Happy Friday to you ALL.
David Luiz is out at Arsenal.
A good leader at times.
An inspiration to a generation of Arsenal kids who saw him as a mentor and a legend.
The absolute correct decision for Arsenal FC as we head into a big summer rebuild.
I don’t want to bag on the player, but the reality is for all his big game skill, he was mistake-prone, unfocused, and problematic if he wasn’t getting exactly what he wanted.
Moving him on is a big move for Edu and Arteta. It’s the first break on the grip that Kia has had on the two of them. It opens up a space for someone like Saliba. It allows us to start addressing the ‘unforced error’ table he’s had a massive had in over the past two years.
This move was also correct from an injury perspective. Arsenal lost Luiz at the most important part of the season, we got him back, then lost him right after. Big players need to be fit. Luiz is on the back 9 of his career, he’s not getting fitter or faster.
I am very, very happy. This sets the tone for the summer providing we don’t walk right back into another hellish deal for some other older player looking for a retirement deal.
There are lots of rumours bubbling around. I think we’ll move on Bertrand as cover for Tierney, we’ll sign a right-back, we’ll look at a good central midfielder or two, and I suspect we’ll find competition for ESR for that #10 spot.
We need to move on the players that have baggage with Arsenal.
We need to age down the squad.
We need to find players with big personalities that want to grow with one of the most exciting young crops of players in Europe.
This summer could be exciting, we just have to trust our novice leadership team actually learned the lessons of the last 18 months.
Big, big if… but this is a great start.
In other news, how awesome is the new Arsenal kit? Literally the best part of the season is the new shirt.
Right, a quick one today, see you in the comments.
“I don’t think you’ve pulled an exclusive on literally anything ever, it’s purely tales of fantasy heard via a mutual friend of a friend.”
At least I have friends.
Fabrizio Romano saying we’ll persevere with Pepe, but if an important bid came in, we’d consider it, but we don’t want to take a loss on him, so I’m assuming that would mean we’d want €48million, which I can’t see anyone paying in this market
Maybe a loan fee, and a compulsory purchase fee of €32million next summer, could see us write off the rest of what we owe
Other than Saka, Smith-Rowe, Tierney, it looks like nobody else is untouchable
Lmaooo, there’s your level. Absolutely nothing to say on your hot exclusives, just playground insults.
Rich
Basically where most people are at with Pepe, if anyone would offer us a proper fee we’d snap their arm off.
@Marc Brexit is something that politicians brought about and it carries restrictions and laws with it that effect the transfer business. For your education this is how Brexit effects the TW, do keep up with it: First players from the EU hoping to move to England will be treated in the same way as players from the rest of the world. Second, EU players will have no problem getting in, as long as their CVs are impressive enough. The Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) which is awarded by the FA and enables players, managers, coaches and other staff to qualify for… Read more »
I love that ringer design for the shirt. Classic 1970 Brazil style!
