The morning after and I’m still feeling pretty immense about yesterday. It was the sort of game that builds the character of a team and shows who is there to cut the mustard and who there spreading low-fat mayonnaise like a melt.
Nearly everyone showed up, the key worry heading into that game for me was that Everton hadn’t played for 14 days. I mistakenly thought it was a week. That’s a lot of time to prepare, revive the legs, and get hyped to blitz a side on a shaky road to recovery.
For us, it was the 3rd game in 7 days. That has a huge impact when you’re fighting a team that’s had their feet up. The players looked toasted by the end, Mikel said they were cramping up, factor in that they only had two second-half subs to freshen things up, and the outcome was all the more impressive.
Everton gave us problems, no doubt, but they only hit the target 5 games in a match that was pretty evenly split for possession. I thought a lot of our problems came down Bellerins flank. We had a two-fold problem there, Hector looks disgracefully off the pace, I think we’re all seeing now why the club invested in a spare right back when the need didn’t look that important. We also saw the difference between what Pepe offers as cover and what Auba does. Chalk and cheese, the Ivorian needs to pull his finger out. He has so much to offer going forward, but the only way he’ll survive this regime is if he does his bit tracking back, especially when his right-back is struggling.
Talking of right-backs, it is sad to see that AMN has fallen foul of the new rules of the road. I suspect he’s complained about playing right-back (like he did to Emery), because surely that’s all it can be, he always works hard, hasn’t put a foot wrong when he’s played and looked a standout 5 weeks ago. Seems like a really silly thing to do, especially when your captain is playing on the left and mucking in defensively. Hopefully, he can redeem himself, I’d prefer to see him there than Cedric, so let’s see if his tune changes soon.
Thursday night will be an interesting test for rotation. Mari and Gabriel were both in the stands today. I struggle to understand the Gabriel omission, was pondering whether it was the body language and blow up at Xhaka on Thursday, the fact he’s played a lot, or a slight knock. Mari is going to be interesting, the Spaniard who just loves smiling needs to land some game time soon and a home match against Olympiacos could be a great way to introduce himself to the fans.
Arteta dropped some sexy hintations about Auba’s state of mind after the game.
“Hopefully not just the wins, but as well what we are trying to do,”
“That he really enjoys on the pitch every time he goes, that he feels very much part of what we’re trying to build here. And I think he’s with that mindset at the moment.
“I think it’s been tough for him. You know a player like him, there’s been a lot of disappointments in the last few months and years because he has big expectations. You know he wants to play for the biggest club in the biggest tournaments, and be up there with the best players in the world. And we have to try to support him and give him everything at the club so he really feels fulfilled here. That’s the challenge I have.”
I still think it’s a moonshot to get him to stay, but the manager has said over and over again that he’s our best player and most important. Hard to disagree. It was also interesting that he wasn’t sure if he could be the complete player, namely, could he defend (even if he wanted to).
“I had two questions. One was ‘ he doesn’t want to do it?’ or ‘he cannot do it physically?’. Once I found out that physically he could do it, it was just about convincing him he needs to do it every three days and he’s showing that.”
He’s certainly shown his hunger in bucketloads. If that leads to him to staying, you’ve gotta be onboard that hype train, if he leaves, we’ll land more money than we would of if Emery had stayed on.
The manager alluded to Saka being out of the line-up because of a fitness issue and also leant into some of the mistakes being geared around a little bit of believing-your-own-hype-itis.
“Well I’m never happy when something happens like that. With Kola, he’s been very unlucky with injuries. Bukayo had some issues as well before the game then he started to play after a few minutes. It was a great contribution defensively but as well there are other moments that he showed today that there is still a lot of margin for him to improve and he needs to keep his feet on the ground and we have to help him to.”
Finally, Mesut Ozil had a very good game again. He’s certainly not falling back into old habits, he has a coach that understands him now, and one that he very much seems to respect. Arteta had an interesting piece on him.
“Yeah, I’m very pleased with him. Obviously I played with him and I know him so I try to pinch him as much as possible to do what he needs to do because I know how much he can give on the offensive side. But as well, Mesut – it’s a good example for this game. When we are dominant, when the whole process is properly done and you find the player in the right position, it’s the type of game that he wants. When that game becomes like this (gestures back and forth) that’s not his game. So he needs his teammates, he needs the right structure and organisation for him to flourish. Sometimes it’s not his fault, it’s about the team that is not supporting what he needs.”
