FOOTBALL IS BACK PRAISE THE LORD SPEAK TO ME!
What a fucking day, lads, ladies, geezers.
Sir Chips is out at Arsenal. He’s resigned his Chairmanship. According to Tim Payton, he was #WengerOut early, and also first to recognise that Unai Emery was a chancer. Didn’t make a difference, because his role was ceremonial. Now he’s gone. Arsenal is Raul’s, because Josh isn’t about.
Sad times. Would be nice if someone was at the club keeping an eye on how things are run. Great clubs have clear structures. They have CEOs that hold people accountable. Where is that at Arsenal? We’re signing 34-year-olds, spending £20m on them, then losing them on frees? Who is asking questions about that?
Moving on.
Arsenal is kickstarting the new season against Manchester City away. It’s our punishment for basically locking down the game after Arteta cunningly took one for the team so he could whip the players into shape.
I am a little scared about that match, but hey, who wouldn’t be scared of a fully fit Pep G side? At least we’ll be fully fit and raring to go.
Footyheadlines have leaked the second kit.
Some are saying this looks like raspberry icecream. Some others, are saying it looks lightly blood-soaked. I thought it looked like a training kit. I shan’t bag on it until I see how it looks on a player, but it’s a bit training kittish? That said, don’t be the type that complains we’re doing untraditional things with our kits. That’s design baby. You don’t get to iconic if you never move things forward. The bruised banana was not traditional. The gold kit was a curveball. The hooped socks were pure genius. I like it when we take a chance… unless it’s a navy blue kit. They are always so fucking boring.
Anyway, still grateful every day about having Adidas as our maker.
This is the home shirt.
Again, a bit of a risk with the pattern and the deeper red, but not bad.
The patterns are inspired by this kit from the early 90s. This is one of the first shirts I was bought that I remember. I think I had the green keeper jersey as well.
I climbed a damson tree wearing it and was introduced to ‘bobbling’, that things that happen when nylon pulls. I was utterly devastated. Since then, I have never climbed a tree and I actively cheer rainforest destruction. That was a joke, Karen.
Finally, keep an eye on this Akanji story. It has legs.
Right, see you in the comments. Tell me what you think about the kits or how excited you are to have football back?
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Trifle
Just missed it. Arrgh!!!!!!!!!
Consigned to away legs in Estonia in December.
But at least it’ll be a game to watch. I would watch an Arsenal game on Hackney Marshes….
It’s just me and Boomslang. or maybe it is just me? 😳
Pedro
Why is the first game a downer since Arteta is “world class”?
I think you’re set to resume your deliberate practice of carefully setting the bar for the manager.
NJ Gooner
“Just missed it. Arrgh!!!!!!!!!”
LOL. No, you missed it by 11 minutes. That’s not “just”. I was here at 4:41pm but it was too little too late by then.
Be back on June 17th, hopefully…………..a draw I predict.
Pedro,
Look on the bright side: maybe Man City’s timing will be off after the break. It really is like a first pre-season game. Much more at stake but in odd surroundings (no crowd) and without mid-season sharpness. Ever the voice of optimism, perhaps it’s the best time to play them.
I’m not keen on the Jackson Pollock away kit, although the cubist home one is quite interesting depending on the depth perception.
Depends on your metric, Upstate.
Be fair, does it matter if you come fifth and miss out on the champions league by a point or ten points?
Sorry, 4:44pm (ET)
Coming in 5th doesn’t matter much on this blog. It’s Tro4hy or NOTHING! 🙂
That second jersey looks like a bitched tie and dye t-shirt project for primary school kids.
Adidas needs to work hard or invite fans to help with designing.
Those kits look ugly as fuck.
I share the sentiments about the kits, fugly is the only word (or is it two words?) I can think of.
Does Torreira have a tattoo of himself on his left ankle?
Right peter
What are these Mattie stories then…
AwY kit looks like a butchers vest.
Upstate
Twin brother.
Surely if Arteta is half the coach we’ve been told having a bit of a pre season and having the inside track on City, as well as City of course now missing an Elite coach it should be a straight forward 3 points – especially as City have nothing to play for now. The remaining matches for them must feel like a major ball ache.
The white shirt looks like something out of Dexter.
