Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

OPENROAD

Glad he has gone especially with the fee, never took to him, actually would have more time for Cole, he always gave 100 % . Nothing personal against City fans but I really hope city struggle next season.

Galvasean

Now that Ade is gone, lets get Huntalaar!

Radharc na Sleibhte

Galvasean wrote: »

Now that Ade is gone, lets get Huntalaar!

Oh that would be sweet.
Getting a bit worried about City tbh.
Its too easy to just write them off.

See Wenger said we had two new players in Eduardo and Rosicky....??!!!??

Adebayor should be easily replaced, but he has to be replaced.

paul150

Glad that hes gone so arsene can move on his targets. doubt we will sign Huntelaar though. hopefully bendtner can step up this season

Radharc na Sleibhte

paul150 wrote: »

Glad that hes gone so arsene can move on his targets. doubt we will sign Huntelaar though. hopefully bendtner can step up this season

Ah Bendtner isn't good enough is he?
We need to re-invest.

I wish we'd signed Melo.

Max Power1

MikeySligo wrote: »

Ah Bendtner isn't good enough is he?
We need to re-invest.

I wish we'd signed Melo.

You can say that again.

How much did Ade go for in the end?

Redzer7

Max Power1 wrote: »

You can say that again.

How much did Ade go for in the end?

Around 25 million pounds I think.

firstly, i love that city jersey and wish arsenal would go for the 'tailored by umbro' approach. id definitely but that. after all umbro is owned by nike so it wouldnt be a huge loss to the company.

i cant understand why we didnt take michael johnson or maybe even a cheeky ireland or richards player plus cash deal.

personally i think both bendtner and barazite will more then fill the ade gap.

we still need a central defensive midfielder. cmon Arsene 25 mil in your pocket!!

Bounty Hunter

Deleted User wrote: »

we still need a central defensive midfielder. cmon Arsene 25 mil in your pocket!!

that will never be spent on one player though, it isnt Arsene the Economists way

Kirby

He'll do it, but only on the right player. He spent buckets on Arshavin because he was exactly what he felt the team needed. If he identifies the perfect CDM, I've no doubt he would spend it. They need one. badly. Anyone who has seen Song play a few games knows he isn't up to it at this level at all.

Bounty Hunter

Kirby wrote: »

He'll do it, but only on the right player. He spent buckets on Arshavin because he was exactly what he felt the team needed. If he identifies the perfect CDM, I've no doubt he would spend it.

Arshavin was their record transfer fee at 15m iirc I just dont see Arsene Wenger paying 25m for anyone. He obviously would if it was a real World class player but tbh if a 25m established World class DM was available atm id say Real Madrid would have bought em already. Maybe he will get the next Essien or something for like 12m but i dont see him spending the whole amount on one man.

flahavaj

Deleted User wrote: »

firstly, i love that city jersey and wish arsenal would go for the 'tailored by umbro' approach. id definitely but that. after all umbro is owned by nike so it wouldnt be a huge loss to the company.

i cant understand why we didnt take michael johnson or maybe even a cheeky ireland or richards player plus cash deal.

personally i think both bendtner and barazite will more then fill the ade gap.

we still need a central defensive midfielder. cmon Arsene 25 mil in your pocket!!

you'd need liposuction to get him ready for the new season.

Arsenal1986

Another reason why its pretty much guaranteed that 25 wont go on one dmc is that there really is no1 available in that position in that bracket - likes of alonso,masch,essien etc would be more than that and the next level down ability/availabilty wise the Inlers,Melos (gone i know), Aquilanis, M Diarras wouldnt/shouldnt be more than 15

Pepe LeFrits

I'm on holidays at the mo so I've limited connectivity but checking in today, I'm very pleased to see that Ade has gone. City are welcome to the ego.

Radharc na Sleibhte

Deleted User wrote: »

personally i think both bendtner and barazite will more then fill the ade gap.

