Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

batistuta9 · 16-08-2012 12:24AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Even if we lose Song I think we're well set up for this year if we get 10 full league matches out of Wilshere. If anyone wants to name a points spread compared to the league winners for a charity bet I'll be up for it. I'm still optimistic but the fact that he's going to bloody United just says it all about him.

Couple of other thoughts, I hope he's kept with us for a week or two of very intense training. Also, I really do look forward to the chants at the Emirates. I'd say the girl who accused him of rape will be googled quite a lot over the next while and he'll hear her name an awful lot.

what's this points spread charity bet thing?
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on the chants there was this one, to the part the video starts at, actually quite good

van persie
when a girl says no
molest her

16-08-2012 12:26AM

Heh, remember that chant, thought it was funny even when he wasn't a Judas. :pac:

As for the charity bet thing, I think we're being vastly underrated this season. Last year we finished 19 points off the league winners so if someone has a number they think we'll be more than behind the winners next season and if I'm confident we'll be closer we can have a straight double or nothing bet on it.

wandatowell · 16-08-2012 12:30AM

jesus this thread exploded tonight!

Marty McFly · 16-08-2012 12:34AM

Jame Gumb wrote: »

- FYI Wenger didn't even sign Bergkamp...Bruce Rioch did.

- Of course Fergie and United fans would like to have seen Dennis Bergkamp at the club...not quite sure where you got the idea that I said they wouldn't have? Bergkamp was deemed a failure at Inter and was offered to United as a makeweight in a deal to bring Eric Cantona to the San Siro. I'm sure that the issue was that United didn't want to lose Cantona rather than them not wanting Bergkamp.

- I wasn't belittling anyone over a "silly spelling mistake". If you can't see the humour in a poster more or less declaring their undying love for one of their club's most famous players and then spelling his name wrong, well...

- And as for RVP, he's won very little and time's running out for him. At United, he'll be playing with better players and have a better chance of winning trophies. Plus he'll be better paid. And Arsenal are doing well out of the deal too so it could be a "win win".

Wow really thanks for that lil nugget of information never knew that Bruce Rioch signed him what with me being a lifelong Arsenal fan :rolleyes: it was Wenger who turned his career around.

- Maybe i got it from your condescending tone and the fact you said he would have joined Uinted and was offered when at Inter but never mentioned the many years after he left Inter and the successful years he had at Arsenal scoring some wonderful goals instead deciding to give us Arsenal fans another little nugget none of us knew on how he was named after Dennis Law

-Well...... it wasnt humourous it was a simple spelling mistake which you decided to jump all over and try belittle the poster once again it was the condescending tone maybe you need to learn the difference between humour and condescending its not the same thing.

- As for RVP your welcome to him.

KaiserGunner · 16-08-2012 12:57AM

Jame Gumb wrote: »

Given that he's a United fan, was named after Denis Law and was offered to United numerous times by Inter (as makeweight in a Cantona deal), I'm pretty sure that he would have gone to United...

And his name's "Dennis", not "Denis"...

Yeah that might have been true before he went to Arsenal alright, but once he was here he wouldnt have left us to go to Manchester United, he obviously respected the club and fans too much. Good riddance to RVP anyway, just hope for your sake that his glass legs hold up and that he doesnt become an expensive flop like Hargreaves or Veron!

Paully D · 16-08-2012 01:11AM

batistuta9 wrote: »

bendtner's reveled a set of demands :pac:

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/7989532/Bendtner-reveals-three-demands

Nothing unreasonable there in fairness to him. Wants to play at a high level and be able to travel to see his son, play regularly and be happy (make decent money).

I hope things work out for him. I think some of the things he has said over the years have been blown out of proportion by the press. IMO he's a decent fella behind it all and I enjoyed his year at Sunderland.

I think he'd be a very good signing for a top Ligue 1 or Bundesliga team.

el dude · 16-08-2012 01:14AM

He'll have an injury ravaged season with any luck. Or just be woeful ala Torres at Chelsea.

Chins up.

Fenix · 16-08-2012 01:34AM

Lots of lads wishing serious injury on a player you couldn't get enough off last season, maybe it's knee jerk or whatever and I understand you feel betrayed and let down, but all this 'hope he breaks his leg' stuff is utterly shameful.

You will go a very long way before you find any true loyalty in modern day professional football.

UnknownSpecies · 16-08-2012 01:38AM

I'll just leave this here...

KaiserGunner · 16-08-2012 02:08AM

dorgasm wrote: »

I'll just leave this here...

Yeah he basically has gone down the same road as Gael Clichy, Samir Nasri etc,I dont expect any less from modern day footballers, they are all the same.

TwoShedsJackson · 16-08-2012 06:24AM

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Yeah he basically has gone down the same road as Gael Clichy, Samir Nasri etc,I dont expect any less from modern day footballers, they are all the same.

I'm not sure why anyone does, to be honest. These guys do not have the same feelings towards your club as you do, as a supporter. To them, playing football is a job.

So to get upset because they're going to your club's 'arch-rivals' makes little to no sense. Of course the players could help by not coming out with all this badge-kissing 'oh I will never leave Arsenal' crap, which really anyone should be able to see is totally transparent.

Reekwind · 16-08-2012 06:56AM

dorgasm wrote: »

I'll just leave this here...

So what changed between Feb 2011 and Aug 2012? Oh yeah, that loss to Birmingham, subsequent collapse of the challenge for the league, one disastrous transfer window (in which two first team players left) and the worst start in decades to a league season. It's hardly shocking that RVP would have changed his mind

gosplan · 16-08-2012 07:21AM

Bah, I with Johnny Mendoza on this one.

