BUSY SUMMER MEANS THERE WILL BE FILLER SIGNINGS

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The Arsenal transfer news machine is cranking into action and it’s polarising as usual.

The name people are struggling with is Ryan Bertrand, a 31-year-old left-back, heralded as cover for Kieran Tierney.

It’s not a future-facing signing, it feels a little like Cedric and Willian, and it’s not exciting.

I can see the argument, but I can also see the logic with this one.

He’s being signed as a proper back-up. Here for 20 odd starts next season. A truly viable option to slip in to cover for a nearly world-class left-back we have in Tierney.

There are three ways into this role.

  1. Cheap experience
  2. Buy an up and coming talent
  3. Bring in from the youth team

We don’t have a kid that’s ready, hence the mess we’ve been through at the backend of this season.

We don’t have the money to buy-in what would be a luxury sub. I’m also not sure there’s a need to bring in a 21-year-old. Kieran Tierney is the left-back, will be for years, he doesn’t need competition to be motivated, so asking a young player to come in and stunt their own growth might be wasteful.

Kieran Tierney dropped 2700 minutes this season, he would have done more if we’d been able to effectively rotate him. I’d love it if we could give this role to a kid, there was talk it might be Cottrell, but if he’s never played a Premier League game, you are risking that Tierney gets injured and you sink a kid. Maybe the hope of Bertrand is that we can loan the younger kids, then when the more senior player leaves, we have someone with 40 games under their belt at 20 years old. Similar process I’m sure to what we’re going to see with Flo Balogun.

Additionally, I think it’s worth noting this.

Arsenal has the joint 3rd best defence in the league with likely the most unforced errors.

We have the 10th best attack in the league.

The job this summer is fairly straightforward, we need to find a way to lower the amount of mistakes in the system, find midfielders that can transition to attack, and find a couple of players that can add ‘now’ efficiency in the final 3rd. Basically, if we get Auba scoring 30 next season, we’ll qualify for the top 4.

A backup left-back isn’t moving us forward on any of those objectives.

We need to rebuild the right side of our defence totally. We probably need to find a centre back that can replace the positives of David Luiz, whilst eradicating his painful errors. We don’t have ball-playing centre backs (consistent at least) and that needs to be addressed if we’re going to move our game forward.

Those two signings alone are going to be very expensive… and even with a cash injection, we’re not rich, so every penny counts. In your fantasy league team, sometimes you have to take a hit in a low-risk area, I think Bertrand is that hit for the greater good which will see money spent elsewhere.

The second player that is moistening loins is Camavinga of Rennes. The 18-year-old centre midfielder is quite obviously going to be a generational talent, that’s no exaggeration. To hold your own and thrive in that position against PSG means you are a different gravy. If there was a statement signing that spoke to the future Arsenal are building, it’d be someone like him. He has it all, great passing, supreme acceleration, verticality in his passing, press resistance, he looks like he’ll have goals to his game at some point.

He’s very, very young… and not many teenagers make it in that position in the Premier League, but he’s absolutely the type of player Madrid or Bayern snap up and build into a force that stays there for 10 years.

Could just be agent hype, of course, but one can dream that Arsenal are looking into France, hoping to take advantage of French clubs desperation to get cash into their ailing businesses. If we’ve learnt anything over the last decade, it’s that France fosters the best kids that bring the most value to clubs long-term. It’ll be a real miss if we’re spending all our pennies on the expensive leagues this summer.

If Arsenal were to operate like a ruthless business this summer, they’d be hoovering up players from distressed clubs.

There are some other transfer stories doing the rounds. It seems like we’re quite into Sander Berge of Sheffield United. He’s 23 years old, absolutely towering, and 20m Euros is good money and a distress price.

Then there are the exit stories.

WILLIAN MIGHT WANT OUT

Can you imagine? Inter Miami. I think he’d bang there. Ok food, big Brazilian culture, nice weather every day. Fabrizio Romano is getting that story from somewhere and I couldn’t be happier. One would assume Willian landed his green card or whatever if he’s now pushing to exit the club. Whatever the reason, it’d be absolutely amazing if he just wanted to go and play football somewhere that wasn’t Arsenal next season.

