Old midfielder to sign in the summer? Vermaelen out for the season?

morning!

anyone heard the rumors that we are planning a cooperation with feyenoord?

Vieira would be a great presence at the club! 🙂

But hasn’t Wenger stated that Rice is 90 % sure of staying?

yeah, good point rico. a speaking about Flamini, isn’t he a bench warmer at Milan? I would love to se him back, he could do a great job for us i think 😀

DK Aw will do the most for him to stay me think

I am Rico Aw is like my old man so attached to people around him Flamini played yesterday and was poor Diara is warming the bench for the second game in a raw for Madrid they were held 1 all by Almeria

Rico Diara has been on and off for madrid Khedira a worth competition

Khedira is overrated if you ask me, nad yeah rico its the german international. Would love to have schweinsteiger at our team! but he’s recently signed a contract extension..

Morning guys.

I would be happy to see paddy back as a coach but he would have to do it the Bould way.

The only news I am waiting for is the news where we have signed a top class CB.

rico, everyone’s allowed to dream, right? 😉

If Wenger buys a world class centre back, that would be the death of koscielny or squillaci, ergo, Wenger would undirectly admit that he made a mistake in buying them..

And i’m suspecting that Wenger will wait until late january to see if the squid will get fit…

I agree but I can see Wenger staying a while as he really wants to see his kids come good.

Yeah, not the scientist experimenting.

I agree with you, the kids will be better with better players around them. I would be more than happy though to see Nik B gone and some of those kids given a chance. I mean, how many goals did JET score in the reserves?

Give them all a go. Most kids can’t play many games in a row so give JET a few games, then rest him and give Afobe etc etc.

I would rather have an 18 year old playing with the utmost desire than some egotistical idiot who thinks he is better than everyone of the planet.

What does Nik B give us that Chamakh doesn’t?

Chamakh is jacobed though, Nik b has no reason and if he feels he should be playing, he should be busting his nuts to impress, whenever I have seen him play, he strolls around.

That is what is annoying me about AA, he just puffs his cheeks out and looks skywards. How about running back, putting a tackle in and making the simple pass and working your way back to form?

Maybe we could rest Cesc and push AA up in the centre?

Just watched the Barca goals from this weekend and we could score those goals if some of our forward players made forward, off the ball runs.

If we can beat Leeds and Ipswich and the next 3 league games, I think the confidence will soar.

I agree and that is why we need a dominating “English” centre back whose only thought is to keep a clean sheet.

If we can get a 5 match winning streak going, I think we will have the ability to win everything.

No, Paddy didn’t, rico. He missed it by a year. 😉

It was one of those stupid, meaningless internationals, for TV. Our players should be banned from playing those. Haha. There are too many of them, and they are largely boring affairs. 😉

Hi all,Good win on saturday, comfortable as well.
Good to see MAn Utd lost 2 points.

Walcott is coming to the form he was earlier this season.

it will be nice to see viera next to wenger at least he can remind those guys of great times.

Those invicibles really missed arsenal.

See yah all later

Hi Rico,

The special exemption Visa was refused for both Myaichi and Wellington.

I believe FIFA can grant such an exemption for special young talent, which the Home Office would then take into consideration when deciding to grant a work permit, or not.

I am going to research this Visa nonsense because it seems a mystery to most of us … and we need to know! 🙂

It’s odd; apparently, if you smuggle yourself across on Eurostar, homeless and without a job, you are greeted with benefits cheques and housing. Have a well paid footballing career and they tell you to bugger off. What sort of system is that?

Will,

We got about £22m for Anelka, whereas Henry cost £10m, so we had plenty of change out of that deal! 🙂

Yes RA but we also paid for the training ground with the money.

Funny how Man Utd don’t often fail with the permits.

Exactly Rico, it was meant to be a two week thing, how long has it been now?

Rico,

The Visa elegibility rules seem as clear as mud. For what they are worth, I have shown a part of the rules below. A Club sponsors a player who has to meet elegibility rules.

