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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HM
No
Sal
Mix in the clash
Housemartins
Billy Bragg
Yeah rock n politics UK wins
Guys, no rascim or Marxist chat please
Yep, no contest Sal
Lenin was a gooner, no question.
https://youtu.be/liNnCKPeEv0
Sal
Tune males me laugh
Pedro
Are you joking? Did you delete my reply to Dale’s absurdities? Simply because I mentioned that I was a Marxist. You have to be kidding me, mate.
charlie George…
for all those nonsense you’ve been spewing on here, recently and before mow…
just bring your head over here… so someone can shoot some sense into it….
nothing personal mate… just wanted to help your case.
Paul Heaton
Top top man…
When on beautiful south
Spilt the earning with 7 members of the band an manager
Equal share
Pure socialist view
Agreed, let’s leave politics and racism out of here.
Who else did we sign or was Suarez it?
Pedro
How come people go on about Brexit n politics but we can’t talk about marks or engells …
Classisim is just as bad as racism…
More people do it
is this a free speech blog
Benny
No not really
Politics old Etonian or havard boys run the show…
Money talks
Money gets you everting
Ask oh
Jacko
Rolling stones
Macartney
Guns
Only if you are sheep…
Bam
Good on you sir
I wish I was at this show.
Enjoy this song everyone. It will cheer you up on this glum day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6fQnTyEniM
Benny
This Dale character suggested that people criticize Iwobi here as they do because of racism. I told him this was nonsense. He then suggested that in denying I was racist, I was behaving like many other racists. I told him his “argument” — i.e., ‘it’s just like a racist to claim he’s not racist’ — was nonsense. He then — no joke — called me “dumb”.
And now Pedro has censored something I said about this because in my short comment, I mentioned that I am a Marxist.
Bd “”Regarding the picture of Emery and Suarez””” It was a foto befitting the behaviour of our skittish manager. (I thought) I expect an Arsenal manager wearing his Arsenal blazer when meeting a new player for the first time. (especially if these fotos going into the public domain) There are reasons why the immaculate George Graham and the immense Arsene Wenger lasted a combined 30 years of Arsenal management. And yet Bruce Rioch lasted barely 30 weeks. They are figureheads for the great institution called Arsenal FC,after all As the late great Sir Bobby Robson said about the Arsenal job-… Read more »
Sweet.. Buster Bloodvessel.
RSPC
TUNE!
Why would Emery roll out the red carpet for someine on loan.
Ahhh
MPs have to work when they were expecting a half term break
FFS
Cunts have 3 jobs each
They should only have one job MP
We should abolish parliament n house of lords .
While were at it
Lodge the queen n all..
An individual mayor for each town.
Denis Suarez special. 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTW_e2miP5o
Is it me, or are the fields in La Liga, Nou Camp, etc so much larger?
Compare that to the say, Bournemouth field… its like miniature comparedt to Nou Camp
“And now Pedro has censored something I said about this because in my short comment, I mentioned that I am a Marxist”
Out of order from Pedro. Richard Marx had some great songs, especially the one about Hazard.
Banford
No there was no subtlety missed, I simply called you on your conflicting ideas that Wenger both:
a) compiled shit squads
b) had a “better than 6th best” squad when achieving top 4
It amuses me how you are completely incapable of acknowledging anything positive he did for Arsenal, even when doing so to make a show you give backhanded compliments. Such a weird and narrow view to have of someone.
Thought it was worth highlighting how contrived your POV are.
Guns of sf
I wish I had your excellent eyesight
You are 100% accurate.
It’s another reason why we need :
Pacey
Power
And Penetratitive players not rather delicate ones.( ie Denis S)
I reckon the rather handsome Denis- has never had mud on his knees whilst playing football…
We have tried the pretty tech route of trying to walk the ball in it.
Let’s revert to a more traditional power based game.
