It didn’t seem that long ago that everything appeared to be wrong with our club, and yes, I wrote many a post moaning about it….
We’d move to The Emirates, players started to be sold and seldom were they replaced, even if they were replaced, too often they appeared to be very poor substitutes.
We lost players that had been part of the winning ways, the Invincibles, the all that was great for our club – we’d stopped winning trophies, our best efforts were in the Champions League final and of course the more recent Carling Cup final but we left both as runners-up.
Henry led us to the CL final, Fabregas to the CC final – but neither captain saw us over the line.
That’s all long gone now, and thank goodness for that I say….
To go back to what I said earlier – something was wrong and has been for a while but I have been watching this current squad and something has changed, and changed drastically, dramatically and so so so much for the better.
So why??
Is it Stan Kroenke?
Is it Arsene Wenger?
Is it the summer signings?
Or…
Could it just be the introduction of the Robin van Persie and Thomas Vermaelen show??
Those two together have to be doing something since their appointments of captain and vice captain.
The team has changed, the body language is nothing like it used to be and even Theo is dancing down the wings, breezing by defenders like they don’t exist – and his final ball is reaching our players….
What next eh? 😉
Seriously, we look nearly as united as we used to be under big Tony Adams, the team is happy and when I say team I mean everyone – even Gunnersaurus looks pretty pleased these days…
The way the side gathered around Gervinho when he scored his goal – finally finding the net after a few easy chances had gone by in recent weeks, the way Robin threw Theo over his shoulders and made it very clear what he thought of his provider. The way Arteta was bombarded by all when he scored the opener, it’s all a sight to behold and long may it last…
Let’s not forget either; Thomas Vermaelen’s goal was celebrated as if he’d just scored the winner against the Yids!
Something has happened guys and gals and it’s good to see…..
Pre-season and in our first few fixtures, we looked in a mess, now we look like a team, a group of players who are prepared to give everything for each other, for the team and the club. Just look back to last Tuesday in the Carling Cup, every player who stepped in for their counter parts gave their all didn’t they?
Ok, Chamakh and Park didn’t have great games but sometimes old stones won’t make diamonds, no matter how much you polish them….
I guess my point is, from watching this squad over the last few seasons, they have changed, we are no longer about one player, our manager is no longer talking about that same one player.
Players like Theo who used to struggle in so many games has finally stepped up, almost like his chains have been set free and he’s become one of the first names on the manager’s team sheet.
Then we have Chesney – the guy who sang with the away fans at Wigan, what a guy eh?
Then after the game, all the players joined him and threw their shirts into the travelling fans, something which probably gave Kroenke palpitations thinking how much it would cost to replace them. 😉
Whatever is happening, I have a feeling Robin van Persie and his merry men are enjoying it, and if truth be told, I think we all are too…..
Come on Robin, sign on soon! We need you and not just for your goals…..
Finally, we have been drawn against Leeds in the FA Cup this season, it’s at The Emirates and will be played on the weekend of the 7/8th January 2012. We all know that this is a repeat of last year and we drew with them 1-1 at home before knocking them out 3-1 at Elland Road. That replay took its toll on our squad so I hope this season we start the game with a strong side and get the game done and dusted. No replays !!
Oh, and according to the most crazy of gossip mongers, we really are in for Alexandre Pato, the gossips suggest that terms have been agreed and they even want Arshavin included…..
Happy Days then…..
Have a good one all, tomorrow the kids are out of town 😉
Morning all….
morning Rico….
morning HH!!
Pato to the arse? Now that’s what good dreams are made of. Morning HH……took you long enough. Do you know how hard it is to wait for your post every morning. If I don’t know any better I ll say you are doing it on purpose just to get at me! Well, truth be told you are succeeding. COYFGS come on!
Simple-the players who are there now want to play for Arsenal and for them its their ultimate club, unlike a few who left for lack of desire, sudden home sickness etc. This is a team of players who play for AFC and till it is there, we are going to be just fine.
