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Exit talks - Freddie, Reyes, Cesc 2007-07-14 10:13:00 Recently there was some fresh interest from Real Madrid on Cesc Fabregas. Spanish clubs have this filthy habit of announcing everything in press, thus making more and more rumors to flow around in news sites. And Real Madrid clearly isn't an exception. They started this summer with dreams of Henry and Fabregas and Wenger. And so far much of the rumors linking these players have been due to the mouthing off to press by a Ramon Calderon or something like that.Coming to Cesc, after reading his interview, one question that hit me was this. Did Arsenal agree a fee with Real for Fab and allow talks between them? If they did, I'd consider it as the stupidest decision ever. Of course the bid would have been accepted by board and not by Wenger, coz Fab himself says that Wenger convinced him to stay. A really careless decision by the board and a great decision by Fab.Cesc didn't disappoint us, did he? He came out and denied that he is moving to Real, just what all Arsenal fans wanted to hea Read more:Freddie
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Bacary Sagna signs on 2007-07-12 10:48:00 It's official. Bacary Sagna has signed for Arsenal on a long term deal for an undisclosed fee.Damn, why cant they just let us know the fee. So that leaves us with guesses about what the fee might be. The popular guess is that the fee might be around 7.5 m . So lets be optimistic that he's gonna be a good signing. This was his first interview after signing on for Arsenal and it's good to see that he's quite confident.Now the million dollar question is, Where will he play..? Arsene won't spend 7.5 mill for someone to sit on bench would he? I certainly hope not. And and after listening to Wenger's comments about the signing,He is a very capable defender and has played consistently well for Auxerre in recent seasons. He plays mainly at right back, but can also play along the defence or in midfield. it just got more confusing.One theory is that he will be backup to Eboue and first choice when he's away for African Nations Cup.Another one is that he'll fill in the right back slot and Read more:signs
Will he ever shut up..? 2007-07-10 03:30:00 William Gallas. The worst signing Arsene ever did. Worse than Jeffers and Baptista.He gets injured again and again. Blames the club for his injuries and starts mouthing off to media, the things which should not be told. And does he perform well when he plays..? Rarely.? So Mr.Gallas, who the fuck are ya to speak like this..?'What is sure is that several players are questioning the club's future. 'Around us, all the teams are recruiting but what is planned to compensate for the departure of Titi Henry? 'I am not at Arsenal to play for third place. It is necessary to recruit players of reputation because the young players have many qualities but the season is very, very long. 'The young players are thirsty for victories but Arsenal must obtain results, win titles in this period. If not, we will have to change policy and do the same as the other teams: recruit with more means.' If you want to know about the clubs ambition, go and talk with Wenger. Not with the press.! Show some co
Damn you Henry, for making my design outdated 2007-07-10 02:42:00 Shite.Now i have to change the design
just because of you and your ambition to win everything which you think will come true with Barca only. I'm no expert in photoshop means I've got some work on my hands. Damn you again.Its been a lot of time since i blogged; mainly because of my never ending exams. Now that i have time I'll just brush up the happenings.Henry
has left. I'm a bit disappointed, but at the same time I'm happy.Disappointed because one of the best players who ever played for Arsenal has just left us. And for just 16m pounds..! It must have been due to contract buyout which every player can do these days.Disappointed because the reasons he put forward for his departure were just lame excuses. Its not because Arsene Wenger's future at the club is in doubt and it's not because Double D was sacked. The reason was plain and clear, He was of the opinion that this young squad is unable to mount a title charge. End of story. Anyway thank you Henry, for all the goals, all t Read more:making
