The newswire is alight, nonsense rumours, bundled with some threads that are of interest.
The biggest transfer I suspect we’ll try and do this summer is Martin Odegaard. Madrid pushed Zidane out and there are journos saying this means the Norwegian will be back in the plans. I’m not sure I believe it. A rebuild is coming to them this summer and they need cash because they are absolutely broke. Perez, the man on the sinking super league ship telling everyone there was no iceberg, is not turning down £35-40m for a 22-year-old that is still pretty raw by their standards.
That doesn’t mean we’ll get him, obviously, there are a million ways to fuck up a deal… but they love him at Arsenal and I think people have underestimated his talent. He’d be an immense signing and one for the future.
Stuart Webber, the Norwich Sporting Director, has put out noise that they are open to selling their stars this summer if clubs come armed with a big number that starts with a ‘3’. Emi Buendia, another player that could blow up in our team, would be a very sexy consolation prize. I like his game because it has the bang-bang of Alexis Sanchez, something our team has sorely lacked over the past year. He’s not a true #10 though, so would be a bit worried about him eating into some development time we have with the younger Hale-Enders.
Matteo G, fresh from burying his nose deep into the backside of Unai Emery this week, looks set to complete a move tooooooo… Marseille. It’s hard to work out what the deal looks like, because no doubt it’s dripping in sell-on clauses, but it’s certainly not a mega deal.
Why?
Well, firstly, sirens generally flash when young kids have blowout arguments with their coaches. If there’s a history that follows your entire career, it’s more than a siren, it’s a pattern. Matteo is 22 years old, he’s always been a problem, then he went to Hertha, dropped a very average season that was capped by an unflattering interview from their coach where he was called an ‘animal.’
There can be a narrative that we handled him badly, but that dies a death when the player fucks the redemption tour. There could also be a view that we tanked his value with coaching. Outside that being a total nonsense, do the people of the internet truly believe the sharpest mines in world football would ignore a top-level 22 year old for a very low fee brutalised by ‘coaching’? Don’t be silly. Matteo G costs what he does because world football knows the deal. When you are a father of 1 and 22 years old your shitty behaviour doesn’t get a pass.
… and I’ll say it one more time for those at the back of the room: Being a dickhead in 2021 is not an admirable trait. It does not mean you care more. It does not add to a high-performance culture.
Dick heads clog up the system. Their bad behaviour creates a gossip vortex. It unsettles. It wastes time that could be spent coaching. It toxifies the air. You cannot afford to carry dickheads, even if they are good, and the jury is still well and truly out on whether Guendo can hit the heights.
There’s some Sheffield news that Sander Berge is interested in Arsenal but they want to recoup his full fee. Not sure they’ve seen the news, but there’s no chance anyone is dropping full fees on relegated players this summer. There’s also a low chance anyone is going to take the valuations of Sheff U seriously after they dropped £18m on Rhian Brewster.
Eddie Nkeitiah is attracting the interest of Watford, who are next door to us in a training ground sense, and back in the Premier League. His price tag is £15m, which is a snip, and mostly because he’s down to the last year of his deal and I don’t think there’s an option for us to extend. I think the better move for him is Brighton. They have a clearer need, a better coach, and the shops are really nice in Brighton… AND BISSOUMA.
Daniel Ballard took Blackpool up a division in a hard-fought battle against Lincoln in the play-offs. I don’t know if he’ll make it with Arsenal, but doing 32 appearances at 21 years old in a tough league and going to Wembley is very impressive. The Blackpool fans love him, hopefully, he goes back there next season for another rough and ready season.
William Saliba has been shortlisted for centre-back of the season after only 6 months in Nice. The painful back and forth of ‘will he stay or won’t he’ is very boring. Pretty sure he’s going to get a chance this summer to impress and if he’s good enough and strong enough, I think he’ll stay next season.
Right, that’s it, enjoy your Bank Holiday/Memorial Day weekend!
Eddie Nketiah has the rarest and most valuable quality in pro football: he is a natural goalscorer. Big, big mistake not to keep him.
Regarding Eddie, “Big, big mistake not to keep him’
He has one year left on his contract
Do you want to take that chance, what if he refuses to extend and he walks away for free next season?
