GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL!
It’s a huge day for our shared agenda.
Spurs go to Anfield.
Liverpool needs to keep their title fight alive.
Spurs need to take at least a point to keep Thursday spicy and open.
The Premier League this season does not give a fuck about what you think will happen, it works to its own beat, so don’t write of Antonio Conte. He’s a lucky manager, Spurs have been lucky all season, they could easily walk away with 3 points from 1 shot all game, such is the qualidee of Son and Harry Kane.
Then tomorrow, we have to fight for our lives and bring home the 3 points, no question.
The biggest threat Leeds pose is twofold:
- They will fly at us regardless of the personnel
- They have so few players to choose from it’ll be hard to predict their line-up or tactics
There are also annoying narratives that favor them: they haven’t beaten a top 6 side all season. That’s usually a sign to the footballing gods to work something our way.
Am I thinking about Mark Viduka? Am I thinking about Harry Kewel scoring and running to the corner flag? Am I thinking about David O’leary ruining the Arsenal party of yesteryear? Maybe.
My Uncle, total geezer, major Leeds away day fans, reckons they’ll get slapped. He has zero faith that his team can do anything and he’s not playing games. Says they don’t have the quality to do what they did to us in the past.
Leeds lack top playerrs, they have very little experience, and their defence lives for giving up spaces. They are a club that is pretty incapable of delivering a deep-block for 90minutes. My uncle is adamant that Leeds are going to go down this season.
Mikel Arteta needs to have the team super focused. I’m quite confident we’ll create lots of openings because we tend to do that in most games. In front of our home fans, in the sunshine, with an electric atmosphere, it’ll be very hard for Leeds.
I’d love Eddie to head into his log cabin, chop up some wood, and put a mile-high stack of chips on his shoulder. Leeds treated him badly. He was moved there, he should have gone to Dusseldorf, his career suffered when he sat on the bench. A hat trick would be NICE.
I’m not sure how Arteta will line-up, I’d love to see ESR back in the starting 11, his form has been a bit up and down, he’s clearly not fully fit, but now would be a great time to make a case for the Thursday game.
NO INJURIES is mainly where I am on secondary hopes and dreams.
What is even more tantalizing is that Chelsea dropped 2 points from a winning position against Wolves. They were dreadful again, Thomas Tuchel is overseeing a car crash by Chelsea standards, so a win at Leeds could very much open up the idea of a 3rd place finish.
Also, United losing, AGAIN. Remember how many people thought Ralf Rangnick was the silver bullet they needed and that it was curtains for our challenge?
Tomorrow is a big, big chance to attack a higher position.
It’s a HUGE chance to change how we approach Thursday. If we beat Leeds, Spurs HAS to come and play against us because a point won’t be enough.
This is exactly what we wanted at the start of the season. For our games to matter heading into the final throes of the season.
Before we go, I do want to quickly reference some cheques I’ve been cashing. Remember when we went on an exceptional run of wins after we lost the opening three? And people started throwing around the xG table as a reason to be terrified? I do.
I penned an article about the weaponisation of xG. People went at me about it. DATA IS OUR GOD NOW, PEDRO. But, turns out, my new turn as a data non-believer has led me down a righteous path.
Now I’m cashing cheques, people are all like, ‘oh no, we were just having a rational conversation about xG’… no, we weren’t.
Here’s what was missing from being concerned that we were 5th, but playing like 16th.
There was no context in the xG for the covid outbreak
No context for a newly assembled young team dealing with the top 3 teams so early
No context for game state: xG stated that we lost against Spurs and LCFC. If you watched those games, you’ll have remembered we battered them early, then sat back
There was also a lack of understanding about how young teams perform in general, and teams under Arteta had developed (season prior, post December, we went on a tear).
