Well, well, well… our favourite creator has only gone and done it again. He went and got married, and it’s just been amazing to watch Arsenal internet go into action.
The German World Cup winner had Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as his best man. Imagine the state of the stag-do?
Soho House in Istanbul, followed by some super dark activities you probably can’t by on LADSONTOUR.COM.
The banter was amusing though. Fans talking about him padding his stats for the dance where he hardly moved. Apparently, he took a seat for his vows, little to no intensity in pressing on until full-time. Just good times all around.
I love the idea of Vinnai, fresh from talking to the fans about the ‘proud of you strategy’, landing the memo about the best man. The closest thing to a dictator in Europe, taking a leading role at your most expensive players’ wedding… a lovely message to send to the world. But see what I mean about that vision? It’s subjective. We won’t hold ourselves accountable to it.
There’s so much transfer gossip on the table at the minute it’s hard to make any sense of it.
The most important piece for me is the news that Granit Xhaka could be off to Inter Milan. The reason that one sparks interest is firstly, he’d be very suited to that league. Secondly, despite what an absolute disaster he’s been for us, he still carries a lot of value in Europe, because he can control a game from deep if he’s given time. Thirdly, there’s a rumoured agreement about Champions League football.
Suits me people, the big worry is this… who do we bring in to replace him? Ideally, we’d find someone who was stronger, had more mobility, and preferably someone who could dribble the ball forward if needed. Xhaka makes us very one dimensional, we need someone with a more holistic skillset that would suit the high-intensity approach of the Premier League.
The hot story for players-in seems to centre around Joachim Anderson and Dennis Praet. Anderson is a tall ball playing centre back of 23 years old, with Dennis Praet looking more like a Ramsey like replacement without the goals or assists. I don’t know enough about either, my worry is that when you sign out of Italy, you’re forgoing any understanding of whether they will be able to deal with the intensity of the Premier League. Even LT, who looked like a beast, faded badly with the season. The bigger concern is Praet if I’m honest, his numbers are abysmal in terms of production, and for a club that depended so heavily on two strikers, you’d hope we’d be looking at players that can contribute more to the goal tally.
Then you move up to the wingers. Yannick Carrasco has apparently taken as much as he can of China and is trying to claw a way back. The Belgian comes with the attitude baggage of Mesut Ozil. The press constantly referenced his issues under Simeone, namely that he was a bit of a bitch about injuries. The mere fact he ducked out to China at 25 also tells as story. We all know a recruitment consultant that took a job in Dubai, right?
On his day, he’s scoring goals in the Champions League final. He’s had to play under a beast regime for Simeone. He has pace, trickery and he’s very technical. However, we’re not buying into someone who has consistently delivered. For me, he could blow-up now he’s hitting the latter stages of his career, or he could go the way of Nani.
I guess the challenge we have at Arsenal now is the offering is very, very Europa League. We have a manager that made the product offering less glamorous, the whole world knows that Erdogan’s boy thinks he’s not a coach, and there’s no guarantee you’ll get better at Arsenal.
The club is an exciting offering, but not under this regime. So you either end up with players that can’t be arsed, or players that you’re taking a huge talent gamble on. I have very little faith Emery has the sauce to make the right talent gambles. We all saw Suarez…
Now let’s talk about the new signing we know is elite…
ADIDAS!
Finally, some kits we can believe in.
Aside from the crest, that’s decent. Better than anything Puma have come up with and I’d say better than at least 99% of the Nike home shirts. pic.twitter.com/qSwZNatWCJ
— Highbury Harold (@BlackScarfAFC) June 7, 2019
Exclusive photo: Arsenal home, away & third kit for the upcoming season, manufactured by adidas. #afc pic.twitter.com/KTBpJLc7DL
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) June 7, 2019
I’m into all of the kits.
My gut feel is this. Adidas have held back on the away kits. They’re going to go big with bruised banana. From a marketing perspective, my guess is they are going to continue to ride the nineties nostalgia train as we move through our deal with them. No better sports brand in the world to be tied to these days. I am truly over the moon about those shirts.
On the exit list.
Danny W has been released. He never lived up to his potential, but he worked hard for us, scored some important goals. My favourite, outside watching him down United in Sydney, was the one he scored in 2016 against Leicester at home. That sweet moment when we thought we’d win the league. Ahhh, wonderful.
Cohen fucking Brammal has left. Remember the absolute HYPE when we signed him?
Cech, Licht, and Rambo… all gone.
