Ahhh, good news for the Brits. You can have your freedom back!
TRANSLATED: Can sit in a beer garden
The Premier League is so close you can smell the horse manure and the fried onions in the air (or is that just how my joggers are smelling these days lololol). The sticking point is of course self-interest at the lower end of the table. The bottom six clubs kicking up a fuss. Some want the league to scrap relegation, some want the league to reconsider home advantage.
Seems a bit silly to hold up the future of the league because of such trivialities.
I’d be game for the league to scrap relegation, however, the TV companies think this is a no go because it’ll make the final group of games boring. I can see that.
It’s easy to understand why these clubs are kicking up a stink. Being in a lower division in a year where you’re unlikely to see fans in the ground is a horrible thought. However, changing the league rules to accommodate this is quite a big expectation.
I’m not sure anyone can sympathise with the home games disappearing, that’s just the nature of the force majeur. Also, the Police are going to have none of it.
The medical side of things; which is also proving to be a thorn in the restart, can be resolved. The government will approve the restart and the league can copy what Germany are doing. An oversimplification, but we’re not trying to fly a car to the moon here.
After the dust has settled, hopefully, the Premier League can take a stronger stance with clubs. The teams haven’t moved as a unit and leadership has been seriously lacking. Self-interest has been too prevalent across the board. Players and clubs have not showered themselves in glory. We need to be more German moving forward. That is my solve. You like it?
This is apparently the new Arsenal kit.
I like it. Sexy and silky. Nice and tight. My post-covid body will fill that out like a ground-up pig fills a sausage skin. Can’t wait to disgust my friends wearing this beauty.
Stan Kroenke’s wealth has gone up by £323m. Are you fucking kidding me? That is our summer transfer budget set. Stan is bringing Mbappe to The Emirates, I cannot wait!
Super Agent Mino Raiola SLAMMED fake news relating to Mikhi, but Zlatan said Mino was a liar?
What is this banter? Who cares. I just love banter.
Raul and Vinnai, the big dogs, took to Zoom for a fan forum.
One interesting point from the KSE Multi team ownership was the fact that as all Sports are on lockdown, they were able to set up some calls to discuss training challenges etc – so Mikel Arteta recently had a call with @RamsNFL Head Coach Sean McVay, to share ideas & process
— REDaction Gooners (@REDactionAFC) May 6, 2020
Vinnai looks like he’s organising a proper naughty day out for West Ham away. I’m buying it. Raul trying to ingratiate the fans with his shelf. Lennon and a UNION JACK, what a lad.
Not sure there was too much in the way of info. Raul said all the players took the pay cut. The Kroenke family is going to support the club. The club are looking into refunds for season tickets. Click into the above thread for the gory detail.
Right, that’s me done, see you tomorrow. x
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The kit is boring! Covid budget special clearly
That kit is horrid, looks more brown than red.
Hope Adidas don’t take their foot off the peddle, they’ve got off to a good start
turn of the year his wealth might have increased….I’d check the numbers again lads…
and stop demonizing wealth…I want to be grubby someday.
‘Kit looks more brown than red’
Aha! I knew being colourblind would come in handy one day!!! Looks dark red to me!! Arsenal please proceed ehehe
First team! The now redundant number 10.
Why weren’t Raul and Vinai, the likely lads, wearing the new kit?
The Bundesliga will be the most watched league in the world once it restarts
Im telling you this for free!
Pedro, You have really been Impressive in this lockdown. I don’t know how you get to write the content you have been serving up so far. My hats off to you and your skills as an Arsenal blogger. I am very excited by the Idea of watching Arsenal again. Can’t wait to see how some players have responded to being Isolated and training alone. The football would have no atmosphere but it will be better than anything you could watch during this Crisis.
Yes I would take that shirt but plain royal blue
shorts and socks minimalist is more it’s not a
frigging fashion show.
Ohh and I hope Stans happy in his Counting house.
“Traces of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been found in the semen of some severely infected men, ”
The have to ensure footballers are not having unprotected intercourse, good luck to that!
You heard it here 1st!
Sid
That isnt rocket scientist Lol. It will be the only top level league airing for about 15-20 days before the Prem begins so ofc its gonna take all the viewers in that period. People are craving Live Football .
Im telling you this for free.
What an awful kit.😬👎
Looks so old and outdated. Who the hell approved this.
Not only does it look crap, it doesn’t create the Arsenal image. Not even red for Christ’s sake!
Proves that those at the top have no feel for the club.
A passionless kit.
Back to the drawing board.
Totally agree with Graham re the new kit.
Tony
Good morning.
