I feel like I have written this name so so many times in the last twelve months, in fact probably longer, so much so I am now at the point of pleading with Arsene Wenger. 😉
I truly believe Henri Lansbury is one player Arsenal Football Club cannot afford to let go this summer. He’s English, born and bred in Enfield, London and has been with Arsenal since he was a boy. I don’t think for one minute he would need to be taught about what Arsenal Football Club are all about, I strongly suspect it’s running through his veins.
You don't need to tell Henri what it means to score against the Totts.......
We all know last season he played a major part in helping Norwich to gain promotion and I am sure they would love to have him back there, permanently; in fact I am sure many clubs would like to sign him.
What our club needs to do is make sure they don’t get the chance, I really hope that while the club is going through the reserves/youth and having a clear out, they also make sure they tie a few down to new deals, Lansbury being top of the list, well, my list…. 😉
Henri’s contract is up soon and not long ago one of the red tops reported that he needs to know he will be part of the first team next season otherwise he will consider leaving. Whether he said that or not, we will never know..
Yesterday, ahead of European Under-21 Championships later this month Lansbury spoke about his future:
I think Arsenal’s the goal now, I have to go back and give it a go from there. It’s a chance for me to show the boss that I’m capable of a first-team place and it’s up to me to do it.
Lansbury would not rule out a return to Norwich if necessary!
It’s always great to be promoted into the Premier League. Paul Lambert gave me my chance to do that and I thank him a lot. It was great, obviously, getting first-team experience again and playing week in, week out was great. Promotion’s massive and to get that at 20 years of age was great.
Lansbury has also been inspired by Wilshere’s elevation to the senior England team.
Jack’s taken his chance and he’s done well, he’s a great player and I think it’s a great bunch of lads here that can do the same thing.
Jack Wilshere has shown what you can expect from an English player who has talent and passion, Lansbury wants to follow in his footsteps.
Surely he has to be the next Englishman to be given his chance?
If not, then what is the point of all of it??
Morning All
Sorry it’s another Lansbury post 😉
I’m really looking forward to the under 21’s competition…
Both Gibbs and Lansbury should be showing Wenger why they should be in our first team squad each week..
I hope Lansbury can make the grade but, how many midfielders would we have then?
Depends who leaves this summer Will
i think the U21’s will show us all and Wenger how good he is (or not) if he has a stinker, he may very well be sold…
I agree, for once, but where does he fit in ? He is not a wide player, nor a goalscorer (despite his goal against the Spuds) or a playmaker in the mould of Cesc or Nasri. Where can he get a game except for injuries ?
What happened with ‘we need experience’ and ‘you can’t win the PL with kids’ or ‘Wenger’s youth project has failed’?
Mind you, I don’t agree with any of this but the baying bloggers seem to think so.
If we keep Nasri and Cesc we could have
Fabregas
Nasri
Arshavin
Wilshere
Song
Ramsey
Lansbury
He’s a box to box midfielder, a Ray Parlour kind of player..
Not every player we have has to be a clone of Cesc or Nasri, we talk about plan b don’t we….
Morning rico,
Jack played really well last night and I believe he should of had the MOTM award but goals make more impact than steady play. As you have said Lansbury has done enough to be considered for the first team, supporters are calling for new signings some I must admit I haven’t heard of. Most of these players play in foreign leagues and know very little about Premier play, if we keep buying foreign we risk ruining the system that’s in place to bring young Arsenal trained youngsters through. I am at a loss to think that Arsene will bring back from his trip from South America one or two defenders while young Bartley gets loaned out again, even new mid fielders such as Ryo M who has been playing abroad on loan will be tried out on our future tour and if he shines and we can get the paperwork sorted he could get a chance that I believe Lansbury should have first. I was of the opinion that to bring youngsters through our ranks was a cheaper way than buying new talent, but Wenger and supporters want new players brought in the transfer window, what is the point in our youth system.
we do need experience john but like i say at the end of the post, if when we get talent reserves coming through, like Lansbury, if he isn’t going to get his chance at the end of it, what’s the point??
Four competitions up for grabs, last season showed we couldn’t cope with all four with who we had, If Denilson goes, that opens the door for Henri….
