January is finally here and with it comes the first Transfer Window of the New Year.
However Arsenal have got in quick on the official site to let us all know why we shouldn’t expect to see too many new faces arrive, especially in the midfield. This is how it reads:
Chuks Aneke (18)
When a manager such as Wenger compares you to one of the best midfielders in the world, you know you have a bright future. The 18-year-old – who came on as a substitute against Shrewsbury Town in the Carling Cup in September – has clearly made quite an impression. “Chuks is a bit like Yaya Toure – he has body power and good technique,” Wenger said.
Oguzhan Ozyakup (19)
The Dutch youth international has long shone at reserve-team level and made the step up into Wenger’s plans this term after coming off the bench against Shrewsbury. The technically astute midfielder was also named in the squad for the Champions League trip to Olympiacos.
Conor Henderson (20)
The young midfielder made a good impression on his debut against Leyton Orient, prompting Wenger to say: “He did well and showed that technically he is of the level we request here. He has a nice, smooth left foot and has a good physical build.” However, Henderson damaged his cruciate ligaments in July and is not expected to return until the New Year.
Nico Yennaris (18)
The versatile midfielder was thrown into first-team action against Bolton in the Carling Cup in October, making an encouraging debut with a combative, enthusiastic display. The England Under-20 international can play in midfield, at right back or in central defence and has shown he has a bright future.
Daniel Boateng (19)
A powerful central defender, Boateng was handed his first-team bow as a substitute against Bolton in the Carling Cup and recently signed a new contract with the Club. The challenge for the 19-year-old now is to push on and establish a place in Wenger’s plans on a long-term basis.
That’s five reasons that we will no doubt fail to see a defensive signing and certainly not a midfielder but the 6th is:
Arsenal CEO, Ivan Gazidis!
Is he really the right man to take us forward?
David Dein splits opinion among Arsenal fans a bit like Marmite but when he walked [ or was forced ] out of the door of the Boardroom, I felt that the clubs ambition and determination to compete for honours, walked out with him.
David Dein may or may not have been a lot of things but he was and still is a fan, he was a facilitator and he got the club’s transfer business done and he got it done early.
When he went he left behind him the appalling Peter Hill-Wood, Keith Edelman, hardly a rip-roaring success and Ken Friar, a willing trier and a group of nondescript faceless wonders.
Has the arrival of Stan Kroenke changed anything?
He left Hill-Wood in place, a handy aunt sally who could deflect any criticism away from Silent & Constantly Absent Stan and while Hill-Wood was coming out with his pearls of wisdom to a down market newspaper, nobody was asking ‘what the hell is Stan doing’?
If Gazidis’ arrival was meant to calm our nerves, then I’m afraid to say that it hasn’t.
Somehow I cannot imagine David Dein allowing his transfer business to drag on up to the 31st of January, or August for that matter.
Gazidis failure to do his job probably cost Arsenal some 5 or 6 points at the start of this campaign. A deficit that Wenger has tried manfully to close but it leaves the clubs top-four position in grave danger.
Do we expect Gazidis to pull any rabbits out of the hat this January? Or will he let another top target slip through his fingers as he carelessly did with Juan Mata?
Already Eden Hazard, another long-time target, is being lined up by Man City, whilst Gazidis lines up his excuses. Ditto Mario Goetz… Marko Reus… etc etc.
Do I expect Gazidis to pull off a morale boosting deal this January?
No I don’t, but I do expect to hear Gazidis hiding behind the wealth of Chelsea and Man City, as his excuses for doing sod all and of course telling us all that we have young players coming through!
Added to that there will be injured players returning who will labelled ‘like new signings’ by the manager – one of which is Sagna, suggestion is that he could be in for a return against Manchester United which is really good news.
Oh well, roll on January 31st and a couple of loan deals. 😉
Written by Allezkev
New Post up…..
Nte mate nte all
I’m offski now, so see ya soon Steve.
The Old Spotted Dog ground where Clapton played, was quite an interesting experience…..
I discovered some very new and inventive ways to insult people from the crowd there… 😕
Goodnight Lee.
Thank you Steve, i do my best… 😉
AK your a man of many talents and deserve the rico accolade Sir AK
Yeah I’m up the apples… Good talking, later guys! 🙂
See ya Rocky, night mate…
Seven teams in it for the top four now…
I can well imagine AK!! Always a few choice words from those areas!
Right chaps, I have to feed the fish then go to bed. Another early start tomorrow. Have a good evening all, what’s left of it!
quite a few years after me Lee Billy broomfield was manager he played me on the wing i was a centre forward and just comeback from a cartledge op i was out for a year and the midfield football had come in . a diferent game to what i was used to i played as a ringer but realised my days were over
Pisses me off big time….
But that’s what we always seem to do. Whenever those around us drop points and we get the chance to capitalise, we screw it up. None worse than the game on Monday though surely.
Nice one Rocky, she’ll thank you one day, i’m certain….
I used to referee, back in the 1980’s and ran the line in the Essex & Herts Border Combination.
Did the reserves and Youths from Cheshunt, Hornchurch, Rainham, Ware, Waltham Cross, a few others that i can’t think of. Yeah Saffron Walden…
A good standard of football, and interesting comments from the crowd… 😀
Alan, be a little easier to swallow if they were two good teams…..
14 years older than me then!! Don’t think our paths would have crossed!
Fuck me barcuefa are on now……
if only we didn’t bugger up the last 2 games
Guys I know are about 47ish……
Spot on Lee… London Mafia and all that.
Fickle Geordies they fucking hated pardew’s signature……
I played for Cheshunt utd one game and scored the winner
ok 3-0 and Bolton won 1-2 in Liverpoll
Watch you tomorrow
such a shame seeing Fergie looking so pissed off! Gives the same pleasure as the look on Terry, Cole and Fat Franks faces when they lose!
The Bigg Mkt will be lively tonight…..
Utd having a nightmare fucking handsome
Nice from Jones!!
3-0 jones own goal….. Oops!
Haha!
Lee tonight
my old girl probably taught them Steve. She’s been there over 25 years
Cheshunt were a good team. My age group had Stuart Douglas who should have gone on to great things but peaked at Luton. I played many times against Steve Clemence too (Broxbourne Saints) who was a good CF (I was a kpeeper for Ware Youth) but wasn’t a patch on Stu Douglas. No idea how Clemence got as far as he did. His old man probably.
My kids went there 20 odd years ago
AK – my sister is a gooner, but her other half is a bindipper. He was too slow on the uptake unfortunately when their daughter was born, and while he hesitated, I bought my new niece anything baby related relating to Arsenal, including little kit, dressing gowns etc, signed her up to Junior Gunners as soon as I could, and buy her the Arsena;l strip everytime there’s a new one!
When did manure lose back to back PL games…….?
Wonder if Rooney could be on his way outta ManUre???
Actually withdraw my 9:38 pm…..
No probs, he owns the Sultan in waltham abbey as wel
Few old mates played for cheshunt years ago….
never too early for a ruby Lee, you know that!
Any time is a good time Lee…. :P:
no way Steve! My wife is from the Cross. Her family still live there (Raglan Ave if you know it)? My mum is a teacher at the school behind them (Hurst Drive)
6.30am early for a ruby, no? 😉
decent enough pub Lee… Just preferred the original name! Don’t like change!
The best thing that happened was the spuds moved Rocky I’m from the cross
apologies for slagging the name off Steve!!
Fortunately Rocky, my wife knows nothing about football [ i suppose she must be a Spud then.. 😉 ].
So i brainwashed her, my in-laws, both my sons are fanatical Arsenal fans, and whenever i can, i try to brainwash any young football fan i can, like my sister-in-laws son, who i made into a Gooner.
I’m like a Jehovas witness, only for the Gunners… 😉
Good boozer the times I’ve been in there…
White Bear… Worst name in history. Used to be the Anne of Cleeves. Best Indian in the world near there though Lee… Gulshan. Give it a shot next time your down! It’s by the Highland restaurant. Not far from the train station either! The one I’ll be at in about 9 hours!
