Should have been Hector

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Well good morning. ALLEGEDLY, all is not well over at Spurs. I have sourced expert information from Twitter nobodies that suggests the Spurs camp is going through a very similar episode to the JT and Wayne Bridge saga from way back when.

Very amusing. No wonder they all look so miserable.

Hector Bellerin has been talking to The Guardian about how he’s so fucking woke these days, he actually gets offended by the things people could potentially say.

‘Pete, I’m really angry that at any point, you could say something awful that could upset someone’

‘But Hector, I didn’t say a thing?’

‘Pete, beyond the point. You ‘could’ (air quotes) say something offensive, so how can we be friends?’

Love that guy. Bit gutted he hates me in my imaginary construct.

He did let the mask slip though. He’s out here telling the world that competitive sport isn’t an alpha male endeavour, two paragraphs later, he’s heading out to a Ricky G show… a man who savaged disabled kids on a TV special way back when (Listen to this Sam Harris/Gervais pod, it’s great).

What we say on Twitter vs what we think in real life… that’s the next pivot in culture kids, the people are coming for over-wokeness and I can’t wait. Unai Emery will hopefully stop telling everyone that ‘defensive midfield is a social construct’ and we’ll have LT sitting at the base of midfield. Good times.

I do genuinely love Hector. I think he’s the modern-day superstar. He doesn’t care what people think. He’s a top athlete. He never gets caught up in anything obscene (bar some occasional fashion mishaps). I have to say, for me, he was the logical choice for the armband if the alternative was Xhaka.

He’s 100% a starter every game, he’s mostly always fit, he gives his all, and the fans universally adore him… bar a few of the ‘LEAVE MEANS LEAVE’ brigade who are still salty Jenks took his marching orders.

I do need to make a correction, I stated yesterday that I found it odd that Emery dodged the 5 captain thing. Apparently, I was incorrect. He did it. He still managed to fuck it up.

HE PUT MESUT ON THE LIST.

I was with my Arsenal friend earlier today and I couldn’t fathom the decision.

MESUT IS ON THE LIST.

That’s a bit like The Guardian making Milo their Chief Editor. Bernie Sanders making an exGoldman Sachs exec his VP running partner. Batman bringing in the Joker to run R&D at his Batcave.

A player the coach hates. Someone the club tried to move on all summer. Someone that can’t even make 90 minutes against Forest in the Carling Cup. A player that takes sick days to escape away days. Someone that can’t press, defend or turn up for big games. A player so bored of life, he’s basically a professional gamer.

Quite incredible.

Why do it?

Is it a troll? If so, that’s childish.

Is it an olive branch…?

‘Please don’t say mean things to the others about me’

Or is it just another bad decision that reeks of cuckness?

Most of the problems Emery has this season are of his own making, but at the core of it, the squad he has this year is much better. A great result against United this week will go a long way to restoring some faith in the Spaniard, then we’re off on a run of some very easy games. He should deliver enough good results to have everyone prematurely questioning whether people like me have prematurely judged him too early by December 12th.

The thing we have be careful of is 1) Spurs will bounce back 2) I think Frank Lampard is building something strong at Chelsea that might come good this season 3) ‘sacked in the morning’ might happen, and United might finally stumble upon a good manager.

We’ll see.

Short one today, see you in the comments. x

P.S. Get in the mood for the United game with this excellent podcast from the Mundial chaps.

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China1

Wenger used to give the good talk all the time about the next level and the rest – empty hot air Gazidis used to give it the good talk – empty hot air We arsenal fans have been stung many times by trusting quotes from people who are free to say whatever they want for whatever reasons they have. You are very trusting after all that The club we’re giving it the good talk halfway through the summer but most of us didn’t start to have faith to the club went out and signed Pepe. Talking is the easy bit.… Read more »

China1

Emery obviously was a great talker in his interview and when he joined. A dossier on the players with in depth knowledge. A great wish to be protagonists in games. A guy who talks of analyzing endless hours of footage to better understand Yet what did any of those speeches amount to? You know the answer. I also believe emery actually did/does believe in what he said and seems a genuine guy. Yet it’s much easier to talk of being a protagonist and constantly learning from mistakes and the reality. This why we play crap football, are not protagonists and… Read more »

