Matteo deal to be offered in the summer

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Just a quick post today, I’m at a work offsite, we’re about to hit drinks. I’m about to give my boss a full piece of my mind.

‘Boss, I think you’re amazing’

What, too strong?

Someone who has been giving it a bit of the brown-nose-gegenpress in the media is Dani Ceballos. Look, I’ll take the praise quotes from people that have been in the trenches, but come on, he’s been here on loan 2 mins, he just tried to go home because he doesn’t like it, and had his wrists slapped.

“Mikel will be a brilliant coach. He has learned from Pep (Guardiola), he has a philosophy of play which I think I fit perfectly,”

“It’s true he arrived in a difficult situation of the club, but mentally he’s exactly the kind of coach Arsenal need right now.

“I’ve been working with him for around two weeks and now I have to show him I’m good enough to play for Arsenal. After the winter break I will be important.”

Amazing carry-on. Not as amazing as my boss’s carry-on luggage, no way.

Overall though, I don’t really care whether people are kissing up to the new regime. Point is, after 7 gruelling weeks, some very tough results, and not a huge amount of points… they’re all still happy. Sylvinho, a similar coach that came from nowhere was binned off by Lyon after 7 games. Gary Neville was fired after 14 games. Coaches new to the game can have very horrible starts, so in today’s low-barrier positivity, I’m celebrating that Arteta is not like Gary Neville (yet).

Matteo G looks like he’s in line for a bumper pay hike this summer. The Frenchman, who has had some mixed reviews from some folk I know in the canteen at Arsenal, seems to have won the new staff over with some solid performances, and clearly, some dedication in training. Football.London report that he’s currently on £40k a week, which makes me feel better about Huss FAHMY, because Guen was rumoured to have picked up £70k p/w when he signed his last deal. Which seemed kinda rich for a club pleading poverty. I find it curious that we’re leaking to the press that we’ll offer him a deal in the summer… odd.

Still, I have massive hopes for the player dubbed the 2nd most valuable teenager last May. I think he’s learning the game again, he’s picking up more tactical discipline, and he’s being held to a much higher level of accountability. He’s still very inconsistent, but people have to remember, he’s a kid and he has the ability already to boss games. He’ll only get better, if we’re keeping him, maybe he’s our first £100m sale at some point? One can dream.

Finally, we’ve been linked with Papa Gueye. The midfielder plays for Le Harve, who play Ligue 2 football, so take the talent with a pinch of salt. My interest here is more the profile of the player we’re looking at. This kid is a defensive midfielder, he’s tall, powerful, fast, has a range of passing both short, long, and creative… he also controls the ball like Patrick Vieira used to. He hooks the ball out of the air, nips in with his telescopic legs and he can juggle the ball over people to beat a press.

SIGN HIM.

This post was rushed, so deal with the typos.

I’m off the hang with my boss.

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Uwot?

A recent football finance website recently stated Arsenal were the second richest “ cash rich” club in world football just behind PSG I think.with a stash of £250 million plus sitting in the Bank? If true ( don’t know where figures came from) how can this poss be? If so # we care do you ought to be going mental.

moray

Uwot, AFC is used as security against bank loans for real estate deals by Stan.

This is why he is so keen that we manage our finances in a measured and circumspect manner.

Whatever cash is in the safe is not for the club to spend.

Micheal

“A recent football finance website recently stated Arsenal were the second richest “ cash rich” club in world football just behind PSG I think.with a stash of £250 million plus sitting in the Bank? If true ( don’t know where figures came from) how can this poss be? If so # we care do you ought to be going mental.” Having the money in the bank and spending are two entirely different things. Also being cash rich does not tell the whole story. The figure is the sum available at a certain date in the year when the accocunts are… Read more »

PieAFC

CG, still talking about Wenger. Wenger wasn’t known to be a ‘tactical’ coach. That day away to Man City. We won 2-0. Santi masterclass. Told you all you need to know. The players took it upon themselves. Even wenger post match, said he didn’t know where that performance came from. Wenger was innovative, same ilk as managers like Biesla, but their stubbornness eventually becomes prudent and their downfall. Leeds yet again, falling away. Due to Biesla not rotating enough, small squad, not adapting certain periods of the league. For wengers greatness during some years, he never adapted or worked out… Read more »

Uwot?

Thanks for the heads up guys.finances not my strongest point🤪

Pierre

Pie
“What club, set up, gets to a CL final then picks apart and decimates their team….”

You was doing quite well there until the champions league comment.

Our champions league team consisted of

Lehman…
Senderos , campbell, flamini, lundberg, ces, hleb, Henry, pires Gilbetto, Eboue.