- Arteta has a very specific playing style
- His ideas are complex
- He relies on automatism that come with time
- Top young players get better
People couldn’t get that info from xG, but it was clear to anyone paying attention post-December was going to be a lot better, which is why the xG pearl-clutching was bollocks pushed by people who wanted to throw shade at the progress.
xG is a guide, not a god.
Points on the table are more valuable than theory points on an xG table.
Most people cannot be trusted with free data.
Arsenal wouldn’t have spent time fretting over that xG table because they knew what was going on.
We move.
See you in the comments, pray to the gods of gegenpressing, and hope lady luck isn’t in cahoots with Unai Conte this evening.
x
Rich
Experienced does not always equal egos/big wages, etc.
Zapata and Muriel earn peanuts at Atalanta, less than £50k a week. Going by your criteria Liverpool wouldn’t have signed Van Dijk who was 26/27.
Wasn’t Partey 27 when we signed him? Our best CM by a mile. Santi Cazorla was nearly 28 and if not for that unjury would have given us even more years.
Nobody is calling for a superstar necessarily.
Andy
Haha yeah 2019 Pepe value for sure.
Has aged like the Zimbawean dollar.
The scout who recommended Pepe should be sacked. What did he possibly see in the guy ? He looked listless at Arsenal from game one.
Nice that we got the win. We will hopefully finish it off at WHL with a win. Onwards and upwards
TR7
Pretty damn sure Pepe will blow up when he goes to a club that trusts and plays him. Emery never wanted him and Arteta didn’t know what he wanted for a hot minute.
Pepe is not close to a poor player by every stretch of the imagination
Amazing how Pep’s City score bucket load of goals without a “world class” striker.
Guendouzi on the score sheet today for Marseille
WE Gnabry + Sane would both come with big wages, they’re the wrong profile of player for me, Sane has also had a big injury. Partey was 27, but he’s been injured more than he’s played, he missed over half of last season, and almost half of this one He’s a player with little to no resale value, and it’s hard to make an argument we’ve yet to extracted anywhere near value out of the €50 million, and reported £200k p/w + we’re paying him…. I don’t mind us going for 1-2 who are a bit older, but not for… Read more »
Tammy was a no brainer last summer, no need to run the “If we didn’t spend on Ben White” exercise whilst starting down the barrel of 4th. But…
Keep reading the leaves Mystic must be loaded in the right stuff if Pepe looks quality to you.
I find city so boring to watch these days.
Mystic
Pepe has no balance and poise in his game. Always looks like he will fall over. I don’t think there has ever been a football player who did not have balance and poise and still turned out to be a good player. He is a player who can produce a few quality moments once in a while but mentally, tactically and technically too weak to be a real good player.
Great WIN! First 15 minutes played with serious intensity, Leeds could not get the ball past the halfway line. Eddie scored a scrappers goal, what he does best, and then they had a guy sent off. AFC looked listless for long stretches, then gave up a soft goal against the run of play, and the squad looked nervous for the last 10 minutes before closing out the game. Still have to beat Everton or Newcastle and spuds to get 4th. Get it over the line and Arteta deserves another year, not 3, but I understand the idea of tying him… Read more »
Pepe makes Gervinho look poised in the final 3rd.
TR7
The scout who recommended Pepe should be sacked. What did he possibly see in the guy ? He looked listless at Arsenal from game one.
One possible answer has more to do with the dodgy deal set up by Raul and the Lille owner. He was never worth £70 mil. He was bought for easy kickbacks more than for his real quality. He is a £35 £40 mil punt no more. We definitively overpaid for Pepe.
TR7
Always looks like he will fall over
One player that did was Sanogo!!! How we ever bought him.is even more of a mystery.
Any chance Ben White can play RB on Thursday?
Weagle “He (Martinelli)isn’t super technically gifted and he is a bit scrappy at times, He was played as a CF in the Europa League under Emery and scored some lovely goals and an impressive range of goals at that, target man headers included.” I thought Martinelli had one of his better games today, always lively and dangerous, an excellent assist for Eddies 2nd goal in which he showed his progression away from his head down days. As for scoring in the europa , i was under the impression that scoring in any other competition other than the prem was considered… Read more »
City ramping the GD up in event they have slip in final 3. Big response to going out to Madrid mid week in that fashion, looks lost for Liverpool.