Tony

Always respected GG except the bungs of course. A trip down memory lane for some and will be new for the younger AW time fans. Time to banish the past and start winning at OT tonight. Over to Emery to make the right selections or just fcuk it up as he seems to do these days. ‘It will be at least three years before Manchester United or Arsenal can challenge at the top’: Gunners legend GEORGE GRAHAM on the big game as he recalls the infamous ‘Battle of Old Trafford’ in 1990′ George Graham believes Arsenal and Manchester United will… Read more »

Bojangles

According to the Mirror, “Arsenal want to loan out Mesut Ozil in January – even if they have to subsidise his wages.” We couldn’t shift him in the summer, Fenerbahce being the only club showing any interest in taking him on loan and I doubt there are too many new admirers waiting in the wings. I am no fan of Özil. I see him as a lazy player with an unprofessional attitude. He is a quality player when the wind is blowing in the right direction, unfortunately at the Emirates it doesn’t blow in that direction often enough. Even so,… Read more »

Nelson

KSE’s RAMS has defensive problems also, losing to TB 55 – 40

Sid

PedroSeptember 29, 2019 23:33:59
“Yes Marko, my contacts go beyond London.”
Gazidis in Turin

Sid

“Graham, the fixation on Arteta is largely a defence mechanism for those that pinned hope on Emery.”

You could switch the names and the statement will remain true

Emiratesstroller

The next three games will prove a testing schedule. Personally I find it ridiculous that we are playing Man Utd on Monday, Standard Liege on Thursday and Bournemouth on Sunday. You would have thought that the TV Schedulers and EPL could have arranged the Old Trafford Game over weekend particularly since Arsenal were accommodating with last week’s Carrabo Cup. Arsenal will need to use their playing resources very carefully over next 6 days. What has been crystal clear sofar this season is that Arsenal have as yet not found a settled team to play in the EPL by virtue of… Read more »

China1

Yeah you really must wonder how they can justify putting arsenal utd on a Monday rather than a Sunday

It’s also annoying for me personally because evening games are too late for me (2:45am kick off or something ridiculous).

I don’t really have a good feeling about this game. Honestly we should go there and give them a shafting, as they’re really there for the taking. But history and gut feeling tells me this is going to go much worse than it should on paper

Bojangles

Petit on Xhaka “I have not been impressed by Xhaka since he signed for Arsenal. “Sometimes I think he has a good game and shows personality on the pitch – his best quality is his passing. “But when they try to get the ball back he is making so many fouls and getting yellow cards, stupidly as well. He can score from distance but he is not the player I was expecting. “He is not for me the main guy as a holding midfielder. He needs to improve in different aspects. He was named captain but I don’t see him… Read more »

China1

Petit knows.

Man I’d love to have petit in this team. Quality all round CM. He had loads to his game

Cesc Appeal

We’re just going through stages of the ‘stupid man who built his house upon (insert weak foundations here)’. First it was Ozil that everyone wanted the team built around, a player who whilst he has certain attributes is a fundamentally flawed player in terms of his one dimensional nature, poor work rate, poor physicality and poor attitude. Now it is Xhaka that Emery and a small portion of fans want our team built around. He has a better attitude that Ozil and his work rate isn’t bad, but he’s one dimensional and fundamentally flawed once more. You rarely see a… Read more »

Pierre

Stroller We can more or less play 2 different starting eleven for the next 2 games so schedule should be manageable. The way I look at it, tonight’s game is a no win situation for Emery . United’s injuries and poor form have lifted the expectation for an Arsenal victory. He is not in an enviable situation for him, anything other than a victory will be regarded as a failure by the fans and media. United will raise their game v Arsenal at old Trafford , they always do . As far as I’m concerned a draw will be a… Read more »

Batistuta

Pierre

Have to disagree there man, a draw at Old Trafford with their playing resources at the moment would be a very bad result, know it’s being said a couple of times over the years but that’s as poor a united squad as I’ve ever seen so no excuses for us really. Anything asides a win would be a bad result

