If you’ve been reading Le Grove for a while, you’ll know I don’t really raise my hand on transfer rumours, because it’s a risky game. There are very few that truly know what they are doing in this space, David Ornstein is obviously the best in the business, BBC on the resume, an actual journalist, can cut through the bullshit, has real contacts, very rarely misses. There are others that get good information, but it’s peddled via agents, the deal with the devil there is part of your messaging is good faith, but the other part is shifting nonsense, being the authentic face of bullshit designed to whip up interest.
If a big name Twitter account says X player is moving to BIG club, it might not be true, but that Twitter account creates 1000 stories that make it feel true. Football is a game of emotion and execs all have the same biases and ticks you do. So this tactic can be fruitful because a front-of-mind name for you can be a front-of-mind name in an insecure scouting office.
So, first up on the nonsense chart.
The Daily Mail reckon Cedric Soares has been denied a move to Atletico by the move of Ainsley. This is a big fat NONSENSE. Remember, Cedric was a player so average Southampton assumed that when his deal ran out, he’d go to a lower league club. The idea that Diego Simeone is going to swoop in for a £90k a week right back that; as someone neatly put it the other day, is still our 4th best right back after shipping a few, is utter dross. This is a story of Kia’s imagination designed to fool other clubs into thinking there might be a player there. If Arsenal could shake his £90k a week salary, they’d stick Bernd Leno at right-back for the rest of the season. Cedric might land a move, but let’s be real, Soares can’t do anything Trippier can do, and if he’s not an Arteta or a Hassenhutl player, he’s not a Simeone player.
The second mega noise is around Dusan Vlahovic’s camp and club. Fiorentina folk are telling anyone that wants to listen that Arsenal needs to do something, like, so bloody crazy if they want the bring the striker over this January.
This story has flaws.
Firstly, the £58m price tag. Who are they kidding? The player has 18 months left on his deal, 12 in the summer, it would be nuts if they managed to squeeze £50m for the player in this market. Fiorentina desperately needs a club like Arsenal to come for their player now, because in the summer, the price drops again.
Then you have the summer. The pickings are slim when it comes to clubs with the money and the prestige to be a draw.
- PSG – Haaland / Lukaku / Ronaldo
- City – Kane / Haaland
- Barca – skint (dreaming of Haaland)
- Chelsea – Lukaku (Haaland)
- United – Too many strikers
- Liverpool – No room
- Spurs – Broke
- Juve – Would want a 6 year loan
It’s hard to ask for something crazy in a market of one.
Then let’s talk about the wages. The Mail again saying we’d need crazy money. He’s reportedly asking for £300k a week. Come on people. Are we losing our damn minds? Arsenal isn’t going to him with that money when we have Saka, Martinelli, and Smith Rowe on our book earning around £120k a week at best. We’re not going to fuck our wage structure on a 21-year-old that doesn’t have many options outside us / hasn’t proved himself outside a tier 4 league. You think Juve are going to give him that? No chance. They’ll ask Fiorentina to pay his wages on the loan move they’ll want.
The more noise I read about Vlahovic, the more I think the move is unlikely. This chatter is all driven by agents via Italian Football Twitter, but where there’s smoke… there’s usually a really annoying player that’ll come and want to leave after year one unless they land a new deal.
Again, think about the currency of the internet: Information. Look at how much info out of accounts linked to agents. This is part of a negotiation or it’s part of a noisy ‘PLEASE SOMEONE DRIVE UP THE PRICE’ campaign.
I’m going to say it again, I think Jack Wilshere might be an option this month, remember, it only takes a second to sign a deal.
Arsenal aren’t loaded this January, pulling money from the summer for a striker makes sense, but I don’t think we’ll be finding £60m for a midfielder. I suspect the pattern you see with the striker is what you’re going to see with the midfielder.
- Age Profile: 21-24
- Appearances: 2 seasons of consistent first-team action in a major league
- Contract: 6-18months left on deal so the fee can be lower
Who knows what the specificity is going to be, but I suspect we’ll be looking at an understudy for Granit Xhaka after nearly losing him in the summer and someone that can add a bit of bite and edge heading into the end of the year.
