Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Royale with Cheese

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Will be at the game on Sunday too. That usually means a draw at best, sorry lads.

I should really be banned from the emirates stadium.

cson

dvemail wrote: »

AFC Academy ‏@AFCAcademy 8m
The Ivory Coast have made enquiries about Gnabry and hope he will choose them instead of Germany, as they can promise a place in the WC.

AFC Academy ‏@AFCAcademy 6m
Even though Low and Germany have admitted they are keeping an eye on Gnabry and may include him in their WC squad.


This lad could really have a great career ahead of him, and maybe feature in an all German Arsenal midfield someday.

I like Gnabry but its quite frankly mental either team are considering bringing him to Brazil.

cson

cson wrote: »

I like Gnabry but its quite frankly mental either team are considering bringing him to Brazil.

Could be a case of Germany trying to secure him in order to keep Ivory Coast from getting him. They lost Kevin Prince Boateng to Ghana previously so Low might be anxious to cap him in order to have him for the future. The world cup might be just the carrot to dangle and the young lad might think he would have a better chance of a World cup medal with Germany then Ivory Coast.

blingrhino

We have a nice enough run in for the last 6 games , Everton obviously been the exception , but if we are there or thereabouts coming into these games ....

tayto lover

Just looked at the Everton goal again there.
Gibbs was very poor for allowing the Everton forward get that shot away.
Stood way too far off him and still think Chez should have saved it.

farna_boy

tayto lover wrote: »

Just looked at the Everton goal again there.
Gibbs was very poor for allowing the Everton forward get that shot away.
Stood way too far off him and still think Chez should have saved it.

To be fair, I think that he saw it late. I agree that Gibbs probably should have done better though.

Galvasean

dvemail wrote: »

AFC Academy ‏@AFCAcademy 8m
The Ivory Coast have made enquiries about Gnabry and hope he will choose them instead of Germany, as they can promise a place in the WC.

AFC Academy ‏@AFCAcademy 6m
Even though Low and Germany have admitted they are keeping an eye on Gnabry and may include him in their WC squad.


This lad could really have a great career ahead of him, and maybe feature in an all German Arsenal midfield someday.

The idea of an uncapped player getting a ticket to the World Cup doesn't sit well with me...

extra gravy

Is there really a need for Gnabry to be making that kind of decision at such an early stage in his career? Surely his focus for now should be on becoming a regular in his club's first team and when that happens, he can start thinking about his international future.

AdamD

All other arguments aside, I really really really hope he doesn't choose Ivory Coast.

gnfnrhead

Can they not cap him in a friendly, or does it have to be a competitive match?

For our sake, hopefully he picks Germany.

Spanish Johnny

farna_boy wrote: »

To be fair, I think that he saw it late. I agree that Gibbs probably should have done better though.

To be honest I blame Rosicky's positioning more than anyone. I can't place any blame on Ches because it's an absolute rocket. With the form Ches is in shot stopping wise I think if he had any chance at all he would have pulled off a stop but it flew past him.

Looking again it was an amazing strike. Little backlift and immense power. It looked for all the world that the right option was to play it on to Coleman and I think Gibbs had that in mind too? It's the logical pass but what a moment of brilliance.

Nemeses2050

greendom wrote: »

Aguero and co will be properly rested as well. Pelligrini has said that he will be a second string side against Bayern Munich.

Jenkinson did well for us today but Sagna provides a little more solidity and I hope he's back for next Saturday.

Well Aguero and Silva are travelling.

extra gravy

FA Cup 3rd Round game v Spurs will kick off at 5.15pm on Saturday January 4th.

Mickeroo

extra gravy wrote: »

FA Cup 3rd Round game v Spurs will kick off at 5.15pm on Saturday January 4th.

Nice way to round off the christmas hols!

Galvasean

Mickeroo wrote: »

Nice way to round off the christmas hols!

We hope...

Galvasean

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Can they not cap him in a friendly, or does it have to be a competitive match?

For our sake, hopefully he picks Germany.

Has to be a competitive match. The rule was changed recently that you can now change national allegiance if you've only been capped in friendlies. It was to stop teams *cough Ireland* from abusing the grandad rule.

Pen.Island

Feardark is banned. Why?

cson

Could be the totting up of yellows ****e that does go on whenever certain members of the powers that be decide they can be arsed.

tayto lover

Pen.Island wrote: »

Feardark is banned. Why?

How do you know he's banned?

Pen.Island

tayto lover wrote: »

How do you know he's banned?

Saw a post from him in AH and says banned beside his name.

tayto lover

Pen.Island wrote: »

Saw a post from him in AH and says banned beside his name.

