Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

Pepe LeFrits

Well, Wenger and Pellegrini have 9 and 10 games respectively to save the spending argument. I suppose the one silver lining of Leicester or Spurs winning the league that we wouldn’t have to hear it again for a while.

greendom

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Well, Wenger and Pellegrini have 9 and 10 games respectively to save the spending argument. I suppose the one silver lining of Leicester or Spurs winning the league that we wouldn’t have to hear it again for a while.

I'm not sure that 1 year in God knows how many disproves the spending argument. What Leicester have done, and to a lesser degree Spurs, has been exceptional. I really think normal service will be resumed next season

Ken Shamrock

greendom wrote: »

I'm not sure that 1 year in God knows how many disproves the spending argument. What Leicester have done, and to a lesser degree Spurs, has been exceptional. I really think normal service will be resumed next season

Well yeah, It really does. It shows that It can be done. Don't get me wrong If Leicester win the league I highly doubt they'll win It again next year but It does prove that you don't NEED to be spending millions and millions on players to build a world class team capable of winning titles.

Ol' Donie

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

Well yeah, It really does. It shows that It can be done. Don't get me wrong If Leicester win the league I highly doubt they'll win It again next year but It does prove that you don't NEED to be spending millions and millions on players to build a world class team capable of winning titles.

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It proves it can be done, what, once in ten years?

Ken Shamrock

Ol' Donie wrote: »

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It proves it can be done, what, once in ten years?

Yes, very good. It could be done 9 times In 10 years but It wasn't. It's possible and that's the point, sorry It doesn't fit your narrative.

Ol' Donie

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

Yes, very good. It could be done 9 times In 10 years but It wasn't. It's possible and that's the point, sorry It doesn't fit your narrative.

By narrative, you mean looking at the league for the last ten years? Is that it?

Ol' Donie

It's probably also worth pointing out that Leicester haven't actually won anything yet.

mansize

Haven't Spurs spent a good bit?

DenMan

Sunderland have signed Emmanuel Eboue until the end of the season. Good luck Eboue.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35764416

omega man

Anyone who doesn't see that Leicester or Spurs winning the league is shameful to all the so called top clubs is fooling themselves.

Chelsea, City and Utd have won titles in recent years so they get a pass this season. Pool have a new manager so they get a pass too. That leaves us......what would our excuse be?

greendom

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

Well yeah, It really does. It shows that It can be done. Don't get me wrong If Leicester win the league I highly doubt they'll win It again next year but It does prove that you don't NEED to be spending millions and millions on players to build a world class team capable of winning titles.

Try telling anyone in Ligue 1 that!

Have you read Soccernomics? I suggest you give it a read. This season has been incredible, miraculous even. If they manage to win iteven more so.

But the basic facts of the matter are that money is incredibly important in winning the league.

Bobby Baccala

DenMan wrote: »

Sunderland have signed Emmanuel Eboue until the end of the season. Good luck Eboue.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35764416

Looking forward to seeing him back in the league. Used to be a favourite of mine, although he could be a liability he could be a joy to watch.

DenMan

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Looking forward to seeing him back in the league. Used to be a favourite of mine, although he could be a liability he could be a joy to watch.

Arsenal go to Sunderland on April 24 I see.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/arsenal/fixtures

DenMan

DenMan wrote: »

Sunderland have signed Emmanuel Eboue until the end of the season. Good luck Eboue.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35764416

For old times sake

Quazzie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diy1XgTtZP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2-Z49ECO38

Canadel

Deleted User wrote: »

For old times sake

That's the funniest thing I've seen on the internet in weeks. Brilliant.

Looper007

Looper007 wrote: »

Why?

Just cause we beat a Championship side in a Replay, all whats gone before has been forgiven. 8 points behind the leaders who haven't spend nearly the money we have in the past few years and were relegation fodder last season plus in a year our biggest threats have slipped up.

Defeats to below par teams in the PL, tactically we are rubbish and are so easy to read (put ten men behind the ball and hit us on the break). Lack of signings and excuses from our glorious manager who is living on his past glories. Also putting out second string sides in the CL to have us struggle to finish second and get Barca. We could go on and on with the mess ups our club have gone through the last few years. The Fa Cup wins only have covered over the cracks.

Fair play to the guys holding up the banner, we need change if we want to be up there with the likes of Barca and Bayern even Chelsea and City.

I agree completely and while it wasnt nice for Ian Wright to get online abuse after all he done for us, Im not against the 'Thank you Arsene but time to leave' banner. There is no use being a hypocrite or fickle, we have been absolutely disgraceful the past 6 weeks.

