Morning all.
We have an important fixture tomorrow, a win will see us into the quarter finals but a loss will be a disaster imo. Any confidence will be battered and our customary fourth spot could seriously be under threat. To be fair, it already is with so many sides all looking like they could beat us to it this year.
That’s all for tomorrow and as much as Arsene Wenger has said he will take the fixture very seriously as he really wants us to win the FA Cup, he’s also hinted at a bit of rotation.
Talking of Arsene Wenger, I hope by the time he departs, he’s won a couple more trophies but to do so, the team needs new and different players. Tomas Rosicky isn’t getting any younger, neither is our club captain or vice captain and Mathieu Flamini fails to impress each time he plays. To move this team forward, the squad needs to be stronger and deeper so we need new faces brought in during the summer, together with one or two coming through the Academy.
So here’s the question, is Arsene Wenger the right manager to spend the transfer kitty and sign the players to make us much stronger or should he just carry on with who we have until he leaves?
My view is, he’s the manager right now and his job is to make sure we have a strong and deep squad and that means signing players we need in the transfer window, after all, if a player like Alexis Sanchez becomes available, would anyone really want our club to miss out, just because it’s Arsene in charge?
Not me….
No doubt Arsene Wenger’s tactics and leadership skills will continue to be called into question but as we saw at The Etihad, we as a team can be organised and disciplined. Our problem is, performances like that are too few and far between and whether that’s down to the manager or certain individuals not putting maxim effort in will always be another question which will divide opinion.
How many of us have said that if we had a squad full of players with Alexis Sanchez work ethic and ability, we’d win the league?
Unless Arsene Wenger plans to walk away in the summer and had the baton over to a younger manager, I hope he signs a few players in the summer to make us great again….
One player who Arsene Wenger has fuelled transfer speculation over is Jackson Martínez:
He has top physical strengths. Hugely efficient, he is the kind of player who can make room for himself in the box.
He could play in the Premier League because he has the body to make the difference. He uses it in a very intelligent way. Very short back lift and he’s a very good finisher.
He’s on the list of many clubs, you know that. He will be the next big transfer who will give a big smile to Pinto da Costa [Porto’s owner].
Jackson Martínez has scored 85 goals in two-and-a-half seasons at Porto – that’s one heck of a return from a striker and the kind of return we could seriously do with but he’ll be 29 years old this year…..
Mind you, so will Ollie…..
That’s it for today, I’m off to find the postman……..
Rico, think you’ll find the postie hanging around Selhurst Park, looking to deliver something called a ‘goal’
Nice post and good morning y’all, again…
I agree Rico. If we do not beat Borough the old self confidence will drop even further.
I just never know which Arsenal team will turn up anymore. The rarity that was put out against City, or the one that lost to Spurs. How can a team change so much in terms of hard work, defending from the front, all helping each other out, to the one against the Spuds, where many player either froze, went missing or just appeared apathetic throughout the game.
We have a good chance of getting to the final again this year, but the team have to put in a shift and put in a few tackles that were missing against Spurs.
Borough will fancy there chances tomorrow, and we have to be prepared for a tight physical game.
Rico I got the card I got the 12 red roses then the darling wife heads off to visit the mother- in-law for the weekend yesterday.
She may have told me she was going to do this I might have missed it 🙂
Morning all BT sounds like this breakfast in bed has a lot of potential then if your comparing it to Diaby
🙂 Bt, I hope he bags a few later today…
Thanks re the post Bt…
Spot on Marinello, like you, I never have a clue which side will turn up but when they all work hard together we are definitely much better but sometimes we just have too many passengers..
Ha ha Joe, at least you’ll have a peaceful weekend….
Wenger would never do a ‘Ferguson’ and leave us with a squad full of aging players who are lost without being told exactly what to do, if there are players that will improve the team he will buy them. Whether eveyone agrees on which players would improve us, that’s another issue.
I don’t watch the Portuguese league (I doubt many do) but Martinez has looked a little like a Championship kind of striker whenever I’ve seen him, he has the pace and power to bully them so can afford to miss chances as he’ll get plenty but when he steps up against better opposition that know how to deal with him, they dry up a little. Martinez is probably better than the Championship, but it’s the same principle.
Just between you and me. Was it Theo you were waitng to deliver, on the doorstep?
Happy Valentine’s Day to you all.
I’m still waiting for my card and bottle despite the fact that the postie has already been! Next year maybe?
Dick, just why I wrote the post really, I’m all for him refreshing the squad until he leaves, and keeping us up around the top. Not just drift away with a load of ageing players and end up being further down the league when the new guy arrives.
I was interested in what other fans views were….
Incidentally, I don’t think it’s work ethic that is the problem, but the confidence issues that we’ve had for the last few years manifest as a kind of dithering. Missing Arteta is hitting us pretty big in some of these games too, Coquelin will learn to control the game better with time.
Theo would be no good a postman Wavy, Iv’e seen ours run some days…..
Joe, do you not mean ‘had potential’ ?
Joe my Mrs. away from last Sunday back tomorrow, hopefully after we have played and won…lol
Rico, was he running from Fido?
No Bt, just doing his job, using pace and speed…. Bit like Theo….
