Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

Soups123

Did we get a buy clause in at all?

Also what is up with Auba is it something personal to him or an issue with one of his family? Doesn’t sound great

L'prof

Soups123 wrote: »

Did we get a buy clause in at all?

Also what is up with Auba is it something personal to him or an issue with one of his family? Doesn't sound great

I've heard a couple of rumours. From the death of a close relative to marital issues. It could explain his dip in form this season too. Hopefully he'll be back soon but there's definitely more important things than football no matter what Shankley said

DenMan

Just watched Match of the Day earlier and I cannot stand Mark 'Chappers' Chapman. There's something very unlikable about him. Delighted when he left the NFL show in November, be great if he leaves MOTD too, or they get rid of him. Delighted with yesterday's performance and the win. Partey should be fine for Saturday. Going to watch the Man Utd/Sheffield Utd tonight to see how they perform. If we can neutralise Bruno we'll be doing very well. Welcome Odegaard. COYG

beer enigma

Soups123 wrote: »

Did we get a buy clause in at all?

Also what is up with Auba is it something personal to him or an issue with one of his family? Doesn’t sound great

No buy in clause, but not ruled out

Rather not discuss Auba to be honest

emmetlego

Soups123 wrote: »

Did we get a buy clause in at all?

Also what is up with Auba is it something personal to him or an issue with one of his family? Doesn’t sound great

Family issue apparently.

Soups123

beer enigma wrote: »

No buy in clause, but not ruled out

Rather not discuss Auba to be honest

Not looking for anyone to share his personal life on boards. I’m sure if I really wanted it google would give the answer.

I was more asking had he an illness himself or was it something else he has to support. Let’s not be over sensitive here

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Only just noticed were 4 points behind liverpool... Jesus that's a decent run of form we've put together.

beer enigma

Soups123 wrote: »

Not looking for anyone to share his personal life on boards. I’m sure if I really wanted it google would give the answer.

I was more asking had he an illness himself or was it something else he has to support. Let’s not be over sensitive here

I'm not but there are rumours of all sorts spreading over social media which isn't helpful to anyone, I'm sure he has friends that are seeing them & the club has specifically asked people to give him space, thats all.

Jmac24128

Is Odegraad fit?

DenMan

I wonder should we prioritise winning the Europa League. It's a route into the Champions League and Odegaard will be available to play in it. Only five points off fourth place all the same. Going in the right direction.

Soups123

beer enigma wrote: »

I'm not but there are rumours of all sorts spreading over social media which isn't helpful to anyone, I'm sure he has friends that are seeing them & the club has specifically asked people to give him space, thats all.

Thanks that’s a bit more helpful. I don’t do social media other than here so hadn’t heard anything assumed he was injured, then I heard the quote about giving him space I thought it might be a death or something

Soups123

DenMan wrote: »

I wonder should we prioritise winning the Europa League. It's a route into the Champions League and Odegaard will be available to play in it. Only five points off fourth place all the same. Going in the right direction.

The season that’s in it we could easily stumble into top 4. Big games coming up but Arteta has done well in them

beer enigma

Jmac24128 wrote: »

Is Odegraad fit?

I believe so, I heard he had a niggle on the knee but looks like he's fine.

Overall loads of rumours of him being injury prone, but stats say otherwise:

Martin Ødegaard: League Only

2019/20 (89% availability) - 2533 minutes (31 appearances / 29 starts)

2018/19 (92% availability) - 2973 minutes (only two players featured more for Vitesse)

Ol' Donie

DenMan wrote: »

Just watched Match of the Day earlier and I cannot stand Mark 'Chappers' Chapman. There's something very unlikable about him. Delighted when he left the NFL show in November, be great if he leaves MOTD too, or they get rid of him. Delighted with yesterday's performance and the win. Partey should be fine for Saturday. Going to watch the Man Utd/Sheffield Utd tonight to see how they perform. If we can neutralise Bruno we'll be doing very well. Welcome Odegaard. COYG

Whaaaaat?

Chappers is great! I was very un-delighted when he left the NFL show.

beer enigma

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1354406413804699648?s=20

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Jmac24128 wrote: »

Is Odegraad fit?

Haven't found any broken backs yet anyway.

L'prof

DenMan wrote: »

I wonder should we prioritise winning the Europa League. It's a route into the Champions League and Odegaard will be available to play in it. Only five points off fourth place all the same. Going in the right direction.

Whoah whoah whoah, I hate chat like this. Top 4 is probably out of their reach given their run-in but sometimes when teams appear to take the foot off in one competition results start to go awry elsewhere too. My gut is that Europa & top 4 will be just out of reach this season but I'm ok with that if the performances match what we've seen in the last couple of weeks

Quazzie

L'prof wrote: »

Whoah whoah whoah, I hate chat like this. Top 4 is probably out of their reach given their run-in but sometimes when teams appear to take the foot off in one competition results start to go awry elsewhere too. My gut is that Europa & top 4 will be just out of reach this season but I'm ok with that if the performances match what we've seen in the last couple of weeks

I'm the same. I fully don't expect us to win the Europa this year, but I'd hate to see us go out without a fight.

In terms of the league, anything is up for grabs, but I think consistency and maintain confidence will be key. It's easy to say we might make top 4 after beating Southampton, and Newcastle, but let's not forget we drew with Palace so we've a lot left to prove. It's a long process, so let's be realistic about where we are in that process.

Mickeroo

Most teams above us have games in hand. We will drop plenty more points before the season is out, I think 4th isn't really a possibility at this stage. Will be very interesting to see what happens over the next few games anyway.

