It feels like I’ve been cranking content all week and what do I have to show for it?
NOTHING.
No one sold.
No one purchased.
I am starting to lose my patience. Thinking of sending Edu a seriously firm Instagram DM about my feelings.
The Granit Xhaka story is dragging like an N’Zogbia transfer rumour of yester-window. The clubs are in the final stages of negotiations, it looks like it’s going to happen, just get it done. After watching the Italy game, I couldn’t be happier. Xhaka is solid, but you’re simply not going anywhere with a good technician with no pace in midfield. If you are going to have no pace, be Locatelli with the low-punch shots. What a talent.
The story we’re all purring over is Sambi Lokonga. We really have no idea why, other than it feels intelligent and like a Wenger singing of old. New Youtube channel Latte Firm dropped this infographic.
Do I know what it all means? No. Am I going to draw sharp conclusions that this guy is taking Arsenal back to the absolute pinnacle of European football? Absolutely.
There is business to be done this summer and I think there’s a fine balance between making sure we’re ready for next season, whilst raiding European clubs on their knees. Sambi looks like a shadow player for Thomas Partey. Both seem to boast similar features. We need squad players with levels and we need to own them. Our Madrid loan options last season gave us the worst of both worlds. Odegaard did well, we wanted him, but Madrid saw enough promise to keep him. Ceballos had an absolute shocker, stunk out our first team for the most part, so we wasted development minutes on someone else’s player.
I am diving two-footed into the Premier League talent we’re trying to sign. James Maddison, without doubt, would be an excellent signing for Arsenal. Ben White, without doubt, would be an excellent signing for what need from a defender. There’s a lot of scoffing from Arsenal fans that spent 10 years demanding we ‘spend some fucking money’, now we’re doing it on players that will settle into the first team and deliver from day one, people are complaining about fees?
Ben White is a ball-playing centre-back that has made his mistakes at other clubs, he will complement our defence and pick up the good bits of David Luiz, whilst adding what he didn’t have… pace, motivation, and focus. You do not survive a season with Bielsa if you don’t put the work in, boast high levels of fitness, and have finesses on the ball with the ability to move the ball forward. While the internet was purring over Bissouma, their fans were purring over Ben White, who was named their player of the season in the fan vote. That’s the difference between actually watching Brighton and watching comps of Brighton.
James Maddison is an unquestionable talent that we lack. He’s 18 months younger than Grealish, 5 years younger than KDB, and since his Premier League debut he’s one bested by KDB for chance creation. How am I reading Arsenal fans scoff at this name? Someone moaned that he dresses like he’s buying from Hypebeast, what sort of criticism is that? If anything, signing him feels unrealistic because he’s the sort of player that ends up going to Chelsea or United.
Moving on two players of that age and profile moves us up a level instantly. You can’t argue the impact that would have on our season. When you ask Arsenal to spend some money, this is where the pennies should be going. If we’re trying to replicate the City model, this is our attempt at KDB and Dias.
I don’t even want to start on the Calvert Lewin rumors, that’d just be far too sexy for all of us to handle right now.
There’s still smart money to be spent elsewhere. Josh Doig, the Hibernian left-back, is being heavily linked. He’s 19-years-old and 6ft2, but he’s attracting a lot of attention. The worry is if Tierney breaks down, which is likely, you’ve an untested quantity filling in, but also, the benefit is then you are building out someone with a resale value and you also have a succession plan for KT (hopefully we don’t need one). The lesson from last season is young players are hungry and tend to take their chance. I’d be excited to have a promising back-up system being built out.
There’s a good keeper out there, somewhere, that we’ll have to pick up. Aaron Ramsdale for £20m does not feel like smart money when you can pick up someone like Onana for a pittance. Arsenal has been shocking with keeper signings over the years, our best #1 was Emi Martinez and we bombed him off. I know it goes without saying, but if you want an example of why a Ben White type player needs to be signed, just look at how our playing out the back dipped when Martinez left. The best keepers in world football these days can play through the lines better than Mo Elneny, we need to find one if we want to be more effective and unpredictable in this new system.
