Arsenal Banter Archive June 02 2014

 

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02 Jun 2014 23:14:27
AFCFA14

Who said Cesc was in London, a player doesn't need to be in the UK to sign for a British based side

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02 Jun 2014 22:59:21
Not often I agree with wenger, but over fabrigas, he's got it right for arsenal if he doesn't want him. Bigger fish to fry. Get the players we need. Please.

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When Fabregas knew that Barca wanted him, he made sure that he got the transfer he wanted, and he'll probably do the same again, now that he knows that Barca want rid of him.He is a great player, but we don't need him.Our priority is a a striker.

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I don't get the no sign cesc, would he improve us - tick, would he add depth - tick, we stop anyone else getting him - tick

i don't get the down side, end of sell one of the current mob, arteta is prime candidate

re the cdm role put flamini there an sign sven or lars

i mean its not hard sign aurier cost 8 mill ish

sign backup keeper and give the kids keeper a run out as 3rd choice 5to 10 mill

sign cesc and sven or lars roughly 50 ish mill with remaining payments etc

then go sign a striker personally i'd take remy as backup for 10 mill and benzema for 30 mill

108 mill spent recover a few quid on arteta, vermalen leaves then we need a new centre half and well ashley williams or the like might be worth a gamble

my signings 110 mill

sell arteta and verm - 15 mill ish probably less

and we cooking on gas

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03 Jun 2014 08:06:17
Cooking on gas?

Hopefully FabreGAS.

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74 do you honestly think we will spend 100 mil, I dont, this is arsenal, not sheik city. Plus why do people keep saying, back up and cover. If you buy someone he should potentially be better than what you have, or youth. If you buy cover or back up then you stay static like we have and will do again. I don't want back up I want better and back up will sort itself out. If remy or aurier etc is better than what we have, get them, if not leave well alone for me. You don't all ways get transfers right so trying to buy back up is is gambling twice. You are all ready chancing on that persons ability by buying someone potentially worse. I like cesc by the way but we don't need him in my opinion because we are weaker in other areas quite worryingly.

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03 Jun 2014 09:31:08
That's poor dags, very poor. Close to a yellow I reckon.

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03 Jun 2014 11:41:25
Outback, straight red I reckon mate, lol.

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02 Jun 2014 22:40:02
If arsenal do not sign fabregas again, especially if it is true that Barcelona deem him surplus to requirements, it would be a disaster.

You cannot expect him to be the same player, but there still are quite a few players there he played with previously. He would fit right in. Sell Ozil to accommodate him, his form has taken a dive.

If the likes of Chelsea, United or City sign him, I think I might possibly have a nervous breakdown.

Arsenal have been horribly exposed in the big games, minus the Bayern second leg. A player of his ability, and versatility would be perfect. Wenger was devastated when he left, this is time to shine, since he left, his attacking stats for a midfielder are awesome. Not the first time that a player has left arsenal to not fulfil their potential: flamini, hleb, vieira, Henry, overmars, petit, song, bendner (last one is a joke)- all international superstars when at arsenal, and slipped after they departed. Bring Cesc home, he will have changed, and he might not be as much of a success, but he is world class player, who isn't going to take a year to hit the ground running like Ozil. SPEND THE MONEY WENGER. If wenger uses the excuse of not having it, why has he kept Park, diaby, and bendner, squialaci the season before on the books running down their contracts.

Enough is enough about player development. Your rivals are strengthening, it's time to do the same.

Wilshire is dangerously close to another ankle injury that keeps him out of the squad for six months. He unfortunately is just too little for an arsenal team who are already not physically big, he is playing in the midfield who like to leave space, as Chelsea, Liverpool, city all displayed.

Arsenal need strength in depth. Do we think diaby, wilshire, Ozil, walcott will get through next season without injuries- answer, impossible.