Sid
We won’t lose first game against city…
Breaking news
China has to be the worse cunts in the world…
First the man madebvirus to disrupt and wobble USA … now breaking the hk treaty.
Cunts.
RSPC
I’m sure it’s been done somewhere already but 2020 will certainly go down as the Chinese year of the virus.
Marc
Just feel that they are trying to hoodwink the world…
Plus the hk shit..
Nasty country and people
RSPC
I reckon they’re thinking as the world is pissed off at us anyway how bad can it get, might as well do a load of bad shit.
I like both home and away kits, especially the away kit.
Easy on blaming 1.4 billion people for the actions of a small handful of people at the top. ‘Nasty people’ isn’t reasonable. There’s more diversity within China than all of Europe (by far), so labeling the Chinese people as a whole is quite pointless
Pedro
‘Great clubs have clear structures. They have CEOs that hold people accountable. Where is that at Arsenal?’
Well said.
It’s all about ambition and expectation. Ownership dictates this.
KSE’s record over all their franchises is the sporting equivalent of a steaming turd of underachievement.
On a separate note, I’m awaiting my results from my corona virus test I took yesterday Expecting it to be all clear as seems to be a stomach virus I have, but had to do one because I had half the symptoms on Wednesday evening. Something very reassuring for people who think that the virus is still rampant in China and that it’s just not being reported – in the testing clinic (the only one in my area with a population of a 500k) I only saw 2 other people come in for tests during the hour I was there.… Read more »
If secretly*
I’m not really sad to see chips go tbh
He didn’t do anything useful for decades. Who cares that he was wenger out? He spent most of wengers worst years getting wheeled out to back wenger publicly with empty sound bites. In the last 20 years he might as well have been a potted plant for all he’s contributed to the club
Home kit.. first thought.. perry groves !
I’m glad Keswick has gone, he was so out of touch with fan base, just look at the AGM meetings.
Who knows if he will be replaced, but I’d love to see a proper Arsenal man come in as Chairman.
I think it’s right that deeney doesn’t return to football yet considering his kids respiratory weakness. But he also should accept that based on statistical probability the huge majority of players won’t be at high risk, the number of cases is now falling off a cliff. It’s increasingly safe to play every day You can’t expect the league to stop u til there are 0 cases left in the country. He’s very welcome to have his own concerns and right to, but he should stop projecting concerns that he has for his kid into the entire league. Stay home and… Read more »
Also now deeney is moaning that nobody is being screened for heart problems. Look besides the fact players tend to be some of the healthiest humans on the planet nothing is stopping them with their millions and private health insurance from paying for some kind of heart scan/check privately
The kits are fugly
Covid specials
Everyone is high on partey but what about docoure? He might be a cheaper option if it comes down to it
Pace and power and height… maybe a poor mans vieira
Joke Friday (Steven Wright) –
It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.
Why is it a penny for your thoughts but you have to put your two cents in? Somebody’s making a penny.
I almost broke both my arms trying to hold open a revolving door for a woman.
I stayed up one night playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
I went down to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, ‘Hey, the sign says you’re open 24 hours’. He said, ‘Yes, but not in a row’.
The early bird may get the worm, but it’s the second mouse who gets the cheese
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
If at first you don’t succeed then skydiving definitely isn’t for you
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time
It does looks raspberry icecream but I think it looks cool, I like these one off shirts for a season. I agree that we need to see it on players in a match first but it is promising, I like the design/concept, maybe a bit more red would be better?
Lol at the second mouse.
Finally we are getting linked to one of the few free transfers ive been banging the drum about. Adil Aochiche is a talent with Loads of potential. He’s probably the best PSG graduate along with Kuoassi to come out of their prestigious academy for a few years. Watched him in the last u18 ( was it u17) WC last summer and he dominated games. The game mostly progressed through him for a very talented France team. I think he also scored some goals. Anyways this is a player that I think we have to get given we are adapting the… Read more »
Not the white badly scratched in an accident but not Dead shirt surely.
The blood spatter top is bizarre, but it’s going to be another scorcher today so I don’t care. Starting on the mimosas early.
