Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Maire2009

2 now for Bendtner

This is a picture worthy moment:

AdamD

Hes only gone and given them the lead against Italy

tayto lover

Is Ramsey playing for Wales?
Can't find their starting line-up anywhere.

Maire2009

tayto lover wrote: »

Is Ramsey playing for Wales?
Can't find their starting line-up anywhere.

Yes he is. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24393705

Wales
01 Hennessey
02 Taylor
05 Gunter
06 Collins
03 John Booked
04 Vaughan
07 King
10 Ramsey
11 Robson-Kanu
08 Bellamy
09 Church

gnfnrhead

Mad to think Stokes was so highly rated when he was with us.

Maire2009

Ozil is such a special player AND OURS!!!!!

gnfnrhead

Ozil with a class finish.

tayto lover

Just saw that Ramsey missed a penalty.:mad:

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

Just saw that Ramsey missed a penalty.:mad:

shame about that but it was a penalty he earned and it was his assist for the Wales goal

dvemail

greendom wrote: »

shame about that but it was a penalty he earned and it was his assist for the Wales goal

Apparently he was MOTM too.

extra gravy

dvemail wrote: »

Apparently he was MOTM too.

It's becoming a habit

Maire2009

Just seen on Twitter Monreal came off at HT for Spain - not sure if tactical or forced.

dvemail

extra gravy wrote: »

It's becoming a habit

He looks chuffed.

extra gravy

extra gravy wrote: »

That Giroud lad is rubbish...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7a2RcIhTiQ

Title is wrong, wasn't a lob, was a chipshot. Not a chip, a chip can't have bend :P


No injuries then so far?

Ed Winchester

Serious finish from Ollie.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Maire2009 wrote: »

Just seen on Twitter Monreal came off at HT for Spain - not sure if tactical or forced.

Well, apparently they were playing crap and struggling to score, and it was iniesta that came on, so I'd say they were just trying to get more attacking players on. Don't know for sure though

Maire2009

Spanish papers (Marca I think so Barca's mouthpiece??) running with a story that Bale had significant injuries during the medical but Madrid signed him anyway. http://www.marca.com/2013/10/12/en/football/real_madrid/1381531205.html

Has to be one of the more bizarre moves in recent times - leaving go one of the very few players fit to tie the shoes of Zidane (that'd be Ozil, ya know, the guy we have ) and bringing in this above average player at best - his goals are cracking but to be honest I never got the hype - no where near as good as Ronaldo, or as attractive from a marketing point of view.

Mickeroo

I know its hard to get past the fact that he played for spurs and I wouldn't rate him as highly as Ozil either but to say Bale was "average at best" is just wrong imo. He'd still walk into any of the top teams in the PL us included.

bad2dabone

Bale won something like 20+ points for spurs last season. Hugely impressive. But I still think Ozil, di Maria, isco, are all better footballers. Not to mention Ronaldo . But Perez was determined to sign him because barca got neymar, he wanted a signing to keep up with the joneses.
Worked out well for us.

Alfred Borden

Tottenham seemed to got a very good deal out of Madrid now I feel, had they not already.

greendom

Maire2009 wrote: »

Spanish papers (Marca I think so Barca's mouthpiece??) running with a story that Bale had significant injuries during the medical but Madrid signed him anyway. http://www.marca.com/2013/10/12/en/football/real_madrid/1381531205.html[/url.

Marca is very much the mouthpiece for Real Madrid. Sport is the Catalan version.

Maire2009

greendom wrote: »

Marca is very much the mouthpiece for Real Madrid. Sport is the Catalan version.

Thanks for that - I always get the two mixed up.

SocialRMadrid @SocialRMadrid
RM's club shop are still selling shirts and photos of Mesut Özil. Tour guide Sofia: People like to pretend he's still here. (daily star)

:pac: :cool:

Maire2009

Mickeroo wrote: »

I know its hard to get past the fact that he played for spurs and I wouldn't rate him as highly as Ozil either but to say Bale was "average at best" is just wrong imo. He'd still walk into any of the top teams in the PL us included.

It's not that he played for Spurs at all, I just honestly don't think he's all that good. And I did say "above average at best" He is good but he's not in the current crop of best players in the world - Ronaldo, Messi, Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Falcao ... dare I say it?? Ozil!

I think Spurs will miss Modric more than Bale in the long run. I know they are vastly different players but Bale reminds me of RvP (who is the better player) in that his main trick is the knack of popping up with goals which he did for Spurs over the last two seasons - but he doesn't have the skill of Ronaldo or Messi to contribute as majorly to his team.

I will hold my hands up and post a naked picture here (y'all don't want to see that ) if I'm wrong but I honestly don't see him repeating and sustaining his form for Spurs last season.

When the rumours were going around about us getting a Madrid player, I was thinking would love Benzema, think he is a great player that has yet to really reach his potential, or di Maria might be a goer - bit of a Reyes about him but worth a punt. But signing Ozil never crossed my mind - the only dafter thing than letting us sign him for half the price of Bale would be if they gave us Ronaldo.

Mickeroo

Maire2009 wrote: »

It's not that he played for Spurs at all, I just honestly don't think he's all that good. And I did say "above average at best" He is good but he's not in the current crop of best players in the world - Ronaldo, Messi, Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Falcao ... dare I say it?? Ozil!
.

Ah tits, I was walking and reading on the phone and missed the "above" part of "above average" so picked you up wrong in that regard. I agree he's not in the same bracket as those players.

Alfred Borden

Is Ozil the best player in the league? between him, rvp and yaya?

Maire2009

Mickeroo wrote: »

Ah tits, I was walking and reading on the phone and missed the "above" part of "above average" so picked you up wrong in that regard. I agree he's not in the same bracket as those players.

