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presido1:
Arsenal transfer window is closed already. Unless somebody want to leave otherwise nobody is coming in again.

Naah, wait and see who and who will complete this team

presido1:
@HNIC
How far you? Where will u guys finish the season? I saw that lil Blackpool boy predict your next result. The boi might be English version of octopus and his prediction did not go arsenal way. Fingers crossed it will come to pass.

My guy, I dey ooh.
I will only make predictions when the transfer window closes
Blackpool
We are not Wigan.
Blackpool will have their first baptism of fire.

yousouph:
@Dudu. Put your bet on it, we are not winning the league even if we sign a defender n goalkeeper. Not with this team.

Are you a soothsayer?
It's shocking to say this after only one match and with the transfer window still open for about 2 weeks.
So which team do you want?
Sell Rozzi, fab4,RVP, Theo,Koc,TV5 and. . . . .
get CR9,Rooney,Drogba,Kaka, Messi,Sneider,Forlan and Ozil.
That can only happen in a fantasy league competition, not in real life

I think some of us Gooners have to calm down
I have said earlier that even if we sign Casilias and Puyol, there is no guarantee that we may win anything.
All the journalist/pundit in Britain are now saying we will only win the league if we sign a goalie and a Centre back
I guess,
so that when we win, they will say:
'Yeah, I told you so in August'
Trying to be smart by not saying 'We won't win anything'
Check out Andy Gray screaming after Ngog scored, saying' 'A top Premier league goalie shouldn't be conceding such'
Now what was said after Pepe Reina's goof
'It's not usual of him making that kinda mistake'.
I hear him
I predicted a 1-1 draw earlier.
Game is done and dusted
It's just the 1st game of the season.
37 more to play!

Myself2:
With Arsene,nothing is certain.Is he gonna buy a keeper and make him number 2?or didn't he say whoever kept against Liverpool would be our number 1 this season?Almunia number 1

@Myself2
All AW said was that whoever kept against 'pool is his number 1(for now)
and he said that because of the multitude of questions coming from journos as regards the Goalie situation.
The Press has made everyone believe that Arsenal just need to sign a Goalie(even Gordon Banks) and we'll win the league

[quote author=kay_pumpin link=topic=439183.msg6578879#msg6578879 date=1281908808]And if you call what Almunia did "super saves",Hart must be a celestial being then.[/quote]@Kay
Must have watched Al's saves more than a dozen times.
Go and watch the save from Johnson and Stevie G again.
They were world class, comparable to Hart's.
If they were made by Cech or VDS, those silly-ass commentators won't stop dishing out praises

I am not pressing any alarm buttons yet.
Except Arshavin who had an off day,
everyone did well.
If you blame Almunia for the goal, how about his super saves earlier.
Playing 10 vs 11 can be very difficult at times, moreso if you go down 0-1 to a team down to 10  men
'Pool parked the bus!
and players like Agger,Skrtel,Masch and carra played like it was the world cup final.
If they played like that last season,'Pool would have been in the CL this term
We play another pool next.Blackpool
We can only improve.
Hopefully, the CB and the Goalie should arrive before the next game.

What a display from Ten man liverpool?
Great stuff

Mobinga:
REINA IS THE BIGGEST slowpoke IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL! WHAT AN IMBE.CILE

what are u saying?
Did u see his save from Rozzi?

follypimpi:
Kosoro injured.Same way Shawcross is not that kind of player.

Same way Taylor wasn't that kinda player.(guy has literally ended Dudu's career)
This is just the 1st game!!!
Just 45 minutes and LK6 has copped a needless injury!

duduspace:
@HNIC

Trust the English pundits, they've already started giving him his excuses.

I know
Once it's their own, they say nonsense.
We can't afford any more long term injuries.
Just heard  he was holding his head as he was going into the tunnel.

I hope LK6 is alright.
Dude has been an inspiration all round
But is JC mad?
Why go for a tackle like that with few minutes left?

If only Brom can be more adventurous. . . . .

proudly9ja:
15 Sun Add to Calendar Barclays Premier League A Liverpool
21 Sat Add to Calendar Barclays Premier League H Blackpool
28 Sat Add to Calendar Barclays Premier League A Blackburn Rovers

Those are the games we will probably play before a new signing(s) come in. I think I can be confident about doing well in those games (win all) with the team we have now.

A draw at anfield and winning the rest won't be too difficult.
Don't worry about Blackeye rovers,Remember Silvestre is gone
You guys should give AW props for not signing him on another one year deal

proudly9ja:
lol, Wenger says 'I believe we have goalkeepers who have quality and class, ' lol

I don't know which one is funnier
Fabianski saying he wants/deserves to be number 1

follypimpi:

Thank you jare.Who goes into a new season losing Gallas + Senderos + Sylv 3 CB's who are EPL experienced bearing in mind we have FA CUP,UEFA,Carling Cup with just 2 CB's,Djourou can't stay fit thats a FACT.

