Arsenal Banter Archive June 08 2013

08 Jun 2013 22:12:07
Not a rumour just what I want.

4 positions:

CB: Dragovic/Ginter
CDM: Fellaini/Bender
CM: CESC
ST: Rooney/Higuain

My preference is Dragovic, Fellaini, CESC and Higuain.

Ash

08 Jun 2013 21:48:17
Is the hot weather making people cranky, seems an awful lot of undeserved and unwanted abuse of the Eds, they do a great job if you don't like don't use the site. Gets right on my nerves taking your frustrations out the Eds when you can't direct them directly at whatever is annoying you. Like bullying the smaller kid at school because you weren't breast fed. Grow up people leave Eds ALONE.

On a cheerier note goodbye Bendtner do u need a hand packing?

Holmesy {Ed027's Note - Cheers

Agree 100% with this post. And also why would you abuse a fellow gooner in Ed027's case?

Life eh.

Why would you sit behind your keyboard and bully anyone

Eds do a great job and its a free site

We support a club who aren't at the top of the league on pay or points so deals collapse - club also keeps info within its own circle of trust

Enjoy the site for what it is and the hours the Eds do to keep it going without loads of Ads.

SY4

Whatever mate I don't like it when people slag off the eds, but they should be able to deal with individuals, the entire fan base doesn't need to suffer. It's not like every gooner went against Ed 002. However it's his wish, by the way I think Ed 027 is doing a proper job.

08 Jun 2013 21:15:33
Hi Eds,
It was a while back but how did that Indio guy from vasco get on with his trial? {Ed027's Note - I wouldn't know mate, probably not very well

08 Jun 2013 20:27:01
So atm, we are favourite to sign, wayne rooney, felaini, higuan and jovetic.

lol we can only dream

Not favourites to sign rooney- PSG & Chelsea are

08 Jun 2013 19:58:48
In all honesty, is Jovetic really a good buy? Personally, I think he's overrated, although young, he isn't world class, yet.

Now, if we want to compete we must buy world class NOW and I think that the club would compete with Higuin and Fellaini. I know someone who has sources in arsenal, apparently Jovetic IS still on. Not sure about the fee but I think he's a waste of money.

08 Jun 2013 19:02:25
Fabregas to Arsenal: the deal has been agreed
By Myles Palmer

Readers plead: Myles, write something positive.

Here it is.

Cesc Fabregas, a winner with the La Liga champions, is coming back to Arsenal.

I got this scoop last night but didn't post it then because we were invited a barbecue.

Fabregas took over Vieira's No 4 shirt and played for Arsenal for seven years and achieved 70 assists in the Premier League.

Why is he coming?

Because he wants to start every game and be with his baby daughter and girlfriend.

He wants to see his kid every day.

Which is fair enough. Babies and toddlers do different things every week, every day.

Cesc was mature at 16.

At 26, he's a proper grown-up and a family man.

It's exciting news and I'm buzzing for the first time in years.

Jun 8, 2013

And I posted this how many days b4 miles?

in actual fact darren dein was in contact with the club last summer to see if any thing could be done to get him back to the emirates.

malaga gooner

Firstly, no you didn't.

Secondly, no he didn't.

Paul

Give up malaga even if you did say it no was going to believe you anyway

08 Jun 2013 16:23:08
Would love 2 see higuain at arsenal! let's hope wenger spends the money need CB, DCM, STR big year 4 wenger let's hope he delivers this year

08 Jun 2013 15:49:32
What's happening with Emmanuel Frimpong? Is he still on our books, I personally think he could potentially be the answer to our defensive midfield issue.

Frimpong is currently recovering from an op, but I would think Le coq has more chance and is the better player in that position, Frimpong has what it takes he just needs to get more serious about his football imo

1404

Pogba is viera mark 2 everything about him if you ask me spending 20 million on gundogan or pogba would be more worth while then spendng it on a striker. The time of giroud starts now

Bergkamp5353

08 Jun 2013 15:25:03
Been reading this site for two years now very little on here to digest really very tedious and most of what is talked is utter junk Do the eds ever really answer a question. Not really lads they don't know any more then what's in the papers but act as if they have some inside knowledge which is rubbish Still I suppose it adds to the excitement of the transfer mayhem lol Devon gunner

Have you seen the 'Questions' page, they answer a lot of questions on there. And the only one that 'pretends' to have insider knowledge is Ed: 002, and I think he actually does.

