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Arsenal are apparently FURIOUS with Hannover’s treatment of precocious talent, Takuma Asano. They’re not playing him. Presumably, because his skills are so blinding, it damages the esteem of the other players. Bring him back to Arsenal, let him shine in the Premier League… allow his skills the greatest stage.
There’s really not a lot of good news to talk of…
Matteo is too much manš pic.twitter.com/qzc1VVVMAO
ā Mathias šŗ (@MathiasBleng) April 4, 2019
Matteo… the NEW banter king of North London? I think he jokes about his attraction to Ramsey, but it’s real, the love in his voice, just listen to the admiration… and damn, does Aaron dress well.
In other news… I was in work on Sunday for a pitch (poor me), grabbing a coffee in the Tribeca La Colombe, and I heard British voices in the vicinity, and I was like, ‘oh cool, British voices.’ I normally nod at fellow Brits and make hilarious quips about American’s like, ‘don’t tell them water is pronounced with a T, not a D’, so we can bond. ANYWAY, I turn around and it’s Kit bloody Harrington and Rose Leslie.
Jon flipping Snow ordering a chai latte with a dash of under-the counter-CBD-oil, right in front of my eyes (made that bit up). Did I say anything? No I didn’t. I remained cool. FOR THE… no… keep calm.
Anyway, there is a point to this:
THEN, I see last night that they were there for GOT season 8 Premiere… AND… Ramsey was with RAMSEY BOLTON.
Did you see how I connected all the relevant pieces?
FURIOUS EMERY ASKS WHY RAMSEY WAS IN NEW YORK
… could have been my headline.
I didn’t go there, you know why? Ramsey Bolton skins people alive, that’s why. I’m not fucking with that, even if it would have landed me mad hits.
Anyway, look at those Aaron threads. What a babe.
BARGAIN BIN TIME: So Zidance is looking to release Varane, Kroos, James, Mariano, Vallejo, Bale and Isco… anyone fancy a bit of that?
If our transfer strategy is to sit below the big boy tree and shake, I’d imagine Madrid, PSG, and Barca will have some gifts to roll our way at bargain prices. Be interesting to see who we jump in the mixer for. Rumours that Coutinho is up for sale as well…
Feed the below opinion right into my veins… FEED ME!
‘As a general point, Iād like to see more players who are legends with their clubs get a chance as managers or in the boardroom.’
Same here…but at United. I love the idea of someone just landing a job as a Sporting Director because they opened a place called Cafe Football in east London that closed down for being hideously expensive (and shite).
But to be honest, hideously expensive and shite are the top two attributes when hiring managers and players at United, so the fit would be perfect.
Let’s bring ALL the 1992 gang back together and watch it fail in slow motion for 5 years. Let their egos crash the club, let the fans forgive the mistakes because LEGENDS DON’T MAKE MISTAKES, and grab ourselves a Ā£19 burger shaped like a football at the end to celebrate its CRUSHING failure.
A great article regardless, I fully agree with its full implementation (but only for UNITED).
I like this from The Guardian as well:
‘Paul Pogba-wise, and United have apparently penciled in some face time with everyoneās favourite cuddly super-agent Mino Raiola in order to tie the midfielder down to a new contract, but they shouldnāt expect to get much change out of Ā£500,000-a-week. ‘
Amazing… I love that they are already on the hunt for players that will unlock Paul. It seems no one has clocked that maybe after all this time, he’s not actually as good as everyone thought. I’m not sure there’s any unlocking to be had. He’s like a tamer Mario Ballotelli with a cooler haircut that is changed more regularly.
Even crazier to me that Richarlison is being linked with Liverpool for Ā£70m. An exciting player at times, but he’s banged in 13 goals this season in 33 appearances, he’s no Everton-Lukaku imo.
Right, as you can see, not a lot of Arsenal shaped news today… so we’ll be back tomorrow.
BIG LOVE TO YOU ALL x
The fact you thought heād come in and boss our midfield must make you look really silly now
Oh Vic. Me saying that he’s a quality midfielder who’d improve our midfield isn’t remotely as stupid as you saying that AMN was as good as Ndombele or as embarrassing as the time you wanted Huddersfield to beat us. That was a particularly embarrassing moment in a lifetime of embarrassing moments for you
Thomas
You’re right, no joke. You really do lick your lips after kissing your mother.
