Aaron Ramsey has a calf injury… read into that how you like, but not before I give you a sweet hot take.
1. If he’s faking an injury, that’s bad news, because it means he’s leaving. Arsenal surely can’t keep him beyond the deadline day that’s looming.
2. If he’s reacted badly to double sessions and he’s injured already after not having a World Cup, that’s pretty much the standard way his career has gone for us.
We had a solid start to our summer, but we might end it losing last seasons star man and our CEO.
I mean, Ivan leaving isn’t a big deal. Part of me feels like that’s the sort of move you make after you realise that your grand plan might be a shite one. What sort of person bottles out of a project this early? If he’d gone when 90% of his job was being a propaganda machine for Wenger and FFP dreams, I’d get it. He had no power. But leaving just after he’s implemented an incredibly expensive plan is absolute jokes.
That’s the measure of the man.
Incredibly poor leadership. Bottled the managerial decision for self preservation (they wanted Arteta). Bottled controlling the new manager’s entourage (letting him have 5 staff). Bottled seeing it through (All but confirmed Milan is his new club).
Hopefully, Stan hires a football CEO for the next round. Let’s find someone who has grown a club to elite status. Little bit like the work being done over at Juventus. Smart branding, a focus on winning, new stadium, immense wheeler dealer-ing.
In other news… DEMBELE WAS IN A PICTURE WITH ARSENAL PLAYERS.
Auba snuck out the below on his father’s Instagram.
LOVE.
I remember being told the RVP used to tap up his mates and try and sell them to Arsene Wenger back in the day. Can’t help but think Auba is a recruitment specialist. Dembele is a superstar, he would be the icing on the cake this summer and I’d throw myself under a bus to see him in red and white.
Let’s see how that plays out. The players know what they’re doing there. Let’s hope the smoke is a roaring fire.
Right, my arm is hurting. See you in the comments.
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Pedro for the win lol 😉
Nice one Pedro
Lol boomslang
Ramsey has had a vacation all summer and is already injured, whether it’s a real injury or he thinks he’s too good for Arsenal doesn’t matter. I can’t wait to get rid of him. Too inconsistent to build a team around and does not work together with Özil.
The whole “DM is Pedro” thing doesn’t bother me tbh. Those who have been around long enough to remember my initial contests against Bankz et al will know the truth. For the rest of you, you’re basically saying I’m so good at it that I must be Pedro… I’ll take that! 😉
Sure Pedro, whatever you say.
Sabeel is the real old timer at 1st place. Long time ago now though.
DM is Tupac
If DM is Tupac, Bankz is Bigge
Have to say the Iwobi extension wreaks of past days and very poor decisions.
I feel it’s important we sell Ramsey asap, the money he demanding you pay to someone like Santo Cazorla in his prime. The team has never looked the same since he got injured. Ramsey has never had that kind of influence or impact on the team
Pedro As I said earlier today Gazidis has been in job 10 years and it has taken him almost 9 years to shift out Wenger and put in place a half decent football management structure. The club needed real leadership and frankly he did not offer it until it was almost too late when we were dropping out of CL qualification pecking order. CEO should be anticipating problems and not reacting to them. You have also to ask the question why Arsenal fell behind many other clubs in the commercial and sponsorship funding deals. On the transfer front Arsenal need… Read more »
I am not to bothered about the COE or Kronke, this club spends allot of money. In past few seasons we have spent at least 50 million on Lacazette, another 50 million on Abamyang, we spent a further 35 million on both Chaka and Mustafi. If Paul sees out is contract it will be with 70 million. Not to mention how it took us to sell the likes of Sculachi, Delinson, Silvest because of there ridiculous wages
Pedro, I see this Ramsey situation in the same way as the Ozil one last season. The club were so desperate to keep him because Sanchez left, they offered Mesut £330k a week to stay. This is exactly what camp Ramsey is trying to achieve, a bumper deal. If this is the case, then he needs to go as we can’t be seen to bow to players outrageous demands. Gazidis needs to get this sort of thing under control, either Ramsey signs a sensible deal with a fair pay rise or we sell him and get a sensible replacement. If… Read more »
Whoever designed that shirt I would love to see it in yellow and navy…. hope the person who did it reads this…
Ramsey, Ramsey,Ramsey!
