Morning all.
Did you know that on this day in 1999, when we beat Man U 2-1 in the Community Shield at Wembley, with Kanu & Parlour both scoring? Of course you did….
Next weekend of course, we face the other Manchester side in the same Cup, a day which should show us fans just how much better prepared we are for the season ahead. I wouldn’t bet against us getting one over City and kick the new season off with another big trophy in the cabinet..
On this day 34 years ago, the club sold Liam Brady to Juventus. What a player he was, what a sad day that was…
Once a selling club, always a selling club. No, not any more it seems…..
Carl Jenkinson has gone though, he’s packed his bags and left for a season at West Ham, I hope it’s a good one for him. Playing week in, week out will do him the world of good. I wish him well. There is apparently an option to buy Jenks if the Hammers want to keep him and we want to sell him but I hope this time next year he’s back for all the right reasons.
So, big news broke yesterday evening.
Arsenal have opened talks with Porto over a deal for Colombia midfielder Juan Quintero.
The 21-year-old’s agent Maria Elena Chavarro tweeted:
Today @juanferquinte10 travelled to England to sign a contract with Arsenal who are paying 20m Euros (around £15.8m) to FCPorto, congratulations!
However, another of Quintero’s representatives, Ricardo Calleri said:
Porto never talked to negotiate Juan Quintero. Sure there are clubs interested, there is much interest in the player, the clubs in Spain and England, but to leave would be one willing to pay the termination clause of the club (€40m).
€40m for a 21 year old, surely not!
This story may be true, it may not but it has of course raised the level of expectation in the press that Santi Cazorla would have to make way for the young player and Atletico Madrid will be his destination.
No it won’t, not according to Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo:
Many names have been mentioned, but none of those players, neither Cazorla, Callejon, Torres nor Chicharito [Hernandez] are on our agenda. If we sign another player, it won’t be any of them.
Then of course we have the Sami Khedira story which rumbles and rumbles on. The latest suggests that Real Madrid don’t want him to leave for free next summer and they are desperate for us to sign him. I’d quite like this to be true and we snap him up, him and Carvalho in the midfield would be quite exciting wouldn’t it because let’s not forget that those press darlings have said we are favourites to sign the latter after Sprtin Lisbon confirmed they are willing to sell him……
Love it, I laugh, that’s the best way to deal with some of the stories published….
Let’s just sit, wait and see who really does get snapped up this month – it’s clear Wenger and Gazidis have a plan, just enjoy watching it unfold.
Forget all the gossip and other stuff made up by agents and media. It’s all a game to them, they think it’s funny but reality is, the agents are trying to muster up a way of getting their client more money and the journalists are just trying to sell newspapers.
Mind you, did I tell you Arsenal are going to sign………….
That’s it for another day, have a good one all..
Who are we going to sign Rico???? I do not think you told us!!!
Good post.
40mill for a 21 year old????
Too much imo
brief and to the point; I enjoyed reading that…
Its typical of those clubs to place release clauses in the contracts of their sth American imports…
I am on my third browser this morning… wordpress???
Rico, like you say “sit back, relax and watch it all unfold”. Quintero 40m no chance… Morning all.
Simples! Hi Bt… all good?
Dev, have you heard of The Milk Cup?
TPO for Quintero too… allegedly. no chance
Morning all.Just watch our match against
Boreham,Le coq wasn’t bad as most of you here
said he is.Le coq got almost everything
right,tackles,long passes,Song-esque passes to
sanogo,positioning,just name it.I think if he didn’t
leave this summer,he will be impressive.Better
than flamini IMO.And why is sanogo is in †̥ђƺ first
team,Akpom is way better than him,that lad is like
a young TH14.I got to see that penalty incident
agaisnt,this guy is better than sanogo in all
area.Bellerin,Olsson and toral were very
impressive.I will choose Bellerin over jenkinson
anytime.
Ts, fine mate, yourself?
Thanks Devil.
:), no idea, well, not really….
It may have been excellent, as always, but I wanted Bowerbird Mac II. Does that make me a 21yr old kid?
Rick if you are about?
Spanoudakis has opted for VFb Stuttgart… shame he looked good in his appearance.
Vfb want Serge. I guess the loan rules only apply to this league.
Why is Sanogo in the first team? Nuisance value?
Bt. as you know… TGIF. lol
I think we won’t sign another player until Wenger access his team very well and know what they lack.If you’re going to sign any player its going to be deadline hour.com.
Re the youth side u-21; there were 22 sides in the reserve/youth U21 league and we finished 14th. Olsson may want a short term loan or even a loan to Eredivisie… that will leave Toral and Crowley… will that be strong enough to win back promotion into division 1.
I wonder if Hayden would want a loan move too… we do not want another Boateng going on loan too early or being too good for reserves but not good enough for regular top tier football.
Ts, here it’s TFIF…lol, Are you going to make it tomorrow?
Morning Rico and gentlemen, the ITK took over twitter yesterday and even though I loved what I saw from Quintero playing against the Ivory coast in the world cup and that goal was a sweet one, I won’t have him at the expense of Cazorla, Adam yesterday changed the face of this blog that post yesterday was just………..indescribable…….. I loved it more again when I saw it was a dig at Mourinho……never mind khedira will be begging us to have his signature soon
true Sukky. the plan I guess was to have 3 or four now and then 2 maximum in August if needed depending on availability and unplanned injury…
It certainly isn’t my doing Ts.. 😉
Bt. most 50-50 currently…. the mother in law wants to go ton Hever Castle…
If I can ‘weasel out’ of it then… yes!
And morning again all… 😛
Sukky. you would expect Le Coq to play well against Boreham wood though with all due respect.lol
I agree with a bit of positional training he could be better than Flamini… I am sure he will get the odd game here and there…
My ball tells me Yaya will score his first goal this weekend.
