Arsenal Banter Archive July 29 2014

29 Jul 2014 23:18:39
With Chambers being quit quick and versatile any one see us playing a 3 5 2 formation in big away games next season?
Gibbo and debuchy bombing down the wings!

30 Jul 2014 00:01:36
We need a DM mate, especially away to the big boys.

If Wenger plans on playing Chambers as a DM than cool, but we have to sort out our soft underbelly.

Agreed mate a real proper DM would be ideal but in his absence I think a sweeper covering Merts pace and buying the rest of the team time to regroup when our MF gets exposed defensively might be an option against the big boys

People always seem to forget that the big boys 'catch you out'

thing about that literally. for the most part the wingbacks are smart enough to know when to defend and when they have a chance to push up.

because they can get forward doesn't meant they always will. there's been as many times I've shouted at the tv for gibbo cause he's in their box, as there has been me wrongly shouting at him to get forward only for the play to turn and him be perfectly ready for the interception.

29 Jul 2014 22:40:34
Eds, do you know if alexis will feature in the Emirates cup?

{Ed001's Note - no I don't sorry.}

I would be surprised if he didn't get some sort of run out

He should do having missed out on austria

29 Jul 2014 21:36:40
Who do you reckon will start then? Chambers or Debuchy?

Jenks :)

Debuchy for sure. french and wenger has said he is a player for the future. then again does anyone think wenger would consider them rotating? or is this to old fashioned these days?

29 Jul 2014 19:29:59
Ed's, with the doulas costa rumours I was just wondering, what sort of player he is as I don't know much about the player. Is he only really a attacking midfielder or can he play as a striker or on the wings?

{Ed001's Note - I don't actually know to be honest. I haven't seen anything of him at Shaktar (that is if I am even right about that being his team!).

30 Jul 2014 00:05:30
Apparently, a striker.

Poor scoring record, 1 in 5.

The only reason he is being linked (like he has for the last 3/4 summers) is because the does not want to return to Shaktar due to the unrest in that area. He is another Solomon Kalou.

He is an attacking mid (again) and played 27 games, scoring 4 and assisting 9. He is great player, but I'm not sure that its what we need.

29 Jul 2014 21:13:23
Can anybody look at Red Rooster's Avatar without laughing?

Cracks me up every time.

But than again, I'm easily pleased.

OOH, a squirrel.

That's what its there for. If anyone loves the Ars more than Merse please show him to me!

29 Jul 2014 20:03:57
Been floating around on the Southampton site, the general sense of opinion is, out of all the players they have sold, Chambers is the one that has pi55ed them off the most.

I think we have acquired the services of a damn fine player.

I think it's more that even the academy players are trying to jump ship, rather than any reflection on quality

29 Jul 2014 16:10:40
Hi eds? Are still active to find a DM? I've got this feeling we are going to get Kehdira on deadline day, because Real like to mess clubs around! do you think it's possible?
Regards!

{Ed027's Note - we are still in for a dm

Cheers for getting back to me

29 Jul 2014 15:48:21
"Arsenal's French midfielder Abou Diaby, 28, is confident he can establish himself at the club this season after enduring 39 injury and fitness lay-offs since joining the Gunners from Auxerre in 2006. "


cool he is confident, no need for additional signings then :-)

I like Diaby (christ knows why, i've hardly seen him play)
But I think its time, we payed him when he plays.Its all good and well feeling fit at the start, then crocked every year, 3 weeks in,
I keep expecting him to pop up on the benifits street program.

In fairness to old porcelain legs, I think he stopped taking wages after this last stint on the sidelines, said he couldn't do it.

29 Jul 2014 14:56:52
Looking through the photos of the Austria training camp and Chambers (though he's officially been given the Number. 21 shirt) was wearing the number 5 shirt.

That can only mean that Vermaelen hasn't joined the team there.

Interesting.

I wouldn't read too much into it. Players often wear the wrong kit in training

YES look at bentner he had a strikers top on

29 Jul 2014 21:19:00
Love it Welsh, lol.

29 Jul 2014 21:29:59
Yes Welsh, now that is funny. I really did lol. :-)

29 Jul 2014 14:33:03
So on in training picture on the Arsenal website, Chambers is wearing a 5 shirt, I thought he was 21. Does this confirm Vermaelen's departure?

Vermaelen has not joined up with the squad yet. Don't read to much into it.

29 Jul 2014 13:28:46
Eds
Is it possible for arsenal to sign reus and if they did where would be play?

First post on here and what a brilliant site by the way!

{Ed027's Note - in a dream world, replaces Podolski

I'd imagine he would play on the football pitch.

