11 in a row. Not since time began has such a feat been mastered. Well, since 2007 when we clocked up 12 wins on the bounce. Regardless, it’s fucking impressive. If you can grind out a win away from home with Xhaka at left back, you’re doing something right.
Emery chopped up the team, giving the folk looking at ways into the first team a run out on the pitch. Guendouzi, Elneney and Ramsey all given a chance to shine.
The 1-0 win felt about right on an afternoon that wasn’t a walk in the park. Danny Welbeck scored the goal after Torreira fluked a ball right through the Sporting backline, the man mountain capitalised with his pace, burying his shot between Ribiero’s legs. A great finish that could have been 2 if his earlier disallowed goal had stood.
There were notable performances elsewhere on the pitch. Matteo continues to impress. The Frenchman is utterly relentless in midfield, he demands possession, he sprays the ball all over the park, and he’s aggressively fit, hustling and harrying anyone that gets within range. What a find from Sven, ol’ diamond eyes making his money with that 5-carat steal.
I also thought Rob Holding had a strong game. He’s dominant in the air, great on the ground and his confidence seems to have soared now he’s actually being coached properly. It can’t be long before he’s lining up as a first choice in our backline. Sokratis also had a solid return to the starting 11. I’m so glad our compliment of defenders is slowly returning to the fold.
There were some shaky performances, I think it’s clear Xhaka has no future at left back. His now famous lunge reared its head early on. He clearly lacks the pace and mobility to play in a position that demands it, but hey, we kept a clean sheet. I also thought Lichtsteiner looked off the pace. Too many games in short succession? Or just the ravages of age catching up with a legend of the game?
Aaron Ramsey was ok. You kind of feel he’s a lost lamb at the moment. His manager won’t play him in the box to box role he wants and he’s never going to excel as a 10. He’ll be a bit part player unless there’s an injury, I’m guessing the hope is someone will come singing for his name in January and we can ship him off. We’re in desperate need of a winger and we’re crying out for left backs.
Another major difference between this season and last… the second string give a fuck. They’re playing because there’s competition for places, not because they’re second string and that’s when you play. Emery is giving everyone the hope they can make the starting 11 at any time. I don’t think the hope was there. You were a fave or you were Europa. I also LOVE the rotation, it helps that it’s paying off with wins, but I can’t tell you how stupid our lack of rotation was back in the day. Providing Emery isn’t slamming the boys in training, we’re going to hopefully have fresher players come crunch time.
Overall, everyone is feeling good about the run. Emery has absolutely owned the opening 3 months of his career at Arsenal. The fans love him (bar the salty one’s who’ve interestingly found their critical eye now you know who is gone), the players are adapting to his ideas and he has a whole bunch of wins to show for his progress.
Palace away at the weekend will be a tough game, especially after an away game. Hopefully we can grind out two more wins against them and Blackpool, then chase the record against Liverpool. Wouldn’t that be a fantastic way for Emery to start his career, with a new record!
Dreams people, premature dreams.
One thing I’m wary of is the Black November of yesteryear, so what I’m saying is this… put those chickens away and stop counting them.
Right, see you in the comments! (which should have a new look!) x
How come some folk on here ridicule B10 and yet stood idly by while S14/Pitbull/Aubergine posted consistent obnoxious and abusive garbage.
Don’t get it.
first timer on the blog and find some posts interesting.
I do think Ramsey will come good should we decide giving him a new contract, does he deserve one I think he doesn’t but maybe if given might turn out well for both player and club.
Only chance ramsey would have with us would be to sack his agent.
ES We currently have Ozil on £350 000, Mkhitaryan on £140 000, if we put Ramsey on £150 000 even which I doubt he will accept that is £640 000 a week on 3 players when you can only play 1 of them at any one time. That is what the last few weeks has shown us, you need pace out wide, only one of them in CAM and then a CDM and CM behind. Pointless, he won’t accept £150 000 because he’s already reported to be on £110 000, just let him go now. He doesn’t fit, he doesn’t… Read more »
Graham
Don’t hide behind a broad stroke, who are the “some folk” you’re talking about?
If you don’t get something try addressing it instead of passively commenting alongside and offering absolutely nothing but a dissenting voice.
Ramsey is not a victim.
He had all summer to sign the contract, he didn’t… thinking he could hit a mega payday like Özil.
When it became clear Ramsey wouldn’t sign the contract on the table, the club pulled it. Emery, in the meantime to his credit learned to play without Ramsey.
