I’m gonna be straight here, if you call Arsene Wenger ‘daddy’, ‘papa’, or ‘father’ it’s straight up weird. What is it with grown men doing stuff like that? Do their friends see? What do they say? What would your partner say if they saw the tweet?
‘Frank, did you call a man who is not your father, ‘father’ on the internet?’
I wouldn’t like that question if it were true. It’s so very, very odd. Almost as odd as 30 year old Arsenal fans notstalgia-jerking about the good old days of Olivier Giroud like that was some sort of joyous period for Arsenal fans.
I was there.
It was not.
ANYWAY, let’s get right into the mixer.
NFTs for art, largely speaking, are speculative assets that propped up by extrememly rich people connected to some sort of larger shill. They talk of it being a decentralised utopia, when in fact, 80% of the market is owned by 9% of accounts.
I’ve worked in industries where a large part of my job is to see into the future, so I want these things to be credible, but it’s very hard to envisage a world in which it is mainstream to show off really expensive gifs that you personally own. I was actually with someone the other day that told me he had an NFT that 1) Was made by a fancy artist 2) Had a hard connection to a one-off special event 3) Meant something in culture. Do you know how they showed me it on their phone? They showed me the signed physical picture they had on their desk. Why? Because it’s more impressive than a gif on your phone.
Reality is catching up to them. Just as the Robinhood next-gen influencers have stopped stockpicking because stocks don’t always go up, people like John Terry and Michael Owen are now looking at handslaps and unhappy investors in their shitty NFT shills. Generally, you know something is broken when very stupid people start making their way into them. 1 in 3 collections are failing. Jack Dorsey’s original tweet sold for $2.9m dollars, it’s owner put it up for sale for $48m, it sold for under $10k within a year. Football fans seem to roundly reject anything blockchain shaped because they sense they are get-rich-quick schemes.
Overarching point here is that a lot of smart people went along with something that felt kind of nuts because… they didn’t want to be seen as old or dated. Why? Because some of us remember a time when the internet was written off as a fad, then it came at people hard and ruined a lot of reputations. We also remember a time when social media was palmed off as a trend, versus a new dynamic way to communicate, create, and trade (that would never go away). There were even people that were part of the clamshell phone mafia who couldn’t see a world in which and iPhone might succeed.
… so back to NFTs. The reasons plenty have sat on their hands on this one is because no one wants to be the NFT naysayer, only to end up like Steve Ballmer who said Steve Jobs should be ousted for his iPhone adventure.
There are similar ‘keep quiet’ groupthinks that go on in football.
Arsenal fans used to end any criticisms of Wenger with ‘Arsene Knows’, because his batshit crazy ideas generally tended to work. RWB to striker? Why not. Pires with talent levels of Zidane? Sure. Go unbeaten? Ok. Betting against Arsene was a fools game.
Antonio Conte has this power, people just put their head down and charge at the idea he’s going to be right, but if you look at what he’s doing at Spurs, it feels a little bit like being convinced that a baseball capped beaver playing a tamborine that was produced by a freelancer on a day rate is worth $400k.
If Arsenal’s summer looked like Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster, Djed Spence, and Richarlison… I think there would be riots on the street. But no one will say it because Conte has had the magic touch in the past.
The Brazilian striker, who is priced at 60m Euros undoubtably has a lot of very interesting features as a player. He’s powerful, he has Brazil international levels of technique, and on his day he can be unplayable. But the man scored one more goal than Eddie last season in 14.6 more 90 minutes than our guy. It’s quite nuts that we’re seeing money going like that on a player that was very, very off his game this season.
Am I rejecting the next iPhone here or am I rejecting John Terry’s vision of a WEB3 future? We’ll see.
You know what else is interesting? Arsenal fans are very, very mean to young players. Unless they bang right away, we write them off like they are yesterday’s news. Nuno Tavares started the season for Arsenal very well. So well in fact we thought he could own the left-back position.
I stole this comparison from @M1_RAG3 off Twitter, because it’s striking. Nuno, on paper, has a lot of very fine attributes. Now, we know that data without the eye test is not the way to judge a player… but what data does allow you to do is understand there is potential there.