There are strong rumours we’re ditching Ospina. NO NEWS ON JENKO. Stories that Hamburg are bringing in Osei-Tutu. There are a lot of big clubs sniffing around our youth players. My gut as an agent of one of those players would be to look at what Emery does, versus what he says. He is a man under pressure next season, he’ll have zero time for blooding the youth and it’s really not what he’s good at… players like Sancho are going to show the way, and I expect an exodus of the best kids from the Premier League this summer. A little like the time Spain lost a lot of elite kiddie talent back in the day.
Right, that’s my word count done for the day… see you in the comment! x
Bankz is here for the tr4phy again
2nd
PreBOOOOOM
Tr4phy
Clean sweep.
Now off to read the post
Sarri’s off to Juve then.
Possible replacements mentioned include Allegri, Lampard, Gracia, Nuno …
My money is on Arteta though.
Surely a savvy, trophy hungry club like Chelsea will go fo the ‘ sauciest “ coach around to take them back to the top.
United
Top 10? Nice surprise
Surely Tony Adams would have been a better option than Bould.?
Tony Adams -Tony Adams – Tony Adams in chorus a mans player
who would not have taken all this bollox we have been served up.?
Chitom
Arteta the cowardly lion. Guy needs a heart so he can finally accept a managers job. Although I don’t see what he brings that indicates he has special sauce. Lampard at the moment is miles better than arteta as a manager.
Bankz is truly a world class fool as if you read the post of contribute at all you total tit
Ruben Neves replace Xhaxa.
Bruno Fernandes replace Ramsey.
But we need more players….
Carrasco is a big flop
Gonsterous
Perfect hair ( no gel needed unlike that greasy bustard Emery) and Pep’s infinite wisdom are Arteta’s special sauce.
Be surprised is osier tutu weren’t considered with a few other youth next season
Blood em
Ossi
Nelson
Eddie
Wilcox
Medley
Sake
Esr
Give em a chance
Would rather a youth with a bite than a journeyman playing out time,
Tony Adams was a legend as a player, but in all of his other football related role he is a joke.
Can’t organise a team as a coach, can’t organise a club as a DoF.
Would not even let him close to Arsenal TV. Talk absolut non-sense as a TV pundit. Must be colour blind in term of clothes taste.
I would rather we went after Sol Campbell than Tony Adams.
Neves as a replacement for Xhaka is a great shout. His passing range is brilliant, he has a good engine on him and he can shoot.
Osei-Tutu is wanted by Hamburg in bundesliga 2 and the mighty Brentford, hardly giants of the game. Rumours Celtic wants him on a year long loan as well.
Bamford still banned for doing nothing while absolute lunatics like CG are given the keys to the asylum? How very untold…
Chitom
Master and pupil are never the same. Is arteta as charismatic as pep? Does he command the same respect ?
I’m guessing you’ve never seen arteta play. He had as much hair gel as emery.
Failure is a better teacher than any advice received.
I don’t think Erdogan being ozils best man doesn’t affect anything except u try to have issues with everything ozil. He’s been lazy and quite unproductive but who ever become his right hand man is his choice.
Those jerseys I’m gonna get them all three.
People should realise that we are signin payers on our current Europe status. The earlier we get this, the better it is for the healing of frustration.
From another website: Now, the Daily Star report that Arsenal want RB Leipzig defender Upamecano, believing that the 20-year-old can make a real difference to their back line. However, Emery is set on Barcelona centre back Umtiti has his top target instead, with interest in the French duo fascinating given that they’ll both cost huge fees. https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/06/05/reports-arsenal-want-dayot-upamecano-emery-wants-samuel-umtiti-i/ That is another reason why you never leave the head-coach having the final say on recruitment. They will always choose the short solution for their own career benefit rather than the long term view for the club benefit. It is understandable, as they… Read more »
Praet is a good all rounder. A much better option than Elneny. Apparently close to signing for Juventus last summer.
Anderson looks like he reads the game well and is a very good passer. Just turned 23.
I’d personally be happy with them and at the £44m quoted which I think is reasonable.
Freddie,
Jeff Reine-Adelaïde went to lowly Angers for 4 millions, a year later Monaco and other fancy clubs are willing to buy him for 22 millions.
I am pretty sure that after a full season of first team experience, Osei-tutu will have offer of more prestigious clubs.
Is Praet really a better option than Elneny? I am not sure that he has Elneny’s stamina. In the grand scheme of things, Praet may be the better player, but if he can’t cope physically with the league, then for Arsenal he is a worse option than Elneny.
I am not even convinced he is the type of player we need at this point.
