Arsenal Thread 2013/14

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Thats some lazy reporting. If Benzema leaves Real than they are left with just Morata. So there's no way Benzema is leaving Real.

Di Maria doesn't seem so far fetched though. If, as is expected, Bale joins Real then Di Maria's opportunities would be greatly affected, he's already competing with Isco, Ozil, Modric, Illarramendi, Kaka, Alonso and Khedira for space in the midfield, throw Bale into the mix too and there will be very little chance of getting games. Di Maria would be a very good signing for Arsenal.

Di Maria makes sense but Benzema makes zero sense, unless Real basically plan to play with no strikers.

Ronaldo's going to play up front.<br /><br />-- Aug 22nd, '13, 18:40 --<br /><br />

Thats some lazy reporting. If Benzema leaves Real than they are left with just Morata. So there's no way Benzema is leaving Real.

Di Maria doesn't seem so far fetched though. If, as is expected, Bale joins Real then Di Maria's opportunities would be greatly affected, he's already competing with Isco, Ozil, Modric, Illarramendi, Kaka, Alonso and Khedira for space in the midfield, throw Bale into the mix too and there will be very little chance of getting games. Di Maria would be a very good signing for Arsenal.

Di Maria makes sense but Benzema makes zero sense, unless Real basically plan to play with no strikers.

Ronaldo's going to play up front.

 

[leighton]

BBC now reporting that Mathieu Flamini might be re signed for Arsenal on a free transfer. Dogged with injuries recently but its a no risk signing. Shocked he is only 29 thought he was 30 odd. They need a holding midfielder badly and Flamini would be a decent stop gap if he is fit enough for them and could add a bit more steel to there team. Providing he stays fit.

 

[THFC6061]

BBC now reporting that Mathieu Flamini might be re signed for Arsenal on a free transfer. Dogged with injuries recently but its a no risk signing. Shocked he is only 29 thought he was 30 odd. They need a holding midfielder badly and Flamini would be a decent stop gap if he is fit enough for them and could add a bit more steel to there team. Providing he stays fit.

Not exactly true.

Flamini is free but Arsenal will have to pay £3,500,000 for his nose wart.

 

[TonyM]

Thats some lazy reporting. If Benzema leaves Real than they are left with just Morata. So there's no way Benzema is leaving Real.

Di Maria doesn't seem so far fetched though. If, as is expected, Bale joins Real then Di Maria's opportunities would be greatly affected, he's already competing with Isco, Ozil, Modric, Illarramendi, Kaka, Alonso and Khedira for space in the midfield, throw Bale into the mix too and there will be very little chance of getting games. Di Maria would be a very good signing for Arsenal.

Di Maria makes sense but Benzema makes zero sense, unless Real basically plan to play with no strikers.

Bale, Suarez and Ronaldo leaves little room for Benzema. I could see him going to Arsenal but would Chelsea be a better it? Arsenal should go and sign NDJ for big bucks. That one signing would ensure 4th IMO.

 

[Pellegrini59]

 

[samharris]

Feberbache were so bad that Newcastle would have beat them.

Oh thats low!! fuckin' funny...but low ;)

 

[Stoned Rose]

I had the pleasure of spending 2 days at work on training with an actual proper 'Londoner' Arsenal fan this week.


I have never ever had a conversation with such a deluded 'football fan' in my life. Reckons they'll be top 2 this season and our signings wouldn't get in their side. Also reckoned we've spent £150m this summer. This guy was in his 60s so wasn't a naive young kid or owt.

Proper wanker.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Holy fucking shit.

 

[jlc09]

Good performance yesterday, destroyed Fulham in some tough conditions.

The Villa performance was shambolic from us and the referee but we're finally up and running now. Finish the Fenerbahce job in midweek before a home game against the Spuds which is usually a good day for us. I expect us to turn them over and we'll be level on pts with them(assuming they beat Swansea).

 

[Damocles]

Holy fucking shit.

The low budget remake of The Fly comes to North London

 

[shadowyu]

I have a feeling that Arsenal will be a top 2 team this year... No significant changes from last year, lots of talent and players who seem to be both motivated and happy.

 

[Rhineland]

Holy fucking shit.

The low budget remake of The Fly comes to North London

True Arsenal Legend

I doubt there will be any City fan who can match the number of games he went to following his team.

Met him when Arsenal played in Germany a couple of years ago and again last lear when we played at Schalke.

 

[stony]

Holy fucking shit.

The low budget remake of The Fly comes to North London

True Arsenal Legend

I doubt there will be any City fan who can match the number of games he went to following his team.

Met him when Arsenal played in Germany a couple of years ago and again last lear when we played at Schalke.

Legend my arse. Tell him to come back when he's chartered a fishing trawler to take him to a UEFA Cup qualifier.
Until then he's just a full kit wanker with a dodgy haircut.

 

[THFC6061]

Arsenal host Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium in the 3rd round of 2013-14 Premier League matches on Sunday 1st September 2013 (KO 16:00).

