Hudson Odoi… he’s the boy!
Oh and we sung…
5-1 against Montenegro. What a night. ENGLAND are gonna win the next World Cup, aren’t they?
… back to Arsenal news. Big Kike Marin has BACKED Le Grove and the stance on hiring in your mates to do a highly specialised job that could impact the club for years to come.
“With all due respect to them, but that Andoni Zubizarreta and Robert Fernandez are sounding for the
#Arsenal yes I find disrespect. Raül Sanllehí should consider where he is and have someone who knows the Arsenal and the Premier. It’s The logical thing, I say.”
Amen, let’s not get in there and raid Barca for the people they didn’t want. We don’t need a Barca-light model at Arsenal, Wenger tried that and failed miserably. Let’s try a modern Arsenal and hire the best man or woman for the job… not the only person out of a job in Raul’s Rolodex.
Amy L has a great piece on integrating girls into the boys training sessions at Arsenal.
‘This initiative is based on the simple principle of putting young prospects in the best environment for them to flourish. Per Mertesacker, head of Arsenal’s academy, is keen to point out it is not a token gesture. He feels there are benefits in both directions. It is not just the girls who are being challenged. “It started off by thinking of our club and what we stand for,” he explains. “How can we integrate everyone a bit better? We love the variety and we love the different challenges that you sometimes face – that a girl can take you on and sometimes win a duel against you. All these things struck me. It is lovely to see this thriving environment.’
“I remember back in my days it was normal to play with girls in opposition teams. I got on with it and it helped me to understand from the very beginning how important it is to be first of all capable but also to be humble and respectful and disciplined. That’s what we are trying to achieve with these youngsters, to prepare them not only for a football career but also for reality. Women and men are both highly capable.
Sounds like a mighty fine idea to me. If it’s fair, why not? It raises the bar for everyone if the best talent is playing together, and it also ensures the girls land the same opportunities to receive great coaching as the boys.
This is WELBZ dropping some banter… little bit stale now mate, but look, you’ve had a rough time, so we’ll let it slide. Just don’t bring me the Fortnite dance tomorrow or we’ll have to have words.
There’s a delightful story doing the rounds that Liverpool are going to ditch Naby K for very little this summer. Sure, he’s been average, but he’s an explosive player. If we’re thinking about replacing Aaron and he’s around, I’d be all over that sort of a move. Surely a nonsense though? Just an agent trying to force the club to commit? Probably…
We’re tracking Charlton player, Joe Aribo, who plays in left midfield… Jenks is at it again, right?
I haven’t seen him play, but the last time I got excited about a lower league talent it was Bramall and that didn’t really work out, did it?
Right, that’s me done. I am so over you and your attitude. Let’s thrash it out in the comments once and for all.
x
Emery is trying to give him some game time ( Ozil) for potential summer suitors.
He wants his ass out of the club- dont be fooled by his quotes in the media.
Ozil is taking the salary of 3 really good players… which is what we need.
Unless he takes a 250K pay cut…. sell his arse
Marco- you are being juvenile in your hatred for Ozil . You point to his goals and assists numbers ( which are by the way better than Keita’s and Meyer) and don’t acknowledge the fact that the team has been on a run since his reintegration. You seriously think that the club will do what you are spouting.
2 more years of whinging from Marko ,dissenter Mid West and the rest
Pierre I wish I knew you for real not only would I slap you upside the head on a regular basis for being such a dickhead but I’d love to make some sort of a real wager with you that he’ll be gone in the summer. I’m so fucking confident of it. He’s been that bad and literally no one at the club wants him kept on
I would of thought all you supposed Arsenal supporters would be happy that since Ozil has returned to the team our results are 3-0 2-0 5-1 2-0 3-0 1-1 With one bad result away to Rennes where the manager cocked it up tactically after the red card …up until that point the game was a stroll . But no , all we get is whinging because they are being made to look like mugs and are continuing to look like mugs because they can’t bring themselves to admit that we are a better football team with Mesut Ozil in the… Read more »
Guns
Emery is trying to bag the coveted top four, Arsenal’s birthright.
He’s playing his strongest starting XI, that includes Ozil at the moment.
“I’ve been whining for more then 2 years,, sheesh… I’m not an amateur Grover..”
Another birthright.
