Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014/15

tayto lover

Only saw the second half today but we played very well.
Sanchez is absolutely brilliant.
We seem to have started very well too. When we start well we do well.
Now hope we have a strong team for next week against City away.

Irish Aris

tayto lover wrote: »

Only saw the second half today but we played very well.
Sanchez is absolutely brilliant.
We seem to have started very well too. When we start well we do well.
Now hope we have a strong team for next week against City away.

I would prefer to keep most of the starting team as it was today.
I expect lots of defending required, players needing to cover lots of ground.
Ozil, Walcott and Ramsey offer different attributes to the game, just that they will be coming back from injuries and might not be 100% there.

emmetlego

emmetlego wrote: »

Any word on Matty's injury yet? They said on Sky that they'd hear from Wenger at full time because he was getting a X Ray straight after going down the tunnel...

I'll answer myself so!

Dislocated shoulder. no announcement on return date…

I reckon… Could be back within a couple of weeks I imagine depending if the ortho surgeons decide if it needs pins or not. Tricky injuries to keep right.

F**k you Stoke, f**k you!!!

On a positive side, Bellerin did very well. An able deputy!

csallmighty

Debuchy has dislocated shoulder.

That could be either 1 or 2 weeks out if he lets it heal on its own or a few months (2? I think) if he gets surgery.

Bellerin and defense was good today but I fear for them against city.

Colonialboy

well done Arsene and the team, great performance.
I felt we added some physicality to our game for this match given the muckers we were playing.

salmocab

With Debuchy out for at least a match or two getting a CH bought early this week would be great give them a day or two with the team before subbing next weekend and then a full week before starting against Brighton to give someone a decent break, Kos or Mert. Not too optimistic though. This would give Chambers a chance of a rest too.

emergingstar

Schneiderlin is the player we need if that means waiting until the summer we should

A superb player

yipeeeee

salmocab wrote: »

With Debuchy out for at least a match or two getting a CH bought early this week would be great give them a day or two with the team before subbing next weekend and then a full week before starting against Brighton to give someone a decent break, Kos or Mert. Not too optimistic though. This would give Chambers a chance of a rest too.

subbing ?

Irish Aris

fair play to the Saints. Looks like we might have to keep an eye on them until the end.

Topbike77

Would love if we could snatch Alexandre Lacazette in the summer window scored another 2 for Lyon this evening. Class striker.

salmocab

yipeeeee wrote: »

subbing ?

Cant see us buying someone good enough to walk in to starting 11 so I'm sure it will be Mert and Kos next week again and Chambers or Bellerin at RB giving a newbie a nice soft start then its another week to what should be an easy enough cup game. But as I said not optimistic.

Irish Aris

salmocab wrote: »

Cant see us buying someone good enough to walk in to starting 11 so I'm sure it will be Mert and Kos next week again and Chambers or Bellerin at RB giving a newbie a nice soft start then its another week to what should be an easy enough cup game. But as I said not optimistic.

At the moment, I would vote Bellerin for RB against City, cause of the better pace.
But neither of them are ideal against City. Missing Debuchy is a big thing.

salmocab

Happy with the result from OT think its more likely Southampton will fall away a bit during the rest of the season so this will probably suit us better

Mr Blobby

Ronan14 wrote: »

Would love if we could snatch Alexandre Lacazette in the summer window scored another 2 for Lyon this evening. Class striker.

He's lethal!
I'd imagine he'd cost quite a pretty penny.

Alfred Borden

emergingstar wrote: »

Schneiderlin is the player we need if that means waiting until the summer we should

A superb player

To be honest I would overpay for him right now. Throw a 25-30 million offer their way and they wouldnt reject. Same with Bony at Swansea.

Topbike77

Mr Blobby wrote: »

He's lethal!
I'd imagine he'd cost quite a pretty penny.

True but his only 23 and his services would defiantly pay off.

brianregan09

I wouldn't say Southampton will fade away at all , They'll be right up there till the end can definitley see Man United dropping more points

salmocab

brianregan09 wrote: »

I wouldn't say Southampton will fade away at all , They'll be right up there till the end can definitley see Man United dropping more points

Don't think they will fade away but can see them dropping a few more points than Utd so come May I can see us and utd in the driving seat for 3/4 place but certainly Southampton will be right up there but I think they will need someone to blow their run in.

shano_88

Raf32 wrote: »

To be honest I would overpay for him right now. Throw a 25-30 million offer their way and they wouldnt reject. Same with Bony at Swansea.

He won't leave in January. Southampton are competing with us for a champions league place and they won't sell unless it's crazy money.

Soups123

I like the lad but I don't think he's the type of midfielder we need, it's a media driven signing

cson

fulmer1984 wrote: »

Nonsense, sczcesny's distribution is one of the worst in the league. Ospina for me for next 10 games, see what he's made of

Check the stats and come back to me. He had the best distribution success rate in the league last year.

So no, he's not one of the worst in the league. You're the one talking nonsense.

emergingstar wrote: »

Schneiderlin is the player we need if that means waiting until the summer we should

A superb player

Agreed.

We won't be signing him on account of a number of factors but he'd essentially be a like for like replacement for Arteta.

efb

Great day to be a gooner

Drexel

cson wrote: »

Check the stats and come back to me. He had the best distribution success rate in the league last year.

Id say Sanga had a lot to do with that. He was superb in the air and was the focal point of most of out kickouts.

