What is going on my darlings?!
I am currently in Washington with my dad.
The weather is disgusting. It hit 100 degrees yesterday, or 37.7 Celcius. We walked the landmarks in a fit of ‘let’s not be pussies about this’ and I can confirm this was a mistake.
I have no idea how the players are supposed to deal with this… peak temperature arrives at 1700!
There is a BIG game tonight as we take on the once-mighty Fiorentina. Another chance for some of the kids to shine. Another chance for Mustafi to show the world he is a total legend and well worth the £90k a week.
Some interesting snippets in and around the internet. Arseblog had an interesting piece from Sven about his time at Arsenal. It’s what we all knew… he fell out with leadership because they changed direction when Ivan G left.
The key takeaway – one I have debated at length with people is… the dreaded contacts approach to football is real.
Arsenal is the only club on the planet that can move in the direction of modernism, only to crush it and go back to something that reeks of old fashioned curtains. He basically said instead of being proactive, using tech, people and data to uncover value in a competitive market… we’re waiting for agents to bring players to us. Pretty much the exact strategy that’s seen United do so well since Fergie left.
I guess we have to hope that Edu has something to say about that. It is not efficient to rely on the opinion of people who have something to sell. That is not a forward-facing approach to building a super club. When it succeeds you can’t repeat it either… it’s built on luck of the draw.
Very depressing if our new technical director agrees with this… because, you know, it’s not a very technical way of looking at a game that is advancing at a rate of knots.
Don’t be a dinosaur, Edu.
It was amusing that the journo speaking to Sven pestered him about taking a smaller job, his response was basically – ‘we fill 60,000 for a relegation battle and we’re nosier. This isn’t a small club.’ Fair play.
Talking of Edu, it reads like he gave a personal response to my blog the other day.
There are a lot of things to do, but I will try to explain to you a little bit about almost everything. People always say that the technical director has to look after and be involved in the process of signing players, selling players, keeping players, loaning players. That’s an important part of the job of course and I understand that. But for me there are more important things in front of that – we have to look after what we have today. We have to work hard today. We have to look after our squad today. The future is the future, and signing players means sometimes the future, and of course I have to be involved in that process, but I also have to take care of today. I explained to the players when I arrived that I’m not the guy who stays inside the office and waits for someone to knock on my door and send a message to me. I want to be involved in the process, I want to be on the inside, I want to be with them, I want to be with Unai, I want to be with the staff as well, to try and advise them if they need it, and give some advice for them. Being involved is important and that’s what I really believe from today. The link with the academy is very important because people always forget about it, because they talk about signing big names, but we have to take care of the academy as well. That’s one point I have to be linked with.
So there are short-term things to address, and also medium-term things to address?
Yes, that’s part of my role as well, because in football there are short-term, medium-term and long-term [challenges] of course, but how do you share that? I have to look after short-, medium- and long-term, but Unai has to look after the very short-term [challenges], and that means Wednesday, Saturday, training sessions, looking after the opponents and the strategy of the games. I have to give him time to look after that situation, and he has to give all his energy to that very short-term, he has to look after that and I have to help him with it. And medium-term and long-term, when we look after the academy, maybe you’re talking about medium-term and long-term, so that’s important to me, to be linked very well with the academy as well. So as I said, Unai has to be focused with his energy on the very short-term, and I have to help him with that.
What do you say, Edu, to the fans who are concerned about the club’s future? Some fans are positive, some fans are less positive. What do you say to those who are less positive?
We have to understand the fans, we have to understand that. That’s important. But they have to understand us as well. Because we have a philosophy. The club is changing a lot, so I saw that before I signed up for technical director, I saw the many changes now Arsene has left. The structure of the club changes a lot. So that’s a process, and sometimes we need time. I understand that time is going against us but we have to be aware of that. But in the end, we’re going to give to [the fans] some good things I am sure. I am sure. Because since I started to talk with Vinai and Raul about that job, I felt the energy of the club. I felt the very positive things around it. That’s why I really believe and that’s why I am here as well, because I feel we will do good things in the future. Not the future-future, but nearly there!
Let’s jump one year into the future. If we spoke to you again then, where would you hope the club would be at that point?
