FC Cologne v Arsenal 23/07 14:30

[Cripps_orig]

Must win

[Cripps_orig]

Cesc Fabregas has failed to recover from a muscular injury and has not travelled to Germany for the Club’s pre-season training camp.


The midfielder missed the recent tour of Asia with the problem and will not join up with the rest of the squad, who flew out to Cologne on Friday afternoon, Arsène Wenger has confirmed.


Summer signing Gervinho has made the trip and is in line to make his Arsenal debut against FC Cologne on Saturday. There is also a place in the squad for goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, who returns from the shoulder injury that kept him out of action at the back end of last season.


Nicklas Bendtner, Abou Diaby and Emmanuel Eboue have stayed in London.


“[Fabregas] has not completely recovered from his muscular injury,” Wenger told Arsenal.com on Friday. “It is too early for him, he is not ready.


“Gervinho is with us. Fabianski is back. Eboue is injured and is behind and Bendtner is behind.


“Diaby is out longer term so that is why I do not speak about him. We do not count Diaby for August. He will miss the start of the season for sure.”
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...-training-camp


Diaby :lol:

[dazthegooner]

And Fabianski starts as well.

[Joker]

We're stepping up preparations now so no excuses for playing shite like we did in the last two games.

[Injury Time]

We're stepping up preparations now so no excuses for playing shite like we did in the last two games.
Unfortunately ze unexpected injureez that I did not see contributed to the loss, although we showed great character and will bounce back in 2016....

[Darth Vela]

We're stepping up preparations now so no excuses for playing shite like we did in the last two games.

Apparently this is the final 'phase one' game where fitness is the major aim, plus I'm not sure how shite a 6-0 win can really be.

[Kaiser]

Cheeky bid for Podolski while we're out there?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

the Gods say NO

any suggestions where I can watch this game?

[Marc Overmars]

Is Cesc involved or does he still have a mysterious injury picked up from sitting on his arse all summer?

Has he even been involved in pre-season training at all?

[Cripps_orig]

He didn't travel to Germany cos of his 'injury'.Nope, he's not taken part.

[milla]

Did we win? :coffee:

[Master Splinter]

Team in full: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Walcott, Ramsey, Song, Wilshere, Gervinho, Chamakh

Gervo :bow:

Good team.

Also:

Arsenal are using temporary numbers for this afternoon's game against Cologne

The numbers for next season have not yet been finalised and the ones used today may not necessarily reflect players' numbers next term.

[milla]

German's pom pom girls FTW :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Gervo on the left of the front three.

[isv]

goal GerVINiho........... 1-0

[Cripps_orig]

So we play a striker who can play on the right wing on the left?

Wenger :lol:

Should be sacked just for that

[Master Splinter]

GERVINHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sir Jack's pass :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

yay

[isv]

wilshere running the game in the middle of the park, great assist for the goal too...

[Master Splinter]

So we play a striker who can play on the right wing on the left?

Wenger :lol:

Should be sacked just for that

:pal:

Another day, another shocker from you.

Gervinho is not a striker and can play on both wings.

[isv]

ooh great chance for podolski,

[Master Splinter]

Podolski :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gervinho.

:bow:

[4-3-3]

gervinho is shit another wengers fail project.

[isv]

ramsey injured, ????

shaken it off...

[Master Splinter]

Nearly two from Gervinho.

[isv]

tommy v should have scored there, but gervinho should have shot...

[isv]

2-0 gervinho..............

[Master Splinter]

Gervinhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cripps_orig]

yay

[Master Splinter]

tommy v should have scored there, but gervinho should have shot...

Gervo did a Chamakh there :lol:.

Can't complain though so far.

(Should have had three now though tbf).

[isv]

great ball by wilshere to walcott who fed it to the edge of the box, gervinho slid in and scored... 2-0

[Master Splinter]

Gervinho tracking back :bow:.

