Arsenal Banter Archive October 01 2014

01 Oct 2014 23:08:03
Welbeck or Giroud?

Talk to Dags.

Wellbeck for me. They will both miss lots of chances but Wellbecks pace for me puts him above Giroud. Suits our play more.

If danny boy repeats his feat against chelski, no contest. If he doesn't then , neither. Only jesting, welbeck all the time.

Welbeck defo, but giroud is great back up

For me its a nice rotation sometime both right - Arsenal I can't stop thinking we are going to pull something big off this year.

Some times one sometimes the other and at other times both.
Thats the whole point of having strength in depth surely, there will hopefully be games and formations we play that will suit Olly better and vice versa for Danny.
Having options and being adaptable has to be a good thing especially up top

Welbeck dags! or u asking a non football related question? then giroud I guess welbeck looks a big lad

lol

Red when you say we're going to pull off something big this year, your not thinking what I'm thinking your thinking are you?
If you are I don't think you've thought this through properly :-)

I think we are going to be in the hunt for EPL and CL. Key for me is getting the new lads up to speed and integrated then fitting in a Schneiderlein or Khedira as the missing piece in January.

Red rooster I want to agree but I cant. we are still along way off. ask me again after jan window tho.

Also think Wanyama could do the job, prefer him over Tiote or Diame, probably even Song. Can Wanyama be a DM and back up CB?

Just joined because sick of all these negative posts were not far of a leauge wining team get behind wenger instead of all this negative rubbish bad result 2night but we weren't bad good times comeing

01 Oct 2014 21:39:52
Spot on with the score prediction G62 for tonights game any chance of the lottery numbers for saturday. Top performance from the whole team bring on Chelsea especially if we play like that.

Cheers Paul mate

01 Oct 2014 21:58:00
Take a bow G62, take a bow son.

Top prediction.

Respect.

01 Oct 2014 20:55:48
Welbeck can't finish Haaaaa!!

01 Oct 2014 22:22:16
Yep he's the best striker in the world now! Well until Sunday when your all whining and whinging about Wenger not signing a worldclass striker again 😃

01 Oct 2014 22:59:38
Unfair Chris,

We do moan, but only about lack of a DM and some defensive cover.

Are you only posting on here mate because you are missing the excitement of CL footy? Lol

Cr, how many of your strikers will score a hatrick in the CL this season?

Oh wait, how many will even play?

02 Oct 2014 06:50:27
Lol 337, great argument and your right none will score in the CL this year 😂, but equally my lads won't be around in the comp to put it woeful performances like u did against Dortmund too.

Do I miss that guy? In a way yes, I liked Danny and always thought he would make a really good back up striker to rvp, Rooney and falcao.

Nice to see even with a win and 3 goals from Danny u still can't take a little bit of light hearted banter, even dags run with the bait for a while lol.

Oh well I'm off to the bookies to lump £100 on Danny to score a hatfull at the weekend. Any1 want in? 😃

01 Oct 2014 20:35:41
My prediction is we will be 3-0 up at half time, welbeck with 2 & Sanchez with 1, oh wait.

Sorry that's reality!

01 Oct 2014 20:28:06
Absolute demolition in the first half. Let's hope it continues.

01 Oct 2014 18:17:36
Anyone else seen the premier league injury statistics that have been published recently?

It shouldn't come as any surprise that we've topped the table with a staggering 889 injuries in the last 12 years! I wonder how many of those were Diaby, RVP, Jack and Vermaelen.

All joking aside, it's pretty ridiculous, and unacceptable. Since this new injury saving fitness coach had turned out to be a load of rubbish, you really have to wonder what it is about us that is the root of all of our injury woes.

I mean discounting injuries the like of Eduardo, Giroud, Ramsey's leg break, and Theo's cruciate ligament, which were unfortunate and unavoidable to an extent, the rest of our injuries tend to be either little niggly strains, recurrences and just general muscular injuries which a professional sports team near the top of it's respective tree should have next to no problem in preventing and treating.

So what do you lot think it is?

Personally I think it's just Wenger's current generation of players ever since he decided to sack off bringing in players with imposing physical qualities as well as technical skill, and decided to turn us into a club of midgets. It can't be a a fault in the training or the conditioning of the players since our bigger players like Mertesacker, Koscielny, Flamini, even the Ox who's short but beefy. All seem to have longer runs of fitness than the likes of Ramsey and Jack Wheelchair.

Granted, squad depth is a massive factor in keeping our players match fit, and it has been for too long. But that being said, it's also Wenger's stubbornness to make this brand of Del Bosque wannabe midgets on grass show work and win titles, when it's clearly evident to 7 billion other people that it won't.

I've never been one of the outright Wenger out crowd. But at the same time, the more I think about the club's troubles, the more I end up realising that most, if not all of our troubles on the pitch rest solely on his head, and unless he decides to completely re-brand our style of football and players, I'm not holding my breath for much more than top 4 and the odd FA or Mickey Mouse Cup here and there. until Everton overtake us.

Not liking the way things are looking at the moment. A defender and a holding mid in January would help, but Wenger hates the January window so I'm going to go with no signings in January for us.

Sigh.

01 Oct 2014 23:33:36
"Since this new injury saving fitness coach had turned out to be a load of rubbish"

Dude he's been with us 2mnts!

He wasn't even with us for pre season as far as I know because he was till with Germany. (Do correct me lads if I'm wrong)

Simple example.

Try and lose 3 stone in 2mnts?

