Ok, I took a day off and I’m ready to rev back up into belief mode and pray that we can extract something from this miserable start to the season.
What better way to do that than to land one of the hottest young creative talents in Europe for a rumoured £30m.
That is a steal.
He’s the captain of a national team that contains Erling Haaland.
He’s an aggressive progressive passer of the ball.
He has that eye for a cutting pass no one in this current lineup has.
He ranks highly for progressive carries, so we have someone that can dribble the ball effectively.
We know he has goals in his game from his Sociedad days.
We know he’ll make us a better team.
At the very least, it’ll be good for the squad to see fresh blood.
James Maddison would have been lovely, no doubt, but if we can get him for half the price, then why not. Also, Sam Dean of The Telegraph pointed out, we’ve basically spent £5m to replace Joe Willock.
I’ve read all sorts of embarrassing anti-Odegaard talk online.
‘Why wasn’t anyone else in for him?’
No one else was in for Sancho. No one else was in for Romero. No one else was in for Lukaku. If the barometer for success with a new signing is whether or not Manchester City are in for him, I think you need a new test.
‘He doesn’t move the needle’
I love this sort of comment from people that have no clue. Think it’s born of Liverpool signing Allison and VVD then winning the league. Well my friends, we are not Liverpool, we can’t afford those sorts of players, so we have to play in the world of high-potential. Odegaard does move the needle for us creatively, that’s not in doubt, he also has a very high ceiling and he will get better whether it’s under Arteta or a new coach.
‘He’s average’
Honestly, leave the room, you are embarrassing yourself.
There are three types of signing we could have made here.
A mega star within our budget, like Maddison.
We could have gone for a player like Coutinho, 28 years old, a fallen star, in need of rehab… no resale value.
Or we could sign players we could craft into a superstar.
Plenty of examples of players that didn’t make the cut at big clubs, that went on to blow up with some love. Lukaku booted from Chelsea. KDB, booted from Chelsea. Mo Salah, booted from Chelsea. They all did ok. Failing to make it at Madrid isn’t the end.
I am all in on signing players that can grow with the club. White, Tavares, Lokonga, and Odegaard all represent a profile of players with very specific skills we need, with plenty of room to grow. Bringing in players like that ensures the next manager won’t need to spend £400m to rebuild, because we have the makings of a good squad.
Next up is Aaron Ramsdale. I honestly have no idea what is going on here. He seems like a very weird signing. My hope is that there’s some sort of mega data angle I’m not seeing, my absolute fear is the keeping coach that is somehow still hanging around has made a ‘boss, look at this boy’ recommendation and we’re heading for Runarsson MKII. The only hope I’m taking from this transfer is his distro game looks good. He’s brave with his passing and his long kicks are aggressive. He also ranks really high for catching crosses, small thing, but Leno either doesn’t come for them, or he punches. If you have a keeper that can catch and distribute fast, you have improved Arsenal. Also, at 22, Emi Martinez was cleaning boots at Rotherham. Hopefully, Rams-bo is a rough diamond we can smooth off rapidly before Bernd Leno goes on strike.
There’s still business to be done.
We need a right-back, desperately.
We need to sell more than one player.
We need our manager to get his shit together and start playing the part. He needs a rocket performance at the weekend and he’ll not get that if he’s crying like a baby all week. This squad is good now, there are no excuses, I want to see fast football, I want to see our players pressing, and I want us to move swiftly away from dreary donut football as fast as possible.
Right, quick one today, but here’s a video I did for Latte Firm. Check it out.
AND IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, PEEK AT WHAT WE DID AT THE WEEKEND
Watching Arsenal struggle vs Brentford, it felt like we are the less savvy team. It’s all good in bringing young players in, but young players need someone to look up to, someone to lead by example, a couple of older heads that everyone will rely on when the going gets tough. Our team felt so fkin green the other day, I’m not sure we can do it with entire team made of kids. David Luiz, for all his faults, had that aura around him. Aubameyang and Lacazette, albeit not the most reliable players, still have a ton of experience and… Read more »
Haha Almunia, great reading!
I don’t have a problem with Martin O apart from the fact he doesn’t score or create…the issue I have is, his surname is hard to spell.
