Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2018

Skylinehead

pudzey101 wrote: »

naaahhh 100% Iwobi :cool: haha

He should have done much better with the chance, but he's actually played quite well today. Monreal or Ozil easily MOTM though.

Elneny doing some decent defensive work

5star02707

ozil frustrated cant blame him

jester77

5star02707 wrote: »

ozil frustrated cant blame him

That linesman has got a lot of calls wrong

jester77

Solid Ospina, MOTM

Arne_Saknussem

Kolasinac looks drunk

omega man

Never seen us give the ball away so much ffs

jester77

Wembly :pac:

Quazzie

To the home of Spurs we go!

Skylinehead

Waaaay

Arghus

Aww ref, why'd ya blow it up before Ozil had a chance to blast it into an empty net.

wandatowell

Delighted, 3rd time lucky with the League Cup.

Excited about watching a final I gotta say.

omega man

Cup team!

Nothing to lose in the final playing the giants of English football.

5star02707

So much team spirit now you can just sense it with the players

Arne_Saknussem

Delighted with that, love beating that shower. Terrible start but impressed with how they responded after. Lots of focus and hard work. Monreal & Ozil great, Jack good if hit and miss. Elneny doing a lot of good work.

Bring on City!

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Before the goal when Bellerin put in the cross and there was no-one there was a perfect example of why we're going out.

Dick.

pudzey101

lads having war with a friend here is mhiki entitled to a winners/runners up medal even though hes cup tied with us ?

Quazzie

pudzey101 wrote: »

lads having war with a friend here is mhiki entitled to a winners/runners up medal even though hes cup tied with us ?

I don't think so because he wouldn't be in the squad for the competition.

Arne_Saknussem

pudzey101 wrote: »

lads having war with a friend here is mhiki entitled to a winners/runners up medal even though hes cup tied with us ?

I'd imagine not, seeing as he's played for United and won't be allowed be included in any of the Arsenal squads in the tournament.

omega man

Wenger the codger will probably win a cup double and sign a new deal lol.

At least it’s a bit more enjoyable watching us play. Onwards and upwards.

pudzey101

Quazzie wrote: »

I don't think so because he wouldn't be in the squad for the competition.

cheers

GavRedKing

Congrats lads.

Only seen the first 30mins and last 5 over training so can't comment on anything in between.

Hope ye go on and lift the trophy now, upset City's season a bit for the rest of us.

Wheeliebin30

Following arsenal is like a rollercoaster!!

Every week it's up and down, madness.

wonga77

That was good. Good application from all the players and they fought hard to rectify any mistakes. At least they all looked interested tonight anyway. Monreal is such a class act, has a great reading of the game and is always making vital interceptions.
Elneny played well but is very limited, he looks a bit scared at times with the ball waiting for someone to take it from him, still he makes the interceptions and breaks up the play which is why he's there.
My only gripe was that we gave away the ball very cheaply at times, so many missed passes, we were lucky that Chelsea were doing the exact same.
Back in a final, how bad...

Arne_Saknussem

omega man wrote: »

Wenger the codger will probably win a cup double and sign a new deal lol.

At least it’s a bit more enjoyable watching us play. Onwards and upwards.

Seems to have the Indian Sign over Conte for some reason

tayto lover

Arsenal could have Abamyang for the Cup Final now. Provided we go the extra few bob and sign him.

brianregan09

Delighted with that , Podcast will be fun to talk about Arsenal for once haha

I'll give credit where due that's a solid performance to a man. Real team performance.

Jack Wilshere is the leader of that team!!

I won't kid myself, a cup or cup double wouldn't be enough as our standards should be higher than that and we actually proved we are as good as anyone when we knuckle down.

At the same time we should fight tooth and nail for what's left of this season and set some form of basis going forward

brianregan09

Monreal really showing what a massive loss he was the last few weeks aswell

pudzey101

pudzey101 wrote: »

naaahhh 100% Iwobi :cool: haha

Thought Iwobi was solid tbh. Done alot of tracking and had a tidy game

greendom

Deleted User wrote: »

Thought Iwobi was solid tbh. Done alot of tracking and had a tidy game

he wasn't perfect but plenty of positives in his play

I think Arsenal are slowly becoming my second favourite team

All jokes aside enjoy chaps, that was a solid win!

brianregan09

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I think Arsenal are slowly becoming my second favourite team

All jokes aside enjoy chaps, that was a solid win!

Arsenal are the perfect 2nd team you can enjoy the good stuff and not care about the bad stuff......both are plentiful

brianregan09

brianregan09 wrote: »

Arsenal are the perfect 2nd team you can enjoy the good stuff and not care about the bad stuff......both are plentiful

Well I hope you bate the ****e out of City

greendom

greendom wrote: »

he wasn't perfect but plenty of positives in his play

An honest performance at the very least.

