Well, the new boys have started to drip into the club. Torriera has LANDED which is magnificent. This is him pointing.
Magnificent.
In other news, the stories about us landing Dembele get hotter and hotter. The French wideman has an admirer in Sven M. Barca oddly looking to bin off the magical winger after just one season. I have no idea why they’d consider moving on talent like that, all I know if I LOVE him deeply as a player and think he’d be a fabulous addition to our quite scary attack. Kike Marin, the Spanish God of transfers reckons this could happen… very exciting.
Also, if Barca are offering up a £135m player who is 20 in exchange for Ramsey… well, I don’t want to pack anyone’s bags but come on, that’d be a tasty offer. Ramsey would be on the train to Emanuel Petitville in a season anyway.
OBVIOUSLY I’d like to keep Ramsey, but be real, it’s not looking good.
The Ozil drama carried on into its 16th week, fans in Germany protested on the theme of #IamOzil. Bit dramatic, don’t you think? Guy hung out with the civil rights abuser basket player Enes Kanter called “the Hitler of our century”, now people are protesting his treatment in Germany (the irony), a country that’s lambasted by the hard right the world over for being too kind to immigrants? Please.
Freddi Boban is having NONE OF IT.
“I think that’s a bit cowardly,”
“Ozil’s criticism of social media, especially in the direction of the German Football Association (DFB), is unbearable.
“This blanket charge of racism simply does not correspond to reality. He could have given an interview somewhere, live on TV.
“For us footballers, the rule is ‘be a man and stand up.'”
Freddi, what does it mean to be a man? Why are you leaning on dated stereotypes of masculinity to make a shallow point about racism?
You disgust me.
Anyway, time to sweep this German nonsense under the rug. There’s only one nationality that counts and that’s GOONER. Amirite? Yes. Yes I am.
Right, not a lot to go on today. See you tomorrow!
x
Who’s Matty g ?
Callum Hudson is doing what Nelson should be doing.
If you’re going to lose , lose in preseason because it means fuck all and you can see what needs to be worked on … A little perspective is needed here I think ‘How long before the first we told you to Be careful what you wish for ‘ — seriously !? After 30 mins of a preseason friendly ? Ok then …. You really think emery will play the exact same way over and over and expect a different result ? There’s only one guy that would do that and he’s long gone so let’s chill the fuck out… Read more »
Matteo Guendouzi
Guendouzi is a prospect for sure. So is Hudson odeyi
Bellerin has been really poor. And Kolasinac doesn’t look good enough either.
I second that Dissenter
I needed to see a tough game in preseason ..maybe after that they will be less hugging and smiling in training. Bellerin should be ashamed a kid is making him look silly..go cut that hair
Can’t blame Wenger ….Bellerin is gash!
Xhaka has got a fight on his hands against Guendouzi
I love it when everyone on here shits the bed if we go a goal down. Have you guys ever watched a match ?
If they are no adults to be made silly kids won’t shine
Bellerin is just poor. If he continues this way….Litchsteiner should be starting.
Maybe throw Bel in for osmara
Bellend can’t play defense and can’t cross the ball for shit. All he’s got is speed. Another Walcott. Every single Wenger defender should be binned and replaced.
Why didn’t Kolasinac just shoot there?
see it again maybe too close to keeper.
I’d chalk this result up to the Irish flu, really hoping Eagle played a part in that.
Bellerin could do with watching Leichensteiner
Buckhurst
I wasn’t saying that,I was alluding to the types on here that will look for the first signs to say told you so.
I’m happy to see where it goes,but the defending if your watching ain’t that great.
Defense is still shit
Kolasinac yoy tool!
Kolasinac pushing the ball away from goal…who does that?
I love it when everyone on here shits the bed if we go a goal down. Have you guys ever watched a match ?
Serge that what’s fans do is react not everyone is as calm and confident as you are. I know it’s only pre-season but real Arsenal fans can’t stand Chelsea no matter how we play them.
We’re still not fucking shooting
I think this Guendouzi kid will push hard to be a starter. I hope he does
Got better as the half went on, still look very fragile though.
Bellerin absolute shocker, Elneny no good, Mkhitaryan as well poor.
Guendouzi still shining, Ozil has been okay and Cech has done very well.