Something has to give at centre forward, we’ve got no European football
Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, Balogun, Martinelli, and potentially Pepe, 6 players for one position is a bit OTT
Nketiah is at an age where he needs to play in order to develop, so I think he’ll leave, particularly as we’ve just renewed Balogun, and no moves seem to have been made to renew Nketiah or Lacazette
We’re probably stuck with Aubameyang, so I suspect Lacazette will leave
Even then numerically we could probably loan out one of Martinelli or Balogun until January when the African cup starts
Kroenkephobe Don’t worry, I’ll be drinking out of an umbrella next week if I have to. You’ve introduced some names that I’m not familiar with so I’ll have to check them out( or just ask Wenger eagle). Auba is such a tricky one. If we let him go, say to chelski for example, he could well do a rvp at utd. But I think that now the situation has changed,I don’t see us as rivaling Chelsea for a title shot. And I also don’t think Auba would haunt us for too long,I agree with Charlie,a couple of seasons is prob… Read more »
Dissenter Excuse me, I’ve been the biggest champion of how poor our attack has been all season. I don’t need to dish up a percentage of blame between manager and player, I’m saying quite clearly that the captain of the football club should be much, much better than what he delivered – all circumstances accounted for. Not at any one point during the season did he provide a lick of star power that he’s been paid to do. We’ve ebbed and flowed in spite of the club captain, and that’s a big problem if it continues. – Almunia I like… Read more »
Damn.. I just wrote a lengthy response to Dissenter and Almunia. Sorry guys, can’t be bothered to rehash it. In short…
Dissenter
Basically I’ve been the biggest critic of our attack, but give me a break on Auba. We’ve played well and poorly with no input from him. That’s terrible for the star striker and captain to be so ineffective. He’s a lot to answer for.
Almunia
Really rate Abraham, just not for the money I think it would take to move him over. Save the big bucks for guys that can provide a spark.
Rich
I’d definitely give Pepe a try up front. If we added Buendia and sell Eddie,absolutely. The big problem would be the pressure that Arteta will be under to deliver,it might not allow Pepe the time required to settle in to that role, even Henry struggled starting in switching roles. Don’t see us selling him though and if we get Buendia to go with Saka, martinelli,esr,partey and possibly even ode,then yeah,try pepe up front,he can always revert back if it doesn’t work.
If ridicule could kill, there would not be anybody left in the Arsenal management team.
After all the shenanigans with Andy Woodman, Arsenal tried to entice his son Freddy Woodman to join us and he allegedly refused to sign for us. According to newspapers Arsenal contacted him to explore the possibility of luring him to London in exchange for Willock.
However that plan is said to be dead as he does not want to be No2 to Leno, he would rather go back on loan at Swansea and be their No1 for a third season.
No bother Charlie, as the world’s slowest typist I can feel your pain. Abraham’s price will be interesting, let’s wait and see what they want, might be a good way of sorting the Auba situation if kroenkephobe’s swap idea was a runner. That’s enough idle speculation out of me for one day, good night all.
Let’s get Lukaku he is a beast sell him the dream
For the ‘shit coaching crew’, Kieran T:
“I listen to everything the manager tells me, word for word. I love working with him, he’s helped me massively. If you can see the differences in my game in the last 18 months, it’s because of Mikel Arteta and what his coaching staff have been telling me to do”
Danny
Well said. We need mids who actually work to control and dictate the game. Lions ready to attack… not meek sheep like Ode.
We do not need Ozil part 2. Trust me, if we loan him I might be ok, but like Danny, he will not be what we need. A one footed player. No thank you
Pedro
Whats up with cutting and pasting Arteta sound bites by players? ESR was saying the right things… a kid of a few words, getting ready to extended his contract. What did you expect him to say?
In fact, no players are that dumb to critisize Mike in the media. They know what happens when this goes down.
I have a hard time believing our players are so dumb and blind to some of the tactics and line ups of MIke.
Its why Mike is still looking for the mole….
Pedro,
Line ups and tactics are essentially one in the same. Your line up dictates your approach to the game. So criticize one and its basically the same for the other..
The false 9, the one man midfield, the over playing of certain players, it all adds up.. Its part of his coaching that is woeful.
