Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Drexel

dfbemt wrote: »

Another disaster - Bendtner is back :eek: Was on the bench for the Stoke game, could start tomorrow night

Someone said it earlier that they were excited about him being back! I have to admit I am a little bit too! This is his last chance to make something decent of his career and it will be interesting to see if he steps up.

If he performs as we are all expecting what type of club can he expect to sign for in the summer?

He'd be doing well if a German or Italian mid table club took a chance on him I reckon.

cathalio11

dfbemt wrote: »

Another disaster - Bendtner is back :eek: Was on the bench for the Stoke game, could start tomorrow night

Great news for Paddy Power.

wandatowell

If Big Game Bendtner plays and he bursts his ass and works hard I can him playing his way back into the club.

Its his only chance of getting a big contract next season.

bad2dabone

If bendy is serious about getting in shape and doing a job we'll accept him into the fold.

There's a lot of flamini love at the moment and bendtner should take him as an example.

dfbemt

bad2dabone wrote: »

There's a lot of flamini love at the moment

Flamini love +1

A fantastic signing, nearly as good as Ozil (I know, I know), for the experience and mindset that he brings back to the club.

Happy to have Flamini see out the last years of his career with us.

tayto lover

A friend of mine in London has just told me that Ramsey has a thigh injury and is having a scan tomorrow. Hope he's joking. We have more than enough injuries as it is. :mad:

Anyone hear this?

dfbemt

NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

cathalio11

tayto lover wrote: »

A friend of mine in London has just told me that Ramsey has a thigh injury and is having a scan tomorrow. Hope he's joking. We have more than enough injuries as it is. :mad:

Anyone hear this?

NO I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

STOPPPPP

It would put us back on top of the injury table.

gnfnrhead

Anyone still thinking we should play a strong side now?

We should revert to the old way of doing it. Reserves, Youth's and players needing games all the way. Absolutely no need to risk first choice players.

I dont know the younger players as well as I used to since we no longer treat the League Cup as we used to. Used to be a great indicator of who to keep an eye on.

dfbemt

Interesting how the Germans see us after we signed Ozil

Below is from Bild, the German tabloid. I wonder will our new club crest catch on?

http://www.bild.de/bild-plus/sport/fussball/fc-arsenal/so-deutsch-ist-der-oezil-klub-32515238,view=conversionToLogin.bild.html

Maire2009

I'd be hoping for something like this tomorrow night:

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Fabianski

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Jenkinson

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Hayden

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Vermaelen

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Monreal

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Flamini

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Gnabry

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Eisfeld

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Miyachi

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Park

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Bendtner

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Mixture of first teamers, youth players and those who are playing for any hope of a decent career. Maybe Akpom in for Park. Should give this game a good go but not risk players. Would think Flamini might get a run out with Arteta returning to fitness.

cathalio11

My prediction for tomorrow night:

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Viviano

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Jenkinson

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Mertesacker----Vermaelen----Monreal

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Flamini

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Arteta

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Gnabry

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Ozil (Or young guy)

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Myaichi

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Bendtner

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gnfnrhead

I'll be shocked if Ozil is even on the bench.

bad2dabone

Where is Park these days
?

Maire2009

bad2dabone wrote: »

Where is Park these days
?

Trained with the squad today so probably will be included if only on the bench tomorrow night.

cathalio11

bad2dabone wrote: »

Where is Park these days
?

Currently training with the 1st team.

http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/scaled/768x1000/sep_13/zp_181799210_SM_1852_5_9CFAA50_5999.jpg

bad2dabone

Well there he is! Might get some decent odds on a Park hattrick

Gringo180

Anybody looking forward to seeing Viviano in goal tomorrow, he has slipped under the radar a bit with the signing of Ozil and to a lesser extent Flamini, it will be interesting to see how he does as Chesneys decision making does not inspire me with any confidence whatsoever.