The key for the window is to manage the emotion of it. The easiest thing to do would be to waste money on someone (Gini). The temptation will be to break the strategy with someone older that could block the path of a young player that simply needs a 6-month loan to put themselves in contention.
We don’t need to do anything wild. Arsenal has a wild couple of weeks coming up. The job is clear. We need to beat Liverpool for cheating their COVID testing, then we have to go to Spurs this weekend and take a point or more. After that, beat Burnley and we are game on for the Top 4 race for the rest of the season.
All we need to do is ride four games, then we enter into Phase 6 of the season with a 17 day break. Last season, I think Arteta took the team to Dubai. Get into that break without too much damage and the players will get some sun, they’ll have a mini-preseason with the new players, then we’ll jump back into Phase 6 of the season fresh, with no Europe, no more cups, just pure focus and a clear objective to chase.
Back to Liverpool. The press now seems pretty clear that, yes, conspiracies do happen in football, but only because Jurgen Klopp was dim enough to reveal it in the press. Liverpool opened their training ground a day after our postponed game, then admitted they had 10 false-negative tests. You’ve a better chance of winning the lottery than getting than many bad test results. Is there any other way of framing this outside cheating? There’s not.
At the core, this is a huge compliment. Jurgen Klopp has fucked Liverpool’s season by January again, which is a huge, huge failure on his part. He needs an insurance trophy, that is now the League Cup. He wants a good news story. Last Thursday, he knew Arsenal were in outstanding form, he didn’t have all the players he needed, so they gamed the system and had the event moved by Rick Parry (exLiverpool exec). False positives are rare. A load of them, at a professional football club, is impossible. This needs to be punished by more than a cursory fine.
Still, the ACTUAL positive here is Arsenal didn’t have Xhaka, who was really sick, and now they do. Arteta needs a performance, the boys need to get some good news into those tired legs, now they have a chip on their collective shoulders, so let’s see what we can do there.
I will say again… media that play the: ‘Hmmmffhhhopppphhh, fans are so dumb when they call out cheating in the game’ really embarrassed themselves with the lack of probing around what Liverpool did. Call it out, Klopp is a disgrace. Be a little curious on other things like referees and the drab data associated with how they behave around certain clubs.
Final piece related to Cup nightmares and the internet. Nottingham Forest are trying to get a promotion this season, they are in the mixer for the Play-offs. Did anyone think it was nuts that Steve Cooper went out of his way to shit-house Arsenal and put Djed Spence, their excellent full-back, in the shop window like that? Boro’ now has a proper coach in Chris Wilder, who must be wondering why a player that can go toe-to-toe with Martinelli is out on loan to a rival, and now the rest of the Premier League is looking at the same player and wondering if they need a new right-back. Mad put your best silver on show in a trophy you can’t win, but here we are, that’s football for ya.
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Mr serge
Yet the team plays better and scores far more goals with him in it. Bigger picture. We need a younger version of this guy
Don there are 50 players that can do what laca does and as many that can do a better job, I for one am not afraid of letting him go and replacing him
Serge
Wanted to get your thoughts on my boy Charles Oliveira!
Watching much UFC also?
Weagle you too
Guns love him what a fighter he can’t even see properly without his glasses, very dangerous ground game and very good striker, think he beats Justin although reckon mcgregor will jump the queue
I don’t miss any ufc events thank god we don’t really have to pay for them over here
Yea man, great story, Oliveira!
he just getting better every fight
Actually, I think Chris Wood’s transfer gives Newcastle a very good chance of survival It’s a very practical solution to goal scoring.
Who else could they have signed, who is willing to go to a team that has not won a single game and are relegation bound?
Newcastle have some good wingers, ….lump the ball to Chris and be ready to pick up the pieces.