Morning Rico, Dev, Ts, Sukky, c2, Bt, All…
Great post, Rico.
You love the KISS rule about writing and that’s a crafty art on its own.
I’d be the happiest if this JQ story fizzles out as another of their goofs. Even if he was the original Messi I wouldn’t swap him with SC19. An ambidextrous player like Carzola comes once in a decade…and I hope he retires at Arsenal.
lol.. TFIF…Bt
Ts, if it was me, i’d be wriggling like a worm on hook, to get out of that one..lol
Morning Emeka, wetin dey happen?
Sukky, I don’t that’ll be the case at all.
Rico… re 10:46.. Micko might have a different view. 😛
Bt. she keeps saying I watch too much football …
As you would expect.. I have to come back with something..
I asked her why she thought her bf spent all his spare time on the golf course instead of with her? lmfao…
Needless to say what her response was…
Morning Tai, or am I being rude calling you that?
Thanks re the post, I do like to keep it simple, it’s the only way I know.. lol
chills, English please otherwise I can’t understand, sorry…
Hi tai… I like Quintero but there are priorities and there are luxuries…
In my view Quintero is a luxury…
🙂 Ts, he might..
Tai sometimes I wonder why we always share the same opinion, do you leave next door to me…….lol so C2hills is naija too
Sorry rico, it was meant for Tai alone.
Ts, can’t see were she gets that idea from, Hever Castle it is then…lol
Are you naija, Luznic? Morning btw.
we are not signing Quintero Ts someone just throws his name in the mix and makes a supermarket shopping coach aware of his availability not Arsene anyway, we wait on Khedira and NOT Cavarlho
We could field an entire eleven of attacking midfielders, not sure we’ll sign another one. Could be wrong though, we’re talking about AW here.
As the season approaches, I need to realign back to the AKB side… 😉
So I thought I would post this…
Mata + Fellaini + Shaw + Herrera £125M
Ozil + Sanchez + Debuchy + CC21 less than £100
Who said 4th was not a trophy.. Yanited have told LvG that 4th or bust…
So Liverpool and Yanited arguably the 2 most successful clubs in England want the coveted 4th place…
Hmm, I thought the media said 4th was a waste of a season…
I guess AW is still the best at what he does…
yes C2hills Lasigidi through and through
Yeah, Luznic…you see no matter what, orientation is the biggest mold of character. We Naija Gooners seem to think alike. It’s clear C2hills is too. c2 first time meeting you here. How market, bros?
Watch it Bt…
If you have spent 2 weeks with folks of Shin Bet you will be scared off sleeping and spent you evenings watching football too. 🙂
Nice journey home last night…. trains from Liverpool St were massively delayed because of a jumper at Romford station, 3 people were hit with body parts whilst standing on the platform!
A 45 min journey took 4 hours….
sad indeed. its not even debtmas yet.
Morning emeka,
I think we should sell flamini soon.
I realised chills, but as moderator, I need to be able to read all conversations, so just English please…..
In this warm weather Lee?
C2h I was of the impression you were AW out? 😛
Just teasing btw…
C2h I told you last summer we would win something.. 🙂
No, Rico…Tai is just fine…my affectionate name really…
Please, do not see it as breaking rules…we Nigerians have this lingo coined out of English Language christened ‘broken’. Even without going to school, every Nigerian can speak it. So, we easily identify ourselves with it. Ghanaians speak it too … but always with that distinct accent.
Ts, what were you doing with Shin Bet?
Sukky. Micko will have words with you on that post at 11:09. 🙂
Hi luznic… it was all ‘poppycock’ as Rico will say…
Brothers, its the naija spirit. Started coming on here last year during my industrial training.
Ginge, too much football is not good for you except you want to become AW. Lol. Welcome back to the AKB fold.
On a serious note, that’s awful Lee, one of the worst. I always feel so sorry for the train driver….
Charley. tai
Bt… nothing illegal… 😉 but not a question for here so… 😉
Morning Rico. Nice post. Perhaps we too often fit players in little boxes and assign them labels. Then we shake the pot to make sure that those labels cover all areas susceptible to ingress. Still, there’s always the Arsenal Rumours site for those with a taste for the absurd.
somehow this season I have a sweet feeling Arsenal will be coasting in most matches and the bad feelings I have when my friends calls us haa Fc because we are always close but never there will be forgotten now they hardly talk football with me because most are man utd fans and like a typical arsenal fan we don’t beat people who are down already, roll in 2014/2015 eagerly awaiting August 16
Thanks Tai.
I don’t see it as rule breaking, I just need to be able to read as said Tai.
Yea Ginge, no more nine years without a trophy.
Sorry rico. But you could always ask google translate.
Are you mocking that bastion of truth….. “The Bleacher Report?”
Ts, mums the word…lol
🙂 C2h… I cut it down… I was only watching 4 full games a weekend last season. 🙂
It never got in family time… really. honest. 🙂
Only Aneke and Kroos going has added 2 more must watch to my list…
Careful Rico or Lee, Kev and myself will start posting in Cockney rhyming slang. Lee, as you know, is completely fluent in that particular Lingua. And I speak palare.
Morning Adam, thanks.
The rumour site, I haven’t been there for a while… 😉
Esperanto is my forte…….
No Chills, it’s not up to me to translate, it’s up to you to speak in English. If you want to speak to fellow countrymen in your own language, please swap emails. Simples.
That would really confuse me Adam… 😉
Grandpa knows @11:13. Morning Adam.
Luznic, the reason is going to be tough with LVG at man utd and liverpool being an unknown in the equation post count dracula.
Oh it’s fantastic. Various warriors post bizarre rumours and Eds replies, sometimes in a withering fashion, as to their veracity. It would surely be easier if Eds just posted who we are going to sign. It would also save much humiliation for the fantasists. But then I suppose that is all part of the undeniable entertainment value.
