Well, things are moving at a pace now…
Pépé will be announced in the next 48 hours. The picture from above is a leak from the Arsenal studio. The player was snapped getting his Arsenal merch yesterday. He’s well and truly a done deal. What a moment!
Arsenal is willing to spend £25m on Tierney. The Celtic left-back now looks ever more likely to move. I think the hope that fandom would keep him from moving to the bright lights was always a bit hopeful. I’d imagine the young player has just seen what happened to Zaha, a player that was one moment heading for a rebirth as a star at Arsenal… and is now having to move to Merseyside. Regardless of how rich Everton are, that’s hardly a step up. If Tierney doesn’t make this move now, who is to say a major club will come for him next season? Take the chance when it’s presented to you.
Edu has met with Rennes to thrash out a deal to move on Laurent K. This is smart. Keeping players against their will never smart, again, let’s see how the Zaha thing pans out for Palace if they dig in. I think this situation could have been even more problematic because of the seniority of the player. Also, he’s past it, we’d be holding onto someone that’d be injured all season and far from useful. Let him go.
Mustafi has multiple suitors looking at him, which should be pretty obvious, he’s a World Cup winner. He wants to stay and prove himself, but I’m assuming a double NO from Raul and Edu has the 27-year-old considering his options.
We’ll move for a centre back, no doubt. I’m not quite sure we’re going to get the blockbuster player we’re looking for, but hey, what the fuck do I know, I didn’t think we had a chance in hell of landing Pépé.
Daniele Rugani of Juve has been linked in and out this summer. Lots of people are clambering for Konate or Upamecano. Whomever we choose… it’ll be a huge upgrade on the accident prone sack of potatoes we have at the club at the minute.
ALSO: The hot take ‘analysts’ on the internet trying to paint him as a good defender show you the exact dangers of judging a player by a spreadsheet with limited data. A single data point cannot be used to judge talent, just remember that.
There will still be holes in the squad, no doubt. The fact that Xhaka is anywhere near being our captain is a huge worry. Ozil is still in the mix. Sure, he’s showed up for preseason, but we know exactly what’ll happen to him when the weather starts to fade. There are going to be major question marks over Emery this season. Even with new players, his approach to the game is unlikely to move us up a level.
HOWEVER:
It feels like we’re finally at ground zero. Most of the problems are being solved, and it’s starting to look like there’s a north star emerging for the club. A football club never solves all its problems, but attacking the most important ones is definitely a move in the right direction. In fact, just having a direction is nice.
Having Stan K running your club is always going to be a problem if you think you need the owner to be poring over details. However, it’s difficult to deny that he’s invested in the club. His biggest weakness has always been who he has let run the show. He gave Wenger and Ivan too much trust and they blew it.
Now he’s put the power in the hands of Raul and Edu.
Early signs indicate that’s at the very least a more exciting direction.
Let’s see where the season takes us.
Oh dear, Spuds won The Audi Hubcap
It does beg the question as to why did the club offer a player who plays at No.10. 350 grand a week and then employ a manager who obviously doesn’t want a conventional No.10… I have said all along that it doesn’t make sense.
Pierre
Because a spiteful vindictive cunt like wenger knew he was on the way out and wanted to stick two fingers up to the club.
Paulinho, The game is a lot more physically demanding than he used to. Today you need to be an athlete to be a professional footballer. Even 10 years ago that was not necessary the case. Le Tissier was a great footballer, but he clearly was not an athlete. He was still able to carve a good career for himself. I would be very surprised if the past #10 players would thrive in today’s tactical and physical demands. Regarding the effort itself, it is a question of balance. The more effort a coach asks his # 10 to do defensively, the… Read more »
Paulinho
” Thank god for Ceballos and Pepe”
Why was Ceballos not involved tonight , surely he needs game time to get used to his team mates and gain match fitness……the only reason I can think for not involving him is because he is injured .
We have one more pre season game v Barca at the weekend , will be play ,if not why not.
Gunner mtjj
Expect the cups scarves t shirts
Pierre – Yeah, didn’t get that. Ceballos needs as much games as possible.
Valentin – Le Tissier’s lack of professionalism/fitness was a problem back then as well.
Insanely talented though.
