Cech and UEFA mess with our plans

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Nakhchivan restaurant, Baku, for FINE meats

It is official. Mikhi is out of the Europa League final. UEFA is kind of OK with a bit of casual racism, providing it’s putting football in countries that haven’t seen it at a high level before.

Smells bad people. Like your grandad’s nappy on a warm summer day. But are we surprised? Football’s governing bodies don’t care for anything outside cash money. FIFA literally let Qatar use slaves to build stadiums, their underlings were hardly going to buck scuzzy trends were they?

But what are Arsenal going to do about it? Boycott the game? Don’t be silly. There’s £80m riding on this match, that’s a lot of sparkly players, which is really all most British people need to forget any sort of human rights abuse questions, right people?

We were all pretty hunky dory about Silent Stan and his cute cowboy hat in the beginning— 10 years of soul destroying stagnation later, @JackMatchaBrew from St. Albans who is a disciple of beans on toast and a keen collector of vintage Panini stickers, is literally BEGGING for a man who allegedly threw an enemy in a vat of battery acid to take us out of our misery with a £190m investment in better players. We are a fickle bunch (but Jack, between me and you, I’m with you #GiveHimASeat).

It’s also a bit weird to lose your mind about this incident and be totally cool with that small sponsor from a certain country on our sleeves. I’m not saying Rwanda is a bad place, I’m not critiquing the wonderful people like an ignorant westerner, but Big Paul K, literally the Leo Messi of army generals, hasn’t exactly been Nelson Mandela of late (important read). A lot of good has gone on, no doubt, an OUTRAGEOUS turnaround job (think Rangnick taking RB from Div 4 to the Bundesliga), a progressive policy on plastic, an inviting hub for investment… but, as you’ve read, it’s not all great. 99% of the vote went to him in the last election, that kind of not great. We are taking money from a sponsor that might not be as classy as, say Emirates… no, that doesn’t work either… as say, Paddy Power… shit, they also crush lives… ok, let’s just say there’s a little bit of hypocrisy in calling for Arsenal to take a moral high ground this one time FOR NO BENEFICIAL REASON OUTSIDE FEELINGS.

… but here’s the thing, Vinai’s vision for the club is measured on feelings. If he was really ambitious, he’d shoot for this one big proud moment and take us out the comp. It’d be like the Kap advert, except we’d lose a shit tonne of money. But you know what, he won’t, and that’s my issue with the proud thing. We’re taking money from a strongman and we’ll just do our thing in Europa. I get it, I’d do the same, but my vision for Arsenal wouldn’t have been Tesco Proud Points.

We have to move forward, play the game, and shut the fuck up about all the surrounding bits and let the media start building hype about the actual match. No more sob stories about not being able to afford something expensive. No more petitions. No more crowd-pleasing ‘what we should do’ ideas. We’re playing the game.

So let’s talk about our goalkeeper. Petr Cech, in his last game ever. I think he should get the jersey, it’s the right thing to do, players are also very superstitious and… what?

HE IS MOVING TO CHELSEA AS A SPORTING DIRECTOR AND THE DEAL LEAKED.

To the bench Petr. You’ve been absolutely played here. Now you’re technically a Chelsea staffer, you cannot start.

How. Fucking. Dumb. This reminds me of the time we knew Cashers wanted to leave and we played him over Flamini in the Champions League final. DON’T DO IT AGAIN.

But, to counter, Mr Sarri is apparently the frontrunner for the newly open Juventus job. The Old Lady wants to play sexy football moving forward more in keeping with their flashy new brand, and CFC will let him go for £5m. Nothing like that as a little disruptor, am I right?

I was thinking about using racism against racism for winnertivity… hear me out. So Arsenal fans are good at the whole media thing. Let’s set up a fake Ancestry.com profile of Eden Hazard, make sure that it comes out as 80% Armenian. We’ll seed that news on social meeja using Arsenal fans to disseminate the misinformation like we dish out votes on internet polls. Then we’ll buy a banner plane and fly it over their equivalent of the TSA, it’ll say, ‘ASK FOR HIS DNA AT THE AIRPORT’. We’ll also flyer the city of Baku with well-produced advertising of his REAL nationality.

