SUMMER IS AWFUL … but but but, that Adidas video though

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I feel like this summer, more than many that have passed before, is feeling like one of the worst.

14 years of neglect have hit us very hard.

We have regressed.

Our nearest rivals have progressed.

If we were looking at a graph, it’d be the saddest graph in the world.

5 years ago, Spurs and Liverpool were behind us in the league. Now they are Champions League finalists with monster transfer budgets. Both clubs invested in elite coaches with big ideas. Both clubs are now attracting the very best in the game. At the same time, Arsenal fans were purring at the idea of Wenger being given big money to spend.

£350m later… we’ve managed to make things worse.

Arsenal didn’t make hay while the sun was shining.

Many people are complaining that Spurs are spending after a stadium move. That’s because their frugal strategy of prioritising youth, smart buy and great coaching is reaping bigly in Europe. They had a coach that took them to the Champions League final after spending zero pounds last summer.

Arsenal’s issue, for all the bluster, is that we were never really that future-facing.

We hoarded Champions League money when elite players were adding 50%+ year on year. Remember when we baulked at £32m for Higuain? Remember when we fucked up Suarez? There are so many times we didn’t pull the trigger because leadership at Arsenal hid under the comfort blanket of Wenger’s perceived view of value.

Arsenal didn’t recognize the clear patterns that were emerging in football.

They didn’t preempt what the uplift in TV money would mean for agent expectations with contracts. Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Alexis would still be at Arsenal on £180k a week if we’d given them proper money when most major clubs were bumping salaries. At the very worst, we’d have sold them. We waited until it was too late and lost two for fuck all and had to keep the third on outrageous cash because of Ivan’s ego.

We never paid a premium when it made sense.

We didn’t take chances.

We didn’t refresh our talent, ideas or thinking.

We invested too much in players that were good for a culture of meekness. Too little in players that could have taken us to the next level.

Now we’re in a situation where we’re in danger of being gazumped by Spurs for Saliba, we’re being hardballed by Celtic with Tierney, and we’re seriously contemplating selling Auba to fund a move for a 27 year old winger who scored 15 goals last year.

Edu is having a week off after the Copa America according to Ornstein.

What a mess.

Still, Adidas is our kit sponsor, so who cares?

Thoughts on the leaked advert (someone in deep shit over that mishap):

This is a great spot.

I love the humour. The respect for the local area and the texture. I like the mix of old and new. I love that Wrighty is in it. I like that Adidas are massaging our egos pretending that we still run North London.

There’s a lot of hope in there.

It’s so great to have a proper sportswear brand backing us.

Mustafi is going to look about x4 better sliding into the back of Harry Kane next season.

Bring it on. Being shit with good clobber. Bit like me playing in goal with silver mercurials back in the day.

‘All the gear, no idea’ my friends teammates used to say to me.

See you in the comments. x

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Guns of Hackney

WE

Nah, it’s like selling your walls to buy a roof. It makes perfect sense bruv.

Arsenal fans: only second dumbest to Liverpool fans and the whole Manchester race.

WengerEagle

GB

Achieve what? a 12th place PL finish?

Fact that he is still at Palace coming into his prime should tell you something.

HillWood

Fuck Arsenal
It’s Glastonbury Weekend

Ishola70

“I will be very surprised if the net expenditure on transfers reaches above £25/30m.”

And this what makes me laugh when people on here quote transfer expenditure under Kroenke. They don’t bother to talk net and the outgoings as well. It’s like a revolving door.

As for “teenage angst” there was a poster on here that stated they would chuck it in if Xhaka was still in the first XI next season. Well not only will he be in the first team next season there is also the chance he is given the captaincy as well.

Pierre

GOH
I’ve given up expecting Emery to prioritise the defence ..

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

I think aha would be a good addition alongside pea
Not instead .

englandsbest

I make Auba the most likely sale. He is nearing thirty. A declining asset who could fetch £60m this summer or a lot less next summer.

But whether it’s Auba or Laca or whoever, the point made remains. A transfer pot is a net figure not a sell-to-buy figure. I’d be very surprised if the net expenditure on transfers exceeds £25/30m.

Crimson

Goh is back on this site….oh dear
Thousands will disappear from the comments. Don’t interact with the genital wart!