29 Jul 2014 12:16:27
Moan free window! Ha ha. I like d sound of it! Its true thou. I rely can't come up wid a reason to complain abt nytin Wenger or Arsenal does! Wenger seems to be paying d actual market price for d players n maybe a pound more!😉 Wenger please sign a world class cdm n let's go take revenge for the 6.0 humiliation at Stanford bridge! COYG

{Ed025's Note - please use english when you post mate, i do not really understand gangsta rap!..

Literally loled at Ed's note

29 Jul 2014 12:58:38
Acapella is a dieing art form ed!

{Ed025's Note - thank god for that..

29 Jul 2014 13:29:38
Just for you Ed025,

What do you get if you cross a gangster with a dustman?

Organised grime.

No need to thank me Ed, all part of the free service I offer.

{Ed025's Note - thanks for sharing dags.. :(

Lol dags, threre so sh!t there funny. have you got the worlds worst joke book at the side of your bed with a little reading lamp, you spectecles and a strong coffee?

29 Jul 2014 15:38:27
Hehe thank you Thailand.

Most are off the top of my head.

That, in itself is scary, lol.

I have a lovely joke about a Thai woman, its not rude but don't think Ed025 will allow it. :-)

{Ed025's Note - your probably right dags..

Oh come off it Dags, you are up all night dreaming these up :)

{Ed025's Note - well he must go to bed at 12;01 then BG..

Yh dags probably best we leave the thai women jokes out of it. and no I do not have a thai wife lol.

29 Jul 2014 11:14:58
As far as I'm concerned, 16m on Chambers isn't over paying at all. He may not have a heap of premiership experience, but he has experience. Young talent is always going to attract a higher fee as well, look at guys like Hazard, Jovetic and Lallana. Add to that, the fact he's English and therefore, helps our quota when 21. He seems like a bargain!

29 Jul 2014 12:23:36
Totally agree, he looks like a fantastic addition, we could have paid £27 million for an 18yr old who isn't even fit!

29 Jul 2014 12:49:32
That was supposed to say Lamela, not Lallana, Can't call him "young"!

29 Jul 2014 13:38:08
Call me a pervert but I'm just as excited about Chamber's as I am Sanchez.

Terrific buy.

29 Jul 2014 14:29:12
Pervert.

29 Jul 2014 14:30:09
And my 2 cents as a MUFC fan - You paid the going rate for young English talent. Should be a good buy.

29 Jul 2014 15:41:07
You been peeping through my curtains again Rosie? Lol.

Have to agree with you, I think he will be a success, as will Luke Shaw.

2 decent signings.

29 Jul 2014 10:38:48
I know this belongs on the Real Madrid forum but its dead over there so, what's jese (Rodriguez) like as a player? I remember playing against him back in 2011 and he was incredible (although he was 3 years older than me)

29 Jul 2014 13:43:03
Decent player by all account's Saint.

Scored plenty in RM's B team and has a decent record for the 1st team.

As a side note, we lost 3-1, although yanno it was Real Madrid under 19s and I was only 15 . Drew against there under 16s though ;)

29 Jul 2014 15:42:09
I had this 'hobby' as a child, where if I found a player I thought was amazing on Football manager, I'd follow them in real life for a bit and see the comparison.

It's something I do now as an adult as it just stuck with me!

So I've watched Jese for a while and I like him a lot, but he never returns my calls
So it's a bit akwar. you mean as a player. oh.

Jokes aside, I like Jese, he's very talented, has a good turn of pace,
Can score a few and likes a dribble.

If I remember rightly, he had a good run in the first team last season before a horrid injury put him out.

All the time we were linked with Morata,
I really hoped we'd get Jese instead.

The issue is, Jese is a striker, he wants to play in the middle and he wants to play often.
Madrid use him as a winger more often than not and even then it's only as a deputy to Bale/Ronaldo/Di Maria.

From what I gather, madridista's love him and the club want him to succeed as they've lacked a true academy talent in their ranks for years.

But due to limited game time, I really think they need to do something similar to Carvajal, where they sell him to a foreign club on the cheap with a buy back or just send him on a long loan, so he can show the club what he can do and come back
To make the strikers place his own!

29 Jul 2014 09:18:56
Can I just say I for one would gladly have a really boring transfer deadline day, knowing that we've signed 5 players early and they've had time to bond with the squad.

Times are changing at Arsenal. Following the £42.5m signing of Ozil last summer, Wenger has followed this up by spending about £70m on four players! Who'd have thunk it?!

