Alexis Sanchez told the world he regretted his move to Manchester United from the very first training session.
“Sometimes there are things that you don’t realise until you get there, and I remember the first training session I had, I realised a lot of things.
“After the session I got home and I told my family and my agent ‘can you not rip up the contract to go back to Arsenal?’. They laughed, I told them there’s something that doesn’t sit right, it doesn’t seem good.
“But I already signed, I was already there. After the first few months I carried on having the same feeling, we weren’t united as a team in that moment.”
Hilarious.
The Chilean was a monster of a player for Arsenal. No doubt. But I feel no empathy for his plight after going to United in one of the most disastrous moves for BOTH clubs. We landed Mikhi, which was horrible. They landed a £400k a week dud. Unreal from his agent, you have to say.
Though I have to say, I’m shocked he didn’t like life under Mourinho. I can’t imagine why people don’t enjoy being called ‘soft cu*ts’ on the daily. Baffling. What is even more surprising is the amount of people online that aren’t willing to laugh at him. Grow up. This is football.
Transfer stories slowed a little bit yesterday, though it does appear that the smoke around some of the exits is accompanied by fire. Lucas Torreira is going to Fiorentina in a deal worth around £24m when it’s all fully executed. The Uruguayan looked like a decent on paper signing, but he didn’t quite have the physical attributes you need to rock it in the Premier League. He also didn’t seem to like the UK. Not a great combo, but at least we’ve dealt with the mistake quickly.
The second player likely to say goodbye is Sokratis. Again, not a terrible player, just not suited to what we’ve ever really needed. We have to have defenders that can cut it with the ball at their feet. Sokratis isn’t exactly a ball-playing centre back, and though he’s strong, he lacks the height you need. Filling out our centre back positions with two giants will go a long way to solving some of our problems, particularly from setpieces.
Stories around Aouar, Hector and Partey have died down… I wouldn’t be lying if I said I wasn’t a little worried about the midfield. Our biggest issue of last season hasn’t even put a bit of make-up on. We need some mobility, we need a creator, and we needed it yesterday. Let’s see if next week brings more exciting news.
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Emirates
Laca is now down to 2 years left on his contract – we’re into sell or resign territory. I haven’t heard a peep about a new contract for Laca but it’s possible we’re waiting to make sure Auba signs on before making a decision.
We really could be on the edge of a precipice as far as Arsenal are concerned if we can’t get this summer TW right.
“Where’s the remaining 70m we need for two top quality midfielders?”
We don’t actually have to spend north of £30 million to get decent players but outside of last summer we haven’t bought well for years.
Every player sold is a few mill in salary we no longer have to pay. Even just shifting Kola and Sok would make space for Partey on 200k per week.
Those who talk of this coming season as ‘lack of upgrade’, fail to mention the massive uplift magical Mikel has made, particularly in the younger footballers played.
AMN in the England squad, Nketiah captain of U21 squad are indicative of the transformation.
We will start this season hugely improved on last season. And that’s without adding in Saliba, Gabriel, Willian.
All that is required is an outstanding creative midfielder. And I fancy Edu will unearth one.
The market’s fucked. We could make more for Laca if we hold on to him for a year. Either way, if a decent offer (sale or trade) doesn’t come through, he’s a good player to keep. The big issue might be him blocking one of our talented youngsters coming through or forcing Auba out wide?
Moray
“Every player sold is a few mill in salary we no longer have to pay. Even just shifting Kola and Sok would make space for Partey on 200k per week.”
Sorry but that’s incorrect. We were losing over £20 million a season (the two seasons prior to 19/20) before the effects of COVID. All getting surplus players off the wage bill does is reduce the amount of money we’re losing.
At some point we have to address the fact that we are a business that is losing money – a lot of it.
Marc,
I don’t deny we’ve been badly run, and it’s going to take more than one transfer window to fix. But we should really be shifting out 10 players this window for whatever the market is paying. My point was that just two would cover the wages of an incoming player we really need.
The other eight should be fixing the ongoing mismanagement of our budget.
We have way too many players and in the same positions. The urgency should be to get the decks clean, and this has been clear for years now.
Moray
I don’t even want to go through and add up the amount of wages we’re paying out to players who don’t contribute to the team in any significant way.
Will just point out that Nketiah started just 9 games for Arsenal last season , scoring 4.
A goal nearly every other game.
