Are you ok?
Come on, wipe away those tears. We’re gonna be A-0k. Put that Bergkamp poster back up on the wall, put on your retro bruised banana shirt that doesn’t fit back on, then we’ll crack into some tasty Arsenal morsels.
But before we crack on, pet peeve of mine… social media bios that say things like ‘Beans on toast enthusiast’ or ‘Purveyor of cream cheese’… fuck off. Don’t be a wanker. Imagine introducing yourself at a party like that? You’d be asked to leave. Maybe have your ‘craft beers with an interesting story behind them’ deservedly taken on the way out for being so offensively twee.
Anyway, the club is apparently going after Ismaïla Sarr in the summer. ExMonaco defender Willy Sagnol had this to say on the winger.
“The star of this team is Ismaïla Sarr, there’s nobody else. It is he who carries it offensively. He is consistent in his performances, his efforts. He is the only one since the beginning of the season who brings real satisfaction.”
The rumour on the street is that we’re going to offer them Emi Martinez and £16m in the summer. This really would be the sort of signing we should be making. I’ve sadly had enough downtime this season to watch Rennes a couple of times. The player has Kanu like tight control (when it’s good, obviously), his telescopic legs allow him to fend off pressure, and he can explode into space.
You never know what you’re getting when you buy players so young from Ligue One, but it’d be harsh to sniff at a 20-year-old left sided winger who has scored 9 goals and dropped 6 assists in 25 games. That’s worth a punt. We’re getting in there before a Monaco do… and inevitably flog him for £600m in one season. This is Sven’s chance to deliver us a Dembele.
Foot Mercato report that we’re interested in signing Yannick Carrasco from Chinese power players, Dalian Yifang. It’s pretty obvious to me that it’d be insanity to give him £200k a week, but you know, he might hate where he lives so much he’s prepared to take a pay packet that’s more reasonable.
It’s clear whatever happens, it’ll have to be a loan move. Emery delivered some much-needed brutality to fans dreaming of a £100m January.
“We cannot make payments to sign players. We can only loan players. But we can only sign players on loan. I know the club is working to find players who can help us, with this condition.”
That makes our January window feel ever so familiar. The silver lining here is that if it were Wenger in today’s prezzer, he’d be telling us that he’s on the lookout for a super, super talent before pulling the trigger on a 38-year-old goat farmer from the Saudi league. At least Emery has set the expectation dial at miserable. Anything from here is going to be fucking immense.
I also want to lay to rest the notion that Arsenal aren’t appealing because we don’t have £4b to throw at the squad. Spurs has one of the best coaches on the planet, he spent nothing last summer and his net spend is in the minus figures. Or plus figures. What’s the symbol when you’re in profit?
Anyway, when the Arsenal job rolls around, only the mega coaches would sniff. If that’s Allegri, who hardly operates on mega money now (or gets paid well), that’s most likely because he never wanted to leave a club that just signed Ronaldo. Not other major coach was sniffing at a £200m wage bill and the chance to spend £80m last summer. As was pointed out in the comments yesterday. Poch spend net zero his first two season and Klopp spent net £35m in his first two season. Emery has dropped double in his first summer. Hardly poverty.
Arsenal is a hugely attractive role for 90% of coaches out there. Don’t kid yourself otherwise. Sven and Raul wouldn’t be at the club if it weren’t appealing. We just need to make our situation work. That’s getting back to wheeling and dealing. Very much like how Wenger operated when he first joined. Find the gems. The broken pros that need life. Hope that some kids make it big.
COMMUNITY POST: This was from Gambon in the comments. Him tackling the ‘it’s Stan’ issue head on.
Good argument from @TheMightyGambon as to why Stan really isn’t to blame for the mess we’re in (outside lack of leadership presence).
Some of our BEST decisions of the last ten years. pic.twitter.com/Gq7ZesnThZ
— Le Grove (@LeGrove) January 10, 2019
I think judging by our past dalliances in the January window, it’s probably best we keep our moves to loans, versus purchasing in anxiety mode.
Top 4 would be an incredible achievement from where we are, but it seems unlikely. Let’s spend our time trying to shift players other teams want. Mikhi apparently has admirers in Milan, if that’s true, let him go for whatever they’ll give us. Free up that £170k a week and make it happen.
