Arsenal Banter Archive April 29 2018

 

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29 Apr 2018 19:16:25
Mavropanas looks ripe for a decent coach to come in and work with. A proper unit who actually looks like he is a central defender. Could be the future. i'd play him thursday instead of kos the boss.

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29 Apr 2018 19:54:43
Kos might or might not be finished as a top defender I'm not sure.
Maybe with a new manager and a top class partner he can still be a part of our short term future where he will get to play in a competitive Arsenal team before he retires, he's been a our best player for years and could easily have joined Bayern and others.
As for Thursdays game its so easy to find a reason to leave out Kos or Mustafi or both, together they are awful that's for sure.

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29 Apr 2018 20:24:21
Kos and mustaffi at time gunner have been a car crash and an embarrassment.

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29 Apr 2018 20:24:46
I’d play him also Steve, drop Mustafi.

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29 Apr 2018 21:57:17
We got beat today but those lads were blameless, unlike haka xhaka had a part in all three goals.

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29 Apr 2018 22:08:25
I agree Banbury I'd drop Mustafi first.

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29 Apr 2018 22:10:48
Is he ready tho. Can't be worse but I remember when we played bellerin as a young lad against someone in Europe and they ripped him a new one got 90 minutes.

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29 Apr 2018 23:19:00
Just seen the Highlights I forgot to say I hadn't seen the game. He looked very solid and importantly he did the basics which we've lacked for so long. Would be good to see him Thursday.

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29 Apr 2018 23:32:00
Despite what we all think I'm pretty sure Arsene will stick with Mustafi and Kos, personally I'd probably go 3 5 2 because scoring once will be difficult scoring twice in Madrid would take some doing.

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29 Apr 2018 23:36:20
D, ready or not, he can't be anymore of a car crash than kos.

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30 Apr 2018 01:06:57
That's true. Koscielny has been poor for a while. I do think this maybe his last season at arsenal perhaps going back to France or summit. Still on a plus note that lad did look good and it's made me even more impressed with our head scout. When did we last sign a young lad who looked decent. Obviously it's too early to know buy playing well at old Trafford takes some doing when you're 20.

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30 Apr 2018 05:43:00
i would like to see him too, it might be too much pressure to throw him in to a high pressure semi final, but then neither kos or mustafi seem to be able to handle the pressure with thier experience so nothing to lose! like D says if he can handle old trafford, he can handle most places! but i can't see wenger risking it after one game, but i hope he does, he has no reason to pander to any of the big names anymore, they've let him down. try somthing new! i'm mainly hoping xhakas inclusion means he's out on thursday, but that's doubtful.

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29 Apr 2018 19:07:57
Maitland Niles
" we can only apologise to the fans for letting them down so late on "

Well that's different, the regular team have done a lot lot worse and had a lot more to apologise to the fans for but I don't remember it happening to often.

Sometimes it takes the younger generation to remind the older ones of what's important.

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29 Apr 2018 19:03:08
We don't want that sarri, obviously builds nice teams who can't win anything when the pressure is on. Get that allegri bloke.

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29 Apr 2018 21:22:14
Steve the times is reporting that sarri is Arsenal's preferred target ahead of even allegri. Judging by gazidis's comments, i think sarri is more likely than allegri because allegri doesn't really play attacking football. He is pragmatic but one who is good at it and a very calm coach under pressure.

About who the better coach between sarri and allegri is, i think it is hard to tell because one one hand allegri has won three consecutive titles on the other hand sarri has gone toe to toe with him this season with an inferior squad that earns 25% of what the juventus team earns. with or without a title, what sarri has done this and last season at napoli is impressive.

Ultimately, i think we will end up sarri, nagelsmann, viera or arteta because this board doesn't look like they want to spend. I'll be surprised if we got allegri or enrique but if we got either as much as they are not my choices, i think it will show the team is willing to spend.

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29 Apr 2018 22:06:59
Punani, if the board are serious they will pay the money for the right guy, whoever that is. If we go for the soft option and take a chance on a rookie or non serial winner, we are concentrating on a top four maximum finish. There is no reason at all anyone couldn't come in and win, rookie and all but this club needs a winning mentality back for a couple of years. If that means being more pragmatic and hard to beat, losing some of the flair, then that has to be. i'm not against some of your tactical coaches, just their inexperience in winning leagues. We can't take chances.

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29 Apr 2018 22:08:59
I do punani appreciate the job sarri is doing, what on his CV makes him a league winner in the top leagues. that's my worry.

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29 Apr 2018 23:52:23
I think steve it finally comes to the direction the board want to take. If they are willing to spend 200-300 million pounds to improve the squad, fine all we need is a decent coach but if they need a miracle worker that is no allegri or enrique. We would need someone like nagelsmann or tedesco coaches who are not just tactically good but can improve rubbish players like mustafi that we would have to put up with.

I am not a big fan of enrique but one thing you can bet on, is that he will ship out so many players. Expect a couple of wingers because he loves attacking down the wing.

My opinion though is neither allegri, sarri or enrique are all best suited to arsenal. Of all the available coaches the one most suited to arsenal in my humble opinion is julian nagelsmann. He might be young but he is a miracle worker and that is what arsenal neeeds in this dire situation. we need miracles.

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30 Apr 2018 00:01:05
Sarri is a very good coach in my opinion. Given the funds, i think he can mount a serious title challenge. He does improve players and his team are not just good at passing around, they are also good at keeping the ball. Don't think their is any team that can pass themsleves out of pressure the way napoli do.