Balls in the box
Crosses
Getting the home crowd pumped up…
CG, I get your point but was it Emery who decided that the welcome photo should be taken at the training ground where he’s in a tracksuit or do you think the board and the PR team made that decision? That is the point I’m trying to make. I believe you are assuming that Emery decided to have the welcome photo at the training ground and dictated to the club where it should be taken as if he is in control of everything and not the club. How do you know the club weren’t the ones who decided that the… Read more »
My favourite manager in.living memory is Terry N.eil followed by George Graham and then Bertie Mee.
Arsene Wenger is bottom of the list.
Out of order from Pedro. Richard Marx had some great songs, especially the one about Hazard.
Haha indeed Hazard town approaching.
Red,
My dad was big Bertie man, could do no wrong.
Emery is not the manager he’s the head coach.
Head coach – tracksuit and trainers
Manager – suited and booted.
Head coach – new player welcome photo at the training ground in a tracksuit.
Manager – new player welcome photo at the press booth in a suit.
Capish?
I remember wheb Bertie Mee retired in 2976, i collected all the newspaper clippings and stuck them in a scrapbook.
I remember when Bertie Mee retired in 1976, i collected all the newspaper clippings and stuck them in a scrapbook.
CG
I dont mind power and pace. Glad you didnt preface that with English football or something like that.
You do realize, that on bigger fields, you need pace already right?
most of the trickery happens around the box area- we can use that too
How very dare Arsene Wenger welcome a new signing; Ozil no less, at the training ground not in a suit but in fucking shorts and t-shirt!!!!!
https://goo.gl/images/pJ5FDW
How very “skittish ” of him!
Charlie George, I’ve already destroyed your ridiculous comments regarding Emery and the welcome photo at the training ground, the picture of Wenger doing the same further compounds your ridiculous point of view on the matter.
Give it a rest now please.
Red
My old man was pleased we won the title for him the year he passed, double in fact.
Thought it was Wenger’s best achievement.
Bd
In my opinion.
The manger/coach ( FIGURE HEAD) of Arsenal FC is an elite position
Emerys unfortunate general poor optics ( I am afraid another reason for him not be in this post)
That excruiating opening press conference pre -season was utterly unacceptable for a club of our status..
..let alone his mediocre record and performance to date..
Maybe, I have just been spoilt with the likes of Graham/Wenger.
Main thing is :Should we dumb down for his inadequacies or keep our standard high?
Sf
“”” dont mind power and pace. Glad you didnt preface that with English football or something like that.””
Only because I forgot.
English football are not dirty words…sf
And here’s George Graham welcoming new signings Alan Smith and Nigel Winterburn in 1987 and look at those terrible tiny shorts!! How awfully “skittish!”
CG
you are remarkable. Never ceasing bending or wavering in your determination for Arsenal to become Brexitnal
😛
Bd
Fair play.
I think you are being particularly pedantic here,in this instance.
It is not just ME commenting on Emerys optics today.
I ‘ve heard comments from a Broadmoor patient to someone on spice?? Snide remarks.,etc
Demeaning all around.
Terrible..
But CG what inadequacies are we dumbing down? Him not wearing a suit was your point to which you referenced AW and GG wearing suits. I’ve since posted pictures of both welcoming new transfers at the training ground in tracksuits, well actually shorts and t-shirts – even worse! yet now your moving the goalposts.
For some unknown reason you don’t like Emery and/or Spanish people and refuse to give him the same time you gave Wenger.
Why is that? Seriously?
And who would you seriously approve of in his place barring Arteta, Henry and (Lol!) Lehman?
CG, I’m not meaning to be pedantic; I’m merely countering your arguments with proofs of their flaws. If that’s being pedantic then I’m being pedantic. I’m genuinely trying to see where you’re coming from because believe it or not I actually do hold you in quite high esteem being a very old school Arsenal man whereas I started my Arsenal love affair around 1985. I respect many of your opinions and do agree regarding a British core and perhaps do share your concerns regarding the potential casting off of our own British youngsters. But regarding Emery I am genuinely perplexed… Read more »
Bd
Not speaking English.
