Arsenal Banter Archive August 14 2014

14 Aug 2014 22:38:23
@Lakerville, I laugh everytime I saw your avatar, just cracks me up. Lol

14 Aug 2014 22:12:12
I know Ed that's why I wouldn't expect a move this summer but it wouldn't surprise me if a move was made in next summer

14 Aug 2014 21:25:10
Just caught up on today's posts.

Who is Pudniw? (Windup)

And no it wasn't me, lol.

{Ed025's Note - the case continues..

You've got to admit Dags you are the prime suspect, you do have previous and its got your prints all over it.
I'm not accusing you of anything but I think its you definitely :-)

14 Aug 2014 21:50:02
Mate, if I was a copper I would arrest myself.

But, I promised Ed007 I wouldn't do it again.

Not me I promise.

14 Aug 2014 22:02:22
I think someone got it right earlier, just a spurs fan

Dags I want to believe you but I'm afraid my sense of fun just won't allow me to do so.
So I put it to you Mr Dirk Dagala that on the afternoon of the 14th you did knowingly assume the identity of pudwin, if you plead not guilty but are found to be so you will be dealt the maximum sentence permissible of one season watching spurs both home and away.
How do you plead?

{Ed025's Note - come come MR dagala, thats all just a tissue of lies m,lord..

14 Aug 2014 22:54:11
My wife appeared in court last week for stealing a tin of peaches.

Judge> "How many peaches were in the tin?,"

Mrs Dag's> "4 your Honour".

Judge> ", Than I sentence you to one month in prison for every peach".

Me>" " Don't forget she also stole a tin of peas".

Love her really.
Might go and visit her tomorrow.

14 Aug 2014 19:57:23
So,

I'm Charles and Banbury is Marcus. Jenny is also a lovely historical name with 'posh' undertones.

G62, you had to spoil it all by being called John.

How common, lol. :-)

I know what you mean Dags mate, my parents were going to call me scott but changed their minds.
I wish they'd never told me, I came that close to sharing my name with my childhood hero Thunderbird one himself Scott Tracy, that would have been F.A.B.

14 Aug 2014 20:17:33
And I'm me:)

14 Aug 2014 20:34:49
G62,

You are obviously a Thunderbirds fan.

Personally, I think they are too highly strung. :-)

Moses here, the sad thing is my name on here is based on my surname

14 Aug 2014 21:07:46
Saint Moses? Lol

No dags, that's the point :')

14 Aug 2014 21:53:32
So you share a name with a 'patron' saint? Lol

14 Aug 2014 19:25:54
Hey Lads, eds and Jenny, I know we have the one fantasy league but I wanna set up a head to head league for us Gooners. would be great fun facing off against each other, good banter too, lemme know if anyone is interested.

14 Aug 2014 20:36:17
Sounds good to me Durban.

I'm in for that

15 Aug 2014 01:39:57
deffo good shout

14 Aug 2014 18:53:08
Just got back from taking the grandkids to the beach, horrific day.
We just got settled on the sand when this couple started having a right go at each other.
He was shouting at her and her at him all the kids on the beach started screaming it was terrible.
Next thing I know she's got a hammer and hit him on the head with it, then out of nowhere a policeman turned up and started hitting her with his truncheon, then to top it all off a crocodile came out of the sea and ate the policeman.
What an afternoon :-)

{Ed025's Note - love that G62..

14 Aug 2014 18:59:26
Sounds like a right pantomime!

Somehow that cracked me up😃

14 Aug 2014 19:23:14
Love it G62.

I suggest going to a different beach

{Ed025's Note - yeah "thats the way to do it".. :)

14 Aug 2014 16:58:02
Good afternoon everyone

I've just returned from a remote little village in France where there was no TV, newspapers, phone signal nor wi-fi. Seriously. Only found out the Community shield result this morning at Stansted and thought the geezer was winding me up.

So apologies if going over the same ground.

Catching up on posts and videos of the game, what a confidence boost for the youngsters. No disrespect to Palace but I bet a few of them were wishing we were playing Chelsea or Mancs away first game.

My boy got all excited about the Cavani rumours, can't see that happening at all. According to some reports he's on a measly 300k a week. That's where it ends I believe. Got to admire an 11 year olds spirit though by saying "but dad, we're Arsenal"

Really good to see so many on the football fantasy league. Will bring an added bit of excitement this year.

And lastly just for Dags

splashed on some old spice this morning. I always knew Mel B was a dirty sort.

Be lucky.

