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

Fuzzy_Dunlop

In other news, apparently we offered more money than Roma for Manolas, but he wanted to be guaranteed first team football.

brianregan09

Should have kept bendtner at this rate

DenMan

He'll be the tallest player in the club should he arrive. At 6 ft 7 1⁄2 in he's half an inch taller than Big Per!

Alfred Borden

Just to get ye in the mood for our new signing boys Ill leave this here. Reminds me of Bergkamp and Henry blended into one

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Must be a response to that daily mail article on us being the smallest team the other week :pac:

Please god don't let it be true...

Ed Winchester

I refuse to believe these rumours.

Pudders

I actually don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Tonight I will be downing pre match beers in the Hen and Chickens at Highbury Corner pre match as UEFA in their wisdom don't allow any beer in the stadium EXCEPT in the premium level and hospitality. Bloody ridiculous.

Alfred Borden

If you accept Zigic is coming now, it will be so much easier to take when it happens. Gonna put in a cheeky bid for him tonight on my Fifa :pac:

gandalf

FFS if Zigic is Wengers answer to our frontman issues then I just despair!!! (Unless he is going to turn him into a CB!!)

flyingoutside

brianregan09 wrote: »

Should have kept bendtner at this rate

Take that back

DenMan

Some quality crosses into the box from the likes of Alexis, Chamberlain and Cazorla and this lad Zigic will head a good few in I'd say! Would be a good short term solution being honest!

Mickeroo

brianregan09 wrote: »

Should have kept bendtner at this rate

Funny you should say that: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-why-i-don-t-want-to-buy-nikola-zigic

Ken Shamrock

Raf32 wrote: »

Just to get ye in the mood for our new signing boys Ill leave this here. Reminds me of Bergkamp and Henry blended into one

Fcuk off Raf!

Alfred Borden

Massive game for jack tonight with Ramsey out.

shano_88

If you believe the Zigic rumours your an idiot.

Ken Shamrock

shano_88 wrote: »

If you believe the Zigic rumours your an idiot.

I really hope that stupid post doesn't come back to bite you on the ass pal

wawaman

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2735686/Manuel-Almunia-retires-Cagliari-discover-former-Arsenal-man-heart-problem.html

Poor oul Manuel

fulmer1984

can anyone else see Wenger playing Chambers as our Defensive Mid? I think he'll end up playing there for the big games, Chelsea, City etc

shano_88

Bob.Carcass wrote: »

I really hope that stupid post doesn't come back to bite you on the ass pal

Theres not an ounce of truth in it. Its his agent trying to get his clients name in the media in the hope he can get him a good club.

Ed Winchester

fulmer1984 wrote: »

can anyone else see Wenger playing Chambers as our Defensive Mid? I think he'll end up playing there for the big games, Chelsea, City etc

I can. Wenger has hinted as much as well.

Ken Shamrock

shano_88 wrote: »

Theres not an ounce of truth in it. Its his agent trying to get his clients name in the media in the hope he can get him a good club.

I sincerely hope you're right.

Muirshin Durkin

On another note, i wasnt really into the new jersey so decided to get this from camporetro, have to say im very impressed, its officially registered with Arsenal, good quality, really fast delivery, they have some nice stuff, i highly recommend.

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*i tried attaching it as pic, but they came out too big in the post

gandalf

Muirshin Durkin wrote: »

On another note, i wasnt really into the new jersey so decided to get this from camporetro, have to say im very impressed, its officially registered with Arsenal, good quality, really fast delivery, they have some nice stuff, i highly recommend.

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*i tried attaching it as pic, but they came out too big in the post

Jaysus I have an original version of that !!

shano_88

match thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057278416

DenMan

shano_88 wrote: »

match thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057278416

Good man! I was going to create one! COYG

Muirshin Durkin

gandalf wrote: »

Jaysus I have an original version of that !!

Was looking online for a few of the original ones, some where going for £120, the only thing is with my one is obviously they couldn't get the sponsor on it, so i only copped when i got it it was missing the adidas stripes on the sleeves.

djPSB

So ye managed to get rid off Bendtner and now want to replace him with Zigic?

Mr Blobby

So according to Matt Law (Telegraph) and John Cross (Mirror) the Zigic rumours were bull!

Personally i'm devastated.. The thought of him and Ozil linking up was mouthwatering.

Ed Winchester

djPSB wrote: »

So ye managed to get rid off Bendtner and now want to replace him with Zigic?

Believe me. NOBODY wants that.

tayto lover

Awesomeness wrote: »

I feel we will still challenge.

Wasnt long ago people were hoping for a front 3 of Theo, Alexis and OX with Ozil in behind. That is very much still on and with Santi , Poldi , Sanogo and Campbell to play a part.

Another striker would be great but either way I think we will be grand

Not if we don't buy.
How can we challenge when Giroud is out and he is the only thread we have in the air.
How many headed goals will we get without him do you think?
Kos or Mert might pop up with the odd one from a corner or freekick but they will be few and far between with our corner and freekick record.
Giroud will be a massive miss in attack and also in defensive situations.

Ken Shamrock

tayto lover wrote: »

Not if we don't buy.
How can we challenge when Giroud is out and he is the only thread we have in the air.
How many headed goals will we get without him do you think?
Kos or Mert might pop up with the odd one from a corner or freekick but they will be few and far between with our corner and freekick record.
Giroud will be a massive miss in attack and also in defensive situations.