When you put it like that it sounds good when you put it like 4 over 17 appearances it looks less good or 9 goals over 36 games on the season overall. But we get it Pierre you found a new player to get extra militant over a new name for the sock
10 CBs says it all. And only those incoming any good. We’ve been amateur hour for years now; letting good players leave for nothing while giving Gibbs extension options and offering Elneny a new contract while on loan.
And our German club mascot on a king’s ransom.
At least We now seem to be addressing our deficiencies. If we sign Partey it will be, what, a 15 year wait since we last had a proper DM (who wasn’t a dwarf)?
Marko
Before Martinelli got injured his goals per minutes played was much better than Nketiah’s.
I doubt Nketiah will be at Arsenal in a couple of years.
Come to think of it, The bank of Arsenal over the last 10-15 years has been more like a whore who is strapped to the bed.
Did I dream or Did Guendouzi actually captain France U21 yesterday ?
Nketia is only 21 and people are already writing him off, the same people wrote off Jeff Adelaide, Malen, Benacer and had probably written off Gnabry prior to his Olympic exploits. when Nelson played in the Bundesliga, his stats was comparable to that of Jadon Sancho who is now rated at 100M but i still see people here saying he will never make it at the highest level.
Did I dream or Did Guendouzi actually captain France U21 yesterday?
He actually did, Arsenal players are only lowly rated by Arsenal fans
zaco
So how much is Guendozi going to sell for? If everyone else rates him so highly what are we looking at £80 million? £100 million? £150 million?
Although it’s gone quiet on Partey, there are still reports around stating Edu and Arteta confident of signing him.
Nketia is only 21 and people are already writing him off, the same people wrote off Jeff Adelaide, Malen, Benacer and had probably written off Gnabry prior to his Olympic exploits. The only people who wrote off Malen and Gnabry were Arsene Wenger and the imbeciles who did his bidding back in the day. Gnabry has been spoken about extensively before it was a major blunder by Arsene but Malen probably less so but the writing was on the wall in terms of his considering Mino Raoila signed him up at an early age and he only signs stars that… Read more »
Marc, I’ll stick to my valuation of around £15m. I’m also pretty sure that Partey isn’t going to happen, Atleti are playing hard ball and by all accounts the player wants big, big money. I’d rather have a player who wants to make the step up to play for the Arsenal than one who is prepared to make the step down for a shed load of money.
Marc,
his value has already diminished not for football reasons but disciplinary one and the matter was made worse by the Manager/club handling of the whole thing.
he was a 40M pounds player few months ago, but the club would be lucky to extract 20M in this transfer window.
zaco
Hang on everyone else thinks he’s an amazing talent – money’s still being thrown around by a few clubs.
He’s either top level or distinctly average with an attitude problem.
andy Yeah if we get £15 million plus for Guendozi I wouldn’t be upset. Whatever we’re going to do on a CM we just need to get it done. Fact is we’ve got two rookies running this TW, I hope they can step up and do what needs doing but right now we’ve managed a free transfer, a loan for a player who was here last season, signed a CB who looks a good player (but was it a priority?) and let Miki go on a free. We can’t even get Auba locked down – I’m beginning to worry about… Read more »
I’d rather have a player who wants to make the step up to play for the Arsenal than one who is prepared to make the step down for a shed load of money. You know in both scenarios they end up playing for Arsenal and money. Only difference is one isn’t as good as the other. Besides all that there’s absolutely no chance whatsoever that we would be priced out of a move for Thomas Partey on the wages front considering he’s on about 43,000 a week at Atletico. We could easily triple or quadruple his wages and end up… Read more »
‘He’s either top level or distinctly average with an attitude problem’. Why so binary? I would have thought that he’s a great example of someone with great qualities who also has flaws. Zaco highlights that Guendouzi captained France U21, one of the top countries for young talent in world football. This would suggest that despite his well-publicised temperament issues, it’s recognised by top coaches in France that he has qualities that deserve to be acknowledged. I want him sold, like many Arsenal supporters, to help with a midfield upgrade but him being chosen to captain France U21 is a timely… Read more »
Bob
£20 million for a future superstar is peanuts – fact is Guendozi has not progressed in his second season – in fact if anything he’s just shown his immaturity by giving it the Billy BigBollocks when he’s achieved absolutely zero.
If our “surplus” players are that good we wouldn’t be looking to sell them and we wouldn’t have finished in 8th.