14 Aug 2014 20:37:55
Terrible Old, just terrible. :-)

14 Aug 2014 15:58:15
Hey guys re the name guessing game I think I've got this one bang on;

Pudniw is actually WINDUP, is that you g62 doing a Dags. ;-)

{Ed025's Note - good spot...jen of the yard. :)

Jenny that is a brilliant spot!

Pudniw or windup has been writing some inflammatory comments so I wouldn't be surprised if they were a spurs fan!

14 Aug 2014 16:30:45
or Malaga even?

14 Aug 2014 16:43:25
g62 I don't for a minute think it's you, just so as you know :-)

Thanks ed025 and Greeny, maybe I'll change to D/Insp Taylor of the back yard! ;-)

Thanks Jenny :-) I have enough trouble impersonating me most of the time let alone trying to multi task.
But there is one person who's been conspicuous by his absence all day?
I'm not going to mention any names but where's the hooded Dagala? :-)

So many innuendos that I'm not even going there out of respect for you Jen!

14 Aug 2014 15:35:08
Not a transfer rumour just banter for Dags,

So basically Harry Redknapp has been talking about Loic Remy has been "training hard" and "showing good attitude" since his failed move to Liverpool.

Obviously Dags let him out of the sex dungeon long enough for him to attend training.

Redknapp went on to say that QPR didn't want to sell him and that he's worth £20m (even though he has got a release clause which Liverpool met with an £8.5m bid).

This leads me to believe he is desperately advertising him for sale with a bit of reverse pyschology.

So Dags, can you see a deadline day move for LR?!

14 Aug 2014 19:32:10
Greeny,

I wish mate. I still think he could do a good job for us.

14 Aug 2014 14:29:17
Who are we going to sign if anyone?

14 Aug 2014 13:48:52
Ok I've got them
Dr Calvin Green the strictly STRAIGHT talking GP and Banbury your name is MagnUS? Did I read the clues right? Did I? Did I?

Apart from my actual first name you are right. So given that you were guessing my first name you're a tiny bit wrong.

Close G62

You are missing the letters r and c

:)

NO I AM SPARTACUS

Banbury or shall I say Marcus

Spot on

YNWAR

14 Aug 2014 13:11:23
Lets play a game, someone posts a player and you rate how good the signing would be out of 100.
For example I'd say a player, like Cavani, then someone would reply a number between 1 and 100 of how good it would be.
For me Cavani would only be 42, I think he's great but not for 51million.
Ill get us started by saying Manolas.

Wilshere minus 10

I feel like this game would work better if it were just out of ten.

14 Aug 2014 15:05:51
Cavani 70
Manolas 35

60 he is decent back up but wouldn't immediately be pushing per and kos for a starting spot.

Khedira

Ben Arfa 60

Mbia 60

rojo 70

Lavezzi 70

Khedira 78, I would love to see him.
Ulster, i'd have Rojo at 76/77, He would be a great signing, as for Ben Arfa, i'd have him at 46 because I don't think he's the right player for us.
Ted, its all about the accuracy :-p

14 Aug 2014 11:36:54
There is a lot of talk about the Germans not being available this weekend. Most of the Bayern and Dortmund internationals either played or came of the bench last night in the German super cup. Why should we not do the same with ours. We have missed a trick here our Germans need more time off than Neuer, Gotze etc

I've said it before and I will say it again, every other league in Europe, if not the world, has a mid season break. We don't.

Why risk the unfit Germans coming back too quickly? That is why we've suffered injuries (and especially long term set back injuries) in the past.

We can get by without Poldi for now, we even dare I say it, have the players to cover Ozil. Mertesacker for me is the player we will miss as we haven't got any cover other than Chambers. If Koscielny is ok for Saturday then I would rest all three Germans and maybe even for the first leg qualifier.

We have to think long term mate.

14 Aug 2014 12:42:16
Well said Greeny

The germans should not play on the weekend, get the up to speed in training and then add them to the matchday squad.

ramsey, Cazorla, Alexis, Giroud, Ox, Arteta, Gibbs, debuchy, chambers and even monreal at CB would be good enough to start the season.

if we seem to struggle we can always bring them off the bench but we should not risk any of our players to start it off.

Cazorla. NO!!
He's too small
lol

Agree with responses. I just think it may be worth have PM4 on the bench just in case something happens to Koscielny or Chambers. I definitely wouldn't start any of them and only use him if a real problem occurs which shouldn't happen against Palace.

Totally agree Dr Green the season is a marathon not a sprint, the Everton game is the earliest we should think of playing them and the 2nd leg qualifier only if necessary ( hopefully all done bar the shouting in first one )

Podolski hardly played, Per didn't play every game and Ozil was subbed on near every occasion. They are fit enough to be on the bench at the very least, surely.

