Well, here we are, looking over a wrecked start to the season trying to work out if what we’re seeing is a disaster predicated on a severe mitigating circumstance or a mitigating circumstance that has given cover to a disaster already unfolding.
There are a few worries that I have post-Chelsea game and actually, one of them comes from reading Mike McDonald’s yesterday.
‘I saw Arteta refuse to address a simple tactical issue on Chelsea’s right and I saw what I fear will be his downfall, a lack of humility. None of this has anything to do with unfortunate circumstances.’
Mike put this down to stubbornness, which would be kind in my opinion. I had a different take. I think Arteta is far more similar to Jose Mourinho than any other manager out there. He’s very transactional by nature (bye bye Willian), he seems to be a bit of an egotist (falls out with everyone), and if he doesn’t get what he wants… he throws his toys out the pram (Brentford presser).
He’s also very, very intelligent. There’s absolutely no way he didn’t see Arsenal getting hammered down the left. It was so obvious, it almost looked like he let it happen to us to prove a point. That is a Jose tactic from back in the day, if he didn’t get his signings, he’d do something self-destructive to make a point, then he’d get his shopping list addressed.
It’s moves like that that kill me. That’s not ability, it’s immaturity. Same sort of carry-on before the Brentford game. That game was lost in the press conference and the behaviour that preceded it. That’s not ability, that’s maturity.
You can do things like that if you are delivering. Big coaches behave badly all the time. Pochettino had a massive sulk about the coach/manager position, refusing to wear a suit, but he had earned his stripes. This Arteta nonsense doesn’t hold weight with the fans, who let’s be honest, are at best neutral to him… and it shouldn’t hold weight with the club.
Having an obsession with being right is a bad trait. We let Arteta hire yes men around him. Children or people grateful for his gift of a job at a massive club. When you surround yourself with meh, you have to be so unbelievably good at your job, because when things go to shit, no one will tell you that you’re not wearing clothes.
William Saliba is doing a great job in Marseille at the moment. He has his own set of Ultras that own one of the most potent propaganda networks in world football. They are persuasive. It is getting desperately hard to not look at that loan and think it was all about Arteta. Do I think Saliba is controlling Lukaku at the weekend? No. But do I think he’d have grown from the experience and offered us more from the dismal Pablo Mari? Likely. Again, Saliba getting 3000 minutes this season will be major… but I can only accept those minutes going abroad if our back-up defenders don’t cost us points like they have in the last two games. A 28-year-old defender with beautiful hair getting rolled in our box was embarrassing, and that rankles fans, especially the Ultras. We had Pablo on loan, we watched him in training every day, we made that loan perm… and he’s not that good.
Arteta shouldn’t have leverage at the club, but he does, because we have weak leadership and a knee capped Technical Director. The calculation is quite simple from Arteta… are you really going to sack someone you just gave £130m? If you do, what are you going to bring to the club? The best Spurs could do was Nuno. The best Everton could do was Rafa. Who do you think we’re getting midseason? Antonio Conte… a chequebook manager, a demanding winner, a total lunatic, bad with kids? No chance. He’s not matched to our new vision. Graham Potter? Brighton paid £2m to release him, do you think their poker playing owner hasn’t thought about his release clause? We’d be hiring the type of nobody that rocks up on a boat with Raul, Edu and Kia in Monaco. I think that factors into how Arteta behaves.
The way I see it, the manager has 10 games to save his career, and I suspect he probably will.
- NCFC (h)
- Burnley (a)
- Spurs (h)
- Brighton (a)
- CPFC (h)
- AVFC (H)
- LCFC (a)
- Watford (h)
- LFC (a)
- NUFC (h)
We need to be extracting 23 points from that lot. Liverpool is probably a write-off, but at least we should have full complement of players to choose from. Spurs has to be a win. Leicester has to be a win. I cannot have Patrick Vieira bossing us with his new Palace side.
Things I’ll be looking for:
- This is Arteta’s squad now, so where is the better football?
- Can he make his players press intelligently for more than 6 minutes?
- Can he get on a run like post-Xmas
The key to any success for me is getting Auba back to his best. That’s why I was shocked to read yet more ‘Auba could go’ stories doing the rounds yesterday. It’s Arteta again. The player isn’t working out, so instead of making things better, he just wants to discard last summer’s toy. He’s like Donald Trump. Everything is zero sum. Who is holding him accountable? Which coach is the counterpoint to this?
