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
Liverpool going to run City close for title, wouldn’t put it past them winning it.
Klopp has assembled a fantastic side.
Keita going to run riot with forward options, exciting for those fucking cunts.
Ramsey’s wages are rumoured to be around 225k per week. May be the captaincy too.
TR7
What evidence have you that xhakiri can score 12-15goals? In his best season in a team that plays for him, he had 8 goals. In Liverpool where he will never start as Salah is playing in his position, that should be compared to his time at bayern and inter where he only scored 1 goal each.
So shocking I know Ramsey seems like he’s staying less out of love for the club but more because of the big wages he’s about to get coupled with the fact nobody really wanted him. And with one day left the only links really are to Vida with a couple of outs. Not a great finish to the window
Sal
Keita’s best season 8 goals 7 assists. You guys should calm down about this hypes. Meanwhile TR7, is trying to bring down an arsenal striker with history of 30+ goals and very consistent. Yet bigging up another striker that has never scored 15 goals in his life
Marko
We do not need a great finish to the window, after we had a great start, signing players isn’t a tournament.
You can sign average players and they look terrific in the right system. As long as you have 1 or 2 players with x factor, it will do.
Only Salah was the x factor player in pool last season. The rest were just there. But the system was terrific.
Ferguson won leagues with fletcher as starter, evans, smalling, valencia
Leicester won the league with average players and 2 x factor players.
I am not as optimistic as Pedro. Although no one can predict what Stan K will do after he becomes the OWNER and not a share holder, but his track record is worrying. You can’t trust what a businessman says. Looking at all his sport teams in the states, done of it can remotely come close to win anything. Compare to Boston Redsock, which was a world series winner. No wonder the pools is doing so good.
Now that we’ve gone full American I’d expect a cheeky bid for Pulisic to complete the whole thing.
Sanmi
Think you’re taking this too stat driven Keita’s job isn’t to score goals he’s going to be there main playmaker, with very nice options to work with. Similar to Cesc in his pomp.
And why are we persisting on comparing Firmino to out and out CFs?
He cuts in from flanks or works as secondary striker opening up space.
Akilan,
“Ramsey’s wages are rumoured to be around 225k per week. May be the captaincy too.”
Calamitous decision if true.
We could lose to all top 5 home and away and win all matches against the other 14 and still be 2nd or win the league with 84 pts.
Sanmi
So you think that ” Aubameyang is 3x the player Firminho wished he was”
Oh dear oh dear oh dear!
Sal
And why are we persisting on comparing Firmino to out and out CFs?
He cuts in from flanks or works as secondary striker opening up space.
Is that your excuse for a poor striker? Firminho doesn’t even cut from the wings, even if he does that makes him worse as it means he has zero positional sense.
Will you cut giroud same slack? As he provides assists and occupies CBS. Firminho is average end of story. He misses loads of 1v1
Micheal24,
Ask any neutral fan, and they will tell you, Firminho is not fit to lace aubameyangs boots.
Auba scores for fun, eyes closed
Are you on the Lagos homebrew?
Leicester won the league because they were the best team.
Klopp is a bottler and a half. Don’t forget that in 2016 the Europa League final Liverpool were absolutely dominating Sevilla in the first 45′. From a leading position and much higher confidence, they conceded a goal and just demolished. Telegraph wrote ” This was an embarrassing capitulation from Liverpool and it was nothing short of that – and for Klopp who, extraordinarily, has now lost his past five finals”. Lost finals are six in a row now. Sevilla defender Daniel Carrico: “Liverpool played a good first half but the manager told us we need to change the game, we… Read more »
Yeah if Ramsey is getting 225,000 we’re never getting rid of him. It’d actually be an incredible amount to give him considering that every single season he picks up knocks and muscle strains
“Ramsey’s wages are rumoured to be around 225k per week. May be the captaincy too.”
Yes, a very bad day at The Arsenal.. (if true)
The inflationary trend of transfers is sucking the joy out of football.
Just seeing that Leicester will probably sell Harry Maguire for a world record fee to United a day after Chelsea signed a nobody for a goalkeeping record fee.
I’m glad we got Leno in on time.
