Wojciech Szczęsny is close to sealing a second loan spell away from the club, according to reports in Poland. Arsène Wenger is keen to carefully nurture the prospect, amid speculation in Slovenia that Samir Handanovič is poised to join the club.
Wenger reassured Szczęsny and fellow youngster Vito Mannone that they have long-term roles to play at the club during a meeting at the end of last season. The Frenchman also re-affirmed his belief that Wojciech is the future number one, although he admitted it was unlikely he would break through this year. That news came despite an impressive loan spell with Brentford, in which the 20-year-old made 28 appearances.
Szczęsny returned for pre-season with the first-team but he hasn’t been included in the team to face Barnet. Wenger has instead kept faith in his goalkeeping 1-2 from last season. However, the club have been carefully monitoring Udinese’s Samir Handanovič, and today Slovenian news outlets are rife with reports that the Gunners will announce his signing shortly. Whether that information is true or not, another goalkeeper is on the cards.
Fulham’s Mark Schwarzer appeared to be the first-choice. At 37 he would represent a stop gap while Wojciech and Mannone earned experience. That is still the plan, but the links to Schwarzer have gone cold, and there is a real possibility Wenger could turn to a younger option. That would certainly anger the Reserve duo, who have already said they would leave if chances don’t open up.
A whole host of clubs have expressed an interest in Szczęsny. He was recently considering a temporary switch to Italy, although the Championship seems a more real possibility. Wherever he ends up, a route into the first-team is becoming a little cloudy.
Update: Handanovič’s agent rubbish’s links in Slovenian newspapers. Szczęsny story still applies.
I hope Szczesny won’t be sold.
No way ever Ray Parlour told me directly through ATVO he is AFC best prospect and his personal favorite. I really think Mannone and Szczesney will be fighting for the No.1 spot next season? Also I feel we don’t need a GK this season just some DB with height we were killed on set pieces last season I just watch all highlights for last season Alumina might be @ fault for maybe @ best 3 goals? Go gunners….
I think we need a keeper but what’s wrong with getting Schwarzer
Andrew there nothing wrong with getting Schwartzer but Fulham dont want to sell for what we are offering, a little like Barca and Fabregas.
how much can fullham want for a keeper who is 37 and going to be 38 in october or something
it shoudl 2-3 million pounds
Schwarzer is too expensive for his age and I dont think hes really any better than almunia. It concerns me how often we’ve been linked with average players like him, upson and jagielka this summer.
Imo szczesny should be given to a top division club somewhere. I really think he has the ability now, but I suppose we shouldnt go into a season with a young keeper as our no.1 unless hes really proven himself – so hopefully he will be given the chance elsewhere to do that. This loan move should definitely be taken very seriously and considered carefully. He needs matches, but is capable of top flight football imo, so it might be tough to find a club that is willing to take on a young keeper and give him a realistic chance of match time. Maybe birmingham would be a good bet as they gave hart the opportunities last season, which was a positive experience for both parties, and I suppose hes returning to man city this year?
awesome work J!!! Hope this is true!!!! Also Udinese blogs reporting we will get him next week!!!
I think we should go for an older keeper, my preferences:
1: Mark Schwartzer
2: Thomas Sorenson
3: Sebastian Frey
@ athlon: he will never be sold!!! did you hear Wengers recent comments about the qualities of him? Never ever will be Tech9 sold. He is our future number1 and can be the best ever for Arsenal!!!
Yes, I’ve heard, but I fear.
#arsenal4ever,
could you give me link to those blogs?
Szczesny wont be sold…
Handanovic please no!
The guy is a giant but cannot catch a ball hes so dodgy on crosses and set pieces.
Szcensy is better than him wenger what are you doing give the kid a chance.
here we go again!!! do you only like Bendnter? Put him in goal, lol!!! Handanovic was brillant and can command his box pretty well!!! Even Buffon said he is the best GK in SerieA. That means something!!!
http://www.footballpress.net/index.php?action=read&idsel=64923
Il Friuli/Udineseblog
but fukk wenger sell almunia and flapianski. Mannone is 100 times better as both!!!
Mannone is the best? what planet are you on? He got man of the match against Fulham but was very very lucky, palming the ball across his own box 3 times. He’s not a great keeper and he can’t catch to save his life so what wouuld he bring to the team?
