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
Sky -Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United have been in touch with Gabriel’s representatives today. Lille centre back available for £22m. Arsenal favourites to sign him. Napoli trying to convince him to join them with last minute offer
😂😂 This is the blog that just keeps giving.
Ahern
And all this time I thought the East Asian scouting network was made redundant.
Luteo
“You’re not touching the right places mate. Gotta give them a Bangkok handshake to check. It’s where you pretend to go for a handshake and just grab their nethers instead, Trump style. Whoops.”
Top top qualidee !!
“Has Marko been binned?”
You are running out of marks, Charlie. Soon there wont be anyone for you to ply your patented CC Press on.
Geez but you guys bust me up with some of your discussions!
I’m Marko’s friend Mariano.
He wanted me to let you know that you are all a bunch of cunts.
That is all.
Prettiest dude I ever saw was on a dark street in the French Quarter of N’ Orleans. But you see a lot of stuff there, prettiest vampire I ever saw, too.
Anyhow, I try to stay off the social media radar as well.. The people I need to keep in touch with I do. So I don’t blame Dissenter for staying in stealth mode. Besides the way Twitter and Facebook have operated in regards to privacy issues is sketchy as hell. .
You guys crack me up lmao
‘I had a stalker, a transgender person took a liking to me. I had to change my phone numbers too.’
I’d like to hear more from Dissenter.
‘I had a stalker, a transgender took a liking to me. I had to change my phone numbers too.’
Now that sounds like a story.
“Luteo
It was a professional thing.
I had a stalker, a woman with a dick took a liking to me. I had to change my phone numbers too.”
Omg 😂 😂
Pls continue.
Haha Got a feeling it’s a “there was this one time in band camp” type of story.
Here i’ll stop the Le Grove clock in order for Dissenter to collect his thoughts…
Hi le-grove, long time listener, first time caller here.I’ve been reading your blog for the past couple of years and have never felt the need to comment, until now. I am 33 years old and have supported Arsenal since I was 6. Never In this whole time have I felt as jaded by the club as I do now.
Oh man. I totally forgot about the time traveler posts that would appear hours out of sequence. And always a first time poster. Le Grove has had some hilarious events take place over the years. 😀
Prettiest dude I ever saw was on a dark street in the French Quarter of N’ Orleans. But you see a lot of stuff there, prettiest vampire I ever saw, too.
Did you go there for an interview ?
“You are running out of marks, Charlie. Soon there wont be anyone for you to ply your patented CC Press on.“
I’d been having a summer window romance with Marko, we’ve been on the Aouar case for a few weeks now.
No idea who I can man-mark now
“I had a stalker, a transgender person took a liking to me. I had to change my phone numbers too.“
Pedro hand the podcast to Dissenter please, ASAP.
Then get Banfords mate on…..
Guys and gals… can we keep it to football please.
Wenger eagle
No thanks. This is not the place to share the lurid details.
It was a scary experience, more so when you live in a country where every nutter has easy access to weapons. Mine could so easily have ended on a small section of page 1 3 of a national newspaper.
“Guys and gals… can we keep it to football please.”
Hahahahahahahah – Your timing is impeccable, Pedro!
This is getting like Reddit. You need 12 years or deep grover commenting experience to even understand wtf is going on.
Pedro
Have you considered granting an amnesty to all to celebrate Le Sauce day.
Dissenter, what is Le Sauce day?
Rhys Jagger wants to rejoin the band.
This is his friend Jhys Ragger speaking.
If we get Aouar, we should just call him the vowel man
How do you pronounce that name?
Anyways Aouar, Partey, Gabriel and William would be impossible in one window, It’s like giving a kid with Kwashiorkor a quarter ponder with cheese and bacon to dine on.
I have so many gold emails from Rhys. Proper vicious hatemail
He’s an absolute nutcase.
“Guys and gals… can we keep it to football please.“
Been chewing the fat about Aouar, but Dissenter had to drop hot trans (not transfer) gossip.
The heart wants what the heart wants.
“I have so many gold emails from Rhys. Proper vicious hatemail“
Few from Dariano too I’m sure.
There’s too many dicks on the dance floor!
CC
Why didnt they give the barca job to allegri
Korean hardly inspires confidence a failed Southampton manager
Wtf is this place turning into?
Football please?
Aouar should be pronounced ourrrrr 🙄
Its oh-ar
easy
Guns of SF
In that case, gooners from Western Nigeria will have zero problems pronouncing if he’s signed.
O-wa…
Bellerin smokes?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/12454208/hector-bellerin-spotted-with-cigarette-hanging-out-of-mouth-as-arsenal-star-goes-on-lake-como-holiday-with-parents/
There was a time I thought CC was Keyser, no offense intended CC.
