My hope is that a desperately poor performance like yesterday’s works out better for Arsenal in the long-term. Two shocking games without mitigating circumstances might save us a season of misery.
How so?
The worrying narrative that Arteta had been spinning prior to the last two games was that the players were focused, fighting, and turning a corner. ‘They might not be the best, but they always give 100%’ has been the gist. For a moment, I was convinced. When we’ve suffered bad results of late, there’s usually been a valid excuse. Red cards, injuries, bad luck… just a shit day at the office.
Brighton felt like the exception. We made inroads away from home, we beat teams above us in the league, we took two major scalps inside 4 days, we made a cup final. Then this week happened. We had to put on a show against two teams in the relegation zone and it was miserable.
The squad showed their true colours. Like Emery post-22 games, when the focus drops, it really drops. There’s no real reason for it, it’s not a talent issue, it’s a character problem. You cannot coach that out of this squad, Mikel should know, he played with some of the offending characters.
We had an Arsene Wenger performance at Aston Villa. The players took their foot off the gas. We held onto possession and did nothing with it. Managed to lose to an average press. We were the only team this season not to register a shot on target against them. We are MILES better than Villa, but we fucked it.
Then we had an Unai Emery performance against Watford. We lost our shape, we were outbattled, we let a shit team absolutely batter us. We lucked out with a win. Where was the adherence to the game plan? Where was the desire? How can you let Danny Welbeck look world-class?
This isn’t all on Arteta, but he has to take a share of this week. He doesn’t seem to realize that these players will always let him down. They don’t care. They don’t have the ability to retain focus. If the game isn’t interesting, they won’t turn up. He knows Kola is mentally weak, yet he keeps appearing. He’s seen the stats with Luiz, yet he’s telling us he’s elite and the only way to get him out of the mistakes is to… play him some more? We also gave him a new deal, that’s not good. Rob Holding, I want him to be great, but it’s clear that isn’t happening. Lacazette for a new deal, really? There is a group of players that have the ability but lack the focus to be dangerous for any sort of stretch and that won’t change.
We’ll see the mentality shift for the cup final. I bet we show up. The players will look totally different. They will execute the game plan. They will battle like demons. We will be very competitive. Why? Because it’s an important game they care about.
The Watford game was a disgrace. I don’t care that we won. The points were irrelevant. We needed a performance and we didn’t get one. Our xG was pitiful.
Look over at City. Comfortably 2nd. Fuck all to play for and they smash Watford with a stylish display, then they hammer Norwich today. No mercy. They haven’t had a good season, but they still showed the gulf in mentality between us and them.
Arteta needs to learn fast that this sort of performance always waits in the wings. David Luiz conceding 5 penalties, a record, is exactly what he’s about. 1 worldie, 3 average games, 2 howlers. You can’t rely on him. He should be taking on a Lichtsteiner role next year. It doesn’t look that way and that’s a worry. If he’s central to our plans, we’re in trouble, because everyone in football knows how that story ends.
As for the rest of the squad, it’s clear who needs to go. If we make minor tweaks this summer, you can bet your bottom dollar we won’t move forward at the pace required. You cannot coach character. You do not progress with players that can tactically boss City, then throw in the towel against Villa and Watford.
Yesterday was a wake-up call.
Yes, Arteta has moved us forward. Yes, he is the right man to take us into the future. But he needs to get woke to these players and their weaknesses. The most novice and arrogant thing he could do this summer is buy into the idea that he has changed the fundamental character flaws that are deeply ingrained in these players. You do not create a high-performance culture with these players. The kids do not develop training with bums. It is as simple as that.
I love the theory that Steve Round and Mikel speak to, it sounds smart, it reads very progressive, but it has to go beyond words. Their actions have to show they have the courage to deliver the bad news and make horrible choices. The non-negotiables have to go beyond training ground etiquette. This summer, his non-negotiables have to focus on talent. If you don’t have the focus, get out the club. If you are good with the kids but can’t cut it on the pitch, you are no good to anyone. If you lack talent, then see you later. The way some of the contract talks have been shaped over the past few weeks, I am deeply worried about that he’s not going to deliver the aggressive stance we need. A half-baked job this summer would be a disaster.
