When Father Christmas and I had a meet up last December, he said he had nothing for me, but if I kept the faith, good things would come.
‘Father Christmas, I shall follow your ten commandments in the hope of a ripe harvest next summer’
Follow those commandments I did, and now the fruits of committment are starting to bloom. Blossom? What’s the word? Bear?
Anyway…
1. Arsene OUT + the stodgy backroom team
2. New coach IN
3. Abramovich OUT. NO VISA. No way in, even on an Israeli passport. LOLOLOLOLOL.
This story is giving me goosebumps. Firstly, Chelsea has shelved their plans for the rebuild of Stamford Bridge. Roman ain’t putting his blood billions into a ground he can’t attend. Secondly, the club are fretting over Conte. Basically, he wants them to sack him and put him on a £9m a year sabbatical. Chelsea don’t want to pay that. Thirdly, Chelsea won’t pay to free Sarri from his Napoli deal. FOURTHLY, they’re not sniffing around Avram Grant.
SOMEONE FETCH ME A WATER PIPE AND HOSE ME THE FUCK DOWN! 💉💉💉
4. Real Madrid moved on Zidane
Firstly, I LOVE watching the Arsene apologists trying to will on Wenger to land the job, like he’s somehow deserving of a humiliating half season at Madrid to cap off a nightmare 10 years. Anyway, the really interesting story and more realistic candidate is THE POCH. Now, I didn’t think the Argentine would move from Spurs before the new stadium move. I don’t know why I thought that, he was talking about Spurs like it wasn’t part of his future after they Spurzed out of the semi final of the FA Cup. Anyway, Joachim Low has ducked out of the job saying, “I rule this out totally.”
Poch had this to say: “When Real Madrid call you, you have to listen to them” 💉💉💉
FEED ME SPURS FANS TEARS!
Anyway, good bless the Patron Saint of summer gifting, for he has delivered.
If Spurs lose Poch, they are in some serious fucking trouble. Whatever you think about the trophy record down there, Poch has turned a solid squad into a very classy outfit. That team is more than the sum of its parts. It’ll be very hard to replace a man of his talents. Hopefully, they’ll do something stupid, like give it to Eddie Howe.
In other news, Kike Marin, master of the ITK game, reckons the biggest issue Emery has at Arsenal is Mesut Ozil. Not because of his talent, but because of his commitment. Damn, I hate be so right about players, but I’ve been kicking this narrative to everyone for a few years. The man doesn’t care about the club, which is why you sometimes see all guns blazing Ozil, but mostly a bit of a wet flannel.
Trouble is, we can’t sell him because no one will pay the wages his managed to con out of a club desperate to save face.
Will Emery go hard on a player of genius? He certainly didn’t with Neymar. Ozil is a bit different, but he’s still a big name who could cause problems for him. You can’t ostracise a player on that sort of money, you also can’t allow someone not to work in a system that demands all 10 outfield players to bust a gut.
It’ll be interesting to see where he plays him, how he deals with the usual half season of fitness you get from the German, and what he does in big games. It’s amusing how Arsenal fans speak out of both sides of their mouths. One of the issues cited for our failings last season was a lack of service to our forwards, whilst on the other side we’re celebrating Ramsey and Ozil as kings of the midfield. Something is broken there because on paper we have the goals and the service.
Oh Emery, how we wait for you solve all our problems…
Right, see you in the comments!
Despite Dembele’s great goal last night, he looked immature to me and not at the level of Griezmann and Mbappe. I think Deschamps should think about starting Fekir instead of Dembele. The midfield — Kante, Tolisso, Pogba — is probably fine, but Pogba needs to do more than he did last night if France are to beat any of the other top teams. Deschamps should have brought Rabiot, I think; he would have been a good alternative to Pogba.
Marko
Sure. Or maybe not everyone has as low an opinion of Ramsey as you do. That’s possible as well.
Marko
Remember, we had the worst coach and tactician overseeing them.
Graham
Are you suggesting (with an earlier comment) that you would be fine with no first-XI signings this summer? Is better coaching all we need?
Remember, we had the worst coach and tactician overseeing them.
True they’re also not that good either. I mean if Ramsey was all that with a year left on his contract wouldn’t there be interest?
Glad to see that Chelsea are a bit of a mess at the moment. Finishing top four will be competitive and their being out of sorts will help a little.
I think we could quite easily make our midfield more balanced and give ourselves more choice for relatively low fees if we brought in Torreira and Pellegrini.
