Fresh off the PL calamity of Leicester being let off for blatant PSR breaches due to a very blatant loophole, today Chelsea are let off and cleared by the PL because the PL considers Chelsea effectively selling its hotels to ITSELF for 75m. The specific loophole was that Chelsea FC sold their hotels to the holding company that owns the club.
The PL cleared this as acceptable
I’m sorry but the PL is fucking pathetic. When they drafted these PSR rules were they scribbled on the back of a fag packet in 5 minutes by a random guy down the pub?
HOW can they have not factored in either relegation or holding company sales as loopholes in advance? This is so, so pathetic. Every one of the PL’s lawyers should be sacked
Safe to say we can consider city’s 115 charges as case closed because there’s NO WAY IN HELL they won’t run rings around this silly bunch of fools. Their PSR rule design and enforcement is starting to make PGMOL look competent, Jesus H Christ….
Our midfield discussion could be very different if, like almost all previous occasions, Partey returns crooked after interhull. How could Partey not consider dropping his NT commitment knowing how his last couple of seasons went? He talked about fighting etc but from sick bay? Fingers crossed...
So Leicester have escaped punishment for breaching PSR due to an extremely dumb technicality due to very poorly written rules
This gives me very little confidence that the PL can get even the basics right and will probably have rings run around them by city’s lawyers as well based on god knows what other loopholes they will have left in there
Leicester escaped because they got relegated and were outside the PL’s jurisdiction for a year and there was a 2 week period whereby they ‘might’ have made enough sales to have avoided breaking the rules. Pretty astounding that a hearing is coming down to what Leicester ‘might’ have done rather than a factual analysis of what *did* happen.
Can the PL get anything right?
How is it possible that when writing these rules they never factored in any concept of relegation scenarios? Apparently they thought only perennial top half of the table teams would ever breach PSR? How very very dumb. It mostly been bottom half teams getting punished so far…
Between the abject quality of officiating in the PL, the frankly pathetic way the city charges have been handled (bundling them all together and taking years to review rather than doing it in small batches to deliver decisions more quickly) and now with this, the PL demonstrates time and time again that it’s not fit for purpose in spite of how monetarily valuable its product is.
City are going to get off those charge’s precisely because they are dated and there are just too many of them.
From the outset, I wrote that the premier league strategy was to overwhelm city with so many charges to create a leverage that will ensure in a plea deal.
Unfortunately and rather predictably, city will contest every one of them with a tooth pick and use that large volume to protract the process until they get a loophole. They will find something because top lawyers always find something.
As a matter of fact my sentiment is that the League authorities don't want Arsenal to win the title otherwise they've have done so last season or the season before baring crucial 'deliberate' controversial refereeing decisions made against Arsenal. Somebody somewhere is definitely behind the broad day light robbery off Arsenal this couple of seasons.
Last Saturday's robbery was deliberate, it's part of the game plan to deny Arsenal their first EPL trophy in two decades!
Arsenal have already been robbed of two points and this is enough to cost you the title.
There's so much corruption inside the EPL and this is sad given the league is adjudged the best in the world.
It might be weird to some but I think we should be playing Zincehnko in midfield vs Atalanta with Rice at 6. The NLD will be too much for Zinny. But I think he can handle a game at LCM. Pep has played him there numerous times and he also has played there a lot for Ukraine.
NLD has to be a double pivot with Jorginho and Partey with attacking fullbacks for me. I would play Calafiori at LB and use him to hold the width while the LW comes inside and the 2CMs in Partey and Jorginho stay behind. White will join the 2 CBs to get the 325. That is the best option with the personnel we have.
I agree that that is where Zinchy belongs but I don’t know why Arteta continues to persist with him at a position that simply highlights his weaknesses and exposes him to abuse and ridicule. It’s almost as stupid as playing Partey at right back! I don’t want Jorginho anywhere on the field for the NLD! Sorry the man is a liability and will cause Partey’s fragile lower body to crumble trying to carry Jorgi on his back.