Nuno is like a badly tuned car at the moment. His body is too powerful and fast for his control system. But if you could teach him more calmness in vital moments and you could hone his decision-making, there’s no doubt there’s a player in there.
That is backed up by the fact Marseille and Atalanta are in for him this summer. Two clubs that know their way around young talent. What this comes back to for me is that we sometimes need to be gentler with younger talent. The Premier League is the hardest on the planet, not many come ready-made for the fight, but that doesn’t always mean it’s over for the player.
One young player that exited for non-footballing reasons is Matteo G. The Frenchman burned too many bridges at the club, particularly with the players, which is something people don’t tend to factor. Regardless of the childish antics, he had a great season with Marseille… but he’s obviously still quite burned by his exit because this is what he had to say about Bill Saliba.
“William now has Marseille in his heart, and I’m sure that he’ll come back to Marseille next season. So I’m going to keep pushing so that he stays with us.”
There are a few strands to this. Firstly, it’s a bit cheeky to put words in the mouth of someone if they can damage relations for the player. Secondly, in what world does Matteo think Saliba is going to turn down the riches and prestige of the Premier League to play with him and Kolasinac next season? Honestly, he should stay focused on his business.
Also to reference back to Arsenal fans writing off players early. Sambi Lokonga is one of them. I see people angry that we sold Matteo (because they don’t understand culture) because Sambi has failed. Give him time, put him next to the right midfielder, and watch him blossom.
Finally, let’s talk about strikers.
They are expensive.
Spurs are droppoing £55m for a forward that scored 11 goals last season.
Liverpool is about to drop £100m on a Benfica forward with 2 seasons of experience.
Haaland is joining City for a combined cost of about £250m.
Some Arsenal fans thought the club lacked ambition for NOT spending £75m on Alex Isak who scored two goals in 2022 and just 6 all season.
This move that we make is going to be very consequential and very expensive. The big question is how are we going to divide the money. Do we buy a Jesus and a cheaper striker like Scamacca that comes with higher risks. Or is Gabriel Jesus the man?
What is startling is that these huge fees clubs are paying seem to be going on players that have a high risk of failure. But, the one thing they all seem to have in common at the upper end of the market is height, technique, and goals. If the best tacticians on the planet think you need all of those elements, I do think it would be regressive if the tallest player in our forward line was ESR at the start of next season. We need to have lots of ways to score goals. It would make very little sense to me for us to over invest in long ball specialists if we don’t have someone that can hold the ball up and occupy defenders.
So let’s see where it goes.
Actually, one last point before we go. It’s quite interesting that anyone in the real world right now is looking at massive inflation, crushed portfolios, the tanking of crypto, and a beastly white-collar recession heading into dry land… but no one has thought about if this could affect football owners. When you are not funded by a royal family or an oligarch… do these outside factors impact the dollars? Stan K is a real estate mogul, things are teetering there, cost of capital is going up, it’s hard to build, office space is being rethought, will the headwinds impact how he’s thinking about investment at Arseanl?
Idle speculation, but our reality is we’re run by people that are affected by the actual economy, so worth thinking about.
Getting proper cover at fullback and centre mid is more important than getting in a striker. Eddie, Saka and ESR have all shown they can score given chances but what we lack is chance creation and the ability to get the ball to these players in the final third. A lot of the time they have to drop deeper and deeper to get the ball and then beat 3-4 players to get a chance at shooting. That might work in the U23 but in the PL if you beat a couple players the third one will wipe you out. It’s… Read more »
Where is Bankz?
Really?
Tr4phy
I’ll take 5th
I totally get the group think idea Pedro and completely agree. Conte is top drawer but he comes with a very short shelf life. Whoever the Spuds buy they wont win anything and its more than likely that he will disappear off into the sunset. The Kroenkes may well be affected by the financial downturn but you cant be a successful football club with a ‘sustainable’ model in todays world. Its too high risk and the culture is one of instant gratification hence the massive fees for CFs who may or may not come off. The Kroenkes either throw the… Read more »
Poch “parting” ways with PSG. Zidane expected to replace him.
8th.
I’m still trying to figure out what anNFT is😂
My best Le-grove finish ever.