If Celtic want tutu they can let us have Kieran Tierney for 20 million and get tutu on loan for a year.
Valentin That is another reason why you never leave the head-coach having the final say on recruitment. They will always choose the short solution for their own career benefit rather than the long term view for the club benefit. It is understandable, as they may not be there to reap the benefits of any long term decisions. Kind of like wenger. He panic bought, ozil, sanchez, arshavin, arteta, santi, poldi, mert. All with no re sale value but for short term success so the fans would get off his back. As a matter of fact, short term success is what… Read more »
If Umtiti passes a medical and his fitness is not an issue then it would make more sense to buy him instead of the Leipzig kids.
It shouldn’t be heresy to consider him ahead of Upamecano.
The argument is moot really because Umtiti isn’t leaving Barca and we can’t afford the latter.
‘Ossi Nelson Eddie Wilcox Medley Sake Esr’ If we play too many youngsters or have too many in the squad we’re a midtable club. Willock deserves a shot certainly, I would feature him heavily in preseason and then consider giving him Elneny’s place. Nelson deserves a go in the squad but I’m really not convinced by him. Couldn’t start at Hoffenheim and fell off the radar altogether before the end. That’s a 9th placed team in Bundesliga. The rest haven’t shown anything to suggest they should in anyway be relied upon to even a marginal degree. The reason the club… Read more »
Yet to see any reports on this 22m bid for Adelaide some of you keep referencing . only report I saw quoted 10m euros
Agreed.
Haven’t seen these Adelaide rumours. It’s a stick to beat Emery so even the most spurious (Daily Star etc) sources will do I suppose.
All I see when I look him up is a relatively low output and articles stating he’s a frustrating player who blows hot and cold in Ligue 1.
Valentin
my comment about Osei Tutu was in response to Pedros post:
Stories that Hamburg are bringing in Osei-Tutu. There are a lot of big clubs sniffing around our youth players.
Again, hardly big clubs.
Of course you are the best talent spotter in the business and know better than all teams in europe bar 3, I mean you have the backing of CG, what could go wrong…
Gonsterous
My Arteta comment was tongue in cheek obviously.
I’m trolling Pedro just a little here for his unwavering Arteta special sauce guy narrative.
James.wood
Tony Adams is a legend but not sure he has the necessary qualities when it comes to coaching.
Then again, what has Bould been doing all these years
I think a certain poster just finds the ashante words; Osei tutu to be very soothing.
When and if Adelaide moves unto Barcelona or Juventus, Arsenal wit get a good slice of the transfer fee.
Hope that move happens really soon
TR7 Neves and bruno are both out of our price range . Although a case can be made that neves is rather maybe attainable but that will eat up most of our budget even after sales.Fernandes is being linked with the likes of LIVERPOOL for 70+ mil. Thats huge money.We should rather focus on someone like aouar or tielemans to replace Ramsey(both would cost around 30-40 mil and definitely are attainable if we can manipulate the market well.)Though bruno fernandes would be an ideal replacement for aaron possibly even an upgrade,aouar and tielemans are more realistic targets. PEDRO I have… Read more »
The fucking Daily Star… Christ.
“And torreira and praet* have played together before”
‘The fucking Daily Star’
Always in need of toilet paper.
I did laugh though.
CA –
Everyone who reads the Daily Star is in the know. Get with the program.
Wasi
I would rather we bought two quality players than a host of average players. Unlike Bruno, Neves won’t cost a fortune. I think we can get him for £40M. We can sell Xhaka for £25M-£30M, so we are talking about a net outlay of about £8-£10M here.
Pedro ” He is a man under pressure next season, he’ll have zero time for blooding the youth”
Cesc told me not to worry about it. Seeing how Emery treated Nketiah, Willock and Mavropanos during last season, I don’t feel so confident that Emery will suddenly change. He’ll sign some youngsters. I hope he’ll use them in our starting 11 also.
‘Everyone who reads the Daily Star is in the know. Get with the program’
It just really is a shitrag.
Papers in general around transfer time are bad, but for the Daily Star to stand out in that bunch means it’s doing something really special.
‘I hope he’ll use them in our starting 11 also’
Like Guendouzi?
“I think a certain poster just finds the ashante words; Osei tutu to be very soothing.”
First it was Mavropanos and after he flopped, Osei-tutu has become the new fetish.
No one actually acknowledged the fact that when called upon mavropranos disappointed. Nor the fact that we lost any chance of getting back into the cup final thanks to two instances of lazy play from AMN.