I remember having a conversation before about what constitutes World Class, European Class, Premier League class etc., It's an interesting debate and would like to hear the views of you guys on it ... but later, I've a date with Mr.Cumberbatch and the Fifth Estate at the cinema

Maire2009

Raf32 wrote: »

Is Ozil the best player in the league? between him, rvp and yaya?

He'd be well up there, and as much as an obnoxious being that he is, Suarez has to be counted in with a shot. Fantastic goal poacher.

bad2dabone

Mata is up there also.

Alfred Borden

Ozil > Mata any day of the week though

Kerry Gooner

Maire2009 wrote: »

I will hold my hands up and post a naked picture here (y'all don't want to see that ) if I'm wrong but I honestly don't see him repeating and sustaining his form for Spurs last season.


Having seconds thoughts now about how successful I want him to be!!!

Alfred Borden

Gervinho looking electric again, how frustrating

Mickeroo

Bendtner was a beast against Italy lastnight. Managed to get himself suspended for his celebrations after his second goal though.

wandatowell

Raf32 wrote: »

Gervinho looking electric,

Mickeroo wrote: »

Bendtner was a beast against Italy last night.

Dafuk?

Bounty Hunter

Bendtner is like Peter Pan, when people believe he is the greatest he is. That boat sailed a long time ago at Arsenal but in Denmark they still think he is the best thing going and it seems he is.


maybe the Peter Pan analogy is sideways I think it was something like believe and think happy thoughts and you can fly or some such

tbh I think Gerv was a little like that too, a confidence figure and with his national team he is the main man and thrives under such circumstances.

AdamD

There is definitely something rotten in the state of Denmark..

.jacksparrow.

United and arsenal from 01 is on setanta Ireland now!

Marty McFly

Maire2009 wrote: »

When the rumours were going around about us getting a Madrid player, I was thinking would love Benzema, think he is a great player that has yet to really reach his potential, or di Maria might be a goer - bit of a Reyes about him but worth a punt. But signing Ozil never crossed my mind - the only dafter thing than letting us sign him for half the price of Bale would be if they gave us Ronaldo.

Likewise when the rumours of us getting a Madrid player were flaoting about I think most including myself immediately dismissed the Ozil rumours because I thought there was no way in hell we would get him Madrid weren't that retarded turn out they were and they full retard and sold him to us .

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

tbh I think Gerv was a little like that too, a confidence figure and with his national team he is the main man and thrives under such circumstances.

I always said that about Gervinho think he could be a quality player but he needs a safe enviroment really to flourish one were he gets lots of pats on the back and is an essential member of the team. He was never going to get that at Arsenal and rightly so imo we can't afford to nurture and caress a players ego that much no one player is bigger than the team.

Quixoticelixer

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

United and arsenal from 01 is on setanta Ireland now!

The 6-1 horror show or the Barthez horror show at Highbury?

.jacksparrow.

Quixoticelixer wrote: »

The 6-1 horror show or the Barthez horror show at Highbury?

The one where wiltord scored and we won the league in old trafford sorry it was 02, brilliant to watch, I badly want those celebrations again with Wenger at the front of it!

Quixoticelixer

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

The one where wiltord scored and we won the league in old trafford sorry it was 02, brilliant to watch, I badly want those celebrations again with Wenger at the front of it!

Ah yes, my favourite part of that goal (apart from Tyler's Wiltooooooooooorrrd) was Kanu jumping straight over him for the celebration. Seems like such a long time ago now

meriwether

If true, the weekend rumours about Llorente would be brilliant.

He's as good as Soldado and Negredo, he's just had a bad 18 months.

Age 28, proven goalscorer, probably a bargain after those 18 months.

Get Him Arsene, and Julian Draxler.

Ta.

L'prof

meriwether wrote: »

If true, the weekend rumours about Llorente would be brilliant.

He's as good as Soldado and Negredo, he's just had a bad 18 months.

Age 28, proven goalscorer, probably a bargain after those 18 months.

Get Him Arsene, and Julian Draxler.

Ta.

How many teams can you play for in a calendar year?

Alfred Borden

LLorente would be a great signing, fits right in with our system. Also arguably spains best striker.

Alfred Borden

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/436443/Arsenal-and-Liverpool-in-fight-to-sign-Greek-hotshot-Konstantinos-Mitroglou

Looks a decent player, maybe wouldn't be a bad backup option?

cson

Raf32 wrote: »

LLorente would be a great signing, fits right in with our system. Also arguably spains best striker.

Arguably not; Negredo is miles ahead of him. Llorente has ****ed up quite a significant part of his career trying to engineer this Juve move - he didn't bother his hole for his last season at Bilbao and now is on the periphery for Juventus.

I wouldn't be enthused by his signing permanently, but he'd certainly be a shrewd loan move if you could get him anywhere near his Bilbao form.

tayto lover

Ozil is a great player but it's too early to judge if he's a Premiership star player. He has only played a handful of games. He needs time.

Been good so far though.

brianregan09

Where did the LLorente rumours come from ??

Mickeroo

Mickeroo wrote: »

Bendtner was a beast against Italy lastnight. Managed to get himself suspended for his celebrations after his second goal though.

Ladbrokes this time?

TimeToShine

Llorente is too similar to Giroud, albeit a slightly better version. He'd be fine as a loan but buying him would be pointless.

AdamD

TimeToShine wrote: »

Llorente is too similar to Giroud, albeit a slightly better version. He'd be fine as a loan but buying him would be pointless.

I would prefer a faster striker in general but I really don't get this logic. Surely a like for like replacement makes more sense when you want to rest a player..