Cannot wait for Torreira to be ready.
Emery is going to have a lot of work to do this season, inconsistent press, empty midfield and the defence have been real issues.
Maybe the hippy would play better in his fancy pajamas. Dude is a poser in every definition of the word.
Receding
That’s the fastest u turn in history, what a tool you are.
Good tempo
22 years of Wengerball will take more than a few weeks to get rid off.
Samesong I am not confident we need a lot of work on and off the field reckon Lichsteiner will play a lot
Guendouzi continues to impress. He may already be better than Xhaka, for me.
Front three of Mkhi, Ozil and Auba is not working that well. Neither M nor O has the length and pace to run with Auba, so he ends up being isolated.
Hard to say what we should do, but we either need some genuine wide players with pace or we may have to change formations.
Bellerin might be poorer today than I’ve ever seen him before. If someone wants to buy him, we should sell him immediately and hope they don’t see tape of this match.
Maybe we over expected with what dick was gonna do
If as winterburn has described.the midfield aren’t supporting the forwardline with the press,allowing Chelsea to pass through the lines,what the fuck has dick been doing on the training pitch since May.
No change in vulnerable defending,not shooting and taking 32 mins for first effort.
First of all Bellerin should start eating meat again, ditch that vegetarian food. This match shows how much we need a pacy winger that can dribble past players to open up space and cause Mayhem in the opposition defence. We also have to try and change this possession football and play on the counter , we have seen how successful that was at the World Cup.
It’s unfortunate but Auba is going to have to play wide if the squad stays as is, Mkhi and Ozil on the flanks is crap.
The midfield today is two teenagers and Elneny, so a little lack there is understandable. I know it’s preseason but you would expect your top earners to be able to pick up a bit slack a little more than this though.
Elneny had fresh air for lunch. He has been on the floor more times than a £10 slapper.
This front 3 was shite versus Tottenham last year.
Its one or the other.
Perez wide for balance .
Iwobi is not an upgrade on this.
Or we get kolasinac and bellerin playing wide a lot better than they are
Do agree that enough dead wood ain’t gone that’s for sure
Nobody wants to buy bellend, they are watching the same shit we are. If unai transforms him into a proper defender, he should be knighted…..by the Spanish.
Lol James..what u turn. I said we needed hard preseason games to iron out weaknesses and we have one now.
Does this game determine if we will lose a couple of games in the autumn?
Or that Emery will be sacked by Christmas as per it bet?
Preseason is for preparation.. U can’t see much in training so you play games
I think you should concentrate on trying to get Gambon to like you.
Micky is gradually looking like the player not really not adding any thing meaningful.
He might be the one for the bench.
“Callum Hudson is doing what Nelson should be doing.”
Dis!!!
Good – Cech, Matty G, Rowe
Average – Ozil Auba,
Poor – back 4, Elneny, Mikki
Kolas and Bellerin really suck.
Mikki looks lax, tired?
Sell Elneny, Mistafi, Bellerin
Also Sokratis isn’t the one to really fill you with confidence.Looks like a slightly better version of mustafi.
I’m going to attribute it to no Xhaka, Torreria and Ramsey, but I never want to see Guendouzi and Elneny on the pitch at the same time.
Not only do they look a like from certain angle when running, Guendouzi actually does what Elneny does but with more umpth
Maybe the defence has been broke beyond repair….
Maybe he should have focused preseason on that
To ignore it is wrong it evidently won’t go away
Still not bloody shoot. Rowe, Kolas, Elneny, Matty G all had quite clear chance to do it.
@useroz Don’t think Smith Rowe’s been good at all. Has been very ordinary in my book. Will need to add a lot more creativity to his game if he’s to make it as an attacking mid
Carts,
Comparing Guendouzi with elneny is like comparing Nutella to dogshit cos they lookalike too.
We need two wide players.
Iwobi, Mkki and Welbeck don’t count.
If we don’t have genuine wide players — we don’t — and we have a number of good central midfielders — we do — we really should play 4-4-2, IMO.