Its just youth ,youth give us the youth
I agree. Was a big supporter of Mavropanos getting some chances. Was injured for a large part of the season and when he was dropped in I didn’t think he was that good. In fact, we all rightfully have a go at Mustafi and Xhaka for mistakes, the pull back by Mavropanos for Palace’s free kick that led to their first goal was totally stupid and unnecessary from a wide position. This always happens, when clubs are in a bad place and there are limited solutions suddenly injured players and youth players have their ability levels amplified. Saying Emery has… Read more »
TR7 I dont think Neves will be available for 40 mil.Wolves had a good season and is a closely knit team.Neves is young and knows that maybe 1 or 2 more season there and he could get a move to the truly elite teams in Europe.But if he signs for us now he will be tied to us for the next 3 years at least and where tbh the trajectory of wolves team is bettet than ours at the moment.They are going up and up whilr we are degrading. I am all for the notion of signing 1 or 2… Read more »
Maitland Niles as well, of course.
Cesc/Receding,
I’m afraid I’m with Valentin on da yoof ting, even if they’re prone to inconsistency and mistakes.
At present the club sometimes feels like a genteel and comfortable retirement home for elderly players who’ve seen better days.
And, we are told, we don’t have money.
So, with one or two marquee signings, I’m all for blooding the young Greeks, Englishmen, and Ashantis…after all no one can possibly raise my blood pressure more than Mustafi does, can they?
When Neves leaves Wolves, it will be for Bayern, Madrid or similar clubs.
He’s not coming anywhere near north London.
WOAB too much of anything is bad
We can end up a midtable team if we spend an entire season blooding youngster’s. Torreirra, AMN, Guendouzi all played enough games last season. Holding was preferred to mustafi till he got injured.
Four to five youth players in a premier league squad is fine. This is not the eredivisie.
Maybe the biggest problem at Arsenal has been the culture of yes-men, it’s there wherever you look.
Let’s start at the top. The so-called BoD didn’t own an Arsenal share between them, the chairman a turncoat who had shunned Stan, a collection of yes-men to a man.
Moving down a notch, nobody dared dispute with egocentric Arsene. Ever hear a peep from Pat Rice or a murmur from Bould? Gazidis? Promises, promises.
Will anything change? Will people speak up if things go wrong?
The signs are that Emery is an honest straightforward guy. Let’s hope so.
Wasi
The cynic in me says it’s all a PR stunt.
Maybe I’m wrong.
i dont get it when posters say Mavropano flopped.
this guy was excellent before he sustained the injury. some posters around that time even said we shouldn’t base our conclusion on just few matches and we have to watch him over a long period of time before concluding.
it kinda weird that same posters are saying he flopped based on how many matches and bearing in mind he just came back from a lengthy injury.
talk about driven agenda
Some lazy journos about these days. Turks and Muslims do not have a ‘best man’ at their weddings. That’s a western thing. Grovers should not fall for such nonsense.
He was a guest and a witness to the marriage contract – albeit a high profile guest.
Graham63
Can you elaborate on your point a bit.
Wasi, I haven’t seen much of him… but for a team that needs goals and assists next season, you’d think we’d be a little more ambitious if we are going for him.
It’s a real wait and see summer… heard the Zaha thing was very close, but that was prior to Europa. That said, cannot see Palace getting anywhere near the fee they want.
Hitman, you should take the best man bit a little less literal, it’s a joke. The bigger part of the story is having a ruthless dictator at your wedding.
Hit man,
I thought as much. I read endogan was there as a witness. So, I don’t know where the news came from and bloggers are too lazy to even do some research work before writing.
“Four to five youth players in a premier league squad is fine. This is not the eredivisie.”
Fully agree. Could also throw in Iwobi who only turned 23 last month.
I’d promote Willock, Nelson and Maybe Smith Rowe(If not loaned out) for next season. I’d also loan out Nketiah.
Tee, for you as well, banter… it’s called banter… that you think the R&Rs in a muslim wedding is the issue here is worrying.
Tee mavropranos played a game and half before he got injured, in the second game he was sent off. After his lengthy lay off he started that game against palace, the one everyone says the Europa obsessed coach threw away by starting him. So you cannot on one hand call him excellent and on the other say a game was thrown by him and two other members of the squad starting.
Doesn’t add up
All the youngsters have an chance to stake a claim in pre season. Lets see how good they are.
We have a lot vacancies. They have a unbelievable open door once in a life time opportunity to grab a 1st XI place at a big club. Wingers, full backs, Central Defenders, Creative midfielder – we need them all.
