Arsenal Thread

[Nitey]

Of course the letter was disrespectful, it was just plain wrong. Even Alan Sugar the spurs fan called RvP on publicly slating the club like that, saying who the fuck does he think he is to question the ambition of such a club, and so publicly too. Honestly, if we had signed Messi RvP would still have left lol. He just wanted out.

We've been our busiest this window in terms of quality incomings yet apparently we have no ambition. What we have is little soul among our best players. Hopefully him and Song are the last of that breed and we can move on.

There wouldn't be much point being here if it was always going to be United fans talking with United fans, Arsenal fans talking with Arsenal fans and City fan talking to himself. The opinions from rival fans always make this sports section far more interesting.

Not sure about that to be honest. Us Arsenal fans have decent enough discussions in here without any other fans for the longest time. Think it's pretty decent. I don't think any Arsenal fans have ever gone into the Utd thread to stir shit up, maybe with the exception of Cyn? Not sure, but seems like you lot don't 'get along' . Or more likely, you're referring to the Liverpool fans, which makes sense. If there was a Spurs thread here I'd dump in it every so often

Anyway, often the opinion from rival fans are clouded by tinted glasses, and it doesn't really lead to anything worthwhile to be honest. Might as well not bother lol. Objective discussions however, is something that is fully encouraged but unlikely to get when emotions are so high in football :Lol:

Why the fuck did we buy RVP when we have Sky?

Desperation?

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Edit: The look on Verm's face when the guy tells him is horrible >.<. Poor guy - would have thought his 'mate' would have let him know what's going on before an interviewer

[yourmumsface17]

On another note can someone make a fantasy football league on the premier league website, I would but busy.

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[three3-times]

Nothing against you but this is a real pet peeve of mine; when people go into rival threads /forums etc just to stir shit up.

No one is saying you can't do as you please, but you clearly know this is a rival page and continue on to argue.

Again, I'm not telling you what you can and can't do. I just don't see the point in it.

Erm, i wasnt!

To be fair to Three3, he wasn't being antagonizing, i was just being temperamental.

See, we had a great lil chat!

They don't know the history of their own club. Before Sky came along they were basically the north west version of Newcastle United or Aston Villa. No offence to the barcodes btw, I like them lot. Liverpool went from winning the league every season and now they haven't won it in over 20 years. Things can change very fast in football. We can never be their rivals? They're lucky to be mentioned in the same breath as the mighty Arsenal.


Back to all things red & white, Wenger could make it all better by just going out and buying a few quality players. He can do that as well as anyone when he wants to. But he won't and that is why he deserves all the criticism he gets. You can shuffle along with a broken leg but you sure as fuck can't run on it. Stop trying to do things this way you stubborn old goat.

Dude, you do chat some shit. Before Sky?!?!?! hahahaahahahaha!

but like i said yesterday, you lot will be FINE.

I'm not trying to correct anyone, nor do I want to change their opinions, I was responding to a comment about United fans. It's called discussion and it's what happens in a forum. There wouldn't be much point being here if it was always going to be United fans talking with United fans, Arsenal fans talking with Arsenal fans and City fan talking to himself. The opinions from rival fans always make this sports section far more interesting.

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[Nitey]

Two of Arsenals' biggest fans . Really nice picture

In other news:

‏@AFCAMDEN

Alex Song has officially left Arsenal. Announcement expected over the weekend/monday. Via @TilleysArse.

Not exactly official is it But yes this guy is rarely wrong. Let's get a replacement in then!

[Molo316]

Two of Arsenals' biggest fans . Really nice picture

In other news:



Not exactly official is it But yes this guy is rarely wrong. Let's get a replacement in then!

Yep, apparently he's called all our incoming transfers, Van Persie going, and Wilshere getting the number 10 before they were all officially announced.

Wenger's said himself that we have a lot of central midfielders, and that Oxlade-Chamberlain has been playing centrally in pre-season, so I doubt we'll sign anyone to replace Song.

Apparently he's been big-headed, which is a bit rich, considering how shite he was when we first signed him.

[Shibby]

On another note can someone make a fantasy football league on the premier league website, I would but busy.

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Is there usually a PSU league? I've never played, but have been thinking about it.

[The Boy From School]

I want to see this vs Sunderland.

[Firefox]

Replace Gervinho with Walcott, and swap Arteta/Diaby and I am with you.

[The Boy From School]

Nah. This line up gives us the best chance to win.

[Nitey]

I think Walcott will definitely play. We got some nice options up front even without whatshisface

Anyway guys, seems the arrival of Nuri Sahin is imminent.

We need a proper DM though, I would class Sahin as a CM. I suppose we have Frimpong and Coq but I think we need a player of higher quality to be starting our games. Especially in a position that soaks up so much pressure in our formation

Rumor is £15-20m for Song. Not sure how I feel about that but that should be enough to get in a proper DM. New DM + Sahin and we're set

Congratulations to TV5 on getting Captaincy , it was a no brainer as far as I'm concerned, and my man Arteta getting Vice.

