Before we begin, may I introduce you to some fine words from the Spurs manager.
“Tottenham, no history of winning,”
“Our glory, I watch the video about the glory, it’s with (Bill) Nicholson. It’s black and white and I watch it nearly every week. To create again that feeling you need time. Four years, five years, that’s nothing in the history of the club.”
“Again we’re going to have the debate whether a trophy will take the club to the next level. I don’t agree with it. It only builds your ego. The most important thing for Tottenham right now is to always be in the top four.”
Mainline this meltdown right into my veins. Beautiful.
Welcome to a BIG week. Cardiff, followed by Manchester City. A fairly straight forward game followed by OH SHIT THERE’S A BEE TRAPPED UNDER MY SHIRT kind of game against the best team in the country.
Let’s start with the news. I’ll give it to you agenda-free.
Aaron Ramsey wrote a tweet saying there’s a big week ahead.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN?
Well, he could mean he’s packing his bags early and heading to Juventus.
Or, he could just be excited about going back to Cardiff, followed up by City at home.
Tough to know what to make of it if we ship him off. If Champions League football is worth £40m and we only land £10m for him, it’s a pointless exercise because we’re stronger with a fit player who knows the league. I very much doubt we’ll replace him with a loan player that has anywhere near the quality he does, but who knows.
Next up. Sokratis. Out until the end of February.
What a bloody nightmare.
The good news is Kos didn’t break his jaw, just bruising and swelling. I don’t know what that means, but I assume they’d say if he were concussed. 2 weeks?
The really bad news is we’re heading into Sunday with hopes and dreams wrapped up in Mustafi, which is a bit like playing Russian Roulette with 5 chambers filled. There is no leadership in our defence whatsoever. A real concern.
Arsenal are going LOANS CRAZY.
I was told that even though we’re being linked heavily with a lot of loan players, it’s still unlikely we’re going to be able to do much. For the second time in a week, it appears we’re dealing with a CEO who doesn’t want to give us an option on whether we buy a player. Ivan Perisic wants to leave, Inter acknowledge this, but they want us to buy.
“Perisic? We must accept the situation that some players show a willingness to be transferred. The player has expressed this desire, we want to satisfy him but we also need to respect the value of the player. Nothing concrete has arrived yet, we’ll wait to see in the coming days,’
… £35m for a 29 year is fucking bat shit crazy and payday loans levels of short-term thinking.
To sweeten the deal, Arsenal are apparently offering to ship Ozil off and pay half of his salary. Which again makes my eyes bleed, because Moratta is a very shrewd operator and not into wasting money.
This time last year we swapped Alexis for Mikhi. It’s like we never learn. If a fair chunk of the fanbase are excusing Emery’s first 8 months because new players have been bedding in, are we confident that someone from Serie A who is failing will hit the ground running in the most physical league in the world? I wonder if we’d be better of giving chance to someone young like Smith-Rowe or Saka.
If I were to be positive about all this. Perisic is a capable operator based on what we’ve seen of him in the World Cup. He has a tremendous work ethic and he can give us much-needed quality from wide positions if he finds form. His stats might look dreary, but you don’t know what the deal is at Inter. He might hate it. I’ve read that he’s a tricky customer to deal with, and inconsistent, but it would appear we’re very much in the ‘anybody will do’ territory which feels reckless.
To make matters weirder, Inter are trying to run a swap deal for Carrasco. Someone who comes with baggage, but is younger, with a higher ceiling.
“Carrasco-Candreva swap? It’s normal that there are contacts, Ausilio is doing a great job but we must wait for things to become concrete,”
Moratta also loaned Cedric Soares, the right back from Southampton. The guy knows how to sniff out deals.
LOTS TO DISCUSS.
See you in the comments. xx
Nelson
“Last game, Pogba took the ball from their own half and marched it to our box and shot. Where was our DM?”
Exactly….they were half asleep .
Valentin
Without a shadow of doubt the best blogger on here.
