slimshay:

Okay we are about to make a lotta people annoyed. . . .hehehe. Considering Nasri and Fabregas where part and parcel of these horrible run of games, what exactly have we lost. . .yeeeeeh, I joke I joke, I kid I kid!

take your time. On the other hand we've gained £50m, not bad for an August clearance sale

Good God! Stan Kroeke is a badt guynz. Hova make 30million for one whole year he dey panel maybach up and down. . .this guy just made about 60million in 2weeks . . .we no hear peep!

^^panel-beat*

No wonder they call him silent Stan - na him invent chop and clean mouth.

I'm sure the management team still has nightmares over the Flamini episode. They regret the millions they lost on that crook just walking out.
Flaminis free transfer must have registered as the biggest loss this decade in their minds. I'm sure even worse than the loss to Barca in France.

edoyad:

I'm sure the management team still has nightmares over the Flamini episode. They regret the millions they lost on that crook just walking out.
Flaminis free transfer must have registered as the biggest loss this decade in their minds. I'm sure even worse than the loss to Barca in France.

I agree - they are so scarred that they must've been shitting themselves when they saw Nasri playing on Saturday. . . .with Wenger posturing to play him tomorrow it must've turned into diarrhoea so they swiftly completed the sale.

1,237,345. . .1,237,346. . .1,237,347. . .

Dem wiggas up in those director's boxes are so stingy, they count their money by hand. Why do you think all of our transfers take so long?

. . .1,237,3. . .'Where the fork was I? Bloodtey farkin hell Ivan, I have toh start me counting all over again. You dhoin me barnet in seey!'

You think it was weird they sold Cesc for cheap? Think again.

'Who that forking frenchie thunk gonna soit down here, counting ool dat monei? £50m? Must take like a whoool monf to dho dhat'. . . 'tsalroite Petey, me matey, we'll jus half it then, seey?'

^^ You don mara. . . .or na the last consignment of Iya Nasiru's shekpe wey you drink?

^^^ol boy, mama is doing some serious shack till you kpeme this night. Gbogbo £200k per week?! Remain small make she ya weyrey!

Sadly for Nasri though, Mama na Arsenal fan. Normal business resumes 2moro. Owo Abu ni a ma fi shey abu ni alejo!

Meanwhile be patient ya'll, heard we have bid for a good midfielder. Dem still they count the money sha. 3,567,654. . .3,567,655. . .3,567,65. . . .e remain small. You say wetin? For where, they are not going to 25million. Its just 6million, they should finish by thursday morning :p

debosky:

Nearly 100 pages from June till August. . . .this is truly a prolific thread.

Love or hate Arsenal, we are always news material.  I'm sure some news agencies made millions from the Cesc saga alone.

@Coogar
Arsenal's appeal actually hinges on the fact that they sought clarification from UEFA officials on what exactly Arsene could do and followed it to the letter.

slimshay:

Meanwhile be patient ya'll, heard we have bid for a good midfielder. Dem still they count the money sha. 3,567,654. . .3,567,655. . .3,567,65. . . .e remain small. You say wetin? For where, they are not going to 25million. Its just 6million, they should finish by thursday morning :p

Is that why they are now called bean counters? 
but as much as some of us liked Cesc sha, the boy shortchanged us with his Barca DNA, if Nasri went for 25m with a year left on his contract, Cesc on the open market would have netted us nothing less than 50m with 4 years left on his contract. Curse your Barca DNA Cesc.

Some good and bad injury news

Wilshere still out for 2-3 weeks

Djourou, Rozzi and Traore back in the squad

Koscielny may be fit for Utd

I suspect Djourou and TV5 will start, alongside Sagna and Traore. Oddly enough, no Lansbury on the plane, no Bendtner either.

kay_pumpin:

Were omo kekere ni omo yen.He even had a tiff with Piers on Sunday.He's very reckless and should be curbed.

I agree he needs to tone it down, but in this current state of things, we need some players like that who are just crazy about the club and show it everywhere most importantly on the pitch. Besides, Piers is a Arrow as well. Those players who have been in the club for long are just mad about the club and that is a good thing, it makes me understand now why all those Barca boys kept mouthing off about Cesc in the papers.

debosky:

Some good and bad injury news
Wilshere still out for 2-3 weeks
Djourou, Rozzi and Traore back in the squad
Koscielny may be fit for Utd
I suspect Djourou and TV5 will start, alongside Sagna and Traore. Oddly enough, no Lansbury on the plane, no Bendtner either.

That backline looks solid enough for Udinese, I wonder why injuries that initially look inocous always turn out serious for us, Rosicky, TV5 and I hope not Jack, when he went off on that day, I thought he would be back within a week.

duduspace:

I agree he needs to tone it down, but in this current state of things, we need some players like that who are just crazy about the club and show it everywhere[b] most importantly on the pitch[/b]. Besides, Piers is a Arrow as well. Those players who have been in the club for long are just mad about the club and that is a good thing, it makes me understand now why all those Barca boys kept mouthing off about Cesc in the papers.

As long as they keep their names of the ref's cards, good enough for me.

IMO Arsenal is better off without Fabrigas & Nasri.
(1) Since the barca saga started, fabregas has since stop playing with passion, which is clearly affecting the team. why will anybody expect Wenger to keep a player who is clearly not interested in playing for the team.
(2) and I think Nasri already made up his mind a long time b4 fabregas issue not to renew his contract, as reports/rumour suggests he has been tapped up by Man U & Man City a long time ago. It's not Wenger's wish to sell him, but the board so as not to loose him for nothing.