Sell him or Swap him in January and fill a position that needs filling.
We are not a charity, we don’t owe anyone a living just because they’ve been here a certain number of years.
Stroller..re Ramsey I think if you look at it from a solely football point of view the question that needs to be asked is will he be an asset to the team or will he be a hindrance. The best I can see Ramsey being is an impact sub if we need a goal. If he starts, where Will he play …the choices are holding midfield of CAM… We already have good quality players in those positions plus good young players ready to break into the team so the only option I can see is to let him go or… Read more »
Well Bamford.
“Another fine mess.”
You really don’t help yourself.?
Arsenal are in a great place at the moment . Well done to the lads. Next stop is at Crystal Palace. I predict a brace for Lacazette. I cannot see crystal Palace putting up a fight against the Gunners as they are yet to record a point at home. Regarding the full backs bumping forward from the first whistle.. I think we would see a more conservative approach from the left back and right backs. As whoever plays there must be wary of Zaha and co. In as much as there is no complacency from the boys I predict a… Read more »
To be honest
Fuck Ramsey.
He really isn’t anything special. I’m sure Barca have 100 Aaron’s in there academy
Loads of players out there who are better and will come a hell of a lot cheaper.
torriera being the perfect example
These so called pundits make me sick to be pit of my stomach. I saw Owen Hagrieves after the Leicester match saying that Arsenal will finish 5th at best. He went on to say the reason we cannot break into the top 4 is our defense. That the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Ali will rip us to shreds. Idiots
Pierre. Agree. Ramsey has been a great player for us and we should not be ungrateful for his contribution, including the FA Cup winning goals etc. The reality is however that he’s a player that doesn’t fit into the way Emery wants to play. He won’t be a bench player, his agents wage demands have made that an impossibility. The fact is he simply isn’t worth the money, Cesc hit the nail on the head earlier when you consider what others are paid. I would swap him for Martial, a player who would fit into our play, tomorrow. Unless he… Read more »
I’m sorry. Ransey has not been great for us
He’s been bang average bar a 6 month purple patch. That’s it
Not worth anything he’s asking.
Offer him 110k a week. He says no. Sell him to West Ham. That’s his level.
What ever happened to the guy who scored the fa cup winning goals
For Portsmouth and Wigan??
CC
Jesus, you must be fun to work with.
You have this annoying habit of jumping on anything and everything that doesn’t conform to your HR ideology.
Why repeat what others, in particular B10, say.
Very petty.
Joe
“What ever happened to the guy who scored the fa cup winning goal
For Portsmouth”
I think you will find that the player who scored the winning goal for Portsmouth in the FA cup final will be remembered as being one of the most skilful players to ever play for for Arsenal.
Joe Nah you’re going way overboard for me, Ramsey isn’t bang average whatsoever he’s a good player – though could be so much better. His team have sold him a line that is so far off piste right now though, and his arse is sore for it. He’s not “Mr.Arsenal” as it was trying to be sold over the summer, even Jack give it the rubbish about Aaron knowing the ways of the club blah blah. Behave, that’s not a transferable trait to the pitch from what I’ve witnessed of him. Ramsey is a good player, and has flattered to… Read more »
Worst pundit, Chris Sutton.
Needs to go to some Anger Management sessions.
Where the fk did my comment go….
Graham
What are you blathering on about?
Petty? You’ll find expert cases of that from your gal pal on here but its me you want to point a finger at… right oh.
“I know mate but if I worked for Ford I would have to admit a Ferrari is a better car or they’d lock me up in a straight jacket and throw away the key.”
To work for Ford, you probably have to have some “sense” . Whiteshitlane is a waste land and spending time there renders you incapable of doing anything decent let alone think straight.
Don’t blame Alan, he’s inhaled all the poo in the dumpster for long and can’t think straight.
CC
I’ll give you average/can be good at times.
I don’t think he’s 150k a week good.
There are so many players we could find better than him.
He’s been over paid at 110k a week.
Think it’s better if he leaves
The way I see it with Bamford is that he gets a bee in his bonnet whenever someone like Nemesis comes on to his beloved Le Grove as he feels he has no right to come on an anti wenger blog to give his educated and well informed opinions …….it gets right up his nose for some reason.
If someone like Graham 62 or Joe come onto le grove to spout their usual repetitive drivel then Bamford is fine with that…..
Pierre
Glad to be of service.
Graham
Think Pierre wants to start a graham/joe supporters club!
