Gooner Get Ya: January 2009

We could have done without a FA Cup replay further clogging up the fixture list but a winnable home home draw in the next round is a small consolation. Back in the league and the Everton game represents a great chance for us to get back into fourth place. You always get a physical game against The Toffees but if we can match them early on we have enough quality to go on and win.

The opposition – Everton

With its cramped wooden seating, small concourses and obstructed views Goodison Park is very much an old school football Ground - The Emirates it aint. But compared with most of the soulless new stadia springing up across the country (obviously excluding The Emirates - The Riverside springs to mind!) the atmosphere is second to none and it will be sadly missed if Everton’s controversial move to a new stadium in Kirkby goes ahead.
As for the team? Well, a difficult side to play at the best of times, Everton have found a new level of resilience in recent weeks following an injury crisis among their strikers. Shorn of Saha (rather predictably) Vaughan and Yakubu David Moyes has called on midfielder Tim Cahill to play on his own up front – and it has proved extremely effective. Eight games unbeaten with just 2 goals conceded means it will be another tough trip for the Gooners.

Last time out: Cardiff 0 Arsenal 0 Liverpool 1 Everton 1

Everton joined Arsenal in the hat for the FA Cup fifth round but like Arsenal will need to win a replay in order to confirm their place.
The Gunners had the better of it against Cardiff in the second half at Ninian Park and perhaps were a little disappointed not to grab the win. But for a side that is often accused of being a soft touch against so called lesser sides away from home, the teams’ resilience and determination against a tough physical Cardiff side bodes well for the rest of the campaign. A home draw against West Brom or Burnley should provide enough motivation for Wenger’s men to get past the Bluebirds in the replay.
Everton meanwhile, still suffering a striker shortage, were also deprived of influential midfielders Mikel Arteta and Maourane Fellaini for the clash with Liverpool at Anfield. But they still claimed a credible 1-1 draw – their second in a week at the home of their bitter rivals. If they can get some of their injured stars back for the replay is should prove another tough night for Rafa’s men.

Last league meeting at Goodison

30/12/2007 Everton 1-4 Arsenal

Despite going into the break a goal down thanks to that man Tim Cahill, the Gunners roared back in the second half. First a quick fire double from Eduardo put the Gunners in front before a Tim Howard mistake allowed Adebayor to nip in. Mikel Arteta saw red for Everton after an elbow on Fabregas before Tomas Rosicky grabbed a fourth in injury time.

Team News.

Gael Clichy returns after a one match ban and looks set to replace youngster Kieran Gibbs at left back. Manuel Almunia looks set for a recall in place of ‘cup keeper’ Fabianski. Wenger also must decide whether to recall William Gallas in place of Johan Djourou. The Frenchman only made it to the bench on Sunday after recovering from a hamstring strain.

Probable XI

Almunia
Sagna Toure Gallas Clichy
Denilson Eboue Diaby Nasri
Adebayor Van Persie

Key Battle
Denilson v Arteta – Nearly all of Everton’s attacking play comes through the Spaniard, if he can be contained the Gunners have a great chance of victory.

Key men

Arsenal – Emmanuel Adebayor
The big striker hasn’t reached the heights of last season and has been frustratingly inconsistent. But on his day he can be a world beater and has more than enough quality to breach a solid looking Everton defence.

Everton – Tim Cahill
The Australian is one of those players you love to have in your team but hate to play against. He is always in the defenders faces, isn’t afraid of a tackle, and has an uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time to grab crucial goals – just ask Liverpool.

football betting. tips.

Odds: Everton 85/40 Arsenal 8/5 The draw 12/5

This is a game both teams can’t really afford to lose. Arsenal’s grip on a Champions League place is under threat because of the form of both Everton and Villa. The Toffees will look to take full advantage of any slip ups to close the gap. Because of this I think it will be tight and would be tempted to go for a 1-1 draw at decent football odds. tips. of 6-1.

Prediction
Everton 1 (Cahill) Arsenal 1 (Adebayor)

Transfer Stories: Signing today? Mr Diame

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 10:32

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I would like to appologise for my post yesterday. I was pretty sure it was a joke, obviously I am so subtle it was taken as truth! Personally I couldnt give a toss if he didnt't like my content, its like saying u dont like the news cos the way its delivered, if you don't like i couldnt give a monkeys!