MC looks more like a champion than the Pool. Most of Pool’s attacks coming from their two full backs centering the ball. It is quite easy to defend. Firmino appears to miss a step.Mane is too short to head those crosses from the full backs.
Nelson
I agree I can’t see City not winning the league. Liverpool’s first 11 are good but City’s squad is just a level above.
I just hope they don’t do the treble.
Ref’s either got to give a pen or book the player for diving there.
@Luteo Guenreira
Nice try shifting focus from the fact that no one laughed at your joke. Again comedy it’s not for you obviously.
Cheating scouse cunts
Thomas
We’ve established it’s not a joke. Try to keep up. Even your sister agrees.
Why all the Spuds stadium chatter?
Who really cares?
What concerns me are our 5 away games and why we havenāt got a top TD or DoF in place to oversee our summer transfer dealings?
Personally it wouldnāt bother me if City did the quadruple. United fans would be apoplectic with City fansā banter, and the bin dippers would have nothing to crow about for another year, so we wouldnāt have to put up with their insufferable moronic scouse accented BS.
Tony
It really does seem like City is the lesser evil, for whatever reason.
Tony, I agree wholeheartedly. For me the fact that City bought the league including the best manager in the world means that anything they win really is just pyrrhic. In relation to the comments above about the Spuds stadium investment, it does seem that theyāre sailing close to the wind. If the costs spiralled during construction then no doubt the increase came at a higher rate and with more severe penalties. Having said that, interest rates are much lower than when we were borrowing but they do have liabilities: a somewhat underpaid squad who will all be itching to get… Read more »
Just get the feeling that Liverpool are going to do it? Salah will be on fire now and I feel MC will drop points.
As for tomorrow, a huge game.
Can’t call it.
See how I feel in the morning.
Graham, itās in the balance. I can see Spuds taking a point off City but equally, Liverpool are typically more flaky. Shame weāre not up among them but itās a great end to a season. What football is all about.
Yep. City a lesser evil. If nothing else, Pep >>> Flop. Our away record versus the 5 specific teams upcoming isn’t as bad compared to ‘all away’. Cautiously optimistic tbh. The psyche, form, injuries, etc are just positively (and collectively) different at this juncture this season. For many frustrating years under Wenger, we were usually dead and buried by around March end, and played somewhat well in end of season games when nothing much was at stake to us/opponents. No tech reasons why we couldn’t win all 11. Again, most players would have been starved of some success and importantly… Read more »
Tony As I wrote earlier in the week no-one will be talking about Spurs “spanking new and overpriced stadium” in 6 months unless the roof leaks or the revolving pitch breaks down. Real Madrid have just announced this week plans for the rebuild of their new stadium and predictably their President is claiming that it will be the best in the world. Both Levy and Perez have one thing in common and that is an inflated ego. On the matter of Football/Technical Director I suspect that Arsenal are going through the process of recruitment but are undoubtedly cautious in view… Read more »
To be clear I think that we know already the positions in squad, where Arsenal
need replacement>
Second String Goalkeeper to replace Cech who is retiring. Only question is whether he will be replaced by Martinez?
Left Back to replace Monreal who is now 33 and his contract expires.
Central Midfield to replace Ramsey who is leaving on Bosman and joining
Juventus.
If we have additional transfer budget and can offload Mustafi then perhaps we
will also buy a new Centre Back, but at the moment this is by no means certain.
Useroz “For many frustrating years under Wenger, we were usually dead and buried by around March end, and played somewhat well in end of season games when nothing much was at stake to us/opponents.” That’s not really correct is it . Last season was the only season that we were out of the champions league equation in the league before the end of the season and we were still competing in the semis in the Europa cup up until 3rd of May…….not exactly * dead and buried” is it. The season before that we finished 5 th , one point… Read more »
ES, slightly conservative in your expectations, particularly if we are playing CL. I would expect weād sign an attacker who plays wide unless Welbeck gets an extension. I also feel that sometimes if a player becomes available at the right price, almost regardless of whether we need the position strengthening, weād take the opportunity.
Of course promoting from within will happen but Iād be surprised if we didnāt at least match last yearās five players – there are quite a few players leaving!