Our main problem though is one of character, not just talent. I desperately hope that Arsenal losing out on 5th because of Villa, Spurs and Brighton has drive home that point to Mikel. No more chances for players that don’t have it. No more bringing in characters that are finished. Don’t roll the dice on players from other clubs that are 26 years old with clear mentality issues. It is not worth it. We have seen it too many times at Arsenal. The story needs to change.
This upcoming transfer window needs to be profound. We have no money, but we do have players that can be traded for better ones. But there has to be intent from Arteta to move on names he seems to think are cutting it. If we blow it, based on the naïveté of the clubs coaching and technical staff, next season will be rough and the fans will not be so forgiving.
8th place for Arsenal is relevant because Klopp finished there in his first season. He learnt his lessons and he attacked the fundamentals aggressively. Arteta must do the same if we truly want to follow the same path.
We’ll spend today complaining, then it’s cup final vibes all the way. A huge chance for Arteta to start his career with a trophy, also a chance for the players to redeem themselves after a shocking end to the season.
Onwards!
Dissenter Villa have leverage now they remain in the division, maybe easy for them to price Grealish out of a move much like Zaha was. Only difference is Villa aren’t an established PL side and could be tempted to use him as a conduit to properly establishing themselves again. Plus he’s got unreal clout there and they’d arguably do the honourable thing if he was pushing for a move. Still think the best avenue with him is offering players like Nelson, Willock, Elneny. He’s staying in England and I don’t think he’s a “need” for any of the sides with… Read more »
Yep, Calypso is a troll, and a shit one.
Am I the only one who think it’s highly unlikely we don’t sign another centre back? If so, we start the season with what, Luiz, Mustafi, Sari and Saliba. Nowhere near good enough.
Calypso showing shades of Red, Pete you need to up the LG bot game. Lets get Ahern on it, dude will own this place.
Sal, good shout.
Calypso, pick up man, the board is watching
What we reckon club will fetch from the sales of Guendouzi, Torreira, Lacazette, Kolasinac and Sokrates all of whom have to be in play. Who knows what happens to Ozil but one could easily see him sitting next season out in is Hampstead Village complex collecting.
Arteta let the players take the piss over the last few games they showed no intention of trying to get Euro qualification via the league, and he let them get away with.it, we could and should have done it easily.
This demonstrates a weakness, which unless addressed will be his and our downfall.
Get a grip or fuck off
The wins over Liverpool & City were hugely lucky.
In both games we could barely keep hold of the ball.
In the Liverpool game we scored 2 from 2 shots on goal.
Wouldnt take a man with a name like Jonker too seriously, cant even spell his name right, the ‘n’ should be silent
Im telling you for free!
There will be three Birmingham clubs in the premier league next season; Brom, Wolves and Villa.
One – neither Wolves nor West Brom are in Birmingham.
As for Arsenal lacking character – perhaps the much-maligned Troy Deeney was correct when he said we lacked ‘cojones’ …..
Surely Adidas aren’t going to pay us the full 60 million if we aren’t in Europe.
Arsenal brought in a lot of new players this season and most had no previous experience of playing in EPL. That included Pepe,Ceballos and Tierney. Others like Martinelli, Saka and Smith-Rowe are teenagers who have never experienced previously first team football let alone played in EPL. Saliba did not even arrive at the club and was loaned out to St Etienne. So the expectations that Arsenal would finish in top 4 this season were frankly unrealistic. Okay we should have finished above Wolves and won more games than we did was a disappointing. Most of the players I have listed… Read more »
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I’ve always thought Wolverhampton and West Bromwich were in the greater Birmingham area?
Should be scouring the relegated teams now: Doucore from watford, max aarons, buendia, ryan frasier, could be strong additions at the right prices. I’m sure we’ll have no shortage of competition though.