TS I have always known you to be an AKB will always be until Arsene is out due to Retirement maybe, anyway the 4th place is a celebrated invisible trophy the English press knows how important it is but they play it down, how the mighty have fallen manure now fight to be 4th since I have been glued to the EPL this is the first time they have gone below 3rd……….like I said we don’t beat people who are down already but with those two signings and nothing more they are still bound to fail LVG or not this is EPL
But guys, I adore Rico…and I’m certain I’m not alone…let’s play to her rules pls. Great to know we’re many here …Ts is African…I’m yet to know from which country…not that it matters.
Good morning. May I call you C2?
Closely followed by Unwinese…. I thought you were well versed in this language Adam?
Morning all,
Sounds like your ball needs a service tsgh.
Liam Brady a legend, just ask SYG !
I know we’ve sold a few players to West Ham in the past but have any travelled the other way ?
Really Rico. I had you down as a cockney. 🙂
Morning all HHers,
Rico, nice post as always. I can see all agents are using us as a shopping window for their player
I think Denver is waiting to sell Flamini and buy Khedira on TW deadline.
That is going to be the last move this summer
Apparently Khedira is a done deal pending what ever that means
Bt, did you say you are going to the Emirates Cup?
Micko, we just signed a 16yo from them a few weeks back. Not sure of first teamers
Yea Ginge, 6hrs from waking time never got on family time.
Rico is bullying me, somebody help. 🙂
Tai. A Ghanaian. Chale.
The lady does not want any pigeon English here gents….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2nI_3VBEtA
Personally I would like to see Joel Campbell given a chance.
😀 Micko… not from the mother in law…
🙂 Adam, I’ll pick it up as I go along… lol
Hi Micko & fagun, thanks..
Nickie, where did you read that about Khedira?
Only if you allow me to call you grandpa, Adam.
Emeka, rico is a mother. I’m just giving her a little run around.
Rico doesn’t want pidgin then no pidgin simples
Good Morning to The Lady of the House and all fellow Gooners in residence.
What a change in atmosphere in the House from the same time last year. I hope we are all still feeling so positive come the new year.
Adam – An excellent post yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the imagery.
However, it is unfortunate that our beloved game has to endure malignant personalities such as Maureen Yo. Worse yet is how the press and pundits fawn over him, stoking his ego.
🙂 Luznic… I still criticize/question Aw when he deserves it though…
it was lovely reading how Jose is detested now…
13 or so months ago it was a different story when anyone dared to say AW was a better manager or buyer of players…
it was all about trophies as they say… 😉
C2. You already have. 🙂
Cheers CG.
Ginge – Wenger a buyer of players? how time changes
Yeah…I got it from your earlier comment, Ts. Regards, bros.
Ts, re JQ, I’ll only take luxury signings if they come freebie. We have DM and CB as priorities and we’re spending 16 mil signing a CAM? How much is our transfer baggie ?
🙂 Luznic. even Gerv was a good buy… he was just misunderstood. 😛
Hi Cg….
Lee. I had forgotten Stanley. That is bizarre speech though.
Ts, imo Gervinho was sold a season too early. When we had both Walcott and Poldi down early in the season, Carzola too…the wings were begging for his pace. He would have positively utilised that moment, latched onto Ozil’s passes too…he wasn’t a bad player.
lol Tai. indeed.. I think the CB role is finished though with CC21 signed imo…
As I stated in one of my posts I wrote for HH last summer. It was well reported/rumoured in some quarters that Bellerin agreed to sign with us on the guarantee of being made a first team player after 3 years if both parties agree he had progressed enough…
Unlike the other Barca steals like Miquel and Cesc he was offered a professional deal by Barca…
Toral joined us as he was half English if I am not wrong…
Cheers Nickie, pretty much confirmed what I thought.
TEO, a few of us on here are pretty fluent in swahili if you wanna chance your arm !
Luznic, they did say times will change. We were just frustrated for various reasons.
So would I Adam, not sure where though…. lol
😀 Micko… you make me laugh mate…
Did you go to the same lingua school as Alex ferguson?
Morning Cg. Isn’t it just….
Lee – Given time and employing a little effort, I could probably decipher Cockney rhyming slang, but Unwinese although entertaining has always been incomprehensible. I’ve listened to Ogden’s Nutgone Flake by the Small Faces for decades and still can’t understand half of what Stanley was saying.
Emeka, Gerv would latch unto those passes alright, whether he’d make something of them is another issue.
Chills, ask smudge what happened to the last person who tried to give me the run around…..
I also want campell to be given chance.I don’t want another striker or winger.Like always we arsenal fans don’t rate our players.Campell is better than welbeck and vitor Moses,If this guy don’t play for us regularly,we won’t see how great he is.Don’t forget we still have OX.
Micko…you’d have have Rico to worry about…but save me Swahili though. I’m a specialist not versatile!
…But smudge is nowhere to be found. I get the hint, that’s why I said you were bullying me. 😉
Ginge – Good Morning. I’ve been busy trying to get some work done around my house after the total disruption caused by the World Cup. Has there been any progress on us signing a DM/holding midfielder?
Gervinho lacks the use of brain when it is needed, I still watch him in Roma and wonder why some people say he now flourishes there, he will need to quit football for a year and go into therapy to be able to use that brain well as he will never be that player we expect him to be, C2hill they did tell us to be patient but we are human and patience is most time easy with explanations we never had that and there was the media counting those years from 1-9 how times have changed and except Michael Owen the pundits and press now see Arsenal Challenging
c2…the first thing toward scoring a goal is latching onto the pass…the second we all know. But you got to latch onto the pass first. Gerv would have plenty times!
Lee was a huge admirer of Gervinho as I recall.
Rico
According to @TrevorSDempster Khedira is done pending player registration. Big news to commit to!
C2 – Like it or not, Highbury House is Rico’s domicile. Her House, her rules.
lol… Cg.