Good performance today. Wish we would get a defender in sooner rather then later though

emergingstar

Soups123 wrote: »

I like the lad but I don't think he's the type of midfielder we need, it's a media driven signing

No way soups he is exactly what we need

Oranage2

That Sanchez lad is pure class, not too bad at the old football. Glad to see kos back such a warrior.

Irish Aris

I would be more interested in a Wanyama-style player, someone commanding, who would stop traffic coming from the other side.

Drexel

emergingstar wrote: »

No way soups he is exactly what we need

I think he ment Lacazette.

schneiderlin is a no brainer

Soups123

emergingstar wrote: »

No way soups he is exactly what we need

I think he is more box to box and better on the forward moving part of the game, I think he is a better Arteta, in an ideal world I'd prefere a Matic type player I just don't think he matches what people are articulating on here as the DM we need

I know your preference is a ball moving improvement on Arteta which is fair enough

emergingstar

I thought ozil looked a lot bigger when he came on today

Ardennes1944

Me too, he definitely beefed up a bit.
He also made a sliding tackle too :eek:

extra gravy

Definite difference.

AdamD

yipeeeee

Is it the tight jerseys:)

Pudders

20 minutes to go the stadium announcer announced to the Orc fans how there was train trouble and they had to go to a different station and change trains later.

que singing:
3-0 down and you can't get home!

Horrible team. Brilliant result.

Give alexia player of the season trophy now.

Would usually be expecting Southampton to drop away but they've stuck around longer than the usual for a team popping up the table. 10 wins would do them from the 17 matches left. The 17 matches left are Chelsea and City away, Spurs, West Ham, Liverpool and Swansea at home and then the rest of the table from 10th down. Based on how they've done so far they probably should get 4th, though it'd be hard to be too critical if they don't.
They've beaten us and United as their first 2 matches since the halfway-point which is pretty feckin decent.

yipeeeee

yipeeeee wrote: »

Is it the tight jerseys:)

I reckon he might just have bulked up a small bit too be fair. The break might prove to be a blessing. Although its lamentable in a way that a tidy player like Ozil has to bulk up to survive in the premier league because of the likes of Stoke City.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Would usually be expecting Southampton to drop away but they've stuck around longer than the usual for a team popping up the table. 10 wins would do them from the 17 matches left. The 17 matches left are Chelsea and City away, Spurs, West Ham, Liverpool and Swansea at home and then the rest of the table from 10th down. Based on how they've done so far they probably should get 4th, though it'd be hard to be too critical if they don't.
They've beaten us and United as their first 2 matches since the halfway-point which is pretty feckin decent.

As things intensify and injuries grow, dont be surprised if one or more of the bottom ten teams take a scalp. I wouldnt begrudge Southampton however i think we'll get top four and i can see United taking third.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

As things intensify and injuries grow, dont be surprised if one or more of the bottom ten teams take a scalp.

Against us or Southampton? :P

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Against us or Southampton? :P

Perhaps both :P Although id fancy us to finish stronger tbh

jonneymendoza

good win today. why diddnt we play like that away against stoke?

jonneymendoza

Beating city away could be the turning point for the club as a whole

Soups123

jonneymendoza wrote: »

good win today. why diddnt we play like that away against stoke?

Because football ain't that simple! Already nervous for next week

jonneymendoza

Soups123 wrote: »

Because football ain't that simple! Already nervous for next week

maybe thats how fergie won so many titles. he questioned his players and gave them that mentality that there is no way in hell a little small club will beat us today.

Our players need that

tayto lover

jonneymendoza wrote: »

Beating city away could be the turning point for the club as a whole

Well that would definitely be a change.
We need to start winning away games against the Big 3. Southampton could go to OT today and get 3 points and this is something that seems to be beyond us.
We need to concentrate on the mental side of football too.

I feel we will have to step up and win some of these big games this season as we are 12 points behind where we were last season after 21 games.
We could still finish 3rd which would be great.

Soups123

jonneymendoza wrote: »

maybe thats how fergie won so many titles. he questioned his players and gave them that mentality that there is no way in hell a little small club will beat us today.

Our players need that

Maybe and given its that simple why doesn't every manager just do it?

Stoke away is very different to Stoke at home that said to be as good as we want to be we need to be beating Stoke, Swansea, Southampton etc away from home with the odd loss acceptable

crazy_kenny

Good performance and result today. Nice to get a clean sheet too.

I can see us beating City next week. They look a different team with Toure missing from midfield.

Ol' Donie

crazy_kenny wrote: »

Good performance and result today. Nice to get a clean sheet too.

I can see us beating City next week. They look a different team with Toure missing from midfield.

If we can survive the first twenty mins (which we are capable of) we could well beat them.

Felt like something had changed today. Seemed stronger.

Ardennes1944

Thanks for putting up the link to the FA Cup final, a great watch

Mickeroo

We've been here before lads, beating a crap team well at home, I wouldn't be jumping the gun about City yet. We've been awful away from home again this season against the big teams though the fact we got a draw in Anfield gives me hope. Mind you, we do tend to approach City with a different mentality to the others though and the 5-3 last season wrongly gets lumped in with the embarassing results at Liverpoole, Chelsea and Everton as anyone could have won that game.

byrneg28

Mickeroo wrote: »

We've been here before lads, beating a crap team well at home, I wouldn't be jumping the gun about City yet. We've been awful away from home again this season against the big teams though the fact we got a draw in Anfield gives me hope. Mind you, we do tend to approach City with a different mentality to the others though and the 5-3 last season wrongly gets lumped in with the embarassing results at Liverpoole, Chelsea and Everton as anyone could have won that game.

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