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.
‘Gasperini is a miracle worker’
Yeah but he’s old and Italian.
I swear, some of the shit you read on here, lol.
Leicester with a Premier League and FA Cup within 6 years, they should be a top 6 side instead of Spurs
Fans have a low tolerance toAnti football, which Tuchel has, you can get away with losing if the football is interesting
Pretty happy for Leicester. Proper ran club.
So, how does that 1:0 win for Lecester against Chelsea compare to AFCs performance?
36% possession, one shot on target.
Lots of adulation on the BBC.
Praising how the club is (currently) run too.
Ignoring the fairly recent history regarding financial irregularities
Diet Klopp might prove to be a bottler. Chelsea are unforgiving!
Graham
“”””Nice to see a club with an owner who cares and a manager not on a work experience scheme.”””””
Well said.
Cant argue with that. And if Rogers for one moment takes his foot off the pedal, they will already have a Potter /Gerrard line up to replace him.
Leicester go from strength to strength. £100 million training ground complex too.
Their Turkish center half is a proper player too.
Does Gasperini speak English?
If not, he’s disqualified per the Emirates Stroller doctrine
Raptora,
Exactly! A club winning organically.
Leftside
If you add a zero to the 6 then the Spud’s make it!
Eagle
Man our form since January has been atrocious really but big big win over Juve last week and 7 against Torino midweek.
Yea looks like Napoli maybe the ones to drop but we still have Atlanta next week too.
Would love it if Juve were the ones to miss out
Linker re Vardy “winning trophy after trophy in a Lecester city shirt”
What, one premier League title and now an FA cup?
Vardy’s decision to stay at Leicester proven as the correct one.
Arsenal are shambles mid table team happy with their noob fraud of a manager while Leicester have won a cup and have been playing UCL football for years.
Said it once ill say it again. In these modern times. In these mediocre midtable times for Arsenal. Currently we are Everton. We hope to be Leicester ( FA CUP Winners and more importantly Top 4 contenders). And we absolutely dred becoming a Newcastle.
Leicester owner hugging every player and the manager. Celebrating like a fan, superb stuff.
Eagle
Yea its mainly just plain ignorance or the fact most posters here barely watch anything outside of engurland football
Did not understand why Brendan Rodgers(the bottom squealer),brought on Wes Morgan-a defender (well past his prime)?Was it for sentimental reasons? The VAR decision worked in Leicester’s favour.If not for that and Chelsea’s goal stood,Leicester might not be celebrating right now. The bottom line is,why would Brendan Rodger’s bring on a veteran defender,defending a 1-0 lead,with minutes to spare against a robust Chelsea team who are in the Champions League Final? Worrisome,by my perspective.Against CL opponents you’d get punished for that decision -9 times out of 10. He-Brendan Rodger’s got away with his tactical substitution today. In short,he’s not a Klopp,Pep… Read more »
Using cow dung to ‘cleanse’ is unhygeinic
Correction, they haven’t been playing UCL for years but they have done remarkably well. Top 4 on the cards along with an FA Cup is a phenomenal season for them. Only City can be happier if they win the UCL.
Hope Leicester get top 4 as well but they need to strengthen the squad quite a bit and replace Vardy.
And VAR, pah!
How does a millimetre or so affect that equaliser?
VAR control centre and criteria is not fit for purpose.
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Lol read Arteta wants a right sided CB….. I mean we have got Mavropanos coming back and Saliba too and we have a next to nothing midfield but we want to spend whatever little we have to get yet another defender, Comedy stuff
Tom If you win, you’ve got your selection right If you lose, you’ve got your selection wrong Nothing to say a different lineup would have produced a different result There’s two teams, only one team takes the cup, that’s football If Chilwell is a split second later, we go into extra time, if VAR wipe out the Leicester goal, it’s a different game Little between the two teams in the league, little between them in the last 8 head to head, little between the two teams on the day Fine margins, if we sign a couple of fine margin players… Read more »
Arteta is a joke.
Brenda 10x the manager.
Fofana getting lots of praise, who’d have thought a young CB from Ligue Un could play regularly at the top of English football?