Gus99

cathalio11 wrote: »

My prediction for tomorrow night:

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Viviano

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Jenkinson

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Mertesacker----Vermaelen----Monreal

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Flamini

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Arteta

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Gnabry

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Ozil (Or young guy)

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Myaichi

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Bendtner

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I could well see this (maybe Frimpong for Flamini, with Flamini to replace Arteta when he tires). Strong CB pairing, as we are away to a Premier League side. If we play 4 non-first-teamers up front, could be toothless - so Ozil could indeed start. If not, would think he will be on the bench given the squad training pictures on the Arsenal site

Gringo180

We cant be having Ozil start lads I reckon give him the night off, he is a key player for us so it would be devastating seeing him pick up an injury in what is a game that really isn't high on our priorities. Its interesting to see a lot of people picking Gnabry on the wing in there teams, he is seen to better effect playing in the attacking midfield role, that's were he plays for the German U21s.

My team for tomorrow night would be
Gk Viviano
Rb Jenks
Cb Mert
Cb Verm
Lb Monreal
Rw Ryo
Cm Flamini
Cm Arteta
AttMid Gnarby
Lw Gibbs
Cf Bendtner

cathalio11

Nice team above. Wouldn't play Gibbs LW though.

Just for fitness reasons. Quite an injury prone player.

Irish Aris

cathalio11 wrote: »

Nice team above. Wouldn't play Gibbs LW though.

Just for fitness reasons. Quite an injury prone player.

My thought exactly. Other than that I would be OK with that team.
Very bad chain of injuries. Obviously bad luck that happened all together, it does make me wonder though, if there something wrong with the training system. . .

cathalio11

Irish Aris wrote: »

My thought exactly. Other than that I would be OK with that team.
Very bad chain of injuries. Obviously bad luck that happened all together, it does make me wonder though, if there something wrong with the training system. . .

I think it's mainly luck. Last season we were almost perfect regarding injuries. No big issues.

An argument can be made that they train players harder than many other clubs which has it's clear advantages and clear disadvantages.

Who knows.

Gringo180

Irish Aris wrote: »

My thought exactly. Other than that I would be OK with that team.
Very bad chain of injuries. Obviously bad luck that happened all together, it does make me wonder though, if there something wrong with the training system. . .

Conditioning training would be the main cause of our injuries, do we have a rugby conditioning trainer or was I hearing things

shano_88

Viviano
Jenkinson Mert Vermaelen Monreal
Flamini Frimpong
Ryo Arteta Gnabry
Bendtner

Im expecting to see something like that. Id prefer to see Mert rested but cant really see for who. I saw some people putting Jenks in centre back but I cannot see Wenger doing that. He will go for a stronger team that many in here expect imo.

Katunga

Gringo180 wrote: »

Conditioning training would be the main cause of our injuries, do we have a rugby conditioning trainer or was I hearing things

it's true Jerry Flannery is with the club.

Katunga

Katunga wrote: »

it's true Jerry Flannery is with the club.

Only since this summer I think?

bad2dabone

11 Minutes of happiness.

12gauge dave

Lads ive missed last few games due to work and lack of internet connection how is the team playing in general how is ozil reacting to pace of premiership i seen he has a a few assists already? Everyone is talking about ramsey for the right reasons at last is there a huge improvment in his game?
One of the lads says flamini was brilliant sunday?

gnfnrhead

In regards to our need for another striker, would we have any chance of Hernandez from United? Instead of Rooney. Hernandez is younger, cheaper, on a much lower wage and likely wouldnt be as hard to manage. For some reason, he rarely gets a game but whenever he does play, he plays very well. He is more than capable of scoring too, just under a goal every two appearances for United. If we're looking for a striker (and we should be) he and Suarez would be my first choices.

12gauge dave

12gauge dave wrote: »

Lads ive missed last few games due to work and lack of internet connection how is the team playing in general how is ozil reacting to pace of premiership i seen he has a a few assists already? Everyone is talking about ramsey for the right reasons at last is there a huge improvment in his game?
One of the lads says flamini was brilliant sunday?

Get Kagawa while we're at it. :pac:

Soups123

Don't suppose this is on TV tonight?

Awesomeness

Soups123 wrote: »

Don't suppose this is on TV tonight?

