Arsenal Banter Archive January 06 2014

06 Jan 2014 22:52:35
Evening Gents and Jenny,

Ok, a massive blow for us today. IMO, Walcott is the one player we didn't want to lose. He gives us much needed width and an option upfront, either way, we just haven't lost Theo, we have lost goals too.

That said, he has been out for most of the season and we coped without him, so we have to plan the rest of the season without him.

This is how I see things, and a lot of you will maybe disagree with me. I will not be too heart-broken if we lose to Bayern in Champs League. Gutted yes, but not heart-broken.
For me, the CL is a step too far and if BM beat us, well its just deja-vu from last season and they will probably win it anyway, so no shame there.

FA Cup? yeah let's go for it. After all, you can win it in 6 games and with a bit of luck, we might go all the way.

At start of season the prize I coveted most was the Prem League. We are in a great position but injuries are taking their toll and Walcott's is a major kick in the testicular region.

What now? How much pressure can you put on a young 18 year old German lad called Serge Gnabry?
We have seen him in flashes and he looks damn good. But, can he do "the biz" for the next 18 games?
We need "the ox" back, but he's 3 weeks away from the first team, add to that 3 or 4 games to get match-sharp, so he is still about 6 weeks away from making an impact, in my opinion.

Tomas Rosicky is playing like an 18 year old who has just lost his virginity, he has found his youth again, but he is always one injury away from being out for 4 or 5 games.

We need Podolski to fire up the burners and play like a demon for the rest of the season.
Ozil? come on froggy, show us if you really are world class, like Ronaldo and Messi.
Santi? Fantastic last season, not so good this one, we need him to step up and start scoring goals again.

Jack? Fantastic or plastic? Another player who has to give his all for the rest of the season, he has to bleed for the Arsenal shirt. He loves Arsenal, he now has to step up and prove it.

Aaron? Great in first 14 games, gone off the boil a little and once back from injury he needs to start scoring again.

Back four? Brilliant all season, bar the Etihad, but I love them to bits and i'm not going to say a bad word against them.

We need all our mids to step up and we need Olly Giroud to really start banging them goals in.

Walcott will be a massive miss but if the other guys respond, we might not even notice Theo is'nt there.

Good post, and glad you wrapped that up with a bit of positivity dg. Love Theo and wish him well, but I'm more worried about the psychological damage this could cause. Mustn't let our season fall to bits as has happened in the past. Time to nip any self pity in the bud, move on and stay positive. We are Arsenal! COYG!

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06 Jan 2014 21:23:47
Let's all remember we got ourselves 5 to 7 pts clear without Theo, he has hardly played .

Chin up ALL

100% agree, Theo is a great player, but he has missed a load of games this season.Wishing Theo a speedy recovery.COYG

06 Jan 2014 20:48:22
Personally feel that now walcott is injured we do not need another winger. Firstly we have serge gnabry who is an excellent winger and good cover and is able to do a good job. we also have the ox who will be back in 2-3 weeks so we are sorted in that area. However, I do feel that we need a striker. Someone like an abel hernandez maybe? Pacey, knows where the goal is and would be decent cover for giroud. Then I feel in the summer we should sign a big striker like diego costa or mario manzuckic. Thoughts?

I don't mind us buying someone who will improve the team. Personally I don't think there's anyone in the market who could come in and do a better job than Gnab or Ox, so I'd rather we give them a chance.
Although I don't like the guy, Berbatov is the only striker we could conceivably get who could fit right and wouldn't need time to adapt to the prem.

06 Jan 2014 20:37:56
would love to make a bid for rooney now we need a striker, so why not get a prooven epl striker.would send out the right message.
p.s saw all the spurs tweets about walcott they really are the biggest persons in the country.





ty.1

One sign of a small club is getting enjoyment from other clubs disappointment. Unfortunately they can't rely on their own club to put a smile on their face. It's rather sad when you think about it.
Flybo

06 Jan 2014 20:07:58
Gutted and bollo**s .Thats how I feel. Simple as that. As soon as we get our nose in front we are dealt another blow.
Come on Arsene you really need to turn some screws now and get the cheque book out.

06 Jan 2014 19:58:04
Theo must be devastated, having only just got him back and in scoring form it's a sickener.

The Ox is back in training next week, Physio room has him and Sanogo back on 18th January.

Really hoping The Ox can come back with some goals and help Serge cover Theo. No idea what Sanogo will bring.

Morata was an unused sub by Madrid in their game tonight, wouldn't know if any likelihood of him coming.

Would love to see a big bid for Julian Draxler or Marco Reus, dreaming of course. I think Arsene will have to pull something out the hat.

06 Jan 2014 19:32:02
Well that's Theo out for the rest of the season, and the world cup, time for gnabry to shine, hoping for a fabregas style rise to prominence

06 Jan 2014 19:20:40
Not sure of the complexity's of it as he is on a a season long loan already, but he has in the past and in our side could be again a goal machines

Don't laugh! Darren Bent.
We could get him into the England squad and he could get us 15 goals with the service he would receive from us .