Like so:
________Laca____Auba
____________Ozil
_____Ramsey__Guendouzi
__________Torreira
LB_____CB______CB______RB
Torrierra, Matty G, Ramsey is the way to go but I know emery will squeeze in Xhaka and might regret it
Think we’ve gone 4-2-3-1
Still looking forward with more caution now tho
Chelsea parking the bus in pre-season – wankers
Smith Rowe at fault for the first goal, shoddy marking again by Smith Rowe with Rudiger again there.
Has to learn from it.
First time the press worked for us there
Also it’s getting quite clear now that kolasinac’s inability to perform last season wasn’t wenger’s fault. He’s just a poor footballer period.
same with bellerin and most of our ‘deadwood’
22 years of Wengerball will take more than a few weeks to get rid off.
Right………cause all these players played under Wenger for 22 years….right
A step too far for Smith-Rowe this
Mikhi and Ozil is not going to work. We need to replace one of them with a consistently goal thinking Striker or CAM
Still 0-1
Dale
Don’t be a thicko all your life.
There’s an instilled culture of which most of the those playing at the moment are part of.
Guendouzi has been excellent but he always gets caught on the ball at least once. I guess that’s the leap in quality from French league 2 to EPL. Can easily iron it out of his game in time.
His passing has been flawless, can easily be better than Xhaka with time. Baller for sure.
Receding
Sorry I should clarify …. I meant northern tool
Saad injured……
We have had more possession than them on stats
We’ve had more passes than them
Should give Nelson some time, if he cannot go out there fired up having watched the Chelsea youngster then there’s something wrong with him
As I say that
Same old ending tho
Can’t kill off games
Our build up play is too slow, we need to use Auba pace.
Also Ozil looked really sharp. Playing from the left flank, he did what he could do with his skill set. Would rather have him on the other flank. He will have a better season than the last two.
AMN on. Expect him to do more in remaining mins than what Kolasinac and Bellerin has done together in the whole match.
Dale
“Mikhi and Ozil is
not going to
work. We need to
replace one of
them with a
consistently goal
thinking Striker or
CAM”
If only we had one of those on the bench.
Sort of hoping it’s evident now that unless we get a top class winger, Laca & Auba have to start.
@cesc appeal wouldn’t blame Rowe for the 1st goal. he had no business marking ruediger in the 1st place. whoever set them up didn’t do his job well
Cmon arsenal get a draw at least
Too many Wengerites on the board.
Should of sacked Wenger mid season instead of giving him some sort of face saving send off….
Lacazette is still the better option in the CF for me, all this Aubameyang talk, he’s good on the wing in place of Mikhi
How did he miss that?
Good thing so far this window….
We got Torriera and Guendouzi looks top notch.Hoping Leno proves himself too.The other 2 older acquisitions will add more value off the field than on it they way am seeing it.They are off peak levels now.
JamesH you really should concentrate on pleasuring Gambon.
Its a preseason warm up game you waste of space. It does not lend any credence to your hope Emery gets sacked by Christmas so you win your bet
Untold will have a field day …..over this
Why would anyone want Emery sacked by Christmas?
Radio take your own advise……when you come on here EVERYDAY spouting the same rhetoric, can’t go on all your life a thicko
Bakoyo long hair is that the Hercules effect!
I reckon he’s going to have a good season.
Get Eddie on
Lacazette and Aubameyang have to start anytime available. Don’t get why managers have to stick to some formation they fancy with old teams they managed. Shouldn’t one be adjusting to what personnel the clubs have??
Still think mkhitaryan and ozil can play together…. in a 4-2-3-1. Just put a pacty winger on the other flank
Some positives to see but the press is still inconsistent and really was not helped by a weak midfield which Chelsea could easily move through, Guendouzi aside.
Really need to see Torreira against Lazio, get that midfield working together.
The chelsea subs look like they are wearing table cloth.
Great save from the Chelsea GK
‘The chelsea subs look like they are wearing table cloth’
Haha!
It’s really quite something, isn’t it?
Oh dear Iwobi……
bloody hell how did he save that.
Auba
Mkhitaryan – ozil – winger
Looks like Ozil is one of the captains
The board should be sacked for indulging Wenger.
Loads of money thrown down the toilet which the new manager could have put to use.
Nelson isn’t looking like he will progress much
Cesc looking at the play you can see that Chelsea can be hurt badly on the wings we desperately need a winger that can dribble?