Arsenal Banter Archive March 03 2013

03 Mar 2013 21:49:52
Great bit of business sell Vela keep Park, Bendtner, and Chamack, Arsene you really do inspire me.

So you saying park, bendtner and chamakh are still at arsenal and wanted? despite the fact they are on loan and no one wants to buy them

and that we should have kept vela because he was doing soo well for us

Yes it's straight out of the Trotters independent traders school of business and we signed the blow up dolls.

Vermaelen is no fabrique belgique.

03 Mar 2013 21:33:14
wenger just does not get it - we are not barcelona we are the ARSENAL
stop the side pass namby pamby football and play the direct penetrative football we used to play 10 years ago. wilshere is probably the only player that can do it. (ox if given the chance) the team need to have a long hard look at themselves. if you want to wear the shirt play as though you mean it. too many back slapping old pals in the team, passing like the chuckle brothers 'to me to you' we need fighters like jack who are not afraid to show their talent. have a clear out including the backroom staff and build a team around the likes of jack ox walcott and only bring in quality not the second rate drivel wenger signs. lloris vertonghen parker dembele all players that could have been playing for arsenal today (atleast they show fight and hunger). bring back keown to sh*t the defence up into playing like a defence, because at the moment we are going nowhere - players out of position -zonal marking - no one leader dictating the team play pattern - wenger has lost the plot. we have 10 games to turn it around or wenger should do the honourable thing and resign. I want my old arsenal back.

GS

03 Mar 2013 21:14:53
Well don't know how many times we've all said it but our defense is making mugs of us. wtf was shezza doing for the second?

Keep the faith but it's hard this season

Goonertillidie

03 Mar 2013 20:47:11
Arteta is a decent player but for me he's average nothing special on par with garnero and Allen I know he's playing in the holding positions but most of his passes are sideways he's definitely not the player he was at Everton he had a good season last year but this year he's been poor just my opinion
I'd prefer Alex song!
Imranredman

Arteta is no fabregas he is replaceable he will be no major loss to be honest stootman or verrati would be good buys

Amazing the two of the most disappointing players this season has been our captain and vice captain.

That's been my view from day 1. He's not arsenal quality. Almost every other team can point to a player on par with arteta. Peinar at everton, Allen at Liverpool to name 2off the top of my head.
He was bought to replace Fabregas - now you can spin it any way you want about them playing "different roles" but he was is replacement, end of story. And arteta just ain't in the same league as fab.

Lay off Arteta. He was one of our better players today. Not that that says much I admit but I just don't understand how anyone can put him down. We won one game without him in the league last season and that was against Agent Fulop's West Brom for crying out loud!

Macc Gooner

03 Mar 2013 20:28:09
lol are all you arsenal fans complaining about your team and demanding more signings. You got cazorla, giroud and podolski this year for a combined 40 million. You don't have money to spend and your team is poor. Deal with it. You haven't won anything in 8 years and will be a long time before you do again. Have fun

Still think success isn't to far away and I'm sure your'll see a new improved Arsenal next season.

Gathering you're a spud so i'll just make it clear for you so you can get it through you reasonably thick head. we have funds, more funds then you sacks, we just don't have a manager who is willing to spend any of it. complaining about more signings? oh duh, of course we are. Wenger hasn't addressed nor seen the fact that we have defensive weaknesses and has overcome the fact that we are desperately in need of a DM and a quality CB. So keep your sticky beak out of our page and go worry about your own club. Before you go on to say that your the better team, just remember. when was it that you last won a title yourselves? This is the first year you're above us, and as I hate to say it, you do deserve to be. But still. you'll always be in our shadow.

Corbs Adelaide Gooner

03 Mar 2013 22:04:52
Liverpool fan here, what's going on guys? Spurs ahead of Arsenal, Everton ahead of Liverpool?

Shocking isn't it.

Apples '96'

Isnt the end of the season?
strange seems I missed the last 10 games

Its like a comet, these things happen, but not very often.

03 Mar 2013 21:57:46
I bet in training our team looks brilliant, but only because our squad is so weak.

Shezza - no one at Arsenal can cross or take a good corner, or shoot from distance, so Shezza's weaknesses are never tested

Theo & Giroud v Squillaci/Djourou/Mert/Miquel - the strikers probably win all the headers, skin the defenders for pace, I bet they don't stop scoring in training, especially with Flappy or Mannone or in goal.

