Arsenal Banter Archive October 24 2017

24 Oct 2017 22:30:39
Well done eddie the eagle. Saved a few first teamer blushes.

25 Oct 2017 06:31:43
I watched the game and it was a great little cameo and to be fair up until our equaliser Norwich would have deen deserved winners, the had chances to go 2,3 or 4 up playing on the counter.

There were some pretty poor performances all round to be honest, Giroud, Walcott, Elneny were bad, Jack didn’t do much, Coquelin for a DM was turning up all over the pitch.

Was a little disappointed in Holding again but thought Debuchy had a pretty good game.

Watching all these young guns, they all seem to be speed merchants, Nketiah probably the quickest, he played one long pass beyond the Norwich defence, left them for dead and smashed a shot in from an angle for what would have been his hatrick but the keeper made a good save.

Let’s hope a few push on, the next round should be a bigger test for them.

25 Oct 2017 09:31:07
Our answer to Marcus Rashford I ask you?

25 Oct 2017 12:42:52
It’s a time thing 62, don’t rush him and don’t put expectations onto him, would be lovely if he made it but let’s wait and see. 😁.

25 Oct 2017 13:00:51
gunner62 - give over, the lad has one game and your comparing him to the mighty rashford? no doubt the kid looks special but perhaps a little too soon to predict how good he can be. let's face it he could turn out to be the next sanogo.

25 Oct 2017 15:28:46
Whiskey when Rushford bust on the scene out of no where none of us thought it would continue and he was highly likely just a kid who had a good day, obviously it's exactly the same for this lad too.
I get and totally agree with what both yourself and Stoner are saying my post was in hopeful possiblity rather than making a rash prediction based on a cameo role in the Cowabunga cup.

25 Oct 2017 16:21:08
62 I didn’t think you were over egging him for a minute mate as like me you’re not a fan of that.

United fans on the other hand have announced the new messiah on countless occasions only to be disappointed. They really can’t help themselves. 😉.

25 Oct 2017 16:32:22
fair play gunner62, if he pushes on how rashford has he can reach great levels, hopefully for country too. If he has a level head on him like young Marcus then there's no reason why he can't become a great little player.

25 Oct 2017 16:32:25
Not saying he is or isn't it but arsenal fans need an home grown superstar striker.

25 Oct 2017 16:33:55
Rumblings from the club and people around him is that he is strongly fancied to make it.

25 Oct 2017 17:02:45
G62, for every Rashford there’s a hundred Ravel Morrison’s.

25 Oct 2017 19:45:59
Chelsea actually released him when he was 14. It would be great to think one of Nketiah, Nelson, Maitland-Niles or the likes of Da Silva or Willock could actually make it.

The last real youngsters from the UK I remember really making it when as young as these guys were the likes of Rooney and Owen. Both burst onto the scene and never looked back.

Any others I’ve missed and I’m talking 17 and 18yr olds?

25 Oct 2017 21:03:40
Stoner, agreed. Could a good manager help these lads in the future, including rene Adelaide and a few others to fulfill their potential. They need proper guidance and fixed positions to learn. That for me is also why we missed a trick this summer. Still they should still all be here in 18 months, not slowly being drip fed away and out of football.

24 Oct 2017 21:27:21
Walcott is useless the sooner he goes the better.

24 Oct 2017 09:41:29
Shows how far we have fallen - if Arsenal beat you away from home, you get sacked!

24 Oct 2017 10:17:49
I think it was the way they were beaten that was the problem mate.
They weren't good with 11 men on the pitch but when Gueye left the field it looked like half the other players went with him.
I like Koeman and think he will bounce back somewhere but if ever a club had to do something it was Everton, clubs sack managers far to easily these days but I think Everton had little choice because something somewhere had gone very wrong.

{Ed001's Note - you wouldn't like him if you knew him mate, incredibly arrogant man which is what actually cost him his job. You know he refused point blank to get involved in any of Everton's community work?}

24 Oct 2017 10:30:39
I thought that was the weakest Everton performance against us I have seen and Koeman had clearly lost the team, so the sacking came as no surprise. Silva or Dyche would be a good fit, whilst Moyes would be a mistake in my opinion. Fat Sam could do a decent job for them, even though their fans might not want him.

24 Oct 2017 10:53:39
Fair play Ed001 mate, just goes to show how easy it is to form an opinion about someone based only on TV interviews.
I've always thought managers players to should be interviewed as in the real world where someone is not only given a job on thier ability to do a job but on their personality and attitude too because it's no good having an individual who disrupts more they improve the current work force.

{Ed001's Note - managers usually do have to go through an interview process. Which is why I found the Everton recruitment of Koeman such a huge surprise, as I did say to Ed025 at the time. He is just not a fit for a club like them. A very limited manager with an insane arrogance. Everton are a friendly, community club and need a manager to fit that profile. Like you said in another thread about horses for courses, some managers just fit some clubs.}

24 Oct 2017 11:27:18
Totally agree Ed001 mate, I sometimes think clubs ignore the things that don't suite about a manager Because of his previous record or what the fans and media might want at the time, sometimes you've just got to be honest with yourself and admit what is there rather than what we want to be there.
Before I interviewed anyone I would have a list of what is important to the club and be honest about things that were not up for debate from the clubs view and if the preferred candidate isn't on board then it's a bad match between you and them and should go no further.
I think it should be similar with players too, you bid 50 million for someone you don't even know on a personal level, you can ask other about them but why not take the time to say " what can you give us? " Every bit as much as try and sweet talk them about what you can do for them, if they ain't prepared to sell themselves to you then chances are they ain't coming for the right reason. Just my opinion :-)

{Ed001's Note - I fully agree mate.}

23 Oct 2017 21:53:20
Funny quote from Ed025 on Toffee page.

Ronald Koeman and The Titanic have a lot in common.
Neither should have left Southampton 😂😂.

{Ed025's Note - i have to admit i stole that one dags, very true though mate.. :)

24 Oct 2017 12:23:53
It's so funny that after 105 years it's cool to make jokes about the loss of 1500 life's . I'm actually a fan of humour and dead against the sensorship of humour because it's not to some people's taste. I bet if it was a joke about Lockerbie, dunblaine or hillsborough it wouldn't get posted. But it's funny how time make jokes execeptable. Just to clarify dags I thought the joke was funny and glad it was posted. Just an observation in to what gets seen as exceptable.

24 Oct 2017 19:50:05
True point sanago, I was at Utd v spurs a few years back when the Utd fans were singing aberfan the tips are falling down. How can a group of old men sing about 120 kids getting buried alive disgusts' me.

24 Oct 2017 08:00:15
Hopefully onwards and upwards for your boys Ed.

{Ed025's Note - i would like to think so dags, its been difficult mate but we live in hope..