How’s it going with you?
Hope you and are your family are safe and well.
The kit looks vile.
And Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum look frankly ridiculous in their Arsenal clobber.
They are not fans , they are ‘alleged’ executives.
Act like it; dress like it!
And have a shave!
What an utter embarrassment the club has become.
(How I miss the likes of the always immaculate Ken Friar working behind the scenes without fuss or fanfare)
That kit looked like it was dredged up from the coffin of a gooner that was interred in his jersey in the 1970s. It looks old, unappealing and just plain crap. It epitomizes Arsenal at the moment.
Good morning CG.
How’s it with you?
Trust you and your family are all ok.
I like the retro kit design. The colour is wrong though, so hopefully that’s down to using a substandard lens or weird lighting.
The new kit colour is just plain wrong. Nothing to do with the lens as the colour of the patch are correct.
I guess they were going for the redcurrant colour like the invincible wore, but this one is a miss.
Wrong fruit!
Give me a crushed banana kit over the crushed redcurrant/dark grapes kit!
With so much time on our hands why not put out say 4 shirt designs and let the fans vote on it.
The club have been very poor on communication over the past six weeks it would be a good start to get back on track.
Hello Graham
(We are all well thanks.)
Wondered what happened to you for a while….
Glad you are back on form.
That kit, eh!!!
Dont know what was worse -Vinnys choice of wallpaper or that kit?
How have we allowed such idiots to be in charge of the day to day running of this club?
Will watch dortmund vs schalke on tv, frankfurt vs Mgladbach on laptop, bremen vs leverkusen on phone
Im telling you this for free!
“The Bundesliga will be the most watched league in the world once it restarts”
Right now if the 3rd division of the Kyrgyzstan national league was available it’d be the most watched in the world.
On a serious note to the UK based posters (or anyone else who gets Sky) tonight 8pm “89”.
I wonder how many of those shorts they will sell in America.
Our unofficial unemployment numbers will be in the 20-30% the by the end of June but no worries the government is paying out crazy unemployment income.
*’ I wonder how many of those shirts they will sell in America’
Unpopular Opinion: It think we should go for Soumare instead of Partey if the former is available for less than 25 mil. Why you ask? Soumare is just as good physically if not better. He is 6 years younger He is got a higher ceiling (imo) Like Partey he is press resistant He will definitely be cheaper than Partey He can be a staple for when we finally build a side challenging for the big trophies Right now Partey is a better player than Soumare sure but if you think practically signing Soumare makes a lot of sense. If everything… Read more »
Sid
Please stop this ‘I’m telling you this for free” nonsense.
We’ve all noticed you now so drop the tacky act. Gawd knows it’s so annoying now.
“”””Like Partey he is press resistant””””
What does that actually mean in layman terms please Wasi?
Pedro “Not sure there was too much in the way of info. Raul said all the players took the pay cut” Depends how you look at it doesn’t it, especially as one of our players has been slaughtered in the media and on Le Grove for supposedly not accepting the pay cut. Yet here we have it from the horse’s mouth that ALL players have accepted the pay cut. Strangely enough, not one person on Le Grove felt it worthy of mention despite giving him abuse for something which was ultimately untrue. One would have thought that Raul would have… Read more »
“I wonder how many of those shirts they will sell in America”
The good news is that this is an Adidas problem, not an Arsenal problem. The club gets paid its sponsorship package irrespective of how many shirts are sold.
That said, the more shirts sold, the more leverage the club has to renegotiate a better deal once the current one nears expiration.
Pierre
Unless Sanllehi is lying and has said that for good press – putting out a press statement is more formal and if he did that and it wasn’t true it could cause problems for other players.
Ultimately no one has mentioned Ozil for days and yet you call us the obsessives.
Marc
Looks like I was spot on again, I said he would make fools of the media for pre judging him and I was right.
Out of interest Marc , if Raul had come out and said Ozil has still not agreed to the pay cut, what do you think the reaction would have been by media and the obsessives on Le Grove.
Marc
“Unless Sanllehi is lying and has said that for good press – putting out a press statement is more formal and if he did that and it wasn’t true it could cause problems for other players.”
Makes sense …not.
How exactly has Ozil made fools out of the media? FFS take your MO love fest somewhere else, it’s sad.
Andy
He’s an Arsenal player and has been wrongly vilified by the media, I would have thought that you being any Arsenal supporter would want to defend one of your own players instead of jumping on the media bandwagon.
Typical of Le Grove that a high percentage slaughtered him on here day after day for something that ultimately wasn’t true, yet turn against someone for defending one of our own players when the truth is revealed.
