(The not-so-temporary quite-official) Gooner Thread (Part 2)
Fantastic result this morning. Nice to see us bounce back after that steaming pile of sharke we served up the other day.
Thought Chambers played fairly well at DM today. We got a clean sheet and he had no real clangers but not a patch on Coq.
Ozil was sublime.
Nice to see Cech get the record number of clean sheets was half expecting us to concede a goal just to make him wait another game.
Really rate Gabriel quick , physical and really fires up.
Pers sitter off the post was hilarious can somewhat relate to it being tall and unable to move quickly.
Hopefully Leicester guve City a whack tomorrow.
I thought he looked pretty good. Definitely more natural on the ball than I expected, and he can play a good long pass. Couple of times he threaded balls through a needle to the forwards, and seemed very adept at spreading curled balls out to the wide players. Also looked nice and calm in tight spaces at our defensive end.
Still a couple of bad giveaways but overall pretty happy with how he looked. Also thought the Ox went quite well, starting to shake off some of that rust...
Gabriel was immense. Unluckiest player in the squad not to be getting regular starts. 6 interceptions??? Nice.
Saw a stat at HT on arseblog "Arsenal have created 6 chances, all by Ozil". LOL. He is a magician.
get through the next 3 games
@ Liverpool, @ Stoke, home v Chelsea.
7 points is good I think.
Our run in (April) looks ok. Key is being close enough end of March. I don't think we will bottle it but we won't win unless Ozil plays 35-36 matches...
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From @afcstuff & Physio Room:
Expected returns
9 Jan: Alexis 13 Jan: Arteta 24 Jan: Rosicky
13 Feb: Wilshere 27 Feb: Coquelin Feb: Welbeck
March: Cazorla
While Basel have confirmed Elneny: https://www.football365.com/news/basel-confirm-arse...
Hopefully he'll see us through until the return of the Coq.
From F365
"Arsenal are reported to have told Roma to forget about signing Wojciech Szczesny on a permanent basis as they want the goalkeeper back at Emirates Stadium.
Szczesny is on a season-long loan at Roma, who have been keen to activate a clause in the deal which allows them to sign the Pole for a pre-agreed price.
However, Arsenal have told Roma they want Szczesny back in the summer, according to the Daily Mirror’s resident Arsenal fan John Cross, with the Italian side now set to sign Brazilian stopper Alisson from Internacional instead.
Petr Cech is undisputed No.1 at Arsenal, but David Ospina is frustrated at his lack of chances and could leave in the summer, freeing up a space for Szczesny as Cech’s main back-up and competition.
Szczesny said in November: “Nine months is a long time in football and anything can happen, but Arsenal are like a family to me and I’ve got to admit that if the Gunners do call me back, I would say yes.
“I could see myself at Arsenal for all my life, and I don’t hide the fact that is still my dream.”"
I'd have Aubameyang in a heartbeat.
40mil? Yeah throw it at Dortmund. He would be brilliant in the PL.
Don't think it's going to happen. Aubameyang just signed an extended contract until something like 2020 a few months back. Dortmund don't need to sell either.
I'd have Aubameyang in a heartbeat.
40mil? Yeah throw it at Dortmund. He would be brilliant in the PL.
Don't think it's going to happen. Aubameyang just signed an extended contract until something like 2020 a few months back. Dortmund don't need to sell either.
60mil then.
Three for me, and two for them.
From F365
Arsenal are reported to have told Roma to forget about signing Wojciech Szczesny on a permanent basis as they want the goalkeeper back at Emirates Stadium.
Makes sense. Szczesny has been here his whole career but Ospina didn't come here to spend his prime on the bench and has a right to feel a bit unlucky and annoyed to lose his place after a pretty good season last season. But how good has it been to have the best keeper in the league again? I said at the time Cech was pretty much my dream signing, but as a keeper myself I think even I underestimated how much of a difference he would make. John Terry said he would be worth 12-15 points a season and that's looking pretty accurate so far.
From F365
Arsenal are reported to have told Roma to forget about signing Wojciech Szczesny on a permanent basis as they want the goalkeeper back at Emirates Stadium.
Makes sense.Szczesny has been here his whole career but Ospina didn't come here to spend his prime on the bench and has a right to feel a bit unlucky and annoyed to lose his place after a pretty good season last season. But how good has it been to have the best keeper in the league again? I said at the time Cech was pretty much my dream signing, but as a keeper myself I think even I underestimated how much of a difference he would make. John Terry said he would be worth 12-15 points a season and that's looking pretty accurate so far.
The only thing wrong with the Terry prediction was it came from John Terry.
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Cech has been fantastic. Such a breath of fresh air to have our GK position locked down so solidly. Since Almunia left we improved that position but always felt like we were only nearly there with Szczesny not quite experienced enough, Fabianski prone to the odd flap, and Ospina being a great shot-stopper but pernaps not physically imposing enough.
Cech is the perfect specimen in every category.
I still believe Szczesny could go on to be world class, so keen to keep him under contract even if he's no.2 to Cech or gets sent out on more loans until Cech is ready to retire. He's been here since he was 15, qualifies as home-grown, and appears to have all the ingredients both physically and talent-wise - just needs to keep gaining experience and grow up a bit i.e. eliminate smoking and other such shenanigans.
Cech has been our player of the season for sure, I still can't get how it's taken Wenger so long to sign someone of his calibre in such an important position when it's obvious to everyone else.
Looking forward to the second half of the season even if I am still worried about how it will pan out given the position we are in.
Aubameyang I would take too for sure. They can have Debuchy, Arteta, Ospina and 60 million for him.
enjoyed the win over Sunderland
Liked the two young guys getting game time, arguably Adelaide should of had a goal
Liked the DM pairing of Chambers and Ox good merging of skills
Bellerin excellent
Ref's non call on Giroud penalty! Wow that was bad!
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right so back from the bush for a bit.
topics/thoughts:
What the Fudge happened at Soton???
Who is this basel kids we are signing? or has he signed? is he any good? and if we get him, does that mean we are going for that swish guy (Xhaka??)
Aubameyang, fudge yea. oh, just saw his quote. bugger. who else can we get up top?
no new injuries? as good as a new signing! and phew, arteta is coming back! ha!
Newcastle match was a good one to win. could have easily drawn or worse in that one.
good showing in the FA cup. Bellerin! is there a better wing back in the world at the mo? must be in the top few
as you were
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