CUP GAMES MIGHT NOT BE FOR THE KIDS + ARTETA COMMUNICATIONS SHIFT

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I spent last week back in England after two years out of the game due to the pandemic. Honestly, it was so good to be back. I knew it had been too long because I was oddly enamoured with people’s accents. I loved the little things, like not being able to get a haircut until after 3pm on a Saturday, or being strong-armed into destruction drinking by nearly everyone. I honestly can’t wait to be back at Christmas and take a few games in. I miss London man, I’m in pieces at my desk this morning stroking a box of PG Tips whispering ‘alright you facking melt’ quietly to myself.

The other nice thing about the trip? I am something of a good luck charm for Arteta’s career. He won his first game with my presence and he just pulled himself partially out of a hole this weekend.

I went back over his interviews. I don’t know what the ground zero situation looked like over the past two weeks, but it felt to me like some people at the club sat down with him and had a proper conversation. I might just be projecting what I’d liked to have happened.

Notable things:

Vibes: His demeanour was very different before the game. He’s back to selling a future we can buy into. There was no moping or feeling sorry for himself. There were no excuses, no disgruntlement at what had gone on, just a laser focus on clearly communicating with the fans what the plan is moving forward.

Content: I think his content has improved over the past couple of weeks. The main message I was getting from his pressers is that he’s happy with the talent, but more than that, he’s happy with the new characteristics of his squad. I’ve found that interesting. When he spoke of his new players, he spoke of their personality traits. Tomi was ‘all smiles with a desire to play’, Sambi Lokonga ‘was desperate to play despite a knock’, and Aaron Ramsdale ‘is a great energy, something different.’ 

Happy family: I think Arteta also went to great lengths to thank the wider staff for getting him through it. Moving up to manager can cloud your ego, we’ve all been there, you make director and you think you’re a GOD of the internet at first. Arteta is not a god, so throwing his weight around in August in press conferences like peak-Jose wouldn’t have gone down well. It read to me like maybe he’d been force-fed a bit of humble pie because he was very keen to stress that everyone had mucked in.

Have you ever seen those memes on the internet where there’s a bear hugging a dog with a caption like “This bear loves the dog” then an animal expert writes underneath “this is a dog tied to a bowl, the bear is about it eat him.” That could be me with these hack observations. They might not be true, but whatever went on, one thing is for sure: the players didn’t down tools on him. Sure, it wasn’t an A+ performance for the ages, but you could see the specifics of what we were trying to do. I thought we were very aggressive for most of the game, our players pressed far harder than they usually do, and our overall play was far more unpredictable. Ben White creates chances, has great passing, and uses his runs to create overloads. Sambi Lokonga, quite simply, is not Dani Ceballos. Tomiyasu gives us height defending longballs, he gives us an option outwide, and he can actually right back. Ramsdale can pass so playing out the back looks good. It didn’t work as a piece of art, but at the very least, you could see the component parts and how they’ll make us better.

Some of the criticism after the game did make for painful reading. People position themselves as elite analysts of the futbol but fail to understand that we’re putting humans out on the pitch. You put a bunch of people together in a new office and it takes a while to get going, it’s the same with footballers. Arteta gifted 4 players home debuts, only one of our back 5 remained the same from the previous two games, we started a brand new keeper, we ran a midfield pairing that had never played together, and we did that all in the first game after the international break.

I know we’re all dying for a blowout here, but once again, we have to accept that it’s going to take a bit of time to start firing on all cylinders.

The good news? 

  1. We don’t have European football so the players can spend more time on the training ground
  2. We have specificity in the important positions, so if we can keep players fit, we’ll have a system that works
  3. We’ve played the two best teams in the country right now

I suspect the club will have a lot of attention on Spurs, who have been shite this season, because that’s an Arteta Cup Final. It’ll be very interesting to see what he does against Wimbledon this week in the league cup. For me, it’s not a rest day, it’s a ‘let’s work each other out’ game. It’s a practice game with a trophy attached to it. Certain players shouldn’t be risked, like Saka, Auba and ESR, but I’d really like to see a strong team out there so we can get some minutes in the legs.

This idea does run into challenges though. We have all these fantastic kids looking for minutes. Folarin Balogun scored for the U23s at the weekend. We’re all watching the Patino hype videos. These players need experience as well. There’s a balance… but the most important thing at the moment is the development of the first team and for the players to get to full match fitness.