Pedro, is that jersey meant for us from Adidas? if so I’m already in love with it.
Can we get a quality winger please!!!
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To be honest, if Ramsey stays or goes doesn’t bother me.
Arsenal and life will move on.
Watching Reading v Derby. It will be interesting to see how Lampard gets on as a manager
Ramsey has some front after last season. Watching him and the rest of midfield get bent over and penerstrated for pretty all 2018. If the worst comes to worst and we can’t sell him, make him see out his contract. No one is going meet his wage demands. With wealth of young talnant we have in central midfield. So
Ramsey would not be a big loss, we would have to change up system bit maybe
Ramsey back in training next week according to .com, Kolasinac out for 8-10 weeks.
Where is Monreal? He needs minutes quickly now or is AMN filling in?
Hope the Ramsey injury is just a cover and we’re selling him, would be nice if Liverpool could overpay for another of our overrated british core.
Not liking what the new team is doing so far in regards to contract renewals, Iwobi, Elneny, Xhaka and Chambers should have all been sold to fund a rebuild together with Mustafi and Welbeck, not given payrises that makes them harder to move on. Strange decisions …
I was a little concerned reading the reports of the Chelsea friendly game that Bellerin was consistently beaten…what concerns me most is that there was no tactical shift to support him
Did anyone else feel that this is residual Wengerism or am I reading too much into this?
Cheers R
What everyone seems to be missing is where is the interest in Ramsey from other clubs? We’ve had one non rumour about Chelsea that lasted about 4 hours, the same goes for Welbeck who’s in the same situation. It’s difficult to sell something that no one wants to buy.
Ray
The fact that there was no tactical shift is solely down to Emery – he’s the manager now. If Emery gave instructions that weren’t followed by players that’s another thing completely.
Ray in LA
No, it’s because Bellerin was shit and Emery wanted to see just how shit.
Yes, you are “reading too much into this”
Ray
Way to read into it is maybe someone was not doing their job?
Maybe bel or maybe who was supposed to cover.
It’s a six month process sortin* out defence
Getting the combo of the back four right is going to be 5he hard part.
Michael
Bellerin just didn’t look right to me, not an excuse but maybe the new training session are sorting the men from the boys.
Highlighted it last week and biting on it again, but where the heck has Bellerins burst of pace gone?
I get the vegan thing, but how can you go from a Porsche 911 to a Fiat 500 in such a short space of time?
Without this asset, he is fudged.
Michael
Amen to that
Stay or goes ?
He’s hard enough chances to make himself an indispensable player an h3 ain’t taken it,
Marc
Or the meat from the veg.
RSPC
I think half the defence is pretty straight forward, Monreal ( I know he’s not a kid but he’s been a solid consistent player for years now), Sokratis (he’s been brought in for a specific reason which is a bit of leadership in the back line), Bellerin should be RB all day but needs to seriously step it up. The other CB position is up for grabs.
To me the Gazidis exit reeks of them trying to move him out. The reason, as mentioned by others here, is that he failed as a CEO. He failed at making good commercial deals, in part due to the growing mediocrity under AW, but this is also linked to the fact that he said nothing to the owner about the slow decline that the club was experiencing. Gazidis was to happy cashing in his paycheck instead of looking out for the club. Kroenke needs The Arsenal to prosper to help his Rams stadium (and other projects) come to fruition. The… Read more »
My goodness, starting to feel a sense of anticipation and excitement about next week.
Wish I could be there.
Michael
If that’s a quip regarding the vegan thing then you’d think the club dieticians will be all over him.
Seriously..
What is all the fuss over Ramsey? Two good seasons out of 5. Injury prone. Sideways passer, slows play down.
Yes, last seasons stats were good, yes he is the only box to box player we have and, he does make those Lampardesque runs into the box and scores from mid. But imo if we can get 40-50m for him, there are better options. Dembele is the dream of course, but there are others.
Get rid.
How many LeG’s will be at the game.
You lucky lucky bastards!
No disrespect intended.
Well it’s early days but I feel if we were in the Champions league I fought players like Bellerin and Mustafi would still at the club.
