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Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

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  • #2162
    .jacksparrow.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,428 ✭✭✭.jacksparrow.


    jonny666 wrote: »
    Who gives a shît

    Ha I know.


  • #2163
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    .jacksparrow. wrote: »
    We used to win the emirates cup, can't even manage that now!

    We didn't win a cup that if you bagged a sh*t load of goals in one match and lost the other you could win it. Silly cup.


  • #2164
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,726 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    I've a feeling eboue is gonna be sleeping with that cup tonight


  • #2165
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    Quazzie wrote: »
    I've a feeling eboue is gonna be sleeping with that cup tonight

    He can practice his slide tackling on it.


  • #2166
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    So will we buy anyone now or do we have to wait for City to hammer us next week first? I know its only pre season but jesus we are hard to watch.


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  • #2167
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    FearDark wrote: »
    So will we buy anyone now or do we have to wait for City to hammer us next week first? I know its only pre season but jesus we are hard to watch.

    Nah sure let's wait. Get that pessimism level back up to the max again.


  • #2168
    Gringo180
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    Only positive we can take from the emirates cup is that Wenger surely knows the team needs a huge injection of talent. A shadow of our former selfs the team is!!


  • #2169
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    HazDanz wrote: »
    Nah sure let's wait. Get that pessimism level back up to the max again.

    Your right, lets hope we get beat 8-2 in the league first before we do a trolley dash again...


  • #2170
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    Seriously, Wenger can't with the good grace of god say that team will win us the league. Some good players but a lot of average who are not simply good enough to be at Arsenal.

    Giroud leading our line scares me. He's got the Peter Crouch vibe to him.


  • #2171
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    FearDark wrote: »
    Your right, lets hope we get beat 8-2 in the league first before we do a trolley dash again...

    Ah sure let's see what happens. We still haven't seen our full first team out in a competitive match yet so hopefully we'll have something close to that against city.

    Wenger will get the players we need by the time the window closes.


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  • #2172
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    HazDanz wrote: »
    Nah sure let's wait. Get that pessimism level back up to the max again.

    Get whipped by Villa in the opening day will surely wake up some who don't think we need signings.

    Scary if Wenger goes into the league season with that team.


  • #2173
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Seriously, Wenger can't with the good grace of god say that team will win us the league. Some good players but a lot of average who are not simply good enough to be at Arsenal.

    Giroud leading our line scares me. He's got the Peter Crouch vibe to him.

    Who are the average players?

    Putting Giroud in the same bracket as Crouch is a no no. That hurt to read.


  • #2174
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    HazDanz wrote: »
    Ah sure let's see what happens. We still haven't seen our full first team out in a competitive match yet so hopefully we'll have something close to that against city.

    Wenger will get the players we need by the time the window closes.

    Even with our first team I don't fancy us. Giroud leading the line shows how far this club has fallen. From Wright to Bergkamp to Henry to Van persie to Giroud :o.


  • #2175
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Get whipped by Villa in the opening day will surely wake up some who don't think we need signings.

    Scary if Wenger goes into the league season with that team.

    You think we'll get whipped by Villa? Come on.

    I think everyone agrees we need signings but the team we have at the minute is not a team which will get whipped by the likes of villa. We are a good side that need 2-3 signings to make it a great side.


  • #2176
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    HazDanz wrote: »
    Who are the average players?

    Putting Giroud in the same bracket as Crouch is a no no. That hurt to read.

    Giroud, lukas podolski, Carl Jeninkson, wojciech szczesny


    I like per mertesacker, but his serious lack of pace will be found out with bigger teams with pacy frontmen.

    Giroud is average, he's a good back up not first team class. He's no Wright, Henry or Van Persie.


  • #2177
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Even with our first team I don't fancy us. Giroud leading the line shows how far this club has fallen. From Wright to Bergkamp to Henry to Van persie to Giroud :o.

    Giroud did good in his first season. A new league with all the pressure on him to perform. He did very good under those circumstances in my books.

    He deserves a chance this season to show what he has got. Judge after the first 5-6 league games this season.


  • #2178
    Soups123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Soups123


    I think Wenger has said enough over the past two days to convince me he'll bring in 1/2 stellar signings.

    Anyone who thinks these two games will convince him are deluded, he knows the team/squad better than us he'll be more than aware what we are short, hopefully this year he'll fill those gaps from the top bracket


  • #2179
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    HazDanz wrote: »
    You think we'll get whipped by Villa? Come on.

    I think everyone agrees we need signings but the team we have at the minute is not a team which will get whipped by the likes of villa. We are a good side that need 2-3 signings to make it a great side.