Nah I’d sooner play Trossard as a false nine and move Havertz back to the 8
Well, we're going to need to buy a midfielder (even if its for only one season) once Partey drops, and with Merino out long-term, who is a freebie that's better we can get? I didn't know Jorginho can play 3 games a week. After Rice's suspension and the likely injury to Partey, its a midfield trio of Ode, Rice, and Jorginho playing 3 games a week.
Who is coming into that midfield then? Havertz is who we need up top or playing Trossard in Ode's position. We're getting overrun with that setup. I'm giving our transfer window a 6/10. Squad building after shifting out the unwanted has been complacent given our history of crocks and freak injuries.
Haha I just read somwhere that Rabiot could be gotten. A free agent of something like that. TO be honest, he would make a great cover for Merino being out, TP eventually will be out etc. If his wages can be kept reasonable, why not
I mean, at this point I would take him. Partey going to play for Ghana and likely getting injured there or the moment he returns to training. I've seen this film way too many times. I'll be surprised if he remains fit (a miracle). Might as well start praying to all the gods, including the football god, whoever the hell it is.
If White wants to play for the England NT, he needs to show respect to the gaffer and follow instructions. Nobody is bigger than the team, let alone a country.
England’s assistant coach was a dinosaur and thought it was appropriate to shame White in front of his teammates. I believe that Arteta and White share a mutual respect so this won’t be an issue.
Auba as captain didn’t show enough respect to his position as role model for his teammates, Ozil had ‘back injuries’ for certain away games and Guendouzi was (and probably still is) a hot head. I agree with your lcomment, if you don’t get into line you’re booted, that’s also why a player’s personality and temperament is considered before deciding to go in for a player. By all accounts, that’s why, for example, Toney wasn’t deemed the right fit.
So what if England has decided that based on his temperament and personality, that White is not suited to what they want to achieve? That's an honest question by the way.
There's no way we can know the full details but only White has ever had issues with the management since GS took over. And he's not close to the highest profile player he's managed as England manager.
Everyone would want white to be part of the squad based on his skillset and how good he can be for the NT but to make GS, his "dinosaur" assistant and co as the villains in this issue is just straight up rose tinted bias.
Personally,I am delighted Whitey isn’t being considered by bonehead Carsley.Who is part of the current set up,so no surprise there.Just a mirror version of Southgate I bet.From the ‘ Northern School’ so you know where he’s coming from.
Arsenal have nine defenders in our first team squad. Eight are regular starters for their respective national sides when match fit.
The only one who does not get picked for their national squad is White.
Southgate claims that he wanted to pick White for national squad, but did absolutely nothing to resolve the fallout between coach and player. Sadly the FA have done nothing
to resolve the situation since his departure.
White may not be a glamorous footballer but his versatility makes him one of the best defensive options in the country.
I find it astonishing that the management of England have still made no effort to bring White back into the fold. Okay there were clearly problems between Southgate, his coaches and the player,
but it is now time to sort the matter out.
White is a regular member of Arsenal's starting lineup, which is rated the strongest defensive unit in the league. He is in my book well ahead of both Lewis and Livramento in the defensive pecking
order at right back. Lewis is a "bench" player.
Most of England's defence selections are not remotely international class players
I'm sorry international pointless Nations league games in a already heavy scheduled season is utterly stupid, can understand it for world cup qualifiers but for surely UEFA can't keep at it like this
I don't give a monkeys about England. All our players need as much rest/ recuperation as they can as Arteta does not rotate his best players. This tournamentis a joke and I'd prefer they all have "sudden injuries" as Fergson's players used to get before internationals. COYG.
Not one single person likes the shitty ass international football breaks. But who cares right..
Surely it's not that hard to make the club football end a month earlier, then have the qualifiers played right before the big event - European/World Cup/whatever. It's not rocket science really.