Personally i think you're mad if you think that

Ade is by no means irreplaceable as I think Henry is, but give the lad some credit!

gosplan

For all intensive purposes, our strike force did fine without any decent contribution from Adebayor last year so what's to replace?

Only Liverpool out-scored us in the league last year and did Adebayor even score 10?

We now have Arshavin for the full season and a fit Eduardo, another striker is not needed unless he's either better than what's there or a great buy for the future but this is not the same as replacing Adebayor.

Our attacking line up is:

Fabregas
Walcott-Nasri
Arshavin
Van Persie

with Eduardo, Rosicky and Bendtner all contending for a first team place.

Stick a decent DMF/ballwinner behind that lot and stop conceding cheap goals and we're good enough for a title challenge.

Redzer7

gosplan wrote: »

For all intensive purposes, our strike force did fine without any decent contribution from Adebayor last year so what's to replace?

Only Liverpool out-scored us in the league last year and did Adebayor even score 10?

We now have Arshavin for the full season and a fit Eduardo, another striker is not needed unless he's either better than what's there or a great buy for the future but this is not the same as replacing Adebayor.

Our attacking line up is:

Fabregas
Walcott-Nasri
Arshavin
Van Persie

with Eduardo, Rosicky and Bendtner all contending for a first team place.

Stick a decent DMF/ballwinner behind that lot and stop conceding cheap goals and we're good enough for a title challenge.

Totally agree and add to that list Vela and Barazite and were more than sorted with attacking options. Now for a DM:D.

TheNorthBank

gosplan wrote: »

For all intensive purposes, our strike force did fine without any decent contribution from Adebayor last year so what's to replace?

Only Liverpool out-scored us in the league last year and did Adebayor even score 10?

We now have Arshavin for the full season and a fit Eduardo, another striker is not needed unless he's either better than what's there or a great buy for the future but this is not the same as replacing Adebayor.

Our attacking line up is:

Fabregas
Walcott-Nasri
Arshavin
Van Persie

with Eduardo, Rosicky and Bendtner all contending for a first team place.

Stick a decent DMF/ballwinner behind that lot and stop conceding cheap goals and we're good enough for a title challenge.

Thats exactly what I said on here 2 or 3 days back, Ade is no loss. Its as if someone has just handed us 25 million for absolutely nothing because we don't need him and he added nothing. I think we have a fantastic squad at the moment if we can keep everyone fit and bring in a DM we have a very genuine shot at the title this season. Exciting times ahead me thinks.

L'prof

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Thats exactly what I said on here 2 or 3 days back, Ade is no loss. Its as if someone has just handed us 25 million for absolutely nothing because we don't need him and he added nothing. I think we have a fantastic squad at the moment if we can keep everyone fit and bring in a DM we have a very genuine shot at the title this season. Exciting times ahead me thinks.

Are you insane???

Redzer7

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Thats exactly what I said on here 2 or 3 days back, Ade is no loss. Its as if someone has just handed us 25 million for absolutely nothing because we don't need him and he added nothing. I think we have a fantastic squad at the moment if we can keep everyone fit and bring in a DM we have a very genuine shot at the title this season. Exciting times ahead me thinks.

Exactly and the amount of chances Ade missed and the amount of chances he could have got if he wasn't offside replace that with Eduardo and most of them chances would have turned to goals. Hopefully a great season ahead lads.

DenMan

Can't wait for the new season. Come on Eduardo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH2bNRVBRpU

TheNorthBank

jasonorr wrote: »

Are you insane???

Not on my last assessment anyway! Lol
You obviously disagree with me but why? Do you not think we look strong? On the Ade thing, he was our first choice striker for 3 full seasons and only scored about 14 or 15 goals in his first and last seasons. Yeah he scored 30 in the one in between because he put in the effort for a big money move or a new contract but essentially he's a lazy player who misses too many and gets caught offside constantly. I think 25 mil for a guy who might have scored 15 goals for us next season is fantastic. And lets be honest about it, he's not a 25 million pound striker, he's worth about 10-15 max. The only team in the world that would give us 25 is City.