[Master Splinter]

Almost three. Good play from Theo.

[isv]

off the line should have been 3-0

[isv]

chamwank has the touch of an old granny.....

he is fucking awful

[LDG]

So much more width to our game. Good to see.

[isv]

gervinho off, well played sir...

[milla]

Chamakh, wtf is he doing? :doh:

[isv]

wilshere in the fabregas role, playing awesome...

[isv]

free kick on the edge of the box. wilshere into the walll

[Master Splinter]

Gervinho off :unsure:.

Out for the season tbh.

Ryo on :bow:.

Loads of pace in attacking positions. Would be good if Arshavin pulled his finger out. We'd have great options then.

[4-3-3]

he is thw weakest link. :-(

[Cripps_orig]

Just started watching.

Chamakh looking good

Gervinho anonymous bar the goals

Nothing else to write home about

[isv]

nice goat....

[isv]

Just started watching.

Chamakh looking good

Gervinho anonymous bar the goals

Nothing else to write home about

gervinho is off..

[BOBN]

where are ach and all the muppets who laughed when I said gervinho was better than nasri

well done me imo :flash:

[isv]

newcastle game is on espn...

[Cripps_orig]

gervinho is off..

Isnt it still the first half?

Gervinho :lol:

The new Denilson tbh

[milla]

Live goat on the pitch! :coffee:

[Master Splinter]

Chamakh looking good

Gervinho anonymous bar the goals



Not even pre-season games are safe from your poor WUMming :lol:.

Is it a natural reflex to be purposefully idiotic?

[Cripps_orig]

where are ach and all the muppets who laughed when I said gervinho was better than nasri

well done me imo :flash:

With all due respect, its going to take more than getting hauled off in the first half to convince me.

You have lower standards i see

[Master Splinter]

Song's Hollywood balls don't even come off in pre-season :lol:.

[Master Splinter]

Wojciech :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Not even pre-season games are safe from your poor WUMming :lol:.

Is it a natural reflex to be purposefully idiotic?

Its pre season for me as well tbh.

Il get better when the season starts. After 7 months out with a ban an injury, it takes time to get back to full fitness. Pretty soon i will be 2% away from my potential.

[milla]

Ramsey :doh:

[Master Splinter]

Theo :doh:.

Ryo is pretty quick :bow:.

[Darth Vela]

Someone needs to get that kid a work permit, anyone know how to contact Silvinho?

[Master Splinter]

What a goal!

From Jenkinson.

Against Szczesny.

:haha:

Arsenal are back :bow: :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Someone needs to get that kid a work permit, anyone know how to contact Silvinho?

You want him to come back to play for us?

How we've gone from quality LBs like Winterburn, Silvinho and Cole to the shite we've had the past 5 years.

Bring back Silvinho

[milla]

Jenkinson, pwned Scz3eney badly :bow:

[LDG]

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

What a goal!

From Jenkinson.

Against Szczesny.

:haha:

Arsenal are back :bow: :haha:

Cant really blame him tbh.

He was Charltons 17th choice fullback so to go from that level to this is a massive jump.

Another great Wenger buy

[fari]

great goal jenkinson!

[Darth Vela]

You want him to come back to play for us?

How we've gone from quality LBs like Winterburn, Silvinho and Cole to the shite we've had the past 5 years.

Bring back Silvinho

Not to mention his sterling work for Barcelona.

Barca :bow:

Also, that was one hell of a finish from Leeroy, apart from that he's looked to be a damn good acquisition.

[Cripps_orig]

Not to mention his sterling work for Barcelona.

Barca :bow:

Forgot that hes yet another player Barca got from us.

Its only Real who nick players from us tbh :coffee:

[Darth Vela]

Exactly.

We gave them the last few.

[Master Splinter]

If that had happened in a proper game, GW would have exploded and re-exploded upon itself.

Apart from that, he's cleared everything well.