Arne_Saknussem

https://twitter.com/hololens_store/status/956298850037325827

emmetlego

50 m sterling refused for Aubamayang by Sky sports... 50?? Get the fu** and give them 65 and get it done FFS! Penny pinching f*****s!

pudzey101

emmetlego wrote: »

50 m sterling refused for Aubamayang by Sky sports... 50?? Get the fu** and give them 65 and get it done FFS! Penny pinching f*****s!

naahhh do a wenger give em 51 and see what happens :D confident wel land him but can see giroud goin as a PX

Skylinehead

emmetlego wrote: »

50 m sterling refused for Aubamayang by Sky sports... 50?? Get the fu** and give them 65 and get it done FFS! Penny pinching f*****s!

Tbf it says "in excess" of 50m. We'll see soon.

emmetlego

emmetlego wrote: »

50 m sterling refused for Aubamayang by Sky sports... 50?? Get the fu** and give them 65 and get it done FFS! Penny pinching f*****s!

29 year old player who is not really getting on well with his club though at the same time. We'll get it over the line alright but it will go down to the wire id imagine

https://twitter.com/442oons/status/956281829493039106

I don't get how the equaliser was an OG. If it was on target it should be Monreal's goal. Lampard got enough of them. :pac: Like if a shot is deflected and the keeper gets a hand to it before it goes in it doesn't count as an own goal.

Skylinehead

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't get how the equaliser was an OG. If it was on target it should be Monreal's goal. Lampard got enough of them. :pac: Like if a shot is deflected and the keeper gets a hand to it before it goes in it doesn't count as an own goal.

Going in, but after the initial deflection from Alonso, it's going wide. Then it hits Rudiger on the head (comically ) and goes in, so it's an OG.

DvB

Thought the better team won on the night, though reckon city would have wiped the floor with both of them, unfortunately.

Really think its crucial now that we get the Aubameyang (sp) signing over the line ASAP & more importantly still get Ozil to re-sign. The longer this drags on the more desperate I feel that he'll be off to United or Bayern Munich on a free. But if we could get him to commit to a new deal the statement of intent would be clear. End up with neither & well, you know the rest.

rodders999

Great win, now let's go on to Wembley and finish the job! I have so many painful memories of this competition it's beyond time to put it right.

The Champagne Charlie '87 final I just can't remember and sadly as it happens my first ever Arsenal memory is that bastard Luton Town final in '88. Oh how I cried......and cried.......and cried. ****ing Stein brothers.

'93 and Sheffield Wednesday in the first part of the cup double was great apart from Big Tone trying to kill Steve Morrow during the celebrations. Loved that kit and the goal by Merse was an absolute beauty.

Then there was the time Wenger played the second string against Chelsea in Cardiff. The Boy Wonder scored his first goal for us before we got roasted by Drogba AGAIN and a bit of a brawl at the death just completed the misery. If only he'd played our strongest 11 that day we'd have won.....criminal to throw away a trophy like that.

And finally the Birmingham debacle, the day we just had to end our trophy draught, which turned into total calamity at the end. Oh that was peak Banter Era stuff right there.

So we're due one in this competition, over due one in my book, so let's go and do it now! I deserve it above all else.

tayto lover

I have just read that Abamayang is 29 years old now. Players are supposed to peak at 27/28 years so we will have him at a good enough age for another 3 years. Hope he comes anyway. I don't know much about these foreign footballeers.

My question is should we not have gone all out last summer for the young and also proven goalscorer Mbappy who is now only approaching 19 years. We could have tied him down with a good contract for years ahead.

I'm just saying that for the extra money last summer we could have had great value for years to come. Even if we get Abamayang we will probably be looking to replace in 3 years again, that's if he's not looking to leave due to the same reasons RVP and Sanchez left anyway.

Skylinehead

He's 28.

Ardennes1944

I dont think Mbappe was a proven goalscorer though, afaik as I know he had a good 6 month spell and that was what people based him on.

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

I have just read that Abamayang is 29 years old now. Players are supposed to peak at 27/28 years so we will have him at a good enough age for another 3 years. Hope he comes anyway. I don't know much about these foreign footballeers.

My question is should we not have gone all out last summer for the young and also proven goalscorer Mbappy who is now only approaching 19 years. We could have tied him down with a good contract for years ahead.

I'm just saying that for the extra money last summer we could have had great value for years to come. Even if we get Abamayang we will probably be looking to replace in 3 years again, that's if he's not looking to leave due to the same reasons RVP and Sanchez left anyway.

Don't think Mbappe was really an option for us. I know we could have done it, but you need a combination of the player wanting to come, and us being able to pay more wages than anyone else who was going after him.

2ndcoming

tayto lover wrote: »

I have just read that Abamayang is 29 years old now. Players are supposed to peak at 27/28 years so we will have him at a good enough age for another 3 years. Hope he comes anyway. I don't know much about these foreign footballeers.

My question is should we not have gone all out last summer for the young and also proven goalscorer Mbappy who is now only approaching 19 years. We could have tied him down with a good contract for years ahead.

I'm just saying that for the extra money last summer we could have had great value for years to come. Even if we get Abamayang we will probably be looking to replace in 3 years again, that's if he's not looking to leave due to the same reasons RVP and Sanchez left anyway.

We had zero chance of competing with PSG for Mbappé.