I would suggest it was a near miracle to be ten mins from being champions of europe with that team.

Lehman, pires, Campbell were on their last legs and senderos, Eboue, flamini were average at best .

Dissenter

Our finances are going to nose dive when all the events of the last year are considered.
We won’t qualify for the EL – £40 million gone
If we finish mid table—- that’s some money out the door because some monies are allocated based on league table finish
The saving grace is that many Arsenal games have been beamed live just for the entertainment value, at least we get some extra TV money from that.

DigitalBob

Graham – Tactically yes, he could have been better with a Klopp or Pep, but the skills to enhance his individual game(wing play) were not developed due to Theo’s own underachieving/attitude to the role. Nothing to do with Arsene.

Graham62

Digital Bob

If you say so.

😂😂😂😂😂

PieAFC

Average at best? Them players I recall, coached by Keown, broke numerous records in reaching that CL final. So point being, average players can be improved. “I would suggest it was a near miracle to be ten mins from being champions of europe with that team” Are you taking the piss with that comment, we outplayed Barcelona for periods of that game. Henry missed sitter after sitter. Even at 10 men we had chances. What are you on about. Almunia fucked it being a complete an utter shit keeper at his near post. After that final I also remember, citing… Read more »

Graham62

Pie AFC

So true.

“We should have progressed and kicked on after 2006. We went downhill for years”

It wasn’t decimating the team that concerned me. It was the never ending bullshit and excuses that wore me down, along with the fact that Wenger decided to change the entire structure and playing style that had proven so successful prior to 2006.

I suppose when all your leaders and winners leave the building, you’ll eventually be found out.

He was.

Graham62

PieAFC

Are you on the truth serum as well?

PieAFC

Graham,lol.

It’s the complete and utter deniability of regression with Wenger. He was, rightly lauded and respected for years. I, like many others saw him in no failing light.

But, sometimes you have to take the specs off and see it for what it was. For me it was around the 2009 season, then the final against Birmingham in 11. But that’s here nor there.

Everyone on this blog needs to move forward, Ive never known a fan base like Arsenal’s who love to moan and fight amongst themselves about things that no longer matter.

Wenger’s gone, Emery’s gone.

CG

Pie Afc “””””Leeds yet again, falling away. Due to Biesla not rotating enough, small squad, not adapting certain periods of the league.””””” Leeds are plummeting down the table because their manager is a proponent of this nonsensical ‘ headless chicken PRESSING soccer’. They have run out of steam in January ( still 4 months of the season to go)! I note Slaven Bilics WBA are running away from them. Thats because Bilic , like our Wenger believes in sensible soccer- and not soccer with gimmicks. (ie.pressing cobblers over a 10 month season) Our Wengers teams never ran out of steam… Read more »

China1

Arsenal’s next 4 games are on Friday, Monday, Friday, Tuesday

Whoever is designing this schedule needs a public flogging I tell you.

Whatever happened to Saturday and Sunday games?

Stan_The_Asset_Stripper

CG your comment at 10:30:11 is well put but Wenger shot himself in the foot by staying past 2014 cup final imho.

Aside from the on-field ‘regression’ as some might put it, Wenger always tried his hardest within his ability than Gazidis ever did. Case in point being the RVP sale where Ivan was happy to take any fee. Another being Vela’s sale. The new guys at the helm are not excelling so far.

Hopefully Arteta is able to buy himself time as Head Coach to implement his ideas.

Goobergooner

CG

How many times were Arsenal up around 1st at Christmas giving us a false hope we may actually not fuck it up this time come the 2nd half of the season.

China1

I’d have tolerated the decline of arsenal a little better if the club and manager had been honest about it Every year we were talking up ‘super qualidee’ just to push through season ticket sales before signing an awful lot of drab ‘There is money to spend if we find the right player’ (Conveniently Never finds the right player) We won’t sell all our best players (Sells best players year on year as a serious strategy) I’d much rather after the emirates move the club just said look financially things are going to be different for the next 10 years.… Read more »

China1

Gazidis didn’t do a damn day’s work in his first 7 or so years with us. Unreal that he earned 10s of millions for bringing wenger his morning coffee and a neck massage after lunch

What a fucking cretin

At least wenger had his early years joy – gazidis was an outright cunt

China1

Tbf if you offered me millions of pounds a year to do nothing at a random football club in a foreign country I’d do it lol

CG

Stan the Asset “”””CG your comment at 10:30:11 is well put but Wenger shot himself in the foot by staying past 2014 cup final imho.”””” thanks Stanley. In Wengers last 10 years he had to deal with: 1) Chelseas Oligarch arriving. 2) David Dein leaving 3)Competing with 2 of the the best managers ever( fergie and Jose) 4) KSE taking over the club 5)Man City Oil money arriving 6) Clubs strategically targeting his players ( eg Cole, Nasri, RVP etc) 7) A new stadium 8) An ever ungrateful fan base- harder than ever to please. As Wenger once commented on-… Read more »

Ernest Reed

“Arsenal’s next 4 games are on Friday, Monday, Friday, Tuesday”

I assume this to be relevant to your timezone, China?