All this talk of going abroad for opportunity to play is coward talk.
Personally I don’t think any of the kids are talented enough or hungry enough. You cant blame the coaching set up for lack of individual desire or ability.
All these stories creeping out that Wenger didn’t approve of signings like Mustafi really don’t add up for me… Ivan G was many things, but an over-ruler of Wenger? Absolutely not.
Tee,
I’d say that, for a Turkish-German, having an autocratic President of Turkey at your wedding as witness is a Pretty Big Deal, a big F.U. to the German Football Authorities…..
….if a few blogs lazily stretch the truth to making Erdo “best man” that’s no big deal.
From a self-interested (albeit probably deluded) point of view I fully support the blossoming alliance between Ozil and Erdo, in the vain hope that Erdo can Make Ozil to Turkey Happen
Pedro you have rewritten quite a lot of history to fit your narrative this season, others are simply taking your lead to fit theirs.
Following your lead I meant…
Erdogan’s days are numbered. And he knows it. Istanbul City election to be re-run as he didn’t like the result of the first poll i.e. he lost it.
But why call out Erdogan for being anti democratic. Isn’t that exactly what remainers & UK Parliament are/is scheming here in UK with Brexit?
Hitman, asking for a second referendum isn’t undemocratic.
Vintage Gun
I agree.
Willock should get Elneny’s place, Nelson deserves a go in the squad. Other than that not sure.
I’d like Smith Rowe to go to Leipzig again and actually play. Good manager there, potentially a future Arsenal manager and a good level of football.
Words, I 100% endorse your dream.
‘Isn’t that exactly what remainers & UK Parliament are/is scheming here in UK with Brexit?’
There won’t be one ultimately because of democratic accountability, the Tories will now go hard on Brexit to try and get rid of the Brexit Party and get all those votes back.
Justin Edinburgh dead… wow, remember him growing up at school.
Cesc better Guendouzi takes Elnenys place and someone brought in to Challenge or replace Xhaka.
Wilcox can get a loan to a premier league side,say what you like about Chambers he has actually played a lot of top flight games hence his market value.
There is no law that says they must all play here.
For years, Wenger talked about young players he almost signed but didn’t and now we getting Wenger stories about who he didn’t want to sign but did. Rumour was Wenger did not want Welbeck either.
I think Gazidis told Wenger money had to spent, Arsenal had enormous cash balance, and Wenger did it haphazardly. That summer when Arsenal were about to buy Higuan, than Suarez and we end up with Ozil – was there any plan – and 2011 summer was ridiculous as well.
Why was Wenger in charge of transfers?
RH
I guess it depends on preseason slightly. If Willock looks as if physically he’s at the level where he can be useful then he should get a go. I do like the way he carries the ball and his leggy presence in the midfield.
I am waiting for tax refund this month or next and I going to use some that money to buy home shirt for both me and my niece. I haven’t bought any Arsenal merch in over a decade and I want to support my club again. We better clear out a lot of our listless players this summer and finish top four next season or I might go on strike again.
Wasi
It may be totally legit but something doesn’t add up for me.
Why use your wedding to promote a charitable cause?
Then again, why have a dictator as your best man?
Maybe to try and balance things out?
Who knows.
Cesc to be fair to him he did play quite well when called to the first team. Actually looks like he has more to his all round game than Guendouzi.
Looks slight of frame physically though. We need to be physical in that midfield or our away woes might continue. We have looked a horrible team away from home for two seasons now. I stopped watching away games.
There is a difference between blooding players by giving them minutes toward the end of game so they are ready when needed and throwing them without any minutes under their belt in must win games. Some players (young and old) need game times before getting into their rythm. That why I have said when a game is won or lost and there is about 10~15 minutes left, it makes more sense to send a young players than Elneny, Lichsteiner or any other old heads. Mavrapanos was a bad of nerve when introduced by Emery. He knew that it was his… Read more »
Pedro i completely agree that we need someone to replace Ramsey,someone who can take some of the goalscoring responsibility.I was just stating that praet is more of a xhaka-type player and should be bought to replace xhaka.I beleive the club should target players like aouar and tielemans to replace ramsey.
Wasi, I should do some digging on his numbers. There’s some story doing the rounds Wenger though he was weak as well.
Still, as long as we get these guys in early I guess.
Pedro second referendum is very undemocratic, making people vote again and again until the correct decision to stay connected with Brussels is achieved is authoritarian. Also are Brits going to start redoing general elections, call it the people’s vote, if correct party does not win?
