ARTETA UNINSPIRING PRESSER > LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE (STILL)

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Mikel Arteta dropped his first press conference of the season and I have to say… he didn’t inspire much confidence and came across quite muted. Not a good look when you cross-reference it against Thomas Frank’s glowing account of how his summer has gone.

Key points for me:

  • We haven’t done the business Arteta expected us to do
  • The market has been more difficult than they thought it would be
  • A domino effect will likely happen in the last week of the window

Outside that I couldn’t really name much of note he spoke about.

The target is consistency this season and to take each game one at a time.

Our goal is to get the best version consistently that’s going to bring us closer to winning football matches. That’s what I want from the team. If we do that consistently in every single match, we’re going to be in a good place, but that’s something we haven’t done, consistently give the best version. That’s something we must control and we must do, and I think if we’re able to do that, then the results will be the consequence to that.

He’s never going to pick a league position, but I hoped for something a little more inspiring than consistency. It also felt like there were a few not-so-subtle digs at what he has at Arsenal, but I might just be reading too deeply into it.

The clarity in what they do. They’ve been doing it for a long time together and you can see they have that fluidity and chemistry between them, and they believe that the plan they’ve put in place works for them. I think that’s a big strength for any team.

There needs to be clarity on the pitch this season, with the players he has right now. The squad is still a mess, that’s not all his fault, but he’s going to have to make it work this season. We have a bright young squad of players with some players that are misfits for the system… but we can do things this season and we have to.

The objectives are pretty clear for the next 4 months.

We need to rapidly adapt to playing a higher line with Ben White. Getting ripped through the middle cannot be a new thing for the first three months this season.

There needs to be more clarity when it comes to our football style. We need better transitions, the team needs to feel more fluid and unpredictable, and we need to start taking our chances. Statman Dave called our style Doughnut football. We control possession around the sides of the area but there’s no verticality to our game. That has to change.

We need to reduce errors by 50% this season. We cannot continue to punch ourselves in the face. Moving on David Luiz was a big swing at that. Sending Ceballos back to Madrid will help. There are still a few players with us that lack the right level of concentration, but whatever, it needs to be better this season. 50% less errors last season and we’re a top 4 side, simple as that.

We need to improve our finishing by 20%. It wasn’t good enough last season. That’s the whole team, not just Auba. But, Auba does need to play like a £350k a week striker. We need 10 goals from ESR. We need 10 goals from Saka. We need to see our other players popping up in the box and contributing.

The start to the season is really important, if we’re within spitting distance of top 4 come January, we’ll very much be in mixer in May. Last season, we fucked the start of the seasons so badly we couldn’t recover… but we were still close. We need to be the post-Christmas Arsenal, that is the standard.

We’ll know pretty early on Friday which Arsenal has shown up. We’re playing in a new stadium against a team that doesn’t know where it’s level is at the moment. None of that matters, we need to go in there, boss the game, and start to build confidence. Chelsea is winnable. West Brom there should be no excuses. We need to go into that City game with at least 4 points. Then we’ll see.

It’s going to be interesting to see how everyone else does this season. Manchester City are the side to beat, without a doubt. Chelsea have not looked convincing preseason so far, they were very nearly Emery’d in the Super Cup last night. Spurs have a very drossy manager and a bag of issues no club needs to be dealing with. Liverpool is a team to watch, their players are all getting older, they dropped their level by 30 points last season, and they’ve solved that with one signing this summer. Everton haven’t done much. West Ham haven’t done much. Leicester have made 3 signings. This is going to be an interesting season.

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Foxy

Varane is reportedly joining Man U.

Willock is at Newcastle for a medical.

Pierre

The Odegaard situation looks like a re run of the ceballos debacle.
An ok first loan spell followed by a 2nd ok loan spell, that will only block a pathway for our talented group of young players coming through.

Kroenkephobe

Looking for rubies in the dust, I expect england’sbest to be on here later saying that at least Edu managed to get lots of holidays in.

