Arsenal Banter Archive May 01 2018

 

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01 May 2018 17:34:01
Hello eds Brilliant first hand info on everything that is going on in the club right now! Would love to know if Arsenal are interested in signing a DM this season and who might they be. Also does Nabil Fekir seem to be a viable option? Do you see him moving on? What do the other guys think our summer transfers are going to be like! Thanks
#COYG.

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01 May 2018 21:14:48
It goes something like this .

Hope you don’t mind ed

Ed002's Note - Something like this:
Bernt Leno (GK) - Bayern may yet be interested and has resisted moves to Barcelona and Real Madrid in the past. Napoli also see him as first choice. If he can't be first choice with Champions League football then he would likely not consider a move. First pick for SM at Arsenal.
Timo Horn (GK) - may be a viable option.
Jan Oblak (GK) - circumstances are such that there could be significant interest from elsewhere if he were to be available, and price a major stumbling block.
Alban Lafont (GK) - another player, like Sule, that Arsenal have made no secret of their long-term interest but have not committed at all.
Keylor Navas (GK) - Liverpool are keen as well.
Kepa Arrizabalaga (GK) - not going to happen.

Alvaro Odriozola (RWB) - if Bellerin were to leave - but won't want to leave Spain just yet.
Ryan Fredericks (RB) – watched a couple of times but a move is unlikely.

Chris Smalling (CB) - interest may leave with AW, but being English gives him an advantage. Harry Maguire might be a better solution.
Medhi Benatia (CB) - first choice in January.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (CB) – Dortmund are trying to fend off interest but if Juventus were to win out it will free up Rugani.
Daniele Rugani (CB) – a bit of a wildcard but has been looked at by Arsenal.
Fabinho (DM/ RB) - I expect interest to leave with Wenger, but he will be available.
Abdoulaye Doucoure (M) – another viable option, not as defensive as perhaps preferred but capable of providing a good solution.
Julian Weigl (DM) – interest from elsewhere will win out.
Wilfred Ndidi (DM) Wenger is keen apparently, but I am not sure that is shared by others.

Max Meyer (CM) - I think there is a very good chance that something can be done.
Tanguy Ndombele (CM) – has been watched several times by one senior scout who tells me that Arsenal want him - but I expect Lyon to take up their option.
Maycon (CM) - won't happen, he is heading elsewhere.
Jean-Michael Seri (CM) – still not interested in Arsenal and discussions are in hand with another side.
Nabil Fekir (AM) - it will be difficult because of his club, but something is possible.
Bernard (AM/ LW) alternative to Fekir, but Inter (whose interest runs hot and cold) may provide a viable alternative to Arsenal for the player.
Oguzhan Ozyakup (AM) - Arsenal want to bring him back but it won’t happen.

Riyad Mahrez (RW) - if he moves it will probably not be to Arsenal.
Malcom (RW) - I am doubtful he would move to Arsenal unless two other clubs step away.
Andrija Zivkovic (RW) - maybe priced out of a move.

Ademola Lookman (LW) - has been watched at RBL.

Timo Werner (S) – not going to happen. }.

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01 May 2018 22:51:41
Thanks mate, thanks eds, amazing info as usual.

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01 May 2018 19:53:52
Arsenal have been handed an injury boost as Alex Iwobi and Mustafi have declared themselves unfit.

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01 May 2018 20:32:52
:-) that made me chuckle SY mate:-)

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01 May 2018 20:34:43
Not really a boost if Mustafi is fit lool.

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01 May 2018 20:39:41
More fake news! its bad news, iwobi has now declared himself fit.

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01 May 2018 21:57:57
Alex Iwobi has said he would like to win the EL cup for Wenger. Ah bless.

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02 May 2018 08:56:39
I heard iwobi wants to win it for uncle Jay jay 😂.

