Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Drexel

tayto lover wrote: »

Vincent Tan wearing his polo-neck trousers again

He's a great Bond villan

bad2dabone

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wandatowell

3 points today, delighted.

tayto lover

Yahoo. Still on top

astonaidan

Bendtner!!! Told ye guys he was class

dvemail

And Breath....

Maire2009

That was a hard fought win and the lads stayed at it until the end. We're really liking being top and are fighting like hell to stay there.

Wilshere had a great game, and today also showed why we need Giroud - Podolski just can't hold up the ball like he does. Crucial goal by Bendtner and a neat finish from Walcott - I went from suicidal to elated in the space of 5 mins

Gringo180

Amazing win there especially snatching it at the end. Bendtner scoring vital goals kinda reminds me when we won it in 98 when Christopher Wreh was scoring and winning us games when he wasnt a regular starter. Have a great feeling about this season lads COME ON YOU GUNNERS!

HazDanz

Walcott was excellent today

cathalio11

Not the first time Bendtner has come on and put in a solid performance.

He was a lot more useful up top than Podolski. Not exactly like Giroud but similar enough in holding the ball up.

dvemail

Besides the goal i actually though Bendtner played pretty well.
Also think we may be seeing Wilshere rediscover some of his old form again. Was very good out there today.

bad2dabone

must say i always knew we'd win two nil with goals from bendy and walcott and i didn't panic at all. at all.

emergingstar

Never ever ever want too see podolski up top again

bad2dabone

emergingstar wrote: »

Never ever ever want too see podolski up top again

our game doesn't suit him in that position. I do like him as our left wing forward though. but he doesn't have the ability to hold up the ball like Giroud, or the discipline to hold the line.
I still love the bloke, but he's not a CF that suits us.

dvemail

Why haven't we got Rosicky signing a new contract yet. He is just way too good to let go.

cathalio11

Kudos to the club for trolling the world by letting Sagna take a free-kick.

What in the holy name of God did anybody think we would achieve from that?

Mickeroo

bad2dabone wrote: »

our game doesn't suit him in that position. I do like him as our left wing forward though. but he doesn't have the ability to hold up the ball like Giroud, or the discipline to hold the line.
I still love the bloke, but he's not a CF that suits us.

He needs someone in there holding the ball up and creating the space for him. Giroud was a big part of why he looked so lethal against West Ham and I reckon he would have been better today if he had started on the left with Bendtner in the middle.

Spanish Johnny

bad2dabone wrote: »

our game doesn't suit him in that position. I do like him as our left wing forward though. but he doesn't have the ability to hold up the ball like Giroud, or the discipline to hold the line.
I still love the bloke, but he's not a CF that suits us.

Ya big fan of Podolski too but in his correct position. Even Theo is a better option up top.

Call Me Jimmy

BENDTNER IN!

MaxPower89

Poldi is better at coming onto the ball from a lay off or shooting/crossing from the LHS, hopefully Bendtner isnt out for too long.

Where are the 'I don't want to see him in an Arsenal shirt ever again' brigade now?

Alfred Borden

extra gravy

Looks like he might have gone over on his ankle on landing after the goal? Nearly twisted my own after leaping off the couch when he scored

bad2dabone

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

BENDTNER IN!

hes scored more goals this year than rvp, rooney, messi, cavani, ronaldo, and zlatan combined.

cathalio11

Let's snip out the City and Everton game.

Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea
West Ham 1-3 Arsenal
Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 2-0 Cardiff

Very, very fine string of results.

Only 1 goal conceded in 4 games too. Although not only was the goal scored by West Ham, it was scored by Carlton Cole; which really diminishes any clean sheet we get for a long, long time.

cathalio11

MaxPower89 wrote: »

Poldi is better at coming onto the ball from a lay off or shooting/crossing from the LHS, hopefully Bendtner isnt out for too long.

Where are the 'I don't want to see him in an Arsenal shirt ever again' brigade now?

Honestly, we're all culprits to many ill judgements.

Myself, I've always liked Bendtner, always liked Giroud and always have had trust in Wenger even after the Villa game.
But last season although I wasn't vocal about it, I felt it was a disgrace that Ramsey was wearing an Arsenal shirt. I thought he was pathetic and I couldn't be more happy to be proven wrong this season.

We could create a new gospel with all the quotes of hate people have had for some Arsenal players but at the end of the day, even the least vocal of us have a lot of opinions that are eventually completely proven wrong.

