Morning all.
Earlier in the season, very early in the season, the 22nd of August to be precise, Oliver Giroud suffered a broken left tibia against Everton and was ruled out for a long time. So much so, Arsene Wenger didn’t include him in our pre 2015 Champions League campaign.
Apparently, during his time out, he signed a new contract which will keep him at Arsenal until 2018….
Anyway, he returned way ahead of schedule…
Then, just over a week ago, Gabriel suffered a hamstring injury against Qpr and was expected to be out for three weeks at least but Arsene Wenger told us yesterday, he’s back in full training this weekend.
Perhaps I’m being harsh, or have maybe forgotten other players who have returned early from injury, but the recovery of both Ollie and Gabriel has been quick. Very unlike an Arsenal player.
Which begs the question, do we have too many frail bodies in our side or has the appointment of Shad Forsythe started to take effect?
If Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain returns before his reported four weeks out with a hamstring injury, maybe the answer will be more clear. Perhaps Shad is the reason why Theo Walcott hasn’t started many games since his return and Tomas Rosicky is being used sparingly.
And Diaby, not at all……
Anyway, not only can we still smile about being in the FA Cup semi-finals, we can laugh all day long about the Chavs being knocked out of the Champions League by ten man PSG….
Good to see them being battered in the newspapers this morning, not only for losing but the way in which the Chelsea players surrounded the ref to get Ibrahimovic sent off.
Classless bunch eh…….
Have a great day folks and keep smiling….
49 49 undefeated 49 49 I say….49 49 undefeated playing football the arsenal way 😀 : morning guys it’s been a while.
Morning goonster and all..
Catch up a bit later, busy day for me…
Bye bye Joe Say.
Morning all.
It seems our medical team are improving at getting players back on the pitch.
If they can only learn to keep them their, we are in business 🙂
Still buzzing….I coulda swore I saw ginge amongst the away fans. What a beautiful bastards our away fans are. stayed behind to sing even after the manure fans and stewards left. I ll so give anything to join them on that night. Oooh to be
Morning rico….how’s scott how’s tricks?
Hay Stan.
All is well here bud.
Hope you and the your princess are good.
The. Utd result was a boost to all of us, no question 🙂
iPhone messing me up already. Great
Perhaps Shad has found the new elixir to mending broken bodies and is slipping doses of it into their Horlicks at bedtime! Certainly we don’t seem to have suffered so many pulls, strains or fatigue injuries as in the past.so something must have changed!
As for the chavs, all the criticism they are getting this morning is wholly justified and not before time? When a person behaves as contemptuously as the dwarf and his team reflects his behaviour on the field of play then all they can expect is the outrage of the viewers and journos etc. They deserve all the slagging off they get. Graceless morons!
Morning all. Good start to the day Rico, got me going, at least!
you said it scotty oz I almost screamed my apartment building down. What a performance. The lads killed it. Trust me we ll do a double at old bog. Watch this space. The next time out I fear for them. It ll be a rout.
Stanley!
Howdy brudder lee….how are you doing? ?
Goonster
Wavy, you’re right….a Chelski are copping what they deserve.
Similar to Utd the other day.
It’s too early to say, but the question can be asked…..are things turning??
Are people realising what we’ve known all along?
Stan, I had a 40 minute drive which coincided with the second half….I spent the whole time on the phone with dad who is no Football expert, but the words “Welbeck has scored” near had me running off the road lol.
I can’t stop smiling 😀
Adamant 😀 I missed you big guy. How is everything and the missus? ?
All ok thank you Stan. How about you though?
Hahahahahah scott you twit….Am pretty sure you almost leapt out of your skin. Ooh arsenal we love you
Am fabulous adam…been very busy lately.
That is good to hear. Are you pleased that LVG is doing so well up at Old Toilet?
Adam be a dear and find me an away ticket. I need to be around those guys. I love them to death. I ll make a great away fan don’t you think? 😀
Adam, yeah I have heard the Walcott to Liverpool rumour mate…
Personally, Liverpool would be the last club that I’d do business with…
It must be something I’m smoking…
am surprised how it turned out for him but hey who cares. Back in the 90s( during his stint with Ajax ) he was actually a tactical astute manager. Don’t know where it went wrong with him. Ajax used to pummel and pulverize any team that stands in its way. One time they beat vitesse 8.1
Pops almost had a coronary.lol
Morning Adam, btw…
A really nice sunny day in London Town.
A good day to put some groovy music in your car and go for a long ride… 😀
And Good Morning Stanley SquarePants…
How’s things with you?
Stan. He looks like a spaced out weirdo now, though though not as weird as Mourinho who seems to have aged about 20 years in a few months. Every dog has his day I suppose.
Me too Kev. I wouldn’t do business with them unless I could turn over the man with the ironed face for millions and millions.
