Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

JPA · 21-12-2008 10:57AM

Any Arsenal fans believe these rumours?
Tevez and Arshavin? Inler?

Pepe LeFrits · 21-12-2008 11:02AM

I don't really believe any of the rumours but there is precedent to a few players coming in at once. We signed Adebayor, Diaby and Walcott in the same January window when it looked like we might not finish in the CL places. Diaby was completely out of leftfield but we'd been linked to Adebayor for ages and Walcott a few times. Walcott was one of those ones that seemed like total paper talk - he was the sort of player that was nailed on to head to Chelsea or Spurs.

DenMan · 21-12-2008 11:59AM

Normally I would say no to the rumours of the players we have been linked with, however all the agents are talking now with the transfer window not too far away. They know Arsenal will be spending and I am sure preliminary talks are underway now. Regarding our link with Andrei Arshavin if he performs like he did in the group stages for Russia then it would be an excellent buy. However if he performs like he did in the knock out stages when Russia really needed him and went completely AWOL then it is a huge gamble. Remember when Liverpool bought Diouf after a brilliant World Cup in 2002?

David Villa would be a brilliant signing. Points are a priority now and with our position in the Top 4 at stake, we cannot afford to not be in the Champions League. We need a proven goalscorer, all of the other teams have them. If we got points for effort and ball control we would run away with the league. It's time for the boss to swallow his pride and make some big signings and get back to where we are supposed to be (on the top and feared).

Pepe LeFrits · 21-12-2008 12:02PM

I don't see the point in signing in Villa. We've got plenty of strikers already.

Arsenal1986 · 21-12-2008 12:06PM

also i think we are probably the only club that could convince Villa to leave this window, remember last year he spoke how much he loved arsenals style an if he had to go to england hed love to go to us. him plus Cesc :eek: :eek: too exspensive i fear

this talk about arshavin seems a little different then most paper talk as he was apparently at London Colney you never hear specifics like that just because i suppose its so easy to be disproved if he was in russia at the time or whatever......

Galvasean · 21-12-2008 01:28PM

DenMan wrote: »

David Villa would be a brilliant signing.

Considering Man City have reportedly had a 40million bid turned down i can't see us going for him. Besides a striker is the last position we need to strengthen.
We need a quality defensive minded midfielder and a top notch center back. After that I suppose an attacking mid (because of our injury problems). A superstar striker signing is one luxury I'm afraid we can't afford to peruse right now.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 21-12-2008 01:37PM

I agree with Pepe, an replacement for Rosicky/Hleb is a must (along with a defensive midfielder). And if Arshavin is the answer than so be it. I trust that when Wenger spends money on a player, he has fully researched them and knows what they have to offer. I think i even remember reading that the scouts and Wenger watched Sagna play something like 40 times before signing him.

SantryRed · 21-12-2008 01:45PM

DenMan wrote: »

Normally I would say no to the rumours of the players we have been linked with, however all the agents are talking now with the transfer window not too far away. They know Arsenal will be spending and I am sure preliminary talks are underway now. Regarding our link with Andrei Arshavin if he performs like he did in the group stages for Russia then it would be an excellent buy. However if he performs like he did in the knock out stages when Russia really needed him and went completely AWOL then it is a huge gamble.

Does that make a huge gamble anyways?:pac:

Anyways, roughly how much money is going to be available to Wenger?

PHB · 21-12-2008 01:51PM

Arsenals problems are in midfield, not attack. They need much more goals from there, much, and a bit of steel.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 21-12-2008 02:59PM

I don't know if this has been mentioned before but everyone at Arsenal is donating a days wages today to charity.

I know its a relatively small gesture given how much some of them are earning but more than anything their promotion of it is whats important. They made an ad which you can see here http://www.beagoonerbeagiver.org/

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 21-12-2008 07:20PM

Apparently it might only be 1-3 weeks for Cesc. Phew!
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8973840/Fabregas-sidelined-with-ligament-injury

"It's a medial knee ligament injury," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "I don't know how long he will be out.
It is difficult to assess; it could be one week or three weeks.

Pepe LeFrits · 21-12-2008 07:35PM

We need to get a draw at Villa.

Quazzie · 21-12-2008 07:44PM

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

We need to get a draw at Villa.

i disagree.. We need a win. If we fall further back things can only go downhill.

DenMan · 21-12-2008 07:55PM

We are fully capable of beating Aston Villa. Was impressed with the last half hour we put in. Diaby looked brilliant getting forward and wasn't afraid to have a shot. We should take the confidence from today's game forward and go up to Villa and win.

Bounty Hunter · 21-12-2008 08:01PM

well considering Villa are currently 3 points ahead of Arsenal after playing the same amount of games, are unbeaten in 6 prem games including 4 wins and have the following games after playing Arsenal:

Hull v Aston Villa

Aston Villa v West Brom

Sunderland v Aston Villa

Portsmouth v Aston Villa

Aston Villa v Wigan

Blackburn v Aston Villa

I really think that Arsenal need to get their act together now and cant afford to lose to Villa in any circumstances atm.

considering Fabergas injury, Adebayor's suspension and the fact that they said before the game that Bentner is also out injured id expect to see something like this on St Stephens day.

