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

tayto lover · 28-08-2012 10:33AM

In our first two games we played against teams set up to defend and we played far too slow. Stroking the ball slowly around midfield played a bit into their hands allowing them to get back into position. Very little quick ball and first-time crosses.
Against Liverpool we will get back to our quick counter attacking ways and we will use our wide men better. I think we can get three points there. While I like Diaby I feel he has been a bit slow in passing and he should get the ball quicker to the likes of Carzola and Arteta who can pick out the runners much easier.

tayto lover · 28-08-2012 10:35AM

KINGVictor wrote: »

I know that Ian Wright can be erratic and talks a lot sh**e sometimes but he has taken it to a very funny level suggesting that Wenger buys Defoe as replacement for RVP

http://www.emirates247.com/sports/football/arsenal-legend-finds-wenger-van-persie-replacement-2012-08-28-1.473090

If only Eduardo didn't suffer that injury !!!

Marty McFly · 28-08-2012 10:51AM

Reportedly someone has bought over £680,000 worth of shares today, no reports on who though as of yet. I wonder is it Usmanov again.

Galvasean · 28-08-2012 10:55AM

dvemail wrote: »

Just said id throw up the U21s victory of Blackburn over the weekend. Eisfield and Aneke really are the stand out players for me so far over their last two matches for me. Also with Gnarby and Chuba Akpom only being 17 and 16 years old, the future looks bright in the Arsenal ranks.

How is our 43 year old goalkeeping coach allowed be part of the under 21s team? Do you get an Olympics style number of over 21s allowed per match day?

Speaking of goalies, is Woj back for the Liverpool game? I don't fancy Mannone or Fabianski in goal against them.

dvemail · 28-08-2012 11:04AM

Galvasean wrote: »

How is our 43 year old goalkeeping coach allowed be part of the under 21s team? Do you get an Olympics style number of over 21s allowed per match day?

Speaking of goalies, is Woj back for the Liverpool game? I don't fancy Mannone or Fabianski in goal against them.

As far as i know they are allowed around 2 or maybe a few more players over the age of 21 in the squad for each match.

Marty McFly · 28-08-2012 11:09AM

dvemail wrote: »

Just said id throw up the U21s victory of Blackburn over the weekend. Eisfield and Aneke really are the stand out players for me so far over their last two matches for me. Also with Gnarby and Chuba Akpom only being 17 and 16 years old, the future looks bright in the Arsenal ranks.

After watching that im looking forward to seeing the Carling Cup this year and see how a lot of them do, along with the next gen series does anyone know if that will be televised?

batistuta9 · 28-08-2012 11:11AM

Galvasean wrote: »

How is our 43 year old goalkeeping coach allowed be part of the under 21s team? Do you get an Olympics style number of over 21s allowed per match day?

Speaking of goalies, is Woj back for the Liverpool game? I don't fancy Mannone or Fabianski in goal against them.

yeah you're allowed an overage keeper & 3 overage outfield

wenger said after the stoke game Szczesny would be another week i think

batistuta9 · 28-08-2012 11:13AM

M'Baye Niang has signed for AC Milan so he'll not be signing before friday

Marty McFly · 28-08-2012 11:47AM

Looks like Lansbury is off to Forest in a 1 million deal.

dvemail · 28-08-2012 11:47AM

Seems Henri Lansbury could be on his way to Notts Forest. Still need to offload at least 3 or 4 more to free up the books somewhat.

28-08-2012 11:55AM

tayto lover wrote: »

In our first two games we played against teams set up to defend and we played far too slow. Stroking the ball slowly around midfield played a bit into their hands allowing them to get back into position. Very little quick ball and first-time crosses.
Against Liverpool we will get back to our quick counter attacking ways and we will use our wide men better. I think we can get three points there. While I like Diaby I feel he has been a bit slow in passing and he should get the ball quicker to the likes of Carzola and Arteta who can pick out the runners much easier.

Match against Liverpool should be fairly open anyway. One thing that really, really annoys me with Diaby is how when the ball is played to him he waits for it to get to him and then past him rather than going to it. Very predictable.

28-08-2012 11:56AM

Shame about Lansbury. He's one I thought was going to break through. Ah well, they can't all make the first team.

emergingstar · 28-08-2012 12:20PM

Pappa Dolla wrote: »

Shame about Lansbury. He's one I thought was going to break through. Ah well, they can't all make the first team.

Was never gonna make it just not good enough

G1032 · 28-08-2012 12:41PM

batistuta9 wrote: »

M'Baye Niang has signed for AC Milan so he'll not be signing before friday

I thought Everton had signed him?

