One of the transfer confirmations I read yesterday filled me with happiness for the player and yet much regret about what could have been had Jose Reyes stayed with us….
Seville announced that their winger has returned to the club from which we bought him from and Atletico Madrid sanctioned the deal so he could nearer to his family, in particular his father who is very ill.
I can remember the day that our club announced he’d been signed….
In fact it was in this transfer window back in 2004, we’d paid just over £10 Million for this winger/striker who was wanted by many clubs, but he chose us and Seville really didn’t want to lose their man.
On the 1st February the same year, he made his debut in a 2-1 victory over Citeh, a couple of days later though it all went wrong for him as he managed to score an own goal against Middlesbrough!
It wasn’t too long though before he found the right net, scoring two goals against Chelsea and with it, dumped them out of the FA Cup!
Towards the end of the same season, he scored a few more too, helping us to go the entire season undefeated.
Sadly he fell victim of the Henry stare and the Neville battering and it didn’t take long for him to realise that England was maybe not for him. He took a lot of stick for going to ground a bit too easy and really struggled. Towards the end of the same season, he bagged a few important goals but it was clear he was far from settled.
So much so, it wasn’t long before the stories broke about him being homesick, a strange thing though bearing in mind his parents and brother had moved to London with him but sadly, some idiot caught him out in a spoof interview in February 2005.
It was suggested that a prankster claimed to be Emilio Butragueño, who at the time was the director of football at Real Madrid, and he pretended to be speaking on behalf of the president of the club and spoke to Reyes about a possible move to Real Madrid! During that little chat, Reyes is supposed to have declared that life in London was far from good and he would love to return to Spain. Our winger was also accused of saying he wanted to leave Arsenal as there were “bad people” at the club!!
In the memorable FA Cup final later that year, he managed to get himself sent off just before the end of the game but it mattered not, we blew the Mancs away in the penalty shootout, having been battered for 120 minutes….
Crazy enough though, only months after all the suggestion about him wanting to return to Spain, he signed a new six-year contract and said he was ‘looking forward to having many more successful years at the club’.
That following season, Reyes played a key part in our side, especially our route to the Champions League Final but as the following season began, Reyes asked to be omitted from our Champions League qualifier and I think most of us then realised he could be on his way out as his inclusion would have left him cup-tied….
Just prior to that summer 2006 transfer window closing, Reyes left us on a loan deal to Real Madrid, a deal which saw us get Julio Baptista – aka ‘The Beast’….……
The Beast left the following summer and we never saw Jose again….
What a great shame, and he’s still only 28 years old………
12:00hrs today is the deadline for us to sort out the loan deal for Thierry Henry, if he is to face Leeds on Monday night in The FA Cup. How long has the intention to sign him on loan been part of Wenger’s plans?
It must be over a month now and yet it’s still not been sorted out!!
Why??
Have a good day all…….
Morning all…
I bet we don’t get Henry sorted out, just goes to show how hopeless we are at sorting out transfers…
Some reports are that henry picked up an injury while training and that is the sticking point in the agreement…
Lee posted this earlier…
Wenger – Nothing concrete on transfers yet
By Joe Brewin
Arsène Wenger may add to his defensive resources this month but he admits the wheels are not yet in motion for any deals.
The squad has been hit by a number of full-back injuries in recent months with Bacary Sagna, Carl Jenkinson, Andre Santos, Kieran Gibbs and Thomas Vermaelen all sidelined.
Johan Djourou’s suspension has compounded Wenger’s concerns and he may seek a short-term option this month.
“At the moment nothing, we don’t have a concrete case but we don’t rule it out,” Wenger told Arsenal Player. “[A loan defender is] the likely scenario, yes.
“[I am expecting a] quiet [market]. Europe is depressed and there is not a lot of money available, only some clubs who have exceptional resources. Let’s say that clubs who are not linked with the economic environment at the moment can buy!”
Sorry that Reyes was virtually forced out of Arsenal unless I remember wrongly
So Henry looks doubtful?
Oh Reyes he was my favorite “invincible”. Had this action figure then that looks like him. Reyes who can forget his goal against fulham when van der sar tried dribbling him. Still makes me laugh. He’s still 28 you say! Wow….morning good people and no more “stanlette” crap today. That means you WATH!
hi alan, i think the nevilles and the henry sulk really got to him, shame, i thought he’d be great for us in time, at least he scored two goals for Real Madrid to secure them the title one seaosn, just pipped Barca 😉
Doubtful to be done by midday here, so no FA Cup debut and Gervinho woill be gone too. Wenger has confirmed that RvP will definately not play….
Hi goonster, just a shame he couldn’t settle eh….
Morning Rico…wish he never left coulda formed a fearsome strike force with robin. Oh well ce sera sera.
Yep goonster, just one of many, bet he regrets it….
What a club! He’s only with us for 6 weeks yet we can’t even sort this out. Donovan is already playing for everton. How do these guys sleep at night! God help us.
