I feel like a child of absent parents this morning. Daddy has tumbled down the stairs, barged into the living room slightly hungover, and handed me an IOU for a Mars bar. This is Josh ‘Daddy’ K.
“To see where Sean has taken us [the Rams] in a short amount of time gives us a lot of confidence.
“The only thing on a par with the Super Bowl is Arsenal making the Champions League final.
“It is something we are very focused on.
“I have been telling my friends all week the Super Bowl is the biggest spectacle that we have here and the Champions League is something in Europe that we strive for and we look forward to being a part of in the future.”
It was all going so well, then he kind of let slip that he was thinking about the other kid who is more handsome than I, and he kind of got his wires crossed.
“I think he [Emery] and Sean are very comparable in the way they approach their craft on a daily basis,”
“There is a lot of data they break down. They are very active on the practice pitch. Their styles are similar even though they are half a world apart.
“Unai’s energy is contagious and his dedication is immense. They love what they do and they are leaders. The players want to run through a wall for them.”
Daddy has not been paying attention, has he? Styles the same? Really, Josh?
The whole interview is mildly amusing. These billionaires are so out of the loop in life that it took a Super Bowl final to acknowledge it’d be cool for Arsenal to make a Champions League final one day.
No message as to how we hit those heights, just a confident nod to Unai Emery that he’s got this, and he should spend that £40m he has in the summer really well.
JOKERS.
Denis Suarez has LANDED. Get excited people. This is him giving his new manager mad props.
“The main thing is that he dedicates a great deal of time to his work. He spends many hours and days watching videos of other teams and his own side.
“His training sessions are really demanding and he ensures that the team is completely prepared. But as I say, the biggest thing is the time he dedicates to his work. As we’d say in Spanish, he’s ‘un enfermo del fútbol’ – football mad.”
Emery is bloody football mad, isn’t he? Good times.
Really hope Denis is the real deal. He has a lot to prove. He’s a little lost in his career, he’s had spats of excellent play, but he’s never really found a place he can call home. He’s playing for a career with Emery, let’s hope he can deliver.
LOAN WITH A VIEW TO PERM, FAM.
Manchester City tomorrow is a huge game. Pep G and his team are recovering from a Newcastle United inflicted bloody nose. They need to find that winning gear against us to keep their title hopes alive this season.
Arsenal had a bit of a shocker against relegation fodder in midweek, but the eventual win turned out to be a dream ticket to TOP FOUR. We need to tighten up, because I have to tell you, City have a lot more to offer than Cardiff.
Emery needs to stop talking the talk about video analysis and show us the output of this meticulous planning we hear so much about.
But I tell you… if I see a high line with the defence we have on offer, I’m gonna bloody lose my mind. I will absolutely slam my fist on the table. Don’t doubt my commitment to aggression.
The downside to the win is that we could hand Liverpool the title. Can you imagine that? The internet memes? The southern Scousers burning their City shirts in the street? The endless coverage in the papers. Oh my, won’t it be awful… At least no one cares about City and their 23,000 fans.
Speaking of which, isn’t it amusing to see how empty the Spurs ground has been lately? I really, really hope they struggle to fill that toilet bowl of theirs. I also hope it’s quiet and too expensive for the average Spurs fan. No way they’re shifting £14 salt beef bagels there. Levels people, levels.
Right, that’s me done! Check out my solo pod. I say nice things about the comments section. Sorry to A&N who I missed but value dearly. xx
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Iwobi gash and Mustafi 5 yards deeper than everyone else playing everyone on and incapable of getting a head to the ball.
whatever plans worked on in the training ground is gone
Thanks to Iwobi…looks like he’s still sleeping
One down and got away with one.
Gonna be a long 90 minutes
Fuck sake!
Kronke what the fuck were you doing?? Just kick it away already!!!
Bamford
No problem mate. As you can see by the subsequent conversation that ensued after, what ties us all is that we want our club to do well.
People also forget that Gazidis also has a lot to answer for As well.
Just arrived at the pub to be greated by us conceding a goal already. Sigh…….
Looked like a bowl of jelly stuck in someone’s headlights.
Good god the mans on fucking strings.
Dale
Care to tell us about how the criticism of Iwobi above is likely due to racism?
What a dipshit.
It’s because he isn’t a very good footballer, just as I said.
Mustafi, what a donce
Iwobi with a brain fart
Fair enough Bamford…..will do until you defend Kroenke.
Maybe time to hide behind the sofa, this could be an embarrassment!
Sell Mustafi before VAR comes into play next season
Great goal by Iwobi and Arteta.
Bamford, by dipshit I hope you’re not referring to me. Look you need to fuck off, do not response to me or refer to me, seriously. You’re the type id meet and give a proper fist down.