His job is to get us back to 2 seasons ago Auba. A man who loved his football, who scored goals for fun, and lifted the fans. You can’t just bin him because you don’t fancy him.
Willian is about to exit. For me, it’s quite refreshing to have a player in the side on a big contract who actually wants to play football and actually reacts badly to being disliked by the fans. We’ll be exiting him, but no doubt picking up a huge chunk of his two-year deal, especially if he goes to Brazil. Who is being held accountable for this? No doubt Raul and Edu were pushing the player… but let’s not pretend Arteta wasn’t championing this guy and his special qualities.
There are also other exits lined up. Kola will leave to Turkey, Eddie will get his move to Palace, and Torreira is going to Italy.
We await a new on the right back… but dear lord, don’t let that player be a 31-year-old that’s been bombed off by an elite side. Do we ever learn?
We play West Brom a little later. We’ll have the chance to see Martin Odegaard and Aaron Ramsdale make their official debuts. We’ll probably see Tavares and some of the players that are around the periphery. It’s a must-win game whoever he puts out there. Sadly, I’m not looking forward to it… when your biggest backer is getting bored, you know you are in trouble.
Let’s see what he has, because the time for excuses is well and truly over.
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It’s not realistic to expect a clean sweep of management
One of the Vinai-Edu-Arteta trio needs to stay to grow into the job.
I expect they will keep Vinai, he’s effectively just a caretaker. It’s Josh who’s in charge of the club.
Arteta may have been learning from Pep but he also picked up a lot of Guardiolas bad traits. Pep couldnt manage Zlatan or Etoo. so he binned them sharpish. He is a good manager but not a great tactician. His deficiencies were masked at Barca by the magic of Messi, Iniesta and Xavi. He binned Ronaldinho too but Ronnie was a non stop party animal so I cant blame him for that Bottom line is Pep was a great player and had a CV and a methodology of play ingrained in him at Barca. Arteta hs none of that Lego… Read more »
So proper director of football would have quit the moment Arteta made his power grab
I can’t imagine Mislintat would have stayed in those circumstances.
Romano : Harry Kane has decided to respect Tottenham decisions and to be available since 2 weeks – this is why he was regularly playing vs Wolves. He’s not gonna break his relationship with Spurs. 🚫⚪️ #THFC
Levy is turning down every approach for Man City. Last bid: €150m, refused.
My prediction : City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs to be top 4 this season, United to miss out.
The resident Spuds lover strikes again. (with all due respect)
Talking about recruitment, anybody has seen the latest development at PSG?
Looks like they may accept Real Madrid bid for MBappe and bring Ronaldo for £25 millions. The chairman and Qatar want him, but the DoF Leonardo does not.
An attack of Messi, Ronaldo, DiMaria, Icardi, Draxler would be like cheating to the Nth degree. Imagine Pochetino having to manage all those egos and deliver a Champion’s League.
Tr7 what’s your fixation on spurs ?
You love to give us news on them
Who actually gives a fuck what the spuds do ?
You can never give them cunts credit on an arsenal blog it’s treason to do so
Spurs will not finish top 4 instead of Man u no chance
You go into a pub before a match and you say that see if you don’t get thrown out on your arse
Dissenter – Maybe I’m a little harsh on Vinai, as other than his approach in initially recruiting Arteta he hasn’t done much wrong. I do however wonder if he’s holding Edu/Arteta accountable when questionable footballing decisions are being made.
Edu though is in the same boat as Arteta, if Mikel is sacked we need a reset on the footballing side, they need to bring in a technical director with a better eye for talent and decision making, brave enough to actually question a new manager no matter how experienced he is.
Serge
That I have any fixation with Spurs is a figment of your imagination. Harry Kane transfer is a big news, so decided to share Fab’s tweet on it. It’s your choice if you want to read more in to it.
To those of you who think we’re getting Conte/ Zidane.No chance.They’ll want big bucks backing.straight away.That ain’t going to happen under Stans watch ( particularly with the impending st Louis court case on the horizon).I’ll tell you now & I won’t charge( just like Sid😜)
It’s Brendan Rodgers.We are in for a Rodgering.Been saying it all summer.Put your house 🏠 on it.