Ishola70

If Arsenal can give up a two goal lead away against such a poor team as Watford then they can go down at Old Trafford. Let’s be realistic about this. Arsenal’s away form over the past few seasons has been rank. Man United despite their problems for years now can turn up at Old Trafford when the fancy takes them. In these circumstances a draw is not the end of the world. It’s one of those matches where any result would not be surprising loss, draw or a narrow win. But to expect or demand a definite win there is… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

Pierre Yes we are better equipped to play different teams this season for midweek and weekend games. Nevertheless the scheduling for both Arsenal and Man Utd is both necessary and poses serious questions about neutrality of the fixture schedulers. On a different matter I made the case that I could see an entirely different backline playing in EPL for rest of season namely Bellerin, Mustafi, Holding and Tierney. Interestingly the Daily Telegraph published today an interesting stat that Arsenal did not lose a single game last season when Holding played. I have not checked the stats, but it would not… Read more »

Ishola70

It will boil down to as most matches do who wants the result the most. Who is more hungry for the victory.

If Man United lose they became a little detached from the top four.

Which of the teams will see victory as more paramount?

Emiratesstroller

Arsenal need to build a settled team if we are going to achieve a top 4 finish in
EPL. Assuming that everyone is match fit my starting X1s would be:

EPL weekend
LENO
BELLERIN
MUSTAFI
HOLDING
TIERNEY
TORREIRA
GUENDOUZI
PEPE
LACAZETTE
AUBAMEYANG

Cup Games Midweek
MARTINEZ
CHAMBERS
SOKRATIS
LUIZ
KOLASINAC
XHAKA
WILLOCK
OZIL
NELSON
MARTINELLI
SAKA

Bench Players
MACEY
MAITLAND-NILES
MAVROPANOS
SMITH-ROWE

Emiratesstroller

I omitted CEBALLOS from my EPL starting X1

Ishola70

Emirates Holding’s run of games coincided with the unbeaten run which is true but there have been plenty that have questioned just how good that unbeaten run really was. No top team played away from home in that run. Holding shouldn’t be put forward as just one player that would make the team unbeatable. None of us know whether Holding would have suffered along with the rest of the team if he had been ever present for the whole season as the season continued and more testing matches came along. Holding has become yet another player that is waxed lyrical… Read more »

Pierre

Bats
Uniteds potential starting lineup is still pretty strong even if none of the injured players make it for today’s game.

De Gea, Bissaka, lingelof, Maguire, young in defence.

Midfield of mctominay, matic, Mata .

Expect a physical game , Mctominay is a dirty git who, if allowed by the ref , will leave his foot in at every opportunity.

As per usual, the referee and if he is strong enough , could have bearing on the outcome.

United, I expect will be very physical….remember their manager had many years playing under Ferguson.

Ishola70

Pierre

You are sounding like Arsene Wenger.

Man United too physical eh?

Perhaps like Wenger you would secretly wish that football becomes a no contact sport with physicality taken out of the game. Just artististic stuff to see. A bit like ice skating.

This thinking is why so many teams saw and still see Arsenal as a soft touch too many times especially when Arsenal are playing away from home.

Batistuta

Pierre

While their defence is pretty “strong”, their foward line will probably be Mata, Rashford and Pereira or Greenwood, if we play an attacking game then see no reason why we shouldn’t win, all on the manager and the set up though at the end of the day but still feels like they are right there for the taking

Ishola70

If the game becomes physical Pierre especially in midfield area and United are competitive in that area of the pitch then we all know it is going to be a long night for Arsenal.

So I fully understand your concerns.

Valentin

Pierre,

I agree with your defense lineup, but I don’t think that Mata will start.
If Pogba is fit, it is more likely to be Matic, McTominay, Pogba. With Greenwood, James and Lingard upfront.
I can see a red card on both side. McTominay or Matic kicking lump on Guendouzi. And Xhaka two yellows for one too many fouls and the referee influenced by the atmosphere and the baying fans.