Also, we still have two mega money shit forwards who can’t score or play as they always have Covid, malaria or AIDS.
CUNTS.
The same people who were defending us selling martinez are the same ones defending ramsdale ni surprises here…its a shit decision whichever way we look at it..We sell a better fuckin keeper for 20m only 12 months later to buy a worse gk for 30mil.Its typical fucking arsenal isnt it…Arteta is pushing me to the edge Wallahi
EB.
Except that 1 game was against a technically deficient team that our fringe players shouldn’t have problem brushing aside. When do people not have excuse for Arteta though? Against Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool it’ll be ‘after all they’re not on our levek’. But against fucking Brentford? Nah!
That’s just the problem though GOH
What does Ode do? If he doesn’t score himself or carve out opportunities for our flailing forwards then what is the clamour for him? Outside of being a neat, and tidy player. How many of those have we had over the years?
I’m convinced when Arteta’s given his marching orders, he will be back ordering tea for Pep and the actual coaching staff. He just doesn’t have it. Edu can sit on as many fancy boats as he likes too when he’s eventually shown the door.
Brentford will never have an easier, more predictable premier league game of football again than last Friday, but we should be quiet because we’re spending £150m to add White to the first team only from last year.
I am in the Arteta out Camp. He hasn’t shown a top gear consistently so far. And he will have to do a lot to change my mind. I am also annoyed at the fact that we have spent 70 mil on players that we didn’t need. I am also disappointed that the price tag of white and Ramsdale is ridiculous. But, I really like the age profiles of these players. No one we have signed is older than 23. Ben white will be a class player for us once he gets going and he has Gabriel beside him. That… Read more »
Almunia you are smashing this shit out the park
Left
Exactly. MO is a tidy, neat player whose stats look good because he doesn’t play a pass further than 3 ft. Where’s the magic?
He was supposed to be the best player in the world at one point and that’s why Real went for him…and now he’s at a mid table club.
Warning signs.
Who honestly cares how old a player is? I would rather a squad of quality 28-29 year olds than a load of mediocre 24-25 year olds, which where I can see us heading.
I don’t know what the average age of the invincibles was, but I bet it was late 20’s for sure. Age and price are completely irrelevant if the quality isn’t there.
I would go all out for Lewan,throw in Auba or whoever they fancy to sweeten the deal, could literally become a top 3 club with Lewan even under the plodding Mikel
‘Why wasn’t anyone else in for him? (Odegaard)’
Pedro: “No one else was in for Sancho. No one else was in for Romero. No one else was in for Lukaku. If the barometer for success with a new signing is whether or not Manchester City are in for him, I think you need a new test.”
Also Pedro: Guendouzi is so problematic and immature that no other team except Marseille were in for him.
Odegaard will be a hit. I can’t believe people don’t see how many times he threads the ball for a good chance. He doesn’t score that many, fair enough. but there is no doubt about his ability to create. He was behind Messi in creative numbers in Laliga at Real Sociedad. And if you check the stats and see how many he expected Asists he had for us, you would know that.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.managingmadrid.com/platform/amp/2020/3/16/21182269/martin-odegaard-among-the-best-creative-passers-in-la-liga
“”””””Edu: On your knees Per,quickly.
PM: I fucking am! “””””””
Looooooool
Odegaard threading balls through the eye of a needle to our incompetent strike force will get us absolutely nowhere next season. What would have been really nice is someone who could actually carry the ball as well, which we know isn’t in Odegaard’s locker. He plays football like netball – once he has the ball, you cant move with it, only pass it.
Yeah side that line killed me
“We sell a better fuckin keeper for 20m only 12 months later to buy a worse gk for 30mil.”
I saw Pedro replying to a tweet saying we sold Emi Martinez for 25m.
Pretty sure there were 2 versions of it in the press – one was “deal worth £20m” and the other one was for even less – £17m (BBC).
It’s probably an honest mistake, but it’s important to say that Ramsdale will cost us 1/3 more than Martinez and is probably half as good as him. Only at Arsenal.