Been saying for years that Iwobi is absolute and utter shite, he had a little fan-club on here until very recently.
This is going to be ugly
They all look half asleep and petrified
At least Kronke’s coat is not as long as Wenger’s was, hopefully won’t get the zip stuck.
I detest young players who don’t do basic things right
I detest young players who stop working hard.
Iwobi is so ….
it would be a good idea arsenal don’t puss man city off . just take it
piss*
Emery still not learning from United and Liverpool games. Lich and Mustafi ?
Asking for trouble and got it in seconds
Giving away a needless goal so early just kills off all the preparation we’ve done in the week. So frustrating and stupid.
Team looks disjointed.
Steady on Dale; we don’t need to know about your sexual preferences. Leave the fisting out of it.
If you ever needed an example that iwobi was bang average that was it. Utter shite.
Bernardo Silva and De Bruyne combining well on the right side
Dale
I am most definitely referring to you, the guy who suggested that Iwobi came in for excessive criticism here because of racism.
Everything about this claim was stupid, and it is far from your first stupid claim.
As for your threat of violence, well, I’ll just leave that there. You have to be a real clown to be threatening other posters here with violence.
Someone described Iwobi as being technical
Thus is going to be a cricket score, thank God the flag went up.
We were level with them for less than a minute
Iwobi is technically unsuitable.
1-1
Kozzza
I’ll take that.
Captain Kosh
Was that his shoulder again 😊😊😊
Fuck yes!!!!!
That was a great finish!
Well bugger me.
Not you Dale, leave those fists alone.
Kozzer!
Goal!!!
Did Arsenal just score their first set piece since Bould flicked onto Adams in 1990?
I’m seriously confused.
City are in a poor form
Pity we don’t have the tools to exploit their weaknesses.
Someone described Iwobi as being technical
KOS!!!!!, I take everything back
Give too back! Kos with a nice header
don’t say anything bad about iwobi, you might make the news.
Dale
Bamford is so rarely correct and smart about anything so he is gloating like a petulant child. He doesn’t realize that Iwobi being crap has no bearing on the fact that his criticism when Iwobi was playing well is rooted in racism.
The denial is actually the saddest part.
Good goal Koscielny.
Can’t stand Gary Neville. The smug cunt.
He loves an Arsenal collapse the prick
Kos low header master
Iwobi is a liability in this game.
Iwobi brain is gone
Iwobi laying hospital passes.
Ozil won a ball!
Sancho
More dumb, meaningless commentary from you. No, my criticism of Iwobi was never rooted in racism. Complete nonsense.
Whoops nm I am hallucinating.
Set pieces again papered over the wrong tactic again!
Can someone tell what the tactical/technical input of arteta is in this game…….???????
Over to you, Kos haters… 😉
Bam. Relax your grip on the tiki torches yeah?
Charlottesville misses you.
For their goal as well, the likes of Licht, Guendouzi, Torreira and the strikers were so slow getting out of the box…. we need to play with more urgency
what have noticed is that teams don’t fear atmrsenal because we have no quality wingers who can run with the ball and have a 65% chance of singlehandedly hurting them…
City toying with us. KDB and Bernardo doing tango on the right side and then quickly switching it on the other side for Sterling and Aguero to combine.
Iwobi is playing in a team that lacks speed passing and a defense that is basically as holey as a string vest. The guy is a footballer with proper close ball contro!l.What he needs is to sometimes slow himself down and pick out a better pass.
Aubamayang for call his goals isn’t that good on the ball, but he will never get the criticism that iwobi gets.
Ask yourselves a very simple question: if iwobi is shit, how is it that Emery selects him constantly?
Keep it sensible and intelligible.
Sancho
At least you’re now being amusing.
Enjoy the women of southern California; I’m sure your British acccent doesn’t hurt on that front.
Thank you Sancho. I’m actually done with the idiot at this point. He’s always on here looking for someone to call names or get something right.
Steve Bould has no Shame.
Baseless accusations of racism trivializes racism
What has Bamford done to deserve being labeled with Charlottesville or tiki torches?
His criticism of Iwobi has nothing to do with race.
I know because I’ve had a lot of disagreement with him about Iwobi.
iwobi is the only responsible for that goal….. and he has to make up for it in this particular match…..
Wenker no point explaining this. You’re on Le Grove, people latch on to their victims and bite hard here.
Wenger, he gets selected because we have no one better.
He literally has no end product.
I will accept he brings strength to our team but not much else.
Dale
Don’t let Bamford get under your skin. He’s a smarmy prick. Just mug him off
Bamford
The gloating about Iwobi was in poor taste though.
He is what he is, . It’s not his fault the senior player above him can’t earn the manager’s trust for one minute.
