Arsenal Banter Archive February 23 2014

23 Feb 2014 23:31:13
Gents and Jenny,

Who would be your top 3 nominations for PFA Player of the Year?

(From the head and not the heart please)

1) Ya Ya Toure

2) Suarez

3) Hazard

Was going to say Suarez again Dags but I've changed my mind lol. Given the form he's in if Sturridge scores the winners against his 2 old clubs at anfield he'll be player of the century ha ha.

24 Feb 2014 05:58:56
1. Saurez

2. Aguero

3. Hazard

Suarez
Rambo
Yaya

1) Suarez
2) Hazard
3) mertesacker

1 Suarez
2 Sturridge
3Toure

Difficult to not be biased here

Suarez, Aguero, Per and Kos

I would put Rambo in there if it was not for his long lay off

You can draw games if you keep a clean sheet and I love watching our defence nowadays as they make me very proud BUT its the striker or tricky winger who gets you off your seat with excitement

Based on that and nothing to do with the guy being a less than nice player - I go for Suarez. Only issue is not doing it on the very big stage but he does enough and always gives Liverpool hope. That says a lot to me.

Per has to win our player of the season followed closely and more quickly by Kos!

1) Dawson
2) Soldado
3) Lamela

Three of the worst footballers, who guarantee that the Toot will not finish top four!

Saurez he would get in any team

Toure a beast in the middle

and a leftfield nomination if you were to include Scotland would be Fraser Forster just for not conceding in 1215 minutes and counting. No matter what you say about the quality of Scottish football, it is some feat.

23 Feb 2014 22:14:51
I have a feeling utd will end up with honours this season after all, I think we will finish the season all level with points won and lost with our tittle rivals as with Liverpool by drawing with Chelski and beating city.
Leaving utd as the only team to win an advantage over us for he season, something they will use to boast of in the years to come being the only team to out point the champions in 2013/14 season

Here's hoping mate

23 Feb 2014 18:47:58
Let's all laugh at spurs! HAH

23 Feb 2014 19:29:53
That little Spurski lad was on here posting and said how he thought it was hilarious that Szczesny had been sent off and we would now fall apart after the Bayern game in posts on their page.

Obviously that was before he saw Soldado miss a sitter in that Johnstone's Paint Trophy thing there in on Thursdays or Norwich beat them in a bore fest today.

Wonder if he's premature in everything?

Oh Jenny, behave lmao ha ha!

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, eh Jen?

Just saw their page, all very sad sad sad sad. (timmy out, got to blame someone). they probably wondering where the hell the 100 mill really went:) DG:) nice reply to the spurskid. well, as one may say, Beep beep, mind the gap:)hahahha:):) sorry:P
COYG andi:)

I refuse to comment on Soldado until we have played spurs in a few weeks, what is the betting he .well I won't say it.

Andi,

I had to go onto Spurs page and say something to the boy, lol.

They play Chelski on the 8th after which their season may well be over making the game against us on the 16th the be all and end all of their entire season

They're so obsessed with us, it's cute.

24 Feb 2014 19:37:47
Johnstons paint trophy thing.

Brilliant Jenny, proper lmao!

P.s not being in it may be better, as our league form would suggest!

23 Feb 2014 16:35:20
Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal and Jack Wilshere will all be fit and in the squad for the stoke game.

This is great news as Kos has been instrumental in our challenge in the league and cup competitions.

Mesut Ozil should also be fit after his "knock" which we all know is Wengers way of taking him out of the firing line.

Good news, now all we need is Rambo abck and we will be near full strength.

Ramsey will be back after the International fixtures, hopefully the 'new boy' will also be close to joining the squad

23 Feb 2014 15:06:34
Which player has most happily proved you most wrong in both current and past Arsenal teams?

Mine would be Szczesney reasons already stated Vieira, I thougt he looked clumsy and awful when he first arrived but he soon changed my opinion. I remember Pat Rice sending him on as a sub and thinking who evers he? How very wrong I was :-)

Ramsey and Mertascker have won a lot of people other as Flamini who I don't rember too many jumping for joy at us resigning him.