Everyone is welcome at Le Grove.
Unless you’re banned. Then not so much
There is no way Ramsey is making 110k a week at any other big club.
Joe
Yea see what you’re saying, I’d agree tbh. That type of money you need to have some special sauce in the tank, or be performing really regularly. Neither of which I think Ramsey does (particularly the 2nd one with his injury record).
He’s not an Ozil who can genuinely do world class, and is pretty much our entire commercial platform. You can almost begrudge daft contracts like he’s got in some respect, but I’d be at a loss explaining Ramsey on mega money.
Hahaha Pedro, that sums that up.
Joe
“You are quite quick to throw plaudits at our players”
Lol. Priceless.
That insult is the best ever, talk about proving your point.
You just said Ramsey has been great for us
Sums you right up.
Clueless
Tell us again about how it’s lazy and convenient to criticisize Xhaka who has literally been one of our worst players the last 2.5 years especially at a 35m price tag
Can’t blame him all though, he did have wenger as a manager. That’ll mess the best of them up
Mitch Hedberg Joke Friday:
I like rice, rice is great when you’re hungry and you want 2,000 of something.
“Overall, everyone is feeling good about the run. Emery has absolutely owned the opening 3 months of his career at Arsenal. The fans love him (bar the salty one’s who’ve interestingly found their critical eye now you know who is gone), the players are adapting to his ideas and he has a whole bunch of wins to show for his progress.” This. Pedro, you summed up what I’m feeling of late. Great to be excited about Arsenal again after a long hiatus. Great to have a manager properly managing, coaching, and firing up players. Great to focus back on what… Read more »
When it comes to racism, people say, “I don’t care if someone is white, black, purple, or green.” Hold on now. Purple or green? You’ve gotta draw the line somewhere. To hell with purple people.
My friend said, “You know what I like? Mashed potatoes.” I was like, “Dude, you gotta give me time to guess.”
When I was 18, I was kind of sick of living here, so my friend Tim and I packed up his Volare. We moved from Minnesota to Florida. We wanted to move to Texas, but the front-end alignment was bad.
When I was a boy, I would lay in my twin sized bed and wonder where my brother was.
The thing that’s depressing about tennis is no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.
Joe, Ramsey dropped numbers last season. Not quite sure it’s clueless to suggest he’s been good for us.
Bamford that comment at 12:52 the nine point presentation honestly wow. I suggest that you go wank in a sock or fuck a lady (or guy) because you need to relax. As for stroller making a case for Ramsey if he can lower his demands because it’d save us some money on signing up a replacement honestly are you some accountant? Or are you Arsene in disguise? So afraid to see us spend money on a better player I don’t get it. So for me given his age the type of player or needs and his current form I wouldn’t… Read more »
Welbeck is doing well, joint second in goals tally with Laca, but I’m with the club in not offering a contract (if this is the case). It’s the logical thing to do with his injury record.
Pedro
He dropped numbers for us?
We finished 6th.
40 points back
Didn’t win an away match in 2018 until the final match.
Please tell me now his numbers were good for us?
And he said he’s been great for us.
He’s been average. Just like last year when he was average again regardless of numbers he dropped during our worst season in ages?
When was the last time, we sold a quality player and the end up hurting us…… Or they excelled excellently at the new club… Hleb didn’t A song didn’t Chamberlain hmm Nasri he tried Gibbs… Walcott..OMG Jack Wheelchair….played 4 winless matches and sat out winning matches Fabregas….he tried but got binned off after 2 season Rvp …. you all know how it went, won an EPL and lost a statue outside the Emirates ALEXIS SANCHEZ…… CRIMINAL, didn’t steal from us, but did help us in stealing from manure and distablished their team… If Sanchez, hleb, rvp, and song couldn’t make… Read more »
By needs I mean needs of the team. We don’t need an Aaron Ramsey type CM or an Aaron Ramsey type number 10. I can’t for the life of me see where he fits in going forward under Emery. Sticking out a mile he’ll eventually bring in a winger or two and sticking out a mile he doesn’t see him as a CM
Kante has been great for Leicester and Chelsea.
Ramsey has been average for Arsenal.
Salah has been great for Liverpool. His “numbers” got them to the CL final.
Aguero Silva have been great for city. Their numbers make a difference
Rasmey is and has been average for us
I don’t Ramsey’s wage demands were an issue going by his interview in the Guardian. There was an offer on the table he was going to sign then the offer was withdrawn. And now he sounds hurt by that 🙁
Was Ramsay ever as good as song…..