Valentin
“At Spurs, Christian Ericksen does less defensive work than the other two central midfielders: Sissoko, Wanyama/Dier. Yet Pochettino tolerates that because of his importance going forward.”
You have hit the nail on the head as to why Eriksen is able to play the No.10 role
It’s called protection , Tottenham under pochettino play with 2 holding midfielders allowing Eriksen to do what he does best .
Ozil has never been afforded that luxury ….the closest he had to protection was when Coquelin and Cazorla we’d playing behind him and surprise surprise , Ozil thrived in the role .
Eriksson doesn’t really play the number ten role. Pochettino sticks him in there as lazy number eight, and lets him roam around and do his thing.
Paulinho,
The son of a friend of mine watched Le Tissier for the first time and the thing that shocked him was the hint of a belly he had under his shirt.
When you compare that to Ronaldo’s abs, you can only laugh.
Le Tissier was lazy but super talented. With a good kick up the arse, he would have been a world legend and not just a Southampton legend.
Akpom joining West Ham for 5m
Bet he does well.
Desperate people do desperate things. tottenham hotspurs is a joke club, end of.
Eriksen no.10 or no.8 is irrelevant ….the point is , pochettino sets the team up to get the best out of Eriksen …I’m sure if Tottenham replaced Eriksen with Ozil he would be a success and actually lead Tottenham to a few trophies as he did with Arsenal, unlike Eriksen who has won nothing since coming to Tottenham despite supposedly playing under a better manager and with better players.
R.S.P.C.Arsenal Pierre Because a spiteful vindictive cunt like wenger knew he was on the way out and wanted to stick two fingers up to the club. You’re pushing it there. As you shoukd know, Sanchez had left and the club panicked as he was the only star player we has left. Ivan just bent over and signed whatever Ozil’s agent wanted to try and save face (and look like hi did a favour to the club). Pierre You should know that when Ozil was resigned, the club has no plan whatsoever to employ Unai. He came out of nowhere at… Read more »
China1
Not sure what you’re trying to say.So we paid £20m upfront…have we not committed a further £70m over 5 years? If so, then what’s so hard to understand about my post?
Gnarleygeorge9
tottenham hotspurs is a joke club, end of.
Hear, hear!
Fuck Spurs! (And Chelski, while I’m on a roll)
‘Spurs plus Ozil equals silverware’ is the funniest shit I’ve read here in a while.
RSPC,
I wonder if getting Akpom is more due to their number of non-home grown player than anything. Going from Arnautovitch to Akpom is a little bit of a climb down!
I admit that I have not seen Akpom play in Greece and he may have reallybprogressed, but whenever he played in England he never really impressed me. At U21, he was using his physical attribute height size pace, but when on loan against grown men he looked a little bit toothless.
Where is Marko and his post office tricycle?
Has he gone the Bamford way?
Gentlebris
Yeah he got banned. For criticizing too much vs Pedders view.
How can you judge young players so harshly after a meaningless Friendly at the start of the season when some are not fully fit or adjusted t9 the club, the other players, life in England etc. And how can anyone say Saka is not good enough on the evidence of tonight . He didn’t play!
It’s so annoying to see such hasty judgements and ones tgat are so unfair. If you blood youngsters you need more tolerance and patience . This brood of players ARE talented
Fuck me what a long day at the office
Just finished. Thank fuck days like this don’t come around too often….
How did we do vs angers? What was the score? Who scored? Who played well? Who bombed m? Have we signed anyone? What’s going on?
Henry Root
IMO, The expectation is extremely high due to the past 10 years of not seeing anyone really standout.
We haven’t had a legend in the making for so long.
For me Wilshere was the one player who could have been such player. Got completely broken under AW through his readiness to accept a player’s point of view over the medical team and the unfortunate fact that Jackie boy ( or Jack Wheelchair for the intimates) was made of glass.
Un
We drew 1-1 (Nelson scored). We won on penalties.
DB10
Jack Wilshere broke my heart 💔
Db
Just read up on it
Martinelli and Nelson impressed
Everyone else was shit. Especially guendouzi, medly and Mustafi
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1160083/Arsenal-transfer-news-Wilfried-Zaha-Nicolas-Pepe-rumours-gossip/amp
Look at this horse shit
Un
Shit
1-1
Nelson
No one
Medley
No
not a lot.