Sponsorship
To be eligible to become a Sponsor and issue Certificates of Sponsorship a club must be in membership of the Premier League or the Football League. A Sponsor’s licence issued under Tier 2 or Tier 5 is valid for a period of 4 years, after which time it may be renewed. Clubs should note that a Sponsor’s licence may be revoked at any time if the Sponsor is seen to be failing in its compliance with its duties.

Length of Season
For the purposes of PBS, the playing season for this sport is from August to May. This may vary slightly from season to season depending on the arrangement of the first and last matches.

Criteria for Players
To be eligible for a Governing Body Endorsement under PBS:

The applicant club must be in membership of the Premier League or Football League. During the period of endorsement, the player may only play for clubs in membership of those leagues (i.e. the player may not be loaned to a club below the Football League);

The player must have participated in at least 75% of his home country’s senior competitive international matches where he was available for selection during the two years preceding the date of the application; and
The player’s National Association must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA World Rankings when averaged over the two years preceding the date of the application.

Home » UK Visas » Tier 2 work permits » Tier 2 Visa Sportsperson » Visa requirements for English Football
This information below outlines the criteria for football clubs to become Sponsors and obtain Governing Body Endorsements for individual players under Tiers 2 and 5 of the UKBA’s points based system for the 2010/11 season.

The criteria below have been agreed by the UKBA following consultation between the FA, the Premier League, the Football League, the Professional Footballers’ Association, the League Managers’ Association and the other Home Associations of the Scottish FA, the FA of Wales and the Irish FA.

Duration
The criteria will apply for season 2010/11 and will be effective from 1st May 2010 through to 30th April 2011. The criteria will be reviewed in early 2011 in order that revised criteria may be issued by the 1st May 2011 to operate for season 2011/12.

Sponsorship
To be eligible to become a Sponsor and issue Certificates of Sponsorship a club must be in membership of the Premier League or the Football League. A Sponsor’s licence issued under Tier 2 or Tier 5 is valid for a period of 4 years, after which time it may be renewed. Clubs should note that a Sponsor’s licence may be revoked at any time if the Sponsor is seen to be failing in its compliance with its duties.

Length of Season
For the purposes of PBS, the playing season for this sport is from August to May. This may vary slightly from season to season depending on the arrangement of the first and last matches.

Criteria for Players
To be eligible for a Governing Body Endorsement under PBS:

The applicant club must be in membership of the Premier League or Football League. During the period of endorsement, the player may only play for clubs in membership of those leagues (i.e. the player may not be loaned to a club below the Football League);
The player must have participated in at least 75% of his home country’s senior competitive international matches where he was available for selection during the two years preceding the date of the application; and
The player’s National Association must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA World Rankings when averaged over the two years preceding the date of the application.
Competitive matches
The definition of a senior competitive international match is a:
FIFA World Cup Finals match, FIFA World Cup Qualifying group match, FIFA Confederations Cup matches, Continental Cup Qualifiers and Finals matches such as UEFA European Championships and Qualifiers, CAF African Cup of Nations and Qualifiers, AFC Asia Nations Cup and Qualifiers, CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Copa Caribe, UNCAF Nations Cup, CONMEBOL Copa America, OFC Nations Cup

International appearances
When submitting an application, clubs should provide written confirmation of the player’s international appearance record over the preceding two years, highlighting those matches where the player took part, as well as those for which he was unavailable for selection due to injury or suspension. Confirmation of the player’s appearances should be obtained from his National Association. If this is not possible, the information will be independently verified by the FA through all available sources. A decision cannot be made until this process has been completed and any relevant supporting evidence is submitted.

