There is FURY on the website messageboards…
‘WONDER OF YOU R U AVIN A LAUGH!’
I really have to say that the thought of that song entering the musical lexicon again really fills me with sadness.
Where has that idea come from?
Wasn’t it Ivan Gazidis that brought that song back?
It’s awful. Utter shite. Doesn’t get anyone excited. I swear, every time it came on, people bitched and moaned about its existence. The song reminds me of Denilson falling on his face, not something I want to be reminded of.
I grew up with ENTERTAIN YOU by the magnificent Robbie Williams. Great build, electric, sung by one of the great pop ROCK stars of my childhood. I genuinely lost my mind listening to that song before it came on at Highbury.
I was a kid so don’t judge the taste levels… actually, fuck it, you can’t be too cool for this song, it’s a great track. I won’t have anyone deny me. You can still like Beach House and appreciate Robbie.
Another classic Arsenal tune we could revisit is Fatboy Slim, Right Here, Right Now. I still get Arsenal chills when I hear that song, a bit edgier, everyone knows it, there’s even a hint of Ian Wright in it.
Wonder of You? I don’t care about its history. I don’t care that it’s a classic. I don’t care that your grandad knocked up your grandma to it. It’s a shite song and has absolutely no place at the club.
We could roll with something a little more contemporary? Foals – Providence is a great track.
I know Kasabian are Leicester fans, but come on, Underdog? SYMBOLIC.
You know you’d be pissing in your plastic cup and lobbing it at Steve Bruce if this came on… because that is how we enjoy gigs in London. I told American’s that what happens and they refused to believe me.
Which tune would YOU want to hear?
Mesut Ozil rumours reached the Washington Post… I was quite excited to hear what they had on offer, sadly, all pointers indicate to a deal being for next summer. Probably better for our squad if I’m honest. I’m not sure we can lose too many more players without taking on massive risk to our experience balance. Still, at least they’re making moves for next year.
Chelsea lost in the Super Cup on penalties, but again looked far better than the result suggested. Frank Lampard has had a tough start, he’s going to have to hope he has strong motivational skills otherwise he’s going to have problems this season. Jury still out, but Kante is an absolute powerhouse, he’ll always be worth 10 points a season.
I was having a debate with some grown adults trying to convince me that mobile phones in grounds when the games are going on is acceptable. ‘It’s a Generational thing’ apparently like mobile communications devices started last year.
Can’t have it.
They’re a blight on gigs, the cinema, stand-up shows, dinner dates, funerals, after-sex-chat, and it’s simply bad manners. You’d be lying to yourself if you think it’s just the young, if anything, this behaviour is just as prevalent in older folk. Tommy Robinson can’t even go to court without filming himself and he’s 36.
Here is Donald Glover, one of the hottest contemporary artists on the planet (I know some of you needed that), making a great point.
“I think telling people to put their phones away really forces a person to be present.”
Amen Donald, spoken like a true pro. We could all do with a little less phone time in our lives because it’s a sad indictment of humans when there’s a market for addressing the problem.
I like the generation that the ASHBURTON ARMY (@ArsenalChants) is from, the average age there is probably sub 23. Their Twitter page is starting a fan movement to make loads of noise at the home games. They look like they have a lot of fun, they make up great songs, and they’re getting a fucking drum.
Unreal.
Finally, new Lacazette song.
This Alexandre Lacazette song is incredible 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vJnJRumE8Q
— Arsenal FC News (@ArsenalFC_fl) August 13, 2019
LISTEN TO MY POD:
Marko, Really good article which shows that the new regime is being much more methodical and thoughtful about developing a pathway for talented young players from the U-23s to the senior squad, with careful thought given to whether players should be released, loaned or go the senior squad, and if they are loaned, which club setup is best for them ,avoiding Gnabry-to-Pulis like situations. When the talk first emerged about the focus on youth, I was somewhat suspicious that was a lot corporate PR guff driven by budgetary constraints, with no substance behind it. But I now feel that in… Read more »
The constant bullying tactics have to stop.
Please talk about the football. The personal vendetta angle every day is so fucking boring for everyone else.