Michael
Yeah I’m a ST holder and I’ve got to say can’t remember looking for to a season this much for a long time. Just the idea of something different is enough.
Marc
Maybe his immune system has reacted to all the tattoos.
Has to be something.
Coq
No ones devastated that Ramsey could leave this summer. It’s the reality that we have about 140 hours of the transfer window left, not only have we got to sell him – whose interested? where are the bid’s? but we’d then have to get a replacement lined up and get them into the setup with a few days before the season kicks off.
Michael
Fucks knows but what ever it is he needs to get his shit together.
Marc
The atmosphere should be great.
Christ, it’s going to be surreal seeing Emery patrolling the technical area.
A manager pointing, cajoling and motivating.
Bloody hell, I can’t wait.
Fudge, I hope the stewards have their eyes peeled, looking for a tall gangly Frenchman in a sleeping bag.
He just might try to gatecrash the party.
Michael
It will be interesting because often the first game of the season has quite a few empty seats – purely people on holiday and forgetting to sell the ticket. I do think these going to be plenty of goodwill in the stadium I’m just upset I’ll be forced to have a few cold beers before hand, plus a couple after.
I gave up my ST back in 08.
Too expensive and too fed up.
Now I’m a reinstated Red Member.
I’m content with that.
Got me Sky and BT Sport all set up, so all is good.
Feel so good about things at present.
I’ll make a prediction.
We won’t get relegated.
Marc
Thanks for the civil chat.
Lampard gets the win, last minute goal.
Barcelona confirm Vidal
Ah good news for chunky lamps
Marko
Ain’t they paid 30m for a 31 year old ,
Makes papa look good
Kolasinac out 8-10 weeks!?! Fuck we need a LB now before Thursday’s deadline
Comets the hour comets the man
Conor the car man…..
Play amn there…
Nobody wants Ospina even on a free because he is paid too much. The man is like a bad smell that we can’t shify
“The man is like a bad smell that we can’t shify”
You’ll be hearing from RedTruth soon.
If we can’t shift Ospina wait until you see us try and shift Iwobi on 70k a week. He’ll be here for years
Dembele to Arsenal for a year or two on loan with an option to buy is gaining a lot of steam on twitter.
Haaaaa….hope it’s true!!
Hector Bellend will never become until he cuts his hair. Fact. Unseemly.
Plus tells you all you need today know about him. Less time on catwalk. More time on training ground. Otherwise get rid.
I don’t see any transfer rumors involving Welbeck.
The whole damn world knows he has one year left on his contract and yet there’s no concrete approach, not even a sneaky, condescending offer.
Hitman
Ospina and Bellend have all been Wengerised. They have been overpaid and pampered to much. It is hard today whether they have just lost their way or have been completely destroyed by Wenger’s lenient methods.
This season looks like it will be tough. Did not watch the game vs Chelski but from what I have read and heard we are in for a rough season. … I don’t expect much from this season. There is a shit load of work to be done with these players before anything resembling a competitive team will emerge.
today should read: to say…..
Emiratesstroller
“I said earlier today Gazidis has been in job 10 years and it has taken him almost 9 years to shift out Wenger and put in place a half decent football management structure.”
Gazidis was emboldened by prats like you singing ‘there’s only one Arsene Wenger’
“Ospina and Bellend have all been Wengerised. They have been overpaid and pampered to much. It is hard today whether they have just lost their way or have been completely destroyed by Wenger’s lenient methods.This season looks.”
Useless signings and playing his favourites is why Arsenal finished 6th.
“Hector Bellend will never become until he cuts his hair. Fact. Unseemly. Plus tells you all you need today know about him. Less time on catwalk. More time on training ground. Otherwise get rid.” I get when le grove posters criticize the performance of Arsenal players but I don’t get the need to slag off people’s personalities and career choices. What has Bellerina’s hair to do with this performances? Many footballers have flying hair. Secondly I haven’t heard from anywhere that bellerin missed a training session. You asking him to go to training more is like me asking you to… Read more »
Bellerin has gained incredible amounts of upper body muscle in the past 18 months in comparison to his legs. Being top heavy but with the same skinny legs is a massive error. He has looked less mobile,agile and his first touch and turning ability have really suffered too. Out of all our players I’m concerned most about him.