Andy
“How exactly has Ozil made fools out of the media”
Doesn’t take a lot of working out does it .
Sorry Pierre, I missed the bit where you explained how he’s made fools of the media?
Go ahead then, explain…
Pierre You like Ozil we get it – you think he’s a great player and we should build a team around him – fine that’s what you think you can have any opinion you want but the fact is the vast majority of fans on here or fans I know think he’s past it, or doesn’t care, or isn’t interested etc etc etc. They are just as entitled to their opinions as you are. The fact is Ozil basically has a year left on his contract, will not be going anywhere this summer and will leave on a free next… Read more »
DissenterMay 8, 2020 10:29:07
Please drop this “Im from New York nonsense”
The whole world has noticed y’all, so drop the big mac and doughnut. Gawd knows the world is tired now
MAGA! Im telling you for free!
Pierre will soon be posting about how clever he is trolling the obsessives – he actually thinks saying that makes him look like he’s taken the moral high ground.
He used to post assist stats, then chances created stats and then it was you don’t understand football – I’m sure there’s one more straw out there somewhere for him.
Pierre goes to bat so hard for Ozil because Ozil is one of Wenger’s biggest fuck-ups with £130m spent on his fee and wages.
Notice there’s no more talk of assists. Those dried up 2 years ago. He’s hit rock bottom and now reduced to spraffing on about Ozil’s “intelligence on the pitch.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8299895/Arsenal-offered-Inter-Milan-striker-Mauro-Icardi-swap-deal-Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang.html
Would you guys take Icardi for Auba this summer?
“He used to post assist stats”
snap
Jamie
I think many posters have fallen into a view on Ozil of we’re stuck with him till next summer so let’s just get on with it till then.
Fuck knows who or what Pierre will latch onto once Ozil’s gone? Hopefully Mustafi and Xhaka will both be gone by then as well, the only real Wenger boy left will be Bellerin.
How about Piers Morgan on morning TV wrongly making an example of Ozil ….fool How about every newspaper wrongly making an example of Ozil ….fools How about social media wrongly making an example of Ozil…fools Let’s not forget the obsessives on Le Grove wrongly making an example of Ozil.. And there was I, the voice of reason , who tried and failed to educate the obsessives by advising them to wait and see what transpires before you all get your knickers in a twist about something that was obviously false. Pound for pound , Ozil is taking a bigger pay… Read more »
Habesha
My question would be if he’s been so good for PSG why aren’t they looking to make the deal permanent?
So let’s get this right, Ozil was criticised for not taking the pay cut – when he hadn’t (all that BS about wanting clarification etc.). Nothing wrong with that. Now that he’s apparently taken the cut (no official statement from either the club or from any of Ozil’s media team as far as I can see) he’s somehow made a fool of them? What a pile of crap , not sure what universe you live in when not doing something, getting criticised for it, and then making a u-turn , can be classed as ‘making a fool of someone’.
Pierre
Honestly I suspect that you’re dying to ask Ozil for a date
This is man-crush.ism on display.
You’re incapable of forming a train of thought that’s devoid of Ozil
We should start a whip-around and hire someone to make some sweet deep fakes of Ozil for young Pierre. You know the kind.
whip-round*
Seriously I think this is the best time to be creative and move Ozil on. With his wages we can have increment for Auba, Saka and Pay a Coutinho for example. Let Partey get Mikhitarian’s wages. To not fall further behind we need to have a summer where we win the transfer window hands down. And what better time to do it than now when everybody is skint. I cannot believe a billionaire can’t find a creative way to inject 200 million for the longterm future of this club. Kroenke has to absolutely do something now. Partey is practically wooing… Read more »
Thorough
Please explain how you’re going to be creative and get Ozil to move?
As for Kroenke putting money it just ain’t gonna happen.
I think if Auba wants a move he will definitely angle for Madrid or Barca , Not Inter . Unless they are paying him shit loads better than us.
“I cannot believe a billionaire can’t find a creative way to inject 200 million for the longterm future of this club.”
Kroenke is not interested in Arsenal, the club or its traditions. We are an entry on his business spreadsheet.
I applaud your judgement in suggesting that now is a good time to invest. But Kroenke has never invested a single penny in our club and there is no sign of this changing.
andy
You could quite easily argue that the negative pressure from fans and the media forced his hand (assuming he’s actually done it).
Pierre, if Ozil was on ‘reasonable wages’, let’s say £120k, Arsenal would have sold him by now. It’s only because of his ridiculous wages that he is still with us and acts as amillstone around our neck and sets a terrible example of value for money for any other player or agent negotiating with our club.
