GOOD MORNING.
How are you today? Still sad? Still raging at the dickheads that ruin nice things for England?
Be all of those things, but it’s time to get things back on track. The Arsenal are about the start preseason and there’s simply loads to talk about.
William Saliba did leave to go to Marseille for his third loan back to his home country. Call me mean, but I think this is a weak move from the player. If you think you are ready for a starting spot in our back four, and you’re told you are not ready, go to a Premier League club and make a statement. Maybe the offer wasn’t there… but I suspect it probably was. What tipped it? Comfort? Or a lack of desire? We’ll find out next season. Good luck to that man.
There is VERY interesting news that Joe Willock has seduced MIkel Arteta with his outrageous run of form at the back end of the season. The coach wants to keep him as part of the Arsenal plans next season. I’m not sure about this, we’ve been here before, this is AMN all over again. If there’s £25m swimming around for him this summer, we should probably let him go. I suspect this is negotiation tactics from Edu. We don’t need to sell, but we’ll lose him if the money is right.
The Arsenal Admin is playing games with our heart. Smith Rowe is getting a new number. Will it be #8 or… #10. Really hoping he lands that #10. What a statement that will be from the club. No way he’s not signing a new deal with that sort of prestige on his back.
Question is, what would that mean for a HUGE name like Maddison? Surely that would end that idea? Would Maddison at #8? For double money, I’m sure he’d take #67. I mean, I am still struggling with the idea that Arsenal are going to find £70m for anyone this transfer window… especially with the bargains going on in Europe. But we’ll see, I didn’t expect us to move hard on Ben White this window, but that seems to be happening.
Balogun has been given the #26 this season and promoted to the first team. I’d love to see him land minutes this season, so I hope if he’s the third striker, he’s picking up time in a season slim on games. He has an edge athletically that Auba and Lacazette don’t have.. so it’s a big chance, but he really has to make his moments count next season. Stand up, be counted, make a difference.
Short and punchy one today. I am recording a Twitch Stream Podcast with Johnny a little later. Tune in at 6pm GMT, come with questions, enjoy the live vibe of it all.
You have to get used to seeing a desperate side of Arsenal, from the amazon prime doc to this pre-season game
The club may no longer care about being seen as classless, they just want to stay afloat any way it comes.
Eddie!!! What a miss!
Eddie clean through and puts it wide!
Okonkwo is big.. very big
Reiss/AMN/Auba look hungry
Willian looks heavier and slower
And Nketiah wtf
Free with your ST
Nelson looking positive, Willian with a 30 yard pass back into our own half already…
Eddie remains Eddie. Still missing 1 v 1…
This GK just played Volley ball with the ball.
“”””””””Has there ever been a more press-resistant footballer in the premier league than Santi Cazorla?”””””””
Rosicky
Mari demo playing out from the back… nearly bagged an assist.
Bob are you sure I can’t get access
Nelson … hahaha
Is Saliba on the bench 🤔
Willian looks gassed already
Marc, there was an email reminder yesterday, you had to ‘redeem your voucher’ by midday today for some strange reason, to get the four games!
Bob
what voucher?
Marc, as a member last year you should have got an email with a pass code. You had to log on and enter the pass code by lunch time today to get free access to all our pre-season matches.
Bob
That’s daft I get so many emails from the club I ignore 99% of them.
SlyJuly 13, 2021 18:19:04
Willian looks gassed already
Must be the heat!
Lol
WTF is this GK!!!
Okonk-no
Onkwonko fuck up and it’s 0-1.
Our GK looks well dodgy!
Should have headed it fella
Not to worry tho
Arteta Out!!!!!!!!!!!
Well I never got a flipping voucher code sent to me, cheeky bastards.
wow that was mad.
C’mon willian
That’s a joke btw you miserable feckers.
Don’t understand why strikers still take a shot knowing it will get blocked by the defender? Auba in this case…
Bob
You’ll need to be more specific and actually name the one you’re talking about!
Is it a case of bring back Runnarsson?
Lol Andy
Wasn’t arteta in post
Nelson looks decent
Let’s get Martinez warmed up ! !
andy
You wait until Brentford playing on the adrenaline of their first match in the PL beat us 3 nil!
Arteta insists Onkwonko should play the ball from the back but forget to tell the kid he’d still use his hand(s)…
Nelson’s looking good
Not sure what to make out of AMN in midfield
Willian looks ‘leggy’- been a long old season!
Willock isn’t amn unless we don’t take an offer and then don’t play him
Sorry Marc, but I’m claiming the first official ‘Arteta Out’ of the new season!
All 29 minutes of it!
andy
Mate you go for it – there’s going to be plenty of them.
Bob, yes, if we sell Nelson for about £5m as has been suggested I think that someone is going to get a bargain.
Willian looks ‘leggy’- been a long old season!