As someone pointed out yesterday, the likelihood is we’ll need to dramatically reduce our wage bill, and one of our most saleable assets is Lacazette. Get that salary off our books, regardless of how much I love him. We cannot operate with someone that expensive occupying the bench. I’d miss the goals, but surely he’s a £65m striker if Chelsea paid £70m for Morata? We could buy 2 and bit Torreira’s for that.
If Emery can’t motivate Ozil to care, the club has to come to a deal this summer and remove him. It’s going to be hard to find anyone to foot that bill, that said, we did find an Italian club willing to pay Ramsey £280k a week GROSS. Unreal figures, so it does show you, anything is possible if you force someone’s hands.
From there, it’s taking punts on players with high ceilings/hoping some of the kids coming through can up their levels and give us some magic.
See, anything is possible when you write it down in a blog. I think we solved Arsenal? Have a great day! x
P.S Don’t be selfish, listen to the fucking podcast.
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‘. If you think that means the end of all for Arsenal is nigh then please fuck off and stopping bringing everyone else down as well’
Oh I thought I could have a civil conversation with you, my mistake .
Marko You’ve just made your agenda clear to all. Let’s jot concern ourselves with how the current setup are going to get us to our future aims, let’s simply lambast the previous management time and again. I’m sure your method of bitching about Arsene every few days is precisely the boardroom discussion at Arsenal. You’re still part of the club that can’t see past a man. Wonder how long that will last into the future. However someone details how Wenger left the club, be it shit, indifferent, or good, it’s how operations are from now that defines us moving forward.… Read more »
“The longer you are out of it, the tougher it becomes to get back in to it.”
May be this would make Kronke fuck off.
TR7
If you think that’s offensive then you need to get a thicker skin. Just to point out I never insulted you, where are you from?
I would understand all the outrage if Kroenke had promise to plough in money and reneged on that promise
The memo right from when he came in was self sustaining model, the snake Gazidis had it on his lips whenever he saw a mic
Looks like the club is dead on its feet in round 12…
Could have been Ali
We turned out to be Richard Dunn
The promised land we were sold is in fact wasteland….
Badly managed
Badly run
Bad signings buy a punter sky bets love.
Sprinkle sugar on it but it’s still shit
The dream is a nightmare in disguise.
R.I.P Arsenal
Fondly missed.
SSM- sounds so good at first. We dont need a sugar daddy, etc. We can manage our finances etc. We are not like City, Chelsea PSG etc. Well, self sustaining does not mean shit management, manager, stupid contracts etc. We fucked that up. Perhaps SSM would be great if we had things pretty good from day one. We did not, thanks to Ivan and the dictator Now SSM is fine, but our team is a mess. its not going to get us out of this mess in this moment. We need a push from our owner to get out of… Read more »
please fuck off and stopping bringing everyone else down as well’
Marc it is a tab rude mate to tell someone to F off regardless even if you didn’t mean it in that way. It’s not about growing a thickskin.
Our sponsors are watching… Kroenke shows ambition, it makes them happy. Others might even take a gander at us.
Never seen an owner let his business tank and sit on their hands.
Amazing.
The more I think about this the more pissed I get. Emery has his hands tied. Kudos to him for trying to be a trooper about the entire debacle.
Im hoping that Mavro helps our d. perhaps if we get Suarez it can help us as well.
its going to get tough without help from a billionaire who sits on his hands.
The longer you are out of it, the tougher it becomes to get back in to it.
Yes and no. I mean Spurs were out of it more times than in over the years and now they look like a proper champions league team Liverpool too
I feel sorry for Emery
Some signs of improvement but too many average players inherited..
Sack ozil be taken to court
Get the next George Carmen to defend club
Tell Ramsey he plays every game till end of season, or leave in Jan .. he will leave
Sack jenkinson With a pay off
Sell mustsfi
Show who’s boss
Don’t filly dally
The club is at the crossroads and could go either way . It’s what happens on the pitch in the next 5 months ,not off it , which will appease the fan base . The club need to get the fan base back onside as cracks are starting to appear …Emery needs to get it right , if he gets it wrong there will be no going back. I believe and have always believed that we have the players at the club now to get us back in the champions league… Chelsea are the ones to catch…. We are in… Read more »
Dangote will come to Arsenal’s rescue….. I think the main reason behind silent Stan buying out usmanov is so he gets to call the shots on selling to dangote at a price he names…. you heard it here first.