We also need to build out the right side of our defence. Cal Chambers is a very decent player, his delivery is excellent and he’s tactically astute (everyone at Arsenal loves him as well). The worry is that he very much looks like a centre-back playing right back. I have no idea where we’ll go here, but we need to find a player with the correct athletic profile that can invert. I know, I know… Ainsley could do that role, it’s such a shame he’d rather bum around in center-midfield at Watford than make a career at a club that could take him to the top but there we are. Delusions of grandeur is a bit of a problem with some of the Hale-Enders on the fringes.
We’ve also not spoken much about the #9 position, that might be because our hands are tied. I’m not sure anyone is giving Lacazette £180k a week and Auba on £350k a week is immovable unless he decides like Willian he just doesn’t fancy the slog. To be honest, I don’t think we’ll have a year like the last one from Auba again. The pattern of players we’re bringing in all points towards freeing him up earlier with better chances.
I also think Flo Balogun is going to be a very special player, he’s the closest player we have to Aguerro in style and athletic profile. I’m not sure how Arteta is going to manage his career because there’s a real story to be told with regards to loans. Do Arsenal keep Balogun on the bench like we did Eddie? Or do we send him on a short loan at the start of the season so he can develop in a starting 11? People get absolutely hysterical about loans, but forget that players like Harry Kane went on four of them. Same could be said of William Saliba. There’s no European football next season, what is best for his development? Our bench for 4 months, or Newcastle’s first team for the same time period to adapt to the language and the pace on someone else’s dime? Who knows, but the fact people get so emotional about it is a very, very Arsenal fan thing.
Finally, let’s talk about that time we spent a load of money with Lille that looked VERY odd. Remember I told you to look at the sort of people we were dealing with? Remember the exBarca exec that was at Lille at the time? Remember that outrageous fee we paid Lille who were in deep, deep shit that summer unless they sold at a big price?
The French justice system are looking into the Victor Osimhen deal last summer, as only €10M of €81.3M deal reached Lille. In the last 4 years, former Lille owner Gerard Lopez has transferred €67.7M to companies headed by himself. (@lequipe)
— SSC Nap⚽️li News (@SSCNapoliNews_) June 18, 2021
If I speak, I am in trouble.
Football is a dirty game. Genaro Gattuso lost his job at Fiorentina after two weeks because he brought his super-agent buddy to the table. It is stunning that now Spurs are negotiating with him, mainly because he’s a bang-average coach, but also because it shows their lack of ideas… if you are outsourcing your Sporting Director role to a super-agent, you are fucked.
Talking of the Spurs manager job, let’s use this moment to highlight what I told you in December… fear what comes next. Spurs, for all the banter, is a London club with an elite stadium and a squad people thought could contend the title last season. They’ve been rejected by Poch and Conte. They had to lower themselves to Fonseca, who is a good coach, but coming out from under a cloud. Now they are bumming around with passion merchants and their unsavory handlers.
I’m telling you this because it feels like there’s a pattern emerging. The Premier League is the most competitive league in the world and rockstar managers will only join if they have to tools to win. The idea that we’ll sack Arteta and get Conte or Nagelsmann is fanciful because our project lacks elite levers. Spurs are struggling because no one wants to come here and fight four Goliaths with David money.
It’s still really funny though… really funny.
On that note, remember to check out the two podcasts we produced this week. They are of fine quality. Johnny is no full-time on the team, he changed his bio to reflect the blood agreement we have. Give him a follow on the internet here.
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I think England are missing a box to box mid. Bryan Robson or Indeed Viera or Rambo. Someone to inject some bloody movement, and work rate.
Sterling is a very good attacker. But he has no chemistry with Kane. I would try a 4 3 3 formation with Saka, Kane and Rashford as the front three. I would have either Rice or Phillips as the sole DM franked by Mount and James Ward-Prowse as CM.
Rich
Cazorla was just an incredible player. He would be ideal in our team which demands what Charlie and I have been discussing. At times Cazorla was unplayable, he had two good feet and an incredible understating of the game, a rare combination You’ve got half a chance with genuine ‘ballers in midfield areas. As you say, I’m certain that’s the type we’ll be in for but I don’t think he’ll want that level of risk.
Wenger Eagle
Yea Mount is a player I never thought was this good. I was on the “he is Lampards footballing son” train. He’s like 8/10 at everything. Like him as a CM with a back three behind him.
