usheray said:We have 3 people who can play left back Clichy, Traore and Flamini, i dont think we need another LB what we need is a CB but again Davis who everyone is crying for is a young inexperienced players, funny how people slate Wenger for signing kids , wouldnt this be another kid joining the nursery?
You missed Lampard.Shadow Moses said:Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge wants to quit the club because of the possible arrival of Ashley Cole. (Various)
now that's funny
Drogba, Crespo, Gallas, Duff(already left) all want to quit chelsea.. Bridge has joined the list
visitor99 said:You missed Lampard.Shadow Moses said:Chelsea left-back Wayne Bridge wants to quit the club because of the possible arrival of Ashley Cole. (Various)
now that's funny
Drogba, Crespo, Gallas, Duff(already left) all want to quit chelsea.. Bridge has joined the list
Lampard to Barcelona for next season will be the next big, drawn out transfer saga over the next year. Like Henry over the previous year. The story has real substance and a move is a real possibility. A lot can happen over a year, but at this point in time some well placed sources have Lampard wanting to go and Barcelona wanting him. Same as Henry a year ago.
db10_therza said:Eh? LB or RB could easily lose u matches if the team you are up against play primarily through pacy techincal wingers. What on earth are you on about? I distinctly remember Lennon tearing Flamini to shreds and were it not for the fact that Sp**s are basically s***e we could have conceded a few in that first half. Ditto if up against Ronaldo, Robben, J Cole etc.
When you consider that fullbacks possibly made the most notable contribution throughout the world cup, making the difference between a good italy and a great italy, I honestly cant understand this comment. Yes we have replacements but they dont have enough experience to know when to bomb forwards, when to track back etc.
Arsène Wenger insists Arsenal are yet to receive an offer for Chelsea target and England international Ashley Cole.
Widespread reports in the English media have claimed that The Gunners knocked back a bid of £16 million for the dynamic left-back, with various sources claiming Wenger is looking for anything from £20-£30 million for the player who has seemingly burnt his bridges with the club.
Cole's autobiography is expected to contain severe criticism of his boyhood club, with the 25-year-old still holding a grudge against the Gunners hierarchy for the distasteful events of last season when he was found guilty of an illegal approach to London rivals Chelsea.
As a result speculation has been rife that Cole will switch to Stamford Bridge before the close of the transfer window, particularly with The Blues selling Asier Del Horno to Valencia.
Wenger insists that there has been no contact with any parties so far, dismissing notions of the reported £16 million bid, but the Frenchman admitted he could not state with confidence that Cole will still be an Arsenal player for the coming season.
"There is nothing going on with Ashley at the moment," said Wenger.
"There is no offer and we are not talking to anybody about him.
"I am always confident of holding on to a player, but if you want me to sit here and guarantee he will be an Arsenal player next season I cannot do it.
"He only has two years left on his contract and we have not made any movement in that regard and when you have a player in that situation you cannot say much."
Meanwhile Tomas Rosicky made his Gunners debut on Tuesday night in a 2-1 friendly win over Austrian outfit SV Mattersburg, with Jeremie Aliadiere and Justin Hoyte scoring for the North London side.
Number8 said:Wow, 37 pages of this…
Guess the attention-whore Cole is getting his wish.
To be honest I’m rather surprised that there’s actually a mixed opinion on this whole issue. I thought it would be 37 pages of slagging him off more than anything else.
For all those people that are hoping Cole, Arsenal and us (the fans) can sort out our differences and move on and continue building on our youthful team, I really do not understand where you’re coming from.
Lets just look at the facts. Cole snuck behind the clubs back and attended a meeting with those thugs at Chelsea. That’s his first and most important crime. I’ve heard several arguments pro-Cole. That he had a verbal agreement with the club and that they went back on their words. Fair enough, I can understand that he’s upset about it, but there are other ways to show your displeasure at the way the club is treating you. He isn’t the only player in the world that has had problems with the board or the management. It happens week in week out, usually for footballing reasons (like being a bench warmer or being played out of position). This time it was for money. We have to accept that money is one of the main motivational factors for any job, football included. So Cashley has a reason to be upset. That taken into account, there are other ways he could have dealt with it. Simple thing to do was make your reasons for wanting out clear and hand in a transfer request. That’s what Gallas did, he said he doesn’t like playing out of position and also that he wants to move out of the Premiership. Fair enough. What our little left back did was break the rules, go behind the clubs back and try push his price up.
Arsenal didn’t break any rules on going back on his salary, they might not have acted in the most ethical manner, but they certainly didn’t break any rules. This guy broke them, and then he expects the club he tried screwing over to stand up for him. I just don’t understand the logic in that. The club didn’t stand up for him, but they didn’t exactly publicly humiliate him either. Remember what Mourinho and the I.Q test? If anything Cole deserved exactly that. I don’t see why he’s complaining.
I think this is enough reason to throw him out of the club, the auto-biography nonsense doesn’t really interest me. For me backstabbing the club I love is more than enough to detest him. But fair enough, some of you aren’t as ruthless as I am and decided to give him a second chance.
He then goes on with the publicity nonsense with his girlfriend. This was enough to get Beckham booted from United. Fergusson didn’t like him getting big headed and looking like a pansy in the papers. He wanted back-page headlines. He felt that United’s image is suffering with all this nonsense about Posh and Becks. Fair enough. Don’t you think Cole is doing a similar thing with Arsenal? The tabloids already have it in for us, Cole is just fueling it. Ofcourse, he is completely within his right to do whatever he pleases in his free time (I’m talking about his photo-ops with girly magazines, not his accusations about being a salad-tosser, that stuff really has nothing to do with this); but Wenger and Arsenal have the same right to not tolerate this. Against, they haven’t been as ruthless as Cole makes him out to be. If he was at any other club he would have had a serious arse-whooping. He didn’t at Arsenal.
After all this nonsense, he allegedly has the balls to openly criticize Arsenal for the way they conduct their business. Its not a case of this being the last straw, this is just more reasons to kick him out, meeting with Chelsea was the first and last straw for him.
Lets look at Cashley’s defense. “I always give 100% on the pitch”. I hope he realizes that Arsenal pay 100% of his wages, so really, 100% on the pitch is the least we can expect from him. Not much of an argument is it?
I’ll admit that Cole is a very gifted footballer. There’s no point doubting that. But football is so much more than 11 players kicking a ball around. It’s full of passion and commitment. Arsenal is becoming a globally recognized club with passionate supporters scattered all over…not just England. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of people that follow the clubs every move. Hundreds of thousands of fans that stick with the club through thick and thin. Hunderds of thousands of fans that feel on top of the world when the club do well and feel rock bottom when they don’t. We’re one with the club, without us the club is nothing and without the club we’re nothing. Cashley has decided to take this and take a massive dump all over it.
Enough is enough, lets just milk him for all he’s worth and send him packing. I’d rather see someone like Clichy wear the shirt with pride (even if he thinks its Francenal and not Arsenal).
I hope Wenger, Dein, Cole, Cole’s agent, his Lawyers, his PR, his mother-in-law. f**k it, I hope the whole world is reading this and he’s sent on his way.