New Rules, New Squad?

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Sunday 18 July 2010 10:32

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Right so they are bringing in this new Rule limiting the number in a squad to 25 (plus as many under 21s as you like).


The squad must have no more than 17 players who are over 21 and not home-grown (someone registered to an English/Welsh club for 3 years before they are 21). By my reconing that means the likes of Cesc and Clichy count as home-grown.

So lets have a look at the list of non home-grown players:


Almunia
Fabianski
Sagna
Koscielsky
Vermaelen
Rosicky
Nasri
Diaby?
Song?
Eboue
Arshavin
Eduardo
van Persie
Chamakh


So that is 14 players and the max is 17


We then have to add the home-grown bankers:


Djourou
Clichy
Fabregas
Denilson
Vela
Walcott
Bendtner


So our squad is 21 players without any of the under 21 players so Arsenal have no problem with the new rulings unless we sign more than 4 foreign players.


Just a quick point, Wenger often says about not signing more than 3 players per season as it affects the balance of the team. In the invincibles season he signed 7 players and in the 2002 double winning season we signed 5.

The 25 man squad rule and how it affects Arsenal

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Saturday 17 July 2010 11:16

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Right so they are bringing in this new Rule limiting the number in a squad to 25 (plus as many under 21s as you like).


The squad must have no more than 17 players who are over 21 and not home-grown (someone registered to an English/Welsh club for 3 years before they are 21). By my reconing that means the likes of Cesc and Clichy count as home-grown.

So lets have a look at the list of non home-grown players:


Almunia
Fabianski
Sagna
Koscielsky
Vermaelen
Rosicky
Nasri
Diaby?
Song?
Eboue
Arshavin
Eduardo
van Persie
Chamakh


So that is 14 players and the max is 17


We then have to add the home-grown bankers:


Djourou
Clichy
Fabregas
Denilson
Vela
Walcott
Bendtner


So our squad is 21 players without any of the under 21 players so Arsenal have no problem with the new rulings unless we sign more than 4 foreign players.


Just a quick point, Wenger often says about not signing more than 3 players per season as it affects the balance of the team. In the invincibles season he signed 7 players and in the 2002 double winning season we signed 5.

Bring on the FEAR, not the media spin.

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Thursday 8 July 2010 10:41

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Right so Koscielny has been signed and has taken the number 6 jersey of Senderos. He has given the usual "its reallly really lovely to be an Arsenal player" pap. I have yet to see this guy play but given his record in terms of cards last season in the league he only got 3 bookings. Don't consider me mental when I say that isn't enough, look at the likes of Martin Keown, Adams, Campbell, Viera, they are what we miss, someone who is willing to stick in a boot if needed. I am not saying Koscielny won't be a great signing but is he the sort of player who makes people think "I don't want to mess with Arsenal or my face will bleed". He even said that he is not physical enough.


It really infuriates me when the club signs someone and they get them to come out with some cheesey comment in broken English like the Arshavin I am Gooner tosh. It is New Labour style pathetic meaningless spin, give me Thatcher style fear any day.


We are quickly beginning to look like a team of tarts, Stoke are trying to wage some sort of pitch battle with us with some pen15 saying that Wenger is poisoning the league and the world(no link because they don't deserve the hits). The truth is we do need protection from referees because we are a small team who can be bullied. If the opposition know they might get halved if they try anything they might not go after some of our weaker players like Walcott. Our home fans are a joke, that has been the case since we moved into the new stadium, its the away boys who do the club proud.


The club is moving away from the traditional roots of not only being English but also not being messed around with. Look at Barca, they are trying to spend the last £35m in the whole of Spain and we are being little bitches.

Business is like a beautiful lady: The Cesc Fabregas story

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Tuesday 6 July 2010 15:34

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Now you don't become the chairman of one of the biggest football clubs in the world by being a total mug. However the way Barca seem to have gone about their negotiations have been moronic and offensive. I thought that I might give them a cheeky little lesson in how to sort things out.


First of all the constant media barrage? Tasteless and tacky. Think of it like when you were at school, trying to pull a young vixen (girl, Gooner Get Ya is anti-beastiality), you don't tell everyone in school that you want to hop on the good foot and do the bad thing. You have to be subtle and sensitive to her needs. Then you have a go and if she knocks you back then you reassess things and have another go.


"Oh we won't pay what he is worth" - Not a direct quote but pretty close. back to the school analogy, you have just managed to woo her and ask her to go out with you and she has said yes! Jackpot. Oh you just told her that you are only willing to take her to Burger King even though she is a Nandos kind of girl? Another fail.