Rashford is mad overrated for me.
Isn’t even in the same stratosphere as a footballer as Sancho or Foden.
He will always be useful because of his pace and finishing ability but every other facet of his game is average or below average.
Weagle It’s quite something. Every England manager seems to follow the trend. So much loyalty to ‘been there, done that’ types it’s mad. Midfield should be a 3, and it should be Kalvin or Rice, not and. You could play about with the two ahead depending on the occasion. I actually like Mount and Maddison ahead, and would have JWP there instead of one of the RB’s. But you could sit Foden in there, Grealish, Saka etc. They’d all put a shift in off the ball because it’s England and the tournament is 6 games long or some shit. Criminal… Read more »
**Of risk I was refering to Aouar.
Dream
I was a little earlier on the Mount train, liked him at Derby but I didn’t see this coming this fast at least.
He went from being solid and one of Chelsea’s better players to their star man and lynchpin in the space of a year. So much so that Pulisic having second season blues of sorts hasn’t even been on the radar.
I really rate him as high as anyone in that England team other than Foden and Sancho who both have slightly higher ceilings for me.
Andy
“Makes you wonder why England didn’t field that fantastic deep playmaker Ben White ”
Jesus, you guys twist more than a Rock n Roller at the bop. Please behave 😃. White is not a deep playmaker, if you don’t actually get the point about having a centre half who can progress ball like Luiz, then I can’t help you mate. You stick to Saliba being the new Beckenbaur & I’ll stick to White being a ball progressing centre half..
Charlie
“Midfield should be a 3, and it should be Kalvin or Rice, not and”
Yes, it seems crazy what he did tonight. I suspect it’s a combination of him being too stuck in the old school game & being a former defender.
Charlie
It’s pathetic but Southgate is a disciple of that beaten down and mental midget generation after all.
He did well in the 2018 World Cup but he didn’t have Foden, Sancho, Mount, Grealish and Rice back then which he does now so there is no excuse to not be comfortably beating Scotland and playing progressive football.
Any of France, Italy, Portugal, Germany and Belgium will beat that version of England tonight and vs Croatia. Probably fancy the Netherlands too.
“You are talking about Neves yet how much did Xhaka create offensively at all? The long pass? We are talking about final third action.“ What has Xhaka got to do with Neves? They don’t possess an identical skill set at all. Xhaka wasn’t a final third player, he was an excellent progressive passer. Neves is a much, much better creative midfielder than him, Partey, or Anguissa. For shot creating actions they rank in the following percentiles in Europe’s top 5 leagues this past season: Partey: 46th (58th open play passes) Xhaka: 28th (45th open play passes) Anguissa: 53rd (49th open… Read more »
Italy”s midfield will destroy us. Their movement, interchange & press will pin us in with Rice & Philips.
Weagle Every team you named there takes the game to the opponent. Setting up with those two in CM is a neon cuck sign that you’re wanting to avoid exploitation vs actually being the ones exploiting and dominating. Italy have shown the greatest level of control so far for me, and their midfield is full of technical players that are dutiful, not defenders than can play a bit in midfield. It’s a chalk and cheese mentality as you say. Won’t deviate from it, on the contrary he’ll be buoyed by two clean sheets and thinking he’s close to unlocking the… Read more »
Charlie,
They say great minds think alike!! As I said & you mentioned, that Italian midfield is something else. Highly technical players who play forwards and press intelligently in groups when out of position. In possession they switch from 4 to a 3 seamlessly. The team has some shortcomings but not in midfield. Southgate does the opposite, sticks defensive players in.
By the way, “Ken” @ 15:58 is not me. May have to change my moniker.
Where was Kane the world class striker lol
Gilmour decent
Adams good game.
Needed Saka tonight.
I have seen Saka played with Kane in the friendlies. He always looked for Kane to pass. Sterling and Folding are trying to shoot most of the time.
The issue is we have had 2 good managers in the time I have watched England
Venebles and Bobby Robson both went out in the semis on pens
Apart from that we have had a bunch of crap leading us
Italy have a winner in Mancini
France Didier is a winner
Lowe although almost done winner
What have we got ?
