Arsenal Banter Archive June 17 2018

17 Jun 2018 23:37:40
Still reading we are still in for nzonzi, hope it is right and not recalculated old news.

18 Jun 2018 02:01:42
Ha ha recirculated.

18 Jun 2018 06:57:28
Nzonzi is just the type of DM we need, but I have a feeling that this is simply a rehash of the same old story. It very much depends on the formation Emery uses. He mentioned a 4-1-4-1 formation which could possibly mean signing Torreira as the sole DM and possibly using Maitland-Niles as another option. However, if Emery plays his more usual 4-2-3-1, then we would need at least 2 new DM's, say Torreira and Nzonzi and 2 as cover, Maitland-Niles and possibly use Xhaka in this position.

18 Jun 2018 09:41:58
I loved the look of behrami last night. Neymar in his pocket all game! Combative and passion maybe worth looking at. Him or Nzonzi?

18 Jun 2018 14:01:31
Have been a big fan of N'Zonzi for the last few seasons as he has been superb for Seville. He also seems the sort of player that would easilly slip into a back 3 if needed, which he virtually does as the DM for Seville anyway. However, despite that, I can't help but worry that it is now 1 or 2 seasons too late, as perhaps the best has been and gone and he now is looking a bit long in the tooth? IMO the new "N'Zonzi" of Spanish football is Kongogbia, but sadly he is on his way (permanently) to Valencia after being on loan last season. Still, they get to sign him at a pre agreed fee, so perhaps they could be persuaded to sell him straight on for a profit if a decent offer came in?

17 Jun 2018 17:57:32
Add Mexico to the list of teams I've enjoyed watching so far, I'm definitely getting into this world cup now :-)

17 Jun 2018 18:42:40
Hirving lozano is welcome at the emirates any time, what a first half. Secondly if our midfield played like Herrera and Guardado every week I’d be a very happy man; so much intensity.

17 Jun 2018 19:17:04
Mexico displated their great Peruvian football skills and attacking flair. Football with no fear - great to watch.

17 Jun 2018 19:25:04
That would be a great Last signing for the starting 11 - then the squad improvements begin.

17 Jun 2018 11:44:18
Ed,
What's your opinion of Leno as a keeper?
Are we interested in Schmeichel and would that make more sense for us?
Thanks

{Ed002's Note - Leno is a decent keeper. Schmeichel? Has he had a decent game perhaps?}

17 Jun 2018 11:58:50
Thanks Ed.

17 Jun 2018 17:12:29
Personally I think Schmeichel is a mid table Keeper who like many Leicester players had one amazing season, the better your keeper the better your chances. Imagine if United and Liverpool had swapped keepers last August?
It's not difficult to imagine Liverpool finishing runners up with De Gear and United finishing 4th without him.

17 Jun 2018 20:01:21
Agreed - he has EPL experience and looked good in that game plus when seen him play. A 22 year old ( Leno ) brings risk plus means we may loose our good young keepers. Interested in other opinions.

17 Jun 2018 20:09:49
26 year old - my bad and feel better now as 22 was young for a top flight keeper.

17 Jun 2018 20:59:19
He's highly rated SY mate and we need a keeper so my opinion is we have to get him if we can.

17 Jun 2018 22:16:03
He was supposed to be the next best thing a few years ago but it hasn't quite worked out like that for him. Still young for a keeper. Is he better than say Butland? Who knows.

17 Jun 2018 22:51:19
You talking about Leno, Steve? So a bit of a risk but a good keeper with years ahead of him.

17 Jun 2018 23:08:46
Yes Sy, Leno. Our german connection obviously thinks he is up to the job.

17 Jun 2018 23:27:57
Every signing is a risk it's just a case of calculated risk or long shot.
Ronaldo comes with 1% risk while most players are 50/ 50 if you suit them and vice versa.
Then there is the longs hots who pay off.
Get it right more often than not and your the best thing since sliced bread get it wrong your sacked sooner or later.

17 Jun 2018 09:14:21
Early days and cautious starts but I really enjoyed watching Spain Portugal and Peru so far, Spain play such brilliant football, Portugal have Ronaldo backed up by hard working team mates and Peru played Raw skilfull very entertaining football.
Didn't see the Russia game but it sounds like they played well too.
France look poor considering the talent they have available in my opinion.

17 Jun 2018 11:16:19
Thought France sucked while really impressed with Peru .

Loved the way Peru worked as a team and the energy and speed they played with. Played with fantastic Mexican flair.