Cazorla, Wilshere & Arteta v Coquelin, Ramsey, Rosicky, Diaby & Frimpong. In training I bet no one can get the ball off of the midfielders, mainly because they all play the same and are just wimps.

Nacho, Gibbs, Sagna & Jenks v Gervinho, AA23, AOC & Podolski. The full backs never train against fast, flashy, skilful, determined, effective wingers. Crosses probably never beat the first man and they are never hit on the counter attack because there is no speed against them.

TV5 & LK6 v Chamack, Park, Gerv, Bendtner. The centre backs probably look like the best in the world against these losers.

And so it is no suprise to see Le Maniac scratching his head and wondering why? when we come up against other teams we aren't up to our high standards in training?

The starting 11 picks itself, there is no depth or competition in the squad even though the number of internationals is clearly sufficient. The problem is the starting 11 players only look good against our reserve 11 (which is even worse with all the loanees away).

Once again we have been Out Fought & Out Thought.

Jack10 stays, and I'd consider any offers for any other player.

redgoon

03 Mar 2013 20:13:11
I thought the midfield were excellent today, Jack Santi Aaron Arteta all had a great collective performance, Jenkinson has to be one off the best crosser's of the ball we have. now the way I see it one of our biggest problems today was Giroud, we had no problem getting the ball into dangerous areas or to Girouds feet but he isn't technically good enough or quick minded enough to deal with that type of football (imo) but that's tactically how we played the game, so how the hell can Wenger not see this and not take Giroud off and get Podolski on in place of him, great with his feet, quick, he is a better 'on the floor' player than Giroud will ever be. so how does Wenger think by disrupting a perfectly balanced midfield that really wasn't being troubled at all and replacing possibly our best defender on the day was going to win us the match, you could have put any player on instead of Arteta it wouldn't have made any difference as Giroud didn't know what to do with the ball when he got and would end up giving it away, and then you put a player who is on a yellow out of position (just to add a little more pressure to the guy) when the player you took off was perfectly comfortable anyway.
Ive forgiven Wenger for a lot off things but tactically today he virtually gave AVB a dayoff, I bet he couldn't believe his luck.

I think the thing i'm most annoyed about today is that Spurs weren't actually that good, I really was anticipating a bit of a beating to be honest but they were there for the taking and we weren't up to it.

1404

03 Mar 2013 20:52:48
Well said, I went 2day and giroud was a waste of space,, everytime he got the ball he lost it and that chance he had any other striker would have least had a strike. on the bench a german striker who is better and should of started even if he was playing on the left made 3000 arsenal fans fuming,, and taking jenko off who was playing well and can cross the ball was replaced by ramsey that just goes to show wenger hasn't got a clue. every arsenal fan says the same thing but your guna have a couple of odd balls on here the don't agree. all I can say is roll on end of season because this is a disgrace, j lockwood

Yes Spurs I thought were very average today and Bale was quiet.

That is the concern though is that teams know they do not have to play well to beat us because they know we have these silly defensive mistakes in us that will cost us goals everytime. It does not matter how much possetion or pressure you maintain if you make such silly errors of judgement in the back line you will 9 times out of 10 lose the game and gift oppostion victory. It almost as it we have to score 3 or 4 goals to ensure victory which you just can't do on a game to game basis.

We need two quality CB pairings that Have pace, strength, mobility and arial power which Mertasaker does not have and they must be leaders and get the back line working together. Yes these will be costly but they must be signed. TV5's form is alarming and I just do not know what has happened to him I just do think he he is tune with Mertasaker atall and uncertainty breeds mistakes which makes you lose confidence, making you think twice and doubt yourself and it then turns into a vicious circle.

More importantly we need a proper DM that will give the essential protection to the back 4 without that it is too easy for a opposing midfilder running at the back 4 to pick passes to the runner ahead of them and that compounds the uncertainties at the back weather to push up or drop off. That was what happened today on both goals.

03 Mar 2013 20:10:45
I've always stuck up for Wenger, but not this season.
His substitutions today were just unbelievable.
I hate the thought of Wenger being given money to spend in the summer, the man hasn't a clue anymore.


