Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

jester77

Özil peno

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Faroe Islands 0 Arsenal 2

AdamD

Looper007 wrote: »

Wilshire had a stinker. He's off now.

Getting dogs abuse for it too. Should see all of the comments on bbc about him being over rated, from the same set of fans who wanked over him after the Brazil game.

Marty McFly

AdamD wrote: »

Getting dogs abuse for it too. Should see all of the comments on bbc about him being over rated, from the same set of fans who wanked over him after the Brazil game.

That's English football fans for ya will build there own players up to the max proclaiming them the best and the very next week hound them and make there life a living hell saying there crap.

Maire2009

Theo actually stayed on after that tackled and was only replaced with a few mins to go - hopefully he'll be okay.

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AdamD wrote: »

Getting dogs abuse for it too. Should see all of the comments on bbc about him being over rated, from the same set of fans who wanked over him after the Brazil game.

Were they giving out as much about St. Gerrard and St. Lampard as well? Doubt it :rolleyes:

Gringo180

Ozil is okay and I just got up a 6 team accumalator worth 600 blips, think ill go watch us v Norwich in a few weeks with the missis

Maire2009

BFG tweets Poldi after the game

emergingstar

Finally the build up to
Proper football Is back

I see jack is going through his "Ramsey" season. Lets stick with him the boy is gonna be world class

kronsington

so we're heavily linked with free agent ciprian marica, formerly of schalke. he's an established romanian international striker and we were linked with him earlier in the summer as well. he's been linked with inter, shahktar and lazio as well. what do you think? bring him as as we're very short up front? get him in for the season? obviously we wanted other players before the window shut but we may as well get him in now. is it right to say that the loan window is still open? if so, are there any other loan options or free agents we could get in? whats kanu up to these days?

wawaman

kronsington wrote: »

whats kanu up to these days?

Just recently celebrated his 30th birthday

Mr Blobby

We should have got Remy on loan from QPR.

I'm guessing the sexual assault charges put Wenger off.

Marty McFly

In all honesty I think were good, as in yeh we could do with better options but is this Murcia fella better than the options we already have?

As it is I doubt Bendtner will get much of a look in and do we really want to add more deadwood again after shifting out so much during the summer.

Alfred Borden

Marty McFly wrote: »

In all honesty I think were good, as in yeh we could do with better options but is this Murcia fella better than the options we already have?

As it is I doubt Bendtner will get much of a look in and do we really want to add more deadwood again after shifting out so much during the summer.

One year incentive driven contract, might work hard in cup games and provide good backup in europe and the league. If he plays good, its a bonus and he gets a better deal next summer, if he plays bad, its a small lose to none at all.

Godge

kronsington wrote: »

so we're heavily linked with free agent ciprian marica, formerly of schalke. he's an established romanian international striker and we were linked with him earlier in the summer as well. he's been linked with inter, shahktar and lazio as well. what do you think? bring him as as we're very short up front? get him in for the season? obviously we wanted other players before the window shut but we may as well get him in now. is it right to say that the loan window is still open? if so, are there any other loan options or free agents we could get in? whats kanu up to these days?

Is there a space in the 25-man squad? No use just having him for Capital-One Cup games, might as well give Akpom a game.

Maire2009

emergingstar wrote: »

Finally the build up to
Proper football Is back

I see jack is going through his "Ramsey" season. Lets stick with him the boy is gonna be world class

With Ramsey now showing what he really is all about and Ozil available as well as Cazorla hopefully the pressure will be off Jack. Of course there is the other pressure that he'll have to fight for his spot, but that's the good sort of pressure imo not the "carry the team" sort

I'm going to the Norwich & Dortmund games by the by \0/

wonga77

I cant wait for the weekend!

