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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Yea, El classico is dead for a while
What’s up with those Bayern Shirts? Looks like somebody let their kids loose with the crayons.
It is astonishing that just 5 years ago MSN were scoring hundreds of combined goals and Barcelona were collecting trophies for fun and now here we are with all three of those players left and Luuk De Jong their starting ST.
Run even worse than we have been, I don’t think I have ever seen more ineptitude in how to run football club. I lowkey think that Bartomeu was a Real Madrid mole.
Bayern undefeated in their last 18 CL games and haven’t conceded a goal in their last 8 opening games to their CL campaigns.
Can someone get Gazidis on the phone to see if that’s what he had in mind when he said Arsenal were ready to compete with Bayern.
” I don’t think I have ever seen more ineptitude in how to run football club”
Didn’t stop Arsenal from hiring their Don Juan Raul Sanllehi.
Poor Freddie he wanted Malmo to do so well. Juventus taking them apart.
Weagle, Barca fans are voting with their feet it seems, I don’t think I’ve seen Camp Nou half empty before. Especially against the likes of Bayern.
How the mighty have fallen.
“There will likely be a sacrifice for the next build of the team” I guess I’m the only one against it… Saka is 20, we are not mid-table club selling players to make profit. I would rather see him with us for next 10 years winning trophies. Football is sometimes about luck, you may get 3 decent players by selling Saka but all of them could turn around to be Pepe, Xhaka, Mustafi or Kolasinac. Keep the best ones and build a team around them. A club like Arsenal can inject 50m a transfer window and our academy is producing… Read more »
“We are not mid-table club selling players to make profit.“
We aren’t selling for profit yet but very well could be, and based on this season in its infancy and the last two campaigns we very much are mid-table.
No top club in world football would hire Arteta at the stage we did, then keep him as long as we have considering his tenure as a whole.
Yep Tom, fans are passionate but they aren’t stupid. The way Barca have behaved to us over the years I’m enjoying their fall from grace, it is a bit bittersweet because we have fallen way further than they have.
Would you trust Arteta to spend 100m from selling Saka. I wouldn’t. He would likely use it to yield Xhaka to a 5 year extension
I guess I’m the only one against it
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No I just didn’t think it was worth comment. We aren’t getting 100 mill for Saka. Unless he starts adding goals to his skills. So it is a fantasy scenario in my opinion.
The goal should be to build a team around Saka, ESRand Saliba, not to sell them at the first opportunity.
There’s no way to sell project hope when you;’re selling the likes of Saka.
Global, he just bought 6 players with 150m this summer. If you’re going to be snarky, at least land the plane.
Obviously hope he stays but at some point selling for huge £££ needs to be part of the club model (a la Dortmund model). You would hope Hale End would be the cornerstone of the project but evidently we can’t sell so might have to be the case that we accept a suitable offer (aka over the odds).
Re: Xhaka, Roma are after Denis Zakaria for the midfield & I think it likely so wouldn’t necessarily hold your breath on that one.
Leftside
I should have mentioned ‘mid table economically’. Inspite of no Europe, Covid losses and two 8th place finishes, we spent 150m+.
Result wise, yes 8th count as mid-table. And I’m not very fond of table since Christmas.
Barcelona still have some good players that are there for the long term. Fati, Dejong, Pedri, Dest, Eric Garcia, Puig,Aruajo, Mingueza, Collado, Trincao all have at least a decade in front of them. But their senior players are pretty shit now. Pique and Busquets are done. Depay and Alba might help them for a while. Aguero too if he stays fit. But the rest is just dross. They need to find a lot more Pedri’s if they want to compete in the champions league from now on though.
Credit where it’s due – although Mikel has completely neglected the midfield and we are an injury away of playing Xhaka and Elneny, the 150m was well spent.
All in the right age profile, hungry and going to improve. Now if we really needed to spend it when we could have used Saliba (saves 50) and Ode ( ESR or him in playing XI), is another topic.
