I AM BACK GOOD PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET.
Sorry for the lack of delicious content this week, I am working on a pitch for a super cool client and it has dominated me. Not in a sexy way either. However, I am back now, and so is football.
So what’s going down in the hood?
Brexit? What a laugh. The only thing I really care about in this whole situation is whether it allows Arsenal to buy more young South American players. Really don’t understand why there are laws concerning the issue to start with. Of all the problems Britain has, one of them isn’t bringing in super rich high spending Brazilians.
Get me the next Messi, please.
Unai Emery has spoken about the beautiful Denis Suarez.
“He is OK for starting in the first XI, to give us this impact.
“We are going to need everybody, every player for the next matches.
“Now we have a lot of players ready, with a big mentality and with a big performance to play and help us.”
Love the crisp clarity of his prose. Suarez has looked a little bit bland so far, but I swear I can recall a pretty good counterattack he was part of that had potential. He is also pretty and I am comfortable repeating that over and over.
Arsenal are being linked with… BIG SAM UMTITI. The story is coming from the Independent, so about as reliable as Michael Owen’s hamstrings. My thoughts on this one:
- Arsenal don’t have big dick swinging money this summer, he’s not going for anything less than £80m
- His contract runs until 2023
- Umtiti is a very good player, even with Champions League we’d be a big step down
- Barca have nearly or have signed De Ligt for £80m, he’s a bit good, I’d suspect the Frenchman is a bit worried
- I think his agent is setting off warning flares to get reassurances from the Barcelona board
Needless to say, we are not shopping in that market this summer unless there’s been a serious change of heart OR Arsenal brought back more than a tan from Dubai.
Talking of the Independent writing bollocks, remember when they dropped a story about Sven leaving for Bayern after they read my piece? In a twist if DELICIOUS irony, he could end up taking over the technical director role over at Roma.
FFS, Arsenal have been bent over a barrel on this one. Once again making decisions on the fly without a really good plan a, b and c on the table. Sven is going to wreck our summer and he’s going to be a man possessed when it comes to proving out he’s capable of delivering.
Let’s see how that one works out!
Right, I am going to be back in the hotseat tomorrow, regular as The Sun and a morning whatever…
See you in the comments. x
Hudson looks pissed on the bench and who can blame him, constantly linked to Bayern but can’t get a game to save his life even against canon fodders
Wish we can nab him(no chance)think he has the potential to explode under a better manager
He would be wise to follow the footsteps of Sancho, Gnabry..etc
He should get away as fast as possible from the sinking chavs before his value plummets
Lol, Get in Cardiff!!
Genuine question from someone who watches very little football.
Is Hudson Hawk-Odoi actually any good or is he just the latest fashion statement type player whom everyone thinks will be the next world player of the year?
Actually, he’s verygood. Not the finished article by any means but definitely a talent.
Strange one this Cardiff vs Chelsee match.
Why allow two variants of BLUE jerseys?
Perhaps tomorrow Pedro, you could do a picture of Rocky as a tribute to the big man, and we could celebrate a life a life well lived. Call it a public service to the benefit of the new generations of fans who never watched him play.
What a man. What a player. Bravery had a name and it’s name was Rocky.
You know, just a break from tearing strips off each other over Özil for a change.
We are all Gooners, let’s respect one another and back the team against Newcastle tomorrow. That’s what Rocky would’ve wanted.
G62
Ah, another raw talent…who will probably remain uncooked if he stays in England.
If I was a footballer now…Germany would be absolutely my first destination. I have no idea why more players don’t fancy the fatherland.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11781/11680506/steven-gerrard-says-scott-brown-antagonised-rangers-players
Steven Gerrard fast becoming one of those highly unlikable managers you love to hate. 74 yellows 8 reds (5 by the same idiot) and he isn’t doing anything publicly or internally (obviously) to address their discipline instead he’s blaming refs and opposition antagonizing his players. He’s right on on thing the buck stops with him
Who is this Rocky player everyone is talking about?
Chelsea have been very poor.