I love Ozil but agree that without him in the club and if we get two good first team players we will be better off . With Suarez likely to take Ramsey’s place two good wide players will be very welcome
don’t acknowledge the fact that the team has been on a run since his reintegration
I would argue players getting fit and certain players like Koscielny getting into some sort of form have contributed more to the recent run. Ozil has contributed one goal and assist and some other questionable performances. Ramsey and Mhiki have been far more influential
we were a better side with Ozil in the team during our unbeaten run ..
7 defeats in 14 games and Ozil didn’t start one of those games …
Since he came back the team start performing.
Marco “no one in the club wants to keep him”?
You are trolling now or you have a direct line to the CEO
Pierre agree wholeheartedly.
Ozil was not really an influence in this recent return to form. It was more the manager that you love to criticize
Unless the club is willing to lose literally a mountain range of cash, we are not going to move Özil elsewhere. The best way forward is to bring out the best out of Özil and resolve never ever to offer such monstrous deals on such a no strings attached basis. It would be inconsistent in the extreme if we say on one hand we want to stop losing key players like Ramsey on free transfers than we proceed to push one of our key players like Özil for next to nothing. Yes, it is maddening that Özil is so inconsistent… Read more »
Marco it was more the manager for the recent run , so what about the bad run?
The best way forward is to bring out the best out of Özil
What does that even mean anymore? Why do people keep saying it it’s been over two seasons of declining performances and statistics and you make it sound like it’s the club’s fault and that it’s our fault for not getting the best out of him. It’s frankly shameful cause the degradation of the player is totally and utterly down to the player himself
Marco it was more the manager for the recent run , so what about the bad run?
Same
Marko Emery is using Ozil the correct way and I applaud him for it . He now plays him when he should be played , he substitutes him when he should be substituted and he leaves him on the bench when he should be on the bench. I would imagine he will start most games ( if fit) , maybe the Burnley away game is one to leave him out and possibly one other away game but I would imagine he will play in the Europa games so the manager may rotate. So yes , our manager is getting it… Read more »
AMN is more than an adequate WB/RFB , his speed of recovery is amazing actually. I am sure that the links with Crystal Palace’ s full back is just click baits. We have more needs elsewhere considering our limited funds.
Emery is using Ozil the correct way and I applaud him for it .
And yet he still continues to decline. There is no right way or wrong way to play him anymore cause the result is the same the performances are still inconsistent and average
“It was more the manager that you love to criticize”
Marko
I’ve no agenda, when Emery was lining up without Ozil or Ramsay for that stretch we looked poor. Results suffered, his tactic for discipline or whatever the ban was backfired with team not able to step into fold and cover.
Many called him on it, along with me. You took / always take offense to any Emery criticism which I found hilarious after our similar views on Wenger.
The term Emery Ultra was born with you, and clearly still holds as its become you’re agenda.
We have more needs elsewhere considering our limited funds
Our current RB options are Bellerin, Lichtsteiner, AMN and Mustafi at a stretch. When everyone is fit there’s an argument for still needing a better RB. We absolutely need one with Bellerin out for the foreseeable future and with Lichtsteiner being so shit and leaving and then with Mustafi hopefully leaving we absolutely need a RB.
Salp agreed. We were so bland without Ozil and Ramsey. And results also were poor.
Many called him on it, along with me. You took / always take offense to any Emery criticism which I found hilarious after our similar views on Wenger. First off absolutely have an agenda even someone with basic comprehension can see that you have. Secondly I don’t take offense to Emery criticism I don’t even take offense to bullshit or outright lies more irked by them. You see when you say something like Ozil was banned from the team by the manager it has total disregard to reality and common sense and it doesn’t take into account the amount of… Read more »
Salp agreed. We were so bland without Ozil and Ramsey. And results also were poor. Ozil goes or stays, at the moment we should just concentrate on getting into top four and if we win EC nothing like it. More than 20 years since we won in Europe. If Ozil helps is in this mission then he is worth his salary
Ozil was always a better option then Iwobi, Miki or AMN or whomever we tried to use as #10 type.. so yeah the team is better with him…not saying much but if we want to actually compete for a PL title and be competitive in the CL he would have to play up to his pay wages.. and that is the issue. and that it hinders us in signing what we need unless we go bargain hunting. If that’s whining then Im a whiner.. cuz Im not satisfoed with his productivity when we could find the same for much less..… Read more »
Guys assume we get top four. With Cl money, 70 mil available (same as last year) and sell of players 40mil whoever they may be which players you want
Midwest you’re not a whiner if you point out how poor Ozil is. It just means that you have no problem with acknowledging facts and reality. The vast majority of Arsenal fans are exactly like you. There’s nothing wrong in wanting better for the club
Mid
Ozil frustrates no doubt, if club can maneuver him out and upgrade i’m all for it.