Lukaku again.. ugh… hate Chelski.
Mb, think Lokonga will be one of the signings of the season, so he didn’t completely neglect it.
I really would have liked Neves. Maybe next summer
If Saliba comes back as a better player and we tie him down for another 5 years, I’m okay with it. White / Tomi looks decent. Ramsdale is a gamble we had to take since Leno is not interested any more. Lokonga, Tavares are pretty decent signings and Mikel has learnt from his Willian mistake.
I don’t have much hope from Ode but I’m okay to apologize if he turns out to be next ozil.
I’d prefer if the Arsenal manager could perform his job rather than be praised for listening to PR people.
“Mb, think Lokonga will be one of the signings of the season, so he didn’t completely neglect it.”
The only problem I see is, Arteta is going to play Xhaka over him before it’s too late.
“the 150m was well spent.”
Quite a conclusion to draw five games into the season don’t you think?
Someone once thought Mustafi. Torriera, Kolasinac to name a few were great signings a handful of matches into their Arsenal career
RH
In 2 years, we can all judge it in hindsight. For now, it does look better than buying Pepe for 72m, and giving a Chelsea reject 20m a year in his 30s.
Zenit is a very well coached team. They play Chelsea tight at Chelsea. I would take their coach over Arteta.
Mb
That’s a very low bar to use to assess the new signings
It seems we made massive errors in the past two season sand then may have over-corrected on those errors
AWe do have some good signings in the group, Tomiyasu and Lokonga standout for me, White may be promising in certain formations. Ramsdale is better than Runnarson, if that;’s the baseline to supercede.
We ought to have signed another elite player in his prime, i.e, the 25-28 year old to help the youngsters during games.
Lukaku scores….
I think we are going to target a CM in January. We won’t get a great striker then and we might in the summer. But CMs will move. I have my eyes on Bissouma. Other players are available too but he would help us press higher up the pitch much more effectively. Partey+Bissouma with Lokonga backing them up, we would be press resistant and we would press like wild dogs too. I wouldn’t mind someone like Bruno Guimaraes either. He would give us control. But with Bissouma, we would be tough to beat in the league.
“In 2 years, we can all judge it in hindsight”
Or we can just not judge them after five matches.
Pepe is still our most dangerous attacker price tag aside
Gavi lucky boy could easily of seen second yellow flashed lunching in like that.
Think your feed is a little behind Nelson.. Lukaku scored about 15 mins ago..
Anyhow… Bayern pretty much destroyed Barca. 3 up now.
Mb, agreed, think most people will catch up to that view by December. Spending money on U23 players with high ceilings was a smart summer. Could have gone further, but 150m given the circumstances was a lot of cash. If these players deliver, there might be some more in January.
Coquelin doing his best Xhaka impression for Emery.
Habesha
With Pepe and Auba, we’ll never be able to press high effectively. Ode is the only one who presses. Martinelli would do a job too but Arteta seems to have destroyed his confidence.
“Pepe is still our most dangerous attacker price tag aside”
That for me one metric for how past window went, not great reflection after spending £150m.
Definitely got player profiles right but areas of need left wanting.
That Russian almost killed Mendy.
Nelson
Pepe won’t be much more than a bench player now ESR has returned. ESR left, Odegaard Center and Saka on the right will be the team. And Auba won’t be a starter much longer. Lacazette and Eddie will leave the coming summer and we will bring in a new striker. And if your wingers and all your midfielders press effectively then Auba won’t be much of a problem. Bissouma and Partey though would lock it down in the middle of the pitch.
Hahaha Ukranians scored against Benfica and the whole team just went running up into the stands.
And now it’s under VAR.
Reversed it.. Anthony Taylor.
Habesha
Actually, Laca can press high also. But we need Auba’s goal.
Lille pen at ze d e a t h.