I’m not saying [it’s a] dream, but [we need to be] focused to be fighting for the Champions League again. Of course that’s our target. To make the squad even stronger. I want to see the fans enjoying, as before, the club even more. I know how they live the club, how they love the club and we have to give them something back so they can enjoy again the club.
This reads really well for me… and the club are clearly trying to appease the whingers like me. They want the ground to be buzzing this season, which is fair.
What I like:
He’s addressing the now, he’s talking about stages to what he’s doing and he’s said that his goal is to fight for the Champions League.
No time frame… but I’m giving him one. 5 years. Champions League final. Make it happen!
Transfer wise, no one really has anything. All the deals we know we’re gunning for are just chugging along. Dani Ceballos is going to be a very interesting move for Arsenal, that would make me feel a lot better about the coming season. If we can bring in a couple of wide players and a centre back, at least we’ll have inched forward. The most important thing for me is building out the athleticism of the squad. It’s been painful to watch average teams bully us. We need a more brutish character this season, Zaha certainly gives us that sort of edge.
In the… ‘look who we let go OMG OMG’ instalment today. Ismail Bennacer just took the player of the tournament at AFCON. Ouch. It’s amazing how good other clubs have been at identifying the better prospects in our youth ranks.
Hopefully, Emery really does get pressured into playing the kids this season… John-Jules, Saka, Willock and Medley best be £30m players by the end of the season.
Interestingly, Chelsea HAS to take the youth approach. Top 4 could be battle of the kids.
Right, that’s me done, enjoy the game this evening and HYDRATE if you are in the ground.
Receding
When exactly are we actually allowed to call out Raul and co?
Because it seems like you guys just come up with excuse after excuse each time they are called out.
Ultimately I think Pedro’s prejudice against Sanllehi all goes back to him being involved in not hiring Arteta. Gazidis and Sven were involved in that as well but have both left the club, difference is Sven is slagging Sanllehi off so must be right.
Anyway I’m willing to wait and see what Edu’s approach to the transfer market is are YOU??? Yes YOU. Not like we have a fucking choice is it
Dissenter
I have no issues with a transfer team making mistakes tbh but for a new team that was meant to usher a new style of doing business, that was very bad.
Batistuta you can call them out for inefficiency this window by all means. But this Suarez thing has been given way too much importance. If Sven had his way and we could afford it we would have 29 year old Perisic here on a fat contract. Suarez is gone… Long gone.
Chitom, agenda always the same: a better arsenal, and a manager with cooler hair
The Suares loan deal in respect to value lost/ wasted doesn’t even make the top fifty on the list of bad transfer decisions made by Arsenal in the last decade alone.
The fact this gets brought up by posters over and over again to score I told you so points is quite funny actually.
But Im sure it has nothing to do with any agenda whatsoever.
Pedro also has a fundamental misreading of what this data driven approach is about.
I say this because setting up data-driven approach against a contact based -method to bash one over the other is just laughable, and that’s being polite.
All the high tech investigations in the world wouldn’t make the best doctor, you still need bedside skills to know how to listen and communicate properly.
We need both smoochers and data, not one or the other.
Marc
Rumour is he keeps it in the front basket of his Vespa that he breaks out once a week to get his vegan bread from a bakery that employs only homeless people that makes shitty coffee priced at 4x the normal rate.
Anyway again,all of this Mlistinat stuff is in the past, in the present we’re being told it’s almost impossible to move on crap players because of their wages and that we should be more patient with incomings because well, Raul is a Wheeler dealer.
Only club anywhere that makes signing players look like some kinda movie production that takes months
I’ve long believed Pedro’s inside sources are Gazidis praetorian guard who absolutely do have an agenda. Ivan receives little criticism from Pedro, he is protected for some reason. Arsenal can’t afford to pay huge fees to agents and we’ve had our own analytics department for more than five years, i am not worried about Pedro/Sven fear mongering. Having ‘contacts’, which means you know or are friendly with a lot of people, is a good thing when negotiating because both sides trust each other more. It is humidity that kills you, Pedro. Hot is bearable but when when humidity is added… Read more »
‘We need both smoochers and data, not one or the other’
Bingo.
