Agreed.@IanWright0: Just heard that Squillaci is on 65k a week. If that is true, I should still be getting paid by Arsenal.
Agreed.@IanWright0: Just heard that Squillaci is on 65k a week. If that is true, I should still be getting paid by Arsenal.
Pretty much.Originally Posted by LDG
Poor old Bob. It really hurts him
Shame some of our prima donna's can't do it for classy legends like him.
Need to get him back in goal tbh
F*ck me I forgot that plank was still part of the squad, what a total waste of money he was, yet again!
there or thereabouts? When?Tony Woodcock believes Arsenal will finish in the Premier League’s top four – because they now have only one target to aim for.
The Gunners will once again end the season trophyless, but Woodcock feels they will have the consolation of Champions League qualification, maintaining Arsene Wenger’s impressive record of never failing to qualify for Europe’s top competition.
The former Gunners striker told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast: “The strange thing with Arsenal is when they are in all competitions they sell themselves short, but now I think they’ve got only fourth place to go for they’ve got a really good chance of taking it.
They’ve got one competition to concentrate on and I expect them to go for it and probably pull it off and get into the Champions League
— Tony Woodcock
“They’ve got one competition to concentrate on and I expect them to go for it and probably pull it off and get into the Champions League.”
Finishing in the top four will go some way towards appeasing frustrated Arsenal fans, but it’s a trophy they truly covet.
And while Woodcock admits there are areas of the side that need addressing, he doesn’t believe the north Londoners are a million miles away from glory.
He added: “If you look at any team, you look for a spine through the middle – a top goalkeeper, centre-half, midfielder and striker and you build the rest of the team around that. I’m not sure they’ve got that.
“But over the last two or three years they’ve been there or thereabouts. Although everyone wants the team to win something they’re not too far away from doing that. It’s a question of whether they can find that extra ingredient to do that.”
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there or thereabouts? When?Tony Woodcock believes Arsenal will finish in the Premier League’s top four – because they now have only one target to aim for.
The Gunners will once again end the season trophyless, but Woodcock feels they will have the consolation of Champions League qualification, maintaining Arsene Wenger’s impressive record of never failing to qualify for Europe’s top competition.
The former Gunners striker told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast: “The strange thing with Arsenal is when they are in all competitions they sell themselves short, but now I think they’ve got only fourth place to go for they’ve got a really good chance of taking it.
They’ve got one competition to concentrate on and I expect them to go for it and probably pull it off and get into the Champions League
— Tony Woodcock
“They’ve got one competition to concentrate on and I expect them to go for it and probably pull it off and get into the Champions League.”
Finishing in the top four will go some way towards appeasing frustrated Arsenal fans, but it’s a trophy they truly covet.
And while Woodcock admits there are areas of the side that need addressing, he doesn’t believe the north Londoners are a million miles away from glory.
He added: “If you look at any team, you look for a spine through the middle – a top goalkeeper, centre-half, midfielder and striker and you build the rest of the team around that. I’m not sure they’ve got that.
“But over the last two or three years they’ve been there or thereabouts. Although everyone wants the team to win something they’re not too far away from doing that. It’s a question of whether they can find that extra ingredient to do that.”
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hes been a bit shit since he joined but hopefully the England goals will boost confidenceFormer Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn believes young Gunner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s lively displays for England can help revitalise his current club form.
After being announced as a shock inclusion for Roy Hodgson’s Euro 2012 England squad, the winger was hailed as one of the Premier League’s most promising talents, but has since failed to fully establish himself in Arsene Wenger’s team.
But Hodgson has been keen to promote the 19-year-old during the Three Lions’ World Cup qualification, which Oxlade-Chamberlain has taken in his stride, showing his ability on the wing as well as netting a goal in each of England’s 5-0 and 8-0 wins over international minnows San Marino.
He’s had a disappointing season for Arsenal and hopefully the goals will help him build his confidence
— Nigel Winterburn
And Winterburn told talkSPORT that his positive performances for England can aid his challenge for a first-team place with the Gunners.
“He’s had a disappointing season for Arsenal and hopefully the goals will help him build his confidence,” the former defender told the Sports Bar.
“It’s a catch 22 situation for him at the moment.
“He hasn’t played much for Arsenal and when he has played, he hasn’t played well.
“When you don’t get a run in the team, sometimes you try so hard that it just doesn’t happen for you.
“It’s a difficult situation for him but it’s pleasing to see him score and hopefully he’ll improve.”
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Former Arsenal player Nigel Winterburn tries very hard to put a positive spin on anything Arsenal related, by trying to pretend that Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is anything other than the latest in a long line of so-called 'next best things' that Arsenal have signed who has failed to live up to his hype and his price tag, and who's career appears to be going backwards under the stewardship of a manager who appears to be the living embodiment of the Emporer's New Clothes. Desperate to tie down a spot in the lucrative English football punditry industry, Winterburn might be crying harsh and bitter tears inside over the decline of a football club he truly loves, but he understands the need to talk up the performance of a consistently uninspiring and strangely repellant national team by taking the piss, and suggesting that scoring a goal for England is anything other than an indication that the player concerned would be a 'decent yeoman' for a Championship side. Nigel, we still love you but you know as well as we all do that Oxlade-Chamberlain won't be a revelation at Arsenal, because true revelations - well - reveal themselves immediately rather than after half a decade (and yes I'm looking at you, Theo). Nothing that has ever been associated with England has boosted anything other than a desire to shuffle off this mortal coil through sheer boredom and listlesness.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
jesus, the lad is only 18. what do you expect from him?
To not be shit
It's laughable.
I can probably count on my right hand the number of world class stars have been truly excellent players at 18 years old.
Theirry Henry came to us at what, 23/24?? And it took him a while to become the great he became.
Now Im not suggesting the same will happen to AOC, but it's utterly absurd to be talking about him as anything other than a developing player.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
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