Matt So you are saying it won’t be his fault that the strike force ahead of him won’t take the chances he creates? Basically you are saying he is going to do his job. And if you check the stats he is among the top players for progressive carriers last season. I am quite certain that Maddison who people are fawning over is the same level of player. And Maddison is priced at 60 mil + when we signed Odegaard for 30 mil+. And unlike Ozil he isn’t a liability defensively either. He holds his own. If you have a… Read more »
I fear for our defence on Sunday. Lukaku looks lean and will be out to prove a point to Chelsea.
Early goal for them could be floodlights.
Habesha Of course that wont be his fault. As you say, if he is putting it on a plate than the strikers need to do their job. My point was, our main strikers are not good enough at converting those chances so signing a player like Odegaard with those strikers ahead of him is not the best fit. We needed someone who can not only create chances for others, but make chances themselves and I don’t think Odegaard is that player. His initial thought when he gets the ball is look up, move the ball to his left foot and… Read more »
The important thing is that Arteta will have secured all his primary targets: Odegaard, Ramsdale, White, Xhaka extension, plus added the 2 younger additions – Lokonga, Tavares. So at least there will be no more excuses from him or from Pedro this year. Unless we do badly, in which case it will be the players’ fault and we’ll need 5, 6 new players next year. BTW, Aouar has a lingering thigh injury, which means he rarely finishes 90 minutes. That’s why the price has plummeted. Also this: “He may have trouble motivating himself for small matches. He has the talent,… Read more »
Just imagine the higher ups backed Wenger circa 2014,they’ve got their priorities all over the place
Can’t believe they’ve decided to release the purse strings under absolute novices like Edu and Arteta
Really absurd that by the end of the window this will be the highest we’ve spent on incoming players so far and I can’t really say we’ve strengthen the first team nor close the fcking gap to the top clubs
Payet did ok in the Premier League didn’t he? Lol.
The Transfer Fees we are spending is not an issue so long as the recruitment is RIGHT. Sadly Arsenal’s recruitment in recent years has been well below par. Arsenal needs to put its house in order in that department looking at not only the talent level of players, but compatibility as well as full player profile. Analysing players based on computer programming may be useful when assessing the value of a player, but not compensating for a scout’s experience and evaluation. I think that Odegaard’s recruitment and valuation is realistic. He is a decent player, but not a great one.… Read more »
Avi
Wenger was pretty averse to spending money, let’s not forget and re-write history now.
We were the only club in every top league in all of Europe in summer 2015 not to sign a single outfield player. Was it a money issue then?
After being given £90m to spend on players just the season before and £43m on Ozil in 13/14.
Spending £140m on a group of players that barely improve the XI is not learning from past mistakes now is it?
Normally I think we do well again the chavs but the white Mari partnership has me worried would defo prefer holding in there (did I just say that lol………………………….lol) Mari looks shite and as slow as a snail at the moment , and the big boy is gonna mince white our 50 million CB , anyone no where Saliba is
Almunia
Brilliant ! You may also like to include Chumpagne in your skits, he has the uncanny ability of being wrong on everything.
Habesha, So you are advocating for what is happening – Arteta changing the whole fkin team to suit his “style”? So what if it doesn’t work (spoiler – it won’t)? We just sign another manager to change the whole fkin team inside of 2 years? Even the richest of clubs don’t do that! And you can’t say Arteta drastically changed the team because all the players were old – Guen, Torreira, Willock, Saliba, Martinez. We all know it was not the players fault we finished 8th and 8th, most of the players were the same that were on course to… Read more »
Yeah not relishing the prospect of Big Rom vs Ben White myself.
Stroller, ‘The transfer Fees we are spending is not an issue so long as the recruitment is RIGHT.” Even if you are rich, there is no reason to accept to be fleeced. The only reason anyone should accept to overpay is for convenience (time, discretion, …) and exclusivity. Also it is a given that the recruitment must be right. Even if you are rich, you can keep squandering money on making the wrong decision. Eventually you won’t be able to afford your mistake and you will be taken over. You just need to look at Barcelona. From richest club in… Read more »
Almunia,
Probably your best one yet. I chuckled so many times lol.
Raptora,
I wholeheartedly agree with your last comment.
