Sometimes, people say to me, ‘Pedro, you have great sensibilities in understanding physiological circumstances when it comes to diagnosis of player ailments.’ Need proof? Well, BILD took the Le Grove commentary on Fortnite playing to the next level
“Yes, that can be the cause of Ozil’s back problems,”
“A competitive athlete feels the consequences of hours of inactivity much faster than a non-athlete.
“This is because Ozil’s physical structures are highly tuned due to his intense training.
“A non-athlete, however, does not notice that.”
So, if you’re a fat c*nt, excessive gaming is not an issue… but if you’re a highly-tune athlete, maybe. Rent-a-quote isn’t always the best place to get your information, but it has been interesting reading around about this issue. There have been issues in MLB over here, with one player having to miss a game because of carpal tunnel syndrome. It’s also notable that China is taking note of the issue, looking to crack down on tech firms that use ever-smarter ways to keep people hooked into their games.
What is astounding about this whole story is how the media works. What started out as a tongue in cheek joke is now being re-reported as Bild’s story on a Russian propaganda website. Unreal times we live in.
Anyway, a touch alarming the German is still out of action. Hopefully whatever the issue, it’s resolved in good time.
In other sadder news, Raheem Sterling was racially abused by a bunch of Stone Island thugs at the Chelsea game over the weekend. A lot of soul searching has to be done over this bullshit rearing its ugly head again. Sterling dug out the media for their part in this. That’s certainly true to a certain degree. But I think you also have to give some of the blame to politicians who’ve lost all sense of decorum and the corrosive nature of social media, giving rise to fringe idiots.
It’s incredible that in the space of a week, we’ve seen vile fan abuse at one of the biggest Premier League showcases in the world, and a banana thrown at an Arsenal player.
I don’t want to tell people what to do in the grounds, but if you’re there, and you hear someone shouting racist remarks, it’s up to you to speak up. Don’t giggle along. We’re all responsible for enabling that sort of bollocks. If you can get punched in the face for calling Arsene Wenger a balloon head, you should get an ear full for taking player abuse too far.
This is a photo of Matty G looking fine for Canal+. There was some debate had online about his choices, but for me, he’s looking exceptional here. The light pattern shows off a penchant for understated flair, I like the crisp white shirt and his decision not to wear a bow tie, and finally, I’m very much into the choice of what looks like a vintage Rolex.
The kid has it all.
Unai Emery has responded to concerns of the site over the growing injury list and whether his intense training methods are to blame.
“No. I don’t know if this is the reason. Big injuries like with Rob and Welbeck is…
“Then it is normal. We have played three matches.
“Mustafi is ok. It’s only because he is feeling muscular [that he came off], but [it’s] not a break.”
Weirdly, it’s great news that whatever happened to Mustafi is not that important. Hopefully, we’ll have a solid December and keep the injury issues down to a minimum. We don’t have a particularly deep squad and we really are going to need to lean into hard if we’re planning on competing with an extremely competitive top 6 this season.
I still can’t get over how good our start has been, and how poor our league position is. We’re 8 points off the top and unbeaten in 21 games. Staggering. If we’re thinking pragmatically, it’s going to still be extremely difficult for us to break the top 4 this season. Perhaps Europa is our best bet for getting back to the Champions League?
If we do get there, we’re going to have to spend big to improve the squad, because at the minute, we’re getting by on having a really easy Europa League group to play against. Getting back into the big time and having to play an elite 11 6 extra times before the December crunch is going to be tough to master after 2 seasons in the wilderness.
Right, that’s all I have for you beautiful festive people. See you in the comments.
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DM
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bankz is here for the Tr4phy again
Tr4phy
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Nice one Bankz. In a rush today so no time to hang around and play tactically.
Beat you to your usual tricks DM.
Do have a nice day
Global gunner
From previous post.
“drinking” works for me.
Identify these So called Chelsea supporters and sentence them.?
Ban them from the club for life.?
Post their identities in the press putting their jobs at risk.?
And ask why they have done this when Chelsea have Black and Ethnic
players of their own.
Hypocrites of the highest order.
Aaarrrgh!! I just listened Emery speak for the first time yesterday (When he was quizzed on why Ozil wasn’t starting vs Spurs), and I have to say that he better speed up on that English.. it was painful to hear. lol. But so long he keeps making us all happy who cares..
I can’t believe how many gilt-edge chances Auba has missed this season alone. I have gradually warmed up to him since he has improved his overall game the last 3 games but mans gotta stop missing those chances for crying out loud
James Wood
If life was that simple.
Agree with you 100% though.
Educating them is a waste of time.