Its interesting seeing how the top 6 square up for the last 8 games
Hopefully that Dubai break/ game came just at the right time
*his name
Hudson Hawk-Odoi actually any good or is he just the latest fashion statement type player whom everyone thinks will be the next world player of the year?ayern don’t sniff around you if you’re a turd” Dunno any world player of the year but Bayern don’t sniff around you if you’re a potential turd Can assure you he looks better than anything we have on the wing at this moment, think he would be starting for us if we had him, Kid has shown quality in the limited time the clueless Sari has given him was in a preparational match last… Read more »
Vic
“Hudson Hawk-Odoi actually any good or is he just the latest fashion statement type player whom everyone thinks will be the next world player of the year?ayern don’t sniff around you if you’re a turd””
Simple answer is YES
Bayern are ready to bet that he’s that good with £40 million for an 18 yr old.
By the way I know who Rocastle is. One of our greats. An absolute pleasure to watch and the midfield of him, Limpar, Davis and Merson was great.
Can still see a Taxi for Sarri even if he bags the EL.. The fans have turned against him and are chanting ‘they want him out’… Lol
*and groves.
Kovacic is really very average, the Real Madrid links notwithstanding
Teams these days are basically buying footballers like collectors buy art, cars or wine.
Is this jerk Hudson Hawk any good? Maybe but stats say, no. Is he the new Messi…almost certainly not. Clubs are buying ‘prospects’ young and at ludicrous high prices on the off chance they come good and therefore can be sold for double/triple their investment. This kid has done NOTHING to warrant a £40m fee. Nothing. Bayern, like most clubs are rolling the dice.
Guns
“This kid has done NOTHING to warrant a £40m fee. Nothing. Bayern, like most clubs are rolling the dice.”
So says the great banter king of legrove
Unlike you, Bayern are speaking with real money…and no one that I know is comparing him with Messi.
No one seeks to spend that much money on a. teenager without doing their homework and subjecting it to lots of real debate.
“Kovacic is really very average, the Real Madrid links notwithstanding”
One of the reasons why i take Marko’s player suggestions with a pinch of salt
That was MILES offside
WTF is wrong with these officials?
The referee bottled the red card again
Graig Pawson is a freaking coward
Nigerians hating on the great Ghanaians again!
Guns
Bayern are taking a punt just as Dortmund did on Sancho except at same stage nobody was raving as much abt Sancho
It’s always a risk buying any player, Sanchez has tanked badly at United despite all statistics and data available on the player proving otherwise
Ref is a joke
Do these officials get punished for making such obvious mistakes?
Do they get benched and get their wages docked?
Neil Warnock will have to be restrained after this game
I cannot fucking stand prem refs. Really feel for Cardiff.
Warnock won’t hold back after now.
Dissenter
He isn’t a fucking house, mate. I can have a surveyor look at a property and tell me if the structure is sound, but there isn’t a man or woman alive that can tell if a footballer is going to be any good.
I don’t want to debate the merits of a prospect based on 45mins of play in a friendly where Bayern decided that some punk is worth £40m. That’s their issue. My point is, it’s speculate to accumulate and total blind faith.
Neil Warnock is already taking his Xanax on the sidelines to inoculate himself from a stroke when he goes off.
Lol…you just knew they’d win it, jammy and fluky isn’t the word
Cardiff robbed by refs. PL so corrupted.
Cardiff maaaaaan
A terrible terrible terrible decision has not only cost Cardiff the game but probably their premier league status.
100% behind whatever Warnock comes out with.
What the fudge is the point of having the 4th official ?
Leftside
VAR wouldn’t come soon enough
EPL refs are quite frankly not fit for purpose
Daylight robbery on Cardiff
Vic
I agree but these figures are so arbitrary it makes the player actually worthless and the club look silly.
I mean some of the players out there with £200m buy out clauses that are 15 and played one game for the reserves. Mental.
I could try and sell my house for £5m…it isn’t worth that but I can try. The market still runs the show, not the selling club.
Cardiff hold your heads high.
It’s a testament to your fight that Chelsea needed an offside goal and a blatant red not being given for them to beat you..
VAR not needed. Just some officials that know the rules of the game. If the roles were reversed there would be a rec and a goal ruled offside quicker than you could say Sarriball.
Guns
I think you really should shut it at times
Footballing professionals from a club that does not typically spend big money have assessed Hudson-Odoi and decided he’s worthy of all the drawn-out hassle with Chelsea as well as £40 million.
