Arsenal FC Summer 2008 Thread

Roger Hunt wrote:

Tweedle wrote:
If its a boy I'll train him up to be England's next Gary Neville We're a bit short at right back currently

Then you need to change your name to Tweedle Tweedle, and have another boy and a girl, and get them all to shag each other.

Also get lots of posters of Beckham around the place so that the obsession starts early.

(with apologies to the c**ts and their "Neville Neville" song)

Sung to the tune of "Rebel Rebel":

Tweedle Tweedle, They're just fucking class,

Tweedle Tweedle, Their dad likes the Arse,

Tweedle Tweedle, Like Jacko they're bad,

Quentin Tweedle, Is the name of their dad.

Nibelheim wrote:

Allez les rouges wrote: Wow!! Amazing stuff. Restecp to de tweedman. My reaction was the same as Shaz's and Fey's I must admit

Which character from Nibelheim are you Fey?

Sephiroth of course!!

I was thinking more in Wagnerian terms, I don't speak computer games...

Ah well.

Mathieu is out for three weeks and Jens has been ranting again...

As I've said on ze Mannschaft thread, I votes for putting Jens in midfield

Allez les rouges wrote:Mathieu is out for three weeks and Jens has been ranting again...

As I've said on ze Mannschaft thread, I votes for putting Jens in midfield

I wasn't looking forward to a trip to Old Trafford, and to do so without Flamini is not going to be fun at all. Otherwise he should just miss the games against Reading and Derby, which even Gilberto should be able to play in without looking out of his depth!

How Wenger still has confidence in Gilberto is beyond me.

How on earth are we going to play our pressing game with that buffoon in CM now.

Even Song would be a more feesable option!

Another thing that makes it worse is that Sagna will not even be back probably meaning another Toure at RB job! I'm not expecting much from the game anyway.

i think he has to realise its toure & gallas with eboue at RB

Depends on what formation Arsene chooses to play.

Shame about Flamini, but maybe Gilberto will have the game of his life ..

You know he won't so why say that.

I thought it was best to get behind him; he will obviously play so it is nice to hear some optimism. What happened to Denilson?

He can't really handle our new style of play so there is not much use for him. You saw how the game changed when Flams came off on Tuesday.

Denilson? f@ck nos. He was on the bench Saturday but not Tuesday. He is more of a Cesc replacement though.

Yeah when Flim Flam was subbed the whole balance of the game shifted. Maybe Wenger needs to look for a Flim Flamesque player this summer ..

Shame there isn't many of him about

Toulalan

He's not really a hussler like Flatusso

Almost halfway through April and he still hasn't signed the new deal, I have to admit I'm actually resigned to him going now.

As for replacements, who knows? St Ettiene's Loic Perrin was mentioned as a possible successor a few weeks ago. Wenger should also consider bringing Diaby into the centre again. I can't remember the last time he played in that position for us, its certainly his most natural role.

rte Panel(Brady Dunphy Souness) Discuss Wenger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPgxJXRly5g

Read something *very* interesting today - apparently in late 2006, in a training session at Dinamo Zagreb, Eduardo was involved in an almost identical situation as the one against Birmingham, except in this one he was the "aggressor". The circumstances were the same, Eduardo went in with a scissor tackle on his teammate, it was completely innocuous and unintentional, but his teammate just moved at the last second and ended up suffering a severe injury that caused a break. He was out for a long time and only returned to playing about 7 or 8 months later. Like Eduardo with Taylor, this player also realised Eduardo didn't mean it, and accepted his apology.

Bad news:
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3409702,00.html

they need a number of players imho, BUT what almost nobody on here knows is how he sees the reserve kids fitting into the squad next season. if he sees he needs a CD then fine, all good, he'll need a GK & CM to replace those departing players whether thats within the squad or outside. flamini is a clear example of how the players may actually be there already, lets be honest who saw this seasons performances coming?

kas wrote:Bad news:
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3409702,00.html

You never know with Wenger, he says a lot of things about transfers and then does something else completely different, but I fear this article is going to be accurate. I certainly don't want to spend ridiculously huge amounts of money like some fans, but I think it's patently obvious that this squad needs investment. A net expenditure of £25m or so isn't excessive for next season considering we made a profit this year and should have more funds to invest. With that sort of spending we could easily bring in four good players to strengthen the squad. If Wenger continues with his 'vision' of persisting solely with youth I think we will find ourselves in a similar situation this time next year.

kas wrote:Read something *very* interesting today - apparently in late 2006, in a training session at Dinamo Zagreb, Eduardo was involved in an almost identical situation as the one against Birmingham, except in this one he was the "aggressor". The circumstances were the same, Eduardo went in with a scissor tackle on his teammate, it was completely innocuous and unintentional, but his teammate just moved at the last second and ended up suffering a severe injury that caused a break. He was out for a long time and only returned to playing about 7 or 8 months later. Like Eduardo with Taylor, this player also realised Eduardo didn't mean it, and accepted his apology.

Yeah. This was in some of the English media in the aftermatch of the incident. Apparently when Taylor went to see Eduardo the next day he was so high on morphine that he couldn't remember the visit. Still, I think he has seen him again and apologised.

kas wrote:Bad news:
http://football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3409702,00.html

Its the same story each summer. Lets all hope Wenger is bluffing like he has done a few times in the past. We don't need a major clearout or anything, just three players that can be part of the first team straight away.

Hatem Ben Arfa?

Why the hell are we after this guy?

He hasn't even looked that good when I've seen him + he's a prize twat!

This is a complete joke. What about Modric? What about Afellay? What about Rosina? Whay aren't we after these players!

Modric is now out of your price league with chavski in for him. as for ben arfa is paper talk, how often do you see a player rumoured in the papers and then get bought by wenger not v often especially this far ahead of schedule. he's french so of course the papers will guess, doubt anybody picked up on Sagna too far ahead so i wouldn't take too much from these reports

How many players have arrived with a reputation of being a bit of a twat though? I can think of van Persie, Adebayor, Wiltord etc ... Its not like its going to put Wenger off him.

I have to admit Ben Arfa would be my first choice for the summer. With Hleb and Rosicky we have two players comfortable on each flank, suppliment that with improving Walcott as a right winger and Ben Arfa a left winger suddenly our options begin to look better.

Apparently he was awesome in a recent game vs. Marseille, the lad obviously has a lot of talent. Most of the French posters on here rate him ahead of Nasri and Menez and they know what sort of player he is.

What has happened to Denilson? He just seems to have gone missing recently. I don't think he is injured but he isn't part of the squad either.

Really wasn't impressed by him in the CL games but that is only two occassions. You'd may be better going after someone like Young. Probably the same price range £15 - 20 million, already used to the league, great technique and genuine width.


Plus English.

They rated Nasri higher last summer but he's had a bit of an off season.

He just seems a bit too similar to what we already have. I think Afellay would offer something a bit different.

Walcott should definately get a few more first team chances next season. Eboué really shouldn't be anywhere near a first choice right winger for us.

Vela? Will he be playing for us next season? Could act as left wing and forward cover.

And then maybe even Merida, though he's currently far too lightweight.

Afellay would be an excellent purchase for a team like Arsenal, hopefully he won’t be in the injury room, he himself has hinted he could be leaving P$V this summer.