Oh, man, too much excitement.
We’ve pretty much landed Denis Suarez. There was some worry, mostly fueled by me, that the deal was going to fail because Barca dropped the announcement of their homepage… however, there has been no noise about a failed medical.
Ornstein reckons Perisic and Carassco deals are very unlikely, but the Nkunku deal is 50/50.
So we have a wide left player who can give Emery more finesse with touch and a bit more energy moving the ball and potentially a utility midfielder who can play right back.
There is a horror thread from David Cartlidge on Suarez.
Some thoughts on Denis Suárez to Arsenal. First of all, a loan without the obligatory purchase option isn’t a bad deal by any means, as he’s only really produced one good half a season in his career to date. It’s low risk.
— David Cartlidge (@davidjaca) January 30, 2019
If you click into it, he basically says Emery didn’t know how to use him, the player is no more than a cog in a machine (our machine is bad), and he has issues like a lack of personality and the inability to impose himself on games.
Well, he has it all to prove at Arsenal. At least if it goes badly, we can send him back.
In other news, ESR has moved to Leipzig on loan. A bloody excellent move. Nketiah has gone to work with Jens at Augsburg in Germany. Ben Knapper working that new loans job well. GOOD LUCK CHAPS.
In footballing news, Arsenal moved back into 4th after Chelsea took a SPANKING at Bournemouth. Other good news stretched to Liverpool drawing.
For all the shrieks of ‘Emery can’t compete for top 4’, it appears that with a squad of supposedly shite players, we’re in 4th heading into February.
It’s all about coaching now. If Rafa Benitez can beat Pep, then there’s no reason we can’t. Apparently, we have the same points total as them since late August.
Just don’t play a high line… please, please, please don’t put us through that.
Right, that’s me done. I did a podcast for your ears. I’m alone.
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My old man’s a a post man. He wears a post man’s hat
He’s never left Dublin
And he lives in a council flat
Un
Post what u like
If it oversteps mark author will tellyrr…
If people don’t like don’t have to read
“CG is at Bob’s and Johnty’s level with his posts.”
Johnty and his Samba crush…….
Freddy
Nah, you’re just a hobby faceless bellend with no constructive points to offer. I mean people know my views. Wilshere Wenger santi brexit and trump
I stand out
You’re fucking nobody. If the likes of me didn’t respond to your barely noticeable comments then you’d almost cease to exist. You feed off the charismatic posters. Like CG.
Now fade back into obscurity you nobody
Azed
Remembered him being on here every day wanting us to sign absolutely ridiculously bad players all the time, wasn’t just Samba but that’s the one I remember best too.
RSPCA
Eh? Come again? You what?
Great putdown Un na, practised that in front of the mirror much?
Think you mixed up charismatic and idiotic, might want to get a lexicon mate.
Red
18.29
Is that a compliment ??
WOW Johnty… that was a strange and unusual bit of posting right there.
What ever happened to Keyser, 24/7 for years then out like a light.
L’Equipe reckons the Nkunku deal is off till this summer…
Leftside bigup South East! Don’t live too far from Catford… You ever catch the Sunday league channel on YouTube, SE Dons?
SanmiJanuary 31, 2019 14:23:20
Suarez is better than martial, sterling, lingard, willian, son. Hazard is the only winger better than suarez in the top 6 currently
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Lol what an idiot.
I reckon CG loves a bit of reggae slow jams. Can see him now wearing his Rasta wig with a big zoot in his mouth 👀
Don
I said et al too many to mention.
Un
Say what you like fella…
If people don’t like….fuck em …
Chaotic T mo
Same
Who don’t like a bit of lovers rock …..
Pure London sound from the 80s
Champagne I’m not surprised that point was too subtle for you. I’ll try to explain it again in even clearer terms, as I would hate for you to think you had successfully defended dipshit from criticism. My point was this: when Wenger was finishing top four, he had a top four squad — albeit an inadequate one, albeit one that could have been much better had he spent money when he needed to spend money, one that could have been better if he had better understood what was needed and if he had better spent the ample money available to… Read more »
Who remembers The Wenger 8 2 panic buys…
CG probably jamming to police and thieves as we speak 😂
Le Grove really would be a lot better off if Un Na and Charlie George posted elsewhere. Just my opinion.
can someone explain to me, why we cannot pay a small sum up front for Nkuknku and noegrtiate a sale price ? This summer we have funds, so basically its a numbers game. What on earth is happening? FFS, a loan is more complicated than a sale??
