That is:
Composure!!
The comment made by the ESPN team after Andrey Arshavin blasted his umpteenth shot on goal against Leeds over the bar was something like:
He needs a bit of Henry’s composure in front of goal.
How true is that statement?
One which it’s clear is applies to a few of our players, not just the little Russian.
Arshavin wasn’t alone in that one particular fixture who was guilty of wasting seriously golden opportunities and each week we fans witness so many more.
Ramsey, Arteta, Walcott, Gervinho and even Robin van Persie miss what some of us would describe as ‘sitters’ and surely it’s all down to lack of composure in front of goal. It’s like the players get a rush of blood to their heads and panic and the most important moment and the ball goes anywhere other than on target.
Henry showed what it is like to be gifted in confidence and not panic in front of goal, his calm deftly placed shot into the far bottom corner of the net with his sixth touch of the ball was soon followed by an Arshavin attempt from a kind of similar position but he carried the ball on, went for the near post and blasted it into the side netting.
As already said though, it’s not just the little Russian, it happens too many of our players, even the older experienced one.
Can composure be taught?
If so, maybe Henry needs to get working on his new team-mates as its clear no-one else is!
Staying with the same fixture and listening to Keown and Savage talk after the game, both highlighted the way our old man moves on the pitch, his movement off the ball and how Chamakh needs to watch and learn from him –as for 68 minutes he was static.
Chamakh won’t benefit in training as he’s gone for a while, neither will Gervinho for the same reason but there are many players who still have a lot to learn and if they can, we will reap the rewards in the months to come.
Arsene Wenger has been talking about the busy schedule some clubs get lumbered with, just to suit the television audience:
I believe the Premier League has to make sure there is a bit more fairness in the schedules.
The Premier League has to decide what is fair and not fair. At the moment, it is television that decides because the contracts are done in a way that is not right for the fairness of the competition.
You cannot have decisive games with one team playing on Friday and then again on Tuesday and another team on Sunday and then Tuesday. That does not work. You can try and convince me that it is right but I can tell you working in football for 30 years, it is not right because it is not fair.
We [the Premier League] do not control our fixtures any more, It is the truth and I cannot say the television is wrong but it is not normal that you can have a direct influence on the schedule through the television.”
Well, I happen to agree with him and have said so before: Highbury House – it’s just what Old Red Nose was saying too, but just look at our fixtures over the festive period, they were shocking. We played on the 27th and 31st of December and then again on the 2nd of January – no wonder we lost the last one of the three!
Ok, not all were on television but, it’s still a crazy schedule!
Like I said in that article, 3pm on a Saturday afternoon is what football is all about, not being dictated to by the channels who earn mega money by showing the matches!!
Does this hint that Arsene Wenger is about to sign a new number 10? The picture is from afc.com during the players training session yesterday.
I strongly suspect not but does make you wonder eh?
The Daily Mail have reported that 24-year-old left back, Saad Al-Mukhaini, who plays for Omani top-flight side Fanja SC is on a two-day trial with us! He arrives having been recommended by Paul Le Guen who is the coach of Oman.
Oh well, haven’t a clue who he is but he’s got to be better than Wayne Bridge….
Hasn’t he??
On that note, have a good day all…..
From today I will give up all hope of signing AK’s mate Gary Cahill….
He’s agreed a deal with the Chavs 🙁
Morning all …..
nice post..the tv people are killing our game
if wenger doesn’t sign this january, it is because of his duty to protect the boards money. We obviously want to improve our squad, but with the board around we are not allowed to spend money they’ve invested in us. Why do you think Wenger doesn’t want to send Arshavin and Chamahk packing, because replacements would cost us money. Seriously, something big has to happen within the club in order for us to have the financial freedom to compete for silverware and titles.
welcome jerryy and arsenal
totally agree re the tv channels, it has ruined the game and the schedules have become crazy, no wonder so many players get injured…
Arsenal – get rid of Stan is the only answer….
I hope Wenger will sign Aly Cissokho!
I don’t mind Gibbs having to fight it out in the future, as Cissokho is a very good left back, and still young too (24yrs).
Also, Andre Santos is more than capable of playing on the attacking left wing based on what we’ve seen of him.
How can we get rid of stan..!! Am sure most of the fans hoping fr dat..
Morning rico 😉
Or Abidal 037?
Morning Stv – if only we knew, we are relying on A.N Other 🙁
Stanley won’t be pleased to read that the Dippers are being linked to Granero….
like you i wouldn’t make much of the picture but it certainly does cause one to wonder. maybe he just picked up the wrong training top? …not likely. wenger singing sniejder (kaka, etc.)? less so.
wch kynd trial b dat..wenger i beg go sign player
Welocme to those just joining HH this morning…
boomergooner, bit strange though, why would the numer 11 kit be laying around?