I’m using the term was, because I hope he gets sold….
Well just hope EMERY makes the right call
Pedro, I’ll have to disagree with you regarding Ramsey. He does not have a defined role in the current squad (IMO), so he his a waste of substantial wage no matter what numbers he drops. Also he neither posses the positional discipline to play a CM nor the sublime skills to play a CAM or a wide attacker. So for me he is an additional baggage and needs to be sold this January unless Unai is still contemplating who will come out better between himself, Ozil, and Mikhi for that CAM role and provided Ramsey improves his game immensely in… Read more »
Sell Ramsey and Xhaka. Use the funds to buy a new CM and buy a winger as well and our team will be night and day different and better off defensively and going forward.
You can want Ramsey to move on, as I do, without discrediting his past or abusing him. Last season in 21 PL games he scored 9 and assisted 8 which is very good numbers. He has also scored two FA Cup winning goals for us, which go down in history. In additional he always seems to give 100% and doesn’t appear to be a sulker. He also suffered a career-threatening leg break while playing for us. I might be a bit soft but that affords him additional respect, especially when he was vilified at the time for not shaking the… Read more »
You could argue that Nic Anelka and Adebayor did ok wherever they went after leaving us, but those 2 have so much personality baggage that they ended up being hated there too. Funny how those 2 almost trod the same career path before ending up on footballs scrap heap. Still have fond feelings for Anelka though, such talent. I wouldnt help Adebayor fix a flat by the roadside, Probably only stop to stab another of his tyres
Cesc and RVP have both done well by leaving us.
Ramsay and arsenal have both done well for each other…. So if it’s time to say goodbye, I don’t why or when we sell him, just sell when convenient for us, and do better business with the cash or AMN or ESR take the spot…
If it so hurts the Ramsay brigade and the AKB’S, they shouldn’t worry, but they should be present when he plays his last game, so they can cheer him up, and do a lap of honour…. Before he joins Jack fucking wheelchair at West Ham…
Guys, 32 games, 11 goals and 12 assists. Those are numbers.
I’m not a huge fan of Ramsey, I think the hype is OTT… but to say he’s not a good player is OTT. He’s a very good player, but not £300k a week.
Our position in the table is an irrelevance to his output.
Pedro
I have to keep entering my user name and pass word every time I try to post. Is this a website issue or my phone? Is it happening with anyone else? It’s really annoying. I should have picked a simpler user name
I’m sorry about that, working on a solve with an internet hero who is helping behind the scenes.
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Pedro
“but to say he’s not a good player is OTT. He’s a very good player, but not £300k a week”
This.
Pedro He is of course a good player but his attitude is off. He neglects his duties. He could have been sooo much more than what he is. What his own ego prevents him from being. I always say it. The worst thing that happened to Rambo was that season. He was great that year but his ego over inflated and he went down hill from then on. We were lucky to beat Chelsea in the final because he was awful. He left gaping holes any time we picked up the ball in our half and on any other day… Read more »
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How do I do that? I’m not a tech kind of chap. I’m manual. Analogue. Old school. Vintage
Is this happening to anyone else or just me?
Pedro……”Danny Welbeck scored the goal after Torreira fluked a ball right through the Sporting backline”
Was that irony on your part?
Torreira did what Torreira does! He laid a lovely forward pass to Auba who back heel flicked it on to Danny for him to drive on and score!
Keep up mate!!
Unai hows the American market shaping.?
🤣
Joe I’d argue that Cesc did well leaving us, on paper and in terms of trophies sure but beyond that? maybe i’m looking at it from another angle however. Put it this way, you give Cesc and RvP the option to make the same choice all over and Cesc stays for his career imo. RvP got fed up waiting for us to match his ambition, went and reaped what is talent sowed. Cesc had his Barca dream burst with it not living up to the hype and took the only option back “home”. Cesc could’ve been a statue bearer at… Read more »
I would let Ramsey leave unless he signs new contract with minimal raise in salary. Other players will use his contract as benchmark and we will never be able to get our salary\contracts under control. Wenger was wildly overpaying middling players and that needs to stop. Our total salary budget is similar to Man City or Chelsea and that is crazy because those teams are winning titles and Arsenal are not.
