Arsenal Banter Archive January 28 2015

28 Jan 2015 21:55:37
It's just hit me quite how ugly paulista is. Jeez, the guy makes Flamini look like prince charming

{Ed025's Note - i think making fun of peoples looks on this site is in very poor taste, whether it be on here, in the schoolyard or in work, young people also visit this site and may deem it ok to bully people because of their appearance........not so saintly now are you saint?.. :)

I detect you may have put on a few stone this week Ed?

Spot on ed :)

Anyways. uglier the better, I don't want a bunch of pretty boys in my team scared of messing up there gelled hair or getting a bruise/scratch on there grid.

The not so kind on the eye footballers get stuck in n fight for the ball. So more the merrier please :)

{Ed025's Note - that would make phil neville a world beater je..

Booooom!! You smashed that one out the park ed :) niiiice

But to clarify my comments are true. he did say he would of crippled rosicky. bad ass ugly boy :) lol

If flamini is ugly saint then I wouldn't want to go to some bars with you. There be no women left for me.

Flamini is no David vaughen. Notts forest

28 Jan 2015 23:43:16
Apparently Phil Neville has been 'told off' for the comment he made about Rosicky.

Possibly said in jest, but still a tad unprofessional.

If I were an attacker I'd rather run towards a good looking defender rather than a man beast!

Err not that I think there are ANY good looking defenders!, apart from the Women's teams!


Cammy Out
Xx

I think Neville was trying to sound a big man but got it badly wrong Dags. He's not cut out for the job imo.
Awful co commentator ànd poor pundit., e all jobs some will be brilliant and others will struggle

Haha, brilliant ed ;)

{Ed025's Note - its all good mate.. :)

I think anyone taking offence to anything we post needs to man up, I mean the amount of abuse we give Dags and he's still here, albeit he has changed his name 428 times ;-)

{Ed025's Note - its like water off a ducks back 337, be it dags, dagala. malaga or spurs man he always bounces back, hes like a rubber ball mate.. :)

Red dog we are going to wembley. that's why we are happy. better than losing to bradford like you lot did, and what about you last year you beat the mighty wigan and you lot thought you won the european cup lol. i'm off to listen to chas and dave SPURS ARE ON THEY WAY TO WEMBLEY

{Ed025's Note - i heard that its live on UK GOLD raver..

Correct ed, along with their previous celebration song "diamond lights" by Hoddle, waddle and twoddle!

29 Jan 2015 18:27:57
Raver,

Sorry we didn't get to face Bayern, Real and Argentina in our cup run. You can only beat what's put infront of you. If its so easy why didn't you make it that? Oh yeah you got dumped out in the third round by us.

28 Jan 2015 20:38:21
Just my pennies worth on Diego Costa.

He is a terrific striker but very dirty.

But, players need that sometimes.
Sure, players like Alan Smith and Gary Lineker were terrific and never courted controversy, but players like Ian Wright, Eric Cantona, Thierry Henry, Van Persie, Van Nistelrooy and Alan Shearer all had a dark side, that's what made them great strikers.

But, for me, Costa is just plain nasty.

Mourinho is taking some stick from you boys, and understandably so, but come on, do you really expect him to hang Costa out to dry?

Of course he will stick up for him.
When have you ever seen Wenger slate one of our players for being a bit naughty? Never.

For me, the lowest of the low, was when Vieira spat at Ruddock and I don't remember Wenger coming down on Vieira.

We slate Costa, rightly so because he is an out and out ar5ewipe, but the Chelsea supporters love him and are singing his praises.

The same could be said for Mourinho.

Sussex summed it up perfectly in an earlier post, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".

For me, players like Costa ruin the game with their win at all cost attitude.

That said, compare that to another player who also has a win at all cost attitude, Alexis Sanchez.

2 players who are poles apart in attitude and gamesmanship.

{Ed025's Note - but would you take him or suarez over the forwards you have now?, principals are fine and dandy..but they dont win you titles im afraid..

28 Jan 2015 21:09:13
Ed,

I would bite your arm off for Suarez and stamp on your foot (twice) for Costa.

Pun's intended.

28 Jan 2015 21:37:31
I imagine the fans that were previously calling him a warrior in the belief he'd got away with his stamp are now calling him another name beginning with W with an anchor in it.

Some times titles are won or lost on players missing vital games or slipping and letting Demba Ba in.

A result in the negative against City could cost them more than they imagined.

This will not be his last ban.

28 Jan 2015 18:18:40
Nice to see Joel Campbell put pen to paper on a deal to stay with us

28 Jan 2015 18:40:20
I was just reading that on the club website, also noted that Bielik and Akpom are now in the 1st team squad.

See that Arteta has got another 12 months extension on his contract too.

Glad about Arteta - I think he is badly underrated . He might not be the fastest in the legs but he is in the head.
As my old man used to say- it's no good getting older unless you get smarter

28 Jan 2015 20:11:44
Speaking of getting old.

We use to call our Grandad Spiderman.

