Morning Gooners,
Where to begin??
How about with Tottenham, suggestion is AVB want our star striker Chamakh on loan for a season! Well you wouldn’t normally want to be doing any kind of business with them but on this occasion, Arsenal fans might feel differently. However, I still believe we’d be better off selling him rather than loaning him but if he has to go there then so be it, at least he’d be exempt from playing against us, watching him pop up with a winner would be catastrophic!
Next up is Songinho, seems the poor boy has been struggling to get to training on time and when he finally gets there he has been driving Wenger and his staff to distraction. That, added to his defensive indiscipline on the pitch last season is the reason Arsene Wenger has been checking out a few alternatives.
Anyway, up popped Barcelona with a little bit of interest in the player.
Wenger got all excited and as soon as Alex Song said he’d like to move to Spain it sounds like Arsene nipped off to Easy Jet, bought him his flight ticket, one way of course, and said ok, on yer bike son.
Wenger said:
There are different reasons, I don’t want to come out with that now, but it happened. Every case is individual and maybe one day I will explain everything.
Looking forward to that day Arsene.
Anyway, Song travelled to Spain yesterday apparently and we should hear that he has signed for them within the next few hours.
Whilst Song is having his medical, we can assume that Nuri Sahin will be at having his in London real soon too, maybe today after all the football journalists and television channels suggested that the player only wants to join us and Jose has agreed to that. Reports suggest that we have first option to buy Sahin should Real Madrid decide to sell him at the end of the season.
Like buses, where there is one, a second comes along right after and this is in the shape of Yann M’Vila.
According to canal+ and others, Rennes Sporting Director Pierre Dreossi believes that M’Vila played his last game for his current club yesterday. This of course has kicked into overdrive suggestion that he is heading to The Emirates to replace Song.
We all know M’Vila has said he wants to play in the Premier League and Champions League. He’s also said he would like to play for a French Manager so of course, 2+2 = Arsenal. The ever reliable Jamie Sanderson confirmed that Wenger is looking to sign a natural defensive midfielder yesterday too so that adds weight to the M’Vila story.
The Daily Mail again report that AC Milan are set to offer Philippe Mexes as part of a deal to secure the signing of Nicklas Bendtner. The stumbling block is wages, and no, not Bendtner’s.
Last word of the day goes to Olivier Giroud who was talking about his miss on Saturday:
It was a game ball, but the coach told me that I had not to worry about it. This could have been the dream start, but in Montpellier, I did not score for my first game, so I am not worried. Here, I will have plenty of chances and I will score.
I am just asking people to be a little patient with me. I am not here to make people forget Robin, because he has made beautiful things here, but I just want to bring something new. However, I am under no more pressure than that, because if I think about that when I go onto the field, I will play with the handbrake on.
Last season was wonderful here for Robin, but before that, he took time to settle.
Olivier is right, it took him eight years!!
This week could see the final pieces of the Arsene Wenger jigsaw fall nicely into place and then for once, we can all watch deadline day of the transfer window knowing that whatever bargains Arsene Wenger snaps up will be a bonus rather than a necessity.
That’s it for another day, have a good one
Morning all..
Moaning Lee and all…
Mexes?? Noooooooo, Sakho please 🙂
Morning Gooners.
Morning Rico, a mighty fine post…
Not happy about the M’Vila to Spuds rumours, seems we are getting mixed messages from everywhere and everyone…
A sure sign that nobody really knows….
20million euros is a lot of dough and the major stumbling block….
Love Giraud already. He has the right attitude and will be a big player for us in the future. Hope we get Sahin and if we add M’Vila to that I will be fcuking ecstatic.
15 million euros sounds about right,and Spuds are as carefull with their dough as Arsenal, so Reenes might have a job pushing up the price…
The Arsenal linkage could be from their side, in order to scare the Spuds into raising their bid?
Rennes… 🙄
It is still early for me!
Isn’t M’Vila a Parker type player? Surely they don’t need him well not as much as we do…
Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp both took a few games to start scoring for Arsenal.
Both broke their duck against Southampton, so the 15th September is when both Podolski and Giroud will get off of the mark…..
For anyone who didn’t see this…
Rennes confirm Yann M’Vila is likely to join Tottenham and not Arsenal
Posted by SPORT WITNESS on August 20, 2012 at 8:31 in Sport Witness FootballView Discussions
The departure of Alex Song to Barcelona had re-opened the possibility of Yann M’Vila moving to Arsenal. His transfer to Arsene Wenger’s side seemed to be nailed on at the beginning of the transfer window and simply waiting confirmation. Almost every major newspaper and websites like Goal said a deal was agreed between the clubs.
When that didn’t happen, it was assumed Arsenal had got cold feet after he was arrested for allegedly hitting his sister’s 17 year old boyfriend and he spent the night in a police cell. It wasn’t the first time M’Vila had been involved in trouble and Wenger isn’t usually a fan of bad-boys.
However, it could have been more to do with using transfer funds to bring in Giroud when he learnt Robin van Persie would be leaving. Another striker would have appeared more urgent than a midfielder at the time, but now that Song has left the club a resurgence of interest in Yann M’Vila would make sense to cover that area of the pitch but Arsenal are firmly behind Tottenham in the chase for the Rennes man.
Italy’s Calciomercato have a knack of picking up the phone and calling agents and club representatives and yesterday did just that with Rennes and were told “Yes, we are dealing with Tottenham, the offer is still a bit low, but we are confident.”
Rennes want €20m and Tottenham so far have only offered €15m, the Ligue 1 side are keen to sell so Spurs probably won’t need to go much higher if the quotes from Rennes are correct, and not simply meant to push Arsenal into action.
Lee, isn’t Parker picking up a lot of injuries?
Maybe AVB doesn’t rate English players?
Kev. I think I see where you must be.
Thanks Kev
I don’t believe that M’Vila story – no CL footie to offer, unless AW really doesn’t want him…
TT – you and me both, once he finds his first goal, he’ll be flying, same with Pod…
I thought that’s what you took for indigestion?
it going 2 b a wake up call 4 d new signins most especially,our strikers.i must commend their sincerity not 4getin what RVP did while wit us.i can c arsenal doin beta wit trophies dis season if those intend players,m’villa,sahin & mexes can join our cause.i blieve arsene wouldn’t want 2 betray d fans cos of d faith we,arsenal fans,have in him..i can c d light @ d end of d tunnel dis season.UP GUNNERS
I’ll give you a clue Adam, next door have a swimming pool, i’m the next one up (north)….
Right. Google Earth then.
Lee 😆
Parker is crocked isn’t he Lee?
Adam i’ll be in the garden mooning at ya…..
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Alex Song has arrived in Barcelona for his medical. Will sign tonight. Presented tomorrow
Is next door up for sale by chance Kev 😉
😆 Lee re Rennes
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Arsenal expect to sign Nuri Sahin within 48 hours. Phone call from Arsène Wenger proved crucial.
So the window approaches it’s hiatus and we seem to be in the thick of it. I am away to Barcelona for a few days and hope that it will all be settled before I get back. However I will be able to smile a lot listening to Las cules talking about their thoughts about Song , I won’t let on this time as last time I told them that Henry was over the hill. They didn’t believe me then but now they realise that I was right.
i hate everything
I have the Clampits living next door, think they’re gypo’s
Good Kev, Sahin in London today, announced later???
😛
i blieve song was sold majorly 4 m’villa 2 & join us.with carzola in d midfeild in conjuction wit mikel arteta,our critics will b shamed dis season.in Arsene i trust
It is easy to get caught up in Euphoric memories of the sensational goals RvP scored with his left foot last year and so easy to forget some of the times he missed chances easier than Giroud’s with his chocolate leg.
Get your driveway done on the cheap though…
I think I have you Kev. One of two places. On the sea side of the railway? Plain garden or variable terrain?
Potter, kick a ball around whilst out there, you may get signed up, doesn’t seem to take much these days 😉
Adam, come back from Google earth….
Ashenafi – top comment 🙄
alextim, welcome and hope you are right about M’Vila…
I am your spy in the sky Rico. I can see your house too. 🙂
Arsene wenger,u need to replace robin pls.gunaz fans less trust in wenger.
Morning all.
Four weeks ago I wrote a piece re: “INTENT” and in it described Song as “The weakest link” being very careful of how I wrote it. In these times of political correctness, you have to be.
The Mirror ran a story late last night to suggest what I saw on the pitch was actually, very “spot on”.
As ANR has stated this morning ( http://www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/index.php/news/2609/30/Sahin-for-Song-would-be-a-magnificent-result ) the ridding our team of Song and his replacement with Sahin is a mega, mega result for the club. I cannot stress what a GREAT deal this is.
We have got mega money for our weakest link and in return – providing the deal doesn’t fall through, we have got one of the best midfielder’s, or potentially one of the best midfielder’s in Europe. Europe – not Africa.
And that’s not it. Rennes stated on L’Equipe that M’Vila would not be playing for them again.
If these two stories are true, then what I asked for 4 weeks ago, is coming to fruition. We are showing INTENT.
Two more exceptional players to add to the squad…. ?
Listening to the Three Stooges on MOTD, Lineker stressed, “These must be worrying times for Arsenal fans?”
The man is an idiot.
THIS IS CURRENTLY THE BEST PRE SEASON since we bought Sol Campbell. Richard Wright, Gio Van Bronkhurst and Francis Jeffers.
As for Shearer and Hanson stating that Arsenal, will be nowhere, I disagree totally. They may have played top level football, but as is often said – the majority of footballers are brainless.
I feel that once this side gels and Wenger plays his best eleven, that we’ll push on all four fronts.
Arsenal will win the Premier League.
Morning SYG, I think we need M’Vila big time!!
Let us not put unnecessary pressure on our newcomers. They need to settle down well and must do this under no pressure. Scoring on your debut and flopping after few games is worse than missing glorious opportunities in few games and learning lessons to flourish the whole season. Santi,Giroud and Poldi will push Arsenal for the FA cup and win the league next season.
I still doubt if M’Vila is not heading towards Spurd.
Sahin(Wilshere) /Arteta/ Santi midfield + OX, Gerv, Poldi upfront would be a magnificent Arsenal for any battle. The team has better depth than last season as Giroud, Theo, Ramsey, Coquelin, Diaby, TR7 are all first team materials to choose from on the bench.
Wenger and his coaching staff rather have a selection headache and not the departure of RVP and Song.
Ashenafi. I am with you on that one.
That’s a miracle Adam, it’s so small and you spotted it 🙂
Morning all…Midfield= carzorla, sahin, arteta,mvilla, rosicky,diaby, coq,wilshere, frimpong, lansbury,ramsey. Which 3 will make your stating eleven assuming all are fit
Elentary my dear Rico. I merely spotted the Lidl on London Road and deduced it from there. 🙂
Elementary …..
Morning Syg, I too still think we need M’Vila or similar. Sahin is only a loan and if he has a great season, Jose won’t sell him.
Imho he is ‘cover’ for Jack, we need a rock in our midfield for now, and the seasons ahead..
Adam, are you aerially stalking Kev & Rico?
Hi joyswed
4 for me in a 442 – Cazorla, Sahin, Arteta and M’Vila with the Pod and Giroud up front 🙂
That’s good Adam – hope you went left and not right from there 😉
I think he is Lee…
Morning All.
Surely that Chamackh story is so too good to be true that its actually a sick joke !!
Nice to see that Arsene has obviously been giving Olivier, English lessons or Olivier has picked up a book with well know AW sayings – what else can be the reason for the presence of the “handbrake” term?! I can see it now, his first goal is definitely going to be greeted with some reference to “zee mental strength” 🙂
In all seriousness, hopefully some of the ongoing transfer talk does turn out to be true, as a week ago it looked like we were actually making some serious investment in the first team squad. But one week and £40Million later, it feels a little bit like Groundhog Day and the need for another transfer window surplus !! But all this does show that 7 days in football is a long time, so hopefully next week we will have a couple of World Class signings off the back of having smashed Pulis’ cloggers.
And you Lee. I tracked you to Spain recently and waited for a seismic event to be recorded and then homed in on you.
Steve of Chiang Mai – I don’t think anyone is, he’s long gone and forgotten in my mind….
ike@Ghana – who is putting pressure on any? Not anyone here thats for sure 🙂
Ryan – I think Olivier has been reading Lee’s comments, he’s often talking about his handbrake 😉
Just off out to buy some listening devices. Chat later.
Have fun Adam…
Seismic, more like a light rumble.
morning all,been away for a few days how has it been…once we get a good DM,i bet the likes of linecker will be loosing their jobs
Nuri Sahin – ‘For me Arsene Wegner is one of the best trainers in the world’
2012-08-20 01:39:54
Arsenal are close to completing a one-year loan deal for Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Şahin.
The Turkish international first caught the eye of Arsene Wenger in the 2005 U-17 World Cup in Peru. Wenger described the young midfielder, saying, “Şahin is one of the greatest U-18 talents in world football.”
