Hard to go too deep on nothing games at this stage of the season, but downing Sam Allardyce to his first-ever relegation was certainly a little bit of sweetness after 9 months of mostly sour. Watching him take a back seat in the dugout chewing gum like he was Simon Cowell judging a string quartet of feral cats was quite amusing.
Additionally, it was a game of world-class goals. We largely controlled the game, key players stepped up like Smith Rowe and Saka, and there were some surprise star performances… namely from Willian, who created 4 chances and fizzed a stunning freekick in for our third.
There were frustrations with Arteta getting his line-up mostly correct. The biggest one being that Bukayo Saka unsurprisingly delivered a masterclass at left-back. He was a destroyer all game. His defending was sound, but his runs from deep were perfect, and his final balls deserved more than the return he managed. Arteta was pretty pissed after the game when he was asked if he regretted building a galaxy brain plan around Granit Xhaka these past few weeks, his answer was, NO. I’d be shocked if that were the truth behind closed doors, if it is, we have big, big problems.
There was also another sad reality. The midfield of Dani Ceballos and Mo Elneny, for a second week running, was far better than anything we put out against Villareal. You can laugh at that, but the lesson here is that we should have played a normal starting 11 without any LOOK AT ME ideas. Newcastle were totally nullified last week, sure, they’re not great, but they scored 4 past Leicester at the weekend and beat them. Against West Brom, it wasn’t exactly elite, but the basic structure allowed our forwards to be more involved in the game and create genuine chances.
Gabriel Martinelli started as a #9, he wasn’t that great, but you know what, I’ll take that from a player who hasn’t been given a run. We know he’s explosive on his day and I’d prefer to bet on potential than see Lacazette in a game like that.
There are still some oddities out there. Dani Ceballos, whilst not offensive today, is exiting the club at the end of the season. Did we need to see him playing again? I don’t understand why we didn’t use the dead nature of the season to have a go with someone else. Same with the bench. Flo Balogun was signed to be part of the first team next season, what does the guy have to do to get a place on the bench?
It’s also really interesting that Cedric has been moved so far down the pecking order. I have no problem with Cal Chambers, but it’s odd that he takes the place over a real right-back considering how sure Arteta was when we signed him.
Arteta’s press conference was revealing. I have watched every single piece of media of him over the last year, so I know the patterns. Firstly, his abrupt answer on the Xhaka/LB question set the tone for a conference that rapidly declined in mood. His dark eyes indicated a sleepless week. Then he was asked how good it was that ESR ‘scored the first of many Premier League goals,’ his answer was very familiar. He was agitate, he used the question to make a point about our season. He ran with the story about how he needed to be landing 15 goals and 15 assist to hit the top, and that his one goal is an indicator how messed up our squad is. It was an odd answer, made even worse by his praise of Willian who already ‘done it’ at the highest level.
People jumped to his defence because they read the quotes and didn’t hear the tone. It was a typical response where he uses the stick on young players. Arsene would have said ‘I’m happy, this is hopefully the start of many more.’ Arteta has a habit of not demanding the same standards of his senior players in press conferences. It’s a real weakness in his otherwise very honed PR skills. The issue is he doesn’t just talk like that, he manages that way. Gabriel has a bad half of football and he’s dropped for 3 months, other players are allowed to constantly stink out the starting 11.
That leads me to my next point. Mikel Arteta is here to stay, that is how it’s going to happen bar something very curveball. He said in the week he needs to be ruthless this summer. There is going to be a test of that very soon.
David Luiz.
This is the big one. The player is a mistake machine. He has been since he joined. On his day, he’s one of the best, but let’s be real, since he arrived, we have cratered as a football club. He has lost his pace, he is now picking up injuries, he wasn’t good enough for Chelsea, he makes mistakes, gives away penalties and has a collection of red cards that make him a hall of famer.
… what will Arteta do?
We know Edu is probably already lining up a new deal because he’s clueless. But in a ruthless high-performance environment, how can there be space for him? William Saliba is the future, he can move at speed, he’s great with the ball at his feet, do we honestly think he’d make more mistakes than a 34-year-old David Luiz who is racking them up for fun?
