Comments on: It wouldn’t surprise me to see Vermaelen start against United

By: theicehammer

theicehammer — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:13:03 +0000

Shambo ive just arrived from upton park mate. Had one or two to many at the pub to drown my sorrows. Da game was crapppppppp, so effing defensive. Again we still should have taken the points with the chances we created. At home a 6 pointer and we play 4,5,1.
Nice comments man, i cant stp laughing, u should be on stage. Yr assumptions are totally correct as usual mate.

By: Avik

Avik — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:26:36 +0000

Vermaelen is such a freaking beast that I wont be surprised if he makes it 2 the starting XI in 2moro’s clasico. He would have fitted perfectly in the role of logan in Wolverine:X-Men Origins. Someone who is 5ft 11inches only and can make those amazing leaps is simply a class apart. The only thing that will improve with time is his positioning sense and perhaps in 3-4 years he will be much better than Terry in his peak form. I clearly remember everyone shouting their lungs off at arsene to bring in a giant as a CB when Toure’s time was over and the initial disappointment when he brought someone whose 5ft11. Looking forward to vermaelen(wolverine) vs rooney(sabertooth) tomorrow.
-Indian Gooner

By: georgetown gooner

georgetown gooner — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:22:03 +0000

@ shambo, no problem mate at the end of the day we all want whats best for arsenal we just express it in different ways.

By: shambogunner

shambogunner — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:56:25 +0000

@nonny,
bang on mate….smalling is actually a lifelong arsenal fan and was hangin out for a move here which wud hav meant not moving home from london to manchester…..ferguson just makes it happen and shows the player how much he wants them,border line illegal but players seem to respond to it
@laninja,
dude i never know you lived in singapore,is it hard to get to see a game out there??
@georgetown,
didnt mean that ‘conservative’ thing as an insult mate,merely that it wud take something significant for you to question the manager or players….if you get my meaning

By: Hey Nonny Mouse (and his bell of doom)

Hey Nonny Mouse (and his bell of doom) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:37:38 +0000

Two days to go and no signing.
Arsene is now saying a signing is ‘unlikely’. Interestingly he actually said he was sorry he missed out on signing the Fulham defender Chris Smalling. A tall (6 ft 4 and a 1/2 inches says Wiki) hot English prospect. That quote was on the official site 29th Jan. A week earlier on 22nd Jan the official site quoted Arsene as saying, when asked about the rumour that they were interested in signing Smalling – “He is a player we know but there is no truth in it at the moment.” No truth in it! So within a week he went from having no interest to missing out!!
But seriously – why all the subterfuge? And why did we ‘miss out’? Most reports reckon manure paid 8 million for Smalling. It wasn’t his ‘choice’ however to go to manure, as has been cleverly suggested by AW – he was a Fulham player and Fulham I have no doubt would have accepted the highest bid. Was 9 or 10 million too much to pay? In July 2002 manure paid 30 million for Rio Ferdinand. A staggering amount even now, 8 years later – but how many League trophies, FA Cups, Carling Cups and Champions League trophies has Ferdinand help bring to the club since then? On top of that he’s a staple of the England team and brings kudos to what is an English club. I would say 30 million now looks like a reasonable price.
But keep your money in your pocket, Arsene. Maybe we can buy Ferdinand for three quarters of a mill when manure are finished with him – like we did with Sylvestre.

By: Rooiseun

Rooiseun — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:54:39 +0000

its interesting how people defend the boss everytime. we were knocked out of the CC & FA after fielding fringe players, which means we do not have depth yet we do not buy players when we get the chance (because we have enuff). i think AW is contradicting himself. i dont have a problem crashing out of CC & FA if we win CL or EPL, but what are we going to say if we dont get CL or EPL after undermining the “smaller” cups and failing to strengthen the squad………..what would be the excuse?

By: Ianinja

Ianinja — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:35:48 +0000

Sup Shambo, I may not aggree with all your comments but I am very sure you are Arsenal through and through. The point of a dialouge is to keep the discussion going right, so just ride it out man.

Sometimes I envy you guys because there’s so many Arsenal fans to engage with. Here in Singapore the majority support Liverpool, there’s more spurs(wtf right) supporters than gunners, at least from those I met. Its weird when I go out with my mates, we have to find a pub which screens multiple matches. I do hope I can see out the transformation of Arsenal to my golden years.

Tommorow will be an exciting day, it may end up in anger or sweet joy. If we contain Rooney, Valencia and Evra we will win it and of course if the referee is not the 12th man for ManU.

By: Hey Nonny Mouse (and his bell of doom)

Hey Nonny Mouse (and his bell of doom) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:44:06 +0000

And let’s not forget that The Great Man himself said he was looking to buy a couple of players. Not just a striker. That was just before Jan. Now, end of Jan. Nothing. So what’s changed? How come we needed players then but not now? Are we somehow in a better position squad-wise than we were before Jan? I would say no. We’ve just lost to Stoke and drawn against Villa. That doesn’t indicate an improvement to me. We’ve got the money. There’s plenty of clubs wanting to sell. So what’s the problem…?

Also – I did not think our performance against Villa was good and I think those pointing to the wins Villa had against other big clubs have missed the point. Villa were on a roll at that time – when they played us their form had dropped quite dramatically. They, like us, were missing one or two important players. I’m glad we didn’t have to defend against John Carew f’rinstance. We didn’t attack their goal anywhere near enough. We weren’t very creative and not dangerous. Fear factor nil. It was a bore draw. If we play like that against manure we’re gonna get beat.

By: georgetown gooner

georgetown gooner — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:01:20 +0000

normally conservative….thats funny.

By: kr8ve

kr8ve — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:58:04 +0000

Strikers = Goals
Gols = Winning Games
Winning games = Trophies

Therefore:

Strikers = Trophies

Very simple.

There is still time to sign up a Striker