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.
So much crap being thrown at our young players. Guendouzi is not shit. He has attitude and balls. Things you can’t teach at this early age. I really have High Hopes for him Saka and Martinelli. Nelson is a weird one. He has so much talent but he second guesses himself. He has to have more confidence in his own abilities. Anyone writing off our young players is shortsighted for me. Every one of them have shown flashes of brilliance at some point and they are all under 20. It’s insane to right them off this early. Get your anger… Read more »
I know many Arsenal fans were not Walcott fans but seeing him play, specifically in these early years, was still exhilarating.
Habesha
Well said.
You’re right about Nelson.
Habesha
Certain people love nothing more than to make definitive remarks about young players in the vague hope that they are considered a sage on the topic if he inevitably falls short of the mark.
Had Walcott had proper coaching from an early age, he would have been much better.
He also played best on the right wing as he wasn’t really a striker.
Dissenter
I still don’t see it as a racist comment, especially not from a point of view of a person that hails from Bangladesh.
Working a hotel restaurant or room service is an honest occupation no matter the ethnicity or country one hails from( India, Pakistan and Bangladesh constitute a large portion of Dubai migrant workforce). And if all the report’s of employers withholding wages, passports and infringement on basic workers rights aren’t true ( the evidence seems to show otherwise), then the only accusation of racism should probably be coming from the Dubai corner, right?
It’s only logical.
Walcott wasnt even a footballer from a young age. Never liked him, not a competitor, no spirit, only ever shiwed up against spuds. Glad
To see the back of him
If Nelson had 10% of what Martinelli has, he’d be a far better player.
Belief, hunger/desire, a positive attitude and an incredible work ethic.
Tom
It may have been offensive to that poster because he is Bangledeshi. Had you written Sri-Lankan, he won’t have reacted that way.
You were just reflecting your Dubai experience.
In the states, most undocumented workers don’ have a passport unless they overstayed a visa, i.e. came by flight.
Zacharse
Whatever you and a few others may think, Walcott was a talented individual.
Unfortunately he was mismanaged and misused. From his side, he should have left far sooner. That was his mistake.
To say “Walcott wasn’t even a footballer from a young age” is poppycock. As soon as Wenger and Erickson cocked his career up by sending him to the 2006 WC, he was screwed.
He should have been used more as a striker, rather than being stuck out on the right wing. Sorry Danny.
A waste of a great talent imo.
Eriksson
Pep and Barcelona were scared of Walcott.
Imagine what a proper coach would have done for him.
Graham
Maybe youre right, but he could never finish, w a cross or shot, so i personally am glad that never happened
That has to be one of the.most bizarre decisions in football (taking Walcott to the 2006 WC). Outrageous when you think about it, he hasn’t played a minute of top flight football at that stage.
And Owen got injured during the tournament leaving England with one more striking option.
Graham62
I am hoping arteta turns Nelson around. when sterling started at Liverpool he also looked like a headless chicken at times. If all our young attackers succeed It will save us from spending a fortune. And they aren’t automatic starters so why write them of this early? that’s what annoys me.
Chris
Yep, yet another reason why I lost respect for Wenger.
An absolutely brain dead decision.
Shame about Ziyech moving to Chelsea. Would have been ideal for us
Graham
I can’t believe Sven actually went ahead with the selection, I thought Wenger only suggested Walcott went along for the experience, not part of the final squad. For him to have taken up a space in the squad itself was madness if he was never going to play.
Ronaldo went with Brazil in the 94 WC but he had played a high number of senior games by then as far as I know.
Useroz. Players under the age of 18 are not allowed to sign contracts that extend past two years. Saka is now in the driving seat and not renewing the contract he signed in 2018 smacks of negligence. Come 1 June he will be a free agent . If he signs for a non English/ Welsh club the compensation will be a few hundred grand. If he goes to an English club you may see compensation of around £10-£15 million. He will have seen how some of the other top English talent has been courted at European clubs and it would… Read more »
Batistuta
I wanted him more than I wanted pepe last summer. I have Seen him play live many times and I think Chelsea have got mahrez with work ethic for 38 mil. It’s so annoying
Maybe Nelson may have chance of becoming a decent player but mentioning him with Sancho or Raheem Sterling is just plain wrong. He’s not in that category.
Persisting with that comparison is dooming him with unreal expectations.
Whilst it may be insane to rule him out all together but it’s definitely bordering on delusional to be comparing him with players who insanely talented.
Chris
Whatever way you look at things, it was a monumental mistake to send a lad,who had no first team experience for Arsenal, to a WC.
