Honestly, if there are any therapists out there, drop your number in the comments section, I have about 50 potential clients that have serious Emery detachment issues.
Therapist: ‘Would anyone like to open?’
Patient 1: ‘Listen, I don’t want to say he was like a father to me, more of a fleeting uncle, but whatever, THE FANS SLANDERED HIM and that’s wrong. The world is a terrible place.’
Therapist: Circle of trust people, who else has something to say?
Patient 2: ‘I haven’t had a hit of Unai for, ummm, about 6 weeks now’
< applause from the group >
‘But god damn it I miss him. I loved the way he said ‘evening’, it was like brutalist linguistics. I miss Kola on the overlap. The 4 captains. Leaving games after 62 minutes.’
Geeeeeez guys, let’s take our foot off the Emery nostalgia gas. It’s getting boring. What are you even defending? The football was so miserable people started picking up season tickets to the ruggers. Time to move on. Far too much Stockholm Syndrome out there and it’s depressing.
Let’s get back to the signings. David Ornstein said that Southampton were shocked that we picked up a Kia player from them that they deemed so average, they thought he’d take the free and go to a lower level team. Quite the statement. Kike Marin, LEGEND of Twitter, thinks both singings are NOT Arsenal level and wonders what prompted us to do the deals.
I mean… all I can do is shrug. If these players don’t deliver, we are back to asking serious questions again, because the worry is the mighty Edu will be proven to have black nails under that white knight costume. The only hope I have is that, firstly, Mari brings some of that sexy Brazil form to the starting 11, and secondly, Kia has a very, very, very tasty player heading our way in exchange for the particularly weird signing fans hope will be good because he had nice things to say in his prezzer.
Still not great is it? The subtext is not good. If we’re skint, I’d rather keep the agent fees so we can buy bigger players this summer.
Maybe Kia is helping us sell players? That’d be a nice exchange. Right?
Who knows. I just don’t like it, but what can I do? Nothing. Maybe I need some therapy? I apparently can through my insurance… but substandard. What does that mean? That they make your problems worse? Or give you bad solutions? How do you know if a therapist is shit?
My dad might… I’ll be accusing him of fake crimes in no time, then I’ll have my answer.
Or were they fake?
Gabriel has nationality issues.
“I have Italian citizenship from my father. So I have the option of playing for Brazil or Italy,”
“But that’s just the future; I have to keep working here at Arsenal, and only then we will see what lies ahead.
I think I would take the Italian job, great food, lots of culture, and easier to get to on a boat (we hear you, Greta). I also think players that pick a country allegiance just because it’s a bit more convenient are pretty cool. Senna took Spain. Vieri was an Aussie and he took Italy. Giggs was English. Elite stuff.
Mesut Ozil has more attackers (like, violent criminals) in court. This time, two Turkish guys who threatened to kill him. No news on why. Can’t imagine that’ll go down well with Erdogan, those poor guys don’t know who they fucked with. Bigger thing here… what the hell is wrong with people? This feels quite new. United fans with Woodward embarrassing themselves as well. Pathetic and cowardly.
I think that’s it? I don’t have much more to say today. More tomorrow. A podcast for sure. See you in the comments my darlings, but let’s mostly keep it to forward-facing conversations and can we please, please, please, stop asking inane questions like: Why are you not judging Arteta the same way you judged Emery after his 18 months, 2 full preseasons, and £200m in expenditure. I shan’t be answering today, I’m having therapy.
x
YUP
DE DUP
WOO WOO
Tr4phy?
Not today buddy
The signings do not feel me with joy either but I would like to see what happens in the summer.a lot of fans are on here are being very silly wanting change after 8 games I blame FIFA and playstation for these issues
What is the Kia player we picked up from Southampton ?
Reports that we only went for Mari because we failed with a bid for Gabriel Magalhaes from Lille. Makes sense since we needed a CB and Mari is a slower less athletic version of Gabriel.
Talks we’re going to go back in in the summer for 30m. Nice if true.
Nice troll post btw Pedro.
Serge
It’s amazing how the club has fallen into the couldn’t care less category with fans.
Mediocre signings, world class journey players drawing the club of money.
lol for what ?
Not the dream that was promised in 2000.
Also
What’s happened to medely…
He was going to burst theough this year. Now we are linked with another 30; French youngster.