I’m weirdly looking forward to the away day at Burnley. It’ll be a roughhouse game and I want to see how this new defence stands up to a thug 90 minutes. I think we have more than enough to dispatch them and I really hope they can be the team we find our edge against.

Right, that’s me done for the day, see you in the comments… and please watch the videos below.

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If wanking was a sport, I’d be an elite professional

englandsbest

emiratestroller

On second thoughts, yes, per. haps they ARE more intelligent. (I’m talking about sports people, not the press.) And for a very simple reason. In those days they earned little more than the man in the street. Now many earn far more than a top heart surgeon.

I wonder what country I’d choose to represent if wanking was a sport. Got to say my best wanks have been in England, so I’d choose to be an English wanker.

RecycledOldSock

Emma Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002 in Toronto, Canada, to Ian and Renee Raducanu, originally from Bucharest, Romania, and Shenyang, China, respectively. The original spelling of her family name in Romanian is Răducanu (pronounced [rəduˈkanu]). She attributed her mentality and ethics to her tennis idols Simona Halep and Li Na, both from countries of her ancestry.

Upstate Gooner

“Upstate, sorry, can’t have that. Tomi had 3 days with the team. Others were on international break. The entire back 5 had never played together.”

Again, if Arteta saw something in training that he didn’t like, he didn’t have to put out that starting XI. Yes, we (barely) won but to me, they looked shaky. And that’s against the “mighty” Norwich.

Bob N16

Too much information TYAG, although there’s a few who surely push you hard on here- perish the thought!

Sorry Pedro, probably should keep off politics but the Tories for the most part disgust me, the Home Secretary is horrific and her unsympathetic stance on immigrants, from an immigrant background, highlights my disgust. No more politics, promise.

RecycledOldSock

British tennis star Emma Raducanu today put her success at the US Open down to her ‘tough’ and ‘very, very hard to please’ parents, praising them for bringing her up to have mental strength. The 18-year-old said her father Ian and mother Renee Raducanu had been hugely influential in her sporting prowess and they were ‘just so happy and proud of me’ when she spoke to them on the phone after her win. They could not be in New York to see her extraordinary journey through to the tournament’s final because of strict Covid-19 rules in the US which meant… Read more »

englandsbest

I think with nationality you are what you think you are. Britain is a prime example. There are four countries involved. I may be wrong but I think most Scots. Welsh, North Irish call themselves British, and equally there are some English who don’t.

Tom

“Classic Tom, an 18 year old qualifier wins a GS for the first time and you can’t help yourself and highlight that she had a relatively ‘easy’ draw.“

You really need to get over yourself Bob.
There’s a big difference between trying to rain on someone’s parade with immediate hot takes, something I didn’t do, and the push back days later against claims of this being one of the greatest achievements in all of sports ever.

Dissenter

If Raducanu had been a prodigious mass-murderer
Would anyone be fighting to claim her; Canadian born, British raised, Romanian dad and Chinese mother.
Why don’t we all wait what she identifies herself as
My bet is she sees herself as all-of-the-above

Sorry Pedro, she doesn’t fit into one box so it’s okay to okay about the complexity of heritage
It pays Raducanu to claim all four to increase her marketing potential. She will make tonnes of money in China if she plays it right

BacaryisGod

Radacanu was eligible and chose to represent Britain. She’s a British tennis player. Nothing wrong with what Tom said about her achievement being assisted by a relatively weak field and favourable draw. The achievement is still remarkable, even more so because no-one even won 5 games in a set against her. If anything, adding some perspective might take a little pressure off her because she’s now got a massive target in her back and the tabloids will be relentless. Don’t forget that after Serena won her first slam as a teenager she had to wait two and a half years… Read more »

AFC Forever

Tomiyasu looks one hell of a player. We often praise other clubs for unearthing gems but we have found one here. Early days of course but fast, strong & technically excellent. I think our transfer business deserves more praise. Looking forward to seeing them when they’ve adjusted to the league and are playing regularly.

Dissenter

Bacary
Just because she represents GB doesn’t squelch the conversation about heritage though.
Qatar have lots of foreign born athletes that they facilitated [paid] to wear their colors, doesn’t make them Qataris.

BacaryisGod

Good reminder Pedro. Will be interested to see what fans think about the individual players.

Dissenter

AFC
I’m not sure we “unearth[ed]” Tomiyasu though.
He was hawked by Bologna who are broke , around premier league clubs, it came down to Spurs or Arsenal at the end.
We waited and waited…until Spurs chose Emmerson Royal, then had an open field to get him.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter, sometimes the best signings are done without realizing what one is buying.

