Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013

Alfred Borden

This is how I feel its going to go, we should pip Spurs but wont catch Chelsea
Chelsea
Chelsea v Wigan W
Man City v Chelsea L
Chelsea v West Brom W
Fulham v Chelsea W
Chelsea v West Ham W
Southampton v Chelsea W
Chelsea v Sunderland W
Chelsea v Tottenham D
Liverpool v Chelsea D
Chelsea v Swansea W
Man Utd v Chelsea L
Aston Villa v Chelsea W
Chelsea v Everton D
Current Points: 46
Projected points: 73

Tottenham
Tottenham v Newcastle D
West Ham v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Arsenal D
Liverpool v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Fulham W
Swansea v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Everton D
Chelsea v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Man City L
Wigan v Tottenham W
Tottenham v Southampton W
Stoke v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Sunderland W
Current Points: 45
Projected points: 65

Arsenal
Sunderland v Arsenal W
Arsenal v Aston Villa W
Tottenham v Arsenal D
Arsenal v Everton D
Swansea v Arsenal D
Arsenal v Reading W
West Brom v Arsenal W
Arsenal v Norwich W
Fulham v Arsenal D
Arsenal v Man Utd L
QPR v Arsenal W
Arsenal v Wigan W
Newcastle v Arsenal D
Current Points: 41
Projected points: 67

Frisbee

You have us as only losing one of our next 13 league games.

Not a hope.

Alfred Borden

Frisbee wrote: »

You have us as only losing one of our next 13 league games.

Not a hope.

We went on a run last year, why cant we this year? only Face United Totttenham and Everton, two of which are at home!

premierstone

Frisbee wrote: »

You have us as only losing one of our next 13 league games.

Not a hope.

And Spurs winning only 1 of 11.................who shot Bale???

TheBza

Spurs with 8 draws in 9 games, cant really see that happening to be honest.

Frisbee

The best run of results we've been able to put together all year is 4 wins followed by a draw with a loss either side.

So yeah, the notion we're going to go unbeaten in our next 8 games until we meet United in like 2 months isn't one I'd be holding out to much hope for.

Mr Blobby

Anyone know if Wilshere,Walcott,Ox is playing tonight ?

Or Santos for Brazil

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Frisbee wrote: »

You have us as only losing one of our next 13 league games.

Not a hope.

Yeah you're right, I'll be fucked if we're gonna lose any god damnit!

2ndcoming

Gonna stick to my usual CL target of 72 points required. Can't see anything changing this year, if anything it will be tighter than ever.

premierstone

2ndcoming wrote: »

Gonna stick to my usual CL target of 72 points required. Can't see anything changing this year, if anything it will be tighter than ever.

Bit of a contradiction there though? Surely if it is tighter, which I agree it will, the points required will be lower.

gnfnrhead

Excluding those against each other, we only need to worry about United and Everton. Spurs meanwhile have to worry about Everton, Liverpool, Chelsea and City along with an away game against Stoke.

I wouldn't trade that run in for anything. Only have the United game earlier but otherwise we have a great run in.

tayto lover

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Excluding those against each other, we only need to worry about United and Everton. Spurs meanwhile have to worry about Everton, Liverpool, Chelsea and City along with an away game against Stoke.

I wouldn't trade that run in for anything. Only have the United game earlier but otherwise we have a great run in.

Unfortunately we tend to lose games to some weaker teams unexpectedly.
Was it W. Brom or Swansea who beat us home and away last season?

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

Unfortunately we tend to lose games to some weaker teams unexpectedly.
Was it W. Brom or Swansea who beat us home and away last season?

Neither, we beat West Brom away and Swansea at home. Not to say we didn't lose twice to someone we shouldn't have

greendom

Koscielny off at half-time with a leg injury - worrying. He was doing well too - France have conceded twice since he went off.

Soups123

Wilshire with a great game for England tonight and involved in both goals, he really is flyin now!

emergingstar

greendom wrote: »

Koscielny off at half-time with a leg injury - worrying. He was doing well too - France have conceded twice since he went off.

If verm is not ready for the weekend it's squallici time

Yeah loaning deadwood Johan was a great move

Gringo180

Just back from the aviva tonight great to of been about 20 yards away from Chesney :-) but in saying that I thought he should of saved our second goal, im maybe been a bit harsh on the lad am i?

Soups123

Gringo180 wrote: »

Just back from the aviva tonight great to of been about 20 yards away from Chesney :-) but in saying that I thought he should of saved our second goal, im maybe been a bit harsh on the lad am i?

Yeah bit harsh was a very good finish, you'll see it on RTE now

greendom

emergingstar wrote: »

If verm is not ready for the weekend it's squallici time

Yeah loaning deadwood Johan was a great move

Apparently TV was on the bench for Belgium tonight which suggests he should be ok for Sunderland.... fingers crossed

AdamD

English media going into Wilshere hype overdrive, you'd swear they hadn't seen him play before last night.