Rspc
He’s Brazilian, but close enough I guess.
R.S.P.C.Arsenal
The Kia player from Soton is Cedric Soares.
It’s making me wonder whether Raul is realy trying to help us or whether he is more interested in helping his contacts get richer.
These comments from Soton that Soares is an average player doesn’t inspire confidence that the suits are doing the right thing for the team.
We’ll have to find out this summer.
No one mentioning that Arteta is a shocking manager and needs to be sacked ASAP. Raul was a disaster at Barcelona then because Arsenal are mugs his agent palmed him off on Arsenal where he’s doing the exact same thing
The Southampton was shocked comments have been twisted.
He got injured late in the window and they didn’t think anyone would pick him up because of that and they thought they would lose him on a free.
If the loan fee was the reported 1m it’s pretty cheap for a 5 month trial period to see if he’s worth signing on a long term contract.
Soares has played in 16 out of 25 PL games this season for Southampton so they can’t have thought he was that bad
Oh and you can reduce 25 down to 23 as two of those games were when he was injured and then loaned to us (admitedly still injured)
Theres no upside to soares, just average or below average, with Mari theres a possibility
Im telling you this for free!
Are we sure Cédric signing wasn’t recommended to Edu by Arteta?
MA had this to say in some press conference last week:
“I followed him a few seasons ago, I started to follow him and I really like what he can bring. They were the right conditions for us as well to try to improve the squad.
Sid
Ever considered a paywall?
Just a suggestion.
Freddie,
…..don’t think that many people would pay good money to go behind Sid’s paywall.
I’m telling you this for free!
Big agent’s influences is a real smelly one for Arsenal (a club with finite resources and the need to scale back up), but in this case, and the Luiz case, I think their involvement is nothing more than SOP. Kos, a big PL experienced ball-playing CB, chucked it in the summer and we got Luiz in to fill that gap late in the day. I’ve little issue. Come Jan, we have no FB by trade playing for the club proper with Bellerin arriving back from injury and we bring in cover. Cheap cover no less, and a guy who said… Read more »
Arteta out yet?
“Kike Marin, LEGEND of Twitter, thinks both signings are NOT Arsenal level”
Kike is still living in the past. That is Arsenal level in 2020. We are skint.
Hahaha Arteta signed both players. He has a right to veto these moves right? He basically told the press if he didn’t want somebody they won’t be playing here. Anyway anyone that has seen soares can see he is more than good enough as a backup for us. I don’t know mari so it’s more hope than anything. Anyway Pedro is just throwing shit to see what sticks. I see arteta has improved performances and results have been poor. Any sane fan will back him at least until the end of the season. that’s when his clock really starts. What’s… Read more »
“Are we sure Cédric signing wasn’t recommended to Edu by Arteta? ”
If the club is telling you, that’s all we can afford. What would you do? It is better than nothing.
Our elite scouting network scours the world for top talent and came up with…
Cedric Soares.
(sorry for the repeats from last post, I never get my posts in on time from AUS unless I’m up at 2am for a game haha) All I can say is I really hoped Wenger leaving would reunite the fans. I wasn’t in favour of either the Emery or Arteta signings, but arsenal was (whether we have the right people in charge of those decisions is up for debate) and even if they aren’t who I want, I wish them the very best. I want them to succeed regardless of their past. A new team and a new environment (and… Read more »
Also I don’t think Arteta has got his in game management or line-ups correct yet. But this is probably a better time than any to throw him in the deep end. When we were already fucked for the season.
This will also be Improved when he has a squad of his own rather than Wenger and Emery dross.
Stan What I meant by that is this; imagine if while still in top 4, before Wenger spent millions, we got in a top draw coach and actually pushed on, rather than continue down the table until we reach this point in time. You don’t think we wouldn’t have assembled a better squad with CL football and a new exciting chapter in AFC history? Rather than a downward trajectory, no money and shit all going for us? Not guaranteed I’ll give you that. But definitely a better platform to build from than what Emery got, and now Arteta. Also the… Read more »
“The fact that the same people who wouldn’t give Emery a fair go”
Most of the posters in Le Grove were supporting Emery in the first year. Something happened to him at season end. He was destroyed and couldn’t come out of it. He has disappointed us.
