Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

AnCapaillMor · 17-08-2008 01:57AM

Wenger pretty much shot down the xabi and barry transfers because they're cup tied.

GuanYin · 17-08-2008 04:05AM

Tim Cahill would be a great signing for Arsenal.I wonder if Downing or O'Neil would be a target, Hoyte's transfer came with a comment from Boro about the great relationship between Boro and Arsenal.

Frisbee · 17-08-2008 09:39AM

GuanYin wrote: »

Tim Cahill would be a great signing for Arsenal.I wonder if Downing or O'Neil would be a target,

Cahill isnt the right kind of player we're looking for really, too much like the midfielders we already have. And I doubt O'Neil would be good enough for Arsenal.

If Wenger wants to get a good slolid traditional CM in the Vieira, Petit, Gilberto mould he's going to have to look out side the Premiership...

Galvasean · 17-08-2008 11:32AM

eirebhoy wrote: »

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

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

I know he looks about 5 years old.

Wasn't too impressed with yesterday's performance overall. Would have preferred a more comfortable win.
Good to see Nasri off the mark so soon. It was a very well worked song.

AnCapaillMor · 17-08-2008 02:37PM

Cahill is the last kind of player we need. Really dissapointed about Xabi. Diarra from Real would be nice.

leninbenjamin · 17-08-2008 03:10PM

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Really dissapointed about Xabi.

i'm not. i don't think he's suited to the system, he's not dynamic enough imo and i think it's been shown time and time again how easy it can be to nullify his presence. secondly another playmaker is not what is needed.

OPENROAD · 17-08-2008 05:21PM

Frisbee wrote: »

And I doubt O'Neil would be good enough for Arsenal.

Wouldn't be good enough even for our Ladies team

yahoo_moe · 18-08-2008 12:51PM

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Cahill is the last kind of player we need. Really dissapointed about Xabi. Diarra from Real would be nice.

No, Gary O'Neil is the last kind of player we need

Never been sure about Diarra myself - I never saw him much with Lyon when there was so much hype about him but he hasn't impressed me too much when I've seen him with Real... his distribution seems particularly poor

yahoo_moe · 18-08-2008 04:16PM

So much for our Nordtveit predictions - he's off to Salamanca for the season:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/defender-joins-spanish-club-on-seasons-loan

Kieron Gibbs is also gone to Reading.

Royale with Cheese · 18-08-2008 04:23PM

Adebayor signs new long term deal. Haven't heard what he's being paid yet. It had better not be a stupid amount. He hasn't earned it, and he doesn't deserve it. A bad season now and he'll be worth under £10m earning big money.

That said, the booing needs to stop. I'm sure he's got the message now. The team needs him playing at his best and the fans have to realise that.

leninbenjamin · 18-08-2008 04:23PM

strangely enough i haven't seen this mentioned:

Arsenal.com wrote:

Adebayor signs a new long-term contract

Arsenal can today confirm that Togolese forward Emmanuel Adebayor has signed a new long-term contract with the Club.

Adebayor (24) scored 30 goals in all competitions last season, including one in the away fixture at Tottenham Hotspur which earned him the honour of Premier League Goal of the Season 2007/08.

Individual accolades last term also included a place in the PFA Team of the Year while the forward also finished in third place in the PFA Player of the Year.

Everyone at Arsenal looks forward to Emmanuel’s continued contribution to the Club over the coming years.

BBC are saying he's on around 80k a week. what kind of jammy c*nt gets a pay rise for messing around his employers?

edit: ah Royale ya bollox... beat me to it.

Galvasean · 18-08-2008 04:27PM

yahoo_moe wrote: »

So much for our Nordtveit predictions - he's off to Salamanca for the season:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/defender-joins-spanish-club-on-seasons-loan

Kieron Gibbs is also gone to Reading.

Ah well if it gets the lads first team experience. I have high hopes for Gibbs. From what I saw he looks lively and versatile too.

Wreck · 18-08-2008 04:32PM

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Adebayor signs new long term deal. Haven't heard what he's being paid yet. It had better not be a stupid amount. He hasn't earned it, and he doesn't deserve it. A bad season now and he'll be worth under £10m earning big money.

That said, the booing needs to stop. I'm sure he's got the message now. The team needs him playing at his best and the fans have to realise that.

I think he was massively overvalued this summer and would have been happy enough to see him leave provided we got an adequate replacement. I do agree, the boos have to stop, but news of a new lucrative conract probably only going to make things worse, for a while at least.

Frisbee · 18-08-2008 04:40PM

yahoo_moe wrote: »

So much for our Nordtveit predictions - he's off to Salamanca for the season:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/defender-joins-spanish-club-on-seasons-loan

Kieron Gibbs is also gone to Reading.

Can only be good for Nordtveit, hopefully he'll get a good bit of first team experience with them.
Would have liked to see him as a squad player this year all the same...

AnCapaillMor · 18-08-2008 05:02PM

Ade despite being a git over the summer he deservres the raise, but not the raise he was looking for. He headed straight for the tunnel after the game on saturday apparently the booing got to him.

