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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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.
GOH
Oooooh! Never thought of that. Where did you hear that?
I’ll tell you another fella that’s great for movie breakdowns
Collative learning or Rob Ager. Very good. He does a long video on the thing.
WE
The story goes that after the first series of the Soprano’s the New York mob got word to the writers that they loved it, the bits about quoting the Godfather actually happens but they made one major fuck up – there’s a scene where Tony has a barbeque at home, invites loads of his “family” both blood and extended and wears shorts. They told them a boss would never wear shorts in front of associates.
I thought that was fucking brilliant!
Blazing Saddles is quality.
WE you see that Greenbook that won all those Oscars there recently? I saw it in the cinema thought it was brilliant and then the credits started to roll and I couldn’t believe it I thought the guy who it was based on looked familiar and it turns out that it was based on the true story of the guy who played Carmine Lupertazzi in the sopranos. Thought it was fantastic but not surprising honestly so many of the guys who were in Goodfellas in the background and then the sopranos were mobbed up back in the day
Un
It might have actually been from Rob Agar. He’s that scouse schlepper!
It’s a great theory. Overlooked. Remember the end where MAC is chucking the Molotov’s around the base? He saved one and then gave it to childs.
Very clever.
Wolf of Wallstreet was absolutely wild, most enjoyable film I’d watched in a long time when it came out.
Eagle
Its a film made for men. Back in the 80s you had eye candy non stop
These days it’s just naked dudes everywhere in films. Wolf was the first film I’ve seen in years to buck the trend
WE
You missed off Casino – another good film.
I forgot, The Mechanic, Bronson’s best Film.
Goh
That’s him
I put him on at night sometimes but fall asleep so I may have missed that bit.
Still prefer smack talk though.
Jason Stahams Mechanic is better.
Un
I think loads of people have come up with the theory but RA really goes hard into it. Some of his vids on the thing are 20mins long.
The ripped clothing one is also a bit of a good one.
One of the best things about the Thing is just the music.
The way that piece just creeps in – so good.
No lol
Dum dum dum dum
Dum dum dum dum
The chest defibrillator scene. Forget about it.
Requiem for a Dream
The Wrestler
The Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky got some quality movies.
They told them a boss would never wear shorts in front of associates. I thought that was fucking brilliant!
That was written for Carmine Lupertazzi.
Un na,
Just couldn’t get into Interstellar, watched it twice and it still confuses the hell out of me.
GOH
No it’s the bit where the head wonders off – the guy looks round and utters one of the best lines in cinema “You gotta be fucking kidding me”
Fargo
No Country for Old Men
Burn After Reading
A Serious Man
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Sting
Godfather 2
The Big Lebowski
Basically all Tarantino films
Guns of HackneyAugust 9, 2019 21:53:53
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!
Goh
Luke sky walker was the victim of agenda driven feminists who were hell bent on humiliating a treasured character because of his race and gender.
Same shit is happening all over the shop
Spider-Man, Superman (Michael b Jordan I’m hearing is going to succeed Henry Cavill) the gunslinger, bond.
Marc,
The music from all those John carpenter films are eerie.
Halloween
The fog
Escape from New York.
The thing
Just quality.
Marc Hahaha that’s class, some of my favourite scenes in The Sopranos are when Tony’s out sparking up the Barbie. Remember the episode where it’s Carmela’s old lad’s birthday and he goes over slapping him in the face with the grilled sausages while wearing shorts and an open Hawaiian while his snobby old ‘intellectual’ chums are looking on in physical discomfort. Priceless. Yeah apparently the Mobs didn’t act like that at all but it started to catch on as the show was so good. Crazy how much influence on culture a great show/film can have. You ever watch the interviews… Read more »
Love the big Lebowski
And Quentin
Looking forward to once upon a time in Hollywood
Marko
No haven’t seen it, is it really based on the CL actor? I’ll have to give it a look, was great in Sopranos.
Who was your favourite character in it besides Tony? Always a tough choice.
Red the sting is a quality film.
Three days of the condor is good as well.
Up 4
Shame man. One of the most emotional films I’ve watched, weirdly. Just related to the father daughter element and it got me. Loved the idea of love transcending Time and space. Thought it was beautiful. Really needs to be taken in on the big screen though with sound right up to enjoy the film
2001 A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick was a genius
WE
I’ve seen some but all years ago. The Soprano’s is still one of the best things we’ve ever had on TV.