Unpopular opinion, know he made mistakes ( and was targeted by officials in a way he never was at Chelsea) , and not saying he should have got a new deal, but I thought the team suffered badly when David L got injured
I really don’t see the attraction with buying another winger. We’ve gone from zero wingers in emery’s first season to just collecting them. Wing will be the new CB for arsenal if we buy another unless we’re selling a couple as well Surely our right resources need to go onto the weak areas rather than trying to make our good areas even stronger CM, RB, GK all need a first team quality player. Backup LB is needed. An option to rotate with ESR at AM is important Address all of those and you can start refining the other positions like… Read more »
Marc
If we cannot get service to Auba, what is the point. Another frustrated player and season for the fans. Id rather cash in and find a good striker and use the funds to rebuild the midfield. Also, get his wages off the books…
If we keep him, Mike and Edu need to get it right – and how to get this team scoring again… a crime that he was wasted on the LW most of the season…with Mike thinking he was being “smart”
Golden boot winner, and runner up… and then 10 goals… like WTF I can see having a bit of a down season but not losing like half your goals… 10 more goals from him, 5-7 more from our woeful mids That is a few more wins for sure…. we might be looking at a lock at EL at this point. I lay the lack of goals on Mike. His over emphsis on being hard to beat and break down comes with some side effects. We score very little. IF we get scored on, its always a struggle to outscore the… Read more »
I’m quite certain if we buy a winger this summer because of the resources lost on him we will still be rolling into the season with xhaka at cm or bellerin at RB or Leno in goal and people will be surprised that we didn’t manage to upgrade on them
Priorities the dross/average before trying to improve the good
Resigning Luiz should never have been an option. Not last year and not this year. The problem is the team who made these terrible decisions are still in place. If they have come to their senses on Luiz then great but what other expensive fuck ups await? A double your money four-year deal for Bertrand? I would love to think there is some structured succession planning going on to transition the club over the next few years, smoothing the path of our talented younger players to become Arsenal legends. But i very much doubt it. Bertrand is the equivalent of… Read more »
Would I like an new winger, Sure. One that plays that wing as natural as Saka does on the right would be good instead of willian. But we need to Prioritize. Our attack underperformed not because the players that are able to play there aren’t good enough. Rather the manager sucks is getting any sort of pattern to get to attacking and shooting positions. We also have CMs that are static and never play beyond the middle third of the pitch. Third man runs and being able to play on the final third is a necessity for a good CM.… Read more »
Cedric is more than capable of being a back up RB and LB. Or is it the understanding that a player who hasn’t got any game time is now going to be first choice RB after bellerin leaves.
Arteta has made very poor use of the players he has inherited. Outside of about 15 players, no one got any decent amount of game time, so we were basically playing the whole season with a very fatigued 11.
Yes we need this sorted out fast. CM CAM and RB Our right side attack needs a fast RB who can attack and defend… young and with a great upside. Its not going to be Chambers or Soares… although Soares has looked ok at times there. A Max Aarons or Lamptey maybe?, Anyhow, Auba must play as CF.. Martinelli might as well be starting as LW.. he has had enough games and a good preseason should lock him in there if mike grows gray matter between his ears Saka a lock at RW- we need to stop messing with him… Read more »
People defend KSE and claim that our problem has nothing to do with them. I think the major reason why the club signed Willian and now considering Bertrand. is because the club is lack of funding. If KSE provides sufficient funding like other top 6 teams, I am sure that the club won’t behave like a garbage collector.
Nelson we have an owner worth like 7B, his family has like 20B Its not like they dont have money. What is 100M for the next few summers going to do? Nothing… its a small amount for them Can you imagine – if KSE gave us 100M per summer over 3 years. we should likely win the league… Lets start by getting a good cash injection from them this summer. Last year they decided last minute at a BBQ, to buy Partey. Poor from Edu who was chasing AUlas and Aouar all summer. Now we are hiring in scouts. So… Read more »
The whole scouting issue looks like another example of our chaotic management. It’s one thing being agile and able to flex but we are all over the place.
We do seem to lack a visionary at the corporate level. An accountant, a lawyer and a playboy are unlikely to build a roadmap to success.
Guns of SF
100M really isn’t that much. No chance we win the league with 100M per year from Stan.
More like 200M per year for 3 seasons.
‘Superb’ players cost 50-100M each.
I demand that my beautiful poetry should not be deleted by supreme leader
thats a non negotiable
It all depends how long we’re prepared to wait.
I would say we have a top 6-7 squad currently, with the right manager. Our next challenge is to break into the CL places. This isn’t impossible, if we look at where West Ham are today. The right quality addition in mid could unlock the potential of other players around him, including Auba of course. And we can raise some capital with sales. 100m would be a good start.
how about 150M~ ! a compromise!