Also, why would the captain give up his number, old photo maybe?
seun, no idea, nothing on the official site but wenger did give a hint yesterday about looking for cover
Bergkamp has floated the idea that RvP is a natural Number 10. It was inferred that he was belittling Robin`s goal exploits. There is no law that says a 1o can`t be goal scorer? There have been one or two obscure bodies – one Pele and some guy called Puskas and where did the `devine pony tail` play? Perhaps it takes one to know one? He has more of a football brain than many with impressive scoring records but much more beside. It will be interesting to examine his movement when he plays beside one of the great strikers! Oh! Rico, Pray that our esteemed leaser is doing the right thing by us and signing the answer to a variety of our defensive and counter attack shortcomings with…….obviously – Vertonghen. They can keep Cahill. If AW wants only a solid CB, he should get .Samba, anyway.
Hi JL, numbers seem to mean very little in squads these days, after all, Gallas wore number 10 😉
I too like Samba, big and strong and no nonsense but to solve our problems, i also agree with you that JV is the answer, sadlly though, praying alone won’t get Wenger or Stan to sign him…
Anyone know anything about this guy on trial?
Got shocker when Arsene said chamakh is not for sale in january sincerely speaking i had thought the match he played against Leeds UTD was gonna be his last for Arsenal but no is gonna be thanks to Wenger who has decided to keep worst striker i’ve seen in Arsenal shirt.
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Got shocker when Arsene said chamakh is not for sale in january sincerely speaking i had thought the match he played against Leeds UTD was gonna be his last for Arsenal but no is gonna be thanks to Wenger who has decided to keep worst striker i’ve seen in Arsenal shirt.
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The board don’t invest any money so Wenger’s not protecting that. We, the fans, fund the club then a lot of it is disappearing into some mysterious black hole, or being stacked up against the stadium debt to keep the share price high for a future sale… as already happened once with Kroenke and may happen again one day. Or Kroenke will just find some backhand way of taking regular funds out of the club.
Wenger complaining about the TV influence… their cash is the reason he’s on £7m a year. Perhaps he should voluntarily reduce his salary to a pre-Sky level if he feels so principled about it. No?
I’ve never heard of a manager make excuses not to sign players the way Wenger does. Like he’s got no choice but to trial some guy from the Omani league. The main thing you need to know about him is he is very, very cheap. That’s what it’s always really about.
Fg, chamakh has said he will look at leaving in the summer if he’s not playing more, tbh, summer is more likely to see a few leave than this month…..
Jekyll, i can understand wenger having a moan over the fixtures when they get moved just to suit the tv channels and too often this reduces players recovery time….
as for the money, we all know where it goes and that’s to pay off debt which is very wrong but that i would suspect is not wenger’s doing it’s those above him and his £7million a year assures that he will continue to operate on a tight budget…
Shocking and so very wrong imho…
Player sales = news signings not paying off debt, and just look how much we made in the summer on selling cesc, nasri, clichy etc etc compared with what we spent on who we signed….
Morning all, nice one Rico.
As far as strikers go, anybody that has ever played as a striker, knows that form has a great bearing on goal scoreing, If a player is having a good run of form his confidence is sky high, timeing and balance everything is easy, Footballers like Henry knows instictivly where he should position himself that is not somthing that is instilled in training you either have or you dont, A good example is Mertsaker, the times that man has gone up for a corner ,and at six foot four still cant get on the end of a cross, his attacking brain is between his legs complete waste of time. if you look at goal scorers in general you will see that they rarely blast the ball at goal and when posed with a one on one the better striker looks for a way to pass the keeper a deft chip or a faint anyway to give him the advantage . on the other half of the coin you have Arshavin Walcott Chamakh Rambo who only think shoot or blast they don’t use the brain that was given to them, yes they will score now and again even mertsaker may one day, but the Henry’s And Van Persies makes it look so easy with hardly any effort.
As far as fixtures go, the Authorities are bent, no body can convince me they are not,Not just fixtures but Referees appointed to games. Manipulating fixtures can easily give advantage to certain teams. If a team miss a game through postponment, it should be played before the next fixture, never later on in the year. Thats the way it was drawn and thats the way it should be played. the rules should apply to everybody and if it means you have to play two games on the trot so be it.
Morening Rico and all new Gooners leaving comments for the first time.
Good blog but I have to be honest on the subject of composure, I believe you have either got it or you haven’t.
When a player is taken on by a Professional club at a young age, movement, tech skill, building stamina is all part of the development of a player by the coaching staff. Great players like Shearer, Henry, all seemed to appear composed and clinical in front of goal. My fear is that if as a professional and at the age that Chamakh and Arshavin are, what in heavens name have they been doing in training all these years. Even in minor league youth football and at school, we were all taught the correct way to strike a ball, and pass a ball etc. So I am afraid that players like Chamakh and Arshavin, due to a lack of confidence (for whatever reason), when the sight of the goal appears, they snatch at the ball, rather than hitting it cleanly.