Solid post. Said this for days, especially after spuds loss. Sell all the damn dross; all the injured never going to be’s, and players who we can actually get some $ for, we have a few. Every dang one. Luiz, Mustafi, Holding, Chambers, Ozil, Miki (is he really off our books?) Elneny, Kola, Guen (if he does not get his mind right) Leno (get a number 2 and use the extra $ for something else) Dani (no need to purchase) Bellerin, Sokratis, Cedric, Torriera, Xhaka, Laca and yes Auba. With those players AFC’s ceiling is 5th place at best. Total… Read more »
If there was ever a summer for the Kroenke’s to go deep this is the one, looking at the competition around. The Willian rumor makes zero sense which likely gives it much reality.
Realized if you put a blank space where Willian’s name is it could be any summer over past decade. State of this club.
Willian is a good player, but I’d rather we threw players at Palace and took Zaha if a winger is on the agenda.
ES
“””””So the expectations that Arsenal would finish in top 4 this season were frankly
unrealistic. “””””
Well , until the Fat Spiv got his feet under the table.
It was not unrealistic- it was a given.
As Gambon corectly stated earlier.
‘If Stan dont sack Raul and Edu, a minute after the Cup Final whistle has blown’
We are done for.
Un
No sok, holding, mikhi, bellerin in there?
Marko
Good call on Buendia and szoboszlai together for 40 mil. These are the kind of moves we need to do. Both in our budget and would make our team significantly better. Add Partey to that and Our midfield starts to look beastly and Creative at the same time. Ceballos on loan again won’t be bad either.
Yes the way Tierney slotted that goal home showed
true Magicco.😎
Daily reminder of how thick the Arsenal fan base is. Apparently we don’t need to sign up another CB because we’ll have Mari and Chambers back from injury and they’ll be like new signings. Pathetic stuff
This post is brought to you by the thoughts in my head, got damn. Arteta, love the guy and was one of the few that wanted him IMMEDIATELY after Arsene, but running the risk of tryna hold on to deadwood and defend complete mediocrity and I’m done with those days.
Musti, Sokra, Luiz, Holding, Nelson, Laca, Guendo, Ozil, Cedric, Kolas, Xhaka and even Hector, Torreira and Chambers… I don’t wanna see any of those guys at Arsenal in the next two years
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/12037313/mesut-ozil-frozen-out-at-arsenal
May be some ruthlessness from Arteta.
CC
Who would palace want from our beastly squad? Holding? Dont think many vers would sign for them. If zaha leaves theyre basically relegated….
Vets*
Why is everyone shitting on Mari. Have there been games they have seen him play for us that I don’t know about? He was good for flamengo and Arteta wanted him. We need to give him a chance before labeling him a flop already.
“We need to give him a chance before labeling him a flop already.”
That really goes too far against Le Groves ingrained brand. Shoot first, ask questions later.
The best way or perhaps the only way to handle the Ozil situation is to loan him out and pay a percentage of his wages. He’ll be motivated to go on loan I think as it’s the only way to put himself in the shop window and earn that last contract. Except he wants to retire end of next season in which case we endure.
Zacharse
Holding, Nelson, Willock are good bargaining chips, potentially Elneny, Eddie, AMN.
I think players is the currency this summer more than ever before.
If we can add 3 good players to the first XI and make 3 lateral moves that give us much better characteristics to work with then we’d see a big increase in output for me.
100% need a bit of a cold approach to guys on the books, some harsh realities for some, straight daggers for others. 8th place gives you merit to take that stance though, need to draw a line with numerous.
No to Zaha please not again. Even at his very best he’s not worth what Palace would likely ask for.
Cedric has a contract till 2024.
Lol what a club
I think we should sell bellerin. As hip and thoughtful as he is, to me he’s always been EPL Lite and a bit of a symbol of the wenger era pros and cons added up. If he leaves there is a chance to restructure the ‘old guard’ even though hes kinda the last left standing, on a bum acl
Luiz extension was sufficient to show what’s wrong with Arsenal philosophy. We picked a left over who costed 5 penalities!
