Arsenal Banter Archive August 29 2016

29 Aug 2016 20:45:05
Good to see the positivity of the signings - 2 centre halves, Forward and CDM - and a win lasted a few days.

Groundhog Day

We needed a better spine and to attack quicker. We have done that. Anyone expecting Higuain is crazy.

I for one am happy - happier if we signed a 20 plus goals a season striker but more concerned about our defence. Mustafi and Holding will do us proud. Reports sound good on the German.

Cheer up we have had a pretty good window and we were only a few players away from what we needed.

Personally I like Granif and prefer the game he plays rather than Kante. I like his passing and movement. He turns defence into attack very quickly and if Perez can give us a wide option with 10 goals plus pace then I am happy

Cheer up :)

29 Aug 2016 21:03:49
Great post mate.

29 Aug 2016 21:32:07
Spot on SY4.

29 Aug 2016 21:42:01
Sy i hope your optimism is realised but what ever tripe you and me come out with it will make no difference to the furure of arsenal football club. It will all come out in the wash.

29 Aug 2016 21:42:22
I'm very happy with our window. Keep in mind Mustafi is 24 and Holding is 20. That's potentially the heart of our defence for a decade! Bellerin is 21 too, get a young, decent left back next year and we're set.

29 Aug 2016 21:46:00
Steve,

"It will all come out in the wash".

You plugging Febreze again? Just like advert, "he's nose blind" :-)

29 Aug 2016 22:12:21
I think we need to wait and see how the new boys do before any of us can really form an opinion on them, come January we will all be able to offer a more educated opinion.
Personally I'd have preferred Williams Kante and Vardy but come January I could be very pleasantly surprised and hopefully will be.

29 Aug 2016 22:20:18
Ha ha dags when you work with some of the people i work with it pays to be.

29 Aug 2016 22:26:54
G62,
Williams over Mustafi?

No, no, no.

29 Aug 2016 22:39:28
No no no no no no no no and no again, williams over mustafi, never, williams is crocked. If mustafi is no better than a crock then we are in trouble.

29 Aug 2016 22:45:14
Have the same problem on driving lessons Steve :-)

30 Aug 2016 01:47:39
I like granit too but he's not better than Kante. We only saying that because we missed out on him and our rivals got him. If we'd have skgned Kante instead no one would have said xhaka is better. Kante plays the role of 2 players he's constantly running and is every where on the pitch. Yes xhaka can play a perfect pass but he's just not as well rounded a ngolo.

30 Aug 2016 01:59:06
Samuel people will think you are really me, you aren't me are you?

30 Aug 2016 10:51:26
Granit is ball playing hard tackling midfielder something we have craved for years, now we have it your still moaning🙈. Kante wanted Chelsea not us. Get over it.

30 Aug 2016 12:31:30
101 how on earth do you know that, I would put money on it you had never heard of the guy before we bought him. But I hope you are right.

29 Aug 2016 18:17:16
Chambers off to boro

That will do him good.

29 Aug 2016 19:02:48
A very good young manager, might be good for him.

29 Aug 2016 19:39:19
His career is going nowhere right now so he needs a change of scene and can maybe progress at boro where he will only stagnate with us.
West Ham did Jenks no harm at all.

29 Aug 2016 20:19:22
Good for the player, which in long run could be good for Arsenal.

29 Aug 2016 20:20:14
We'll I suppose Stevenage borough is a step up for chambers.

29 Aug 2016 20:35:10
Gunner he will be fine aht boro, were the the men are men and the women are just like men.

{Ed025's Note - bit unfair that steve, im sure boro fans would say that london is where the men are like women.. :)

29 Aug 2016 20:57:43
I'm not certain where Steve's from ed025 but that has to be where the men are like women! 😂😂.

29 Aug 2016 21:39:45
Ed you may be right and i don't plan on going to Middlesbrough too soon either.

{Ed025's Note - good idea that steve.. :)

29 Aug 2016 13:52:15
Dags without being rude where do you get this "feeling" about perez.

29 Aug 2016 15:00:31
In my gut Steve 😏.

29 Aug 2016 15:31:22
The negative about Perez is he is 27 and not an international . so would you say he is just an average player .

Just saying

But the positive is he is quick.