L'prof

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Not on my last assessment anyway! Lol
You obviously disagree with me but why? Do you not think we look strong? On the Ade thing, he was our first choice striker for 3 full seasons and only scored about 14 or 15 goals in his first and last seasons. Yeah he scored 30 in the one in between because he put in the effort for a big money move or a new contract but essentially he's a lazy player who misses too many and gets caught offside constantly. I think 25 mil for a guy who might have scored 15 goals for us next season is fantastic. And lets be honest about it, he's not a 25 million pound striker, he's worth about 10-15 max. The only team in the world that would give us 25 is City.

You've taken me up completely wrong! Look at the part I highlighted in your post, that's the part I was commenting on!

Redzer7

On another note it's nice to see the arsenal thread lively

yahoo_moe

Ade's not irreplaceable but for those saying there's NOTHING to replace, remember that he scored 10 of our 68 league goals last year. Obviously we're hoping Eduardo will more or less play a full season this year but it's far from certain. Given more games, Bendtner should up his tally from last year's 9 but our new main striker always misses 6-8 games a year through injury too so it's all a bit of a shot in the dark if we stick to what we have.

As for suggesting that Barazite will be the one to fill the gap, that's just mental. IMO of course. He's a good player but he won't be displacing Rosicky/Nasri/Arshavin/Walcott just yet, and he ain't a frontman.

TheNorthBank

jasonorr wrote: »

You've taken me up completely wrong! Look at the part I highlighted in your post, that's the part I was commenting on!

Oops, sorry I missed that. Maybe its time for another assessment!

eirebhoy

Fabregas, Rosicky, Arshavin, van Persie, Nasri, Walcott and Eduardo... 2 of them will have to be on the bench along with Bendtner so I don't think Arsenal need another attacker.

I think at home against most teams Fabregas, Rosicky and Nasri may cope without a DMC.

jesus_thats_gre

I imagine that you guys are delighted that Adebayor is gone. To top it off, 25m is a nice chunk of change.

From reading the last few pages, I see that quite a few Arsenal supporters seem to want another striker signed. Do you really think ye are short of talent up top?

In terms of offensive players, Arsenal possibly have the best players of any team in the league. Fabregas, Nasri, Rosicky, Arshavin, Walcott, Van Persie, Eduardo, Bentdner and Vela is a shed load of talent. Then you have the likes of Wilthsire on the fringe of the first team also.

Considering there is a glaring weaknesses in the centre of midfield and possible the centre of defense, would you not prefer him to go out and spend the 25m on 1, even 2, energetic holding midfielders that should take some pressure off of the defense hopefully reduce the amount of soft goals that ye were conceding last season.

No doubt some will say that ye have Denilson, Diaby and maybe Song in that position. My immediate thoughts on these players are that they may eventually be able to offer Arsenal what they need but they still have a few more seasons of development before they are at the required level. An immediate solution is required if Arsenal are to genuinely mount a challenge.


Also, do you think that selling Adebayor is maybe Wenger signalling his intentions to revert to a 4-2-3-1. IIRC, Arsenal always look far more comfortable in this formation. I think the attacking players maybe suit this formation too. Saying that, I am not sure if Van Persie is up to playing the lone striker role.

Redzer7

Reports on SSN say that Richards has giving Ade the swine flu :pac:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I imagine that you guys are delighted that Adebayor is gone. To top it off, 25m is a nice chunk of change.

From reading the last few pages, I see that quite a few Arsenal supporters seem to want another striker signed. Do you really think ye are short of talent up top?

In terms of offensive players, Arsenal possibly have the best players of any team in the league. Fabregas, Nasri, Rosicky, Arshavin, Walcott, Van Persie, Eduardo, Bentdner and Vela is a shed load of talent. Then you have the likes of Wilthsire on the fringe of the first team also.