I can honestly say this is the first time for many a long time that I have felt a certain amount of belief in what is going on with regards our on pitch objectives.
A draw wouldn’t be a bad result tomorrow but a win would really crank up the pressure on MU, Chelsea and even Spuds.
Everton can be dangerous and have picked up in recent weeks , but so have we. Should be a good game for the neutral.
morning Graham
” I can honestly say this is the first time for many a long time that I have felt a certain amount of belief in what is going on with regards our on pitch objectives.”
will just point out that you wasn’t saying that 6 weeks ago after the Bate defeat .
What’s changed?
Could it be a change in personnel (on the pitch)do you think ?
Pierre Very accurate indeed “””In fact , our turn around in form, results and performances could be attributed to the return to the side of a couple of wenger favourites which I think is difficult to deny , though some will try Iām sure.””” The re introduction of most of Wengers regulars. (Ozil/Rambo/Monreal /AMN) has definitely improved performances. Only Sokratis and Leno -are the non Wengers players- who are playing well and consistently now. Having said that. We do look more feisty than in previous seasons And we certainly look more solid when we take the lead… So Emery deserves… Read more »
Stroller “Left Back to replace Monreal who is now 33 and his contract expire” Personally , I would give Monreal at least another year . Playing as one of the 3 centre backs ,he has shown recently that he is is irreplaceable at the moment . His days as a full /wing back are numbered as it requires tremendous energy to play that position these days though he could still fill in occasionally. His injuries occurred earlier in the season as too much was being asked of his body playing wing back. Playing one of three centre backs is far… Read more »
I cannot believe how Arsenal got Santis Carzola’s injury so wrong.
Last night he was unbelievable against Barcelona.
We spent fortunes on the Diaby injury.?
Yet we still got Santi’s injury and his ability to still be a world class
midfielder so WRONG.?
‘…dead and buried’ not in relegation sense Other than the ‘4th place’ trophy, most of our title and cup hope would end around Feb/ March … the odd FA cups notwithstanding. Everyone has a different view / expectation/ judgment over ‘success’ so naturally our talks differ on this (and other) blogs. But then, at least @legrove, the diversity contributes usually to the richness of the forum. In any case, despite some nervy moments here and there, we have been on form, look hungry and quite resilient, and “ruthless” when matters usually. On “ruthless”, apparently we have , as we speak,… Read more »
Reports in Italy are that Gazidis wants to take the Poch to Milan. I reckon he owes us are the Ozil contract debacle.
So the AKB’s are showing their hands – it’s all down to Wenger.
What are fucking shower, Emery has matched last season’s tally with 7 matches left.
Good to hear, that Gazidas took time out to attend the Peter Hill Wood Memorial Service.
Wenger,Dixon,Adams, Rice, O’Leary and Hollins among others were also present.
Its these great and loyal stalwarts that make us all love our Arsenal.
Marc,
If the reports about Gazidis wanting to take Poch to AC Milan are true, and he pills it off, then we should all take back the nasty things we ever said about the smooth corporate snake oil salesman.
From then on, in my eyes at least, he would be transformed into an Arsenal legend!
*Pulls not pills…
Perhaps Gazidis can entice Poch to Milan by offering him Ā£350k a week……
Words
It would be also be a good time to remind the Spud’s that it was Wenger who took Hoddle to Monaco.
Luteo Guerreira
Is Thomasā mother name Electra ?
Greek legend. Know her. Delectable woman.
šš
I haven’t seen a lot of Norwich this season but I have to say , the football they are playing at the moment v QPR is quality.
Daniel Farke their German manager obviously knows what he is doing.
Pierre It may be the case with regards the “change in personnel on the pitch”, however, unlike yourself, I will not base my reasons for these positive changes on Emery eating humble pie. I look at it as a combination of things, one of which is that both Ozil and Ramsey are also benefitting from the systems and structure set up by Emery and realise that their strengths can be beneficial if they adhere to certain tactical principles and methods that was previously missing from their game. In order to move forward you sometimes have to take a step back… Read more »
Graham
Pierre is just looking to pass the recognition for any success back to Wenger. If we miss out on top 4 you watch him reverse the argument – it’s Emery’s fault and has nothing to do with the team he inherited from Wenger.
I’ve said it countless times on here Pierre is all about an agenda and nothing else.