Ruthless is moving on the past even if there’s a short term bit of pain.
Ruthless is seeing beyond reputation.
Ruthless is doing things the hard way.
Now, of course, the bigger question is whether Vinai is going to go down the route of letting Edu decide the summer again. These decisions about the future of Arsenal should be made by someone who is going to be here for 5 years, I have my doubts Edu is that guy. Arteta shouldn’t have choice on Luiz, Edu should be the one making the big calls, but he was demoted.
That means Vinai needs to step up to the plate. We know he’s not been able to muster the courage to stop a lot of bad things happening to Arsenal over the past year. He made 50+ people redundant before signing Willian to a 3 year deal on £250k a week (double the amount he could get anywhere else). An exec that has lived through the Ozil debacle jumped right into another one without asking a single question. He then moved on the Gunnersaurus… breaching the biggest rule on redundancies, do them in one sweep so as not to appear cruel.
He needs to find some courage this summer and get his reputation back on track.
The biggest question that needs to be answered is this: What is the truth of the failings?
He cannot get to that by asking Edu and Arteta. He needs to do the hard work. Those two are in the gutter with regards to their efforts this season. The next 6 months are crucial, what is totally clear from a CEO perspective is that we need an intervention because the current track has tanked.
Some areas to ponder.
Is the management style of Arteta improving team spirit or cratering it?
The squad looked petrified against a bang average side last Thursday. Last year, we beat City and Chelsea to win the FA Cup. What happened to the fighting spirit? Things tend to get better as ideas settle, they have declined here. There must be a cause. What is it? Are we sharing that information with Arteta? I know not everything can be compared to corporate America, but generally, new leaders come with bad ideas of what leadership should be, why? Because no one is a natural. Everyone needs to work on it. People don’t know they are doing things wrong unless they are told. Football coaching is no different.
What value is the coaching staff delivering to the squad?
That question should be answered by speaking to the players, the analysts, the manager and the technical director. Because there is not a world where they are all hitting the mark, otherwise we’d be in better shape. Bernd Leno has been terrible, why? If he wants out, what can we do to change that? Who is challenging terrible ideas? Or worse, fully endorsing them. It’s important information because the only way rookie appointments work is if the teams around them counter the weaknesses. RB Leipzig know how to do that, we do not.
What could Arsenal be doing better?
We have seen some pretty horrendous ideas implemented at Arsenal that you and I could have stopped with just 5 years of watching Arsenal as our qualification. There is usually a reason bad ideas go to market. Vinai needs to find out why this keeps happening. He should be speaking to everyone at the club to find out what could be done better and see if there are consistent patterns. There ALWAYS are. Identify them, communicate them, implement better ways of working so the organisation improves.
What does the self-assessment reveal?
I would ask Arteta and Edu where it went wrong and what they think they need to be better at their jobs. Maybe it has happened, but I wouldn’t bet on it though, I’ve watched Arsenal leadership let failing staff decline in performance with zero intervention for years. It’s part of the KSE leadership training course, rule number one: Question nothing, never intervene, let talent see out their ideas until the death. It’s quite staggering how little action happens when things are going badly off the rails.
The reason we are failing, 100%, is not just a money issue. Better players always improve outcomes, but we have seen some really iffy stuff this season. Vinai should find out how aware the two most important football staff are of their failings and then decide if a bigger intervention is needed… because Arsenal simply cannot sanction a big summer without assurances on what went wrong and what needs to change to avoid a 3 months like the one Emery oversaw in year 2.
A football operation is a machine. There are things that make the machine tick. But like all machines, things break down and it impacts output. Arsenal is notorious at letting the machine fail. Vinai needs to be a more active CEO, a mechanic if you will, he needs to be nosier about what is going on, he needs to crack the spanner.
- Find your 99 problems.
- Distil them down to the 3-5 big themes. The truth of this season if you will.
- Design ways out of the problems.
- Implement them.
- Check the ways are working
- Repeat.
The idea that we’re going to roll into the summer and treat the devastation of the last 9 months as a blip is not wild assumption from me, it’s how we’ve operated for a decade. It needs to change. If heads aren’t going to roll, then truth needs to be found, rough edges need sanding, and a new way of working needs to happen right away. If it doesn’t, we’ll be well on our way to replicating the last managerial exit and we’ll be welcoming Roberto Martinez and his ‘experience’ to the carpet.