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He either goes or he doesnt. 2007-06-16 04:51:00 Like an infinite loop, it stretches and its never ending. Henry to Barcelona rumors have become so common a news on sites that nobody bothers to read them now..! Does these rumors have any substance..? Some say yes and some say no. Some say that Arsene was in Paris, meeting some Barca official to discuss a possible move for Theirry in exchange for Eto'o or just cash. It maybe true and it may not be.It all took a new turn when Henry had an interview in which he said he was shocked by Dein's departure and that it was a big mistake. He went on to say that he is an Arsenal player. But the words "I'll stay" that many Arsenal fans expected didn't come from him. The news papers picked on this and brought up a story that Henry wants big money signings at Emirates. So we are trying to keep Thierry happy so that he stays..!We have a 40m warchest and we're trying to sign Trezeguet and Babel and Malouda just to keep Henry happy.!Many Arsenal fans are disgusted with Henry's response to the ru Read more:either
The Media Circus 2007-06-05 12:22:00 Cesc Fabregas told El Mundo Deportivo: "I think that it's difficult to say no to Barca. "I know Henry likes Barca, the problem is he loves Arsenal a lot for what the club have given him and the experience he has had at the club. "Barca are one of the best clubs in the world, if not the best, and Henry is a great player. Barca always have the best players in the world. "Henry has already won the World Cup and now he wants to win titles at club level."For me Barca are a top club, so are Arsenal, but it is up to Henry to decide what is the best for him."Then this is what the media comes up with these.Fàbregas hints at Barcelona desire.Fabregas: Henry may leave.Cesc: Henry fancies Barca move.Cesc admits Henry has a poser.Earlier, Carlo Ancelotti said this. "Henry is a great striker and among the players that we are interested in. Our wish is to acquire a midfielder and a striker this summer, but they are all difficult signings to make."And then we have,Milan put Henry on their wish list. Read more:Circus
ManU has signed three.. So what..? 2007-06-01 12:36:00 The recent signings of Owen Hargreaves, Anderson and Nani by Manchester United has been the main headlines in EPL these days. They spent a reported 50mill to sign these three and their chief executive David Gill has given a hint that they might have finished their spending this summer.Now why am i writing about this..? For that lets see how these three signings have affected the Arsenal fans. In almost every Arsenal forum and community, we can see people going bonkers about Arsenal's inactivity in the transfer market. According to them Arsenal are doing nothing and Wenger is doing nothing.In truth, Wenger was in Spain, trying to sort out the future of Jose Antonio Reyes and possibly Carlos Vela. We must also consider the fact that the departure of DD has put more work on Arsene's shoulder. Although Ken Friar is helping Wenger, it wont be like the presence DD had as Arsene had a very good relation with DD.Again, whats the date now..? If i'm not wrong its June 1st and there's still
Henry transfer rumours again..! 2007-05-30 05:10:00 Guess what, Henry
has been linked again with barca. This happens atleast 23 times a week and its getting very annoying too. This time its a swap offer; henry for Samuel eto'o plus 25mill. Good offer it may seem, but i dont think such an offer exists and even if it exists, i don't think Wenger will take it. Simple as that.Meanwhile henry has come out again and denied the rumors. At the same time he is getting frustrated at finishing fourth and feels there is a need for more experience. Actually every Arsenal fan is getting frustrated that we haven't challenged for the title for the last two seasons and its good that he too feels so. When coming to youngsters, erm.. i have to disagree because the failure was not down to youngsters, but to the entire team which includes the seniors like Henry himself.While Henry wants more experience, his strike partner Robin Van Persie feels the current squad can challenge for title next season and hopes that Wenger opts for continuity rather than dra Read more:transfer
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Not much news these days 2007-05-26 08:15:00 I have tried a new template and still trying to tweak it as its taking a long time time to load the pictures. And thanks to my excellent color sense, everyone might think that i did this at a gunpoint. Ok.. bad joke..! Any way thanks to Gecko and Fly and my friend Eappen Joy, for helping me with this template.Back to Arsenal news, as i said there isnt much to tell. The lift of ban on Adebayor hasnt exactly brought smiles to Arsenal fans. The main reason for it is that he will be away on international duty playing the African Nations Cup next January. That time next season will be interesting and tough for Arsenal as we'll have Kolo Toure, Eboue and Adebayor away playing internationals. Lets wait and see.Other than that we have arsenal.com confirming the signing of Lukasz Fabianski. Then we have news which is not confirmed but almost confirmed, that is move for Frank Ribery to Bayern, which means we wont be seeing him at Arsenal. And Andranik Teymourian claiming that Arsenal have sho