Morning All. Outstanding post Rico. Hear hear. Yes we all want to see the dross replaced, but i’d be patient and get behind the team 100% if LeGenius brought a few of our own boys thru abd gave them a chance. I also believe that a majority of fans would support seeing the likes of Lansbury, Frimpong, Bartley, Miyachi& Coquelin into the squad, with say a couple of quality signings. I know who i’d rather see in the squad out of Diaby and Lansbury… One would give us everything, the other would give us half-a-dozen games a season…
Morning Steve
That is it in a nutshell, he’ll go off and buy an unknown, when what we have in our our back yard is possibly better – we need a bit of ‘London’ back in our club….
Morning AK
Thanks re the post, same here, Diaby, Denilson or even AA these days, Lansbury will give more than those put together….
Iv’e actually given up on Wenger signing a DM Coq and Frimpong will be used…
I have to be honest rico, I was at the lane when Lansbury scored and if I am honest he never really impressed me but a lot of water has flown under the bridge since then and he does deserve a spell to prove his worth
I still think we need a top defensive midfielder and after yesterday’s showing, Parker is not it.
Morning Will, I am a fan of Parker but at thirty not an ideal buy for us
No probs Steve, i have watched him a few times when Norwich were on TV and he’s got stronger – but towards the end of the season he was mainly a sub for them, not sure why…
We’ll see whether he truly has it in the next month and no doubt pre season, there is just something about him though…
Will
I reckon Wenger will get a Central defender and Striker and that will be our lot…
Parker was shocking last night….
Rico,re: Lansbury & Norwich, i’m sure i read somewhere, that he picked up a knock and couldn’t get back into the team. I think Lambert just stuck with a winning team leading up to promotion…
Watching Wilshere and Parker yesterday, one runs away from the ball into space and the other runs to the ball closing passing avenues.
Which one is which do you think?
Another Sunday, another pile of laughable rumours in the Press. Those guys certainly have vivid imaginations. To be honest, i simply don’t buy a newspaper anymore and rarely read one. But they do come in handy for the moggies dirt tray…..
That explains it then kev, thanks – he scored some very important goals for them, not sure how many he ended up with but i think he got a few late on in games to clinch the points – which kind of negates the earier comment about him not being a goal scorer…
We have seen what Jack, a gooner gives to us, even when he’s not firing on all cylinders, his head never goes down…
We have all said we want players to play with heart and passion – i just think Lansbury would be another Jack in that department..
Looks like you and me need to convince others kev 😉
same here kev with the Guinea Pig’s bedding 😉
Will, that’s easy to answer 😉
Got to pop out for an hour, back shortly….
Lansbury got 4 Championship goals.
I have no problem with selling Denilson and Diaby and replacing with Lansbury and one other, I just don’t want to get over-stocked on midfielder’s.
Although I love Jacks Play, the way he turns and is aware of who or what is on for him, very rarely gives the ball away I would like to see him score a couple I think that is about the only criticism I can make of him he hates to lose the ball and chases down like a terrier, we need to protect him while his young and not allow others to exploit him, as all he wants to do is play football
Steve, jack in the only one to do that in the England team and I also noticed that he would pass and move into space expecting an Arsenal type pass back and it never came once.
Back and square, back and square.
Yeh I noticed that as well Will, why didn’t he get MOTM he even put a bad Lampard on the map
good morning everyone
lansbury i think should be given a chance , the game against spuds in which he scored i think he was in the place where walcott plays , i think lansbury will atleast give his 200% while chasing back if he loses a ball or perform is defensive duties better than aa.
On the other hand aa doesnt run back because of his fitness issues lasbury now may not be as skilled as aa but we would be a better unit in some games where the oppositions breaks quickly… so he should b played instead of aa in some games
Do you think Lampard is not not a sure starter for England?
I think he’s had his day Will
AF, if Lansbury a wide player?
Steve, I agree.
hes a box to box player and we have diaby who plays dm so wenger will stick henri out wide in a 4-2-3-1
anyway jd had a horrible game yesterday now we certainly need a quality cb for sure…..
For me, Jack is the box to box player.
Would you guys go back to 4-4-2 and if yes, who would you start?