Let Wilshere leave, pointless player.
Milinkovic Savic would be great but I think you are looking at £70 Million there and our needs are so many that you cannot really justify that on one player unless Ramsey is out the door for £40 Million.
Kondogbia/Danilo and Torreira would be good additions.
There is one key reason whyWenger will not go to RM…………………The fans wouldn’t accept him.
“Senor Wenger! Que???………….NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
You see, unlike the many deluded Arsenal fans, Madrid fans would see through all the garbage.
B10
At this stage……………………Why not?
Wouldn’t it be great to see the current crop of players showing their true metal.
There are many that have a lot to prove.
Graham
I like the idea of our players and team playing much better under a much better manager, but I also think we need some additions / better players as well.
And I’m afraid that thinking that all we need is better coaching is a bit Wenger-ish in a way.
We need both, IMO.
B10
“a bit Wenger-ish” What are you talking about?
Wenger never fashioned change because he was clueless when it came to constructive coaching and tactics.
We can only sit back and see what happens.
Wilshere linked with a move to Palace. Good move for him. Probably about his level too
Bamford10 You are absolutely right that gunners desperately need a few additions. Cech having the nr1 shirt says only 1 thing. A new keeper is not coming in. The warchest will be spent elsewhere most likely. What is likely to happen is that the staff are looking to bring in seasoned champions league level centre back (which have been linked) and a seasoned rightback (which have been linked also) would be surprised if both would not happen.. Also it is likely that as cazorla leaves, willshire also probably leaves and there even might be another midfielder sold there would be… Read more »
MarkoJune 2, 2018 15:23:48 Wilshere linked with a move to Palace. Good move for him. Probably about his level too / Absolutely right. Like many of Wengers offspring, nobody wants them. When i say nobody, i mean any team that’s relevant to Elite Football and Big Trophies. How I miss the days when BARCA wanted Ramsey. L.Oh. F’ing L. So what we have is Wenger, Jack, Ramsey. Either free or having 1 year left. Any takers??? Coq to Valencia.. irrelevant, Gabriel went where?.. irrelevant, Gibbs went to WestBrom… relegated. Arteeta was one of 5 coaches under pep. Actually thought he… Read more »
Wilshere linked with a move to Palace. Good move for him. Probably about his level too
lmao.. really wanted him to be a great player but the fans have to let this one go. sadly not everyone is on board…
“Wilshere linked with a move to Palace. Good move for him. Probably about his level too” Agree. But this is not what Arsenal fans have been expecting us to believe all these years. This goes to the centre of my issue with our list. Our entire list is at this level. We have only a small few players that would not be perfectly at home at this type of mid table club. Elneny, Xhaka, Mustafi, Welbeck, Chambers, Holding, Iwobi, etc. These players would not be out of place at Palace, or Everton or West Ham. Our strategy has basically been… Read more »
here’s how the line up should be next season :
New GK
New RB New CB. New CB. New LB
New Mid New Mid
New Mid
New ST New ST New ST.
New manager….
Cmon England
I was going to say the same thing Hillwood!
C’mon Ennngguuurland!!
Clink to you!
Cahill scores. 1-0 to England!
Great head from Cahill 1-0
My country of birth one up v my country of heritage
Leftsidesanch
So who are you supporting today?
Bamford10 You are absolutely right that gunners desperately need a few additions. Cech having the nr1 shirt says only 1 thing. A new keeper is not coming in. ================================= a lot meaning has been read into given Cech the #1 shirt, you don’t expect the club to bring in a new keeper and hand him the number new shirt straight away, De-gea wasn’t handed the #1 shirt when he joined UTD, Lioriss wasn’t given the number 1 shirt when he joined spurs, Karius wasn’t given the number 1 shirt when he joined liverpool, even Cech wasn’t given the number shirt… Read more »
VAR used if there is “mistaken identity” … this would have been useful during the Chelski game where Gibbs was shown the red card instead of the Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Am on my 2nd beer Hillwood, where are you at?
(You may remember me where I used to go by the moniker of ArseneisaFraud)
Kane scores. 2-0 to England. Lucky as the keeper should have saved it.
