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Arsenal kicked off their Europa League campaign in less than sexy fashion. If that game were a human being up in the cluuuuub, it’d be the ugly guy that pulls at the end of the night, picking up someone crying in the corner because they’ve messed their pants.
It’s difficult to knock a win, but as wins go, this was another you’d put on the unimpressive list. Now, you have to caveat that the Europa League is not the competition young kids dream of growing up. It’s a form of punishment. It’s detention for elite clubs. We shouldn’t be there, the players know it, and that clearly impacts motivation on some level. Factor in that a chunk of that starting 11 was fringe, here on a favour, or we attempted to sell them this summer as well.
Rapid Wien were out the traps faster than us and their young side nipped, shoved, and kicked with vigour. The interesting thing is that the physical approach didn’t impact our spirit, it just kept the game from really flowing. We nearly conceded early when Bernd Leno had to claw at a Gabriel block that was heading over him. We had one good chance as well, David Luiz steered a beauty of a header across their keeper, but he managed to palm wide. They were the better team in the first half. We were slow on the ball, we didn’t create chances in the final third, and we looked a little bored.
The second half was different, we started badly, then conceded. We were playing out the back like we have done for 9 months, Luiz passed to Leno, the German took a touch, lost the ball, then flapped at the shot and it went under him. It was a poor mistake. He doubled down on it by making two more horrendous errors with the ball at his feet. Very concerning.
We eventually kicked into gear. We played with a bit more urgency, we moved the ball into pockets that caused problems, and we looked a little more interested. Our luck broke when another of their tactical fouls gave us a freekick. Nicolas Pepe whipped it into David Luiz who was on point to nod into the net.
Our second goal came when we brought on Hector Bellerin for Cedric and Auba for the anonymous Eddie. Mo Elneny drove through midfield, slipped in Hector B who controlled the ball and weighted a perfect pass into Auba who finished with casual ease.
There were no real problems after that. As a sign of respect, we ran the ball into the corner to see out the game.
An away win in our first Europa League game of the season, against the best team in our group, is not to be sniffed at… but we’re football fans, so let’s sniff at this like we’re looking at a semi-naked Newcastle fan in December after one too many.
ATTACK
We dropped 650 odd passes, had 68% of the ball, but only managed 4 shots on target. That might have had the Özil weirdoes in our fanbase rubbing their knees, but for everyone else, it had us wondering where the solve is coming from? I understand that the system is rigid because we want to be solid. We are solid. If that game doesn’t have a bad keeping error, we’re doing what we should be. But here’s the thing… we are always going to have to deal with mistakes, and we cannot rely on an outrageous conversion rate in every game. The pattern is clear, we do not create. This cannot go on all season.
MIDFIELD
Now, I thought our midfield looked pretty decent. Mo Elneny gets a lot of stick but he covers a lot of ground and he’s a good passer. He lacks ambition in a 4-4-2, but he didn’t do too badly… his assist for the assist was vital.
Thomas Partey was the star though. I think he’ll surprise people this season. He looks like a Rolls Royce outside a chip shop in EL. His positioning is excellent, he shields the defence really well, and he seems to have that special knack of knowing where danger will come from. More encouraging is that he was pretty sharp going forward, he progressed the ball nicely and he’s certainly no sideways merchant (sorry, Mo). Owen Hargreaves called it ‘one of the best debuts I have ever seen.’
After the game, Arteta seemed to make a point that he can control the midfield on his own.
‘I think he held the midfield by himself in the second half when we were a little bit more open,’
‘He started to take more chances attacking certain spaces with some players.’
‘I think he was fantastic and there is much more to come from him.’
That hopefully means there’s a 4-3-3 coming our way at some point. That begins to open up some options for a more progressive approach to our attacking play. Overall though, a really, really good debut. Controlled, classy, decisive.
- Touches: 102
- Completed passes: 83
- Pass completion: 90.2%
- Duels won: 10/13
- Possession gained: 8
- Tackles: 5
- Interceptions: 1
- Clearances: 1
DEFENCE
Well, a lot to unpack here. Firstly, someone needs to get Kolasinac and Cedric off of my screen. It is astounding that Cedric had to be yanked to save the game. Both can’t even perform against minnows in the Europa, shocking that they are still here.