Morning Lee, bet it was nippy at 5.30 this morning … brrrr
Afternoon goonster 😉
Pato today, Messi tomorrow, same old until 31st jan 2012…..
Pato could happen rico. He barely starts a game for them and wenger is an admirer. He ll wanna resurrect his flagging career and who else brings out the best in washed up super stars. He did it with KANU henry and the list continues. Besides this has wenger written all over it. I believe it. How old is he again?
I reckon Pele 2moro…………
Morning 😉
We wanted Pato before he signed for Milan… he’s still a youngster… 22…????
Morning Rico, nice post. Agree that team spirit seems more obvious these years, for once I actually believe Wenger when he says it! Pato would be awesome….but surely he would be too expensive?
Hi all
To me it is not only RvP and Verminator that lead but increasingly I see the s argent’s stripes on Arteta’s sleeves. They way he encourages players and barks at them if they get sloppy and that is a huge factor in our resurrection. Therefore I believe it’s the summer signings that have changed things the most, the experience of Arteta Santos Mert and Benny has helped us so much. I can not but wonder why the fuck he did not do this sooner, buying young for the future is all well and good but don’t forget abut the present!
Morning Wath, Sam & TT
I don’t care who we get as long as he scores goals 😉
TT – we all wonder the same, if only he had bought such players 2/3 seasons ago…..
Sam –
Wenger has said that is a ‘fantastic player’ comes knocking, he’d open the door….
Knock knock I say 😉
Morning all,
Although things are looking far better than at the start of the season, i would just like to point out that we haven’t played anyone of great consequence yet, Chelsea was a shadow of their former selves and that game could have gone either way. I am not contradicting your post Rico, as i agree with you that the togetherness is way better than it was, belief is back and our style of play has started to gel the players. Winning has a knock on effect, where by a two goal lead used to be treated with trepidation, is now being used as the foundation for a better score. Our holding of the ball and passing has started to look Barcelona style, triangles of players moveing in groups, closeing down attacks winning back the ball and building slower until a chance presents itself. What we were lacking was the final pass and the finnishing, luckily we have had Robin to scramble the goals, his ratio of chances to goals has far exceeded the other forward players, he has shown calmness in front of goal where others confidence has been lacking. This weekend has been a major step forward for their confidence, and this situation will only get better as more of them score, hopefully this will alleviate the pressure on Van Persie and he will revert back as just one of the team and not the b and end of. He has turned out a very good captain, generating comradery and a great motivator. I in the past have said that i would like the captain in a defensive position but wenger has seen fit to give the vice captains poition to Vermaelen and a great move that has been, a captain up front and a captain at the back, this has built a far better understanding all round the team. We are now ready to take back our top four position and challenge confidently for the title. And as usual rico great motivational Post.
Welcome vinayarsenal
But, you still need a proper leader too, not one that is only about himself and his stats – we finally seem to have that in RvP, TV and a few others are following their lead..
I’d love to know what has been going on at our club since the old toilet result – even wenger isn’t talking about ‘my best squad’ etc, nor is he bigging up our chances like he has so often in the past, it’s all about one game at a time and it’s working…..
He’s knocking alright….open the goddamn door arsene!
Morning Steve
Playing that ‘barca style’ though wasn’t working, it all looked very pretty but we didn’t and still don’t have the players to play that way.
Agree re the fixtures but we have faced Manure and looking back, that couldn’t have come at a better time, it was a massive wake up call and yes, maybe it forced wenger into buying players, although he says not.
We can only compete with those who we face and at the moment we are doing that well, the players seems to have more togetherness, we looked like a squad rather than a bunch of individuals thrown together.
That togetherness is what won B’ham the CC last season, as we build, so does the confidence and if we can continue that tomorrow night and against Everton, there’s no reason why we can’t get something from the Citeh game…
That’s the game that will tell us so much….
Morning all,
Nice cheery post today rico and like you say it makes a change, i didn’t always agree with a lot of the regulars on here (and they know who they are) that said all you do is whinge and moan all the time !
