GREAT news coming from the Reiss Nelson camp, the young English speed merchant is making positive noises about signing a new deal. He had this to say on his season so far.
“It is a big achievement to sign for a big club like Arsenal so I’m just delighted with the contract and hopeful can sign it soon,” he said. “I did set one target – to make my first-team debut. I have done that, I have had 15 appearances.
“A Premier League start was on the cards but I think I need to score, that is the only one I haven’t achieved, so fingers crossed I can get a cheeky goal before the end of the season.
“I think a first-team start in the Premier League at a high level like this is always a step forward. I’ve just got to thank the boss and all my team-mates around me, pushing me and making me work harder and harder.”
GOOD WORDS my friend.
I don’t think he’s quite ripped up the season Lionel Messi style like we’d hoped, but hey, he’s playing in a shitty system with a poor manager. I’d love to see how a proper coach could take his core attributes and grow them over the next few years.
One player who has clearly already made it is Aubameyang, the man from Gabon as I like to call him because Gabon as a country is new to me, fueled average dreams we all have of him pairing up with the MIGHTY Alex Lacazette.
“I hope we will have the opportunity to play together – it’s something I said when I first arrived that I hoped to play with him.
“We have different styles, but I think they’re styles that complement each other – he’s a very good player and a very kind person.
“We were once rivals in our days in France, but we’re now friends and I hope we can play well together and score lots of goals.”
YES. I’d take some of that. I think if we had a Diego Simeone as our coach, he might make something like that happen. You have to be able to instil ruthless discipline into a side for them to rock an iteration of 4-4-2, so it’s possible, but not really under Wenger. I think we’d get horribly exposed if we played that way now, so I think the only way we see those two playing together is 4-3-3, with Auba heading out wide.
This Thursday, we’ll have no such luxury when it comes to 2 top strikers. We’ll just have the one, with Danny Welbeck taking up a wide position, or maybe even taking the lead role considering the age of the CSKA backline, and how far ahead we are. Keeping the legs of Lacazette fresh is smart.
Fraudiola watched from the stands as his side slipped out of the Champions League in embarrassing fashion. Losing 5-1 to a solid Liverpool side is next level bad. It’s not the first time he’s had his arse handed to him on the biggest stage. He lost to Real 5-0 a few years with Bayern. Anyway, well played Klopp and well played Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp was my poster boy manager back in the day, it’s great to see he’s having a strong resurgence with the Scousers. Let’s see if he can do it in the league next year with a proper keeper and Naby Keita.
Also, well played Roma. They hired Monchi, Spaletti quit, Di Francesco came in, they sold 11 players, brought in 12, they shifted on their best player to Liverpool (not to mention Paredes, Rudiger and Emerson), and now they’re in the Champions semi-finali final after humiliating Barcelona.
Who said be careful what you wish for when Wenger goes? Which manager said bringing in more than 3 players damages the balance of a squad? YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS.
On that note, I bid you farewell.
Until tomorrow, when we dine in Europa Hell!
Also, jump on the pod, it’s excellent.
- Aubameyeng: Hit or miss?
- The case for our defence: Who stays or goes?
- Iwobi: Hero in waiting, or another Nik B?
- Jack Wilshere: What do you do with him?
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I said late Ronaldo Pen!
Yes, was a pen.
Gigi was sent off for an altercation with the ref after it was given, Benatia made the foul.
Dodgy penalties and offside goals are the reason Real Madrid have won back to back titles.
Bottle.
Nobody has more than RM.
And Ronaldo.
Azed,
“Was it a legit pen and did it warrant a sending off?”
Yes on both tbf
Honestly can’t believe how clueless Allegri was.
Dodgy penalties and offside goals are the reason Real Madrid have won back to back titles.
Untold would love you Red
Marko
Said they’d have to be brave for those last 15 mins when you could smell a RM goal, they just camped inside their own half.
Shame.
Marko
You’re on one if you’re calling Allegri clueless for not making a sub mate. Madrid were being contained, Buffon didn’t have a save to make and extra time was on the cards.
Marko
Fuck off with the Allegri bashing
No one expected Juventus to be 3-0 up…pleb
Oliver bottles it.
Ronaldo does it again.
Ronaldo deserves all the credit for winning that pen, he never loses a 50-50 at the back post, monster in the air.
Is it play until Madrid scores with these refs..
Haha spare a thought for Barca, their week just went from awful to worse.
Fuck Barca
Get a clean official and Madrid will be spanked next round.
Marble sick that RM once again spanked his boi Allegri, lol.
Bayern for me now. Hope they get Liverpool and school them.
WengerEagle
Real Madrid got thrashed at home lol
You’re on one if you’re calling Allegri clueless for not making a sub mate. Madrid were being contained, Buffon didn’t have a save to make and extra time was on the cards. Are you kidding me? Mandzukic and Costa were passengers the last 20 minutes. A sub or two and they might have actually won it. Being contained? They were dominant the whole game but then just handed over the dominance to Madrid for the last 20 minutes. That’s poor management I’m sorry. He could have brought on Cuadrado to run the channel and he might have penned back Marcelo… Read more »
Get a clean official and Madrid will be spanked next round.