The only saving grace is that maybe Conte can find a way to extract more from players mediocre and/or discarded by Arteta. The same way he made Moses like a world beater in that Chelsea team.
Raptora
White is over 6′ tall [1.86 metres] and that is not an impediment for a centre back providing that he has a decent leap and is physically strong. There are plenty of world class defenders of similar size. As I posted before Kola Toure was 5′ 10″ tall.
Mari is 1.90 metres+ tall and it was clear that he is not of the quality required. The second
goal conceded was down to him.
We’ve done ok against Chelsea recently so expect that to continue.
Still that shouldn’t gloss over the problem that is Arteta. This summer signings may not be inspiring but even if they were doubt it’ll make much of a difference with this chap in charge.
Arteta could sign Jesus and he’ll coach the miracles out of him. Everything Arteta touches turns to dust. He and his chump Edu should have no business with Arsenal. Bums.
It’s funny what is going on with Bayern and key players now wanting to jump ship. Remember Kroos’ case was a rare one in 2014 as he was a world class player and Bayern rarely sell those but in the last year you have them selling Thiago Alcantara, Alaba leaving on a free and now you have Lewandowski publicly announcing that he wants out along with Joshua Kimmich and Goretzka refusing to sign new deals and running down their contracts. Maybe they are looking around at the crazy salaries being paid in the PL and thinking to themselves they can… Read more »
Ben White is classified as 1.82 tall in wiki, but is given a height of 1.86 tall in transfermarkt.
Upamecano who was rated one of the best young Centre Backs in Europe and recruited by
Bayern Munich is 1.86.
Ramos rated one of best CBs in Europe and just recruited by PSG is 1.84m tall.
Valentin
Conte is one of the very best at getting more than the sum of the parts out of what he has to work with.
He only really added Lukaku in for Icardi and Hakimi to an average enough Inter Milan side that were barely a top 4 team and stormed the league.
Ask yourself, imagine Tets in charge of Inter the last 2 seasons. Instead of Runners Up/Title Winners you’re probably looking at 5th/6th place finishes with the available personnel.
Willian + Runarsson + Kola for Lewandowski !! 🙂
Stroller Nobody would care about White’s height if he was strong aerially, he is comfortably taller than Kounde for example but is nowhere near as successful in aerial duels (Kounde was #5 in all of La Liga for aerial duels won in his own half despite only being 5″10). The way he was manhandled in the air by Toney against Brentford was just a little sneak peek into posters’ on here valid concerns on his weakness in that area making us vulnerable. For £50m you would expect the full package, not a CB that has to play in a back… Read more »
And re Upamecano, may be controversial but I do not rate the guy. Unbelievable athlete but is a very low IQ defender and has bone-headed mistakes a plenty in him. Remember watching in disbelief him getting shredded by both United and Liverpool in the CL last season given all of the hype around him.
Konate is a much smarter defender.
ES: “White is over 6′ tall [1.86 metres] and that is not an impediment for a centre back providing that he has a decent leap and is physically strong.” Yeah, a lot of contrasting info on his height. Premierleague’s official page says 182 cm, 6 ft 0 in and so does his Wiki page. You add the imporant part though – “providing that he has a decent leap and is physically strong”. Is he physically strong? When I was analysing his transfer, maybe 2 months ago, watching youtube videos, I noticed that his greatest defensive trait is stealing the ball… Read more »
Pedro sold Ben White aa an experienced leader of the pack with near world class defending skills. He’s a young man with one very good season on loan at Leeds when they were in the championship.. He was the junior central defender at Brighton last season and was basically under the tutelage of Dunk. Brighton have at least six players who can play as center back- Dunk, Webster, Duffy, Dan Burn, Shane Duffy and Joel Veltman. How in the world did Arsenal come to waste £50 million on relatively inexperience. defender we did not acutely need and ignore an upcoming… Read more »
WE
The whole backline was disappointing last Friday. I am not going to judge White on one game.
Let’s see how he plays alongside Holding or Gabriel.
However, the point made by many posters on Le Grove is that White is too small.
Hey Tony. ✌️
Wenger Eagle
For £50 million you expect a leader of the pack, not some lightweight who needs to have his hands held to cross the road.