Its like you say, it looks like the chains have been undone, the shackles have come off and we are finally showing the rest of the league what we are all about, the team spirit is there for everyone to see.
Morning Micko, you are a card 😉
The ice is around, the chains should be on…..
Wenger on tomorrow’s game
“First, the priority is to respect the competition and to win our game. That is what I will try to do,” said the Arsenal manager.
“I will go with a side who has experience and give the chance as well to some young players.
“I have done that against Manchester City [in the Carling Cup quarter-final], and you could see the team was really up for it.
“The target is to respect the competition, win our game and finish the group stage unbeaten.”
Wenger feels his squad deserve great credit for their achievements in Europe this season, particularly on the back of a difficult start in the Premier League.
“We haven’t lost a game up until now and I believe we had a very difficult group,” he said.
“Dortmund are certainly the best side in Germany at the moment, Olympiakos and Marseille are not easy games and when you look at where we had to come from against Udinese [in the play-off], I feel we can be quite satisfied with the way we managed to get through.”
A very good post Rico, it’s not just about the fact we have started to win games it’s about the whole attitude and vibe thats coming from the players. It’s so obvious and i have no idea what it is or who is responsible but I like it….! Fighting for each other and putting in a shift is what it’s about… Liked the fact when Aaron got kicked a few times there were 4/5 players getting upset about it and thats how it should be, look after your mate and tell the bloke he’s a tosser for booting him up in the air…!
Have heard that RVP and TV have got the players doing things together away from footie as well, social stuff where they get together and that too will help build a bond and spirit and thats also good, a winning team and a winning mentality comes from “mates” playing together. When last did you see most of the team go to the away fans.. it’s happend a lot lately…….
For me it’s RVP and TV and a few of the older heads that have been brought in just starting to stamp their personality on the team. Long may it continue.
If only all the players that were linked with Arsenal actually arrived we would have a team equal to that of Man City but probably twice as good, however all we can do is dream of who might or might not arrive in the January transfer window, but from Wenger has said he’s not intending to purchase anyone especially strikers to cover the missing Gervinho and Chamakh who depart for the Africa Cup in January. So basically it’s just down to RvP and Walcott to try to win the games with help from Arteta etc.
Thanks Wath
Spot on, was it Caldwell that went in for Ramsey, shocking tackle that could have done some serious damage…
Arteta, as TT said earlier, he’s got a bit about him too…
The boys on a night out eh, bet it’s paintballing 😉
The best thing Wenger did in the summer was selling Cesc Fabregas… Said at the time we needed to become a team again and not all about one man…
Supporters have taken the loss in the carling cup a lot better than i have i must admit, giving a good account of ourselves in that game seems to be acceptable, but a loss is still a loss and City march on. Its my beleif that we fight for everything and don’t ease off, a nothing game in the champions league to me is like sending messages to everyone in the competition, a very strong team and we lose i can take that but a loss with a weakend team shows the others that we can be beat that i don’t like. Showing respect for the competition is fielding your strongest team and winning in style we have the players to do that. If we had shown that commitment in the Carling cup we would have been in the semis, thats what respect for a competition is all about. My opinion.
Morning gladiators.
Rico….I know that its easy to be pessimistic regarding transfers. We have been through too much every transfer window.
However I believe the Pato news slightly more than being pessimistic. Goonster is right regarding flagging players…..we get them and make them world stars better than they were.
The togetherness is obvious in the team. The icing on the cake would be if an argument occurs and suddenly everyone is at it. Then we will see if they are all a team who fights for each other. Like the game against Lazio in 1970. Or the MAnchester game where we were docked 2 points in 1991.
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” Ok, Chamakh and Park didn’t have great games but sometimes old stones won’t make diamonds, no matter how much you polish them….”
that beggers the question, why scout for diamonds and return with stones?