The only way to make the Arshavin transfer any slower is if they delivered notes by pigeon. Apparently the move is down to him and his agent. I think this could be trouble! If he is so worried about the money he isn't wanted!

Micah Richards says he is a City player and I think thats respectable but he is a Gooner and I am sure if a successful bid was made he would like to play in a decent team.

Mohamed Diame from Rayo (£5.5m) A young french strong midfielder from a second division club, sounds like a Wenger recipe! No real proof yet though!

Transfer Gossip: Things are picking up again

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Friday 23 January 2009 13:55

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Today has been a comparitively busy day. There has been the "48 hour" Arshavin news and some other stuff. Apparently Mr Arshavin's troublesome agent (who I am convinced has added about £3m to the deal with his stupid comments) has been cut out of the negociating process and is now spending his time talking up his Russian star on Arsenal blogs. If he can make the fans see how much we need him then we will pay him more. Bored now

Cesc to Man City (no doubt lots of money) - This won't get off the ground because I respect Fabregas and he said it would be footballing suicide to go to Man City, I don't expect him to go back on that after 6 months. It looks like City are begining to worry, they will have to throw their cash around quicky with Chavski and Liverpool looking like they could have the same sort of money they have the advantage of players actually wanting to go to them!

Tresor Mputu - We had him on trial but this has reared its head again. No doubt we could use a bit of muscle but why have we wasted all this time? I don't think its likely if it was it would have happened 3 months ago.

Fabian Delph from Leeds - There is a lot of chat about this boy and its begining to get old already. Nothing has been tabled, Ken Bates said he will be expensive. I Don't like Leeds at all, they are the Spurs of the North but as far as I am aware they are pretty broke having had to sell Elland Road to stay floating. They will take our money if Delph is any good.

Thats all for the moment

We Got Him

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Thursday 22 January 2009 23:39

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In the immortal words of George W Bush "we got him" obviously bush was speaking about a human rights violating naughty man, I am hoping Arshavin is going to violate some defenses.

My sources are a bit touchy but apparently it was for £15m (the top of the bracket but not over). I hope the fee is performance related but this is unlikely considering how hard the Zenith boys pushed.

There are questions regarding when he will arrive but given that he is in the UAE it would be unlikely that he will be playing in Cardiff on Sunday. There are then questions over his fitness since he has not been playing matches for a while.

Although I am largely undecided on whether I am happy about this news it is definitely a good thing for Arsenal FC.

To put things into context, Spurs have bought a WIGAN winger for £3 less than we spending on the apparent star of Euro 2008!

What do you all think about the deal?

More Proof of a Lack of Ambition?

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 19:22

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This hasn't been a great season so far. For Arsenal to call it a success we have to win something, with the league almost out of our grasp it comes down to the Champions league or the FA Cup.

Everyone would love a Champions League win but I think it is unlikely. That means that the FA Cup is our best bet. Arsene and I obviously have contrasting views on the matter. I have said about a lack of ambition in the transfer market but it turns out that there is no need for us to win trophies at all.

Looking on the clubs website I was greeted with a picture of our Polish keeper. I think he is a decent stopper but he is on the bench for a good reason. It has been announced that Fabianski will be first choice keeper in the FA Cup. Almunia is our best goalkeeper without a doubt. This has left me questioning our selection policy.

I feel there are a number of issues to address:

1, Playing players out of position, we have been playing central players on the wing. The lack of width makes us too easy to break down.

2, There is not enough pressure on players to perform, Adebayor, Bendtner, Toure, Eboue, Denilson and to an extent Cesc and Clichy have not performed very well over the course of the season. They have not been dropped, only missed games through injury. This gives a false confidence which is dangerous.

3, The lack of consistency with the youth policy. Denilson has been played on the left wing this season (a bit like playing Bentdner in goal) It just doesn't work. Especially when we have Jack Wilshere. But yet Bendtner is given countless opportunities. While Jack shines the pine.

I think it is vital for us to show our intent in the FA Cup and not field a weakened team unless it is the kids. We will win nothings with a mish-mash of players, ever.

Transfers: Boring Boring Arsenal

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 10:21

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It appears that things are blowing hot and cold every couple of minutes as Arshavins agent continues to make things as hard for us as possible. I don't think I have ever been so aware of an agent in a transfer deal.

In other news we have no rumors its all quiet, the calm before the storm.