Ex Boro manager shit tactics loser
Until we get a proper manager in charge we could have marradonna Pele mesi Ronaldo in the team and we would lose
Mr Serge
To be fair I thought Huddle was pretty decent – unfortunately he mas madder than a box of frogs.
The Ray Parlour story about the faith Healer Eileen Drury was hilarious. Hoddle had some very weird religious views which cost him his job
*Hoddle although Huddle is better!!!
I don’t understand why we need to improve our play from the back and putting all this emphasis that a ball playing CB is going to win us the league next season, when it’s the midfield that restricts our forward play the most. Fuck the fact that it’s hipster and cool at the moment to have a keeper that is Pirlo on the ball. We need to get our shape and balance back. And considering I’ve heard the phrase “3rd best defence since Christmas” it’s absolutely ridiculous to be splashing any cash on CB before rectifying the middle of the… Read more »
I recall that several posters here scoffed at the idea that Emi Martinez was in line to be Argentina’s starting goalie if he played regularly.
Diss.
Whatever floats the Arteta boat haha
Good match … end to end.. Messi is on point tonight.
So what happens if the ref misses a pk kick on one end and Var says it was a penalty and they overturn the no call but in the meantime the other team scores a goal on the other end. Do they then say no goal at the other end?
It almost just happened.. Although I thought the ref was correct, Cavani was going down on his own.
Yeah mid I was wondering the same thing.
Also one angle looked as if he was clearly caught. The other he was definitely waiting for the slightest of touches haha
GooberGooner You have to fix both. We play out from the back and Luiz was the go to choice for that very reason. To break the press you need to be technically good with the ball & not give it away in such a dangerous area. It was one of our problems, we conceded goals cheaply because of it. Without Luiz, Xhaka was relied on for ball progression and sat deep often receiving the ball from our centre halves in our own box. This caused problems so we started playing long from the back losing possession. All because the CB… Read more »
Gooberg-
I guess the goal wouldn’t count on the other end.. but that would be some crazy result. Mayhem would probably breakout amongst the players as well.
Kind of funny to see Lucas T again… I forgot how short he is..
Diss
Emi Martinez is a top quality ‘keeper. I am not at all surprised he is first choice & I am pleased for him. I just wish I could watch these games in the UK. Enjoy, I’m off to bed for some shut eye.
English ladies are domineering(the ones ‘ve been with have attempted the reverse cowgirl), that has led to a beta male culture in most aspects of life, including football.
AFCF
All Copa America games are being streamed by the BBC on iPlayer (usually have to scroll a little to find the live game), and on the BBC Sport website and app.
Yes, Sid I’m sure that’ s Harry Kane’s problem he isn’t getting enough missionary sex.
Full on Messi dribbling skillz show last 10 mins.
Anyhow, after seeing all the teams, now. I just want to see Brazil and Argentina in the Copa Final all the rest aren’t good enough.. They could just skip to that now..
Chile just isn’t the same without Alexis Sanchez and they are aging and defensively suspect.. but they are the 3rd best team I’ve seen..
Uruguay are a 2 man team, not much else going on.
I suppose Colombia or somebody could get an upset in a knockout but doesn’t seem likely.. Just give us the best matchup., now.
Uruuguay is atletico again… physical but boring
I agree Arg v Brazil….
Great skills and RDP is a real baller…. Love that skill from these players
all the English folks on here are zzzzzzz
still smarting from the England draw.
Us yanks get to see the copa america and the euros
Southgate such a joker, saw a tweet that said you must have one of the better if not best attacking sides if you’re not finding space for Sancho.
Get him in.
Everyone is sleeping on saka except arsenal fans
Chuck him in. He won’t disappoint
China
Right, Saka such a sleeper kid finds net when its sooo needed.
Kind of has vibe that Southgate will stumble on right combo, hope it rubs off.
Just watched the game. Scotland were solid and a lot better with Tierney. England lacked ambition and put the wrong players on the pitch. As we all know, England will lose as soon as they meet decent opposition. It was also nice to see a keeper hoofing the ball up the pitch occasionally rather than trying to nutmeg the opposing striker.
