We'll see how excited those players are if RvP is out injured for months at a time, which lets face it is a good chance of happening, and is still picking up 200k a week.

If these rumours of Barca bidding 20m for Song are true, I'd take it in a heartbeat.

ill take that too, wtf i thought song loved it at arsenal, oh well coq can and will step up if needed but hopefully we buy a replacement ie m'vila

So Wenger coming out and saying "I had no choice" is an indication that he's sold him at the right time? How many big players left during our heyday? Overmars, Reyes, Van Bronkhaust? Good players, not the heart of our club. RVP, Nasri, Cesc... these guys are the spine of our team. Viera marked the end of an era.

Edited by KenGooner_GCU: 18/8/2012 09:26:10 PM

I read 250k a week somewhere today?

line up tweeted a while back...

Yep,

Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Diaby, Arteta, Cazorla, Walcott, Gervinho, Podolski.

Mannone, Djourou, Coquelin, Santos, Ramsey, Arshavin, Giroud.

Gonna be awesome to see how Podolski and Cazorla go in the starting lineup. Very exciting!

Song left out...

Apparently took a 'knock' in training.

Will be gone by Monday apparently.

AFCAMDEN says he's gone, so it may as well be official

No song at all is very telling. Adds alot of weight to those rumours.

Not thrilled with Jenkinson starting after some of his pre-season showings.

Very interesting to see Podolski starting up top.

Didnt take long...

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsenal-agree-terms-with-barcelona-for-song

Arsenal Football Club can confirm that terms have been agreed for the transfer of Alex Song to Barcelona.

Song will now travel to the Catalan club to agree personal terms and undergo a medical ahead of the proposed move.

read that on fb . i wonder what the fee was , I hope we spend the rvp and song money , we need to strengthen not destroy . I hope to hell kronke and grazdis is happy . we are a football club we need to spend money

Barcelona confirm they've agreed a deal to sign Alex Song from Arsenal. £15m fee, rumoured to rise to 18m with add-ons on a 5 year deal with 80m Euro Buyout clause plus huge sign on bonus for song and agent.

Wenger's laying down the law, he was furious that Song was looking at other options and he was offloaded quickly, if you think you're top shit and dont want to be at Arsenal fine, fuck off elsewhere...

Looks like we may be hijacking the hijackers with Nuri Sahin... \:d/

Edited by Hinderz: 19/8/2012 02:21:54 AM

song and his agent are scum . i feel for wenger i really do no manager would like to work for us as our transfer kitty is usually nada .or under 20 mil . we raise a lot on sales but on buys we hardly go over 15 mil

Just come home and see the Song news and am really Meh about it. Completely replaceable.

Replacebale yes. But before the rumours of him leaving he was more important than RVP for you guys, then the talk of him leaving and suddenly he isn't that big of a loss?

Must be killing Arsenal fans inside.

I wouldn't get too attached to any Arsenal players this season, they look like just hurting the fans again. My money is on Vermaelen or Walcott next summer.

And not taking the piss but watched a fair bit of the Arsenal match last night. Could have done with a certain player.

Of course, there's no way Van Persie would have missed Giroud's chance when he was put through by Cazorla.

Like he magically saved us in the opening game of last season?

like how torres was replaceable . I love it how when pool fans were doing the same thing us gooners are doing now . rvp went to a rival . fuck why should we be happy.


Edited by mvfcarsenal16.8: 19/8/2012 11:48:40 AM

Not in the first match but time and time again he did save you. Arsenal played well but never really looked dangerous once the ball came into the box.

us gooners will plod along . man u fans should focus on citeh fans and chelski fans then pity us

We want you guys to improve. We loved our matches, they are not the same now, we want those days back.

:lol: Anyone who thought Song was irreplaceable or that he was more important than RvP was needs their head checked. Sure he's a good midfielder, but there are more where he came from. He's no one of a kind midfielder like Cesc was. Song's not even close to our best midfielder ffs.

Song has never once been irreplaceable. And as for RvP, the days when he was replaceable were when it looked like we would never get a full season out of him. I wouldn't blame any clubs fans for thinking the same thing.

:lol: On 2nd thought I may have so I think I need to get my head checked. But I think it was when RvP's statement first came out, in which case I'll chalk it up to my anger with RvP, because Song is most certainly not irreplaceable and was most definitely not more important than Robin. Also, Song became much more replaceable once the rumours about him and his agent came out.

Tbh when that RvP statement came out I would've said just about any player was more important than him :lol:

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 19/8/2012 02:02:15 PM

As far as I'm concerned with Song, if Arsene wants rid of him then that's good enough for me. Also means this summer we've got rid of the last 2 players with any link to Darren Dein which, considering what's happened in the last few years, can only be a good thing.

Alex Song is a good footballer. Want to know why? Barcelona want him for a start. The fact is, will we find someone as good as Song for 15 million? Doubt it. When the season gets into swing we'll need a real destroyer like him.

The match... urgh it was dull.
Theo Walcott doing his bumper car impressions. Watching Gervinho is like watching a FIFA game with the L1 button glued down. Poldi constantly crowded out. Giroud missing a sitter...

Biggest highlight was Santi who was class when he got the ball; I'm changing my tune with this guy what a cracking player. The fact is, this man was the only player who could make things happen for Arsenal.

We really missed that RVP factor, someone to come out and score goals out of nothing. Someone who can really make things happen. Imagine him and Santi combining... What could have been?

On the plus side, I thought we were solid defensively (for what little work we had to do). Arteta/Diaby actually worked really well and I was particularly impressed with Diaby after such a long time out. Carl Jenkinson had a great game in my opinion and got a few decent crosses in that forced the opposition to think.
My MotM would probably be Arteta.

Edited by KenGooner_GCU: 19/8/2012 02:54:11 PM