Let’s hope change is coming, it’s needed.
P.S. Listen to my damn podcast with Johnny.
I mean I’m all for looking at fine margins and bad referring decisions and all that but the actual football has been horrible, the tactics non existent and the results the worst in heaven knows how long. Player development has been absent, literally no young player developing asides the one sent out on loan so no actual discernible reasons to not go with a change of manager but it’s good we’re hoping he has a good summer and somehow gas a clue what football management is all about
Dissenter
Maybe, fact is that he is rarely starting games for Newcastle though which speaks volumes given the lack of quality they have.
Reiss Nelson couldn’t stop scoring for a spell at Hoffenheim. Once the goals dried up the lack of all-round game was laid bare.
Didn’t see anything from Willock here that made me think that he was going to make it to the top. I would take the cash and run personally.
@Rich
We are a million miles from giving Grealish the kind of platform to shine on that he wants, e.g premier league and champions league. Under Arteta we are at least 5 years away from being top 4 again, maybe longer . Telling you now , no way in a million years would he sign for Arsenal.
Sid
The classic Kolo Toure defence. I have sympathy with his argument. I often wander round the house inadvertently raiding the medicine cabinets and swallowing my family’s drugs. I now have very high oestrogen levels, a priapic 24 hour erection and have ingested so many Bob Martins I’m immune against distemper. Oh, and I’ve become a hermaphrodite.
Haha – having completely gutted our scouting network under Cagigao, Arteta and Arsenal’s far sighted executives decide to engage a headhunting firm to find new scouts.
You couldn’t make it up.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/10/arsenal-move-to-strengthen-scouting-network-in-latest-recruitment-reshuffle
@Batistua
Sumptuously summed up. Bang on point mate. The football has been zzzzzz inducing
Eagle
Still hoisting that De Paul flag i see, guy is ready made for the league and for us really and would be the perfect foil for a Partey partnership which is why it’s never going to happen because it makes too much sense
Fine Margins is a new buzzword for the Mike fanboys.
We have 90% other issues rather than these fine margins…
Its a diversion and an excuse.
Bati has it right. You give this team to Emery, and he would do much better.
You give this team to any other coach, and there is a good chance we would have done much better.
The issue is Mike A… plan and simple. A rookie coach promoted for winning 2 cups in half a season… what a shitty decision…we are paying for that now
TYAGN
Very few clubs could afford to buy Grealish and pay him £200k p/w
CL is worth potentially £40-£100 million for Arsenal
Would Grealish rather stay at Villa? Or take a huge pay rise and play for Arsenal?
He’s almost 26, if he doesn’t go to a big club this summer, he might go the way of Kane or Zaha
If United don’t go for him, it might be a case of now? Or never?
If we hypotheically were to raise 100M with sales and KSE throws in another 100, we might as well be looking at hiring in an experienced coach to deal with that sum of cash. Trusting Arteta with that would be like giving a kid a match to play with in a hay stack. With that you can expect 4-5 washed up vets blowing most of the budget. Your Isco’s and Coutinho’s Overpaying for players like Aouar, ( stay away from this one) etc We need brilliant minds at the club. Get in Rangnick- even as coach! or Allegri… Smart folks… Read more »
This time next season we will be saying the exact same things just as we kept repeating ourselves for 10 years under Wenger. No progress with the clueless rookie. Thsts guaranteed
Words
The amount of latitude that Arsenal gave Edu even though he had zero experience on the European club management level.
We let a total novice DoF gut our scouting network and are now scampering to replace them, no doubt with acolytes
The Kroenkes are indeed fools to leave novices in charge and not even provide proper oversight.
TYAG Defenders and midfielders make better captains imo for a couple of reasons, big one is that they are mostly facing the play and have a picture of the entire pitch compared to forwards who have their back to the play a lot and are ahead of it. Also is inherent that forwards are more individual and solo in their play as compared to CM and CB working as part of a unit and more reliant on communication/team work. Being goalscorers, selfishness is just part of their make up. Bit of an old school mentality there too that CBs and… Read more »
Arsenal and recruiting cleverly in a summer is an oxymoron when you look at past records. Truly a rudderless club that has lost its ways big time.
