Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017 *Warnings see OP-updated 09/05/17*

Ardennes1944

Great goal in fairness

marvin80

greendom wrote: »

Sky Sports News just showed a beaitiful pass from Wilshere to Giroud who struck his overhead kick against the bar

Great effort.

Walcott goal, great ball by Sanchez, nicely control and finish by Walcott (in fairness to him!!)

My stream is like 4 mins behind. Haven't even seen the goal yet.

pudzey101

pm me if your stuck for a stream

tayto lover

None of the young lads shining tonight.
Doncaster are a poor Div 1 outfit.
It's like a kick about.

batistuta9

brianregan09 wrote: »

Any one care to show where they can watch this one

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/

Nice pace from Maitland-Niles to stop that break. We should be putting these guys to the sword, seriously need another goal.

pudzey101

Basil3 wrote: »

Nice pace from Maitland-Niles to stop that break. We should be putting these guys to the sword, seriously need another goal.

+1 ... if that where Mert in the 1v1 it would be 1-1 :eek: seriously need another

emmetlego

Maitland Niles is quicker than Hector! Some pace on that lad.

Skylinehead

Stupid flicks everywhere

farna_boy

Giroud going for the extravagant for his 100th and I think the rest of them are just trying to help him get it.

Hopefully he does get it so he can just get on with scoring "normal" goals.

Quazzie

Sanchez tries a stupid flick for Walcott to run on to when there isn't a hope of it coming off, then within 30 seconds he feels out with Giroud for trying similar. Sack

pudzey101

Maitland Niles got us out of some bother with his pace tonight ....

Awesomeness

pudzey101 wrote: »

Maitland Niles got us out of some bother with his pace tonight ....

didnt see first half. Chambers injured？

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

How did wilshere play?

tayto lover

pudzey101 wrote: »

Maitland Niles got us out of some bother with his pace tonight ....

Got himself out of a bit too.

emmetlego

I think Jack Wilshere may get MOTM, he has been great.

Skylinehead

Hunky Monster wrote: »

How did wilshere play?

Best player on the pitch, I know it's Doncaster but he was very good. Game was awful though.

pudzey101

a wins a win Delighted to see Wilshere get 90 mins under his belt

tayto lover

We are struggling to score goals of late. Needs to be sorted out.

brianregan09

What a rubbish nothing game that was and with such a strong team too

pudzey101

was actually just watching this , funny how 90% of the time Wilshere was involved thats exactly what we need

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGZvR9PRCY

CatInABox

We've Norwich in the next round.

Arghus

Wilshere's new haircut is hopefully a sign of new and improved fortunes. His stop-start career at Arsenal really began to falter when he started looking like someone from a Brylcream advertisement. Not necessarily blaming all his misfortune on the hair, but it was remarkably coincidental.

Theo took his goal well. I'm sure he'd clean up at a League One Level.

L'prof

Arghus wrote: »

Theo took his goal well. I'm sure he'd clean up at a League One Level.

He was Arsenal's 2nd highest goal scorer last season with 19 goals. Yep, league 1 is where he belongs...

emmetlego

Please don't start defending Theo, we all know how limited he is!

emmetlego

emmetlego wrote: »

Please don't start defending Theo, we all know how limited he is!

He's a limited striker who scores goals. It is what it is.

dinorebel

emmetlego wrote: »

Please don't start defending Theo, we all know how limited he is!

Infuriating as he is how many clubs have a 4th choice striker capable of 20 goals a season.

tayto lover

dinorebel wrote: »

Infuriating as he is how many clubs have a 4th choice striker capable of 20 goals a season.

Yeah. He must be the best paid 4th choice striker in the world.

marvin80

dinorebel wrote: »

Infuriating as he is how many clubs have a 4th choice striker capable of 20 goals a season.

He's 4th choice for a reason!!

