Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013

extra gravy

extra gravy wrote: »

The Next Gen semi is live on Eurosport 2 at 4pm.

Apologies, kick off is actually at 2pm.

TheGunns

anyone watching it? The Arsenal team actually look quite good, strong big team

AdamD

Gnabry should have scored earlier. Can kind of see why Eisfield hasn't been given more 1st team chances, he hasn't been much of a stand out in this game or the last one. Akpom is only 17 :O some talent, definitely a future first team player.


1-0 Arsenal, great pass from Gnabry to an overlapping Bellerin, tap in from Akpom. Proper Arsenal goal.


Also like Yennaris at CM, think hes only played RB for the first team. Looks like a Flamini-esque player, wins the ball a lot and hes the captain too.

TheGunns

AdamD wrote: »

Gnabry should have scored earlier. Can kind of see why Eisfield hasn't been given more 1st team chances, he hasn't been much of a stand out in this game or the last one. Akpom is only 17 :O some talent, definitely a future first team player.

1-0, Akpom. Heard a lot of him, easy finish though.

Agree, Eisfield and Gnabry need a chance

EDIT: Misread, I actually completely disagree :P Olsson looks good too

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Fuckin Stewart Robson :mad:

AdamD

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Fuckin Stewart Robson :mad:

Hes been surprisingly well behaved.

extra gravy

Oh won't somebody please teach them how to pronounce Gnabry correctly.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Penalty to chelsea, well saved but scored on the follow up unfortunately.

AdamD

Really really poor 2nd half from Arsenal

Eisfield been anonymous tbh

tayto lover

AdamD wrote: »

Really really poor 2nd half from Arsenal

Eisfield been anonymous tbh

Score please. Can't find the station.

AdamD

tayto lover wrote: »

Score please. Can't find the station.

3-1, awful keeping for the 2nd, Chelsea a bit lucky for the 3rd.

Eisfield taken off now. Definitely explains why he hasn't been given a chance in the first team..

AdamD

3-2 now. Akpom again. Have to say on a better pitch we might have won this, a lot of our moves have broken down in the box from the ball running really poorly and their 2nd was a mix of shocking goalkeeping and a dodgy bounce in front of him. 88 mins gone. For anyone not watching the pitch is ridiculously bad

AdamD

HOLY ****BALLS GNABRY YOU GOD

3-3! All Bellerin and Gnabry again

Marty McFly

Looks like I've missed a cracking game just turned on, does this go to extra time or replay?

AdamD

We should have had a pen in stoppage time. Gnabry put through and fouled pretty obviously but the ref let them away with it. Allllll Arsenal but its going to extra time. Big difference could be that Chelsea took off two creative players when 3-1 up and are struggling to keep it now.

Alfred Borden

If only the first team showed this sort of fight!

AdamD

4-3 Chelsea

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dvemail

Gnabry really is the pick of the bunch out of that current crop. Hopefully he will get brought into the first team next year for him to progress or else get a loan spell at a premier league club. Another year at the U21 level wont do him as much imo.

greendom

Nice blog on Diaby - sums up my feelings very well

http://www.arsenalvision.co.uk/my-vision/4253-diaby-problems-not-down-to-bad-luck.html

Frisbee

Just me or anyone else think Eisfeld was shíte?

Gnarby and possibly Olsson the only two that stood out for me.

emergingstar

Good showing from the youngsters I hopefully we get one or two from this bunch

And don't forget zelalem, gonna be the best of the lot
We have a potential star if he keeps progressing

dvemail

Frisbee wrote: »

Just me or anyone else think Eisfeld was shíte?

Gnarby and possibly Olsson the only two that stood out for me.

Shame, he seems to have regressed since pre-season where we were all singing his praises.
Add Bellerin and possibly Akpom to those two and they seem to be the ones to watch. But you just never know though who will succeed, we all thought Landsbury and Jay Emanuel Thomas would break through but they faded away in the end.
Very few make it in the end.

Roddy23

Match highlights here for anyone who hasn't seen the goals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwEZvxQg7SI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

tayto lover

Roddy23 wrote: »

Match highlights here for anyone who hasn't seen the goals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwEZvxQg7SI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cheers for that.
The attacking looked very good but the defending looked very familiar.

Frisbee

emergingstar wrote: »

And don't forget zelalem, gonna be the best of the lot
We have a potential star if he keeps progressing

It's hard to forget someone I've never heard of in my life.

emergingstar

Frisbee wrote: »

It's hard to forget someone I've never heard of in my life.

Tut tut

You will and when u do come back and thank this post

sonic85

weve had loads of "next big thing" players over the years but it rarely works out. nobody can predict for sure who will make it or not which is why I don't really pay much attention to the youth teams or reserves.

is the game tomorrow on tv anywhere?