We need Cesc back at Arsenal. If he is available to buy, then we should take him. Wenger said we should expect a busy summer. We'll see. As I see it, arsenal need a Gk, to replace fabianski. 2 x right back, Sagna off and jenkinson can get caught out, and not ready for the starting XI. A holding midfielder, Arteta reads the game well, but has no pace and bone crunching vieira type tackles do not come naturally. We need pace, when Walcott or the Ox were not playing, we struggled home or away to score, it didn't help rambo was out. Giroud, he's good but he's not incredible, if we had a thirty goals per season player, it would we would be challenging, oh we had one of them in RVP and we sold him to United. Looking at it, arsenal fans including myself are deluded, this club doesn't have ambition to win, if it did, we would sign Cesc, a world class striker like Suarez lol. A right back and what else, I'm doing a super market sweep, we might as well take higuien, oh yeah we had him didn't we, did we b*******.

As things lie, united are going to strengthen, they again will struggle for top four, spurs will be pushing as their team will start to come together, but thankfully Daniel levy is there, he'll cause havoc with whatever desperate manager gets into that cauldron. Everton are going to struggle without Barry, that Spanish kid and lukaku. Liverpool today have signed lambert, replacement for Madrid bound Suarez, who knows, even they're making moves to improve Liverpool. Chelsea and City will make a mock of the FIFA 'unfair' play rules. Chelsea are going to sign costa for 50 mil, if we could have Cesc for 30mil, I'm no football transfer expert, but that's good business. Three years away for the kids to develop, win one FA Cup, it's not exactly world beating. We also receive a percentage of a future transfer fee.

So where does this leave arsenal? No don't need to wait til the end of the transfer window, it's clear, we'll possibly if very lucky will have a run at the top of the league, and possibly if he'll freezes, we might be able to defend our FA Cup, but when it comes down to it in the league, we won't have strength in depth. SIGN CESC FABREGAS.

Sorry for grammar and spelling, written on iphone. Thanks for reading.

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{Ed025's Note - and a good read it was too andmick, the thing with cesc for me...is that he just fits!, some players just suit certain teams, and cesc and arsenal just seem right for each other...maybe its just me being a hopeless romantic..

02 Jun 2014 23:18:57
Great post andmick and great reply Ed.

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02 Jun 2014 23:19:53
This window is already crazy. Well it's not even open yet and I've a lot of arsenal fans saying not to get Cesc. Which is crazy. He is world class! And we could make him fit! And secondly arsenal fans calling out for Micah Richards. Someone explain these strange things

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I'm with you ed.

He might have been born Barca, but he was raised Arsenal, he's got unfinished business here, the prodical son should be brought back.

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02 Jun 2014 22:36:02
Fabregas or Schneiderlin?

'Both' is not an option.

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Alright then DG. I will have Cesc and Bender instead!

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Fabregas, let flamini cover the defensive role

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You little tease Dagala

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02 Jun 2014 23:22:17
Lol you lot.

Love Cesc but if I had to choose one it would be Schneiderlin as he is more suited to our current requirements.

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Oh dags, that is why you're the page comedian

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02 Jun 2014 23:47:54
Why thank you Saint, lol.

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03 Jun 2014 00:23:48
Why not both? Or, Cesc and Rabiot?

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Neither. Either not required, not good enough or not what we want.

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03 Jun 2014 11:43:06
Welcome back Jack Dee, lol.

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Hello dags, thanx, i'm off work with loads of jobs and i'm grumpy.

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02 Jun 2014 22:09:56
Not Arsenal related but Frank Lampard has announced he is parting company with Chelsea, and probably English football.

not many players are respected by other teams supporters but Frank is a definite exception, no matter what team you support, you have to respect the bloke.

All the best Frank, true legend and a credit to the game.

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{Ed025's Note - fair comment that dags..

Sorry Dags but never liked the bloke myself, absolutely gutted he's in the England squad AGAIN.

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02 Jun 2014 23:24:39
Come on G62, you can't argue with the blokes record, he's been a phenomenal player for Chelsea, with an astonishing goals record.

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Never rated him

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His record speaks for itself, but never liked him (mainly because him and fabby always went for each other) and don't understand why he's in the England squad when he's played a bit part role for Chelsea this season.

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Sorry can't stand the bloke.

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Not with a club and England's vice captain speaks volumes.

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Hey Dags as you say his goals record can not be argued with and the fact he's remained at Chelski all the these years must say something, but I have always thought he was rated higher and got more credit than his ability deserved.
Gerrard has had his England days in his absence and I can't remember a world cup where his record was so hot in terms of goals or performance.
At Chelski he had the players around him with england he is exposed for what he is

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02 Jun 2014 21:27:46
Just sign Fabregas please!

