Arsenal Banter Archive July 18 2016

 

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18 Jul 2016 19:51:29
So all the talk of who we might buy but who might we
A let go
B will want out this summer.

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18 Jul 2016 20:24:38
Walcott and the AOC

Oh and Wenger as well.

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18 Jul 2016 20:34:30
For me we will let Theo go if we get a half decent offer just to get him off the wage bill, Campbell for some reason isn't in favour so I think he will be let go too.
Players I expect to try and get away if they can are
Sanchez for me is most likely star player to leave as he is highly sort after and could bring dosh plus players in return and if the right players come they might be more use to us than a dissolutioned Sanchez is anyway.
Ozil may well want to go but is much more difficult to replace than Sanchez so I think Arsene will fight harder to keep him.
Belerin is attracting an increasing amount attention and it's possible his head might be being turned but I don't think Arssne would contemplate this one either.
Ramsey might also attract a few big offers and I think he could be tempted by the right one for him.
I don't think Kos will go if we are fair with him, at last.

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18 Jul 2016 21:36:09
Let go of Sczezny, keep Ospina.

Get Mahrez, let Campbell and Ox go.

Get Higuain or Lacazette, let Iwobi go out on loan.

Keep Jenks, let Debuchy go.

Get van Dijk, let Merts go.

Let Chambers go on loan for the season.

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18 Jul 2016 23:12:09
Walcott would be the one for both categories.

If a team is interested and willing to pay 25-30 mill for a player who is inconsistent and willing to pay his wages he is gone, unfortunately I do not see anyone who will.

I reckon a couple of youth additions and hopefully a cb would atleast give us a competitive edge if not a winning edge.

I really hope we do go for mahrez and get rid of walcott in an ideal world.

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19 Jul 2016 00:55:21
In their final year:
Kos (30) , Merts (31) , Gnabry, Santi (31) , Sanogo.

Making Merts captain implies he'll stay this season. Could be released next yr if a new manager. if still AW, likely offered 1yr extension next yr if warranted? I'd sell now if we could put money towards van dijk or someone like that, but think he'll stay.

Kos in final year seems crazy to me. Surely we should be paying him market rate and for at least an additional year, if he wants to stay. I can't see him trying somewhere else now, but if a big offer comes in, he may be tempted. We'd be knackered this season coming without him as even an experienced cb would still have to bed in with the other players and system, so I guess its just hoping he'll extend.

Santi, is obviously great, but I'd sell him this season and gave more time to Rambo and Jack, and spend the money on a new CB or fwd.

Gnabry Looked really good when he played. Not seen enough though. Sanogo gets slated, but saw some decent play though nothing incredible when I did see him. I'd defer to AW on those two :)

Aside from contracts, Theo will still be first pick over Ox and Campbell if he stays (highly likely) , so they must start to be getting fidgety if they can't see more game time, and they won't get any better, so would defo have to consider letting them go if we can get a quality replacement (Mahrez etc. ) . I'd prefer to keep them though, so send out on loan, or sell theo, get a quality replacement, and give them all more chance to play.

Is Gibbs going to be happy not playing? He has 2 years left and nacho has 3. I'm wondering if AW plan is to shift monreal as back up CB after merts contract expires and then Gibbs will be our lb for the next 3 or 4 years.

Sczesny, I'd let go if there was a buyer or someone will keep paying his wages on loan. Can be great, but also calamitous. Ospina keep if we can for now. I'd prefer to swoop for jack butland or Fraser Forster next season if poss though. I've never seen Macey play.

Let the caning commence. :)

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19 Jul 2016 06:48:25
Kos is not in final year he signed a long term contract in may 2014.

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19 Jul 2016 09:09:16
25 - 30 million for Theo Larker? :-)
I'd have thought 10- 15 max especially considering his wages.

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19 Jul 2016 10:27:00
A - Let go; Szczesny, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Campbell and Sanogo - Loans; Chambers, Akpom, Gnabry and Zelalem.

B - Want out: Gibbs and Debuchy.
Ozil and Sanchez going into the last 2 years of their contracts are in a very strong position to sit and wait for a huge offer from Arsenal to stay or move on in one of the next two windows.

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18 Jul 2016 17:53:02
I'm trying to raise some money for an old boys funeral that lives down our road.
Poor old sod had been living on dog food for the last 5 years so so sad.
They reckon that eating dogs good caused him to die of a break in his neck. But anyhow any help would be appreciated .

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18 Jul 2016 20:01:57
I'll be happy to help, he would have been better off going to a food bank instead of eating that crap.

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18 Jul 2016 21:37:46
Nobody has asked me why he died of a broken neck eating the dogs food .

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19 Jul 2016 05:35:42
why did he die of a broken neck from eating dog food?

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19 Jul 2016 08:27:00
Thanks Spanner.
Trying to lick his arse.