Un
“Jack Wilshere broke my heart ”
You’re not going to take him fishing on a lake are you?
Un, same here. I had seriously high hopes for him. He had it in him to be a helluva fucking leader for us.
Glad to see you’ve caught up on the match review.
Especially guendouzi, medly and Mustafi.
Sums it up nicely. In particular for Mustafi. Can’t wait to see the back of him.
“Eriksen no.10 or no.8 is irrelevant ….the point is , pochettino sets the team up to get the best out of Eriksen ”
Is that the same Eriksen who is down to a year on his contract and won’t sign a new one?
Maybe he wants to win trophies.
Pierre
For once you’ve made a credible comment.
If you could get your head out of the arses of Wenger and Ozil you’d be an asset to Le Grove.
DB10”Not just that. I loved his game. The way he played. Even in his last season, his touch, technique, skill and vision were head and shoulders above anything else we had. We let him leave but kept elneny. Great
‘Yeah he got banned. For criticizing too much vs Pedders view.’
DB,
Poor soul Marko. Now he will be even more miserable at the post office, sulking behind his desk, wishing on kind of ill on Pedro.
Pedro meanwhile does give it to them these days. Guy is not a big fan of freedom of expression or anything. You talk smart at me I hook you one on the jaw sort of guy.
Ok then.
bris
And yet CG is allowed to roam free. Really think Pedro needs to get his head out of his arse as well.
On a completely different note. I have the feeling that we are underestimating the signing of the petition. Don’t you all feel that’s it is odd that we did fuck all until the petition and the rowdyish Q&A and then suddenly we sign Pepe? We cannot let these fuckers relax. Particularly next season. You can only imagine that they all got the memo as to how soporofic we were until now. I wouldn’t be surprised if dickhead Stan and Jr cunt are hoping to quell us with top 4 CL qualification and nothing more. This post is way ahead of… Read more »
DB10
100%
In as much maligned Mustafi is, he played well tonight. Medley was my worst player. So Asano is gone? Bielik next? Musfi will definitely stay. It’s Kos that will leave. That doesn’t mean I rate Mustafi. Honestly, I’ll rather see Xhaka leave than Mustafi. Xhaka/Torreira was the defensive base Ozil needed to thrive on. But Ozil was mediocre and sub-par last season and season before. Also Xhaka makes that base look like a waterbase. So, how then do you expect Ozil to thrive when the defensive base behind him is not trusted. No defense of Ozil though. Players should take… Read more »
I am not sure if it is just the petition or the combination of the petition and the vitriol that Raul and Vinay encountered during the Q&A session.
It looked like both were shooked up by the extend of the rancour expressed.
Maybe that was the kick up the backside necessary to make them get out of their comfort zone.
Kay
Bit of a meandering post
Marc
Can’t agree more. Fuck CG/ Tony Attwood.
Un
Ditto. He really had something special about him. Just one of these if only stories unfortunately. 😭
Gentlebris
It’s the way this very rowdy pub functions.
I really do hope Pedders let’s Marko back on at some point though.
It is a bit like Joe. Really liked him. Very emotional but he would get wound up so easily by those who could not help themselves take advantage of him (you know who you are).
I have said before Zach Medley is not ready and in my opinion unlikely to make the grade at Arsenal. He is technically good with the ball at his feet, but he does not think like a defender. He follows strikers too far away from the defense leaving gap. He also does not himself enough space to react to onrushing run. That has been a long recurring problem with the Arsenal academy. Coaches love a cultured footballer who can distribute and make long passes, but none of them ever make a decent central defender. I would take a slightly less… Read more »
Yes ,I know it was only a meaningless friendly but Emery has a unique gift of suppressing fans expectations with an insipid performance from the team tonight that was lacking in motivation and creativity . All the euphoria of the Pepe signing destroyed in one fell swoop… I travelled back from London ( via M25..massive mistake) in the hope of seeing a positive performance to build on an impressive pre season so far …..after watching the game for 15 minutes ( missing the start ) the doubts about Emery and his style of play started to resurface in my head..… Read more »
DB10
I too like Joe. Gave as much as he got, could hold his own with the rest of them. He just hated Wenger a tad too much.
