So, anyone out here getting a little bit, you know, irritable?
I am.
WHERE ARE THE PLAYERS!
I don’t have any updated intel on what is going on. I assume that Arsenal is looking at all options whilst also wrestling with new information… like, what the hell are we going to do about the £93m we’re probably going to lose in gate receipts this season?
The Torreira and Partey rumours are turning into the summers most boring transfer saga. They want to loan Torreira, we want to sell. They want to keep Thomas Partey, we’ll do pretty much anything bar pay the buy-out clause to bring him here. My hopeful guess is that we’ll come to an agreement. I wouldn’t be shocked if we jumped in with a loan with a YOU BEST PAY UP clause for next season. That would suit the player and the club. It looks like it’ll run right up to the wire regardless.
The even more boring transfer saga of Houssem Aouar continues to drag like a piece of toilet paper on the bottom of a Gucci loafer in an Essex night club. There are some accounts saying the bid has been sent. I find that sort of chatter so boring. It reeks of opportunists pretending they’re so connected to the deal they are getting texts when the fax is sent.
‘Vinnai, remember to leak to that small French account when you’ve finished up on that bid. Not like you have anything else to be doing today’
Creativity is the most important thing we can add to the squad as we stand right now. I’d love the mobility Thomas would bring to the club, but we’re really going to struggle against organised teams this season if we go in as-is.
The grimmest rumour we’ve had to listen to is the Jorginho suggestion. As a player, in Italy, in a league that doesn’t press, he’s perfect. Putting him into our midfield next to Xhaka would be a recipe for getting utterly rolled. I really, really, really, don’t want to see him line up in our midfield this season.
That said, we are going to have to consider other options at some point. They might not be our favoured choices, but our analysts are sure to have names that we could develop that could move our creativity up a notch or two.
Let us not forget that there are still a number of players that could see sharp exits over the next 10 days.
Cal Chambers is a Prem ready defender that needs games, he was in great form before he picked up that nasty injury, and I’m sure someone will move for him.
Mustafi was our best defender over the last 6 months. If he’s available for £8m, I wouldn’t be shocked to see a club in Europe come to his rescue. Though his wages might be a bit rich. One thing is for sure, he’s a game-time kind of guy. I don’t think he’d want to do nothing for a year.
Sokratis just needs to be shown the door. What a boring saga this one has been so far. Some West Ham folk were hearing rumours Moyes has bid for him.
Matteo is far too young to sit in the U23s for an entire year. He either has to lower his standards or get on his knees and beg for redemption. I am a bit surprised no one wants to take a chance on him. But, as is true in the real world right now, businesses are far more likely to want to invest their dollars in NOW talent, than take a chance on youth. Amazing how a bad attitude has crushed his reputation so fast.
Reiss had a good game the other night, but might still want to land more guaranteed minutes. Lacazette is clearly a favourite of Arteta, but we can’t be getting into contract issues again, if a club comes knocking, I think he’ll be asked to go.
Arteta dropped a press conference that was a little light on anything particularly interesting. Liverpool twice in 4 days is going to be tough. We’re going to prepare as well as we can. Outside that, it was mostly saying he wouldn’t comment on the players at other clubs.
It’ll be very interesting to see how quick the mood turns if we’re beaten by the best team in the world. It’s weird how people don’t seem to expect that now. A nice turn of events, but there is every chance we’ll have a rough time in Anfield. However, if we can escape the Premier League game with a point, that really will be magical. No better time to go to Anfield… zero fans is a help for the team, it’s just a little rough that they are such a good squad of players with solutions for most plans.
So, let’s look forward to an interesting week ahead. GIVE US SOME PLAYERS EDU WE NEED THEM! x
You can put lipstick on a Hamford, but it’s still a Hamford.
“Stop being such a Debbie fucking Downer.”
Christ but you are a train wreck, Bamford. Give it a rest already, your schtick is worn and tired.
This ones for Kwik Fit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk7t4LhKCw4
The fact that Arsenal have now made an official bid for Aouar confirmed by Lyon’s President
suggests that they plan to buy the player.
My guess is that the deal will be struck around £38-40 million with add ons.
Whether Arsenal will be able to buy Partey as well is debatable. I think that much will depend on who we manage to sell and the potential offload of Torreira and Guendouzi. Also what the club plan to do with Ozil.