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{Ed025's Note - it would give everyone at the club a massive lift akie, im with you mate..

I'd sign him in a heartbeat, and hate to see him at another pl club.

But signing cesc and a dm would mean we would lose Santi, and possibly arteta.

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02 Jun 2014 22:33:55
Agree, but if latest reports are to be believed, we are not interested.

But as Ed025 said earlier, maybe Arsene is keeping it cool to lower the price.

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I can't see why we would be interested to be honest, we are overloaded with quality midfield talent.

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02 Jun 2014 23:29:20
Banbury mate, we are also overloaded with a history of injuries.

I'm not saying sign Cesc at the expense of other signings but he is world class and he would be a signing of intent.

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You can't have too much talent ever we need at leat 2 if not 3 good players to cover for first choice midfield

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02 Jun 2014 20:00:01
Simple yes or no needed.

Balotelli?

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{Ed025's Note - no..

02 Jun 2014 20:30:27
I'm with you Ed.

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Yes of course we should get mighty mad Mario, what's the alternative really reliable remy, boring.
Every club should have a bit of Mario in their lives, well have the next 10 years and then its QPR then Reading then Swindon then Barnet then Spurs turn

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100 times no, unless sedated or hypnotised.

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Hi:)
yes! to Superrr Mario!:)
COYG andi

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We seem to have good team spirit at the moment, boosted by the FA Cup win. I am afraid I can only see Balotelli causing problems and bringing that spirit down. So it's a big no from me.

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02 Jun 2014 21:52:40
Yes, 100 times yes

Wenger has dealt w his share of "problem" players very well at the club. He would sort Mario out

Mario is

A. Misunderstood
B. Had history w Mancini at City from his inter days
C. Subject of racism in Italy. he had the right to respond however he wants to racism

I'm not black, I have no business telling someone who is how to act towards discrimination. it's awful, I applaud Mario for handling professionally, I prob wouldn't have


As far as footballing goes, he would be a world class striker addition and the fans would love him

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{Ed025's Note - not for me USG, great personality, yes...great box office.. yes..good player..yes......but as nutty as a squirrels fart, disruptive influence. and generally plays for himself...well thats my opinion..

Yes! He is such a good player and really deadly in front of goal compared to some of the other players we have been linked with. I agree that his personality could be a major problem, but it seems like he has really matured in Milan. Only thing i'm worried about is the price might end up being a bit too high for my taste. And sorry for the not so simple yes ;)

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02 Jun 2014 22:12:58
It's all about him and not the team - what's our moto again?

Great striker on his day but trouble.

Anyone who can't put on a training bib or think it's okay to set off fireworks in his apartment probably won't be a great fit.

A big NO from me

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I'm with Epping, stability is something we need, and mad Mario would only disrupt the squad.

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02 Jun 2014 22:15:06
He'd be great for half a season and then revert to difficult moody Mario, we don't need that in our team, it's all about Mario unfortunately the boy needs to become a man and until that happens a Gazillion times NO.

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Above in answer to U.S.G is list from Ed025 that gives so many great reasons we should most deffinately sign Mad Mario, it would be total sanity not to sign this man but isn't there just a part of you that wants to kick off those chains of sanity and let out your inner Mario?

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{Ed025's Note - i know what you mean mate..

02 Jun 2014 22:44:10
Totally agree.

And he has no facial expressions.

He reminds me of Joan Rivers in a football shirt.

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Hell no, his stats are pony, and you know he's a heartbeat from a red card

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Dagsss where's ya party bones mate, better Joan rivers in a football shirt in Mighty Mad Mario than Joan Collins in a snickers advert that is
The reasonably priced Remy

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Sorry I read a few reply's before I felt sick and skipped to the reply button.

I like MB as a player I really think he has a certain somethink about him but.

Do you remember Nasri, Adibyhoar, Clichy they were all players that caused dressing room disturbances and all players that thought they were bigger then the club.

My opinion is that he would be of the same pedigree and that he would also be a little like bendner and think he is the best in the world.

