Mongooses whilst waiting for my takeaway ruby tonight…whilst getting shit off the waiters about The Arsenal!!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Another thing…how comes you can drink like a fish all night and still wake up thirsty? 😉

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

we should all guess…answers on a postcard please!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Hey Wath, when did you join the Temperance Society?

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

Boo! Everyone has it in for us, rico. Nobodies, Non-Entities, Thugs. Tut tut.

Great news about your mum, Lee! 🙂 And happy birthday, stan. Birthdays are for misbehaving! Enjoy, you. 🙂 🙂 You’re getting as old as WATH 😀

WATH, teetotal, ha! Liar. 😛

Hi, AK and Micko. How are you?

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Hey Stan, how are you gonna get to the pub from your trawler???

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

long island ice-tea total…. 😉

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Thanks AGAG…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Hi Agag.
I’m good thanks, you too?
Stan is there a pub down by the Azores?

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

I had dinner with a good friend just now, and her father has just been diagnosed with the Big C, Lee. 🙁

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

what a fucking shit disease….let’s hope he’s ok!!

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

Good stuff, bad stuff. Crazier day than usual, AK. 🙂 You on break? Lee, your 3:52 is funny. 🙂

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

I was being facetious WATH……

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

AK, you gotta try this new Indian lager “Mongoose” it’s bloody lovely, propper dig at cobra…on the bottle there’s a mongoose with a dead cobra in it’s mouth!!

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Hello agag, the postman put a leaflet through my door last week, it read if you have a drink problem ring this number, so i did, turned out to be the off licence…….i’ll get my coat on the way out.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Young Stanley….funny! He’s the one that’s gonna be trouble at the HH Christmas bash!!!

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

WATH, you’ve been thirty the last thirty, years. 😛 Micko, 😆

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

The Long Island Iced Tea (LIIT) is the basis of many elaborate mixed-drinks. It dates to the 70’s, named after the continental USA’s largest island Long Island, in New York. Although it doesn’t contain tea, it’s taste is similar. The drink sits in the top 5 of most popular cocktails and is regularly mentioned or seen served in television and films (worthy mentions are The Simpsons, Sex and the City and Cruel Intentions).

Scale ingredients to servings
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part rum
1 part gin
1 part triple sec
1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix
1 splash Coca-Cola®

Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

rocket-fuel…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

I like the sound of that Lee…
Not had a ruby for awhile….
Agag i’m off up to London for a few days tomorrow.
See if i can run over a few suicidal cyclists, help them on their way to the big cycle way in the sky. 😉

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

WATH, seems the ladies are doubting your integrity!!

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

WATH, that’s sooo exagg! I’m not THAT bad. 😉 And I wasn’t even a glint in my father’s eye when you were thirty. 😛 I m kidding. I am kidding.

rico, you should send stan some of those tarts you bake. 🙂 🙂

AK, just make sure nobody sees you. 😆

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Media-esque allegations towards you….tut tut!!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

have you seen this English vodka? Supposed to be the nuts…

http://www.chasedistillery.co.uk/

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

a pal of mine swears by it…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Hey Rico, that’s it, send Stan one of your pizzas with a candle on it… 😉

Agag’ there’s cctv cameras everywhere in London these days, it’s like North Korea. I couldn’t get away with it even if i wanted.

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Just thinking (painful btw) if I fall asleep on my train tonight I’ll end up in Harwich or Ipswich….shit!

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

i’m gonna get the train…laters good people!

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

I’ll file that away for future reference, Lee. Sleek website. Maybe, some of those liqueurs for “baking”.

In Manila, you’d get away with EVERYTHING, AK. 😀

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

I see Cesc has set a new record for the stains… 🙁 And that PHW has denied Barton’s claim. Barton is ick.

rico, 😆 I meant the dessert type of tart, of course. 😉

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

Is it true, did we sign Laporta’s boy, rico? That is soooo odd. But stan might be expecting the other kind… Haha.

WATH, it’s okay, you know. Age is just a number. We don’t discriminate against the advanced in years. 😀 😛

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Agag, that sounds like my kinda town… 😀
Rico, depends on the size of the candle… 😉

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Wonder if the club are [at last] responding to all the negative reporting with some ‘positive’ spin of their own?