Arteta is incredibly open about everything, I love it, feels like we’re getting an inside look under the car bonnet, hopefully, he doesn’t stop with that. Anyway, I feel like that last part was interesting (and the pinching up bit tbh), because that game doesn’t always go the way of Mesut’s strengths, so what is the plan? Or does that mean that he won’t be the plan at some point. Anyway, great to see the player happy and contributing beyond just being a key pass quarterback.
Off-topic. Arteta beat Carlo in his first encounter. He also closed the gap on Spurs to 3 points. Mourinho is out here moaning about his lack of strikers like he’s the first manager to ever have an injury crisis and I have Spurs fans complaining the football he’s trying to play is straight out of 2010 and Nagelsmann made him look antiquated. He’ll tank, like he always does, just faster this time because he can’t shield himself with £500m of players. I’m still happy with who we hired.
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Dive in right this instant (and check out yesterday’s HUMDINGER of a match report)
Pedro
Got it. I’m not allowed to talk about “squad poverty”. Are other people?
“For reference, here are some of the better teams still involved: Inter, Getafe, Leverkusen, Porto, Benfica, Wolves, United, Eintracht, Roma.”
Assuming we have a full squad at our disposal I would say we can take down any of them on our day.
Though i would like to avoid Inter and Bayer leverkusen if I had to choose.
You sum up the present midfield options well Romford. Arteta has come up with a way of playing that is trying to maximise the skill sets of the existing players. This summer’s TW is going to be really interesting. I feel strongly that Xhaka’s lack of athleticism will mean Arteta will cash him in and recruit a more dynamic midfielder. By overhauling our midfield we’ll make great strides and tidying up our CB options will also improve us greatly. Feels like Holding will be sold, possibly AMN, Sokratis, Mustafi, Kolasinac and Ozil. PEA and Laca will also be a major… Read more »
Bam, people on here are trying to save you from yourself. If you want to keep seeing the “Bin” then by all means keep it up. If you cant see what you do then you cant, just trying to save you from yourself.
Cheers Bob.
If by some chance we get CL i’d keep Auba and let him run down his deal. If we don’t then sell him and begin the rebuild.
By this summer Auba, Ozil, Luiz, Saka and Mustafi will all have a year left on his deal. Will be interesting to see what happens. Gonna be very busy for sure.
“For reference, here are some of the better teams still involved: Inter, Getafe, Leverkusen, Porto, Benfica, Wolves, United, Eintracht, Roma.”
Wolves, United and Inter worry me. Roma too. Would back us against the rest.
Curious RP, if those teams would view Arsenal the same way? Methinks they would rather not face Arsenal at all.
Bamford10,
“For reference, here are some of the better teams still involved:
Inter, Getafe, Leverkusen, Porto, Benfica, Wolves, United, Eintracht, Roma”
I agree with the arguments your’e presenting and the PL table is there as evidence. All the teams you listed above are arguably better than Arsenal but as a fan I’m hoping we can get some luck and win the competition. That’s what I wanted to say.
Gunner DNA
Kasper Schmeichel – no better than Leno
Ben Chilwell – having a shite season and we have saka and Tierney
Wilfred Ndidi – arguable v torriera
Youri Tielemans – Would rather take soumare
Dennis Praet – Ceballos all day long
Jamie Vardy _ seriously ?? over Auba ??
Leicester are a fantastic team. Looks like they’ve hit their rough patch of the season which was always expected.
The players I love from there are Soyuncu, Pereira, Ndidi, Maddison and Tielemans.
Ernest – before Arteta came in I wasn’t confident. We’ve improved since he’s come in and we have as good a chance as any. They probably won’t want to face us either.
We’re fighting on three fronts at the moment so will need to balance and rotate well.
Everton vs United and Spurs vs Wolves this weekend.
Our next league home game is at home to West Ham so it’s another chance to close the gap again.
Romford
Who would be in your starting XI for a semifinal? Who would not? Would Ceballos? Would Torreira? Would Lacazette? Would Martinelli? Obviously it depends a little on certain variables, but in the abstract, if everyone were healthy and available, what is our best XI, in your opinion?
Who we sell will say as much as who we bring in… this summer.
Just out of curiosity if Ceballos keeps on putting decent performances should we go for him? If Real Madrid is willing to sell him to us of course.