Rico is very relaxed in that regards so she must know something..
I on the otherhand suspect Aw is looking at his squad with a grin on his face like a Cheshire cat…
I think I CM again if the right player becomes available…
Diaby has been training without any injury concerns so…
Luznic…get Khedira now and even Owen would quickly do another statement. Take away your love…and view us from a neutral plate. I’m still sceptical until Khedira is signed!
Rico, no not for the Emms Cup, went to the first and second ones, first one was great, second was ok. Have a ticket for NLD, but havn’t decided yet.
Govan tsgh, famous for the glasgow kiss, hope JM got out alive !
Why don’t we have release clauses in contracts in this country?
c2/Luznic. gerv had football brain he just lacked the bottler to take him to the next level imo of course…
I can understand his confidence issue… I was watching an Ivorian team video and they kept calling him ugly and all…
Valbuena said nasri and co picking on his height messed up his confidence…
When things went wrong on the pitch you could tell he wanted the ground to open to swallow him up.. better characters move on and do the next better…
Diaby is our footballing warrior !
😀 Micko… Is that the same poker school AW attended?
Yea Luznic, the meedja never stopped counting.
Agree Emeka, he is a natural at dribbling and finding space.
Grandpa, I was a huge admirer of Gerv too. He was blessed with the qualities that are usually difficult to teach. Those he could learn though…
Ts, was it Nasri and Ribery?
Me too Adam, huge fan of Gerv….
Thanks Nickie, fingers crossed then….
Gerv was a natural dribbler, found space and then goofed his shot… 😉
C2. I believe Lee did a forensic examination of both his technique and his forehead. He will be along shortly with a summation of his conclusions.
yes… Bt.. considering Ribery has the face only a mother and a wag would love.. 🙂
That forehead! That forehead! That… *stares into space*
RIP Kenny Ireland – 68 years old and taken by Cancer…
Very funny man, loved him in Benidorm….
I believe like pre-nups it may not be binding/enforceable in this nation…
Caulker, Fellaini, Fraizer Campbell’s were reported to have release clauses…
sad news… 68?
Sukky, completely with your 11.50 re Campbell…
He’s truly better than Welbeck and will surprise many if given a chance and seems to know exactly what he’s up against…spoke so much of coming to kick off his destiny at Emirates.
12.01 Adam. Apparently Suarez had one…
Shame Bt, I was going to pester you to write about the experience… 😉
CG, there’s a certain amount of tongue in cheek in most of my posts. Please don’t take them seriously.
I thought he was younger Ts… but yes, 68..
Nickie, repeat that re Khedira pls.
Campbell looked tasty in that training video on Arsenal.com…
I’m beginning to sound like Clarke Carlisle “That’s an absolutely delicious tackle” lol
Cg, and there aren’t many… 😉
According to @TrevorSDempster Khedira is done pending player registration. Big news to commit to!
there you go Tai. Search on twitter @TrevorSDempster he has some very positive tweets. Probably rubbish though
Oh, RIP Kenny Ireland. Didn’t know him though.
Oi oi Nickie, what’s that about Campbell’s tackle… 😉
…And John Henry lied about it, rico.
Ts, i thought i’d read rubber face was involved, image him of all people, to be slagging anyone, with his boat race..
haha woah woah that escalated quickly! 😉
Lee, was actually the Chairperson of the:
Gervinho is a Very Decent Geezer Appreciation Society…
55 Percy Circus
Etc etc…
Pray, what does player registration got to do with transfers? Who can educate me pls?
The man with the ironed face spoke with forked tongue Rico. 🙂
He did C2
You know me Nickie.. 😉
Adam….the release clause issue is a question I have been asking for a long time. Imagine a release clause on Cesc. On Henry. On Nasri. On RVP.
it is not fair that Portugal, Spain, etc have release clauses and the EPL do not.
Ginge – that’s why I said Gerv might have to quit football for a year and go into therapy because why he fluffs his shot we will never know…….may your soul rest in peace Kenny Ireland but Rico who is he?
🙂 Kev..
Signing on the dotted line I guess Tai..
Adam, he sure did…..
Ginge – Even Arsene wouldn’t be so naive to count on Diaby for a whole season. Diaby is a mentally strong character, but his body seems to be made of delicate blown glass. He should have FRAGILE – Handle With Care shipping labels pasted prominently to his front, back and sides. A shame really as he is a talented player.
I fear this season will be his Last Chance Saloon. If he can’t put in a reasonable number of shifts, this should/will be his last season with the club.
Carzola latest,
“My objective was always Arsenal. I have played for Arsenal for two years and I continue to play. They are the only club I think about. I want to lift as many trophies as possible with them and help them as much as I can.”
Phew, dodged one there Rico…lol
Rico, so if we had taken him to court he would’ve been found out publicly. Some risk he took there.
CG,
I’ve said my bit on Diaby…I’m only praying for his fitness. Getting 20 starts off him this season would be absolute pay dirt.
Tai then you don’t know the man Michael Owen, he never sees anything right with Arsenal and he still thinks this is 2001 when he scored in that FA cup final………Khedira won’t even change his mind and after we Bought Sanchez and Debuchy the man still said we won’t make top 4
Luznic, he’s a Scottish actor who is very funny, starred in a programme called Benidorm which I really liked…
You there, Ts? saw ur post on UCL qualifiers overleaf…could you repeat here pls…
Ok, Luz…ppl like Owen don’t matter … I didn’t play professional football but I’d never listen to him for any match analysis.
Ginge – Look where Samir Na$ti’s putdowns of team mates landed him, excluded from the France team for the World Cup, due to the requests of three or more of the France regulars. What goes around comes around – retribution.
Bt lol
The offer is there though, any time you feel like writing a post let me know, same for all of you… 🙂
Kenny Ireland, RIP, another succumbs to one of the most vile and indiscriminate diseases known to man.