Rico, i see, so he only runs one way then…
🙂 Bt, and down the dark alleys….
Bt, did you see Gogglebox is back next Friday?
Catch up later…
West Brom 3-0 up on West Ham
4-0 now
Joe, did you back the Baggies?
I can’t afford this backing stuff 😉
Stoke 1-0
Odds of a 4-0 win for the baggies might have been good
I know no one will believe this Stoke are down to ten men 🙂
Good job no one believes me stoke are not down to ten men ops
Afternoon Rico and the House.
The U18s have had thier first win since Sept.
With 17 players away they beat Leciester 1-0 with Robinson scoring the goal.
Beckhams son was on the bench.
That’s good news Rick…
Arsenal.com have the result as 0-0 😐
But then, if I want news on Arsenal, I rarely go to Arsenal.com
They are now! Cameron conceded a penalty and was sent off for dragging a Bburn player back. 2-1 to Rovers.
Another prem league team out?
Afternoon all…
Shame the England cricketers could perform as well as the rugby side, mind you, Italy are pants…. Lol
Would love to see the back of Hughes in the FA Cup….
Afternoon Rick, that’s good news… Wonder if Beckham jnr will be as good as his dad was….
Yep I am watching a feed 40 minutes in the future.
It’s no 3-1 Blackburn
Now
4-1 wow
Just seen that score Joe, love it….
Rico, saw a clip of junior hitting the bar for U16’s, very senior like in technique…
I see Bayern Munich Scored 8 against hamburg just as the CL is about restart
Bt, fingers crossed then. He’s the Gooner too isn’t he?
Joe, but Hamburg are rubbish aren’t they. Just like Villa when we beat them 5-0….lol
Rico, not sure if it’s him or Romeo, a wee taster for you…
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Thanks Bt, I see what you mean – his composure and the way he took is shot is very much like his dad…..
Just checked, it’s Romeo who is the gooner….
I see the FA cup upsets continued today
Rico, very similar indeed,if he has half the success with us,that senior had at Manure, i think there would be a lot of happy people..
Good, hope Palace now beat the dippers..
Joe, hope they stop at 4 pm Sunday and resume again on Monday..
Sure would be Bt, no doubt Romeo will follow suit as well. He’s with the under 15’s isn’t he?
Funny how Brookyln turned down the Mancs……
Kev here is some more good news. Sanchez The Ox Jack and Serge all had a full training session today. But saying that I don’t know if you will see any of them tomorrow All nearing full fitness for the busy period.
Because of the youth cup next thurs the U21 game against Reading is postponed.
I am also hearing George had another good game today.
Rico, probably likes the bright lights of London, i think both Cruz and Romeo are training at Arsenal.
BT all three of them are on our books
I wish you could tell me how to post a link mate
Bt, can you imagine our side in 10 years time with three Beckhams in it? 🙂
That’ll piss the media off……..
How about the dad as the manager as well boy would the media go wild 🙂
Palace score
Ha ha Joe, now that would be funny…. Can’t ever see it happening though….
Go Palace….
What a save…..
Boll*xs, only switched on…
So it’s your fault 😉
Bugger….
Dam
Joe, my fault, not the refs…lol
Damm it
Bollox…..!
I’m off Bt & Joe, need to go cook my own dinner… Lol
Catch up tomorrow…, night guys….
It’s Liverpool they don’t have problems with refs 😉
Enjoy it Rico
Bt 4.25, probably bumped into Tony Adams !
See Szczesny was named keeper of the decade………………..by Brentford supporters that is, played a massive 28 games for them, that oughta buy him a bit more time with us !
Night Rico, you old romantic….
Wha’ ’bout ye, Micko?
I’ll soon be tucking into my boil in the bag candle-lit dinner for two Bt, never fails to impress, sod the expense, you only live once eh
Micko, and who says romance is dead…..
I’ll soon be tucking into JD+coke, for one…
She broke my heart so I broke her jaw, romance is my middle name Bt.
Got a bad feeling that bottle of JD is gotta get an awful fright tonite lol.
Micko, you could write lyrics for the Saw Doctors….
I’ve been very good of late, so might give it a wee scare, though hav’nt got much in way of starters,so a fright night could be on the cards…lol
Rick, if your about, i’ll happily give you pointers on posting links….
Stone walls and the grasses green, takes me back, weren’t we champions that year Bt !
Nite all.
Good to Sanchez running around to day in training
Joe, thought you had headed to the pub.
No I’ll do that tomorrow, seems all my buddies are spending the night with their loved ones.
It’s going to be films for me in to the small hours.
Joe, it must be the time of year….
Good luck on the film front, i can’t find very little to watch….
I am watching the Boune Legacy
Good night see you after the the game tomorrow
What a day, still brings a lump to the throat….and a wee tear to me ear…
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eye….lol
Morning All…
Cheers Rick…
Three Beckhams!!!
My God, think of the papperazzi (?)…
They’ll be doing a ‘Stan’ in their collective pants…
Good news re: George…
Bielik, Gabriel and maybe Jack involved later today?
I wouldn’t risk Sanchez…
Morning all.
Morning Kev, Scott and all…
Hi Rico.
Quiet old morning ….
New post up…