His last post is a must read for all Arsenal fans.
Huge football political shenanigans are clearly taking place.
The Ivory towers being erected by the Spanish connection (which PedRo rightly alluded to) are actuallty aiming to get higher,wider and with annexes as we speak
It does not surprise me one jot what Valentin has stated .
It’s a seismic post – and hopefully moves us in from the Wenger/Kroenke arguments.
The Raul/Emery collusion is a CLEAR AND PRESENT danger to Arsenal .
🤣🤣🤣
The spanish armada is taking over. Get a life lol lol
London Gunner it was actually a very funny read…. Funnier than whatever guns of hackney has to serve up
Malcuit is really the only signing that could get me excited because he’s doing well and the need for a RB is real. Does beg the question why the fuck was Lichtsteiner even signed in the first place when he was bought last summer for around 8 million.
It’s funny a guy like Charlie George in the past would have been banned so much he’d be on his third or fourth moniker by now but for some reason he’s allowed to continue to spew his nonsense. I wonder why is that. Can’t put my finger on it
Terraloon / TR7
If you honestly think there’s no way we can spend £100m this summer….you’re going to need to explain how we could afford to spend £65m net in summer 2008?
Considering our much improved financial position this summer.
The more I learned about what is happening inside Arsenal
…riiiggghhttt
Summer 2018 *
We should have more than 100 million next summer. No way certain players survive. Forgetting the people who are leaving for little or nothing I’d be shocked if any or all of Ozil, Xhaka, Mustafi and Elneny are still here next season.
I’d much rather Arsenal won the FA Cup, than come 4th, 3rd or even 2nd, in PL. Not the League Cup (or whatever it’s called nowadays), I have never rated that. But the FA Cup is special, and it’s extra-special that Arsenal have won the trophy more times than any other Club. And I’ve no doubt that at the end of this season, most Spurs fans will agree with me. And, despite what he said, I am sure Poch thinks the same, except he’s had Levy weeping on his shoulder: no matter what, qualify for the CL, we have a… Read more »
“Chelsea got Manu in the 5th round. They can kill each other.”
Nice one made me laugh 😛
Ivan im with you on ridding us of Ozil
If that means Perisic, who is a blue collar type player so be it. What I remember is that he is a goal threat, powerful shot- ( his thigh showing off in the WC)
Best thing is that Ozil is gone. The salary is worth 3 good players!!!!
GoF – im Croatian so i know a bit more about him than most here. In no way im for that deal based on national preference. It only makes senese if ge get rid of Ozil. He has way more pace than Mhiki, can shoot but seson or two and he will decline so he is no long term solution. Tbh i think high pl tempo should suit him, and if he fail he wont be on 350k pw 5 year hindrance. Ozil situation is toxic on so many levels its insane. I bet all agents use Ozil salary as… Read more »
Ivan
When Ozil leaves, it will also be the lingering stench of Gazidis and Wenger as well.
It was those 2 that sanctioned this move- with Kronke Sr giving his blessing.
Ozil would do better in Serie A- been saying that forever. The league is suited to him.
Perisic is still quality- can be stop gap for short term
Plus he adds some needed experience and toughness.
Just worried when he gets relegated to the bench if we get a younger better winger. – will he throw a fit?
Sf
Perisic is worse than ozil. It’s an abysmal bit of business. He’s not going to come to England and light up the Emirates.
Give me Suarez Carrasco or James any day of the week. Give me ozil. This is just. It’s. It’s just bringing some one in for the sake of having someone come in.
Nothing has changed. Wenger is gone but it’s the same methods being used. Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
Marko
He plays xakha nearly every single game. He’s the most ever present player alongside aubameyang. Xakha is going nowhere.
Wishful thinking on your part.
I’ve no affection for arsenal these days. There’s nothing to like about the club any more. We have become everything wrong with football in recent months.
UNNNAI
how is he worse than Ozil? Perisic is a winger with an eye for goal.