My mate owns it Lee he’s a Gooner
where are you from Steve? And that Tesco / Marks is immense. Brookfield Farm is the best thing that happened to that area!
Night Stan
Nte stan slip into the old babydoll and you will sleep well
The bear I’ve had few beers in…. Broxbourne
night goonster. Probably catch you tomorrow, work permitting (and if your boss stops being a douchebag!)
See ya Stan, sleep well……………………………..darling… 😉
It used to be Lee Brookfield lane, theres a Tesco and Mark’s on it now. i used to watch them train as a kid i could tell you a story or two
Same here AK. My in-laws and wife are Spuds. Scum.
I get ya Rocky….. 😆
Can barely keep me eyes open guys….gotta hit the sack. Night Steve Ak rocky lee. And hey rocky remember I ll be hollering first from Holland in tomorrow’s post. Hehehe. God am wasted.
Loads of Spuds in Cheshunt. A lot in Hoddesdon but I’d say it’s an even split with us. More Arsenal that spuds in Harlow. I think Hertford is quite Arsenal-orientated. I don’t think people in Ware know what football is! As for quality of people, Cheshunt/Turnford is RAMMED full of scummers!
Spuds Rocky, half my family are Spuds, all my school mates were Spuds, Best Man at my Wedding, can’t escape from ’em…..
Tim Howard scores for Everton! 🙂
Spuds used to train at my mates old school in Hoddesdon before it became the school. I think they then moved to Cheshunt. They ar ehaving a new complex built near Forty Hall on the way to Enfield, just after Waltham Cross
Spuds!
Sorry AK, did you mean scummers as in Spuds, or the quality of person?!
SP was/is the spud’s training ground over that way?
Cheers AK, Just for Agag
Did you noticer I casually ignored the scummer remark AK?!
JM, Howard Webb not got his manure top on though….
Too many AK, most of my mates are spuds and i am having a bad season with the txt messages
Quality people those spuds…..
The second yellow card to a MU player! Bravo! In reality the referee miss at lesat, one or two. Anyway, who is the referee~? 😉
She does wear my Arsenal track top / polo tops from time to time. As a Spurs fan, that’s shocking!
That’s it Rocky, definitely!
Yes Lee there is! Taste of China! I was there NYE! A friend of a good mate of mine chased Thierry Henry out of there a good few years back, threatening to glass him. Obviously a Spud fan.
Rocky, just get her an Arsenal Track suit…. 🙂
yes, Allez and everbody knows the name of the team with thes best performance in those 4 games
There’s a few gooners…..
I think I know it Lee. Years ago, if it’s the same one I’m thinking of, they were the first people for miles that sold Franklin Marshall hoodies (for women) before they became popular. I know that because my wife felt the need to tell me. I think at the time she was hinting that she wanted one. She didn’t get one.
Come on Stan, we’re only mucking about…….
Like the new avatar Steve
There’s a good Chinese in hoddesdon isn’t there?
Cheshunt & Hoddesdon, both full of scummers isn’t it..?
AK, I’m watching it ish and Geordies are good for it…..
Ak knock your self out. One of these days you re gonna get yours. Wait for it.
Nte Devil you go off to sleep straight away, no monkey business
They love a fight at the Old Pond! Any England match, win lose or draw the place gets wercked! We don’t get that in good old Hoddesdon! Although we do have a Faces nightclub! (not that I’ve been to either one, but thankfully we don’t get the plebs that go to Gants Hill Faces!)
Goodnight DG
Night Devil.
And the Mancs have got a strong team out tonight.
see you tomorow mates. Off to dreamland now. Goonie……she loves you yeah yeah yeah!!!! 😆 😆
Next to lloyds opposite tesco….
Old Pond in Cheshunt, I know it well
On a serious note lads, if the Mancs lose and the Scum win their game in hand, only goal difference keeps the Mancs in 2nd…… 🙁
2:0 cabaye
Another mate promotes a club night in Hertford or Ware….called absolutely.
OK Stan, no more mate…… I promise….. 😉 😉 😉
2-0!!!
It’s a international dutch central forward. Sporting bougth it in the start of the season for 2 million. I thing he played in Twente. It’s good. Now, many teams follow him
Rocky, i think Stan gets a few wolfwhistles when he’s in his high heels… 😉
Night rico!
Dilemma it’s called…
Rocky, it’s just something we ladies love to watch, over and over again – blame Colin Firth… 😉 TTFN
Gone now…..
2-0…….
Really? What’s it called? Old Pond as in Cheshunt?
Good Night Rico, sleep well after all that ABBA….. 😉
Yes mama bear but how did wenger miss out on him? He was plying his trade in the French league wasn’t he? God what I ll give to have demba BA swap places with chamakh.
Ba having a really good game….
Mama Mia? Sweet Jesus. Catch you soon Rico.
Yes mama bear but how did wenger miss out on him? He was plying
AK… Rip Van Winkel I think….
Rocky, a mate of mines got a clothes shop on the old pond….
I’m leaving you boys to disect the manc game, i’m off to press ‘Play’ on the Sky+ and watch Mamma Mia, for the 20th time…… 😛
Nighty Night all, be good, stay safe and thanks again for a great day on HH, thanks AK for the post, safe journey tomorrow and hope you feel a bit better…..
Catch you tommorrow…..
TTFN
Who was that JM?
Wolfwhistle????
Never heard of him……
I gotcha mate….
Er, 8.37…… Lee
Lee, 8.45;
That’s great news mate…..
2012 is gonna be a good year…. 🙂
Hmm, now that cold remedy i really like Lee…. 😉
Even Sylvain Wilturd knocked a few in for us
😆 Rocky…
Newcastle sell Carroll for 35M and now he’s cack
Buy ba for… nowt and he’s scoring for fun, that’s shrewd Pardew (although i can’t stand him)
Hello, are we in for a bit of ‘Fergie Out’ in the toilet papers tomorrow? 🙂
Stan, you luv it really, don’t ya…. 😉 😉 😉
As Wath said the other night, after RvP, who scores our goals??
hardly anyone, when we had Bobby and Freddie, they would get 10-12 goals each a season, we aren’t getting them now – even last season na$ri and Cesc got a few…..
Stonewall pen too that Webb missed…..
Just seen it, what a finish!!!
Who needs friend when you have chilli and garlic?! I especially love overdoing it the day before a packed train commute! I seem to get extra room!!
Not seen it but they are saying its good on SS….
Think it was AK, the other day mentioning where the invincibles goals came from….. Boat loads from MF!!!
Or Cupid Lee..
Rocky, i have a love for chilli and garlic… I don’t have many friends though 😉
What a goal from demba ba. How did we let this guy slip out of our hands. I ll take him over all out strikers combined except robin of course but this guy is CLASS! What a goal!
With a 1 in 2.6 ratio he pisses over everyone but RVP!!!
I know Lee…….. but each day I pray that road gets a little shorter …
Madras Rico?! You’re far braver than I!
So people can be James’s….probably best?
Van Wolfwinkel is good. He can play both as a centreforward and a deep lying forward role. He can also play behind the centreforward. He is over 6ft tall. However his goalscoring is not that good. less than 1 goal in 2.6 games. And he has played just once for the dutch national team.
JM – Not sure about him as a player but his name is excellent!
Newcastle are all over manure…..
That reminds me of Kenny Everett’s Cupid Stunt Lee….
He was a funny guy….
JM, if it’s a drink Stan will know it…. 😉
Striker isn’t he?
Good old Veggie madras works for me -Love it with a sore throat and head cold, can’t taste it, but it works 😛
Rico, long road ahead but little steps!!!
gonster: do you know Van Wolfsvinkel? What’s your opinion?
James Hunt works for me……
Rocky, me too… 😉
Goonster – no!! There are plenty of ways to express yourself without that!
Hi JM, who – Carlton Cole?
Devil, a Ruby Murray is rhyming slang for a curry….
Go in front of the mirror Goonie and shower it with insults there’s a good fella!!!!!