Not a pen red?
They went through, didn’t they? Set for a 3rd straight UCL title, hasn’t been done since the early 70’s which is before even your time old fella, LOL.
You mad?
Marko
You watching RTE?
Dunphy waxing lyrical about Sergio Ramos after previously labelling him a ‘head-banger’ for years, haha.
And now he’s just 180’d on the Buffon sending off after 20 mins haha, he’s having a shocker tonight.
Ronaldo was thinking about his celebration before the pen.
Mid-Seventies actually…
I haven’t watched the game…….
Nope, early 70’s Gramps.
Ajax 1971-1973.
No chance of Madrid progressing under competent officials..
Juve as per usual playing dirty. I’m glad they’re out of the competition. Ronaldo showing off after scoring the pen was hilarious. 🙂
Bayern Munich 1974-1976 idiot..
UTarse
Why?
Are you German?
Should want Liverpool to win it.
Two great nights of European football and the main event still to come !
Allegri, thanks, but no thanks.
Bayern are our last hope at slaying the RM beast, they came close last season and would provide a great UCL SF showdown, also trust their bottle over Juventus with the amount of Germans in the team.
Still think Madrid’s name is on the trophy.
Alright then, only 42 years ago, my bad.
Stings, doesn’t it?
I’d prefer Allegri to Conte, wouldn’t say no to either mind.
Michael24,
What’s being German gotta do with it ? I’m not a scouser either so why would I want Liverpool ?
German, Spanish, Italian and English teams in the semi’s.
The perfect scenario for UEFA and the coefficient.
Kop media would be insufferable if Pool won the UCL, fuck that.
Remember how bad it got towards the end of the 2014 BPL season when it looked like they had the title in the bag?
WE, you notice how all the better Juve attacks went down the left because Marcelo was mostly no where to be found? That’s what happens when he faces good opposition. So for every Bayern match you cited then, there are always more matches like this
UTarse
Why not Liverpool?
The whole country should be behind Klopp and LFC.
I will be.
Michael24,
So if it was Jose and united would you peddle the same opinion ?
WengerEagle
So what!
That’s what scousers do best.
It’s in their blood.
I never back British sides in Europe but i will make an exception if Liverpool draw Real Madrid
WE
“Feels too good to be true, expecting a late Ronaldo dagger to the heart, maybe a PK.”
Shout!!!
mystic
It’s very rare that you’re going to come up against a wideman as good as Douglas Costa on 1 vs 1’s, he’s a top 5 dribbler in world football and yes, he had the beating of Marcelo.
He does that to virtually every defender he faces though, wouldn’t hammer Marcelo for losing out in the battle with Costa tonight.
He gives you far more matches where he’s one of RM’s top 3 performers than tonight tbf.
Michael Oliver is a fuckwit. Mark my words, before the season’s out, there’ll be an identical coming together in the penalty area, in a prem game and he’ll wave it away like he’s battling a colony of wasps.
Ronaldo is an utter boss. Absolute specimen.
Not interested in Real wining the CL again, though.
UTarse
No I wouldn’t “peddle the same opinion if it was Jose and It’s” and neither would the vast majority of fans.
However, Liverpool are different.
Without Liverpool European football would not have been the same in the 70’s and 80’s.
I hate Chelski and MU, but will never have that feeling for LFC.
My personal opinion.
Talking up Douglas Costa lol
The premier league just awarded Ericksen’s goal to Harry Kane
#dubiousPL
Utd not It’s!!
Fuck off that was never s penalty lol fucking joke.
And to compound the mistake the blithering referee sends off the keeper which makes scoring the penalty a formality.
Liverpool hold a key to many people’s hearts in the UK.
Even housewives in the 70’s and 80’s had a soft spot for them.
Brought up on Liverpool holding the flag for the country in Europe.
If Nottingham Forest made a come back, I would see the in the same light.
Great great nights, great great teams.
them
As I said, Oliver bottled it.
Fucked my chances of going to Italy for a peaceful vacation!
Micahel24,
I’m really happy for you that you have this affinity for Liverpool, but why do you feel the need to force that affinity on “the whole country” ?
Bit pompous don’t you think ? To impose your view like it’s the standard that all should follow.
Ronaldo had the safety net of knowing Madrid were still in the tie had he missed the penalty..which alleviates some of the pressure
UTarse
Yea Michael comes across as an EDL ‘free’ lions on the shirt type with that nationalist bollocks.
No thanks, I’m an Arsenal fan and will support Arsenal – and anyone playing against a domestic rival.
He’s better than Lucas Moura you tit, LOL.
Word, Carts.