Hopefully, this will be enough to throw the authorities… he’ll be stopped at the airport. It takes two weeks for DNA to come through, we win the Europa, the WHOLE thing is a banterous scam, and the papers write how we used racism to prove that transfer clickbait is a scam… no… I’m getting mixed up. We used local racism to prove that love won’t help you cross a border. Ok, ok, I’m working on the case study narrative.

Scoff all you like… but do you have a better plan?

Back to Azerbaijan, I nominate Starapraga beer as the choice go-to. Why? Well, their website still uses flash, which is super vintage hipster. It’s a local beer… I found one called Afansa, with a really cool horse on it, but it was made by Carlsberg. This brand appears to be doing very well, stealing market share from the big boys, so it has an underdog spirit like Arsenal in this game.

Have one, and let me know how it goes.

SEE YOU IN THE COMMENTS.

 

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Jamie

Receding –

All things considered, do you think Cech is a more reliable keeper than Leno? I guess it’s hard to choose between the two when we’ve conceded so many fucking goals this season..

Receding Hairline

“We are slight underdogs in this game.”

No we aren’t

We played Chelsea twice this season, lost 3-2, won 2-0 at home, if it were a knockout game they would be out

We need the game more than they do, if we mess this up it’s not because we have Cech in goal, it’s because we weren’t good enough from Coach to players

Steveyg87

Pedro

I think you need to check your history regarding Madiba

Receding Hairline

“All things considered, do you think Cech is a more reliable keeper than Leno? ”

Both reliable in their own way

Leno is more reliable right now, one is at the end of his career one is coming into his prime

But reliability is not the reason for all this, it’s the fact he dared to arrange a future role with our opponents.

We have people here literally imagining him throwing the game to favor them

Leedsgunner

I don’t fault a man for looking into the next stage in his life, but if he’s such a consummate professional, he should have had the integrity to say, “We’ll talk about it after the season” when Chelsea first made the approach. Why? Because at present, he is still an Arsenal FC employee and should have put our club first in his mind. The mere fact he didn’t and he carried on negotiations to such an extent that Chelsea felt they could announce it demonstrates that his loyalties are divided… Cech should be nowhere near the game where he could… Read more »

gambon

“We played Chelsea twice this season, lost 3-2, won 2-0 at home, if it were a knockout game they would be out”

OK,

We drew 2-2 and lost 3-2 to Palace this year.

If we had them in a final do you think Palace would be favourites?

We lost 3-0 and drew 1-1 with Wolves this season.

If we had them in a final do you think Wolves would be favourites?

We drew 1-1 with Brighton twice this season.

If we had them in a final do you think we would both be the same odds?

Steveyg87

Anyways, sucks that Mikhi won’t be playing, I know he has his haters, but, his numbers relative to playing time is not bad at all. What have people got against Armenians anyway? My favorite band are a bunch of creepy Armenians.

Jacko

It’s Simple,

Do you want to win the cup? Yes.

Do you want Champions League football? Yes.

Who is our #1 keeper? Leno.

Should we play our reserve keeper, in such a crucial game?NO!

salpardisenyc

Its a 50-50 for me, no predicting which version of Sarri’s Chelsea will show up.

Obvious worry for me is Hazard vs this defense. On his last game with club, no tools being downed. It will be a 110% performance from him.

Upside, Emery knows how to navigate the final.

Leedsgunner

If Leno was injured, I could understand playing Cech out of sheer necessity… but to play an inferior keeper just for what? To give Cech a warm feeling inside? Because we are classy club? Goodness me, I thought Arsenal FC was a modern football club and not a reality TV show. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference. By playing Cech we are willingly giving Chelsea an advantage… why? Especially in a game of such magnitude? Why stop with the keeper? Why not not just play Nketiah instead of Lacazette and Elneny instead of Torreira? and Jekinson instead of AMN?… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“If we had them in a final do you think we would both be the same odds?”

