Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

Irish Gunner · 08-11-2008 10:29PM

Just back from the game in London at the mo great atmosphere

Diaby was the best on the pitch. Utd had their chances but damn it so did we

We chased everything and the 6 minutes extra time were nerve wrecking

Just off to watch it now on sky sports

C'mon you gunners

Galvasean · 09-11-2008 02:00PM

predicted 3-1 to united. Man i love being wrong

So Carling Cup Tuesday against Wigan live on Sky Sports 1

Frisbee · 10-11-2008 02:16PM

Galvasean wrote: »

So Carling Cup Tuesday against Wigan live on Sky Sports 1

Thoguht it was Wednesday for some reason. In work Tuesday now

Galvasean · 10-11-2008 03:07PM

Frisbee wrote: »

Thoguht it was Wednesday for some reason. In work Tuesday now

I may have to work Tuesday evening pending roster reshuffle. Worst case scenario I'll catch the last 20 mins plus after match highlights.

*grabs Vela 12 jersey*

I was so close to getting Nasri 8 on my away kit but noooooo..... i had to go for that retro Rocky 7 charm...

Frisbee · 10-11-2008 05:38PM

Galvasean wrote: »

I may have to work Tuesday evening pending roster reshuffle. Worst case scenario I'll catch the last 20 mins plus after match highlights.

*grabs Vela 12 jersey*

I was so close to getting Nasri 8 on my away kit but noooooo..... i had to go for that retro Rocky 7 charm...

Vela 12 on my home
Clichy 22 on my away soon

Galvasean · 10-11-2008 10:50PM

Ramsey got called up to the Wales full international squad:
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/ramsey-earns-call-up-to-senior-wales-squad

DenMan · 11-11-2008 12:49AM

Just read on the Sky Sports website that David Dein left Red and White Holdings (Alisher Usmanov's group) during the summer. That is a surprise to me as he was looking to get back involved with Arsenal when Usmanov started buying up the clubs shares.

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 12:56AM

DenMan wrote: »

Just read on the Sky Sports website that David Dein left Red and White Holdings (Alisher Usmanov's group) during the summer. That is a surprise to me as he was looking to get back involved with Arsenal when Usmanov started buying up the clubs shares.

It is quite old news to be honest, was reported during the Summer.

DenMan · 11-11-2008 12:59AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

It is quite old news to be honest, was reported during the Summer.

I'm sure you're right. Haven't heard a lot from Dein in a long time. He has been spending a lot of time in the US recently. I wonder will he join forces with Kroenke in Colorado? Only time will tell.

Big game against Wigan tomorrow night.

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 01:04AM

DenMan wrote: »

I'm sure you're right. Haven't heard a lot from Dein in a long time. He has been spending a lot of time in the US recently. I wonder will he join forces with Kroenke in Colorado? Only time will tell.

Big game against Wigan tomorrow night.

I'm sure he would love to get back to Arsenal, used to see him a good bit in the North Bank at Highbury before matches chatting to fans.

Hope the kids can do it against Wigan.

leninbenjamin · 11-11-2008 09:07AM

DenMan wrote: »

I wonder will he join forces with Kroenke in Colorado?

Almost certainly not. Anyone with any interest in the club will know better than to align themselves with Dein given his relationship with the board.

and the word at the time was that he didn't just leave, but that he was shafted by Usmanov, who supposedly felt Dein's presence hampered his prospects of getting the board to sell.

Galvasean · 11-11-2008 07:15PM

Dont forget guys coverage starts at 7:30 (KO at 7:45) on Sky Sports.

Here is the squad for tonight (no first XI just yet):

12 Carlos VELA
16 Aaron RAMSEY
17 Alex SONG
19 Jack WILSHERE
20 Johan DJOUROU
21 Lukasz FABIANSKI (GK)
24 Vito MANNONE (GK)
28 Amaury BISCHOFF
35 Francis COQUELIN
39 Rui FONTE
40 Kieran GIBBS
41 Gavin HOYTE
42 Henri LANSBURY
43 Fran MERIDA
46 Abu OGOGO
47 Mark RANDALL
50 Jay SIMPSON
56 Emmanuel FRIMPONG

Green Hornet · 11-11-2008 09:21PM

Fabianski has disappointed tonight. Shot stopping good but looks a good bit behind Almunia in other respects. Probably just needs more match practice.

leninbenjamin · 11-11-2008 09:24PM

Rosicky had more surgery

BBC.co.uk/football wrote:

Arsenal's Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Rosicky has undergone more surgery on his injured left knee.

Rosicky has not played since January when he suffered the tendon injury in an FA Cup match against Newcastle.

