Man, things took a turn for the worse yesterday. I have never thrown up in public (sober at least). That shame befell me on the mean streets of Soho… made worse because I was wearing my finest drug-addict athleisure (sick comfort clothes), the fancy shoppers did not view my involuntary actions with much sympathy. Worst trip to the dry cleaners ever. It happened FOUR times in the space of 50 meters. Totally soiled my new shoes as well.
But, but, but… I can see the v’s in the mirror for the first time since I was 19. Peak Freddie over here if you can handle the fragrance.
ANYWAY, enough about my problems.
Let’s talk about Arsenal’s.
How about a Snapchatter calling Koubilaly an n-word in the ground… and broadcasting it to his fans (lol, his two mates)? What in the actual fuck? In North London? At Arsenal? Are you fucking kidding me?
It’s despicable behavior. Arsenal are on it.
“We utterly condemn use of this type of racist language and have launched an investigation to identify the culprit,”
“We operate a zero tolerance approach, and anyone behaving like this is not welcome at Arsenal and will be banned from matches.
“We have an extremely diverse community of fans who are all part of the Arsenal family and such incidents are rare at Emirates Stadium. We encourage supporters to report any incidents as they happen to stewards or via our matchday alert service.”
Amen. If you watch the video, the person in question whispers the bad word, because if you shouted that in the stands you’d likely find yourself getting whacked. It wasn’t so long ago that shouting #WengerOut before the game started was a punchable offence.
Still, disappointing an Arsenal fan would stoop to that sort of shit. It brings us all down. Ban that person.
In Sporting Director news, Sky Sports are making noises that Paul Mitchell of RB Leipzig talent spotting notoriety, is interesting Arsenal. He’d be a great signing for us, he’s proved himself at Spurs and with the Germans. The only thing that worries me there is that he might have an allegiance to his old employees.
Still, we can hope until we put a deal on the table and he goes somewhere smaller.
BIG rumours that Xhaka might move to Inter Milan this summer if they don’t get Kroos or Rakitic.
I mean, I’m a bit whatever about this… he’s a good player, but ultimately, I don’t think he’s ideal for the Premier League. He’s been far better of late, but that’s because he’s improved on making a major mistake every game. We’ll see though, sounds like he’s angling for a move or a bigger contract… maybe both.
We’re being linked with Ander Herrera for £200k a week. Tidy player, but surely there are better ways to spend that sort of money?
A bit frightening to think that the team who brought you Denis Suarez are currently overseeing the summer transfer plan without a proven talent scout at the wheel. Let’s see how that pans out.
Huge game for Arsenal on Monday. Watford are going to be a handful. We need to really up our away game mentality and deliver a really top performance. They’ll come flying out the traps and we know Troy Deeney will come to bully.
Let’s see what we have for them.
P.S. Check out the new Ian Wright collab Fokohaela have pulled together.
Ian Wright just being Ian Wright on that one on the bottom. A lovely piece of clobber! (one on the top is part of the range as well)
See you in the comments… x
Thuis Qatar ASPIRE academy is generating excellent players. They’ve probably equalling La masia already. I’m just watching this excellent 20 year old senegalese left back, Moussa Wague play for Barca. He only cost them 3 million euros in the summer. Culled from AS; “Wague, who holds the proud record of being the youngest African to score a goal at the World Cup, signed for Barcelona B from Belgian club KAS Eupen in the summer for 3 million euros. The 20-year-old is capable of playing at both left and right back and offers much-welcome cover for the injured Nélson Semedo and… Read more »
Oh hey it’s horrible cunt Rambo. Back early from the lynching are we? Any thoughts on Muslims today? Or I suppose you only voice those opinions when Pedro’s not about. Clever little coward you
MGooner
OK it didn’t read that way. I’m not sure you can put falling out of the top 4 solely down to the pair of them though. Sanchez was a little bitch in his last season, Ozil is Ozil but they weren’t the only problems.
That’s one player dissenter
How the fuck can we lose to Everton who then go and lose to Fulham?
@ MArc
Sure, but they were a contributing factor. You could also say that Wenger’s ability to add value had run its course.
I quite like our season, no fuss, no false promises, a team playing with pride and no downing tools in the big games like under Wenger. After that in what position we end does not matter that much for me.
Who were the idiots on here talking about Benitez still being relevant a couple of weeks ago? Not only was he still a great manager he was a master tactician as well. Just for info Newcastle are now a point behind Burnley who were next to screwed whilst these comments were being made.
Marc
Yep my local team starting to feel the pressure.
Brighton or Cardiff to join Fulham and Huddersfield.
Knockaert showing once again what a liability he has become.
‘Clever little coward you’
Says the hero who sits behind a laptop and accuses random strangers of lynching.
Get your life in order.
Marc
End of season results are very unpredictable.
You should know that by now.