2ndcoming

tayto lover wrote: »

Unfortunately we tend to lose games to some weaker teams unexpectedly.
Was it W. Brom or Swansea who beat us home and away last season?

It was QPR as far as I remember.

Alfred Borden

No we beat QPR at home last year and lost away to them. Fulham took four points from us though!

shano_88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1jFbMK_Uw

jordainius

Raf32 wrote: »

This is how I feel its going to go, we should pip Spurs but wont catch Chelsea

Tottenham
Tottenham v Newcastle D
West Ham v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Arsenal D
Liverpool v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Fulham W
Swansea v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Everton D
Chelsea v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Man City L
Wigan v Tottenham W
Tottenham v Southampton W
Stoke v Tottenham D
Tottenham v Sunderland W
Current Points: 45
Projected points: 65

Arsenal
Sunderland v Arsenal W
Arsenal v Aston Villa W
Tottenham v Arsenal D
Arsenal v Everton D
Swansea v Arsenal D
Arsenal v Reading W
West Brom v Arsenal W
Arsenal v Norwich W
Fulham v Arsenal D
Arsenal v Man Utd L
QPR v Arsenal W
Arsenal v Wigan W
Newcastle v Arsenal D
Current Points: 41
Projected points: 67

Wishful thinking at its finest. Barring a catastrophic run of form, Tottenham are going to win a lot more than just 4 of their remaining 13 games.

If Arsenal finish with a W7, D5, L1 record like you're predicting and we'll probably just fall short. I'd estimate we need to get 30 of the remaining 39 points, 3 of which must include beating them at White Hart Lane.

greendom

Sagna set to leave according to @indykalia

Exclusive: Bakari Sagna will leave #ArsenaI Football Club in the summer. Confirmed. Ignore the PR games being played by the agent. #AFC


Not a bad guy to follow - he certainly hits more than he misses (although he is a Liverpool fan and was convinced that Walcott was going to Merseyside)

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

Sagna set to leave according to @indykalia

Exclusive: Bakari Sagna will leave #ArsenaI Football Club in the summer. Confirmed. Ignore the PR games being played by the agent. #AFC


Not a bad guy to follow - he certainly hits more than he misses (although he is a Liverpool fan and was convinced that Walcott was going to Merseyside)

We need to replace him anyway and Jenkinson will take over his role. A back-up now required. Sagna a bit past it now anyway but was my favourite player for the last few years.

Marty McFly

Yeh I won't be to pushed if Sagna leaves his performance of late have been very poor even at year you could see him starting to dip.

A Tayto said just need to bring in some competition and let Jenks battle it out with the new signing.

greendom

I really don't know what the story is with Sagna at the moment. What infuriates me most though is his reluctance to cross. He finds himself in a decent postion to get a good ball into the box and yet he chooses to pass the ball in-field. Very annoying, especially when we actually have someone in the box that has the height, strength and ability to get on the end of one.

Marty McFly

greendom wrote: »

I really don't know what the story is with Sagna at the moment. What infuriates me most though is his reluctance to cross. He finds himself in a decent postion to get a good ball into the box and yet he chooses to pass the ball in-field. Very annoying, especially when we actually have someone in the box that has the height, strength and ability to get on the end of one.

I think his for began to dip last season and now with his form dropping his heart is no longer in it at Arsenal either most the time I watch him play these days he looks dis interested half heartedly chasing back or after a loose ball etc.

greendom

Marty McFly wrote: »

I think his for began to dip last season and now with his form dropping his heart is no longer in it at Arsenal either most the time I watch him play these days he looks dis interested half heartedly chasing back or after a loose ball etc.

To be fair to him though 2 broken legs in a season is pretty hard thing for any player to over-come. Perhaps he is still getting over that?

Marty McFly

greendom wrote: »

To be fair to him though 2 broken legs in a season is pretty hard thing for any player to over-come. Perhaps he is still getting over that?

Yeh I know that but to be honest I think his form was begining to dip before the broken legs only marginally but he was on the wane, and this season sometime he looks like he just doesn't care anymore ability aside.

greendom

greendom wrote: »

Sagna set to leave according to @indykalia

Exclusive: Bakari Sagna will leave #ArsenaI Football Club in the summer. Confirmed. Ignore the PR games being played by the agent. #AFC


Not a bad guy to follow - he certainly hits more than he misses (although he is a Liverpool fan and was convinced that Walcott was going to Merseyside)

You trust a man who cant even spell 'Bakari'??

greendom

Marty McFly wrote: »

Yeh I know that but to be honest I think his form was begining to dip before the broken legs only marginally but he was on the wane, and this season sometime he looks like he just doesn't care anymore ability aside.

