Arsenal Banter Archive February 04 2014

04 Feb 2014 22:45:05
How's this for a cunning plan?

We employ the recently sacked Laudrup as Arsene's co-assistant (with Bouldy), train him in the way's of "The Arsenal" and when Arsene retires in 2/3 years time we have a ready made very good manager.

Hhhhmmm cunning me thinks.

Would rather train Henry or Bergkamp over the 2/3 years DG

Although that would be awesome, landrup will get a chance at another team, who knows maybe Man U will try to get him ha

DG, I thought the self same thing as soon as I hard the news. Gues a lot would depend on Bouldy's expectations and ambitions but I think Laudrup is a quality manager who likes his teams to play football the way we like to watch it. Some politics have got in the mix at Swansea because I cannot believe he has become a poor manager overnight.

We can only dream lol.

Henry or Bergkamp would be a good shout too.

Imagine henry bergkamp viera and adams as the coaches oh my lord I think I just .

04 Feb 2014 22:17:01
I know it ain't arsenal related but laudrup getting the sack is disgraceful IMHO.

04 Feb 2014 20:29:12
Three reasons why Arsenal CAN win the title THIS season.

Our defence:

Probably the most improved department from last season. With the towering Mertesacker leading the group while his companion Kocielny is bossing the defence with his high-flying tackles. Mertesacker was criticized for his lack of pace but he neutralizes that with his accurate positioning and ariel abilities. It's not only about these two, the whole Arsenal team defends better as a team. Even the likes of Santi Cazorla is helping the defence now. Let's not forget the huge improvement Wojciech Szczesny has made in the last 12months. He has turned himself into one of the best keepers in the league.

Our creative midfield superstars:
Arsenal have tremendous depth when it comes to attacking midfielders. Santi Cazorla, Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere, Ox, and Rosicky. All these players are technically so good that they can interchange positions and confuse the opponents during the game. With Mesut Ozil starting to reach his full potential, Cazorla regaining his goal scoring touch, Ox's recent rise, Jack Wilshere's dribbles through middle and Rosicky's energy, Arsenal have an array of talent.


As pointed out by pundits last year, if Arsenal move forward in the right direction (winning trophies) from now on, it (Wenger's Arsenal career) will go down in history as one of the most magnificent managerial performances ever. Fans may criticize him for not getting a striker in the January window, but they have to trust Wenger, he definitely knows what he is doing. He has the ability to motivate and get the best out of the players. That's why he is considered as a father figure to many past and present Arsenal stars. If he can inspire his team to perform well in big matches, then Arsenal's trophy less run may end this season once and for all.

Well said Greeny.

05 Feb 2014 07:27:58
To add to that great post Greeny the team has just grown so much as a group, I really believe they want it as much as we do and if they can get that feeling of winning something then who knows what they can achieve.

I'd love to see Arsene pick up the UCL before he retires as well as a few more league titles on the way of course.

04 Feb 2014 19:56:53
So not Arsenal related as such, but Michael Laudrup has been sacked by Swansea following their defeat to West Ham at the weekend.

I seem to remember some of the 'Wenger out brigade' were putting Laudrup's name forward as a potential replacement whilst Swansea were flying high.

Time moves quickly in football.

16 years on and Wenger is still going strong.

04 Feb 2014 18:27:50
im left wondering, does Man city have any fans?

Besides the Arsenal, Chelsea, Spus, Utd, Liverpool forum are there any other supporters on here?

Im not doubting the supporters of the smaller clubs, they are more die hard than we will ever be, but i'm just talking EPL clubs and not the others. put your knives away boys.

{Ed002's Note - ONe wasy the site would attract people is if word got out on other forums that this is a cool place to hang out, post of the day hampers handed out everyday, etc.. The Arsenal supporters are generally very good on these pages and there is a decent level of banter. And the Spurs and Chelsea supporters generally work well in a similar way. Unfortunately, many of teh supporters of a couple of northern sides can only resort to abuse in replay to banter, so it can get tough.}

There are quite a few at my work place who have been reading this forum for well over two months, they are not really into the forums, but they feel the insight and validity is more pure, to the twitter or media world.

from what I have gathered, some of you ED's do have a certain level of insider knowledge, perhaps use that to your advantage.

During the transfer window, Summer and winter, have an exclusive page for transfer talk, and all the fans can post there, detrimental to the team pages, but it would bring many opinions together, create a rivalry among fans, pros and cons in that last line.

let me say it in very simple terms. Talkrubbish do it often. take an opposition view for no apparent reason, many individuals who are only listners. then callers dial in to prove them wrong and the winner is talkrubbish.

perhaps make it a theme, with guys who claim to be ITK. perhaps besides malaga's name. Malaga Gooner -ITK - Unconfirmed

{Ed001's Note - I don't want the sites to end up anything like that dross radio station aimed at people with an IQ that barely makes double figures.}

Its about debate, what they do sparks debate. IQ is dependent on the response. I have heard some really amazing opinions on that sports channel fyi.

perhaps a transfer special will liven things up in the summer. I did not intend the Ed's to post that info, more like a feedback from a user, not that the admins should consider my feedback. just an opinion.

04 Feb 2014 14:08:07
Oh well, the bet blew out. Did hedge a little on either to win but nothing compared to what it could have been.

Thanks for all your "good lucks" yesterday.

On a serious note, watching both teams last night did not make me think they are better than us.

The future is ours, the future is RED AND WHITE.

04 Feb 2014 15:25:11
Olds I was willing them to equalise even though a Chelsea win was kind of better.

Having watched the game too and without looking through rose tinted specs our best 11 has the ability to beat both those teams.

Positive results against Pool and United prior to those two games will set us nicely and give the team a great lift to do it.

04 Feb 2014 12:45:13
I hope city's loss will dent their confidence somewhat. Although they lost some ground yesterday, if it we were ever in a cup final, based on this season's form, I would rather we play Chelsea than City

04 Feb 2014 09:56:53
If we couildnt win the league which would you chose

(A) PL 2nd and CL losing finalists, meaning another year without a trophy

or

(B) PL 4th CL last 16 but win the FA cup

I want a trophy, but for Gooners to travel to the CL final and cheer on their team, for that one night I think I'd have to pick A. And 2nd in the PL would mean not being dragged into another tiring battle for fourth. I think it would redefine our ambitions.

B) We still qualify for CL plus we win some silverwaree and get that monkey off our back.

B. I want to get this 9 years without winning anything of our back. Also I don't think I can take being another beaten finalist.
Flybo

04 Feb 2014 12:37:12
I think I would go with option b. Although I think the FA cup is 3rd on our list of priorities, I would rather we won some sort of silverware to get all the "haters" off our backs

04 Feb 2014 12:44:33
Can I pick C - Win all three!

Seriously, it's got to be a trophy so unhappily B

For me it would be A every time.
It would prove to us, the players + potential new players and the football world that we are ready to compete at the highest level again and were only going to get better and better in the coming years