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

.jacksparrow.

Skylinehead wrote: »

Stats miss one important thing - Chelsea have yet to play City at the Etihad. Skews it a bit.

Que?

.jacksparrow.

I'm possibly wrong, I'll be the first to hold my hand up.

dvemail

Rosicky passed fit for tomorrow it would seem. Surely Poldi will get to start tomorrow?

gosplan

Mickeroo wrote: »

The record only applies to games they both played the full 90 minutes.

Which makes it a silly record IMO. You can't take getting sent off out as some kind of an irrelevant result as regards the performance of a centre half.

emergingstar

Love the difference of opinion and debate

If we all agreed it would be a boring place, were all entitled to our opinions

Keep it civil and on we go

gosplan

dvemail wrote: »

Rosicky passed fit for tomorrow it would seem. Surely Poldi will get to start tomorrow?

Massive massive boost

Arteta - Rosicky
Ozil - Caz -Pod
HFB

Wenger's will prob stick Ox in though.

gnfnrhead

gosplan wrote: »

Which makes it a silly record IMO. You can't take getting sent off out as some kind of an irrelevant result as regards the performance of a centre half.

How can you count it if they werent playing together?

dvemail

gosplan wrote: »

Which makes it a silly record IMO. You can't take getting sent off out as some kind of an irrelevant result as regards the performance of a centre half.

Agreed we could be 3-0 down with that pairing and Mert gets taken off after 88min so the record stays intact. It's a silly stat but they have been a great pairing.

Mickeroo

gosplan wrote: »

Which makes it a silly record IMO. You can't take getting sent off out as some kind of an irrelevant result as regards the performance of a centre half.

I agree. If one of them got substituted in a match we lost it wouldn't count either, daft really.

greendom

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

I was told the stats speak for themselves, and that's all that really matters at the end, let's be honest.

Well we're talking about Merts and Kos and the stays say they're the best cb partnership in the league.

What do you think of them. Do you think they are poor are are you just annoyed that you were contradicted ?

gosplan

gnfnrhead wrote: »

How can you count it if they werent playing together?

They were till Kos get sent off and we lost. I don't think they can be considered to not have lost a game.

Obviously you can say 'that they both played in for 90 mins' but you know, Cantona never kicked a fan in a match that he played 90 mins in.

emergingstar

As much as I'm not a fan of pod
Id like to see him start tomorrow

.jacksparrow.

greendom wrote: »

Well we're talking about Merts and Kos and the stays say they're the best cb partnership in the league.

What do you think of them. Do you think they are poor are are you just annoyed that you were contradicted ?

I could turn around and say Kos gettingy sent off worked against us, so his mistake cost us.

Might count against him in the best cb we have going on here.

Bobby Baccala

emergingstar wrote: »

As much as I'm not a fan of pod
Id like to see him start tomorrow

How can you not be a fan of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o-mu4qhZ9E

Alfred Borden

Cant wait for tomorrow, feels like weeks since Tuesday. Put that window behind us and get a good result and we will be all buzzing tomorrow!

extra gravy

emergingstar wrote: »

As much as I'm not a fan of pod
Id like to see him start tomorrow

Do you not think he's probably the best finisher we have? I don't think we've seen the best of him yet to be honest even though he chipped in with his fair share last season. Think if he got a good run of games and stayed injury free, he could be vital for us in the run in.

cathalio11

Podolski is no doubt the best finisher at the club.

He just can't start alongside Ozil or another player who won't track back.
He's also not much of a physical force up front.

I would like Podolski to start tomorrow and Ozil to stay on the bench until the second half.

tayto lover

cathalio11 wrote: »

Podolski is no doubt the best finisher at the club.

He just can't start alongside Ozil or another player who won't track back.
He's also not much of a physical force up front.

I would like Podolski to start tomorrow and Ozil to stay on the bench until the second half.

I wouldn't leave Ozil off.
The 2nd half of the Southampton game showed him at his best.
He seems to be just hitting form and as such should be in the team.
I don't therefore think Podolski will start tomorrow. It will probably be Ox or Gnarby.

king Henry 14

Scez
Sagna mert kos gibbs
Arteta
Ozil gnabry Rosicky pod
Giroud

Mickeroo

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

I could turn around and say Kos gettingy sent off worked against us, so his mistake cost us.

Might count against him in the best cb we have going on here.

Is someone saying having Kos sent off didn't work against us?

king Henry 14

Mickeroo wrote: »

Is someone saying having Kos sent off didn't work against us?

Kos / mert are class.
End of story.

cathalio11

king Henry 14 wrote: »

Scez
Sagna mert kos gibbs
Arteta
Ozil gnabry Rosicky pod
Giroud

It won't work because Ozil and Podolski don't track back consistently.

Will damage the balance of the team which Wenger keeps talking about.

That's why he loves playing Cazorla left. Think he has been involved in all of our clean sheets. Tracks back a lot and fills in for full back occasionally.

king Henry 14

cathalio11 wrote: »

It won't work because Ozil and Podolski don't track back consistently.

Will damage the balance of the team which Wenger keeps talking about.

That's why he loves playing Cazorla left. Think he has been involved in all of our clean sheets. Tracks back a lot and fills in for full back occasionally.

Good point. But surely pod deserves a start. His goals could be invaluable for us.

cathalio11

king Henry 14 wrote: »

Good point. But surely pod deserves a start. His goals could be invaluable for us.

Undeniable. I think this a game where Podolski can net one or two key goals.

