Comments on: Some info from an Ajax supporter on Arsenal-bound Thomas Vermaelen

By: KURUPT

KURUPT — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:13:10 +0000

Lol how wrong were you ppl the vermerelean haters of course, how u would be eatin your words now. Humble pie anyone lol. One of the best signings EVER!!!!

By: SOUTHGOONER

SOUTHGOONER — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:33:55 +0000

@zee_born_gooner i agree withhh youuu. I want gallass to stay because he actually showsss sum bottle when we need it. Toure for Richards will do nicely nowww.

By: eliud

eliud — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:36:07 +0000

Arsenal should buy new players otherwise, Arsenal for life i like the way they play and pass the ball.

By: leftcoast Gooner

leftcoast Gooner — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:07:11 +0000

Thanks for All of the postings good bad and ugly. I,m with Kolo Always because he’s given us all he;s had. Does he have any more? who knows? One thing for sure “Le Boss’s policy of giving our over 30 players one year contracts has burned us repeatedly; Gallas and Kolo will be the latest.
I will only name: Henri,Edu,Pires,and Patrick Viera who was in fact the last real captain we had and a man whos’ teamates were araid to be afraid around. Fact is we have not won a single thing since his penalty in the FA final shootout v Man-U.
I hope this (Belgian? Flemmish?) kid can help us but when I look at our club’s website and see that the big hubbub is that we’ve signed Fabianski(Barber Pole) to a long term contract
I can’t help but think Wenger has long lost the plot. Oh yea Bendtner Sucks out loud even though unfortunately he wears my squads crest on his overblown, self-important chest. How very sad indeed. From Heny to Bendtner.
This Cannot be called progress from any perspective you prefer.

By: Armourist

Armourist — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:03:53 +0000

Thank you Z, anyone whos says we should get rid of Gallas is nutty. Vermin comes then King kolo should be benched the only problem is that Vermin and Gallas both play on the left side of defence, so we will have to see how that works out.

Wenger isnt going to be a central midfielder. NOT A CHANCE.

He said it himself we scored as much as the champions but conceeded more, so for him thats a pure backline issue. As such we are constantly linked with defenders, thats I avn and Wengers brief, Defenders. The one thing both of the two targets we are linked with have is that are both captains, the position Wenger likes his captains to be in. One of them is coming, both wouldnt be a surprise if Phil leaves.

By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:21:32 +0000

for my opinion I think that buying new players at arsenal will bring a new vision for the rest of the team and for the coach of arsenal I think that he make a good choice of buying a new defender because in that sector Arsenal is very poor I think that an another defencive midfield has to be in arsenal squad and I hope that the manager will bring an experience player that time because the the previous seasion he had zon the leagues in exprience players in midfield and at the back I hope that this point will be noted thanks

By: zee_born_gooner

zee_born_gooner — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:50:41 +0000

I sense alot of unneeded negativaty from our fans on this forum. Anyone who thinks Gallas shouldn’t be at Arsenal – you shouldn’t be an Arsenal fan. If you always nit pick for people’s faults, you’ll never look at anything or anyone in a positive light because your old habits die hard. Last season Gallas cried at the final whistle in Birmingham for 3 main reasons – We lost Eduardo, We lost a stupid penalty that never was, and We lost 2 points…considering we only trailed Man Utd by 4 points last year – that was a MASSIVE 2 points. The guy tries to show some passion and let off some frustration HIS WAY, and people take digs at him? WTF?! We have a guy here desparate to win things because he’s used to it, and when he doesnt, we pisstake him?! please people…
And yes, while he was captain earlier on this year, he spoke out against some players and the way we did certain things. I can guarantee you that we would have finished behind Aston Villa if he didn’t give the team THAT kick up the backside. It’s pretty much what kick-started our season. The opportunity cost to him was that he lost the armband for it. He remained, ofcourse, world-class. Portsmouth home, Spurs home, Man Utd home, Hull home (FA Cup QF), as well as in Europe and plenty of other games he played in. After he got injured against Villarreal – our season ended there and then in my opinion. We ship in FOUR away at Liverpool, FOUR at home to Chelsea, THREE at home to Man Utd, lose the FA Cup semi..etc. etc. You all know this….but he’s still not good enough. Right? Please wake up boys. The last thing we need is another world-class player of his calibre who we should be privalaged to have instead of scum like Ashley Cole leaving aswell. I’m praying he’ll be back for pre-season, and will be a certain started. He IS that good. I’ll repeat it – he is as good at CB as Denilson is in CM.

As for Vermaelen – Arsene/Arsenal.com haven’t said anything yet, so until then, he has nothing to do with Arsenal FC. Apparently Robin has said that he was quite tough to play against, so if someone as technically amazing as him had problems against Vermaelen, the boys got to be good. Heck, anyone who we realistically want to sign has to be world-class. Why? because we never buy anyone anyways, so the small additions we make have to be of the extreme highest quality available, viz. Andrey Arshavin. And also, they’ll be looking to gel into a world-class team with a world-class manager. So no Titus Bramble wannabes please.

Also, have we got an opinion on Vermaelen from a genuine Ajaz fan on here? Or just Feyenoord and AZ fans? Because lets face it – I wouldn’t exactly big up Rio Ferdinand, Jamie Carragher or John Terry either…

By: Tom14

Tom14 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:17:20 +0000

I don’t see us signing a DM because Denilson is better than pretty muich any realistically available option. And we won’t get Richards.

There are reports that Gallas would be the one to go – hell no!

By: Damn_Gallas

Damn_Gallas — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:59:33 +0000

Well… if micah richards and vermaelen is to be our first team CB pair, then I might think that it is a rather risky business. One is a newcomer, the other has only a few years of experience playing for an average team.

I reckon that if kolo does go, arsene must keep gallas. One of them has to be around.

However if gallas goes and kolo stays, then our chance of getting richards would be almost zero. But it is alright as we still have djourou. I reckon that wenger would not stop at buying just one defender, he will buy at least 2, given that he had seen enough of silvestre and knows that he had made a bad call by recruiting silvestre.

I really would like to see zapata coming to arsenal. With richards/zapata, vermaelen, we would have 2 young CB that can probably last us for at least 4-6 seasons. With Djourou fighting for a place, and the emergence of the reserves Gavin hoyte and Nordveit, I have no doubt that we will be strong.

The position which I would like to see some progress is that of the defensive midfielder. Do we need 1 or 2? What if the DM is injured and we are left with denilson, song and the useless diaby. Yaya toure is a good buy. I seriously hope that wenger would be able to tie him down. Give him a weekly wage of around 50K and that should do it. Given his brotherly ties with kolo, I think that would be enough to persuade him to join us. This means that kolo must not leave the club, which means we would not be able to get richards.

Regarding the strikeforce, I dont think we would get dzeko and adebayor most probably would still be around next season, now that milan and ancelotti (chelsea) are no longer showing interest. But if adebayor is really to leave us, then I think wenger would not buy any strikers as he would probably play arshavin up front and relieve him of his LM role, which nasri/rosicky should fight for it.

Therefore, hopefully I see us getting Vermaelen, Richards/Zapata, Yaya toure, Blaise Matuidi/Stephan Mbia. 4 players coming in should be enough for us.

Please sell away diaby, kolo/gallas, adebayor, senderos and silvestre.

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