Look at Evra though, he had quite a dip at Man U, for a season or more, and yet he seems back to his best now. Still if he's going, let him go and let's find someone better

tayto lover

Any injuries reported by any of our players on international duty last night?
I saw that Koscielney was replaced as he had a leg injury but can't find anymore about it. Hopefully its only a slight knock.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

Any injuries reported by any of our players on international duty last night?
I saw that Koscielney was replaced as he had a leg injury but can't find anymore about it. Hopefully its only a slight knock.

http://arsenallatest.com/news/779-koscielny-ramsey-vermaelen-injury.html

Kos and Ramsey major doubts - Vermaelen doubtful too

Marty McFly

greendom wrote: »

http://arsenallatest.com/news/779-koscielny-ramsey-vermaelen-injury.html

Kos and Ramsey major doubts - Vermaelen doubtful too

:eek: Squillaci :eek:, letting Djourou go out on loan without getting a replacement could come back to haunt us.

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

http://arsenallatest.com/news/779-koscielny-ramsey-vermaelen-injury.html

Kos and Ramsey major doubts - Vermaelen doubtful too

Ah no. Squillachi could start

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

Ah no. Squillachi could start

I quite hopeful Verm will return - he was on the bench for Belgium last night

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

I quite hopeful Verm will return - he was on the bench for Belgium last night

I forgot we have young Miguel too.

greendom

greendom wrote: »

Look at Evra though, he had quite a dip at Man U, for a season or more, and yet he seems back to his best now. Still if he's going, let him go and let's find someone better

True. Rosicky struggled for a long time also to get to optimum fitness and that was a long time after coming back from his 08-09 injury layoff.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

The thing with Sagna is it's not like he's shirking headers and that kind of thing. He still goes in and wins them well which has always been a strength despite not being the tallest.


Still, if he goes, pick up another RB like Monreal and let them fight it out with Jenko.

emergingstar

Would love him to stay but I still expect Jenks to start taking over next year but we could do with keeping his experience

In saying that it's prob his last big contract so if he can get big bucks somewhere else I wish him well

gnfnrhead

Is Miquel injured or something since nobody even seems to be considering him. He was ahead of Squillaci a good bit last season.

As for Sagna, he looks like he wants out. Unless we replace him properly, I'd rather he stayed as back up but can see why he wouldnt want that. It was only a matter of time before Jenkinson took his spot anyway.

iainconlon12

Do people still take that Indykaila twitter account seriously? They make up stories constantly haha! Wouldn't believe a word of it.

batistuta9

EXCLUSIVE: Vieira joins Bergkamp on list to replace Brady in youth role at Arsenal
By SIMON CASS
PUBLISHED: 22:45 GMT, 7 February 2013 | UPDATED: 22:45 GMT, 7 February 2013


Patrick Vieira is in line for a sensational return to Arsenal after Arsene Wenger sounded him out about the job of replacing Liam Brady as head of youth development.
Former Arsenal skipper Vieira, who won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups under Wenger, has joined fellow Gunners legend Dennis Bergkamp on a shortlist of potential candidates for the post of nurturing the next generation of stars.
Vieira is Manchester City's football development executive, a post he has held since 2011.


However, the 36-year-old is understood to be tempted by a reunion with Wenger and the chance to return to work on the training pitch rather than continue with the largely ambassadorial role he performs at City.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have abandoned their pursuit of Barcelona's David Villa after their approaches were rebuffed in the January transfer window, and are set to make £25million-rated Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic the club's No 1 summer target.
Wenger is convinced Jovetic can become his next Robin van Persie and is prepared to smash the club's transfer record - the £15m paid to sign Andrey Arshavin - to land the Montenegro striker.

link

More on the Jovetic (watched for 18 months) story & Sagna to be replaced with a first choice RB not Jenks.

wandatowell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXo-8tThAg

I'll always remember the pride I felt when he scored this goal.

Just thought "This man plays for The Arsenal and he just scored a world class goal on the world stage"

Good chap Dennis

extra gravy

wandatowell wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXo-8tThAg

I'll always remember the pride I felt when he scored this goal.

Just thought "This man plays for The Arsenal and he just scored a world class goal on the world stage"

Good chap Dennis

That's probably my favourite ever goal.Never get tired of watching it. Beautiful.

2ndcoming

In fairness we could easily have an entire thread devoted to the genius of Bergkamp. I got a dvd a few years ago "Centurions", 2 discs with Bergkamp and Henry's 1st hundred goals for the club, it's unreal.

Number 3 on this clip was always one of my favourites but they're all amazing. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTezHuUcw0

Alfred Borden

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TEAM NEWS: Vermaelen is out, Koscielny has a test today. Gibbs out, Ramsey and Coquelin available #SFCvAFC

jordainius

I like and I highly rate Mertersacker, but I have a horrible feeling about the combined lack of pace in a Mertersacker-Squillaci partnership. That would definitly be targetted.