Hoping for the impossible and for De Rossi to lead the Romans to Euro glory.
Wasn’t a penalty and definitely wasn’t a red card. Dodgy referees have ruined the game of football. You got to wonder why so many poor referring decisions go in favor of Real, Barça and United.
UTarse and CC
You obviously don’t have an “affinity” with this country and have absolutely no concept of football in the 70’s and 80’s.
Good luck to the two of you.
Fact of the matter is Liverpool will have the majority of fans/public support, except that is for those narrow-minded insular individuals, who think they know better.
By any chance, were either one of you born before 1970?
TR7
Agree with you…….. totally.
Oliver made his decision based on the referees handbook and not his knowledge of the game.
I grew up in the late 70s and f*ckin’ hated Liverpool. I really like Klopp and the team he’s putting together now, and wouldn’t mind at all if they win it this year, but wouldn’t be looking forward to their fans swamping the internet with all their bullsh*t.
You know what pisses me off about bloggers on here, like CC and UTarse, is they come on and preach to all and sundry about their so called expert knowledge of the game/life, but in reality neither one of them have a clue about the practical aspects of the game of football and the actual realities placed infront of them. Look at them. Apart from themselves, there are about four other posters on here who all hold hands and dance around the maypole together when anything spicy or contentious gets posted. I don’t give a shit whether you think I’m… Read more »
definitely a penalty for me. if it was outside the box, it would have been a foul, so yes, definitely a penalty. he should have given buffon a yellow, red just spoilt the game. but then again when a ref is getting paid 25 grand a month, what can you expect…
Wallace
You mean like some of the fans on here?
gonsterous
By the law………agree.
However, in the penalty area we all know that defenders often get the benefit of the doubt. Look at manhandling incidents. Defenders, for the most part, get away with things.
Lucas Vasquez knew what he was doing and was looking for the foul/contact. Benatia had no option. It was minimal contact. Dickhead referee Oliver though applied theory rather than basic common sense, as most English refs do.
Anyway, at least Oliver now knows. he’ll be on the mafias hit list for the foreseeable future.
A good referee would have not given a penalty.
A weak referee did!
End of.
Oliver was thinking of getting out of Madrid safely with that pen he’s now a folk hero.
Michael24,
Let me get this straight, you think that the whole country should back Liverpool and accuse me of preaching ? Dear oh dear….
Just wondering if Someone should probably do legrove a favour and put ‘Micheal24’ in a ‘straitjacket’,Lad has been on a tirade like a loony lucky enough to get access on the internet and have a go at absolute strangers instead of having an opinion on Arsenal and moving along,baffling
Last night was magical,Juv almost replicated the feat pulled by Roma the other night,except this time there was a certain ‘CR7’ who ensured the old ladies left Spain wondering what might have been
admittedly the PK decision was soft(but still a PK nonetheless)and those are the small margins that tends to decides these big games,cr7 proved what a beastly mentality he has,and why many would likely still vote him ahead of Messi as World Best next year
Victorious
There’s no show without punch.
“And the academy award for best supporting leech goes to……………………………………………. VICTORIOUS!!!!!”
Master of nothing, follower of many.
Teacher’s pet or teachers pest?
The choice is yours folks.
PS: My opinions have been clear from day one. Note, MY OPINIONS!
Tosser!
UTarse
No, what I’m saying is that you, not just with your perceptions on Liverpool, are in the minority.
Deal with it.
Michael I kinda get what your saying about Liverpool. But some people hate them because of their fans egos, commentators etc.
Michael24,
Turn it fella. What are my perceptions on Liverpool exactly ? You do ramble on and on and make silly accusations and pluck data points from your arse. You’re very self righteous aren’t you M24 ?
I opined that I would like to see Bayern win the champs league, deal with it. And ffs grow up.
UTarse
Out of respect, I’ll say no more on the subject, as it basically goes over your head anyway.
Never did respond though to my were you born before 1970 question.
Also, are you based in UK? Don’t have to answer if you don’t want.
No doubt you’ve got your sports almanac to hand to cover all eventualities.
Michael24,
You really are juvenile.
I was born in 1971, just turned 47 actually. Yes I’m based in the U.K. I don’t have a “sports almanac” to hand, just a modicum of intelligence that you repeatedly show that you lack.
You love to pick fights for absolutely no reason don’t you ?
No Xhaka.
Has the flu
I’m an absolute neutral towards RM except for the fact that I prefer them to Farcelona any day of the week. Still I enjoyed them breaking the hearts of all Juve fans. The club from Turin was so dirty it’s not even real. I think they fouled Ronaldo around 10 times and all of the fouls were cynical. The 6 yellows and a red was the least they got away with. 19 fouls committed by Juve to 9 by RM speaks a volume as well. It’s clear how one of the teams had an obvious goal to foul their opponents… Read more »
5 defenders, 3 attackers and, guess what, it’s a goal for Newcastle.
2-1.