Dissenter
Sancho is trolling; Dale is serious — and clueless.
Pointless blaming Auba did he just lose the ball on the edge of the area?. Fuck that close control in out box just get the ball out. Individual error.
Dissenter, he’s issue was with my criticism of the Bollywood actress, please tell me you don’t condone such “banter” because a player is deemed not up to the high standards of say Aubameyang or Lacazette, who have all given balls away or not pulled their weight in a lot of games. Or Ozil who can’t even get into the coaches team.
We will be a much better team when we upgrade Mustafi, Iwobi & Ozil.
Did anyone see that twat Walker ironically applausing our players after we scored. Silly cunt
So the great tactician Emery is taking a leaf out of Sam Allardyce book – long balls one after another
Guendouzi has no positional awareness smh. City players running off him far too easily.
Dissenter
I wasn’t gloating. I was calling Dale our for the silliness of his claim that criticism of Iwobi here is driven by racism. That is all.
Dale
You will recall that you and I were the only defenders of Iwobi here for a long time. Bamford was consistently the main Iwobi-basher.
You must know that regardless of whatever differences you have against Bam, slamming him with racism for the Bollywood stuff is just as bad as the brainless actress you were commenting about.
You know what..I was expecting some real venom for my support of iwobi (in general)..but i am encouraged that the responses were measured and in the footballing passion of favourites and villains, I’d say fair play to those opinions.
I have no personal alignment with iwobi…I just see a player with quite a potential. I’ve seen him wriggle through 3 players by the touchline with shimmies,flicks drag backs which astonished me. Yes the end product needs to be better.
Dream
Good spot, question marks over Guendouzi for me.
Find it odd that the majority of supporters are tasking it for granted that he will make it at the highest level and will form 2 of our midfield 3 with Lucas for years in the future.
He’s incredibly raw and hasn’t yet demonstrated many of the fundamentals for any top CM worth their salt.
TR7, City are clearly up for it and it looks like we’re frustrating them, not sure we could have a better game plan at this point.
“I was calling Dale our for the silliness of his claim that criticism of Iwobi here is driven by racism.”
Almost as silly as you crying about anti Americanism whenever someone calls out the love of your life Kroenke?
Mr Bamford wants to be desperately right about Iwobi that he ignores the racist remarks regarding Iwobi, so much that he’s here getting personal about it. This is my issue, he was referred to when I posted that Bollywood actress,, but because he wants to be the lead figure in the Iwobiisuseless section, he confined it, afterall he could agree that the banter was in poor taste regardless even if Iwobi isn’t good enough to be a consistent starter.
Dale
Jesus, mate, can you get anything right? I don’t have any problem with anyone’s criticism of that Bollywood actress. I myself said that her remark was clearly racist. However, what I told you was that just because she is racist doesn’t mean Iwobi’s Le Grove critics are.
Jesus Christ, get the argument right.
Wenker, you’d like to think he’d have learnt by now.
Id be happy if he came good but equally as happy if we upgraded in summer.
He wasn’t referred to is what I meant…..typing on a phone is so much work
It’s sometimes hard to fantom that Guendouzi is only 19 years old.
What a player.
Bamford
You must realize, you are incapable of sounding like you’re not gloating whenever you say anything. You just have this outstanding dick quality about you.
Has Aguero gone a single game without scoring against us….”Sigh” As long as Sterling draws a blank
Keep it tight and retreat quickly leave city no space pls
Sure we could go on to lose this but seeing Guend marshall that midfield against City is a joy to behold really.
Even better when you know he’s just 19.
Great pass
Ederson is a freaking thief. Almost an inch perfect pass to Auba there from laca
Wenger Eagle
I like his confidence on the ball. He has a chance to be a really good player. But he’s poor on the other side of the ball. He just going to need midfielders around him that are better defensively and that can progress the ball at the same time.
Dissenter
Oh but the shoe fits for Charlie George just for wanting more brits in our side
Like soooo xenophobic guy
I agree Litch ain’t good enough but image where we’d be had we not signed him.
Rambo
Given that DB10 told us that some of his dislike for Kroenke is driven by his dislike for things American invading British culture, I’d say my claim that some dislike for Kroenke is grounded in anti-American sentiment was quite astute.
Cheers, though.
Jesus Christ, get the argument right.
Ah I’ll get it right next time, I don’t know why you have to argue or be such a contrarian. We could have left it at “she was bang out of other and we need to be careful our lack of acceptances of certain figures not border on inappropriate labels”
But no, you’ve taken it personal that I labeled you racist, even if my initial post did not mention you by name, but because you’re Chief Iwobihater Officer, you took my post to mean YOU were racist
“You just have this outstanding dick quality about you“
This
We are actually looking good going forward and have somewhat calmed the earlier panicking down.