Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

extra gravy

Just starting Chapter 5, really enjoying so far. The insight into his time at Inter and his relationship with the manager and other players is very interesting.

batistuta9

extra gravy wrote: »

Just starting Chapter 5, really enjoying so far. The insight into his time at Inter and his relationship with the manager and other players is very interesting.

what do you think of the style it's in?

wandatowell

Deleted User wrote: »

Its Dennis Bergkamps book for god sake you dont just express delivery the great man....

I should have known the book would take ages to arrive, bloody things refuses to fly :cool:

extra gravy

batistuta9 wrote: »

what do you think of the style it's in?

I like the interview style and the way it switches back and forth between the narrative and the interview. The author is apparently an Arsenal fan, that must have been deliberate? This would make you think that he may not have been too objective during the whole process! What do you think of it yourself?

bad2dabone

I'm nearly finished it now. He's such a driven guy, classy. Love Bergkamp.

batistuta9

extra gravy wrote: »

I like the interview style and the way it switches back and forth between the narrative and the interview. The author is apparently an Arsenal fan, that must have been deliberate? This would make you think that he may not have been too objective during the whole process! What do you think of it yourself?

i haven't got it yet.
i just seen a review on amazon that was a bit critical of the style of it & it mentions it being done by an arsenal fan too and they said it feels like it. 3 stars they gave it

Good jaysus.

Just saw this,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI_-fQq-myc

How did Real let him go??? :eek::eek::eek:

Radharc na Sleibhte

batistuta9 wrote: »

it's far cheaper on amazon

hardcover £11.40 vs €27.50
softcover £8.99 vs €16.99

Sorry got a multibuy discount and free delivery.

gosplan

Kind of think the international break might be good for us in a way.

City, Utd and to a lesser extent Chelsea looking a bit disjointed and international matches for all their players will be the last thing they want.

.jacksparrow.

Sagna out for 2 weeks hopefully just misses the
west brom match.

Awesomeness

gosplan wrote: »

Kind of think the international break might be good for us in a way.

City, Utd and to a lesser extent Chelsea looking a bit disjointed and international matches for all their players will be the last thing they want.

If we can beat west brom and go into the break at top we will have santi back after and theo ox and poldi not far behind.

We will have some serious depth then and great bench options

batistuta9

remember during the summer when no one was bought, there were various people saying it was wenger - some of these have said it for a while - and others who'd just turned to thinking like that (the better ones on twitter) because of what they'd heard

well what was/is the story behind that, it was all supposed to be revealed

Awesomeness

batistuta9 wrote: »

remember during the summer when no one was bought, there were various people saying it was wenger - some of these have said it for a while - and others who'd just turned to thinking like that (the better ones on twitter) because of what they'd heard

well what was/is the story behind that, it was all supposed to be revealed

A pile of crap?



Honestly I believe it is just the way wenger is. He wont pay over the odds for someone. He paid a lot for Ozil because he thinks hes worth it.

I agree with the man

greendom

Transfers are difficult to achieve at the best of times. When you're trying to get the very best it is even more difficult. Maybe there is more to it than that, but I think most of the issues this Summer is related to this.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

batistuta9 wrote: »

remember during the summer when no one was bought, there were various people saying it was wenger - some of these have said it for a while - and others who'd just turned to thinking like that (the better ones on twitter) because of what they'd heard

well what was/is the story behind that, it was all supposed to be revealed

I'd say it was just him changing his mind on Higuain.

tayto lover

batistuta9 wrote: »

remember during the summer when no one was bought, there were various people saying it was wenger - some of these have said it for a while - and others who'd just turned to thinking like that (the better ones on twitter) because of what they'd heard

well what was/is the story behind that, it was all supposed to be revealed

Whoever it is does not matter too much BUT another striker should have been bought to cover Giroud. If anything happens to him we are in difficulties.

wandatowell

Radharc na Sleibhte wrote: »

Sorry got a multibuy discount and free delivery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuG3il7Bgo8

wandatowell

tayto lover wrote: »

Whoever it is does not matter too much BUT another striker should have been bought to cover Giroud. If anything happens to him we are in difficulties.