. TR7August 25, 2021 12:42:49 SergeThat I have any fixation with Spurs is a figment of your imagination. Harry Kane transfer is a big news, so decided to share Fab’s tweet on it. It’s your choice if you want to read more in to it. You do like to waffle on about them it’s not the first time I don’t see anyone else talking about them here If Kane is big news we will see it for ourselves I don’t want to know If Gil is a baller Kane is staying Etc etc They can fuck off Raptora also noticed… Read more »
Haha markymark well my new team is a sister team of my old one and is directly related to it so if I do well here it’s absolutely possible in the future. Have to focus on my own performance in the mean time tho!
It’s true that if we went to conte at the start of the summer and said you can have 150m to spend he’d possibly have been interested
But the club was passive as always and now they’ve financially backed arteta they will loath to admit the mistake and get rid. And if they do they know the next manager won’t want in with empty coffers.
Conte and Zidane are no longer a remote possibility unless Stan is feeling REALLY generous financially which I doubt he is
China1 bullshitted his way because he is tall in a country of relatively short people
Diet Pep is good looking in a country of Not known for good looks
Harry Kane has confirmed that he will be staying at Spurs this summer.
That’s good news for us.
I was worried about what a proper director of football would with the £125-150 million transfer proceeds they got for him. Spurs altos play better without Harry Kane
Now we just have to try and get Aouar by any means necessary.
Sid that’s only true in the south
Get off a plane in north China and it’s crazy how tall everyone is!
Guys, trust the process. It’s not easy to relegate a club like arsenal. It will take time, be patient lads.
Yeah, ask Conte in the beginning of the Summer, give him 150m NET to spend and power in the transfer deals like Arteta has right now, and Conte would have thought long and hard about it, unlike when he momentarilly killed spuds’ hopes.
Right now, absolutely no way. Not after Arteta spent a huge outlay for the likes of White, Ramsdale and Odegaard.
Conte would have brought Dumfries here, play a back 3 of Gabriel, Holding and Saliba with Tierney and Dumfries in the WB positions, to partner Partney he’d bring Barella or similar or try with Torreira, and in offence he’d bring someone to play alongside Auba – someone like Calvert Lewin, Osimhen, Vlahovic, Isaak.
In – Dumfries, Barella, Calvert Lewin
Out – Bellerin, Xhaka, Lacazette
Those are the obvious transfers.
New season same old Arsenal, @Globalgunner😀😁😁😁😂…how about hiring Wenger again for two years, we would play that sexy Wenger ball with the young players we got. No trophies but sexy beautiful football I miss so much. Our own football style Wenger style. We are spending money and Wenger deserve another chance to entertain us. Arteta thought was good in the first six month, where we played nice football with better organization but last season and this season start and displays really been worrying, let’s hope he becomes a manager like Wenger and play stylish footy. Come on Arsenal let’s win… Read more »
The most exciting talent at Arsenal are lokongo and Arteta, one is proving it the other is in dire decline by the minute.
For the record the club are emailing on an almost daily basis club members.
Yesterday’s email included a notice that the club will investigate all cases of abuse and sanction and ban those who are found guilty of such matters.
I suspect that does not cover just racial abuse such as what has happened recently to Saka,
but also the abuse of Arteta at last weekend’s game and more importantly what is also being
published on the internet.
Oh harry kane staying is a lose lose to both of them. Spurs are never going to see that kind of money again. He won’t win any trophies. And he will start declining in a year or two. He might do a Lewandowski or a Benzema and stay at the top level for a while but you never know. What was for certain was a 150 mil for spurs would have done a lot of damage to our chances than kane staying. As of now there is Kane and son in that team. Romero might come good. There are good… Read more »
Robel yonas. No way man. Going back to Wenger would be like going back to that sexy flame that gave you an almost incurable STD that took all the antibiotics on this planet to get rid of.
Wenger would come back with his lymph node killing backroom staff and permeate our entire central nervous system. Are people forgetting that this man is 72 years old.
Arteta we can get rid.of. He will keelhaul himself within a month. bank on it. Wenger will defacto become president of Arsenal kingdom within 2 weeks talking about next level, next level, next level.
