Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

Ok I'm obviously the only one who thought that'd be higher. Not by loads, but I figured he'd have 40-odd. I mean he'd 90 games, including 73 starts...

28 by the way is the exact answer as Frisbee's Wiki-ing (maybe I should have specified no Wiki-ing as well as no Googling) said.

Frisbee wrote: »

Sorry I thought you just wanted to know. didnt realise it was a quiz.
What do i get for winning?

10% of his next signing on fee.

yahoo_moe wrote: »

Or you get to provide an enlightening, little-known Arsenal fact of your own.

Not a fact really more of a list. Everyone can feel free to add to it. I'll edit it to update it when people add names, and we can all marvel at it's greatness.

Players Wenger tried to sign

Cristiano Ronaldo
Ibrahimovic
Ronaldinho
Kalou
Alonso
Arteta
Ribery
Babel
Beckham
Kranjcar
Cech
Ashton
Drogba

The one that got away
Yaya Touré

keano_afc wrote: »

10% of his next signing on fee.

Please Citeh. Please, please, please....

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Not a fact really more of a list. Everyone can feel free to add to it. I'll edit it to update it when people add names, and we can all marvel at it's greatness.

Players Wenger tried to sign

Cristiano Ronaldo
Ibrahimovic
Ronaldinho
Kalou
Alonso

Wish we got Alonso that time!

Never heard anything substantial on Kranjcar. What about Babel? I remember Arsenal's name being thrown around a lot the summer he joined Pool. Thank God he didn't sign, would far prefer Kalou over him.

I'd reckon he did - particularly since he was interested in Arshavin at the time too.

Wonder will he go for Kranjcar again this summer as a Rosicky replacement actually?

He also tried to sign Beckham. I remember Beckham even flew over to play 40 seconds in Keown's testimonial around that time - presumably partly to try and win over the crowd in case the move went through.

EDIT: Oh and Yaya? He did have a trial...

itsjaybud wrote: »

Just seen this on youtube, away to spurs back in february! I knew the police presence is high around these fixtures but i didnt think it was this extreme! The atmosphere must be so intense! Anyone being to arsenal spurs within the past few seasons?

edit: btw i know the lad recording it is a total plank!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgGFqysm5g4

Quite a few of the lads in that escort fit the profile that would make the police want to provide that level of policing, if you know what I mean

There's always a big police turnout for the derby at WHL, and the corner of Park Lane and the High Rd is a flashpoint as Arsenal fans leave the away end (just outside the Spurs club shop). I've seen a few ordinary Goon fans take a hammering around there, which sickens me. If you're interested in a barney you should be man enough to face off against another interested party, instead of slapping some teenager wearing colours. A lot of the clashes that do occur do not involve guys who would be considered "firm", certainly on the Spurs side, they're usually just mouthy cowards. Most of the real action takes place well away from the ground, though I've had the undoubted pleasure of being the in the wrong place at the wrong time at both grounds when things got a bit hairy...:(

I've not seen an escort like that for Spurs at the Emirates, but I know plenty of fellas who've been stopped under Section 60 by Islington police. One difference between the two games is that Spurs fans tend to spread out quite a bit beforehand, whereas a lot of the more gamey Arsenal fans tend to get sewn up early and directed to a couple of selected pubs on the High Rd. There are very few drinking options for Arsenal fans near WHL. Some people might say the Arsenal mob like to make themselves seen by the police, which might explain why they get an escort in the first place...;)

Arsenal's firm has been very active of late I'm told, particularly the "yoof".

Oh, and but for the timely intervention of a baton-wielding copper after the 4-4 this season, my mate would have got a few slaps as a couple of Goons recognised him as we headed out of the ground. One of the blokes steamed past me but was laid out by the copper before he could swing a punch.

Wenger tried to sign Dean Ashton to your Academy when he was at Crewe.

Also Didier Drogba when he was at Le Mans in the French 2nd Division.

therecklessone wrote: »

Arsenal's firm has been very active of late I'm told, particularly the "yoof".

That's weird - having never noticed anything around match days, or heard of any major incidents, I always assumed Arsenal didn't have much of a 'firm' culture.

As for signings, never knew about Cech or Drogba. Either of them would've been tasty - plus I wouldn't have had to hate Drogba

Actually - best XI that Arsene almost signed... how about?

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Cech

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Ronaldo

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Alonso

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Beckham

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Ribery

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Ronaldinho

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Drogba

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Ibra

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Bit short on defenders so reckon we could go 3-5-2 if we can find 3 super solid centre back types?

yahoo_moe wrote: »

That's weird - having never noticed anything around match days, or heard of any major incidents, I always assumed Arsenal didn't have much of a 'firm' culture.

They never really have compared to other clubs even years ago when hooliganism was rife and they certainly don't these days,well certainly not in and around grunds home or away and as far as I'm concerned that is the important thing,any thing further away has nothing to with Arsenal or football.

jank wrote: »

Well we all know that spurs fans are a bunch of .... actually lets not get into this.!:D

To be fair the vast majority of spurs fans are fine.