Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016/2017

pudzey101

Kick off at 2pm at the emirates .

Wenger and his former assistant Rice will manage some of the greatest players of Arsenal’s recent history.

The full squad is below:

Jens Lehmann, David Seaman, Martin Keown, Marc Overmars, Ray Parlour, Emmanuel Petit, Pascal Cygan, Gilberto, Nigel Winterburn, Kolo Toure, Robert Pires, Freddie Ljungberg, Sylvain Wiltord, Anders Limpar, Gilles Grimandi and Kanu.

Capello will be at the helm of a similarly talented Milan Glorie squad:

Christian Abbiati, Dida, Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Demetrio Albertini, Alessandro Costacurta, Paolo Di Canio, Edgar Davids, Marcel Desailly, Daniele Massaro, Marco Simone, Angelo Carbone, Dario Simic, Giuseppe Favalli, Kakhaber Kaladze, Zvonimir Boban, Massimo Ambrosini, Stefano Eranio, Giuseppe Pancaro, Ibrahim Ba, Serginho and Christian Vieri.


As old as they are that Milan defense with maldini alone are unreal :D

Looking forward to seeing all our oldies up against it ( bar pascal cygan)

Ol' Donie

Kolo Toure! Sure he's still playing.

wonga77

Imagine Inter Milan paid Lazio 43 million for Vieri way back in 99. massive money now not to mind that long ago, some serious players on view there

kellso81

Some disappointing omissions, no Henry, Bergkamp or Wright?

Skylinehead

kellso81 wrote: »

Some disappointing omissions, no Henry, Bergkamp or Wright?

Henry's with Belgium, I heard Bergie pulled out for some reason. Shame

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Is the legends game on Tv?

The Honey Monster

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Is the legends game on Tv?

A bit of googling tells me streaming on arsenal.com, and on itv4

Ol' Donie

It's on ITV4? Brilliant.

God, interlull is the worst.

tayto lover

Ol' Donie wrote: »

It's on ITV4? Brilliant.

God, interlull is the worst.

With old lads involved it will probably look like its in slow motion. A bit like our over 50's 5-a-side.

Bobby Baccala

tayto lover wrote: »

With old lads involved it will probably look like its in slow motion. A bit like our over 50's 5-a-side.

The auld walking football...which I hear you're a fan of tayto

tayto lover

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

The auld walking football...which I hear you're a fan of tayto

I have a great burst of speed over the first 5 yards in fairness.

Bobby Baccala

Kanu comes on and scores with his first touch

mansize

Soups123 wrote: »

I disagree I'd ride anyone for a 100k

Doesn't make them sexually appealing

mansize

This match is a bit Fr Ted over 70's football

Ol' Donie

Not getting to watch it. Is Limpar playing?

I absolutely loved him when I was a kid.

pudzey101

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Not getting to watch it. Is Limpar playing?

I absolutely loved him when I was a kid.

Yeah he was on for abit , back off for overmars.

Pires , petit and Kanu look like they still have it

Edit : Kanu just scored his second sign him back up haha

Bobby Baccala

Kanu with another header, in off the crossbar

pudzey101

Kanu penalty ... Hat trick

Pires..... 4-1

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

With old lads involved it will probably look like its in slow motion. A bit like our over 50's 5-a-side.

God I dunno about that if anything it's refreshing to see us up the tempo today

Tear in my eye watching this. Like seeing your first love again after all these years and she's still looking well

Mad Jens still as fit as a fiddle. Cygan gave away a peno surprise surprise

Jesus if I have a body like Bobby at 43 I'll be cockahoop :eek:

Ol' Donie

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Not getting to watch it. Is Limpar playing?

I absolutely loved him when I was a kid.

More so Wenger's team lined out today (noughties)

George had some excellent attacking teams at Arsenal. That 88-92 team with Rocky, Thomas, Davis, the back 4, Limpar, Smith, Wright, Merse. Would batter many top sides. Tact changed from 92-95

pudzey101

Our Goalscorers this year ...

Kanu - 3
Alexis - 1
Ozil - 1
Cazorla - 1
Chamberlain - 1

Pepe LeFrits

My mancrush on Bobby remains as strong as ever.

