Arsenal fans picking up their attitude in the background
Jurassic Park x Arsenal Summer Collab
John Hammond: Dr. Grant, if there’s one person here who could appreciate what I’m trying to do…
Dr. Alan Grant: The world has just changed so radically, and we’re all running to catch up. I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but look… Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by 65 million years of evolution have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?
John Hammond: [laughing] I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it! You’re meant to come down here and defend me against these characters, and the only one I’ve got on my side is the blood-sucking lawyer!
SO FITTING. Someone is putting actual dinosaurs in front of us after millions of years, and we’re crying into our salt beef bagel like something truly significant has changed and we’re about to be asset stripped by BlackRock.
GET A GRIP.
Arsenal fans have driven themselves into a pity hole over a symbolic shift in shares that has changed absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of the direction of Arsenal.
We have so much else going on this season that is more important than an impotent majority shareholder fucking off to Everton. Stan Kroenke took root in our club 11 years ago, as soon as he secured Fiszman’s share while the man was dying, the game was up. Ok, a bit unfair, Lady BS tipped the advantage even further selling her shares (15.9%), the absolute fucking cheek she has stating yesterday was a dark day for Arsenal is beyond the fucking pale. Hard to play the hindsight is 20-20 card with super-mega-rich people because they have the funds to hire smart people to help them not make bad decisions. But whatever, it’s clear Dein, Fizzer and Lady BS sold us down the river regardless of intention (plus a lot of minority shareholders along the way).
Anyway, nothing I’ve read convinces me that impending doom is upon us, and look, what can we do about the doom if it is coming? Protest? Burn an effigy? Start an online petition?
Simply put, you can’t run someone out of a house they don’t live in. That’s why local mafia struggled to racketeer when big corporates replaced the local business folk of way-back-when.
‘Tell Ronald McDonald I’ll be waiting for him at 6’, lost its edge.
Stan is here to stay, we’ve known this for years, let’s not let this rumour rattle our summer of potential because someone wrote in the Daily Granola the yanks could sell us for a bag of crystal at a Croydon car boot sale.
There’s our second challenge, this summer is what it is, it’s been action-oriented, but hardly elite. I read that our defence has conceded a whopping 1.6xG per game. I know the xG stuff is nerd talk, but fuck it, it illustrates a broader issue (that suits my agenda) that our defence is kind of shite on the eve of our opening game against the most potent attacking force in Premier League history.
It doesn’t mean this summer is in vain, it doesn’t make the decision to fire Wenger incorrect, but it does mean that it’s likely going to be a very challenging year ahead.
I still don’t think that’s cause to be miserable. We’re going to witness first hand what it’s like to have a coach that preps for games (it was kind of exciting to see Emery sitting in the stands at the CS this weekend). It’s going to be unreal to see us attempt to nullify opposition, change tactics mid game, release a sub earlier than the 70th minute, attempt to repair issues through the season (rather than at the end of season through a fake inquiry that might throw up the possibility it was the snorting of Regain that done it).
Getting bogged down in misery because fans have to sell shares that were worth fuck all and are now worth £29k really shouldn’t be bothering people as much as it has been. It’s like feeling sorry for a rich friend who has to sell a 3rd house they didn’t need for a premium… and please, I’m not missing the point, that’s my fu*king dad. He’s selling a share for a fortune that he bought for fuck all. All that piece of paper gave him was bragging rights, outside that, it was fu*king useless (he never sold his share, as an FYI).
Half the ‘influencers’ kicking up a fuss about the Stan K news only plucked up the courage to half-heartedly drop their support for Wenger this February. Where were the ‘THIS IS DOOM’ OpEds 5 years ago when Wenger was revamping the squad using the quality filter of average, selling us Project Youth, British Core and Totally Fucking Pony. Nowhere. These folk don’t want to put the hard opinions out there when they’re needed. Like when the club is slinking out the CL as the PL strengthens. But they are here when there’s a cute ‘football should just be jumpers and goal posts’ narrative to be had.
My guess? Fans will still get exactly the same access they had last season. We’ll still retain absolutely no power like we have done for 10 years. Nothing will really change. We’ll still get to see training. We’ll still get to grill the new CEO. We’ll still get to earn some small wins for our suggestions about the perfect temp to serve Bovril. There’s just no way Stan will want to lose fan trust over a placation strategy that costs his team no more than 5 days a year.