It wouldn't be Arsenal without something inexplicably ridiculous to undermine the good work.

:haha:

[Joker]

Some of our defending is really keystone cops at times. We get caught extremely exposed on counter attacks, and Gibbs' needs to work on his positioning. Some of his offensive work is very good, but defensively he's nowhere to be seen too often.

Apart from that, offensively we've looked good. Wilshere proving what a top quality footballer he is. I don't know how Cripps can say that Chamakh has looked good though, IMO he's been dismal.

[Cripps_orig]

Anyway i want to know more about this Ryu kid.

Other than the obvious reason why we signed him, (shirt sales in pub team countries in Asia) is he actually any good? Never seen him play. Not seen any pre season highlights and i didnt see him play in Holland last season.

[Niall_Quinn]

Very unlucky for Jenkinson. Apart from that last minute fluke he's had a great half and it's great to watch a proper defender at Arsenal again after all this time. He's a big step up from Sagna but I doubt Wenger will acknowledge the fact and start him. I also doubt he'll allow some of the free movement up front that worked so well, the new guy and Theo looked very bright - let's hope they can take it beyond the pre-season. Jack looked full of running too, looks like it was a good decision to keep him out of that crappy England team.

Now for a very serious question.

Has anyone ever witnessed a worse striker than Chamakh - in all of their life. It's painful how shit this guy is. How the fuck is he playing for Arsenal? Is he blackmailing Wenger or something? What a useless cunt, the worst I've ever seen in an Arsenal shirt. Wenger has 3 weeks left to get rid of him and sign a striker. But he won't have the balls to admit how wrong he was to sign this useless piece of shit.

[Joker]

Anyway i want to know more about this Ryu kid.

Other than the obvious reason why we signed him, (shirt sales in pub team countries in Asia) is he actually any good? Never seen him play. Not seen any pre season highlights and i didnt see him play in Holland last season.

Signing Japanese players is no longer simply to do with shirt sales in the Far East. They are a country producing some top players recently, as we saw at the world cup. This is why I'm looking forward to seeing Miyachi play, because he seems to have a lot of potential. However, we can't afford to rely on him next season, and must supplement our squad with experienced quality if we want to win things next season.

[Master Splinter]

Anyway i want to know more about this Ryu kid.


Ryu :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Has anyone ever witnessed a worse striker than Chamakh.

Bendtner

/thread

[Darth Vela]

Some of our defending is really keystone cops at times. We get caught extremely exposed on counter attacks, and Gibbs' needs to work on his positioning. Some of his offensive work is very good, but defensively he's nowhere to be seen too often.

Apart from that, offensively we've looked good. Wilshere proving what a top quality footballer he is. I don't know how Cripps can say that Chamakh has looked good though, IMO he's been dismal.

Yeah, Gibbs positioning has left us a little too exposed at the back, one of the reasons I want a 'proper' LB in.

Also, Ach is WUMing, you'll notice he criticised the guy who scored 2 goals in 15 minutes as well as praising Chamakh.

[Joker]

Also, Ach is WUMing, you'll notice he criticised the guy who scored 2 goals in 15 minutes as well as praising Chamakh.

LOL fair point :lol:

[gunsofashburtongrove]

Very unlucky for Jenkinson. Apart from that last minute fluke he's had a great half and it's great to watch a proper defender at Arsenal again after all this time. He's a big step up from Sagna but I doubt Wenger will acknowledge the fact and start him. I also doubt he'll allow some of the free movement up front that worked so well, the new guy and Theo looked very bright - let's hope they can take it beyond the pre-season. Jack looked full of running too, looks like it was a good decision to keep him out of that crappy England team.

Now for a very serious question.

Has anyone ever witnessed a worse striker than Chamakh - in all of their life. It's painful how shit this guy is. How the fuck is he playing for Arsenal? Is he blackmailing Wenger or something? What a useless cunt, the worst I've ever seen in an Arsenal shirt. Wenger has 3 weeks left to get rid of him and sign a striker. But he won't have the balls to admit how wrong he was to sign this useless piece of shit.
This.

