Arsenal F.C.


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Year Founded: 1886
Ground: Emirates Stadium (Capacity: 60,355)

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Chairman: Peter Hill-Wood
Chief Executive: Ivan Gazidis


Coaching Staff
Manager: Arsène Wenger
Assist. Manager: Pat Rice
1st Team: Coach Boro Primorac
Reserve Team Coach: Neil Banfield

Team Squad

Goalkeepers
1. Manuel ALMUNIA
21. Łukasz FABIANSKI
24. Vito MANNONE
53. Wojciech SZCZĘSNY


Defenders
3. Bacary SAGNA
5. Thomas VERMAELEN
6. Philippe SENDEROS
10. William GALLAS
17. Alexandre SONG
18. Mikaël SILVESTRE
20. Johan DJOUROU
22. Gaël CLICHY
28. Kieran GIBBS
30. Armand TRAORÉ
31. Sol CAMPBELL

Midfielders

2. Abou DIABY
4. Cesc FÀBREGAS [C]
7. Tomáš ROSICKÝ
8. Samir NASRI
15. DENĺLSON Pereira Neves
16. Aaron RAMSEY
19. Jack WILSHERE
27. Emmanuel EBOUÉ
30. Armand TRAORÉ
32. Fran Mérida


Fowards

9. EDUARDO da Silva
11. Robin VAN PERSIE [VC]
12. Carlos VELA
14. Theo WALCOTT
23. Andrei ARSHAVIN
52. Nicklas BENDTNER



CLUB HONOURS

PREMIER LEAGUE

1931,1933,1934,1935,1938,1948,1953,1971,1989,1991, 1998,2002,2004

FA CUP- 1930,1936,1950,1971,1979,1993,1998,2002,2003,2005

LEAGUE CUP
1987, 1993

UEFA CUP WINNER'S CUP

1994

UEFA CUP

1970

Season Transfers

IN:

Thomas Vermaelen | AFC Ajax | €10 million + €2 million

Sol Campbell | Unattached | Free

OUT:

Amaury Bischoff | Académica de Coimbra | Contract Expired

Emmanuel Adebayor | Manchester City |€29 million

Kolo Touré | Manchester City | €18 million

Wojciech Szczęsny | Brentford| loan

Jack Wilshere | Bolton Wanderers| loan

I'm glad that Fabiański has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal. I just hope he will get more playing time next season.

I'm glad that Fabiański has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal. I just hope he will get more playing time next season.

I do hope as well....:innocent_smile_1:

I'm glad that Fabiański has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal. I just hope he will get more playing time next season.
I hope he improves from last season's games, he probably has the Carling Cup games secured, but there is another Polish youngster I would like to see called Wojciech Szczęsny in action. As far as rumours go with this team Vermaelen seems to be announced within days and Sakho is a possibility. I seen Sakho play and on FM and if those were anything to go by I will be glad for him to join.

Looks like the Vermaelen deal should happen just the way last year the Nasri deal was on the brink for a few weeks and it was just a matter of when rather than if. So now I'm wondering where he'll fit in. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts out on the bench, and what's this I hear about him maybe being converted into a DM? Anybody seen him play a few times, what's he like?

Vermaelen could be signed by the end of today. The last rumour I heard was Felipe Melo in exchange for Senderos, sounds like a good deal for all.Melo was quite good yesterday against the US so I think he could work well alongside Cesc, while Song and Denilson would really benefit from Melo coming in. The only players I might want to see go will be Touré provided Sakho comes in and Djourou out on loan. If we make those signings we will have solved most if not all our problems, and will have ample backup in all positions.

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It's official
Arsenal Football Club is delighted to announce that Belgian international defender Thomas Vermaelen has joined the Gunners from Dutch Eredivisie side Ajax on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee.

Vermaelen (23), who was the Ajax club captain last season, made his first team debut for the Dutch club at just 18, after playing at Youth level for Belgian side KFC Germinal Beerschot. During his 143 appearances with the Amsterdam side, Thomas, who is predominantly a central defender, gained experience in both the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League including two appearances against Arsenal in the 2005/06 Champions League Group Stages. He has made 21 appearances for Belgium, now being a regular in his country’s set-up since making his full international debut in March 2006.

During his time with Ajax, the club won the Dutch League Championship in 2003/04, with Vermaelen also winning the Dutch National Cup on two occasions (in 2006 and 2007) and the Dutch Super Cup twice (in 2006 and 2007).

Manager Arsène Wenger said: “Thomas is a great signing for Arsenal Football Club, and we are all delighted that he is joining us. Thomas is a solid performer with good experience of Champions League and UEFA Cup football and is also a regular with the Belgium national team.

Thomas is primarily a left-footed centre back, but he’s multi-functional and can also play at left back. He is strong technically with a positive winner’s attitude and I have no doubt his arrival will strengthen our team. Thomas Vermaelen will be a huge asset to Arsenal.”

After completing his move to the Gunners, Vermaelen said: “Firstly, I have to say that I’m sad to be leaving Ajax and I would just like to thank everyone for their help and friendship towards me over the past eight years.

“I’m just so happy to be joining Arsenal. This is a great Club with a world class manager, high quality players and a fantastic stadium. Everything is set up for Arsenal to be very successful for years to come and I joined this Club because I know Arsenal will be challenging for trophies.

“I have had a good taste of the Champions League during my time with Ajax and this is something I am looking forward to experiencing again with Arsenal. I’m also looking forward to playing in the English Premier League, which for me, is the best league in the world. Also, I just want to assure the Arsenal fans that I will give everything for this Club and I hope we can enjoy winning some trophies together next season.”

Thomas will join up with his new team-mates for pre-season training in early July.
Now for Sakho & Melo...

Not sure about Vermaelen... But let's see how Wenger works on him...

Yeah Vermaelen is a bit of an unknown quantity to me as well, but I think he won't be another Cygan and he would introduce some "Va-va-Verm" here.
The last two deals I've craved for the Sakho (looks somewhat unlikely now) and Melo might be done w/ trade deals. Eboué -> PSG and Senderos to Fiorentina. Hope they both work out 'specially the Melo.

Oh he isn't unknown for me, it's just the quality I'm having doubts about... Let's see if he's top flight material...

Saw Melo play today...http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:UE_TeM0GW9kU6M:http://forums.timesdaily.com/eve/forums/a/ga/ul/8491090868/inlineimg/Y/drooling_homer.pngplayed so good I don't think we can get him.
I really cannot tell what "Va-Va-Verm" will be like I only saw him in the Ajax tournament (I fell asleep though) but then again I didn't know what Sagna or Arshavin would be like either, still I do think some more entries are needed. Plus Vermaelen being signed so early is a good sign, It means there could be less BS this transfer window,

Melo has looked pretty good indeed. I know it's just a rumor at this point, but lets look at our lineup if it were to happen:
Almunia
Sagna Gallas Vermaelen Clichy
Fabregas Melo
Theo Arshavin
Adebayor Van Persie
If we can get that defensive midfielder we've got a strong looking team. Some don't like Almunia so its possible we could get a gk. Personally though I'd rather us get Sakho than a gk, but Wenger was right, this team doesn't need major rebuilding.

I would like to see Sakho at the club, preferably an deal where we buy him and loan him to PSG for a season, in order to get him at the earliest point because next season the big purses will come down on him.
Came up with two formations
The first one traditional Arsenal you can easily understand it
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/th_arsenalv1-1.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/?action=view&current=arsenalv1-1.jpg)
In this second one a (barça-esque formation) Nasri will play in the "Iniesta-role".Here Walcott could be 1st choice backup for Arshavin or RVP and should Adebayor leave in 2010, Bendtner could hopefully step-up to his role.


http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/th_arsenalv2-1.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/?action=view&current=arsenalv2-1.jpg)

Senderos is still an Arsenal player, by the way. Heh.

Trying to pretend he does not exist until we sell him. I guess I should put his name up on the roster *sighs then grudgingly does so*.

http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/th_arsenalv2-1.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/?action=view&current=arsenalv2-1.jpg)

Now that looks like a mouthwatering line-up to watch, i really hope you get melo

What do you guys think of us maybe selling Adebayor? If someone offered us over 25mill I would really think about it. He's a tough player to judge because he's not a traditional striker with good ball control, and a good shot, but he tends to pop up and at least be a presence for the defense to deal with especially in the air. There are strikers on the market that we could get that could potentially be better than Ade. Huntelaar, Dzeko, and could we maybe get Luis Fabiano?

Maybe Huntelaar, I like Fabiano and Dzeko but prefer Huntelaar. I think Bendtner should be the one leading the attack in 2010. Everyone goes on about how he misses chances, but at least he is missing them. Ade is usually offside making him kinda useless. If Bendtner should sort out his finishing he could easily have a 25+ goal season all the time, his positioning is flawless.

arsenal wont sign luis fabiano, he is very expensive.