Lee – I am really glad to hear that about your Mum…
Ah come on Rico you gotta let me let a few loose once in a while. I need to blow off steam and the c word is the best way to go. Make an exception for me. Pretty please?
I’m with you on that Lee…. Can’t handle it too hot tho… chicken chilli massala does the trick for me
1-0 to the Geordies…..
What’s Hot Ruby, Lee?????
Ok, I know some news:
Manone – Hull on loan
Reserves – 0-2 with Sunderland. Many of our hopes have played today. Once again, we start off the year …
Still many names to appear …
Newcastle win 1-0 and should have had a penalty in favor. The solution to the attack could have been in neighboring West Ham
Glad it wasn’t me that used it then Rico!!
I always like hot ruby AK when I’m full of cold….
AK, she’s waiting for her levels to get back to normal then she can come home for a couple of weeks before commencing round five! But her spirits are good mate thanks for asking!!!
Rocky so you’re herts man? I know a few bods over that way…in fact was at a party in Hertford NYE’s!!
Argghhh!! That’s it Ak you are now officially in my black book! Am coming for you after am done with lee and gambon!
Take lemon and ginger Tea of Twinnings and/or Heritage. Sweeten it with a teaspoon of honey (not sugar mate).
You can also use essential oils like peppermint or Eucalyptus. During the day you can put a few drops on a tissue or handkerchief and sniff it regularly. For the night place a few drops on your pillow so that wherever you turn you can sniff it and helps your nasal congestion. You can also use Olbas oil which is a combination of peppermint and Eucalyptus oil and other oils that help clear your breathing. Its an inhalant and decongestant. Do the drops in the same way mentioned with the other two oils suggested above.
With compliments from my missus mate.
Hope that is enough to help you.
No worries Rocky, this particular women hates it, it’s one of one rule on here 😉
Evening all
Sorry Rico my work PC died as I was going to respond about your “C” word post, so I thought I may as well go home!
Don’t know many women that like that particular word!
Day 6 AK, that’s when it gets you but glad to hear you have had the flu jab… sorry to hear your good lady isn’t so good though 🙁
Not really into herbal tea DG, but i’ll give it a try…
Regular showers could be difficult in Euston Road… 🙂
we have lost one if you remember mate. the leading team has lost two but won all the remaining 15. we have drawn 3.
Hey Stan, don’t overdo the grub, or you won’t be able to squeeze into that nice little ‘black number’ for the weekend.
Matching shoes & bag of course….. 😉
That just brings tears to my eyes DG “proper dutch formation not the crap” best quote of the year by a long shot!
Hey Lee, how’s your Mum….?
you need a good lie goonie??? Then go to bed. 😆 😆
Take care AK. Lots of herbal teas, rest, regular showers, more vegetables and less carbs.
Sounds like you’ve finally found your Invincibles DG… 😉
AK, keep up FFS mate……. Or you been on the camberwells?
:l
Going up for two weeks+ four days.
Big gas & electric bill pending… :I
Yeah, both me & the mssrs have had the jab.
But the wife has been in bed for 3 days, smoking hasn’t helped her.
I feel aches but so far i’m not too bad, only 3rd day for me so far…. 🙁
Hey DG my man where have you been? I need a good lie. Come on spill it. Evening guys just had a sumptuous dinner. God am filled.
Who knows mate. This year I am enjoying it more than ever since the team I have is more balanced. There is not stand out performer around whom the team is built. I cannot say that one player stands out more than the rest. Each player in the squad is capable of playing in two or three different positions but the most important thing is that they work for each other. And they are learning two formations at the same time 4-4-1-1 and 4-3-3 (the proper dutch formation not the crap that many people think that AFC play when in reality its 4-5-1. I have this season and the next with this lot. And in 19 years of coaching I think that this team is the one I am really enjoying myself most with.
AK, if you have what I have had now for near on 4 weeks, you are all in for a bloody rough time, it’s the nastiest cold i have ever had and i’m just so glad i have had the flu jab…..
You back up to London for a while? Well, i won’t be surprised if you are soon back home…. 🙁
We’re existing on lemsip, honey & lemon…
Your welcome Rico…. 🙂
Not looking forward to getting the train to London tomorrow… 🙁
We’ve all picked up a flu type virus, ugh.. 🙁 🙁
Your 7.49 AK 😳
Thank you… 🙂
Ahhhhh, of course, sorry boss.
Thought for a minute that it might have something to do with my tight underpants… :P:
Champions this year then DG???
2nd but with a game in hand.
The 6 goals were scored by 4 different players. That is the best thing this season. I have more than 14 different scorers and no one has more than 8 in 17 games.
Evening DG – some things never change with our club do they, we can’t even sort a loan deal for an old has been 😉
AK – Spectrum – in arsene we rust 😉
(rusty rectrum 5.40)
6-0 eh? Where does that leave you in the table?
Thank you mate. I’m only glad that Rico has given me the opportunity to meet a lot of really nice people thru the Web…
Oh and Staninho………
Only joking Stan.. 😉
My chest bursts with pride when I see your posts AK. I thank my lucky stars that I have a friend someone who is miles better at writing articles than some of the crap we are served on the NN menu. 😆 😉
You said it correctly…….fumbling imbeciles. I would have used Fu****g imbeciles, but on the other hand you are much more calm and thoughtful then me.
BDW…….started with a 6-0 today. All in the first half. Then we just made sure that the ball stayed in their half without breaking sweat. Keeps us fresh for next Sunday.
Hiya Dg, doesn’t it make your chest burst with such pride, that our great club is in the hands of such fumbling imbeciles….
Evening guys and chicks of the Gunners faith.
Seems as if we cant even make a proper loan move. How are we going to make a permanent one for a player when even TH’s loan move has not yet arrived. Others do it in double quick time and our beloved club drags its feet. 🙁
No Marko Reus I am afraid AK. He is off to the other Borussia. 17.5 million.
And we are after a superstar from Oman or somewhere in the dark ages.
Lee, 5.35
Rico, 5.40…..?????
Young Stanley, have you been hyper-ventilating again??? 😀
As soon as you go back on the booze, your off again…
By the way, did you know that Gambon was 6′ 8″ tall.
And built like Micky Droy.
He’s on the ferry to the Hook of Holland as i speak, so you better stay indoors tonight……. 😉
Wow, just seen the Sir Stevens coat of arms…..
Does that mean we have a Lord Palmer on our blog….?
We are not worthy………… 😉
Am off people.. It was nice talking to ya al..
Good night.
I have that feeling 🙁 the totts 😡
Not worried aboud chelsea. They have many tough away matches to come
Off for dinner, back later …………
Nighty agag, rest well …..
Its a difficult one Stv, we have liverpool and newcastle on our tails, i know we wont win the PL so i’d rather the ones close to us get beat so it keeps them away from us…
Then we just have to chase down the totts and the chavs and shoule both mancs drop points against others, we may be in a fit enough state to pounce….
Agag,what priest? Please, no one can tame the “goonster”
AGAG 😉
Or may be some grey geese.. It’s a good coolant he said to me yesterday.
I am off!! Catch you lovely people later. 🙂
Lee, I went to some awards night thingie some years ago, and at the time you guys were no. 1. Must be ICAP now. 🙂 Bye!
goonster, I think you are due for another session with that priest. 🙂 Got you behaving for some time, eh?? 😀
I was sooo sure we’d get Torres, Rocky. 😀 😀
manure v newcastle but who cares !
yes you goonster…..
pretty much the same for me Stv….
See you later lee….
Rocky, the c one….
True rico lot of childish comments .. and too much traffic. I read the articles but no commenting there.
Night Lee.
AGAG – I have noticed! But then again, I was sure we’d get Mata!!
What?! Me emotional? What are you talking about maam? Am just a gooner who won’t take shit from other gooners especially mugs like gambon….but you re right though am very emotional when it comes to agag. She’s my only weakness*winks*
Rico – Which word? The F word, C word or Gambon?!
In a kinda nice way….catch you good people later!
Talking of Manure, are they playing later against Newcastle?
Same here Rocky – Love the blog but sometimes the name calling gets too much for me and that horrid word on here sends all comments to spam…..
