Arsenal FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

Redzer7

Eboue ffs, Song injured?

DenMan

Eboue is going to have a blinder.....and score too!!!

everdead.ie

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

No sign of Eduardo today. Wenger will no doubt say he's injured, even if he's not.

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Almunia

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Sagna

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Gallas

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Vermaelen---Traore

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Denilson

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Nasri

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Fabregas

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Rosicky--

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Arshavin

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Subs: Fabianski, Senderos, Vela, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Merida

Rosicky wasn't great midweek he needs a big game if he wants to start proving he's worth a contract extention Arshvin heading the line against shawcross should be interesting

Raskolnikov

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

No sign of Eduardo today. Wenger will no doubt say he's injured, even if he's not.

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Almunia

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Sagna

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Gallas

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Vermaelen---Traore

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Denilson

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Nasri

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Fabregas

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Rosicky--

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Arshavin

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Subs: Fabianski, Senderos, Vela, Ramsey, Silvestre, Wilshere, Merida

Eduardo has been in dire form, so I think Wenger can be forgiven for dropping him. Having said that, it's not like Arshavin and Rosicky haven't been playing too well either. Anyway, I see that Arsenal are 1/4 to win in the bookies. I think the contest is going to be much closer than that.

Souless

Redzer7 wrote: »

Eboue ffs, Song injured?

He's suspended for this game 5 yellows rule

everdead.ie

cesc's penalty saved by sorenson:D

L'prof

everdead.ie wrote: »

cesc's penalty saved by sorenson:D

Go away with your smiley face!

wandatowell

Piss poor effort from Cesc today so far

DenMan

Just got the update on BBC. 1-0.....Arshavin. Yes.

Anybody got any working streams? Atdhe.net, Iraqgoals and Veetle all down.

L'prof

DenMan wrote: »

Just got the update on BBC. 1-0.....Arshavin. Yes.

Anybody got any working streams? Atdhe.net, Iraqgoals and Veetle all down.

Veetle working for me.

Great goal from Arshavin and Eboue stopped a Fabregas shot on the line!!!

DenMan

Channel appears to be off air jason. Been getting that a lot. Thanks all the same.

Eboue is just getting warmed up. He doesn't want Cesc to score. He missed a pen and cleared his effort off the line. He wants to score himself.

L'prof

Keep refreshing it or something, still going strong here.

wandatowell

Ya my veetle was a bit stuttery at the start but with 30 seconds it cleared up and is perfect since. Gotta say arshavin is looking very good as the main striker.

L'prof

Would have been harsh but, we could easily have had another penalty just before half-time.


We could easily be winning 3/4-0, let's just hope it's not another one of those days where we dominate and draw!

L'prof

wandatowell wrote: »

Ya my veetle was a bit stuttery at the start but with 30 seconds it cleared up and is perfect since. Gotta say arshavin is looking very good as the main striker.

Himself and Cesc seem to have a great understanding between each other and are linking up very well!

Souless

Mine's just stop and start constantly urgh! Probably have to catch the highlights later Least we're winning even if we missed a peno (why did I make fabergas my captin this week and put sorsen on the bench?! lol)

DenMan

It still won't load for me, keeps saying try another time. In student accommodation right now. Anybody think that could be hampering it, behind a col firewall maybe? Oh well!!!

L'prof

DenMan wrote: »

It still won't load for me, keeps saying try another time. In student accommodation right now. Anybody think that could be hampering it, behind a col firewall maybe? Oh well!!!

Yeah, that could be it. I have friends on student accommodation and they find it very sluggish.

Quazzie

Vela on for Rosicky.

L'prof

Quazzie wrote: »

Vela on for Rosicky.

Yep, must be another injury so!

DenMan

Iraqgoals is working for me now. Happy days.

L'prof

Crossbar from a deflected Arshavin shot!

leninbenjamin

Ramsey is class.

wandatowell

fantastic finish

L'prof

Ball fell nicely for Ramsey there, he's a great finisher though!

Pepe LeFrits

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Ramsey is class.

Yes he is.

Tusky

How did Fabregas play ?

L'prof

Tusky wrote: »

How did Fabregas play ?