I would like to see Sakho at the club, preferably an deal where we buy him and loan him to PSG for a season, in order to get him at the earliest point because next season the big purses will come down on him.
Came up with two formations
The first one traditional Arsenal you can easily understand it
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/th_arsenalv1-1.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/?action=view&current=arsenalv1-1.jpg)
In this second one a (barça-esque formation) Nasri will play in the "Iniesta-role".Here Walcott could be 1st choice backup for Arshavin or RVP and should Adebayor leave in 2010, Bendtner could hopefully step-up to his role.


http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/th_arsenalv2-1.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/tt127/olly_kalani/?action=view&current=arsenalv2-1.jpg)

No Rosicky? Why? Still injured? If you have Rosicky back, then you don't even need Melo.

Btw, I can't imagine an Arsenal without Fabregas. He just voiced out his frustration about lack of trophies at Arsenal. Apparently he's not happy and looks like he wants to leave.

Rosicky,Walcott & Arshavin will all be competing for that spot. Still it's my idea not Wenger's he knows better. Melo will be needed to allow Fabregas to push forward more. In 2007/2008 Fabregas had the season of his career because he had Flamini holding the midfield while he could go forward playmaking. Last season Fabregas only had Denilson behind him which did not allow him to be as creative.
If Fabregas is even considering Madrid then he must be pretty frustrated (never a good sign). The future is bright our present uncertain.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/fabregas-responds-to-media-speculation
"It is a fact that we have not won a trophy for four years and yes, I am angry about that, but that anger stems from the deep deep desire I have to win things with Arsenal. I care about this Club and believe in this team. I am proud to captain this team and proud to wear the shirt. It really upsets me when people express my thoughts otherwise.
Seems like he might have been misquoted...again.
EDIT: Extra BS
Cesc Fabregas gave this interview to Spanish newspaper AS, where he discussed his frustration at not being able to win trophies for Arsenal, among other things.

Reporters at The Sun probably used their Babelfish translator and did a bit of literal translation. Put the aforementioned interview in context, and you will hear absolutely nothing surprising in what Cesc actually said.

The issue about Real Madrid (which will be cleared up a bit later) was raised because AS is a Madrid-based paper that many consider to be a mouthpiece for Real Madrid—Marca being the Spanish mouthpiece for Barcelona.

So, on to the interview, where Cesc initially discussed his time at the Spanish national team and his progress in it. He also talked about playing the USA in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup and Brazil's qualities.

The first question he was asked about Arsenal was, "Doesn't the lack of titles make you look for new challenges?"

To this he replied that he was angry that he wasn't able to win anything with Arsenal. He used the word "impotencia," which in this context means inability and not impotence. He also compared the Cristiano Ronaldo situation to himself (as he was asked a question about Ronaldo and Kaka previously).

He added that it was difficult for the team as they have to regain their self-belief after having gone four seasons without a major trophy.

He was then asked about the philosophy of Arsene Wenger and how the team "missed some stars," to which he said that he did not believe that stars were required to win titles, and that only he and William Gallas had ever won anything significant in the team.

He also said that he was very lucky to start off with experienced players and that it was difficult for Arsenal last season because of the number of young players they had.

The next question was "Do you miss living in Spain?" to which Cesc answered diplomatically. He said that the next season was going to be his seventh and that he felt that time was flying. He added that in football you need to learn quickly and make decisions for yourself that will make you feel happy.

He was then asked about the commercialization of football, and he answered that with the Ashley Cole example. My understanding of Spanish is negligible, but he seems to allude to the fact that Cole disrespected Arsenal by celebrating a win against them, as they were the club which gave him a footballing career.

He said that it would be more respectful of Cole if he would do it in the privacy of his own home, as Arsenal did give him his initial fame and money.

This question was conveniently left out by the lazy reporters at various publications.

The next question is what made the headlines—the one about Real Madrid. Fabregas was asked if his family would understand if he signed for Madrid, to which he answered that he was honoured to be linked with such a club and that his family would understand if he wished to join them.

He never alluded to the fact that he would join Madrid, neither did he make any such a wish in the interview. He was clearly asked in the next question whether he would force Arsenal to sell him, as Robinho did to Madrid. To this, he said that he would never do such a thing and that if he wished to leave, he would tell the manager so.

Finally, he was asked whether his and Wenger's futures were intertwined. To this he said that Wenger is like a second father to him and that he appreciates listening to his advise as it inspires him. He went on to say that he could even talk to him about some family problems.

To the question, he answered that he admired him but said that everyone has their own life and that he has to look after his own interests.

I wonder which part of this interview gave anyone any impression that Cesc asked for a transfer to Real Madrid. He also never "blasted" Arsenal for being "impotent."

He simply answered some questions honestly.

What's amazing is that the same paper (AS) which published this interview has taken The Sun's report and published a new article stating that Fabregas wants to move to Real Madrid!

The wonder that is the press—what would we do without it?

Wow.. You guys are trying to go after Benzema as well..

Looks like Wenger is starting to turn a bit..

Ohh.....Selling Ade and sign Benzema also can be a good move for Arsenal!
Benzema will take his perfect place in the Arsenal 11.

Third kit out, looks okay but do have to have a collar for both the away & third?

http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/scaled/498x377/jun_09/gun__1246373132_thirdkit4.jpg?ic=2dfc00Thttp://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/scaled/498x321/jun_09/gun__1246373142_thirdkit5.jpg?ic=536fc6T

http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/scaled/498x419/jun_09/gun__1246373121_thirdkit3.jpg?ic=ca08a4T

Not really relevant to this but still a cool shot :)
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So two jerseys with collar hey? That officially makes us the EPL's most stylish team.

Thanks Arnau for your tags, (I'll send you an Amunike soon)
Anyways Arsenal fans (wherever you may be) the time has come for us to once again save the lady of our life (football). With the seemingly unstoppable rise of Real Madrid and the disarray United find themselves in, It is time for us Dial Square to step up and rescue the hearts of football purist everywhere.

I like the 2nd and 3rd kits, I really do find them stylish.

Anyways the Felipe Melo and Benzema rumours can now be put to bed. If Ade leaves would you guys want Oba Martins, it should be pretty easy to get him. Also with Benzema to Real that should make Huntelaar easier to get. As for a DM I'd say Cana, but there's still lots of time left so who knows who we may get.

Thanks Arnau for your tags, (I'll send you an Amunike soon)

i actually only add creché one.
anyway you are wellcome, waiting for read the nigerian and barcelona legend name in our thread.

Typical Wenger, most fans including myself are thinking big names to replace Adebayor and he comes out and says if Ade leaves he'll go after Chamakh from Bordeux. He looks pretty good, he's got an athletic body similar to CR's, but he wouldn't imo be immediately ready to step in and fill the boots of Ade considering he only scored 13 goals in Ligue 1.

Looks like the Melo deal could be back on with Eboue possibly going the other way.

As for Adebayor I'd prefer he stays considering that him and Chamakh are the same age and Chamakh hasn't really lit up Ligue 1 yet.
If Adebayor stays and Melo comes most do we need to buy more? Wenger needs to really look at this squad and ask himself if it's good enough to win the Prem, FA Cup, or CL.

http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/07/07/1369874/breaking-news-juventus-sign-felipe-melo-report
Kill me.

wtf. I hope Wenger knows what he's doing, I don't know if Arsenal can hold one more year without trophies...

To the idiot who tagged this thread as "Le Arse" that should be L'arse.

Shouldn't it be Arsenal?

Times like this I know why I'm one of the few Arsenal fans on this forum,we suck at buying players. Yesterday the Fiorentina management said we were in pole position and that no other club had made a bid then Juve beat us to it.
Anyway Van P has signed a new deal
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/van-persie
And the players are back in training
http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/images/jul_09/gun__1246968670_training07072009_12.jpg
The Verminator
http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/images/jul_09/gun__1246968735_training07072009_17.jpg
Rosicky
http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/scaled/498x329/jul_09/gun__1246968620_training07072009_07.jpg?ic=eb6b70T
Our new DM.

haha (H)




Anyway, nice to see Rosicky is up for it, and I trully hope he gets back to his peak and gets a spot in the starting XI... He's really the kind of player that can blend with Cesc, Samir, Robin and Andrei

The Melo deal with Juve appears to have broken down for the moment because a salary couldn't be agreed with the Juve player going the opposite way. So unless Juve can fix the package somehow we look to be in pole position for him. And even if we don't get him it's not the end of the world, there's other DM's we've been linked with- Blaise Matuidi, Miguel Veloso.
We've also recently been linked with Bassong of Newcastle, which definitely seems like something Wenger would go for, though I'm not sure how he would fit in with Vermaelen, Gallas, Toure, Djourou, Song, and Senderos.

Oh not Veloso.. Not Veloso.

Yeah Veloso is ...an FM star nothing more. Next target might be Cana (not a Melo but still a good DM). Anyway as my sig indicates I trust Wenger, he actually had initially been interested in Melo since Jan. before anyone else had any real interest in him (and apparently has been scouting him for two years). So he can find someone who might be a better sidekick for Cesc (who has been the target of increasing speculation from Real and Barcelona, p*sses me off but that how it is).

