Well there is it my dears, part one of the transfer window is OVER (domestic).
We have landed in a great spot.
- Saliba – For next year
- Ceballos
- Martinelli (This year, it would seem)
- David Luiz
- Nicolas Pepe
- Kieran Tierney
What a haul!
You can whinge about some of the players if you are a real brat, not me, I am over the moon about the whole collective and I am a super brat.
I think there’s a lot of bitching about David Luiz, but for me, the only real concern is that he’s 32 years old. I’ve not seen a downturn in his ability to dominate players, but he might be more prone to injuries. He can be erratic, I’m just not sure we’re in a position to sniff at a name that has always won things with big clubs. Concern that placed in a madhouse, he’ll crumble is valid, but that’s an Emery issue. He should be a great stopgap and we’ll hopefully find a more longterm solution next summer.
HOPE HOPE HOPE
What all these players offer Emery is choice, and with that, no excuse for not making the top 4 this season. The Spaniard is a very lucky man in general, it’s hard to look at Manchester United and think they’ve moved things forward. Chelsea rocked a transfer ban and I’m not sure Frank Lampard is the full ticket. A great player, but is he an inspirational leader of men OFF the pitch? We’ll see. But they have had an awful summer and losing your best player is never an easy pill to swallow.
We’re also finishing the summer with a net spend of around… £45m.
Emery said in his press conference that he’s still looking to move on some players, you’d have to imagine the writing is on the wall for Mustafi and Elneny. The absolute madness of it all is those two could move us close to a break-even point for the window.
That is wild when you consider all the lies and nonsense we’ve been fed over the years.
Ivan Gazidis and Arsene Wenger were the most inept duo in world football. Raul and Edu are making them look like the Chuckle Brothers.
They couldn’t sell players. They couldn’t negotiate. They never had a plan b. They couldn’t run an effective operation.
We sold Koscielny for more than Ramsey, Welbeck, Jack Wilshere and Chezzer COMBINED.
We sold Alex Iwobi, a player that’s really struggled to make a dent in our pretty average first-team, for £40m. He’s our RECORD sale. We sold an ok player and made him our record sale.
We’re finally negotiating with clubs. We’ve spent very little this summer and managed to bring the best young player outside PSG to The Arsenal along with a host of really smart buys that are very unArsenal.
We finally stopped behaving like victims.
‘Buying players is harder than buying a loaf of bread’
‘The market is inflated’
‘FFP will rectify things’
‘Stan doesn’t give us enough money’
‘We simply can’t compete’
I’m so glad we’re done with all that nonsense. Raul has done more in two weeks than Ivan could muster in 10 years. He’s a beast of a hustler. He’s playing with the big boys. He’s working with the mega agents. Now we’re moving players more easily and we’re bringing in a higher calibre of talent.
We’re getting shit done and moving ahead with a clear vision.
I am absolutely shocked at the pace we’re doing this.
I’m more convinced than ever that if the manager doesn’t work, decisive action will be taken. I don’t even think top 4 is enough… underlying stats and the style of football will have to improve as well.
This season will still be bumpy, but fuck man, it feels good to have some joy back in our football lives.
This is what the game is about. Great players, big excitement and a future that doesn’t involve everyone laughing at us every summer.
What a time to be a Gooner!
See you in the comments. x
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Black bitches can’t jump
Whilst we’re on a cultural curve – what’s everyone’s opinion on Blade Runner 2049?
Living in Canada now – DAZN is one hell of an app and subscription. Money well spent for a whole years worth of sport.
Has everything.
Comeback..… LOL
In 40 years Harry Potter will be redone as an Asian.
I dunno about that again they’d be going off a specific source material it’ll be a literal adaptation whereas the Bond movies are there own thing entirely. I think Casino Royale was the first proper adaptation in years if I’m not mistaken. Anyway it’s pointless the whole argument because one I don’t think there’s any true interest in the part for any black actors and I don’t think it’s been considered dispite the faux outrage.
I’m predicting a tennis score now.. 6-1 or 6-2.
MidWest
Beat me to it. Oo-er misses.
Whilst we’re on a cultural curve – what’s everyone’s opinion on Blade Runner 2049?
Loved the bollox out of it. Denis Villanueva is arguably the best director around these days
True Clit.
Oh shit, we still talking about crossover titles?
Marc
Awful. Nothing more to say.
The original is one of the best movies ever made.