Wenger actually dithered on Henry until the very end of December if you look back on the quotes, that’s why the paperwork didn’t begin until then. I still don’t understand why it takes so long, or any time at all, but that’s the reason it isn’t sorted.
The market being ‘quiet’ is the very reason a club that does have resources like ours should be in there, taking advantage of the need to sell, but of course Wenger wants us to think it means there is no business to be done.
Just as Lee said earlier goonster, if we can’t even sort a simple loan out what chance have we got on actually negotiating a permenant deal for players, we are hopeless…
Hi Jeckyll, so he told the world but he then says as soon as he started training he knew……
Do you think he will buy then?
Old Red Nose wants to sign Frank Lampard 😮
Morning and Happy New Year Rico!
Didnt we play Leeds at some point last season? If so, they were a tough nut to crack so I hope Wenger fields a decent team.
He does! Awwwwwww. I ll take him back Rico. He’s got more skills in his pinkies than chamakh park bendtner and walcott combined. But we know wenger ll never do that. What a sturborn old man. Grrrr
Hi Tbuzz, Happy New Year to you, hope you have a good time over Christmas, little ones first??
Morning Priscilla……..
Morning Rico, shame about Reyes, could of been a top top player for us…! Bit of a nancy though !!
We did play Leeds last season, huffed and puffed a draw at The Ems and then beat them away, 3-1 I think….
Will be a tough one and not a given home win either….
That ship has long sailed goonster 😉
Morning Wath, so was Pires in his first season but….. 😉
That could be a shrewd piece of business maam. Fat frank could just be what that team needs.
I bet Gazidis is leaving the Henry deal to the last minute, just to save on his wages 😉
Or ours goonster 😉
Jose Antonio Reyes…where did it go all wrong for this prospect Then?.we wish him a rejuvenated career.Arsene is becoming a slow fella in the transfer market,which is costing the team alot.
hi! again but have to reiterate Ricos feeling that we shouldn’t be surprised at arsenal dragging their feet again, my personal feelings are that they want to continue saving every penny they can, even if they have to play the game of pretend we are doing all we can to secure the best players. They like tottenham will show interest in every big name but won’t try one iota to make it happen. can’t you feel the soundbites coming out already. colinc
WATH that’s your yellow card one more slip and am kicking you out of HH.
Hey audu you are Nigerian right? What’s your take on taiwo?
Hi Audu, is it Wenger or Ivan, the latter should be responsible for sorting players out….
hi colin, our club provides one thing that surpases all other other clubs, Spin! Gets boring doesn’t it…..
Calm down Stan 😉
Wenger may have said ‘as soon as he started training’ about Henry but then he always says he was certain about a player after dithering for months, if we actually manage to sign one. My bet is he didn’t ok the loan signing to begin until the very end of Dec.
I don’t expect any further signings. Wenger doesn’t actually want to make any, he doesn’t like the January window, as he’s said in the past. He doesn’t like the summer window much either, come to think of it …
He’ll fly by the seat of his pants and just hope for the best, as always these days, despite it coming back to bite him on the a**e every year.
he was forced out by Nevilles & the media+refree.PLease look at Manu vs Arsenal game again for the proof.
Well, I still remember that Seville VS Real Madrid match where Reyes dribble through the Read Madrid midfield and defence for fun to score goals! Even Zidane was amazed by Reyes superb performance that day. This video shows Reyes’s goals for Arsenal:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5TN1kp4mRE&w=420&h=315%5D
Sadly, he was homesick and left us to join Real Madrid on loan in 2006. Reyes never realised his full potential thereafter. A very sad case indeed.
I don’t expect any either sadly, other than a loan or two 🙁
It’ll bite him harder this season i think, fans will be on his back again….
Or they will turn on the board….
Am petrified Jekyll. If we can’t sort out a Loan move for a player that really wants to play for us how then can we convince another that is still mulling over it. We are a joke. God help us.
Now an scared maam…
Sadly, I expect little different goonster, right now it looks like a fight for 4th with the chavs but who knows, the dippers and geordies could change that real soon….
Morning Rico and all. If, as Wenger says, it is a quiet European market with no money about surely that means it is a buyers market and clubs with money, like us, could make a couple of important buys.
Morning Adam, he always says that but yes, ideal time for us, but sure as heck ivan won’t be spending…..
Yeah I hate to say this but I don’t think we ll ever catch up with the spuds this season. Its a shame maam. Just like in previous seasons, two classy players could still transform our season but the powers that be won’t move. Its so sad.
Two proper signings could be the difference between europa league or finishing second…..
Morning Adam we couid only dream but…..you know The end of that sentence.
Well said Adam, wengers comments contradict what his actions are, if money is tight then it’s a buyers market surely and we have money so why are we not getting great deals on quality players..??
