The good news just keeps on rolling, I am literally oiling myself in excitement this season.
Cannot wait to lose at the weekend and get back to a hateful perspective on life.
Freddie Ljungberg has kept us all guessing on the touchline this season.
Who is he?
Why is he there?
What is he thinking?
Does he still wear CK?
The big question for me is how the hell he managed to convince Bouldy to swap jobs… BUT, it happened and the bench is looking very exciting because it’s a touch different this year.
Then the main man Joe Willock drops this to the press:
“Every day I’m working with him & learning from him. He’s improved my whole overall game. If I’m being specific, getting in the pockets when I’m playing No 10 & attacking at No 8. He showed me a lot of different tactics to get space & turn to attack teams”
SHOOT IT UNDER MY TOE NAILS.
It gets better…
“Freddie is not only such a legend at the club. He’s an unbelievable manager & coach. He’s a mentor for me. He showed me a lot behind the scenes that people don’t really know about”
Like three g’s of fentanyl under my gums…
I love that Freddie is making an impact on the young players coming through. He’s relevant, he’s a winner and he seems extremely personable. That’s going to be a huge help for Emery this season. I can’t remember which young player said it, but I read that the Spaniard has outsourced comms to the Swede. In the world of power stratagems, that move feels risky, but at least someone is giving them clear instructions.
I would love to have the inside line on why that move happened… I like it regardless.
In other news, David Ornstein dropped an elbow on the internet, securing a superb exclusive with Josh K. The heir to many shares spoke about the club in an impressive manner for the second time in a month and the messages were clear.
My takeaways:
- KSE is taking Arsenal seriously
- Josh is invested in galvanising the fans and he wants to win our trust
- He takes a personal interest in Arsenal because ‘football’ is his number one love
- We are going to be proactive in January
The interview is here, take a read if you haven’t.
There has been some sneering online about him, but you have to take him on his actions, not his words.
Since he’s been more seriously involved, we’ve sacked Wenger, hired Emery, hired and fired a Chief Scout, brought in a Technical Director, blown at the very least £120m, and we’ve increased our wage bill by a chunk.
You cannot criticise that.
You can dig out decisions, sure, and I have done exactly that. But opinions are like personal choice in milk, everyone’s got one… and not everyone chooses the elite flavorings of oat.
The club seems to be moving in the right direction. There’s still a lot of work to do, there are going to be tears along the way, but we are buying expensive players, blooding youth, and spending some f*cking money.
It’s all you can ask for… until you reset expectations and lead a protest, naked, covered in the blood of a slain lamb.
Until that moment comes, let’s see if Josh can continue to drive the club forward.
Listen to my damn podcast, right now. x
The second half of last season showed that Emery will rely on Aubameyang and Lacazette. Unless both of them and Pepe are injured , Nkethia was more likely to be a bit part player for Arsenal this season. Not enough for him to progress nor impress. Nkethia will learn more about movement training and regularly playing for Bielsa that he would just training at Arsenal. I take the long term approach for players. I rather have Nkethia on loan honing his skills and come back the finished article ready to slowly phase out Aubameyang rather than sit on the bench… Read more »
Trolls gonna troll
CG I hate stats but let’s, just for the hell of it, look at Eddies stats with Arsenal. 8 first team appearances, 1 goal. Doesn’t spell “prodigious” to me. Not denying he shows promise but for goodness sake, get real, he still lacks a certain something and that something, hopefully, can be found at Elland Road. So what if Leeds get promoted. The EPL needs them back. Another thing CG, scoring a couple of goals in the Championship does not prove to me that Nketiah is “a genius in our midst” and to compare him to Michael Owen and Robbie… Read more »
why are you
Pedro told that fucking imbecile to reign in it and he was quiet, and now he’s got you all on this futile point about us having two strikers. How many strikers do Liverpool and Tottenham have, or United for that matter. Let’s throw in Chelsea and City.
Its mind boggling stupidity to keep banging on about Nketiah. The guys in charge are responsible for everything wrong with the world though right?
Graham,
Your constant use of his number of appearance to belittle Nkethia is verging on the ridiculous. The sample is too low to be even significant.
But if you want to be facetious, why not take that same record and judge him on the fact most of those appearances were from the bench.
Yes it is 8 appearances, but just 62 minutes in the premiership and 1 goal. So if we were to extrapolate that is better than 1 goal every full game. That’s better than Messi and Ronaldo level of excellence!
CG/Pierre
Our two resident Wengerites(not saying trolls) are the only two posters on here who feel it is a terrible decision.
What a surprise!
CG: Would it be possible for you to make my day and expand on your reasons why EN is “a genius in the making?”
A couple of well structured paragraphs would suffice.
Ask your wingman for help if necessary.
Go on, have a go.
When Fergie was winning trebles and Wenger winning Doubles- they had one thing in common- x 4 center forwards all the time.
regardless of what the wonderful folk think about Eddies abilities- we are down to just x 2 natural center forwards fro the 10 month season.
And that is gross incompetence. The season is a marathon not a sprint.
Plain and Simple.
Truth Hurts!
Why are people responding to CG as if he’s putting forward a well considered opinion rather than just trolling?
Yes it is 8 appearances, but just 62 minutes in the premiership and 1 goal. So if we were to extrapolate that is better than 1 goal every full game. That’s better than Messi and Ronaldo level of excellence!
Oh my God
When Fergie was winning trebles and Wenger winning Doubles- they had one thing in common- x 4 center forwards all the time.
Record setting Man City have two CF’s. Explain that one away you thick thick fuck. You know what don’t bother
Valentin
Who’s belittling Nketiah?
