SI Staff Olly Kenney Posted June 22, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted June 22, 2008 Vela scored another goal for Mexico last night, against the mighty Belize. It's the first goal here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_b Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Imagine lining up like this against West Brom Almunia Sagna Toure Gallas Clichy Arshavin Toure Cesc Nasri RvP Ade I might have to go lie down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Originally posted by Olly Kenney:Vela scored another goal for Mexico last night, against the mighty Belize. It's the first goal here. That's a properly good finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pain Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Good goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 "I brought my cheque-book (to Euro 2008) but, having looked at the prices, I've realised it isn't big enough," Wenger - who is also hoping to keep hold of Alexander Hleb - said in the Sunday Mirror."I've not been surprised by the quality on show. There is a fantastic young generation of players coming through. "But I will use my cheque-book first to keep the players I already have." Frown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arseneknows Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Wenger you tight bas***d!! While we're on the subject can someone tell me where Spurs get all their money from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenaltops Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Dare I broach the subject of Anelka replacing Ade should Chelsea allow him to go? *ducks for cover* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Adebayor > Anelka. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsenaltops Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Originally posted by Slightly Damp Shrew:Adebayor > Anelka. Goes without saying but if he wants out then there isn't too much we can do about it and Anelka at the top of his game offers what Ade does; strength, speed, acceleration and a decent head/shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 *If* he wants out. 9th May:Adebayor blasts exit talk Emmanuel Adebayor has hit out at press speculation that has intimated he is ready to quit Arsenal. 14th May: Adebayor set on Arsenal stay Emmanuel Adebayor insists he is happy at Arsenal, despite reported interest from Barcelona and Milan. 14th May(again): Adebayor staying at Arsenal Emmanuel Adebayor has again insisted that he has no intention of leaving Arsenal. 6th June Adebayor plays down exit talk Emmanuel Adebayor has played down reports linking him with a summer move to Serie A giants Milan June 8th: Ade to lead line for Arsenal Emmanuel Adebayor has reaffirmed his intention to remain at Arsenal as he sets his sights on next season. 14th June: Adebayor set for Arsenal stay Emmanuel Adebayor appears set to stay at Arsenal following talks with Arsene Wenger over his future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Originally posted by josh_b:Almunia Sagna Toure Gallas Clichy Eboue Bertie Cesc Denilson Diaby Bendtner Will be more like it tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Bloody hell ajw you make ted from scrubs look like a bag full of sunshine and joy. Although tbh I'm changing my mind about Ade, selling him would worry me a lot. I still think we could easily replace him I just dont trust wenger to do that. I can picture it being another Vieira situation were we miss out on our main targets due to the price and Wenger decideds to give Vela or Bendtner a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratinho Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 My optimism for next season is already dwindling tbh. Not that it especially should be but i watch Modric for Croatia, see a player ideally suited for our style of play and Spurs rightly just pay the money needed to get him. Infact that's what i see most teams around us doing. We struck lucky with Adebayor. Not sure that'll be enough every season, especially when we're losing players we need. meh, not like i'll really post in this forum that often anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Easily replace him goon? easily? argh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Modric one of the reasons why I am making Ted look optimistic. Ted ifb fwiw. Wenger's comments are worrying too, if we can't keep hold of the likes of Flamini, Hleb and Ade, who lets face it are hardly massive names, then what chance have we got of kicking on and winning trophies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengedragon Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 any chance of you getting arshavin then ? looks an arsenal player all over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSC Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Have you guys got alot of money to spend and just not, or is there a lack of cash. I dont really know much about Arsenal's position with stadium debt/repayments etc. Thought you had some rich guys come on board, and surely you are making a killing on sponsorship and gate reciepts to allow for some aggressive spending this summer. If you got 20 odd mill for Adebayor, how much of that would go towards funds for finding his replacement, hypothetically? Surely you guys could potentially attract some a-brand names? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Who knows? The board say we have a lot of money, but Wenger seems to not want to use it. Or that might be because the board are lying c**ts and we have very very little. I would expect its the latter tbh. As for the £20m we would receive I suspect goon is right. We'll f**k about for the next month looking for the right player for the right price and either buy some utter abortion of a football like Gomez or do nothing and hope Eduardo/van Persie can stay fit and/or Bendtner and Vela really show they are capable of being first teamers. Again I suspect its the later. What a shitty summer this could turn out to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 And I couldn't gaf about us signing big name players. Another summer getting players like Eduardo or Sagna would leave me f**king delighted tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AR Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Wenger is in Vienna watching the Italy-Spain game from the stands. He is seated with Zidane. I wonder if he is taking a closer look at Silva/Villa? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff EdL Posted June 22, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted June 22, 2008 probably convincing Zidane to come out of retirement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arseneknows Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Originally posted by Ratinho:My optimism for next season is already dwindling tbh. Not that it especially should be but i watch Modric for Croatia, see a player ideally suited for our style of play and Spurs rightly just pay the money needed to get him. Infact that's what i see most teams around us doing. We struck lucky with Adebayor. Not sure that'll be enough every season, especially when we're losing players we need. meh, not like i'll really post in this forum that often anyway. Wasn't people saying Modric didn't look that good before he signed for Spurs and now you agree he a very good player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gayzer Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 People were saying they had rarely seen him play and didn't want to judge him on that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arseneknows Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 You can just tell when a player has something. I doubt many people have seen Arshavin that much and now everyone is (rightly)praising him. Well I'm gonna stick my neck out and say that Arshavin is a very good player just like Modric. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett.spurs Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 How is that sticking your neck out? Its obvious that both are very good players :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_b Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Don't Brett, just don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I don't know of anyone who said that Modric wasn't a good player. Certainly not in this thread, where I got the impression that this was somewhat of a missed opportunity for us. Oh and Cesc . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratinho Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Originally posted by arseneknows:Wasn't people saying Modric didn't look that good before he signed for Spurs and now you agree he a very good player. No. If you continue this jimmy-esque behavious (was it jimmy who used to convince himself that everyone was wrong and he'd always been right?) I will have to start correcting your posts. And none of us want that. And it's not about big name players. It's about top quality players that can improve us right now. Then again, i've been playing this tune for about three years, And we can't afford Silva or Villa. Wenger is out there watching the tournament in general, not simply at the Spain Italy game because David Villa is in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I believe it was jimmy. He thought Baptista was world class and that Senderos is sh*t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 BARCELONA claim they have agreed a £22.5million deal with Arsenal for Emmanuel Adebayor. Nou Camp officials have been in talks with the striker’s representatives about a move. And the Togo ace said on Friday he expected his future to be sorted out ‘in the next few days’. Gunners chief Arsene Wenger had warned his top scorer was not for sale. But Barca are adamant an agreement is in place with both club and player. Newcastle’s Obafemi Martins or Russia’s Andrei Arshavin could replace him. Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy has stunned Roma and Juventus by signing a new four-year contract. Shocking lack of quotes there, still if true worrying all the same. Oba Martins? F**k off We sign him and UEFA Cup football looking a possibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Warren Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 the last line as well **** off sensationalism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Ranieri totally fell off his chair when the Sky infobar told him about the new contract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Olly Kenney Posted June 23, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted June 23, 2008 Apparently Wolfsburg are in the race for Hleb now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesc Fabregas the Phenom Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Originally posted by arseneknows:<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ratinho: My optimism for next season is already dwindling tbh. Not that it especially should be but i watch Modric for Croatia, see a player ideally suited for our style of play and Spurs rightly just pay the money needed to get him. Infact that's what i see most teams around us doing. We struck lucky with Adebayor. Not sure that'll be enough every season, especially when we're losing players we need. meh, not like i'll really post in this forum that often anyway. Wasn't people saying Modric didn't look that good before he signed for Spurs and now you agree he a very good player. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Most people were saying Modric is fffffffffffb. He is awesome and if he fits into the English game, will be arguably one of the best players in the league. Has so much talent, it's frightening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesc Fabregas the Phenom Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I can understand why we would cash in on Ade. Like I've said before ~£25m for a guy who got a new contract and pay increase to £35k, now offered supposedly £60k and is holding out for £80k just reeks of a case of the Ashley's to me. IF IF we get this money for him and we spend it on Arshavin, Santa Cruz and <insert some exciting semi-unknown> I'll take that. It's not the worst exchange is it? Guys we are a selling club for all levels of football, a bigger feeder than any Dutch club and always will be until Kroneke takes over and then we'll see if he pumps in the extra £15k per week every player at Arsenal. We'll get the odd player with some loyalty, like a Vieira, Henry, Freddie et al. The newer generation will just be a greedier sort by the looks of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie1307 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Seriously, please keep Adebayor at Arsenal, don't want him ruining Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James07? Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Is is true that the property slump has meant that the Highbury development hasn't brought in as much cash as expected? I'd have thought that package would have been put together in a way that the developer took most of those risks, or is it 100% in-house? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesc Fabregas the Phenom Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Originally posted by James07?:Is is true that the property slump has meant that the Highbury development hasn't brought in as much cash as expected? I'd have thought that package would have been put together in a way that the developer took most of those risks, or is it 100% in-house? All the monies that are due are by the end of the summer iirc and they've only had 2 people pull out of purchasing property so far. Still on course to make a killing, although they are a tad worried that more might pull out and they could end up buggered. However, this new build has enough about it to find enough buyers. Suppose we'll know by the start of the footie season really if Arsenal plc are up the creek without a paddle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff EdL Posted June 23, 2008 SI Staff Share Posted June 23, 2008 <pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> 1. Manuel ALMUNIA 2. Abou DIABY 3. Bacary SAGNA 4. Francesc FABREGAS 5. Kolo TOURE 6. Philippe SENDEROS 7. Tomas ROSICKY 8. 9. EDUARDO 10. William GALLAS 11. Robin VAN PERSIE 12. Carlos VELA 13. Alexander HLEB 14. 15. DENILSON 16. Aaron RAMSEY 17. Alexandre SONG 18. 19. GILBERTO 20. Johan DJOUROU 21. Lukasz FABIANSKI 22. Gael CLICHY 23. 24. Vito MANNONE 25. Emmanuel ADEBAYOR 26. Nicklas BENDTNER 27. Emmanuel EBOUE 28. 29. 30. Armand TRAORE 31. Justin HOYTE 32. Theo WALCOTT </pre> Squad no's for the season, most notable Almunia to 1, Vela to 12 and Ramsey to 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky9334 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 That squad looks a bit thin, i reckon. need at least 2 decent additions, assuming no leavers! And if Hleb leaves, i want a name change! Crap one Scott gave me ages ago anyway! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowlyDownward Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Wow, this place is a ghost town. Still, no nelly \o/ Arshaving please. Awesome player. Him, Nasri, Cesc behind RvP and Ade would be brilliant. He says he wants to go to Barca, but they need to offload players before they buy, and Arshavin's price tag seems a bit steep for us too. I see Santa Cruz being bandied about as well. Closet Rovers fan Rats will know the lowdown, but isn't he a wee bit mediocre? As of now, players I would like based on Euro 2008 form are Arshavin, Podolski, Villa, Oojer, half of Russia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottevil30 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Did I ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky9334 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Originally posted by Scott Harwood:Did I ? hmm pretty sure, it was ages ago when he first joined us! I was called patrick vieira before he left (and HayesFC from when i joined). i will let you redeem yourself with a new one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Oojer Seriously? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowlyDownward Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Watch The Dutch play, goon? He has been a rock for them at the back. You must be delusional to think otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesc Fabregas the Phenom Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Arshavin is affordable, he has a £10m release clause. Our problem will, as usual be wages. He already gets £50k/pw + bonuses for Zenit. He'll blatantly end up at Chelsea, when we'll need him to replace Hleb. Hayes, as in Hayes and Yeading, Simply Hleb? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesc Fabregas the Phenom Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I agree with SD on Ooooojer, he's looked fb but is about 34, so no go there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowlyDownward Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Was meant as cover of course. Would be fb as cover, but he won't move to sit on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowlyDownward Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Originally posted by Cesc Fabregas the Phenom:Arshavin is affordable, he has a £10m release clause. Our problem will, as usual be wages. He already gets £50k/pw + bonuses for Zenit. The media seem to be touting a 20m+ pricetag. Not sure what is right, but if there is a clause there then Wenger should be in like a shot. Development, an entertaining playing style and playing time could persuade him, but that fat wage packet waiting at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barca or Bayern would lure him more. The poor little communist he is, after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Damp Shrew Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 We're not getting Arshavin, he's been too good at a high profile level, every single Champion's League club will be monitoring the situation, and we'll have no chance of sneaking a reasonable contract to him when he's receiving 15-20 obscene ones. Might take the heat off Turan, if we can swoop in before other clubs resign themselves to not getting Arshavin and look elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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