Priscilla…… Calm down calm down…..! 😉
Morning all, Reyes never lived up to his billing, good looking Maybe, but no longevity, an Agag type signing, nowadays we look for old spent And CHEAP players. No doubt if Henry ever gets the shirt over his head he will play half a game then be rested for two. what a Fcuking waste of time for a supposedly top premier side, get the fcuking cheque book out and buy the players we need A first class striker, reserve keeper, and somebody that can last longer than 2 games at left back thats showing commitment.Oh sorry the climates bad, always is in north London.
Rico be a pal lift up my hands and smack WATH on his kisser!
Though we had £50m plus £25m from land/property sales?
Morning Steve, amen to signing proper players…
I’m not sure he’ll bother with a Lb now, he’d be rubbing his hands together seeing Coq play so well there…..
goonster, in a word, no and calm down 😉
Lee, that will be long gone now, paid off more debts no doubt, what a joke….
Its so hard to believe these days. Wish Dein could be reinstated. IG is a disgrace. How much does he earn annually?
Last year we could have won the league with a couple of signings 25 to 30 mill could have made us a fortune and we still would have had certain players, forsight is a good thing after the event but we have to speculate to accumulate. we are headed down that ladder if we don’t strengthen, nows the time to stop the rot.
Laughing stock….
2 quality players plus TH12…not asking to break the bank, FFS!
QPR have made a £5M bid for Chris Samba 😮
Surely we could manage £5.1 Million…….
Hi Rico & all
Call me a sceptic, but it would not surprise me if Wenger states all this transfer nonsense to keep us quiet knowing full well it won’t happen
Maybe we should just forget Henry
Steve that ‘nows the time to stop the rot’ has been ongoing for the last 2/3 seasons, this Jan will be no different, the club would rather save than spend…..
exactly lee, we are a joke…..
Apparently the buffet at Kim Jong Il’s funeral was the dogs b***ocks
IG Apparently he earns over a million a year Priscilla, last year he also got a bonus of 1.8million….. what the fuck for noone knows….!
Yes i agreed with Priscilla
Its so sad Steve all we needed last year was another defender and a new keeper but lescrooge muddled it all up. After chezzer got injured against barca it went downhill. We had to call back mad Jens from retirement! Who lives like this? A guy who haven’t kicked a ball in two years! God give m strength.
Hahahaha Rico you crack me up. 5.1 eh? God, we are laughable. Hahahaha.
Stan I hear that Tonys statue comes to life next season
Morning HH.. About Reyes again !! was my favorite after Pires.. what a player we had lost..
morning goonstr.. wonder howz ur mood today 😉
good morning
Reys is a player is very unstable. Every year the club changed. Every year, half a season, the clubs want to get rid of him. Makes two, three games, falling on the bench and gradually fades. It happened with R. Madrid, Benfica, A. Madrid.
Samba is wanted by several teams.
Gourcruff not leave Lyon
alan, wouldn’t surprise me but the players are talking like he’s been signed….
Morning STV, sir bobby if you please 😉 😉
Hi JM, Samba should be snapped up by us, a cheap price for a very good PL defender in a rubbish side who can score goals…
I’d rather him than Merts…..
Agree Rico..They were entirely defferent on the basis of loyalty.
Hi ya STV am good my man how’s graduate life treating ya? WATH if this pricilia crap catches up am coming for you.
even i changed an avathar 😉 rico.
Ganso (Santos) – totts? (with this brillant player, Totts can win the title)
Marroc – Chamack, Taarab (QPR)…
Cote D’Ivoire- Drogba,Gervinho,both Touré,Kalou,Tiote (Newcastle),Eboué…
Ah, TH12 Stv, let’s hope he signs then 😉
45 mins left for the loan to be sorted, otherwise it’s Chamakh up against Leeds – Lord help us…..
Hey mama bear that’s my line…”lord help us”
QPR have also bid £1.5 Million for The Yak 😮
Hey Rico, am good thanx and xmas was great especially with baby gooner, he’s 8 months old and full of life!
I havent been here a while cos blog sites are blocked in my office and hardly get the chance at home! Glad Highbury-house.com is going from strength to strength though….
You know what Rico if TH makes it i reckon we might see Theo up with him The Ox on the wing and ryo and Park Sagna on the bench what do you reckon
So I guess we shouid bid 2m right? Hahahaha. Hilarious.
Wish we had Demba Ba in our squared though, that boy doing good and dont see him at New castle for long
Great to hear that Tbuzz, you need to get a different job though 😉
Thanks re HH, little lad 8 months now, you must have a had a fab 1st Christmas, no doubt the little gooner was spoilt rotten 😉
Tbuzz, has HH been blocked since it changed it’s domain to .com?? Oliver has the same problems in his workplace, they too have clamped down and he can’t get on here as much….
Knowing Wenger Steve, he’ll play TH up front on his own and hope…..
Isn’t Ryo off out on loan?
Sagna on the bench would be a happy sight…..