We’ll see though. Moving on average senior players hasn’t been an attribute of the Arsenal hierarchy, but let’s see what they have this summer.

Right, on that note, I am bouncing. See you tomorrow!

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MD-Gunner

The stakes could not be higher for Arsenal in this summer’s transfer window. They lost £47.8m in the year ending June 2020 and are on course to lose more than £100m for the subsequent 12-month period. With the season petering out into a disappointing mid-table finish, and the supporters fed up with the KSE regime, the pressure is on the club to rebuild and ensure they’re back in European competition in the 2022-23 season. Technical director Edu will lead the overhaul and his reputation is on the line. It looks like there is no margin for error by Edu &… Read more »

Guns of SF

Def no room for error.

Almuniasaynomore

Wenger Eagle I think milan only have to match Juve’s result,easier said than done given that milan are away to Atalanta mind you ( batistuta keeping me up to date). I wanted to ask you your take on what happens when/if the transfer dominoes start falling this summer, particularly with strikers. Haaland,Aguero,Memphis Depay(and now Kane) look set to get the ball rolling and god knows where we could end up( though I still wouldn’t rule out a covid choked window like last summer). Anyway with a couple of those(prob aguero and delay and also wijnaldum) ending up at Barca, they… Read more »

Rich

Wenger Eagle

The last decade the European leagues have been poor competitively , it’s made a nice change this season with Rangers + Inter, hopefully Lille + Atletico get over the line next week

Arsenal then get their act together this summer, and shock the world with our first title since 2004 in 2022 🤞

Rich

Really hope there’s a market for Xhaka, Elneny, Torreira, Guendouzi this summer, when you add Ceballos to that group, you probably couldn’t put together a less dynamic midfield Our midfield has been flat and one paced for far too long, we’ve been linked with some really dynamic midfielders in Bissouma+ Berge Don’t know much about Camavinga, but he must be some player to break into the French National team at 18, Zidane is apparently a big fan as well My priority would be Odegaard and another top class technician in the final third, but if we can clear the decks,… Read more »

Mb

No to Odegaard please. He is another Dani Ceballos

Guns of SF

Mb
I think Ode wants to go back. His demeanor and interviews do not give a strong indication of wanting to stay.
His audition is over. no thank you.

We can do better than this… Edu is a real idiot it seems. his contacts, Kia, and taking loans from RM is getting boring.

Actually do the job of a TD… what on earth he does is actually a mystery.

Aussie+Gooner

Ian Wright on Leicester City owners:

“After the match, Arsenal legend Ian Wright, a BBC pundit at Wembley, admitted that ‘the jealousy I feel, knowing that an owner can be like that, honestly, it breaks my heart’.”

Dela Mere

Rich

Camavinga is inflammation of the minge.

WengerEagle

Almunia Right you are on Milan. I don’t see them going to Atalanta and winning unfortunately, Atalanta still need to win the game to finish 2nd over Napoli presuming that Napoli beat Verona [Napoli have better H2H record vs Atalanta so a draw won’t be enough for them]. Too big an ask without Ibrahimovic there, Atalanta are just the stronger team. One can hope that Juve bottle away to Bologna and draw. Re the striker situation, yeah I expect there to be lots of movement this summer. Aguero to Barcelona looks a near certainty, weird signing imo considering Suarez is… Read more »

Dissenter

Wenger eagle
Weren’t you one of those banging the drums about Ousmane Dembele here

WengerEagle

Dissenter

Never was a huge fan of his, no.

Always preferred Coman out of the French youngsters.

Mb

Guns of SF

Yes, it all felt the same. Dani boy in his first couple matches and Ode now, with both of them not bothered to join for long and wanting to go back to Madrid.

I also believe Ode will simply block ESR’s development, Arteta eill eventually understand he can’t fit both or risk moving ESR to wide to accommodate Odegaard.

Only problem is ESR has been injury prone and we need ed a back up. With no Europe football, I guess he will do just fine.

China1

Poch was one of the best squad builders, not one of the best managers

He had one of the best squads in the league and won a grand total of fuck all at spurs. Lest we forget wenger was lambasted as long since last it whilst doing similar things on a shoe string budget. Poch is overrated as a coach

China1

I can see Kane joining United, no one else.

