Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

ErinGoBrath

Galvasean wrote: »

im gonna get one with ROCKY 7 on the back.

I had planned to do the same. One of the lads in work also looking to get Rocky on the back too.

Love the new away jersey, looks great. Hopefully the season can be as successful as 89!

leninbenjamin

i notice in the United thread that there is a few quotes from the Barca technical Director Tixi Birgisssasflkjaspijt... *ahem*. anyway the interesting point is that they are still seemingly still in the chase for Adebayor if they can get enough to finance the deal from the sale of Eto'o.

tbh, the more this drags on the more i want him sold. perhaps his sale will convince AW to invest heavily in the likes of an up and coming big name CB like Zapata or similar (i'd actually love to see someone along the lines of Samba myself). the more we see of the reserves the more i'm convinced it's the defence ahead of midfield that needs to be prioritised.

DenMan

leninbenjamin wrote: »

i notice in the United thread that there is a few quotes from the Barca technical Director Tixi Birgisssasflkjaspijt... *ahem*. anyway the interesting point is that they are still seemingly still in the chase for Adebayor if they can get enough to finance the deal from the sale of Eto'o.

tbh, the more this drags on the more i want him sold. perhaps his sale will convince AW to invest heavily in the likes of an up and coming big name CB like Zapata or similar (i'd actually love to see someone along the lines of Samba myself). the more we see of the reserves the more i'm convinced it's the defence ahead of midfield that needs to be prioritised.

Do you think Utd will put in a bid for Eto'o, if Ronaldo goes? Real today signed Van der Vaart from Hamburg so it may/may not happen. Between the two options regarding Ronaldo either one can take place:

1)Staying at Utd and playing for a club he doesn't really want to be at.
2) Going to Real where competition for places is so high and with the Board running that club and both the media and fans always on your back, a bad performance and you are out of the team.

leninbenjamin

DenMan wrote: »

Do you think Utd will put in a bid for Eto'o, if Ronaldo goes. Real today signed Van der Vaart from Hamburg so it may/may not happen. Between the two options of Ronaldo either one can take place:

1)Staying at Utd and playing for a club he doesn't really want to be at.
2) Going to Real where competition for places is so high and with the Board running that club and fans always on your back, a bad performance and you are out of the team.

a United bid for Eto'o would depend more on them not getting Berbatov rather than Ronaldo. if Ronaldo goes they'll be looking for a winger as a direct replacement. i can't see Eto'o at United. tbhI think it's unlikely he'll go to the prem, although i guess i wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea went in for him at the last.

Bounty Hunter

who is F. Coquelin? just saw his name on SSN as 1 of 4 pl;ayers wenger has brought in during this transfer window... never heard of him

Royale with Cheese

Did the same thing myself. Some French 17 year old who will go straight into the reserves/youth team set up. Dunno why sky sports have it down as one of the signings.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

He's actually been very good in the games he's played. Gets around the pitch a lot and puts in a good tackle, Flamini esque you could say.

AnCapaillMor

playa3 wrote: »

He's actually been very good in the games he's played. Gets around the pitch a lot and puts in a good tackle, Flamini esque you could say.

As in he'll bugger off to milan at the first chance?

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Ha hopefully not. He came from the french 3rd division like Clichy, so with a bit of luck he'll be like him in that respect!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Adebayor- Why I'm staying and signing new deal

Only available to subscribers unfortunately but basically he is adamant that he is staying and that all this **** was made up behind his back while he was on holidays. Says he will be signing a new contract in the next few days and is very happy at the club and how Wenger is like a father and all that kinda thing. At one point he refers to himself in the third person which i thought was funny:D

Galvasean

Its all looking very rosey isn't it? I wonder how close he was to leaving, really

AnCapaillMor

If it came from anywhere other than a club website i'd be happy. They're hardly to post an article with him saying adios.

Mr Alan

a friend of mine said that there was a SSN news thing earlier and it showed a wenger press conference, the journalist asked him about Ade leaving and Wenger got agitated and said that Adebayour had never said he wanted to leave and the whole thing was made up.

The journalist responded, "Arsene, i was there and he said he wanted to leave"

to which Arsene had no response.

Not sure if its exactly through, but thought it was funny!

OPENROAD

I wonder if we will go for Barry, he doesn't seem to rule it out, personally I would rather we try and secure a quality cb,the one area I think we are slightly weak in.


http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=news&article=494725&cpid=703&title=Wenger+-+I%27ll+only+buy+if+I+can+find+the+quality

AnCapaillMor

I wish the pool get barry and we get Xabi.

