Champions League back-up plan starts tonight!

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The real competition starts today.

You won’t see pansy footballers crying about red cards, oh no, the Europa League is for real men. Leave your emotions at the door, stop talking about gluten-free and prepared for a politically incorrect fight on the footballing senses.

The home game against Vorskla should be fun. Bernd Leno is going to make his long-awaited debut. Keepers were a topic of conversation before the game with Emery.

“Each goalkeeper has different qualities. But they cannot change our style. Maybe one quality is better Leno than Petr, maybe one Petr than Leno. We need the same style and to work to improve each goalkeeper in our style.”

“He’s here because he showed us his quality,”

“The quality for the goalkeeper for me, is being complete. He has it.

“He can go a long way here at Arsenal. He’s young.”

A rumour in one of the papers stated that his big faux pas was dropping a clanger against Brentford preseason. The club were tanked in that game and looked really average causing panic in the ranks of the new boys. He was the sacrificial lamb.

That said, I still think the reason Emery persists with Cech is that he wants to have influential figures in the dressing room onside during the difficult first three months of his job. Leno was in need of rehab after an average prior season, so hopefully he doesn’t drop a Karius in front of the home support tomorrow.

The additional good news is Eddie and Smith Rowe will be in the squad, so hopefully, we’ll see some minutes from those two.

Emery was diplomatic when he spoke about how he’ll line up tomorrow.

‘For me, every match, each moment, is about finding the best performance with the players. We have four competitions this season. Tomorrow is the Europa League, Sunday is Premier League, then it’s Carabao Cup and then we’re going to play in FA Cup. I want the same thing for every player because each match is important. The second situation is that we need to give minutes to the players who can produce the best performance for us. The best 11 will play tomorrow so that we can continue to improve in our way both tactically and individually. What’s important for us is to produce a winning performance but also to continue to improve.’

If he’s picking the best team to beat Vorskla, you’d imagine he’ll be able to flex into the deeper reaches of the squad. I think his main worry will be making sure he lands 3 points at home. That’s hugely important in a competition most of us probably think is our best route into the CL this season.

Complacency is always the devil in these situations, so hopefully Emery will have the players fired up and we can go hard a team we really should breeze past.

We’ll see!

Oh, before I go. I saw that Arteta lost against Lyon.

You were right.

He’s a fraud.

That proves out he’d have been a terrible coach for Arsenal.

Thanks for the analysis.

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Bamford10

UT

Yeah, you’re right: maybe drop Lukaku and Mane from that list. Kane’s superior technical ability probably places him above those two, although with Lukaku I’d say it’s close on account of his athleticism.

Pierre

Ufraud
Apologies….I should have said all of the fans except the wenger obsessives love cup semis and finals…

Champagne Charlie

Interesting how some folk are following suit and drafting in wide forwards to compare centre forwards. Clutching

Vic, with respect mate Kane scores, creates, and holds up play. You’re talking nonsense to claim that list are “clearly better all around strikers”….more so with the continued inclusion of Mane. That’s a shocking POV to have frankly.

China

How many trophies you’ve won has no bearing on how good you are Trophies are won by teams not individuals (unless you are referring to the golden boot, motm awards, player of the month awards, PPotY etc I’ll literally never understand how people bring in how many trophies someone one to determine how good they are. I think wes brown won the CL twice, PL like 8 times, one of the most decorated players in British footballing history. Not as good as Lauren or Sagna who won a fraction as many trophies. Utd’s CL winning squad included elite talent like… Read more »

Victorious

Kane would be like a fish outside water in clubs like Madrid, Barca, Bayern, Juve, PSG which to be fair are your modern day elite clubs
He has the spuds team like tailored around his style of play coz he’s the big fish there,

Not sure he would even be a major upgrade on Lukaku at united

Aguero dwarfs him on everything

English players tends to get over hyped to high heavens until they venture a move to elite leagues/clubs when they get embarrassingly shown up

Eduardo

Pedro, does this mean you will take your poster of Arteta down from the office wall?

An insipid performance and a shock home loss against second-tier opponents is classic Wenger. Arteta would have been Wenger 2.0. Get over it.

Victorious

CC

Interesting how some folk are following suit and drafting in wide forwards to compare centre forwards. Clutching’

I mean it was a collection of players who has positions in the attacking third.. Even when narrowed than to CF you’ll discover Kane still lags behind a good few

Nobody is disputing the fact Kane is super good and has world class numbers but that he fall shorts on that very elite category of world class strikers

Victorious

Your Comment Here

Pierre

China
“How many trophies you’ve won has no bearing on how good you are”

As a player ,possibly not but as a manager ,probably yes.

gonsterous

never saw kane as anything special. He has a good finish (on his day) but apart from that, he’s no where near the God – like RVP.

I’m sure that you “pushed back” lol. It’s not like you haven’t said similar stuff at all… Probably the “erstwhile WOB” doesn’t exist and it is indeed your sick imagination.

Also this made me lol

Champagne Charlie

Vic

Again, with respect, you’re offering up Mane as world class and Kane as very good. I think you should make your criteria more transparent because I for one haven’t a clue how you arrive there.

Kane is THE player in line to replace any one of the aforementioned “better” CFs. All of them are a balls hair from 30 and Kane is 25 as of two months ago.

Btw…Talking about his trophy haul is utterly laughable, as China states it has no bearing on his ability. Buffon has never won the CL, Wes Brown has twice.

UTarse

Little p,
Get over yourself with the whole obsessive bollocks. We disagree, end of. But then you show your pea sized brain by your pathetic commentary. Simply put, Arsenal is a major rebuild job and for that matter, I would prefer limited games and to concentrate on getting our place back amongst the elite of the prem first and foremost. We have been a shambles, we won’t win the Europa in my opinion.

China

For managers sure, the number of trophies, seasons to trophies ratios, significance of the trophies etc all mean a lot. Even then there are disparities though. Pep and Zidane are both quality but they’ve also been given elite jobs extremely early in their careers. What would they do if left to manage an average team? Would they be able to raise the level of an Everton or west ham of this world or is having billion pound squads a hard requirement for their success – if so they’re not *quite* as good as people would have you believe. Realistically we’ll… Read more »

Dennis

I don’t think it was anything to do with complacency, though, and nor would I try to use the lack of atmosphere in the stadium as an excuse. We were well aware of Lyon’s strengths and weaknesses and we were ready to make a fresh start in this competition, the way we went out last season [to Liverpool] really hurt. We have had a big wake-up call, a result we were not expecting, but it is early in the group stage and it is not too late to respond.”

‘losing mentality type talk.. ? mm emphasis..

UTarse

CC,
12 year old doesn’t like English players…. I’m sure you could read between the lines here. That’s his “criteria”.

Joe

Arsenal are winning in spite of Emery

Haha

Funny that. Said the same thing about a wenger’s 3 Pl and FA cups.

Looks that way coz I’m not sure that Pep’s presence could have made any difference to the result, Lyon bettered and battered them and

Nope no difference at all. May as well just throw wenger on to the bench and let pep have games days off after he picks the side and formation.

Won’t make a difference at all.

S Asoa

Yes Bamford . Paqueta is a talent in the tricks type like Neymar. Fulmanence normally don’t sell , maybe it is the environment in Brasil . Good research.
And thanks to G o Hackney for needling the competitive streak in Bamford.

Champagne Charlie

UTarse

It’s reading that way I must say. Don’t get me wrong English players get a good dose of reeming, but Kane has been of the level for years – unequivocally. If he was a gooner you could hear the sticky keys with every post.

Joe

UT

I would actually love Emery to put everything into Europa and win it

Our first European trophy since the great GG won one

Gets us into the CL

And most importantly is we will never hear from the like or Pierre again.

Imagine the banter.

Emery won Europe in his first fucking year
Emery won Europe in his first fucking year
Emery won Europe. Emery won Europe

Emery won Europe in his first fucking year

S Asoa

From Metro Football “ Unai Emery is still hoping for a reunion with Ever Banega and the Sevilla star will be the first deal Arsenal’s new head of football Raul Sanllehi tries to wrap up, according to reports. The Argentine midfielder was heavily linked with a move to the Emirates over the summer, having shone under Emery’s tutelage at both Sevilla and Valencia before that. And according to The Sun, Emery remains desperate to work with Banega again and the 30-year-old has already been identified as the club’s top target in January. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/20/unai-emery-wants-arsenals-new-head-of-football-raul-sanllehi-to-sign-ever-banega-7962337/?ito=cbshare This really should make Arsenal… Read more »

Victorious

CC Again, with respect, you’re offering up Mane as world class and Kane as very good. ‘ I’m basing my rating on a more holistic view of abilities as ‘forward players’ Mane ain’t word class but he’s just as important and effective to the dippers attack as is Kane to spuds. Kane is THE player in line to replace any one of the aforementioned “better” CFs Says more of the impending dearth of genuinely wide class strikers knocking the doorstep, but wait” talking of “better” CFs are you suggesting the likes of Lewandowski, Suarez,Cavani are not much better than Kane?… Read more »

Pierre

Ufraud As proved last season ,getting to the latter stages of the Europa or league cup should not affect league form as the first team was rarely used in the early stages. We could and possibly should have won the Europa cup last season …how we failed to give Madrid a good hammering in the home leg is a mystery. Emery will be targeting the Europa cup that’s for sure which I totally agree with ….at the end of the day it’s about being realistic and the league will be difficult,though I would like to see us at least compete… Read more »

UTarse

Joe,
I’m not saying I wouldn’t be happy with it, just that I don’t think we can win it because we are a club trying to rise out of a sticky sewer and we need to address our biggest problem first and that is consistency in the league.

We need to become feared there first and foremost, this will lay a strong foundation to build on and start to challenge for the league and get back amongst Europe’s elite and actually be a threat….

Joe

…how we failed to give Madrid a good hammering in the home leg is a mystery.

Ha ha

Yeah real mystery…

Pierre

Don’t be a plonker Joe ,you are in agreement with me in that we both want to win the Europa cup…..it’s Ufraud who doesn’t give a toss about it.

UTarse

Little p,
Again we will have to agree to disagree. Latter stages of the cup competitions WILL affect a team of the strength of Arsenal in the league. Negatively.

Victorious

utASS
I bet your brains feels as good as new as you’ve never used it
For your info I’m Anglophile but I must admit it can sometimes be irritating to think you’re also English

Receding Hairline

Some of the comments on here today are quite hilarious , almost like there is a competition on who gets to say the dumbest stuff Kane is world class, you can drag in wide forwards and up forwards or whatever into the equation he will still be world class, No he won’t look like a fish out of water at Madrid or Barca cos he is actually a good all round footballer and a superior finisher to some who have actually played for both teams As for the Arsene groupies who seem to think they are honoring his memory with… Read more »

Champagne Charlie

Vic I’m saying you can replace Kane at those respective clubs and he’d fill the void with a caveat at Barca purely on their philosophy and not all players adapt to their style irrespective of quality (Ibra). Kane could lead the line for Bayern, PSG, City, Madrid. To do so you have to be world class. You’ll have to do me a favour on your Mane comments, they’re not even respectable to me. Mane is not remotely close to being as important to Liverpool as Kane is to Spurs. He’s also not of the level some have him here by… Read more »

UTarse

12 year old,
Yes, I guess to a village idiot like you, people like me don’t use our “brains”. You’re as anglophile as Napolean Bonaparte.

gonsterous

wow benega, what a great signing that will be (yawn)

China

Right now we’d be mad to turn our noses up at any trophies

Some trophies are much more or less valuable than others but we’re not winning the league. We need smaller trophies as a platform for bigger ones/creeping in the CL back door etc. I’d take 5th place but the EL and League Cup over 3rd place but not close to the title any day of the week

N5

All this name calling! And we’re adults?

China

I have no particular horse in the kane world class or not race but I think the days of only CFs being your for adds are largely speaking gone The notion of even playing established strikers has changed from a 9 and a supporting striker in a 4-4-2 or the like to the 4-3-3 where the onus on goals has been far more placed on the wing forwards than it was on the traditional wingers of most of the formations of old Likewise the CF in many of these teams is now as much about linking up to support the… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“All this name calling! And we’re adults?”

C’mon!!
Ufraud, Little P., Vicuntious, utASS, 12 years old… so funny!!
And at least, you know that you’re on Le Grove.

China

Which one is 12 years old lol

S Asoa

Banega is old, but we do not have much money for alternatives. He has a great passing range, experience and is still up there . Since Arsenal needs quick ready solutions , Banega is nothing to zzz about. Or take our resident disaster Xhaka to always stay awake

Bamford10

Sorry, but Kane is not good enough to start for Madrid, Barca, City or PSG. He is very good — great touch, great striker of the ball — but he is not as good as the best strikers at those clubs. He is just a level below, like an Higuain.

HighburyLegend

“He’s here because he showed us his quality,”
“The quality for the goalkeeper for me, is being complete. He has it.”
“He can go a long way here at Arsenal. He’s young.”

That’s why he will play his very first game tonight.
FFS, I swear sometimes his words reminds me of someone I want to forget lol

Receding Hairline

Sorry, but Kane is not good enough to start for Madrid, Barca, City or PSG. ……In your opinion

Stefano14

Banford

‘He is very good — great touch, great striker of the ball — but he is not as good as the best strikers at those clubs. He is just a level below, like an Higuain.’

Higuian played for Real Madrid for years you mug. Kane could easily transition to La Liga, even though I don’t like him, and play for a big club.

Guns of Hackney

Ban fucking enga.

Oh, god.

It’s as if Wengemery wants me to round on him.

RJM

If Pep had been on touchline no way City lose that game. Arteta has no respect from City players….they know he’s a muppet that wouldn’t have got in their 3rd 11….

Olumide

It’s funny some arguments here.“Kane is not world class”
“Emery is not world class” How many strikers in the world are world class?
For the past 3 seasons, Kane has outscored every striker in the Premier league. Despite playing for an inferior team.
Based on the past 3 seasons, which is a long time, there’s no striker better than Kane in the Premier league.

N5

To be fair to Arteta, didn’t he get instruction from Pep still? When Wenger was banned to the stands, I don’t recall people blaming Bould for the losses.

Leftsidesanch

I’d say we have a chance in the EL depending on who drops down from the champions league, and Chelsea are much improved from last season so far too.

Leftsidesanch

I really hope Leno puts in a good showing, because moving forward we will need him as number 1. If I was told that we’d be starting with Cech based on his contributions last season, last season, I’d have been shocked. That being said, giving him the main jersey was the indicator most people ignored in the summer.

Guns of SF

The team we are playing today sounds like the name of like a Polish model or something like that.
I hope that Auba gets a hat trick to get his confidence going.
This should be easy but who knows

Leftsidesanch

Guns of SF (the sane Guns on here)

You might be on to something, I’d play Auba centrally tonight for the 1st hour or so to boost to see if he can really get his season going too.

DivineSherlock

Bamford

As much as I hate Spurs . I’d love Harry Kane to be in our team. The same way Sol Campbell came. Kane is world class any way you look at . He is single handedly carrying that shit team . Real Madrid would pay 100million for him of required . But you know Neymar has also not proved himself on the big stage so maybe you’re right . lol

Joe

N5September 20, 2018 16:18:11
To be fair to Arteta, didn’t he get instruction from Pep still? When Wenger was banned to the stands, I don’t recall people blaming Bould for the losses.

No one claimed bould was doing more than putting out cones and was the chosen one like some claim arteta is.

We all knew bould did nothing

AKBs claim arteta is the brains behind pep

Right GOH? 🙂

Bob N16ou

I’m not sure I understand this ‘going for the Europa Cup’….sure we’re in it and we’ll do well to not make the last 16/8 but we don’t know which teams will drop down from the CL and like last year if we play a team as good as A Madrid we’ll need a lot of luck. Emery will find it tricky to manage a top 4 finish and a run to the final of the Europa. Obviously we should put out strongest team from quarters onwards but I feel it is more likely top 4 than EL winners. Really looking… Read more »

Guns of SF

Bob

I was thinking the same. Some heavy hitters might fall out of the group and into the Euro league. Its not going to be easy for us.
Valencia, City, lost and who knows who will be next…
Our challenge is to out pace United, Spurs… that is the race for 4th.
Good thing spurs on a losing streak right now.

Guns of SF

In the league we need to score! This might come down to Goal difference in the spring! That is why Auba needs to get the cobwebs off today.

N5

Fair point Joe.

Redtruth

With Emery’s pedigree Arsensl should stroll the Mickey Mouse Europa league.

Samesong

You do Know Chelsea are in the Euros? they would be my favourites at this moment in tim eto get to finals.

Savage

Didn’t know Auba’s dad was an international footballer

UTarse

China,
“Which one is 12 years old lol”

The one and only “victorious”

Samesong

Winning cups should never be easy.

Redtruth

People still think Wenger is in charge lol
Arsenal have a new man in charge who knows how to win European games.

Redtruth

Fuck with this inferiority complex Chelsea lol

PessimisticPat

Goals last 4 seasons Kane 135 Aguero 124 Lewandowski 151 Suarez 152 Cavani 145 Higuain 122 You have to consider that in those 4 years harry kane hasnt been in a one team league or title challenging side. As centre forwards go i would say hes up there for sure. Hes outscoring and performing aguero who is lauded by all, never seen that cunt “hold it up” or “win a header”. Kane is world class, if you dont think so then i cant help you. As for those listing Mane, jesus, Sancho wrote a nice bit about people like you… Read more »

Redtruth

Spud cunt Kane is shit ..We saw the true Kane in the World Cup….donkey..

Guns of Hackney

So Arteta is 100% getting the blame for the defeat?

By that rationale, he should receive the praise when city win.

Pep was in charge for that game…he got outsmarted. Just like he did when he failed with Bayern.

Pep has only won it with Barca…and let’s be honest, Eddie Howe could win it with that team.

Blaming the wonderful Arteta for peps blunder is verging on psychopathic.

PessimisticPat

You mean when he won the golden boot Red?

raptora

TBH Pat, and I like Kane, the whole spuds team is centered around him. They don’t even have/had real wingers till Moura joined. Pep’s arrival moved the focus away of Aguero and in the CAMs and wingers. Their goals scored number in the last 4 years is identical with Kane having scored 105 in 139 EPL games and Aguero – 91 in 119. Aguero has been coming out of the bench more than Kane as well. And the Argentine combination game is better than that of Kane. For me Aguero is the better one but not by much at the… Read more »

Redtruth

More like the golden hoof

Guns of Hackney

“More like the golden hoof”

This is funny.

VicVic

GOH.

‘The wonderful Arteta’!

At least you have the courage to stay and defend your view.

Pedro seems to have been looking for an exit since the topic turned hot.

Samesong

I would of swapped Kane’s golden boot for him scoring against Croatia.

raptora

Pat, in one game where he was clueless how the ball went in off of him. And after corners. I like him I repeat, but he’s been underwhelming for sometime now. He’ll get his form back though and he’ll be back at ripping nets. My EPL season’s favorite for the golden boot is Aguero though. I think Pep will realize that Jesus is a limited player. Btw City’s future depends on finding a good replace of Fernandinho who’s been performing bad for a while. Absolutely shambolic World Cup and he was back to his “best” vs Lyon where he had… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Vic Vic

I am committed. Then I’ll be committed.

Guns of Hackney

The reason Harry Kane will never be world class is his marketability. He doesn’t have any. None.

Gormless. Speaks like a div and looks like he bangs his head on the tunnel every time he steps into the pitch.

Alan Shearer was also not world class. They are great domestic level players, but no more.

gonsterous

If pep was on the sideline, city would have won. Players turn up when they respect and fear the man in charge.
Get another manager at athleti and see the same team crumble. Simeone is respected, that’s why even their average players play like heavy weights, like when Ferguson was in charge.

PessimisticPat

So with no wingers providing him with opportunities he still outscored aguero. aguero is better in tight areas, kane offers an aerial threat, holds the ball up better than aguero and i see no discernible difference in their distribution ability. I understand what you are saying but i disagree entirely. Ask yourself this, if Kane plays for man city does he score more or less than he does at the minute? More obviously.

Sancho Monzorla

Pat

Cheers. Them two that fall into the cunt/Mane Venn diagram are having a shocker, no doubt.

I think Kane skill wise is just below the top tier but you cannot argue against his track record, he is one of the best CFs in the world. He shoots an awful lot and is a greedy bastard in general but I guess that’s to be expected with the role he plays.

Guns of Hackney

Gons

…and this is why Wengemery will also fail. No one respects him.

Case closed.

gonsterous

same reason why sterling is in God mode when playing for pep but is terrible when he puts on an English shirt.

gonsterous

guns

vic, vicvic, and you are the only person who doesn’t respect emery. Everyone else respects him and what he’s accomplished. Maybe take that chip off your shoulder before you embarrass your self further.

Guns of Hackney

Hold on a second.

The PSG trophies need to be struck from the record. Anyone could do that with a billionaire team.

Seville. Three Micky mouse cups.

Or are they only Micky mouse when Emery was not our manager?

And I suspect that there are plenty more posters who feel Arsenal picked the safe option as opposed to someone a bit more out there…and no I’m not talking Arteta.

raptora

Pat,
So you are sure that Kane goes to City and becomes a starter?! Mahrez started couple of games and that was that for him, has been a reserve since.

Pep had prime Ibra in Barcelona and thought he doesn’t fit his style and Ibra I hope you’d agree is an upgraded Kane on steroids.

PessimisticPat

Watch Kane for the full 90 minutes, next time the spuds play. Then watch aguero walk about the pitch for 90 minutes but then still get outscored. I havent even started on headed clearances, distance covered tackles etc. imagine if Kane didnt have to put in the work he does at tottenham week in week out and could just concentrate on scoring goals.