Guns of SF

Kane does not seem like a Chelsea man.
This cunt should go to Manure.
Its all shit where he goes… I dont even give a shit about Kane

Dissenter

There’s talk that Julian Brandt can be available for asm low as £17-20 million
We better move in fast before Spurs get that Harry Kane lottery money

bacaryisgod

On a positive note, our record as an F.A Cup team in the last three decades is quite simply incredible.

1990s: 2 finals, 2 wins
2000s: 4 finals, 3 wins
2010s: 4 finals, 4 wins

We’ve reached the final once every three years and have a 90% record in them.

Guns of SF

We have not had much luck with German players…. Poldy, Ozil etc.. Mustafi
They seem to take a while to adjust to EPL and some just dont cut it. They of course are highly skilled and technical but the physicality of the prem might be a lot on them
Not a lot of buzz around Brandt… Id rather stay in league as much as we can or find someone who can deal with the brutality of the prem

DivineSherlock

I know its very unpopular opinion on here , I wouldnt even have suggested it myself last year but considering the mess we’ve had , I wouldnt mind Coutinho . Absolute baller , Knows PL , no.10 sorted. Yeah he is somewhat injuryprone but we dont have Europe either . Play 4-3-3 with him Auba Pepe Martinelli uptop with Partey Bissouma and Coutinho midfield . With that system we need robust fullbacks , With ESR and Saka we would have a strong bench .

China1

Bacary that record is even more exceptional when you consider we had a huge barren run of close to a decade in wengers mid-late years.

The FA cup is absolutely our competition and trophy. I kinda resent seeing any other team lift it even more so than the league because the cup is just ours. It’s that simple

It’s second rate but I’ll always love it. My childhood was spent watching wenger lift it so many times. What’s not to love?

China1

Divine why would you relegate saka to the bench for either Martinelli or Pepe when he’s done more than either of them?

China1

Bacary I think we have a crazy record in the charity shield as well. I know it’s just barely a trophy but still. I like seeing us lift shiny metal things lol

China1

Why on earth isn’t the 4th place league CL qualifying spot given to the FA cup winner? Let 4th have EL. It would put a MASSIVE rocket under the cup for absolutely everyone, big and small. Whether you’re a big 6 team feeling uncertain you can get top 3 or you’re a small club that manages to navigate through a few early rounds and begins to dream. It would instantly return the Cup to being an absolutely premier competition and for me personally I would value it as highly as the league if it did. I know the league is… Read more »

Guns of SF

we dont have the horses for 433
I still think 4231 is more suited to us right now…
a Coutinho would fit there easier

China1

I’ve always found people talking about 4th place as a trophy as frankly sickening. 3rd best loser in the league is more valuable than winning the worlds oldest and biggest competition with a 100% win record. How can that be a thing? Pisses me off to no end

Restore the damned cup

DivineSherlock

China1

Rotation mate , also not saying thats our best XI . With Coutinho as no.10 we can chop and change a little bit. Move closer to the City system .

bacaryisgod

Absolutely China. I’m older than you so my first memory was the 3 straight finals from 78-80 where we somehow managed to lose to poor Ipswich and West Ham teams but won the classic with Man U in between.

For all the criticisms of Arsene, he was the greatest F.A Cup manager of all-time. I think his record in the Charity/Community is 7-2 with one of the losses on penalties.

China1

Sherlock continue is good enough, but I don’t know if he’s the answer at this stage in his career. Could be a game changer or could be the next Willian. I have PTSD from Willian, auba and ozil right now so forgive me twitching with nervousness at the thought of expensive players in their twilight years regardless of quality For me Saka is hands down the best player in the squad. He needs to be in any first choice 11. But he 100% needs to be rotated sometimes with Pepe and or Martinelli. I don’t want to see us run… Read more »

China1

Yes bacary it’s such a brilliant competition. It should be bragging rights and CL prize as a reward. Not like this. Now no one takes it seriously until the semis and no one cares that much about the winner in the grand scheme of things. The cup should be massive. The best teams should be going all out for it and the small teams should be too, dreaming of that magic what if. Now not only do big teams rotate but even more disgracefully small teams do too because the importance is so far behind the league. Even championship teams… Read more »

DivineSherlock

China1

I know right , same concerns but anyone else we buy might just be too expensive or out of reach for us . Considering our options I see a year long loan just like Bale at Spurs .

