I think the fact that if we get Villa, Gervinho will be pushed further down the pecking order is why I'm most excited about this transfer.

Most fluid front line in the history of the universe :lol:

Would actually die if we got Villa.

Podolski-Villa-Walcott /jizz

Yep, hard to do anything well when you hardly get a chance, and getting a start here in there in a cup is not a 'chance'.

Just unfortunate that his arrival coincided with Robin actually staying fit :lol: That and the fact that because of his style of play it was always going to be difficult to integrate into the team without a decent consistent run like he got in the first 4 or so months at the start.

Never easy to do well when one of the best strikers in the world is keeping you out of the team every week.

News that will make a lot of people happy




Think he will do well there, suits his style more than we do. Feel a bit sorry for him, don't think he was ever as bad as made out to be. Hope he does well at West Ham.

Lots of talk about David Villa again.

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Normal service is resumed. New year, same rubbish.

My favourite moment of last year has to be our 5-2 nld win

Don't worry, I lost my interest in EPL this season.(unless Honda moves to)
Your definition of trolling would be minimum.

Edited by Viper 0: 1/1/2013 08:26:27 午前

Fucking do one Viper you cunt, torll the mancs thread or something.

He's either ignored them entirely or ignored them in favour of average players which are now our deadwood, many names pop up. Denilson, Bendtner, Diaby most recently who isn't average but may as well be with the amount of time we see him on the pitch.

Best moment for me is Henry's goal. Worst would be that game against Milan.

Arsenal is nothing without Wenger.
Kicking ball forward anyway is not professional football.

I wouldn't say he's ignored those positions. I mean over the years he's gone for numerous players in those positions, now he may not have got them in the end, but he most definitely did not 'ignore' what we need. The only one he didn't chase hard was a prolific striker because he felt he always had one in RvP.

We cannot take the performances out of the equation, there's still the second half of the season to go. I just pointed out that those statistics shouldn't be relied on when you consider some of the crazy results we've had and how we've gotten them in both seasons. You can't honestly think we have the second best attack in the league and the third best defence?

I think Arsene does have a track record of ignoring (or leaving it too late at least) key positions which need a signature. Look back over the years and you'll see dozens of complaints about how we need a new goalkeeper, a new defender, a new holding midfielder, a prolific striker in the absence of Henry. Perhaps it's more of an indictment on Arsenal's overall transfer strategy and process but admittedly there have been real signals of intent from the club to actually get the kitty out.

Best- Henry's goal v Leeds, goosebumps. I have a picture of his celebration on my office wall still. Sad that I can't say the day we lifted trophy X :cry:

Worst- RVP's message to the fans about ambition blah blah blah, the dragged out transfer saga and then selling to ManUre of all teams making them near unbeatable over a season (it seems atm).
What makes it more sickening is he is banging them in for fun and hasn't gotten injured either. Could really have been the difference for us finally challenging again given our current record. A few of those draws converted to wins and who knows :-k

Anyway, it's a new year, time for renewed optimism only to be let down against :lol:

:lol: Yeah the worst is hard to pick because all the really bad moments make you feel equally as shit as the others and so the worst one is really hard to pinpoint, whereas the best are much easier.

Main reason I picked the Milan tie is because unlike most of our other bad periods this one had the extra kick in the balls of the 2nd leg where you thought just maybe we could do it. As has been said a lot about this team :lol: It's the hope that kills you. I think that would've hurt for Arsene a lot, if not the most because he couldn't get the last laugh on everyone else for saying he was crazy for saying we could come back from 4-0 down.

The best was basically the whole of the back-end of last season. So many memorable victories. Thierry scoring the winner in the Sunderland game, the Spurs game, coming from behind to beat Newcastle and Liverpool right at the death, beating City and thinking we'd killed off their title hopes and of course the final day at West Brom. It was most enjoyment I'd got out of watching the Arsenal in a long time and it was all I could ever want to see from Arsenal, it didn't matter that this side was a shadow of our former self, the players were still giving it their all and never giving up as demonstrated in all those come-from-behind victories. The fans knew it too and were getting right behind the team creating a great atmosphere at the Emirates. That's all I could ever ask for from my team, to give it the all.

The worst? Not sure, we've been through plenty of bad periods throughout the year.

