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

Redzer7

Ronan14 wrote: »

Anyone else think the grass is an annoyingly really dark green colour. uggh my ocd drives me mad!

Definitely, contemplating whether to turn the brightness up on my tele.

fearrua

Ronan14 wrote: »

Anyone else think the grass is an annoyingly really dark green colour..... uggh my ocd drives me mad!

Definitely. #wengaout

Ronan14

Ronan14 wrote: »

Anyone else think the grass is an annoyingly really dark green colour..... uggh my ocd drives me mad!

In a summer where we signed Alexis Sanchez and spent over £50m, the grass is now too green for us Arsenal supporters ha :pac:

Alfred Borden

Chambers has been so impressive again

Raf32

Raf32 wrote: »

Chambers has been so impressive again

Looks very solid.

Not sure about his singing though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCFddZ90aKs

Redzer7

Back down to earth :pac:

Alfred Borden

Always was gonna score :pac: Arteta and Giroud are way off the pace, need them to do the 90 for fitness.

fearrua

Tut tut, two goals conceded from two set pieces, Bouldy won't be happy.

Jesus what a brutal goal to concede :mad: We're walking round today. The younglads had far more energy and zip about them yesterday. Giroud is dire. I realise its only a pre season friendly but enough of the backheels. Time to get out of those dirty habits. Cazorla has been shíte. Never thought id say this but Sanogo would offer us alot more then Giroud.

extra gravy

Would like to see Akpom on for the second half. My nan's mobility scooter has better movement than Giroud.

greendom

Monaco finding it very easy to attack our left hand side

greendom

extra gravy wrote: »

Would like to see Akpom on for the second half. My nan's mobility scooter has better movement than Giroud.

I want Giroud to play the 90 - not looking match fit and needs the full game to be ready for City

greendom

greendom wrote: »

Monaco finding it very easy to attack our left hand side

As I said earlier im no fan of Monreal but perhaps the lads in front of him are as much to blame as the man himself.

Alfred Borden

I really hope Sanchez or Walcott can make the CF position their own. Like Giroud but he just slows everything down.

farna_boy

greendom wrote: »

I want Giroud to play the 90 - not looking match fit and needs the full game to be ready for City

Has Giroud (or Kos) even been back training yet or is this his first time playing with Arsenal since the WC?

emergingstar

Cazorla looks fat

Raf32

Raf32 wrote: »

I really hope Sanchez or Walcott can make the CF position their own. Like Giroud but he just slows everything down.

He has been absolutely dirt. Looks incredibly lazy. I hate this brainless flicking nonsense. Our second team came out yesterday and attacked with pace but today we're back to this slow tempo shíte. Giving teams loads of time to get numbers behind the ball.

Alfred Borden

Deleted User wrote: »

He has been absolutely dirt. Looks incredibly lazy. I hate this brainless flicking nonsense. Our second team came out yesterday and attacked with pace but today we're back to this slow tempo shíte. Giving teams loads of time to get numbers behind the ball.

Thought that all season and believe it or not preferred when Yaya was in the team. Them flicks come off about 5% of the time and everyone raves about them. Sancheez upfront, walcott and ox on the flanks with Cazorla as Ozils backup and nowhere near the wing. Pace wins games.

emergingstar

emergingstar wrote: »

Cazorla looks fat

Think the tighter PUMA jerseys probably not flattering him to much :pac:

His performance has flattered to deceive too.

Alfred Borden

Arteta and Wilshere should be relegated to backups to Ramsey and the new DM too.

extra gravy

extra gravy wrote: »

Would like to see Akpom on for the second half. My nan's mobility scooter has better movement than Giroud.

A little child's tricycle would have more movement than him.

EuropeanSon

You're quick to moan here. It's only a pre season game ffs.

Alfred Borden

EuropeanSon wrote: »

You're quick to moan here. It's only a pre season game ffs.

Its a problem that has been going on for some time now, hopefully it will be fixed.

Alfred Borden

Sanchez gone upfront Ox on for Giroud.

EuropeanSon

Raf32 wrote: »

Its a problem that has been going on for some time now, hopefully it will be fixed.