CG Diaby frowned at people calling him fragile, if he was in the room and you said that he will be doing what he did to Joey Barton in 2011 to you……so whisper when you have to say that again……..lol………I also believe it is his last year with us……A fit Diaby I think we have more chances of seeing Dennis Bergkamp play for us again and Mourinho talking great things about Arsenal than a fully fit Diaby in a season
Owen is a bellend. He keeps saying we won’t make top four because we haven’t replaced Henry. For crying out loud, Henry? Its not as if we’ve been out the top four since 2007.
I have just seen some of the AFC fans tweets on Jenks.
And a thought stuck me.
Would Adams, Bould, Keown and O’leary have made it under the present coaching staff???
Imo…..only O’leary would have made it as he was technically superior to the other two.
Don’t call me, I’ll call you rico.
ooh Rico I guess he will be missed by you and many more people who he entertained also…..I hope his soul finds peace
Dev, being a coach, have you heard of the Milk Cup, it’s an international youth tournament?
Is it just me or does anyone else think Arsene Wenger looks ten years younger these days….
What a difference an FA Cup trophy, a holiday in Brazil and a few signings can make…..
He will Luznic….
I won’t wait in Micko…….
Rico I guess that it was the holiday in Brazil which made him look 10 years younger. As you might have observed there was no zipper in his trunks when he was on the beach so he did not have any problems regarding that issue.
Zippers can put years on anyone due to the worries they create while trying to unfasten them.
Bt62….that takes place in Ireland I think. But I do not get to see it here since it is not transmitted. Its a pity, because I like seeing youth tournaments more than senior football.
Tai – Regarding Player Registration. All professional players have a set of official FIFA registration documents that are held by the player’s club and a copy lodged with the club’s national association.
When a player is transferred both the selling and buying clubs must sign off on the transfer contract and the player signs his personal contract with his new club. On completion of these documents, the selling club sends the players FIFA registration registration documents to his new club. Until an official copy of those documents are lodged with the club’s national association, the player is ineligible to play for the club in an officially sanctioned competitive match.
Ha ha Devil..
Rico – I don’t know about ten years younger, but he certainly looks as if a great weight has been lifted from his shoulders and he does look more relaxed and at times even jovial.
Dev, your are correct in N.Ireland, in an elite match N.Ireland u20 v Mexico u20’s, 4 players sent off, 3 Mexican and 1 NI, 1 Mexican for attempting/kicking a player, in the head, whilst he lay on the ground. Mental..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tSxB91QKyI
Thanks CG…my next question, if you don’t mind – why is Khedira’s taking ages while Sanchez’s, Ospina’s…both South Americans sorted out that easily? And for perfect comparison, Ozil’s last season?
Arsene’s rejuvenation might not rest strictly with the purchase of new players. The attentions of the young ladies of Rio and elsewhere in Brazil while he playing beach volleyball, swimming, etc. might have had a revitalizing effect on him. They certainly raised my blood pressure a point or two.
Rico…I think, maybe a sorcerer had told Wenger Diaby would stay injury-free coming season and his relieved he’d prove ppl wrong yet again. Diaby’s injury stress could add 20 yrs to any unlucky coach … and even fans at that!
BT, if you come over we’ll hook up…..
Campbell the striker and Khedira the midfielder………
He sure does Cg, nice to see too…
TW closed…….
Count me in Lee/Bt.. I’ll buy you both a Cobra… 😛
🙂 Cg & Tai.
I don’t think anyone would make such a statement about Diaby and his fitness though… lol
Lee, I think we’ll see at least two more signed up… 🙂
Rico,
Do you do a fantasy footy league?
Like a Sundreamteam league just for fun?
Tai – Buying a player is like courting a lady, young or otherwise.
Some are very interested and don’t take much persuading.
Others are interested, but require some effort to show you are truly interested and are not taking them for granted. These may also require some tokens of your esteem.
Yet others may only be interested in your pocket book and what it can buy for them. They may also have more than one suitor vying or their consent. In which case, the one with the biggest wallet and/or willing to spend the most wins.
Finally there are those that are just not interested in you at all. Some of those may feign interest in you to make another suitor jealous. Those can string you along for quite some time and cost you a lot of time, effort and money for little or no return.
Even when you win her hand, It may take a long time to find out if it is true love or just a passing infatuation.
Lol Cg.. loved your 12:22
Well summed up, Cg…
Let’s endure the waiting game.
Imho. The tweet is rubbish re Sami… A player must be signed before he can be registered.
Considering Sami is an EU passport holder and has plied his trade in EU I wonder how that tweet could be taken with any substance…
I explained the registration and work permit inter alia a week or so back…
We have done Nickie, but not sure if it’s ever been a great success. If folks here want one, it can be arranged…
Got to nip off for an hour, laters…
Night Cg..
I see no one has made a bid for Alex Song and Barcelona seem determined to be shot of him. How things change. Only a few seasons ago he thought he had hit the jackpot. Now after spending most of his time there sitting on the sidelines he finds out it wasn’t true love after all and he may not be the catch he once thought he was. Pity?
Seems Sundreamteam want card details just to participate in the “free” entry as they’re trying to get sun + numbers up…
Ts…Newcastle seem to have signed that ferrerya, the Argentinian striker we were talking about recently. Get to see him first hand now 🙂
imo…Sami K was not the German player we were ‘courting’…
Rumours are AW may become interested though if Diaby or Arteta or JW or Ramsey sustain an injury; also if Di Maria does not move Sami will be sold at £10m-ish just to balance the book as currently contract negotiation has not officially broken down even though RM have this believe sami is trying to do a Sagna and walk free next summer.
Like the SC19 rumours.. Ath had been chasing a 17 y.o Carzola no family relation for a while and they signed him in June… but still the media claim Sc19 is going…
Seems that Song’s Barca DNA spermed out.