We all know how that resulted also. let's be fair MB has a good record playing for top teams but he ain't that special, or is he.

i.e. could he do the same job say for instance at Hull when he does'ent get the same ball feed. I think not but that's just my opinion guys so don't shoot the messenger.

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02 Jun 2014 23:32:54
G62,

You leave my mate Remy alone, lol.

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Yes, if he scores goals for us, wins us trophies. Thn he can come burn down my neighbours house. If he ithes! Lol.

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03 Jun 2014 00:19:41
For the price quoted, surely Jackson Martinez is a better option. Has voiced his admiration of Arsenal, good with both feet, strong and quick. Mario, I'd be happy with as plan B.

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We wouldn't have a single problem with him.
He'd be our number one, first choice, the centre of attention. That's what he wants.
He wouldn't have any reason to be moody; he'd start every game he wanted to and he'd get a shed loads of goal.
Attitude isn't a problem when you've got a good manager that can handle egos.
Is he good enough to spend that money on? I'm not sure.

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Yes just the beast we need, front four of theo battytrolley, draxler and ozil with rambo and an other beast,, even ox would be great, with giroud, sanogo pod, caz rosicy, gnabry Wiltshire and zalalem fighting to get in. Plus any other new signings, should be good to go. Defence side to be upgraded too.

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02 Jun 2014 19:24:39
I know I'm doing a broken record routine, but all these reports of Chelsea bids and Liverpool bids for Cesc is actually killing me. I know it doesn't work like this anymore, but we should have made an official announcement we want him back and everyone else can swivel.

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{Ed025's Note - according to guillem balague, arsenal have stated that they are not interested in having cesc back bilbo..

I heard the quote too. I am struggling to understand, with our injury history over the last 3 years and the fact that Ozil, Ramsay and Wilshere were all crocked and Arteta is aging why we don't just add 2 plus 2 and buy Cesc. It's the most obvious buy and if we lose him to Utd, Chelsea or City for what is probably £15 million after the clause kicks in, then, well, I will give up faith in Wenger, the Board and good old common sense. Cesc is an Arsenal player, this is as much about brand and power politics and proving we are a force again as it is about cash or Cesc Fabregas. If Wenger does another RVP, he too can swivel. Are you convinced of my passion on this subject? :)

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{Ed025's Note - i think he would be a great signing bilbo, but if the guy in charge says no..then im afraid thats it mate...unless its a smoke screen and its a ruse to get him on the cheap..

This one will be the straw that breaks the camel's back for me. I still know that a) wenger said Cesc would come back b) Cesc said he would come back c) the sane fans want him back and most of all d) guillem balague has a record history of attention seeking, bad calls on transfers and is a ballbag

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{Ed025's Note - im with you on balague mate..

Baggins whatever happens I would love for Arsenal to call an official press conference just to tell the other teams to go and swivel. nothing else, just that

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Have to agree with all the above and just add one thing to all the people that don't want cf back or think he won't fit in or where would santi play blah blah.

Well look at it like this if cf came back we would'nt have to take on another player in jan because of injuries in midfield to rambo JW etc, and then if we did it would'nt be so urgent as to take on an injured player with a back injury (Kallstrom).

If we want to carry on winning titles and evolve we need strength in depth, in english a larger team so CF come home I would love to see you next to Rambo.

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I'd trust Malaga over Wiliam Ballache.

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Bilbo lol, eds with humour. Sure lightens th atmosphere. And yeah I agree fully wit Bilbo Baggins. By th way, am I th only one tht sees Cesc as Arteta's replacement & NOT Cazorla's? Cesc wil just take over from Arteta & just play there, deeper creative role. Not on th wings/attackin mid like Cazorla. And who better to replace our aging Arteta thn our own Cesc? Flamini's replacement wil b Bender/Schneiderlin etc.

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02 Jun 2014 19:22:30
Cesc Fabregas is one if the best passers of the ball in the world.

If he came back to England, only Silva and Ozil are in this category. No one else is close.

Why on Earth would we allow him to go to a competitor?

Are you kidding me?

From day one he is the best or second best player on the team.