BacaryisGod

Dissenter

Of course it shouldn’t squelch conversation about her heritage. She’s happy to discuss it so that shouldn’t be a bone of contention. However, it shouldn’t be used as a way of painting her as something other than a British tennis player.

BacaryisGod

Dissenter

There’s obviously a line that can get crossed. Raducanu is so far away from crossing that line which is why her nationality shouldn’t even be an issue.

Kroenkephobe

And it is likely that the genetics of intelligence works at least in part by a genetic influence on the environment. This means that a genetic basis for intelligence is as much about one’s nurture as about one’s nature. … Identical twins are genetically identical – they’re nature’s clones.

EB Your comment about intelligence (only) being innate got my BS detector oscillating slightly. I think the more likely explanation is that it’s a combination of both nature and nurture. After all, the best way to boost one’s intelligence is to read, listen and watch. That’s nurture surely.

Kroenkephobe

I may be wrong but I think most Scots. Welsh, North Irish call themselves British, and equally there are some English who don’t. EB you are… Wrong that is. There is a strong and growing sense of non-British identity in all constituent parts of the UK including England. Independence as a sentiment is growing in parts the UK, not helped by the fact that many see Westminster politics as meaningless and anti their interests. The situation in Ireland is far more complex and historical but we could soon see a major change in the leadership structure in the ni assembly… Read more »

salparadisenyc

Toms right no question Raducanu had the easier draw with #1 Bartey being taken out by Rodgers but Bencic and Sakkari were on extremely good form and Emma throttled both.

Would of been interesting seeing a Bartey vs Raducanu matchup, doubt we’ll have to wait long.

Mr Serge

my parents were born elsewhere am I not British ? I was brought up here as was my mum she came here with her parents at 2 years old is she not British ? Funny if she is not as she was educated over here and raised 4 kids over here.paid taxes over here I would suggest she is British as is Emma

MidwestGun

Pedro.. Thanks for letting us have our say on the players in the poll. What I learned by taking it.. was we have mostly 3’s and not enough 5’s.

Also.. severely disappointed there wasn’t a rating below 0 for Xhaka.. 😀

Graham62

Gary Lineker should stick to eating crisps.

Graham62

Burnley looking good.

Ominous.

Graham62

Emma is a British tennis sensation.

Fact!

Nigel Tufnel

Ben D. “Interesting to read people on here giving Tottenham the benefit of the doubt after losing to Palace because they were missing 4 players. Same people gave us no such leeway when we lost to the two best teams in the league without several players.” I noticed the same. First we have the self haters here, then the people who cozy up to the enemy… they basically treat them with more respect than our own guys, who in so many cases haven’t even had a chance to prove themselves either way. When they do play, all negatives will be… Read more »

Mr Serge

I give xhaka a minus 3 and Leno a zero

Graham62

Going through three rounds of qualifying and then winning seven matches on her way to winning the final, is a phenomenal achievement..

On top of this, she didn’t drop a single set.

That ladies and gentlemen is quite amazing and definitely one of the greatest ever sporting achievements.

I raise my glass to Emma Raducanu.

MidwestGun

Hahaha Mr Serge.. My thing with Xhaka is I think he is more valuable to the other teams we play.. so there wasn’t a rating for that.

Graham62

Raducanu stuffed Shelby Rogers 6-1 6-2.

Enough said.

Graham62

Raducanu could have gone all the way at Wimbledon if it wasn’t for stomach problems and nerves getting the better of her.

Mr Serge

Midwest I have a friend who is a spurs fan and he was gutted xhaka was missing the spurs match when I told him we had Wimbledon in the cup and therefore he was available he jumped for joy

This is how shit xhaka is

MidwestGun

Burnley takes the lead.. on a header. from a setpiece. They have some serious height and physicality we better be on our A game.. defensively on any corners and freekicks this Saturday.

MidwestGun

Mr Serge. I know right.. .. honestly if we had completed his deal to Roma.. my feelings about this season would have been … dramatically more optimistic. .

MidwestGun

Everton with the equalizer.. old school Moyes-like goal.. whipped in cross with a header.

Tom

Watching Burnley/Everton………if playing Leeds is like going to a dentist, then playing Burnley is like going to see a proctologist who just ran out of lubricant.

Ernest Reed

Completed the survey, objectively so. Some of the very new players I cannot provide a fair rating for because one or two games does not a player make – those are a “Dont Know” because who knows what they will amount to over time.

Really like the opportunity to provide opinions, Pedro.