Oh.. Nickie… its unlike Pardew to buy a non-French player. lol
Then again he is trying to build AFc north England so his answer to us signing Sanchez is him signing a latin American striker. lol
The Railway Tavern isn’t the place it used to be, on match days…
Hi Grandad
How is life?
The Wooden Shades is holding the AGM of the Gervinho is a Very Decent Geezer Appreciation Society at 4.30pm this evening…
See you all there…
Cg/Dev/potter.. how do you think UEFA will allow PSg, Chelsea, RM and co to get away with deals that include Psg paying the Champions League winners £8m for the Argentine before completing a permanent deal next season. re FFP
Its as dubious as it comes…
Ha ha Coach, it’s all good thanks… 😉
Gotta take Eric for a walk….
See you all in a weeks time….
that is good to hear habib.
Ginge……I feel that corruption is strife within Uefa as well. Look at Barca’s punishment for meddling with money. Though it is a good law, FFP will eventually be turned into a joke by those who can afford it.
Tai here:-
Seeded teams in the play-off round:
Arsenal (112 coefficient)
FC Porto (105)
Bayer Leverkusen (70)
Napoli (61)
Athletic Bilbao (54) – will be seeded if Zenit do not reach play-off round
First-leg results for teams who could qualify for play-off round:
AEL Limassol (7) 1-0 Zenit (73)
Dnipro (32) 0-0 Copenhagen (45)
Feyenoord (13) 1-2 Besiktas (34)
Grasshoppers (9) 0-2 Lille (45)
Standard Liege (38) 0-0 Panathinakos (30)
Looking good thus far in terms of who we might be playing in the UCL qualifier…
Good point Dev.. I had forgotten about the quickest retraction of a sanction in history…
Then again Barca are the UN’s team so… 😉
Lee, not a problem mate, if Rico goes i’ll book The Priory in advance. A Cobra you say….where have i heard that before..lol
Ginge – Unless I’m angry, I always try to entertain and am happy when I succeed. I’m enjoying the positive vibes in the House right now. A marked change from the doom and gloom and the sky is falling scenario we had in the House a year ago.
I’m looking forward to the start of the new season and the deadline day dash to buy, sell, loan &/or trade players. We have done well so far, but I expect the club will sign one or two more (Benzema, Carvalho, Khedira, Javi Martinez, Quintero, Reus and/or Schneiderlin maybe).
Anyway, before I fall asleep at my computer, awaken with keyboard waffle face and having drooled on said keyboard; I’ll take my cue from Rico and bid you all good night from me and good day to you.
Keep The Faith!
BT, that’s the one she owes us……………
Bettyford.com
Is the Emirates Cup on the telly anywhere?
Adam, BT Sport mate.
Wenger has confirmed Joel Campbell is part of his plans woo…Juan Quintero rumours are false. He expects busy period in the TW 15-30 and we are still open to deals. “open to deals” sounds like we’re done but if something comes along worth while we’ll take a punt. That’s not encouraging
Yes BT is a sport……….. I think?
BT. That’s one I don’t have. Oh well….
Adam, do you not stream?
Night Cg…
He steams BT!
Theo is back in training… he is kicking the ball and all….
This is the ‘coach’…
often under rated but should never be dismissed…lol
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/mikel-arteta-and-calum-chambers-of-arsenal-during-a-news-photo/453014908
Bt62 or anyone with actual BT Sport….Is it possible to stream legally?
Atm I use sky go from my gfs mum and pay her a monthly fee so I can stream legally through xbox ipad and mac even though I don’t have sky personally
Is there a way to do this with BT? Watch BT sport over internet similar to sky go? My dad has BT sport and would love to steal it from him for a knock down fee 😉 hehe
I do stream.
lol.. Nickie… if you stream let me know. 😉
It will be interesting who partners with Kosser tomorrow.
Will it be Kosser with Miguel on sunday and Hayden and CC25 partnership tomorrow or Miquel and hayden plus Kosser and CC25?
Nickie, can’t really answer that one, never really worried about the legalities of streaming..lol
Ooh err tsgh, looks like Arteta has a man overboard there, needs to tuck himself in !
Ryo was in training earlier but no news on Serge yet.. 🙁
AS17 had his first training with the Boys…
Oh don’t get me wrong I stream too lol but for a better quality high def I wouldn’t mind paying my dad 5-10 a month to watch footy through BT online. Just wasn’t sure whether they did streaming through their website
Nickie, does your dad get his BT on the Sky platform?
😀 Micko only you can come up with that… classic.
When I first saw it I thought it was a hanging worm? 😉 I had to say a short prayer and take a second look…
He has BT Vision. It’s absolute crap btw, I wouldn’t recommend BT vision for anyone looking at it lol I was just wondering if I could use his log in details and feeeed from his account
haha just seen it Micko and Ts…never noticed the first time
Not a lot of girth there……….
It’s like a penis only thinner……..
Afternoon Rico and everyone
Got to love Wenger ( maybe you don’t 🙂 ) he was asked about Gerrard’s comment on Arsenal not being good enough……..
He’s answer ” no body is to big for Arsenal”
Also said ” I know why he said it it was to keep Suarez at Liverpool so the could win the PL that didn’t happen and he’s gone now” 😀 I love it.
Afternoon guys and gals..
A very happy AW during interview. No way is our transfer window closed yet….
Just wondering have Arsenal found another 100m they didn’t know they had bloody hell Wenger still wants to buy more players. 😀
Afternoon Joe, Love that from Wenger. He’s spot on too….
Stop bragging Lee.
Good evening, caring mother of the house, all…
Yeah…Wenger talked to Gerard good. And he’s looking like a brand new Wenger. Good he’s rubbished JQ rumour. That’s one to gulp down a bottle of O’mpa…
Evening Tai, and the Mario rumour. Good…
Mark my words we will get Balotelli 🙂
Seems TV is a gonner….