I’d rather have “flappy hand ski” than Mannone
Samir Handanovič is a very very good option and I wont mind mannone leaving but Szczesny HELL TO THE NO
schwarzer seems such a good keeper to get he’s the right age, right price and better than Almunia
if we do sign Samir Handanovič I wiil say szczesny still will need two years to be ready for arsenal first team and will Samir Handanovič be happy to become no.2 then I doubt it
by the way any idea how much it will cost to get him?
if it less than 7 million euros then I will say good price because we can certainly sell him for a lot more after two years but if its more than that is he really worth buying
Totaly agree with andrew. I am hoping its schwarzer and not handanovic. The aussie would be cheaper,PL experience and ideal stop gap for the Pole.
it is said we offered about 10 mill €. Not sure if it is true.
10 million euros is what 8.5 million pounds
not bad for a keeper and I am sure if does a good job wenger will be able to sell him for 12-15 million
but I still will be happy with Schwarzer
I have no problem with MS coming into the club, I thought I read somewhere he MS is looking to stay on after with the club in a coaching role also? But back to MA he only needs a haircut and he will be fine!(JK) Personally it’s lack of height @ the back that’s hurt MA? Be interesting to see what AW does in the next month for now I’m going to focus on the current squad! Also you don’t like the JET( One of my favorites from when ATVO showed live reserves do you go to games or just watch through the tele/internet? Where do you live? I hope to make it to AFC land very soon!
I agree with what you say, but I dont know why on earth szczesny would need 2 years to be ready. Age is just a number and keepers have started younger than 20 at big clubs, casillas for one. To me, szczesny looks mentally ready, which is all that’s really required. He clearly has the talent. I think a lot of keepers have the talent. Almunia is an immensely talented goalkeeper, which he has shown on many occasions, but lacks the mentality of a great keeper. Szczesny always seems to be switched on and focused and never appears to lack confidence. You’d want him to be tested at a higher level before entering a season with him as your no.1 but I wouldnt say hes not ready now. I certainly wouldnt attach an arbitrary amount of time as to how long it will take him to be ready, no offense
My gosh this is a big mistake. I dont rate Samir Handanovic at all. Hes got excellent reflexes but every time i have seen him play he looks awful he cant catch a ball.
Hes more flappy than fabianski did ppl not watch him in the world cup? He couldnt catch a ball to save his life
how many times have you see him?
you dont rate afobe nor aneke not anyone above Bendtner. keep it real if buffon even says he is better than him so he is world class!!!
did buffon really say that?
wow
I watched all 3 of his WC appearances and thought his keeping to be of a high standard. All keepers at the WC looked like Flappianski because of the ball, mate. It was obvious that almost all keepers preferred to the punch or block than trying to take the ball because of the late swerve. He only conceded 2 goals at the tourney and the Defoe goal was pretty much unstoppable.
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Yes I can recall him pushing Rooney`s ball onto the post….
Handanovic is not a decent keeper and all this buying a stop gap to wait for szczesny to be ready is pathetic.
I know of no other club that would do this! If you have a decent keeper then play him! If he isn’t ready then don’t play him but don’t hedge your bets that he’ll be the nuts in 2 yrs.
If we bought a class keeper of 26 or whatever then if in 2 yrs the young pole is good enough he’ll make the grade and unseat the present no 1.
Typical wenger penny pinching dog shit! Just fuck off to another club and stop ruining ours you cunt. He only cares about making bug ££££ for the board. CUNT
when did he ruin ours?
monty it should be illegal for kid in nappies to post
You are a complete idiot.
You must be 5 years old righttt monty… where we you when Arse win all the cup for Arsenal ???
geez monty, you really are a dipstick..obvioulsy one of the “I want it and I want it now generation.” ah, the years of experience and knowldege of youth. I hear the yobbos at white shite lane are looking for dorks like you – go down there and see what failure is like. bye bye
Goalkeeper is a very hard player to find when he needs to be old cheap and reliable, if we didn’t have Tech9 I would love Handanovic, but i’m not sure however as Andrew said we can always sell him for big profit which is always nice at Arsenal.
In 2years we don’t need to worry about Cesc with Wilshere and Ramsey with Song still holding or maybe even Eastmond.
Mannone and Chesney both need season long loans if another keeper comes in and Almunia isn’t sold.
Both are capable of being good Championship level keepers at their current ages and it would definitely benefit them both in the long run.