Ramsey, who I predicted this form for two years ago and love as a player, has had one good year

Ozil, has accomplished one good Cup as an international and a couple good years at Madrid

Cesc, is a 2 time Euro winner converting and scoring important goals and penalties, as well as assisting the World Cup WINNING goal

Let's not mention a little night in Turin, when he was 18, and showed Paddy Vieira we would be just fine without him, on Europe's biggest stage mind you

And now because he sits behind, arguably the 2 finest central midfielders ever in Xavi and Iniesta, we forget about his quality?

Btw

Yesterday I saw a Lallana and Fab comparison. First I laughed for a good while. Then I became sick at the thought there are actual people that stupid watching this sport out there

Lallana over Fabregas. those of you believing that ought to wear helmets around everywhere so "we know" and give you your rightful pass, it's an illness, I'm not picking on you. Look both ways before crossing the street too please.

Had to get that out of the way

Now back to reality. We let Chelsea or City have him, we aren't winning a prem until he retires. With their pockets and depth, he will never lack

1. Rest
2. A def mid
3. A world class striker

All 3 things that can be supplied in quantity with money

Forget how much we love Cesc.

From a footballing standpoint, he goes to a City or Chelsea specifically, we are done.

They will shield him with a world class def midfielder, much like a quarterback is protected. And they will supply him with the best wingers (Silva, Hazard) and strikers (Aguero, Costa) to create a goal or 2 a match

It's over.

We can buy one striker. He can get hurt. They will buy 3. So Cesc is always supplied.

As per Liverpool. I shudder to think what he does w Suarez and Sterling

Arsene be smart, bring him home before someone else gets him.

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{Ed025's Note - thank you mrs fabregas.. :) only joking mate, i happen to agree with you fella..

Could'nt of put it better

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02 Jun 2014 20:52:34
I agree US but we have many more pressing concerns to deal with this summer so I think we'll pass on him.

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US Gooner - thank you for sanity in the world of the insane

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02 Jun 2014 21:53:55
G95

Surrounded by Jack and Rambo, Cesc can absolutely play our DM role

He's pretty damn good on the challenge too, he just isn't used that way at Barca

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One thing you missed US is that Rambo six months into the season had a more goals then most other mf's and had the best defensive tackling rate of any mf in th Pl so he could also come back and help out.

AW stop being tight and get the cheque book out, your not going to get a top striker this window so atleast get us a class signing and bring some good back up players in.

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03 Jun 2014 00:09:39
I'm not knocking Rambo

But Fabregas is at the level he is because he has been world class for almost a decade now

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Agreed US. I'm just thinking ahead and wondering what Rambo would be like in 2-3 years with the likes of Ozil and Cesc.

He has allready come out of his shell to say hey i'm not second fiddle to Ozil, so imagine what he could learn and how he would play with both.

Jack and santi to help with rotation, damn sounds good to me at least

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02 Jun 2014 18:45:37
Arsenal poll of the day result.

Should Jenkinson replace Sagna?

It was pretty much a 50/50 split.

Interesting, would love Aurier and Jenkinson both there.

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Back the gooner and win the title sooner, Jenks is ready and able to help us finish top of the table.

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{Ed025's Note - i do like a bit of poetry G62..or is that a rap mate?..

02 Jun 2014 19:32:46
I would love Jenkinson to replace Sagna, but at the moment, he's not ready--seems to panic on the ball and is indecisive.
Aurier would be a great addition; he's solid defensively and much better on the ball than Sagna was.
I think Aurier will start over Jenkinson for the next couple years (if we get him). Nevertheless, the competition will certainly help Jenkinson in the long run and hopefully earn him a starting spot in the future as he improves.

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Its a bit a mix of the two really Ed025, my missus calls it Pratt crap

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{Ed025's Note - a very wise woman you have there mate.. :)

USG you have pretty much summed it up. When you sign a top class player it does not one but two key things. First it strengthens your team, and second but equally important, it denies other teams that players services. the second point is something I think the likes of Man City get. but we seem to be completely naive about.