14 Aug 2014 11:02:25
3-5-2 has now become the latest "fashionable formation" after several successful teams used it at the World Cup. Manchester United will be deploying it under LVG.

3-5-2 has it's benefits sure, you can drop 5 at the back of you're under the cosh, you can flood a 3 or 4 man opposition midfield with 5 players using your wing backs. You have an outright number 10 and of course, the luxury of two strikers up top. I still feel Arsenal need to play four defenders with one DFM, 2x CM, 3 x Attacking players and a striker up top. This would be a 4-1-2-3-1 that is essentially 4-3-3 also.

We all know that Arsenal won't play 3-5-2 because that would actually require us to have THREE centre backs!

What are everyone's thoughts on formations?

Greeny, 4 1 2 3 1 means you have no keeper. Glad your not my accountant! You would need to drop one of your CM's or attacking players but agree otherwise.

4-1-2-3-1? No space for Szczesny? :/

Lol that has made me laugh Greeny. I think like you say we need to stick with the 4-3-3. Get the DM in and build the foundation from that.

14 Aug 2014 11:35:11
Liverpool played it last year and had to change back to a flat back four. The problem with wing backs is that your always going to get hit on the counter and get exploited on the sides. Thinking Utd will struggle if they play 3-5-2 the whole season. Just have to play 2 vs 1 against the wing back and the whole formation will crumble

My thoughts are 4-1-2-3-1 means we have one to many players on the park.

4-1-2-3-1?
In that formation are we not ganna play wit a GK?

Cuz if we do we'll b having 12 players on th field.

I think you'd do an amazing job to get your 12 men on the pitch in a 4-1-2-3-1 formation.

Never been a big fan of the 3-5-2 formation Greeny. I like to watch football dominated by attacking players, so the idea of having 5 defensive players on the pitch leaves me cold. Unless of course the 2 wing backs were Theo and Sanchez style wingers rather than converted full backs. I think a manager would be brave to try that though!

Ha! I'm a doctor not a mathematician!

Apologies! We're so good we don't need a goalkeeper, but you catch my drift?! Ish?!

That's why we have pharmacists to count the pills Greeny -:)

Indeed YYC! It's been a long night on shift! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

3-5-2 requires a lot of tracking back by the wingers, and absolute concentration on the task.

a player getting past the wingback means the central defender has to come out wide taking his positional advantage away, if you have a speed demon in the middle then the task gets even harder.

the way the game is going, especially with defenders turning into strikers and strikers turning into one hit wonders, having a backline to handle the pressure and spread the pitch is vital.

Dani Alves bombing down for barca does not have the advantage it once had about 4-5 years ago.

bayern also faltered many times with the same strategy.

while LVG has won all his pre season games I don't think most united fans will agree they have been outstanding.

while I do agree if they land Vidal they would have a player who plays on both ends with an abundance of energy and will drop deep to cover any lapses from central defenders.

my formation of choice is 4-1-4-1

however this relies on havig a striker upfront who has an abundance of pace to use the wing play, or a striker who can bring the midfield into play while creating a open midfield with interchanging positions.

14 Aug 2014 10:17:22
Morning Eds, Gents and Jen,

Question for you all;

If you had to choose one last signing to make in this transfer window and you had to choose between Javi Martinez or Edison Cavani who would people choose?

Play OG up top with Martinez as the DM

OR

Play Cavani up top with Arteta or Flamini playing the DM role?

This has probably been asked before, sorry of it has.

14 Aug 2014 10:24:21
I would take Javi Martinez, not Cavani. I feel that we have good amount of goals with our current attackers. And we need to address what we lack first.

14 Aug 2014 10:56:26
Watched the Dortmund vs Munich game last night and it looked like Martinez has done some damage to his cruciate ligaments.

But think I would be happier with a true DM and have kind of hoped we got Carvalho.

However I would love to go with Robbie Gooner and really break the bank for Pogba but he would seem a dream to far.

One last. I'll choose Javi. He'll give Ramsey a bit more confidence to go forward & can also cover for us at CB.

14 Aug 2014 12:48:28
Martinez is exactly the kind of player we need. He will give the team more balance and help us win the top 6 mini-league we had problems with last year.

Cavani as Martinez is injured for 7 months

14 Aug 2014 09:05:33
Not arsenal related, but Southampton have apparently agreed a fee with Hull for Shane Long for £12m!

