Oh my gooood I’m back agaaaaaain.
That’s how I introduce myself into work meetings.
The kids at the agency think I’m super cool and totally nineties retro.
‘So young’ they shout.
Anyway, it’s been a dry week. Not even a pint of Gatorade can save this piece.
International break, right when the season is getting interesting, is by far the most offensive affront to my life.
Who. Fucking. Cares.
Hopefully, we can avoid any injuries to our key players, and hopefully Spurs pick up some niggles that reduce their players effectiveness as they enter the death spiral.
It would appear Danny Welbz is back in training, running like a true pro. That’s great news he’s recovering. I’d imagine it’s too much to expect him back by the end of the season, but wouldn’t that be nice? He’d be a help right now. Imagine him terrorizing defenders in our press. Would love that. LOVE IT MIGHTILY.
Hector Bellerin traveled to Dubai with the team. Great to see him back in business.
Mesut Ozil has been pictured smiling. BIG news imo. He’s also wearing gold boots.
Finally, Denis Suarez is looking pretty.
That’s all I have. I just have to keep up posting. Get in the comments you melts and stop talking about Brexit. x
Yeah but how does Pierre really feel about the Suarez loan
London
Not world class, but he’s brilliant. I was desperate for us to do a swap with Alexis when it came up and you had numerous on here slating Sterling as average.
He’s a brilliant player, lacks some natural talent but has enough to be a complete nightmare in the prem.
Marc
In this gender fluid world we now live I find yer comment obscene ..
I will ask the author for your expulsions…
Nah it gospel fella ,..
Hi want out.
Him gone.
PEA unable to lead his country into AFCON finals… which means we will have him next winter… yes!
I understand that next AFCON is to be this summer. All the better, meaning PEA can have a good rest.
So here is how I see our summer shaping up I think 4 players would join us this summer, CB, LB, WINGER and CM. With the new sponsorship and if we get CL, the budget would be ~70 + sales. I see us selling mustafi, elneny and Jenkinson. This would net is close to 30 making the overall spending power about 100. Anything more and good job raul and co. So in the ~25 mil category we can easily bring in 4. I would like to see Mikki and Ozil sold, however I doubt they will have takers and I’m… Read more »
Just watching the Last leg and discovered that Alex Brooker is a die hard Gooner. He has all my respect. Great show for those who like their comedy and are opened minded.
Currently re-listening to Music for the Jilted Generation.
RIP Keith Flint.
Fuck’em and their Law!!!
I wonder how much xhaka fetches in the current market He’s had his first good season since joining us though if he wants to move on it would be odd for him to go to a lower table team in the PL. none of the clubs around or above us would want him Real, Barca psg juve and Bayern won’t be in for him and none of the other teams have any money. I suspect no one else would be willing to pay over £25m for him tops I actually could see him as a juve bench player as in… Read more »
We will have ospina back next season, he could be a decent no. 2 with Martinez being no 3 for next season. It’s good to know the squad will get stronger next season, I haven’t had this feeling for a long time.
Pierre
The amount of times you bring Wenger into a conversation is hilarious, and then you start calling others wenger obsessed.
Music for a jilted generation, great album.
I’d have ospina back as a n2 if we can roll that way
One less position to spend our limited budget on
Pierre
See what I mean?
So Xhaka wants to take that next step.
Where would he like to go?
Barcelona? Real Madrid? Juventus? Bayern Munich?
Sometimes you have to wonder about some of these players.
Scoring a few goals here and there and putting in the occasional decent shift and suddenly they think they’re a world beater.
Sorry but I have to laugh.
Xhaka would be great in Serie A where he’ll have more time on the ball. Would be great to get him off our books so long as a suitable replacement comes in. Also, Steve Morrow for DoF? Are we having a laugh Raul?
Sorry, “Head of Recruitment*
The only reason Kim Kallstrom came to Arsenal was to complete his rehabilitation program.
To compare his scenario with DS is laughable.
Arsenal became better known as NHS Arsenal during the previous regime.
“Got a bad back? Feeling down on yourself? Take a break and come to Arsenal. You know it makes sense”
Flash to a picture of Diaby/ Rosicky etc, hobbling around on crutches and then having a cup of tea on a bench watching the training sessions.
Oh yeh, almost forgot “and still get paid £100k a week for doing it”.
There are still those amongst us who still can’t quite fathom why we became a laughing stock.