The tradtional Captain’s Notes will not appear in tomorrow’s match programme because we do not have a captain.
Not sure the literary world will mourn its passing. But what does it say about team “leadership” ?
China…
Henry
Bergkamp
Vieira
Mclintock
Adams
If not the greatest then the most influential.
Though Henry was the greatest in my opinion.
“dogs!”
Pedro the comment above is from one of the posters you believe is being bullied..just saying
I would rather people ignore him than abuse him but he does not do himself many favors. He actually becomes more aggressive and provocative when ignored and he certainly isn’t discussing football.
Michael i look at our present line up of players and i don’t see many captains
Xhaka isn’t a captain regardless of the house key story.
Maybe Lacazette
Papa i don’t think so
Monreal…nah
“Michael i look at our present line up of players and i don’t see many captains ”
Exactly. But removing the Captain’s Notes from the official match programme could be seen as the Club acknowledging the predicament.
Pedro My original comment seemed to offend many on here. Here it is ” PierreAugust 16, 2019 09:11:43 As we know, Burnley are a physically strong team , this present Arsenal team , I would say, lack physicality, the problem us we also lack the high technical level that we have had in recent years. Arsenal have a very good home record v physical teams like Burnley ,Stoke and Bolton etc This is mainly due to our superior technical level which would allow us to keep possession of the football which in itself negates teams like Burnley ‘s ability to… Read more »
Pedro, so true bruh.
Perhaps you should look at people like ‘leftsidesanch’ who add nothing to the discussion. Just randomly pops up, throws an insult and vanishes.
I mean, just look at this comment :
LeftsidesanchAugust 16, 2019 15:10:20
Popped in here, Pierre still going on and on about the same thing ZZZZ Get a hobby old man.
Text book Bully. Tsk tsk
“Exactly. But removing the Captain’s Notes from the official match programme could be seen as the Club acknowledging the predicament.”
Acknowledging a problem helps in solving it. Doesn’t help that all our previous captains left first chance they got
I’d give it to Papa, I guess. Only one who even remotely resembles captain material.
Then Holding or Laca vice captain? Jesus. We really have a soft squad.
“The personal vendetta angle every day is so fucking boring for everyone else.”
Is that attacks on other posters or certain posters constantly attacking the management set up?
Our captains:
1. Ozil (good lord)
2. Xhaka
3. Monreal
4. Bellerin
5. Sokratis
Like it or not it is what it is. I d rather see Bellerin and Sokratis as prime captains though.
Captain Ozil Joke Friday
Captaincy is so overrated in football.
What the fvck do they actually do?
I could understand the pivotal role of a captain in a sport like cricket.
But football?
Pedro “The constant bullying tactics have to stop.”
I am waiting to see when you steps in. The quality of the blog has deteriorated. A number of posters gang up on one poster. No visitor would like to read this. A waster of time.
Be great to set the tone tomorrow. Want to see an energetic and purposeful display, very pacey, very direct.
RR, thanks for the laugh.
You literally just summarised yourself.
What, am I added to your little list of people you pop up and insult before YOU vanish now?
Maybe PedRo will read what you typed, and my days are numbered on here.
Tick tock…hickory dock…
Pedro It’s not really fair to characterize it as a personal vendetta that carries over, not when Pierre has admitted to being a troll on a wind-up. Granted it’s obvious he’s not like that all the time, but he is definitely like that from time to time. It’s something that’s carried on for ages now, how can a response to that not be allowed to carry on along with it? It’s not a response to old ridiculous shit that prompts the angry ripostes, it’s the old shit that’s been said today, the current day, that prompts new attention to it.… Read more »
And which is it Rambo Ramsey, because the other day I, alongside Dissenter and Marko spend our time on here with 100+ comments.
So which one is it, I flood the comments, or I pop up and vanish?
Anyway, it’s been fun. I’m not your enemy this is an Arsenal blog so you keep up the cyber badboy act and leave me to it. Kay? Ta.
And how can a poster constantly talking about Emery buying Suarez not get boring? I can see Ceballos is the new thing that will be discussed to death by the same poster who has admitted today and various times that he is on a wind up. How is that not boring????