He had only played one season of top division football before Arsenal swooped in to spend big money. His fantastic year on loan with Leeds in the championship was under a defensively naive manager.
Almunia – That was superb, I’m still laughing now!
Stroller
No it wasn’t, it was that he was weak aerially and would be targetted as a result which is exactly what came to pass at Brentford.
You gave two terrible examples of players that are both (1) far superior in the air than White is, (2) are actually taller and heavier than White and (3) have both never played in the Premier League.
It’s a bit dubious to say let’s not judge Ben White on one game but defend his signing on the evidence of one middle season at Brighton. He was the junior member of the Dunk-White-Webster/Burns quartet that typically rotated as back three. He played with two other defenders who were aerially dominant to hide his weaknesses. He was played as a libero of the back three, those players did the traditional defending while White was used to get the ball out. He hadn’t played in a back two for a long while before Arteta threw him in against Brentford We… Read more »
Raptora Your last post is fair comment. Nevertheless there are plenty of “football people” who rate him highly. The Brentford game highlighted the real problems at the club. We can afford to change perhaps one or two players in our starting lineup, but not on the scale that we did last Friday. Missing from the team were Aubameyang, Lacazette, Partey, Gabriel, Saka all of whom would have expected to start or at least sit on the bench. When you add the departure of Odegaard who was playing regularly at end of last season when we were “winning” matches that is… Read more »
Are these ‘football people’ who rate White so highly the same people who think that spending £25m + on Ramsdale is a good idea!?
Almuniasaynomore
🤣🤣🤣 you are a legend mate. Love you’re posts
Almunia
Top drawer mate. ..it puts the recent wengo-hagiography that we’ve seen on here firmly back in the file marked ‘really fucking shit ideas – do not reopen’.
The entire Ramsdale saga is making me ill. There are sooo many better, cheaper, homegrowner options than him. Stupidity multiplied by profligacy = P45 I hope.
If only okonkwo and/or hein hadn’t fucked up their curtain calls in Scotland.
On the film theme, what about top 5 horrors (seeing as we’re pondering some truly terrifying transfers).
” The Biggest mistake Arsenal have made over the past twelve years or so was to believe in their own hype (values) and allow Wenger to carry on for far too long.The second biggest mistake was not to appoint someone like Ancelotti after Wenger left. We needed stability and a manager in place who knew what he was doing and who the players would respect and look up to.” Even Wenger carrying on for too long doesn’t mean if we got rid of him 10 years we would have been winning leagues in fact if the appointment didn’t work out… Read more »
So Odegaard won’t feature Sunday due to visa not being agreed
Yet
Almunia Beat this arsewideningly scary quintet 1. Don’t look now. Late sixties with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Makes Venice seem terrifying. 2. The Shining. Kubrick’s magic cinematography. The identical twins, the trike and room 237. 3. The Japanese original of the Ring. Just that bit scarier and unpredictable than the American copy. 4. Southern Comfort AND Deliverance. I used to feel very uneasy whenever travelling in the southern States of the US thanks to these 2 gems. 5. 30 days of night. Alaskan Town besieged by black eyed vampires in the middle of winter. I literally shat and pissed… Read more »
Just looking at the criteria for a visa and it shouldn’t be a major problem but there is real ambiguity around the games he played at RM last season
You’d think that the fact he was given a visa to arrive last season on loan would automatically mean that he would be ok to get one on the nod but until he gets the visa he can’t even part in any training session
If Spurs get Aouar for £17M I will be seriously pissed. As someone pointed out if we’d taken the £13m for Xhaka we could have got Aouar for another £4m . It just shows how little ambition Arteta has. It’s unreal that we haven’t snapped him up already even with Xhaka still here. The sensible thing to do is build for the future, Xhaka is not the future. Aouar is 22, we can’t lose at the price being touted. Xhaka should have been retained as a squad player and a replacement bought regardless. He should be down the pecking order,… Read more »
Thanks for the compliments, as long as they are funny I’ll do them but it’s hard to judge your own work. My wife reads some of them and just shakes her head like I’m writing in another language….. Tony, I haven’t forgotten your one but I think we’ve a little while to go yet before that epitaph is needed. Kroenkephobe, Meant to get back to you on tinker tailor….. I have that film on dvd here but haven’t watched it yet. Obviously you think it’s worth it. Was there a series? Horror is a really tough one, give me 5… Read more »
does anyone no what the process is ?
