Arsenal Banter Archive July 27 2014

27 Jul 2014 23:14:23
Pretty happy with our new keeper. Hope he can give Szczesny a good fight for the No.1 jersey which he hasn't really had since he got it.

My only worry is that he is a touch on the small side for a GK.

27 Jul 2014 23:55:51
Did you know he is the same height at 1.83cm as Peter Shilton and Ray Clemence and a cm shorter than Gordon Banks who was 1.84cm tall.

Don't worry to much G95 :-)

{Ed003's Note - haha love it.}

28 Jul 2014 00:15:13
Pat Jennings and Bob Wilson were only 6ft also - pretty good company I would say

I find shorter keepers are decent whilst young as their flexibility and athleticism compensates for their lack of height. Once in their 30's they tend to go downhill fast. The top keepers in the PL, tend to be very tall. All the shorter keepers mentioned were from days gone by, the game is different now.

{Ed025's Note - i agree robbie..

Everyone's forgetting the Ox he made the save of the season at the boot sale stadium and he's less than 9 inches high

28 Jul 2014 13:20:03
G62,

I'm sure it was Gibbs :-)

28 Jul 2014 13:47:38
Wasn't it the Ox but Gibbs got sent off for it, then both got off without a ban :-)

28 Jul 2014 14:15:09
Yep,

My comment was more tongue in cheek Jenjen lol

28 Jul 2014 14:58:55
Got it now Dags, doh! :-)

27 Jul 2014 22:32:19
Completely unrelated to rumours etc, Eds and all

With rodriguez signing for madrid 80 odd mil, recieving back 35.7 mil or however much in shirt sales already!? So ~2 seasons he's paid for his transfer already. ( not wages etc)

Is this purely because its madrid, or do you think that premier league clubs could do similar, sign one of these outrageous players and if they are big enough name pay back their transfers.

Extreme example but Messi to arsenal,
Would he pay back his transfer fee by the time say a 5 year deal would be up?

28 Jul 2014 00:13:26
you raise a good point batch,
definitely think it's possible, to a similar extent it's like a big name going to a smaller club = henry to new york red bulls,
seems like all the countries with teams backed by a lot of sporting money can buy former big names to promote the league and that player,
maybe not as high of a percent of his transfer fee but a sizable amount,

i think because the spanish, english, german, french leagues are already paying silly money, it's effect is multiplied. but maybe it's the equivalent but for different reasons to go to that league/club/country? something like that

28 Jul 2014 00:17:09
Did they really sell that many extra shirts or they bought a shirt anyway and put his name on it
Makes them feel better I think.

28 Jul 2014 00:42:30
Honestly think Messi would. Not only in shirt sales, but imagine the amount of 'fans' Arsenal would gain worldwide?

Surely RM doesn't receive every penny of the 35mil. the club probably get 10% (for example) of all t-shirt sales

it would help recuperate some of the transfer fee but I don't see it covering 80 mil in 2 years

having said that. if RM estimate 4 mil every year for 5 years. that 20 mil and they would see that Rodriguez only cost them 60.

I don't like middle age older people In football shirts especially with names in the back but if was to sign not only would my three lil boys be wearing an arsenal shirt but my self and wife would also is probably buy all three kits lol each

Agreed madstone, on all parts

It's well documented that, obviously they don't get the whole figure but they will get a large chunk of it.

MrD. - 4 million is a very low estimate of a players shirt at RM, they will undoubtedly get their money back in shirt sales alone for rodriguez.

I think ronaldo was paid for very quickly as well

27 Jul 2014 19:53:39
Pat Jennings and Bob Wilson were only 6ft so I feel a little better about our new keeper

Great business from Wenger and the board so far -let's bag a few more including a CDM

Back to the days of Pace and Power all over the pitch

27 Jul 2014 20:35:37
That's why I think SK could do the trick. He seems to have power and like to make runs. Dunno if we really need someone to sit back at all times. Just when we need it

27 Jul 2014 19:29:29
Following 'The Barn's' fun post regarding Tee-shirt's, if you could merchandise your own Tee, what would it say?

(It must be based on this website).

My Tee-Shirt's would say>>>

A) "Lol"

B) "Would you like to ride Side-Saddle with me?".

