Arsenal Banter Archive January 22 2018

22 Jan 2018 22:56:48
I predict auba announced tomorrow or weds.

22 Jan 2018 23:55:24
I predict a riot.

23 Jan 2018 00:01:45
Or Thurs, Fri, Sat or Sun 🤣.

23 Jan 2018 08:21:05
That’s bloody optimistic for you steve! You feeling alright mate 😂.

23 Jan 2018 11:05:22
Sanogo,
I think Steve meant Uber.

Steve, don't wait a couple of days for Uber. Get a black Cab, more reliable 😊.

23 Jan 2018 17:49:29
we always knew the auba transfer news and dealings would come back around one day :)

23 Jan 2018 18:08:27
Sano not optimistic, its more desperation.

22 Jan 2018 22:05:35
Sanchez says he moved because it was the biggest club in the world. Miki says playing for arsenal is a dream come true. Ah bless them, win win then.

22 Jan 2018 22:35:49
Give me £400k a week and I will say whatever you want me to say mate.

22 Jan 2018 23:03:04
your a few decimal points out there Dags £4.

23 Jan 2018 00:02:35
As long as I can get a kebab NES 😊.

23 Jan 2018 07:08:27
anytime Dags, I'll sort the liquid 😉.

22 Jan 2018 22:01:19
Oops the post vvd era didn't quite go to plan. Ha ha.

22 Jan 2018 20:20:45
Alexis Sanchez. Probably the best footballer to put an Arsenal shirt on in the last 4-5 years. A player that has given us countless happy times whilst also being part of a squad that has failed to challenge for the league. I loved watching this man playing football and the images of him in the Man Utd jersey feel a bit sickening. I wonder if he will go down in our history books as a player too good that wanted better players around him, or one that will be remembered for doubling / trebling his wages at Manchester Utd over Pep's Manchester City. Feeling very conflicted indeed.

22 Jan 2018 21:16:45
I have no bad feelings towards him.

We failed him as a club. The guy's a winner and wants to win things, and wanted better players around him.

Put it this way, would he have wanted to join Man Utd if he was in the Arsenal Invincibles team?

22 Jan 2018 21:38:18
He wouldn't have been starting games if he was in the invincible side, Dags! 😂.

22 Jan 2018 21:39:43
I love the guy but would he still be an arsenal player if we offered stupid money like man u, i think the move is about money not football. If it was about football he would be at citeh.

22 Jan 2018 22:03:24
Pretty sure it was city who pulled out of that deal Steve and not the player. Something about not wanting to disrupt team morale by making him the highest paid in the squad.

22 Jan 2018 22:27:13
Exactly what i'm saying tpg, he agreed a fee in the summer and more money was offered by another club. Not a footballing reason.

22 Jan 2018 22:38:55
Yeah true Steve it is funny how every player claims their new club is their ‘dream club’ aha. I get your point now and agree except he wouldn’t be at city for footballing reasons even if he wanted to. When he did want to it got blocked due to the Lemar saga.

22 Jan 2018 22:39:39
Very true Akie 😊.

22 Jan 2018 22:52:09
Tpg i also think there was some sort of agreement that he would be a citeh player in jan as well until loadsa wonga came along. Not knocking him, just saying it wasnt about football.

22 Jan 2018 19:24:31
Once a gooner always a gooners. Sanchez thrilled to be joining the biggest club in the world. his words.

22 Jan 2018 19:36:32
This is the thing NES Manchester United are a big club. He comes from Chile and works his socks off. An absolute gem of a player and a nice guy. I don’t blame him one bit he gave his all for arsenal and it would be extreamly naive for any gooner not to respect the man. Good luck Alexis the man. And I have really enjoyed watching you play for the gunners. That’s what football is about and I can tell my grandkids I watched him play in the flesh. Watching him live is something to behold and il never forget when I watched him catch a twenty yard pass on his chest not once but twice in a game. That’s what you pay your money to see.

22 Jan 2018 19:58:19
Rumours are that he wasn't as popular with the rest of the players Sano, but we'll said 👍 it is only a game.

22 Jan 2018 20:03:36
He's s very nice bloke and very generous as he offered a 20 year old model a grand to sleep with him in a London nightclub.

22 Jan 2018 20:21:52
Are you high again Raver?

22 Jan 2018 21:23:58
When you watch someone Luke him week in week out ypu can’t have nothin but respect for the man.

22 Jan 2018 22:02:51
Raver he will be able to offer a lot more now!

22 Jan 2018 06:08:27
Hi eds, with the Mkhi deal seemingly on the verge of completion and Aubameyang close, do you get the feeling that Mkhi is an Ozil replacement and Auba a Sanchez replacement, with a yet unpursued Walcott replacement on the cards? Or that these two incoming are more a Walcott and Sanchez replacement, with Ozil to stay? I know we missed out on Malcom (given the news) so I suppose it all hinges on whether Ozil signs da ting.

Keep up the great work, despite losing Sanchez I'm more optimistic about this season than I was in the summer.

{Ed002's Note - No, I would not be so sure that Oezil will be replaced by HM. The club remain keen on Malcom to replace Walcott but price is an issue. You are right to stay optimistic, the cleansing will continue.}

22 Jan 2018 20:41:29
Hasn't poyet said he’s going nowhere.

23 Jan 2018 03:49:39
Appreciate the response Ed002.

22 Jan 2018 18:13:37
Henrikh Mkhitaryan confirmed.

22 Jan 2018 18:47:40
About time this was done was proper drawn out, wonder would have been comical if either failed to get an extended work permit. Welcome Mkhi. Wonder If Ozil will be willing to sign on now?

22 Jan 2018 18:57:58
Always loom at the positives Wesley. 😉.

22 Jan 2018 17:56:55
Arsene Wenger, a very good attacking coach I respect but you guys need to know that the manager that got the best out of mkhitaryan and aubameyang was the one and only Thomas Tuchel. The signings being made are in preparations for Tuchel taking over in the summer. That is the Arsenal signing that will really shape the club and make sure we don't have to endure what other clubs go through when rebuilding.

22 Jan 2018 18:38:33
He won’t because he doesn't get on with the backroom staff that we got from bvd so he isn’t our next manager.

22 Jan 2018 18:58:33
Absolute twaddle. Jokey or serious posts only please. 🙂.

22 Jan 2018 15:15:20
Auba arrived for training an hour early today. Wow i thought that's some commitment but training doesn't start while 15.30 ha ha, they allow their players a good lay in.

22 Jan 2018 08:48:25
Bellerin kos mustafi kolasinac



Ozil xhaka Wilshere Mkhitaryan


Lacazette Aubameyang.

22 Jan 2018 09:58:20
Good team, but still no dedicated DM (because we don't have one) .

Imagine taking out Xhaka and replacing him with Kante.

22 Jan 2018 10:21:49
Keeper would be hmdy.

22 Jan 2018 11:37:16
Imagine if we swapped Xhaka for Jorginho.

22 Jan 2018 13:30:09
We need a gk and dm and we also need a winger in the mould of Salah or sane so maybe malcolm in the summer or the Argentinan lad pavon or maybe zaha he's an upgrade on Walcott and Welbeck. It will be an interesting summer.

22 Jan 2018 18:52:02
As the others have mentioned that DM role is still big glaring hole in our squad. Xhaka is poor at tracking runners back and his tackling is not the best anyway to play in 2 CM formation, much better on the ball than without for sure.

22 Jan 2018 05:35:30
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 22nd January 2018