Well it now looks like the Juve player has agreed terms to go to Fiorentina so Melo will end up at Juve. It's frustrating because we could have got Barry for 12 mil and now we'll probably have to get someone fairly unknown and unproven. But like I said before there are DM's out there I just hope we aren't let down again like last summer.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/14/article-1199500-05B400EA000005DC-752_308x244.jpg
Picture of the day, don't want it to happen but not that concerned...for now
Now on to the more serious issue...Emmanuel Adebayor.
Good player but he has the same problem C.Ronaldo had last season, both wanted to leave during the summer but could not so were unenthusiastic about playing for their teams. Difference is Ronaldo picked himself up and started to show some commitment to United, Ade did not. Granted he was injured for a part of the season, there were only a couple games he seemed to be hungry in (Villareal 1st leg & City @ the Emirates). The rest of the season he was always offside (he had the most offsides in the UCL). Another difference is Ade always wanted to leave because of money in contrast to Ronaldo (in 2007-2008 Milan were not playing in the UCL and next season City will not be present in even the Europa League) that's one reason he isn't moving to Milan (they can't/won't pay his wages).
Despite all the attacks on Bendtner I believe he did show 200% more heart than Ade and it will pay off.
On the topic of a replacement, Chamakh looks the most likely but I will prefer Huntelaar, Džeko or Trezeguet.
I believe we can appear as way more attractive that Stuttgart or Spurs for Huntelaar. Trezeguet on the other hand could be a good mentor for Bendtner (unlike Ade who he did not get along with to say the least). And mind you Chamakh is from Morocco and there will be African Championships next year during which we will play Everton,Villa,United,Chelsea & Liverpool (in that order, I think).

Thank you for selling us Adebayor.

it seems like you'll end up with Chamakh or Hoarau to replace Adebayor, I'd personally opt for the second one. and get a defensive midfielder ffs.

it seems like you'll end up with Chamakh or Hoarau to replace Adebayor, I'd personally opt for the second one. and get a defensive midfielder ffs.

Your sig :). I'm not sure who the preferable DM could be. As I said Chamakh will be away for the most important games. Have not heard about us going for Hoarau yet I think he will be better than Chamakh, who had 14 goals last season (and they called it an improvement *shudders*). Still my preferred choice will be Huntelaar or even Babel. Those two could be typical Arsenal success stories: Youngster with great promise fails to make the grade at big club side due to failure to settle in or lack of opportunities,moves to Arsenal and becomes club legend (i.e. the Theirry Henry/Dennis Bergkamp story). Both are Dutch and I sure a Huntelaar & RVP partnership sounds pretty awesome.

why dont we change fabregas for eto'o :( ?

Bordeaux rejected first offer for Chamakh(7m)
They said that they wanted Silvestre + 7m for him.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2538162/Chamakh-hike-jolt-for-Arsenal.html
Well I'd think this would be fine. Wenger should do this but Sunderland is also interested in him.


I think that Huntellar maybe a good decision for you guys. Oh, Stuttgart and Madrid both agreed on Huntellar but Stuttgart is is currently having a trouble on getting him because Stuttgart made his salary reduced almost half of current salary receiving in Madrid. Who will be the winner? :P

Mad rid have confirm that we have not submitted any bid for Huntelaar,latest rumour says we are going for Demba Ba. Sounds okay to me since he won't be in the 2010 Nations Cup should cost about €10m leaving some of the Arab money for a DM.

...We've gotten Arab Money
http://content.mcfc.co.uk/~/media/Images/Home/News/Team%20News/2009/signings/ade1.ashx?as=0&dmc=0&h=450&thn=0&w=800
Dear Emmanuel,
thank you for the three and a half years you spent with us
We wish you the best of luck in your future invest... endeavours.
Hopefully we will watch you in the 2011 Europa League or heaven forbid it the Coca Cola Championship. Have fun in Dubai...erm Manchester City(H)

Btw City have a nice website (Y)

Another transfer window, another one of our best players sold. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say we won't get a proper replacement :browsmiley:. We either get a proper replacement or we have two more seasons under Wenger with no trophies (I say two seasons because that's when his contract's up). A proper replacement doesn't have to be a big name, but if we go out and get Chamakh he's gonna have to really step up his goal scoring rate.

I feel we've gotten an excellent deal here. Emmanuel Adebayor's quality had been dropping, he became more of a setback than an advantage. With this money we can get either Chamakh or Demba Ba (my preferred signing).
Also Gunnersgoal22 goals are not a problem for this team, we have premium attacking talent (Nasri,Eduardo,Arshavin,Rosicky & RVP plus if they step up add Vela,Wilshere,Walcott and Bendtner to that list).
Anyway first preseason game was quite dissapointing, 2-2 in our traditional opener at Barnet. Goals from Arshavin & Barazite, Jay Emmanuel Thomas was quite impressive for me. Vermaelen looked good for his debut and we played in the new away for the first time. Also...
http://www.arsenal.com/assets/_files/images/mar_09/gun__1237201881_rosicky_tomas.jpg
He's BACK!!!!

get Demba Ba guys, way better than Chamakh, he'll make you forget about Adebayor. good that you sold him, he had become a liability after the 07/08 season. his finishing was always horrendous, but that together with the lack of motivation and his antics really turned him into a dispensable player. there's a lot to do with £25mil.

If you bring Huntelaar, I bet he will be top scorer next season.

Man I do hope Wenger brings in some quality...

Is Arsenal in financial crisis?

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/images/JonMC/wengadeb-412.jpg

I'm sure Wenger will find someone......he'll unearth another gem, as usual.

Wenger should add more balance to this arsenal team. I think Arshavin will be your man next year.

Arsenal 5-1 up against SC Columbia
Bendtner 2 goals + Ramsey & RVP.
I see some some bald headed pr*ck who could be Cygan's nephew playing DM probably Senderos (H)

WTF Nasri, massive loss!!! Have they confirmed how long he's gonna be out? All i heard was broken leg...

At minimum, 3 months from what I've read

2-3 months but that is only for the led to heal it will probably be an extra month before he kicks a ball, I'm sure it was Eboué who injured him:swear2:. I just hope this injury won't be like Rosicky's because that will destroy his career and he's only 22. At least Vela's injury is not anything serious so he will play for Mexico next week and hopefully Wenger will play him more so he can this again.

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Today game was, a interesting 7-1 win, Ramsey,Bendtner & RVP 2 goals each. Pascal Cygan's nephew Senderos did well in the DM position. I might post some highlights of the game when good videos are available (we played in the away kit again).

If you loose Fabregas as well, there's no title hope and top 4 position is also in danger.

The problem with Huntelaar is his style, that's similar to RVP. You need someone like Eto'o, Ruud to replace Adebayor.

The problem with Huntelaar is his style, that's similar to RVP.

HAHAH! WTF??? huntelaar is a hunter, a killer of the area.

HAHAH! WTF??? huntelaar is a hunter, a killer of the area.

you think so ... I saw him in couple of matches, he's not a player like ruud or eto'o, I mean not that hunter.

Fabregas isn't going so soon, he takes pride in being team captain. And RVP and Huntelaar are very different Huntelaar is more like Ruud, and RVP is Overmars/Bergkamp they can complement each other really well, but I prefer Demba Ba he's cheaper, so we can have the money to steal Busquets from Barcelona (I know Arnau will see this lol).

Fabregas isn't going so soon, he takes pride in being team captain. And RVP and Huntelaar are very different Huntelaar is more like Ruud, and RVP is Overmars/Bergkamp they can complement each other really well, but I prefer Demba Ba he's cheaper, so we can have the money to steal Busquets from Barcelona (I know Arnau will see this lol).

Flamini and Hleb made a big mistake to leave Arsenal, I think Adebayor will go in a same path as well.

How's Eduardo, is he fit?

HAHAH! WTF??? huntelaar is a hunter, a killer of the area.

Exactly while RVP is a converted winger and too creative to be a main striker. Huntelaar is a goal poacher, again prefect fit.
Here is one game they played together
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As for Eduardo heard he had some personal issues so I'm not sure if that's the only reason why he has not played in any of the pre-season fixtures.

something's wrong with your link man.

The problem is that Wenger won't spend a cent of the Ade money. Arsenal needs a ST (Huntelaar, Inler)

How about Gignac(Ligue 1's top scorer last season)for the replacement of Adebayor? There were some rumors about him.
I think he would be good. Btw how about Loric Cana for you guys?

The problem is that Wenger won't spend a cent of the Ade money. Arsenal needs a ST (Huntelaar, Inler)

Inler is not a striker (H), Huntelaar is being valued to high for someone that is being offloaded. My first choice would be Demba Ba or Džeko.
Anyway most of the team is present in Austria except Cesc,Theo & Gibbs (extra time off following Confed. Cup & EURO U-21) and Vela (Gold Cup). Oh and kp I've fixed both links and Eduardo is here training.
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. Btw how about Loric Cana for you guys?

