WELCOME SUAREZ (nearly)
In a twist of Harry Redknapp like fate, it appears that the mechanics of the January transfer window are whirring into action.
Barcelona released the dogs onto Raul earlier in the day by telling the press the deal was finished because our man wasn’t negotiating nicely, cool words from a club that lost exec leadership to prison.
Later in the day, it looked like Barca hadn’t picked up any offers for Suarez and had decided that maybe a loan to deal offering was better for them than a player sat on the bench. We paid 2.5m euros for the deal to happen. The other two teams interested were Real Betis and Sevilla.
It’s quite hard to pull out the positives when it comes to hard numbers. In his career that spans 165 appearances (3 clubs), he’s scored 19 goals and landed 28 assists. If my math fingers do not deceive me, that’s a goal every 471 minutes and an assist every 319. He basically does something every 3.5 games.
He favours the left side of midfield, he’s pretty nimble and he’ll give us more reliability with touches and passing (prays). I’m guessing he’s being brought in because the manager believes there’s a next level he’s not found yet, and a maybe a warm arm and a cuddle that goes on a little too long for comfort might do the trick? Emery is also packing out the club with things he knows. Suarez is his guy and that’s pretty important.
It’s also worth noting he looks a little like Aaron Ramsey. The old goldfish-death-strategy… just lob another one in the tank, no one really notices. Worked a treat on my brother when he was 24.
There are also strong rumours that Perisic is back on the cards whilst at the same time there are strong rumours indicating it’s over. But worse… IT WAS A SVEN RECCO, apparently. In my disappointment, I totally forgot there was a Dortmund link. Sven clearly fond of an ex, the type of guy who sits in and sends out 20 random ‘hey u 😊’ texts to loose female connections on Whatsapp to see where he lands on a Friday night.
Anyway, the player was annoyed he quit. Which is an odd thing to print, because Sven doesn’t leave until Feb 8th, so he should still be involved because he certainly doesn’t have enough holiday built up to roll it into the last 3 weeks of his deal. Reads like a media plant to me, THE FRICKING DEEP STATE WORKING AGAINST YOUR MINDS AGAIN.
Anyhow, LaGazetta Dello Sporto are now saying that some shit has gone down, Carrasco isn’t arriving at Inter, so Spalletti isn’t going to let the Croatian leave because he wants warm bodies to help his #Top4Dreams. Perisic has a more a meaty record, but it’s still not inspiring considering we’re looking for goals and assists. Across all his clubs, he scores every 255minutes and assists every 338. If you break down of contributions per game at Inter, he offers something to the team every 162minutes. Which in Italy is maybe sexier? The dream is when he was at his peak, contributing something every 126mins at Club Brugge.
Anyway, it seems that we’ll only be bringing in one left-sided player this window, and it’ll be the young Suarez who really needs to up his production levels to look like a good deal.
It does look very much like Raul might have used Perisic to pressure Barca into coming to the table… last time we did something that dastardly, we let everyone think we were going after Ben Arfa before BOOOOOM Samir Nasri landed. Good times. The next Zidane they said.
The manager ruled out defensive signings, citing the competition for places that’ll occur when players saunter back from fitness. We’re also forgetting Mavrapanos was flavour of the month before he picked up an injury a few months ago.
Arsenal welcomes Cardiff to The Emirates this evening. We know what we’re going to get. Not a lot of football, a whole lot of Brexit thunder, and likely a comfortable win.
What we don’t want? Any more injuries… City on Sunday is going to be scary.
Right, that’s all I have for you today… see you in comments. Also, behave down there, we’re debating Emery’s haircut, not changing the world. Be nice. x
The best we can hope for against city is a draw. There is no way we win at their place. How do we stop Sane, Sterling, Aguero etc?
Will be interesting what the lineup will be. I would expect the middle three to be guen torr and xhaka
The attackers- Rambo PEA Laca
No way Ozil play in this .
It was another tough win today. However im happy with the result of course!