Emirates
I think we activate Partey’s clause if we move out players for good money.
Sal
You’re a connoisseur of some fine music.
Je vous dis chapeau.
Mid nobody fucks with Bellerin, he’s like Jesus in the Big Lebowski.
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Hahaha Sal that made me laugh.. I love Bellerin as a person, Football wise though, I think he kills our attack down the right too many times. He is not Jenkinson levels of bad though.. so .. for now I’ll leave him be.
I am the Walrus… …. shut the fuck up Donny!
I see Bamford hasnt lost his touch yet . So classy .
On the other hand , Utd and Chelsea both getting fav decisions in the matches .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcKBcZzGdA
Bamford, this is an Arsenal blog and you are being criticized because you can’t help but make everything about yourself and your anti-Arsenal agenda.
You were on here throwing shade at our win over top-3 Leicester in the week. Today, you are defending the honor of Lampard and OGS.
You come here specifically to start arguments which is a breach of the spirit of the site and the rules. Sort yourself out. No one wants to read it.
A good assessment of this Arsenal squad shows we’re two good midfielders away from competing at the top – barring any injuries, especially to Tierney
And Aubagoal
A takeaway from the Man U and Chelsea games is managing defence well into added time.
Both underdogs got done after conceding corners in 95/96th mins. and didn’t clear properly. Losing a bit of focus that late in the game hurts.
VAR refs appear to reinventing the treatment of handballs in the box. These clowns or theOr head of clowns, Riley, need to come out and explain to the clubs and fans/ supporters alike how this works. Don’t even cover basic expectation management. They thought they were untouchables??
I am confused about the people here in this site.
They complain about lack of quality midfielders in the side and complain about us linking with jorginho.
Imagine xhaka, who has only his left foot that’s functional and jorginho, only his right… fuse them and you got a santi-esque player with exceptional long passing ability lol …
Jokes aside we defo need partey to be able to play back 4… with William at 10.
Brighton now holds the PL and possibly world record of hitting the woodwork 5 times in a game. Some achievement really.
“No one wants to read it.”
I don’t. 😋
It is far too early in the season to make a forecast as to how the season will pan out or more importantly where clubs will finish in the League. On paper I think that Arsenal have got a very strong and experienced forward line. The manager has also reorganised and recruited new players in our defence and they are more resilient than in recent years. The missing piece in jigsaw is to recruit and improve our midfield. What I do know already is that for all the expensive players recruited by both Chelsea and Man United have defences which… Read more »
Banford To follow on from Marko’s very valid point about you listing all manner of ‘Ifs and buts’ for United et al but zero for your beloved Arsenal… What happens with United if they don’t sign the players you mention, OGS doesn’t find a midfield, and they don’t particularly pick up the performance level? Where’s the top 4 hopes then? Also a hit curious why Arsenal and Arteta need to ‘find a defence’ despite being a country mile better in that regard than both United and Chelsea. Another oversight/complete ignoring of reality. When you draw up umpteen stipulations for the… Read more »
Don’t we all just hate MU. Definitely the luckiest team in the history of the EPL. As an Arsenal fan, they are the team I really despise. Forget Spuds and Chelski, it’s MU that really piss me off. As for their fans ……………….well, what can I say? An awful bunch of arrogant tossers. Most of them anyway. Brighton should have beaten them yesterday, we all know that. Fergie time got them out of jail yet again, when no other team would be given that leeway. If there’s one team and set of supporters I want to see really suffer, it’s… Read more »
Sorry, I know, it’s Sunday.🙏
Come on though, it’s MU!
My preferred first 11 for today:
LENO
HOLDING. LUIZ. GABRIEL
NILES. TIERNEY
CEBALLOS. ELNENY
PEPE. AUBA
LACAZETTE
Early season is always a little chaotic, even more this season than usual. I believe that liverpool will be the key to how the season pans out . City , Chelsea, United , Tottenham and Arsenal could all be in the pack chasing the title as there is an element of inconsistency in all of those teams performances.. What i will say is Liverpool have been very fortunate with injuries over the last 2 seasons, and I mean VERY fortunate. If they were to lose Van Dyke , Trent Arnold or one of a couple of their front 3 for… Read more »
Arsenal are tomorrow night mate, will be disappointed to see an XI playing the day before
The past few seasons we have been out of the title race by Christmas or earlier.