Rocky, goonster is pretty excitable: he was so sure we’d sign… Mata, Granero… 😀
AGAG who tullettprebon? We’ve got lots ag Asian offices but number is Icap we’re a close 2nd….
Rocky, goonster (aka stanley) is the exception, he gets a bit emotional 😉
This is AK’s cue to say … “Calm down, Stan.”
Hopefully not today AGAG 😉
Don’t get me wrong Rico, I’ve nothing against Le Grove per se…. Just some of the people who post comments and the nature of them.
They have a branch here, STV. I think it’s the top inter-dealer broker for the spot FX here. 😉
Gambon used to blog here too, sometimes. 🙂
It gets a bit mature later on…..
wait for it lee. Serves you mugs right for calling me stanlette and stanino. It’s first for me tomorrow. Hehehe
Anyway……..
Take chill pill Stan….or a Moroccan Woodbine!
That’s fair enough Rico. I was actually about to say this is more of a grown up version of LeGrove… And then I saw Goonster’s post about smashing Dumbledore’s face in with a crowbar!!
Ian Write…
Rusty Rectum lee 😉
Yes Stanette – as lee says, calm down!!
No slating LG in such a fashion, it’s not so nice…..
sorry, I can’t spell “write” apparently…..
Rocky, ours are better 😉
LG is where I first started blogging, gave me the bug to start my own site and thanks to all the guys and gals here, it’s going ok – and we are not fans of all the name calling – we are all Gooners and that’s what matters….
Stanley, no 1st shite….
Damn you Goonster! You know what I mean though! WHy go on a blog, and teh very first thing you do is wright “1st” or “boom”? Why not actually read the fucking post that someone has taken the time to write and then post something at least semi-meaningful?!
The other penis was “rectums”…AK’s mate!! 😉
Rocky just to get on your nerves am gonna start doing that….hehehehe. I ll make sure I Holla first from holland tomorrow.
Haha! I see Dumbledore!
Whenever I see “gambon” I have visions of the singing detective! 😆
Haha!! That’s the chap I was talking about Goonster!
All together now…. Deep breaths, calm down Stan!!
But you’d love rico-jj-avenell trio on AR goonster.
i like JJ’s rants on HH too..
me too checked it on wiki agag 😉
Fuck it Rico I hate legrove especially that mug gambon. That punk never want anything good for the arsenal. He even wants us to lose every match so he could come on and spit his vitriols. I hate him. Tell him to watch out I ve got my eyes on him. He had better watch out.
Ryo to be loaned out to Fulham?
Yep AGAG, voice broker….mantra like chanting for 12 hrs a day!
I know Tullet very well Lee. I work for an Investmant Management Company, and have used Tullet in one way or another in the past
He makes a lot of silly comments agag but i still love him 😉
Hoping TH12 can teach TW14 a thing or two in the next couple of months 🙂
That was the first blog I ever read Rico. Started reading it about a year or so ago. You’re right, Geoff & Pedro do write great posts. But so does everyone who writes for this site. Plus you don’t get people starting their repliesclaiming to be the first post, or in the top 10 etc, without reading the blog first! Plus you don’t get people on here posting complete shite just with the sole intention of offending people (I think we all know who that is who posts on there). I admit, I do find his posts funny, but they are, for the most part, unnecessary. (Lee, I actually believe he works very near you, as I have read posts about him being in the Railway Tavern… Prefer the Lord Aberconway myself…).
And I actually think this is the best blog site. Not just saying that, but I wouldn’t have started posting here if I didn’t believe it.
Voice brokers, Lee??
I don’t really know what is happening now with the site STV, jj comes on here every now and again maybe he will know….
What an absolutely pointless admission, rico. “I;m not that kind of player…” Silly boy.
I’m opposite the ABN (RBS) building on Bishopsgate…tullettprebon is the firm.
I was in the queue ahead of you to thump him agag, what a twurp!
Rico btw if I can ask.. what happened to AR.. I checked it before it stalled since feb I think.
Lets hope there is something to the story then goonster, but i doubt there is…..
STV – Poor old Arshavin 😉
rico, IS Theo’s great defender here, Rocky. 😀 Do you remember rico when Theo went all confessional on diving? I wanted to punch him.
Poor AA, so shorn of confidence and a shadow of the player he once was. And he cost us a fortune, damn him. 😀
I can’t see Fulham wanting AA either but not sure what Dembele contract situation is so you never know…
🙂 re LG, it’s a good blog, prob the best around and G&P write great articles, I don’t always agree with what the bloggers say though but I always read their posts when I can….
“pottering round the field like he’s trying to remember his shopping”
no one defines it better 😛
Fair enough Rico. My old PE Teacher was a Sky Sports Basketball presenter (Roy Birch) so I should really like him. I don’t…. He’s an arsehole! I think he’ll be commentating on the basketball on tv for the Olympics, so please feel free to hate him as much as me!
Rico I ll take dembele maam. If song continue to stall on his contract I ll move the fucker on. We need committed players not prima donas!
Haha!! Why on Earth would you ship out arguably your best player and replace him with someone the LeGrove (I promise I don’t go on there… Just saw the headline on NewsNow and clicked the link before realising what it was for) blogger today described as “pottering round the field like he’s trying to remember his shopping”! From an Arsenal point of view though, I hope the swap happens!
I am Rocky, only because we went to the same school 😉
Seriously, I love him but he does frustrate big time, there is a cracking footballer in there waiting to come out, just wish he’d get on with it and keep quiet off the pitch….
Graduated AGAG.. I did spend a big part of time on afc, just not enough blogging. whatever as you say it still is same ol.
It’s funny we all lookng for a change in thmgs that never gaonna change is’t it.
Dortmund are saying Goetz is staying put and will be until 2013….
Rocky – so would I, the rumour suggests that AA could go to Fulham….
Rico! Wash your mouth out! I thought you were Theo’s number 1 fan?!
Agree re Theo agag, pity his feet didn’t work as well as his mouth!
You know what Rico…. I’d take Dembele!
We are now being linked with Moussa Dembele – you can’t make these stories up can you…. hang on, somebody is 😉
Term break, STV? 🙂 Good you can catch up on all things AFC… Oh wait, we’re still gutless at the trf market. You didn’t miss anything, then. 😉
rico, someone should get Theo to stop yakking yakking yakking. The only talk I’d like to hear from him is that done on the pitch. Goals, Theo, goals!
Bye bye to Reus, now…
Grrrrr goddamn you lee. Thanks to you am now the in house clown!
Always busy me agag 😉
Am Good AGAG.
Finally some ‘no to books’ days
hows life ?
Thats better than me Rocky 🙁
now it looks Montolivio is on hisway to Milan. Another good player, a contract rebel we had a good chance to sign.
Bad kind of busy, rico. 😉 Pfft. And you? “Chilling”? A lovely home for sure. 🙂
Lee, I was laughing so hard at the Stanlette thing. Only happens to goonster!!
Go revise it, SSP. 🙂 Nothing too exciting though. Might be bad for the heart. 😉
How are you, STV?
If we are to believe that we have to pay Henry his £70 k wage lee, then i think it’s more like to be a percentage that a club pays a player while on loan.
Henry has to be on more than £70K a week in the USA…
Don’t think we’ll get Podolski either…..
In fact i’m really pissed…
Gonna make a cuppa, see ya in a bit…
Goonster – I agree… Get rid. He’s never going to be our number 1.
Lee – I doubt it. I think we’ll still contribute a small amount.
Lee, Gotze, if we got him, then i’d happily eat humble pie over Gazides.
But i don’t think i have anything to worry about on that score….
Lee… UBS?! (Are the ABN offices still there?)
Rico – My Dream Team was my fault also – I can’t pick a team to save my life Got rid of Scott Sinclair instead of SWP. Sinclair has scored a couple since, and SWP has been warming pine! Still…. 5th place at the halfway stage isn’t THAT bad,,,,!!
You reckon lee??
We are the biggest losers in tranfer market 🙁
When these dudes go on loan do we totally lose 100% of their salary off the books?
