Arsenal Transfer Rumours And General Chat

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Mossy Monk wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6235101.stm

i am annoyed at this. the guy can score goals

Maybe but playing for Falkirk and Sunderland is not the same as playing for Arsenal, wenger requires a different type of player for the fluid contintental style they play. I admire wenger for not holding back Stokes, he could easily have held him back incase anyone else would get use out of him, but he wouldnt, he wants him to do very well. He said the same about Steve Sidwell he said that he might some day bring him back, but at the time, he hadnt room for him. If Stokes does do well, he could always come back for Arsenal again.

Pepe LeFrits

Lauren is in talks with West Ham according to SSN.

Mossy Monk

has Wenger lined up a replacement i wonder

jank

Hoyte and Eboue:(

AnCapaillMor

Ralphs gone to Pompey, i'll miss the crazy b*st*rd.

Mossy Monk

good move for him. hope he does well there

jank

I dont know about that. Eboue and Hoyte are far from the finished article IMO.

AnCapaillMor

Woohoo, long time since we've done the double on united, they've handed us our asses the past few years. Eboue 2 great crosses however, if he was on an other team he'd be a much hated player. his theatrics are disgraceful.

gandalf

Bugger Van Persie has broken one of his metatarsals !!

Last Updated: Sunday, 21 January 2007, 19:41 GMT

Van Persie breaks metatarsal bone

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has broken the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot, the club have announced.

He sustained the "partial fracture" scoring the equaliser in the Gunners' 2-1 win over Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.

Van Persie had an X-ray immediately after the game which confirmed the full extent of his injury.

It is likely the Dutchman, who had come on as a second-half substitute, will be out of action for at least six weeks.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6285363.stm

AnCapaillMor

Heard it was the 5th, the little one, which apparently is the best to break.

walrusgumble

its sad to see lauren go, (eboue will be great in time, just needs to focus more on defending as he is as good as attacking)lauren is definitely imo the best right back since lee dixon (all though he pretty much replaced him,but as dependable as lee and a good peno tacker)who has he gone to?

is freddie definitley gone? who to if confirmed?

i know its earlier with regard to thomas roisky and helb (although here i season) does anyone think they are up to it? both have often being subbed during games. i mean as good as theo is, wenger is hardly gonna put much pressure on him.

to be fair with anto soke he has been in theyouth team and reserves for while, i wouldnt doubt wenger's judgement. from an irish perspective i hope he shines at sunderland.

Royale with Cheese

Yeah another winger would be useful in the squad. Hleb is ok, has his good moments but has never been outstanding and his passing can be wayward at times. Rosicky hasn't quite lived up to his reputation yet. I definitely think he's the better of the two though.

Signing another winger, say Ribery, would be good for the team as Hleb and Rosicky are actually centre mids, ala Fabregas. So then the three wingers (sorry Freddie, you're finished) can be rotated and Hleb or Rosicky can slot in for Cesc when he needs to be rested or is injured/banned. An out and out winger would bring something different to the team, also somebody who can score goals would be nice. The goals from midfield have almost completely dried up since Bobby left and Ljungberg got rubbish. How many goals per season were those two worth back in their prime? Rosicky yet to score in the league, although has been very unlucky not to have more goals. Hleb has about 2 or 3 I think, not exactly the 15-20 goals per season midfielders that Pires was.

AnCapaillMor

Hlebs fantastic on the ball, no fancy stuff like ronaldo the problem is when the ball leaves his feet, although thats vastly improved over the past few years.

Pepe LeFrits

I 'heart' Hleb. More important player to us than Rosicky for me, though Rosicky is still settling in.

Bad news about Robin, he seems to pick up an injury every time he gets a run of form going. Good opportunity for Baptista and maybe Aliadiere to stake a claim for a first team place. There are too many strikers at the club so those two especially will have to do something in the next few months if they are to avoid a summer cull methinks. It'll be interesting to see what happens anyway; Bendtner seems to be Wenger's plans and the stories emanating from Spain suggest that Carlos Vela is sh1t-hot (a cross between Ronaldo and Messi if reports are to be believed).