All evidence suggests Arsenal still use data, still use scouting networks and use contacts.
Perfect.
Before the usual flat earther presents Saliba and Tierney as proof that Raul has contacts. I would say that both players were more like on Sven’s list before he left. Same thing move for Martinelli and Everton have Edu’s fingerprints all over.
Great when people make stuff up to suit an agenda.
Cesc
Are you implying Pedro’s a hipster?
I’m beginning to put him down more of a snowflake!
Batistuta
Absolutely, it was bad and I can only hope that they learned from it.
I don’t think it was the only option they had at the time but we know that they kicked virtually every tire possible – Carrasco, Perisic, Almiron etc. they in,y settled for Suarez because it was the most doable.
In restrospect, they ought to have taken a chance on youth like my god friend Valentin 😀 has been arguing.
Hindsight as the say is …. . They didn’t have that benefit
Contacts based signings can go wrong as well as right. Same with data signings. Swings and roundabouts
Pretty much. Juventus and Madrid are two teams for example who primarily use contacts in the transfer market in particular Mendes and Raoila and it’s not a problem. There would be data analysis at these clubs too but there’s a reason that they signed up De Ligt for example and that’s because Juve have relations with Mino.
Marc
Who me?
Never!
But yes.
manager with cooler hair
His hair’s alright. His teeth are on point these days though 👍
I think that there is strong evidence now that Arsenal are recruiting as follows: 1. LEFT BACK Almost certainly Tierney 2. CENTRE BACK. Saliba for next season 3.CENTRE MIDFIELD Ceballos on loan if Real Madrid agree 4.WINGER Martinelli already recruited,but unlikely to be more than squad player this season. 5.WINGER More experienced player. Most probably Everton from Brazil. I cannot see Arsenal paying more than £50 million for Saha What remains to be done is a solution at Centre Back. Koscielny is not fit for purpose and needs to be offloaded. I cannot see Chambers as a replacement and nor… Read more »
“In restrospect, they ought to have taken a chance on youth like my god friend Valentin has been arguing.”
One small problem with that comment. As Suarez came in injured and hardly kicked a ball he can’t of denied too many opportunities to the youth players.
Pedro
Ramsay was good going guns ho forward .
But lacked discipline in the midfield role ,
Remember souness tore into him that home game when he was out of postition an walking back.
He had ten years in that he had two good seasons.
Good luck to him in italy
I’ll give it 6;months .
No one is actually angry about Mislintat. He’s been wished well by all
What causing this backlash is the attempt to rewrite the history.
If we don’t talk back we will still be crediting Arsenal transfers in 2026 tomthe famous Mislintat manuscript….I withdraw that. It should be the famous Mislintat files since he can’t be linked with paper.
I don’t remember a single poster here having anything but sheer admiration for what Sven offered as a scout all the while he was here at Arsenal. All his signings except Licht were good. Now that he has gone, I see a few posters who were once his admirers running a propaganda against him.
Emirates
As I said on the last post if we get those players and then sign a CB – even if it’s a stop gap that will have lots on here bitching. I’ll be thrilled.
All very tight at the top on day three of The Open
Emirates
I think the tabloids talk is that we were going to sign a 6’ 6” Senegalese CB for 10 million
If you believe the tabloids [ I have to add this since Marko is around]
Marc still bitching about people bitching eh.
TR7
I certainly was pleased when we announced Sven – his reputation was fantastic. The re writing of history you speak of is looking at the players we brought in whilst he was here against the claims he’s making about what Arsenal are doing now.
Pot and kettle springs to mind
WE
Yeah I am – you got a problem with that!
Stroller
Heavily linked with greece cg Olympic …
10m..
MY GUESSING is that he will replace kos
With
Chambers
Holding
Papa
Greece player
Oh and him…
Oh watch out all, Dissenter coming in hot with the playground name calling… “charlie chuckle”
Someone was definitely bullied as a youngster because fuck me that’s stale.
Marc with a c
Fella why you getting angry
Chill out,…
RSPC
I now want to see the club change the name on the back of his shirt to “Oh it’s him”.