Good to hear that Rocky 🙂
PMA guys/gals….we’re gonna get Goetze!
AK, 🙁 re:Reus
Lee, that news on Reus really pisses me off……
Am i suprised?
Not when you consider the total knob we’ve got running our transfers….
Bloody heck lee, another one we have lost out on, but, maybe he is to replace Goetz, but bet we don’t get him either…..
Had forgotten about that Agag, maybe time for a change eh
Rocky, I work in Broadgate above the “alien” platforms….
The dream Team was my fault, I left it too late 🙁 Next season I will try harder I promise 😉
Manone has gone out on loan again. Why not sell him outrightly? He’s just stinking up the place. Him and his fellow clowns almunia and flappy. We need better.
http://www.insidefutbol.com/2012/01/04/borussia-dortmund-beat-arsenal-bayern-munich-and-manchester-city-to-marco-reus-signature/55612/
Thanks Rico! Don’t worry, Unfortunately for you lot I’ll be on a lot more! Now I finally got myself a laptop, I can slag off our perforrmances during the match, instead of having to go into another room, fire up a prehistoric PC and wait an hour for it to boot up!
agag, it’s our home – all of ours 😉
Thanks Agag! And a lovely home it is too! I even joined the Dream Team HH league for what it was worth!
Lee – So your platforms are up the Bishopsgate end I take it? That end’s alien to me (apart from when I get a train to Westfield after work!)
Rocky, you make sure you stay around long enough to get to know us all, and that could take years 😉 😉
The whole “Stanlette-gate” thing wasn’t my doing…I just piggy backed it! A fellow countryman started it…
Boo agag, how are you??
oops thats fkd up! Strengthen hold on miss Boss how abt that ?
I can understand why you would say that about Coq AK, i’d rather him or miquel than most we are linked to…
Tickled me the other day when Wenger said “We found it hard with ten men after the sending off” usually it seems like we play against14 men, the times we give the ball away,Czez saib “we played like schoolboys”, shame we didnt play 20 minute halves
A very saucy day, indeed, Steve. And I only just noticed the blurb in your gravatar hovercard. Haha. Very funny.
Welcome to rico’s lovely home Rocky. 🙂
Lee, Talksport is absolutely awful. No two ways about it.
Suspender Steve? Are you serious? What ll that achieve? Hi ya agag…lee I ll get you yet.
Born Stepney, lived Wrongford for 30ish years and now reside in a village near Colchester….
Sir Steve is on form today….. 🙂
Rocky, your welcome mate….
South of the river AK?! I thought that place was a myth!! Thanks for the offer… I may find myself getting in a cab from now on and checking the drivers name tag things a bit more closely!!
Lee, from what you were posting yesterday about pubs, I’m guessing you’re Romford way?
I know Lee, just talking points mate….
You know i luv cut & paste…… 😆
AK, anything with Talksport anywhere near it is total bollocks….from your own lips my friend!!
show him your suspender stan, works everytime on me Hi Agag you sound spritly you been on the sauce, plenty of sauce on here today Miss whiplash stan has kept us amused
Gazidis is pretty pointless. I agree with the comments that AW’s hands seem tied up. I seriously don’t believe that he wants to be buying mediocre players all the time either.
STV, Stanina seems perpetually in a spot of trouble, don’t worry about it. 😉
AK :D; you know it was good as usual. You’ve been knighted too after all, eh? 😉
It’s been said to death, but mygod, we must get rid of the deadwood, and bring quality in. We shall ever seriously challenge for silverware if our acquisition policy (rubbish) persists.
Liverpool street that’s me Rocky….
Rocky, of course you could have one on the house mate…..
I even go to South London… :P:
Lee – didn’t realise he was a cabbie! Not been on this forum long, so am still finding my feet and getting to know who people are!
http://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/
Stiffs…. lose
Coq for me all day long. As fruity as that sounds!!
Rocky, he’s all over town mate!!!
I reckon all the Bridge rumours have been generated by his agent.
Or
Man City want to sell him & get rid of his salery.
Can’t see them loaning him…
Rico, i don’t think we need a left-back tbh, unless it’s someone like that kid from Leeds [ another Jenkinson maybe? ] or the kid Shaw from Southampton.
Le Coq does it for me….
suhail!!! Is that all you can come up with? Dude you suck at lying. Where’s DG?
Reserves got beat then – Sunderland, 2-0 🙁
Cheers AK! I’ll be out at 6pm. Don’t worry I’ll not ask for a free lift to Liverpool Street!! haha!!
Goonster – Sorry, I don’t think there’ll be any let up with the “Stanlette” thing!! Don’t worry, I don’t know you well enough to rip the piss out of you so I’ll just be chuckling by the sidelines while it all happens!!
I’d rather Taiwo than Bridge and I haven’t ever seen him play 😉
http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/1433/56/arsenal-and-tottenham-battle-land-lille-striker
Sounds like a load of rollox to me!
Goooster is in troube ? 🙁
Great now agag too has picked up this “stanlette” Crap. Goddamn you lee.
Agag, cheers you saucepot…… :P:
” It’s not what it looks like ” stan
Heeya! there she is !!
Rocky i’ll give ya a wave Thurs or Friday if i can get on the rank… 🙂
Goddamn it guys what do I do? Hey AK “cook up” a good lie pronto. Stv do you have a good lie for me? Where’s DG when you need him? Men am losing it guys.
STV – AC Mila Lb, can’t get a game for them…..
STV, that Taiwo story leaves me totally unmoved.
We need our european expert KT7, to give us a considered opinion on him…..
Rocky, especially an agent of an average player !!
unbelievable!
Boo!! A busy few days for HH, rico. Niiiice.
AK, a poor article. 😛 Back to work for you soon?
Stanlette, 😀 Be careful with who you want to hook up with. You’re lucky DG wasn’t around yesterday. He’d have toyed with you mercilessly. 😛
Hello, STV, Lee, and Steve. 🙂 🙂 Howdy?
Off to read the comments.
Then you rank up right outside the door AK… number 2, opposite the hairdressers!
So true Kev. Thankfully Diaby is always injured 😉
Taye Taiwo ! Who is this guy !!1
Ah, i know Rocky, i sometimes rank up there outside the hotel…. 😉
Yeah I saw that about Coq. That really is a good piece of news. ALthough I await his agent refuting it at some point, as every other agent seems to do when there is a rumour linking us!
What?! An agent saying there’s been no approach from Arsenal?! No way!!!
http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/1433/85/coquelin-poised-pen-new-long-term-arsenal-deal
Very Good…. 😀
http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/1434/22/agent-no-arsenal-approach-taiwo
Good…..
AK – I work on the Strand. Well, first building in Savoy Court, but basically the Strand. Have to walk through Covent Garden every day from the tube. it sucks! Where in Town are you?
ha ha just tell me when you need to deal with the boss !! I cant help with the other though 😉
Calm down Stan….. 😉
STV, i was amazed that we managed to sell Eboue tbh.
Getting a fee for Almunia, Denilson & Diaby is just being too optimistic mate…. 😀
Oh shit he just caught me! And he read my last comment too. Oh man! That can’t be good?
SSP, we’ll end up selling them for an ‘undisclosed fee’.
Undisclosed because the loss will be embarrising….
ESP, 2.02; Well said Paul…
Am great stv just my boss is making me life miserable. The little prick won’t let me blog on a regular basis. Don’t know what I did. He’s always on my case. Maybe it has to do with him seeing us together….me and his daughter that is!
Rocky, where in Covent Garden?
Lee, do you think Miss Stan would look nice in a burka???? 😉
STV, 3.19, 😆
Rico. I said same comment 2 years ago about selling denilsen diaby almunia by giving them money 😉
they all are still here !! when do we get rid of them
Rico, 1.26;
Arsenal goalkeepers from Yorkshire….
George Swindin, John Lukic, David Seaman.
They breed them good up there.. 😉
We could offer to pay half their wages for six months we could save mega £s
Trying to catch up here, great to see it so busy…
Lee, 1.04 & 1.34….. 😆
JLS could be an option???