Your loud empty opinion matters not
…and stop calling the kid a “jerk”
The same stupid Chelsea fans who were calling for Sarri will now be cheering him.
This is why stupid shouldn’t be allowed to live and should be dealt with as soon as dumb has been diagnosed.
*rec
*red
Dissenter
Jerk is a term of affection.
Like I say to my one friend “how you doing you son of a bitch”?
Again, that’s just not a bad decision, that’s a very very horrible decision by the referee, one that could hurt Cardiff in their relegation fight
Warnock. Lolz. That perilous northern bastard deserved it.
Cardiff should sue for this if they get relegated.
The premier league should be held accountable.
Decisions like that, in this day and age, should not be allowed.
Nothing to do with VAR.
I mean that offside was no where near close
The premier league cannot be the best in the world with the abysmal officiating that’s going on’
You literally saw the ref shitting his pants when the red card foiled was committed.
Cardiff should sue!!!
Millennial talk. Cardiff didn’t get the job done and paid the price. End of.
Sue them!!!! Lolz.
“I didn’t get the job I applied for…I’ll sue the company for discrimination” boo hoo.
Jesus wept.
I hope Warnock lets rip.
Warnock looks like a plank. Idiot.
Sorry. Take responsibility and stop blaming the officials.
If his team were good enough, they would have beaten Chelsea fair and square.
If Cardiff go down, the premier league should double their parachute payment.
Fudging diabolical.
Don’t calm down Neil.
Let them have it.
GOH
Just proven you don’t care about anything.
Not just humans.
God I hate Chelsea.. They absolutely deserved nothing today
Got to feel for Cardiff if they go down because of this
How can that red sleep tonight, surely must watch that later and realise the shocker
Sad day for football today
Cheating has won.
proved
The answer to so many of these bad decisions is simple and doesn’t involve VAR.
The 4th official has to intervene.
JHC! 10 year olds could brainstorm this.
Graham62
You nailed out on the head
I’ve never understood what the hell is the 4th official doing, taking abuse from managers?
The fourth official needs to have an active role, VAR or no VAR.
One of the reasons why i take Marko’s player suggestions with a pinch of salt
Huh why’s that? Last season we had a midfield of Xhaka, Ramsey, Elneny and Wilshere can you blame me for wanting Kovacic was signed for thinking that he was better than what we had. I really think people are reading too much into the form of players temporarily on loan or players in the league for the first time. Kovacic and Keita are very good midfielders
Kovacic is rubbish end of.
Don’t care about his ‘FORM”..what exactly is he supposed to be good at Marko?
No one covers the pemier league like the NBC, not even local broadcasters in England come anywhere what they are doing.
Dissenter
Why do you need VAR when you have the 4th official and technology.
The FA/ Premier League/ FIFA / UEFA are a frigging joke and don’t get me started on those officials behind the goal.
I don’t get it, I really don’t.
Liverpool will win.
The beef I have with Warnock and those types of losers in general is this:
The shouting and swearing, pseudo passion and aggression is covering up the fact that they were not good enough. The fans lap that shit up but really…the manager and players are only covering their own failures.
It’s utterly pathetic.
Marko is a chump.
Remember the times he used to big up Max Meyer?
‘Far Better than Ramsey’ he said. One will be playing for Juventus, the other in some midtable club.
Kovacic is ordinary, I’d have Xhaka all day long, seen enough of him to know it’s not just form…Keita is ordinary too
Talking bollocks again GOH I see.
Cardiff were good enough and only lost because of terrible decisions.
That defeat might not only get Cardiff relegated but could also cost us top 4 too come the end of the season, it’s an absolute disgrace and only an idiot can’t see that.
Alex Sandro, another one of Marko’s champions. Loool
“Ok children, your homework for this week is to come up with a simple idea on how to stop bad decisions at Professional football matches and…………………Tristen!!!!!! Stop picking your nose”
“Sorry Miss”
GOH
Actually, you’re the pathetic one here.
Benny
Yawn. Loser talk. They weren’t good enough as they only scored 1 goal to Chelsea’s 2. Fact.
How many points did we get in the early part of the season that was either ‘lucky or down to terrible decisions’? Seriously, how many! Lots mate.
