Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14 mod warning post #5144

UnknownSpecies

FA Cup draw, Arsenal v Liverpool. Home draw at least.

AdamD

Chelsea v City in the FA cup. I really think we should be targeting that competition

Arsenal v Liverpool, wow.


Toughest CL group then toughest draw. Chelsea in the league cup, Spurs in the FA cup now Liverpool. We've gotten some awful draws this year

Roddy23

What a load of balls. Gonna be some run of games in March now

Soups123

Nice draw if we beat pool then they and one of City /Chelsea are out so it gets very winnable

Soups123

AdamD wrote: »

Chelsea v City in the FA cup. I really think we should be targeting that competition

Arsenal v Liverpool, wow.


Toughest CL group then toughest draw. Chelsea in the league cup, Spurs in the FA cup now Liverpool. We've gotten some awful draws this year

And doing great in all competition these are good times

Agueroooo

Roddy23 wrote: »

What a load of balls. Gonna be some run of games in March now

Yea I just commented on that over on the LFc thread.

Wonder will Wenger hold back with the CL Bayern games and we will play you's twice in a week.

Best of luck. May the best team win

Gringo180

Home fixture so I am happy. Can anybody put up our run of tough games coming up, must be the toughest run of games for any club in recent times

Hyzepher

Roddy23 wrote: »

What a load of balls. Gonna be some run of games in March now

Liverpool, United, Liverpool and Bayern all one after the other over 11 days

Marty McFly

March is either going to be a super month to be a Gunner or one downward spiral, I'm going to go with super month.

Soups123

Agueroooo wrote: »

Yea I just commented on that over on the LFc thread.

Wonder will Wenger hold back with the CL Bayern games and we will play you's twice in a week.

Best of luck. May the best team win

Hold back? The champions League is a bigger trophy than FA cup if there's any game we should lessen its fa cup at home to pool.

I want all though

Hyzepher

Marty McFly wrote: »

March is either going to be a super month to be a Gunner or one downward spiral, I'm going to go with super month.

That's the February fixtures. March has Bayern, Spurs, Chelsea and City in a row

AdamD

Liverpool (a)
Man U (h)
Liverpool (h)
Bayern (h)
S'land (h)
Stoke (a)
Swansea (h)
Bayern (a)
Spurs (a)
Chelsea (a)
Man City (h)
Everton (a)

favourable fixtures Jose

Agueroooo

Soups123 wrote: »

Hold back? The champions League is a bigger trophy than FA cup if there's any game we should lessen its fa cup at home to pool.

I want all though

Thats what I meant
I probably didn't make it clear

Soups123

AdamD wrote: »

Liverpool (a)
Man U (h)
Liverpool (h)
Bayern (h)
S'land (h)
Stoke (a)
Swansea (h)
Bayern (a)
Spurs (a)
Chelsea (a)
Man City (h)
Everton (a)

favourable fixtures Jose

I wouldn't be surprised with 5/6 wins out if the first 6

Bayern away to Everton way is another level or hardness

greendom

With that set of fixtures ahead, I really hope that Arsene realises the importance of strengthening and that a couple of additions are brought in that can fit in seamlessly; easier said than done I realise

efb

Bring it!

Be the best? Beat the best!

cson

Goes without saying that 10 game run makes or breaks everything. If you got a bit of momentum up at the start of it, got the winning habit, you just never know what might happen. On the other hand; I was convinced we'd get a result at Middle Eastlands before Xmas and that we'd beat Chelsea at home.

Gringo180

AdamD wrote: »

Liverpool (a) WIN
Man U (h) WIN
Liverpool (h) WIN
Bayern (h) WIN
S'land (h) WIN
Stoke (a) WIN
Swansea (h) WIN
Bayern (a) DRAW
Spurs (a) WIN
Chelsea (a) DRAW
Man City (h) DRAW
Everton (a) WIN

favourable fixtures Jose

Red and white ribbons on that Premier League trophy please lads, many thanks :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

efb

AdamD wrote: »

Liverpool (a) W
Man U (h) W
Liverpool (h) W
Bayern (h) D
S'land (h) W
Stoke (a) W
Swansea (h) W
Bayern (a) L
Spurs (a) W
Chelsea (a) D
Man City (h) D
Everton (a) W

favourable fixtures Jose

Easy

TimeToShine

Well that's put a huge dent in our hopes for both the FA cup and the CL. The fixtures are absolutely appalling.