Realistically don’t see it this summer.
My view similar to Leeds, get most out him whilst he here.
Currently i’m not going to throw stones at side that finally turned United at home on their form.
I don’t know who I want.. don’t really keep up on availability of players and scouting stuff. but I know positions where we need better starters. LB, CB, CM, Winger. and RB we need at least a temp… solution depending on Bellerin. So 4 or 5 players, imo.
Mid- why lb . Keep Monreal for a year Kolasinac is improving defensively and is a very good WB
So upgrades on Monreal, Mustafi, Ramsey/Ozil? replacement, and better winger type then Iwobi or Miki.. then I would be happy .. but most likely I would still whine about something.. that’s what we do here.
I would say Monreal is ok for cover at LB and CB.. but he doesn’t have the pace to track back anymore, imo and we would be susceptible to pacey wingers down his side. Sarr amongst others have taken him apart recently.
I repeat again
no one is paying Ramsey 400k a week. this is all English media report which was rubbished by all Italian media after hearing juve themselves. but no arsenal fans will believe English media over Italian ones because it is their golden boy they are talking about. well Ramsey is going to earn 160k after tax at juve. period. believe what you want it doesnt the facts.
‘change’
Marko
My agenda – win.. ideally with style.
Am I out of solitary confinement yet?
Charlie George
Welcome back
MidwestGun
All I want is the current team to achieve something that was never going to be possible under Wenger.
Compete to the maximum.
MidwestGun
Most fans don’t keep up with “availability of players and scouting stuff”. That’s more for the boffins of this world.
Most fans don’t keep up with “availability of players and scouting stuff”. That’s more for the boffins of this world.
Graham never one to lets facts and data get in the way of a good time.
Thank you Dissenter
And Thank you – all the good folk – who said ‘on the record’- kind things during my banishment
And many thanks for PedRo- for releasing me from Le Grove solitary confinement.
I am 100% sure that Arsenal would like to offload Ozil in the summer transfer window, but the reality is that it will take two to tango. Ozil has two years unexpired on his contract at the end of this season. So the cost of his wages is £36,400,000 based on his present salary. Can anyone see Ozil or more importantly his agent foregoing that deal? Frankly that is highly unlikely. We know already that no club in Germany would be likely to recruit him following the baggage pre World Cup. Somehow I doubt that there is any club in… Read more »
https://www.totalsportek.com/money/arsenal-player-salaries/
Stroller
The link above is a very reliable source.
It shows Ozil earns 300,000 ( not 350,000) ……still way too high.
Mhkitaryan earns 120,000( not 180,000)
Their contracts run to 2021 so we are 12 million better off already.
As for losing 100 million through Ramsey and Ozil leaving on a Bosman, it’s swings and roundabouts really , let’s say for arguments sake we bring in Rabiot and Ander Herrera on a free then it evens itself out more of less.
Auba So what? This is an Arsenal blog, or had you forgotten? I’m also English, so if I want to highlight the recent positives on England, I’ll do it. As for my Wenger narrative, most of my posts are in response to others on here who highlight things that warrant a reaction so suck it up. I’m not on here to make people “happy” although I do find it beneficial to break away from the norm on occasions to talk about other things. If we all agreed on things or sang from the same hymn sheet, it would be bloody… Read more »
Am I hearing here that Liverpool are willing [or planning] to offload Naby Keita at a throw away price? Naby K is a massive massive player. It is mystery why he has seemed average at Liverpool.
Pierre
You are making an assumption that Arsenal are interested in both Herrera and Rabiot.
Herrera will be 30 next season and somehow I don’t think that Arsenal should be taking on yet another Man Utd cast off.