I am hoping for one more wide card signing. This will be later in the window and a case of, "The right player became available with the qualities we want to add. " Etc so we signed him.

I actually think with Diaby being a new signing in Wengers eyes and Wilshere looking to earn a spot, we won't know sign a DM. Only Wenger knows where his heart and head are at.

Our Wild Card Signing = Marco Reus
(Doesnt wanna sign a contract extension according to rumours)

29 Jul 2014 23:01:20
Wildcard for me would be Vidal!!

29 Jul 2014 08:30:10
Just an opinion here, but as far as this windows gone, it's been pretty damn good!
I doubt any of us expected this come the end of the season.

I think a DM is definitely needed, but as has been said,
Wenger won't buy for the sake of it, which I do understand.
Khedira or Bender though, on top of our current signings would grant Wenger a moan free window next season, regardless of signings (unless it's Cleverley) from me!

I do think, that again, as has been widely stated, we'll sign a CB IF Vermaelen does leave.
I hope he stays, but he's a good defender and he does need some game time, so I wouldn't deny him a move, for the right fee of course.

However, I reckon that;

A: Wenger has a another big signing in his sights, he certainly seems to be getting the hang of this spending lark,
So why not!

B: Even when all our signings are done, if a player Wenger thought would improve us, the boss will go for it.
Obviously there are players we think would do it, that he won't or he'd say we have enough depth there.
And there are players who's wages would make it
Impossible, like Cavani.
But I reckon if someone like Benzema suddenly became available, Wenger would move for him, regardless.

Anyways, that's about it!
Peace!

29 Jul 2014 13:45:05
Damn fine post D_

29 Jul 2014 14:14:48
I'm with you D_ I think that they'll be two more additions and one will be another wow. :-)

29 Jul 2014 00:50:58
Ed02 I have a question for u? Ed02 after the signings of Sanchez debuchy ospina chambers which position do u expect arsenal to strengthen this summer? Bcs defensive midfielder has been top priority for arsenal this summer and there is no one bought on that position? Thanx I will really appreciate your reply

{Ed002's Note - I have answered this before and have no intention in to answering questions from you which are there simply to try and trap me.}

28 Jul 2014 21:19:11
Eds, are we in for another big signing like Sanchez? That's what I keep hearing

{Ed002's Note - I cannot possibly answer a question like that.}

29 Jul 2014 06:24:06
Am I alone in thinking we have made this windows signings & will now concentrate on sales & loans. Wenger has stated that we won't be buying a forward, which may be a ploy. Rumours have also emerged that Wilshere will be playing in a more defensive role alongside Arteta or Flamini. The sole purchase may be a replacement for Vermaelen, if he departs. Assuming he does depart I believe it will be late in the transfer window to allow Mertesacker to return.
We have 30 players listed on the official Arsenal site & I can't recall us ever filling the 25 man squad, so I expect the following to possibly depart, some on loan:
Jenkinson, Vermaelen, Gnabry, Myaichi, Podolski, Cazorla, Djourou, Coquelin.

Not too sure that Podolski or Santi will go but the rest, yes.

I also think there will be no more signings, 4 is about Arsene's limit

29 Jul 2014 07:31:20
I think there will be 2 more signings as only 2 of the 4 can be considered starters.

Podolski nor Cazorla will leave, Myiachi I don't think has a future with us, Coquelin not sure. Gnabry and Jenks every likelihood of a loan. Reports Koeman wants them both at Southampton permanently but that's pretty poor journalism as usual.

Rodgers doesn't get Remy so the press immediately link him to J Rod at Southampton, how lazy can they get. Cox.

Arsene is likely to keep Vermaelen until close to the end of the window simple to ensure cover.

So we will in my opinion be buying more and I think spending close to another £40 million. One a starter, one a back up. ;-)

I still think we have more coming. More than likely towards the end of the window when Madrid and PSG have decided who they want to sell. The transfer dominoes will start to topple and I think we will be amongst the buyers.
Players like Gnabry coquelin Ryo Djurou jenkinson are likely to go and let's be honest. They won't be missed.
I think only if we do bring in 2 more ( striker and midfielder ) a fair chance Cazorla will go and maybe podolski.

29 Jul 2014 00:38:17
Made me laugh.

Popped over to Saints page earlier.

A Saint posted, "Who has the final say if one of our player leaves?"

Another Saint posted, " Liverpool FC".

I chuckled.

28 Jul 2014 22:12:42
Any reason why Johan Djourou is still on the Arsenal website as a member of the first team (granted no squad number)? Thought he'd been sold?

No he's just been on loan.

Must be due his testimonial soon.