It’s that time of year when Arsenal launch a new kit and everyone has a massive fight about fashuuuuun and tradition.
I like the white kit with a hint of marbling. Adidas is doing a pretty decent job of making kits acceptable to the level where normal people can wear them, but they still feel like they’re cool for the youfffff. This third kit is based off the Marble Halls from Highbury. It’s a nice nod to the past and shows again that the people in charge their end actually have something invested in Arsenal.
I can’t be having the traditionalists whining about how the execution doesn’t meet exacting standards. ‘Iconic’ happens when you take chances. That bruised banana kit was one of the biggest chances in kit making history and now everyone loves it. A good kit supplier should respect the past, but also take chances on the future. I’m down with this attempt. I reckon it’ll sell very nicely.
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I also love the video. A David Seaman nude? Why not… we’re only human. I cannot imagine how much fun it must have been to shoot work like this. If anyone knows the directors or advertising folk that work on that account, drop me a DM or e-mail me… I want to talk to you about this on a podcast.
In other news, the internet is ABLAZE with transfer rumours I actually LOVE.
Firstly, it seems like it is inevitable that Gabriel is going to join. There are about 15 publications I’ve never heard of all saying the same thing. The player would be mad to choose the Napoli project over the Arsenal one. This was interesting from the Lille CEO.
“I feel he’s among the top 5 dominant central defenders in Europe right now. His statistics, which aren’t well covered outside of France, shows that his percentage for winning duels is pretty unheard of in a league that’s extremely physical”
He’s exactly the type of player we should be looking at. Young, athletic, aggressive, technically sound, and Brazilian. Give me 11 of those.
In slightly sexier news, Matt Spiro, the French journo, reckons Arsenal have a bid on the table for Houssem Aouar.
WOW.
The 22-year-old midfielder is still a baby, but he has it all. He didn’t shame himself at all against Bayern in the Champions League and he was the midfielder all the City players were talking about after they exited. He would be an outrageous coup. The only reason I think there’s an outside chance we bring him to the club is 1) We have Matteo as a make-weight. 2) He might not want to go to Madrid or City as his first club out of Lyon. He’d get game time at Arsenal in a great City with a young manager that’d give him a bit of the Pep coaching experience.
It’s a huge longshot, but at least we’re sniffing around a player like that, versus some bum on the book of a super-agent we really have to try hard to pretend is right fit.
Joelson has signed a new deal for Sporting Lisbon. Shocker, it was almost like the media was used to get a better deal? Glad that sort of carry-on will be less prevalent moving forward.
The fixtures are OUT.
Well, not the easiest way to open 10 games, but on the positive side of things, we get some of the big away games out the way early on. City, United and Liverpool dusted by October will be handy.
December is also a bit of a monster. It’ll be incredibly physical. All those teams will give us big games, so we’ll have to be in really good shape confidence-wise there. Spurs away after an international break really isn’t handy!
Still, if we’re on for winning the league, from April 10th onwards, we have a nice run of 8 games to close out the season. With this squad of players, it’s imperative we have a good open to the season. We need to be in spitting distance of the top 4 by December because the players need to feel like they’re in the mixer. From there, who knows what will happen.
I FEEL HOPEFUL. That is all a fan can ask for. Well, a fan could also beg for the return of Mo Elneny…? Wait, what?! The Egyptian string-puller is BACK at the club.
Right, see you in the comments x
Gabriel reportedly is deciding tomorrow after the Old Toilet Mugs tried to offer him a higher salary.
But Mr. Serge might be right Who wants the Old Shithole, the Flatchester town ?
At Arsenal there are buddies Gabriel, Caramba David Luis and London here we come.
We shall know tomorrow
CG
The reason I ask is the Royal family have already been through the process of removing family members from the payroll. A hard decision but driven by her.
In the 1960’s the then King of Norway (35th in line to the throne) was receiving an annual income from the UK for what?
The two pensioners previously mentioned still get (when allowed) to see games free of charge but do nothing else. They were being paid for nothing. Somebody compared them with Fergie and Charlton at Man U – they still work for the club.
I don’t think the club needs to pay pat rice For life
It’s called a pension, of which his must be sizable. The guy should be a multimillionaire with a fat pension to boot. Appreciate his contribution forever, but we don’t need to pay him in 2020 if he isn’t actually doing valuable work for us.
Wenger has a huge contribution to the club, do we need to keep paying him too? How about Henry or DB10? George graham was a huge part of our modern history. Pay him?
Does Arsenal has a pension fund like some other big corporations? Does players contributing to the fund while they were in the active playing squad?
NEEG
“””””The reason I ask is the Royal family have already been through the process of removing family members from the payroll. A hard decision but driven by her.””””””
And is she adding ageing Brazilian courtiers to her entourage at the same time?
Because right now at Arsenal ,
Ageing multi millionaire Brazilian rejects are coming in ,well past their best – the precise moment Arsenal stalwarts and loyalists who didn’t make the money these primma donnas get the chop.
It simply can not be defended. (I won’t any way.)
You can though.
I refuse to believe CG is serious anymore
Sid, The culture of downsizing for the sake of it has been proven to be counterproductive as has been the process of outsourcing your core competency. In fact the guy who invented the concept of downsizing acknowledged it as much and tried to rename it right-sizing. He went into a world tour where companies invited him to talk about it. I remember being forced to attend one of those ridiculous event that were nothing more than a book selling tour operations. Some company need to downsize because they are getting too fat, but most of the time it is a… Read more »
The G “””””he problem with the Legend Tour is that it is not profitable in those social distancing time, but also that most of younger people who attend those tours have absolutely no idea who Charlie George or Pat Rice”””” I doubt very much the modern day millionaire player would want to ‘take’ the tours. Can hardly see Willian or Luiz doing it in a few years. No, They will be back in Rio, on the beach- quaffing the champagne and cavorting with some nubile , heavily buxomed ladies from the local favellas. (Arsenal Stadium Tours will be the last… Read more »
MorayAugust 21, 2020 11:49:08
Are they sure it was Maguire? It could be any thick Inglo hooligan Lunk on holiday…
Is Don/Un nai in Greece?
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Abu not given a contract to sign? Gabriel going to Manure? Bellerin smoking like a chimney on holiday? WTF is happening?
Record Sixth win by Sevilla Europa. Good value for the money. Again, Monchi we did not pursue sufficiently would have helped Arteta better for second season. As much as I like Edu, we could well do with people who have been in the trenches like Campos at Lille or Overmars at Ajax. Much of our current business looks like snatch and grab whatever is in font. Willian I feel we jumped the gun too soon considering there are a number of players in the wide position that are subject to move with Coman at Bayern and Dybala at Juve likely… Read more »