Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

jasonorr wrote: »

Agreed, the only purpose it serves is to antagonise fans when we inevitably spend no money!

Not to forget raising the asking price for any player if Arsene decides to make a move, if they think we have lots to spend they will try to bleed us dry

We've loads of cash available. We did before this season but didn't spend it. I'd like to see at least 3 big names with at least £35 mil spent;)

Wreck wrote: »

Article on the BBC website about Arsenal in the transfer window- Linky



This is the kind of thing I really wish was kept quiet, serves no purpose to highlight the fact that we have cash available.

It does serve one purpose. To keep the fans thinking that Wenger is choosing not to spend money rather than the board.

DenMan wrote: »

Torsten Frings would be a brilliant edition to our squad. Reality check Arsene. We need to spend big in January. Our position in the top 4 is at stake.

I don't think it is this year, but next year definitely!

If u mean 2009/2010 i think thats defo wrong i think we are in a uniquely precarious situation this season that has come about through long term injuries of Rosicky(who i reckon Wenger thought would be back by oct at latest hence no need to buy another wide player)/eduardo and flamini and gilberto leaving with wenger failing to get who he wanted in the window (inler/alonso) and thus being forced to hope denilson would magically turn into Flamini....You cant help but feel that if we stay in the top 4 this season i cant see any of our players leaving and that then 2 or 3 players willl be signed and well also have the definite benefit of Ramsey,Vela and less so Wilshere being in 1st team contention week in week out....I know the same argument has been made for last 2 seasons but genuinely thin if we get through this year in 4th next year well be contending again

Galvasean wrote: »

jasonorr wrote: »

I don't think it is this year season, but next year season definitely!

*looks at Premier League table*

Do you mean the 2009 calendar year?

Fixed! I genuinely feel we are strong enough to finish 4th this year especially with City and Villa playing in the Uefa Cup! Next year season, will be a bit hairy depending on whether or not we ever bulk up our squad!

We got Plymouth at home in the FA Cup

Brilliant win today, and we still have to play Liverpool twice

Great win, didn't think we would do it but really was a great performance today. Now if we can just build on this and go on a bit of a run we could be back in it after xmas.

cson wrote: »

Fabregas deserves a better partner in midfield.

+7

That's what we need to buy in January, or Fabregas won't be half the player he was last season/in the Euro's.

OPENROAD wrote: »

Brilliant win today, and we still have to play Liverpool twice

....We still get to beat Liverpool twice.

gosplan wrote: »

Song was good, thought Denilson was terrible. Chelsea weren't great but it was the most solid defensive performance we've put in for ages.

Denilson was playing out of position in all fairness.
Although yes a new, established CM needs to come in in January and relegate Denilson and Song to backup.

2008-2009: 15  8  2  5 27 19  8 26
2007-2008: 15 11  4  0 32 12 20 37 ( 3rd)
2006-2007: 15  7  4  4 25 12 13 25 ( 4th)
2005-2006: 15  8  2  5 22 13  9 26 ( 4th)
2004-2005: 15  9  4  2 39 20 19 31 ( 2nd)
2003-2004: 15 10  5  0 29 11 18 35 ( 1st)
2002-2003: 15 10  2  3 33 16 17 32 ( 2nd)
2001-2002: 15  8  5  2 33 17 16 29 ( 1st)
2000-2001: 15  8  4  3 23 13 10 28 ( 2nd)
1999-2000: 15  9  2  4 26 15 11 29 ( 2nd)
1998-1999: 15  6  7  2 15  7  8 25 ( 2nd)
1997-1998: 15  7  6  2 30 17 13 27 ( 1st)
1996-1997: 15  9  4  2 29 13 16 31 ( 3rd)
1995-1996: 15  8  4  3 21 10 11 28 ( 5th)
1994-1995: 15  5  4  6 18 16  2 19 (12th)
1993-1994: 15  7  5  3 15  8  7 26 ( 4th)
1992-1993: 15  9  2  4 22 13  9 29 (10th)

Reading               4   4   0   0  11   2   9  12 3.00
Watford               4   4   0   0   9   3   6  12 3.00
Barnsley              2   2   0   0   7   0   7   6 3.00
Wolves                2   2   0   0   6   1   5   6 3.00
Wigan                 6   5   1   0  12   5   7  16 2.67
Ipswich              10   8   2   0  23   4  19  26 2.60
Man City             23  18   3   2  44  14  30  57 2.48
Fulham               15  12   1   2  33   9  24  37 2.47
Charlton             16  12   2   2  36  12  24  38 2.38
Derby                14  10   3   1  27  11  16  33 2.36
West Brom             7   5   1   1  15   7   8  16 2.29
Leicester            16  10   5   1  38  13  25  35 2.19
Crystal Palace        8   5   2   1  16   5  11  17 2.13
Everton              33  21   7   5  66  26  40  70 2.12
Birmingham           10   6   3   1  19   5  14  21 2.10
Nottingham Forest    10   6   3   1  13   7   6  21 2.10
Sunderland           15   9   4   2  30  11  19  31 2.07
Southampton          26  15   7   4  50  24  26  52 2.00
Oldham                4   2   2   0   4   1   3   8 2.00
Swindon               2   1   1   0   5   1   4   4 2.00
West Ham             27  16   5   6  40  17  23  53 1.96
Middlesbrough        26  15   6   5  59  25  34  51 1.96
Coventry             18  10   5   3  25  13  12  35 1.94
Bolton               19  10   5   4  31  22   9  35 1.84
Portsmouth           10   4   6   0  16   6  10  18 1.80
Blackburn            29  15   7   7  47  26  21  52 1.79
Villa                33  16  11   6  51  28  23  59 1.79
Chelsea              33  16  11   6  49  35  14  59 1.79
Bradford              4   2   1   1   6   3   3   7 1.75
Newcastle            31  15   8   8  43  26  17  53 1.71
Leeds                24  12   4   8  43  25  18  40 1.67
Spurs                33  13  15   5  51  36  15  54 1.64
Norwich               8   3   4   1  17   9   8  13 1.63
MK Dons              16   7   4   5  30  16  14  25 1.56
Sheffield Wednesday  16   7   4   5  21  16   5  25 1.56
Sheffield United      6   2   3   1   9   4   5   9 1.50
Man United           33  10  10  13  33  43 -10  40 1.21
Liverpool            32   9   9  14  31  43 -12  36 1.13
QPR                   8   1   5   2   7   8  -1   8 1.00
Hull                  1   0   0   1   1   2  -1   0 0.00
Stoke                 1   0   0   1   1   2  -1   0 0.00

Galvasean wrote: »

YES! I'm glad people agree with me on this. He is too much like Fabregas, just not as good. Actually Ramsey is also quite similar and will probably be better than Denilson in a couple of years.

He'll be better than Denilson by next season imo.