Şahin went on to win the Bronze Ball and Silver Shoe awards for his impressive performances in the Turkish national team shirt and lifted the UEFA European U-17 Championships the same season.
Wenger’s fondness of Şahin is no secret but what isn’t so well known is the young midfielder’s admiration of the Arsenal boss.
In an interview conducted by state-funded German television channel Deutsche-Welle in 2010 Şahin was asked about his opinion on Wenger calling him one of the greatest U-18 talents in football.
Şahin replied by saying, “For me it was beautiful, Arsene Wegner is one of the best trainers in the world.
“At that time I was one of the most talented youngster’s in Europe, if he said that it makes me happy.
“I want to ask him, ‘Is it true what you were reported to have said and that you wanted me?’ and maybe we can work together.”
Wenger has made reinforcing the holding midfield position one of his transfer priorities this summer, following the injury of Jack Wilshere and the sale of Alex Song to Barcelona for £15 million.
Şahin is well suited to the Arsenal system and is noted for his passing range, vision and creativity.
The Turkish international midfielder was left out of Real’s weekend draw against Valencia and is expected to join Arsenal this week.
Brilliant choice mi lady. 4 4 2. It is for me too. I feel pold and handbrake sorry giroud need to play together until we know who is actually number one… We saw it against cologne. Wait i just noticed… No walcott in your starting eleven? Wow….
Steve is on to something.
Yes,we all gaped in awe at RVP’s goals,but he did miss an absolute truckload last season as well.
I am not saying this after he has left us,I actually said it during last season.
Credit where it’s due…..he was brilliant enough to get into position,ut credit where it’s due right back…Girouds movement followed by Cazorlas pass were both world class.
Yes,the finish left a little to be desired,but we know the guy is a goal scorer,so I can’t wait to see him hit the back of the net.
Hiya Lee, Rico, Adam, Kev etc..
I think “we’re” being slightly underwhelmed by Sahin, Rico.
Personally I think it will be a fantastic deal, and after being here – providing he gets the game time, he’ll certainly not want to go back to Spain.
Give Song a few games over there and he’ll feel the same once the Catalan-fans and press get on his back.
That will happen as his attitude and body language stink.
He WILL hate the place.
hi bondex, look forward to that day, no wonder Dixon jumped ship….
🙂 joyswed, Theo and Gerv on the bench. Good subs to have
Oh,and AK,if you moon me from your beachside property,I’ll send my pet Great White over to bite you right on your pale white arse.
All Aussies have one…..just like the Kangaroo bouncing around our yards! 🙂
Just curious rico… I read last season on LG that they get calls from the club trying to correct the spurious info they give out there. Have you ever gotten any calls from arsenal PR
rico says:
August 20, 2012 at 10:05 am
That’s a title winning side, Rico.
Love it
SYG, I don’t know hardly anything about him….I know that you rate him!
No honest Syg, I’m chuffed to bits he’s signing, if he does, but still want M’Vila/Capoue.
That way, no more making do with Diaby or pushing a player like Arteta back…
M’Vila and Sahin in our midfield would be simply awesome….
JWJ….I caught our queen leaving out Theo as well.
Must have been a typo…surely lol.
Rico only gets calls to aske our opinions of possible targets…
Ryan L…i agree with you,one of the easiest ways to get along with your boss real fast is to learn his language… handbrakes,mental strength,our passing wasn’t sharp enough and the likes…
Scott – I don’t forget ‘his’ fluffed shots but he’s gone for me, no more thought towards him. onwards and upwards and with two great players up front…
joyswed – I have never heard from the club but tbh, I never profess to know what is going on, I just go on what is in the news or on twitter and make clear it’s rumours only…
I think LG suggest they have inside information which they may have, I don’t know for sure…
No typo Scott honest 🙂
Scott from oz.. She’s been asking for mvilla for a long while though.. Hopes she gets her(our) wish
Things are looking brilliant.
That’s why I can’t believe the negativity outside the club.
SYG…..outside the club doesn’t exist mate!!
Thanks joyswed, he’s not only my wish, I think he’s everybody’s 🙂
Because that is some fans survive Syg, certain blogs still have fans calling for Wengers head, why? why now?
It;s crazy reall, ok we have sold one player, a 29 year old who could be crocked any day but we have more than replaced him…
we have finally bought in a ‘cesc’ type player, another international.
we are about to secure another fantastic player in Sahin and AW says he will try and sign a DM….
Jeez, what more can he do??
On top of that we will have a bench on which sits the likes of Rosicky, Gervinho, Walcott, Mertesacker, Santos, Arshavin etc
Plenty there to be negative about eh 😉
Van Persie on the bench for Man Utd’s first match….?
http://www.sporten.dk/fodbold/ferguson-klar-til-at-baenke-van-persie
Some pricks get off on moaning or being negative towards Arsenal….sad tossers!
I honestly do not understand what the narks get out of complaining non stop about a club they claim to support.
It’s what irks me about those “fans” on Le Grove,amongst others,and how they suggest they’re the true Arsenal fans simply defies all logic.
Still….whatever floats their boat!!
joyswed/rico..i don’t understand why some people won’t just see beyond their noses..this so far has been one of the best off season/transfer periods we’ve had in recent years..i bet they are emotionally disturbed people who love ARSENAL but just can’t express themselves the right way.
I don’t give a toss Syg 😉 Hope he gets on and tears his hamstring though….
Spot on Lee…
Le Grove has become negative for negativity’s sake. It had a purpose in the dark days when our team started to decline and the manager went on the doomed project youth. But once the direction of the club has been changed dramatically they simply cannot adjust.
Rico @10:40- that’s terrible.
But you just know something like that will happen.
Scott/bondex – sad world for them i say..
TT – I usually read the posts on LG, G&P write some good stuff but in general, the bloggers really are doom and gloom regardless of whtat we are doing. I started my blogging days there and enjoyed it, but the ‘c’ calling doesn’t float my boat…
Morning all..a bit fo staistic and fun and I will try to keep it up aftere very game
Aug 18, 2012 – Round #1
Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0 [scoreless]
Goal ……Scorer .. ………………….. EPL – CL – FA – CC – Expectation
00 .. 00 – Jenkinson……………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-0 goal
00 .. 00 – Koscielny ……………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-1 goal
00 .. 00 – Djourou ………………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0————— 0 goal
00 .. 00 – Gibbs………………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-1 goal
00 .. 00 – Sagna…………………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-1 goal
00 .. 00 – Santos………………………..00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-3 goal
00 .. 00 – Vermaelen…………………..00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-3 goal
00 .. 00 – Mertesacker……………….. 00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————-1 goal
00 .. 00 – Frimpong ……………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 0 goal
00 .. 00 – Coquelin …………………… 00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 0 goal
00 .. 00 – Yennaris …………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 0 goal
00 .. 00 – Diaby………………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 3 goal
00 .. 00 – Cazorla……………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 8 goal
00 .. 00 – Arteta………………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 5 goal
00 .. 00 – Ramsey………………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 5 goal
00 .. 00 – Oxalde-C…………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————- 5 goal
00 .. 20 – Wilshere……………………..00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————–3 goal
00 .. 00 – Eisfield……………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————–1 goal
00 .. 00 – Rosicky………………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————–5 goal
000 ..00 – Giroud……………………….00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————–10 goals
000 ..00 – Gervinho……………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————–10 goals
000…00 – Walcott………………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0 —————-15 goals
000…00 – Poldolski …………………..00 – 00 — 0 — 0—————–15 goals
000…00 – Chamakh…………………..00 – 00 — 0 — 0——————-0 goals
000…00 – Arshavin……………………00 – 00 — 0 — 0——————-0 goals
000…00 – “own”, “dubious” goal….00 – 00 — 0 — 0——————-5 goal
00 goals after 1 games.
An average of 0.00 goals per game
100 goals in a 60-game during 2012/13 season?
2012/13 season : 0 wins 1 draws 0 losses.
MIDFIELD contributed .. 000.00% of goals..00 goals.
STRIKERS contributed . 000.00% of goals..00 goals.
DEFENDER contributed 000.00% of goals..00 goals.
“Dubious goal”…………….. 00.00% of goals..00 goals.
The strikers are Poldolski, Giroud, Walcott, OX, Gervinho, Chamakh and Park CY.
We have 0 no. Goal Scorers:
01) Walcott………………………00 goals out of 15 goals expectation
02) Poldolski …………………..00 goals out of 10 goals expectation
03) Giroud……………………….00 goals out of 10 goals expectation
My expectation is of course:
DEFENCE contributes —– 10%
MIDFIELD contributes —– 35%
FORWARD contributes — 50%
“OWN GOAL” contirbutes – 5%
Wish there is a “PREVIEW” button where I can align those tbales on-line.
Morning all,
So Song was turning up late for training, most of us could see he had a bad attitude and he took it onto the pitch with him.
As SYG said the other day he’ll probably be laying on assists for Wellington in 12 months time !
RvP 30 goals in 38 games, lets give him a bit of credit, i enjoyed his last season for us but I’m looking forward to this season even more.
Morning everyone, good read as usual, time no read the replies. 😀
Anyway,enough on RVP,enough on Le Grove……two topics simply not worth talking about any more….
I know Syg, can’t believe I wrote it but that’s how I feel, nothing too serious, just something small 😉
… Spanish newspaper Marca favour Arsenal as the club to land Llorente and will match Juventus’ £14M offer this week.
There may be substance in this????
http://www.canalplus.fr/c-sport/c-football/c-angleterre/c-news-premier-league/cid712889-arsenal-llorente-a-la-place-de-van-persie.html
Oh dear Merlin 😉
Hi Micko, he had that credit from me when he was in the Arsenal colours, no more 😉
Morning Ben – thanks
Merlin,I’ll bet you a season ticket Szczesny scores one goal this season 🙂
Only kidding Rico. Football is a passionate topic. You get a pass.
Hiya Micko, Scott and Ben.
syg….@10:45..nothing terrible about that,i magine he’ll play the last 15minutes,score a goal tweak his knee and then the story begins …remember a certain Owen Hagreeves.
How good would it be to get Sahin and M’Vila in before the weekend, Pullis must be dreading we do…
And llorente 🙂
M’villa z a gud adition for arsenal so let mr wenger reales piglia
Syg 😆
I am loving the Llorente rumours too ….
Michael Owen in talks with Everton, oooooo errrr that won’t go down well with the dippers….
Scott, no bet.
For all I know, he may be our designated freekick specialist or penalty taker like that daft COlumbian goalie…
But now that RvP is no more, who will be our designated penalty taker this season?
UP ARSENAL………………..
Hi Groovers,
Wenger – We’re still looking for signings http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-re-still-looking-for-signings
Syg..Don’t you feel that Liorente,looks the same player as Giroud(bit to prove yet )………..be amazed if wenger buys same type again.
Merlin my head hurts….:P
I would like to see M’Villa in as i think Arteta is not used his best playing so deep, remember last year he was magnificent going forward and linking up midfield to attack. I appreciate he probably is good enough to play in goal but i would prefer players to play in their best positions. 😉
Rico Michael’s an everton fan.
Llorente?
Then, Wenger has an option to play 4-4-2 with Llorente-Poldolski or Llorente-Giroud with Poldolski at left flank or right-flank.
If Wenegr buys Llorente, then I am pretty sure it is bye-bye Walcott to Liverpool or Chelski or any team that wants him.
Look at Arsenal.com, our striekrs are listed as:
1 – Poldolski
2 – Giroud
3 – Gervinho
4 – Walcott
5 – Oxlade-C
6 – Chamakh
7 – Park CY
8 – Bendtner
Wenger will need to hip out 3 or 4 striekrs before he can afford Llorente.
The other option is to play Poldolski and Oxlade-C as an attacking midfielder with either Llorent or Giroud as “Lone Striekr”. I unfderstand that both players have the ability to hold th ball and line as centre froward.
Merlin,watch the penalty Podolski took V Cologne…question answered.
nuri sahin,a perfect choice for arsene wenger
Hi emma – good and i don’t think he’s fibbing this summer
Merlin – Podolski
Hi fred – I didn’t know that re owen
Kaka set to join Manure…….?
And German players must be the penalty takers…aka prince Poldi!
If your imformation is something to relay on then I Arsenal MUST strive all of these agreement to put us in a better competition this season.WE WANT TROPHIES NOW AND NOT LATER.
TT says:
August 20, 2012 at 11:03 am
Merlin my head hurts….:P
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TT, the Table moves in mysterious way and comprehensive will come after we had play 10 games or more.
Now..just stare in space, tongue at roof of mouth and said oooooooooomph 😆
The idea is to track my prediciton and expectation on the number of goals scored this season.
I am predicting that this new team wil struggle to score 100 goals and may not play more than 58 games this season!
To win the Quadruple, we need to play a minimum of 64 games!
That is:
13 CL Cup ties
07 FA Cup ties
06 Tin Cup ties.
I am a Dreamer.