C) "Remy Remy Remy".

D) " Dag's".

E) "In Dag's we trust.

F) "Jenjen"

G) " Bag it and tag it".

27 Jul 2014 20:23:47
Oh, and

"You heard it here first".

Oh and no doubt

"Bam Bam's never happy "

28 Jul 2014 00:01:53
"Bam Bam loves Remy"?

And on the back " No I
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Him".

Mine would say "the boys custard"

How about ITK?

28 Jul 2014 13:12:26
"My other T-Shirt says Sp*rsman"

28 Jul 2014 15:21:39
"Looking for Malaga"

27 Jul 2014 17:54:13
Southampton lad (Their rumours page )
Saying he was talking to Sir Pat Rice, and Pat told him Chambers was a done deal.also that Lord Wenger had him look over some olympiacos lad but Pat chose Chambers.
Sanago is out already,
Does anyone else think we need a striker

27 Jul 2014 16:53:07
Schneiderlin, Carvalho and Khedira. Are they still our only DM targets? Checked search function and can't find any others. But can't help thinking Wenger has something sneaky up his sleeve that we have no idea about.

27 Jul 2014 16:06:06
JUST heard Remy failed his medical.
Aparently some gooner fan kicked him just before it
They are looking for a shady gooner fan with Loic on his shirt and a tattoo of JENJEN on his arm.

27 Jul 2014 17:02:57
Hehe nice one Welsh,

I'm pleading the 5th amendment on this one.:-)

27 Jul 2014 15:52:49
Remy deal to liverpool off.

Rumours are Dags spiked his drink to throw the medical.

27 Jul 2014 18:40:02
I've been rumbled, lol.

27 Jul 2014 15:12:43
Good news for dags, with remy failing his medical at liverpool.

27 Jul 2014 18:41:05
Watch this space Batch, lol.

27 Jul 2014 13:23:21
Dags your famous mate!
I just had a look at the spurs page and I've never seen so many tribute acts in one place

27 Jul 2014 14:00:06
LOL! This cracked me up. One-liner of the year so far to G62. Ed 27 has some work to do to retain the title.

27 Jul 2014 18:42:00
They are all imposter's G62 :-)

27 Jul 2014 13:03:15
Ospina woooooa-oh
Opsina woooooa-oh
He signed for us from nice
He is better than Lloris.

And so it begins.

Very good Akie. I like it!

To what tune

27 Jul 2014 13:49:45
Lol love it. In all seriousness I did see online some French guy talking bout him
And how people in ligue 1 rate him better than lloris. Make of that what you will I only saw him in the WC

27 Jul 2014 16:14:23
Nice! I read a stat that only Buffon(81.1%) had a higher save ration than Ospina (80.3%) in the top five leagues.

I only saw him in the WC myself. from what I've seen he's a great shot stopper but I don't think he held onto the ball once!

27 Jul 2014 19:14:05
I did think that about holding it. Still either way he is our number 2 and will
Push szez

I think that is harsh Sheeny, he had the best stats of any keeper in the WC for intercepting crosses with 12. Every match he looked comfortable holding on to the ball, it was Ochina who never held on to anything.

Meant Ochoa not Ochina.

28 Jul 2014 15:19:13
Maybe I am confusing the two again. But I'm certain of what I saw of them both I wasn't particularly impressed.

Neither caught a shot to my recollection and parried the ball instead.

But I will yield to you Gunny because I have confused them before and I've seen very few games of his

27 Jul 2014 12:11:13
Arsenal exploring the possibility of pogba, heard the same eds?

{Ed002's Note - No.}

27 Jul 2014 04:25:53
Hi Eds,
Is the talk of us enquiring on Douglas Costa and Firmino accurate? If so, is it because we are likely to let Cazorla go?

{Ed002's Note - I don't know what this "talk" is. Arsenal has been interested in Douglas Costa in the past. To the best of my knowledge, two clubs have held very recent discussions with Hoffenheim about Firmino - neither of which is Arsenal. See previous answer about Cazorla.}

27 Jul 2014 13:33:03
Thanks Ed. By talk, I meant papers linking us with a move recently. I didn't realise this was posted here on banter, I may have asked this one twice, because I didn't see this come up on rumours. I've forgotten to hit send before, thought I'd done it again. Apologies.