Guns
Enjoy reading your posts by the way, especially your late night banter with tony and China1.
I definitely got it wrong with Arteta, expected so much more. I held out and told myself i’d give him the season, lasted until the 0-3 to Liverpool on their worst run. Should be a non negotiable for all of us really. Thought he turned a corner with Chelsea on boxing day but the ability to not sustain anything consistent has been Arteta’s biggest hallmark this season. That and theres no getting around Mikel’s need to take the pretty clear choice and complicate it, like tweaking lights on a set and never really being able to find the original staring… Read more »
Batistuta
I know mate, just a bit of escapism.
Fuck all to be excited about right now.
“No way in a million years would Grealish come to Arsenal. Especially not to play under Arteta.”
If this was even a consideration, Arsenal are moving further and further away from a desirable place to play.
Arteta would likely find a way to turn Grealish into an average footballer based on his “unique” ability to spot and nurture talent.
Villa aren’t selling Grealish unless he tries to force his way out. With him Villa are a comfortable mid-table side, without him they’re floating close to the relegation zone. Given PL football is worth £180m a season it doesn’t take a genius to work out that selling him for £80m would be stupid.
Grealish is not coming he is a villa fan and they are investing in their squad every year, their improvement from last year is very good, they go and buy another four players they break into the top 6
Grealish realistically may stay at Villa for another year or two. City (stacked with attacking midfielders), United (Bruno Fernandes, VDB) and Chelsea (Mount, Pulisic, Ziyech) are pretty much the only PL clubs that could afford him (Villa will want around 100m) and none of those 3 have a pressing need for a CAM. All three of them need a ST so would be more likely to drop 100m on Haaland if anything. Liverpool look like they won’t qualify for CL. As it is they haven’t been splashing the cash in recent years and that is with winning trophies. They also… Read more »
We exactly this on Grealish
Andy
Depends on what was agreed with Villa when he signed a new deal last summer, apparently there’s a release clause included
Reports differ on the amount, and no news on whether it would need to be a team playing in the CL
Arteta would play grealish is his newest intricate brainstorm position of a false “1”
Grealish to United seems so ominous, they could part ways with Martial and get a much better player to play left side of Bruno. Likewise Liverpool could/should be looking to break up their trio of attackers and bring in the freshness.
That ship has sailed imo.
Personally more keen on the Maddison murmurs, that’s a player who could be very good in our setup. They have previous interest in AMN, so arguably there’s room for a deal involving less outright cash.
If Grealish goes to United
Then who takes Sancho?
Dortmund have said there’s a gentleman’s agreement to let him go this summer, if he doesn’t go now, he’ll be into the last 12 months next summer
Diss,
Thanks!
Yea, Tony and China are active late at night ( for me) when I am in bed about to sleep doing last minute work stuff on the laptop
The worldwide users of LG… all times of day… its pretty cool
The quickest solution would be to steal a good DoF/Manager combo from another team. The obvious solution in an ideal world would be Campos/Galtier from Lille. Unfortunately, this ideal world is cluttered with contract obligations, CL football for Lille when we have none etc.
However, we’re still one of the most valuable clubs in the world. We could make it happen if we had the will to do it.
United really are not far off City.
Sancho, another CB and back up for Cavani and they are right there with them.
Sancho would be a game changer alone.
CC
I’d be keen on Maddison but don’t see that one happening unless Leicester let top four slip, which looks possible at moment. Some very tidy other options definitely available this summer as well. Going to be a buyers market all clubs need to generate.
Leicester caving in at the wrong time. Just like last season on repeat.
Have to ask questions of Brendan’s bottle if they manage to fuck CL qualification up again for all the praise he has rightly received this season.
Iheanacho has been keeping them afloat and has kept the elephant in room at bay, that is Vardy’s horrific form in front of goal (can’t even call it form anymore, 2 goals in 22).
Looks like age has finally caught up with him.