Sanmi
Any neutral fan from planet Zog.
Dissenter If Salah keeps fit, he will score 20 goals at least. Overall the trio of Salah, Mane and Firmino can score 55 goals, individual numbers can very. Last time around the trio had Henderson and Wijnaldum playing behind them and yet they scored plenty. With Keita and Fabinho, they might do even better than last season. Shaqiri and Keita are capable of scoring goals themselves. If you look at Liverpool results last season they dropped a lot of points against lower half teams due to poor defense and bad goalkeeping. If you factor in all the points, Salah’s individual… Read more »
Sanmi
Back to school I think you’re recess could be over.
Now put the headmasters lappy back where it belongs.
Ok, let’s have some positives.
I’m looking forward to seing Auba and/or Lacazette this season. I’m still not convinced playing both will work long term, but both of them have plenty of goals in them. I’d like to think one or both of them will get 20 goals.
Any team with a striker who hits 20 plus has a chance of doing very well.
Also, I really liked the look of Guendozi. I liked the way he picked up the ball in midfield and drove forward which made a change from the side to side, tippy tappy stuff.
Pierre
““Ramsey’s wages are rumoured to be around 225k per week. May be the captaincy too.”Yes, a very bad day at The Arsenal.. (if true)”
You’re being anti-Arsenal with that statement, using/your own rule book to,judge you.
Caglar Soyoncu seems to be moving to Leicester for 20m.
After all the smoke nothing materialized with Arsenal, now we are rumored to be looking at Vida for 14-16m.
Kovacic due for a loan at Chelsea, at least we will now see closer to home what the fuss is all about.
Lol at Chelsea fans saying Kepa is better than Courtouis
Michael24
Based on stats I would say 3x but based on what Firmino offers other than goals I would reduce it to 2x. Either way Auba is much better than Firminio. Much better.
Wouldn’t make sense after all the noise earlier to pass up Sonyoncu and Leicester sign him, not going to lie, with our resources we’ve kinda made some weird signings this summer
If Ramsey stays on 225k a week i hope his performances is scrutinized on here in relation to what he earns the way Ozil has been
Looking at Emery’s head to head record vs the top 5 doesn’t make for good reading…very mixed… No wins in 15 v pep or Jose …. 1 win out of 1 v Klopp and somewhat better v posh with 4/7 wins. His ability to get us better results vs the top 5 will be crucial if we are to challenge for top 4.
Leno and Torreira I’m quite happy with but if we’re being honest, every other signing has been weird ok maybe asides the young David Luiz
Michael and sal.
On what basis is Firminho better than Auba or lacazette?
He doesn’t assist better than they do, neither does he score more. What exactly does he do?
Any striker that his winger score more than him by more than 100% has no excuse. This was the issue we had with giroud, sanchez will be doing 25+ and giroud will be doing 15 goals.
Firminho is average prove me wrong
We kinda needed more, especially in defence, not quite happy with the Chambers loan thing either, but guess we’ll wait and see
Utarse
Fergie has shown time and again, that what matters most is consistency against the rest of the league not top 4. 3 points is 3 points.
Plus against Madrid and barca in LA Liga is unfair
Chelsea signed a nobody for a goalkeeping record fee.
I mean he’s not a nobody he’s a top 2/3 goalkeeper in Spain and probably the best young goalkeeper in world football. I mean the price is ridiculous this time around but it’s not too dissimilar to when United got DeGea young or Chelsea got Courtois young from Genk or when Atletico got Oblak. All unbelievable goalkeepers who could play at the top for a decade at their clubs. The only difference in this one is the transfer market is bonkers these days. He’s a brilliant keeper
Dissenter “The inflationary trend of transfers is sucking the joy out of football.” Yes, but we only have ourselves to blame, as a club, for not being part of the party. There are clubs of lesser means than us that have elevated their standing in European football by exploiting the new money washing through football, continuing to buy cheap and sell high, slowly building up the status of their club. We’ve been in the terrible position of being losers on all fronts: paying over the odds on transfers, paying way over the odds on wages, almost never being able to… Read more »
“probably the best young goalkeeper in world football”
Thought that’s Donnarumma…
It won’t be a stretch if I say that at least 90% of the regular viewers of EPL have never heard of this “best young goalkeeper in world football”. I don’t doubt his qualities. Just saying.