No but there should be a few recepies for it. Al jazeera are showing it

EuropeanSon

12gauge dave wrote: »

Lads ive missed last few games due to work and lack of internet connection how is the team playing in general how is ozil reacting to pace of premiership i seen he has a a few assists already? Everyone is talking about ramsey for the right reasons at last is there a huge improvment in his game?
One of the lads says flamini was brilliant sunday?

Ramsay is playing like he did at the end of last season, except he's scoring too. Top class in every game.

Ozil was excellent against Sunderland, ran the show, and less good (but still good) from open play in the other two games but put in some great balls against Stoke for the assists. Flamini has been great, brings great drive and energy to the team.

Hyzepher

bad2dabone wrote: »

11 Minutes of happiness.

Funny to see Arteta and Flamini now on the same team and the only players that remain from that game.

Evil_Clown

Squad for Tonight:

4 Per Mertesacker
5 Thomas Vermaelen
8 Mikel Arteta
13 Emiliano Viviano
17 Nacho Monreal
20 Mathieu Flamini
21 Lukasz Fabianski
23 Nicklas Bendtner
25 Carl Jenkinson
30 Ju-Young Park
31 Ryo
37 Chuba Akpom
40 Hector Bellerin
42 Thomas Eisfeld
44 Serge Gnabry
45 Isaac Hayden
53 Kristoffer Olsson
60 Alex Iwobi

Evil_Clown

From that my team would be:

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Viviano

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Jenks--Mert--TV--Nacho

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Flamini--Arteta----
Eisfeld---Gnabry---Ryo

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GSTEL

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Looks like Bendtner has changed his squad number to 23
Is Frimpong injured?

Pepe LeFrits

Judging by his comments the other day, Wenger will go with Fabianski in goal.

Pepe LeFrits

Evil_Clown wrote: »

60 Alex Iwobi

Okocha's nephew, heh!

djan

Jan Vertongen brings a whole new level of last ditch defending. When still only 1-0 to Spurs vs Villa.

On a more related note hopefully tonight we will see Viviano and a nice mix of youth and experience.

bad2dabone

can't believe it wasnt a penalty and a red.

Mickeroo

Evil_Clown wrote: »

Squad for Tonight:

4 Per Mertesacker
5 Thomas Vermaelen
8 Mikel Arteta
13 Emiliano Viviano
17 Nacho Monreal
20 Mathieu Flamini
21 Lukasz Fabianski
23 Nicklas Bendtner
25 Carl Jenkinson
30 Ju-Young Park
31 Ryo
37 Chuba Akpom
40 Hector Bellerin
42 Thomas Eisfeld
44 Serge Gnabry
45 Isaac Hayden
53 Kristoffer Olsson
60 Alex Iwobi

Glad to see most of our key players absent. Would like to see Park get a run out. Surely Gnabry will start. Shame Zelalem isn't fit.

Jaafa

I'm calling it now, Bendtner is going to surprise us all.

wawaman

Jaafa wrote: »

I'm calling it now, Bendtner is going to surprise us all.

Have you seen his hair do !!? In fairness if he gets his head together he could be a decent back up until we can get someone alot better in

Quazzie

Evil_Clown wrote: »

From that my team would be:

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Viviano

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Jenks--Mert--TV--Nacho

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Flamini--Arteta----
Eisfeld---Gnabry---Ryo

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GSTEV

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Looks like Bendtner has changed his squad number to 23
Is Frimpong injured?

I might be missing a joke here but who is GSTEV?

Pepe LeFrits

I'm guessing it's something like Greatest Striker That Ever...

vanished?
voted?
volunteered?
vacillated?
ventilated?

EuropeanSon

Quazzie wrote: »

I might be missing a joke here but who is GSTEV?

I think it's meant to be TGSTEL- The Greatest Striker That Ever Lived

Pepe LeFrits

I prefer Qui Gon myself.

imtdub

wawaman wrote: »

Have you seen his hair do !!? In fairness if he gets his head together he could be a decent back up until we can get someone alot better in

looks like a Japanese samurai, hopefully he is ready for a fight