DivineSherlock

It sounds makeshift but a year with Coutinho and ESR who is still young can develop pretty well .

China1

Nothing makes me softer than seeing fucking Everton squaddies vs Coventry squaddies in the FA cup. Neither side scared of losing. And why should they be when now it’s just a glorified league cup.

Save the damn cup!

Guns of SF

With Edu, I can see Coutinho possibly coming.
Its all the contacts stuff again.. Kia, etc.
I dont mind Coutinho for the right price- which is cheap, real cheap but that aint gonna happen

There are literally thousands of pros in Europe and around the world that we can pick from. Too many choices is a real pain in the pass, but come on… cant we do better than this

China1

Sherlock a loan is fine with me in principle but I seem to recall last year they were talking about comically high loan fees. 10m or something + wages.

Might as well put that money towards a real signing imo. Wages I don’t us paying but loan fees I’m strongly against unless it’s just a couple of mil or something negligible.

A 10m loan fee goes almost half way towards buying Tierney. That’s a very useful sum of money in 2021.

China1

10m would’ve gone most of the way towards buying us Don slobby last summer.

There’s great value out there, the problem is our club has little idea where and how to find it

Guns of SF

Imagine if Willian and Coutinho both lay fat eggs … that would look really fucking bad.
Not sure I want to take that risk for washed up once great Brazlian players. Luiz is already leaving… we cannot be this retirement home.

As I said before, ask Gabby M who his friends are and check them out in Brazil… Heck – we can find all we need in Brazil although I would prefer players from other countries in south america.

China1

This summer and the last 2 windows have been the best opportunities ever as it’s a buyers market in the pandemic

Some teams out there are going to get some phenomenal under the radar bargains who will go on to be massive big names players in the relatively near future. Are we smart enough to be one of the beneficiaries? Probably not.

Habesha Gooner

No to Coutinho. He just spent the whole season injured. He is unmotivated now. We should move away from signing players in key positions that are a spent force. We need to sign players that aren’t over the age of 25 who can develop. I would rather have Emi Buendia or Matheus Pereira instead of Coutinho. Would I want the liverpool Coutinho? Sure. But this is not the same player. Klopp rarely signs players that are old if he isn’t sure they are really world class or are bargain basement backups. We should learn from that.

DivineSherlock

Moot point though , I already see Ødegaard doing all he can to secure his move to Arsenal.

Habesha Gooner

I am torn on sander berge. He has potential. He is a big intimidating guy in the middle of the park. He is more dynamic than most of our midfielders. And he is of the right age. But he hasn’t had the best season. He hasn’t played much and when he has he has looked average this season. His passing also needs to improve for a top team. But he looked good when Sheffield were doing good last season. So he might have underperformed because the whole team underperformed. It is the right profile of player that we should target… Read more »

Habesha Gooner

People are shitting on Odegaard. But if he has a proper manager and he signs for us, then I would be delighted. He is very capable. And his career has shown the more he plays the better he becomes. His career stalled at 16 when he moved to Madrid, then he went back to Norway, then Vitesse and Sociedad always making a better impact each this season on a better league. I think he is very capable of replicating that westham performance over the course of the whole season. He had very good numbers at Real sociedad. We would be… Read more »

TeeCee

Odegaard is Denilson on steroids, runs around a lot, 95% of his passes are 5-10 yards and normally sideways or backwards. I’ll be devastated if we pay a lot of money for him. There’s thousands of players out there who can do what he does, most over-hyped player ever possibly?

shaun

arsenal is just straight up depressing , you taking a look to see what’s going on and you read about filler signing Ryan Bertrand and then further down you see coutinho right going back to sleep had enough of this shit

Left Testicle

Have we signed Bertrand yet? 😄

shaun

oh yeah i forgot the relegation fodder we are also linked with frigging hell you could not make this shit up

sid

Ode is Not worth it, he will cost silly money in transfer and salary. still relying on his youth reputation. neither fast nor physical enough to be an efficient forward in the EPL. Cannot dictate the game like Cesc or Santi, injury prone.