Pepe LeFrits

Another batch of kids being linked recently.

Apparently 15 year old French striker Gilles Sunu has been signed and will join the club when he turns 16 later in the year. It also appears that the France U18 captain, midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is close to a move.

Lastly Arsenal are also being heavily linked to a £1.5m move for 17 year old Czech CB Ondrej Mazuch. He's supposed to be similar to Djourou; ie tall, quick and good on the ball.

Also I'm hearing things about Reyes having trouble with Capello in Spain, so he could be on his way back to Arsenal in the summer. Temporarily until he is flogged to another Spanish team, presumeably.

AnCapaillMor

reyes bust ankle ligaments in training. song to charlton on loan.

Pepe LeFrits

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=445055&CPID=14&clid=3&lid=&title=Gordon+not+aware+of+interest&channel=&

Anyone seen much of Gordon? eirebhoy? He seems destined for the exit at Hearts and Arsenal certainly need another keeper to come in soon.

eirebhoy

He pulls off some amazing saves but he's also prone to the odd blunder against Celtic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2K61gs_Gv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vZhMDerJ8A

In fairness though I can't think of any other big mistakes he has made. The media voted him player of the season last year which says a lot. He's a top class shot stopper. He's good in every department tbh.

AnCapaillMor

Aye for a keeper to get a best player award, he has to be something special. Arsenal have been tracking him for a while.

Pepe LeFrits

Thierry Henry will be allowed to leave Arsenal in the summer, with Real Madrid or Barcelona likely to pay £25m for his signature. (Sunday Express, Daily Star)

Heard about this last night. I wouldn't be against it at that price to be honest, as Henry's value and contribution to the team are likely to drop quite considerably over the next year or two. I think he has gotten a bit too big for the club and is having a slightly suffocating effect on some of the younger players. His dance with Adebayor is particularly painful to watch. It'd be interesting to see if he did go, if Wenger signed a replacement or went with those already there. Bendtner and Vela will be back in the summer so there'll be plenty of strikers about, if not experienced ones. I wouldn't be surprised if Henry goes anyway, I don't think Wenger is as close to him as he used to be and Wenger has shown in the past that he has no problems ruthlessly shipping off his experienced stars.

Sheikh Mohammed will make a £450m takeover move for Arsenal after his Dubai International Capital group pulled out of negotiations for Liverpool this week. (The People)

Oh god, please don't let takeover talk start for Arsenal now, the club is doing perfectly fine as it is thank you very much...

Royale with Cheese

There's a ready made replacement for Henry in Robin Van Persie. Henry is criticised for not being predatory enough, but Van Persie is even less so. However he is incredibly skillful and has shown this season he's perfectly capable of getting goals.

Having said that I don't want Henry to leave. I don't care if his career is about to start winding down. He's not even 30 yet, and look how useful Bergkamp was even as a bit part player past his mid 30's.

Pepe LeFrits

I'm not sold on Van Persie yet to be honest. He is a very good player no question, but I'm not sure he'll ever get close to an Henry or Ian Wright which is what we need to compete for the title.

Some papers saying Torres wants to join us and not United in the summer, but I'm not convinced by him either.

One striker definately joining is Gilles Sunu.

We have agreed on everything," Chareauroux chairman Patrick Totignon told eurosport.com. "It is nearly signed.

"Gilles Sunu will sign with Arsenal in February or March.

"And he will leave next July - not before.

"Everything is alright. We have agreed with Arsenal to officially announce his signing in March."

Obviously any labelling of the player as ‘the new Henry’ is premature, but Totignon added: "He plays as an out-and-out striker like Thierry Henry, but he also can play in midfield.