Radharc na Sleibhte

Stuart Pearce really hates us the useless hasbeen/neverwas:

Why can't he just love us. Sad face.:

The Football Association has slammed Stuart Pearce for his decision to criticise players' attitudes towards the England Under-21s.
Pearce, who was dismissed as Under-21 manager after the side lost all three of their group games at the 2013 European Championship in Israel, accused players including Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Manchester United defender Phil Jones of "apathy".
But a response from the governing body read: "The FA are disappointed with the comments of Stuart Pearce with regard to squad selection this summer.
"Squads were selected for the summer tournaments and decided upon by the coaching staff, including Stuart Pearce. The players were then advised accordingly which squads they were in. It is unfair to criticise individual players.
"All selections were management decisions and were not taken by individual players."
Pearce was frustrated to be without a raft of players who had experience with the senior squad for the tournament in Israel and acknowledged he was always up against it after being forced to select an under-strength squad.
He said on Sky Sports News: "In our wildest dreams, do you honestly think that England or any nation in the world can turn up at a major tournament without six or seven...I think there were eight players with senior international caps that didn't actually come who could have played for the Under-21s this summer.
"The odd one was injury. Apathy played a big part in it. The Oxlade-Chamberlains of this world, the Phil Joneses... If they didn't want to come... Once they go through the golden ivory towers of the seniors, they don't want to come and play in the Under-21s any more.
"There's no nation in the world that could suffer that. However we solve that - if it's a case of stopping players going into the seniors because they don't want to step down - like the Spanish boys do, and they're happy to do so... Our boys, for whatever reason - the powers, the Premier League, the finance they get at such a young age, the lack of real passion to play for your country - no matter what... we have to solve that problem."
Pearce also expressed his disappointment at Gareth Bale for pulling out of his Great Britain Olympic squad last year and cited the example of Arsenal duo Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere, who are England regulars, but have little tournament experience.

Pepe LeFrits

Pay no attention, he's an imbecile.

Alfred Borden

Dennis Bergkamp's book out the 26th, cannot wait!!

tayto lover

Anyone have an update on injuries. Rosicky etc please.

batistuta9

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone have an update on injuries. Rosicky etc please.

haven't seen anything new, i think there should be an update on the website tomorrow

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frimpong :pac:

Pierce_1991

Raf32 wrote: »

Dennis Bergkamp's book out the 26th, cannot wait!!

Didn't realise he had one coming out, should be very interesting!

keano_afc

Pierce_1991 wrote: »

Didn't realise he had one coming out, should be very interesting!

I wonder if Bergkamp is afraid his book might fly off the shelves.

greendom

I'm hearing that Rosicky is definitely out but that everyone else should be ok

Fuzzy_Dunlop

greendom wrote: »

I'm hearing that Rosicky is definitely out but that everyone else should be ok

Looks like Ozil is set to start anyway

bad2dabone

Really looking forward to seeing Ozil.
And you know what I’m delighted with reports that Vermaelen has started running again.

Last year without a doubt he was dreadful and made some glaring individual mistakes, which directly cost us goals. Quite rightly dropped but he’s sure to be pushing hard and that’s only a good thing for the squad.

Alfred Borden

doesnt even look like a professional footballer
http://instagram.com/p/eKISKeA_qH/

jester77

Raf32 wrote: »

doesnt even look like a professional footballer
http://instagram.com/p/eKISKeA_qH/

The lad has a bigger gut than me :eek:

Surely Arsenal must take some responsibility here. As a professional footballer earning the salary he does, there should be some minimum standard that they have to adhere to.

Alfred Borden

Ozil: 'Of course [we can challenge for the title]. This is one of the biggest clubs in the world'
I love him already!

Alfred Borden

jester77 wrote: »

The lad has a bigger gut than me :eek:

Surely Arsenal must take some responsibility here. As a professional footballer earning the salary he does, there should be some minimum standard that they have to adhere to.

Yup its a disgrace to be honest, flick through his twitter photos there, him smoking, drinking, he is a joke lol!
https://twitter.com/bendtnerb52

jester77

Raf32 wrote: »

Yup its a disgrace to be honest, flick through his twitter photos there, him smoking, drinking, he is a joke lol!
https://twitter.com/bendtnerb52

Yeah, just saw that one with Snoop Dog, hope he was just quoting a Snoop Dog song, otherwise he's a serious fool.

Bendtner wrote:

So what we get drunk #so what we smoke weed #we are just having fun #thats how its supposed to be #living young and wild and free! Big snoop doog

Alfred Borden

Ozil: "I did not get the respect & the trust (at Madrid). It was difficult. When I talked to Arsene on the phone, he was full of respect."
Wenger has still got it, respected by everyone in football, keep giving him the money and we will be back on top in no time.

Mickeroo

jester77 wrote: »

The lad has a bigger gut than me :eek:

Surely Arsenal must take some responsibility here. As a professional footballer earning the salary he does, there should be some minimum standard that they have to adhere to.

