Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

premierstone

jank wrote: »

How about bringing Senderous back?

Why do you fancy a crack at the Championship next season, just so we can have our NLD's with the spuds?

jank

jank wrote: »

How about bringing Senderous back?

NOOOOOOO!!! Let the Swiss roll outta here!

Gangsta

jank wrote: »

How about bringing Senderous back?

We'll all just pretend you didn't just say that :P

Galvasean

premierstone wrote: »

Why do you fancy a crack at the Championship next season, just so we can have our NLD's with the spuds?

Speaking of which, any predictions for Sunday's NLD?
Could be the last one for quite some time...

redout

Galvasean wrote: »

Speaking of which, any predictions for Sunday's NLD?
Could be the last one for quite some time...

Keano to score a scrappy goal and Arshavin to put in a MOTM performance. 2-1 Gunners.

Mgoraf

Can't see Spurs winning. Arsenal win or draw :S

DenMan

We have to be really up for this game 'cause you can bet Harry will have Spurs up for it. Come on the Gunners. Nasri to have another brilliant game and Arsenal to nick it, 1-0. Let's hope so.

How about bringing Senderous back?

Ha ha. Enter sound of wind swirling and tumbleweed

Bounty Hunter

Mgoraf wrote: »

Can't see Spurs winning. Arsenal win or draw :S

draw

Bounty Hunter

Mgoraf wrote: »

Can't see Spurs winning. Arsenal win or draw :S

Draw

TheNorthBank

Galvasean wrote: »

Speaking of which, any predictions for Sunday's NLD?
Could be the last one for quite some time...

Just putting this out there... What would you guys rather see happening? Sp*rs getting relegated or being able to beat them every year in the NLD?

Me personally, I'd definately get a giggle out of seeing them go down but only for a season or 2, after that I'd start to miss the derby games.

Galvasean

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Just putting this out there... What would you guys rather see happening? Sp*rs getting relegated or being able to beat them every year in the NLD?

Me personally, I'd definately get a giggle out of seeing them go down but only for a season or 2, after that I'd start to miss the derby games.

6 free points every year? I'd take that over them being relegated definately.

tony1kenobi

Galvasean wrote: »

6 free points every year? I'd take that over them being relegated definately.

I never saw it that way............I'm putting that on a shirt.......6 free points!!!cheers!!

Quazzie

Galvasean wrote: »

6 free points every year? I'd take that over them being relegated definately.

Have you forgotten the 4-4 draw that we only got a point for, or are ya expecting five points tomorrow?

Frisbee

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Have you forgotten the 4-4 draw that we only got a point for, or are ya expecting five points tomorrow?

/pedant

Galvasean

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Just putting this out there... What would you guys rather see happening? Sp*rs getting relegated or being able to beat them every year in the NLD?

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Have you forgotten the 4-4 draw that we only got a point for, or are ya expecting five points tomorrow?

I said what I'd prefer, not what I'm going to get.

TheNorthBank

Anyone see Dermot Mernaghan on Soccer AM this morning? He said if Arsenal didn't qualify for the CL this season it wouldn't feel so bad once Sp*rs went down.

keano_afc

Now, more than ever, tomorrow is a must win. Typical Fat Sam not doing us any favours.

DenMan

Big Sam and his diet of pies and beer. :rolleyes:

A win is absolutely essential tomorrow or we fall further behind.

Royale with Cheese

Go and look at the table again. A draw tomorrow still leaves Arsenal 5 points off 4th, and win and it's 3 points. It's Chelsea who look the most likely to be caught at the minute.

Villa - Chelsea up next in the league too. A win tomorrow and Arsenal could find themselves level on points with Chelsea after the Sunderland game. Then again they could end up being 9 points behind.

Wreck

keano_afc wrote: »

Now, more than ever, tomorrow is a must win.

