Arsenal Banter Archive November 22 2015

22 Nov 2015 21:29:13
Think it's time chambers should get a bit of game time. The lad is like Ramsey, i.e. coq needs a bit of confidence, to get his arsenal career going. he is only 20, not the quickest, but a defender could be like drier, but better. i think we need to get Ramsey back in the middle of the park for his energy.

i think carzola needs to recharge his batteries and have a rest. The team for next couple of games. cech, bellerin, kos, gab, monreal, Ramsey, chambers, ox, ozil, Sanchez, giroud. hopefully welbeck, Walcott, Wilshire will be back soon. then Sanchez can get a breather. i think we will go on a run now. we could do it, win the title.

We should buy a top quality holding mid in January transfer window. i'd change the captain. the arm band has been passed around a lot in the last few years. it's time to give it to Sanchez, or Ramsey. bit of quality that will be with arsenal for a good few years that have energy, workrate and passion. what does anyone else think of the captain situation?

22 Nov 2015 22:38:23
Agree about Chambers.
He's young, fit and athletic.
Stick him in the middle as a DM. Just sit him in front of the back 4.

22 Nov 2015 22:58:47
Chambers is out of his depth, he will only start as a complete last resort IMO.

22 Nov 2015 23:07:04
Bambam,
Due to a lack of fit players, Flamini apart, we might not have too much choice for DM.

23 Nov 2015 03:55:26
Id have Flamini over Chambers at the moment i'm afraid.

22 Nov 2015 18:02:29
Come on Gent's, chin up.

victories against Norwich, Sunderland and Villa, and this page will be as happy as Larry.
Plus, it will set us up nicely for the City game.

22 Nov 2015 18:14:26
Nice one Dags, some much needed positivity :-)

So Le Coq is now injured. It's now time for someone else to take the mantle - just like Le Coq did last year when he returned from a loan at Charlton. I'd rather we try this again than playing Flam Flam.

Time for Bielik or Niels-Matlin? Are there any others that we have to play holding midfield? And before it's said, I agree that we should have signed someone in the summer and we should never be in this position (for whatever reason. )

Failing that, we can convert Cazorla to a holding midfielder and have Wilshere on crutches partnering him LOL!

22 Nov 2015 18:55:25
Chambers is one option, he seems to have the attributes to fulfill the role but inexperience may inhibit his overall effect. This would be my primary choice though as it maintains balance of formation and allocation of midfield duties as opposed to playing someone else out of position.

Speaking of which, Ramsey could do a good job in the role if he is disciplined but that sacrifices some of the biggest assets he brings to the team.

Bielik could be given a chance although he has been playing predominantly at Centre Back for the youth team and it seems the coaching staff view that as his best long term position.

And of course, there is Flamini who is supposedly a specialist holding midfielder but at the moment seems to preoccupied playing the role of business mogul.

An injury to Le Coq was the biggest threat to our season, now we need to dig deep, figuratively and literally in the squad to find solutions. It will ultimately depend on the chemistry between a deep midfield duo to combat the castration. It will certainly be interesting and most importantly will force Wenger's hand in the transfer market. Hopefully Wanyama is incoming.

22 Nov 2015 19:13:38
Bielik I really really like.

22 Nov 2015 19:14:06
Le Coq absence is going to hurt us every bit as losing Cech Kos Ozil and Sanchez, he's one of our players who even with an otherwise fully fit squad we struggle to cope without.
January :-) you don't need mystic Meg to tell you what Arsene will be saying about players close to a return and how we don't need to buy in January and even if we did there would be no players available, well apart from those city utd spurs Chelsea and Liverpool some how find that is.

22 Nov 2015 19:38:43
That is a big worry g62, although I have more optimism for this January. With the expected summer departures of Messrs Flamini, Arteta and Rosicky, signings will be essential, presuming there aren't multiple breakthroughs from the youth team.

Wenger doesn't like making too many signings in one window for fear of squad disruption so at least one Jan addition seems logical to me. Much like the Monreal and Gabriel arrivals, where they are gradually integrated and ready to hit the ground running at the start of next season. I'd be surprised if a DM isn't acquired in Jan, especially as there is known interest in a few candidates.

