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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.
Did I I just hear Ozil is captain tonight ?
Emery started an irritating first XI . So as usual he can course correct at half time
LB already a problem. For some reason Lichtsteiner is playing LM
Chilwell would be a great buy if possible
Leicester showing intent in the opening minutes…
Interesting game
Probably a hard one until we crack ’em
That fucker Vardy dived. Nothing new from him.
Why is Mustafi playing so far up the field..knowing fully well that Vardy is playing?
Xhaka… being Xhaka
Settling down a bit…
Some positives but still not even half chances
Xhara foul outside box…again
Chilwell would be a great buy if possible
Just signed a 6 year deal
Why does Xhaka do stupid things?
Xhaka doing Xhaka things.
Rob Holding absolutely pony so far. Making an idiot of himself. We got lucky. 100% hand ball all day long.
wtf is Holding up to today…prolly should be a pen against us
Why are we playing so far upo the field.
Lichsteiner doesn’t have pace so why are Holding/Mustafi playing so high up the field?
Holding just gave away a blatant penalty…that the referee didn’t see.
Yellow card and penalty
Where are all the referee conspiracy people?
Something don’t feel right tonight
Good save, playing poorly so far
Back 4 still needed
WTF???
Free for all …Leicester got three 3 yards from Leno
Ffs where’s the defenders??
Leno saved point blank. And again.
C’mon!!!
Holding already on a yellow, then he clumsily puts his hands up to head a ball……he can be good but has so much to polish in his game. Too rash and clumsy.
Lacszette covered 4 ppl right there.
Top save by Leno.
You can see how with Ozil as #10 we don’t have the power going forward or the fight in middle of the pitch. We look times better even with Welbeck in his place.
To be title contenders, we’d need to do away with Bellerin as first choice.
Nobody looking for the ball Xhaka and Ozil shying from responsibility
This international break came at the wrong time for us. It disrupted the nice rhythm we had two weeks back.
It’s like we are starting all over again
We haven’t really troubled their goal
Both CB are playing like ponies at the moment
We are playing with 10 ppl cause Ozil is missing.
29 minutes in and Ozil is still wank. And his mustache is shit
All comes from the central midfielders being far too negative and cautious on the ball.
Puel tactics is way better than ours at the moment. Ozil the difference, we have conceded , Bellerin is crap
Look at Ozil?!?!?!?! He had to run closer to reach the ball but the mofo gives two fucks. What a piece of shit
Lucky goal but it’s been coming
Ffs
Come on Arsenal
Come on Arsenal
Come on Arsenal
Come on Arsenal
Ozil is looking rusty…really rusty an dis making too many poor passes.
We look like we’ll come shake off the cobwebs by the time second half starts.
oops we conceded
Deserved goal from Leicester…Bellerin assisted that goal.
Ozil should be given away for free. We are one man down with him on the pitch.
Iwobi predictably shit.
This starting lark is a different kettle of fish than coming on as a sub against tired legs.
Fucking soft goal to concede.
We have not been good enough.
Bollocks. And we had to concede.
Bellerin earning his kick on the pants. Tied with Xhoko for player earning kick in the pants
Vardy and Iheanacho vs Holding and Xhaka on a yellow card with our team supposedly going to push and leave space behind… Doesn’t’t look good.
Dirty cunt Xhaka
What’s with having to put in all your info every time you post?
Paulinho
The entire team has been shite …Iwobi is the only one you can take cheap digs at?
The midfield combo isn’t working. There aren’t enough hard workers there and we are getting isolated too easily.
Tactically, we’re inferior at the moment. Sooner we sell Ozil, the better, not living up to any high standards, we’re a player down with him. Xhaka sluppy as usual. Holding Hasbro an air of arrogance in his clumsy play
Class from Iwobi
I just can’t see us playing any worse with Welbeck in the place Ozil. Just the opposite. Think he would have been a handful for them.
Iwobi with that white man sprinting speed.
Mykhi has been anonymous to start with.
Torreira is always solid. Unlike Ozil and Xhaka.
Ozil and Bellerin are crapping is out upfront
Mkhitaryan is a car crash of a player. Add in Xhaka and what do you get?
The only consolation is that we are a second half team.
Iwobi predictably shit.This starting lark is a different kettle of fish than coming on as a sub against tired legs.
Surprising no one Paulinho. In dire need of Ramsey am I right
Ramsey should be in the team regardless of the contract situation, you can’t leave one of your few difference makers on the bench in favour of lackadaisical fairies like Ozil and Miki.
Iwobi should slot into 10 and Welbeck in please
Who’s the dummy saying Iwobi is trash?
So since Ozil is playing gick and Lacazette is pretty much drifting out RW all the time why not just start Auba centrally and Mhiki CAM
Iwobi been out best player so far.
“Who’s the dummy saying Iwobi is trash?”
Paulinho isn’t a dummy. He is just missing Rambo, that’s all.
Well played Ozil
Captain wonderful!
Ozzzzzzziiiiiiilllll!
1-1
Love it! we almost cocked that
What a goal!!!!
Torreira with another absolutely magnificent play. He stole the ball, he played it forward. What a gem!
Well played Ozil.
Great goal.