[GP]

Great finish for the first goal, really impressive.

[Cripps_orig]

Yeah, Gibbs positioning has left us a little too exposed at the back, one of the reasons I want a 'proper' LB in.

Also, Ach is WUMing, you'll notice he criticised the guy who scored 2 goals in 15 minutes as well as praising Chamakh.

Just keeping the balance tbh. Only a matter of time before the MOC mention Gervinho as the best player of all time cos of his goals.

I just got in first.

As for Chamakh, im not even watching it tbh but if past history suggests anything on GW, the guy can score 47 goals in 3 minutes (FIFA 11 style) and still be critisised so i dont pay much attention to GWers when it comes to Chamakh

[Niall_Quinn]

Bendtner

/thread

No way - Bendtner never added much to the team but at least he didn't count as dead-weight. We'd be stronger taking the cunt of and playing with 10.

[Cripps_orig]

No way - Bendtner never added much to the team but at least he didn't count as dead-weight. We'd be stronger taking the cunt of and playing with 10.

Deadweight who can score 10-15 goals in his first season in a new country despite hardly playing after Xmas?

Impressive

Chamakh :bow:

And yes way. Bendtner is awful and the worst striker ive ever seen

[Darth Vela]

But, Gervinho IS the best player of all time, his goals clearly show that.

[Cripps_orig]

But, Gervinho IS the best player of all time, his goals clearly show that.

Did he head the ball during the game?

If so, the ball :rose:

Nothing can withstand that forehead

[Master Splinter]

Skillz from RVP.

[Darth Vela]

Did he head the ball during the game?

If so, the ball :rose:

Nothing can withstand that forehead

An Arsenal player? Head the ball?

:lol:

[Master Splinter]

Team is: Mannone, Sagna, Squillaci, Djourou, Gibbs, Frimpong, Rosicky, Nasri, Vela, RVP, Arshavin.

I think.

[Niall_Quinn]

Doesn't look like Arshavin has lost any weight over the summer. That's pretty fucking disgraceful really. Didn't players used to get fined for being overweight?

[Niall_Quinn]

The donkey derby is in full swing now with the useless lumps Squillaci and Djourou leading the field. I quite enjoyed that first half - now it's back to normal.

[milla]

Vela & fat fuck :rose:

[Darth Vela]

The donkey derby is in full swing now with the useless lumps Squillaci and Djourou leading the field. I quite enjoyed that first half - now it's back to normal.

Bit harsh on Djourou, all he's really done wrong was take out a guy from behind, something we should be doing more of tbh.

[AKBapologist]

Fuck Nasri and Cesc. Speedy wing merchants are the future as far as our offense is concerned.

Defence :rose:

[Master Splinter]

Arshavin :lol:

[gunsofashburtongrove]

The first half team looked better in attack and defence. More direct in the midfield as well. Rosicky and Arshavin trying to up their work rate the only plus in the second half

[Master Splinter]

Fabianski and Henderson on.

[Marc Overmars]

So we're winning?

[Cripps_orig]

Fabianski and Henderson on.

Who went off?

[Master Splinter]

Who went off?

Mannone and Gibbs I think.

Henderson at left-back? :lol:

Wenger out ASAP.

There, I've done it for you.

[Cripps_orig]

Mannone and Gibbs I think.

Henderson at left-back? :lol:

Wenger out ASAP.

There, I've done it for you.

Didnt Mannone just come on at half time?

Why arent people laughing at him as they did Denilson?

[milla]

Arshavin is bordering an embarassement now. :coffee:

[Master Splinter]

Nasri awful in the middle as usual.

[Cripps_orig]

Nasri awful in the middle as usual.

Didnt his only good spell at Arsenal, the four months last season come from playing in the middle?