Ozil will have the worst season
Mark my words
No more need for him and I said a long time ago that the only way to get him out is to buy a number 10 or another attacker who can do more
I see him really struggling to get much game time
Un
If we get Pepe, would you sell Lacazette or Aubamayang and bring in Zaha….I think I would go for that .
It’s a difficult one but I think I would sell Lacazette over Aubamayang as I think Aubamayang would score a bag full of goals with Pepe and Zaha on the wing.
Pierre
July 31, 2019 21:12:40
Paulinho
I know how difficult it is to play as a no.10 ….I used to play there myself .
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This made me laugh pretty hard.. so Pierre played #10 for his pub team now he is an expert on the position and Ozil..
Sounds about right. 😀
Pierre It’s nice of you to acknowledge that it was a pre season friendly, did you miss that we played basically a C team as well? None of the players that started that game is a first team starter, closest is probably Guen. But sure, blame it on the tactics or the manager when all this was was a glorified training session for the kids. Ceballos wasn’t playing because like the other first teamers he’s being saved for the Barca game, this really isn’t rocket science. You do go to some extraordinary lengths to try and discredit he who is… Read more »
Moe
Yeah he did. Too much maybe but (and this will cause controversy among some) he was doing it for the love of The Arsenal. I mean, he lives in Canada so his only real place to express himself, aming other Gooners was here. Shame that some took a pleasure in hounding him out (and yes he did post a little too much; but that’s what an emotional reactive person would do).
Carts it’s hard to understand because it was wrong in every regard
You said they made 70m upfront but made less than 1/3 of that up front
And you said one of the hottest properties of the last year was only worth 20-30m despite the fact mustafi is basically a slow motion car crash and is being talked of at that sort of price
In feel like there’s probably a hilarious but untold story underlying that that Pierre n10 comment
Joes heart was in the right place
BRING BACK JOE!
Mustafi, Mavropanos, Bielik and Koscielny all linked with moves away. If we play our cards right there’s close to £50m worth of disposals there we could definitely use to capture a great centre back and a left back if we move quickly.
Disappointed that Zech Medley seems not to have taken his chance… sounds like he needs a loan to learn even more…
He should go to Leeds and learn from someone like Bielsa… an excellent coach.
Would love to see the back of Elneny and Mkhitaryan… surely we could get £20m for them too?
So if we could sell the defenders mentioned in my comment above for £50m… we’ll have largely paid for Pepe…
Who we sell is just as important as who we bring in.
I agree with DB10 and China1, bring back Joe. Sure he one of those guys who can start argument in empty room but he was also good egg, like to joke. Compared to a few others Pedro allows to comment here, Joe was voice of sanity.
Marko should also be allowed back if he been banned, Marko good with comments.
Can someone please explain to me why we have still not announced the signing of Pepe?
I am beginning to have my doubts that it will be completed.
Arsenal are the one club where there is always concern that at the last minute a deal will fall through.
Also I find it complete nonsense that Emery is attempting to keep Koscielny at
the club. Koscielny is no longer capable of performing in EPL. Holding onto this player and paying him £100K pw is ridiculous.
Emiratesstroller – I too wondering why Pepe not been announced yet and Emery might have been expecting to keep Kos this season as backup for our fragile defense, I also would want to keep Kos if Arsenal have no plans to buy another centre back.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7307023/Nicolas-Pepes-directness-game-changer-road-Arsenal-FIVE-THINGS-LEARNED.html
Anyone got comments on this review of last night?
ES
This was in the DM this morning.
“Arsenal expected to complete club-record £72million deal for Lille forward Nicolas Pepe on Thursday
Nicolas Pepe is expected to finalise his transfer from Lille to Arsenal on Thursday
Pictures have emerged of the winger wearing a Gunners shirt in a photo shoot
Arsenal will initially pay £20m, paying the remaining £52m in instalments
A move for Celtic full-back Kieran Tierney remains a possibility for Arsenal”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7307917/Arsenal-expected-complete-club-record-72m-deal-Nicolas-Pepe-24-hours.html
jwl
I think that Koscielny is more realistic than Emery. He is no longer capable of playing at top level in the EPL. That has been blindingly obvious for two years.