I thought we weren’t Banter Fc . You should see the memes, gifs and videos mocking Arsenal. That’s a new 1st as well for Arteta. Turning the club into a laughing stock
Robel yonas
. Arteta thought was good in the first six month, where we played nice football with better organization but last season and this season start and displays really been worrying,”
Why don’t you just come out and say that the day Ozil was binned , was the day that the slow regression began.
A couple of 8th place finishes and 2nd from bottom of the league and still struggling to create or score is confirmation of this.
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I miss the time of Cesc, RvP, Hleb and Rosicky. We were missing goals left and right and it was infuriating to lose games when we’ve had 20 chances to score, but fuck me, the quality in our game was so far ahead of the spoiled soup we’re being served right now. It was still painful to not win the major trophies, but we were competing and it was a sweet pain because of how sexy our football was. Unlike now when the pain is just dull and it doesn’t hurt as much because we are so used to it… Read more »
“China1 bullshitted his way because he is tall in a country of relatively short people
Diet Pep is good looking in a country of Not known for good looks”
Now that is funny.
And to cap it all, Arteta sells Willock , when anyone with a football brain can see that, used in the right way, he is a midfield goal machine
What ‘abuse’ of Arteta? Lol.
That he is a shit manager? That he has perfect hair? That he is called ‘Legohead’?
Eddie will be the next decision we will live to regret of hw decides to leave.
Another player who is ready to explode onto the scene…..given the chance.
China, Whats up with people in the North being taller than down sout. Is the gravity differnt there or is it the food?
Scientists here are also baffled why people from Newcastle aint so bright
Bunch of Chinese Per Mertesackers up in Northern China haha.
Raps you keep naming players we should have signed like Dumfries but he signed for the champions of Italy who are going to play Champions league football. A lot of players simply won’t join us unless we throw a massive wage at them hence the reason we have signed who we have.
Down south they have to be short to easily go down south on the women
Was Emery not mercilessly abused for everything from his English and famously his pronunciation of ‘evening’ to his teeth to his greasy hair to being called Dracula to being mocked by his own set of players?
Why all of a sudden are people taking exception to Tets being called a few names?
The change in the way referees are officiating may be the reason that players like Antonio and Lukaku are looking exceptional with their strength and power on the ball. Previously, a mere touch from a striker on the defender would result in a free kick. Now, it looks to me that they can bulldozer their way through , using their powerful physique as a weapon. For me , this is a good thing as I have always thought defenders have it too easy, sadly it’s not such a good thing for Arsenal as we suffer from a lack of physique… Read more »
Can see it now , Arsenal have a team of Ben Johnson lookalikes.
https://images.app.goo.gl/oLRt4axdKap2ZDvS7
Eddie fucking nketiah and willock. Thats pierre in a nutshell. This club has lost many a great players and still didnt break but we’ll live to regret the departure of those two for the rest of our lives lol
Raulishuss
You’re young, you can’t see what I can see….
Pump the The Arsenal squad full of steroids…
Maybe that’s the answer ..
Bob N16
So you think I’m exaggerating when I state that Arteta has made some “astonishing” decisions.
1. Martinez/Leno?
2. Xhaka?
3. Willian?
4. Runarsson?
5. White?
6. Aubameyang and Lacazette?
7. Saliba?
8. Ramsdale?
9. Martinelli?
10.AMN?
11..Villarreal?
12 + many tactically inept decisions?
……….and many more.
Do t you find any of these extremely surprising?
Graham
You missed out willock, and of course Ozil.
I agree with Pierre here, Nketiah has been poorly treated.
There is something there but Arteta hasn’t, imo, given him the opportunity to blossom.
Sorry Pierre.
Ozil was not on my list because he was a thorn in our backside long before Arteta came on the scene. He had to go.
Yes, I could have included Willock. Similar to the Eddie scenario.
Good pierre i once thought bendtner was going to be better than ibra. Like you i absolutely love eddie, but big clubs sell these kinda talent all the time tbh its mostly for the benefit of the player. I think among all our young stars eddie has the best attitude shame at this stage of his development he lacks a little bit maturity imo
Acknowledging JOSHUAD posted on 7 am Spot on “ good comments here. i really appreciate devlin’s comments criticizing arteta’s lack of humility and willingness to learn. arteta thinks he has all the answers of how the game should be played but there are many questions presenting that he has never even considered. instead of solving those problems, he’s making excuses or trying to talk around the problems. likewise, instead of enlisting help of these new problems from senior players, arteta often disrespected them, treating the same as junior guys and sometimes worse. arsenal had players with tons of experience and… Read more »
Global gunner,
China is not just one homogeneous ethnic group.