Pedro, you really need to stop posting players’ testimonial quotes what a great coach Arteta is.
It’s a bit embarrassing by now.
I’m sure they all mean every world of it too but I’d rather look at results of said coaching.
Judging by how Tierney defended Mahrez when we played City either Arteta gives shit instructions, or Tierney doesn’t follow them too closely.
Maybe he should watch Chilwell play the position under Tuchel instead to get some pointers.
Tom, a powerful low by you to criticize KT. Think the only person embarrassing themselves is you
Guns, I’ll take a KT opinion over yours on coaching tbh
Guns, weird angle that you think a high performer homegrown talent would lie about coaching and give his early career to a bum. Same for Saka and Gabi I suppose?
‘ Matteo G costs what he does because world football knows the deal’
Fair enough. That same world is only offering 15m for xhaka so they must know the deal too. Not very valuable because he’s not very good
Pedro his defending Mahrez on the City goal was a textbook how not to.
Give him acres of space on the wing before the pass, stay six feet off once he gets the ball, and then keep backing up into your penalty are until………
But it’s me who should be embarrassed, ok then.
We’ve seen with our own eyes countless examples of poor lineups, tactics and players getting stifled by Mikel
We’ve also seen what happens to players who don’t brown nose him.
You can ask all of the following players what happens
Saliba
Martinelli
AMN
Pepe
Martinez
Nelson
Ozil
Tom, take the ‘Tierney is no good’ argument outside a blog and tell me how it goes
China thank you… my points exactly
IF we had a decent coach, we would have done better this last season. Not sure how you want to keep spinning this Pedro? Mike made a lot of mistakes this season…
There are probably three players who would give MA a good testimonial if they were being honest. Maybe four, if you asked Pepe in the last 5-6 weeks. I’m sure Gabi, Leno and the others have a different opinion. They’re just not suicidal enough to share it in the media.
Pedro you wanna bet I can find some player comments for emery? Off the top of my head there was David Luiz and laca.
But then that would shit on your little copy paste routine won’t it?
Eddie either needs to be sold or extended and loaned out imo
But considering our need for cash and his British CF premium I think selling is the easy route and I’m ok with that even tho I’ve not completely written him off
Pedro
You don’t have to go far to find things said by players about their manager, it’s not like they say negative things except they are looking for a move.
It’s true that Eddie has an amazing poachers instinct and that is really valuable The problem is he has absolutely nothing else to his game. He doesn’t have a good first touch. He doesn’t have great link up and isn’t going to be picking up lots of assists. He’s not very good at hold up play. He doesn’t have amazing trickery to make space for himself when crowded out. He doesn’t have any physical presence whatsoever and is one of the most easily bullied CFs in the PL. But he might work on and improve all those points with game… Read more »
Eddie should be a make weight for Bissouma.
No question- we should use what resources we have and exploit them for max gain… Sorry Eddie…
Guns, best coach in the world managed 8 points more than Arsenal and said this season was his greatest achievement. He dropped 30 points on the season prior. Would love to know the coach you had lined up for Arsenal.
Rocky, finding quotes of players that exited Emery would be devastating to my opinion, it really would. 😂
Saka on emery
“For me, Unai deserves a lot of credit for the belief and trust he put in a lot of us,” Saka admitted. “He is a good guy and a good manager.”
Tbf there’s no need to compare emery and arteta any more because that battle has already been conclusively won by emery as the better manager – and this doesn’t mean Emery is an elite manager
Pedro, why you love Arteta so much? What do you find about him that is so appealing? in the beginning you sold us on a few things, but given how this season ended, and how we basically tanked it by December/Jan, what makes you think it was so succesful? So what if we were 8 points off 4th, Even after the EL disaster, you suggested he get canned. Now you are copy pasting quotes from players on how good he is etc. I respect that you want him in charge, but most of us dont see what you do. I… Read more »
China, super compelling and insightful quotes there.
Guns, you said he was a bad coach earlier. Wondered if you had anything to back that up. Then Tierney spoke.
‘Shit coach’ needs to have some substance and you don’t have it.
We move. Enjoy your door dash.