Guns Oliveira is an animal, looked certain that Dustin was going to finish him in that 1st round but Charles weathered the storm and went on to outclass him. Was an amazing fight. Agree with Serge, do not see Gaethje beating him either although he hits a lot harder than DP so always a chance that he sleeps him. Olivieira the much more skilled fighter though so would expect him to win. McGregor would get beaten down and finished. Only LW contender I see troubling Charles for now barring Khabib unretiring is his cousin Islam who looks scary good and… Read more »
Weagle
Is it me or does Oliveira seem to get beat up on purpose in the first round, to then, tire out and look for mistakes from his opponent? It seems all his fights, he is done in the first but comes back. I wonder if this is a real strategy. if so it is brilliant
A LW to watch out for mind is Joel Alvarez, keep an eye out for him Guns and Serge. He fights again next month and is absolutely massive, comical he is even a LW he is so big think he is 6″3 and not exactly thin.
He is finishing his opponents in bery impressive fashion, 1st round Submission of Joseph Duffy and 1st round KO of Thiago Moises who is decent.
Has an elite ground game, very exciting prospect and only 28 which is young for UFC.
WEagle I am excited for Joel Alvarez as well some nice up and comers lately,my thoughts on Islam is you can stop him if you have a good ground game or can strike, he is easier to hit than khabib was.
What’s your though on Kamzat ? People are losing their minds over him but I think he is untested yet
Guns Charles starts a little slow but he does seem to wear his opponents out buy letting them punch themselves out
Khamzat v Oliveira would be interesting
Most of Oliveira opponents are head hunters…
He just takes the blows and then wham!
Submitted…
True submission artist. To me that is more exciting than a KO
This is how it works on Le grove. We lose a game without xhaka and we are told that xhaka was missed despite the fact that a week earlier he was culpable for Arsenal losing to man city. We lose a game with Lakonga and we are told that he is not of the required standard…. Arteta subs tavares early v forest ( wrongly in my opinion), and is now written of . Holding similar, lose a game , obviously not good enough . Cedric similar , obviously not good enough. Eddie misses a sitter…..written off as a championship player…… Read more »
Pierre is indeed right that there is pack mentality here.
He is also right that there are untouchables, just like not being able to say that Patino was invisible, young age and all, which is not a knock on his quality.
It was a collective shit who on Sunday, no one should have been spared.
*It was a collective shit show on Sunday, no one should have been spared.
“ Khamzat v Oliveira would be interesting” Oliveira started his career as a featherweight, trying to match him up with a guy whose walk-around weight is 90kg is ridiculous. Chimaev would likely smash anybody from lightweight if they fought at 170lb due to the sheer size difference. It’s not like 30 years ago anymore when you saw Royce Gracie overcoming 50lb weight differences, the bigger guys are just as skilled now. And getting punched on purpose in a fight is far from brilliant, it actually might be the worst strategy ever. Ali got Parkinson’s from that shit. Big fan of… Read more »
Luteo
Yea I agree, too much weight difference
I would however like to see Charlie take on another submission specialist.
I know it might be a bore fest, but his JJ is really top top class.
Not sure who the opponent could be, as most of straight up strikers but I am just excited about Bronx. you have to admit he looks like he going down in the first most times… then gets up and wham!
Charlie and Islam… hmmm same class.
Serge
Huge fan of Khamzat, how can you not be? Has more UFC wins than strikes absorbed, lol is absurd and unheard of.
I think that he is future Champ material, he ragdolls Gilbert Burns imo and that should get him a title shot.
Dissenter
How can he be right when Eddie is an untouchable in his own eyes?
He’s a clueless old fart.
