‘VIEIRA OHHHH OHHH OHHHH, HE COMES FROM PORTUGAL, HE WANTS TO WIN IT ALL!’
COME ON THAT IS A GOOD SONG!
Oh, you want to know what I’m talking about?
🚨 Fabio Vieira set to join Arsenal from Porto. Fee €35m + €5m, 5yr deal. 22yo AMF flying to London today & will undergo medical before completing move. Process started + managed by Jorge Mendes, @TheAthleticUK after @pedromsepulveda scoop #AFC #FCPorto https://t.co/b839GEGBRC
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 16, 2022
David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano and a bunch of Portuguese journos are saying that we are in for attacking midfielder Fabio Vieira.
Talk about classic early 2000s Arsenal WOAH WHERE DID THAT COME FROM transfer news.
The player is 5ft7, he seems to play all across the midfield, his end delivery is most excellent, the player racked up 14 assists last season. Vieira also fits the mould from a profile perspective, he’s 22 years old, he’s made 76 apps for the Portuguese giants, and I suspect he has VERY good character. Dare I say he has a bit of the Santi’s in tight spaces?
A lot of the players videos show off his ability to break play from deep with accurate long balls and some of his final 3rd work looked very Tielemans/Xhaka-ish. But, apparently, he’s more of a second striker and an attacking midfielder.
Do I know how he fits into this Arsenal starting 11? No. But I’m sure there’s a cunning plan. He’s very good in tight spots, control seems to be a key component of his game, and his final ball looks really, really sharp.
I didn’t expect this sort of signing, but he does check the box of ‘better end product’ that we need. Arsenal has to find more goals next season, this guy might help us get there. 7 goals isn’t the greatest in Portugal but combined with 16 assists, it shows where things couldn’t be going for someone very young.
What is very interesting is no one picked up on this deal. Arsenal don’t have the biggest wallet, so they have to make their moves in silence, if we pull this off, it’ll be quite something because none of the big journos had a clue.
There are some other stories doing the rounds, the Italian journos who called the Vlahovic bid are saying we’re looking at Oshimen for £80m, some German folk are saying Nkunku for £100m (lol), and The Times are reporting that we’re frontrunners for Gabi Jesus and that deal will be done.
One day after crying like babies on the Patreon Podcast, we’re out here perking up and puffing out our chests?
A good day. Why don’t YOU tell ME how you think this transfers works for our squad?
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Almuniasaynomore
By the way, I have really enjoyed some very funny content from you. So thanks for that.
Alternative perspectives are to be encouraged, of course.
However, Dame Vieira was simply boring and that IS a crime. Reading his pompous monologues was like wading through treacle, then there was the tedious and never ending negativity.
dont mind vera lynn at all i actually like his posts the are eloquant if a little misguided sometimes, but killjoy is a diiferent breed
raptora, thanks for that. I guess there is something I miss on Twatter after all…
oh yes and pompous and a monologue worthy of a super villain other than that vera is ok
Almuniasaynomore,
I’m certainly with FB. Those posters were very boring. I know that you like to align yourself with the people that shit on Arsenal all day, but that’s not really in the spirit of the blog. That’s rule 1 if you want to check in.
Every time you open a window on here, it breathes new oxygen into the comments. I’ve been doing this enough. years to know who is toxic and who is not.
they are boring lol they could win the lottery and still piss and moan about it
Serge/ FB, I get that it’s n ever easy chosing to be optimistic. Always being critical/ cynical means you never have to put faith in something. But there are people who want to hope but have seen enough that they believe it’s unwarranted. The abuse isn’t acceptable though, no matter what the perspective. FB, Thank you. It was exactly because I didn’t want to offend the optimists here that I have started writing the sketches on Mb’s site londonisred. If people are fed up of negativity I get that so I tried to avoid winding them up with satire… it… Read more »
This is like a typical Wenger stupid ass decision.
We need a legit Boss man in the middle of the park to relieve the pressure on Partey and we go sign another show pony when we already have SMITH ROWE and Odegaard.
Is this not another Lokonga type signing for more money?
Idiots!!!
Go and steal Bissouma you fools!!
Almuniasaynomore
Negativity can be done with wit and charm
It can also be so tedious as to stink the place out
FB,
I would agree. But I’d also point out that positivity can likewise be painted in a wonderful and hopeful way…….or forced upon people as a unarguable fact. Anyway,I think we’re singing from the same hymn sheet even if we’re looking at it from different sides, Have a good one.
Our first significant signing of the summer and he’s played the majority of games in the only position we have adequate cover, generational stuff.
almunia you are a funny man i enjoy some of your satire
“Go and steal Bissouma you fools”
If the fella is convicted of rape, wouldn’t that be ‘Go & break Buffouna out of jail’
Yeah, you too Almuniasaynomore
Off outside, I think the dog has had enough quality sprinkler action 🙂
“who is toxic and who is not”
How about a certain poster who’s sole objective seems to be to come on here and call anyone he doesn’t like a “C*nt”?
Thanks Serge, I’d swap my satire for your season ticket though,I am long overdue a trip to the Emirates. Will find some of you guys for a pint then.