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Pierre
Don’t start the blame game

WengerEagle

Is he not rated by the Ivory Coast? Didn’t play at all today against Morocco.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Guns

Eddie is our Wright man.

Ishola70

The reasoning some give behind the Zaha signing is that this extra offensive threat will remedy defensive problems. What a load of bollocks. It’s Wengeresque in it’s thinking. Yet again forget defensive matters and go offensive just like Wenger liked it.

While Arsenal definitely need an extra offensive threat the defence and midfield should be the primary area to focus on and improve.

As for Auba out and Zaha in it’s to ridiculous to even contemplate.

englandsbest

Sorry, I repeated myself. I never could tell Harpo from Chico.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

As Lennon sang

All we are saying is give youth a chance ….

Gentlebris

‘here are players out there who do not cost world record fees who could improve us. Other teams do it every single season. Where to Dortmund get their players from?’ If Dortmund played in the Prem, they would be consistently fighting against relegation and that’s not an exaggeration. Look among our rivals, who carries a flashlight and go in search of £15m wonders these days. Look how Liverpool have been dropping big breads on players, City paid £60m for Mahrez and put him mostly on the bench, United wouldn’t stop, Chelsea (though presently handcuffed) dropped £70m on a kindergarten goalie.… Read more »

Marko

WE Pepe and Max Gradel are preferred

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Where’s Marc with the c ?

WengerEagle

Agree Ishola, it would be great if we had a 200m budget but we all know that we don’t.

We’re likely going to start next season with one of Mustafi/Koscielny at the back and Xhaka in midfield.

Graham62

GoH

Yes, we all know how poor we are defensively but, as Pierre highlighted earlier in the week, Zaha would give us a far more threatening look, especially away from home. This in itself will ease our defensive woes to a degree.

You never know, maybe Freddie can work wonders with our defence. Sometimes an attackers perspective on defending can have a beneficial affect on the tactical set up.

Marc

RSPC

I’m sitting down facing forward.

Graham62

Gentlebris

No way would Dortmund be consistently fighting against relegation if they were in the EPL.

Sorry mate your way off track with that one.

Gentlebris

Eagle,

‘Achieve what? a 12th place PL finish?’

Sure Hazard would have won them the league.

He consistently carries them away from being relegated, a fact known far and near.
And for an individual to be seen as doing that, well….it seems to me an achievement.

Mysticleaves

“While Arsenal definitely need an extra offensive threat the defence and midfield should be the primary area to focus on and improve.”

You wouldn’t know how bad Man city’s defence is (and it is bad) cos they rarely lose the ball. If you get your midfield and attack and the system right, it massively improves the defence.

Batistuta

Haven’t watched a lot of Pepe before the ongoing afcon and in the 2 games ive seen him, he’s looked just okay, nothing special, nothing really fancy and definitely not worth all the figures being quoted but we’ll see.

I’d take Zaha in a heartbeat though, not going to happen though seeing as we’re taking an eternity to sign some lad from Celtic

Marc

Ishola

Arsenal had the third highest “NET” spend over 4 or 5 seasons only behind ManU and City.

This article covers the last 3 –

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8171504/skint-arsenal-third-biggest-spenders-since-2016/

Lack of money is not the issue.

Mysticleaves

WE throws his skirts up whenever hazard is mentioned lol

Gentlebris

‘No way would Dortmund be consistently fighting against relegation if they were in the EPL.’

Seriously Graham?
Do you watch them?

The season just gone was one of their best seasons post Klopp, and they still struggled against the bundesliga average teams.
At a time this season, they were so ahead of Munich that you would think they had the title in the bag.

That’s why I think Chelsea drew blank on Pulisic.

Ishola70

Marc

You keep repeating that.

As another poster pointed out we are talking about what Arsenal need now.

Money is an issue now Marc in the present and in this present transfer window and it will continue to be so as seasons go by and Arsenal find themselves stuck in Europa League cycle.

The club needs investment now in the present.

Marc

Should say lack of spending hasn’t been the issue!

Mysticleaves

Depay Fekir lozano Ziyech Everton, Neres, carasco Nelson all better value wingers we can sign this season.

