Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Maire2009

FearDark wrote: »

I'd like to see Flamini to start ahead of Arteta.

Actually yeah don't we need him to pick up a tactical yellow so he won't miss some of the bigger games coming up?

shano_88

FearDark wrote: »

I'd like to see Flamini to start ahead of Arteta.

Norwich at home?

Id be starting Arteta everytime.

greendom

shano_88 wrote: »

Norwich at home?

Id be starting Arteta everytime.

I think they'lo both start. They will be fresh having not travelled on international duty. I'd be surprised to see any of the players returning from injury starting on Sat. I imagine they' ll be on the bench.

shano_88

greendom wrote: »

I think they'lo both start. They will be fresh having not travelled on international duty. I'd be surprised to see any of the players returning from injury starting on Sat. I imagine they' ll be on the bench.

That is possible. Think we need some width though. Gnabry could be in line for a start. Wouldnt be too happy with Rosicky and Ramsey out on the wings again.

We have a big game against Dortmund midweek so hopefully Cazorla and Walcott will be back for that.

I keep changing my mind about how offensive to go but for a fixture like this weekend I'd like to say "**** it", play either Flamini or Arteta as the 1 in a 4-1-5 :P

.jacksparrow.

Is this our first match this season were not on telly? Or was the stoke one not on?

gnfnrhead

It's Norwich, we dont need to play both Flamini and Arteta.

I'd go with:

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Arteta

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Ramsey

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Rosicky

Walcott

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Gnabry

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Giroud

Assuming fitness.

Flamini, Wilshere and Ozil on the bench with Dortmund in mind. Palace next weekend means Dortmund is the toughie.

Gringo180

Is Rosicky fit as well? We really do have an embarrassment of riches in the midfield department, its picking the ones to start that is the problem, albeit a good problem Should we be thinking of giving Ozil (especially after that knock he picked up against Sweden) and Ramsey a bit of a rest on Saturday? I would go with Flamini, Arteta and Wilshere in the middle with Cazorla and Rosicky on the flanks.

batistuta9

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Is this our first match this season were not on telly? Or was the stoke one not on?

yeah this is the first, stoke was on sky

the next 9 up until the end of november are on

batistuta9

batistuta9 wrote: »

yeah this is the first, stoke was on sky

the next 9 up until the end of november are on

december

hull (H) on the 4th is the only one out of 7 that won't be on either

there's a possible C1Cup game too which has a good chance of being shown

jonneymendoza

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Is this our first match this season were not on telly? Or was the stoke one not on?

pretty sure our first game of the season wasnt on TV

wandatowell

jonneymendoza wrote: »

pretty sure our first game of the season wasnt on TV

Indeed it was lad, I couldnt finish my sparkling water the result was so bad

FearDark

jonneymendoza wrote: »

pretty sure our first game of the season wasnt on TV

I can't remember if it was on TV or not because I'm a stream man but by god did it make me sick! I'll have a list of Arsenal streams on Saturday morning so anyone can PM me for them.

Gringo180

Gringo180 wrote: »

Is Rosicky fit as well? We really do have an embarrassment of riches in the midfield department, its picking the ones to start that is the problem, albeit a good problem Should we be thinking of giving Ozil (especially after that knock he picked up against Sweden) and Ramsey a bit of a rest on Saturday? I would go with Flamini, Arteta and Wilshere in the middle with Cazorla and Rosicky on the flanks.

The thing with midfield is that I wish Wenger would be willing to change during a match. There's been plenty of times when the midfield just doesn't work and a change at half time or earlier even looks like it could be a plan.

FearDark

Deleted User wrote: »

The thing with midfield is that I wish Wenger would be willing to change during a match. There's been plenty of times when the midfield just doesn't work and a change at half time or earlier even looks like it could be a plan.

More times than not we haven't had anyone to come on bar youngsters. We have plenty of options now and I'd be very interested to see how Wenger reacts to that.

.jacksparrow.

There was definitely one league game that wasn't on, I think it was fulham away

batistuta9

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

There was definitely one league game that wasn't on, I think it was fulham away

fulham was on BT

villa & sunderland is the only ones that were 3pm sat. matches so maybe one of them, the rest were definitely on tv going by memory/the time of KO

west brom in the C1Cup is the only one i can think of

maybe you missed it because you were at the gym with the other two girls :pac:

FearDark

batistuta9 wrote: »

maybe you missed it because you were at the gym with the other two girls :pac:

*Drops dumbbell*

Sir. I do not appreciate your tone.

.jacksparrow.

batistuta9 wrote: »

fulham was on BT

villa & sunderland is the only ones that were 3pm sat. matches so maybe one of them, the rest were definitely on tv going by memory/the time of KO

west brom in the C1Cup is the only one i can think of

maybe you missed it because you were at the gym with the other two girls :pac:

Ehhh....

gosplan

FearDark wrote: »

More times than not we haven't had anyone to come on bar youngsters. We have plenty of options now and I'd be very interested to see how Wenger reacts to that.

Yup. Nearly every time we've played this season, our attacking options from the bench have been a single CMF or sticking on Monreal to move Gibbs forward. It's actually quite impressive that we are where we are.