I dont buy this 'get everything off the chest' players meeting Walcott was shíteing on about either. We hardly barnstormed from the first whistle last night and Walcott was very ordinary until Giroud got the second and Hull more or less gave up. The fact we took the lead was as much to do with a careless mistake from Meyler then our own perseverance.

The club needs a shake up and new ideas and no better time to embrace them then this summer. We are pretty much dead and buried in the league, and champions league and even the cup shouldnt save Wenger this year. Matter of fact i dont even think he should stay if we do pull off the league because im frankly sick of watching players stroll around the field with no urgency when there is a league to be won. The club needs a rocket up their arse

Arghus

Oh Eboue.

It seemed like we were all supposed to love him, but I could never stand him: He was just so useless. All the zany antics could never help me to forget how much it annoyed me that he was anywhere near the team in the first place.

Arghus

Arghus wrote: »

Oh Eboue.

It seemed like we were all supposed to love him, but I could never stand him: He was just so useless. All the zany antics could never help me to forget how much it annoyed me that he was anywhere near the team in the first place.

Himself and Gervinho almost symbolise the mediocre years dont they? (not that they've ground to a sudden halt ) Along with Chamakh, Squillachi, Senderos, Bendtner,

wonga77

I liked Eboue, seemed a good character although he was clearly never up to the standard required. Probably one of the lowest nights as an Arsenal fan the night they booed him off the field when he was substituted against Wigan, he was playing poor but he didnt deserve that

wonga77

wonga77 wrote: »

I liked Eboue, seemed a good character although he was clearly never up to the standard required. Probably one of the lowest nights as an Arsenal fan the night they booed him off the field when he was substituted against Wigan, he was playing poor but he didnt deserve that

And it genuinely upset the lad tbf. Its not as if he wasnt trying he was just short of what is required. And no way should he have been scapegoated. he's a human being at the end of the day

mansize

Deleted User wrote: »

And it genuinely upset the lad tbf. Its not as if he wasnt trying he was just short of what is required. And no way should he have been scapegoated. he's a human being at the end of the day

Fans can be so fickle

Ol' Donie

wonga77 wrote: »

I liked Eboue, seemed a good character although he was clearly never up to the standard required. Probably one of the lowest nights as an Arsenal fan the night they booed him off the field when he was substituted against Wigan, he was playing poor but he didnt deserve that

The time he gave the latest ever peno to let Liverpool draw with us was one of the angriest I've ever been with a player.

Ol' Donie

The time the sneaky bugger broke a bone in John Terry's foot was good.

Don't care if that's not sporting.

Ol' Donie

That lad Rabiot who banged one in against Chelsea tonight, we were linked with him weren't we. He'd be good.

Am I asking for trouble if I suggest we really could have done with a Fabregas this season?

Arghus

Ol' Donie wrote: »

The time he gave the latest ever peno to let Liverpool draw with us was one of the angriest I've ever been with a player.

YES.

I cringe whenever I hear people singing about him or see them wearing t-shirts emblazoned with his face. I'm sure he was a lovely lad and all and everyone feels bad about the booing incident, but that time against Liverpool.... Remember your rage? Do you remember that RAGE!!

Only Eboue...

I'd rather give my reverence to someone who was a completely unliked reprobate, but who always got the job done on the pitch.

Augme

Quazzie wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diy1XgTtZP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2-Z49ECO38

More funny moments, as already mentioned in the last few psots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWtoydTYN0

KaiserGunner

Yeah I really liked Eboue when he first arrived, he was instrumental at right back in his early years. I think he played right back in every game in our Champions League run in 06 where we didn't concede a single goal in the knockout stages apart from the final. Ironically Flamini was our left back in that run too.

Eboue wasn't great defensively of course and that penalty he gave away against Liverpool as mentioned was just a stupid brainless thing to do.

What really irked me about Eboue though, was when Wenger started playing him as a right winger. He clearly wasn't good enough to be playing there and it smacked as a cheap solution by Wenger, square-peg in round holes. Used to infuriate me when Wenger played him there instead of buying a proper wide right player. Wasn't Eboues fault he was playing there, just an example of some of the strange things that Wenger used to do.

Edit: looking at the above clip, looks like a really soft penalty award and Kuyt went down very easily.

wandatowell

Deleted User wrote: »

Himself and Gervinho almost symbolise the mediocre years dont they? (not that they've ground to a sudden halt ) Along with Chamakh, Squillachi, Senderos, Bendtner,

+1 I hated the sight of them all but Eboue whinds me up.