Arsenal come into the North London Derby in 8th place on 3 points, while Spurs are in 3rd place on 6 points.

This will be the 252nd time the two teams have met.

Spurs v Arsenal is now one of the great rivalries in World Football but the fixture had very different beginnings back in November 1887 when the clubs first met in a friendly played on Tottenham Marshes. Arsenal, then called Royal Arsenal, had been formed just a year earlier as Dial Square and were essentially the works team for the munitions factory situated in Woolwich, Kent, while Spurs who had been formed some five years earlier in 1882 still had many of the youngsters who founded the club playing for them. Spurs won that first encounter 2-1, although the game was cut short by 15 minutes, due to poor light conditions because of the Arsenal team getting lost and turning-up late for the start.

Seven more friendlies were played between the two clubs from 1888 to 1896 with Spurs winning four and Arsenal winning three before their first competitive match in March 1899. By this time, Arsenal were re-named Woolwich Arsenal and the clubs met in the United League with the Gunners winning 2-1 at the Manor Ground in Plumstead while Spurs won the return match 3-2 at Northumberland Park.

Two matches were played within the same week in April 1900 in the Southern District Combination League with Spurs winning 4-2 at White Hart Lane which was followed by a 2-1 win to Arsenal at Plumstead in a game abandoned after 75 minutes due to "bad language". History doesn't provide the answer as to who was the guilty party! From 1901 to 1920, the clubs met in various minor competitions, friendlies and matches played during the First World War.

Tottenham Hotspur joined the Football League in season 1908-09 and won promotion to the First Division on their first attempt. The following season they played Arsenal in December 1909 and lost 0-1 at the Manor Ground in Plumstead, while the reverse fixture at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw with John Curtis scoring Spurs' first League goal against the Gunners.

The teams met for three more seasons before Arsenal's relegation at the end of the 1912-13 season with Spurs winning three matches, Arsenal winning two and one game drawn.

September 1913 proved to be a hugely important date in the history of both clubs as Arsenal controversially moved from south of the River Thames into the territory reserved for Tottenham Hotspur and Clapton (later Leyton) Orient, in clear violation of the rules and regulations governing such relocations as stipulated by the Football League. Despite bitter protests, Arsenal's move to Highbury (more correctly called Arsenal Stadium) was allowed.

White Hart Lane was requisitioned by the Army during WWI, so Spurs played many of their wartime matches at Highbury.

When League football resumed after the war in 1919, it was decided to once again expand the First Division from 20 teams to 22. The normal way of doing this had always been to add the top two clubs from the Second Division to those who were already in the First Division. However, there were complications arising from allegations of match-fixing from Liverpool and Manchester United during the final matches of the last season played before the League was suspended and it was felt that they would forfit their Top Flight status as a result.

From nowhere, Arsenal, who had finished sixth (later corrected to fifth) in the Second Division before the war were 'elected' to take Tottenham Hotspur's place in the First Division. Allegations of bribery persist to this day and Henry Norris (Arsenal's Chairman) was later given a lifetime ban from football from the Football League for underhand financial activities.

Spurs and Arsenal played their first Football League match after World War One in the First Division in January 1921 with Spurs winning 2-1 at White Hart Lane while Arsenal won the return match at Highbury 3-2. All 150 League games played to date have taken place in the Top Flight of English football.

Highbury was taken over by the Army during the Second World War and Spurs returned the favour by allowing Arsenal to play their wartime matches at White Hart Lane. Arsenal won the first FA Cup meeting between the two teams 3-0 in the 3rd Round in January 1949. The clubs have played five FA Cup matches to date with Spurs winning two and Arsenal winning three.

The first Football League Cup match took place in November 1968 with Arsenal winning the first leg of the Semi-Final 1-0 at Highbury and Spurs drawing 1-1 at White Hart Lane the following month. Of the 12 League Cup matches played so far, Spurs have won 3, Arsenal have won 6 and three games have been drawn.

Both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were founder members of the Premier League in season 1992-93 and both clubs are among the seven (Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea, Manchester United and Aston Villa are the other five) who have been ever-present during the 21 seasons of the competition.

Arsenal went two goals ahead by halftime in the 2010-11 fixture at the Emirates in November through Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh but Spurs came back strongly with goals from Gareth Bale, Rafael van der Vaart (penalty) and Younes Kaboul to secure a 3-2 win.

The match at White Hart Lane in April 2011 was a six goal thriller with honours even. Theo Walcott and Rafael van der Vaart scored goals within the first 10 minutes before Samir Nasri put the Gunners 2-1 up after 12 minutes. Arsenal went further ahead with a Robin van Persie goal on 40 minutes but Tom Huddlestone made it 2-3 by halftime. Van der Vaart scored the only goal in the second half from the penalty spot.

The fixture at White Hart Lane in October 2011 was won by Spurs 2-1 with goals from Rafael van der Vaart and Kyle Walker with Aaron Ramsey scoring for Arsenal. The Gunners won their home match in February 2012 5-2. Louis Saha had put Spurs ahead after 4 minutes and an Emmanuel Adebayor penalty put Tottenham further ahead after 34 minutes. But Arsenal pulled two goals back before half-time through Bacary Sagna and Robin van Persie. Tomas Rosicky put Arsenal in front just after the break and the rout was completed with a brace from Theo Walcott.