I enjoyed watching the reserves last night and its interesting how Arsene has managed to have such an effect on their playing method. They pass out of trouble and can't defend, its almost poetic. I wonder if the under-12s are trained to be rubbish in the air?

It was good to see our "new signing" (Arsene Wenger 2009) Eduardo get through the whole 90 and look sharp. He could have scored and assisted if it wasn't for fine goal keeping. I have been thinking about things given our possible new signing and it is time for me to throw out the new improved starting lineup

===========Almunia===========
Sagna===Toure====Gallas====Clichy
Arshavin==Denilson==Nasri==v. Persie
=====Adebayor====Eduardo======

When injuries heal, we move Arshavin in for Denilson and Walcott back on his wing. Nasri to the left with RvP knocking out the out of form striker when Cesc is out. Sadly I can't see that the Cezch Dumpling can't find his way into that starting formation.

There are obvious problems:

1, We have about 30 central mid players. With Cesc, Nasri, Rosicky, Denilson and Arshavin all fighting for starting places what happens to Diaby, Song, Ramsey and Bischoff?

2, We still lack a big midfielder to boss things.

3, We still don't have a natural left winger, Nasri is central at heart.

4, A point I haven't seen made before apart from here. WE HAVE 1 LEFT BACK. With Traore at Pompey (the team who really hate spurs at the moment, knuckle dusters at the ready!), Silvestre being totally past it and Gallas hating left back we are stuck with [left back of the season] Clichy. He may make the odd mistake but going forward he electric on his best day. He is however the sort of player who needs cover. I don't think Gibbs is up to it yet as he is more attacking.

5, We need a Central defender with some power.

I would just like to say a special thank you to Jack Wilshere for that first goal last night. It was truly stunning, probably my favourite goal of the season (my favourite last season was his against West Ham, Oh and Ade's against spurs and Cesc's against AC). Keep it up youngun!

Transfer News:Arsenal Are Stuck In A Rut

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Wednesday 21 January 2009 11:14

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Transfer News: VERY LITTLE

With talk of the Arshavin deal falling apart through what can be described as an inflated view of the Russians value. I have said from the start that £15 is plenty for a player who hasn't really proven himself on the world stage.

I am disappointed about things at the moment, I think the club is stuck in a massive rut at the moment. There are fans who will disagree with what I am saying because they remember the worse times. To be honest I couldn't give a damn about these historic blips. We have a manager who is most likely one of the top 10 in the world. but apart from that things are slipping. If one was to look at the transfer dealings over the last couple of seasons we have lost a number of star players.

Whether Arshavin is a star or not it feels like we have lost out because we do not have the firepower in the transfer market. I don't want money to be wasted but I hate to see us pipped for players. I love the building of a young squad but I think its risky, what if these players turn into superstars then go the way of Henry and Hleb? We can't be a feeder club.

As I spend my time trawling rumour websites I get gradually more depressed. all I see is a Hungarian kid for £250,000. Where is the ambition? We have the stadium, training facilities and coaching staff of the best clubs in the world but we have the ambition of Berwick Rangers. With Spurs shelling out about £30m to try and keep themselves in this league we spend nothing on trying to win it.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE

I am proud of our 8 match winning spree, admittedly it hasn't been 7-0 drubbings like when Slavia Prague came to see us but given our match winners being out injured its all good! Just a few months ago I was begging for some 1-nil to the Arsenal and it has come. I like winning but if we could do it in a way that will keep my heart in a safe condition that would be favourable.

RvP what a man, top form keep it up!

Transfer News: Is That The Time?

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Monday 19 January 2009 15:13

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I will apologise for any typos my keyboard is knackered and add that to dyslexia its going to be a nightmare!

Today marks a third of the transfer window left for the Arsenal negotiators to prove their worth. Would David Dein have got us Arshavin for £10m in a day? I am worried about the lack of movement with any other transfers. Wenger says we are looking at other players, I just want some one to get excited about and show our intentions.

With regards to the Hull match I was quietly impressed in places. Diaby put in a couple of strong tackles and seemed more up for it than normal. Clichy was given a lot of stick but I thought attackingly he was pretty strong. There is talk of him being dropped. If you are one of the morons spouting this rubbish I ask you who will fill in for him? Silvestre and Gallas are the only options and they are injured! I still regret Armand Traore going out on loan because he would give us some extra width and backup which we need this season, injuries or not.