Marc
I know that, that’s why I worded things the way I did.
After years of malfunctioning parts, it’s just nice to see something resembling order.
Watching a replay Empoli vs Napoli. Napoli played 4 4 2. They played a number of subs. They have a midfielder, Zielinski, who has a hard long short. He just hammered the ball from the 25 yards out and scored. He is quite mobile also and can play with both feet.
lol Pierre.
lol Spoutnik.
Graham,
The way you put it to Pierre is carefully put and apposite.
Ćzil and Ramsey are now doing what they should be doing in terms of tactical instruction and effort when the team does not have possession of the ball, working within an appropriate structure.
Consequently both the two players, and more importantly the team, is benefitting.
Ozil finaly becoming a “big games” player ??
It’s fucking about time!!
(lol)
For those remeninising about wenger…
Remember he turned down VDV when it was in the bag for 12 m….
Cunt …
Words
Agree totally.
R.S.P..C. Arsenal,
Iām waiting with bated breath for one of The Usual Suspects to lecture and explain to you why VVD is not all that, and that Liverpoolās significantly better defence this year is nothing to do with VVD, but is all about new ideas from special sauce tactician Klopp.
Whatās changed? Could it be a change in personnel (on the pitch)do you think ? __________ LOL Could it be we have a manager that actually knows how to do tactics.. Makes appropriate substitutions before the 70th min. and gets the team prepared for the matches and works on situational set pieces. And isn’t falling asleep or hidden in his cocoon coat trying to work his zip.. A manager that isn’t a geriatric trying to stay awake….and actually watches the matches. ” I didn’t see it.” If you can’t see Wenger was finished at least 5 -10 years ago because… Read more »
That time Wenger tried to sign Vardy and Vardy said no!
Be careful what you wish for they said… this is great we’re acting like a proper club now I say.
Mid “they arenāt Wengerās players anymore.. We donāt play the same style, we donāt play the same formations and Emery has had time to actually teach them a few things. ” I admit Emery did a lot of good things and Wenger is finished, but this sentence is incorrect. Initially, Emery wanted to change Remsey to be a #10 and played Ozil on the right. It failed and he dropped both of them. Just last week, Emery admitted that he studied again how Remsey and Ozil played last year and decided to play Remsey as a box to box midfielder… Read more »
Nelson… that’s semantics. When you teach players to work within your system then they become your players. Bottom line if Emery fails its 100% on him.. The same way it should have been 100% on Wenger. and not some excuse like a referee conspiracy…
What you are referring to is the same thing tat happened when Wenger took over … Wenger inherited a backline and he taught them to work within his attacking system at that time and they became his players.
The players that have come back into the side during our recent excellent run of results and performances deserve the utmost credit for being so professional.
We all know that they wouldn’t have had a look in if our results and performances hadn’t been so poor but it looks like it will turn out ok in the end .
It has been a good learning curve for Emeryš
We all know that they wouldnāt have had a look in if our results and performances hadnāt been so poor
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Why would they have needed a look in if the results weren’t poor? You make no sense. We have a manager that adapts and has the skillz to make the team better. And that is refreshing to see. Rather then a preset substitution pattern.. or go out there and express yourself and play without the handbrake on. Mental strength .. bounce back ability and all the other bs from the previous one.
Itās cause Pierre has no knowledge of the game. He thought he was supporting a football club for years, then he realized he was actually just an aging fan girl of husk leftover by an equally old and decrepit football manager.
This past year has obviously been him acting but out and trying to cope. No offense to actual soldiers who have PTSD, but his is an extremely pussified version of it.
If he had proper knowledge of the game he would realize how silly most of what he says is.
“We all know that they wouldnāt have had a look in if our results and performances hadnāt been so poor but it looks like it will turn out ok in the end . ”
And yet despite those poor results we’ve still managed to get the same points as last season with 7 games left.
Ozil has had to play a more disciplined role is that down to him being a Wenger boy? Ramsey has had to adapt to defending in the center of the park and choosing when to go forward is that down to being a Wenger boy? or is that because the new manager has communicated his philosophy and held them accountable to it? Therefore making them “his” players. You decide.
Emery has shown that he doesn’t play favourites therefore players who come into the side and follow instructions are given a chance – those who don’t are out. The reason Ozil was shut out for so long was because he wouldn’t tow the line. If he’d got behind the manager earlier he would’ve played more.