DB10
4th can of Guinness
2- 0
Yep I remember you. How you doing my man
4th can!!! You are doing well! I am doing very well! How are you doing? I am optimistic about England. Winning it, maybe not, but we can go far. What I hated about the previous iteration of the England XI (Lampard, Rooney, Terry, etc) was that they all took their promotion for granted and treated joining England as an all expenses paid holiday. I don’t believe Rio when he said that the players had trouble communicating due to team rivalry. It was just them taking the piss. I still remember when Capello took over he banned a whole host of… Read more »
4th can of Guinness…this lad knows how to Saturday
Had a couple of Stella’s earlier lol
Anyway Stones is still making stupid mistakes and England way to slow on the break
Good goal iwobi
Put his valuation up
Keeper very slow there
Iwobi scores for Nigeria. 2-1.
Not a good start.
England looking very Arsenal like
DB10
I’m neutral today, would be happier if Nige won (underdog status) but I’m good either way.
Hillwood
Nice! I have just started but I have a long night of boozing ahead!! 🙂
Why dies Raheem Sterling dive so much
He’s diving in.a friendly
Shameless
Everyone seemed to be mocking the kit of Nigeria .
I think it looks much better on the pitch.
Nigeria has always been shite in friendlies
Hopeful no one gets injured
Leftsidesanch
But if this were to be a competitive game, who would you choose? Or would you still be on the fence? Just asking. 🙂
That dive from Raheem is pathetic. I hope he doesn’t pull this shit during the World Cup.
What a terrible decision the whole Club Wembley thing was. Every single match the prime seats on the halfway line opposite the camera are 50%+ empty because they’re ‘owned’ by debenture holders who don’t turn up, or prawn sandwich types who remain in the restaurants.
Really damages the image of Wembley. It gives the wrong impression, especially when the rest of the stadium is full.
RSPC
“Everyone seemed to be mocking the kit of Nigeria .”
What are you on?
Its the rave of the moment.
Nike sold out 3 million shirts priced at 90 dollars/65 GBP in 2 hours?
It’s the jersey neutrals are wearing?
Who’s mocking it?
England aren’t very good because I’ve never seen a Nigerian team play as poorly as they did in first half, even then the game is still competitive.
You only have to look at Pickford as starting goalie to see how average this England team is.
Poch to Real isn’t going to happen. What a fucking loser. Staying at Spurs is an easy ride the only challenge for them is to not be totally shite
Daniel Levi is a very astute CEO. He’s the best in the premier league for me.
I think he’s given Spuds at least an extra 20% edge due to his savviness.
He tied Poch to a 5 year deal just in time. Madrid will have to pay £42 million [5 year salary at 8.5 million p.a] to release him. Even Madrid aren’t that stupid.
DB10,
If there was anything riding on the game I’d give the nod to my Nige side.
Leftsidesanch
Fair’s fair. 🙂 I hope you don’t win. 😉
Dissenter managers don’t usually go for the whole term of their contract unless they’re fired. Usually if you want a manager who’s in a job you pay a compensation to the club.
Marko
I agree with you
It’s just that everyone knows Daniel Levi is a ball busting negotiator who’s going to make Madrid squeal by asking for a record compensation.
Wellwide is on for Kane. That means we do have 2 Gooners playing on the pitch!
The Nigerian team medical team better start doing drills with the concussion protocols
The players don’t communicate at all. That’s the second time two players in the same team have had head-head contact contesting for the same damn ball.
I’ve never seen that before.
England showing their usual piss-poor boring toothless tippy-tappy. Complete shite .
Wellbeck belongs to a 12th – to 15th place team.
A victory but seeing that second half performance has not filled me with confidence at all….
Azed
You are being too generous!
I was expecting a mauling for Nigerianbecaudse I thought England were the better team before a ball was kicked.
After 94 minutes, it was a 50-50 game.
The Nigerian team is 3-4 weeks from being ready. That goalie is shite. the Kane goal was a saveable shot.
Ozil with a goal
*walks out room
Even after 2 Stella’s and 5 Guinness I don’t think football is coming home
Maybe the Merlot will help
Hillwood
You could be on mind altering substances and you’d still know England will be knocked out early. Can’t wait to see Kane’s face after we get beaten by the Republic of Whereagain.
“Ozil with a goal*
walks out room
…returns back in to the room to see that the goalie provided the assist.
Good goal though
Bam
Oh yeah,I’m Nigerian
Game of two halves…Great second half from us, had we played like that in first half and we just might have nick it…..England had a shocking 2nd half
think we need a quality striker to stand a chance at the world cup,Ighalo not quite the bees knees and Iwobi is key for us also…really expect us to get past the group stage though.