Didn’t know we were discussing betting odds

Chelsea are not favorites in the cup final, its a 50-50 game.

englandsbest

I don’t give a damn whether Emery plays Leno or Cech. They are both good keepers.

Instead I am trying to figure why Chelsea let the cat out of the bag. Nobody is likely to put off players like Hazard more than the sight of the grand old man of Chelsea goalkeepers facing him.

Could that be the reason?

gambon

So a few mins ago we were favourites because we “beat” Chelsea 4-3 this season.

Now its 50/50

10 out of 10 for the superb argument youre putting up.

Jamie

Receding – Fair enough. The Chelsea talk was poorly handled, no doubt, and no one should genuinely begrudge Cech for being proactive about sorting out his future when he retires from playing. But I think Leno just edges it as being a slightly calmer influence between the sticks, and in particular when the ball is being played back to him. That’s really it for me – play your strongest squad for the biggest game of the season. That’s not to say Cech doesn’t have one last world class performance left in him is the most romantic end to his glittering… Read more »

Receding Hairline

Gambon it has always been a 50-50 game

We have more riding on it than them, if anyone was favorite it’s us

Why are Chelsea favorites might i ask?

Jamie

left in him in* the most

Words on a Blog

Receding,

The betting companies are all giving Chelsea better odds.

So regardless of the fact that Arsenal have more riding on the result, objectively speaking, Chelsea are favourites.

Receding Hairline

“He’s just said Leno is a better GK but Cech should play cos he was good in 2004.”

Cech was good in 2004

LOL

Cech signed for Arsenal in 2015 and you couldn’t help yourself, you were all over the place here calling it a game changer

Why the excitement in signing a player who was last good 11 years ago??

Leedsgunner

Why is Chelsea favourites?

Hazard…. he can change a game at a drop of a hat and we have a defence that loves dropping hats.

Hazard knows he’s leaving Chelsea… if the transfer ban is overturned and he’ll want to end on a high.

Receding Hairline

WOAB

Why?

Hazard?

Why are they favorites ? No one is answering that

gambon

“Why are Chelsea favorites might i ask?”

Because they are a better team than us.

It may be close. Lets say 45/55, but why make it a 42/58 by playing our second choice GK?

salpardisenyc

Is there even a question, Emery puts Leno in.
This isn’t the 2008 Carling Cup.

Moe

Emery is obviously not that stupid to play Cech in this game. If anything, Chelsea have made it easier for him to play Leno now. I bet you, he must have been thinking about going with his number 1 player in every position.

This should now be a very easy decision for Emery. Or maybe he’s that stupid, we shall see.

Leno is absolutely better than Cech, and the drop off is not marginal.

gambon

“This isn’t the 2008 Carling Cup.”

Exactly this.

The most important game the club have played for 13 years, a game worth £50m, and we’re not only thinking of intentionally playing a second choice player.

We’re thinking about playing a second choice player that is leaving the club, is going to our rivals that we’re playing in the final, and he’s been negotiating that move whilst knowing this game was looming.

AFC1974

As Receding picks the splinters out of his arse, I’ll make this very simple. You pick your best team for the day (in every single position). Our first choice keeper is Leno. End of story. Now that wasn’t very difficult at all was it?

And yes, Gambon, some people are contrarians by nature.

Receding Hairline

“Because they are a better team than us.”

Better squad?

Better manager?

Better team is a bit vague

Jamie

I still the willies thinking about that carling cup final.

gambon

Why do we think Chelsea leaked this?

They know Cech is the worse keeper of the two. If anything they would want him in goal.

It could have been Cech that leaked it, to prevent a clear conflict of interest.

It could have been Arsenal, to make it clear that the club are now doing the right thing.

gambon

“Better team is a bit vague”

Huh?

Chelsea are a better team than Arsenal.

Liverpool are a better team than Chelsea.

City are a better team than Liverpool.

Arsenal are a better team than Watford.