29 Aug 2016 16:35:47
Bambam,
How old was Wrighty when we got him?

29 Aug 2016 16:38:36
Dags you sure its not wind.

29 Aug 2016 16:53:42
Ummm 27, fast, average? Is Perez Theo or Theo Perez :-)
Has to be said people are getting extremely excited over someone who this time last week they didn't know even existed, on the face of it, it is quite irrational to say the leset :-)
But hey ho if it makes everyone happy what does it matter.

29 Aug 2016 17:11:53
Valid Dags.

29 Aug 2016 17:13:38
That's my point 62

He's not an international so he isn't top quality . agreed?

But he's got pace and will score more than Theo .

I'm slightly torn

But happier than what I was several days ago.

29 Aug 2016 18:12:25
Totally agree Banbury mate, stick Theo up front in a mid table Spain side for a few years and sooner or later he'd have one good season.
Maybe Perez really is a late bloomer who will be this seasons Jamie Vardy let's hope so but I'm struggling to see where all the excitement about him is based on footballing knowledge rather than simple wishful thinking right now.

29 Aug 2016 19:25:49
we all called out for Lacazette but he wasn't picked for the euro squad so does that make him just 'average'? I'm not saying Perez will light up the premier league but I think it's harsh to judge the player before he comes to England, we could of spend 70mil on greizmen and he could of flopped so until you have the player in your country and in your team I think it's harsh to judge him.
I've got high hopes I'm going for 30 goals in all comps this season ;) may be a tad optimistic but us gunners know all about that lol.

{Ed025's Note - i like your optimism essex..dont believe a word of it mind.. :)

29 Aug 2016 20:11:53
What's your thoughts on Robson Kanu Essex mate :-) had a good Euro's.

29 Aug 2016 12:49:29
You know how Arsene has on the very odd occasion said things that weren't strictly 100% true and could by some be interpreted as deliberately misleading ( not myself of course you understand:-)
But when he says we're all done buying this window, are we?
Just throwing it out there.

29 Aug 2016 13:45:24
He did say he would spend 300 mil.

29 Aug 2016 08:46:57
Steve,

"I am totally flat about our signings".

Mate, you posted that yesterday.

Really? Come on mate.

Now, it's just my opinion, but read my post under this one, and the reasons I am happy (not 100% of course) , with our signings.

Would have preferred Lacazette to Perez, but I think we have had a good window.

Cheer up Steve or is that mission impossible? (Love you really fella) .

29 Aug 2016 12:10:17
Even I'm a bit happier with it now

I still don't understand the Xhaka signing considering we Coq and Elneny but time will tell

We competition for places in depth now.

29 Aug 2016 13:16:51
If you read it in its full context, i said i look forward to being proved wrong. I will explain. First i wanted kante, who was cheaper than xhaka and would have boosted our midfield immensely, second, while i have no problem with mustaffi, it all took too long. We haven't signed our world class striker and signing perez is a strange one. He for the first time in his career last season scored more than 10 goals at 28 years, he isn't an international and cost us 17mil. Nolito cost man city 13mil and he is full international in his position and is a class act. For the future i'm pleased with holding and asano, well. But as i said i look forward to them proving me wrong in my estimation. It only opinion that's all.

29 Aug 2016 13:23:18
I will put it another way, i don't think we got the best signings we could for the money we paid. Any one who says they are happy with our window says it with hope not expectation. I say it with, i'm not convinced but i look forward to being convinced.

29 Aug 2016 13:56:33
Banbury I agree the squad looks stronger but for me the team looking stronger is a wait and see because i'm not convinced.

29 Aug 2016 18:48:59
Steve if you and your work colleagues have been lead to think for months that your company won't be giving a payrise inline with the industry average of 5% and you've all totally resigned yourself to the fact but suddenly out of the blue you get 1% some people will see it as a result while othes will still feel short changed.

29 Aug 2016 20:07:14
Gunner you couldn't have put it better yourself.

29 Aug 2016 00:17:14
Mustafi says he signed for Arsenal because finds the club horny. I suppose my good mate Dagenham Dave got him to sign for the club lol.

29 Aug 2016 08:51:24
Raver,
Do you know Dagenham Daves true identity? :-)