… but, on a positive note. David Luiz might be a joke when it comes to freekicks, but he was a demon in the box last night. Two of our four shots on target came from his head. It’s great to get a turn out of him in a bland game. BUT, the real star, was Gabriel. What a fucking player this kid is, 22 years old, slipping into a new team, bossing games like a champion. He’s right at the top of the passing charts in the Premier League, and he took that form into last night. He’s clever with his immense strength, he reads danger really well, he’s dominant in the air, and he’s plenty fast. He just looks so incredibly comfortable on the ball. What a steal he was at 30m euros.
WORRIES
Nicolas Pepe did not look good again. Not even close. He managed to land an assist but it masked a largely ineffective game again. His confidence is rock bottom at the moment and I’m not sure his game suits the vision of what Arteta is trying to do… but come on man… be a little more direct. Try and stand up. Stop looking for the foul. Take some risks.
EXPERIMENT
My main takeaway is we keep giving bum players chances and we’re not using these competitions to learn things. Where are the Willocks and ESRs? Why not give Balo a place on the bench? Are we going to give these players a go this season? I don’t know how many more times we need to see Kola and Cedric stink out the place. Do we really need to see Pepe in that game? Hopefully, that was just first-game jitters and we progress at some point to using players with high ceilings.
MESUT
Top social media-ing from our man back at the ranch. I loved the Arteta comment.
‘It’s great, what I want from the players who aren’t in the squad, I don’t expect anything different.’
OVERALL
We won.
Sunday is the game that matters. Let’s move!
Pretty much every other PL team is playing fast, attractive football. Is Arteta getting a free pass. This has shades of Emery all over again except we are better defensively. Feel sorry for Auba. Absolutely living off scraps. 1, maybe 2 chances per game. So what is going to change ?
Marko
Maybe it’s time to start living in the now regarding Martinez, he certainly is.
Marc I think Leno can play out from the back well enough. I think now I might be wrong here but I think given the fact that under Mikel we see the keeper and defenders have a fuck tonne more touches than perhaps they should I think that might be a bit of a factor. But certainly I don’t think his playing out from the back is a major concern. Like I said it’s risky but managers are okay with that risk it seems. Seen De Gea, Neuer, Ederson, Ter Stegen and even Alisson get caught out and then they… Read more »
‘Arteta building from the back looks thin’
As we boast the second-best defensive record in the Premier League, adding Gabriel and Thomas Partey to the setup.
Pedro
The league campaign has hardly started it’s in it’s infancy and you yourself have expressed doubts regarding Leno.
Leno is very much part of the back line.
Let’s hope Leno can clear his head.
sal
“Maybe it’s time to start living in the now regarding Martinez, he certainly is.”
Well the truth is that “the now” is he isn’t an Arsenal player so why are we debating him so much?
Maybe it’s time to start living in the now regarding Martinez, he certainly is.
Sal you would be an awful manager or scout with that attitude. Completely disregarding previous and only focusing on the now. Well with that attitude Martinez is the best keeper in Europe and Calvert Lewin is a shoe in for the golden boot and a balon d’or. Surely mega moves in the pipeline for both. Just had to check record transfer fee for a keeper is 70 million surely Villa couldn’t turn down 70+ million for Emi right?
Marko
Think you understood the point just didn’t want to take it on aboard. Awfully harsh line to take on Martinez always echoing his developmental period and loan spells without really touching on where he’s currently at, coupled with the added assumption he’s going to eventually crumble.
Like I said earlier love seeing his trajectory and finding a place, Argentina will come calling.
As for Leno he’s an elite shot stopper no doubt, but theres a lack of instinct for playing it out of the back that worries, we saw that last night. Fortunately it didn’t cost us.
always echoing his developmental period and loan spells without really touching on where he’s currently at
While you completely disregard his 10 years. I know exactly where Emi Martinez is at. After 10 years at Arsenal and 6 loans out of the club he now finds himself at Aston Villa.
Marko, when you scout a player, you base it on where they are now… not 6 years ago. When you are a manager, picking a side, you base it on now, not 5 years ago, hence Ozil’s situation.
You’d make a bad scout or manager because you struggle to shift opinion or views with new information.
Meanwhile Leno with his 300+ appearances for Leverkusen and caps for Germany is this lesser goalkeeper.
Pedro “As we boast the second-best defensive record in the Premier League” To the extent this is true, it might have something to do with the fact that we’re more or less parking the bus against every opponent, and when we do go forward, we do so with such caution and at such a slow pace that we’re producing very few chances. This hyper-cautious, hyper-defensive approach has produced decent results so far, but is it sustainable over another 33 PL matches? Remains to be seen. Further, do we actually have better defenders or defenders who now defend better on account… Read more »
Meanwhile, Mesut Ozil with 92 caps for Germany, is out of the Arsenal squad.
when you scout a player, you base it on where they are now I mean the scouting of players usually takes into the account previous no? Is that the debate now? Only small sample periods are taken into account on players like 12-15 games and not previous seasons? Seems at odds with what Mikel has done cause clearly he felt that in the previous 2 seasons with Leno he had the better keeper. And if you don’t think that he factored in the previous 10 years of Emi being nothing more than a number two then I dunno what to… Read more »
Marko,
Give it up.
I appreciate the fact the odes of undying love to Martinez must be as tiring to you as they are to me, especially after he decided to forsake us for the Brummies.
But there’s no need to constantly diss him by referring to his past.
The odds of love may well be based on a small sample of games, but post lockdown Martinez is hands down the better keeper.
Move on.
Bamford, second best defensive record in the Premier League is absolutely true, and we’ve played the two best teams.
Cautious is the approach, so not sure why that matters. Playing wide open and sacrificing defence is how Emery got himself fired.
Odes not odds of love!
Marko is taking a dismissive stance but the point he makes is valid. The assumption was/is that Emi was going to produce the form shown in his 12 game run and the trajectory was only upward of that.
Instead, Leno’s faults have been the sole focus since and Emi has somehow announced himself after his cameo as a faultless elite goalkeeper. It’s hard to take seriously frankly.
Lets be honest Leno is rubbish,, get him sold at the first opportunity, and buy a keeper who won,t give you the shits every time he gets the ball to feet. Will cost us top 6 or above for sure.
Marko, he wanted to keep Emi. I think Arteta pays little attention to what happened before he arrived, hence Xhaka, Mustafi and Mo landing games.
We’ve played the two best teams and lost both times
CC, think the worry with Leno was whether he could impress in a setup that didn’t involve getting blasted with shots for 90mins.
He’s always been a bit flappy and his footwork hasn’t been elite. Spilling shots into danger zones feels new this season, and now his confidence looks shot.
“Well the truth is that “the now” is he isn’t an Arsenal player so why are we debating him so much?”
Sellers remorse perhaps, Marc?
So Pedro you seem more than happy to judge a player over an extremely short sample of time as well and not take into account anything more? Well we can add you to the list of thankful he’s not a scout or a manager.
Manager: “27? What’s his career been like so far”
Scout: “well he’s been mostly a number two and had 6 loan spells where he didn’t really convince enough”
Manager: “okay but what’s his last 12-15 games like though. Don’t confuse me with caring about anything more”
Ernest
It is a bit tiresome – a decision was made rightly or wrongly there really should be more interesting things to talk about.
“This hyper-cautious, hyper-defensive approach has produced decent results so far, but is it sustainable over another 33 PL matches? Remains to be seen.“
Having near 70% of the ball and 2/3 times the passes isn’t hyper-defensive, that’s blatantly conflating lack of attacking patterns with defensive football. Pretty ignorant black and white appraisal. We dominated the game, territory, the ball, and it was our own faults that let us down twofold. One, causing unnecessary threats against us, and two, failing to penetrate and carve out legitimate goal scoring chances.
To claim us hyper defensive is a joke take.
“and we’ve played the two best teams.”
Simply not true – we haven’t played Everton or Villa.
Ths kamikaze playing out from the back will ensure Arsenal do not have the second best defence by the end of the season
Marko, I’ve watched Leno for two seasons and I’m yet to be convinced. Sleight frame, not really a catcher, and his footwork isn’t quite what I’d hoped for considering the hype.
A 15 game sample of huge games, a cup win, and some outrageous performances had me, and plenty of others, thinking he was the real deal.
So far, the evidence of Leno being far ahead of Martinez is very slim.
Agreed Marc, Emi is off to greener grounds for himself and as i have stated previously, best wishes to him.
My concerns with Leno are not a rejection of him but rather his apparent propensity for howlers appears to have reared its ugly head. Against a Rapid Vienna team the punishment is not going to be severe as they honestly are poor finishers as was evident yesterday. Against better opposition, those types of errors likely will be capitalized on more often than not. Leno does need to have better wits about himself – thats my observation.
Pedro I’d offer the reverse argument about Martinez. He impressed in a compact setup, but as we aim to be more expansive and push higher up the pitch you’ll see the need for more of a sweeper keeper. Is that his skill set? What even are his weaknesses? Fact is Emi wasn’t here long enough to establish his weaknesses so he’s viewed as this infallible GK. I find that incredibly shortsighted. Leno was rocked last night, no question, but he was also excellent against Liverpool a couple of weeks ago to see us into the next round of the cup.… Read more »
Sleight frame
He’s 6ft 3.
15 game sample of huge games
Huge alright.
lol blaming fans regarding Leno.
There aren’t even fans in the ground.
If Leno can’t stick his head above fan critique then Arteta should show him the door right now.
It will just go to show that he is mentally weak and Arsenal don’t want to be having a mentally weak GK between the sticks.
The noise around him is cancerous now, and I don’t agree for a second that it’s merely “concern” which would be fair game. I think the situation is nearly beyond repair, incredibly. Agree with this. Arsenal fans have done it again they put another player on a pedestal that he shouldn’t be on. I had a big comment lost to something about maintenance but suffice to say if the young highly rated keeper that we have on our books Okonkwo doesn’t make any difference until he’s 27 years old and over a 10-15 game period then you should assume that… Read more »
“The noise around him is cancerous now,”
Are you saying that what any of us has an effect on Leno’s performance Marko?
If it does i would be flat out beyond dumbfounded. What we think likely is the furthest thing on any players mind – absolute exception being Ozil, who 10 Billion percent lives anywhere other than the pitch.
I’d say the keeper with the mentality in question has left the building already. Who is Martinez to want a 100% assurance that he will be no.1? Stay and fight for your place. Martinez chose to leave, and in a summer where we needed to sell to buy it then becomes about how much you can get for him. Do all these superfans; romanticists realise that constantly berating Leno for a keeper who was quick to leave doesn’t help anything, it doesn’t help Leno and it doesn’t help the club. Martinez and the other woe is me lad Ozil are… Read more »
If you two are serious about this you have just written Leno’s obituary at Arsenal.
If the guy has anything about him at all he will prove the doubters wrong.
Don’t think theres any evidence Leno’s struggling from the supporters appreciation of Martinez efforts. He’s had several very solid efforts this season, notably Liverpool and West Ham.
If we have any problem in that area it’s the fact theres currently zero competition for the number 1.
Its Leno’s for better or worse, thats why last night was a worry.
I’ve watched Leno for two seasons and I’m yet to be convinced
How has emi Martinez been over those two seasons though. As in two seasons and not 12-15 games? I mean if you’re judging one player over 2 seasons and one player over a dozen games there’s probably a problem in that
Ishola
That works both ways – is it a coincidence that Martinez’s improvement coincided with there not being fans in the ground?
Who wants a player that is scared of competition? I’m not a romanticist, fuck Villa and I hope Martinez doesn’t do well there because I don’t care for any side but Arsenal. Especially according to some on here from Sunday that Villa are top 4 contenders.
Pedro there should be a minimum age for posters, feels like talking to my 13 year olds friends from school.
Marc
“That works both ways – is it a coincidence that Martinez’s improvement coincided with there not being fans in the ground?”
Well he got his chance when it coincided with empty grounds so that is coincidental for sure.
Come on this is ridiculous.
We have posters on here who are seriously saying a top pro is affected by internet talk by faceless fans.
If that is in any way true then I would want to see the back of Leno for sure. Very weak mentality it would show.
We’ve seen Arsenal fans get bogged down in being soppy romantics time and time again, where does that get anyone.
It was hilarious to see the likes of Sagna “up in arms” about loyalty and Ozil when he left as soon as City flashed their tits and £.
He’s had several very solid efforts this season, notably Liverpool and West Ham…Its Leno’s for better or worse, thats why last night was a worry. Do not see the problem there? You literally just brought up two games where he impressed against decent opposition and then referenced last night as a worry. So we should disregard performance against Liverpool over a performance against rapid wien? Yeah the lad’s done for honestly. Also again I love how people have come away from that performance last night and made it about Pepe and Emi Martinez vs Leno again. Not one single discussion… Read more »
Ishola
If Leno has an issue it’s more likely to be these bloody tactics of playing tiki taka football in our own box.
Agreed Ishola, the only player that i am aware of, who lives his entire life for social media, is Ozil – and, well…
The whole playing out from the back is inane though. We move the ball so slowly and look so sluggish that it inevitably invites pressure from the opposition and thats where these comical mistakes come to play.
Charlie agreed with your last post
It’s like I said when I was on here a few days ago, the story has already been written about Leno and the emi comparisons are going to be absolutely relentless until either Leno is gone or Martinez’ form collapses
If Leno stays and emi stays good this is going to be some saga, I tell you that lol. Headline topic after every game
“If you two are serious about this you have just written Leno’s obituary at Arsenal.If the guy has anything about him at all he will prove the doubters wrong.“ Back in your box Ishola, you make your mind up on a player and set up camp so don’t insult us with talk of you having a flexible opinion. He’s been a POTY candidate in his seasons with us and that’s now being questioned because Martinez was great for a couple of months. Any resentment or lack of conviction over Martinez’s exit has landed squarely at Leno. Martinez is immortalised, bizarrely.… Read more »
Bullshit China.
Leno writes his own story.
Not the plot derived from some Le Grove posters.
The strange thing is, we play high risk football in our defensive third , and low risk football in midfied and offensive 3rd..
I’m thinking it should be the other way around.
We have posters on here who are seriously saying a top pro is affected by internet talk by faceless fans. That’s not what charlie was originally saying it was more about the opinion of him is so cancerous that it won’t matter what he does. If I’m wrong correct me charles. Also yeah internet bollox can affect professional athletes you dope. You must have missed where Wilfred Zaha talked about the online abuse and racism he’s suffered and how it can affect a person and how internet laws need to be changed to combat it. I think sterling and rashford… Read more »
Emi Martinez: “I decided to leave the club after so many years. It was my decision, Arteta wanted to retain me, he even offered me a new contract and for that I was super grateful to him and to the club, but my decision was already made.”
….keep crying though like it wasn’t his decision.
3rd September 2019 Leno has been culpable a few times since he joined Arsenal in the summer of 2018 but how many errors leading to goals has he made? Below you can see the top nine players to have made errors leading to goals in the Premier League since the start of last season, with thanks to Opta. 8= Martin Dubravka (Newcastle) – Errors leading to goals: 3 8= Alisson Becker (Liverpool) – Errors leading to goals: 3 5= Sergio Rico (Fulham) – Errors leading to goals: 3 5= Angus Gunn (Southampton) – Errors leading to goals: 3 5= Sol… Read more »
“Leno know that Marti was better than him, and he know he’s far from being a fans favorite.”
There is absolutely zero proof of such a statement. If anything what you write is hearsay at its finest.
What has that got to do with your nonsense Charlie about Leno being affected by horrible fans and ultimately being hounded out of the club. That narrative is infantile and beyond realism. I have not completely written Leno off myself. I have said he is a flawed keeper and not as good as some thought he was previously. Do you know what I think this is really about? I think this is about posters being sore that they have previously over-rated Leno and now they want to point fingers at others for his recent “failures”. To blame them. It’s beyond… Read more »
The optimissim is not rooted in reality, Arsenal are replicating mistakes of failed organizations complete with diet Peps idolization
Marko quotes me Zaha one of the biggest twats in the EPL.
I’m telling you now Leno would need to leave sharpish if you are serious in what you are implying here,
Calypso, I have seen the stats and been making the same comment. Leno makes on average 1 mistake that directly lead to a goal one every 7 games. It is not a fluke as he has been making at the same rate since he joined. That stats does not even include the mistake that indirectly lead to a goal: conceding an unnecessary corner that results in a goal. Palming away a shot in the danger zone from which the opponent score. Yet still people cling to the frankly unreasonable notion that he is saving us more goals and results than… Read more »
Marko I’ve never said disregard anything this is not a Leno beat down, where Leno impresses is the ability to shot stop, notably against Liverpool. Where he is left wanting at times is when balls at his feet, distribution and decisions involved with that. Clearly we saw that last night, fact it was against lesser opposition somewhat amplifies it. At this stage Leno is far from our biggest issue. Am I worried if Leno’s confidence takes a hit from that performance or others and we don’t have a suitable option as a number 2 ? We all should be. Tactically… Read more »
Sid Guardiola is the most overrated manager I can think of. At Barca he inherited a side that was maturing, and had Messi, which was the equivalent of playing with 12 players, Enrique also had a better overall record than Pep. Pep took over Bayern who’d just won the treble, and never matched the achievements of the guy he took over from, or the achievements of Flick last season. He inherited the most expensively assembled squad in history at City, had months to plan his arrival, spent £200mill, and finished third and pot-less He then spent another £180mill, then another… Read more »
You will be thanking Arteta when he gets us to where we should b
Guardiola the most overrated manager? Jayzus.
Bayern players still talk about how much he improved them, including Lewa.
Do you really think it was Arteta who improved Sterling and others? Based on his recent work with our wingers and midfielders? Not a fucking chance.
Yeh u carry on with ur lol
Sterling if you have ever listened to him gives a lot of credit to Arteta..
“That’s not what charlie was originally saying it was more about the opinion of him is so cancerous that it won’t matter what he does. If I’m wrong correct me charles.“ Yea, this, not the waffle Ishola spun it as. The “issue” that’s being drummed up among the fan base irrespective of Leno’s performances. Once you set the dial to a certain level for a player it’s near certain they’re doomed to fail no matter what. Leno is entering that chapter, which is a joke, and the most unequivocal solution to that is fresh blood. There will be hyper criticism… Read more »
“What has that got to do with your nonsense Charlie about Leno being affected by horrible fans and ultimately being hounded out of the club.“
Wasn’t what was said at all you insufferable melt.
“his assist for the assist was vital”
L O fucking L … the exact same thing that Ozil was getting killed for.
Marko quotes me Zaha one of the biggest twats in the EPL.
If that’s how you respond to someone who receives racial abuse on the internet I dunno man I think you might be a massive prick
“It is astounding that Cedric had to be yanked to save the game. Both can’t even perform against minnows in the Europa, shocking that they are still here.”
Still here? Cedric just got here… so get used to him (and Arteta signed off on this deal).
And Arteta should also get some shtick for keeping Leno, and selling Martinez. What a horrible decision that was.
Bernie Almunia will be the gift that keeps on giving. Arteta will rue the day he let Emi walk. Not saying won’t have some clangers for Villa but when your team is in rhythm you just don’t mess with It. I’ve never had so much confidence going into big games than the tail end of the season with Emi In charge. That confidence also extended to the defense and team. Arteta as a recently retired player should have picked up on that and been honest with Leno and said that based on how Emi was playing he just couldn’t drop… Read more »
Pretty mental Wilshire is still just 28 and seemingly done, keeping fit in his local park trying to find a club.
Bloody hell it wasn’t sell a goalkeeper or die this summer. We had to sell players to boost our transfer kitty. It just so happened that Emi wanted to leave so was put on the market. He didn’t leave against his will, he had his wishes granted. All this talk of selling the wrong goalkeeper is opinion but lets not act as if both had offers. Thats another conversation entirely and I’d still argue in favour for the more proven goalkeeper of a more sustained period of time.
I thought I heard Jack was in talks with Rangers, guessing nothing materialised then.
Would like to see Jack at Rangers, but he’d need to be on a pay and play sea because wages simply don’t compare up there and they won’t entertain him on a third of his hammers contract.
“I thought I heard Jack was in talks with Rangers, guessing nothing materialised then.”
Queens Park? Cant imagine that Stevie G would be interested in a broken down block of cheese like Wilshere?
Kris
Until Guardiola takes over a club like Arsenal in the position Arteta took us over in, and turns them into winners,
Or the type of job Klopp has done at Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool.
Then he can’t claim to be anything other than a cheque book manager, who’s been lucky to only have worked with exceptional talent, and huge budgets.
To really prove himself, he needs to take over at a fallen giant, and take them back to their former glory, but he needs to do it without an open cheque book.
How ridiculous to be talking about what goalkeepers we should be looking at across Europe when we already had one of the best and let him go. As anyone seen the great performances Martinez is putting in for Villa ? It makes me cry, especially when you look at the Charlie Chaplin efforts of Leno in Vienna
“Then he can’t claim to be anything other than a cheque book manager, who’s been lucky to only have worked with exceptional talent, and huge budgets.”
Pep must be doing something right to find himself in such opulent situations, would you not think?
“Charlie Chaplin efforts of Leno in Vienna”
Thats an insult to Chaplin, Sir! Chaplin stages and rehearses his stunts!
Ishola, why are you bothering? Taking account of my own rantings with he-who-shall-not-be-named, move on because you are better than this.
Agreed Ishola.
And imagine the nerve of some, comparing Leno to Charles Chaplin too!!
I wish someone would ask them what’s all this “ loyalty “ thing Ozil and his agent keep talking about?
Could it be that Ozil never intended to leave, his agent wasn’t shopping him around and Arsenal still gave him 350kpw salary?
I hope not because that would make Arsenal look even more incompetent.
Martinez worming up , get your popcorn ready.
Every time he catches the ball today followed by “Leno would’ve dropped that “ in Legrove comments section.
“And Arteta should also get some shtick for keeping Leno, and selling Martinez. What a horrible decision that was”
“Emi Martinez: “I decided to leave the club after so many years. It was my decision, Arteta wanted to retain me, he even offered me a new contract and for that I was super grateful to him and to the club, but my decision was already made.”
This should help cure your common sense deficiency syndrome
Blog of love people… stop abusing each other. I cannot take it
Out of interest – the posters based in the UK has anyone or is anyone planning to pay £15 for any of the PPV matches?
I can understand, would even agree with the amount being that high if fans are in the stadium but at the moment – seems self defeating.
“Blog of love people… stop abusing each other. I cannot take it”
Wanker
Le grove, a safe place for sufferers of common sense deficiency syndrome
Many seem to be forming their own non negotiable’s on here.
So a quick timeline for everyone to understand how lost Ishola is. Originally charles made a point that went so far over his head that he then tried to argue that online abuse shouldn’t affect professional athletes. I then bring up how online abuse directed towards the likes of Zaha and Sterling has affected them to the point where they come out and ask for stronger laws to address online abuse. He then proceeds to call Zaha a twat thus making online abuse towards him okay and then proceeds to call people Zaha fanboys and the like because he’s just… Read more »
“Many seem to be forming their own non negotiable’s on here.”
Thats right Sal, I draw a heavy line when Silent Film Stars are attacked!
Too fucking right Ernest.
Leeds can pass the ball well.
TeeOctober 23, 2020 19:41:45
You do realize that Martinez left because he wanted to be a number 1 keeper, right? Arteta (wrongly) preferred Leno over him, and that’s why they sold Emi instead of inept Bernd.
Leno would have parried that into the path of an opposition player #soldthewrongkeeper
Marko
I don’t even think you did that waffle enough justice. Some horrendous takes in there about race and abuse that were made by…..absolutely no one. Baffling.
Bielsa’s boys are playing ball, impressive start.
The only horrendous takes today have come from you and Marko. No comedic would be a better description.
I will repeat if Leno can’t handle that a deputising goalkeeper was popular for a period then he is not suitable for Arsenal.
It’s really as clear as that.