There’s bullying going on? Where? Not since bamford’s been gone has there been any bullying on here. Very strange stance to take. Advising people to stop engaging with someone who’s an obvious troll isn’t bullying
Back to Arsenal – does anyone have any Ozil posters for sale? Asking for a friend.
*joke friday*
“This last post by him playing the victim again”
I don’t believe a word you said, pierre is not like that.
(Lol)
I fully appreciate that Pedro does not have the time to police the comments section full time and I’m pretty sure the time he does have would be better spent doing other things. He does however fail to deal with certain types of poster who constantly ruin the blog or push past acceptable lines. This blog was renowned for being anti Wenger but the people least likely to be banned now are AKB’s. If someone has a sensible critical comment about what’s going on now – good it’s what the comments section is about. If someone wants to speculate that… Read more »
Jamie
Do you want those pre cum stained or will your friend apply that himself?
Marko
Are you saying Bamford was a bully or was being bullied?
I wasn’t about when he got banned so not sure what you mean.
Joke Friday RE: bullying.
Yesterday on my way home I saw these two men beating up another man in an alley, so I rushed over to help. It was over pretty quickly after that. Guy didn’t stand a chance against the three of us.
Marc
But ultimately they have the end goal that is desired (ragging on Emery and the new regime) so they are protected.
Sanllehi was some journeyman who had no idea how to be a DoF, was going to protect himself, have rings run around him by Emery at the start of the summer and the hipster fetish that is Mislintat was pined after…now look.
Luteo
Was he a scouser?
Bamford wasn’t bullied. Maybe you’d call it that under the current climate of LeGrove. Back then it was known as “banter”.
My friend Richard is always bullying all the little kids in the neighbourhood.
He is such a Dick.
Marc there was a handful of posters who’s favourite pastime was dogpile on Bamford. I’ll admit I had run in’s with him but I never bullied.
Nelson – agreed and one of the reasons I tend not to stay on this blog much as these insults are just so boring
Marc,
The banner says ‘Where you can have an opinion, not get one’.
I do find it ludicrous all the outrage over any criticism of any personnel at the club now.
The majority on here have spent the majority of their comments over the majority of the last decade shitting on the club.
And for all you know, might come to the same situation again in six months. Who knows.
So you don’t want to be drawing any lines there.
Bamford’s was the closest thing to bullying around here and I wouldn’t even necessarily call it that but compared to the supposed treatment of CG it was
Cesc
The funny thing is Pierre (as an example) can’t get his head round the fact that an awful lot of posters will support Emery as manager, if he cocks up he’ll get criticism, when he does well he’ll get praise and whether it’s next summer or the summer after when he leaves we’ll support a new manager. Some will be happy with the appointment others will be less so.
What we don’t have is a cult of personality where an individual is bigger than the club.
Rambo
Yeah but there’s an observational level of criticism and then some of the blind hate towards the club now.
Wenger is not and has never been bigger than the club.
ManU fans loved Fergie (you can’t blame them) but they moved on.
Reallly difficult to get a strong feel for captaincy The stuff on the pitch is often quite visible but the dressing room is also key. One point I do remember though is back in 1988 when I and most others were shocked by GG decision to appoint a 19 year old Tony Adams as captain once Sansom had left esp as I assumed the job would go to our great CB David O’Leary I could see the lad had a mouth on him but couldn’t see him as captain material The rest is history of course and shows me then… Read more »
Northbanker
Agree 100% we don’t see what goes on close up. Presence is something that you need to be exposed to and you can’t do that a couple of hundred feet away.
Does anyone really think that Adam’s didn’t have an influence when he was playing for England but Shearer was captain?
The other problem with captaincy is the massive transition happening now with so many new faces and youngsters emerging
So looking at what’s left, who is not injured for weeks yet and sheer display of balls then I’d go for Sok as cap and Laca as vc
1. Last season was shit.
2. The football was shit.
3. The way we limped to the finishing line was embarrassing.
4. The January window was a shocker.
5. This summer window has been unimpressive, nothing much has changed with our achilles heel (defense)
6. The fact that Xhaka is a captain is an abomination.
I met this little boy today who told me he is starting at a new school tomorrow and was afraid that the other kids would bully him.