Considering there is a glaring weaknesses in the centre of midfield and possible the centre of defense, would you not prefer him to go out and spend the 25m on 1, even 2, energetic holding midfielders that should take some pressure off of the defense hopefully reduce the amount of soft goals that ye were conceding last season.

No doubt some will say that ye have Denilson, Diaby and maybe Song in that position. My immediate thoughts on these players are that they may eventually be able to offer Arsenal what they need but they still have a few more seasons of development before they are at the required level. An immediate solution is required if Arsenal are to genuinely mount a challenge.


Also, do you think that selling Adebayor is maybe Wenger signalling his intentions to revert to a 4-2-3-1. IIRC, Arsenal always look far more comfortable in this formation. I think the attacking players maybe suit this formation too. Saying that, I am not sure if Van Persie is up to playing the lone striker role.

That is exactly how i feel anyway. Use the money for a DM and/or defender and we'll be in very good shape. I just hope to christ both Rosicky and Eduardo can stay fit for the most part, they'll make a big difference imo.

Galvasean

For me a DM is the priority, anything after that is a luxury.

Galvasean

Redzer7

Anyone intrested in doing a fantasy football league for just us arsenal fans?

Galvasean

Redzer7 wrote: »

Anyone intrested in doing a fantasy football league for just us arsenal fans?

We could organise it via the social group...
I remember making up a fantasy team made up of only former Arsenal players last season... it didn't do so well.

Redzer7

Yeh and we could give the league code out in a pm so non-boardsies and United fans can't get in:p.

Souless

Redzer7 wrote: »

Anyone intrested in doing a fantasy football league for just us arsenal fans?

Yeah Id be game, be nice not to be in one full of pool and man u fans for once

Mossy Monk

I'd be interested.

L'prof

Yeah, may as well!

CantGetNoSleep

Anyone reckon Mamadou Diarra would be a good signing? I'd say he could be signed for €10 million-ish

Royale with Cheese

He'd be better than nobody. What's the deal with his injury though? And how did his Real career go before it? I never really saw much of him.

Seeing that his squad number was taken off him and given to Lassana Diarra last year, they'll most likely be getting rid of him.

FearDark

Id be interested in the fantasy league.

OPENROAD

Redzer7 wrote: »

Anyone intrested in doing a fantasy football league for just us arsenal fans?

+1

Was going to se up one, but would definitely be inerested, I think if you are setting up one pm the code and kick out any non Arsenal supporters that try and join the league.

TheNorthBank

You can count me in for the Fantasy Football, I'm up for it. Did rubbish at it last year so hopefully I'll do a bit better this year.

Evil_Clown

Goonership 09/10 sounds like a great idea
I wonder how many teams will not have either Fabregas or Arshavin as their captain :pac::pac:

WillieCocker

Delighted Adebaypoor is gone.
Now we can get back to being "Victory through harmony" without some lanky, money grabbing stick insect getting in the way.
We don't need any more players in IMO.
Ok Arsene may decide to get a DM , but that remains to be seen.
We are quite capable with the squad we have and the return of Rosicky & Eduardo is like two new signings and i think Eduardo will be massive this season if he can stay fit.
Eduardo top scorer PL = 33/1 what a bet.


Oh and count me in for the League.

Redzer7

So following up on the idea lads what will i create? A head to head league or a classic league?
EDIT: Right lads just done the classic league so anyone who wants in pm me for the code.

Redzer7

Evil_Clown wrote: »

Goonership 09/10 sounds like a great idea
I wonder how many teams will not have either Fabregas or Arshavin as their captain :pac::pac:

Thanks for the league name :pac:.
Theres also a section where you can post your team etc in the Arsenal social group

keano_afc

Yeah that sounds good, count me in. Be goos to see the social group busy again!

shano_88

in for the league.

Quazzie

Just to add if anyone wants access to the social group just PM me for an invite. I see quiet a few new faces in here, but will invite on request.