Would be a punt but who could we realistically get that wouldn't .
Thoughts please gang?

Its 7.30 in the evening, have you been on the Christmas sherry already G62?

06 Jan 2014 19:12:50
Sorry to hear about Theo lads, truly gutted for him

Thanks Simonpw,

A gentleman, as always.
You have true style mate.

06 Jan 2014 19:06:27
So gutted for Theo, every young boy dreams of playing a World Cup in Brazil.

06 Jan 2014 19:02:22
Gutted for Theo

Time to buy Arsene

It's happening in Jan so we can fix the problems. Now fix them.

Theo, you legend, you get better pal

I have faith he can speed the process up in time for Brazil

06 Jan 2014 18:54:32
With theo injury being long term and b52 being a bombscare if we got mandzukic and a good winger mata? pedro? di maria? we would win the double for sure

06 Jan 2014 18:53:19
So Walcott now out for 6 months? How the ***** did that happen? It didn't llok serious at all and it originally said 4 weeks?!

If Wenger had any plans to bring in a Winger or Striker in summer will he now bring them forward to this transfer window? Or will Sanogo and Ox be like new signings?

Just think £25m+ on Di Maria, Pedro, Benzema, Martinez or Lavezzi could win us trophies this year. Our squad is so close but it lacks a cutting edge upfront.

Come on Wenger

Nothing costs 25mill in the january transfer window.

the only chance we have is of approaching clubs who have financial debt and take their best player for a over the market value price.

antoine griezman, diego costa and so on. let's hope we can land one.

06 Jan 2014 18:45:24
Walcott out for 6 months.

06 Jan 2014 18:38:51
Walcott out for 6 months.

Huge blow for us. Gutted.

06 Jan 2014 18:31:45
Damn, we never have any luck with injuries. Theo out for 6 months.
Do people think we need two forwards now in this window.
Big ask, both from Wenger and the market. Getting one top class forward was going to be bad enough, now we need two.
Gnabry I think is more than capable of filling the wide right position, but he can't go the rest of the season on his own, especially with the difficult run of games we have in Febuary and March.

06 Jan 2014 18:28:48
So Theo out for at least 6 months. now we really need to see some new faces coming in!

06 Jan 2014 17:24:11
If Theo is out against Villa & Giroud is back, would you play Gnabry on the right?

Theo out for 6 months bt sport

06 Jan 2014 16:07:20
instead of going for berb
arsene should sign Eduardo. available for cheap. now he is 30 years old . epl and cl experience. fans love him. decent cover.

06 Jan 2014 04:37:33
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06 Jan 2014 12:10:14
I would be extremely surprised if Wenger makes a major signing in the current window.
We have 3 keepers. We have 7 defenders, an 8th would be ideal. We have many options for the midfield/attacking midfield, especially with Ox nearly back & a possibility of Abu Diaby in March. Attacking wise we have injuries, but Giroud will be back against Villa and will have had time to recharge his batteries. Although not ideal, we can use Podolski as back up.
I was extremely impressed with Gnabry against the Toot and Rosicky was also amazing. It will be interesting to see Wenger's midfield/attacking midfield selection against Villa, as we may have Ramsey & Ox back. In any event we have lots of options.

06 Jan 2014 10:31:16
I think people need to take a good look at our fixtures for the next month (while Strikers are injured - bearing in mind that Giroud is ill, not injured).

Aston Villa V Arsenal Mon 13 Jan
Arsenal V Fulham Sat 18 Jan
Arsenal V Coventry Sat 25 Jan
Southampton V Arsenal Tue 28 Jan 19:45
Arsenal V Crystal Palace Sun 2 Feb 16:00

We are playing at home against fairly easy opposition. Do we REALLY need to waste money on the kind of average players that will be available in the Jan window.

I would MUCH MUCh rather wait until the summer. We can survive these fixtures without more players.

Giroud / Poldi upfront
Rosicky/Wilshere/Cazorla/Gnabry in wide positions
The Ox is coming back
Rambo not far away.
Sanogo is. somehwere?
Technically Park is still on the books.

Support has been excellent these past few months, let's keep it up. No doom & gloom please.

Ideally, a young unheard of player is fine by me.

Billybob

Billybob,

You make a fair point my friend.

I know it's never fun to miss be inactive in a transfer window, but spending 5-10mln on an average ST now means.

No Diego costa in the summer.
No 40mln and 2 pounds bid for suarez.
No cheeky check on Rooney.
etc.

06 Jan 2014 11:31:45
Hey billy happy new year

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Billybob, from those fixtures only 4 are EPL. that leaves 14 games to win the title.

Diego Costa is not going to happen in january, and I don't see him being an option in the summer.

For me in the summer we may actually get a Winger, aka julian draxler, who I believe will come to arsenal, just a gut feeling, no insider news.

Hey laker,

I think you are right on Draxler. Although my personal view is that he is very much like RVP.

Perhaps he starts out wide, but I think he can play through the middle longer-term.

06 Jan 2014 09:26:44
This morning I finally got my first Arsenal jersey! Happy, happy day!