The only issue is for Wenger/Board to buy quality players to re-inforce the midfield and defence which IMO is not possible in terms of quality players, as no team will want to sell their 'quality' players at this time so as not to destabilize their team. So 2 sum it up, Arsenal fans should lower their expectation in terms of quality signings and hope for the best.

Consolation: in as much as 3 or 4 teams in PL strengthen their teams with big signings, only 1 team will lift d PL trophy, just 1 team will smile with the FA Cup in its trophy cabinet and also just 1 team will rejoice with d Carling cup. So what will fans and d press say about the other big spenders who fail to lift a trophy? Make dem leave Arsenal alone!!! Wenger is not d only manager in the world in signing dilemma, nobody is talking about harry whose player (still under lengthy contract unlike Nasri) strike and fail to play d ManU match!!!

ABEG!!! In Arsene we trust.

webprince:

Consolation: in as much as 3 or 4 teams in PL strengthen their teams with big signings, only 1 team will lift d PL trophy, just 1 team will smile with the FA Cup in its trophy cabinet and also just 1 team will rejoice with d Carling cup. So what will fans and d press say about the other big spenders who fail to lift a trophy? Make dem leave Arsenal alone!!! Wenger is not d only manager in the world in signing dilemma, nobody is talking about harry whose player (still under lengthy contract unlike Nasri) strike and fail to play d ManU match!!!

ABEG!!! In Arsene we trust.

Dem fit share am now. If 3 or 4 teams strengthn with big signings, 1 will take CC, 1 will take EPL, 1 will take FA and 1 will take Champion's league

Nasri is a great football player but was never great for us

Remember his performances in his first season, superlative against Man Utd after that a cuple of injuries
He had second season syndrome where he was invisible, I can ony remember the porto goal
Then his third season first half was superb

OptaJoe Opta Sports
49% - Arsenal's PL win percentage with Samir Nasri starting is well below the 62% win rate for the Gunners in his absence. Divorce.

There is real cause for concern oh ~ not until a UCL spot is not copped before the alarm bells go off!

debosky:

Last season is over (in case you didn't know that)

I don't really care about the 'signs' - we have one leg in the CL group stages. If we succeed tomorrow, we have achieved the most important requirement for August.

Our initial fixtures are tough and could have gone better, there is no doubt about that. But teams have started the season poorly and gone on to have great successes.

Arsenal?? i can't remember us doing this #Sad though. . . .

i feel i should just keeping supporting sha. . . . . .

RuuDie:

There is real cause for concern oh ~ not until a UCL spot is not copped before the alarm bells go off!

Do we really have to wait until the damage is done ? The alarm and warning lights have been blaring and Wenger refused to heed it. Not qualifying for the UCL will be a disaster.

I see no reason why he's still in the market @ this time hustling for players when his counterparts finished their transfer business and settled their teams 3 months ago. I won't be surprised if he doesnt sign anyone else this summer (hope he proves me wrong).

Kay-Dee:

I see no reason why he's still in the market @ this time hustling for players when his counterparts finished their transfer business and settled their teams 3 months ago. I won't be surprised if he doesnt sign anyone else this summer (hope he proves me wrong).

That you don't see them doesnt mean they don't exist naa? search the infra-red and Ultraviolet spectrums, yu'll pick up some signals. 

Just for Laughs sha, Joey Barton is about to explode in Senderos' face. 

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The excuse about guaranteeing CL football before making transfer is utter rubbish

Ribery Klose and Lucatoni left guaranteed CL football for UEFA cup football in Bayern in 2008

Ronaldinho went to Barcelona when they did not qualify for the CL and he chose them over Man Utd who guaranteed CL football

So that excuse is rubbish

'Dear Lord, give us this day our yearly bread. As we punish those who trespass against us. Amen'

TEENHUUTTT!!!

At least if you guys dont qualify for the UCL, you have a better chance of winning the Europa

slimshay:

'Dear Lord, give us this day our yearly bread. As we punish those who trespass against us. Amen'

TEENHUUTTT!!!

Amin Ase

TEENNHUTTT!!!!

slimshay:

'Dear Lord, give us this day our yearly bread. As we punish those who trespass against us. Amen'

TEENHUUTTT!!!

debosky:

Amin Ase

TEENNHUTTT!!!!

Fasting and praying untop Arsenal . . .

Szczesny

sagna TV5 Djhorou Troare

Frimpong Song

Ramsey/Rozzi

Gervinho walcot

RvP

If it stays this way then we shall have a good game say 2 - 1 to our advantage. . .all i want is for us to score a goal because im quite ure Udinese will score a goal looking at how they played us at the Emiratti

anyways - COYG!!! in Arsene i solemnly Trust!!

chamotex:

Fasting and praying untop Arsenal . . .

At least it's better than hugging moderately wet transformers as the THAN* members choose to do.

*[b]T[/b]ransformer [b]H[/b]ugging [b]A[/b]ssociation of [b]N[/b]airaland

allboyz:

                  Szczesny

  sagna     TV5   Djhorou     Troare

         Frimpong     Song

             Ramsey/Rozzi

Gervinho                               walcot

                         RvP

If it stays this way then we shall have a good game say 2 - 1 to our advantage. . .all i want is for us to score a goal because im quite ure Udinese will score a goal looking at how they played us at the Emiratti

anyways - COYG!!! in Arsene i solemnly Trust!!

Looks like what Arsene will play barring injuries. I wish there's a way we can play RVP in a more withdrawn role. Il expect Gervinho and Walcott to make plenty movements in front of him like they've been doing.
I predict a draw or an outright win for Arsenal. I don't see Udinese winning this (unless ofcourse someone gets a red card again).