Ishola70

I have concerns with Pogba if he plays and McTominay.

Pogba is obviously capable to make strong runs directly into the opposition penalty area from midfield and so is McTominay.

McTominay is a very direct physical player that likes to make runs on the ball into the opposition penalty area.

And we all know who will be trying to stop those runs right. Yes our very own Granit Xhaka.

Valentin

Arsenal really went for the wrong Dortmund CB, Man City isbreported wanting Leicester centre-back Caglar Soyuncu. He was available for 20~25 millions and we got Sokratis. Now one is valued at less than what we paid for , the other one as at least twice what Leicester paid for.

Emiratesstroller

Ishola70 I am not suggesting for one moment that keeping Mustafi in our lineout would be a long term solution. However, the fact is that Arsenal did not lose in the 16 games that Holding played and I am pretty sure that Bellerin and Mustafi played in most if not all those games. Surely it is better to start with the proposition that this is the best formation with Tierney included. One thing is for sure I would never play Maitland-Niles again in the backline. I am 100% convinced that he is the achilles heel identified by almost every team… Read more »

Ishola70

Emirates

I’m not suggesting that your line-up is incorrect.

It’s just this line that many like to give about Holding being involved in the unbeaten run last season.

It implies that with Holding everything is resolved.

It may improve matters but it doesn’t resolve.

Emiratesstroller

Valentin My view as I have posted is that there is one piece in backline jigsaw which needs to be resolved before start of next season. We need a World Class Centre Back to play alongside Holding, Bellerin and Tierney. I don’t know personally anything about Saliba, but at best he is a bench player in short term and I would include Chambers in that category as well. Personally I have never understood why we recruited both Sokratis and Luiz. Both are near the end of their careers and neither is starting X1 quality for a team with ambition to… Read more »

Graham62

Really not sure about tonight.

Depends on team and set up.

My gut says it’s going to be another score draw.

Emiratesstroller

Ishola 70

The point I make is that you use a formula which was better than anything which we have played since. They were UNBEATEN and did not ship in the large number of silly and unnecessary goals since both Bellerin and Holding last played.

Graham62

Having both Sokratis and Luiz in the same set up adds to the craziness of the situation.

Ishola70

Pedro pinpointed McGinn as a danger the other week in the Aston Villa game. This proved correct.

But you can say this with any team Arsenal are playing against where the opposition have a midfielder that likes to make runs into the Arsenal penalty box.

Real weakness of the Arsenal team = being able to track and cope with opposition midfield runners running into the Arsenal penalty area. Poor defensively and off the ball.

Ishola70

lol poor old Boris.

They are really trying to kill him off in quick time.

Did Charlotte Edwards report to the police this inappropiate “groping” at the time of incident?

And plenty of mostly female Labour members it must be said unashamedly now using the death of Jo Cox as a political tool.

HighburyLegend

#IamGranité
(just a bit of support before tonight’s shame… sorry, I meant game)
(lol)

Sid

Arsenal will beat utd conclusively, you heard it here 1st!

HighburyLegend

Xhaka will get a red card, you heard it here 1st!

Dark Hei

Emery will man-hug OGS, you heard it here 1st!

Valentin

Ishola70, Having seen Boris the clown at close quarter when he tries his luck with two of my colleagues at a work shindig, I have no sympathy for that narcissist opportunist. The fact that there was two journalists and that he tried his luck with both should tell you what kind of man he is. However what he is most likely to kill his political career is the investigation with the “American friend” and his afternoon “technology lessons”. Not eligible for a visa, got a visa. Not eligible for grant, got a grant. Not eligible for travel, travelled in prominent… Read more »

terraloon

Ishola

Was thinking very much the same as you.

It’s pretty clear that there is some sort of concerted attempt to get rid of Boris you can only think that as opposed to their view on May they are worried about what Boris will achieve.

Ishola70

He’s got an eye for the ladies yes has Boris.

And anyone who sprinkles his speeches with classical quotations is fine by me.

These elite liberals are sickening with their holier than thou image they want to give out.

And we know it’s all bullshit. They play around as well.