Bamford,
How would our top 4 finishes during that period and net spend compare to other clubs ?
I recall we were selling our best players every year?
RSPC
Haha my personal fave is likely the worst full back i’ve ever seen live.
Andre Santos
Banter to core
Red …are yer ?
You a batter or bowler …
Fuck you Kronke
Sal
Or Igor
Who the plAyers wound him up to buy…
Now that is banter…
Gosf
Simple really ..the club do not want to release any funds as they have reservations about the manager ..
A very sensible policy in my opinion.
@ Guns
We are not even buying on the cheap now, just looking for loans.
Maybe Kronke is negotiating and 2 year EMI to pay for the 5 month wages during the loan period 🙂
Cg
Killed blair peach the teacher
He killed blair peach …the dirty bleeder
@ Pierre
If the club have reservations about the manager and are not releasing funds,.
Should they not lower ticket prices then in a sensible move?
Arsenal squad is the fourth best squad in the league. ManCity, ManUtd, Liverpool have the best squad. Man from man out of Chelsea only Hazard, Kante, their goalkeeper is better than Arsenal corresponding player. Ramsey > Jorginho Lacazette, Aubameyang > Giroud, Morata Koscielny, Sokratis > Luiz, Rudiger … In the Spurs team, the first 11 is pretty much equivalent, but after the 16 there is a massive drop in quality. That is why as soon as injury starts to bite they stall. Personally from their team, I would only take Kane, Ericksen and maybe Lloris. So getting 4th place with… Read more »
Of course Emery will play a high line against City, if he can get away with it – and so he should. It’s an integral part of the method he is trying to install. And if he can’t (because pressing is part of Pep’s style too) then he’s been unrolling counter-press tactics, too.
Man-for-man they have better players in every position, so the odds must favour them. But making them fight for every inch of the pitch and then counter-punching is Arsenal’s best hope.
The club may have come to the conclusion that we have hired a good manager but he has a certain playing philosophy but he doesn’t have the players to implement that playing philosophy and the club do not have the finances to recruit the players to implement his philosophy.
Maybe the club thinks it will be better to hire a manager who can help the players reach their full potential and that includes the academy players coming through.
Terri,
Yeah I’ve never seen them in action but my 11 year has mentioned them a few times so I’m vaguely familar. You a part of them?
Nice to have some local lads on here!
Valentins sister inlaw or is it uncle in-law lives in Paris and supports PSG so that makes him an authority on Unai Emery
We have a better squad than Spurs and Chelsea..its just the manager holding us back he says
This is mental. Folks wanting Zaha and rejecting Suarez. You guys don’t watch football I swear.
What do I expect. People that wanted Samba and Schneiderlin
Left, I know one of the lads who plays, I’m in mid 30s playing 5 aside is a tall order let alone 90 mins on a Sunday!
South East has produced some amazing Gunner legends that’s for sure!
“Simple really ..the club do not want to release any funds as they have reservations about the manager ..
A very sensible policy in my opinion.”
Is this what you tell yourself just before you sleep?
What would be your excuse when the manager gets 100M in the summer?
Bamford
Then why don’t you find some enterprise from somewhere and business nous and create your own blog instead of whining to Pedro about his? You’re pretty discourteous yourself. In short, put up or shut up
City are low in confidence after the weekend’s result so The Arsenal need to keep it tight ,bypass The City midfield, and hit the channels early for Aubamayang and Lacazette. If we proceed to tit around with it at the back we will hand the initiative to them . Torreira MUST sit in front of our defence and not get dragged out of position .the full back or wing backs MUST be disciplined. If we allow city to get behind us through the channels , we will be punished, that is where they are prolific. I would love to see… Read more »
we have the funds – if we can offer Inter and the Chinese club $, it means we have $ right now. Hell, I bet there is money in our reserve account for rainy days like today.
So FUCK Kronke and all this BS
This is what I meant by having an owner who can give 2 shits.