So Guendouzi is captaining U21s of a country which has the best and brightest talents in the world currently, wearing the no.10 which usually is given to the best player of the lot and some Le Grovers want me to believe that he is not even worth 25mil .
Aoaur and Upamecano were the part of the same group until the most recent internationals. Both are being quoted 60mil+.
Surely Guendouzi is at least worth 30 mil or more.
Unless we make sales, our midfield will remain as is, thats a sobering thought.
Marc ‘£20 million for a future superstar is peanuts’ – aren’t you taking things to the extreme? ‘He’s shown his immaturity..” agreed but it’s more than likely that he will mature. I’m sure you’d agree that some 20year olds will develop into outstanding players and others will stagnate and never reach their potential. Clearly predicting Guendouzi’s future, as with any young player, is a tough call but if we do sell him for 20m+ we’d have made a tidy profit and these funds could be used for a CM upgrade. If he turns into a ‘superstar’ then it will obviously… Read more »
especially as the links to players surplus to requirements all seem flimsy at best.
” only people who wrote off Malen and Gnabry were Arsene Wenger and the imbeciles who did his bidding back in the day.”
Not actually true.. He was rated very highly bu AW and staff but He wanted to leave had probably by that time agreed his move to Bayern even though he didn’t go straight there..
Bob
I’ve already said I won’t be upset to see him leave for £20 odd million. My whole point was against a comment saying the only place Arsenal players aren’t valued is on here.
Clearly that’s not true other wise we’d be selling players wouldn’t we?
Just watched Eddies goals for the U21s. 2 pretty easy poacher goals and a penalty. We always knew he can score, and score a lot against weaker opposition like U21/23s or in the cups but can he take the step up and do it in the PL consistently? Only time will tell. He doesn’t have any outstanding qualities though so for me he’s a 3rd choice striker at best currently. We need to either get a Cam so Willian can play left wing and Auba in the middle, or get Edouard in for Laca so we have some real quality… Read more »
Anyone watching the F1 qualifying?
Gnabry was rated highly by Wenger and the club.
Dont know about the club , but not many fans rated Malen because the thing is we hadn’t seen much if anything from him. I can only remember him getting some time in the Australia pre-season and a 17yo completely overshadowed him.
Fair to say, predicting the future of a young player is a very difficult task if not impossible because theres like tonnes of variables involved.
17yo Nekson*
Marc, will watch watch shortly. Just watching my team Essex in a T20 cricket match before switching.
Bob
The end of Q1 – fucking mental if you like F1 well worth a watch and a I can see a repeat happening in Q2.
Not actually true.. He was rated very highly bu AW and staff but He wanted to leave had probably by that time agreed his move to Bayern even though he didn’t go straight there. Malen and Gnabry left because they simply didn’t see a path to the first team or weren’t convinced that they were going to get game time. It’s that simple. Again with Gnabry it was one of the more blatant Wenger fuck ups because it was so obvious that he was going to go on to be a talent because even after the West brom loan and… Read more »
‘Clearly that’s not true other wise we’d be selling players wouldn’t we?’. Very difficult window to agree a selling/buying price for players, particularly when the TW doesn’t close for another 4 weeks. Dominoe-like deals, last minute brinkmanship means that unless you’re flush with cash like Chelsea, then extracting the maximum for a player might necessitate waiting until a club accepts/concedes that your selling price is worthwhile as other targets become unavailable/unattainable. Lacazette’s situation is a good example. If Juve buy Suarez than AM might buy Lacazette if they can sell Costa. Bottom line I guess we have to be patient… Read more »
8 drivers called to the stewards. The need to use other’s slipstream, the slowing down and the jam at the end is exciting but dangerous!
Fair to say, predicting the future of a young player is a very difficult task if not impossible Well that’s not true at all. The fact that you had the likes of chelsea Liverpool and United trying to sign him when he joined us is a pretty decent indicator of future talent and the fact that Mino Raoila signed him up at something like 16 is again another good indicator. I don’t know why people try to argue with something so obvious it was a fuck up on our part. Fast forward a number of years and if Gnabry and… Read more »
From 2006 onwards Arsenal became increasingly easier to bully. Some on here use it as an excuse that teams were over physical against us and that the officials didn’t provide enough protection. To a degree, this may be true but the bottom line is that our opponents, especially the better teams, knew we were incapable of looking after ourselves. We cloned far too many players of similar ilk. Technical proficiency is all well and good but unless you have some steel and nastiness in your team, you’re fudged in the EPL. Even in such a short period, Arteta has made… Read more »
As per one of the many ITKs on Twitter, Partey deal is almost done and dusted but Arsenal are deliberately not concluding it.