Bati Win tomorrow guarantees you as you have the head to head over Juve. If you bottle it tomorrow though then next week will be more than tricky, Atalanta are a juggernaut. Yeah man it’s crazy, forget about on here even the likes of the ‘elite’ pundits on Sky like Neville and Carragher barely have a clue who Jadon Sancho is. Neither included him in the Euro Squad of 23 players and that mug Shearer snubbed him at HT for his Euro XI in favour of a double-pivot of Rice-Henderson, LOL. No wonder England never do well in tournaments, they… Read more »
“Happy for Brendan Rogers too, lol at all those cries of him being a bottler too.“ I thought he did bottled it at Liverpool , when his tactics and the Gerard slip cost him the title, but some people judge his Leicester “failures “ unfairly. Arsenal beat them earlier in the season and Pedro and the rest of the generational brigade hailed it as a win against a title contenders. Which of course was a ridiculous hyperbole, so when Leicester inevitably slide down the table in due course to their talent level, then they claim that Rodgers has chocked/ is… Read more »
Chelsea effectively have to win all their league games, should Liverpool do the expected and win their last 3, to qualify for the CL from top four.
Lose to City and such a promising end to the season ends in complete heartbreak.
I think we all want the same thing to happen!
Let’s get this into perspective.Leicester won the EPL in 2015. The expectations surrounding Leicester should be higher,at least within the club and the expectations of their fans.. During that time period,you would expect Leicester to be making in-roads into the CL campaign. It has not been..In terms of making themselves a force to be reckoned with on an a European stage. With regards to recruitment,scouting,player transfers and identity-can’t fault that. The FAC allows them to celebrate,but it really is about them pushing on,and doing a Porto of 2004 at some point,in some way,to cement their place in Europe as a… Read more »
To be fair when Arteta grows up and gets some actual experience he might become a good football manager.
Currently it’s just like having a college leaver on an intern scheme and like most interns he got the job through connections.
I hope he is working for free like most interns – if not we need David Milliband on the case.
@Raptora
Whilst Vardy stayed at Leicester, AFC won the FA cup more than once.
Has taken him this long to get one.
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Leicester were playing Championship football less than ten years ago. Everything they have achieved has been exceptional considering everything. I am sure they will go from strength to strengthen and make themselves European regulars in one competition or another. They are excellently run, to the point where we should be taking serious note of how they operate and use it for ourselves.
Rich
Problem is we can sign better players but if they are managed by a donkey it won’t make any difference.
Brendan does have a better squad but not by much and he shits all over arteta with his management skills and tactics
PhD2020, to be fair to Leicester we played for twenty straight years in the CL and only made a serious impression in a handful of those even with some terrific teams so to expect Leicester to make much of an impression in Europe is a bit unfair.
Porto aren’t a great comparison PHD. They are a financial powerhouse in Portugal and get to hoover up a load of the South American talent that aren’t available to Premier League clubs due to 3rd Party Ownership strings. Near guaranteed to qualify for the CL every season along with Benfica due to their duopoly over the competition [shout-out though to Sporting who won the league this year for the first time in 20 years]. Whereas Leicester are barely a top 10 PL team who cannot compete financially with the top clubs. They are punching well above their weight by even… Read more »
Chelsea, United and City have too much money for a club like Leicester to continuously make a mark in the league and in Europe on a regular basis.
So Fofana has won a FA Cup.
Who said that no 19 years old CB coming from France could be bossing premier League team?
🙊🙈🙉
I wonder if Saliba is watching Fofana getting silverware and think that he made the right decision in joining Arsenal.
😏🤫
@Chris
And when they won the championship in 2013/14, they breached FFP.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43146018?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Valentin – he might be hoping there is a proper manager by the time he comes back from France
Arteta decided that Holding and Mari should play ahead of Saliba. Every single game of the season. Nice one.
@andy1886
And how long has it taken Man City to get beyond the quarter finals, despite financial doping?
RichMay 15, 2021 19:35:04 Fine margins, if we sign a couple of fine margin players from somewhere this summer, we’ll win football games on a more consistent basis ——– Really? Are you that shallow? What about,if we sack the manager and the three amigos in the process(i.e. Silent Stan,Vinai& Edu), and replace the impotents with an ambitious owner with a vision and a manager that actually has a vision,a goal and an ambition that matches that of the owner…? The in-betweeners(Director of Football,Chief Executive Officer) would be sorted out,if we have an owner that is similar to a RA of… Read more »
So far. All the players touted to be gone this summer. Are players already out the squad or loans coming to an end. I’m yet to see concrete offers for the trash players we have on contracts longer than 6 months. Its easy. Go on transfer mrkt and see for yourself. All these ridiculous rumours. Yes the selling team and buying team can agree a transfer fee. But if the player doesn’t get the “personal terms” he wants. Then nothing happens. And we all know what “personal terms” mean. These over paid trash Arsenal players want to keep their bumper… Read more »
Getting rid of Runnarson and willian is NOT fine margins
Waiting for Pedro to say Brendan Rodgers copied tactics from Arteta .