What’s the most you would be willing to pay for him?
Luisjo,
How I wish it was a time I could give you some proper hiding….I could have dedicated the whole day to flogging you all around the room until you run and hide. but I can’t right now as I’m seeking The Lord’s Face.
But I can tell you something though, it’s not good for your soul to have so much hate lodged inside of you for another human.
Bamford, hmmm probably something like this: Leno Bellerin Chambers Luiz Tierney/Saka Torreira Xhaka Pepe Ozil Auba Laca I would probably err on the side of experience. Chambers I quite like and I thought he was the least error prone until his injury against Chelsea. He’s composed on the ball too. Arteta obviously wants his CBs to be able to advance the ball and break lines or thread through balls as we saw with Luiz yesterday. Mustafi made the ball that led to the goal against Olympiakos on Thursday. I think it’s for that reason alone that Sokratis now finds himself… Read more »
“Everton vs United and Spurs vs Wolves this weekend.”
Wolves all day and all night and Spurs are a spent force even without Mourinho as a liability. United are a Jekyll and Hyde club but are away from home- a draw would be beneficial there. The weekend off for Arsenal is beneficial, given that I suspect Thursday is going to be a very tough match.
FML and now Wolves are better than Arsenal ?!!
What is wrong with you people ?
Wolves are a pretty good team, Utarse. Better than Arsenal? History says they should not be, but they have been a sound team for some time now. Used to be could Wolves give Arsenal a run for their money, but now there is a better than reasonable argument of it being the other way around. All that i am saying is don’t dismiss them.
Romford Reasonable and insightful. I can’t disagree with much of that. Totally agree re what Arteta wants from his CBs and how he is using them when we are in possession. I really like Ceballos and Martinelli, though — and I’m not a big fan of Lacazette or Xhaka or Torreira — so I might try to find a way to get those two into the XI. I actually think Martinelli could be useful through the center, even this season and even in that big of a match. Like you, I don’t see him as a genuine wide player. Will… Read more »
Time’s source saying we are in the race of Gabriel of Lille.(Left footed , huge , Athletic CB)
Another source claims we are reportedly ready to trigger Partey’s 50m clause should he not renew.
Bamford – Ceballos I feel would be great as a LCM in a 433 if we had some more athletic options to account for his lack of it. Laca i’m not keen on either but Arteta likes his CF to do a lot of link up play and donkey work which I don’t think Auba is suited to at all. Better that we use his ability to move off the ball. That’s why we have Saka pushing up as a LW so Auba can tuck in more. Martinelli had some really good performances earlier this season where Eddie was on… Read more »
I don’t think anyone is saying Wolves are better but you’d be silly to write them off. They have caused the biggest sides endless problems over the last 18 months. Good defensively with dangers through the middle and out wide. Look at how they slapped Espanyol last week. For a team with a relatively small squad, they’ve done well to balance the challenges of Europa and League football. In the hunt for Europe again this season which is a fantastic achievement considering their fixture schedule.
Oh shit, Bamford stop spamming. It’s just relentless and interminable repetition.
I remember when Bill dismantled you piece by piece about your ignorance on statistics and analysis and he rightly dismantled your bogus arguments by your use of fallacy of the majority. You’re doing it again. And who are “us”?
Who are “you lot”?
You are just a spammer, you muppet.
You’re just waving your tiny dick in the wind and insisting it’s not a toddler but a broad sword. Because you mammy said so.
“In fact I’d not have most of the United or Chelsea team. Both shite”
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Both still ahead in the table.
“If by some chance we get CL i’d keep Auba and let him run down his deal. If we don’t then sell him and begin the rebuild.“ If he doesn’t sign this summer we should sell him and reinvest. Can not get behind this last year stuff anymore, Ozil coined us, Alexis walked, Rambo walked. The debate about goals is simply not a good enough rationale. Better players have left us, Arsenal have to stop the soft touch stuff and take a step back to make two forward at some stage. Initially I said I don’t think we’d get more… Read more »
Eddie, “Oh shit, Bamford stop spamming. It’s just relentless and interminable repetition. I remember when Bill dismantled you piece by piece about your ignorance on statistics and analysis and he rightly dismantled your bogus arguments by your use of fallacy of the majority. You’re doing it again. And who are “us”? Who are “you lot”? You are just a spammer, you muppet. You’re just waving your tiny dick in the wind and insisting it’s not a toddler but a broad sword. Because you mammy said so” Pedro already remind him of the requirements. What about scrolling pass his post instead… Read more »
CC it’s a tough one because normally i’d agree. But if we sneak into the CL, we’re likely to splash the cash anyway.