{Ed002's Note - Not Peruvian flair? Teofilo Cubillas was a wonderful player.}

17 Jun 2018 11:36:01
With so many countries seeming to play such a similar style now days it was really good to watch the Peruvians play a more fearless ambitious style of football.
A bit of a throw back to when the world cup was full of contrasting styles from all over the world.

{Ed002's Note - That is down to Ricardo Gareca.}

17 Jun 2018 12:00:59
It was tongue in cheek based on a post below Ed.

{Ed002's Note - I can't see those SY4.}

17 Jun 2018 12:02:37
Credit to him, I hope they do really well in the tournament and set an exciting example that some others might follow in future.

17 Jun 2018 12:35:08
Can’t beat those Norwegians from Denmark SY 🤗.

17 Jun 2018 13:32:01
I would just like to say at this point that l Alex Scott knows where Denmark is and the people of Peru have their own style of music.
Alex is great:-)

{Ed002's Note - And llamas.}

17 Jun 2018 13:57:17
It's generally hard to glean much from the first group matches, things starting heating up from the second round onwards. Best match to date Spain v Portugal and the best player, without doubt Ronaldo.

17 Jun 2018 14:52:43
Yes Ed002 Llamas are great too :-)

17 Jun 2018 15:05:50
All those Peruvians look like a warm and friendly bunch .

17 Jun 2018 07:13:16
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 17th June 2018

17 Jun 2018 07:30:28
Hey eds, none of my posts have been posted on the page so I have to ask this as a comment.
With USA-Canada-Mexico winning the rights to co-host the 2026 World Cup, do all of their countries get automatic qualification to that world cup? If they do, What will FIFA do to do so other deserving teams don't get their chance to play taken away so that the three co-hosts have their three teams qualify for being hosts?

{Ed001's Note - it has not been decided.}

17 Jun 2018 08:25:21
It kind of has been decided in a way gunner because there are 48 teams in the 2026 World Cup rather then 3. So in a way regardless of them being given auto qualification, there will still be more teams able to qualify.

{Ed001's Note - possibly 48, that has not been agreed either.}

17 Jun 2018 09:04:36
45 qualifying spaces opposed to 31 Scotland must fancy their chances :-)
I thought the hosts were voted on by fifa member countries or has that been done away with now? Makes sense if it has.

{Ed002's Note - FIFA's Council vote on the location - and the council represents 36 FAs.}

17 Jun 2018 09:37:04
Oh ok, I just remember all the fuss last time when England bid, it was very high profile with Beckham prince William and all plus the big tv announcement where they award the 2018 and 2022 world cup hosts while this time I've not seen anything about it at all.
I thought maybe after all the trouble and accusations last time round they might have changed how they did things but obviously not if they still had a vote.
Thank you.

{Ed002's Note - England bid for this World Cup and were eliminated with practically no support in the first round of voting. Only two bids were entered for 2026 and the USA joint bid recieved 67% of the 200 votes - there is no issue about this at all.}

17 Jun 2018 10:16:14
No I don't think there was an issue or see for a minute why there would be one I was just a little surprised at the lack of media attention about it.
Today on this page is the first I've heard of it and fifa usually make a song and dance about such big announcements.

{Ed002's Note - FIFA did make a song and dance about it last week. The American President sent out a Tweet about it - I am surprised you missed that.}

17 Jun 2018 10:33:02
Yes i did miss that too as I don't use Twitter so wouldn't have caught up with Donald's latest comments :-)
Saw a few pictures of him on TV shows with him and the North Korean leader and another one with Angela Merkel leading what looked like an upset bunch of people bursting into his office as he sat at his desk :-)
Obviously I need to keep up more with the news and what's happening in the world.

{Ed002's Note - You can call foul if the 2026 final is the USA vs North Korea.}

17 Jun 2018 10:57:28
That would be a final to watch :-) all eyes in Kim and Donald as they exchange insults on the big screen throughout the 90 minutes :-)

17 Jun 2018 14:06:45
How come we received no support? Genuinely interested, I don't think we deserve it above anyone else, but surely we have all the infrastructure and stadiums already in place with only a few upgrades needed to mean hosting the world cup should be comparatively easy compared to most countries?

{Ed002's Note - It depends how good the bid was. One bid gets eliminated at each round of bidding until one bidder has a majority. There were bids for 2018 by Russia, a joint Netherlands/Belgium bid, a joint Spain/Portugal bid and a bid from England. England only got two votes out of 22 in the first round and then were eliminated. Russia got the majority required in the second vote.}

17 Jun 2018 16:14:02
Ahh thanks 😊.