Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016/2017

JustTheOne

Has to be santi and xhaka in mid.

Some people wanted him on the bench. He's class.

Hopefully elneny doesn't get annoyed sitting on the bench.

He hasn't put a foot wrong, looks great.

greendom

Kos really showed he was our leader today. Controlled the defence and put his head where it was going to hurt.

And what a performance from Cazorla. Genius!

Maybe a little lucky to get away with the win but the new players got a good introduction to the team and we managed to cope despite a relatively poor performance from Ozil and a very poor one from Ox.

Now a win in Paris to really get our season started

JustTheOne

JustTheOne wrote: »

Has to be santi and xhaka in mid.

Some people wanted him on the bench. He's class.

Hopefully elneny doesn't get annoyed sitting on the bench.

He hasn't put a foot wrong, looks great.

Our problem is still goals, and Santi doesn't contribute for the last couple of seasons (bar peno's). Maybe Xhaka/Santi with Ozil in front, then a front 3 of Sanchez/Giroud/Lucas will be our strongest line-up.

The problem is when Ramsey is back. Wenger has him in our best starting 11, no question.

I guess with the lineup today, Wenger had one eye on Tuesday.

wandatowell

we drew with the saints last season right?

Happy to get the 3 points today.

greendom

Basil3 wrote: »

Our problem is still goals, and Santi doesn't contribute for the last couple of seasons (bar peno's). Maybe Xhaka/Santi with Ozil in front, then a front 3 of Sanchez/Giroud/Lucas will be our strongest line-up.

The problem is when Ramsey is back. Wenger has him in our best starting 11, no question.

I guess with the lineup today, Wenger had one eye on Tuesday.

Next Tuesday, combined with players returning from far and wide was always going to make selection a tricky business. He just about got away with it today

gosplan

So Tuesday goes

Xhaka - Elneny
????? - Ozil - Sanchez
Giroud

JustTheOne

gosplan wrote: »

So Tuesday goes

Xhaka - Elneny
????? - Ozil - Sanchez
Giroud

Why Elneny?

Relieved to get the win today and for a change i was glad not to see a Tipp man bulge the net.

gosplan

JustTheOne wrote: »

Why Elneny?

Just a guess.

Away from home, more solid. Caz played 90 today. Xhaka can provide a lot of distribution allowing for a more robust CMF.

emmetlego

gosplan wrote: »

Just a guess.

Away from home, more solid. Caz played 90 today. Xhaka can provide a lot of distribution allowing for a more robust CMF.

At first I said WTF... But as I think of it, good idea...

jonneymendoza

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Four games in a couple of changes in bold after todays match! League goals and assists in brackets. Looks like Santi is top for both at the moment :pac:

Goals
Cazorla (2) 2
Walcott (1) 1
Chamberlain (1) 1
Chambers (1) 1
Sanchez (1) 1
Ozil (1) 1
Koscielny (1) 1

Assists
Cazorla (2) 2
Iwobi (1) 1
Walcott (1) 1
Sanchez (1) 1
Perez (1) 1

Where's kanu on that list? still our top scorer

Shearer 'it was never a penalty' .....:rolleyes: What a clown!

gosplan

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Four games in a couple of changes in bold after todays match! League goals and assists in brackets. Looks like Santi is top for both at the moment :pac:

Goals
Cazorla (2) 2
Walcott (1) 1
Chamberlain (1) 1
Chambers (1) 1
Sanchez (1) 1
Ozil (1) 1
Koscielny (1) 1

Assists
Cazorla (2) 2
Iwobi (1) 1
Walcott (1) 1
Sanchez (1) 1
Perez (1) 1

Perez the assist machine!

Have to say, I don't think Monreal has been performing well for quite a while. He seems to be given a load more leeway than Gibbs.

Just imagine if Gibbs gave away a needless free kick outside the box that led to a goal? He'd be crucified. There was no need for Monreal to leave his feet in that situation. He also got away with another needless foul on Long in what could have been a pretty dangerous area right near the end of the match.

