Great news about Wilshere + M’Vila ready to decide
May 17, 2012
A day after claiming that they didn’t expect a deal to be reached between Robin Van Persie and Arsenal in the 24 hours remaining before the Dutchman headed off for the Euro 2012 training camp, the tabloids have erupted in absolute horror at the fact that…a deal hasn’t yet been reached between Robin Van Persie and Arsenal before he heads off for Euro 2012.
‘RVP TALKS CRISIS’ screams The Sun while the Mirror tell us that Robin has ‘given a clear hint that he is ready to quit’. Want to know what I think? I think that just like the rest of us the tabloids have absolutely no idea what happened at that meeting. Because they weren’t at that meeting. And I think that because Arsenal didn’t slap a statement on the official site telling the world that Robin had signed they knew they’d just have to hazard a guess at how the talks went. And ‘RVP TALKS GOING OKAY’ wouldn’t have been a particularly eye catching headline.
Everyone needs to calm down a bit. If the worst thing that happened in that meeting is that RVP demanded that Arsenal demonstrate an ambition to win trophies next season then how bad can it have been? It’s not like AW would have replied ‘actually, Robin. We don’t have any desire to win trophies here. If you want silverware you should jog on.’ The worst he could have said was ‘We also want trophies but I think you’ll see that when Abou Diaby comes back fit and ready to play 50 games next season we have the squad to do that.’
But I saw the look on his face on that touchline as we conceded yet two more soft goals in the first fifteen minutes of a must win game against a mid table side on Sunday. He knows we need more quality to mount a title challenge. He has to know. And if he doesn’t then I’m sure Robin will have laid it out for him in no uncertain terms. So for the first time in a long time Arsene will be accountable to somebody for his summer business. And at the very worst I think that Robin will be packing his things today with a promise ringing in his ears that Arsenal are about to prove how badly they want to compete.
One man who may go a long way to convincing Robin is the ever linked Yann M’Vila who a week and a half ago everyone seemed convinced was about to be unveiled as our latest new Patrick Vieira. The trail has gone cold since then but he’s about to play his final game of the season for Rennes against Dijon on Sunday and after that he’s got some decision making to do:
I’ll make my decision after the game against Dijon. It is true that I would like to improve my game and for that, I have to look elsewhere. Why not in a foreign country?
One man who should be ready to bolster that midfield next season is the much missed Jackie Wilshere. Following fears that he was having serious trouble getting over his ankle knocks there was brilliant news from him yesterday. Speaking to Talk Sport he said:
My ankle is fine now. I’m in every day trying to get fit for the start of pre-season and that is the aim – on the 9th of July to be training with the team.
Glorious news and let’s just hope that there are no further setbacks. He’s in a great position now that he doesn’t need to rush anything in terms of his comeback. He’s got another two months to work on getting stronger and stronger ahead of the real business of pre-season training and by the time the new season rolls around we’ll be hoping to see a fit, healthy and rested Jack Wilshere ready to remind the world why we all got so worked up about him in the first place.
Two players that won’t be getting such a relaxing summer are Theo and The Ox who have both been named in Roy Hodgson’s squad for the Euros. Obviously Oxlade is the surprise package there and I’ve read a few Arsenal fans stating their reluctance to see him included, citing the apparent damage it did Theo to be taken to the World Cup at such a young age and the fact they’d like him to rest up ahead of the new season.
Sorry, but I think that’s nonsense. I’m delighted to see him included and not just because it will give me some sort of impetus to try and get myself excited about watching England games. He’s a hugely different case to Theo. Theo was selected for the World Cup having not even made his Premier League debut. AOC may not exactly be a regular fixture but he’s made 16 appearances for Arsenal at least and while there is undoubtedly a lack of consistency there (as you’d expect for an 18 year old) he’s shown more than a few flashes of being able to cut it at the very highest level.
Maybe it’s a terrible indictment of how rare a talent like that is in England but I have to say, if I was England boss I’d want him in my squad. He’s got the ability to create magic. To make something out of nothing. And how many in the England set up can you say that about? Stewart Downing?
As for the number of games he’ll play, at 18 years of age if he can’t manage to play 16 times in a year and then half a dozen times more over the summer then I really don’t know what we’re feeding the kids in this country these days. At that age I could have played twice a day every single day of the year. Is it the Turkey Twizzlers? Is that what it is?
The big problem with Theo was that once selected he quickly fell out of favour with Sven Goran-Eriksson and didn’t play a single minute of the campaign. Roy says that won’t be the case with The Ox:
I wouldn’t have chosen him if I didn’t think he was ready to start games, He has a maturity beyond his years, he is a precocious talent. I think, sometimes, there has to be a place in the squad for a precocious talent. It’ll help England’s future as well.
More important than that, it will help Arsenal’s future. A decent showing at a major international tournament will give him the experience and confidence that he needs to come back to the club and become a major force for us in the Premier League next season.
I can’t wait.