I would be shocked if Cesc regretted leaving Arsenal and our half assed manager. Cesc took chance at Barca, didn’t work out, and now he at another proper team that also winning trophies. Why would Cesc regret success, and chasing his boyhood dream, when Arsenal had semi retired manager who didn’t give a flying fcuk about trophies?
James Woods
I’m not sure. I’ve been busy running a company and stacking that cheese. You got news for me?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/business/economy/gdp-report-q3.amp.html
I got some facts here. Just read some predictions from leftist “economists”. Basically financial weather men who can about as accurately peredict anything in the future as Michael fish can predict a storm.
Anyway. I’m not American James. Hardly taking a shit in my back yard.
CC Cesc May regret leaving arsenal but I’d bet he’d do it again to play for Barca. That’s his heart and I think it would have left a big hole in his career and heart if he didn’t give it a go. In regards to his Chelsea era i think he would have no complaints with 2 legaue titles, one of which he played an important part in. RVP was the reason man united won the league that year. Career kind of died after that but he was 32? By then? I’d think he be happy with decision Think if… Read more »
Joe
You could be right there. I’ll never forgive him letting van Persie leave like that. He clearly wanted to stay but Wenger made it clear that he had no ambition to match his own. I’ll always love wenger for his early years but he should have gone after the 06 final. He was a busted flush. Shame
The thing is with you anti wenger lot, You’re all bleeding hearts apparently when it comes to certain things yet chastise Wenger defenders for believing in someone. You’re all ruthless fuckers really and the virtue signalling on these pages doesn’t disguise that. Yes it’s sentimentality but you lot couldn’t give two hoots for that when it suits you. And by the way. If you really cared for “refugees” you’d be appalled at the way grown men push past vulnerable children, alone in the world and in need of the living embrace of western nations. For every single sexually active Male… Read more »
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“Why would Cesc regret success, and chasing his boyhood dream, when Arsenal had semi retired manager who didn’t give a flying fcuk about trophies?“ I’m not saying he necessarily regrets leaving Arsenal, because you don’t know until you know. I’m saying if he could choose to make the decision again knowing how it’s went for him I think he stays at Arsenal and pushes for us to be better. Just advocating that a players trophy haul isn’t the only yard stick they consider when reminiscing over a career. I’d put good money on Cescs best time as a footballer being… Read more »
So what the hell is really going on with Ramsey? Questions below. 1. Why is he airing his concerns through the media? This is strange. Can’t he just have his agent contact Raul and find out? Or ask Unai after training? 2. So did Arsenal take the contract off the table? Was that bad business practice? 100% no. Ramsey let the cat out of the bag with his following quote…‘A few weeks before we sort of agreed and I was ready to sign’. So let’s get this clear. There was a contract offer from Arsenal. We know that for sure.… Read more »
In my opinion Ramsey is a very good player when played with the right partners. During his whole career at Arsenal his beat season was while he player in the BtB position next to Arteta, who was collecting the ball deep in our half and distributing it at a fast rate. In the present team the only player close to what Arteta gave us in his first two seasons is Torriera. And until now they never played together in the two CM positions. At the beggining of the season Torreira was eased in to the team. When he became a… Read more »
Quite a few saying that Arsenal made Ramsey an offer, he ” sort ” of accepted, but his agents went incommunicado. Heard very similar stories with Ox, no idea how true such things are, but it is not beyond the bounds that agents have seen this club as a very soft touch under the old regime at least.
If this is anywhere near the truth, don’t blame the club at all.
If Rambo really wants to stay, he could start by ditching his agents, but may be too late for that.
Welbeck has had a shocking run of injuries. That’s what’s kept him from playing more.
You don’t want him as your primary cf but you definitely want him in yiur squad. Rapid, tall and strong, huge commitment too whuch is key for me.
Want to see this man signed up, huge squad man
They weren’t planing on being legends, they wanted trophies. They got it an the Arsenal got the monies. it hurts yes, but no hard feelings towards them.. They played their part in sustaining falling ship.
When it comes to contracts, we should always follow the golden rule. ‘There is no loyalty. Everyone acts in their own best interest’. This includes the players, the manager, the club executives and of course the owners. So why do I get so upset when some players leave? Well, it’s really to do with their behaviour rather than their decision. RVP, as captain of the club, started talking about the ‘little boy’ inside of him screaming to play for Man United when we all remember him as a kid wearing an Arsenal shirt. Adebayor appreciably showed less effort and intensity… Read more »
Just like every other fucking English players we’ve had in the last decade…. Ramsay is fuck… Been at the club for a decade and hasn’t held down a true position in the team… Just like Walcott, Chamberlain, jack wheelchair, and jekinson… Only Gibbs was a know LB but he wasn’t good enough… Just let Ramsay be, Ramsay would be sold or let go for free in the summer… Which I very much.. That Hollywood superstar wanted to hold arsenal for ransom, but it backfired and didn’t go as he planned.. This issue is as grave as it seem, but most… Read more »
Unai i am sure you know.