Hyzepher

As frustrating as Theo is, Arsenal's issues are not entirely his. AW sacrifices a lot to continue his style of play and this results in us conceding silly goals on a regular basis. The team without Ozil and Sanchez is better equipped to defend because we have better players in defensive positions. There may be some merit to playing Laz up top on his own while having a more solid defensive foundation behind him. He looks fairly clinical and with good midfield support it may make us hard to beat while at the same time give us the ability to take the chances when they arrive. Back to the 1-0 days rather than the current 4-3 or more likely 1-5 days

Dolph Starbeam

Hyzepher wrote: »

As frustrating as Theo is, Arsenal's issues are not entirely his. AW sacrifices a lot to continue his style of play and this results in us conceding silly goals on a regular basis. The team without Ozil and Sanchez is better equipped to defend because we have better players in defensive positions. There may be some merit to playing Laz up top on his own while having a more solid defensive foundation behind him. He looks fairly clinical and with good midfield support it may make us hard to beat while at the same time give us the ability to take the chances when they arrive. Back to the 1-0 days rather than the current 4-3 or more likely 1-5 days

Without Sanchez and Ozil there will be a lot more 0-0 days, we might be more solid defensively but we will never create enough chances. Against the bigger teams away from home I'm fine with it but when we are playing against teams with 10 men behind the ball we need Ozil's and Sanchez's magic to unlock defences.

Hyzepher

Dolph Starbeam wrote: »

Without Sanchez and Ozil there will be a lot more 0-0 days, we might be more solid defensively but we will never create enough chances. Against the bigger teams away from home I'm fine with it but when we are playing against teams with 10 men behind the ball we need Ozil's and Sanchez's magic to unlock defences.

I am not saying that we don't play them, I was making the point that the formation of the team isn't setup to be solid defensively. The game without either of them showed that with the correct setup we can be more solid. They could be part of that type of setup but the way we play - and they play - would have to compromise

It's not like we're scoring any more goals since Özil and Sanchez signed for us.

liam7831

Should let both of them rot in the reserves for the season as Sanchez seems to love seeing the team loose anyway and ozil is just ozil

jonneymendoza

liam7831 wrote: »

Should let both of them rot in the reserves for the season as Sanchez seems to love seeing the team loose anyway and ozil is just ozil

liam7831 wrote: »

Should let both of them rot in the reserves for the season as Sanchez seems to love seeing the team loose anyway and ozil is just ozil

Sanchez just scored a blinder the other week. we need him so badly

jonneymendoza

liam7831 wrote: »

Should let both of them rot in the reserves for the season as Sanchez seems to love seeing the team loose anyway and ozil is just ozil

liam7831 wrote: »

Should let both of them rot in the reserves for the season as Sanchez seems to love seeing the team loose anyway and ozil is just ozil

Sanchez just scored a blinder the other week. we need him so badly

12gauge dave

Thinking of going to the Bate game at emirates on 7th december and im wondering where to get ticket? Never been to emirates before so need to cop on and go.

Pudders

12gauge dave wrote: »

Thinking of going to the Bate game at emirates on 7th december and im wondering where to get ticket? Never been to emirates before so need to cop on and go.

Become a red member and you will easily get a ticket on the Arsenal website.

Hope you've all voted for Giroud's goal in the Puskas award

http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/video=2908797/index.html

Funny that he didn't even get goal of the month, and now he's up for a Puskas for it.

Ol' Donie

What a goal that was. Jesus.

Quazzie

Basil3 wrote: »

Hope you've all voted for Giroud's goal in the Puskas award

http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/puskas-award/video=2908797/index.html

Funny that he didn't even get goal of the month, and now he's up for a Puskas for it.

Andy Carroll got it iirc. Girouds was definitely a better goal. The English player was always going to get the nod

Roddy23

Quazzie wrote: »

Andy Carroll got it iirc. Girouds was definitely a better goal. The English player was always going to get the nod

I thought it was Henrikh Mkhitaryan's, even though his didn't look as technical.

Quazzie

Roddy23 wrote: »

I thought it was Henrikh Mkhitaryan's, even though his didn't look as technical.

That was in January. Giroud's was a couple of days later, but went into January's competition

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/awards

He won the MOTD goal of the month

http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/38936636

jonneymendoza

A must win

Roddy23

Quazzie wrote: »

That was in January. Giroud's was a couple of days later, but went into January's competition

https://www.premierleague.com/stats/awards

He won the MOTD goal of the month

http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/38936636

I stand corrected.

Mickeroo

jonneymendoza wrote: »

A must win

The match tonight or the Puskas award? :pac:

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/912376233748463616

Quite like the look of that. Ramsey further forward, Sanchez and Laca together.

Ol' Donie

Basil3 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/912376233748463616

Quite like the look of that. Ramsey further forward, Sanchez and Laca together.

Oh yes, that looks very strong. Looking forward to this.

Soups123

Elneny is the only problem there in my eyes, any game were we'll have most of the ball and attacking he should be nowhere near the middle.

Wilshere obviously not ready and Iwobi injured to maybe no other option especially if Ozil is not right either