Better pace than Ozil, dribbling, toughness.
He is the anti ozi and we do need a winger- a proper one. not a converted one
This would allow PEA to stay up front, and protection on the wing with our wingback staying BACK more often.
It also allows more width in attack- which is what Emery would like
If this means OZIL going, please do it. Hell Id take Squallici back if it means Ozil leaves
He’s not that quick. He’s nit that technical. He doesn’t score that many goals. He doesn’t register many assists. He’s past his prime. He’s difficult. He’s coming from a slower league where he’s not doing that well at the minute. He’s 29 and his asking price is £30m
I fail to see how this is a good move.
Charlie GeorgeJanuary 28, 2019 19:55:49 Valentin Without a shadow of doubt the best blogger on here. His last post is a must read for all Arsenal fans. Huge football political shenanigans are clearly taking place. The Ivory towers being erected by the Spanish connection (which PedRo rightly alluded to) are actuallty aiming to get higher,wider and with annexes as we speak It does not surprise me one jot what Valentin has stated . It’s a seismic post – and hopefully moves us in from the Wenger/Kroenke arguments. The Raul/Emery collusion is a CLEAR AND PRESENT danger to Arsenal . >>>>>>… Read more »
Unnai
So you would rather keep Ozil????
An overpriced, slow, non effective cancer on the team? His decline is more than shocking Unnai and you know it.
We need CL ….. we need 4th . we have no money – if we get him on loan for a great weekly wage and send him back at end of season, then we are safe- if he helps us, we can negotiate the selling price its how it works
Benny
He could just be a cunt.
Benny
As I have learned, it is far better for ones sanity simply to scroll past any post by Charlie George.
TR7
“Yes, 100 M summer spend looks unlikely.”
Not at all. As gambon showed at 14:28:37, we will likely be able to spend £100m this summer without even dipping into our cash reserves, which according to your comment, should be somewhere around £100m.
Therefore, a £100m spend this summer is actually fairly likely.
Yeah, I skip Charlie George’s comments as well. Most of Un Na’s too.
Been busy at work, all day,
Any concrete news on signings…
The club is really being driven into anonymous territory
Bamford
Can you believe that this is one of the top ten football earning clubs in 5he world.
Wenger bad signings aside, where was the projected future from 13 years ago, there must have been a game plan for where we would be financially ..
Youth coming through is a big problem for most prem team.
But emery got the gig because he knew the youngsters an said he would bring 5hem through..
The club is in dire straits,
Bam
How will I sleep tonight?
RSPC
I’m not sure what you’re so down about. Wenger left us in a less-than-desirable spot, but we are not in dire straits. Not at all. We do need to make a host of smart decisions this summer, though, so I hope the men in charge are up to the task. We will see.
Bamford, Chris, Marc,
Good advice guys, I will no longer engage with him, his bizzare demented ramblings are seriously bringing this blog down into both a laughing stock and a place of disrepute.
his bizzare demented ramblings are seriously bringing this blog down into both a laughing stock and a place of disrepute.
He dislikes Emery so he’s given free reign
I heard that Kroenke is putting up 1.6 b of his own money to build a new stadium for the Rams. I am afraid he may take money out from this club to cover the debt.
Sf Fair play to your passionate post. I am passionate too. We just happen to have different diametrical view points. Nowt wrong with that ,pal but ,I would say – you appear to be a glorified passive cheerleader regardless. I am not.I am a staunch defender of Arsenal – it’s identity and it’s way of doing things in the famous Arsenal Way. Also, have it known I love Spain Seville is probably my city in Europe. I desperately wanted Arteta as coach. I just don’t want this burgeoning Spanish Regime – who have no love for Arsenal or indeed expertise… Read more »
Bd not sf
Has the club fired the bollywood star yet?
She really shouldn’t go to bed with a title of Arsenal ambassador still intact.
I do not dislike Emery or Raul.
I just don’t want them at The Arsenal.