“Let’s get this into perspective.Leicester won the EPL in 2015.The expectations surrounding Leicester should be higher,at least within the club and the expectations of their fans..“
That’s not how I see it.
They only won the title because the league top teams were retooling, Arsenal only signed a keeper, and the refs helped them out some, because they went along with the media spun Cinderella story based on the bookies odds, which I believe were 5000-1.
Leicester are punching above their weight.
@Tom
Also, who would have thought “Tinkerman” Ranieri would have won the EPL?
It fell apart for him the following year
@DivineSherlock
Similar possession stats and one shot on goal for LCFC
Isn;’t it hilarious to listen to the manager who called Willian thrice to convince him to sign for Arsenal and whose goal keeping coach signed Runnarson talk about “ruthlessness”
“Ruthlessness” fort Arteta is just more money to play with
Tom/Wenger Eagle Maybe,I’m being a bit emotional today. You both have valid points.. But for me,I just think,Leicester should have pushed on somehow,despite being under-resourced compared to the Chelsea’s,Mancs,etc.. Why? Based on their recruitment,scouting,etc… I feel they will go the way of Arsenal,of trying to consolidate top 4,and being happy enough to qualify for CL ,if that, every season. Where and what I feel,is that their is so much potential that they can maximise from their resources, smartness, recruitment,etc.. I don’t think Brendan Rodgers, is the man to take them to the holy grail.But with an ambitious manager,I feel that… Read more »
Well that was fucking beautiful lol. Well done Leicester, even though I will never forgive you for stealing a league title from us in 2016.
I think playing one game a week next season will give us a better chance of making top four and I see teams like West Ham Leicester really struggling to cope. It’s mentally draining , especially the europa cup, playing on a Sunday , playing catch up. You have to have a large but manageable squad, also greater risk of injuries, look no further than wolves this season.
Ps
I would say Chelsea were predictable and Tuchel got his lineup wrong. If there is a glaring weakness , you would attack that . Leicester did that , its not genius of Arteta . Also Leicester has had more injury problems than us . If he had everyone available he wouldnt have played that way.
PHD2020
I love the way I do my best to trigger you
You get really angry to the point of you eating out the palm of my hand, and yet you think I’m the idiot…..
You’re such a dumb fu*k
Leicester know their place in the food chain and play their cards to perfection accordingly. Every Leicester player knows they eventually can use their platform as a springboard to making more money at a bigger club in due course, so they don’t make waves when their potential transfer is delayed for a season or so. They don’t sell them wholesale like Monaco did after winning their title in France , but rather one at the time. Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez, Maguire and Chilwell went for a combined total of $300m over the five seasons and due to careful planning Leicester have… Read more »
@DivineSherlock
I’m not saying that Arteta is a genius, but it is interesting comparing the narrative in the media and amongst fans.
If Tuchel did get it wrong against AFC and LCFC that’s on him, but the opposition still has to exploit it.
Re LCFC’s travails, we had similar in 2005 v Man Utd. It was far from pretty, Man Utd were comparably better than this Chelsea.
There is currently a lack of consistency in this Chelsea team, despite the improvements since Tuchels appointment. He is still using someone else’s recruitment, although is familiar with those from the Bundesliga
Majesticgooner
” It’s mentally draining , especially the europa cup, playing on a Sunday”
If that’s the case how come Leicester have been in the top four for most of the season while being in Europa League.
Their best form in EPL was when they were still in Europa League before the knockout rounds.
@Tom
LCFC an EPL version of Brentford, but more successful?
Chelsea are not a top, top team anymore than Spurs were when they reached the CL final. They are still a side in the making and could get better.
I thought Real Madrid were very disappointing in the semis of the CL.
RichMay 15, 2021 20:13:28
You get really angry to the point of you eating out the palm of my hand, and yet you think I’m the idiot…..
You’re such a dumb fu*k
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I get it..
That’s your wife’s thought’s,when she’s showing the plumber or handyman around your house,when you- a decrepit old man are at work,building for a comfy,rosy future.
And she’s explaining to you during pillow talk-“Why are you jealous of this young stud?”
@lshola
Perhaps it’s more mentally draining for those players who have delusions of being better than the Europa, or who were previously playing in the UCL a few years ago.
Lesser, or younger players may relish the chance to play in the Europa.
Look at the performance of the AFC youngsters, particularly in the earlier rounds, compared to the more experienced players
@ Ps – Pep has form for failing in the CL, look at his time at Bayern. Similar to Arsene he’s great when he has the best players but no so great when he come up against a side equally talented.