One Turkish source reporting that Arsenal have tabled a bid for Vida consisting of 12m pounds in cash plus Davey Ospina.
Sanmi,
Turn it in with all the fergie adulation. We are in a different era. We are expected to beat the sides near the bottom as Marc points out, I’m sure we will address the very poor record away against such teams. However, it won’t be enough to get past one of spuds/chavs/manure unless we have a better record against our rivals vs previous reasons. Your genius stat that we could lose 10 games vs top 5 and have a shout to win the league or finish 2nd is football manager / FIFA worthy.
I mean he’s not a nobody he’s a top 2/3 goalkeeper in Spain and probably the best young goalkeeper in world football. I mean the price is ridiculous this time around but it’s not too dissimilar to when United got DeGea young or Chelsea got Courtois young from Genk or when Atletico got Oblak. ” I believe it is his release clause talking Marko..you do like a big money buy Top 2/3 goalkeepers in Spain? Rated by who? Similar to Courtouis and Oblak transfers how? Courtouis was signed by Chelsea for 9m euros as an unknown then loaned out, yes… Read more »
Rap Donnarumma is very good and I’ll admit to not watching alot of serie a but I seen him in the Italian cup shipping 4 goals against Juve and my god he was shocking. Had wrists made out of papermache. Every time I seen Kepa he looked rock solid for someone so young. You could tell he had a bit of DeGea about him
Lagos homebrew?
LOOOL make mine a fucking double
It won’t be a stretch if I say that at least 90% of the regular viewers of EPL have never heard of this “best young goalkeeper in world football”. I don’t doubt his qualities. Just saying.
Make that 95% Raptora, but not Marko, he knows every footballer under the face of the sun. trust him when he says he is one of the best young keepers, now i will like to know is he better than the more hyped Donnaruma?
I hope we’ll sign Vida.
Where to start Receding. Kepa is not a nobody he is right now the second best Spanish keeper behind DDG. He’s top 2/3 keepers in Spain because only really Oblak and Ter Stegen are better than him maybe Keylor Navas but they were close to replacing Navas with him until Zidane said no. He was technically speaking their second choice after DDG. He’s better than Neto than Sergio Rico he’s very good like DDG was at Atletico. He’s similar to the transfers of Courtois and Oblak and DDG because he’s young and highly rated and could go on to play… Read more »
I’ve always wondered why do clubs leave things for the last second. “Grealish has been a Spurs target for most of the summer. The 22-year-old thought he had an agreement that he would be allowed to leave if Villa received a £25m bid, which was submitted yesterday.” Like, it’s been a known thing for a month or so that spuds want him, but they’ve waited until the last two days of the window to make the offer that everyone knew it’s the middle ground between the two clubs. Yet, now with such little time left to Villa to buy players… Read more »
Sanmi
Read what you write.
You said Auba is 3x the player.
How is this possible?
Two completely different players.
Auba still has a lot to prove, imo.
By the way, Firminho is not “average”.
“I’m a fan of the U.S but the culture over there is less critical of wealth and power.”
Why would you be critical of wealth?
Haven’t posted in a while so go easy on me guys.Can someone explain to me the Ramsey love fest? What is he elite at exactly?Close control: No (Ozil, Mkhi, Torreira, are better) Passing: No (Ozil, Mkhi, Torreira, Xhaka, Guendouzi are better) Play making: No (Ozil, Mkhi, Xhaka, Guendouzi) Goal scoring: Yes Dribbling: No (Ozil, Mkhi) Tactical discipline: No (Ozil, Mkhi, Torreira, Xhaka) Tackling: No (Mkhi, Torreira, Xhaka) Fast break initiation: No (Ozil, Mkhi, Xhaka, Guendouzi) Athleticism: YesIts no surprise that no other teams are bidding big for him. Not sure how anyone justifies giving him 200 – 300k a week… Read more »
Make that 95% Raptora, but not Marko, he knows every footballer under the face of the sun
Don’t be mad because I can afford all the sky channels and like to watch other teams other than Arsenal. Maybe if you actually watched some other football other than Arsenal you’d know a bit more about football.