With regards to the transfers we have no new stories other than the Hungarian 17 year old Defender Mate Toth. Obviously this boy is going to be the beans if we do sign him but will he push for a first team place? Probably not.

Other than him its all Arshavin and the other usual suspects, the whole of the Fulham squad and goalkeepers. Poor Almunia.

Transfer Roundup: Two for the London Boys?

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Wednesday 14 January 2009 12:38

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As I have said before I make no apology for not posting for a while. This blog is for useful information only and I'm not going to write a load of crap just to keep busy. I'm as busy as Mark Hughes negotiators! The word on the streets of Manchester is that Kaka is going to be the highest paid Championship player of all time. £500k a week doesn't sound bad to me!

Back to the glorious Arsenal, as we struggled to knock over Bolton it is obvious that we do need to strengthen our attacking options. I really do miss Rosicky, more in a sort of way that we are lacking something without him not so much he is giving us something. Statistically he isn't a world beater but he is a good man to have in the squad. His agent knows he is alive and will be about in March. Good luck to him.

The rumour mill has been grinding to a halt over the last few days with just a few coughs about Arshavin but nothing new. Apparently he is doing a crash course in English and not going on the tour with Zenith.

Hangeland and Bullard from Fulham - Hangeland has been good this season but I don't know if Bullard is good enough for us. £5m for Hangeland apparently, good business
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Inler from Udinese - If we can't get our paws on Arshavin.

Angelo Obinze Ogbonna from Torino - It could be the case that there is another African player unearthed by Wenger. he is 20 and plays for Torino, he is a 6'3" defender and so uncovered that the internet won't tell me much about him! This has all the makings of the new Kolo!
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Mobido Diakite from Lazio (£10m) - A £5m bid was laughed away and it all depends on whether Wenger rates him at £10m, given how tight he is at the moment I guess not.
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If anyone wants to get involved and write some match reports leave an email address(I will delete them as soon as I see them come up to avoid people stealing your identity). I find them tedious and my over-active involvement while spectating causes me to forget things! It would be great to get a big turnout!

Cheers

Daily Transfer Gossip and Lies

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Wednesday 7 January 2009 18:32

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It would appear that things are heating up and Arsenal might actually spend some cash. Obviously no one wants Wenger to go out and spend his Christmas money because he has got it but I everyone knows he is fairly conservative in his spending. With that story consuming the inches of the papers it seems to have made all the other stories vanish – but I have found them! I even got up extra early to find them for you, don’t thank me.

Obviously Arshavin from Zenith for £12m – The figure is obviously questionable but The Sun are putting their faultless reputation on the line for this one. I would be happy with £12m no more than £15m. Andrei was shown round the training ground but apparently Bendtner was shown round Ibrox on the last day of the summer window. According to the Daily Mail he hopes Arsenal can agree terms.

Toure is going nowhere until he has been replaced – This makes sense considering our defensive frailty.

Eboue to Inter – Jose Mourinho playing his usual games. It would be amusing but I think Eboue has been pretty good since he got booed off the pitch.

Are there any transfers you want to see? Bendtner to Spurs for £15m would be nice or Gallas to Man City as Captain £20m? Yaya Toure to Arsenal for a 5er?

An objective guide to Arshavin

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Tuesday 6 January 2009 23:50

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Now I am going to try and avoid any references regarding removal of hair from the rear end.

I have been strongly denying the chance of the Russian coming to Arsenal in some sort of anti-Soviet mindset I have suddenly picked up since our board got a bit shaky. I don't want to say too much on this one because of KGB and being sued.

Andrei is one of the many players I have come across in my footy manager playing days and it would appear the statistics from that are quite accurate. Although it is a computer game I often look at things in that when looking at a player we are linked with because they have an extensive honest scouting network (and its free unlike some of the scouting websites!).

Having heard so many stories about this boy I have become quite nervous about him, he is obviously one hell of a player. BUT there are questions about his temperament, he seems to drift from hero to villan on occassions but I don't know from first hand experience.

I am going to turn this into a pros and cons arguement because I think thats the easiest way of breaking things down.

PROS

Obviously very skillful.

A good finisher.

Seems like the sort of player who will bring out the best in other players because he will suck in defence and create gaps.

Can Play right wing, striker or AMC - we are short of versitility.

CONS

His agent is so full of it, its just annoying.

Apparently hot and cold.