Hi Judith, i have read wenger comments about how he won’t buy but thankfully i stopped believing a word he says about transfers… If he says he isn’t buying, i feel more optimistic that he will… 😉
Trouble is though Steve, wenger doesn’t see the CC as being top of his list, it’s a reserve/squad player competition…
I’m pretty bitter about losing that game but unless wenger changes his out look its always going to be just a ‘luck of the draw’ competition for us….
ABMP…. The stones are dirt cheap, the diamonds cost a pretty penny….! Guess what we buying…!
Morning DG –
Bring on Jan I say, can’t wait 😉
If it does ‘kick-off’ i think we’ll see eleven players in red and white involved and one of the fisrt in there will be Chesney….
I agree Steve. But this is game where whatever happens the most important thing is not to suffer injuries. Therefore I think its of a greater importance that we put a different team than we are used to. And mind you if we put out the following team we would be still respecting the competition……
Fabianski…Poland number 2 and has played in the Champ. lge
Djourou…..Swiss international who is getting back to his best
Yennaris….an up coming youngster who needs game time
Miguel…….Has played champ lge already
Squillaci….A french international and has played champ lge
Chamack..has played in champ lge and ANC
Park………Captain of North Korea and has played Eur. football
Arshavin…Capt of the russian team. played at the highest level
Oxo……….is an under21 international and touted for the future.
Rosicky….Captain of Czech rep and played at the highest level
Frimpong.Has managed to put De Yong and hargo in his pocket
Coquelin..French under 21 international. Like Frimps
The he above 12 can all play in the Champions league and do not devalue the competion.
One might say that with the above we might loose the game. Yes but we might loose it also with the team which played against Wigan no?????
Morning alan,
Becuase Mr Wenger likes the stones, they suit his pocket 😉
Alan, we have had our fair share of 24 carot plonkers but what team hasn’t, we’ll weed them out in january hopefully.
Devil, I wouldn’t have a problem with fielding that team tomorrow night.
Any players that are off in Jan already know it I reckon, and have already got their new homes lined up…
AA, Chamakh and Rosicky maybe?
Micko, I would gladly play that team tomorrow.
1st it rests the other 11
2nd it gives valuable game time to the rest
3rd I would not like to risk players
4th it proves we have 22 capable players not just 1st 11
5th the team will grow more
6th it will show AW where we need to shore up and who is up to standard or not
Chamakh’s mud-hut is being built as we speak.
Devil, you hum it and i’ll play it, spot on.
We should see soon, they’ll be on the plane later…..
Micko 😆
What is going to be more exciting in the next couple of days?
Watching us play in Greece
or
Watching Citeh, Chavs and Manure all struggle to go through
😆
Great Stuff and a really positive article. I read a post regarding the medical center and gym and the guy being interviewed commented that RVP and rosicky have to be told to leave the gym as they have a tendency to overwork. This is what youngsters need- an example.
Frimpong and Jack’s love for the club also sets an example for everyone including the older guys.
Lets not be down on cesc he was for me the greatest gunner ever. He was not however a great leader or a fighter and he would have been much better off playing alongside a Rambo or Arteta than a Nasri who he had to work to cover.
I just simply hope they do not go through
I want them to go out at the first hurdle
Though I think that Manure will go through
The others need to rest on other team’s result
We are the greatest team the world has ever seen……ahhh chezzer is gonna be a legend! Still have goosebumps whenever I watch the footage. Been watching it all weekend. What a player. Bring on shitty. Hey who thinks shitty is running scared. Mancini ll definitely park the bus,truck and a huge ocean liner in front of his defense. He ll try to pry us out and hit us with counter attacking salvos…..but he ll fail cause this arsenal team shoots from distance and *whispering* we ve got gervinho! “…………..”we are the greatest team the world has ever seen”
I know that if the chavs and shitty do not go through they will not have champions lge football to contend with, however the economic and pyschological difficulties they will face will be far even bigger.
And it will give the toilet rolls something different to write about.
You know that everytime they write something nice about us is a powerful lemon pill for them to swallow and even though they do not dare to admit it the very thought of AFC passing through and their favourite three stoogies faililng will have them pissing between their legs.