As per him any announcement on Partey could have a bearing on our negotiations with Lille for Auoar as they then might demand upfront payment of transfer fees assuming we are flush with funds. We are supposedly offering payment in installments to Lille.
Marko, for every Malen and Gnabry there are a whole load of young players who leave us and don’t achieve top level football careers. Sell on clauses should be negotiated when possible to alleviate the pain of a player flourishing after they leave us.
Obviously in hindsight it’s was a fuck up with Malen and Gnabry but I’m sure every club ‘let go’ talents who develop elsewhere – Salah and KDB come to mind!
As per one of the many ITKs on Twitter, Partey deal is almost done and dusted but Arsenal are deliberately not concluding it.
Yeah I saw that narrative as well. Hopefully it’s true because honestly don’t get me wrong I like Aouar a hell of a lot but Partey is the key signing for me this summer. So much of us addressing the lack of quality and character and intensity, we have in our midfield, lies in his signing
We have no midfield? Well big games are all about midfield. Arsenal has won plenty of big games recently. Our midfield would normally be an issue but thankfully we have a top top coach who ensures the midfield is not really exposed. We lack athleticism and ball winning in midfield. It will probably be exposed sometime. It can be exposed like this- 1)Simply play long balls to outlets,beat xhaka and ceballos to 2nd balls and attack quickly. 2)Attack the space b/w CM and WB although its tough to do so because our shape is excellent. But for now,its fine. To… Read more »
Tr7 there could be more than a grain of truth in that.Ive always thought that it was a possibility as neither AM or Lyon are wanting to take Lacazette & Gwen dozy in a swap .Though they might wish they had them.They need the cash.Which in their circumstances is king & overides any logical swaps.Arsenal as yet can’t afford both in cash deals therefore probability of cash for one & instalments for other seems about right.Except the club who doesn’t get straight cash will be pissed that the other did.A bit convoluted I know.
Marko
Agreed. Auoar is class but I can live with a midfield of Partey, Ceballos and Willian.
Marko, for every Malen and Gnabry there are a whole load of young players who leave us and don’t achieve top level football careers. Yeah you’re talking about the difference between players who are good enough to go on to great careers and players who are not. The difference is that we should be keeping the ones who do and letting go of the ones who don’t and we didn’t keep the likes of Malen and Gnabry and that was a mistake. Malen I can concede was probably a bit of the player being impatient though again you can see… Read more »
The jury is still out on Eddie.
Imo, just needs to develop a nasty streak.
Marco,
We need a few more Henrys and Vieiras where we take advantage of a club releasing top talent to us! It of course works both ways!
Partey alone is not going to increase our points tally by much.
He is superb at ball progression but he is going to pass the ball to someone in the final 3rd. He is going to pass to who? Willian/Auba/Pepe? And of course 2 WBs are also outballs.
Willian will probably look to run at the opposition but he is quite individualistic.Doesn’t engage in combination play much. (talking of deep blocks here.)
Other than that,the ball will go wide for crossing.
Graham,
‘Nasty streak’ – confidence!
Nketiah is basically a lesser version of Auba.
He is a goal poacher. He likes to stay on the shoulder of the last defender and run in behind.
He is asked to hold up and link up play.
Not his game. So he looks bad.
Arteta still probably prefers him over Laca due to superior athleticism which helps in pressing.
BobN16
We should get messi on free,next season then
“Well big games are all about midfield. Arsenal has won plenty of big games recently.”
We also lost against Brighton, The Spud’s, Villa and drew with Leicester after the restart.
No point beating Liverpool at home if we’re not going to beat the other teams we should be beating.
Leftfootcurler
‘Partey alone is not going to increase our points tally by much.’
I would hope that you’re wrong there. His arrival would provide a massive upgrade in dynamism that could let Arteta select a more attacking and flexible strategy against weaker teams. Coupled with this, if our new CBs bed in well, it would hopefully allow us to have a much more progressive attack, allowing for an extra AM and the confidence for our FBs to push forward with the knowledge that Partey is able to cover the gaps.
“As per him any announcement on Partey could have a bearing on our negotiations with Lille for Auoar as they then might demand upfront payment of transfer fees assuming we are flush with funds”
Can’t see that really working – if we’ve just spent £45 million it’s obvious we’ve got less to spend.