Marko your kinda missing the point.
John wick is a white character.
If they make John wick four but recast keanu for Michael b Jordan then it’s not the same character.
I would have no problem if they concentrate on another actor. I actually thought they might have done that with the Halle berry character who I thought was underused.
Of course what happens to the character doesn’t just happen to white people that’s a stupid argument for the sake of it.
2049 is rambling and indulgent.
Marc
Loved it. Great film. Fantastic soundtrack
Scarce action but brutal when called upon.
Made with love and paid homage to the original while being able to deliver something new and different.
Spotlight very good
Prisoners
Logan
Harriet Potter and the Philosopher’s Bone
In a south African accent
John Blick.
Harry Chan goes to university at 5 and aces the medical exam.
Becomes a surgeon aged 9.
‘Lord of the Rings’ writes itself really.
Hackney
Really?? I loved it. Thought 2049 was that rare modern sci-fi that opted out of silly laser fights on space ships and went for character plot and tension.
Blade runner 2049,
Visually fantastic not so great story.
Marko
Casino Royale was closer to the book than most Bond films but was still wide of the mark.
Blade Runner 2049 – Love the original and love the updates even more but just don’t like 2049 – it’s visually brilliant but the story – meh.
I’m convinced all the good reviews are because they cocked up on the first one and are trying to make amends / don’t want to repeat history. I reckon in 20 years it’ll be seen as a poor sequel.
They are done. Same as Star Wars. Jurassic park.Alien.Predator.Terminator
Hate Don absolute dumbass when it comes to football and the world but he’s right on movies.
The likes of Disney just keep churning out remakes and shite with the intention of getting your movie and it’s all bad to average shite. Heard the other day they’re remaking Home Alone and Night at the Museum for “a new generation”. Pathetic shite that Home Alone is on every Christmas it’s generation-less and the other one is only a few years old
Un
Blugh…I think I couldn’t help seeing the original and pretty much wrote it off.
I may revisit it in a couple of years and watch again.
Glad I’m not the only one who was really looking forward to it and after was left cold.
2049
AKA the next time Arsenal win something.
Sorry.
Night all. Don’t let the bed bugs give you AIDS.
Marc
If you want poor sequels look no further than star wars last jedi.
Dreadful. Another piece of my child hood dismantled piece by piece.
A few good birds
Tart on fire
Pretty Bloke
Calamity John
Top 10 Movies in any order:
The Wicker Man
Get Carter
Assault On Precinct 13
Taxi Driver
High Plains Drifter
The Bride Of Frankenstein
Dirty Harry
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Taking Of Pelham 123
Driving Mr Daisy
Mr Daisy being white and gay.
Everything after return of the Jedi sucks.
Marko your kinda missing the point.
John wick is a white character.
If they make John wick four but recast keanu for Michael b Jordan then it’s not the same character.
It’s not really the same thing though is it. Bond now isn’t the same as Bond in the 80’s or the 90’s or whatever it’s gets a reboot not so much as a recast. Anyway we’re getting off point I’m ambivalent to the prospect of a black Bond because I’d prefer they stop making them all together
Saw an advert earlier for Apocalypse Now Final Cut.
Really tempted to do it at the cinema. I’ve done the Redux version at home although it took 2 sittings fucking thing’s 3 and a half hours long.
An almost unique piece of cinema.
Huh.. Red I did not take you for a Clint Eastwood fan.. But like your football players looks like your stuck in the 1970’s.
GOH
I thought Rogue One was pretty good actually.
Guns
See I watched the original after 2049 so it wasn’t really spoiling a treasured film for me. Compared to other modern day sci-fi it’s an absolute gem. Along with interstellar and Prometheus. Oh and Alita battle angel of course…..
Alien covenant and Jurassic World Series has much the same effect on me because the originals were held in such high regard by myself. I was disgusted by them.
Star Wars too, ghostbusters
Get woke go broke.
They are fucking everything with their sjw propaganda.
The Wicker Woman
Blade Runner 2049 is a travesty of a movie, an insult to the original Blade Runner.
It is a pretentious piece of stupidity wrapping itself in beautiful shots to hide its vacuity and complete lack of coherence.
Mid west nails it.
Marko I think me and you will agree to disagree over bond mate.
I did like like denzil Washington in the equalizer from a few years back
Second film wasn’t so good though.