As for Ramsey I couldn’t give a shit. Misses 30 percent of the season anyway so let’s fuckin cut our losses for once. He is not irreplaceable but he is unreliable. We have to stop waiting for a miracle from decent players and start flogging them and trying something new.
I can’t wait for the season to start so all this transfer bollocks is over and we can watch the progression of this team.
If we don’t get in a winger, Iwobi is the back up there. Not preferable in any case, but he has looked semi lively in the minutes he has played in pre season. He is still young and hopefully Emery can coach a final ball or 20 into him and we can make a bit of coin off him next summer to put towards a real winger. I am definitely excited about the season, but not overly optimistic we will progress in the way we all hope, not until next season anyway. Top 4 is a priority, obviously. We need… Read more »
I like Ramsey, but if he cares about the club he wouldn’t be fudging around. His agent is definitely the one dragging this out. Greedy prick.
In saying that, i couldn’t care less if he went. It’s a shit situation to be in with a player as average as Ramsey.
Next summer I have the feeling our CB, CM and winger positions will be upgraded in a capacity that we desperately need
His agent wants to make $$ on the commission deal- his cut as do all agents. their fee so to speak I am more concerned if this soft tissue injury is legit then we cannot expect a healthy rambo all season. I say sell now. I do hope Sven and co are doing something really big right now. IF not, they really have not done a whole lot…. about 10 months and got us Matteo and Lucas- good but is that it for the summer? I hope they get rid of rambo and get us a really good winger or… Read more »
Ramsey in my opinion doesn’t need replacing, we are so well stocked in that central area. There might even be some movement the defence in January but will most likely be in the summer. Allot will depends on weather we receive any buyers for Mustafi , I do think if a decent offer came for him they would sell him. I would be very surprised if he still here next summer and the same goes for Xhaka
Really hope those Vida rumours are just that. I mean we need a defender but bringing in two 29 year olds isn’t good long term planning
Leon
Ramsey either signs for a respectable amount now, or he gets sold. do or die not more fucking about. At this late a stage it feels likely a deal will come through, but if not, we take a huge hit again in January trying to move him on.
With you guns of SF,
Agree the agent is trying to get the biggest fee possible, but surely he’s outdoing himself trying to get anything more than 200k per week for Ramsey. That is a serious joke. And that the club haven’t acted yet is also a joke. Unless they believe Wenger on ‘best possible situation being in final year of contract’ bs hahaha.
But like you said, the injury is more of a concern, especially if we are keeping him.
This final week of TW could be utter madness or incredibly underwhelming. Just keen for the season to start.
https://arseblog.com/2018/08/tactics-column-start-the-presses/
Good article on arseblog on our preseason games/tactics so far
Red
Useless signings and playing his favourites is why Arsenal finished 6th.
Exactly. But don’t forget the crappy training sessions they had as well. The players were being Mollycoddled to death under AW. They had no chance to learn anything new. Remember Keowns comments that AW refused players to learn from their mistakes by watching videos as AW believed that they would replicate their mistakes if they watched the videos! Barmy methods to say the least.
Legendary it was also because Wenger did not want them to feel bad about their mistakes. He didnt want them to have this mental burden on them LOL
Ramsey will either be content or not based on our offer.
if he does not get Ozil $, I expect more soft tissue injuries and a general malaise.
Im excited to see Matteo- if he continues, he can be our box to box…bye Rambo
If Ivan is off, we have a ready made replacement in Raul Sanhelli. If the club wants a someone outside the club, they should seriously consider Monchi the director of football at Roma. Emery had a good working partnership with him at Sevilla…
Or Michael Zorc, the CEO at BvB… a very good operator.
I think AW had power long term.. entren..ched.. Change doesnt happen overnight. long termi invisible i.d say, processes.
Now with a set up in place and opportunity (($$$? lifestyle. ego aspiration perhaps /drive.. . Gazidis moves maybe.. Don’t know -anyway.
Good to see the Senior players aren’t too big headed to have a young emerging 17 year old hanging out with them outside the work place. Good on them. That’s what good leadership is all about.
I’d be happy with one more signing. Wouldn’t mind a Mustafi/Vida swap.