Kallstrom actually started a game, and scored a penalty in a semi final shoutout win en route to our first trophy in 9 years.
The comparisons are plenty valid, neither has brought much. Simple as.
CC
Really?
A crocked 32 year old is signed on loan to continue his rehab?
What don’t you get Charlie?
DS was came on loan and he hasn’t delivered………..as of yet.
Bloody hell! Still in denial, egotistical and patronising to the extreme and doesn’t see the bright side in anything. Oh yeh and finds England boring.
Thanks for brightening up everyone’s day CC.
Graham nobody is interested in your personal problems.
Suarez hasn’t started a game, Källström did and scored an important penalty in the context of a cup semi final. They’re facts, not opinions for you to cry about just like you did about international football
Neither are examples of good signings as I stated. But this idea they’re incomparable is nonsense, they clearly are.
Delete “was”
Graham, have a cup of coffee…..and ……relax.
It’s Sunday morning and STILL you don’t get it do you Charlie?
Most posters on here don’t care how they come across. You, on the other hand, do. The reason for this is that they, unlike you, don’t take themselves too seriously.
“Personal problems?”
Always deflecting the blame.
Very clever.
Luke
Spot on sir
The Italian league would be best for him,club should start looking for potential buyers over there.
I would say just about every poster is agreed that the Kalstrom loan deal was a cock up and wenger was rightly vilified and ridiculed for it . We brought in an unfit midfielder(kalstrom) in January , who was no better than what we already had when in fact we needed a striker as we were short in that department. so consequently he struggled for game time. Move on a few years and this is what we have. in January we bring in an unfit winger/ cam (suarez) or whatever he is who is no better than what we already… Read more »
Graham
Rather comical you want to talk self importance given it’s you telling folk they should be ashamed of themselves for not caring for international football.
Now today you’re labelling views of Källström/Suarez being comparably useless signings as “laughable” (because apparently Källström was worse in your mind).
I’d lay off the sherbet, it’s Sunday morning.
Deep down , the defenders of the Suarez loan deal must feel slightly embarrassed by the incompetence of what they are seeing so they will try and deflect criticism. We have even had posters on Le Grove saying that Emery did not sanction the deal. Of course, in the scheme of things the loan deal doesn’t affect the club financially or playing wise but then again neither did the Kalstrom deal. Defending Emery for the sake of it is pointless..it’s a similar situation to the marginalization of Ozil and Ramsey in that it was an obvious error of judgement from… Read more »
Pierre
I haven’t seen anyone “defend” the Suarez loan all I’ve seen is people take a similar view to me of so it didn’t work out – it’s not a big deal.
Please tell me what the consequences of the Suarez loan are? Also what defender would you have brought in on loan?
Did anyone else read about Mertesacker visiting his old club to discuss beneficial links. All I know is that Werder Bremen are in 8th place, would this suggest that they may be the right level to give opportunities to some of our best prospects. Would a link up make sense or should we be more ad hoc and consider each player for best fit?
(Trying to move this loan conversation on from Suarez and Kallstrom!)
San Marino beating Scotland would be hilarious after the Kazakhstan defeat
What I am worrying is that Ramsey is injured. You think he’ll still put up 100% effort in the remaining games. May be Emery signed Suarez to back up Ramsey just in case.I am sure that Suarez will give 100% effort. Now it is up to Emery to shut up the media, who likes to create stories to get attention.
To compare Suarez to Kallstrom is ridiculous and very transparently agenda driven. I find International football boring and annoying and only care about Arsenal unless it’s a major tournament in the summer when Arsenal aren’t playing. The anti democracy cry baby March that went through London yesterday makes me embarrassed to be British and guess what snowflakes? We’ve already had a people’s vote and the people voted leave, so stop with your patronising tantrums and just call it what it is: ” a it didn’t go our way last time so we’re going to keep marching and complaining until it… Read more »
The length to which Arsene apologists work is honestly mind boggling sometimes. Kim Kallstrom signing is a valid comparison to Dennis Suarez and then someone points out that he started a game and scored in a penalty shoot out as justification. He played 139 minutes for us that game where he scored a pen he was on for 7 mins. But perhaps the most damning thing about his whole transfer the most deplorable and frankly inexhaustible thing that Arsene done was sign him up knowing full well that he had a broken back. I mean that’s pretty unbelievable. As for… Read more »
I meant inexcusable not inexhaustible
You also have to take into context the times of it all we have been struggling the last two years and out of the Champions League and then spent 70 million in the summer there was simply no money due to the previous years of mismanagement therefore we could literally only do a loan. Then think of the time we got Kallstrom transfer fees were a lot more reasonable back then and in the previous summer we got Ozil and the next we got Sanchez so the idea that there was no money or that we couldn’t do any better… Read more »
Benny
“To compare Suarez to Kallstrom is ridiculous and very transparently agenda driven.”
one could quite easily say to not compare Suarez to Kallstrom is ridiculous and transparently agenda driven as there is an obvious similarity that cannot be denied.