What happened to all the money from the flat sales….
Someone had done an Arthur Fowler MD thinks
sf:
Stan is the most honest Chairman in the Prem:
£30 million to HMRC
LIVERPOOL PAID £0
Thought u would approve.
Lots of money going to the state for good causes and all that!
UT
I hope so. An enthusiastic owner is the way to go. Dangote loves the arsenal
It’s what happens on the pitch in the next 5 months ,not off it , which will appease the fan base .
…oh Pierre.
many on here believe that by playing ozil it will make us worse defensively……..that is not possible
…oh Jesus. Might I add he’s got one assist all season and fakes injuries… anyway yeah all that’s missing is a tackle now and then
Guns SF,
His refinery will be complete this year and projections are for circa $700mm profit a year…. this is the cash generator he’s linked to buying Arsenal and making us champions league winners…. let us pray 🙂
UT
Forget visit Rwanda
Visit Nigeria at that point!
“His refinery will be complete this year and projections are for circa $700mm profit a year”
It would be complete in 2020 and that is assuming there will not be any more delays.
I lost a comment. Probably just as well I’ll repeat verbatim without the insults. Charlie it was Arsene Wenger who was responsible for players such as Sanchez, Ozil, Welbeck, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla running down their contracts in the last few years. It was he who brought in Elneny, refused to sell Chambers to Palace and gave Jenkinson a new long contract. And that’s that. The new management is trying to avert some of these things in the future. They gave new contracts to Xhaka, Chambers, Elneny and Monreal recently so as to not find themselves in similar situations in the… Read more »
Anyone who gives Elneney an extension to his contract-should never be in a postion offer another one..
They clearly have ignored his past performances.
Good luck-trying to shift him!
Pedro I think everyone on here is aware of my feelings on Lacazette. Selling him would be a monumental mistake. Irrespective of his sellable value and the savings on his wages, where will the goals come from if Aubameyang gets injured? On top of this, and key to the whole issue, why get rid of a player who – 1. Is a major asset to the team. 2. Shows a willingness and desire to play for us. 3. Is a firm fans favourite. That’s right, all the things that Ozil isn’t. Maybe there is an underlying twist to this whole… Read more »
Wenger left last season.
Marko It’s like a little switch goes off in your head whenever ozil is mentioned in a positive light …. ” one assist all season and fakes injuries…” Though I’m could have sworn he made goals against Leicester(Aubamayang) Burnley(iwobi) and quarabag(Lacazette) and scored 4 goals this season in his limited amount of game time ,which I agree is a poor return for a player of Ozil’s calibre, so let’s hope that Emery can find a way to unlock ozil,Mhkitaryan and Lacazette full potential as that is what all Arsenal supporters would all want ,isn’t it Marko?…. .a successful Arsenal football… Read more »
There were no ‘Arsenal-at-any-cost’ heroes on the BoD back then when Danny proposed a new stadium, but the closest anyone came to being one was David Dein. There was good reason for a bigger ground because plainly there was more demand than seats. But DD differed from the other directors on how to obtain money to build the stadium. He wanted a Rights Issue to raise money. For that reason, he brought Kroenke over to underwrite the issue. Danny and the other directors didn’t like the idea. Why? Because it would have diluted their holdings, But Kroenke spotted a business… Read more »
Why does not Emery play all his best players and keep them on the pitch?
It can not be too difficult….unfortunately we have not got too many to choose from..
We had ozil, Rambo and laca on the bench against saints (lost by 3) but had lichsteiner playing ?
we have all forgot about Bellerin. He is back now from what I read?!
Major upgrade over shit Licht
Kola playing well…
Mavro and Sokratis in the middle
He compounds that, by persisting with lichsteiner and omits laca at The Anfield Massacre?
6 touches PEA had that game
5 kick offs?
Pierre
What’s your take on Gambon’s comments?
Score draw or narrow win tomorrow.
we hammer the hammers.