Alas pierre, there’s only one person who ozil has made a fool out of…
CG
Press resistant I would say is the ability to keep the ball under pressure, dribble past an onrushing opposition player. You could say its the ability to pass an oppositions midfield line . Its ust a very vague term but quite an important trait to have for modern midfielders.
For eg.- Cazorla was press resistant and torreira isnt.
Bob
If Ozil was on £120k per week he wouldn’t attract the attention he does.
I don’t blame Ozil for the contract he’s on – that’s the fault of Gazidis for offering it but he’s got to accept if you’re going to be the highest paid player at a club you’re going to have a certain expectation placed on your shoulders.
Wally
“”””Pierre, if Ozil was on ‘reasonable wages'”””””
Ozil is probably overpaid by a measly 100 grand a week in the pre- Corona market place.
Equates to £5 million a year. Or £14 grand a day.
Why Arsenal fans get their knickers in a twist over it , gawd knows.
Multi Billionaire Stan was siphoning off £3 million year until he got rumbled.
Arsenal fans umbrage should be aimed at him and always him- not our classy World Cup winner.
Marc, could well be, you don’t employ an extensive staff to manage your image unless you’re keen to make decisions that play out well with the public. Would be nice if he did it because it was the right thing to do, you don’t need a media consultant to tell you what that is.
Wasi
“””For eg.- Cazorla was press resistant and torreira isnt.”””
If Santi was press resistant.
Ozil must be too?
CG
In our current squad Ozil is probably the only very good press resistant player, Ceballos is good , Guendouzi/willock are okay , Xhaka and Torreira are bad.
CG
“ our classy World Cup winner”
🤪😄👏🤣🍺
Partey is great playing on the break, not that great when pressed, just okay
The options are
1. Convert Saka to a #10 and get a buendia on the wings
2. Leave saka on the wings get a #10
3. Get partey(one of Xhakalson, willock, Dozi will be surplus) and we will still need a #10 because every time he breaks the ball will end back where he started especially when playing park the bus teams.
Partey is not a goal threat
Im telling you this for free!
Wasi
“””CG In our current squad Ozil is probably the only very good press resistant player, Ceballos is good , Guendouzi/willock are okay , Xhaka and Torreira are bad.””””
So surely then – if Wasi was in charge of AFC ( and it would be an improvement on the current Dopes in charge)
You would be advocating the extension of Ozils contract on reduced terms as he is the only one of that type at the club?
You remember that pass he made last season when he caressed the ball to Hector against Leicester City ?
Orgasmic soccer!
Thorough is right that this would be a golden time & opportunities like never before to pick up Relative bargains in the market for possibly half there recent value.It could totally transform Arsenal with the right investment BUT the owner is not a fan & sadly is happy just to sit back & rake in a profit.so long as it’s there to be had at some stage.certainly will never speculate to accumulate.Why he has to go. & soon.hopefully. 🤞
Joke Friday – There is an overweight guy who is watching TV. A commercial comes on for a guaranteed weight loss of 10 pounds in a week. So the guy, thinking what the hell, signs up for it. Next morning an incredibly beautiful woman is standing at his door in nothing but a pair of running shoes and a sign about her neck that reads, “If you can catch me, you can have me.” As soon as he sees her, she takes off running. He tries to catch her, but is unable. This continues for a week, at the end… Read more »
“Traces of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been found in the semen of some severely infected men, ” Sid The only way this is note worthy is if you yourself collected the semen while the severely infected men in question were in ICU beds on ventilators. I’m telling you this for free. Two or three dudes competing for the Legrove top four places no one else gives a crap about, Sid’s free of charge hot takes, CG’s daily anti- Arsenal rants and Wenger eulogies, and of course Pierre’s constant Ozil praises while calling everyone else obsessive , have now become permanent… Read more »
Looooooooool
The scaremongering in the Daily Mail is obscene.
They are saying up to 6 million people may have had it, based some obscure scientists.
No wonder people are frightened. The Mail gets more dosh per click in its coffers so it doesn’t care about being correct or not.
The government should publish the correct info to stop this.
None of this helps getting footy back.
CG
Tbh Im a big ozil fan but unless I see a 15+ G/A (in the Prem) I would steer clear.
If he becomes a key player in the Arteta system then a year 150-180k a week + option for another year.
spanish as much as the daily mail is 99% scaremongering trite, that number of 6m having had it wouldn’t be a bad number at all
if they can prove 6m have had it already then it means 9% of the population is now already immune. it also means the virus is vastly less deadly than statistics have implied as the death rate will be far smaller as a % of the total compared with the current number
6m having had it would be good news, not bad
TomMay 8, 2020 14:56:35
The only way this is note worthy is if you yourself collected the semen while the severely infected men in question were in ICU beds on ventilators.