I don't think there's anything wrong with wishing an injury on him.

We are football fans after all. Irrational narrow minded spite is part and parcel of that.

So good luck at Man U Robin, break a leg!

tony1kenobi · 16-08-2012 07:25AM

slingerz wrote: »

M'villa to replace Song and Llorente to replace RVP. Wenger has to Akers a statement in my eyes. Also think he can afford to let Walcott leave so Aston improve the defence

Wilshire returning lie his old self will be vital also

Master Yoda?

GavRedKing · 16-08-2012 07:25AM

el dude wrote: »

He'll have an injury ravaged season with any luck. Or just be woeful ala Torres at Chelsea.

Chins up.

I'm sure if RVP wins what Torres won last year you'll be a bit gutted. :P

gosplan · 16-08-2012 07:27AM

Reekwind wrote: »

So what changed between Feb 2011 and Aug 2012? Oh yeah, that loss to Birmingham, subsequent collapse of the challenge for the league, one disastrous transfer window (in which two first team players left) and the worst start in decades to a league season. It's hardly shocking that RVP would have changed his mind

Bollocks, we wren't challenging properly anyway and I doubt a Carling cup was type fo trophy he was talking about.

What really changed was that RVP started banging in goals, lots of goals, so many goals that he figured any team in Europe would want to sign him.

It's very easy to say you're loyal to Arsenal when you're a perma-crock that no-one wants to buy.

Talk is cheap. RVP's a cnut.

jester77 · 16-08-2012 07:44AM

Feck it, I'm gutted with the way he left.

But you know what, we are probably better off. He was only going to cause issues and tension in the dressing room and he was going to be gone next Summer anyway. At least we have 24 million and the squad is better than it was at the end of the last season.

If it wasn't for him we would never have caught Spurs this year and I doubt we would have been able to attract the signings we got without CL football.

Good riddance to him, but Arsenal are all the better from having him as a player.

gosplan · 16-08-2012 07:52AM

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'm sure if RVP wins what Torres won last year you'll be a bit gutted. :P

We'd settle for him playing like Torres did last year and take our chances as to whether that'd win him any trophies

greendom · 16-08-2012 07:54AM

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'm sure if RVP wins what Torres won last year you'll be a bit gutted. :P

In the main your acheivements were in spite of him rather than because of him.

GavRedKing · 16-08-2012 07:56AM

Uniteds last team pic, Fatman and Robin :pac:

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcLIsrrm_SUOvDzNl1i9DmLZZqOt4DD8RAmaJ3-gEbBue0Lg4k

jank · 16-08-2012 08:00AM

WesternZulu wrote: »

I'm not an Arsenal fan but it's transfers like this, that even though I love the sport, make it hard to warm to soccer at times.

He supported Arsenal as a kid, they signed him when his attitude stank, stuck by him through a rape allegation, stood with him through countless injuries, made him their captain, and after just one truly successful season he goes and signs for their biggest rivals.

He may have wanted to leave but it shows a total disregard to the fans and the club to force a move to Manchester United.
Clearly he does not appreciate what Arsenal has done for his career.

This. No loyalty anymore in football no matter what club we are talking about. Before United fans get all smug, remember Rooney was ready to jump ship to increase his already untold millions a few more by moving to City. Money is killing the game.

dsmythy · 16-08-2012 08:25AM

It's like the club has been dumped. Now all so desperate to show how little they cared in the first place. Anyway the league table will show who wins here.

AnCapaillMor · 16-08-2012 08:39AM

Pissed off and gutted but at least this didn't go on until the 31st at 23.59. Still would've thought less of him if he went to city.

Noo · 16-08-2012 08:46AM

Well...*sigh*...there ya go.

On another note the aul arsenal utd rivalry has gone a little flat in recent years, this outta spice things up something fierce.

emergingstar · 16-08-2012 08:51AM

Just to clarify wenger never said he wouldnt spend the money just that he wouldn't on a striker he will strengthen other areas

wandatowell · 16-08-2012 08:54AM

Noo wrote: »

On another note the aul arsenal utd rivalry has gone a little flat in recent years, this outta spice things up something fierce.

Thats probably because we haven't been title contenders for years. A load of my utd mates like Arsenal nowadays as they dont see us as a threat anymore.

Don't worry though, once we start challenging they'll hate us again

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 16-08-2012 09:01AM

emergingstar wrote: »

Just to clarify wenger never said he wouldnt spend the money just that he wouldn't on a striker he will strengthen other areas

One would hope so at least. Are there many more players we're even linked with? Mvila?

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 16-08-2012 09:01AM

emergingstar wrote: »

Just to clarify wenger never said he wouldnt spend the money just that he wouldn't on a striker he will strengthen other areas

One would hope so at least. Are there many more players we're even linked with? Mvila?

AnCapaillMor · 16-08-2012 09:08AM

So can anyone thing of anything manc related that rhymes with bel air?

Done to the fresh prince theme tune.

On north london born and raised
with the physio i spent most of my days
Chill'in out relaxin and acting all cool
and looking down on those tottenham fools
when a couple of oil guys were up to no good
Started buying all the players in the neighbourhood
I go on 1 little streak and my agent stared
you're moving with your uncle fergie in ?????

Get stuck there.

emergingstar · 16-08-2012 09:09AM

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

emergingstar wrote: »

Just to clarify wenger never said he wouldnt spend the money just that he wouldn't on a striker he will strengthen other areas

One would hope so at least. Are there many more players we're even linked with? Mvila?

Everywhere saying we're gone cold on the mvila deal and with Sahin supposedly off too Liverpool haven't a clue who
But I have no doubt we will strengthen

Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13 MOD POST #232

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