Unoni You clearly have a hard time grasping English. If you really are that poster “Don” then I just remembered its an exercise in futility debating with you. Any to the point about pack mentality on Legrove about Arsenal players. Count me out because i couldn’t care less about any of the current players whether they stay or leave. They can be replaced by a superior or lesser player and who cares its a team sport afterall. 90+ minutes of entertainment and its over life goes on until the next game. Seeing grown men weep over players is hilarious. I… Read more »
Amen Izzo. Don’s love for Wilshire surpasses Pierre’s Eddie fascination 10 fold. He’s never wrong, too, until he is. It’s silly season with the TW that invites all sorts of characters’s speculations here. The only players talked about here that should be sourced are the likes of Bruno Guimares or better, not looking at strikers to buy and potential loans for MF, especially a 21yo CF not tested in the PL where there are talks of £178m package to buy him. If we bought Dustan and he didn’t work out where his value drops on £300 per week, how do… Read more »
Ffs, hope those new laca contract stories are all rubbish.
Decent player but hardly finds the back of the net.
I dare to write this but Oliver Giroud was a better signing than Lacazette
I’ll never understand the clamor for Laca
Hoe many assists or goals does he get, for £180k weekly with a £46 million transfer fee player?
blame wenger.
blame wenger for everything
Laca 70 goals,
Giroud 109 goals
I think Olly was here longer than Laca tho
Guns
Compare the ability to bring others into the game and actual assists
I believe Giroud cost us about £9.6 million in 2012, spent 6.5 years
Laca cost us £46.5 million, he would have spent 5 years by the time his contract is done
Even when you are the time adjustments, the difference is stark
Then you factor in assist creation
People used to ridicule Giroud here and I got tonnes of abuse for saying he was a decent player, now the same people are creaming themselves up over a lesser player.
Westham will overtake us on the table tomorrow and we may drop lower if we fu#k up the NLD
Some challenging times ahead.
Gaethje gonna put Oliveira to sleep…..
Pierre is so shameless. Had to round just avoid eddie of any blame. UNTOUCHABLE. LOL.
GUNZ,WE,MS
ALVAREZ Is a monster. I’m telling you for $1
We all knew liverpool were gaming the system and cheating to move a game they didn’t fancy at that moment. What is truly shocking is that Klopp basically just admitted it with the false positives comment. What was he thinking blurting that out?
Dissenter
If it was Laca in place of Giroud in 2015 , we’d win the league . Stop creaming over Giroud the donkey. The guy missed more big chances than we can create right now .
a donkey like Giroud would have fit this system more though :)))
Not sure we would’ve won the league with laca. We were quite a way back from Leicester plus Girouds link up play contributed to far more goals than Laca’s does.
Giroud was a much better hold up and link up player and better in the air. Plus whilst he’d have barren patches he scored a useful number of goals too.
Giroud was not world class but he was a better player than Laca and his career has consistently reflected that. He will retire with a CV which will beat laca’ sun probably every meaningful metric
How many headed goals has laca got since arteta came on despite us having periods of each season when we threw 20000 high crosses into the box? Giroud would’ve been converting some of those
Laca is not even an especially good goal scorer and whilst his link up play is useful it’s miles behind girouds link up. Not even a little bit close
still hate him for his expression when he misses though (which is a lot)
Laca and girouds goals per appearance in the PL is almost identical. If giroud was a donkey (he did have his moments) then laca is even more of a donkey because he’s not a better goal scorer and he’s far inferior in terms of link up
Yes that expression was infuriating as he always looked gobsmacked that he’d missed even tho he missed big chances all the time 😂😂😂
Why is dog fighting illegal while humans are let to brutalize each other in the name of boxing and UFC?
I guess human life is of less value than a dog.
Sid because humans mutually agree to the terms of a boxing fight and are even paid for it whereas dogs are forced into that situation with or without their consent and with no guarantee of any kind of compensation befitting it. Ain’t complicated!
Also yes some humans are worth less than some dogs!
“”People used to ridicule Giroud here and I got tonnes of abuse for saying he was a decent player, now the same people are creaming themselves up over a lesser player.””
Because the standards were high at some point in time..
Giroud and his haircut was brought in to replace RVP and his left foot. A truly admirable coif it was, but no amount of sexy hair was was going to fill RVP’s shoes. RVP’s left foot is another level. It may have been unfair to him at the time but Oli was never going to be seen as good enough. Think most fans appreciated him more after he left though. This phenomenon also has the opposite effect sometimes too, like when many fans convinced themselves for a decade that somewhere inside Theo Walcott was a world class player that would… Read more »
You accept the mediocrity of Laca and Xhaka, you end up 8th.