“Also now deeney is moaning that nobody is being screened for heart problems. Look besides the fact players tend to be some of the healthiest humans on the planet nothing is stopping them with their millions and private health insurance from paying for some kind of heart scan/check privately”
100% agree – if the little darling is so concerned about the big bad world he can retire, give up his lucrative contract and never leave the house again.
“I only saw 2 other people come in for tests during the hour I was there.”
Fucking hell how long does it take to do the test?
Sorry but the kit designs are awful.
A group of ten year olds could do better.
It makes you wonder the influence anyone from the club had when it came to approving these.
Looks like splattered blood and as for the deeper red, not for me.
I suppose the experts from Adidas like it, so that’s all that matters.
Oh well, far more important things to worry about.
Arsenal as a club and team are clearly in transition. Also the pandemic has also impacted severely on the club’s finances, but no more I would venture to suggest than most other clubs in EPL and elsewhere. Okay Manchester City and maybe Manchester United have deeper pockets than ourselves, but that is about it. What has changed is that ALL clubs now need to be realistic and work within their financial means. Arsenal’s major problem over the past 2 years has been a grossly inflated wage bill and a large number of underperforming players on their books. I think that… Read more »
FA Cup going to be finished – good news the more things that push us out of the rut that lock down has caused the better.
We desperately need people to get back into the rhythm of normal life as quickly as possible as the lock down is rolled back. We need businesses to get enough confidence back to restart hiring people otherwise the effects will drag on for over a decade and we run the risk of getting stuck in a vicious circle.
My favourite kit of recent times (this millennium) is probably the 2004/05 with the yellow detailing.
As for the away kit it’s certainly ‘interesting’……
Emirates
I agree – for all of the anti Sanllehi rhetoric the club had been making forward steps especially since Gazidis left – it may not be as quickly as we’d like or with the single wave of a magic wand as some seem to expect but we are getting things back as they should be.
An FA cup and CL place will certainly be a massive help.
ES Stop kidding yourself. You are speaking like the KSE PR officer. Just look at those appalling kits? They could not give a monkeys if we continue to be a laughing stock, And they have no intention of replacing SCK as chairman to scrutinise them or their incompetent executive team. This ain’t Arsenal anymore. Its Kroenkes Arsenal. And its a hideous version. We are going to hell in a handcart with these cowboys in charge, They have teams called, Nuggets, Rams , Rapids and Avalanches. You want that- Arsenal to be dumbed down that level? The only time , we… Read more »
Stroller, the reason we’re in a less healthy position than most is that we rely more heavily than most on gate receipts. We’ll lose £90m+ if 2020/21 is played behind closed doors. Then there is the CL wage bill being played to a mid-table squad.
Marc
I agree with your last sentence, but realistically CL is beyond our reach this season. We have yet to play Man City, Liverpool, Leicester and Spurs all of which will be difficult games.
The priority now is to get the team playing well and be reasonably competitive
rather than talking about results.
andy
Obviously you’re correct about the reliance on gate receipts but I don’t think we’re looking at the whole of 20/21 being played behind closed doors.
The big question is when, how and how many when they allow fans back into stadiums.
Emirates
Nah –
City – We’re about to see that Arteta was the real brains behind their success – Pedro said so.
Liverpool – Will have won the league by then and will have switched off.
Leicester – Roger’s is overrated.
Spud’s – Our first win at the toilet seat is on it’s way.
Also remember that there’s a good chance that 5th place will get a CL place.
andy 1886 You are wrong. All the clubs are in the same boat as regards ticketing. Our commercial sponsorship revenue is amongst the largest following contract renewal of Emirates and new contracts with Adidas and Rwanda. Yes we earn less than others in Europe, but remember Liverpool will not win CL this season and I doubt that any other EPL Club will do so either. Spurs debt is massive and they have yet to secure stadium naming rights. Also they are unlikely also to qualify for CL. Man City will know their fate in next two weeks and for all… Read more »
ES
“””””The priority now is to get the team playing well and be reasonably competitive rather than talking about results.”””””
Off course- lets ignore them.
And whilst we are at it.
Lets ignore the ridiculous kits and all its slogans,
Lets ignore the Luiz Fiasco,
Lets ignore we are the only club that have asked for annual wage cuts
Lets ignore the fact we are 9th at out of Europe
Lets now, ignore the bloody results!