I think it was outside the box…
Var is definitely a massive buzzkiller if nothing else.
Jesse Lingard no-look pass was a fantastic assist for young boys
Fatty Dzyuba costing me a nice accy with that sitter miss, shite crack.
Why does UEFA allow swiss teams to use an astroturf for CL games?
That’s an unfair advantage
Strange one dat
I am really hoping that TP stays healthy.
My goodness, El Neny and Xhaka holding the fort is too much…
If TP goes out, first man to come in should be Lokonga.
Possibly long term….
As sal said, a 3 man midfield of Ode Loko/TP and ESR could be good.
Ahead of them Saka Auba Pepe
Schmeichel absolutely nailing it why Ole’s decisions made little sense for United today
Look at Leipzig mid
Nkunku Olmo Szolobaszi
Sweet!
And to think if we were ambitious enough, we could have made the attempt to get Olmo and or DSzolobaszi
Anyhow, I like the 3 man midfield I just mentioned, so lets go do it and win!
“”We ought to have signed another elite player in his prime, i.e, the 25-28 year old to help the youngsters during games.”” I’m agreement to this, Diss. A proven elite player can change the whole of the dressing room and would have helped in their growth. However, we had so many things to fix that even spending 150m+ doesn’t get us a fixed starting XI. Watching Lokonga moving forward is in itself an improvement to Xhaka’s sideways passing. I’m trying to be positive today. I hope we will have some additions who these young guns can learn from. –I’m trying… Read more »
Anyone seen the Salzburg vs Sevilla game
Four penalties awarded in regulation time.
Loptegui must be fuming with Sevilla conceding 3 pens, Marsch even more irritated with Leipzig only converting 1.
I am a saliba ultra I want him to be a regular Arsenal player next season almost as much as I wanted saka to sign da ting as the kids say,
Our transfer policy has been a shambles for a few years. We keep overpaying for players who don’t fix our midfield. When you think that after working with him at PSG Emery wanted Nkunku but we ended up with Torreira. But according to some Raul was doing a fine job. Remember when some claimed that we won the transfer window? And even after Raul was gone, the same bad transfer decision continued. For the fees paid for Partey and Ødegaard we could have bought Lokonga, Nkunku and Aouar. And that’s a trio that is a lot more exciting that Xhaka… Read more »
Punky Funky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPA_nVUwbyQ
Val you literally was on emerys neck when we were after nkuku but now you want to use it to lambast the club seriously you talk so much shit could hardly keep up with.
Pedro
I am going to make a forecast, with which you may agree or disagree.
If Leno is relegated to Number 2 as you suggest then it is possible that he will be offloaded in January and conceivably replaced by Onana.
It would not surprise me that Arsenal have lined up Onana in the summer, which might explain why he did not join another club elsewhere.
Lokongo barely adjusted and you want us to play him with auror and nkouko? Lol. You think we play in the french league? Partey is better than those 3 and it’s not even close. You ferociously go at the club like it’s as simple as it’s in your head but its nt even close.
‘ Val you literally was on emerys neck when we were after nkuku but now you want to use it to lambast the club seriously ’
Valentin
Actually that’s true
You detested the idea of Nkunku and Thomas Meunier because they were recommended by Emery.
I too didn’t forget that fact. Raulishuss has a good memory.
I sincerely doubt Obama is coming to arsenal unless he’s a nailed on starter Why would you? He will go somewhere where he’s first choice or as a backup at a CL team where he fancies he can break into the team Joining arsenal when we already have a new and very expensive keeper doesn’t seem like a good move for him. And if arsenal can get him for pennies the question is why did we even bother spending so much on Ramsdale when we could’ve got onana cheap and a cheap backup (like Ryan) and had an extra 20+… Read more »
Onana* but the exact same post could be written about Obama as well.
I’m actually pro Wilshere coming back on a pay as you play contract.
