Aug 31
Fulham confirm that Schwarzer is staying put
Arsenal have all but finished their business in the transfer window – as far as signings are concerned – after Fulham confirmed to Sky Sports News that goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is staying at Craven Cottage.
The Gunners have been widely expected to bring in a replacement for first-choice shot-stopper Manuel Almunia, as neither Lukasz Fabianski nor Vito Mannone have been able to step up to snatch the No 1 spot from the former Celta Vigo ‘keeper.
Fulham manager Mark Hughes would have been in serious trouble if he were to allow Schwarzer to make a move without finding a replacement, as the ageing ‘keeper’s understudy, David Stockdale, is sidelined for a few weeks due to ankle ligament damage.
Schwarzer has sat out Fulham’s opening three Premier League matches of the season with an apparent back injury since Australia’s 2-0 loss in Slovenia earlier this month.
Deadline Day:
Italian side Juventus have announced that they have released French full-back Jonathan Zebina and signed his compatriot Armand Traore on a season-long loan from Arsenal.
Dutch forward Nacer Barazite has agreed a move to Vitesse Arnhem on loan. The winger signs after turning down a move to Heracles Almelo at the last minute.
Supporters…….is that what you call yourselves. “Winging Wenger” its very catching among the “Gooners” and did you really think you was going to get Schwartzer? if you did you are as daft as the frog.
The level of pessimism here sickens me…..get a grip.
It is impossible for anyone here to second guess what goes on in the transfer market at Arsenal or our future plans, we could have been in for every keeper from here to timbuktoo for all you know, we do not carry out our transfers in public and never have done under Wenger. Any decent keeper currently is deeply seated with our competitors….why would these clubs want to strengthen our squad to their detriment?
You can only buy what is for sale, if those available arent up to scratch or dont fit in with our long term plans, you dont buy….unless you want to set your stool out like Man City have done throwing money around like confetti, great long term strategy that is a mercenary bunch of Prima Donnas…I for one dont want to see that happen to my beloved club and am happy to see our sustainable approach.
If you dont want to positively follow the best club in the world (In my eyes, which are by no means rose tinted) and dont like the way in which business is conducted, let your feet do the talking, walk away, give up your season ticket, I will be more than happy to take it on….assuming you have ever been to a game that is!
I would love to see the right keeper join us, I am not so sure that Schwarzer was that person and I would have been annoyed if we had signed a 38 year old for 4 million for possibly one injury dogged season, but then its not my call and I understand that, I am not Wenger who coincidentally is a victim of his own success, having set the world alight when he joined us.
I love my club and will back them no matter what…if you dont share that passion kindly do one with your negativity, it benefits noone, especially Arsenal, you’d be better suited to the wheeler dealer scum at shite hart lane, the Chavs or Citeh.
In Wenger I trust….do you?
People are allowed to be pessimistic.
We obviously needed a keeper… by making a bid for Schwarzer (even though he would have been only slightly better than what we had) we admitted we needed a keeper.
We now are stuck with what we had last year and without a doubt Almunia and Fabianski will cost us points this year.
It is an absolute joke.
I said all summer with a new keeper we can challenge for the title and without one we can’t
The fact that we identified we needed a keeper and couldn’t get a deal done is nothing short of a disgrace
Not to mention if VP is out for a while Chamakh is our only fit striker.
An injury to him and we’re back to Arshavin up front?
Terrible transfer window again full of broken promises yet again
we can only hope Almunia plays relatively good season like 2 ones preceding the previous one
Even sunderland are spending 13 million pounds on a player. we never go beyond 10 million pounds signing and you telling me we gonna win trophies? HECK NO! Am not gonna set myself for another dissapointing trophyless season anymore. Man united here i come!
@damstar: wtf do u want? u dont even deserve to be an arsenal fan
@London Gun
No one is asking Wenger to ‘throw money around like confetti’.
It’s not unreasonable to express annoyance at Wenger’s failure to sign a good goalkeeper in the last 4 years. It’s not about Schwarzer or Given, it’s that he hasn’t solved an obvious weakness despite having had a very long time to do so.
Wenger deserves all the credit in the world for what he’s done for the club. Personally, I think he’s got pretty much everything right and both his vision and work rate is astonishing.
But that doesn’t make him immune to criticism and the goalkeeping situation will cost us again and again until it’s solved. There’s nothing ‘negative’ about stating that.
Damstar,
I am guessing you are about 12 years old or younger, as any grown man with your attitude is pathetic.
Get a grip you immature fool. No one wants you to be an Arsenal fan with that stinking attitude.