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God only couple weeks till the window closes. Hope we can get rid of Bendtner, Chamakh, et al. Rather promote players from within like Afobe to replace clowns like that. At least they'll wanna prove something on the pitch.

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Lol

[Firefox]

I think Walcott is vital with players like Giroud and Podolski in the box. Gervinho a super sub.

[The Boy From School]

I want to see this vs Sunderland.

I was off.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Diaby, Arteta, Cazorla, Walcott, Gervinho, Podolski.

Substitutes: Mannone, Djourou, Coquelin, Santos, Ramsey, Arshavin, Giroud.

20 minutes 'til kickoff.

A new season is finally here.

[Shibby]

Podolski must be playing as the central striker. I think he'll do well there. Great for me and my fantasy team haha.

[DINAMO788]

Mertesacker is pure garbage. Anyone else see him pass the ball clear out of bounds? and then right to the opposition. People talk about his defensive positionings strengths. Its one of his worst features. That McClean throughball was on his watch

[Suley]

Cazorla is fucking amazing!

[DINAMO788]

Cazorla is fucking amazing!

Podolski and giroud are fucking not.

[Suley]

It's only the first game of the season, give them some time.

[Firefox]

Podolski and giroud are fucking not.

What's wrong with you mate? It's the first game of the season. People only see Cazorla's pass but they forget Giroud's movement to get that opportunity.

Be patient and don't judge both players so quickly.

[The Boy From School]

Disappointing result.

Cazorla, Gervinho and Arteta were the standouts from this game.

Also, the cleansheet.

Everyone else was meh.

Podolski, Jenkinson and Walcott were utter sh!t.

Giroud should've buried that in the final moments.

If only Arsene read this thread and saw my line up.

Credit to Sunderland and their bunkering. It was a success.

Song has officially been sold to Barthelona.

After seeing Liverpool today, I hope Sahin now knows what club he wants to join.

[Firefox]

I'd say re-watch the Giroud chance and you'll see it wasn't just Cazorla who created the chance, it was mostly Giroud's movements. He looked like he thought he didn't have much time.

Either way it was very encouraging. I hope after this he still has confidence in his weak foot.

[The Boy From School]

He still should've buried it and your boy Theo was real vital today.

You still think Gervinho is a supersub?

Sahin needs to make up his mind immediately.

[DINAMO788]

FireFox, Giroud's 'amazing' movement was completely cancelled out by that epic miss. it wasnt even a close shot. It was a shit game from Podolski and Giroud. thats a fact. But im not dumb enough to write them off after one game. Especially Giroud. I didn't like Podolski's body language though on some of the plays, notable the one where he missed the through ball and let up and the defender got tripped up a bit. If he didnt let up and hustled back for the ball, he would've gotten it back.

Anyway, my main point. I've accepted that Arsenal is now a selling club. But for all the talk about our business savvy, I think we dont do nearly well enough when it comes to selling. We give too much power to the players and handcuff ourselves. Song leaving for 15M is wayyy too low imo, esp for a player just entering into his prime and who has so much time left on his contract. This whole if a player wants to leave let him leave gives the buyer all the power and we get taken for a deal. Aside from the RVP sale, most of the other ones were too low in the opinion. We got absolutely bent up by Barca on Fabregas (and even more insulted when they admitted he was worth a lot more like a week after the move). 15M is too little for song. 7M is too little for Clichy who is a starter for city. We paid 8m for mertesacker who is awful. people like to reiterate the notion that he has great defensive position and reads the game well? he cant read shit. most of the through balls played on us go through him. awful.

Anyway, another poor start. Hopefully we can get more comfortable with each other and start gelling. I never want to see a mid running up springing the attack and watching podolski just standing there letting them run past him..

[Firefox]

Wenger's BBC Post-Match Interview was very revealing, his sad face when the recent transfers out were brought up and his Smile and confirmation when Sahin was mentioned.

edit: BBC "Arsenal close to completing Sahin deal. Season-long loan with view to permanent. Confirmation likely early next week."

Apparently Sahin rejected Liverpool even when Alonso and Mourinho were both telling him to go there. Wenger's comments about him when he was young must have made the difference. If we can get Sahin Permanently that would be fantastic! But that's something to think about next summer.

[Shibby]

From what I read it was all but done to us, then Wenger called him personally to try to change his mind. I guess it worked.

[Firefox]

Sahin 1) Is an absolutely brilliant player, 2) Has rejected a transfer to Sp*rs as part of the Modric deal, 3) Has praised Wenger for many years, and 4) Fought against everything and everyone to try to come to Arsenal.

Can't blame me for being excited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzUxroKDmFk&hd=1