As much as Wenger failed to win the league by fading around the March April time when the Champions league kicked back in , we were quite often in the top 3 (sometimes top) at the start of the new year.
Ultimately we failed but even being in contention would be a bonus atm.
plus xhaka starts surely.
Champagne.
It’s excitement. And The Last Stylebender, my boys wins with a TKO.
The last time we played at Anfield in successive games we won 3-1 and 6-3.
Can we bring back Julio Baptista for a couple of games?
Curse.
Sadly so. But I just think we need those persons to defend deep and counter when we have to.
I actually wouldn’t be surprised if arteta lots for xhaka el neny instead of Ceballos v Liverpool. It’s negative but it got the job done last time and solid midfield and defense can win us the game considering we know between auba, Laca and nketiah we will always steal a couple of goals. For me no need to worry about creativity vs Liverpool – just restrict them offensively and our attackers will feed off counter attacking scraps just fine Honestly though I’d be really happy with a draw. I think the game is really tough but it is winnable. There… Read more »
As well as much as we all want to see arsenal play pretty football, if we can just get the job done professionally like we did in the charity shield I will be ecstatic. Points matter above anything else and 3 vs Liverpool, 9 points from 3 games and Leicester knocked out in the cup would be an absolutely excellent start to our season Come oooon arsenal 3 points!!!! Game is too late for me tho so I will be checking the following morning. Luckily for me tho it looks like pretty much all our league games in October and… Read more »
I can see a Transfer Frenzy coming for us. I think we will see Aouar get done in the next week. Partey will be tough but it will be a deadline day move if we get him. I can see teams gambling on Mustafi and Chambers at the end of the window. Both have started light ball work and are aiming to return to training in October. I think they might be okay to pass a Medical. Torriera is definitely moving either on a straight transfer, Loan with an option or Loan with obligation to buy options. I feel Guendouzi… Read more »
I have a feeling that Arteta will be around for quite a while at Arsenal football club.. His project is long term, I think the plan is for the next couple of years ( ot this year at the least) to go with experience in the league and slowly integrate the academy players into the team and assess them to see if they have the quality to take us to the top.. Plus bringing in young talent like Gabriel and Aouar for the future. Arteta probably feels it’s too risky to put too much on the kids at this present… Read more »
Leeds *
Chris “”””Can we bring back Julio Baptista for a couple of games?”””””” The Dopes are seemingly trying for Partey , so you might have your wishes. We are all thought Baptiste – like Party playing in Spain would be this big beast of a midfielder. He were’ nt. And apart from his Anfield heroics was hopeless. Our Wenger was sensible enough only to get him on loan though. These Dopes want to spend over £50 million on 28 year old Party. if they want a midfileder and to finish above Chelsea this year- Declan Rice is the man. 7 years… Read more »
Pierre Its not a coincidence that Liverpool dont suffer with many injuries. They have a world class dietician ( Klopp said she is his best signing for Liverpool). + Their transfer dealings are top class and they carefully examine a player’s physical ability when signing him. Best example being the last minute U-turn on the Nabil Fekir deal. Reportedly everything was agreed but his medicals showed a knee that wasn’t the best in the world, so Pool cancelled the transfer last minute. In recent times only really Ox and Keita have been hit and miss signings but both players still… Read more »
CG
How many goals/assists does Rice have?
The ref in yesterday’s match at Brighton comes from Manchester!
Neutralizing Mane and TAA is key when against liverpool. If they lose those 2 they will struggle.
Their midfield is set up for winning the ball back and ours is useless with the ball so expect the same approach from last time,
hopefully Klopp hasnt figured aerial balls into our box and going for the 2nd ball will have Arsenal staining their boxers.
SpanishDave
I think the ref was pretty fair last night. He also gave a pretty soft pen to Brighton which was overruled later by VAR. (Correct decision)
+ ManU completely deserved that late pen. Maupay intentionally threw his hand to the ball like a complete idiot. And this happened before the final whistle and Var had to intervene.