IF he did, he would tell Raul, get the deals done….
Crickets I bet…. just fucking crickets
This pace would be dull as dishwater without the likes of me and Pierre and CG and champagne. You lot just want an echo chamber. Now that Pedro doesn’t agree with your views you turn on him.
I’ve zero problem w/ club keeping powder dry until summer after full season assessment on Emery.
Azed
“What would be your excuse when the manager gets 100M in the summer?”
simple …he would deserve it as he will have either won a trophy or finished in the top 4 ….the Emirates will have been full every week and the quality of our football will have improved .
If they give him 100m without this happening then they are fools.
Sanmi
Mate
100%. Most of them barley played I bet either
Oh Bamford -And your one man agenda that know one can criticise you.
Your snivelling contempt and whingeing to Pedro when they do .
Charlie and Unai have this ease to make you look foolish and you don’t like it.
Back to your normal “nice post Pedro.” Just keep the captain on board.?
You really are one Richard.?
Pedro, confused about your take recently. Just think what it would be like if Ivan and Arsene were still at the helm, Suarez would on a permanent, another ball and chain and we’d probably be 6th. Is it perfect? Not at all, but it’s a damn sight better than the wilderness years. Were getting what we asked for, club restructuring, acting like it has its own best interest at heart (see Ramsey and Suarez deals, Ozils treatment), 4th… it’s all a bit no nonsense. All were missing is attractive football but if we get CL who’d give a shit? Why… Read more »
@ Pierre That sounds better when you say the club have no money to back Emery and need a manager who can do the SS thing. The only problem I have with that is that Kronke & co told us we had money all the time. Before it was Wenger not spending, so I think they have been dishonest. The fans pay their ticket prices as before whether we are in the top 4 or not and buy merchandise. This is how they support the club. But the Owner who should be the number one supporter is doing what exactly?… Read more »
Sal
Exactly.
One imagines one the reasons Emery was sacked at PSG ( apart from losing 4goal leads at the nou camp )was his persona and scruffy appearance.( after he won the treble last year)
From My experiences of the corporate world – no major player would want him endorsing their products.
Harsh – granted..but ultimately fair analysis
Especially after today’s mishap!
A 10m loan fee for a player who barely plays… No wonder the Nkunku deal is off.
RH
Where you reading that figure?
All this nonsense about underachieving and overachieving is doing my head in. From 2006, the resources and infrastructure were in place to do so much more. Excuses though kept weighing us down. Money, in many respects, was irrelevant. We had enough talent on show to go that extra mile. With a few obvious tweaks here and there, we could have competed with the very best. We were prepared to hand out fortunes on contracts to players who were clearly not up to scratch, but were not willing to invest reasonable amounts on other players who could have given us that… Read more »
@Guns
Get French football news @GFFN
Might be bollocks
So this is it.
We get results against City, Manu, we might be on our way. Spurs yet to hit the skids just yet. Hopefully soon. I hope Huddersfield play Chelesa to a loss or draw
Just a whole lot of hope.
And God bless you Suarez- we need your help son!
Graham well put
Don’t get the whole overachieving and underachieving debate
We went into this season bemoaning our squad and wishing we could change certain players. A few months into the season certain people decided they didn’t like the manager and started spinning all sorts of narratives.
Good grief! Having an owner like Kroenke is insane….how are we shopping around for loan deals and can’t even loan players because of final restrictions????? Goodness me are we dire as an organization or what??
Graham well put Don’t get the whole overachieving and underachieving debate We went into this season bemoaning our squad and wishing we could change certain players. A few months into the season certain people decided they didn’t like the manager and started spinning all sorts of narratives.
Receding
You’re spot on. The squad is capable of 4th. It’s not about under achieving or over achieving. It’s about our current manager achieving the goals and targets set by fan expectations
Glad we agree
@Graham, am not a Wenger supporter, in fact I wanted him our 10 years before most of you. But truth be told and for the sake of ethics – He was never supported financially. He found a way to finance our training facility by selling Anelka. After that, we were always on the SS thing. He kept us in top 4 with project youth with very average players and made them overperform as a team after the stadium move- proof, players like Wilshere, Walcott etc who were so called stars are anonymous at other clubs. Barca bought a few of… Read more »
No need ?
if that figure is true- still have not seen it reported anywhere- 10M for a half year loan, then that is really high. I guess it all depends on the final selling price. PSG might be thinking, we might not buy him, and thus, jacket up the loan price… I know with Inter- we reportedly were going to pay a penalty in case we had to return Perisic I say fuck it… I wouldnt do business again with PSG in the summer for this player. Our options should be greater in summer. Just hope he doesn’t turn out to be… Read more »
Dale
Quick question. Why did you go off on Bamford yesterday?
