Official Arsenal FC Thread

the91ser · Post #1021 » by **the91ser** » Tue Oct 2, 2012 2:59 am

gervinho is a deadly player but he really needs to learn to keep his head up and look for his teammates. you can see the guys throwing their hands up in frustration when he dribbles around, head down, and gets the ball stolen.

SunKing · Post #1022 » by **SunKing** » Tue Oct 2, 2012 9:12 am

If Gervinho had a finishing production as good as his creative one, he would be in Ballon d'Or contention :lol:

I saw him during those years in Lille, the most frustrating player ever he had 2 or 3 +10 goals +10 assists season but when you see him player it's more like he could have had +30 goals +20 assists season

But my guess is that is already 25 years old and he will never make the leap to being a clearly better finisher he might progress tho...

MaliBrah · Post #1023 » by **MaliBrah** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:08 pm

looks like we're going to be making the switch to adidas shirts in the future , more $$$ coming in our way , once we renew all these commercial deals and get better one's it should put us in the top 5 clubs around the world in terms of revenue... hopefully then we can invest in the club and the squad..

IronChef · Post #1024 » by **IronChef** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:42 pm

^^ Announced today that they've renewed the shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates for 5 years/ 150 Million pounds. Which is the second highest rate in the world behind Man U, and 25 MIllion per season more than we were getting.
Good news, we have a couple more deals up for renewal which will give us a lot more money to invest in the squad.

Foye · Post #1025 » by **Foye** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:58 pm

Has there been any speculation on Huntelaar joining Arsenal in the winter transfer window in England?

A TV guy here mentioned that Huntelaar would leave in winter and Arsenal was his destination but that rumor basically came out of nowhere and he didn't mention any sources either. :dontknow:

Post #1026 » by **5DOM** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:19 pm

IronChef wrote:^^ Announced today that they've renewed the shirt sponsorship deal with Emirates for 5 years/ 150 Million pounds. Which is the second highest rate in the world behind Man U, and 25 MIllion per season more than we were getting.
Good news, we have a couple more deals up for renewal which will give us a lot more money to invest in the squad.

It sounds like it also includes rights to training kits, stadium naming etc. It's remarkable how much United are getting paid for training kits alone

MaliBrah · Post #1027 » by **MaliBrah** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:19 pm

yeah there have been rumours , but i think KJH shot them down , right after the champions league game on wednesday

jerrod · Post #1028 » by **jerrod** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:55 pm

i love the increase in money but i wish it came as a big increase from nike. i hate how the the 3 stripes are always such a prominent part of the shirt

IronChef · Post #1029 » by **IronChef** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:38 am

It doesn't include stadium rights, just kit sponsorship till 2019. The deal we have with Emirates over stadium rights goes for a few more years. We do have our kit manufacturing deal with Nike expiring, apparently we're switching to Adidas and we'll get a fair bit more there too.

I've heard rumours of Huntelaar, but that's all. Wenger confirmed we'll be in the market for a striker in January, but that's it so far.

IronChef · Post #1030 » by **IronChef** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:49 pm

Nevermind, you're right does include an extension on the naming rights to the stadium.

jerrod · Post #1031 » by **jerrod** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:47 pm

yeah, i meant the nike deal, i thought the adidas deal was pretty imminent.

no downside to the emirates deal

MaliBrah · Post #1032 » by **MaliBrah** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:36 pm

sighs another bad result , today , so tired of this team ffs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... wning.html

if any how this happens , I will stop supporting the club until wenger and the entire board are gone

Redeemer · Post #1033 » by **Redeemer** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:07 pm

nmabdi28 wrote:sighs another bad result , today , so tired of this team ffs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... wning.html

if any how this happens , I will stop supporting the club until wenger and the entire board are gone

never believe DM EVER. they always make up garbage week in and week out.

but yeah this team has been very inconsistent. that spurs game i didn't think we would have won if adebayor got that red card honestly.

Post #1034 » by **Slava** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:52 pm

Did Emirates sink money into building the new stadium for Arsenal? They seem to have got a pretty good bargain for the naming rights imo.

jerrod · Post #1035 » by **jerrod** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 4:35 am

i keep seeing stuff mentioned about upfront money, so i wonder if we took less overall to get a bunch up front to help with the stadium

Redeemer · Post #1036 » by **Redeemer** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:51 pm

god i hate stan kroenke. you would think with the emirates sponser blasted over the stadium and our kits we would be owned by rich arabs. imagine that with the likes o psg and man city.

Post #1037 » by **Slava** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 4:11 pm

jerrod wrote:i keep seeing stuff mentioned about upfront money, so i wonder if we took less overall to get a bunch up front to help with the stadium

I thought so too and Arsenal then made a nice chunk from selling the flats constructed near Highbury. I loved Highbury even though it was small, it had that effect that the spectators were literally surrounding the pitch, the surface was always silky and that old clock was pretty cool as well.

Post #1038 » by **kdawg32086** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:23 pm

So does anyone think we'll actually end up with Llorente or Lewandowski like some of the "rumors" are predicting?

jerrod · Post #1039 » by **jerrod** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:21 am

not a chance.

huntelaar seems pretty definite though. a fairly low priced dutch international isn't something we'll pass on even though he's just a somewhat better version of giroud

Redeemer · Post #1040 » by **Redeemer** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:19 am

as long as we offload that turd and his wig.