Watford are a better team than Burnley.

Burnley are a better team than Fulham.

Its really not vague. Its pretty easy to understand.

Jamie

“It could have been Arsenal, to make it clear that the club are now doing the right thing.”

I would love it if this is what happened.

Receding Hairline

Did someone post?

Receding Hairline

So we are going by league finish then

If we had beaten Palace at home and finished 3rd would we be a better team than Chelsea ?

Words on a Blog

Receding,

There is no need answer the question on logical grounds, it is a matter of objective fact, (and potential monetary compensation if you’re a betting man) given the odds offered by the betting companies.

If you’re looking for logical grounds for Chelsea to be considered favourites, here are a few:

Higher league position
Better record in Europe

For the record, I think we will win. But then I am probably biased as an Arsenal supporter, and I don’t set the odds.

Marc

Leeds

Hazard is leaving Chelsea regardless of the transfer ban. There was a piece a few days ago (can’t remember where) about how letting him leave on a free would give them FFP issues.

gambon

Receding

Heres the thing. If you know better than every single betting company in the world, you have the ability to become a Billionaire within a matter of months.

Every bookie in the world has Chelsea as firm favourites.

Which means you know more than every bookie in the world.

They would happily pay you £millions per year to hear your superior knowledge, as it will make them £billions per year.

You should get in touch with them immediately.

Then you would be able to employ a whole team of people to trawl the internet looking for arguments.

Receding Hairline

WOAB a lot of money has been lost predicting games off betting odds

I have seen a 1.07 odd loose 0-3 to guys with a 15.0 odd to win.

Anyway let’s see how Emery feels about the whole situation, when is the press conference before the game??

Receding Hairline

“Then you would be able to employ a whole team of people to trawl the internet looking for arguments.”

I do fine all by myself judging by how irritated you seem to be, why annoy the internet when i can annoy you

Left testicle

I love Gambon’s sarcastic put downs.

Keep up the good work Gambon.

Receding Hairline

On another note i found this bit about Kompany from Marcotti interesting, this is what he had to say about Kompany choosing to move away from the Etihad despite the fact he had offers to stay “Anybody who has met Kompany will tell you he is precisely the sort of charismatic, intelligent and empathetic individual who is bound to do something important in football upon retirement — if he so chooses. The fact that he opted to return home when, you’d imagine, City were willing to roll out the red carpet for him and groom him as a future coach… Read more »

salpardisenyc

This Chelsea is a strange one. Started season great, finished it solid hitting rock bottom in the winter months, SO unpredictable until February. Would of thought it was a lock to see Sarri sacked on a couple occasions this season. After that City mauling in Feb, but they then went on to loose 2 more in league for rest of season. Without question thought he was gone after Kepa not leaving in the league cup final but they stayed course finishing 3rd. Large in part to our complete collapse and found the Europa final. Bumpy ride, as unpredictable as Emery’s… Read more »

Dissenter

There’s no better game t play that the game that can be approached without pressure. We will be under tremendous pressure playing Chelsea. Jose Mourhino’s Man United faced the same daunting weigh when they played Ajax in the finals of the EL two season ago. People asked why are these elite players like Pogba celebrating a EL victory? It was because they beat that weight of expectation. It’s just another cup final to this Chelsea squad, they lost one already to City. For us, it just feels like our next decade rests on this one game because this club cannot… Read more »

Dissenter

Receding
You’re courting trouble
Unless you have your diplomas and professional certifications in hand, do not broach that subject.

terraloon

Gambon

Why do we think Chelsea leaked this?

I can’t but help feel they didn’t. Cech probably discussed matters with team mates and management team at Arsenal and let’s face it it was pretty much an open secret that he was going back to Chelsea once he retired.

I have no idea which of the two Emery will go for but he can’t make the choice based on anything other than who will thinks is the better keeper.

Danny M.O

So Pedro is suggesting we place the future of our club in the hands of the second best goal keeper at the club.