I’m not sure at 31 we should be giving Auba a new deal. He’s already on £200k. We don’t want to shatter our wage bill again and who knows when he could drop off physically.. Keep him for another year, at the end of his current contract he’ll be 32. Can afford to lean on Martinelli by then who’ll be 20.
If we get CL keep him for another year imo, if we don’t then we sell.
Ernest,
No team in the prem these days can be taken lightly but to say that wolves are better is pure nonsense. they are at the top of their game and a mere 2 points ahead of our disastrous season.
let me put it another way, I would rather have our players and manager to that of Manure.
Who wished death on an Arsenal player?
For fucks sake, you can’t make some of this shit up.
Agreed Charlie, cash out on Auba and reinvest (hopefully wisely).
Not saying Wolves are better Utarse, but a reasonable argument can be made that given all things being equal today Wolves would be a very difficult team to play and Arsenal, despite showing marked improvement of late, can be split open defensively at will by teams likeWolves.
Why is Bamford getting a different playbook to everyone else? Why does his post annoy you Pedro? You had it on for me a while back, you pick favorites and declare their viewpoint gold while completely ignoring the excesses of posters who happen to be reading from the same hymn book as you are. I mean most posters on here have said more than once they isn’t an Arsenal player they will be sad to see sold, isn’t that the very acceptance of squad poverty? Yes Bamford can get a bit tedious with the whole Man United and Wolves to… Read more »
” A poster just wished death on a Arsenal player and he’s still here”
Was it Xhaka?
ManWho? ManU continue to be an accident waiting to happen. No team can suffer glorious failure at their own hands quite like ManU. It brings never ending joy to watch them fall on their own sword of ineptitude.
“No team in the prem these days can be taken lightly but to say that wolves are better is pure nonsense. they are at the top of their game and a mere 2 points ahead of our disastrous season.” It’s been a disgraceful season for anyone in the league not called Liverpool and Leicester. Even City have been a bit of a disgrace A quick look at the table shows you how mediocre the Premier league has been this season. You guys are making a song and dance of this “our worst season in living memory” bit. Wolves are where… Read more »
Wolves have the better Midfield, Receding. Then again, Midfield has been a continued source of angst for Arsenal for well over a decade now.
A worse arsenal squad was 1 point away last season. This Eason we have spent an extra £130m while adding Luiz, Pepe, Ceballos, Saka, martinelli, Nketiah, Tierney and willock to the team that was 1 point away. ——————— Un, Just because you’ve spent big doesn’t mean you’ve improved. In Ramsey and Mkhi we have lost our two biggest contributors of goals/ assists from the engine room. We haven’t replaced them with better , just different and cheaper. In all the “Emery was the worst hire ever” noise we seemed to have lost the sight of what Arsenal board had asked… Read more »
Oh it’s Bamford’s avatar popping up again to defend…….Bamford.
Pedro needs to check IPs. I assume there’s still a rule about multiple identities here isn’t there GummerDNA?
I don’t know how highly I rate Wolves’ midfield to be honest. Everyone is big on Neves but he seems to score a couple worldies a season with not much in between. I still think Moutinho is better and he’s a grandad. Jota is ok, Traore is a massive threat and Jimenez scores well. One thing in their favour though is that Wolves still don’t have the respect of a lot of teams so they always have massive amounts of spaces to play into. The litmus test comes when teams park the bus against you as Spurs find out. Do… Read more »
Not sure if i would classify the EPL as disgraceful this season, Receding? Its been challenging but equally one cannot ignore the debacle that VAR has become and equally have directly impacted many if not all matches this season.
Granted it has been a less than inspiring season for any team not Liverpool, but the game has changed a lot since the introduction of VAR, and not for the better in my opinion.
Romford It’s not without risk, but I think giving a 31 year old a bumper deal is unwise given where we are. Only worth considering if he was super keen to stay and not looking for a bump. As is that’s the farthest from likely and he fancies capitalising on Barca and Real being needy – something I have no issue at all with. All in all I think we sell Auba this summer but make a ‘best case’ deal out of it. Probably more value to be had from engineering a swap like Coutinho, Umtiti, Jovic. But absolutely not… Read more »
“I mean most posters on here have said more than once they isn’t an Arsenal player they will be sad to see sold, isn’t that the very acceptance of squad poverty?“
No, it isn’t.