Best thing for me has to be Jack's recovery. It got to the stage that nobody knew when he was going to come back, if he would have dropped in ability, and if he would recover at all. When he got through QPR unscathed I think we all knew he was going to be alright. This kid is our future, and will be up there with Arsne, Titi, Adams and co as a legend of Arsenal football club.

A close second has to be the first 5-2 against spurs, really shut those spuds up. Titi against leeds is up there aswell.

Worst, for me, was the departure of RVP. For some reason, it just felt so different to the likes of Cesc, Nasri, Song etc as I genuinely felt that he loved the club and wanted to repay us ( the same as Cesc, who I hold no grudges on) but then he went and signed for Man U,and to top it off, has maintained his injury free form of last season.

Some honorable mentions for best moment are Rosicky's first goal in an age in the derby. That final game of the season against WBA, from Yossi's final contribution in a season where no one thought he would give us anything, Gibbo's ridiculous last minute challenge to practically give us the win and of course Marton Fulop's complete implosion myriad of suicidal errors :lol:. The string of late wins we put together at the end of the season against Sunderland, Liverpool, Newcastle and City.

Thought since it's the end of another year I'd ask everyone their favourite Arsenal memories of 2012. Lets make it just a best and worst.

For me the best memory well I couldn't split the, the first 5-2 against Sp*rs and Titi's comeback against Leeds. All the 'mind the gap' bullshit in the lead up to the derby and how this would be the real proof of a power shift. And as if that wasn't enough to go down 0-2 and come back like that. Then Titi's comeback, just seeing him come on was something else, but to have him come on and score the winner in his usual classy style and his celebration were better than I could've ever imagined. And who'd have thought he'd play a big part in getting us to 3rd


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Worst I think has to be the Champions League tie against Milan, just that horrible sinking feeling as we go down 0-4 when you know it's all over. The 2nd leg saved it a little bit, but also in a sense made it feel worse knowing we're so close and if we'd just conceded one less goal or Van Persie had decided to just slot it into the corner instead of trying the cute chip over the keeper we could've pulled it off.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 31/12/2012 12:14:49 PM

Well that and his assist for Theo's 2nd. Wasn't a great night for Gibbo :lol:

The most pleasing thing about that whole goal was not the ridiculous run or the great finish, bit the way even after he was fouled he didn't go down and appeal he saw the ball was still up for grabs and got straight back up, scoring his hat-trick was the only thing on his mind. If you ever needed any proof for whether Theo has what it takes to play upfront that moment right there is it.

Speaking of Theo upfront, am I the only one who would salivate at the chance to see Theo and Giroud upfront. They would cause some insane problems for defenses.

Look, I'm not saying it's all rosy, far from it and we are nowhere near where we want to and ought to be. All I'm saying is that it's not THAT bad really. I mean, put the performances out of the equation for a minute, if I told you that after selling Van Persie and after 19 games we'd have scored more goals than last season at the same stage and would have the 2nd best attack and 3rd best defence in the league you'd be pretty happy with that.


I don't think this result will dictate our spending, as much as some people like to act as if he's stupid and doesn't know what this team needs, Arsene knows what we need, and he will be going out for it. He won't just be buying for the sack of buying, it's January, he's not going to be buying someone unless they can come in and do a job in the PL right away, that's why we're so interested in Ba, and I dare say his performance last night would've piqued Arsene's interest if it hadn't already been.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 30/12/2012 04:56:31 PM

Best thing Gibbs did all game.

Apart from nearly two months of awful performances? This is the first game we've won on merit for a while and defensively we were still poor. The "we scored more goals" stat is a little daft considering we just scored seven and the conceded stat is also silly considering we conceded eight in one game last year. Don't forget last season's awful start and the transfers which appeared to plug our bad form. Even if we are marginally worse then last season- last season wasn't good enough for Arsenal and we only snapped a champions league spot thanks to Ben Foster.

I'm enjoying this win as much as the next gooner but this is still our worst league start for a very long time and transfers still have to be made.

I'm somewhat fearful that the euphoria surrounding this win will dictate our spending (or lack of it) in January.

"The Theo"

It's interesting when you compare where we were after 19 games last season compared to this season.

We are 3 points worse off(33 this year to 36 last year), but we've scored more goals, conceded less(21 to 26), lost less games (4 this season to 5 last) and a better GD (18 compared to 9 last season)

So really, not all that bad going into the new year. Only United have scored more goals than us and only Chelsea, Stoke and City have conceded less.