Reckon the club would sell thousands of the shirts!
Welbeck still with out a club
Where will he end up..
Everton
Sheffiefld united
Wolves
Leicester
Ceballos and Tierney would be a brilliant start, adding a wideman in Zaha/Everton and you’re well and truly cooking.
Adding a CB and CM is crucial too and I hope they haven’t become an afterthought. I mean we’ve conceded over a century of PL goals in two seasons with these defenders, Tierney alone isn’t nearly enough to plug that puncture.
That comment to WE was a joke!
I’ve got a cold beer on the go, going to cook Stir Fried Pork with Spring Onions later and can seriously feel some Gazpacho coming on in the next couple of days.
I’m chilled.
Bati You hit the nail on the head, a lot of the excusing being circulated was stuff we all knew 18 months ago. The guys at the club are on mega money to manage this precise situation, so a bit daft to suddenly start rehashing the difficult elements and crying foul. Seems like this hand tied nonsense is a constant. Could you imagine if it was Wenger, the outrage would be apocalyptic. Here I was thinking we dug up the status quo to actually achieve something unfamiliar to fire years gone by. No CL, embarrassing capitulations, laughable January recruitment, and… Read more »
With a c
We are lumbered
Nowt club can do other than hope this season is a new dawning and allah is behind him, plays well an gets sold in jan…
You’d hope that Ceballos means that we won’t have to put up with any of Ozil’s hissy fits next season.
Emery needs to cop onto himself re the Captain situation mind. Having Ozil as a Captain is viscerally insulting to any self respecting Gooner.
Sven was the only guy in our so called modern set up who was capable of adding real value to AFC. Unsurprisingly we cut off our ties with Sven and continued with guys who are going to draw fat salaries from AFC doing nothing.
Bennacer is perfect for Emery’s high pressing. He attacks like a rock while Guen is like a feature. I find him better than both Guen and Xhaka. Guen needs to gain another 10 lbs of upper body strength before he can play like a man.”
Utterly refreshing to still have someone with a good understanding of the game here
Well done Nelson
We have distilled contacts scouting to:
‘You have to have a contact to buy a player, so it’s good’
Nice work.
Marc
Mate my hope is that you’ll be smugly folding your arms and telling me that you told me so come September, believe me. Marko jacking off as we speak at the very thought too.
Marc with a c
Made me own chicken tikka masala last week from scratch
millieniuallas channel on YouTube
Maraianted for 24 hours
Superb.
CC
Is it really that difficult to see the difference. Wenger was heavily involved with signing the players we now have issues moving on and had a PTR of over a decade of procrastinating in the transfer market. The new guys have had one previous summer and are being given the benefit of the doubt for now.
If the window closes and we’ve not signed anyone who won’t find anyone making excuses. Moving on some of the dross is another matter.
Oh
On the boat ting
Send in the elite ,,,sas
Sort the piss taking bastardised out…
As they say in Columbia
Fuck em
I’m still with Bati and Charlie though as we’re at July 20th without a signing or an outgoing of of deadwood. Supported this club far too long to get sold on sweet promises.
Far from ideal even if we do bring in a heap of bodies these next couple of weeks, we’re literally kicking off our PL season in 3 weeks.
“Seems like this hand tied nonsense is a constant. Could you imagine if it was Wenger, the outrage would be apocalyptic.” CC Could that be because it was Wenger doing the tying of his own hands? Not that he was interested in rectifying any squad issues anyway. We’re still paying for that now, just because it’s been a year doesn’t mean the long term contracts some of our wasters are on has magically disappeared so we still have the same problem of getting rid of them. Mustafi is on 90k a week, who in their right mind is going to… Read more »
RSPC
Good stuff – you can’t beat cooking from scratch.
I don’t know where you’re based but the weather forecast for the UK next week is 30 odd degrees. There isn’t a better food in the world in hot weather than proper home made Gazpacho – it’s light, refreshing, cools you down and tastes fucking great. I make about 4 – 5 litres of the stuff – does make the kitchen look like it’s been hit by a tomato bomb though.
“We have distilled contacts scouting to:
‘You have to have a contact to buy a player, so it’s good’
Nice work.”
