Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

KaiserGunner

Oregano_State wrote: »

Yeah I'd say Fergie would prefer him to go abroad, but he seems to like England and he's proven in the EPL. He's a very good buy for anyone with the money to go get him. And a willingness to keep telling him he's better than Ronaldo..:pac:

I'd much prefer him going to ye than Spurs anyway. After that I'd say it'd be between PSG and Anzhi, though I doubt he'd want to go to Russia.

Madrid could take a punt on him either, stranger things have happened!

Can I ask you, why would you prefer him to come to us above Spurs?

Oregano_State

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Can I ask you, why would you prefer him to come to us above Spurs?

Just a personal dislike for Spurs and Daniel Levy! It's much of a muchness from an objective viewpoint I suppose.

emergingstar

meriwether wrote: »

I prefer Cazorla in the middle.

I'd love us to go balls out for a top winger and striker in January (yeah I know).

Ben Arfa or Isqo on the wing would be delicious (yeah, I know).

Llorente up front (yeah, I know we won't get him either).

My bet is when/if diaby gets fit we're gonna use santi on the wing

That's why I think we really need a powerhouse midfielder in jan Fellani fits the bill

But I'm jumping on the mvila bandwagon myself

bad2dabone

M'vila has some personality problems and has been dropped. I don't want him at the club to be honest.

.jacksparrow.

Barcas defence is like ours,so vulnerable from set pieces,if only our attack was the same.

tayto lover

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Barcas defence is like ours,so vulnerable from set pieces,if only our attack was the same.

And if only we showed Celtic's spirit too.

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

And if only we showed Celtic's spirit too.

Half Barcelona, half Celtic and half robot. Perfect.

tayto lover

Deleted User wrote: »

Half Barcelona, half Celtic and half robot. Perfect.

And Roy Race.

tayto lover

tayto lover wrote: »

And Roy Race.

I dunno if he's much use for this season, it'll take a while for him to get over his Panamanian hostage ordeal I would've thought.

keano_afc

I think we should stop including Diaby in potential formations.

KINGVictor

bad2dabone wrote: »

M'vila has some personality problems and has been dropped. I don't want him at the club to be honest.

I think that is an exaggerated and almost irrelevant point about M'Vila tbh. At the end of the day, most players like other humans have personality problems, it is down to the club to manage and ensure that they behave in line with the rules.

Its not as if he is a John Terry or even RVP in his earlier years- if you know what I mean.

tayto lover

Anyone watching the Celtic v Barca game?
That Wanyama lad in midfield for Celtic looks the business. Good tackler and very strong with a good engine. Not afraid of the physical side of the game. Could be just the type of player we need.

wandatowell

KINGVictor wrote: »

Its not as if he is a John Terry or even RVP in his earlier years- if you know what I mean.

An injury prone scumbag???

emergingstar

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone watching the Celtic v Barca game?
That Wanyama lad in midfield for Celtic looks the business. Good tackler and very strong with a good engine. Not afraid of the physical side of the game. Could be just the type of player we need.

Were we not linked with him in the summer??
Prob too late now half of Europe will be after him

Mvila is the man we will prob get him for 10 euro now with all his problems

F*ck nickin' Celtics players, can we sign Lennon?! :P

emergingstar

Podolski not happy now either

liam7831

Talks of interest in Gourcuff too

bad2dabone

where's that from emergingstar?

emergingstar

bad2dabone wrote: »

where's that from emergingstar?

Interview he did in the mixed zone last night with the Germans

Supposedly he said don't wanna be playing left wing, wants to be one of two strikers or play just behind the striker

.jacksparrow.

emergingstar wrote: »

Interview he did in the mixed zone last night with the Germans

Supposedly he said don't wanna be playing left wing, wants to be one of two strikers or play just behind the striker

Can't say I disagree,another of many players been played out of position by wenger.

Nuri Sahin

meriwether wrote: »

I prefer Cazorla in the middle.