Hi Stan.. fine mate.. hows u ? all gud i hope!
ABP,
but bringing an oman defn just for commercial gains is beyond nuts !!
lee just imagian all those darth vader clones with little cannons on there fore heads.
good job its not the spuds.
I’d be happy with a couple more like Jenkinson !!
you couldn’t make it up…
Stan, 12.57;
Jenkinson came from the 2nd division
As did Kozzer……
Barely run in….
AK @ 3.07
Pretty quiet in Covent Garden as well. Give it a week and it’ll be hell again.
Lee: My thoughts about Theo exactly. “You have to be effective going forward. That’s what I’ve been doing so far” – Who for?? Are you secretly plaving for a pub team as well?
Hey stv how are doing my man? Didn’t see you there.
Steve – you are on form today 🙂
2 for 1 special offers…
Theo Walcott been with us 6years 134 domestic games 20 goals cost us 9.1 million pounds 22 years of age Messi described him as the most dangerous player he has played against does lovely interviews and has a smashing smile low mileage and a lovely runner, full service history 4 owners. ANY TAKER’S 🙂 open to offers
AK here’s a solution. We can reward the clubs that take em.
allezkev says:
January 4, 2012 at 3:08 pm
AdamMP, 12.07;
We are a franchise mate, just like a branch of KFC…..
yes. Nothing much we can do about it unfortunately. Other clubs are the same so we are not alone
Steve/Lee/Stan/Rico, 12.17 to 12.41;
That sounds good to me, but we have to find clubs who are prepared to take them playersoff of our hands and pay all their wages…
Free transfers???
Why won’t our players just shut the fuck up! First it was theo running his mouth about jack being a “LANS” now sagna is saying henry ll strike fear into our rivals! Reality check bacary”no he won’t” sheeesh. Afternoon guys..
Maybe Theo should take aim at the fcking goal….just a thought!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2082164/Jack-Wilshere-Arsenal-return-excites-Theo-Walcott.html
Adam NUJ… 😉
Afternoon guys and gals…
Esp, totally agree, just as we said in the summer but no, we had a to suffer a shocker to kick stan and ivan into shape…..
AlanMP, sorry…
anything else a “Brucie”….
AdamMP, 12.07;
We are a franchise mate, just like a branch of KFC…..
Adam, 11.57;
Not been at work since before Christmas mate.. 😉
Lee tells meit’s very quiet in Town, so i’m not missing anything.
I don’t expect anything in the Jan’ Window other than TH12 & maybe a couple of unknowns being signed, like the Leeds L/B &/or the Omani….
have we signed Rico, AK? That’ll do for me…gotta be better than bridge! 😉
mog, moi??? 😉
SP I know you’re right. We would have been out of the top four if some other manager is in charge having same players available to them.
As am matter of fact look at the ‘resurgent liverpool’ with ‘king kenny’ in charge having some of the ‘best players in the world’ doing.
There seems to be about 3 or 4 different interviews today with Theo. Why’s he wasting time giving interviews? Why’s he not out learning how to cross a ball/shoot/not keep falling over his own feet/not knocking the ball too far in front of him? I for one would rather see a beautifully flighted ball straight to RVP than him lying about how Cesc & Nasri’s departure brought the players together. Because it clearly didn’t. It just made Frimpong want to rip Nasri’s head off.
Afternoon Gooners…..
Who have we signer Rico???
Off to read comments
lee says:
January 4, 2012 at 1:04 pm
think of the AFC Burka sales…..
do i detect a hint of sarcasm.
Nice article kev. Wenger is another reason. It’s like only the fans need players.
It seems the indoctrination is now with the players…”players coming back will be like new signings” and “the current squad can develop into winners”, mantra like chanting from our players!
Morning all.
If our club had any sense, which we all know it clearly does not, Jan transfer business would be done and dusted and us fans would be happy with the big money big names that have come into the club, but.. alas.. not going to happen.
Do we deserve to pay the highest ticket prices in England and be content with players form Oman coming on loan joining the club? (So excited, on the edge of my seat for this one), Or former has-been legends? Or ex united rejects?! (Wasn’t Jermaine Pennant the exact same player that wasn’t good enough years ago?). Long story short, we are being ripped off and bled, to finance? God knows what…
With the current board in charge, nothing will change, they’re are happy with the profits Wenger makes for them, and Wenger is more than happy with the 6mil he makes a year.. we’re screwed, neither party actually cares about the club.
As for Silent Stan, well he is doing what we all expected, take, he will take from the club and not put a cent of his own money beck in.
And yet we have the 2nd richest man (after shittys Arab League) behind us, already offered to pay off the stadium debt, but is frozen out, because the board has no interest in that, once the stadium is payed for what excuse will they have for not releasing funds? So best keep us in debt as long as they can, Arsenal are a business not a football team after all folks!
The borad know that if Usmanov buys the club they are all out of a job, Dein would be in and all who pushed him out in the first place would be sent packing, imagine, a man who actually cares about the club in charge! Wondrous!
So where do we stand?
Nothing we can do, the board with stan and Wenger a foot, can do as they please for as long as they please, as we are taking for a ride, while the club we love declines. There is nothing we can do except sit there and like it I am afraid.
Hi Steve. I agree. I posted yesterday that I blame the board more, and wondered if Wenger really knows how much there is to spend, or even if he is in full control of transfers. Who-knows. I’m not disputing the fact he has done well. The progress he has made with Arsenal is phenomenal. No-one can argue against that. BUT…. his decision making of late has been shocking. He is so stubborn with this 4-3-3 formation the whole way through a game when anyone can see it needs changing. and come on… putting on Squillaci when Miqel is sitting there warming pine? howler!
But your overall point is something I definitely agree with.
It’s crap like that spouted by Sagna and Theo today that really aggs me. stop talking to us as though we are dumb. We know we need more than Jack coming back from injury, and a 34 year old one-time god like figure coming back for a couple of months to turn things around, so cut the crap and stop spouting garbage. I think Merts is the only person who actually came out and said how much he wants Podolski to come. He was probably locked away in a cupboard and beaten for daring to deviate away from the Arsenal “say a player coming back from injury is like a new signing” remit.
I feel that Wenger has been the patsy that you talk of Rocky, I dont believe any manager would stay with some of the players Wenger has if he had the funds available. He strikes me as a very good manager who does very well with what he has. But i am sure if he had the funds he would have brought many of the players we have been linked with. We are in all honesty one of the biggest clubs in the world, with one of the smallest transfer funds. Wenger may be a patsy as you say but he has done wonders here over the years such a shame that we wasn’t brought out by people that wanted to win things. Things wont change at Arsenal till the pursestring holders change, nothing Wenger can do about it i’m afraid ,if he left another Patsy would come in and take a nice wage and carry on just the same.
“Thierry Henry’s Arsenal return will strike fear into rivals – Bacary Sagna ” <– No, it really won't, Bacary.
Got to pop off guys, Fido needs a run – back shortly…..
Hi Marinello and JM…
Lee 😛
haha! I’m actually hanging my head in shame Lee!!
Good morning
Is not only Walcott…
Swansea have sign two new players.
We only play in the league now, for be the 4th
Rocky, touche…great minds and all that!! 😆
Cameltoeasaurus would be better…. (apologies, that’s awful!)
Gunnersaurus has been binned….replaced by camelasaurus!!
so how many young and promising keepers do we need?! Scezeney is what, 20/21? James Shea was supposed to be pretty tasty, as is Reice Charles-Cook (although I admit I haven’t actually seen either play, so those who go to reserve/youth matches could maybe confirm/refute this). Fabianski isn’t exactly old, and nor is Mannone. Ok, the last 2 are crap, but they are still young keepers. Surely Shea would have hoped to have been stepping up soon? He has trained with England after all!!
The Authorities will want to advertise the world cup when it comes round which is quite some time away but having many Arabs or Muslim players distributed in football teams around the world would make this more attractive to football supporters. Lets face it The desert is not known for its football or to many players and to make this event successfull will need a few players in the top sides. Maybe i might be wrong, but it has to start some where so they put a few feelers out.