London He’s not their cuppa, very specific about who manages their club. A touch Atletic Bilbao about them where it’s super favourable for Basque players. Just wouldn’t have been my choice frankly, though he’s as good as anyone with the current disarray at the place. Really hard job on his hands imo. Barca have massive issues: – academy is drier than a nun – board makes our look best in class – the Barcelona way is a bit muddy in 2020 – first team all qualify for bus passes – Messi is menopausal – they’re selling La Grande Issue to… Read more »
“There was a time I thought CC was Keyser, no offense intended CC.”
I’m too young to get this reference, but it hurts right here *taps chest* all the same.
“If we get Aouar, we should just call him the vowel man
How do you pronounce that name”
I think its pronounced How-wah.
CC was NEVER in contention to be the second coming of Keyser. meh
Only OGs remember QoS.
Most spectacular story implosion in Arsenal community history
*I’m too young to get this reference, but it hurts right here *taps chest* all the same”
😂😂
You are nothing like Keyser, He legit told me I knew nothing and i should return to typing from my mum’s basement. Like WTF, I had to leave Legrove for a while.
Apparently Gabriel is in London, and there’s pics of Bellerin smoking on holiday with his parents getting flak.
Big W on the Gabriel front, and although I disagree with smoking as a professional athlete…..always find sneaky pics like that pretty grim. Lad was in a restaurant with his mum and dad ffs let him live.
“Only OGs remember QoS.Most spectacular story implosion in Arsenal community history”
Queen of Sarabia, I thought that dude was a lady, spectacular fail all round.
“Apparently Gabriel is in London, and there’s pics of Bellerin smoking on holiday with his parents getting flak.”
I think most fans would be shocked if they got to really know what goes on in the lives of these footballers.
Backpass
I think I missed a handful of golden posters, unfortunately the only OG I had the pleasure of was Banford who acted as a founding father to the blog and spoke as if he represented the place.
Early days I kind of fell for that, but when he’d get banned and slander Pedro to journos on Twitter I somehow managed to put two and two together and decipher he probably wasn’t quite how he billed himself.
Pedro
What happened to the original Gambon?
You know the one named after an animal and an iconic British car brand?
Do you remember that guy “Holmes” trolling the Untold site with a list of his favourite Arsenal legend players that ended up spelling out #PedroKnowsBest
This is getting like Reddit. You need 12 years or deep grover commenting experience to even understand wtf is going on.
_____
Apologies Pedro… I’ll refrain from the deep state, stuff. To be fair it’ Sal’s fault. He knows too much. What ever happened to Jaquar by the way? Original angry troll dude.
CC
Bamford hasn’t been on here that long.
Backpass
Queen of Suburbia if I remember correctly, that’s ages ago though.
Wassup Holmes? Why yes I do remember that.. and right after that we all changed our avatars to Pedro’s headshot. Oops sorry just went deep state again.. damn it.
Soooooo……( awkward segue) …..
Have we signed anyone yet? 😀
Freddie
You mean he lied? Doesn’t sound like him…
Cc
“I think I missed a handful of golden posters, unfortunately the only OG I had the pleasure of was Banford who acted as a founding father to the blog and spoke as if he represented the place”
Lol, Bamford and his dipshit issues. Civil war here those times, no ban issued, free to shit talk anyone in the name of wenger out… Then there was SDE and Nasri’s mouth, I genuinely think those two hated each other’s gut.
“Wassup Holmes? Why yes I do remember that.. and right after that we all changed our avatars to Pedro’s headshot. Oops sorry just went deep state again.. damn it.”
Lol yep, it was fun those times.
FL
“BackpassQueen of Suburbia if I remember correctly, that’s ages ago though.’
Yes that is the one. Shit, you must have been here since the beginning with Pedro and Geoff.
Backpass
Was only reading back then. Have to admit I sometimes skipped Geoffs angry rants when it was his turn to post and went straight for the comments. The Le grove comment section has always been a goldmine:)
Who follows Olympic Marseille?
Any thoughts on Morgan Sanson?
Oh yes the good old days of Le Grove, when you just made another account under a different name like a normal human being after getting banned. How many iterations did PhD and Redtruth go through before landing at their latest handles? Pity none of their friends came through to provide updates though.
Also this Dariano guy, top banter but a horrible friend. If any of my friends requested I act as a proxy in reigniting an internet argument that started the previous calendar year, I would seriously have a word with him.
The SDE aka Ito aka PHD vs Nasri’s Mouth saga was a dark dark time for Le Grove. Don’t miss those times. I wasn”t here for beginning either but I was reading comments. Keyser said something horrifically annoying though and I had to join the fray. Couldn’t help myself, it was shortly after Geoff quit.
Pedro should be proud he has a long and storied blog though. It does feel like a new era finally , and for that I am glad.
“Sevilla-Inter Milan and PSG-Bayern, who we got fellers?”
Money is on Inter and PSG (just).
Only thing is, Silva is pony and if Lewandowski gets the drop on his early-doors, I can easily Bayern running away with it, as well.