We have a number of central mid players and will mean Denilson/Diaby/Ramsey/Walcott/Song/Rosicky/Nasri will be out of the starting team.

Wenger often says about the fitting in period of half a season - Fab will be back before he has fitted in, rendering him pointless.

He hasn't really proven himself on the world stage or in a good league.

He not a big guy - a lack of physicality?

In the last 4 seasons he has averaged 28 games with 8 goals and 10 assists. I know we could do with an extra 18 goals a season. But would he just be a Russian Fabregas? We have a French one called Samir.

If we do sign this boy (for no more than 15m please!) I could see things being shaken up. I would love to see him take the second striker Hleb sort of role with RvP moving to the left in a Pires sort of role and Nasri moving to the centre. The flaw in this is that we are seriously pre-pubesent in terms of strength but attack is the new form of defence. Just remember Wenger knows!

something happened today? Transfer summary

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 17:42

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I didn’t post anything yesterday because there wasn’t anything at all worthwhile but today is a case of same crap different day as the Arseshaving et al boring tosh slides from the back page into the depths of the tabloid pages. Newspapers are a bit like the council they try and recycle but it all ends up on the rubbish dump.

Admittedly they have almost tried quite hard with this one. Niko Kranjcar from Pompey, £10m – It was only a matter of time before this one came up. I was convinced it would either be him or MGP from Blackburn. Both are wide players and both are pretty broke it would appear so I wouldn’t be surprised. Wenger just needs some width.

As the Arseshving story rumbles on I have considered shaving my arse just to avoid having to read dross about him learning English/having the loudest agent in the wold/being the Messiah of football. One cannot prove anything apart from the agent.

Wilshere is a true Gooner now and a big boy. There will still be endless side splitters about his age and I will probably blow my funny fuse and never laugh again but I think it might be safe after Mark the BBC knob has made me laugh so hard with gags such as “Iceland are worse than tesco”. What can you expect from someone from Preston. The Sun (who have been full of beans today) Claim he will be an instant Millionaire. By that they mean he will be given a million quid. I think thats a moronic piece of ‘journalism’ (is that the right word?).

Apparently Rosina isn’t going to be a member of our fine club but things like that have been said before.

Toure has apparently cleaned out his locker in true office stereotype gold. I hope this isn’t true but I think it might be the case, apparently the Scott Parker to Man City means Ireland might be coming the Ashburton way.

Wenger teased us with Inler, now he doesn’t want him. At least he realised now and didn’t waste the last few hours of this window failing to buy him.

I really am worried that Wenger is going to waste money that we are giving him through buying shirts, tickets and other revenue boosting merchandise. If we buy an attacking midfielder it really is such a short term venture and not in Arsene’s nature. We need a winger and someone who can defend!

Sunday Stories; Transfers and Other

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Sunday 4 January 2009 14:32

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Another fairly tedious day for links and stories regarding our fine team. Having just swept Plymouth aside I await the draw with baited breath. Got a feeling we are going to get Man City. WAIT, no, that won’t happen! I think we will get a Premiership side or someone we can’t really send the kids out against.

Now to the transfer rubbish of the day. I am quite disappointed in the stories given that is Sunday the best day for mental stories.

Stephen Ireland – Signing a Man City player is going to be a mission, especially their best player. If someone told me we had signed him I would say “oh how much” I would consider it to be a waste of money because we have one of those it would be like my 2 telepathic aunts giving me the same CD most Christmas’. I think he is a good player and the sort I would like in the Arsenal side but give me any winger ahead of him. The only way I can see this happening is if Wenger does a Toure swap deal. If that was on the cards I want Micah Richards instead.
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Theo is upset about not being offered a new contract. ACTUALLY a “SOURCE CLOSE TO THEO” says so. This is the sort of Sunday paper rubbish that annoys me. It’s quite clearly total crap. I was in the front row for a game and Theo was about 5 yards away from me so I consider myself to have been close to Mr Walcott and I say he would play for free because he loves the club!

RvP is apparently in the same boat. I was sure he had signed a new contract but obviously not. He is also interested in the transfer plans in the next month. So am I, Robbo if you hear anything let me know yeah?

Toure to Man City £8m – Bored of this. I like Kolo but if he is going to continue to have stinkers he is going to have to go. Sorry but that’s football. If he’s not happy then he will be a burden
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I listened to yesterday’s match on ATVO and struggle to say anything about how we played from the radio. We are in the next round and it would appear Eboue played quite well but I could be wrong.