With regards the currently linked transfers, I wouldn’t mind Schwarzer at all. I read that Given was being linked which could make sense because they released Taylor, but then re-signed him and neither Given or Hart are going to want to play understudy.
Not seen much of Handovic but i did read Buffon’s comments.
I was actually hoping wenger will try and loan hart or even given
Thanks for the info…..Hope we sign him coz I don`t like the idea of having Mark Schwarzer in goal.He is overpriced and over rated plus 38yrs very soon…..As for Wojciech Szczęsny he looks quality but playing for Brentford and Arsenal are 2 very very very different things.1 or 2 mistakes and everyone will get on his back.His time will come.
People on here dont watch football thats the problem.
I have watched alot of serie a games especially udinese who have alot of talent in zapata, sanchez, gokhan inler – A player who arsenal could do with.
But handanovic has never impressed me you watch when we go up North to Stoke, Blackburn watch him flap, doing his superman thing, going down when someone touches him.
I worry about his handling and commanding his box. Hes not very vocal and i think he will crumble under the pressure at arsenal with 60,000 ppl there not 15 ppl u gt at udinese.
Woijech szcensy is the better goalkeeper he should be given a go
Dear John, i watch tons of Football all leagues just to let you know! Peace
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/40848/Agent_Handanovic_to_Arsenal_is_rubbish.aspx
good
According to the sport.co.uk, Handanovic’s agent has rubbished the reports, the goalkie will NOT be joining us.
Because he is still having nightmares of Landon Donovan? JK!
Thank GOD FOR THAT.
so bendtner will be in goal now!!! brillant :-)!!!
thats strange now!!!
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/40848/Agent_Handanovic_to_Arsenal_is_rubbish.aspx
OK HOW DOES THIS IDEA SOUND
city have two very good keepers in hart and given right?
both of them want to play week in and week out right?
why dont we loan one of them?
both are good enough and city will love for their keeper to get PL experience
I doubt City will sell given so getting hart for free will be a brilliant idea
after a good or a great next season behind Szczesny he can compete for our no.1 spot
this is the cheapest and best option I can think off
better than Schwarzer or Handovic
City would be loathed to give a potential title and European rival either of those keepers on loan so I can’t see that happening at all
A permanent deal for either Schwarzer or Given would do me nicely and get it signed before we go to Austria :)
Shwarzer please
We fundamentally need a GK who can command his box…ie good at crosses, very vocal, organises the defence and midfield ahead of him. Must be PL experienced PLEASEEEEE ARSENE…stop gambling with such an important position! I’m sick of the sight of Almunia and Fabianski….URGhhhhh
I can guarantee you if we sign Schwarzer and I am sure he will be our most likely signing
there will be a million people crying that wenger goes for cheap options and he has again scr@@ed it up.
Schwarzer doesnt fit in the greatest keeper of his generation but he’s reliable, he will always keep our back line organized, he will make sure people are doing their job right and after his retirement his coaching job at arsenal can be a great thing to have
only a few clubs ever get a goalkeeping coach with almost 20 years of top flight goalkeeping experience behind him
Didn’t MS for Fulham have a very impressive clean sheet and goals against record?
By all accounts Szczesny is the dogs danglies and I would be gutted to lose him. The idea of Schwarzer as a stop gap for a season or 2 whilst Szczessa and Vito get a bit more experience is a good idea IMO.
Agent: Handanovic to Arsenal is rubbish
It would be nice to keep szczesny but unless he wants to be a no.2 for a short amount of time he’s gonna have to go. Wont be all bad though as then we can focus on a long term keeper which will be a better option with the likes of Hart, Lloris and Marchetti mentioned
With all due respects for Wenger, BUT he must put the team first, not potential futures first. And IMHO, Mannone must be second choice, he could do no worse than Fabianski who is mentally scarred.
have we really offered for wickham???
If we cant get Shwartzer then we should go for Sorenson from Stoke, he is a quality keeper at the right age to allow these two to come into the team.
