Re: International Watch

by Raptorgunner Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:23 pm

MJGunner wrote:He's captain and in good form, why would they omit him?

Well its a friendly against Canada, Laughing

and no need to risk an injury, when we need him more than ever. Our luck is never good when it comes to players playing meaningless games.

by MJ Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:40 pm

No national team cares about what we need, if that was the case we'd have no players sent out this week :facepalm:

by urbaNRoots Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:56 pm

Watched Vermaelen with Belgium against Colombia. He is 28 now and still can't play the offside trap or simply stay in his own defending zone... when will we sell him? We must have a much better 3rd choice as backup for Mert and Koscielny. At this point even Sagna is a better option than him.

by Sina Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:02 pm

some pics(open in new tab):

by urbaNRoots Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:53 pm

According to 'Sky Sources', Wilshere starts against Chile.

"@SkySportsNews: SKY SOURCES - England team to play Chile: Forster, Johnson, Cahill, Jones, Baines, Lallana, Lampard, Wilshere, Milner, Rodriguez, Rooney"

by RealGunner Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:50 pm

Who you all backing between Sweden and Portugal?

by urbaNRoots Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:56 pm

Portugal because I want to see prime Ronaldo there.

by urbaNRoots Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:08 pm

Mesut Özil on the bench for Germany cheers

by Eman Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:49 pm

Koscielny

...or perhaps he intentionally got sent off so he would be rested for us? My man Proud

by urbaNRoots Sat Nov 16, 2013 7:43 am

Hopefully Giroud will be on the bench aswell Very Happy

On the other hand, Özil will most likely start for Germany against England and so will Mertesacker if he got over the flu.

by SamuelJayC Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:16 am

Khedira & Eriksen among those injured last night. No Arsenal injuries (as of yet).

Khedira out for season.
Eriksen out for 6 weeks.

by Sina Sat Nov 16, 2013 12:52 pm

Jack Wilshere vs Chile Home 13-14 :

by Jay29 Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:38 pm

Ramsey not included at all for Wales against Finland. There's some suggestion that he might have flu (like every other Arsenal player atm).

It works out quite well since it's Wales' only fixture this international break.

by urbaNRoots Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:46 pm

Özil left out of the squad but Mertesacker returns for Germany against England.

http://bit.ly/1fIUwAx

by Raptorgunner Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:54 pm

urbaNRoots wrote:Watched Vermaelen with Belgium against Colombia. He is 28 now and still can't play the offside trap or simply stay in his own defending zone... when will we sell him? We must have a much better 3rd choice as backup for Mert and Koscielny. At this point even Sagna is a better option than him.

I think you are being harsh on him, would be a big loss losing Vermaelen. Kos had a shocker also but as long as they can perform well for us I don't care.

On selling Vermaelen, only a top team can afford him with his wages, he will be with us until contract expires.

by Sina Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:59 pm

bah Cazorla starts in some absolute nonsensical friendly
pray he comes off unscathed

by Raptorgunner Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:21 pm

Cazorla just scored. Proud

by Jay29 Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:59 pm

Arsenal's own international watch confirmed Ramsey missed today's game with flu. He was at the game, though, and didn't look ill at all, and Chris Coleman said he only lost him "24 hours before the game", so I'd hazard a guess that it was "flu".

by Sina Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:36 pm

Santi Cazorla vs Equatorial Guinea (friendly) 16/11/2013 :

by Eman Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:10 pm

GoonerJay29 wrote:Arsenal's own international watch confirmed Ramsey missed today's game with flu. He was at the game, though, and didn't look ill at all, and Chris Coleman said he only lost him "24 hours before the game", so I'd hazard a guess that it was "flu".

He tweeted that it was his hamstring. Strange that Chris Coleman would say otherwise hmm

by Jay29 Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:07 pm

Gibbs, probably the most in form left back in the country right now, is currently playing centre back for England's second string in training. Probably won't play tomorrow, either.

Makes you wonder why he was even called up.

by RealGunner Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:51 pm

Roy watched Dortmund Vs Arsenal

by RealGunner Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:01 pm

I guess i'll put this in internationals. Draxler interview with BBC if you want to read it all ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24910729 ), but Arsenal related stuff here

Do you think Germany have produced more and better young players than England in the last five years?

(Background laughter) We have a lot of good young players in Germany and we have a very good national team. In English football we see many good players - like Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey (Draxler is interrupted and told that Ramsey is Welsh). (Laughs) Let's talk about Jack Wilshere…

What is the difference between the styles of Germany and England?

That's a difficult question to answer. I can speak about us. We have very talented footballers who play nice football, short passes, fast passes, and we have players like Mesut Ozil who can make a difference. The last games of England I didn't see. But my opinion is that they work football and we play football (laughter).

Would you like to play in the Premier League and do you think you are ready?

I like English football. I like the Premier League of course - it's one of the best leagues in the world. You have big clubs like Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea - of course it's a big dream to play for one of them. I have my favourite team, but at the moment I'm at Schalke. I don't want to talk about other clubs. If I state Arsenal or Manchester United, maybe I'd read it tomorrow in the newspapers (laughs).

by Eman Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:34 pm

RealGunner wrote:Would you like to play in the Premier League and do you think you are ready?

I like English football. I like the Premier League of course - it's one of the best leagues in the world. You have big clubs like Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea - of course it's a big dream to play for one of them. I have my favourite team, but at the moment I'm at Schalke. I don't want to talk about other clubs. If I state Arsenal or Manchester United, maybe I'd read it tomorrow in the newspapers (laughs).

But...it's between us and Man Utd then? He did specifically mention Wilshere and Ramsey too hmm

by MJ Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:06 am

And Özil. Don't forget Özil now plays for us Proud

by MJ Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:36 pm

L'equipe report that Olivier Giroud will not start for France tonight.

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