HighburyLegend

“Arsenal are finally ready to ditch Mesut Ozil by sending him out on loan in January – and will even pay for him to leave the club.”

Happy Monday, Pierre…

Graham62

Tony

GG is an absolute legend.

He was the one that got the ball rolling and help put Arsenal on the footballing map.

Ishola70

terraloon “Was thinking very much the same as you.It’s pretty clear that there is some sort of concerted attempt to get rid of Boris you can only think that as opposed to their view on May they are worried about what Boris will achieve.” Boris is the danger to their continued block of the democratic vote to leave the EU. Of course they want to kill him quickly. Unfortunately they will get their way. The goings on at parliament the other week was quite disgusting. All these Labour MPs one after another citing Jo Cox and talking about aggressive language.… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“GG is an absolute legend.”

lol at first I’ve read CG…

London gunner

Boris is a terrible leader so clearly doesn’t care about the country just his own personal profit and power. Classic politician.

Ishola70

If Corbyn had the bollocks to go for a general election toe to toe with Boris the conservatiive man would win easily.

You see voters would be more inclined to go with Boris as you could see him being much more entertaining on I’m a celebrity get me out of here than Jeremy would ever be.

The populist vote you see. It’s all about populist now.

That scary word eh populist.

terraloon

Ishola Again in 100% agreement. I worked for a while for under a man( I was a civil servant) who moved in the very highest of both political and indeed social circles. For one reason or another he was subjected to a significant amount of female attention from subordinates who we’re continually knocked back ( he fancied me as a male far more than them) I had to attend a disciplinary hearing following accusations that he was in appropriate with two ladies who coincidentally were both not worthy of the promotion they desired.The funny part was on one of the… Read more »

London gunner

Ishola

Not quite as disgusting as attacking disabled peoples right to aide and trying to sell of the nhs… we will leave that to the Tories I guess.

Jamie

3 points is a must tonight. I think we’ll draw.. p.s. no idea why Marko gets such a hard time. I agree with him re:Arteta – all evidence in support of Arteta having pizzazz is purely anecdotal at this point. What’s tragic is the impunity at which a few shit posters come here and straight-up lie to the crowd on the regular (“I have been told by special sources,” or “I’ve been supporting Arsenal for 50 years..”), but it’s all gravy because they’re vocal ‘Emery out-ers’. Pity. Also, BoJo is going down in flames. He went to school in Brussels… Read more »

terraloon

Ishola

Ironically it’s why May didn’t get the majority she craved.At that point in Time Corbyn was very cleverly marketed.

Corby is a shallow man whose beliefs, opinions and history weren’t examined in depth at the last election but you can be sure come the next election that the Tory machine, the press and maybe leaders debates will his aspirations destroyed .

Biggles

I’ve been a bit more accepting and forgiving of Emery than a lot of folk around here. Xhaka as captain however is basically unforgivable. A while back, I listed what I felt were the biggest issues with Arsenal. #1 Ozil, #2, Mkhitaryan, #3 a tie between Xhaka and Mustafi, #4 a tie between Koscielny and Monreal (on age, pace and fitness concerns, rather than skill or attitude). Of these, #1 hasn’t been resolved but has somewhat been mitigated because Ozil barely plays now. #2 is semi-resolved because Mkhitaryan is away albeit not permanently. #4 is resolved as both have gone.… Read more »

Ishola70

Corbyn has also got very old and meek looking overnight.

Looks like he could be on the cod and parsley sauce dinner real soon.

And again this aspect won’t go down too well in regards the populist vote I’m afraid.

HighburyLegend

“3 points is a must tonight. I think we’ll draw..”

And I think Manure will have – at least – 1 penalty.
(thanks to Granité and Luiz, aka Dumb & Dumber)

Valentin

Ishola70, I think that was exactly the opposite. Some members of parliament have received death threat. On both side. See the momentum banner at the Tory conference. If Boris Johnson had shown a modicum of empathy, and restraint but no the petulant idiot had to use Jo Cox murder to score points. That did not go down very well, because unlike him despite being a staunch remainer she was well like by most member of parliament. He is finding out that Dominic Cumming may be a good election strategist, but a poor advisor. In the British political system, the government… Read more »

Graham62

Biggles

I know.