Just hope that rat face Nasri dosent score on us
Worth mentioning that Nicolas Pepe cost £8.5m just 18 months ago….now worth £50m
We need some of these kind of signings.
He would make a huge difference to this team.
Gambon- send by email that devastating analysis u wrote about AFC s inadequacies……they will sell ASAP!
No kidding Gambon
Send email to Raul Sven with your data…. damn good.
“scored 4 goals this season in his limited amount of game time ,which I agree is a poor return for a player of Ozil’s calibre” Ozil highest total for Arsenal is 8. So if scoring 4 half way through the season is poor, then there’s nothing Emery can unlock because even in the Wenger years when he played every game, his highest is 8. For the record, Ozil has only delivered double figure assists in the EPL a grand total of once in his 5 seasons here. So Pierre may Ozil is not as good as you make him out… Read more »
Azed
And your point is …..
Worth mentioning that Nicolas Pepe cost £8.5m just 18 months ago….now worth £50m
A goal and two assists tonight apparently.
It’s like a little switch goes off in your head whenever ozil is mentioned in a positive light
Positive? You were talking bull.
“And your point is …..”
3 goals at this point of the season is Ozil’s best and you admitted its poor. There’s nothing for Emery to unlock.
Ozil is poor for a creative midfield.
I am not really interested in proving a point as I know it’s boring but Marko And Azed appear to take offence because I said I would like to see Ozil in the starting line up….so ,as per usual ,they bombard me with stats to prove how shit he has been throughout his Arsenal career. I will always be able to find better Ozil stats if I want to prove the opposite and below is one of them .. .. 1th March 2018, 2:51 pmUpdated: 11th March 2018, 3:16 pm MESUT OZIL has broken a Premier League record today. The… Read more »
Marko
I see so many people saying “We need £300m to get in the top 4”
No, we need good scouting, and smart buys
Pepe was £8.5m
Sarr was £15m
Son was £18m
Sane was £32m
Alli was £6m
Zagadou was free
Akanji was £18m
Werner was £12m
Sancho was £9m
Any 3 of these guys improve us dramatically.
Azed
“Ozil is poor for a creative midfield.”
refer to my previous comment …reached 50 assists in the prem in the fewest number of games…but he’s not creative is he.
Pierre
Only once has he hit double figures in assist in 5 seasons.
You would not call a striker who hits double figure once in 5 seasons a good striker.
Graham
Will have a read of gambon’s comments
Do not bother with Pierre.
He simply doesn’t understand the game is all. He hasn’t for decades and he won’t start now.
Azed
Refer to my comment
50 assists in the fewest games…a record….say no more,nothing more needs too be said.
And on cue he proves my point. Such a simpleton.
Gambon
You’re describing Marko, he’s one of those guys that wants a couple of hundred million spent. Resident Xbox scout and all.
Those Ozil stats are damning and confirms how shit he is…
Pierre
Who’s a better Striker?
Kelvin Phillips or Luis Suarez?
Who’s Kelvin Phillips?
Pierre you are yet to acknowledge the obvious which is his decline in the last two seasons. 8 assists and 9 followed by the one this season and the faking of injuries
Kid you not, when rumours started circulating g that spurs were looking at Son for a mere £19m, I was waiting for us to bowl through and gazump the deal
We didn’t nothing of the sort
Off the top of my head, I can’t remeber who we’d singed around the same period, but I remember saying that Spurs got a better deal
Cue “Son wouldn’t have signed for us” or “nobody knew how Son would turn out”
Well fuck me, if only we had a scout dedicated to the Bundesliga or something
You’re describing Marko, he’s one of those guys that wants a couple of hundred million spent
Nah I agree with gambon I wanted smart purchases over the years that way we’d be reaping the rewards now instead of this struggle. You’re the numpty who makes excuses for us not signing Dybala/Coutinho/VVD over the years who argues the Gervinho over Hazard and Xhaka over Kante signings. In saying all that I don’t see us fixing the CB issue with “potential” signings. I think we’ll have to bite the bullet one of these days and do what Liverpool done.