Will I think England are on the verge like Arsenal, change is happening and young players is the future, I know everybody wants experienced players and I understand that but I think the future is young players and experienced Modern coaching get the tactics right and the youngsters will bring home the Bacon. I honestly think its down to new ideas to get the edge on the others.
I was excited by Young, I wish Wenger would go for him.
If Wenger goes for big tall solid defenders can you imagine what Messi would do to them with his trickery
Young could be our Messi
I would love to see a team of.
Ches
Sagna Tv Cahill Clichy
Young Jack Cesc Nasri
Van Persie
Theo
Subs:
Fab
JD
Rambo
AA
Bent
4-4-2
scezeny
sagna vermalaen cahill/samba clichy?
nasri song fabregas? young
rvp
chamakh
AF, no place for Wilshere?
i want him in will but dont know how?
I dropped Song in favour of a collective defensive midfield.
good post
lansbury has to come in now..
sell diaby and denilson and bring in parker and lansbury..
news is that nasri wants to talk to manutd 🙁
Place for Wilshere now arsenalfan
youngs one of those players who can play anyhere in the front 4 if needed,..unlike nik
he can play 7, 11 and 10 without making it look hard..
hes inconstistent but at 12-15mil hes a bargain and would be good to rotate with theo and nasri..
thats if nasri stays..
if nasri doesnt stay then we need to sign young and hazard..
I can’t see Nasri going to Man Utd.
neither can i
but as long as his contract remains unsigned im not confident he will stay here wither..
JJ, Nasri wanting to talk to ManUre eh?
I suspect his slimey agent stirring the pot and increasing the pressure on Wenger & co to accept Nasri’s financial demands [plus a brown envelope full of euros for Mr Slime].
Wonder if Young has what it takes to play a more central role? Is he wasted on the wing??
Hi guys,
Nasri wants to talk to Manu U, what, does he need directions to the Trafford Centre or something???
JJ, if we could get Young, then i wouldn’t be bothered if Nasri leaves. Anelka mark II…
Winterburn reckons Cesc is off then….
kev
id would just give nasri what he wants and tie him down for 5 years..
hes probably worth 12-15mil but if he signed hed be worth 30-35 so we have already protected our investment..
same theory with young he will want a decent contract but if we get him for 15 he would immediately worth 30m on a 5 year deal so get them signed up..
youngs not wasted on the wing hes a good winger fast, and can beat his man and cross with either foot but hes good enough to play central as well such is his direct style
so nasri asn cesc off??
young and sneijder in..
You know i still kinda see Vermaelen as our def m/f. He has all the attributes to play the role, then in europe he could switch back into the back4 if need be.
JJ, good points mate, a front 3 who can interchange positions.
So Nigel thinks he’s off then Rico, hmm, he probably still has contacts inside the club. I gotta say it’s very very quiet on that front. The club still waiting to bank all the season ticket dosh before ‘an announcement’ re: Cesc? i still have a hope he’ll stay.
You know, for all the bollox surrounding Cesc, he’s never tried to hold the club to ransom, unlike Nasri.
I can’t see wenger going for either jj sadly…
thats why in dont mind if cesc stays kev
we are calling the shots until his contract situation says otherwise and thats not for a season or two yet
nasri really concerns me and it could be a case of same old arsenal..
losing our best players over 20k a week and then having to spend 30mil to replace them..which we never do.. 🙁
and the cricket kev… i doing a rain dance in a minute 😉
If all this about Nasri is true, i suggest we sell him, no player is bigger than our club, let some overseas club have him for 18Million….
QPR are interested in Eboue, that would be a good move for him, regular football is what he deserves 😉
Last season Young, in a poor side, scored 7EPL & 2CC goals. How many would he get in a good side, a side that creates a shed-load of opportunities???
hes played better for villa kev..he hasnt had a great year but villa are not a top club and i think hes done all he can for them and at 25 its time for the next step
if hes good enough for fergie hes good enough for us and hes an arsenal boy so we could nab him if we really wanted..
parker confirming he will leave wham..
344 for 2 at lunch Rico, Dilshan on 187, get him & it’ll be ok.
It’s raining down here in South Kent, so i reckon they’ll have a bit in London. Keep on shaking them there hips Rico lol.
Out with the French and in with the English
Kos – Cahill
Squilli – Bartley
Nasri – Young
Clichy – Gibbs or Baines
….