I think he's joining Hamburg...and I haven't seen him play that much, I always looking out for Taiwo when I watch OM.

hunteelar woudl be a great singing especially that's he's dutch like RVP and they'd have great chemistry you should sign him

Screw stupid moron Chamakh guy Hunteelar defientely better choice.

I think his price tag is at least +20 million euro.

We won't get Huntelaar, I'm not setting my hopes anywhere near that high knowing how Wenger works. I wouldn't be really happy with Chamakh, but I could see us getting nobody so I wouldn't be angry with him either. The highest striker I could hope for would be Gignac, but I'd highly doubt that as well.
I hope Wenger attempts a swap deal sending Senderos and getting Hangeland. If not that I just hope Wenger keeps in mind with any transfer that he has both Senderos and Silvestre to send the other way to save some money.

Edit: It's now reported Eduardo isn't injured. Wenger had some misleading quotes on Arsenal.com, sparking other websites to come to quick conclusions but Wenger has clarified that Eduardo isn't injured and that he'll play in the next preseason game. I still hope we buy a striker though.

how much you got from ade transfer?

so we can have the money to steal Busquets from Barcelona

It would be great. Just give us what's ours and we give him free! :D

Fabregas isn't going so soon, he takes pride in being team captain. And RVP and Huntelaar are very different Huntelaar is more like Ruud, and RVP is Overmars/Bergkamp they can complement each other really well, but I prefer Demba Ba he's cheaper, so we can have the money to steal Busquets from Barcelona (I know Arnau will see this lol).

you cant because

1. busquets is already a man ((H))
2. the club already put him an unpayable Termination-clause.
3. he wont go to such team like arsenal.

amén.

I saw him in couple of matches, he's not a player like ruud or eto'o, I mean not that hunter.

then you are blind.

Haha i remember when madrid played last year some of the madrid comentators would say "Hunletal! Hunletal! Hunletal!" everytime he touch the ball so annoying...

BTW hunter will be a good buy for your team, maybe you should buy mamahdou?

Ugh! Diarra? Nah he's sucks was okay for Madrid last season, but he's like a crap Zokora IMO, also I don't want my team to become Real Madrid Rejects F.C., if we get anyone apart from Hunter I'll want Lass but he doesn't want to come back and he and Wenger don't get along. Anyway I just heard Cana signed for Sunderland so I say****!
Problem is now there are hardly any "quality" DM's left on the market so were kinda f*cked.:(
Thank God for the Wembley Tournament, so our pedophile scouts don't have to go far to find young talent (H).

The most aggravating thing is that Sunderland got Cana for only 5mill. Is that really too expensive? ******* hell.

I just thought of the "perfect solution"
Cesc idol was Guardiola and he has said his play is based upon his so that could mean we use him as a deep-lying playmaker rather than an attacking midfielder. So we could play...
http://www.soccergaming.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=134803&d=1248495844
Subs
Fabianski
Gibbs
Wilshere
Song
What does anyone think?
P.S. The positions with the / are like that because those players will most likely have injury/fitness problems

Who's this Adeblabber guy from Citeh who has been b*tching about us,along with his A$h-Cole friend:browsmiley:

Thank God for the Wembley Tournament, so our pedophile scouts don't have to go far to find young talent (H).

haha! bitch (H)

Thank God for the Wembley Tournament, so our pedophile scouts don't have to go far to find young talent (H).

you're guilty.

I just thought of the "perfect solution"
Cesc idol was Guardiola and he has said his play is based upon his so that could mean we use him as a deep-lying playmaker rather than an attacking midfielder. So we could play...
http://www.soccergaming.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=134803&d=1248495844
Subs
Fabianski
Gibbs
Wilshere
Song
What does anyone think?
P.S. The positions with the / are like that because those players will most likely have injury/fitness problems

Who's this Adeblabber guy from Citeh who has been b*tching about us,along with his A$h-Cole friend:browsmiley:

Eh, I don't think Fabregas would work in that position, especially if he was the only one in the middle, just because someone idolizes someone doesn't mean that they can play like them. Cesc would be a good distributer of the ball back there, but I don't think he could tackle or keep up with some other CM's. I still think we need a proper DM, and maybe to buy we need to sell first, but there are a few players we could certainly afford to lose imo; Eboue, Senderos, and maybe even Toure (sorry king Kolo fans).

I see your point there about Fabregas, and to be honest I did not give that formation enough analysis before posting it (it was late at night and the idea just hit me).
Anyway according to various sources we've submitted a bid worth €17.3m to Madrid for Huntelaar. If this is true or if we are interested in him, we will most likely get him, since Spurs just got Crouch and Milan will be able to get Džeko with his new release clause. I think Huntelaar will be okay with Wenger sibce v.Persie told Arsenal.com he is open to a new striker, still we already have Bendtner (rapidly improving),Eduardo,RVP and Vela our Mexican Superstar/Gold Cup winner:bob:.
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Today's pre-season 5-0 win vs. Szombathelyi was mixed. Bendtner was our best player scoring twice (his technique has improved greately:icon_spin:), Dudu also had a brace and RVP scored a pen. The defence though was shaky: poor marking etc.:(
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mate sign giovani dos santos, he is from barça youth teams would fit in arsenal (H)

Sign Lola Smiljanić from Espanyol then (H). Even though Redknapp doesn't care for Dos Santos he won't sell him to L'Arse because he knows Sp*ds will f*** him up, and it won't be the same as stealing directly form you.
Since we are selling Eboué and Touré (maybe) that leave us with Song the only African and our Spanish influence is growing so we transform from L'Arse to Los Cañoneros?

Sign Lola Smiljanić from Espanyol then (H). Even though Redknapp doesn't care for Dos Santos he won't sell him to L'Arse because he knows Sp*ds will f*** him up, and it won't be the same as stealing directly form you.
Since we are selling Eboué and Touré (maybe) that leave us with Song the only African and our Spanish influence is growing so we transform from L'Arse to Los Cañoneros?

Don't know why but I don't see a very light season for you guys. :(

btw, are you obsessed with our talents? :D Try Rueda :skip_e: Rochina :skip_e:

Sign Lola Smiljanić from Espanyol then (H). Even though Redknapp doesn't care for Dos Santos he won't sell him to L'Arse because he knows Sp*ds will f*** him up, and it won't be the same as stealing directly form you.
Since we are selling Eboué and Touré (maybe) that leave us with Song the only African and our Spanish influence is growing so we transform from L'Arse to Los Cañoneros?

"els canyoners" better.

fran merida ftw.

I think Man Citeh will take you out of the 4th spot this season... Hope they don´t but it seems to be that way, i think Arsenal need new signings quickly or we will have a new Team in the top 4.

Btw...Los Cañoneros? Nah, the only spanish force in the Prem is Liverpool!! VAMOS ROJOS!(H)

I can understand Adebayor, but dammnit, Toure's only 28!!! I thought that that he was Sol Campbell's replacement as the Rock in the Heart of the Arsenal Defence!

Vermalean, Vermulean...WHO? And Johan Djourou isn't exactly top of the line either....

I don't give a flying **** about the Top 4 I want the mother-flippin' league.
Anyways good start against Hannover 96( Cesc goal and posted in Goal of Week)
, looks like 4-2-3-1 we are using (hard to tell when watching from a ''14 screen).

I can understand Adebayor, but dammnit, Toure's only 28!!!
Adebayor's 25.

...and kept "flirting" with another club(Milan). Toure never did that. I'm saying Kolo Toure's not at the end of his career, at just 28...and hasn't expressed a desire to leave(atleast I don't think he has). It just seemed like Adebayor didn't want to be there while there seemed to be no such sentiment from Kolo Toure.

Okay I get it. There was no reason for him to leave really (other than money).

I read somewhere City was gonna double the salary he got at Arsenal. Only someone stupid would decline this offer to be honest.

Maybe if you're at Arsenal but not if you're at ManU and definitely not Chelsea. ManU are very successful and already afford insane wages, and same goes for Chelsea. Tevez didn't go to City because of the wages, and I doubt anyone else will. But Arsenal are the most likely to lose their CL spot, so going to City is actually a sound choice for guys like Toure and Adebayor.

If City get into the CL and Arsenal don't, Fabregas is going to Barca.

cesc is going to barça even if they won EPL, electoral season he is the weapon of most of candidates.

City got some good signings but that doesn't mean they'll snatch the 4th spot from Arsenal. You can have a CL team, but the most important thing is for them to gel together. Arsenal got a manager with experience in competing in the top 4 as well whereas Man City doesn't.

If Arsenal get a couple of signings and their players stay fit, they could still compete in the big 4. I still think Arsenal has got a class team, and the youngsters will come this season with one more year of experience.