If Arsenal were playing Cardiff today, would you be screaming for a replay or suing the premier league because Cardiff were robbed? No. So shut the f up and drop the holier than thou routine you sanctimonious whatsit.
Same goes for every other hypocrite on here.
Twits.
G62
Read the reply to Benny. Copy and paste. Remeber it.
So we can move up to 3rd places by tomorrow night
Scouse cunts 1 up
After watching Chelsea , apart from Hazard any other Chelsea player anyone here would want in our team
Alisson while being a significant upgrade on the previous Liverpool keepers is by no means worth 70 odd million.
GOH is trolling for a lark. A penalty not given, Rudigger not sent off, off side goal and Cardiff did not play well?
Alex Sandro, another one of Marko’s champions. Loool
Did I ever mention Alex Sandro? That seems unlikely since he’s at Juve and linked with a move to Real. Out of our price and quality range
Kovacic is rubbish end of.
Sure he is mate. 24 has about 50 caps for Croatia and has 246 appearences for his last 3 clubs who happen to be Inter Milan Real and Chelsea.
Safe to say guy is NOT the brightest bulb when it comes spotting good players
Says the guy who rates AMN as highly as Ndombele and who called for Huddersfield to beat us earlier in the season. I think you’re opinion on anything really shouldn’t be taken seriously
Kovacic is ordinary, I’d have Xhaka all day long, seen enough of him to know it’s not just form…Keita is ordinary too You see you can’t take people like this seriously. Xhaka has been error prone and average for two whole seasons before he showed any signs of improvement and even then I think if you did a poll the vast majority would want rid while Keita and Kovacic are average after a few months. It’s typical Arsenal fans really. You do realize both players would be starting for us if we were lucky to have them. A midfield of… Read more »
How many points did Arsenal rip off this season?
Any sympathy for those teams on the receiving end? No.
GOH
Where were you when we needed to sort out Brexit?
“Yawn. Losers. We ain’t giving you sod all, so fudge off”
Hope their new ground bankrupts the Yids
Tottenham’s new stadium looks superb, love the huge kop style south stand behind the goal and how the seats are so close to the pitch, unlike ours with that big gap behind each goal. Looks really impressive inside too.
Still looks like a toilet seat from above though.
Mu spuds chelsea get many days like today.
Guns no one cares about your opinion u melt.
Hillwood with the anti Semitic remarks.
Well played. Idiot.
Spurs are shot…
They look yards off the pace.
just imagine come Tuesday morning, emery would be in third position in the EPL log…..
I know some on here would prefer to pass away in their sleep than for that to happen, just to say that they were right about emery de dracula
They are expecting a major low turnout at the next election, reflecting the disgust every one feels that parliament have betrayed them.
Do you not vote
Or do you spoil your voye,,,
Personally I think alli is suffering from second season syndrome …
He looks bout average now days…
Marko
Even the Chelsea fans aren’t that enthusiastic about keeping Kovacic, it’s not an Arsenal fan thing, he’s just not as good as you claim he is appearances aside….I’d rather have Brozovic as he offers more defensively
Sal
Listened to an old classic album first heard in 81….
Fact is it don’t sound dated….
https://youtu.be/60A-MYNuupg
You remember ….
And yes….Xhaka over Kovacic…..The Arsenal man is miles better despite the brain farts he has
Liverpool struggling.
Marko at least we know what Xhaka brings to the table… Getting a move to Real Madrid who then discover you are not up to much then loan you out to Chelsea where u have proven still that you are one of those guys who made a name early and failed to live up to it.
Again I ask, what exactly is he supposed to be good at?
VVD should have scored there.
Greedy cunt
Guns of not Hackney
You really are a cunt
Troll
Well. ,well, well….Le Grove up in arms about poor refereeing decisions . You couldn’t make it up .here we have supposedly Arsenal fans on an Arsenal blog that slaughtered anyone (me) who pointed out the many injustices over the years at Arsenal expense who now are up in arms because the referee denied Arsenal a chance of staying 3 points above Chelsea due to a dodgy offside goal. It’s worth asking the question, would le Grove feel so upset if Wenger was still manager of the club ..I doubt it .. I always thought Le Grove reeked of double standards… Read more »
They absolutely fluked that. Could Lloris have done better?
Chuffed!!
Spuds have to find a bottling company willing to buy the naming rights to that new stadium