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The Arsenal Thread XXIII

Reply 2100

leinad2012

15

Why is Bellerin's shirt soaked from the chest low chest and down? Looks like he's getting a beer belly

Reply 2101

The Shed End

2

Can't wait for the lols when the away kit is released.

Reply 2102

Mackay

17

Original post by leinad2012

Why is Bellerin's shirt soaked from the chest low chest and down? Looks like he's getting a beer belly

He's been out on the ale all month with Grealish.

Reply 2103

swirly

14

Original post by Mackay

New kit and that:

if these guys were school teachers based on their looks:

rosicky: french
monreal: english
cazorla: science
welbz: supply
bellerin: PE

Reply 2104

Depleted

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Original post by swirly

if these guys were school teachers based on their looks:

rosicky: french
monreal: english
cazorla: science
welbz: supply
bellerin: PE

I reckon you're spot on.

Reply 2105

Dirtybit

20

Walcott looks like a Typical PE teacher with a whistle hanging on his neck. Sanchez is that die hard fitness PE teacher that just takes every exercise to extreme and makes everyone do 200 press ups.

Giroud and Ramsey are those teachers that girls want to have detention with every day after school.

Kosc is that one strict as **** teacher they all hate.

Wilshere is that young teacher who doesn't give a **** about the rules and let's pupils doss, has great banter with them and he's their favourite.

Mertesacker is that clumsy teacher who is always nervous.

Ozil is the teacher that gets terrored and has to call the Headmaster for help every lesson.

Wenger is the Headmaster who thinks he's a really great headmaster but everyone makes jokes about him behind his back.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 2106

Mackay

17

Original post by swirly

if these guys were school teachers based on their looks:

rosicky: french
monreal: english
cazorla: science
welbz: supply
bellerin: PE

Monreal and Bellerin are PE all day long, but I'd say that Welbz is more of a maths or chemistry wizard.

Reply 2107

The Shed End

2

Wilshere is the nutty rugby coach who goes well OTT when the school beat their rivals.

Wenger is the paedo caretaker

Reply 2108

TornadoGR4

6

Yeah...that's not a very flattering photo of Bellerin

Reply 2109

swirly

14

cant decide who looks more like a hollister model in that picture: rosicky, monreal or bellerin?

bellerin obviously has the cheek bones.

rosicky comes with the hair aesthetics

and monreal brings good all round game

nohomo

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 2110

leinad2012

15

Original post by Mackay

He's been out on the ale all month with Grealish.

Pretty much, monreal looks like he's sucking his gut in and it's backfired, you can see his ribs like some starving child :/

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 2111

The Shed End

2

Arteta would be the art teacher who tells his students to imagine exotix concepts and to 'let the brush do the work'.

Coquelin would be the kid who's on a permanent report card and switches if anyone looks at him, was probably in juvi at some point

Diaby is the kid who's in one day every term and goes home at lunch time for something like a nose bleed

Reply 2112

swirly

14

Original post by The Shed End

Arteta would be the art teacher who tells his students to imagine exotix concepts and to 'let the brush do the work'.

Coquelin would be the kid who's on a permanent report card and switches if anyone looks at him, was probably in juvi at some point

Diaby is the kid who's in one day every term and goes home at lunch time for something like a nose bleed

Reply 2113

De Chirico

9

Cech would be a great signing on so many levels, most of all to see the Chelsea plastics crying about it.

Reply 2114

swirly

14

Original post by De Chirico

Cech would be a great signing on so many levels, most of all to see the Chelsea plastics crying about it.

i just dont see the sense in playing 11m for a 33 year old.

its a myth that just because he's a GK he will last longer.

casillas is 34 and past it.
buffon is 37 and was definitely exposed in the run up to and including the world cup

Reply 2115

difeo

18

Original post by atom y humber

Why are you taking just 5 seasons? He was here for 8 seasons and only played at world class level for 18 months (part of which you included in his 1 in 2 stats). There're 2 seasons you've discounted for.

Without those 18 months i.e discounting the 10-12 seasons, he had 73 in 196 (going by wiki and sound more accurate as he wasn't as good as your stats purports him to be).

International football is strange though. Ryan babel was also an omnipresent member of the Dutch squad in that era.

Because we're talking about how good he was around 2010. How good he was 6 years previously is irrelevant. I did 5 seasons together just because it's quicker than saying them all, but you can take it for individual seasons if you wanted, eg 9 in 16 in 09-10, 7 in 15 in 07-08, 11 in 22 in 06-07. All injury hit seasons where he was 1 in 2.

And I included part of his world class period because you did:

Original post by atom y humber

And if rvp was playing at the level you're claiming, why would arsenal fans want him out (I hate stats and I was pretty sure he wasn't performing as your claiming so went to check and he only had a 1 in 2 in one injury season 10-11 btw and this was after Ade left, so make of that what you will; my source could be wrong though). No fans wants a world class player out.

Reply 2116

ZÃ¼rich

20

Original post by swirly

i just dont see the sense in playing 11m for a 33 year old.

its a myth that just because he's a GK he will last longer.

casillas is 34 and past it.
buffon is 37 and was definitely exposed in the run up to and including the world cup

Yes but Casillas is that kind of GK who relied on reflexes and agility which goes with age, keepers like Cech never had it so dont lose it. So the likes of De Gea will be finished by 32 but the likes of Courtois will play until 40.

Most GKs do last until about 36+Lehmann joined at the same age, Seaman went until 40. Schmeichel, Van Der Sar, Kahn, Buffon are all examples of it as well.

And most importantly, Cech clearly still performs at the top level so £11m is nothing for 3+ seasons of quality

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 2117

De Chirico

9

Original post by swirly

i just dont see the sense in playing 11m for a 33 year old.

its a myth that just because he's a GK he will last longer.

casillas is 34 and past it.
buffon is 37 and was definitely exposed in the run up to and including the world cup

Buffon is still quality. Was solid in the champs league and throughout this season. Casillas has dropped off but he's still a good keeper. Having a GK who is a leader makes a massive difference to the confidence of the back four. Been a long time since we had a presence like that in our goal. Cech has done it all, would be quality addition.

Also if you think GKs can't stay at the top level for longer then you need to look at the history of your own club mate. David Seaman did it all with us between the age of 30-40.

Edwin van der Sar is another good example.