Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 ( Mod Note linked in OP 29/12)

DarraghF197 wrote: »

Still waiting lol. I'll inform you of it if it is important. Hopefully I didn't completely blank it when it was on!

Any minute now...

Oxlade Chamberlain may make a return against Tottenham this weekend.

efb wrote: »

Christ, I'll be at a table quiz tomorrow night, miss the match!!!

Might be better off. At 7/1 there can surely only be one outcome...and that's why I've backed Arsenal

KaiserGunner wrote: »

Yeah we really need at least a draw in this match and a draw or a Zagreb win in the other match. If Olympiakos win, then realistically we won't qualify unless we win. It's going to be one tough match, just hope that we don't pick up any more injuries. I'm not overly confident as going to Munich would be tough for any team in the world! Going to go for a 1 all draw and a Dinamo Zagreb win in the other match.

If we lose tonight and Olympiakos win which is worst, but most likely scenario then it is still in our hands if Bayern beat Olympiakos at home.
They will want to win that too to make sure of winning the group.
We would need to win by 2 in Greece though.

If we can manage to get a point tonight or Olympiakos drop points then we will still need to win the last two.

Then by some chance we win tonight we will still unfortunately most likely need to win the last 2 but it would be to top the group.

Sundays game is more crucial but obviously I still want to win tonight.

Yeah I didn't realise that Bayern were playing Olympiakos at home on match day 5. Should mean that they will go out to win that. Was worried that it would have been the last match day and that Bayern wouldn't need a win to top or qualify, makes me fancy our chances of qualifying a bit more. We should be able to beat Olympiakos and Zagreb to qualify and if we don't, then we don't deserve to qualify .

:pac::pac::pac:
For all the crap we give Wenger etc- at least he knows all the players names.

LVG - "Yes i think it is the case David De Gea saved us, Micheal Smalling also saved us!"

Hahaha- what a player that Michael Smalling lad

emmetlego wrote: »

WTF??

Benzema arrested and in custody in relation to a sex tape blackmailing charge with a fellow French international???

#wengerknowsbest

@pkelso: AFP & Reuters report Karim Benzema arrested in connection with Mathieu Valbuena alleged sex-tape blackmail investigation

lol

emmetlego wrote: »

WTF??

Benzema arrested and in custody in relation to a sex tape blackmailing charge with a fellow French international???

#wengerknowsbest

@pkelso: AFP & Reuters report Karim Benzema arrested in connection with Mathieu Valbuena alleged sex-tape blackmail investigation

Doesn't really mean much.
This was planned for a while and it seems Benzema was trying to help Valbuena. http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2015/10/19/karim-benzema-police-affaire-sextape-valbuena_n_8329114.html?utm_hp_ref=france

Cisse was also taken into custody because he helped Valbuena by telling him who was blackmailing him. Anyone with any involvement to the case will get brought in. Even if you weren't doing anything wrong.

Can't see anything but a win for BM sadly

extra gravy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/661948140791177216

He's recovering mate, cheer up!

tayto lover wrote: »

If I could choose only one win in the next two matches it would be next Sunday';s match.
We can't win the CL but we could win the EPL if we escape more injuries and get players back.

I'd agree with that. This team have a habit in recent years of needing a really bad result to put a string of victories / consistent performances together. I'm hoping the Sheffield Wednesday game does for another month or two!

Even a draw on Sunday would be alright. After the international break, it's West Brom (A), Norwich (A), Sunderland (H), Aston Villa (A). Is it reasonable to expect 10 points from 12 from those, before Man City (H) and Southampton (A)?

A home game against Bournemouth is the half-way point of the season. Get to 2016 within 2-3 points of City and then the title race is on!

No Koscielny tonight. Gabriel is an able deputy but we are really getting down to the bare bones

JustTheOne wrote: »

Dunno how I feel about Europe. Not bothered if we go out but we will end up in Europa.

With injuries mounting up be good if we only had the league to worry about.

If we are to go out at the group stage then Id prefer we miss out on the Europa league, hasnt helped any of the english clubs in the last few years and I would rather concentrate on the league which is within reach this season