I’ll give you one less similarity one had a broken back the other a fully functional back. One came at a time when we had money and were in the Champions League the other when we had no money and were out of the Champions League due to years of mismanagement. I mean it’s not surprising that it’s certain types making the comparison and then chuck in Bob who’s disgusted by what’s being talked about and wants to divert it to something else. Weird how it’s always when the discussion is surrounding you know who. It’s almost like you lot… Read more »
Nelson
“What I am worrying is that Ramsey is injured. You think he’ll still put up 100% effort in the remaining games. May be Emery signed Suarez to back up Ramsey just in case”
I have no doubt that both players will give 100% effort .
Ramsey obviously loves playing football and Arsenal , his last couple of performances in centre mid have been very encouraging from a performance and attitude point of view.
As for Saurez replacing Ramsey if injured , that won’t happen ,will Probably be Torreira.
Torreira is suspended for two more games. You’d know that if you followed Arsenal
Clearly Graham. I mean the Suarez signing is literally no skin off our back it’s a nothing signing we’ll forget about it weeks into the summer transfer window. But the Kallstrom signing is somewhat infamous it made us a laughing stock at the time because people couldn’t believe that a manager would sign off on a player after his medical showed he had a broken back. Even to this day it’s talked about and it’s embarrassing to say the least. Denis Suarez isn’t that
Whoever started the Kallstrom and Suarez comparison should have been ignored. I don’t know why some are even trying to be reasonable with him.
Emile Smith Rowe could have deputised he said, same Emile who has been injured for sometime now and still rehabilitating on loan.
Chucking young players into matches that they’re not ready for can damage their development.
Pierre would have been criticising Emery for not bringing someone in on loan under those circumstances.
I just wish he’d fucking man up and admit he wants Wenger and his little gang back.
Receding
The Kallstrom/Suarez comparison clearly highlights the divide that still exists amongst supporters.
We all know what that boils down to.
Wales leading 1-0 at halftime.
Oh no! International football .
Not that I want to prolong the interminable discussion/comparison between Suarez (also known for some reason as “Saurez”) and Kallstrom and whether or not Suarez is Kallstrom Mark2, and by implication Emery is Wenger Mark2, but here goes. Has anyone considered the possibility that Suarez is actually pretty good? Sure, he’s hardly played, and he was like a rabbit in headlights in his cameo against Man City, but he looked pretty sharp to me when he came on most recently at the Emirates. And none of us have seen him in training……sure, it’s possible the club leaked the “Emery hasn’t… Read more »
Graham
Bob dismissed the two signings as comparable, but don’t let facts get in the way of your usual smear against the select few you dislike.
You’ve had a right wind in your sails of late, coincides with the Arsenal football drying up and Engerrrland stuff filling the tv. Free lions drunk into retirement, adorable.
CC
Whatever.
😂😂😂
Grown man, allegedly. Get your grandson to give the phone back.
Graham, the venting of your spleen suggests more about you and your state of mind than those people who question your thinking. You lump together anybody who doesn’t say ‘Yes Graham you’re so right’ and package them together as Wenger apologists. Do you not appreciate how ‘throwing your toys out of your pram’ this comes across as? Your hypocrisy about others taking themselves seriously is quite revealing. Go for it Graham but maybe you need to take a breather and get a modicum of perspective. Otherwise your approach becomes rather Trumpian not letting facts get in the way of your… Read more »
don’t know if anyone has posted this, Krystian Bielik vs Portsmouth
some really decent touches
https://youtu.be/XHoiqYzVMy0
Benny
So you think any old country can just turn up for the World Cup or Eurose and these qualifiers have caught Arsenal totally by surprise ?
Pedro uses those ex akbs for web traffic purposes ez as that
REMAIN!
and fuck you all
Jason
DEMOCRACY
Jason
He was the big hope a few years back
Seems a tall lad..
