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Ok, I wanted to post today, but I ended up rocking a work drinks, then the peel off work drinks, then I went toe-to-toe with my team after that and I lost.
For the nightcap, I went to what I thought was a normal club. How wrong could I be? I witnessed someone in drag whip her chopper out for the crowd, then pick up a champagne bottle with another part of their body, before ripping the cork off and spraying the fans.
I also lost my bag. My ID. Two money cards.
Where did I lose them? That club. Always the way. Now I have to go back their sober at 11 pm. This is my punishment.
Thankfully, we weren’t really punished in the Europa League.
Group F #Arsenal, Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Liege, Vitoria SC
The German’s will likely cause us the most problems. They have a bit of a following. Niko Kovac managed them before Adi Hütter took the reins. They’ll not be the same threat as they were with Luka Jović, but they’ll be well organised and they’ll come with enough tactical weaponry to take advantage of us if we take a complacent view of their talents.
Unai Emery has a huge opportunity to rectify the widely panned defeat from last weekend. We’ll see how much belief he has in his ‘play-out-of-the-back’ philosophy. So far, it’s looked distinctly shite, Burnley, Newcastle and Liverpool have seen the execution as an opportunity versus a threat. We saw a pretty similar thing last year before it was binned. We need to see a progression of the idea, because from where I’m sitting, it doesn’t look like it’s a practice issue… it looks like we do the same thing over and over so it’s predictable and easy to counter.
Spurs is a huge game. Fuck their form. It always means very little. The game will be thunderous and there will be a few players out there experiencing it for the first time.
We should be going toe-to-toe with them. We should be taking advantage of the possibility of their right being Sissoko. We should be hitting them out the blocks and leaning hard into the unsettled nature of their squad.
I think this is a huge game for Pepe and Ceballos. Both players have the ability to make a hero statement. Both are new to Spurs.
I also think it’s a big question of Unai Emery. Is he going to throw Xhaka back into the mix again know that Spurs will target his lack of ability under heavy pressure?
It’s also Nacho’s last game for Arsenal… wouldn’t it be something if he were the one with the winner?
Right, short post today, I’ll be spending the evening deciphering whatever Unai Emery has to say.
See you in the comments.
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Nicely played, Boomslang. I waited a few seconds too long.
Cheers JWL
Tierney made his debut in the SPL at the age of 17. He’s hard as nails as well as a real talent, just the sort of player we need.
Joke Friday –
A boy says to a girl, “So, sex at my place?”
“Yeah!”
“Okay, but I sleep in a bunk bed with my younger brother, and he thinks we’re making sandwiches, so we have to have a code. Cheese means faster and tomato means harder, okay?”
Later on the girl is yelling, “Cheese cheese, tomato tomato!”
The younger brother says, “Stop making sandwiches! You’re getting mayo all over my bed!”
Joke Friday –
What do you call an illegal immigrant and a pedophile in a fight?
Alien VS Predator…
Sorry for the bad joke.
Joke Friday –
A pedophile is leading a kid into a deep, dark forest. They’re walking deeper and deeper, it’s getting darker and darker when final the kid says:
“Gee, it’s scary in here.”
To which the pedophile replies:
“You’re telling me! And I’ve got to walk out of here alone!”
ba-dum tshhhh
finally*
You have to write the cards, money and whatever else you carry in your purse, Peter.
Going back into a fetish club sober won’t be a good look. You’ll be filmed. It’ll be on YouTube or Facebook and le grove is over.
Just roll over, kiss that drag queen goodbye and make your way home.
You will recover stronger from this.
Good lord
What kind of club you visiting??
Ya see put a bit of aqua man on in that club and GOH would have been right there wid ya chuck in some funky cheap whiskey and he would have been picking stuff up with body parts to
Shaun is correct.
Game of Sauce Tyrion Emery vs The Poch, Tyrion to win you heard it here 1st!
Receding HairlineAugust 30, 2019 14:15:21
“That’s revisionist history Koscielny played at a higher level than Nacho”They both played for Arsenal during the same time period, what higher level?
Rh
Stephen Hughes and Patrick Vieira both panted for arsenal at a similar age range at the same time period.But I guess they were both at the same eleven right?
