Arsenal Football Club Thread

Except your talking a load of ****e again

Kuyt has come over with a proven record in Holland but not in England, he could go the way of Ruud and score goals a plenty or the way of Kezman and forget how to put the ball in the net. The jury is out on him and he has to prove himself now, nobody is saying he is one of the best in the world

As for Ballack, he's been extremely highly rated here for a long time, since his Leverkusen days before moving to Bayern and his reputation was cemented at the world cup in 2002 where he dragged Germany to the final. He has been in the press here constantly for over a year, mainly being linked with Utd, Real and Chelsea. So its harldy like people have just noticed him

Originally Posted by Jeff

IO think Arsenal is fine; after watching them play for 45minutes from the first half; liverpool is a little bit worrying though.

Reading continues to be the big surprise

If Liverpool didn't improve then yes, that would be worrying. But when you have 6 players in the side that are either new to the team, new to the premiership or haven't played alot of football for the club in 6-12 months, then it's pretty easy to see how they wouldn't produce 'great' football.

Arsenal will be fine no doubt, but can they vary their tactics enough to get past teams ? This is their problem. That and seeing how they'd cope with an out of form or injured Henry, who would score the goals then ?

I live near Reading so i know a bit about them and i think if they can toughen up defensively, they have the strikers that can score the goals to keep them up.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

If Liverpool didn't improve then yes, that would be worrying. But when you have 6 players in the side that are either new to the team, new to the premiership or haven't played alot of football for the club in 6-12 months, then it's pretty easy to see how they wouldn't produce 'great' football.

Arsenal will be fine no doubt, but can they vary their tactics enough to get past teams ? This is their problem. That and seeing how they'd cope with an out of form or injured Henry, who would score the goals then ?

I live near Reading so i know a bit about them and i think if they can toughen up defensively, they have the strikers that can score the goals to keep them up.

lol reading had a great game beat Middelsborough 3 - 2 great game

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

If Liverpool didn't improve then yes, that would be worrying. But when you have 6 players in the side that are either new to the team, new to the premiership or haven't played alot of football for the club in 6-12 months, then it's pretty easy to see how they wouldn't produce 'great' football.

Arsenal will be fine no doubt, but can they vary their tactics enough to get past teams ? This is their problem. That and seeing how they'd cope with an out of form or injured Henry, who would score the goals then ?

I live near Reading so i know a bit about them and i think if they can toughen up defensively, they have the strikers that can score the goals to keep them up.

to your first point; I wish some of our fellow here understand thaat, that "6 players in that side that are either new to the team" is unable to produce 'wonderful' football. Perhaps I"ll have an easier time at transfer forum as a mod.

to your second point: I don't watch both teams enough, so I won't make any comment. All I say is that if Liverpool didn't have Gerrard (let's say got injured), then what? Will it be the same thing?

I think what Arsenal did well against their opponent is that they have been passing around the ball more fluently. Actually, Liverpool did so too, especially after they were down 1-0. Of course, I'm not happy with the way they got the penalty. Anyway, I thought they could have scored another goal easily because Sheffield United looked so tired on the field. I told my gf that Liverpool was definitely going to score because SU is just getting worse and worse and they couldn't sustain till 90minutes. It happened, only through a quite-controversial call.

Reading: They are very strong even in FM. My S. Wednesday got kicked by them first time in the season: 5-1. -.-!

Last season i would have been worried if Liverpool didn't have Gerrard at some point Jeff. However, this season with the new players, i think there is enough there to get past teams. Assuming the other players are near the top of their game.

It was a controversial call, but the defender did enough to stop Gerrard getting a clean strike on goal so maybe it's justified in that sense. The worst call though had to be for Watford, the ball struck Powell in the face and Everton were given a penalty ! What's even worse was that Cahill was less then 1 yard away claiming a penalty, what a cheat !

Say the ball did strike his arm there, i don't see how the Ref can say that Stubb's hand ball was accidental but Powell's would have been deliberate. Cruel on Watford, especially when Johnson's shot was going miles wide before it took a deflection and looped in.