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01 May 2018 17:55:31
Arsenal have a tradition of bringing in unknown names or low profile managers and ex players.
Bertie Mee and Arsene and ex players like George and Terry Neill all them won trophies. So it would run true to form that we would appoint a ex player or a lesser known coach, but I can't see Ivan& co going down this route or though my personal choice is Viera.
After reading up on him more and what the Ed said about him I have cooled on Enrique. I would love Simeone but realize that's not going to happen, Allegri is another I can't see happening. So, to me of all the big names mentioned in my opinion its Ancellotti with perhaps Viera or Arteta as his number 2,
The story about the Liverpool bloke is the press putting 2&2 together and making 5.
As for Thursday its a tall, tough order but well within our capabilities. Scoring first changes the whole spectrum of the tie. We haven't got to be kamikaze but keep it tight and for obvious reasons defend well. I am a 100% Wenger out man but would love to see him win a European trophy. I got what I wanted and his going, whether he deserved to be treated like he was, we have all got our views, reasons etc on that subject
COYG💪💪💪💪💪.

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02 May 2018 16:01:07
Arsenal also have a tradition of holding on to a manager for 22 years! not sure how inmportent these traditions will be in the future.

I can't imagine we will go for for allegri, enrique, ancelotti or unai. They are no team builders and prefer to work with solid squads and huge transfer budgets. Simeone would be interesting, but to big change of tactics.

I would rather fancy sarri (Napoli, maybe to old) , favre (nice) or jardim (monaco) , or even the j. klopp mastermind. think they will fit arsenal better.

I really believe we can win it on thursday. the way we played last week was solid. intense presure and lots of chances. loved it. COYG.

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01 May 2018 17:48:03
From what I can see on here and talking to fellow gooners, the brain is about the best response I’ve got overall. All fans I’ve spoke to are dead keen. The experience and brand of football he’s been a part of, the connection with mislinstat and the ability to get more out of players. I think it’s a no brainer lol

What do you think Brian 😂😂😂

I’ve also just realised in the line above that auto correct makes the B a capital 😂😂😂.

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01 May 2018 20:15:52
He will be on kryton factor with rui faria and all the other seconds and the winner will be the new arsenal manager. Exclusively shown on Dave Tv or is that Daves tv. Any how (that doesn't mean any Howe ) it will all unfold in the coming weeksxmonths and years.

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01 May 2018 16:41:45
Ed002, any news on what's happening with Steve Bould.

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{Ed002's Note - I am not really providing any such information right now.}

01 May 2018 16:51:34
Oh that's a shame

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01 May 2018 16:08:49
I was talking to a mate who's a Dortmund fan. He says Buvac nickname at Dortmund was the 'BRIAN' and he's a fantastic coach.

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01 May 2018 16:39:42
Sorry the BRIAN.

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01 May 2018 16:52:48
FFS brain!!!!

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01 May 2018 17:01:32
At the moment mate its just all of us joining the dots to paint a possible picture. There doesn't seem anything concrete coming from anyone reliable.
Even the usual suspects from the media don't seem to be claiming to know anything at this stage but are all merely speculating like us all.

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01 May 2018 17:01:38
So what you’re saying is, he was called Brian Buvac. Thanks for that mate. 😉😂.

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01 May 2018 17:17:45
Only you would pull me on that stoner.

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01 May 2018 17:24:18
No surely it's Brian Bavuc :-)

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01 May 2018 18:21:40
So we are getting rid of the professor and gettingcthe brain. Sounds like eggheads.

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01 May 2018 18:46:31
Le prof for Ze Brian you mean Steve.
Still no mention of ye olde plain thinking Sean Dyche then :-)

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01 May 2018 19:11:26
Too plain and too english gunner, he stands more chance of becoming the next james bond.

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01 May 2018 19:17:49
The names Dyche, Sean Dyche :-)
007TH.

