Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning Linked in OP

Ed Winchester

Ice cool pen under massive pressure too

extra gravy

Was so relieved for him when he scored the penalty. Can't wait to see him in action against the Dutch.

The maturity and pride Campbell played with tonight was a thrill to behold. Ram himself ragged. Delighted we have that calibre next season. All too often we've died at opponents feet too quickly. Heroic from the 22 year old

Mr Blobby

Next seasons kit!

AdamD

Lovely if true, socks are great.

brianregan09

Fare play to campbell there was a few times he got the ball there in the 2nd half of extra time and looked absolutely shattered , But still stood up and rolled his penalty in cool as you like top class delighted for Costa Rica reminded me of Ireland-Romania all those years ago

batistuta9

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Why are people still talking about Remy? He is nowhere near good enough.

ffs of course he's good enough.
1 in 2 since being in england, versatile, has pace, relatively cheap.
do you not remember arsenal being as slow as pensioners at times last season? do you not understand the concept of strengthening/adding depth to the squad?

is he good enough to be the marquee signing/player? no, he's not not but arsenal aren't going to add 4/5 players of that quality. That's what i think they should be looking to do as well, same as you & others no doubt, but they won't and you need a good squad & arsenal have never or will never have a squad of 22-25 superstars.

were/are flamini or sanogo or monreal that type either/good enough? no, but they've been useful.

don't understand the negative reaction to him at all, baffling really considering the injuries arsenal pick up + walcott is probably going to have stop/start season coming back from that injury, picking up strains, etc.
though poor gosplan will go into a coma when schneiderlin & remy rock up for the team photo :pac:

brianregan09

Remy would be savage to have its a player like him we were sorely lacking last season we'd no one pacey to get onto ozzies through balls after Walcott and rambo got injured

In a week where both the greatest player in the world and Park has left us it is a relief to see Campbell showing his worth Could the Campbell introduction be good for Sanogo does anyone think? It could give him that extra focus and sharpness perhaps?

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Remy would be good enough I think if we were to get another world class forward player such as sanchez too.


I'd like to think that Campbell will be bendtners replacement in the squad. What a difference in attitude!

pandaboy

I'd like to see Sanogo out on loan with another Premiership club, blood him properly. Aston Villa or somewhere along those lines - somewhere he can work his Mickey off and build some responsibility for his play. Young player as well so it'd benefit him big time methinks; once he doesn't become another Miyaichi. I had high hopes for him.

pandaboy

pandaboy wrote: »

I'd like to see Sanogo out on loan with another Premiership club, blood him properly. Aston Villa or somewhere along those lines - somewhere he can work his Mickey off and build some responsibility for his play. Young player as well so it'd benefit him big time methinks; once he doesn't become another Miyaichi. I had high hopes for him.

Due to the nature of the English league i think funnily enough that Sanogo has all the raw materials to carve himself out a decent career whereas Miyachi was perhaps too lightweight. That said, miyachi had minders at Bolton whereas no one at Arsenal had the bottle to protect him except maybe Mert or Flamster

Looper007

Scheiderlin will be a great signing and Sanchez will be a great top signing. Get Campbell into the squad. Sign Aurier and back up goalkeeper.
That be a perfect additions to the squad. As log as we don't lose anyone else then that be a strong squad going into the next season.

kevinroche3333

Reasonable question!
Vermaelen has one year left on his contract and is 3rd choice CB, 3rd choice LB also. How much would you want to be getting to sell him? Would you sell to United for 10million?

tayto lover

brianregan09 wrote: »

Remy would be savage to have its a player like him we were sorely lacking last season we'd no one pacey to get onto ozzies through balls after Walcott and rambo got injured

We should have bought him last January when Walcott was out. He was available and why Wenger didn't go for him puzzles me.

greendom

tayto lover wrote: »

We should have bought him last January when Walcott was out. He was available and why Wenger didn't go for him puzzles me.

Was he available ? Can teams break off loan agreements just like that ? If so that was definitely a lost opportunity when the seriousness of Walcott's injury became apparent

TimeToShine

batistuta9 wrote: »

ffs of course he's good enough.
1 in 2 since being in england, versatile, has pace, relatively cheap.
do you not remember arsenal being as slow as pensioners at times last season? do you not understand the concept of strengthening/adding depth to the squad?

is he good enough to be the marquee signing/player? no, he's not not but arsenal aren't going to add 4/5 players of that quality. That's what i think they should be looking to do as well, same as you & others no doubt, but they won't and you need a good squad & arsenal have never or will never have a squad of 22-25 superstars.

were/are flamini or sanogo or monreal that type either/good enough? no, but they've been useful.

don't understand the negative reaction to him at all, baffling really considering the injuries arsenal pick up + walcott is probably going to have stop/start season coming back from that injury, picking up strains, etc.
though poor gosplan will go into a coma when schneiderlin & remy rock up for the team photo :pac:

You are in dreamland if you think we'll sign Remy and another "top striker". If you are content with Giroud+Remy to spearhead our attack then there is obviously a huge conflict of interest. If there's one thing we can learn from Liverpool last year/RVP + United it's that you can be as crap as you like all across the park but if you have class up front you can make up for it. I would fancy Campbell/Sanogo to cover Remy's role between the two of them, and they're both younger.

Also love the "relatively cheap" comment. It's back to square one with us it seems, the fans looking out for the board and making sure they don't overspend. I assure you that won't be the case.

tayto lover

greendom wrote: »

Was he available ? Can teams break off loan agreements just like that ? If so that was definitely a lost opportunity when the seriousness of Walcott's injury became apparent

I read that he was available and was in favour of a move too.

Jaafa

tayto lover wrote: »

I read that he was available and was in favour of a move too.