Danialtos

Tell you what the France vs England women match looks good…the French no.7 would absolutely start in our flanks

Marc

Ishola

“And this what makes me laugh when people on here quote transfer expenditure under Kroenke. They don’t bother to talk net and the outgoings as well. It’s like a revolving door.”

I was answering your previous comment.

Make your mind up.

WengerEagle

‘If you get your midfield and attack and the system right’

Have you seen our midfield?

Danialtos

French number 11*

Mysticleaves

“The season just gone was one of their best seasons post Klopp, and they still struggled against the bundesliga average teams.”

Uncle when will you tell us you were joking and just stick to arguing Zaha as good for us? Dortmund contested for their league and is, give or take, top2 in Germany

CG

I am glad GoH, too dispels the myth of Torreira

The player cant even run.
We have conceded even MORE goals since he arrived

Absolutely incredible posters rave about him….they clearly do not watch him play ,objectively…

Hardly Vieira or Gilberto as a defensive anchor.

Brian Talbot got( probably still can) get around the pitch quicker.

If Gazidas wants him- that tells you how average he really is.

New contract???
Are you sure??

Get shot, pronto.

Even Elneny will usurp his position by Halloween

Ishola70

Well Marc it seems to me and others that Arsenal have sold on more “star” players than other big clubs have under Kroenke.

And if it’s a case of mismanagement with finances than Kroenke is culpable in overseeing it.

Let’s see how much Arsenal spend net this summer and still hear money is not an issue.

Guns of Hackney

Crimson

You have have been caught in the gravity of my mere presence…welcome.

TheLegendaryDB10

Guns of SF

You seem to have forgotten that fast is not really a word to be found in the Arsenal dictionnary.

But I am willing to believe that the hold up is because we want to showcase these new players in the new (awesome) Arsenal shirt that we will be having….. (I am trying to be as gullible as possible in wishing the club to move ourselves forward….)

Gentlebris

‘Uncle when will you tell us you were joking and just stick to arguing Zaha as good for us? Dortmund contested for their league and is, give or take, top2 in Germany’

Sorry bro, my point is if Dortmund played in the Prem, they would be fighting relegation with all the bottom ten here, and I still maintain that. And if you have been seeing them, you would agree with me.

Bundesliga is way below the Prem.

Dortmund plays Burnley five times, they would be lucky to win two. Not to talk of Everton, Leicester, Palace, Wolves and the rest.

Marc

Ishola

The point about spending under Kroenke is he has allowed us to spend what we make. Now the fact we’ve spent that poorly (understatement), allowed the wage bill to balloon on second rate players that have seen us drop out of the CL places and are now in a position where we don’t have as much to spend is a world away from “Kroenke won’t spend”.

Last summers spending was on the whole decent or better. What we do this summer – I tell you my opinion when we’ve done it.

Cesc Appeal

I don’t think Kroenke has ever held us back from spending. But there is a strong argument to say he owes us a big spend this window because whilst he allowed large spends in recent years he completely left Wenger to have the third highest net spend and build the worst value and worst quality squad in the top 6, a Europa League squad from a UCL squad with a £240 Million wage bill. That was on his ‘watch’. He deferred to Wenger when half the fan base was telling him how stupid that was for years. It likely makes… Read more »

Ishola70

It’s not a case of “Kroenke won’t spend”

He doesn’t spend.

Arsenal FC spend not Kroenke.

How nice and generous of Kroenke to allow Arsenal FC to spend what they themselves earn.

Anyway as you say we will see what pans out in the next few weeks.

Those that have been flippant and dismissive now about the need for a new owner and outside investment may well change their tune come next summer and the following season.

Ishola70

CA

Arsenal will likely sit on their hands and watch on as Man United recover in time and Chelsea get over their problems.

Pedro was on about missing the boat.

Well Arsenal miss so many boats. Seems they have no intention of boarding ant boat at all.

Let’s see some investment to wake this club up.

HillWood

Danialtos
France are currently losing 1-0 to the US

Marc

Ishola

Every time someone says we should get a new owner I ask how?

They come up with protests they won’t attend, actions they won’t make and bland comments that will never happen.

I have no issue with a better owner – please tell me how we get one?

Ishola70

Marc

Fans can put pressure on an owner.

The fans put pressure on Wenger in the end.

It’s not an impossible task as you keep implying.

