Arsenal Banter Archive August 21 2015

21 Aug 2015 20:05:57
OK we've far from made the most signings this summer but we've certainly made the best, I can't think of another signing that's close to Petr Cech in terms of proven ability over a sustained period, years left at the top and value for money.
Must be what Arsene's talking about when he says improving us, hope he improves on Sanchez and Kos too that would be something to see :-)

21 Aug 2015 21:05:36
Don't shoot the Dags, but thus far, i'm still not convinced about Cech.

He was great at Chelsea, won everything there is to win and was a beast in goal.

Of course it's early days, and a keeper can play at top level until he's 40, but let's hope his best days are not behind him.

Just saying.

{Ed025's Note - your having a giraffe aren,t you dags, the guy will win you the title mate..

21 Aug 2015 21:24:06
No signing is ever toally certain to be a success but anyone who is thinking of betting their house on anything this season Cech is as safe as bet as you can possibly get.

{Ed025's Note - i concur mate..

21 Aug 2015 21:45:27
Think I'm just in 'Steve' mode at the moment Ed025.

Petr has been out of the firing line for a year at Chelsea.

Let's just hope he's just a bit rusty.

21 Aug 2015 21:52:49
Cech is great he just needs to adapt to having a less defensive defence in front of him if you catch my drift

{Ed025's Note - i do brow..

21 Aug 2015 21:56:42
I'm inclined to side with Dag's a bit here.

I'm not saying Cech is a bad signing, but Chelsea have always been much more defensive than us.
Bus jokes et al aside, their fullbacks don't bomb forward like ours and Cahill/Terry stay pretty disciplined unless it's a set piece.
How often do we see Koscielny out of position, either covering for Per or pushing up.

I still think he's going to be good for us, but I think we need to make compromises.
We should definetly give Gabriel a, he's more mobile and won't get caught out as much.
I like Per, but he's just not offering much these days.
Even in the air he's poor for a guy who's 6'6!

Cech'll improve once his match fitness is up to scratch, but we still need to work on the team, it's all well and good him saving is a goal or 2 In a match, if we're firing blanks up top.

21 Aug 2015 22:20:13
Absolutely D_

21 Aug 2015 22:22:03
It's not just about our full backs bombing forward . We have a real naivety at times and terrible positioning . I bet as much as other teams don't like playing against us I fancy that every other manager in the league fancy they can get a goal against us.

{Ed025's Note - you make steve sound positive brow..

21 Aug 2015 22:40:56
It's right though ed. I love our attacking flare but you can score against us wether your Chelsea or Sunderland

{Ed025's Note - maybe thats a price you have to pay for being so attacking and a joy to watch, give me that any day mate..

22 Aug 2015 00:18:22
Maybe your right but a bit more steel at least

22 Aug 2015 00:41:19
There's a quote here ed:

"I would feel more elation if we lost 4–3 in a match which really touched the heights than us sneaking through 1–0 in one of those grey matches. If we cannot remind people what a great game it is then we will have missed a tremendous opportunity."

- from one of this site's fan favourites, none other than the Rodney Marsh

{Ed025's Note - rodney is a plonker TPG, but this is an entertainment business, and although winning is always the aim it has to be achieved with at least a bit of style, its great to see players playing with a smile on their faces players like marsh, frank worthington and george best was a joy to behold for me..ahh halcyon days.. :)

22 Aug 2015 09:24:27
Frank Worthington, has any player ever been so under rated and unappreciated? If he'd been Brazilian he'd be a legend

{Ed025's Note - i was a massive fan G62..

21 Aug 2015 11:44:32
When the season starts the window should be finished.
"Simple as that. It is too big an advantage for clubs that didn't work well during the transfer window.
"The funds are there, people know that you have the resources, but the players are not available.
"We expect, like you, but at the moment, we are not close."


the guy needs to get over it the windows open. the players are out there. i believe the window should be open like it is personally. time he stops trying to change football to how he wants it and just get signing players

{Ed001's Note - what was wrong with the old system of just not having windows and leaving transfers open for all but the final month of the season?}

21 Aug 2015 14:35:37
What players are available that you want Derby? Genuinely just asking out of interest because every name that comes to my head seems to be unavailable.