Been watching Inter all season and they’re bereft of ideas for the most part and seem to flap a lot but then they only finished a point behind Juve lol
Luteo
Phd is a proper nutter though, the blog was almost unreadable when he was in full flow just vomiting bile all over the comment section on a daily basis. He seems to have calmed down a bit in his latest reincarnation the few times he pops in, thank fuck for that.
“I have so many gold emails from Rhys. Proper vicious hatemail”
Ahahahhaha.
What did you do to piss man off, Pedro?
Have any folk from here met one another before?
Rhys had a bad experience with a Millennial at work, developed a severe complex over it, and ended up projecting all his hatred onto Pedro. You have to laugh but he genuinely went off the deep end.
Cc,
Never met Bamford, but I have met Dariano.
Genuine guy.
CC when I used to be on gumnerblog back in the day I met up with a couple of the lads on matchdays for a couple of drinks before the game but none of the guys on here
Although I have been posting on here a number of years more than I did there
Cc,
Never met Bamford, but I have met Dariano.
Seems like a genuine guy.
Not that I have cult status like bumford or Don before he got banned
What’s dons monicer now ?
Yep Rhys was the equivalent of the British Uni-bomber.. Writing hate filed Manifesto’s. Stable genius type stuff.
Anyhow CC no… never met but I almost went to a RedBull vs Arsenal match in NYC preseason and was going to try and meet up with Sal and Ahern but couldn’t work out the timing with work and the tickets. And then as it ends up they ended up not going anyhow.. I think. hahaha
Whatever happened to Kwikfit
Miss the DJ man
Someone wanted me to meet up with them before a game one day for a fight, forget who.
Tbh I lose track of people sometimes with name changes lol would be a hilarious social experiment to see the posters here fill a bar though.
Wonder if you could spot someone before they revealed themselves.
Romford Pele
Cesc Appeal
Was there a Vicky something?
Pedro
Do you remember what was the year Le Grove 2.0 went live?
Charlie
I once had a guy named Lee offer to meet me to fight, but logistics didn’t work out.
What’s happening with this Gabriel kid?
I keep getting this guy stating that my Mrs would prefer dark meat. 😄
She’s vegetarian.
Time caught up with Rhys it wrecked him, sure he’s collecting stamps on the Cornish coast.
Queen of Suburbia,,,, youza,
Is there a standard length of ban time or does it depend on how much you piss Pedro off? I was banned for about a week.
Un,
Have you always been Un or did you go by another moniker?
You’ll probably find that the most aggressive on here are the biggest pussies.
Luteo
I can’t remember who it was, told me to go to some pub and he was famous in there. Some gang thing or something idk.
Place gets all sorts, keeps it entertaining.
“Wonder if you could spot someone before they revealed themselves.”
Marc would be the one with his season ticket stapled to the outside of his coat, am I right?
p.s. Soz Marc
“Marc would be the one with his season ticket stapled to the outside of his coat, am I right?“
You’d be among the Naija contingent, probably rocking an old Iwobi number.
Champagne CharlieAugust 20, 2020 21:34:56
Have any folk from here met one another before?
In an odd twist it turned out that Ahern lived in building opposite mine on next block up. Literally had a view into his loo, if those walls could talk.
We all met up for beers last night, toasting Rauls demise.
I hope the Gabriel transfer doesn’t devolop into a circus, now the media are talking about a psg late aproach….
Sal
Haha that’s mental. Where are you based again?
Un
Oh idk maybe two years ago? Not even sure tbh, I genuinely don’t take the gym flapping that can go on here seriously. Some think there’s vendettas galore and what have you, I’d chat just as merrily to Banford if he was back on tonight – and I’ve dick swung more with him than anyone.
Evening everyone,
So how do people compare Gabriel with Upamecano? Did Upamecano sign a new deal hence us turning our attention?
As for Aour or whatever, I’ve got to say I don’t know much about him.
I noticed Aubameyang, Lacazette and Torreira were in the kit launch, so does that mean they’re staying or means nothing?
“You’ll probably find that the most aggressive on here are the biggest pussies“
🤣🤣
Touché
Ozil was featured in the kit launch. Lounge wear.
Left Testicle,
Lol! The Arsenal yacht range.
He also modelled a nice sun umbrella.
“You’d be among the Naija contingent, probably rocking an old Iwobi number.”
😂 Busted! It’s like you and Bris have looked directly into my soul.
I do not rock anything newer than a Henry or DB 10 number no new player compared plus I and not as svelt as I once was
CC the shouty ones are always the biggest pussies
“Do you remember that guy “Holmes” trolling the Untold site with a list of his favourite Arsenal legend players that ended up spelling out #PedroKnowsBest”
Ha ha. I also did that. And after few posts, the ad.in started commenting on me and warned other users that i am an imposter. He eventually banned me.
Charlie I’ve always assumed you like to wear a turtleneck