Arsenal Banter Archive January 08 2014

08 Jan 2014 22:19:04
Right, you're Wenger, you get to pick one;

Costa, Martinez, Pato, Berbatov, Mandzukic, Morata. Personally, I'd go for Martinez.

I know other names have been thrown about, but this are the ones I can think of at the moment.

{Ed002's Note - Does Wenger play on-line or on his own?}

Lol @ ED002's reply

Costa for me mate, a damn fine player.

Costa all day long for me.

COSTA! Written in capitals for dramatic affect.
Flybo

09 Jan 2014 04:17:39
Mandzuckic for me would seem a safer bet than costa, not to take anything away from costa he is a fantastic player

Haha good one Ed :P just interested to see if there is a general consensus with what a best striking option would be (fans point of view obviously)

08 Jan 2014 20:18:33
i said just after last window shut that rues and draxler were the next 2 coming in at arsenal. one next summer and one in the jan window. now things seem to be changing slightly as we need either a player that can fill wallcott role or player for each position. I have now been told that's we are trying to get both now, but draxler seems more interested and rues not really wanting a change b4 world cup so another striker is being looked at incase rues still don't want to move yet, but looks like draxler is up for the move now (as he wanted to wait till after world cup too originally) as he knows with walcott out he will get plenty of game time and not harm his world cup chances. 25m is the price being mentioned though i'm not sure, and apparently AW willing to pay the 32m for costa if again he agrees to move b4 world cup

Gooner1010 I hope you are right mate

I would take either of them either Jan or summer! World class! Isn't it funny, after Ozil coming in, anyone is ACTUALLY possible! Before that, we all deep down doubted the names mentioned. Good time to be a Gooner I reckon.

Agree Greeny, Ozil was definitely a statement signing for us.

08 Jan 2014 19:35:10
There's a lot of talk about us signing players who either few have heard of or know little about from abroad! If our need is that immediate and urgent as some people feel it is surely we need premier league experienced player who doesn't have to adapt to a different style of football as well as a new team.
If we really are in that much need we have to go for a prem player either be it 30 to 50 mil or a short term bargain buy.

If we are not so desperate what's the rush? Let's go for top class when we are more likely to get real value for our money in the summer.
Are Gnarby and Ox up to it? Let's find out I think

08 Jan 2014 20:17:10
G62,

It's January the press go nuts, sly spurts being the worst just to get people betting on whose going where.

I'm taking it Arsene is doing something and if he finds a player he wants and can get he'll be here.

It's hopefully only 23 days and another 9 points in the bag before we find out.

By then Bendtner will be back and The Ox and Podolski will be fitter. Heck we may even see Sanogo in the pictures at training.

Agree with both of the above posts.

Sanogo could turn out to be a a hero or a zero, time will tell.

Dags be honest what do you think Sanogo? Hero or Zero. Go on stick your neck out on that one . Smiles

Haven't seen enough of sanogo just hope not related to diaby

08 Jan 2014 19:25:27
Benteke to arsenal and young Portuguese midfielder willian carvalho

08 Jan 2014 18:40:05
Moyes is right, and in good LMA company that refereeing has been pisse-pauvre. Not biased, just crap. No understanding of the game as played. Anyone else think it's got much worse since Riley became head?

But funny to see United complaining they get the same standard of refereeing the rest of the league gets. I wonder if SAF forgot to write the ref entitlement clause into his successors contract?

The refs continuous and increasing problem is that whilst on one hand the scrutiny of the world and all the cameras is always on them - the managers and players don't care about whether a decision is correct they just want it to go their way. The players have almost perfected the art of 'creating a foul', they dispute even the most obvious decision, they try as hard as possible to get their opponents booked or sent off, and they constantly put the ref under pressure to influence future decisions of the ref.

I believe that if the referees were to be given help and support and the encouragement to book players for cheating and to absolutely book any player who approached them in a threatening or abusive manner - it would go a long way to restoring the game to a game of skill/fitness/strategy. The biggest problem refs had has now retired and it should be a good starting point for restoring control.

Great post exiled.

If a defender commits a foul in the box he is normally sent off and a penalty given against his team, even if it wasn't malicious, maybe just mis-timed.
With that in mind, if a player does an obvious dive and is looking for a penalty, why is he only given a yellow card?
Sorry, that's blatant cheating and bad sportsmanship and totally ruins the game.
"Simulation" should carry an automatic red card, IMO.

You got the right dags.

Good post Exiled. And I think a couple of the younger refs are doing a good job. But I wonder about some of the instruction and performance 'metrics' put in place. And it seems that a lot of refs are focusing more on the rules of making certain kinds of calls than refereeing the game in front of them. It's an art, not a science.

I would never go at a ref for missing a call, they don't get replay like we do and they are all human, but I would go at them for misreading the temperament of the match.

And for caving to managers, especially one now retired manager.

Was really good to see Clattenberg call over Dawson and read him the riot act of rotational fouling. First time I've seen that.

08 Jan 2014 17:53:10
Was cleaning pat rice's windows to got too speek to him for 5 mins asked Wenger has his eye on anyone he said he couldn't tell me but he has big plans this transfer window

08 Jan 2014 17:10:03
Edoo2

I was told something very interesting this afternoon, I won't go into details

Is it true we have interest in 1 of the big name forwards that moved to France in the summer

{Ed002's Note - Vincent Aboubakar is of no interest to Arsenal. Regardless of what it says on Twitter.}

08 Jan 2014 17:56:30
It was not him ed

I was talking more of 1 of the players that cost over £50mill

Keep away from trubbishter ed they all talk rubbish on there

{Ed002's Note - I have no idea what you are talking about.}

08 Jan 2014 20:39:34
Malaga,

If you are implying we have a chance of signing Cavani or Falcao this window, or summer window aswell for that matter, you are barking mad.