“ are even paid for it”
I thought the payment to the dogfighting dogs was the fact that the winning dog gets to eat the losing dog? I’m pretty certain that’s where the phrase “dog eat dog” originated from.
All mammals fight Sid.
Its the nature of the beast.
Just that humans make some $$ doing it
Olly was a good lad.
Nice guys
Choir boy leader
This was when I feel we were getting soft, all these soft kids coming into the team.
But Olly did his best, given his many limitations.
Better than Theo, Bendtner, and some others probably
His Scorpion kick celebration is what I remember. what a shit show that was lol
What a goal the Scorpion kick was. Unreal touch.
The only thing i rate Giroud for is, taking girls to his hotel room and stinging them
Being stung by Giroud Sid? Is that what you mean
We declined to midtable because of tolerating average players like Giroud, Xhakalson, Lacazette,
A downgrade on RVP, Santi/Rosiky/santi
A team with Samir, Cesc and RVP automatically qualifies for CL. We lack that quality in the current team.
I think Lacazette’s career tragectory would have been much better if we hadn’t signed aubameyang and had decent players around him. I feel like it is the same thing with Benzema and Ronaldo. Lacazette didn’t play the role he wanted and when he did he had no decent wingers and CAMs to play with. Giroud had a ridiculous amount of support. We had Cazorla, Ozil, Samchez and Walcott on the wings, and Ramsey and Wislhere to come on. Lacazette saw that for one season at best. I remember one game that we lost during Wenger’s era at the Emirates. That… Read more »
Apart from his blistering pace, Theo was an exceptionally average footballer. His fundamentals were all over the fucking place. Cannot believe we handed Henry’s number over to him so easily.
Lacazette was worse than Giroud. Not surprising that Giroud was not only ahead of him in the French NT, but Lacazette couldn’t even make into the squad of a Benzemaless NT. 16 games and 3 goals for Laca Vs 110 games and 46 goals for Giroud is absolutely pathetic and shows the reality without Arsenal in the picture. Even when he was still in Lyon and free scoring he was never able to crack it into the NT. Some of you make it as Lacazette is the dream player for a fast and dangerous front line – well France had… Read more »
China/Raptora
Giroud had Sanchez , Walcott , Ozil Ramsey and Cazorla behind him . Lacazette had to struggle with post contract Ozil , Iwobi/Mkhitaryan , Pepe and adjust Aubameyang into lineup. I think you guys are way overestimating Giroud’s abilities . Prime Ozil had 8 games to break Henry’s record of 20assists in a season , Giroud failed to score in 10 consecutive league games or so at the end of the run .
Not to mention fullbacks Giroud had Monreal + Bellerin pre-injury and Lacazette went through Kolasinac/ Lichtsteiner/ Cedric and god knows how many shit RBs who provided none of that crossing .
Mr SergeJanuary 11, 2022 22:24:01
Don there are 50 players that can do what laca does and as many that can do a better job, I for one am not afraid of letting him go and replacing him
Serge
Who are they? Why don’t we have one of them?