RT
The one consistent prat on here is you.
I have maintained over many years that Wenger should have been offloaded.
The problem with you is that you express opinions about football like Jeremy
Corbyn does in politics with absolutely zero substance.
Emiratesstroller
“I have maintained over many years that Wenger should have been offloaded.”
AKB’s revisionism. lol scumbag
Freddie ‘Iwobi, Elneny, Xhaka and Chambers should have all been sold to fund a rebuild together with Mustafi and Welbeck, not given payrises that makes them harder to move on. Strange decisions …’ Selling all these in his 1st summer without looking at them play 1st? Only Elneny i agree has zero potential. I’m a fan of Iwobi, if he sorts out his finishing, he is a really dangerous player. Chambers cameo against chelsea was good, his loan spell at Boro was equally good. I will want to see him under a manger that does defensive coaching. Welbeck is a… Read more »
Marko
I don’t think we should be buying any more older players, except for CB if we replace Mustafi.
Kos is most likely finished as a starter anyway so if Mustafi goes we have Papa and a bunch of 20-23 year olds, getting someone like Vida in would give one or 2 of them the chance to develop into a starter without the pressure of being thrown in at the deep end.
Sanmi So how do we improve? Just hoping Emery can polish the turds, or sell the turds and get funds for players that will actually make us compete again? Welbeck is a useful squad donkey with 1 year left on his contract, already on high wages. Iwobi would have been ok to keep on 35k a week maybe if we didn’t get any decent bids for him, he’s now reportedly on 70k, we’re never going to get rid of him now. Our defence is our weakest link, but we can’t sell the biggest reason for that: Mustafi , or Chambers… Read more »
In my opinion there is still a chance that Iwobi can come good, he still,very young and let’s face Wenger wasn’t exactly the best at getting best out players. Giving Xhaka and Iwobi new contracts is smart , neither one of them even In big contracts and if they flop then we can get half decent money for them next summer. As far as Eleny is concerned I wouldn’t be surprised if is sold , don’t get me wrong I don’t hate him, he a useful player to have , who come off the bench and keep,the game ticking over… Read more »
Leedsgunner, Michael Zorc? No way. Don’t forget the brouhaha with Auba and Dembele. Monchi will be the best or the one at Juve. I sometimes agree with Redtruth, Ospina is quality and we never signed him after the 2014 WC. We were linked to him before the tournament and waited for his participation to end before moving for him if my memory serves me right. Though it will be appropriate to move him on now bcos we seem over stocked in the Gk department. Vida? No please! He may look quality over a few games but over a year, I… Read more »
Read a posting on a newspaper site suggesting that Chelsea want to take Cech back but they don’t want to pay the wages he is on at Arsenal so it could be a loan. Arsenal it seems somehow have to shift either Ospina or Cech due to the HG numbers but no one wants Ospina.Chelsea it is claimed will sale Courtois to Real after the window closes in England if it is a loan meaning he can play against Arsenal on 18/9.
Vidal at 20m euro is a ridiculous value, total warrior would loved to of seen him in the red n white.
I feel the club need to run a much tighter ship from point on, the club waste allot of money over paying on wages. We had two captains who hardly played a single game in Arteter and Mertesteker, both were on 80k I believe and I don’t think Arteter played a single game, we had a manager who 8 million a year then went up to 10 million for doing what exactly?
Leon
It goes without saying that Arsenal have been atrociously run over the past decade.
Both on and off the field of play, decisions were made that made no sense whatsoever.
The wheels of change are now in motion and one hopes, and trusts, that the new systems and methods being installed, will benefit the club and it’s supporters as a whole, but even more significantly, the players and the team, out on the pitch.
Michael I think it would be a huge mistake for the club to cave in Ramsey’s wage demands. I don’t think he is on a huge salary right now. So if the worst comes to worst and we can’t sell. Just let his contract run down
RT
Actually I have been consistent on the issue of Wenger’s departure for many
years.
Unlike you I don’t find negatives in every player on the planet including Messi.
As far as I can tell the only player you seem to rate is Ospina!!!
When you actually watch games of football something you profess you don’t do you might actually find some people taking slightly more seriously what you have to say.