Non-attendance for a few home games is not sacrilege. Not when it is done for the greater good down the line.

Pressure on him may well see him investing or loosening up coffers they use as buffers in the finances in their their ultra-conservative fashion.

Marko

Haven’t watched a lot of Pepe before the ongoing afcon and in the 2 games ive seen him, he’s looked just okay, nothing special, nothing really fancy and definitely not worth all the figures being quoted but we’ll see.I’d take Zaha in a heartbeat though,

This is gas. So you wouldn’t take Pepe off the basis of two games at the Afcon a tournament in which Zaha only came on for 20 minutes. Makes no sense

Cesc Appeal

Ishola

I personally think if Upamecano and Zaha were Emery’s top targets then Kroenke should supply the funds to land them and let Arsenal carry on getting Saliba, Tierney and some young players in with the budget.

It would something like a £100-120 Million outlay.

He’s already had a massive return on his investment and he must be able to see the math with it in terms of revenue and value growth.

Ishola70

There were swathes of empty seats in the last home games of Wenger. Run of the mill EPL matches.

This will continue anyway and become common place if the club are seen to be sleepwalking into complete mediocrity.

Time will catch up with Kroenke eventually just like it did with Wenger.

Marc

Ishola It all sounds good but Kroenke sacked Wenger once it was clear he wouldn’t make top 4. The fans might have made it an easier decision but’s that’s all. Non attendance – How many tickets are you going to pay for and not show up to? Sorry but it’s just cheap talk on the internet until YOU put your money where your mouth is. That’s what pisses me off about all the talk on here. If this was a boxing blog they’d be 20 commenters who would’ve knocked out Marciano, Ali and Tyson – if only they’d have stepped… Read more »

Mysticleaves

“Dortmund plays Burnley five times, they would be lucky to win two. Not to talk of Everton, Leicester, Palace, Wolves and the rest.”

Nawa sha. It’s well, it’s your opinion.

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Kroenke doesn’t need to spend. He just needs to be present and actually enforce accountability. Arsenal immediately improves. He can’t just leave the club for Raul and Vinai to run the way he did to Wenger. Him being involved and actually setting competitive standards and making employees accountable will be better than giving personal money to fund purchase

Samesong

Danialtos
France are currently losing 1-0 to the US

Should of went to Specsavers. Joke Friday

Ishola70

Marc Here you go again with this won’t give up my ticket. We are only talking a few run of the mill EPL matches for gods sake. You are so precious. Anyway as said before not all fans who attend think like you and think it is beyond imagination to do the shopping one Saturday afternoon instead of going to see Arsenal play Bournemouth at home. As pointed out previously there were swathes of empty seats at home matches in the last days of Wenger and this will continue if the club don’t perk up anytime soon. And that will… Read more »

Marc

Ishola

I’m not being precious I ‘m asking you to do the same as what you’re asking me to do.

That’s where your argument falls down – you won’t spend £1 let alone £45 (that’s one ticket) and yet you constantly preach on what I should do. The phrase “lead, follow or get out of the way” needs updating for the internet age does “scream loudly and tell everyone what they should do without lifting a finger” work for you?

Bob N16

Sentiments with you Marc…..

Ishola70

Marc

No-one is forcing you to do anything and as said there will be plenty who attend like yourself who will be less zealous than you about not appearing for a few run of the mill EPL matches.

You shouldn’t take these matters so personally.

If you have no desire to skip Bournemouth at home then fine. Good for you.

Oters certainly will skip Bournemouth at home though.

Elmo

GoH

A prime David Batty could do a job for us right now. Get in and around the opposition, good engine, and let them know he’s there early doors.

Marc

Bob

When one of these clowns comes up with a real plan I’ll be all in – not only that but I’ll try to persuade other ST holders to do the same.

Until then I’m expected to chuck a couple hundred quid away – 1 or 2 matches wouldn’t do it – all so someone on the internet can feel better.

I’m then accused of being high and mighty. Fuck me.

Bob N16

Classic keyboard warriors….

Marc

Ishola

If you are serious about getting Kroenke out random season ticket holders missing odd matches won’t work. I missed 5 home matches last season – the 3 EL group stage matches – just couldn’t be arsed with them and then the ManU cup match and the Cardiff league match, they were Friday and Tuesday night – I was really ill and couldn’t go.