Masterstroke
Join the club. One of those things you learn and research about, yet you are still as clueless as before you looked it up.
Top ten?
“Looking into the future”
Ah yes, if only we could predict what was going to happen.
I think most people on here have been involved in jobs that look forward ( into the future). Isn’t that called progressive management thinking
I think at Arsenal we should look at the present and what can be done to improve things as they stand. Playing style and creating a positive ID should be of paramount importance.
Is Arteta the man to lead us forward?
Personally, I don’t think he is.
I had to google it…..
Silent Stan is worth more than $10 billion
If we wanted that extra £10-20 million for our number one target, surely it should be a problem.
I tried getting into NFTs and then gave up.
It’s like an auction but digital using things called etherum tokens to purchase digital assets.
Pedro Agree with most of your posts but your Papa Wenger take is a little off colour. No one seems to have a problem referring to rednose as Sir Alex . Sir/Papa/Daddy what’s the difference my friend ? It’s all in jest and I don’t see a huge deal in it. Like you I was disappointed with Wenger’s latter years. But even in those low moments of his career, he still proved his genius from time to time. Hindsight and context has shown me this. Of course all these is my opinions not everyone’s. I hated that he was so… Read more »
*shouldn’t be a problem
And yeah, I had to Google NFT too!
Graham62 I got to hand it to you, you are consistent as gravity! 🤣 (with the Arteta stuff). Hope you’re well btw
Let’s relegate Bankz.
According to the net, Stan has the 4th highest net worth of any PL owner. Only City, Newcastle and Villa (?) are worth more.
So while i understand we won’t have an open check book, we surely can’t be crying poverty either. Seeing as FFP is something of a joke (it even still a thing?)
Has Jesus agreed Personal terms with Arsenal? who ITK?
Our action to get players is very slow and we have lost many player’s because of it. Stan is holding onto the money as in the USA buying and selling contracts is slow and only involves the players salary and not the contract fee.
We will end up with second tier players and over pay them.
Speaking of weird and Freudian slips phrasing, how about Arteta’s juice?
Really don’t understand the mention of Wenger and papa/daddy etc. Sometimes I feel Pedro downt sleep well if he doesnt say anything derogatory about Wenger. I didn’t.undertand anything from the post though. I will have to go through the comments to get some context
Nft will go the way of crypto some will get super rich everyone else will get burnt
Pedro is obsessed with Conte
That’s not going to change the fact that he chased Arteta down and got 4th place despite being down 4 points with three games to go.
Pedro, focus on ARTeta’s art of choking
Focus on his terrible judgment of thinning his squad in January and poor management.
Let spurs sign whoever they choose, the manager they have has a track record of winning league titles, it maybe that he knows what he’s doing.
Will always love Arsene for what he did for our club I am not calling him daddy though lol
Spurs aren’t going to win the league title but they are well placed to be perennial CL qualifiers under Conte, which is what everyone of us wants for Arsenal
…but alas, we choked
I can’t get over that choke, I’m completely faithless in this manager.
That 5th place may very well be the dizzying heights of Arteta ball.
Najia .
Sir Alex Ferguson is called just that because he was knighted by the Queen. Hence the Sir
I agree with the Papy bollox it’s sounds odd grown men calling Wenger, Papy
Diss, be careful mate, your hopeful mission to see Arteta and Arsenal fail makes you read like the Spurs fans in my mentions. Not a good look.
“That 5th place may very well be the dizzying heights of Arteta ball.”
We all wish NOT, but we all FEAR!
“If Arsenal’s summer looked like Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster, Djed Spence, and Richarlison… I think there would be riots on the street.“
Lol, you mean just like we rioted in the summer of 2015 when we only got Cech and blew our title chances?
Tom
Or this January when we brought none and blew our Champions League chances?
Pascal
Pedro is making a issue out of nothing. Most fans refer to him as Wenger. Now from time to time you ll hear a few fans refer to him as Papa Wenger. I personally tend to call him Wenger, just decided to call him Papa Wenger today in jest and Pedro went and mention it in his post like its some pandemic hahaha.
If a 20, 30, or 40 something year old fan refer to a 71 year old Wenger as Papa, it’s really not a huge issue trust me.
