Well, good afternoon to you all.
Tomiyasu says ‘I’m buzzing.’
That’s the post people.
JUST KIDDING.
Rumours are doing the rounds that Bernd Leno has been relegated to club #13 right away. Makes sense now why we dropped such mega-money for Ramsdale. He’s a keeper we all thought was for next season, but Arteta has made a big decision and dropped the German right away.
This goes one of two ways. Ramsdale adapts to the club, the pressures of the football, and creates a relationship with the fans that last for a decade. OR, he sinks, we have to bring a pissed off Leno, and it’s all sorts of carnage. This Ramsdale signing was a big Arteta push, the Spaniard needs a ‘talent ID’ win here, so hopefully the early signs are the right signs and we can banish the misery of slightly ok keeping to the bin.
What is he banking on? Ramsdale is a big communicator on the pitch. He has great energy that transmits to the fans. His decision making and passing is better than Leno’s. He’s a catcher when it comes to high ball into the box. His shotstopping is good. Can that all come together right away? It has to. It’s that simple.
David Ornstein shared that Arteta was again the main man when it came to the right back. We’d been offered Emerson Royal for Hector Bellerin, Arteta resisted the temptation to do an easy deal, and opted for the tactically preferable Tomiyasu. Again, who knows whether this was the right decision, but after one game, it looks like the Japanese player could be a steal. He’s dominant in the duel, he’s fast, he’s tall, and he seems to embody the sort of work ethic that always makes you a fan favourite. Emerson Royal, over at Spurs, dropped a stinker against Zaha. In any high-performance field, the hardest thing to do is pick talent, the second hardest? To say no to something easy and logical. Turning down Emerson could have been a disaster, so let’s hope Arteta is right again… because his job partially depends on that right-back position being ELITE this season.
There are also some rumblings that Granit Xhaka is still a target for Roma this January. I have no idea if this is true, what I am wondering is whether the constant body blows from Granit are taking their toll on the Arteta/Edu relationship. The red card was very Granit and it could have cost Mikel his job. The covid stuff was also pretty bad and could have caused another outbreak. Professional athletes should know better. Could he receive the Willian treatment and Lokonga the ESR? We’ll see. Bit too dreamy a thought.
Mikel Arteta is finally listening to his PR team and he’s making moves on our hearts. He has opened the door to Jack Wilshere returning to the club to train. Jack had this to say.
‘I really enjoyed playing with him, sharing a dressing room with him. To hear him come out and say the door is always open is nice’
‘I think that it can only help me. As you said, being a round good players, training with world-class players and, as well, just being in a team environment is something that I am interested in. I am sure that I will have a conversation with someone at the club over the next couple of days.’
This is great PR, it’s a lovely move from the staff, and you never know… it might prove useful. Not sure if our squad can cope with his inclusion, but it’s a great story regardless. The player holds a lot of love in the fanbase and we’d all love it if Arsenal could be part of his future, even if it was a bit-part role.
The Saliba Ultras are absolutely fuming because it seems like William still likes Arsenal, sharing a birthday cake with a bit of Arsenal on it to his IG feed. The whole situation at Arsenal is weird, the manager doesn’t seem to like him, but I’d be shocked if that remained the same after this summer if he continues to play like a hero. He’s tall, fast, good on the ball, and it looks like he might be playing in a top 4 Ligue 1 side. It’d be an odd decision if we didn’t keep him on or offer him a new deal. But we’ll see.
Finally, Fabrizio Romano says rival clubs are circling Bukayo Saka. I mean, I’m not shocked… the only way we keep him beyond the current deal is if this new team bangs (and some big dollars). There will likely be a sacrifice for the next build of the team and I just hope it’s not one of our highly attractive Hale-Enders… but you have to brace yourself that it could be, just like it was at Liverpool.
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Ronaldo just scores. Manure may be able to compete now that they have Ronaldo.
Tr4phy
4th!
Just finished the chart.
Calm Down Nelson its only Young Boys !
Manure just got a red!!!!
Arteta’s PR team have been pulling sharp moves from the get go, from getting him hired to lowering expectations to the point Arsenal Football Club went into a full season with no set targets.
Pedro is back to his Arteta-best
The” Saliba ultra”?
You mean the fans who have always been right about the kid, the argument that you embraced barely two weeks ago after Arteta played Kolasinac as central defender?