Drexel · 28-08-2012 01:13PM

The closer it gets to the transfer deadline the less optimistic I am about us signing anyone

No links with anyone in the paper even. I wont be too happy if we are finished our business. Will feel like one step forward and two steps back again.

Hopefully Wenger is just playin his cards close to his chest and he does a bit of business before the end.

keano_afc · 28-08-2012 01:17PM

Funny to think that, at this stage, we still havent spent any money this summer.

28-08-2012 01:26PM

Yeah we pretty much broke even.

tayto lover · 28-08-2012 01:34PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Shame about Lansbury. He's one I thought was going to break through. Ah well, they can't all make the first team.

He tried very hard all the time in fairness and loved the club but was just not up to the standard required i'm afraid. Liked him though.

gosplan · 28-08-2012 01:51PM

jonny666 wrote: »

No links with anyone in the paper even

In fairness, they said we had signed M'Vila and Sahin. Arsenal said nothing.

I actually remember th M'Vila one as being reported as done - they just wanted to wait till after the Euro's to announce it.

With hindsight, why the hell would it make any difference if you waited till after the Euros or announced it then?? The sh1t us fans believe when we want to.

If you want to believe someone, believe Wenger. He said something like looking to bring in 2-3 players and he knows how transfer hungry we fans are. No way would he suggest stuff like that if he's not actually looking.

28-08-2012 01:54PM

gosplan wrote: »

If you want to believe someone, believe Wenger. He said something like looking to bring in 2-3 players and he knows how transfer hungry we fans are. No way would he suggest stuff like that if he's not actually looking.

But he also said he would only sign a DM of quality if one comes up, which suggests that none has come up.
I don't think we can ever second guess Arsene Wenger.
Sometimes when he has a player in mind he will say nothing.

batistuta9 · 28-08-2012 01:56PM

G1032 wrote: »

I thought Everton had signed him?

nope.

He was on trial there & they might have made a bid accepted i think - well so said the papers

jonny666 wrote: »

The closer it gets to the transfer deadline the less optimistic I am about us signing anyone

No links with anyone in the paper even. I wont be too happy if we are finished our business. Will feel like one step forward and two steps back again.

Hopefully Wenger is just playin his cards close to his chest and he does a bit of business before the end.

where do you be looking?

cabaye
affelay
isco
yanga-mbiwa
rangel

emergingstar · 28-08-2012 02:04PM

Friday night, have the popcorn ready and sky sports news on, gonna be brilliant

28-08-2012 02:11PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Friday night, have the popcorn ready and sky sports news on, gonna be brilliant

For who? Tottenham?

batistuta9 · 28-08-2012 02:11PM

emergingstar wrote: »

Friday night, have the popcorn ready and sky sports news on, gonna be brilliant

yeah friday night should be good, hopefully Jim White's on it he's great for a laugh at times

it's this guy if you don't know him

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keano_afc · 28-08-2012 02:15PM

RVP 11 wrote: »

Yeah we pretty much broke even.

If Lansbury goes to Forest for £1M, we're actually £10m in profit.

28-08-2012 02:18PM

keano_afc wrote: »

If Lansbury goes to Forest for £1M, we're actually £10m in profit.

And if Bendtner, Chamakh and Arshavin are gone, that's a fair chunk out of the wage bill.

28-08-2012 02:18PM

I'll be at EP. Leaving the smart phone at home, taking the nokia that just calls and texts and the battery lasts (I sh*t you not) 7-10 days.

So it'll be very odd returning to the world of The Arsenal, not knowing ho we signed or if we won on the weekend!

L'prof · 28-08-2012 02:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'll be at EP. Leaving the smart phone at home, taking the nokia that just calls and texts and the battery lasts (I sh*t you not) 7-10 days.

So it'll be very odd returning to the world of The Arsenal, not knowing ho we signed or if we won on the weekend!

We drew 0-0 and signed nobody!

gnfnrhead · 28-08-2012 02:54PM

RVP 11 wrote: »

And if Bendtner, Chamakh and Arshavin are gone, that's a fair chunk out of the wage bill.

I think that will be the big problem now. We don't exactly have a lot of wage free right now so need to sell before we can buy. It's not down to transfer fees but rather wages that we don't have right now due to having so many high earners on the books.

I'd hazard a guess that those three are on between £50,000 and £70,000 per week. Nothing to the likes of City and Chelsea but a hell of a lot to teams like us.

Evil_Clown · 28-08-2012 02:55PM

batistuta9 wrote: »

yeah friday night should be good, hopefully Jim White's on it he's great for a laugh at times

And this guy.....

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

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