I am aim at the duck and will happily settle for a mackerel.
Penalties are 100% mental……..they are the simplest thing a footballer can do,until the pressure is on.
I just found out why Giroud has been such a late developer,and exactly why he was playing second league in France just two years ago……..he did a university degree full time!!!!
Gee,taking that into account,he must just get better and better over the next few years to come!!
Rico, Wenger is not fibbing and understand that he is living on borrowed down and must delviered something within the next 2 seasons. Impatient Arsenal fans will not stand for another 2 trophyless seasons after paying for the highest ticket price in professional football.
Wenger knew that he must bring in experienced players to buy time for his youngsters to mature in 2 years time.
But he is bargaining like a Arab in a bazaar and it wouldn’t surprise moi if he sgns 2 or 3 players on AUgust 341, at 23:59:59.
Patient gooners………more patience if we draw our next 4 matches….
Remember last season:
7 points out of 21 points from our first 7 league games?
If we get double-figure points from our first 7 games, it will be a vast improvement from 2011/12 season.
He’s a clever cloggs then Scott 😉
Merlin lmao
It will be interesting to see how the goal scoring will spread out over the team after loosing our top striker.
It’s not down to the fans though Merlin, Stan and IG will no doubt stand by him unless we have a disastrous season and I honestly can’t see that happening.
For me personally, yes a trophy would be the icing on the cake, but more importantly its have a squad which actually looks like it can and will challenge…
Scott from Oz says:
August 20, 2012 at 11:14 am
I just found out why Giroud has been such a late developer,and exactly why he was playing second league in France just two years ago……..he did a university degree full time!!!!
Gee,taking that into account,he must just get better and better over the next few years to come!!
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Gee..not another @#$%^@ French eocnomist in Arsenal FC.
One is bad enough to calculate the bottom-line instead of concentrating on team-building.
The other will be calculating on “the rate fo returns” in “to pass or not to pass” to a team-mate or go in alone….
No wonder he missed that sitter. He was calculaitng the angle, the velocity, angle of his foot..and did not factor in the widn factor which of course blew his shot off target.
Not sure if you know this but:Arsenal have been sounding out fans on season ticket waiting lists to see if there still interested.
Merlin,who’s this moi dude??
Aaaahhhhhh,but Merlin,I’ve suggested on more than one occasion that you miss what’s happening on the field because you’re busy updating your spreadsheet 🙂
Frednerk,maybe the message is getting through then.
Hiya FredN.
Look at the goals Llorente scored last year. He looks a ferocious and fearless attacker. Bendtner with balls if you like.
Giroud has a look of class about him and looks extremely quick over ten yards. Podolski is a typical methodical German workman type powerhouse of player, both who fit the Arsenal mould. Good purchases, both of them.
Llorente doesn’t look like your typical Arsenal forward (he looks unorthodoxly fantastic in the air for one), but Sahin is a long passer of the ball, Cazorla looks the business in distribution, you know about Wilshire and Arteta ….. So ???
It’s a horses for courses scenario Fred. So players will play better with certain systems and against different opposition.
I wouldn’t grumble in us offloading the other three central strikers (Cham, Park & Bendtner) for this guy to come in. I wouldn’t grumble, but I find it unlikely, but to be honest – This pre season HAS surprised me totally far.
FOR AN ARSENAL SUPPORTER THINGS ARE BRILLIANT AT THE MOMENT
Only an idiot would suggest different
Just read we are looking at Angel Rangel…..seriously??
Who the hell is he?
fred – I heard that a little while ago, a lot of fans haven’t renewed…
I mentioned him the other day Scott, he’s a right back … Swansea i think?
Shows how many non-Arsenal games I see….a Swansea guy.
Angel Rangel – Another Spaniard?
In November 2011, Rangel was voted best defender in the Premier League. Played 35 games 1 goal.
According to reports …
Scott, it was a bad bad miss on Saturday, especially when you see it from behind, shame as it would have been a dream start for Giroud.
When the camera’s panned over to AW he was almost pulling his hair out where as Bouldy was applauding the move.
That’s right Syg, 29 year old isn’t he…
Rico, that is why I have confidence that we can win the till within 2 seasons as Wenger had woke up and realsied he needed experienced players.
Plus his Youth Project will not necessarily produced loyal players who will give Arsenal FC 8 years of service like The French Spine.
He knew he has the nucleus of his 2rd TEAM from last season with Steve Boulds given the responsibility to fix a leaky defence and an indisciplined MIDFIELD that leaked 49 league goals last season.
A title-winning TEAM is built from the back. And against Sunderland we showed a ne maturity with a disciplined display with MDIFIELD providing cover albeitly no more gungho charging forward from TV5 and rest of MIDFILED but a defensive dsiplay.
The first priority is to keep many clean-sheets and to leak less than 30 league goals. Goal scoring will come and it is a matter of gettign 1 or 3 points when we scored. It is back to “Boring Boring Arsenal” to grind out results this season.
The latest rumor (from Arsenal Player?) is that Arsene Wenger intends to buy two more players – a defender and a midfielder.
Defender?
DOn’t tell moi that Bendtner-Mexes exhange has some legs to stand on?
Or is it another FB like Van Wiel or even Luke Shaw?
Anyone heard of Rangel?
Guess it is FB we need and not another overpriced CB in teh class of Silvestre and Squillaci..
MIDFIELDER?
WHich one?
Arsene Wenger has confirmed the transfer window is not over yet as he intends to bring in a defender and a midfielder.
“We are looking to bring one more midfielder in of course, and maybe one defender as well because we still feel we are short in some positions,
This would almost confirm Nuri Sahin’s capture and a very likely Philippe Mexes deal
Scott, French for “me”.
Syg,Love to have him mate…….not sure wenger will.
Is the one midfielder he is talking about a signing or a loan? if it’s a signing it means we could still get Sahin and a DM.
Ricky Lambert from Southampton would look much better on our bench…..
what are the chances of rvp completing a whole season without having a large portion of it out injured, at 29 its not going to be getting easier. another one for the one great season club flamini hleb, i think im more important than i actually am.,
i bet he returns to the injury blighted mediocrity we had for all but 1 1/2 seasons
Fred, my 2 mates didn’t renew their season tickets this summer and their seats were empty on Saturday, could be they were on holiday but then you have to ask what kind of people take their holidays during the footie season !
Morning all….
I am really impressed with everyone’s comment dis morning and want to reiterate d fact dat AW is trying everything possible to bring happiness and smiles to d lives and faces of d fans. Am so convinced dat AW wil land in M’Villa to Arsenal dis season and he has well promised to bring in anoda quality striker…..he has mentioned Lloriente from Alletico Bilbao. Sahin is a done deal, so we av lots of talented players to work with now! My fear is d selection.
Let’s hope so Merlin…
Are comments from AW should be taken with a huge pinch of salt..
People, after seeing off Hleb, Flamini, Kolo, Clichy, Adebayor, Fabregas, Nasri, Van Persie and Song…….it just remain moi on the conclusion of Hayek “The Road to Serfdom”:
……If we are to build a better world we must have the courage to make a new start – even if that means some reculer pour mieux souter.
It is not those who believe in inevitable tendencies who show this courage, not those who preach a “New Order” which is no more than a projection of teh tendencies od the last forty years, and who cna think of nothing better than to imitate “Hitler” (read Hitler as Abrmaamovich, ABu Dhabi, Ferguson, etc).
It is indeed those who cry the loudest for the New order who are most completely under the sway of the ideas which had created this war (read war as the obscenity of paying 200,000+pw to players and obscene transfer fees above the odds) and most of the evils from which we suffer.
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Be patience. There will be plenty of ups and downs, plenty of setbacks, but hey, within 2 years, Wenger cna deliver a piece of silverware with his 3rd TEAM, plus starting this season, we are title-contender with a “work-in-progress” title-winning team, after getting rid of all those disloyal players and non-commital players like Song.
Sahin’s agent at the Bernabeu to close the deal http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/agente-sahin-bernabeu-cerrar-salida/20120820dasdasftb_13/Tes
rico – It was the same wenger that never knew who Cazorla was when asked and the same wenger who said we were not interested in Sahin. 🙂
Wenger – We’re still looking for signings
By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger says the Club are looking to sign a midfielder and a defender before the transfer window closes next week.
Arsenal announced on Saturday that terms have been agreed for Alex Song to join Barcelona, and the 24-year-old is expected to complete his move to to the Nou Camp soon.
Although Wenger is confident his side have the resources to cope with the Cameroon international’s departure, he still hopes to add to his squad.
“We are looking to bring one more midfielder in of course, and maybe one defender as well because we still feel we are short in some positions,” he told Arsenal Player.
Wenger admitted he was “frustrated” by his side’s failure to beat Sunderland on Saturday, and hopes to see an improvement when they travel to Stoke this weekend.
“We didn’t lose, but it is frustrating when you are home with everyone here and you do not create more chances than we did,” he said. “It is very difficult to understand.”
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-re-still-looking-for-signings
When Wenger let the cat out of the bag, it means fiat accompli.
I think Nur Sahin most likely..and Rangel or even Van Wiel, as we need a FB more than a CB.
M’vila?
It will send the wrong signal to Diaby, Yennaris, Coquelin and Frimpong.
Plus with Embicilo, Aneke and Toral to come…..
I think the “Song” situation had changed his thinking and perhaps he may by more than one midfielder.
DOn’t trust Wenger public statement as it is just a negotiation ploy and secretly he maybe now negotiating with many agents, all sworn to secrecy or else the deal is off.
It will send the wrong signal to Diaby, Yennaris, Coquelin and Frimpong.
Plus with Embicilo, Aneke and Toral to come…..
only two of those can be considered true DM, Le Coq and Frimpong and of the two I can see Le Coq making it but Frimpong …We need a true DM that has maturity to play at a top level and Le Coq is not there yet.
Agree TT
Countdown: 6 days to Stoke Rugby FC vs Arsenal 🙂
And I would not take what Wenger says about possible number of signing with a pince of salt….I would take it with a full truck load 🙂
Cazorla said that Wenger played him as the 2nd striker with complete freedom to roam the pitch.
There goes Walcott’s Dream of playing a more central role.
Plus, it is the end of Arshavin as that central role is his best role.
Ramsey?
Can’t see him achieving much at Arsenal and perhaps like HOyte and Simpson may leave Arsenal when he is 23 year old if he finds himself behind the epcking order of:
1 – Cazorla
2 – Rosicky
3 – Wilshere
4 – Eisfield
5 – Gnarby
6 – Toral
7 – Olsson
And if Wenger continues his pursuit of Gotze new year…..
DOes it also mean the end of Henri Lansbury with the signing of Cazorla and anoher mdifielder in Sahin or even M’vila or Bligia?
😆 emma – exactly…
This m’vila to spurs is just a ploy to drive the price up. If it happens Wenger will back off and probably go for Capoue
Frimps isn’t even fit and when he is a loan again for him surely, he needs to get off twitter and knuckle down or he’ll find himself at another club.
Wenger is trying everything possible to get us a silverware btw nau and nxt year….with all dis new signings and more to come, I really think he wants to win trophy dis season or next…..I expect us all to support him and d players as a proud gooner and not condemn anyone for now cos dis is just d start of d season……in Arsene we trust.
But TT, Wenger may not choose to pay with a DCM and revert to both box-to-box midfielders and both of ’em are like Vieira or Lamaprd or Steve Gerrard, tough enough to provide defenive steel and hard tackling skills..and an Engine to go box-to-box with a creative flair.
Our vulnerability is that we depend on Song as DCM, as a cover for our Back-4 which changes ever game due to injury or due to suspension last season.
With a settled Back-4 and a more disciplined MIDFIELD, do we really need a DCM staying well within our half?
DO notice that whenever Diaby is driving forward with Mertesacker and Vermaelen joining the attack, we have both FB standing in the centre ricle with Arteta there as well.
That is, a minimum of 2 Arsenal players, at least onf FB with pace, to guard against Route 101 Counter-attack.
I think the moment of truth will arrive when we are attack down the flanksk by Stoke and Liverpool in the next 2 games…especially a live-wire Suarez taking on our Back-4 with a surging Gerrard driving hard and arriving late in the box.
😆 TT…
I wouldn’t mind if we end up with Capoue emma…. As long as we get one of them…
Merlin, not necessarily, he could have been experimenting with Santi…
It makes perfect sense to loan Frimpong.
Mega bad luck with the injury at Wolves, which put him back 12 months.
Lansbury has served is apprenticeship, and needs to be considered as a part of the squad.
Merlin,I know what moi means….tongue in cheek mate!!
Nuri sahin vs Austria 16/8
Stoke?
Saw that punsihment dished out to Hazard by Wigan – serial fouling with hard tacklings to stop him form playing?
Guess they will target Cazorla for a good kicking.
