Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Notes in OP 24/08

Ken Shamrock

Are there any openly gay footballers?

Soups123

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Are there any openly gay footballers?

A bit random Bob, weres this going?

Irish Aris

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

Are there any openly gay footballers?

Very few on a high level and most of them don't come out until after they retire.

Thomas Hitzlsperger would be the most well known of the current generation.
And Robbie Rogers who played for Leeds United for a couple of years. He is still playing (in the States I think)
And Justin Fassanu from the past.

greendom

Irish Aris wrote: »

Very few on a high level and most of them don't come out until after they retire.

Thomas Hitzlsperger would be the most well known of the current generation.
And Robbie Rogers who played for Leeds United for a couple of years. He is still playing (in the States I think)
And Justin Fassanu from the past.

American fellow who was at Leeds a while back who has retired too I think.

Ken Shamrock

Soups123 wrote: »

A bit random Bob, weres this going?

Not really random after the rainbow laces?? I was just curious is all, never heard of one.

Irish Aris wrote: »

Very few on a high level and most of them don't come out until after they retire.

Thomas Hitzlsperger would be the most well known of the current generation.
And Robbie Rogers who played for Leeds United for a couple of years. He is still playing (in the States I think)
And Justin Fassanu from the past.

Cheers man

keano_afc

Lars Bender.















Too obvious?

Nemeses2050

BBC Sporf ‏@BBCSporf 44m
MAD: Mario Balotelli has been subbed off for Liverpool Reserves after kicking a Wolves player in the head!" .

Wenger was very sensible in staying away from him.

maximoose

I don't think Wenger was.

BBC Sporf - not BBC Sport

Parody acc

Ed Winchester

maximoose wrote: »

I don't think Wenger was.

BBC Sporf - not BBC Sport

Parody acc

I think its been suggested in a few places on twitter though. Could still be all bull****.

Ken Shamrock

Nemeses2050 wrote: »

BBC Sporf ‏@BBCSporf 44m
MAD: Mario Balotelli has been subbed off for Liverpool Reserves after kicking a Wolves player in the head!" .

Wenger was very sensible in staying away from him.

Really!? That BBC Sporf is fooling a lot of people!

Nemeses2050

maximoose wrote: »

I don't think Wenger was.

BBC Sporf - not BBC Sport

Parody acc

I do know that is a Parody a/c

greendom

maximoose wrote: »

I don't think Wenger was.

BBC Sporf - not BBC Sport

Parody acc

I think he was whether or not he kicked someone in the head today.

Nemeses2050

greendom wrote: »

I think he was whether or not he kicked someone in the head today.

+1,

If he hasn't done it today, it's only a matter of time he'll kick someone. It's easy to wind him up.

Ed Winchester

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/05/mario-balotelli-kicks-wolves-player-substituted_n_5772008.html

Ken Shamrock

Ed Winchester wrote: »

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/05/mario-balotelli-kicks-wolves-player-substituted_n_5772008.html

Hahaha wow, what the fcuk is his problem like? Needs to go get help along with Suarez.

Mr Blobby

Ed Winchester wrote: »

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/05/mario-balotelli-kicks-wolves-player-substituted_n_5772008.html

I call bullcrap.
They don't even have a decent source.

Edit: Yep its bullcrap - https://twitter.com/mccareyA1/status/507893147490586624

kronsington

Don't know if this has been mentioned but Zigic had come out and said our link to him was indeed genuine... Oh the reaction had we signed him

Mr Blobby

kronsington wrote: »

Don't know if this has been mentioned but Zigic had come out and said our link to him was indeed genuine... Oh the reaction had we signed him

He's probably just trying to keep himself relevant. I really doubt we were interested.

Soups123

kronsington wrote: »

Don't know if this has been mentioned but Zigic had come out and said our link to him was indeed genuine... Oh the reaction had we signed him

Mr Blobby wrote: »

He's probably just trying to keep himself relevant. I really doubt we were interested.

Exactly he doesnt say in his quotes Arsenal contacted him. His agent probably contacted Arsenal as he did many clubs.

shano_88

Did poor Zigic get a club in the end?

tayto lover

Hate these International breaks.

Szczsney

Szczsney wrote:

English press need to stop looking for a story when there isn't one. I said I used to feel sorry for Lukasz Fabianski because he was my good friend and he deserved to play first team football. Little bit different then saying "Ospina isn't my friend and I don't feel sorry for him", don't you think?
With social media these days your bull...t stories will get killed straight away

Heh. Feckin' ledge.

Marty McFly

tayto lover wrote: »

Hate these International breaks.

Roll on the City game. As much as I hate international friendlies and didn't watch the Oman game I am looking forward to the game on Sunday.

jonneymendoza

Marty McFly wrote: »

Roll on the City game. As much as I hate international friendlies and didn't watch the Oman game I am looking forward to the game on Sunday.

You just reminded me that i bought two tickets for that game and need to decide who is the lucky one i will invite to this game.


ummm

Marty McFly

I see were still being linked with Rabiot he's been left out of PSG squad for the Champions League.

Us and Chelsea are being linked with a January move.

Fcuk bring back football I've been reduced to reading gossip columns mid season.

HazDanz

jonneymendoza wrote: »

You just reminded me that i bought two tickets for that game and need to decide who is the lucky one i will invite to this game.


ummm

**Forced smile** Have a great time :pac:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Did anyone post the rainbow laces video yet? Gas craic altogether!

http://youtu.be/1_2QzUvLNDI

dinorebel

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

Did anyone post the rainbow laces video yet? Gas craic altogether!

http://youtu.be/1_2QzUvLNDI

Giroud could make a man turn

TheCoolWay

Marty McFly wrote: »

I see were still being linked with Rabiot he's been left out of PSG squad for the Champions League.

