Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment, last night, I was caught dream cheating by my girlfriend. She’s mad. I told her it didn’t mean anything, but she’s not having it. If anyone has been through this, please let me know how you battle out of the hole and win back trust.
You know who I don’t trust?
Ivan Gazidis.
Really looks like he’s off. The man is a C-suite masochist. He’s The Yellow Bastard in Sin City, he can only survive if he’s in corporate hell, rebranding being skint, selling dreams off FFP compliance, fixing a shit tip of a club.
What a bizarre decision.
I mean, I get it, Milan is a fucking cool city and the club is one of the true greats… but seriously, what an odd move. Hire in a bunch of new people, then bin them off as soon as something fancy comes your way. Weak.
Onto the Chelsea game. I only caught sporadic parts of the match and both teams had interesting players. Chelsea’s Hudson-Odoi had the best of Hector most of the night, his turn of pace reminded me of early days Anelka and his trickery was something special. Arsenal’s young superstar Guendouzi continued to impress at the base of midfield. He patrols the back 4 with great discipline, he breaks up play, he distributes quickly, he can take the ball around people, he really does look the real deal and it’s a struggle to see how he doesn’t start our first game of the season.
I can’t remember a player we were this excited about since Cesc broke onto the scene. He looks a class act, a player for the now, a player who is going to push Torreira really hard.
It’s tough to read too much into the game, we’re in preseason. Our defence still looks troubling. Petr Cech making some solid interventions yesterday kept the game respectable. Sokratis looks quite a bit off the pace as does Mustafi and Bellerin. Still, they’re tired, they’re absorbing a lot of new ideas and you can’t get too worried until we start playing.
The most important thing is it looks like the team are progressing.
Right, see you in the comments.
DM
Me
Tro4hy
Tr4phy
Tr4phy?
Rats!
Boom..
7
Heaven , My best score. USA timings are doing me well.
Pedro
Whilst I’m about the last person on earth to offer advice on relationships I think sharing your relationship troubles with the crowd on here is probably as close to Bobbitt territory as you can get!
Raats.. me too suspect DM is aka Pedro le Pietra the Rock n Roll artist.
Anyway let him have some fun too. After all we enjoy his efforts on Le Grove so much , he too needs some fun..at our cost
Ok guys. How can I convince you that I’m not Pedro? Hm… difficult to prove a negative lol
DM
Say something nasty about Arteta and Gazidis in the same sentence!
How can I convince you that I’m not Pedro
Need you and Pedro in the same place holding up the current day’s newspaper.
We also need the system that you use to visit Le grove. It must show that you are the owner of the system or it was assigned to you.
DM
Tell them you are married and only careful to have sweet dreams about your wife.
Pedro
Anyway advice to Pedro:
1- tell your gf not to be so immature about a dream most probably you never had and was God’s way of testing her to see if she is a mature girl or a hyper nag. ( Important to say this in front of her girl friends so they bug her )
2- After this succeeds please inform so I can tell how not to be stupid again
Just sitting here on the bench….
Pretty easy about whatever Ivan does or doesnt do.
But, the main worry, despite where they are now, Ivan might believe AC actually have more ambition than Stan
“You know who I don’t trust?
Ivan Gazidis.”
That’s a first!! lol
It’s like dream masterbating…but then you wake up…on the bus…and you realise you weren’t sleeping or dreaming. No one wants to see that.
I’ll say it again. I don’t think Arsenal will miss a beat when Ivan goes to Milan. And why should they? I’d say 99% of the players probably don’t even know who he is.
Let’s see him stink Milan up.
Pedro-Is your girlfriend an American? You really can’t just win her over/soothe her fears by just opening your mouth, and letting your British accents do its magic? As a “Yank”, I’ve always wondered if British women “swoon” over American accents like American women do over British accents? At the end of the day though…bitches be cray man…bitches be cray. (This coming from a man who is happily married and has three children.) On Gazidis, do you think he could be moving on because he can’t stand Stan K anymore? I was talking to a fellow Gooner yesterday, and we were… Read more »
“And again…bitches be cray.”
And so Ivan, as well ??
I’m lost…
Bellerin doesn’t look right. I mean he almost seems mechanical in his movements, rigid like.
I’m not saying this because of yesterday’s performance alone, but i’m really starting to have reservations over his development.
Even his pace seems to have evaporated.
HighburyLegend-I didn’t mean for it to describe Ivan….more just emphasizing my earlier remarks about Pedro’s love life, however I could also see it applying to Ivan!
Why does he want to go? It appears that he finally has everything that he’s wanted, yet now he wants to leave…..
Anyone thought that Ivan wants a change? Milan is spectacular. He might be getting more cash and his family might fancy it.