People who are abusing Ramsdale on social media are scum & not Arsenal supporters!
Arsenal want him & of course he is going to want to come. He is an England player & we all should get behind him. It’s not his fault we are where we are now ffs.
I personally rate the guy & welcome competition to Leno who has been iffy for a while now.
My main concern re Oordegaard is he looks like another skilful late Wenger era lightweight who looks great when we are on the front foot but disappears when we are under the cosh.
I worry that whoever we bring in Arteta’s tactical approach , of slow and rigid possession based play is no longer effective in the prem. Look how City with all their star players coached by Pep seem to now struggle against high level aggressive pressing teams.
Ben White is dense thats the problem, he cannot anticipate
Diet Pep is threatened by anyone who is more intelligent than he is that explains the players and people around him
Kroenkephobe Right,I’m going on how scared I was the first time I watched them. Some haven’t aged well, but at the time, dear lord! 1. Nightmare on Elm Street, I didn’t sleep properly for months after that , destroyed my sense of manliness. 2. Poltergeist 2, the one where he walks past the house singing, still gives me the creeps. 3. It, the original. Never looked for anything that fell down a drain after that. 4. The shining. The twins. Fuck me. 5. The woman in black. Maybe because I watched it in the cinema but the special effects scared… Read more »
Ben White will turn as pale as a ghost when Lumpkakau grinds him into mincemeat this weekend. Only at Arsenal do we buy defenders who cant actually dfend but have other “attributes” Sheesh!
Kroenkephobe,
As for yours I haven’t seen don’t look now or southern comfort and it was the American version of the ring that I saw. But deliverance is memorable for all the wrong reasons and 30 days of night is class. Tend to avoid horrors now with the kids around but the odd one is good for the reflexes!
Very sceptical about Ramsdale but really hoping he proves me wrong and does well. Piss poor from fans giving our signings abuse before they even sign. Fan base really needs to get behind everyone even if they don’t agree, a negative atmosphere will only make it worse.
Nice one Almunia. Most of the watchable horror films come from the US. Some good ones there. Like most spy genre observers, anything by Le Carre is at the top of the tree. Tinker Tailor was made into a 6 or 8 part series by the BBC in the late 70s I think with the great Alec Guinness playing Smiley. The film version is different but equally good for me with Gary Oldman and a string of other well known mainly British actors, plus Ciaran Hinds who is Irish I believe. Le Carre is poles apart from Fleming and Bond… Read more »
Bertfish.
Arsenal want him & of course he is going to want to come. He is an England player & we all should get behind him. It’s not his fault we are where we are now ffs.
Ramsdale has never played for England .
Had Nick Pope, Henderson and or possibly Jack Buckland not been injured in the run up to the Euros Ramsdale wouldn’t have been in the 33 man squad let alone the three keepers that had to be named in the squad.
Awful almunia. Keep your nonsense away from my brain.
Kroenkephobe, I will start with tinker, tailor so and go from there, thanks. It’s difficult to find time for films and when I do my better half wants to watch ‘feel good’ films. Ultimate paradox. Feel good films that make you want to vomit after about 20 mins! At least with the kids we’re working our way through the marvel universe, very enjoyable! Ramsdale is an odd one but when he gets a start he’ll need the fans behind him. You don’t want to be a keeper feeling that you are one mistake away from being severely criticised. Peter Schmeichel… Read more »
Definitely not a fan of Ramsdale. Would prefer someone like Onana for less than half the price.
But if the club is signing him I’m going to completely back him. Idiots commenting on his Insta has already made him lock his comments section and he’s not even signed.
One thing is for sure, Blades fans are extremely sad/angry to see him leave. They see a potential world beater in that guy. Hopefully he is at least someone who can be an upgrade on Leno.
Terraloon
You missed my point
“Idiots commenting on his Insta has already made him lock his comments section and he’s not even signed.”
