Is that… you… light…?
Yes, it is.
Finally, the bore-fest of international football is coming to a close and we have REAL football coming back to our screens.
What better way to introduce a better reality than a Thomas Partey Arsenal.com special?
I like the travel look. Clearly, this isn’t a man who cares about comfort on a flight and I admire that. A major scourge of modern fashion is the Ryanair-Leisure crew who find the thought of sitting on a seat for two hours so horrifying, they degrade themselves to wearing items like crocs, tennis socks, matching partner tracksuits, and slovenly accessories like neck pillows. I can’t have it, it’s the visual equivalent of a small child kicking your chair.
I’m glad that’s not Thomas Partey. A nice black jean jacket, a polo, and smart trousers. That’s a sophisticated man right there. I also like that he’s a proper watch guy. You always worry about someone when they rock a smartwatch, especially if the band is customised. The 2020 version of a phone holster.
Our new midfield dynamo is going to wear the #22 shirt. He’s picking-up from legends like Gael Clichy, Yaya Sanogo, and Franny Coquelin. Big boots the fill (or iceskates lololololol)
CORRECTION: #18. If I had a smartwatch, this would NOT have happened.
It’ll be very interesting to see what Mikel Arteta does with the line-up this weekend. There’s no team you’d rather your debut signing lands for than a heavy pressing Manchester City. There’s also no worse game because if he plays badly, we’ll all cry and have to sacrifice to the truth-telling radar merchants. Jokes aside, the player is Simeone levels of fitness, so that’s not a worry. The question is whether Arteta wants to throw a new player into a fairly settled system so soon after joining? Two training sessions is not a lot. Still, the player speaks very good English, he’s elite, and there’s no point in buying players if you don’t play them.
Kante has reportedly fallen foul of Frank Lampard and might be exiting the business this January. How do you fall out with Kante? Seems like the nicest guy in the game. Well, we can guess… touchline Billy Mitchell from Eastenders can’t help himself. Wonder if Kante wants to stay in London? Imagine…
I’m not sure if I wrote about Project Let’s Takeover Football this week? Arsenal is part of the big 6 set of clubs that are using the EFLs bailout to take over the game (have the proposal, yet to decide). It’s a grim project where the gist seems to be that the big clubs in the league want to control decisions and the flow of money.
The Premier League is popular, in part, because the prize money is equally shared. Unlike Serie A and La Liga, who distributed according to club size back in the day. Pound for pound, our clubs are richer, which means they can afford much better players than the rest of Europe, up and down the league. The idea that the Billionaires Club wants to end that to entrench their power is not a shock. It’s disappointing though and I’m glad the Government has stepped in.
It was interesting to read that the Liverpool owners are looking to create a SPAC for sporting entities. SPACs are the new hot thing on Wall Street, it’s a blank check company that goes to market with the intention of merging with other companies. I got burned badly when I invested money in Nikola, the CEO floated an electric truck company with no trucks, then he was called out as being a bald fraud by an analyst, and it all went to shit. Fuck him and my shares that are on the floor.
Anyway, Fenway Group wants to create a RedBall SPAC and float it. They’ll buy up sporting tech firms and clubs and build out a mega-portfolio.
As a public company, Fenway could look to buy up more clubs in Europe, where a number have been on the block, according to a person familiar with the matter.
A publicly traded sports organization would be a relatively untested concept in the U.S. Liberty Media Corp. owns the Atlanta Braves, but the baseball team is a subsidiary of a much larger company. The NFL’s Green Bay Packers is owned by shareholders who mostly consist of fans.
RedBall’s board includes former Premier League Executive Chairman Richard Scudamore, during whose 20 years in charge English soccer turned into a global export and a television-rights cash cow. Premier League matches air in more than 190 countries every weekend of its 10-month season.
What helps the value of something like that rise? Entrenched power and more TV money. Sport is such a great game to get into. It’s largely recession-proof, the fanbase is inelastic, and the growth opportunity keeps getting bigger as the pipes get wider and distribution becomes easier. Scudamore, an incredibly influential string-puller is on the board. Billy Beane is involved. Let’s see how all that influence pans out as smart people look to channel the sea of money in football into their pockets.