Different ethnic group may have different physical characteristics.
I remember a friend of mine told us that he was dating a Chinese exchange student girl. The day he introduced her to us, We were all expecting the small, demure typical Chinese woman.
She was none of that. She was tall, quite athletic.
He met her via his sister who was also playing volleyball at Uni.
She was not from the Han ethnic group.
Arteta saying this project will take time. Lmao
He thinks the fans are as gullible as the board. Unfortunately, some are…
How long did Wenger take to start winning trophies? Second season, he had an identity and was up and running. Players targeted, bought into the system.
Bringing out the best in players that underperformed in other clubs across Europe.
I’m not saying bring Wenger back, I’m just highlighting what real progress looks like compared to one we are being served.
And arteta absolutely love eddie. There was a time people were accusing him of bias cuz he was regularly stating eddie over marti and even laca. Eddie needs a full season starting and playing games which arsenal can’t affor to give him rn. Talent is definately and he’ll suprise a few imo
They can’t stop us having an opinion on a player or the manager at the ground
They can tell us to leave if their is racism or abuse
Telling the manager you don’t know what your doing is never a problem
. Arsenal haven’t had a better striker who can replace Laca. And, Matthias Da’cunha changes teams thrice in 2 years. Do you need scouts to spot this boy’s abilities? Moreover, he was in a team with which Arsenal has done loan business with.
Is this sheer indifference OR lack of ambition?
Valentine insinuating that his friend was dating Yao Mings sister is taking it too far
Pretty sad reading that Jack Wilshere piece about him being all but retired at age 29, he sounds just about ready to retire for real. Think it was Paulinho on here who predicted that Jack would be retired by 25/26, he wasn’t far off as he has played around 1300 total mins (about 14 full matches) in the last 3-4 odd years, his last spell at Bournemouth where he played most of those mins he was horrific. Injuries absolutely ruined a brilliant player, one of the most gifted young English footballers of his generation. Will always remember him for that… Read more »
Matheus Cunha signs for Atletico Madrid for just €25m+€5m in potential add ons, less than we paid for back up GK Aaron Ramsdale.
#AnotherOne
PSG have the losing hand at this poker game with M,bappe.
They will take whatever is offered because the player is going for a big fat zero next summer
Madrid can afford to wait
“Pump the The Arsenal squad full of steroids…Maybe that’s the answer ..“
The way this club is managed our players would just get zits and no muscles.
Yeah I feel sorry for Jack. When you think of that night at the Emirates against Barcelona, and how differently it could have gone for him.
It must be soul destroying knowing you have the talent and ability, but lack the physical element to harness it. Like a painter losing his sight or a surgeon developing the shakes.
Wish him all the best, perhaps he could take up coaching or give talks to young players to try and pass his immense talent on, what he has learned etc
Perhaps Mbappe will reject a move to Madrid this time around, take his chance to play with Messi and a great chance to win the CL. Then take his pick next summer on his own terms with a gigantic signing on fee to boot.
“Matheus Cunha signs for Atletico Madrid for just €25m+€5m in potential add ons, less than we paid for back up GK Aaron Ramsdale.
”
That’s criminal
Has Arteta Mbappe’s mobile number ? Surely no better time to sell the project?
Dissenter I thought that it would be a no-brainer myself for PSG to take €160m for Mbappe who will walk for nothing in June next year. After giving it a little thought though, this is a State-owned unfathomably rich club that have already committed close to €1.5 Billion to player recruitment in the 10 yeara since their takeover in their quest to conquer Europe and they still have yet to win the Champions League. Mbappe is likely the difference between them being massive favourites for the CL as opposed to just one of the favourites along with Bayern Munich, Man… Read more »
WE, Me and you have been banging his drum for a while. A player with an undeniable top class potential, ready to deliver right away, moving for an absolute steal of a transfer sum. We hear the likes of CC non-stop spout garbage rhetorics how certain players have been sold on the cheap, questioning their quality, right after saying that only shit teams want them, then have them go to the actual champions of the country. Truth is, there was/is a firesale in Europe. A lot of players were sold for 2x less money than in a normal climate. And… Read more »
Just feels like we could have done a DIY squad rebuild this summer had we set about getting meaningful target
The 80 million spent on White and Ramsdale were grossly misplaced
Two quality midfielders [CAM and AM] as well as Areola on loan would have been a better use of these resources.