Then:
Denilson – Lansbury
Bendtner – Bent or Sinclair
🙂
Parker will go to Spurs, I’m convinced…
I’s a shaking and its working kev, it’s raining here in not so sunny west berkshire 🙂
Eboue for QPR hahahaha. Sounds good to me Rico.
JJ, totally agree re: Young, i’ve become more of a fan of his recently, and the price is manageable.
Cesc to stay as you say JJ… If Barca buy Sanchez, then they’ll be skint & Cesc doesn’t want to go elsewhere. If Wenger signs the players to give him a lift, then he’ll stay, just as Big Pat did when AFC got Sol…
Joe Cole is on his way to Spurs……
Thank goodness we didn’t get him….
Rico, i like your transfer moves…
And i like your rainmaking moves…
Go get em…
Blimey Cole and Parker, that’s not bad business for Harry. Must mean Modric is going to OT.
i think if we made some early moves and brought some quality in we could convince nasri to stay as well..
JJ, like you, i don’t know why Wenger didn’t get him when he was at Watford???
For God’s sake, all Arsene had to do was cross the bloody road…
Which means the mancs don’t really want Nasri, its prob all generated from his agent to get the wages he wants…
But, I can’t see both Cole and Parker going to the spuds…
Seriously kev, i am getting tired of players who think they should be paid a top wage when they haven’t proved themselves… Yes, Nasri is a good player, well for half a season he was awesome but when the going got tough where was he??
JJ, like you i really like Nasri, but i’ve been really disappointed by his attitude, or as it’s been portrayed, and he or his agent haven’t distanced themselves from the reports. That’s why i smell the comparison’s with Anelka and his scumbag brothers.
i hope modric goes to OT
it means they wont get nasri but i think nasris the cheaper option for them..
Steve P – To be fair, Wenger did say that we need big defenders for certain games i.e. Blackburn, Bolton, Stoke etc .
I wondered at the time if he is planning to have a stock of that kind of player in reserve, who he only wheels out for the games against the thugs.
Rico spot on. Look at Adebayor, moaned and groaned until he got the big wedge, then played like a tart.
jj, he shouldn’t need convincing, he either wants to play for arsenal or he doesn’t…
hi aj, who do you think will be those big defenders he buys?
I wish wenger would be more ruthless, get the players in one by one, ask them:
You want to stay or go?
Those who want to go, put straight up for sale and accept the highest bid, done.
Then finally fill our squad with players who do want to wear the red and white of arsenal football club…
Rico, i’d rather give Jack £120k p.w. He’s never gonna be a show-pony, and thus back to your post. Arsenal get more loyalty [usually] and 100% commitment from our own lads. So bring em on i say… Plus Cahill and Young btw…
we wont get alot of money for nasri though if we sell him now..
we’ll be lucky to get what we paid for him..
A question…why didn’t Wenger tie Nasri down to a new deal 12 months ago???
Surely, to let a player get to his last year is poor management…
So would i kev, i know cashley was a bit of an ass but story goes that we promised him a rise then went back on it…
we could always sell nasri if it dont work out down the line..
like ade
but selling him now wouldnt make sense financially..
but we’d save on his massive payrise jj
Thats a good question kev, that has happened too often with players, seems Stan is correcting that now though.. sometimes i wonder if some of the players tell wenger they will stay and then they go back on it when they see a bigger £ sign elswhere…
Yeah Rico, i heard that to. Apparantly Dein had agreed with Cole’s agent and then Hill-Wood stuck his oar in, the fat oaf, and we all know the rest…
Witsel for AC Milan it seems.
Rico, Wenger should have absolutely nothing to do with contracts at all, except to give an opinion as to if the club should keep ‘a player’ or not…
we should keep cecs and nasri and get young i like the team Will has put up… this team could destroy any premier league team .. we could get song in fo rthe more physical games… with nikki b certain to go and chamak off form i wouldnt mind us signing another striker. chamak is a good striker but definately not arsenal class.
here is another team with the 442 formation that cold be deadly:
schezny
sagan vermy kozzer clichy
nasri wilshre cecs young
rvp arshavin
JJ, what do you think we’d get if we put Nasri up for sale???