Who knows
Is that his level or can he go higher…
Yeah, Bielik struggled with injuries for a fair while if I remember right.
He looks a cut above the rest of the players at Charlton, but then again I suppose it’s only League 1….
Backup DM? He’s about the right age….
Bielik looks quality. Great on the ball can spray the long pass. Looks tall strong and confident in congested areas and has an intelligent football brain.
Signing a crocked, 31-year-old mediocrity from Spartak is comparable to signing a healthy, talented 25-year-old from Barcelona’s first 18? No, its not, and the only people who say so are trolls. These trolls have several aims: one is to criticize the new regime, of course, but the other is to defend the old regime and attempt to rehabilitate Wenger’s legacy. “You see?,” they are trying to say, “the new regime makes mistakes just like Wenger did.” This is not only nonsense, it’s dishonest nonsense, which is this crowd’s calling card.
Any two things or players can be compared if posed in the right context, DS and KK included. Such is the beauty of human intellect and the versatility of written language when correctly manipulated.
Most of you piss away all that with stupidity and fail to realize that just because you throw two things together successfully doesn’t mean you’ve actually proved anything right or said anything meaningful.
HillWoodMarch 24, 2019 16:13:56
Benny
So you think any old country can just turn up for the World Cup or Eurose and these qualifiers have caught Arsenal totally by surprise ?
>>>>>
Umm…. no? Not sure what you’re on about? I find International football boring and hate it when the premier league isn’t on, not sure what you mean by catching Arsenal by surprise?
Yeah, Bielik looks excellent in those highlights. Let’s hope that he can translate that kind of play to the next level, as that would really help. He looks and plays a little like Matic but with more nimbleness and agility, less woodenness. Good to see. Promising.
Bielik looks as if he could be a useful Declan Rice type player for us.
Benny
Your comment at 13:39:47
Wouldn’t it be more fair to compare Suarez with Benayoun? When Emery signs a player on loan with a broken back, we can revisit this. I remember Wenger becoming incensed during the press conference after the Jan window shut when the journos started asking him why he signed a player with a broken bone in his back on a short-term loan. He threw a little tantrum about how he would be rehabilitated here but the Russians were going to pay for the treatment or something.. Madness. Kallstrom will be remembered for a single long pass to switch play in one… Read more »
Also, when was the last time we had a decent player on loan? I genuinely can’t remember.
I would say it was probably Henry in 2011-12. Even that’s a stretch. I might be forgetting someone.
Benayoun was a quality footballer. Suarez is nowhere near him.
Luteo
Top players are rarely loaned out and the bigger the team the harder it is to get someone on loan who is of the required standard.
You can actually take your comment and apply it to buying players in the January transfer window. Off of the top of my head the last good player we signed in Jan was Reyes – they maybe others I’ve forgotten but it’s always hard to the players you want during the winter.
Banford emerges to draw his usual line of ‘anyone offering a view I don’t like is a troll’.
Suarez hasn’t started a game or made a contribution. Källström at least managed to start a game and make a minor contribution. They’re both shit signings, really that simple.
One not better than the other unless the objective is to take another tired shot at Wenger or be overly defensive about Emery. Källström was a nonsense, Suarez is a nonsense.
Sancho –
Ah yeah, Henry coming back was ace. That goal in the cup. Jizz.
Paulinho –
Benayoun was decent, but didn’t pull up trees if I remember. He scored maybe 5 league goals during his season-long loan with us. Correct me if I’m wrong about that.
B10 Good evening . Yep, they want the best of both worlds. My anger and frustration towards these “trolls” , as you like to call them, is genuine and sincere. Why not? They mock and ridicule and generally hit back with the same old rhetoric. “You’re childish and are throwing your toys out of the pram.” Of course they love you reacting to things. It’s a part of their remit. Annoy and mock. Christ, being an American on here you see it everyday. They all have similar traits but the one trait that stands out above all else is their… Read more »
B10
See what I mean?
On cue as usual, its our mate CC.
Another shame about keeping Wenger on longer than we should have was Gnabry. No doubt in my mind had we a new manager in place sooner he’d still be with us or at the very worst on loan to a German side
Hmmm
Watching the Madeline programme on Netflix…
Sad man…
As a working class lad on holiday you neve4 separate from the kids whatever the age.