Just put Wojciech Szczęsny as the no. 1 keeper and we have solve our goalkeeping problem
I know he is only 20 years old but if he is good he should be given a chance. He did not concede any open goal while in Brentford. Our problem is in the CB where they are not tall enough. Mertesacker is the solution at 6’7″. Last season, gallas was rubbish at the end of the season. The title chase was gone when TV got injured.
yeah Teoh, but playing in goal for Brentford against Rotherham or some such club in front of 2000 fans is quite differnet to playing at Emirates or OT in front of 60,000. No, he needs some time to be ready. Let’s not potentially destroy a truly wonderful talent. A small dose of patience and strategy needed here.
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/40848/Agent_Handanovic_to_Arsenal_is_rubbish.aspx
No go.
GET JOE HART .
for free
Here’s the link for the Buffon comments http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/140643/World-Cup-2010-Classy-Samir-has-fan-in-Gigi/World-Cup-2010-Classy-Samir-has-fan-in-GigiWorld-Cup-2010-Classy-Samir-has-fan-in-GigiWorld-Cup-2010-Classy-Samir-has-fan-in-Gigi
god i dont know whats wrong with wenger and keepers. he keeps signing ones that just look plain uncomfortable, handanovic being another. i would make sure we loan szczsney to a premier league team and be able to recall. then give fabianski till january. forget signing some old keeper for money. have a look around for a free one. paddy kenny would have done a job b4 qpr signed him
I bet Szczesny goes on loan to Sunderland. Wenger likes Steve Bruce and Craig Gordon has broken his arm – again – which means they a keeperless as Fulop wants to move. Not a bad place for him to get experience for three or four months?
wow a PL move
will brucey risk it
“A route to the first team is becoming cloudy”
No. He is 20 years old. Wenger said he is the future No.1 . He needs more experience in situations that involve immense pressure . If he leaves , he is not only a traitor but a complete idiot.
This blog is fantastic for reserve and youth team news and transfers, the best out there, but when it comes to first team transfer news it is rather suspect to say the least, handanovic to Arsenal has just been a rumour and as his agent has denied any contact with Arsenal too.
Also the blog seems to be certain there is ‘nothing in the Joe Cole’ rumours. It’s pretty obvious theres something. There’s no smoke without fire and if there wasn’t why hasnt Cole signed for Spurs already? His agent can’t be talking to them about wages for the past few weeks. Wenger loves to deny rumours linking players to Arsenal, yet he didn’t for Cole, he changed the subject. Cole doesn’t want to leave London either so it’s out of the two. Cole will be an Arsenal player Jamie mate, and theres no doubt about it.
You’re welcome to your opinion, of course. I didn’t say Handanovic is happening at no stage, just put the link in as it’s of interest. We got the Laurent Koscielny spot on, so please don’t be short sighted in your views.
There is no proof in the Joe Cole rumours. Wenger said he didn’t want any new midfielders, and recently said we don’t need any attacking players. It’s just hype and people’s desire for Cole to come that is feeding the rumours. A newspaper or source quickly becomes untrusted when they say something people dislike and vice-versa. I’ll keep your e-mail address and if he signs, I’ll congratulate you. But what you’ve said is pure speculation.
Like I said, even if you get a bit of transfer news a little off the mark, your overall quality of work puts you head and shoulders above any other Arsenal blogger, fact. (and I am one myself!)
I’m just saying I noticed you always seem quick when dismissing the Joe rumours when the gaffer hasn’t even denied the rumours himself yet, and we all know how quick he is to shoot down rumours. He was asked whether a deal was in place to sign Cole before the WC, and with a rise smile he just talked about his qualities. Didn’t give a yes or a no. Maybe Weng already knows the deal is done which is why he said no more attacking midfielders.
Or maybe he just said that so Barca don’t think we’re looking for a Fabregas replacement. Anyway like you said let’s wait and see. Keep up the outstanding work.
“What is a “rise smile” – you illiterate English people never fail to amuse me. It’s a “rye smile” for starters but you strike me as one of the people that would put cutlery in a draw instead of a drawer.
Not sure if this has been reported yet because my computer has been broken but I just wanted to inform you if you didnt know,…..Jack Wilshere will be onloan at bolton next year. My friend texted me from a bolton camp in south carolina that he was standing next to Jack Wilshere. They are down there playing friendlies aswell verse American teams from the USL which is essential the 2nd division.
shane jw is in the 22 man sqaud an will play tomorrow so highly unlikely he is there but will probably go for half a season then be back by january fighting for his place
That’s Jack’s evil twin brother, Joe, with Bolton. The real Jack is going to play Barnett tomorrow.
jack’s not going anyhwere and I hope neither will eastmond or lansbury
I want these players in and around the team
And the next day he turns out for us against Barnet? I think “your mate” doesn’t exist and you made up the story for attention.