Bob N16
Arteta expects White to be available Thursday.
Would be happier with White in at RB and Tomiyasu LB, Holding Gabriel CB.
One certain help would be at set plays both boxes.
Arteta played Tomiyasu LB to counter Raphinha and Ayling down their right which is something they look to go to time and again, Tomiyasu had a very solid game today Elneny again he’s had four really good games on the trot.
TR7, I think the problem with Pepe is that no scout recommended him… it was a Don Raul special to help his mate out at Lille.
Pedro
That probably explains it. I think we will struggle to get even one third of what we paid for Pepe.
Pepe was class for 18 months at Lille. He has talent. If it hasn’t worked out for him at Arsenal it’s not because of Pepe the footballer. Whenever he got a run in the side he always scored and assisted which is what you will expect from a wing forward
Mystic
When you say Pepe has talent do you mean his ability to dribble and get past players ? Will you call Saint Maximine of Newcastle a talented player too ?
TR7, it’s not even recouping cash that is the issue… they put him on £140k a week.
TR7
Not just that. He has speed, dribble, is quite robust and can finish with ease. He’s a good player. He just needs a coach and a team to trust him. He might be rough in some edges and might make poor decisions sometimes but that comes with the baggage. Proper coaching and support could turn him to elite. We are seeing/saw exactly that with Salah
Pedro
How much would they have put a ligue un champion who top scored? 50k per week?
Off topic
Alcaraz has won the Madrid open. He beat Nadal and Djoker back to back becoming the first ever player to beat the duo in a clay court tournament and just now decimated Zverev 6-3, 6-1. The guy is unreal.
Really over the moon with the results today. A win for Arsenal and a win for city. Top 4 for us insight and much rather city than pool for the epl.
Hopefully Chelsea and real Madrid turn up real hard in their finals with Liverpool
I am a bit late. All that mattered today was the result and we got it. Performances don’t matter now. Scrap a win against spurs after this and we will laughing in the CL next season.
Mystic
Fair enough. Let’s see whether he kicks on for another club under a different manager.
TR7
What a player looking like French quite a possibility for him in changing of guard style.
Serious weekend of tennis right there, Nadal on Friday, Joker on Saturday and Zverev on Sunday. Not to mention a 3x setter vs Norrie on Thursday.
Mystic
Totally agree with you.
Pepe is a very good player.
He has never been trusted and given a proper run in the team yet people expect him to perform miracles from the scraps of minutes he is given.
He will blow up again elsewhere.
Sadly not with us.
Pepe comes across as ‘footballing brain dead’- get rid asap.
Massive massive win today. So bloody relieved. 2 nil up and vs 10 men. Cigars and slippers on. Game should be won. Even boost our goal difference. Yet we are scrabbling around worried after 90 minutes. Right scare at the end with that Rodrigo header. I’m always like please let it be comfortable and points in the bag after 80 minutes yet we concede a silly goal then are shitting ourselves. Absolute torture but we got the win and that’s all that matters. Surely we have to go for the win at Spurs rather than go defensive and go for… Read more »
Sal
Yes looks a really generational player. A Djokovic clone who has a breath taking drop shot just like Federer had and nerves of steel like Rafa.
First goal conceded from a corner this season. Very disappointing. Will this team never give me a tensionless game?
3-5-1-1 against Spurs. We need to cover for Cedric when Son comes bombing down the wing against him.
We can then convert to 4-4-1-1 if we go behind. But we need to control the midfield and stretch the Spuds if we want to stifle their counterattack.
Mystic
I concur with Salah path comparison with Pepe. He’s a good player asking to be trusted for a period of time. Keep trusting him, he will reward you. Like Nketiah recently.