“How about a certain poster who’s sole objective seems to be to come on here and call anyone he doesn’t like a “C*nt”?”
That certain poster never has a footballing point to make. Comes in, calls a few people out using cuss words and off he goes. But then it’s all cool because he supports Arteta.
GD4 “This is like a typical Wenger stupid ass decision. Go and steal Bissouma you fools!!`’ Firstly, theft is a criminal offence. Secondly, so too is sexually assaulting someone, although at this stage it is just an allegation and Bissouma is innocent until proven guilty. What we do know is that he has had his bail extended several times and along with his mate, is still under Police investigation. Now there might be nothing to it but that does not alter the fact that signing him would have been a risk. The last thing we need is another player who… Read more »
“Comes in, calls a few people out using cuss words and off he goes. But then it’s all cool because he supports Arteta.”
Yup.
“Dame Vieira was simply boring and that IS a crime. Reading his pompous monologues was like wading through treacle, then there was the tedious and never ending negativity.”
The obvious question then why read any of his posts?
I don’t.
“Comes in, calls a few people out using cuss words and off he goes. But then it’s all cool because he supports Arteta.”
Surely you aren’t suggesting double standards in Pedro’s blog of love policy.
Actually,before I commit to actually doing something with what’s left of the afternoon there are two posters,Tony and Rich who haven’t been on in a while. If you are reading this lads then I hope you and your families are well and you have simply chosen to take a break. I miss reading your posts even though you’d cancel each other out with your arguments! Be well
The whole ‘cunt’ debate was funny. Almunia isn’t.
Comedy is subjective.
“Comedy is subjective.”
As you’ve just shown!
Got em
Does that certain poster rhyme with Paul hahahaha
What’s happening with Zac Swanson?
“Does that certain poster rhyme with Paul hahahaha”
Well the second part certainly rhymes with ‘Cuss’….
Almunia is definitely one funny cunt
Although Bissouma seemingly makes sense (except the problems with the law), there may well be other equally compelling options that they may surprise us with. It may be that Sambi comes back built like a total unit and becomes a very able deputy. Or it may be that Tielemans means we can flex to a double pivot without it costing us as many points as it did last season. Or it may be that Partey returns to the fitness levels he had at Atletico (more likely than Tierney me thinks). It’s a risk, because he is such a showstopper at… Read more »
Only a fanny thinks Almunia isn’t funny
Almunia keep doing your thing mate, I’ll always find your posts amusing.
The under 18s / 23s manager needs to be sorted, after Betsy and mic left to go to creepy Crawley. To compete in the future we need Per to make a good appointment. As we don’t have the financial might of others. Youth is so damn important.
Especially when we have a few gems coming through.
Thinking on the Bissouma thing, which I would have very much supported, I’m reminded of how much I wanted Ndombele when he was at Lyon. I honestly thought he was going to be the next superstar all action midfielder. Alas, it didn’t work out for that lot, and we can only hope that Bissouma develops a bit of the Ndombeles!!!
A fanny…. now that is funny tom
AFC last time I checked you’re innocent until proven guilty.
So you’re either a bigot who thinks any person of color charged is guilty or your ignorant of the law
Bissouma has years of solid production behind him in the PL though.
N’Dombele was supposedly lazy over in France too but he would turn it on in the CL which got him noticed. Not sure if I have seen a lazier CM in the modern PL.
An African Midfield Wall of Partey and Bissouma was a no brainer decision that would’ve solved all of our many problems and elevated our defense and attack.
Those two jokers Edu and Arteta totally bottled it.
Ya know what I don’t give a shyt.
I’m not wasting any more emotions on this stupid ass club.
Fools can’t get out of their own damn way but think they are smarter than everyone else with these so called “didn’t see that coming signings”.
This is as stupid as signing Ozil when you had peak Wilshere, Santi and Rosicky …
Wicked Willy Impatience creates frustration and we are all guilty of that. You make a lot of sensible points. As I detailed at 13:35 football has moved on from this idea of rigid formations. I won’t repeat what I said but you have to be able to create fluidity and have players who can interchange within a system. This idea every player has a fixed position is old school. I personally love technical players because they have the best football ability with the ball. You can coach them to do things lesser players can’t, so the ceiling is higher. As… Read more »
GD4
Squeezing racism out of that comment makes you this week’s Friday Fanny.
Of course his impending court case means there’s an element of risk involved. You are the only one who brought race into it. You absolute, blithering idiot. I bet you wake up each morning outraged on behalf of others.
People like you are the real racists – you just can’t see beyond colour.
Must say the last few days have been like a breath of fresh air without the snidy,wind up negativity of certain bedwetter posters.It was tedious in the extreme & glad they’re binned? Or f** kd off.Don’t mind criticism,if it’s constructive & inoffensive fair enough.As I’ve said on many an occasion .We’re are a broad church of many opinions of what’s right for our great club.
Wenger eagle.Lazy?Has to be Pogba.although Berbatov ( had his moments) was another slouch lol!
Pedro
“,I’m certainly with FB. Those posters were very boring. I know that you like to align yourself with the people that shit on Arsenal all day, but that’s not really in the spirit of the blog. That’s rule 1 if you want to check in.”