Joke Friday –A pedophile is leading a kid into a deep, dark forest. They’re walking deeper and deeper, it’s getting darker and darker when final the kid says:“Gee, it’s scary in here.”To which the pedophile replies:“You’re telling me! And I’ve got to walk out of here alone!”ba-dum tshhhh
Disgusting.
It’s a special type of creep who enjoys jokes on child molestation.
“Stephen Hughes and Patrick Vieira both panted for arsenal at a similar age range at the same time period.But I guess they were both at the same eleven right?” Comparing Stephen Hughes vs Patrick Vieira is senseless. Monreal was a very solid left back for Arsenal, he always gave his all for the club and you were guaranteed at least a 7/10 from him every single time. On the other hand, while Koscienly gave his all for the club, we all know there was always a mistake waiting to happen in his game. We can reel out games were Koscienly… Read more »
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wZXoErL2124
Now this is funny. Can’t beat Dave Chappelle
Azed
Yes I can. To illustrate a point. That point being that having two players in the same side at the same time doesn’t always mean their quality is comparable.
Koscielney was indeed a higher level than monreal. Even if nacho was consistent. Koscielney would have captained France to the World Cup had he not injured himself against atletcio for us
No fucking wonder he wanted out. I’d have hated arsenal.
lowing. Niko Kovac managed them before Adi Hütter took the reins. T
Christ that’s an unfortunate name isn’t it? A little bit too close for comfort
If you’re his parents and your name is Hütter you aren’t going for Adi are you?
You’re going for Zinadine or Vincenzo or something. Not fucking Adi
We’ll see how much belief he has in his ‘play-out-of-the-back’ philosophy. So far, it’s looked distinctly shite
I actually think this is an understatement.
“Koscielney was indeed a higher level than monreal. ”
You have data to back this up?
Koscienly and Vermaleen —————- Terrible
Koscienly and Gabriel ———————-Terrible
Koscienly and Mustafi ———————- Terrible
Only Koscienly and Mertersacker was decent enough..
On the other hand, it didn’t matter who played in front of Monreal, he performed.
Luteo
No no no no no
Don’t you see? It was a key element in our wondrous ability to keep Liverpool down to 25 shots and just 5 on target
Tactical master class.
Had we gone longer we would surely have lost 8-2.
Un
I think his point is that the difference in quality between Hughes and Paddy is a chasm compared to the difference in quality between Monreal and Koscielny, which is middling to negligible depending on who you ask.
Azed
Do you have data to prove me wrong? I’d say being chosen as captain of the squad that won the World Cup would be quite the indicator that this guy performs to a very high level no?
Un
Lighten up. It’s a joke. You just condemned jwl for his joke while praising Chappelle in the next. If you see his new standup which you just linked to, you’ll see he jokes about Michael Jackson extensively, as he has done his entire career.. You’re a hypocrite to say that to jwl.
Not that I’m surprised that you make emotional decisions about what is right or wrong without considering the full set of data available to you. Don’t change, brother.
“I’d say being chosen as captain of the squad that won the World Cup would be quite the indicator that this guy performs to a very high level no?”
Giroud played as the Striker that led France to the world cup, Lacazette can’t even make the team for a friendly does that make Giroud a better player or “playing at a higher” level than Lacazette?
I don’t mind us playing out of the back. I mind is putting the CBs almost parallel with the keeper so that our entire defensive unit has to drop miles into our own half just to support a few simple passes out
I really don’t get why we have to always have so many players *that* deep. We’re arsenal. Playing a 10-15 yard pass to another defender or cm shouldn’t so hard that we need half our team to be sitting in and around our own penalty box just to keep the ball
It’s weird, pointless and annoying
Luteo
No. His point was that they played together at the same period so therefore there cannot be a gulf in quality.
Put it this way. Koscielny in his prime would have played for almost any team in the world.
Bayern, Dortmund and Real Madrid were all in for him in his prime
It also means if the defenders make one bad pass the opposition will steal the ball around our own fucking box
At least if you defend like a normal team and you make a mistake the opposition still need to bring it forwards a bit before the get a nailed on goal scoring chance
At arsenal we’re always 2 seconds away from gifting a nailed on chance and it’s fucking irritating
Luteo GuenreiraAugust 30, 2019 19:15:06
Not that I’m surprised that you make emotional decisions about what is right or wrong without considering the full set of data available to you. Don’t change, brother.