According to the schedule its Sunday (Newcastle), Thursday (Olympiacos), Sunday ( Everton), and Thursday (Olympiacos). Am i missing something?

Ernest Reed

“Everyone on this blog needs to move forward, Ive never known a fan base like Arsenal’s who love to moan and fight amongst themselves about things that no longer matter.”

I think you will find that pretty much every supporter for every team will fit into this description, Pie.

Nelson

China
Arsenal’s next 4 games are on Friday, Monday, Friday, Tuesday

You better checked whether you have coronavirus. Arsenal’s next 4 games are on Sunday, Thursday, Sunday and Thursday. You are confusing us with China time. By the way, can you still live normally in China?

Damon

In Wengers last 10 years he had to deal with:1) Chelseas Oligarch arriving. 2) David Dein leaving 3)Competing with 2 of the the best managers ever( fergie and Jose) 4) KSE taking over the club 5)Man City Oil money arriving 6) Clubs strategically targeting his players ( eg Cole, Nasri, RVP etc) 7) A new stadium 8) An ever ungrateful fan base- harder than ever to please.As Wenger once commented on- once fans have had caviar – they sure dont want to revert back to ordinary sausage,Well – I think we will be on a sausage diet for a while.… Read more »

Stan_The_Asset_Stripper

Cg- its definitely not waitrose’s organic sausages we munched under Emery. 😉

Ernest Reed

“Our Wengers teams never ran out of steam in Jan,” “Its January and that can only mean one thing, Arsenal will be out of contention by months end.” You forgotten that? I know i never did, because it rang true pretty much through the last decade of Wenger’s tenure. And as for your comments on Bielsa’s squad rotation? Yeah again, thats nothing new to an Arsenal supporter as Wenger generally rotated his squads to the point of all too typical injuries through exhaustion come end of January. Your revisionist view of Arsenal under Wenger is beyond amusing, its outright hysterical.… Read more »

Ernest Reed

“As Wenger once commented on- once fans have had caviar – they sure dont want to revert back to ordinary sausage“

No certainly not, especially when those sausages have been grilled over the heat from Wenger’s shit from his last decade.

Enough already, Wenger is gone and good riddance to him. He left a shit-stained rug behind thats gonna take years to properly clean.

Graham62

CG

Your 1-8 of excuses in respect to Wenger’s final 10 years at the club are just typical of a mindset that never saw the bigger picture.

Do you know what the bigger picture was?

Need more time to think that one over?

No? Still not got it?

Never mind, keep coming up with more excuses.

Anything for a laugh.

I do like your “caviar” and “sausage” comparisons though, but I prefer Ernest’s take on things far more.

Ernest, what an amusing yet truthful image.

👏👏👏

Graham62

When certain posters on le-grove gloat over a meaningless, final home game, 5-0 demolition of Burnley, who’d already gone on holiday and a 1-0 away win against already relegated Huddersfield, you know your wasting your frigging time.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Remember, 3-1 to the Arsenal.

CG

Graham The only true way to gauge how good or bad anyone is at their job- is once they have leave that job. Well Wenger has gone. And with 2 wins in 17 Arsenal sitting midtable and with a negative goal difference And with £250 million spent on our 3rd manager. And Arsenal posting million losses every season. And now with Teck decks, contract advisors, heads of operations now in tow. He is nore and more looking like the best manager there has ever been. Wengers last home match 5 zero. We have not had a performance akin to that… Read more »

Ernest Reed

“He is nore and more looking like the best manager there has ever been”

Christ Almighty, there is insanity and then there is this!

PieAFC

For how good some people think, or wenger was in his early years.

He could never RETAIN the title. We cannot laud the players we had one minute they say not before.

For that, he will never surpass Ferguson. For the ability to adapt, innovate and also move with the league – and then bowing out when he know the time was right.

Klopp, fanatic football, breaking records, Pep likewise. To do it on the consistent basis over that many years that Ferguson did was unreal.

Dissenter

Pedro
Hope you like that bit of City IP that UEFA have placed under the guillotine.