Am I the only one concerned with the fact that Arteta is going for yet another CB? Both Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano say it is a priority position for him. I don’t understand this manager at all. He gave Holding a new deal. Now we have him Saliba, Mavropanos and Even chambers to Play RCB. but it has to be a player he signs? If a cheque book manager is what we signed up for then we made a mistake in the first place. coaching Saliba to be a starter is what a good manager would do. We have problems… Read more »
How I want to see us line up next season:
………………….Ugurcan Cakir………………..
Emerson–Saliba–Gabriel–Tierney
……………Bissouma–Partey…………
………Saka–ESR–Pedro Neto
……………..Auba/Martinelli………..
This fraud is not going to last Habesha. He will get canned bc he is just not very smart.
I agree with most of what you say. It just defies logic.
Probably the Tets and Edu gang are looking to offload Saliba…possibly the best Arsenal CB never to play for the club
As Partey is a CM and not a DM so we need to buy a DM. Someone like Bissouma would be perfect as the 2 of them could then form a unit. partey’s best performance was at OT when his partnership with Elneny seemed to really click. They didn’t play together that much after that game as TP was injured quite soon after . Partey is too casual in front of his own box. and so is not for me the last man in midfield. Personally I would also like to see Guendouzi brought back to provide rotation possibilities. The… Read more »
I am feeling that Anguissa might be better. TP and he might be able to add more than having a pure DM like Bissouma. As it is, Mike wants his CM to be very conservative and not push up to far and to stay back to break up counters etc Anguissa is a dribbler, Bissouma is a play breaker- upper type TP to be fair has not impressed all that much. That is why, I feel Anguissa gives us actually more of what we need. Heck TP might even be better sitting back.. I guess it comes down to price… Read more »
And irrespective of earlier comments I would use Azeez on the bench as there will be plenty of opportunities to get game time and sub appearances. That is how a lot of players are developed inc Leicester’s players and with Saka. They don’t all need the ESR route. Its only when they are struggling or just not getting the game time should we consider it.
Nelson is a case in point – a loan would have been perfect. I suspect though we will find that Azeez is a level above as with Balogun.
Guns He is insane. The choices he makes are ridiculous. I know he sees them in training and knows them better but what we see on the pitch is completely opposite to what he says and does. Martinelli and Saliba perform. Willian doesn’t. David luiz is not that important. Anyway We can’t pay our way out of the mess we are in. I would rather he have a chance to some of the young players than the dross we have here. For example I would rather have Willick and Azeez as backups Next season than Elneny and Ceballos. But Arteta… Read more »
Fucking remoaners can’t cope with things going well outside of the EU. Marc Intriguing. I’ve not heard many people talk up brexit in the current climate. Business, public sector, private sector workers, international travellers, exporters, fishing industry people, the soft tory faction and everyone to the left of them (ooh about 70% of the country at a guess), the peoples of Scotland and the North of Ireland have all railed against Bojo and UKIPs extreme Brexit. And where’s the extra 350 million quid a week bojo promised for the NHS (pretty necessary given the way they fucked the handling of… Read more »
Selling Aubameyang to a club in PL would be disaster , it would be like RVP to Utd. Not even Arteta is that dumb to consider it ( I hope!) . We have to let Laca go , use that funds to bring someone who can play lone and with Aubameyang . Ivan Toney is the real deal , him Balogun and Auba would be the best strikers we can have . Plus Martinelli out wide.
Guns “…Can you imagine – if KSE gave us 100M per summer over 3 years. we should likely win the league…” 2 things. Keeping Arsenal tradition , let’s task for 100m + 1 More importantly, we won’t win the league with vinai, edu and specifically arteta in charge! Re today’s post, would suggest we don’t redefine ‘ruthless ‘. Just as top 4 is not a trophy and top 3 post Christmas won’t get us into CL, managing with common sense isn’t remotely ruthless. I suppose the trio haven’t management 101 in them and thought the Luiz thing is a generational… Read more »
Guns and Habesha
Don’t be surprised goes out on another loan or is sold next yr.