Terraloon

Pierre 3 and half seasons 17 goals in the league in 33 starts is not exactly great value is it . And as we know , on le grove Europa league goals count for nothing. Do CL goals count ? Two games in particular. Didn’t he score three or four last year in one game and an away goal in one of the CL knock out games last season ? Even as an outsider looking in 39 in 119 wasn’t a bad return in all games for them the fact that he provided them with a plan b coming off… Read more »

Pierre

So….it looks to me like we are keeping the players that should be leaving, and selling the players that should be staying … I suppose Eddie will be next, meaning we have lost 2 players to the club that we will regret losing for years to come. No doubt the cash brought in will help to finalise the Ramsdale deal. Pity really as Lakonga looks to be an excellent signing, though now xhaka is staying his pathway to the first team will be blocked when partey returns from injury. And we still have Bellerin , Xhaka, willian , Lacazette and… Read more »

Emiratesstroller

Terraloon

That is not the case. Bale has been allocated a shirt number. Also Odegaard did not play earlier in week for Real Madrid.

Odegaard made sense at RM if they were going to recruit Haarland, but otherwise I don’t think that he was important for them.

The benefit if we are able to sign him is that Arsenal seem to have decent relationship with
RM and we are not competitors unlike Leicester who would make the signing of Maddison
as difficult and expensive as possible.

Terraloon

ES

Odd you know more that RM. or shall I say than information they have published on their own website

Pierre

Terraloon
Giroud was a good player coming off the bench but I’m sure if we had paid 20 mil for a striker and he only started the odd league game , I don’t think many would say he was great value.

Don’t get me wrong , I don’t think he was in any way poor value , I just don’t think he should be regarded as great value.

Emiratesstroller

Pierre

Arsenal need money to complete their transfer business and despite your opinions players
like Willock, Maitland-Niles, Nelson and Nketiah are either squad players or surplus to requirements.

What they do offer is the possibility of transfer fees, because their wages are lower than many of the foreign unwanted players and there are English Clubs able to afford to pay a
transfer fee or at least their wages.

Nketiah has had plenty of opportunity to show what he can do at the club. He is a decent
finisher, but realistically his overall game is rather limited.

Crabregas

According to kaveh solhekol “Arsenal still want to sign three more players before the window closes. They want goalkeeper, midfielder and forward. Forward is the priority.”

Roma are now being linked with Iheanacho so that could pave the way for us to sign Abraham, if we can move a striker on first I would think

Paulie

Same old lies and bs at Arsenal every transfer window. Stuck with crap players nobody wants and lied to again as regards incoming creative players. Lies lies and more lies, another also ran season lies ahead

Emiratesstroller

Terraloon

Both Sun and Mail reported that Odegaard and Ceballos have not been registered by Real Madrid.

That would suggest to me that Odegaard is unlikely to stay at the club. Can you offer another
explanation?

CG

If Arteta gets Round to plonk a 6ft Christmas Tree in the middle of the changing room and hang some red and white tinsel up an hour before kick off- Arsenal should win.

If not its too tight to call.,
Brentford genuinely well coached , new stadium and can play..

Toney v Mari will mean B. White will be be working overtime.

Pierre

Stroller
“Nketiah has had plenty of opportunity to show what he can do at the club”

Give me some proof of the plenty opportunities he’s had.

Last season , 4 starts in the league (2 goals)
13 starts in all comps (6 goals)

Not exactly plenty is it …and a goal every other game is a respectable return considering the limited opportunities he’s had.

Ernest Reed

“Strange goings on at Arsenal football club .”

Nothing strange at all Pierre, its par for the course under Arteta and Edu.

People speak of certain players not being fit for purpose, but it equally applies to both of the architects of the most frustrating period the club has seen in a long time. Going into a new season not actually addressing your core needs and spending big on where you never needed to, yep thats an Arsenal thing again.

Pierre

I’m wondering how long it will be before we hear the cries of “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAY YOU’RE DOING” reverberating around the Emirates from the disgruntled Arsenal supporters ..

My money is on around late September/early October.

Matt B

If we win tonight, as I expect and then rid ourselves of a few players next week and bring in a 2nd GK, a striker and an attacking mid, we’re in very good shape.

And that would represent a good window — assuming the next three incomings are of a good standard of course…

Mulerise14

@Kroenkephobe,thanks… didn’t plan to go poetic on y’all,just struck a chord and decided to give it full vent.
Now here is to hope Tets doesn’t overthink this one
-start Lokonga
-though it is taller than Mickey mouse contest at RB, start Chambers
-logical reasoning says if it didn’t work in the past,it probably won’t work now, don’t start Auba n Laca together
-of the the glutton, let him fast until he is fit, don’t let him near the squad

Ernest Reed

You just have to know that the Genius Twins are salivating at the news that Ode is likely available. So much so that they will add a zero or two to the purchase price for a player who showed a rare glint of talent in a large bottle.