He is in his mid 40.!
Have you heard Cesc/Hector/Arteta speak?
(Beautiful spoken English)
He must have lived such a cocconed existence and sampled very little of English footballing culture if he can’t speak our language.
After all . Every Spaniard I have met- has spoken English better than him.
I think Steve McLaren when he attempted Dutch.- when I see him on TV
I do not dislike him, personally.
I think he is mediocre..
I think we should aim higher( in all respects)
CG
You’re fuckin mediocre
So it’s just Suarez then?
Need some defenders to get healthy and stay fit. Chelsea underachieving with Sarri, if it stays that way 4th is a much more realistic venture then it was even just a month ago over the holidays. Goal difference may do us in, need to stop leaking goals.
Spuds still no draws, it’s kind of amazing.
CG
Majority of spanish people doesn’t speak a word of english, at least that was the norm when I stayed there 20 years ago, could be different for the newer generation.
Very fair of you to compare Emery’s 6 month stay in England to those 3 players 5+ years at an early age in britain.
Bellerin and Cesc both arrived at 16 and has had plenty of time to learn. Arteta has spent most of his career here.
I don’t want to hear the excuses coming into the summer that we have no money again this is bullshit and we need to start spending some fucking money to get some better fucking players so sick of this shit
Lol Pedro you’ve been drinking waaay too much American juice if you think Marxism is a dirty discussion point along the lines of racism
Don’t fall for the American propaganda Pedro. I’m not even a Marxist, I’m pretty centrist is most socio-economic outlooks currently but the fear Americans have of marx and his ideas is frankly a joke
“””Arteta has spent most of his career here.”””
And that’s why he was such a good fit for the Arsenal Head Coach, Fred.
Stylish, steely, something completely different. Exciting and fresh.
Could have been a magical ride to see if our young head coach could have followed in George Grahams steps and won honours as a player and manager.
(Guaranteed we would have kept Ramsey and Welbeck too.. maybe even Jacko )
Cest la vie!
We went dull.
We went Seville lite.
We went scruffy!
In the last few weeks the minimum expectations have somehow changed to a minimum of CL qualification. Wenger a pisser away 100s of millions in the last 2 seasons to come 5th and 6th and emery must get 4th because he spent 70 million in the summer? When the fuck did this happen? The talk when Wenger was sacked (leaving us 17 million poorer after making 100s of millions during his 20 odd years) the narrative was the 1st season for a new manager would be about transition now it’s, get us top 4 or you are shit! And if… Read more »
If there is one lesson to be learned from this January transfer window it is that virtually no players of quality were sold. We have recruited Suarez a player that Emery likes on a loan basis. Fortunately there is no obligation to buy him. If he turns out to be another dud we can ship him back to Barcelona. If he turns out to be a success then we can buy him for a modest fee. Arsenal now have five months to prepare for the next transfer window opening in June and hopefully use there transfer budget well on players… Read more »
I can also speak with confidence that 99% of people who rag on Marx have never read any of his work. Just like 99% of people who hate socialism and communism couldn’t even properly tell you the difference. Even political parties espousing ‘socialism’ or ‘communism’ are an absolute mile away from the reality of what these words are supposed to involve. China for example is ‘communist’ but refers to its own system as ‘socialism’ (which is a contradiction) whilst being distinctly more capitalist than the UK (an even bigger contradiction). But people hear dirty words and kick off whilst barely… Read more »
Charlie George
Hahaha…..
Oh your are serious? Damn! Sorry to hear that, must be hard.
CG,
I don’t know if you were watching when Arteta was playing for us, especially as our captain, but exciting and fresh isn’t even close, more like boring, slow, uninspiring and dull. If that’s the type of personality he brings as a coach, I think I’ll pass.