DivineSherlock

I wouldnt judge a player under Arteta , hell even Willian had a good season before he came to us . Aubameyang was scoring goals for fun . Thomas Partey was one of the best CMs under Atletico. Ceballos was player of the tournament for Spain u23s. Guendouzi was highly rated . Torreria had one of the best games for Uruguay national team before we signed him. Even Lacazette was our player of the season .

TRUST THE PROCESS, Guys. The generational one will win everything next year:
The quadruple
Cam/Oxford boat race
Wimbledon
Heavyweight title of the world
F1 title

He’ll take us back to the top…..of the championship

Forgot he’ll also retain his “ team with most sideways and backwards passes in world football”

The Bard

The transfer speculation begins. I would have thought it’s less of a question of who we want and more a question of who would be willing to join us. I expect one half decent signing and maybe a couple of loans.
The idea that we are in for major renewal is fantasy.

@The Bard

Well apparently KSE are going to spring a surprise on us. I think he’s going to announce a new 300 million pound signing. I think the guys Mexican/Spanish. He’s called la new ranch. Great signing apparently

Sorry wrong name it’s la Nouvea ranche .

China1

Anguissa partey ESR is lineup I would absolutely take

The Bard

Thank you and good night. Good shout. Apparently he is the next big thing and is best mates with Kia.

China1

If we can get a real CM for 25m or under it would be fabulous business for arsenal considering we paid 45m for partey.

Such a low price would allow us to still focus a lot more on other positions as well. We can only pray

Don’t get carried away guys. We’ve had 15 years of bollicks about stars we’re going to sign, especially when it’s ticket renewals. In fact if we had a pound for every time Arsenal played out this summer transfer cap, by now we’d have enough to sign haaland, mbappe and Neymar and pay their wages upfront

Bollocks not bollicks

Valentin

China1,

Boubakary Soumaré of Lille is available for £20 millions, but it looks like he is going to Leicester.
Last summer, I was in favour of buying him over Partey. I think that he is a better player than Partey or at least better suited to the EPL. He was also younger and cheaper.

bennydevito

I’m sorry but spending money on Berge when we have Willock smashing them in and AMN, Torreira and Guendouzi on our books is just stupid and would be so typical of Arsenal and Arteta.

Don’t mind Bertrand as a proper back up to Tierney though but fuck Berge we can do much better and have much better already.

MuddyGooner

Shame on Lavassa.
Won’t be drinking their coffee ever again.

This club is surrounded (and owned) by dictators

youdamn

Don’t need Grealish. we have ESR. Spend the cash on a top class mobile midfielder. We have a great knack of buying players we don’t need.

CG

BD

“””I’m sorry but spending money on Berge”””

Never seen him play so difficult to comment . but he is.

A 6ft 5 central midfielder, so he will be even taller than our goalkeepers.

6 goals in his career to date. The same Joe W has scored in his time at Newcastle.

Maybe Mikel wants him to be his ‘ Fellani’ or he sees him as a potential ball.playing center back.

(Surely he will be too cumbersone to play in center midfield?)

This one, like Betramd does not really set the pulses racing.

The ‘process’ has clearly stalled.

Captain Tierney

Habesha

Ode is a good player but I’d only be interested in a deal that wouldn’t cost any more than 25mil.

Because if Madrid want more than 30mil for him then we can just go out and buy Buendia who will cost similar amount in transfer fees but less in wages probably. He is just 2 years older and is putting up excellent numbers consistently for the past 3 seasons.

He is also PL proven.

But if the Kroenkes want to do something exceptional it has to be Grealish.

Nelson

Val
“Last summer, I was in favour of buying him over Partey. I think that he is a better player than Partey or at least better suited to the EPL”
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I believe so much pressure was put on TP too soon. He was not injury prone at Madrid. An experienced coach would know how to take care of his players.

Ishola70

China

Reward relating to difficulty.

Getting 3rd or 4th in the EPL is more difficult and more of a challenge for a manager and team than the FA Cup as we have seen with Arteta.