He texted me…..and said quote ” I think i am standing next to Jack Wilshere. It was at a Bolton Camp”. Obviously he was wrong, which i am happy about, because Jack is ready to play for us. Why would i make that up for attention? lol If you read correctly i said my computer has been broken so i had no clue if he was in the barnet game. You could have just said “no, he is playing with us ” and not been dick heads.
we should get shwarzer and can get him but fulham cant find a replacement so we give them tech9 for a season long loan and sign shwarzer and sell almunia to athletio done
will a PL side risk playing such a young keeper????????????????
This could only happen in a computer game – this however, is real life. Stop playing FM / FIFA10 because it’s making you think these things are possible.
@ Shane, Jack Wilshere is in the Arsenal squad for tomorrows game at Barnet mate.
I luv watching Jack Wiltshire and in my opinion he should be a regular in the squad but what’s the use of playing him today v Barnet when as I read he’s once again going to be loaned out? we need to watch players who are on the fringe or will play some part in the 1st team this season. Wish Jack was one of them……..sigh!
@goona – do you agree wilshere should be given opportunities at arsenal, and walcott (and/or vela actually) should be sent to bolton instead? I think that would be really positive for theo/carlos in the long run, and frankly I think wilshere is more ready for arsenal’s first team, certainly more ready than theo. vela hasnt really had a proper chance yet, but playing regularly for bolton might improve his confidence and he could start banging in goals come the end of the season.
look joe cole will not be coming to arsenal,can you not get that through your head.
k, got it through..but when he does i’ll come back here and ask for wankadan and he’ll be nowhere to be seen.
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look joe cole will not be coming to arsenal,can you not get that through your head.”
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k, got it through..but when he does i’ll come back here and ask for wankadan and he’ll be nowhere to be seen.”
Liverpool FC website – “Liverpool FC are delighted to confirm the signing of Joe Cole on a four-year deal.”
Sigggh I love quotes :)
If we’re gonna get a gk, I hope it’s one who’s not supposed to be a stop-gap. I like Chesney, and I believe he will become a real star at Arsenal if he has the patience, and the balls to stay on and compete for a place, even if Wenger does buy a top quality keeper in his prime. I don’t really care how old the gk is, as long as he’s top quality. I don’t want us to sign a gk if he’s not a clear improvement from what we have. Diego Benaglio would be a really good signing methink.
I am from Slovenia and must say that Handanovic is really good GK. He was class at the World Cup and in qualifiers, well he made a mistake against USA but it was defenders fault too…Probably we wont sign him but if we do, he will do good work for us, I am sure. But I think the best option for us would be Frey, he is class and by the time he will get old, Chesney will be ready for 1st team. But for now I would send Chesney to Championship or lower PL side to get more experience…Mannone would be 2nd choice and I would get rid of Flopianski and Almunia.
Didn’t we sign a young Argentinian keeper recently?
yeah martinez from independiente. but he is to young
JS any truth in the rumours Sanchez watt got into police trouble?
I know Emmanuel Frimpong was really bad kid he use to go to Gladesmore a really bad secondary school in Harringey. He was known as a bunker, got into fights, acting like a rude boy. Kid thinks hes a gangstar big boy etc.
Gladesmore? Funny I have loads of mates who go there, I’ll see what I can find out.
Its like Jake Livermore at spurs i know him personally use to go to my school Enfield grammar really good footballer but an awful guy.
Big headed, thought he was top guy, didnt really work ahrd at school cause he thought he made it.
He was only intrested in sports nothing else thats the problem we have got in this country.
BTW I saw Armand traore and abou diaby at whiteman mosque today in Turnpike lane.
ASked them about laurent koscielny and chamakh they said koscielny was a brilliant defender and chamakh is very skillful.
This didn’t happen did it – why would you make up such a rubbish story?
Neither of them belong to Whiteman Mosque which is the first thing that gives this away.
I don’t think Joe Cole will come because he’s demanding lunatic wages that no one – not Chelsea, not Liverpool and most certainly not us – thinks he is worth. Spurs will pay up. Goes without saying.