Expectations can be low. He doesn’t have to feature. He doesn’t have to cost anything. We give him the chance to show that he’s got something left to offer and it’s no strings attached. If he surprises us and actually merits any game time and does well consistently (I doubt it honestly) we can offer him a 1 year deal or something.
It’s fine with me.
Arsenal being arsenal we’ll probably watch him train for 5 mins then offer him a 200k 12 year deal tho
Why in the world will anyone want Wilshere back for whatever reason?
What is wrong with this club?
Why all the pity for Wilshere?
He achieved more in his playing lifetime than many people will ever dream of, in their occupations.
He’s made more money that many people who have college degrees and post grad will ever do with an enriched career.
Why is Arsenal a rehab center?
If he’s done as a player, then go on to the next level to earn his coaching wages, become an agent or whatever.. There has to be life after football.
*coaching badges
Whatever one thinks of Wilshere’s abilities now the amount of time he spent rehabbing his ankles alone deserves another shot.
I can see a downside to letting him train with Arsenal just to see if there’s still something left in him at this level.
Or maybe I’m just being sentimental
China, of Obama joined Arsenal there would be at least a dozen names on here throwing a fit and half of them belonging to Don.
Tom
You’re being sentimental
Wilshere is not the first sportsperson to have his career truncated by injury, …and he wont be the last. He’s gotten more success than most people get in a full lifetime. Maybe, it’s time for him to move to another era of his life. There are lots of other careers ion football.
You do know the life span of the average NFL running back, right…2 year-end five months.
Sometimes, it’s time to move on.
– cant see downside
Broke out of the teeming crowd of an academy to get a pro contract…. CHECK Played for his boyhood club first team as a teenager……CHECK Played at the highest level of club football …CHECK Earned 34 caps for England, including at the Euros and WC……CHECK Made tonnes of money playing football …. CHECK Earned fame from playing football …..CHECK I don’t feel sorry for the lat one but, I hope he doesn’t feel sorry for himself. It may just be time for him to pack it win and maybe find another existence in the game; are could be a pundit,… Read more »
Good morning all Another day in paradise except what people see as paradise is a place that is affected by the world’s pandemic the same as anywhere, and is really a normal place only with a better all round climate and a culture that can be both endearing and difficult to understand. Gren Jai is as difficult to interpret as the offside laws. Yesterday I was woken at 4 in the morning to learn one of our MC brothers had died in the night of a heart attack and nothing to do with the pandemic. To add to the situation… Read more »
Good morning Graham We pretty much are on the same page with our Arsenal views. I also understand the angst you feel, it’s no different to many here. Was a bit much calling out Pedro as not a fan. For all Pedro’s sins his love of Arsenal is never in question. The way he expresses his fandom is another matter. We’re all snappy for similar reasons: we want the club to be run professionally from the top with elite or potential to be elite team management we can all get behind. Whether that is going to happen any time soon… Read more »
Sorry for long non football posts.
*yes I meant Burnley not Blackburn yesterday, Graham. What was I thinking?
Tom /China
I don’t have a problem with Wilshere back in the fold as long as he doesn’t become a liability like Xhaka.
Jack has spirit and maybe he’s learnt to release the ball quicker and stay on his feet better.
I agree pay by the game with heavy bonuses for assists and goals.
We should always look after our own and Jack deserves another chance as Santi did and he took his.
I forgot to mention Luteo that Sid and I often trade jokes/bantz aimed at each other. Sid knows my words are harmless jibes and have no racism slight. The opposite in fact where we poke fun at the racism card. If Sid ever told me I’d crossed the line, I’d apologize. Sid just likes triggering people ask BobN16. Facts are useful before casting aspersions. Regarding your supposition of me being anti-Semitic in my comments with ES? That really made me laugh. I can be Jewish and not agree with other jews’ views or the orthodox devout religion with out being… Read more »
anyone watching this?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09mqv7k
Any good?