Can you run in your heels Priscilla…. Am impressed……!
All these loans and players linked and not one gets you thinking Hmmmmmm now he’s a bit tasty would love us to get him……. Nope we get to salivate over Wayne Bridge and Keiran Richardson…. oh fuckin yippee……!
ha ha ha! The jobs fine just that some people take the mick hence ruining it for the rest. Yeah, baby got loads of gift but the best was an Arsenal hoody body warmer, he loked really cool in it!! The older one got gooners PJs so was well chuffed.
goonster – £1.6 M 😉
T-buzz, Chavs or either Mancs will soon go sniffing around Ba or even the two Spaish minnows….
Hey TBZ how’s things matey, glad to hear the little fella doing good 😉
Morning all,
Reyes was an exciting player on his day, but was also a bit of a fairy as well, spent too much time on his arse for my liking.
Was there for the chelsea game when he got the winner, it was a real screamer from about 25 yards in front of the North Bank.
rico, re your 10.55, surely you meant to say we could manage 1.5 million.
Henry deal has been done, confirmed….. 🙂
thats quite possible rico, i only noticed it a few weeks ago. Having t use my phone @ the mo
Wasn’t Demba Ba getting absolutley slaughtered at West Ham last season ? Imagine if wenger had bought him, everyone would have been going bonkers.
OOps, sorrty Tbuzz, thought he was your first 😉
Good point Micko, we don’t have to bid higher, just equal and hope we are more tempting than QPR …..
hallelujah…that’s that then, the window is closed for us now!
Rico just checked Feyenood 12 app 3 goals forget that then
I’ll have to look into the domain Tbuzz…
Wath, same old AFC eh…..
Perhaps now that Ivan has sorted Henry out, he can get on and sort one or two proper signings!!
Wasn’t he always injured as well last season Micko…? Ba that it..?
Lee, where’s the old-timer, haven’t clocked him since i’ve been back.
Yipeeeeeeeee*coughs*eeeeeeeeeeeee. Henry’s been confirmed for the leeds game. Come on IG surprise me.
WATH!! Happy new year amigo, am fine thanks. Hows things @ your end?
I just got a text from him moaning that it’s not that busy on the streets….
That was last season I think Steve 😉 He’s reported to be going to Fulham…
🙂 Lee, saves us keeping any tabs on this window now, ours is firmly shut…
STV says:
January 6, 2012 at 11:06 am
Morning HH.. About Reyes again !! was my favorite after Pires.. what a player we had lost..
morning goonstr.. wonder howz ur mood today 😉
notice Pires, Reyes and a few others left in a relatively short time
Wath, he probably wanted out asap.
Am good TBZ, missed seeing you abt mate, must of been good with the nipper first Xmas etc etc… glad the little man kitted out in the red n white… as it should be. All good this end mate..!
Make you right there Micko enough to make anyone injury prone… 😉
MON has just been asked if Nikki B just needs an arm around him and guidance to stop mesiing around off the pitch…
MON’s reply was ‘An arm around him, or an arm around his neck’ 😉
Sounds though like he might want to keep the player, he’s impressed with him….
Morning all, return of the king then…only it’s all a bit short term given that when possibly the worst striker Arsenal have ever had (Chamakh) and the striker who never plays and has to go home soon anyway (Park) will return. Where’s the ambition as always!!!
GS, there is no ambition…….. Pretty obvious after the last 4/5 years….!
Gazidis is a real light weight, no offence meant kev.
Morning sam, there isn’t any, seldom is……
With those kinds of assurances from AFC, it’s only a matter of time before RVP signs his new deal…
or B)
Yay, Henry’s ours ^^
@Goonster, Rico n others who want to know about Taiwo, I will give you a little dossier. He was the costliest player in the Nigerian league before he left, and for a defender, that is saying a lot. As if that was not enough, he went straight from the Nigerian League into the OM first 11…and guess who he replaced? Good old Bixente Lizarazu. Think Liza was let go after some weeks or months of watching the mercurial Taiwo. And for the 4/5 years he was at OM he was in Ligue 1 team of d season once (think twice actually). The most memorable one I had of him in OM jersey was at d league cup semi final or final. Om was 1 up when he took a blistering freekick that went right through the wall and into the net. Guess what the commentator said ‘The defenders went for safety first’. His freekicks lacks technique but compensates for that with the power. After that second goal they won 3-0 and a certain young Frank Ribery was also in that team. He shoots like hell. And not just freekicks. He crosses well too and supports the attack too. The major problem with his game is that he is slow and his recovery rate is suspect. I’ll put him above Gibbs attackwise and almost at same level with Santos defense-wise. Lastly, he was voted the third best player at the U-21 world cup (2005, I think) behind Messi and Mikel Obi. I rest my case for now.
Apparently its for a month DK!
B) lee, he leaves…..
His last game will be the yids Priscilla……….. we need someone in that dressing room to tell the rest what smashing the yids is all about and how much it means..!