Cesc Appeal was super annoyed with Pedro back when Pedro was, among other things, blaming Emery for our injuries and promoting the notion that Emery continued to do double days after pre-season. Cesc Appeal made his irritation with all of that very clear. He hasn’t been here since.
Marc
That was Champagne Charlie.
Graham
You can’t even look at their remaining fixtures and say one’s got a clear advantage. Could do us an enormous favour re Burnley away.
Bamford
Why am I not surprised. It’s almost as if he thinks saying someone else is good makes Emery bad – any actual evidence or proof notwithstanding.
MGooner, Marc
I remember someone pointing out Arsenal began finishing outside the top four when Xhaka and Mustafi became regulars in the XI. I think that might be a better point than any point about Ozil and Sanchez.
Remember, Arsenal’s best runs in recent years came towards the end of the season when a fair few teams had switched off and weren’t competing for anything.
Just saying.
The long wait is over.
Winter is here 😍
Rambo
Personally I was looking forward to summer!
It’s bloody typical – new season of GOT kicks off and we’ve got a match at the same time.
Graham
Well you could have told that to Huddersfield earlier!
Come on West Ham!
Oh yes Graham.
Marc,
GoT new episode after a wait of two years.
Arsenal toiling away in Watford.
No contest
Rambo
Yes, Winter is finally here…for the next SIX weeks
Dissenter, the guy was Asian, there are videos of him celebrating the goal on the same feed.
Decisions going against us in this race for CL footy
Pedro
Very well
My question is how can you tell the racial origin of the voice without viewing the individual.?
Looks like teams are giving up already, no doubt we will make it hard for ourselves on Monday.
That was a very soft penalty
Some of these newer referees are so freaking weak
Dissenter, generally speaking, a strong Asian accent would indicate you’re Asian.
How isn’t that a yellow card for a very high foot?
Scared referees
Pedro
Again, yes for the accent
What is the individual is a UK born and raised Briton of Asian origin?
Can’t tell from the voice, that stuff can be from cheap stereotypes.
Emery out brigade were expecting far too much this season, listening to them you would think Arsenal squad are capable of winning league and champs league and Emery is underperforming. In reality, Emery is doing quite a good job getting squad to perform better than last couple of seasons under Wenger and the Emery out fellas are left to cavil about his teeth or his English speaking ability to justify their wrong opinion. Emery should get a lot of credit for doing better than Wenger last season, there are numerous examples of organizations that experience lots of trouble when long… Read more »
**What if the individual is a UK born and raised Briton of Asian origin?
“Thiught you’d be the one virtue signalling though as per usual.”
Lol
Great to see High Leg contribute much more constructively today..
Two punchy paragraphs today.
(Excellent effort)
I disagree though. Arsenal should always focus on the Prem League….
Europa Cup is for losers and The Desperate.
We should have a strategy the seasons when we are in the darned thing- and that we play our youngsters l
If our youngsters- cant get a run out in this tournament. They really are wasting their time at AfC.
Dissenter, an Asian accent making you Asian isn’t a stereotype.
“Dissenter, generally speaking, a strong Asian accent would indicate you’re Asian.”
Not if it’s fake.
jwl
Agree.
Some on here though we’re expecting more. As if we had been performing to high level these past few years.
Red
How is it fake?
CG
“The Europa Cup is for losers”
Just to point out there is a reason why have been in the Europa Cup these past two seasons.
Remember, we were in the CL but we didn’t do too well in that either.
Are you blaming Emery for this as well?
JWL, average point as usual.
1. No one thought we’d compete for the league
2. You said the squad weren’t good enough for top 4
3. We are competing for top 3
You were wrong on the squad. We’ll find out of you were right on Emery.
I’m just “desperate” to win a European trophy.
Deserved equalizing goal
Where’s the special sauce now OGS?
Pedro
One point @jwl is 100% correct on though.
Emery has stopped the rot.
1-1!!
Bring Louis vans Gaal back as caretaker manager
Dissenter
He still has them playing far better than Jose did. Also why do t you apply the same rules you use for emery and allow him to build his own team?? This is after all Mourinho’s team as arsenal are wenger’s team as you claim
Yes West Ham.
Anderson a player i would love at Arsenal.
Graham. Good Evening. (I hoped you took my advice and booked some therapy: re your Wenger issues.) I never mentioned Emery ( today) Weekend off- Emery bashing …. he will self destruct himself… I was specific on The Europa Cup It’s an artificial tournament set up for second rate tin pot clubs. We have 4 places to get a CL spot If we cant get in the Top 4- we have failed. And we try again the following season.. I was making the suggestion- that if we are in this monstrosity Cup- we should play our youngsters. At least- The… Read more »
I love you Pedro but you’re wrong about Emery.
Un na
Anyone would have United playing better than Mourhino did. All they needed were just an arm around the shoulder.