But he wouldn't be banned from the Soccer Forum surely for something on AH.
I was banned from Politics a few times but I could still post here.

wonderfullife

Keane & Viera : Best of Enemies documentary tomorrow 10pm ITV4.

They were asked to name their indiviudal best sides they played with and a combined XI.

Their combined named as:

Schmeichel
Irwin/Cole (joint pick as couldn't agree)
Adams
Stam
Lauren
Pires
Keane
Viera
Ronaldo
Cantona
Henry

Missing out: Seaman, Dixon, Wright, Bergkamp, Overmars etc Scholes, Giggs, Cole, Beckham etc

Maire2009

wonderfullife wrote: »

Keane & Viera : Best of Enemies documentary tomorrow 10pm ITV4.

They were asked to name their indiviudal best sides they played with and a combined XI.

Their combined named as:

Schmeichel
Irwin/Cole (joint pick as couldn't agree)
Adams
Stam
Lauren
Pires
Keane
Viera
Ronaldo
Cantona
Henry

Missing out: Seaman, Dixon, Wright, Bergkamp, Overmars etc Scholes, Giggs, Cole, Beckham etc

Cantona over Bergkamp??? PLEASE! Must have banged their heads far too often. Don't get me wrong, Cantona was an outstanding player, but Bergkamp has been the greatest to grace the Premier League (since it's inception, not going back to Best etc.,)

extra gravy

Maire2009 wrote: »

Cantona over Bergkamp??? PLEASE! Must have banged their heads far too often. Don't get me wrong, Cantona was an outstanding player, but Bergkamp has been the greatest to grace the Premier League (since it's inception, not going back to Best etc.,)

They probably had to compromise and have so many from each team...that could be the only possible explanation!

gnfnrhead

Maire2009 wrote: »

Cantona over Bergkamp??? PLEASE! Must have banged their heads far too often. Don't get me wrong, Cantona was an outstanding player, but Bergkamp has been the greatest to grace the Premier League (since it's inception, not going back to Best etc.,)

Was thinking the same. The rest you can argue over but not Bergkamp. It looks like they had to keep an even split for outfield players.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Lauren ahead of Neville is a bit of a surprise too.

Frank Garrett

Pen.Island wrote: »

Feardark is banned. Why?

Seems that he went one infraction too far: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057100120&page=19

wonderfullife

i'll have to watch it tomorrow night to see how they did it but its still a quality side!!

I posted in the United thread too but Keanes Utd XI he omitted Giggs and Scholes too and had a pop at Giggs basically saying he's over-rated and a great career doesn't mean he's a great player.

Wouldn't fancy playing against a Pires-Keane-Vieria-Ronaldo midfield every day of the week anyway!!

Maire2009

extra gravy wrote: »

They probably had to compromise and have so many from each team...that could be the only possible explanation!

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Lauren ahead of Neville is a bit of a surprise too.

Neville for Lauren and put Bergkamp in - insanity to exclude him imo. He's a player you work around to make sure he plays.

Marty McFly

So just home from London a draw against Everton ain't a bad result and with other loosing it's another point gained over our rivals.

Have to say Cazorla was way off the pace and has looked that way a lot recently crazy to think I probably wouldnt have him in my starting 11 right now given how immense he was last season.


Is it worth reading back through the thread or should I avoid?

Hope Feardark isn't perma banned.

Pen.Island

tayto lover wrote: »

But he wouldn't be banned from the Soccer Forum surely for something on AH.
I was banned from Politics a few times but I could still post here.

He's sitebanned I think. For a month, as seen on the ban list.

tayto lover

Pen.Island wrote: »

He's sitebanned I think. For a month, as seen on the ban list.

Ok. How do you find the ban list?

HazDanz

Marty McFly wrote: »

So just home from London a draw against Everton ain't a bad result and with other loosing it's another point gained over our rivals.

Have to say Cazorla was way off the pace and has looked that way a lot recently crazy to think I probably wouldnt have him in my starting 11 right now given how immense he was last season.


Is it worth reading back through the thread or should I avoid?

Hope Feardark isn't perma banned.

He's been muck to watch some games. Yesterday was probable his worst this season in my books. First touch yesterday wasn't even there. Seems like a man struggling with confidence.

shano_88

Definitely agree about Cazorla. out of form and confidence and the problem is he doesn't offer much defensively when hes not at his creative best.

I wouldnt play him at Napoli or City. I think Rosicky has been very good this season and surely Walcott will start at least one of those games. Great option off the bench aswell. Hopefully see Podolski back aswell this week.