Did you ever watch The Shield?
A Black Superman? It sounds like we’re doing Blacksploitation all over again.
Blackenstein
Blackula
Carpenter does do scary very well.
Another great Robert Redford film was Brubaker.
And a forgotten 90’s film spy game with Brad Pitt.
Can watch that over and over.
“This isn’t ‘Nam, there are rules!”
Lebowski is in my top 3 of all time, no doubt about it. So many pearlers in that film.
Looking forward to once upon a time too.
Unn
About as high a movie on testosterone as you’ll see.
Even moving past the obvious though the script and the acting were just great, likes of Jonah Hill and McConnaughey who hadn’t yet been embraced back into Hollywood’s graces at the time [exploded after True Detective and Dallas Buyer’s Club] were top notch and Leo never disappoints.
“Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in”
What’s better Pacino doing it or Silvio from the Soprano’s?
Weagle
Paulie Walnuts hands down
Fave episode where he and Chris are lost in the woods in the snow trying to kill the Russian
No shoes
Starving
Then when they get back to the car Pauli’s sees Chris has been eating a pack of tic favs the whole time and calls him a greedy cunt.
Brilliant.
Tic tacs
The shining and EWS are very good.
I must be the only human alive who can’t get through the opening 20 mins of 2001. Awful.
As for FMJ. Jesus. Bleak. Watched once. Done.
Barry Lyndon is meant to be his best work but it’s 400 hours long. I’m waiting for a month where I literally have nothing to do before embarking on it.
Silvio
100%
Springsteen’s guitarist he is.
The Shield was great. Funny how it really benefited from his main actor wanting to change his image. From fat teddy bear losing his hair to head shaved muscle bound psycho.
Wasn’t mad on Hateful 8 and I love Tarantino.
Pulp Fiction is a masterpiece plain and simple. Inglorious Bastards, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Django Unchained all excellent too.
Thought Kill Bill was decent, 2nd one better than 1st.
New Trailer for Hollywood film looks great.
Eagle
Jonah hill is very underrated. Talking of talented actors I love fassbender but he always chooses roles that just is too often
He could be a legend if he selected more carefully
I really enjoyed hateful 8
Kurt Russell and as always Samuel L were great in it
That bobbins fella was good too
Up 4 grabs
John Carpenters best musical score is Assault on Precinct 13
Jackie Brown is QTs best work by a long way IMO.
The soundtrack was also his best.
Unfortunately apart from JB and RD all his movies roll into the same cliched nonsense.
Ballad of buster Scruggs was good
Very much enjoyed that
No haven’t seen it, is it really based on the CL actor?
Yeah man Tony Lip fantastic how I never knew it while watching the film. Basically used to work the door at the Copa and all the mob guys loved him. Did some driving for them but wasn’t in in if you know what I mean. Tony Sirico who played Paulie went to prison used to be bastard growing up.
As for my favourite character honestly couldn’t go further than Tony and Junior. Some of their interactions were told. Had a soft spot for Ralphie too
Goh
Come on man. One thing you can’t call Tarantino is cliched.
Who else writes dialogue like that?
Marc
No actually haven’t been meaning to, heard it is up there with The Wire and Sopranos which I find hard to believe but then again thought that nothing would ever come close to The Wire first time I watched it and then I went through the Sopranos.
You a Fincher fan btw? Another really interesting director.
Fave episode where he and Chris are lost in the woods in the snow trying to kill the Russian
No shoes
Starving
You one shoe cocksucker. Directed by Buscemi
Un
But it’s the same dialogue over and over with very small changes.
He does what he does better than anyone but he seems a bit stuck.
Valentin
The Shield is one of those that really went under the radar – I loved it from the off just the whole thing of do you love or loath Mackey?
That first episode where a little girl’s been abducted, they’ve got the guy but he wont’ say where she is – then Mackey goes into the interrogation room.
Red,
Yeah that’s up there as well.
The thing and Halloween for me.
I watched the reboot halloween last year in a cinema on my own. That music starts up and it sets the hairs up on the back of your neck.
Guns of HackneyAugust 9, 2019 22:20:21
Dum dum dum dumDum dum dum dumThe chest defibrillator scene. Forget about it.
