Arsenal Banter Archive May 26 2015

26 May 2015 22:29:35
I can't see us signing a very top striker and keeping both Giroud and Walcott, it would be impossible to keep all happy because if you play two up top it would impact on an already very competitive MF that is likely to be strengthen further.
Walcott out wide? that's not where he wants to play and Olly is the wrong age to become anyone's understudy.

{Ed025's Note - if its true that theo will not be happy wide, and that giroud would not want a fight on his hands for a starting place..then my advice would be to get rid of both G62, i hate it when players dictate to the boss mate..

26 May 2015 22:43:30
I heard Perry Groves talking today Ed and he said he thought Theo would go because he wants to be both first chioce and play down the middle, to be fair to him he has stated that lots of times in the past and during his last contract saga reassurances on that were a big factor for him in signing.
As for Giroud its just a personal view playing second fiddle won't be enough for him at this stage of his career, but as we all know only too well I could be wrong, again Ed :-)

{Ed025's Note - i like theo but i think he has got a cheek mate..

26 May 2015 22:52:41
Charlie Austin.

There, I said it again :-)

{Ed025's Note - not good enough...there i told you again dags.. :)

26 May 2015 22:55:42
Funny enough as much as I dislike his financial demands I've always thought if he's,ever going to be a very top player it is down the middle and not out wide where he's very hit and miss for me and will only ever be OK rather than exceptional.

{Ed025's Note - hes hardly henry though G62, his finising is very poor imo mate which is not the greatest trait for a central striker..

26 May 2015 23:00:25
Chas would be a half way measure to keep others happy Dags and a recipe for recapturing the 4th place trophy.

26 May 2015 23:09:00
True Ed but neither is he or ever will he be a Bale Roben or Ranaldo, how's his goalkeeping? :-)

{Ed025's Note - the same as ospina,s...mediocre.. :)

26 May 2015 23:15:18
Walcots finishing is far bettervthan people think, check his stats and they are exceptional, his goals to shot ratio is is one of the highest in the prem and far better than giroud. He is a very capable goal scorer, but his goals to pound notes is poor.

26 May 2015 23:19:00
Got to agree mate, he looks suspiciously un premier league winning material to me mate, decent bit not a top keeper for sure.

26 May 2015 23:25:20
I hear you Ed.

But let me throw this at you, purely as banter.

Lukaku £28m 10 prem goals.

Austin £12m 18 prem goals.

I rate Lukaku very highly but Charlie has performed miracles this season at a club who got relegated.

In fact, I honestly think a Lukaku/Austin strikeforce at Everton would be immense.

G62,
I honestly think Austin would be great at Emirates.
18 prem goals, he would be a perfect partner/understudy to Giroud.

Look at Remy this season.
OK, he didn't set prem on fire, but he scored some valuable goals in the absence of Costa and Drogba.

We need a back up who is possibly happy to step up but still be happy to be a squad player.

{Ed025's Note - austin did very well dags theres no denying that but imo he is very raw, giroud should be your back up striker mate if your serious about winning the league..

26 May 2015 23:27:16
PS, and he only scored 2 less than Diego Costa.

{Ed025's Note - so...theres not a great deal of difference between austin and costa then?...speaking of costa..wake up and smell the coffee mate.. :)

27 May 2015 07:07:08
Lol, I like that Ed :-)

27 May 2015 07:52:42
Lol, I find it funny how people want an understudy to Giroud. Giroud will never be part of a title winning starting 11 in England. If Chelsea sell Costa and replace him with Giroud, they will not win the league, if Barca sell Suarez and replace him with Giroud, they will not win their league. Giroud is an average striker at best. Yes he works hard, but then again, sometimes we want a magician of a striker. I think he should be in the top 5 strikers for missed chances in the EPL this season. He is bench material for me. This so called "Arsenal way" of him holding the ball up has won us zilch EPL and UCL trophies.

27 May 2015 19:54:49
Austin is good enough to be worth a shot, he's as good at every club he's been at as Giroud was when we bought him

26 May 2015 16:16:35
Loved this comment by Morgan Schneiderlin.

"If I leave Southampton it is for a club that plays better than Europa League".

Bye bye Tottenham.