Let’s hope our new boys in Cazorla, Poldolskia nd Giroud will keep their heads and ill not react to all those serial foulings like what gervinho did at St James park last season…
Merlin I get what you are talking about and without a doubt that will work in many cases. But there will be times that we will need a holding midfielder that has the disciplined and know how to play that role and someone like M’Vila would be ideal because he is actually a very good ball player and has excellent passing skills. He would therefor not be out of place in a fluid midfield and an excellent backup if we need to revert to a traditional MD, for example in games against good counter attacking teams .
True Rico. If Sahin arrives…
But I tend to see us returning to 4-4-1-1 when OX, Rosicky and WIlshere are fit……
THen..
…OX……Sahin…..Wilshere………Rosicky
……………….Cazorla
……………………………Poldolski
WIth Walcott as supersub, Gervinho, GIroud, Arteta, Diaby, Yennaris, Coquelin on the bench…..
We will not miss Gervinho that much during February ANC.
D @AFCAMDEN
Just been informed that a deal has now been finalised & Nuri Sahin is now expected to report to the Arsenal training ground after 4pm
If that’s true emma….
Yes TT.
But will Wenger buys M’vila knowing that Lansbury and Coquelin will not be that patient to sit on the bench behind M’vila?
Firmpong?
I don’t rate him and see him a limited player, just a more muscular Muamba.
If we get Sahin, with an option of a permanent move, then buying M’vila will limit Diaby and Arteta to bench warmer.
Imagine Wenger playing 4-2-3-1:
……………………..Sahin………………….M’vila
……OX………………………..Cazorla……………….Poldolski
…………………………………..Giroud
More or less with 3 striekrs and a Defensive Wall in Sahin-M’vila, both of e’m cna be considered deep-lying playmaker coming in deep against a pakced defend like Sunderland…..and counter-attackng at pace against any team that slipped up….
Meaning, if we have an effective defensive shield in front of Back-4, then Wenger can field 3 strikers with Cazorla or WIlshere lying behind them.
I am sure if I can think of it now, Wenger had cosndiered thses many months ago; and he is keeping all hsi cards closed to his chest…and maybe just go ahead and buy two “unknowns” midfielders that we never heard of 😆
Syg, agree re Henri…
emma – great news… if true..
sahin….great business..a loan..never injured..proven premier league quality…wont need time to bed in…and heey so so much better than song who wasnt among our best players last year, neither did he show any sort of improvement over the last two years..and all statistic will show that our songinho was among the poorest midfielders in the premier
15m….great price…ha only had 3 years left on his contract..pool bough the god allen for the same price and he’s much better than song…but selling to barca we’ve always made our best to keep the prize down….
funny…we seem to have no probs whatsoever to keep the big guns like bendtner,chamakh,PARK,the squid,etc…cool
not sure but a midfield including Rosicky,Diaby,Wilshere,Frimpong,Eisfeld,makes me actually scared…how long will they be fit at the time…wilshere wont be back in full stride before january at the best…rosicky who knows??..and when will Diaby break down..usually after two games…
emma..you make my day…….finally, some quality better than Song…or Ramsey
Shows you how the media have it in for us, I still can’t believe the pardew incident hardly got a mention! But because we drew a blank after rip’s departure it’s the end of the world for us….WANKERS the lot of them.
TT, rico – I know it’s true 🙂
Merlin – You re right. Better than Ramsey and song
Reading have signed Stuart Taylor 🙂
That was all down to the way Pardew handled it Lee, but, imagine if Arsene Wenger had done that…
Headline grabber or what….
Interesting take on our so called ‘fans’. It took precisely 8 seconds for someone sitting behind me on Saturday to start slagging! Mind you, that doesn’t beat the record at Highbury during the Invincibles season when we kicked off and passed back to Sol Campbell and some moron behind shouted ,what you doing Arsenal?, get it forward’! They walk among us!
https://twitter.com/AFCAMDEN/status/237509269082218498
It’s a real travesty tomstoned.
tomstoned, never feared.
17th in September, a 8-2 mauling with half a team injured or suspended, and ended up 3rd in May with that bunch of dross.
Just trust Wenger to put something out of his hat…and as long as they survived this year..there is always January Transfer window.
Well, we still have Arteta…Yennaris..Coquelin….Ramsey to step in when the usual suspects start breaking down in Sep/Oct/Nov..Van Persie, Diaby, Walcott,
Funny Ramsey is mentioned, he’s going to struggle getting playing time this season…
I believe you emma – roll on 4pm 😉
Lee, just think back to Old Trafford a few of season’s ago when Wenger took it out on his water bottle and got sent to the stands, it was a media frenzy, front page news.
Lee, 10.05;
I wouldn’t mind if Adam was a big busted femail…
But i’ve seen him, and he simply isn’t my type….
Sorry Adam…
Who is AFC Camden??
I am offski now.
cheers and nice talking to you all…see ya all late at night and tomorrow….
rico – take a look at the statement made by Alan Shearer on the 15th of august and you will see how one sided the media and our so called analyst are. He doesn’t need to reference Arsenal about it but the stooge did
I am going to tweet him when the move is officially confirmed
@MrAlanShearer
What a signing for Liverpool, Nuri Sahin on loan. Arsenal losing out shows why cups and ambitions matter to players. Liverpool look strong.
tomstoned, you old cynic 😉 😉
allezkev says:
August 20, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Lee, 10.05;
I wouldn’t mind if Adam was a big busted femail…
But i’ve seen him, and he simply isn’t my type….
Sorry Adam…
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You meant Adam is a hulky shemale.?
rico – you will need to give him a follow. I believe he has a strong inside source in Arsenal
See you Merlin..
Also, don’t forget the media love Pardew for his spat with Wenger…
emma – i saw that, he’s a scumbag of the highest order. Maybe we should all tweet him after the deal is confirmed. Shows just how influential Arsene was on the phone to Nuri 🙂
Emma, I wouldn’t waste your time on that dick head!
See ya Merlin.
well Micko, to be honest in my book Song was doing very well and he was imo the player who have improved the most over the years,who knows if he wouldnt have kept that up…??..some try to pin it to Song not being loyal..well we paid the man less than chamakh..its strange Song in my book should be among our top earners..like Arshavin ??;
we lost a diamond….and for 15m…with 3 years left on his contract..its a horrible business…he wont play much for barca this year but a friend of my who is a die hard barca fan are convinced they will mould him to take over puyols role…make sense..
sahin…its not that the player havent shown promise..he had one superb year with Dortmund…since then he has been injured and havent been up to that standard…makes me think of players like eduardo,ramsey…not being able to get back to their best..hope im wrong…but on loan ?????…means we have to if sahin makes an impact…start over next summer again..(we wont if theres a buyout clause pay the money real would want for him,thats for sure)its not good business in my book….
how long will sahin need to bed in ??..a week…a month…or like wenger likes to think..it takes a good six months to get used to the premier and bed in…
me neither Lee….like someone earlier good footballers don’t make good analysts..did he ever player in the CL?
i will emma…
Rico ;..some have to keep the balance (and for once im not banging on gazidis and his money making ways);)
A brilliant piece
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/08/20/3317380/-?
and Rico i can be positive thinking of Cazorla…well that was a buy wasnt it..borderline genius wenger..grrrr you should have gotten him a couple of years ago…cesc would have stayed on…
tomstoned, but he’s been causing trouble within the club, we don’t need that sort in what is otherwise a very happy camp…
tomstoned says:
August 20, 2012 at 12:51 pm
well Micko, to be honest in my book Song was doing very well etc etc etc
Read this piece
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/08/20/3317380/-?
Football is more than dinks, chips, haircuts and assists. There’s a bigger picture.
It’s hard to put over without African or Afro-English bloggers ramming it down your throat that you’re a racist … just to end the conversation.
Song WAS Arsenal’s weakest link.
😆 tomstoned and yes, Santi is a great signing…
we’ll never know re cesc, but he always insisted he wanted to go home and play for his boyhood club. i’m not sure he would have stayed even if we’d signed messi….
Micko says:
August 20, 2012 at 12:41 pm
We Woz Robbed.
Blame Almunia, Diaby and the ref
Merlin, i couldn’t possibly reveal that information…
This is a family blog… 😉
SyG…
oh dear..you should only look at last years statistics mate…then you will see just how poor Song is…..he was together with *** our best player no way around that fact..
but im happy for you…its just wenger, barca, and some few others who believes Song is an extraordinary talent..
im sure you know better..
funny though i thought you kinda trusted wenger ?? darn you fooled me….
It’s funny, during Saturday’s game Vs Sunderland, it didn’t once cross my mind that Arsenal missed the technical genius that is Alex Song….
We missed Wilshere, maybe Oxlade-Chamberlain, possibly Rosicky, but Song, no not at all…
As this season progresses, i doubt that many will come on here after a game and state that “Song would have made the difference”….
Matter of opinion of course.
And that’s mine…
But surely if AW thought he was that good, he would of given him a payrise and definitely not sold him to uefalona…?
Rico well im not convinced by the signing of Sahin…but i always hope that im wrong and that Wenger knows better than me..still on loan ?? why ?? cant understand it…..it doesnt ooze of teambulding and looking to the future of that signing…
SyG never for a sec thought that your a racist mate..are you wrong about Song.??..oh my not only wrong mate, of all your post ive read(most quite good)this was a big big let down…and im back to square one doubting you have ever watched Song play 😉
Allezkev…well if we havent had Song last year ..facts will tell you different mate..and i missed Song sat..like i always do when he didnt play..but we differ in opinion thats fair
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2190662/Alex-Song-sold-Arsenal-Barcelona-lack-effort.html
tomstoned, his assists were good, just a shame he forgot to do what he should be doing all too often…
Fair comment Tom, but i saw a lot of Song in the flesh last season, and he didn’t impress me, he was the only player available at the club, who could do the job he sometimes had the discipline to fulfill.
You like him, that’s fine, i don’t, i think he is slow, clumsy and lazy…
But that’s just my opinion mate….
Feel free to disagree…
Lee….i see your point..and of Wengers Arsenal are far better than barca ;)..no doubt..imo it was personal and wenger has been dissapointed so many times players who desert him…im thinking hes fed up and overreacts…there may also be some truth to the Dein referance..imo..
Song is like Theo, both will always divide opinion….
Lee, I read that in the Mirror, seems that all the paps have that about Song behaving like a naughty boy…
tomstoned says:
August 20, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Statistics cloud the issue Tombstone.
According to statistics Denilson was the most consistent passer on the globe.
The REALITY is. There’s a difference between a pass and a Denilsonesque-pass.
I watched Song play and I draw my own conclusions.
Consistently inconsistent and ill-disciplined. And like Adebayor before him, he is in business for himself.
Tito Vilanova was a mediocre player and has never been in top tier management before. He has bought a DUD.
I don’t know how old you are, but in life – statistics can be twisted and turned to suit.
Nuri Sahin convinced to snub Liverpool after call from Arsenal boss
Nuri Sahin is set to join Arsenal on a season-long loan this week after manager Arsene Wenger called to urge him to snub a move to Liverpool.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/909051-nuri-sahin-convinced-to-snub-liverpool-after-call-from-arsenal-boss-arsene-wenger#ixzz245XoHcSv
The 23-year-old has been told he can quit La Liga champions Real Madrid after failing to establish himself in Jose Mourinho’s midfield.
Sahin, who still harbors hopes of making a career with Madrid, has targeted a move to the Premier League in order to revitalize his stalling career.
Arsenal were the first to register interest in the player a fortnight ago – seeing him as ideal cover for the stricken Jack Wilshere, but Liverpool appeared to be in pole position after joining the race last week.
However, despite being urged to move to Anfield by Xabi Alonso, Sahin has turned down Liverpool’s advances in favour of Arsenal, following a chat with Arsene Wenger.
The Frenchman, who is fluent in German, called Sahin over the weekend and convinced him to move to north London, in a personal touch that has seen the Gunners edge ahead.
Sahin is now expected in England in the next 48 hours ahead of a medical with Arsenal, before signing on a season-long loan.
Arsenal have agreed to cover all of Sahin’s wages for the season, as well as hand over a loan fee, and will have the first option to buy the player next summer, if Madrid opt to sell, as expected.
The news comes as Alex Song prepares to seal his £15 million move to Barcelona.
Gunners boss Wenger opted to ship out the 24-year-old, who had allegedly become difficult to work with.
Song has been accused of a lack of respect among Arsenal insiders after refusing to commit his future to the club, and frequently turned up late to training.
Song’s move clears the way for Sahin to come into the midfield, but Arsenal are also eyeing up a move for a natural defensive midfielder, with Anderlecht’s Lucas Biglia among the options being considered.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/909051-nuri-sahin-convinced-to-snub-liverpool-after-call-from-arsenal-boss-arsene-wenger#ixzz245XyWKyO
His assists were brilliant BUT when galavanting off up the other end he left holes in the midfield.