Emery is not on the same planet as OGS
OGS is a speculative choice, Emery is an established manager with successes and failures.
OGS has been deploying very negative tactics with fast counters. They peaked too soon and he’s showing his true colors.
I expect the referee to do United one more favor
You are scholar and gentleman Graham62, it is not often that someone agrees with me on le-grove.
Rashford needed a manager to put an arm around his shoulders after Mourhino.
That was all he was waiting for after Mourhino repeatedly beat up on his self-confidence.
CG
Don’t worry about me, I’m fine thanks.
At least you are being honest on something.
We’ve become “a second rate tin pot” team these past few years.
I wonder why?
We may have spent a short period of time in the top four, but this doesn’t mean we have one of the best four squads in the PL. We don’t. We have something like the sixth best squad in the PL.
Yes, we are good enough to possibly finish in the top four, but to do so will require some overachieving on our part and some underachieving on others’ parts.
Also, we are in the Europa League because of Arsene Wenger, not because of Unai Emery.
Better manager: Pellegrini or Emery?
Declan Rice is playing a level above everyone else here.
Pelligrini in my book is a top class manager, his City team was sublime and irresistible. Guardiola has a better squad at his disposal but Pelligrini got them to play better football. Classy guy as well. Given a choice I would have picked Pallegrini over Emery.
United are disjointed with NO discernible pattern of play
They are just living off luck and if course De Gea
Special sauce or tepid water?
That was an excellent tackle, maybe it came from the back
Penalty probably sounds right
Fleetwood Town boss Joey Barton prevented from leaving Oakwell by police after alleged assault which left Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel with ‘blood pouring from his face
Can’t expect a thug to suddenly change his colors so easily.
I think that is our top four hopes almost gone out the window. Have to say that this has been a cracking game so far. End to end stuff.
United’s intensity has been really good. West ham gave them a tough game.
Graham, he has stopped the rot.
Odd that he can change big game mentality, but struggles away from home.
One for next season.
That United high after losing Jose is well and truly finished… so glad they gave OGS a deal
Pedro
“Graham, he has stopped the rot.”
Big of you to finally admit that.
We need better personnel too, maybe you will admit that our squad isn’t top-4 quality too…some day 😊
Hope u r better Pedro.
Sadly all kinds of disgusting posts appear on here not only not banned but those guys seems to be your new online buddies.So how about u do something about that first.
Rollen, go start your own blog and be the arbiter of free speech there.
Monday is a must win.
Dissenter, within spitting distance of top 3 in April would suggest the squad has been top 4 all along… as I said.
Can the manager unlock it, is the question we wait on.
ok lol so why cry about the same thing happening in the stadium if u r ok with it on here?
Rollen, if you don’t like a comment that you think is racist, e-mail me.
I work. I don’t sit here policing the comments all day.
“Dissenter, within spitting distance of top 3 in April would suggest the squad has been top 4 all along …” No, it doesn’t. It suggests that we were playing well and getting good results given what we have personnel-wise and that others weren’t. Nothing else. You really do make some terrible arguments at times, Pedro. Just because a team finds itself in the top four at some point doesn’t mean they have a top four squad. There are other variables involved, and they could be in the top four on account of those other variables. United, Spurs and Chelsea all… Read more »
Rollen
What happened at the Emirates NEVER happens here and you know it. Nobody ever used language like that.
Dissenter
Yes it’s tailed off and yes Jose has them playing badly but the turnaround was nonetheless Impressive.
I think you’re displaying your own bias here. It all feeds back into wenger. Every position taken by some of you is calculated as a smear
The man is gone
Let your obsession go with him. You got what you wanted, you should be happy but you’re still marooned on an island with the man.
‘Just because a team finds itself in the top 4 in mid-April’ is not a good start to a nugget of insight about us not being good enough for top 4.
It’s all about results, not your subjective amateur view of whose squad is better on paper.
Bamford
Spurs might have a better starting 11 but not a better squad
Chelsea and United do not.
Pedro is on fire tonight.
Pedro no need to get defensive. you have a large number of readers of your blog… some of us have been reading for years and there are some OG posters still on here. That says a lot. With that said, you open a forum to others that is also a place where the racists can come on here and spout whatever garbage. These so called keyboard warriors. My question is , if we email you about who they are what happens next? Some of us are perhaps more “appalled” than others about shit like that. Wish you would take a… Read more »
Guns, if I can’t see the comments, I can’t do anything about them. So e-mail me and I’ll deal with it.
Chelsea and United do not have a better squad than Arsenal’s? What are you smoking? Both squads are underperforming, that’s quite different.
Big three points needed on Monday.
My word it’s tight.
Man united are very fortunate they keep getting a touch of luck.
West ham really threw a way point going kamikaze towards the end of the match.