During the 2012 summer transfer window, Spurs signed former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City after having spent a season on loan.

The match on 17th November at the Emirates resulted in a 5-2 win for Arsenal. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead after 10 minutes but was sent-off eight minutes later for a rash tackle on Santi Cazorla. Arsenal then scored three times to make it 3-1 at halftime - Per Mertesacker, Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud grabbing the goals. Santi Cazorla put Arsenal further ahead on the hour mark but Gareth Bale pulled one back for Spurs before Theo Walcott scored the fifth for Arsenal just before the final whistle.

Spurs won the match at the Lane in March 2013 2-1 with Gareth Bale scoring after 37 minutes and Aaron Lennon adding a second two minutes later. Per Mertesacker pulled a goal back for Arsenal six minutes into the second half.

As far as Football League / Premier League matches go, three player have both scored nine goals for Spurs against Arsenal - Billy Minter and Bobby Smith.

Three Arsenal players have each scored eight goals against Spurs - Robert Pires, Emmanuel Adebayor and Alan Smith.

There have been three hat-tricks scored during North London Derbies - Terry Dyson for Spurs and Ted Drake & Alan Sunderland for Arsenal.

Jimmy Robertson & Emmanuel Adebayor are the only two players to score for both Spurs & Arsenal in a North London Derby.

Arsenal's David O'Leary has played in the most North London Derbies (35) while both Gary Mabbutt & Steve Perryman played 31 games with Spurs.

Overall, Spurs have won 91 of the 251 matches played against Arsenal with the Gunners winning 101 and 59 matches drawn.

They Played for Spurs & Arsenal....

Emmanuel Adebayor
Clive Allen
Charlie Ambler
Bob Arber (Arsenal player, Spurs reserves manager)
David Bentley
David Black
Anton Blackwood
Jimmy Brain
Laurie Brown
Walter Bugg
Lycurgus Burrows
Sol Campbell
Herbert Chapman (Spurs player, Arsenal manager)
Damien Comolli (Director of Football at both clubs)
Freddie Cox
James Delvin
Wilf Dixon (Spurs assistant manager, Arsenal trainer)
Jack Eggett
Tom Fitchie
Theo Foley (Arsenal assistant manager, Spurs reserves manager)
William Gallas
George Graham (Arsenal player, manager of both clubs)
Vic Groves
Tom Hatfield
Stewart Houston (Assistant manager at both clubs)
Joe Hulme (Arsenal player, Spurs manager)
George Hunt
David Jenkins
Pat Jennings
Bill Julian
Peter Kyle
Neil Lacy
Bill Lane (Spurs player, Arsenal scout)
Peter McWilliam (Spurs manager, Arsenal scout)
Tom Meade
Billy Minter
Terry Naylor
Terry Neill (Arsenal player, manager of both clubs)
Jamie O'Hara
Tom O'Shea
George Payne
Ron Piper
Tom Pratt
Rohan Ricketts
Jimmy Robertson
Andrew Swan
Walter Thomas
Erik Thorstvedt
Steve Walford
Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Arsenal coach)
Charlie Williams
Willie Young

 

[Stato]

TL;DR version Arsenal play spurs this weekend.

 

[Dzekolol]

I have a feeling that Arsenal will be a top 2 team this year... No significant changes from last year, lots of talent and players who seem to be both motivated and happy.

Of course they will: 2007/13

"I believe in this team and I believe in the strength of this team, I trust my players and this team can challenge for the title.

For the last seven Years, Arsenal story remain the same for Arsene Wenger, he has been saying the same thing , that his young guns will come for a challenge. But every year there is a different story as the league unfold. as with the same Wenger story, Arsenal will flop for a ninth successive season. They need to add reinforcements to their "already stretched to the maximum injury-prone-squad'', but have failed to bring in reinforcements as of yet as with their dodgy leaky defence still remain unaddressed! I can't help feeling their good luck could finally expire this season and that lady luck is finally turning against Arsene Wenger.

 

[Andouble]

TL;DR version Arsenal play spurs this weekend.

one of my favourite matches to watch as a neutral.

 

[Castiel]

I think Arsenal will win in a high scoring match which will give Wenger justification for his annual "no value in the market" speech and sober the Spuds up from their early season delirium. Spurs can't seem to score from open play but Arsenal's defending can be laughable. If Arsenal lost though it'd be interesting to see what happens.

 

[shadowyu]

I think Arsenal will win in a high scoring match which will give Wenger justification for his annual "no value in the market" speech and sober the Spuds up from their early season delirium. Spurs can't seem to score from open play but Arsenal's defending can be laughable. If Arsenal lost though it'd be interesting to see what happens.

I predict that Arsenal will win with a margin of 2 goals or more.

 

[THFC6061]