[milla]

Nasri awful in the middle as usual.

It is more about poor wide players than Nasri or Rosicky. Arshavin and Vela have no legs to make the runs like Feo, Gevinho or Ryo. First half CM wasnt that good either but the wide players made the different. :coffee:

[Master Splinter]

Didnt his only good spell at Arsenal, the four months last season come from playing in the middle?

No.

[Darth Vela]

Didnt his only good spell at Arsenal, the four months last season come from playing in the middle?No, he was out wide and having to feed off Chamakh, the worst striker ever (tm) so it's even more impressive.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why, if this match is all about getting fit, are the players walking around the pitch?

[Master Splinter]

It is more about poor wide players than Nasri or Rosicky. Arshavin and Vela have no legs to make the runs like Feo, Gevinho or Ryo. First half CM wasnt that good either but the wide players made the different. :coffee:

Wilshere was superb in the first half.

[milla]

Why, if this match is all about getting fit, are the players walking around the pitch?

Arshavin is crawling tbh, too fat too walk. :coffee:

[Master Splinter]

Cologne resorting to diving.

[Master Splinter]

Frimpong has been the best player in this half.

Has great outbursts of GHELlery too :bow:.

[Darth Vela]

Wilshere was superb in the first half.

Ramsey was pretty good too, if a little rusty.

[Master Splinter]

Henderson fecked.

Wenger the cunt's fault for playing him at left-back.

:Ach:

[AKBapologist]

Wilshere was superb in the first half.
Ramsey produced a decent assist too.

[Master Splinter]

Ramsey was pretty good too, if a little rusty.

Ramsey had a shocker tbf.

[Master Splinter]

Hope it's not serious for Hendo.

[Cripps_orig]

The match started at half 2

ISnt it over yet?

[Niall_Quinn]

The match started at half 2

ISnt it over yet?

Just ended, the noisy bastard ads woke me up!

[Cripps_orig]

Sounded like an enthralling game

[PGFC]

1-2 meh :shrug: Henderson's broken, and so soon, marvellous.

[Cripps_orig]

Where was Traore?

[milla]

Wilshere was superb in the first half.

He was OK, but he had Theo and Gervinho making the runs for him. They were always available near the last defenders. :coffee:

[Marc Overmars]

We won

yay

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Signing Japanese players is no longer simply to do with shirt sales in the Far East. They are a country producing some top players recently, as we saw at the world cup. This is why I'm looking forward to seeing Miyachi play, because he seems to have a lot of potential. However, we can't afford to rely on him next season, and must supplement our squad with experienced quality if we want to win things next season.

Yes....Yes - started with Nakata and continues now........to be honest the J-league is fairly poor so the ones that have crossed over do have to be a bit special........Kagawa is good and I like Uchida.......Nagatomo would have been great, speed, flair and can defend although attack is his forte, heart of a lion

Honda would not be a bad buy, and with quotes that Blackburn were offering in the region og 7 mil.......we can go there too

Miyachi was straight out of high school so the scouts did something right over here it seems

[Master Splinter]

Don't forget Yuki Abe :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's on!

[Master Splinter]

Highlights:


http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/video_audio/102317.html

[Globalgunner]

More evidence if any were needed that that Walcott is no striker. The amount of cock-ups that this boy has in front of goal would make a blind man look like a sharp shooter. Another stiker is needed asap. without RVP we are dead. Gervinho might be the business though.......i hope

[Cripps_orig]

on the minute’s silence before the game…
I think it is the minimum you can do. It was a terrible shock when you see what happened there, in a country that is so peaceful. We would like to support all those people who suffer, of course. We know that Norwegians follow English football.

on his thoughts after a good work-out…
We played at a good pace in the first half and looked dangerous. Gervinho had a good start and that is always important for his confidence. Overall, I liked today. We took many risks and were exposed to counter-attacks but, overall, I am happy.