Bollocks
Nkunku market value not worth a whole lot more than £10m.. maybe £15? No chance PSG asking that for a 6 month loan.
The Orn reporting Arse hierarchy went in again today for Nkunku but couldnt get her done. Definite interest.
We could have pulled this deal with an Ozil loan
Fuck Ozil too
Fuck Kronenke
Wonder if we have a secret plan c? still time right?
They wanted 10m euros as a loan fee and 15m euros as the option purchase price is the story.
Saw it somewhere on Twitter.. @GFFN
@ salpardisenyc
So Arsenal hierarchy and its begging bowl was booted off by PSG?
It’s a shame that the team is in such need of funds to buy players and KSE do nothing.
A couple of players could have ensure we finished in the top 4.
I don’t know what the squad is capable of
What I do know is many on here saying they didn’t expect top four, we should focus on Europa, blah blah blah before and just after the season started
Now what I am told is we have wonderful players, Ozil is a big personality equivalent to Neymar, our squad is better than Spurs.. If this was the case from the start why the apprehension?
Aside from a bit too much patriotism, CG makes some great points.Stop being bitches people
I still think the worst bitches on here are marko and Bamford….those two love to fling poo around, never engage in civilized arguments, those two, always inserting insults…
10m for a loan of a player who is only worth 8m
Football gone mad no wonder attendances are falling …
sorry for Nkunku
They over inflated his value
The kid should have thrown a fit, put in a transfer request and had his agent do some work
Mega clubs like PSG- deals like this mean nothing. I hope they get slapped with severe penalites for financial irregularites
I will like to caution u swallow those figures with spoonfuls of salt. Just went back to the article and seems its been pulled
Bottom line is we were practically going round begging, we weren’t offering clubs anything that would benefit them. I don’t mind that. Serious business is done in the summer
When the club is on the floor when it comes to money …
You have to think someone is doing an Arthur Fowler …
Isvthe crime we have no money or the crime the way is run.
It’s embarrassing
Anyway, wonder how much Chavs paid to loan Higuain….Nkuku at 10m Euros is insane, but why is he the only option? What were we offering for Carrasco? I get Perisic/Inter wanting an outright buy, he handed in a TR and he’s 29…so better for them to sell now
“One good half season in his career”
So he is a like-for-like replacement for Ramsey ?
“So he is a like-for-like replacement for Ramsey ?”
Looooool
Balague pretty solid… he’s saying PSG wanted 6 month loan with obligation to buy in summer and the buy was higher than valued at Arsenal.
Had Ozil played ball this situation is whole lot different i’d imagine.
What were we offering for Carrasco?
Nothing the Chinese club was interested in that’s for sure. The whole point of this window for us was to avoid spending money. Raul said a few months ago he doesn’t like the January window and it wasn’t ideal for business. This has nothing to do with who the manager or owner is. Arsenal football club never planned spending this January.
Nirvana
You know you’re right
Fuck me. I don’t like the band really but that was a top tune from them. That and the man who sold the world. Yes it’s a Bowie cover but they made it their own
Love Bowie too though. Not like that. Platonic
@ Moray
Nope, its for Iwobi. Ramsey to play on the right.
Dale
My honest opinion. He’s a vindictive fella, but he’s not s racist. He’s a proper lefty. And even though there a many racist lefties, I doubt bam is one. He’s a genuine lefty.
Un na
He’s a Marxist if my memory serves me correctly.
MGooner
“I support AFC since the early 80’s and again I am not defending Wenger. But I am very happy for what he did at the club. We are now a much bigger club with a much bigger fan following.”
WTF…..We’re a laughing stock and have been overtaken by Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and now Spurs!