Keep stacking that CASHOLA.
Sell Ramsey for goodness sake.
He was a Wenger arse licker and now he is facing the reality ie not good enough.
Championship player in my opinion.
Has had one good season in 10 years and wants mega money….bye bye pal.
Welcome to the new Arsenal.
BacaryisGod
It’s not that some players leave, it’s how they do it that causes the issues.
PK
“Sell Ramsey for goodness sake.”
You do understand how football and contracts work?
Ramsey will be gone in the summer, it’d be great if we could get some money for him in Jan but you need two things 1) Someone willing to offer money for something they can have for free in 6 months 2) the player to be willing to sign when he can leave on a free in a few months.
This “just sell him” thing is bloody stupid.
James Wood it’s called a market correction you liberal douche, and it’s the first one in 2 years. It was predicted to happen after the market under Trump keeps breaking new records. Our economy is booming and the job rate is flat out amazing. Obama said we’d need a magic wand to accomplish half as much. Fucktards like you are just jealous you can’t get in. Here’s a tip for ya mate, just sneak in the Southern border with the rest of the world.
Those that hate Trump and what he stands for should spend less time moaning about him and more time asking themselves why out of a population of 300 odd million the best candidate the Democrat’s could put up was Hilary Clinton.
“I have to keep entering my user name and pass word every time I try to post. Is this a website issue or my phone? Is it happening with anyone else? It’s really annoying. I should have picked a simpler user name” Or, you could just stop posting until the problem is fixed, you fucking dimwitted twat. It’s been a known issue for days. Do you consider your posts so vital that they’ll be conspicuously absent to other readers? I love how someone as thick as you presumes to share your opinions regarding grown-up issues… Pedro, you must be so… Read more »
A consistent feature in the last few years of Wenger’s tenure was the team’s inability to face and handle pressure. Whenever the team had a chance to exploit an opportunity, they would slip up.
This run has been good but the real test is if they can keep it going… withstand scrutiny and withstand the pressure.
Wenger!
WenGER!!
WENGER!!!
Just hope, he is watching, and dare comes out of his closet and air his opinion on the current Ramsay contract dilemma…
It’s been 3months, and hasn’t have the courage to come out and support arsenal… Be it present in the stadium or on social network or media
ddkingz
You just sound like a child with that comment. If Wenger had come out with any comment even supporting or congratulating the club or Emery you’d try to turn that to slagging him off.
He’s gone give it a fucking rest.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/lucas-torreira-arsenal-news-sporting-vs-highlights-rating-interview-profile-scout-watch-video-how-a8602101.html
Love this lad
Marc
Spot on.
Wenger can just stay hidden and keep his mouth shut on anything Arsenal.
He’s done and said enough the last dozen years.
“That Hollywood superstar wanted to hold arsenal for ransom, but it backfired and didn’t go as he planned..” Well said, through his agent anyway… Jenk, Elneny and Ramsey aren’t good enough for different reasons and paid at higher than PL market level wages. If Ramsey is on what Welbeck reportedly gets it’d probably be a different conversation. The club suffers from skewed wage levels for over a decade and caused untold damages to contract management eg can’t move ’em on. It’d be another 2, 3 years before the new management could cleanse/ make it healthier. Borrowing from Trump, Ramsey leaving… Read more »
Ramsey pretty much always takes the sting out of every counterattacking move with this annoying run, turn back, wait for the opposition to track back and then pass back to someone running behind him bullshit.
Bar the odd Hollywood goal, what does he really contribute?
@ Suga Spot on m8. Few of my rl friends and Gooners including me spotted that too. It looks great when he pulls one of his Hollywood flings and scores but thats rare. Rest of time he really smothers the ball and hes runs look good but more often than not he occupies other player attacking position and gets in a way of attack intead of opening space and contribute to attack. I bet hes very good at 5v5 but on open field he just lacks to much in positional awareness and all his play is so instictive. This would… Read more »
Testing
We need to get back in the CL.
This Thursday/Sunday routine is a bit annoying…
Check