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/club-pays-tribute-to-loyal-supporters

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Fork handles…? 🙂

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

Traffic rules and regulations are taken as mere suggestions here. 😀 Check this link, AK.

http://liveinthephilippines.com/content/2011/02/driving-in-the-philippines-3/

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Rico, typical Press garbage…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Agag…. what a great bit of film.
I was laughing my head off.
Those coaches, ha ha , i would have smashed into them, :D.
As for the cyclists/motorbikes, what a great challenge… To see how many i could wipe-out… 🙂

Reminded me of Camden Lock on a Sunday and Victoria Coach Station.
Got anymore?

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

You know, Rico, i used to get the Times/Sunday Times, but that Matt Hughes always seemed to be making snide comments about Arsenal.
And now i know why. He’s a Chavs, the tosser…

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Rico, me??? 😉
Chris Martin of Coldplay was a really nice guy.
He gave me a couple of signed CD’s, which my son nicked.
Cyril Smith MP. He was a funny guy.
Katherine Zeta-Jones was pleasant [and single at the time ;)]

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Nicholas Cage got in with a mate, but didn’t speak.
Richard Dreyfuss was a really nice guy, and so was his family.
Teddy Sheringham got in wearing a poncy suit with 3 poncy mates… I ignored him.

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

John Cross, Amy Lawrence are the only two i can think of Rico
KZJ was a bit of a babe.. 🙂

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Its us against them, i wouldn’t have it any other way.

Even when the FA docked us points we still won the league, loved it.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Rico, the answer is simple, because we are a very special football club, no more, no less.

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

AK, that’s “leisurely” driving here. 🙂 Catherine Zeta Jones, eh? Niiiice.

I haven’t met any celebrity, rico. Just Patrick Rafter. 😳

I guess, rico it’s really because there are a lot of Johnny Foreigners in our team. Which is silly, really. Micko, we are superduper special. No point checking out other teams, really.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

A lot of it is envy, not many clubs have the history and tradition we have.
We are “The Arsenal.”

Now back to this season, if we don’t start bucking up our idea’s we may find it hard to get the players we want in January as I’m sure most of our targets will want champions league, if we don’t make top 4 we will see where our boards loyalties lie, they will have to come out and show their true colours then, it could all end in tears.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Agag, gunnersaurus is available for a photo shoot every other saturday if you could get yourself over here.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

I suppose the big question everyone is asking is did Kev have a bad experience with a cyclist when he was a kid !

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Mick, i think it has a lot to do with the lack of English/British players in a team coached by a Frenchman/Bosnian/Irishman.
Typical anti-foreigner hype in the British media.

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Mick… 😀

No mate, if you drive in London, and one of those wankers jumps the lights or comes the wrong way down a one-way street towards you with that ‘I couldn’t give a fcuk attitude’ it kinda colours ones opinion. Know what i mean… 😉

agirlagunner
agirlagunner
14 years ago

You’re terrible, Micko. Ahaha. I hear Almunia is inside that mascot these days though. 😀

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Kev, I try not to over complicate things.

I got knocked off a bike about 5 years back, the driver never stopped but the old bill caught up with her, I gave her the option of paying for a new bike or going to court, she paid up, never been on a bike since.

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Agag, check this out. It’s brilliant.
I want to drive in the Philippines!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=5CFIRmu1QC0&NR=1

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Mick, i also cycle, i enjoy it.
But i’m old school. I signal. I get in the right lane. I stop at traffic lights. A bit novel i know, but i can’t help myself.. 😉
Once you’ve had a cyclist pull up alongside you at a junction on your left. And just swerve across the front of you to do a right, it makes ya nervous.

Micko
Micko
14 years ago

Kev, I won’t bother asking you for your thoughts on the pizza delivery guys if that’s alright.
Another day at the fun factory is over, catch you tomorrow.

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

Take care Mick…

Lee
Lee
14 years ago

Just on my second “mongoose” waiting for the ruby….according to my little Bangladeshi friend we’ll win on sat!!!

allezkev
allezkev
14 years ago

I’m offski for the night.
Cheers Lee….
See ya later Rico…