Annnnyway…
Kovacic possibly to Chelsea, which I’d imagine might rule out Ramsey for them. That leaves Liverpool and City as potential destinations because suuuurely, we’re not going to let him run down his deal?
There’s news that Arsenal might be letting Ospina, WELBZ and Elneny leave. All three are very likeable, but they’re not at the levels needed for ELITE Arsenal players.
Dembele is STILL being linked. If that doesn’t make you firm and damp at the same time, I don’t know what will. If that is the cost of a lifetime of Stan K blandness, then inject it into my veins right now and let’s be done.
Calum C moved to Fulham for the year, an odd decision, but I guess that means Holding and Mavrapanos made the cut ahead of him. GOOD NEWS FOR THEM.
Outside that bundle of joy, I have NOTHING.
See you in the comments where I shall slay you all with my razor sharp typing skillz.
Also, podcasting starts up VERY soon. Yes, we’re back, bigger than ever. Well, actually, maybe the same size BUT AWESOME.
x
RT
You, of all people, must realise that we had sunk into the abyss under Wenger.
Trying to resurface will take time and not all the unwanted debris will be offloaded straight away.
Fumigation of the place would have been Emery’s first priority.
Remember, to all intents and purposes, we are rebuilding the club.
Sonyunco going for less that £20 million?
Could we have pulled out coz he’s shit?
Imagine we moved in and swooped the deal from Leicester, leaving then with no option than to cancel Maguire’s move to manure.
Mourinho would ho berserk
Sanmi
Seriously, do you sit in a bar all day?
Your posts are symptomatic of someone not thinking logically.
Another pint of the Lagos homebrew maybe?
TallestTiz
“Could we have pulled out coz he’s shit?”
Have to say i’d never heard of the player before being linked in May, that is a distinct possibility.
But at 22 makes a whole lot more sense than bringing in another stop gap 30 ish defender like Vida playing in shit league who we can confirm is pretty rubbish.
Would be gold to scupper block heads move to United.
SLAB head
the minimum we can do is win all the games against lesser opponents. But it’s a 38 game season with injuries and such. I really don’t know what to expect at the end of the season. I’m happy to wait till the end of the second season at least to see how well emery has done..
Winning against lesser teams has become stale
I want Arsenal to lose the flat track bully tag and start beating and competing with ‘rivals’
Sanmi is such a great fan that he was celebrating yes celebrating the contract extension of Xjaka on here.
He slates players from other clubs after one match but has rose tinted spectacles in regards to an Arsenal player that has not been of the overall required standard for two whole seasons.
Super fan.
Imagine been a spud right now eh, I mean with all your so called ‘rivals’ signing players right left centre
the spine of your squad edging for the move and refusing to sign on coupled with your Failure to close a £25M deal for Grealish all summer, loool,could really be worse
Change of tack for a brief moment.
Based on BJ’s undiplomatic and insensitive remarks regarding the burka, it doesn’t take a genius to realise that in so many respects it is totally wrong to wear this garment in the western world.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluded.
Freedom of speech.
It’s not beyond the realms of possibility for Arsenal to avoid defeat at home against the top 6 and win one or two games away.
Tottenham are the only Premier League club not to sign a single player, despite manager Mauricio Pochettino saying at the end of last season they would need to “take risks” to improve.
Puts the summer we brought in only Cech into perspective
Don’t see spurs doing much this season to be honest,in all honesty we should easily finish above them, point is the path to getting back into top4 might not be what was envisaged from the start like an uphill task,its very much possible and Emery should be up to the task from the off
I don’t think we will have an idea where we are until October/ November. 99% of fans know we aren’t winning the league, and the plan for this season is get back into the champions league, the idea will be to finish fourth or above, but don’t forget that could be done by winning the Europa league as well. There’s so many things up in the air at the moment, we don’t know what formation we will play, we don’t know if the New recruits will hit the ground running. Hell the transfer window still has seven hours to run… Read more »
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I don’t expect much from Arsenal today, certainly not in the buying department. Our main business was done long ago and maybe we’ll add Demagoj Vida, but it’s unlikely as his fee leapt from €20m to €30m overnight. I know the pound is sinking like the Titanic but that fee-inflation is ridiculous.
Easily finish above Spurs?
Really should get top four.
Is Vicky setting up Unai for the fall?