Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

TheNorthBank wrote: »

Remember we have Van Persie, Eduardo, Walcott, Arshaven and Vela who are all more clinical finishers than the Dane in pink boots.
The Toure story seems to be gathering momentum and I think unlike Terry, he could be lured away. I'd hate to see it happen, I've always been a huge fan of Kolo. If if does go that'd be another 15million.
In total thats 15 for Toure, 5 for Senderos, 9 for Eboue on top of the 25 for Lazy mouthy C*nt, giving us 54million this summer, and the only player that would be a loss of any note would be Toure (and we do have Vermaelen now too remember), so thats the kind of money we have to work with, and if any football manager can't bring in proven quality with that kind of money then he needs to review his career choice !

We may aswell just agree to disagree on whether Eboue is good enough or not to be an Arsenal squad player!

Once again dont get me wrong, Vela is without doubt a classy player but i just cant understand how you can say hes more clinical than Bendtner at this moment in time? Has he really played enough games against premiership opposition to say this? You could be right but to say it now im just not so sure.

We can agree on losing Toure would be a complete disaster, but you go on to mention Vermaelen. I think it was Evil Clown that mentioned it above he hasnt played one single EPL game yet and i personally dont think Wenger will want to throw him right in at the deep end. Toure last season was first choice more or less and trying to replace him atm would be very difficult for Wenger imo.

Finally just say having this kind of money from selling the players you've mentioned above. Proven quality like you said is expensive and also these players usually command pretty high wages. What im getting at is where do you expect these players to fit into the team?

I mean i dont think we will see proven quality players brought in to replace say Bendtner, Eboue and Senderos to just simply become squad players like the ones before them and sit on the bench?

WillieCocker wrote: »

I'd prefer Bendy boots over crouch any day, that's what the thanks is for.
That still doesn't mean i find him very usefull over the other strikers we have , even with King Offside gone.

Looking for kinks in my posts :rolleyes:, did i upset you?:pac:

Well without Adebayor we would be wise to hold onto Bendy boots, but if they did go, no a lot of people wouldn't miss them.
Although Bendtner needs to prove himself this season and he is still 21.


I realise Eboue is an Athlete & a thug , nothing more.
He can't tackle, pass or cross the ball.
Any club that wants a player like that in their squad is going doolally

Well if your a fan of Eboue , your not a fan of Arsenal.
He's totally an un-Arsenal like player and has not talent whatsoever.

No you didnt upset me at all, in fact your response was quite amusing. Like seriously "Bendy Boots":o

You mention selling all these players but cant back up any of your posts with maybe players to replace them? Or would that be madness sell them off the squad will be fine!!!:rolleyes:

Like ive said before i gave Eboue plenty of stick on this thread last season but still think hes good enough for the squad. You state that Eboue cant cross the ball? I take you dont watch many Arsenal games, do you think Sagna provides a good cross of the ball?

Your Arsenal fan comment was probably the most amusing part of your post tbh. I know your pretty new to the thread and might not be familar with a poster here before called toni1kenboie but your posts are very familar. (btw thats not a good thing;))

WillieCocker wrote: »

Sounds to me as if RVP misses Adebayor and doesn't fancy having either Eduardo bendtner or Vela as his strike partner.

You really think like this?

TheNorthBank wrote: »

I think maybe we're being a little harsh on Eboue, I'm no fan of his but I was when he was at right back. He was great in that position, won the ball and marauded down the right wing, although his end product always left a lot to be desired.
However since Le Boss moved him to right midfield after the arrival of Sagna he lost it. He plainly wasn't up to playing in midfield and his confidence suffered because of it and now he's not a fraction of the player he was. He did annoy me with his diving and antics he used to go on with but there was a time he was a great player for us, unfortunately those days are gone, he's not at EPL top 4 standard and its time to move him on. 9 million is good business too. Yes we need cover at right back but thats the bosses job to worry about, there's better players out there than Eboue. I want this team to be stronger not just adequate, and Eboue just isn't up to it anymore.

Decent post and i take on board the points you made and would agree with some of them. I know you keep mentioning the 9 million mark for him which would seem to greater emphasise that selling him would be good business but i just cant see us getting this kind of money for him.

Like Eboue has been at the club for a decent period now and knows the way Wenger wants Arsenal to play, is well use to the way the game is played in england and is used to life in London itself. Like im just not as confident as you are that there is players out there that are better than what we have and that we can actually afford.

These new players as im sure you well know need time to adjust to the league and living in London itself (granted Arshavin has been an exception) but overall they generally do need a fair bit of time.

I just want to keep the squad together add a DM and replace Adebayor!

WillieCocker wrote: »

I get your point, you like Eboue, but the fact is more than half of Arsenal fans don't.;)

Seriously why do you keep going on about us liking Eboue and making out that we are his biggest fans.

Like jesus we just think hes a good SQUAD player nothing more nothing less its just as simple as that!

WillieCocker wrote: »

And to answer your question to end all this bickering....
1. Eboue is a thug and a cheat.
2. Cannot pass or cross the ball for MR.
3. Loses the ball far too easily.

Look man i hate having every second post here about Eboue as much as you do probably but to respond with your three points above makes me go back to the topic. Maybe you missed my question because in your reply you completly avoided it!

Ive highlighted it again in my post below! Im not trying to have a dig at you constantly its just if you answer what ive highlighted then maybe your opinion can become clearer.

itsjaybud wrote: »

Just to clear it up for me your saying they wouldnt be missed if they were sold and not replaced

or

your saying they wouldnt be missed if they were sold and replaced

Look this is all imo of course but just say instead of selling and buying a player which as far as i can see hasnt been mentioned yet?
We hold onto him, can play at RB when needed and as 4/5th choice winger when injuries come into effect as inevitably they will during a long season.

Sagna is a great defensive right back but will never be capable of playing on the right side of midfield! Why would you even suggest hes yet to prove he can play there when afaic he will never be required to prove this!

yea, if Toure does go, i think another defender is needed.... not to mention the DMF we all want... maybe Wenger is expecting Senderos to step it up a couple of notches. I still think Gallas is very good though, and the second half of last season he was quite solid

Lads relax it a little, were all Arsenal fans and one thing we can agree on is that we want silverware .

WillieCocker wrote: »

Look you started all this bickering over me having an opinon on Not missing Eboue or Senderos if they were sold.
You keep on breaking off into your own little "who would replace them & what if they weren't replaced".
I don't care....i just wouldn't miss either of them.

now can you just please get over it an move on as i don't want to use the ignore button.

This so called bickering you talk of is laughable, jesus its the arsenal thread like all i wanted was for you to just explain your posts in more detail so i could understand them. Sorry if its after upsetting you as you've referred to it as bickering but it was just a simple discussion regards a player. Once again i just wanted you explain yourself is all which you finally have as in you said you dont care!

That sums it up for me i can finally move on!;)

if anyone has the code for the fantasy football league for arsenal fans could they please pm it to me, thanks