Bros,
Delete Senderos from that list.
He has hardly kicked a ball for Arsenal in 2-3 years and he's out for 6 months with a hamstring
Am sure, if he hadn't been sold, you would have also listed him as a perpetually injured soul

Dr Kitaun:
[@HNIC

U seem to be towing Debosky's line by saying Almunia would be a good 2nd keeper . . , no ?

if so please remember to give him due credits by adding "like Debosky posited . . .''    

and then again . . .

we see the bad things these days, just like when we see the good things AW achieves we will gloat . . .the reason why we are even being taken any seriously was cos we did some good things in the past . . .no ?

Trophies man . . .trophies !!!  

@Kit
I dare you to name any goalie that is 2nd choice in the EPL that isn't at par with Almunia(apart from Hart/Given)
Almunia was brought in as a 2nd goalie, which meant he was not supposed to be  1st choice.
The mistake AW made was not getting a good 1st choice goalie when Jens lost his postion to him in the 07/08 season.
That should have been a priority when that season ended.
I am not sure we have ever been faced with such Goalie crisis at Arsenal.
If you asked me today to still pick a number 1 for Arsenal,I will rather Almunia than all the others.
Not sensible to bring in a new goalie and let Almunia go,if the new goalie gets injured,Fabianski again
no way. . . .
A striker can let my B.P rise (I will just look away when he's about to shoot)
But I can't be watching a back pass to a Goalie and be shaking!

jalether:
We should offload him to the arsenal to complement the list of duds at the club as wenger seems to have a thing for mediocre goalies

that may just fulfill his fantasies , don't you think

on a serious note: I still have some confidence in the lad to produce the goods in Cech's absence, he is experienced and has risen to the most

difficult challenges in the past. I will attribute his woeful performance in recent times to drop in form which all goalies and players are subjected to.

I don't even think he has been that woeful in recent times.
The tabloids and bloggers just delight in writing rubbish about him.
First of all, he has a 'whack' name for a Goalie
Apart from that he's been an alright 2nd goalie.
It's plain daft to be comparing him with Cech.
(Cech is arguably the best Goalie in the world)
He's done a good job everytime he 's been called on.

tkb417:
And to your predo? If that happens, ill become a Reverend Father

Be careful what you say.
This page has been bookmarked

tkb417:
And Hernandez scores again against Spain

The boi won't stop scoring
My money is on him to score[b] tmr[/b]
So guys, what's the predo for[b] tmr[/b]?

UTD 4 Newcastle 1
Berba, Valencia, Rooney and Hernandez

Bros,
You are playing on Monday.
and my predo
UTD 0 Newcastle 3
Caroll, Campbell(2)

follypimpi:

Cos thats what he really his.

Did u rememba last season against Bham,when Alumnia pushed the ball into his own net,we were not far away from toppin the table.Also rememba against west ham when manone punched the ball into the path of C.Cole and the goal gave em the boost,those 2 games with a quality goalie we would have been sitting comfortably @ the top of the league,yet he's still hasnt signed a Goalie and dudu will come here typing a whole booklet on how Sylv's a very good signing.Am so pissed off right now,glad i didnt phone in on ATV.

@Folly,
Lemme play the Devil's advocate here.
Against Birminham, Almunia pushed the ball into his own net, but try and remember earlier in the season against West Ham at the Emirates.
We were leading 1-0, when TV5 was sent off and a penalty awarded.
Almunia saved a beautifully taken penalty by Diamanti
That coulda been the turning point of that game.
Also, go back and watch the first leg match against Barca at the Emirates.
It must have been his best performance in the Jersey.
It could have been 4-0 to barca within 13-15 minutes.
How about Manone?
Before his disaster showing at Upton Park,
I saw young Vito single handedly win Arsenal a game against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
We ran away with a lone goal scored by RVP, but really we didnt even play well enough to leave with a draw.
The Goalie's we have(except fabianski ), have actually won us points also.
But maybe u need your Number 1 to be consistent throughout the sesaon.

IMO,we STILL NEED a new goalie,and then make Almunia number 2.
Loan out Fabianski and Keep Manone as 3rd choice.
When the window closes, I will air my opinion on our chances this season.

jalether:
To be fair on Hilario, he has covered well for Cech in competitive games over the years. notably against Barcelona, Liverpool and scummmies

Perhaps age is catching up with him.

