Re: Arsenal look terrific today.

by Lex Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:31 am

danyjr wrote:It was a friendly match, get real all of you. Jeez

Dat madness that Zabaleta got pwned Laughing

by chinomaster182 Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:45 am

Dnmac4 wrote:Arsenal MUST WIN NOW. The EPl title hasn't been this open to win for a long long time. Wenger must take advantage of it.

If Arsenal cannot mount a title challenge this year then I think it may be time to replace Wenger.

Please, Arsenal have a 100m distance in their wage bill from City, even if they spent enough to get 5 or more WC players to bridge the gap by even some 50m (Protip, don't bet on it) they would still find it a struggle to beat City and Chelsea to the punch.

Let me cut the suspense right here and now, Arsenal won't go anywhere near top 2 unless they spend big (Big as in, unprecedented big). What Arsenal *might* fight for is third place, but i doubt Wenger and co is interested in spending enough to just jump up one place.

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And i think GK is the position that would need reinforcing considering Szczesny is arguably the weakest starter on the team.

by TalkingReckless Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:07 am

^high wages doesn't mean the players are good.... Milner, Barry, Ade were all on 100k+ wages

by Twoism Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:16 am

chinomaster182 wrote:
Dnmac4 wrote:Arsenal MUST WIN NOW. The EPl title hasn't been this open to win for a long long time. Wenger must take advantage of it.

If Arsenal cannot mount a title challenge this year then I think it may be time to replace Wenger.
Please, Arsenal have a 100m distance in their wage bill from City, even if they spent enough to get 5 or more WC players to bridge the gap by even some 50m (Protip, don't bet on it) they would still find it a struggle to beat City and Chelsea to the punch.

Let me cut the suspense right here and now, Arsenal won't go anywhere near top 2 unless they spend big (Big as in, unprecedented big). What Arsenal *might* fight for is third place, but i doubt Wenger and co is interested in spending enough to just jump up one place.

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And i think GK is the position that would need reinforcing considering Szczesny is arguably the weakest starter on the team.

err No, If transfer happens ( a big if) then it would be CF, DM and back up CB. Szczesny is set to be starter and GK is the 3rd last position (after wingers and CM) Arsenal has to worry about. The Cesar rumor at the beginning of this summer was mostly because Wenger thinking he could get him for cheap, of course he back out immediately after QPR asking price & Cesar wage factored in.

by chinomaster182 Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:58 am

Butt wrote:^high wages doesn't mean the players are good.... Milner, Barry, Ade were all on 100k+ wages

Wages for players aren't perfect, but they're as damn close as it can be. It's been proven the wage market is very efficient and good players end up winning alot and bad players end up winning not so much. If bad players end up earning more than they deserve, the market quickly corrects itself, hence the "were" in your sentence.

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Ramsey scored..someone had to go

by Forza Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:50 am

danyjr wrote:It was a friendly match, get real all of you. Jeez

by S Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:10 am

Forza wrote:
danyjr wrote:It was a friendly match, get real all of you. Jeez

by danyjr Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:31 am

Lex wrote:Dat madness that Zabaleta got pwned

Don't care one bit.

I'm saying that in favour of Arsenal. Do you think if Arsenal hadn't got their asses handed to them in that 8-2 rapage against United 2 years ago, they would have signed Benayoun, Arteta, Mertesacker and Santos on transfer deadline day in 2011? No they wouldn't have.

The more you're exposed during these pre-season friendlies the better. Because you have time to act on it. With this 3-1 win over City, Wenger will come out and say he doesn't need more reinforcements and this squad has enough quality to win EPL.

Spoiler:

by baresi Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:04 pm

After Madrid's victory over Chelsea we saw a 20 pages thread and the excitement on some Madrid fans was unmeasurable and how great the team was etc...

Now after Arsenal's win over Man City (which imo have a better team than Chelsea) it's just a friendly, that double standards...

by Kaladin Sun Aug 11, 2013 2:17 pm

Baresi

by moutinho98 Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:05 pm

danyjr wrote:It was a friendly match, get real all of you. Jeez

by Juveman17 Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:24 pm

Higuain is a dished bullet? rofl

Get real if Arsenal had him they would have won

by TalkingReckless Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:30 pm

juveman17 wrote:Higuain is a dished bullet?