Oh, those people are something else. Literally anyone that goes to hate on players in their private profiles is a complete and utter scum.
Crimson,
No problem. Let me know where you locate it and I’ll steer clear.
I have just been advised that both Odegaard and Ramsdale are undergoing medicals. More importantly Odegaard will not be playing on Sunday even if we have completed transfer. He needs to complete visa formalities which will only be completed early next week. The info I have received is that Aubameyang and Lacazette may not be playing on Sunday. Arteta is going to have to explain what is going on there. This suggests that all is not well between players and Arteta. I have been an advocate for Arteta being given time to prove his competence as a manager, but I… Read more »
Cheer up, guys! The worst is yet to come…
Almunia – you are a legend man.
ES
‘I have just been advised they’re having Medicals’
Are we really acting as tho reading something on newsnow is ITK info?
Bertfish
I fully accept the point you were making and of course those that abuse but at the same time we shouldn’t kid ourselves about the level or indeed the pecking order that there currently is.
If you like realistic, gritty spy movies I recommend Austin powers the spy who shagged me
Whatever reservations people have about ramsdale, actively going on his Twitter to post shit about a player who has not even kicked a ball for us is really cuntish
ES I have just been advised that both Odegaard and Ramsdale are undergoing medicals.More importantly Odegaard will not be playing on Sunday even if we have completed transfer. He needs to complete visa formalities which will only be completed early next week.The info I have received is that Aubameyang and Lacazette may not be playing on Sunday. Arteta is going to have to explain what is going on there. This suggests that all is not well between players and Arteta. This was old news an hour or so ago on Sky Sports indeed they told us the medical for Odegarrd… Read more »
Almunia
If you like Deliverance, you’ll feel the same way about southern comfort. US reservists on manoeuvres get lost in the Louisiana swamps after pissing off a bunch of cajuns. Late 70s – meant to be a metaphor for the US – Vietnam war. Luckily no one is made to squeal like a pig but the group gradually get whittled down in macabre ways.
Good to get your thoughts on TTSS when you watch it. Best when you’re sober(!) and not tired – it’s reasonably complex but the point is that not a word is wasted. It’s brilliant.
China
I have my grave doubts as to the loyalties of many who post negative or abusive comments on a players Twitter / Facebook accounts
“””””””No problem. Let me know where you locate it and I’ll steer clear.””””””””
Pahahahehehehohohoh! These streets are rough
Frankly, I don’t see a problem with Ode, Ramsdale, White, Lokonga and Tavares. This a good bunch of players, and if you add KT, Partey, Auba, ESR, Saka, Martinelli – we have a very decent, young profile team who could be challenging everything in 2-3 years time.
I do have a problem with Arteta. I don’t think it will happen under him.
Appointing Conte or Big Freaking German would be a big upgrade in it’s own.
I love this idea that edu breaking a sweat to call ES directly to update him on the status of the medicals, one hour after Sky sports already said the same thing
Elite ITK play at hand
Emiratestroller
Do you get ‘advised’ from Twitter by any chance?
G
Are you saying then that Wenger overstaying his welcome had little affect on our situation?
The only Southern comfort i like comes in a rock glass while Dixie and Clarabelle massage me with nothing but an AR 15 cover their apple bottoms.
‘I have just been advised that’…
Oh shut up.
We all have the same info.
Wonder if seedy knows what an AR15 is
Samir
I don’t do twitter or facebook.
Almunia/Kroenkephone
If I may join you in the horror film discussion? Do you both classify Alien (by Ridley Scott) as a horror film? Even if not, the scene where the characters Parker and Lambert are killed by the Alien is superbly done from a horror perspective. The visuals and the music is perfect, the terror of the characters is portrayed brilliantly.
I happened to watch the film the first time as an 11/12 year old (somehow!) and that scene has always stayed with me.
You do do skysports tho ES
Chris,
Alien is a horror for me though I’m sure there’s a new term for the blending of sci-fi and horror. Kroenkephobe will know and if he doesn’t he’ll create a good one to fill the void! Alien was one of those that somehow survived the passing of time in an industry that’s pretty unforgiving. I’d have it in my top 10, though in truth I forgot it when listing my top 5.