I hope next season we let go of the hand brakes and play more offensively, I want to see more runs to the byline and cut backs into the penalty area. If pepe goes there, saka and auba should be in the box with tierney covering the wing. On the other side if saka cut back, pepe and auba in the box, with the RB covering the other side. This gives us more options in the box, and makes use of the lethal finishers that we have. No more of this cross till we score bs that we kept watching… Read more »
Bad coach – 8th place, EL loss to inferior team- to former coach, no cup wins, no Euro qualification now, poor player management, on and off the pitch, questionable tactics, etc… pandering to vets
That is a bad coach when we have a better squad than the year before and a generational and saucy manager
lol
Anyhow, I hope this season Arteta proves his doubters wrong. Short leash time
Systemic problems aside, he really needs to prove his coaching- no excuses…. get us back to scoring goals and winning. Not just being hard to beat. but actually getting back to being an attacking side, who plays on the front foot more … just play attractive winning football basically
Guns
Also for artetas sake he knows when to experiment with the side next season.
“Divine, if someone cannot contribute positively to a high performance culture and behaves in a toxic manner, they go. That sort of behaviour is a cancer and it reflects incredibly poorly on leadership if they don’t act.” Absolutely right, Pedro, and is why Arteta and his motly crew need to be fired because He can’t contribute to a high performance culture and has incredibly poor leadership skills that include Arteta’s myopic non-negotiables. The tester? Bring in a proven respected leader, such as Rangnick, Campos and Overmars and see how long Arteta takes to be collateral damage along with his muppets… Read more »
Guns,
Give it up buddy. We’ve already established that The Sauce is not to be judged by results, tactics choices, chance creation, man management decisions or any other parameters that apply to mere mortals. Trust the process!
Pierre Your previous banter at my lack of golfing nous with my son made me chuckle. I’m learning fast but still can’t see the golf ball a couple of seconds after my son tees off. Absolutely no idea where it lands unless I stand down range in a bomb disposal suit as my son slices well at times. My son wants to have the latest TailorMade M2 for his first driver.My son is almost 13 @ 176 cm and has a lot of power for his age from his gym training. His carries range between 225 and 300 yards at… Read more »
Love the team not the regime.. I just need to see some results…
So many buzz words attached to this shit show… just win man.. win
Just have to put up with this a little over 6 months, than one of two things will happen, new footballing team at AFC or Arsenal will be in the top 4 starting 2022 and many here including yours truly will eat their words, but that is not going to happen as I trust Arteta will give us a 2nd semi performance more often then the FA Cup game beating Man City.
?
With this making the rounds:
Romelu Lukaku, Declan Rice and Adama Traore on Thomas Tuchel’s wishlist as Roman Abramovich signs off £200m spending spree.
Just hoping for new execs at the top for Arsenal even better if it would be new owners, otherwise we have to put with more of Pedros’s excuses or worst changing opinions like a wet noodle in the wind.
Picking up bits and pieces that are just laughable. AFC needs a goalie and this story makes the rounds and if it comes to fruition it will be egg on Arteta’s face and the Emi advocates here will be screaming. “With Juventus eager to get rid of Sczcesny, it’s unlikely they’ll ask for an outlandish fee, and Arsenal would have the opportunity to prove to the fanbase that the club still has a desire to compete.” Somebody with the handle of Gunner4Ever posted something that many here may have already contemplated. “Next season I’m following another team until Kroenke leaves… Read more »
Charlie I agree with your Odegaard assessment, but think differently regarding Willock. Odegaard, Buendia, TP and ESR can make up the midfield pairing to be interchangeable to suit teams we are playing. I said last season that Odegaard would be TP’s best partner laying a little deeper with ESR as the main roaming #10. Buendia would offer ESR the respite he needs for rotation and injury, but also can interchange with Odegaard. All 4 can press hard collectively and play the quick 1 and 2 touch football moving the ball in to the final third that leaves opponent’s flat footed… Read more »
From Pedros link on Ode & Bwendia:
Ode link up volume makes him suitable in the Firmho role up top, to bring attackers on his left and right into play. His ball retention ability is better than using Laca as a CF.
Bwendia on the other hand is good at ball progression and defensively should be more solid than Xhakalson, a good fit for midfield.