Completely useless. Delighted the day he left the club.
Sh*t player, acted like an idiot and done nothing only collect a paycheque he didnt deserve.

Sunderland must be truely ****ed.

greendom

One advantage of Chelsea losing last night is that they won't have the distraction of Europe and I think they have to play all our rivals before the end of the season.

Ol' Donie

Ol' Donie wrote: »

The time he gave the latest ever peno to let Liverpool draw with us was one of the angriest I've ever been with a player.

I still laugh when I see the poster covering the hole in the wall I made in my mate's gaff that time.

Nemeses2050

Guess Mahrez has the Barca DNA now

Ol' Donie

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I still laugh when I see the poster covering the hole in the wall I made in my mate's gaff that time.

My equivalent was the hole I put in the plasterboard in my old house when Wayne Bridge (Wayne f*ckin Bridge! JESUS!) scored against us in the CL.

mansize

You guys need anger management classes lol

dinorebel

mansize wrote: »

You guys need anger management classes lol

Maybe we could get Coquelin to join in.

Ol' Donie

mansize wrote: »

You guys need anger management classes lol

Probably.

The angriest I've ever been was the day i heard Cesc had signed for Chelsea.

Didn't punch anything that day, but I couldn't actually speak to anyone so i had to leave work and just come home and sit out the back on my own. Still makes me f*ckin sick, though.

keano_afc

We lose 8-2 to United and Traore walks off the pitch laughing. If I was his team mate that day I would have punched him.

Ol' Donie

So, i suppose it makes sense to want to keep Totteham busy in Europe?

They're kinda knackered already, more games for 'em, that's what I say.

Lahinchians

What's the deal with the weekend? 2 games?

5star02707

Lahinchians wrote: »

What's the deal with the weekend? 2 games?

EPL game against West Brom will be rescheduled.

most of the games were postponed due to EPL clubs still in the FA cup.

you can see the schedule here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/fixtures

tayto lover

Augme wrote: »

More funny moments, as already mentioned in the last few psots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWtoydTYN0

Never a penalty imo. L'pool player ran into him.

Ken Shamrock

tayto lover wrote: »

Never a penalty imo. L'pool player ran into him.

I still maintain It was a dive, went over like a sack of potatoes.

JustTheOne

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

I still maintain It was a dive, went over like a sack of potatoes.

As with the babel one too in the cl.

In that game kuyt blatantly pulled back hleb in the box and we got nothing.

We do get some bad decisions against them.

Ol' Donie

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

I still maintain It was a dive, went over like a sack of potatoes.

Had a face like a sack of potatoes.

Ol' Donie

JustTheOne wrote: »

As with the babel one too in the cl.

In that game kuyt blatantly pulled back hleb in the box and we got nothing.

We do get some bad decisions against them.

Don't forget Stefan Henchoz making an actual save in the cup final.

wandatowell

Utd looking sh*te tonight. Still Hard to comprehend how we lost to them.

GeorgeBailey

wandatowell wrote: »

Utd looking sh*te tonight. Still Hard to comprehend how we lost to them.

Arsene still fears utd which leads to the team fearing utd which leads to getting beat by them even though they've turned to sh!te.

keano_afc

wandatowell wrote: »

Utd looking sh*te tonight. Still Hard to comprehend how we lost to them.

We don't believe we can beat them at Old Trafford.

GeorgeBailey

GeorgeBailey wrote: »

Arsene still fears utd which leads to the team fearing utd which leads to getting beat by them even though they've turned to sh!te.

Im not sure fear comes into it. We just get our tactics absolutely tits up against them. This slow tempo bullshít is not going to work in a bear pit such as Anfield or Old Trafford where the 12th man plays a huge part for the home side. We need physical players who will compete within reason of course. im not saying gung ho, but take the sting out of the old trafford crowd.

To be fair we hadn't the best record at or Anfield in the earlier Wenger days or the latter days with George. At old trafford, ok we did win twice against a super United team (98 and 02) and draw twice (99 and 00) with the disastrous 6-1 drubbing sandwiched in between(01) in but from 2002 onwards we havent had the best record there.

Mr.Micro

GeorgeBailey wrote: »

Arsene still fears utd which leads to the team fearing utd which leads to getting beat by them even though they've turned to sh!te.

If we progress in the FA cup and get to face them, we will probably be exactly the same.