Loved all the tepid takes last night post the Barca victory.
‘GUARDIOLA IS SHIT’ (Do what?!)
‘IT WAS MESSI THAT WON IT’
‘KLOPP IS A FRAUD’
Messi is a great player, he’s a difference maker, but he didn’t alone keep one of the most potent attacking forces in world football at bay for 90minutes. This bullshit notion it’s all about him doesn’t rub against the facts. They’ve won the CL twice since 2010. If they make the final this year, it’s good management, and an excellent squad.
Also: Guardiola isn’t a shit manager. He’s one of the best in the game. If you don’t understand that, you’ve spent too much time following accounts of teenagers named @Xhakologist⁸ ⁹.
Saying the most outrageous thing you can think of in the moment isn’t analysis. Also, you know the other accounts I detest?
‘Laurent Koscielny has been with the club 10 years. He gave his best moments to the project because he believed. He’s never complained once. He put his body on the line, he did that for you, because he loves you. His mere presence is an intimate moment, he is your soulmate, but remember, he’ll always ask permission before he touches your heart. xxx’
Faux Twitter badge kissing makes me want to vomit, come at me with real authenticity, not this cooked up romanticised bullshit. If that’s you liking the posts, tell a friend what you did and deal with the consequences you utter disgrace.
ANOTHER THING, stop nostalgiarising (NEW WORD) the bland Arsene Wenger comments he keeps dropping in TV appearances. The man literally said there was too much science in the game and that fatigue is nonsense.
Remember all the drips telling me the redzone didn’t exist? That Wenger would never run a player into the ground? When the manager blamed his injury crisis on hair pills? There you have it, in black and white, being celebrated by people on Twitter with comments like, ‘I miss my daddy.’
What is it with the cucks?
LOOK AT THIS ONE! Coaches don’t cost you games? ARE YOU KIDDING? And what are the commenters saying?
‘Look at that man in those sexy black rimmed glasses’
WHAT! He is trying to defend his last 10 years by saying he was a £10m a year irrelevance EVEN THOUGH he bought the shite players, and you want to talk about his glasses?
Honestly, I need to tap out of the internet for a bit.
Also… Klopp isn’t a fraud, regardless of the trophy issue. I know it’s fun to say it, but you need to grow up, ok?
Liverpool had a rough night, let’s all calm down and wait until next week to pop the ‘thank fuck the UNBEARABLE scousers didn’t win something’ Tizer or whatever those reprobates drink these days.
The big night is always Thursday night. We all know this.
Two giants of football step foot into the Emirates cauldron to save a season that has flipped over the central reservation into on-coming tractors (a metaphor for shit teams, I know, it was clunky).
Thankfully for Emery, the game is at home.
That means progressive Arsenal. We ‘should’ see a performance. This is Emery’s trophy and he’s going to need to do everything he can to give us a commanding first-leg lead against a side we really should comfortably beat if we put out a proper side.
This Valencia side isn’t exactly brimming with talent like it was when Bayern Munich avenged their Champions League failure of 1999 with a penalty shootout victory over Hector Cuper’s side in 2001.
Remember the names? John Carew… the original Drogba. A player who was actually a bit average imo, but a towering man-beast who terrified our players and put us out of Europe twice. Pablo Aimar, Roberto Ayala, Gaika Mendieta, and Santiago Canizares! Remember when Claudio Lopez was a thing? Teamtalk classic when he was linked to us! Thems were the days…
Anyway, right now, it’s not quite as sexy… Coquelin and Gabriel are a thing. Mustafi made his name in the white shirt of Valencia. Gary Neville crashed his rep taking a job with them. Need I say more? Their top scorer this year is centre mid Dani Parejo with 9 goals in 33 games, followed Rodrigo who is a striker and has 5 in 30.
… so someone in their side is getting a hattrick tomorrow. Amirite?!
I am hoping that they’ll be as weak as Napoli. They’re 6th in their league, with 52 points from 35 games. They’ve only conceded 32 goals compared to our 49. So their problem is a lack of goals… which is like, the perfect connect for our back 5.
I have no idea what to expect. The leaks in the press this week don’t bode well for a happy camp, nor do the three losses on the bounce. But, this is a cup game, it’s a big European night and the Champions League spot for the players is worth a small fortune on a personal level. It’s in their interest to do something great.
DO IT LADS.
I truly think we’ll qualify for the Champions League this year because Emery has consistently demonstrated a knack for having things fall his way… it’s just how it’s going to be.
Wouldn’t it be delicious if he won a trophy before that FRAUD, Jurgen Klopp?