Please stop pretending to be in the know.

But that ruins the mystery Detroit! Its fun watching none of his claims come true! Let me have some fun! Not like my team is giving much atm. good old Charlie, the gift that keeps giving :-)

For god sake malaga so now we will never be signing Cavani or Falcao. Add another two to the list :/

Lewandowski
M'villa
Hazard
Neymar
Fabregas
Lars Bender
Casillas
Higuain
And now Cavani and Falcao

And they are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head :D Keep going mate you will get one someday.

08 Jan 2014 11:38:41
Just noticed the player profile section is gone. I always found it an informative way of finding out about players we're linked with. Is it a permanent disappearance Eds?

{Ed033's Note - The player profiles web site is still there

The profiles are still there, however I think they need updating atleast once every 3 -6 months. It would b for th better because fewer people wil ask stupid/time wastin quetions that fil up th rumours page.

Thanxxx in advace

08 Jan 2014 10:13:15
Well boys it doesn't look very good for Spurs for a change! Smiles! According to reports, that quote his father, it looks like he is looking to leave or more to the point he wants! to leave. What a shame for them, just as they were getting it together aswell.

This has happened to us in the years we consistently were out of the title race by october.

Cesc, Nasri, traitor, so on and so forth.

but the constant we had, was the same constant we wanted to rid of.

Thank you Arsene Wenger.

Patience goes along way. nOt sure how far utd will keep moyes but if they can let him build a team, they could be ok.

I don't see them ever being dominant again, but they will win the odd title here and there.

too many teams in the mix right now for any team to be considered dominant

Sorry Goldboy, who are you referring to?

Lamela?

Sorry all Lamela. In my excitement I forgot to mention his name. 30 million well spent Spurs. 😂

08 Jan 2014 08:41:28
Ok I think I've got over the Theo injury a bit now. I've come to my senses. We have just got to look back to the part of the season up to when Theo was still out with his stomach operation and remember how we coped then. With that in mind we can now go forward and I think Gnabry for me staked a claim the other day so let's get behind him.

Right now, I do not think any of those players would want to join that sinking ship

RUE. Sorry mate I didn't understand your reply. Can you explain it again. Thanks.

Sorry Goldboy mate, that response was to Akie's Man U post

Good to hear more people think the same way Rue!

Goldboy I've been thinking the same, we have normally tried promoting from within and gnabry is an obvious talent, everyone can see that, game time will do nothing but help the young mans confidence, we also have OX back soon so he's not on his own carrying the burden of Theo.

08 Jan 2014 00:10:03
Just been looking through (a few of my mates are united fans) and most of them are talking about transfer targets.

The same name keeps popping up 'Juan Mata'. It feels so good to say to them "mata is a bit out of your league, maybe you could go for Bryan Ruiz or someone."

One united follow commented as follows: "we need a revamp (the only sane part) pogba, Vidal and mata are must buys! Mata is sure to join as he wants game time and pogba was here before so he knows united."

And not one supporter mentioned that every single one of these players are at better clubs and two of the three are important players at thier respected clubs.

IN MOYES WE TRUST! ;)


COYG

Vidal and Pogba not in a million years Mata is the only maybe if he wants to drop his level and play on a Thursday next season lol

Chelsea would not sell them their worst player. neither would city and forget about getting even a 15 year old from liverpool.

it was only arsenal that traded freely.

we don't think about the opposition, we think about us. do what we have to do, not what others are doing.

in reality, mata would be good for them, but fact is that there is about a 10% chance of that happening.

Janujaz is a amazing player and its up to them to keep him.

RVP = crocked
Rooney = pay cheque
Kagawa = wrong position
add some divers, some very old players and you have their team.

I always thought Alex Ferg, had the luck to have that class of 92, an entire batch of players who brought a certain calibre of team work. not all of them were world class but they made the vital cogs work.

Just like barcelona have their messi, iniesta, cesc, xavi, pique, pedro, busquets clique.

im guessing arsenal are building the same way, having a team together for awhile and replacing 3-4 components along the way but keeping the core.

lets hope we can go all the way. fingers crossed.

Lol wot a loaf of old tosh really! Yes fergie was so lucky over 25 years! Really laker u do talk some dribble! One good year in 9 and your all out of the woodwork lol bless ya all!

Akie are talking about the same jaun mata that rejected your club? We will be back!
Untill then I shall ride this bumpy road with a smile on my face just waiting for the egg to fall all over yours!

Kinda sad really that u feel so distant from your own club that your highlights this season is seeing us and spurs have wobbles!

I feel that banner around the Emirates will read 2004 for a while yet!

08 Jan 2014 18:16:39
Evening CTR

I have 1 word for you

MEOW!

We are indeed talking about the same mata. But the thing is CTR, we have ozil, cazorla, Ramsey and wilshere for the attacking mid spot. You have whom? And mata is most certinally out of your league and won't join united for the same reason Rooney won't join Chelsea (if moyes can help it).


Mata rejecting arsenal doesn't bother me in the slitest, a lot of players have and a lot more players will. But we have an amazing squad and have next to no deadwood, unlike HMS Titanic over there.

Mata wanted more money than Wenger thought he was worth we rejected him if anything pal. Get it right son!