Senegal's Arsenal Thread 2012/2013 : featuring positive negativity

[Crazy_T]

diaby is your steel

[ArsenalFan7]

shame he'll die soon

[Sy13]

So we've sold RvP and Song. Theo will go this week too.

This is actually a worse summer than last year FFS.

It's so obvious - Gazidis and Wenger DON'T HAVE A DAMN CLUE.

[ajw10]

hang on. Have you actually seen Cabaye play? Because he has more steel in him than Alex Song ffs Would be an excellent signing.

[coopie54]

If Theo goes we are definitely not fine out wide. Even with Theo we are not fine out wide. Unless a season of Gervinho starting every game sounds fine to you?

Afellay is terrible. Injury prone and just really average at football.

I quite like podolski on the right wing and the ox on the left wing, but yes, you are right, there is no backup for them

[Crazy_T]

hang on. Have you actually seen Cabaye play? Because he has more steel in him than Alex Song ffs Would be an excellent signing.

he's not tall and black enough

[coopie54]

Yeah. This is basically last summer but in reverse. If Theo goes we need a starting winger and a starting midfielder. As well as a squad player or two.

If that all happens then yeah fine, we've strengthened. But the likelihood of that happening? Very slim indeed.

Btw, potential bid for Sinclair do we reckon?

Sinclair is young and cheap....so that fits the bill for wenger. I'd say £8mil could get him to the gunners. but HE has got to want it too. he may not want to live in london, or nearby

[ajw10]

Young, cheap, proven in the Premier League and we need another homegrown player if Theo goes. Far too sensible. We will stick with Gnarby.

And exactly Crazy. Tall and black = steel. Small and white = creativity. Ah racial stereotypes.

[coopie54]

who is gnarby??

[brett.spurs]

SSN reckons cabaye to arsenal and mvila to tottingham according to their odds. I wouldnt complain about us having cabaye, but i would complain if tottingham got mvila.....

We're not in for M'Vila, he's yours if Wenger wants him.

[afced7]

German guy who was doing really well in pre-season for the reserves, and its Gnabry.

EDIT: Or was it Eisfeld who was doing well?

[Crazy_T]

literally never heard of gnabry have you made him up??

[coopie54]

We're not in for M'Vila, he's yours if Wenger wants him.

where's your source for this?

[coopie54]

Michael Laudrup says Scott Sinclair's move to Manchester City could still materialise, despite Swansea turning down a £6.2million offer from the Premier League champions.

so that's gonna slow that potential signing for us then, and it will probably never happen now

[cms186]

literally never heard of gnabry have you made him up??

serge gnabry? ive heard of him, couldnt tell you much about him other than hes a young, german attacking midfielder

[ajw10]

How can an Arsenal fan have not heard of Gnarby? Baffling.

Eisfeld was the German midfield who scored a couple of goals in pre season, Gnarby is the 16/17 year old kid who played in the Koln game. German midfielder who Wenger is convinced will be the GOAT. Talking about him in wonderkid terms already.

[ajw10]

Why did I put Gnarby? It's Gnabry fwiw.

[brett.spurs]

where's your source for this?

I don't need one. We have three defensively minded centre mids already, we've just spent £15m on Dembele. Signing M'Vila would make no sense and never has.

[Icelander83]

It's getting closer and closer to deadline day, the rumours are getting more and more mad, heard one earlier saying Marca reporting Vilanova wants to sell Fabregas and we apparently have a 35M buy-back clause that's still active

What's next? Cazorla comes out and says he'd love to play with Cesc for Arsenal, Theo claims Cesc would be a great signing, Frimpong declaring Cesc has Arsenal DNA

The Real Madrid Daily claiming disharmomy at Barca? Whatever could inspire them to do that?

[bridgekings]

I'm yet to see Gnabry play, or if I have I haven't realised. Might tune in to the NextGen game tomorrow as he's meant to be future GOAT.

[Suggy33]

Gnabry is Wenger's next big thing, rates him really highly, should get some CC action this year.

Just thinking back to Wilshere, when did he make his first pre-season push? And when he did, what did he do the following year? I have a suspicion he played some CC games (scored against Sheff Utd) and then was a back up player (Bolton loan the year after?) but I'm not sure.

Think we may see Gnabry do the same as Wilshere (providing he doesn't get injured).

[djvandyke]

Goodbye Theo, the asset striping continues. Very cleverly masked this year by signing the replacements before the clubs biggest assets were sold but the theme remains the same.

[coopie54]

Goodbye Theo, the asset striping continues. Very cleverly masked this year by signing the replacements before the clubs biggest assets were sold but the theme remains the same.

you dont reckon theo will stay? to be honest, I think sinclair would be a good replacement for him

[Sy13]

you dont reckon theo will stay? to be honest, I think sinclair would be a good replacement for him

Many players would be a good replacement for him. But hello, the season has started and the window shuts in 2 days.

When will this board ever learn??

I don't have any faith in AW to bring in a GK, DM, RB, Striker and now a winger in 2 days.

Laughable.

[coopie54]

Many players would be a good replacement for him. But hello, the season has started and the window shuts in 2 days.

When will this board ever learn??