No idea why we’re discussing transfers when it’s apparent we need a new manager that can actually get something out of them. Marco Rose was my favorite but that ship has sailed Nagelsmann too. Fonseca is very questionable now. Best available maybe Gaultier, that Salzburg American manager or maybe Conceicao of Porto or this Sporting manager who’s doing well.
United have got good results this season but still not convinced by them. They don’t really play quality football, have been lucky with a lot of penalties and fluke late goals. Won 27-30 points from losing position. They don’t really look the real deal to me.
Sal
With United, Chelsea, and Spurs to play as their last three it’s primed for another bottle job. But the cynic in me sees Leicester getting a result against United to all but clinch it, and see that Liverpool miss out.
Suppose it depends on the truth behind the fall out rumours around him too. They’re not a nice club to buy from in recent seasons. Very high prices which we should steer clear of, but he’s a fit imo.
Salzburg gaffer is replacing Nagelsmann at Leipzig, Marko.
Weagle
Vardy just needs to go from Red a bull to Monster. It’s about nutrition at that age…
50-50 Leicester let it slip.
I’m pulling for it, Brendo to cringe to succeed.
I would have thought that was a point in their favour TR7 re winning games from losing positions.
They struggle at times to open sides up that defend deep, no real lockpickers in the side aside from Bruno who is more a final third player than an Iniesta type.
My money is on Klopp and Pool bouncing back again next season. Think they need to refresh their forward line. Thiago plays like a don but somehow slows down their tempo, Klopp might be on the look out for another CM.
Chelsea perhaps the most talented team except City but recent history suggests they can be amazing one season and absolutely ordinary in the next one.
“United really are not far off City.”
I would suggest WEagle that Chelsea are not that far off ManCity. ManU will always be ManU under OGS, close but never a cigar.
Salzburg gaffer is replacing Nagelsmann at Leipzig,
Well there you go. Those German clubs are so ridiculously proactive it’s unreal
Marko, Arsenal have never really been proactive when it comes to managers. They are of the belief that their current manager is the best and only choice. And that, in a nutshell, is why AFC continue to regress.
If Arteta was to leave , Daniel Farke should be considered. He has built a team at Norwich that play football as it should be played. Fast free flowing , expressive football , and has won the championship twice without spending a penny, in fact has made a profit of 50 mil . Yes Norwich were relegated last time out but they had an horrendous run of injuries and the squad wasn’t deep enough to cope.. Farke is brilliant at bringing through youth , he has brought through and sold James Maddison , Ben Godfrey and Jamal Lewis . Now… Read more »
WE
‘I would have thought that was a point in their favour TR7 re winning games from losing positions.’
Winning 27-30 points from losing position says a lot about their mental strength but at the same time it’s very unlikely to be repeated again next season which means they will have to dominate more to be close on the heels of City.
“If Arteta was to leave , Daniel Farke should be considered.”
That the same guy who got Norwich promoted and then promptly relegated, then promptly promoted again?
Yeah, thats a winning suggestion Pierre, if relegation and promotion is your true objective.
Daniel Farke struggled with top flight English football but not in the championship…bit of a red flag with him. That and you know Pierre rates him… major red flag
Repeating myself here but I am absolutely in awe of Bielsa. Would love him at Arsenal.
Charlie
And Monster Ultra at that, can’t be a full sugar uncultured swine.
Pierre I am open minded and think that we should consider any coach with succesful experience.
Never again hire a rookie that was special sauce and generational. What a farce that was.
KSE needs to can him when the season is over. Someone with a half a brain needs to tell Stan to let him go.
PS the new Salzburg coach is Jesse Marsch- dont sleep on that name….
TR7
Would be such a ride Bielsa, has vibe of storming table or taking us deeper but nothing in between. Also have big love for Ten Hag’s brand of footie.
Likely my top two.
There is something about Bielsa too that seems endearing. A no nonsense coach, with a solid track record. A solid method of playing and who simply wants to coach… none of this manager BS. The right age, respected and also lives by attacking football.
The players I feel would love this fella more than Mike.
Ernest
Chelsea as well yeah.
And hard to see Klopp not pushing for heavy reinvestment this summer off the back of this shambles of a season. They haven’t become a poor side over a season, look at City’s drop-off last season compared to the two previous.