No small wonder that the transfer window has been frustrating for Edu and Arteta, other teams think they are gullible fools and quickly inflate asking prices because they know they have a couple of dupes in front of them.

Going to be a very long season.

Emiratesstroller

Pierre

Three of the goals you referred to were against Dundalk [2] and Rapid Vienna [1].

As I pointed out on many occasions both Balogun and Nketiah are handled by same agency.
Once Balgun signed a new contract the writing was on the wall for Nketiah who has one year left on his current contract.

It was highly unlikely that both would stay at Arsenal.

kjelli

Bring in Bruno Guimares and we should be in good shape . Give Azeez some minutes and Balogun
also ..

Pierre

Stroller
“Plenty oppotunites)” ……show me

4 starts in the league (2 goals) and his goals in the cup comps count for nothing .

Pierre

Kjelli
” . Give Azeez some minutes and Balogun
also ..”

It ain’t gonna happen now that chaka is staying and we are supposedly in for a new striker , plus we have Lacazette and Aubamayang at the club.

Balogun and Azeez have very little chance of getting playing time …the pathway is blocked by Arteta’s favourites.

Ernest Reed

The Ramsdale disappointment is a blessing in disguise. There are plenty of solid backup keepers available for a fraction of Sheff’s over-inflated asking price for an otherwise 2nd choice keeper being valued at a first keepers price.

Get going on being serious on getting a qualified backup keeper already!

Spanishdave

Ode is a good player he needs to be able to roam to use his creativity.
Farteta is to rigid in his approach so he stifles Ode natural ability

CG

””””I’m wondering how long it will be before we hear the cries of “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAY YOU’RE DOING” reverberating around the Emirates from the disgruntled Arsenal supporters ..

My money is on around late September/early October.”””’

Pierre on the rampage and its great to see.

Emiratesstroller

Pierre

Nketiah started playing for first team in 2017 and has had plenty of chances to establish himself in first team particularly last season when Aubameyang was ill and indisposed and
Lacazette was not playing particularly well.

Everyone has a different opinion. Nketiah is a decent finisher, but his overall input in games
when he has played has been poor as far as I am concerned.

As I have said it is unlikely that Arsenal will retain both Nketiah and Balogun. You have a
choice which you want to keep.

Sid

Any opposition manager should know chances of scoring against Arsenal in a set piece are as high as 75%(3 out of 4 attempts)

Im telling you for free!

Sid

Graham Potter will hammer the last nail on Diet Peps coffin

Im telling you for free!

KAY Boss

It’s not a matter of signing three players. Its a matter of signing players of high quality that can move the team upwards. We need cash (though were promised) for signings yet people have their underwears in twitch because academy players who are either squad players or surplus to requirements will be sold. Jeez some of you are too nostalgic on these guys. Nelson, AMN, Eddie have been given opportunities yet fail to deliver. I don’t expect them to be world class, just be good option to the regular player but woefully have they failed. Least I forget, we also… Read more »

Sid

Has Willock and Martinez been given chances and failed to deliver too?

TR7

Looks like we are all set to waste another 40M in Odegaard.

TR7

Romano : Arsenal are prepared to make a bid to sign Martin Ødegaard on a permanent deal. He’s always been Edu and Arteta’s priority as number 10. ⚪️🇳🇴 #AFC

Once Real Madrid gives the green light, Arsenal will submit the proposal.
Aouar, also in the list.
Maddison, never been close.

Pierre

Stroller
” had plenty of chances to establish himself in first team particularly last season when Aubameyang was ill and indisposed and
Lacazette was not playing particularly well.”

In your head he had plenty of chances but in reality he started 4 league games

Emiratesstroller

Pierre Let’s discuss a different point. 4 players have left Arsenal’s second half of season squad namely Ryan Luiz Ceballos Odegaard We have also on the books albeit out last season on loan Kolasinac Torreira Maitland-Niles Willock [about to be sold to Newcastle] We have recruited or promoted so far 5 players to first team squad albeit that Balogun and Okonkwo do not need to be registered. There are also at least 6 members of last season’s squad that the club would like to shift Runarsson Bellerin Nelson Nketiah Lacazette Willian So before we contemplate further recruitment we need to… Read more »

NORG

Pierre 10.50

Dont forget Willian – I understand he may be useful after all – the groundsman has requested he use Willian as the pitch roller.

Pierre

I will put it in capitals for you stroller because you are not quite getting it .