Nothing unreasonable with that .
Or is there…
“his bizzare demented ramblings are seriously bringing this blog down into both a laughing stock and a place of disrepute.”
You maybe right or maybe wrong about Charlie George but if you scroll up you will see what I would call ” bizzare,demented ramblings” about Ozil from Guns of SF.
What’s the difference?
“I heard that Kroenke is putting up 1.6 b of his own money to build a new stadium for the Rams. I am afraid he may take money out from this club to cover the debt
If Kroenke took out $1.6 billion out of Arsenal to build his stadium then there wont be any left-over called Arsenal FC., since Arsenal isn’t worth up to $1.6 billion USD.
That’s an arithmetic- devoid and bizzare post. It seems anything goes so long as Kroenke is the target.
@Dissenter
Did I write 1.6b all from Arsenal? You seem to attack others without reading the post clearly.
I heard that Kroenke is putting up 1.6 b of his own money to build a new stadium for the Rams.
That’s not how stadium building works in America. Guy doesn’t really invest in any of his franchises but is putting in a billion+ for a stadium? Nah
“I am afraid he may take money out from this club to cover the debt”
Scaremongering nonsense.
So end of Jan approaching, I would hope the team looks somthing like this, with a 4-2-3-1 formation: Leno Maitland-Niles Sokratis Cahill Kolasinac Torreria Xhaka Peresic Ozil/Suarez Aubameyang Lacazette With the current injury crisis at the back, I’m sure we’d all take an older, experienced, premier league winner in Gary Cahill, rather than no one. (Lets hope he’s not a Silvestre though). With Elneny potentially leaving, it creates room for Denis Suarez, an upgrade. And with no natural wingers in the squad, especially with Iwobi being hot and cold every week, it makes sense bringing in a proven winger, even… Read more »
Kroenke isn’t taking anything from Arsenal to cover the LA Rams, its just real estate to him. Keep value high, put nothing and it keeps growing in value. On business front dude pulled a blinder with his takeover of club, bastard. CG Don’t feel bad man I’m not too inspired by Emery’s stint thus far, some pretty glaring holes. Watching Pogba stroll through our MF was all too familiar with our defending showing same faults we’ve become comfortable with. The Ozil situation, Ramsay’s bossman feel were making same mistakes always have. I don’t see the identity or vision of where… Read more »
Also regarding Pochetino…
Imagone being Kane, Ali, Eriksen, Alderweild etc, already on relatively low wages compared to what they would get elsewhere, and hearing your manager say that winning a trophy creates big egos, you’d want to leave straight away.
That quote is worse than Wenger’s famous “top 4 is like a trophy” line. And look what happened, Van Persie, Cesc, Nasri and co all left. I hope this happens to Spurs.
Sal
I don’t feel bad.
I have been around the block long enough to know…
Things have to get worse before they get better.
The Persic signing will speed up this inevitable process.
But we will come again…..
Perisic is NOT quality.
42.12 Millions over 3 years is the equivalent of 270k per week. Add Perisic salary which must be at least 100k per week, that is the equivalent of 370k per week for a 30years old with no resale value for the next 3 years. Also as I have already said for every incoming non-home grown players we have to get rid of one non-home grown player. So unless somebody is willing to take Özil and his full salary (and Özil is willing to go without compensation) that financial outlet is repeating the Özil mistake. Paying over the odds for a… Read more »
can anyone elaborate on what’s wrong with Timo Werners ears?
Also, Reece Oxford: what’s the deal with the kid. What’s with this weird relationship he has with West Ham, and for under 10m, would he be worth the risk from a home grown perspective as we’ll be losing Ramsey, Welbeck and Jenkison..
Valentine
In the summer, Cech, Litchsteiner, Elneny, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Welbeck and Ramsey could all be gone, freeing up around £550,000 a week.
Hopefully we can flog Mustafi, £90,000 and if need be, Ozil, £350,000, we will have plenty of money to spend, as well as an improved wage budget.
