Arsenal Banter Archive August 21 2018

21 Aug 2018 18:54:35
Not really banging his drum, well yes maybe i am. Gouendouzi has made 9 tackles 8 interseptions and given 1 foul away ( better stats than kante) so far this season. When he played for lorient his season successful pass percentage was 91%. He never gave the ball away for 55 minutes against chelski. Its really good to get excited again about someone who could be anything and is actually going out and dominating. We really might actually have the real deal.

21 Aug 2018 19:11:31
Exceptional young player, as are Torreira and Mavrapanos. Bodes well for the future.

21 Aug 2018 19:42:30
Every now and then you see a young player who comes in and imposes himself on games, he doesn't just look good for a young prospect he just looks like a real footballer straight away.
Norman whiteside Micheal Owen stevie G and Cesc all looked the part from day one and held their own consistently from day.
Guendouzi looks like a proper footballer to me not simply a young prospect who might become one some day.

21 Aug 2018 20:01:51
Lets hope we are all right.

21 Aug 2018 20:17:34
I've seen a lot of our young guns tipped for greatness since Fab Steve but never been fully convinced by them just hopeful, the boy looks like premier league player now.
Pick Arsenals best 11 and who gets picked before him? Pea is the only one I'd automatically put in before this lad.

{Ed0333's Note - one of my mates texted me when you played city first game of the season and was ridiculing the kid with the outrageous haircut. The jokes on my mate now. The guy truly does look like the real deal and he’s gonna be the first name on the team sheet real soon. Good luck to him.

21 Aug 2018 20:44:52
I think your right Ed0333 mate, I think the only two teams in the league he couldn't seriously contest a starting place in right now are Liverpool and City all the rest i think he would be in with a reasonable shout getting a start and certainly all 18 match day squads.

{Ed0333's Note - he’ll be a hero for you guys real real soon.

21 Aug 2018 20:51:38
Fingers and toes are crossed Ed.

{Ed0333's Note - love the kids attitude, typified by his reaction when you missed an easy chance against Chelsea he was so frustrated he was banging his fists on the pitch. At least you know he gives a damn.

21 Aug 2018 21:03:38
Really like this guy - attitude, fearless, desire, vision, work rate, quality of pass, effectiveness of pass and desire to drive team forward fast. He doesn’t hide either.

A real find

Like him and the young Greek centrehalf.

21 Aug 2018 21:04:34
Wow how we've missed that attitude and commitment Ed0333 mate, I just wish we had him and Sanchez at the same time.
Sanchez on his own couldn't beat the cosy club mentality, and the bloke really did try hard too, but Sanchez and Guendouzi together in the same team both leading by example and not accepting slackers around them? I reckon they'd have dragged the rest into the real world kicking and screaming including Arsene.

{Ed0333's Note - you may have a point here mate. Although I think Sanchez has even bigger problems trying to work out where his form is?

21 Aug 2018 21:55:51
He does indeed Ed0333, I think if he could rewind the clock he'd have run down his contract with us and taken his time for his next move but he wanted out so badly he jumped without really looking where he was landing properly.
He's a winner at heart and I don't think 500k a week will hold him at United too much longer and he will take a pay cut for football reasons.
It's a shame he never got to work with Dick because Sanchez Dick and Guendouzi might have been very good for Arsenal together.

{Ed0333's Note - Sanchez Dick & Guendouzi just doesn’t sound right mate you might need to rephrase that lol. But I hear what your saying, 500k a week or whatever he’s on is a ridiculous and profoundly tempting sum, to be fair most people would have been seduced by that carrot that was dangled.

22 Aug 2018 08:50:36
Dick Sanchez 'ouzi?

22 Aug 2018 13:34:43
Ouzi Dick Sanchez.

22 Aug 2018 07:50:38
Um does sound a bit dodgy doesn't it :-)
500k is a lot of money but when your already have more than enough money to last your lifetime is it really worth wasting your career for a few dollars more mate?
Your a long time retired once your football career ends.

{Ed0333's Note - that’s my point mate more money to spend when your retired. But not many players would imagine that going to United will make you crap overnight so it was a win win situation for him I’m assuming. I just think they need to play him on the right and he will shine again.

22 Aug 2018 19:24:04
I think they need to let both Sanchez and Pogba go so they can get back to playing real football again while United just carry on as usual post Fergie.
What's it's been 5 years since Fergie retired? And I don't think they've averaged one decent game per season since he left, they don't need Pogba and Sanchez for how they go about the game.

25 Aug 2018 01:18:15
Guendouzi has been immense since his first friendly match. A real find let’s be honest. If he was that big a surprise then the first find (the one from PSG) who turned us down must have been an amazing player by comparison.

25 Aug 2018 01:25:34
Imagine if Sanchez had any idea about the transformation the team is going through. The players who have been signed the management and training changes.
Do you think he might be thinking. Christ staying might have been a good option.
Ok I know he wanted out and yes ok it was City. But do you think considering he hasn’t settled and now he looks back down at Arsenal, he likes to win and he likes to be the main man, the adoring fans.
Seems his salary has overshadowed everything even his own form adding more expectation and burden than he had at Arsenal. I reckon he’d still be shining at Arsenal if he was here.
But . he’s a greedy sod and deserves everything he gets lol.

{Ed0333's Note - I reckon he won’t be at United next season.

21 Aug 2018 14:28:33
What you lads think we should do with Ramsey? Love the guy, but no one is bigger than the team.

We can't afford another Alexis saga imo.

21 Aug 2018 15:06:42
We should do whatever is best for arsenal, Ramsey hasn't done enough on a consistent basis to be holding this club to ramsom and messing future plans up. Another big payrise to a player who is not deserving of one could mess up the chance of boosting the squad in january just fpr starters. I all ready think ozils wages are having an impact on who we can get in. Plus does or did he deserve what this club are paying him. I personally wouldn't be too upset if he left rather than line his packet full of unwarranted cash.

21 Aug 2018 16:05:16
What have we paid Aaron over the years? Say an average of 50k a week for 8 years?
Try and get our 20 million back if we can but if not hey ho learn from the experience and don't allow ourselves to get in this situation again in the future.
Aaron had some tough times in his early Arsenal career with both injury and being fans most disliked player (he got loads of unfair stick before his super season) But his one season wonder form won many fans over unfortunately it also made Aaron think he could live off that season topped up by his Euro 2016 performances, I think it's best for both club and player to part company asap because Aaron isn't a team player now days and we need players who are Arsenal focused.

21 Aug 2018 17:11:56
Ramsey is very overrated in my opinion and not worth huge wages. I mentioned some time ago that the wages we agreed to pay Ozil were absurdly high and would cause problems in future negotiations with other players.

21 Aug 2018 19:01:39
With the players we have, do we really really need ramsey?

21 Aug 2018 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 21st August 2018