What difference does it make weather there headed or not? We're a footballing side, i expect us to play football along the ground and bang in the goals, Barca dominated club football for years with no aerial threat.

Marty McFly

tayto lover wrote: »

Not if we don't buy.
How can we challenge when Giroud is out and he is the only thread we have in the air.
How many headed goals will we get without him do you think?
Kos or Mert might pop up with the odd one from a corner or freekick but they will be few and far between with our corner and freekick record.
Giroud will be a massive miss in attack and also in defensive situations.

What?? Giroud is woeful in the air for a big man it's a big weakness in his game gets himself on the end of a lot of crosses but misses more than he scores.

Thought most Arsenal fans had copped this by now.

Paleface

Pretty sure MOTD said that Giroud has scored the most headed goals in the league since the start of last season.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Marty McFly wrote: »

What?? Giroud is woeful in the air for a big man it's a big weakness in his game gets himself on the end of a lot of crosses but misses more than he scores.

Thought most Arsenal fans had copped this by now.

He still has the joint most goals from headers in the league since the start of last year.

UnknownSpecies

Marty McFly wrote: »

What?? Giroud is woeful in the air for a big man it's a big weakness in his game gets himself on the end of a lot of crosses but misses more than he scores.

Thought most Arsenal fans had copped this by now.

No other Premier League player has scored more headed goals than Giroud since the start of last season. So I wouldn't say he's woeful, but I agree he's a tad wasteful with his headed chances.

Paj

Marty McFly wrote: »

What?? Giroud is woeful in the air for a big man it's a big weakness in his game gets himself on the end of a lot of crosses but misses more than he scores.

Thought most Arsenal fans had copped this by now.

not disputing that, but he's got the joint most headed goals out of any player in the Prem since he joined the league. (him bony and benteke all have 5)

tayto lover

Raf32 wrote: »

Agreed the match takes priority right now. would love an early goal to settle the nerves.

I think we'll win easily enough tonight.
Besiktas are poor enough. We should actually have won out there.

UnknownSpecies

Paleface wrote: »

Pretty sure MOTD said that Giroud has scored the most headed goals in the league since the start of last season.

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

He still has the joint most goals from headers in the league since the start of last year.

dorgasm wrote: »

No other Premier League player has scored more headed goals than Giroud since the start of last season. So I wouldn't say he's woeful, but I agree he's a tad wasteful with his headed chances.

We all saw that scroll across the screen on MOTD so

greendom

Marty McFly wrote: »

What?? Giroud is woeful in the air for a big man it's a big weakness in his game gets himself on the end of a lot of crosses but misses more than he scores.

Thought most Arsenal fans had copped this by now.

Show me a striker who doesn't miss more than they score ?

Paleface

dorgasm wrote: »

We all saw that scroll across the screen on MOTD so

I had to pause it to double take what I was reading!

Ken Shamrock

greendom wrote: »

Show me a striker who doesn't miss more than they score ?

Ok, his conversion rate sucks is that a better way of putting it?

UnknownSpecies

Paleface wrote: »

I had to pause it to double take what I was reading!

I did the exact same, had to rewind it! Checked it up then and he's joined with Bony and Benteke on 5 headed goals.

tayto lover

fulmer1984 wrote: »

can anyone else see Wenger playing Chambers as our Defensive Mid? I think he'll end up playing there for the big games, Chelsea, City etc

He may eventually but now he is far too raw.

HazDanz

Alexis up top tonight. If that happens I will be excited to see what he can do.

Everton was a poor game to try him out up top with them being so bloody physical.

Marty McFly

greendom wrote: »

Show me a striker who doesn't miss more than they score ?

So you trying to imply heading is a strong point of his game? It's not he misses am awful lot of chances a lot of the time he fails to hit the target on simple enough chances.

It's often been stated even before he joined that headed goals was not his strong point.


Seems you can't even say heading isn't a strong point of Girouds game these days without some people getting in a fuss.

tayto lover

Marty McFly wrote: »

What?? Giroud is woeful in the air for a big man it's a big weakness in his game gets himself on the end of a lot of crosses but misses more than he scores.

Thought most Arsenal fans had copped this by now.

Who among our strikers would have scored that equaliser last Sat?
He misses a fair amount but he remains our only threat in the air among out attackers.

Ed Winchester

Are you guys for real? He's great in the air. Attacking wise and also defensively at set pieces. How many headed clearances did we see him make from opposition corners last season? A major weakness my hole.

Ken Shamrock

tayto lover wrote: »

Who among our strikers would have scored that equaliser last Sat?
He misses a fair amount but he remains our only threat in the air among out attackers.

Just because he's tall doesn't make him our best header of the ball, he is the target man, he receives more balls than anyone else, if he shoots 100 times and get 5 goals and Podolski shoots 10 times and gets 1 it means Podolski is better, quality is better than quantity and all that jazz.

Marty McFly

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Are you guys for real? He's great in the air. Attacking wise and also defensively at set pieces. How many headed clearances did we see him make from opposition corners last season? A major weakness my hole.

Might want to read the posts back so.

No one has said he doesn't get his head on the ball in fact I stated he does, defensively yea good attacking wise not so good misses a lot fails to hit the target with more.

Ed Winchester

He is unquestionably our best header of a ball.