Loans make sense at the moment, we’ll be a lot better off come the summer.
Carts
“Also, Reece Oxford: what’s the deal with the kid”
Is he available on loan?
Some reported details of the alleged Perisic deal are unbelievable. Not even Afc would be that stupid and desperate?!
No vision in the Perisic signing and zero chance of it being a loan until seasons end.
There will be obligation which makes its daft.
I was hoping for this new crack team to unearth gems and cultivate or take a young player like Wolves did w/ Neves who clearly had value but could step up to next level and fucking deliver. This kid is going to be a don for years to come. Already trebled in value with way more to come. Dude passes like Kroos.
Salparadisenyc
“I was hoping for this new crack team to unearth gems and cultivate or take a young player like Wolves did w/ Neves ”
Fans used to moan at Wenger for years for buying young prospects and never players over 28 years old.
We’ve invested in young talent such as Guendouzi, Torreira, Leno etc… I don’t see anything wrong in bringing in a proven winger, whilst we wait for Saka, Nelson, Smith-Rowe and co to develop.
Takin the Mhki
I think West Ham are looking for all the cash, hence the rumour coming out of the Bundelsiga as only German sides seem to be interested
Just curious as to whether there’s been some murmurs about Oxford’s mentality of physicality
Carts
I wouldn’t pay no more than £5m for him. He hasn’t really played at all, but I think he could still be worth a shot.
Takin the Mhik
I think £5m tops is worth the risk, indeed.
Would’ve fancied our chances Sven still being actively involved; on that he’s leaving there’s more chance of us signing Vermaelen
Takin the Mik
Agree all Sven signings apparently.
The problem lies in the value our squad currently has and where that goes, our budget and his cost.
Makes no sense.
Fear were on the wrong road with Raul and Emery. Hope im wrong.
Lol! There’s a story on sky sports saying that Benitez isn’t sure whether to sign a new contract or not and it could depend on the club’s transfer activity.
Talk about delusions of grandeur 🤣
Rafa; I think you’ll find Newcastle will decide whether to offer you the contract or not depending if you manage to beat the drop, it really won’t be up to you.
They signed 14 players in the summer yet he’s now saying he can’t guarantee he won’t walk out if they don’t sign even more.
🤣🤣 Hilarious!
Fact.
Oh god – can you imagine if he did walk out, Emery gets fired because of fan pressure and we hire him?
Would be awful.
salparadisenyc Not that I want us to be a well on club, but we do have some good young players on long contracts that are worth good money and the value of the player will increase. Torreria for example, he’ll be worth double what we paid in a few years. Guendouzi £30m plus in the future. Bellerin should be £40m plus now. But I agree, not enough value in the squad. The contract situations of Welbeck, Ramsey, Sanchez, Wilshere too, if all had 2 years left we would have got maximum £170m. As it happens, we’ve got nothing from them.… Read more »
Selling club **
So is Perisic happening? I’m not seeing any sources saying so?
As long as it’s loan only with no obligation to buy I guess it wouldn’t be too bad but at 30 if it’s permanent and it’s a choice between Perisic and Suarez then surely Suarez would be the better value as he’s younger and you never know he could turn into a good player for us, afterall Bergkamp and Henry hit a wall at Inter and Juventus then came here and were sensational. Suarez is surely the better option out of a very poor selection being touted?
The comments made by that Bollywood actress, very similar to what a lot of you here do, especially towards guys like Iwobi, is the reason I will speak up when you chat shit here! Too many of you morons say this same disgusting shit or busy slagging off and hiding behind banter and all. Very disgusting. And the poor guy didn’t even have any fault in the loss too.
Bennydevito
Financially and for the future, it would make sense to sign Suarez if we have an obligation to buy.
But I’d still take Peresic, we are crying out for a natural winger and he’d fit the bill perfectly, especially with the limited resources we have.
I fancy us to get both.