Lol Charlie has made it abundantly clear that being ‘stylish’ is a top priority for him in a manager.
Who cares about managing ability, right?
All you need is LEGO man looking gelled black hair and you’re set
Benny
You forgot steely … Mikel ‘the iron man’s Arteta
Fun fact – was part of the 8-2 humiliation trolley dash and now is the defacto poster boy!
I find it perplexing why people are so disdainful to Ex Arsenal people who have actually achieved things :
If it’s not Wenger (serial trophy winner)
It’s Arteta ( FA Cup captain)
Or its Merson – because he has truculent opinion
Or its Lehmann(invincible)
Or its Ramsey.(3 time FA Cup winner)
And even more perplexing – why you don’t want these people back at the club in some capacity- but are happy to give undying support for 2 Spaniards ( Emery /Raul) who have No affinity whatsover with our magnificent club .
Totally and utterly bizarre.
China1
Political systems, like religion, are always manipulated by people in order to control other people.
End of the day it is bad people that shoot other people. The gun doesn’t fire off on its own.
CG, Have you listened to Pedro’s latest podcast? He makes a very strong case as to why it actually is a good idea sending our prospects to Germany to further their development. What are your thoughts on that? My thoughts are I’m with Pedro, however; if they don’t get drafted into our squad next season and Callum Chambers doesn’t get a chance either I may be inclined to think you might be right regarding Emery and his reluctance to use our own British youngsters, but for now I don’t think you have any evidence whatsoever to substantiate your opinion. Time… Read more »
lol now Pedro and gambon joined ex akb stand. Suddenly we have top 4 squad.
Do you guys even watch football?
Its like reading metro or the sun.
Oh and sell Laca hehe
Rollen, behave. Follow the narrative or be prepared to pivot hard in the next year. Le Grove has a pretty good track record on being right, early.
Pivot from what exactly? Giving a new manager with a shit squad more than half a season to prove himself?
Don’t think anyone is married to the idea of Emery staying on forever, huge difference to whining about him every day.
Charlie George “but are happy to give undying support for 2 Spaniards ( Emery /Raul) who have No affinity whatsover with our magnificent club .” Let me try and give you an insight to what you are experiencing on Le Grove. .The posters on here that give their undying support for Emery are the same posters who used to spew their bile at Arsene Wenger . The level of abuse towards Wenger from these people made me feel embarrassed to support the club . So what we have now are people that are so desperate for the new manager to… Read more »
Pierre
I agree. Remember a couple of years ago when Emery was manager of PSG and was 4-0 up against Barcelona in the first leg, and then lost 6-1 in the second leg. This was with top quality centre backs in Thiago Silva and Marquinhos, as well as Matuidi , Rabiot and Verratti sitting in midfield.
This tells me that even if Arsenal invested heavily in defence, it won’t make much of a difference unfortunately.
Freddie, you are wedded to Emery, and that is cool.
Don’t know too much about Denis Suarez, was just having a look at some clips of his passing and dribbling. Very Santi Cazorla like, a big comparison but hopefully we have found a gem.
Taking the Mhik
These posters have now turned their abuse onto Mesut Ozil just as I predicted they would back in August .
They must be able to see that Emery not setting the team up to defend as a solid unit .
His remark to Torreira back in December saying he wanted him to attack more set alarm bells ringing for me .
Pierre, You’re a doofus if you can’t see the car wreck that Wenger left for his predecessor. Do you cry yourself to sleep every night while staring at your Wenger monument? You’re just on a vindictive rant to lament your Wenger nostalgia. You cheered Wenger every step of the way, even when he was saying it’s normal for players to run down their contract and as he dished our ridulous contracts to average players. Even now that. the jig is up and the grim reaper is knocking on the door, you still have no freaking clue how we got here.… Read more »
Saurez looks technically very good , not sure he’s a winger though but hopefully will hit the ground running.
Pedro
Freddie isn’t wedded to Emery.