He can mount a serious challenge given the right players and time but he has personality issue. He made some homophobic comments once and his behavior is indefensible at times, like showing the middle finger to juve fans recently. Can he get away with that kind of behavior in England? I don't think so and that is why i don't think arsenal will appoint him. He comes with too much baggage.

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29 Apr 2018 18:54:06
Not a classic encounter, more like a friendly,
Does it sum up football today, gone from an epic game to a tragic one.
Anyway Wenger deserved that recognition from United.

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29 Apr 2018 19:08:04
Not a lot at stake for either, maureen miles behind pep and wenger miles behind full stop. Nice bit of glass for wenger, i did think they would give him the whole set though. Lol.

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29 Apr 2018 18:30:36
It was classy of united to give wenger a trophy. Really nice gesture. About the game, i was really impressed by mavroponos and maitland niles.

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29 Apr 2018 19:15:20
Both were quality and hopefully part of the new spine at some stage.

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29 Apr 2018 19:18:55
Add Chambers to the positives form today.

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29 Apr 2018 20:35:54
Hopefully the new coach will be one who can promote youth.

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29 Apr 2018 22:58:46
No choice given our budget but you don’t win titles with kids.

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29 Apr 2018 18:25:38
Basically a friendly, but 6 away defeats on the bounce. Not good.

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29 Apr 2018 18:44:47
Does it matter now Dags mate?
As far the league is concerned it's just a matter of getting the fixtures out of the way, saying the biggest ever thank you and goodbye to Arsene then looking forward to the exciting possibilies that lay ahead in the future once this season is out of the way.
It's all over bar the shouting mate.

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29 Apr 2018 16:33:25
NIce bit of class from Utd. Always a big club with a sense of dignity. Well done OT.

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29 Apr 2018 16:58:40
Was nice to see mate.

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29 Apr 2018 18:26:58
Respect to Man Utd,
They set the standard that everyone needs to aspire to.

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29 Apr 2018 18:29:15
10/ 10 to United for class and respect.

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29 Apr 2018 11:03:37
Many reports in respect of who the new manager will be.
Of course virtually all of them are speculation and not to be taken too seriously. The one that concerns me today is that Enrique not only wants a high salary, but he wants £200m to spend and only considers Aubameyang and Lacazette as safe. Apparently the hierarchy at the club think this is a no go and this, if true, is excactly the problem. I believe Enrique is correct, as only these two players could arguably be considered top four material and if we are going to challenge the likes of City and United, then he is spot on.
Of course it wouldn't be a net spend of £200m, as players would be sold and any fees would be set against the spend. For example we could sell: Bellerin £40m, Mustafi (£25m) , Koscielny (£15m) , Iwobi (£10m) , Ramsey (£40m) = £130m, of course it may not be these players and they may not be for these fees. In addition any rebuild of this magnitude would not be concluded in one transfer window, a minimum of two windows. It is vital that this summer we bring in a keeper, a pair of CB's, at least one DM and possibly a wide player.
As stated previously, we may already have secured the new manager, as we are after Dortmund's Greek CB, noise about Leno, selling Bellerin for £50m, not offering Wilshere a better deal, no progress in respect of Ramsey and Welbeck's new deals.
Interesting things to come as we reach the end of the season and Wenger's time at the club. I just pray we get the right manager, who can get us back on track and stop the decline. I like the changes to the backroom that have occured so far and would like to see more changes, with Wenger's men moved out.

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29 Apr 2018 14:15:57
Like the next manager the new backroom set up is a change of direction for us away from what hasn't worked out over the last decade and that is exactly what we need right now.
We are trying something different in order to try make ourselves better and that has to be applauded and supported 100%.
Like the next manager there are no guarantees that the new task force behind the scenes will bring us success but the possibilities are exciting and that is exactly what Arsenal football club desperately needed.
We go into this summer not knowing what to expect, suddenly even any Benzemma and Higuan stories can not be completely dismissed out of hand because right now absolutely anything and everything is possible again.
Arsene Wenger has been the best thing that ever happened to Arsenal football club but if you look at the unbelievable transformation in atmosphere and optimism levels since his leaving was announced it shows just how badly needed change was for the club.

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29 Apr 2018 14:29:48
The times reporting that Arsenal decided against appointing enrique and now apparently sarri is the front runner. Look forward to sarri showing the middle finger to spurs fans and calling pochettino ugly next season.

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29 Apr 2018 20:01:49
You don't mean the guy whose team have just crumpled like a pack of cards. The new wenger.

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29 Apr 2018 08:16:47
This week has typified the last few seasons under Wenger. We had the upper-hand against Atletico, with Costa and Juanfran out, down to ten men for most of the match and their manager sent to the stands. We created many openings, but only scored one goal and then conceded a weak goal, down to a combination of poor defensive coaching and an individual mistake. Koscielny must start goal side of Griezmann.
Wenger made a huge error in selling Gabriel and bringing back Chambers, who simply isn't PL quality.
Today against Man U we will play a weakened team which I have no doubts will lose and realistically I can't see us getting through on Thursday. I believe we will have a go at Atletico, but aganst the run of play they will score on the counter-attack.
Interestingly we are reported to be signing a Greek defender from Dortmundt, does this mean that we have secured our new manager and will announce it at the end of the season? I can't imagine signing a player that a new manager hasn't approved. With the German connection, will the new manager be a German? We have German connections in Mislintat, Mertesacker, Mustafi, Ozil, Xhaka, Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan, who are either German or played for German teams. If reports are correct Mislintat wants Nagelsmann, which would be an interesting and bold choice.

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