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Racism reared its ugly head again, this time at Spurs, Rudiger claimed he heard monkey chants heading in his direction. The problem was so bad, the Spurs stadium announcer had to ask that it stop.

Quite incredible that people feel emboldened enough to do such disgusting things in public. This sort of thing isn’t even just the fault of the people doing it, it’s the people that sit near the idiots and laugh it off. It’s everyone’s responsibility to make sure this sort of thing doesn’t go on in the stadium. We had a guy who sat near us that did gross things like that, he lost his ticket because Arsenal fans wouldn’t tolerate it.

Karma was a bitch, BORN WINNER Jose Mourinho recorded another loss against a top side as Spurs capitulated against a Chelsea side that have been all over the place of late. I love it. His nice-as-pecan-pie demeanour is usually linked to how well his side is playing… when shit hits the fan, the mask will slip and he’ll be bitching about the lack of investment and his hideous lot in life. He’s the ultimate victim.

On the Arsenal front, we’re being linked with Kevin Volland. I don’t feel sexy at the thought, but I can kind of see what the idea is there. He’s good at holding up the ball, he’s fast, and he brings people into the game. He’s not as good at finishing as Auba, but he has a lot more assists. He’s also more industrious and powerful than both our strikers, Bayer have usually had a hard pressing approach to the game, which is more in keeping with the sort of vision Arteta will have of the game. I think he’s a bit like a shorter Giroud, which again, doesn’t arouse me, but no one has been involved in more goals than him in 2019 (Germany)

We’re also being linked with Dries Mertens as he has a year left to go on his deal. A spectacular player who should have moved to a bigger club a few years ago. He’s 32 years old though, he’s playing in a slower league, my suspicions are this sort of linkage is just to bump him to the top of mind for clubs looking for a quick solution this summer. I’m not sure he’s the age demo we need, it’s not like we have much chance of top 4 this season, regardless of how close we are. Short-termism is pointless and that Swiss guy we had was a disaster.

Szoboszlai is the midfielder that has me waking up in a mess. The Hungarian would vote for Brexit, wear a Maga hat to the office, and probably be an HR issue if he worked in an advertising agency, but damn… what a player.

He’s big, powerful, can dribble, shoot from long range and he works at a club that has one of the most effective approaches to pressing in the world. He reminds me of a cross between Kai Havertz and Aaron Ramsey. Would be a dream type of player to slip into our midfield. Wouldn’t mind his partner, Haaland, playing upfront… but it looks like OGS is very close to him.

Arteta has been talking more with the club and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

“The direction’s going to be very clear & it’s not going to be negotiable. I will need the players to be on board with the right attitude, with the right passion & commitment. Step by step, we will be improving and reaching to find the right identity for us”

“We have to have passion, we have to be dominant, we have to be aggressive. We have to play in the opponent’s territory as much as we want. I want the ball, I want to attack them as much as possible, I want to prevent them from attacking as much as possible”

If you were a player, how could you not be excited about a manager that wanted to play football the right way?

Instead of rambling off on why I love the noises from Arteta, here is a solo podcast for your ears delight, enjoy, give me a 5* for Christmas.

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Guns of Hackney

Arteta definitely saying the right things and I hope he carries through. Auba Luiz Ozil Xhaka Pepe Lacazette Mustafi Can all go and go ASAP. There’s money in there and wages free so let’s start the rebuild without any baggage left over from the Emery/Wenger fiasco. As for Volland and Mertens? Blughh…27 and 32? Not exactly ones for the future but, and only a big butt…if we can snatch these two for a pittance and nothing silly on wages, it might be a solution for a season or two while the internal work gets underway and Arteta can bring through… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Jeez the stats on Volland are not great at all.

This is a no from me.

Chrispy

Agree with that list Guns’ with the exception of Pepe. There’s a player in there , i’m sure of it……

Guns of Hackney

Chrispy

Nah. Pepe was a YouTube highlight reel player and I think if we had done a proper job scouting him, we would have seen that.