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What we need is to brieng good player to partner them with the squad we have.and no one will dream to leave arsenal coz every season we will pocketing some cupx in our thurst bag.Wenga with the bord you must do some thing to give the player and saporter a moraly.
arsenal need great players.. sczceszy needs to go.. no goalkeeper makes the same two idenetical mistakes in two consecutive matches ,let alone one
we need stekelnburg/ smeickel, vorm
we need senna sweinstiger, mvila , maicon, lucien
huguain, gomez silva
solid backup boys
then only and only will arsebnal win trophies
were is seaman jennings shilton
arsenal have not have a decent backline and glkeeperfor 5 years ..thats already -1 or draw, let alone a loss…wenger is to blame for fielding sheep against united.. he was insulting manutd and the premier league.. thus we could not make up the 16 pts to compete
for every club to win trophies they had to spend in no condition should arsenal win trophy without spending, i suggest arsenal should some of their players and buy talented players.
if we sign m’villa and a good left back then we are ready to compete. coquelin can be the cover for sagna at right back. sell the dead wood. then with the profits look to get a reliable keeper to put some fear into woz.
@allen
sczcezny needs to go? are you serious?
we have a great young talented goalkeeper who already plays at top level and has room to improve.
senna? schmeikel?… no comment
whatever you’ve taken sir, i recommend a smaller dose of it.
i defo agree about sczceny,not about leaven but my god he so needs to improve bigtime,there have been games were our defence have played really well and sczy has made howlers,ok hes young and he can only get better,but arsenal should have a more exsperianced and better keeper as our no1 for sczy to learn 4rm and get better quickly,but we dont so sczy must realize this and put it to himself that he needs 2 get better,every1 has been raving about him but to be honest as for now hes prtty average to me
To even suggest that Jack Wilshere will ever be
a great player ,whether for Arsenal,England is just usual bullocks from Arsenal fans who have no
clue,but now that King Kenny at Anfield has final
ly been sacked when will the Arsenal board do the same and sack Arsene Wenger,who like Kenny Dalg
lish cannot possibly take the club any further
than 3rd place and 19 points behimd the two Man
chester clubs ,enough with the hypocrisy and We
nger fawning ,time,s up ?
World class players like pdoliskyand yamvila are important to strength our squaq to get title nexst seazen and to strength our defence is vital.
zewde-Ethiopia
pls.buy world class players.
World class players like pdolisky and yamvila are important to strength our squaq to get title nexst seazen specially serious attention shoul be given to our defence.
zewde-Ethiopia
Samuel is right.who are we to get exicted about the “suppossed” best english midfield talent. He doesent have the king kenny young english seal of approval. We shud be more like liverpool,cheer world class english talent like henderson carroll and downing as they are in the forefromt in the fight to finish as low as possible. We shud say screw the cl and create a stranglehold over the carling spoon. I think its because of such idiocy that them scousers never walk alone
@Samuel..
Time for Wenger to go?? Wilshere being a great player is “usual bullocks” from Arsenal fans who have no clue??
You are deluded!! It is you that has no clue. Using Kenny Daglish in the same bracket as Wenger is a joke. So called King Kenny is well past his sell by date, Wenger is not…Far from it infact..
You need to jump of the ‘Wenger out’ band wagon and pull your head out of the sewer it seems to be in…
Never have I read such a stupid comment…
What a plank…
FOREVER ARSENAL!!
@Samuel
Jack Wilshere already is a great player for Arsenal you muppet. You don’t come 2nd in the world young player of the year awards if you’re not a great player. Th guy is a sensational talent and was sorely missed this year. Hopefully he can remain fit next season, he will be a key player for us for many years to come.
Jack will also be a great player for England. He would have been the 3rd name on the team sheet after Rooney and Hart if he was fit.
oh gosh- great news, cant wait til jacks back. he’l be the best midfielder in the prem in two years easy.
sameul and allen, trolling on a blog, d.i.k.h.e.d.s
piss off back to the tiny tots will ya, thanx.
@patrick- nice
No further setbacks for Jack, like knee surgery you mean ??
@Dirty Turkey
I know. Unbelievable. The luck we have at this club. Just praying that the procedure is as routine as the club seem to be suggesting.
The knee surgery might be routine but equally, it might write off another year of footballing for him – with Arsenal you simply don’t know.
Still, at least Diaby has someone keeping him company.
I currently feel pretty down about our prospects over the coming years, I have a hunch RVP will leave and the cycle will continue – let’s hope Wenger doesn’t make Vermaelen captain next, I’d like to hold onto him.
@ dirty turkey
Oh balls. I really hope this surgery is as minor as they are saying. They don’t have a great record of predicting rehabilitation times at Arsenal though. Fingers crossed.
I need Arsene wenger to buy great attacking mid fielder,central defender,defensive mid fielder & left full back. Left for wenger, is a good coach.
Don’t we need Xavi. Absolutely shocking. To see Szczesny leave coz of bench warmin’. And we all loved him after udinese.