The thing is, I think this decision will come back to slap Emery in the face.

Jamie

HL –

“And I think Manure will have – at least – 1 penalty.”

I approve this post. We need 3 goals to be safe, but we always shit the bed at OT. Not confident at all.

Ishola70

Valentin

Boris didn’t bring up Jo Cox in the chamber in the first place.

The scheming calculated Labour MPs did.

And Jo Cox husband said himself that he was uncomfortable with his deceased wife being used as a political tool.

Bu that’s just what these Labour MPs did.

Ishola70

Valentin

” In the British political system, the government needs the support of the parliament. He does not have it.”

lol this is not just about Boris.

No Conservative government is going to get parliamentary support and we all know why this is so.

Establishment blocking democrat vote.

Emiratesstroller

Valentin

I don’t want to engage in politics on this website but there are plenty of politicians in Parliament with a track record of “sexual indiscretions” going
back in time.

Mr Corbyn was not adverse to such matters and had a twinkle in his eye when
opportunity arose. Politicians have one of the highest divorce rates in any
profession.

What we are seeing at the moment is a concerted effort to discredit Johnson
and sabotage Brexit by whatever means is available.

Pierre

Biggles
“#1 hasn’t been resolved but has somewhat been mitigated because Ozil barely plays now.”

This has really improved our performances on the pitch hasn’t it.

The team , without Ozil .

look better defensively
Have improved our away form,
look more disciplined.
Play with more composure .
Are not as wasteful in possession of the ball.
Are more solid as a team.
Play better football.

Yeah , the improvement in our football without Ozil has improved immeasurably.

Ishola70

lol remember when that old liberal Vincey Cable got knobbled by that young girl flirting with him.

He wish he was knobbled as well. Alas for Vincey only stitched up.

Emiratesstroller

For the record I worked part-time for 5 years in the office of an MP when I was
articled to a firm of solicitors in which the MP was senior partner.

So I had a pretty good insight in what went on in Parliament.

Our political class are not a bunch of angels and singling out Boris is ludicrous.

President Mitterrand kept his mistress in the Elysee Palace along with his
wife! So lets not moralise too much.

Jamie

“What aboutism” is the worst line of defence.

We need a fresh post so we can move away from politics and towards how we think the game tonight might play out.

Grouvillegooner

A propos earlier comments on Holding. He was playing very well last season why (why Wenger did not trust him was always a mystery) until his injury ( Emery overplayed him) and would have been close to an England call up. However he is not a world beater and will need a gentle easing back from an ACL. Hopefully we will see a Chambers /Holding pairing by the end of October and Sokratis can be confined to the Caraboa.

London gunner

Wow suprised we got soo many out of touch boris supporters on this site.

Funny how the baby boomers and generation x is full of boris supporters the same lot who allowed the financial recession and sold the millennials futures by short sighted economics and environmental policies.

HighburyLegend

Wow surprised that politics are more important than football on this site.

London gunner

Terraloon

Corbyn is shallow what does that make boris johnson who cares not for the middle or working class majority of the country but cares for vested interests and his eton buddies.

There hasn’t been a great conservative leader till winston churchill.

London gunner

Since*

Bojangles

Re Xhaka, Emery should maybe take a page out of Wenger’s book and tell him not to tackle anyone.

Receding Hairline

“A propos earlier comments on Holding. He was playing very well last season why (why Wenger did not trust him was always a mystery) until his injury ( Emery overplayed him) ”

One manager did not trust him, the one that did overplayed him..what’s the middle ground? One game a month? Rob Holding made 15 appearances in all last season, hardly shocking numbers.

Left testicle

Even Labour don’t want Corbyn as PM.

Bamford10

It’s rare, but I agree with Pierre: even with injuries, United will still field a pretty good XI. And they’ll be at home, and they’ll be up for it. And while results have people questioning Solskjaer, United are well-organized and play in smart attacking patterns. No one should think of tonight as an easy game. However, if Emery gets his selection right — no Xhaka, no AMN, no Ozil, no Mustafi — we should get a result.