Rabiot is a different matter. There is not a lot of evidence that Arsenal are interested in this player and more importantly that he wants to come to us.
In any event he will not come cheap and I think that the real problem will be
his wage demands. Arsenal seem to be lowering the wage threshold to below
£200K pw.
I am sure that Ozil generates much more sale than any other Arsenal players. Whenever Arsenal plays in Asia and in the States, you can hear the local fans adoring Ozil’s presence.
Our club is now in the most critical phase to fight for next year’s participation of the CL. With the super heavy schedule ahead, we need every available body to help the team to achieve this goal.
In Mesut they trust!!
Pierre
Losing out on the £60-80m we could have gotten for Ramsey and Ozil is not “swings and roundabouts”. It was a massive financial / business mistake. This is why the club has publicly stated that players will be required to sign new contracts two years out going forward.
It’s going to be really difficult getting rid of Mesut in the summer. My biggest fear is the impact on squad morale if the club went with a tough approach on Ozil. Now, i know that many here will disagree but Emery’s treatment of Ozil had a considerable impact on the players. This, i feel was evident in our bad patch commencing since our loss to Southampton. I refuse to believe that our performances were down due to ozil missing from the team. The players sort of had mini revolt towards Emery and almost had him in a corner. During… Read more »
Aunamazette
Newsflash: pretty much everyone on here (not just “deluded cunts”) want Mustafi out. And the feeling is not restricted to Grovers.
Alternatives? I would take pretty much any centre back plying in Europe
Sidd
“The players sort of had mini revolt towards Emery and almost had him in a corner.”
Sorry, but I don’t think there’s any evidence to support the claim that this is what occurred.
Charles Watts (of Football.london) thinks Denis Suarez showed a bit of promise and class against Al Nasr yesterday. “Denis Suarez … finally showed fans a glimpse of the talent that earned him a move back to Barcelona from Villarreal in 2016,” he writes.
“Classy Denis Suarez gives Arsenal fans a tantalising first glimpse of what could be to come”
https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/latest-arsenal-news-denis-suarez-16033366
What do people here think? I myself wasn’t able to watch the game.
Bamford “Losing out on the £60-80m we could have gotten for Ramsey and Ozil is not “swings and roundabouts”. It was a massive financial / business mistake. ” Firstly we haven’t lost out on Ozil because he is still at the club and is a very influential member of the team …one only has to look at the results with Ozil not in the team to determine that.( 7 defeats in 14 games without Ozil starting) . One could say it is a financial mistake for the club to offer him 300,000 a week, especially as ,according to Marko ,… Read more »
Bamford10 – we have to see how Denis Suarez does in premier league over next couple of months before deciding if he’s a player we want to keep. A friendly against team from Dubai does not tell us if Suarez has abilities and stamina to play English football.
Stroller “You are making an assumption that Arsenal are interested in both Herrera and Rabiot.Herrera will be 30 next season and somehow I don’t think that Arsenal should be taking on yet another Man Utd cast off.” With respect , I was not assuming anything , just giving an example of what may happen. Herrera is a player that we should be looking as he is available on a free. He has many years premiership experience , has good ability and great attitude. He he is very vocal on the pitch and a good organiser and is a team player… Read more »
“The players sort of had mini revolt towards Emery and almost had him in a corner.”
This is just fantasy ..the players had a rough patch just like any other team in the world has one over the course of a season …has nothing to do with the Ozil solidarity movement
“Herrera is a player that we should be looking as he is available on a free.”
Now i understand why you were such a believer in Wenger
“You talk about Herrera as a United cast off but haven’t juventus just signed one of our cast offs .”
That Arsenal could not carry Ramsey’s wage demands while accommodating Ozil does not a cast off make Ramsey
Bamford “Charles Watts (of Football.london) thinks Denis Suarez showed a bit of promise and class against Al Nasr yesterday.” The key word(s) there is “Al Nasr”. That’s a team from Dubai that our U-18’s should be sweeping aside with their eyes closed. Yesterday was a friendly game. Obviously, nobody wants to get injured in those so there were no flying tackles, etc… I watched most of it, and Suarez did okay. Set up Jenks nicely for the first goal, but also conceded a needless penalty at the end of the game. I hope to see more of him in the… Read more »
Pierre/Stroller,
Herrera is a lot more than a United castoff.