Ok, that is all I have time today. Do NOT be sad. I’ll be back tomorrow with some more fresh content.
Apart from it benefiting the big 6, are there any actual *long term* benefits to this ‘project big picture’ proposed by liverpool and utd? It’s ironic as hell that it’s called project big picture but they’ve failed to sell any particular ‘big picture’ to the fans. It’s just a simple power grab for the big 6 and a large covid payment to the lower leagues to buy their support. Absolutely crap proposal I also don’t see any particular logical basis for some of the proposals. For example abolishing the charity shield? Why lol? It’s a single game. It’s a preseason… Read more »
I’ll bet the Kroenke’s are on board with this. You would think they’d have been sounded out by FSG and the Glazer’s already
The invincibles and double winning arsenal teams used to win/compete for the league and cup, get out of groups in the CL and play the kids for the league cup. However did we survive…
The other big 6 after utd and liverpool seem to be. Dry quiet on this
I suspect they’d support it go through but don’t want to be seen to adamantly back it to save face if it fails. Let utd and liverpool take the fall in terms of reputation
Also notice this proposal comes during covid when lower league clubs are desperate for a bailout and fans aren’t in the stadium to protest. The whole thing is so patently cynical
“Eddie Nketiah fired himself into the record books as England U21s all-time top scorer – as the Young Lions secured their place at the Euro U21 finals next year. He jumped one clear of Alan Shearer and Francis Jeffers on 13 and has done it in just 12 games.”
Congratulations Eddie! Keep knocking them in! But please take the Shearer path and not the Jeffers one!
Freddie –
I thought TAG still used ETA movements, basically like a Swatch in a steel case. Guess they’ve started making their own in-house.
Instead of paying a couple grand (the worst price point for a watch, imo)for a TAG, I’d probably get a Tudor. Or spend more money on something that will hold its value. TAGs don’t really.
It’s genuinely the kind of watch you get given at a bar mitzvah/confirmation/13th birthday.
Nketiah is a talent in the right setup, not chasing down opponents and linking up play like firminho but more like Aguero
Since the immigrants in the German team have retired its a shadow of itself while the swiss team has improved with addition of immigrants
Good review of Wenger’s book.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/14/my-life-in-red-and-white-by-arsene-wenger-review-shrewdly-avoids-any-own-goals?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1602658591
AFC forever
“Marko….You know you can actually not like someone but still acknowledge when they play well? Being fair always makes an opinion more valid.”
Excellent point…
The league cup was, and still is , a great vehicle for showcasing the youth coming through the ranks, plus its ideal for giving players game time who are coming back from injuries and/or are struggling to make the first 11.
It always proves to be a great experience for the kids to play in competitive matches in front of large crowds.and on TV.
If they want to reduce matches, the simple solution is do away with the international matches , especially friendlies and the nations league.
SPACs are the new hot thing on Wall Street.
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You can’t say that. Maybe in the late 70s/early 80s – but not now.
You watch on Sunday. It will be Xhaka on the pitch with Partey on the bench.
The male ‘youth’ in this country either don’t care how they look (scruffy jog pants/hoodie) or dress like women with skin tight jeans half way up their leg and a blouse). I imagine Pedro is in the ‘jeggings’ camp.
Post of the day…
Sid
October 13, 2020 18:14:12
Partey should smack Xhakalson Viera style with his longstuff
Left,
I don’t know about you, but Personally I would watch the game in Saturday. 😉
Don’t be surprised if Partey stays on the bench until after next int’l break in November away to Leeds. Can see Arteta rotating between Xhaka/Ceballos/Elneny for the next couple of league matches
China agreed.WTF are they smoking over at Liverpool.?Looking at some of the finer detail.It appears that the dippers,oilers,spuds & manure ( not sure about the chavs) will be reimbursed for any stadium builds/ repairs undertaken in last 10 years.Spuds chomping at the bit because the apparently get a £ 125 million rebate! Wtf is in it for us?Anyway it seems Arsenal despite The big six tag are not playing ball.( This from a Telegraph article yesterday?)