He’s wedded to due process, giving a NEW manager charged with cleaning up the mess time to do his work.
You’ve really put aside all presence now and we can move you to the all out and brazen anti-Emery crowd.
Dissenter
I wanted pep 4/5 years ago ….and yes, watching Arsenal win trophies is what it’s all about , whoever is the manager .
Dissenter, due process without context is a poor due process.
You will learn.
Follow the light, the ‘vote for pedro’ light
In August, most people were hoping and saying daily prayer recitals for Ozil to prove a point to the ‘haters’ in Germany
He had the support of the vast majority of gooners who hoped he would give his all to Arsenal to send a message.
Another needless and unimportant Pierre lie exposed.
Also, go easy on ‘doofus’
FBI on your for hate crimes
Dissenter
Although I believe it was right for Wenger to leave.. in all fairness to him, he has left us with Aubameyang, Lacazette, Ozil,l and Mhkitaryan, as well as a great bunch of young talent that he implemented into the first team last season.
It’s not his fault that Unai can’t get the best out of them.
Pedro
It was conditional though..
Pierre is a genius master of banter here, no one has a better wittty rebuttal than Pierre
He’s well respected by this writer despite the black mamba venom he spews out.
Dissenter
You shouldn’t take criticism of Emery so personal… What do you want us to say , the football’s great , the defence is solid and our attack looks superb …
Follow the Mykh
‘It’s not his [Wenger’s] fault that Unai can’t get the best out of them’
Let me know when and where you do you stand up skits .
Poor Monsieur Wenger, who was fired unjustly after he left us with a team with 63 massive points on a £230 million wage bill..
Dissenter Exactly, I don’t care who the manager is, don’t see why Pedro has lost the inability to process english after Emery was appointed. Irony? What I don’t understand is all the irrelevant things used to bash the man with, his teeth, the fact that he wears a track suit when doing training sessions, his english, physical stature etc, it’s just childish and petty. If he’s not improving us after being backed properly in the transfer market (and no 63m is far from enough to fix this squad) then ship him out and get someone else in, preferably someone with… Read more »
Pierre I’ve been going against the grain of opinion here I want Emery to walk away just to give you the gratification you and your ilk are desperately seeking. I want Pedro to get his young dashing manager with perfect white teeth and fluency in 10 languages. The type of manager that can say’ supercalifragilisticexpialidocious‘ effortlessly. I want to be there when the shot hits the fan just for the laughs. I have zero emotional connection Tom Emery. I hope he walks away from fans like you; I won’t lose any sleep when he’s gone just like I dot lose… Read more »
Taking the Mikh
Appropriate name.
Yes, he left us with Auba and Lacazette = good
He left us with Ozil and Mikhi on a combined salary of 550k a week and they’re both shit = bad
What about the rest of the squad? Barely any players fit for purpose. Holding and Bellerin the only ones of the defenders worth keeping
Midfield no one worth keeping
Attack only Laca and Auba, and Iwobi as backup worth keeping.
Freddie Ljungberg
“He left us with Ozil and Mikhi on a combined salary of 550k a week and they’re both shit = bad”
Ozil and Mhki both performed better under Wenger than Emery.
Undoubtedly though he’s left a few stinkers, Mustafi being one of them, Xhaka also.
Pierre, Wenger DID refuse to spend money, it has been well documented in the past on here and Gazidas said so too in the past that Wenger would pull the plug on deals he thought were too much. Remember the famous line about Wenger being asked what he’d do if given £100m? He said he’d give it back! Alonso, Hazard, Suarez, Mata are just a few examples Wenger refused to pay just a little more and we could have had them. There are so many more – we all know the infamous team of Galacticos “we nearly signed”; Ronaldo, Zidane… Read more »
Ozil has been on the decline for 2 years, just ask Germany.