RichMay 15, 2021 20:13:28
You’re such a dumb fu*k
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Do tell us again,how Economics is an exact science?
Still awaiting your response after almost a week..
🙂
PHD2020
I think you’ve spelt your name wrong, it should be PMS2020
You’re ruled by you’re emotions, such an angry little bitch
Go out and find yourself a blind and deaf woman, with no sense of smell, she’ll be right up your street
It’s literally the only way you’re ever getting laid without paying for it 😘
Good luck
Ps
“Lesser, or younger players may relish the chance to play in the Europa.”
Well first of all it’s hard atm to think of Leicester players being “lesser” than Arsenal ones at this time and secondly Leicester had a very poor result in going out to Slavia Prague in the first knockout round of Europa League. Some accused them of not having that real hunger for the Europa League due to being in the top four for virtually all season in EPL. So not quite relishing the Europa League.
Ps
So you do agree that its not Arteta tactics Brendan copied but instead exploited the Chelsea faultlines with the team he had . I am not convinced of Tuchel , he is just a edgier version of Klopp.
Ishola70 Majesticgooner” It’s mentally draining , especially the europa cup, playing on a Sunday”If that’s the case how come Leicester have been in the top four for most of the season while being in Europa League.Their best form in EPL was when they were still in Europa League before the knockout rounds. — Apart from Liecester City, the teams currently in the top 4 are still in Europe. Man City- final Man Utd – final Chelsea – final I don’t understand why people think Arsenal have a higher chance of getting top 4 because we’re not in Europe. How many… Read more »
Tuchel still has lots to do at Chelsea and has only been in the job for five minutes.
@Phd2020 and Rich
Why the vitriol?
And why PhD as your moniker?
Aspiration, delusion, educational snobbery, you better than others, a pissing contest?
If it is a reference to a qualification, you’re won’t be the only person on these boards with certificates.
Doesn’t make your opinions better than others, and does not excuse your bad manners.
RichMay 15, 2021 20:33:27
I think you’ve spelt your name wrong, it should be PMS2020
You’re ruled by you’re emotions, such an angry little bitch
Go out and find yourself a blind and deaf woman, with no sense of smell, she’ll be right up your street
It’s literally the only way you’re ever getting laid without paying for it 😘
Good luck
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That’s your reply to explaining how -Economics is an exact science?
Ok,then..
LOL
Just so I’m up to speed on the latest moniker changes did anyone decide who Ps was? Style seems familiar…
PhD
Just look at the points totals from the Leicester title winning season (81) and the seasons right after to get a better picture what it would take for them to be competitive with City and Liverpool once both Pep and Klopp really got going.
If Leicester winning the title in the first place was a miracle, then there is no word in the English language to describe them making 100 points a season after.
@DivineSherlock
Some of the pressing in the Chelsea AFC game was good to see.
Some of the attacking decision making was poor. Should have had more potency.
AFC got away with some things defensively (mind you Adams et al used to frighten the bejeesus out of me at times).
Chelsea were fairly impotent all told and only rallied near tye end.
There are comparisons to todays game, and much to worry Chelsea for the UCL final.
Pep should mot take things for granted though
I think Leicester themselves would be a bit dumbfounded of being accused of under-achieving.
These are good times for them.
Their EPL title win was beyond good times for them.
@andy1886
Hi
Im a newbie.
Didnt realise i could post withour registering.
Long time ago used to occasionally “play” with ManUtd fans on Arsenalworld messageboard.
Re my style, hope i’m not plagiarising.;-)
Tuchel may do better against Man City and their more “refined” continental play.
Tuchel himself has been leaning on this in the CL. Not your standard English EPL approach from them in CL.
I have said for years that Leicester are a proper run club with proper owners and scouting network they are far better run than us which is embarrassing to say the least
Olumide
“I don’t understand why people think Arsenal have a higher chance of getting top 4 because we’re not in Europe.”
Better chance of top six in the EPL without European football?
Ek statement today on his takeover bid:
He posted a statement on Saturday evening which read: “Inaccurate reports emerged today saying I have not made a bit for Arsenal Football Club.
“I think it’s important to correct the record.
“This week an offer was made to both Josh Kroenke and their bankers that included fan ownership, representation at board and a golden share for the supporters.
“They replied that they don’t need the money.
“I respect their decision, but remain interested and available should that situation ever change.”
According to the Telegraph, his offer was in the region of $1.8billion.