4 STARTS IN THE LEAGUE IS NOT PLENTY OF CHANCES, IT IS LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES., I REPEAT LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.

and before you say that Willock had plenty of opportunities i will repeat
2 STARTS IN THE LEAGUE IS NOT PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES, IT IS LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES..

Pierre

Stroller
“PierreLet’s discuss a different point.”

Firstly ,Matt Ryan should have stayed at the club , he looked more than capable and I do believe was out of contract so would cost us nothing.
Okonkwo or Runnarson should be nowhere near the first team squad, and even thinking of signing Ramsdale sets of alarm bells everyone I hear it.

CG

Odegaard V Willock.

Both played 14 games on loan ironically last season.

Odegaard /Arsenal ( 1 goal )
Willock /Newcastle Utd ( 8 goals)

Willock not wanted and sold for £20 000 000
Odegaard wanted and bought at £40 000 000?

And I thought the game was about goals!

Pierre

Everytime not everyone

Emiratesstroller

Pierre

I get your point, but I disagree with your opinion and analysis.

The point is that we do not need four CFs in the squad. Even if we manage to sell Lacazette
he will be replaced by a more experienced striker than Nketiah.

Nketiah is competing with Balogun for a place in squad. Balogun has just signed new long
term contract and does not need to be registered. Nketiah is in final year of contract and
is refusing to sign a new one plus he is 22 and therefore needs to be registered.

Sid

All the Arsenal youth players should carry Willian on their shoulders and do 15 squat reps 6 times.
It will improve their quads

Pierre

Norg
“Dont forget Willian – ”

I’m trying my best to forget him the way I’m trying my best to forget that xhaka has signed a new contract , the way I’m trying to forget that we want Ramsdale , the way I’m trying to forget that we have sold the most prolific goalscorer from midfield in the country , the way I’m trying to forget that we didn’t try and buy bissouma and Dumfries for positions that really need addressing.

NORG

CG

As a child Arteta played with a Spirograph. He loved making pretty patterns going round and round and round.

Valentin

Pierre, You are wasting your time. As an old French man, you may remember the old Yves Montand movie “I comme Icare” where a version of the Milgram experiment is conducted. One of the researcher tell Yves Montand’s character that some people are so conformists and respectful of authority that whatever management says is gospel. You have a classic example with some followers of the cult of Arteta. Whatever Arteta and the club are doing is gospel. Of course when Arteta is sacked and the club change narrative, they will turn against Arteta. But until then he can do no… Read more »

CG

NORG

”””’CG As a child Arteta played with a Spirograph. He loved making pretty patterns going round and round and round.”””’

he does seem to like players that don’t score.

White
Partey
Odegaard
Mari
Cedric
Willian

Maybe thats why we keep firing blanks.

Where are his goals coming from?

PEA has retired, Laca is shot and Pepe is a 1/5 merchant
Martinelli doesn’t get too many minutes either.

Willock would have done though.

Samesong

Pierre is on fire today.

Hope you have the same energy later after the game!

Pierre

And yet I will still watch the game tonight with my sons desperate for us to win and not wanting for us all to be staring into space and thinking “what a pile of shit ” , it’s happened too often in the past year or so. Remember my kids were brought up on Wenger’s football , they were spoilt but at least they have fantastic memories as kids when I either took them to Highbury or watched Arsenal on the box destroy teams with wengers inspiring brand of football. Now we just look bored , except when the likes… Read more »

Samesong

That is when Arteta decides to put them in the same area if the pitch

Didn’t quite get that. Why has he done this?

gnarleygeorge9

PEA up for grabs now. Bloody good thing. But we all know he suffers from the Willians, handsomely paid like a public/ civil servant that does fuck all. So more media click bait there. He won’t go. I remember that pseudo Jamaican fella on AFTV calling him blood, etc. Dickhead!

Pierre

Valentin
I agree …. this could well be a period of regret.

Leftside

Minimal change to the starting team and an obsession with bringing back the meh Real Madrid playmaker. Does someone want to tell Arteta or should I that last season was an abomination?!!

Even if it was good, the aim should still be to improve. I hope he enjoys the time he has left in the dugout.

Leftside

Odegaard doesn’t get the pulse racing in the slightest, but hey ho.

TR7

Pierre is almost always on the money. I disagree with his take on Ozil and Willock, that aside he makes a lot of sense as far as I am concerned.