A GOONER

How times change A Gooner, this what we were saying years ago.
Ike.

I know you said it a long time ago, but I always stuck up for Wenger, because of what he had done for the club. I can't anymore though, some of the things he does now is just unbelievable.

A GOONER

03 Mar 2013 19:44:05
Hello Ed and fellow Gooners. We should had a better result today with the amont of possession we had. For the hundredth time this season our defending was woeful. The exclusion of Poldi from the game till the last 10 to 15 mins WHY, the substituting of Jenko and putting Ramsey there WHY. I have said in my previous post that I would not berate AW anymore till the end of the season, but I am, HOW IS THAT MAN STILL MANAGER. I have said before that every player apart from Jack was brought in by the AW. One win, One draw, 5 Defeats against the sides above us, knocked out of 2 domestic cup competions by lower league sides, on the verge of being knocked out of champions league, saddled with inferior players brought by the manager who should be brought to account for it. Tomorrow morning at the press conference you will see why he is paid £146,000 a week, to spin us a load of whatever you chose to call it, I will call it b------t.
Thanks for the site Ed

We were very lucky to get anything from liverpool the other week as well

In AW we trust.

03 Mar 2013 19:17:12
Arsene Wenger, Steve Bould and BoroPrimorac were all defenders.
Why the f*** can't we defend?
AG

To me it seems linked with TV5 his form has just dropped alarmingly. When he first came here he was one of the best defenders in the league our leader the orgainiser and the one we played off. I think captiancy has not helped but also the injuires to both himself and Kos as not helped either. CB's need stability and he have not had a stable CB pairing.

I still think given a run of games togther Kos and TV5 can be a solid partnership again and are our best partnership still.

The Martasaker signing seems to have upset the apple cart a bit and to the Big german is just not suited the high line we play as he is just too slow and clumsy basically. This in turn makes TV5 uncertain to play his naturel high line game or drop deep to protect Mertasaker and he is being caught out so many times in two minds. The lack of a real DM sheild also compounds this uncertainty even further as nobody attacks the ball carrier when we lose the ball in midfeild. Today was classic highlight of this situation on both goals.

I can't help but think with Vertonghen having such a immense game today for Spurs that we should have signed him insted of Mertasaker.

03 Mar 2013 19:07:17
My view on the game I watched. Disappointed to see some of the early comments made.
Firstly apart from 5 minutes in the first half we were never troubled. All the talk of how to defend Bale and the primate stayed hidden I the back ground.
The 2 goals. Can't say anything else but poor. Defence shut down and we paid the price. Dissappointed in szczesny taking the biggest side step out the way of Lennon for the second. Think he was more interested in complaining to the ref that Cazorla was down. We all know the rules regarding that. PLAY TO HE WHISTLE.
I've said it from the start of the season. Giroud is not good enough. He may have scored goals but when it comes to big games and decisive moments he chokes. Today 1st half, 1 chance and he bottled it! In the words of Rafa Benetez. FACT!
The positives, we DID create chances. Ramsey, the usual target for abuse played very well. Spurs were nervous big time. They were handed 2 goals. With 10 games to go will they get nervous again? More than likely. Will they get as lucky. possibly not. We are chasing not just spurs. Chelsea are far from out of reach.
Will be interesting reading the thoughts of the rest of you.

Agree apart from the Giroud comment you have to give credit to Dawson there it was last ditch tackle that he made with perfection there. Time will tell with Giroud but for his first season he is double figures, which is no mean feat. Also this
4-3-3 is not suiting him as it is not suiting Walcott and Carzorla either, he is just not getting the support he requires. You have to blame Wenger there for playing a 4-3-3 that is just not suiting us atall.

Fact is they say a great team wins even if they don't play that well. That's what spurs did tonight a good game and the right result

Giroud is a far better Striker than the light weight Walcott, Poldolski should play up front with Giroud, And Walcott on the wing, Sorry Wenger But Your time is up, BIG Time
AndyS

03 Mar 2013 18:33:20
7 points the gap spurs go away to liverpool on Sunday if they drop that's 5 points they still gta play Chelsea Everton and man city we should play the b team against Munich I'f we got 1

Agree. Except our 'b' team is our first choice team.