Terraloon
But why wouldn’t Saka sign a new contract? He’s being exposed to the sauce of Arteta and any player would recognise that given a summer TW and pre season Arteta will have us back in the CL for 21-22 and competing for the PL and CL within a couple of years. His coaching acumen and ability to improve young players means that moving now would be career suicide.
Walcott as a striker did you ever see him head a ball.
He was a push and run footballer.
Pep and barca were scared of counter attacks/speed. We had rvp at the time who could make goals out of anything. A bit simpleton to say that theybwere scared of walcott, one of the least scary speedsters ever once he was found out
A mate of mine used to sum up Walcott perfectly. You’re winning a match comfortably at 3 nil, Walcott will get you goals 4 and 5. You’re away, it’s pissing down with rain, freezing cold and you’re losing 2 nil – Walcott will be completely anonymous.
Marc
He was soft from day one
Graham “Whatever way you look at things, it was a monumental mistake to send a lad,who had no first team experience for Arsenal, to a WC.” Hindsight if 20-20 like they say. I think it was a testimony to Wenger’s brilliance at the time. Wenger’s say-so was a good as Theo playing 50 games for Arsenal. Besides, Theo went on to have a good England career and should have been on of the first players on the team list for the 2010 WC, had it not be for Fabio Capello’s big mistake. He dropped Theo for Aaron Lennon because Theo… Read more »
Zach
I suppose you could always sum it up in one word!
Plain and simple, he’s a midtable team player, everton is perfect for him anyway, hometown potential hero
340 appearances .
2 Headed Goals and one of those hit him on the back of the head.⚽️😂
Marc
Didn’t Walcott score twice at Emirates v Barca when we were 2-0 down? Lol
Apart from the Aqueducts!!
Imagine if we’d sold walcott back in the day, coulda funded hazard/de bruyne/ luis suarez
Great article on BBC yesterday on Borussia Dortmund and their model of finding talent and then aelijg for huge sums – they don’t buy superstars but they make them
In particular all of their players have to pass the playing at speed test
This I believe is the role model for AFC
Selling
RT
The main bullshit on Le Grove is you.
Do you seriously think that Arsenal are going to spend £300 million in a transfer
window?
As usual you live in cuckoo land!!
Take a look at this ffs
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1241828/Man-Utd-news-transfer-funds-Arsenal-summer-kitty-cash-in-the-bank-Soccerex/amp
The gist of it all for me is based on two simple facts.
Theo Walcott underachieved at Arsenal because (1) we had a manager that was not capable of maximising his full potential and (2) because of his own failing at not leaving the club far sooner.
It’s all very simple.
G62 I personally think the same applies to AOC. A player who needed coaching to get the best out of him. The biggest mistake AW commited was to apply his philosophy to play with freedom with players who still neede to be coached to learn their art before they could play with freedom. The other big mistake was to not have club legends there to mentor the players. AW massive ego could not tolerate having someone coach better than him (cf. Keown when he coached the defendres for a brief spell and was removed because he was doing well and… Read more »
Soccerex, the same “experts” who were claiming that Arsenal was going to announce bumper profit result just before it published a massive loss. Same people who can’t make the difference between being rich but cash poor and being poor but cash rich. Arsenal may sit on £150 millions in February but if it has expenditures totalling £200 in June, then it is cash rich but ultimately poor and in debt. It is clickbait and lies that confuse people and led them to believe that Arsenal could spend £300 millions in a single transfer window. No wonder some fans are then… Read more »
I don’t think its controversial to believe we’ll have 100m to spend come summer if a real clear out happens
I agree that Walcott with better coaching could have reached greater playing height than he did. However I am not so sure with AOC. Even at Liverpool he does not look muchbetter than at Arsenal. He has the same flashes of brilliance but often fluff his lines when he has to deliver a final ball. Same thing than Ross Barkley, despite all the coaching in the world he does not seem to have progressed. He has all the attributes to be a world beater, but keep making the same mistakes. Their decision making is just wrong. I believe that it… Read more »
Graham “The gist of it all for me is based on two simple facts.Theo Walcott underachieved at Arsenal because (1) we had a manager that was not capable of maximising his full potential and (2) because of his own failing at not leaving the club far sooner.It’s all very simple.” Fabregas Cliche RVP Adebayor Cole Vieira Song Diaby Wilshere Ramsey Coquelin The list goes on and on . They all seemed to do pretty well under Wenger’s guidance from a very young age. And forgive me if I’m wrong ( which I’m not) but I’m sure Walcott played better football… Read more »
Valentin Re The Ox/Feo I understand what you are saying.. but the whole point of coaching in ones early stages of their career is to help erase the mistakes that they have in them. We’ll never know ofc whether they could have achieved their potential. This is due to the insane amount of time they spent being injured. A trademark and a ready built excuse for AW as to why we could not push beyond top 4. As you should know, having so many frequent stoppages in ones career development can only lead to underdevelopment and a lack of footballing… Read more »
Champagne CharlieFebruary 13, 2020 18:14:02
“HabeshaCertain people love nothing more than to make definitive remarks about young players in the vague hope that they are considered a sage on the topic if he inevitably falls short of the mark.”