Goonster can you tell me where I can see that video if it is on the net??? Thanks amigos
I don’t want any of them to go through either DG – Manure have a tough task in Basle too….
DG, did you manage to sort out WordPress??
Its everywhere DG…..the clip’s now on youtube too but I got it from the offside arsenal blog or something like that…
goonster – i saw the ches with the fans clip, what a guy eh..
Hi Rico….did not have time to sort it out. Had a very packed weekend with my club and what was left went to the family.
Maybe I will have time later on.
Hi Byron
the prob with cesc is that we were all about him, maybe a lot of that blame has to be with wenger, we played everything through cesc and then when he was injured we struggled – now we are a team again…..
Here it is mates……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJDyUjhBNaQ
Good luck with it DG 😉
Hi Rico
I agree fully we are more of a team without him my point is just that I think we would be even better if we could have been a team with him.
Its times like this am glad am a gooner not some cum sucking yid! God save the king…..chezzer that is!
Bryon please my man don’t open up a can of worms. Cesc is gone..we ve moved on and better off without him. we are no more playing the predictable tippy tappY crap him and nasri thrives in. I ll take this current arsenal team over the ones with fab in it. We won at the bridge didn’t we? What was the score? A team led by cesc would have capitulated by the second half. Van persie a better captain than fab. End of.
Byron, maybe we would but his head had gone back home – wenger missed the chance to re-build when he was here….
But, it matters not now, his time has gone and we move on….
Goonster I agree the fab argument is a quick way to ruin a post so after this I will leave it.
I agree that RVP is a far better captain than cesc and my point was that the change has been great but I would have loved to see cesc play with Rambo and Arteta instead of Nasri as they are combative and he wasn’t and I think they would have made him look even better.
I think this cohesiveness together with the quality of Cesc would have won titles but instead we relied solely on him in our game plan and it didnt work
Morning Devil, had to pop out, i understand the theory behind resting players but are they tired we are not halfway through the season yet, and i don’t think Robin has had a hard time of it, Rambo got kicked from pillar to post the weekend but he got up and brushed himself down and carried on, he had more knocks in that game than Robins had all season,Plus he’s had a broken leg, Robins History is hopfully behind him now, he’s no youngster. We should get the benefit from him while he can still run, keep telling a player his tired and he’ll start believing it ,at a hundred odd grand a week i’de run with crutches and so should he, molycoddling him wont help him. Another good signing will see less and less of robin, this season will be robins best by miles and a new gun will be in place next season, While there playing well milk it thats what i say cause once its over its over.
Oui Steve. maybe this season will see another gun with RVP. However I do think that though at the moment we should milk Robin we should also play the others. So if not to rest him at least to give the others valuable game time.
You said it steve….messi features in all of barca’s game. You won’t hear pep complaining about it. But there’s a down side….say he picks an injury,who stars?
Well said Goonie……however just add that he plays in a crap league made up of two teams and the rest. What do Spain and Scotland have in common…….both begin with an S and both have crap leagues. If Shitty were not bankrolled by the oil sheiks anyone from 7th place upwards could win this years league title. UInlike Spain where I feel its already sewn up by Jose with Cesc going through a sense of deja vu for say the 8th season in a row???
Byron,
we could say the same about Anelka too, shame he didn’t hang around to play up front with henry but one door closes and another opens for someone else…..
Mind you, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Anelka back in Jan, a quick goal scoring fix…..
If I saw Anelka back in Jan I would really be SURPRISED Rico!!!!
Fair enough steve but I think our fear arises from the fact that no other striker in the current arsenal squad comes even remotely close to robin….its like robin is the empire state building while chamakh and park are just your local one story cappuccino joint. Its a huge gap steve…..that’s why we all cry he should be rested.
Afternoon Gooners.
Afternoon Rico.
Gotta say Madam R, that was a damned fine post you put up.
Certainly cheered me up on this cold day.
You could almost feel the positivity coming outta HH.
Back in an hour or so, got to pop off….