😂😂
Nice one
Nelson shouldn’t be sold
Has real potential
andy1886July 13, 2021 18:30:30
Sorry Marc, but I’m claiming the first official ‘Arteta Out’ of the new season
New season doesn’t start until Boxing Day ….
Kola looks OK.
Useroz
That’s funny
Lol, indeed Useroz.
Meanwhile Eddie blocks Nelson’s goal bound shot.
Kolac always looks fine before a new season starts
You may all think it’s funny taking the piss but Pedro will be along in a minute and bin me – again!
Mine steam delays for 3 minutes unfortunately 😑
Kola could be a good backup for KT. Oh wait. We just bought someone who isn’t supposed to be a lumbering oaf
Nearly 2-0, they hit the post.
saved by the post!
Good save from Okonwko. It’s his first cap, give him some slack.
That kid Willian looks out of his depth at this level.
Brownie – Kola could be good backup for matchday security 🙂
Kola and Willian – axis of evil!
Andy
Cut the kid some slack, he’s getting used to his team mates.
Feel a bit sorry for Okonkwo, first impressions can be lasting ones, made that first mistake, then lost his composure
Leno won’t be back for a bit, so should get a few more friendlies to settle into his environment a bit
A squad with a lot of players who know they’re not wanted, isn’t a good place for any manager to be
Getting players out, so important, for so many reasons
Agree Rich. It must be a bizarre locker room environment. Players who know they are no longer wanted, mixed with guys on the bubble and then the young kids trying to make their way in
In other news
Williams is Williams
Arteta looks dapper and like he can continue seducing his 5 afficianados.
Balogan does not look as confident as during his cameos last year. Maybe not yet gotten over the attrition.
Less squealing by Arteta
Rich
First thing is to keep the players who aren’t wanted away from the first team. Kolas and AMN shouldn’t be anywhere near the team today.
Marc
I’m pretty sure that AMN has not been given proper direction as to what the club expects of him. Besides we have to still keep them fit enough to be transferred when the time comes.
Dissenter
They can train in a small group – nothing to learn by including them today. AMN wants out Edu should’ve told him we’ll let you go for X go find a club.
ESR still with old number. Maybe AFC need the money to buy White and hopefully banish Saliba
Pepe and Lacs also in
Pepe going everywhere
“In all my years as football and Arsenal fan I’ve never seen a coach tactically better than Mikel Arteta and I think he’s the best coach we ever have had”
This little gem from Mike@LFCmike as a rebuttal to someone saying on here they didn’t think anyone was blind to Arteta shortcomings.
Makes you wonder how old Mike@LFCmike really is.
Two years old would be my guess.
Why didn’t Okonkwo head that ball out
This ball playing goal keeper stuff has gotten out of hand.
Willock should go he’s not going to make it with us we do have a higher ceiling than Newcastle.
Loan him for six months with an option to buy.
We have to get better not more of the same
Marc
Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer
Rich
Let the players agents do the work for you. Xhaka’s found a club twice that he wants to move to.
Loosing Hibs, we took 50 players to Edinburgh.
Should of played this on Boxing Day!
CG
“Loosing Hibs, we took 50 players to Edinburgh
.Should of played this on Boxing Day!”
touche
We used to take these types of games for granted.
“””Ruthless!””” , he said
Willian, Elneny!!
‘Process’ in tatters and it aint even August.
ESR got a very close to foot ball movement.
But Whatstheirname are not awed by Arsenal and tackling precisely
In fairness to Arteta, this is the first of a long pre-season.
Like the long dark winter, we are still in hibernation
“this is the first of a long pre-season.”
Yeah all the way till December 26th!
Awful
Offal
lol
2-0….
Lol
Thats why signing Benjamin White is an absolute nonsense.
Arsenal simply dont score enough goals.
The Dopes cant rely on Saka all season.
Who scored their first goal?
Frankie Boyle’s brother?
Arsenal down 2- 0 . Where is the 3rd best defence gone ?
2-0 Now
All going swimmingly I guess
This is how the results will be right until Mr Arteta is sent packing Christmas/New Year times
Get Arteta out ASAP, and take £30 million for the bang average Smith-rowe
You know its gonna be bad when “I hate everything English” Jay is posting
Leftside
Anyone with half a brain knows we have no midfield. A real midfield will help both our defence and attack, we may even manage to play some decent football.
Inspector Mackay got their second goal.
Lucky pen given and Pepe fluffs it. When your the underdogs, nothing ever seems to go your way I hear
Pepe dives, wins a pen and then misses it (or rather the keeper saved it as ES would point out).
Arteta packed his bag yet?
Pepe penalty saved. But quick reflex from their GK
Looks like it is going to be a long season.
Arteta booked ….for sounding silly ?
“Get Arteta out ASAP, and take £30 million for the bang average Smith-rowe”
Jay, first, it’s hardly a game to judge a manager’s future and secondly, no
“Arteta booked ….for sounding silly ?”
It’s that’s a booking he’s going to end up doing 20 years!