From what I seen, he was decent. Unlucky not to score twice and involved in the majority of out attacks!

SDTimeout

Cesc and Arsh linking up today was brilliant. There was one particular passage outside the box which ended with a OTT ball for Vela. It was great play,

Good game i thought and it's these results we build on.

shano_88

ADE-BA-YOUR!

L'prof

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
Wolves                3   3   0   0  10   2   8   9 3.00
Barnsley              2   2   0   0   7   0   7   6 3.00
Wigan                 9   8   1   0  21   6  15  25 2.78
Ipswich              10   8   2   0  23   4  19  26 2.60
Fulham               17  13   2   2  34   9  25  41 2.41
Man City             25  19   3   3  48  18  30  60 2.40
Charlton             16  12   2   2  36  12  24  38 2.38
West Brom             8   6   1   1  18   8  10  19 2.38
Derby                14  10   3   1  27  11  16  33 2.36
Leicester            16  10   5   1  38  13  25  35 2.19
Birmingham           11   7   3   1  22   6  16  24 2.18
Crystal Palace        8   5   2   1  16   5  11  17 2.13
Everton              35  22   8   5  73  28  45  74 2.11
Nottingham Forest    10   6   3   1  13   7   6  21 2.10
Portsmouth           13   7   6   0  24   7  17  27 2.08
Southampton          26  15   7   4  50  24  26  52 2.00
Oldham                4   2   2   0   4   1   3   8 2.00
Stoke                 3   2   0   1   7   3   4   6 2.00
Swindon               2   1   1   0   5   1   4   4 2.00
Middlesbrough        28  16   7   5  62  26  36  55 1.96
Coventry             18  10   5   3  25  13  12  35 1.94
Bolton               20  11   5   4  32  22  10  38 1.90
West Ham             29  16   7   6  42  19  23  55 1.90
Sunderland           17   9   5   3  30  12  18  32 1.88
Blackburn            31  17   7   7  57  28  29  58 1.87
Villa                34  16  12   6  53  30  23  60 1.76
Newcastle            32  16   8   8  46  27  19  56 1.75
Bradford              4   2   1   1   6   3   3   7 1.75
Chelsea              35  16  11   8  50  42   8  59 1.69
Leeds                24  12   4   8  43  25  18  40 1.67
Spurs                35  14  16   5  54  36  18  58 1.66
Norwich               8   3   4   1  17   9   8  13 1.63
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           35  10  11  14  34  45 -11  41 1.17
Liverpool            34   9  11  14  36  48 -12  38 1.12
QPR                   8   1   5   2   7   8  -1   8 1.00

This Season v Previous Seasons:

P   W   D   L   F   A  GD Pts
2009-2010:  14   9   1   4  38  18  20  28
2008-2009:  14   7   2   5  25  18   7  23 ( 4th)
2007-2008:  14  11   3   0  31  11  20  36 ( 3rd)
2006-2007:  14   6   4   4  22  12  10  22 ( 4th)
2005-2006:  14   8   2   4  22  12  10  26 ( 4th)
2004-2005:  14   9   4   1  38  18  20  31 ( 2nd)
2003-2004:  14  10   4   0  28  10  18  34 ( 1st)
2002-2003:  14  10   2   2  31  13  18  32 ( 2nd)
2001-2002:  14   7   5   2  30  15  15  26 ( 1st)
2000-2001:  14   8   4   2  23  12  11  28 ( 2nd)
1999-2000:  14   8   2   4  21  14   7  26 ( 2nd)
1998-1999:  14   6   6   2  14   6   8  24 ( 2nd)
1997-1998:  14   7   6   1  30  15  15  27 ( 1st)
1996-1997:  14   8   4   2  27  12  15  28 ( 3rd)
1995-1996:  14   8   3   3  21  10  11  27 ( 5th)
1994-1995:  14   5   4   5  17  14   3  19 (12th)
1993-1994:  14   6   5   3  13   8   5  23 ( 4th)
1992-1993:  14   8   2   4  19  13   6  26 (10th)

Rolling Season:

P   W   D   L   F   A  GD Pts
2009-2010:  38  22  11   5  81  37  44  77

Current Run:

P   W   D   L   F   A  GD Pts
2009-2010:   1   1   0   0   2   0   2   3

OPENROAD

Just watched us on MOTD and will watch us on Football First later, but Arshavin looked excellent up front, could he do a job week in week out as a replacement for RVP.

mink_man

does anyone know why eduardo didnt start today?

