Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

AnCapaillMor · 13-08-2008 05:40PM

Seriusly looking at it now what a total and utter idiot Diarra is.

Toure tried 1 or 2 games in central midfield last year and was none too impressive. Totally agree with Yahoo, toure is 110% commitment, all heart, very little tactical awareness.

DenMan · 13-08-2008 07:13PM

This quote from the Sky Sports Score Centre does not fill me with enormous confidence for the season ahead. I hope we are not in the middle of a downward spiral.

"Ramsey and Denilson are really struggling in midfield at the moment. Neither has had much possession and, dare I say it, they look a little lightweight"

Still 0-0 at the moment.

DenMan · 13-08-2008 08:07PM

William Gallas. FC Twente 0 Arsenal 1. Away goal. Happy days indeed. In off his knees. Well they all count.

DenMan · 13-08-2008 08:30PM

Update. FC Twente 0 Arsenal 2. Adebayor has put us 2 up. This really is a great result in what was always going to be a very difficult game. Well done guys, a very professional job.

Mossy Monk · 13-08-2008 08:39PM

I thought it was an awful display. One of the worst I have seen in a long time. 2 away goals is good though.

Royale with Cheese · 13-08-2008 08:41PM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I thought it was an awful display. One of the worst I have seen in a long time. 2 away goals is good though.

Indeed. It's obvious the squad is too thin. Although I'd trust Wenger to make the right decisions for the club. If he doesn't sign anybody it's probably because finances are tight, not because he's too arrogant and cocky in his youth policies.

kronsington · 13-08-2008 10:33PM

a lot of these comments seem like a blatant violation of the first rule in the charter

Royale with Cheese · 13-08-2008 10:38PM

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That bit?

OPENROAD · 13-08-2008 10:41PM

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

That bit?

I think he might mean discussing the match.

titan18 · 13-08-2008 10:42PM

Ok,I'm not an Arsenal fan,but I enjoy watching the team play football as it should be played and I admire what Wenger has done and the way in which he brings through youngsters.But on tonights display,I fear for ye this season.Ramsey was terrible.He couldnt pass the ball properly and has no strength at all.The whole of the midfield was a right off tbh.Eboue,Denilson,Ramsey and Walcott(who I rate highly but tonight wasnt too good).I know that ye have injuries to Fabregas and Rosicky and Nasri wasnt playing,but ye need a few players in midfield that can win the ball and allow Cesc to pass the ball about.

I hope that Wenger brings someone in before the transfer window shuts or else ye'll probably finish outside the top 4.The only thing that makes it easier is that Liverpool had a shocker aswell.

GuanYin · 13-08-2008 10:52PM

By that logic, Liverpool were bad too and will slip out. Arsenal still managed two goals in a poor performance (their first compettitive game of the season, understrength and rusty) away from home.

I think that it is rather foolish to:
A) Judge Arsenal's season on this performance given the reasons above

Think that Wenger is stupid enough not to know the strengths of his own team.

All that said, the sentiment of Arsenal needing more players rings true. They seem cursed in terms of their injury problems for some time now, but all the more reason to strengthen.

Wenger has money, Arsenal need cover. It isn't very hard to work out.

MIN2511 · 13-08-2008 11:12PM

GuanYin wrote: »

By that logic, Liverpool were bad too and will slip out. Arsenal still managed two goals in a poor performance (their first compettitive game of the season, understrength and rusty) away from home.

I think that it is rather foolish to:
A) Judge Arsenal's season on this performance given the reasons above

Think that Wenger is stupid enough not to know the strengths of his own team.

All that said, the sentiment of Arsenal needing more players rings true. They seem cursed in terms of their injury problems for some time now, but all the more reason to strengthen.

Wenger has money, Arsenal need cover. It isn't very hard to work out.

To add to that, Arsenal would be the only British club making earnings and i think its time they invested more money in their players. Surely they can afford it:rolleyes:

leninbenjamin · 14-08-2008 12:25AM

they played sh*t against weaker opposition and still won the match. if they did that last season we'd be happy out. i actually find it encouraging in a perverse way.

Galvasean · 14-08-2008 12:28AM

I think we are one quality experienced holding centre midfield player away from being genuine contenders this year.
Some people say we played poorly today. I say a two nil away win while missing a few key players and never leaving first gear is quite positive. Arsenal had a look about them that if they needed to up the tempo and play better today they would have. FC twente didn't.
It was a controlled performance. Just what we needed to get the season started.
Next 4 games are WBA (H), Fulham (A), FC Twente (H) and Newcastle (H).
That should ease us into the season quite nicely.