Frank Garrett

tayto lover wrote: »

Ok. How do you find the ban list?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/banlist.php

.jacksparrow.

Pen.Island wrote: »

He's sitebanned I think. For a month, as seen on the ban list.

What did he do?

Maire2009

HazDanz wrote: »

He's been muck to watch some games. Yesterday was probable his worst this season in my books. First touch yesterday wasn't even there. Seems like a man struggling with confidence.

I'd had him on the bench against Napoli and go with Walcott - they'll have to come forward, leaving space at the back, we nick a goal, they give up, we nick another - Santi comes on to lots of space, gets his confidence back and on we go from there - that is how I want Wednesday to go

I think there is a bit of a Rooney about Santi, in terms of he tries too hard when things aren't going right, gets frustrated, makes the wrong decisions and snaps at chances. Hopefully it'll come full circle and we'll get last season's magician back.

emergingstar

Can't wait for Saturday morning team I would play against city

Secz

Sanga mert. Kos. Monreal
Arteta. Flamini
Walcott. Ozil. Ramsey
Giroud

emergingstar

emergingstar wrote: »

Can't wait for Saturday morning team I would play against city

Secz

Sanga mert. Kos. Monreal
Arteta. Flamini
Walcott. Ozil. Ramsey
Giroud

Will Sagna be fit?

emergingstar

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Will Sagna be fit?

Yep think he misses tonight and returns Saturday

I hope so, I think Jenks is ok but in the big games I want sagna there

Frisbee

We have to rotate over the next two games. The thoughts of the Chelsea game after that shouldn't really come into consideration considering there's a 9 day gap between that and the City game.

Napoli:

---

Szcz

---

Jenk

---

Kos

---

Per----Monreal

---

Flamini----Arteta

---

Walcott

---

Ozil

---

Rosicky

---

Bendtner

---

City:

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Szcz

---

Sagna

---

Kos

---

Per----Gibbs

---

Flamini----Arteta

---

Ozil

---

Ramsey

---

Cazorla (positions aren't really relevant here as they all tend to switch around anyway)

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Giroud

---

Ed Winchester

I'd start Rosicky ahead of Santi against City.

I'd play Cazorla against Napoli and see if he can find some form.

Mickeroo

Frisbee wrote: »

We have to rotate over the next two games. The thoughts of the Chelsea game after that shouldn't really come into consideration considering there's a 9 day gap between that and the City game.

Napoli:

---

Szcz

---

Jenk

---

Kos

---

Per----Monreal

---

Flamini----Arteta

---

Walcott

---

Ozil

---

Rosicky

---

Bendtner

---

City:

---

Szcz

---

Sagna

---

Kos

---

Per----Gibbs

---

Flamini----Arteta

---

Ozil

---

Ramsey

---

Cazorla (positions aren't really relevant here as they all tend to switch around anyway)

---

Giroud

---

I agree, even Bendtner starting against Napoli that team should have enough to beat them, or throw on Giroud for the last half an hour if we're struggling.

I'd probably start Theo in both matches though at the expense of Cazorla.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Sagna is out of the City game too apparently.

Beasty

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

What did he do?

He has a month's site-ban. He can discuss it in Prison if he likes. However bans and other Mod/Admin actions should never be discussed in the main forums - that is only permitted in the Dispute Resolution, Prison and Help Desk forums

Thanks

Agueroooo

Liverpool will then host Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday, February 8, as planned. However, kick-off in this match has been changed to 12.45pm and the game will now be live on BT Sport.

.

Jaafa

Vieria reckons we've no leaders and can't win the league. :rolleyes:
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/12/10/4467630/leaderless-arsenal-cant-win-ugly-says-vieira?ICID=CP_94

Nemeses2050

Jaafa wrote: »

Vieria reckons we've no leaders and can't win the league. :rolleyes:
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/12/10/4467630/leaderless-arsenal-cant-win-ugly-says-vieira?ICID=CP_94

As much as I liked him during his playing days, he is another bitter sod.

Pierce_1991

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

As much as I liked him during his playing days, he is another bitter sod.

Why is he bitter? He just says he doesn't think we'll win the league. Lots of people share that opinion, including many arsenal fans like myself.

greendom

Ed Winchester wrote: »

I'd start Rosicky ahead of Santi against City.

I'd play Cazorla against Napoli and see if he can find some form.

Yes Ozil could do with a rest tomorrow. I'd even contemplate putting Bendtner up front and leaving Giroux on the bench. As long as we keep solid defensively we should be ok.