Grrrr… Squillaci is still here. Could we put together squillaci best bit and upload it on youtube 🙂
Rico and Allezkev….valid points..and im not saying Song is perfect…imo Songs position last year was more or less forced…or gave itself one might say…no Wilshere..Song tried to do it all…we missed a player like Cazorla…
Song will be a hit at Barca..not this year but it makes sense that they will mould him into a puyol copy..
but why sell him for 15mill…same price as that swansea bird allen…and it had to be personal…wenger never reacts like that…remember Song was one of Wengers love childs…
strange…but i think that Dein situation also had a play in it…
to me Song will be dearly missed and he was my favourite player..ive had three others over the years Radford,Brady,and Bergkamp 🙂
Adam will be pleased.
tomstoned says:
August 20, 2012 at 1:26 pm
.. Don’t take this the wrong way Tom, but you don’t strike me as someone who was around at the time of Radford and Brady…
emma,
I thought youtube videos have to actually have some footage included 😉
Lee, tbh, Song is history, i don’t mourn his departure and i don’t think his departure weakens the squad.
I think Coquelin will develop into a far superior player in all aspects…
Sahin can fill the experience gapuntil Francis is ready….
If sahin stays great, if he returns to Madrid, that’s ok. By then Jack will be 100% fit…
Where’s the problem?
tomstoned – you could well end up being right about song, he may become a great player for them – we’ll have to wait and see…
I’m not going to be placing any of my money on a bet though 😉
SyG
we differ in opinion mate…im 52 and has been a Gooner since my dad brought me to Arsenal-Liverpool in -71…since then ive travelled two or three times every year to watch Arsenal(from Norway)
there’s one thing about statistics SyG..they never lie…they are an absolute truth…but of course they can be twisted and turn..but still if it reads 11 assists….or 30 goals..they are for real dont you agree ??
Hi all.good read rico.
Modric has finally signed for Madrid.
https://p.twimg.com/A0sKqv6CYAAsWkc.jpg
Tom, it’s just a matter of preference, nobody can explain why we, as fans, take a liking to any particular player.
I liked Jon Sammels, I liked Willie Young, Nigel Winterburn and Charlie George are my all time favourites, at present i like Per Mertesaker…
Don’t ask me why, it’s in my DNA i suppose!
problem is simple Allezkev leaves us in a state of transition that never stops….and that is worrying…im sure you agree that keeping players together…letting players have time to gel in..is very important…and in a perfect world we should as Wenger says never buy one or two players every season…then again we should never sell our best players either…
Tom have you ever heard the saying ‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’…
Sometimes, you just have to trust what you see….
Do you wear a helmit with horns sticking out of it..?
What a weekend this was.Yesterday I watched 4 games in total and to think the Bundesliga/Serie A have not even started yet…!
Football team building Tom, is a continuous transitition, it never ends…
But i understand your point Norge…. 😉
spot on Allezkev….i have a mate who also have been a Gooner for many years…and believe it or not his favourite Arsenal player of all times are Willie Young…can you believ it..;)
well i know the history behind that choice and its really quite good…and Young was a suberb fellah….even though he wasnt the most talented footballer 😉
Gervinho attempted 20 dribbles against S’land and managed to complete over half of them.This was the most attempted take ons in a single PL match since Ronaldo in 06/07 season.
every time The Arsenal plays Allezkev…a Viking helm and my good old Radford shirt…;)
Andrew Allen@AAllenSport
Wright, Bergkamp, Henry & RVP all scored 1st league goal for #AFC vs Southampton. Next game at Emirates…Lukas, Santi, Olivier
tomstoned, reading between the lines it looks like Song got too big for his granny knickers and Wenger had enough, he’s gone now, time to build a bridge and move on, exciting times ahead.
Sorry Tom – you’re a foreign (overseas) Arsenal supporter. It’s why your comments come over slightly different. again, sorry.
Statistics may be true, but they NEVER tell you the whole picture.
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FA Cup final. Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1.
HT: 0-0
Owen 2 Ljungberg
That statistic will tell you that Arsenal got beat by one goal and that Owen scored two and Ljungberg scored one.
That is all that particular statistic tells you.
The REALITY was that Arsenal absolutely hammered Liverpool, and that the referee turned away good penalty shouts which should have had us walking away with the cup by half time.
You’ll get square eyes KT!! 🙂
It is not the goals and assists we should be analyzing regarding Song, not the things he did but what he did not do.
When Song was not in right position when we lost the ball and the other team brakes it falls to another player to fill in along with covering his own position. This causes enforced errors.
this made the stats for our defenders a lot worse than the players actually are. 49 goals in one season is way way to much and doe’s not reflect the defensive ability of the defenders.
If Song had had the ability to recover in time he would have been an asset and had he been able to be “smart” in his tackling outside the area instead of giving away so many fouls he would have been an excellent DM but he did none of this and therefore became a liability in many games.
This is not to mention doing plain stupid things like stamping on a player when he full well knows that there are dozens of cameras at the pitch side that will pick up any wrong doing.
All in all if we manage to get Sahin, a box to box midfielder and M’Vila or like player we will be so much better off with out Song than with.
Just cut down on the raping and pillaging on the East Coast, Tom, there’s a good fella… 😉
I liked Willie, partly because i felt sorry for him.
He used to get dogs abuse, due to his Spurs connections.
But his never give up attitude saw him finish as a bit of a folk hero.
I was at wrexham in the FA Cup when he volleyed a beauty into the Wrexham net.
Bergkamp couldn’t have hit it sweeter.
Are you telling me that Pal Lydersen isn’t a favourite of yours?
allzkev in fairness it was the Danes that did most of the pillaging on the east coast and regarding the raping I heard that the girls never ran as fast as they could when the blonde bomb shells came visiting 🙂
Hi lee.I love watching football regardless of who are playing.That said Barca were fantastic last night winning 5-1.Tello was absolutely superb and they would be mad to let him go.Madrid drew 1-1 with Valencia and they did not look fit and ready.Can,t wait for the 1st EL Grand Classico on Thursday.
Hi Kt, thanks…
That means AVB finally has some money in his pocket, wonder if he really is going for M’Vila…
I watched most of those games too…
Take a look at the pic i posted rico…
Yes TT, you’re correct, many who live on the East in mid & northern England have some Danish DNA…
SYG, you like a bit of Danish bacon mate?
Allekev mate…Norwegians have become pretty civilized :)well i for one could not understand why on earth we bought Lydersen..my god 😉
Micko..yes it had to be some personal reasons..
SyG..no probs mate my English isnt very good im afraid..all i know about the English language ive picked up in pubs 😉
well off then…and let me assure you all im Gooner forever like you,but i always tells it as i see it..that is however only my humble opinons..
have a great day Rico,Allezkev,Micko,SyG,Lee,Emma and All great Gooners…
you guys seen Tony Scott has died, jumped off a bridge yesterday….
Rumour site 🙁
20 Aug 2012 13:29:52
My Sources are telling me that Theo Walcott has left arsenal for Liverpool!
I™m a goner and this is the last thing i wanted to hear but apparently it™s gone through today!
Yes rico I saw that. It’s a strange one that.
Tom you have your opinions and that’s cool, see you later Gooner!
Tomstone
Radford came from Hemsworth – 6 miles from where I grew up. A top player.
Rico, you’ll drive yourself nuts you will.
Laters tomstoned.
Tell me Rico if TW goes how much will we miss him? At all?
TBH if we get good money for him then let him go because I doubt he will sign a new contract and we have cover on the wing. Ox can play there so can Gervinho and Carzola.
WTF would he want to join that shower??
Good on you for doing so tomstoned, enjoy the rest of your day, we are all Gooners, no matter where we live 🙂
I don’t know. I pop out to buy some surveillance equipment and my name is blackened and it is suggested that I am a hulking transvestite. Just to rub salt into the wound an unspeakable cad has further blackened the name of Squillaci.
Micko, it makes me chuckle though 🙂
TT – but I just want him to stay, just have this horrid feeling he’s going to be great and he’s a late developer… But I know I am alone in that view and I accept that….
See ya Tom, don’t forget to sail your long-ship back this way soon… 😀
The Squilster has put his name forward to fill the void left by Usain Walcott…
Goodness only knows Lee, i know he was a Dipper fan as a kid but i just can’t see him wanting to go there..
Hi Adam
TT – Scott is a strange one, left a note apparently…
Were you purchasing headphones Adam?
No Lee. Covert listening devices.
Has Walcott left then?
Yes Adam, it’s outrageous, who would be so mean as to start rumours about your good self….
Rico, you should do something about it immediately….
I’m just off ski for a bit…
Tom,you can argue the point on keeping Song all you like,but I’m not sure how anyone can defend keeping ANY player that doesn’t want to stay.
Very few people think Song CANT play,but even fewer think he’s a good defender!
49 goals conceded last season outweighs our goals scored,so as a DM,Song had little in his stats to show he was doing a good job.I think the guys talented,and set up some goals with world class passes,but he’s lazy at worst,and overly casual at best….15 million is sper business.
Let’s just see how long he lasts at Barca.
Rico is spreading that very rumour Adam!
Apart fom Goonster I can’t think of anyone Kev.
Don’t shoot the messenger 🙂
Oh no!!
Just watching some highlights….how good does Michu for Swansea look??
2 million very well spent…VERY well spent.
Afternoon guys,
What an awesome opening weekend of EPL footie. Missed it so much!
I was at the game on Saturday. I thought we played well, much better footie than at any point last season. Obviously we need to be a bit more incisive but that’ll come. Sahin in, hopefully M’Vila to come.. Add a creative/versatile forward and I think we’re in with a title shout. Only if that happens though.
And as for Cazorla, pure jizz. My friend and I were literally creaming our pants throughout the game 😉
Not you too Pele… 😉
Afternoon RP,
Did you sit next to Stanley 😉
Lee, he’s awesome my friend! It’s not often someone literally comes in and is your best player from the get-go! To be fair Gervinho was really good too. We just need to create more and hope Poldi/Giroud get on the end of them.
If Wenger isn’t going to look externally, he really needs to utilise Arshavin more and play Rosicky when he comes back. Every team that comes to the Emirates is going to follow this blueprint so it’s up to us to break them down. Sahin is a good signing though as he’ll be able to probe and play throughballs from deep.
Reports are coming out that Song has passed his medical….
I know no Stanley Rico, he sounds like an awesome guy though! 😀
Back in a bit…..
I present to you Alex Song having his medical. Wishing him the best
It was the creaming part I found amusing Pele. 😆
What Cazorla did just days after an international game and in high temperatures was simply awesome.
We wanted world class,we got world class.
And,we got it bloody cheap!!
Statistics are like miniskirts. What they reveal is tantalizing, but what they hide is crucial.
Fricking lazy barsteward. Laid down again.
Haha Lee…. Well at certain times, football when it’s played like that can exceed any emotion!
Yes very much so Scott, it was absolutely roasting in the stadium so credit to the guys as it can’t have been comfortable. I just want us to smash the rugby club on Sunday.
Wellington has joined Ponferradina on loan.
Never heard of them lol.
From the little I’ve seen,he looks a very good player.
Wasn’t his last loan spell bad though? I heard his attitude stinks a bit and he’s very lazy. Like a striker version of Song 😉
Pele,at least you cold have a few pints to cool down…poor old Santi must have been cooking out there.
Did you offer Him one at half time??
I thought he settled down and finished off strongly.
Can’t remember where I read that,but I’m pretty sure that’s the case.
Haha Scott I had to top up on the drinks before and after the game! I refuse to pay those ridiculously expensive prices for food and drink at the stadium! But yes, it was rude of me not to offer him a drink – i’ll be sure to rectify that at the next home game 😉
Lol Pele….next time you can make up for it.
Not sure if you guys know,but those pics of Sahin are definitely fake.
I just saw the originals….he’s got a Turkish shirt on.
The scandal of EPL match scheduling – some things never change
The Scandal of EPL Match scheduling – some things never change
By Jerome
It is a little known fact that EPL clubs every summer submit scheduling requests to the PL. They are only requests and the powers that be finalise the schedule after consideration of the respective requests which naturally will have several clashes, and of course the TV networks will want their “super Sunday” set ups and so on. The typical requests include playing at home in weeks following international matches and Champions league fixtures, and who you play and where over the congested holiday periods etc.
It usually works quite well (for some), Chelsea request and usually get a very gentle start for the new season, Man Utd request and usually get home games after CL fixtures (in fact all 6 group games last season saw MU play at home – not that it did them any good as they fell out of the competition at the group stage).
Arsenal certainly don’t publish what they request to the PL but you can imagine what they requested last season. With several changes in the squad likely and 2 critical CL qualifiers in the first 2 weeks – a reasonable would have been be for 2 home games in the first 3 games and teams from lower in the table (as Chelsea always seem to get). Bear in mind that with the CL qualifiers the EPL needs 4 teams in the competition and the further those teams go the better prestige for the EPL and ability to keep its 4 positions in the competition, so it is certainly important that the English 4th placed team proceeds. So, with this background what did the powers that be do to the Arsenal schedule last season?