Eddie, GunnerDNA is right, you need to relax.
Bamford does because Bamford is. He’s not going to change. He believes what he believes. Shame about his empty pomposity and his logical fallacies, such as his continued use of argumentum ad populum.
Time to let go, Eddie.
It would be nice to see Arsenal build on their needs rather than desires, Charlie.
It’s disheartening to read some are still suggesting we let Auba run his contract out.
He’s the most sellable asset we bave.
Why are some folks impervious to learning from history.
We can get €90-100 million for Auba
Sell Sell
Raul and Edu will overrule Arteta if it’s required .
Pepe will take off next season, then there’s Eddie and Martinelli … that before a new striker is even considered
SELL
To your point Dissenter, Auba is not the talismanic lynchpin for this team. He scores in bunches it is true, but in his totality he’s actually quite one-dimensional in what he offers.
Arsenal will be fine without him, they will find a way as the club remains big enough that they can attract decent talent or grow from within. This summer they will try to clean house, they have to as the current financial model can no longer sustain them without damage.
Dissenter
We are not getting 90 million euros for a guy with a year left on his contract. No one would argue against selling him for that amount it’s the more likely £40 million figure where the argument exists.
In most circumstances I would sell Auba. 100% it makes more sense financially, especially at his age. We shouldn’t be giving massive money to anyone at that age not named Messi or Ronaldo. The only reason I said keep him is IF we got CL. We would have a shed load to spend anyway and could offset the cost elsewhere. No matter how good Martinelli might become he’s not replicating Auba numbers immediately. Best to have another season of him playing second fiddle and then taking over in 2021. Would totally understand respect the decision to sell even if we… Read more »
Yeah Auba is 31. I don’t think you’re getting more than £60m max at this stage.
Wolves are a major threat in the EL, providing they manage to stay free of injuries.
“Yeah Auba is 31. I don’t think you’re getting more than £60m max at this stage.”
Depends on what happens with Suarez’ recovery and whether Barca can acquire Neymar (why i have no idea). Auba can become quite valuable given the right circumstances at Barca. Same is equally applicable at Real.
Bill Except that I’ve never resorted to the fallacy of the majority, and if anyone is being pompous here, it’s the guy using the Latin. The fallacy of the majority involves the claim that a particular view is the correct one because it is what most people think. I have never once resorted to this. You did, though, when you told me that I should rethink my views given that “no one” agrees with me. When I mentioned in my reply to this that it isn’t true that “no one” agrees with me, I wasn’t thereby asserting that my view… Read more »
Some never learn.
Romford
There’s NO circumstance that will justify keeping Auba I’ve he chooses to not sign an extension .
He’s not the first goal scorer who’s played for Arsenal. He won’t be the last.
There were stories in the tabloids that inter are prepping a €90 million bid. Auba will get any team close to winning a title over the hump. He’s that good for a near complete team, like RVP was to United.
*if he chooses
“Not sure if i would classify the EPL as disgraceful this season, Receding? Its been challenging but equally one cannot ignore the debacle that VAR has become and equally have directly impacted many if not all matches this season.” Yes Ernest VAR and the way the PGMOL has decided to implement it here has been a disaster. But all in the all the consistency shown by all teams in the league this season has left a lot to be desired even the once lauded Chelsea and Lampard. Only two teams have been consistent this season, Liverpool and Norwich, Norwich though… Read more »
But let’s move on to a more fruitful topic, Bill. What did you think about yesterday’s game? What do you think about the fact that we were outshot 17 to 9 at home by the 10th best team in the PL? Is this a problem, in your opinion? If not, why is it not a problem, IYO? Finally, if you were in the stadium, perhaps you could share with us what you saw from that vantage point that we might have missed if we were watching on TV.
Anyone know what yesterday’s xG and xGA numbers were?
“He’s not the first goal scorer who’s played for Arsenal. He won’t be the last.”
He is actually the one who offers nothing besides his goals, easily replaceable but not from within. Martinelli is still some way from being the finished article, i simply don’t believe Nketiah is top four quality or is even remotely ready to lead our attack, Lacazette has been fully unclothed as overrated.