I dont think most Arsenal fans would give a shit if Soares or Mari performed well enough. Both are on loan , both can fuck off if they are not upto the level , which Arteta will be the judge of. Signing Soares allows Arteta to play Maitland Niles on the rightwing . A plan B involving Maitland Niles in the midfield to if possible. We are gonna play in Europa , FA cup and PL. Lot of fixtures to come.
“Our elite scouting network scours the world for top talent and came up with…
Cedric Soares.“
Not sure the point of this type of comment.
Is a player from Southampton not good enough for us? Not next level enough? Liverpool have spent years farming talent from Southampton at great expense and they’re doing ok.
Just comes off as a desperate attempt to land a blow somewhere.
CC
You hearing about Coutinho from credible sources?
I just assumed he’d be offered to us the moment Edu and Kia joined Arsenal.
CC
What is the point of a scouting network if we are going to buy run of the mill players who are no better than we already have. Why have scouts on the payroll when I can tell you all you need to know about Soares. He’s not the next level player that we crave.
Cc,
Would love Coutinho.
A Brazilian/Portuguese influx of players in the summer transfer window would be welcome from my perspective. Generally very technical but also hardworking and (especially the Portuguese) tactically astute players.
Left Not every single player needs to be next level, this is the kind of thinking I don’t understand. Pick your fave squad in Europe and there’s a hierarchy of abilities and talents. From surreal to standard. Clubs need pros that accept relatively modest wages, cause no fuss if benched for long stretches, and provide reliable performances if not spectacular ones. We’ve had Kolasinac, Saka, Tierney all play left back this season, are you going to tell me we wouldn’t have been better off with a 28 year old Monreal giving us 7/10 every week there? Who do we have… Read more »
I suppose the obvious move would be to swap Aubameyang for coutinho then everyone would be happy .
Appears that barca are making noises about Aubameyang so why not.
Nelson
“Are we sure Cédric signing wasn’t recommended to Edu by Arteta? ”
“If the club is telling you, that’s all we can afford. What would you do? It is better than nothing”
Let AMN continue to deputize until the end of the season!
Pierre.
Not sure Coutinho works with Lacazette though. Have a feeling that Arteta will keep him unless he wants to leave
Imagine an Italy Front 2 of Immobile and Martnelli
Sounds nice
The best therapy would be getting a few wins. Staying ‘unbeaten’ doesnt really do it.
Hopefully that’ll start with Newcastle at home.
GunnerDNA
Arteta probably wants to have more options. Cédric can play both LB and RB. Last game we had no LB after Saka was injuried. There are still a lot of games. I would take it if the club offers it to me. It is a loan till Summer anyway.
Tierney is such a crock, talk is that he’s not ready till end of March at the earliest.
Looks like we have another plastercine player.
Newcastle would beat Arsenal.
Play deep and counter 3-4 times all game.
Nelson, “Arteta probably wants to have more options. Cédric can play both LB and RB. Last game we had no LB after Saka was injuried. There are still a lot of games. I would take it if the club offers it to me. It is a loan till Summer anyway” Want more options is not a problem if its a priority. Arsenal focused in the last transfer window should’ve been a CM who is good on the ball/athletic. Xhaka moving to LB vacating the CM and Ozil hiding at LW leaving a big gap that Lacazette has to filled resulting… Read more »
Kia > Coutinho
I’m into it
GunnerDNA
The plan made during our last Summer window didn’t worked out. We have spent £72m on Pepe. Our attack with Auba, Laca and Pepe couldn’t help us get into Top4. We got Ceballos to strengthen the midfield. He was then injuried and Emery had to recall Ozil. The rest is history.
I think Arteta is now planning for the future. He is playing the kids as much as possible. A big decision will be made this Summer. Hopefully, Ozil moves to Qatar. Ceballos returns to Madrid. Arteta can start his rebuild.
Pedro funny post today. The therapy most arsenal fans want now is a win.
What are the chances Arsenal beat Newcastle. Newcastle looked good yesterday in the FA cup. I understand it is against Oxford United but with our current form in getting results what are arsenal’s real chances.
The midfield is finding it hard to create chances.
Özil feels out of depth what are the other Arsenal options have?
Pedro.
My preferred List for the summer in midfield. – one of…
Grealish
Maddison
Countinho
In that order.
Coutinho in ozil out would be a wet dream
If we struggle to create (and convert) chances at home against Newcastle then we’re in for an, ahem, lively debate over here at ale Grove central!