Week 1 – send Arsenal to the furthest ground in England (Newcastle) against a very physical team with ambitions on the European qualifying positions.
Week 2 – Home to CL ambitious Liverpool
Week 3 – Away to PL ambitious Man Utd
Sandwich these with the key games against Udinese of Italy and you couldn’t dream of a worse schedule to put a team through (thank you EPL!). Five of the toughest games in 14 days and key competitors Liverpool and MU benefit from not having midweek games in the interim.
The rest was history – Arsenal won home and away in the key CL qualifiers, but drew away at Newcastle and lost to Liverpool and MU. It was also significant that for the Liverpool/MU games Arsenal suffered from injuries and suspensions to Gervinho and Song (from the Newcastle game).
If anyone doubts the impact Ferguson and MU have on this league consider the run up to the Arsenal first game of last season with Newcastle. Everyone’s favourite Joey Barton was in the midst of his Twitter crisis, having criticised Newcastle management he was effectively persona non grata – he was training on his own and not playing in Newcastle pre season fixtures, effectively waiting to be sold.
Enter Ferguson. Newcastle manager Allan Pardew is interviewed live on Sky Sports mid-week prior to the Arsenal game and mentions specifically that he had been in conversation with “Sir Alex” earlier in the week and that clubs need to have a Twitter policy and that Barton while overstepping the mark, was not aware of what the limits to his Tweeting should be! From that moment it was obvious that Ferguson had effectively intervened to get Barton onto the pitch despite that fact that he was about to be sold and was not match fit.
Again the rest is history – Barton assaults Gervinho, Gervinho retaliates with a slap but the Ref mysteriously misses the first infraction and Gervinho gets the 3 match suspension (and Arsenal do not get a potential match winning penalty for Barton assaulting Gervinho in the penalty area). Song is also suspended 3 matches for “stepping” on a Newcastle player.
By the time Arsenal met MU at Old Trafford they had quite impressively beaten Udinese home and away but it took a lot out of them (including the 35 degree heat in Udinese midweek). The team was clearly mentally and physically exhausted and in no little turmoil re the comings and goings of Nasri/Fabregas etc. What better time to play Arsenal, and even Howard Webb did not need to work his magic for MU to get its resounding 8-2 victory. But Ferguson, Pardew, Barton and the EPL match scheduler all had a part to play in Arsenal’s poor start to the season. Of course the media ignored the excellent results in the CL and trumpeted the poor start to the PL season.
Twelve months on has anything changed?
•Arsenal vs Sunderland 2.5 days after the international break.
•Everton vs MU 5 days after the international break.
Sadly until there is a level playing field the EPL will remain a joke.
AK,each time I watch a movie involving Yank presidents ordering hits,illegal operations etc,etc,etc,I always think there’s too many movies on these topics for them all to be based on fiction.
Basically,where there’s smoke,there’s fire.
I’ve read plenty of conspiracy theories involving favourable treatment to some clubs…mainly Utd…and less favourable treatment to others….mainly Arsenal.
Way too many stories for all of them NOT to be true.
To be successful you don’t need to do extraordinary things, you just need to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Surely people aren’t giving Giroud shit after just one game? If they are, I truly find it amazing!! Give the man a break….
Tell me about it Lee – these we’ll be the same people waxing lyrical over him when he’s banged in 20 goals at the end of the season.
@Kev, It funny how we all have our favorite players and whenever we see them in an Arsenal shirts it gives us our boost before the kick-off? JW and TV are mine.
Per Merkesacker, seriously…:-).
Good Morning all, and Rico I just missed out on a good conversation on re. Song. It looks like Tomstoned held his ground fairly well.
Nashua, he has his view and it is respected, well on here at least!! 😉 How you doing mate?
@premierleague
Lee Mason has been appointed referee for Stoke City v Arsenal on 26/08/12. #bpl #stoke #arsenal
Has to be said, never thought I’d live long enough to see Song and extraordinary talent written in the same sentence.
Has he signed whilst I have been out then 😛
How rude of me, good afternoon everyone….
Lee Mason?! How’s that fat egg going to get round the pitch?!
Doing good Lee. I hope the vacation add 40 yrs more to your life…:-)
I wanted to help him out (Tomstoned) even though Song is a good player, he still ungrateful.
U21’s playing at the Emirates tonight….
It seems a lot of these players have short memories…..
vernat – your 2.33 – absolute classic 🙂
That chap doing Song’s medical is looking to see if there is something in his knees that stops him running backwards 😉
Rumours that Sahin is at Arsenal now.
Lardy Lee for the Stoke game, deep joy!!
Not our Lee of course 😉
Did barca buy song’s invisible mate too….? 😆
Alex Song has completed his medical ahead of signing a five-year deal with Barcelona, the club have confirmed.
Arsenal agreed a deal over the weekend for the Cameroon international midfielder – who will be presented to the media once he has signed.
The deal will see Song end a seven-year association with the Gunners, having joined from Bastia for just £1million.
Song arrived at Barca’s medical centre on Monday morning and he passed the tests with flying colours.
Club doctor Ricard Pruna confirmed: “All tests have come out successful and he is available for the coach.”
Bet he gets his hair cut 🙂
Of course not moi!
Rico, you watching the cricket??
Strong side too Lee, wish it was on television, be better than watching the Monday night love in with the Mancs…
Come on you Toffees 🙂
I am Lee, i’m saying nothing 😉
Nashua. Still blinkered mate.
I said weeks back that he, Song was THE WEAKEST LINK. I stand by that.
All you need to know about song:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-dumped-alex-song-on-barcelona-1269692
RP – if he is, my post wasn’t far off the mark, all we need now is for Chamuck to join Spurs 😉
Nasher, i do believe that you indulge in a little repartee with me, following the transfer of your favourite, a certain Alex ‘static’ Song…. 🙂
You little tinker….. 😉
Fortunately my ol’ china plate, Lee, was watching my back….
Nashua ….
vernat1066 says:
August 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Statistics are like miniskirts. What they reveal is tantalizing, but what they hide is crucial.
Never get bamboozled by statistics.
AN EXAMPLE of a statistic
I know a woman who lives not far from me that
1. She is blonde
2. She is quite attractive
3. She is 5ft4
4. She owns her own business
5. She drives a top of the range Mercedes
6. She holidays in Mexico and owns a villa near Malaga.
sounds a good prospect, but statistics don’t tell you the whole truth
Flippin stupid run out !!!!
Give me her phone number SYG… 😉
Guys – what’s the point – he’s gone…
Like I said earlier, Song is like Theo, he divides fans. And we will always have players that will continue to do that, Ramsey is another…
We might as well forget him and look forward to Sahin and hopefully M’Vila….
Then we can all moan about them 😉 😉
😆 😆 No Ball for the wicket of Prior
Rico, what is the score, and what do England need, to win?
Kev
285-8 and we need 61 runs to win…..
how big are her breasts SYG? a blonde, with a benz and owns a house close to malga? that ticks all my boxes bro. morning guys, have sold theo yet?
So its 4pm and no announcement/pictures of Sahin at Arsenal…
Re. Song…..imo a v.under-rated player in a flawed team. However his off the pitch attitude stank apparently….so good riddance.
Syg I hope you’re right there and not prove you wrong. It’s only now that all this rumors are coming out that he’s lazy and showing up late for practice. On saturday I missed that Killer Pass and said to myself… where is Song when we need him?
Football sometimes is like politics they make ‘strange bed’ and time and time again we have sees it. Andy to Liverpool, Torres to Chelsea, Ben to Chelsea, Pienaar to Tots, they are not the same players they used to be when in their previous teams.
I would say to him never forget where you came from and respect the man that mould you that cause Barca to come calling. The Weakest Link, hope you right Syg, because I love nothing but the best for Arsenal.
As if by magic there’s talk of breasts and Stanley appears!!
Kev – she’d need to provide you with a damn sight more than 14 assists and a goal over a 12-month period for you to want to tap her up…
As stated quite eloquently by Vernat, what statistics reveal is tantalizing, but what they hide is crucial.
Prior just got a 4….. 293 for 8
Quote is from former Indian opening batsman and all round complete 24 carat mentalist Navjot Singh Sidhu
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Navjot_Singh_Sidhu
Sorry Stanley, didn’t see you there…..
See, Nasher … even “Stanley the Goonster” wants more information on the 4:31pm post and I gave him 6 vital statistics …
He’s not satisfied with the 14 assists and 1 goal.
I’ll keep you up to date with the score, Stan….
SYG, i’ll take your word for that… 😉
294 for 8 Stan…..
from a mentalist – that’s a cracking quote Verat…
Prior gone, game probably over 🙁
Vernat, I was a wedding years ago and the best man said he was gonna liken his speech to a mini skirt, long enough to cover everything but short enough to keep everyone interested, wonder if he nicked that off Navjot Singh as well.
SYG well known for his quotes and his bipolar batting, hilarious to hear him on commentary and his dislike (hatred even) of spinners was legendary.
Game over 🙁 🙁
England lose the number 1 status….
Just looked at the quotes – Absolute class some of them.
Words to live by
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
Mick, you may or may not be a lot of things mate, but one thing i never took you for, was a wedding…..
What does it feel like to be a wedding?
Cricket nearly got exciting….
You might be right Syg, maybe I’m not looking at the broad picture. Replace him with Yaya or M’Villa and no more complains. I have this funny feeling that Ceses might be behind this deal.
Right, cricket done, back to Arsenal….
Hi goonie…
Damn stayed off computer to watch cricket, hoping to log into Sahin Piccies in an Arsenal shirt!
Damn. Well I blame they England cricketers maybe they could have batted another couple of hours. 😉
priceless… As good as WC Fields
Kev, i need to start learning how to wrote properly.
You must be joking Nasher.
Fabregas went to Bacelona to get away from him…
Hey is shahin ours yet? hey nasher, kev, lee and vernat. its been raining here all morning. any news on the transfer front?
Ben, I blame the KP fiasco….
NG – RvP went to Manure to get away from him too, had he known he was going, he might have stayed…
SYG 5:14
I just cant stop laughing.
Do you really believe that?
Alright
he’s ours
Sahin pictured leaving airport
http://twitter.com/MrAr5enal/status/237274504424992768/photo/1
Sorry Rico I know KP is a Tw#t but dropped nine catches that is where they lost the series
just been on the phone to my brother and cousin … Sheffield Wednesday have just bought a Barcelona player ….
yikes, is that picture for real KM? man alive we really are on fire. COYGS!
Rico and Syg, you’re just pulling my legs. With all the assists to RVP?
Those piccies look real……………COYG!
Cazorla. Podolski. Giroud. Sahin. M’Vila? Another striker? If this is a crisis then I can live with it 😉
————-
Re. Kevin Peterson
What a fcuking snake! Read that he told the SA players how to ball to each player and their weaknesses and was bitching abt the team. What a cnut to have in your team! He should be banned by England from Intnl and country cricket.
Nashua, it’s true, cesc is cursed.
INTENT
Nice one, KM
C’mon Ben, cop yourself on !
Can anyone confirm if those are real pictures! i can’t contain my exitement any longer. christ help me.
where’s emma or kev when you need them……..
Got them off Twitter, it looks real to me – thats him!
What a superb player we have on our hands. Him and Arteta competing for the CM spot and M’Vila as DM – fantastic stuff!
Imo we need to get rid of Walcott. If L’pool are interested pay some cash and get Suarez oooohhhh
OR
sell theo and nab Moses/Navas.
I still think we need a RB – Debuchy fits the perfectly.
LB – For me Gibbs is avg! We need Baines.
CB – Sakho, bye bye Djurou
GK – ciao Mannone & Fabianski. Bring in 1 old hand.
Sell Chamakh, Park, Ramsey. Avg-poor players
Sorted – here u have a title winning squad
Micko to be honest, I find this very hard to believe. Why would Barca buy him? shouldn’t Febregas said something before Puyol and Biscuit start running their mouths in the first place to their coach and the press?
Hi KM, those pics were doing the rounds last night 🙁
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/9487891/Arsenal-did-not-sell-Alex-Song-to-Barcelona-because-of-his-unprofessional-attitude.html
NG, no, I am being honest. The story goes that one or two of the first team were really fed up with Song. He who is now in Manchester is reported to have made his feelings clear to AW.
Nashua, I think we should just count our blessings.
so they re not real???? awwww. anyway how of you wanna send that twat faced bastard shearer a tweet after we bag shahin. i heard he was running his mouth during the week. nice to get one over that prick. come on!!!!!!!! are you watching robin?
Nasher. That’s his agent trying to muddy what has been said by the club…. No different to Adebayor… An attitude and body language that stinks of shit … They get their move and blame everyone else ..
Bendtner for 8 millions more Mexes to Milan ? not bad…
Nir Binton (isreal) – Totts?
Buttner (left back) – MU
yes, Sw has bougth (or on loan?) a player from barcelona
My brother just text Joaquim.
All my family are Sheffield Wednesday mad.
And we feel badly done to with no trophies since 2005 !!
