Unfortunately I’ve got a dinner to rush off to tonight, so I’m going to have to be extremely brief today. Sorry about that.
The Arsenal squad returned to training yesterday and there are plenty of photos of the boys on the official website. Obviously new signing Thomas Vermaelen stole the photographer’s eye more than most, although it was good to see the likes of Thomas Rosicky and Philipoe Senderos back again.
There’s been some contrasting news regarding Felipe Melo today. One source (Guardian) says that Arsene Wenger is still very interested in signing the Brazilian while another (Goal.com) says that he’s already signed for Juventus. Not quite sure what to say at this stage and I think we’ll have to wait for news to break on a more reliable source to confirm any transfer.
Finally today I want to give a massive shout-out to Arseblogger for publishing an amazing interview with Arsenal CEO Ivan Gazidis. It’s a brilliant read and above all a great indication of the power that blogs are starting to have amongst the news world. Great stuff.
And that’s it. Gotta run.
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MR Arsen find it if you want to win preumier must melo,maybe he fit DM and sec fabrigas to see remine in the club whats money we see trable a such pleyers every team we dont want sell pleyer how us.
ive been reading ur blog for afew weeks now since the transfer ‘season’ started & I just want to say that it is very refreashing to read the opinion of someone that has some brains… instead of having to read the usual pap & biast team related hate. sooooo thank u my friend, top blog, keep up the good work. up the Goons!.
Please guys let’s be realistic. Actually how worthwhile is this Melo guy? Too bad if he’s been signed up by Juve or any other club for that matter. Tomas Roscky is back, Cesc fabregas aint going nowhere and thankfully Eboue isnt for swaps or so I think. New signings or not I still believe in our small boys. Thing is they are all ready for the new season and Great!
who will the starting back 4 be this year?
melo looked very strong in the midfield when i watched him in confed cup
prof asene, if it was true that melo as finally signed for juve pls get us naldo or any exprience defencive milfelder who will play along side with song. pls prof i believe in you AND I WISH US HAPPY NEW SEASON AND SUCCESS WILL COME TO OUR WAY THIS SEASON AMEN. GUNNERS TILL I DIE
I don’t have anything to say, but arsene must do every possible things to sign melo.
Let Song mature……
Let Song mature……leave melo alone
please arsene wenger need to be fast in signing players and he should be ready to spend big money.with just one signing this season,he should be ready to go trophyless this coming season.pls sir stop this your tight hands in releasing money to sign playerssssss and you need to be improve your feminine mental faculty.
good news for all rosiky fans out there,i cant wait to him tapin the ball again BRAVO.
SONG IS THE ANSWER!!!
MATUIDI PLAYS THE SAME LIKE SONG BUT IS MORE AGGRESSIVE.
LET’S WAIT AND SEE…I WOULD LOVE EBOUE TO STAY BECAUSE HE IS VERSATILE.
RvP has now officially resigned for Arsenal on a long term contract. Go to http://www.arsenal.com for details.
Good news.
I can see our team being the same next season except probably Vermaelen swapping for Toure, in the starting line up. Will that change us into title winners? Or will it cause further disharmony behind the scenes?
Call me a pessimist, but I honestly don’t think we will make any more signings this summer.
Great news about Robin van Persie though – all hail the next Bergkamp!
yes the Melo info is very strange
4th place is not good enoguh anymore! top 3, and nomore being knocked out of FA and Carling early on, winning one of those two cups at the very least is necessary to keep players like arshavin and fabregas. anyone have a guess at next years formation/who is playing the positions?
goal.com have now said its not definite he is going to juve
yes i agree..song is outstanding last season…he’s the answer for melo..
don’t sell fab or arshavin…if u look in utube i rate arshavin even higher than kaka or ronaldo..his pace,quick feet,good with both foot,
@ Lucas Anthony – Thanks for the kind words mate. I can assure that if I post transfer news on the blog it’s because it’s either (1) legitimate or (2) I’m making fun of something that is ridiculous.
@ Dally – The RVP stuff is great news if unexpected. His loyalty to Arsenal over the years has been good.
Leave this fellow Melo man. If we can get any other CDM itis fair enough. I don’t think we are so desperate to sign him for more than 20 M. People just think is he better than Nasri who cost us 12 M or Arsha who cost us 16 M. So just leave him he is over priced. It is so good to se R7 in the field and Eduardo. Come on R7 we need u to be fit.
Great dat rosicky is back , if is true dat melo has signed for juve ,Arsene should get anoder player and keep d team together 4 d next season.