Silent Stan must love Arsenal supporters like you,
Go and do some yoga with Wally!
“Look besides the fact players tend to be some of the healthiest humans on the planet nothing is stopping them with their millions and private health insurance from paying for some kind of heart scan/check privately” Look besides the fact the owners tend to be some of the wealthiest humans on the planet nothing is stopping them with their billions from paying for any medical tests that players feel are necessary before being put at risk for playing a game. Anyone think thinking that any player could be “forced” to play in a situation where it’s not safe enough for… Read more »
Let’s ignore CG – cretin
Bob
I’m with you.
To be fair to Deeney he is fat and has a medical condition called “cojones deficiency syndrome ”
He is a high risk!
“Spurs debt is massive and they have yet to secure stadium naming rights. ” This has come at the worst possible moment for the Spud’s and ManU are most likely in a similar position with the Chevrolet deal ending soon. All the bluster about Levy holding out for a mega deal when from what I was hearing no one would go anywhere near what he was asking now means he won’t be able to get what was on offer before. This is going to be tough and affect all clubs, the clubs likely to be least affected will be the… Read more »
G8
Really and there was me thinking he was just a cunt! A massive cunt if you’re being technical.
W
“””””Let’s ignore CG – cretin”””””””
CG never caused the Arsenal demise, decline and complete downfall.
Fans ( eg. ES) who pay fortunes on season tickets, money ultimately that ends up in Stan’ s pockets now harping on about results not mattering- might have done though.
And the Wally from N16 calls me a cretin.
Dearie me!
(And If results don’t matter ES- why on earth did we replace our Greatest ever manager then?)
I dunno why people reimagine certain types to suit their really obvious agenda against the likes of Raul. Sir Chips was absolutely useless beyond words at Arsenal and now we’re to believe that he wanted Wenger gone years ago and had doubts over Emery. Do me a favor he done fuck all and was more than happy to sit back and collect a paycheck he didn’t care about Arsenal. Also absolutely not worried about the Man City game in the slightest we’ve got a world class coach with a top 4 squad and he’s had more than enough time now… Read more »
As for the CEO spot if it’s purely ceremonial give it to Bob Wilson or Pat Rice or whoever the fuck as long as it’s not that useless cunt Wenger back. If it’s to be a more serious position going forward choose someone younger and hungry in the game or give it to Josh and hope he gets more hands on with the club
CG you’re a complete cockwomble, we had to replace our greatest manager (Herbert Chapman) because he was dead. That man was an innovator and he built a dynasty that only come to an end because pf the war. Wenger was forever in his shadow.
ES Think you are deluding yourself when you suggest that all EPL clubs are in the same boat when it comes to match day income. Putting Spurs to one side then just focus on the others in the supposed top 6. Then factor in that Season ticket holders at Arsenal will have been given credit for one less cup game brought forward from 18/19 and what 6 missing games in 2019/20 So that’s around 1/3 of the annual match day income due to be repaid around £33 million whereas clubs like Chelsea’s will amount to 4 games or £10 million… Read more »
Some people who post on here need to stop selling Arsenal down the river. 1. Yes the club was poorly managed in recent years, but despite this has made a profit in most seasons. So our financial track record is better than most particularly since we operated a self sustaining model. 2. Despite all the so-called negatives about Kroenke he is now 100% owner of club. Since the takeover he has conducted the business correctly. 3. Arsenal are paying their non playing staff in full when I spoke to the office last week. None are on furlough or have been… Read more »
Terraloon
Do you think seriously that other clubs are not going to offer season ticket credits? As I said everyone is in the same boat.
Just because Arsenal receive the second highest ticket receipts does not mean
that other clubs are more or less dependent on that revenue stream.
Stop listening to so-called experts from press and pig ignorant media pundits
who do not understand the basics of finance.
Can people stop assuming all clubs have the same ST model as Arsenal – they do not. The Spud’s offer no cup credits so whilst no refund they haven’t had the revenue to start with. Liverpool have different grades of ST – just PL matches, with Cup matches / European matches etc. Last I heard ManU only charge for league matches on the initial payment but then automatically charge the CC / bank account for cup matches so again revenue they’ve never had. Arsenal currently owe ST holders 6 credits and whilst some people will want the money back now… Read more »
ES
KSE ‘s mouthpiece on here
Surprised that FA Cup football will return. It’s going to be a fucking headache to finish the season and leave enough time between starting the following season it doesn’t need those extra games.