Mb , yea, that was some quiet riot.
The Papa is paying respect to his age. And the fact that he used to be the man. Anyhoo…
Najia
Oh I didn’t realize you’d said it, I saw it on Twitter earlier so thought it was a thing! 🤣
And nope it’s not a problem, although it creeps me out a bit lol.
In all the unprovoked barbs at Conte I can sense Pedro’s frustration at what is a grim situation where Spurs have a top class football manager in Conte while we have a top class PR manager in Arteta. I share the same frustration.
TR7 the funny bit about Pedro’s Conte obsession is that I get all my Tottenham news from Legrove, whether I want it or not.
Seriously.
TR7, there’s absolutely no frustration, but I do take quite a bit of joy with his arch-defender Arsenal fans, because you lot are way more confident than Spurs fans.
Some of you forget the joys of being a football fan, it’s so weird that people come on here complaining that I’m popping off at Spurs. Get a grip.
“Some of you forget the joys of being a football fan, it’s so weird that people come on here complaining that I’m popping off at Spurs. Get a grip”
There’s a difference between mocking Spurs and mocking Conte. I can mock City by calling them a petro dollar club but I would look like a fool if I said Pep was shit. Getting my drift ?
By the way who finishes higher this season – the Arsonist or the best young manager in the world ?
Tom
Let’s hope Pedro doesn’t start feeling us all in on all the happenings at Man United and Leicester too as the season progresses 😛
Pedro, no one cares about your Conte banter, but it has to be grounded in some semblance of reality. Except it isn’t. He brought two players in January for a total cost of $25m, and they chipped in with 5 goals and 12 assists. Show me a better half a season return on investment if you can. Kulusevski and Betancourt were the difference makers that got them the CL. And now you’re making a mountain out of the Perisic molehill lol. I would love him at Arsenal on a free and cheap wages. He’s been a consummate pro wherever he… Read more »
Pedro
You’re sounding defensive and a little shrill.
No need for thet at this stage.
Also, I really don’t think now’s the time to bring up wenger for obvious reasons.. Or Conte for similar reasons to the aforementioned obvious ones.
… And making excuses for the Kroenkes is never going to garner much support on here.. Or anywhere.
Anyway, relax – – for now at least- the transfer window is young and we all have a rough idea of what the club should be able to deliver this summer. .
Well now that you mention Giroud, we could really do with a player of his profile, just a few more goals each season than he could manage would be perfect.
The best answer to Conte is to beat him on the field
We have to use some introspection after the way last season ended.
Everything he’s done at spurs so far has been better than what we’ve done in the last 6 months.
Those are just FACTS
He loves old players and signed premier league vets like Ashley Young when he was in Inter. That’s his playbook
Chris
Good thanks.
Looking forward to Worthing becoming a football league club within 5 years, maybe less.
The two biggest wig obsessed lunatics on here are Tottenham Tom and TR7 ( I assume you’ve got a dodgy gearbox ) Pair of you are literally one step away from fully transitioning into Spuds.
Jesus H get a grip however long you both claim to have supported Arsenal, it’s actually been a complete waste of your time and effort.
He finished a massive 2 points ahead of us and Kane has still won fuck all , repeat Spurs have still won fuck all
Judging from last summer, Edu/Arteta/Josh know their targets. Their names? Well, we do know three: the yank GK, Saliba, the 17 yr old Brazilian fullback. Throw in Eddie and that makes four. IMO that leaves 4-6 whose names we don’t yet know. One or two might be returnees back from loan. How good is Balogan? Will AMN fill in as back-up RB/RWB?
But we can expect with a reasonable amount of certainty a top class striker and a top class midfielder.
A lean mean ever-green machine.
Dissenter what FACTS ! You keep on making claims with limited production of stats or facts . He inherited one of the best forward lines in the Prem and finished and outstanding 2 points ahead.
Jesus it’s like he won the the title !
