Arsenal Banter Archive May 25 2015

25 May 2015 22:42:24
Ed had already mentioned that a deal wasn't going to happen, but Dybala has confirmed that he will be moving to Juve.

On to the next target then.

25 May 2015 21:49:50
Ancelotti sacked, the premier league is totally sane compared to La liga.

26 May 2015 00:01:05
He didn't do his job, win trophies. They will get a new manager next season and they will win and if they don't he will be joining andy chellotty in the dole queue.

26 May 2015 05:19:38
He won 4 trophies in two seasons.
He won Real Madrid their historic 10th Champions League.
He was 2 and 3 points off winning the title in those seasons.
He went on a 22 game winning streak.
He had a win rate of 75%

Him getting sacked is just insanity. Considering aswell that he doesn't even sign his own players, Perez does. And he also allowed Di Maria and Alonso to leave.

Really feel for Carlo..

26 May 2015 08:39:41
The players didn't want him to go, the fans didn't want him to go and the President don't want him to go either so why did he have to go? Because that's what Real do and no one really knows why.
But if they do get Benitez :-) Ancelotti will be back in charge before next season ends, he will have his back op and then set about rebuilding what Rafa breaks

26 May 2015 10:35:55
Ancelloti won't be short of a job Steve

25 May 2015 18:03:01
Just wondering if there is any arsenal interest in some players I think could be bargains. Abdul Rahman baba, Kevin wimmer, nolito, darmian,

{Ed002's Note - Rahman is expensive and could be headed to another London side. Wimmer is heading to another London side. Nolito is of interest to a northern side. Darmain is an option for another London side if someone decides not to renew his contract.}

25 May 2015 23:54:52
4 or so years ago, Abdul Rahman was supposed to
have trials with us from Asante Kotoko(Ghana) the clubs mouthpiece published, but it never happened, don't know why. I watched him play and I thought he was a good player even then.

25 May 2015 14:11:44
Transfer wishlist.

Out
Santi Cazorla 12
Theo Walcott 30
Lukas Podolski 5
Joel Campbell 10

In
Morgen Schneiderlin 25
Peter Cech 10
Pedro 10
Karim Benzema 30

Did I wish well?

25 May 2015 15:09:05
In's...totally agree.

Out's...cazorla and Theo?

No, no, no Sen.

25 May 2015 15:27:09
I would rather have Vidal playing next to Coq.

Benzema

Ozil

Sanchez - Vidal - Coq - Theo

Keep back 4 as plenty cover

New keeper - Cech

25 May 2015 15:49:29
No room for Aaron or the Ox SY?

25 May 2015 16:01:22
I would have Ramsey before ozil

25 May 2015 16:40:05
G62 - I am a huge Jack, Rambo, Ox and Santi fan as well as Giroud but if we are to step up then we need a stronger central core plus rotation / squad depth.

I am sure Rambo would get plenty games but with Vidal, Coq, Rambo etc - there needs to be some big calls or we won't win the league....

The above gives us Rambo / Vidal , Coq / Vidal, Rambo / Vidal combinations to suit who we are playing

Still room for sentiment and good players like Ox and co but they may not be in my strongest 11

25 May 2015 23:15:09
IDEALLY I'd take in Handanovic, Javi Martinez and Lacazette. Those being somewhat realistic but blissfully ignorant of injury problems and the fact Arsenal are showing little or no interest in 1/2/3 of them. Heck, I'll throw in Yaya too.

25 May 2015 09:47:33
An end of season joke for you all.

I have just stole a load of air beds from my local supermarket.

I'm going to have to li-lo for a while.

Enjoy. No need to thank me.

25 May 2015 14:00:47
I think you should li-lo

25 May 2015 14:13:37
Dags did you just reply to yourself with Malaga ;)

25 May 2015 15:10:36
Haha D16,

The mystery thickens :-)

24 May 2015 23:38:37
Theo Walcott proving he is a top player and are best finisher. His pace worries teams, his finishing is sharp, and he is also proving he can play ST aswell as RW.

I know he probably does not deserve his pay raise. But what is it. £20k more a week? Just give it to him. Worse case scenario he continues to be injury prone and shiw glimpses of his true ability.

However if we sell him, he could go to City or Liverpool and score 25/30 goals a season, with one of those teams pipping us to a title or champions league spot.

Keep Walcott as he is a quality player, and we have more than enough cover in Ox, Welbeck and Campbell/Gnabry when he's injured.

25 May 2015 01:30:29
Walcott defo has something and I would like to keep him but it's hard to judge off of one game. Too often when teams sit 10 behind the ball with us and we just kick the ball around the edge of the box does Theo disappear or just stand somewhere completely unplayable. No doubt he can be massive for us against teams that play high and we can get in behind but our biggest problem is teams that sit deep and give us the space outside the box. For that you need a clinical one shot goal type of guy that can create a chance from nothing and I don't know of Theo is that guy. Does he deserve 20k more? If someone at your work place came back after a year off sick and asked for a pay rise would you say yes? I'd like to keep him and play him more centrally next year but still don't think he's our ST solution

25 May 2015 09:46:20
one game wonder, while it was a good game to watch, and wilshere and walcott were busy having a kick about, one pulis made the changes, brought some energy into his team, wilshere and walcott were effectively neutralised.

not that giroud did a great deal lot, and sanchez seems fatigued, while ozil clearly is not a 90 min player, but has been improving over the past few months.

we ended the season on a good note, we need players like ozil to work on stamina, and strength, because he lacks nothing else( that we require him for)

if liverpool want walcott for sterling, i would gladly do it. not to say walcott won't score 20 goals in a season, he may quite rightly be a terror with sturridge, but we need dynamism, and sterling provides that.

however i do not see arsenal landing a player who will be the 3rd highest paid player at the age of 22, and has shown nothing but potential.

if he accepts 70k plus bonus then maybe

25 May 2015 10:01:31
Thats 20,000 reasons to sell and by a player who see's player for Arsenal as a honour.
If we have £20k a week to throw away give it to Kos, never a moments trouble seldom plays badly and loyal beyond question

25 May 2015 11:36:50
dear lord ........

25 May 2015 12:01:11
G62,

Lay off my boy Theo.

He's a game changer and a match winner.

I agree, he shouldn't be asking for a pay rise, although that could just be paper talk.

He's been out for a year, but when fully fit he's crucial to our cause of trying to win trophies.

He is almost back to form and fitness, yesterdays hat trick proves that.

Leave the kid alone.

You have been warned, lol.

25 May 2015 23:03:46
Dandan, it's on Wenger if he doesn't pick the right player for the job. Obviously Walcott will be more effective against some teams than others.

In my opinion, we shouldn't say no to selling Walcott. If a good offer comes along, great! If not it's fine. I would happily lose Walcott if we bought Lacazette regardless if you believe that he's a winger or not.