Morning Steve
Totally agree with the first part of your comment, it’s a catch 22 with some of our fringe players, play them and continue to watch them miss chance after chance hoping that one day their confidence will high but by then we would have dropped so many points….
Fact is, it will prob never come for some….
I just don’t get how Merts hasn’t scored from a few corners yet either, someone like Samba would bury similar chances….
The second part, i still understand why you believe such a thing is going on although how can it ever be proved 😉
Arsen wenger should go and get hazard when the player have already declare he want to play in the premiership and arsenal should go and get this guy he is better than arshavin chamack even gervinho and walcot
Morning Marinello,
Thanks
Thats kind of my question really, can composure like TH12 has be taught?
I’m not so sure, AA Chamakh and Theo are hardly young, why they haven’t been able to just show calmness in front of goal like the top class players can has to suggest one thing sadly…
Takes me on to Park, he scores so many for his country, he knows where the goal is yet he never gets a game, why?
Rico, i don’t know off hand how many referee’s are involved in the premier league but it seems a simple way of rotating. There should be a way of working out that you do not get the same referee for at least four games. And if a ref has reffed your home game it should be away next time you have him.
Untill football technology comes into play programes should be shown on tv how the referee has handled matches,
Rules should be simplyfide where offside is offside handball is handball if it strikes hand or arm with no exceptions take the guesswork out of refereeing and the decision making would be simplyfide.
Welcome Folarin, looks like Hazard wants to go to Utd or the chavs…
I also agree with Steve Palmer about the confidence of players. I remember reading an article where great goal scoring players like, Shearer, Linneker, Greaves, Wrighty and Bobby Charlton said that when injury free, they went into each match, believing that they were going to score. So confidence is something that does affect players, ie; the crowd on your back, sometimes over complicating a goal scoring chance and missing it, the next chance comes and you hesitate, another chance and you half heartedly scuff the shot, each of these chances missed, ebb away at a players confidence. But truly great players don’t give up, they stay behind after training with a keeper and Coach, and keep working at their game. Wrighty would often stay after training, hitting shot after shot from all angles in the box etc.
I often ask myself how can a player pass a pin point pass across one touchline to another or from one half of the ground and find the forward seventy yards down the pitch but a striker completly misses the size of a goal from twenty yards, in my day you wouldn’t of played next week. The size of a goal and i have witnessed the ball hitting the corner flag, that suggest he is not a striker at all.
Good morning
I post Cahill move yesterday. Tv schedule is everywhere.It’s the life!
If Maroc don’t go through the second round, Chaamck will be in London, maybe on the 7th or 8th february. Same to Gervinho, but I think Cote d’ivoire go ahead…
Like I wrote yesterday: we have 13 players out this weekend(Santos,Jenkinson,Sagna,Vermaelen,Gibbs,Wilshere,rosicky,Mets,Gervinho,Coquelin,chamack,Diaby,Fripong(on loan))+11 on the team+6 subs =30 plyers (where 2 are golakeepers, so there are one more and almunia) if Park isn’t in this group, he is the 31th or 32th player of the squad? What he is doing here?
Good points JM i keep asking the same questions myself
Blood rush Steve, too much pressure?
Hi JM, i saw the Cahill post from you 😉
I don’t think Morocco will go far but IC, yes sadly but at least it keeps Yaya from Citeh 😉
Park, he’s got to start playing soon, surely…
Got to pop off for an hour or two, back later…..
Marinello, I often get the feeling that training is a bit of a bore for modern day players, they have massive bank accounts and i get the feeling that as soon as training is over they have many things they have to do, and i also get the feeling that none are football related.
Good points Steve about the 70 yd passes, hitting corner flags and players finding training a chore and having business commitments after, but these players should be taken to a mine shaft in South Wales, (that’s if there are any left after Maggie closed most of them…) And show them the conditions that Miners on the coal face work in. The majority of these modern day players haven’t a Danny, at just how spoilt and mollycoddled and over paid they are. Its every school boys dream to play pro football, and I get really annoyed when players do not give 100% on the pitch, and that means trying to regain possession when they lose the ball. Mediocre players like Mannone, Flapianski are over paid, and do not realise how fortunate they are to earn what they do. I’d muchrather see players on a max basic wage and insentivise them with bonuses for the success or failure of the team. The same with the Manager. No chance of that happening though….
I remember Henry saying in an interview that when he joined The Arsenal he asked Bergkamp to help him and was told to study videos of Ian Wright to learn the movement required around the area. Perhaps we should borrow Dr Frakinstien’s couch and wire up our young strikers and subliminally make them watch Wrighty , Greaves, Rush in action.
Morning all. Hello first commentators.
SP1 Marinello solid points on refs, finding the net and players involved in non-related football dealings.