Repeat Tottenham have still won fuck all
What anyone thinks of conte is totally irrelevant. If Arteta doesn’t make it to the champions league come may, he’s toast. Especially if we continue to play such drab, joyless football (a few games aside) Jesus and tielemans could both be master strokes. He might get the forward playing additions he needs to turn this into his iteration of an attacking arsenal. I hope he does. But conte really doesn’t matter. We need to focus on picking up points in the sorts of games we should be expected to nick 3 points. The Evertons, the Brightons, the southamptons, the Brentfords.… Read more »
Markymark, thank you.
To be fair they did win Wenger’s infamous ‘Fourth Place Trophy’…
Part of the reason why pedro has repeated pops at Conte is to shield Arteta. Spurs aren’t winning a big title anytime soon. But Conte will be our direct competitor for top 4 next season. And he might get rid of Spurs’s trophy doubt in the domestic cups. And he will leave after the frustration of spurs in a couple of years if not next season. Their signings aren’t poor. They fit Conte’s system. Persic is an upgrade on their LWBs, Spence is also an upgrade on their RWBs. Forester is a nothing signing. Just a backup. Richarlison will succeed… Read more »
Un
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Yes we need to be more concerned with how well the teams that finished below us strengthen their Squads for next season as getting 4 points minimum against the likes of Palace, Villa, Brighton and or course MU will be key to CL footie
I don’t know about anybody else but I find Spurs signings, if true, quite concerning. Were we not in for Spence? Richardson will be a good addition to ensure Kane & Son don’t get burnout with the extra CL games, Perisc is quality and will do a good job for a year or 2 and Forster is a great option behind Lloris. Both Spurs and Chelsea are linked with Jesus as well as Madrid. I have a nasty feeling that we are in for a very disappointing transfer window which will see a lot of our loanees reincorporated into our… Read more »
Riots? Has it been that bad?
The Richarlison pick-up for £60m is an ill-advised one imo but picking up Spence for £20m, Perisic for nothing and a solid back-up in Forster for nothing is pretty solid business.
Alexanderhenry, you need to tune into the podcast if you are imagining I am shrill about this. I am 100% confident that Conte will fuck Spurs over. Tom, if you had access to the traffic I get to the site and the podcast, you would realise, that yes, people do care about the Conte content. Just go and look at the Twitter thread to see which of my tweets have banged the last two weeks. You can’t speculate on hard facts, especially if everyone can see them. What people do care about is your affinity with Spurs, is percieved as… Read more »
What people do care about is your affinity with Spurs, is percieved as so strong, people call you Tottenham Tom on an Arsenal blog.
😂 😝 😎
Jesus won’t play at Real Madrid so you have to hope that he values being a starter.
Then again they are Real fucking Madrid. And Benzema is 35 in December and cannot go on forever.
Chavs imo are more likely to try and pick-up Lewandowski than Jesus.
For me Richarlison and Jesus are similar players, neither of them is top drawer quality and they use lots of brawn/aggression to push through.
Jesus gets more plaudits because he’s operating in an elite city squad but very little of their gloss comes from him. City’s magic is rubbing off him and making mom look better than he is.
Richarlison is a brawler who’s had to fight for scraps at Everton and Watford. He’s the one who’s breakout will be interesting, if it ever happens.
WengerEagle
I think Conte will get more out Richarlison than any manager he has ever had. Marco Silva was the one who got better out of him out of the managers. He fits Conte’s high intensity style. He is a physical player too. The fee is quite big. But I am worried if he signs for them. Conte has had similar players and succeed with them.
Jesus is a class above Richarlison.
My word is Jesus a way better player than Richarlison. Can’t believe anyone would debate that point.
Habesha
Where does he fit into their XI even?
Son-Kane-Kulu is not broke so why fix it? They have been the most lethal trio in the PL since January. Perisic is 33 and a freebie so not as much pressure to play him. He is Son/Kulu cover.
Kane back-up I suppose but £60m is a hell of a lot to spend on ST cover.
Isn’t Kane meant to be off this summer?
If he is Un then Richarlison is a hell of a downgrade.
And where would Kane go? No chance outside of England as that Shearer PL all-time top scorer record is of central importance to him.
City have Haland, Pool have Nunez, Chavs have spent £230m on Lukaku, Werner and Havertz.
