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by QuartzGooner
Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:14 pm
Forum: The Cannonballs
Topic: Now it's the Oscars!
Replies: 55
Views: 16720

Re: Now it's the Oscars!

Sorry Rugby but on this I disagree with you. The Oscars are nominated by members of the Academy who are only 2% African-American and 2% Hispanic. That it is well out of kilter with the racial composition of the USA. The USA needs to look at why so few minorities work in Hollywood compared to their p...
by QuartzGooner
Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:01 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: Would you sell Ramsey for £50m (now £20m)
Replies: 94
Views: 11752

Re: Would you sell Ramsey for £50m

I would sell him for anything over £30M. He is a good hard working player, seems a very sensible lad, but not amazing and to me offers nothing unique. He is a box-to-box midfielder who is not usually creative enough for the way we play. Would have been very useful in our 1998 team though, suited to ...
by QuartzGooner
Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:55 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?
Replies: 2331
Views: 160563

Re: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?

enjibenji wrote:His attitude to being replaced on Sunday was terrible,
He looked not happy at being subbed.
Which is what a player should feel.
Shows he wants to play for us.
by QuartzGooner
Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:53 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: THE BOARD - Kroenke, Usmanov, Finances, AGM etc.
Replies: 559
Views: 45401

Re: THE BOARD - Kroenke, Usmanov, Finances, AGM etc.

Abramovich owns Chelsea outright, but as far as I can tell his ownership investment is currently in the form of an interest free loan back to the club? Stan Kroenke owns roughly 66% of Arsenal shares. He is the boss of the club but I get the sense he is much less hands on in the running of the footb...
by QuartzGooner
Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:50 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: The Giroud Question
Replies: 252
Views: 21821

Re: The Giroud Question

Good striker rather than great. Why? Because he lacks that extra level of sharpness that the greats have. MOTD summed him up when they said for us to do better than him we would have spend upwards of £40M. On amount of goals scored he is not in the elite level of strikers, but he is at the front of ...
by QuartzGooner
Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:46 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?
Replies: 2331
Views: 160563

Re: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?

Not to mention the excellent goal against city recently, a finish none of our other great players could muster that's for sure. He's in poor form but will come good he always does, tbf he would have another assist if the French imposter hadn't missed from a foot. His movement is the best in this te...
by QuartzGooner
Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:17 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?
Replies: 2331
Views: 160563

Re: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?

Jock

He is a big game player.

How about the goals against Chelsea and Spurs?

Or Barcelona?

Or getting off the mark in both the League and FA Cup Finals?
by QuartzGooner
Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:44 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?
Replies: 2331
Views: 160563

Re: WALCOTT - which position is best etc?

He has a ton of resolve, fighting spirit and professionalism. He puts in the mileage and anyone who has fought back from the serious injuries he has had, to then be fitter and stronger, has shown determination. He shows for the ball much more than he used to. He also is capable of invention and tryi...
by QuartzGooner
Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:52 am
Forum: The Cannonballs
Topic: Iran "A" Bomb/Gog U Magog War/Planet Nibiru
Replies: 286
Views: 60974

Re: Iran "A" Bomb/Gog U Magog War/Planet Nibiru

Growing speculation that Planet/Comet Nibiru is getting close.

http://planetxnews.com/2015/07/08/proof ... w-in-2016/

No idea if it is true.
by QuartzGooner
Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:44 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: The ''no one is coming'' Transfer Thread
Replies: 3797
Views: 262782

Re: Is it time for a Jan Transfer Window Thread Yet?

rodders999 wrote: get this guy on the pitch ASAP instead of Flamini or Arteta. Whatever he's like he's got to be an upgrade on those two.
There's no certainty.

Let's give him a chance and see what we have, even though I have never felt so underwhelmed by a new first team squad signing as I have by this one.
by QuartzGooner
Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:27 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: Welcome: Mohamed Elneny
Replies: 218
Views: 21574

Welcome: Mohamed Elneny

Deal is done.

Confirmed by Wenger.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35308910

Looks to me like a replacement for Arteta, an all-rounder continuity midfielder, rather than a tough defensive enforcer.

Probably brought in a few months early because of the large amount of injuries we have.
by QuartzGooner
Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:27 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: 1965/66 Season
Replies: 13
Views: 2614

Re: 1965/66 Season

JMascis666 wrote:I am researching the 1965/66 season
For an academic paper, a book, or because you are fed up with watching "Big Brother'?
by QuartzGooner
Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:08 pm
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: R.I.P John Roberts, 1946-2016.
Replies: 10
Views: 1717

Re: R.I.P John Roberts, 1946-2016.

The funniest was that even Bertie Mee got stuck in once the fists started to fly ! Reckon Mee could handle himself, he was an ex-Army PT instructor. Jon Spurling wrote a paragraph about it in "Rebels For The Cause" where he reckoned John Roberts was in the thick of the action. Also found ...
by QuartzGooner
Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:05 am
Forum: On the Terraces
Topic: THE BOARD - Kroenke, Usmanov, Finances, AGM etc.
Replies: 559
Views: 45401

Re: THE BOARD - Kroenke, Usmanov, Finances, AGM etc.

Further proof of how much of an absolute *word censored* Stan Kroenke is. http://deadspin.com/in-application-to-move-to-los-angeles-rams-shit-all-ov-1751320853 It is brutal for St Louis but from an outsider perspective, not unprecedented. The Rams have been based in Cleveland, then LA, then St. Lou...
by QuartzGooner
Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:00 am
Forum: The Cannonballs
Topic: RIP Thread
Replies: 2389
Views: 555780

Re: RIP Thread

Nicholas Caldwell - The Whispers


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEmX5HR9ZxU