Izzo 😂 I’m not crying at all. I’d be very happy to have a striker who offers more than Lacazette. Where we differ is that I think it’s harder to find that guy who will come in next season and provide what he provides to the rest of the team (not just goals) while being of an age to demonstrate to the younger forwards and allow them room to grow into that position and make it their own I would be delighted if Balogun or martinelli could take the prem by storm next season as no9. But the truth is… Read more »
My guess is that Newcastle are signing players that are desperate Tripper was desperate to get back to England, his family never moved to Spain. I can’t believe a player who was first choice at a CL team in Spain sees it as a good career move. Remain in Spain playing top tier football & then yes he probably would bet a WC Squad berth. If Newcastle get relegated which is a real possibility then he will have blown his chances Wood is desperate no doubt to get one last big contract. He is a decent enough player but he… Read more »
I think Pierre is right with most of his comments and especially about lego head as he rarely shows this genius generational coaching side for in game management and that’s the worry as lego head could have changed formation or done something in his power to change the course of the game but he did nothing . I thought Eddie ,holding and Logonka were all awful .vERY WORRIED ABOUT THE SPUDS GAME THOUGH AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW LEGO HEAD HAS NOT GIVEN ANY MINUTES TO LOGONKA knowing he would be relying on him… Read more »
https://www-skysports-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/13864/12513515/papa-johns-trophy-omari-hutchinson-scores-as-arsenal-u21-thump-chelsea-to-reach-last-eight?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=
Terra Tripper even won the league last year
I guess he sees his domestic career as mission accomplished and just wants a big deal for the years he has left
Divine I don’t over estimate his abilities because I always felt giroud was not good enough to be a nailed on starter for us He was a big step down from rvp, Henry, Bergkamp this caliber of player. Not in the same league But his career has imo reflected his ability pretty well. He’s always been a fantastic link up player and hold up player. He has a good touch, awesome flicks etc. his primary shortcoming was that he wasn’t a top end goal scorer. But if you compare with laca there’s a reason his career has been less fruitful… Read more »
“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10393357/Roma-attempt-sign-Arsenal-midfielder-Granit-Xhaka-summer-transfer-window.html”
One can hope.
Laca’s biggest strength is that he’s a hustler and he’s awkward to play against sometimes
But in order to be effective he has to bust such a gut that he’s absolutely spent by the 65th minute
Giroud didn’t need to sprint for 65 mins to make an important contribution. Laca has to do that because he lacks the qualities to influence the game much without it
The other issue on our young forwards is that I don’t feel confident that Arteta is equipped yet to “unleash” a young forward and give him the belief and support to really make a splash the way wenger would. Were Wenger in charge right now I’d bet that either martinelli or Balogun would be getting more minutes at no9 and would be looking far more comfortable being the leading man.
“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10393357/Roma-attempt-sign-Arsenal-midfielder-Granit-Xhaka-summer-transfer-window.html”
Tony – you can borrow my prayer mat.
TerraloonJanuary 12, 2022 08:17:01 My guess is that Newcastle are signing players that are desperateTripper was desperate to get back to England, his family never moved to Spain. I can’t believe a player who was first choice at a CL team in Spain sees it as a good career move. Remain in Spain playing top tier football & then yes he probably would bet a WC Squad berth. If Newcastle get relegated which is a real possibility then he will have blown his chancesWood is desperate no doubt to get one last big contract. He is a decent enough player… Read more »
china i don’t rate lacca he only has work rate and like you say he is shot by the 65th minute, hence my there are 50 strikers like Lacca coment to Don
Of course the world’s best players want to sign for Arsenal. It’s not ANY Club, it is THE Club.
Lacazette has his benefits to the the team as he is like an annoying little fly , in that he keeps coming back for more. He milks every challenge , which does have its benefits as it makes the defender wary of challenging him and the more naive referees will fall for his antics A lack of pace and a lack of awareness in the box are a negative for him and that will always mean he will never be prolific as he is too busy gapppling with defenders in the box , whereas the more intelligent striker will .make… Read more »
You know delusion level is in full swing when Pedro says that haging xhaka back for the next game is a good thing, especially as we see how composed he is in games vs big clubs.
Pierre
Very well put. I couldn’t disagree with any of it. Odegaard is still on 22 though and clearly has levels above his current showing. Some of his passes recently have been delicious and in a year or two I expect him and ESR to be 2 of the top 5 creative mids in the world. They really are that good
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10390197/Steven-Gerrard-galvanised-Aston-Villa-just-two-months-manager.html
vs
Don Quixote
Thing about Mertesaker is he is quietly efficient. Does not waste resources in theatricals and bullshit to pump up his image .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10392671/Arsenal-poach-wonderkid-Lino-Da-Cruz-Sousa-West-Brom.html
The header is misleading though since Per Mertesaker is managing the youth
Gerrard bringing coutinho in could prove to be a masterstroke .