Strikers sign new contract, Cesc-Wenger rumours 2007-05-24 12:35:00 It seems Emmanuel Adebayor is having a very good time. He signed a new contract
with Arsenal recently and now the latest news is that the Togo football Association has decided to lift the ban on him.They say its due to demand from the population, the sporting public and the senior sporting authorities of the country.Its good news for Ade and lets hope that all the row over the bonus gets over and everything falls back to normal for him and his national team.Nicklas Bendtner has also signed a new contract and he cant wait to break into the first team. He says,I truly believe that I can break through on that level, and I have had meetings with them where they have told me that I figure in their plans for the future.He surely has high ambitions and it will be interesting to see how he will fit into the team next season along with the other three strikers.Julio Baptista has atlast been told that he will have to leave Arsenal. He says Arsenal cant afford to sign him. Apparently yes, we cant Read more:rumours
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Gallas Vs Cole. 2007-05-21 02:54:00 This isnt a comparison of stats or how they did for their teams last season. Just a comparison of who can speak more bull shit.First gallas comes out and says this.Our young players have been given plenty of responsibility, but when you are 19 you can’t be good all of the time.Yes, the young players have been given very much responsibility. But has the senior players with experience kept up their standards..? Take Alex Hleb, he's been pathetic this season; Take Rosicky, Ljunberg and Henry, they were no where near their best. And take urself Mr.Gallas, u werent even able to keep yourself fit. And when u played u weren't great either..!So what does this Mr.Gallas do..? Talk about how chelsea pissed on him and how Arsenal lacks experience..! If you want to prove some thing, prove it with your performances and not with your mouth..!And now onto Cole. He is saying that arsenal fans need to shut up. He says he was right to move to chelsea. Actually yes, he was right bcoz we dont need a b
What Arsenal needs.! 2007-05-19 23:21:00 ok, i'm not an expert if its not football manager 2007. But still there are some opinions which i'd like to tell to Arsene if i get a chance. It's about transfers and its that time when people sit down and evaluate the last season and decide what we need for better performance next season. And how about me doing the same..! The season review would be very long so i'm just keeping it to what we need next season.1. A good right back who can keep eboue in the bench. That'll help in showing eboue that he needs to defend to keep his place and that he needs to cut his theatrics and concentrate more on his football.2. A good real Winger who runs at defenders like robben, ronaldo etc etc.. That'd give Alex Hleb some competition and a lil incentive to play well. Width is the point here and width is exactly what we missed last season. The absence of Pires and an in-form Ljunberg, we've suffered a lot in tems of goals from midfield.As far as i'm concerned, Arsenal
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Can he get any worse..?, Match review 2007-05-13 23:03:00 Yes im speaking abt Julio Baptista aka The beast aka Craptista aka Total Shit..! Missed a penalty yet again yesterday and i cant help being happy thinking that its his last match at Arsenal.. So, somebody just sponsor him a plain ticket back to Spain for all the good he has done for Arsenal..So to match.. A very very weird team put out by Wenger and it was pretty clear from it that Almunia, Flamini and Aliadiere are heading out this summer. And maybe freddy too. No time for detailed match report and i havent seen the match.. So,Lets bid Adieu to the great great craptista..! And thats for now.. Read more:Match