I’d be using any two of grealish sancho and saka as my first choice wingers Fuck the established choice. But anyway it’s true England managers are hopelessly cautious. I remember Roy hodgson being lauded for simply not losing so many games whilst having us play absolutely miserable football despite many despite players You wait two fucking years for a tournament to come along. You’ve now got a handful of games to make your name in this world. And you spend it terrified of what could go wrong rather than laying down a marker of how good you and the team… Read more »
The problem with Kane is that, Son is the daddy
Portugal,France looking really good.
Who knows who will win.
Is there a cup for the Euro winner vs Copa America winner/? that would be cool
What the English need is motivation to wake the alpha in them,
Southgate needs to invest in breathable ball gags, nipple clamps and get my help, im the Alpha whisperer.
AFC forever, I do agree with you, we need to upgrade in both areas of the pitch (well all areas really 😂). But this “process” is proving to take a lot longer than “3 years for CL”. The way I see it is that if we have limited resources; I have no idea if the krankes are going to fund a bit of a splurge, but having witnessed the last decades tw debacles, I don’t have confidence we will have a massive summer. That takes into account sales and net spend. I am happy to be proven wrong. But where… Read more »
* having witnessed the last decades debacles and having covid on top of that*
top 4 additions
Aouar 20M
Anguissa 20 M
White 45M
Aarons 40M
Maddison 50 M
175M
KSE do it!
that would win the EPL title
Sell
Guen 10m
Torr 15M
Nketiah 12M
AMN-12M
Nelson 12M
Xhaka 15M
Bellerin 25M
Kolasinac 7M
Mavro 7M
Just right there is -115M if I did the math right
_______Leno____
Aarons_ White_Gab__KT
__Anguissa__TP_ Aouar__
Pepe/ESR___Maddison__Saka
________PEA_________
Genius
What is EdU email address or fax number ? I need to send this to him
ooopps we need 11!!!!! but still…
_______Leno____
Aarons_ White_Gab__KT
__Anguissa__TP_
Saka___Maddison___Aouar
________PEA_________
or we can go with this flattering midfield
__Neves_TP__Lokonga
From that line up, Will Anguissa slot in at LB when KT gets an injury?
Sid
Lol, this guy never fails to make me laugh
Pedro stop with the click bait statements. Spend some f***ing money was when we needed one, maybe two players to be genuine challengers not when we need a complete squad overhaul and Arteta wants to spunk his load on ANOTHER centre half who isn’t even proven. 50mill is obscene for white. We’ve got no business spending over 25 mill on anybody because we can’t afford for them to not work out. Said it a million times we aren’t in with the top clubs. We need to copy Dortmund/RBL/Leicester’s strategy and stop chasing big fees and players stepping down from “big”… Read more »
““ Scotland defender Kieran Tierney, 25, has agreed a new five-year contract with Arsenal which he will sign in the coming days.”
Cant we just dispense with the motions and just make this lad the captain
He’s the perfect no-frills footballer.
I don’t know if this link will work but it did amuse me.
Guns, I prefer to go with the 12 starters.
Highly unlikely anyone would notice and, so long as non of them are Xhaka, it should definitely give us an advantage.
Dissenter yeah Tierney is the awesome signing of the last handful of years (subject to fitness). 24 odd million but if fit would be worth over 50m these days
Martinelli is the other standout bargain tho obviously we’ve not had as much of his involvement since arteta.
But Tierney is exactly the kind of player and signing we should be after. 25m for a player who makes the whole team look clearly better. Exactly the level we need.
Who was the last awesome signing before Tierney? Probably Alexis? You have to go back that far probably. What a disgrace
Re England game Sterling and Foden look lost outside the tight roles they play at City and Foden clearly thinks he is Neymar already. As Barney Rooney said today in the Guardian they looked like a team of leaderless kids, and we really need some quality and experience in MF.
CREDIT to Scotland on a an excellent defensive performance they just lack some real quality in MF and up front.
Only England would appoint a failed championship level manager and still expect big results.
The Maddison situation is interesting. Some interesting comments on Leicester City forum re Maddison. Very much a marmite view. Some suggest that he has major issues off the pitch and his antics have driven a wedge between him and Rodgers. Their is a view that he will be looking for a massive up lift from his current £110 k per week pay. The view from both their forum and looking at things objectively his injury record over the last couple of seasons is that he misses around 20% of all games through injury when he plays he blows very hot… Read more »
What did people think of Gilmour? Seems he may well be available on a loan .