It remains to be seen whether Ramsdale is the real deal but everyone should be hoping that he is because the culling of Leno was necessary.
The continuing rumours of Xhaka leaving will continue for a few more seasons yet while he keeps racking up first team appearances and continuing his witch spell over Arsenal managers.
It’s become tragi-comic with him now his continued presence at Arsenal as a “key” player.
Emery nearly had him out of the door.
So what changed in a year that Arteta wasn’t ready to give Martinez the number one spot even after an impressive run but he’s willing to stick his neck out for Ramsdale.
Pedro Agree….. Going Full Ramsdale.. is like pushing all- in with the poker chips with a pair of 9’s in the hole. Could turn out huge … or conversely could end up horrendously. Can’t wait to see poll results.. Can’t imagine Xhaka is gonna fair well. That for me is the biggest mistake this past summer. Is not replacing him properly. We did some things that I dont agree with but I can live with Saliba on loan.. I can live with spending big on defenders.. but I can’t live with a player that hinders us so much and starts… Read more »
I don’t know about Saliba ultras but one thing is for sure -Pedro himself is an ultra with little to no sense of balance and perspective. He just decides which side to take – pro or anti Wenger, pro or anti Emery and now pro or anti Arteta and tries to twist every fact and information to suit his narrative. It’s cringeworthy and quite immature or childish even.
Ramsdale us another meek lamb, Diet Pep loves mutton
azed
“So what changed in a year that Arteta wasn’t ready to give Martinez the number one spot even after an impressive run but he’s willing to stick his neck out for Ramsdale.”
Acknowledgement of his former error.
“Pedro is back to his Arteta-best”
Only took a win against Norwich, couldn’t even hold out for a run of positive results, just one win.
“So what changed in a year that Arteta wasn’t ready to give Martinez the number one spot even after an impressive run but he’s willing to stick his neck out for Ramsdale”
Same reason Saliba is out on loan starting every game for Marseilles and we spent 50m on Ben White, he wants his own players and backs them till they fail ala Willian
TR7, it’s only unbalanced because it doesn’t jive with your own narrative. I’ve never had so many nice e-mails about the work, nor so much interest in it, so your comments don’t really hold weight.
Azed, think Arteta told Emi that he had a 95% chance of starting the first game last season. Someone said earlier that he quite Arsenal because he shirked the easiest fight in the league. ‘Shite’ Ramsdale dislodged him inside a week.
Ish, oddest part about Leno is I’m sure when we signed him it was partly about his footwork.
Agree on Ramsdale was a silly purchase unless utilised for the now, big move from Mikel putting Leno into the #2.
Time will tell but thats the kind of decisiveness I can get behind.
Pedro
“oddest part about Leno is I’m sure when we signed him it was partly about his footwork.”
There are more problems with Leno than just lack of footwork. He lacks strong mentality, he has never been what you call a commanding keeper. His very good shot stopping just one aspect of goalkeeping blinded fans to his weaknesses.
Let’s hope Ramsdale works out.
This Leno-is-shit narrative is very disrespectful
Yes, he is not vocal and seems disinterested for obvious reasons but let it be said that he was runner up to Aubameyang in the season we won the FA cup.
Even when he was crocked and missed out of the FA cup run, he was still selected by fans behind a red-hot Auba.
Leno is not the reason we play like Turd through the middle and didn’t score a goal in three games.
Saka needs to step up his game though some allowance to be made for the poor team in the main that he has to play with so far this season
Atleast the relegator is an improvement on Runnarson
Also the buzz surrounding Ramsdale taking over from Leno shouldn’t cover up the fact that the goal keeping position was badly mishandled by Arteta and his goal keeping “coach” since he took over.
Not a good idea to alienate your 1st choice GK until you are certain your 2nd choice is clearly the better GK. Nothing against Ramsdale but he has played just one game in which he wasn’t even tested. A risky move, let’s see if it pays off.
Saka on £30 kpw is a big problem for me, even if I do get the steady wages progression strategy for young academy players and the logic behind it. But you can’t have your best performer, no matter the age, on one of the lowest wages in the club.
His agent isn’t doing his job if he’s not telling him he could be getting four times that some place else.
Arsenal are testing his club loyalties to the limits.