He didn't have any super powers, just had a lot of trouble getting out the bath.

{Ed025's Note - my grandad had trouble getting in!!..

When I get old I want to pass just like my grandad, peacefully asleep, and not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus.

{Ed025's Note - love it EG..

28 Jan 2015 21:17:14
Love it Epping.

My Grandad use to suffer from arthritis in his feet, so my Nan use to rub lard on them.

He went downhill fast after that.

28 Jan 2015 16:44:14
Gabriel signing confirmed, no surprise there then, but at least I don't have to change my name!

28 Jan 2015 10:36:42
Clubs should take more responsibility for the actions of their own players conduct rather than complaining about others when the boot is on the other foot.
Sorry Liverpool fans but if your club/manager backs Suarez numerous times during his Liverpool days then surely your due a Costa night.
When a player let's down the entire game with their behavior rather than appeal and protest against any bans his club should accept and +1game the length of the ban imposed and show some dignity imo

{Ed001's Note - I agree completely.}

Morinho and Rodgers are cut from the same "win at all costs" cloth. Rodgers and Liverpool's defence of Suarez was deplorable and Chelsea's Mourinho-esc gamesmanship both on and off the field leaves that same bad taste in my mouth. They can both go elsewhere for me, they are not what our game needs.

Retrospective punishment has to be available and accepted by all clubs, deliberate violent behavior should be a minimum 20 games for the first offence and minimum 2 years second offence.
Suarez and Costa's value and wages would would plummet and there could be no better example than that to young players than to see a top player making them self's unemployable by most clubs even in their prime

{Ed025's Note - bit harsh that mate..

Youre right mate it is harsh but fair I think.
Its a mans game and full blooded honest tackles are a brilliant part of it and sometimes people get hurt and even careers ended sadly but if its not deliberate its part of the game. Stamping biting spitting on people are totally unacceptable and should be dealt with accordingly imo.

{Ed025's Note - dealt with i agree G62...4 match ban, then a 10 mach ban for me mate, sometimes things are not as clear cut as they may seem, were they really deliberate stamps? some will say yes and some no, im just saying that you cant take a players career away from him for offences like that. is it worse than an elbow to the face or spitting?, or even a 2 footed challenge?...

I don't remember too many incident's of stamping a couple of years back End but they are becoming more and more common, I can't believe you can anciently stamp on someone 3 times in one game.
Klinsmann brought a diving culture to the premier league that's become a very wide spread and game spoiler in lots of matches and I think unless dealt with the ugliest parts of other footballing cultures will pollute our game too.

{Ed025's Note - its gone on for years G62, its just that with sly having 100 cameras at every game now nothing gets missed...dont get me wrong im not condoning it mate, just pointing out that its not exactly new..

When you see the slow motion of this it does look intentional and it's a shame that a player of his calibre has this in his game.

Understandibly the managers back their players but my issue with jose is how much fuss he makes when things go against his team, he was constantly in the fourth officials face last night and they won!

I think Mourinhos antics in interviews doesn't help these players as they feel he agrees with the way they behave, especially as he pokes other managers in the eye from behind himself.

For me Costa should be punished for his own benefit, he is a great player and should concentrate on his football.

28 Jan 2015 14:21:46
I say bring back heavy challenges where winning the ball and simultaneously nailing the man is applauded. That will stop players going down softly when they realise they won't get anything. Also stop giving penalties when strikers get caught by awkwardly dragging their legs behind them, looking for contact to go down, Hazard and Bale are superb at this.

In all seriousness I think retrospective bans are the way forward. In the same way players get banned for violent conduct. Offences that are sneaky and deliberate like Costa should be 3 game ban minimum. Mexes of AC Milan got a 4 game ban for grabbing a Lazio player by the throat. Surely Costa stamping on a players leg (twice) is just as bad as it could cause serious injury.

Fair play Ed must he my age catching up with me mate :-).
But I must admit I preferred the days when evey now and then two players would exchange good old fashioned proper honest punches no trying to con the ref or handbags at 10 pace's either.
I guess in my little world that was real honest passion apposed to today's sly poison

{Ed025's Note - fair enough G62 mate..

Hes looking forward but he already knows where he's going to put his foot, if it was an accident he would stop having felt his foot land on someone and appologise, but he shows no reaction to his foot not landing on flat ground, which to me shows he knew what it was going to land on

{Ed025's Note - a hang them before the trial sort of guy hey eden.. :)

That was the trial its done and dusted now, we can all move on :)

Total respect to you Ed, we have to be honest about these things if we ever hope to change them.
Its very similar to everyone complaining about the Rooney dive that brought about the end of the invincibles run but many people conveniently forget the Pires dive to earn a draw against Portsmouth right near the start of the run that made the invincibles even possible, it works both ways