I’m with you there Marinello, The guys who worked down the mines did it for everybody in those days and shit conditions risking their lives every day, these premardonna’s today earn fortunes and can’t kick a ball straight .In my eyes you only get a few chances in life and some of our players have had a lifetimes worth already.
Morning Dutch, Footballs a simple game its the people that fcuk it up
SP1
Players feel the unnecessary need to take nouveaux riche to the next level. Too concerned with their face value, attending red carpet events, discount privileges and picking up goodie bags.
I am actually concerned the young professionals think we will adore them for living in a PlayStation world.
Nice one Steve.
On a slightly different note, I still can’t work out how the Spuds can pay big money on transfers and pay good salaries to players when their home gates are what 36000? Levy being the shrewd man that he is, how does he justify it?
STEVEPALMER1 has called it right.Confidence is the key. Bergkamp came to us on a downer, in Italy. Arshavin came on the back of rave notices in the ECs, DB went eight games before his first goal – after which it was `Katey bar the door` AA stuck four at Anfield – before AW shoved him into unknown lands, on the wing. He went off the boil and AW is wondering whatever happened to that great player. Other instances of prolonged goal drought ,include even `cool hand Smudger`. Ramsey hit a cross volley, equal to one by AA, in Dortmund. It was an away game and perhaps he has less confidence at home following that break. He will come good. The question of skulldugery by refs. is taboo in England. I would like to know how many penalties have been given against manu at Old Trafford? against the national average and against visiting teamse ? Not for a minute am I suggesting anything untoward – honest – but it would be nice to see the figures.
Reading what the Twitch wrote in the paper he reckons they have kep’t their wages down and bought wisely whatever that means but a blogger on heare the other day was saying that they have a rich backer abroard somewhere, that must be the answer as i’m sure twich is not that clever
In reply to John Lloyd, maybe refs have to grow bigger balls (apologies Rico), when reffing games at the Theatre of dreams. We read about refs being intimidated by “old drinkers nose” and the 75000 crowd, but they chose to be a ref and should have the metal to call a decision, be it a penalty, whether its at United or QPR where the gates are 15000.
John Lloyd you might be surprised by the numbers. These ate the stats for 2010/2011
http://www.football-lineups.com/tourn/FA_Premier_League_2010-2011/Stats/Penalties/
Morning John L, I have always believed that football is rigged. Why have rules that can be interpreted two ways when its easier to have it clear cut. I can remember i think it was Clichey that fell over in the box while defending he had both hands on the floor while trying to get up and the forward kicked it had his hands and a penalty was awarded. i thought at the time it was an insane decision but change the rule to if it hits any part of the arm from shoulder to fingers its handball and it is then not open to interpretation hand ball is hand ball.
The offside rule as well aman stands in front of the goalkeeper in an offside position and somebody shoots thats not offside is not offside if not interfering with play what the hell is he doing there. make offside offside no arguments.
Think you’ll find the fella down at the swamp with all the dosh is Joe Lewis….!
Good point on here today fellas and lady 😉
We as average joe soaps all know how spoilt players are and overpaid and wrapped in cotton wool… they don’t know they born most of them and it seems very very few appreciate the status that they have or the fact what the fans pay and give up a great many things to follow their clubs
SP1
I remember that Clichy incident.And it was insane. The rules state hand/arm towards ball is a foul. Ball to hand is not.
The offside issue is up for debate, but according to FIFA it has been installed to give the attacking team an advantage, leading to more goals/drama/entertainment.
I understand what your saying Dutch the point i’m trying to point out is that those decisions are open to interpretation.
Morning Wath, who is he wath
good afternoon HH,
here is a pessimistic view!,
I think we going to play the same old bore of a game with the swans
tomorrow, the forward will continue to frustrate, no miracle from TH12 this time, and the backwards will slip one or two in, and we all have to listen to Wenger execuses, and worse Garry Niville’s smug analysis!!!
That’s how one’s have become unfortunately
Afternoon all…. Has anyone heard that the season ticket prices are being hiked?? Apparently on twitter……
Hi Lee, Wenger must have a signing in mind then eh
SP1 Clichy penalty should never been given. No two ways about it.
Share your sentiment though, open interpretation leaves a lot to be desired. Only way to iron it out is digital technology being implemented. Per team you could have 2 ref decision calls. A bit like tennis in a way.
He’s worth about 2billion SP, lives in the Bahamas as a tax exile, made his money in catering and then pubs I think….! In his 70’s i think as well….!
Steve, Joe Lewis is a Businessman who now lives in the Bahamas. Was born on the Roman Road and started working as a waiter in his Dad’s West End catwering comapany. Owned hotels etc. Sold out in 79 and went into stocks and shares etc, owns Tavistock Holdings, who appear to be involved in everything and own the Spuds. He’s allegedly worth £320 billion……
Hope you mean 3 billion Marinello lol cos thats a shit load of money otherwise 🙂
We’re owned by a brace of billionaires doesn’t do us any favours, at all……
It’s definitely £3billion….