There is still hope and not forgetting Chelsea are close to us at 5 point ahead. The next few games for Spurs are key with Liverpool and Man City to play along with the two Inter Milan legs in bewteen if they lose their way there we can still catch them.

The problem is are we confident enough to say we will pick up the points to captilise on any slips?

03 Mar 2013 18:27:52
If we are honest who expected to win today?

We do have class - cazorla, wilshere, Walcott - but we have far too many players that would never have got in our starting line up 5 years ago.

Our great club is going backwards!

I don't care who is to blame the board, wenger whoever but we need to get the cheque book out and buy 2 new CB a new right back, a great defensive mid and a world class striker

I am sick of paying fortunes for season tickets and not getting players worthy of the arsenal shirt them publish cash in the bank of £123 million

I have supported this team for 30 years no matter what but the current arsenal regime focuses on filling its pockets rather than the people that make the club - us lot the fans!

Out of that £123m, £24m of it HAS to remain in the bank as a condition of the bonds. £40m will be kept just in-case a top four position isn't achieved and some will be day2day costs. There is probably around £30m/£40m there that can be used for transfers. That would still buy two decent players so I understand your frustrations. The club was clearly lacking a striker and a midfielder and Wanyama & Villa for example could have made a difference.

Sydney!

Why do all fans think they have a say at the club because they CHOOSE to spend their money on tickets, shirts, etc? Do you go into tesco and inform them how you'd like them to spend their money?

Sydneys got a point. Just because you have cash doesn't mean its there to spend. And espically not all on transfers. Arsenal need cash like any other business to actually stay in business and while I do not know of this condition with the bonds that would be a very serious one to break. Also considering we need money for loan payments and such its good to have a high cash reserve.

03 Mar 2013 18:14:50
Team just look terrible. Need atleast 150mil spent on the team this summer.

Need a gk of top quality to replace shezzer.

A new pair of CB's in my opinion. Verm looks clueless and mert just isn't good enough

A dm because we lack a specialist to do the job of protecting the back 4.

A top class CM to replace arteta. the guy is good if you enjoy someone who can play side to side with no cutting edge.

A winger is a must, the lack of width we have is ridiculous, we need someone who will stay wide beat his man and swing in a good ball.

Giroud today was shocking and has been in every big game this season. Need that top quality forward who can do something from nothing and if given a chance finish it.

Arteta was immense today what wer you watchin? Simple. cazorla can't play wide, can't influence the game out ther nd his head drops. drop ramsey for podolski with wilshere nxt to arteta

Stop arguing boys. If you can't agree, what chance has Wenger?

03 Mar 2013 18:13:51
Stan please sell u waste of space! This is the worst I've felt as an arsenal fan spurs are going to finish above us! in two seasons we've gone from challenging on all fronts to probably being in the Europa league next season!


SM1996

You're still going to support the gooners though?

03 Mar 2013 18:12:40
Can anybody explain me the logic behind
tacking off jenkinson and making Ramsey who is already on Yellow card play as RB.
If he didn't want to change the formation then simple take Ramsey off.
Jenkinson a better defender than Ramsey + a better crosser than Ramsey.

Agreed, very similar to my post,
Such a bad tactician is wenger.

Shaneyd

If I were honest I'd get banned. Your a typical Ramsey hater. Did you actually watch the game?

Agree!

Jenkinson was also more direct with his overlapping runs down the right.

Wengers tactics are getting more baffling as the season progresses.

Taxi for Wenger!

Pete '63

Yes I watched the game mate.

He had acres of space one one one looked composed.

Tell me what makes you angry about the fact a lot of us here really do not rate Ramsey, is he good enough for man city, man utd, Chelsea or even Tottenham?

The answer is no.

So should we except and defend him when he plays for arsenal Paul?

Shaneyd

Shaneyd

Is Giroud good enough. Is sczeszny good enough. Is mertesacker good enough. Is vermaelen good enough?.? It's not the fact people don't rate him its when people use him as a scapegoat. He was never put at right back today. We went 3 at the back despite comments to the contrary.
No he may not get into the gems you mentioned but he is what we have.
I won't defend him when he plus BAD but today he was better than most

Paul where was the hate on Ramsey, the poster simply said Jenko is a better defender and better crosser!

Personally you can't fault Ramsey for effort but IMO he offers little for the team. The manager is to blame Jenko was playing well, Giroud had a stinker, Theo did little to help the defence! But the main culprit for many faults has been our captain!