Fucking hell 300 yds for a 13 yr old is immense. There are some tour pros that don’t average that with a driver. Jordan Spieth, one of the best golfers in the world currently in great form for example, averages 298yds with a driver. 75 yards for one club is a big gap though, so you could be overestimating some of those lengths. Also the M2 is from 5 years ago, maybe you mean the SIM2. For a recurring slice the most usual culprits are a bad grip, or being late to open your hips on the downswing.
Que? Was war das?
I don’t think Aubameyang is the striker we need if Arteta is going to persist with his Pep-lite version of Artetaball. Many have brought up the inclusion of Odegaard and ESR into the side as the catalyst for a better 2nd half run, but also the team was playing much better once Lacazette got more time as the CF, and I don’t think this is a big coincidence as Aubameyang never really got into sync with Odegaard or ESR even after he came back and started playing more. It’s tough to find good strikers so I understand the sentiment of… Read more »
Aubameyang would happily cross over to Stamford Bridge and score bucket loads of goals , there is a manager who knows how to get the best out of him . What is with you people dissing the only WC player in our team ?
MD I was talking to Tony about his son’s golfing.
Sherlock I don’t think I once “dissed” Auba in my comment, he’s a WC striker (but prone to some emotional vapours unfortunately) whose primary skill set in my opinion won’t be optimally utilized by the current manager.
The thought of Bwendia feeding Auba all like he does Pukki…
The best manager in the world has recently won the CL, league and come close to 100 points in a second place league campaign. He’s also played half of this season with bugger all CBs
But do go on comparing Klopp and Arteta because this is so silly it’s not even funny
Luteo
Look at the previous page of comments though . Really bad takes on here , you are correct the manager has failed to get the best out of him .
Luteo I have no idea about golf and learning as I follow my son. He has Melesy range finder so he checks via that, which he tells me is within a yard accuracy. His golf pro, a current world record holder, also checks my sons drives and I’ve been with him every day now for weeks watching the ball disappear immediately from sight and in need of binoculars. He’s hit 300 yards a few times, but his mean average is 256 yards so from what you’re saying is great for his age. He uses a cable machine in our gym… Read more »
Sherlock
I’ll take your word for it, bad takes are one of the comment section’s calling cards. Sorry I thought you were referring to me.
Kroenkephobe/Almunia I forgot about the Zola song using Lola. Being teetotal now for several years I don’t share your love of the many types of bitter and lagers available these days. However, I do remember being near Chorley a few decades ago where they had a local brew called the Pendleton Witches Brew if memory serves me right. 1 pint and you felt you’d drank 3 pints of other ales and 2 pints and the trip to the toilet became a Krypton Factor challenge. As it’s the season of frustration and trolly dashes and almost buying who we need and… Read more »
Forget machines, the cause imbalance leading to injuries, clean and jerk is the real deal
Im telling you for free!
Tony yeah that is really good for his age, very impressive. I’m looking forward to golfing with my son in the future, he’s all of 7 months now so still quite awhiles away though. I could talk golf all day but still very short on knowledge compared to a pro, so any advice you hear here or elsewhere should be secondary to your son’s coach who is getting a live, first hand look at his swing. Clubs are all about personal preference, whatever feels best to each person is usually the way to go. In my opinion the best thing… Read more »
it would appear I can’t add the link here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu6BiKAoVHc
1st track Steve’n’Seagulls – Thunderstruck
Luteo Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. Being retired I’m really looking forward to how he progresses. His 2 coaches/pros (son & father) are great and seem to be suitably impressed with my son so far. Time will tell if it’s a new sport bounce or he has something to offer the sport. Te main thin he’s enjoying it and also not letting it affect his online learning from his new school, which when he attends in person has the benefit of a school golf club with the golf course minutes away. Some cool courses here in Thailand, so looking… Read more »
Luteo isn’t wrong – 300 yards is unreal at any age.
I drive 220 on a good day. Hopefully today, many times.