He's just 34 !!!!

dipo2much:
when u c the other contenders signin players again n agin,u bgin to ask urself "why should arsenal win anytin" ? i tire. manure don sign another pro

Ha ha ha
I bet you ain't talking about Bebe
Oya, Wenger, please, sign Bubu.
Bubu is spanish with long hair
He's a 20 year old playing for Sporting Gijon.
He just broke into the first time last season and has been dubbed 'the new Puyol'.
Arsene Wenger: sign him up and we are guaranteed silverware this season

Happy Birthday DK
If there was any award for the most hilarious posts, it has to go to you!
True 'Great Ife' soldier!
Have a good one!

duduspace:
Your reasons were not football or performance related but sentimental, I'm sure some people also belly ached when we bought Big Sol from Tottenham or when we swapped Gallas for Cashley (though that must have been tempered by his prior tapping up behaviour though).

Naah
Big Sol was gonna walk straight into our team.
Gallas was gonna walk straight into our first 11
Silvestre was just gonna be an 'extra tyre'.
No way he coulda displaced Kolo or Gallas
Would have felt better if it was Ferdinand or Vidic
Not someone who was on his way to Citeh or was it Sunderland and then jumped at the offer to come to London.

Truth be Told
When a scummie friend of mine sent a text that we just signed Silvestre, i thought,his P.A had access to his phone and was playing pranks on 'oga's' friends.
I logged on to arsenal.com and there he was smiling with an Arsenal jersey
A scummie in an Arsenal Jersey
I woke up the next day and checked and the story was still there
That was when I believed.

Eastbay:
DK,
Leave the charlattan.1 out of 24 trophies.I don't know what else could be termed trophiless.
The point of his argument is that Arsenal has won a trophy since NL was created,instead of dwelling on their miserable record.
The guy is always asking people if football started 5 years ago as his answer to those asking for trophilessness.
Portsmouth and Spurs have won titles in between that period.Most Arsenal fans on NL have not encountered the feeling of winning anything.I'm sure he's one of them

Who was arguing with you?
You posted that'Arsenal has not won a trophy since NL started'
and I am proving to you that YOU LIED.
Obviously, if you had done your research well, you would have known that Arsenal had won a trophy since NL started.
I will ask you if football started 5 years ago, because it's a tad silly to assess a club based on just 5 years.
DK can't help u in this monumental goof
Stop looking for his help
Admit it and move on

Eastbay:

DK,
At least we all have fun talking to you.
Nobody wants to talk to this HNIC or whatever he chooses to call himself.He isn't smart enough to notice that,so he comes here blabbing as usual.
1 trophy in the last 5 years isn't trophilessness abi?

One word= OLODO
Why are u trying to find a way round it?
It's making u look sillier

Eastbay:
Than kyou,know-it-all jackass.
Now can you go to your trophiless thread and moan over there?

It ain't about knowing it all.
It's about being factual

Eastbay:
Please carry your trophilessness to your trophiless thread,abeg,fake admin

Admit your mistake for once!
You goofed(as usual)
Fact:Arsenal has won a trophy since NL inception.
It negates the gibberish you spewed earlier misinforming first timers in this sports section.

Eastbay:
And one trophy in 5 years is what?

and for your likes, football or the English league started 5 years agoabi?

Eastbay:
fake admin

What was implied in my post that I am an administrator
I only recommended for falsehood posters to be Banned

Eastbay:
^^^^^
Now I'm confused.I thought TB Joshua said Arsenal would win the EPL last season.
The only way for Arsenal to win the title is to crash NL servers,cus since the inception of NL,they have been trophiless.

The highlighted has been corrected millions of times.
Arsenal has won a trophy since NL's inception.
Arsenal won the 2005 FA trophy and NL started months earlier.
Now, the next time this mistake/misinformation is talked about, the poster will have to be[b] BANNED[/b]

slimshay:
The defenders are not the problem, the problem is our defensive style. Do we press the ball, do we defend deep, we have not even perfected the defensive highline we have adopted. We are totally sacrificing defense for an all out attack play. Hence our players are becoming less and less defense minded.

@Slim
I had this arguement with some guys over the weekend.
We will continue to suffer because of this highline that we play.
If you play like that, you've got to have enough mobile midfielders to cover up.
Watch when we are being 'countered', it's only the defenders sprinting back to cover.
All others are simply jogging back.
In short, IMO, until we get players that will be disciplined enough to play this style, we are wasting time.
Once again, we will get away with it this term, playing against Blackpool,West Brom,Bolton and co
But what happens against the Chelsea,Manures and Barcas of this world?
Put Buffon and Cech together in goal and we'll still concede basketful of goals,if somethin' is not done about the defence.
P.S:Can't we just get Tony Adams or Keown to come and coach us defensively?

coded guy:
That he can make it 6 trophyless season

Get outta here and go back to Summer school
Do you see any of your mates here?

cold:
This game is so boriiing,i have had to catch myself frm dozing off several tyms.If this is the shape of things to come,then i dare say the EPL has lost its flavour

True talk
To believe I cancelled an appointment for this !