I don’t think anyone except Auba, Leno/Emi, KT and Saka deserves to be in one of the best teams of Europe.
People in the management and technical area are forgetting we are the INVINCIBLES, turning us in a joke.
Sell most of them, get 3-4 quality players. Replace the back ups with Under 23 guys and build it from there, may be?! I am happy to loose with promising Saka, KT, Martinelli than having 5 Luiz experience in the team.
Lotta people overlook those defensive mistakes were set up by losing possession that we couldnt even do anything with. More of a mf/attacking issue than pure defensive one
We’ve seen this team defend superbly against the best two teams in Europe
Fuck off idiot you’ve also seen them be garbage for years
I think Arteta will have to regularly use 3 at the back tactics next season. Can’t see us bringing in enough quality players in summer to be able to play attacking 4-3-3 formation.
I think Mari will be good with a top class mobile defender next to him like Saliba. Cederic thus far doesn’t look any worse than bellerin. Neither will be on monster wages, Cederic will either have a small resale value in 2 years with 2 years on his contract if we want to sell. If he is Monreal levels of decent he will run his deal down and leave at 33. Mari, he will either bomb or he will be amazing. I think he was signed as much for his attitude than anything else. The very thing Pedro is saying… Read more »
Martinelli is out till the end of this year for sure. That takes away the chance of cashing in Auba to fund other areas.
TR7
In the last press conf, Arteta said with three injuries, CB slot needs to strengthen up. I am inclined to the idea that we are getting a CB, in spite of Saliba joining this season.
Un
Add LT and Guen to that list. And use Laca to gift wrap the package.
Arsenal problem – who extended Elneny’s contract until June 2022? And for what reason.
Bellerin 100% needs to go.
He’s a prime example of the soft underbelly of the club left over from the Wenger era. He’s not a born winner, you don’t see that fire in him.
He can’t be part of Artetas vision as he is the total opposite of what he’s looking for in a player.
“No to Zaha please not again. Even at his very best he’s not worth what Palace would likely ask for.“
Palace is exactly the kind of side we could bargain with using players. When swaps are going to be a feature of the summer you need to appreciate where your players are going to want to go.
None of the names I mentioned are fucking off to Italy or Spain. Can see numerous staying in London.
Who from our squad fits in at selhurst? Kola? Holding? I cant see it myself
Danny, if we signed Mari because he’s a smiler at training I quit the blog game. 😂
The earlier we come to the realization that LUIZ IS NO LONGER A DEFENDER, the more we get out of him. Facts about Luiz 1. Good passer 2. Lacks pace 3. An ok defender but not great 4. Adequate tackler 5. Has height 6. Can’t play in a back four 7. Should never be the last line of defense These show he can do a job as DM. Arteta needs to think out of the box. Luiz can play as a QB DM when we have the ball. He steps back into defense to receive the ball Gerrard style in… Read more »
NEEGJuly 27, 2020 18:37:34
Arsenal problem – who extended Elneny’s contract until June 2022? And for what reason.
Clubs do this so that they can prevent assets from leaving on free.
*on a free
I saw Luiz play in midfield for Chelsea and he was outstanding, it’s a no brainer to play him in midfield.
MarkoJuly 27, 2020 18:05:47 Daily reminder of how thick the Arsenal fan base is. Apparently we don’t need to sign up another CB because we’ll have Mari and Chambers back from injury and they’ll be like new signings. Pathetic stuff It is attitudes like this that put us in a situation where we have 7 center backs without anyone being outstanding. We used to stockpile number 10s, now we are stockpiling CBs. The greatest need of this team is creativity. What Arteta has shown after the restart is that our CB problem can be fixed partially by structure and organization.… Read more »
Players we should sell: – Sokratis: 4m – given Arteta would fluctuate between playing 2 or 3 CBs we will need atleast 5. So that means Saliba, Mari, Luiz, Mustafi, Chambers / Holding. We could sell on either Holding or Chambers for 12m – Kolasinac: 5m – Bellerin: 10m This will mean we need one RB or LB as cover given AMN can cover for both Cedric and Tierney. – Torreira: 20m – Guendouzi: 25m Assuming Cabellos stays we will need another 2 midfielders to covers for the ones leaving. AMN and Willock could cover in this area so maybe… Read more »
#AFC have communicated to Atleti that they will not go as high as meeting the €50m buy-out clause for Thomas Partey [@Dvinuesa]
It begins
Un
My point exactly
DissenterJuly 27, 2020 17:37:31
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I’ve always thought Wolverhampton and West Bromwich were in the greater Birmingham area?