Just leaves Man United which is possible I suppose. Notsure that would be the wisest career move though as he is probably more likely within the next few years to at least win a Cup at Spurs than at Utd.
Eagle
United, chelsea, Madrid? All possible
As you say, Benz is 35 and real are in the market for a striker
So are chelsea
So are United
Chavs are toothless up front
They play exactly how we do
They slow the game down
Lukaku is a donkey
He is a goner
I’d say Werner will go back to Germany.
I’d say Bayern but they’ll never pay that sort of dough
Haha Un Kane is not a Real signing just take a look at him or a listen to him. They are bigger than just a club, they are a global brand. No coincidence that most of their top talent over the years have looked like Gucci Models. Plus Kane is 29 and has dodgy ankles. Benz is still elite and will probably lead the line another 2 seasons. Chavs and Utd although the Chavs have sunk £230m into their 3 strikers already. Can they really afford to fork out another £100m for Kane without plugging other gaps like Rudiger, Alonso,… Read more »
Who is going to spend £100 million on Kane at this point?
The moment he would have gone to City has been and gone. Can’t see United buying him. Liverpool are getting Nunez. I’d be very surprised if he went to Newcastle.
I could only really see Chelsea maybe but they have a big Romelu sized problem to solve first, and then they would likely go with Lewa as a cheaper option.
So it sounds like it’s just the normal rumours about Kane you see every summer, will probably not amount to anything.
Ah you beat me to it again WE haha
Graham
Glad to hear. Yes the only way is up for Worthing. Very exciting times. The non league scene around here is extremely prosperous. A side effect of Brighton’s rise
Only ugly RM star players over the years have been Modric who is just that good that it supersedes his looks, Di Maria who was sold and Pepe who was also a beast of a player. Ozil too although he got his act together here and ditched the girly hairband look and started putting effort into his appearance. Nonetheless was googly-eyed. Ronaldo, James, Kroos, Alonso, Casillas, Kaka, Ramos, Marcelo, Asensio, Isco, Valverde. Most of these fuckers could have made it modelling. Back in the day you had Zidane, Ronaldo, Raul, Figo, Beckham, Cannavaro. Fair to say that Flo Perez has… Read more »
I was wondering why Iain Dowie was never sought after by Real Madrid!
I definitely wouldn’t be happy if we spent £60m on Richarlison though, it has to be said. Let’s look at the positives. We only finished 1 pt behind the best Spurs team in history with the youngest squad in the league. Better luck with injuries and a whole season more of experience should make the difference in turning some of these draws into wins and losses into draws. If both teams go into next season the same as last then I’d expect us to get 4th. Now factor in Saliba who is like a new signing, a French international who… Read more »
Chris
Rooney could have exploded into a better player than Ronaldo and Perez never would have signed him, lol.
Having short term objectives that are successfully achieved is much better than having long term objectives that are systematically missed and then postponed. Arteta said that he was going to win the champion’s league in 3 years time. Conte arrive mid way through the season and immediately said that he wanted to get into the Champion’s League. In 3 years Arteta still has not even qualified for it. In 8 months the so called arsonist Conte just qualified Spurs to the Champion’s League. As far as I am concerned, the only fire that Conte started is to the myth than… Read more »
WengerEagle
They are playing in the Champions league. They will have enough games. He plays as in all three positions. Spurs won’t have to rely on Son and Kane as much. And there will be a 5 sub rule next season. And the money is big but they are right for trying to spend on a very good attacker.
Same reason I want us to spend 50 mil on Raphinha despite the fact that we have Saka, Martinelli, Odegaard and ESR for 4 positions.
I agree Jesus is a better player though and would take him if given choice between the two.
I would have said that Spurs had their best team by far in 16/17.
86 points in the PL which is a tally enough to have won the title in a handful of other years. Having Walker/Tripper at RB alone, prime Vertonghen and Alderweireld at CB, Moussa Dembele in CM who was top class, prime Eriksen, Dele Alli back when he gave a shit, etc.
Habesha
Spending £50m on Raphinha just doesn’t make much sense to me given we have no natural LF option. Sure Saka needs cover but you sign a £15-20m guy or a youngster for that.
Not a marquee player. And Raphinha is not as good at LF, just take a look at where most of his goals and good work comes from.