Emiratesstroller

Valentin

Arteta does not want to use young players!!!!

Oh please I suggest that you take a look at the current squad. It is one of youngest in EPL.

We have a young backline albeit not including teenagers.

The club has on its books Saka, Martinelli, Smith-Rowe and now Balogun who are not exactly “long in the tooth” and we have just recruited White, Tavares and Lokonga who are
aged 21-23.

The only 30+ year olds are Aubameyang, Lacazette and Willian.

Steveyg87

You wouldn’t say we have a game tonight, Farteta has given us fukol to get excited about. This prick is senile Wenger reincarnated

DrJ

Well said Pierre and Valentin. I don’t understand how people get taken by empty buzz words from Arteta. We have seen nothing to suggest he is up to the job and his man management is nothing short of terrible. It was he, and no one else, who insisted on Willian and wasted so much funds so far. It is incredible that the owners of the club are still trusting him with their money when any man with an ounce of intelligence can see through this charlatan.

Dissenter

Looking forward to reading more of Pierre during the season

Mr Serge

Tr7 Pierre would be far more appreciated if he took his ozil pants off
He does make sense a lot but ozil and now willock drop his cred down

Mr Serge

Diss oh you will 😂😂

Mr Serge

At this point who is buying pea? Is edu going to be able to replace him ? Not with Tammy I hope

Dissenter

Odegaard had that good stint on loan at Soiceidad but he was pretty average when he came to us last season.
He’s another one we’ll put on a 100k+ weekly wages

Whatever Arteta wants.., Arteta gets

Hope we squeeze out a result today. Brentford will come out to play which should help us.

Dissenter

Mr Serge
PEA is going no where. We gave him his retirement contract.
He’s not the same player that signed the extension. The most annoying part is that he’s captain and that sloppy attitude is pervading the squad..

Muppetman

If are only extra signing is Ode in the window apart from White over Luiz I’m really struggling to see how this team will go from an 8th place to top 4.

Gonsterous

Get ode in for arteta
At least when arteta leaves he can’t use the “I didn’t get the players I wanted” line

Xhaka New contact
I’m guessing ballerin and laca are next so to protect their value (which is non existent) for the next window where we will be offered peanuts again.

Mr Serge

Diss remember when we let pires go because we only have 1 year deals to over 30 year olds ? And Gilberto
Why did we change that rule they are far better than what we have today and we let them have these long arse contracts
If you forget history you repeat the same mistakes it’s madness

Mr Serge

Muppet man a game a week instead of every 3 days will help man we will have time to prepare for every match

Gonsterous

Muppetman

Don’t worry about top 4, Pedro and co will spin some excuse about how it is not possible to achieve it and we should aim for 6th, when it was the requirement for Wenger and emery to finish 4th

As much as I disliked emery, at least he was a gentleman.
Hope arteta leaves gracefully too.

Leftside

Muppetman,

It won’t. That’s the unfortunate answer. The message being sent is that this side is good enough to compete for a CL place and that is an incorrect message.

At least Wenger was a good manager in his pomp, so we could accept the stubbornness to a degree. Arteta isn’t even a good manager, makes continual mistakes and refuses to learn from them. Aside from Arteta fans (dno why anyone would be) you could argue that he is up there with the worst managers in this division.

Dissenter

We are signing Tammy and Ode Chelsea have showed their hands with Tammy so it’s easier for us now. They were willing to accept a loan fee of about €4 million yearly with obligation to buy after TWO years Arsenal can certainly top that offer. The player wants Arsenal and has the leverage. Isn’t it nice to sign players who are desperate to play for the Arsenal?. Tammy’s hard work in pressing helps the defence. His ability to run the channels at speed will create room for the likes of Pepe and Saka to get in goal scoring positions. He… Read more »

Dissenter

An attack with Tammy, Martinelli, Pepe and Saka ought to get us lots of goals

Leftside

Auba is out for tonight according to some reports

Pierre

My concern now is our ability defend set pieces, balls into the box and the ball through the channels, especially the right hand channel where white and Possibly Bellerin are playing tonight. The conundrum for arteta is whether to start with Lakonga or Elneny tonight. If Arteta has a positive head on he will go for lakonga as he has the ability to find space on the ball in centre mid and take the opposition midfield out with subtle movements and clever passing. If Arteta has a negative head on then it will be Elneny as he will possibly fill… Read more »

Samesong

Auba is out for tonight according to some reports

That may be a good thing!