I don’t want Joe Cole within 100 feet of an Arsenal training pitch, never mind being a replacement for Cesc. Anyone who thinks of himself as highly as he does is a danger to the team. He isn’t worth 120 k per week. Fuck he’s hardly worth 70k per week. I’ll be sorely disappointed if we do sign him. It will just cause unrest within the squad. What will players like Rosicky and Nasri and Wilshere and Eduardo think?? These guys work just as hard and are all just as good as Cole if not better. FUCK JOE COLE!!!!! FUCK HIM!!!!!!!!
I hope he will stay
Its ironic Joe cole is Englands msot technical player and he was brought up in Islington, North London i am amazed arsenal didnt pick him up years ago lol
Yeah John you are right. But seeing that we don’t have him, I don’t think we should get him. BTW I’m a proponent for playing Szczesny right now. Why not play him in all the friendlies and see what he can do. And then give him a few Premier League games. If he doesn’t do well, it doesn’t mean that he won’t be our future number one, and if he does well, then keep him in there until he struggles right?? That’s how I see it anyways. Obviously Arsenal management think differently and that’s ok. We can’t agree on everything right?? He’ll probably be fine either way.
West ham have always had a great youth setup, but I think arsenals has only developed more recently
I would love to see us bring Given in. He an unbelievable goalkeeper and we really missed out when decided to leave Newcastle. Jaaskelainen from Bolton is also a wild card choice – extremely consistent, experienced in the PL and 35 years old so he should be in his prime. I would think Jaaskelainen would cost less than £6m.. possible more like £10m for Given but definitely worth it.
Off topic, Fabregas isn’t due back until the 2nd Aug? If this is correct its strange that he wont even be around during the Emirates Cup
The thing with szcensy is that hes young and arsenal have to sort out thier defence.
Some ppl think we have a problem in goal which is why our defence is so weak i disagree almunia is a quality goalkeeper who rarely makes mistakes hes just scapegoat. I can only rember a few mistakes like the birmingham and barcelona game. I cant remeber any more
Until we sort out our full backs and centre backs we wont win anything and no goalkeeper in the world will solve this problem.
Almunia has been better than petr cech but chelsea won the league why is that? Petre cech has been awful this season. We need to sort out our defence!
Simple good defence carvalho, terry are quality centre backs with alex as back up
Are you mad Almunia is one of the worst keepers in the prem name three worse in the prem than him you cant. He just cant handle pressure we gave him alot of time to get over the nerves but he has been at fault for too many errors since he started we might of won the champions league in 2006 might of won the prem this year if he was better and that danny rose goal should have been saved this year, even when he played the best l ever see him play against barca at home this year second half what happened he run out towards zlatan wen he should of stayed if you go back though all the games he played in he lost us so many points and the players dont trust him at all should have got rid years ago rant over. By the way this is a great website, well done J so keep up the goodwork mate only wish you talked about the first team as well
sell szczesny and manone will be no.1 spot and get handovic
Get that Slovenian goalie Arsene!
Cesc is unreplaceable so pls don`t mention J.Cole and Cesc in the same sentence.Cesc will stay as I taught for most for the time coz Arsenal are in control coz his contract ends 2015.Support the guy and make him feel welcome,he is world class.I just hope Wenger will sign 2-3 more players and show some ambition so we can win the league…Maybe today after the game Wenger will talk about transfers…My fear is Almunia will still be no 1 and I`m 99% sure….PLZZZZZZZZ let me be wrong.
We can talk all we like about what player or this player we’re going to get. In reality what we’ll really get if we’re lucky is one or two cheapies instead of one or 2 good quality players. Either he’s got the lolly or he ain’t if he ain’t that’s very understandable but if he has he’s giving us a very good impersonation of Scrooge. Wish he’d give us an excellent impression of Lord Spendalot….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPWeQIc4Eo&feature=player_embedded
Here is the proof. I stand to be corrected. He did not concede any goal even in a penalty situation. This was the compilation from Young guns earlier. I think the League one strikers must be sick of him stopping everything thrown at him and hoping that he does not return to Brentford. And he plays in some really shit pitch in those games. He stopped anything from direct, high, low, one on one and etc.
I think he should be no. 1 when he has already played for Poland his full national cap considering Poland have really good goalkeepers.
He is 6’4″ and from those video. He does not look small in front of goal. Sell Almunia and Fabianski and get some money to buy a really good CB. Vito is good enough for the no. 2.