I could understand not announcing a big sale for that reason but not a purchase.
I’m sure every club ‘let go’ talents who develop elsewhere – Salah and KDB come to mind! So bob I’ll be honest with you I hate it when people try to justify a fuck up with a generality like that. Sure all teams let slip players that they shouldn’t but the difference is that Chelsea haven’t really missed out on Salah and DeBruyne when you see them just go out and replace them with whoever and win titles after they’ve been sold. Whereas we don’t do that we couldn’t afford to let future superstars slip through the cracks cause we… Read more »
Leftfootcurler
We should get messi on free,next season then’.
I’m more interested in a 20/21 year old who might develop into a world class talent rather than a generational talent who would be on the wane and cost a fortune in wages. That being said, the confidence I presently have in Arteta means that if he thought getting Messi in was a good idea, I’d be very excited!
‘‘Partey alone is not going to increase our points tally by much.’
Will depend a lot on how quick and technically sound Gabriel and Saliba are at center back and whether Ceballos can play further up the pitch with more freedom if Partey is there with him in midfield instead of Xhaka. For us to score more goals we need to play a high line. Under Arteta we have largely played very deep. Hopefully the new signings can give him the confidence to play with more freedom.
Representing U21 and scoring 3 goals or captaining the team is not a barometer of being a top level player. Nketiah can score goals at that level, but will he repeat it against teams like Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool or for that matter experienced and tight defences? Similarly is Guendouzi going to change in maturity and discipline department? The problem in Dubai and against Brighton was not just about how he performed on pitch but his lack of respect and reaction to the coaches and senior players at club who attempted to calm him down and get him to… Read more »
“We also lost against Brighton, The Spud’s, Villa and drew with Leicester after the restart.”
Sure. But its not due to midfield.
Its due to lack of creativity in attack.
Leicester loss was unlucky. Laca especially wasted a lot of chances. And then we got the red card.
If having a better midfield helps improve our chances of winning and Partey helps improve our midfield then logically speaking he’s going to help increase our points tally.
Not due to midfield?
It’s everything to do with midfield or more accurately not having one.
TR7
Firstly if Partey comes,he will play instead of Ceballos not Xhaka.
Simply a high line will not help.
The ball goes from GK -> CB -> WB-CM-CM-WB -> LW-CF-RW
When the ball reaches LW-CF-RW the attack breaks down.
The ball goes to WBs and then we cross.
Partey is not going to help much there.
Auba and Pepe last season received the ball where AMs generally receive the ball.
If for example we had Mount-Auba-Pulisic as the front 3,we would beat spurs,villa,brighton and no one would complain of a lack of creativity.
Marko, we fucked up but hindsight is 20/20. Sometimes it’s not possible to keep an unhappy player even if we wanted to keep them. Gnabry to a Pulis run team was madness mind you! The reason I mentioned Salah and KDB was obviously a case of low hanging fruit but not sure why you’re so hard on Arsenal for letting a player leave who subsequently flourishes elsewhere. You rated Gnabry ok I get it, so did I but you win some and lose some. My frustration with Arsenal these last few years is more focussed on our poor acquisition policy… Read more »
A better midfield is not going to win you against Brighton,Villa,Spurs etc.
It will give you a better chance to repeat victories against the top 6.
Leftfoot
You are stark raving mad.
“Firstly if Partey comes,he will play instead of Ceballos not Xhaka.”
For a few matches but it won’t last.
Marc
you have no clue about basics of midfield play.
Leftfoot
You on the other hand just don’t have a clue.
Leftfootcurler
To give you one example where Partey’s arrival in midfield would benefit our attack: our RB could be much more advance and make it much more difficult for opposing teams to handle Pepe’s threat from the right as Partey could cover the advanced FB in a way that our existing CMs can’t.
As has been said, a significant upgrade in midfield would obviously improve our attack (and defence!).
Leftfootcurler
Hard to justify this beauty:
‘A better midfield is not going to win you against Brighton,Villa,Spurs etc.’
Leftfoot
Is it not true that Partey can play both as a DM and a CM. If we play 3 at the back and two fullbacks, I do not see why we need a DM at all. Partey-Ceballos can operate in the same way Ramsey-Arteta did under Wenger, can’t they ?
Bob
I think we might have a contender for most retarded comment of the year in that one!
https://twitter.com/Gooner_AK/status/1302226406181658630?s=19
Ozil’s (and Guendouzi’s) name/number conspicuously absent from the display @ the Armoury
What to make of this??