on Gervinho’s brace on his Arsenal debut…
He has shown his qualities. He has quick movement behind [the defence], the timing of his movement is great and he is easy to find. We have seen what he can bring to the team and he contributes to the high pace we have in the team.

on how pre-season preparations are going…
The team is not completely ready but it was the end of our first phase of preparations and it was important to win the game.

on Conor Henderson’s injury…
The only sad thing today is the injury to Conor Henderson, it looks quite bad but let us hope that we have good news tomorrow morning. He twisted his knee, I don’t know how big the damage is but the first signs don’t look too encouraging.

on any other knocks…
Samir got a kick to his ankle, Gervinho got a kick on his knee but both have minor damage.

on plans for the week ahead…
Training, training, training! Morning and afternoon. It is a block of work that will be very intense for us. Tomorrow will be an easier day but Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be higher levels of work.


Muppets comments after the game

[Boss]

Good to see that Gervinho's gotten off the mark, if he stays fit I think he's capable of making a difference.

Can't really comment on anything else as didn't see the game, interesting to note that Jenkinson's capable of calamities so he'll fit in fine...

[GP]

Shame about Henderson.

One question though, who the frig is Henderson?

[Marc Overmars]

Just seen Jenkinson's OG.

Oh dear. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Just seen Jenkinson's OG.

Oh dear. :lol:

Just seen your face.

Oh dear. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

motherfucker

[GP]

Just seen your face.

Oh dear. :lol:

:haha:

[The Realist]

Just saw the own goal and instantly reminded me of this moment.. Lmao


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpSo1aciPqU

[Niall_Quinn]

This is a classic.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G13zqBMQZQI

[Newguy]

More evidence if any were needed that that Walcott is no striker. The amount of cock-ups that this boy has in front of goal would make a blind man look like a sharp shooter. Another stiker is needed asap. without RVP we are dead. Gervinho might be the business though.......i hope

Overreact much??? Yes we need another striker as Chamkah is useless, but using Theo as an example based on the 45 mins he played today is hardly fair, when you add his tally of goals last season, i think your talking bollocks mate

[Niall_Quinn]

Overreact much??? Yes we need another striker as Chamkah is useless, but using Theo as an example based on the 45 mins he played today is hardly fair, when you add his tally of goals last season, i think your talking bollocks mate

Thought Theo and Gervinho looked a useful pairing in the first half, despite the fact the horrendously awful Chamakh was fucking it up at every opportunity. Theo's finishing was a bit suspect but I'd rather have him up there than the totally counter-productive Moroccan or the not so great Dane.

[Cripps_orig]

Just seen the goals.First goal was pretty good tbh.The OG though, oh dear. Twas my first look at the pub teamer and hopefully my last. He's a bit shit. Hoping we sell him before Aug 31st

[Niall_Quinn]

If Wenger signed a solid replacement for Clichy and brought in a couple of proper CBs, along with TV and Jenkinson I believe we'd have the makings of a defence we could build a proper challenge on. £40mill would do it, we could have a real defence for just a bit more than the price of one Rio Ferdinand. Instead we'll go with Koscielny, Djourou, Squillaci and Gibbs and we'll pay dearly for it. The trouble we have is our decent players are more than offset by the absolute garbage Wenger allows in the squad. It doesn't have to be that way.

[Marc Overmars]

Gibbs has a lot to learn and is extremely injury prone. I don't know why we haven't expressed more of an interest in Jose Enrique. He wouldn't cost the earth and would slot comfortably into the left back slot no questions asked.

I can't understand how Wenger believes he has enough at left back, unless moving Vermaelen out there is a genuine possibility.

At least he said he is trying to bring in a defender tbf, with hopefully some serious bids, rather than the half arsed attempt at getting Jagielka.

[Master Splinter]

This is a classic.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G13zqBMQZQI

The reactions are better than the own goal.

That guy probably killed himself.