22 Nov 2015 20:16:15
How anyone could still be surprised if/when we don't sign anyone is beyond me.
I'm sorry but Wenger the board the hotdog seller i don't know or care who's at fault anymore, but i do know that Arsenal have dropped the all on so many occasions in the last 3 years that we are fast becoming a joke.
We could have signed just 2 to 4 more players in those 3 years that would have on at least one occasion got us very close to being on top at the end of a season.

22 Nov 2015 20:36:33
Surprise emanates from the present set of circumstaces and the need to recruit due to the impending loss of three, albeit expendable, squad players. It doesn't depend on previous shrewdness in altered equations.

22 Nov 2015 20:43:22
Hope your right Lose mate but based on Arsenes past record I'm expecting another quite window with much talk of returning players being like new signings, as we sign Jack Wilshere every January :-)
I'm hoping to hold my hands up in amazement and happiness on being wrong.

22 Nov 2015 17:12:32
Anyone still not rate Harry Kane? No. Thought not.

{Ed025's Note - i do derby..hes not lukaku but hes very good.. :)

22 Nov 2015 17:27:14
Anyone think under Poch Tottenham ain't going to make life a little less comfortable for us and a lot less accepting of their natural place.

22 Nov 2015 19:04:47
He is a great manager and annoyingly at Tottenham. things are looking really promising for them at the moment and they seem on the cusp of something special.

However, as always, in true Tottenham style, I'm confident they'll find a way of totally screwing it up, sliding down the divisions and eventually into liquidation. The bubble will burst and the Cockerel will be roasted.

For now though, it is slightly concerning.

22 Nov 2015 19:10:46
There a real threat. I honestly believe that have got it right. He's an excellent manager.

22 Nov 2015 19:15:07
Eds lakuku could be up there. I question his drive at times tho. Kane on the other hand. Top top pro.

{Ed025's Note - i would not swap lukaku for kane myself derby, i really like kane but i feel lukaku has a better all round game mate..

22 Nov 2015 10:27:57
In the absence of Coquelin, I would prefer that we try Chambers in his role. It was obvious that we needed a couple of defensive midfield players in the last window. Arteta spent most of last season out injured and it looks likely that the same will happen again this season. Flamini simply isn't good enough and it was time to let Rosicky depart.
In the next window we must sign at least one defensive midfield player.
The clearout in the summer should be:
Ospina - possibly bring back Szczesny as cover for Cech
Debuchy - At his age he needs to play regularly and Bellerin is way ahead of him. We could bring back Jenkinson as cover.
Mertesacker - I love him to bits, but he can be caught out. We should sign a young quality replacement. I would love to see us make a huge effort to sign Stones from Everton.
Arteta, Flamini and Rosicky need to go
Campbell -Simply not good enough.
We should make every effort to sign Tielemans from Anderlecht. Wanyama from Southampton would be another useful aquistion, particularly for the more physical premier league matches against the likes of WBA.
I am still not convinced by Monreal, despite him performing well this season.
If we are to compete at the highest level, we must make the changes mentioned or be satisfied with 4th place in th PL and the last 16 of the CL.

22 Nov 2015 11:25:42
But we are talking about this in November. It's depressing it really is. The summer is ages away. Massive mis management. And anyone who says injuries are unlucky etc well we could see by looking at previous years this would happen. It pains me.

22 Nov 2015 11:53:13
It needs to be belt and braces or forget ever being champions given our seemingly unsolvable injury problems, if anyone is shocked or by our injuries their either new to football or naive.

22 Nov 2015 21:12:26
Why would you get rid of monreal.

21 Nov 2015 23:33:31
From what happend to le coq I think he's done his medial ligemt. I had the same from the same situation. Could be wrong. At least 6weeks out more likely 8weeks like a.

22 Nov 2015 07:49:02
Not looking good mate.
He's the one player we can't afford to lose.

22 Nov 2015 08:22:26
Which is why we should have got Schneiderlin.

22 Nov 2015 09:33:01
Banbury he thought the squad was strong enough which is hilarious. If of taken lassana diarra on a free at the very least. Flamini arteta should of gone and two coming in.

22 Nov 2015 13:11:26
Comical seeing as we or most of us could see that

But of course as AW said . " There just aren't the players available "