Too much quality along with the likes of VVD coming back to tank another season.
Hard to see anyone knock City off their perch if they replace Aguero. You feel that they would have been more dominant if he were fit.
What is it about Arsenal?
In other clubs, whenever a a manager fails he is sacked.
No one bats an eyelid.
Arteta was asked to get us Into the top 4 and/or get us into Europe and/or to get a trophy.
He failed. So he should be sacked.
But he won’t be.
And our glide path to mediocrity continues its stately progress.
Ahhh yes, score one Cazorla!
Point was, dont sleep on him… great coach in the making
Sal
As Guns of SF says Bielsa is very endearing not only because of his brand of football but also how good he is as a person – just goes about his business, no drama, old school and totally obsessed with football. He is such a managerial giant that every Arsenal player will look up to him in case he is given the job.
Eagle,
This really was the season to crack top four, looking fairly setup next year with City, United, Chelsea and Liverpool.
Have to find the hope and there’s always the unforeseeable like the Liverpool season we just witnessed.
Sal
Yeah tough to see who drops out of that group, have to bank our hopes on Chelsea not remedying the CF position or Liverpool being flat broke preventing a rebuild.
And even that is clutching at straws. Chelsea under Tuchel look a different proposition to the one under Lampard.
Fuck it, let’s offer 20m cash in a brown paper bag to Hansi Flick.
Fulham down.
Has to go down as one of the most boring ends to a season ever with the title and relegation all wrapped up weeks in advance.
Anguissa stepping right into the market.
Has to go down as one of the most boring ends to a season ever with the title and relegation all wrapped up weeks in advance.
Wouldn’t go that far there’s a decent battle between 9th and 10th that looks like going down to the wire
@WengerEagle
My take on club and team captains too.
@WengerEagle
That’s my take on captains too.
Welcome back Marko
I don’t really understand why you get binned but yeah good to have you around.
There’s tabloid talk that Arsenal are set to start talks with Lacazette’s camp for an extension of his contract.
I hope it’s not true.
I wouldn’t rule Farke out just because Norwich with little to spend wete relegated last season. Give Pep a championship side and no money and I think that he’d struggle too. None of our title winning managers of the last fifty years came from big clubs either. I’d be pretty confident that Farke would do better than the current incumbent anyway.
Anguissa and Lookman will be very nice pick ups if Fulham launch a car boot sale.
Lacazette is the oldest 29yr old I’ve ever seen
Surely the plan for 2022/23 isn’t
Willian 34
Aubameyang 33
Lacazette 31
Tr7 Bielsa for me too great coach, great style of play and what he is doing with a bunch of journeymen is unreal, my only concern that apart from Leeds he has been insane at all his clubs, imagine what he would make of our pussy board . ? He walked out of Lazio in a week because they annoyed him.
Rich
With Arteta the odds are that it is…
Cazorla why are you so angry all the time ? Do you talk to people like that if you are in front of them ?
andy1886 ” None of our title winning managers of the last fifty years came from big clubs either” I was thinking along the same lines earlier but not necessarily Farke. A manager to come in where it is an obvious step up for him coming to Arsenal. People can say that it was a step up for Arteta as he was coach but he comes from Man City and he brought the arrogance of Pep with him. Even though he is a novice we have had a little bit of a superiority vibe from him just because of the club… Read more »
Allegri Ten Haag, Bielsa. This is what we need Tets is done
Mr Serge,
I swear the Le Grove Cazorla is like the rabid evil twin of the real Cazorla, who was one of the nicest, smiliest and most talented person and footballer ever.
I fully dislike these implications from Arteta that we are a team well below standards.
He thinks he can diss as said before because he comes from Man City.
I could take it from a manager who was actually experienced from Man City saying we are below par but not from this upstart novice.
Arteta wears his I was assistant to Guardiola badge hard. And why wouldn’t he when people were rating him just for that.
“Cazorla why are you so angry all the time ? Do you talk to people like that if you are in front of them ?”
Because he’s an idiot who’s best ignored
He’s on his 99th moniker change by the way.
Yea, he should change that moniker.
Purple Eggplant was at least unique and a little funny.