Samesong

My concern now is our ability defend set pieces, balls into the box and the ball through the channels, especially the right hand channel where white and Possibly Bellerin are playing tonight.

Mentioned this the other day. Brentford right back is good in the air and will trouble us on set pieces.

Pierre

Just to add that we a slightly more solid down the left hand channel as Xhaka fills the space that Tierney leaves quite well so Mari won’t be as exposed as White on the right.

TR7

Auba not available. Pepe, Laca and Saka likely to be our front 3

Samesong

Auba not available. Pepe, Laca and Saka likely to be our front 3

TR7 that works to our advantage. More creativity in that front 3

Dissenter

Pierre
What do you make of Tammy Abraham?
I know is you rate our youngsters highly, especially Eddie. If the risk of blocking the path of the young talent we have . Is Tammy the type of striker you would get for Arsenal.

Pierre

Samsung
“Auba is out for tonight according to some reportsThat may be a good thing!”

In that case then Saka will come in on the right (if fit) and pepe will move to the left

Dissenter

If the risk of blocking the path of the young talent we have doesn’t exist, Is Tammy the type of striker you would get for Arsenal.

Dissenter

I don’t like the thought of rushing Saka back in too quickly.
He needs to be eased in carefully. He’s played too many games too quickly.

TR7

Samesong

Yeah, Laca and Auba should not play together anyway. Pepe looks slightly better when he plays on the left side, very predictable when he plays on the right.

Mb

Pierre – thanks for penning down our frustration all by yourself!

Samesong

I don’t like the thought of rushing Saka back in too quickly.

Saka will be itching to play tonight. West London lad against Brentford. Bet he can’t wait.

I understand the rushing aspect but 60 minutes or so would be ok.

Mb

Anyone else thinks Pepe is crap and.needs to be sold? We should only see Martinelli and Saka in the left and right wing because either of them aren’t that crap.

Pierre

Dissenter I’m 50/50 on Abrahams …there are enough pluses in his games to think that he would be a good signing, I like his hunger and movement in the box and I do think at this present time he would be a better option than Aubamayang or Lacazette. Plus of course Abrahams will give us better options in the air offensively and in the air defensively as you could put him on the near post to defend corners, which is an area we may grtnfound out. As for blocking the path of balogun or Martinelli, it makes no difference as… Read more »

Samesong

Anyone else thinks Pepe is crap and.needs to be sold?

I don’t think he’s crap. Frustrating yes. This season will we see a massive improvement? time will tell

I reckon he will get on the scoresheet tonight.

And we need to sort out our freekick takers we don’t have a specialist.

Pierre

I suppose it’s the Chelsea connection that is putting many off the Abrahams signing….that and he does occasionally have a touch of welbeck about him in front of goal as he struggles to sort his feet out.

DigitalBob

I don’t think we can bring in Abraham without selling/loaning Laca or Eddie. We’d have just too many up front for it to make sense. Eddie’s injured but I don’t think this would put off any prospective teams from a potential loan or transfer.

I would also prefer if Abraham does come in that Balogun secures a loan to a club that will start him at least 25-30 games this season. The championship is fine at the moment for him as he is a long term prospect.

Dissenter

Arteta likes Tammy and it’s pretty obvious he may have spoken to him ready.
The hug after the Chelsea friendly spoke volumes

Samesong

I’ll welcome Tammy. Need something different up top. Think also he wants to prove his doubters wrong.

raptora

David Ornstein
Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang + fellow striker Alexandre Lacazette are both unwell & therefore will not be available for their side’s opening game of the new Premier League season at Brentford tonight @TheAthleticUK #AFC #BrentfordFC #BREARS

wow!!!

Samesong

David Ornstein
Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang + fellow striker Alexandre Lacazette are both unwell & therefore will not be available for their side’s opening game of the new Premier League season at Brentford tonight @TheAthleticUK #AFC #BrentfordFC #BREARS

Jeeze

raptora

Samesong get rekt noob haha git good

Samesong

Says it all really first game of the season Laca , Auba and Nkeithia all out.

raptora

Nvm, thought I beat you to it, but you prolly just copied what I posted.

I take what I said back.

Leftside

Just leaves either Balogun or Martinelli which means our oh so clever manager will play ESR as a false 9.

Samesong

Samesong get rekt noob haha git good

Rap wtf does that mean? lool

raptora

How are both Auba and Lacazette both out suddenly? Wtf???