He’s very ordinary on all levels. Painfully dumb in a footballing sense.

Mr Serge

Guns we have to keep Pepe he is new to the league and has not been given the chance to settle he will come good

I would keep laca or auba not sell both either the rest can leave 12.01 jan 1st for me

This is all very exciting

Guns of Hackney

Serge

Mate, he’s 24. Not a baby. I’m not convinced I’m afraid. Hope I’m wrong but my gut is telling me we made a boo boo.

Romford Pele

“Pepe was a YouTube highlight reel player and I think if we had done a proper job scouting him, we would have seen that.”

He’s not and if you had watched him at Lille you’d know this too

Romford Pele

Hopefully Arteta is getting into these guys in training.

The only realistic deal I can see us doing is a replacement for Xhaka if he goes. Someone athletic please who can run box to box.

No to Kevin Volland. That’s another Lacazette. Not quick enough, poor goalscoring record and can’t create separation which is key in this league.

CG

St. Mikel “””We have to have passion, we have to be dominant, we have to be aggressive. We have to play in the opponent’s territory as much as we want. I want the ball, I want to attack them as much as possible, I want to prevent them from attacking as much as possible”””” Jibberish Alert. That what this is -unadulterated jibberish Clearly he didn’t say this to the players before the Everton game. (It was the worst game of soccer played in living memory- devoid of any of the above idealistic twaddle) Where was the passion at Goodison or… Read more »

Mr Serge

Guns would still like to see if our record signing will come good though
Yes to the Salzburg midfielder he looked awesome in the few games I have seen him play

Mr Serge

CG really ? The guy has been here 2 mins and you are already at it ffs

shaun

yep agree with the list also but add Kola and Soc to that list and leave Pepe out of it and not that impressed with the first two potential signings but prepared to believe there is some deep thought in why they are needed like the man said we need a massive culture change people underestimate the damage caused By wenger’s care free couldn’t give a fuck about the fans or this is the way the game should be played weather the player’s I have are capable or not attitude .There was over ten years of this shitty arrogance .Now… Read more »

Countryboy

From the previous post Pedro As you have said, this is a multi cultural platform. Your posts are read all over the world. Like Arsenal, Le grove is an English brand with a worldwide following. But I feel affronted any time I see people throw out ethnic and national stereotypes when addressing contrary opinions. These things happen consistently and there are no warnings or repercussions for what is patently bad behavior. CC consistently throws out email fraud abuse on RH when there is no proof that the latter is a fraudster. If RH can take it, I cant (Oh, I… Read more »

CG

Serge

“”CG really ? The guy has been here 2 mins and you are already at it ffs”””

Serge – you are off course right
Its very harsh of me.

But you have to remember in soccer management- you are at your strongest when you first arrive at a club.

Arteta sitting on a 3.5 year deal with the fans onside- basically can manage how he pleases.

He is bomb proof.

He should be laying out the parameters immediately.

Eg.
Locker room etiquette ( only him)
No glove wearing from the players
No Luiz
Etc.

HighburyLegend

“the right attitude, with the right passion & commitment”

Xhaka, Ozil, Luiz, Mustardi and Co all love this quote.

Leftsidesanch

Guns I agree with your list I’m getting mighty tired of those lot but I have full faith that Pepe will come good. Let’s give him time please.

Left testicle

Szoboszlai is the midfielder that has me waking up in a mess. The Hungarian would vote for Brexit, wear a Maga hat to the office, and probably be an HR issue if he worked in an advertising agency, but damn… what a player.
…..
Eh?

Mr Serge

CG I really think we need to unite as a fanbase whether it’s on a blog or at the ground and get behind him he will need 18months to sort out this mess
Hopefully the green shoots of recovery will start showing soon

Ghost

Hello,

Today’s post is well written Pedro. Well done.

Wasi

CG whats the obsession with gloves man?
Sometimes you make some meaningful post and sometimes you just come as dumb.
What do gloves have to do with performance?

