Arshavin Medical, Jay Simpson Shines And Season Ticket Lists To Quickly Vanish?
You know what? Andrei Arshavin has taken over this blog these past few days. For now, on just this one occasion, we will start with a new star, in the making.
Jay Simpson.
He was almost written off, he has been an Arsenal fan all his life and has been with the club since nine years of age.
The last two seasons he has looked like not making it at the very highest level, but now i think he is just what the doctor ordered.
He scored a quite fantastic goal the FA Cup tie against Peterborough last night, a 25 yarder that you would expect from the Premierships best stars. Its made people take notice of the talent he has because, like his idol Ian Wright the despicable talksport ranting cock, he is a late developer. If he becomes as good as Ian Wright we will have quite a player but i think he can be better.
Jay is the type of player that will be happy to do anything for Arsenal Football Club, he is the sort of player we really lack in our squad. He would be prepared to sit on the bench and wait his turn, unlike Diarra and to a certain extent Niklas Bendtner.
Man Utd and liverpool have these players in abundance, Darren Fletcher, John O’Shea, Nani etc, and so do the bindippers with the likes of Yossi Benayoun.
We lack this type of player that will bulk up our squad, but also be a good player at the same time unlike the aforementioned names. His brace against Wigan was fantastic and i am reliably informed that his weekend display was ‘outstanding’. I can’t wait to see him play some games because he will get better.
There is also some rather bleak news on the supporter front, Virgin Money’s Football Fans’ Inflation Index claim that one in four fans will cut back, with 24% of season ticket holders considering of giving their ticket up. This would see the waiting list dry up rather rapidly.
The index say:
costs have increased 21 per cent in the past three months alone, taking the cost of a match day for an individual to £106.21 – the first time the index has broken the £100 barrier. Since the index began costs have risen by more than 36 per cent.
That is a hell of a lot of money, considering the current climate it is a monstrous amount. At the Emirates it will set you back a tenner to get a pint and a hot-dog, Ok, its London, prices will be higher. But, the clubs are leeching supporters and they are now biting back.
However, i have caught out a scare monger amongst us.
The Northampton Chronicle and Echo claim:
Nearly a quarter of Arsenal fans are considering giving up their season-ticket according to a new survey.
While 24 per cent of Gunners season-ticket holders are considering cancelling, the survey says as many as 34 per cent of north London rivals Spurs are having second thoughts about renewing.
Utter rubbish if you read the actual press release from the Index, it states:
Clubs which have the least to worry about include Arsenal, Blackburn, newly-promoted Stoke and Bolton.
And the actual figure is 21%, not the 24% as the Northampton Chronicle claimed.
There are whispers, unconfirmed and unsubstantiated, possibly baseless and without any truth whatsoever, that he’s due for a medical on Wednesday
well if Simpson is going to be like ian wright, then great.
but if he’s going to be like nani, fletcher and yossi ben.A youn then… well… no thanks
‘legrove say that’
i can’t even begin to imagine why you’d even consider quoting them. it’s blatantly obvious that they are just playing the odds since it looks likely that he’s joining us and will have a medical very soon. you don’t have to be a genius to estimate that. le grove, one of the least informed, least intelligent and least likely to talk truth (knowingly) of probably any arsenal blog on the net.
as for the wrighty comparisons, seriously you can’t even begin to suggest that he might turn out better after next to nothing. he might do, i pray he will do, but he almost certainly won’t. that’s the basic fact of the matter. how many players have we had who actually seemed ahead of simpson age for age who have gone on to do nothing? lupoli anyone? that kid looked like he was going to take the world by storm, as it happens he’s done absolutely shit all ands sadly probably never will after leaving us.
he might be an arsenal fan but i doubt he will be happy to sit 6th or so in the pecking order up front or on the wing for very long. look at justin hoyte, he was really loyal and a great guy but even he preferred bloody boro to us after seeing he had no hope of playing.
Arshavin medical…….. lets hope!!!
nice article… thanks
As an Albion fan i’m delighted we’ve got Simpson off you, not seen the goal from last night, but it sounded like a cracker.
I saw him at the weekend against Villa he looks a real class act and i’m surprised he’s not featured more for Arsenal this season. Just hope he can continue to score and get us out of the relegation zone.
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I think its great that Mobray is putting faith in him, it will do him the world of good and hopefully he will fire you to safety. I much prefer the Yids to go down instead of you lot
Lets start with Arshavin! lets face it he is a phenominal talent and we would all like him to sign for us over the next week or so!
Jay Simpson definatley has a future in Arsenals first team and of all teams in the Premiership for him to go to on loan im glad he is at WBA, if im honest there is only a few Managers in the Premier League that I like and Mowbry is one of them along with Arsene Wenger and Roy Hodgeson! I hope WBA stay up this season and seasons to come, also i wish for Stoke to go down along with Yido Spurs. (Fucking hate Tony Pulis and that UGLY BLOODHOUND lookalike HARRY REDKNAPP)