Good morning!
Terry, like your team, but they’d still be suspect to the good old ‘dead-ball’…
Having said that Terry, your team would be fantastic in europe…
Does anyone know if Galindo is involved with Bolivia today???
nah
cashley wanted out..
nobody leaves over 5 grand..
he doubled his money at chelsea and thats what it was about..
we offered him good money but chelsea just doubled it..and would have kept doubling it if we would have upped our stake..
he was gone the minute he was meeting jose in hotels the money talked..thats what he was after or he wouldnt have been sneaking about like a prick..he was playing both clubs off oneother only chelsea had the money to back it up..and im pretty sure cole was aware of that..
no more than 10mil kev
last year of contract..transfer listed
peanuts..
JJ, how much for Young then amigo???
i agree re the negotiating kev but he could find out who wants to be there, then hand it over to gazidis with his list of players he wants 🙂
Rico….345 for 2… Come on now, get up and boogie [lol] or your 600 prediction could be right.
Hi JM, what the news where you are today??
Here its all about Giggs having an affair with his sister-in-law for the last 8 years 😆
JJ if we sold Nasri and replaced him with Young [on more sensible wages], for a similar fee, would you consider that good business???
kev, i’m shattered, i havn’t stopped wobbling yet 😉
Rico, you look so slim, keep it up, lol.
Hold on, i’ll join in, just gotta watch my dodgy knee…
Is that right Rico, about Giggs?
I have to go do some domestic chores, so on and off for a bit… 🙁
It is kev, it’s in the News of the Screws 🙂
The story is from the sister-in-law, they been at it like rabbits 🙂
i reckon the same kev
but i wouldnt accpet losing nasri and getting young..thats too much of the stuff weve done in the past
i want the club to build on the good players and replace the crap ones..
losing nasri would not make sence..
we need to be getting rid of nikki and rosciky and getting young..not nasri..
Rico, hahahahaha. What a breeze, what a scream…
There goes Sir Ryan down the plughole, you couldn’t make it up. What a tosser, well what a tosser when he’s not in bed with his in-laws…hahaha, that is sooooo funny. Come on the rain, make my day.
370 for 3 Rico…. Finn got Dilshan…
No Gibbs or Lansbury in the U21’s, cue the long-ball.
Just back from work, On the Lansbury front , he was playing regularly until he got injured . When he got back he was used as a last 20 minute sub .( just look up how many points Norwich picked up at the death of games ). Most locals ( I live near Norwich ) would have him in a heartbeat )he is the energy player we have been missing and his “DNA ” is at our place unlike Nasri who clearly doesn’t care if he plays for us or not.
cue the shouts that pearce is being a twat cos we wouldnt let him have jack
No Lansbury or Gibbs……
Pearce is a twat jj 😆
And the heavens open at Lords kev, now i can stop dancing ;p)
Hey ho Rico, well done.
Pearce for the next England boss, yeah?
Well as the U21 boss he has to be the logical choice…
Hold on the men in white coats are coming!
the news about nasris interview is breaking out..
sky sports are on int now..
got a feeling nasris doing an ade and is trying to push his luck with the contract..
JJ, i sense that all this is gonna get messy…
A long summer in front of us. It would be nice if we had some positive news coming out of the club.
i dont think it will be kev
wenger will spend all summer pissing about with nasri and we’ll miss out on players trying to sign them at the last minute
same old same old..
You know, that’s a very good point Jj, because he’s done that before.
Now if LeGenius had sorted Nasri/Clichy out 12 months ago, this wouldn’t be an issue…
Gazides should take over all contracts. If you don’t sign with 2 years left. You’re sold. End of!!!
scezeny
sagna verm cahil/samba clichy
nasri wilshere song young
fab
rvp
if nasri wants to leave is his choice and our fault
if he is getting a better contract there and anyway thery are the champions so he would leave
i hope not
nasri and clichy are both worth half what they would have been last year..
weve taken a risk and we could have lost a fortune
agreed..sign them up or be sell them with 2 years left..nobody gets into the last year of their contract
we sont have time for messers..its another example of mis management..
weve got players who cant even break into the bench on 5 year deals why are our first teamers in their last year??