The deal is for Jan & Feb goonster….
The spuds are in talks with ganso! What are we doing? Looking at an omani and Richardshit! God help us.
Hi Thorough
Thanks for that info….. worth a risk then?
Thanks thorough…then we don’t need him.
Alan!
Who fans voted 5th best arsenal player all time? He left not before winning 3 fa cups and 2 premier league titles and reaching cl final. we should thank Mr. Wenger for that !! (note that he regretted it later)
Reyes.., so much he could have been.. he was terrific in his first two seasons then faded and gone !
If the spuds get ganso I ll kill myself. WATH I ll will all me earthly possessions to you!
where did you read that goonster about the totts?
Stv who was voted 5th? Robert pires? I thought it was liam brady.
my bad stan ! 6th.
Leave all you girly clothes to the ladies Priscilla, you can leave me all your booze…. 😉
Who the heck is Ganso 😉
Its on the news maam that and their ridiculous 15m swoop for blackburn duo of samba and hoilett.
Goonster, your be dead a long time, what’s the rush.
The scum will implode, they always do, we’ll be ahead of that shower in april, its a sure sign easter is only around the corner.
Ganso the Brazilian. Played in the copa. Mentioned in the same Vein as neymar? WATH help me out here.
I fuckin hope so Micko….getting a boat load of shite of my yid mates!
They are just starting to pick up injuries too, Gallas, Parker and one other is injured, could do with Lardybayor getting one now….
And wait and see what happens when Arry has a stay at HM services 🙂
Norman Stanley Redknapp…
I hope you re right micko I really hope. I ve been a gooner now for(counting my fingers) 10 years and in my time the spuds have never finished ahead of us. Its foreign to me. I might kill my self.
Rico, would you love Redknapp if he become england manager 😉
yes, gooster. Look at my comment at 11.07 a.m.
Neymar is the most exciting player of Santos; Danilo (now in Porto) and Ganso (totts ?) are the two most important players.
More news:
hulk and João moutinho (Porto) chelsea? next week ?
Have the omani been spotted yet? In training that is? God give me strength. Did I just ask about an omani player? Damn you IG, namesake and wenger. Rot in hell.*hyperventilating*
You are a persistant offender 🙂
I’d rather he gets punished if he is found guilty of naughtiness Stv and thrown out the game but if that can’t happen, then yes, i hope he becomes the next england manager….
Thanks JM I know you ll come through. Damiao was linked to us right jm? What’s he like?
Back shortly, off to walk Fido….
Sorry Priscilla, not heard of Ganso at all so was a little stuck….! Jm will always help out on the Brazilians…!
I never see him playing but he has good references and comes from a great club in Brasil (International -Porto alegre). Is a young boy too like Neymar, Ganso and Danilo
Lee, thats the problem when you actually have “yid” mates…..!
I don’t have any mates who are yids………. problem solved – no problem…..!
JM, Damiao is supposed to be very good…… Work permit would be a problem yet again though..!
Lee, let them have their 5 minutes of fame, even the sun shines on a dogs arse sometimes.
It will be a scrap but we’re come out on top.
No Richarsun deal says O’neill
No more deals of any type hints wenger !
The last name I ever put on an Arsenal Jersey was Reyes :). He would have been an amazing player.
A month to put together a loan deal.. I see Everton had no problems .. Dein would be spinning in his grave (If he was dead that is)
Wath, i’d always imagined you had a tottehham mate to hold your bog rolls for you, every gooner should have at least one just to take the pish out of on a daily basis.
Can’t see that happening WATH if they win their game in hand they ll have an unassailable lead over us. 9 points WATH 9 points. How on earth are we going to overhurl the scums with players like walcott chamakh arshavin and park. Worse still those shower of shit are looking to strengthen their team while we look at omani second division players! God give me strength.
I have a S**rs fan as a mate.. You’d swear it was Barca he was supporting listing to his nonsense!
sorry meant Micko….see am not in my elements. Being a gooner is nerve racking.
“At the moment nothing, we don’t have a concrete case but we don’t rule it out, [A loan defender is] the likely scenario, yes.
“[I am expecting a] quiet [market]. Europe is depressed and there is not a lot of money available, only some clubs who have exceptional resources. Let’s say that clubs who are not linked with the economic environment at the moment can buy!”
I think I’ve heared it 936 times before !!
9 points is indeed a lot BUT they are the swampies after all and they are a bunch of cnuts……..!
Stop playing STV, where did you hear that? No deal of any kind?
You got it sinbad !!
spurs are wanks !
When was the last time we finished below them WATH? Surely not in the PL era?
STV, I dunno about a recession, but go into any pub here on a saturday night and everyone is having a session.
😉 mate nor do I very well.. but as WATH says WENGER KNOWS!!
He talk about recession every time they asks him about transfers…
Micko you kill me…hahahaha…recession to session. Good one my man.