Don’t think united are good enough to get top 4. Think they will lose to city, draw vs Chelsea and lose against spurs.
I think spurs are safe for top 3 even with a loss against city.
I think its between us and Chelsea qe have to win against watford and they have to lose against Liverpool. As I expect us to draw in some of our away games.
Radio I don’t agree I think koscielney and sokratis are as good as anything they have defensively. I think torriera is as good as anything they have defensively Our strikers our better than theirs Our gk is better than Chelsea’s Our attacking midfielders are better than United’s. We are not a one man team. We have different players popping up all the time to dominate games. Chelsea really too heavily on hazard. Kanye has been nullified by his own manager United have potential but not much more They rely too heavily on DDG and Pogba has not turned into the… Read more »
Radio And you don’t think we are under performing? Ozil and aubameyang are barely there We have no Bellerin or holding who we’re playing key roles for us. Our saving grace this season has been our midfield and the efficiency at which it’s been operating. I don’t think we are maximising the potential of most of our players outside of midfield. I don’t think we are utilising our strikers as well as we can or they aren’t performing as well as they can and have done this season. We are too inconsistent. We are throwing away points on the road… Read more »
Very much agree with Un there.
If United are underperforming, it’s hard to fathom how people think we aren’t considering our shitty away record.
Also, imagine how much better off we’d have been if we’d played Mesut and Ramsey more consistently this season.
Un,
“Kanye has been nullified by his own agent.”
I disagree.
Kanye has been nullified by his own ego, and by Kim Kardashian.
Unless there’s a remarkable turnaround in our away form I can’t see us picking up more than 4 points from our 3 away matches
Pedro
You’ve got to be kidding if you think the current arsenal squad is better than Chelsea’s, Spurs’ and man utd’ s.
It really isn’t.
If Emery manages to get us top four, that will be a massive achievement for a first season.
Personally, I think we will fall short.
If the club has any genuine ambition it will make a serious investment in players this summer.
And I mean in players, not in a new head of fruit juice.
If the club spins poverty and project youth we have finally and unquestionably become a second tier club.
Words
Haha. I knew someone was going to crack onto that. Any typos on here and the vultures swoop….
Kanye has been nullified through being set up by Hollywood and drugged for his dangerous outlandish views. 😂😂
Henry
Who gets into our side and improves it from the Man U and chav squads then?
It’s all well and good just decking you’re right and that’s the end of it but you aren’t even attempting to make a case to illustrate your point.
Pedro
“an insight about us not being good enough for top four”
Except I am not arguing that we’re not good enough to finish top four. Having one of the four best squads in the league and being capable of finishing top four are two entirely different things. Why do you keep trying to conflate the two?
Un,
Yeah, I operate a Zero Tolerance approach to typos…..excluding my own, of course. always give those ones the benefit of the doubt.
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Alex, fine margins however you cut it.
The table doesn’t lie.
Our fans have underestimated our squad, and we’re competing at the tail end of the season. So it doesn’t matter what your subjective view is on the squad, the reality is that it’s good enough.
Sure, we need investments. No doubt. But we have enough to make top 4. We really shouldn’t be blowing it with our run in.
It always amazes me that we speak about the clubs finances when one of the worlds riches men owns the club.
Unlike the other rich owners he doesn’t invest his money in the club.
We will never climb higher until he puts cash in.
We simply cannot catch up.
Bamford, because you’re talking subjectively.
I’m talking about reality. It doesn’t matter what your opinion on the squad is. The reality is it’s always been good enough and the table show that my view on that is correct.
Big win on Monday and we’re well on our way.
Pedro
I disagree.
Man utd, Chelsea, Spurs, Man city and Liverpool have stronger squads than us.
We’ll just agree to disagree then.
“If the club spins poverty and project youth we have finally and unquestionably become a second tier club.”
3rd highest net spenders the last 5 seasons and with the Spud’s putting 12 first team squad players up for sale to pay off this years stadium debt interest, Chelsea about to get hit by a transfer ban and an owner who isn’t’ allowed into the country on business – I think we might be OK.
Fuck off with your anti Kroenke spin until they’ve done something other than being hands off or extending Wenger’s contract.
Bamford
The two aren’t entirely different things. They are closely associated. Normally the best 4 squads hit top 4. To buck the trend is anomalous.
It’s funny because I’m the summer many on here we’re saying just that and that our squad was the 6th best and that the table doesn’t lie and Yada Yada Yada
So why the sudden 180 in rhetoric now?
Pedro,
The truth is, ranking squads is a hyper subjective exercise, and the Chelsea, ManU, Spurs and Arsenal squads all have deficiencies and gaps in different areas.
At how we look formidable.
Away, generally insipid.
All four teams competing for 3rd and 4th place will drop points.
If Emery sorts out the away game conundrum, he’ll have my support for next year.
Will he have yours?