Top top talent for me
Just hope we can get a real high energy skillful Midfielder to play alongside Partey and see some fast interplay again after the ponderous Xhaka years. I think Partey could be exceptional next year with the right players around him.
Hoping Maddison is just a media invention not the player we need.
How many international manager were top club managers?
Mancini, maybe ant Rhein the Spain manager
Can’t think of any other examples
I’ve learned over time to not get in the way of the typical England fan’s use of self deprecation to deal with the three lions
England vs Scotland is like a club derby, form is out the window.
Scotland gave a very disciplined performance and kudos to, them. I don’t think they would have lost to the Czechs, had Tierney played in that first game.
*Mancini, maybe and then the Spain manager
Another England match that put me to sleep.
Pointless talking about signings with Arteta and Edu in charge. With these two morons we’ll only go backwards irrespective of who we sign.
We get rid of players Arteta didn’t want and signed the ones he did yet we seem to need even more players. It’s unending. We sign a £50m holding midfielder and yet I hear we need a holding midfielder (Partey has never been anything but a holding midfielder, weird how weirdos on here think he something more than a holding midfielder).
Read the goddamn signs we’re going backwards.
Like you can’t tell me this list of attacking talent we have could not be lethal with a couple of maestros in midfield to actually lead and take a game by the scruff of the neck. Auba – playing in behind and tap ins come with waaaaay quicker play than from our current setup. Laca – decent enough player, can link up well enough at times yet is sloppy with his first touch a lot when pressured. Can’t seem to find his form from france. He is someone I’d sell this summer but if we don’t, could be useful with… Read more »
I am the best judge of a player around……watched this Maddsion one match only last season – and thought he was typically over hyped and overated Saints 1 Leicester 1 Saints down to 10 men Maddison spent the rest of the game – trying ‘ Beckham’ like right foot curlers in the Saints top corner. Exasperated his team mates throughout. Then got dropped for the cup final. This boy loves himself just a bit too much- and those types upset the equilibrium Just a slighty better version of Gendozi. Avoid. He would be the first one out the door –… Read more »
Radio
What do you make of Ben White
One good season in the championship with Leeds and then he was average the second season with Brighton, that’s when he wasn’t on his knees attending to Rashford.
Now that Arteta wants him, he’s become the ‘premier league ‘tested’ and “experienced “ defender.
Did you watch Brighton last season and wished White was playing for us?
CG
I swear every time I see Torriera play today for Uruguay, I remember that comment about his short stumpy legs.
Yes, you have your unique take and you’re more right than many here.
Ward Prowse over Maddison all day and all night long.
WP is a good egg and can play.
Thank you Dissenter.
Always been a fan.
CG The only conversation I think Arsenal should be having about Maddison is this; Who do Leicester intend to sign to replace Maddison, Then sign that player Maddison is good but why would a chilled player’s manager like Brendan be tired of him. If Brendan can’t deal with Maddison then an inexperienced egomaniac like Arteta stands no chance. They used to talk about players being a ‘good fit’ before signing Are we so desperate and so devoid of long term strategy that we will jump into another bad signing. I think declining Wenger would be champing at the bits to… Read more »
Dissenter I watched a fair bit of Brighton last season and can’t say he stood out particularly. He must’ve player well as most the team seem to play well. Brighton are a good collective (until they were sure of staying up). I was more impressed with how the team played regardless of who they played. Hence, why I like their manager. If a manager can do that with a bunch of low grade tools what can he do with better? That said if I had single out individual talents at Brighton I would said Lamptey and Bissouma. Again there is… Read more »
Dissenter “””swear every time I see Torriera play today for Uruguay, I remember that comment about his short stumpy legs.”””” Torrieira would have been a good player at Highbury- but like Willian, Lick Steiner and Little Legs himself that big Emirates pitch will expose you. Thats why 75 % of our resources should always go on fast attacking players. £50 000 000 om White!!!!!. What a complete failure of imagination on managaments behalf.and waste of good money. Give that same £50 000 000 to The Brentford hierarchy – they have half a team of quality young players before the season… Read more »
If we’re so obsessed with CBs isn’t Pau Torres at Villarreal better value @ £50m?