Emirates
“Stop listening to so-called experts from press and pig ignorant media pundits
who do not understand the basics of finance.”
Whilst true you missed a very important point – these guy’s love to bash Arsenal whether using facts or just making stuff up.
The good news is that we’re a massive club with a worldwide fan base with an owner that, if push comes to shove, as a multi billionaire would have no problem getting extra finance in. The bad news is that we have a load of players being paid large sums that they do not deserve. This, coupled with an approximately 25% loss of overall revenue from a lack of gate receipts from next season, means that we’ll have to borrow to make ends meet. Bournemouth, I believe, get around 85% of their income form TV money. Spurs are obviously in… Read more »
Marko
It’s only 3 rounds of fixtures and half the clubs will only play one of.
To be fair CG you’re one to talk you’ve been both Wenger’s mouthpiece and gaping arsehole on here for months. One wonders how you’re able to breathe given the amount of shit you lap up from the old fart.
CG
His own arses mouth piece on here.
It’s only 3 rounds of fixtures and half the clubs will only play one of.
Yeah still unnecessary. Point being that there’s going to be a lot of games played over a short period of time and to add more games to it when you don’t need to is a mistake I think
Goonerkit…’Cockwomble’ …not sure what it means but I think I get the gist.
Probably being a bit generous when describing CG though!
Spurs will be massively effected by everything. Brand new stadium not being used empty stadium when football resumes you hate to see it.
Like I said before one of the few people who during the pandemic that made out very well has been Stan so we should be ok. That’s not to say that there’ll be a war chest or nothing just that certain things will be covered if needs be.
Bob N16
Precisely.
As I posted the priority at Arsenal is to reduce wage bill in summer and my guess is that will happen.
Kroenke may not be an expert on football but I am pretty sure that he is pretty
clued up on business unlike some of those who keep on selling us down the
river.
Arsenal’s sponsorship packages are currently the fourth largest in EPL ahead
of Spurs and Liverpool.
“I am a little scared about that match”
Really?
How can arsenal fans be scared when Arsenal have a world class coach who does the best ZOOM training?
ES You said all clubs were in the same boat regarding ticketing. Now I guess that can be taken many many ways but the impact of being in the same boat differs be it in % term of total income or quantum. Irrespective in hard cash terms it’s going to impact Arsenal mighty hard and far harder than most clubs. The cash numbers speak for themselves. As for your points 1-7 1. That’s probably correct. 2. We really haven’t got a clue what’s been going on in terms of the operating year 2019/20. 3. Correct but Arsenal are the only… Read more »
One thing that I’m hoping to see come from this period is arsenal finally addressing this bloated wage that they have. It’s been happening a little bit the last couple years but the hope is not that they finally address massive earners who underperform and don’t offer value for money. I’m saying finally bin Ozil and the likes and don’t offer any new contracts to the likes of Luiz and Sokratis. Only contract extensions I’d consider right now is Aubameyang (to a point) and Saka.
ES (KSE mouthpiece)
“”””Kroenke may not be an expert on football but I am pretty sure that he is pretty
clued up on business unlike some of those who keep on selling us down the
river.”””””
Just Keep paying into his coffers ES.
How KSE must love fools like you.
ka-ching!
Marko
Nothing will happen with Ozil – he’ll run his contract down and leave next summer on a free.
I’d be thrilled if we could do something else but it just ain’t gonna happen.
“Just because Arsenal receive the second highest ticket receipts does not mean
that other clubs are more or less dependent on that revenue stream.”
Yes it does, only Spurs have a greater proportion of their revenue from gate receipts than Arsenal. Our commercial performance has been terrible, inferior by some margin to United, Liverpool, City, Spurs and Chelsea.
Even in a depressed transfer market our closest competitors have saleable assets whereas we have a number of highly paid under-performing dead weights who we will struggle to offload.
You can forget any significant transfer business this summer.
Goonerkit
“CG your a complete cockwomble, we had to replace our greatest ever manager( Herbert Chapman) because he was dead”
Classic.
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