If cech drops a clanger like that bin dipper keeper last year we lose 80 million, we play europa league again and it will set us back another year. All the while cech gets to go on to the next stage of his life.

Pedders always goes on about fine margins but he is championing we forget about this fine margin.

Logical right?

Receding Hairline

“You are having a time of it today.”

Yep. totally enjoying myself ..thanks for the platform

You did not give your take on the line below though

“but the Etihad is not reality. It’s an extreme situation, with a unique set-up and manager. If he wants to learn the ropes, he needs to dig in further down the food chain.”

Do i need to tell you my job too are you going with gambon’s conclusion of internet fraudster?

OleGunner

I agreen with the general sentiment around benching Cech for the final.
The man is now essentially a Chelsea employee, its a conflict of interest he platys for us and any howler he makes will render him as Agent Cech.

Plus Leno is the better keeper anyway and that trophy winning feeling will serve Leno better than Cech whose fucking off back to Chav land.

Words on a Blog

Pedro,

I’m not sure if you even realise it, but the picture at top of today’s blog post is highly geo-politically inflammatory.!

The picture celebrates the meat available at a restaurant called “Nakhchivan”, which is named after a majority-Azerbaijani area that seceded from Armenia. This, together with Nagorno-Karabakh (an Armenian majority area which seceded from Azerbaijan) was at the centre of the war between the two countries and the continuing dispute between them.

You are getting worse than Un na naai with your provocations!

salpardisenyc

Nice rhythm Receding opting for ole faithful; the Arteta beat down.
Tried and true.

Dissenter

I don’t think anyone here has attaches any sentimental value to Cech. He a legend of Chelsea FC fans.
The same way most people that ague for proper process with Emery don’t attach any sentimental value to him

Words on a Blog

Pedro,

Russian trolls taking an interest in Arteta?

Receding Hairline

Don’t know why Sal is in love with me…..wetin happen oga, you have been mentioning me daily.

Receding Hairline

“I know where you work RH.https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/02/19/inside-russian-troll-farm-chance-pkg-nr.cnn

I am the fat guy in the black tee shirt

Valentin

We need a left back. Maybe Leif Davis of Leeds is the kind of players we should be looking at. Liverpool are.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/22/liverpool-interested-4million-transfer-leeds-youngster-leif-davis-9640152/

Dissenter

Are the Russian trolls trying to install Arteta as president of Spain?
…maybe they broke into Gazidis email accounts and blackmailed him into interviewing Arteta.

Receding Hairline

“I don’t understand what you are referencing with the unique scenario.”

Come on Pedro, you know Marcotti was referring to the spending ……

Dissenter

Valentin
I think Liverpool are buying some of these youth players to sell them on in a year or two like they did to Solanke.

Just Another Customer

I guess because people view it as just Losers Cup so let the old man go out with a bang. Our predicament as a club be damned. Such cucks.

Dissenter

Valentin
What do you think of Enock Kwateng, from Nantes as option for right back
He’s 22 yer old and is out of contract

Guns of SF

I dont care about Cech swansong
Leno needs the game

Our defenders are already terrified most of the game, let alone knowing that our keeper may be compromised!?

A disaster waiting

Un na naai

I think playing cech against his former team is mind games
It will get into the heads of some of the players there who’ve played with him.

Guns of SF

we lose this game and it will forever in history be tainted by this BS
Leno is better anyhow

Cech has already waved goodbye – no need to play in this one

Receding Hairline

“we lose this game and it will forever in history be tainted by this BS”

What if he has a blinder and we loose anyway….not like we have a perfect team and the only weakness is who plays in goal

Receding Hairline

Pedro the point being made is pretty clear if you look beyond your irritation

The way Man City is being run is all well and good if you ignore the incredible amount of money that has gone into it and how that type of spending isn’t realistic for 95% of football clubs in the world.

The point being made is that maybe Kompany is better served learning the ropes in a situation more in tune with the realities on ground, not the one City provide.