Haven’t been angry about Arsenal this much since the summer of 2015.
Wenger eagle
Maybe they decide to let their pride speak for itself and hope Mbappe changes his mind.
Whatever they decide to do, Madrid have the time on their hands.
They have Benzema still banging goals so they can wait.
Raptora
Cunha and De Paul were two personal favourites of mine so I will be keeping a very close eye on Atletico this season, you have to make them outright favourites for La Liga at this stage.
Yeah agreed, dispiriting to know just how much we could have improved the team this summer and we have little to show for our £135m spend, the highest in all of Europe as of right now by the way.
Hazard Bigben Mbappe… With that mid field. Im tipping real madrid for the cl
Raptora
Do shut the fuck up, nobody cares about your Denzel Dumfries fetish. You wanted a RB over a creative player, so let’s not pretend you’ve some finger on the pulse here when talking Arsenal.
De paul is just a priemer league player damn.
Onana, Dumfries, Aouar, Cunha for a combined £70m is absolutely unthinkable in a normal market. And is also what dreams are made of for a team like Arsenal. The disgusting part is that they would have all joined us if we made our intentions towards them known by June. We’d have a heck of team with those for a laughable total fee.
From a Spurs perspective, it has to be commendable to stare down city and keep your best player
Kane will probably move next season but that other club has come a long way from the one that was like 10 years behind Arsenal.
Not sure Raulishuss, they were thoroughly outplayed by Chelsea’s midfield last season in the CL SF. Modric and Kroos aren’t getting any younger and while they are still elite technicians, they do not have the legs to compete with a midfield unit like Chelsea’s with Kante, Kovacic and Mount or Bayern’s of Kimmich-Gotetzka or City’s multitude of options in there. I agree that Mbappe makes them a massive threat though, he will help Benzema to an incredible degree and Vinicius Jr looks like he is capable of making the step up this season too if Hazard and Bale aren’t at… Read more »
Why are Madrid pushing for Mbappe transfer for £135M when they can sign him on a pre-contract in January for free ? Mbappe anyway dreams of playing for Madrid, so it’s not like they will have any difficulty in prying him away.
Without*
To be sincere wilshere wasn’t tactically sound but had skill and passion bit like tierney. Would regularly go for unneccesary 50/50s even that barca night song,kos,cesc,nasri and rvp were much better.
90% of the posters on here highlight the same thing over and over again …………INCOMPETENCE! Why is it then that the other 10% of posters, including Pedro, don’t see this? It’s as if all that insider information they feed off has affected their ability to judge things for themselves. What are they seeing that justifies their mind-blowingly ignorant perceptions of matters? It’s as if they have been taken over by aliens.. Maybe it boils down to the fact that they never want to admit they’ve made a mistake. That, for them, is far more important than seeing their beloved Arsenal… Read more »
This club is run by maggots, owned by utter ambition-less American zombies. Let’s get this straight: the ownership has to change. This Kroenke moth#%%^^ers have to leave.
TR7
Can only guess that Flo Perez isn’t keen on another trophy-less season which would be harmful to the brand.
Back to back league titles for their city little brothers would be pretty catastrophic. Has never been done in Perez’s time at the club.
Sid,
Was Yao Ming not an only child?
Anyway she was tall, not a giant and she played volleyball not basketball!
CC,
Haha the one that was arguing for hours with WengerEagle about how White is going to help our offense with his progressive carries and passes to make sense of spending 50m on a CB, just a week or two after he had a massive fight with Marko about how 50m CB is totally not what we need. You certainly had some finger on the pulse there.
Flip-flopper.
Lol no chance Dissenter, Citeh weren’t desperate and Spuds were asking for a ridiculous amount for a 28 year old with glass ankles. Pretty dense decision to keep an unhappy player imo when that money could have been reinvested in a plethora of players that could take you to heights greater than 6th/7th.
Kane is going to be a mopey prick all season, he said hinself in his statement that he is 100% staying ‘this summer’.