Tony Even if it’s only occasional, a 300yd drive normally can’t be manufactured just through strength and weight training, it takes proper swing mechanics so if he is reaching those numbers at his age while still being rather new to the sport I’d say his pros have reason to be optimistic. Of any practical advice I can offer, it’s that golf scores are decided in the last 100 yds. Short game is everything. If I took a pro’s drive and played the rest of the hole with my game, my handicap likely wouldn’t change at all. Similarly if a pro… Read more »
Cheers Jamie! Good luck out on the links today 🏌️♂️
Luteo All makes sense. He only took the sport up a few months ago, but took to it like a duck to water from what I’ve been told and witnessed. I’d actually like to play but my hand to ball eye coordinations has never been that great except playing rugby decades ago. I lost a lot of sight from my left eye in an accident, so I have to rely on my dominant right eye. I help my school’s record for cricket fielding with 6 golden ducks in a row. Was renown for my air shots playing tennis. If I… Read more »
Tony
LG’s idea of using trackman is the way to go for your son, especially if the heat is unbearable outside.
I’m sure you have the room and the finance to set up trackman as you are incredibly rich….is this you
https://youtu.be/8dPzFUiY-tg
Kin ell lads
I come on here expecting to read about men knocking a ball around on grass and what do I get? Golf! ⛳
Hi fi systems and golf are both fair subjects in my opinion especially while it’s silly season. It’s been getting far too esoteric on here lately so a very welcome reprieve. It won’t be long before we’re bemoaning the decisions made by the assorted idiots at Arsenal. Pre season is only what? 6/7 weeks away?
I held*
few hundred balls*
such complements*
Jamie
“I drive 220 on a good day. Hopefully today, many times”
Tony and LG were talking about golf , not driving in your sinclair C5 up the end of the road and back.
Pierre
You are a card.
Kroenkephobe
You up for the playlist I mentioned above?
That’s why I will always hate Chelsea because they have the 2nd most arrogant fans.
Tony
I’m sure your son will have many years of enjoyment (and frustration)on the the golf course.
Pity you can’t join him , maybe if you install trackman in your house you can play virtual golf together.
Marseilles wants Guendouzi for €8 millions plus add-ons, and Saliba on loan for a season. If those happen, then the values of those players would have really plunged. What is the point of signing a player in a 5 years contract and loan him 3 years? Especially if the initial fee is quite high for somebody of his age, by the time he is considered ready, he has only two years left and the club must start negotiating a new contract which will be impossible as the kid will not feel any connection with the club. If we sell him… Read more »
Pierre Just started looking at the Trackman with my son. Extremely interesting and we have the room in the house if I deconstruct 50% of our gym. My wife wouldn’t let us loose to reconfigure in any other room. That would break the happy wife, happy life rule! That said, it’s something for the future for the indoor set up, but maybe the mobile Trackman 4 is the way to go first for him when he has managed a certain level in the next year or so. At nearly 66 my weight training is more maintenance these days where I… Read more »
Liverpool before Klopp was for years stagnating behind Arsenal, and now we do things like spend £30m on a CB that may never play a league game for us, meanwhile Liverpool are getting studs like Konate for only marginally more than that. No wonder the two clubs have gone in completely different directions the last few years. I miss the days when the bin dippers had to settle for the likes of Joe Allen as their marquee signing of the summer.
“35*C to 40+*C at the moment makes it too hot for me to be in the sun too much.”
This brings back memories. When I was in Thailand in the 38 heat, I put on my army helmet.
It was actually cooler if the sun does not shine directly on your top.
So torreira is shit… guendouzi is shit and a headless chicken…so begs the question why do the same people who say this say emery had a better squad and should have gotten top 4 yet excuse arteta for tanking us to 8th?Can someone help me understand this logic?
Apparently Ramsey was the difference maker according to the same people who were slating him when he was our player and the same people who didn’t want the club to extend his contract. It’s funny.