Personally the option I'm most excited about is that we can play Ozil instead of Walcott on the RW. I like Walcott but a good LB sitting deep can pretty much nullify him. Ozil gives us a totally different option there which we've been missing for years.

bad2dabone

Walcotts also so useful as his pace forces the LB to stay back to avoid having him leg it into space behind. It’ll be great to have him and ozil as options

Frisbee

Yeah best to start Flamini and let him pick up a yellow. That way he misses Crystal Palace instead of Chelsea or possibly Pool.

Drexel

bad2dabone wrote: »

Walcotts also so useful as his pace forces the LB to stay back to avoid having him leg it into space behind. It’ll be great to have him and ozil as options

Ozil was finding Walcott with every pass the first game he played. Walcott could have had 2 or 3 goals that day. Exciting to see what the two of them can do. If walcott improves his finishing

Awesomeness

jonny666 wrote: »

Ozil was finding Walcott with every pass the first game he played. Walcott could have had 2 or 3 goals that day. Exciting to see what the two of them can do. If walcott improves his finishing

Ozil to walcott will be the new bergkamp to ljugnberg

Awesomeness

So I have to leave China. Only game I havent seen at mybuddies bar was villa. So if we dont win the league I blame the Chinese Government

Ed Winchester

Wenger to sign a new two year deal in the next fortnight according to the sports report on the radio there.

Marty McFly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ensobq0ELtM

gosplan

bad2dabone wrote: »

Walcotts also so useful as his pace forces the LB to stay back to avoid having him leg it into space behind. It’ll be great to have him and ozil as options

Absolutely. He's great at forcing gaps in a defence and then you can just hit any random punt in behind and you know he'll be first to it.

He's our primary weapon but on his off days or when we're playing a team with basically 8 people defending, it's great to have another trickster to call on.

gosplan

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Wenger to sign a new two year deal in the next fortnight according to the sports report on the radio there.

Woohoo. Now another 40 million signing in Jan please.

Oh to be a ...

bad2dabone

I'm very happy that Football is back this weekend! Thank f*ck the internationals are over!

wandatowell

Awesomeness wrote: »

Ozil to walcott will be the new bergkamp to ljugnberg

If Walcott could become a bit more consistant, he will flourish with Ozil

Call Me Jimmy

It stands to reason that Walcott will get a ****load of chances as him and ozil click; by them clicking I mean Walcott controlling the perfect-through balls Ozil plays to him.

Mr Blobby

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

It stands to reason that Walcott will get a ****load of chances as him and ozil click; by them clicking I mean Walcott controlling the perfect-through balls Ozil plays to him.

That could be an issue :pac:

Drexel

Anything interesting from the AGM today?

batistuta9

jonny666 wrote: »

Anything interesting from the AGM today?

there was a question about what can be done about people who sit in the front rows not getting wet :pac:

bad2dabone

In fairness to theo he scored some important goals last year, this year he hasn’t hit form yet, hopefully when he’s back in the team he can relax and score a few,
He’s a good finisher usually.

tayto lover

There was a protest about the price of tickets at the Emirates AGM today too.
Not surprised. Dearest in the league.

tayto lover

Ozil, Cazorla and Sagna should be fit for the weekend.
Walcott is two weeks away. From Wenger today according to SSN.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

Ozil, Cazorla and Sagna should be fit for the weekend.
Walcott is two weeks away. From Wenger today according to SSN.

I heard that Sagna is 80% fit and Cazorla not match fit - both on bench I imagine. Rosicky is fully fit though

FearDark

greendom wrote: »

I heard that Sagna is 80% fit and Cazorla not match fit - both on bench I imagine. Rosicky is fully fit though

I read quotes from Wenger earlier saying he hasn't decided whether Ozil and Cazorla will start.

Drexel

batistuta9 wrote: »

there was a question about what can be done about people who sit in the front rows not getting wet :pac:

Happy days so!!

wonga77

jonny666 wrote: »

Anything interesting from the AGM today?

Usmanov's Red & White bought 6 shares to take stake in the club over 30%. He now own 18,671 shares

Marty McFly

wonga77 wrote: »

Usmanov's Red & White bought 6 shares to take stake in the club over 30%. He now own 18,671 shares

I thought if one investor buy's more than 30% there was some significance attached?

greendom

Marty McFly wrote: »

I thought if one investor buy's more than 30% there was some significance attached?

He has to make an offer to purchase all shares

Marty McFly

greendom wrote: »

He has to make an offer to purchase all shares

That what I thought alright, thanks . I'd imagine any offer he makes will be cast off fairly sharpish unless he goes in with a ridiculous offer.

FearDark

Hey brah's, just back from the gym, what did I miss brah's?

/sips protein shake

greendom

FearDark wrote: »

Hey brah's, just back from the gym, what did I miss brah's?

/sips protein shake

a nice cup of tea and some chocolate biscuits

tayto lover

FearDark wrote: »

Hey brah's, just back from the gym, what did I miss brah's?

/sips protein shake

Fair City




So did I thankfully.

FearDark

greendom wrote: »

a nice cup of tea and some chocolate biscuits

We need a forum... we need an off topic thread.

If the Sp*rs people have one so should we.

Marty McFly

FearDark wrote: »

Hey brah's, just back from the gym, what did I miss brah's?

/sips protein shake

Making all kinds of gainzzzzz I'm sure .

Have kinda protein Ice cream freezing as we speak .