On another note, I think it's fairly safe to say that the top 6 in the current league table will be the top 6 come the end of the season. Just need to sort the order now. Hasn't been a great start for us, but I think we're only -1 on corresponding fixtures last year.

emmetlego

Being reported widely that Alexis and Ozil are about to sign 5 year contract extensions

Brilliant news if it's true.

gosplan

emmetlego wrote: »

Being reported widely that Alexis and Ozil are about to sign 5 year contract extensions

Brilliant news if it's true.

Wow. That would really be fantastic for the club.

Also was pleasantly surprised by something on arseblog mentioning how much we missed the control and distribution of Xhaka yesterday.

After one good match he's already vital. Think he might just be the signing of the summer.

JustTheOne

Reading such mixed reviews of mustafi yesterday from poor to brilliant.

Anyone got an opinion if they seen the match?

Soups123

JustTheOne wrote: »

Reading such mixed reviews of mustafi yesterday from poor to brilliant.

Anyone got an opinion if they seen the match?

Anyone describing his performance yesterday as poor needs a lesson in football

He wasn't amazing but he gave a very good account of himself and gave signs he's the real deal

JustTheOne

Soups123 wrote: »

Anyone describing his performance yesterday as poor needs a lesson in football

He wasn't amazing but he gave a very good account of himself and gave signs he's the real deal

Cheers.

emmetlego

I thought Mustafi was very good yesterday. He was constantly talking to Kos, and I can imagine this will be a fruitful partnership... What about that peach from Kos though? Brilliant finish!

greendom

Basil3 wrote: »

Have to say, I don't think Monreal has been performing well for quite a while. He seems to be given a load more leeway than Gibbs.

Just imagine if Gibbs gave away a needless free kick outside the box that led to a goal? He'd be crucified. There was no need for Monreal to leave his feet in that situation. He also got away with another needless foul on Long in what could have been a pretty dangerous area right near the end of the match.

On another note, I think it's fairly safe to say that the top 6 in the current league table will be the top 6 come the end of the season. Just need to sort the order now. Hasn't been a great start for us, but I think we're only -1 on corresponding fixtures last year.

Agree his form does appear to be dropping but did he actually touch Redmond?

I suppose it does even out as he definitely caught Long in the challenge that eventually led to the penalty.

greendom

emmetlego wrote: »

I thought Mustafi was very good yesterday. He was constantly talking to Kos, and I can imagine this will be a fruitful partnership... What about that peach from Kos though? Brilliant finish!

Excellent on the ball too.I think we could end up with the most cultured centre back pairing in the league

greendom

greendom wrote: »

Excellent on the ball too.I think we could end up with the most cultured centre back pairing in the league

Only thing I can remember that he did wrong was a ball from the deep, straight to a Southampton player.

greendom

greendom wrote: »

Agree his form does appear to be dropping but did he actually touch Redmond?

I suppose it does even out as he definitely caught Long in the challenge that eventually led to the penalty.

I dunno, think he lightly touched him. Point is that you shouldn't be flying in and going to ground in that position. It cost us a goal.

Skylinehead

Mustafi was grand yesterday. Didn't do anything wrong, but it's not like the defence was under any sort of sustained pressure. Got on the ball a lot, and he seems to maraud forward a bit. Wasn't exposed so hopefully he knows when to do it (unlike Sideshow Bob over there).

emmetlego wrote: »

Being reported widely that Alexis and Ozil are about to sign 5 year contract extensions

Brilliant news if it's true.

This is bigger than any signing we could have hoped to make if true.

Mr.Micro

Scraped a win yesterday, with a non peno IMO, but I will take it. It looks like the same lacklustre attitude that dogged the team last season. I hope the team picks up and gets with it. It will be very tough to make it into the top 4 this season as the 1,2,3 spots look like they are already booked.

omega man

Mr.Micro wrote: »

Scraped a win yesterday, with a non peno IMO, but I will take it. It looks like the same lacklustre attitude that dogged the team last season. I hope the team picks up and gets with it. It will be very tough to make it into the top 4 this season as the 1,2,3 spots look like they are already booked.