Agueroooo

efb wrote: »

Bring it!

Be the best? Beat the best!

Roy Castle is that you

EuropeanSon

We really need to win the two Pool games and the Utd game. That'd really set us up nicey for Bayern.

Most important is the league though.

efb

Roy Walker more like..

Say what you see!!!

Agueroooo

efb wrote: »

Roy Walker more like..

Say what you see!!!

remember there's no bell !

HazDanz

AdamD wrote: »

Liverpool (a)
Man U (h)
Liverpool (h)
Bayern (h)
S'land (h)
Stoke (a)
Swansea (h)
Bayern (a)
Spurs (a)
Chelsea (a)
Man City (h)
Everton (a)

favourable fixtures Jose

This is where fatigue could catch us. Three away in a row.

Fcuk me it's a ridiculous run of tough games.

Mr Blobby

If there was ever a reason to sign players its that fixture list.
Having another good player would really help.

Chris The Hacker

HazDanz wrote: »

This is where fatigue could catch us. Three away in a row.

Fcuk me it's a ridiculous run of tough games.

Two of those games are in London, so at least they won't have to travel far.

Hyzepher

The FA game against Liverpool doesn't really change things apart from the fact its a good team

The two most important games in that run are the league game against Liverpool and the CL game at home to Bayern. Avoid defeat against Utd and the team won't even feel the fatigue.

The away games against Spurs and Chelsea are in London so no travel issue - especially so close to the Bayern away leg (which we all know will be a formality after the 3 goal drubbing we'll give them at home)

cson

One positive from that list is that travel fatigue shouldn't really come into it; only Liverpool, Stoke, Bayern and Everton contain any sort of decent amount of travelling. We're in London for the rest which is 8/12 games.

cson

Hyzepher wrote: »

The FA game against Liverpool doesn't really change things apart from the fact its a good team

Yeah, Wenger would have played his strongest team in that match regardless of who we faced after the Blackburn debacle last year.

Mr.Micro

Mr Blobby wrote: »

If there was ever a reason to sign players its that fixture list.
Having another good player would really help.

Well it sure don't look like it's going to happen now. It's such a pity that we did not get someone, and we in a great position now.:(

gandalf

I'm actually delighted we got Liverpool in the cup. Wenger won't be tempted to play a second string against them like he would against a lesser team. The FA cup game was always there so from my perspective it doesn't make an overall difference to the whole series of games in Feb/March.

I do agree with others and I do hope Wenger does bring in a couple of experienced bodies to give us a little more cover because one or two injuries in key areas and we could be struggling.

Overall I am positive as others have said if you want to be the best you have to play them.

.jacksparrow.

A cb on loan would even do, very risky only having one cb backup in verm.

Spanish Johnny

I think it's time we started to cherish the position we are in now. I am sick and tired of damn all to play for come mid February like the last few years. This is heaven. Good tough fixtures and in for 3 trophies. Hard, difficult, etc but this is what it is and should be all about!

We can only win from these games IMO. This group or team will not collapse. We may lose the league race but if so I will wager it's because we are not good enough yet-no shame there. We will get some amount of confidence, experience and development out of these games at worst. We will be a stronger force for next year and again that's the minimum. I believe we will be surprised though regarding how well we do.

I accept it's a bad run on paper but to be honest I am fed up of excuses for us and the team. We are right in the thick of it and it's time to embrace it. Time to stop looking for other teams to lose it and go win for ourselves. Whatever happens between now and the first week in April v Everton us fans are in for an absolute treat.

Combine that with real impetus in the transfer market it's exciting and this great club is back where it should be. Let's hope it's consistent and we have these issues every year!

Roll on a tough game Tuesday night where I think we are in for a tough tough night.

Alfred Borden

Cant wait for that fixture list to start tbh, going to be a big game every 3 days, thats why we love this club.

extra gravy

Journalist Raphael Honigstein just confirmed that negotiations are ongoing between Arsenal and Schalke for Julian Draxler. The sticking point is the price. Schalke want the full £37m but Wenger is reluctant. Don't blame him when you think it's only 5 million less than he paid for Özil.