Paul to be honest none that you mentioned are good enough in my opinion, tv5 I am at a loss to what has happened to him, Per not cut out for the premiership style of football, Giroud needs to play with someone along side him, sczeszny needs competition, R amsey I have said enough but all in all though wenger is the one to blame, the balance of the team is wrong, people playing in the wrong positions, tactics wrong.

Shaneyd

03 Mar 2013 18:08:21
To those of you bigging up Ramsey earlier, please explain to me why?

Seriously give me an account of they he starts ahead of rosicky and why he has played ahead of Walcott and ox on the right and why he goes to right back when the one we had today was so dangerous in the 2nd half,

Yes not his fault wenger plays him everywhere. but please tell me what he adds to our team.

Eagerly awaiting your response

Shaneyd {Ed027's Note - he got us the free kick, which we socred from

Clutching at straws ed027.
And the one one one he dragged wide, and his poor cross that went 10 yards beyond any of our forwards.

How can anyone seriously defend him?

Should he play ahead of rosicky?

Shaneyd {Ed027's Note - he should play in his position, he was the only one trying before he got shifted to right back, and Rosicky, please, he wouldn't even move after he passed the ball. Ramsey was fine. You and most other people are just clutching at straws by blaming one player, where has theo been since he signed the deal? where was Santi? What is our defence doing? what is wenger doing?, these are the question that should be asked, not blaming Aaron for every god damn thing that goes wrong

Wenger is to blame he picks the team, if you say rosicky passes and does not move then to be honest Ed 027 then I will save my debates for the other eds,

We can blame a number of players but to say that about rosicky is the most amazing unbelievable thing written here.

To all that support this site do you agree with eds 027 statement about rosicky?

Hope you post this Ed.

Shaneyd {Ed027's Note - of course i'll post, but today when we needed a goal, he wouldn't go forward, how many times did giroud and poldi look for the one two, he just wasn't there. If i'm honest I love the guy, last season he was just awesome, but this year most the players look like they leaving at the end of the season, so i'd say Rosicky and others wer'nt giving there all

I didn't think Ramsey was to bad at all today, didn't feel he did much wrong for some who is playing along side 3 players like Jack, Arteta and Santi your always going to be the 4th best midfielder on the pitch.
Our only problem today was TV5 not really wanting to be a footballer anymore and Wenger having no clue whatsoever to do with substitutions.

1404

03 Mar 2013 19:54:48
Did carzola played today???

I got to say I agree with Ed027, yes Ramsey has been poor at points this season, but he has put some good shifts in and works hard for the team. He has become any easy target though because he is being used as a utility man with Wenger playing him out of position, which isn't his fault, people should lay off him a bit there a bigger issues with the club than the performance of one player who is actually trying his best unlike some. {Ed027's Note - I mean why stick him out wide, or at full back, play him where he feels comfortable, alongside someone in the centre, remember when him and jack outplayed Utd at the emirates? and we won 1-0, that was after his leg break, and that was in his position

03 Mar 2013 18:00:15
Looks like you lot are not getting the 4th place Trophy this Year!

03 Mar 2013 17:58:26
You could sit me down and explain those substitutions until you are blue in the face and I will never understand them. and how did Giroud last 90 mins is beyond me.

1404

03 Mar 2013 18:33:37
I want Giroud to do well but If I have to watch him jump for a header and completely miss it or hold his head in his hands when he's missed another sitter I am going to go berserk!

As for the substitutions and timings all I can say is WTF FFS!

Giroud lasted because we have no one else who could play CF effectively not that he plays that well but that's the only place he plays so he gets that spot and Wenger that stuborn b*****d won't buy anyone else and won't give podolsky a chance up front.

We seriously should stop buying players (specifically attacking players) from the french league. We anyways don't buy the best like Benzima/Riberry/Hazard from that league and anyone else is not worth it.

We don't have anyone else, Podolski ffs much better in those positions than Giroud

1404

03 Mar 2013 17:43:54
arsenal defence opened up. again
arsenal. cross. oh, terrible
pass pass, all for nothing
ramsey, wally, these are the games to PROVE yourself and. guess what? you're not good enough
arsenal back at the halfway line.
AW, maybe it is time for you to go (or change, which you won't do)
well thanks lads. really brightened up my sunday, but was expected: (
(COYG) andi

03 Mar 2013 17:21:33
Why take off a natural right back and put Ramsey there?

Jenkins putting in some great crosses.