I told him, “Don’t be silly, Someoneyourownsize. Why would anyone pick on you?”
Oh Copenhagen you sexy sexy bastards
Rambo
Well that’s optimism for you. Winter TWs will remain shit because the few players available are consequently too expensive
I don’t think Raul will do business then unless he spots a genuine bargain More likely he will grease the wheels for an early summer strike on a young CB and reserve GK
Marc More than anything it’s just a way to excuse Wenger still, if Emery got leniency from them last year the reason must be the environment he was working in was shite. Bashing Emery, though there is some fair criticism, is just a way of indirectly saying Wenger didn’t leave a bad situation behind and actual Wenger was pretty good. I actually think either next summer or latest the one after Emery will be replaced. It’s just hilarious how people went from incessant defence in May 2018 (that had lasted about 7 years at that point) to incessant attack in… Read more »
Ramsey
Problem with comments like that is firstly this summer was good, we brought in a new LB, a CB for the future and a CB that should be an improvement on Kos. The second point where your comment falls down is you won’t answer how many seasons you could’ve said the same thing under Wenger.
I’d really like to see Wenger get a new job – the AKB’s can then have a first team they support with Arsenal an after thought.
Emery has served a purpose even assuming he’s not successful on the trophy front which has been to instil a work ethic back in the players
Of course he has the problem of a number of lazy shits in the team but there is now a corporate feel of intolerance to them now
Just Arsenal, Dortmund, Leverkusen and Zenith tomorrow to cash out this acca.
Could get used to this betting business🤔
Cesc
It’s highly unlikely Emery will do more than 3 years. If he doesn’t get CL football this season he’ll be gone and even if he does I wonder if Sanllehi might not look to make a change anyway.
How do you guys find time to argue with those who never said a bad word about Wenger? Oh then there’s those who can’t seem to read past CG’s posts without biting.
I don’t want to be greedy and of course I’ll be happy happy enough with a 1-0 win. However in an ideal world, I would like to see a real roasting of Burnley tomorrow… 4-0 or 5-0? With an Laca or Auba hat trick would do quite nicely.
We need to recapture the fear factor at our home ground again and it would do us a world of good to face Liverpool and Tottenham with plenty of goals in the “for” column.
https://www.goal.com/en/news/from-pepe-tierney-to-nelson-willock-inside-arsenals-creation/1oc8eo9h2c1gr12frhjq1yscqk The link exactly articulates some of the issues that the academy encountered. Losing every year one or two academy graduate for peanuts to see them then within 2 to 3 years join a team regularly in the Champion’s League team is a waste of resources. It also show that this is not an isolated problem but a systemic issue that need resolving. No loan manager, no coherent decision into which club a loan player went, no pathway to first team. At last the management team have wake up that they have a talented bunch of youngsters that need following… Read more »
Leeds
1-0 would do just fine, I’d like a performance too but i care more about the result, not really one to care for anything else really at least till our 1st choice full backs are fully back but it’s a results business at the end of the day
Leno
AMN Luiz Sokratis Montreal
Willock Torreira
Ceballos
Pepe Laca Auba
Emery would probably fit in Guendozi there though
Marc I agree. I also think whoever is next has a far better situation than Emery had when he arrived. Far more balanced squad, a lot of clutter cleared out, much better regime in place and the academy producing more talent. That is why Emery was such a necessary hire, slightly boring, safe pair of hands to keep a hold of Wenger’s shite squad whilst the club completely modernized because of Wenger’s tyrannical grip on the club. When Emery leaves it is the Head Coach who needs replacing. That’s it. Edu will ensure, or is meant to, that there is… Read more »
“The second point where your comment falls down is you won’t answer how many seasons you could’ve said the same thing under Wenger.”
Yeah, the food at my restraunt was horrible last week. I complained about the cook and they got someone new in. My friend was silent then.
It still tasted awful today. Guess I shouldn’t complain today. And my friend has no right to change his stance.
Chelsea fans are one of its kind. First they injured their GK. Then they racial abuse their own player. I wouldn’t mind their team falls apart.