I reckon partey starts straight away he’s perfectly tailored for a game like this
ManU and Liverpool threatening a breakaway league – tell them to fuck off and docked them 50 points a season for 10 seasons.
It was reported last night that the fan groups of several clubs including Arsenal, Spud’s and Chelsea are against the move – everyone needs to back them.
You watch on Sunday.
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The match is on Saturday.
I expect Partey to start, he’s fit and ready to go.
If El-fuckin’-Neny starts then Man City will destroy us.
*Sorry, I do know it’s Saturday. The family have organised a Skype get together for my birthday for 6.30pm. Kick off is at 5.30pm!
It continues to look like we will not have Tierney on Saturday.
City played the XI below in a 4-3-3 in their last PL match, a 1-1 draw with Leeds.
Ederson
Aymeric Laporte
Rúben Dias
Benjamin Mendy
Kyle Walker
Rodri
Phil Foden
Kevin De Bruyne
Riyad Mahrez
Raheem Sterling
Ferran Torres
Arsenal’s next six matches:
Manchester City (Sat, 10/17)
Rapid Vienna (Thu, 10/22)
Leicester City (Sun, 10/25)
Dundalk (Thu, 10/29)
Manchester United (Sun, 11/1)
Molde (Thu, 11/5)
A shame we won’t be seeing Saliba in the Europa League matches. That would’ve made those matches more interesting.
We’re beating City
There’s nothing special about City and Liverpool again
“A shame we won’t be seeing Saliba in the Europa League matches. That would’ve made those matches more interesting.”
Maybe it saves Arsenal money not to play Saliba….
De Bruyne may not be 100%
The Maure and Poo proposal is exactly that. Self serving, profit driven, pretentious, short sighted… and it gives the awful feeling that both companies ate trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 challenges and sneak this in. Special voting rights?? Since the birth of the PL, other than the usual ‘top 4’ , there have been many clubs that occupied 5 to 10th! Man city nearly relegated once? The EPL is being taken for a ride too in the proposal. TV dollars will drop (not purely due to Covid）: • fewer teams mean fewer games and people bid less for… Read more »
It’s ominous that the Big 6 (at any rate LFC and Man U) threaten to leave PL if their Big Picture is not okayed. Is this an empty threat or do they have a European league in mind? Or even a pan-global one? Many of the big European clubs have been threatening Eufa with this for years. Hence the climb-down on Football Fair Play. This is all about money, of course. Big money, assured money. The fact is that neither Uefa nor FIFA can survive as big-time organisations without the big Clubs of Europe. Meaningful international football cannot exist without… Read more »
“… glad that’s not Thomas Partey. A nice black jean jacket, a polo, and smart trousers. That’s a sophisticated man right there. I also like that he’s a proper watch guy. You always worry about someone when they rock a smartwatch, especially if the band is customised” Jesus. If Partey isn’t on a chartered flight it’d have been first class, not to mention his reportedly £250k per week base salary ie can try to dress as smart as he can be. To be fair, not all footballers look tasteful even with plenty of expensive clothes and accessories. Though, our Partey… Read more »
eb
The FA are useless – the fans are the best chance to stop this. Personally I’d like to see the other PL clubs man up and tell them if they don’t like it to fuck off.
As big as some PL clubs are they are nothing if they don’t have opposition to play and the simple fact is even Liverpool fans want the Monday morning banter after playing Arsenal, West Ham or the Spud’s etc.
My lineup against mancity would be a bit defensive but we can do damage. It will be tough throwing in partey at the deep end but I would still start him instead of xhaka.
Leno
Holding, Luiz, Gabriel
Bellerin, Thomas, Ceballos, AMN
Pepe, Auba, Willian
I think we could cause them trouble with this. There is no tierney so I hope to God we play a normal 343 instead of the shifting 343 to 433 formation. Kolasinac cant handle that and we will get desstroyed by mahrez.
I find it sickening that all this ‘big 6’ crap has arisen when so many lower league clubs are struggling. Of course, as we all know, it’s all to do with money, nevertheless, it’s about time the FA and PL put the good of the domestic game above their own selfish and distorted needs. UEFA and FIFA are not fit for purpose, we all know that to, but the leaders of our game should be far more concerned about the incredible mis-distribution of wealth and the fact that our game is being destroyed because of greed. I love my club… Read more »
acts
“Not sure what kind of Rolex you’ll get for a grand, maybe a oyster from the swinging 30s? Or you can get a bezel or dial for a modern-ish datejust for that price.“ Freddie, none worth having……….even a hot entry level Rolex will cost you more than a couple grand. Friend of mine has a trucking repair shop and clients short on cash offer him goods as payment for servicing their fleet sometimes. And since he’s a wrist watch aficionado his collection is into dozens. It’s simply crazy that in this day and age expensive goods still get stolen daily,… Read more »
Graham
All this appears to be being driven by ManU and Liverpool with “incentives” to get the other big clubs on board. The fear for Arsenal, Chelsea, Spud’s etc is being left behind but the truth is with out the other clubs ManU and Liverpool are fucked. The fans of all the clubs need to be united on this – last time they tried something like this was the 39th game and fan power put a stop to it. The threat of no fans in the stadiums once lock down restrictions are lifted will keep them in line.
Afternoon, Tell the bindippers and utd to jog on. If they want to break away and form a super league or European league see how long it would last. Do they think it’s going to be top end games every week. Take the top 6 teams from England, then the other big leagues. Spain: Real, Barcelona, athletico that’s nine teams. then look at the other leagues. Portugal:Porto or benfica? France:Psg and ?? Scotland: Celtic and rangers Germany: Bayern and Dortmund Italy: Juventus and inter Milan. Dutch league: PSV and ajax. That’s 21 teams which some arent exactly big draw teams.… Read more »
What shape would a European league take? I imagine there would be two, an upper and a lower, to allow promotion from the lower, and relegation from the upper. And space made by relegation from the lower to allow entry by an outsider.
I guess the EFL top tier would become the PL, perhaps including ‘feeders’ from the European League.
I doubt there would be any relegation. The big boys will want a closed shop to protect their cash streams.
Karsa
They eventually push for no relegation from the PL – they wouldn’t admit it now but once they’ve got the decisions being controlled by the “big 9” that’s what will follow. It’s worrying that this is being driven by 2 American owned clubs with who owns us.
The future is about super clubs across the globe facing each other after playoffs in all continents
U4GN
Agree 100% – if ManU and Liverpool continue to push for this or threaten to leave the PL – kick them out of it. See how long before they’re begging to return.
Sid
Can you name these “Super Clubs” who aren’t in Europe?
The clubs will not have stadia they will sellout venues like a boxing match
You heard it here 1st!
The Champion’s League revamping is pretty close to a European Super League anyway. A European Super League would need to find a way of mitigating the risk of relegation for the big boys. So qualification may be done by a mix of League position, play-off and average of previous season position. So a club with an extraordinary season could participate as one-off. But big clubs would be unlikely to miss it anyway. Another possibility would be to have a closed European League with 6~10 places open for invitations. With criteria based on their league position and status. I doubt they… Read more »
U4GN
Actually hadn’t thought about it before but would the other “big” clubs across Europe be happy with the English clubs dominating the numbers?
Sid
That idea is so stupid it’s bordering on retarded – Arsenal bring in close to £100 million a year in match day revenue – do you honestly think they’ll put that at risk?
Marc the greatest ideas always appear retarded to ordinary folks. Get out of your box.
The Maracana guangdong FNB would be packed to the rafters
“Arsenal bring in close to £100 million a year in match day revenue – do you honestly think they’ll put that at risk?”
The final say is on the market, Arsenal are already in real danger of being irrelevant as it is.
Marc,
It’s true, can you imagine in a super league every country has 3-4 representatives?
The French German, Italian and Scottish league’s are one horse race league’s with the very rare anomaly team that flukes it.
Spain is a carve up between Real and Barcelona.
Dutch league is probably the same with psv and Ajax.
It’s only really the premier league where 3-4 teams could win it.
The whole European thing won’t get off the ground.
The only reason why championship teams are keen is because there all struggling at the moment cash wise.
What happens when it’s sporting Lisbon against lille.
Sponsors won’t be interested in these games.
Fans won’t be which means grounds will be half full.
Away fans won’t be able to afford to go so far away for games.
Lose two days leave every few weeks. The cost of flights accommodation etc.
They tried this twenty years ago and that’s how the champions league started then expanded because the big clubs were missing out.
sid
“Marc the greatest ideas always appear retarded to ordinary folks. Get out of your box.
The Maracana guangdong FNB would be packed to the rafters”
Yeah how much will the locals pay per ticket?
U4GN
“The only reason why championship teams are keen is because there all struggling at the moment cash wise.”
Talk about selling your soul to the devil.
They would make millions on Pay Per View.
The English will, no doubt, be charged the most.
U4GN
You also add in the corporate ticket side – I know we’re all supposed to hate it as fans but the truth is it has the capability of bringing in a lot of cash.
Considering the cash advantage utd and the bindippers get over nearly every other team in Europe, how much more do they think they can get.
Left
No more than they can or do make from screening PL matches or CL matches. As U4GN says who’s going to pay a fortune to watch Arsenal vs Lille.
Just can’t see the other 14 clubs in the league voting for it.
Turkeys voting for Christmas!
If you had a European league, you probably don’t have a domestic league you also wouldn’t have the champions league.
The big clubs will lose huge revenue.
If it’s a domestic league revamp, how can 6-9 clubs get the opportunity to vote how they want it run, who can be involved, what happens if one of the big 9 get relegated.
It’s a pipe dream.
U4GN
As soon as they had the chance they’d stop promotion and relegation in the PL. If the teams in the lower divisions don’t see this they are even more stupid than I thought.
Oh yeah – the FA Cup would get knocked off their fixtures as well.
Marc,
True, as much as the football isn’t great,clubs like Burnley would never get in.
Brighton, Southampton, Sheffield United etc.
You look at Leeds a massive club in the seventies had 6-7 good years in the nineties and early 2000’s
Then relegated for 16 years before finally clambering there way back into the premier league.
What happens if your out with no way back in.
Westham really know how to throw money out the window.
Why would they spend 30 million at Benrahma?
He only moved to Brentford paid less than 3 million for in 2018.
He’s a 25 year old who’s never played played at a top league club. All his loans have been in lower division clubs in the Netherlands and France.
U4GN
“What happens if your out with no way back in.”
That’s the double edged sword – it should stop a lot of teams into voting against it but it could also push some into going along with it to be included.
Yeah true the fa cup would be booted out.
The charity shield is one game between two teams.
The league cup isn’t worried about till the semis, so two games.
Then it’s get rid of the fa cup because it’s too many games.
It’s not exactly 15 games extra a season and the big six generally have bigger squads.
Arsenal should say no to that silly “big picture” project.
I read that clubs with recent stadium construction like spuds may gets as much as 125million in benefits from it.
Fuck the big picture. Football needs to get smaller and more humble. It needs to reconnect back with the fans that make it what it is.
Marc,
I would imagine if they actually succeeded in implementing this. It couldn’t happen by next season as tv deals are already drawn up for a certain amount of games.
If it’s implemented in two or three seasons time the small clubs that will allow it, so they can stay in the league may be relegated in a year or two. And run the risk they vote for something that they can’t get back into even though there in it now.
How many of you on here enjoy the game as much as you did 10/20/30 or, for me, 40 years ago?
Forget Covid.
I really miss that unique Saturday feeling when all matches were played and the atmosphere in grounds was more intense.
None of this staggered match day crap.
Big Picture knocked back by Prem clubs.
Lets see what they come up with next.
“Since the immigrants in the German team have retired its a shadow of itself while the swiss team has improved with addition of immigrants“
Sid, How many immigrants in German World Cup winning teams in 54,74 and 90?
Did Spain become average because of lack of immigrants in their squad , or was it rather because the generational talents of Xavi, Iniesta , Busquets haven’t been replaced like for like talent wise?
Dissenter
Spuds will get“benefits”?!
How does that work?
Does this include housing benefit, income support, child benefit, council tax benefit and mobility allowance?
I agree with what you say.
Considering the uproar on Le Grove when it was announced on Athletic that Ozil had received a loyalty payment from Arsenal, I shouldn’t really be surprised that there is not a Peep from the obsessives regarding Athletics reporting that Arsenal are saving millions through not playing Ozil… Footballing reasons …yeah right . Why the club can’t be honest on this matter is beyond me… Reading between the lines, my theory is that the club asked Ozil to refuse the loyalty payment ( due to covid) and he told them where to go . Arsenal then looked at Ozil’s contract and… Read more »
“Arsenal then looked at Ozil’s contract and found a clause in the contract that says Ozil will only get paid a percentage of his wages if he is not in the team…”
Pierre…the only one that thinks this is offensive is you. The only one who is remotely invested in Ozil getting paid his full wage is you. The only one that thinks it’s odd that the club are willing to sacrifice his (minimal) output on the pitch in order to pay him less…is you.
Pierre Don’t be a cock – “Arsenal then looked at Ozil’s contract and found a clause in the contract that says Ozil will only get paid a percentage of his wages if he is not in the team…” You make it sound like some teenager suddenly reading the small print on their phone contract – Arsenal have lawyers and specialist contract people on the payroll. You make an appearance bonus sound like some sort of Machiavellian plot to fuck over Ozil – what next “breaking news Auba get’s a goal scoring bonus”. No one has mentioned Ozil till you brought… Read more »
How many of you on here enjoy the game as much as you did 10/20/30 or, for me, 40 years ago?
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown, the dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
karim
Good reference to a great song.
This european supereague is a stupid Idea and It has always been. A league is supposed to be with in a country. Can you imagine having one winner from the Top 6 of european leagues? 19 teams will end up trophy less every season. The revenue from champions league and the domestic league wont be there either. I dont know how you can make it feasible. Fans already have already a hard enough time travelling for away games. Imagine going to Lisbon for an away league game. It eont be possible. So Its not even worth a discussion.
A league of the Big Clubs would make their own rules. The TV money would be so vast – much, much more than current TV money – that Clubs would not be dependent on fans turning up for matches. We have a taste of that now with coronavirus. They might put a cap on wages – one that would still be more than outsider clubs could pay. They might even have transfer caps – again, more than outsiders could pay. They might charge countries for use of their players. And on and on and on… Would we watch Arsenal, buy… Read more »
Luteo
“Pierre…the only one that thinks this is offensive is you”
Did I say I was offended by it ..no.
I am on the club’s side as I think that Ozil should have refused the 8 million .
By taking the loyalty payment, Ozil has shown a lack of class.
I fully understand the club’s course of action.
Habesha & eb
Once it became a closed league you wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to implement some kind of draft – so everyone has a small period of success.
Can you imagine a situation where Madrid finished 3rd or 4th in a league for 5 or 6 years.
Pierre is an Ozil-worshipper, obsessiveness does not cut it.
Marc
” don’t be a cock, What a complete cunt.”
It is well recognised on here that you are the modern form of the village idiot.
And a piss head……you must have started early today.. .
Dissenter
He’s bad enough on a slow news day but when people are talking about something that could fundamentally destroy what Arsenal football club is it beggars belief.
Pierre
You’re still being a cock – why don’t you try commenting on something relevant?
I would have thought you’d have strong views on this bonkers plan? Maybe your priorities lie with another individual.
“I fully understand the club’s course of action.”
There’s something sociopathic about you. It scares me that you can present this statement seriously after all you’ve said on the matter.
I feel like there’s some convoluted “Arteta keeps lying about it” angle coming, doesn’t make sense otherwise.
Marc and Dissenter
Sorry , I didn’t realise that we have to follow one line of conversation …..is this a new Le grove rule .
The proposal is just a storm in a tea cup ….simple ..
Pierre
Not at all – the only person who gets to control what’s said is Pedro but I’d have thought that as a long standing Arsenal supporter you’d have an opinion on something that seems important rather than a player who will never kick another ball for us again and leave next summer – therefore an irrelevance.
Luteo
“There’s something sociopathic about you. It scares me that you can present this statement seriously after all you’ve said on the matter.”
Not at all…..I have been very balanced in my views, it is just the warped minds of the obsessives who become slightly deranged whenever I mention Ozil ..
Take a look at yourself, marc and dissenter…..a case in point.
Pierre Do you get paid commission for your pro-Ozil posts? What about this for a scenario. Mesut Ozil under Wenger ( even he admits it), Emery, Freddie and now Arteta has caused numerous problems. On and off the pitch he has been a thorn in our backside. I get it, I really do. He has sublime skills and is capable of opening up any defence . The thing is he is unreliable, untrustworthy and no longer( did he ever)has the good of the team/club at heart. My own take on things is that the club are utterly pissed off with… Read more »
Pierre
So you admit you’re trolling?
Marc
The last few days , there was probably 200 Ozil comments …very few positive .
Why didn’t you call them all cunts/cock instead of deciding that today is the day when it is an irrelevance..
Double standards ….par for the course for you …
Pierre
Stupid games you’re trying to play It’s not Ozil talk I have a problem with, it’s your incessant trolling and digging for reactions:
‘ “Ozil is being treated unfairly and the club lie!”
Stfu Pierre no one cares.
“I agree with the club though!”
Stfu Pierre no one cares.
“Aha! You guys responded! You’re so obsessed!”
Stfu Pierre no one cares. ‘
Graham
“Do you get paid commission for your pro-Ozil posts?”
What part of my posts today have been pro Ozil.
Was it
“I am on the club’s side as I think that Ozil should have refused the 8 million .
By taking the loyalty payment, Ozil has shown a lack of class.
I fully understand the club’s course of action.”
Pierre
Ozil is an irrelevance – why bring him up when there’s a genuine subject to discuss. You seem to think this plan is a “storm in a tea cup” I worry that they’ll just come back with something to replace it that appears to be more palatable.
My personal opinion is that it’s a result of the ownership of clubs moving away from people who were genuine fans of the them.
Luteo
“Stupid games you’re trying to play It’s not Ozil talk I have a problem with, it’s your incessant trolling and digging for reactions:”
I give a perfectly reasonable theory as to why the club and Ozil are in this situation.
If you and the other obsessives wish to OVER react, that is your problem.
I suggest you should read what I post and then you may actually think that I have a point .
And yes, the Ozil situation is relevant today , just as it was relevant the past week.
I dont know if the money will be as big as people claim it to be. There are a lot of interesting things in a domestic league now. For instance their would not be a relegation battle or a Top 4 fight that makes every domestic league watchable. People will eventually lose interest in the european super league. can you imagine having to watch the same matches every year? You would miss the Sheffield United’s of a domestic league. That in turn will make clubs lose money. The atalantas and Leicesters are part of what make a domestic european league… Read more »
“And yes, the Ozil situation is relevant today , just as it was relevant the past week.”
No he’s not. The only time Ozil should now be mentioned are if any of the following happen:
1) Next summer when he finally leaves eg Thank fuck he’s gone.
2) He leaves early eg Didn’t see that coming thank fuck he’s gone.
3) He’s been picked eg Didn’t see that coming.
4) My God Ozil’s been murdered in a street robbery eg who would’ve thought that violent crime has an upside.
“I give a perfectly reasonable theory as to why the club and Ozil are in this situation.” Stfu Pierre no one cares. Your point is clear – you bring a defense of Ozil up every chance you get in order to act as some counter-balance to the negative talk from casual fans reacting to minimal information on the internet, which you somehow have decided is uncouth and unbecoming of fandom. Get the fuck over yourself old man. You’re not stopping Twitter noise. You’re not stopping hot takes. It’s how the world works now, you can come to terms with it… Read more »