Luteo
You’ve just made a right tit of yourself
I suggest you rewind your brain a little, head on up the comments section and reassess your findings.
I’ll wait
Kos was a more talented player than Monreal but also more error prone
Kos was usually a 7.5. Sometimes a 9, sometimes a 5.
Monreal was a nailed on 7 100 games in a row.
Which one is better depends on how you interpret the value of the above
China1
“I mind is putting the CBs almost parallel with the keeper so that our entire defensive unit has to drop miles into our own half just to support a few simple passes out”
The rules have changed. Before in a goal kick, the ball from the keeper had to come out of the 18 before anyone else touched it, now it doesn’t matter which means the opposition can move up higher up the pitch .
China1
Emery is digging his own grave. He will feel the pressure very fast if we concede this way, say this Sunday for instance.
UnLighten up. It’s a joke.
Luteo
There’s nothing funny about sexually molesting a child. It’s the only thing that’s off table for me and that will not change. Ever. It’s loathsome.
The rules have changed. Before in a goal kick, the ball from the keeper had to come out of the 18 before anyone else touched it, now it doesn’t matter which means the opposition can move up higher up the pitch .
The opposition aren’t allowed to touch it in our box before the keeper has kicked it though right? So it’s emery’s choice to do this. To invite that pressure. At anfield?!?
Maybe he just killed the child and left that damn forest Don.
Here’s hoping
“The opposition aren’t allowed to touch it in our box before the keeper has kicked it though right?”
Erm …no
If you put your defenders outside the box, then the opponents can stand beside them giving them no time to receive the ball. Putting your defenders in the 18 means they have the time to receive the ball and pick out a pass.
China Who won more points and matches for us during their time? Koscielny. His reading of the game, his last minute tackles and interceptions were of far more importance Remember when he was in his prime. If he went off we would capitulate in Europe Happened all the time Bayern twice and atletico once Yes he gave the odd penalty away but who the fuck doesn’t at arsenal?? He was the only centre half who came to wengers last 8 year arsenal and didn’t melt in the kitchen. Not one other cb performed as well in fucking awful conditions for… Read more »
Un No confusion at all. You gave shit to jwl for the child molestation joke, then praised and linked to Dave Chappelle, someone who tells tons of pedophilia and child molestation jokes. The very standup that you link to contains a quite a few jokes like that. About Michael Jackson sucking off children. You’re either a hypocrite to condemn one person and praise another for the same exact shit, or a dunce for speaking while not knowing the full content he linked to. Likely both. Just own up to it, it’s there plain to see. All you have to do… Read more »
The opposition aren’t allowed to touch it in our box before the keeper has kicked it though right?”Erm …no
If you put your defenders outside the box, then the opponents can stand beside them giving them no time to receive the ball. Putting your defenders in the 18 means they have the time to receive the ball and pick out a pass.
Azed
Ok smart arse. It must have been my imagination when I’ve seen pool city and Barca play out countless times before this rule with no problem.
What stopped the opposition thwarting this previously? Magic spells and chanting?
I remember kos putting Messi in his back pocket one game. Absolutely starved the guy of anything
He’s had some really fabulous games over the years
He’s also had a lot of really costly errors in big games as well tho
Un kos won us more points and cost us more. Unless you wanna go back and add them all up you can probably say they had vaguely comparable value to us in the long term
Luteo GuenreiraAugust 30, 2019 19:38:10
UnNo confusion at all. You gave shit to jwl for the child molestation joke, then praised and linked to Dave Chappelle
Erm……..nope. No. I didn’t. Try again.
But let’s just play your pathetic game for a comment or two shall we LOOOOTEO.
How exactly would me sharing a funny Dave Chappelle joke on Jussy smollet indicate my support for any prior pedo joke?
Unfortunately I have as many bad memories as good memories of Koscielny. For every winner at Newcastle there is him kicking the ball into his own face to allow Griezmann in. For every resolute performance where he put his body on the line there is losing us a cup final in horrendous fashion.