People miss games, if you want a movement something has to be organised. That’s my point and the value of tickets is only cheap to those who don’t have them.

Marc

Bob

I often agree with the sentiment but the lack of actual realism or experience of the club is staggering.

HillWood

France 0- USA 2

Ishola70

Marc

If the club look to be continuing to be sleepwalking into mediocrity matters will take care of themselves in terms of non-attendance

It’s called apathy.

This is usually seen at the tail end of a season. Not a good image at all for the club.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Marc with a c

You come across as an aggressive lil man reading your post…

You seem very angry all the time …
that ain’t healthy.

Marko

Atletico have signed a LB for 20-25 million Renan Lodi. Probably never been a clearer path to signing Grimaldo

Marc

Ishola Massive problem with that view though. Arsenal could over 5 or so years wind down the wage bill and pitch ourselves as mid table club. With the TV money Kroenke’s investment would be safe. Yeah fans would be pissed off so drop ticket prices a bit. You have to remember the Spud’s sold plenty of tickets with out winning anything forever, West Ham blowing bubbles but doing fuck all else, Chelsea went what 50 odd years without winning fuck all before Abramovich. There are too many fans with Arsenal running through their blood for us to ever have an… Read more »

HillWood

Fantastic headed goal for France
1- 2

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

All those people pining for David dean to come back, need to remember he was the one who brought Kroenke in…

American owners of English clubs seldom ends happy.

Nothing will change rich stay rich , as long as they get their sponsored. Dividends every April the results are secondary.

Marko

I get where both parties are coming from though I would say to Ishola that trying to plan any sort of a walkout/not showing up in the summer before a season starts is a bit silly. Apprehension and apathy are likely to be forgotten about instantly with a couple signings you know

Marc

RSPC

I’m 5,10 / 5,11 so average height. I do get aggressive about Arsenal on certain subjects. Weren’t you the one who was complaining about the rail links to the Emirates the other day?

I would also point out that over the last week or so I’ve been telling people to chill out over the lack of signings.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Everyone forgets all the money the club made for selling the flats round the ground…

The club moved for the greed of money not for the benefit of the club being up their with the greats…

Money talks.

Club will get what it deserves nothing.

Marko

5’10? You short arse.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Marc with a c

I did mention that the club never fulfilled its promises of Holloway Road station.

I believe the term you used was miserable cunt….

You seem far from chilled reading post, I wonder if this is a passive aggressive style you normally convey with…

Your failure to see anything wrong with the club is exactly the supporter they want…

The mushroom effect.

Ishola70

I haven’t said anything of the sort Marko about walking out early season. What Marc doesn’t see or is puposely ignoring is that Arsenal pitch themselves as a top club, the whole set-up is to portray a top club so if this god forbid present slide into real mediocrity continues then the whole thing falls down. Flat. Real flat. Anyway Marko how is your own proposed walk out on Arsenal getting on in relation to Xhaka being in the first team this coming season? Having second thoughts? I think you should. He looks nailed on doesn’t he to be flirting… Read more »

HillWood

France 1- USA2 final score
Quality football from both countries

Marc

RSPC I did say you were a miserable cunt – it was part banter and part correct observation. I didn’t mean to cause you such offense. I see plenty wrong with the club but I operate on two levels – One – I live in hope that the new management team will correct things. Two – there are some things that no matter how much we bitch we won’t change them. What winds me up and generally pushes me into attack mode is people saying how attending fans should skip matches, how attending fans should go on demonstrations and all… Read more »

Marc

Marko

“5’10? You short arse.”

It gets worse – I’ve only got a 15” cock.

Bob N16

RSPCA.., TfL not AFC welshed on the Holloway Road expansion.

Ishola70

Marc

You should calm down a bit with this I attend matches.

You actually gave out a boxing analogy in relation to attending a game of football lol

Not all the posters on here are non-English and wide-eyed about someone going to watch Arsenal.

Some on here have done their dues in attending Arsenal matches home and away and in Europe in the past but are now armchair fans and not ashamed of that at all and also have views.

Marc

Ishola

You constantly dance around a direct question “what are you going to do”?

Fans who go, fans who used to go, fans from overseas who can’t go and everyone in between I have no issue with them.