Sending Guardiola to tap him up in the Spain camp? This would be like sending your best mate in to speak to the girl when she is with her friends, just barge in and ask "will you let him pop your cherry?". Embarrassing for her, you and everyone involved!


None of these seem to be working? What to try next? Link yourself to every other similar player and make it look like it doesn't matter. - Tell everyone you have slept with half of the girls in her class.


Soon I think Barca will tell everyone that Cesc has crabs so no one will want him then they will get the desperation penetration they are craving.

Samir Nasri: Boo Him Off the Pitch

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 13:33

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There has been talk and nonsense spoken all through the World Cup, especially in France where it can only be described as a car crash event. Didier Deschamps was rumoured to have told people that Samir Nasri didn't want to join Arsenal but was made to because of the financial situation of Olympique Marseille. This could well become a problem quickly because of some irresponsible reporting.


DesCHUMPs is obviously trying to stir things up, Nasri is probably feeling fairly insecure about things considering he didn't have the best of seasons and missed the WC squad (thank the baby Jesus). But why is there any reason for him to start stirring up trouble? The main reason is his fans are disappointed with Samir being sold so Diddler decided to play the being bullied by big clubs card. What he also didn't mention was that Nasri was saying in the press 6 months before he left that he wanted to join The Arsenal.


So basically Nasri has done nothing wrong and just got his ex-manager speaking crap about things. Maybe if he can upset the Arsenal fans we might have to sell Nasri back to them for £5?

Don't worry Didier, one day you will manage in a real league, The French league is much like the national team...A ****ING DISGRACE, if you will pardon my french!

Arsenal to Break Transfer Record and Nailed on Cheat

Posted by Gooner Get Ya 09:37

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Previously the record for the longest transfer was held by Arsenal for the eventual purchase of Arshavin but it looks like the signing of Laurent Koscielny will top that, Arsenal are doing a deal with Lorient to make the transfer last until September, the trouble is everyone was excited about Arshavin because he is a little Russian genius. Nobody knows a single thing about Koscielny and if we are being brutally honest, no one is particularly excited. He is like the vegetables you have to finish before you get your pudding...


I think the reason it hasn't been confirmed is because Wenger is arsing around in SA getting a bit of extra cash to be able to buy a new Blackberry, or window shop ("The World Cup means that players lose their value"). I have Rangers and Celtic supporters extracting the urine about Arsenal not being able to sign a player quickly and faffing around for weeks. That is how desperate this silly situation has become.


The Injury free season start bubble has burst. Nikki B has still got his groin injury, I have been suffering from one for 4 years and it hurts like hell. Obviously my body isn't under the same strain as his though! Who would like to place a bet for how many players we have missing through injury for the trip to Liverpool? I say 5 especially given that RvP still has 2 games left in the WC!


I saw an article in the Star (so it must be true, even though we let PHW write for them!) That Pep Guardiola has been sniffing around the Spanish squad and speaking to Cesc. If this is true it's just standard behaviour from these classless tossers.


On the other hand if it is true, maybe we should just sack Fabregas off to the reserves? He has behaved terribly and I for one will not be getting Fabregas 4 on the back of my new shirt. Oh and £35m? Barca sold Yaya for £28m which makes Fab worth at least £56 (he is twice the player).

Testimonial in Trouble

Posted by Gooner Get Ya Sunday 4 July 2010 10:57

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Testimonials were such a big part of football and have all but disappeared, it always used to be a pay day for the player but to be honest it probably makes very little difference to their bulging wallet. Think of the cash that could be generated if you pocketed all of the money from a single match!


The last testimonial was Dennis opening the stadium and it will probably be the last for a long time. The Closest players we have are Clichy, Cesc and RvP and they seem to be linked with any big club. I am holding out for the Jack Wilshere testimonial!


This Clichy swap deal seems a bit far fetched, Clichy has been a bit of a trooper. He may not be able to cross and his defending is dodgy but you can always expect a bit of passion from him, he cannot really be blamed for too much defensively when the 4-3-3 system is a nightmare for fullbacks, Arshavin isn't exactly keen on getting back to defend! Melo would be useful but we need to keep some of the defence to stay or it will be too unsettled next season.


The next thing is who would want to play in Italy, the league is corrupt, lacking quality and full of pricks.

If Clichy does go then that paves the way for Gibbsy, I think he is a cracking young player and hope he can continue to make strides in the first team.