Ardennes1944

I would be extremely happy just ending up in a Europa League spot

Jmac24128

I want to win that Europa League so badly, gets u back up amoung the elite and is so much easier to sign players when in the champions League.

Plus we haven't won a European competition in so long.

djan

Given the teams in the competition, with a bit of luck in the draws, seems more doable than a top 4 finish (which tome is in the realms of Leicester winning the EPL :rolleyes:)

greendom

Mickeroo wrote: »

Most teams above us have games in hand. We will drop plenty more points before the season is out, I think 4th isn't really a possibility at this stage. Will be very interesting to see what happens over the next few games anyway.

With the short time available those games in hand are going to be tough for some clubs to take full advantage of. Congestion will become an issue. Everton and Villa don't have much strength in depth and can't rotate much. Spurs can but they have Europa league and FA Cup to compete in too. I think if we keep plugging away top 4 won't seem that far away in the near future

Quazzie

Of all the teams left, any one of the following are plenty good enough to knock us out. Spurs, United, AC Milan, Roma, Bayern Leverkusen, Leicester, RB Salzburg, Ajax, PSV, Villareal.

While you might look at them and say we should have the beatings of any of them, the reality is, in a one off game, any team on that list is capable of beating us, or more importantly we could lose to any of them.

brianregan09

The only teams I'd worry about in the Europa league is the other english teams we never do well against teams from our league

Ardennes1944

And there you go folks:
https://twitter.com/Aubameyang7/status/1354463499884392450?s=19

2ndcoming

Quazzie wrote: »

Of all the teams left, any one of the following are plenty good enough to knock us out. Spurs, United, AC Milan, Roma, Bayern Leverkusen, Leicester, RB Salzburg, Ajax, PSV, Villareal.

While you might look at them and say we should have the beatings of any of them, the reality is, in a one off game, any team on that list is capable of beating us, or more importantly we could lose to any of them.

Important to note we could just as easily beat any of them, and the bookies would have us favourites for a fair few of them.

Such are the joys of cup competition.

tayto lover

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

And there you go folks:
https://twitter.com/Aubameyang7/status/1354463499884392450?s=19

Great. Nothing mysterious about it at all,
Hope his mother recovers soon.

Soups123

tayto lover wrote: »

Great. Nothing mysterious about it at all,
Hope his mother recovers soon.

Yeah all very odd, good to see the club working with him

irelandrover

Soups123 wrote: »

Yeah all very odd, good to see the club working with him

I wouldn't say its odd.

If auba releases a statement saying his mother is sick then all his siblings and his mother have to listen to days of speculation about her health.

If he stays quiet then all the speculation is about him. That's easier for them as they know the speculation isn't true.

Jmac24128

Villa losing would be a very tidy result for us.

beer enigma

irelandrover wrote: »

I wouldn't say its odd.

If auba releases a statement saying his mother is sick then all his siblings and his mother have to listen to days of speculation about her health.

If he stays quiet then all the speculation is about him. That's easier for them as they know the speculation isn't true.

Exactly, we've never gone public on player personal matters, that's what makes us the club we are... Respect

beer enigma

Arsenal posting video of Odegaard training and looks fairly sharp

https://player.arsenal.com/video/first-look-martin-odegaard-inside-training

beer enigma

Ødegaard "This was a special moment. Before I moved to Real Madrid, I spoke to Arsene Wenger and he wanted me to move to Arsenal. I said, “Believe me, in the future, if I have the opportunity to change clubs, Arsenal will be the club for me.”

He trained with us at the age of 15

DenMan

Sheffield Utd well on top at OT at half time. 0-1

djan

Excellent to see Villa loosing, hopefully Leicester can come back but a draw would do.

Hopefully Sheffield can keep it up and run them ragged!

All the jinxes incoming

emmetlego

djan wrote: »

Excellent to see Villa loosing, hopefully Leicester can come back but a draw would do.

Hopefully Sheffield can keep it up and run them ragged!

All the jinxes incoming

Now you've gone and done it!

DenMan

Maguire makes it 1-1

Azatadine

DenMan wrote: »

Maguire makes it 1-1

SU gone and scored again!

DenMan

Azatadine wrote: »

SU gone and scored again!

We'll have a field day against Utd on Saturday. Tuanzebe is a weak link.

Ol' Donie

Jesus, dudes. Just keep it quiet for 20 odd minutes here!

beer enigma

Azatadine wrote: »

SU gone and scored again!

Don't forget utd have until the 140th minute to get a penalty

Pogue eile

DenMan wrote: »

We'll have a field day against Utd on Saturday. Tuanzebe is a weak link.

Unfortunately I fear that he has been so badly exposed tonight that he wont start against us.

beer enigma

Results tonight as good as a win for us, now we have to make good on it

Ardennes1944

Great results for us all told tonight

DenMan

Utd and Villa lose and Everton and Leicester draw with each other. Great results!

Ol' Donie

Is it not the case that this Man U always try real, real hard to get nil all against any of the big clubs, especially away from home?

wonga77

Probably not a great result for us tonight, in the sense that Utd will be looking for a reaction. A handy 3 - 0 win tonight for them and they would have hopefully sleepwalked into us the next day. Either way, the league has thrown up some mad results this year.

Soups123

wonga77 wrote: »

Probably not a great result for us tonight, in the sense that Utd will be looking for a reaction. A handy 3 - 0 win tonight for them and they would have hopefully sleepwalked into us the next day. Either way, the league has thrown up some mad results this year.

Great result for us, a nice kick there not great at bouncing back these days. Exactly the result we wanted

emmetlego

Soups123 wrote: »

Great result for us, a nice kick there not great at bouncing back these days. Exactly the result we wanted

Gosh, I hope that's true!