27 Jul 2014 11:11:06
Just had a quick look at our fixtures and city at home the start of Sept and chavski away start of Oct just how big would two wins physiologically?
If we can get the can't beat top teams syndrome off our backs early in the season we could be in for a very exciting ride

Always a good time to play another 'big boy' as teams are trying to find their form, hopefully new signings and return of Theo and Ox + the world cup winning boys we have a great chance of getting off to a flier

27 Jul 2014 13:55:39
Dead right G62. The City match early would be a useful three points and set an excellent tone. Chel$ki deeper into October would be one we would going into and expect to win as part of the regular course of the season and stamp our authority on the EPL - it would put a real edge to the remaining matches with the top six or seven teams. for them -:)

27 Jul 2014 10:21:27
Hi Banbury mate Jack apologizing is a very good sign and apparently he also said he knows he's running out of chances on the pitch!
If he really means what he says this is excellent news for Arsenal England and most importantly Jack himself, footballers are a long time retired and long after the the hangers on have diapered the regret of what could and should have been could haunt him for years.
Com'on Jackie boy be the Aaron Ramsey of this season

Too true, I hope he will really knuckle down. There is no doubting his ability he has it in abundance, let's hope he becomes the star we know he can be

27 Jul 2014 12:31:13
It's what we all want and he's the one that's got to do it, I'm sure he's going too. :-)

27 Jul 2014 09:51:22
Personally I dnt tink 16 mill is too much for chambers. Luke Shaw is 19 too. Same height as chambers. Left back n bit more injury prone. N Manchester United paid 30 mill fr him! N both of em are home grown which is an advantage.

27 Jul 2014 10:05:40
I agree , the fact they are both the same height makes all the difference!

Luke Shaw was massively over priced, a fair price shouldn't be judged on what other players are being sold at

Apparently Shaws on 120,000 aw! Madness in the extreme

Luke Shaw is quality IMO. It is a lot of money but I honestly think he will be a top left back for a long time absolutely gutted he joined United his crossing ability is crazy would of loved him at Arsenal. He's on £120,000 a week though that's nearly Sanchez and Ozil wages which is ridiculous for a 19 year old.

26 Jul 2014 15:06:20
Ed, fellow gooners, just wondered what your thoughts are on the idea of keeping Vermaelen and actually playing him as our defensive midfielder we so need?

{Ed027's Note - no we've got the money to get the finished article, no time to play around now

Exactly ed Verm has come across like an upset kid at times since Van Pussy left and hasn't been the leader on the pitch we needed so let him go if Manchester United want to pay £10mil let them! Then get Vidal or Khedira :)

27 Jul 2014 14:01:07
Completely disagree with you Baz. Verm has been an outstanding professional since losing his place. Never complained, never bucked and whined about transfers.

Wrote his captains notes with dignity even though he knew he wasn't going to be playing.

On the pitch; plain and simple he wasn't performing and that's why he lost his place but "upset kid" is an absolute falsehood

26 Jul 2014 18:30:43
Hi eds just wondering if there has been renewed interest in Khedira.

Just read reports that he is now looking for €9m/y which is ~£136k a week.

Could there still be a chance of a deal?

I searched and there hasn't been a mention of him in some time on the rumours page

27 Jul 2014 01:18:46
Hi Sheeny,

I posted earlier to that effect.

Apparently he is keen, hence the drop in wage demand.

I think he is in final year of contract so Real Madrid will hopefully cash in on him.

Here's hoping.

Sadly I read this in the metro so its more likely he's increased his demands to 200,000 aw

27 Jul 2014 14:25:45
I think you'll find I beat you to it Dags

26 Jul 2014 23:45:18 (you)
26 Jul 2014 18:30:43 (me)

What do I win?

Where I read it they Sourced La Sexta but for all I know that's the Spanish Metro!

26 Jul 2014 23:51:31
Jack Wilshere has apologised for the “unacceptable” images of him smoking in a Las Vegas swimming pool this month and has said it will never happen again. The 22-year-old Arsenal and England midfielder, who was pictured outside a nightclub with a cigarette in his mouth last season, is well aware of his responsibilities as a role model and a parent and knows such incidents cannot keep occurring.