SYG, i lived in Sheffield on lowedges estate 2 years, lovely people had to walk/drive/bus past sheffield united ground every day…thus hated working on saturdays. 😀 My ex and her family were all Wednesday and i still look for their results now even tho i am ‘a shandy drinkin sudern softie lol.
Song has gone then….
Sahin has had his photoshoot at Colney this afternoon. Expect confirmation on website with story tomorrow #sahin #arsenal
Mick, 5.12; 😆
Top man….
Jesus, Ben – It’s a small world mate.
Low Edges. i know it.
My mate had a gym in Heeley Bridge, just around the corner from Brammall Lane… and my accountant is on London Road..
Lovely city.
My favourite curry house is in the Wicker.
SYG never been one to go to a Gym 😉 But curry houses yes m8, been there a few times. And I was so surprised by how well the people of Sheffield were nice to me from the estates to pubs etc…I have an awful cockney accent! 😀
Boo!! rico, yes, Song has gone and Barcelona has praised his low body fat percentage. 😀 😀 No mention of where he would fit in their system, just a comment on his physique. Lol.
Hello, all! 🙂
SYG, i recall a family outing to Thorpe Park in 1993.
And we saw this young couple walking around together.
He had a Sheff Weds shirt on and she had an Arsenal shirt…
We did mention to them in passing that it must have an interesting few weeks for the pair of them.
She smiled, he didn’t….
Don’t know if we discussed this properly today….Mexes for Bendtner and a bit of cash. I for one would snap their bleedin arms off!
BobB, not sure what to think of Mexes, but he did have a decent game against us in the Champions Lge, imo.
Not sure about wages? Getting rid of NB52 is a bonus…
J>Sanderson did mention that he hadn’t heard anything.
But that was a few hours ago…
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Song another Darren Dein transfer. Not an agent, just representative. He helped Cesc, RvP, Clichy and Nasri out of Arsenal.
Ben – Me and my brother drove down to the FA Cup Final replay in 1993.
He wasn’t a happy bunny – I’ll tell you.
I said, “I wouldn’t let it bother you, kidda, Wednesday finished higher than us.in the league..”
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Wenger in this years transfer market …..
He’s the one in pink ….Roll on Sahin ….
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Dein has ultimate job in football. Signs with a player. Helps unsettle club. Player gets sold. He gets large fee. Onto next player.
of all men am the most miserable!!! why on earth did i get a spud as a neighbor? he keeps goading me guys………saying mvilla is their player already. can anybody confirm this? gosh i wish i could smash that grin off his pox ridden face. grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Dein doesn’t have other clients at Arsenal currently, but has links with agents of Vermaelen and Diaby. Be warned, Arsenal.
Boo to you agag, good luck to him….
He’ll need it…
Syg i was 16 and had to work in my part time job at Sainsburys’s that thursday night! Never seen a replay on a Thursday since…..poor old stevie moro lol!
Back shortly, need to eat…
I had been building a tunnel in North Nottinghamshire from 6:00am and my foreman let me knock off at two … Traffic on the M1 that night was horrendous…
Anyway… Duty calls …
…Get a shave and up to the Khyber….. Kev will tell you that it’s a curry house, Ben…
The Ox on cover of Fifa13, well i don’t play video games but was’nt there a rumour years ago that if you were on cover of fifa games it ruined your career. I hope i wrong will have to go look in some archives for past fifa games covers and see! 🙁
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXO9IrbaK_A&w=420&h=315%5D
Check for yourselves…defo a few flops on there!
But also alot more legends…so i think OX will be a legend 😀
am i invinsible to you guys? i said somebody bloody confirm the mvilla to spuds rumor for me. arrrghhhhh. this spud fan is driving me batty!
Evening’ all.
http://twitter.com/GiroudAFC_/status/237605351963385857/photo/1
Evening Adam…
I can’t help you on that one Stan…
goonster no1 has any idea at the moment apparently 3 teams involved, spuds, us and inter. Player says he wants CL footy, so…..
Evening Adam. No Stanley its just rumours about the yids and M’Vila probably Rennes trying to get a bidding war going.
Hi Lee and Kev. Has Walcott gone yet?
There was a story yesterday Stan, that AVB had pulled out of the chase for M’Vila….
That he wants Raul Mirelles from Chelsea…
whoa kev is that a real picture of shahin?
Verminated @Vermaelen05
A Spurs fan is telling me that Sahin chose Arsenal because he thought he wouldn’t get into the Spurs starting 11. Dear oh dear.
LMFAO!
blimey ben, that’s just the angle that twerp next door is playing too. sahin cant make it into shite hart lane??? what in the world are these spuds smoking? cause i need me some!
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Arsenal U21 underway against Bolton U21 at Emirates. Yennaris, Eisfeld and Gnabry start. Olsson and Gnabry in. Martínez in goal.
Akpom also starting….
Evening everyone….
Sahin in then 🙂
What’s your feeling on Walcott, Adam? (quick whilst Rico is cooking)
I want him to stay, but if his advisors are stupid, then i think he might leave…
If he does, then i think it’ll be the biggest mistake he ever makes, career wise!
wb rico hope you enjoyed your dinner.
Yes seems he will be unveiled tomorrow.
Gonna watch manure match in a bit, I heard they signed a new striker?
On Theo, I think he will stay on the premises he will be played up front, I hope we give him that chance!
Bloomin phone 😉
Oi Kev!!!!! 😉
Kev. I think he would be daft to leave on his part. But I do find him a frustrating player. When he has a good game he can shred defences but his decision making is poor I think and his positional sense is shocking, as we saw on Saturday. Personally I think we could do better but feel a strange attachment to him and like others, wonder if we sold him, he might find his game at another club. I think it has all come a bit easy for him really.
Evening Rico, Housers. How are we today/
Another fantastic post. have to say, I am now not confident we will be bringing anyone new in.
I did thanks Ben 😉
Adam –
That sums up how I feel entirely – and I have that added attachment to Theo because he lived only a few miles from me, and he went to my old school…
My own view is he is a bit of Wrighty, we just signed him up early….
Having TH14 around when we did recently I thought may rub off on Theo….and like you peeps I’d like to see him full fill his potential with us.
When I saw that he bought his girlfriend a £140k Ferrari a few years back when he wa just over 20, I did wonder where his head was at.
hey adam……..any news on sahin yet? someone said he ll be at london colney at 4pm today………this is 7.46 UK time right? any sighting?
Yes Goonie. I just saw him walking past the door with an Arsenal shirt on saying “where is Lothario Goonster Stan?”.
That’s a very good assessment Adam….
Pretty much sums up the ‘Walcott question’…
I think most Arsenal fans want him to be a success, but he does have a habit of failing to rise to the occassion…
An enigma, very frustrating, but on his day, a match winner, he just has to learn consistancy…
Alardiere hada scored twice this season.
Evening Will, glad you liked the post. i did try and leave out the irony and make it quite light hearted with all the gossip…
I’m hoping you might feel like writing a few posts for the house some time soon??
JET crashed a SLR merc at 18yrs old, £300k worth whilst on a provisional license!
hahahahahahah lothario goonster eh? that has kev written all over it.
JET. Lee I remember wondering about that too. Too much too soon is rarely a happy mix. Humility seems a rare commodity these days.
KM, the ‘c’ word sends comments straight into spam… just made a slight adjustment to your comment 😉
Kev has you earmarked as Stan of Old Compton Street, Goonster. With your slim hips, blond hair and Dirk Kuyt looks you would be very popular with the girls.
I could do Rico.
So anyone else think we are done with the transfers in?
Nope at least one more.
Er, me Stan, a Lothario….?
Only at weekends… 😉
No Will, I do not, this next 11 days will see quite a few goings imho, and my hunch is 4 players in, including Sahin…
Sahin
M’Vila or a.n. other DM
Striker (cheap)
Defender who can play across the entire back line (not in one game of course)
Yes Lee, i agree…..
Song has been confirmed to be a Barca player….
Song completes transfer to Barcelona
ex Song to Barcelona has been completed for an undisclosed fee.
Song joined Arsenal in 2005 from French side SC Bastia, initially on loan, and his move was made permanent a year later. He went on to make a total of 204 appearances for the Gunners.
The 24-year-old, who played predominantly as a defensive midfielder for Arsenal, was also an able deputy in defence when required. He demonstrated his offensive qualities last season too, providing 14 assists in all competitions and scoring once.
A Cameroon international, Song has represented his country in the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He was also part of the Cameroon squad to play in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Everyone at Arsenal would like to thank Alex for his contribution to the Club and wish him the best of luck for the future.
I don’t 😉
Off to let my chickens out and stuff, back in 30 mins….
hahahahahahaa adam you plonker, i look nothing like dirk kuyt. i look more like brad pitt! ask AGAG she’s had fantasies about me!
Rico, I am not even sure if we will see that many players coming in,
Arm Pitt.
lee get off my case.
Yeah Lee, don’t pick on the Beast of Old Compton St…
Stan, the Admiral Duncan is the pub for you…
You’ll be a nailing god in there mate…
a nailing god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahaha. what’s that? kev you old windbag. send me the address though. i might visit the UK soon. look out compton street.
That’s a bit harsh Stan…
I was looking out for your nailing welfare…
You will be the Adonis of Old Compton Street…
The night of your life…
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Arsenal U21’s losing 1-0 to Bolton U21’s at half-time. Martínez conceded pen and was sent off. Blackman scored. AFC struggling.
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Good to hear from @MattLittlechild that Santi Cazorla at Emirates tonight watching U21’s. Has bought into club values. Top man.
carzola visited the emirates tonight? wow, what a legend he’s turning out to be. are you watching robin?
Well 1st half manure have been awful! lol
Everton have had the better scoring opportunities. 😀 😀 Fellaini hit the post. De Gea is a good enough shotstopper but he’s panicky.
I know it’s not very ladylike but there’s something about Robin’s face now that is very very very punch-able. 😀
what’s the score ben? is van prick playing?
I have been bitten to pieces 🙁
0-0 mate but Everton been well on top, felani has been epic.
Will, bet you 50p, including Sahin, we sign 4 🙂
hahahaahahaha, hard core AGAG, now you re speaking my language.
Jamie Sanderson@YoungGunsBlog
Arsenal’s U21’s beat Bolton U21’s 3-1. Super comeback. A goal and man down at half-time. Eisfeld and Henderson brace seal win
Rvp on bench but i can see him starting 2nd half will keep updating.
Bitten by what, rico? 🙁
goonie, goalless at HT; Everton are playing better than the Mancs. vP is on the bench.
Ahh Sugan Ray Agag…..
You could have been a contender…. 😉
come on everton……..kick the shit out of van prick.
Rico, your midges have good taste…. 🙂
RVP is still on bench!
hey kev stop hitting on my girl……go get yours you two faced swindling cab driver.
AW i’m still waiting for the DM signing. God give me strength
I cannot now tell the difference between vP’s face and Xavi, AK. 😀 And you know how loathsome I find Xavi.
goonie, I bet Fergie is just dying to introduce him up front with Shrek.
hey gunnerdna, that’s my line! Christ help me. everybody’d just trying to steal from me! first kev was hitting on AGAG now gunnerdna’s stealing my line! who made it steal from stanley day!
Hi agag – didn’t see you sneak in 😉
goonster where in NC u at, i’m in va want to move to nc soon
Shopping Buddy, if you want to punch RIP, i’ll happily hold your coat for you….
Yeahhhhhhhhh get in……
Come on Everton! Who is watchibg the match?
Fellanni!!!!! 1-0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
goal everton!! felani!
AW get fellani now..OMG
Fellaini scores. Everton deserve it!!!
yaaaaaaaaaaaaay finally a real gooner in NC…..i live in wakefield my man. kinda high class neighbohood. my street is pawleys mill circle. you ll love it here gunnerdna. if you like peace and quiet………..you ll love NC. the tar heel state. jeez, i need to get paid for that ad guys.
rvp stands up…
RVP warming up, seeing this make me down, i cant hide my feelings….OMG
What’s the betting, that RIP comes on and scores…
I’m from the tropics, Kev. No coat; but please hold my handbag. 😀
I have six lumps on my face Kev 🙁 I need to start drinking G&T…
They hate quinine…. 😉
and warming up…
@goonster i’m currently in Norfolk, but in January i’m coming that way
christ, y’all almost made me jump out of my skin. fellaini huh? that’s rico’s boy isnt it. come on everton.
Agag, only if it’s Louis Vuitton….. 😉
I need chocolate. Put Scholes sent off ! Come on Everton!
good one dna, you re gonna love it here….where in VA are you?
gunnerdna – some here have been toting for Fellaini for two summers…
is it second half yet guys? christ, help me. i hate manure so bad.
Norfolk Virginia Stan, blimey i’ve heard of that, think there was a battle there in the Civil War….?
RVP on!
listen to those boooooo’s… not even the manc fans cheered him….