We’ve distilled analytics based scouting to “the computer told me to do it”.
Strange making a stupid comment about a differing view is not as satisfying as I thought it would be.
Sven was the only guy in our so called modern set up who was capable of adding real value to AFC.
I’m not so sure of that. Outside of 3 players sure but the rest have no resale value.
‘Bennacer is perfect for Emery’s high pressing. He attacks like a rock while Guen is like a feature. I find him better than both Guen and Xhaka. Guen needs to gain another 10 lbs of upper body strength before he can play like a man’
Bennacer is better than anyone we have in the midfield fight now and that includes Torriera.
Missed opportunity there and I just wonder if we will be saying the same about Beilik by 2020.
Marko jacking off as we speak at the very thought too.
I have never jacked off to a transfer window while supporting Arsenal ever to the best of my knowledge. I may have tried to in years past when we signed Bergkamp or Overmars but I definitely didn’t cum
One of the transfers I’m watching if that of Lukaku to Milan
Conte [and everyone at Inter] is absolutely not considering Icardi for next season. Conte fatuously fell out with Chelsea when they didn’t get him Lukaku and is the one player he asked for when Inter signed him.
Problem is that they don’t have money and need Icardi to move anywhere to raise money.
Icardi is ….Icardi
There’s a ton of TNT about to blow up. Conte has declared he won’t be playing a striker until the situation is resolved.
Why are the numpties at United rejecting 54M for Lumbering Lukaku?.. How much are they hoping to get? Guy is physically built for the EPL but has the turning ability of a pregnant elephant ,has hit his ceiling and ain’t getting better
Worry that united might come for Auba if they finally give in
Marc Yes mate, we’re the only club in European football with players we can’t shift apparently, memo received. We’ve lost half a mil on wages since seasons end so what’s holding up us signing players? Is Wenger still in the back dithering? I fully expect us to sign some players in the next 3 weeks, but don’t come at me and pass it off as some masterful new age. We’ve already shown our incompetent hand to reach this point with absolutely nothing achieved. – Name all the guys you want sold, they’re still here – Name the areas you want… Read more »
Dennis wasn’t worth a popshot Marko is that what you’re telling me?
The current transfer window has been a big disappointment. The only thing that will get me excited for the new season is Emery giving a few young lads quality game time. I would rather the likes of Willock, Bielik, Holding, Mavrapanos, Chambers, AMN ,Nelson,Nketiah and ESR got opportunities than Mustafis, Iwobis and Xhakas of the world.
Dissenter
Conte also fell out with Costa – which in part lead to him leaving. He’s one of those guy’s who will always end up in an argument with someone.
Victorious
United come for Auba …so what.
Good players always attract attention.
Auba’s contract is still good for two years and we don’t have to sell him. That’s what we tell United and they they can fuc* off.
Interesting that United aren’t at all keen on Icardi being involved in the Lukaku transfer. There seems to be no top level interest in Icardi in fact.
Bit overrated as a CF.
Dissenter
A management with a bit of gumption would activate the buy back clause we have on Bennacer and bring him aboard but alas we have some really thick fvcks ruining the club every passing minute
TR7
You really dislike Iwobi that much?
You placed him in teams box as Mustafi, goddamit.
Is he that hopeless?
I think he’s done enough to be a player coming from the bench and is more advanced that all the other academy players you listed.
CC The Spud’s need to move on Alderweireld, Vertonghen and Eriksen, they also want to sell Rose. How many are still there? ManU need to sort out a contract with De Gea or sell and they also need to get Pogba out the door. They are both still there. Tell me who would you sell Mustafi Ozil to? How would you get them out of the club? I’m not saying there’s a master plan, we do seem to be working on some deals but until they’re done it doesn’t mean shit. At least the new team would like to buy… Read more »
Anyone seen that little piece of filth, A Star is Born?
Lady bloody Gaga shows her tinkle to Brad Blooper.
Victorious
I think the Bennecar water has passed under the bridge
It’s irrevocable because we already passed on the player twice. As I understand it, we had the first refusal and then a percentage of his transfer if we decide not to activate the clause.’we’ve already declined and he’s already set for Milan.