Hi Rico, Goonster, Steve etc,
Having watched the Fulham game, it is quite apparent that Arsene needs to splash the cash in the January window.
I agree with many earlier comments that maybe Arsene is the ‘Patsy’ in all this financial wrangling. The Board saying that there is money available for transfers, but that Arsene will not spend on a player that he does not think is better than what he currently has.
How can this be, when he curently has Flappianski, Alluminium
as well as Squillaci picking up Premier League wages when they would struggle to perform in the Championship.
It was proven, that David Dein and Wenger were a good partnership, and they brought in some quality players together.
Okay, forget Sendeross, Stepanovs etc……
Hi Rocky, Wenger’s words are catching it seems, spot on, not like a new signing at all…..
Name: George Long
Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 05/11/1993
Height: 6′ 4″ (193cm)
Weight: 14st 9lbs (93.0kg)
Position: Goalkeeper
George became United’s youngest ever goalkeeper to play in a competitive fixture when he was named in the starting XI to face Swansea City at the end of the 2010/11 campaign, aged 17.
The call up was the reward for an impressive season which saw him feature in the England U18s squad and starring as the Blades progressed to the final of the FA Youth Cup, losing only to Manchester United.
Tall and commanding, he is a local lad who has learned his trade in United’s Academy.
Afternoon all.
Just seen Theo’s comment about “Jack returning will be like a new signing for us”. No Theo, it won’t. It’ll be EXACTLY like an injured player returning. Nicely timed statement just at the start of the window….. Does that show our lack of action in this window? Has he been asked to say that in an interview? I wouldn’t bet against it.
Apparently we are about to sign George Long – Sheffield Utd reserve goal keeper (reserve as he’s only 18 years old)
Drats! They ve all gone again.
Steve? Are you there mate?
How Steve? Don’t get. Can you elaborate.
Seems to me this might have some way shed a bit of light onto whats going to happen as we aproach the world cup in the desert
Hmmph the length these tabloids ll go to just to sell a story. But am worried though…looks like a “wenger”
Which second division? Pub League 😉
think of the AFC Burka sales…..
I looked on his club website, he’s not even listed, it’s prob all just made up…
Steve – that wikki page makes me think someone has generated the page for a laugh…
Is that him Steve?
i thought i read he played in the second division…..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_Al-Mukhaini
It had better be maam it had better be.
Oh well hope its just what it is…a rumor. We don’t want such players in the arsenal. Did you say he plays in the omani second division? Wow talk about no ambitious. If we end up signing this guy wenger should be fired!
I think it’s a load of b****x personally 😉
Nothing goonster, absolutely nothing, apparently the story is in The Times but I can’t access it….
So what do you know about him mama bear…the omani dude that is.
😆 Steve, good job Utd weren’t the ones getting nervous….
So what do you know about him m
Theo Walcott says he needs to start scoring goals…..
You don’t say Theo!!
Steve. Regarding you 12.17 post. I agree completely. Wenger shouldn’t moan about a lack of money when what we have is so badly distributed among the players you mention. It is frustrating and bewildering to me.
24 year old Oman international defender Saad Al-Mukhaini is having a trail with us, if we are to believe reports 😉
Apparently, Wenger will not be repremanded for his comments on that wonderfull Refereeing display byLee Probert. The Fa stated. All we wanted to do was stop the Arsenal from climbing any higher, as City was getting Nervous. Now that has been achieved we go back to normal play.
*bet
Steve, selling those you list would fund two quailty players at least and as Lee says, bring through a couple of the younger ones, the gooners who will give a lot more than all of them put together…
I really feel for carlos vela, when we bought him, we’d got a gem and now look at him 🙁
Anyway what did I just hear about an omani player heading to London colney in a few days time on trial. How credible is this story Steve? Been looking for youtube clips of him yet can’t find any. Anyone in the know? Steve Ak lee wath. I net kt ll know. What a Crazy fella!
Nah Just Jesting mate, not many women i know can Phrase a sentance like you mate.
SP, bin that lot and buy 3 proper players plus internal promotions!
Argghhhh Steve not you too!
Stan, your the Man or should i say Lady. just some thing i read 🙂
Bad phone…
I ll move them all Steve and replace them with a few kids from the academy and a two notable signings.
You re right Alan…I am the big boss!
Hi Adam, Bentner Denilson Arshavin Chamakh Diaby Djourou Rosiski Almunia Manone Fabianski Squillachi Vella Shea i may have missed some, but who would you keep and who would you move on. A full team of players that are attached to us, what the fcuk for. sell them and buy a footballer
sorry, phone rang and i was nattering, catch up later AK
hi alan, that means he does pretty much nothing then 😉
allezkev
Yes, Stan is the big boss, true
Hi Allezkev
The board are responsible to the shareholders to maximize profit. Who are the shareholders? The board!
Gazidis is the paid agent to carry our their directions same as a GM in any business
A check with companies House in London will bear this out
Wenger is also a salaried man
Hi Kev. No real taste of luxury living lately mate. I have been involved in a project that sees me up and down the M11 to Cambridge. I am looking at some downtime now though before a new bout of intensity. Business for you has been good I hope Kev. I am getting immensely frustrated with our club myself and feel like I am caught in a déjà-vu situation. This is based on experience an even my own natural optimism can’t overcome it. Wenger seems to live in some utopian future where everyone is fit. The problem is that they never are. Diaby anyone?
Right offski for a spell, see all you guys, gals and Stan later… :P:
Major decisions….
AlanMP, morning mate, [ or is it evening over there in oz? ]
Gazides is only responsible to Kroenke, the Board as they are, just have to rubber-stamp the day-to-day business i reckon….
No major happens at the club without the say so of Absent Stan.
Why not try to play Gervinho up front? Worth a thought..
rico says:
January 4, 2012 at 10:10 am
Hi lee, potter and Steve
What exactly does Gazidis do? Does anyone know….
See above. That is his legal responsibility as well as day to day running of the club ( or should I say ” business ” }
I still think he could be AK….. for all the reasons you say about Bolton….
we still dont score enough goals if RVP’s not firing….that needs addressing (not TH12)
gerv and theo should be contributing….
Rico,
As CEO Gazidis follows and announces board policy. The board are ultimately responsible
This list is a sign they are back to their old ways and the only way to stop them is a general strike by supporters to boycott the ground
Good points Steve, we have a very good squad, when they are fit, and yes, we have been desperately unlucky with injuries in certain depts of the team this season.
I still think that Wenger is starved of funds and our Billionaire owner sits on his ass.
What? Are you for real lee? He wants what? What a tool.
Lee, my mate should be a Gooner now, i blame Gartside…. 😉
If i was Cahill, i’d do a Sol Campbell, wait until the summer and pocket the fee Bolton would get.
It’s the fault of the Bolton chairman Lee, he’s the greedy fucker.
Cahill would be an Arsenal player now, but for the Bolton chairman…..
Maybe Arsenal tailored their bid to Bolton, in the knowledge of the wages they would have to have paid Cahill last August…?
AK, and all what you say is a mess is not down to wenger to sort yet he takes flack for the offfield stuff, surely that is what gazidis earns his money for. All wenger does is tell him who he wants to stay and go…
On the flip side, why hasn’t Gazidis been able to sell players who need to leave, if we need money so much why is he allowing them to stay and we have to pay wages etc….
We all have to understand that big money will not be spent, you know that as well as me. The Answer is to buy the right players for the right positions. Wenger knows that as soon as jack is fit he will be played almost all the time. Sagna the same. I believe he feels that Gibbs and Santos will cope well between them on the left side, he also seems to have a lot of faith in Jenkinson as cover for Sagna. Kos and Vermaelen a BFG look to be his players for the back line Czez picks himself but is a position we need good cover for. Gerv has shown he can make a diference, get his finishing right and he could be the bright diamond we need, The Ox could and should be playing this young winger shows he can do all and more than Theo, although RVP has got to be the No one striker, Park could be a fox in the box, what with Ryo included could cause problems. When you look at things like this and remember that we have the players in the wings that AK has pointed out Plus Campbell and Bartlet who are out on loan, things don’t look to desperate. but the big question to ask is will he use them, and will he offload the deadwood, we have definitly got the potential but will he use it . The way i see things we have some very good players, i believe we have the makings of a winning team but wenger has to get the right ones together and play the right formations, employ finishing coaches as we make many many chances but rarely put them away. If he does all that and buys just the odd player now and again, we may just finish at the top end, if not we could be in a freefall situation.Its not about Stan and Gazedes its about common sence we just need to use it.