I would love it (Kevin Keegan voice ) if Chelsea got smashed today and the Champions league final also.
Auba going to the chavs for 20m is bad business… Tuchel knows how to get 20+ goals from Auba… just imagine the ample supplies from their MF and wings … oh my
The sitter- like big chances Timo W missed earlier in the season would be desert for Auba,
Agreed it’s a RVP replica manure situation…. we better eavesdrop on that little voice in Auba and learn wot he wants…. may be he dreamed about playing for Chelsea as a kid!
More bs I hope…
media linking us to “struggling Liverpool man and Cheslea flop…”
Would we learn, or …Arteta and Edu rubbing their hands
This transfer window is gonna be long folks, atleast we have the euros and copa america to deal with it.
Unbelievable if we were trying to extend Luiz as reported. Choice of everything else aside Artetas taste in “leaders” is the absolute bottom of the barrel. David Luiz and granit f**King xhaka. Both have long out stayed their welcome
Useroz
Auba to Chelsea would be brilliant. We won’t be challenging the top 4 fir a couple of years yet. Auba will be 33/34 by then.
Getting 20m now and those wages freed up would be magic.
Partey a CM? What matches have you been watching? Said it on here before the start of the season that we need to creative attacking players. We tried to in getting Willian and Ode. Both have underwhelmed so the need remains. Luckily we can return Ode to his parent club. If we could push Willian to the MLS that I’ve great. With a limited budget the focus has to be on those two positions and a left back cover. We have enough defenders and midfielders. Having players that can hold on to the ball better upfront should relief pressure in… Read more »
There are so many options if we want to strengthen the midfield . Bissouma ( cheap) Declan Rice( Expensive) Sabitzer ( maybe they wont sell seeing they just lost the manager and their best defender)
Willock ( will be sold I guess) . Arteta would instead extend Xhaka , Elneny .
Guns of SFMay 15, 2021 05:35:50
Nelson we have an owner worth like 7B, his family has like 20B
Its not like they dont have money. What is 100M for the next few summers going to do? Nothing… its a small amount for themCan you imagine – if KSE gave us 100M per summer over 3 years. we should likely win the league….
Not with Arteta as coach
Thomas, what’s so funny?
Anyone hoping for Arteta to develop the careers of Balogun and Azeez have not been paying much attention to Arteta. No single youth team player has come through under him. Martinelli has a bad game and is benched for months, Willian stinks out the place match after match, but is either in the first 11 or first man of the bench.
The Frenchman’s position on handing out deals to players over the age of 32 was that they should only be offered a maximum 12-month extension so as to protect the club in case their quality of performance began to rapidly decline. “It’s not over 30, it’s over 32. So when you have a player [who is] 32 he will just get a one-year contract,” Wenger explained in 2010. “It depends on the positions as well. If a central defender, then no problem to sign them until 34. But a striker is different. “After 32 you go from year to year.… Read more »
ESR?
Tobs Arteta does not develop young players, I do not think any youth player has broken into the team during His time . Smith Rowe well what do you all think?…
Pepe is a game-changer – we haven’t had one of those since Alexis Sanchez. Every time he gets the ball, your heart quickens in anticipation. Mostly (alas) there is no end-product. But inconsistency is in the nature of game-changers, as we have seen with Alexis at Man U. Nevertheless, the impression is that sooner or later Pepe will come good. VERY good. One of Arsenal’s most exciting players.