Fitness and conditioning is a strange entity but the constants are that it's slow and progressive.

"Rubbish" is flippant. Yes we've had a lot early on this year but not because our new boy hasn't made a difference. (How many ankle rolls have we had?) It'll take time to see his effects.

01 Oct 2014 15:51:23
Just watched the end of the U19 game, very convincing win but the GALA goalscorer looked about 30!

Lets hope the first team can win so easily

Just seen him pick up his pension after he scored, recon his going big on the sherry tonight after that goal

01 Oct 2014 14:43:05
*lionel messi after that goal.

01 Oct 2014 13:56:56
COYG, U19's first up!

01 Oct 2014 12:29:46
I'd love us to win the CL, but this year I'm finding it hard to get excited about our prospects. We haven't really shown much the last couple of years. What I really really want to see is us winning the PL. Not a treble, not a double, just laser like focus on winning the one thing that matters. Even a close second would feel like real improvement and a statement of intent to me, rather than just being there for the CL. Anyone else feel like they'd take winning the PL over anything else this year, no distractions.?

I'd take winning the PL over anything any time yyc but its not going to happen this year that's for certain.
Both chavs and city have too much for us at present as we didn't plug our leakest holes in the summer.
We are the 3rd best team in this seasons race no question of that and our first aim should be living up to that as a absolute minimum, absolutely no excuses made and most deffinately none accepted, should we achieve that top 3 place with games remaining then maybe we can think again and look at what's still possible
But 4th would be crime this time round less! Well that's unthinkable

02 Oct 2014 13:15:48
That's about how I see it g62. So far we are letting ourselves down on the pitch with needless errors. Hopefully it will get sorted.

01 Oct 2014 11:08:13
This has got nothing to do with Arsenal, just didn't know where else to post it, but figured someone maybe up for a bit of a mental trip.

July 2015 or July 2016, Mongol Rally.

sadly most of my mates are in terribly serious relationships to consider this ;)

If anyone fancies a month off from routine life and wants to join me on a rather absurd quest let me know.

the other option is me on my motorcycle going solo. hahah. would be interesting to see what the reaction is, i'm quite sure some daredevils from this forum have done this.

I would actually consider this. Would be epic!

Speaking of adventure racing. A friend of mine and I have talked about doing the Jungle marathon, a 200km race through the Amazon.

Sydgunner while I would be tempted by the jungle race, I just don't think I have the stamina or the endurance to run 200km, especially in a jungle, and that to the amazon. I think I would be able to do a couple of stages but I feel the humidity would kill me.

need to do a london marathon before I can think of any extreme runs lol.

The humidity. That's the killer! Britain doesn't get a lot of that either, at least we have a little bit.

01 Oct 2014 09:54:10
Good point Steve r about the nicey nicey feeling around the club.In the past we had players like Viera, Bergkamp, etc who had the skill and the mean attitude to go with it, but AW biggest failing is replacing these players with others who are not good enough in both departments.Poldi is a prime example of a player who looks like he couldn't give a toss but on his day a great finisher.Not going tonight taking wife out for 37th wedding anniversary, so who ever is going tonight give a shout for me
Take care people
Heybridge Gooner

01 Oct 2014 12:19:16
It's true Heybridge, we used to a have a determined streak and led the league in red cards in the 1990s. I'm not saying that's the best thing to lead the league in, but those teams were determined to own the ball and the pitch. On his day, my mates and I used to say Dennis Bergstamp has shown up to play.

37th - congrats! We've been together 37, my wife and I, but 'only' married for 30. What is 37 . molybdenum or duck feathers or something odd?

01 Oct 2014 00:08:43
So as Gooners, I presume you all watched the Patrick Viera, Roy Keane docu thing on telly a while ago, where Patrick, when asked, Arsenes weak and strong points, replied "loyalty" to both questions. In the light of Artetas impending new contract extension and all the other dead weight we've carried or been carrying for the last few years, do you all feel it's time the clueless dr13k left yet, or should we carry on with him? Discuss. . .

Ive said before, its all to nicey nicey comfy comfy at this club. There isn't a much character in our players. No naughty boys to gee things up and stir people into having a fight for the club. Where are the martin keowns of this world and the charlie georges. The mersons and the adams, the wtihhtd and the vierras. The players to get thr crowd stirred up and show passion. Why has wenger stopped getting these types in. We now have the choir boys of ozil, caxorla, and ramsey. Not talking of ability, just chatacter. Its all too comfortable

01 Oct 2014 05:52:53
Steve
I am pretty sure Joey Barton is available

Arteta was never a defensive midfield player, even in his prime and I cannot think of another top four side that would want him in their squad. I have no doubt that he is an extremely loyal player and will give everything for the club, but his days are numbered and I see little point in extending his deal. I would also be looking to release/sell Flamini, Rosicky & Podolski. Suitable replacments need to be brought in and the shortage of defenders and athletic powerful defensive midfield options need to be addressed.

Spot on robbie on all aspects. arteta has never been good enough for arsenal at all. I don't see how people think he's this legend

This season is the last time we'll get away with not doing what has to be done.
utd will be a force again next season
Liverpool will have adapted to life without Louie
Both Everton and spurs will be much stronger too.
Time is most deffinately running out to start doing the things the whole world can see need to be done but will Arsene take notice just in the nick of time? We have to truly hope so

Spot on gunner62. weather wenger also sees this I don't know

01 Oct 2014 12:31:41
It's hard to disagree G62. It's a closing window, And we know what Arsenal's like with windows -:) -;)