Park is a “business venture” kev…he wasn’t signed to play but to sell shirts. Watch out when we head to Asia during the next pre season.
I’m waiting for the inside track from his mucker AK…
Morning AK – my pleasure 😉
lee, maybe he’s just pricing himself out of the move and for us he’d take half that 😉
Morning Adam, good to have you back….
Been busy? Liquid lunch’s in Wolsleys Rest’..? 😉
one thing he won’t be joining us…..
you seen that the cahill deal is wobbling…he wants £120k p.w and the chavs have offered £70k….greedy fcker!
That was the signing of Park……
I think was just a cheap punt, when the Campbell work permit, was not forthcoming.
Not sure that Wenger ever saw him as anything other than a gamble.
Shirt sales may have had an influence, but you’d have to sell a hell of a lot of shirts, methinks, to cover his wages alone….
Be interesting to know, just how much Arsenal actually earn out of shirt sales in the Far East?
I personally believe that the marketing arm of the club, is a complete and utter failure….
A large chunk of Wenger’s income, has to be diverted into improved contracts .
Hench the delay to settling Theo’s, as question marks remain over whether he is worth it…
But Wenger needs more income from marketing, sponsorship etc, to assist in this.
And i don’t think those, that are in place to do that job, are doing a very good job…
I’m not sure Wenger knew much about the Park deal Dazzer, maybe that’s why he is not playing him? he was bought for shirt sales only imho…..
Morning goonster – i wish a couple would get playing time now, they’d give more effort than Chamakh or Arshavin…..
Good Morning Gooners.
Thank you all for your responses, all positive so far 🙂
Good Morning Rico, thanks for your help with the post… 😀
I think Wengers hands are tied Adam, i commented yesterday that pehaps he only gets a limited budget and with it he has to get the best deals he can within than budget rather than spend it on one big big name….
Huge crossroads and if we take the wrong turn it’s going to get a whole lot worse……
I have huge faith in aneke and ozyacup. Those kids have a bright future. Can’t wait for them to displace some first teams members who aren’t pulling their weight. Hopefully we see a few new faces. Morning good people…..
Rico, yeah, i meant Gazidis and Stan in the marketing angle. Though I don’t think Wenger is blameless in the Park situation whatsoever. He bought him (or should i say hijacked?). And the Asia tour was the right thing. We need that. That’s football now and we have to capitalise on that. It’s Wenger’s fault that we haven’t before now.
I couldn’t agree more Rico but that is the general problem that we face. And I am sure we all know we have been here many times before. Looking at a transfer window which could be used to improve the squad only to see it fade away into a general feeling of disappointment. This leads to a lack of trophies and the scenario of our better players wanting to leave. All this while we are paying exorbitant season ticket prices. The balance is wrong and the spectre of Usmanov seems to be fading. Perhaps he would loosen the purse strings? Who knows. The joker in the pack is of course Wenger’s stance in all this. is he really the stubborn skinflint he is so often painted, or are his hands tied? The self- sustaining model has become a convenient parody for me. Fulham was a timely reminder to us all and it is easy to predict yet more complacency. But, with the prospect of the ghastly Europa league a serious possibility and Spurs getting in the top 4, experience tells me we are at a crossroads which has been looming for a while.
Hi Ricky – no, i don’t think that is in his make-up…. and to be honest, i think he loves the club… although sometimes that seems very hard to believe……
all, just floating this out there. Does anyone else even half think wenger is playing same 11 every game and not buying anyone of any note or even letting the young lads have a go to get the sack on purpose? remember you dont get F*$% All for
resigning?
Morning Adam,
I think that is exactly AK’s point, yes Wenger has to take so blame for what is going on on the pitch, tactics/subs etc but off the pitch it seems there is little ambition. It’s almost like Stan rounded up all his pennies, just enough to buy us and then that’s it, no more money…
But what about the self generated money, we made near on £60M last summer on top of what we had put aside for transfers, we should be spending some of that to address our weaknesses, if those at the top want our club to remain at the top…
Morning Rico, Kev and all. I think the team and Wenger deserve great credit for pulling the themselves up from their disastrous start. But until Kroenke wakes up one day and decides that his ambition is to take Arsenal back to the top, with all that entails, I can’t see anything other than a struggle for the top four. Has Stan got the financial clout for that level of ambition? it seems not. Ambition in football is a costly business.
Steve 😆
Dazzer – We went to Asia and bought Park for marketing reasons only which was down to Stan and Gazidis – Wenger made it quite clear that he was not in favour of the tour so it kind of suggests that the marketing side is not his top priority…
However, the other two and their actions suggest you are right, money and lining their pockets is a pririty over results so i’m not one who heeps the blame soley on Wenger, i blame those above him first….
He takes a good wage, and keeps our signings cheap apart from that Models for John Collier
Apart from that lee 😆
Wenger and Gazidis ballsed up the whole summer. Either blind or ignorant to what we needed. The rest of the world could see what we needed – and can you imagine what would’ve happened if it hadn’t have been for the old Trafford humiliation? We’d have bought no one. Gazidis seems more interested in building up the marketing team (which surely comes from instructions above). Stan is here for one thing; money, and Wenger’s reluctance to spend is fully enabling that. The squad has no depth and the first eleven are just not up to it as a whole. Somebody at the club has to wake up.
Fuck things up???
Hi lee, potter and Steve
What exactly does Gazidis do? Does anyone know….
Morning all,
AK good read Mate, you again make good reading, you have made me think that we still have Players in the wings that could do a job for us, but when i look and see that some players who are included in the team now, Ryo Park and the Ox, and they are not being used, while we still persist with Chamakh Arshavin and Walcott, who maybe on their day may turn a game, but up to now have been a complete waste of time, i fear for any up and coming player waiting to step up. My personal thoughts makes me think that if we do buy in this window, we should use all of the funds we have for a top quality player, As you said we have missed out on players that have made dramatic changes to the teams they ended up with, Just one of these type of players can make a massive diference to us, may not seem a lot one player, but imagine us without Van the Man, and you realise that one right man can make all the diference. Very goog read as all ways 🙂
Gazidis is not used to the cut and thrust of the transfer market his experience grounded in the MLS where the transfer system is entirely different and I believe centralised. We need a wheeler dealer type to oversee the dealings , be it David Dein or not.
Read the headline, and knew who the author would be….good post AK!
btw morning all…
Welcome frank,
i think we could see one or two from the list that will have a future, but that’s the future, we need the here and now as you say, mature players who will make a difference…
just how many young ones have been really made it not very many about time we purchased some proven talent.we missed the best chances recently we could have bought a good goalkeeper shay given a good defender cayhill and a numerous other half backs and
forwards all who have been snapped up for very low transfer costs. think of how much money we will lose because of lack of forward thinking if we dont finish in top four!!!!!!
Hi ADK, I’d say Sagna is up there with some of the best RB’s in football right now… well, before he was injured 😉
What has Ivan done in the three and a half years he has been with us??
And, he’s a Manchester City fan…!!
Morning all, tip top AK, tip top 🙂
I know we talked about Ivan a bit yesterday but I really believe he is the weak link – before Stan even took major control we were losing out on transfers or simply not bothering.
Ok, we all know and keep saying that money has been tight but what we did have he could got on and helped Wenger spend it….
good morning AK, rico and the rest. Really great read. And I agree 100 %. We’re not evolving with Ivan. We have the money, but it seems as we lack ambition. Which one of our players is world class? Robin yes. Vermaelen maybe. Anyone else?