The ONLY World Cup thread (merged)

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I can only see it as a good thing that a lot of our players aren't going to playing at the world cup. Most will get a good pre-season in under new coaching staff, hopefully they can start the new season fresh and ready for the new era.

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Nos89 wrote:
Thu May 17, 2018 11:05 pm
I can only see it as a good thing that a lot of our players aren't going to playing at the world cup. Most will get a good pre-season in under new coaching staff, hopefully they can start the new season fresh and ready for the new era.
Can't ever remember a WC I was less interested in, it was a joke anyway that Russia got it, just like the joke that is the next one in Qatar, I am bored of PL football but international I really am done with, zzzzz.

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Why is it a joke . ????
Russia have long been a force in world football unlike Japan Korea USA or South Africa for example.
Qatar fine thats a joke,but not Russia,they should have had it years ago.
Fifa is a corrupt entity always has been ,All holders give massive bribes .

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Nos89 wrote:
Thu May 17, 2018 11:05 pm
I can only see it as a good thing that a lot of our players aren't going to playing at the world cup. Most will get a good pre-season in under new coaching staff, hopefully they can start the new season fresh and ready for the new era.
I concur.

Lacazette, PEA and Mkhitaryan having a full training camp together bodes well for our top 4 trophy chances. :barscarf:

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As it stands now only five of our players are going to Russia with all of them being squad fodder apart from Özil. The new manager has more or less the everyone available for the entirety of the preseason.

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Only problem is the 2 or 3 world class players we will sign this summer will have played and will be tired and probably be - oh, hang on..... :|

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Who knows, perhaps this season on opening day the players will look like they have been prepared and give a shit :rubchin:

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Those who threw their lot in with Wenger lost out...Mustafi, Kos (ok he's injured so who knows?) Wilshire, Lacazette.....And if Low did not know Ozil so well there is no way he would ever get in on his Arsenal performances....A new manager of Germany assessing Ozil would think "No way".

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At USA 94 we had only one player involved from Arsenal.
Who was it?

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Monkeymaw wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 8:39 am
At USA 94 we had only one player involved from Arsenal.
Who was it?
Eddie McGoldrick

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Nos89 wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 8:52 am
Monkeymaw wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 8:39 am
At USA 94 we had only one player involved from Arsenal.
Who was it?
Eddie McGoldrick
True. And what a tournament he had! :barscarf:

tbh I can't even remember if he got on the pitch..... :lol:

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DB10GOONER wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 10:54 am
Nos89 wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 8:52 am
Monkeymaw wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 8:39 am
At USA 94 we had only one player involved from Arsenal.
Who was it?
Eddie McGoldrick
True. And what a tournament he had! :barscarf:

tbh I can't even remember if he got on the pitch..... :lol:
And didn't that fact help us in the following season, all those trophy`s we won because all our players were rested and fresh??
oh wait!

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Nos89 wrote:
Thu May 17, 2018 11:05 pm
I can only see it as a good thing that a lot of our players aren't going to playing at the world cup. Most will get a good pre-season in under new coaching staff, hopefully they can start the new season fresh and ready for the new era.
That is bollocks.We havent got many players going to the world cup because we havent got many good players
Monkeymaw wrote: At USA 94 we had only one player involved from Arsenal.
Who was it?
Sir Edward McGoldrick

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Ernie71 wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 11:25 am
Nos89 wrote:
Thu May 17, 2018 11:05 pm
I can only see it as a good thing that a lot of our players aren't going to playing at the world cup. Most will get a good pre-season in under new coaching staff, hopefully they can start the new season fresh and ready for the new era.
That is bollocks.We havent got many players going to the world cup because we havent got many good players
Monkeymaw wrote: At USA 94 we had only one player involved from Arsenal.
Who was it?
Sir Edward McGoldrick
harsh but true!

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DB10GOONER wrote:
Fri May 18, 2018 6:57 am
Only problem is the 2 or 3 world class players we will sign this summer will have played and will be tired and probably be - oh, hang on..... :|
Only this morning I saw Messi and Ronaldo saying they cannot wait to join up with Arteta at Arsenal...............




Nah that didnt happen, :oops:

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