It seems the Benzema situation depends on Real getting a replacement - unavailable (currently)

I'd think Southampton would want to keep hold of Wanyama now that they have lost Schneiderlin - unavailable

Carvalho - injured

Cavani - maybe unavailable since PSG are already open to selling Ibrahimovic

I'm with you on making a signing Derby but I don't think he's lying when he says he expects something to happen and that it's hard finding the right available player. Strikers seem to be like gold dust recently, look how much Liverpool paid for Benteke.

We could, I guess, just 'give them an offer they can't refuse' and hope we can prize away a player who isn't for sale which isn't in our nature at all - or we could go with Dag's option and take a punt on Charlie Austin for £15m.

{Ed025's Note - or G62,s pick balotelli.. ;)

21 Aug 2015 14:38:24
If your going to have a window it would make sense to me for it to open the Monday after the cup final and close the Friday before the season starts.
I don't see why that would be any more complicated than it is now but it would stop all this desperate false hope on transfers and let everyone concentrate on the football action.

{Ed025's Note - its a fair point G62..but not all leagues start at the same time mate..

21 Aug 2015 14:58:24
You need to get over it, this has been said by managers of other clubs as well, Martinez is one of them just an example.

21 Aug 2015 15:04:35
Derby, if we had a manager who got his business done like the other top managers then we would not be complaining. We either have to get a bargain, a Frenchman, an ex Real Madrid or Barcelona player. It sucks!

{Ed025's Note - stop complaining ffs, he is only interested in players that will enhance the team..and i applaud the guy..

21 Aug 2015 16:09:00
Ed I think one advantage of the window shutting is, if you get suspensions/injuries you are forced to use your youth players, instead of being able to buy.

{Ed001's Note - I would agree, if it wasn't that it has led to teams to just stockpile large squads so that doesn't happen.}

21 Aug 2015 16:51:00
Good point Ed I hadn't funk of the different leagues thing :-( but good to have you onboard team Balotelli that's you me and Dasgs 100% in favour we've just got to convince Steve to see the positives of it :-)

21 Aug 2015 18:27:26
Players that enhance the team? The guy signed welbeck people. Welbeck

The polish lad krychowaik excuse spelling. Has a clause 22mill. Pay it please.

We can't surely believe the players that have moved this window won't improve us?

He's brainwashing some of us. Go into the season week just incase we don't challange

21 Aug 2015 19:11:04
Would KRYCHOWIC or however it's spelled actually enhance our squad - would he give us say another 10 pts??



It seems to me that we have reached the stage where everyone just wants AFC to throw money out of the window and hope

21 Aug 2015 22:33:25
Well let's hope the philosophy that has been pushed for the past ten years pays off😈

21 Aug 2015 06:45:25
Who would you rather start on Monday, Theo or Giroud?
I think it is about consistency for both of them.
I'd also like chamberlain to start, not just because he's in my fantasy team but because we need some more width on he right. Not sure who I'd drop though.

21 Aug 2015 08:47:35
I'd start Theo for the simple reason Olly does have an impact as a sub where Theo just seems to run around a lot never really getting into the game when he comes into the game late on.
Personally I think we'll see Arsene's favoured 11 again with Olly up top and Ox on the bench, its what Arsene see's as his best team.

21 Aug 2015 10:20:39
I think we may play Walcott , Giroud and Sanchez across the front and leave out Ramsey . Just have a feeling.

21 Aug 2015 12:04:07
Theo every day of the week. When he plays defenders are more worried about him running in behind and tend to drop back a little, which in turn gives our midfield more time and space.

When Olly plays then our midfield gets pressed far more. The other issue i have with playing Giroud is that we play with almost no width and he is definitely best when supplied with crosses from wide areas.

21 Aug 2015 14:19:52
Against Liverpool id play theo