We need to hit City on the counter… We attack so much and leave too much space…. SANE absolutely killed us last season twice in one week with his attacks.
We will need to be extremely compact in the middle and defense.
is it enough time to throw Suarez into the game? I doubt it, but may be a sub?
Id like to see Mavro… we will need all sorts of help in defense-
We just cannot leave acres of space when we lose possession in attack…. they will kill us worse than Manure did.
We need a very coherent plan to slow them….
I know City lost, and I would love to be positive about Sunday, but I can’t see us getting anything especially with how fragile our defence is.
If AMN is out, then Sane against Litchsteiner/Jenkinson, no chance.
Sterling against Kolasinac, no chance.
Aguero against Mustafi, no thank you.
Might have to be a game to go into with no hope. At least we won’t be let down.
Takin
We just need to not lose by a ton of goals. I would consider a draw like a victory
CG’s wife/relative?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-walking-dog-screams-abuse-13922053
There is from time to time criticism on Le Grove about our two strikers and in
particular Lacazette.
The importance of Lacazette to the team must not be discounted, because he has failed to score a goal or provide an assist in only 4 games this season in which he has started.
By contrast Aubameyang who has started in most games that he has played has failed to score or provide an assist in 12 games in which he started.
Lacazette is more important to Arsenal than Aubameyang.
It’s a no contest.
Graham With you there. Been saying it all along. He made that goal on his own. Iwobi’s pass for the penalty was a beautifully executed one also. He’s really coming to life under emery and I think the stick is unfair He was our best player agaisnt United. But back to lacazette He was everywhere last night. He made a goal from nothing. Right back from the half way line. He is the only player in the arsenal ranks who can do that. He is our only match winner. Aubameyang whisky boasting an impressive record rarely scores unless it’s out… Read more »
ES It will be interesting to see which of the 2 perform better when we have at least one winger above Iwobi’s level and a decent creative grafting CAM who can drive forward beating players bringing more direct tempo to our attacks. No idea if Perisic & Suarez can be billed as aforementioned, especially needing to hit the PL ground running, but they should be a step up on what we have assuming we get both. Nkunku will be the real bonus if we can get him. He has been my first choice since appearing on the TW radar. As… Read more »
Marko
What were you doing up so late last night? Don’t you have letters to post this morning?
Receding.
Charlie has your number last night. You’re a little half balding coward who seeks to assault people in groups and then bitch when you get stick back. Grow a pair you excuse for a bloke. Champagne had you right. Petty.
Also. Emery is primed to pull into the coveted top 4. All those neigh sayers who villa that it’s too hard like some soppy 14 year old girl who’s been asked to tidy her room are starting look pretty silly with both Manchester clubs dropping silly points and us beating Chelsea. The squad we have is more than capable of a champions league spot. Despite the mistakes from emery and the horrendous injury pile up the squad continues to creak towards the top 4. I’d say that’s proof enough.
Tony
I have stated my opinion on potential transfer business in January.
I would prefer that the club focuses on our defence rather than tinkering with
midfield and wing. None of the wingers and midfielders linked with club are
in my view long term solutions.
Gunners of SF
Exactly mate. Let’s at least show some fight and make the fans proud. Too many times over the years we’ve given up.
Un na naai
I’ve been saying it for some time, Lacazette offers us far more and not just going forward.
Defenders hate playing against him.
Love his attitude and work ethic.
Would be on my team sheet every single game.
ES
I know your views but I’m just reacting to what the club is doing because we can’t change anything so why waste energy repeating what’s not going to happen.
You should never confuse AFC with common sense the two do not go together.
Power agendas and avarice seem to be the pairing for our club
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-gossip-suarez-nkunku-13926449
Charlie has your number last night. You’re a little half balding coward who seeks to assault people in groups and then bitch when you get stick back. Grow a pair you excuse for a bloke. Champagne had you right. Petty.
What is wrong with you and why is this allowed on this blog?? I have had less offensive comments deleted Pedro, why are you playing favorites on your blog??