“My constant use of his number of appearances”
I only highlighted it once, to clarify a point.
“Messi and Ronaldo level of brilliance”
Are you on the same stuff as CG and Pierre?
If Eddie is as good as some are claiming he is, then why has he been shipped out to Leeds?
The answer to that is pretty obvious. It’s to see if can hopefully develop into a future Arsenal hero.
Hello Graham 62
(Hope you are well…)
Re: Eddie N Genius
We witnessed it last night at Elland Road,
On the pitch for only 4 minutes.
Scores the winning Goal
3 points in the bag.
He has It.
you cant buy it.
you cant coach it.
But He has it.
He is quite simply prodigious when it comes to scoring goals.
He is our Gerd Muller!
He should be on the coach to Anfield!
he should be coming off from the bench – and scoring in front of The Kop!
Nonsensical call- to loan him to Leeds Utd.
That headed goal he scored against Norwich City was GENIUS!
To call the man a total idiot is nothing short of idiotic in itself
Wake the fuck up
Most club’s fans dream of such an 8 year period. It’s our most successful period in our history
Please
Get some perspective. He may have dropped the ball but he’s no idiot. Anyone who thinks so is an idiot.
left
“Pedro told that fucking imbecile to reign in it and he was quiet, and now he’s got you all on this futile point about us having two strikers. How many strikers do Liverpool and Tottenham have, or United for that matter. Let’s throw in Chelsea and City”
-you +us
Tobs
Because he’s a part of the blog whether we like or not.
It’s up to him to respond. 99% of the time he won’t or can’t.
Other posters saying “ignore him” won’t stop him.
Leno
AMN/Sokratis/Luiz/Monreal
Willock/Ceballos/Guendouzi
Pepe/Laca/Auba
Is my guess for tomorrow for Anfield
Tobs
Got my response.
Although you think it’s not humanly possible, it actually makes CG look even more deluded.
luteo
“””””LenoAMN/Sokratis/Luiz/MonrealWillock/Ceballos/GuendouziPepe/Laca/AubIs my guess for tomorrow for Anfield”””””””””””
#Torn to Shreds#
Liverpool will be five up within an hour!
the most pedestrian team AFC have ever put out in the Prem ( front 3 excepted)
Double Digits coming our way!
CG
Thanks!
CG
Please don’t speak to me or mention me, ever. Thank you.
Graham I sincerely mean this but I blame you for him.
Luteo I imagine that team you posted is a Eddie Nketiah away from competing with Liverpool
Luteo I think you’re right. Torreira doesn’t look quite up to speed and Emery slowly introduced him last year after a summer tournament. Really is a big year for him in terms of finding out whether he can meet the physical demands of the EPL. The only question mark with selection is the forwards. Will he start Pepe? Will he start both Lacazette and Aubameyang? We should play a really simple game, tell Willock and Guendouzi to just sit and shield that defence, use Luiz to spring counters with long balls to our pacey players, we can use Dani Ceballos… Read more »
I just think the nketiah loan is a little pointless .
If he starts more than 10 games before Christmas, I will be surprised .
With Arsenal he would have started the Europa and league cup games at the very least ..8/10 games and that’s without any injuries to either of our strikers.
Not a big deal either way .
There’s a reason why Theo was always considered as potential and gnabry is considered legit. And there’s a reason why Walcott found himself a bit part player at an average PL side whilst gnabry was player of the year in a title winning Bayern team China Yeah Because one was a winger and one was a striker deployed on the wing. Theo was ruined by wenger. I know I’m considered something of a wenger apologist (falsely) but the man ruined the Britain generation because he assumed they were similar in mentality and durability to previous generations They were not Henry… Read more »
I blame Wenger for a lot but blaming him for Theo’s failure to succeed as a striker is not one of them.
He just wasn’t good enough to play there at the top level.
Cesc Yeah I don’t think Emery will start Torreira for those same reasons, have to think he’d still be first choice if fully fit but think he’ll go with a pretty conservative selection. I just don’t think he’ll want to tinker too much this early in the season, esp in a big away match. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pepe didn’t start either, honestly. But I hope he does, the pressure will be there to start him. Why spend so much on a player not to play him, fans will get anxious if he doesn’t start considering who the opposition… Read more »
Luteo
Re: Walcott
I beg to differ.
He was always “good enough”
Walcott that is.
Marko
Sorry my friend but I think it’s because so many posters on here totally ignore him, that he keeps biting.
He’s programmed to sensationalise and antagonise. That’s his remit. Logic doesn’t register in his world.
Keeping quiet makes no difference.
Blame me if you want though.
Marko,
Learn to read the complete comment instead of doing your usual selective point scoring.
I explicitly that the number of appearances is not statistically sufficient to be valid.
I also stated “But if you want to be facetious”, of course the 1 goal in 62 minutes is ridiculous but so is the 1 goal in 8 appearances.
Danny the moron
Gnabry
Ever heard of something called a timeline? After impressing in your first season you get offered a contract extension but it still has an expiry date. If they don’t resign after that the ship has sailed.
Not difficult to understand if you have a brain.
It’s a simple fact of football life that if you want to develop a player then that includes use of the loan system Eddies appearances will quite clearly be under the microscope and the new regime have already demonstrated that they expect nothing less from the loanee club that they have a plan to develop him Can’t see why this is difficult for anyone to comprehend We have a number of players that can play in forward role inc Pépé, Nelson John-Jules and Martinelli Suspect the latter will get quite a lot of game time this year and by the… Read more »