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{Ed001's Note - he would make a great Bond! That gravelly voice would frighten the evil spies to death.}

01 May 2018 20:42:17
Ha ha i like it gunner. Oh oh 7th.

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01 May 2018 20:48:38
He would wouldn't he Ed mate :-)
I see they've just named a pub after him in Burnley ( The Royal Dyche )
I wonder if it's too late to suggest The Casino Royal Dyche,

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{Ed001's Note - I liked his suggestion - The Handsome Ginger Chap.}

01 May 2018 21:56:31
Yes mate, he actually seems like a top bloke both on and away from the sidelines.

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01 May 2018 14:43:28
Things are clearly changing at the club in the soon to be post-Wenger era. Holding has signed a new deal, following Elneney and reports that we are finally trying to tie up a deal with Wilshere. Perhaps we are seeing the beginning of the end of allowing players to run their deals down. I have little doubt that Holding will improve under a new manager who coaches the defence. He alongside Mavropanos could be a future centre back pairing, adding much needed height to the back four. Reports of an experienced Greek CB from Dortmund and Ruggani rumours resurfacing. I would like to see Chambers, Mustafi and Koscielny replaced.

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01 May 2018 15:33:17
I'd let Mustafi go for sure while I'd buy the best two CBs I could get and tell Kos and all the other CBs already at the club to fight the two new lads for a place.
Kos has been very poor this season but he doesn't strike me as the sort to just sit back and collect his wages, I think he'd fight to regain his place and could be an asset to cover injuries at the very least.
With a top class partner might yet get an Indian summer from Kos in my opinion especially if he didn't have to play while injured due to all others being so poor.

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01 May 2018 17:06:49
You know I’m not sure about Mustafi, what did he do to get in the Germany team and was he this bad at the start of his Arsenal career.

Would the new manager/ coach make a better player out of him or is he really that bad.

It’s been sad to see Koscielny decline, I almost think he’s had enough of covering for everyone else and now just thinks stuff it!

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01 May 2018 17:47:36
The bloke is entitled to be Knackered Stoner mate because as you say he's been covering everyone else while trying to do his own job too for years.

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01 May 2018 14:27:48
How big of a jump would it be for Zjelko Buvac from being an assistant managet for years to managing a club of Arsenal magnitude.
What do you think he would need to be successful and how would he need to adapt.
Also with Arsenal's new leadership structure, he would only be needed to run the on field playing aspects of the club with Sanllehi running everything else, would that be a plus considering he doesn't have much experience running a football club.

Also, I (as many Arsenal fans) know nothing about him. Might someone have any information about him, his style and how good of an assistant he actually is or how good of a coach he would be.

Again, this doesn't mean that he has gotten the Arsenal job, it's just that we already have information on all the other 'candidates' but absolutely nothing on Buvac.

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01 May 2018 14:48:12
A big leap, but a very experienced well respected coach at Dortmund and Liverpool.
Quite frankly I fail to see an outstanding candidate who is available. As I have said we took unknown Wenger from Grampus 8 and George Graham from second division Millwall. Would anyone of us have chosen or wanted either of them and yet they were tow of the best managers we have had.
If he is the one, the fans must get behind him.

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01 May 2018 13:32:19
Zeljko Buvac anyone?

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01 May 2018 13:37:47
I think he could very well be perfect. I know absolutely squat about coaching but it just sounds very right.

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01 May 2018 14:58:13
What would you accept from him year 1 and 2 in order to keep the job?
For me year 1 absolute minimum top 10 as there will probably need to be a lot of coming and going and it might take time to get players to gel and buy into his ideas.
Year 2 top 5 as after two full seasons you'd want to see some progress being made in order to think you have the right man in place.

Hoping for an instant return to top 4 is fine but expecting it not so good, we are currently the outsider of 6 with 5 big oppenents who all in one way or another currently looking to be in pretty good shape again next season so we mustn't put silly demands on our new man from day one.

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01 May 2018 23:22:51
62 mate, we are calling for Wenger replacement to have a coach who can get us top 10 and than top 5 in two years. That’s a bit going backwards mate. We want a change to be contenders and back in the mix. Even if we going to have players going and coming. We still have a decent squad and great talent at the club.

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01 May 2018 13:02:53
My cousin a Liverpool fan has just text saying arsenal are going to appoint the brain?! He didn’t even enter my head but sounds like a great idea! Ed01 is this nonsense? What do you know.

Cheers SLB.