One is a tightfisted prick Lee the other can’t seem to get his foot in the door….. or would that be his belly through the door…?
I know that I have mentioned this before but I was reliably informed that part of the deal when Kroenke took over that there could be no major boardroom changes made for 1 year. This year is up at the end of April . Who knows what may happen then.?
Thanks guys, seems their wealth is being kept quiet, maybe the fair play rules. maybe a few bonuses to keep them sweet. typical of the wheeler dealer. mind you that is shit loads of dough.
Do you know why that was stated Potter
Yep, sorry W.A.T.H. I got carried away there, it is £3.2 billion. What is our ‘Stan’ worth? Not that it matters, I think he has got short arms and deep pockets.
In reply to Rokabox, I think that we might nick it against the Swans. Can’t believe what I am saying though… These are teams that we should be easily beating. Saying that, Swansea do try and play fast attacking football. I watched them last season against Millwall (don’t ask) and they looked like a team who with a few additions could become a team to settle into the Prem, as a mid position team.
Like the look of their young full back Taylor. A “tidy” player.
I’ll go for a 2-1 result in our favour, can’t see us keeping a clean sheet.
Stan’s worth close to two billion Usmanov close to 18 billion last figures i saw
Potter
I wonder if it would open up the curtains. This transparency we got going on seems a farce, limited by constitution policy. Usmanov wants 30% solely to lift the lit on the hush hush. That’s why he is portrayed as crook by the board. It might reveal their wicked ways leaving no moral ground to deceive.
Stability I think Steve , With Fiszman going so quick I would imagine it was to stop a mass exodus. This is why the board has stayed in situe, whether they will see the need to change is another thing but possibly there might be a position for someone like Dein to return and take the responsibility of shepherding the club through the transfer market.That would mean PHW going but in itself that may well be on the cards.
Stans money is tied up in assets Marinello not “liquid” cash…. he owns land that the walmart shops are on, his Mrs is worth miles more than our useless Stan.
I’d heard that as well Potter, that would explain why Stan ain’t spending f’k all and trying to keep the share price as high as possible before he sells out to Usmanov…??
Kinelle Steve. Usmanov £18 billion. Wonder how much of that is tied up in long term investments elsewhere.
Would have been good to have got him, Dein and Red Holdings on board, but it never happened and each year it doesn’t, Dein is getting older and maybe his hunger for success with Arsenal dwindles.
Am sure he got a few hundred million in his back pocket for a few players Marinello 😉
We do seem to be more interested in the balance sheet that the league tables. Share price could be in Kroenke’s mind although it’s not the concern of the rest of them as they already have had their pound of flesh I.O.U ‘s from Stan . Not sure if he’s paid for them yet.and with the downturn of the American retail market may well fancy cashing in and making a quick buck.
I saw Dein in an interview and he candidly answered a question would he come back if asked and he replied never say never, but i would think that is against the odds. I hear from fans all the time about his return but surely their are people like hinm all through the industry. One of the main things anybody taking on this kind of job needs is funds to start with. I would think that in this day and age nobody gets sweet talked without an incentive. I heard on tv today that players would think twice before joining United because of the fact they are not playing Champions league and thats why Scholles has been asked back, my view is they owe to much to their creditors. after all if you joined a club for CL football you may only get 2 games at most
SP1 WATH Marinello Potter
You are on a roll today. 🙂 Makes good reading. Thanks.
The board have def filled their pockets Potter and we see very little or no investment in return on the pitch…! I think I read Stan has now paid up on the “IOU’s”
Yep the yank economy and the downturn for developers must have an impact on biz and since he borrowed the funds from Deutche Bank i reckon he got a sweet interest rate and he’ll sell soon as he can and make his money and run for the hills…..
I certainly hope so as that way least we may have someone running the club that actually has a love for football and most importantly for The Arsenal.
SP, the thing with DD is he’s very well connected in Europe with the powers that be and well respected…! He isn’t my cup of tea must admit but he does love the club is a fan and would for a few years at least prob do a good job with money behind him…! What about then an ex Arsenal player with a bit of savvy to take over from him…? contacts and getting the deals done is what it’s all about an ex player with charisma and who was well respected in the game should and would have a bit of pull signing players surely..?
Without regurgitating the arguments around the time of his departure , it seems he wasforced out because he realised that to keep the club in the upper strata it needed a cash injection and Fiszman wanted to go the other direction and increase the clubs value and ultimately his share profits. To facilitate these aims Dein got linked with a number of schemes , Ground sharing with Spurs at Ally Pally ( new stadium cost shared by two clubs ) , a new stadium at Kings Cross whilst using Wembley whilst it was being built . Bringing in the unwanted sort Mr Kroenke and finally Usmanov. At all these points he was thwarted and the board ( the major shareholders )who only warmed to Stan when he agreed not to join them but to buy them out and put Mucho Wonga in their pockets. One day it will make a really interesting book . I only hope that at my advanced age I am still around to read it.