"Gilles is lightning quick and he has great technical skills. But the key is that he is very intelligent, older than his years."

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has made a habit of signing teenagers from around Europe and turning them into Premiership stars.

The reserves definately need some new players, they're getting absolutely hammered now that the class of 06 has been loaned out/sold. They are mostly aged just 16, mind you.

Oh, and the Mirror (groan) says we are keeping an eye on the Woodgate situation. Highly unlikely, but one can dream! Him and Gallas/Toure would be the best CB pairing in the premiership.

Vokes

Was at the Emirates for the first time last night. I was well impressed. Fantastic stadium

Shame about the Brazil performance

Pepe LeFrits

Arsenal have handed a professional contract to promising midfielder Mark Randall.

The 17-year-old has been rewarded by the North London club after breaking into the first team reckoning in the past six months.

Randall made seven reserve appearances as a schoolboy last season, but has seen his stock rise this term and has been a regular in Arsene Wenger's Carling Cup squads.

The Milton Keynes-born midfielder appeared as a substitute in the third round win over West Brom, and also featured for 20 minutes in the subsequent defeat of Everton.

The young Englishman will now be hoping to increase his first team input in the coming years after winning a full-time contract with The Gunners.

Pleased with this, I rate him highly. I'd be surprised if he doesn't end up playing regularly for at least a top 10 premiership side. Strikes me as being a bit like Carrick or Pirlo, only perhaps a little more attack minded. It seems he's ahead of Fran Merida in the pecking order, which suggests the management rate him highly too.

AnCapaillMor

We were bloody poxed yesterday. They were so lucky the entire team should've bought a euromillions ticket each. As for the foreign buyers feck off, because then we would'nt be able to bitch about them, united and the pool with their foriegn money.

gosplan

Stop the presses!!!

Eto unhappy with life at Barca and making noises about Arsenal!!!

On F365 if you haven't seen it already.

I'd even take that as a straight swap for Henry. Eto was the player of the year for me last year. Scored loads of stunning goals.....and loads of basic ones. Ronaldhino just got the award cause he's Brazillian and appears on nike ads.

He's a remarkable forward. I don't think anyone else quite has the same combination of skill, pace, passing, finishing and heading that he has.

On an aside, didn't Arsenal sell Bendtner

Pepe LeFrits

gosplan wrote:

Stop the presses!!!

Eto unhappy with life at Barca and making noises about Arsenal!!!

On F365 if you haven't seen it already.

Non-story, complete garbage from 365. A few days ago Eto'o talked about how he would have liked to have played under Wenger, then when the story about problems in Barca broke, F365 spun it to make it out that Eto'o was talking about joining Arsenal after the controversy.

I'd even take that as a straight swap for Henry. Eto was the player of the year for me last year. Scored loads of stunning goals.....and loads of basic ones. Ronaldhino just got the award cause he's Brazillian and appears on nike ads.

He's a remarkable forward. I don't think anyone else quite has the same combination of skill, pace, passing, finishing and heading that he has.

I'd take him too, as he's younger than Henry and wouldn't have the stature that Henry has at the club.

On an aside, didn't Arsenal sell Bendtner

Nope. Seems he did an interview with the Danish version of FHM where he basically went on about how he loves partying, getting drunk etc and how he wants to play for Real Madrid or AC Milan. Didn't even mention Arsenal once apparently. He seems to have gone a bit stale already at Birmingham so I wouldn't be surprised to see his career go down the toilet. Looks like another Anelka in the making.

Pepe LeFrits

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Irish Gunner

Well after watching the Blackburn game Kates Cottage it was pretty awful Ok Friedel made 2 good saves at the end but reminded me of the Porto game

No urgency until the last 10 minutes

The next game for me is the Fulham at home

So who is going to be in Kates Cottage to watch us v the Chavs ?

Mossy Monk

Theo Walcott needs to spend some time in the reserves. he was been woeful now for the last few games. gives the ball away too easily