Everyone can have an opinion but don’t tell me what to do unless you’re prepared to do the same. Are you incapable of grasping that?

Bob N16

Ishola, asking people who are devoted to watching their Arsenal, to not attend is unrealistic. There are a lot of us who have been going for decades, it’s habitual and if you like, a happy obsession. Following Arsenal hasn’t always been from a position of dominance. The point is most of us feel distant from the owners/ coaches, it’s the players who put on the shirt who we support. Idealistic you may say, but it’s more visceral and emotional than ‘making a stand’ by not attending games. A demand for non-attendance from people who don’t attend is pretty hard to… Read more »

Ishola70

I wasn’t telling you personally what to do Marc.

You took it on board as being directly aimed at you and being told personally.

If it is the case that you feel you are speaking for others as well as yourself then fair enough but you know that can never really be the case.

Anyway this has dragged on.

Let’s see what occurs in the next few weeks.

Thomas

Boring boring Arsenal….

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Marc with a c I was a season ticket holder from 1980 till 2012, Just got bored with it all, obvs that wenger was only after self adulation , Was not impressed by the new stadium tbh. Truth Only way to hit them I’d in the pockets, It’s ridiculous to expect or ask season tick owners not to attend. That’s their choice. What they can do is not buy any match day propaganda Programme, dog rolls beers etc. Or novel ways of leaving early Or staying in their seat an not moving for 30 mins after a game chanting for… Read more »

Graham62

USA through to play England.

Should be a cracker.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Marc with a c

Prior to being a st
I went 1970-1980
North bank clock end, schools boy enclosure …

Good old days..

Marc

RSPC

Mate you put the effort in for a lot of years.

I was advocating fans taking their seats 10 minutes late when we were pushing for Wenger to go.

That way fans can watch the action on the TV’s in the stadium and don’t miss anything, it would also draw a lot of TV attention when half the stadium walk in on cue.

Thing is it’s all talk unless someone is organising it as a group movement.

Marc

RSPC

How old are you?

No wonder you’re a miserable bastard!

HillWood

Bob
Not attending matches won’t work with getting Stan out
I can’t believe there are many season ticket holders who are Stan fans so chants of “get out of our club” over a period of a few months on World Wide tv might get the message across to him

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Marc with a c 56 Used to buy tickets from ginge .. big Irish tour for the west lower …. always got the same sort of area, Always remember a bold Jewish man … always fucking moaning…. even when we scored would stand up, but sit down n moan normally bout Martin hays, groves or Quinn… sometime Paul d … Said to me self , would never get like that…. This years in the 80s We knew the tile was close soon as George came in their was a buzz… Maybe it was the home defeat by the wall 0-3… Read more »

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

How old are you…Marc with a c

Bob N16

Hillwood….not qualifying for CL for a year or two more will really hurt us. People who have bought ST who don’t attend certain games leave those obvious gaps in the stadium. It’s not rocket science. If we have a successful team, all is rosy, if we’re falling short there is discontent. Standards are high, we’re falling short. Youngster wanting Arsenal shirts are on the wane. I’m seeing too many Liverpool and Tottenham shirts in North London. Unfortunately having a disconnected owner does not help. But were the Hillwoods down with the Clockenders?

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Bob

No

But when the hill woods spoke we listened.

Was it 73 they broke the record 333,333 for superman.
Got terry Neil from from spurs.

They ran the club…

This fella the yank ain’t arsenal.

Bob N16

Denis didn’t speak, Peter got quoted a bit. I suppose my point is that if the club is well run and the team is doing well, as fans, we don’t give a flying fu*k who the owner is. If things aren’t going well, we want it sorted out…

Bob N16

Chris Martin and Stormzy…really!

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

I know v little about stormy other than what I see an what people I know who have worked with him…
Meant to be a straight runner…

He’s English n London let’s be proud of that….

It ain’t lovers rock but it’s good….

HillWood

Bob
Do you think we will have a successful team when we’re skint and hoping Celtic and Crystal Palace will do us a favour

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Arsenal are the grime of London…..used to be sublime.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Arguable list of London teams..

Chelsea Europa
Charlton promoted
Leyton promoted
Spurs finalist
Arsenal finalist.