Seriously, Arsenal are not the bollocks. They aren’t in the top 10 of European clubs.
Rome > Milan. Just saying.
Could have easily gone in with a battering at half time in that Chelsea match if it wasn’t for Cech.
Cech will probably get the nod to start over Leno in the first Premier League match off the back of that.
Guendozi only real bright spark again. Could have a few problems defensively though.
Elneny was poor off the ball.
Big chance that Hudson-Odoi will be picked for Chelsea in the upcoming league match to be up against Bellerin again.
Morata is still rank.
Not surprised that there were some posts of some concern about this friendly.
Rome >>>>>> Milan
And Jorginho looks a tidy signing for them.
Looks like a real marshal player in the middle.
Bakayoko who was signed for 36 mil just last season is going to get used to that bench.
Your going to just have to weather the storm Pedro/DM
Women are in a world of their own!!
Honestly, if anyone here has traveled around Italy, you’ll know that Milan is not a beautiful city. If fact, it’s one of the most ugly and industrialized in Italy.
They must’ve put together a great financial package for Ivan’s head to be turned. No great loss, though. He was happy to be Wenger’s cuck for years. Shouldn’t be too hard to find a football CEO who wants to live in London and rake in 4m a year.
“But, the main worry, despite where they are now, Ivan might believe AC actually have more ambition than Stan”
Ivan is a CEO not a top striker or a manager. I don’t think trophy counts bother him that much. He was one of the highest paid CEO’s in Europe despite achieving very little on the commercial side.
Pedro Bad luck there with the ‘dream cheating’. Looking at it reasonably , we are not oursleves when in the world of our own unconscious. Maybe try and explain it from a psychological perspective. On Gazidis, I’ll still be surprised if he leaves. If he does, it points to a behind the scene shake up at arsenal which might be a good thing- too many cooks perhaps? We now have a coach who just coaches and a lot of other members of a completely new and restructured back room that include some of Emery’s men. Also Josh seems to have… Read more »
Milan is a complete dive.
Dirty cars lining the streets. Nothing at all like ROme or Florence.
Surely there wil be a clear out before the season starts.
Who Emery decides to keep will be as important as who he sells.
Guns pleeeze.respect your opinion man but not in top 10 of European clubs? No way hose……..
provided Ramsey stays I think it’ll be Xhaka/Torreira/Ramsey. Guendouzi might dislodge one of them at some point, but would be pretty ballsy to start him from the off, I think.
David Smith
Oh , I’m sure they do (Milan).
As you know, Arsenal fc have to function in spite of Stan.
So after training sessions and 4 preseason games some were expecting to see a new Arsenal….you amaze me.
Almost as funny as the Chelsea fans who convinced themselves that what they played yesterday was Sarri ball.
Ishola i don’t know why you are picking out Jorginho..he did not look all that to me yesterday. Guy is actually a regista and he needs Kante covering ASAP.
Gazidis can toddle off.
And with it his infamous past prediction that Arsenal by this stage would be on Bayern Munich levels on the playing front.
If Ivan G goes re-hire Aw as chief exec on condition he doesn’t change any of the existing set up. he’s too old to manage a club but could fill a void. Unique solution.
RH
This is a regista that has a defensive head and can clean up in midfield.
A partnership of Kante-Jorginho looks promising for them.
Bakayoko may as well pack his bags now if he wants regular first team football.
As for Morata stil shit. Giroud will be leading that Chelsea line for the most part.
Rumors that Arturo Vidal is moving to Barcelona
“Dream Cheating”?
Sounds like something out of a Spielberg movie with Tom Cruise……
Pedro, just tell her all blokes do it.
“This is a regista that has a defensive head and can clean up in midfield.”
Honestly this is not me being a c*nt but i did not notice him doing much clearing up yesterday, he can pass the ball though i give him that.
Gazidis is, and always has been, an utter slimeball.
Money aside ( I know, £4m a year), anyone who sits by and let things manifest, as they have done over this past decade, deserves no respect or gratitude from ourselves.
If he goes and I sincerely hope he does go, good fudging riddance.
Dun dun dun, another one bites the dust!
A partnership of Kante-Jorginho looks promising for them.
This i agree with. Lose Kante and they are in trouble.
Going through a bit of a tough time at the moment, last night, I was caught dream cheating by my girlfriend.
You know who I don’t trust?
Ivan Gazidis.
Coincidence I think not
Lets
@ Pedro Dreams like that are often a misrepresentation of stimuli by the mind. A combination of tiredness or low self esteem, watching TV where a plot line has featured someone cheating, combined with being in a challenging work situation, facing significant pressures, all gets jumbled up in your head and manifests as something absurd that you have no control over. Dreams about cheating are usually not about sexual relations, but the subconscious processing some other form of cheating, such as ripping off a colleague or producing a shite campaign for a client. It could even be upset at someone… Read more »
It is because you are blinkered RH.