Bob Holness has passed away…
I’ll have an R and an I and aP please Bob !!
sorry in advance…
Nope not in the prem lge era mate last time they finished above us was 95 I think..???
The premier league began in 93 right? Meaning they ve definitely finished above us once since its inception.
I think qpr were the top london club in 95 wath, they went and got relegated the following season.
Rico, surely that’s a yellow for lee !
is that the season arsenal finished 5th wath?
12th omg!
The season GG got the tin tack, didn’t we finish 7th…??
we finidhed 12th tots 7 th
Micko, don’t get all mancini on me waving imaginary cards in front of Rico!!
You ve got to love titi. Ahhhhhh what a legend. Check out his interview at the official website. So glad he was ours.
Be right back guys need me a drink. First drink today. wow am really cutting down. See ya pals.
Afternoon all
What is it about these clowns in charge that feel they have to have long, drawn out transfer sagas? We should have had Merts’ transfer sorted ages before it was. Same with Chamakh (although I’m gutted that one didn’t over-run so we missed out on him) and if I remember rightly, news of our interest in Hleb went on for ages before we actually signed him (and as controversial as it may sound, he’s another I wish we hadn’t bothered with. He was garbage after his injury). and now Henry. How hard can it actually be to sort out? A week ago we were told it was just down to insurance details needing to be ironed out. A WEEK!. Even if this was sorted out over the space of a working week, and basing that on a normal 9-6 day, that’s 45 hours they have had to get it sorted! And it still hasn’t been? Embarrassing. I could not do anything for 45 hours a week and pick up a fortune, no problem. Where do I apply for these dickheads jobs? And when will we get the shock transfers again? I had no idea we were in for Reyes or even Eduardo until I read we’d signed them in the papre on the way into work the following morning! Those transfers got people excited whether they knew of the player or not. When you hear the same stories day after day, month after month, by the time the player does sign, you’re already bored of him!
Afternoon fine folk 🙂
I am so glad i have a delete button 🙂
Hi Rico
So… Fan of Blockbusters?!
Hi Rocky
Used to watch it but sot really a fan, i only saw Lee RIP comment and thought how spooky, didn’t see his previous so my last comment made me look a bit of a wotsit 😉
At least he passed in his sleep…..
Totally agree re your last, utter clowns…..
Hola peeps…
When I got the Frank picture Dein was in the restaurant, I should of bent his ear!!!
Buenas Tardes lee 🙂
You should have, and got a picture saying ‘I’ll be back’ ……
now that would of been “ding-dong!” 🙂
An OMG moment as the kids of today say 😉
‘ding-dong’ does me though 😉
Just seen pictures of the lads training. Why is wenger not bringing in ryo and AOC to torture opposing teams. Those kids would have kept riise on the back foot at craven cottage. I don’t get the logic behind going all out to get a work permit for ryo and not use him. He is better off on loan than just being used as “training material”. Evening guys.
he is due to go on loan goonster, but i think loans will be after the Leeds game….
So why bother….he could have gotten more games under his belt by now for feyenoord. I was looking forward to seeing feature for them this season. Hopefully at close range when he visits us at arnhem. Oh well am not the boss but I can sure so a hell lot better than him. I take a pay cut too. He’s on six million right? I ll take 5.950!
he needs to be playing in england, get used to the rough and tough englsih game…..
Not being funny Goonster, but I reckon I’d have kept Riise on the back foot the other day. He’s hardly at the peak of his career! Which is why it is so frustrating that he was put under minimum pressure.
Think I had one drink too many….my typing is sluring just like me words. Coffee please?
Hi ya rocky….me too and am no spring chicken!
Me neither! I’m 6′ 3″ and weigh more than Tyson did in his prime… I’m not built for running! But I’d still have torn Riise a new one!
Rocky, you re 6’3! Whoa, stay clear of you if was a spud. Wouldn’t want to be wearing a spud jersey close to you after that 8:2 debacle.
So would I and i’m old and passed it 😉
The wife’s a Spud… she knows not to mock me about Arsenal! Unfortunately though Goonster, my train journey stops at Tottenham Hale (or Seven Sisters depending on the train) so When Spurs are at home, the trains are packed with the great unwashed Spuds fans. I take great pleasure in showing the Arsenal colours in those instances, by the way of the arsenal red and whire bar scarf in winter or having an Arsenal screensaver on myu phone permanantly showing as I rest it on the table in front of my seat!
red and white*
Rocky, my mate plays for Greenbury, that’s Cheshunt isn’t it?
I wouldn’t want to be in a train packed with scummers. An too lily livered.
Haha!! If I don’t, it’s a long walk home mate! And about £80 in a cab! As much as I hate them, I won’t give them the satisfaction of hurting me in the wallet!!
Lee. Yeah I think so, it rings a bell… Greenbury Utd I think?
monday’s game will be a sell out…
Lee how tall are you? 5’4 right?