Wath, do you honestly think Usmanov even if he did buy Stans shares, do you think he would splash the cash, he may just wait for the fair play rules to come in, as that should save him a bob or two. I feel he needs to come and splash the cash now as it could be too late later on
It may be too late Steve but I am sure that there are ways to get round it , perhaps a shirt sponsorship for the Uzbek gas company , seems to have worked for Etihad.
I’m backing again
Potter, will make very interesting reading for sure, the icing on the cake was DD wanting to take over wembley as well which noone liked the idea of, he also said the board need to invest and that seemed to be frowned upon, he did/does want to be chairman as well and prob saw the PHW is such an old dodderer best chance was get in someone to get rid of the lot of them… Seems lady Nina was also right when she said they have no ambition to drive the club forward.
I think that he would spend funds SP, we all seem to agree we dont need hundreds of millions spent as we are really only 3/4 quality players away from being a very good side but least with his bank balance we could at least get exactly who we wanted and pay decent salaries to make them want to join us….!
Off for a bit… chat lata…!
Yeah see you later , I will come back to this later as well. Got to cut up some wood to keep the Missus’ toes warm.
Afternoon guys and gals…
We signed anyone or as lee always says b)
🙂
Afternoon Gooners.
Afternoon Rico, vgd post Your Highness.. :P:
Heard Paul Davis on the radio earlier today, in a discussion about the top London clubs, usual suspects of course….
He was casting doubts over those at the club doing the transfer business and how we miss David Dein….
That’s now Frankie Mac and Davo criticising Gazides and his ‘team’….
Hope the pressure ups over this month.
Have to spotlight their failings instead of blaming Wenger.
And can you imagine the shit hitting the fan if they fcuk-up this Spring and jack-up the season ticket prices….?
Chickens coming home etc………?!
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2012/01/14/aly-cissokho-on-verge-of-newcastle-united-move-as-arsenal-interest-pipped/56198/
http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/matchday-live/blog/2012-01-14/parlour-getting-henry-back-real-no-brainer-arsenal
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1024103-arsenal-on-the-brink-of-signing-full-back-saad-al-mukhaini
off up the gym…catch you later fine people!
Cahill not in the line-up of bolton …
http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/features/2012-01-13/talksport-transfer-spotlight-chelsea-fighting-man-united-arsenal-and-liverpool-new-ronaldo
there’s rumours of a season ticket hike….on twitter my mate was waffling about it… cya
Afternoon AK, thank you kind sir 😉
Paul Davies is spot on……
I read the ST’s could be going up, what a joke to watch 5/6 quality players??
Could be a bit of a rumpus next summer Rico?
Don’t think anything will be announced until we know the situation over the top-four…
Chelsea 1-0 Sunderland
Mu miss a penalty 🙂
Freeman scores for Stevenage…..
Hope we’ve got a sell-on clause in that deal.
Aneke not in Stevenage squad..!
Watt not in Sheff Weds squad..!
No point in them being there, unless they’re injured….
wolves ahead 🙂
n.noisers 0 wolves 1
Hi JM – that is good news re Wolves
AK, i strongly suspect we have a clause on Freeman, surprised we sold him to be honest… Totally agree re next summer, and if there is a rumpus, it’s deserved imho….
Aneke is banned isn’t he AK, or is that Afobe who recently got sent off?
Ah, you could be right on Aneke, Rico.
But i don’t know about Watt…
Not even on the bench…..
Maybe Watt will be our new striker signing, he’s due back I think 😉
Mu score – Scholes
Another old boy’s return going ok, shame about his gaff against BB 😉
You could be right about Watt, he’ll probably get a game in front of Park, Rico….
Probably AK, joke isn’t it, how much did we pay for Park?
Wonder how Frimps is doing today?
Fripong is playing. Has got a yellow card at the 30th minute.
My ex-mate has passed his medical and is set to be unveiled on Monday….
🙁 🙁 🙁
Frimpong almost scored…
Booked already , foul on Bale apparently , seems he is putting it about already given Van de Vaart a smack in the mouth.,
Good old Frimps JM – hope it was worth it 😉
AK, i’m gutted about your mate, can’t believe Wenger didn’t make a move, i’d rather him than Merts if i’m honest….
Hi Potter – should have hit him harder 😉
1-1 now 🙁
Freeman has scored again for Stevenage grrrrr
mu 2-0 🙁
Apparantly Real Zaragoza wanted to take Squillaci on loan, according to their manager. But Arsenal said no.
Later on Zaragoza stated that the deal failed to go through because of economic reasons…..?!
