Arsenal Banter Archive December 30 2013

30 Dec 2013 19:46:47
I really have my doubts whether AW will go out and buy anyone in January. I want to get a feel from fellow gooners what will happen.

Will it be:

a) We sign nobody

b) We get stocking filler type players who won't be automatic first choice

c) We throw caution to the wind and buy at least 1 high caliber player to help us push for the title

I suspect option a is most likely to happen.

Personally, I don't think Wenger will buy anybody.
We all know we are a bit short in attack, but I think Wenger knows he can push Podolski or Walcott upfront in case Giroud is injured/tired/out of form, without sacrificing the midfield too much.
I would love Benzema or Loic Remy in Jan but I know that won't happen, certainly the Remy situation is a no-go, under the agreement of his loan from QPR.

Can't see any purpose in buying anyone who isn't going to improve the squad - and that's not that easy to do. Almost all of the 'so-called' targets from the last window who we missed out on have not really shown that much (one or two exceptions maybe)

I think it will be option B with Betner going, possibly to club we buy from in swap and cash deal. Oh and they get the cash :-)
Just in case you were wondering.

Or long punt Michu

Put it this way, in January we were linked with players that, following the signing of Ozil, would not be good enough. The bar has been raised and expectations again too.

I can see Wenger avoided big name signings in January. Especially as most quality players will be cup tied in the champions league etc.

Wenger will then try for a big name striker, left sided attacking winger and or centre back in the summer in my humble opinion.

Morata is the one in Jan as long as we get an option to buy for the summer!

I think Morata makes sense and is the most likely to happen

30 Dec 2013 19:21:04
Good post gunner62.

1. Beating spurs at home this season 1.0. Gave us such confidence and reward for all of the improvements and hard work. Giroud came of age in that game too. We outclassed and out battled the spurs who had spent over 100m and they'd been laughing at us pre-season. What a statement and a result that we had to made to kick on to where we are now.
2. Koscielnly. I agree, much improved and world class along with Mert. It's no coincidence that our stats defensively are the best they've been in years.
3.When we lost in March 2-1 away to spurs (despite a good performance and were 7 points behind in 5th/6th. Tough times. but to think how far we have come one the past 9 months is uplifting and i'm smiling now. - Looking forward to facing spurs in the cup yeah!. But Cardiff first. C'mon you Gunners!

Cheers.
p.s. What is Glossophobia?

Leegun, glossophbia is the fear of speaking in public.

Gloss comes from the ancient Greek meaning "tongue" and phobia, or phobis I believe, means fear, hence glossophia is fear of the tongue.

DG how do you know this s##t?
Are you sure your not Le prof

Lol, i'm very well educated G62.
I have O and A Levels coming out of my backside. I think I was a bit of a boffin at school lol.

30 Dec 2013 18:37:44
So lads and lasses its nearly 2014 already so what as your?

1 Gunners high light moment 2013
2 Best player 2013
3 Worst gunners memory 2013

For me its

1 Ozil joining us :-) :-) :-) because of his class 1st and for most plus it signalled a major shift in club spending policy

2 Jan to Dec has to be Kos for me

3 Home roasting by Bayern Munich

Good idea g62
For me:
1 The storming end to last season. Our tenacity and togetherness was there for all to see

2 Either Kos or Santi

3 giving Man U the honour guard.

30 Dec 2013 20:19:27
1. Getting 4th as it meant so much for this season

2. Per Mertesacker

3. Seeing Bendtner back in an Arsenal shirt

1)Özil, no need to explain

2) big mert, I'm not his biggest fan but I do think he's adapting more and more to the pace of our league.

3)not getting the natural goal scorer, we need to fight giroud for his spot.

Great post G62.

1) Beating Newcastle away to clinch that 4th spot instead of Spuds.

2) Aaron Ramsey, there has possibly been better players, IE koscielny or Mert, but he has been the most improved.

3) Any defeat

Welcome back Jenny Taylor lol

1. Finishing 4 last season, and celebrating spursday for one more season
2.BFG, he should be our new club captain
3.for me it would be 3 moments (a) entire summer transfer window before ozil signed and how we missed higuain (b) Villa defeat on the first day of the season, that day I thought this season is going to be like last 2 seasons (c) That Bas*ard RVP scoring against us at old trafford and clebrating the way he celebrated, because I can't stand that guy

30 Dec 2013 17:17:53
Two days to the January transfer window, I really hope we do business early in the window and don't leave it to the last minute. Who do you think we should sign? I think Benzema or Costa would be the best signings. Would there be any other positions you would strengthen? I think that we just need a new striker, not that Giroud is bad but he is just tired and you can really see it when he plays.
Joshuafish :-)

Josh,

I don't think AM will let Costa go but would love Benzema.

30 Dec 2013 16:05:46
Last night on MOTD Alan shearer said that's the most impressed he'd been with arsenal for digging in and holding on to the result. The way he said it though it was like he was surprised. These clueless pundits clearly don't watch many arsenal games because from the bayern munich win onwards we've held on for a ton of games and shut teams out. I mean if he loved that he might wanna go watch the Dortmund away match or countless other matches last season.

Rant over!



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Totally agree. Shearer is just a total cliche, everything he says is stuff he's heard other people say months ago, complete w@nk as a pundit. All of motds analysis was complete horse Sh!t yesterday. Would rather they just showed the highlights and a few replays, forget about the analysis bow locks because they're terrible at it

Says a lot about MOTD now days that we have to have a bad day to get praise.
Motty as host and just show the games and post match interviews says me

Maybe he watched the Everton game.

30 Dec 2013 11:55:57
Well if you needed any confirmation of how the written press fall to their knees and bend over In acceptance at anything Mourinho decides to say or do, then this morning you have it. If after the game yesterday Wenger had come out with the same sort of guff that Moroninho did he would be completely castigated by the press. Be it from me to defend an ex Tottenham manager, but if AVB had said the same things as his fellow portuguese compatriot did after the game then the likes of Neil Ashton, (journalist for the daily fail) would of dedicated a 12 page spread with the one intention to ridicule.
I have no doubt that Mourinho s**ts gold nuggets and can cure the blind, (when he's not trying to gouge someones eye out), but let's have critique that is objective and not based on whose farts smell the nicest.
Flybo

So true spot on. He is adored by the English press and can do no wrong, the "special one" is untouchable- makes me sick.

30 Dec 2013 08:49:00
Just what we needed. To finish the first half of the season top club in the country. Now we can honestly attract some top players that we need in January. I agree Giroud got some real stick yesterday but marched on the Cardiff game should be a good one to rest him.