It would.
Right, see you in the comments… COME ON ARSENAL!
P.S. Read my post from yesterday if you didn’t… took me fucking ages (READ)
P.P.S Aaron Ramsey is done at Arsenal. He bowed out with a hamstring injury that came with complications.
Elite levels of poetry in that exit.
P.P.P.S Thank you to Alfred for telling me that ‘pep’ is pepper. Took a Swede to make it right. That’s how fucked our education system is these days, the English are all thick as pig shit. #VoteCorbyn
Hahaha we have all said stuff on here we regret… or turns out to be kind of stupid. That’s what happens when you have an opinion. Not many people are right 100% of the time.. Except of course Pierre … he is a tactical genius apparently and gets it 100% right every time and knows the exact setup we should play and the exact lineups. Except for when Wenger was manager then of course Arsene knows best. I once started a campaign to get Balotelli as our #1 striker. To be fair we were desperate for a striker. And I… Read more »
Yes of course but he also irritated people at the same time just as he did at the World Cup in what can be seen as his selfish blinkered play and not just the diving.
The same used to be said of Ronaldo when he was younger wasn’t it.
There’s a reason why Bamford was literally unanimously mocked on here for his barmy take.
Shameless to have the nerve to not just slide past the Neymargate rib without doubling down on it/revising history.
The claim about the past was that he hadn’t proven he could be the decisive player in the biggest matches. Yes and you were proven wrong. The claim about the future was that he would generate a lot of talk prior to the tournament but would disappoint. I was correct. Not really what we were talking about at the time though. I was saying that he hadn’t shown he can be the decisive player on the field in the biggest matches. Again you were shown to be wrong. We didn’t just give examples of games that he scored in they… Read more »
I take “Yank” as a compliment .. just means y’all are still bitter over us dumping some tea in the harbor 250 years ago.. You would think you would get over it by now. 😀
Neymar fucked it by club hopping to PSG, he may single handedly kill the owners interest in that club leaving it high n dry.
To say he’s not cultured on the pitch and able to turn a game on its side in the most extreme fashion is false. The kid oozes footie like few in the game do at moment, those can be counted on hand.
Neymar is entering Ballotelli territory.. wasting talent on petulance and moments of stupidity.
Christ Midwest Gun is as the ONLY Grover sponsored by Puma.
#ballsdeep
Now I think he’s less decisive than a Mbappe though.
Careful now Marko, that (not knowing football) was the below the belt ‘insult’ IIRC.
Not calling us every swear word in his limited adult insult vocab.
I lost my Puma card.. cant find the password to change my avatar. 🙁
What was it King cunt of cuntland or something. I mean the whole thing is pointless and would have been forgotten about instantly but this inability to admit to admit that he was wrong and insistence that he was right when he clearly wasn’t is ridiculous
MBappe .. is everything and like Ronaldo, Messi, Ibra and Trezeguet could of been a Gunner.
Is M’Bappe top 5 in Europe yet?
Really do think you could make the case. And the kid’s 20.
Absolutely he is
He’s touching the top 5 but currently on second hand for me falling somewhere in the 5th to 10th.
Time to call out dickhead know-it-all poster Words on a Blog with his deeply flawed equation that calculated that there was a 75% probability of Arsenal losing to Valencia tonight if both Mustafi and Guendouzi were playing!
Emery 1 – Words 0
Weagle
Messi
Ronaldo
Mbappe
Neymar
Hazard when he wants it
Suarez
Salah
Bale
He’s got to be in the running at this point irrespective of age. Def sitting in cat 2, which is really cat 1 considering there’s two outliers.
83 goals his last 3 seasons and he’s only 20 he’s the definition of mustard.
Words –
Don’t worry about it.. it was a good call. Sadly I think we gonna see a lot of Mustafi on the run in.. Kos looked like an old man hobbling around in the second half. But Mustafi still got his bone headed play quota in.
When listed out, he’s likely ahead of Suarez and in for me.
Messi
CR7
Neymar
Hazard
Salah / Mbappe.
Poor Dybala needs a new lease on life to find himself, thought he be up here couple years ago.