Praise to Mo Elneny for not be afraid to vocal his support for the Palestines ..in these current times where free speech is being drastically eliminated
Tobs “”””Anyone hoping for Arteta to develop the careers of Balogun””””” Even members of Arteta’s dwindling fan club can not defend his man management of Balogun. How he never got a run out against Villarreal’s plodders ( their center back , Albol was 35 and played in both games) when we needed a goal was a sackable offence in his own right. And their keeper made Runarsson look half decent. As for Azeez., Tuchel was brave enough to play Gilmor ( although subbed at half time) the other night in that dead rubber and Arteta should have played Azeez over… Read more »
The customs union is a racket that locked us out of 84% of world trade that’s expanding rapidly, and locks us into 16% of world trade that’s declining rapidly On top of that there’s 27 countries, all subsidising inefficient producers, for another 26 countries, at a huge cost to their own citizens The EU’s single market isn’t the worlds largest free trade area, it’s the worlds second largest protectionist racket What started off as an agricultural cartel, has now expanded into multiple other sectors They originally told farmers that in exchange for their support, they’d lock out competition from the… Read more »
I’m so done with Arsenal these days. Luiz was by far our best CB. By a country mile. I know I’d be keeping a 34 yo Luiz ahead of jokes like Holding and Chambers that we could get some decent cash for. I have zero believe in Arteta and Edu making any good decisions in moving us up the table. If KSE are going to stick with Arteta then we surely need new owners. I’m settled with another garbage waste of a season. Not only was the end of the season a complete abomination, with the peak being losing to… Read more »
“Dubai don’t have a common oil policy”
Why would Dubai have a common oil policy? The Zakum Field is northwest of Abu Dhabi.
Rich
You’re talking about corruption in the EU in a week when Cameron was found to be stalking ministers to allow him to get even richer and Bojo ended up in small claims court as well as being the beneficiary of a bent carribbean holiday and dodgy wall paper. Fucking hell mate. Why can you never tell the truth?
New right sided CB/Saliba and Mari/Gabriel on the left with Mavropanos loaned out once again.
All other CB’s moved on. There you go.
Rich.Great rant.Somes up EU perfectly.Anyway back to the footie.See were also linked with Sander Berg? & Bissouma .Are they not same type player or could you shoehorn both in.Also linked to Emerson Royal of the bandits for right back as Hamidi deemed too expensive & comp from others?
Radio RaheemMay 15, 2021 09:22:18
Partey a CM? What matches have you been watching?
With you on this 100%
We need to be looking at the athletic profile of our players we buy. I want to see pace, power and technical ability ( can keep the ball in tight spaces) as the prerequisites for all first string players we buy. I don’t want to see Ceb like running from treacle when chasing back again! I would absolutely love a Bissuma type player…. The emphasis on first string above is because Bertrand would be smart business in my mind, as when fit KT will play pretty much every game. As for RCB, Holding Saliba should be fine…. Holding and Saliba… Read more »
The Ashkenaz have a history of identity theft and racial segregation. Now the are ethnic cleansing
Sidney
””””Partey a CM? What matches have you been watching?”””””””’
Agreed
Flattered to deceive aint he? Never felt right this signing from the off. Too much money for a player who offers too little in goals and assists.
If Arsenal go on to sign Bissouma – he will quickly show how average Thomas Partey is.
Bissouma can play – but also lacks goals.
African Nations soccer next year -Cameroon.
Partey, Pepe, Elneney and PEA involved?
Sid – you can be with who you like as it doesn’t alter anything
Anybody watching Partey play will see that he is much more comfortable up field than he is as a blocker in front of defence. He is not suited to that role – if we’re going to get the best out of him then t is as a CM with a DM behind partnering. His best game at OT Elneny performed that role well – sadly neither replicated that form later although TP beset by injuries
One would have thought that after 18 months in the job that Arteta would have a good idea of what is our best starting 11, or at the very least a good idea of who will be in the squad next season. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The starting 11 for next season is anyone’s guess and the squad has so many question marks that it is looking a bit of a mess.. The keeper situation just highlights the poor decision making last summer, selling Martinez was a head scratcher and could affect the club for years to come… Read more »
How are we expected to trust Arteta this window, practically every decision he made last summer has backfired. Martinez, Willian, Cedric, AMN, Runnarson- to name a few. We were hampered by off the field decisions and then on field, the slow, ponderous and conservative no risk football, which after 18 months, is now clear is Arteta ball. Gives you nothing to look forwards to. We may get better players but we will still play Arteta ball.