Guns of SF

Receding he cant have a blinder and we lose.
to me that is oxymoron

Leno is our man… Cech is a liability especially with PKS

Receding Hairline

“Receding he cant have a blinder and we lose.”

So no losing keeper in a game has ever had an amazing game? The only way we can lose this final is by playing Cech in goal??

Guns of SF

To me a blinder is out of this world performance-
Bottom line is that Leno is better- and Cech is questionable with his quality and professionalism

The only way I can see Cech being a hero in this game is if he saved some PKs from his former team… knowing the shooters habits as a reason he was able to stop the PK

SO his insider knowledge helping us!

but still… i think Leno is better and I would hate to see us even go to PKS

salparadisenyc

RH

Love? Hard to miss you when literally every third comment is yours.

CG

PedRo C.B.E ( another cracking read-and I off course thank you for it) “”””Smells bad people. Like your grandad’s nappy on a warm summer day””””” A strange analogy- but it’s a smell I suggest Arsenal fans will have to get use to. When you see Chelsea FC effortlessly appoint the hugely respected and intelligent Petr Cech as their Sporting Director- it really makes you wonder what Raul has been doing post-Dortmund Eye untimely removal….. The best he can come up with is a remote Brazillian-and he cant start for another 6 weeks.!!! This presumably suits Raul-as he and his stooge… Read more »

Pierre

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-transfer-unai-emery-completed-15776245

Interesting..

Imagine the stick Arsene Wenger would have received from Dissenter, Bamford, Marko , Receding Hairline ( apologies if I have left anyone out)if he had sanctioned the Suarez deal a year earlier than Emery’s decision to push through the deal.

gambon

Part 2 of the Raul/Vinai interview was more interesting. Its almost all Raul, It was interesting for once to hear about how he sees the structure of the club. For years the structure was basically Arsene Wenger, with Gazidis telling lies in the background. A few things that came out of the interview: – Focus on the academy providing players to the first team – Mentioned that all the great teams in history have a backbone of academy players – something that has been brought up on here a few times. – Seems we have an agreement for a Tech… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“That learning from the greatest coach on the planet isn’t as good as slumming it in Anderlecht.”

Word for word

Batistuta

Pedro Nothing Arteta learns from Pep would compare to him actually being in charge of an actual club making the key decisions himself, it’s a whole other ball game entirely and yea the situation at City is different in that not a whole lot of clubs can just go out there and get any player they want at any amount they are told to pay…..More respect for the Lampards and Gerrads who are actually doing the whole coaching thing in a much more realistic environment, heck even Sol Campbell managed to write a falling ship and avoid relegation with the… Read more »

Dissenter

Pedro “Imagine the stick Arsene Wenger would have received from Dissenter, Bamford, Marko , Receding Hairline ( apologies if I have left anyone out)if he had sanctioned the Suarez deal a year earlier than Emery’s decision to push through the deal.” Really, this doesn’t need explaining if you weren’t so far off being objective..with all due respect -The manager has worked with Suarez before so it’s not surprising he was more interested. The director of footballing operations [or whatever Raul goes by] is a former Barca executive and obviously thought ht knew the lad more that scouting profiles would report.… Read more »

Valentin

@Dissenter,

To be honest I have never really considered Enock Kwateng. In the few games, He never impressed me enough to have a look at him.
When I see the names of the clubs interested in him in France, I suspect a decent but not brilliant right back.
He may turn out to become brilliant, but I think that with Bellerin returning, AMN covering in Bellerin absence and Osei-tutu as cover to the cover there is no immediate need for a right back.

Dissenter

Valentin
Thanks. I was just wondering why a 22 year old would be out of contract. Something didn’t quite make sense.

