Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2011/2012

Noo wrote: »

song

Wha?

Wenger spent 10mill on arteta to play him. Ramsey has done nothing to deserve being dropped and is improving the more he plays, similar to wilshere last season, but because he isn't English there isn't the same media hype. So i think it'll be song. Just my opinion.

But with arsenals injury record it might not be a difficult decision come January.

I like ramsey, i might just be in denial that it'll be him.

Galvasean wrote: »

I'd say Wenger will ease Wilshere back into the starting 11, after admitting overplaying him is what led to his injury in the first place.
Then someone else will get injured so the midfield will pick itself! :pac:

well said hel prob bring on wilshere for ramsey with 10 mins left and the next time for arteta with 15 to go
probably get laughed at for saying this now, but it be handy if eboue was still here for the whole right flank :P:P

Galvasean wrote: »

Le boo

You got my hopes up with your post earlier.......

fcuk you Galv

Noo wrote: »

Wenger spent 10mill on arteta to play him. Ramsey has done nothing to deserve being dropped and is improving the more he plays, similar to wilshere last season, but because he isn't English there isn't the same media hype. So i think it'll be song. Just my opinion.

But with arsenals injury record it might not be a difficult decision come January.

I like ramsey, i might just be in denial that it'll be him.

There's not a chance of it being Song, he's too valuable to our first 11. Ramsey is more likely if it came down to who to drop scenario, although in today's game its going to be more about rotation and in Arsenals case who's fit.

I think Arteta is doing an important job in the middle, Ramsey has good games or does some good things within a game but he ain't yet at the level of being able to rely on him being influential for 90 mins week in week out, still feel he is drifting in and out of games

Would take no additions to the middle come January if we got in a quality centre forward

amacachi wrote: »

No-one answered on the match thread but am I the only one who thinks that it was a ridiculously obvious foul on Mertesacker before the equaliser? Luckily it wasn't enough to cost a result but at the start of the season it definitely would've been. :pac:

It could have been given, but it would have been soft enough really. I was surprised with how badly Mertesacker dealt with it!

ImpossibleDuck wrote: »

He already has said who he wishes to replace him if he goes. Dragan Stojković.

Who is he, you say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJz38WZ7_C0

:P

But seriously, I do think Wenger put his name forward over the summer as the man he wishes to replace him.

That was quality

Just Goggled him and I remember him now. Wouldnt have remembered the name but remember him being mentioned alright. He's only 46 too so if he does the business he could be around for a long time

I said it before i don't think he'll buy in January. He has mentioned his large squad plenty of times and bought loads players in the summer who haven't got any action yet. We're already discussing who'll miss out in January when wilshere comes back, do you really think he'll buy another player with the full midfield choice he has already.

If he buys at all it'll be a striker, but then again you can't just put in a striker without dropping someone in midfield.

If we're injury ridden by then it might be a different story but i just can't see him buying.

Well, in relation to the size of the squad, we already have enough bodies to cover all the major positions. So it's very unlikely you'll see Wenger buying to cover a position like he did in August again, he'll now be going after those high profile targets he tried to line up in the wake of Cesc's departure.

For example, the reported interest in Goetze, Martin and Hazard all seems genuine to a degree. Landing one of them wont be easy though, and their clubs will almost certainly not be willing to part until the Summer at the very earliest. But there seems to be enough noise coming from those stories to suggest there's some activity there (no smoke without fire and all that) so my guess is that's where Wenger is looking to prioritize at the moment.

I can see us making a big big signing in January

AdamD wrote: »

Is Goetze not a centre mid/attacking mid? Not really a position we need players in, we have 2 of the best young midfielders in Europe already.

plays in a more advanced position than Ramsey. We've plenty of midfielders at the moment, but since Cesc and Nasri went we've no one who's a natural at playing in between the lines, which is one of the reasons we're struggling to break down weaker teams. I also think Wenger reckons Gervinho and Walcott would get more goals if the midfield could be relied upon to create more through the middle (i.e. by allowing Walcott and Gervinho to run behind the lines more).

AdamD wrote: »

Nasri wasn't creative. Wish people could stop think he was better than he was just due to press hype.

Maybe, but frequently he would drift inside and support the midfield, often showing up in the hole and offer the midfielders an outlet or someone to play a one two with. That's what I believe we're lacking a little at the moment.

Anyway, interesting blog piece here: Arsenal a one man team? Yes, but it's not the man you think: Arsenal owe their resurgence to one man: Mikel Arteta.