The Official Arsenal - 14 x FA Cup winners thread - Vol 4

The Official Arsenal - 14 x FA Cup winners thread - Vol 4

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GloverMart

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11,773 posts

214 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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RacingPete

8,845 posts

203 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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New thread, new season... When does it start? wink

Blib

43,791 posts

196 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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IBTL.




Wadeski

8,132 posts

212 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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Blib said:
IBTL.
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Allyc85

7,225 posts

185 months

Sunday 16th August 2015
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Great cross by Ozil, brilliant finish by Giroud! We need to take a few more of all these chances we are creating though!

stu1984

810 posts

179 months

Sunday 16th August 2015
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How on earth is this game 1-1 at half time? We should be at least 2 goals clear. We must convert these chances we keep creating!!

Cupramax

10,469 posts

251 months

Sunday 16th August 2015
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A win but not looking remotely convincing at the moment, Coqeauvin mightly lucky to not be sent off and a bit of luck for the second goal. Poor finishing and decision making in the final half of the pitch again.

Cheib

23,110 posts

174 months

Sunday 16th August 2015
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Three points at one of the harder places to go judging by how Palace did second half of last season. Haven't see any of it except Kozzer's pathetic attempt at a block for their goal....repeat of last week. He needs to be dropped to make him think twice about whether his bks or conceeding a goal are more important.

stu1984

810 posts

179 months

Sunday 16th August 2015
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Cupramax said:
A win but not looking remotely convincing at the moment, Coqeauvin mightly lucky to not be sent off and a bit of luck for the second goal. Poor finishing and decision making in the final half of the pitch again.
The Coquelin incident just proves what I have said before on this forum, if he is injured or gets a ban we are fooked. I am shocked that Wenger has not signed anyone to cover this KEY position on the pitch!! He clearly had no confidence to bring Arteta on as a straight swap straight away (although he did eventually make it onto the pitch) and instead we had Cazorla and Ramsey as our ball winning, combative central midfielders!! Whilst Cazorla has proven quite adept in playing slightly deeper last season we can't rely on that central pairing to compete against the bigger teams and if we have aspirations of becoming champions then this needs to be addressed PDQ!!

scrubchub

1,844 posts

139 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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Apparently Cavani is "going to sign within the next few days" now. Must have got bored of Benzema.

How do journalisits get paid for this st?

RacingPete

8,845 posts

203 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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stu1984 said:
The Coquelin incident just proves what I have said before on this forum, if he is injured or gets a ban we are fooked. I am shocked that Wenger has not signed anyone to cover this KEY position on the pitch!! He clearly had no confidence to bring Arteta on as a straight swap straight away (although he did eventually make it onto the pitch) and instead we had Cazorla and Ramsey as our ball winning, combative central midfielders!! Whilst Cazorla has proven quite adept in playing slightly deeper last season we can't rely on that central pairing to compete against the bigger teams and if we have aspirations of becoming champions then this needs to be addressed PDQ!!
Completely agree... stuff trying to sign a world class striker - concentrate on getting someone who can control the pace of the game from midfield and can break up play.

Cheib

23,110 posts

174 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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scrubchub said:
Apparently Cavani is "going to sign within the next few days" now. Must have got bored of Benzema.

How do journalisits get paid for this st?
There;s a "football agent" on Twitter who is 100% adamant that Benzema is a done deal and will be announced last week of the window. He's been taking bets with people who say he's wrong (whatever that is worth on a Twitter account). He also reckons we've bid for Goetze as a long term replacement for Santi and that we're going to sign one of Busquets, Carvalho, Rabiot and Krychowiak (he'd be in January as he's injured).

If any of that is true it would be pretty fking amazing.

greengreenwood7

704 posts

190 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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I know there's only so many top top players around, but it beats the hell out of me as to why IF any of these supposed deals come off, they come so late. Potentially by the time a new striker or defensive midfielder arrive we could have blown our chances of winning the PL...as before they can hit the ground and be effective we'll be what 5-6 games in to the season?

jammy_basturd

29,776 posts

211 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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A whole 10-15% of the season?!!

Cheib

23,110 posts

174 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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I don't think there's a manager that likes it this way....unfortunately it's all about column inches, webiste hits and media blah blah blah.

RacingPete

8,845 posts

203 months

Thursday 20th August 2015
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Cheib said:
I don't think there's a manager that likes it this way....unfortunately it's all about column inches, webiste hits and media blah blah blah.
It is also like buying a house and being in a long chain, there are often dependent deals off the back of the first buyer in the chain, and thus getting them all lined up takes time and commitment - an impending deadline helps focus those deals to be completed.

Mafffew

2,149 posts

110 months

Friday 21st August 2015
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The Benzema rumour rears it's head every single window. It's more likely now than it ever was due to the changes at RM. But I still don't think it will happen. Benzema, while not one of the biggest stars at RM has a key part to play in their attacking line up. This isn't like the Ozil transfer, unless RM have a replacement lined up Benzema won't go.

Glassman

22,501 posts

214 months

Sunday 23rd August 2015
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Bender, Benzema and Cavani are the names being reported/suggested by the media.

Wanyama for an outside punt?

stu1984

810 posts

179 months

Sunday 23rd August 2015
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No Benzema in the Real squad for their game at Sporting Gijon this evening......probably nothing....

Mafffew

2,149 posts

110 months

Monday 24th August 2015
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Wanyama would be my preference, huge fella, proper midfield destroyer. Plus it would annoy Spurs a bit wink
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