Hah, he says in the comments it's just the way his t-shirt is ballooning out a bit

jester77

Mickeroo wrote: »

Hah, he says in the comments it's just the way his t-shirt is ballooning out a bit

LOL, you only need to follow the curve of his waistband to see that he is full of it [/pun]

L'prof

Mickeroo wrote: »

Hah, he says in the comments it's just the way his t-shirt is ballooning out a bit

I think it is to be honest. He has a few other pictures from recently any he's still trim. When I saw the picture I was a bit shocked though!

Actually, just found an official picture!!!



Here's the instagram pic for anybody who hasn't seen it.

Gringo180

Cant wait to see Ozil lads, its great to say we have the best attacking midfielder in the league, Giroud, Cazorla and Walcott are going to score alot more goals with this lad in the team, a special special player

FearDark

I don't know, I'd be pretty happy with Bendtner's waistline!

Alfred Borden

tayto lover

Raf32 wrote: »

Yup its a disgrace to be honest, flick through his twitter photos there, him smoking, drinking, he is a joke lol!
https://twitter.com/bendtnerb52

There should be a clause on his contract that he remains fully fit and he breaks it and gets no pay if he's not.
Can't understand some of the contracts feckers like B52 have. All one sided.

gnfnrhead

Costa Rica qualified for the World Cup meaning Joel Campbell is on his way to Brazil next summer. Hopefully he does well and can do a job for us next season.

emergingstar

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Costa Rica qualified for the World Cup meaning Joel Campbell is on his way to Brazil next summer. Hopefully he does well and can do a job for us next season.

Don't no why we let him go, surely he is better than sangoo

dvemail

FIFA 14 celebration.
How real men celebrate.

EuropeanSon

emergingstar wrote: »

Don't no why we let him go, surely he is better than sangoo

Why would you assume that?

I don't know much about either tbh, I've seen a few minutes of Sanogo, and a few highlight videos of Campbell, but nothing I'd form an opinion from.

tayto lover

Jesus the tickets for the Cat "A" games are some price now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562

The most expensive ticket in English football remains at Arsenal, where a category A adult match-day ticket can cost up to £126.

No wonder our "away" fans are much noisier. They can't afford the home games.

the untitled user

I don't know why people are so quick to write off Sanogo. He did nothing wrong in the appearances his made. The only thing that was obvious is that when we get into dangerous positions he's not sure where to run, that's just his inexperience coupled with moving to a new team.

Case in point being his involvement in Ramsey's second against Fenerbache. His contribution showed real signs of intelligence. He did the bit in the middle of the park well, came short to link up play and helped create the opening for Gibbs to break. Problem was that when he ran to join the attack in the box he started on running into the exact same space Ramsey was making for and had to check it. He just wasn't sure on what space he should be occupying, (possibly because he's not used to midfielders being so high up the pitch?).

This uncertainty was his undoing in most of his appearances so far. He simply isn't comfortable with the system we play yet. But, while he's obviously a bit raw in places given his age, there weren't any signs with which to write off his ability yet.

tl;dr: Sanogo looks a quite an intelligent player, but uncertain of how he fits into the team. He could be a very valuable asset to us later in the season once he's bedded in a bit better.

Irish Aris

excitement really building up now.
I'd be out all day Saturday, so I'll pop in the Woolshed for the game. Few times I've watched a game there, we've never lost (although I do recall a draw with Liverpool), so here's hoping the good luck continues.

emergingstar

Verm is back in the squad for tomorrow

I have a sneaky feeling him and kos will finish the season as our first choice CBs

bad2dabone

Just looking at our PL fixtures for Sept/Oct up to November 2nd when we play Liverpool we have a run of games that I’d be expecting us to win:

Tomorrow: away to Sunderland
Sat 22nd: home to Stoke
Sat 28th: Away to Swansea
Sat Oct 6th: Away to West Brom
Sat 19th: Home to Norwich
Sat 26th: Away to Crystal Palace

And then as I said on Nov 2nd home to Liverpool which I’d also be expecting us to win if we realistically wish to push on this season.

golfball37

He has good taste anyway !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2415392/Mesut-Ozil-chased-ex-Miss-Venezuela-Aida-Yespica-offloaded-Real-Madrid.html