“This Leno-is-shit narrative is very disrespectful”
Ishola always had it in for him for reasons best known to him. Leno was never really loved on this pages.
He should seek a transfer in January. I always liked him as a goalkeeper, no drama just did his job, his errors have always been magnified on here and he rarely if ever gets credit. I think it’s good he has been demoted so those who always find a way to blame him can find another target, of course Ishola already has his.
Receding
You are too soft on players that overall aren’t good enough.
You are easy on Xhaka here compared to the majority.
There are quite a few posters that saw through Leno quite a while back. I’m not the only one in that respect by any stretch.
Really think Leno’s feet should be tested on “ Come dancing”..
I am really nervous about the game against Burnley. They like to send those high balls into the box. It is going to be a big challenge for White.
You get the feeling that Pedro is going to need a lot of support when Arteta is finally let go. So much faith in something with so little substance, it’ll just be shattering. Well, maybe it’ll end better than I can imagine. I had a friend who married a stripper and they had a fantastic 11 months or so. Weeping and gnashing of teeth at the close, but I guess it could have worked out if not for the drugs and the other strippers and more drugs. Love is crazy like that. We’ll be here for you man. When this… Read more »
Janky, won’t be worse than the time I called Bendtner elite and he failed. Had a lot riding on that one. Was gutted. Think I’ll get over Arteta going. It’s just football.
Ramsdale may bomb or step up to the plate.
Whatever happens Leno wasn’t the answer.
Yes he won some matches for Arsenal on his own with great shot stopping but his weaknesses are now over-riding that one very good aspect he had.
Interesting comment about Saka. Not at all surprised. He is a top talent and it’s a short career. Where would you rather play in a side challenging for the title and the PL or be part of Arsenal’s longterm project plus earn an extra £100000 a week ? I agree Pedro he might have to be sacrificed. If we get £100+m for him it’s a good deal.
Interesting comment about Saka. He is a top talent and it’s a short career. Where would you rather play in a side challenging for the title and the PL or be part of Arsenal’s longterm project plus earn an extra £100000 a week ? I agree Pedro he might have to be sacrificed. If we get £100+m for him it’s a good deal.
Ronaldo dives also.
Interesting comment about Saka. He is a top talent and it’s a short career. Where would you rather play in a side challenging for the title and the PL or be part of Arsenal’s longterm project plus earn an extra £100000 a week ? If we get £100+m for him it’s a good deal.
Tom
Saka’s agent needs to be fired if he doesn’t get him a wage in the mid band at Arsenal.
Saka should be earning no less than Tierney, that’;s the baseline
You have a case where Arsenal doubled Odegaard’s Real wages and the club’s best player is still on 30k weekly
Interesting comment about Saka Pedro. He is a top talent no doubt and it’s a short career. Who would you rather play for ? A side challenging for the title and the PL and earn another 100k per week or be part of Arsenal’s longterm project plus earn an extra £100000 a week ? If we get a mega offer let’s cash in.
Ish, agree there. If you can’t play with the ball at your feet and you are shy with crosses, the Premier League is going to be tough.
The Bard, he’ll want to be challenging, question is… when? Grealish moved at 25. Sterling, much younger.
AFCF
Arsenal formed 1886
Burnley formed 1882
Blackburn, Preston and I think Bolton all older than us.
Headline confuses me – I thought Pedro was Arteta’s PR team. Not seen too many sharp moves on this site recently.
Pedro, Bendtner. Elite. Yikes. Well, live and learn. I’m hung up on the -8 goal difference after playing two newly promoted teams and the lack of European football and the two 8th place finishes and, well, just the dreary spectacle of it all. Hasn’t been the easiest to be an Arsenal fan for a number of years now, but Arteta has just sort of turned it to 11. With any luck we’ll manage something better soon, somehow or the other. Do rate the crew we brought in, bar maybe White, who seems a bit too delicate for the position. He’s… Read more »
Even if we get £100m from Saka sale, Arsenal and Arteta couldn’t attract any star player to join (remember B. Salva). I predict that we’ll suffer from no European football for awhile.
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Graham
Confuses me as well really thought we were locked on:
ARTETA PULLS JUST THE TIP
But here we are.