Wages again???
CD Alcoyano have taken Wellington Silva, on loan, for the rest of the season….
League of their own…
Gary Neville talkimg about how the captain and manager has to see the ref before the game and Jamie Redknapp asks what is said by the ref…
Before Neville can answer, Redknapp says:
‘what do you want to happen today Fergie’
😆 😆
JM, i’m glad to be honest, i don’t want the yids or citeh to win the league….
AK, I think that is because Wenger wants to sell Squilli rather than loan, West Ham wanted him on loan too, but Karen Brady said that a loan will stop him being sold…..
allez, because we need Squil… tomorrow what wiill be the line-up? Probably Squil on the bench… and maybe the only defender.
MU 3-0
rico, I prefer the cities..
The problem is Rico, clubs enquire about the players we have, that are available, and as soon as they see the salery we’re paying they either go away, want Arsenal to drop the fee or want Arsenal to continue to contribute to their wages…..
I reckon Arsenal will eventually have to drop their valuations on these players, to get rid of them…
Somebody, somewhere, at the club, has blundered big-time on those saleries…..
Again, this didn’t happen when Dein was at the club.
A rudderless ship springs to mind, lack of leadership from above..!
Na$ri though JM, i don’t want that money grabbing little s***e winning anything….
JM, if we need a player like Squillaci, then we are really in the shit…
I’d rather have Yennaris or Boateng on the bench….
Exactly AK, we pay too much to players who have done little, the price of are soon to be cast offs isn’t that high but their wage is crazy!
The guy in charge of all that is Gazidis but, we have been paying them too high for a while, maybe before he arrived and then it was down to someone else, Friar? or was it Wenger?
Or get Bartley back? And we have Miquel who is a CH, we do not see Squilli, not today, tomorrow or ever 😉
Media in Ghana have stated that Arsenal have offered a trial to young left-back Baba Abdul Rahman, who plays for Asante Kotoko F.C.
😎
Sagna will be back soon Rico, things will start to ease up,,,
Mancs won 3-0
Is there such a player AK? 😉
Rico…… who knows? 🙂
But Wenger has friends all over the place, so it wouldn’t suprise me at all.
Info came via JS twitter….
QPR have their Alex bid accepted….
Scousers drew 0-0 at home…… 😀
Did the yids stay at 1-1??
Yessssss Scum 1-1
Chavs won 1-0
Liverpool and Yids drop points, we need to win tomorrow, big time……
final score: 1-2 😉
Squill on loan I’m not agree. Miquel probably play tomorrow; Bartley ok in Rangers;Boateng must grow up; Squill tomorrow on the bench. Tomorrow: Yennakis,Djourou,Kos and Miquel. And we have no more defendres. That’s the reality. I hope win tomorrow…and next week versus MU, but with this line-up on the back will be very difficult.
No question, Chavs 4 points ahead of us now, one game more.
We have to win at Swansea……
It’ll be bloody hard, but it’s a slog from here on.
No more excuses.
Too many points dropped already.
Time to man-up for our players.
Good old Frim…… :P:
and liverpoll 0 stoke 0 😉
Chelsea 1 Sunderland 0
Shattered, first time up the Mel & Kim for a while…..yids drop 2 points! 🙂
JD at RB will be a nightmare JM, Sinclair will make him look silly….
Nest week for Manure we will have TV and maybe Sagna and Gibbs back….
AK, agree again, massive game tomorrow, lose and we fall away and getting 4th will be very hard, especially as the Chavs are going to spend, they have now Cahill and then hazard could be soon signing….
I’m watching now Bendtner….
‘Respectable’ Lee 😉
Lee, did you manage to squeeze into your spandex????
Blimey, Millwall lost 6-0 at home to Birmingham.
Wouldn’t want to be down the Old Kent Road this evening….
Cahill was in Stanford Bridge.
Cripes AK, one of my friends is a huge Milwall fan, might go and give him a ring 😉
I saw that too JM, i’m still cross…..
From JS tweet;
Brilliant, Frimpong almost sent off,
almost scored,
kicked ball in Van der Vaarts face,
then blew kisses to Spurs fans in 1-1 draw… :P:
It’s funny my father-in-law is a big Lions fan but has always liked The Arsenal….our origin I think! I hope Frimpong makes the grade with us, if you were in the trenches you’d want him on your side!!
Lycra, 47…… 😉
Scummers next 3 games;
Man City [a]
Wigan [h]
Liverpool [a]
Extra large elasticated shorts for me Lee…. 😉
Coming out Monday…….. 🙁
I love Frimps 🙂
Sure would lee, and i think he will, he certainly won’t choose to leave us, he’ll be better than essien, one day…..
AK, two defeats and a draw for the Yids then 😉
Beckhan – spuds on loan?