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Keeper Signing confirmed. 2007-05-11 12:49:00 Lukasz Fabianski, the polish keeper has been signed by Arsenal for a reported fee of $2m. Maybe more.. Thats or first signing for next season and i hope Wenger comes up with a good winger too. That'd help Alex hleb realize that he cant give away the ball as frequently as he does.. !Coming back to Fabianski, Wenger says that he'll compete for first team place with Jens. Maybe he'll stay as a substitute for most of the matches if Jens manages to have a final flurry. Anyway this signing would have helped in making Jens realize that his first team spot is guaranteed no more. And as far as i know, Jens is a hero when he's under pressure for a first team spot..Apart from that theres the usual Henry to Barca rumors which is absolute crap and i cant understand why Wenger was even concerned to come out to press and say that Henry will stay.. Anyway, clears things up..!Fabrice Muamba has signed for Birmingham after impressing their boss during his season long spell at Birmingham. Good luck Read more:Keeper
Post Chelski thoughts 2007-05-09 04:34:00 Had the luck to catch the re-transmission of the Arsenal-Chelsea match. I'm still fuming about the voltage problem i had. How could it come back to normal right after the final whistle is blown.. fuck..!Now back to the match, i had read some reviews and things like that and this is what i think..About Chelski comments..They say we're the new tottenham..! - We havent beaten them for 2-3 seasons... Ok.. Have u ever counted how many league titles u have won scumbags??They say Arsenal fans were petty booing their players.. - Well atleast we didnt throw the fucking .. rotten eggs at you little fucks..!They say the penalty and sending off was harsh.. F off.. that was a clear penalty ..!Chelsea played like lions... Well im glad i could agree to one of ur opinions.., but with an edit.. u were playing good only after 80mins... the last 10mins only.. before that u were no better than us..!About Arsenal..Yes we were shite.. the truth is ,not good... and not bad.. We had the 1 man advantage a Read more:thoughts
Frustrating..! 2007-05-06 11:06:00 I wait all this week to watch this game and f***ing hell, theres no voltage...! Thankfully were leading 1-0 with a penalty and khalid boularouz is send off..! lets see what hapns..
Lazy Bones 2007-05-05 10:41:00 All righty... Im getting back for a post atlast..! Its been a long time since i regularly posted and lot of it is down to the Arsenal performance. After the carling cup exit, it was all difficult until we somehow got back into stride again.. A great derby match at Spuds that was very much enjoyable even though it was a draw, A win against bolton at home coming from behind with Cesc scoring atlast..! And now, another important match.. Against chelski at the emirates. One which i have been very much looking forward to.I'm not confident about a win at all. And thats mainly down to the luck that scumbags chelskis have. They always have luck as their 12th man unlike Arsenal. But still hoping a win to finalize the title race and to rub salt into their wounds. One man i'd love to score tomorrow is Cesc. He should then run to the chelski scumbags who threw celery at him at the bridge and kiss our badge. That'd answer them.. And btw, i wont mind at all if the goals come from others.. lol.Tod Read more:Bones
To be a fan..! 2007-03-25 21:38:00 Read this.Really great article.
The Great FA 2007-03-21 21:56:00 Again and again the FA continues to show what a bunch of irritating people they are. Recently there was incidents in the FA cup replays involving chelsea and Manu players. And what does the FA do...? You guessed it right, they take no action..! If Arsenal was involved in any of these you can expect a 4 match ban..! Leftback will clear the situation for the time. Read more:Great
More injuries.. 2007-03-21 00:29:00 Yes, more injuries..! now its theo Walcott who will have a surgery for his shoulder. This is terrible time for us with Henry, RvP and Ade out. Baptista and Ali has been terrible in scoring goals and when Ade comes back from suspension all the burden will be on him.The loss at Everton was really hard to take. I didnt watch the match, but by reading the reports i guess it was better that i missed it.. If i was watching it, i would have smacked my head against the monitor.. Well that explains how the match went..!:-|
Its been difficult.. kind of.. 2007-03-17 13:07:00 Well we are out of all cups. Yes and it just kills any motivation u might have for writing something...! And that explains why i wasn't posting. From now on i dont think there will be any links to any article i guess. Strange times.. lol