Was mulling over how to put it then come across this which encapsulated it perfectly.
Pierre
You are not wrong in your assessment. I just believe that they could have done so much more had they been in a situation where they were not continously being injured season after season.
In football you can only learn through actual game time experience. One will never learn by being crocked and spending their time playing ProEvo/Fifa for half of the season.
Valentin Arsenal can realistically spend in transfer market between £100-120 million in line with what we spent in summer 2019. That factors in the £110 million sponsorship packages which we receive from Emirates, Adidas and Rwanda plus the relatively small amount of sales. As I posted earlier my expectation is that some of money could/will be available again in the summer, although it does not follow that the club will necessarily spend it. I pointed out that Liverpool spent hardly anything in the last two transfer windows and yet are likely to win EPL. Spurs also spent virtually nothing the… Read more »
Pierre
You’re really a clown.
Why add Diaby to that scanty list for a manager who was at Arsenal for 20 days?
Tom half of the food we eat in the West comes from animals kept in pretty shit conditions, half the clothes we buy were made for pennies by Bangladeshi or Vietnamese children and half the electronics and toys we buy were built by people in squalid conditions in Asia If you had an iPhone circa 2012, your damn straight you were putting money into the pockets of factory owners with child workers in China. All of these things are patently wrong. We think we live in a civilized society that has evolved beyond all such nastiness in 2020 but the… Read more »
Lose against Newcastle this whole thing falls apart
Diaby got worse rather than better
When he first joined he was an absolute beast. After the leg break he was never the same again. He slowed down and was less complete. And of course he was permanently crocked
*20 years, not 20 days
Another batty comment from Emiratesstroller.
Arsenal have been spending around £120m a season and have progressively gotten worse.
The only solution is the tried and tested £300m cash splurge on World class players…
This time we’ll get it right lol
Diaby, what a player he could have been. Wenger with the mega guilt trip constantly re signing him over and over.
Shows how much power Wenger had…. even in the face of pure logic he kept faith in Diaby.
Good in some ways, but of course deluded long term… and it hurt us
Good for wenger rep bad for arsenal
So our two mf signings looking like gueye and kocku. Good players no doubt, but shouldn’t he be looking for a vet?
always felt for diaby. Just looked at his youtube again… what a player he would have been aside from the horror tackle. Kudos to him for continuing to keep trying. His body just could not handle it… was like a chain reaction of other injuries for him
“Tom It may have been offensive to that poster because he is Bangledeshi. Had you written Sri-Lankan, he won’t have reacted that way.” I don’t fully understand the background of your chat but if you are asking if workers are being exploited in Dubai and UAE it’s a pure yes. They withhold their passports and much of their rights and just beast them. This is common among the Asian and African nationals. Europeans and Americans on the other side are treated as gods 😄😁 So yea there’s a bit of discrimination/racism on that If this wasn’t what your chat was… Read more »
Mystic
They are discriminated against – fact
That said it’s not only Dubai though. It’s every where migrants come to do jobs that locals won’t touch. In the states, most undocumented that walked across the border wont even have passports [that can be withheld] to start with.
Immigrations makes people more vulnerable to exploitation but is also a trampoline to bigger things as well.
That Bangladeshi that Tom referenced will still make enough money to send his kids through university in his home country. He will still send enough money to put feed his family at home.
Diaby wilshere and cesc could’ve been a 10/10 midfield if diary and wilshere hasn’t been crocked, had been coached better and if wilshere had a more professional attitude
Even tho none of diaby wilshere or Cesc are traditional DMs id have put them all in a midfield 3 with rotating positions based on the flow of the game
All of them could keep the ball, all could beat players easily, all could pass (none better than cesc), all could score, all could break between the lines and all could contribute something defensively
It would’ve been an unusual setup but it would’ve been beastly if the potential had been fulfilled
I will always remember Diaby’s first half performance in the League Cup final 07 where he was outstanding. It was like watching Vieira again.
We had all the young ingredients with Diaby, Wilshere, AOC, Ramsey at various times between 07-13. Such a nearly era in terms of the biggest prizes but the football often spectacular.
Let’s hopefully see a new era of exciting youth with the current crop that goes on to big things.