Not sure there Joe… 😉
Don’t bet on that joe…from comments Wenger made in Brazil…we’re not keen on Balo…good we’re not as well.
Ospina catches Arsenal burg – thigh injury
I think there’s a chance TV stays…it’s left to him. If he stays, Wenger may end up bringing in just Khedira…
Ospina injured Tai??
What’s going on here? Everybody gone to bed?
I think TV is off, whether it’s Barca or Utd, I don’t know. If it’s Utd, I hope we get Smalling…
Yeah…he won’t be part of Emirates Cup, says Wenger.
Friday night Tai, everyone is out I suspect…
Smalling or Jones…I’d go for Jones…
AW said TV is injured so no, no Ems Cup for him. Not that I believe he’s injured of course….
TGIF…but it’s early to put on dancing shoes!
Was talking about Ospina…
I’d rather the outright defender personally, but if Jones arrived, then ok.
Did you see AW’s comments about the way Spain and Germany won with many players from one club and he hopes that England will win the Euros/World Cup with many Arsenal players?
:), TV is injured too though…
Just got home and have a window to paint before sundown if I want to be in front of the box at 4 tomorrow.
Ts – regarding FFP : – The coach and horses is ready and waiting to drive through it. As soon as the monied clubs decide.
Gervinho should have played in slip-on boots , it might have prevented him from tripping over the imaginary bootlaces whenever he saw the whites of the keepers eyes.
As for Unwin :- are you allsity comfibold ,once a polly tito , sittyy chairy inho , deep joy.
Must go see you all tomorrow, or much later.
Need to get dinner now so be back in a bit…
Yeah, Rico…six Arsenal players…we got five now…unless Hayden gets the upgrade this term.
Why would TV ever want to go? if he ever leaves that means he concedes per and Bosscielny are better than him and I will give him a good sending off for looking down on himself, good evening Rico, goonerjoe and Tai
Evening Luznic…Wenger has settled our nerves by debunking JQ…I’ve been drinking to that!
I am saying we will get Balotelli because Wenger brought up he’s name to day when there was no need. But hay that could be me putting 2 + 2 and coming up with 5 😀
Evening Luznic
Forget Balo joe…it won’t happen…I’m drinking to it too.
Wenger says Cambell is in his plans and we know Milan wants to trade Campbell with Balo.
Tai
they call that hard bargaining 🙂
Don’t drink too much on that, even though I know we won’t sign JQ, you remember 2 years ago when Wenger was asked about Cazorla and he said ” I have never heard of him” do you believe Wenger that much? but TV is off I believe his news about Outs but Ins he keeps it close to him and my fear is we won’t sign a DMF
You lot spend too much time worrying about too many things that may or may not become real…. 😉
That of Carzola was tongue-in-cheek…. look deeply at him…he was sincere. My hope is that Khedira will come.
I think he will Tai, very soon… 😉
Say that again, Rico…or has Adam whispered to your ears that long-held secret?
He certainly has Tai, as has someone else… 😉
Evening Rico and the House.Your 7.18 is spot on.
Arsene will not decided anything else untill after the Emm Cup.
Rico have you seen Chriss Olsson is Capt of avery young uder 21 team tonight. There is no place for Afobi feeling he is the next for a loan. 1-0 down after about 10 mins.
Rico are you saying I should get a life 🙂 you may be right
Wenger is just too clever when it comes to answering questions but I know he wants to sign Khedira whether Khedira wants to sign for us is something else
Now 1-1 very good goal Crowley.
Evening Rick…
Afobe has said he is off on loan again… I don’t know much about Olsson….
On the possibility of Khedira signing, I would like to point out it’s because I need a life I was able to say we would sign him. When he was part of a picture with our Germans at the world cup.
Not at all Joe.. 😉
Luznic, I think Khedira wants to sign for us, and we want to sign him. If wages can be sorted, I think he’ll be an Arsenal player….
Issues with Khedira maybe how much Arsenal are willing to pay for a player with one year left on he’s contract.
He’s refusing to sign another and maybe quite happy to stay at Madrid and leave for nothing next year.
Just seen some stats ( I know) or facts that Vermaelan Has had 12 injuries in 7 years maybe we should take the money and run.
I think it’s beyond wages now…Do they want to keep either him or Di Maria? But Podolski was first real giveaway he is Arsenal-bound.
Rick, please…continue the update…any chance on our lineup?
Rico, that’s good to hear…
Evening Rico and all.
I like TV…a supreme athlete…real springs in his legs. But he’s problem, besides injury is not partnering well with Kos…both are similar and don’t compliment…on the strength of that, I’d want him sold for a right footed CB, that can play with both Kozzer and Per.
Evening Adam…your MI5 top secret has been revealed – it’s Khedira!
rico, forget Ingerlund, if we sign Khedira germany will be shit hot favourites for the next world cup !
When last was World Cup won back-to-back, Micko?
Tai. Did you sweat Rico then. I taught her only to give misinformation. 🙂
Micko
That would be greedy
Lol…Adam, this one better not. I’m already drinking to it.
TEO, lets just say wath was just a boy !
Ok all. I am engrossed in some music so, off for the night. God bless all. Nighty…..
Evening Adam, just got back with Fido. It’s raining….
🙂 Micko, they’ll always be favourites…
Then Wath must be in his 60s presently! Micko.
Micko is teasing Tai… Wath isn’t quite so old as 60… lol
Gjoe, the famine is behind us, time to reap the rewards and stuff our faces this season !
Evening Adam.
I have a neighbour who is always mouthing off about his beloved Chavs and the little shit.
Invited him in to read your post,all he could say was “Is that what they really think of him” I told him you bet it is. It looks like you have taken the wind out of his sails, thank you
TEO They are down 2-1 at H/T pen on 45 mins
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Not if you work in the public service by the way my waste line is big enough but I do like chocolate.