Dissenter
Me being a geographical pedant!! If you tell either Wolves or Baggies fans their clubs are in Brum – they won’t be impressed. Technically they’re in the West Midlands. Wolverhampton is approx 16 miles from Brum, West Brom’s Hawthorns ground is just over the city border.
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Gawd, I didn’t call you a pedant but thanks for the geographical titbit.
This non-UK poster used to wrongly assume that there were four big clubs in the Birmingham area: Birmingham city, Wolves, Brom and Villa.
Pedro
I’m not talking about smiling and hard working.
I’m talking about being a winner and a leader and having the ‘character’ you can’t coach.
I used the wrong word in attitude, I meant to quote you on the character stance.
Countryboy – it makes no business sense to act the way described unless you have a commodity that is of great value – Elneny arrived for £5M and is rubbish.
How many more AFC players are in the same boat – no wonder we are failing miserably.
NEEG Arsenal’s problem with transfers over the years has been letting players leave on a free or for a pittance because we allowed them to run down their contracts. This happens because 1. We were complacent with renewing their contracts for a lot of reasons. Some because they were injury prone and and you don’t want to give a long term contract to someone who will perpetually be on the treatment table. Others because the management didn’t reallu believe in them enough. Those players then go on loan and have a blinder. Unfortunately, because we extend their contracts, the club… Read more »
Brighton sign Adam Lallana. What the fuck is Raul doing? Edu? Vijay? Wtf? Come in Arsenal. Lallana will improve is no end. On a free as well… Fuuuuuuccccccckkkkk offffff Kroenke I am fucking livid. Who are we ducking signing? We are going to getting relegated next season I tell you for free. Had we signed Lallana we’d be winning the world Cup. Arteta needs to go Kroenke needs to go
Pedro you’ve your doppelganger playing left back for Cardiff.
Not really sure why wide players on radar when our real problems lie with finding a back four that can somehow defend, then adding a creative mid which is area most in need surely that will take bulk of budget.
That’s three players minimum AM, CM CB, or two and Ceballos.
Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano
Thomas Partey update. Arsenal at the moment are still offering €25M + one player. Atlético are NOT going to sell Thomas for less than €50M (release clause). …but Arsenal today told to Atléti they don’t want to pay the whole clause. No agreement
Partey is Arteta’s target. good to see. I think we might be offering Lacazette or Guendouzi but Atletico need money. fingers crossed.
Sal
Our wide options are:
Auba*, Pepe, Saka, Nelson, Martinelli.
Would certainly consider it an area to strengthen, but like you I’m more concerned with CM before anything else. Maybe a wide player can be done in a more predatory fashion like a Willian type (making the most of circumstance).
Wouldn’t like it to be at the expense of midfield though. Maybe also depends where they see Saka’s long term future? If he’s a CAM type then makes more sense to target wide.
Habesha
I think there’s a genuine intent with Partey and Coutinho personally. Laca, Guen, Torreira potential fall guys.
Atletico and Torreira would be a good match I think, idk if those concerned see it that way mind.
Yeah Charlie. But Atletico are really short of money. I don’t think they want swaps. I am hoping we add a bit more money and we get him. Our defense will look a different with him in our side. Otherwise we should put up the money and bank on selling players to get a CAM.
Torriera would be a great fit for a simeone team though. We will see.
So is the Partey transfer still on or is this another hoax to add some numbers to a new contract at Athleti?
The God father
I think this is genuine. Fabrizio doesn’t post just rumors. There are talks with Atletico.