Luteo Guenreira You should not take too seriously the large number of transfer rumours posted by media or circulated by players’ agents. Most are not remotely true. The positions where Arsenal are most likely to recruit are: GK [2nd String] Rumour has it that Ryan will be recruited on a free. RB [1st String] If Bellerin is sold LB [2nd String] DMF/CMF [1st String] if Xhaka is sold AMF [1st String] To replace Odegaard if he does not return. CF [1st/2nd String] If Lacazette is sold I think that Saliba will not be sold and will replace Luiz and Willock… Read more »
And lol to the pompous ES calling out people for having no positive things to say about the club,the owner,the players etc yet he us the one who has nothing positive to say about guendouzi,who is an arsenal fc player
raptoraMay 31, 2021 15:14:22 “EmiratesstrollerMay 7, 2019 08:50:33 I have been a supporter for over 60 years, but to be honest I have not seen the club in such a mess as now of its own making.Let’s be quite brutal Arsenal have produced some pretty awful teams in the past, but not when they are earning annually in excess of £400 million. It beggars belief that we are in such a mess when a club like Ajax can build a successful team with revenues of just £100 million.”^ Under Emery.“EmiratesstrollerMay 21, 2021 10:45:51 I have experienced highs and lows during… Read more »
Daniel Altos My so called pomposity is actually realism. How much do you think that Arsenal are actually going to spend in this transfer window? A realistic figure with all that is going on in the world at the moment is probably £100-120 million factoring in that we are not playing in Europe this season. People like you should take a reality check. I suggest that you take a look at the results and study games a little better. Arsenal’s defence was the third tightest in the EPL this season and conceded very few goals after Christmas. Clearly we will… Read more »
Daniel Altos
I call out people who devote their entire time to slagging the club and have nothing positive
to say.
There is a huge difference between “constructive criticism” and those who repeat posts criticising Arteta and their other pet hates. It is not exactly productive or going to achieve anything.
There is a huge difference between “constructive criticism” and those who repeat posts criticising Arteta and their other pet hates. It is not exactly productive or going to achieve anything.
You also repeat posts saying guendouzi is a headless chicken. .dont you have anything positive to say about him?
Daniel AltosMy so called pomposity is actually realism.How much do you think that Arsenal are actually going to spend in this transfer window?A realistic figure with all that is going on in the world at the moment is probably £100-120 million factoring in that we are not playing in Europe this season.People like you should take a reality check. I suggest that you take a look at the results and study games a little better.Arsenal’s defence was the third tightest in the EPL this season and conceded very few goals after Christmas. Clearly we will need a new RB if… Read more »
Balls should be launched via a swing of the leg and nothing else I’m afraid
Odegaard for 60m euros? Absolutely not for me. Good player. High ceiling. I’d take him back for 30m (not that they’ll sell that low). I don’t think we need to be paying more than 35-40m for this kind of player but if we are going to spend 35m I’d rather it was Buendia
Daniel Altos
What constitutes a tight defence if it is not conceding goals?
I have expressed on many occasions that the right side of defence needs improvement. Hopefully we will recruit a decent right back. However, I don’t see Arsenal spending mega
bucks on a Centre Back. I think that Arsenal will give Saliba a chance to prove himself next
season.
Let’s judge how good West Ham and Spurs are next season when they are playing midweek in Europe.
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Personally I would like to see Odegaard return, but I agree that Euros 60 million is optimistic.
A realistic transfer fee is probably £40-45 million.
Real Madrid need money, but they will also have to factor in how many other clubs in market
will be prepared to spend more for this player than Arsenal.
ES but I suspect very few teams outside of England both need Ode, have 40+m to spend and also are willing to spend so much on a single player. Juve maybe?
The less unvolvement that Ozil has/had on the pitch the more we have regressed as a football team.. Of course this might just be coincidence ….but I doubt it. The less involvement that Ozil has/had on the football pitch the more our creativity has regressed along with our ability to put the ball on the back of the net Of course this may be coincidence ….but I doubt it. Odegaard is a poor man’s Ozil who works a little harder and loves tracking back, but does he have Ozil’s vision and ability to drop a shoulder to beat a defender… Read more »
Haha Pierre 😂😂
Pierre
Seriously? Still?
Odegaard is a modern no.10 that works fir the team. Ozil is a relic of the past.
Ozil created about 4 assists in 2 fucking years man. And even his chances created stats went through the floor.
Our ability to bring players in will be dependent on our ability to move players on, in what will be a difficult market We’ve got a first team squad of 29, and we only really need a squad of 22 next season, direct competition for places is healthy, having 10+ senior professionals outside our match day squad is very unhealthy, and kills internal competition for places I’d love us to buy a top young right back like Max Aarons, but without moving on 3 of Bellerin + Soares + Niles + Chambers , numerically it’s not possible to bring in… Read more »