Looking at our summer spending patterns from the last few seasons Wenger generally has a net spending around 0 each summer. With our transfers so far we've made 31mill (Vermaelen-10, Ade+25, Toure+16). That leads me to believe that Wenger will spend at least some of the money we've just made, and this is being extremely ambitious but if we were to have a net spending of 0 that'd mean he'd spend 30mill. How about Huntelaar in for 17, Hangeland in for 14, and we could sell Eboue for 10mill and get a DM. Again that's extremely ambitious, but seeing all the money we've made so far I don't see why not.

And specifically about us selling Toure to City, let's be honest the Toure Gallas partnership was never great, and Toure's form has dipped a bit. And I'm not really worried about City knocking us out of the top 4 yet simply because Arsene Wenger has the edge over Mark Hughes in so many ways.

Toure did ask for a transfer request in January his excuse was his "bad relationship" with Gallas (don't forget he named Gallas as one of his best friends on Arsenal TV). Money was a definitely factor as Jonathan Barnett (friend of the husband of the singer who was cheated on from Girls Aloud) is his agent.
Also ever since the 2008 ACN Kolo got malaria and has never been the same player. Wenger would have noticed this and cashed in now plus in January City offered 14m now they offered 16. Should we have a priority signing I'd rather it be a DM, replacing Ade is not an immediate need, v.Persie,Arshavin, the ever improving Bendtner (whose replica I'm considering(H)) are good enough to start. We already have Håvard Nordtveit :) out on loan so CB might not be needed either.
I'm not scared about going to the UCL I'm scared about not winning anything :(.
Anyways goodbye Kolo :33vff3o:.
EDIT: Viera doesn't count!
EDIT 2:
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That's the Goal!
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Look at the Verminator tackle!
P.S. They gave Le Prof an Armchair ?!?!?

He looks like he's tackling his own player in this pic.

He acted like rugby player.

Supposedly Arsenal are going to get Viera back

I just hope Wenger doesn't think signing Viera will fix our DM problems. Obviously he'll add vital experience, but if getting Viera means we won't get any other DM's, than I'm afraid I'd go for someone else, sorry Patrick you're still a legend.

I just hope Wenger doesn't think signing Viera will fix our DM problems. Obviously he'll add vital experience, but if getting Viera means we won't get any other DM's, than I'm afraid I'd go for someone else, sorry Patrick you're still a legend.

the DM problem started when viera left lol

Viera was by far the backbone of arsenal and henry was the entire offense. those 2 alone pretty much were arsenal.

dont know why aresene was stupid and let him leave. Its a no brainer get him back and bring back that stability Arsenal needs.

I agree that we never really replaced the backbone that Viera provided, with the exception of maybe Flamini and Gilberto when they played well. But the problem with getting Viera now is he's 33 and well past his prime. He's the type of players that relies on strong youthful legs, and I don't think he'd be able to keep up in the Premiership week in week out anymore.

well you dont have toplay him every single game.

look at giggs how well hes doing at his age. plus hes be a really cheap buy so its not like you have to pay big to get him back.

Full time score: 2-1 vs. Atlético Madrid.
Arshavin '86,'90 - Pacheco '88
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Great game for Arsenal, bit uneventful for us in the first half,with the exception of Rosicky's disallowed goal.
Wilshere though was excellent his runs and everything(Y) he should be challenging for first team places next season, same with Merida he too could also have a breakthrough season. No need to describe the goals as I've put up the highlights. I do see us possibly making a move for another CB considering that Senderos is unfortunately moving to Everton :( (although I saw him at the Emirates).
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looks like you're getting Neven Subotić to replace Kolo. that was quick. (Y)

^
Ha! I heard those rumours in June but then City were also interested. I doubt we are going to get him
Concerning the Viera rumours I think it is very likely he will come, and I'm happy about it.
For one thing he will add a lot of experience to our midfield. He also will the on-the-pitch leader we need (teaching Cesc), and will finally teach his cloned son Abou Diaby how to tackle players that are not his own (Samir Nasri).According to other reports we are also going for Matuidi+Viera. One thing is certain we most likely won't be adding offensively.
Oh and we raised a crap-load of money for Teenage Cancer Trust,who were Arsenal’s Charity of the Season for 2008/09.
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I'm making a prediction that Arsenal won't get Vieira... its just not their style. And Arshavin is so awesome...

arshavin ftw, why the hell he made shut up the peapol when score a goal? legend, should sign for barça you can have henrique and smari.

^ haha (H)

I just saw the match highlights. That second Arshavin goal is pure class. Awesome player!

Ah, Arnau should enter in Wenger staff as a Barça spy there...

there is nothing to spy, arsenal steal the players when they are already +16.

I'm making a prediction that Arsenal won't get Vieira... its just not their style. And Arshavin is so awesome...
He is and times like this make me feel we should send Zenit a few more millions.
Kind of funny to think we got him for €13.3m:icon_spin:,

arshavin ftw, why the hell he made shut up the peapol when score a goal? legend, should sign for barça you can have henrique and smari.

No only Muniesa,Busquets,Ibrahimović or ...Don Andrés (choose two of those and we have a deal):nape:.

^ haha (H)
*More on Arshavin's pre-season performance*
Ah, Arnau should enter in Wenger staff as a Barça spy there...

Never he will make us get Winston Bogarde,Amunike, Christanval and Ezquerro.

Wenger has said that we will sign one or two if we can and we've got strong reason to believe that those two are Chamakh and Vieira. So now the question is, is the squad with those two additions good enough to seriously challenge for trophies? Are we as good as Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man Utd?

Never he will make us get Winston Bogarde

man is a tank, unbeatable defender with cigar name

Wenger has said that we will sign one or two if we can and we've got strong reason to believe that those two are Chamakh and Vieira. So now the question is, is the squad with those two additions good enough to seriously challenge for trophies? Are we as good as Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man Utd?

You only have to consider whether or not you match up to the champions. I think Arsenal is closer than people think.

Oh and one more thing, signing Patrick Viera will be like taking 3 steps backward, rather than 1 step forward. He is past his prime and is simply useless.:coffe-anim:

It'll be like Deco was for us. Good first few games, novelty effect, then downhill, only worse.

So Arsenal aren't getting a new home shirt this year?

^No we are so poor we cannot even afford a marketing campaign for one :(.
Speaking of the new shirts I hate the away kit (navy blue), it looked horrible in the pre-season games, the Int. Away is okay though...will probably buy a Merida,Ramsey or Bendtner once it arrives in the Nike Store :D.
Valencia on Saturday so that should give us an indication of what we will look like next season, Vermaelen,Walcott & Vela are all set to play.

Wenger has ended interest in Chamakh now :bob:, now we need to hear the same about Kalou. It seems like we are going to be using the 4-3-3 formation a lot this season, since he wants to find a way to use Arshavin,Walcott and Rosický.
Btw what the f*ck happened to all the Arsenal fans posting here? Apart from Filipower,Gunnersgoal22 & I there are no other Gunners fans, when I joined in January this thread had like ten active fans now even Bobby doesn't post here...it's not like we are even in a crisis, things actually look hopeful :nape:, anyway...

Wenger is targeting Salomon Kalou and is no longer interested in that Chamakh guy.

If Pirlo goes to Chelsea, Ancelotti may be more willing to let Kalou go to ARsenal.

BTW, Everton are interested in Senderos.

If Pirlo goes to Chelsea, Ancelotti may be more willing to let Kalou go to ARsenal.


That makes no sense, they are completely different positions.

and Pirlo is ALOT older

Pirlo has been Ancelotti's guy for the past 8 years. He shouldn't be too concerned about his age because the Chelsea midfield is already stacked......

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Badass(H)!

kalou shmalou we have enough players who can play that wide attacking role, what we need is a target man if we are going to buy someone attacking, i would rather see the money go towards a DM and a CB anyway

Valencia 2 Arsenal 0
Wenger said that this game would be a good way to judge the squad.
So is he content with performances like this throughout the season, or will he actually buy some quality players? I'd prefer Hangeland, a striker, Vieira in that order.

http://arsenalaction.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/anelka-my-career-at-arsenal-was-going-from-strength-to-strength-until-the-day-i-crossed-vieira/
Feel sorry for him...
And yeah the Basque sweetheart Aitor Begiristain is just being a mong. We probably going to have to tell them to feck the feck off,in plain words, FFS if we gave you Hleb it should show what we think of you...

^
cesc heart is blaugrana, we will finally sign something usefull besides Henry from arsenal after petit, overmars and hleb you can have Smari.

We gave you Gio
...there is a reason why we sold you those players, we don't think much of other teams.
The only way you can get Cesc is if Wenger allows him to go...other than that the most you deserve from us is a turd in a tupperware box covered in swine flu and SARS + this b-stardhttp://www.roto2.com/roto2/m019.gif.
In other news the Arsenal legend Pascal Cygan signed for F.C. Cartagena
Don't f*ck with us...Smari....are you sh*tting me?!?(H)

^
cesc heart is blaugrana, we will finally sign something usefull besides Henry from arsenal after petit, overmars and hleb you can have Smari.