Which in non-PR speak means, ‘I will fuck off the first realistic chance that I get’.
“Sid,Was Yao Ming not an only child?“
Wasn’t every Chinese child an only child?
Don’t worry WE I’m taking a bamford wager(lol) madrid sorts their midfield our. Anceloti has started addressing it with velverde replacing kross and modric as good as ever. They want jules but i think they will not be too shabby with nacho and eder. Ramos and especially varane were looking a lil bit in decline physically
Useroz
We’re waiting for next summer. Auba and Laca out; Mbappe (free) and Haaland (£64m release clause in 2022) in. The promises of winning the CL in 3 years were true.
WE,
It could also be that a gentleman agreement has been concluded behind the scene to let him go next summer.
The same way Alex Ferguson convinced Ronaldo to give an extra year to ManUtd.
Daniel Levy can’t afford to lose his talismanic player just when they open the new stadium. They have not sold the right for it. They need to show that they are not going to collapse right away.
Raptora Flip flopper? Dearly me you are a moron. Is it that difficult to entertain two thoughts in your head at one time? I never agreed with signing White if it crippled our ability to refresh the forward line, but at the same time I fully understand how a CB with his skill-set influences our ability to progress the ball front-to-back. Quite something that you struggle with that. I’ve only been on record for two years wanting change at the top end of the pitch, some flip flopper alright. Then there’s you, cheerleading Denzel Dumfries since you learned of his… Read more »
WE
Well Atletico look all set to retain the league title, don’t they ?
Oblak, Suarez, Koke, De Paul, Cunha, Gimenez, Trippier, Savic, Felipe, Hermoso, Carrasco, Felix, Correa, Llorente – a very solid and quality core of players. I am assuming Saul will leave.
“” “”””””I never agreed with signing White if it crippled our ability to refresh the forward line,””””””””””
Lmfaoooooooo!
Valentin ‘Gentleman’s agreement’ means nothing with a bloke like Daniel Levy promising it. I think that the Spuds have overplayed their hand here though as for City he would be a brilliant addition but it falls more into the luxury category than neccessity given they were runaway PL champions and CL Finalists last season without a recognised ST for large parts. Levy should have swallowed his pride, took the £120m and reinvested that into the squad. They beat City without Kane and looked decent doing it, add £120m of talent that want to be there around that side and imo… Read more »
Raulishuss Modric is 36 and Kroos soon to be 32. They are ancient in MF terms where you do the vast majority of the running, called the engine room for a reason. Old strikers like Ronaldo and Zlatan can get away with running less as their value is provided through their goalscoring threat and ability to be the focal point of the attack. Kante-Kovacic-Mount had them on toast last season. TR7 Yeah Saul looks a goner. They still have a top midfield in Koke-Kondogbia-Llorente though, very well balanced with Koke the technician and brain, Kondogbia the engine along with the… Read more »
Ozil. Willock. Nketiah. I’m just a Wenger away from winning Pierre Bingo!
Seriously Pierre, I agree that it will be a mistake to sell Nketiah. He looked a totally different player this pre-season and looks stronger and more confident. This might be a classic case of selling low. Hopefully, Ornstein’s story about Arsenal not accepting less than 20m for him is true and we can finally get him to extend his deal. His agent clearly likes to drag things out to the last minute.
100% spot on Wenger Eagle “Pride before a fall”
Kane is a heavily built and injury prune not a natural athlete like Ronaldo, he could be finished at really top level with 2-3 years. Spurs may regret not not taking the Cash and reinvesting in the squad.
With Auba and Laca out, It was a pity that Nketiah got injured as it would have been interesting to see if he could have brought any of his pre season improved form into actual Premiership games.
modric controls almost every match he plays, kross and modric can’t play together anymore that’s where velverde comes in. Kross is been written off too quick for my liking. Im expecting a bounce back
Pedro-here’s a theory for you.
While a lot of people are saying that Arteta buying younger players for the future is a brave decision, could it just be his way to buy time for himself? Based on his comments yesterday, looks like he thinks this summer’s spend on 23 and under players was his best path to survival rather than acting in the best interests of the club. He can plead with the club and fans for patience whereas he knows if experienced players failed again for him, he would have no time to stall the inevitable.
Shaquiri was available. He’s now gone to Lyon. He would have been an adequate signing for us.