“Shaqiri can add another 12-15 goals and Keita 5 to 7 goals. ”
This is very flawed thinking.
Firmino better than Auba….
This is one of the reasons when I read that plank Adrian Durham constantly going in on Gooner fans I find myself in half agreement with him
Sanmi
What about 0.250 times better?
Can’t really see Ozil being played on the right wing as a lot of people on here seem to suggest. He’s a 10, why play him out of postion and put an already suspect Bellerin in constant peril.
Auba – Laca – Mkhi
Ozil
Xhaka – Torreira
Seems balanced to me
Liverpool do not have an out and out centre forward better than what we have at Arsenal
Shaqiri scored 15 goals combined over the last 3 premier league seasons, now he’s going to do it in 1 season coming off the bench. Really guys?
Liverpool do not have an out and out centre forward better than what we have at Arsenal
That is probably true certainly for Aubameyang but Liverpool’s front 3 is far superior to any front 3 we can put together right now
There is nothing remarkable about Ederson, he is not really a good shot stopper, can concede sloppy goals, the only thing we keep being told is how good he is with his feet. I really doubt Kepa is better than Navas Marko, Navas has never been a problem for Madrid, look i do not know anything about this kid , nor do most football fans, i have watched Bilbao a few times and i have never come away thinking boy do they have a great goal keeper, i am not a scout though so i trust Chelsea have done their… Read more »
I can agree with the last bit Marko
It just feels like some people will go out of their way to sh*t on anything Arsenal have with that weird syndrome that ‘Redtruth’ has
US
I wouldnt say that team is balanced, it would be so narrow we would be thinking Arsene Wenger is in charge still.
I remember when City destroyed us last season at home, and they showed the heat maps.
Sane took us apart down the flanks, and our entire team were playing centrally getting in each others way.
There is nothing remarkable about Ederson…I really doubt Kepa is better than Navas…look i do not know anything about this kid
Exactly. You don’t have a clue but you’re arguing all the same.
“There is nothing remarkable about Ederson, he is not really a good shot stopper, can concede sloppy goals, the only thing we keep being told is how good he is with his feet.”
Lol. Not true.
“I mean he’s not a nobody he’s a top 2/3 goalkeeper in Spain and probably the best young goalkeeper in world football. ”
I mean Lol. Marko reach for your meds
Don’t be mad because I can afford all the sky channels and like to watch other teams other than Arsenal. Maybe if you actually watched some other football other than Arsenal you’d know a bit more about football. No need to be mad Marko we do not do sky here. Lot’s of other options though so trust me i do watch a lot of football. Lots of Serie A and the Premier league. Dunno why i prefer watching weekend reviews for La Liga and the Bundesliga though, probably due to the fact the La liga games can be kinda boring… Read more »
I can agree with the last bit Marko
What bit? The front 3 bit? Liverpool have a far superior front 3 than ours it’s not even remotely up for debate. We have players not playing in their natural positions in our front 3. The fact we have no wingers in the squad and they do says it all.
I am presuming Shaquiri will play as no 10 and hence my prediction of 10-15 goals.Although he hasn’t scored that many ever before but then he has never started regularly in a good attacking team.
Mane —Firmino —-Salah
—–Shaquiri———
Fabinho —-Keita—
I love how team Nigeria basically dont rate anyone that doesnt play for Arsenal.
If Ederson signed for us tomorrow he would instantly be the best GK in the history of football.
They must be absolutely perplexed at why we finished over 35 points behind City.
Gambon
Depends how you earn it.
Easy Marko,
The last bit = in full agreement with what you initially said about Liverpool having a better front 3.
If Ederson signed for us tomorrow he would instantly be the best GK in the history of football.
Or Kepa. If we signed Kepa instead of Leno flip flopping mystic wouldn’t be telling me to reach for my meds he’d be in agreement
Gambon “I wouldnt say that team is balanced, it would be so narrow we would be thinking Arsene Wenger is in charge still.” Width isn’t a prerequisite for success. Playing narrow by design can also be successful. The problem during the Wenger era is that it wasn’t by design. In Emery’s system, the fullbacks provide the width (By design) with the wingers playing more narrow and combining. With Ozil behind a front three of Auba-Laca-Mkhi, and Xhaka and Torreira behind him, i think its pretty good. The problem is if one of them gets injusred and Ramsey or Iwobi ave… Read more »
Left side my mistake I misread. I thought you were coming at me. COME AT ME BRO
He doesn’t assist better than they do, neither does he score more. What exactly does he do?Any striker that his winger score more than him by more than 100% has no excuse.
Ramsey has better goal and assist stats than Iniesta even though Iniesta played with Eto, Messi and Suarez.
Ramsey is not fit to clean the boots of Iniesta.
Stats don’t tell the true story. Firminho is key to Liverpool’s system. Putting Sturridge in place of Firminho would have an adverse effect on Liverpool’s attack. That doesn’t show up on the stats table.
If Ederson signed for us tomorrow he would instantly be the best GK in the history of football.”
No he won’t
For me Oblak is the best goal keeper in the world right now.
Used to be Manuel Neuer but his injury changed a lot.
De Gea is also very good when it comes to shot stopping.
City did not finish miles ahead of everyone because of Ederson that is for sure
It’s alright Marko, for a second I thought you were sipping on that badman juice that that overly aggressive Pitbull fella has before coming on here to target certain posters.
@ raptora “Btw saw that Theo from 2011/12 till we sold him, has had 6 MotM. That’s 6 seasons and a half. He got 4 MotM for Everton in half a season. Shows the difference of quality between the two teams basically.” I disagree. It shows the difference in how the management team use the player and coach the player to get the most out of him. Wenger simply didn’t do this over the last decade. We saw good players come in who started well, then the longer they spent under Wenger the worse their performances became. The big hope… Read more »
Michael and Sal Are implying that Firminho is better than Auba and Laca? You may not like certain dealing the club has done but to compare Firminho to any of our strikers leaves much to be desired. Those championing Soyumcu, is he better than say Chambers? Why is he going for less than what we were reported to wanna pay? Maybe the reason he’s is his head could have been turned and didn’t feel being in Freiburg any more or that Freiburg were trying to exploit us. Those also claiming being bought expensively means quality much revise their notes. Is… Read more »
Or Kepa. If we signed Kepa instead of Leno flip flopping mystic wouldn’t be telling me to reach for my meds he’d be in agreement
Leno is an okay goal keeper who lost his way. he did not arrive also as the most expensive goal keeper in the world. Kepa is a good goal keeper or no one will be willing to meet that clause.
Find it funny no one commented on Lehmans take with regards to Allison, or do you all on here believe you know goal keepers better than Jens ??
“I am presuming Shaquiri will play as no 10 and hence my prediction of 10-15 goals.Although he hasn’t scored that many ever before but then he has never started regularly in a good attacking team.”
Shaqiri as a 10 is laugable, you must not have watched him play at Stoke, or Bayern, or Basel.
Hint: He’s not a 10.
Alli and KDB are probably the only 10s in the league that you can realiably predict to score 15 prem goals, Hazard if he plays there too. In an ideal world Ozil.
I love how team Nigeria basically dont rate anyone that doesnt play for Arsenal.
Funny you have made a note to mark any poster that comes from Nigeria , you really need help. Relate with people purely based on their opinions not where they come from or are you aching to crack your over used joke again?
Kay Boss
No were or i’m implying there very different players who play different positions so comparing them based on stats alone is ridiculous.
I’m on the Lagos home brew now so cut me some slack if thats too nuanced for Sanmi to grasp i’ll soon be on that level.
Inside right
“I disagree. It shows the difference in how the management team use the player and coach the player to get the most out of him. ”
Couldn’t agree more. Theo as an inside forward is capable of 20goals a season, but he won’t really do anything else for you. Maybe 10 assists. But the team has to be built to counter consistently
Wenger ruined as many careers as he made trying to get everyone to to fit into a total football possesion system.
Besiktas fan account tweeting Vida heading to Arsenal for 25m euros and Ospina going the other way on a 1yr loan loan deal with a purchase option. That’s a terrible sounding deal.