Mikhi hasn’tbeen great since he arrived either, mixing in some very good moments with a lot of mediocre performances, very inconsistent, we need better if we’re going to improve.
Xhaka and Mustafi are the 2 biggest problems in our strting XI though, agreed. Hope they’re both gone in the summer.
Amen Benny, so true
Fred..
I think we are all in agreement that our defence is struggling .(to put it mildly)
Why do you think that Emery has not addressed this during the transfer window with a loan deal similar to saurez.
So basically the idea is since the squad left by Wenger is so bad, no amount of coaching by Emery will do. Bad defence = Wenger’s fault. Bad midfiled = Wenger’s fault. What he needs are new players who will correct the mistakes of Wenger’s mismanagement. And so we need to give Emery time, for Raul to bring in the players Emery needs and when that happens, and only until that happens, we can judge him. And if that does not happen because of our finances, it is Wenger’s fault because Wenger gave Ozil that contract. So, in a nut… Read more »
Bennydevito
“Remember the famous line about Wenger being asked what he’d do if given £100m? He said he’d give it back!”
And you believe him …more fool you .
Most of what Wenger said you can take with a pinch of salt .
Maybe because no one was willing to loan us a decent defender in the middle of the season?
Pointless adding someone to an already bloated wage bill that’s not going to improve us.
We tried for Malcuit apparently but Napoli shut us down.
Kos is back in full training now and hopefully we’ll see more of Mavro soon. RB is a problem though for sure. Think that was why we were after Nkunku since he can play there in a pinch.
Bennydevito “As for progress I’ll spell it out for you AGAIN. More points away from home already than the whole of last season. More points now than at this point last season. This time last season we were 6th. Where are we now again? Most points from substitutions. Most points from coming from behind .Most 2nd half points ” Not being funny but those stats are a pretty desperate . Listen, I’m not against Emery , I don’t particularly like his treatment of Ozil as it hasn’t helped the teams results or performances but he has a near impossible job… Read more »
Pedro, so you give Emery credit for where we are compared to last year?
BD laid it out pretty well…
Benny
I don’t think we have true progress under Emery.
The overall play style isn’t coherent and we are getting getting points by having our star strikers outperform the xG curve and our foes missing sitters.
Eventually the stats will regress to the mean, it is a fact of reality.
BUT, as I said it before, I am willing to endure the grind it out, xG beating, boring football, until the end of the season.
Next season, if it still like this, I am switching to something more entertaining for “entertainment”.
Pierre, Im glad you see the bind that Emery is in. I am looking forward to spending some cash in the summer on good young talent. The ones that Emery needs to build the team. I hope Ozil leaves, and allows us the finances to sign said players I think Emery has done overall we.. I think the first year is a heavy transition year, and a more realistic guage is year 2 after 2 transfer windows at least. This weekend, will be a tough game. I dont expect to win, but I DO want to see us improve and… Read more »
Dark Hei,
Ive said that Emery has gotten about 85% out of this team. Maybe more.
Hence we needed new blood to add to the team to change things.
Our players have improved. have they improved in leaps and bounds? no
I dont envy Emery. His job is tough as shit. Major stress.
I hope we make 4th… that would be great success
what happened to Joe on here?
Guns of SF
You being from The City and liking Nugent, are you a Dave Maniketti fan? Some of his Y&T tracks are ok, but his On The Blue Side CD with Loan me a Dime and Man’s World are stand out tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2eQ0DMF_mU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sHIhvPYivU
Pedro, Are you being serious or sarcastic? Sometimes I can’t tell! 🤣 You are right though insofar as calling things incredibly early; you were, as in LeGrove, the only ones for a good few years calling Wenger out, it’s what grew your reputation and I would tell any one who would listen to come here and smell the coffee. I suspect you’re right about Emery and I myself didn’t want him and was really disappointed, underwhelmed and rather “meh” about his appointment after Wenger finally leaving. I was expecting a big name like Allegri and now only envisage Emery as… Read more »