Taking of Pelham is a weird choice Red, Denzel has a host of better films than that, agree on Cuckoo’s Nest and Taxi Driver in there.
Disagree on blade runner Marc I thought it was brilliant well written well acted the visuals and the sound were top notch. Very interested in seeing what he does with Dune. Sicario was the tits
Jesus you can imagine it now Dirty Harry remade as a lesbian black female who doesn’t shoot people!
WE I’d imagine he’s talking about the original. Given he’s old as fuck
Goh
Last one of the prequels I emjoyed and there were some quality scenes in the last Jedi ruined by the agenda and hair brained story telling
What they did with Luke was a deliberate fuck you to the fans who’s money built the damned empire
I’m all for sexual empowerment, gender equality, racial equality, age equality, voting rights for farm animals.
Name your kid toothbrush and make him wear potato sacks to private school just for bantz if you want.
But stay the fuck away from bond please.
Wengereagle I think red means the original not the remake of Pelham 123.
Thats a great film
Do I get moderated when changing my name?
Marko
It’s very possible I went in expecting too much after loving the original.
I remember seeing the Road to Perdition and being disappointed re watched it now several times and it’s a great film.
What screwed me were the reviews – best film since the Godfather – another of my favourites.
The Bridegroom of Frankenstein
That would tick a lot of the politically correct boxes.
“This season will still be bumpy, but fuck man, it feels good to have some joy back in our football lives.”
F*cking Amen to that.
Valentin
You managed to surmise my feelings on 2049 completely there.
Haha Marko and Grabs, showing my age there too didn’t even know it was a remake.
All
Alien and Aliens. A*
Ghostbusters 1 A* GB with the chicks…I really liked it B*
Prometheus. Panned but I liked it.
Interstellar. No. My wife nailed it within 5 mins…honestly she knew the ending within 5 mins. I didn’t. That annoyed me.
Apocalypse Now. Wow. Just wow.
All of the Mission Impossible movies are brilliant.
I like Tom Cruise.
Dirty Harriet
That’s got to be a porno.
Assault on precinct 13 the original is a great film as well. Not the remake.
Escape from New York. Absolutely class, Shame about escape from LA
Rogue one was good as well, probably because of the links into the original star wars.
MarcAugust 9, 2019 21:45:44
Jesus you can imagine it now Dirty Harry remade as a lesbian black female who doesn’t shoot people!
🤢
I know what you’re asking yourself
Where is my safe space….did I load up with 6 trigger warnings
Goh
Prometheus was quality. Should have stuck to their guns on the original story rather than throw a load of aliens into covenant. Biggest let down of my life that film
Once upon a time in America.
Must be up there.
Guns,
Alien and aliens are two classics.
Terminator 1 and 2
Predator.
Die hard.
Some great eighties films.
U4GN
The other thing about Rogue One was you had a strong female lead without it being turned into a sanitary towel advert.
She didn’t blow up the death start because she’s on her period but because she’s a strong woman saving all the weak men bollocks.
Un
Rogue one could have been brilliant but…
Some stories don’t need to be told. Like the Han Solo abomination. Oh my.
Luke Skywalker was a victim of the writers who weren’t actually alive when the original came out!
If you ever get the chance, check out the YouTube channel ‘everything wrong with’ and look up Star Wars with Kevin Smith. Hilarious.
It’s very possible I went in expecting too much after loving the original.
That’s the thing I always thought the original was overrated. That famous soundtrack by Vangelis is annoying. Plus he rapes that robot ffs. Weird how I’ve never seen that get a mention. Best thing about it was Rutgar Hauer
Un na
Funny!
What screwed me were the reviews – best film since the Godfather – another of my favourites
Marc
Best avoid the reviews. Critics now only view film through a narrow progressive prism.
Up 4
All of those.
Love Arnold. Total Recall:
“Considerthatthedivorce”
The remake with that bastard was uncomfortable and chilling in the bad way.
Lucia skywalker strikes back
Total recall was fucking quality
Running man was great too.
Has anyone seen State of Grace?
Marko you must have?
As Peter Griffin says: “the Godfather insists upon itself”
Defo one of the most overrated movies of all time.
I liked promethus,
Interstellar was just awful though.
Nolans batman trilogy worth a mention.
John carpenters the thing.
Damn I miss the eighties
Guns
I used to watch it
Better one is smack talk or voxis productions
Fucking hilarious
Same guy does both channels but he’s top notch
Well that was a disappointing opening match…. pretty well over after 20 mins..