Hey Unnai
I say ditch the Bowie (leftie) music and pick up some Ted Nugent.
Try it out. Sure you can find the cassettes or records in the UK
Might be more up your alley
😛
“Football gone mad no wonder attendances are falling …”
Different take on that comment but the Spud’s had 29 odd thousand last night. That really is a poor turn out – few of those at the new stadium and they could have a panic attack.
Un…oh i know, but his vindictive nature and the need to always interject with name calling , and his need to always respond even if it doesn’t concerns him, felt good to question if he supported that type of behaviour
Are we going for the Wenger-esque customary trolley rush again? More like bin dipping this time around or like some said a limbless beggar on the sidewalk.
With only one loan IN right now surely it’s not adequate with the likelihood of more injuries soon.
Can’t see a way forward for the club
RedtruthJanuary 31, 2019 20:29:59
MGooner
“I support AFC since the early 80’s and again I am not defending Wenger. But I am very happy for what he did at the club. We are now a much bigger club with a much bigger fan following.”WTF…..We’re a laughing stock and have been overtaken by Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and now Spurs!
Cycles, Red, cycles…Spurs have overtaken Yoonited, don’t see them losing sleep over the spuds.
Marc
Serioud was the attendance that low ?
Football is eating itself…
The yanks sense something that’s why basketball will take off heresoon
Red
The irony is that on the early 90s when we opened the Finsbury park shop
We were the guvonor
Man u rangrrs an pool came down to see how we were developing the business
Copied an progressed it
We are still stuck in 1990
Tyrone Ming’s should have been on our radar .
Far too much Football these days and at odd times. Plus, the old rivalries are melting away and the players are like pampered racehorses bred in a ratified atmosphere rather than the talented guys we went to school with. I don’t attend games any more since moving overseas a decade ago. I even find it tough to follow the games on tv and frequently skip a game, so I’m very impressed by the guys who regularly attend even home games. Maybe a sign of my age but I do think Football is such a huge financial and time commitment these… Read more »
Charlie George,
Regarding the picture of Emery and Suarez,
Is it not obvious to you that the photo was taken down at the training ground? Should he be wearing a suit to take the training? Do you think Emery is in charge of the commercial/public relations side of things?
Do you not think that the PR team would have made Emery wear a suit if they wanted a more professional shot? Or do you think Emery decided all of it from his so called ivory tower?
I’m finding your angle extremely petty and childish and it’s incredibly tedious to read.
So we only have 2 strikers for the end of season
RSPC Basketball really is the worst sport I’ve ever seen. Never understood the interest. Just a score of giants bouncing a ball in sterile indoor arena. Not much to it. I doubt it will take off in the UK.
Dale
Always good to turn the tables on a disgustingly unabashed lefty. Put the shoe on the other foot. But I highly doubt he’s a racist
Marc
Yeah. He’s strikes me as a Marxist. Aren’t they all these days? If you’ve got an ology you’re almost destined to earn less and be in debt. Bamford thankfully graduated from Harvard though and began teaching English to high school students
It may carry gravitas with them. Not with anyone who’s ever locked horns with him as an equal
Disappointed that we haven’t managed to secure Perisic or Carrasco.
It looks as though Arsenal are becoming a lot more stubborn with refusing to pay over the odds for a player.
Aubameyang, Suarez, Iwobi, Maitland-niles and Ozil can all play on the wings, so we have enough players. But not one of them are natural wingers .
Shame it all fell through, as I reckon it would have given the fans and players a lift.
I will never thank England enough for David Gilmour ! ( and a few others to be fair )
RSPC
Was it LKJ lyrics you posted earlier on ? Love that singer
“The irony is that on the early 90s when we opened the Finsbury park shop We were the guvonor” Gazidis fucked it. He’s the guy who couldn’t pull in a brothel. Who won the lottery and lost the ticket. Who had the golden egg and ate it. We brought the guy from the US because we thought of Marketing and Sales and white teeth. What we didn’t consider is that Major League is a joke with no real competition and might as well be a different sport to Premiership Football. Then we were bought by an American who saw the… Read more »
If there were World Cups for music, England would be king.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-H0uIH5HHQ
What have I missed? How is criticising Iwobi racist?