Go and glory support at Chelsea then. See if we care you moron.
gooner, yes i agree with you i dont deserve it cos AM NOT A LOSER! I DONT WANNA BE SETTING MYSELF FOR DISSAPIONTMENT EVERY DAMN SEASON. AM TIRED OF THIS. I HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS NOW BUT I THINK IS TIME TO PUT AN END TO THIS. IS GONNA BE HARD FOR ME TO SUPPORT OTHER TEAM BUT I AM SO SURE DAT I WILL TRY AND I WILL BE A RED DEVIL FAN FOR EVER! STINGY MANAGEMENT, MANAGER, INJURY PRONE AND UNRIPED PLAYERS WHO WILL NEVER GET RIPED. THAT IS NOT MY PORTION THIS SEASON!
@beary, you know i dont use any offensive word to anyone here. am not abusing anyone either. so u dont have the right to say those words to me fyi. if u dont like wat i said dont write me and just shut ur mouth up. again, use ur glasses, i am not joining chelsea. i am joining manchester united! stop been blind man.
I hope Schwarzer was a decoy, and Arsene has a worthwile gk signing lined up for today.
im speechless, how can we have not purchased a goalkeeper????? All summer we had and we make 2 identical bids basically taking the piss, wenger has one more season if we dont win anything he has got to go and the fans have to take measures into there own hands!!
@damstar: if your a man u fan, then remind me again why are u still here??
I bet Hughes loves the fact he’s got one over on wenger the sheep shagging welsh twat
btw we can still buy players abroad
I just know arsenes gonna say when asked about today in his Gallic voice” ve ver close” oh well the Spanish waiter it is till January at least
No we can’t coz they can’t be registered with the premier league
to be fair, i felt shocked a few moments ago when i saw this. but now i realize i don`t have any reason to be pessimistic and feel down. unlike last year, now we have quality in the back four, and they will protect manuel nicely. and we can still buy schwarzer or any other in january, so why panic?
last year we were out of the race in the final 2 months, until then we were good. wenger will buy him in january, for less and we`ll be good.
btw damstar,i don`t want to fight with anyone, but none obligated you to be an arsenal fan, if you want to you can quit and be man utd fan, it`s your right. i myself am arsenal fan for 10 or so years, but i`m not giving up like you, i`m being patient for things to happen, as i know they will.
be optimistic everyone, we have a nice season ahead of us
wengers a stubborn old fool, if he really wanted to win something this season he just blew it
AM SPEECHLESS AND GROSSLY CROSSED RIGHT NOW!!! This doesn’t show a good sign of a very successful season. BTW, is it me or are ALL Arsenal players too lightweight? Even Obertan in Man U with his dazzling skills hasn’t gotten much playing time cos of his physique. I really don’t like seeing our players get shoved off the ball. Most especially our defenders and strikers. Chamakh,Vermaelen,Kos,Sagna and Cesc are ALL too freaking lightweight in IMHO….I also would like to appreciate the fact that Chamakh has been helping with defending set-pieces as seen against B’burn when he wrestled Samba time and again. Its not the end of the world and as Arsene has made every Gooner believe, “WE ARE WINNING TITLES NEXT SEASON”. Supporting Arsenal can really be provoking at times but hey, I still see myself supporting only ONE team in England which is A R S E N A L Football Club of England.
C’mon y’all Gooners. Wish us all the very BEST this season and beyond.
What a massive disappointment. Wenger out. Enough is enough. It’s a joke.
im really angry that we didnt get a keeper but i dont think people should say get wenger out. we need him and who would we replace him with?????????
those Wenger out brigade are fools of the highest order.
its dissappointing, it really is, but Manuel showed encouraging signs at Blackburn, now lets get behind him and the team. We have no other choice.
Iv said all along that I dont think Schwarzer is any better than Almunia only taller!! But i really did what a world class keeper!!Come on Arsenal!!!!!!!!!Il still be at the emirates cheering the boys on!!!!
im sick of all you wenger fans, lets get behind the team rubbish. Would almunia get into any top 6 team? NO CHANCE!!! we have suffered to long in the hands of wenger. this team hasn’t worked, clear out time starting from the top.
Here is a little prediction for you…. come may, we will have won nothing AGAIN…. cecs will leave for sure and we will fall out of the top4 next year and this is all because ‘sir wenger’ is a stubborn old man who wont admit his faults or wrongs.
Lets see how many of you change your tune in may.
@Tom
The main people my comments were aimed at were the plastics who want to sack everyone or change teams on the strength of a transfer period that hasnt gone the way they perceive it should.