The ball goes from GK -> CB -> WB-CM-CM-WB -> LW-CF-RW. When the ball reaches LW-CF-RW the attack breaks down.
The ball goes to WBs and then we cross. Partey is not going to help much there.
It’s just that simple isn’t it
Marc,
As a very average CM, I always felt I was integral in both defence and attack. My view on watching Arsenal for too many years to mention has not changed my appreciation of the role of midfield whether it’s a creative line up like Man C or a more hardworking one like Liverpool.
ES amongst many others on here have highlighted regularly the existing inadequacies of our dysfunctional midfield options.
To suggest that first team upgrades in CM won’t improve us dramatically is clearly mystifying if not deluded!
gd
Well you can conclude that it means they’re leaving or just that the club doesn’t expect to sell any / not many of their shirts.
not sure why you’re so hard on Arsenal for letting a player leave who subsequently flourishes elsewhere
Well specifically Wenger. But yeah no idea why I’m so harsh given what we now know about Gnabry.
To make this discussion as clear as possible, if Partey (and only Partey) comes to strengthen our starting central midfield, and if Arteta opts for a three-man central midfield, that means he will likely start one of the following trios: 1. Xhaka-Partey-Ceballos 2. Xhaka-Partey-Willian 3. Partey-Ceballos-Willian I think he’ll start the season deploying 1 or 2 —Xhaka clearly makes him feel safe, as Xhaka stays home, stays just in front of the defense — but will move towards 2 & 3 and ultimately settle on (or rely most on) the one that produces the best results. That might be 2,… Read more »
A better midfield is not going to win you against Brighton,Villa,Spurs etc.
Eh….
Bob
I really think Pedro needs to have the posters age alongside the name or something.
I really shouldn’t tear into 7 year olds.
As per him any announcement on Partey could have a bearing on our negotiations with Lille for Auoar as they then might demand upfront payment of transfer fees assuming we are flush with funds”
My advice would be to stop trying to negotiate a transfer for Aouar with Lille as he plays for Lyon !
Bamford
You’ve survived 2 days!
Henry
That probably explains why we haven’t signed any CM’s!
Marko
‘It’s just that simple isn’t it’ made me laugh.
Football is about passing to a teammate and scoring more goals than the opposition.
Try and get the ball if the opposition has it.
Try to deny the opposition goalscoring opportunities. etc etc
It will be because he provides a level of stability & security defensively.
Yeah that’s going to be Partey doing that going forward.
Bamford have you seen about that shrink yet?
For every Gnaby and Malen there’s a Cowley and Zelalem.
So yes Marko maybe it is easy for you to predict the future of a young player but for normal people like me it is not.
And since you are sn expert, I would like to know how the development of Saliba , Martinelli , Saka , Willock , Nelson , Azeez, Eddie , TJJ is going to be in the next 2-5 yrs.
Also add Osei-tutu, Esr, Coyle, and maybe even a Havertz in that list.
Would love to know how these guys pan out beforehand.
Excellent point Henry! Bamford, I would imagine we’ll start with 3 CBs and WBs and Xhaka will play. If we get Partey and if he is the dynamic midfielder that we hope he is, then it may be that he’ll compliment Xhaka well. When Arteta is confident enough in our new CBs Saliba and Gabriel, I think we’ll play two CBs ( against weaker opponents) and Xhaka may be marginalised (fingers crossed) as I think Ceballos and Partey would be asked to play box-to-box which Xhaka clearly is unable to do without opponents getting behind him and him running back… Read more »
Our midfield still giving me shivers
Captain Tiernay meet Captain Hindsight!
Not sure that’s the term I’d use Brixton.
Ok then Marc I ll try again
Our midfield still giving me the sh*ts
Brixton
That opening match is going to be a nightmare.
To be fair, Gnabry didn’t show all that much quality or promise when he featured for the Arsenal senior team. Aside from the types who rate every single Arsenal youth player — regardless of what the player actually shows in matches — very few people here talked all that much about the quality or promise they saw in Gnabry, nor was there much outcry or discussion here when he departed. Now, this doesn’t let Wenger off the hook — he saw Gnabry every day, up close, in training, etc. — and he may be partly to blame for Gnabry not… Read more »
Can anyone explain to me how Dier gets anywhere near the England team?
Marc
Is Fulham’s midfield all that?