Royale with Cheese · 14-08-2008 12:33AM

Slowness in the transfer market may also be because the team weren't guaranteed a spot in the Champions League. Now they are (95%) we might see some movement.

Galvasean · 14-08-2008 01:08AM

Also, now Wenger may have more time to negotiate transfer deals now that the Twente game is out of the way.

Pepe LeFrits · 14-08-2008 09:09AM

Some fairly excessive comments here relating to last night’s game. There have been many performances poorer than that in recent times. 4-0 against United, 5-1 against Spurs, 2-1 against Boro, 1-0 against Sheffield United – nothing like as bad. Away in Europe, first game of the season and with lots of players out. Not that bad. Look at Liverpool’s performance – they were even worse.

Defensively, we were quite good last night, and restricted Twente to quite few opportunities. Djourou had another encouraging performance and hopefully he can get back to being rated as highly as he was 18-24 months ago. We need him to because Gallas isn’t getting any younger and Touré looks f**ked physically.

I don’t think central midfield was the main issue last night although we do need another player there (we will get one before the window closes too, in my opinion). Denilson, particularly in the second half, had quite a decent game, and Ramsey was OK. The big problem was what was going on around them – Eboue, Walcott, Adebayor and to a lesser extent van Persie couldn’t pass water. They couldn’t hold up the ball or pass, and their movement was terrible. Eboue and Walcott in particular played far too wide and Ramsey and Denilson never had anyone to pass to. Nasri is apparently going to be back for West Brom and combined with the big Emirates pitch that will make a difference, because he will improve our passing game considerably. We can usually get away with having one of Walcott or Eboue in midfield, but not both.

Evil_Clown · 14-08-2008 09:11AM

Galvasean wrote: »

Also, now Wenger may have more time to negotiate transfer deals now that the Twente game is out of the way.

Arsene has a habit of leaving his summer transfer dealings to the last minute
So we may have to wait another week for activity, I think he likes to scare us fans :eek:

Evil_Clown · 14-08-2008 10:10AM

Found this online, Ade seems to be pretty good behind it all

http://news.accra-mail.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1012:adebayor-rescues-ghanaians-in-togo&catid=39:sports-news&Itemid=58

Pepe LeFrits · 14-08-2008 10:56AM

Hoyte bid accepted apparently, and Wenger says he'll buy a player.

Good news all-round.

Galvasean · 14-08-2008 12:29PM

Evil_Clown wrote: »

Found this online, Ade seems to be pretty good behind it all

http://news.accra-mail.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1012:adebayor-rescues-ghanaians-in-togo&catid=39:sports-news&Itemid=58

And to think, we werent going to give him a pay rise...

DenMan · 14-08-2008 01:46PM

For anybody who missed the goals from last night's game. Bad performances in games last season saw us drop valuable points and exit big competitions near the end of the season. Joe Cole is right, we need to have bad performances but still put the goals away when needed, and that was achieved last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56_KSJF4zaM

Galvasean · 14-08-2008 03:42PM

Wenger expects a new signing before the 2nd leg.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/new-signing-expected-before-twente-return-leg
As per usual he wasn't naming names.

Galvasean · 15-08-2008 01:00PM

Nasri and Touré in the squad to face WBA:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-nasri-and-toure-confirmed-for-albion

patrickc · 15-08-2008 11:13PM

roll on tomorrow, sky sports back again and hopefully a great season for us

PHB · 16-08-2008 11:51AM

Match posts moved to match thread.

JPA · 16-08-2008 11:55AM

Anyone have a stream that works?

eirebhoy · 16-08-2008 12:07PM

16 year old Conor Henderson called up to the Ireland U19s. Anyone know much about him?

http://youngguns.wordpress.com/Conor-Henderson/

MIN2511 · 16-08-2008 06:50PM

I know the Daily Mirror is ****e but i just saw this

Arsenal have opened talks with Liverpool on taking Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso to the Emirates. (Daily Mirror)

As far as i know the top four cant buy players from each other????

leninbenjamin · 16-08-2008 07:10PM

MIN2511 wrote: »

I know the Daily Mirror is ****e but i just saw this

Arsenal have opened talks with Liverpool on taking Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso to the Emirates. (Daily Mirror)

As far as i know the top four cant buy players from each other????

first off it's old news, as Benitez practically confirmed a few days ago their had been discussions with an old slip of the tongue. secondly, anything is game if the price is right.

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