6ft1″
definitely lee….it ll be a packed house. Wish I could be there. The place ll be rocking especially if henry scores.
you not been Stan?
Yikes am I the shortest guy in HH? Nah I net WATH is shorter. He sounds short.
WATH’s 6’5, Stan…
You going Monday lee? and is AK?
Ahhh come on lee…there’s got to be someone am taller than. Maybe DG or yeah kev am definitely taller than kev.
Andrei Arseshaving??
jack wilshere ?
I got offered a ticket but it’s a pain in the arris getting home….
woh wait it;s not arshavin 😉
Can’t wait to visit the EMS. Wish I saw highbury before it was demolished.
Jimmy Krankie….
Warwick Davis….
Khagendra Thapa Magar? (sorry, I admit I had to use Google there…..)
Who are those lee? Do I know them?
Zelda Rubinstein
Are you going on Monday Goonster?
Hi guyz,If we don’t buy quality playerz this jan, we shall surely end up empty handed. That would be eight trophyless seasons! Thinking abt it makes me so sad. And if we finish out of the top 4, then the great arsene will have 2 let go. I cant imagine him presiding over a sad decade.
Verne Troyer
Same here lee but would have loved to have gone, its going to be another tough game….
I wish rocky…I live in arnherm in the Netherlands. How on earth will I make it in time. And besides Monday is a working day. Hmmmmmmm I bet I can take a leave of absence.
HI Fox Head. That’s the thing though, while Wenger is sitting pretty on a £6/7m a year contract, he won’t be sacked. And he’s too stubborn to walk.
Sickie mate. Do it! I’m pretty sure you could make it in time mate!
I love the way that people from all over the world post on this site, and get involved in conversations… in English. I can’t even imagine that happening the other way around! The arrogance of the English when it comes to language is staggering!
I guess I can pull it off rocky….I ll give it a whack. Where ll you be rocky? Know any good pubs around? God I can’t wait.
I’ll be at work mate! Didn’t leave til 9.30 last night, and will be the same today and Monday. I don’t have a season ticket any more unfortunately. Waited 6 years on the list, then finally got one, but just didn’t enjoy going on my own. The people in seats all around me weren’t held by season ticket holders, so it was different people every week so couldn’t get to really know anyone. It’s a shame, but I wasn’t going to pay £1,300 the following season to renew when I wasn’t really enjoying it
Fantasy island – yezz bozzz ….
‘What you talkin about Willis’
Come rocky don’t be so hard on yourselves. I bet you can say a few words in french Spanish German or even Dutch. I went to an English school mind you.
I was pretty tasty at Italian – A at GCSE. But that was 20 years ago!
Italian eh? I don’t know a word in Italian but I know a few spanish curse words. Hehehe.
Curse words are the first words anyone learns in a foreign language, non?!
In response to your earlier question about places to drink…. I’m the wrong person to ask!! As a non-drinker, I rarely go into pubs. And there was NO was I’d go into one on my own (when I was on my own going to the match)!
You can’t help but love Thierry….”for me being able to come here & train, being in the dressing room & seeing all the training staff, I have no words to describe it. To wear the jersey one more time, I can only be honoured’
“people think I’m just saying that, but when I left this club I cried and I cried for the statue. I haven’t cried a lot in my career but when I do it seems something is happening with Arsenal.”
What a top fucking man!!!!!
Rocky, they say 1 in every 3 people in the world are chinese, but thinking back there were no chinese girls in bananarama so maybe its not true.
Rocky, great that guyyz all over the world post on this site. While some guyz get to catch the matches at the stadium, some of us have season tickets at our local pubs! And are as passionate as all true gonners. Does the thought of 8 trophyless seasons hit u guyz as hard as it does me?
“The plane, the plane”
hola amigo! I know few palabras as well en la espanol
7th season
Very true Micko! Or Bros! Or even Brother Beyond for that matter……
Fox Head. It bothers me about the trophyless streak. Very much. But it’s not going to change this season. It bothers me very much that these days, I only see us realistically winning the Carling Cup. And that isn’t good enough. I am naturally a very pessimistic person, and moan about things regularly, so that may affect my outlook about Arsenal sometimes….
STV – Depends who you speak to. The media love to remind us during every televised match, but even they add or subtract a year at will. But I think you are right, this will be the 7th year
Lee henry is a legend. It just keeps getting better for him. Its comments like these that endears him more to the gooner nation. I heard the away fans were singing his name as craven cottage. Like you say top fucking man!
Top Top man indeed – hope a bit of that attitude and understanding of OUR club rubs off on a few lee…..
Hi Fox Head – didn’t see you sneak on, you are not alone, some of us here in the UK have to do the same …..
I’ve been counting that since that cl final loss mate,,, You cant guess how hard for me to see this catastrophe after a sound invincibles era and it’s golden players.. I grown up watching those players.