Guns
Dog scene in the kennel every time. Nothing else like it for years and will always always haunt me
The 2006 hills have eyes was very good too. Fucking evil in parts.
Unn
Hahahaha Pine Barrens is hilarious the whole way through. Rationing the Ketchup and Relish and the scene with the Russian ‘Interior Decorator’.
Don’t know what the episode name was but when Meadow’s BF catches Vito sucking off the security guard and is breaking the news to Tony’s crew, scene is comedy gold from start to finish.
Speaking of mob related television I can absolutely guarantee you that the best tv series you’re not watching is Gomorrah. Absolutely brilliant series from start to finish. Not quite on the holy grail of TV (Wire, Sopranos and Deadwood) but pretty close
Ooo. The dog kennel scene!
Or the blood test scene.
Terrifying.
WE
Ha didn’t recognise the name so googled him – bloody hell he’s been about but a couple of series things to his name.
Eagle don’t remember that scene. Was it the black boyfriend or the Italian wannabe gangster?
Haven’t seen that show in over 12 years
Been meaning to go back to it again but there’s so much I haven’t watched like the wire and such.
I’ll have to give it another go.
The terror is very good by the way. Wry well writers and acted. No jump scares. Just an overarching sense of dread and hopelessness building.
Marko
Now we agree. Love Gomorrah.
Mackey is one of the character that you should hate, but you can’t help feel for him.
The end is tragic. Despite all his misdeeds he is free so should be the winner. But he has lost his pack and is stuck to a desk job that he clearly hates and has glimpses of the action in the outside world.
You a Fincher fan btw? Another really interesting director.
Massive Fincher fan
Love death robots
Quality
Ooooo
The shield and Gomorrah
Going on the list!!!
I’m waiting for CG to come on here and name Eastenders as the greatest piece of filmography ever!
Then tell everyone else they don’t know what they’re talking about.
I’m waiting for CG to come on here and name Eastenders as the greatest piece of filmography ever!
Marc
😂
Hahahahahaha
Brilliant that.
Guns.
The blood testing scene where Gary is tied to the chair. After he’s been cleared.
Gentleman I know it’s been a trying day but I really don’t want to be spend the rest of the winter tied to this fucking chair!!!!!
Or words to that effect. Lol
Un na
The Shield – well worth it really good another one is Southland similar gritty American based cop series.
Marko
They had a 20 year reunion roundtable there only recently.
Actor that played Junior still sharp as a tack in his mid 80’s whereas Sirico looks on deaths door in his mid 70’s. Guy looks like he’s lived an eventful life all right.
Yeah Paulie, Ralphie and Johnny Sack were my favourites beside Tony but Junior was great too. Scene with him and Tony playing golf and Tony needling him about playing in the muff, hilarious.
Up 4
Yes ha ha…his response was great. I think you got the dialogue spot on actually.
Yeah I couldn’t recommend Gomorrah enough. Might be hard to get outside of sky boxsets. Worth it though. The guy who plays Genny Savestano is a big Naples head too. He’s always on in a Napoli jersey giving it socks
Marc it’s amazing how everyone gets along. When we’re not talking about arsenal.
CG will be along soon to stir the pot I’m sure though.
Unn
Neither, was the aspiring dentist, think his name was Finn or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCvFNH28lo
He does what he does better than anyone but he seems a bit stuck.
Goh
Not for me. While all his films have that distinctive Tarantino zing to the dialogue and tone they all standout as remarkably different in theme and story and visual style.
You know it’s him but it’s so strikingly different from his last project. The guy is an absolute genius. Fincher is another.
I’ll probably get shit for this but aranovsky, I like his work too. Even though it is pretentious.
Wes Anderson. Paul Thomas Anderson. Some of Mel Gibson too.
David Lynch
Zeneckis too. Big Forrest Gump and cast away fan. His films have heart
The Coens
Marc
Fight Club a classic, as is Seven and Zodiac.
Fight Club in particular is an experience though. Probably Ed Norton at his best along with American History X.
Neil Blomkamp
Anyone heard of his new studio?
Oats studio
He’s making short films on YouTube and they are fucking quality. Suck you in and make you want to see the rest
If he managers to raise £100m he will do a trilogy
Some of the ideas and creatures and effects on a small budget are brilliant
He’s basically saying that Hollywood is a closed shop for origami ideas and he can make something better on £30m than what is currently being served up from Hollywood.