Oh well .. Hurry up Sunday and get here already..
Un na
I agree and it’s a bit similar to football pundits – there seems to be a line that you have to follow.
No independent thought at all.
1980’s were the best for movies.
Unapologetic bullshit. Loved it.
Honestly preferred Goodfellas to The Godfather.
“John carpenters the thing.”
Fucking great film.
No Marc I have not
WE
OK Goodfellas is a great film and a personal favourite but the Godfather is one of the greatest films ever made.
No ifs or buts – any repeats of that and I’ll make you watch a loop for 24 hours straight of all the Spud’s trophy wins over the last decade OK?
Honestly preferred Goodfellas to The Godfather.
They’re both great films but you probably don’t get one without the other
The thing
Stop
Greatest horror of all time
The fly is up there too
Original Robocop
The exorcism of Emily Rose is very underrated
District 9
Loved Annihilation too. Not as good as the book but very good
Alex garland is fucking brilliant
Ex machina was great, 28 days later
Marc yes a good strong female character in Rogue one.
When it’s done right its good.
Guns that everything wrong with website is funny as anything.
Also try the website how it should have ended.
Always thought goodfellas was overrated a bit. Very good but without doubt raging bull was their best work.
The Thing was 100% a scary movie. As was the first Nightmare on Elm St.
Marc, did you think Childs was the thing? Lots of theories say he was.
The petrol theory is a good one.
One of my favourite movie: Runaway Train.
Raw, uncompromising and superb image (for the time) to the service of the story with great characters.
How it should have ended is good but smack talk/vox productions is better.
Marko
It’s a real cult classic – Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, Robin Wright where she met Sean Penn.
It’s about the Irish mob in Boston set late 80’s.
Won’t spoil any of it for you but give it a go.
Casino
Nicky Santoro
Up 4.
Will do!
Child’s had no breath in the final scene. Mac did. Got to be childs
Marc
I get that objectively it’s a better film, I just preferred Goodfellas personally but I have a soft spot for Pesci who’s just brilliant in it.
As Marko says though, without The Godfather you don’t have Goodfellas and you don’t have The Sopranos which is my favourite TV show of all time. Love how the characters in it even revere and pay homage to The Godfather in so many scenes.
The Marathon Man
Carry On Dick
Blazing Saddles
The French Connection
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Fredric March)
The Omen
Serpico
The Exorcist
The running man,
Commando.
Robocop the original, 2&3 were major disappointment.
Total recall was quality, that three boobed prozzie gets me every time!
Arnie couldn’t do much wrong back then.
Really not looking forward to seeing the new Terminator film out later in the year.
The Marathon Man
Carry On Dick
Blazing Saddles
The French Connection
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Fredric March)
The Omen
Serpico
Mean Streets
The Exorcist
Un
The therory is that macready gave childs petrol to drink and because the thing didn’t know what alcohol was, it didn’t spit it out. Childs would have and macready then knew he was alone with the thing. That’s why he smiled when childs drank from the molitov cocktail.
Won’t spoil any of it for you but give it a go.
I’ll have to.
Trailer for that Irishman looks promising. Joe Pesci can’t wait
GOH
I think sometimes you get people over thinking films and of course the cast / director is mysterious because it generates more coverage.
I’ll be honest I’d never even thought about that until I saw it online and I’d seen the film probably half a dozen times by then.
I actually agree with Corbyn on four of those movies.
Up 4
Why did you think it was awful? The scene where he gets back and his kids are 20-30 years older and sending video messages of their kids
Literally had me in tears
It’s marmite though that fun but it did it for me.
Love Matthew mc- ah fuck I’m not even going to bother trying to spell it.
First scene of inglorious bastards- one of the greatest of all time
True romance, the Sicilian blood scene with Dennis hopper and Christopher walken was brilliant.
Seven psychopaths great film too.
Marc
Of course. I’ve seen it 20 times and never have it a thought. But the internet is full of weirdos…most on here.
Scorsese is amazing, still has it in his 70’s when most of the best have long gone downhill.
Wolf of Wallstreet was absolutely wild, most enjoyable film I’d watched in a long time when it came out.
Is there another director in the game that has had an all-time classic film in every decade from the 70’s until now?
Taxi Driver [1976]
Raging Bull [1980]
GoodFellas [1990]
The Departed [2006]
The Wolf of Wall Street [2013]