SUNDAY ROUND-UP

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Let’s start off with a… that’s cute.

Alex Lacazette looking after young Fran who is having problems at school. Very classy.

Ok, footballistically, what do we have?

NOTTINGHAM FOREST SMASHED LEICESTER 4-1.

Wild times. They let us off the hook. Brendan Rodgers Fan Club is absolutely in the mud this season. They rolled out a first team. Djed Spencer delivered the finishing move. Our future back-up right back, who knows, a better bet than my man Cedric Soares.

This weekend wasn’t great news for most in the FA Cup. West Ham and Chelsea progressed to the latter rounds after extra time against lower level teams. Manchester United is OUT after getting spanked by Boro. Spurs sailed past Brighton and that means extra minutes for them.

I am absolutely gagging to get into the mixer on a game so we can get our momentum back. The Wolves game was rescheduled for the day I arrive back in the UK. Written in the stars? Maybe.

Our 3 Premier League games after the break are massive. Take 4 points off Wolves and 3 off of Brentford and we’re cooking. Slump to defeat against Wolves and the chasing back are on you and the whingers will be out in force talking about how much they love Anotonio Conte and his removal of canteen mayonnaise.

Fitness and internal solutions is going to be the theme of our run in.

If this then that.

I’m sure that’s some sort of IT thing for IOT stuff. Anyway, if Tomi is injured then do we roll with Cedric and lose security on the right, or do we role with White on the right and lose an outlet through the middle.

If Lacazette pings a hammy, do we opt for an Eddie run in the side, or do we get to see why Gabi fancies himself as a #14.

Those are the two biggest worries we have. Most other eventualities have been stress tested this season.

There isn’t a better option for Arsenal than Nuno as the replacement for Tierney.

Sambi Lokonga is perfectly fine to sub in for Partey or Xhaka, we know, because we’ve seen it for an extended run this season.

The onus is on Arteta to stop being stingy with the minutes. Make sure everyone is ready, because we saw super Sambi do a great job for us, then he disappeared for 7 weeks. Arteta did the same to Martinelli, disappearing him for 6 months. We need to keep important players in the mixer because we don’t want undercooked players trying to fire us to top 4, because they’ll fail.

Marc Overmars becomes the second exPremier League legend of ours to exit the game under shameful circumstances. The Ajax Sporting Director, a hot target for Newcastle, was axed today for sending no-so-welcome text messages to numerous female colleagues. Quite a way to wreck your career and your marriage. But bravo to Ajax for not sweeping it under the rug, they’ve set a tone there I suspect not many other clubs would.

Ok, just a short post today, this post is mainly about driving you to our latest video / podcast.

Enjoy, it’s a fun one with Pedro and Johnny.

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Rich

Getting rid of Aubameyang was the right move, I’m disappointed we didn’t get a quality replacement, but there’s now an opportunity for someone to step into that vacuum Questions can rightly be asked of why we gave a 31yr old striker a new mega contract, I’m not going to argue with that, I was opposed to renewing his contract to begin with. But nothing I’ve seen from Aubameyang this season suggests letting him go was the wrong move. There’s potentially more opportunities for the likes of Martinelli, Pepe and Nketiah. The shadow of Aubameyang is no longer standing over them,… Read more »

Killroy-TM

6 teams are being analyzed in the Athletic by club writers for the Chavs, Wolves, Sp*ds, WHam, ManU and Arsenal. It is a telling statement why top 4 is a must this season and not starting damage control already by saying 5th or 6th is an achievement even after almost 3 seasons by the three stooges running the show. “Qualifying for the Champions League is hugely important for a number of reasons. It helps keep the manager, current stars and supporters happy, and earns the club millions in prize money and broadcasting revenue. Arsenal are taking more shots (14.6 per… Read more »

Nelson

NORG

Let’s not forget that Arteta is a new coach. During the first two year, he didn’t even have a plan A for attack. He tried false 9 and then he tried crosses after crosses. Now his attack is quite balanced. Both Auba and Pepe have special skill. I am sure that they will be productive in a different system.

Raulishuss

Cunt. There i said it. Call me childish gambino

Ustyno

Before when I come on this blog,will take time to read through but the post and the comments, hardly will I skip any comments but I really can’t say the same again

The number of comments that I skip is way higher than the ones I do read,I wish I can lay my hands on the reason to that

Many commenters have abandon us, pls they should come back

Bergkamp63

This might sound obvious, the only people hurting are those who either never wanted Arteta given the job in the first place or have a problem with him now, The Club’s owners clearly don’t and the vast majority of the supporters don’t, the players that are left don’t as it means more opportunity for them and anyone else who joins clearly won’t have a problem with him because they will know what to expect from him and what he will expect from them. Once the remaining dozen or so have been offloaded or run down their contracts, the rebuild will… Read more »

englandsbest

IAT Robbie Yeah, we’ve gone from a manager (Wenger) who said his team could (and did) go through a season unbeaten to a manager (Arteta)who says it will take a while to return to the elite. BUT let’s take into account that, effectively, Wenger presided over the Club when it dropped out of the elite. Ler’s also recognize that it’s harder for Arsenal to become elite than it has ever been before. Man C and Chelsea are solidly there, so too are Liverpool,, and elite-ness doesn’t stretch further down PL than third place. It was never going to happen overnight.… Read more »

HerbsArmy

It would be interesting to know how many of the Arteta brigade were as excited about him when Wenger paid £10m for him to replace Cesc after the humiliation at OT in 2011.

Bergkamp63

New post btw

Chika

Only an idiot would rate Lokonga ahead of Xhaka then go ahead to share an article that list Xhaka as one of our very crucial players. When you’re blinded by an agenda, memory loss is inevitable.

Tom

“I wouldn’t hold your breath even if we finish 5th or 6th this season, he will almost certainly get a new contract.” He will get a new contract if we finish 8th. Arsenal are in the process of lowering their wage bill to Europa league levels( the PL version) so 5th-6th place will be framed as a successful season by most. And let me cut the suspense for some of you; missing out on top four next season will be treated with an understanding and shrugging of shoulders, since there still will be four clubs with much bigger wage bills… Read more »

Bergkamp63

Tom,

I guess you will be unhappy for some considerable time then ?