MidWest, You’re right, tragically, still a few more matches with Mustafi featuring…. With all the rancorous debate ongoing, and likely to carry through and intensify in the summer, about whether the squad is top 4 quality, top 6 quality, good enough or shittier than Huddersfield’s, I’ve decided to make my life easier and largely stay out of it…. I’m gonna simply have one simple measure of whether Arsenal has improved its squad during the summer transfer window: has Mustafi been shipped out? If the club is successful in moving him along, and regardless of who comes in to replace him,… Read more »
Rotating – roaring
Everyone knows why Neymar moved to PSG. He wanted to be the main man at a club… expected to win the UEFA Champions League… so that he could win the Ballon d’Or. Except it hasn’t worked out that way. 😂 😂 😂 If it turns out to be a Barcelona versus Ajax final, and Barcelona win, Lionel Messi is surely next winner. In fact, even if Ajax wins Lionel Messi will be a strong contender. Although if Ajax does win, Neymar will be seen more and more as yesterday’s man with De Jong and de Ligts will overtake him as… Read more »
I think Mbappe is a top 5 player.. although its close.. depends on how you rate Neymar and Hazard.. lets see for me.
Messi
Ronaldo
Aguero
Salah
Mbappe
Neymar
Hazard
Or something like that.
Yesterday was again proof that we are too dependent on Lacazette and Aubameyang for goals… which makes us extremely vulnerable. Teams know if they can cut out the chances and channels to our strikers they will gain something from the game. Since we have no wingers or midfielders able to score consistently this is easy to do. In fact that’s what Everton, Wolves and Leicester did really well and consequently we lost. This is where I find Iwobi an enigma. The boy has all the makings of an excellent winger if only he could keep his head in the final… Read more »
*had an
Top 5 attacking player or top 5 player full stop?
I’m always highly suspicious of top player lists that contain only attacking players
Hazard is a great player but he’s not top 5 even in the PL this season imo
Guys, I haven’t had internet for two weeks and now it’s landed and life is so fucking good.
Lol nice Pedro
I remember at uni I had down time for two weeks and the first two days were excruciating but after two or three days I suddenly stopped missing it…mostly
Needless to say when it was finally back on and I could burn several hours a day playing street fighter online again it was pretty damn good tho
Here in China they didn’t have an unlimited mobile data plan for the first four years I was here and I was paying an absolute fortune every month covering my data over usage even though I was rationing it like crazy Then it was the same day they introduced a £10 unlimited monthly data subscription was also the launch day of the iphoneX. Since I’d been using my iPhone 6 since launch and it was falling apart I got both the X and unlimited data on the same day and it was like a fucking dream compared to slogging through… Read more »
This is a classic Emery job.
Play like shit and still win. Amazing how he could do it for 22 games at the start of the season.
He is truly a nice guy Mourinho.
I dunno how he does it but as long as we are winning games, I can put up with shit football.
China, are you on Le Grove without a VPN?
Good question Pedro
Half the time it needs a vpn to work half the time it doesn’t
The great firewall can only be described as bizarre
The final goal scored right at the end of the game was crucial, because I do not see Valencia beating us by more than one clear goal at home and perhaps more importantly I think that we will score at least one goal against them. Our saving grace last night was the performance of Lacazette. Had he not played then frankly I think we could easily have lost this game. The defence and midfield at Arsenal were in my view pretty awful and ineffective. The goal we conceded was in my view as shocking as it comes. It is symptomatic… Read more »
stroller You are correct about Torriera, he knows and understands the role , his positional sense is very good. Guendouzi has regressed since the beginning of the season , he looks like he has lost confidence in all aspects of his play . He plays like the archetypal headless chicken , chasing around the pitch , making poor runs , and giving the ball away . He reminded me of Aaron Ramsey ( without the goal threat) though Ramsey this season has installed some discipline into his play . was a good result in difficult circumstances though the performance was… Read more »
ES What you say makes sense and I agree Ozil was generally slow and lacking vision on the ball (cue Pierre stats) and Xhaka even worse. Xhaka is like having a drey carthorse in the Derby. That Ozil needed replacing is ridiculous made even worse that he was substituted for Mikhi who did actually try to speed the transition from midfield to the final 3rd a bit. Kola is just a one-trick pony with very little offerings of his final ball. Overall we might have done enough to get to the final, but being away at their Mestalla Stadium will… Read more »
Re Wenger’s latest stupid ramblings you can see why Pierre loves him so much.
2 peas in a pod making little sense with their driven agendas thinking they’re clever.
Tony /stroller I agree that Ozil was generally ineffective…….we had 2 central midfielders who were poor on the ball last night, they struggled in all aspects of their play so the ball was played much too slow through the lines . Also Kolasinac was another lacking in confidence and was poor in keeping possession so it seemed to me that Ozil was our only player who took care of the ball well but generally Ozil was too pedestrian in his passing. Most of our decent play came on the counter and Ozil would be involved as the ball was played… Read more »
Tony
“2 peas in a pod making little sense with their driven agendas thinking they’re clever.”
you do realise that you could quite easily be talking about yourself…but you being so intelligent would know that ..wouldn’t you ?