Alfred Borden

extra gravy wrote: »

Journalist Raphael Honigstein just confirmed that negotiations are ongoing between Arsenal and Schalke for Julian Draxler. The sticking point is the price. Schalke want the full £37m but Wenger is reluctant. Don't blame him when you think it's only 5 million less than he paid for Özil.

Pay the money and try quickly for another cheap or loan deal.

Quazzie

FFS it is such a big deal for the mods to make a two line post when they are locking the old thread. :mad:

Spanish Johnny

Raf32 wrote: »

Pay the money and try quickly for another cheap or loan deal.

Draxler and Berbatov would equip us nicely IMO:)

Alfred Borden

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

Draxler and Berbatov would equip us nicely IMO:)

Totally agree, full of options then.

Spanish Johnny

I think so. Makes us immune from an injury crisis then in that we could still put out very good teams.

Appreciate we may be light at the back but I can't see us getting a CB in the short term better than Sagna as our 4th choice back up. May be wrong but not expecting much on that front.

Hopefully the Liverpool draw might push Arsene over the line for Draxler. Be a huge statement.

Alfred Borden

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

I think so. Makes us immune from an injury crisis then in that we could still put out very good teams.

Appreciate we may be light at the back but I can't see us getting a CB in the short term better than Sagna as our 4th choice back up. May be wrong but not expecting much on that front.

Hopefully the Liverpool draw might push Arsene over the line for Draxler. Be a huge statement.

Would take us up another level in my opinion. Draxler is special and you cant have enough of them. Alternate him for the cup game and the league game after munich as he is cup tied and tiredness shouldnt be a big problem with a big squad.

blueser

Tough set of fixtures you lot have coming up in the next couple of months;

LFC (a)
ManU (h)
LFC (h)
Bayern (h)
Bayern (a)
Spurs (a)
Chelsea (a)
ManCity (h)
Everton (a)

Spanish Johnny

Raf32 wrote: »

Would take us up another level in my opinion. Draxler is special and you cant have enough of them. Alternate him for the cup game and the league game after munich as he is cup tied and tiredness shouldnt be a big problem with a big squad.

True. Would be grand to be able to play a line up of the following against the likes of Sunderland, Swansea, etc and resting Arteta, Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla and Giroud.!


Flamini Wilshere

Rosicky/Gnabry Draxler Podolski

Berbatov

tayto lover

After seeing that run of games I really think we need a couple of players to strengthen the squad.
It could be the incentive for Wenger to go out and get them.
Will he do it? I just can't see it happening somehow.

.jacksparrow.

Spanish Johnny wrote: »

I think so. Makes us immune from an injury crisis then in that we could still put out very good teams.

Appreciate we may be light at the back but I can't see us getting a CB in the short term better than Sagna as our 4th choice back up. May be wrong but not expecting much on that front.

Hopefully the Liverpool draw might push Arsene over the line for Draxler. Be a huge statement.

But putting sagna in seriously weakens our defence when we have to play jenks at th, were so solid with sagna there.

Anyway exciting few months ahead

extra gravy

tayto lover wrote: »

After seeing that run of games I really think we need a couple of players to strengthen the squad.
It could be the incentive for Wenger to go out and get them.
Will he do it? I just can't see it happening somehow.

The thought of going through that run with a strike force of Giroud, Bendtner and Sanogo scares the shiit out of me.

tayto lover

extra gravy wrote: »

The thought of going through that run with a strike force of Giroud, Bendtner and Sanogo scares the shiit out of me.

Me too. God forbid Giroud picks up an injury.
Though you forgot to add Podolski to that list.

extra gravy

tayto lover wrote: »

Me too. God forbid Giroud picks up an injury.
Though you forgot to add Podolski to that list.

I hope Podolski stays on the wing though, he's much more impressive there than up front. If we're not signing a striker, then surely Sanogo should get game time against Southampton and Palace now that he's fully fit. Otherwise, we could be faced with a situation of having to throw him in against the likes of Bayern with no games under his belt.

Jaafa

Sky sports news saying Draxler deal is "in the offing".

https://vine.co/v/Mubp2wuAtOY