Off the top of my head, I can’t remeber who we’d singed around the same period, but I remember saying that Spurs got a better deal
Carts the summer Spurs bought Son and Alderweirald was the infamous summer of cohesion where fuckface bought Cech for 10 million and that’s it. No single outfield player he couldn’t find anyone better than what we had. Son was a huge miss he was clearly an explosive player at Leverkusen
The reason why we missed out on a lot or reasonably priced prospects was either due to them not coming up in out *scout’s* radar or as we’ve all suspected, Arsene hated the idea or competition for players
Emery hasn’t gotten off to a great starts with his signing, it has to be said. However I think it’s a case of being more savvy in the market
Marko
I think you’re right, I was fucking flummoxed beyond belief.
anyone who spent time studying players or cared enough to watch the bundesliga outsides of Bayern, and sometimes BVB, Would’ve seen that Son was quick, versatile, 2 footed and young
Wenger really was a deluded sad fool, to be honest.
£20m over 4 or 5 years, I mean fucking hell
Wenger really was a deluded sad fool, to be honest….
3 league titles
7 FA cups
19 top 4
+10 runner ups
Signings from anelka , carzola and Sanchez, Henry at al
How we would love some of that delusion
Now?
No self respecting Korean will sign for us for a while after Wenger so badly treated Park Chu Young. We ruined his reputation in South Korea. Completely destroyed it.
“Who’s Kelvin Phillips?”
Some random who got to 50 goals before Suarez. Must be a better striker than Suarez going by Pierre’s logic.
Marko I’ve made no excuses for Wenger, I’ve just never been one of the cool ones to stoop to calling him “fuckface” and the like. That would be you that’s taken what’s offered and went on to play sides like some juvenile prick. Look at the state of you, can’t see past Wenger and you’re totally fixated on what he’s done with absolutely no interest in paying attention to what’s getting done now. So much so you’re happy to give the new crop as much leeway as possible in order to continue to stick it to Wenger. You’re a pathetic… Read more »
Arsenal were Runners Up 6 times under Wenger, but may as well of finished 10th as they trailed miles behind the eventual winners.
1998-99
1st Man Utd 79 points
2nd Arsenal 78 points
1999-00
1st Man Utd 91 points
2nd Arsenal 73 points
2000-01
1st Man Utd 80 poinrs
2nd Arsenal 70 points
2002-03
1st Man Utd 83 points
2nd Arsenal 78 points
2004-05
1st Chelsea 95 points
2nd Arsenal 83 points
2015-16
1st Leicester 81 points
2nd Arsenal 71 points
That would be you that’s taken what’s offered and went on to play sides like some juvenile prick.
You mean facts. That’s what’s offered here. In 2015 we signed no outfield player. None. Spurs signed Son and Alderweirald. How about you take a break from bending over backwards for him and let someone shit talk him without a lemming like yourself butting in. Very real justifiable criticism and of course you take offense to it. For some reason. You’re a grown man with a weird fixation on an old man
FYI …
” Ozil is the most creative player in Europe
Mesut Ozil seems to frustrate Arsenal fans as much as thrill them, with many citing his lack of consistency since his arrival in 2013.
However, accusing the midfielder of being inconsistent in all departments seems deeply unfair when you take one particular statistic into account.
According to Opta, Ozil, who turned 30 on Monday, has created the most chances across Europe’s top five leagues since July 1, 2006: a total of 1,033. “
Here’s another one for you 2013 Spurs signed Erikson for 13 million euros…we bought Ozil for 42 million and Sanogo and Flamini on frees. Coutinho went for 13 million in the January window.
Red truth
As always great garnering of stats
I was referring to those 6 u mentioned
Plus numerous finals
Champions league r/U
UEFA r/U
X4 league cup runner up
X1 FA Cup
He also won 7 champions league.
WE WILL NOT SEE THE LIKE AGAIN!
7 charity shield
Mr Magoo is in charge of Opta, so we can categorically dismiss those figures as meaningless.
7 charity shield
Error
Pierre
Spoken like someone who truly has no understanding of the game. Just laughable in his attempts to make shit shine.
Ozil aint the problem.
HE is just too big for Emery to handle.
Players will see through him
They know Ozil should play
Emery can’t handle the big names
Thats why he wants bloody banega!
Runners Up are for losers.
The truth is 3 League titles is all what Wenger has won.