MidwestGun

Nice bender.. top corner.

MidwestGun

Burnley crumbling now.

Emiratesstroller

englandsbest I do think that football is beginning to attract more intelligent footballers than in the past. For a start I don’t think that many pupils educated at grammar schools or private public schools would have been encouraged to play professional football before the EPL was established. Today the earnings on offer plus career opportunities in football change the profile of the sport. Dennis Bergkamp started the trend at Arsenal and obtained a degree in Engineering from Warwick University. Both Flamini and Lehmann were also intelligent. Flamini studied law and Lehmann was a university graduate. Wenger was probably the first… Read more »

salparadisenyc

Doncoure not getting left of the score sheet.

NJ Gooner

I really don’t get all this identity politics rubbish here today. We just fielded among the most cosmopolitan teams in our history, with players from Asia, Africa and across Europe. Most of our greatest heroes hail from outside the UK (okay, with the exception of Tony Adams and I just loved Lee Dixon). Bergkamp, Henry and my first love, Liam Brady. We are ARSENAL fans. That is – or should be – our foremost identity. I’m an immigrant. My parents were immigrants. Anybody who wants to question my – or Emma’s – allegiance should get off this blog and go… Read more »

Receding Hairline

Rafa getting something out of an Everton team that had a disastrous run in last season, we on the other hand finished last season strongly but for some our poor start to this one was unavoidable.

Forget the results, performance wise we have not really shown much.

Mr Serge

Capitulation from Burnley they are not all that

Mr Serge

NJ here here Brady is my first hero as well
Immigrants helped make this country what it is

Emiratesstroller

correction Bergkamp graduated in engineering from Bath. However, Kompany whilst at Man
City graduated at Warwick and has I believe a Masters Degree.

raptora

Watching an above average midfielder like Doucoure shows what Xhaka cannot give us. Doucoure is both capable in defence and in attack – 2 assists today, should have been 3 and a overturned goal. He can run, he can hustle. Xhaka can’t run, can’t hustle, has the dynamics of my grandmother and his influence is hardly noticeable in both phases of the game. The only time we miss Xhaka is when we are playing the bottom dwellers Elneny and Ceballos. We should have sold him and brought in a player more fit for the EPL. We will have another garbage… Read more »

Almuniasaynomore

Tony, Up to my watch all day,read your thoughts over breakfast but never had time to respond. I agree with what you said and you struck me as being both genuine and a little down. Hang on in there man,I’ve read you giving advice to others who were considering withdrawing for a while. You told them to ignore the posts that annoy them and stick to the others. Good advice. If you go now I’m back to reading the cornflakes box and I can’t take one more morning wondering what riboflavin is. Rich always says that the biggest critics are… Read more »

Tom

Not a great result for us.
I have a feeling this will give Burnley the extra motivation to get something from the Arsenal game…….as if they ever needed extra motivation for that.

salparadisenyc

Rafa emulating his predecessor Carlo taking Everton to the top after several games, little doubt they will fall back down where they seem to thrive.

Dissenter

Demarai Gray is a very good signing for Everton, someone has got him playing.
Always wondered what was going on with him at Leicester, wasting all that talent.

Ishola70

Tom “Not a great result for us. I have a feeling this will give Burnley the extra motivation to get something from the Arsenal game…….as if they ever needed extra motivation for that.” Yes I was thinking that as well. They have yet to win a match this season so will be desperate to pick up points in their next home match. But of course it can work both ways. Burnley may indeed be in an irreparable rut at this moment in time and Arsenal will be able to take care of them. One thing is for sure they are… Read more »

Graham62

Andre Gomes always looks so good.

Still only 28.

Strong and technically gifted.

Tom

“Raducanu stuffed Shelby Rogers 6-1 6-2.Enough said.”

Would that be the same Shelby Rodgers ranked 47th, with a quarterfinal for best GS result ever!

As much as I enjoyed watching her play( was actually rooting for her) , forget all sports, this wasn’t even in a top 10 best tennis achievements ever.

Guns of SF

where is the link to the poll

tunnygriffboy

Worst result possible

They will physically intimidate or boys on Saturday

Tom

Ishola, Burnley might not be “all that” but they have plenty to hurt us with , something I didn’t think Norwich had, after having watched them this season. A few speculative shots from outside of the area at home against Leicester, with two of those on goal( one straight at Schmeichel), a gifted pen, and a wimpy Pukki header straight at Schmeichel, again was the entire extent of their Leicester goal bombardment praised by Pedro. Burnley’s pressing is better, they are better from set pieces, and you just know they’ll get away with murder at Turf Moor. This isn’t Wenger’s… Read more »

NJ Gooner

Burnley would be rough game, regardless of today’s result.