Radio Raheem
I would say your assessment of Brighton was spot on ..
Always seemed to me that they were just lacking a quality striker
T’loon – Gilmour needs three seasons on loan in France, he’s clearly not ready. I have this on good authority.
This is in fact a very pertinent question. Who will Leicester be replacing him with and how much will they be paying. Leicester finished above us for the last two season and I think 3 in the last 5 years? Maybe more. It would be very arsenal to be paying a fortune for players a better team is willing to sell. Leicester are doing a 2008 arsenal buying quality below the radar players flipping them on to clubs with more money than sense We should be sniffing around whoever they’d be replacing him with instead. They are smarter than us.… Read more »
Pierre
I agree, they lacked a cutting edge.
Radio
“ If we’re so obsessed with CBs isn’t Pau Torres at Villarreal better value @ £50m?”
That’s the thing than annoys me about fans who just kowtow to whatever their favorite manager wants.
People rave about how Ruben Diaz transformed city but will rather take a defender with one year of average premier league experience for big money.
Arteta’s use of Balogun last season was very peculiar..
He played a total of 63 mins in the Europa group games, scored 2 goals with one assist, very impressive.
Taking into consideration our struggles in front of goal last season in the Premier league, you would think that any manager would have given Balogun a few run outs in the league and in the knockout stages in Europe.
I am struggling to fathom out a good reason for not playing Balogun, especially in the last 5 league games when it was clear that qualifying for Europe was over…
Very strange.
Pierre
Arteta is a strange guy, very strange 😀
But that seems to be the main prerequisite to be an Arsenal manager these days.
I take any transfer rumours with a pinch of salt..
I would say that the priority is centre mid , but first we need to move on quite a few players or we will end up having to pay players to leave the club in January due to a bloated squad amid murmurs of disenchantment within the club.
Scotland always play England tough , I think the Scottish probably still hold a grudge over the “jus primae noctis” If football had been around in the medieval times half the Scottish team would’ve been eligible to play for England…………probably. Whether Arsenal actually sign Madison or White remains doubtful, but what is not in any doubt is that if they do sign, it’ll be on disproportionately large wages. The Arteta/Klopp comparisons have died down recently a bit ( I’m guessing maybe because since Trump’s political demise and his social media bans shame has been rediscovered) but all of the Klopp’s… Read more »
“Their is a view that he will be looking for a massive up lift from his current £110 k per week pay.”
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Every player knows that Arsenal will offer high wages. I read that we have almost triple TP’s wages.
Pierre
Arteta has a history of having a bloated squad That’s the way he bins his unwanted players.
I wouldn’t look too deep into England’s performance last night.
For me it was all psychological, England went into the game with the mind set of not losing and it showed in their performance as a draw is enough to see us through to the qualifying stages
If England had needed a win we would have seen a completely different mind set going into the game…
The handbrake should come off v Czech as it may prove important to win the group.
DissenterJune 19, 2021 08:19:35
How many international manager were top club managers?
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The most obvious one that springs to mind is Vicente Del Bosque for Real Madrid and the Spanish National Team- WC 2008 & Euros 2012.
-Rinus Michels-Dutch Team-1974 World Cup Finalists & Euro Winners 1988.
At club level-Barca &Ajax.
-Guus Hindink-Russian National Coach-Euro 2008 semi finalists;South Korea-WC 2002-4th place;Holland-1998-4th place.
At club level-PSV & Chelsea trophies.
England needed some Saka magic against Scotland, no idea what bringing on Rashford was supposed to achieve?
DCL would have been the better sub.
If England wins the group, he’ll meet teams from group F (France, Portugal or Germany)
If England finishes 2nd, he’ll meet teams from group E (Sweden, Slovakia or Spain)
You pick your poison.
If England win the group don’t they play most of their remaining matches at Wembley though?
Home advantage vs difficult opponents.
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England played yesterday at Wembley. It didn’t seem to help them much. Instead they seemed to be infected by the Arteta decease, too many side passes and back passes.
Almunia
Mate keep this up and you’ll be able to do a couple of nights at the Emirates.
It’ll be more entertaining that Arteta’s football.
Almunia
That was lovely.
Only 190 days till the season starts!
I can’t wait.