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

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Dont cross the boss it would seem.

I may be wrong but didnt Wenger say recently (even though as he always does he didn't directly admit song was leaving) that if he did leave a CM (might have even said DM even though Song isnt an outright DM) would be brought in? obviously that might just mean Sahin but even then (especially with a buy out option) him & Arteta would work very well in the CM roles Arsenal employ where both seem to do the defensive duties.

Wenger after the match, via Arsenal.com twitter:

Wenger on selling Song: 'We have Wilshere coming back now, we have Diaby back, we have Rosicky not far away and we might bring someone in'

Owen_S wrote: »

What I don't understand about this deal is the fact that Song had a years remaining on his contract, why is he being sold for so little(or at all) if it isn't a forced sale?

song is a cúnt simple as

bad influence in the dressing room, notions of grandeur, thinks he should be at a better club

if song was half the player people here think he was do you think he'd be sold

arsenal & wenger have had no bother putting up with those types before: henry & RVP etc. wonder why

Same parking the bus ****e as last year, it'll probably be easier to pick points up away from home. One way to beat the parking the bus ****e is runs in behind like Freddie used to make regularly - which should now be Theo's role with all that pace and Carzola's ability to thread through.

Piss off Song, according to some Barca fans he'll be warming the bench out there anyway.

On a side note, isn't this none posting of streams complete and utter rubbish. I understand why and not blaming boards in anyway but they're freely available on twitter! Don't see the copyright f##kers tackling the twitter machine us Irish must be a right soft touch.

tayto lover wrote: »

They were posting streams on the Liverpool thread i see and nobody warned them to stop.

It'll come Bet the pool fans were disappointed after clicking on it!

Reekwind wrote: »

Song will be a loss

1) He is going to a better club

2) He's being sold to Barcelona. That's generally a sign of quality

1) yes, but if a better club bids for your players is there some rule i'm not aware of that they have to be sold?

2) is it? or is it the fact that he's a relatively cheap, decent option that will provide good cover in various positions. he's average, decent, nowhere near as good as being made out here
Why didn't they go for him first instead of javi martinez? would it be money?


also it's the same team fabregas supported & played for their youth academy isn't it.

didn't see him being let go at the first sign of interest from them - a player with far far greater links to them who would undoubtedly have had a greater urge to play for them & of far far more quality & worth to the team than song, this is getting stranger & stranger

KINGVictor wrote: »

Where are you getting all this information from- just curious.

it's being said by le grove on twitter for one, google it

john cross even reckons it purely arsenal decision to sell him, which is the case, then why is he being sold?
it's not like nasri or RVP even fabregas

henry was not very nice i'll call it (to fit the PC standards of boards) to song all them years ago at fulham, didn't see him being sold that summer did we.

he's not being sold because he's the important, irreplaceable player he's made out to be anyway - he's being sold for a good reason no doubt.

jonneymendoza wrote: »

quite the opposite!

i have heard that Song is a fantastic guy in the dressing room, pulling up jokes etc and giving a positive vibe in the same manner that Eboue did before so i dont believe for one second he had a bad influence in the dressing room

tayto lover wrote: »

That's exactly what I was told too.
Players seem to be leaving because they don't see themselves winning anything in the future. Hard to blame them as everyone, in any walk of life, wants to get the best out of their career. Song was missed today even though Sunderland rarely came out and attacked. His value will be seen when we play attacking teams.
There is a lot of misinformation and crap being spoken about the young lad and it's very unfair.

i suppose it depend what you call a bad influence

someone could tell you a joke make you laugh, be a out going character etc.

but at the same time turn around & say to you what the fúck are we doing here lads, we're good players we should be winning trophies etc.

RVP was good for squad moral lest we forget, organising meet ups for player & the wags, getting the kitty for pat rice's leaving - i'm sure all those things gave a great sense of togetherness & team bonding and all, but i forget what happened with him, is he injured or something?

jank wrote: »

Soups123 wrote: »

Your the only Gunner I know that's seen enough of him the past few years, you must have camera's in the physio room.

Diaby has always shown potential he now needs games to back it up, make or break season, I wud'nt be abit surprised if he puts in a sensational season

You clearly missed the satire in that post. The fact that he is anonymous either on the pitch or off the field speaks volumes. He joined Arsenal in 2006 FFS, that is 6 years ago. He has done nothing for us yet people still rate him!!

DO you think he should be starting ahead of Whilshire, Carzola, Arteta, Sahin (maybe if he joins), Rosicky, Ramsey never mind any replacement for Song or any young and up and coming players like Frimpong and Coquelin. I would put him in the last of that list.

In those 6yrs he has never got a consistent run in the team personally I think he could be world class if he sorts his fitness out, many French coaches have said the same also.

He has the potential to be better than alot of that list but as I said without proper game time we won't know for sure.

Canal + is reporting that Sahin will sign on loan on Monday. Also say that we are in discussions with Bilbao for Llorente. It's hard to believe one when you don't believe the other.