Ultimately the way he conducted himself in his final few weeks the the club and the subsequent shirt unveil at Bordeaux leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
I will remember Monreal more fondly.
China
Not my style
I leave that to the stats nerds. I am a fan of both but koscielney saved our bacon more than any defender we’ve had since Campbell toure and Cole.
Kos was part of the problem. No winning mentality. Yes, he had good games but part of the furniture (captain indeed) during the banter years. Says it all. An enabler for Wenger.
Monreal -player’s player &Fan favourite.
karimAugust 30, 2019 19:30:21
Maybe he just killed the child and left that damn forest Don.
Here’s hoping
Eh?? Wtf? Erm, Yeah…..
Massive game sunday!! Im an Emery believer,and i believe we will thump the spuds back where they belong,Mediocrity
I know he is still with us for the moment but favourite Monreal moment? The winner against City in the 2017 cup semi?
Chris
Yeah maybe the way he departed left a sour taste and the unfortunate fact that he was over used in an awful defense when his body was held together with electrical tape but he was the best cb we’ve had since Campbell. Only Sagna competes with him really with defenders we’ve had post 05/06
Un I guess that’s one connection too far for you to be able to make and understand. Yeah, if I started quoting someone’s entire post and just add “disgusting” at the end, that’s not a condemnation of the poster at all. Sure. And have you watched the entire stand up? Not just that clip? Cause if you watch the whole show, you may want to fast forward the parts he talks about those things you’re so sensitive to. Must cause flashbacks or something. I’m not in the business of trying to teach calculus to the short bus kids, so you… Read more »
Sissoko is not a real problem for Spurs.
Where Spurs fans slag him off is his input in the final third.
Other than that he can make very dangerous driving runs from midfield and his physicality in winning the centre of the pitch is always a threat to the opposition.
Spurs have several other problems before Sissoko is seen as one for them.
“Ok smart arse. It must have been my imagination when I’ve seen pool city and Barca play out countless times before this rule with no problem.What stopped the opposition thwarting this previously? Magic spells and chanting?”
Seriously Un?
You do realize players have different abilities on the ball right?
If you passed the ball to Xhaka and Fernadinho under pressure, do you really think the result would be the same?
Do you think Leno and Ederson have the same ability on the ball?
Azed it doesn’t work like that in reality Good teams have managed to pass between the keeper and defense since forever without it being so difficult. You only need a keeper with an accurate pass on him and defenders comfortable on the ball. It’s not remotely unusual As well it’s normal for one player to drop a bit deeper to support the keeper but we often have two defenders dropping almost parallel with the keeper simultaneously which is a hideously pointless tactic Because you now have two of your back 4 so far away from the midfield that the remaining… Read more »
Emery is supposed to study video a lot. We have two CBs, 2 FBs ans 2CMs to practice playing out from the back. The CAM should also offer an option. The coaching stuff should have it all mapped out where each player should locate with regard to the opposing players and how they should pass the ball around. They should practice it everyday.
All week peeps telling me Arsenal will dish out a beating to skids
A war of attrition: can out superior front line best their defence
As for it all your defenders being marked by strikers so you can’t pass it short to them farther away from your goal – it’s called movement from the defender.
Lastly, let’s say the opposition play a 4-3-3 which is the most offensive commonly used formation. AND they have all 3 players aggressively pressing/marking
We have 4 defenders. If you can find an unmarked defender when there are more defenders than attackers than your defense have horrible positioning and movement (we probably do)
Luteo
You’re making a fool of yourself
1) you don’t need to be a victim to find it abhorrent. Crazy I know. Maybe you were raised by parents who thought it funny to laugh at child rape. Who knows.
2) go back and find me the comment where I showed my displeasure with jwl. Find the joke and the quote and bring it to me.
I’ll give you £10k if you can.
You won’t. Because it doesn’t exist
It did give us meaningful benefits because we keep control of the ball. A long ball from the GK is 50/50.
Sours have an issue at right back on Sunday. They are missing Walker-Peters and Foyth. Pochettino has been speaking of playing Ben Davies there.