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02 Jun 2014 17:56:15
I just wanted to share my thoughts on the Fabregas Saga, if the opportunity arises to sign him we should take it we would be foolish not to. Think of the effect that him signing for a rival team could have on our fan base, people will be furious and it will give other teams a psychological advantage on us before the season starts. I'm sick of our players past and present signing for rival teams, we can't let that happen again, we need to make a stand especially if Sagna joins city. Now consider the opposite Untied have been linked with him for a year now, then we sign him it would give us a huge boost and deflate United.

I do agree that his signing can't be at the expense of other positions that need strengthening, it can't be Fabregas and nothing else, it should be Fabregas and a RB, CF, GK and CDM. But we need to stop this small team mentality of if we sign Fabregas we will have to many Midfielders and what will happen to Wilshere and Ramsey. Nothing will happen to them, look at our team Arteta is past it, and yet he played a huge number of games this season we also have Flamini who is just cover, we suffered injuries to Jack and Aaron and had to sign Kallstrom to cover, Ozil got injured, and had to play on the wings to cover the injuries to Walcott, Chamerblain and Podolski, so clearly having Fabregas back would be of benefit. We also have to consider that Cazorla is 29, Rosicky 33, Arteta, 32 and Flamini 30, Fabregas is 27 and better than all of these players, we should hold onto them still because they provide useful cover but phase them out as Fabregas is a better option.

We also want to challenge for the premier league, fa cup and champions league that requires a big squad. Look at teams like Bayern and Madrid did their fan's complain when they singed Isco and Illarramendi because they had Modric, Alonso and Khedira? No, and through out the course of the season they were all needed. Same with Bayern they signed Gotze and now Rode realistically they didn't need either but they have huge strength in depth because of it and the fans were happy, it allowed them to run away with the league and cup and get to the semi finals of the champions league.

So in my opinion should we sign Fabregas? Absolutely yes and should we see this as anything but a positive if we do? No, we should't allow ourselves to entertain the though of just Fabregas signing and we should worry about having to much quality. Sorry about the length of the post!

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{Ed025's Note - good post that mate..

02 Jun 2014 19:02:10
Great post and spot on in every aspect.
Also, for me, it sends out a message to world football that a world class (arguably) player like Fabregas would leave mighty Barca to join Arsenal, it could be a catalyst for other great or potentially great players to join us.

First Ozil and now Fabregas (possibly). love it.
Ps, Mrs Dags has always said Fabregas looks like me, lol

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{Ed025's Note - i have seen your pic dags, and your more micky pearce from only fools than cesc mate.. :)

Look who's here. it's the coach busters!

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{Ed025's Note - one of his best lines that mick..

02 Jun 2014 19:30:12
Hehe I like that.

Thanks speedo-man, lol.

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{Ed025's Note - your welcome mate.. :)

02 Jun 2014 20:00:35
Heisbergkamp, you have succesfully convinced me. I want Fabby back! With Kallstrom (supposedly) not returning and Arteta long past his prime, Fabby could rotate well with Jack, Ramsey, Flam, and even Ozil as legs get tired and injuries start to arise.

I can already see our lineup

Szcz
Aurier Kos Mert Gibbs
Fab/Jack Ramsey/Flam
Walcott Ozil Santi
?/Giroud

Ox, Pod, Rosicky, (Remy)

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02 Jun 2014 16:27:42
Ed, sure you've been asked this a ton of times but what is your take on Arsenal and Fabregas? I assume 100% that if he had the choice to go anywhere in England he would chose us, I had guessed we would obviously bid for him as Wenger seemed to adore him when he was here.

But reports seem to say he might not be on our radar, would it surprise you if we were not interested? Not sure I can take seeing him play for another EPL team.

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{Ed025's Note - i think given the choice he would love to come back jonny, but maybe arsene has more pressing positions to fill first mate..

02 Jun 2014 16:03:44
Do we need cesc? No, can you have enough world class players? No, simple answer is we should take him back at 30m all day long, flip it for a second, could you imagine if wenger let's him go to united and then we don't sign a player as good as him in the right position or spend much? Fans will be calling for his head again. This is going to be interesting

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02 Jun 2014 19:04:12
Yes, statement of intent.

First Ozil and now possibly Fabregas.

love it.