He IS a top man, and I do love him for what he did for us. I’m not at all doubting the love he has for the club. But still can’t get away from him leaving for Barca the season after he said he’s not sign for them (and then signed a new deal with us). OK, the timing may have been right for him to go. His last season with us wasn’t his best. I hope he comes back in a coaching capacity, but not sure about Henry the player anymore. I may be way off with my comment, but it’s what I honestly believe.
I’ve got a feelin he scores against Leeds…..
Thierry was a bit special, I loved the way he used to coast past players, the sad thing is at 34 he’s still better than anyone we have except rvp of course, what does say about our current squad, he’s still got a few goals in him and will show some of the whipper snappers how its done, I’d like to think he come back for good some day as well.
Me too lee…that ll take the roof off the EMS.
Know what you mean Micko. The way he used to show the defender the ball then leave them for dead. I really hope he does well. And whetever happens, even if he turns out to be guff, it won’t tarnish the memory of him at all.
I thought you didn’t want him to return goonster??
How many goals though, he’ll be up for the game, thats for sure….
Rocky, I think he would have stayed with us, but for his split from his wife….
Those after- burners are gone methinks!!!
It wud b fantastic if he scores. Over here we had “baptised” himTHE KING! Albeit in absentia!
What was he like in the Emirates Cup? I didn’t catch any of it this year.
Maybe Rico. Did you not think that at times in his last season he looked as though he was out of sorts? Maybe things in his private life were affecting him. Didn’t seem to be troubling Giggs though! Maybe it’s because Giggs clearly has no conscience!
I didn’t want him to taint his legendary status. What’s wrong with that?
I really don’t think he will Goonster. He could drop his shorts and curl one out on the centre circle at the Emirates and his legendary status wouldn’t be tainted! (sorry for the mental image there….!)
Thats what i mean Rocky, he had big probs in his private life which no doubt had an impact on his game but he’s never had one bad thing to say about us, and i don’t think he ever will…
Some even suggest that in the summer he will replace Pat Rice….
Maybe then, Dennis will replace Wenger and Keown will come back and join then……
Giggs is just an old dip wick 😉
Steve Bould will be gutted if TH replaced the doddery old man Rice, I think. ALthough I think Mr Arsenal is the man most fans would want to be Wengers no. 2 isn’t he? He’s definitely my choice.
I hope he doesn’t sir. I ll be devastated. Henry is my idol. Second only to DB10 that is.
Yeah, Keown, Henry, Bergkamp, Adams and Bould. Usmanov as the owner….. I’m allowed to dream, right?!
I think he’ll be just fine Goonster! My Idol is most definitely Tony Adams. Although growing up, Rocky was my favourite. Loved everything about his game and was gutted when we sold him and devastated when he passed away FAR too young. I’ve still got my signed photo of him that I got sent to me when I signed up as a junior gunner.
Shame I never saw rocky rocastle play. Seen a few clips of him. He does look feisty though. I envy you older gooners. You ve witnessed so much and share in the club’s rich history. God bless us gooners one and all.
My choice would be Bouldy too Rocky, any day of the week, him Keown, Adams – any of them should be Rice’s replacement… and before TH12
Definitely keown maam….no contest.
Haha! God bless you too! And thanks for making me feel old!!
hello!
Any more news?
I’m going outside
Didn’t mean to rocky..am sorry.
Rocky, spot on re Rocky Rocastle 🙁
Hi JM, bit chilly isn’t it 😉
Latest rumour…
Matías Suárez
I saw it too Rico but he’s a not a mid fielder so we won’t be signing him.
Ha ha goonster, in this window we don’t need one, Suarez is a winger/striker, just what we need 😉
Then, in the summer, get rid of the baggage in midfield and buy a creative and defensive midfielder….
ok, off for a bite to eat, won’t be long….
I ve seen him play maam he’s a cool finisher and can play anywhere up top but like I ve been saying all winter wenger sees henry as backup for RVP at least till gervinho and chamakh comes back. He ll be looking to sign a mid fielder instead.
Me too maam be right back
see – i said i wouldn’t be long 😉
Actually guys and gals, i’m off for the day, soaps are on and you know me 😉
Nighty all, be safe and catch up tomorrow….
Missed ya by a whisker maam. Oh well good night Rico.
Talksport having a rave about racism and that Abbot woman. Then they mention Stan Collymore and how he is under heavy racist attack at twitter,and they can’t mention it. I go there and have a look, and while true, the comments are uncomplimentary, I think they are more silly than anything else
Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. Stan has called the Staffordshire police to investigate. I wonder in they will investigate
1. Denying Suarez the presumption of innocence prior to the outcome
2. General inference it’s all whitey’s fault
I wonder if the police would prefer to be doing more important things in the public interest
Incidently, Talksport, via Galloway, Matt Ford are taking it very easy of Abbot MP
And of course there’s that nancy boy last night against Liverpool that overreacted
Incredible
Morning all,
New Post up….