Zacharse
We need to focus all of our energies on signing top youth players. No vets. Many will have question marks when they arrive – we follow the Dortmund model in then making them world class and maybe selling a few along the way at inflated prices.
Stroller, I agree wholeheartedly with you on the recruitment side. We don’t need statement or panic buy, we need solid and strategic team building. As you said a CB, a CM are a must. Where I disagree with you is that I don’t believe that Arsenal will have £120millions to spend. I think that even if we recruit and pay by instalment, the maximum net outlet that Arsenal can afford this summer if £50millions. Obviously if a club offers silly money for Aubameyang or Guendouzi, then that would increase the pot of cash available. Same thing if we can sell… Read more »
Marquee signings are not the way forward. We’ve seen with Guen and Martinelli it is quite possible to build a new team without a huge outlay. If we get Gueye for the reported £5m this is further support to that. As potentially is Mari also
Taking that theme further, if we sold both Auba and Laca and reinvested in Benrahma and Edouard of Brentford and Celtic respectively and put the balance to signing Upamecano then I’d see that as a very progressive way forward
Chris “We had all the young ingredients with Diaby, Wilshere, AOC, Ramsey at various times between 07-13. Such a nearly era in terms of the biggest prizes but the football often spectacular.” And that was the time “the entitled ones” turned on the manager.. The football we watched back then was a totally different level to what have experienced in the last 18 months. I have no doubt that If that team back then were playing their brand of football now , ” the entitled ones ” wouldn’t be so quick to criticise and abuse the manager as they did… Read more »
Guns of SF “Diaby, what a player he could have been. Wenger with the mega guilt trip constantly re signing him over and over. Shows how much power Wenger had” Not really, what you should remember is that RVP was continually injured for many years but Wenger’s perseverance paid off and he became world class. It’s easy to say with hindsight that we should have binned wilshere and Diaby and blame Wenger for persevering with them but they may have pulled through like RVP did . Look at Cazorla this season….a prime example of how difficult it is to make… Read more »
Northbanker
“Marquee signings are not the way forward. ”
I wouldn’t say no to coutinho, would you?
Pierre, if all our crocks turned out like RVP, we’d have one good season with them then undersell them to our rivals.
Great work from Arsenal
Pierre I’m often left shaking my head in disbelief at many of your comments but your Walcott’s regression at Everton perceptions are champions league material. Walcott was 16 when he came to Arsenal as a raw talented kid. He was 28 when he left to go to Everton. He’s now 30. You’ve got all of that, right? That means he had 12 years of coaching/guidance at Arsenal. That’s right, he was programmed for 12 years by a manager who, in my honest opinion, failed to maximise his full potential by not seeing what most of us all saw and what… Read more »
Oh yeh Pierre, I almost forgot.
Why do you think the Ox left Arsenal?
Wow these comments from the players about “what it was like”.
These jokers have put themselves right in it. All this talk, so if they flop. There’s no other excuse except they’re not good players. The team is together bla bla we have better tactics bla bla we communicate better ect ect. Well ok. They said this when Wenger was here smh. Hilarious and embarrassing from the players
Newcastle will tell us everything we need to know.
These man have got all this verbal for emery and the results haven’t even improved! I mean at least wait until you got some wins under the belt. If you have any sense at all, you’d at least wait until you have some concrete results and a few goals and you’re flying. This to me just reconfirms these players are not the sharpest tools in the shed.
Newcastle will tell us everything we need to know.
Graham My point was , since leaving Arsenal Walcott has regressed . He has gone from scoring or assisting at Arsenal at just over every 2 games At everton it is just over every 4 games , so he has halved his output . Will also point out that Walcott has played out wide for Southampton, Everton, England and Arsenal though I would have liked to have seen more of him as the striker .. why do you think Everton are not using him as a striker.? As I said , maybe we did get the maximum out of him,… Read more »
Graham62
Wholeheartedly agree with you on Walcott. It used to annoy the hell out of me that with all that pace he couldn’t beat a player.
Henry used to slow the ball down to a walking pace, knock it past his man 20 yards and beat him in the ensuing foot race. Anyone with speed could learn how to do that well within a week or two. Why he never ever did it in 12 years at AFC is a question only Monsieur Wenger could answer, imho
Valentin Let’s wait and see just how much is available. I would remind you that Arsenal sold the message last season that the cupboard was bare and most so-called experts including Pedro thought that our budget would be less than £50 million. My statement was that I thought that Arsenal had between £100-120 million available although I added that it did not mean that we would necessarily spend that amount. The starting point of any discussion is how many players will be leaving in the summer and in which positions. It is clear that Arteta wants specialist cover for all… Read more »
Reality check
“Newcastle will tell us everything we need to know.”