Sid

My sauces tell me Bojo’s mum worked for Trumps dad. He was born in New york …. feel in the gaps
You heard it here 1st!

HighburyLegend

SAUCE!!

Skinnywill

They made a very good point on the Arsenal Vision Podcast over the weekend in that with 2 full backs that we don’t trust to defend the midfielders have been pulled wide to cover their deficiencies leaving Xhaka and the 2 centre halves exposed. Obviously better players than Xhaka, Sokratis and Luis would cope better but I strongly agree with them that the return of Bellerina and the introduction of Tiernay will have a significant impact on our defensive capabilities. My team for tonight would be: Leno Maitland- Niles Tiernay Chambers Luis Holding Xhaka Guendouzi Cellabos Pepe Auba In a… Read more »

Bamford10

Skinny

“keep with a back 3”

This implies we’ve been playing with three CBs. Unless I’ve missed something, we haven’t been. And I wouldn’t play AMN tonight unless I had no other choice. Chambers is the better choice, IMO. And stay with a back four.

Champagne charlie

Banford

What does “well organised” mean for you? you claimed Emery’s Arsenal far more organised than Wenger’s.

Didn’t answer how you arrived at that conclusion though when asked.

Jamie

‘Emery’ and ‘well-organised’ don’t really belong in the same sentence.

Our defensive record is an abomination.

Receding Hairline

Organized chaos maybe

Jamie

Touche, Receding.

HighburyLegend

“My team for tonight would be:”

Why do you picked Granité ?? (sorry, couldn’t resist… lol)

Bojangles

Here’s a sexy Arsenal fan who has the hots for Xhaka.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/stunning-arsenal-fan-shows-sexier-20333794

Nelson

If the coaching staff doesn’t play Chambers today, I would be really disappointed. Chambers has so much energy. He can make the team stronger both in defense and attack. I would play him either as RB or DM.

Words on a Blog

Bojangles,

If she, as an eminent social media influencer, likes Xhaka then he must be good.

I have been duly influenced.

#Xhakahassauce

Jamie

Chambers has definitely earned a start tonight at RB over AMN. Shouldn’t even be up for discussion.

Jamie

Just read on BBC that City can’t fill their stadium for a Champs League game even though they’re trying to flog their tickets at £20 for adult non-members.

Small club.

gnarleygeorge9

Is there any chance of The Arsenal actually doing a smash & grab of 3 points up in manchester? Is it too much to ask, after all these years?

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

My team for what it’s two bob is worth…

Leno

Chambers holding papa tiernay

Torr xhara

Pepe callebos Saka

Pea .

Don’t think he will trust youth in abundance tonight..

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Left.

I heard a rumour is not only a Bannarama song but also what I have heard..

Corbyn has had three mini strokes recently. .
Look at his right eye his glasses have been modified with frost because his right eye has dropped.

Only what I’ve heard…

Valentin

CC,

Grealish stating that the Emirates Stadium is his favourite stadium.
Sure that will play well with his Spurs potential suitor.
Once Villa is relegated and Ceballos sent back to Real Madrid, may be worth make a cheeky bid for him.

Jamie

I thought Grealish was a right back?

Champagne charlie

Valentin

If he steps up this season I’d be all over him in the summer, seems like a budget peak wilshere. Much better suited to the PL than Ceballos if performances to date are an accurate reflection.

Marko

Lyon winless in 7 under Sylvinho and already under pressure. Should be seen as a warning sign for people arguing for an Arteta like appointment.

HighburyLegend

@gnarley : is it Christmas already ??

Marko

Yep Graelish will fix that midfield.

Left testicle

RSPC
Corbyn is just a puppet for Unions/Momentum.

Their four day week and open immigration policies are a joke.

Guns of Brixton

What?
Really?

Jack Grealish ?? IDK.

Seems to be a meek signing. A bit like when we said we needed wingers and Fraser of Bournemouth was floated. We need that Pepe level hype sigining.