Arsenal Rumours Archive December 29 2011

29 Dec 2011 22:47:48
A mate of mine just said something about Giroud - who is he and is there any substance to this please gang?

Raz

He Plays for An Average French Side, Scored Alot Of Goals This Season A Has Just Had A 42m Price Tag Put On Him.

Giroud plays for Montpellier in France. Hes pretty tall and a good goal poacher. I'd say a bit of a late bloomer and a player (Chamack) plus cash deal could be a possibility?
Please to the poster above stop using Capitals It Makes It Hard To Read Just Use A Name Tag Like Everyone Else!

JW

The owner of his club has put a huge price on him, because he is mental! Giroud is pretty good though - A £7-10 million move could be realistic, maybe for liverpool or villa or some other mid table team.

Daniel

Ok thanks guys.

Btw JW he will not change it, there's no point in asking. We just consider his style to be his sign off, we're used to it now!
Raz

It sort of makes out like you are some kind of mental case .... with .... large .... gaps ... between ... each ... WORD .... AND .... Strange .. EMPHASIS ... where it is not ..... NECESSARY :)

Hehe but hey we are all special in our own way

CS

I think its wrong to buy a player whos only had good half of a season

I Doubt Wenger Will Sign Because He Wants To Play Regular Football.

I get it now, you're doing a textual impression of Stephen Hawking!

:)

CS

He's a french striker excellent finisher, can hold the ball up well, has great ball control and technically brilliant.

29 Dec 2011 21:09:49
New poster regular reader on here. On Ssn Henry is rejoining arsenal wether it's good news or not not sure myself but they claim it's true.
Arsenal forever
David 6

Untill Its On Arsenal.com It Is Not Offical

And Sorry Welcome Mate.

Hope Henry does join,can't see him playing much,but must be a great player to have around you in training.

But He's Training Already...

It might improve morale a bit, and who knows if he can knock in a few goals here and there which we all know he can ... well it will be a successful loan in my eyes.

I don't think the boss is daft enough to get him instead of another player, but if he arrives for a few months and does anything at all positive then I will be happy enough.

I kept saying no no no, but let's face it who wouldn't love to cheer on Henry a few more times or watch him put a few past united!

Hehe who knows if it cheers up the boss it will definitely spread good vibes throughout the squad.

Good luck to him whether or not he plays he is Arsenal through and through

CS

To Be Honest If He Does Come Back It Just Shows A Lack of Ambition.

Personally I'd love to see him back just hope it's not my heart ruling my head. I think he can still do us a job though. I'd love to see him score against spurs again wind em right up.
David6

Going to MLS from Barca shows a lack of ambition! Coming back to Arsenal who are going to be playing the best premiership teams and challenging for major honours in Europe and in the UK doesn't!

Honestly some people need to stop lacing their shreddies with crack!

CS

Last poster... I think he meant lack of the clubs ambition not Henry's.

If the best we can manage is a marketing ploy to resign Henry then that's a lack of ambition in my book.

Is this the same Terry Henry who agitated for a move for 2 years and then spent his last 12 months at the club basically taking the P*ss?

We bought park because of the pre-season travelling we did in Asia. Shirt sales revenue must have gone up atleast 20%. Now we have Henry again - as a business..Arsenal are pretty clue'd up. Whether henry plays well or scores goals probably isnt even that important for them as a whole. Imagine being park, not being played, and then wenger bringing in Henry...hes basically saying that park isnt good enough to play, even with chamack and gervinho out of the picture. Brilliant.

Daniel

I love how people just second guess the boss all the time, or if they can't reason why a certain unknown player has appear they attribute it to shirt selling!

Park needs more time in the gym he is very small and scrawny and will just be knocked over at the moment, and Chamahk is hardly worth mentioning because he hasn't scored or played well in about 50 years.

Henry for 2 months has little to do with ambition, I mean be reasonable nobody is saying Sholes / Giggs at at United showed a lack of ambition are they?

Are people a bit tense or something? Lol and Henry coming is going to make no difference to any other transfers now is it.

We should all know by now the clubs ambitions; At worse to finish 4th and at best win the league and one of the cups.

It's been like that for years, as Wenger said right at the beginning when we moved to Ashburton Grove.

And we are not exactly doing that badly, we just aren't setting any fires at the moment but it's halfway through the season...

CS

29 Dec 2011 17:57:43
Is There Any Chance Rosicky Will Be Sold Next Month?

No because he can leave on a free in the summer!

CrossRoss

Rumour has it,he could be joining a team in Greece.

I sure as hell hope not, he's still a very good squad player

I have been wondering about that. kind of hard to tell, a few clubs purportedly expressing interest (i think olympiakos are the latest) but it looks like wenger values him as a squad player. giving him the start against wolves suggests he still has a part to play. it will really be a matter of whether he eventually wnats to leave to play more football. i cant imagine any decisions being reached before summer though.

Oleg Maputo

"he's still a very good squad player"
we have too many squad players - thats the problem! we need players who are able to make an impact on a match; i cant remember the last time rosicky ever did anything other than "played alright"
any bid for £1m would have to be considered.
AG

Thats Why im Asking I Doubt Wenger Will Renew His Contract As He Is 31 And Injury Prone So a Sale Would Be The Best Option But Would He Be Replaced?

I Dont See Arshavins Contract Being Extended Too.

Good point on having too many squad players and not enough match winners.

That said Rosicky is one of our better squad players i'd sooner see him regain his shooting touch and et rid of some of the other lesser squad players.

Squad is extremely thin at the moment though so I suspect Wenger is cautious to get rid of any until there are more to come.