I am as frustrated as you but like to balance with the positives, constructive criticism is great, when you are fully furnished with all the facts.
My point was we only see the end product and what the ill informed press / guessing pundits feed us, we do not see what goes on behind the scenes and Arsene certainly makes no promises as suggested, if anything his consistent silence on boardroom affairs is quite the opposite, if not frustrating (Although for clear business reasons in a cut throat marketplace).
As with any big business deal there is a bigger picture and we are only privileged with a snapshot, so I feel to judge without all the facts is a little unfair.
Also I have not seen a keeper of the quality and experience we require signed by anyone this transfer period, I dont imagine this is coincidence. Although I take your point about the last 4 years, Given would have been nice before he went to Citeh and I am sure there have been others.
I have come to terms over the years, with the fact that I dont in fact know better than Wenger.
If we are honest how many would have binned Henry, Toure, Song, Diaby, Clichy and RVP after their first season and would have bought a replacement for Viera and not given Cesc the break he needed…..where would Arsenal be with us in charge, particularly with the tight economic restraints that our new stadium brought with it.
The current team is nothing short of remarkable given the resources and I am not just talking about the current crop, I refer to the next generation and the one after that waiting in the wings. We are better prepared than any other club for the future in regards to the new rules and those that UEFA have in the pipeline, we have Wenger to thank for that. Silverware will inevitably follow.
So in summary I think we need to weigh up the pros and the cons of the club as inevitably every club has them, put our frustrations aside and either get behind the club or leave them behind. Not threaten to become Manure fans as some have childishly suggested, I would rather be in league 2 than go down that route.
A supporter of Arsenal does exactly what it says on the tin…SUPPORTS Arsenal, not seek any possible weakness or opportunity to deride the team or its management. No other teams fans hold their team with such contempt, why should we be the exception.
It saddens me how the club has changed with a glimpse of success.
Gooner til I die.
i feel that the spuds are going to start being a bigger club! pains me to say it but i feel times are changing in north london! im a gunner! through and through but what is going on? why no keeper? is he dilusional? arry goes and pulls out van der vaart! and for 8 mil! wtf! come on wenger!
@ London Gun. Spot on mate, though sometimes i wish he would bite the bullet and spend on someone worth while!!! (GK)
wenker never wanted to seal any deals today. He was watching England train. For what does this assh… gets 6mill??? WEnger out but it will never happen
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@damstar
why are you on this board if you dont support arsenal. just leave, we dont want your type of support here. as for not supporting the team cause your not a loser? what sort of crap is that? so arsenal dont do well and you wont support them? what a fan!?!? you sound like a loser for even saying something like that.
come on arsenal! we can do it.
@London Gun
I agree with everything you said. It is the best club in the world and it is run right, not like city. London Gun is the type of fan i would love sit with at a game. totally the right attitude of have, a proper fan. wish more of the guys on here are like him.
I have been reading the articles/comments on these blogs for a long time now & wish some of you guys could really let your anger be heard in a positve way.. There are some real talented writters on here that really know how to get there points across in a constructive manner.
I have posted a link below were i hope you guys could vent your anger & let our voices be heard! The board & the manager have been far to complacent in recent yrs & me plus many others have had enough of the lies & false promises to invest in the squad.
http://www.arsenal.com/supportcentre/showContact/-2?setLogin=false
So please get posting & keep us fellow gooners updated!
Up the arse!
the problem with wenger is not really about his tactics or team selection and what not, its more about lining up AT THE VERY LEAST a good, strong and matured bunch of players to play and represent us on the pitch. the likes of RvP, arshavin, fabregas, sagna, clichy, rosicky and vermalaen are the kind of people we want to play FOR US THE FANS, FOR ARSENAL, with heart and soul, commitment of the highest level and with the bond of brotherhood amongst them to communicate and function as a solid team. other than that, most are just carrying weight, burdening the team with egotistical attitude, so snobbish even to the point of not decent enough to give a clap of respect for a pass given to them or a gesture of forgiveness for a mistake made. and these are the babies wenger trust day in day out to give us trophies he said, paid by our money in the millions. pathetic.
we dont always need 20 million pounds to bring players of top quality such as eduardo, sagna, vermalaen and even arshavin, they are top class not because of their price, but because of their age and mentality, ready to commit 100% every single game. clubs with bigger debt ratios are still very able to invest back in the team, why not us, the club paraded here and there as having one of the top earnings and profits every year? dont tell me banks wont help us, one of the richest club in the world? why? we cant do good on our payments?