Still, we're kind of off topic here, back to Arsenal

I am not really a big follower of premiership football except, obviously, S Wednesday

okok, back to Arsenal.

Why Sheffield Wednesday Jeff ? Do you have family/friends there ?

It's been a while since they were in the Premiership

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Why Sheffield Wednesday Jeff ? Do you have family/friends there ?

It's been a while since they were in the Premiership

I have seen them play against Man U when I was very young and I was very impressed by them. Since then I become a SW fan

Originally Posted by mzk57

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ....................................
Arsenal can't win against Aston Villa at home and yet their fans claim that they would win the title.
Lets get it straight-Arsenal only managed a draw against an average side called Aston Villa, Arsenal fans! imagine How much embarecment u guys have to face if a big Europeon team like AC Milan, Bayer Munich, Barca, Lyon visits Arsenal at their new home in Champions League.
Plus I think ur legendary icon MR .Thierry Henry was ok in that litle, compact and tiny-small ground called Highbury. Now in their new big stadium its impossible for them to play like they did once (2003-2004)
Highbury was like built only for the Arsenal players, I mean that compact structure with hardly any room to play openly. Now gunners would be really stretched at their new big ground and its as simple as that

Only a fool can answer your question, besides One game cannot determine how good or bad arsenal are until mid-season, and they have beaten the Real Madrid(9 times European Champion) and Juventus(who has better record than Milan in scudetto) and hey buddy if you can't stand the so called arrogance of English Media then i suggest you should stuffed your ears with a bottle cork so that you shouldn't listen again, besides even Italian Media,Spanish and Nigerian media used to hype their team up which for me is not an arrogance, it is an act of patriotism, so whining and complaining about English football won't help matters, and i think you are one that proves to be arrogant because ever since you came into the MM you have been posting negatives and meaningless post, get your head straight pal

plus i won't even bother to reply your messages back because i don't waste my time with people like you on the forum.

i think Arsenal had a good game , they are unlucky not to convert possesion into a goals,and i think Walcott had good debut by changing the game when he came on, he needs time and experience,he has big future ahead of him

I heard that Chelsea are offering gallas swap exchange for ashley Cole which IMO it will be bad deal, and it's not likely to happen

As it looks like Milan aren't going to bother bidding for him, it would appear that Gallas' only escape route out of his Chelsea nightmare is to head across London to the Gunners.

I guess it's the lesser of two evils for him if he genuinely doesn't want to stay in the Premiership.

Alongside the newspaper reporting the Gallas & Cole swap, another paper is saying that Chelsea will let Gallas 'rot' in the reserves for the entire season. So who knows what to believe.

Something i did find amusing was Chelsea apparently offering Arsenal £2 million + Gallas for Cole ... i mean why on earth would Arsenal except that deal ! They want £25 million for Cole, so are you really telling me Chelsea value Gallas at £23 million ? Some things are just beyond belief.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

As it looks like Milan aren't going to bother bidding for him, it would appear that Gallas' only escape route out of his Chelsea nightmare is to head across London to the Gunners.

I guess it's the lesser of two evils for him if he genuinely doesn't want to stay in the Premiership.

Alongside the newspaper reporting the Gallas & Cole swap, another paper is saying that Chelsea will let Gallas 'rot' in the reserves for the entire season. So who knows what to believe.

Something i did find amusing was Chelsea apparently offering Arsenal £2 million + Gallas for Cole ... i mean why on earth would Arsenal except that deal ! They want £25 million for Cole, so are you really telling me Chelsea value Gallas at £23 million ? Some things are just beyond belief.

Well if you ask me then Gallas is a much better player than ashley cole so it should be arsenal offering the money. But thats not going to happen as chelsea dont need the money. 25 Mil makes me laugh

Arsenal did make a bid for Gallas, Wenger has confirmed this with some reports saying it was only £5 million. I guess that was a 'stand alone' bid rather than having any connection with Cole.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

Arsenal did make a bid for Gallas, Wenger has confirmed this with some reports saying it was only £5 million. I guess that was a 'stand alone' bid rather than having any connection with Cole.

Yeh iv'e just heard on SSN.


Milan are stupid not to put in a offer