Just expose them and give them a criminal record (If they haven’t got one already).
Scum of the highest order.
Whaaaaaaaat ?????
There is racist fans at Chelsea ???
Are you absolutely sure about that fact Pedro ??
(lolz)
“Marc
December 9, 2018 22:43:50
“We should really feel sorry for Pierre. He’s just some senile OC who likes Wenger because he can’t do his jacket up either. Euthanasia would be kinder.”
I would put that abuse on the same level that Raheem Sterling received at the weekend
“Stone island thug”. This did make me chuckle.
There are a few things that always miffed me about Stone Island.
1. They are an Italian brand. I thought they would have been made in a garage in Hastings.
2. They are really expensive but look like cheap bits of crap.
3. People who go to football wear it.
The race thing is just a bit passé these days…also, doing it on camera is just plain dumb (hasn’t this guy heard of the anonymity of online abuse)?
Race. Homophobia. Islamaphobia. Hay fever…meh.
Sterling dug out the media for their part in this. That’s certainly true to a certain degree. But I think you also have to give some of the blame to politicians who’ve lost all sense of decorum and the corrosive nature of social media, giving rise to fringe idiots.
……………………
Why is there always somebody else to blame. They are adults. They made the choice to hurl abuse at Sterling. They are the ones to be held to account – not the media or politicians.
Oh and before everyone starts ragging on chelsea…I’ve been topside and clock end and heard all sorts of shit.
Wherever there is football, there will be violence and jerks mouthing off.
Football and it’s fans are the problem.
lol Pierre.
Oh and another thing…Arsenal fans calling spurs Yids. Plus the anti semetic shit probably everyone who has ever been to an arsenal game has shouted at spurs.
Do not take the moral high ground on Chelsea.
lol just a bit of bantz la nothing wrong with that innit?
No one’s disputing those things Guns, they all happen. I’ve heard Arsenal fans say a tonne of things that they shouldn’t. We’re talking about Saturday evening there, a group of idiots in the 1st row on a televised game are shouting abuse and one of them is so stupid he brings race into it. What’s Sterling’s race got to do with ANYTHING. Sterling runs like a little girl why not tease him about that. Even worse is there is a black man amongst them. Scenes when the same yob who hurled that abuse at Sterling is probably there grabbing his… Read more »
@Guns
‘Do not take the moral high ground on Chelsea.’
You must have been down the Bridge in the 80s? Remember the state of their fans marching up and down Seig Heiling on the Fulham Road? They deserve everything they get the knuckle draggers.
Alone – Guns regularly goes out of his way to have a contrarian view to others on here.
Pete
Chelsea and palace. Palace had a massive NF base.
I’m not defending Chelsea, I am just saying that ALL fans of all clubs are 99% made up of vile, drunk and violent idiots.
Leftside
I had to look up the word contrarian…
I knew you would..
Leftside
Saying that Raheem runs like a girl is not very PC. You’ve basically had a go at his masculinity, dissed the femmes and runners all in one ugly internet post.
Not good.
I didn’t need to look up the word…I used the time checking out BBW women on the internet.
…and researching racist jokes I’ll tell a bit later.
Watergun, I know your joking but such is the state of this overly sensitive universe that somebody probably would take offence to what I said.
P.S BBWs are for a real man 😉
Leftside
Wink.
This is the first season in PL history where 5 clubs have been achieving their potential (broadly speaking – and at least so far) In every other season 2 of the top 6 will be complete wank. One or two will be meh and whoever is left wins the league impressively This year is different tho. City are hands down the best team but you only get 3 points for smashing teams in style, the same as you get for solid or less than stellar wins – and the top 5 have all been very effective winning machines this season… Read more »
“He’s 19 but he’s playing like he’s been there forever.
“Sometimes I’m watching him like I want to be against him because he p****s me off with the confidence he has.
“He’s so confident on the ball and he’s everywhere on the pitch. I’ve watched him. He’s in the box, running without a problem.
“You can be 19 and have the mentality and experience of a 24-year-old. Age doesn’t matter. He’s unbelievable.”
Berbatov on Guendouzi
A racist is the dumbest kind of meathead. Basically he is thinks he is superior because of something he had no part in making: Being white. Is being white an achievement?. You should only really be proud of something that makes you stand out from the 95% of humanity.