Hahahah tell me about it….the pressure us getting to the poison dwarf long may it continue. Boy I loathe that u coont faced bastard.
Hey kev….:D
Another one for the glue pot I think.
How’s pickings? Still swindling unsuspecting tourists are you?? Lol
Hahahahahah don’t start with the glue joke adam. It’s too early but yes he ll fit in nicely with Adrian durham. they ll make some tough glue.
Yeah Stan, ripping them off with gusto.., 😛
Walcott for Sterling?
Ginger glue..,
Hey Goonie… long time buddy.
Howdy ts…I saw you pal. I saw you with the away fans. Lucky bastard 😀 how was it?? Hey you got to hook me up ts. I need a ticket. I belong with the away crowd. Can’t stand the tight wads who attend home games….lol not you adam. You re swell:D
ha ha Goonie; so far as the one you saw was a black man with Ginger hair. 😛
… whenever you coming back to the father land… give me the heads up and I will sort something up…
I have BVB ticket going up for grabs… courtesy of collecting stats..
Lee, not Stirling……That’s not funny lol
££££££££ Scott
Alright ginge…it’s a date. I saw your boy last night verratti. What a player and he’s still only 22. He bossed the midfield. Made them look like a mug. Lol.
LvG will come good me think.. he is still a top manager; he transformed FC Munchen in the mid 2000’s and his showings in the WC2014 shows he still has it imho..
Kev – Did John W. Henry leave some of his Cuban cigars in your cab or have you been smoking some the sacred herb?
I won’t sell walcot guys. His pace against put high line is just asking for trouble. Keep him at all cost. He ll be another rooney against us. Keep him I say.
Scott – Heed the words of the late great Jim Morrison;
Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.
Next time have your Dad record the game for you and watch the whole game when you’re safely home. We can’t have you going celestial walkabout just when the team are coming good.
Raheem for Theodore anyone?
Keep Theo but give him no pay increment.
Raheem is better but the bin-dippers won’t sell.
Maybe an exchange…
Ts a long ball team like the poop is actually what theo needs to succeed. Tiki taka is to technical for him. He’s a limited player. Put him up front in thst Liverpool side and watch him score goals for fun. he ll thrive in such conditions. Don’t sell theo. Keep him at all cost
CG, I survived and it was one hell of a happy day at work lol.
Joe Say
What did I say to get you so upset 😉
Lol.
Joe Say talk shit.
Just Joe talks sense 🙂
Lmfao re.Theo being limited… so true though.
I think teams do not push the high line with us like they use to do in the early 2000’s…
Unlike the Rat-faced Bale, Theo has not evolved his game much.
What did you think of Maxwell the LB for Psg.. I thought he was good.
I have always said that Walcott is a weapon that used correctly would be extremely dangerous. In a two up front system with one man coming short to make room for him to run he would be deadly. However Wenger doesn’t play that way and wants more to his play than he is capable of giving. It’s really a case of not what he can’t do for us but what he could do for someone else.
That sounds about right to me 🙂
Potter, well said.
Theo is what he is.
Jack is the same.
We get either can’t work out best how to use them, or won’t.
Spot on potter hence my fear. He ll come back to bite us in the ass. Don’t sell theo.
Off out see you all later
Jose is a tool…
Valencia out for the hamsters!
Scott – Yes, obviously you survived, but we don’t want you tempting fate again. Leave your ‘Wild Colonial Boy’ celebrations to the couch at home or the chair in the pub.
I’ll stay calm, CG 🙂
Ginge – As Rico is out of the House, here are some stats you might enjoy;
Luke Shaw vs Kieran Gibbs vs Ryan Bertrand
http://www.whoscored.com/Graphics/5240/Show/
You tease Cg… lol
I think in the next euro’s an Azurri midfield of Verrati, motta, Insigne, El Shaarawy, and Marchisio will be a force.
not forgetting De Rossi if still.
I wil still take Montolivo even at 30 y.o
Cg- you know I rate Gibbs but I think he plays far better with someone like Arteta who provides tactical protection in midfield for him to bomb forward.
I have never been a fan of Baines but hey..
The scum LB is very solid even for a right footer…
I still think Gibbs with better coaching and a bit of luck on the injury front will be world class
Ginge – A tease you say. It has been a long time since I’ve been accused of that. LOL.
Rumour has it that Arteta has agreed a one year extension (usual caveat that it is just rumour until it is officially announced on Arsenal,com).
If Gibbs can stay fit, he will have a long illustrious career for Arsenal and England. Not always easy, just ask Abu Diaby. One who should/will not be offered a contract extension. A shame really as he could have been a great player if he hadn’t had his ankle smashed at the tender age of nineteen.
What’s with all the adverts???
Bet 365???
Selling stuff?
Wouldn’t mind if it was interesting Lee…
But it’s all shit…
It’s gone very quiet!