Headshot

OPENROAD wrote: »

Just watched us on MOTD and will watch us on Football First later, but Arshavin looked excellent up front, could he do a job week in week out as a replacement for RVP.

iirc thats his position in the Russian team

he plays excellent there

mink_man

do u know why eduardo didnt start headshot?

OPENROAD

mink_man wrote: »

does anyone know why eduardo didnt start today?

Injured in training although doesn't look too serious.

Frisbee

Eduardo picked up an injury in training on Friday

gosplan

mink_man wrote: »

does anyone know why eduardo didnt start today?

dunno, we got lucky I guess

Spiritoftheseventies

Yes saw the highlights. Refreshing to see Arshavin stay up twice when he was tackled. Pity more premiership players dont follow his cue.

SDTimeout

Talk about freddie joining in jan ? Similar to a becks to Milan thing.

As the reason i started supported arsenal at a young age was freddie ljungberg. So i personally would love it, Think he'd be able to do a decent job on the wing allowing alright cover for arsh to continue in the RVP role.

Royale with Cheese

Ljungberg was a shadow if his former self when he played for West Ham, I doubt a spell in America will have done much to improve that.

SDTimeout

I suppose it's more of a personal thing for me anyway, Same way alot said about henry and paddy v. Don't want to tarnish the rep they built

Royale with Cheese

Yeah but I think Ljungberg is different to those two in that I wouldn't see him as being of much use to the current squad. Vieira/Henry while not the players they were, would still do a job.

SDTimeout

I suppose,

to a post further up, when i've seen arsh play with russia on ESPN he plays in an eduardo role as a second striker. Knock downs from Pav, whom i've got feeling wenger is going to be interested in.

Royale with Cheese

Rosicky "out for a while" with a groin injury. If this is another lengthy one you'd have to think he won't be offered a new contract.

leninbenjamin

Anyone want to help compile a running list of all the players we are linked to between now and the end of Jan? Thought it might be a bit of fun .

So far we've:

Dzeko
Balotelli
Gignac
Pazzini
Chamakh
Ljunberg
Vieira

with Carlton Cole being the newest addition according to Goal.com today :rolleyes: And some kid called Zezinho?

and on the other side of things, the Cesc to Barca/Madrid rumours have kicked up again today, this time a paltry €45m being mentioned :mad:

Frisbee

Ljungberg was very poor in his final season in England.

Taking him back on would be a massive step backwards as he would be worse than all our other wingers.

gosplan

TBH lads, there isn't really any merit in discussing who the papers decide we're 'linked' with this week.

The only time I can ever remember anyone actually calling it correctly was with Arshavin.

All the other times, it was Bacary who? Adebayawhat?

vincenzo1975

Sútalún wrote: »

I don't believe you have been watching Arsenal this year...

I certainly have, we have scored 38 goals, more then anyone else, but our defence has looked dodgy at times. Letting in 18 compared to united(13) and chelsea(10), shows that in my humble opinion, we need to focus on defensive areas. losing van persie is a blow, less so rosicky because we could never depend on him, But I think we have enough firepower in Eduardo, bendtner, Vela, Fab, Nasri, Arshavin and walcott if we can keep them fit. I have always felt that there has not been a central midfielder who has really stepped upto the plate to support fabregas, denilson is better all round then diaby and song and is curerently top choice, but I would like a bit more battling toughness in there. Also, I cant watch a game where I feel I would put my house on gallas and almunia to be inpenitrable, we are weak on setpieces. I would love to see a new keeper and an up and coming centre half to really create competition in those areas.

For me, transfer focus should prioritise defensive strenght this time around.

cson

SDTimeout wrote: »

Knock downs from Pav, whom i've got feeling wenger is going to be interested in.

:eek:

Oh god no!