Anyone read Ivan Toney’s comments on Arteta and Arsenal. Not to complimentary eh
TYAGN
“Anyone read Ivan Toney’s comments on Arteta and Arsenal. Not to complimentary eh”
He said the same thing we all say, nothing more
Brentford will be eating out on that Arsenal win all season.
They should get their heads down and forget about that Arsenal win if they want to survive in the EPL.
i love saka as much as the next guy but when city offers 100m i take it and buy another 3-5 players thanks. if tis barca/real/foreign then put a right of first refusal etc in…
saka might be a one club guy though ala grealish though. i think if grealish comes through the arsenal ranks he doesnt leave…he takes ozil wages etc
Dissenter, I think there are special cases where agents job in negotiating their clients most favorable terms is almost taken out of their hands by clubs that recognize the value certain players deliver.
Arsenal putting Saka on 30kpw was a mistake on their part never mind Saka’s agent.
Kroenkephobe
Oldest football club in the world is Sheffield Football Club, founded 1857, and played in first round of FA Cup a couple of weeks ago
Ha ha United
Janky, the season is long, things will certainly look better by Jan
Manure gives up a goal in the last mins. A stupid backpass!!!
We shouldn’t underrate the pull Arsenal has in football. It’s a big deal to play for a club that is famed worldwide, has been at the forefront for longer than any other club, dominated for periods, innovated in myriad ways. Why the surprise then that Saliba wants to stay with Arsenal, or the fear that Saka will leave? The other question I’d like to ask is: why shouldn’t we take Arteta at his word. He has been forthright, straightforward and honest throughout. Certainly the fans of Man C and Liverpool believe what their managers say. The answer to both questions… Read more »
My American Boy Pefok… putting the sword to United. Nice!
Pedroisraulishuss it seems.
Time for some fresh aliases Pedro. Raul, Positive, Negative and Nigel T are all you aren’t they? Any more in the offing? It’s all a bit easily seen through and highly questionable that you use other monikers to try and make the whither Arteta issue seem more balanced than it is. It’s your credibility though.
Shame it’s only a group stage match.
Young Boys will be absolutely buzzing with that win though.
Lingard’s no look pass went to the opponent. Ha! Ha!
Thank God for Jesse Lingard.
Young Boys 2 : Man Ronalded 1
Great stuff!!
agree if we get 100+ for saka its time to take it and rebuild the squad as much as it pains me to say.
Would anyone be hugely surprised if Man United disappointed yet again in the CL.
As they look to be a much better proposition now in the EPL it calls into question Arsenal’s surrender of trying to compete with the best in the EPL.
Saka must be a saint if knowing Arsenal put Runarsson on bigger wages than him doesn’t get his blood up.
@Pedro – but after one game, it looks like the Japanese player could be a steal
Mate you’ll need to calm down here. It was literally one game against the only team in the league we would confidently say is worse than us. Embarrassing.
Just seen the lingard backpass and wow
Runarsson is not on more than Saka.
Said it on here a while ago, Ronaldo will score tonnes but the team will be worse off for it
Would anyone be hugely surprised if Man United disappointed yet again in the CL?
No.
I would be surprised if Conte didn’t end up at United some time this season.
Pedro, I want this to be true but can’t find any evidence to the contrary.
Freddie Ljungberg is doing the commentary today for CbsSports all games CL coverage.. nice… good to see him again.
Based on what I saw Saturday we have some very good young players on board. Obviously it will take time to develop partnerships, familiarity and awareness but these certainly look good players. Tomiyasu deserved the ovation he received from the fans. I know lots of you on here won’t be happy until you get your way but for the time being how about supporting the players, if not the Manager? It would be fair to judge them once they’ve had the chance to play together for a while, criticising them before that is daft & actually pretty stupid. The constant… Read more »
Ishola if by soft on Xhaka you mean every post I make on here isn’t about how bad he is then guilty as charged
Lay off Brentford with your high standards, they have only lost one game this season, they aren’t hung up on beating Arsenal, the player just answered a question
Middy
What he doing, post match?
Haha are you for real, you’re the biggest moaner on here by far AFC Forever.
Forever bleating on like a constipated goat.
Being beaten by young boys…. Any comment on that Sid?
If Conte goes to Manure, the league title will be all open. I pick Ronaldo will win it for Manure.