PSV today, some thoughts 2007-02-20 09:26:00 Today, Arsenal travel to Eindhoven to take on PSV in the Champions League pre-quarters. PSV plays attacking football and they are at home, so it wont be an easy tie. At the same time, we can believe that there wont be any men behind ball defending. The match preview is here. This was the same fixture where Gilberto scored within 30 secs to set the record for the fastest CL goal. I hope we start like that..! Even if we don't win, its very important to get an away goal as that'd do a lot of good and security as we have developed a habit of letting in goals at home. The squad for the match has been announced and we're lucky to have hleb back.In FA Cup we will get Manc City at home, that is if we win at Ewood park. Again the draw is good for us with spuds drawing Chelsea in what can be called a scum Vs scum. And for the first time this year in cup matches, Chelsea are getting a premier division side.Back to some news abt Arsenal, Wenger is optmistic about Vanpersie return, hoping he mi Read more:thoughts
More fixture congestion; More tired legs 2007-02-17 10:46:00 It was Arsenal Vs Blackburn tonight and it was very much disappointing. A 0-0 draw was which means a replay. Last thing we wanted. The squad included only Almunia and Toure from the bolton match in starting XI, but we were looking very tired
. Blackburn were back from their midweek fixture and they were tired too.Now onto the match report. Arsenal started with Henry and Alliadiere upfront and Cesc and flamini in the middle with freddy and walcott on the wings. Senderos returned after the ban to the centre of defence with Toure. Hoyte and Gallas, who returned after a long time filled in as fullbacks. Almunia was on goal. This looked a fairly strong squad. Actually it is a strong squad.The match started with Arsenal dictating possession with some slick passing and we had a good chance early in the first half. Henry had a high ball feeded into his legs but he skied his shot. Not very typical of him. At that time it looked like signs of things to come with the 6-2 win over em still in mind.
Bolton Gunned Down, transfer rumors 2007-02-15 09:22:00 It was Bolton
yesterday night and i had stayed up till 1:35 am to watch it. I had a feeling like we'll have a really tough one, but it turned out to be relatively easy. Bolton's most dangerous player, Kevin Davies was out injured. It was a huge relief for me when i learned he was absent. Wenger put out a young center midfield partnership of denilson and diaby and hleb and rosicky on wings. It was Ade and the Beast up front. And at the back it was Kolo, Gilberto, Djourou and clichy. I was wondering why Gilberto was playing at center back. It was a great decision by wenger to play him there as he was better in air than djourou.The match got underway with an immediate Bolton attack but Arsenal got their footing soon and started to play some slick passing moves. We got an early goal scored by Ade, created by great interplay by hleb, denilson and Ade himself. After that Arsenal were simply playing the ball around and Bolton chasing it all the time. It was towards the end of first half tha Read more:transfer
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Bolton preview; Random quotes 2007-02-13 10:48:00 Yes, Theres nothing much happening for today. Henry has been saying that his altercation with kirkland was a joke . Rightly..! I was really happy that he did that kirkland showing his spirit.Again he has also commented about walcott saying that we should not put pressure on him as hes only 17. True..Apart from that Justin Hoyte has been saying how he loves Arsenal so much and that it's a dream come true to play first team. He's had a good run and i remember many criticizing him, but i had faith in him that he'll do good and thats what he's doing now. The Cannon has been saying how he's similar to Ashley Cole... (The best of him ofcourse.. ;) ) Gunnerblog says about Danny Karbassion who has retired early due to injuries. Its so sad as hes only 22.. I wish him all the best for his future.. Robert pires has bought a flat at highbury square and we've been linked with Scott Carson.Tomorrow we have the FA cup replay at Bolton
and it'll be a very tough game for sure. I have a feeling Read more:Random
The easiest route to the backpage of The Sun 2007-07-17 09:05:00 Well, a quick answer to my earlier post. "No". It was just another rumor which brought to light the seriousness with which The Sun reports transfer news.Apparently some fans of Boca Juniors posted on several Arsenal forums that Arsenal have a bid on table for Palacio and so on. The rumor didn't take much time to spread and it ended up on the back page of The Sun. And just after 24 hours or so, the creators of this rumor came out and acknowledged that it is a rumor.Anyways, well done mate, thats a load of traffic and what more, you made it into Sun and Daily Mail and many blogs.Meanwhile Gunnerblog is trying to make it into tomorrow's paper. I won't bet against him.Elsewhere, we have Arsene Wenger explaining the delay in the appointment of Director of Football."I wanted to do it before the end of the season when I started buying and selling,But then I thought that now is the worst time because I have no time to tell someone how I want to do things. I did not want to unsettle the team Read more:route