In fairness though, "I read that he was available" ≠ "he was available".

greendom

Jaafa wrote: »

In fairness though, "I read that he was available" ≠ "he was available".

I suppose it depends where he read it...

gosplan

I think that Wenger's extremly principled in terms of the players he signs and how they fit into his overall vision of where the club is going.

I've no doubt that this isn't always the most pragmatic of approaches but I kind of like it nonetheless.

Remy for example would have done a job for us but we would have him on a 4 year contract and still be looking for a better striker.

Year long stopgaps don't really happen unless they're older players like Eto or Silvestre and usually then they're not that successful.

I just think that the idea of signing a player he doesn't really want for a short term fix is just so un-Wenger.

emergingstar

Good peice my arseblog here in Campbell

I tend to agree that it will be hard for him to fit in

I think we will cash in on him

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/club/arsenal/359/blog/post/1923034/arsenals-difficult-situation-with-joel-campbell

gosplan

emergingstar wrote: »

Good peice my arseblog here in Campbell

I tend to agree that it will be hard for him to fit in

I think we will cash in on him

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/club/arsenal/359/blog/post/1923034/arsenals-difficult-situation-with-joel-campbell

Agree with a lot but when he talks of being well stocked in wide positions he mentions Walcott, Ox, Santi, Gnabry and Pod.

If Walcott and Ox are injured, which they are currently, that pushes Ozil wide right, Santi central and leaves us with Pod who can't play 90 and Gnabry as the only backup.

There's still room for him IMO but not if we sign someone like Sanchez.

Even then there might be an occasional spot but you'd like to think that Wenger would know he's not doing the player any favours by keeping him around for Carling cup games at this stage of his career.

Jmac24128

Gonna wrap this up nice at quick
Signings I would pick
Julio ceaser
Remy or a worldie
Kehdiera
Richards
A right back

Alfred Borden

Rumours Debuchy is done. would be a top signing imo

extra gravy

According to (supposedly reliable) French tv channel infosportplus, Mathieu Debuchy is on the verge of agreeing a move to Arsenal.

Mr Blobby

If thats true then thats amazing news!
I always wanted Debucy over Aurier. We've always looked a lot better when we've had an attacking fullback.

extra gravy

Debuchy for the next 3 or 4 years with Jenkinson or Bellerin as possible long term successor. Would be very happy with this.

Alfred Borden

Debuchy
Schneiderlin
Sanchez
Remy
Backup Gk

Dream Summer.

Mr Blobby

Raf32 wrote: »

Debuchy
Schneiderlin
Sanchez
Remy
Backup Gk

Dream Summer.

:cool:

Alfred Borden

Poor Aurier :pac:

shano_88

I'd be happy with Debuchy. Prob the safer option over Aurier

Muirshin Durkin

Id be happy with either.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Didn't realise Debuchy was nearly 29. Still, seems like a decent choice if true.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Didn't realise Debuchy was nearly 29. Still, seems like a decent choice if true.

What will his wages be like? Id imagine nowhere near even what Sagna was on before he left?

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Deleted User wrote: »

What will his wages be like? Id imagine nowhere near even what Sagna was on before he left?

Don't really know but I'd assume it'd be around the 60k mark.

Ken Shamrock

Raf32 wrote: »

Debuchy
Schneiderlin
Sanchez
Remy
Backup Gk

Dream Summer.

We need at least 1 centre halve, can nobody see the the need for this??

greendom

Deleted User wrote: »

What will his wages be like? Id imagine nowhere near even what Sagna was on before he left?

For a 29 year old French international - 70 - 80k at a guess ?

greendom

greendom wrote: »

For a 29 year old French international - 70 - 80k at a guess ?

Can we take the fact that Wenger is signing a 29 year old full back as an indication that perhaps Wenger sees either Bellerin or Jenkinson making that right back spot their own in the not to distant future.

Alfred Borden

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

We need at least 1 centre halve, can nobody see the the need for this??

Schneiderlin could be fourth choice

Bit weird to be signing him on a one-year contract. :pac:

keano_afc

Meh. Not an upgrade on Sagna but better than nothing

extra gravy

Raf32 wrote: »

Poor Aurier :pac:

Maybe not:

Get French Football ‏@GFN_France
Serge Aurier has told @jplusun that his dream club is Real Madrid. #ToulouseFC #RMCF

:pac:

ronjo

keano_afc wrote: »

Meh. Not an upgrade on Sagna but better than nothing

Not a huge of players are to be fair.
A proven premiership player with International experience.

It will do me for a start.

TimeToShine

Could have used the fee to keep Sagna who is probably better. Debuchy is no spring chicken.

egghead.

Is this an improvement on sagna?

Doesn't inspire me like people said sagna moving on would.

green and yellow

i'm looking forward to seeing how Gnabry will develop this season, have a feeling he will prove himself a very valuable squad member. pacey players are always exciting to watch.

Ken Shamrock

Raf32 wrote: »

Schneiderlin could be fourth choice

Has he ever played CB? I agree all those signings would be great but i'll be very disappointed if Wenger doesn't bring in sufficient cover yet again.

Mr Blobby

For me Debuchy is an upgrade on Sagna. While he probably isn't as solid defensively, he's much better going forward. We had very little attack on the right wing whenever Walcott was out since Sagna could never beat his man.

Having a fullback that an actually get forward (like Gibbs) will be a huge boost.

Alfred Borden

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Has he ever played CB? I agree all those signings would be great but i'll be very disappointed if Wenger doesn't bring in sufficient cover yet again.

Id love a fourth choice cb but know we wont bring in that many. Think he started off originally as a centre back so would be fine with him/Pleg as fourth choice.