You hate to give credit to any rival players.
Sign of a super fan of course.
Uwot?
Real
Barca
Liverpool
Bayern
PSG
Athletico
Dortmund
Juventus
Monaco
Chelsea
City
United
All of these clubs have regularly outperformed us in the Champions League.
If we’re a top seven club in our own league…we are not and never were European heavyweights.
“Hell, I dreamed I was doing Olivia Munn”
Ah ah ah!!
(so hot she is)
If Ivan G goes re-hire Aw as chief exec on condition he doesn’t change any of the existing set up. he’s too old to manage a club but could fill a void. Unique solution.
LOL
E hold you well Oga.
Wenger should not be allowed back in any capacity. at least not just months after being sacked. Come on people
I would be interested to know how manny thought that going into last nights friendly the well documented advantages held by Arsenal should have led to a convincing victory? Was that, bar a couple of changes the team that will be starting against Man City,? If that back four starts against City , even a weakened , City they quite simply will have far too much pace . Hudson Odi drew a panicked tackle inside the box from Bellerin and whilst Torreira will add a little bit more defensive nous any team that decides to target the space vacated by… Read more »
I have a Utd supporter pal who had a dream he was banging a female version of Cristiano Rolando. Swears he’s straight, but..
“It is because you are blinkered RH.You hate to give credit to any rival players.Sign of a super fan of course.”
Is that all you can come up with Ishola
Well i watched the game with two Chelsea friends of mine, they noted the same thing. He isn’t really that strong defensively as you like to make out and we will see that as the season progresses.
I am sure the Bakayoko you are asking to pack his bags was hailed last season by your type (see Marko, i know types too).
Ronaldo*
And what type are you RH?
Yes we will see re: Jorginho as the season progresses and I expect him to show that he is the marshal player I talked about.
You are obviously trying to put him down at this stage.
We will see how he is rated soon enough.
RH is implying that Jorginho is only useful in passing the ball.
I expect to see this notion seen as very wrong regarding Jorginho.
Jamie
Your mate swears he’s straight or Ronaldo swears he’s straight?
So Ishola is this an admission you hailed the Bakayoko signing ??
If you want to know my type ask Marko….that’s his area of specialization, categorizing people on a blog.
RH is implying that Jorginho is only useful in passing the ball.
Not implying it, that was what i said plainly
No I didn’t hail the Bakayoko signing myself.
In fact I slated him right from the off when seeing him in a Chelsea.
Others were making excuses for him.
He can’t expect to see much serious football time with Chelsea now with Jorginho and Kante available for midfield.
Did some fucking clown suggest hiring Wenger as Gazidis’s replacement?
DO NOT BE A CUNT!
That’s what I like to see RH.
Sticking your neck out regarding Jorginho.
Only useful for passing the ball.
Fair play.
RH
Have to agree with Ishola . Jorginho will probably become the fulcrum for Chelsea’s play. As for his defensive capabilities I doubt that will become his main responsibility irrespective prior to the last minute winner how often did Arsenal get in on goal when he was on the pitch?
Vidal to Barca for £27m
More rumours re Pogba this time going back to Juve. We must not allow ManU to look to sign Ramsey at the last minute – you just know that Mourinho would love to screw us over. If they want him they can play well over the odds and do it soon.
Marc
Last minute or not i am not really bothered, as long as they are made to pay through the nose.
Any deal with United that doesn’t involve Martial coming back in return would be sheer incompetence.
Pedro,
Try and let it ride man. Deny you even know who the girl is.
Then keep track, and accuse her of the same in a few months.
Level the playing field.
Florence is probably Heaven on earth. The city made of dreams.
Gambon’s not gay.
But his boyfriend is
Who cares if Ramsey joins utd? Firstly, he’s not the difference maker in their squad if it happens and secondly they just doubled money on Sanchez who has been a flop so far despite being far better than Ramsey as well. Lastly, Mourinho is the king of destroying his own players will to live. I don’t see him extracting the best out of him Take the money already. This game of contract stalling is both tedious and damaging to the club. The next club to offer 35+ mil just take it and give him the boot. We don’t have time… Read more »
Aaron Ramsey looking for mega bucks or an elite club is like Jennifer Aniston pushing for a role in the next Victoria’s Secret lineup
Not worthy. Take what we can get already
So there can be a regista with a defensive head. Oh well. I thought only one club plays with a regista in the whole of Europe.
That Barcelona seduction, first Malcolm spurning Roma and now Vidal turning down Inter Milan for them.
Good short-term signing, surprised Bayern are getting rid as he was one of their top performers. Short-term could be interesting but the hope is for Arthur Melo to be their long-term midfield successor.