Re the iwobi debate His form has dropped off after a very good start to the season I’m not sure if this is just his ceiling we’re seeing or if emery can get more out of him – but what we’re seeing right now isn’t enough. We have a major lack of squad depth tho and until we buy an elite winger he absolutely should be in and around the first team as he offers something useful and different to what we have in terms of pace, running and work rate My feeling is if he can’t improve, he’s ok… Read more »
Also if inter will offer 25m for ozil YES FUCKING PLEASE
That money basically buys you a torreira. Maybe for that money we can just clone torreira and play him at AM. Would be quality!
@ China
I do not think Emery can get much more out of Iwobi, i can now see what Bamford is saying, he just lacks quality and you cannot teach that
The Utd game was a huge moment for Guendouzi He showed up and made a major difference to our game in the engine room of the team at Old Trafford. If he can play like this regularly then he is the absolute future alongside torreira He needs to add consistency to his game and also cut the number of mistakes he makes but there has been some progress on this front. I normally don’t hype young players too early and it is too early for him so far but the signs are there and I would absolutely love it if… Read more »
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Drinking is ok. Stinking is not
Global
White people aren’t the only racists. Everyone is capable.
Gued and Torrier, if we can hold on to them, will be the dominant middle two in the premier league for years.
We need a lot more like them to get this team into a winning team.
Well at least if we can’t hold on to either of them we should be able to make an insane profit on them
If torreira plays this way consistently for 18 months he will be a 100m player
Guen cost less than the change emery found down the sofa so as disappointing as it would be to lose him if he fulfills his potential, we’ll make an insane profit at least
Well having players teams would pay insane amounts for makes a pleasant change from having players no one wants but we can’t get rid of because we pay them too much
I couldn’t catch the game on Saturday, I heard torreira, guen and xhaka all played. Can anyone tell me what shape we’re they in and to what extend did that work?
Cheers, Receding. Agree that this is Iwobi’s ceiling.
If we can sell Ozil for £25m, we should do so. He doesn’t contribute enough and we’d gain not just the £25m but an additional £350k a week. That’s 3-4 good players’ salaries.
It does raise the question, though, of who our first-choice CAM is and who he would be if Ozil were sold.
If Torreira’s form keeps up… Real Madrid and Barcelona will commence Operation “Tap up another Arsenal player.” They always do.
Hopefully next season we’ll be back in the CL so we can tell them where to go and how to get there.
China In the first half we played a 3-5-2 with those three as the three CMs. Xhaka was the one holding/deep-lying CM with both Torreira and Guendouzi in front of him. Aubameyang and Lacazette played more or less a flat two up top. This didn’t work all that well on the attacking side of things as we didn’t really have a proper CAM to find Auba or Laca’s feet or to find them in space. At halftime Emery switched to 4-3-2-1, brought in Mkhitaryan and Iwobi to play underneath Aubameyang and left the three CMs as they were. This worked… Read more »
Regarding iwobi’s ceiling I think we can conclude this one way or the other at the end of the season
He’s gonna get a lot of chances to play before then and plenty of time with emery. If there’s no real improvement then that’s probably that. He might surprise us tho. I hope so
GOH
Don’t infer that Arsenal is an antisemitic club as you posted above.
There are plenty of Jewish Supporters at the club and more importantly both
Danny Fiszman and David Dein two of the club’s most influential directors in the past were Jewish.
Spurs have been tarred with the same brush as Ajax in Holland as a Jewish Club, but in reality both clubs Jewish support is very much a minority.
Cheers Bamford. That 3 man midfield worth sticking with based on what you saw?
China
Further, I think most would say that all three CMs played fairly well in their assigned roles. Many would likely single out Torreira for special praise. I would agree with all of that except that I would add that none of these three offered what a CAM type player offers and that if we’re going to play with three CMs, one should be more of a CAM type. IMO.
Also agree that this is Iwobi’s ceiling..
He tries but ultimately you can’t do more than your ability
“If Torreira’s form keeps up… Real Madrid and Barcelona will commence Operation ”
Let’s hire an hypnotiseur to convince them to buy Ozil instead.
China I think they formed a solid midfield three, but as I say above, we lacked a CAM type player and that hindered us a little, IMO. This problem was solved in the second half somewhat by deploying Iwobi and Mkhitaryan in advanced roles underneath Aubameyang, but I don’t know if that is the optimal solution. Someone here complained after the game that it makes no sense to play “three holding mids” in the center and I think that I basically agree with that, though I think Emery was doing this somewhat out of necessity and somewhat to see how… Read more »
Too many racists and bigots in this world. Education has little or no effect on these people. Punishment to the highest level does. As for Football, the FA/ UEFA/ FIFA/ CLUBS should all be held accountable in this. Penalize clubs/countries/teams for persistent racist abuse. Money talks, as we all well know(how do you think Russia hosted the WC) but how can so many of the Eastern block countries continue to get away with things? The only solution is to ban them from competing. Those guys at Chelski should be named and shamed. Ouch!, I forgot, they have their Human Rights.… Read more »
Bamford 10 That was a fair summary of the situation on Saturday. Lacazette spent a lot of the first half tracking back, because of lack of service and both Bellerin and Kolasinac did not spend much time in first half in the Huddersfield end of the pitch. My personal view despite all the usual negatives from posters is that Ozil does make a difference when he plays and provides the best service to our forwards. Ramsey can of course play the AMF role, and frankly I am surprised that the club and Emery have chosen to let him go because… Read more »
People who openly communicate they are not a racist are, more often than not, a racist.