Sure he’s 30, but with plenty of guile, nite and experience.
He’s also on a free. Pierre is right.
If his salary demands are not too unreasonable, why not consider him for a 2-year contract?
Nite – bite
RH
As you know ,I was making a comparison with Herrera whom stroller said is a United cast off .
I see no difference in either case , nobody knows the true reasons why they will leave their club, it’s all supposition.
who exactly is Herrera coming in to replace?? Please don’t say Ramsey
I don’t think signing Herrera is in any way a progressive move for us. This was supposed to be a new era of bargain buys like Guendouzi with a high ceiling not unremarkable workaholics like Herrera
Pierre Herrera is not being offered a new deal at United because they probably believe they can upgrade on him , Ramsey on the other hand had his new deal withdrawn because we could not afford him and felt we might get better value elsewhere.
Yes i can see why you think both situations are similar, i can also see why one would call Herrera a cast off.
Calling Ramsey a cast off though is a bit far fetched. He simply isn’t.
Pierre will be inconsolable this summer if Mhiki and Özil leave the club. My god it’d be fantastic to see. Watch him pivot and latch onto another player like he never liked Özil in the first place
I for one don’t want mustafi out…. the guy just gives me something to think/laugh about arsenal my beloved team…. but also, mustafi is just around 25-26yrs old, with a little patience and faith in him, he might improve before or around 30 yes of age…
and also, I hope we realise he is a world cup winner and a member of the ozil cult group… and also how much it would cost for arsenal to get a quality cb in this current transfer window
“with a little patience and faith in him,”
Joke friday already ??
I supported the signing of Suarez on loan and I will become an Arteta disciple if he’s signed permanently. We already have a “lets manage him” player in Iwobi and any new purchases have to be a serious upgrade.
To those who want Hererra, WTF are you guys smoking?
ddkingz i sincerely hope that post was tongue in cheek
Everything you wrote there is wrong and thinking like that is one of the reasons we are were we are
You want a defender kept on because he makes you laugh and might improve before he turns 30, add the part about being a world cup winner and Ozil’s friend and we are not a football club serious about anything
it won’t be surprising to find you are one of those who believe that all we need is a manager with special sauce as we have a fantastic squad already
Definitely tongue in cheek. I don’t think there’s an Arsenal fan in the world who’d want him kept on honestly
“Arsène Wenger to present the League Cup trophy before the final between Strasbourg and Guingamp”
lol he’s back to work, at last!!
ES
Agreed on the frustrating and rather depressing Özil situation.
The only other option I can think of is China.
No one impressed last night. I laughed when the commentators on arsenal player said jenks is a fan favourite and called him Mr. Arsenal.
Suarez did okay, I think he will be a good squad player for the rest of the season but we actually need a replacement for ramsey and suarez is no here near the level required. I would rather use that money to help fund a WC player.
“Arsène Wenger to present the League Cup trophy before the final between Strasbourg and Guingamp”
Sounds like he’s found his level
Marko(re: 13:11 post)
It’s called “having all your bases covered.”
Some though may see it as “having the best of both worlds.”
Herrerra a cheat dont want him anywhere near Arsenal!
deluded people
B10
I didn’t watch the game either.
Cheers.
Bamford/Graham,
I tried to watch the match on Arsenal player, and I’d say I managed to watch half of it as the stream on Arsenal Player kept cutting off.
I guess that makes me only a partly deluded c—-nt!
Suarez did ok yesterday. Still looked ‘weak’ during the game and went down when the challenges weren’t that tough. Also, didn’t take shots at all when able to do so. This isn’t a Suarez only problem though. The stats on shots taken gone way down this year. No shots no goals. Mama and AMN aside, the kids wouldn’t be close to the first team squad really. John (scored the 3rd goal) looked ok but it’s only one friendly Most of our kids looked too relaxed and without much of fight, intensity, expression…would have thought they’d cherish such opportunity and try… Read more »
Having a fixated mind of a player whether good or bad is wrong.
Though I don’t want Herrera, he ain’t a cast off.
What will most of u have said should we be signing TH14, VIERA, KOLO TOURE and especially DB10 as he was a cast off from Inter.