No, Cesc has stated time and time again that he wants to stay at Arsenal for next year, he'll probably want to leave some time in the next few years, but until then why don't you all just **** off and stop acting like you can just take anyone from our team whenever you want.

But seriously guys, if you sell Fabregas as well, then it would be very hard to challenge anything this year.

No, Cesc has stated time and time again that he wants to stay at Arsenal for next year, he'll probably want to leave some time in the next few years, but until then why don't you all just **** off and stop acting like you can just take anyone from our team whenever you want.

no ****, if cesc have a chance to comeback home he will force and you know it. But i dont think he is coming this season anyway.

Overmars was a legend, respeck.

Cesc is prepared and looking foward to play for Arsenal next season, and Wenger and the board have repeatedly said he won't be sold, the discussion ends there. I just wish the people running the transfer operations at Barca would get it through their thick heads that we don't want to sell him now, that's why I'm frustrated. Imagine how Barca fans would feel if we repeatedly went after Xavi despite him not being for sale.

but there isnt a single bid, its only a rumour.

We'll play Cesc against Celtic then offer him to Barça, fair deal? I think so.
Anyway in the "Daily Aww-sh*t!" Arsenal news Djourou is injured and we are closer to the nightmare pairing of Sylvester & "stoner face" Song in CB. We have 48 hrs to land Hangeland courtesy of Rune Hauge (yes he is the one who...) and should Chamakh be bought it will be on deadline day.
P.S. We've succeeded in stopping Viera signing for Spurs.

when his contract will expire?

http://arsenalaction.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/anelka-my-career-at-arsenal-was-going-from-strength-to-strength-until-the-day-i-crossed-vieira/


Just like that he slapped me across the face with his penis. Just once. But it knocked me back a few steps. It was like being struck by a wet kipper. No one could believe what they saw! Can you imagine how embarrassing it is to be smacked across the face with a 14″ pork sword in front of your team mates? It was the worst moment of my life. No one said anything for what seemed like an eternity, the silence was only broken when Ashley Cole asked “Is it my turn?” It was then I knew I had to leave. When Wenger found out what he’d done he merely high fived him and shouted “And that’s why he’s the captain. POW! Look at that thing!”

Anelka’s book reveals how he only regained his confidence eventually playing alongside Paul Dickov at Manchester City. “He could fit it in a polo.” Anelka reveals.
LMAO this is just too damn funny :rofl:

That can't be true.















Can it?























I sure hope so. (H)

Naw, original article here: http://crabfootball.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/nicolas-anelkas-autobiography-shocks-the-literary-world/

I think I'll take a longer peek at the website since another headline caught my attention:
Kolo Toure: My cock twitched when Mark Hughes called. (H)

Yeah I saw it on crabfootball first and the guy was complaining about other websites stealing his work...so I really should not have posted the other link:(.

the silence was only broken when Ashley Cole asked “Is it my turn?”
...That part had to be true(H)!
When Wenger found out what he’d done he merely high fived him and shouted “And that’s why he’s the captain. POW! Look at that thing!”
:rofl:

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Arsenal centre forward Nicklas Bendtner has changed his squad number for the new season.

The Dane caught up with Arsenal.com to explain why he decided on the switch and give a personal offer to fans who had bought his shirt through Club outlets this summer.

“The new season’s almost here, and along with the rest of the players I’m really excited and believe it can be a really special one for everyone associated with the Club." said Bendtner.

"Before it starts I wanted to change my squad number from 26 which I’ve obviously had for a number of seasons now. I chose to move to 52 because it’s a special number to me personally, and I hope that it brings me good luck for the new season.

"I appreciate that a good number of fans have bought their kits for 2009/10 already with names and numbers printed up so I’d like to personally cover the cost of replacing anyone’s shirt that has my previous number. It means a lot to see supporters wearing your name and number, and I want to ensure people aren’t inconvenienced by the change."(H)!
52 ftw!

he is a wise player, he knows he should cover it for at most 10 Danish kids.

...and me! It's an attack on Adebayor everyone knows that.

Ade was 25 so he choose opposite number. Good idea, let’s see he’ll score more or not.

...and me! It's an attack on Adebayor everyone knows that.

why? did he slapped him across the face with his 25″ pork sword?

Haha this crab football page is just AWESOME!(Y)

And I guess Bendtner changed his number from 26 to 52 by

1) 26 x 2 = 52 : He wanted to double his ability and have luck on this number.
2) More obviously, He changed to 52 because 5 and 2 in 52 can make this number.
5 x 2 = 10
5 + 2 = 7
Oh, Pires and Bergkamp? ftw. (H)
And Wenger once attracted Bendtner with uniform which has Pires's autograph to join Arsenal.

Btw crabfootball is really awesome (Y)

Well that's settled then.

Yes and 52=3x14+10, which means he's as good as 3 Henrys and 1 Bergkamp. (H)

No he'll just be the Antibayor, Arse.com still has not denied Cesc rumours...unsettling. The only good thing if he leaves is that it will finally end the speculation which quite frankly pisses me off...
And kp40

Bendtner is reportedly facing a £10,000 bill from Arsenal for his generosity.
Hug on that!(H)

hahahahah, how much he earns each week?

still that's a great act and generosity, no doubt about that.

-Vermaelen to start against Everton likely now (no Sylvester,yes! :bob:)
-sh*tload of injuries
http://www.arsenal.com/news/injury-news

and hopefully our season ends like P38 D0 W38 F154 A18


EDIT:http://goonertalk.com/2009/08/13/what-footballers-say-on-facebook/ (H)

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Grand, we're done. Written off. Citeh's millions, Chelsea's millions, United's pedigree and the media's love-in with Benitez and Torres and we're also-rans, out of the equation, yesterday's news. Suits me. We'll show them. Because we are The Arsenal

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Oh yes(H)!

I'm hoping our starting XI will be:
---------Almunia---------
Sagna Gallas Vermaelen Clichy
-----------Song----------
-----Fabregas---Denilson
---RVP--------------Arshavin
-----------Eduardo--------
There'll be lots of pressure on Vermaelen to produce, our back line just hasn't been quite good enough these last few years and he's the guy that Wenger has splashed the cash on and put his faith in to fix things. As for going forward look for Fabregas, Arshavin, and Van Persie to link up hopefully with Eduardo getting on the end of things the way he did a couple years ago at Goodison Park.

Up the Arse!:innocent_smile_1:

RvP and Arshavin starting upfront with Fabregas behind them and Bendtner on the right. (yes, lol).

Grand, we're done. Written off. Citeh's billions, Chelsea's millions, United's pedigree and the media's love-in with Benitez and Torres and we're also-rans, out of the equation, yesterday's news. Suits me. We'll show them. Because we are The Arsenal

Good ol' Le Arse. Let's hope Wenger's pedo philosophy finally pays off this year. not.:innocent_smile_1:

Better than Chelsea atm.

Sending the same love to the geriatrics at your end Zakov :D.
Okay HT review...
*wipes jizz off his shorts*

So basically: Everton are taller than us. We can't defend set pieces. We bought a midget from Belgium. We need another CB and a tall commanding midfielder cause Song and Denilson are utter crap. It's clear as day.:mad:


Vermalen & Gallas are stuck on Felliani, like stink on sh*t.
Our attackers have not even gotten their game on, Song has improved by miles and could someone please get me lube cause it's not easy....to this team:(.

We are top of the league(H) !

WTF?! You play incredible. I watched the first half. Wenger probably analized Barcelona ll the summer :D:D Your passing game is unbelieveble. Denilson goal was fantastic too, and great technique from Bendtner :o

Better than Chelsea atm.

Yup, can't disagree with that. I'll reserve judgement until the end of the season. :D

WTF?! You play incredible. I watched the first half. Wenger probably analized Barcelona ll the summer :D:D Your passing game is unbelieveble. Denilson goal was fantastic too, and great technique from Bendtner :o

More like Guardiola got a time machine and went into the future to see Arsenal.
*Fap,fap,fap*
Fab4 with the 4.
All of you fail in the SG prediction league:blush:

Yup, can't disagree with that. I'll reserve judgement until the end of the season. :D

Agreed. :D

Well then, that was good.


Song man of the match?

Great result obviously but let's not get carried away, Everton lost to Paul Ince's Blackburn on the opening day of last season, and they really folded after the 3rd goal. Vermaelen or Song would be my men of the match. I just hope this doesn't allow Wenger to come out and say that he doesn't need to sign anybody. I'd still like Subotic and a striker.

Agree with Fili & GG22 about Song! Only two days ago I was moaning about him :D.
Well we cannot get carried away,to be fair Everton do have a few injuries and it's only the first day...our true strength will be seen in January.
'Boro beat City 8-1 a couple of seasons ago and look at where both teams. Still great win and impressive debut for Vermaelen (love him already),he and the defence deserve great praise.


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What a win that was.

Great celebration from Cesc too.