Nice post.
Doesn’t Ozil not have any mates around his own age…like old school chums or people he met through work? Really though…the Turkish prime minister as your best man? You got to hand it to the guy, he can wind people up with the best of them.
He’s got to go.
O dear Pedders.
Having vote after vote until you get the result you want.
How very …Erdoganesque. You lose the right to criticise dictators when you behave like them.
There is something deeply worrying in the mentality of remainers when they just don’t get that point.
Modern Snowflake Britain – throw your toys out of the pram until you get what you want even it means throwing democracy, social cohesion, values under the bus.
Because in your own head your views are superior to anyone who disagrees with you. #Arrogance.
Managing frustrated players is the most difficult thing to do for a manager. I remember Temur Ketsbaia unleashing his frustration on advertising board after scoring for Newcastle. He wanted to showcase his talent on the pitch, but he was always on the bench.
https://youtu.be/d8Re1h90EvA
Wenger was the absolute master at gaining sympathy.
It seems he’s at it again.
I ask you all to watch a rerun of his talk/ staged interview with Gallas, Campbell and Wrighty. You can find it on YouTube.
It’ll bring tears to your eyes.
RH
I agree.
I’ve been banging on about the midfield for years.
We need to have energy and tenacity in there. Would love for us to sign Partey, but with no UCL football he’s probably out of the price range and would be hard to convince.
That midfield needs to be workman like, give us a physical grip on the game. The front 3 can bring the flair and attack.
There was always going to be a reimagining from the pro-Wenger crowd as to the realities of his last years here and his failings.
To be fair, that sort of talk indirectly has appeared here and been allowed to flourish a lot this season in the guise of ‘I don’t like Emery so I’m pals with Pedro now’.
Graham62 Having a dictator at your wedding is questionable definitely.But why has he been invited to the wedding only ozil knows.Maybe ozil thought of it as returning the favor as erdogan had invited him to his ramzan iftar(dinner).Maybe there are other factors in play.And there is no such thing as best man in muslim and turkish culture as someone righty pointed out above.So erdogan was a guest an important one definitely but not the best man. And more importantly if you have been following ozil closely youd know that ozil has been doing a lot of charity work.It was even… Read more »
^^
CA gets it.
We have two cups competitions and Europa Cup besides the EPL. Why people here want to sent those promised youngsters away? Last season, our starting 11 were overplayed even in some of those cup games. We should keep our starting 11 as fresh as possible for the EPL games.
Hitman, there’s not going to be a second vote… but if there is, that doesn’t make it undemocratic.
Arguing Britain and Turkey either shows you are bantering me, or you are blind to what is happening there
With regards to a second vote. No.
I didn’t get a vote when we elected into the European Union back in 1975. Perhaps we should redo THAT one first before this one.
Take your medicine.
Pedro
Definitely yeah numbers would help.Also what are your thoughts on tierney at left back.I think we should definitely take a gamble on him.He has got the physical abilty definitely to be a top top player.
CA, those people who agreed with me were on the right side of the debate this season and will be next season as well.
GOH, there won’t be a second vote. Just hope we don’t elect a nutter
I doubt whether Praet would be a success in the EPL. He is a talented and industrious player but he lacks physicality and endurance.
Carrasco will score a few spectacular goals and give a few assists but is essentially an egoistic player who does not like defending. Not the type of character I would want in my team.
Receding Throwing Mavropanos into league game 30 isn’t exactly the blooding most are talking with respect to youngsters. Mavropanos is talented, but tell me a player of any ability and age that can watch the season from the bench and then deliver stellar performances on cue. Let alone a centre half whose every mishap is liable to concede a goal or chance. It’s poor use of the squad. You give players minutes and expose them to things over the course. Barely saw Willock until the Europa League final. How can a youngster be called upon in a game like that… Read more »
Peter I suppose it depends on what your definition of ‘nutter’ is. At some point, people will bite back against the system. Trump…Corbyn…Leave. Whether you did or didn’t, the fact remains (no pun) that on any normal day Trump wouldn’t get past the first hurdle and Corbyn would still be screaming at scabs on a picket line. They aren’t votes FOR they are votes against the norm…because the people are bored. The whole reason why we are in this mess is because the politicians absolutely and categorically did not think we would vote leave. There was no plan A, B…C… Read more »
GOH, Brexit and Brexit Party was a pretty shocking bite back.
Totally get it, but lurching hard right isn’t good the country.
Let’s see what the Tory’s do. I like that Rory chap.