Players coming back from holiday and not being sharp is a problem we've had for some time now, is it?

It'll be fixed by Palace, I've no doubt.

extra gravy

greendom wrote: »

I want Giroud to play the 90 - not looking match fit and needs the full game to be ready for City

Would like to see Sanogo start against City tbh. He's earned it after his performance yesterday and it would be a good test for him.

Alfred Borden

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Players coming back from holiday and not being sharp is a problem we've had for some time now, is it?

Giroud being our starting striker is.

EuropeanSon

EuropeanSon wrote: »

You're quick to moan here. It's only a pre season game ffs.

Problem is we seem to approach all games against top opposition in this manner whether its a friendly, Champions league or a Premier league clash. Id allow them a sh*te performance today but the attitude needs to improve. We're at this flicking nonsense far too much.

Mr Blobby

Monaco will tire and we'll score.

farna_boy

Can't believe some people are calling for Sanago to be starting ahead of Giroud already, despite the fact that Benfica were absolute muck yesterday and Monaco actually are a decent side.

Then again, it is just back to form of a lot of posters on here, despite how much they like Giroud.

FFS it's his first game back and he has had 4 days training with Arsenal since the World Cup. It's a lot easier to look good and fresh when you have had three months off and have been back at training for a while now.

Only Theo and Ospina down as injured on the website. Where is Gnabry?

Redzer7

Hate when professional footballers can't beat the first man from corners, does my head in!

Ardennes1944

Deleted User wrote: »

Only Theo and Ospina down as injured on the website. Where is Gnabry?

Knee injury

extra gravy

farna_boy wrote: »

It's a lot easier to look good and fresh when you have had three months off and have been back at training for a while now.

It's nothing to do with being fresh, he simply doesn't have the pace or movement to fit in with this side and no amount of training is going to change that.

Alfred Borden

Arteta looks dirt this whole preseason. Legs are nearly gone id say. Sickening as he is my favourite player at the club.

Mr Blobby

We desperately need a defensive midfielder.
Monaco are quite literally walking through our midfield 3.

Arteta is done.
Wilshere isn't a holding mid.
Ramsey... Well he's class, so he can stay.

greendom

Ridiculous to be complaining about Giroud when he's had 4 days back. Still scoring 22 goals last season didn't stop some so I shouldn't be surprised.

Redzer7

Definite peno!

greendom

shocking, shocking decision

Amirani

Really should've been.

Godge

Redzer7 wrote: »

Definite peno!

ref didn't give it to Arsenal, quelle surprise?

Even Michael Owen calling it.

keano_afc

The bloody lino called it outside. Shambolic.

greendom

keano_afc wrote: »

The bloody lino called it outside. Shambolic.

GK was clever - was outside pen after the challenge and he stayed there putting doubt in the linesman's mind

Redzer7

Disappointed with that performance.

shano_88

Wenger out

UnknownSpecies

That was an awful watch. Still very early though. Chambers and Debuchy looked good at least.

greendom

Redzer7 wrote: »

Disappointed with that performance.

It was poor, in our defence many of those players are only recently back from their breaks. Don't think any of those Monaco players featured in the latter stages of the WC ? Also Monaco's season starts next week so they are ahead of us in terms of pre-season preperation.

Soups123

It's preseason, it's a friendly we played about 17 players today? Lads away still not involved nothing more than a good run matters.

Decent game

farna_boy

extra gravy wrote: »

It's nothing to do with being fresh, he simply doesn't have the pace or movement to fit in with this side and no amount of training is going to change that.

Of course he doesn't have the pace! Seriously, I don't understand how after two years at Arsenal, people still expect Giroud to play like Suarez or Henry.

He is not that type of player and never will be.

Giroud is the person you play the ball to and whoever runs off him will get the goal. He will also score occasionally, but his main function is as a playmaker. The best description I have heard of him is that he is a less skilful Bergkamp. Now that Giroud has Sanchez next to him we might get to see his true value and not have to listen to the shíte about him being too slow compared to Suarez anymore.

UnknownSpecies

Jenks gave away a penalty and picked up a hamstring injury on his West Ham debut today. Ouch.