I'd love us to go balls out for a top winger and striker in January (yeah I know).

Ben Arfa or Isqo on the wing would be delicious (yeah, I know).

Llorente up front (yeah, I know we won't get him either).

Isco isn't a winger whatsoever

His position is the same as Cazorla's best position.

Galvasean

We gotta start playing players in their preferred positions...

tayto lover

Galvasean wrote: »

We gotta start playing players in their preferred positions...

The problem is ... we have too many wanting to play in the same position it seems.

Galvasean

tayto lover wrote: »

The problem is ... we have too many wanting to play in the same position it seems.

Then we gotta stop signing players and sticking themout of position. There's just too much unrest in the squad over it. It could well be that critical factor that has been leading to disjointed performances of late.

batistuta9

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone watching the Celtic v Barca game?
That Wanyama lad in midfield for Celtic looks the business. Good tackler and very strong with a good engine. Not afraid of the physical side of the game. Could be just the type of player we need.

emergingstar wrote: »

Were we not linked with him in the summer??
Prob too late now half of Europe will be after him

there were people on here dismissing him & what not in the summer, saying it's terrible that were being linked to players from celtic

TheBa

Galvasean wrote: »

Then we gotta stop signing players and sticking themout of position. There's just too much unrest in the squad over it. It could well be that critical factor that has been leading to disjointed performances of late.

Nearly every attacker in the modern game 'wants' to play centrally. Even the like of Nani, Valencia, Young for United, Mata, Hazard for Chelsea, Walcott, Poldi and Cazorla (made his name as a winger) for us, Ronaldo, Messi, blah blah blah.

I'd like to see us being less reliant on one formation. It makes it easier for opposing managers to set up a defensive system to block us, as we're currently seeing.

premierstone

batistuta9 wrote: »

there were people on here dismissing him & what not in the summer, saying it's terrible that were being linked to players from celtic

lol Wanyama would strenghten any team in Europe, Barca included, he is better than Song IMO and last night was further eveidence of that, Celtic have a better keeper than Arsenal and at least three left backs better than Santos. Gary Hooper would be a far better option that either of Chamak or Arshavin and Tony Watt is a huge prospect, alot of EPL fans have a very elitist mindset with regard to the SPL and with very little basis.

jordainius

I'm a bit annoyed at Podolski, he knew we play with 3 up front and he knew he'd most likely be stuck on the left. He knew that van Persie was the man in the middle and that Giroud was signed to replace van Persie if he left.

Why complain about being played on the left when he should have known full well that that's where Wenger intended to play him? I'm pretty sure he's played in a similar position for Germany a lot of the time.

Yes, ideally players should be played in their best position, but they should shut the hell up and play where the manager tells them to. With the money they're on they should just do their job.

On Theo; his calls to be played in the middle are a smokescreen in my opinion, he'll be off to the highest bidder using his "unhappiness" at not being used in the middle as his excuse and he'll be playing on the right for whoever his next club is.

premierstone

premierstone wrote: »

alot of EPL fans have a very elitist mindset with regard to the SPL and with very little basis.

No Scottish team in the CL last year, Rangers getting schooled for a couple of years before that? There is a basis for thinking the SPL is poor.

Mickeroo

premierstone wrote: »

lol Wanyama would strenghten any team in Europe, Barca included, he is better than Song IMO and last night was further eveidence of that, Celtic have a better keeper than Arsenal and at least three left backs better than Santos. Gary Hooper would be a far better option that either of Chamak or Arshavin and Tony Watt is a huge prospect, alot of EPL fans have a very elitist mindset with regard to the SPL and with very little basis.

I don't disagree on your points about those players but Celtic would be a mid table team in the EPL imo. They're the only team in the top flight above Npower championsip level. The SPL is a poor league.

Putting in a great performance (and it was great) in Europe is not the same as being consistent for a whole league season.