Yup, I think he could be the next fabregas for his position. He always looked so calm playing for brentford like nothing could affect his focus, which shows maturity for a gk I think – something almunia really lacks to be frank.
I do think it would be a huge risk to chuck him in at the deep end. We can only speculate how well he would take to the additional pressure of playing in goal for arsenal compared to brentford. To me, he looks a level above our other goalkeepers mentally, and so should definitely be given a chance, but we need to have a solid goalkeeper in place in case things go wrong. It would be extremely tough to get a quality gk who would be willing to come and play as backup to an unproven 20 year old, so the best thing to do would probably be to sign someone with some experience, handanovic might be a good option there, as no.1 and keep szczesny as no.2. That way he could get some experience in the odd CL game and cup games, but its also likely he would get the chance to take over as no.1 if/when the 1st choice keeper gets a knock or something.
Davi, there is no sense in keeping Szczesny as number 2 when he could be on loan playing regularly. Young keepers develop more quickly playing every week.
i realy thinl manone and schi should be in the main team this season
mannone got lucky against Fulham (palming the ball across his own box 3 times) – what else has he done to tell you this?
One lucky game doesn’t make a good keeper
Would Steve Bruce risk Sczczesny? Search me. I guess it depends on whether he can sign a new no. 2 to replace Fulop (who wants out) before the window closes. He won’t be looking for a new no. 1, e.g. a Schwatzer or Given, having already spent a record fee on Craig Gordon. The only keeper he’s currently got is a kid even younger than Sczczesny. Where is Sczczesny, by the way? Will he be going to Austria?
The problem we had were not with the defense per se but more with our defensive play.
At Chelsea it is ingrained that when they lose the ball the entire team not just the defender have to try to get it back.
Remember when Manchester ‘I Owe You’ scored break away goals against us, only Denilson (Who had a bad back) and Vermeulen raced back. Everybody else was still standing near their goal. Rooney would have raced back to wrestle the ball back. He may have got a yellow card for his trouble but they would not have conceded.
We do not concede enough of the little tactical fouls (not nasty or violent) that stop the opposition. That start with the attacking midfielder: Nasri, Rosicky, Walcott, Arshavin.
Also our full backs need to work better with the rest of the defense. Only one should be ahead of the play at any given time.
Against Blackburn we conceded goal when both Clichy and Sagna were both deep in the opposition camp.
Handanovic may be a goal keeper in Italy but the EPL is much more physical and I am not convinced that he could handle that side of the game.
Tech9 looks like the real deal to me. I have seen a couple of game and he seems to be quite vocal in organising his defense.
Anyone who has Arsenal TV Online go ahead to the match centre and have a look at The Teams, the starting XIs have been confirmed and there are a few odd surprises.
Starting XI:
Fabianski
Nordtveit-Koscielny-Vermaelen-Traore
Rosicky-Frimpong-Wilshere
Arshavin-Simpson-Emmanuel-Thomas
Bench: Szczesney, Mannone, Miguel, Djourou, Gibbs, Eastmond, Nasri, Henderson, Lansbury, Barazite, Walcott, Chamakh.
So that’s Simpson stepping in for Eduardo and Almunia replaced by Szczesney and Mannone.
http://atdhe.net/21216/watch-barnet-vs-arsenal
Szczesney’ got number 1 shirt!
Don’t take notice of any of the kit numbers. Simpson has 9, doesn’t mean he will be the first team replacement should Eduardo leave.
and frimpong 4 replacing fabrgas?
yeah, and frimpong got number 4, so don’t read much in it.
Thanks ‘dennie’ for the link, as I am now able to watch the game live from Thailand (where I will be for a few months) :)
Jay Simpson seems to be having a good game so should we keep him? Maybe we should give him till January to impress? What’s everyones thoughts on this idea?
I haven’t watched all of the match so far, so if some of you could tell me who has impressed you that would be much appreciated :D
Simpson, scored 2 but simply not good enough to make it at Arsenal. Will probably end up as Blackburn’s #10 in 3 or 4 years though
Shut up u lot on the goalkeeping situation! Wojciech Szczęsny should be given that spot now! I followed his loan spell throughout at Brentford and the guy is a monster of a keeper. What does his age or maturity got to do with it? Just take a look at Casillas at Real Madrid. Enough said!!!