Arsenal Banter Archive February 11 2014

11 Feb 2014 22:12:40
So Chelsea drop points!

We can now go top again!

But wanted to talk about Mourinho, do people think he's just protecting himself by saying Chelsea aren't contenders?

If they do win the title, he will take the plaudits. If not "I told you we aren't ready yet." Win win for him.

Mourinho is playing games and getting headline for mourinho.he wants to be bigger than the team not protect them.
Mind games master and the city boss is we'll and truly had his mind scrambled by him.
My advice to Wenger, if you don't get in the ring he can only shadow box with himself

11 Feb 2014 22:54:05
The man is an arrogant arse, the sooner people stop listening to the utter drivel that comes out of his mouth the better. He is not a nice human being and is very lucky to be allowed to manage anywhere in the world after his thuggish and eye opening assault on Villenova when managing in Spain. Unproven as a manager of a club unless it has more financial clout than the rest. He is looking and sounding like the same Mourinho who was sacked by Chelsea for not winning silverware and playing boring percentage football. I believe him to be a bounder and a cad!

He's protecting himself and his players, but nobody's fooling for it.
Flybo

Davros I think u need to get your facts right! Chelsea didn't sack him for not winning silverware they parted by mutual consent

Mourinho recently said that Manchester United are capable of getting top 4, just before arsenal play them, to pump them up to make them believe in 4th and come and beat us.

i don't think any position is guaranteed right now.

the league is no walk over, any team can beat any team.

man city were walking on air for a moment and now they have crashed down to where chelsea and we are.

its difficult to play the relegation teams at this time of the year and we have to play them with urgency.

we play united at home then liverpool, then bayern, then sunderland. 4 home games. before we go to munich and face the spurs. we need to make these games count. shift up a gear.

11 Feb 2014 22:02:39
Boom

Get the points tomorrow and back to the top

Win one, lose one, maintain top spot. That's a good deal to me.

I will take it.

Now onto the team I hate the most in the league.

Destroy. Destroy them badly. I hate United. I hope all of Europe is laughing at them in 24hrs

And Robin. Eat rubbish you little runt

US, I often get the the r and c muddled on the keyboard as well!

Last thing we need is for them to come here and have a big game. we need to win at all costs. no more slip ups.

So the faulty keyboard thing is universal eh?

Cheers

My keyboard is fine. but the eds just turn all the words which are in the dictionary ********* you see what I mean.

11 Feb 2014 21:59:31
Hold on a second.

You mean to say that if we win our game in hand, we got top of the league AGAIN by a point?

So, even though people were phoning Samaritans and crying for Wenger out, we could actually be ok?

I don't know if it's the modern world, simple people being manipulated by the crap they read, or we have the most boneheaded, two faced, chromosome deficient, thunder-c*nt "Fans" the world has ever known. But yes, it seems that if we are not going to hold on to top spot for the entire season, win every game, or spend 40m or more every transfer window, the manager should be sacked, Ozil should have his balls removed, and 100 virgins should be drown in goat blood as a sacrifice to the footballing gods.

11 Feb 2014 17:35:40
Much has been made of our striker situation - is Giroud good enough, is Bendtner a good enough backup etc.

What I am thinking about is what type of striker we go for in the summer - what calibre. We all know, I think, that Bendtner will be moving on (thank God), and so we will need to bring in a new frontman.

Our dilemma is whether to bring in a second fiddle to Giroud, like Demba Ba or Berbatov, or splash out on a Cavani or Suarez.

Just to throw my two cents in, I don't think Giroud is good enough and we should aim high in the summer window. He's not quick enough - and, more importantly, he doesn't compensate for his slowness with great finishing.

I really like the guy, but honestly, given our ambitions, I think he should be our second striker.

Keep Giroud and we will stay at a similar level next season and Ozil will continue to struggle. Spend upwards of 40m on a striker, and we've got a real chance to beat the oil merchants to trophies.

COYG

I always compare our players to the top teams, say Chelsea & Man City. Would Giroud be good enough for them?

I think Giroud can doa job for us, but to get the best out of Ozil we need someone who runs beyond the defence, Remy wouldn't be an expensive option. Aubamyang would be decent punt too.

He might get into the Chelsea team, but that's not saying much given the dross Mourinho puts out to lead the line each week.

City? Wouldn't even be benching.

Giroud has some amazing first time finishes of real quality this year and also contributed a lot to build up play. The two problems he has is that 1) he's nackered 2) he often is tricky enough on the ball to create much when good teams stifle us and slow the game down.

another striker who is athletic and has quick feet would provide the team with the perfect option. Perhaps teams will finally be unsure of which attacking option wenger would go for as this would also make us better on the counter just like when we had pace of pires and TH14.

Please guys stop beating yourselves up with thoughts about Suarez. Liverpool will never sell Suarez to Arsenal!

Even Arsene understands that now.

Try to get Rooney as he will be looking for a new club soon if Manchester United continue to struggle. Mind you his wages will be eye watering.