(Aubergine)
Ishola
Arteta hasn’t remotely taken any responsibility since last Thursday.
He’s been talking down the club, acting like we are so lucky to be graced by his presence.
Dissenter
“He’s been talking down the club, acting like we are so lucky to be graced by his presence.”
Yes it’s a ridiculous situation given his inexperience as a manager.
Evening everyone, Pedro, CC, Bamford has my email address as he messaged me asking for it to keep in touch. I didn’t think this would be the outcome but seeing as he was messaging me with insults via Twitter Dms it doesn’t surprise me. I happen to respect CC despite our differences in the past over the years and certainly had no intentions of carrying on a crusade against him, but because I haven’t been well and haven’t been in the legrove comments despite reading the posts, I hadn’t noticed. Sorry CC and Pedro, any comments from me that were… Read more »
His interview after the wba game reeked of arrogance I am done with him and I was an advocate for a long time
You done fuck all and you think you are top of your game move on son, taxi for tets
Benny Pedro would know the real version by your email address
Arteta’s biggest regret for Thursday’s game is that Granit [Xhaka} could not start on Thursday.
He said this in reaction to a question about whether he has any regrets about not playing Saka at LB last Thursday.
Imagine his regret for not being able to play Xhaka as LB.
This bamford seems a right pearler , not for money, fake ID’s , driving license or fake passports he commits identity fraud to get on a arsenal blog .
What a fooking clown
Mertesacker will steer this ship back to where it belongs
I’m really falling out of love with football. Did anyone read that quote from Cavani about the deep bond he had with the utd players and the people who work behind the scenes? The chap had his father planting stories about his desire to return home until he got another fat pay day and now he declares the depth of his love for the club. I know the game being played by the player,his agent and the club, we all do . It’s so transparent it’s bloody pantomime. But that’s the point. If it’s so obvious why do they have… Read more »
Was bamford doing bamford things again? Goes without saying needs professional help… especially strange considering that he doesn’t even identify as an Arsenal fan anymore. He gave up on the charade
Analysis of why Arsenal should not keep Martin Odegaard
Analysis of why Arsenal should not keep Martin Odegaard via @OneFootball. Read it here:
https://1.ftb.al/GEwZT8XM9fb
Marko
I think Bamford now identifies as a non binary and Arsenal fan-fluid and cis-general football fan.
it’s late so I quickly scrolled through that scout link.
noticed bits about stat DNA and how this is geared towards that. makes sense, it’s safe to say we’re primarily here because of the scouts. unless we’re saying they were ignored for years?
either way, money talks and it’s screaming RCB!?
Tbf if you remove dubious penalties from United’s goals for stat they probably drop 7+ points
I would put our chances of signing grealish at approximately 0%
Looks like CC and Pedro are back in love with arteta. Well that didn’t take long. Bottom line is arteta has overseen the worst season in living memory, in any club in the world that gets you the sack, but according to some here, arteta should now be backed in the transfer market to get more willians (who he will whisper sweet nothing about winning the CL in 3 years) and be given another run at humiliating us further. This with a fucking basket case who choose 2, yes 2 fucking keepers in the subs, what kinda moron does one… Read more »
*semblemse of output from the players
*semblense…. Fuck
Semblance
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-transfer-plans-mikel-arteta-24078559 “We had to make a decision and I think it was a moment when Emi needed the next step and financially it was a really interesting proposal for us.,” the Gunners boss explained, following the £20million transfer. “We need to manage the resources that we have to strengthen the team.” Absolute garbage BS Arteta spouts all the time. Mange resources? Arteta has lost the club £100+million Looks like Perdo-Pete’s Arteta love affair is back on again after a tiff broke Pedro’s heart, but Arteta looks to have soothed Pedro’s corridor of uncertainty. There are none so blind as those… Read more »
manage*
Emi needed the next step
This makes absolutely painful reading when a step up is to go from arsenal to villa. I mean read that sentence back and try not to die a little inside. Never did I think I would come across such a sentence
And tbf if emi wanted to join a better club it looks like going to villa this season will have been the right move for him. The next step as Mikel said…
I’m actually curious now what is the post Christmas league table?
My guess is post Christmas we’d be about 6-7th