I don’t think the player will want to come to a club that’s turned him down twice already. I guess the data we had on him was flawed.
Marc
If your big summation is at least the new lot want to buy some players then your bar is embarrassingly low.
We turned the club structure upside down to ‘want to buy players’? Fill me to the brim with that confidence. I’m sold on it.
You even see how pathetic things are but you’re hesitant to commit to saying it because it maybe go against your primary belief that anything is better than Wenger. Better is better than Wenger, but average is not.
Iwobi is not a winger, all fool to Emery chunking him there in the absence of a legit wide player in the entire squad
Guy is superb playing #10 for Nigeria,.notched for himself a couple of goals and assist also
We should look for a way to bin Ozil or Mikki and have Iwobi getting valuable playing time in his preferred position
Interesting that United aren’t at all keen on Icardi being involved in the Lukaku transfer. There seems to be no top level interest in Icardi in fact.
3 words a Bitch Called Wanda
Marc
If Spuds sell Rose then all bets are off, they will come in for Tierney just to spite us.
I’ve always wondered why Celtic are dragging their feet and snagging negotiations.
Someone’s agent is telling them ..not so fast
Just speculating…like we all do, especially in a scorching summer day down to my birthday suit 😀
Dissenter
Yes, Iwobi is utterly useless as a winger. To be honest he looks half decent when he plays as a no 10. I like how he runs with the ball. But if Emery is going to use him as a winger then expect him to have another poor season.
Football is fcuked! and not just at Arsenal FC.
I suppose if you pay too many players too much money, it’ll eventually come back to kick you in the ass when you want to move them on.
Oh for the days of regular off seasons, regular transfers, regular chit-chat and regular excitement.
I think Icardi is persona non grata at all major European clubs.
He’s laid his bed very carefully…now has nowhere no room to place it in.
Another transfer deadline day rush incoming
Somethings just never change with this club
I expected the team to move one of Mykhi or Ozil on
Having both stil around will stifle the chances of the likes of Willocks or Iwobi.
There something to be said about the willingness to try to keep Koschielny and resting Ozil as well as Mykhi.
Victorious
I agree.
Iwobi could play as a #10.
His pace and directness would be a valuable asset in that area of the park.
Got to get the two misery guts ( Ozil and Mikki) out of the way first.
I do not think that Aubameyang will move to Man Utd on two counts.
1. Arsenal are unlikely to “assist” Man Utd in becoming a top 4 team.
2.We will struggle to replace a 30 goal a season player. It would be a retrograde
step.
CC
Average is better than Wenger – that’s the problem it shows you just how far down he took us.
We’re not going to sell Auba to United
But again Iwobi doesn’t have the composure and creativity to play as a 10 either. His runs look good but lack of composure and nous in his game renders most of his runs meaningless. So, we should bin him.
Graham
“Oh for the days of regular off seasons, regular transfers, regular chit-chat and regular excitement.”
It has been a strange window – there’s been very little movement to speak of.
Marc
No it really isn’t, but I’m not going to open that can of worms. My point is you’re trying too hard to rework this current state into a ‘better’ version of what we had under Wenger.
It’s the wrong approach entirely as i see it. We’re a long way short of where we should be under a modern structure. The club has butchered taking these new steps much worse than I thought possible.
CC
I’ll criticise the club when the window closes if we haven’t signed some players.
I just think you constantly look for ways to slag off the club. Buy some good players – not good enough should have signed them earlier. Haven’t moved on players on big wages – not good enough that should’ve been easy.
If the club doesn’t make some buys I will promise you this – we’ll seriously struggle to even compete for top 4 and you’ll see a lot of empty seats at matches.
But again Iwobi doesn’t have the composure and creativity to play as a 10 either. His runs look good but lack of composure and nous in his game renders most of his runs meaningless. So, we should bin him. Remove the sentiments and you’d discover is way down the priorities of players needing the bin more.. I mean you’re talking about a squad which has clowns like Mustafi, Elneny, Jenkison, Mikki Ozil pretending to be football players and somehow you see a player who at least put himself about and has done reasonably well in an unnatural position in same… Read more »
Marc
Yea that’s it, I’m looking for reasons to slag off the club. Nothing to do with them giving reason after reason free of charge.