Get the taxi ready AK………for Pato.
we all have our own idea’s and we will never know who’s right but with players like Lansbury who showed a few times that he had quality, but we hardly played him and persisted with others that have now gone thank christ, but did he get a good run, i hope the ox gets played a bit more before he see’s his future elsewhere he should be played with Van persie now, now he could become a superstar
Hi ya AK….how’s the wife
DG where did that rumour come from amigo?
I know [or think] that Wenger was after him a couple of years back.
We did steal Vieira from Milan, so there is a prescident.
Stanley???
Which one? 🙂
Steve….I do not think that Oxo will get the same treatment as Lansbury. The Ox is on a different plane to Lansbury who not even now will get a run in the team. He is simply not up to the level of the six we have in midfield. Even the Ox is already of higher standard. I like Henry dont get me wrong….in the same manner I like Muamba and LArsson. But the current midfield incumbents are even superior TEAM PLAYERS than the ones who left us in the summer. Cesc and Na$ti were superb technical players but they were not team players. Heaven help us if Cesc ever returns. Even as a manager. Let him stay there the slimy toad.
careful AK…..Goonie’s after your wife.
Hi AK, thank you – just caught you before logging off for an hour…..
Its certainly a chilly one….
The point i was trying to make Devil is that at the time we were playing Denny and he was terrible
You guys reckon Pato is a possibilty then??
Spot on Steve…..I forgot about Denilson. He was also a bad egg.
Well the one I know…..gave me a muffin couple of days ago. On my to the coast….anyway I think this pato to arsenal thingy might happen. Like I said before……it has wenger written all over it. DG get off my case or I ll chase your wife instead!
Lansbury 🙁 🙁
Back in a bit….
Up to you Goonie…..chase my wife however much you want. That is if you manage to catch her first. And secondly if you want to end up with a screwed and poached sausage you are free to pursue your fantasy. Have you ever joked with a Jeet Kun Do blackbelt?? I just hope you wont ever pass through it mate.
And I hear he’s still 22! Wow, good age and he’s hasn’t even peaked yet. I only hope it happens. We ll have two brazilians in our side…..pato and santos. Hmmmmmm rhymy.
DG,bring it on…..I know karate!
Good for you Goonie. But you will still get screwed up. She is the instructor mate!!!!
DG, Don’t mention getting screwed to Stan that will get him even more carried away n excited…………
Blimey…..she is. Damn I bet she whupps you all over the house. That’s where you got all them bruises from! Interesting.
What the heck is Carlos doing over in Spain???? We should get him over to the Emirates……..just see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myAbR4p7qUY
Oh i know the one Stan…
They only let her out at weekends.
I put all that behind me now…
Still have a hunch TH14 could make a return.
Stan, believe me mate i’ve tried a few others wives, and i assure you, your better off keeping up with The Arsenal, and its cheaper at christmas time.
In your fantasy Goonie??? Just to tell you that after 14 years together I still have to see that side of my wife on me. Bruises??? My wife does not bruise you. You will not have time to lick your wound mate. I can assure you. She breaks not bruises.
You know me very we’ll WATH…..my head’s already filled up with all sorts of fantasies…..chiefly the thought of DG on his knees begging before getting whupped by his woman….rich, hahahaha
Steve, good one….”cheaper around christmas”.
That would be the day mate……..seeing Goonie grasping for breath. Even when we got walloped for eight my manure I can assure you that it would be more painful.
And just remember Goonie……if she is the instructor I might be something else. Birds of a feather mate. Birds of a feather……!!!!
Stanley you gotta get off of that trawler.
You’ve been talking to too many haddocks.
Btw, where is Lee..?
Hi AK. I think that Goonie’s fantasy run faster than Theo’s burst of speed. You think we should tie him up a bit????
The Pato rumour has been doing the rounds since last Friday on the italian net. Believe me, I always liked the player and felt that one day he could have a Gunner’s shirt on him. And he is the perfect AW signing. Good on the ball. A team player. Injured. Stalled career. Used by others and failed. Just the cake we want.