All I hope is the people@ helm of affairs do what is right for the club
“Suarez is a better footballer than iwobi , I would keep Saurez and sell iwobi .“
Pierre, how terrible a player is Iwobi if the worst transfer in football history
( Suarez) deserves to be kept instead of him?
Wow – Suarez on loan represents “the worst transfer in football history”????
I don’t want Herrera because he’s injury prone nearly 30 and a cunt. I’d take Hector Herrera before Ander. Besides all that he’s clearly using the speculation to get another deal. United it seems aren’t that interested and neither should we. If it’s a case of him being free there are others available.
” Pierre, how terrible a player is Iwobi if the worst transfer in football history
( Suarez) deserves to be kept instead of him?”
The international break does bring out the worst in people
25 year old from FC Barcelona on a six month load deal the worst transfer in football history
Iwobi is an under rated player on le grove.
I like him, he has his flaws but he isn’t as bad as he’s being made out to be by some in here. Most of our goals have come down the left, where Iwobi and Kola play.
I don’t mind getting an update but the amount of abuse he gets is definitely not warranted.
According to Pierre , yes, Suarez was one of Emery’s worse decisions to date.
Gomsterous, agreed, the level of Iwobi criticism here is off the scale.
He’s been accused of being a headless chicken, indecisive, no final ball, over-elaborate, etc. Etc. The only valid criticism as far as I’m concerned is with respect to his lack of finishing in front of goal.
Someone on here was even outraged that he had a “ridiculous haircut”!!
I mean, what can I say, what do you expect, the guy is a footballer. Having a “ridiculous haircut” is practically part of the job description…..
The 29-year-old currently earns around £130,000-a-week and Metro.co.uk can reveal United have offered him a new deal that, with bonuses included, could take his weekly wage to around £170,000
That’s Herrera. So that’s a huge no. I honestly doubt there’s actual interest from us anyway
Marko,
I like Herrera, even if he is a c—-
But at £170k/week, it’s a no from me!
What Pierre is trying to say is that Arsène never would have done such a disastrous mistake.
“He (Iwobi) ’s been accused of being a headless chicken, indecisive, no final ball, over-elaborate, etc.”
Pretty accurate assessment, if you ask me. He’s been probably watching too many Gervinho videos instead of Pires/Ljungberg highlights.
Isn’t it funny how Pierre has switched from posting Ozil’s assist stats to results with him in the team / not in the team.
Lies, Damned lies, Statistics and I will find anyway possible to make Ozil look like the most important player in the squad.
Upstate Gooner
So what you’re saying is we don’t need to invest in new coaches etc but to take someone on who’ll make sure the wrong tapes don’t end up in the wrong cases!
“He’s been probably watching too many Gervinho videos”
Hold on! Let wait until Iwobi scores at least 7 goals in a season for us before we start comparing him to Gervinho ha!
Marc
“So what you’re saying is we don’t need to invest in new coaches etc but to take someone on who’ll make sure the wrong tapes don’t end up in the wrong cases!”
Precisely. Coaching is overrated. Youtube highlights are the future of football managing, scouting, etc. I mean, wasn’t it already used to discover the “gem” by the name of Yaya Sanogo.
Jim
“Hold on! Let wait until Iwobi scores at least 7 goals in a season for us before we start comparing him to Gervinho ha!”
True that. Iwobi still has a lot to learn to become the Man, the Myth, the Legend that Gervinho was.
Ornstein has spoken- we are looking at give 5 players- two full backs, central defender and midfielder and a wide forward. I think the level of players we get depends on getting into CL and sale of players.
Isn’t it funny how Pierre has switched from posting Ozil’s assist stats to results with him in the team / not in the team. I remember one night him and ES were giving him credit for some nice touches and a flick as they put it. He also got huge credit for helping us control a game there recently and I kid you not we had something like 50-55% possession. Some control that. But that’s what happens when you have someone who was never really known for his goals but for his assists and then all of a sudden his… Read more »
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CCV6ghCqghc
This team could have won the lot had he kept them together. Packed with talent. Just needed 2-3 leaders in defensive positions.
€80M (£68M) for left backs. This is the era we are in. 9 times out of 10, If you got no money, you got no chance. Man city and chelsea were right for being big spenders, changing the transfer landscape. Its simple, you better catch up, you better keep up, or die.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/bayern-munich-complete-80m-transfer-14194838