Hopefully we'll be so far ahead of Chelsea, Jose wont consider us league rivals and sell us Ba

MaxPower89

So young Jack was caught smoking behind the cinema by the grown ups? Now Mr. Wenger is to have a stern word... I hear he was just holding them for Wayne Rooney..

I wonder are they allowed to smoke, contract wise? I know a good few players smoke, but I didn't really have any Arsenal players down as smokers.

wandatowell

http://squawka.com/news/2013/10/02/mathieu-flamini-napoli/2013100223807


100% Tackle Success & 96% Pass Completion. Insane stats from the Flamini.

keano_afc

Legendary cult hero Nelson Vivas liked to smoke if I remember correctly.

Ed Winchester

keano_afc wrote: »

Legendary cult hero Nelson Vivas liked to smoke if I remember correctly.

Dickwad Gallas too.

Awesomeness

Pretty stupid from Jack . When you have got engines like flamini and rambo in midfield smoking is not gonna help you get ahead of them

emergingstar

Looking at our squad it's good to see for the next few seasons no major surgery is needed

Add 1 or 2 players each summed and it will see us there or there abouts each year

Gringo180

wandatowell wrote: »

My bird ordered it off amazon but wouldnt cough up for the express delivery. Still waiting.

Straight into the green wheelie bin with her

artvandelay48

Skylinehead wrote: »

....get TGSTEL :pac:

That would be great in an ironic way!

premierstone

Maire2009 wrote: »

As for his scoring, I remember a few seasons back Judas van Persie lashed out at him big time on the field for having a shot at goal instead of passing it to van "my little boy inside me dreams are dying" Persie who felt he should have been teed up.

Don't bottle them feelings up Marie, tell us how you really feel

TheCoolWay

Got the Bergkamp book today read the first chapter. He was named after Denis Law - from the horses mouth! Looks like I'll be naming my first son Aaron or Olivier if things continue for a few years!

Quazzie

TheCoolWay wrote: »

Got the Bergkamp book today read the first chapter. He was named after Denis Law - from the horses mouth! Looks like I'll be naming my first son Aaron or Olivier if things continue for a few years!

Yep, and his mother spelt his name wrong that's why it has 2 n's

Gringo180

Would Easons have the Bergkamp book in there shops now, may take a trek over tomorrow and pick it up.

TheCoolWay

TheCoolWay wrote: »

Got the Bergkamp book today read the first chapter. He was named after Denis Law - from the horses mouth! Looks like I'll be naming my first son Aaron or Olivier if things continue for a few years!

I wouldn't call my kid Aaron because there are a lot of retards who would say "Erin". I'm unfortunate enough to have a first name spelled in a different way than usual and a surname that I have to spell out, I'm not gonna burden my kids with a name that they have to always correct the pronunciation of :pac:

Gringo180

Cant wait to see the look on the missis face when she sees Arsene on the birthcert of our first born

TheCoolWay

TheCoolWay wrote: »

Got the Bergkamp book today read the first chapter. He was named after Denis Law - from the horses mouth! Looks like I'll be naming my first son Aaron or Olivier if things continue for a few years!

Or Mezut?

dfbemt

batistuta9 wrote: »

some news/rumours:

the club are preparing a 8mil a year, 3 year contract for wenger
while PSG are keeping a position open for him as general manager/director of football

Wenger will stay with us. I have no doubt about that.

He has put too much time and energy into this brand of football. He wants to see some trophies coming at the end of his career. When we win 3 Premier League titles, 2 FA Cups and a Champions League over the next 3 years then, and only then, will he consider leaving us. And even then I think he will retire rather than go to another club. Remember

extra gravy

Gringo180 wrote: »

Would Easons have the Bergkamp book in there shops now, may take a trek over tomorrow and pick it up.

Ya they had it in the day it was released so still should have plenty of copies left.

cathalio11

I have ZERO problems with Jenkinson starting ahead of Sagna today and Sagna missing international football.