It's up to Wenger though and I trust him.

emergingstar

extra gravy wrote: »

Do you not think he's probably the best finisher we have? I don't think we've seen the best of him yet to be honest even though he chipped in with his fair share last season. Think if he got a good run of games and stayed injury free, he could be vital for us in the run in.

Don't like him in the team as his work rate is questionable he done track back and his hold up play is crap

But as ya said he is by miles the best finisher at the club and against palace I think we need that more than any of the other stuff so I would start him tomorrow

But he would only see a few mins in all our big games coming up

Bobby Baccala

Podolski is a seriously good finisher, been a fan since his fc koln days, he'd tear palace apart given his game imo

MaxPower89

Hoping not to hear the dreaded; "We played with little bit the handbrake" tomorrow. We have started slowly in recent games, slow passing, poor movement. We know Palace will dig in, try and frustrate, and catch us on the break and with set pieces. I'd like to see Santi/Poldi and the Ox start and not be afraid to have a pop at goal, so as to have some variability in our play.

Also, we can expect Kos/Mert to see lots of the ball, we are sometimes so predictable in these two players passing to Arteta time and time again. They are well able(Kos especially) to pass it straight into the advanced midfielders with a 30 yard pass instead of a 3 yard sideways one to Arteta. Kos is also excellent at carrying the ball out, when there is space in front of him, not to be afraid to push on.

Here's to a good display and 3 points.

COYG.

bad2dabone

guardian interview with Chamakh.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/01/marouane-chamakh-challenge-crystal-palace-arsenal

ronjo

king Henry 14 wrote: »

Scez
Sagna mert kos gibbs
Arteta
Ozil gnabry Rosicky pod
Giroud

Santi has to play no question.
Look at his current goal scoring form.

ronjo

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Podolski is a seriously good finisher, been a fan since his fc koln days, he'd tear palace apart given his game imo

I still can't understand how he is not supposed to be 100% fit.

He made his comeback over a month ago.

Bowlardo

Is Ashley cole's contract up with Chelsea in the summer and would you have him back? Cost nothing but the wages and he is and always has been one of the best left backs in the business

Mickeroo

Bowlardo wrote: »

Is Ashley cole's contract up with Chelsea in the summer and would you have him back? Cost nothing but the wages and he is and always has been one of the best left backs in the business

We don't need a left back.wouldnt necessarily be against it otherwise though.

Drexel

Bowlardo wrote: »

Is Ashley cole's contract up with Chelsea in the summer and would you have him back? Cost nothing but the wages and he is and always has been one of the best left backs in the business

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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bad2dabone

No to cole, no way. and no to the reports of rvp coming back in the papers today. great player, but hugely injury prone and a skunk.

Alfred Borden

Bowlardo wrote: »

Is Ashley cole's contract up with Chelsea in the summer and would you have him back? Cost nothing but the wages and he is and always has been one of the best left backs in the business

They are starting a right back ahead of him so that tells you the level he is at. Also left back is our strongest position and also the fact that he is a (you know what).

.jacksparrow.

Back to the top today lads! Lets do this and show them its our title this year!

Drexel

bad2dabone wrote: »

No to cole, no way. and no to the reports of rvp coming back in the papers today. great player, but hugely injury prone and a skunk.

Havent seen them reports! His little boy must have shut up.

ronjo

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Back to the top today lads! Lets do this and show them its our title this year!

That's the spirit. Absolutely no reason not to be confident.

.jacksparrow.

ronjo wrote: »

That's the spirit. Absolutely no reason not to be confident.

Exactly, this is our year, I really feel we will beat city and chelsea, the team will finally get the belief to beat the top teams.

It's ours to throw away, very confident we won't

greendom

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Exactly, this is our year, I really feel we will beat city and chelsea, the team will finally get the belief to beat the top teams.

It's ours to throw away, very confident we won't

Is my sarcasm detector faulty or is this genuine ?

.jacksparrow.

greendom wrote: »

Is my sarcasm detector faulty or is this genuine ?

Genuine, have to start believing at some stage.

Alfred Borden

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057139434

matchday thread is up!

Soups123

greendom wrote: »

Is my sarcasm detector faulty or is this genuine ?

Either that or he got his rocks last night and everything's great

Soups123

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Genuine, have to start believing at some stage.

True If you can't enjoy it while things are going well you never will , these are good times

.jacksparrow.

Soups123 wrote: »

Either that or he got his rocks last night and everything's great

I wish!

gnfnrhead

I'd rather Adebayor back before Cole.

Green Hornet

No idea if its true or not but a lot of sites saying that Arsenal are trying to cancel KK transfer because of his injury. I'd imagine that must mean that they didn't know he was injured when they agreed to the loan. Bit of a miss by the medical team if that's the case...

ronjo

Green Hornet wrote: »

No idea if its true or not but a lot of sites saying that Arsenal are trying to cancel KK transfer because of his injury. I'd imagine that must mean that they didn't know he was injured when they agreed to the loan. Bit of a miss by the medical team if that's the case...

It seems to be a total shambles

gnfnrhead

Green Hornet wrote: »

No idea if its true or not but a lot of sites saying that Arsenal are trying to cancel KK transfer because of his injury. I'd imagine that must mean that they didn't know he was injured when they agreed to the loan. Bit of a miss by the medical team if that's the case...

Deadline day deals are often rushed through. A lot dont even have medicals in the first place.

bad2dabone

ronjo wrote: »

It seems to be a total shambles

its an embarassing episode