Get real if Arsenal had him they would have won

wouldn't have made a difference we were getting bullied off the ball, and getting booked for all challenges

by Eman Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:37 pm

Butt wrote:
juveman17 wrote:Higuain is a dished bullet?

Get real if Arsenal had him they would have won
wouldn't have made a difference we were getting bullied off the ball, and getting booked for all challenges

Our issues were in our midfield and defence more than anything else. Giroud did bag a goal; I'm not sure if Higuain would have done better. This is exactly why not getting a striker would suck, but not getting a DM and CB would end our season before it even started.

by Dnmac4 Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:44 pm

The title of this thread was "Arsenal look terrific TODAY. Hence it was not some prediction thread that they were going to win a ton of trophies or anything.

How long will Wenger keep watching the train wreck that is Chesney in goal before he decides to buy a proper keeper? I mean this has been going on now for the better part of a decade with the Chesney/Almunia experiment.

Watching the game today it was so so obvious what moves Arsenal need to make. Like I have been saying all summer, the Higuain transfer was not that big of a deal as Giroud will have a great season. They need to buy a GK, DM, and CB.

It's really quite obvious, I can't believe Wenger can't figure this out.

by Dnmac4 Sat Aug 17, 2013 5:54 pm

Eman wrote:
Butt wrote:
juveman17 wrote:Higuain is a dished bullet?

Get real if Arsenal had him they would have won
wouldn't have made a difference we were getting bullied off the ball, and getting booked for all challenges
Our issues were in our midfield and defence more than anything else. Giroud did bag a goal; I'm not sure if Higuain would have done better. This is exactly why not getting a striker would suck, but not getting a DM and CB would end our season before it even started.

^ This.

There is just a gaping hole in the middle of there team. I know it strikes a nerve when I say this but Wilshere is just not cutting it and hasn't been for a while now. They played there best football last year when he was out injured and he looked flat out bad today.

I think losing Song has really hurt Wilshere's confidence as he has very minimal cover when he goes forward and every good CM needs someone to watch there back.

I've said it a couple times, I still can't believe Arsenal just watched there hated rival buy Paulinho for pretty cheap and didn't even challenge them for him or run the bid up. That guy would be PERFECT for what Arsenal needs.

by Grooverider Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:00 pm

Hey I have a wacky idea, how about getting in a manager who is actually prepared and shrewd when it comes to acting in the transfer market?

by rwo power Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:03 pm

Grooverider wrote:Hey I have a wacky idea, how about getting in a manager who is actually prepared and shrewd when it comes to acting in the transfer market?

Jürgen Klopp is off-limits!

Arsenal look terrific today. - Page 3 Girl-says-no-no-smiley-emoticon

by Lex Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:09 pm

Grooverider wrote:Hey I have a wacky idea, how about getting in a manager who is actually prepared and shrewd when it comes to acting in the transfer market?

Grooverider pls, that would mean the board would have to actually spend money. Why use resources to better the team, when it could be spent on a new Gucci fanny pack for Kroenke's wife?

by la bestia negra Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:24 pm

Grooverider wrote:Hey I have a wacky idea, how about getting in a manager who is actually prepared and shrewd when it comes to acting in the transfer market?

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by Gemini Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:53 pm

It's official, our goalkeeper is bloody mental & koscielny too..... Why was carzorla not playing more centrally and to make things worse van persie gave a majestic performance again lol.

Yeah, I like giroud but we need a star striker as well as midfield reinforcements & a sane goalkeeper.

by danyjr Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:36 pm

Lex wrote:Grooverider pls, that would mean the board would have to actually spend money. Why use resources to better the team, when it could be spent on a new Gucci fanny pack for Kroenke's wife?

by Red Alert Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:39 pm

Arsenal should call Vieira out of retirement this has become a joke. lol

by Motogp69 Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:22 pm

I thought Gustavo was going to be the next Vieira for Arsenal rofl

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