JJ, it drives me up the wall. Those clots just make the same mistakes, don’t they ever learn.
Apparantly Steve Rowley really wants Wenger to sign Parker, but AW isn’t interested, due mainly to his age…
Silvestre anyone!!!?
Silvestre anyone!!!?
Parker isn’t French ,
Nasri is a baddie….
Next week we will know the answer…
The French international Samir Nasri said, speaking to French television TF1’s Telefoot, which still does not know whether to renew Arsenal. “I do not think about it now, ” began to be clarified.
The player has until July to decide whether to renew or not with the London club, and will meet with leaders Arsenal after the game particularly France against Ukraine on Monday.
When asked about the interest from Manchester United, Nasri left his future open. “We have to see if the interest is real and if there is concrete offer.”
The Arsenal player has a contract until 2012 and clubs like Real Madrid and Manchester City also will be interested to hire them.
he could sign parker ,squillaci was abt 30
what ever happens we are starting to become a feeder club…
Wasn’t Nasri offered a new deal last year but he held out, then it was the same in Jan, then he said he wanted to wait until now…..
nasris doing an ade..
only differnce is ade had 3 years left..
so much for developing players with the clubs values
if you want players with values then its the local lads you want not foreign lads
For me, Parker not interesting. Young yes, but very difficult. Schneider, maybe go to City or United. Tevez may leave city::
We are living through times of change at Old Trafford and Sir Alex Ferguson could even do without the services of Nani, one of the most influential players in recent seasons.
According to the Mirror Football, “the Portuguese winger in place of the red devils are in question because of the possible acquisition of Ashley Young, Aston Villa’s average, a transfer that is taken for granted by the British press.
Besides this fact, the same source that the Portuguese international forward saw being rejected a proposed salary increase in March, which left unsatisfied Nani.
The Mirror Football “still advances the strong possibility that the Portuguese winger to join the armed lusa Real Madrid, which already include Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho and José Mourinho
jj, players will only have club values if they are born and bred, we have exceptions in RvP, just like we had with DB and even Cesc hasn’t mucked us about….
Nasri, he’s a baddie….
Also, didn’t he hold up his transfer to us over his salary?? I may not be right but….
well if he goes we need to buy two top player to replace him..
we already needed one anyway..losing nasri just means we need 2..
Szesny is playing against Argentina (friendly game).
Nasri is news in every sports newspapers.~
Roland Garos stopped…
Hi JM, I want Nadal to win that one…
jj, Nasri is good but not so good he needs two to replace him 😉
Wonder where KTR7 is these days, haven’t seen him….
If we get who I want and we play with 4-3-3 I would play
Ches
Sagna TV Cahill Clichy
Song
Cesc Jack
Young RvP Theo/Bent
Nadal is ahead
Poland 1 Argentina 0 (half-time)
Will,
I thought you wanted a new ‘Song’? or have i got that wrong??
Boo! I completely agree re: Lansbury, rico. He’s a bright, young prospect whose heart is in the right place. As for Nasri, please… He can be brilliant, we all know that; but he’s known to disappear in games, too. If he doesn’t want to stay, then let’s let him leave. To even entertain the thought of moving to United. Eeeek.
Hello, all. 🙂
I want a new Song Rico, I just don’t know how. Top class DM’s are few and far between right now.
Boo to you agag, i’m with you on Nasri, great in spells, and when it gets tough, he doesn’t.. bit like a few of ours really…
If Man U want him, lets do a player swap, take your pick 😉
Chick Pea anyone?? 😉
I still don’t think we will get one though – Either Frimpong or Coquelin will be his understudy/challenger…
I hope Frimpong can tackle and put it about a bit.
Will he can, as can Coq – the latter is a little quicker i think…
The more I think about it, do we need a dedicated DM? Surely all we need are 4 or 5 clever, hard-working midfielder’s who can put a shift in?
I think we may be jumping the gun a bit with Nas, i get the impression that you think he is a greedy F====r very hard to negotiate when Wengers on the other side of the pond, don’t write Nas off to early, he wants what he thinks his worth i don’t blame him, his still got a year left on his contract, and i don’t blame him for not racing to put his moniker on a form, Wengers not in any rush, he knows all he has to do is nod his head if he wants him to stay so no rush.