Is Rodrigo Palacio the next summer signing? 2007-07-16 07:33:00 Rodrigo Palacio
is the latest player to be linked with Arsenal. The rumors started from a Boca Juniors blog which has stated that Arsenal has agreed a fee with Boca. The Sun picked up this bit and reported that a fee around £15m has prompted Boca to agree the transfer.Arsene paying £15m for a player. Strange. But stranger things have happened, so we can't be sure that this is just a rumor. Let's wait and see.Meanwhile, we had our first pre-season friendly against Barnet at Underhill. We came out with a comfortable 2-0 win, a good way to start the season. Adebayor and Barazite were the scorers.Denilson was injured after falling prey to a bad tackle, but the injury was reported as 'not serious'.After the match, there was an interview with Wenger where he talked about filling the void TH has left and Reyes' and his own future. It was nice to see him take a dig at want away striker Jose Reyes."Despite the global warming England is still not warm enough for him."A nice bit of sarcasm Read more:Rodrigo
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Stan Kroenke loves the Arsenal Board 2007-07-20 05:21:00 Rumors say that Stan Kroenke is getting ready to table a bid to takeover Arsenal
. They say that a bid worth £650m is going to tabled by Kroenke and former DoF David dean. And he wants to discuss with the board about it.His chief marketing officer says,"Mr Kroenke is a 12 per cent owner, he holds a significant stake in the club and he now looks forward to meeting the other board members. It is an investment. Mr Kroenke has invested in Arsenal and is very excited about it. He has been meeting with the people from Arsenal for the past year and a half and he’s very fond of the way they run their business operation. He’s very bullish about it".Looking for ward to meet the board. huh..? If he does table a bid, Arsenal should definitely trash it because we definitely don't want to add to our existing debts. While Manchester United may be spending staggering amounts in transfer market, their debts are also staggeringly high.And most importantly, Mr. Kroenke isn't here Read more:Board
Fabregas aims for Arsenal captaincy 2007-07-19 01:34:00 It is "One Year On" series on arsenal.com and as part of it, Cesc Fabregas was interviewed. He was asked a few questions including his thoughts on captaining Arsenal
one day. And this was his response.Everybody wants this kind of responsibility and 100 per cent me as well. It something that I have liked ever since I have been young and it would be no problem for me to be captain of this club.It's good to hear from him that he wants to take more responsibility. And this might give us a good hint that he's here to stay. That's pretty relieving too. If he stays, in a few seasons he'll be the Arsenal captain for sure. Such is the enthusiasm and commitment from this gem of a player.And when asked about the future of the club, this was his answer.The future is looking good. We have very good young players and most of them are teenagers. We are all ready to fight for the League, the Champions League, the FA Cup, the Carling Cup, for everything. We must fight for everything that is in fron
Freddie leaves, More takeover BS. 2007-07-24 07:43:00 Despite speaking that he won't move to another English club earlier, Freddie
Ljunberg has moved to West Ham United. The fee is reported as £3m which is a good offer considering how little Freddie could do for us in the past two seasons.It's sad to see him move out because he was such a loyal and important player. He always seemed to produce magic moments for which we love him. But sadly his edge was gone in the past seasons and his pace dropped. That meant less chances for him. So he had to move to keep a first team place. But a move to West Ham was least expected. I always had the feeling that he'd move abroad as he had stated he wouldn't like to play in england for any team other than Arsenal.Anyway, all the best to him.And coming to takeover, there is loads of bullshit running around as there are several reports about Stan Kroenke taking over, Several other about F1 supremo Ecclestone taking over and some about Stan working with Ecclestone to take over. Hilarious.! And Bollocks Read more:leaves
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