Torreira would need to find some balance or better footwear, timing, awareness, some passing, confidence…but yes playing for Uruguay is a good start in the psyche required.
@Habesha:
Well I’ll believe it when I see him holding a jersey on Arsenal..com
Good Article Pedro. I wish you had covered this earlier by acknowledging that Arteta has found out exactly what Umery has found which is as follows. 1. The firepower upfront for Arsenal is decent. 2. The midfield is slow and not creative. The problem actually starts here – there isn’t a single midfielder in Arsenal who can cover the distance if 5 attackers operate at a high pitch and the full backs also are high up in the pitch. This leaves a a lot of distance to be covered between the last standing midfielder and also the 2 man defence.… Read more »
” But Atletico are really short of money”
Most top clubs are short of money – it’s going to be a really messy transfer window.
What’s with this swapping nonsense.
If Atletico want 50 million euros for Partey, why are we offering 25 million euros and a player?
Anyone one of the trio [Laca, Guendozi and Torriera] is worth in excess of 25 million uros. Why not just sell any one of them and add the proceeds to the 25 million cash we are offering for Partey?
That story has to be false. I can’t believe for the life of me that the Arsenal executives are so damn useless.
Dissenter
Selling players isn’t as easy as u make it out to be. sure they those values in transfer fees but Any club that comes now will know we are desperate and will use that against us. And Even then Partey might be sold to someone else by then. I think we are doing the right thing until an offer for one of them players comes in.
*they have those values
Gonnerram that might be the smartest thing ive heard here as a comparison between emery and arteta. granted im not in the comments daily. However, if you look a bit deeper into those wins i think you see some stark contrast in terms of theatrical, convincing wins. ideally the best teams are entertaining teams. under emery, i just didn’t enjoy it even when there were wins. Artetas wins have been less than convincing and theyve been painful to watch at times, but even with this squad i think we’ve all felt like something is being built rather than being neglected.… Read more »
Habesha
“selling players is not as easy as u make it out to be”
You sound a lot like Wenger trying to make transfers more difficult than they have ever been.
If you had a players like Lacazette, Genduozi or Torriera, any one of them is worth in excess of 25 million, why would you undervalue them by attaching them as swaps to add to another deal? These are some of the more saleable assets in the squad.
If it is true then Atletico will think we are tire kickers wasting their time.
Prediction: the transfer window will be massively underwhelming, both in terms of players in, and players out. Perhaps one eye catching name on loan on loan like Coutinho to keep the fans/proles happy. No massive clear out of Le Grove-hated names. No massive intake of beloved names like Buendia or other YouTube highlights reel favourites. The club is broke. But thanks to Covid, so is pretty much everybody else. No club is gonna be delighted to take on Kola’s wages. Forget about taking on Ozil’s wages. Erdogan loves him, but Turkey, Inc. is broke and has got lots of other… Read more »
Hard to argue with the financials, but, if ya really think about it, there are plenty of clubs, proven and now unproven, that dont really mind a little absurdity In the accounts dept. you could be right words, or, it could be as i’ve long believed, that the transfer window is a clearing house for money laundering ops. If it is the case… well, we might be buying a new pepe regardless. Marseille and lille and napoli and chelsea etc down to smaller less easy to see clubs… only time will tell
Zacharse,
Oddly enough, this is the one time when having eyebrow-raisingly intimate relations with dodgy Super Agents like Kia might be quite handy.
This window their personal cash-point machines won’t be working so well, inconveniently running out of cash. So they might have to do a few deals for “top, top players” like Coutinho at a knock-down price. And who knows, if Kia can help us to subsides Mesut’s wages, maybe we can help him to help Barca to subsidise Coutinho’s wages? Creative deals and creative accounting will be the order of the day this summer transfer window.
Dissenter
Selling players for the right price can be difficult.
Who’s willing to pay us £25m for Guen or Torreira in this market btw?
One has an attitude problem and wasn’t able to nail a starting spot under Arteta, while the other ,turns out ,came to a wrong league in a wrong country where players are big and fast and the Sun rarely makes an appearance.