Win the next two games and things will look a lot better for us, and tbh I think we are lookingat trying to catch Liverpool or Chelsea rather than Villa who are flying atm.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Everyone ought to check out this interview with RvP. Some quite interesting stuff in it. Hope he signs the new contract soon enough

Kirnsy

great interview thanks for that playa3.

van persie definitely comes across as an intelligent smart but strong and independent kind of a guy.

i would have loved to have heard his opinions on where we are going wrong and if he also wants a QUALITY DM...but as he said "it would be unfair to say in the papers".

great read.

Reganio 2

Just wondering is Arshavin's permit sorted? I didn't think it was but I seen him mentioned on the last page there.

TheNorthBank

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Just wondering is Arshavin's permit sorted? I didn't think it was but I seen him mentioned on the last page there.

All sorted, he flew back from Russia on Friday and is in the squad for today afaik.

DenMan

You're right there RwC. tbh I was just looking at Villa and at that point hadn't realised Chelsea had drawn, was paying more attention to Villa.

Have to win today, just over an hour until ko. Come on the Gunners.

Bounty Hunter

Any news on Adebayor?

Arsene Wenger's side - who also lost Emmanuel Adebayor to a hamstring injury

is he out for a few weeks then? thankfully for you that includes an international break but still, Bendtner is the only alternative i see that offers the physical presence Arsenal need up front and he doesent worry me half as much.

Frisbee

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Any news on Adebayor?

3 weeks according to the website. Thats just a preliminary estimate though.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Any news on Adebayor?


is he out for a few weeks then? thankfully for you that includes an international break but still, Bendtner is the only alternative i see that offers the physical presence Arsenal need up front and he doesent worry me half as much.

To be honest, he's been muck recently so im kinda glad he's out for a few weeks. Wenger will probably play Bendtner alright, but when Eduardo gets another bit of playing time under his belt i wouldn't mind seeing him there.

Bounty Hunter

playa3 wrote: »

To be honest, he's been muck recently so im kinda glad he's out for a few weeks. Wenger will probably play Bendtner alright, but when Eduardo gets another bit of playing time under his belt i wouldn't mind seeing him there.

always forget he is going to play a part, hes in the croatia squad for the next game afterall so it shouldent be long till he is in match day elevens for Arsenal.

Frisbee

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

always forget he is going to play a part, hes in the croatia squad for the next game afterall so it shouldent be long till he is in match day elevens for Arsenal.

Aye, if we had have had 11 on the pitch and were winning I reckon he would have got 10 minutes or so today.
Expect Eduardo and Arshavin both to play some part in the FA Cup replay

Helix

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

always forget he is going to play a part, hes in the croatia squad for the next game afterall so it shouldent be long till he is in match day elevens for Arsenal.

id be very surprised if eduardo looked even half the player he was before the injury this season

itll take him a while to really get back into the groove

he should be fine for the start of next year with a full preseason under his belt, but im always wary of players coming back after really long layoffs mid season

L'prof

This season compared to previous seasons:

2008-2009: 25 12  8  5 38 25 13 44
[COLOR="Red"]2007-2008: 25 18  6  1 52 18 34 60 ( 3rd)
2006-2007: 25 13  7  5 46 21 25 46 ( 4th)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]2005-2006: 25 12  5  8 39 20 19 41 ( 4th)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]2004-2005: 25 15  6  4 55 29 26 51 ( 2nd)
2003-2004: 25 18  7  0 49 16 33 61 ( 1st)
2002-2003: 25 16  5  4 54 27 27 53 ( 2nd)
2001-2002: 25 13  9  3 50 30 20 48 ( 1st)
2000-2001: 25 12  8  5 41 23 18 44 ( 2nd)
1999-2000: 25 13  5  7 43 26 17 44 ( 2nd)
1998-1999: 25 12 10  3 29 12 17 46 ( 2nd)
1997-1998: 25 13  8  4 45 26 19 47 ( 1st)
1996-1997: 25 13  8  4 44 23 21 47 ( 3rd)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]1995-1996: 25 10  8  7 33 25  8 38 ( 5th)
1994-1995: 25  8  8  9 28 27  1 32 (12th)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]1993-1994: 25 12  8  5 30 13 17 44 ( 4th)[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]1992-1993: 25 10  5 10 25 24  1 35 (10th)[/COLOR]