AK, I got off the trailer months back…..am in arnherm dammit.
Offski now mates. See you later. Goonie……go and practice how to parry blows. And get a cushion mate.
Tie up Stan. Hmmm, sounds like something he’d enjoy. 🙂
Pato does sound your classic Wenger signing DG
Later DG….am off too. Gotta grab a bite. Bye AK I ll send you some fish…..maybe some trout. You ll like that won’t ya?
Offski too.
Be good Stan… 🙂
Just as i get home, you all have gone…
its ok, i can take a hint 😉
mr. wenger get me pato and give them arshavin………… after pato and goatze come inn january…… i want the FA cup trophy….. i deserve this and soooo do the rest of the fans….. just imagine mr,wenger i fly from jamaica to com to the emirates….. i want my reward!!!!!! i am loyal as everrrrrrrr i am not able to change from being a gooner, it runs in my blood…… rvp plzzzzz sign for us again, end your career with us BUTTTTT, only if mr wenger and the board spend… you deserve top players around u and u deserve silverware…..definately
Pato and Goetze………… We got more chance of Pluto and Golum…!
Hi taboo – FA Cup would be good and at least one of the mancs will be out straight away…
Wath – we don’t need both – So Pluto it is then…. 😉
I loved reading the stat that the corner we scored against Wigan was the first in 179 attempts… That is staggering..
Eighteen players have been selected for Tuesday night’s Champions League tie against Olympiacos.
Squad (in alphabetical order):
Andrey Arshavin
Yossi Benayoun
Marouane Chamakh
Francis Coquelin
Johan Djourou
Craig Eastmond
Lukasz Fabianski
Emmanuel Frimpong
Vito Mannone
Ignasi Miquel
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Oguzhan Ozyakup
Ju Young Park
Tomas Rosicky
Andre Santos
Sebastien Squillaci
Thomas Vermaelen
Nico Yennaris
Hi Esp, one would say that is an area we could improve in…. 😉
Surprised Merts hasn’t got his head in the way of a corner yet….
I’m guessing Ryo is injured not to be even in the squad?
He’s in Japan i think – or heading out there soon, with the Ladies but yes, he’s injured….
Would really like to se him get some time on the pitch! A shame. Is the match on sky tomorrow?
SS4 – looking forward to it too….
Why is verm traveling? We ve got squillacci and jd plus miquel in that team. Verm should not be risked we have nothing to lose……evening guys.
Just to look after the team hopefully goonster 😉
Can’t see him playing….
He better not…..we need everybody fit and raring to go this busy december. We play 8 games right? Wow that’s a lot.
The statutes rico,any clue who they ll be? If DB10 is not one of them there should be a riot. DB10 is by far the greatest player this league has seen. He’s got good close control,shoots well,has an eye for a pass and scores wonder goals….the one against newcastle comes to mind. One day I ll write a post for HH and I ll tell the story of how a young part jewish kid fell in love with a dutch maestro! Remind me rico. I ll write it during the interlull. When is that again?
Too true goonster, play squilli and Jd with Yenarris on the right and miquel on the left….
Only five league games in december, not sure about the new year, haven’t updated it yet 😉
Hi Guys and gals of Highbury house .
Does anyone know if the home game against Wolves on Boxing day will be on general sale ?
Five games! Men,I don’t think robin ll break shearer’s record. He needs how many goals again to equal and surpass him?
hi smudge – not sure, have to keep checking the .com, more likely to be sold out though…..
5 i think goonster, he’ll do it….
You think? I hope he does…
smudge – the wolves tickets are available for red members right now so they must have plenty of seats left – keep having a peep and you might get lucky…
Where is everybody…..
i’m here goonster, it’s just another quiet old day in blog world….
Yeah but we ve got a game tomorrow don’t we? People only come on here and other blog just to moan when things are not going right we are winning now and they ve all crawled back into their shells…
Thanks for the tip rico 🙂
I tell you what goonster I’ll be doing plenty of moaning in January if Wenger doesn’t pull his finger out and get in at least two top players and off load some deadwood.