My advice to you would be to stop reading the site.

If you don't like the site then why would you keep reading it?!



SM1996

08 Jun 2013 15:03:45
i don't have any sources and i'm not a itk, but based on rumour's and people on twitter such as a person, this is what I can see happening:

goalkeepers:
people may not want to hear this, but don't be surprised if no goalkeepers come in. the reason I say this is because contrary to common knowledge, fabianski and mannone's contracts run out in 2014 not 2013, so they both still have a year left. therefore, due to the impressive form of fabianski at the end of the season, I can see him staying and although he isn't great I don't think you ask for a more suitable 3rd choice goalkeeper than mannone. I mean, what more do you want for 3rd choice? then szczesny will of course still be here, his form improved after coming back into the team as well. if a gk does come in the players linked are: julio cesar, mignolet and adler.

defenders:
when it comes to the defence, I can't see us signing any full-backs unless sagna leaves and i'm increasingly beginning to think he will stay at least one more season. jenkinson is improving all the time and we have two top class left-backs in gibbs and monreal. at centre-back I think we have two top class players in mertesacker and koscielny. vermaelens form dropped last season and he has been linked with a move away, this could happen but I still think he will stay. where will he go? I can see him staying and then I think we will buy one other centre-back. ashley williams has been linked the most, winston reid has also being linked. not sure who we will buy but would be happy with either as fourth choice. however, I wouldn't be surprised to see us sign a young player with potential such as matthias ginter. then finally fringe players such as santos and djourou will hopefully be sold along with the released squillaci.

midfielders:
in midfield, I think we will look to buy a defensive midfielder and a attacking midfielder. with arshavin already released there is room for another creative-mid, grenier has been linked and if we want him I think we cane easily get him, he's a typical arsene wenger signing. people talking about fabregas are just in dream land in my opinion, he'll probably retire at barcelona. in terms of defensive, I don't expect coquelin to be at the club next season, whether that's a loan or permanent move I don't know but even though he's a decent player he isn't good enough if we want to challenge and I think wenger knows that, based on how little he played from january onwards last season. so I can see us signing a defensive-mid such as gonalons, fellaini or kondogbia. I also think frimpong will leave on top of others like denilson whose already gone.

attackers:
i think we have a pretty decent attack, just not a world-class one. walcott, giroud and podolski will all improve next season I would expect. gervinho I can see leaving this summer. he's not as bad as people make out but I think its obvious he isn't improving as much as wenger had hoped. with yaya sanogo coming in plus one more, its inconceivable that he will stay. in terms of the big striker we are looking to buy I think the shortlist is like this:

1) wayne rooney
2) gonzalo higuian
3) stevan jovetic
4) david villa

rooney is number 1, that's why everything is so vague atm, the club never knew he would be available so they are now waiting to see what happens. if we don't get rooney I think we will get either higuian or jovetic.

in terms of sanogo coming in think it spells bad knews for joel campbell. he's not scoring enough goals and - similar to coquelin - I can see him moving although he is decent. the finally players like bendtner, park and chamakh will go.

wenger to sign a knew contract.

08 Jun 2013 09:21:36
Hi Eds,
Is all the recent talk of big-name signings, particularly from Gazidis, just a ploy to increase season ticket renewals (the deadline for which is soon approaching)? Or is there going to be a legitimate shift in our transfer policy this summer? {Ed027's Note - There will be a shift

Not to be like that but I do remember ed:s saying the same last summer and nothing changed then. {Ed027's Note - Nobody said that, last year Ed002 said we will buy if we sell

"Ed027's Note - There will be a shift"

Ed (great job you do here btw), what does that mean exactly, as far as you know?