RvPs loyalty to the club “good” – Hmmmm
Well in 4 years he has played, I would guess, about 80 games
Every time he pulled on that old orange shirt off he went to the treatment table for another six months
And now he has a contract paying him £80k a week
So I reckon he has done what he should have done
Whether Melo signs with Arsenal or not, Wenger probably has two or three other DM’s he is interested in. The best part about Arsene (and the worst) is that no one really knows who he are trying to sign until he actually does. Up to that point it’s anyone’s “educated” guess. Whether the boys win a trophy or not next year I will still be 1000% behind them!!!! Go Gunners!
there must be something happening soon as rvp said he won’t sign untill he’s assured we will compete next year as it wasn’t for the money so just waiting for another wtf who signing like verminator or nasri to come along.
Has everyone seen the adebayor ‘owen style’ brochure being reported in the papers?
@ Filipino – I’m pretty sure that’s the one that Arseblogger knocked up as a joke. He’s really on fire at the moment that fellow. Have you actually read it? It’s a bit of a laugh.
In the words of Today’s Daily Telegraph Dan –
On Arseblog, they have compiled a dossier on the “definitely not lazy” 25-year-old.
According to said dossier, Adebayor is “much better than Marlon Harewood and Mido put together” and is one of the most “feared, dangerous and fertile strikers in Europe”.
And just for good measure, he is also described as a “tender and considerate lover” and his top speed is “145kph”.
With so many things going for him, all laid out in detail, Arsenal fans are confident the biggest clubs in Europe will come flocking to snap up the player
As of a moment ago, the Juventus web site did not say that they have signed Melo.
@ Spanish – Exactly, it’s really good. That boy is a genius (Arseblogger, not Ade!). It has made a few of the papers.
If melo hasn’t signed for Juve, we might have him. h/ev, in Uganda news is that we might have to see Eboue cross to the opposite direction. isn’t this tricky?
Paul, Soroti- Uganda.
This melo guy is startin to anoy me!!! Is it me or does it seem like this doesnt want to come to arsenal. He obviously knows that arsenal are interested in him and yet he signs a new contract, then he goes and says that he would love to play for juve when arsenal are also interested. Has he said he would love to play for arsenal yet? NO. To be honest i dont mind if we dnt aquire him, i like cana, no, i love cana and his aggressiveness. Yeah come on cana, come to arsenal, you know you want to!!!
Tomas Roscky, Cesc Fabregas, RVP, Theo, Arshav and Sami well if they do get the ball off them good luck to them we don’t need a DM lick your lips at those names and get ready for a great season!
I need some reaction to an idea that is stuck in my head. Any time an opponent has a defensively weak right side, Arsene could load up our left and continually punish them. Fabs and Nasri (he tracks back remarkably well) playing middle-left with Vela wide left. Arshavin playing underneath RVP or Eduardo (or Ade). If healthy, Rosicky could run his ass off on the right, knowing that around the 65th minute, Walcott will come on while we enjoy the look of despair on their defender’s face as he tries to keep up with our speedster. Lots of agile, quick little passing down the left with Walcott running onto through balls down the right. Class on the left and speed on the right. Am I losing my mind? Nasri and Vela always seem to have an amazing on-the-field chemistry. Add Arshavin and Eduardo and they’ll make many teams look quite foolish.
But then again, I may have lost it completely.
Formation-Advanced 4-4-2 with the support striker a bit to the right and the left midfielder allowed a free drifting role behind the centre forward. RVP and EDUARDO can alternate upfront, ARSHAVIN on the left, ROSICKY on the right, NASRI/SONG and FABREGAS completing the middle. The back is settled as whoever plays between CLICHY/GIBBS and GALLAS/SENDEROS or DJOUROU/VERMALIC and SAGNA/KOLO will give us Rock solidity at the back. Meaning we still need a stiffler in the defensive midfield-can we bring back flamini?
We still need a finisher(another EDUARDO) at the club, ADE wastes a lot of balls and BENTNER(lets give him one more year) is not just ready yet. Finally, pls WENGER lets start having spot kick specialists…..bring in people to train them, AMEN.
@ Charles – Formation-Advanced 4-4-2 with the support striker a bit to the right and the left midfielder allowed a free drifting role behind the centre forward. RVP and EDUARDO can alternate upfront, ARSHAVIN on the left, ROSICKY on the right, NASRI/SONG and FABREGAS completing the middle. The back is settled as whoever plays between CLICHY/GIBBS and GALLAS/SENDEROS or DJOUROU/VERMALIC and SAGNA/KOLO will give us Rock solidity at the back. Meaning we still need a stiffler in the defensive midfield-can we bring back flamini?