Nor do i think we are getting 60m for 31 year old Aubameyang, how many teams can afford such an outlay and which of them will be needing a striker come summer?
“What do you think about the fact that we were outshot 17 to 9 at home by the 10th best team in the PL? Is this a problem, in your opinion? ” There are mitigating factors for this though. We had played our third game in just over a week, Everton were more fresh. So them finishing the game stronger isn’t a surprise as they hadn’t played a game in two weeks. Saka, Auba,Luiz, Xhaka, Mustafi and Pepe had basically played three 90-minute games without rest. The manager himself alluded to this after the game. Had we had a two-week… Read more »
“Nor do i think we are getting 60m for 31 year old Aubameyang, how many teams can afford such an outlay and which of them will be needing a striker come summer?”
Receding, I agree. I think £40m is much more likely to be honest.
Barca have a very annoying habit of paying peanuts for their targets and then compounding this by offloading their rejects as makeweights. I don’t want any rejects from Barca and I’m not sold on Coutinho. He isn’t the same player that reached dizzying heights in the Premiership for Liverpool. I’d rather have a newcomer, or a younger “failure” such as Lemar. Truth be told I’d rather look elsewhere to address our own problems. That would include: Soumare, Sangare or Partey depending how we want to play. It could include two of the above if Torteira is sold. Inject some physicality… Read more »
Norwich have played better football than many of the teams in the bottom half of the league.
I like Daniel Farke and admire his principles.
Unfortunately, luck has not been on their side and remember, they only invested minimal amounts in their squad.
“Jota is ok, Traore is a massive threat and Jimenez scores well.”
If Traore is a massive threat, Jota is even more massive.
Jota is a better than Traore in every aspect of the game except pace.
Graham
Heard a commentator saying they might be trying to do what Burnley did.
Get promoted. Invest less. 1 season in the Prem. Get experience .Generate funds. Get relegated( not intentionally but due to a poor squaf mostly). Now invest a bit. Get promoted ( automatic promotion )ideally. Now invest more also the funds from yesteryears. This way they have Prem experience players and more funds to invest which is good for the long haul.
Romford Fair enough, but two things: one, we are going to be playing in two competitions for much of the remainder of the season, and there are people here who expect us to make a go at either the EL or the 5th spot in the PL or both. That is, a busy schedule, like this past week, is simply what we’re going to need to be able to deal with, yes? And eventually, we’ll likely have to beat teams that are better than Everton, yes? Therefore, I don’t know that chalking it up to a busy week is completely… Read more »
Jimenez > Laca
Jota > Martinelli, Eddie
Neves > LT , Xhaka, Guen
Traore > Pepe
Receding, Marc
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/inter-milan-arsenal-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-ps92m-spend-report
I misread the report
It stated that Inter will have 92 million to spend, some if would be made available to try to sign Auba.
Even the 40-40 million would be a boon to our transfer budget considering we may not be in Europe next season.
Bamford, the point is, you make the same comment over and over and rile people up.
We know you think Arsenal have a bad squad that isn’t top 4, you’ve been saying it for 18 months.
Move on from it.
Jota
that is the player we need.
I would take Jimenez over laca any day.
6’3 hard working striker. great with heading…
Jota, fast, great dribbler and scorer. A Hazard lite… perfect false 9 we can use if we dont get Grealish!
“Only two teams have been consistent this season, Liverpool and Norwich, Norwich though have been consistently rubbish”
True true, LOL. Did not think to think it that way, Receding.
Banford Your stunning ability to exclude all relevant context when providing arguments is truly something. – Everton were 2nd behind Liverpool for league form since Xmas, above all the other “better teams” you claim. Their 10th place is indicative of their start to the season, not the form we met them in quite obviously. – You offer us playing in Europe as a burden for us to overcome each week but that’s with a nonchalant dismissal of the fact we beat Everton. You realise that yes, you talk like we never? Nvm the fact they scored after 40 seconds and… Read more »
All those loyal souls who vacated the Emirates 15 minutes before the final whistle, quick question.
Who are you?
At this rate I wouldn’t be surprised if DNA is one of Bamford’s students that Bam-bam groomed for the specific purpose of standing up for him on Le Grove.