VVD.
It doesn’t take a genius to realise that VVD is one hell of a player.
Most run-of-the-mill fans saw this several years back.
Unfortunately, our genius of a manager, and his back room team, didn’t see this.
Oh well, never mind.
Graham62
That’s incorrect. Most of the top 6 teams passed on him. No point making it an agenda against Wenger. He is a top player and odds on to win most the individual player awards.
We need Brighton to get a surprise result today so City go into the Spud matches full of rage and wanting revenge.
Roy Hodgson having another solid season and will keep them up again. Love to see it.
Zaha’s ability to win penalties is a tremendous weapon.
I honestly think Wenger saw it too… He was just a slave to his ego and his player valuations …. If they were a penny more then what he thought they were worth… then he would rather try to go without and squeeze blood from a turnip…. aka get goals out of Sanagoal.
Pierre is a clueless AKB troll
Why is anyone engaging him in a serious conversation ?
Add in to that .. he didn’t value defenders or Keepers or defensive midfielders very highly and it exacerbated the problem.
Prvhc.. because he went on a page long silique on how this seasons turnaround was all because of Wenger’s boys. And he implied that we would be in the same position if Wenger as still here. And the other clueless AKB’s agreed with him that’s why.
It honestly ticks me off to see agenda driven bullshit that why..
as = was
MidwestGun
The defenders part is true. Koscielny,Monreal, Per for around 10m and Bellerin from academy have done well. The problem is every other defender we’ve signed since then is a downgrade. Holding, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Mustafi are all backup defenders at best.
Big Bundesliga match. Hope Dortmund can get a result.
Let’s go Dortmund
MidwestGun
That is exactly the reaction he wants
Don’t fall for it
His reason for supporting Arsenal is no longer here.He’s sticking around to troll Arsenal fans.We only have to tolerate him until Wenger finds another job, though unfortunately it’s looking increasingly unlikely any club will take a punt on him.
āIt has been a good learning curve for Emeryšā Pierre, this is probably the only sentence from all your nonsense and agenda-ridden commentary that resembles any truth. Is this any surprise to anyone that a new manager would need time to adapt to his players ( and vice versa) and the league in his first season. Especially at a club like Arsenal when the management clearly asked Emery to lower the wage bill while at the same time move up the table( piece of cake right?) Klopp and Pep are on the record stating that it takes about one full… Read more »
That was a red card for Walker there.
Even with VAR they still can’t get the fucking decisions right.
If someone had just landed from the moon after being in space for 8 months and stumbled on one of Pierreās comments , they wouldāve thought Emery had refused to play any Arsenal players from Wenger era and only after Bate away has realized his mistake.
I truly hope heās trolling because the alternative is just too tragic ( for his sake)to contemplate.
Prvhc- Hmm well.. Thing is I have other Arsenal supporter friends who were Akb’s and we can have conversations. In fact one of my best friends who I watch some of the matches with loves him some AW. But he doesn’t spout nonsense and even he can see reality and is starting to see things a little clearer now. So maybe deep down I still think there is hope.. I know being optimistic but it would be nice if the fanbase wasn’t so splintered. and it doesn’t help if the former akb’s keep trolling notions that have not been true… Read more »
FFS Dortmund. They are getting hammered
Dortmund getting mauled here.
Literally their former players taking them apart and by so ending their title dream
Got to feel for the fans
Dortmund actually bottled the league, so many sacrilegious draws recently
Gnabry header was a really good finish, he’s playing so well in Germany it’s kind of heartbreaking to be honest haha.
You just knew that in a Klassiker showdown for the title that Bayern needing a win would batter Dortmund at the Allianz, their H2H is 21-3 in their last few Bundesliga matches there with a 6-0 last season.
Gutted for Dortmund but they’ve shown their naivety today, especially Zagadou and Dahoud who’s got to bury that early chance which would have changed the course of the match.
H2H GD meant to say.
Mid
Donāt be fooled into thinking Le Grove is representative of all Arsenal fans.
I love Pedro but really itās all just a laugh
Dortmund, except for a brief period under Klopp,are Bayern’s bunnies.Bayern helped them to avoid bankruptcy ffs.They might as well be Bayern’s academy team.I might be a bit harsh here,but for me Bayern vs Dortmund was never a rivalry,let alone a ‘classic’ one.