Will end up playing for another team blowing up for them not unsimilar to Gnabry.
Didnt watch the game but when the score said 2-0 when I checked at 30 minutes in, I thought “maybe we ll give them a drubbing today, 5-0 or 4-1”. Yet the game ended 2-1 and I m reading about how hard the last 10 minutes was.
We should have scored more goals. We ve let a few teams get off easy this season, in games that could/should have been drubbings.
Hugely excited for the win. Holding, Tomi, Gabriel back 3 against Kennedy Fried Chicke-…..ur I mean against Spurs.
Fuck me, people like Pierre saying 20 year old martinelli is not elite. Probably never played football in your life. Anyone who knows football can see he has great potential and will no doubt become world class over the next 2 to 3 years if he plays regularly, same with saka, esr and odegaard. Martinelli is much more improved than what he was when he joined the club, and he has only played regularly recently. I guess there is always better players in other teams for some fans eh.
Have to agree on pepe. Wasn’t given a chance to settle and didn’t get a fair run of games to find form and show his class. Also the system doesn’t seem to suit him. He does very well for ivory Coast so can’t possibly not have a footballing brain. Wtf is that anyway? Who gets to where he is without a footballing brain? Some comments are just brain dead honestly.
Funny how Pepe doesn’t have footballing brain and he’s earning 140 every week lucky him
He’s a very frustrating player especially with the system we play but he’s not completely empty like some people think
Personally I want him to be sold ASAP at least to remove his name was the wage bill
Good 3 points
We just need to avoid a loss against Spurs and get another 3 points from the other games and we will be hearing that famous anthem on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
This has been set up for us perfectly. It is our tradition to get our objectives at away grounds. And we are going to have to beat spurs on their own patch. Hive them the ball and counter.
Berg10kamp
Pierre thinks Willock is a better player than ours that you mentioned. He also says we should replace Ødegaard with Eriksen. A disturbed individuals view of football I would say.
To be fair Nigel you rate Cedric. We all have our little idiosyncrasies.
Fair enough. I think Cedric is fine as 2nd choice, especially now with Norton Cuffy as a prospect to work in after next season. I even trust Soares more on the left than Nuno for the moment
Also he didn’t hurt us much coming in to start for months. Did better than all of us expected.
Pepe received the ball in our half and there is no opposing player including the GK in front of him. What he did was that he carried the ball 10 yards to the half way line. He was then caught up by the speedy James. Anyone with a football brain would either kick the ball forward and chase after it with his speed or even try to pass the ball to the empty net.
Fair play for owning that one Nigel, certainly NC looks a prospect. In all likelihood we’ll be spending big on a MF and a striker and anything else will be a bonus.
Lol James is freaken fast in case u didn’t notice. If pepe pushed that ball to chase it James would have caught it, even if he passed it to the goal James would have caught it. Was too far to take abperfect shot under pressure. I agree he did fuck it up, but what u saying would not have worked.
He should have lifted the ball around James onto his stronger left and then pushed it forward to take the shot.
Nelson exactly what I said when Pepe got that ball there
Why did he not kick it forward and chase it ?
No footballing brain for sure
Hopefully we can do a deal with Napoli giving them cash and Pepe for Osihmen
It’s all good some buys just don’t work out look at Maguire for man. U lol
Pushing the ball would not have worked against James. He is quicker over short distances and would have roasted pepe. Footballing brains seem to be lacking on here.