26 May 2015 17:54:44
Love it

26 May 2015 13:16:13
A bit of a stab in the dark ed, but have you heard any whispers regarding Remy? I can't imagine he will take Diego Costa's place in the starting 11 any time soon, yet I think he's too good to be on the bench so often and when he does get on the pitch he tends to score a goal. Maybe he is content with his role.

{Ed002's Note - You want the Chelsea page for this.}

26 May 2015 14:52:47
Well I meant have you heard any transfer whispers since we (Arsenal) may be on the lookout for a striker and we were linked with him last summer. I'm not too concerned with the Chelsea team selection side of my post.

{Ed002's Note - There is stuff going on with him - but it is nothing to do with Arsenal.}

26 May 2015 15:22:38
Nice one

26 May 2015 09:47:00
Fekir and Lacazette would be the best move in my opinion. Although Lacazette move doesn't seem likely, according to Ed, i would push for them BOTH, as they have a sick synergy. I definetly see Fekir as Cazorla's heir, he's 21 perfect age to learn from Caz for a season or two.

Perfect window would be Cech and Schneiderlin in addition to Fekir and Lacazette but i believe that would be pretty expensive as these players would not come cheap

Cech - 10 mil
Schneiderlin - around 30 mil
Fekir - 20-30 mil
Lacazette - probably 35-40

So unless we sold someone for big cash i don't think this could happen. But I really beleive that these players would make us serious title contenders.

And the reason i didn't mention any defensive signings is because i believe we got that covered. We signed Gabriel in January, we have him and Chambers as covers for Merts and Kos and if injuries get really serious Debuchy and Monreal can cover. Maybe a bargain left back although i wouldn't make that a priority.

For now let's just focus on that FA cup final, bring that trophy home boys! :)

26 May 2015 12:35:53
i don't think we can get both, fekir would be the more likely of the two lyon players, and i think higuain or martinez would be one of the options upfront.

26 May 2015 08:57:23
are benzema an option? and if we do sign a striker, are arsenal then looking to sell giroud?

{Ed002's Note - Search engine broken?}

26 May 2015 00:26:39
Eds does the sacking of Ancelotti impact any of their transfer activity?
I know Isco has been looked at, and fingers crossed wouldn't mind taking Bale off their hands

{Ed002's Note - Not one iota.}

25 May 2015 23:51:48
My thoughts on this season. Pluses we finished 3rd, we scored more goals, and let in less, sancez, coq, bellarin and shezny (think about it). Negatives, we got less points, we were further behind the leaders and we had second in the bag and blew it. Champions league failure agin under similar circumstances. opinion is we need a goalie, a left back, a centre back, a strong tall ball winning midfielder and a striker of some repute, to even think of closing the gap and attaining the 85 points usually needed to win the league. Wenger showed again his falability to young managers, who set their teams up to stiffle our brand of football. He again showed his own lack of tactical ability and trying to shoehorn his best players into a team, ignoring balance or opposition strengths. His idea of tactics are bringing a midfielder or striker on with 20 minutes to depending on how he feels the game is going. My opinion is we will never win a league whichever players he signs while maureen is in town because he will never get the better of someone who knows he is better than him. He just has him in his pocket tactically. The fa cup is a plus if we win, but like i said last year, its great to win it but it doesn't mean you are a great team or manager. I would have liked him to have bowed out a hero last year and i would this. Only two more years to wait to challenge again, i hope.

26 May 2015 08:02:10
So so negative Steve lol.

26 May 2015 08:32:11
Loving the positivity Steve, lol.

Good post to be honest mate.

26 May 2015 09:01:26
My take is this 2014 Arsene had to go because he refused to do the obvious, 2015 he finally brought in a DM and we had a magnificent run which only really hit the skids after we failed to beat chelsea.
Winning the premier league next season will be difficult for us chelsea city and utd but one of us will and the other 3 will this time next year be still be trying to find solutions.
Arsene finally allowed himself to change in January and our teams work rate improved 100% plus he became much more expectant of everyone hence the more reliable defensively Monreal finally displaced Gibbs long term.
A lot more positives than negatives in 2015 which is handy because 2014 was pathetic.

26 May 2015 14:05:26
People dismiss Arsene, but if we got rid of him every team in the world would be interested. Even Abramovich gets sick of watching Mourinhos teams. Who would you have as Wenger's replacement exactly?

26 May 2015 17:00:32
Clippity KLOPP, LemonTree