For example- does it mean, we no longer have to sell, so we can keep hold of our best players- BUT wenger continues with pretty much similar targets/price ranges he has over the last several seasons or that he will now go for more recognised and as a consequence bigger fee type players?

As an arsenal fan yourself, I'm sure you can appreciate some of the cynicism, doubts, etc around, this apparent shift.

Is it a guess because that's what the papers are reporting or have you heard from a source regarding this shift!

We have been waiting and hoping for a change in policy for so long, it seems all to good to be true (but so exciting if it is ofc!).
LG.
Thanks Ed. {Ed027's Note - We don't need to sell to cover losses or make a profit, we have struck new commercial deals for 2014, we will get some advances on these, there are lots of cash available, this has been kept for security, I we never sold over the years we would be in trouble. We have shifted a lot of players, and we are changing the wage structure, judging Gazidis's comments in the past more or less proves this

OK Ed thanks- that makes logical sense and I would agree with it- the best part, relatively, is that at least we can hold on to our talent. now its about building a side that can compete,
could be an interesting summer a head.
Cheers.
LG

08 Jun 2013 13:06:58
help me out here! I know this story is only in the sun, but moyes says he will out bid arsenal for cesc! surely this cannot happen, as cesc would not want to join utd so we would not be able to be out bid, if he said he only wanted to join us ( only speculating) there is nothing barca could do? this is what happened with us and barca, cesc only wanted to join barca so a bidding war was impossible hence why we took an undervalued tranfer fee and why we were able to get a buy back cluase in it?
RD

It's the Sun. Mufc know the only way they can sign Cesc is if

A) Barca want to sell
and
B) we turn down the chance to buy him

Paul

08 Jun 2013 12:02:51
Wenger will not buy any stars! Look at his transfers over the past 6 years not good, wenger does not have a plan b only plan a and it does not work, need cb (hummels), dcm (felliani)and striker (higuain) as much as it hurts wenger needs 2 step down need younger manager with passion

So why did wenger meet with higuain and his dad in paris, just to have tea and catch up?wenger has done a brilliant job with very little financial suppport. Things are changing we have the financial muscle to compete for top players.

Not right the teams stability will be drawn out if wenger steps down the time is not now. I hope the manager will give us the best arsenal next year. with 70mill

08 Jun 2013 13:21:15
He meet him in Paris even though he is on international duty with Argentina. if the mirror are going to make up these story's they need to get dome facts right.

Arsenal met with his father who is also his agent

Paul

Proof that he met his father?

You read to many papers how can he meet higuain when he is in Argentina! You are right Oxford gooner no plan B always plan A I've been going 4 years and nothing much as changed! I agree wenger should go don't think he knows how to spend the money? let's hope he proves me wrong? arsenal4life

08 Jun 2013 17:09:49
People who say wenger don't know how is spend are just dumb. The manager who signed henry, viera. DB10, and many more. Hope to see higuain, fellaini and other few additions. Higuain over rooney as an arsenal fan

Wenger didn't sign begkamp, correct with the rest though

Higuains agent is his brother isn't it?



SM1996

He might of signed viera, henry etc I am talking about the quality of the players wenger has signed in the last few years not upto arsenal Standard santos, chamakh arsavin etc. The list goes on! Let's hope wenger does good this transfer window

08 Jun 2013 11:45:02
Wenger did not meet higuain he is in Argentina playing for his county we can only dream though! Wenger out

08 Jun 2013 10:53:26
hi bergkamp 5353.

when I was told about this special player I could not get my head around there was any substance to it.

your going to have to trust me that when it comes to press you will remember that I and know else had it 1st.

this player wants a NEW challenge

he wants to come to london.

he is not bothered about the limelight

he is not bothered about wages.

he is a ready made superstar.

as I said in my post, I am sure if its this summer or next.

if I get anything else concrete on this player I will let you all know.

malaga gooner

Special footballer who isn't worried about wages? doesn't exist.