Shite, this is my lunch break ( Cornish pasty and chips today) and I’m talking about racism.
Graham, food racism is a real concern.
Nice to see that my sense of humor is more than ever welcome on Le Grove.
I do HL, we need some people who can let their hair down and have a laugh on here
Let’s judge by half time when all done the 19 games. Could easily be top4…
Shows how important to beat the ‘lesser’ (not bottom) teams. Our little dip dropped 4 points. Imagine…. 4 pts from top!
Would Torreira not fetch 50m, Matty G 30m in the buoyant PL market? That’s 40m+ in 6mo!
Buy smart and we are set.
Without overstating it, the Jan TW is so very important for AFC due to state of our revival.
Time for the new management TEAM to earn their bonuses….
Mustafi ok is good news.
“A racist is the dumbest kind of meathead. Basically he is thinks he is superior because of something he had no part in making: Being white”
Or being any other colour.
Graham, I think they’ve been shamed for sure… but, really depends on what they do.
Unless they work in banks, there’s likely no consequence.
I find that Auba is most dangerous when playing with winger or wing back. That’s why he wishes Arsenal to get him Ousmane Dembele. He is not someone who likes to interplay with a #10. Up to now, our best attacking plays came from the wing backs. I am sure that Auba will find his form and finish up those crosses. I think we should continue to attack though the wing and forget about through the middle.
£25m for Ozil would be mental.
Don’t believe it though.
No doubt the club are looking at if they have any options at all to get rid.
Think it may be a case of offering him a free transfer in the summer.
I saw an article yesterday I think saying that Emery doesn’t fancy Ozil or something to that effect so it wouldn’t surprise me if these murmurs are true.
£25m would be mental because he was publicly very much available for 18 months on a smaller deal and no one wanted him
guns
Gued and Torrier, if we can hold on to them, will be the dominant middle two in the premier league for years.
if we can find a MF with creativity, ala cazorla but at the right age, we could have our mid three for years to come. But torr and gwen for me do not have that creative side to them.
What’s got two wings and 22 legs?
A Chinese football team.
She’s got more chins than a Chinese phone book.
I did a xenophobia.
Gons
Agreed and it ain’t Xhaka.
If we can raise some money from Iwobi, Ramsay and Welbeck…I’d go in for Saha or take a punt in Holland. Things are looking brighter again in the Netherlands for talent.
Pedro
Somehow, I don’t any of them are bank employees.
Just a feeling.
Those fans shouting the abuse were gas fitters and plasterers.
Considering this is Emery and Sarri’s first season in England, the next season is gonna be even more competitive.
Ridiculous how hard the PL has become.
think
Oh and another thing…Arsenal fans calling spurs Yids. Plus the anti semetic shit probably everyone who has ever been to an arsenal game has shouted at spurs. Do not take the moral high ground on Chelsea.
Known racist wants people to go easy on known racist football club (supporters at least). Hardly shocking is it
“I do not think Emery can get much more out of Iwobi, i can now see what Bamford is saying, he just lacks quality and you cannot teach that”
I doubt if anyone here has thought of Iwobi as anything more than a squad player. Sometimes, you need the Fletchers and Parks in your team to win you trophies.
That is what Iwobi should be: a squad player who gets the odd start against bottom teams during periods like this when the games come thick and fast.
Marko
Stop.
No one except my klan members know me as a racist…unless you are in the klan, too?
But then again, we all wear pointy pillow cases over our heads so it could be anyone under there.
Silly Marko.
@Azed I watched the game in a bar here in Benin Nigeria, of course when the game started most people were cursing Emery for not starting Iwobi, being Nigerian and all and they would love to see him do well. When he finally came on, after a few minutes i asked them what impact he was making, some of them admitted the guy just wasn’t that good, it was a tough admission but you cannot escape what’s before your eyes, if we really aspire to be a top European team i don’t even think Iwobi should be in our squad,… Read more »
And this Iwobi conclusion was not reached in yesterday’s game, he has been pretty woeful for about a month now
“Saying that Raheem runs like a girl is not very PC. You’ve basically had a go at his masculinity, dissed the femmes and runners all in one ugly internet post.”