Lol at the blogger bogging up poch the fuker has never won a single trophy in his whole managerial career spannin 13 years
You cannot be considered a top manager wig that kind of pathetic record he is a serial loser who can’t g any of his teams over the winning line
Funny he keeps having a go at Wenger who’s record poch will
Never match he probably will never win a trophy as gross not possess a winners mentality just like the le grove blogger
A know it all who backs losers
Le grove blogger a total loser
“a lot meaning has been read into given Cech the #1 shirt, you don’t expect the club to bring in a new keeper and hand him the number new shirt straight away, ”
The Chelsea flop shouldn’t be given any shirt number.
LegendaryDB10
Wellbeck has pace, that should count for something.
Azed
Against a Vanorama league team definitely! 😉
Hillwood
I agree. I was just being optimistic. But that change of formation by Nigeria certainly jolted us.
I think a lot of booze will be needed to keep our hopes up for the group stages and beyond. I already have a feeling that we will finish 2nd behind Belgium (probably on goal difference) in group G. Sounds like a familiar story….
Javier Pastore to West Ham
A bit inconsistent but a top player. At €180K a week looks a decent buy
Marko Reus will probably get injured again on the eve of the World Cup…yet again.
I have no expectations for England in the WC.
Still think we can make quaters.
Love the Nigerian shirts.
Garish retro.
Pellegrini doing his dam-nest to attract south American talent to Westham.
Has Sterling got rid of the tattoo?
Couldn’t tell.
Was that why he was late arriving?
DB10
Today’s little binge was just a warm up for the shit to come . I’m still trying get over Euro 96
Hillwood.
I know exactly what you mean. Still remember watching the semis vs Germany at my nan’s house and being so gutted on loosing out on pens. Fuck, that is the closest we will ever get after ’66.
Funnily enough I was watching it in my local
And now Southgate is in charge
It doesn’t bode well
DB 10
How many England flags did you have clipped on the car windows
Well when you see that he was incapable of adapting to Nigeria’s change in tactics in the second half, as you say, it doesn’t bode well at all.
ENGLAND 3 TUNISIA 1
ENGLAND 4 PANAMA 0
ENGLAND 2 BELGIUM 2
Am I being delusional?
Hillwood.
None. Lol!!!!. Although I do remember the days of putting a St George’s flag out your window. I, shamelessly, did it back then.
DB10
I think GS left them to try and sort it out by themselves.
It’s all part of the master plan.
Graham
Are you trying to cheer us up on the fact that we are not that mediocre? *cough*
G62
Now that sounds awfully familiar. … I wonder why?
DB10
I had 2 flags clipped on each front window.
One flew off on the A13 at 70 mph
Lol!! My suggestion: just hang out a full flag out of the side window!
I still got my flag. Unfortunately I am not facing the street … but I’ll put it out anyway.
Had a massive St George flag off a ship that took up the entire front of my house
Was absolutely gutted when Southgate missed that penalty
This comment section needs a fucking signing
Dissenter.
That goalie is shite. the Kane goal was a saveable shot.
Carl Ikeme, the undisputed first choice 8th down with Cancer. The other keepers are simply appaling. Uzoho is light years ahead of aby other thing we can offer.
Is not 8th.
Marko
Go fuck yourself you boring cunt
Hillwood I must say that made me laugh.
ENGLAND 1 TUNISIA 2
ENGLAND 1 PANAMA 1
ENGLAND 0 BELGIUM 2
Red
You are being optimistic!.
lol !
I wouldn’t be surprised if we did finish 2nd in our group though, with Beligium finishing 1st.
Marko
You must realise that now that AW is gone we are now letting our hair loose! Let us run amok!!!! 😉
I think Sterling looked really good today but he needs to sort his finishing out.
Well, Marko certainly livened things up
Good night everyone
Hillwood
Take care! I’ll catch you on the opening game for England at the WC. (I’ll be working when the next friendly is being played.)
“Daniel Levi is a very astute CEO. He’s the best in the premier league for me.”
Totally agree with you Dissenter. Shows Gazidis for what he is: rank amateur
just googled nigerian jersey. unless I’m mistaken I fail to see how that jersey is impressive ? the dark green one looks good but the stripes on the white on is just meh. trying very hard to say they are from Africa when the whole world knows they are from Africa…
Absolutely refreshing to read that a lot of us on here tip my country, Nigeria to make progress at the world cup.
But in my opinion, our midfield will be our undoing, especially if Onazi keeps starting.
Surprised Victorious is a Nigerian
Refreshing to see Karim back.
Were bring linked to pots of midfielders. This goes to price that media outlets know absolutely nothing about what goes on within Arsenal football club