You have no source or contacts. Its guesswork you hope comes off. Stop getting people's hopes up

Malaga ain't MESSING about ;-)

Nas

Do you really mean. that Andy Carroll might join us?
Malaga, I've read the site for 3 years, every completed deal you invent never happens.
I'll just put this 'special player' next to Hazard, Mata, Cahill and M'Vila who had all signed according to you.
You clueless, clueless man.
Windsor Gooner

It's Jackanory time!

08 Jun 2013 10:21:28
I wouldn't get too excited about what Gazidis has said about us being able to sign big money players.

He can say all he wants, he said that last season as well. Until we sign a few 25 mil+ stars, I'm not getting my hopes up.

Also, whilst Rooney and Fellaini (apparently we matched his 22 mil buy out clause) are good players who I wouldn't mind having at Arsenal, they aren't really the solution to our problems. We need a winger, a striker, a CDM and an all-round defensive player. That would make us title contenders (providing that the players we buy are of great quality).

At least it seems as though we are showing signs of intent.

Nick.

Hey nick

i know not many trust me and that's ok

we will smash our transfer record at least 3 times.

happy days bro

malaga gooner

Malaga I hope your right! there's nothing more boring than being an arsenal fan in the transfer window, so I hope Wenger pulls off something magical, Higuain anyone?

coyg

A winger? We have Walcott, Ox, Podolski and Cazorla can play there. There is no need.

I believe you Malaga, I really do - I was joking (obviously) about Messi but stranger things have happened.

I reckon there's a strong chance of Cesc although a lot can go wrong.

Fact is, I'm fully confident of us smashing the SH!t out of our transfer and wages records at least a couple of times this summer.

Keeping the faith!

COME ON YOU GUNNERS!

Walcott wants to play through the middle and I think Ox will eventually play a more central midfield role.
Though you are definitely right these two are wingers, at least for now.
Podolski for me is too lazy to be a winger, though maybe he found it difficult to adapt to English football and will look better next season.
As for Cazorla, he is definitely better centrally.
I think Walcott on one wing and a new left winger would be great. Sanchez anyone?

Nick he never said it last summer, he said in summer 2012 that in summer 2013 we will be able to challenge, new commercial deals being wrapped up and stadium debt all but paid off, these are positive times so just wait and see

08 Jun 2013 08:58:37
Fabregas to Arsenal has been agreed according to Myles Palmer. Add to this the fact that Darren Dein was in Barcelona on Monday at the Daniel Jarque tribute game and met up with Cesc and things start to look very promising.

08 Jun 2013 09:57:18
Where will he play in our midfield. we need a defensive midfielder. Carzola, Arteta, jack and theo. don't believe this story to be honest. Although I think he has a few problems with the mother of his children who is based in London. km

Would have to play
DM Wilshere

Walcott Fabregas Cazorla

It plays Cazorla out of his best position but is the only way to play them all.
That said, the squad would be rotated and we always end up with injuries so not sure how often they would all play in the same team anyway.

08 Jun 2013 08:06:58
I predict only 4 signings at the Emirates for the 1st team squad this season: Cesar, a DCM (Wanyama, Gonalons or Fellaini), Higuain and Sanogo.
For the academy: Mitrovic, Crowley, Selva.

Yeah but 4 good signings. If that happens, I would be happy with that- why? Because its progress, no one (at least who we want to keep) being sold and signing good players-

As long as we are progressing and adding quality, without taking it away- is all good with me. After many seasons of pretty much the reverse, that would be a sign of change.
LG

08 Jun 2013 00:31:54
Evening ed! Any truth in Wenger meeting Higuain and his father in Paris for talks over a move? {Ed027's Note -Nothing in it

08 Jun 2013 09:53:56
The player is in his homeland playing for Argentina. A photo of his father and Wenger could be taken with most phones. The story is rubbish.

07 Jun 2013 22:51:50
Slightly sad about arshavin now it's actually come to an end, ah what could of been

07 Jun 2013 21:07:51
Marc-Andr� ter Stegen? Thoughts?

Arsenal want to keep Shez so it will be pointless buying a young keeper

He scored a nice own goal against the U. S.