Champagne charlie

“CC consistently throws out email fraud abuse on RH when there is no proof that the latter is a fraudster. If RH can take it, I cant (Oh, I am Nigerian, btw). We can disagree all day but I don’t think it right to abuse someone that way.“

That’s as abusive as calling me a tea bag merchant, what a pathetic claim and an even more embarrassing stance to take by becoming offended in place of another.

What’s your address? I’ll email you my apologies.

InsideRight

Congratulations CG. I didn’t think your comments could get any more ridiculous, but you’ve managed to trump even yourself. Let’s write off Arteta because he didn’t turn the team around without any training sessions and it was a turgid performance after what would have been a least a few minutes of introduction and guidance. Fuck it, burn Arteta at the stake. If only everyone had your wisdom and deep insight. Fuck, burn all of us at the stake for not grasping your genius.

Batistuta

How long before CG turns on an Arteta he’s been championing all year?

Batistuta

Freddie

From the last post, think it’s an age old lie that the Italian league is a “slow” league, that’s simply not even remotely true anymore.. The last two games between Lazio and Juve have been excellent proof to show otherwise, league is just as fast as just as competitive as any other especially last 2/3 seasons….I mean Pool have a game in hand and are still 10 points clear in December…. Watched palace v Brighton last Monday and it was a borefest of epic proportions….

Darran Lancley

Excellent podcast- really enjoyed that. Arteta was my number 1 target given our circumstanceas. His obsession and energy, and desire to embed this high performing culture were traits I also did not see in other candidates.

siddharth14

Racism is deeply ingrained in the cultures across the world. It is something which will always exist. No amount of fines, punishment, public shaming and education can completely eradicate it.

Ironically, the best way to address racism is to completely ignore it. I don’t want to open flood gates here but that is my opinion. The more coverage it gets, the more bigger it gets. We are living in an age when even negative publicity is adored by common people. If you want to address it, stop naming the culprits or the specific acts or the aggrieved one.

Sid

Pepe will come good , fast, good shot, will be better than Sonaldo at spurs.
Kolasinovs is good attacking/strong so he’s not bad as a back up with a good midfield he would be great.

Romford Pele

My current Xhaka replacement would be Ibrahim Sangare from Toulouse. Athletic enough but great passing range too.

Getting Soumare/Partey in Jan is virtually impossible.

Pierre

CG “Clearly he didn’t say this to the players before the Everton game.” I think we can give Arteta a pass on the Everton game as I dont think that line up had anything to do with him. Football wise, I also wouldn’t expect a massive difference for the Bournemouth game due to the short time he’s had with the players and he will be looking for a result more than a good performance. The home games v chelsea and United I would imagine we will start to see his influence on the team and our playing style. I’m sure… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Bati It has already begun. He’s a dunce for allowing the director of football and Technical director (aka his bosses) to walk into the dressing room with him when he’s been at the club for 1 day. Apparently gloves are evil too, easy to say sitting in south africa where you don’t have to worry about freezing your ass off 6 months a year. Oh and he can’t speak about anything more complicated than “go out and express yourselves” as a tactic, it confuses CGs feeble mind, no bueno evil lego man. He did the exact same things with Emery… Read more »

Sid

Have to agree with CG men wearing gloves lack ze mental strength, sissy

Romford Pele

“Ironically, the best way to address racism is to completely ignore it.”

Because that’s been working for hundreds and thousands of years hasn’t it.

UK, like many countries, has racism issues. Just here the problems tend to be more structural and institutional. Racism is a societal issue. Until we get serious about wanting to address it in its various guises, we will not see any sort of change.

Romford Pele

Men wearing gloves is a problem. So I guess Henry, Vieira etc all lacked mental strenth right? Behave.