Don’t get the viewpoint of some people here.They want to keep the powder dry while knowing the squad is having an injury crisis as well having no quality players, but at the same time want the team to get into the top 4 and win the EL and judging by the man u defeat win the fa cup as well.
the total definition of having your pie and eating it.
People keep spouting nonsense about Kroenke taking money from Arsenal to fund his LA project. Truth is that money is relatively cheap, especially in the states with record low interest rate. Kroelde is funding a project in America’s second largest city, a very prosperous city in a state with the 5th largest economy, [larger than the UK economy] He’s worth $7.5 billion and his wife [Anne Walton Kroenke] is worth $6.6 billion. Then you consider how much he has saved with the new Trump US tax laws and how much this building project will save him in taxes. He may… Read more »
say what you will about rafa benitez, I will always love his goal celebrations.
teams scores a goal, camera pans to rafa, who’s busy doting down some notes. Always used to make me laugh
Emery quotes in the DM last night: ‘The club are telling me that this moment is not good to buy players,’ said the 47-year-old Arsenal manager. ‘But the club say to me in the summer it is going to be different and we are going to have chances to spend money.’ Sportsmail understands Emery’s summer budget will depend on whether the club can qualify for the Champions League and significantly reduce their wage bill, but Emery insisted he is happy with his squad. ‘The easiest thing for me is to ask for more players but I love to work with… Read more »
Un na naai January 28, 2019 21:17:36 I’ve no affection for arsenal these days. There’s nothing to like about the club any more. We have become everything wrong with football in recent months. if you stopped to maybe lower your expectations a bit, you could enjoy arsenal. It’s like looking at your wife and seeing her eat a pound cake by herself and you are dreaming about her losing 10 pounds and in a bikini. Wishful thinking. If the fans thought, we have a shot at top 4, but the squad is thin and needs time and players so there… Read more »
Levy saying*
Gons For many fans I don’t think it’s entitlement, it’s the club’s financial dire straits that absolutely needs CL money to be able to rebuild the ‘thin’ and ‘unbalanced’ squad. It’s also an unbalanced manager who seems to be directionless and tactically inept for too many games. Finally I think it’s the emotional backlash of hoping against hope some sense of stability would be borne out of ridding ourselves of Wenger’s regime and Gazidis’s pure incompetence and mismanagement. UnDon just wears his heart on his sleeve and often operates his mouth/keyboard before properly engaging brain, such as his Wilshire laments.… Read more »
Tony
Arsenal fans, well the majority, have always been moaners.
I remember sitting in the North Bank, around 12 years old, 2004 unbeatable season, listening to the older generation of fans moaning and whinging. Now in the Emirates they sit North Bank upper tier, the middle class season ticket holders, they all look miserable and don’t bother getting behind the team, or sing. Makes you wonder why they go
Tony
If you were in Kroenke’s shoes, would you infuse the business with more cash now or wait until operational changes take root to reassess.
I ask because you’re obviously into international business management.
My thinking is most non-sugar daddy business owners wouldn’t throw money at our problems.
Taking The Mhik I hear you but there are many who also love the club and are passionate about it at least challenging for honours. Dissenter No I don’t expect Kroenke to blindly invest, but I expect the owner of a £billion club/business to be more astute with who he allows to be hired to run the club, especially if the owner wants to be an absent owner. Kroenke was fooled by Wenger and Gazidis, so you’d think he’d at least closely vet the new senior managerial acquisitions and set up a tight accountability process he can easily monitor. What… Read more »
Perisic no thanks
Nkunku looks like an interesting one.
Low cost, available, appears to have some genuine potential though still an unknown quantity.
Nkunku looks like a safe investment. Probably an improvement on some of the guys we have, could turn out to be a real find, but if not should be easy to sell for a profit in 2 years
Nothing much to lose with him.