Ramsey must have something on wenger.

Shaneyd

03 Mar 2013 17:08:15
I'm not taking any bets on "we have belief in this squad" or "we have a great team spirit"

03 Mar 2013 16:58:42
Different opposition - same defensive mistakes - same result. Expect Arsenal to rally in second half, but go down by a goal.

Perfect prediction. Can you choose my lottery numbers please?

03 Mar 2013 16:55:48
Pathetic absolutely pathetic, have good possession but no cutting edge. Then two defensive errors and we let two goals in, do they not coach the defence or the defensive side of the game at Arsenal? Same old mistakes every week at this club and year after year. Difference in attack is Spurs still have Bale we sold Van Persie and didn't replace his quality. I may get thumbs down but things need to change at this club, here's hoping we can turn this around second half.

Spot on

03 Mar 2013 16:51:20
2-0 sloppy defensive errors after dominating the possetion and terrority without having mahy chances really. Got caught out playing a high line offside trap. Mertasaker is just not up to doing that he can't play in a high line. As the slowest we should play the back line off him and play deeper. Just all over the place. Basic errors yet again.

03 Mar 2013 16:48:23
Need a couple of centre backs.
Need to let a defensive coach teach the defence how to, well, defend.
Need a Van Persie.
Need a winger or two.

Most of all need a new manager! {Ed027's Note - we just need are defenders to stop backing off, and get stuck in, need a new coach

The defenders not working together or talking it seems, 1 pushes up the other drops back. Pers is terrible,

Shaneyd

Ed is right coaching needs to change also agree with you G95 we need several new players though as well.

Yep, time for wenger to hand the reins to someone else and mostly importantly investment in our squad.

03 Mar 2013 15:21:46
Today's game is calling out for:
Shezza
Jenkinson meet verm nacho
Coquelin Wilshere
Walcott Santi Ox
Giroud.
As we saw in the Bayern game Santi playing left wing does not get back and help the full back and neither does podolski so the Ox would be a better option with the attacking intentions of Walker. Also there danger man is Bale conquelin can counter that threat.

03 Mar 2013 14:17:21
I am worried as I find myself agreeing with Sydney!

A little worried about a 'big bucks' takeover by 'non football' people. Yes, it would be nice to be competing on a level with The Mancs and Chelski, however at what cost to our football?

So we would be one of 4 English clubs where money is no issue when it comes to signing players and paying their wages, then would a couple of other clubs like say spurs and Liverpool also be bought by equally powerful people? Then there would be a mini league of clubs all competing for the EPL and Champions league and only one club can win each trophy, still no guarantee's.

I personally would rather we had success by our own merit, it would be much more of an achievement to show the others a footballing lesson rather than a group of overpaid mercinaries going through the motions.

Anyway, expecting a lot of disagrees but that's my opinion.

Back to today, we will win (3-1 is where my money is) as long as we give 100%.

COYG

337

Well I partially agree with you. I don't want us to aimlessly start spending money on players just for the sake of it. however I want this takeover to happen simply because we need an ambitious owner. and i'm not totally against it if they invest money to clear our debt etc. that's natural when you consider it, right? because it is what it is, an investment that could turn into profit if it means we can use the money we have generated on new players.

337, Iceman, what I think you mean is you wouldn't mind being taken over, but you would like to fund the transfers yourself with your own generated revenue? I have said the exact same thing in regards to a United takeover. If United were debt-free the club could spend £100m every summer and still break-even. Arsenal could spend £50m a summer and still break-even. I am with you that I would not like to be put in the same category as Chelsea or City, or even Liverpool more recently.

Sydney!

03 Mar 2013 13:29:51
Am quite surprised by most of the posts on here today. For years Arsenal fans have been giving the Chelsea & City fans stick about Sugar Daddies. It seems most of the Arsenal fans are hypocrites although you haven't had much to celebrate over the past eight years so it's understandable to a degree. That being said a takeover such as this would end Liverpool's hopes of ever making the top four again. That can only be good news for us Mancs ;)

Sydney!