Sid

I agree about Sangare @romford

CG

Re Arteta If Arteta plonks David Luiz in a back 4 for Arsenal against Bournemouth ( where he played in a Chelsea team that lost 4 nil there last season) and then plays him in the home games against Chelsea ( Abraham) or Man Utd ( Rashford)- I will be a 100% out Arteta Its alright talking a good game- but you need understand the basics first. If he priorities Luiz ( Edus’ man) over whats best for the team- I will want him out. End Off. (If he ostracizes Luiz immediately – he will have my backing.) Chelsea would… Read more »

Sid

Henry’s mental strenghth is debatable, Viera is an exeption but generally its true

Freddie Ljungberg

Bati

It maybe faster than it used to be but it doesn’t have the intensity and rough and tumble of the PL.

If Ramsey can’t stay fit there there’s is zero reason to believe he would have done it here, along with his terrible injury record for us over the years.

RP

My realistic dream January window is Xhaka and Ozil out and Sangare and Szoboszlai in. Has been for a year.

Would probably break about even if you consider the savings in wages, especially if we can kick Mustafi out too.

Romford Pele

Lol literally all the City players wear gloves. They’ve amassed 198 points over the course of two title-winning seasons. Behave yourself. That is the most pathetic excuse.

Countryboy

“That’s as abusive as calling me a tea bag merchant, what a pathetic claim and an even more embarrassing stance to take by becoming offended in place of another. What’s your address? I’ll email you my apologies.” Case in point. When bad behavior is not punished, it is repeated. CC 1. Tea bag merchant? I don’t know if you were called that. I can only comment on what I see. I don’t even know if thats an insult. That’s because I am seeing it for the first time. 2. Abuse is not the issue though, is it. Its when it… Read more »

Romford Pele

Freddie, yeah Xhaka is looking likely. So Sangare as a replacement is welcome. I just don’t see who’s taking Ozil on those wages. We are going to have to pay him to leave but i think that might be in the summer rather than next month.

Hopefully we can get guys like Mustafi and Elneny out asap though.

Freddie Ljungberg

Chambers is suspended against Bournemouth so we’re down to Sok Luiz and Mustafi, we want to get rid of Mustafi and he wants to leave.

We have AMN and Saka as the only fullback alternatives for another month.

Bit early to judge Arteta on lineups he doesn’t have a choice in making.

But I forgot, we have a very good squad so go ahead and judge I guess, I’ll be holding mine until he has the proper tools at his disposal.

siddharth14

CG

You do have a novel way of putting across your point and you have been fairly spot on in your predictions. I do agree with that Arteta talk being a yellow indicator. Unless we start seeing any subtle changes in our soft touch approach, all this talk is just hogwash.

However, i would like to correct you on that part of hearing this nonsense for a good 15 months after Wenger departed. We have been actually hearing this toxic crap for a good old last 7 years at least!

Cheers man …..

Sid

Theres a reason ze mental fails them in europe, its also clear this season they lack ze mental strength, its a general rule

Romford Pele

Chambers suspended? Fak. The only CB that has looked semi-competent. Sokratis, Luiz and Mustafi are horror shows. Is Holding still injured? And we’ve only got AMN and Saka at FBs? What about Bellerin? We need some players back asap. It’s weird because a month ago we literally had no injuries.

Freddie Ljungberg

RP

He has been heavily linked with Fenerbache so we’ll see. He only has 27m left on his contract and someone has to pay him a salary anyway so I don’t think it’s impossible that we can just release him on a free without having to pay anything.

Surely he’s not so useless that some club would mind spending what amounts to a 20m transfer fee on him? Well maybe not.

His stock is high in Turkey/ the muslim community though so maybe they see it as a commercial opportunity, we can only hope at this stage.

shaun

Sangare would be great as we are badly missing athletic energy in the middle

CG

Romford

“””Men wearing gloves is a problem. So I guess Henry, Vieira etc all lacked mental strenth right? Behave.””””

the point I made about glove wearing was in particular to the teenage and younger players.

I have no real problem – with the senior players wearing them.

I have a very serious problem when youngsters ‘trying to impress’ are wearing them in front of their new manager( who forewarned them – he would be studying them)

Last time -I looked we were mid table ( worst for 38 years)

Get the Gloves off – and lets get scrapping.