“Then keep track, and accuse her of the same in a few months.
Level the playing field.”
You’d probably be looking for a new girlfriend very soon. A girls reasons for doing things can’t be wrong at all. Dont you have respect for her womanhood?
So there can be a regista with a defensive head. Oh well. I thought only one club plays with a regista in the whole of Europe.
Mystic glad to see that did not escape u.
We were lectured all summer that only Barca still played with a regista
Now we are told Jorginho is a regista …but the good kind..not the evil sought like Xjaka and Busquets
‘I have a Utd supporter pal who had a dream he was banging a female version of Cristiano Rolando. Swears he’s straight, but..’
Lol, never trust a Manc.
China
I wasn’t suggesting we shouldn’t sell just that we need to have time to reinvest the money.
As for your comment the “next” club to offer £35 million plus don’t you mean the “first” club to make an offer.
So Barca signed Vidal because they have a shaky relationship with PSG after the Neymar deal and couldn’t get Rabiot.
Sell Ramsey if he doesn’t sign with reasonable wages this weekend, get Rabiot for that money and we’ve gone from an unbalanced midfield to a potentially great one.
Still need a winger though.
Fulham really want to make sure they stay in this division.
Just added Mawson for 20m pounds.
Vidal to Barca @ 27m. if he were linked to arsenal now, comment such as
“he’s old”
“are we building a pensioners association” will be read here!
Vidal’s a solid player and has the bite missing in us for a long time.
Gazidis is free to go and even why the fuss about his departure?
Your points are throw in the air when Arsenal had a regista that can’t defend for toffee.
If you would prefer to say Arsenal were the only club in Europe playing with a defensively poor regista well there just said it.
If this is your defence of the regista regarding Arsenal it’s not a convincing one.
“What a bizarre decision.” Not really. He’s obviously been offered a cut of any uplift in share price by his hedge fund buddies who now own Milan. That has the potential to make his £2.7m salary + £900k bonus look relatively trivial. The American hedge funders clearly have no interest in owning a football club long-term (they took possession of it when one of their creditors defaulted on a high-interest loan), so they want to quickly make it a saleable asset (self-sustaining brand-name club in CL), crystallise their profit, and get well clear of a ridiculous industry where most owners… Read more »
Mystic
I was accused of the same thing. I denied it, as the persons name is someone I didnt even know…. it went away but was stressful at the time, as its an accusation you dont have much room to stand on. Kinda unfair if you think about it.
Also, my 12 yr anniversary is on Aug 5th. So go figure. It will pass Pedro… stay strong
Pierre…….
Rebic rumors hold water? About £20M to Sevilla? We should be all over that
Ishola
Did you just praise Jorginho? He did nada yesterday. Guendouzi easily outplayed him. A midfield of Guendouzi, Rowe and Elneny controlled the game. That’s an indictment.
31 year old Vidal going for £ fvcking 27 odd million….
Bonkers!
Love Vidal what a fucking warrior. A beast when he plays for Chile at least. too bad La roja did not make the WC
Interesting, isn’t it. 33.5 yo Ronaldo to Juve for £105m. 30 yo Nainngolan to Inter for £34m. 31 yo Vidal to Barca for £27m. 30 yo Sokratis to Arsenal for £18m. 30 yo (30 in 7 days) Willian having Barca bid £60m for, and the offer being snubbed. A decade ago it would be extremely rare to see any clubs consider paying huge money for 30+ year olds. Arsene, for years, even had his ‘only one year contracts for 30+ players’ rule. Not so long ago (15 years?) that a cruciate ligament tear would be considered career-ending in most sports,… Read more »
still waiting for 30 year old Nzonzi
I get a good couple of hours of stink eye after I dream cheat. I catch suspicious glances for the rest of the day. But what can I say, those bitches be cray. As for Ivan, in my line of business I see a lot of managers who come in and are very good at sorting out a mess and working under stress and pressure where they have a lot of excuses for not doing brilliantly, but doing well with what they have. Once that ship stedies they have to then take it up to ‘the next level is the… Read more »
Re: Ramsey I think we should offer him to United for martial, maybe throw some dolla at it too.
To clarify the dream cheating, are you saying you cheated in your dream and were talking in your sleep etc or that you treated in your girlfriend’s subconscious and now your girlfriend in mad at you?
*you cheated in your girlfriend’s subconscious
roflmao
It’s not surprising that ageism is such a accepted thing amongst Wenger raised Gooners. But some teams buy players for how they can help them now in the present. Not every move is about the fucking resale value. Hell we just brought in a 34 year old RB because the 23 year old Bellerin is shite. Besides 40 is the new 30 anyway these days.