I bet sm one just said that of cesc. You never value smbdy until he leaves. If Wojo, JW19 leave, smthng’s gonna go wrong
I think our team needs only one or two reinforcements. Song is now looking vulnerable in Arteta’s absence. They is a complete misunderstanding between Song and Ramsey. Song must understand that Ramsey is an attacking midfielder and his job is to sit in front of the defence. Van Persie have been helped a lot by Theo. If we analyse all the goals he scored, 75% were contributed by arsenal’s wing play. If Wenger can bring two more players a defender and midfielder, everything will change.
Nevermind theEnglish mentality of great players
like Jack Wilshere or Theo Walcott,Steven Gerrard
etc. as England hasn,t won another World Cup or
any European Championship in decades,Wenger needs to be sacked if he won,t resign,he cannot possi
bly take Arsenal any further than 3rd place as
seven trophyless seasons show,he alone picks the
same rubbish woeful players match after match,the
buck stops at his office not Stan Kroenke or Iv
an Gazidis,s offices,time,s up Wenger au revoir?
To Padar and he,s fellow one-eyed fickle Arsenal fans,don,t fool yourself by posting bs here,the
problem at Arsenal is the manager ,no one else,
what in heaven,s name is Wenger doing substituting
Rosicky for Ramsey and Walcott for Gervinho,if you have no clue about the game then don,t show
your ignorance on a public blog,seven trophyless
seasons have passed by Arsenal FC, if he couldn,t
deliver any trophy whatsoever to the Emirates cab
inet during those years he certainly won,t be ab
le to do it anytime soon,time is up for Mr. Wen
ger ,bye bye ?
The childish trash that certain folks post here is exactly indicative of how far backwards Arse
nal has gone ,aka 47 ,you are a childish so-call
ed fan of Arsenal who really has no clue about
this game,don,t disgrace yourself here by using
derogatory childish banter ,please ?
samuel does not know anything about football bet his not even from ENGLAND,
He can’t even SPELL.
I don’t agree with what Samuel is saying but he has some decent points. It gets frustrating to see Walcott come off for Gervinho.
Does anyone else seem to think everytime he gets the ball that he will stain it somehow. He seems to just lose it all the time and if he pulls off something its always bumbling his way through. Confidence is shot, but still.
As for sacking wenger, completely disagree. But we need something new. Something different.
i don’t know what somebody who is not an arsenal fan is doing here. if you think Arsenal is small just don’t even read articles about it otherwise you are a gossip. i don’t remember reading articles about other clubs an trying to look down upon them as if i myself are bigger than them by the way who are padar and the other ones? what have you achieved in life that we can see?
act like a child and you’ll be treated like one.
Just heard wilshere needs an another injury!
Its time to wake up, and let the board know that we can’t be fooled anymore, either explain the situation fully to its fans, like why he had to undergo 3 surgeries when all the club said earlier in the initial stages of the injury was that all he needed was rest and a heavy bandage.
BLOG OWNERS, its time you made some posts asking the club for some answers, after all the club won’t reply to a single fan but if we unite, they will have no option!
My bad, i meant “Just head wilshere needs an another surgery”
I believe the answer to all Arsenal problems is to get rid of hopeless wenger because he never learn from his stupid mistakes year after year . Let us keep Van Persie and buy some world class player and get rid of wengers philosophy of povrty Usmanov is richer than Ibrahimovic. Peter hill wood should go as well and ve replaced by intelligent David Dean and bring Guardiola in place of reluctant , hesitant weal Arsene Weger. arsenal fans you should no stand up to salvage your club from the hopeless people before they complete destroying our beloved Arsenal
Samuel. Sorry dude but you need f… off and support city. they have lots of people with no passion who are insecure about there history. how many years has it been since city won a title??
ATID thick or thin. support 100% no matter what cause im no expert.
last thing you need to know samuel is that “Padar” is right. you are a plank.
i saw yesterday the bayern munchen squad,they had only up front ribbery 25m gomes 30m aryen roben 25m,and we now chelski spend every year 130ml for fun,so wenger u have to convince the board to spend big if u want silverware,am too young to get a heart attack man,i had enough bad weekends this season.
bak-pmsl
‘Usmanov is richer than Ibrahimovic’ cheers for that. it was worth coming back just to read your paragraph.
diablo- you say my bad for the wrong mistake.
Grow a brain samuel you spud!
Congratulations to OX for making the Euros. For me that also means he will be out of reach fromthe clutches of Pierce and his hated Olympic team.
Ah samuel and bakrima such genii you are. Pep guardiola? Really? Lets face it he is a good man manager the fellow will tank in the pl.he plays with 3 defenders against real madrid. How do u think that will go for him in the pl? I think barcas woeful record against english sided speaks volumes. Let me guess yoh want avb as the next coach? Jeez some of you just want to hate for the sake of it.a man who made us invincible is useless u say??