Bundesliga is pants tho
Gnabry feeling Peak Ronaldo after looking a fat waiter and failing miserably in the EPL
I mean the two major contenders of a title having a game in the eyes of many as a potential title decider and you would be forgiven to think one is a relegation fodder seeing the total decimation taking place
We really need strong performances until the end of the season. Everton beat Chelsea and drew with Liverpool at home in the last month. Watford haven’t lost at home since 26th December (P6 W4 D2 L0) Wolves haven’t lost at home since the 2nd of January. (P9 W7 D2 L0) Leicester have won their last four. Yes, we don’t deserve nowt if we can’t take points from that rabble, but they don’t look like fixtures where we can just turn up and expect to win. I think we can drop 5 points and make the top 4, based on the… Read more »
Not arguing the Bundesliga is probably the weakest of the top 5 leagues in Europe atm, Ligue 1 has improved a lot these last couple of years.
He didn’t fail over here though, he actually looked decent for spells that FA Cup match at the Emirates vs Spurs in 2014 he was outstanding in particular, Pulis didn’t know what to do with him as he’s only accustomed to playing with creatures that only hoof and win aerial battles with pre-historic football, shocking manager.
He also left at 21.
Hillwood_ Oh I know it isn’t… That’s why I have friends outside this community.. The truth is usually somewhere in the grey area between 2 points. The problem comes in when objectivity has gone away. That why I called it a cult earlier.. because there is some element of brainwashing and believing what you want to believe in rather then what needs to happen. Those that refuse to see that the Club needed a change years ago and still cling to the past are ironically holding us back, imo much like AW did after he had run out of ideas.… Read more »
Bayern absolutely having their way with Dortmund today. It’s men against boys sexual predators against victims.
Please someone reminds why “wenger nose best” let Gnabry go ?
*reminds me
Wasn’t the rumor that Gnabry’s injury was career threatening and hints of some sort of drug usage. And then he had a bad loan spell. And that was that… At least that’s what I remember the talk being about at that time.
Thatās incorrect. Most of the top 6 teams passed on him. No point making it an agenda against Wenger
Yeah but we needed him perhaps moreso than any of the other sides around then and again summer of 15 when VVD moved to Southampton we signed no outfield player. It was an unbelievable fuck up from the great ditherer and it seems like we specifically had an opportunity to sign him and turned him down.
Graham 62 ās favourite team have put up a strong show in the FA cup semi even if they lose 1- 0
Midwest it was just a rumour. I remember another one about Rosicky being out for so long because he was getting treatment for a drug problem but it turns out he was just unlucky with injuries. Truth is with regards to Gnabry it was just Wenger gave up on him too early and then he wanted out which you can’t blame him. It’s incredible considering the amount of useless wank young players Wenger persisted with over the years and he gave up on a legitimate prospect very very quickly. Still can’t get rid of Jenkinson, Asano or Cohen Bramell
Lol Asano, now there’s a name that i legit forgot existed.
AW had some absolute howlers in the second half of his tenure in particular, his eye for talent deserted him a decade before we finally got rid.
Marko-
Yeah rumors can be viciousā¦ You would have to believe Gnabry’s heart was always in Germany.. but yeah Wenger sticking to his favorites was maddening at times. Especially when his favorites were questionable talents at best or chronically injured.. maybe Gnabry’s injury spooked him.. but who knows. Definitely missed out on that one..
Maybe Wenger didn’t want to hurt Walcott’s development or some such stuff he always spouting.
That was disappointing result. One thing to lose another to get annihilated.
Walcott better than Hazard.
Never forget.
Noooooo hahaha that debate actually hurt my head.
Moise Kean awfully fond of net isn’t he.
Just saw OGS watching the game Barce vs A Madrid. Wonder which player MU wants to sign?
You also have to remember that we paid a million to Stuttgart for Gnabry when he was a young’un so we kind of had an idea of his potential. But again Wenger just gave up too soon
Moise Kean is red hot. Fucking awful what happened to him last week especially considering that he’s only 19 and Italy’s best chance of a CF going forward. Try telling that to a racist Italian though
Costa received a red. The game is destroyed.