China1
He will go somewhere where he’s first choice or as a backup at a CL team
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If we play in the Europa cup next season, there will be a minimum # of games for the backup. On top of that, there is a chance we need to sub him in for the first team.
@Tony I likewise watched the Wallabies vs the Springboks and it was an excellent game. I get the Australian Stan Sport caps from the Across the Tasman tracker and the coverage is bar none excellent. This really helps with the midweek lull of AFC not having European competition. This weekend Gallagher Premiership Rugby starts following week United Rugby Championship starts and in between we have Napoli Serie A and Dortmund Bundesliga plus more UCL & UEL. However I will make room for the Burnley Arsenal game. My prediction was 2-4 points by Oct 2 and Arteta binned. Still on track… Read more »
Tony Umm. As much as I appreciate the long correspondence dedicated to me (I don’t really), and as funny as it is to watch you (again) paste together a bunch of boring, completely irrelevant stories about your life as some kind of explanation for something I couldn’t quite gather….you really shouldn’t mind me. I made fun of you a bit, we had a laugh. You’re not above a laugh, right? Your ego can’t possibly be that fragile; what a cliche you would be if so! Proud old guy falling apart at the slightest thought that someone out there doesn’t think… Read more »
Unfortunately I just don’t see a future with Arteta and that is really personal opinion and possibly just seeing the negatives as I firmly believe he should have been sacked after the Europa semi .I just have a feeling the Ramsdale saga is going fuck him this weekend as is the white situation as neither look good in the air .No matter what anyone says about being negative but lets be honest we just about beat Norwich at home with a fluke goal and now more than ever I just think this lego head guy is all wrong for Arsenal… Read more »
Sounds cool MD sports channels are the first I look for when in another country although we have something here that works outside the country when it shouldn’t. https://hdpri.me/webapp/ No idea how it’s legal here but we het top up cards from 7/11 shops. The downside it’s in 720p sometimes 480 which really is only good for phones and tablets. The 720p I’ve used on our 85inch and the cinema 153 inch where the pic quality was ok on the 85 but poor on the 153 inch screen more to projectors don’t have the lumens dents TVs have. I normally… Read more »
I don’t think anyone expects anything from wilshere We don’t bring him back to play for us. We let him train with us as an act of class and respect to a former player who was with us for over a decade and did give us a few really good memories way back when When he’s training, see how he does. If he’s finished as we all expect, that’s the end of it. If he surprises everyone then we can respond accordingly with a no risk pay as you play deal and monitor how he does. This is just a… Read more »
I see the Wilshere thing as a non starter. Many old players have come back to train for us. Pires, Lehman etc. This is a PR play by the team… to soften Arteta’s image. Its quite damaged right now as being a hard ass, rigid and a basketcase This entire, ” he was so loved” BS is another smokescreen…. Mike is a master salesman… used car salesman…. a conniving little cunt he is. Old stars have always trained with the team while looking for other teams to play for… its nothing new. however, the PR team tries to blow smoke… Read more »
I have a soft spot for the ones who were kids who came through. Back then our academy was SHIT bar Jack… He was the one that actually had a future… however, circumstances and his own choices made him end up where he is…. Recently he even admitted he should have listened to the physios more…when he was younger and rehabbing. Even tho he got in trouble for the whole “What is shit…. Tottenham !” rant on the bus, I still loved that he did that… we needed a little banter going on and he never let us down on… Read more »
Jacky boy bleeds Arsenal red….
Dissenter…
You do realise raulishuss is Pedro don’t you?
With fake spelling and syntax to make it look like he’s ‘keeping it real in the field’? Quoting someone who is hiding behind his own real identity is a little odd to say the least. More so when it’s the ‘owner’ of the site. I don’t know why Pedro does it because it severely undermines his credibility. Fake news? Fake views?
I didnt find it racial, theres No ban on making fun of black people, some jokes are funny, some are stale.
Ps: your banter is stale Tony
You do realise raulishuss is Pedro don’t you?