Pepe never a £72m pound player. £30m at best. The number of games he’s had for us and impressed, I can count on one hand. For those of you saying he needed a run of games, I get that, but he never seemed to string more than 2-3 decent performances together. His attitude always seems a bit..meh. If we get offered £30m plus.. bite their fingers off. As somebody above said, his biggest weakness is lack of footballing nous. At the death of the match today, he could of held it up and set through a runner but he chose… Read more »
I canr believe that there are “Arsenal Fans” begging for us lose the Top4 race. UNBELIEVABLE. Just to sack Arteta and get a new manager (which at this point wont guarantee anything) At this point, that discussion is pointless. Back too 8th seasons, Emery era, 10 games run without a win, at this precise point is pointless. This was about Arteta being capable to reach Top4, well he is almost there. Next season is about being consistent, repeat Top4, and make a good run in Europe. I think it is time to move the conversation forward. This summer will be… Read more »
Berg10
Have you ever played football before. When you carry the ball, you are always slower because you want to keep the ball close to you. Pepe is known to be fast. I don’t agree with your opinion at all.
Nelson, and James is not known to be fast?
In fact James is known to be faster than pepe
SAGG, they aren’t Arsenal fans mate, they are Youtube algorithm parasites.
And Nelson, played all my life and still play.
Mystic,
They should have put Nicolas Pepe on a salary that reflected the market.
Dusan Vlahovic broke the Serie A goalscoring record, moved for a similar fee, he’s on £110k a week 3 years later.
Will absolutely love it if we can get 4th on Thursday at Spurs,
At their expense !
Anyone else think we might try and match Spurs up on Thursday?
……….……..Ramsdale
……White Holding Gabriel
Saka Elneny Xhaka Tomiyasu
…….Odegaard ……..Martinelli
………………….Eddie
………..……….…Lloris
…..…Romero Dier Davies
Royal Hojbjurg Betancur Sessegnon
…..Kulusevski………….Son
………..…………..Kane
Pepe footballing IQ is less of an interest to me but whats evident beyond doubt is what a lightweight of a player he’s been for us. About the same build as Saka but on the opposite ends of spectrum when it comes to withstanding a challenge and staying on the ball. That’s his main downfall in the physical PL. Pedro, Pepe’s transfer fee was the killer and not his wages. According to your argument the extra 30-40 kpw was the error made by Arsenal, when in fact that tallies up to 10m over five years vs losing four times that… Read more »
Pedro
If Vlahovic had come to us instead of Juve he would have been on more than 110k, that’s the price of being out of the CL. When you’re the biggest club in Italy and the player is desperate to join it makes it easier.
Not expecting Pepe to perform anymore with the 15 minutes a month he gets, that ship has sailed now, better for him and us if we sell him.
Woefully mishandled though.
Pepe’s transfer fee was the kind of business that get’s people in charge sacked, his wages the nail that makes the transfer fee all the more daft as we can’t shift him and make a solid return of any sort.
Raul was gift, remind which club is he currently working at?
The argument is that it’s harder to sell a player earning £140k p/w, than one earning £70k p/w The price you can receive for a player, isn’t just linked to the value of the player, it’s linked to the size of the contract Signing Pepe for £25million earning £140k on a 4yr contract would cost someone £54,120,000, then in 2 years time he’ll be 29, and likely hold little resale value Signing Cody Gakpo for £33million on £50k p/w on a 4yr contract would cost £43,400,000, in 2yrs time he’ll be 25, just entering his prime, and should hold resale… Read more »
Pepe future will depend of what we do with Reiss Nelson. If we opt to give Nelson a chance then Pepe should be gone ASAP but if we loan/sell Nelson then Pepe will stay because I dont see why to spend money on a Saka substitute when you already have 2 in the books, and have other priority areas to reinforce.
how many people is that now who’ve outright rejected working for ten hag at utd? granted no other club has pieces written about coaches who reject them, but there’s obviously something going around. funny to hear little birdies chirping on about what a threat they already are, how a few months is going to make all the difference… 4-0 to brighton. it wasn’t that long ago so many here were having them in the title race w varane and sancho and the one who shall not be named. oh well, guess that’s how the world keeps turning isn’t it, ya… Read more »
“Pepe’s Future”
anyone in the PL interested? maybe emery wants to take another try w him
Forgive me Pedro For I have doubted. You are right, Nketiah can cut it at this level. To be honest when he first appeared on the scene I hoped he could do it for us but his poor loans to Leeds made me doubt and wonder. However his professionalism and productivity in the past month has brought me around. I applaud Eddie’s hunger. He had every reason to down tools and leave the club with a whimper. He hasn’t done this. He has shown drive and determination to all his critics (including me) what he can do. He is fighting… Read more »
Remember when Theo was electric when a new deal was looking…. remember “sign da ting”?