Owned.
Really racism is bad in all forms and shouldn’t be condoned esp in this PC mad world. Buy so too should posts like this one quoted and the one Pierre quoted at the beginning of the post.
Imagine calling someone a ‘senile old cunt’ for having a differing view to yours? More mental than getting 25m for Ozil.
Iwobi has the attributes but not the talent.
He’s had a few years under Arsene and half a season under Emery…apart from a couple of flashes, he’s the same player.
A body in the squad but not a starter at all.
Where’s a Kanu when you need him? There would be our creator right there.
Senile old cunt was the go-to discription for Arsene on here for about six years!
Let’s just abbreviate it to SOC and leave it there.
… or SOT.
Calling someone a SOC, (at work can’t type all that lol) is far different to using racial slurs against somebody.
The mistakes iwobi made in the last match were all bad touches or poor control. There was also an unwillingness to take people on unlike before. This depicts low confidence and nothing more. Agreed he’s going through a bad spell the last 3 games but he definitely has talent. This is not his ceiling at all.
Depending on his environment moving forward we could see that player. Some players are just confidence players.
Nothing fires up the internet like a round of racism and or, religious bigotry.
IHRHC
That’s Iwobi has reached his ceiling.
RH You cannot have a squad full of world class players. You need a mixture of technical players and hard workers. I used Darren Fletcher and Ji Sun Park as examples because they were not the best players technically but they did the job for Fergie. Mesut Ozil is far better than Iwobi comparing them is an insult but Unai for now prefers Iwobi to Ozil even though Iwobi has no end product. Everyone who has praised Iwobi on this site has said he’s nothing better than a squad player and when you go through our squad, its cheaper to… Read more »
“Calling someone a SOC, (at work can’t type all that lol) is far different to using racial slurs against somebody.”
Care to explain how. Cos I would be madder if you called me a senile old cunt while I am offering my POV.
Marko is a known Xenophobe.
What about senile old bugger? Is it the c word that makes it so awful?
I think tomorrow’s post should all be abbreviated.
Rambo
You mean he was on LB426?
You cannot have a squad full of world class players. You need a mixture of technical players and hard workers. I used Darren Fletcher and Ji Sun Park as examples because they were not the best players technically but they did the job for Fergie. I think you are doing Ji Sung Park a disservice, he was a very good player, yes he worked hard but there was more to him than that. I am actually kind of mad at Iwobi, he has been given a great chance by this manager and he is not really using it. Emery has… Read more »
Mystic, It would be an unwarranted attack on you, but it’s just offensive words. It says more about the person saying it than it does you. Now if I’m having a “reasonable” conflict of opinions with someone and they decide to call me a black so and so – that is more personal to me. What does my colour have to do with anything? Senile is harsh/shouldn’t be tolerated, but they’re alluding that in old age your mental faculties have deserted you but how can you insult somebody because of their skin tone? I’m not saying one’s okay and the… Read more »
“Emery has said on more than one occasion he needs Iwobi to score goals, put himself in positions to score, he is not even pretending to do that”
Iwobi thinks he has made it. The earlier praise he got in the season has gotten into his head so he’s trying to do more than his ability.
I hope two players are bought in January (Winger and CAM) so Iwobi doesn’t make the match day squad anymore.
I think it’s imperative that we get a lateral, on-the-ball player. Some with the attributes of KDB or Almiron. Capable of running the ge and creating through the middle. Basically a central winger if you like. That’s what this team is lacking.
We already have 3 very good deep lying playmakers in the squad. If we are going to get an extra CM, they have to be attacking and lateral. Also get that winger. Right now I can’t look past Pepe.
A lot of people are saying that we are wining without playing good football. I have come to realize that this is the type of football that Emery wants. He prefers hardworking players than skill players (Our financial constraint would allow us to sign superstars). Iwobi is Emery’s type player. Until we can get into the champion league and can compete in the transfer market, our hope will be on the scouts to pick out players that suit Emery’s style of football. Wenger ball is gone forever.
and saying Sterling runs like a little girl (which was light hearted) for anyone who feels offended by that needs to get a life. Sterling has brought it up himself/joked about it on various occasions, been teased about it on various occasions and hasn’t taken it serious. Why, because it’s a joke. It’s not intended to harm, its just cross talk and nothing more.
If somebody called me a WC I would be more bothered about the C.