We can play out kids and squad players in the uefa until the last 8 and still go through. Resting the better players for the league it’s not CL footie it’s European minnows footie
The kronkes reply was pure arrogance we should make it that they don’t need the hassle and sell the absolute wankers
@Ishola79
Ite based on Chelsea and Liverpools experience og a season without european football.
Arguably, ata the time, their teams were in a better state than pur ia now
Brenda had his career at Liverpool defined by bottling, he went to Celtic and won everything domestically with no Rangers but was atrocious in Europe, went to Leicester and bottled top 4 from an unbelievably good position last season. That’s his rap sheet to date. They seal top 4 and bag the FA cup and it’s been tremendous for them and him, but fucking comical to dismiss the overwhelming criticism of his managerial career to date like there’s no reason to it. They were even odds on to miss out on top 4 this season before United put out their… Read more »
Rich
You get owned by everyone on here. Youre the Gus Caesar of this site with your whining, ill-informed and often made-up right wing ukip cuntage. A poundshop Katie Hopkins desperate to be noticed and taken seriously. You’re a joke and you’ve been found out.
Charlie
Considering Leicester have been in the top four places for virtually all season then those odds from the bookies looked a little short. I think they are more than deserving of their top four place.
Flip.
Fat thumbs and too many gins affecting my spelling
Ishola
If they lose against either Chelsea or Spurs then there’s a very real chance they go on to finish 5th. Would make the ‘Brenda the bottler’ scoffing a delicious topic to swing back around to, and their final league position will be what they deserve – your feelings are unconsidered.
When was the last time Scottish teams did anything in Europe? Aberdeen with Alex Ferguson a million years ago? Rogers bottled the league coming second. Before Liverpool’s League win last season how many times had Liverpool come second in the league since their previous League win? So Rogers has taken a team that had started to falter, Leicester, since their league win to being a stable top 6 side yet all there is to him is a bottler? I wish, with many Arsenal fans I’m sure, Arteta was just as much a bottler. This has got to be banter right… Read more »
Charlie
Still stands that I think they are deserving of their top four place as they have been in the top four nearly the whole season.
You of course will pray they fail.
These bookies you quote have “bottler” Rod-gers finishing ahead of Arteta’s Arsenal again in the EPL across the board next season in the EPL
Aberdeen and Fergie was cup winners cup wasn’t it?
Even AFC have one of those.
Mind you, on both occasions, they faced better teams in early stages than are in early stages of the Europa
‘’ Brendan does have a better squad but not by much and he shits all over arteta with his management skills and tactics’’
And he still couldn’t beat us at their place
Kroenkephobe My whining? You’re the one who’s always saying thing turn you cold, and how scared you are of a third wave of COVID, and how down you are because we lost a game of football, honestly mate, just grow a pair PMT2020 saying he’s emotional today 😂 You’re a pair of cucks, so easy to trigger You pretend to be virtuous, when you’re just as flawed as the rest of us You’re the type of guys who say to respect all women, with constant virtue signalling, to gives yourselves a vanity boost Then instead of having a go at… Read more »
Aberdeen beat Bayern and Real Madrid on their way to winning in Europe.
Ek says he’s made a bid but has been rejected by the Kroenkes.
Rodgers isn’t a bad manager.
He gained experience with Watford, Reading and Swansea.
Did better than previous Liverp6 managers in EPL.
Resurrected at Celtic in a one horse league.
Has done well at Leicester who seem to be stable.
I just do not feel that he is currently an elite manager.
A few years more, and a move back to a club with a higher profile and pressures/expectations he may become elite
Glad that Chelsea scum lost…
Happy for Leicester.. their success in the last 4-5 years is pretty remarkable, and telling what can happen with a consistent succesful management…
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/15/daniel-ek-reveals-kroenke-family-rejected-bid-buy-arsenal
Rich
Shit but wholly predictable riposte. When poked, you fold and resort to clichés. You’re a fucking baby. Put your big boy trousers on and give it a real go you fucking eunuch.
@PhD2030 and Rich
Get a room.
It’s like witnessing teenagers who deny they fancy each other
Radio Really not sure why you struggle so hard with what constitutes bottling. Liverpool should’ve won the title and they didn’t, Celtic should’ve qualified for Europe and they didn’t, Leicester should’ve finished top 4 and they didn’t. They have Chelsea and Spurs to beat in the league to prevent another year of ‘Leicester should’ve finished top 4 and didn’t’. Nobody is making any claim that Brenda is simply a bottler, but he absolutely has a record of it. To deny that on the strength of an FA cup win is incredibly dim. Ishola I couldn’t care less how Leicester finish… Read more »