It can't just be me who thinks that this is an outrageous bit of business from Hull! They must have been laughing all the way to the bank.

A great bit of inflated value business from Hull. They signed him for less than half that I think?

Southampton just need players in and Hull have taken advantage with their valuation.

Bit like us with Vermaelen!

Shane longs the village bike! Except I heard they are thinking of getting welbeck, think I would rather have long

14 Aug 2014 08:46:20
G62 and Jenny,

I am impressed with your guesses at my name. G62 I can confirm my name is not 'who'

However, Jenny you are weirdly close as I was going to be called Michael but at the last minute my parents changed their mind. About the name, not about having me as their child. Obviously.

Anymore guesses?

{Ed025's Note - professor george green....it just sounds right..

Gary Green MD?

I didn't study for seven years at medical school to be called Professor! It's Doctor Green and no alliteration in my name Ed!

{Ed025's Note - how about mister then?..they are higher than doctors..

14 Aug 2014 09:08:48
Dr Craig Green it is then, am I right or am I right? :-)

14 Aug 2014 09:23:31
If it's not Michael, it must be Jordan! Jordan Green.

Blue-y-green?

Jenny close again, right first letter, wrong name! Jordan Green makes me sound American me thinks!

G62, I read your guess as Gay Green MD. I can confirm I am completely heterosexual so your guess is wrong!

14 Aug 2014 09:33:58
Carl Green.

Chris

Herbert

Winner winner chicken dinner! Well done batch.

No prize for you though unfortunately. Just the pride that you guessed a random strangers name correctly.

Wow. Your parents must be proud!

14 Aug 2014 07:23:40
outback, dags. which fantasy league have u guys joined. I saw the code from TJRed. is that the one?

cheers

14 Aug 2014 08:19:24
Hi MrD,

Yep, the one from Reet mate.

14 Aug 2014 08:20:27
Sorry, I meant TJRed.

14 Aug 2014 09:07:12
That's the one

14 Aug 2014 00:29:15
I know this has been a good window so far, and that a lot of Gooners are very optimistic about this upcoming season, as am I. But I have to be honest, If we do not sign a top CB and CDM, we will not challenge for the title.

I think we have more than enough firepower upfront compared to last season. Sanchez, Campbell and Walcott add to last season. We also have more than enough creativity in midfield. I also feel our GK situation is finally sorted.

But without an experienced CB and top CDM we won't able to sustain a title challenge over 38 games. Last year we cut it pretty fine with only 3 CBs. Chambers cannot be relied on to cover as 3rd choice CB, he's only 19 and also covering RB. We need a replacement for TV5. Manolas? Surely a step backwards. Wenger needs to get someone to push PM4 and LK6. I would love Benedict Howedes of Schalke or Martin Caceres of Juve. Both quick, strong, good age (26/27?) and experienced in top leagues and international level.

Arteta at CDM scares me. Good player and passer of the ball. But we need muscle on the midfield. Again, its not that I don't rate Arteta, he just isn't good ENOUGH as a CDM. William Carvalho? Abit raw imo. Schnierdlin too expensive for what he is. Khedira, wages obvs issue. Lars Bender = Perfect. Has all the qualities Arteta has, but is more athletic and a better tackler.

Peace out

Absolutely. We are short of central defenders, even if we use Chambers as cover, we then only have one right back, unless Wenger considers Bellerin to be ready, which I don't, as he needs a season on loan playing regularly at a high level. So ideally we need 2 more defenders to make a total of 8, with cover for each defensive position. I would like to see one top class centre back & one young promising one. Ideally they could both cover at fullback, giving lots of options. I agree that we need a top quality powerful, tall, athletic, defensive midfield player. My own choice would be to break the bank & try to sign Pogba, who looks superb. Arteta & Flamini, are not the type of player to enable us to win the PL & would not get into any of the top contenders squads, never mind their first eleven.

Great post Detroit as per usual, personally I think if we were to get Bender or very similar if would make the CB position much less desperate as Chambers and Mert would reap the benefits of that added protection in front of them.
Chambers like Mert will need that protection in really big games, Chambers has pace and Mert experience but both lack what the other offers at this time.

Yes, great post Detroit. Bender is a good Sgt: athletic, talented and experienced enough to step right in, but young enough to fit our spine and to learn from Arteta and Rosickh and Flamini. I'd be very happy with Martinez too.

I'm more more optimistic this year because so far the club has spent and got the job done, showing it will be a buying club again. But I'm worried about our balance and our squad depth. We still need a good, experienced CB also. Another LB wouldn't hurt. Oh and a striker -:)