Freddie Ljungberg

RP

Think Bellerin and Holding are still being assessed, don’t know if they have picked up any more knocks though.

Chambers decided to take Christmas off with that yellow card in the 87 minute against Everton.

Hopefully Holding is back soon but he hasn’t looked good since coming back from injury either. Desperately need a top class CB in the summer latest to partner Saliba.

Upa, Saliba, Holding, Chambers and maybe Sok for experience and wrestling tips is what I would probably look for.

Leftsidesanch

“I have a very serious problem when youngsters ‘trying to impress’ are wearing them in front of their new manage”

For the love of everything holy!

What does this even mean?!?!?!!?!

I’m disappointed at myself for not doing my usual routine of skipping your drivel.

Bamford10

“Racism reared its ugly head again”

Yes, it did, Pedro, and on Le Grove. This when Un Na described the AFTV crowd as “third worlders”. Whether this was racist, xenophobic, classist or all three of these, it was a clear attempt to demean people from a certain part of the world and/or of a certain skin color and culture. This should not be tolerated, in my opinion — here or anywhere else.

CG

Sidharth

“””””I do agree with that Arteta talk being a yellow indicator. Unless we start seeing any subtle changes in our soft touch approach, all this talk is just hogwash.”””””

You have it explained it better than me .
Exactly.

shaun

yeah agreed holding has not looked good since he came back but in fairness he had a serious injury but personally I have never thought him mobile enough anyway .Upa, Saliba yep would be good to see but for Bournemouth god knows as luis ,soc and mustaffi are all useless and we should really try an avoid Soc playing in that game as that has penalty written all over it

Guns of Hackney

Look, Pepe is 24. There’s no more excuses at that age.

He can’t head
Doesn’t track or defend
Can’t pass for shit
One footed beyond belief
No football brain

I can’t see any coach making all or most of this better, not at 24.

Personally, if someone fancies him for £50m, we need to breath deep and take it. Zero point going deeper into a lucrative contract to find out we have another Walcott on our hands (but without the goals).

Nelson

I like players who have a heart to fight and who work hard. For example, I prefer Bernardo Silva than Pepe. They are both skillful. But one has a much high work rate than the other.

Romford Pele

“Upa, Saliba, Holding, Chambers and maybe Sok for experience and wrestling tips is what I would probably look for.” Good list but i’d lump Sokratis in with the others. He’s braindead too. Not overly keen on Holding but him and Chambers need to be kept for the HG quota. Plus they’re not the worst as squad players. RE Ozil, yes his stock is high in Turkey due to his heritage and Muslim roots. And he’s said he’d like to move there before but nobody there has the money to pay him what he earns so unless he takes a pay… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Pepe has started 11 games for us, is still adapting to the league. It doesn’t matter how old he is, most players coming to the PL takes time to settle.

Despite that he has scored 4 goals and has 5 assists, and been Man of the match 4 times, useless alright.

It’s possible he doesn’t work out for us but writing him off now is just stupid, par for the course with GoH though.

Some of our fans are just brain dead beyond belief.

Gentlebris

‘Pedro I read your response to Dissenter and was very impressed,no name calling,no abuse just stating fact.’

This dude actually expected Pedro to be name calling on his own fucking blog, and actually praised him that he did not!

These sorts are always very dangerous neighbours……the kind that gives you kudos for not setting fire to your own latest BMW…..the other things they are actually capable of would make you sell your house and run for your life.

Romford Pele

Workrate can always be improved. You can’t give a player talent. The likes of KDB, Silva, Aguero etc weren’t working this hard under Pellegrini.

CG

Well said G of H

There is nothing you can do with him.
If he was a racehorse- you would shoot it……and get the insurance money

The Clown didnt fancy him
Fred didnt fancy him
Both sided with the 18 year Saka

Arteta will want us to be a compact team- so he cant have Pepe continually loosing the ball- ala Sanchez……

Get the Shotgun out.
Been Duped there.