That said, ManU were outrageously lucky to win last night. Brighton hit the post 5 friggin times. Trossard hit a woodwork hat-trick. And Brighton easily outperformed ManU throughout thr whole game.
Problem with rice is he won’t come cheap and I’m not sure if he is of sufficient quality to spend 40/50 million. Elneny can do the same job as rice. What we do need is that one midfield player who will transform us , whether it will be a more experienced one like coutinho who will provide the creativity that’s missing, or Partey who could give us what we have been missing at the base of our midfield , or Jorginho to replace Xhaka Jorginho is a class above what we have in midfield atm and I for one would… Read more »
Capt Tierney ox was a crock at arsenal and cost Liverpool a lot of money to be a cricket squad player for them
I don’t think he has represented value for his high price tag
Crocked squad player*
If we dont get midfield signings it will no longer be diet Pep it will be Mikrasmus
Captian
“””””CG How many goals/assists does Rice have?””””””
No idea
But if Fat Frank wants him – and he knows midfielders- as he was one of all the all time greats- he is good enough for Arsenals midfield.
Trust me , this lad can play the game.
He is smooth.
Party is an old carthorse in comparison.
Although ,i like the look of Aouar.
He is the type should Arsenal sign.
and definitely the type AW would have signed.
The new Nasri
Jorginho off the ball is even worse than Xhaka. And Tbf Xhaka under Arteta has outperformed Jorginho under Frank. ,( on the ball too).
CG You have been banging the drum about the number of G/A Guendouzi has put up for a year now. And using it to berate him and compare him with other midfielders. Why aren’t you using the same metric for Rice? I smell a British bias again. Guendouzi has better numbers for ball progressions and such than Rice, and I beleive their G/A numbers will be very identical because just like Guendouzi, Rice also is pretty ineffective in the final 3rd. Fat Frank wanting Rice doesn’t make him a good player. China1 I know but even in today’s market, Ox… Read more »
Pierre Jorginho is not the answer to any of our questions
‘Better than xhaka’ isn’t the way we should be looking at signings. It should be about players who are going to take us to the next level. Revolution not evolution
Captain Tierney
“Its not a coincidence that Liverpool dont suffer with many injuries.
They have a world class dietician”
Luck plays a big part in picking up injuries , one day their luck will change .
Though having the best possible back room staff is important and can reduce injuries , but a dietician can’t stop a broken leg challenge or an awkward fall or twist.of an ankle .
Elneny and Xhakalson can be the 2 holding mids for now,
What we need is a 3rd midfielder to create, penetrate, link midfield with attack whilst being good at the press.
Getting another DM/holding CM will not help our play much.
Pierre
Yes but a dietician coupled with world class physios can prevent a lot of muscular injuries.
Is it a coincidence that Pool players dont suffer as many muscular injuries and nibbles as other teams?
I think not.
I’f I recall rightly we supposedly spent the summer of 200( trying to sign Baptista as Vieira’s replacement. Lucky miss.
The game at Anfield was epic though, didn’t he score 4? Rosicky scored a stunner in front of the Kop too. Remember going into those games back then with cautious optimism and it is great to have that feeling again going into a game at Anfield. The last few years there have been complete hide behind the sofa stuff, the 5-1 in 2014 was just humiliating.
We ( and other teams) have had to man mark jorginho to stop him dictating the game .
That tells it’s own story .
This will be an important week in our transfer business. We need to recruit at least one if not two midfielders. I have always maintained that Arsenal will have sufficient funds to buy one notwithstanding what happens in outgoing transfers. The outgoing transfers are fairly clear. Messrs Sokratis, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Torreira and Guendouzi are unwanted. Sokratis and Mustafi need to be offloaded permanently as they are in final year of contract. Kolasinac, Torreira and Guendouzi need to be transferred out of club whether on loan, swap or sale. Personally I don’t think that we are going to generate much revenue… Read more »
Captain Tierney
“Is it a coincidence that Pool players dont suffer as many muscular injuries and nibbles as other teams?
I think not.”
I’m sure City employ the very best it it doesn’t stop players like Aguero , Sane or Laporte picking up major injuries.
Good physios will help but at the end of the day, for a team to go through 2 seasons with little or no injuries to their major performers like liverpool have done , takes an enormous amount of luck.
In this pandemic window I don’t think anyone would spend 30m on ox given his terrible injury record and honestly pretty mixed form. Imo we robbed Liverpool for him
He was a player who even by his mid 20s didn’t have an established position, his form was always up and down and his injury record consistently poor. Even in his mid 20s he was ‘potential life rather than a proper player. I know not everyone agrees with me but I think his great frame and powerful running when he was fit masked over what was actually a very underwhelming player.
Having injury records of a player during teenage years(from age 13) will give you a good idea of what to expect
Lifestyle is a cause of being injury prone ie childhood diet, being driven to school by schoolbus, playing on cozy playing surfaces instead of hard ground, playing with shoes instead of toughening up barefoot
Jorginho always needs a Kante like player beside him to cover his weakness. When Sarri tried playing Jorginho as the deepest lying playmaker and left out Kante or played him as a box to box he completely got rolled over. He is slower and weaker than Xhaka. He cant win headers and Xhaka is much more braver and committed in defending, even tho he is not very good at it.
You make your own luck
Im telling you for free!
Pierre
Sane, Laporte and Kun were all knee injuries and luck played its part like it always does.
I’m talking about the preventable muscle injuries, fatigue related injuries and little nibbles which can be prevented by good diet and expert physios.
Sid “Elneny and Xhakalson can be the 2 holding mids for now, What we need is a 3rd midfielder to create, penetrate, link midfield with attack whilst being good at the press.” The system Arteta is employing at this present time doesn’t allow for a 3rd midfielder. If we played a wing back system with 2 up top, 3 in centre mid and the wing backs giving us the width, that will allow for the 3rd midfielder to create and penetrate. I personally prefer that wing back system, though it’s fair to say that Arteta is pretty flexible in his… Read more »
Captain tierney
“Sane, Laporte and Kun were all knee injuries and luck played its part like it always does”
Exactly .
Liverpool have been lucky not to pick up any of these type of injuries including twisted ankle ligaments , broken legs , metatarsals , dislocated shoulders etc.
Pierre
“””””The system Arteta is employing at this present time doesn’t allow for a 3rd midfielder.”””””
Well, whatever system he has devised
Its effective away from home but ineffective at home and dull.
Arsenals last 4 Home leagues matches
West Ham
Watford
Liverpool
Leicester
OVER 70 ATTEMPTS ON THE ARSENAL GOAL!
Fact.
Sid
“Having injury records of a player during teenage years(from age 13) will give you a good idea of what to expect”
Did Wilshere have a poor injury record growing up ?
He always looked pretty strong to me when he first broke onto the team, then he picked up an injury pre season on the Emirates cup that looked innocuous and was out for most of the season , and sadly that was the beginning of the end for him.
Pierre
Liverpool’s strength is that they build a team/squad and unlike most other clubs are not turning over players just for the sake of it.
Offloads like Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lovren are for a reason. In the case of latter he demonstrates similar characteristics that were exposed at Arsenal namely injury prone, inconsistent and wasteful.
Arsenal’s historic success under Wenger in first four and five years was similar. He relied on
a core of experienced players totally committed to club ie Seaman, Winterburn,Bould, Keown,Adams, Parlour and Bergkamp
In case of former
Klopp on Arteta’s Arsenal:
“””””They defend in a 5-4-1 & when you have quality players that makes it tricky for the opposition, then with the speed they in the counter-attack”””””
Thats why Arsenal struggle at home.
Too defensive, too cautious.
Steve Bruce’s Newcastle United will use the exactly the same tactics at Spurs today.
Its not rocket science or generational coaching either.
Stroller
I’m not denying Klopp has been excellent at squad building but with injuries there is always a certain amount of luck.
At the moment, we seem to be picking up injuries in training much too regularly .
Is that bad luck or are the players trying too hard to impress the manager and pushing their body’s too hard.
Martinelli, Sokrates, Smith Rowe and Cedric are just a few that are out due to training injuries..
That is something you rarely hear from liverpool.
Maybe we have just been unlucky..
CG
“Well, whatever system he has devised
Its effective away from home but ineffective at home and dull.”
It’s finding the balance.
The last year or 2 under Wenger we were very poor away from home and excellent at home.
The away form has been addressed by Arteta but the home form has suffered..
I’m sure he recognises this.
Arteta will have to employ 4-3-3 formation both home and away against lower and mid-table teams. Against the top 8, he should continue using 3 at the back formation.
Stroller
Always seems weird to me that in our double season in 70/71 I think we only used 14 to 16 players or thereabouts all season .
These included 42 league games , european games and FA cup games( Including replays)..
Muddy pitches , heavier balls , players kicking lumps out of eachother and they were hardly injured.
Pierre “””””The away form has been addressed by Arteta but the home form has suffered..””””” Like Newcastle , Brighton , Saints then All teams that counter attack and have better away performances than at home Lets get the handbrake off , get the attacking talent we have on the pitch and lets get going. Last week No Ozil, Pepe, AMN , Saliba -all on the bench twiddlling their thumbs. The great coaches would be dazzled by potential talent like that- this one seems petrifred by it. Its dull but effective so far. Arteta more Everton influenced than City influenced. Not… Read more »
Pierre Players today are highly tuned athletes. Injuries are therefore more prevalent when your body is designed to perfection. On top of this, the footwear these days does not help matters. Boots were more solid back in the seventies. These days you might as well play in your slippers for all the support they give you. Also niggles meant nothing back then. Players these days can be out for a month with a slight strain or pull. In the seventies you had to grin and bare it. In any case, if you’re on £350k a week, what’s the incentive to… Read more »
“Did Wilshere have a poor injury record growing up ?”
I would bet he had a number various niggles in the academy though not playing as much as at senior level. Thats why i talked about records.
A look at him gives an impression of poor childhood nutrition coupled with his socual background.
Pierre
“””””The system Arteta is employing at this present time doesn’t allow for a 3rd midfielder.”””””
With the midfielder i described he would have the option if having 3 midfielders.
Stroller
Always seems weird to me that in our double season in 70/71 I think we only used 14 to 16 players or thereabouts all season .
I would guess this guys were born around WW2, grew up tough like i said eating non refined foods.
16 year olds whose bodies are not formed are the same size as 21 year olds in the 70’s
TR7
I agree 433 against the ‘bottom 12’ as such but only if we bring in the midfielders we need.
Also only a matter of time before guys like Pep and Klopp figure out our set up we have used against big teams recently, although I am confident Arteta is tactically competent to counter that again.
Pierre One of the secrets of success in our double seasons and may explain why we have had more consistency and less injuries is that we had experienced players and better quality. You see posters here like CG who is critical about our contract extension with Aubameyang and recruitment of Willian. Both are intelligent, consistent and quality players who are seldom injured. No-one was concerned about Arsenal selecting Winterburn, Dixon, Adams or Bergkamp playing for us in mid 30s. Okay the game today may be more athletic based than in past, but there are plenty of good sprinters and middle… Read more »
With no crowds there is little in the way of home advantage so I think there will be more evenly matched games for the top 12 teams.
Mentally it is more difficult for the players who enjoy the crowd responses to raise their game.
Why we can’t have small crowds is beyond a joke.
“As he (Jorginho) is a player who is not afraid to demand the ball under pressure and will help us beat the press.”
He might help to an extent, but Kovacic is the one at Chelsea that really helps deal with the press, and can use the press to his and team’s advantage, bypassing with a turn and dribble before driving into space. Jorginho doesn’t do that, he needs time to turn.
In short, do not want.
Hello house…. not a first timer, but am using Missus device. methinks, there is a lil’ bit of Oliver Twist about football fans generally.but if we are are able to bring either in Auoar or Partey,then it would have been our best summer for some coupla decades now.who knows the workings of the collective minds of Edu, Vinyl and Art,the may just go ahead and surprise us all by getting the two. Although,souceman still needs to work on some of his stuff, but no one can deny what a turn around he has been able to manage and what makes… Read more »
Captain Tierney “Jorginho always needs a Kante like player beside him to cover his weakness. When Sarri tried playing Jorginho as the deepest lying playmaker and left out Kante or played him as a box to box he completely got rolled over. He is slower and weaker than Xhaka. He cant win headers and Xhaka is much more braver and committed in defending, even tho he is not very good at it.” Jorginho is a little sharper in and among opposition players and he has a little bit more pace than Xhaka when first receiving the ball and a little… Read more »
Kovacic is one of the best all round midfielders in the league.
ES “””””””””You see posters here like CG who is critical about our contract extension with Aubameyang and recruitment of Willian. Both are intelligent, consistent and quality players who are seldom injured.”””””” Total and utter bunkum. Only the preposterous ES could link these x 2 over-rated mercenaries to the Arsenal 70’s or 90s’ double team stalwarts. PEA and Willian are here for the cash and cash alone , they don’t give two figs about Arsenal glory. And Arsenal the only club stupid enough to give them 3 years worth of it. Willian a reminder – hooked last week after 60 on… Read more »
Aubameyang said Arteta convinced him to stay to build a legacy here. Not very mercenary behaviour.
CG
You continue to be a “village idiot”.
Tell Klopp that he should not be playing Milner.
CG
Willian put in one of the best individual performances of last season at Spurs, scoring both on a 2-0 win, on a pitch the same size as Arsenal’s.
It’s no surprise you are on his back after just one average performance.
Yeah, but how is proper manager Sean Dyche doing?
nul points.
Ignore CG – he says the opposite just for effect. Even he can’t be stupid enough to believe the drivel he comes out with
Its laughable that CG considers both Willian a mercenary just because he left Chelsea. He played for them for 7 years!! He chose to leave them not because of money, but the length of
contract offered to him.
I would also remind you that he provided 3 assists in his first game against Fulham.
Is it Pierre that is wanting Jorginho?
You would think with the problems we have seen with Xhaka, off the ball problems that he should think otherwise.
Jorginho is no different to Xhaka in having weakness off the ball.
But I suppose it’s all about on the ball isn’t it.
Yes, Kovacic is top class. Great on the ball, quick turn and very good technique.
Declan Rice is not a great technician but he is very very quick and great at tackling and winning the ball.
Not a fan of Jorginho but will take him only as a replacement for Xhaka. Can’t have both him and Xhaka in the same side, it will be suicidal.
.Chris “””””It’s no surprise you are on his back after just one average performance.”””””””””” I was on his back before he arrived.I don’t want these types at the club. ( mercenaries on their last legs) I said he would be exposed on our bigger pitch – and that seems pretty accurate analysis. Anyway we already had a glut of wide players ,more dynamic , more interesting ,more mobile and younger than this Chelsea reject. An appalling signing and waste of scant resources. As for PEA and his 3 year whopper. It took me 5 minutes to check and find out… Read more »
Jorginho and Xhaka are about the same age. We might get a few prettier passes but it doesn’t really make sense to spend there.
TR7
Kovacic can also look after himself and is not afraid of the physical as well as having good technique so this is what makes him a very good all round midfielder.
As for registas they are good to have in a team that is dominant and are very good defensively.
The regista originated in Italy and Italian teams were mean defensively which compensates for the regista.
Stick in a regista in a team that is not dominant or mean defensively in the EPL of today and you can have problems.
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“Not a fan of Jorginho but will take him only as a replacement for Xhaka. Can’t have both him and Xhaka in the same side, it will be suicidal.”
That can be the only outcome if he joined.
You can’t have two registas in the same team in midfield in the EPL. You can’t have two registas in the same midfield in any league for that matter.
A total waste of time Jorginho would be.
Ishola Xhaka is not even a top class passer if we ignore his other frailities for a minute. His short passes are rarely between the lines. His long passes to wide players although good are still very predictable. He moves his body first either left or right depending on which wide player he is targeting and then takes a long good look before hitting the pass. Opposition players comfortably take their positions even before the ball lands in wide areas. I don’t know what kind of regista he is. Don Pirlo was a regista and a master of his craft.… Read more »
CG you are completely lacking in context again with your ‘facts’. You seem to have ignored the point I made about Willian putting in an outstanding performance at Spurs last season, many glowing references on this site if I recall. Clearly shows he is capable of performing on a ‘big pitch’ would you agree? Your Aubameyang criticism about no goals at big grounds ignores how we were generally a mess and unstable since his arrival, and as soon as Arteta finds the system against big teams he scored winners in semi finals and finals. That sissy even getting into where… Read more »
“Your Aubameyang criticism about no goals at big grounds”
Obviously Wembley doesn’t count then?
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And all of that is without him being pressed.