I agree with both points Steve.
agree with steve
Greetings one and all, fine post Rico, Lansbury has heart and commitment we need players like that.
May I also say congrats on reaching the 500K mark on the visitors to this site, it shows that in less than 12 months you’ve done a brilliant job…!
As for Nasri i think we are getting played big time and I have no time for players that don’t wanna play for us…… Yes he wants what he thinks he’s worth so lets pay him for half a season which is what he gave us………….. Your either on board or your not so either sign or fuck off simple…!
yo wath
would you take young??
As far as Cesc is concerned,he has started picking up injuries he has been with us for some time now and has been a key player for us in actual fact an exceptional player i put him in the league of all our past hero’s he has played many games for us and has pushed his self even when not properly fit to try and help us, at the end of the day a battery has only got so much life in it, i would love him to stay but wouldn’t blame him at all if he went, after all we have got Jack Rambo Nas and many more. i would say if i was him now is a good time to move, he will go back to Spain at sometime and if he can have a couple of years to get the Spanish public to love him good luck to him.
Steve, but do you honestly think Nasri it worth it at this stage in his Arsenal career ??
Would I take Young JJ..? In a blink of an eye mate..!
Hi WATH – thank you re the post and I didn’t even see that HH had hit that mark, your kind words have made me go 😳 😳
But I would like to add to your comment WATH – it’s not just me who makes HH tick, it’s all of us, those who blog, those who help me big time with writing and those who put up with me emailing them 😉
I just want to say a huge thank you to all of you, as without you Highbury House would not have been set up, let alone survive as well as it has…
Thanks Guys and Gals….. 🙂
Evening all, i tend to agree with Wath’s sentiments, although i feel the club have not handled the Nasri/Clichy contract situations, well at all.
AK, Am sick and tired of all there mercenary footballers thinking they can do what ever they want treat the clubs and fans like shit all because they looking to screw us for extra money, I hear the comments that we do it as well if someone comes calling and we can earn and extra few quid but lets get real here we not talking about an extra few quid when they are skint are we…? no lotalty no integrity these days and I mean players at all clubs not just ones trying to get us to part with an extra 20K a week… yes 20k a week ppl quite a few dont earn that a year. Time for clubs to make a stand and tell this lot to piss off and earn your increase if they stand together player power might get blown away…!
rico if Nasri can recreate the player i saw this year and make it last for a full season yes i do, i remember only a few months ago reading all your comments after watching this players displays, i bet at that time you would have thought he was worth anything
By the way WATH, i’m with you on Nasri….
Actually Will , I agree what you need is 3 workaholic midfielders and rest can swan around and be talented. When you look at Wenger’s previous midfields we never really had a DM as such but players that got up and down and allowed Pires , Bergkamp, Overmars etc to do their thing . If opponents played a high line then Wright , Henry, Anelka got in with pace in the middle and the wingers were rapid from the sides . If they played deep then Bergkamp , Edu and Freddie could open them up and Vieira , Petit , Parlour would bludgeon them into submission. We don’t really need specialist players as such.
Well said Wath, you get my vote.
Spot on Steve but i am dead against players holding our club to ransom, if Nasri played for a whole season like he did the first half, maybe it would justify a massive salary but….
I still think all this is from his agent….
I understand your sentiments Wath and feel the same way myself, but while players are pushing for all they can get,if you want top players at the club you have to pay the going rate, after all we got Fabregas for bugger all and were asking £50mill it works both ways.
Any news on Riccardo Alvarez anyone?
i would love to sign young
and keep nasri and cesc.then we are building a team..
rico, may i just add my congratulations for a great achievement, your my favourite too.
Thanks Steve, don’t tell anyone but you are mine too 😉
Is that right Rico, HH is only a year old?
everybodys favorite 😉
Well said JJ
Not yet kev – 9 months old, 1st b’day in August ….
jj, you are so smooth 😉 😉
Stop it you lovely people, get back to be rude about wenger or something 😉
SP, hear what your saying but getting Cesc for nothing and having him on a 6yr contract allows us to ask a big fee and thats how clubs now have to behave to stop these players taking the piss with wage demands etc etc…! Define the going rate when you have the likes of the chavs and Citeh who warp the market, it’s down to greed my friend pure and simple its not about and extra 5/10% a year its about an extra 20% per week…! Enough is enough….!