Thanks Rick…they better not lose.
Over and out guys, football’s coming home tomorrow !
Nothing wrong with being 60 , well not a lot , and well not sure I would want to go back and start again.
Waistline bloody iPad
Ok, Rico…got that. Being 60 is a huge achievement though. I’d bow for whoever is already so blessed.
its 2-2 now mates
How are you mates??
Full time 2-2.
But I do not know the scorers
Well said potter, I for sure wouldn’t want to be born into this world today..
I’m off folks, have a good night all…
‘Til tomorrow…. Be safe…
Coach the scorers were Cowley and Toral.
This is a good result a very joung team.
Potter you are right I wish I was 60.
Rick was it our U21’s vs Borehamwoods 1st team?
Thank you Dev and Rick. Sleep well.
Apparently we are talking to Southampton re Schneiderlin, even though they`re still saying he`s not for sale. The player`s deal with the spuds was supposedly almost done and dusted, even though Levy offered less than half the fee that saints wanted.
The Khedira deal is back on since the player reduced his wage demands, and we are back in for Benzema – wonderful – if like me, you want to believe this crap. Although, I did hear Terry Gibson on Talksport this morning say that he expected Khedira to sign for us.
Well, if an ex-Spud tosser like Gibson says it Biscuitbum.
Then I must be so…
Transfer rumours, what would we do without all this bollocks…
We were signing some Colombian geezer yesterday.
Tomorrow it’ll some world beater from Bakino Faso.
Sunday it’ll be some Herbert from Alaska.
CG will know who I mean…
And so it goes…
As long as we don’t let Vermaelen go to ManUre.
Kev I believe it was the same B/W team that our first team played . Our team was VickersMoore Ottwell Ajayi O’conner Maitland-Niles Toral Olsson Crowley Willock Lipman, Crowley Willock had very good games. Crowley 17 next week and will sign Pro forms.
Rick, what’s your take on Olssons future?
I think it is going to be hard for him to make it.
To be honest I am not a big fan of Zelalem but at the moment Arsene
puts him above Chriss in the pecking order. I think Chris will go on loan this season.
Rick, Zelalem , from what i’ve seen, has disappointed. I like Chris and he seems to have baulked up. If he goes on loan, i think he may just slip away. Hope not.
That sounds very promising Rick…
Willock and Crowley, I mean…
Not Olsson of course
Rick/BT, I don’t think that Zelalem will hang around very long…
Him and his family, I suspect, are in it solely for the cash.
I know that most footballers are motivated to a greater or lesser degree by the financial rewards football brings, but some, are a lot more mercenary than the majority and I just get the feeling that ‘Team Zelalem’ fall into that category…
See ‘Team Bendtner’ and ‘Team Bunjaku’ for examples, not forgetting the best of the lot:-
‘Team Anelka’…..
As far Olsson and Toral are concerned, this is a massive season for both of them…
I think that they are both hugely talented players, but getting into Arsenal’s midfield has to be one of the most difficult jobs in football…
They both need to go out on loan, as Wilshere did at Bolton and be one of that teams star performers each week…
Choosing the right club is vital…
Getting loaned out to a Division II club, is like saying ‘your fired’…
Division I is like saying, we’ll keep for for another year then flog you to Fulham or Wigan.
Championship team mean you’ve got a slim chance.
Prem team means, it’s up to you now, don’t blow it.,,
Kev, you may right about Team Ze, there just seems to be something missing, drive maybe, not sure, though he has had injuries.
Also means that if they go to another prem team and become an integral part of them they can’t play against us. Just like Chelsea and City did with Lukaku and Barry.
On the subject of FFP rule bending :- Lampard signs for City’s MLS side and gets loaned back to City for Zero . Another English player on their books and all is well at Eufa towers. Should it be ?
Morning all..
What happens when he goes back to the MLS though…
Morning Rico, potter, All…
I wonder why modesty and honesty has departed the football circles … why do we blame politicians all the time. Clubs and their owners are worst cheats. Thank God I’m still an Arsenal fan.
…have
UEFA must stop that Lampard loan deal!
Morning Tai..
Uefa can’t stop the deal, unless they change the rules..
I don’t think rules permit two clubs from different leagues owned by same person/group to buy player from one source and supply another on loan to beat FFP. That’s open cheating and I’m sure UEFA have enough lawyers to drill holes in such shoddy deals.
It’s not that there’s much left in Lampard to worry about but things must be done straight.
Morning Rico and All…
Gotta say that I admire Man City, whatever you think of them, that’s a smart bit if business…
We did it briefly with Thierry Henry and maybe we should look to do it again, maybe by loaning out players from Russian or American clubs…
It’s all about getting around FFP, but Lamoard will still have to fit into Man City’s 25 man squad,
I think City’s action re: Lampard, shows that FFP is having an effect.
Arsenal just have to be just as devious and inventive…
I wonder what effects, if any, that the Ukraine sanctions are having on the likes of Abramovitch?
There’s been not hard evidence that sanctions are biting into his wealth in any way, but behind the scenes you never know, and I’m hopeful that not only FFP, but also sanctions, will have an adverse effect, long term, on his dodgy business empire.
Kev…
When people get around beating a set rule, it means we’re back to square one. The rule was not made to test how smart people could be but to save the people’s game from future collapse. If Arsenal bends any rule, I’ll kick against it…but to bend any rule, the club has to sack Wenger first.
UEFA = complete tossers!
What time is our game on?
You going 47?
Morning Kev, Lee. 4.20 both days..
New post up folks…
Morning Rico and the house. Just a short visit, a lot to do before 4.20 Kev I think City are making big mistakes with the squad rules and FFP. More on that later.
Jonker was at te game last night and was seen making notes.
Report states Olsson Crowley Willock and Iwobi (sub) were very good . It seemed a good allround performanc. Latta.