RVP in…Toffees supporters are great!!! 🙂
Great header by Fellaini goonie 🙂
my cruise ship went to Norfolk, Virginia, loved it stayed 10 days. Hooters was great and i met a cpl of very fine ladies!!!!
they are booing him!!!!!!!! christ am buying me an everton shirt.
hooters eh ben? i love those hooters girls. christ.
Young on…
goonster, the girls are great, the 3 mile sauce chicken strips are better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
when RVP kick the ball… we listen boooooooo !
Come on Everton!
what’s the time fellas? keep me posted am not watching.
RVP have changed the game…
@goonster i worked with a gunner who use to stay close to the emirates, we talk about transfer fro 9am to 2pm today, nothing from afc.com.
Everton under constant pressure Stan….
They’re just about holding on….
we are at the 81th minute
9min left everton 1-0
hold them everton. AFC in crisis….the media sucks
what is the scoreline fellas? christ give me strenght.
come on everton, come on!
1 – 0 everton 84 mins
6 minutes to go Stan.
Plus Fergie time?!!!
The media is disappoint Utd flops
gunnerdna, – how did you find HH out of interest??
Sahin representatives have been in Madrid looking to arrange the 23-year-old’s departure after it became clear he was no longer in Jose Mourinho’s first-team plans.
Liverpool have also expressed an interest in the Turkey international, but Arsenal are reported to be his preferred destination, although that will be on a season-long loan rather than a permanent move.
Manager Arsene Wenger had made it clear he would still be open to more new arrivals, having already brought in Olivier Giroud, Lukas Podolski and Spain international Santi Cazorla, who impressed in midfield on his debut against Sunderland at the weekend.
“We are looking to bring one more midfielder in of course, and maybe one defender as well because we still feel we are short in some positions,” Wenger told Arsenal Player.
Long-time target Yann M’Vila is still on the radar. However, Rennes have named Tottenham as one of the firm interested parties, with Zenit St Petersburg and another anonymous club also at the table.
The arrival of Cameroon defensive midfielder Jean Makoun on loan from Aston Villa could further hasten M’Vila’s departure, although Rennes general manager Pierre Drerossi has not yet ruled out the player staying for another season if their £17 million price tag is not met.
While Wenger could have reinforcements in place for Sunday’s trip to Stoke, it is clear the manager expects a much-improved attacking display after drawing 0-0 against the Black Cats despite dominating for long spells.
He said: “We didn’t lose, but it is frustrating when you are home with everyone here and you do not create more chances than we did.
“It is very difficult to understand.”
Reckon, approx 6 minutes of added time Stan…
About 3 minutes of normal time…
gunnerdna – just why we dislike the biased media….
come guys……hold the line. come on!
What a cheat Vidic is and no bloody yellow card….
4 minutes of added time Stan…
Arsenal Mania News Now AFC always impressed with the blog
JM – he’s ours 🙂
4mins to go………….
thanks ben…….gosh i can feel the tension in goodison park. hold the line guys. not long to go now. come on.
Thats good news gunnerdna, hope you stick around and enjoy blogging here, we are a nice bunch.. 😉
20 seconds… come on everton ….
Distan and Jakielska are very big today!
@goonster, Everton is holding the line…park the bus as usual
😆
yeah dna i need a fellow southerner here……..these europeans are allus picking on me especially kev.
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Take that you Mancs….!!!!!
Tee hee bloody hee…
Trophies, what trophies 😛 😛
Game over, first floss for ManU
@ rico AFC is here to stay. The only problem is the lack of trophy. But i’m a proud gonner. AFC is a high class club. The ball players of england
Pick on a nailing god, moi??????
Hahhahhahahhhahaa! Not even you mega money signing can sve you now, Fergusrednose!!
RIP got so little of the ball. In no time at all, he would be throwing a hissy and giving his teammates THAT look!
Lol!!
Morning all.
Side show Bob wins the night for Everton…..
On that note, I’m off to catch up on the sleep I missed out on last night….
Night all and catch up tomorrow….
Sleep well….
Hurrah. Hurrah. Hurrah I say for Christmas day. The best day of the year. £60M deal for the World’s 3rd greatest player and they can’t beat Everton.
The upside is that they have just signed one of England’s most average forwards in the last 30 years on a 4year contract….
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Love it….
Lets see what these frickin journalists write about that!!!
I looooved how Vidic had to be pulling on the shirt of Coleman to stop play. Those legs are old, he has to be a cheat so as not to be shown up!!!
Hahahahhah. Man United ARE in crisis. That midfield is poooooooor.
Utd down…..fanfukkkentastic.
Love it.
Not just saying it today of all days,but Everton have always a been a side to respect.
Now,they’re a side LOVE,!!
AGAG, i just got an erection. your comment spurred it on! woman, you wont be the death of me.
i cant help but feel pity for van persie…he couldn’t save them today…he had just about 5 touches.
Welbeck? A total useless, overrated turd of a player. An Omar Porn Star look a Like according to Goonster … lol
Alan Hansen….. Love to get his thoughts….
Shearer… As useless…
Like I said. I’ve never felt as good about a pre-season since SOL.
ARSENAL WILL WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE
How did Kagawa go?
Is he as overrated as I suggested?
I reckon the match day program Fergie had must have had a typo,because it’s the only logical explanation for him picking this guy over Honda!!
Good night Rico…..
Calm down Stan…..
I’m off now. Catch up you tomorrow
How was Young…..is his double back flip with a triple pike still good enough to earn a penalty??
Korean’s are great. Did a restaurant once in Manhattan.
Average food, average service and they still wanted a 15% tip
waiting for gary linecker’s comments on this one…
hahahahaaahahahaha watch fergusnose scowl at jounrnos now. i cant wait to see robin’s face after the defeat.
Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two
So well done Everton, and lets wait and see who else comes in for us.
Rennes GM on M’villa
For the moment, there are three offers. There is no agreement. We enter negotiations this week and hope to find a solution.
I think that it will be done by the end of this week or the beginning of next.
It’s a complicated project with clubs who are not even internally agreed [Tottenham], and clubs that Yann does not want to go to [Zenit].
There is even a percentage chance that Yann could stay at Rennes this year.
Arsenal? Maybe, you’ll have to call Arsene [Wenger]. But when Song leaves, we must say that Arsenal will reinforce that post. Same thing for a club that sells to Arsenal.
We maintain our price tag of around €20m [£15.7m].
hey bondex, how are ya fella? SYG, when did i ever call welback omar porn look a like???????? men, i must have been blogging in my sleep.
I thought Kagawa was better than Shrek, if I’m honest.
Can’t wait for RIP to be complaining about the service he gets.
JM, surely you can be happier than that 😛
Goonie, you behave!!
Saturday 15th August 2009
Opening day
Everton 1-6 Arsenal
How did the press read that? A fluke?
Man Utd’s biggest PR “can’t lose situation” was done in1958.
They have been living off it ever since
The press love them.
I bet it’s not doom and gloom tomorrow in the Sun; just a bad day at the office.
Stanley – Top Man !!!!!!!!
Fergie tells the world…..our strike force is comparable to our great attacking unit of ’99.
Ferge tells his mates….the rest of our team is fucking shit,equal to our relegated team of ’72!!!!!
I’m just totally excited….. Everton showed guts and determination.
http://twitter.com/Ali4Gunners/status/237657751562637312/photo/1
SYG so agree. and off to bed i go! COYG!
HURRAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fair enough Agag,but I am adamant Honda is the better player.
Why is it I feel ALMOST as good as the morning after we whooped Spuds 5-2???
syg…exactly what they said about lillipool’s loss to west brom..a BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE.
bondex, no need to pity RvP. He’s rolling in money, which is what the boy inside him was screaming for.
Scott, Young didn’t have enough time to execute The Twister. 😆
great picture there kev…………hahahahahahaha i cant breathe.
kev….:D ..scores when he wants indeed.
A bad day at the office is your wife ringing you at work and telling you she knows your girlfriend is pregnant,then getting sacked for impregnating your boss’ wife,followed by your gay lover telling you to get a check up,as he has an STD.
No,what happened to Utd and Liverpool is much,much worse!!!!
Scott, Honda is an excellent player; I have seen more of him than Kagawa who I never even knew existed until United bought him.
Kev, I love the photo. You may be holding my handbag every game United plays now. Haha.
Lol Agag.
Can’t stand that little bastard.
Hate him even more than I do Rooney.
Ok…on a par!!
😀
Goodnight All You Happy Gooners…
See ya tomorrow….. 😛
Boucha on twitter.
“Robin,it’s not too late,or did you bank the cheque already?”
That’s a deal Agag….. 😉
Gone now….
Agag,if Honda had signed with Utd,I’d be saying they’re crazy because Kagawa is a better player lol!!
I do reckon Honda is a ripper though.
See ya JM.
Robins tweet ” of course I banked it…Utd aren’t travelling too well…didn’t want it bounce”.
Goodnight, AK, shopping buddy. 🙂 🙂
Scott, which “bastard”?? There were eleven red-shirted ones in the match I saw?? 😆
Well, ten actually. Their keeper was in yellow. 😀
Boucha “you crazy Dutch bastard…so we really ARE stuck here?
Oh well,at least there’s plenty to keep a girl occupied in Manchester. Giggsy says hi. See you at home for dinner.”
peter s, says van persie makes manure favourites…yeah thats true… 😀
man am off for a some cool beers. later guys, hey DNA nice knowing ya pal. hope i run into you soon. night bondex, AGAG dream of me, kev stop swindling innocent folks, will get a haircut, scott when are you gonna get sean into arsenal academy? that’s a wrap. i ll be on later. see ya.
@ goonster kool
Agreed Agag…..bloody diving little prick,Young.
I truly,utterly detest divers. 12 month ban is what I call for.
Seriously,even if one of our oys does it,it makes me cringe.
Yes,yes,yes,I’m an idealist,a dreamer,but I’d rather lose that win on a penalty awarded for a dive,I really would.
night all….off to dream land…where i’ll make sure manure gets relegated… 😀 😀 😀
Arsene has already been on the phone,Stan.
I asked Sean what the “little boy inside tells him”.
He replied…..I’m not sure I agree with Arsenals vision 🙂
Actually,he said,do they promise I can still eat lollies??
Goodnight all…a bloody good night.
Good night, all!! 🙂
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i`m happy!!fuck manure and rvp.AFC 4 EVER
Good night, all!!!!
Hi, don’t larf too early as ManU is tradiitonally a slow satrter and get up to speed in November/December..where statistically, RvP started his long journey in a Medical XCentre.
Let’s cocnentrate on our game and pick up 19 points out of 21 points froom our first 7 games..
Goodnight all.
Morning all.. the Sahin deal has apparently hit a snag!! We can get M’Vila for the same price as song went for, bite their arm off AW!!!
Morning Lee & all….
Hola Rico… Fellaini was on fire last night!
Wasn’t he just, awesome…. Don’t you think he looks like side show bob 😉
I’d like his Barnet, if I’m honest. 😉 He also looks like Bruno from Fame!!
Ah Bruno, yes he does…
I’m saying nothing about you and his barnet 😉
Fellini is a good player,no doubt.
Plenty don’t think he’d make an Arsenal player…I’ve always thought differently.
Evening all.
Oi, don’t you start! 😆
I wouldn’t dream of it Lee 😉
I’d love him at Arsenal Scott – morning/evening to you….
Morning all. With the departure of Song Darren Dein’s malign influence over Arsenal players has ended. Let’s just hope that no more employ him as their agent.
Prince Harry was on the Grey Goose yesterday, Wath will be impressed 🙂
Morning Adam, I hope so too. You would never believe he was brought up in an Arsenal supporting family would you…?
Revenge, Rico, is a powerful incitement. Throw some money into the mix and the results are plain for all to see. Let’s hope that he has had his pound of flesh now and that he turns his attentions elsewhere and tries to destroy another club from within. I doubt that his antics will have gone unnoticed.
Scott, Nagawa was really good last night, always wanted the ball, kept the momentum going. I DD being vindictive because his old man was binned or because he’s lining his sky or both?
Makes you wonder if AW didn’t see it the same Adam, and he’s cleared them out for that reason….
Prob a bit of both Lee, good riddance I say..
***Is DD*** shouuld read!
We knew Lee 😉
New Post is up 🙂
Fair enough Lee…Agag said similar things last night.
Dein out…..I’m surprised people want his dad back at the club.
I was a big supporter of David Dein, and believe that he and Arsene Wenger are still friends, despite his departure from the club…
Unfortunately the actions of his son Darren Dein have left feeling a lot less supportive of David Dein and if Dein snr has the clubs interests at heart, or just his own???
I suppose we’ll never really know for sure, the true intentions of Wenger, and if many of those players moved on, were with his blessing or not???
After all, the value of a player, has to be greater, if a club states that it doesn’t want to sell…
For example, it’s a fact that Denilson, Bendtner etc are surplus to requirements, and have therefore been very difficult to move on….
hahahha chelsea 1-reading 2