So if we win convincingly it will tell us that the players and manager are top quality.
Correct. ?
Only saying this because if we lose or draw, I’m sure you ( and a few others) will be getting the knives out.
Ok Pierre, fair enough,
What about Ox?
Graham I’ve always liked Ox. Ox and AMN were/are being used or misused by Arsenal in a very similar manner. They are/were being used as utility players and it’s not always best for their game. Ox is the better player but AMN has similar attributes. I think Ox has become more professional under Klopp and he is showing improvement though he had many good games at Arsenal It’s looking like a great move for him but I am still not convinced that he will be a nailed on starter for liverpool , plus of course he is injury prone which… Read more »
Unlike Walcott I think there is a great player in the Ox who was
misused at Arsenal.
Only trouble with the Ox he is very injury prone.
The times I have seen him come on the pitch at the Emirates with more strapping on his legs than Nora Batty.
Love for things to go well for him at Anfield.
Pierre
Measured response but why do you think he decided to leave?
Pastures new? Fed up? Attraction of Liverpool under Klopp?
I would say probably all the above.
Cheers.
Newcastle is a must win.
Pressure will be on Arsenal after the two week break.
Arteta’s methods and philosophies should be more evident…………..hopefully!
As you well know I’m not too good at predictions but I’m going to put my head on the block and go for a 3-1 win.
Fingers crossed.
Just watched a diaby highlight reel….. man he liked to leave a foot in. No wonder he was injured so often.
Held on to the ball a lot too, invited a lot of tackles.
JamesWood – I agree. I think Theo was given ample time to become what we had hoped he would become. Its all well and good saying that Arsene stunted his growth as a player due to a lack of tactics but Theo’s limited game is down a lack of the basic technical ability a winger needs. If you say he was more of a striker then ok he worked on his finishing but never his skill or guile in either position. That to me is not Arsene’s fault. There needs to be some personal accountability as a professional. Time and… Read more »
So Wenger signs Theo and Ox. Theo score 100 goals for AFC Makes hefty profit on both Has 15 years service of both They entertain and win trophies Graham still not happy. “””They were not coached properly”” (I guarantee if Wenger was coaching Pepe – he would be 100% more productive than he has been to date ) Indeed Wengers record is looking better and better as the weeks and months go by- especially with these current idiots we now have in charge. More mid table mediocrity this weekend. Another total snoozefest. (Even Bob cant be bothered to attend) Your… Read more »
CG
You’re not wrong.
100 goals in 10 years hardly striker material is it Theo.
Digital Bib
“It’s all well and good saying that Wenger stunted his growth as a player”
Wenger stunted his growth his growth as a player.
Not too difficult to say.
Cheers.
Thanks Pierre
Let’s see if Pepe can score the amount of goals Theo did( we have the coaching expertise now,Wenger has departed)
Let’s also see if we can turn a tidy profit on Pepe too.( like Wenger did with Theo and Ox)
Somehow , I doubt it.
But that will be our Wengers fault too, I am sure.
The Entitled Ones are quite a spoilt bunch are they not?
(Hate to see them all in a room together )
The noise , the tears and the tantrums…..ouch.
CG
Honesty day.
Irrespective of his successes, Wenger stunted the growth of our club.
Even easier to say.
Cheers.
Digital Bob
One too many “his growth”.
Amazing what three cups of coffee, before midday, can do to you.
Yep I’m with Graham’s opinion.
As well as the fans who sang one Arsene Wenger til the very end.
I get the loyalty, but for a top club to see decline just to feed an old man’s ego, that’s where it went to far. The fans were a big part of that.
CG you’re the Queen of that parade
Wengers last home match was a 5 zero.
(Only brilliant managers sign off with a 5 zero!)
We have not played as fluently, entertainingly or expensively since.
Watching Sundays midtable game against Newcastle United will be akin to having your teeth pulled.
Two average teams fighting over midtable points. We are a total irrelevance
(Other clubs dont want our players now.
They used to- under Wenger)
That’s the reality of our post Wenger times.
And that will be the case for a while.
We are in the Wilderness Years.
Enjoy.
Spare a thought for the grown men still pining for Wenger. They’re the same types who stalk their ex-wives. The obsession and refusal to move on is real. Hate to see it.
Doing their best hysterical schoolgirl impersonations like when Robbie left Take That. Dry those tears, he isn’t coming back.
Look what Spuds did with Bale…we took Walcott and turned him into meh
I have a feeling we will come out all guns blazing in the second half of the season.
We will most likely roll 4 or 5 past Newcastle.