Ospina has been linked with the three big Turkish clubs since 2016.
Rumour of Carl Jenkinson to Swansea as well
A mate of mine used to sum Walcott up perfectly. He’ll score a hat trick when you’re already 2 nil up and cruising but if you’re 2 nil down and struggling away from home he’ll disappear. Nothing personal against the guy but I’m glad we moved him on.
The only worrying part of the Kroenke buy-out is how the debt is going to be serviced.
It really would be a kick in the plums to have finally cleared £400m debt for a similar amount to be put straight back on the books.
The self-sustaining model shouldn’t irk anyone. Arsenal generates plenty of cash to spend on improving the squad/coaching/facilities, and with better management could make savings on wages/deadwood players and increase commercial revenue.
It’s the debt/leveraged buy-out that makes this a shit situation, imo.
Dream10
Well we’ve got circa 26 hours and 45 minutes till the window closes so I expect the rumours mills to go into complete over drive and a few deals to be done as well. Whether we do anything fuck knows?
“I disagree. It shows the difference in how the management team use the player and coach the player to get the most out of him. ” Theo at 29 yo, getting coached inside of 4 months, getting the most out of him. Which is 3 goals and 3 assists in 14 games, He got 4 MotM awards. In 2016/17 he started the campaign with 11 goals and 2 assists in 21 games. It got him 1 MotM. Theo is the exact same player. I know Wenger has fked up not 1 or 2 careers in his last years, but the… Read more »
Marc: “He’ll score a hat trick when you’re already 2 nil up and cruising but if you’re 2 nil down and struggling away from home he’ll disappear.”
He had a pretty decent record vs the big teams though.
raptora
So you’d play big money to get him back?
Pedro,
Your posts in crucial moments over the past 6 months have been dreadful.
From whining about not getting Arteta as coach to this happy go lucky attitude on Kroenke and telling fans to get in line; its quite bizarre to see.
It will be interesting what happens tomorrow. The Spud’s will probably get Grealish but I’m not sure he’ll make much of an immediate impact what they do need to do however is get Alderweireld and Dembell off the books, they can’t afford to let £60 million plus walk on a free. They also have an issue with Rose he’s got a couple of years left on his contract but his stock will continue to fall if he’s not getting match time so again could lose £10 – £20 million off his value. When you’re trying to finance a new stadium… Read more »
Gambon,
Can you divulge why you are so sure we won’t get Dembele ?
Marc,
I wouldn’t pay any money to get him back. Nope.
Re Grealish, SkySports say: “Grealish, who trained with the Villa squad this morning, was due to complete a £25m move to Spurs until Villa’s new owner, Nassef Sawiris intervened.”
If indeed was the owner that stopped the deal, it’s probably over.
I agree that especially Danny Rose is losing his time at the spuds. Should have went for him maybe.
It’s alright Marko, for a second I thought you were sipping on that badman juice that that overly aggressive Pitbull fella has before coming on here to target certain posters.
It’s cum. He lets a guy brick in his mouth and then feels shame about it and then comes on here acting tough.
So we could be getting Vida for more than what Caglar is going for?
The Orn saying Spurs tried to work a swap deal with Rose and Sessegnon at Fulham with it collapsing.
Don’t know about you but I get somewhat firm when the term collapsing and spurs are used in same sentence.
Sal
If our window had been the same as the Spud’s not only would the fans be going apeshit but so would the media.
Can you imagine that cunt Durham?
Gnarleygeorge9 Brillant mate. I was looking for a dude who could solve the math. Thought i was being too smart to see it that way. I mean, why would S.K fork out serious dough to help Usmanov grow the value of his 30%? Then from another angle, who put this new structure in place and eventually sacked Wenger? I knew it took long for him to see the need for that. If S.K wanted to pull this club down, Wenger would still be here helping him to achieve that objective. But wait we shall, mate, for we may be totally… Read more »
I’m happy with everything bar the CB situation. no idea what we’re doing there, but the rest looks encouraging.
I’m happy with everything bar the CB situation. no idea what we’re doing there
Very odd considering the arguments we were having last summer