All-time Premier League Record:

Reading               4   4   0   0  11   2   9  12 3.00
Watford               4   4   0   0   9   3   6  12 3.00
Barnsley              2   2   0   0   7   0   7   6 3.00
Wolves                2   2   0   0   6   1   5   6 3.00
Wigan                 7   6   1   0  13   5   8  19 2.71
Ipswich              10   8   2   0  23   4  19  26 2.60
Man City             23  18   3   2  44  14  30  57 2.48
Fulham               15  12   1   2  33   9  24  37 2.47
Charlton             16  12   2   2  36  12  24  38 2.38
Derby                14  10   3   1  27  11  16  33 2.36
West Brom             7   5   1   1  15   7   8  16 2.29
Leicester            16  10   5   1  38  13  25  35 2.19
Crystal Palace        8   5   2   1  16   5  11  17 2.13
Birmingham           10   6   3   1  19   5  14  21 2.10
Nottingham Forest    10   6   3   1  13   7   6  21 2.10
Everton              34  21   8   5  67  27  40  71 2.09
Sunderland           15   9   4   2  30  11  19  31 2.07
Southampton          26  15   7   4  50  24  26  52 2.00
Oldham                4   2   2   0   4   1   3   8 2.00
Swindon               2   1   1   0   5   1   4   4 2.00
Coventry             18  10   5   3  25  13  12  35 1.94
West Ham             28  16   6   6  40  17  23  54 1.93
Middlesbrough        27  15   7   5  60  26  34  52 1.93
Portsmouth           11   5   6   0  17   6  11  21 1.91
Bolton               20  11   5   4  32  22  10  38 1.90
Blackburn            29  15   7   7  47  26  21  52 1.79
Chelsea              33  16  11   6  49  35  14  59 1.79
Villa                34  16  12   6  53  30  23  60 1.76
Bradford              4   2   1   1   6   3   3   7 1.75
Newcastle            31  15   8   8  43  26  17  53 1.71
Leeds                24  12   4   8  43  25  18  40 1.67
Norwich               8   3   4   1  17   9   8  13 1.63
Spurs                34  13  16   5  51  36  15  55 1.62
MK Dons              16   7   4   5  30  16  14  25 1.56
Sheffield Wednesday  16   7   4   5  21  16   5  25 1.56
Sheffield United      6   2   3   1   9   4   5   9 1.50
Hull                  2   1   0   1   4   3   1   3 1.50
Man United           33  10  10  13  33  43 -10  40 1.21
Liverpool            33   9  10  14  32  44 -12  37 1.12
QPR                   8   1   5   2   7   8  -1   8 1.00
Stoke                 1   0   0   1   1   2  -1   0 0.00

So from above, this is our 5th worst Premier League season so far (out of 17)!!! :mad:

OPENROAD

Very happy with a point today all things considered, hopefully Eduardo will get a run out in the Cardiff match along with Arshavin. Fabregas and Walcott have been huge loses for us.

yahoo_moe

OPENROAD wrote: »

Fabregas and Walcott have been huge loses for us.

Reminds me a lot of last year - when Fabregas was out, the whole team's level just dropped. Then we lost Hleb for a couple weeks too and we went to utter sh*t (remember that Boro match just before Christmas last season?).

As an aside, Gallas was superb yesterday - not to drag it up again, but anyone who thinks he shouldn't be in the side is just way off if you ask me.

itsjaybud

Issues half an apology and probably thinks that it makes it all okay, he cost us 3 valuable points yesterday imo

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4906117,00.html


As for the rest of the team i must agree with the above post Gallas was very solid at the back and Almunia was very impressive. At the time i wasn't disappointed when ade was stretchered off as he really didnt seem to have any interest but bendtner was just as bad.