Oh man….
Tony, thanks for the link to hdpri I looked at it but it is too complicated to get this working and I am not into Bitcoins yet. On some of the trackers that I visit there are IPTV streaming options one can buy into. However since the content owners are after them since most of them are for sports event, it is difficult to get into a reliable one. I have seriously looked into a VPN and then either DAZN in Canada or Stan Sport in Australia. Both have excellent on-demand content. Stan Sport is useful as the timezone for… Read more »
I’ll just have to improve Sid.
Maybe upping your level would be more universally well thought of.
saying for a friend the last one.
Guns
Err, Jacky Boy – as he revealed when he signed for them a few years ago – is a hammers fan. Just saying.
We’re he to return in a meaningful way, I’m sure he’d start off as the model professional but I’d always have a concern about the potential for corrupting younger players, not in a sinister way but just getting in their heads and offering alternative ideas to club values and to train etc. It would also wreck any remaining transfer value for Elneny who should have been sold aeons ago
When Covid is controlled MD, if you know anyone coming to Thailand you can ask them to get you a True Card. Then you should be able to use HDPri in your country. I know how you feel as I’ve had nightmares trying to watch Arsenal over the last 21 years in S E Asia. https://ourmatch.me https://soccercatch.com https://www.footballorgin.com The above links are good for the next day for highlights and full matches. Best Torrents are the private ones you need an invite for. See if anyone you know uses them. The satellite in Thailand covers rugby and the PL (no… Read more »
Maybe we should consider bringing back Diaby as well, another great PR move right. Wilshere couldn’t find a club anywhere in Europe but we have fans here wanting him back on a risk free contract, like the squad isn’t bloated enough already.
Dissenter, You remember incorrectly. I was against Meunier and another player that we were rumoured to be interested whose name escape me. I liked two of the PSG youngsters: Adil Aouachich and Nkunku. Adil Aouachich used Arsenal to get a better contract and is now at Saint Etienne. Unfortunately for him he has not kicked on like I expected him to. I am not sure that ASSE was really the best place for him to grow. On the other hand Nkunku has improved to no end. He made the right choice of club and is now reaping the benefit. One… Read more »
Receding,
We all know that Wilshere is a PR move. He won’t get a new contract unless Ødegaard or ESR get injured.
However in quality alone, he is miles better than Elneny so if Elneny is expected to leave and Wilshere shows that he can stay fit, a 12~18 months “pay as you play” contract may suit both parties. That give Arsenal time to send Azeez and Patino on loan while maintaining the same home grown number of players.
“However in quality alone, he is miles better than Elneny so if Elneny is expected to leave and Wilshere shows that he can stay fit, a 12~18 months “pay as you play” contract may suit both parties” First off you have to actually be fit to play to be better than anyone. Secondly the Wilshere I watched at Bournemouth isn’t miles better than anyone, you guys are thinking of s player that no longer exists. Wilshere is done as a professional footballer and reading the thoughts of most Arsenal fans I have come to the realization most of the views… Read more »
Sorry to hear that you lost a mate Tony. Completely understand the ‘write, read, edit, delete’ process. I delete many a post when I realise I’d just be annoying someone by reacting and getting into an unpleasant discourse for no good reason. Glad, if sad for you, that there was a reason for your venting and you’re back on level ground. I assumed it was a build up of pressure from being in isolation – not being able to get together and do a proper send off is not far off. Thanks for the comment/ support about you know who.… Read more »
Hey K’phobe been on at different times to chat and my mood not really in it today. As no doubt you feel judging by your posts which I fully subscribe to by the way. The book and documentary I’ve mentioned wouldn’t be story telling as you enjoy reading just an earthy style full of facts and stories. The series wouldn’t be more than an hours each at most for each chapter and its country. I know a few production companies in London from my work in the 90s and know from experience how the newspaper works. I need to do… Read more »