As for the nonsense on Champagne whatever winning an argument, i had to go to bed, it was 12:00am in the morning and i happen to work for a living. The question is what has Benitez achieved now to qualify him for the Arsenal job not his antecedents. Rafael Benitez is a well decorated manager so that was not the argument in any shape or form. The argument was and still is how many of you on here giving Charlie high fives would have jumped for joy if Rafa was announced as our manager from Newcastle after the sacking of… Read more »
Graham Lacazette is quality but to be honest , he was poor in the first half , off his game completely but made up for it 2nd half with a stirring performance. It’s good that the manager gave him the full 90 minutes. Having 4 offensive players on the pitch definitely helps our strikers , that extra player in the final third creates space so hopefully Emery will return to our early season 4-2-3-1 which was so successful. Having 3 sitting in midfield doesn’t seem to give us any better defensive stability as yesterday proved …We were very open in… Read more »
Stroller
Looks like we are playing a risky game by not strengthening at the back ..Maybe Emery rates Mavropanos and will trust him in the coming weeks plus kosielny injury is not as bad as first feared .Also Monreal looked decent last night , if he can stay fit until the end of the season that will be a bonus as he is a starter every week for me.
What is wrong with you and why is this allowed on this blog?? I have had less offensive comments deleted Pedro, why are you playing favorites on your blog?? RH This is exactly what I’m saying. What are you crying for? You and your little team have been at me for a few weeks and do I call for you to be regulated?? No. And it’s ok to insult anyone based on anything except their masculinity or hairline? Touch a nerve did it? You throw insults around on here fairly regularly so you should have expected a rebound or two.… Read more »
Why not play matavonoups n medley at the back…
He may in Europa… oh wait Europa now a must win tournament
You are a disturbed fellow ..seriously I simply called Pedro because he has deleted a lot of my comments in the past which were not even offensive, you on the other hand have been on a bit of a rampage lately and he has not batted an eyelid I know i am being unfair on him though as he is not always here to moderate, if he was the nonsense you just wrote above would have been deleted. It has no place on any public forum and i would have said you should be ashamed of yourself but i know… Read more »
I’m beginning to think that Bamford and receding are one and the same person.
Tony Arsenal’s weaknesses are not in attack. We have scored this season 50 goals in 24 games. Our average is more than two goals a game. Moreover I do not believe that Arsenal’s current midfield players are not good enough if playing the correct role and being properly motivated and supported by the head coach. For example Torreira looks a good player in defensive role. He is hard working and fearless with good passing skills. What he is not is a creative midfielder. Playing him alongside Xhaka also reduces the periodic silly mistakes of the latter. The club has on… Read more »
You’ve been insulting me and CG and Pierre and champagne Charlie on here for weeks
Where are the insults?? Surely you can back up your shameless attempts at face saving with some evidence
I’m beginning to think that Bamford and receding are one and the same person.
Are u still on this same person thing you always do?
Sure we can get top 4, but it won’t be “despite of” Emery, it will be because he overachieves with the 6th best squad if that happens. How anyone can watch our turgid attacking play yesterday and conclude our offensive players are good enough is beyond me, we had 0 creativity except for Guendouzi and Iwobi when he came on. Ozil was mediocre as always. Ramsey leaving and is good in 1 out of 5 matches. Those complaining that Emery plays boring football are also the ones most against us getting in attacking additions, makes sense. Just because our defence… Read more »
ES I agree with most of what you say except Ozil but enough has been said about him. Ramsey is not a CAM so our strikers are starved of quality high tempo service. That said, the club do things their way and no amount of blogging is going to change that. To be honest I think we’re lucky to be getting any new additions considering our reported/alleged finances and management upheaval. Emery is the attack-is-the-best-form-of-defense type where in some ways I agree with that in our current circumstances. We don’t need aged injury prone stop gaps in defense. We don’t… Read more »
Un, when I meet people IRL, they ask more questions about the opinions of posters than mine.
Gave a little shout out to everyone at the end of the pod today.
RH,
Pierre opines on the football and is pretty inoffensive to debate with