It’s so surprising to me how many people still put Laca as first choice CF and shunt Auba out wide to accommodate him.
The point I’m making is :
Why should it vex you so much that Pierre and Co are now critical of the club? Isn’t that what you advocated for the last many years?
You are annoyed that they have switched roles to what you used to do? Well, why have you switched yours to do what they used to do?
‘Super Raul’, ‘Fantastic Vinay’, ‘Josh the hero’… Give me a fvcking break.
Lutes
Great joke I was crying with laughter.
Thanks
“Yeah, the food at my restraunt was horrible last week. I complained about the cook”
But you didn’t did you?
You happily shoveled the shit that was served down your throat because you had a fetish for the washed up old cook.
Marc I agree. This blog was set up back in 2008, specifically as an anti- Wenger forum. The reason for this was that the vast majority of knowledgeable fans knew what was happening to the club. The footballing world also knew that we were being dragged into the abyss by a manager and regime that treated us as fools. As it stands, we have 1 or 2 regular posters on here who have made it perfectly clear where their true allegiance still lies. What riles the majority of other posters is these same individuals ignorance or, should I say, blind… Read more »
“You are annoyed that they have switched roles to what you used to do? Well, why have you switched yours to do what they used to do?”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That is the response that question deserves
Batistuta
Is Leverkusen a decent team this season? I’ve been contemplating on betting on them since afternoon
Rambo Ramsey “””1. Last season was shit. 2. The football was shit. 3. The way we limped to the finishing was embarrassing. 4. The January window was a shocker. 5. This summer window has been unimpressive, nothing much has changed with our achilles heel (defense) 6. The fact that Xhaka is a captain is an abomination.””” X 6 very accurate bullet points. Well said ,Sir In 100% total agreement. Only 2 things to look out for tomorrow 1) Is Mourinho in attendance at the Burnley game…. (Is he seriously stalking Arsenal) 2) To see the quality in the City and… Read more »
Rambo
If you think anyone here in the general support of Arsenal fetishes the new regime or the manager anywhere close to the levels that many fans did with the previous, you are delusional.
Any kind of defense of Emery or the new regime has come about due to the fact that the criticism has been agenda driven based on their allegiance to the past. It’s a complete false equivalency.
RR
If you can’t see the difference, them I’m afraid you are also deluded.
Wenger and Gazidis destroyed the club over many many years.
Emery being criticised from day one shows a childish mentality to change and is mindblowingly stupid.
I personally will not give Emery leeway if he fudges things up this season.
They gave Wenger leeway for twelve years.
Ah yes, but there was always an excuse.
Sorry but you’re way off track.
Bati, would pick that team too. Love that your pleasing the Quebecois at LB !
I read that we almost sign a 27 year old CB from Ecuador, Robert Arboleda. He is currently playing for Sao Paulo.
Marko Who would be your first choice front 3? Or or you advocating for a sale? I just find it slightly ironic that we were asking for a wide player so Auba wouldn’t have to play there, we got one but our first choice front line will likely still have that same problem. I suppose we were all expecting one of the two strikers to be sold to fund a purchase, glad they weren’t if they didn’t need to be. I think it’s a better problem to have than not but still raises the question of what is the best… Read more »
LG,Graham
Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that was an honest question.
It was a troll trying to piggyback off other trolls.
You see what I mean “getting away with it”.
How can you let a so called Arsenal fan promote Mourinho as a viable alternative.
Might as well use vile and abusive language.
Arsenal fans would lynch CG if he promoted this in the streets.
The joys of the Internet!
And trolls are the biggest drivers of traffic on the internet.
Which is why Pedro has their back.
Anyone that openly promotes Mourinho as the next Arsenal manager should be banned from this blog for life.
End of.
Maybe I am off mark.
Any criticism of Emery or anyone at the club does not bother me. I don’t see why it should bother you too.
They have not exactly been standouts.
But if you want to get into a defense, to fight against injustice or whatever served by Pierre and Co, its just a role reversal as I mentioned earlier.
As for this season, I don’t predict any improvements. Because we have done nothing to strengthen our weakness.