“if we’re going to get the best out of him then t is as a CM with a DM behind partnering. His best game at OT Elneny performed that role wel”
Unfortunately, the best of him as a CM isnt good enough, wasnt good enough for Athletic Madrid they prefered Saul.
Im telling you for free!
Pierre ””””’One would have thought that after 18 months in the job that Arteta would have a good idea of what is our best starting 11, or at the very least a good idea of who will be in the squad next season.”””’ Simply a bi product of Arteta and Edu not having a bloody clue in what they are doing perhaps? As you know, you need continuity and incremental improvements to be an effective cohesive unit. Arsenal post Wenger only seem only to be happy when they are shovelling 6 players in and 6 players out through every transfer… Read more »
So Partey is a CM huh? We signed a 45m CM when the priority was a DM,
Lmfaooo
Steve Bruce getting the best from willock in a few months! But Arteta is a better coach 🤔🤣
I’ve said it before and will say it again…we need to get teun koopmeiners from az….20-25m….23yo defensive midfielder who is unusual as he has 15goals(7 pens) and 5 assists and is already captain…I watch him alot and he is a proper monster in the middle of the pitch…these are the sort of deals we should be looking at ffs…the bissoumas and grealishes if this world will cost a fortune….if we are shopping peanuts the likes of teun,mateus perreira,depaul and pulgar should be on our radar….crotone have been relegated too and they have a very good target man in simi nwankwo
Pierre
I just want to applaud your posts lately. You’ve been spitting some truth bombs and I agree with you 100%
Good to finally be on the same page with you after a long long time
Last summer David Luiz was fully behind Arteta. I think the most generous and effusive praise of Arteta came from him. Now we hear he doesn’t like what’s going on at Arsenal and wants to move out. So much has changed in 12 months.
I am pretty sure Arteta knows very well his wished-for starting line-up but, like all mangers, he faces the problem of injuries, lack of form, fatigue, rotation, and so on.
TR7
I think it’s very possible that winning the Cup went to Arteta’s head. It’s become more and more difficult to understand his decisions as this season has gone on – maybe being on the inside makes it even worse.
TR7
” So much has changed in 12 months.”
Well , we know what happened 12 months ago that probably has a bearing on Luiz’s disenchantment with the club..
It’s called respect or in Arteta’s case , a lack of .
Marc
None of us is privy to what happens behind the scenes but my guess is there’s some discontent among players.
Started off with Martinez decision, then non-negotiable (Guen, Torr, Ozil), we saw AMN getting sidelined altogether after he praised Ozil in the media, Martinelli was upset at consistently being overlooked, Cedric out of favor all of a sudden after a string of good results and now we hear Luiz wants out.
“None of us is privy to what happens behind the scenes”
How are you gonna do Val like this? Brutal.
We went into the season with a first team squad of 31 Ozil + Sokratis not registered, Runarsson + Saliba not registered in the Europa League I’d be more concerned with players who are content not to be involved, rather than the ones who we’re unhappy with a lack of game time I’d much rather see a player unhappy at being subbed, rather than going off with a big goofy smile on their face We need to get our squad down to a more manageable number, in order to create the right level of internal competition for places Unfortunately we… Read more »
FFS Rich give the paranoid political rants a rest.
TR7
We watched the Spud’s away match and knew what tactics they’d use – we everyone except Arteta. As a player it’s got to be really hard to be enthused when not only is your manager getting it wrong but is so arrogant with it.
I’m genuinely amazed they haven’t completely downed tools on him.
Andy1886
If you don’t like my posts, then don’t read them
I know that might be a bit too complicated, but it’s really not
Or just try and get me cancelled, I’m sure if you lefty gimps start a campaign, then Kim Jong Pedro will will buckle, providing you apply enough peer pressure
TR7
“So much has changed in 12 months.”