As I have suggested on many occasions Arsenal’s top priority this summer should have been to revamp their backline. We are going into a new season with the same weaknesses as previously.
ES Still 8 days to go for the TW. Best to make comments after the incomings window has shut re there back line. There is enough time to get a CB and sign Tierney who aprantly can play along the back line. Also plenty of time left to sell players. Let’s see what happens ES you might be pleasantly surprised that the club took onboard your suggestions. Raul, Edu and Vinai could well be vindicated by their actions in the market, which is something many of us thought wouldn’t happen because of all the lies and broken promises of the… Read more »
With the last above comment It doesn’t make sense why Emery wants to keep Kos for one more season.
Better to find loan deal solutions, such as Alves for back up RB and another CB or sell and buy defensive players mentioned here recently.
Tony Arsenal have form when it comes to botching their transfer dealings. We should not forget what happened when we spent the summer trying to buy Higuain and then switched to Suarez offering 1 pound more than his alleged buyout clause. We landed up buying neither player. Liverpool were so infuriated by Arsenal’s tactics that by all accounts there is now a specific clause included in player contracts excluding us from buying their players. Also I appreciate that there is a dearth of top class defenders on the market, but frankly that should have been the priority this summer. There… Read more »
Stroller The Lille president confirmed it is completed and an official announcement occurs today. Arsenal admin have been teasing fans for all of yesterday with hints. Two of our best players were on Tuesday with Pepe’s signature celebration. He’s also been pictured leaving Colney and leaked in the shirt, I’m surprised there’s still any doubt re Pepe. We also had a pre-season game yesterday. We had a game yesterday, the line was that it was always going to be sorted by Monday/Tuesday and announced today or tomorrow. If we get to the weekend and beyond with nothing then questions will… Read more »
Leftsidesanch
Let us hope that you are right.
ES
Good Morning btw.
I couldn’t bare thinking about if the worst were to occur. I am as glass half full as they come though.
Mikki was always a poor mans Ozil, a case of grass is greener on the other side
‘What is going on with Pepe and Saha is beginning to smell of a very similar story.’
Pepe is done. I was told the leaked photo in Arsenal shirt is straight. You don’t think he would start rocking our kit if there were still loose ends on the deal do you.
And Tierney too, even though I’m wary of the record that comes with that one, seems 99% done.
But I honestly don’t feel we will bring in a CB this term though, Emery has said one defender…… Tierney I presume.
Can I just point out that this talk of NEEDING a winger is utter bullshit
Wenger player and won without wingers through most of his Time at arsenal.
Emery just cannot adapt to any system outside of what he knows. He’s too rigid
Napoli going after Zaha, smart I would say. If they pull it off then they have lost not much on Pépé.
Zaha is as decent as you can ever imagine for winger.
What a week to be a gooner :),im hoping Tierney is next,i love that guy,cant wait to see him play for us
I vote for Joe. And for Bamford. And for Marko. Point is, throw them in the slammer for a period if they cross the line. But bring them back after a bit. Just my suggestion, Pedro. This a great blog, but it feels so because it’s like real life, where you have assholes everywhere, if they wouldn’t grab a guy by the collar and headbutt his nose, why should one be so threatened by what they type on the internet under their Mama’s bed? Here would be as boring as Shaolin temple if we only have people like CA posting.… Read more »
Tothenham players are really celebrating a preseason trophy 😂😂
The “Thanks Jesus” part tho 🤣🤣🤣
Lucas Moura
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Midwest gun
“I know how difficult it is to play as a no.10 ….I used to play there myself .
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This made me laugh pretty hard.. so Pierre played #10 for his pub team now he is an expert on the position and Ozil.. Sounds about right. 😀”
I also went on to say
“Sadly I had none of those attributes , hence I was a rubbish No.10..”
It’s called humour …you should try it sometimes.
Gentle
Yeah I say bring them back too. For the start of the season. Place isn’t the same without them
Mid
Yes even at Sunday level of you play for long enough and you’re good then you know how the game should be played
I wouldn’t disagree with that at all Pierre. Some people just know how to read the game. They see things in a way others don’t.