The FA Cup has been a tin-pot cup.for years
Marko Here’s one for you from last season as you seem to think he went missing for the whole of the season ……I’m sure ,you being an Arsenal supporter, are pleased to see an Arsenal player can create so many chances for his team mates Remember Marko ,this stat is from last season , the season he was supposed to be taking holidays every other week , the season he downed tools, the season he took a sickie when he didn’t fancy playing , and he still managed to create more chances than Debruyne,David Silva and hazard……… Mar 24, 2018… Read more »
FA cup is the hardest tournament to win
Every other tournament – u can afford to lose a game.
U can’t in The FA Cup
One chance and your out!
The sooner people realize that ozil has now become just a washed up mercenary the better for all of us to move forward..
Emery hasn’t alienated him, he is never fit physically or mentally..
the bloke’s will never put his heart (if he has any) into the club ..I mean he held us to ransom refusing to extend his contract ffs .
Thanks to those incompetent imbeciles who bent over and handed him that rediculous sum to save face..
how could any sane supporter try to defend that is just baffling!
I’d have Carlton Palmer instead of Ozil and he’s retired !
are pleased to see an Arsenal player can create so many chances for his team mates
Huh…8 assists all last season with two fantastic strikers. 1 this season… not good at all
Correct ozil is a mercenary.
So is Emery and Raul and diamond eye
And whoever u hire who has no affiliation to the team/country
All teams bend over backwards to lose in the FA Cup.
The truth is 3 League titles is all what Wenger has won.
That’s more than spurs in their history!
It’s good to see Özil is still so high up the list either way. Hopefully new signing Aubameyang will help turn those chances into goals a bit more often next season.
It’s next season and he has one assist. He played with Giroud and had more output than playing with Lacazette and Aubameyang.
Pierre incapable of understanding anything beyond articles he picks and chooses to read. This is to be expected of course because he has such pitiful knowledge of the game.
Bergkamp is a mercenary too acording to Charlie George…lol
Maybe Emery and Sarri should have a look at themselves and wonder why they have decided to alienate ozil and fabregas from their teams as they were the top 2 creative players last season …
God luck to fabregas at Monaco ,I’m sure he Will show his quality in France …let’s hope Emery sees some sense before it’s too late….
You think when people talk about De Bruyne they’re going to bring up his chances created from last season or his goals and 19 assists? Tough one isn’t it
Well said Pierre!
Sarri ball and Emery ball won’t last the season.
Keep the game simple.
It’s like trying to teach calculus to an 8 year old. Their brains literally cannot handle it.
Scandalous these overblown overrated foreign coaches get the plumb jobs.
Charlie begore you blame all them foreign ckub owners think you should first condemn the greedy Brits who sold to them in the first place hey!?
Charlie George
“Ozil aint the problem.HE is just too big for Emery to handle.
Players will see through him”
Correct.
Before
Every time I see a foto of Emery and his clipboard in training- I just despair!
HE thinks players are babies
Treat em like men!
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie George
How many European titles has Wenger won during his illustrious 38 year managerial career.?
0
If that’s the measuring stick
He is failure
In Japan/france/ England he has won multiple leagues.
He is a success
Marko
“It’s next season and he has one assist. He played with Giroud and had more output than playing with Lacazette and Aubameyang.”
that says more about Emery and his mis use of Ozil than anything else .
He is messing about with the one player who could save him his job ….it’s a pogba/Jose situation all over again.
Surely the essence of coaching is using the tools at your disposal?
It may not be to his liking – but while u have ozil, Rambo and laca play them every bloody game.
Charlie George
Do you have a pet mouse named Algernon? Just wondering.
Pedro I’m not denying the shit show arsenal fc became under wenger in the last few seasons especially. The Sanchez cock up was particularly unforgiveable. However, successful football club ownership is a speculative game. Many fans–especially arsenal fans–complain about this. They yearn for a more equal playing field and are contemptuous of those vulgar oligarchs and oil rich sheikhs who buy titles. Annoyingly this smug, self pitying attitutude has become one of the foundations of arsenal’s ‘values’ over the past ten years. Well, tough tits. That’s the way it is. Modern football is about ‘show me the money or fuck… Read more »