The EPL found him out as a novice while he could wing the FA Cup.

bennydevito

Hi CG, how you doing? How’s life in South Africa?

Yes the rumours so far are very underwhelming but I try not to stress too much because it’s the same every season and nobody really knows.

I’m totally behind Arteta for the start of the season but that depends on who we sign, who we move on and how well we start. If things are looking bad by October then he has to go by Xmas, but all we can do now is wait and see and be as positive as possible.

Ishola70

Bennydevito “I’m sorry but spending money on Berge when we have Willock smashing them in and AMN, Torreira and Guendouzi on our books is just stupid and would be so typical of Arsenal and Arteta.” Our central midfield is not good enough in regards giving a platform for the team to get a better footing in games and this in itself can aid an offense. Now I am not saying Berge is the one but putting Willock in CM because he can score some goals while his overall game is still not up to scratch isn’t going to improve the… Read more »

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

What has arteta got to lose by not going for a youth look next season…

New keeper

Saliba gaberial. Marri
New. Tierney
Partly. Wilcox
Saka. ESR. Martinelli
Guns
Sorted
Guaranteed minimum 4th.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Is…
Wilcox can learn on the job

CG

BD

“”””Hi CG, how you doing? How’s life in South Africa?”””

(Can’ t complain , Surviving., thank you.)

You and your lad recovered from that Molinuex experience yet?

Poor lad , having to watch that Emery team as one of his first Arsenal experiences in the torrential Wolverhampton rain.

Hope all the BDs are keeping well in Bristol.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

If we can get our money back on TP we should snap of hands

Ishola70

RSPCA

“Wilcox can learn on the job”

Just like Arteta eh.

We will have a situation where Willock will on occasions get plaudits personally for himself for putting away some goals but the team as a whole will still suffer given that he still lacks in his overall game in central midfield.

Frost

Definitely a big fan of Dembele. Really think he needs to leave barca to rediscover his dortmund form.

Crazy how he hasn’t looked the same player since the move.

Ishola70

The player that might be able to help and improve matters in central midfield of those mentioned today is Guendouzi but apparently he is an “animal” and unmanageable.

Mr Serge

Sander berg is a strong player that is mobile and can pass and can also break up play he is very good he has had injury problems this season but when he has played Sheffield have been so much better.vhe would improve our midfield much better than elneny and Xhaka

englandsbest

If we look beyond the current gloom.- yes, it’s been a poor season – we can see that the Arsenal squad don’t need much to become top class. An addition here, a subtraction there, will do the trick. Opinions differ, of course, on who and where. Here are mine: A new GK, someone more suited to Arteta style. No problem. Leno will fetch enough for the right replacement. The defence as it is, plus Saliba, minus Bellerin. Full back is the simplest role on the pitch. Any one of the defenders can play the part. A dominating creative midfielder is… Read more »

Ishola70

Those mentioned that are still on the Arsenal books.

Frost

“Don’t need Grealish. we have ESR. Spend the cash on a top class mobile midfielder. We have a great knack of buying players we don’t need.” Lol yu’all really do writeup nonsense on here sometimes. First of all, huge fan of ESR but grealish is 10x the player ESR is, they don’t even play in the same position. Every single team above us has at least a star player who’s putting up numbers consistently, we don’t.. But yup we don’t need him because we have ESR. A midfielder is important but looking at the teams above us, I can assure… Read more »

Ishola70

Frost

“I can assure you we not breaking into top four if we roll out the same forward line we did this year.”

That begs the question who is more culpable in regards the forward line failing.

The forwards themselves or the man who is managing them?

Left Testicle

Sorry to break it to you but Camavinga won’t be coming to us.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Is…

If you kept one of Wilcox or Amn .. who.