Ozil the only one in the first half that actually played with some composure on the ball during that horrible first twenty minutes.
That’s why we pay him 350k weekly….what a touch or arrogance.
Now we blow them a away.
Another gorgeous cutback by Bellerin
DaleDaGoonerOctober 22, 2018 20:39:30
Ozil and Bellerin are crapping is out upfront
Dale
You’re insight is fantastic
Ozil…lets shift our attention to mr. anonymous, Mhki
WE easy to leave out Ramsey when one goal aside he’s been trash all season.
Ozil has been shite this half but that’s actually an excellent goal. Shame you can’t motivate him to play better for longer
Terrific goal. Fair play to Ozil.
Iwobi has improved a bit in the last ten mins but he’s still been shit and was guilty of several Ramsey-like heavy touches in the first half hour when that is supposed to be his strength.
Booooom!Ozil sprinting, now I’ve seen it all!
Make you wonder why he doesn’t play on the front foot more often and take more risks.
That’ s one of the best goals you will see all season.
Oh shut up joe…go bake a cake for the boys….everyone till the goal agreed Ozil wasn’t performing. And regardless of the cross, Bellerin has been pony, he’s at fault for the goal conceeded. Bellerin’s cross was not intended for Ozil, he was just there as Laca tumbled over.
Imo Bellerin has been very good. Moved the ball forward well when none of our other players wanted to take the responsibility. Unlucky with the OG but did make up for it with the assist.
Iwobi was our main outlet since our top forward players were shying away from responsibility.
Ozil the only one in the first half that actually played with some composure on the ball during that horrible first twenty minutes.
Jaysus what’s wrong with you. I would have said that about Iwobi but ah well
Bit fortunate but a great equaliser. We should win this fairly easily now.
Think it was Mikki who tumbled over, not Laca..
Paulinho
“Iwobi has improved a bit in the last ten mins but he’s still been shit and was guilty of several Ramsey-like heavy touches in the first half hour when that is supposed to be his strength.”
…You can make the same case for everyone else on the team. You were resorting to comments that would have fitted Iwobi two seasons ago…not for this season.
If Jack wilshere had scored that ozil goal it would be all over front page on the English media.
Yeahhhh! Nice goal from Ozil. If only he could play like this more often.
Phew that goal makes up for a very average first half.
Ok. It’s Emery time working his magic.
Felt we’d get a goal after conceding.
Mikki not doing quite well so burden on Ozil to create. Iwobi doing ok.
We need more shots.
I thought Ozil was shit for 35 minutes but upped the tempo and played well for the last 10 minutes of that half. The team is still dysfunctional though, it has got to the point where you have to say you can only play one of Ramsey, Ozil or Mhiktaryan. If you’re playing Ozil then you need to introduce Welbeck for hard work out wide, if you’re playing Mkhitaryan then you can maybe play a second ST because Mkhitaryan can actually play RM and drift to CAM. Far too pedestrian in the first half, for 35 minutes we went back… Read more »
Leno is a quality goal keeper.
That’s 100% fact.
Aw poor dale
Getting triggered
Settle down wanker
You’ll make another stupid post shortly
Looool
Mikyhtaran still exists lool
I thought Ozil was having an excellent game even before the goal.He was our only quality player on the ball.
Don’t get playing Ozil and Miki together, they’ve never both played well in the same match.
Ones always shite when the other plays well, hook off Miki cause Ozils tail is up now and bring on Ramsey or PEA.
Our best performers in the first half:
Torreira by a mile.
Leno!
Iwobi.
Bellerin.
Worst performances:
Holding – guilty of a pen and red card offensive.
Mikki – nowhere to be found.
Ozil- same but at least scored a goal.
Xhaka – didn’t move the ball well, couldn’t handle with Leicester’s middle of the area press.
prvhcOctober 22, 2018 20:52:27
I thought Ozil was having an excellent game even before the goal.He was our only quality player on the ball.
Yep.
Don’t tell dale though. The clueless one
Ozil and Bell making up, Mhki on the other hand has been total gash.
Joe what do you think? ….LOL tosser
3 points are there for the taking, very average Leicester side.
We’ve played average to poor in the first half.
This has been the pattern under Emery so it’s no surprise.
We have a very good bench [in a long time] and can easily raise oput games by several notches.
Just have replace Mykhi with Guendouzi or someone else to keep match James Morrison. Morrison has been very good..easily the best player on the field today.
Joe,
everyone, i mean everyone that knows their arse from their mouth agrees that Ozil was rubbish till the goal….don’t be dumb, stick to ice skating or figure skating or baking cookies for the fireboyzz
The attack down the right ending in Iwobi’s saved shot at around 40 min mark was absolutely delicious, as well as Iwobi’s control on the left which led to his nutmeg on someone. also Leno with some quality keeping in there too. looking a good buy to me already. Those and the goals were pretty much the only real bright moments in the half. Pretty bland stuff to be honest, having that much possession and conceding the better chances. For how much pace Bellerin has, he really doesn’t cope well with the overlap. He really should have done better for… Read more »
Prvhc
“I thought Ozil was having an excellent game even before the goal.He was our only quality player on the ball.”
hey …a poster who talks sense …you are spot on and whoever thinks iwobi was our best player needs to rewatch that half .