Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15

Quazzie

Gringo180 wrote: »

To be fair to Chesney he has plenty of potential. But if I am being honest hes not even in the top 5 goalkeepers in the league imo. Far too many lapses of concentration for my liking.

Who is ahead of him in the top 4?

Gringo180

Quazzie wrote: »

Who is ahead of him in the top 4?

De Gea, Hart, Begovic, Lloris, Courtoius. Utd and Chelsea have better back up keepers than our current number 1. I think Ospina has the potential to be top class, he is pretty young himself.

fulmer1984

Gringo180 wrote: »

De Gea, Hart, Begovic, Lloris, Courtoius. Utd and Chelsea have better back up keepers than our current number 1. I think Ospina has the potential to be top class, he is pretty young himself.

Forster is also better

Quazzie

Gringo180 wrote: »

De Gea, Hart, Begovic, Lloris, Courtoius. Utd and Chelsea have better back up keepers than our current number 1. I think Ospina has the potential to be top class, he is pretty young himself.

I'd have him ahead of Begovic and LLoris, and on a par (at least) with Hart. I also think De Gea is going through a purple patch so it massively over rated recently.

Gringo180

Quazzie wrote: »

I'd have him ahead of Begovic and LLoris, and on a par (at least) with Hart. I also think De Gea is going through a purple patch so it massively over rated recently.

Lloris is operating on another level. Begovic is a notch down but still slightly better than Chesney imo.

Gringo180

fulmer1984 wrote: »

Forster is also better

Agree with that. He was a terrific signing. How much did he cost btw?

AdamD

Joe Hart? Jesus Wept

wonga77

Am I the only one that thinks Lloris is overated? He's shown that he is well capable of fcuk ups too. Ches may be rash at times but is far from our biggest problem imo

Mr Blobby

You have to also take into account that Szez is only 24. Thats still extremely young for a GK.

Gringo180

AdamD wrote: »

Joe Hart? Jesus Wept

Much much better keeper. He had a dip in form, but when he is on his game hes up there with the best. His performance against Madrid (?) a few seasons back wan one of the best I ever seen. Great decision maker.

AdamD

Gringo180 wrote: »

Much much better keeper. He had a dip in form, but when he is on his game hes up there with the best. His performance against Madrid (?) a few seasons back wan one of the best I ever seen. Great decision maker.

At a guess I'd say he makes triple the amount of mistakes Woj does.

Gringo180

Mr Blobby wrote: »

You have to also take into account that Szez is only 24. Thats still extremely young for a GK.

Ospina is only 26. I think he deserves a shot as our number 1.

Gringo180

wonga77 wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks Lloris is overated? He's shown that he is well capable of fcuk ups too. Ches may be rash at times but is far from our biggest problem imo

Our biggest problem is having too many average and soft players in the squad. Imagine where we would be lying in the table with out Sanchez in the team.

Shoelaces

I will never forget the days that our cry for a DM was a cry for a GK. The days of Almunia and Fabianski. I praise the lord above that we have one of the brightest GK talents in Europe if not the world behind the sticks.

efb

wonga77 wrote: »

Sanchez is trying to give Giroud a run for his money


https://twitter.com/Alexis_Sanchez/status/553634796786958336

Not as sexy, but man he's ripped

Szczesny is fine. Unfortunately that's the issue with a lot of the squad, there's no big weak-spot without being accused of scape-goating.

tayto lover

Fierce quiet in here.
Did we sign anyone yet?

efb

Anyone else not keen to play Özil against Stoke RFC?

wandatowell

Get him out there I say.

Mr Blobby

efb wrote: »

Anyone else not keen to play Özil against Stoke RFC?

I'd rather start him against Stoke than Man City.

Let him get some match fitness back.

Awesomeness

Mr Blobby wrote: »

I'd rather start him against Stoke than Man City.

Let him get some match fitness back.

At the charlton Brighton game doing a bit of scouting for the cup game. Will have to pop in and give arsene my feedback tomorrow

Ol' Donie

Stupid Sunday matches.

Irish Aris

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Stupid Sunday matches.

Suits me just fine this weekend, I work today!!

efb

Out in Dub for the b-day so prob head to Mercantile -suits me

Alfred Borden

efb wrote: »

Out in Dub for the b-day so prob head to Mercantile -suits me

Have a good one mate, hopefully the gunners dont ruin it for ya! :pac:

Mickeroo

Stoke at home should be a grand match to bring Ozil back, perfect even, we've beaten them 12 times in a row at home.

efb

Raf32 wrote: »

Have a good one mate, hopefully the gunners dont ruin it for ya! :pac:

Good night tonight then Giroud and Sanchez score and take off their tops to celebrate 😝😝😝😝😜

Ol' Donie

efb wrote: »

Good night tonight then Giroud and Sanchez score and take off their tops to celebrate ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜œ

Jaysus, we'll be getting yellow cards all over the place!

efb

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Jaysus, we'll be getting yellow cards all over the place!

Love Rambo to nutmeg Shawcross and score a screamer

extra gravy

Looking forward to seeing these two play together!

WoollyRedHat

And so the legend was born.
Meanwhile, Spurs are behind, 2-1 to Crystal Palace after Kane scored the first. Yeooww.

efb

Looks like I gave spurs the kiss of death picking them for my last man standing!☺

extra gravy

Win tomorrow and we go a point ahead of them...happy Saturday!

jamescd

extra gravy wrote: »

Win tomorrow and we go a point ahead of them...happy Saturday!

2 points

Irish Aris

and a draw on Monday night would suit us just fine.

gosplan

With Spurs losing, West Ham drawing and Utd playing Southampton, we really need to capitalise tomorrow.

MaxPower89

Don't like looking too far ahead but if Kos playing tomorrow means he won't play against City then I would prefer to see him on the bench.

Ozil to start and gain some sharpness for the City game, with Walcott coming on in the 2nd half. Don't think he looked sharp at all v Hull, despite nearly scoring a few times.

Something like:

Chez
Chambers Debuchy Mert Gibbs
Ox Coq Rosicky Santi
Ozil
Giroud

Irish Aris

MaxPower89 wrote: »

Don't like looking too far ahead but if Kos playing tomorrow means he won't play against City then I would prefer to see him on the bench.

Ozil to start and gain some sharpness for the City game, with Walcott coming on in the 2nd half. Don't think he looked sharp at all v Hull, despite nearly scoring a few times.

Something like:

Chez
Chambers Debuchy Mert Gibbs
Ox Coq Rosicky Santi
Ozil
Giroud

Alexis??

MaxPower89

Irish Aris wrote: »

Alexis??

Egg on face...:o

Drop Rosicky probably.

gosplan

Start Walcott Alexis Ozil Giroud.

We have already lost the middle of the park so we need a forward line that can win the game.

Caz, Ox, Rosicky not much use in this one I fear.

Bobby Baccala

gosplan wrote: »

Start Walcott Alexis Ozil Giroud.

We have already lost the middle of the park so we need a forward line that can win the game.

Caz, Ox, Rosicky not much use in this one I fear.

Cazorla will start

Skylinehead

Lost the middle of the park at home to Stoke? It'll be the opposite surely.

Cazorla has to start, our best player right now bar Sanchez.

Bobby Baccala

Between ozil and cazorla we should dominate midfield

I hope to be hoping for a draw in the late match tomorrow. There's a chance I won't care by then.

Soups123

Missus off to bed time to stick the FA Cup final on from 2nd half kick off!

Marcus Antonius

Soups123 wrote: »

Missus off to bed time to stick the FA Cup final on from 2nd half kick off!

Dammit wish I had recorded it myself! Enjoy, was some half, just cut out the first 10/20 mins of the game and it's all good

Skylinehead

Marcus Antonius wrote: »

Dammit wish I had recorded it myself! Enjoy, was some half, just cut out the first 10/20 mins of the game and it's all good

http://www.matchhighlight.com/full-matches-review/premier-league-full-matches-review/arsenal-vs-hull-city-fa-cup-final-full-matches/

:cool:

wandatowell

Skylinehead wrote: »

http://www.matchhighlight.com/full-matches-review/premier-league-full-matches-review/arsenal-vs-hull-city-fa-cup-final-full-matches/

:cool:

You're a bollox, just finished a 12hr shift and now I'm watching the cup final

gosplan

Skylinehead wrote: »

Lost the middle of the park at home to Stoke? It'll be the opposite surely.

Cazorla has to start, our best player right now bar Sanchez.

Wanyama and Davis destroyed us vrs Saints by pure physicality alone.

Despite what we'd like to believe Coq is championship level and anyone we partner him with in CMF isn't up to it in that position.

I'd go Coq - Ox in the middle myself but I don't expect them to win the battle vrs Nzonzi and Whealen.

Benching Cazorla isn't necessarily what I had in mind.

I imagine Wenger will start one of Ozil/Walcott and one of Ox/Rosicky with the others used as subs.

I guess what I'm saying is I can't see us dominating posession with a weak centre and if we don't dominate posession, the usefulness of some players goes down whereas people like Walcott and Sanchez are really valuable.

Topbike77

Something I just thought of, will someone be given the number 9, as Podolski left.