But hey, maybe I’m off mark here too.
Graham
That’s a bold move, demanding that the owner of the blog ban himself.
So meta! Basically Hong Kong amIright? Sorry don’t answer that, keep it to football.
prvhc,
Forget emojis, I think silence would be your best response for anything.
Atleast It wouldn’t out your low IQ buffoonery!
Rambo
Plenty of us have expressed discontent at many of Emery’s selections throughout last season, the stunted football, the limpdick finish, all of it. Warranted criticism is necessary as fuck.
But some have an agenda that has nothing to do with that, and even worse some use the warranted criticism to warp that opinion into some kind of weird obsessive defense over Wenger or Ozil or against foreign players or whatever the fuck you will have.
Graham
Re. MOURINHO
Our very esteemed and knowledgeable author PedRo was toying with the idea of a Jose inspired Arsenal Revolution only last week.
Should he be banned from his own blog?
I dont care if its Mourinho, Allegri, Vieira or even Maureen Lipman in charge.
We must get someone better.
The fans deserve it
His press conference today – makes a mockery of the club.
A total mockery.
Now- pipe down and get in that shed – put the cricket on or something, you cantankerous Old Goat
You dont want Wenger
You dont want Jose.
Listen to yourself.
Who would be your first choice front 3? Or or you advocating for a sale?
Nothing wrong with the front 3 persay it’s just why do people keep shunting out our best CF for the lesser one. It’s not like it’s a hard choice anymore considering the return of Aubameyang. Point is we now have an elite winger to feed Pierre and it’s going to be wasted if he’s sucking dick at LW again
Plus I wouldn’t discount a front 3 with Nelson in it just yet.
Prvhc, the driver of traffic is consistently good content over 14 years and a vibrant community that debate about Arsenal all day in the comments.
It’s that simple.
Pedro
Then why have you allowed a model that was working so well to be hijacked?
CG bullying Graham hard there. Ageist slurs too. Bad form.
CG hates sheds as well. That’s fucked up
Graham62 post 19:31:52
Well said.
Pierre appears to me as a genuine Arsenal fan who simply enjoys thinly veined digs at Emery to gain a reaction.
CG I honestly believe to be a sandwich short of a picnic.
2-0 to us tomorrow I reckon. I will miss it as an in Frankfurt this weekend. Going to see if I can get to the Hoffenheim game on Sunday, anyone ever been to a Bundesliga game?
Tallest
I dunno mate, its match day 1 in Germany but they’re playing a shit team so expected to win
Bob
Auto correct always changes Monreal every single time but yea that’s the the id go with
Also Auba, Pepe And Laca don’t have to stay at their starting positions Marko, they can all easily interchange
I cant wait for the game tomorrow ,,really early flight but i dont care,im buzzing now
Chris “anyone ever been to a Bundesliga game”
I watched Hanover vs New Brunswick more than 20 years ago. We all stood there. There was no seat. At that time, my team was Gottingen 05. I don’t know how they are doing now.
BBC reporting Coutinho is on his way to Bayern on a season-long loan.
After a 3/0 initial win at Monaco, Lyon are currently dismantling Angers 6/0 with 10 minutes to go.
Hope they’re a real threat to PSG this year, especially if the Brazilian clown eventually goes back to Spain.
Both Bayern and Barça are drawing for their first game of the season also.
Barcelona are very short if they don’t bring in someone up top. That is despite spending 230 million this summer. Someone should get sacked for that imagine spending 230 million and having to play kids and depend on the fitness of the likes of Dembele
Marko
Do you think Messi, Suarez, Dembélé and Griezmann isn’t enough ???
Mother fuckers
If that don’t insult mother. Bojanglrs
What should get Steven sessagon long regard better than Ryan by Fulham
He’s a mid not a RB
1-0 Athletic Bilbao over Barca, with 88th min goal from 38 year old.
Bayern though you feel are going to be horrible this season, stupid not to replace Robben or Ribery And no Perisic doesn’t count
Fcuk off Bayern… Completely screwed over my acca
@ Elmo
That Ath. Bilbao goal is definitely going to be the goal of season.