Daily Transfer Stories of Arsenal FC

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Friday 2 January 2009 12:48

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Today has been rubbish for stories I'm afraid. Everything was looking rosy with yesterdays load of stories but today it has all died on its arse. This could be linked to Mr Hill-Woods comments regarding our lack of a transfer fund.

Last night I read some fairly strong indications that Arshaving was going to be joining in the next couple of days. I got all built up for accepting him and trawled youtube and got quite excited about him even though we don't need him. Everyone is aware that agents are lying bags of puss but his agent is worse than most. Apparently an £18m deal is going through as we speak. Its good because it will happen the same time spurs win the league (the Premiership).

The other story that has caused me sleepless nights is the one regarding the Newcastle stopper. I genuinely think he is the best goalkeeper in England and the player I would say was second in my list would be Almunia. swapping first for second would be a step up but I would be angry if Almunia was replaced given his consistancy and loyalty. He may want out of Newcastle because its a free-fall there but he won't be coming to Arsenal.

I hate the spuds as much as any other Gooner but just an idea...Giovani dos Santos? I think he is a good little player, if we want an AMC/second striker (which I don't think we do). He would fit the Arsene style and he is apparently going cheap. If we could pick him up for £5m then that would be pretty epic business. He is mates with Vela and the 2 of them combining could be the new Pires/Henry sensual football we all miss.

If you thought signing a Spud was madness you will like this one...

JOEY BARTON
I was one of the many Gooners to boo him when the Geordies came to get beaten about 8 times last season. He may have a bit of a reputation for being violent and I can understand that supporters would be worried about him but look at how good he has been this season and he is just what we need. A strong central mid who would scare opposition. Even if he got banged up again he is more likely to play than Rosicky!

What a bunch of Loaners

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Thursday 1 January 2009 17:29

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It seems that the transfer window has been busier than Gooners were expecting. So far we have had a number of fairly silly rumours but also a lot of activity on the loan front.

Havart Nordveit has returned from a dissappointing loan spell in Spain with Salamanca. It is always a risk sending players away and them not getting played by hopefully it will have taught him to be patient. There have been whispers about him in the Plymouth squad. I look forward to seeing him in the reserves at least - When they finally start playing again!

Jay Simpson has not only signed an apparent long-term contract but also gone to WBA on loan for the rest of the season. This is good news in terms of his development, which has been rapid since he went to Millwall last term. Its a bit of a shame to see him going after his under use this season. I think he could have been a good replacement for Theo. His pace and small bit of experience in the position would have not only boosted his confidence but also given us some width.

Nancer Barazite has been playing regularly for the Rams, 18 appearances and development is going well. His loan spell has been extended to the end of the season and he will be playing a higher standard and more regularly so there are no problems there.

Gavin Hoyte will be spending the rest of his season in Watford. I really like him as a player and see that he could well exceed his brother's level of ability and we might even be glad that there is a Hoyte on the team sheet!

Reserve football has always had a bit of a stigma about it but with the ATVO service I have really enjoyed watching some of the games. I have been missing it with some sort of fixture evaporation means that we might as well send our reserve squad on loan.

Good luck to the young guns on loan!

ITS OPEN! And we aren’t talking about the offy

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 12:23

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It’s my first transfer window opening as a blogger and I must say I am disappointed. I was expecting Wenger to unleash 7 or 8 players into the squad by the time I woke up. As the Wenger critics seem to mount up and questions remain unanswered will this month be the downfall of Arsene Wenger?

2009 is an important year for us and I am sure 2010 will be as well but there are some things that need to be addressed and most importantly the strengthening of the squad. He is what the papers are saying.

Gallas to AC for £4m – Could happen
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Toure out – He will stay if Gallas goes and this is just a silly thing at the moment.
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Rosina from Torino on loan – Loans with sale clauses could be the future for international transfers. We need a winger and he is a winger I like him as a player. Whats the worst that can happen if we loan him?
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Hangeland from Fulham – A regular but according to The Sun he is Wenger’s top target. To be honest Fulham couldn’t keep him if we did want him!
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Upson from West Ham – A great player and I think an English defender would go down well with the supporters. West Ham are BROKE as well so I think this could be a winner but we don’t know how things were left when Wenger sold him, they might hate each other!
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Posted by Gooner Get Ya Tuesday 27 January 2009 18:37