“Said it on here a while ago, Ronaldo will score tonnes but the team will be worse off for it”
All I know is United won’t be competing for the league title or CL despite the unbelievable CR7 hype.
Receding
“if by soft on Xhaka you mean every post I make on here isn’t about how bad he is then guilty as charged”
You hardly criticise Xhaka on here. It stands out.
But as you say me and many others will make up for your lack of comment on Xhaka.
United have had the easiest start to a season imaginable facing Leeds, Southampton, Wolves and Newcastle. Four mid and lower table clubs they like playing against ……someone needs to check the computer scheduling software for pro United malware.
Sal-
He is on the Golazo show.. which shows all the games at once and switches around to whomever scores. Kind of a take on the NFL redzone type coverage I guess who started doing that about a decade ago. I think Freddie is just a guest host for today though.
This Leno-is-shit narrative is very disrespectful 🤣 The total and complete lack of self-awareness from you Dissenter is absolutely hysterical. You moan and bitch relentless about Arsenal, Arteta and the guy who writes the blog you frequent, and then you get all high and mighty when an obvious claim is made about a keeper who has deteriorated rapidly. Whether that is because of Arteta is besides the point. The utter tripe that you and a lot of these other miseries who come on here far too often, spewing their hatred, is farcical. The comments section on here is not a… Read more »
Wan Bissaka gets sent off by being a bonehead and Ronaldo somehow gets the blame lol, no agendas at play here is there.
Tom, Runarsson won’t be making more than £20k a week. Arsenal are many things, but not stupid enough to put the statistically worst keeper in France of 18 months ago on a contract bigger than Saka. Fake news.
Ole has built a really great squad. But I don’t know if he has it in him to get them over the line and win trophies. That was a crappy performance if I ever saw one. And with so many world class players too. Anyway, I don’t see Saka leaving over the next two seasons. We We need to match his ambitions if we want him to stay beyond those two years. He is 20 and he loves Arsenal so I am guessing he wait it out for a couple of seasons. But no more than that. I am impressed… Read more »
Atalanta putting one by Emery’s yellow submarine.
White may be tried as a DM, I like the way he carries the ball.
FB
Yeah, the point I was trying to make was to AFCF who was rubbishing Burnley for having less history and standing than us. I take the point about Sheffield. Notts County are up there too and until recently were the oldest English league club. As far as I’m concerned, association football began up north, not in north London, Woolwich or Dial Square. AFCF was also a little wide of the mark in his views about rugby too in my opinion. League predominates in Yorkshire and Lancashire but Union’s home is in the southwest and London.
Chance to watch Musiala on the big stage tonight, kid is special.
Pedro
Runnarsson is on about 40k weekly, if you believe the internet sources, same one that reliably called Wilian’s wages when you were in denial last season.
Saka is on about 35k weekly, Runnar on about 40k weekly
It’s not implausible to think the back=up goalie at Arsenal was placed on 40k weekly
I do love to see united lose 😁
Ole Koeman looks to not be missing the tapa bar sessions.
“Tom, Runarsson won’t be making more than £20k a week. Arsenal are many things, but not stupid enough to put the statistically worst keeper in France of 18 months ago on a contract bigger than Saka. Fake news.“
Pedro, I truly hope not, but assuming your instincts are correct on this one ………having your star performer on 10kpw more than someone who was never good enough to be your number two
( probably three) keeper is a big enough problem for me.
It’s just so strange to see Koeman on the sideline really.. Not the picture in my head when somebody says Barca manager.
TYAG
Same, I know that I am supposed to hate the Spuds more than the Mancs but I would be a liar if I said that I did as I grew up over here without that local derby intensity and they were always shit and irrelevant in the good old days while the Mancs were our massive rivals and Dublin is absolutely littered with mouthy Manc supporters.
“Pedro is back to his Arteta-best”
Its never been a love/hate relationship. Pretty much a love-in from even before Arteta was being named before the Emery hiring.
As with any similar relationship, when it all comes unraveled the scorned lover will hurt worse than hurt is imagined.
Still, i find it all quite amusing to be honest, The Pedteta Coaster. Harmless banter in the end cause we all know how this one is going to turn out, Pedro included.
Sad to see such an ordinary looking Barcelona team. The games with Madrid this season will be drab affairs
Pedro is back to his Arteta-best”
Love the guy but it’s pretty shameless.