Bitter Mancs, your smugness tinged with bitterness is quite distasteful.
Can't wait for your downward spiral?
Which will happen, history tells us that.

03 Mar 2013 13:03:15
I feel like bangers and mash tonight, but first we need to smash the spuds.
Come on U reds!

03 Mar 2013 12:32:36
This is not meant for a post but don't mind.

Ive been an avid fan of these forums for many years and always listened and been involved in the Arsenal Forum.

The Ed's on the site are doing an amazing job, always ready to give their opinion which usually has been backed up my great knowledge.

It has also come to my attention that many people on the Arsenal page, be it a fan or a troll, have battled the Eds for quite a while now.

Its a shame that it gets to a point where Ed2 stops posting.

I applaud you for your great work and wish you well for this site for the future.

Chriscamo

Agree - Can't see the point in abusing the Ed's when their supplying an excellent service which is also free to use.

03 Mar 2013 11:54:48
Not sure I like the timing of this consortium news. Normally a change of owner would have the players chomping at the bit to impress. However, I fear most of the current team know they are not good enough and will be surplus to requirements if/when this goes through. Not the mind set I wanted going into the spurs game.

03 Mar 2013 11:17:29
Scored 10 in last 2 games vs spurs and Wenger has beat AVB 5-3 and 5-2. Bale never seems to step it up against us. Going for a 3-2 win Podolski, Walcott and Wilshere scorers. Jenkison to mess up Bale with a challange early on.

Detroit Gooner

03 Mar 2013 11:05:12
Pretty interested to see what comes of this take over story but thought I'd share some of the issues David Ornstein of the tv had with it; "Not saying there isn't interest or bid won't arrive (always possible) but would be rejected. Parts of story unusual & timing suspicious.
Takeover experts spoken to all say valuation of £1. 5bn is way over the top for Arsenal, especially if no Champions League.
Serious Middle East interest never advertise plans. Qatar/UAE buying together v. unlikely. Long-winded anonymous source out of character
Not questioning Arsenal takeover story but Kroenke has absolutely no intention to sell, is adamant he's here for long-term. " Again just sharing for fans not saying I agree.

One of the stipulations for the offer to come through would be us making a champions league spot.

03 Mar 2013 09:16:46
Hi eds, is it true the Arab consortium that are trying to but arsenal are part-owned by usmanov, he allegedly owns 30% {Ed029's Note - I'll ask Ed2 when he is around.}

03 Mar 2013 01:55:13
People keep saying we should play a 4-4-2 formation. Not that I disagree with that, but I also think when executed properly, a 4-2-3-1 can be quite effective as well.

But in order for this to work, we need to have a top, top quality striker. Since we would only be playing with one, the striker needs to be a beast.

We did this last year with Van Persie and we finished 3rd. We didn't even have a great midfield behind him but that one good goal scorer can make all the difference.

Now we have the likes of Cazorla, Wilshere, Podolski, Rosicky, Arteta etc. but no lethal striker up front to finish off chances.

Giroud and Walcott are both good strikers, but unfortunately are not good enough to be the lone striker.

Someone like Falcao, Cavani etc. is needed if we want to play a 4-2-3-1.

Could you imagine if we had Cazorla and Wilshere threading passes to Van Persie?
We would not be 5th that's for sure.

Nick.

Spot on Nick. The whole squad is too unbalanced, we don't have the personnel to play any formation to its strengths.

gun44

02 Mar 2013 23:39:41
Arsenal subject to 1. 5 billion dollar takeover bid from Middle East consortium according to some news sources. We're going to look like hyporcrites if its goes through but 8 years appears long enough to no longer care.

Very much agree

I don't give a crap who owns the club. the current board go on about self sustaining but at the same time don't even use the funds they do have to re invest to buy quality players. instead they pocket the profit. "self sustaining" to them seems to be a front so they can sustain 4th place and keep sustaining an extra 25 million or so pounds into their pockets every year.
bring on wealthier owners and give wenger the chance to buy players he REALLY thinks can win major titles and put fear into the even the likes of madrid and barca. SHOW ME THE MONEY!!

I just want the current board to get a reality check and spend what sell, the last thing I want is sugar daddy owners with a stacked trophy cabinet and a handful of receipts for those trophys.

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