I’ll post a link
https://m.youtube.com/user/OatsStudios/videos
Well worth a contribution in my eyes.
WE
Ed Norton’s one of those actors who just ups the film.
Have you ever seen Rounders? It’s not the greatest film you’ll ever see but worth a couple of hours.
U4GN
” it’s amazing how everyone gets along. When we’re not talking about arsenal.”
Which is fucking ridiculous the one thing that unites us and brings us all here is a love of Arsenal and we fight like cats and dogs – we talk about music or films and we’re taking recommendations on what to line up next!
I would suggest serious mental help but I’d have to be first in the queue!
We
Don’t remember that at all!! Been too long
Need to get reacquainted with the guys
Love it when Tony pulls Pauli into line.
Marc
Think I’ve seen that a while ago, the one with Matt Damon too and it’s about gambling? Liked it.
I really do like Matt Damon but he’s not up there as one of my absolute favourites, think he can be a little stiff in roles at times compared to others like Norton although to be fair he is a leading man and tends to play the straight man/protagonist much more often than character roles.
Origami?? Original ideas
Marc,
Lol.
Right I’m off to bed, let’s hope villa do us all a favour tomorrow.
Unn
Watched Elysium, did you see that one? Thought the concept was fascinating but it wasn’t executed terribly well, solid film but had the potential for much more. South African actor playing the villain was amazing.
Have to get around to watching District 9.
Gutted Gandolfini is gone buts it’s probaky saved his legacy from a new series or the sopranos movie
WE
Damon’s a bit of an odd one – he does some films that are really top rate others are just meh.
Have you seen the Good Shepard – really under rated top spy thriller – no car chases or explosions. Quite a long film but worth it for any who haven’t seen it it’s about the birth of the CIA leading up to the Bay of Pigs. If my memory serves me correctly it was directed by De Niro.
Eagle
You haven’t seen district 9????!!!
Mate you’re missing out
Brilliant film
Elysium nit that great for me.
Rio off of the battle angle mange and nit executed as well
Watch district 9
Copley is brilliant in it
And watch I saw the devil
Ie said it in here before but for me it’s nearly as good as old boy
Just under
Fantastic film
Un na
Apparently they are going to make a Soprano’s movie but set it in the times of his old man and Uncle Ju.
Was having a cigarette in the row so last post copped it a bit
I’m sure you’ll decipher the gibberish
Marc
Nooo
Leave it well alone. No gandolfini no sopranos
Even if he were alive just leave the classics alone. They just can’t help but milk that nostalgia cow can they? And we keep buying the milk.
Un na
The talk is David Chase is going to be involved so it could be good – it’s natural though to think they’re just going to milk this for the cash.
It’ll all depend on who’s behind it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0V24IEHao
Would love to see Blomkamp make a feature length version
I thought that Gandolfini’s son was going to be playing a young Tony Soprano in the Soprano movie that is supposed to be a prequel to the serie.
Is that not the case?
Marc
Yeah but I read somewhere that genius is a place in time and it’s only limited
It doesn’t last. Happneded to them all. Best, maradonna, Hendrix, Lennon, the stones, Dylan, McCartney.
That’s why shows ruin themselves because they just keep going and going way past the nerve they originally strike.
Valentin
Hadn’t heard that I’d heard it was going to be his dad and brother set back in the 60’s.
I must admit that was a good few years ago maybe they’ve shifted their ideas.
Ed Norton’s one of those actors who just ups the film.
Big footy fan too. Whenever there’s a charity game on he’s usually in it getting nutmegged by Olly Murs.
Gutted Gandolfini is gone buts it’s probaky saved his legacy from a new series or the sopranos movie
What are you talking about Don the series ended years before his death and the movie is set around his father and uncle junior’s rise to power
Dunno who his kid is playing in it but he is in it. He’s also in the Deuce which is cool
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xwWgp1bqVwE
Trailer for I saw the devil
I’m telling you lads
Watch this film.
Un na
Thing about your last comment – the legends who are best remembered are the ones who have their careers cut short and die early – ie Hendrix guy was 27 – seems to have been a load of musicians who died at that same age Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones – it seems to be a strange coincidence.