I would hope we focus our attacks on that side and target a player playing out of position. Another possibility which is slightly outlandish is playing Sissoko at right back. Either way, we should be looking at that area of the pitch to exploit.
If you can’t*
Ok smart arse. It must have been my imagination when I’ve seen pool city and Barca play out countless times before this rule with no problem.What stopped the opposition thwarting this previously? Magic spells and chanting?”Seriously Un?You do realize players have different abilities on the ball right?If you passed the ball to Xhaka and Fernadinho under pressure, do you really think the result would be the same?Do you think Leno and Ederson have the same ability on the bal Azed Dear boy. So what exactly are we saying here? That emery has no choice but to play a goal kick… Read more »
There was a new video that popped up on my Amazon Prime video list the other day, it was all the goals from every match of the 2006 World Cup condensed into 2 hours. Highly entertaining, almost like rewatching the entire tournament in a couple hours. Recommend it for anyone looking for something to keep playing in the background, although I found myself watching pretty intently most of the time.
I love how this site auto corrects Spurs as “sours”. So appropriate!
Either that or I keep hitting o instead of p on my phone. Going to stick with just calling them Sours I think!
But you don’t need to play that deep to play it out from the back
I don’t mind is playing it out from the back and keeping the ball. I mind us playing football with less than amazing players in our own box when it isn’t needed to do it that deep for all the reasons above I already gave
It’s not a choice between doing it horribly the Arsenal way or hoofing long balls
You do realize players have different abilities on the ball right?If you passed the ball to Xhaka and Fernadinho under pressure, do you really think the result would be the same?
Azed
You’ve just validated my point
So why play out from the back at all then let alone across our own 6 yard box? 🙄
Luteo
I love stuff like that. I still have all the goals of France 98 on VHS somewhere, with introduction by Blatter. It might even be on YouTube by now.
They squished all those goals into 45 mins I think!
I don’t mind is playing it out from the back and keeping the ball. I mind us playing football with less than amazing players in our own box when it isn’t needed to do it that deep for all the reasons above I already gave
China
Spot on. Exactly
Brain dead Fofana
Most of Arsenal’s playing it out from the back consists of endless passes to and fro between fb and cb anyway
We’re not opening great spaces with clever movement and passing or suckering them in and delivering a genius transition
We are inviting danger by playing deep but we have neither the ability nor the smarts to make it actually useful
Luteo must have finally realised he was barking up the wrong tree like a castrated chihuahua
Un. You’re making up arguments now. I’ve never said anyone has to be a victim to find anything abhorrent. I’m saying you’re a hypocrite for having condemned those kinds of jokes while praising someone who makes and supports those same kinds of jokes all the time. That’s all. If you don’t know much about Chappelle and just know that clip, fine. But if you know his entire career, you’ll know he makes pedophilia jokes all the time. The way you brought up Chappelle it sounded like you knew more about his career. I guess you didn’t, otherwise you’d know that… Read more »
I would try to attack the right side with overlapping Pepe and AMN. We can still play out from the back. The final ball will go to AMN or Pepa. A CM would move over to backup AMN. From the right side, we then center the ball to our two deadly strikers. BOOMS!
The only player we have who looks like he can regularly take the ball very deep and use it to break through the lines and punish the opposition for pressing us is Ceballos. There’s not one other player in our defensive collective who will get on the ball near his own box and have some clever idea for how to turn this situation into something advantageous. And he’s a n10 so usually isn’t as deep as that When any other of our players is on the ball in those positions it’s just stressful and I don’t know why we choose… Read more »
It explains a lot though that you find that particular subject a touchy one. Also explains why you’ve seem to have stunted emotionally at around preteen or teen level.
It wasn’t your fault bro. I mean that sincerely. Sorry to joke about it, but therapy might help.
All that rage inside, now I know where it came from.
Cause if you watch the whole show, you may want to fast forward the parts he talks about those things you’re so sensitive to. Must cause flashbacks or something.