For me it Joe. Amn picked up to many bad traits…

Youth youth youth.
Only domestic to focus on we can do it…

Emiratesstroller

For several weeks I have expressed concern that Arteta does not know which is his best starting X1 and that he has been rotating the lineup far too often. Today the Daily Telegraph has published starting X1 Changes of all teams in EPL since Tuchel took charge at Chelsea on January 27. CHELSEA 74 MAN CITY 72 ARSENAL 69 SOUTHAMPTON 49 MAN UTD 48 EVERTON 47 SHEFFIELD UTD 45 FULHAM 41 LIVERPOOL 40 SPURS 39 WEST HAM 33 CRYSTAL PALACE 30 LEICESTER 30 WOLVES 29 ASTON VILLA 27 NEWCASTLE 27 BRIGHTON 22 WBA 22 BURNLEY 20 LEEDS 17 The key… Read more »

Kroenkephobe

Muddy

Agreed. And so do many other Gooners according to reports. Their company blurb is full of high-minded shit about UN projects and sustainability. But by censuring Arsenal and Elneny, and in turn supporting the parish Israeli Government, they are of course backing a regime that ignores UN Security Council Resolutions that they don’t like about the occupied territories. Hypocrisy of the worst kind. Would be intriguing to know why they did it. Sounds like a huge PR blunder. I’ve never touched their overpriced coffee and will steer well clear.

Kroenkephobe

PS

My other half was in tears yesterday watching a clip of an Israeli policeman strangling a young Palestinian boy to death in full view. Lavazza had a go at AFC and MO for an anodine message of support for Palestine but I bet it’ll say nothing about that. Shameful.

Ishola70

RSPCA

Yes out of the two I agree and would keep Willock over AMN.

With Willock he lacks in his overall game but may improve on that. May improve.

With AMN it’s more a lack of overall application which is less forgivable.

China1

Val all respect to Leicester (genuinely) but even comparing our positions right now you’d still surely fancy him to join us if we offered a slightly higher salary. Regardless of how shit we are the clubs name does count for something you’d hope

Kroenkephobe

Parish? Should read pariah of course.

China1

Frost we’re also not breaking into the top 4 next year with any combination of xhaka, Pyramid Pirlo in the team so why not focus on our weakest area of the pitch before improving on areas where we actually do have some quality

China1

ES that Leeds number is crazy considering how much running they do. Why are they all injured???

Dissenter

Kroenkephobe;
The video that made your other half cry has been deemed to be false. It actually shows Swedish guards detaining a 9 year old in Malmo in 2015.
You’ve been had by fake news.

China1

Why aren’t

Left Testicle

I’ve seen a covert video where bodies were lying on the ground covered in dust and blood after a supposed bomb attack. After a few seconds they all get up and carry on as normal. One reputable TV channel used the first piece of the footage not knowing it was a set up. I am now very skeptical about similar footage.

Ishola70

With AMN it looks a case that he was born with bad traits relating to football rather than picking them up along the way.

Always been lackadaisical on the whole.

Shame because the talent was there.

Ishola70

Twitter is rife with fake news and it is mostly relating to pictures and videos.

They are all at it lefties and righties.

Uwot?

Word on the street is that the krankies are going to do a madness this summer window in order to win back the fans.They’re going to launch a cheeky raid on the spuds for Harry Kane,hoping to do a Sol Campbell & shock the footballing world.Also seriously looking at Jack Grealish.make of that what you will.would be happy with Emerson Royal as RB ,Buendia & Bissouma.If Aubangthemin & Laca go.Kane would be a blast 💥

Kroenkephobe

Diss Ever the dissenter… Those nasty brutish Swedes eh? I did say I didn’t see it didn’t I. I’m going to take a look at the clip. If it is fake, it’ll be entirely consistent with the Israeli government’s softly, softly laissez faire humanitarian approach towards the Arab populations since the late 1960s won’t it?!? The old testament tale of David and Goliath is apposite here – only inconsistency is that the roles have been reversed and the new ‘David’ doesn’t seem to be having much success against the Lavazza loving Goliath. In a nutshell, if you can’t see that… Read more »

Kroenkephobe

Uwot

LOL. It crossed my mind yesterday that Edu would be holding a presser today and pulling back the curtain to reveal a certain Harold Kane. A bigger shock wave in N London than when Sol joined us. Would be fucking hilarious to hear him say he listened to the little boy inside. What a notion.

Left Testicle

Uwot
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Eh?

Nelson

It is no joke. The Gunners’ American owners look set to intervene to help the club pay off a £120 million loan that Arsenal took out from the Bank of England