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02 Jun 2014 14:22:21
I love Cesc. But I would be livid if we got him instead of an out and out defensive midfielder. Cesc would be a very nice after-dinner-snack, right now we need a proper meal (DMF, Keeper, RB, Striker, LW)

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02 Jun 2014 13:44:49
Do you think Arsenal will sign Javi Martinez, he would be just what Arsenal need. If not who do you think we will sign for a CDM position?

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Id be very suprised if we didnt, however, Wenger will not buy unless the deal is right. He's a man who seemingy won't be lured into transfer games. So in short, if a CDM comes along, at none ridiuclous money, and is also interested in the transfer then yes.

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02 Jun 2014 12:20:22
Whilst a lot of people think we should forget about fabby and get the players we need and not the prodical son that we want, it'd kill me to see him wearing another premier league kit.

If anywhere were do you think he is likely to join?

Arsenal - love
Chelsea - money/titles
City - same as above
Liverpool - exiting times
United - lol

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02 Jun 2014 13:56:27
All of those (a part from the last one:)), in their own way I would say are appealing.

However, IF wenger really wants him and he express that to Cesc. I think he would choose us- why?

Because love can be such a strong pull, especially when reciprocated :)

That's my view anyway.

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Arsenal - Love AND titles.
Believe.

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02 Jun 2014 10:32:57
On today's poll of the day, I really want to see Jenks given his chance next season, if it turns out by the January window he ain't up to it we can then look at an established replacement.
Personally I think he will be more than ok, yes there will be games where he struggles but also those where he excels pretty much like most players do.
If Arsene does decide to give Jenks his backing so must we 100% both when he excels and struggles, he's Arsenal so deeply through and through and he's well worth a 15 to 20 game run

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Spot on G62, couldn't put it better myself. we have had Jenks two seasons now. He's 22. its time for him to step up to the plate.No point loaning him out, we should have done that a season ago. I really don't see why we should sign a 21 year old playing in a weaker (French) league and assume he would be better than Jenks. apart from the transfer fee?

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02 Jun 2014 10:01:58
Well it looks like the name for the day is Ballotelli. So simple question. What are your views?
Hugh talent granted, but I can see the headlines now.

"Ballotelli gives Wilshere wedgy, that leaves him out for six months."

"Ballotelli lights flame near Arteta's hair which spreads like wild fire, thus burning down the training ground."

"Ballotelli smashes mirror as his reflection was giving him a dirty look."

On the other hand he is quality!
Flybo

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For the amount milan want for him, 30 odd million, seems like a bit of a risk. bring that down by 10 mill and we may have a talk.

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02 Jun 2014 12:40:00
A match made in heaven, his inability to put on a training bib and Arsene's ineptitude at doing up a coat.

There is a list of 50 crazy things that he has done, no idea if any of them are on the pitch or just off it.

Arsene did try and buy the nut that is/was Saurez so never say never.

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A top striker with arrogance that he can back up with his ability. Bendtner take note.
Already has premier league experience so no bedding in period needed. Milan want rid a big reason being they are skint so 25m what they paid for him from city would possibly do.
Even if after 3 years he wanted to leave but had scored 20+ goals a season it certainly wouldn't be a financial risk. You would get your money back.
He is only 23 aswell so plenty of time on his side

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02 Jun 2014 00:38:38
Eds what is the release clause in Reus' contract?

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{Ed002's Note - Of no interest to us.}

02 Jun 2014 05:41:17
Hi eds would love a comment section after voting on a poll, right under it. Think it would save the banter section getting bogged down at times and make it better for lads who aren't big on posting there own stuff but like to give a reaction to what is being said through replies

keep up the good work lads luv the site

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{Ed001's Note - I was torn on this from the moment we started doing the polls, especially since adding the 'Poll of the Day' section. In quiet periods the polls generate conversation on the banter pages, on some sites they are the only things people are discussing. Plus it is whether people would bother going back to check and see if there is a reply, as I don't believe the notification system has been fixed yet to let you know if there are replies on threads you have commented on. I will sit down and discuss it with Ed033, along with the notifications for people to let them know when replies have been made. Once we have some kind of notification system in place which works properly, then I will get a trial run set up on this site to try out the comments under the polls for you to see how it works.}

01 Jun 2014 23:28:36
I hate it when people give kids a bad name, as posh and Becks do!
Talk about thick and thin

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