Song done well in the second half but again the delivery of the ball into the box from both Clichy and Sagna was terrible, especially Sagna its so frustrating he either hits the first man, knocks it low or more often than not floats it high and long for either a throw in or goal kick, surely he has the ability to do better.

Overall a draw was a fair result and to state the obvious we really need to start putting a few results together quick!

premierstone

yahoo_moe wrote: »

As an aside, Gallas was superb yesterday - not to drag it up again, but anyone who thinks he shouldn't be in the side is just way off if you ask me.

+1 Its very obvious that the anti-gallas talk was people letting their personal feelings about him as a person cloud their judgement of him as a footballer

Frisbee

Arshavin ineligible for Cardiff Replay

keano_afc

And the reserve game agianst the Spuds is called off tonight as well. Wont see Arshavin for a couple of weeks by the looks of things. Do Russia have a friendly lined up for during the week?

yahoo_moe

keano_afc wrote: »

And the reserve game agianst the Spuds is called off tonight as well. Wont see Arshavin for a couple of weeks by the looks of things. Do Russia have a friendly lined up for during the week?

They were planning a training camp but Hiddink has excused Arshavin so that he can acclimatise himself to England and English football. I'd imagine he'll be training with the reserves for the few days.

Quazzie

Anyone like to comment on the possible(although unlikely) return of Tony Adams to the club as part of the coaching staff. Could it work if it happened or would it be a sour end to a glittering career at Arsenal if he failed?

Headshot

I taught this could interest some Arsenal fans

times of our lives-arsenal is on sky sports 1 at 10 pm tonight

faces of football past reminisce about their playing days with jeff stelling. cup double winners:ray parlor,paul merson and alan smith look back over winning times at arsenal

DenMan

I would love to see big Tone come to the club as a defensive coach and Bergkamp return as an attacking coach. That would be awesome. btw only found just now about the sacking of Scolari, awful decision imo.

Pepe LeFrits

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Reminds me a lot of last year - when Fabregas was out, the whole team's level just dropped. Then we lost Hleb for a couple weeks too and we went to utter sh*t (remember that Boro match just before Christmas last season?).

As an aside, Gallas was superb yesterday - not to drag it up again, but anyone who thinks he shouldn't be in the side is just way off if you ask me.

Agreed on both counts.

Our success last season was based on the three playmaker system - Fabregas most important, Hleb also important, and Rosicky least (but still) important. We could still play well when one of them was out, but when we lost any two our game dropped considerably, and when the two were Cesc & Hleb, our game went to pieces. We defended last season through possession, and this season we haven't been able to keep possession. That has been one of our biggest problems this season but it is also reason to be optimistic, because we've potentially got more depth - four playmakers in Fabregas, Arshavin, Nasri and Rosicky once (if) all get fit.

On the second point - Gallas is definately still our best defender.

Green Hornet

I think Almunia had a very good game yesterday. Looked quite calm and I'm sure thats inspired a bit more confidence in the defence itself. Although he was a little unpredictable before Christmas I'm comfortable enough with him now. Keeping a few clean sheets as well.

TheNorthBank

Headshot wrote: »

I taught this could interest some Arsenal fans

times of our lives-arsenal is on sky sports 1 at 10 pm tonight

Watching this now, pure class! Sounds like it was just one big party in those days! The Romford Pele is some laugh, I met him at a game last year and called him it to his face. He's sound out, no problem getting pictures taken, he had loads of time for myself and my girlfriend for a bit of a chat too.

Helix

itsjaybud wrote: »

he cost us 3 valuable points yesterday imo

he cost you 2

[/pedant]

itsjaybud

Helix wrote: »

he cost you 2

[/pedant]

edit; all

jank

Anybody think that it is Chelsea we are now chasing not Villa?

We still have to play Chelsea at home so that might be most important fixture.

L'prof

jank wrote: »

Anybody think that it is Chelsea we are now chasing not Villa?

We still have to play Chelsea at home so that might be most important fixture.

Either way, we won't catch either of them!

We're well on course for 67 points though! Yay us :rolleyes: