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Arsene Wenger is rocking the papers of the world hard, he wants in on ALL the jobs. Le Parisien is reporting that PSG are after him to replace the outgoing sporting director, Henrique. This is a really fucking weird move. If you’d paid any attention to Wenger over the past 15 years, you’d know firstly, picking out elite talent really hasn’t been his thing, and you’d also know that he was a world class ditherer.
‘Buying players isn’t like buying a loaf of bread’
Until we hired in competent people and reworked the entire spin of our team in 6 months and two windows. If the concern with Henrique is he didn’t get deals over the line, why would you bring in someone who let the contracts of Mesut, Sanchez and Ramsey crash into the danger zone?
The same paper also reckons Wenger is pushing for a sniff at Madrid and Bayern. I’d be happy to see him land both jobs. So would all the fans, regardless of the opinion they have of him. Let him go to one of those clubs, let him maybe win a trophy, just give him a little bit of a fun at a crisis club for a short amount of time before it all goes wrong and all the things that have degraded Arsenal hit him harder than a freight train at clubs that have seen what good coaching looks like.
Emery was in full on praise mode when it came to free-scoring Lacazette.
“When I arrived at PSG we were thinking about signing Lacazette. His quality & his characteristics we liked, & the people who were working at the club when we arrived, they said to us, ‘This player has the quality to play for PSG'”
“Last year was his first in the Premier League, it was a different to the French league, a different position for him, a different rhythm. Not a different mentality because he has a very good mentality & gives himself very good chances to score. He is very efficient”
Big words. He’s certainly been excellent this season. He’s the more well rounded of our strikers, he’s just not as physical as you’d like for the Premier League. That said, he scores bangers, he brings people into games and he looks like a great character to have in and around the dressing room. Hopefully, we get to see a bit more a plan about how to integrate him and his main bro, Aubameyang.
There’s a little transfer rumour going around that Arsenal are on standby to take Malcolm from Barca if the player continues to get the cold should from the manager over there. It was odd that he moved there in the first place, I’d have thought Arsenal or Roma were much more suited, and it’s clearly gone to shite so far. Could be a good loan move in January, where we’re really lacking true wide players.
That said, look no further than Reiss Nelson who scored two goals yesterday, taking his total to 4 in 4. Sancho and Reiss making a real point out in Germany, hopefully, their success points to a more traveled future for young English players. If we need to make a move on a wide player, why not bring back a superstar English kid working his socks off and delivering?
I really do think it’s a sign of the times that we have youth players good enough to be considered at other big leagues for loan moves. Smith Rowe is apparently on the radar of Thierry Henry, another move that’d make a lot of sense if he’s going to stay on the bench most of the season here.
Right, that’s me done, see you in the comments.
Interesting article : https://www.skysports.com/football/news/15118/11526554/five-changes-unai-emery-has-made-at-arsenal-this-season
Complacency is our biggest enemy tonight.
I’m going to be honest here I don’t think that’s a problem with this manager especially right now where we are still building and building. I have seen nothing to suggest complacency on the part of Emery everything he says publicly suggests that he is in fact telling everyone behind closed doors to keep working hard and not to get ahead of themselves. Our biggest issue tonight is starting slowly again and being a couple goals down and fatigue.
The managerial inadequacies that Wenger displayed between 12-18 were on full view between 06-12, indeed a few of us here were able to predict Wenger’s demise on the strength of them. It was only his clueless AKB’s who were were seemingly unable to see these inherent flaws, and as a result continued to put his lack of ability to challenge for the title down to finances rather than the real cause: His extremely flawed managerial ability. He didn’t just suddenly lose it at some arbitrary point – or as soon he could spend money – it’s just that the flawed… Read more »
Hope Amartey plays at right back for Leicester instead of Pereira. Welbeck/Aubameyang can get in behind on the left regularly.
TT
Thought Cech was back in training, no?
Expect him to be restored as #1 when he returns this week or next.
It is perhaps too early to make any grand statements about Torreira’s introduction, but it is interesting that Arsenal have conceded just once in the three Premier League games in which he has started.
Great little player
That Xhaka – an excellent passer but lacking mobility or defensive nous – had been Arsenal’s midfield screener in Wenger’s last couple of seasons was a key factor behind the club’s defensive struggles. In Torreira, they have finally identified a specialist in that role.
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The managerial inadequacies that Wenger displayed between 12-18 were on full view between 06-12, indeed a few of us here were able to predict Wenger’s demise on the strength of them
This is very true. Honestly can’t think of another “elite” manager who suffered so many embarrassing defeats in big games with regularity over the years. Money doesn’t fix that I’m afraid
“I think no other club would have achieved more than what Wenger achieved that period.” The redefinition of success here is astounding. He didn’t win any silverware in 10 years. Balancing the books during the ‘austerity period’ wasn’t as difficult as Wenger made out. There wasn’t any competition for the tr4phy for years. Only when other teams around us starting improving were we exposed. Also, I call bullshit on any loan made to Arsenal being contingent on Wenger managing the club for the subsequent 5 seasons. If he loses his next 15 games in charge, the club can’t dismiss him… Read more »
Marko
Quality little player. Torreira has room for improvement as well. He isn’t fully acclimated to the speed of the league. Seemed a little startled by the pace in the 2nd half at Chelsea and 1st half vs Watford. Should be better after January. Hope we get to see a Maitland Niles, Torreira, Xhaka three CM set up when young AMN gets matches under his belt to regain fitness/sharpness. Probably in the e new year
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6302945/Praise-England-youth-Reiss-Nelson-lights-Bundesliga.html
Poor Arsene, having to stay for debt reasons. And only earning £8M a year as well! What a saint!
Also, I call bullshit on any loan made to Arsenal being contingent on Wenger managing the club for the subsequent 5 seasons.
Total bullshit. Like someone at the bank can predict that sort of thing.
So is Arsene saying effectively “The banks made me do it?” Say anything, do anything, believe anything to absolve Wenger of incompetence. The banks didn’t sign the players he did. The banks didn’t devise the training programs he did. The banks certainly didn’t lose the games, make the substitutions, or give excuses in the press conferences after we lost at places like Swansea, Brighton and Stoke… he did. I’ll tell you what, if Wenger is blaming the banks for being unable to leave, and that he had a duty to stay… call out the engraver and erase Wenger’s name from… Read more »
Alexander will like this the Rams are 7-0 in the NFL and the Denver Nuggets have a 100% start in the NBA and just beat the Golden State Warriors. The myth of Stan might be getting shattered this season
“Poor Arsene, having to stay for debt reasons.”
The word “poor” in a phrase concerning AW, bravo!! lol
Be prepared to see Champagne, Vic Vic, Pierre or Victorious defending their god sooner or later.
David Dein has come out and said we had at least 30m to spend every summer since the stadium move Now that’s a lot of money in 2006 and I’m sure went up every year. No one told wenger to break up the invincibles. He did it all on his own because he believed his own hype and thought he could win everything with kids ala fergie. Boy was he wrong. If the breaking up of the invincibles was handled by a proper manager and done with a proper plan and 1 extra player was bought a year the move… Read more »
People keep talking about spurs having to an austerity period because of the new stadium
Their wage bill is already half of ours. Check their net spend the last few years.
They are always in an austerity period
Wenger’s wage bill ridiculously over inflated after we moved to
Emirates. That’s where most of our money went. Wasted on wenger’s babies. BUT we still had money to buy players other than kallstrom and sanago hazard over Gervinho, Cahill, etc etc.
Give Pochettino the resources wenger had from 2006 forward and you’d see different results that what wenger has had
Wenger readily blamed Man City and called them financial dopers.
I suppose they were, but this narrative that is being shared today is pure unadulterated hogwash.
In the summer when Xhaka came in, Wenger spent £90m in new players. Including £35m on Mustafi (lolz) and £17m on Perez… a player he hardly played. That was just one summer. Oh yeah, remember he turned down Kante for £32m and bought £35m Xhaka.
Wenger spent money when he wanted.
The truth is in his latter years (2013-2018) he spent it on the whole very badly.
Marko
Maybe.. There’s a long way to go.
“The truth is in his latter years (2013-2018) he spent it on the whole very badly.”
…and he rarely spent anything.
…and he rarely spent anything.
It’s called self preservation. He knew as long as he made money he wouldn’t lose his job.
Some footballing manager …
This was funny… from Arseblog. “Finally for this morning, it would be remiss of me not to mention Jose Mourinho. I mean, where do you even start with him taking exception to the Chelsea coach celebrating that late equaliser yesterday? This is a man whose sideline behaviour has been obnoxious for years, he gouged Tito Vilanova’s eye for goodness sake and that barely even scratches the surface of his wankery. So break out the orchestra of atoms to play the world’s tiniest violins for this arch-hypocrite. Phil Neville even said the Chelsea coach should be sacked. Have people lost their… Read more »
Spurs may not have the revenue or marketing stream, but they built that stadium as a multi purpose stadium and are marketing it for concerts and events to increase their revenue stream ‘hot dogs, weddings and bar mitzvah’ style.
Not saying it will replace a major sponsorship deal, but it will have ongoing revenue stream.
There’s a reason that pitch disappears under the stands…
Your Comment Here
Phil Neville should be sacked for being stupid. Mourinho has been doing that for years to other managers he’s a cunt
Goober,
“Melbourne Utarse, you?”
Sorry mate, fell asleep ! London….
Can’t remember who said it, this 1997 comments system kills me, but whoever complained about me saying Spurs *spit have a thin squad, they do! It’s wafer thin in certain positions and that has affected them last 2 seasons. Take Kane out and they have to completely rejig how they play. Take Christensen out, or Ali and what happens? We’ve seen it, they drop points. Take Ozil out we have Mkhi, Ramsey, Iwobi or even ESR who could step into the #10. Spurs ride a knife edge of injury collapse! Poch has some serious ju ju about him to keep… Read more »
Leedsgunner
I really don’t like Maureen at all, but the Chelsea coach didn’t just celebrate, he went to Maureen and singled him out for a f**k you.
Much as I don’t like him I think he has the right to throw down and reply to that.
It’s not as if he took offense at a coach innocently celebrating, he took offense at an insult.
As I said I don’t like him, but fair play.
“Alexander will like this the Rams are 7-0 in the NFL and the Denver Nuggets have a 100% start in the NBA and just beat the Golden State Warriors. The myth of Stan might be getting shattered this season“
A season of success eradicates a decade of prior inputs in the eyes of some then.
Classic
“Phil Neville should be sacked for being stupid.”
I think that statements hugely insulting to all the stupid people in the world – it’s not their fault and there’s no need to lump them in with him, he’s on a different level altogether. I’m not sure what the word is for Phil Neville’s lack of intelligence.
A season of success eradicates a decade of prior inputs in the eyes of some then.
Right so the argument has always been that his American franchises have been bang average and incapable of competing and as of right now his American franchises are not bang average and ARE competing. What’s hard to grasp? Or should we only speak about how shit they were in the past?
If Emery wins the league this season, wenger’s failed last 12 years will be forgotten pretty quick.
And so will wenger
Spurs will have to host every live event designated for London in that stadium to make it viable. They have competition from 5-10 very good stadiums scattered across across the city.
The NFL still has the deal with Wembley to use as leverage so Spuds can’t just dictate the cost of renting it out.
That “multi-purpose” designated doesn’t hold water. The Emirates and other stadiums can equally host concerts and other stuff.
Alexis can’t simply catch a break
https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1054358438053117953
Joe,
“Give Pochettino the resources wenger had from 2006 forward and you’d see different results that what wenger has had”
I’m no Wenger fan but that is ridiculous.
-Poch has NEVER own anything
-Let’s wait till Spuds have to start dancing to the tune of the bankers , shall we?
You seem to forget that the post-2006 period also coincided with the influx of big money in the game. It wasn’t just that out budget was curtailed, we also has Abramovich and the City bastards spending money like drunken sailors.
The NFL still has the deal with Wembley to use as leverage so Spuds can’t just dictate the cost of renting it out.
Thought I heard they were already going to host NFL games
Bamford
What also needs to be considered is that Wenger had total control over the money he had to spend which meant he could spend it on transfers or on wages. He chose the latter and saddled us with overpaid average dross that we couldnt get any money for or chose to run down their lucrative contracts knowing nobody else would pay them such wages.
Marko
The Spud’s are going to be hosting NFL matches. A mate actually told me the NFL is threatening to sue them because of loss of earnings due to the late opening of the stadium. I’ve had a google but can’t find anything – do any of our American posters know anything about this?
Dissenter
Wenger also never had as little
As resources at poch does.
Spuds have been working on team salary that is half of ours forever and their spending.
What would wenger have done with spurs salary levels etc.
Wenger achieved bare minimum with what resources he had. He didn’t work
Miracles. Wenger did nothing special from 2006 forward. Achieving “top 4” was bare Minimum wenger should have done
Joe
You can’t compare our current wage bill to the Spud’s when discussing the impact of the new stadium on their finances. You need to compare our wage bill as a percentage of turnover in 2006 against the current situation at the Spud’s.
There’s also the small fact that the shithole is costing at least two and a half times what the Emirates did, it’s also way over budget so any business plan is out of the window.
Marc
You can’t compare early 2000
Constructions costs to 2018.
Even the costs to build a house has more than doubled in the last 20 years
Clearly a fair deal you struggle to grasp with statements about dispelling “myths” on the basis of a good start to the season across various franchises. Stan has a definitive track record of absolutely average teams, no maybes about it. Starting well in one season dispels absolutely nothing, and to suggest as such is the crux of the point. When the Rams win silverware, when the rest of his lot dominate their respective fields, when it happens season upon season due to Stans direction and support, then start telling people about Stan the sporting saint. But don’t throw up a… Read more »
Joe
Sorry don’t get your point other than the Spud’s new stadium is proportionally way more expensive than the Emirates.
Which again means they are going to be under as much if not more pressure than we were.
Joe I hope you’re acutely aware you just made Marc’s point for him…
Take your same “construction costs” argument and apply it to football wages. Can’t have it both ways
Commercial revenues have also gone way up
Compare what we/spuds were getting for kit sponsor etc. Naming rights. Everything else these days. We have tourism sponsors now
Teams will be getting a lot more commercial revenue than back in 2006 as well
My real concern is that, despite the debt aspect, a wealthy investor will see Spurs and their new stadium as a great acquisition. Knowing Levy, he probably has a plan b.When Lady thingy sold her shares to K instead of U, we lost our window to become huge. Sad!
Marc
I think that statements hugely insulting to all the stupid people in the world – it’s not their fault and there’s no need to lump them in with him, he’s on a different level altogether. I’m not sure what the word is for Phil Neville’s lack of intelligence.
Brain dead is the word you are looking for.
Can’t have it both ways for yourself either where costs go up and assume revenues haven’t
We are making 60m
Just from adidas. What were we making in 2006?
Same for spurs
Anyone seen that new film on Netflix, apostle, fucking good film. Haven’t seen a good atmospheric horror/thriller like it for years
If you’re stuck for a film then give it a watch. Just short of greatness for me. Could have been a classic but still the best I’ve seen in ages
Enjoyed the witch last year too
That Anya Taylor Joy is both extremely talented and gorgeous.
Commercial revenues have also gone way up
Joe
So has everything else
It’s called inflation duh 🙄
Anyone seen that new film on Netflix, apostle, fucking good film. Haven’t seen a good atmospheric horror/thriller like it for years If you’re stuck for a film then give it a watch. Just short of greatness for me. Could have been a classic but still the best I’ve seen in ages
Enjoyed the witch last year too
That Anya Taylor Joy is both extremely talented and gorgeous.
Un
Catch up and figure out what we are talking about you muppet
You have no clue what we are discussing so go watch Netflix.
Wanker
Does anyone else have to keep re typing their name and email every single time they ositbor just me??
WHY THE FUCK DID I PICK SUCH AN AWKWARD NAME??
AAAAAARGH!!!!
Joe
Suck my balls. Shouldn’t you be baking muffins for the fireboyzz about now you fucking turnip?? Extra choc chip boys, dive in, woohoo
Morning from cloudy SF Bay Area
I think that we beat Foxes 3-1
Laca on the score sheet
Dude cant stop scoring…
I think Auba will play- he only played one game with Gabon and bailed on their second match… in classic primadonna way
He should retire from Gabon, and focus on Arsenal. Seems he is really liking London and the team… which is great
You just proved you’re a troll
Commenting shit without reading the posts above
JoeSuck my balls. Shouldn’t you be baking muffins for the fireboyzz about now you fucking turnip?? Extra choc chip boys, dive in, woohoo
Hahahahaha
The 6 year is old back
And no one gives a shit.
David Dein has come out and said we had at least 30m to spend every summer since the stadium moveNow that’s a lot of money in 2006 and I’m sure went up every year.
Joe joe
Oh you’re sure??? Ooooh. That settles it then.
Joe’s sure about Arsenal’s finances. He studies economics in between arseless chaps and pole sliding sessions for the fireboyzzz.
Come on dopey. You have as much economical nous as my toe nail clipping on the floor right now JOE.
In fact I’d say my recent cast off may be superior in that respect
Guns SF
we need 4 goals to go above the Chavs
Let’s do it
Really?? On arsenal game night it’s this quiet?? Get it going people. Rev yourselves up. Last time we played Ramsey was on the end of the best goal I’ve seen since jack wilshere at Norwich.
9 wins on the bounce
Let’s make it 10
And Cunt joe and Bamford off while we go
Looooooooolllzzzzz
Hahahaha un
Making Quite the fool of yourself today
More than usual which is hard to do
Better to just ignore idiocy like yours.
Ha
Un,
Like wenger cunted you off for a dozen years and you gobbled it down like a dumb cunt
Way to go muppet
Why aren’t you going to the match tonight super fan??
I think we can hit them for 4 goals. usually, the first one takes a while, then it opens up the game and more start to come in.
Its these games where we really need to unleash all the firepower we have. 3 goals plus per victory needs to help buffer us in the GD column
Guns
I’ll take 1 nil to the Arsenal!!!
When the Rams win silverware, when the rest of his lot dominate their respective fields, when it happens season upon season due to Stans direction and support, then start telling people about Stan the sporting saint. So he has to win a Superbowl and the nuggets have to dominate season after season before he sheds the tag of bad owner or his teams average. Also no one said sporting saint you’re doing that thing that you piss and moan at Bamford for doing. But don’t throw up a 7-0 record and suggest Stan ain’t bad after all, or you’ll get… Read more »
un na naai – if you enjoy horror, watch Netflix show called The Haunting of Hill House. It was released recently and it is excellent.
Marko, move your fat arse out of mum’s basement and find a job already. Patrolling Le grove all day, everyday isn’t gonna make your life any better.
Interested to see what Emery goes for tonight having had players away on internationals and with that away trip on Thursday.
I would go for Leno, Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Monreal, Torreira, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Welbeck, Lacazette.
Basically the same line up as against Fulham, gives us Aubameyang to come on later.
Joe and Un should please get a room and stop the flirting.
Unfortunately I see the winning streak coming to an end tonight
Unfortunately I see the winning streak coming to an end tonight
Not if Ramsey plays surely
Unfortunately I see the winning streak coming to an end tonight
Care to shed more light on why? Last game it was Fulham have wonderful player up top,,,,now what is the reason?? We are the home team mind u
Everyone seems to want to be the first to predict when the winning streak ends
Azed
I’ll fill him in
Ozil getting his preferred position today.
JoeOctober 22, 2018 18:21:41
GunsI’ll take 1 nil to the Arsenal!!!
Spoken like a true muppet
We are playing Leicester you fooool.
If Wenger was in charge you wouldn’t be taking no 1-0 win
So suck my hairy beads you little polesliding anus licker
We won’t be losing until at least after Liverpool match
Emery’s red and white army!
Jwl
Will give that a go thanks
Apparently Mandy is quite good too
As is jj Abraham’s new film
Ozil in the hole today
Ozil as captain? Really Emery?
Our defensive options are bad. A couple injuries away from Zach Medley being called upon
Mhkitaryan,ozil,iwobi,Lacazette…just what I predicted earlier…
No Ramsey..I’m liking Emery more and more…
A bit lacking in defensive cover on the bench but fuck it ,who needs defenders anyway.
We’ve got our Arsenal back
We’ve got our Arsenal back
We’ve got our Arsenal back
We’ve got our Arsenal back
What happened to Nacho and Saed???
That’s a great starting line-up.
I’m expecting Ozil to shine today
What happened to Nacho and Saed???
I assume Nacho is rested he has basically played in every game this season and Kolasinac is probably broken.
Lacazette starting, Auba benched – further proof of meritocracy under Emery
Nacho shouldn’t have been rested for this match. Litch can’t even play 90 minutes as RB talk less of playing as a LB
Tonight’s starting IX:
Leno, Bellerin, Mustafi, Holding, Lichtsteiner, Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Xhaka, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette
Subs: Martinez, Ramsey, Aubameyang, Welbeck, Guendouzi, Medley, Smith-Rowe
Jwl
Will give that a go thanks
Apparently Mandy is quite good too
As is jj Abraham’s new film
Joe
That’s a great starting line-up. I’m expecting Ozil to shine today
Hahahahaha
Will remember that one
Does anyone know what happened to Monreal and Kolasinac ?
Monreal: Tight hamstring,
Kolasinac: Did not report for work.
Monreal has a tight hamstring.
Kolasinac probably still out injured or just not fancied by Emery.
Liking the starting xi, no Ramsey and we have plenty of firepower left on the bench in case we need it.
Iwobi has been really impressive so far this season, hope it continues, would solve at least on of our wing problems.
un na naai – we saw Mandy at cinema and enjoyed it, don’t know about Abraham’s new film. Scandi countries make great horror, two movies that I think are on Netflix that we quite liked were Lake Bodom and I Remember You.
And it’s Arsenal,
Arsenal FC,
We’re by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen ….
Ramsey being told where the door is….good stuff! We wouldn’t dare before….but question beckons, why do we wait till contract is ran down??????
I think the reason Kolasinac is not playing is because Unai doesn’t fancy him as he was back from his injury and played one game and then haven’t seen him since.
Unai’ s English is definitively improving! Just listening to him now and it is no longer that broken English we had at the start of the seaon.
49, 49 undefeated!
49, 49 I say!
49, 49 undefeated!
Playing football the Arsenal way!
Come on Arsenal!!!!!