But who's your biggest ooops's

I slagged off Mertesacker in his first season and he has shoved those words back down my throat which I am happy to admit/accept.

Szczesny is really starting to mature into a top class keeper which is fantastic and the errors are becoming less frequent.

A lot of people have rubbished Sanago already and I just hope the lad is given a chance and comes good - which I think he will.

Ramsey has suprised me I have to say.

Limerick Gunner

I'm very careful not to slag players off now, for the fact that after a bad first season, they become a different player!

I was all for Ramsey going out on loan and wasn't exctatic when flamini signed either.

23 Feb 2014 18:55:06
Andre Santos, I thought he was never going to leave but he happily proved me wrong. :-)

Class that Jenny, that got a belly laugh :-)

Nicholas Bendtner. When I first saw him I thought he was absolutely useless.

Oh, hold on.

Mine has to be Per Mertesacker! Slated by Arsenal and non-Arsenal fans alike but I seem to remember him stating that give him time and he'd adapt his game to be effective in an Arsenal shirt. Think its safe to say he has done just that, has come on leaps and bounds this season and we can all thank him for that!

23 Feb 2014 11:24:58
Utds logic that it would cost more to replace Rooney than keep him makes excellent financial and immediate future on the pitch sense.

But I personally wouldn't want a player who stayed because of money alone and would rather go the long way round with players who want to play because they love the club.
I guess I'm just a natural gooner and very proud to be too.

23 Feb 2014 19:01:21
I think it was more a case of what they may lose if they didn't resign him.

There is little doubt that he is half the player he was a few years back and no real sign he will return to that level.

He though held all the cards because taking his current form out of it, he remains a massive name around the World, for a club the size of United to let him leave in their current position would potentially cause them huge problems in attracting better quality players thus they pretty much had to pay what he wanted.

Is agent is no mug and they have milked them for every penny going.

The United owners will see it as worth it to keep their money making machine doing just that.

G62, I think that's Rooney all over.

I'm sure he was going to leave 2 years ago, he threw his toys out of the pram so Fergie gave him an extra £50,000 per week.

23 Feb 2014 10:10:54
Amazing to see what a bit of a break can do for Giroud I thought the 2nd goal was a brilliant finish, He's missed 20 easier chances this season and with the emergence of Sanogo we now have a viable option to not HAVE to play Giroud every game.

I hope a couple of games out will do the same for Ozil, we have Aaron back for the Chelski game and IF he can start his come back as well as he started the season things will be looking better than ever.

Agree spot on and don't forget we might have diaby back for the last game too and he will be like a new signing.

We all wait for Diaby with feverish anticipation. We're becoming quite practiced at the waiting by now.

If he'd ever does come uncrocked, I will be happy for him on a personal level regardless of how well he plays, it must be a nightmare for the kid not knowing if his body will ever be fit enough to do the one thing he knows he can do well.

He didn't get much credit from the pundits for the 2nd goal, I thought it was a great finish from a tough angle with a keeper closing him down

Good point 1404. I tight the second goal was more impressive, he looked sharp to close on it and even sharpe to take it. Proper strikers goal.

23 Feb 2014 08:58:38
Great to see The Iceman being honoured with a statue outside the Emirates, what Arsenal player would ye like to see honoured next outside the Emirates . I know it will probably be Wenger but he is not a player, or does any player deserve it?

Limerick Gunner.

Ian wright

Agreed Steve. Wright is a legend. Second only the King Henry is the goal scoring stakes. The smiling assassin was one of my favourite players.

I think rocky should, and I imagine a lot other agree. He was outstanding.

Some other: Pires, ljungburg, vieira (basically any invincible)

But my biggest shout, Pat Rice! 44 years at the club, he certainly dwarves a statue. A real Arsenal man

23 Feb 2014 06:19:47
We now have 4 of our 7 defenders injured, which clearly illustrates the lack of a 4th centre back and quality young defenders coming through the ranks. Hopefully, the injuries to Koscileny & Monreal are not too serious.

Ignasi Miquel is having great season helping Leicester to the prem! I really think Wenger plans to have Jenks as a cb at some point as well. Would love to see Kurt Zouma added to the ranks maybe in the summer.