I don't have any faith in AW to bring in a GK, DM, RB, Striker and now a winger in 2 days.

Laughable.

I'd agree. not making excuses for him at all. They have had plenty of time to sort walcott, RVP, AND song out. If they did things properly, the club wouldn't be how it is now! and Wenger complains about the transfer window encroaching into the start of the season, so surely if it bother him that much, he should sort his business out beforehand! It is ridiculous, and almost embarrassing that important things like this get left until the last minute!

[Rafalution]

he should come to us so his first game will be against you.

[djvandyke]

you dont reckon theo will stay? to be honest, I think sinclair would be a good replacement for him

If we intended to extend his contract it would be done by now. The liquidators and their puppet Wenger have engineered yet another situation where they 'have no choice'.

[coopie54]

If we intended to extend his contract it would be done by now. The liquidators and their puppet Wenger have engineered yet another situation where they 'have no choice'.

they have been "trying" to sort his contract for months. they just allowed it to drag on. now the ball is in walcott's court and he can either stay at arsenal in his bit-part role, or go to another club and get paid the same for a bigger role, or get paid more for the same role at another club...

why do i support arsenal again?? ah yes, to keep my butt firmly on the ground and learn to never get my hopes up

[djvandyke]

they have been "trying" to sort his contract for months. they just allowed it to drag on. now the ball is in walcott's court and he can either stay at arsenal in his bit-part role, or go to another club and get paid the same for a bigger role, or get paid more for the same role at another club...

why do i support arsenal again?? ah yes, to keep my butt firmly on the ground and learn to never get my hopes up

Bit part player? He was our most effective player last season behind Van Persie.

[SJ234]

My issue with this is fine if he wants a big new contract at 100k a week make the deadline earlier don't create the issue now. This should have been dealt with before this month. There is no way we should consider paying him that sort of money

[Razzler]

It's also up to the club to sort a deadline out and get it sorted, Walcott can and will do what's in his best interest, Arsenal should have seen this coming, giving them potentially only the winter window to get rid if he really won't sign

[SJ234]

I think he'll stay and will sign a new deal. This is all games on both sides.

[afced7]

Little bit more info on Gnabry, or Gnarby as the article incorrectly calls him, for those who wanted to know, in this article about Walcott leaving.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2194970/Theo-Walcott-leave-Arsenal-Liverpool-Manchester-City-12m.html

[SJ234]

According to Wilson of the Telegraph Walcott won't be leaving but won't at this current moment in time sign a new deal.

[ArsenalFan7]

I am slightly jealous of Spurs transfer activity. Might even add Lloris to their first 11, they're dangerous, showing ambition in the transfer market.

They sell their best player, replace him well STRAIGHT away. Our replacements appear to be players we thought were being added to the quality.

They've managed to build themselves a very strong starting eleven, better than ours on paper? Probs is for me.

Just frustrating really, battle for 4th won't be easy. Hope they excite us in these final days, probs won't. MAYBE I'm OVERREACTING?

[Kawee]

I understand why you might feel a bit jealous of Spurs. Then you remember that Spurs fans are supporting Spurs, and so you go home and hug your parents and thank the Gods for sparing you from such horrible fate...

[H.O.V.I]

According to Wilson of the Telegraph Walcott won't be leaving but won't at this current moment in time sign a new deal.

We are pretty much losing him on a free then as if he is not signing now he never will.

Will be at liverpool next season.

[Klimowicz]

Yeah, "short term agreement" with Walcott reached according to SSN, he won't be sold in this window. Couple more months to do the right thing (hopefully based on his performances).

[brett.spurs]

Sounds like he's stringing you along to me.

[Rafalution]

if he's not signing a new contract you'd have to be pretty naive to think he's definitely not being sold this window, no matter what Arsenal say

[PaulHartman71]

yeah if he's not signing a new deal he's gone within the next few days, if not and he doesn't sign a new deal then whoever made that call deserves the sack.

[Sy13]

I really thought we'd see some actual transfer activity INTO Arsenal today in light of the recent shambles from the usual suspects.

Nothing.

Not a fecking thing.

[Falahk]

I'm awaiting Arsne to recall Denilson from loan, and claim that it would be like a new singing

[H.O.V.I]

"Short term agreement"

We are being bent over by Walcott here.

[Bigwig]

Going to leave on a free and sign for Spurs.

[Henry_14]

I really thought we'd see some actual transfer activity INTO Arsenal today in light of the recent shambles from the usual suspects.

Nothing.

Not a fecking thing.

we get it, you dont like Wenger or the board, do you have to mention it everytime there's a bit of transfer news

[Chr1s Lawson]

I really thought we'd see some actual transfer activity INTO Arsenal today in light of the recent shambles from the usual suspects.

Nothing.

Not a fecking thing.

No you didn't, neither did I and nor does anybody!!!!!

[Sy13]

we get it, you dont like Wenger or the board, do you have to mention it everytime there's a bit of transfer news

There is no transfer news, that's the whole point!!

[SJ234]

Complain if we haven't signed someone when the window shuts till then stop being negative about inwards movement

[SJ234]

We are looking at going in for Demspey according to the reliable wearethenorthbank