We still need a finisher(another EDUARDO) at the club, ADE wastes a lot of balls and BENTNER(lets give him one more year) is not just ready yet. Finally, pls WENGER lets start having spot kick specialists…..bring in people to train them, AMEN.
@ Medeski that would work but also did you see the on-the-field chemistry vela and dudu had in a couple of the games they played together but the one that caught my eye I think was when dudu came back and scored the double in the f.a. cup (can’t remember what team though)
@GunnerBoss
Thanks, I think that that sounds like a good idea, there are just so many players that are availible to start that the problem is putting the players in the places. I agree that it will be Eddy and Robby up top, while Ade is the substitute, I think that Wenger should sell Toure, or Clichy maybe, there are currently 10+ backs
Come on @Charles…sell Toure or Clichy? That’s really ****ing sensible, yeah. We conceded too many goals last season so let’s sell our best and most experienced defenders.
Seriously – we need one more player – a strong defensive midfielder. When he’s injured Song can sub for him. Other than that we’re looking pretty good now. But we really do need that one more player. What happens if Song gets injured? We’re Swiss cheese.
members or marneging isay buy one difder one mdfider one strake aclub must be strog thank you
@Charles – Winning the UEFA Champions League and the EPL means keeping all the best players at ur disposal. If they understand the benefits of rotation, they will be happy to play whenever called upon. I hope ur not forgetting the injuries……and lets face it, if we really wanna win them cups, then we need some of the more experienced players at the back in such a way that one man doesn’t play all those games and end up picking an injury toward the end of the campaign(ala Gallas).
Imagine the mix we could get for the carling cup….instead of fielding a bunch of young boys, we could finally afford some experienced luxury. The squad is rich with strength in depth, Rosicky is back, Eduardo, Bentner/Vela is maturing, Song just has to explode…this will be his season.
But, what if something happens to Eduardo or Rosicky….you see what I mean? We just go right back to where we were last season, THIS IS WHY I SAY please WENGER give us a clinical finisher(another EDUARDO) and A STIFFLER(a defensive minded creative midfielder). We need someone who can convert the slightest of chances because with ARSHAVIN, NASRI, FABREGAS and ROSICKY, we will be getting plenty of them.
So, we could have in defense; Gibbs, Senderous, Djourou and Kolo for F.A cup initial rounds and Carling cup even up to the semis.
Starting line for me would be Clichy, Gallas, Vermaelen and Sagna. They will be hearing from us soon.
Lets not forget that Barcelona had our once cherished Hleb in their squad just in case.
But we can count how many games he played in. They were Champs because they had strength in depth. The team was not afraid of any particular player getting any injuries, so they were confident.
We could be invincible this season if the defensive midfield compartment is bolstered with an experienced buy. The striking department reshufled with Ade(I dont believe in him at all) leaving and getting us another Finisher/Sniffer
alright, maybe not clichy, but i honestly think selling kolo wouldnt be a mistake, senderos is back, and vermeleen is here, i want vermeleen to start, and i also believe that sagna should start in EPL and UCL, he is strong and has been playing well for French National. do arsenal really need another striker? RvP, eduardo are great, and Ade can be if he is in the right mind set, remember his goal versus Villareal? plus walcott can play well, Vela was great in carling and FA, plus theres bendtner. however, i do like samuel eto’o, is there any chance he would come to arsenal, barca really do not want him. I know it is a slim chance at best
@Charles – I would really prefer KOLO to SILVESTRE, RVP and EDUARDO are injury prone….what if we loose them both? ADE needs to put his head down(dont see that happening) and BENTNER is not just ready yet. I would be hoping for DZEKO or CHAMAKH instead of ETO(i think he wants to stay at BARCA)
i believe our form in d 1st half of d season will b important in winning d title.we need a replacement 4 sagna and a purposeful attacker.
i am count myself whiteblood feeding SEPORTER
to the gunners if all players who are injured back we can defeat evry team even nasri&edwardosave but i wantto say 1 thingis arsenals always not defence even it aproaches ninty minet WHY but idont know howican express i love phabregass,arshavy bernalemrespectively and i am the suporter of the gunners throut my life even we cant gain any cap arsenal playing seems to me extend my life like god! thanks to venger nextto my god for him ! some times iam shake my brain if venger lost this club by any means foot ball becomes dynocer DISAPEAR.I ALWAYS THINK WHY ALL THE WORLD SUPPORT ONLY GUNNERS ? .