Pedders that was the best post I’ve read in many years of reading this blog!
Was late to work this morning (Aus time) as I was watching the match haha. What a cracking win, great way to bounce back from a shit few weeks.
Come on you Gunners!!!! Time for this team to grow a pair and punch above their weight for the last few games.
I can smell the Champions league blowing upwind!
Xhaka was impressive yesterday. What games were you guys watching?
He distributed the ball well.
Xhaka is one of those players that is just easy to dislike. If his feet weren’t made of granite and didn’t come across as dim (in a footballing sense) and knew how to position himself properly and also how to not freak out under pressure in his own half, he may actually be a semi decent player.
Still, if he was our backup DM/cm instead of first 11 then we would be in a way better place.
It is looking increasingly likely that we will have a Chelsea-Arsenal final.
I think we will win and qualify for CL.
But next season I think we will crash out of the group stages.
And we will win the Europa League again while coming in between 5-6.
Emery’s contact will not be extended and we will get a new coach for has a start with CL football.
Some crystal ball gazing.
Better performance third goal might be vital?
As their away goal is worrying.
Dark Hei That isn’t a bad prediction haha. This TW is going to be very telling on the way the next season or two are going to play out. If we can bring in some actual quality in midfield and defense, and get an actual winger, our top 4 chase will move to top 3. If that happens I feel Emery’s contract will be extended. If we spend a small amount but also get in a player or 2 of pure quality, and can be in and amongst the top 4 by end of season I see Emery being given… Read more »
The second and 3rd points of my last post could also depend on which other coaches of top tier calibre become available.
Tony and Pierre I do think that we will reach the Final. Aubameyang’s last minute goal has probably secured that outcome. Whilst Valencia may win at home I think that they will struggle to beat us by two clear goals and to be honest I think that we will score. I was at the game and I think that most people who sit around me were of the same opinion and that is Arsenal are a very poor team with a shocking defence and fairly mediocre midfield. Our one saving grace is that we have two potent attackers when and… Read more »
Sanmi
I thought Xhaka struggled , he looked off the pace though he improved once Torriera came on as he played closer to Xhaka to create an element of control in the middle.
The combination of Guendouzi and Xhaka is not ideal ,it’s a similar unsuccessful pairing to Xhaka and Ramsey ( over the last 3 years) in that one of the 2 is trying to cover every inch of the pitch whilst xhaka is trying to cover the spaces that Guendouzi/Ramsey have vacated..
Torriera and Xhaka is a much better balanced midfield in my opinion .
Goober
We are not going to get any pure quality players.
We are going to get Europa League players and Emery’s job is to transform them into CL worthy players and sell them for big bucks.
Basically what Wenger did between 2006 to 2011, Project Europa/Youth.
That is the job memo from the management.
With Wenger gone, fans are more receptive of this narrative.
Dark Hei
You make a valid point.
Arsenal’s transfer budget will buy Europa League calibre players.
Clubs like Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea and Liverpool are investing £40-70 Million+ in first team players when they buy. Our horizon is £15-30 million+
with the occasional £40-50 million.
The real problem is that we need a mass clear out this summer with few players generating much value to our transfer budget. The net budget is not
the real problem but the revenue from sales is.
I don’t understand why people mock bam on his neymar comments….all he said about neymar is/was true……neymar turns 27 soon and what has he really done to be honest?
So much for easy game.Season is falling apart.Think Emery is done here. The club are going to sack him.
😂😂😂
I’m just laughing, while I’m watching the Chelsea match against Frankfurt with a friend….Arsenal is such a pathetic football club!!!
The same Chelsea who drew?
Gambon why is me saying that we have a poor squad and poor options defending Emery or making excuses for him? It’s ridiculous. Me pointing out that we have a poor squad is just that
By now you should have known that people are full of agendas here Marko.When you even hear people suggesting a relegated Callum Chambers as an option smh
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“neymar turns 27 soon and what has he really done to be honest?”
Erm,
Won the league in Brazil x 3
Won LaLiga x 3
Won 3 x Copa Del Ray (Scoring in all 3 finals)
Won Ligue 1 x 2
Won the CL (Scored)
Won the Copa Libadatores (Scored in the final)
Won the Confederations Cup (Scored in the final)
Won the Olympics (Scored in the final)
Scored 290 career goals so far
Scored 60 goals for Brazil
Yep, he is a regular Rickie Lambert isnt he.