    Ok maybe not whipped but we will get beaten. I don't see goals in that team. Nice passing but it leads to nothing. How long is he going to wait to sign people? it's two weeks until the league kicks off. Do you think Villa will be fearing coming to us like they would a UTD, City or Chelsea. WE just lack that fear factor we had years back.


  • #2180
    Soups123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Giroud, lukas podolski, Carl Jeninkson, wojciech szczesny


    I like per mertesacker, but his serious lack of pace will be found out with bigger teams with pacy frontmen.

    Giroud is average, he's a good back up not first team class. He's no Wright, Henry or Van Persie.

    You either set delusional standards or don't understand what an average player is


  • #2181
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    HazDanz wrote: »
    Giroud did good in his first season. A new league with all the pressure on him to perform. He did very good under those circumstances in my books.

    He deserves a chance this season to show what he has got. Judge after the first 5-6 league games this season.

    This is Arsenal football Club not some mickey mouse team. We are one of the biggest footballing teams. Why should we be happy accepting Girouds of this world (I think he won't get pass 15 goals a season in the PL) instead of going for the Cavani's and Falco's. Why are we accepting second best.


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  • #2182
    HazDanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,300 ✭✭✭HazDanz


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Giroud, lukas podolski, Carl Jeninkson, wojciech szczesny


    I like per mertesacker, but his serious lack of pace will be found out with bigger teams with pacy frontmen.

    Giroud is average, he's a good back up not first team class. He's no Wright, Henry or Van Persie.

    Like he got found out last season? It's a favourite line pundits like to pull against him. He is slow yes, but his positioning more often than not makes up for that. He is also one man you can depend on to calm things when sh*t hits the wall.

    Podolski - injured all last season basically. Scoring some crackers along the way. Need to see how he does this season.

    Carl and Szczesny are young and are continually improving. Hardly a stick to beat them with?


  • #2183
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    Soups123 wrote: »
    You either set delusional standards or don't understand what an average player is

    Do you think City, Chelsea or Utd would take any of those player's then Soups?


  • #2184
    Looper007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭Looper007


    HazDanz wrote: »
    Like he got found out last season? It's a favourite line pundits like to pull against him. He is slow yes, but his positioning more often than not makes up for that. He is also one man you can depend on to calm things when sh*t hits the wall.

    Podolski - injured all last season basically. Scoring some crackers along the way. Need to see how he does this season.

    Carl and Szczesny are young and are continually improving. Hardly a stick to beat them with?

    Laurent koscielny can do that job now. We need a pacy centre back, you don't agree fair enough. But we will be punished by bigger team's with a striker with pace goes one on one with mertesacker.

    Podolski wasn't injured all season. He's played for Bayern Munich and Germany over 100 times, Jesus he's not some up and comer.


  • #2185
    Soups123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭Soups123


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Do you think City, Chelsea or Utd would take any of those player's then Soups?

    That doesn't make them average. Chez is going to be quality as will Jenks, Jenks isn't first choice.

    Podolski has 100 caps for Germany, had a very good first season out wide and scored some important goals

    I think Giroud could become a 25+ goals a season man or flop so time will tell.

    All are well above average


  • #2186
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Podolski wasn't injured all season. He's played for Bayern Munich and Germany over 100 times, Jesus he's not some up and comer.

    You trying to use that to prove he's a average player? :pac:.


  • #2187
    Drexel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭Drexel


    Did Wenger have a little sneaky smile on his face all throughout that interview or was it just me??


  • #2188
    MaxPower89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭MaxPower89


    Looper007 wrote: »
    Do you think City, Chelsea or Utd would take any of those player's then Soups?

    City were playing Milner and Nasri on the wings last season, better than both of them.

    United: Young, Giggs and Valencia? Better than all of them.

    Chelsea are a lot stronger in the wing positions, but you should stop with the sweeping statements which are just nonsensical.


  • #2189
    dvemail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭dvemail


    God i hope that's the last we see of Miquel in an Arsenal shirt. He's muck. Has been every match of the pre season.
    Unfortunately he hasn't shown any signs of improvement for the last few years.


  • #2190
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    HazDanz wrote: »
    You think we'll get whipped by Villa? Come on.

    I think everyone agrees we need signings but the team we have at the minute is not a team which will get whipped by the likes of villa. We are a good side that need 2-3 signings to make it a great side.

    Exactly Lads, granted we will beat ye, but were to classy to go beating ye by more than 3 :pac:


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  • #2191
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    I wouldn't say Giroud is an average player, i.e he would be far too good to be playing for the likes of a mid table prem team but something doesn't seem right in him leading our line still. I'm not convinced at all and I'd be worried going into the season with him as our main man up front. Wenger will obviously bring in 2/3 more players, he absolutely has to and we NEED a world class striker.


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