Un
Indeed. I played Sunday mornings as a left winger for a few years and amazingly enough I never managed to run into any of my team mates when I cut inside or we broke away on the counter attack!
un
you’re right, There are some posters on here who understand the game whatever level they played at ………..and some dont.
I’m sure if I came up against you I have no doubt that you would be trying to kick lumps out of me as I tried to nutmeg you and impress with my dazzling footwork.(joke…mid west).
Drey
First its race, now it is religion. Lets not go there.
I don’t think Marko is sin binned. He was talking about a mini break from Le Grove before he disappeared.
A number 10 back in the day was someone that had literally a free role in team.
I have managed these types of players before.
They are not players that usually chase back. But are able to do some form of magic to draw midfielder or defenders away from the front two.
The no 10 would runs has the ability to run at defenses and continue to score or to play that through ball.
I’m not surprised some of these posters were shit at that position but talk a good game.
Dark Hei,
Lol that part really cracked me up. I didn’t mean any harm tho.
I’m Christian and Black so I know better than posting suggestive comments
Pierre
Exactly
Samesong
“I’m not surprised some of these posters were shit at that position but talk a good game.”
Thanks for the compliment ( talking a good game ) ….but was I shit at the No.10 role ?
“They are not players that usually chase back. But are able to do some form of magic to draw midfielder or defenders away from the front two.”
Beautifully described and that is me to perfection , why waste my time chasing back when I need to save my energy for producing the piece of magic to unlock a defence .
Same
You don’t get selected at no10 if you don’t have attributes that suit the position. No matter the level. The only position I didn’t play was no9 (and gk) because I couldn’t play there. It just wasn’t my game at all. Cmf too wasn’t really but anywhere else 10, cb, fb, wide depending on the level I was playing at.
Samesong
“I have managed these types of players before.”
lucky you , to have a player of vision , skill and technique in your team …I hope you respected the players with those skills ..
In my experience some managers struggle with “these players” as they make the game look too easy . ..it’s all about the first touch .
China 1 “You said they made 70m upfront but made less than 1/3 of that up front” £72m upfront if the rumours that they sold the debt to a third part. On Arsenal’s book it’s an initial £20m outlay but we’ve still committed £50m over 5 But it’s neither here nor there as Lille still made a killing on a good player, who imho, is 35m. And you said one of the hottest properties of the last year was only worth 20-30m despite the fact mustafi is basically a slow motion car crash and is being talked of at that… Read more »
God, I really hate the transfer windows and all the social media hype that surrounds it.
Oh for the days when you woke up in the morning and turned on the radio to hear that Alan Ball has signed for Arsenal from Everton for £220,000. Only 48 years ago!
Ah yes, those were the days.
We all know the world is doomed when a 16 year old kid can win $3m for winning a frigging computer game.
Doomed I say.
Ah well, Boris will sort it all out.
The Ashes starts today.
Come on England!!
Have a nice day everyone.
Sad to see that there were more players in the Australian ladies cricket team celebrating after last nights Ashes triumph than there were spectators in the stadium.
Sorry ladies, no disrespect intended, but it just doesn’t sit well with so many people and never will.
Graham
I’m not a fan of the transfer window hype myself
Seems some fans prefer it to the actual football
I just say though I was particularly chuffed with the signing of Pepe
I expect him to adapt quickly too and get going
Can’t tell if your tongue is in your cheek Graham re. Johnson. Only thing he’s sorting is his ego and bank balance(once he’s left office).
An early footballing memory hearing Alan Ball’s voice in the Arsenal midfield, very distinctive. Makes me realise that Highbury in the 70s wasn’t always loud, either that or his high pitch shouting was so piercing to be above the noise of the crowd!
Look at all these fools clamoring for certain posters to “come back”.
Go out and build some real relationships with real people.
Pathetic cunts.
Graham old boy….48 years are quite a stretch don’t you think. I know you miss the old days of arrows and bows, but you can manage around this can’t you. Me I love the hype to the bones. Each and everytime at work it crosses my mind that a great guy might been having a medical at Arsenal, man, it gets me going at work, knowing I could take a pause and meet some great newsflash on the internet….or some more fans anger. It’s the season of wonder! But I love the football more. Each and every goal brings me… Read more »
**”might be having a medical
RR
Too much coffee for breakfast?