You're right about Podolski, there. That quality is especially evident when he plays on the left wing as well which is great.

dvemail

Wenger said Bendtner definitely out for Saturdays clash against Sp*rs.
So that's no Bendtner or Giroud. Who are we going to play up front because we can't go Poldi again?

Gringo180

When Nicholas Bendtner went to Paris, the Eiffel Tower had its picture taken with him.

Maire2009

BFG did what we all did when Nikki B's goal went in

cathalio11

Maire2009 wrote: »

BFG did what we all did when Nikki B's goal went in

Get an erection?

gandalf

Ouch Bendys ankle was done by the Cardiff Keeper, picture posted by Arseblog on Twitter

dvemail

Ouch, such a shame. Because of that now Giroud could be rushed back for the Saturday clash.

emergingstar

I fully expect a striker in before villa away

Maire2009

cathalio11 wrote: »

Get an erection?

If that's where your eyes went first



Respect!

extra gravy

Maire2009 wrote: »

If that's where your eyes went first



Respect!

You'd think Kos could have buttoned his pants up! Hope Poldi invites Schumacher to the Emirates when he recovers.

Gringo180

I absolutely love Mertesacker. Wears his heart on his sleeve you can see he genuinely loves the club.

Galvasean

Ramsey 13 (8)
Giroud 11 (8)
Walcott 6 (5)
Ozil 5 (4)
Wilshere 4 (2)
Podolski 3 (3)
Mertesacker 2 (2)
Bendtner 2 (2)
Flamini 1 (1)
Cazorla 1 (1)
Arteta 1 (1)
Gnabry 1 (1)
Eisfeld 1 (0)
Sagna 1 (1)
Gibbs 1 (0)

Bendtner has more 2014 goals than Messi, Ronaldo, Man United and Tottenham combined.

cathalio11

Galvasean wrote: »

Bendtner has more 2014 goals than Messi, Ronaldo, Man United and Tottenham combined.

Jynxed.

Galvasean

Yup. Tempted faith so I did.

dvemail

Nice goal by Chuks Aneke on loan at Crewe.

tayto lover

Today proves for once and for all that there are no easy teams to be taken for granted in the EPL.
You have to approach every game in the right frame of mind or you will suffer.
We had to work very hard today and fair play to the team they fought.
Last season we gave up in some games like that especially the first two against Stoke and Sunderland.
We now have that winning mentality hopefully.

emergingstar

tayto lover wrote: »

Today proves for once and for all that there are no easy teams to be taken for granted in the EPL.
You have to approach every game in the right frame of mind or you will suffer.
We had to work very hard today and fair play to the team they fought.
Last season we gave up in some games like that especially the first two against Stoke and Sunderland.
We now have that winning mentality hopefully.

I hope you remember this post about no easy games the next time we slip up and draw a game we all think we should win

tayto lover

emergingstar wrote: »

I hope you remember this post about no easy games the next time we slip up and draw a game we all think we should win

Maybe if you look back over my posts you will see that I have consistently said that we have to always focus and play our strongest team.
Nothing should be taken for granted in the EPL.
Shur United are losing at home to Spurs.

AdamD

Bendtner's got more goals from open play than Soldado

Spanish Johnny

Wenger might go in for Rooney now after that:pac:

Royale with Cheese

How on earth did Arsenal lose to that United team.

Green Hornet

Worth having a sneaky look into the Utd thread meltdown. It's just great.

.jacksparrow.

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

How on earth did Arsenal lose to that United team.

This.

wawaman

Green Hornet wrote: »

Worth having a sneaky look into the Utd thread meltdown. It's just great.

Thanks for the heads up, best laugh I've had this year !!!!;)

Irish Aris

Green Hornet wrote: »

Worth having a sneaky look into the Utd thread meltdown. It's just great.

Indeed. Can't blame them really. They were used to being on cloud nine for so long and the reality check now is becoming more difficult.

I saw an interesting statistic in the Utd forum, points won by the first 8 teams between each other.
(in brackets the home games)
City: 7(6) - 18
Everton: 7(4) - 12
Arsenal: 7(4) - 11
Newcastle: 7(3) - 10
Chelsea: 7(2) - 9
Liverpool: 7(1) - 8
Tottenham: 8(4) - 6
Utd: 8(5) - 5

It's impressive what City is doing in the home games. This could make the difference in the end, consistently winning home.

keano_afc

wawaman wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up, best laugh I've had this year !!!!;)

Good enough for them, they had to resort to cheating to try get a result against an average Spurs team. Their fans deserve everything the club is going through. Still hate them.