If they are serious about getting rid of shirt pulling in the box then it's a pen all day long. It seems everyone was delighted to see refs finally start dealing with this plague on the game but yet when we get a decision it's soft. Just take shearer's reaction on MOTD last night. He was laughing at the call but probably because it was us........

Charizard

I dont get the debate over the penalty, he was all over Giroud, its about time they are clamping down on this shirt pulling nonsense , its a blight on the game

Quazzie

Shearer was right. It was never a penalty :rolleyes:



:pac:

JustTheOne

JustTheOne wrote: »

Reading such mixed reviews of mustafi yesterday from poor to brilliant.

Anyone got an opinion if they seen the match?

I'm very enthused about him. With young holding pushing him for a place we are in an ideal situation really

Charizard

Charizard wrote: »

I dont get the debate over the penalty, he was all over Giroud, its about time they are clamping down on this shirt pulling nonsense , its a blight on the game

Admitting that it was a clear cut penalty doesn't fit in with the anti-Arsenal agenda/narrative of some of our 'skilled' pundits.

emmetlego

So Utd and Chelsea dropping points this weekend, us winning... Not a bad weekend at all!

pudzey101

2 great funny stories , hard to believe parlour was on 300 quid a week compared to the lads these days :eek::eek:

gosplan

Mr.Micro wrote: »

Scraped a win yesterday, with a non peno IMO, but I will take it. It looks like the same lacklustre attitude that dogged the team last season. I hope the team picks up and gets with it. It will be very tough to make it into the top 4 this season as the 1,2,3 spots look like they are already booked.

I don't buy that the top three places are booked at all.

Get stuck in. Win the next few.

Charizard

Quazzie wrote: »

Shearer was right. It was never a penalty :rolleyes:



:pac:

After looking at this, how could I have got it so wrong, dam simulation needs to be stamped out of the game :mad:.........:pac:

Ken Shamrock

Clear penalty, I think the issue is that so many incidents like it go unpunished on a weekly basis so some could call it soft.

tayto lover

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

Clear penalty, I think the issue is that so many incidents like it go unpunished on a weekly basis so some could call it soft.

We are used to seeing them not given until this season where a few have been given.
We'll take it as sometime we will deserve one but not get it. They tend to even out in the course of a season.

We do need to start upping the performances though. Two shots on target in a home match is poor.

Gringo180

We never seem to play well after international breaks. Main thing is that we got the 3 points. Southampton are no mugs either.

keano_afc

It's a real pity Lukaku isn't good enough for us.

FixitFelix

keano_afc wrote: »

It's a real pity Lukaku isn't good enough for us.

It was Sunderland calm down

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Hard get excited about the PSG game when ultimately it means nothing. Never gonna win CL, money earned may or not be spent next year.

Meh.

Quazzie

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Hard get excited about the PSG game when ultimately it means nothing. Never gonna win CL, money earned may or not be spent next year.

Meh.

sure with that kind of thinking, what's the point of any one it?

mansize

1-0 to the arsenal! Started against PSG apparently...

https://angryofislington.com/2012/10/16/where-did-the-chant-1-0-to-the-arsenal-come-from/

mansize

Quazzie wrote: »

sure with that kind of thinking, what's the point of any one it?

We might as well all just go home lads!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Quazzie wrote: »

sure with that kind of thinking, what's the point of any one it?

Shur only 5 or 6 teams have the potential to win it. We certainly don't.

mansize

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Shur only 5 or 6 teams have the potential to win it. We certainly don't.

Does only winning matter?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

mansize wrote: »

Does only winning matter?

As opposed to coming 2nd in the group and being beaten by Bayern/Barca?

tayto lover

mansize wrote: »

Does only winning matter?

Only winning matters to me to be honest.
Who remembers who came second?

mansize

tayto lover wrote: »

Only winning matters to me to be honest.
Who remembers who came second?

I do

tayto lover

mansize wrote: »

I do

Even in our golf roll-ups we give nothing for second.
Winner takes all.