The 28-year-old Czech Republic captain, who was operated on in Germany on Tuesday, first had surgery in May.

"The operation went as planned and Tomas will now spend at least a few weeks convalescing in Germany," said an Arsenal statement.

"Thereafter he will follow a tailored rehabilitation programme devised by our medical team."

Last month Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was hopeful Rosicky would be back in action before the end of the year.

Rosicky has made just 44 first-team appearances for Arsenal since joining from Borussia Dortmund in May 2006.

how many rehabilitation programs is this guy gonna get through? fat channce of him playing before Jan anyway as Wenger has previously suggested. I'd say there's little chance of seeing him feature much before the Summer, in recent photos he's looked very out of shape, he'll have to spend months working on fitness alone i'd imagine.

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 09:27PM

leninbenjamin wrote: »

. I'd say there's little chance of seeing him feature much before the Summer,

What year?

Seriously though, I wonder if we will get to see him play again.

Green Hornet · 11-11-2008 09:27PM

TBH a person would wonder if we'll ever see him play again at all!

Green Hornet · 11-11-2008 09:28PM

OPENROAD wrote: »

I wonder if we will get to see him play again.

Deuce!;)

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 09:30PM

Green Hornet wrote: »

Deuce!;)

DenMan · 11-11-2008 09:34PM

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Rosicky had more surgery

how many rehabilitation programs is this guy gonna get through? fat channce of him playing before Jan anyway as Wenger has previously suggested. I'd say there's little chance of seeing him feature much before the Summer, in recent photos he's looked very out of shape, he'll have to spend months working on fitness alone i'd imagine.

It's tough alright. Hopefully this can finally sort out his injury problems. Just heard that Hargreaves is out for the season after his sugery in the US. Both players have been so unfortunate with injuries. Both terrific players imo.

lisbon_lions · 11-11-2008 09:35PM

Green Hornet wrote: »

Fabianski has disappointed tonight. Shot stopping good but looks a good bit behind Almunia in other respects. Probably just needs more match practice.

That double save was pretty impressive there.

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 09:36PM

lisbon_lions wrote: »

That double save was pretty impressive there.

Brilliant double save imo

Green Hornet · 11-11-2008 09:36PM

lisbon_lions wrote: »

That double save was pretty impressive there.

Yes. Brilliant.

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 09:47PM

Simpson looks like he is going to be an excellent finisher, have we found the new Ian Wright, took his goals very well, hope he continues to progress, nice to see some English kids amongst the kids.

OPENROAD · 11-11-2008 09:49PM

Quality Jack Wilshere too young to get the Champagne for man of the match

Wreck · 11-11-2008 09:56PM

Another great performance from the youngsters, some cracking passing and good goals in there, even had a magic double save from Fabianski. I really want to get to one of these matches some time soon.

Arsenal1986 · 12-11-2008 12:44AM

id love if we got stoke in quarters. Having our youth team hammer them would be nice revenge! I think its fair to say in Wilshere, ramsey and Vela we have probably the three most talented players currently coming through in England which really cant help make one optimistic for the future!

Frisbee · 12-11-2008 01:31AM

Was in work tonight so only jsut finished watching the match now.
Very Impressed.
Wilshere and Ramsey really controlled the middle of the park.
Simpson and Vela played very well up front aswell.
Gibbs and Randall are really coming on as well.

Watching the match and after seeing him come on last week I was thinking Vela is looking like a little fat bastid, but he seems to be like Ronaldo, looks thickset, but has really really explosive pace. He did very well to set up Simpson for his second goal.

And as for Vela's goal... :eek:
Is it time he got a proper first team opportunity?

There's a good chance I'll be wearing my Vela jersey for weeks now...

keano_afc · 12-11-2008 07:58AM

Like Frisbee I unfortunately missed that festival of football last night but caught the highlights. No exaggeration to say it could have been a lot more than 3. Ramsey impressed me an awful lot, he is gonna be some player. I love the way they play with absolutley no fear, first team could learn a thing or two!

L'prof · 12-11-2008 11:11AM

Fabianski 23

Gibbs 19
Djourou 21
Song 21
Hoyte 18

Fran Merida 18
Randall 19
Ramsey 17
Wilshere 16

Simpson 19
Vela 19

Bischoff 21
Lansbury 18
Fonte 18

Average age 19

Frisbee · 12-11-2008 12:23PM

keano_afc wrote: »

I love the way they play with absolutley no fear, first team could learn a thing or two!

Exactly what I was thinking. How can our first team lose to teams like stoke and Fulham?
But our Youth team can beat a full strength Wigan team? Stuff like that annoys me... :mad:

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