Lord above you have them with u at dinnner suppe4 an breakfast…
I can’t speak for the middle n upper class. Tho,
Do feel for the parents
I think the international break has driven me over the edge. I got bored so googled the average attendances for the Spud’s home matches this season. They’ve had a handful of huge attendances in the matches against us, ManU and Liverpool, if you take these out the average attendance is only hitting mid 40’s for a huge chuck of games.
I don’t think they can afford the debt with CL football and selling out most games. If they miss out on CL football and then have 10,000 seats empty on a regular basis they are fucked.
Pierre wants a comparison of incompetence..
“He thinks for himself. I wait for him to say something. He sighs and says, ‘The transfer windows shuts in a few hours. It’s impossible to find a replacement. Either I take you or no one.’
“Surprised, the others turn to the big boss. No one knows how he’ll continue, but they know that his words are law. Wenger decides. “You’ll stay, heal, and train. I’ll take you when you’re fit.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/kim-kallstrom-lifts-lid-arsenal-8526840
In all its glory. Quotes and all!
RSPC
Whilst you feel sorry for the parents it would have been bad enough if they had left the kids alone in a hotel room – at least there is a reception etc but an apartment?
If you did that in the UK you’d have the social care people round.
Jamie – Yeah he was a stop-gap, and past his best, but he was quality when he played, a his goal return was acceptable for someone that was a squad player and a creative link player rather than scorer. Would’ve loved to have him when he was a few years younger.
Suarez is a similar player in terms of being diminutive and skillful was Benayoun had an edge to him that belied his waif-like stature. One of the most underrated players in the premier league era in my book.
Pochettino ; “We are crying again because our dreams have come true”
This guy is lacking cojones to manage a big club. He’s figured out a stress free way of earning 6.5 million yearly without any pressure to actually win stuff.
He’;s worked himself into the good graces of the club by sting “loyal”
You get the sense that he will still be at spuds in 2031 if they let him.
Marc
As I say
Maybe it’s a class issue
Leaving kids whilst you unwind from the day,
I’m of the understanding a family holiday you are all together
All the time.
Dissenter
The longer it goes on the more the new stadium looks like it’s going to cripple the Spud’s financially – I didn’t realise but they haven’t sold the naming rights for next season.
Can the Poch mirror what Wenger did during the period of austerity we had to endure and they will forced to go through?
RSPC
I don’t think class comes into it – it’s basic common sense. If you are part of a large group (they were dining in a large group of friends) then each couple should take a night to babysit the group of kids whilst the other adults go out.
Sane scores. Good goal
Nederland always brings out the best from the German team. These two teams hate each other.
Marc…
Agreed
But in reality the kids should be with the adults
They are all on holiday,
RSPC
100% – I can’t stand kids and therefore won’t have them. If you have real youngsters and don’t want to go to bed at 7pm then at least stay somewhere that has security etc so you can check on them every half hour.
Germany is playing Serge Gnabry as the striker. They gave up on Timo Werner.
Gnabry just fried van dyke
Maybe that is why?
What a goal!
RSPC
You should watch Richard Hall’s various documentaries on the McCanns. Much better than what Netflix is doing, and he thoroughly exposes the McCanns and their account of things. Can be found on Youtube. First is “The Truth of the Lie” or something like that.
I didn’t know Gnabry has a shot like that.
RSPC
Sorry, “The Truth of the Lie” is the title of the book and documentary that was made by the lead Portuguese investigator, I think. That is also well worth watching. Indeed, I think I’d watch that first, then watch the Richard Hall documentaries.
“On cue as usual, its our mate CC.“
Funny Graham, considering I posted a comment a full 20+ mins before your timely retort to Banford. Almost like you read what was on here, offered up your usual dim view of the landscape, then acted like I’d coincidentally buttressed your point.
Keep up your “superior than thou” talk, irony not your strongest hand patently. Sad old man thinking he’s elevated in stature by age alone no doubt. Get over yourself
2 – 1 The game is on!
CC, a couple of months ago Tony rightly pointed out I was becoming mean towards Graham as I was picking him up on his comments too regularly and I stopped making personal comments against him.
Having a rational discourse with him is not easy. On occasion, like today, I react to his non-sensical generalisations- I know I probably shouldn’t.He isn’t going to change. Anyway have a good evening, I’m watching G of Th S5, and Holland v Germany – like a dog with two bones!
2 – 2
Bam
Marko
Cheers
Gnarby another project
Wenger got wrong…
Short summer break would be good for morale …
Castle away next
Norm do well up der
Bob, your probably correct. I’ll follow your lead on this one I think, enjoy your evening!