Sshhhh!
Hello…. 🙂
Has there been advert problems?
Some taxi driver moaning about it, that’s all….
Strange how they say that everything changes yet all stays the same .
My wife got it into her head that she wanted a new bedroom carpet , so I have been lifting the old one in readiness for it’s arrival. Under the old carpet we put news papers and as I took it up a headline from the EDP in 1990 read
“” Platini on slush fund charge “” also Maradona is a reformed character having spent two days in a clinic to ( cough , cough ) lose weight.
Just thought I would share these with you.
In which case Lee, I won’t worry… 😉
🙂 Potter…
Booooo!! Check the hyperlinks, rico. 😀 😀 What is going on??
Can’t stop lauhing at the Chavs. 😀
Bloody adserv redirects all day.
Hi Agag and all.
Boo to you agag, the man behind the scenes has been working on the Ads, all resolved now though…
Hiya, Adam, how are you and Mrs Adam? rico. 🙂 🙂 You raking in the big bucks with all the ads now 😛
We are well thanks Agag and send our regards.
Is Wath driving a taxi? 😀
Agag, did you go out and buy a new pair of shoes, to celebrate our famous win at OT..? 😛
I’m trying but failing Agag 😉
Sorry rico a bit late getting back.
Why can’t we compare..Technology.
rugby and cricket….its accepted that
the game is stop start stop start
geezers over 20 stone plodding around the pitch
trying to catch up to for a scrum.
cricket all day to play.
The excitement for me is the speed of football,
no one moans at the wrong calls by the Refs
more than me.
If we keep stopping and starting,
people like moureen will find a way to
disrupt that loop hole.
Just my opinion rico.
No prob Fred and I respect your view… But I’d love the nasty tackles to be looked at at the time because a retrospective ban only helps other clubs and not arsenal….
The problem rico with to much Technology,
is how it will filter down to grassroots.
Can you just imagine an under 10 game,
I kid you not some of the parents comments
I have heard over the years at these games,
were a bit Stan Kronkie.
You would think the Refs were on £500 a game
not £25.
I was watching a game about 5 years ago,and a parent was
filming the game,the ref as always was having
a westernsupermare,the game stopped.
The parent who was filming the match called the ref over
and showed him what he had just done wrong.
Can you believe that.
Just to add the Ref was about 15.
I
Fred, I’m really surprised … But parents can be a pain in the butt.. Lol
Seriously though, there is so much money in the game these days, clubs survive and collapse because of many a bad decision, something has to give….
It’s where it ends rico,
Look at these panels that have been set up,
even thats dodgy……
Later rico..
Cheer on the toffes
The panels who decide are very important Fred….
Enjoy the footie….
Fred,
The school my boy attends are taught the correct way.
They don’t have a referee.
If the ball goes out, they stop.
Any fouls occur, play stops.
There are no complaining, no whinging, and okay rolls on.
When they play other sides, they are taken advantage of but it is exactly what’s needed in the this world of cynicism and downright cheats.
It’s refreshing.
The blogasphere is back
,
Shame I have nothing to say……….no change there then?
Night all its been a funny old day.
Morning all..
What a miserable one it is too weather wise…..
Morning Rico. A bit drab here too.
Morning Adam.. Dark, raining and grim….
A very red sky earlier and now a bit overcast but no rain as yet.
Good Morning Lovelies and Hunkies
Here its wonderful weather LAdy. Sun peeks through the clouds now and then, the world looks wonderful and occasionally a lovely masterpiece walks gracefully by dressed in high heeled shoes leaving a trail of sweet smelling deodorant. 😉
And the weather is a bit warmer today.
Seems as if Scholes has backtracked his comments now.
I wonder if red nose had a word in his ear.
Had the red sky here earlier – kind of knew what would follow 😉
Morning Devil.. What’s the ginger nut being saying now then?
Morning Lady. Here in our piece of rock we have a saying that if you see a red sky in the morning put the beast of burden in the stables, but if you see red sky in the evening get the beasts of burden ready to work.
Its seems that the ginger nut case has now said that Ozil surprised him at Old toilet….and he singled him out as one of AFC’s hardest workers.
Red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning…
That’s our saying Devil…
Not sure I agree with Scholes but it was good to see Ozil chasing the ball down a couple of times after he’d lost it…
Hmmmm I like that saying. its similar in our language. Good to know.
Nice and warm here no not Ireland on a winter break in Tenerife.
Of to climb a volcano soon.
Morning all.
Red sky at night, have a beer.
Red sky in the morning, wait til it’s night time, then have a beer.
It’s red sky at night sailors delight ……….. at home
Waiting till night to have a beer why? 😉
Off to climb…….. iPad issues
It’ll be warm up the top Joe…. 😉
Morning to you and Scott…
New post up now