Buendia will be the one to make way as he looks a little lightweight.
There is a lot of energy in this villa team, my prediction is that Wolves and villa are going to have a say in the battle for European football , it will be interesting to see how it pans out as the title race could be over within the next month or so, which will mean all the excitement will be in the battle for europe.
Feedback from Columbus – Stan is disappointed he will not be showing off his new ‘syrup’ at Wembley in May.
I guess Arteta would move Ode back as CM and play ESR as #10. I don’t like Ode’s defensive game. I would prefer move White as DM and play Holding as CB instead. Against the Pool and Spuds away, it is important to strengthen the defense..
Pierre
A masterstroke from Gerrard?
How about posting something good about Arsenal for a change. Or is that off your agenda?
Nelson
What about ESR in cmf with xakha? He has the energy to bomb on. Wether or not he’s aware enough to choose his moments like a young Paul scholes is yet to be seen
Pierre, EB
Gerrard already has a close relationship with Coutinho. He knows his capabilities past and present. No Doubt he will discuss in depth how to best use his experience. Gerrard is likely to get more out of Coutinho than most other managers.
Per Mertesacker will reclaim our clubs lost glory
See we’re being linked by a few outlets to Arthur Melo.please God No.A midget with attitude problems who plays like a crab.No No No.If that’s the best Edu/ Arteta can come up with this window we ain’t making top four.That’s for sure.& I don’t give a f** k he’s Brazilian.So was “ Deckchair Denilson…….
Sid
Big step up from the youth to the first team so I’m not going to be putting money on per performing miracles if he becomes manager.
After diet pep , we need to get Viera back ( if he does well at palace)
Englandbest “How about posting something good about Arsenal for a change. Or is that off your agenda” Strange thing to say considering i get slaughtered for my defence of Arsenal players … If you had a brain you would be able to see that over the years no poster has received as much abuse as me on Le grove for defending the likes of wenger , wilshire, Mhkitaryan, Ozil , academy players. Maybe it is beyond your intelligence to understand that my defence of players like Eddie and joe willock is saying “something good” about Arsenal. In reality , you… Read more »
One things for sure Englandsbest, the loan of AMN is as far away from a masterstroke as you are likely to see..
Pierre lancing englandsbest like a scalpel to an abscess.
If it’s not pro-Arteta, it’s not pro-Arsenal.
Englandsdeluded strikes again.
Better hope Juve lose the final tonight. Else we are getting Melo for sure. The guy will get slaughtered here England. Way too lightweight. It might just be the worst signing we have ever made.
Many looked at Charlie Patino’s performance against forest as underwhelming ..not me. He was obviously told to keep it simple and not to encourage the opposition to kick lumps out of him. There is a Barcelona documentary called “take the ball, pass the ball” and that is exactly how Patino played the game v forest, the main problem was he wasn’t given the ball enough , players like Odegaard and White didn’t trust him enough to give him the ball , i doubt that Patino received more than 2 passes from white or Odegaard during the whole game.. Patino on… Read more »
Pierre, you want an analysis of the Forest game? Here it is: burn the tape and those all white kits along with it. Done. It’s painful reading some of your agenda driven analysis, it really is. Here’s the crux of it all …….which as a student of the game you must know……..when not a single Arsenal player had a good showing it usually means one of two things: a) the team was underprepared and out coached, b) the players thought they’d show up and Forest will just lie down and spread their legs for them. I think it was both.… Read more »
Pierre you don’t have come across as a pompous prick.
Villa fan boys are out again like the summer!
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Pierre
Sunderland game was the same. Player’s didn’t want to pass to him.
I get your analysis of Patino. Also looking forward to watching him play more. Think he will surprise some these folk.
Don’t mind the Arthur signing for a few months. First aardvark to play for us. Then get Tielmans, Bissouma or Douglas Luiz in the summer.