Fuzzy_Dunlop

emergingstar wrote: »

Tut tut

You will and when u do come back and thank this post

In fairness I doubt you'd heard on him either before Matt Law and AFCamden mentioned him on twitter earlier!

sonic85 wrote: »

is the game tomorrow on tv anywhere?

Don't think so. Might get a stream though.

emergingstar

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

In fairness I doubt you'd heard on him either before Matt Law and AFCamden mentioned him on twitter earlier!



Don't think so. Might get a stream though.

I don't no loads about him but check through the thread I mentioned him about a month ago

So saying I picked it up from twitter yesterday either is wrong

TheGunns

emergingstar wrote: »

I don't no loads about him but check through the thread I mentioned him about a month ago

So saying I picked it up from twitter yesterday either is wrong

Any links about him? Finding it hard to get anything on Youtube and I've never heard or seen him play

emergingstar

emergingstar wrote: »

Zelalem trained again with the first team today, this fella is supposed to be unreal
Keep watch

3 weeks ago I posted this

emergingstar

TheGunns wrote: »

Any links about him? Finding it hard to get anything on Youtube and I've never heard or seen him play

I will try find the few articles I read,only got his international clearance this week

Yet to play for u18s or u21s but regularly trains with the first team

He Is our biggest potential from the youth set up, he still might not make it. But they have high hopes for him

Frisbee

So he's never played a game for us but you know he's the most talented of our academy. Riiiiiiight.

Ah another team of youth who'll win the league for us in 5 years.

extra gravy

Great piece here about David Rocastle on his anniversary

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football/rip-david-rocastle-arsenal-legend-and-a-true-gentleman-of-football/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTiBKG5yhn8&feature=youtu.be

He was just before my time as a gooner so I don't remember much of him but hope he gets a great tribute today. RIP Rocky.

emergingstar

Frisbee wrote: »

So he's never played a game for us but you know he's the most talented of our academy. Riiiiiiight.

So coaches who see him train everyday can't comment an say he is the most talented out of the bunch we have

Riiiiiiight

emergingstar

Actually we have no players who's gonna come through

Wilshere should be sold

Diaby is a leech

Wenger don't no what he is doing

The club is the worst run in the history of sport

Blah blah blah blah

I'm off to support the team I love today, ye can wallow in yer own sh*t

batistuta9

:pac::pac::pac:

tayto lover

Any word on the team for today lads?

HazDanz

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tayto lover

emergingstar wrote: »

Actually we have no players who's gonna come through

Wilshere should be sold

Diaby is a leech

Wenger don't no what he is doing

The club is the worst run in the history of sport

Blah blah blah blah

I'm off to support the team I love today, ye can wallow in yer own sh*t

This type of discussion has been going on for donkey's years even before we had computers and laptops. I remember a big argument on the North Bank over an injury to our fullback, Pat Rice, in 1973 with some saying he should be sold.
The main thing is not to lose the head lads. We are all Arsenal people and we will all have different opinions which I think is great.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

tayto lover wrote: »

Any word on the team for today lads?

Think poldi will play anyway.

tayto lover

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Think poldi will play anyway.

Me too.
We really cannot afford many more slip-ups. Nine games left and all should be treated as Cup Finals.
I think if we get stuck in and focus from the start we should win today with a bit to spare. I expect Swansea to draw with Spurs too which will help me enjoy a little wine tonight.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

Me too.
We really cannot afford many more slip-ups. Nine games left and all should be treated as Cup Finals.
I think if we get stuck in and focus from the start we should win today with a bit to spare. I expect Swansea to draw with Spurs too which will help me enjoy a little wine tonight.

And (God forbid) we lose, you can have a big w(h)ine :pac:

emergingstar

emergingstar wrote: »

Actually we have no players who's gonna come through

How many first teamers on average came through the academy since we last won anything? **** all despite all the bluster. I don't get why the youth side are seen as being so important when most will be sold for a million or less before they get to the first team.

Wilshere should be sold

[citation needed]

Diaby is a leech

I'll take his place for 50% of the pay.

Wenger don't no what he is doing

The club is the worst run in the history of sport

Not for the shareholders.

Blah blah blah blah

You forgot to call me a prick again.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Just on the youth players. There are few if any clubs who regularly see loads of players come through the youth ranks and make it. For us, Jack, Gibbs and Woj is excellent going for the last few years.

greendom

Haven't seen the subs yet but still no Poldi

Fabianski · Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal · Arteta, Rosicky · Ramsey, Cazorla, Gervinho · Giroud

greendom

...he is on the bench..

Szczesny, Vermaelen, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Coquelin, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Podolsk

batistuta9

is it going to be Cazorla wide?