Surely not JM, when his young one is a gooner 🙁
Rico, Frim is still very raw, but he loves the club and gives everything.
Given time and maturity i think he’ll develop into a very powerfull midfield enforcer, but in a technical sense…
Nothing on the BBC or SlySports on Beckham.
I totally agree AK, he just needs to keep his feet on the ground and we need to hope that Wenger doesn’t overlook him for another – our club/team needs more true fans playing for the side they love….
Jack
Gibbs
Jenkinson
Then we have
Frimps
Afobe
Aneke
Watt
They will give so much more than the likes of Chamakh etc….
Rico, once the scummers start to drop a few points, the nerves will set in, the bum will squeak, and we’ll slowly slowly creep up on them.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/7428996/Gunners-eye-Oman-defender
Have you read arsenal web site today? No Kalou, no suarez…Chamack is ours!
i bloomin hope so AK ….
AK re your second comment 5:23 I thought you were married…. 😆
AK, re the link, did you read the post 😉 😉
JM, i don’t believe anything our manager says anymore….
Off for a bit, back laters….
Good day that sums and dippers stuck.. no 4th spot this week tho 🙁
No, even three points won’t see us back there Stv…
Reading are winning though 😛
Softly softly catchee monkey
😛 Potter, we can only hope eh….
Lee, 5.56; 😆
Ohh, you are awfull. but i like you….. 😉
Yes, Rico, i did read the post….. 😕
But you know what i’m like…. 🙄
Just teasing you AK, just teasing – interesting that the repot is now on SS’s though, maybe we will soon here from Wenger about this guy on trial…
Well AW, seems to hunting high & low for some ‘interesting’ defensive options Rico.
And yes, i know you was… 🙂
More like low AK, when do our club search high these days??
I knew you knew, you know me too well 😉
Reading won away, that’s a good omen for us tomorrow 😉
See your local lads won then….. 😉
Yer Rico, you knew, that i knew, that you knew, that i also knew.. :P:
But yeah, that ‘low’ as you say, is just a symptom of how penny-pinching our club has become post-Dein….
How on earth the influence of Absent Stan is affecting the clubs ability to compete, will remain a mystery until Jabba gets on the Board, if he ever does…
They did, its strange AK, their season has gone just like ours, now they are 5th, just like us, and once they were 17th 😮
Spooky eh 😉
I know that you knew that i knew and that you also knew that i knew…. oh, lets stop that now 😉
And with those cheerfull sentiments, i shall say bid you good night…..
See ya tomorrow boss…. as you know i will, 😉
I’m following you Ak, – have a good one, nighty night…
But then you knew i would say that 😉
Night all…..
Loads of pearls cast here todqay. Amid the `crying through our tears` evident – and shared by us all, I say that Frim`s attitude doesn`t worry me. Yonks back, we had a guy called Patrick Something. I don`t know what happened to him but he picked up a whole slew of reds, at first. In time, people kept out of range and he went on, I believe, to be quite adequate. It seems that people are now sussing Kroenke. He married smart and is trying to prove himself to the family. His clubs are profitable sporting failures. Now it is the turn of the fans of the Rams who will sufer from his -lust for loot. He apparently plans to hike the franchise back to the west coast. Guess who`ll get to build the new stadium? St. Louis fans are not amused, Unlike Britain, most support their Home Town team, If the Rams take off, they`ll have to travel a million miles to watch live games. Has Kronke realised this? Seems unbelievable now – but I once sat with three thousand odd, real fans, one cold night at Highbury. No matter what excuse was offered, that was a protest. Just a few years earlier an estimated 70k were locked out and 73k were happily crammed inside. We made a fresh start and perhaps somebody up thre took action. He can live with scrambling for fourth but how many, now will fade away if this person continues to deny us the few class players that might yet save this season? Delighted to have cheered up my reader. last thought – who said, `Thank God? If we had to follow a Yankee format. why in hell wasn`t it The Green Bay Packers? 18k shareholders and the most succsessful team to boot?
rico, you will probably see this when you check in tomorrow morning. this is to let you know that i will not be able to do a match report for away at swansea. hopefully, i will be able to do the united game a week later.
look at this
Signing frustrated cast-offs will not solve my injury crisis, insists Wenger
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2086808/Arsene-Wenger-Signing-frustrated-cast-offs-solve-injury-crisis.html#ixzz1jVZef0pL
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2086808/Arsene-Wenger-Signing-frustrated-cast-offs-solve-injury-crisis.html
Thanks oliver
Morning alan, your comment was in moderation – must be the links 😮
why cant you arsenal suppoters in london abandoning going to the emirates stadium. This wil show them that u supporters you are frastrated coz its u who is giving the team money 4rm gate takings. Cn u try the idea please. Where is the supporters body?
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arsene wenger must go he is here only to support french players, he like to introduce junior french players, buy only french players, it will be better if he goes to france.