OMG, It was a great team for gunners without any doubt. They played a fantastic counter attack play.

Who said Arsenal is not a contender this year? Hell yeah they are!!!!

again congrats guys.

LMAO the tags in this thread are hillarious.....

"pedophilian football"

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

They played a fantastic counter attack play.

what the hell! only in the 1st cesc goal, arsenal played a fantastic passing play.

great detaill of cesc with jarque shirt.

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That Arnau is the highest complement...thank you!:)

what the hell! only in the 1st cesc goal, arsenal played a fantastic passing play.

great detaill of cesc with jarque shirt.

I'm not talking just about the goals. Plus you don't call 5 and 6 goal counter attack especially the fifth one?

arsenal haven't play a counter attack match, his football is like barça or porto, having the ball most time posible.

now you are talking about the general case man, I talked about this match.

any way, we can conclude arsenal played a great match with lots of passes and they used their counter attack opportunities. I hope you are happy now.:innocent_smile_1:

I'm shocked Arshavin didn't get a goal.

Or four.

Or four.

or five.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGZTKtH5FQU

how do i embed videos? god i feel old

F*ck that another Arsenal fan I didn't know existed.
Here is how to embed

then you insert the characters after v=,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSqKs6IoMKQ(like the ones I've put in bold

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Grand, we're done. Written off. Citeh's millions, Chelsea's millions, United'sa pedigree and the media's love-in with Benitez and Torres and we're also-rans, out of the equation, yesterday's news. Suits me. We'll show them. Because we are The Arsenal

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Oh yes(H)!

And Eduardo is back!

EDIT: We cannot get carried away,there are 37 games left, 79 points needed and four teams supposedly stronger than us left to be played. It was a poor Everton...comparable to Hull just to keep things in perspective.

Edu is such a clinical striker man, his positioning and classy finishing are amazing...

Right, time for me to post again.

What a match yesterday. I enjoyed every second of it.

Everton-Arsenal 1-6 ::: BBC highlights
http://www.videoplayer.hu/videos/play/406477

Adebayor behavior is disgusting now, what's wrong with him and Arsenal fans.

He's not our player...wrong thread:coffe-anim:.
For the record C*ntibayor discussions will take place only in anticipation of our game vs. Citeh...

Here is what I've observed from the weekend

-We can challenge for the title and be the best on our day
-The media are fickle minded idiots.
-Our pledge video was awesome...not going to bother comparing it with the other one...5 goals,1 game...Eduardo I'm back (then he said it in Portuguese...coolness (H)).
-Wenger is the right man. He did this interview a couple of days ago...best thing I've read in ages
Part I (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1206377/ARSENE-WENGER-INTERVIEW-The-transcript-Martin-Samuels-fascinating-meeting-Arsenal-manager--I.html)
Part II (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1206363/ARSENE-WENGER-INTERVIEW-The-transcript-Martin-Samuels-fascinating-meeting-Arsenal-manager--II.html)
-Tottenham still suck (I admit that was somewhat unnecessary but what the hell)

*goes a page back to watch the Nike video again, and asks his mother for money for a Vermaelen jersey

Arsenal 2 Celtic 0
Perfect result. I don't want to speak to soon, but it looks like with the new Gallas Vermaelen partnership we won't be missing Toure too much. Also Song did lots of dirty work once again. The only slight concern is it looks like we maybe lack a little pace up front, I'm not sure Bendtner is quite ready to be a first team regular so I'd still like us to go for Kalou or Chamakh.

wait brother. your match against United is a good test for your defence.

We cannot get carried away,there are 37 games left, 79 points needed and four teams supposedly stronger than us left to be played. It was a poor Everton...comparable to Hull just to keep things in perspective.

Difference was Hull didn't have a defender who played like a headless chicken thinking about a possible move to another club. hehe.

On another note, this year's London derbies are going to fantastic. Spuds look good too. .

I trust bendtner to come good soon enough......i don't think we need a striker. walcott, eduardo, vela good enough for me and rosicky, eboue and nasri all can play that wide striker role too. i think one CB is still required as cover especially is seneros goes and still maybe one CM. anyway good win against Celtic hopefully we can keep coming away with games we don't really deserve to win.

Last season, in the months of April and May, Arsenal suffered 1 defeat...to Chelsea. Between August and the beginning of November Arsenal suffered 2 defeats.

Let's see what happens this season.....for you guys to compete, you'll have to find a way to win during the Santa Claus stretch of the season.

wait brother. your match against United is a good test for your defence.

-United
+Drogba


Edit: Theo and Carlos out injured,from international duty :(,Dudu back in:)
and we are not buying Hangeland...

A decent start for you guys. (H) 22 minutes gone, and you're up by two goals from Diaby, which both, btw, were beauties.

wtf, that has to be a foul...

Never. Refs are mostly too soft in those spots, but not this time. It's not like Almunia was first at the ball. Kaboul jumped earlier, and hit the ball before he even touched Almunia. It was Almunias ball to take, but he didnt.

I don't care who was soft, it's the law man...

3-1. Gallas.

Fantastic pass by van Persie, 4-1

Another beauty, Ramsey this time with the finish to make it 4-1.

I really like how you're playing, and would love to see you win the whole damn league this year. You're just playing such entertaining football.

Wenger is still considering the possibliity of Patrick Viera.

Man United 5-0 Wigan
Arsenal 4-1 Portsmouth

Next match: Arsenal at Manchester United

Arsenal - Portsmouth 4-1 ::: highlights

http://www.pixter.hu/video?id=14279

Wenger is still considering the possibliity of Patrick Viera.

Man United 5-0 Wigan
Arsenal 4-1 Portsmouth

Next match: Arsenal at Manchester United

It would be a fantastic match, the first encounters of Big4 this season. The last time they came to Old Trafford, United celebrated their 18 title.

See, we can lose players as long as we have AW. AW is the key.

Ahh, Arsenal is playing a piece of art, actually results to goal and win. Already deserved half goals of Derby in 07'/08 season. Or for records, 8 players goal - defender to forward which involves everyone attack and various ways of goal (3 from set piece, 2 from kind of counter attack, 5 from a shoot far away or passing play) and Persie's 3 assists.

Vermaelen is just **** awesome and surprised at Wenger's nice decision of selling two guys. Now time to face Man Utd as both smashed opponents.

Well, didn't usually Arsenal rise after the half of season or keep the form constantly? (Except 07/08 season)

Not really, otherwise they would have a trophy. Last one was in...2005.

Not really, otherwise they would have a trophy. Last one was in...2005.

Chelski has looked like **** this year. Let me know when you stop playing the little sisters of the poor. PSSST... You might want to add some Youth and not Pirlo.

Well, we are 3 out of 3. We DOMINATED against Sunderland, and made Roy Hodgsons' side look foolish.

Now last year, I have to agree with you. Luis Felipe Scolari wasn't the ideal choice compared to Guus Hiddink. But Hiddink himself humiliated Arsenal 4-1, you must remember that match. We made Toure look like a joke of a defender.

And youth? I admit that Wilshire is better than Kakuta but we added some quality players such as Sturridge (19), Zhirkov (26), Matic (21) and not so quality signing in Turnbull (24). But guess what, your best player arguably last season was a 27-year-old Russian who came in the middle of the season and has some interesting views about women drivers.

Just wait 'till we meet at the Bridge and at the Emirates and see who wins.

Go win a trophy...or something.

Oh please, it's always the same discussion here... Let's ******* wait for the season to end, shall we? My God.

Like the past 4 seasons.

Right, we got it man, Arsenal hasn't won a damn thing, it must be great being you, now for some serious football discussion please.

I'm yet to watch an Arsenal match this season, who has taken over the holding midfielder position? Diaby? Sagna? He must be doing a great job if he's allowing the rest of the players the freedom to move around and play the footie that is having pundits praising y'all so much. About time Vieira got replaced by someone decent.

In the match against Everton, it was Song and Denilson, against Portsmouth too, with Diaby... I didn't watch the games agains Celtic.

Cesc obviously plays a part as well... But what has surprised me was the ease with witch Vermaelen got right into the team...

Song! I meant Song, not Sagna.

Man I love Arshavin, **** you guys.

Vermaelen looks the best signing of any English team this summer.

Aye he's the next Cygan, Bobby. (H)

Eduardo - ******* diver.:swear2:

From one angle, it was a dive, from another, it looked liked he caught his leg. Either way, it was not a penalty. I doubt Eduardo would have complained if it would not have been given.

But I love how everyone starts calling for bans etc. Why did no one ever start this kind of bull**** for the whole controversy last season between Arsenal and Liverpool - how Liverpool got their penalties and how we had a clear penalty rejected. We could have easily started complaining to UEFA, but did we, no. This just shows what kind of sore losers Celtic were in this case.

**** like that happens, grow up and just live with it. It's football.

What about Ronaldo, did any associations start calling for him to be banned? What about Gilardino (and all Italian players to be precise)?