Words
Well put but my feeling is it might be quite a bit more surreal than that. #onlytimewilltell hahaha
Words
You are right to think the super agents will be looking for suckers in this economic climate.
Super agents are like realtors/estate agents who have the best pickings in a seller’s market and the best pickings when the market favors buyers; they make money either way.
Apparently, William is about to sign a new deal with Chelsea.
Thank God for that.
If our scouts are really that capable and Raul and Edu are ready to work with them then I see no reason why we can’t get some low profile players (e.g. Buendia) in can and will do the job.
*who can and will do the job”
Has anyone noticed that every summer, the ‘well informed’ media i.e The Mirror, The Sun, Metro etc.. they all say Arsenal have a limited budget of up to 50million to spend. Of course it always causes a reaction on here and twitter. So predictable. In the last 3 seasons, considering we dropped out of the Champions League: 19/20. Spent 144m 18/19. Spent 72m 17/18. Spent 137m Realistically, why would Arsenal come out and say they have loads of money to spend each window? By saying that it would only increase the price payed for a new player. Don’t believe everything… Read more »
If you think about it, it might not be the worst thing in the world to have coutinho and auba training week in week out w saka, gabi, nelson, pepe. The issue is their experience and mentality- vardy is the example. If that guy can win the damn golden boot, nelson can become a lot more than a straw iwobi
*and for us. Not for ac milan or bayern
I think partey might be beyond our reach
Then click bait is also saying we will get joelson for the full amount
It’s going to be hard to get everyone we want
I agree it will be one or two players in and try to sell as much as we can …
I do hope auba has a deadline to make up his mind. Hopefully a few days after the final. If he says yes I also hope he has put enough pressure on the club to get competitive again. It’s a conundrum being a broke ass team
If Auba is not looking to move to China then he’ll sign with us. I don’t see any space for him at one Europe’s top clubs and not at £250k per week. He’ll sign on.
From Arsenal’s perspective we need to think it through as it’ll leave less room for other signings with Ozil still on the books. Auba has been banging them in yet we’re dropping down the table. We’ve got really think about this.
Thats funny, i cant think of many teams auba wouldnt take 3 weeks to pull a starting berth in
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_Saka_______________________Pepe____
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H___________E_____________L____________P
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Lol sal
Salpar,
Genius!
With your formation it’s a dead cert that we’ll win the league next year.
Rock solid defence.
Athletico Madrid are playing hard ball over Partey, but so long as the player is refusing to sign a new contract I think that the player will move this summer. My guess is that Arsenal will come up with the money needed to buy him, but will let AM stew whilst they try to raise some of the funds through outgoing sales. My view all along is that Arsenal still have more funds available to buy players than is being assumed, but the club need to bring in more than one player and they need to complete all pieces of… Read more »
Let’s see if kroenke shells out any money.
No even winning the fa cup prize money is enough
We need sales and investment by kroenke to crack top 4 again
I have my doubts as to how much he puts in. Arsenal were never his prized toy like the rams or nuggets in the nba.
I. Hope to be pleasantly shocked if it happen
Sal, into it. Bring it home!
I’m one of the few who so far believes Nelson has a lot of potential and could be a very good player
I think if he gets a run in the team and some confidence we’ll see him step up a bit. He’s quite explosive and can go aggressively at skinning his man more than the others in our squad. If he can put a final ball on the end or a decent shot he’ll be good imo
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Nelson has great potential and it’s easy to forget that he’s only 20. He needs to improve his confidence I think. In the second half against Watford he showed a snippet of what he’s capable of.
Players like Nelson, Willock and Nketiah have been in and around the team for a couple of years now, now they have a bit more experience playing top level, I think next season we could see the best of them (and I’m a big fan of all of them).
I finally read an article explaining why PapaSok is not playing. Arteta finds that his pass from deep is poor. But Kola and Holding are bad also. At least PapaSok has experience in defending. Ah well, Arteta is responsible. He has lost to Olympiakos and also the NLD. Those are the big one. If he loses the FA Cup, his honey moon will be over.