Have the rules changed, up until 2 years ago the ” spirit of the blog ” was to actively encourage le groaners to “shit on Arsenal “, especially on the manager who produced pure football that was both exciting and exhilarating at a fraction of the cost of the present manager.
Sexual assault at a nightclub with dozens of people around …….. either Bissouma is the dumbest footballer who ever lived, or this is another shake down attempt of a wealthy athlete.
AFC
I totally hear you. It’s beginning to feel like we’re moving in the direction of Total Football!
apperently it was his mate that touched a girls arse and he got implicated, this won’t go any further for Bisouma i do hope he flops at spurs but somehow doubt it
what i know will happen is conte will throw out his toys and leave ina huff
WengerEagle “N’Dombele was supposedly lazy over in France too but he would turn it on in the CL which got him noticed. Not sure if I have seen a lazier CM in the modern PL.” Good point. Pogba can be like that at times, awesome talent but sometimes he just can’t be bothered. There was a similar debate on this the other day. N’Dombele has serious ability but you need more than that, especially in the PL where you have to be at it for 90 minutes. The academies are full of talented youngsters but the ones that make it… Read more »
so spurs bought ndombele for 64m form lyon and then loaned him back to lyon for 2m and he played 11 games all season and now he is going back to spurs lol i love how they waste money,
WE I actually watched him a few times in Ligue Un, and I spoke to a lot of Lyon fans, and they and I were convinced he was an absolute world beater. None of us detected a lazy streak (I felt that applied more to Aouar), but yes, it certainly feels like we have seen a different player when he came over here. Its a phenomena we’ve seen many times before, and will likely see again. Maybe Ndombele would have thrived in the days of Le Tissier when you could get away with it! I agree that Bissouma’s PL pedigree… Read more »
Berbatov was lazy as they come but my days was he a magician on the ball.
His first touch and control was second only to Bergkamp’s in PL history.
I removed the shell from my racing snail the other day.
I thought it would make him move faster.
Sadly, it just made him more sluggish.
big difference from berba to ndombele though WE
WengerEagle
“Anyway, here’s to Partey playing 4000 minutes next season and rendering the conversation moot!”
Damn, you beat me to the Friday joke mate.
AFC Pogba is a weird case. Not sure if I can remember a player that blows hot and cold more often and in the same sequence can play an outrageous 30-40 yard Trivela through-ball that maybe a handful of players on the planet can do and then badly misplace a 5 yard crab pass in the very next move. Think he let the marketing, hype and his own ‘brand’ get to his head and his on-field production has suffered for it. Maybe a lack of motivation too as he has now won the World Cup as well as tonnes of… Read more »
“Berbatov was lazy as they come but my days was he a magician on the ball.”
When will we see mercurial talents again in football? I am kind of bored with efficient, hard working and methodical players.
WW I’d be seething with rage right now if I were you. Nothing worse than some other bozo getting credit for your joke!
WengerEagle “Think he let the marketing, hype and his own ‘brand’ get to his head and his on-field production has suffered for it.” I actually believe this to be the case. He’s another of those who let their ego and other interests get in the way of their football. Such a talent though, can do it all. His documentary is out on Amazon Prime today. – The ‘Pogmentary’ – In it he claims he fell out with the miserable one, Mourinho, when he went to Miami to recover from a hamstring injury – without his manager’s permission. Pogba: ‘It all… Read more »
Sorry Willy, how Wicked of me!
”When will we see mercurial talents again in football? I am kind of bored with efficient, hard working and methodical players.”
Ronaldinho, Riquelme, Totti, Baggio, Rivaldo, Recoba, Aimar, Valeron, list goes on.
Would be pretty damn fascinating to see how these maverick types would fit into the modern game.
Sid, I am in complete agreement with your 17:08 comment.
AFC
Ibrahimovic definitely has a bigger ego than Pogba and was Mino’s OG client that shot him to fame but he still has the work-rate and discipline of a Spartan which is why he is still contributing heavily to winning league titles at age 40.
I always thought the whole Ibra thing was a way for him to take some pressure off of his team-mates. Of course the guy loves himself too but it is very played up and exaggerated for the English media particularly.
WE
Yep, Ibra applied himself professionally. Nothing wrong with have ng an ego but it must stop you working had & behaving self-entitled.
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Elneny is ok as a backup to Partey as long as he has a competent partner that isn’t Xhaka.
For a couple of games, not for more than half the season if Parteys injury record stays the same as the last 2 years. That’s why we need reinforcement there.
GoonerDave,
Clearly nothing was directed at you so stop being a busybody and go read the comments. Bissouma is not in jail and has been playing football. This isn’t a Greenwood, Siguurdsson or Mendy matter so it’s either ignorance or racism.
By the way you don’t know my skin color so stop being ignorant
Arsenal defensive priority this window is Lisandro Martinez. Wanted for ability to play LCB / LB + 24yo Argentina international said to be keen. Sources indicate ~€30m bid already rejected by #Ajax but #AFC will keep pushing. That & more
@TheAthleticUK
Actually really like him can also play DM too