Luteo
You wrote this. Clearly insinuating id been some sort of victim. Fucking gold fish brain
Times like now I’d kill for a young cesc sitting a bit deeper than usual to receive the ball 1) cesc was permanently showing for the ball which makes the players around him calmer knowing he won’t fuck up 2) cesc was unpressable because he’d drop a shoulder and turn his man on his ass if they marked him too closely, opening up big spaces for dangerous counters 3) if they didn’t press him he would have free reign on the ball to carry it a bit forward and pick a brilliant pass If you’re gonna play that deep you… Read more »
Personally, I think half the trouble is we are not what I would call a passing side under Emery .
Teams like Norwich and Leicester are more comfortable passing from the back because they are encouraged to take care of the ball in any area of the pitch by their managers.
Leicester and Norwich do not have superior technical players to Arsenal that’s for sure.
What I find strange is , the one area of the pitch that Emery seems to encourage his players to pass the ball is in their own area.
A subtle nuance like that to you means I’ve stated only victims can find something abhorrent? I don’t know how you came to that conclusion. This whole thing has been about how you are a hypocrite, I’ve said nothing else about anything. Anyone can find anything abhorrent, fine by me. And now it’s about how you’re so touchy about it and how that makes me think it affects you in a more real way, and that you should be seeking therapy instead of taking this out on the internet and people like me who make an observation that might hit… Read more »
Luteo
Look goldfish brain.
First you claim I took umbrage with jwl.
Then you ran with it without actually reading the comment and who I took it from
Then you doubled down on it
Then you denied saying something you clearly wrote
Now
You’re making jokes about paedophilia!!
Not your finest half hour really is it? What do you expect from someone with a 5 second memory span?
Cesc torreira Ceballos would be a fucking killer CM I tell you
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFjjKaSokz8
10 second luteo 😂 😂 😂
Un
Argue the points. If you feel you didn’t condemn jwl, fine. Your opinion.
I took your copy/pasting of his post, followed by one word “disgusting”, followed by another post saying anyone who enjoys that type of joke is a creep…to be a condemnation. And that’s my opinion.
This whole thing has been about how you are a hypocrite, I’ve said nothing else about anything. Anyone can find anything abhorrent, fine by me
Luteo
Good. That settles it then. I find those jokes disgusting. There’s fuck all hypocritical about it until the day you see me tell a joke or reference one I find funny.
Now untangle your brain 10 second luteo coz it looks like a spaghetti Bolognese
Un
But since now you know Chappelle likes to tell child molestation jokes, do you find him to be a creep? Honestly curious.
UnArgue the points. If you feel you didn’t condemn jwl, fine. Your opinion.I took your copy/pasting of his post, followed by one word “disgusting”, followed by another post saying anyone who enjoys that type of joke is a creep…to be a condemnation. And that’s my opinion. Luteo You still haven’t bothered to check have you? It wasn’t his joke goldfish brain. He doesn’t tell jokes like that. The joke referenced was fucking sick. I hope to god for yours and your children’s sakes you never have to find out the hard way. Just like jokes insulting disabled children are disgusting.… Read more »
So you get to pick and choose what parts of molestation jokes is offensive and what parts are okay?
Good to know.
Emery is severely so limited it’s just so shameful to witness Can’t believe an Arsenal manager will ever admit how scared shitless he is in facing a fellow top 6 team and then actually showing it to the world my going up there and bending his arse to be utterly hard whooped by Klopp.. Such a coward What a knob! hopefully Raul and co don’t waste much time when it’s seeming he’ll continue to hamper our progress so bad, if so before the end of the year he’s told to fvck off! no way should we allow him see out… Read more »
Luteo
The joke told earlier was particularly sick and sinister.
If Chappelle has told one of a similar nature then yeah. He’s a cunt.
A man takes a kid into a woods and is scared because he’s coming out alone? You knobs want me banned over immigration views and this shit is ok with you? Fucking warped moral compass
So you get to pick and choose what parts of molestation jokes is offensive and what parts are okay? Good to know.
Nooooo
Keep reading goldfish
Scroll down
Little further
Well done
Un
One is obviously a joke and was prefaced as such, which is why I find it to be acceptable regardless of the content.
Your views…well I wish they were a joke, they are equally funny sometimes but unfortunately we all know that you’re serious.
Un
Let’s stop, we’re being rude to others. Difference of perception, chalk it up to that. Have a good weekend mate.