Perisic is mikki 2.0. Old, not top class and bizarrely expensive lol things considered A short term loan until the end of the season on reasonable wages wouldn’t be the worst thing ever but requiring us to burn 30+m on this guy is shocking financial mismanagement imo. And his wages are a joke. What has he done in his career to warrant wages that high? Auba has been one of the most prolific strikers in the world, and in the most expensive position (striker) and would reportedly have lower wages. Outside of our right desperation, how do we justify this… Read more »
seriously is this the new untold?
There’s a reason why serious clubs rarely ever sign wingers in their 30s for genuine money
If you stop to think about it, how many examples can anyone here think of of a 30 year old winger being signed for 30+m and wages of 180+k a week?
Apart from Ronaldo who is a contender for GOAT and usually plays more central anyway, there are damn close to zero examples.
I don’t like arsenal breaking these kinds of records lol
If I’m honest, id be happy with either Carrasco, Perisic or Malcom.
Malcom would cost the most, but he’s the youngest and could really come alive at Arsenal.
So Emery’s latest presser really points to no incomings of note this window due to lack of funds for players he wants. A couple of loans but without being forced to buy is all. I’m good with that. Too often we have stop gapped, really need to play smart. I’m hoping we have our summer targets already identified and its none of these guys we are linked to for loans. Hungry players from 20 to 24 who are looking to make step up is what we need to push us back to champions league
Tony, agree with you about the rugby. Will always be obsessed by AFC but game of the weekend is Ireland v England. Imagine Ireland will win but Japan hosts the most important matches this year so Saturday’s result not as important. England could get close if they don’t get outplayed on the breakdown and they handle the half backs kicking game.
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-transfer-news-latest-signings-unai-emery-premier-league-suarez-perisic-a8751061.html
Emery being a lot clearer than wenger ever was. He’s calling the club out a bit here.
Arsenal had better spend this summer.
Perisic wouldnt even be a bad 3 year signing. A lot of us were calling for him based on his world cup showing. He is very disciplined, can play in a system, is deceptively quick, packs shots on both legs, has PLENTY work ethic. The money is much but if a lower fee can be agreed, i would sign him
Bam
I admire your enthuasim in the new regime,
I do think emery has potential to be a good manager of the club. But then you read stories linking us with Cahill, persic. And I think… no.
I’m sure that the club has spilt focus on we’re they want to go, Sven wanted exciting youth and Raul wants established …
In my opinion the club can’t see the wood through the trees…
But we’ll see.
Takin
Like da name…
Malcolm ..ok. Agree
But in the meantime ( lovely drop of beer btw) emery should drop the youth in to show upstairs where we are at.
Don’t mind Perisic really as long as it is an option to buy. He will at the very worst be a decent signing, he offers us the chance to actually have a winger in the squad, he’s direct, good dribbler and is hard working. Considering we’ve got Nelson and Saka as young wide players as well it might not be the worst thing. We need a winger, badly. We have no money. Not easy. The club might be looking at Chelsea and United and be thinking 4th is a possibility, Spurs could even be in there if the injuries have… Read more »
Interesting Emery conference which 100% puts paid to the notion that Emery and Raul are taking over the club in some sort of Spanish coup in ivory towers and annexes bring built right now and are in charge of the transfers, dictating what can be spent and on whom, they’re not, the board are.
Hopefully that will wipe the dribble from the mouths of the demented once and for all.
We can but hope.
Bamford10January 28, 2019 23:18:49
“I am afraid he may take money out from this club to cover the debt”Scaremongering nonsense.
Haha
Bamford. Since when were you a mind reader? He’s already started taking money out until fan backlash saw an end to that. While gazidis was giving himself a handsome raise. That was when the club was public.
What makes you think he’s nit going to touch the accounts now that we are private??
You’re a fool. Bamford. Either that or a lying fool.
Benny
I like the fact this is the second itnerview now where Emery has been very straight. We have no money, in the summer we will. Basically saying I want to sign people but we can’t and so I’ve got to work with what I have.