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18 Jul 2016 17:44:47
Looks like hig is off to juv so who is next on the St list.

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18 Jul 2016 17:55:33
Yep I knew that. Wenger told me that wss the plan last week mate.

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18 Jul 2016 19:34:15
Any chance you teach Arsene how to do up a zip next time he pops round for a cuppa?

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19 Jul 2016 05:13:04
I told him. I said " Arsene, stop mugging yourself off with them zips and get a coat with Velcro fasteners mate or some nice buttons ".
Whether he takes any notice I don't know. We will have to wait and see.

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18 Jul 2016 15:40:02
I see the BFG has been named the clubs captain for the new season

Is it me or is this just a bizarre decision

There goes any hope of signing a quality centre half.

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18 Jul 2016 16:39:32
Seems par for the course, our captains usually end up not playing.

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18 Jul 2016 16:59:47
No surprise there eh.

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18 Jul 2016 15:20:55
Hola amigos

I am told santi cazorla is leaving this summer

He wants to finish his career in Spain.

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18 Jul 2016 17:13:57
Santi is staying then.

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18 Jul 2016 19:15:18
What about Belerin to city? Can't see that one happening either.

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18 Jul 2016 19:46:44
Next season maybe.

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19 Jul 2016 17:25:22
Met him at the boot launch last week, he's a really lovely fella. and that smile never leaves his face.

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18 Jul 2016 13:11:33
Rosicky, Flamini, Arteta and Dags (from the jokes) have retired. Consider me a new signing in the joker position lol, here goes:

I was at the bar the other night with my buddy having some beers. We had been there a while when two large girls came up to the bar and ordered some drinks. I noticed when they ordered they both had strong accents so I said ‘Hi, are you two girls from Scotland? ’ One of them spoke up, with quite an attitude and said ‘it’s WALES you idiot! ’

So I immediately said ‘Sorry, are you two Whales from Scotland? ’



Two campers are walking through the woods when a huge brown bear suddenly appears in the clearing about 50 feet in front of them. The bear sees the campers and begins to head toward them. The first guy drops his backpack, digs out a pair of sneakers, and frantically begins to put them on. The second guy says, ‘What are you doing? Sneakers won’t help you outrun that bear. ’ ‘I don’t need to outrun the bear, ’ the first guy says. ‘I just need to outrun you. ’


Safe to say, I scored a double on debut lol. This page definitely needs some cheering up.

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18 Jul 2016 13:27:21
I think I need to make a comeback Rue 😆.

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18 Jul 2016 13:27:54
Dag dag dags where are you! Not really, very good rue, I nearly laughed.

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18 Jul 2016 14:02:42
They must off been good if steve nearly laughed lol I enjoyed them thanks.

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18 Jul 2016 18:49:19
Like the 2nd one Rue, but you'll need to downgrade your standard if you hope to be the new Dagala mate.

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18 Jul 2016 12:03:22
Hello!
I do not see Higuain at Arsenal eventhougt he would be best choice.
Do you see Bacca at Arsenal? He looks better tha Giroud. Does he?
Plus Draxler would do a good job with us.
And i would like to break the bank for a player like Bonucci. :D.

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18 Jul 2016 11:40:10
Guys imagine if we do not win anything this season or improve our squad then we can say " bye bye " to Ozil and Sanchez next season.

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18 Jul 2016 13:15:38
We can say goodbye to them in Jan if we don't sign anyone.

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18 Jul 2016 13:28:46
Bye bye then.

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18 Jul 2016 17:17:01
To be fair if that's the case maybe the new manager next summer might convince them to stay.

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18 Jul 2016 10:14:58
Any news on a possible TV5 return?

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18 Jul 2016 10:21:48
If he could prove his fitness why not. Maybe a loan deal?

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18 Jul 2016 13:13:25
Not a chance. We sold him because he was injury prone.

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18 Jul 2016 13:06:23
Definitely no no no.

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18 Jul 2016 09:31:42
Like many Arsenal fans I get frustrated with our transfer dealings. However, in the cold light of day, when assessing our squad, you realise that the two or three players we need have to be top quality to have a chance of improving the first eleven or indeed the squad. Even our 2nd choice keeper is a regular international, as is another keeper on our books, Szczesny.

In order to sign a top striker such as Higuain, we would have to spend a reported £80m, plus wages to match and he 29 this year. Now fans talk about such sums as though they are nothing, but you only have to buy three players in this bracket, to put the club in a difficult financial position.

The most irritating thing for me, is that we fail to tie up our best players on long term deals whilst giving 'failures' long term deals, making them virtually impossible to sell. At present we have Koscielny in the final year of his deal, Ozil and Sanchez in the remaining two years of their deals.