CS

Be better if he ever tried to tackle

I think because of his injury he is no longer into tackling. Which is a shame because his tracking back before that was legendary, but it seems we will have to put up with that and perhaps leave the defending to somebody who's legs aren't made of papier mache :D

CS

Yes he is he will be sold to a greek team cause our team has two much gd players for him to play full time

29 Dec 2011 14:38:00
Well It Has Now Been Reported The Latest Henry Rumour Is A Lie He Has Not Been Offered A Two Month Contract.

Perry groves and charlie nicholas are being lined up instead
AG

29 Dec 2011 12:32:15
Hi Ed. Do you have any insights on the speculation around thierry henry on loan for 2 months. This actually seems to be a very realistic rumour.

While I may not be jumping for joy - I suspect that this is the Winter signing Wenger will make.

Cheaper option, provides cover, provides experience.

Unfortunately, I doubt fans will buy into the idea that a 34 year old thierry Henry provides the quality we require.

One can only hope, wenger is planning to make big moves in the Summer.

Out:
Striker: Chamakh
AMC: Arshavin
CM: Diaby
AMC: Rosicky
Defender: Squillaci
GK: Alumnia


In:
Striker: Podolski/Doumbia/etc...
AMC: Gourcuff/Gotze/Hazard
CM: Promote Coquelin
AMC: Promote AoC
Defender: Promote Miguel

That's 2 big signings in the summer - which seems plausible. {Ed002's Note - I have no specific knowledge of the matter but would note that he has played a full season in the States, he is 34 and he is due for pre-season around February 20 in Arizona. If he were to skip pre-season and sign for Arsenal, he would not had much of a rest. I appreciate he could provide cover whilst Gervinho is away but still think that there are better solutions out there. Moussa Sow might provide long term benefits. Podolski is another possible option.}

Totally agree with you analysis. I think there are plenty of better options, but I sense there is limited availability.
Sow/Doumbia - away on ACN?
Podolski - Club not selling...

Also, I think this video of Henry during the emirates cup really sums everything up.

The first minute and the last 5 show his love and dedication for the club - everything in between suggests he lacks the quality to succeed.

His pace is gone, his touch is sloppy. He has moments of brilliance, but they are clever tricks, not match-winning moments.

He also likes to sit much deeper (almost an Central attacking mid) and so would not suit our current system.

Ed002's why do you keep mentioning he is 34? Drogba is 33 and Henry is a lot fitter, is a complete athlete who looks after himself and would give his all for Arsenal so stop hating. chamakh is not worth a toss nor is arshavin! Along with other signings Henry will be great for Arsenal.
IN ARSENE WE WILL SUCCEED.
CRABBY {Ed001's Note - because Drogba gets to rest during the close season, whereas you are asking Henry to forego his rest in order to play for you.}

The only problem ED, is Wenger only bargain hunts and does not buy quality. Always looking for Costco buys! Arshavin has proven to be a waste as it is clearly seen in his timid & lacklusture displays {Ed002's Note - I am a littled miffed by the knuckle-dragging cretin who suggested I was "hating" by answering a question asked of me. Perhaps we should just leave the Arsenal posts to pile up until someone with less "hate" in them feels obliged to process them in a few days time?}

Ed002's Sorry, hate was the wrong word but seriously knuckle-dragging cretin I think you need help my fellow gooner and learn to control your attitude! just saying {Ed002's Note - I didn't mean "knuckle-dragging cretin" of course. What I meant was that he was no doubt a pot-bellied, lager swilling, tattooed, knuckle-dragging moron. Just saying!}

Sorry, the Henry rest post reply was mean't for Ed001's apologies to Ed002's.
My bad! {Ed002's Note - Hey, not a problem. Don't worry about it.}

Just ignore crabby ed. He will just be a stupid kid or a Spud.

29 Dec 2011 09:11:10
Ståle Solbakken (manager of Køln) has told Aftenposten (Norwegian newspaper), that he will do whatever he can to keep Podolski. But admits that he would understand if Podolski would like to try out the Premiership (at Arsenal).

Sell: Arshavin, Chamakh, Squillaci (even on free-transfer), Almunia ( even on free-transfer), Diaby. This will give us 25-35 mill.

Buy: Vertonghen (ca. 15 mill), Podolski (ca. 15 mill).

Also consider moves for M'Villa, Marvin, Goetze, with the transferfunds we saved from the summerwindow.

Re-signing Henry I think would be a great idea, even if he didn't start so much. Henry have a lot to offer our younger players, he is one of our biggest legends.....I only rate Tony Adams higher than Henry.

Arsenal will finish top four, as our new signings will help us move Tottenham Hotspur further down on the ladder. And when Harry Redknapp becomes manager of England, the Spuds will collapse!

Arsenal 4 life!

Just slightly (actually FULLY) unbelievable!

Also heard about Solbakken. Totally agree with you about sales, and believe Podolski and Vertonghen would be great buys.

And for all you Suc**rs who say Henry is past it....you have no idea what you are talking about! Would you rather have Park on the field, than Henry?? Henry will not only have a lot to offer, but will also inspire the younger players. And, I personally, will most likely have an tear in my eyes when he enters the field!

Go Gunners!

29 Dec 2011 04:43:48
Hey guys,

Just saw on twitter, a fellow named AfC Wheeler, who has been rather insightful on transfers and such, has said that Henry will be unveiled on Monday and that Podolski should be signed in mid January.

What do you all think? This excites me if it's true, but only time will tell.

Ben, has your source heard anything about Henry returning?

Cheers,
Ty

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Ben

I didn't see anything ben

Ibster

Henry is being signed so skinflint doesn't have to spend any money on transfers, lets rely on the misfits Chamakh and Arshavin. I fell sorry for ox when he is on the bench and see these wasters keep on coming on.