There are two approaches you can take to getting what you want in life. One is to work hard and make it happen with positive vibes, the second is to bitch, moan and palm off your failings onto things outside of your control. I demonstrated Stan C’s approach yesterday. Then this story crossed my lap yesterday by Sol Campbell. This is how he signed off the story.
Competition for jobs as a manager is fierce, I know that. So how do you get that first opportunity? I’ve asked myself that a lot.
Is it through friends? Is it through a good agent? Or is it down to timing? Maybe it’s all three.
One thing I know for sure is that I want to be in that environment – win, lose or draw. I want to build a new career. I want to compete again.
Yes, I’ve had knockbacks. But if it’s worth fighting for, you have to go for it. I’ve always known that.
That my friends is how an adult uses the media to deliver a message. Work hard, get your head down, and know that you’ll be rewarded with a chance at some point. It took me well over a year of knocking down doors to land in the industry I wanted to work in. Sol Campbell has a lot more security than most of us who chase our dreams do, and I’ve no doubt he’ll land his chance.
In other news, Sporting Lisbon is dealing with a nightmare at the moment. Fernandes, Carvalho and Gelson Martins are all applying to terminate their deals after being attacked by their own fans at their training ground (and you thought plane banners was the worst that could happen in football).
Arsenal have apparently offered twice this summer for the electric right winger, Sporting rejected the bids, now they might lose him on a free.
The guy did give me a hit of Gervinho to the veins when I first saw him, but look, he’s 23 years old, he has a lot to learn and he has some sexy tricks in locker. He scored 13 and assisted the same amount last season. Worth a punt on a free?
Torriera is still creating headlines in Italy. Sampdoria press reckon he’s Arsenal bound, so do the folk at The DM. Funny that they’re rolling with ‘Arsenal need to spread the cost’ because they’re on a budget. How folk who write about football for a living don’t know that nearly all clubs spread the cost of transfers over the period of the contract is beyond me. Anyway, he’d be a fucking amazing move for the club. I don’t even care that he’s 5ft5. He’s a proper defensive midfielder.
… latest is Di Marzio is now saying he wants Arsenal and he won’t be staying in Italy. GOOD TIMES.
Yacine Adli is playing games between PSG and Arsenal, nothing is done yet, so we’ll wait and see where that lands. He’d be a coup for Emery if he did opt for us, and there’s no doubt he’d get more chances in our first team than theirs. We’ll see though!
Right, quick one from me today, tune into our amazing podcast or I’ll send Stan Collymore round your house to tell you off about your lack of mojo.
We talk about transfers, Sol Campbell, and general excitement about where the club is heading.
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Please be true. If we sell Mustafi and Chambers we would still have almost the full kitty left after Sokratis and whoever comes in.
So if you believe the “no smoke without fire” thing, that means:
Leno
Sokratis
Soyuncu
Torreira
Are all on the way in.
I have to say im not bowled over by the quality of some of these, but theres a lot of potential, and we are moving quicker than any other team in the market, so we seem to have addressed Wengers biggest weakness – endless transfer dithering.
The question is, will we be signing anyone else (wide player) or are we done with the 5 more defensive signings?
The thing is Sokratis and Soyuncu can be offset to a large extent by selling Mustafi and Chambers, you will probably get £40-50 Million for the both of them and probably will have spent about the same bringing Sokratis and Soyuncu in. I think we look better for the change as well Sokratis will be better as the experienced CB which we would be looking to Mustafi to play and Soyuncu is a better young prospect at CB than Chambers I would say. It means that our actual expenditure will be Torreira at £26 Million and then Len at £22… Read more »
“I mean no offense, Marko, but it’s pretty clear that you’re neither a fair-minded person, nor a friendly person. You’re actually a bit nasty, honestly, and when you disagree with people, you aren’t entirely honest about what has actually been said. You tend to misrepresent what the person said or oversimplify what the person said in order to score points. I imagine that other people see this as well, but if they don’t, so be it.”
I see it Bamford. Marko can’t be infuriating to chat with at times.
Have to agree with the enlighten one, Gambon with his statement. You did forget Lichtsteiner, though.
Underwhelming to say the least. Will these new acquisitions make us top four material straight off the bat? Highly unlikely.
I’ve said it and said it but we need to find 12 points and concede probably 15/20 goals less and score probably 15/20 more.
This is a monster shift to attain without going out and spending £300m+.
I hope I am wrong but…
Guns
Lichsteiner is already done, I was just talking about the rumours that all seem too persistent not to be true.
I disagree regarding making up 12 points.
Its basically 4 wins, look at some of the away games we lost last year.
I dont think people realise just how much Wenger lost it in recent seasons.
It was just a complete mess.
Cesc Appeal
Don’t forget fringe players like Akpom, Perez, Jekinson, Zelalem etc each who should some funds in too. Perhaps £5m to £10m in total?
Not much but every little helps!
Good to see AFC going to Dublin for a game.
Gives me an excuse to go and hit Temple Bar hard.
G
Four wins is still four wins. One also has to remember that the top five/four get worse. We know for a fact that Liverpool, city, United and Chelsea will be better. Spurs, they will always bottle it.
Still, it means we have to seriously up our game against the top teams to stand a chance.
As I’ve alluded to, the opening fixtures will make it or break it. If we get a stinker…we are fucked.
Emery and Misinlat are like Wenger….
They want “value” first…..