“What do you think about the fact that we were outshot 17 to 9 at home by the 10th best team in the PL? Is this a problem, in your opinion? If not, why is it not a problem, IYO?” FFS, Bamford…its you! No matter what you do, its you over and over. Your tone is condescending as your attitude is much the same. If you dont see it or get it by now, you never will. “So Bill, what did you think of yesterday’s match? What was the atmosphere like given that you were there?” How flipping hard is… Read more »
We know you think Arsenal have a bad squad that isn’t top 4, you’ve been saying it for 18 months.
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Pedro,
How is that any different from others saying Arsenal squad was top four quality, which they have also been saying for 18 months.
What am I missing here?
I disagree with the guy most of the time but facts appear to back him up on this ( at least until we do make top four) while the best you can do is to roll out the “ we were one point away” so it must be true routine.
Anybody on here sitting next to these so called fans, I hope you’re shaking your head in disbelief as they brush past you.
Didn’t Arteta say something about “getting the fans onside”?
Total embarrassment.
For those of you wanting objectivity, I’m afraid the world doesn’t work like that. People like Bamford get picked on for a reason. Bias does exist, and if you don’t see why an Arsenal blog full of Arsenal fans find that motherfucker distasteful I don’t know what to tell you. He’s basically like a guy that goes to church wearing a Star of David necklace then when he arrives he touts Mohammed over Jesus and says shit like the Koran is far more accurate than the Bible without any proof or context. I’m not religious so hopefully I got that… Read more »
Luisjo
You are dumb beyond words if you think that’s what logic is.
Tom, is there much point in arguing this? Liverpool finished 1 point off first last year, was their squad title-winning quality, absolutely, as they are proving this year. Arsenal finished 5th, 2 points from 3rd with Emery at the wheel and made the Europa League Final. To suggest that we didn’t possess players capable of top 4 is absolutist and it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. It’s also a really pointless argument that we’re back to because Bamford is here. Let’s move on to the now instead of constantly prosecuting a past that left us in the worst situation of… Read more »
Luisjo, attempting to take the heat off Bamford….’purely logical’ = complete bs!
There is nothing logical about wishing death on someone, Luisjo. You have some serious issues to contend with, being banned for life would be the least of your issues.
Pedro
Whilst I appreciate it’s your blog and your rules I would personally recommend not deleting Luisjo’s above comment.
Moron’s are best shown to be what they are and we can all point and laugh at him.
Marc, agreed. Luisjo, that’s another grim comment and we don’t tolerate that sort of hateful rhetoric here.
Interesting comments on a great pod.
German clubs showing interest in
Leno.
Pope has been excellent this season.?
Its your blog Pedro, but do you really want it poisoned like this?
CC
The EL trip and tired legs are the only legit excuse but a massive one.
All the other stuff is just noise.
Everton must be the only PL club I would have a hard time trying to pick a player who’s an upgrade on what we have.
Everton are a downgrade on Ancelotti’s last coaching job, and that was also a downgrade.
DNA
Sure. Say hi to your mother for me though 😉
Ernest, he’s on the banned list
Pedro,
Why you deleting my comment?
Luteo,
I don’t do mother jokes. You can’t take me to that level.
Am i binned?
Tom, is there much point in arguing this?Liverpool finished 1 point off first last year, was their squad title-winning quality, absolutely, as they are proving this year.
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Pedro
I’m a bit fuzzy on Pools last seasons fundamentals but I don’t recall them riding a 20 game lucky unbeaten streak like we did.
They were solid throughout the season, I think.
I’m not here to relitigate the past , and you can certainly ban whoever you want- it’s your blog.
GunnerDNA, this is a football blog. We battle ideas and opinions. Don’t use mental health to warn people off calling out boorish and condescending behavior.
DNA
Of course, your level is saying stupid shit about how an Arsenal win a few days ago was the worst performance you had ever seen.
Statements like that show you obviously know what hyperbole is. So accept it from others or reel yourself in, sport.
Comment section has being a massive disgrace today, really sad
Seriously feel for Pedro having all the time to pen such quality contents but then witnessing absolute melts ruin it with disgraceful comments
Might not post for a while now, Good luck all
“then witnessing absolute melts ruin it with disgraceful comments”
You mean like that time you wanted Liverpool to beat us, made a wager about it then welched on the bet when they didn’t? Talk about disgraceful.
Read this morning that Guen was in another “bust up” with a teammate, just prior to Dubai. Sounds like he was needing to be knocked down a couple of notches, which Arteta obviously obliged. Kid needs to calm down some.
hi
“Might not post for a while now, Good luck all”
Christmas come early!