Freddie Ljungberg

RP I’m not a big fan of Sok either but out of the 3 experienced CBs he’s probably the lesser evil. Mustafi has to go, that’s not even debatable at this point and I don’t think Luiz is going to accept taking a backseat role to a couple of teenagers without being toxic. It is what it is. Re Ozil. He only has 18 months left and no one is ever going to pay him that much again, maybe a quarter if he’s lucky. If he gets a 3 year contract at say 100k a week and a lump sum… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

4 goals = £18m per goal.
5 assists = £14.4m per assist.

Or a total of 9 contributions for £8m each.

I’m going to say that this would be considered utter bollocks if it were another club or business outlay for return.

I doubt he’s selling many shirts either.

CG

Guns

Be gentle- folk around here, dont like The Truth!

gets me in sorts of trouble.

Freddie Ljungberg

GoH

Yeah, I forgot we paid 72m for him to only play for 4 months, he will never score or assist for us again. You’re beyond stupid.

Gentlebris

‘Despite that he has scored 4 goals and has 5 assists, and been Man of the match 4 times, useless alright.’

Impressive figures I must say, and we all know he’s still tanking. Should rock it high when he begins to really ball.

Dude has had these kinds of vegetable moments in the past, he always spun it around.

We will get value for our £72m.

Romford Pele

You can’t debate with people who don’t want to be debate. Like flogging a dead horse.

InsideRight

If a player is following instructions, performing well and working hard, it makes absolutely no difference whether or not they are wearing gloves. As for Arteta’s talk, he is setting out his vision as every manager/head coach would. There is only a problem when a year in the same language is being used and there has been no evidence of progression and players are not making that vision a reality. All this yellow indicator rubbish is just that, rubbish. Save the criticism for when it is deserved, not when the lad has been in post less than 24 hours. It’s… Read more »

Vladdy P

Racism against white people is the most prevalent, and actively encouraged by our mass media. Not pleasant what’s happening these days, but you kept pushing the ‘fuckwhypeepo’ narrative, forcing them to identify as a homogenous group. Pushback was inevitable sooner or later. Sad state of affairs, really.

Champagne charlie

Countryboy For someone that frequents a blog about an English football club you’re completely out of touch with elements of British culture/nature of communication and interaction. You’re claiming racism, stereotyping, stupidity etc. But painfully unaware that you can be a cunt, or a cunt and it mean a pal or a prick. Intention is the one and only factor of consideration when judging what’s claimed to be any of the above you suggest. On Receding: he’s a Nigerian that works in IT. If ripping him about email scams is offensive to you that is your issue and not mine. I… Read more »

Romford Pele

“Racism against white people is the most prevalent, and actively encouraged by our mass media.”

OMG.

Anyway let me stick to football.

Cesc Appeal

Partey has a release clause of £42 Million apparently?

If so that is the player Arsenal should go all out to get. Drop him into our midfield and instantly create balance and allow other players to focus more on different aspects of midfield play instead of shitting the bed every time the opposition break and playing with that neuroses hanging over them.

Guns of Hackney

FL It’s just an opinion based on years of watching players from various sports etc. Sometimes one just pegs the bad ones, just like some can pick the superstars. I want him to do well…a fast, tricky goal scoring winger is something we’ve missed since Pires or Freddy but Pepe just doesn’t seem right. It’s the brainlessness that bothers me the most. The speedy run and head down antics are too reminiscent of a certain Theo who failed to deliver on his enormous talent. Hopefully Mikel might slow him down a bit and get him to use his eyes. But… Read more »

Dissenter

Romford
You were warned about CG though. He’s here to monologue and he s worth a read that leads to belly aching laughter 1% of the time.
He did get Emery right from the outset so that’s that.

Romford Pele

Dissenter, had no idea who he was tbh. Only just learnt. Will ignore him from now on.

Dissenter

It’s 2 days before Christmas people
We all know where this ‘debate’ will lead to.

Cesc Appeal

Szobolasai is a very talented player, would like us to sign him provided the fee was ridiculous.