Us and Chelsea are being linked with a January move.

Fcuk bring back football I've been reduced to reading gossip columns mid season.

Loan?

efb

dinorebel wrote: »

Giroud could make a man turn

He's all mine!

wonga77

Ed Winchester

wonga77 wrote: »

No harm, it got a bit funky in here at times in the last coupla weeks!!

DenMan

shano_88 wrote: »

Did poor Zigic get a club in the end?

No I don't believe so! His Wikipedia still has him as a free agent. I hope he gets a club asap!

brianregan09

DenMan wrote: »

No I don't believe so! His Wikipedia still has him as a free agent. I hope he gets a club asap!

Why ? nothing to do with us ?

gnfnrhead

Been away for a bit and not bothered reading the 3000 odd posts I've missed. I intiended to, but when I seen how many I missed I skipped to near the end :pac:

What do people think of Welbek in general? Obviously not a world beater but I'm fairly happy as he provides competition in the long run.

Havent seen the games either so how did we do in them? Should we be worried for next weekend?

gosplan

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Been away for a bit and not bothered reading the 3000 odd posts I've missed. I intiended to, but when I seen how many I missed I skipped to near the end :pac:

What do people think of Welbek in general? Obviously not a world beater but I'm fairly happy as he provides competition in the long run.

Havent seen the games either so how did we do in them? Should we be worried for next weekend?

Some people produced random stats to show how awesome he is but anyone that says they aren't a bit 'meh' about it is lying.

Some freaking out about no of defenders, others saying we've the same amount as Chelsea and only need to make it till Jan.

We were OK in the games but never look like scoring more than 1-2 goals so we might have the same problems as last year.

Sanchez looked great and did well centrally.

A lot of people worried that any hope of a challenge might be over in a month or so with Giroud out.

Wenger gamble backfire season maybe?

Oh yeah, perhaps a hint of growing awareness of what Arteta brings. We were fairly awful and one paced against Leicester without him. No zip whatsoever.

DenMan

brianregan09 wrote: »

Why ? nothing to do with us ?

He was linked with us before the window closed. Wenger inquired about him.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9457012/transfer-news-nikola-zigic-confirms-arsenal-boss-arsene-wenger-made-enquiry

NinjaTruncs

Did Arsenal ever confirm they enquired. I always considered that interest made up by the agent to make other interested parties make a move. The quote was weird as it called out arsenal by name and then was very vague about the interest from other clubs.

Oranage2

On Arteta, would Fabregas have been a better option?


I joke, I joke...

fearrua

gnfnrhead wrote: »

What do people think of Welbek in general? Obviously not a world beater but I'm fairly happy as he provides competition in the long run.

Havent seen the games either so how did we do in them? Should we be worried for next weekend?

I think the big thing with Welbeck is that it's better than relying on Sanogo (who I do like) til Olly comes back.
As for how we've been playing... 'meh' is the word I'd be inclined to use.

Mr Blobby

gosplan wrote: »

Oh yeah, perhaps a hint of growing awareness of what Arteta brings. We were fairly awful and one paced against Leicester without him. No zip whatsoever.

For all the Arteta bashing I do.. This is a very good point.
We really did look slow in the middle without him.

He really does play the Xavi role for us.

Irish Aris

Mr Blobby wrote: »

For all the Arteta bashing I do.. This is a very good point.
We really did look slow in the middle without him.

He really does play the Xavi role for us.

I reckon most of us agree on the value of Arteta.
I think the main point of discussion was that at 32 he can't carry on for the whole year. Too many games and unless tactics change he might struggle in the big games.

On the tactics side, what would fans think if we went to the big away games and parked the bus Mourinho style? And hit on the counter attack?

.jacksparrow.

Irish Aris wrote: »

I reckon most of us agree on the value of Arteta.
I think the main point of discussion was that at 32 he can't carry on for the whole year. Too many games and unless tactics change he might struggle in the big games.

On the tactics side, what would fans think if we went to the big away games and parked the bus Mourinho style? And hit on the counter attack?

Kind of the way the invincibles played. I would like to try it.

But Wenger is insistent on this barca style football which we just don't play good anymore.

wonga77

up to a point i dont give a sh1t how we play as long as we're winning,
The gameplan should vary from time to time anyhow, games against the top teams need to be approached in a different way tactically.
Games in Europe, esp away ones also need to be approached differently. Thats one of our biggest problems the last few years - no variation

Ardennes1944

Hopefully he will come back as strong as last time http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/theo-walcott-set-make-arsenal-4176374

gosplan

I think Arteta or a player in his mould will be very necessary until we get better in attack.

Pure out and out DMF's are a luxury that not many teams can afford.

tayto lover

Jaysus lads Arteta is not nearly as good as some of you make out.
He is slow and often gives the ball away.
He is the best we have at the moment but we can do a lot better.
He was playing in 3 of the 4 hidings we got last season too.

TheCoolWay

Sign up Mcgeady! He's knows how to score!

.jacksparrow.

Eamon could make a few friends in here with those comments about positivity!

Soups123

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Hopefully he will come back as strong as last time http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/theo-walcott-set-make-arsenal-4176374

Really can't wait to have Theo back. I know it can be a running joke but it really is like a new player!

I'll never under estimate his importance again