If Aguero is world class but scores less than Kane, who does 5 times more for his team defensively than aguero, then Kane must be world class.

Sancho Monzorla

I wish we would stop discussing Arteta, we have to be the only people in the world who debate his merits as a manager on a regular basis. He’s an assistant. No one else in the world considered him to run their club. It would have been nice if Emery came in and the Arsenal had smashed everyone they came up against. But whether by design or folly he has made some questionable decisions so far and the defense has looked like it has taken a few steps backwards, which I mean come on, we all gave Arsene a lot… Read more »

Michael24

GOH

Here we go again, Arsenal “picked the the safe option”.

Who are these “out there” managers you speak of.

So disrespectful.

What is your problem?

Guns of SF

I feel its still so early in the season to make a judgement on Emery.
I think its an adjustment for him too. going from having $$$ to throw around to a very very tight budget at Arsenal.
So far my concerns are the defense- getting better individually, cutting out careless errors and caught in possession.
The other is creating more chances to score…
Both areas of concern right now but I want to give him time to sort this out…

Michael24

GOH

I can understand your anger and frustration at Wenger’s failings, but why so anti-Emery?

You seem to have no love for your team anymore.

Surely it can’t be that bad.

Leedsgunner

Arsenal picked the sensible option, backed up with a track record and years of experience. There was nothing safe about it. Just because some people didn’t find him bold or exciting enough doesn’t make Emery a bad choice.

In choosing Emery we acted like a football club and not a reality TV show.

I for one want the very best for Emery.

Any team news yet?

Bamford10

Stefano

Right, and Madrid moved Higuain on because they ultimately deemed him not good enough, not as good as Benzema.

Harry Kane will never start or shine for City, PSG, Madrid or Barca. He doesn’t have the pace, guile, athleticism or dribbling to do so.

He’s a very good striker, but he’s not that level. Sorry. And his career will bear this out.

Bamford10

Divine “As much as I hate Spurs, I’d love Harry Kane to be in our team. Kane is world class any way you look at it. He is single handedly carrying that shit team.” One, we weren’t talking about whether you would have Kane in our XI, and no one included Lacazette or Aubameyang in a list of players that are better all-around strikers than Kane. So I’m not sure anyone disagrees with you on that point. There are other strikers I’d prefer to have in our XI, but if I were choosing between Kane, Laca and Auba, yeah, I… Read more »

gonsterous

pretty strong line up. Hopefully a win and hope Leno makes us proud.

Tobs

Arsenal XI: Leno; Lichtsteiner, Holding, Sokratis, Monreal; Torreira, Elneny; Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Welbeck; Aubameyang
Subs: Martinez, Bellerin, Guendouzi, Smith-Rowe, Ozil, Nketiah, Lacazette

Hitman

Arsenal ended up with UE because Gazidis and Wiggy left it 3-5 years too late to change coach.
All the better coaches got snapped up in the preceding years.
Unforgiveable. The quicker Gazidis leaves the better.

Champagne Charlie

“He is just a level below, like an Higuain.”

It’s “like a Higuain”, you’re not Latino.

This is hilarious stuff, what does Aguero bring to the table that Kane doesn’t? He scores more, and offers way more off the ball. Is Aguero getting the World Class tag because he’s quick? Theo will be chuffed.

Guns of SF

That could be a future starting line up in the league bar, el neny

azed

” Ask yourself this, if Kane plays for man city does he score more or less than he does at the minute? More obviously.”

Its a fallacy to say he would score more if he went to City. I am of the opinion that he would score less.

He’s a big fish small pond kind of guy.

Hitman

We will really see just how good Harry Kane is this year in struggling Spuds team.
Golden Boot was penalty laden today be indicative of true greatness.
Seems lack of pace and fitness are a real issue. Jury is still out until then.

TheLegendaryDB10

Interesting First XI by UE. I have a feeling that by the end of the season we will have a mashup of this line up with the PL line up. By that I mean, we will see Leno, Torreira and possible Lichtsteiner become starters,

Really looking forward to seeing what Leno can do. And very glad to see Torreira starting !!! (And Lichtsteiner).

Sanmi

Emery is letting us know xhaka is the most important player to his plans. As he’s rested.

jwl

I expected Smith-Rowe to be starting tonight, I hope he at least gets some minutes in second half.

And it’s Arsenal,
Arsenal FC,
We’re by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen..