Mikel Arteta and Edu are going to have to deal with their political dilemma with honesty at some point. Willian, quite simply, is not good enough for Arsenal. It’s the end of January, he’s scored 0 goals and managed 2 shots on target in 20 games. This isn’t a case of having problems adapting to a new system, it’s not a London issue, it’s not bad luck… it’s desire. He’s on gardening leave of his career in football. It’s infuriating.
The problem our two fearless leaders have is that this deal was naive and incredibly negligent on all the levels we’ve gone over many times before. Arteta was hired as a coach, his job originally was about what happened on the pitch, when he became manager, it was about taste levels. When your major move of the summer is to convince your overlords Willian is going to win you the Champions League at 35, you’d best hope you are at least close to being right. Arteta keeps playing him because it makes his taste look abysmal… trouble is, that infectious zero fucks vibe Willian gives off has contributed to Arsenal losing a back door entry into next years Europa League. Our new Ozil is now costing us future options.
Willian isn’t the only problem. Nicolas Pepe is a £72m flop of the grandest magnitude. Yesterday wasn’t a disaster by the very low standards we have set for him. Statistically, you can point to the 5 chances he created. However, the eye test gives you the true grade. He’s not very influential, he struggles to impose himself on games, and his decision making is consistently weak. Who in the league would give him a starting position in their line-up? West Ham? Villa? Southampton? How low would you have to go in the table to find a home for him? He’s great for youtube clips, isolated moments that edit out the bad, and that’s the problem… he’s the kid at Uni who would destroy everyone in 5 a-side, but look utterly anonymous in a game of 22 on a full-size pitch.
Eddie is very young. He’s clearly going to be a goalscorer, but it’s becoming harder and harder to see his path at Arsenal. He lacks height and his all-round game is missing completeness to contribute to our system. He doesn’t link well, he’s not dominant physically, and he plays on the periphery looking to sniff out the scraps. We need more action, more character, and we need him to be doing better when he does find a way in. I appreciate fans always have the answer, some we win (ESR), some we lose (Willock), but the argument against minutes for Flo Balogun look weaker by the day.
The front three weren’t helped by the axis of bland with Xhaka and Mo Elneny. Cautious passing and sluggishness moving the ball forward made for painful viewing. The Arteta system can allow for one of them, not two. The summer needs to see both of them gone. Mobility and pace is an absolute must.
James Maddison of Leicester had a really nice interview in the week. He was asked about the dirty work he offered. He said that everyone has to do that in a Brendan Rodgers side. Games like yesterday, well, you see how far we have to go with the squad. We didn’t have 11 players doing the dirty work. We didn’t have enough players taking responsibility when we needed it. There weren’t enough difference makers.
The silver lining we can take from the miserable cup exit is that every game like this reinforces the truth to Edu and Arteta. ESR has gone from a nobody to one of the most important metronomes of the team. Saka, Martinelli, and Lacazette are essential to our attack. Thomas Partey sets the tone for recruitment talent levels. Moving forward, every single penny needs to be spent with the future in mind. No more retirement funds. No more £72m buys from Ligue 1. No more contacts scouting.
I do think Arteta needs to sharpen his PR game as well. I appreciate that the two keepers thing might have been related to Auba having to deal with personal issues last minute, but was there really no way we could have had Balogun in that squad? Is it going to take an injury crisis to prove to Arteta that AMN is a far better option in the middle of the park to Mo Elneny?
Still, I am quite confident that we’ll have more than enough to give Southampton a very good game on Tuesday. Partey, Tierney, ESR, and maybe Auba will bring a whole different vibe to the game. Win that and do some damage against United and all will be forgiven. Fingers crossed we’ll have a few new names to select from for that game.
I dropped a quick podcast. It’s solo. Enjoy.
On Balogun Strange to hear fans painting him as some young greedy mercenary because he’s refusing to sign a new contract without guaranteed game time …. HOWEVER From a purely footballing point of view why isn’t he getting game time? We all know: Eddie is a dud and an ineffective option Willian is a waste of space Pepe still doesn’t justify a starting space Yet Balogun is a striker in current top form ( hat trick in the U23s regardless) he is young and would probably be our string equivalent of ESR – who a lot of fans had doubts… Read more »
String = striking
Arteta simply isn’t learning the job.
He is pig headed, and tactically inept.
Willian sussed him out after a few games and hasn’t brought into his ideas hence his disinterest.
He’s now Ozil Mark 2. So Arteta picks him to justify his poor management.
If he thought that his team selection was going to win the game then it’s time for him to pack up and go.
I thought it strange we rotated so much given our league position. We’re not making top 4, so not sure what we’re prioritising.
And if we are going to make wholesale changes, I wish we’d do it in an interesting way. Let’s see what Balogun can do, try Azeez and AMN in midfield — do anything but trot out the same players who have been found wanting at every turn. We learned nothing, we gained nothing, and we’ve lost a realistic shot at a trophy and Europe.
Spanishdave
Has Willian had covid?
If he has, I can ✔️that box.
Dolomite
“His non selection indicates that Arteta has put his ego above the good of the Club. ”
Looks like a bad case of the non-negotiables I’m afraid.
Balogun should have been getting regular time in the league cup.and europa group stages.
TheProdigy
Spot on.
Seeing a different trio together would have been exciting.
Arteta knows best though.
If we don’t beat Southampton on Tuesday then yesterday’s team selection will bite Arteta again. Why throw away a chance of a trophy & EL spot for league points that at best are only going to get us an EL spot?
Balogun is on his way chaps. Another player situation we have handled impeccably. Picking duds ahead of him time after time you can understand why he might want out.
We should be telling Eddie that he needs to find another club & promote Flo. Laca is likely to be sold in the summer so he then has a great chance to stake his claim.
With an empty transfer pot losing a player with his potential for free would be an absolute travesty.
Can’t blame Balo for wanting out. He sees Eddie getting minutes and being completely ineffectual every time.
Hard to believe he’d be any worse, even if he doesn’t have sweet stats vs Moldova’s under 21s to prop him up like our resident armchair expert would have you believe makes a difference at senior level.
Missing out on the FA Cup is sad but not a tragedy. It will focus minds on the Europa.
Once again Arteta is receiving unfair criticism for his pick. The fact is that he HAS TO ROTATE. Years when a Club could go through a season with thirteen players are long over. Pepe and Willian have been disappointing – but I listen to what the coach has to say about them.: they work hard, they train hard, the time when they are confident enough to play their best is close at hand.
EB – Don’t Southampton ‘have’ to rotate too? Mikel said he picked a side that he thought could win the game, maybe it’s just his judgement that we should question then?
yeah not sure why we will end up keeping the dud in eddie and balogun is the talented one
It’s too easy to pick on a particular player and say the team lost because of this or that player playing or not playing. The whole approach of the team was wrong last night… Southampton were faster in their passing and build up play and more disciplined in their defence as a whole. We lost because our midfield was pedestrian again and they didn’t do the job of building quick attacks from the back to the front… giving our opposition time to get people behind the ball anc cut off the passing lanes and channels. They basically suffocated our attack… Read more »
I blame Arteta and his judgement for the loss yesterday.
Yes you have to rotate but don’t put in a raft of players together who are all off form. If you just make a couple of changes the players out of form are then likely to play better with better quality / form players around them.
Until we rid the squad of virtually all Wenger remnants, we’re going nowhere.
With Ozil and Mkhi gone, Laca, Xhaka, Elneny, Hector, Mustafi, Chambers, AMN, no doubt others, also need to leave. Loans for Eddie, Willock, Nelson if we can’t sell for decent money.
The Sven/Raul/Edu/Arteta dealings haven’t been much better, if at all:
Pepe, Willian, Sok, Luiz, Torr, Lich, Guen, Runaar, all garbage for one reason or another.
We’re an absolute shit show from top to bottom. Sad state of affairs. Things on the pitch reflect exactly that. We need to take all 3 points against Southampton next week.
… and another thing…
Training with the first team isn’t owing to satisfy any aspiring young player.
If you’re not going to play them on a regular basis send them out on loan or sell them so we can buy playing whom you will play.
I want to see Nketiah, Willock and AMN succeed at Arsenal and I personally think Arteta is badly handling their man management. If he is not going to play them regularly…. do the decent thing and sell them!
*isn’t going to
Torr , Guen and Partey would do better than Xhakalson, Elneny, our league position confirms this
Im telling you for free!
Has diet Pep developed any youth player this season?
Sid –
I like Torr. Shame we couldn’t find a role for him to play.
I’ve never been convinced by Guen and can’t think of anything spectacular he’s ever done on the pitch. Doing better than Xhaka and Elneny isn’t hard though, so you’re probably right.
One thing Pierre is absolutely right about is that Arsenal cannot seem to play effectively without a number 10 to link midfield and attack and add creativity.
The fluidity of the team with and without ESR is like night and day.
And before ESR it was Ozil (before he lost his mojo) who did the job.
It’s a Jon Ramsey Willock and Willian have failed to perform effectively.
Hopefully Ødegaard comes in and we have two players to rotate for what looks like the hardest but most important job amongst the outfield players.
I told you Martinelli would soon be Diet Peptized,
It was all for free!
One thing Pierre is absolutely right about is that Arsenal cannot seem to play effectively without a number 10 to link midfield and attack and add creativity.
The fluidity of the team with and without ESR is like night and day.
And before ESR it was Ozil (before he lost his mojo) who did the job.
It’s a job Ramsey Willock and Willian have failed to perform effectively.
Hopefully Ødegaard comes in and we have two players to rotate for what looks like the hardest but most important job amongst the outfield players.
@China “We all know the reason Saka was used at LB was so Pepe and Willian could both play on the wings and prove themselvesWhen you’re chasing a game like this which has a bit of value to our season and you prioritize club politics and pride over giving your team the best chances of success, your head is in the wrong placeTake off Willian for saka or Pepe for saka and the chance we get a result jumps by at least 15-20%But protecting mikels pride was worth more to him, so nvm that” THIS!! People saying we had to… Read more »
“Once again Arteta is receiving unfair criticism for his pick.” As he should. If you are serious about the FA Cup you put out your best 11, period. You constantly keep looking for lightning in a bottle EB, the excuses you dole out parallel those of the manager. Arteta got it very wrong yesterday and guess what, he knew so much better than to go with that eleven. The reality is obvious, how much longer does anyone wait for Arteta to get things right? Thus far the only thing convincing about him is his stubborn arrogance. He wouldn’t know his… Read more »
If you play a 4231 you need a proper #10 , without one play 352 or 442
Thats football manager 101
“Missing out on the FA Cup is sad but not a tragedy. It will focus minds on the Europa.”
Spoken like a true Snowflake, the leftards mantra. Its not about winning or losing, its about playing for the fun of it. Everyone gets a participation badge.
Thats you Englandsbest, LeGrove’s resident Snowflake.
“I’m hoping Arteta doesn’t lose confidence in Martinelli and looks at the bigger picture.”
Thats a very serious worry Pierre, given Arteta’s track record of blind stubbornness.
Sid,
That’s I have been saying for age. Arteta select a system without thinking of the personnel available to him.
4-2-3-1 works because he has ESR, Saka and Lacazette. It can’t work without a mobile quick CAM.
The second string does not have any player similar to ESR, so he would be better off either switching to 4-4-2 or to 4-3-3. A 4-3-3 with an extra body in midfield would have allow us not to be dominated in midfield and to bring the ball forward faster. Willock instead of Willian was a more logical move.
The one non negotiable of any manager is to know your best players. To be able to look at your squad and say I will build my eam around these players. Then overtime you get rid of the deadwood and replace with good hungry young players. Sadly in this pivotal regard Arteta has not got a proverbial clue. He keeps making the same mistakes game after game which every poster on this site can plainly see …. but he can’t. Sadly I believe that his myopia stems very much from the absolute financial folly of the club. Willian …… Well… Read more »
Tammy Abraham was out of favor at Chelsea. We should have gone for him, he has those eyes for goals.
No matter how you want to paint it, yesterday’s lost is another proof of Arteta’s current capability. I agree that there is a need to rotate to avoid injury. But the four attackers of the B team have no chemistry among them. Martinelli did his high press for 20 minutes and stopped. There was no use to do it alone. Why Arteta didn’t order the other three attackers to do high press. Arteta said that they trained very hard. How come there is no chemistry at all between them. That is a failure of both the coach and the players.
Ernest In all my years of reading about left wing politics, I must’ve missed the socialist dogma about forsaking the FA Cup and concentrating on the Europa (although it does have potentially have an internationalist nuance…). Calling someone a “leftard” because they’ve more optimistic than you makes you sound like that small handed orange-faced coward who might soon be swapping the white house for a jailhouse (see what I did there?) Get a grip mate – it’s subjective football patter that isn’t going to stop the world turning. Stop telling negative porkies and remember the importance of being, Ernest.
Chelsea are playing home against Luton and they are playing a strong side I don’t know why MA three the game yesterday by playing the players that we all know are not good enough.
I wish we could be in the grounds he would not get away with that crap if we were
Chelsea are respecting the cup
“Tammy Abraham was out of favor at Chelsea. We should have gone for him, he has those eyes for goals.”
How many goals has he scored this season? Giroud’s stats are better than his.
Valentin,
Excellent point about changing formation for the second string. Doubt I would have thought of that in 100 years!!
Poor squad, poor manager, we are never going to get back to a top level like this.
As we have said before, there’s no plan just knee jerk planning.
Getting Willian and Pepe and paying well over the odds says it all.
We don’t have the right owners and very poor management so it’s just going to roll along like this.
Arteta has to go.
Arteta deserves grief for his team selection.
Those that defend him are clueless.
You have to wonder why posters who derided the FA cup just because of their displeasure towards anything Arteta are now crying for exiting this cup they called “nothing cup”
Arsnl
Could not agree more, nor find anything to disagree.
Arteta is a busted flush like a good for nothing spouse. No matter what our Padre or Pedro will say
To expect the reason of our sorry state , to set things right! That man is a deeply flawed individual. Period.
“Haha I duno who it was, think it was Tom the other week. Shit hairstyles getting in the way of footy 😂😂😂😂 Gabriel with an own goal first appearance with a strange hair dying attempt.“ ————- Hey, I was only half joking about that. You show up with an extravagant hairstyle and unless you’re Ronaldo or Messi it’s your own teammates who will give you most stick about it. Gabriel’s isn’t too bad but if anyone thinks Fofana didn’t get plenty of banter from his Leicester teammates for his Kasper Schmeichel platinum blonde upstaging attempt in week nine, then they… Read more »
Nothing up when we loose, a something cup when we win.
Arteta isn’t going anywhere guys. Until fans are allowed in the stadium Arteta gets a free ride .
Spanishdave
Every Arsenal fan knows this.
As for Arteta, he should never have been hired in the first place.
Tuag
Sad truth
How many goals has he scored this season? Giroud’s stats are better than his.
You are comparing a future prospect to a veteran.
Kronkephobe, perhaps you ought to read more of Englandsbest to gain perspective. Its annoying beyond annoying. Save your schpeel for yourself.
Ernie (is it all right if I call you that?) I’d possibly dislike England’sbest’s output as much as you if I cared but I wouldn’t resort to right wing name calling about snowflakery when, by virtue of calling him names such as leftard, you yourself are resorting to being a snowflakery little baby. Double standards no? This is a site for fans to talk about the Arsenal. It is not a forum for crybaby trumpist name-calling. Let’s just have some personal earnestness eh and get on with the amateur punditry. #trumpisac*nt
Kronkephobe, its to the point that he used the FA Cup as a point of defence for Arteta previously and suddenly it doesnt matter now that they are out. Matter of convenience? It reminds me so much of the idiots that cant stand it that their kid isn’t as good as mine in sports so lets make them all even, lets do away with competition and give everyone participation badges. Those people are the socialist left leaners, affectionately referred to as Leftards. They never realize that success comes from hard work, something they dont feel applies to them, so take… Read more »
Arsenal football club should at least pen an apology for having the fans watch the match yesterday. Passes to touch line, foul throws, lack of functional midfield.
That was not professional football.
Englands best
“Pepe and Willian have been disappointing – but I listen to what the coach has to say about them.: they work hard, they train hard, the time when they are confident enough to play their best is close at hand.”
I don’t understand how you follow arteta’s words so blindly when there is so much evidence to the contrary.
Do you actually watch games or just listen in for post/pre match interviews hand on cock waiting for Arteta to speak?
“Arsenal football club should at least pen an apology for having the fans watch the match yesterday.”
Lets just say Kegunner, thats 90 minutes of our lives we wont be getting back ever again. Apologies are meaningless with this club, they are without shame.
Willian needs an aerodynamic haircut, too much drag with his current one.
“Do you actually watch games or just listen in for post/pre match interviews hand on cock waiting for Arteta to speak?”
By any other name would a Troll present itself? Just ask Pierre, at least he was honest enough to admit he was a troll.
“ The 19-year-old centre-back is on loan from Arsenal for the remainder of the season after he failed to break into the Gunners’ first-team under Mikel Arteta. Despite an up-and-down start with the Ligue 1 side Saliba appears to be rapidly improving, and his showing against Lens was probably his most impressive so far as he helped his side to a clean sheet. And French newspaper L’Equipe were full of praise, saying of Saliba’s performance: “He guides and instructs the defence, and gives the impression he’s been there a long time.“ Saliba outspoken leadership will not go well with our… Read more »
Mb
Tammy Abraham was out of favor at Chelsea. We should have gone for him, he has those eyes for goals.
Seriously the guy scores a goal against Luton and you think we should sign him talk about reactive bullshit
S Asoa, an honest question for you, do you believe that Arteta has patience for the youth players? Is he a nurturing type of Manager? The reason that I ask is your comments on Saliba perhaps asks such a question?
Really looking forward to the Brentford/Leicester match. Brentford, despite selling good talent, somehow manage to find themselves in contention for promotion.
Now now Mr Serge, it takes some level of skill to be “Tammy on the Spot”
Thats a pun, KronkeLobe!
Ernie you come across as a real charmer. You’re nothing but a mugger that’s looking for a mugging. You’re happy to associate anything negative with a lazy, bullshit political ideology that blames anything to the political left of your world view. Have a cup of horlicks mate and put the lap top down for a few hours. Come back on when you’re feeling a bit happier eh?
Ernest
By Intransigent I meant Arteta.
Agree with you about Arteta has not displayed an iota of being able to coach. The often quoted improvement of Sterling is likely a PR stunt to sell Assistant Coach Arteta to gullible Clubs. Arteta is apprentice to Pep who needs World class personnel to succeed. Unlikely the Diet Pep seeks similar expensive signings.( 6 No’s. 😂)
Likely theDiet Pep seeks similar expensive signings
Sorry
Knives out for Arteta from the usual suspects.So we’re out of the FA cup this year .so f***** ng what? Big deal.we win it just about every other year ffs.get over it.Arteta rotated .so what.The team he picked was packed full of players who are crap & underachieve & more than likely are on the hit list for next summer to be dumped & the faster the better.That prob now is going to include willian & Pepe as well.Two huge mistakes from our transfer team.Symptomatic of what’s occurred the last ten years.This for the umpteenth time is a rebuild.It was… Read more »
The problem is Arteta is learning on the job.
What we are learning that he has some major flaws like stubborness and arrogance the fact he keeps playing the same older players and expecting different results is annoying
It’s different with young players they will have up and down games. Players like William and Pepe obviously cannot play to the system he picks and are not good enough. Don’t play them respect the cup
There is no way Arteta wants to admit he was wrong with so many players. So he will keep playing Willian and Pepe in rotation, desperately hoping something will suddenly click. Such is the threadbare nature of his ‘coaching’. Even with a second string side like yesterday, are we saying Southampton have much better players than us, or is the difference that one side is coached, organised and has a tactical plan, while the other hopes random selections will eventually stumble upon a plan? The difference that Tierney, Saka and ESR make is from their own inspiration and movement, not… Read more »
“Ernie you come across as a real charmer.”
To my friends, absolutely.
You are not my friend so take it elsewhere. I wont comment on your posts and you can do whatever in return.
Arteta keeps playing him because it makes his taste look abysmal…
I don’t think he does keep playing him and when he does he’s probably hoping for him to have a good game and get his confidence back‘’
Had to laugh at Martin Keown’s commentary on BT for yesterday’s game.. It came straight from the Le Grove book of desperation in wanting Martinelli to live up to his hype. Keown built him up so much early in his commentary but sadly Martinelli struggled, again , as he has done for over a year now… he missed his kick from 8 yards with just the keeper to beat and struggled whilst on the ball but Keown was desperate to cling on to something positive and the best he could do was something like Nelson posted a little earlier ”… Read more »
Into the red, I suspect that Arteta finds himself with little choice but to keep trying with the underperforming overpaid clique. If you or i were owners (i know what you are thinking but humour me) the marching orders are clear – i paid a fortune for these players, you’d better get the best out of them or else…
That is where I honestly believe Arteta finds himself today. Its his mess, sort it out.
Ernest, I generally agree with your posts but being a bit of a ‘leftie’ I have to take issue with your suggestion that us lefties are either lazy or stupid. Even if you ignore the evidence of Trump’s mindless right wing militia there have been studies (reported in our own right wing newspaper the Daily Mail over here) that suggest that the more right wing people are on average the less intelligent they are. And the idea that people of any political persuasion are ‘lazy’ is rubbish. When I was at my poorest following my divorce I had three jobs… Read more »
“A balanced view of yesterday would be that no outfield player was”
Yeah, its that “getting no service” that keeps cropping up, right Pierre?
not intruding into personal lives, atleast Arteta could have given a reason why Auba had to travel back. Hope nothing serious
@Andy, point noted Sir. I have no issue ever with you.
Pierre, I doubt that anyone ‘hates’ either Willian or Eddie. They’re simply frustrated with their performances and that’s based on how they have seen them perform on the pitch rather than due to any unreasonable bias.
The worst thing about being kicked out of both cups is that, in both occasions we knew we were out as soon as the line up was confirmed.
When we know we were going to go out, why put late 20s players we know what’s their best?. Why not both young players to have a look at the future and what to expect?.
Generational is at the wrong club. He needs a club with money to buy ready players.
If Arteta binned Ozil for not playing according to Manager’s needs then what is stopping him from throwing Willian and Pepe out..
Oh wait. they agreed to pay for Manager’s COVID fund
Continued… No outfield player did themselves justice. Gabriel was poor and should not be ne exempt from criticism. Cedricwas dreadful, how many crosses did he over hit from good positions. Xhaka was playing in 2nd gear . Eddie was wasteful in front of goal and needs to be more composed. Martinelli struggled and is struggling under Arteta , could be that Arteta’s system is too rigid for him . Same could apply to willoan and Pepe who were both poor I was disappointed with Partey’s decision making when he came on . I was disappointed with Arteta dropping saka to… Read more »
good points Pierre, it became quickly obvious that the team did not come to play yesterday, a poor day period.
Pierre
No way Balogun or AMN is playing for Arteta again. they are players who have ambitions to grow, which obviously it not right according to the manager.
Working 3 jobs takes its toll on a persons sexlife. It shouldnt happen if the work is dignified and not exploitative
Andy
“Pierre, I doubt that anyone ‘hates’ either Willian or Eddie. They’re simply frustrated with their performances and that’s based on how they have seen them perform on the pitch”
This is how it works on le grove ..if Martinelli or Gabriel are struggling, it’s Arteta’s fault .
If Eddie or Willian are struggling , it’s the player’s fault .
And that’s how it works , I prefer to give a balanced view instead of jumping on the bandwagon
BTW Pierre, how have you and your family been doing these days? Hopefully you will be back on the course again soon enough.
Confirmed Fenerbache signed Ozil.
I saw a tweet earlier saying they were asking their fans to crowdfund to help with his wages.
Anyway, he’s their problem now, not ours.
Knives out for Arteta from the usual suspects.So we’re out of the FA cup this year .so f***** ng what? Big deal.we win it just about every other year ffs.get over it
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Lol you probably celebrated the FA-cup win last season like mad and now getting knocked out of that very same competition is “no big deal”. Fucking hypocrite you are.
Thanks Ernest, it’s an angry old world out there, here’s hoping that the wheel turns again soon and people can get back to treating each other with simple courtesy. Bar the trolls I expect the vast majority on here want the best for the club even if sometimes we have views that are diametrically opposed on how we get there.
If young Fabergas was still at the club, I can assure you Arteta would say, at 17/18 Francisco has to respect the process and look at Sen Larson ahead of him and not getting minutes!.
Just like those young and useless Eddie, AMN and Willock getting those minutes with us ahead of Balo, Azeez, Moller and Cirjan knowing those three clowns not Arsenal standard or championship level.
Andy 1886 Good points, well made. Thank you mate.
Ernest, thanks too for the gushing apology to Andy. I’m overcome by your evident sensitivity. I’m sure Andy doesn’t mind if I and various other people on here also feel as though you’re also mending fences with us. I accept!
All good Ernest , thanks ..i hope you are coping well.
I’m missing my golf , my mrs has had enough of me practicing my putting in the lounge .
Weather’s been dreadful here, cold wet and windy, playing golf in that weather would not be fun though I’m sure i would still have played..
Sid, sad to say that after a divorce my sex life (and women in general) wasn’t high on my agenda. How is it going with Melania by the way? Prospects looking good?
Agreed Andy, I feel bad for my words and know i cant take them back. Im frustrated with the club and frustrated with life in general. I am sorry to anyone that i may have offended, sincerely so. Im still struggling with Post-Covid health issues that, i wont lie, are becoming more serious. Im being “ studied” by a few specialists so that they can observe and learn. I do this not so much for me, but in the hope that they learn and perhaps can treat others. Right now the worst is that I cant sleep and they dont… Read more »
Glad to hear you are doing well Pierre, i know all too well about leaving golf balls all over the house. Heard my wife “grumbling” often enough – lol
Decent window thus far, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Ozil out have to think Mustafi being shopped hard w/ club trying to make decent return hence he’s still here. Nearly impossible w/ inflated wages these guys are on.
Arsenal is like a country club, hoping new direction kills that.
Time up
“knowing those three clowns not Arsenal standard or championship level.”
The only clown is you…. and that nonenentity that goes by the name of jamie ….is there an imoji that depicts a snide.
Yeah I’m sorry KronkePhobe, sincerely so. Just having one of those days, sorry.
Asoa French newspaper L’Equipe were full of praise, saying of Saliba’s performance: “He guides and instructs the defence, and gives the impression he’s been there a long time.“ But according to Arteta’s judgement he wasn’t ready to play any part for us. Funny how now we can actually see him for ourselves and judge. I think it shows clearly Mikel was talking bollocks and his judgement stinks like Willian’s performances. Which he is determined to die by , I mean persist with.. Just like Xhaka. Well all we can hope for in getting Arteta out is that he continues with… Read more »
Sorry to hear that Ernest, I think that it’s clear that the after effects of Covid are much more significant than people generally realise. A friend of ours have a 17 year old daughter who had it pretty bad and she couldn’t even get up the stairs for a couple of months afterwards. I just hope that the after care is there for people who need it and they invest in the research necessary to find effective treatments rather than move on as soon as the pandemic is deemed to be ‘under control’. Again, let’s hope that Arsenal pull their… Read more »
Thanks Ernest. That’s cool and good of you to say. I’m not looking for grief on here either to be honest. This is a good forum for letting off steam I reckon but it works best when we stick to why we’re all here, which is to debate that poorly run club with a ragbag of players that we all know and only sometimes love. AFC is a disaster but at least it’s our disaster. My concern about this Southampton double header is we’ll not win on Tuesday and the net result will be a massive step backwards for the… Read more »
“The only clown is you…. and that nonenentity that goes by the name of jamie ….is there an imoji that depicts a snide.”
I live rent free in Pierre’s head. I’ve looked everywhere and no sign of a dictionary. Explains a lot.