But football is a confidence game at that level and a 3-1 beating will only make them disconsolate. Think of how confident they would have been if they had won.

TitsMcGee

until an unarmed black kid gets shot by the police but ler’s no go there again…)“

Lol

Educate yourself. White kids, Asian kids and Latino kids are shot by the police. You never hear about them though but it’s not a political talking point.

englandsbest

Kroenkephobe

On intelligence, the reverse applies: you need to be intelligent to listen, watch and read

On nationality, you seem to be confirming what I said: we are the nationality we think we are.
But you are right, there are people who for whatever reason, political or philosophic, reject the concept of nationality.

Graham62

Tom

Rattle of ten better tennis achievements and I’ll review them for you.

It’s a long wait for Burnley.

Kroenkephobe

where is the link to the poll

Guns
I assume like the rest of us a black dot with a speech bubble in it appeared towards the right slightly below centre of your screen when on le grove. When I first saw it, I wondered if my detached retina was recurring.

If you click on that you’ll enter Pedro’s foul underworld of illicit, pointless data gathering. Rate the players – ooh the power!

MidwestGun

Tracy Austin won a singles title at age 14 and then a US open title at age 16. . And she beat Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert to do it. Just sayin.

Kroenkephobe

How about Boris Becker’s first win at Wimbledon? Only 9 to go…

englandsbest

emiratestroller

I had no idea that my favouritest-ever Arsenal player had a degree from Warwick U

But since we are remembering Arsenal university graduates, there was a doctor who played for the Club back in the forties.

Kroenkephobe

Mats Wilander won the French Open in 1982 aged 17. Rod Laver holding all GS titles.

Guns of SF

Thx Kroenke

I did it. took a while to get to xhaka… but yes I did the ratings.
Want to see results now

MidwestGun

Actually now I think about.. there are a ton of teenagers who have won Grand Slam titles.. Hinges, Seles, Austin, Sharopova, Serena Williams. Steffi Graff.. all won before they turned 18. Probably more then that but my brain is locked down..

Still happy for y’all.. Tennis is a huge sport there and y’all havent had a good female player to root for in a long time.

RecycledOldSock

Raducanu credits her Chinese and Romanian parentage with much of her determination. Born to a Romanian father Ian and Chinese mother Dong Mei Zhai, now known as Renee, in Toronto, the family moved to the UK when she was just two.

Until the pandemic, Raducanu had travelled regularly to her mother’s home city of Shenyang in north-east China to visit relatives including her grandmother and train at the Shenyang Institute of Physical Education. There, the teenager not only found her court feet, but even played table tennis with professional players to improve her reactions.

salparadisenyc

Stefi Graf won a golden slam at 19 then managed to tame Agassi from his Vegas binge.

GOAT

MidwestGun

Haha Sal.. yep. Agassi is still my favorite tennis player of all time..

Tom

Graham, – most career singles titles (167 Navratilova) -most years ranked inside top 10 ( 20y Navratilova) – most consecutive matches won ( 74 Navratilova) – only player to win a calendar Golden Slam ( Graf) – number one for 377 weeks ( Graf) -only player to win all slams on four occasions ( Graf) -a 100% winning record in three separate seasons ( Graf) – most wins across all four slams ( S. Williams 65) -most grand slam titles in open era ( 23 Williams) As for how unlikely Raducanu’s win was ……. the bookies had her at 400:1… Read more »

bacaryisgod

Achievement isn’t the word because there have been many greater achievements. However, it has to go down as the greatest shock victory in tennis history.

MD-Gunner

Trust the process after 4 games in 16th place 7 point off 4h place with a goal difference of 14. Bellerin leaving AFC to win trophies. Feyenoord boss raises questions over Arsenal training intensity after Nelson injury.
Fuck this process.

salparadisenyc

BIG

For me the two need to be mentioned together, Raducanu and Fernandez brought life to a women’s game direly in need, love to city on its worst anniversary and believers of many who forgot how good women’s tennis can be as it’s been littered with egomaniacs (that was for Eagle).

These two actually love playing tennis… currently.

I saw the semi’s at Ashe on Thursday, can’t overstate how much crowd behind both, like a big wave crashing over the place. Was sad to see one loose.

And both rocking the Met Gala tonight, what a whirlwind.