I wouldn't say a word about this situation if he touched Eduardo. It's not even about given penalty, it's only about fairness. I believe the whole world felt sorry for Eduardo when the Birmingham mother****er broke his leg. He gained lots of fans with that incident, but now I think he lost some part of them through yesterday's dive of the season. Mirosław Klose is a bitch but has balls to tell the referee that there was no penalty.

I've got a lot of respect for Klose for that incident. You can call him stupid for it, but it's a shame there aren't more people like him in the sport.

Diaby is emerging this season.

It's a part of the game and takes skill to con the ref, they can't ban Eduardo that would be totally unfair, they'd need to change the rules before the next incident occurs if they are going to start banning players and consistency is the main issue.

Back onto Arsenal players Vermaelen is a monster, he and gallas looks so solid at the back and Song has been so impressive, he's really come leaps and bounds since he started. i always thought he was an average utility player who would never make the grade. certainly showed me....

He dived and it was not a penalty,still it's not like Celtic would have won in the first place...
It's really retarded when people are calling for bans when Gerrard,CR or Drogba never recieved such reactions...so why him?

Eboué now says he is ready to stay with the clubs :), good news ! Looks like he and 52 Cent are trying to fight to be in the supporters hearts.


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Too bad he's missing the game :(.

He dived and it was not a penalty,still it's not like Celtic would have won in the first place...
It's really retarded when people are calling for bans when Gerrard,CR or Drogba never recieved such reactions...so why him?

Eboué now says he is ready to stay with the clubs :), good news ! Looks like he and 52 Cent are trying to fight to be in the supporters hearts.


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Too bad he's missing the game :(.

I guess since Platini wants to cut the diving out of the game, he needs to start somewhere. It is not about Celtic losing anyway. You want to create a fair game and the diving incident simply was cheating....

Im watching the replay of the match Arsenal vs Celtic.



I agree with Boruc and his reaction. Dive of the season. Simply ridicules and disgusting.....what a brazilian reject with talent :)

sorry Bobby <3

I wouldn't say a word about this situation if he touched Eduardo. It's not even about given penalty, it's only about fairness. I believe the whole world felt sorry for Eduardo when the Birmingham mother****er broke his leg. He gained lots of fans with that incident, but now I think he lost some part of them through yesterday's dive of the season. Mirosław Klose is a bitch but has balls to tell the referee that there was no penalty.

You senseless idiot! He was trying to be over cautious in his landing after jumping over the keeper. He tried to land his jump so as to avoid another major injury like the one you referenced. His landing wasn't perfect and he fell. It wasn't a penalty but, to me, it did not appear to be a dive.

No, it was clearly a dive. If he was 'cautious', then I doubt he would be playing football again.

He tried to pull off a two-footed landing but his trailing leg missed and he tipped over.

No, it was clearly a dive. If he was 'cautious', then I doubt he would be playing football again.

How often does a player have to jump over a keeper during the course of a game? Not too often. This was not a normal circumstance.

I think he did dive...not because he is a dirty player. I'm not defending him and I'm not proud of what happened. The problem I have is the "witch-hunt" on him. Drogba and Ronaldo have been accused of diving lots of times but there was never any backlash on them like this. Gerrard and Owen too have dived a fair number of times but the media never has attacked them like this...probably because they are British. If this is UEFA's new stance on simulation then I'm completely in support of this, but if any other player dives and does not receive such hounding then I'm afraid UEFA is a disgrace.

EDIT: Cesc is out of the United game...

are you ready?

To serve an a**whipping? We always are...are you ready to for the kids to teach you real football?
Almunia
Sagna – Gallas – Vermaelen – Clichy
Diaby – Song – Denilson
van Persie – Eduardo – Arshavin
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Denilson is so underrated look at him:icon_spin:.
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Cesc won't be playing tomorrow?

I think he did dive...not because he is a dirty player. I'm not defending him and I'm not proud of what happened. The problem I have is the "witch-hunt" on him. Drogba and Ronaldo have been accused of diving lots of times but there was never any backlash on them like this. Gerrard and Owen too have dived a fair number of times but the media never has attacked them like this...probably because they are British. If this is UEFA's new stance on simulation then I'm completely in support of this, but if any other player dives and does not receive such hounding then I'm afraid UEFA is a disgrace.

EDIT: Cesc is out of the United game...

Not suffered any backlash? They're the most hated players on the planet. And their reputation is already tarnished, making it hard for them to get penalties even if they're really fouled. Agree about Gerrard tho, damn cun+ seems to get away with everything and still end up being loved.

Bring on your kids to old trafford, hopefully they'll come back home as a grown up Men.

Dive in my opinion, but UEFA are wrong to charge him....they can't just charge him out of the blue its inconsistent, they have to bring the rule in and start it from here on in so it's fair and everyone is on the same page.

I've got a lot of respect for Klose for that incident. You can call him stupid for it, but it's a shame there aren't more people like him in the sport.

When was this incident?

Don't remember, it was when he was playing in Bremen,I think. Or the club before that, but definitely in Germany. He tripped in the area and the ref thought it was a foul and pointed to the spot, but the opposition players complained and the ref talked to Klose and he admitted he just tripped. They didn't get the penalty in the end.

This was before the World Cup, I remember them talking about this incident when Germany played the opening match.

Good first half, it's very tight at the middle, like fifa world class in ps3, hahahaha. Arashavin goal was beauty but we will win it in second half.

Unlucky Arsenal, really... Should and could have got something out of the game, United didn't deserve a win today... How bad is Arshavin's injury?

Utd didn't win the game, we lost it. We were unlucky to concede the goals, but should have had the quality and character to get them back. Granted we didn't deserve to lose, and we didn't have Fabregas, I still think we need to do better than that if we want to win the title.

The thing is, and it's been like this for some years now, Arsenal don't know how to be in advantage.. It's either against a smaller team and they go on to smash them 5 or 6, or it's a team like United who can actually push back. The kind of game United play after they were winning, is something Arsenal just cannot do.

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Agreed, we don't really have a successful way of playing once we've taken the lead. We seem to usually take our foot off the pedal, and then we don't really get going 100% until were losing, and by that time it's often too late. Today I don't blame us as much as other times for blowing the lead, as the circumstances in which we conceded today were especially fluky, today I blame us for not having the quality to come back, but in past seasons blowing the lead has been what's cost us.

Wenger needs to give this team a way to play where we can sit back and hold on for a while. For us we always seem to think the best offense is a good defense, but like you said when you play teams like Utd you need to sit back for parts of the match. I'm hoping with the emergence of Song and Vermaelen they'll be able to fix this problem that's cost us from winning trophies in the past.

Exactly.. Also, Cesc would have had a better idea on what to do when winning.. Him and Rosicky.. One has to see that the amount of important player injuries at Arsenal is definitely bigger than anywhere else.. I hope Andrei's isn't serious...


But all in all it wasn't a bad game for Arsenal, and if they get a win in the game in hand (against Bolton I think), they still get the same 9 points as United...

Manchester United - Arsenal 2-1 ::: highlights
http://www.videoplayer.hu/videos/play/411707

Only 1 word can expalin the result. Robbed playing 11v12. Both goals by Manure where contributed by BS Fouls.

I don't think so, though. The free-kick foul I don't remember, but the first United goal is a typical penalty. Rooney was clever enough to know that all he needed was get to the ball first, Almunia, touching him or not, would do the rest. The same thing happened with Eduardo against Celtic. Maybe Rooney was already falling, but the fact is he knew it would earn him a penalty; just as Edu, he was cleverer than the keeper.

And, again, as I've been saying for a long time, Almunia is probably the weakest link in the team. If not the weakest, definitely a replaceable link.

I don't think so, though. The free-kick foul I don't remember, but the first United goal is a typical penalty. Rooney was clever enough to know that all he needed was get to the ball first, Almunia, touching him or not, would do the rest. The same thing happened with Eduardo against Celtic. Maybe Rooney was already falling, but the fact is he knew it would earn him a penalty; just as Edu, he was cleverer than the keeper.

And, again, as I've been saying for a long time, Almunia is probably the weakest link in the team. If not the weakest, definitely a replaceable link.

Your statement is so stupid and so contradiction its not even worth a second read nor should anyone read it for the first time. Just stop typing, you are embarrassing yourself.

Neither Goal Manure scored was contributed to run of play but due to terrible officiating. It was a clear dive by Rooney... Sure contact was made... I can make contact too when I basically stop, bend my knees and let my feet drag behind. Oh wait thats exactly what Rooney did. This is all besides the fact that he kicked the ball OB and had ZERO chance of a goal opportunity. Mike Dean has always been a terrible official and how could they let this idiot play in such an important match is beyond me...

The fact that you didn't understand my post doesn't make it "stupid". I was making an argument and you come bashing up. You're such a big, big boy. Mommy must be proud.

lol

I've been waiting for this one: Fight! Fight! Fight!

Originality, Az. Originality.. (H)

When Rosicky will come back? I think he can be very effective for your current lineup.