JJ, I’ll buck the trend here…… I’d say get Young, Cahill and a tough tackling hard working midfielder a left back Smeltzer maybe an Odemwingie as well and if Cesc n Nasri wanna leave then bye bye…… We have players that would make us more of a team to make up for their loss…!
See i am the same, if cesc and nasri want out, then let them leave – they don’t need replacing like for like, use the money to make us stronger as a whole….
I watched JD in a different light last night, he looked lost,he may turn out quality but suspect at the Mo, i can see him as a standby for the moment, but would like to see a more confident man for next season.
point taken Wath
JD looked like a little boy lost yesterday SP and lets be honest it was only England and we’re crap….! He’s been awful the last 3/4 weeks maybe the summer holiday will do him good adn wenger buying a quality centre half or even two…! Ok ok now i’m getting all delusional…!
It’s not just players at Arsenal SP i think it’s players across the board full stop, the clubs need to find a way to stop pampering to their wage demands and the excessive blackmail that goes on is a joke, they have no respect for the clubs or the fans that show up week in week out and spend our hard earned money to watch these prima donna’s…! They really do irritate me and when compared to the likes of us and what we earn and the love we show for our clubs I am starting to despise most players mate I really am.
Off for dinner back lata to carry this on….. 😉
What gets me though Wath is that you buy GG and Wenger buys Sainsburys own
The problem re the wage is every player from overseas knows that if he is good enough Citeh, Mancs and Chavs will pay him twice as much as we would, Yaya Toure is living proof…
Exactly Potter. I think the day of the specialist player in midfield is over.
I want a strong back line rico i honestly think everything hinges on a solid defence, the forwards will score of that i am sure but our defence makes me cringe, i would spend every penny we have to shore our defence up the likes of Lansbury Nas and the rest of them will get better and better when they realise after they score we are going to hold out at the back. We have major problems there and apart from good players we need a good coach to school them in the fine arts of defending.
‘Vieira , Petit , Parlour would bludgeon them into submission. We don’t really need specialist players as such’
Spot on potter – we don’t have the players to do that now – Lansbury would do what Parlour did, trust me 🙂
Again Steve, I have to agree with you – if we get to the end of the window and wenger has bought two big, strong central defenders and a clinical striker i’d be ok – but, if he were to add Ashley Young to that three id be really happy…
Everybody seems more concerned with mid field and forwards, we have let so many goals in and i think this is major, Vermin coming back proved that we will still let goals in. Maybe somebody with a defensive background like George Graham’s could be employed as the system we use is flawed in my eyes a defensive coach is more important than the players at the moment.
Not me Steve,
Like you, i want the defence to be sorted first, then a goal scorer and after that, any addition will be a bonus…
Keown, Cahill and Samba would do me for the defence….
So much in me makes me want to believe Wenger will sort this squad out but…. i’ll wait and see…
It’s one of your posts tomorrow by the way 🙂
Barcelona’s mid fielders could double up as defenders quite easy the way they play they play in packs and chase a ball down till they get possession a defensive move to be looked at and they all work for one another.we could learn a lot by watching that kind of play
OK rico,
You suggesting Barca play footie like the kids Steve, hunt down the ball in tens 😉
Any system that works Rico is good for me
Thats me for the day ricolisious well done again speak soon
see i can understand that point of view wath
i think fuck them..
but i also think if we want to win things we need to keep our best players..add the players we need..
if we just keep replacing the core players of the team all the time we wont get anywhere..
theres aload id get rid of though
Ok Steve, i won’t be far behind you…
You have a good evening, catch you soon and thanks for all your help too with HH 😉 🙂
jj, isn’t that what i said earlier 😉
i think there is a lot we would all get rid off but i also think there would be 3 that would sit in a pot full of votes going either way…
i think weve all been saying it for the past 3 years..
i hope we see action this time
But sadly jj, i don’t think we will, yet again….
I’m heading off for the night,
Catch up tomorrow sometime..
be good, nighty all
🙂
He is straight out a Box to Box Mid! he is that brit Grit that our midfield needs!
Morning All
Jay Ge, my thoughts too…
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