You may cum get back your sample, because clearly you have no recollection.
You must be hearing this here 1st!
dave
China’s 100% right – the more people who have already had the better. Firstly it means less people are likely to get it now and secondly and more importantly it means as per your desire it would prove that this is only dangerous to certain groups bar a few very unlucky individuals which means the lockdown could be lifted for those who don’t fall into those groups (this would still have to be in a controlled manor of course).
Mate – it’s a bank holiday so beer o’clock is earlier than normal – have a cold one and chill!
“You may cum get back your sample, because clearly you have no recollection.“
Sid
I’ll pass.
You should know these samples are useless now that you’ve compromised them with your saliva.
“The only way this is note worthy is if you yourself collected the semen while the severely infected men in question were in ICU beds on ventilators.”
That’s the NHS for you – if you’ve got private healthcare you get a pretty girl – the NHS it’s Sid and he does it for free!
Tom
Please some of us have to eat later!
Tom, sadly an accurate summary in you final paragraph.
Daily Mail is always 99% scaremongering, agenda driven shite!
Agree with your point China, 10% of population having had it would be a result, Spanish Dave missing the point, as per usual.
Marc
That’s one way to get covid patients off the ventilators quicker.
Btw, hospitals in the US are charging Medicare 30k for each patients use of ventilators and apparently get extra 12 k and up for each covid death, lab confirmed or not.
Marc.
ThoroughPlease explain how you’re going to be creative and get Ozil to move?
It involves Money and a willing club. Look towards Turkey, US and the Middle East surely Rauls connections can do him a favor or 2 as we did Monaco some years ago.
Now is extremely important because we can get players that otherwise would have been unattainable. If Partey signs another deal he automatically becomes another one we can’t afford.
Marc, made me laugh with the though of a be-gloved Sid, precariously carrying his semen collecting kit in the ICU wards.
Can’t decide whether he’s got a snarl or a smile on his face behind his PPE.
Tom
I hadn’t thought of that!
TomMay 8, 2020 15:16:10
See you at the rainbow parade, same time same place
Bob
No gloves mate haven’t you heard we’ve got a shortage of PPE!
Sid
Very good retort!
Thorough
I’m all for the idea but I just can’t see a way of it happening. Ozil’s got a year left on his contract so that’s basically £18.2 million coming to him. To get him to give that up a deals got to not only be worth more to him than what he’s got coming at Arsenal but also can’t be something he can just get in a year anyway.
“and apparently get extra 12 k and up for each covid death, lab confirmed or not.”
I don’t know how the US system works etc but doesn’t that encourage someone to put Covid 19 / Covid related on the death certificate?
TomMay 8, 2020 15:16:10
See you at the rainbow parade, same time same place
👍
I don’t know how the US system works etc but doesn’t that encourage someone to put Covid 19 / Covid related on the death certificate?
It surely does, doesn’t it.
Tom
Crazy because whilst I’m sure there are elements of the press who love the bad news and scaremongering (just like we have) the most important thing at the moment is the most accurate information we can get. It’s one of the problems with the care home numbers we’re getting – there’s no testing to confirm but if a Doctor puts Covid related on the Death Certificate it goes into the stats – just because someone’s had a temperature or coughed recently doesn’t mean it was Corona.
Marc it’s Wine night with the misses.
My point was really that the Mail then say it’s killed 40,000.
And it keeps saying killer virus, over and over again.
The government never announce how many people have recovered from it, every other country in the world does.
A relative of mine died aged 94 from pneumonia and the doctor put on the certificate that she could have had Coronavirus. So it become a statistic.
Oh well another glass of wine.
Not crazy about the new kit.
Things are opening up too quickly. The entire world is busting it’s nut too early, unfortunately the economy is at a point where we can’t afford but to risk public safety in order get things up and running again. It’s a subtle dystopia this of world of ours, but it’s definitely a dystopia nonetheless.
Hey but at least we’ll be able to eat inside McDonald’s again.
https://ktul.com/news/local/okcpd-respond-to-shooting-outside-mcdonalds-in-sw-okc
Anyone else looking forward to the UFC fights tomorrow?
dave
I got slaughtered on here the other day for saying we need a body to regulate the press after this because of how irresponsible they’ve been in some of the reporting.
It’s really shown up just how ignorant some (the majority?) of journalists are.
And I thought it was only football journalists were useless cunts.