Alfred Borden

cathalio11 wrote: »

I have ZERO problems with Jenkinson starting ahead of Sagna today and Sagna missing international football.

me either, would even like to see monreal start, rest gibbs and use the squad depth, two great lbs

Gringo180

Raf32 wrote: »

me either, would even like to see monreal start, rest gibbs and use the squad depth, two great lbs

We are blessed with full backs, Sagna been the best of them. I was over on the Utd thread last night and folk over there reckon Rafael is better than Sagna

tayto lover

cathalio11 wrote: »

I have ZERO problems with Jenkinson starting ahead of Sagna today and Sagna missing international football.

Hope he doesn't start today though.:D

Alfred Borden

Gringo180 wrote: »

We are blessed with full backs, Sagna been the best of them. I was over on the Utd thread last night and folk over there reckon Rafael is better than Sagna

not even close, sagna the second best behind zab tbh and that could go either way, dont rate any of uniteds full backs at all.

batistuta9

Awesomeness wrote: »

A pile of crap?



Honestly I believe it is just the way wenger is. He wont pay over the odds for someone. He paid a lot for Ozil because he thinks hes worth it.

I agree with the man

greendom wrote: »

Transfers are difficult to achieve at the best of times. When you're trying to get the very best it is even more difficult. Maybe there is more to it than that, but I think most of the issues this Summer is related to this.

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

I'd say it was just him changing his mind on Higuain.

it could be that, they were told the money was there & he wouldn't spend it

there seemed more to it though or as if it was happening a lot more than just with higuain

shano_88

I wouldn't rest Gibbs tomorrow. He has no international duty so don't see the point.

Skylinehead

Gringo180 wrote: »

We are blessed with full backs, Sagna been the best of them. I was over on the Utd thread last night and folk over there reckon Rafael is better than Sagna

Had a look there. I'd have Sagna over Rafael, yes, but Evra is still a better fullback than Gibbs. If Gibbs keeps it up, combined with Evra getting older, then you have a point but Evra was the best left back in the league last year.

batistuta9

tayto lover wrote: »

Whoever it is does not matter too much BUT another striker should have been bought to cover Giroud. If anything happens to him we are in difficulties.

yeah i suppose, Ba or someone like that would've been ideal for the year.

i wouldn't be on the side of buying someone just for the sake it, i think if/when a striker is signed he should be better than giroud & what else is at the club

on him getting injured, a lot of it would depend on the timing & length of it. At the minute it wouldn't be too good but if everyone's fits there's more than enough around to do a job there, the opposition would be a factor but arsenal would still have enough to beat a lot of teams

Leave Gibbs on, he'll have 2 weeks off. We should look to rotate a bit though, we should be able to make a few changes without much worry this weekend and go into the break on top.

Alfred Borden

Skylinehead wrote: »

Had a look there. I'd have Sagna over Rafael, yes, but Evra is still a better fullback than Gibbs. If Gibbs keeps it up, combined with Evra getting older, then you have a point but Evra was the best left back in the league last year.

no he wasnt, goals flattered him, he was utterly rubbish at defending last year imo.

AdamD

Evra and Sagna were both ****e last year

Rafael and Gibbs are better players.

bad2dabone

Happy invincible day gunners

Alfred Borden

Jan Aage Fjortoft ‏@JanAageFjortoft 3m
Arsenal and Bayern Munich tried to buy Lars Bender, but Bayer have said no.
But I understand his BuyOutClause is valid AFTER this season

To go back or not? Arteta is no spring chicken.

Marty McFly

batistuta9 wrote: »

it could be that, they were told the money was there & he wouldn't spend it

there seemed more to it though or as if it was happening a lot more than just with higuain

Yeh I think Wenger was hesitant to spend the cash available to him and we missed out on a few players because he wasn't budging on his own set valuation of them with some like AFCamden or Dean as he is now known getting a bit frustrated but also saying they would give him until the end of the transfer window to do something, which he did in the end.