With Reiss Nelson now recovering his form, I think he should be given a place in the squad… especially if we manage somehow to move Pepe on.
Ideally if we convince both Eddie and Reiss to extend their contracts we can devote the monies we would have used to sign say a Cody Gakpo and a second striker to sign a top top top centre midfielder who is truly elite.
Any one of Jude Bellingham, Florian Wirtz, Frenkie De Jong or Ryan Gravenberch would be excellent for our system right now.
I think Eddie will stay he has not signed because he wants to play
Palace and Newcastle want him
Why would you leave if we are in CL ?
Asb79
The differenxe between Walcott and Nketiah is that the former wants a bigger wages package why the latter wants bigger game time pacakage.
It is very clear who is the one that wants to succeed and who just want sign and take a rest.
Rich I would go with the same if I am being honest. That formation of 343 in defense and 4231 in attack worked wonders against Chelsea. We can even confuse them by switching Martinelli over to the right with Tomi at RWB and Saka at LWB. Ramsdale Ramsdale White Holding Gabriel or White Holding Gabriel Tomi Elneny Xhaka Saka Saka Elneny Xhaka Tomi Martinelli Odegaard Odegaard Martinelli Nketiah Nketiah Either formation would allow Saka to attack and make a back 4 when he does. And it would be a 3 at the back when we defend. I would switch them… Read more »
WTF
Ramsdale
White Holding Gabriel
Tomi Elneny Xhaka Saka
Martinelli Odegaard
Nketiah
OR
Ramsdale
White Holding Gabriel
Saka Elneny Xhaka Tomi
Odegaard Martinelli
Nketiah
Saka at LWB to a LW in the first, and Saka at RWB to a RW in the second.
Good win today. We could do better though but at this point, points are all that matters. We need to beat the Spurs in SHL. Its been a while we’ve done that.
What an absolutely unreal start to the game.
Fucking Eddie get in there! Hiding in plain sight indeed!!
So tets has learnt some real lessons this season.
But man ohhhhhh man did we make a meal of that 2nd half.
I know we didn’t get out of 2nd gear, but why? We had so many shots but not much “penetration”.
We always looked comfortable. But the final 10 was nail biting stuff.
And have to disagree with some on here.
Whites gf is a Jordy shore type Minga 😂😂😂
As is white to be honest. But he’s our minga
Raulishuss
“trying to tell us that the system was holding auba and laca back now it’s eddie was the solution all along. this guys have no shame for real.”
Umm Eddie is pretty much laca and auba together in terms of style. So yes, the system was still a problem for both auba and laca if you want your striker to be the one scoring not creating.
Pepe has been woefully mismanaged but as well he has lacked the desire to force his way in Martinelli got dropped like a stone for being ‘too eager’. Gabriel did as well last season. Eddie was never given a chance etc. same for Martinez way back when. But all 3 of them have taken their chances with both hands when presented and forced their way back. It’s really hard to be treated like crap by successive managers then just show up and be your best, and Pepe certainly has struggled at that. But if those other players have managed it,… Read more »
Leeds,
A win for my agenda on Eddie is a win for us all.
What a talent. I’m just glad 99% of Arsenal fans are pivoting to praise like you. The kid is electric. He should sign, there’s no better place to play for him.
Thank fuck we got over the finish line in one piece yesterday.