No nothing has changed.
Luiz is still a dickhead as before and now.
We know it doesn’t look good under Arteta but we don’t need Coco the Clown to tell us.
We are failing as a club by making appointments like Arteta and like David Luiz.
englandsbestMay 15, 2021 11:48:38
I am pretty sure Arteta knows very well his wished-for starting line-up but, like all mangers, he faces the problem of injuries, lack of form, fatigue, rotation, and so on.
You forget lack of managerial ability.
Marc “I’m genuinely amazed they haven’t completely downed tools on him.” Only the seasoned professionals who have played under different managers generally call out their manager or completely down tools to get the manager sack. The likes of ESR, Saka, Gabi, Tierney, Odegaard will continue to put in their best efforts simply because they are very young and just want to play football. Most of the seasoned professionals have underperformed this season or downed tools. Bellerin definitely looked like he didn’t care at all the way he played against Villareal in second leg of Europa. Auba looks both frustrated and… Read more »
FFS the straw that broke the camels back shouldn’t be that David Luiz is not extending in relation to Raptora’s post.
That’s just manic.
Come on we all know Arteta is not good enough but let’s not beat him with a stick by using a player like David Luiz.
The O’Jays song was named in honour of David Luiz.
Shit has gotten so bad that a washed up David Luiz does not want it anymore. Take them all out back and put them down one by one. Take that Evertonian excuse for a manager with you David.
Tobs
Well said!
Oh I didn’t know Ishola disliked Luiz so much 🙂
TR7
That’s one of the things that bothers me – if we continue with Arteta we’ll keep doing badly and missing out on Europe etc. How long before Saka begins to wonder what life’s like at another club he’ll have contact with players at clubs who have at least competent managers and they’ll talk.
Interesting news at Man U. Apparently some of the minor investors are panicking about the protests and the effect its having on the brand. They want a meeting with Glazers. Protests can’t easily be dismissed these days with clubs having world wide coverage. Can we so something similar ? I certainly hope so.
TR7
“Oh I didn’t know Ishola disliked Luiz so much”
And he’s just confirmed one of the reasons for my disliking of him.
As well as being an erratic defender he is the king of praising a manager to the skies one moment and in the next stickimg a knife in their back.
That’s David Luiz = shithead.
Bertrand on a free are you lot joking …that is piss poor sorry not acceptable at all , this club has become a complete joke , why can’t Arteta train up a young and up and coming left back and try some actual coaching for a change more waste after waste I suppose they are gonna pay Bertrand 50-60 grand a week to be back up and there are actual fans who think that is a good idea what a lot of bollocks this club arsenal is
Bertrand linked to Man City, Leicester, Everton and AC Milan as well as Arsenal.
As said before, if we put a blanket ban on signing any more players over 25 we would have a simple but highly effective long term strategy. Add to that existing players over 30 should only get 1 year contracts Look back over the last 3 years and see how many shite players that would take out.
There’s a good player in Thomas party somewhere, but like Pepe he looks nervous as fuck……..given the right coach, they will both be excellent players.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, it tends to make one think ‘I know it all’. The gripers and groaners who blame Arteta for everything are a case in point.
What’s even more dangerous is no learning whatsoever. Englandbest, case in point.
eb
We don’t blame Arteta for everything just the things he’s responsible for which is the problem because he’s shit at managing.
Sid So Partey is a CM huh? We signed a 45m CM when the priority was a DM, Lmfaooo Sid,your ignorance is disturbing. Partey was signed as a DM only as a ruse. Arteta didn’t want to alert other suitors to his potential as a RB, a role we will see next season. David Luiz is leaving as he has refused to play in goal next season, an ingenious plan initiated by Arteta when he realised that Alisson and Ederson were also Brazilian. Steve Round had suggested Mari for this role but he has been earmarked already for ACM, due… Read more »