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{Ed001's Note - I don't know where he will be going, but I do expect him to be moving on in the summer somewhere. Hard to tell if it is just people jumping on a rumour and adding 2+2 together to come up with 765. He has had many offers while working with Klopp, but always stayed as a team. This season he has felt he has been marginalised with Kornmayer having more input into team selections and it has been a long running argument which has come to a head.}

01 May 2018 13:22:30
Cheers for the quick reply. With some of the other names been mentioned and the likes of Arteta etc surely this guy is head and shoulders above most. Like you say the maths could well be off but could be a perfect fit at the Emirates . Cheers again.

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{Ed001's Note - could well be and he has worked as a manager in the past, so he clearly does have ambitions in that direction.}

01 May 2018 13:44:19
Suddenly he's the new front runner even if it's just people putting 2 and 2 together it's an interesting equation to think about that's for sure.
I would be very happy to give him first go at getting us back in the mix, if it works out happy days if not then it's a simple case of, next please :-)

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01 May 2018 14:35:45
As long as no one mentions Ancelotti, Enrique or Rogers ever again I’ll be happy.

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01 May 2018 14:50:46
Hi Stoner

Ancelotti - Past his best and criticised ny the players at Bayern.
Enrique - Huge success at Barca, but walked away from the post and I'm not at all sure he is capable of the rebuilding job we need.
Rodgers - Disliked by Arsenal fans and inherited a good squad at Liverpool and has dominated a weal league in Scotland.

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01 May 2018 15:29:58
You just had to mention the RG 😂.

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01 May 2018 15:42:24
To be fair to Ancelotti who were the Bayern players going to like after working with Pep on a daily basis?

When Real sacked Ancelotti niether the players or fans wanted him to leave and the club itself said there was no obvious reason to let him go apart from the fact they themselves fancied a change.
I would prefer someone younger than Ancelotti but the man's record is absolutely fantastic, how many champions league titles with how many different clubs is it?

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01 May 2018 17:09:34
I understand that 62 and I always liked him but we really don’t need the kind of slack training methods he seems to offer, it’s bad enough now. That’s what puts me off mate.

Our lot have had it easy for far too long.

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01 May 2018 17:57:31
Fair comment Stoner to be honest I don't know anything about his training style but I certainly wouldn't want anyone who was even half as soft as Arsene with our players that's for sure.
I liked how Shankly wouldn't even talk to players who were injured, apparently he'd make a point of going into the physio room when they were receiving treatment and would talk to the physio for ages without once acknowledging the players existence.
It worked because players used to try and hide their injury from him :-)

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01 May 2018 09:21:53
Looks like mancini is set to be named Italy boss. Perhaps that opens the for for ancelotti to arsenal. Not my first choice but with some of the names I've seen floating around i'd rather him.

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01 May 2018 10:09:42
I'm pretty chilled with whoever we get to be honest 16 mate, Brendan is my last chioce but even if it was him I'd be open to giving him a chance.
We desperately needed change and it's going to happen this summer :-) , yes it could go either way with whoever we choose but what is the absolute worse that could realisticly happen?
It's incredibly unlikely we will be relegated so even if we did get the next manager horribly wrong I suppose midtable is a possibility as an absolute worse case scenario.
But in reality even if that worse scenario was realised would being completely out of the running for titles and top 4 even in 10th place really be any worse than being completely out of the running for titles or even top 4 in 6th place?
As we stand we have absolutely nothing to lose and absolutely everything to gain, at the worst the new manager won't do any better than Arsene has in the league over the last few years but he's highly unlikely to do much worse.
Whoever we get we get and I'm just happy we are finally at least trying to improve our situation at last.

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01 May 2018 11:29:58
That's very true. It looks to me that the most important thing is getting someone who is tactically good and a great coach as the transfer side of things will be taken care by others. Perhaps that's why we keep getting linked with assistant managers lately.

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01 May 2018 15:10:15
I think above anything else the next manager needs to able to be a very good motivator who isn't afraid to upset anyone and everyone but wants to help everyone be the best they can be as long as they give everything for Arsenal.
I'd like to see an Arsenal where if you've been with the club 5 months or 15 years or wether your names Wilshere or Wilcox the same rules apply to everyone every week, equal expectation and accountability for everyone.

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01 May 2018 07:02:04
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