Mr Alan

I just cant in a million years see Wenger paying 18m for a 27 year old English midfielder.

vincenzo1975

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/08/01/SOCCER_Arsenal_Nightlead.html

some interesting tieing up of things in this artical. Wenger takes credit for developing Spurs new boy (heehee) and the gunners get 6 mil in the deal...nice.

Looks Like arsene is looking for a good experienced midfielder that ticks very certain boxes, if my reading between the lines is right. I just think Barry is a little too old to be splashing such big money on, I just dont see wenger making the plunge, especially since he has limited european/International experience for a 27 year old.

i would much rather see arsene go for Jérémy Toulalan from Lyon. This guy is about to become the new rock for france for the next decade and at 24, is my pick of top defensive players in europe right now.

Gotta love the way ade smiles as he says he never 'said he wanted to leave', still an all, Its nice to go into the new season with our number 1 pairing of van persie and Ade raring to go.

Do you guys think Nasri will be a reguler starter, or will he be given a bedding in period till October before he becomes a reguler?

depending on if a new midfielder is bought, I think that Diaby will be given the midfield slot beside Fabregas. I think this is one of the problems Wenger has. If he brings in someone it could upset the applecart with Diaby and Denilson, so maybe it time to give the boy a chance.

OPENROAD

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/08/01/SOCCER_Arsenal_Nightlead.html

some interesting tieing up of things in this artical. Wenger takes credit for developing Spurs new boy (heehee) and the gunners get 6 mil in the deal...nice.

I agree I think he can take some credit.

Royale with Cheese

Arse - Juventus on Sky Sports today at 4.15. Wooooo

Im_No_Superman

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Arse - Juventus on Sky Sports today at 4.15. Wooooo

Cool, looking forward to seeing Nasri play.

Galvasean

Darn, TWO Arsenal matches on in TV channels I have in as many days and I'm working for both of them.

Well if you look at the Premier league there are a few ex Arsenal youth players plying their trade:

Stephen Sidwell (Aston Villa)
Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Jamie O' Hara (Spurs)
David Bentley (Spurs)

Also Stephen Hughes of Coventry City (he did play Premiership football after leaving us)

I'm sure theres a few more that I left out.

leninbenjamin

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

i would much rather see arsene go for Jérémy Toulalan from Lyon. This guy is about to become the new rock for france for the next decade and at 24, is my pick of top defensive players in europe right now.

Toulalan? god no. i think there are much better options than him out there. He may figure for France while the loolaa is in charge, but they have much better options than him.

vincenzo1975

France have better defensive midfielders? like who

leninbenjamin

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

France have better defensive midfielders? like who

Diarra and Flamini for starters. both are technically much better footballers than Toulalan. Toulalan would be found it if he were to leave France. he's just an average all rounder player, he has no real strengths to his game. he's not particularly fantastic in the tackle. not a great passer, not great going forward. he's just meh...

Im_No_Superman

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

France have better defensive midfielders? like who

Lassana Diarra.

Cracking player imo. Pity he didnt show abit more patience and he would be a starter in the Arsenal midfield now with Flamini gone.

~Rebel~

to be honest id have both Diarra and Flamini over Toulalan.

Galvasean

I don't think arsenal are in the position to buy Diarra or Flamini right now..

leninbenjamin

Galvasean wrote: »

I don't think arsenal are in the position to buy Diarra or Flamini right now..

nope. but they can get much better than Toulalan. i'd rather see 18 million spent on Barry, or the same again on Alonso than see Toulalan at the emirates. again these two are much better footballers than Toulalan. in fact i would have gotten 35 year old Claude Makelele over him.

AnCapaillMor

Galvasean wrote: »

Premier league there are a few ex Arsenal youth players plying their trade:

Stephen Sidwell (Aston Villa)
Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
Jamie O' Hara (Spurs)
David Bentley (Spurs)

Also Stephen Hughes of Coventry City (he did play Premiership football after leaving us)

I'm sure theres a few more that I left out.

Fabrice muamba bolton
Mortiz Volz fulham
Seba larsson who'll probably end up in the prem.
alliadere Boro
Penant the pool
Bentley spuds

Galvasean

I dont see Wenger spending 8 million on anyone this season TBH. If he does bring in a defensive player expect him to be relatively obscure and not very expensive.
So much for Wenger saying he was going for 'an experienced defender who knows the ins and outs of the Premier league".