Well wether they want it or not it’s their mandate. Probably the first thing Emery was told… you’re not getting any superstars. This club is about making money….winning comes 2nd
Interesting that we are doing our buying before selling anyone.
I wonder if Emery wants to spend a few weeks with everyone before deciding who to sell.
I think, as things stand, we will sell:
Leno……………..Ospina & Martinez
Sokratis & Soyuncu……….Chambers
Lichsteiner……………………..Jenkinson
Torreira…………………………..Wilshere
If the Gelson Martins rumours are true, I think Welbeck & Perez will both go.
“A distinct lack of quality though.”
I won’t argue that. However, what would you do about it?
I know many will say I’m running interference, but suggesting Wenger was at total fault for slow transfers is a bit rich.
The setup and personnel changed at the beginning of last season, and with big Weng in charge we did serious business in Jan given the time of year.
Was Wenger a factor for slow transfer dealings? Most likely. But him leaving hasn’t expedited the process suddenly, Arsenal putting a cohesive model in place is the reason for the upturn. January showed us that.
“We know for a fact that Liverpool, city, United and Chelsea will be better.“
This type of thinking does my tits in, its absolute bollocks Guns.
Chelsea won the league and finished 5th, there’s no linear progression in place with football. Absolutely no fact or given right that you will improve upon the last season.
Soyuncu still very raw according to Bundesliga watchers, has potential but unlikely to make an impact next season and could use a loan before the step up.
Hardly ideal when forking out such a fee for a CB, why not go hard for a defender that has performed at a high level already, off the top of my head Skriniar off of Inter, Koulibaly, Murillo, Tah, Howedes, Benatia, etc.
We already have two up and coming raw defenders in Holding and Mavropanos.
I like Leno’s potential, he’s big and incredibly agile/cat like. At 26 he’s got enough experience to come in and hit the ground running, but also plenty of time to polish his game. Remove the apparent mistakes and he’s the first proper keeper we’ve had in a long time. On the subject of his mistakes, can someone more informed tell us what these mistakes look like? I’ve seen the pass back bobbling over his attempted clearance a number of times but you’ll have to go some to get me to be overly critical on that type of stuff. What mistakes… Read more »
This activity [reported in the media] of this transfer window just goes to who how badly Wenger ran the transfers in the last half of his Arsenal stay.
He made the transfer window a living nightmare for gooners every where. Who can forget his refusal to buy an outfield player that fateful summer window.
I try to forget but it keeps coming back to me. It must be post Wenger stress disorder. The all-knowing grimace, pseudo-intellectual babbling about “internal solutions” and outright dithering at media events.
Not looking for trouble from the usual Wenger-supplicants but thank *** we are free.
Haven’t watched too much of Leno, whenever I have he’s looked reasonably solid if unspectacular.
General consensus on him though is that he was as good or even better than Ter Stegen as youngsters but last couple of years in particular they have gone in opposite directions. Stegen has established himself as a top 5 GK in Europe (as food as anyone after De Gea, Oblak and Neuer for me) while Leno hasn’t really made any progression at all.
Leno is still young and has really good experience so could potentially go on to be special.
How long will Julen Lopetegui last as Madrid manager?
He wasn’t their first or second choice and goalkeeper-turned managers usually struggle.
Other than Dino Zoff, I can’t think of any other former goalkeeper that succeeded as a top manager.
Leno is regarded as a penalty specialist…which will be a 180 degree shift from Cech.
“Was Wenger a factor for slow transfer dealings? Most likely. But him leaving hasn’t expedited the process suddenly, Arsenal putting a cohesive model in place is the reason for the upturn. January showed us that”
maybe I missed it, but who’s arguing otherwise?
” my head Skriniar off of Inter, Koulibaly, Murillo, Tah, Howedes, Benatia, etc. ”
If Soyuncu is £25m, then you’re probably looking at £50m> for Skrinrar and Koulibally.
Then about £40m for Murillo, Tah
Then £30m for Tah and Benatia
We should’ve swooped for Murillo 2 seasons ago. He was someone I campaigned for but as usual Wenger wasn’t trying to hear me
Dissenter
Totally endorse your sentiments.
Be careful though, you might be called a” Wenger obsessive” by @ Victorious and Co.
Carts
Makes much more sense to spend 50 million on a defender that would come in and immediately improve the starting XI, I mean Auba is 29 he’s not going to wait around for a bunch of kids to possibly come good.
Soyuncu is being quoted for 25-30 million anyways, might as well make the extra push for quality. VVD cost Pool 75 million, they won’t regret that one bit.
Weagle
Get what you’re angling at but 25-30 mil on a potential 60 mil defender is still very different to a 60 mil defender.
The club isn’t equipped to splash that kind of coin it would seem, and defenders undoubtedly at that level are few and far between.
CC
No one is “suggesting that Wenger was at total fault for slow transfers”
He was though, as time progressed, the major reason for the stagnated system.
The reason for this is clear.
He just didn’t want to leave.
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CC These fees imo are getting exaggerated, don’t get me wrong the market has gone mad but the Barca transfer activity last summer was more the exception than the new rule. You have extremely highly rated AND young midfielders and forwards in Bernardo Silva, Mo Salah, Fabinho, Naby Keita (defenders are nearly always easier to obtain for less) going for under 50 million pounds so find it hard to believe that a Skriniar would cost 60 million. Maybe Koulibaly because Napolis owner is a nutter, but others I mentioned could certainly be bought for between the 30-50 million bracket imo.… Read more »
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