“what the hell is wrong with people?”
Fuck me Pedro it’s taken you this long to realise that the world is full of morons.
Auba direct trade for coutinho would be sweet
I’d guess coutinho can manage 3-4 more years at top end PL standard
Plenty enough for us to write off the AM role and focus our attention elsewhere for the years to come
China1
But isn’t Countinho injury prone?
The fact Arsenal have failed TWICE to beat a Chelsea side who have lost more games than us shows the drop in level of performance under this manager.
Nelson, “The plan made during our last Summer window didn’t worked out. We have spent £72m on Pepe. Our attack with Auba, Laca and Pepe couldn’t help us get into Top4. We got Ceballos to strengthen the midfield. He was then injuried and Emery had to recall Ozil. The rest is history” “I think Arteta is now planning for the future. He is playing the kids as much as possible. A big decision will be made this Summer. Hopefully, Ozil moves to Qatar. Ceballos returns to Madrid. Arteta can start his rebuild” I thought Emery was the problem because this… Read more »
Barca just dropped over £25m on Trincão. Doubt they’ll be in for Auba with any serious offer this summer. I think that ship has sailed. Any other top European clubs looking for an elite poacher who can afford his wages and a £35m fee? No reason we still can’t just go in for Coutinho though. No need for a swap, just a sensible cash offer with staggered payments and a few sweetener clauses. The worry is his wages. No player at Arsenal deserves to be on more than £150k a week (apart from, perhaps, Auba simply because of his goal… Read more »
Gonna have to be a hot summer.
Wonder if we’ll get takers for Lacazette?
Major, I like the Grealish. Bit of the peak Jack Wilshere’s about him
Fining players 25% of their wages when the team fails to win would concentrate minds.
GunnerDNA
“I thought Emery was the problem because this was a top 4 squad. ”
The current Arsenal team is a top4 squad on paper only. We have spent most of our funding on Auba, Laca and Pepe. Their current productivity doesn’t match their values on paper.
Pedro
Grealish is English – how much do you think Villa would need to be offered to sell him?
“No reason we still can’t just go in for Coutinho though. No need for a swap, just a sensible cash offer with staggered payments and a few sweetener clauses.”
Arsenal’s transfer budget this summer is 2 bags jellybeans, a tube of fruit pastels and unlimited chances to hear me call Mike Dean a cunt.
Now if any of the players anyone would like us to buy exceed this please do not bother.
Jamie
Barca have been making noises today about how they need to add talent like Auba that’s established. He’s in the last year of his deal beyond this summer, we’re not getting more than 40 mil for him imo. If we can turn that into a Coutinho swap that’d be a superb deal for all.
Marc
Grealish is said to have a release clause in his contract for circa 45 mil. Idk the reasons for which, maybe relegation? CL club? Idk. But I don’t think he’s stupid money like Leicester will want for Maddison 60 mil etc
Now it’s become abundantly clear why Pochettino declined the Barca job.
The next manager after Valverde was always going to be the fall guy.
Messi has a clause in his contract that will allow him to leave for free. I wont be surprised if he takes it.
Not all signings will be spectacular. You need a blend of grit and finesse to make a team work. Liverpool have that perfect blend. I don’t know why some are obsessed with us only signing WC players. About Soares, guy is good enough to be cover for Bellerin. In matches I’ve watched him, he has been better than what some make him out to be. Don’t know why people take internet warlords (Ornstein/Kike Marin) words as gospel. Soton are shocked not bcoz they think he’s average but becoz of his injury and they thought no one will come from him.… Read more »
Coutinho would be ideal.
Couthino would be expensive as hell loool.
And would he wanna even come here? Not even because of our league position or anything like that.
The L he ll have to take from Liverpool fans. His idea to move on from them would be seen as a career dive.
We haven’t lost since Chelsea and people in and around Arsenal still seem so negative and in a lull. It cannot be said that some players are good enough and some are. It’s tactics, it’s not tactics. Only puzzling thing so far Arteta has done is some selections with players getting favouritism even with abject performances. Him and Steve Round, they’re not stupid. They’ll learn from mistake and address them. Understand you need more than a plan A at this level to succeed. Or at the very least a brilliant plan A, you neither need a B or C (ie… Read more »
CC
£45 million would be good money if he is available for that – what did Iwobi go for in the end £35 million?