Long gone are the days of playing lefties at LF and whipping crosses into the bix. It is all about inverted forwards nowadays that score more than they create.
“What people do care about is your affinity with Spurs, is percieved as so strong, people call you Tottenham Tom on an Arsenal blog.” Pedro, my” affinity ”with Spurs has extended to calling Kane the best all around in the PL, which includes defensive duties from set pieces posters like to poo poo but only when their personal candidate for that title does little of it, eg KDB. And calling Conte to Spuds a bad outcome for Arsenal in real time, against the overwhelming Legrove trend that he’d bomb. That’s it, that’s all. I’ve said ten fold more positive things… Read more »
Wengereagle We have a LF option though. Martinelli might be a striker in most fans eyes but he is considered a LF option by Arteta. We have him plus ESR who plays well there. The only option that we have on the right wing is Saka unless you are counting Pepe. So if Saka is out we will have to play Martinelli or ESR who rarely play on the right there. And Raphinha has played as a LW plenty of times the season before. Yes he is predominantly a RW. But we need a RW who can play on the… Read more »
Habesha ESR is much better as a CAM than at LF and he invariably gets dragged in centrally a lot which sees our shape suffer. Marti is a ST. He has played far better through the middle than when plonked out on the left. If Arteta sees him as a wideman rather than a CF he is wrong plain and simple. Sane is the only major example you can give me but he was/is a freak athlete and far more powerful a runner than Raphinha is. This gave him the option to beat players on the outside quite often, a… Read more »
Tom – nobody holds a grudge against you, but a fair few are bewildered at your continual love in with Conte and the Spuds. It’s at times bizarre
KDB not better than Kane because Kane gets his noggin to defend the odd corner is a bizarre take Tom when you weigh up how much of a factor that is for attacking forces.
It is as simple as this, KDB is better than Kane because there is literally not a team on the planet that he doesn’t walk into their CM.
Kane is not better than Benzema or Lewandowski. I would argue that Mbappe is also better but that one is at least up for debate compared to the other two.
Weagle, nice try but Ill pass.
Might as well rehash the Maradona Messi debate.
Haha you brought it up dude. Let sleeping dogs lie and all that.
Tom, I think your affinity with Spurs and other clubs, like Leicester, appear to most as far deeper than your love for Arsenal.
What a game from Xhaka. A captain’s performance…
Tom – nobody holds a grudge against you, but a fair few are bewildered at your continual love in with Conte and the Spuds. It’s at times bizarre.
If stating simple facts Conte took over an average Spurs team mid season, when they were dead last in shots taken, distance covered ,and only second to last in goals scored, and jettisoned them from mid table to fourth….. If that’s what constitutes a love in for you than you better get a restraining order against me in behalf of Klopp and Guardiola, both of whom I consider far better coaches.
More strawmen in this article than a field full of scarecrows. I have never heard any Arsenal fan refer to Wenger as Daddy or similar. Just weird, So why make a big thing about a non event? Of course he is respected and his early years are a touchstone for what Arsenal can achieve, so it is perfectly understandable that he he is held in high regard. Even boy wonder Arteta thinks so. As for NFT’s most people know they are a Ponzi scheme, despite the club trying to drum up some fake rewards for encouraging fans to invest in… Read more »
Into the Red, quite something to come on here, attacking my opinion as an Arsenal fan, when you seem to be of the view we should accept all opinions without comment? Bad look imo.
As for Papa Wenger, check before you post easily refuted evidence.
https://twitter.com/search?q=wenger%20papa&src=typed_query
Pedro, nonsense.
Would someone who loves Leicester ever say they won their title thanks to refs and media?
Wenger might’ve fucked up by not getting enough reinforcements but the refs stitched him up that year like they usually did.
Go ahead and find one Leicester fan who holds that view why don’t you.
IL send you $500 via pay pal if you manage that feat.
Tom, you were Leicester Tom last summer, so you tell me?
Pedro
I’m still supportive of Arteta- depending on how we do next season of course.
What baffles me is your obsession with Conte.
You may be right about him and I hope you are, but as much as it pains me to admit it, he did well to get them into the CL