China1

Hector bellerin is a very odd man. We already knew that but he’s confirmed he left arsenal to win trophies.

Arsenal have won 3 FA cups in the last 6 odd years, played in a EL final, 2 semis and won some charity shields (not that those matter)

And he’s left that ‘to win trophies’ at real Betis.

Right.

China1

Curious to see the results of this poll.

China1

Pedro it seems you can repeatedly take part in the poll. Not sure if that’s intentional or not but it does leave the door open for Charlie to submit 300 5 star values for Xhaka so just be aware of that

salparadisenyc

What poll are we talking about and how did I miss it?

China1

If you’re using your phone it will be a speech bubble icon somewhere near the bottom right of your screen

Pierre

If you think of how Arteta likes his left centre midfielder to slot into the left back position to cover for Tierney, then Maitland Niles would seem an obvious choice to play that position as he is very comfortable playing full back, and I have to say that his performance in midfield at the weekend was very under rated as he put in a good all round performance Lakonga , who played alongside AMN, has the ability to find space in the busy midfield area and they worked well as a partnership. The only part of the game we struggled… Read more »

China1

As well if Eddie is blowing up with several thousand 5 star ratings we know Pierre has copied the ozil trick of star padding 😎

MidwestGun

What poll are we talking about and how did I miss it?
______
Sal … click the black talk bubble in lower right hand corner and click start chat. will have a poll. Its administered by you.gov. Explained in Pedro’s post a couple of days ago. This one is on rating each player in the squad.

salparadisenyc

Thanks Mid and China

FYI Pete i’m on a big screen and that bubble falls below my visible area.
This monitor set up for pictures which may explain that.

Get in!

Players lucky i’m into a bottle of red.

MidwestGun

I’m thinking other then ESR and Saka.. there won’t be too many close to 5 ratings.

China1

Sal I was pretty generous with my vote too

Sid

Sharapova will you come over!
She makes you watch tennis over snd over

Double Double

Pedro, you do follow some random Twitter people, she really lets politics get in the way of a good sporting event, either that or you have too much time on your hands.

Dissenter if she represented a country of her parents background in a international tournament (Olympics). Would she still be a British tennis player and would you have cared if she won or lost the US or just appreciated what a great sporting achievement it was by either one of them?

Dissenter

Damn, I was stingy with my vote
That was helpful for catharsis
I scored Auba 1/5

Tony

?

Dissenter

DoubleDouble Maybe you should be more secure in your concept of nationality and not try to totally appropriate an individual who’s as multi-national as it comes Chinese state media are right to praise her Chinese heritage Romania will mention her father’s heritage Canada will point out that she was born in Toronto The UK will claim the last 16 years of her life and of course that her preferred nationality is the UK As they say, “victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan” It’s not an attempt to diminish her Britishness, just a mention that it’s more… Read more »

Tony

Morning all. My son got really upset when I told him I’d had enough of the Arteta’s disingenuous, trolls on the blog led by Pedro with the likes of Arsenal forever AFC who takes the time to write blogs from his charity job in Barnordos or was it the Salvation Army? Either way he spews scorn on the Artea-Out brigade being the brave keyboard warrior he is after a win, but hides fearful of retribution when we lose. As we lose a lot one of the plusses of that is Arsenal AFC and his cowardly Arteta supporters hide from us… Read more »

Tom

Tony, this is probably the first time I’ve read one of your longer posts in its entirety ( a short attention span more to blame than your writing) and it was quite entertaining.

Tony

Nelson my experience in TV, press and video making is quite extensive in the and filming in the States for Polygram and working closely with various dailies in the 90s. That’s about as much as I’m prepared to offer. I’m assuming AFC have full content control in the contract. They’d be stupid not to have such ability to veto areas that make the club look poor. The way things are going we could end up with an abridged version of City and the Spud’s offerings: 2 episodes instead of 6?. For me this was another utterly stupid decision by the… Read more »

Tony

Morning all. My son got really upset when I told him I’d had enough of the Arteta’s disingenuous, trolls on the blog led by Pedro with the likes of Arsenal forever AFC who takes the time to write blogs from his charity job in Barnardos or was it the Salvation Army? Either way he spews scorn on the Artea-Out brigade being the brave keyboard warrior he is after a win, but shamelessly hides fearful of retribution when we lose. As we lose a often, one of the plusses of that is Arsenal AFC and his cowardly Arteta supporters hide from… Read more »

China1

Nelson LOL

It’s the Christmas tree table all over again

Season starts when we’re winning