Brixton
Come on be more positive We can offer Coutinho CL football, oops sorry I meant EL football, oops not that either what about the sauciest manager there’s ever been and a PL record for the number of draws in a season.
CC –
For sure, I’d take Coutinho all day long. Although I’d rather we got rid of Laca before Auba. And Ozil.
The Coutinho talk is just peurile fantasy It’s not going to happen, why come to a club that will finish 10-13th on the league table? We pay extraordinarily crazy wages? ——NO Special connection because he grew up in North London?—-NO To play for a name brand established world class manager? —-NO To play with world class players and establish great results? —-NO Even if we are committed to spending part of our 2020-2021 transfer budget to pay his transfer fee, the player would have better options than the modern day Arsenal. He would decline the move. That’s how far we’ve… Read more »
I would like to know where everyone thinks this war chest is comming from for transfers this summer. Talk of Coutiho, Grealish, Maddison et al is just pie in the sky. Unless there are significant departures I think you will find the cupboard will once more be bare. And lets be honest we don’t have a lot to offer from the departure lounge!
Grealish = Wilshere + Goals
Formula CORRECTION:
Grealish = Wilshere – Injuries + Goals
Aussie
I agree and I keep hearing how we can sell a list of players – who? Auba, Laca, Xhaka, Kolas and Mustafi – you’d get £40 odd million for the last three. Auba and Laca will attract more money but Auba would need to be replaced and would most likely cost best part of the combined fees of both of them.
Marc,
Maybe all those nefarious “contacts approach” links we have with super agents will result in a few sales??
Grealish is achievable.
The coot isn’t.
Man unt have a head start.?
And that’s likely where he will go.
.
Auba +cash might get the coot.
James
Fantastic and what do we do for a striker next season?
Words
Who and for how much?
I’m all for it if it works!
Marc.
He is our top striker.
He does have a mopey attitude.
He does go missing.
We do have other strikers.
But what do you prioritise our midfield is dire.
Would much prefer Grealish
Money wise he could prove to be a bargain.
And he is English(fifa).
Marc,
If I said that there is an 87% probability that Xhaka is gonna be sold for £40m to Everton, in a deal co-brokered by Kia Joorabchian and Pedro Mendes, would you accuse me of being CG?
Words
I’d never do that – I might suggest some strong medication and a lie down in a darkened room though.
James
Auba get’s goals. Laca is a mess and also down to 2 years on his contract, Martinelli look’s like a potential superstar but isn’t ready to take on the responsibility of 20 plus PL goals a season and Eddie will be sold.
If Auba goes we’ll need a replacement which will cost a lot of money.
“As our financial capability develops, as economic rationality enters the world of football, our ability to compete at salary levels for the very best talent will be enhanced,” Gazidis said.
…
Fast forward to January 2020 and we’re rummaging around in the loan deals bargain bin. Where did it all go wrong?
LOL
good luck w shutting up the emery contingent
Cedric Soares has 33 caps for portugal
Mari, I’ve said enough about, hopefully he adapts fast.
We’ve got a run of 6 games ahead of us that looks like it could be the beginning of a good run of form. hopefully arteta gets the job done in dubai, word behind the scenes is that EVERYONE LOVES AND ADMIRES ARTETA. The word behind the scenes was never that way w emery
Left
Well signing Xhaka & Mustafi, turning down £60 million for Sanchez and then swapping him for Mikki, not selling Ramsey 2 summers ago and giving Ozil £350k per week is probably a reasonable place to start.
Marc,
Ok so now I’m lying in a dark room…..surrounded by footballers with remarkably muscular calves…..
And if you sell him summer you will recoup enough for a new striker.
Marc he’s 31 next season.
Words
OK so now I’ll call you CG!
James
Sorry don’t understand your comment
Looks like messi has a good chance of leaving barca in the summer,
Anyone think theyll target auba + 1?
Zach, Auba would be a good short term move… he’ll pick up 40 goals a season there.
Marc Auba is 31 next season sell him ASAP.
Arsenal not cashing properly on players has been
a major floor in our non progress.
wonder how much we could get for him come the summer?
swap deal for messi? hahah
I tought letting players enter last year of contracts is ideal. lol. Wenger and Gazidis killed Arsenal financially in last few years.