i sincerely believe, if wenger had hold on to the likes of gilberto and pires, the youngsters would have so much to gain from them. denilson and gilberto would be a very solid, brazilian defensive partnership while song would come in for him in stages to follow his footsteps and pires would link up very well with nasri and walcott. fabregas is naturally gifted but just look at the players that surrounded him when he was growing up in the team. i would be kicking myself to death to prove my worth if im playing with henry, pires, gilbero, parlour, bergkamp and keown.
own up, wenger. youre a great tactician and manager but despite of your economics degree, youre very bad at investing and spending money where its worthly needed most.
i dont giv a damn f**k about wat anyone wrote about me here. we all know almunia aint gonna win us sh*t. unless we just kidding and lieing to ourselves here. he is an average goalie that is the fact. we need good reliable goalie to win any trophy. schwarzer may not be a world class gk but he is a good goalie and he is by far better than almunia. take it or leave it! arsene has let us down too much wit his lies and stingy policy. our players are too lightweight compare to chavs or manu players (only song verma and sagna are the solid player u got). we got the most injury record and i dont think that will change this season. we cant compare the invincinbles with a whole lot of injury prone french boys (and not men) we have now. We are not strong enuff to win title and we dont have enuff grit like chelsea, man u to win any majors to say the truth. we all know that wat am saying are all true and not lies. wat happen is most of you here cant take the truth cos is bitter and i dont care and am not fear to say it. like me or hate me i dont giv a f**k! I am 200% sure dat you aint gonna win shit with all ur glass unriped bunch of players that you got. phucking stingy losers!
i dont really care about wat anyone wrote about me here. we all know almunia aint gonna win us nothing. unless we just kidding and lieing to ourselves here. he is an average goalie that is the fact. we need good reliable goalie to win any trophy. schwarzer may not be a world class gk but he is a good goalie and he is by far better than almunia. take it or leave it! arsene has let us down too much wit his lies and stingy policy. our players are too lightweight compare to chavs or manu players (only song verma and sagna are the solid player u got). we got the most injury record and i dont think that will change this season. we cant compare the invincinbles with a whole lot of injury prone french boys (and not men) we have now. We are not strong enuff to win title and we dont have enuff grit like chelsea, man u to win any majors to say the truth. we all know that wat am saying are all true and not lies. wat happen is most of you here cant take the truth cos is bitter and i dont care and am not fear to say it. like me or hate me i dont care! I am 200% sure dat you aint gonna win shit with all ur glass unriped bunch of players that you got. STINGY LOSERS!
dont really care about wat anyone wrote about me here. we all know almunia aint gonna win us nothing. unless we just kidding and lieing to ourselves here. he is an average goalie that is the fact. we need good reliable goalie to win any trophy. schwarzer may not be a world class gk but he is a good goalie and he is by far better than almunia. take it or leave it! arsene has let us down too much wit his lies and stingy policy. our players are too lightweight compare to chavs or manu players (only song verma and sagna are the solid player u got). we got the most injury record and i dont think that will change this season. we cant compare the invincinbles with a whole lot of injury prone french boys (and not men) we have now. We are not strong enuff to win title and we dont have enuff grit like chelsea, man u to win any majors to say the truth. we all know that wat am saying are all true and not lies. wat happen is most of you here cant take the truth cos is bitter and i dont care and am not fear to say it. like me or hate me i dont care! I am 200% sure dat you aint gonna win nothing with all ur glass unriped bunch of boys that you got. boys dont win trophies. men win trophies. STINGY LOSERS!
@damstar get off here and go to the manure blogs.
And once we do win don’t come back here claiming you were an arsenal fan the whole time. Your fake.
@ john R, Win? in your dream right? oh i forgot u won emirate cup and that is how far u can go dis season.
Isn’t there a transfer window in January? Maybe we can be optimistic for that? We have to have something worth leaving a current squad for – if it isn’t money, then it has to be trophies. Maybe if we’re sitting pretty in January, joining us may be more appealing…
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3119826/Arsenal-hit-by-injury-to-Nicklas-Bendtner.html that is another news for u all losers. enjoy it. now u gonna really on one striker for over a month. ur glass players are starting to crack already. wat a bunch of immature young boys u got that ur calling players.
y is this guy such a twat? honestly, if u really hate arsenal, dont comment!
No such thing as a great team without a great gk. Is like building ur house on a weak unreliable foundation. And we all know wat will happen when the storm come visit. Exactly. Enough said now.
Great!!!! It wasnt so hard just to say that was it???????
I agree with you btw, we could have atleast bought a cheap Igor Akinfeev