As for our midfield signing, a typical arsenal one; we've no idea who it is and probably will have no idea who he is when we get him.

18-08-2008 07:12PM

the booing is getting a bit lame tbh. He commited his future to the club (for now anyway). He has worked hard for the team past two games and in pre season and scored a goal. the idots should let him get on with it.

Mossy Monk · 18-08-2008 07:25PM

It is probably the same idiots who leave with 10 minutes to go so they can beat the crowds :mad:

OPENROAD · 18-08-2008 07:49PM

Nasri expected to start for the French

Evil_Clown · 19-08-2008 08:48AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Nasri expected to start for the French

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo :eek:
Go away please curse

Mr Alan · 19-08-2008 08:59AM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

It is probably the same idiots who leave with 10 minutes to go so they can beat the crowds :mad:

tbh, i'd imagine its the very people who don't do that.

I don't agree with booing your own players, but it aint the day trippers booing him, its the hardcore fans i'd imagine.

jank · 19-08-2008 09:41AM

Mr Alan wrote: »

tbh, i'd imagine its the very people who don't do that.

I don't agree with booing your own players, but it aint the day trippers booing him, its the hardcore fans i'd imagine.

How do you imagine that?

Mr Alan · 19-08-2008 10:02AM

jank wrote: »

How do you imagine that?

Well, the hardcore supporters in general will always take longer to forgive things like Ade done in the summer.

For example, at OT this season, bell ends from Ireland/London/Norway etc will be there cheering Ronaldo, singing his name etc etc but you can bet the staunch followers who are there week in week out wont be.

Similarly, Gerrard has never been forgiven for his Chelsea flirtations by a section of the Liverpool support.

People who are there week in week out are hurt more by players infidelities than people who just take a trip over to see the match.

These people want to see the best players and want to be entertained, in general, and dont really care about anything else.

Whereas the ST holders, in general, care more about the club itself and dont take kindly to people like Ade treating it like ****e.

This is in my experience anyway, but i guess all clubs are different.

yahoo_moe · 19-08-2008 10:52AM

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

As for our midfield signing, a typical arsenal one; we've no idea who it is and probably will have no idea who he is when we get him.

Just thinking this morning that I'm pretty happy about the way this one's shaping up. The start of the season means we're no longer linked left, right and centre with names that don't suit Arsenal or Arsene's style of play (and that he'd never sign) but the man says we'll definitely have a new player by next week and I'm delighted that no-one knows who it is as these are often the ones that work out best for us

PHB · 19-08-2008 11:08AM

I'd agree with Mr. Alan, but I normally put it more to away support. Viva Ronaldo was the athem of the away support last year, it will not be this year. The Arsenal away fans are some of the best in the league, no doubt about that, and I can't see them showing the same affection to Adebayour this year. [and rightly bloody so]

Im_No_Superman · 19-08-2008 11:20AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Nasri expected to start for the French

Not anymore!

Will be interesting to see if he is fit for saturday now or was this a "convienent" injury. :pac:

Samir Nasri has been ruled out of France's friendly with Sweden on Wednesday because of a thigh strain.

The Arsenal midfielder was called into Les Bleus' squad on Monday following the withdrawal of winger Hatem Ben Arfa, who injured his adductors at the weekend.

But Nasri will not board Tuesday's flight to Gothenburg, the French Football Federation confirmed on their website. The former Marseille playmaker has been struggling with a thigh injury for the past couple of weeks, although he was able to start for the Gunners in their Premier League curtain-raiser against West Brom on Saturday.

Nasri, making his debut for the north London club, scored the only goal of that game. France have confirmed they will not be calling up another player to replace Nasri, so they will travel to Sweden with a 19-man squad.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0819/nasris.html

yahoo_moe · 19-08-2008 04:02PM

Barazite on loan to Derby till January - should be good experience for him...

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/dutch-midfielder-joins-derby-county-on-loan

Joeyjoejoe43 · 19-08-2008 08:07PM

What was the story wit V Persie only playing 22 minutes on Saturday?? I missed the match.... Did he get a knock or what? Hows he fixed for Saturday..

AnCapaillMor · 19-08-2008 09:21PM

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote: »

Hows he fixed for Saturday..

Sticky tape and prayer. was mystified myself by his absense on saturday, altho Bendtner had a good preseason.

GuanYin · 19-08-2008 09:46PM

Ok, so Fox Soccer Channel (FSC ... I know, I know) have reported here on their round up that Arsenal are looking at 3 players and will sign at least 1 if not 2 after the international round of games.

The players they claim are in contention are Gökhan Inler who I know from Serie A, Michael Johnson who is a young Man City player (that I don't know) and Anthony Annan who I've never heard of but is apparently viewed as the best young African player around.

They say the complications lie in the fact that Blackburn are also after Annan and that Johnson is cup tied.

Has anyone heard anything on this?

Frisbee · 19-08-2008 10:19PM

GuanYin wrote: »

and Anthony Annan who I've never heard of but is apparently viewed as the best young African player around.

Weren't United apparently supposed to sign him this summer but they couldnt get a work permit for him or something..?

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