Gringo180

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

My mancrush on Bobby remains as strong as ever.

Like a duck waddling down the touchline. Loved him, what an intelligent player he was.

Did anyone see this? Mesut being interviewed, talking about how he finally has the Germany number 10. When it is mentioned that the 10 jersey is free at arsenal, he says he will also have that (if he signs a contract extension :pac:).

I don't now how much is lost in translation, but still pretty interesting.

http://mobil.express.de/sport/fussball/er-erbt-die-poldi-nummer-mesut-oezil--mir-bedeutet-die--10--sehr-viel-24685842?originalReferrer=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-star-mesut-ozil-reveals-8763710

Gringo180

Gringo180 wrote: »

Like a duck waddling down the touchline. Loved him, what an intelligent player he was.

Still has the athleticism. Awful pity there isn't a full reunion of the invincibles.

DenMan

Theo had the ball in the net for England tonight. It was ruled out for offside. They nicked it in the end with Lallana. 0-1

Ol' Donie

Jeeeesus. When is this international break over?

farna_boy

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Jeeeesus. When is this international break over?

Almost there and then we get another international break in 4 weeks! Yay...

beer enigma

Would you take Yaya......

Ken Shamrock

Andip wrote: »

Would you take Yaya......

Last thing we need is another CM but yes he would have been ideal 2-3 years ago

Bobby Baccala

Andip wrote: »

Would you take Yaya......

In a heartbeat, still one of the finest CM's around when he decides to put a shift in.

emmetlego

He's as mad as Kolo.

Bobby Baccala

Looks like Bendtner is signing for Forest, maybe he'll be lining up against us in the cup!

scudzilla

When's Ramsey back? Only asking as a welsh fan

purplepanda

Apologies if a repost, an article on England's most Irish football clubs from the Irish Post. http://irishpost.co.uk/englands-top-ten-irish-football-teams/

Good to see By Jesus said Paddy getting a mention in the comments below!

scudzilla

scudzilla wrote: »

When's Ramsey back? Only asking as a welsh fan

According to physioroom, Ramsey and Iwobi will be OK for Saturday

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php#c3

Interestingly, Mustafi is down as being injured until Sunday. Lovely.

pudzey101

Kos was immense at he back of france' 0-0 draw

Xhaka got sent off for the Swiss

Asano scored for japan

gosplan

pudzey101 wrote: »

Kos was immense at he back of france' 0-0 draw

Xhaka got sent off for the Swiss

Asano scored for japan

While I get that we can't expect much from Asano and he's probably expected to be one of those signings we buy for a million or two and sell for ten, he does seem to score a fair amount of goals.

L'prof

gosplan wrote: »

While I get that we can't expect much from Asano and he's probably expected to be one of those signings we buy for a million or two and sell for ten, he does seem to score a fair amount of goals.

On loan at Stuttgart now because he couldn't get a work permit. Started ahead of Okasaki for Japan the last day. Hopefully he gets a fair crack in Germany this season, too many players have gone out on loan only to be wasted on the bench

pudzey101

Yeah never really rated many Japanese players ( bar Nakamura , Kagawa , Kamamoto ) and 1 or 2 others .

Hopefully Asano does get game time in Germany though he certainly has an eye for goal

Alfred Borden

All my giving out but I still absolutely love this man.

https://twitter.com/ManUtdUpdates_/status/773519750429159424

Ol' Donie

Love the guy.

What's not possible? To sit next to him or annoy him?

Alfred Borden

Alfred Borden wrote: »

All my giving out but I still absolutely love this man.

https://twitter.com/ManUtdUpdates_/status/773519750429159424

Ah thats brilliant....in Wenger we trust !

wandatowell

One of the most Wenger things I've ever heard.

tayto lover

So how are we fixed for Saturday against Southampton?
No injuries that i can see so we should have a full-strength team.
Looking forward to seeing the new lads in action.

Ardennes1944

Henry, Wright and Bergkamp all scored their first Arsenal goals again Southampton....cmon Perez!

wandatowell

I remember those goals very well. Felt like an age waiting for Bergy to get off the mark.