But he isn’t going to be an instant fix to our issues and reading up on him from Salzburg fans they do say he can struggle sometimes when the game is intense and when he’s pressed.

That would obviously develop with time in the EPL and coaching but people cannot be thinking we’d buy him, drop him in the midfield and then think job done.

Cesc Appeal

*wasn’t ridiculous.

We’re not United over here ‘fine we will sign him but only if we pay £20 Million over the odds’.

Champagne charlie

“Racism against white people is the most prevalent, and actively encouraged by our mass media.”

Have a word haha absolute bollocks.

Useroz

What’s in the 2019 clip of Szoboszlai would suggest EPL pricing is going to be high. It’d be just hot air with no ‘fee’ mentioned in the media. Cheap if under 40m. The dumpster list should be for winter clearance except Laca and Pepe. I’d add Elneny, Mikhi and some. No loan bs … let’s do clean breaks. But if Laca / Pepe isn’t coming around by end of season join the list for the summer My priority to clear over time: Elneny, Mikhi Ozil Luiz. (unless MA makes him def mid) Mustafi Auba Marvo Xhara Ceballos. (return – slow;… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Dissenter

He only got Emery right because he pisses on everything about the club, same as one or 2 others here, occasionally they get something right. Hardly makes them prophets though, just whiny cunts.

Freddie Ljungberg

CA

Last time we were linked with Szoboszla the fee mentioned was in the 20-25 region, don’t know how much that has changed now though.

He’s still 19 and plays in Austria so they can’t demand something crazy for him.

It’s not like Haaland where he just smashes in goals every week and he’s on the wish list of every major club.

Dissenter

Good thing most football stadiums have high def security cameras that cover every area allowed by law. The new spurs stadium’s camera will easily ferret out the idiots.
It’s amazing how decent people are just a horrible referee’s call away from hurling vile abuse in a crowd. The ref in the spuds game has not improved at all, always been nag….and still bad.

Dissenter

CC
One good player at a time, only young ones though. It won’t be a fast rebuild.

Guns of Hackney

Pierre and myself got Emery right too. After two games I believe.

Nothing to do with whining, just having prophetic abilities to spot rotten apples.

Surely you lot with a combined football knowledge of about a billion games over 1,000 years can see a good player or a bad one.

Guns of Hackney

What did VAR have to say about the racism?

Dissenter

Cesc Appeal
‘One good player at a time, only young ones though. It won’t be a fast rebuild”

Gentlebris

‘Dissenter, had no idea who he was tbh. Only just learnt. Will ignore him from now on.’

Ignore him?

For having an opinion(no matter how seemingly weird)on an opinion blog?

Isn’t that high-horsy with a tiny drop of pompousness?

Freddie Ljungberg

GoH

“Pierre and myself got Emery right too. After two games I believe.”

“same as one or 2 others here, occasionally they get something right. Hardly makes them prophets though, just whiny cunts.”

Oh, did I forget to name you 2? Terribly sorry old chap, thought it was implied.

Guns of Hackney

Any minute now Marko will turn up and police the site.

Guns of Hackney

FL

As soon as you call someone a cunt, I always assume you’re referring to me.

Romford Pele

“For having an opinion(no matter how seemingly weird)on an opinion blog?”

Opinions and trolling are two different things.

Dissenter

Guns of,Hackey
Morbid anger and alcohol can unmask deeply ingrained but suppressed behaviors. Also crowds have a way of making insecure people feel powerful.

Freddie Ljungberg

GoH.

See, I did say you get something right occasionally, well done.

Dissenter

Gentlebris
I was one of the few people here that badgered Pedro to bring back CG when he was binned. I also did compliment him for getting Emery right.He has every right to be here as much as anyone else, if Pedro,permits.
That said, he’s not interested in a a dialogue or conversation.
Try engaging him and let’s see how it goes.

Guns of Hackney

Dissenter are you talking about my life or the Tottenham crowd?

I actually can’t tell.

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