Length of issue
Governing Body Endorsements should be issued for a period appropriate to the tier under which the application is being made, that is:

Tier 2 (Sport)

Initial application – for the length of the player’s contract or up to three years, whichever is the shorter period.
Extension application – for the length of the player’s contract or up to two years, whichever is the shorter period. A subsequent extension of a further two years is possible when the first extension is about to expire. Where a player is currently registered under a work permit and an extension will transfer him into the Points Based System, his initial period of leave under Tier 2 may be for a maximum of three years; thereafter, any extensions will be for a maximum of two years.
Please note that applications made under Tier 2 will be subject to any player who is not from a majority English-speaking country passing an accredited English Language Test.

Tier 5 (Sporting)

Length of the player’s contract or up to 12 months, whichever is the shorter period. No in-country extensions are possible of more than a total period of 12 months.

For example if a player initially had six months approval he would be allowed to apply for an extension in-country up to another six months. If a club wishes to continue to employ a player beyond 12 months, the individual will have to return overseas to make a new application.

Tier 5 to Tier 2 switching
Players may enter under Tier 5 without the need to demonstrate the competency in English required under Tier 2. Players may then apply to switch to Tier 2 once they have passed the English Language Test. For this, the club will need to submit a new application so that they may be issued with a new endorsement and subsequently produce a new Certificate of Sponsorship under Tier 2. The application to switch into Tier 2 may be made in-country.

If, at the end of the 12 month period, the player has been unable to meet the English language requirement, he will need to return home and obtain entry clearance for a further 12 month period under Tier 5.

Where a player wishes to switch into Tier 2 for the remainder of his employment and he does not meet the criteria for initial applications, the application will be dealt with by consultation with the relevant football governing bodies in a similar way to extension applications. If approval is not given for the application to be progressed automatically, however, an appeal panel will be required.

Extension applications
Where the player is extending his employment with the same club
If a club wishes to retain the services of a player, they should submit a new application before the work permit or Certificate of Sponsorship expires. If the criteria are satisfied, an endorsement will be issued for the period of their contract, up to a maximum of two years.

Changes during the period of approval
Change of employment
A club wishing to sign a player from another United Kingdom club must submit an application to the FA. If the criteria are satisfied, a Governing Body Endorsement will be issued for a maximum of three years in respect of his employment with the new club.

Panels
Where an application does not meet the published criteria, a club may request an appeal panel to consider the player’s skills and experience. In these cases the FA will refer the club’s evidence to an independent panel (please see Panel Terms of Reference and Operating Procedures).

The remit of the panel is:

To consider whether the player is of the highest calibre.
To consider whether the player is able to contribute significantly to the development of the game at the top level in England.

The remit of the panel is:

To consider whether the player is of the highest calibre.
To consider whether the player is able to contribute significantly to the development of the game at the top level in England.
Always let Manchester United applications through.

I think Almunia is going.

We need an English Centre Half.

Mexes is shit.if we were to sign a french CB id sign ciani who according to reports our scouts were watching him in Bordeaux’ defeat to marseille at the weekend.

Rico, I have been looking for that clip for ages, just shows you how fast Henry was and they say Walcott is faster, why can’t he do that?

As for Chesney, you are right, he really needs to practice his kicking, it is atrocious.

It does not take that much skill to kick the ball into space and chase it.

Let’s hope he has half the ability Henry had. I don’t exxpect too much as Henry was 6′ 2″ and 14st and Walcott is not but he could use his speed and lower centre of gravity to scare the hell out of defenders.

Aw recently commented that henry used to analyse defenders in the first 10 minutes for any weaknesses.this enabled him to know if he had to use pace/skill/strength/shoot on sight.this requires lots of confidence and theo is getting there.he has 10 goals compared to bale’s 11 despite playing 21 hours less of football.Bale has confidence right now but his stats are almost similar to theo’s despite him not having the same level of confidence.Mark my words:Theo will score over 20 goals this season and he’ll erupt.

I hope you are right KT.

Interesting Bale stat.

Theo(10 goals 4 assists) ; Bale (11 goals 3 assists).theo has played 21 hours less of football and has played several games as a sub.