The pato story just won’t die but am now skeptical if it ll ever happen. You see pato,according to my source is going out with former italian prime minister and Ac milan owner’s daughter. I don’t think he ll let him join us at the detriment of his own daughter. My source says its just his agent working behind the scenes to stir up something…..hope my source is wrong though cause pato ll make a wonderful addition to our current squad.
Off for dinner, back in a bit…..
Great detective work goonster . what does you sources say on vertongan ? He scored a brace on Sunday. he seems to be an all rounder just like the verminator .
Smudge you don’t have to fella but I believe we won’t be signing anyone till maybe the summer. Just do I do….expect nothing and nothing ll disappoint you.
Vertoghen is class….I ll take him in a jiffy. The guy can play anywhere in the back line and in the middle of the pack. He’s a beast…..but unfortunately we won’t be signing him cause we are covered in that area….our CBs are kozzer verm BFG JD squilli and ignasi miquel. Add bartley to that and you ll see what I mean. No matter how much we want him I don’t see it happening.
Maybe if we can find someone foolish enough to take squid and Jd of our hands room can be made in the back line to accommodate 🙂
Wenger loves jd and so do I? He’s still just 23! CBs peak at 28. Cut him some slack smudge,this guy alongside kozzer shut out drogba at the EMs last season. He just needs a run of games and he ll back to his best. SqullI? That’s a tough one. Part of me wants him gone the other part is like”what are you doing? He’s the oldest Cb we have and we could use his experience at the highest level….he could mentor barrley agha and the rest of the squad.
The jurys still out goonster on JD. He has regressed from February and has looked pretty woeful in many games since. He is 23 and deserves another chance i suppose. Has for squid he’s passed his sell by date and I thing wenger would gladly get rid if there were any takers.
goonster, your theory on Pato has had me ROTFWL 😛
JD on the rocks, everytime.
smudge, agree a tad re JD but, he’s just starting to get a little better, i’d give him until the summer, unless we get vertoghen….
Trust you Micko 😉
I’m off guys, soap night for me and i don’t mean clinique either… 😉
Have a good one all, be good and stay safe
Nighty night….
Evening AK 😉
Nite rico, come on fulham, don’t want them dirty, cheating, diving, thieving scousers getting any points tonight.
Goodnight rico what time’s breakfast ? 🙂
well if I get you to laugh maam then my job here is done….goodnight everybody.
hi!
Alexandre Pato…
And About Damião?
Next week will be Tevez…
When is “neighbour noisers”-Everton ?
1-0 Fulham !
Evening Rico… 🙂
Don’t know Scousers result.
Was that the final score JM…?
Mick. I thought you was a potatoe wine man…
On the rocks, on the hoof, have some pointin and you’ll be on yer back…
I see that goalkeeper James Shea has been recalled from Dagenham & Redbridge.
Daggers manager John Still said Arsenal came to that decision because of Shea’s lack of games, only 4 to date!
Mind you, i wonder if the possible sale of Almunia and Fabianski in January could also have had an influence.
Wenger and his coaches can have a close look at Shea in training before deciding if we need another goalie should Fab & MA actually leave.
Youth goalkeepers Martinez and Charles~Cook are both very promising but both are also very young.
Morning Lee.
Yeah, Fulham 1~0 Liverpool.
Liverpool’s Spearing sent off. 🙂
And so the media darlings Liverpool slide to another defeat.
King Kenny in crisis? Dalglish the next to be sacked?
Hansen & Lawrensen will be on his case on MotD?
Yeah, in yer dreams.
Meanwhile the good ship Arsenal sail serenely past the sinking dippers.
Onwards & Upwards.
Goodnight Gooners.
Afternoon Oliver.
Calm down Stan…
rico, i shan’t be able to do a report tomorrow. it’s only fair that i get on here and let you know now. i’ll try again for the everton match.
Morning 47
Morning Lee….
New postie up….