There’s already empty seats galore, seems to me you’re another one that’s bought into this “process” and “time” notion.
Abstract concepts are wonderful at distorting reality. Both are relevant with context and detail, but we have none of that so it’s very much just wait and see what happens as we head towards something. Exactly the change all were desperate for.
Marc You’ve told all and sundry that have been harping on the fact that we’re 3 weeks away from the season starting and weve not done any business whatsoever to wait till season starts before complaining about the lack of movement but wasn’t the premise for a new set up meant to be doing things like a proper modern club? You mention United and spurs or anyone else having trouble shifting players but how does any of that have anything to do with Arsenal? I remember City shipping Mangala out on loan after loan due to his excessive wages in… Read more »
Bati
If you have the answers why aren’t you making the deals and getting a cut?
CC
My point with you is the timing. You seem to have restarted history last summer.
Charlie
Who’s gonna win The Open
We should get a bit of weather tomorrow
Can’t believe the following clowns are still about in the club:
Mustafi
Jenkison
Elneny
Koscielny
Monreal
Mikki
I mean Barely more than a fortnight before the new season kick off..
We have literally not sold a SINGLE one of those dross and to worsen it all,just about brought only a kiddie from Brasil 4 division, meanwhile there are still folk in here defending this current inept management. Lol
No wonder we’re the laughing stock of the football world
Bantz FC
Well I hope it’s Fleetwood £10 ew 30/1.
Quite a few unwanted players on high wages
Ozil
Mikki
Mustafi
Kola
Anyone want to suggest potential buyers and enlighten us on why they would want them?
Players we could sell and turn a decent income,
Auba
Laca
Ballerina
Would all need replacements
The rest are either new additions or have little value with the exception of Chambers and Iwobi, we could probably get £25m or so for the pair.
Dont see a whole lot of options on the outgoing front.
Fair play Pedro for being spot on regarding Sven’s departure. I thought he may have just been homesick, but you were bang on with the empty promises, strategy change & power struggle. For me your credibility is on the rise, unlike anyone at the club after Sven’s words and Kos’s apparent betrayal. (Even our quiet periods are full of dramas) No idea why anyone would argue with facts from the horses mouth! Sven’s words are further cause for concern. The new regime are no different to the last, expectations are tempered early (with a leaked budget figure), followed by the… Read more »
Oh forgot that lumbering fvck Kolasinac as well
James
Lowry currently leading him by 3
Marc
This is the criticism I don’t understand from you.
Why last summer?
Because there was massive change at the club that was supposed to aim and fire us into the shiny new era.
Did you expect any resounding change in any of the last 5 years of Wenger? No.
So the expectation was ramped up 18 months ago, along with ridding ourselves of the apparent impediment to greatness, and here we are still picking our nose and calling it productive.
“No idea why anyone would argue with facts from the horses mouth! ”
And of course Sven would never lie about what happened?
There’s some fucking naïve people out there.
Marc I am not an employee of Arsenal fc, so it is not within my purview to ship out underperforming members of the squad but you’re the one who’s constantly having to defend the ongoing failures of the current set up in the current window. Having a new CEO or a NEW scout or whatever was meant to usher in a new wag of doing things but deep down we all know it doesn’t seem like anything has changed with regards our transfer business. Most were happy to give Raul and co leeway last summer, even gave the manager enough… Read more »
Unai proper question would be why does other clubs seemingly finds it easy to shift dross but we don’t?
It gets more puzzling because not long ago were able to ruthlessly shift the likes of Giroud,Gabriel, Coquelin,Walcott, Chamberlain etc. in the space of like two windows, so What gives?
CC How many times have I got to say it – Would I prefer to have all our business done – yes. Would I prefer us to have sold off a load of players – yes. Mate you carry on head butting that brick wall – I’m sure it makes you feel better. Personally I’ll try not to fucking lose it or at least wait until I know that no signings are actually going to be made. Just a different approach to life or at least Arsenal that’s all. Is me bitching about it on a blog site going to… Read more »