Better still put in a bid for RVP as he could do a job for a season or two.

Tommy, I would be worried madrid or psg maybe coming for him.

i noticed how our defenders were tuned in to double suarez while sterling and sturridge ran riot. if you guys do lose him this summer, I can only see a step back for a team doing well.

11 Feb 2014 14:29:14
Just for a bit of fun. Imagine a midfield of Lars bender, Ramsey and Wilshere. Walcott and ozil on the wings. With cavani up front. Imagine a bench of giroud, draxler, carzola, flamini, chamberlain, vermalean and a gk. With Podolski gnabry, arteta, monreal, jenkinson all as back up. Frightening. We can all dream eh?

With the Arsenal I can just see the likes of Draxler, Bender, Wilshere and Cavani getting to know one another on the medical table.
Flybo

Just imagine lol

Ozil should always play the no.10 role. If that means wilshere can't play, then so be it. can't force it

11 Feb 2014 12:48:48
Hi Ed. i'm sure you're tired of rumours regarding Draxler but would like clarification on a few things. Are you aware of who else put in a bid for him in January? How high up on Arsenal's priority list is he? Interested to see how willing Arsenal are to enter a bidding war

{Ed013's Note - Bayern showed interest, Mr Wenger see's him as a very high priority target}

11 Feb 2014 12:05:24
@Lakerville,
now any of the regulars on here know I'm not 1 to comment on too many posts or criticise certain statements. However, as regards to our "atrocious away form". Liverpool have played all of the teams in the top 10 away bar Utd and Southampton. Our perfomances against the top 3 merited 1 definite defeat against yourselves yet we lost 3 of them, 2 back to back.
I'm not going to criticise ref decisions etc but purely on performances. Arsenal still have to play away to Spurs, Chelsea, and Everton. The 3 of them come straight after an away match at Bayern and sandwiched in between the last 2 is the visit of Man City to the Emirates. Trips away to Stoke and Hull are no gimmes for you either given their current form.
On paper I would certainly fancy our run in as opposed to yours.
Our form has certainly improved and I think that with confidence so high will only get better away from home. Another thing in our favour imho is the way the fixtures are spread also. Practically 1 home, 1 away until the end of the season. Feel free to reply and good luck against Man U tomorrow,
Si.

Its not the good runs mate. its the bad ones that matter. imagine city and chelsea coming there and winning both, what does that do?

the team we had against you guys was a team crystal palace would beat. but it was the day to be beat by a pacey team. does not mean you will beat the other teams.

nothing is a given. but just like everyone else is writing us off for the title, I feel liverpool also lack the depth or tenacity to win the title.

3 points from spurs. 10 points from united. 2-3 games can sway things a different way. its not over till its over.

Take note lol, we're only 5 behind you guys too and spurs are only 8 if that's your logic and like you said its not over till it's over.

11 Feb 2014 08:42:24
Ok this just in. naaah i'm joking, jeeze, calm down,

Firstly, AW is still the right man for the job, the way we do things at Arsenal is still the right way, the Arsenal way.

However, the facts are the facts, Ollie G is not good enough, I love his passion and desire, 90% of the time he gives everything. I don't like that silly shaky hand thingy he does when he stubs his toe or get kneed in the quiff.

Ozil first season, transition, and he needs a striker with better pace and movement, Ollie is not that man. Break the bank, buy someone really special.

The midfield lacks balls, or needs bigger balls, not the puny ones they have at the moment, someone along the lines of Yaya, who is basically Pat Vieira reincarnate.

Arteta, sorry to say this, needs too much time on the ball, gets caught too often, I hope he picks his game up,
however, I think his legs have gone.

Monreal
Pretty certain he often has a little siesta whilst playing. Have we won or lost more with him in the side?

Jack Wheelchair, I was a midfielder in my playing days, if I played against another midfielder who fell over all the time, I'd love it, because I'd know I could upset him, if I upset him, I upset his game, If I upset his game, I weaken the other team. Never give the opposition anything, never let them know your hurting, So Jack, whilst I love you in the side, grow up, become a man of steel, instead of one made of fairies and unicorns.

A previous poster made a very salient point, we are now competing with the top boys, the mega rich sides, that's pretty damn good isn't it.
I guarantee if we can see the frailties in the side, AW et al can as well, and sadly so can all the other Prem' managers.

Tomorrows game,
We will win, we will win good as well, at least a couple of clear goals, the cracks will still be there though.
Can we win the league, Man City are so strong, and have the best side, Chelsea have the "Gobby one" anything is possible.
I predict we will end up top 3, of course if we do win it I will be as happy as the next gooner and AW will have really over delivered again.
COYG

Great post, agree with everything you are saying but I don't think we will beat Utd.

Limerick Gunner

Too many fans making the assumption we will beat Manchester United because they are not playing well.

We are not playing well either.

We never beat man utd. We won't beat them tomorrow.

Then let's see the social media meltdown.

cheers