CG

Pierre Thanks for the link And to think- he got Rambo out to facilitate Suaraz coming in. It was cronyism and incompetence mixed together .( Always a dangerous mix in business. ) That will always be Emerys Legacy to us . Ramsey leaving Arsenal at his peak for nothing. Rauls Legacy will be the removal of Dortmund Eye and not allowing us – to sweep up conveyor belts of young talent with his unique scouting talents. (We should have given him a 10 year contract -unlimited air miles.. and 2 American Express Gold cards)..the other for Mrs. Dortmund Eye And… Read more »

Dissenter

Oh dear
That last post was meant to be for Pierre, not Pedro

Pedro
Disregard my last post, will ya

Valentin

@Batistuta, With a proper structure in place, DoF, head of recruitment, academy manager, the role of Head-coach has a lot less responsibility than under Wenger. In a lot of successful clubs, the Head-coach has minimal input in the recruitment. He states the type of players, characteristics he need and the club purchase what is needed. There has been numerous example where a coach had demanded specific players against the advice of the recruitment team, in nearly all cases the players flopped. Head-coaches should really concentrate on coaching. We know that Arteta is a good coach, he could still be a… Read more »

jwl

Leno should be in goal for final because he is our future, it would be good for him to get medal in his first season, and Cech can fcuk off back to Chavs.

I like Kompany going back to Belgium to begin his career as manager, like Gerrard and Lampard, shows ambition and belief in their talent. You only learn how to manage by being a manager, not sure what Arteta is learning from Pep that he didn’t already know.

jwl

Pedro – I agree, I will probably end my protest of Arsenal and buy that home shirt, it looks snazzy.

Dissenter

Pedro
I’m sure you’ll agree that whatever apprenticeship that Arteta has been doing under Pep has to end this summer.
Staying beyond this summer as an assistant is occupational stagnation. It’s staying in a position that he is over-qualified for.
He needs to leave to start his own career if he wants to be a decent manager some day.

Freddie Ljungberg

CG “And to think- he got Rambo out to facilitate Suaraz coming in. It was cronyism and incompetence mixed together .” We all know you’re not the sharpest tool in the shed but even you have to see the timelines here no? They are both leaving the club at the same time, Suarez was a short time loan. stop dribbling your ignorance through your keyboard and change your nappies, they stink. Ramsey is leaving because he got greedy, didn’t sign the contract on offer and we realised it’s not worth spending that much money on a player that is at… Read more »

CG

Raul went out of his way not to choose Arteta. Arteta is not a patsy. That is why Pep and Poch wanted him. (Nor is Dortmund Eye. ) Emery is Edu is. That’s why Emery is sitting in the Arsenal hotseat and not Arteta. When Raul sacks Emery. He will overlook Arteta again. Raul has no interest in making us proud of Arsenal. He is Barcelona man. He is an agent. Agents look after no.1 ( always- it’s in their DNA) He was only brought in by Gazidas- because of his Contracts Book. Like most things Gazidas did – it… Read more »

Leftsidesanch

That kit is wonderful, straight cop from me if it turns out to be the actual kit

azed

Gambon

The part were Raul said they were already talking to contacts was good to here but if we have to fund by selling, how far have they gone in regards to selling?

Freddie Ljungberg

Raul on Ramsey’s contract “For circumstances, whatever it was, we went to the last year of his contract. That’s a problem. “We have to be responsible on how we manage the club. One of the key things for me – and I’ve seen that happening in other clubs – one of the key things is to keep the rationality in the salary balance of the team. “Because of our circumstances, because of not renewing Aaron on time, we were in a situation in which Aaron had incredible offers building up on the salary. He was really keen on staying with… Read more »

Marc

Shame we can’t wear that new shirt in the final – looks like a proper Arsenal shirt.

MidwestGun

Summarizing,

#Greed is not Good
#But we need Money
#Leno In
#Cech Out
#Sentimentality Out
#Logic In
#CL In
#EL out
#Fried Chicken/Beer In
#Veggies Out
#Armenian Dna
#Vote for Pedro

Hahaha sorry I’m not on twitter ,, so had to get it out of my system.
This break in the action before we play is excruciatingly long.. enough to drive anyone nutty..

Freddie Ljungberg

Azed

Can’t imagine they got very far on that front, not the best preparation for an European cup final to tell some of your players they need to fuck off asap.

Hopefully sharpish after that though.