No we have to look for exceptional quality but it is not easy to upgrade what we have, supermarket, bread etc.
Surely it’s classic lemming like behaviour if fans think this Persic signing is a sound one.. Forgetting aside for one moment he has asked for a transfer from his current club Inter ( outrageously unprofessional- and says much about his character)- To think a 30 year old wide player from the ponderous Serie A can come over and be a serious player for us is comical. Are there any precedents- in this regard? The sight of the geriatric Lichsteiner and the plodding Persic on the right hand side of our team for the rest of the season might even make… Read more »
Bd
I never said they were attempting To take over the club . That is impossible ,clearly
I said they were entrenching their positions.
By entrenching their positions ( see Valentins post)means they are doing what is best for themselves as opposed to the betterment of the club. ( see Persic signing)
It also means – there will be a bigger mess to clear up when the inevitable axe comes down on their miserable Arsenal reign.
“The easiest thing for me is to ask for more players but I love to work with my players,’ he said. ‘My challenge is to improve the players.”
For those who think he is so silly he doesn’t know he can simply ask for more players and put the blame for any failures on the club. Get sacked and collect his payoff. Then let’s bring in that special sauce who can turn Mustafi and company into world beaters and build a team around Ozil
Alexander Henry What I take from that is that yes he’s hungry for additions but his made a point of saying that he can improve these players. Let’s see If ranieri can get a team like Leicester to win the league then why can’t emery get this team to 4th place in the premier league? With Chelsea floundering, spurs have lost their two strikers and united have a rookie manager you’d think the stage is perfectly set for him to launch an assault on the top four We have no cup games and Europa is 2nd string til the quarters… Read more »
Bob N16 Agree the Ireland game will be a hard fought game especially being played in Dublin. We’ve been more expansive recently in our backs’ movements, so I hope we get away from the predictable pack domination rugby and move the Irish around more. Our kicking needs to be spectacular and we need to keep the penalty count below 8 for the game. I think it could go either way with few points deciding the outcome where the winner should be odds on for the grand slam to make their pre WC mark/northern statement. As you say AFC will always… Read more »
Bd.
Question… if u dare..
Emery has brought 5 Spanish coaches along to assist
Emery has brought 6( Persic?) Players since his arrival.
None of these 11 are Black or British?
He has outed Chambers and wants Ramsey out.
Is he Xenophobic to British players? and tacitly racist for his obvious mistrust in black coaches and players?
I know you set a high bar – with regards to your xenophobia and racist radar.
Receding
Again. If ranieri can take that Leicester side to the title then why can’t emery get this team to fourth?
CG, How is the Perisic signing best for them as opposed to best for the club? We need an attacking wide player do we not? He had a good WC did he not? We’re rumoured to be signing him on loan are we not? At this point it is mere speculation as to whether we’re even in for him unless of course you’re privvy to the board meetings? How would signing Perisic specifically benefit Emery and Raul? Is he a dab hand with a set of hair clipoers and scissors and giving them free haircuts? Is he a landscape gardener… Read more »
With Chelsea floundering, spurs have lost their two strikers and united have a rookie manager you’d think the stage is perfectly set for him to launch an assault on the top four Ole is not a rookie manager, he has managed for years now with Molde, won two league titles and a Norwegian cup . Managed in the Premier league too with Cardiff. I am yet to see this perfectly set stage for an assault on the top four Bellerin and Holding out for the season, Sokratis out till the end of February, Kos having to be observed before every… Read more »
“Emery has brought 5 Spanish coaches along to assistEmery has brought 6( Persic?) Players since his arrival.None of these 11 are Black or British?He has outed Chambers and wants Ramsey out.Is he Xenophobic to British players? and tacitly racist for his obvious mistrust in black coaches and players?I know you set a high bar – with regards to your xenophobia and racist radar.”
WTF?
The question needs to be posed Is this individual okay?
Some of these rantings could be indicative of early dementia. What has theis got to go with race?