...................Almunia..................

Sagna.......Djouru......Gallas........Clichy

Eboue....Denilson......Song........Nasri
.....................Diaby......................

.................Van Persie................

vs

..................Friedel....................

Cuellar.....Davies.......Laursen......L.Young

.......Sidwell......Petrov....Barry...........

J.Milner..............................A.Young
...................Gabby.....................

going by those line-ups and the players currently available to both id be inclined to favour Villa's selection but would predict a draw in this game personally.

Pepe LeFrits · 21-12-2008 08:03PM

Diaby was the same old Diaby and should be sold in January.

A draw at Villa would be a good result.

21-12-2008 08:27PM

No smiley face.

Shame.

Frisbee · 21-12-2008 09:07PM

I really hope the rumour about Arshavin aren't true.
We need a defence minded midfielder, not someone like Arshavin...

Pepe LeFrits · 21-12-2008 09:12PM

We need both, unless you're happy with Diaby and Denilson on the flanks...

L'prof · 21-12-2008 10:26PM

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

We need both, unless you're happy with Diaby and Denilson on the flanks...

We need new players in every area to be honest! Simply put, we're not good enough and haven't been for quite some time!

2008-2009: 18  9  4  5 30 21  9 31
2007-2008: 18 13  4  1 36 15 21 43 ( 3rd)
[B]2006-2007: 18  8  6  4 29 15 14 30 ( 4th)[/B]
2005-2006: 18 10  2  6 27 15 12 32 ( 4th)
2004-2005: 18 11  5  2 45 22 23 38 ( 2nd)
2003-2004: 18 12  6  0 34 12 22 42 ( 1st)
2002-2003: 18 11  3  4 37 20 17 36 ( 2nd)
2001-2002: 18  9  6  3 37 22 15 33 ( 1st)
2000-2001: 18 10  5  3 30 14 16 35 ( 2nd)
1999-2000: 18 11  3  4 32 17 15 36 ( 2nd)
[B]1998-1999: 18  7  8  3 20 11  9 29 ( 2nd)
1997-1998: 18  8  6  4 32 21 11 30 ( 1st)[/B]
1996-1997: 18 10  5  3 35 18 17 35 ( 3rd)
1995-1996: 18  8  7  3 23 12 11 31 ( 5th)
[B]1994-1995: 18  6  6  6 22 19  3 24 (12th)
1993-1994: 18  8  6  4 17 10  7 30 ( 4th)
1992-1993: 18  9  2  7 22 19  3 29 (10th)[/B]

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                 7   6   1   0  13   5   8  19 2.71
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
Coventry             18  10   5   3  25  13  12  35 1.94
Middlesbrough        27  15   7   5  60  26  34  52 1.93
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            33   9  10  14  32  44 -12  37 1.12
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

Frisbee · 21-12-2008 11:21PM

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

We need both, unless you're happy with Diaby and Denilson on the flanks...

I'm not, but a defensive midfielder is a much bigger priority than an attacker..

Frisbee · 21-12-2008 11:34PM

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/-i-think-we-could-have-won-this-game-today-

On the rumours surrounding Vela going out on loan, or Tevez and Arshavin coming in...
“No, no, and no.”

If Vela went out on loan i'd be unbelievably pissed. He's barely been given a chance...

Green Hornet · 22-12-2008 07:02PM

Seems to be a few rumours going around at the moment that Flamini is sorry that he left and wants to come back! Wonder will it happen?

OPENROAD · 22-12-2008 07:46PM

Green Hornet wrote: »

Seems to be a few rumours going around at the moment that Flamini is sorry that he left and wants to come back! Wonder will it happen?

Would love to have him back but to be honest can't see it happening.

Frisbee · 22-12-2008 09:09PM

Green Hornet wrote: »

Seems to be a few rumours going around at the moment that Flamini is sorry that he left and wants to come back! Wonder will it happen?

Mossy Monk · 22-12-2008 09:13PM

Green Hornet wrote: »

Seems to be a few rumours going around at the moment that Flamini is sorry that he left and wants to come back! Wonder will it happen?

That would be awesome.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 22-12-2008 09:56PM

When you think about it. If we just still had Hleb and Flamini we'd be grand right now:(

Galvasean · 22-12-2008 11:14PM

playa3 wrote: »

When you think about it. If we just still had Hleb and Flamini we'd be grand right now:(

Think we're better off with Nasri instead of Hleb.
Flamini we really miss though.

We draw again. that should be our title charge dead again... BUT our rivals (bar United who are AWOL) also draw... as you were.

TheNorthBank · 22-12-2008 11:57PM

Anyone else hear that pri*k Tim Sherwood calling Adebayor a coward before the Chelski game tonight? Where does he get off...
Totally out of order I thought.

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 23-12-2008 01:13AM

Galvasean wrote: »

Think we're better off with Nasri instead of Hleb.
Flamini we really miss though.

.

No i meant having Hleb as well as Nasri. Agree that Nasri is probably better in the long run, just dont have a Rosicky replacement at the moment.

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