I hope that we extend their deals and sign a couple more players; a top CB and a striker. Subotic and Lukaku would be my choices. I would sell or loan out; Chambers (loan), Szczesny, Jenkinson (when fit) and Sanogo, Ideally, I would like a LB, Rodriguez.

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18 Jul 2016 09:57:18
last year we did not sign a single outfield player.

this year we have lost arteta and flamini and the ever charismatic rosicky. and yes only xhaka but with the depth in midfield just one signing is the right one.

however the CB position has been short. the striker position has been short since van persie departed and i do not know why there has been a hesitance to get a proven striker.

with welbeck out for the season its most likely going to be another year or not getting the quality player you want.

i understand the club have a valuation in mind, however the other clubs are aware we need a striker and won't sell for cheap.

arsene is a fantastic manager but he does not help himself by trying to play underdog intentionally.

im not asking for his head, but its sad to see how he does not help himself.

getting a CB and even a backup striker would go along way. the injury to welbeck is already known and i fear with only names of strikers being linked to arsenal without any of them having any validity is only going to hurt his reputation more.

i would even take mahrez and a CB as our last two signings but it needs to be done and not waited on till the last minute.

still a month to go before the games begin but i do not see anything happening until then.

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18 Jul 2016 09:58:03
P. s i would even take the signings of future players but even that seems to be a struggle. is everything about being pennywise?

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18 Jul 2016 13:14:53
Midfield-wise we have de quite numbers. Last season Rosicky, Arteta and Flamini didn't play many matches between them. In Jaunary we added Elneny and now we have signed Xhakka. We also had the likes of Wilshere and Cazorla out for long periods. In fact, unless we sell or loan players out, Wenger may have a selection problem, assuming players stay fit!

CB-wise, we have Mertesacker, Gabriel, Koscileny and Chambers. Personally, I would loan out Chambers and replace Mertesacker next season, at the end of his contract. So we appear to have 4 CB's. RB is the main problem, as Jenkinson is injured and isn't good enough when fit. Debuchy was allowed to go on loan last season, so he may not stay at the club and Chambers was poor at RB, hence he was moved to CB.

Up front we need a player as Welbeck is out for most of the season and Wenger moved for Vardy, clearly indicating that we need a striker. So if we sign the three players Wenger mentioned he wanted to sign, then it's Xhakka, a forward and the sole vacant position, would be at RB, unless Debuchy returns to the squad.

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18 Jul 2016 07:18:35
After bumping into Wenger the other day at Waitrose with my cousin. I get a withheld call on my mobile yesterday. It was Wenger
again! .
He was having a BBQ as the weather was nice and invited us round for a couple of beers and something to eat. He said a few of the boys would be there so could I bring a ball as we were going to have a kick about in the garden too.
I said "Arsene . Next time you ring me don't withhold your number as I won't answer it and secondly why you ringing me for at 11 o clock at night on a Saturday for? .
Anyhow he apologised and told me he had a surprise to tell me about but he doesn't like talking over the phone.
I couldn't go as it was too late notice so I may hook up with him in the week for a sandwich somewhere .
He said to say hello to you all and the Eds too and Dagenham he saw him giving a lesson the other week and waved but Dags ignored him.
Just thought I would share this with you all.

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18 Jul 2016 07:41:47
Must be tough being you mate, even in your imagination people you ;-)
A bit like trigger and his dream Girl who "wants much to look at " :-)

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18 Jul 2016 08:46:41
You crack me up Lanesra.

Speaking of crack, lay off it :-)

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18 Jul 2016 09:03:22
Look! I could have quite easily not shared this with you all but seeing as we are all mates I thought it was only fair.

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18 Jul 2016 09:48:49
Fair play mate :-)

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18 Jul 2016 10:01:31
Lanesra I thought I had problems in seeing pink elephants fly past my windows lol but you take it to another level. Can you please sort me out with the gear you are taking as it seems fun but my imaginary friend would be Kelly brook instead of wenger.

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18 Jul 2016 11:09:31
Raver .
Listen mate! Kelly ain't no big thing I can tell you.
I couldn't get shot of her in the end.
She became a right pest ringing me up crying down the phone " Please please don't pack me up " etc you know how it is.
She was worse than Holly Willoughby and I thought she was possessive .

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18 Jul 2016 01:05:09
Getting back to the mundane defender we need, i would like fabian schar, seems to be in our compass and we have been linked in the past. But will we end up with rob holding. The cd seems to be a little quiet at the moment.

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18 Jul 2016 09:35:44
I believe that Wenger will use Koscieny and Gabriel as his main pairing, with Mertesacker and Chambers as back up. The potential signing of Holding, will be to replaced Mertescaker next season, when his contract ends. Wenger mentioned 2 or 3 signings, We have signed Xhakka and the Japanese forward, who I believe is one for the future, despite being 22 years of age! So a forward and the other player should be a RB, assuming Debuchy leaves and Jenkinson is out until November.

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