Well done to the team. We made it harder than it should have been but got the job done which is ultimately what counts
Pedro It’s a small sample size but I think Eddie will become one of those strikers who will score in batches… however, here’s the thing, when he doesn’t score his hard work off the ball will allow others to score… it’s a cliche, but you know what they say… teamwork makes the dream work! On another note, with Tomiyasu now being used as a makeshift left back, and with strong links to players like Hickey does that mean Tavares is done at Arsenal FC? I’m probably in the minority but if so, I’m surprised. I enjoyed Tavares’ sheer athleticism and… Read more »
Just got home..
Chills on the spine when ‘the Angel’ was sung.
Mo needs a new contract
So much nonsense about football brain…. it hurts mine
ENJOY THE MOMENT
Leeds, could be a better Wiltord?
China, your drama is so ridiculous.
Pepe has failed. He hasn’t been mismanaged. He’s just not good enough.
What’s the drama? He scored and assisted plenty last season as a bit part player who never got an extended run in the team. Somehow this season he couldn’t get anywhere near the team. That’s on the manager. You talk of how arteta hasn’t utilized his full resources this season – overplaying Saka is a perfect example of that. We are lucky he’s not faced many fitness issues because it would’ve made perfect sense to rotate him a bit more often this season with Pepe so that 1) Saka stays fresh and 2) Pepe remains a motivated squad member and… Read more »
Pepe has been a disaster and had bad attitude problems too.
But Arteta said he improved on that part. Too many games next season, I prefer Nelson, but if we sold him, I keep Pepe if we cant sell him, it doesnt make sense to send him on loan (No money, and pay part of his wages no way) but if we get 25 million I would send him in. A
fancy box with a ribbon immediately.
Players have the right time for the correct club. Pepe was overpriced and feal sorry for him.
The transfer just hasn’t worked.
It won’t be the last.
It’s cool to talk about transfers. But we will never know.
Eddie is turning me into a believer. It’s a small sample size of games but he definitely has a bigger range than I gave him credit for. He’s a more traditional 9 so he’s less involved in the buildup but he makes up for that with his press, which gave us the first goal. Ultimately, it’s a trade off that has to do with starting position on the pitch. Playing as deep as Laca does means less press and less time in the box, and we’ve missed that. Ode will need to pick up that slack. I’d also prefer to… Read more »
The point you’re willfully missing Pedro is that it’s not a one or the other about Pepe failing or being mismanaged, it’s both (yes that sadly means arteta has made mistakes as much as it hurts to admit it lol) That in previous seasons every time he scored or played well he would immediately be dropped for the following game was literally stuff of legend. Not being able to get a start since October is frankly ridiculous That said is Pepe a 70m player? One any of us would want as a great white hope? Clearly not. Sell him. Get… Read more »
Kind of meaningless to speculate about Pepe’s attitude since no one here has any real insight into that. The fact is that he’s simply not reliable enough to get full games. He’s scored goals when he’s been given a chance but he’s awful defensively.
Pepes attitude problem is that he’s too meek. I really hope if he’s sold this summer we get ourselves someone who has a personality, not just ability
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Pepe speak English. He’s been here long enough
China, The drama: ‘overzealous management’ – we are closer to 3rd than 4th with 3 games to go. You also said this in November (all separate comments): ‘Sell Pepe and get some real competition for Saka/ESR please’ ‘We do very much need to replace Pepe with genuine quality ‘ ‘I hope we can flog both strikers and Pepe and replace with quality in both positions’ Wild that it’s now an Arteta issue. ‘overplaying Saka’ – next to no injuries, more G/A than Sane and KDB ‘Guendouzi’ – Marseille tanked to Feyenoord this week, Matteo was shit. ‘Saliba’ – had a… Read more »
Pepe doesn’t have an attitude problem, he’s just not that good.
So you know Pepe personally?
Mr China
Personally I think the best way of getting rid of Pepe would be as a trade
I doubt we’re getting Martinez of inter – but if that’s the kind of player and team we’re negotiating with, I’d be offering Pepe + cash.