Maybe it's a tougher job for say Africa to host AFCON in the summer months but we've seen it being done before.
It would even make international football watchable as the players and coaches would have an extended continuous time of working together. Not the start, stop, start, stop spread throughout the year.
But that's my two cents obviously. Surely the masterminds at FIFA know much better.
Fresh off the PL calamity of Leicester being let off for blatant PSR breaches due to a very blatant loophole, today Chelsea are let off and cleared by the PL because the PL considers Chelsea effectively selling its hotels to ITSELF for 75m. The specific loophole was that Chelsea FC sold their hotels to the holding company that owns the club.
The PL cleared this as acceptable
I’m sorry but the PL is fucking pathetic. When they drafted these PSR rules were they scribbled on the back of a fag packet in 5 minutes by a random guy down the pub?
HOW can they have not factored in either relegation or holding company sales as loopholes in advance? This is so, so pathetic. Every one of the PL’s lawyers should be sacked
Safe to say we can consider city’s 115 charges as case closed because there’s NO WAY IN HELL they won’t run rings around this silly bunch of fools. Their PSR rule design and enforcement is starting to make PGMOL look competent, Jesus H Christ….
Our midfield discussion could be very different if, like almost all previous occasions, Partey returns crooked after interhull. How could Partey not consider dropping his NT commitment knowing how his last couple of seasons went? He talked about fighting etc but from sick bay? Fingers crossed...
So Leicester have escaped punishment for breaching PSR due to an extremely dumb technicality due to very poorly written rules
This gives me very little confidence that the PL can get even the basics right and will probably have rings run around them by city’s lawyers as well based on god knows what other loopholes they will have left in there
Leicester escaped because they got relegated and were outside the PL’s jurisdiction for a year and there was a 2 week period whereby they ‘might’ have made enough sales to have avoided breaking the rules. Pretty astounding that a hearing is coming down to what Leicester ‘might’ have done rather than a factual analysis of what *did* happen.
Can the PL get anything right?
How is it possible that when writing these rules they never factored in any concept of relegation scenarios? Apparently they thought only perennial top half of the table teams would ever breach PSR? How very very dumb. It mostly been bottom half teams getting punished so far…
Between the abject quality of officiating in the PL, the frankly pathetic way the city charges have been handled (bundling them all together and taking years to review rather than doing it in small batches to deliver decisions more quickly) and now with this, the PL demonstrates time and time again that it’s not fit for purpose in spite of how monetarily valuable its product is.
City are going to get off those charge’s precisely because they are dated and there are just too many of them.
From the outset, I wrote that the premier league strategy was to overwhelm city with so many charges to create a leverage that will ensure in a plea deal.
Unfortunately and rather predictably, city will contest every one of them with a tooth pick and use that large volume to protract the process until they get a loophole. They will find something because top lawyers always find something.
As a matter of fact my sentiment is that the League authorities don't want Arsenal to win the title otherwise they've have done so last season or the season before baring crucial 'deliberate' controversial refereeing decisions made against Arsenal. Somebody somewhere is definitely behind the broad day light robbery off Arsenal this couple of seasons.
Last Saturday's robbery was deliberate, it's part of the game plan to deny Arsenal their first EPL trophy in two decades!
Arsenal have already been robbed of two points and this is enough to cost you the title.
There's so much corruption inside the EPL and this is sad given the league is adjudged the best in the world.
It might be weird to some but I think we should be playing Zincehnko in midfield vs Atalanta with Rice at 6. The NLD will be too much for Zinny. But I think he can handle a game at LCM. Pep has played him there numerous times and he also has played there a lot for Ukraine.
NLD has to be a double pivot with Jorginho and Partey with attacking fullbacks for me. I would play Calafiori at LB and use him to hold the width while the LW comes inside and the 2CMs in Partey and Jorginho stay behind. White will join the 2 CBs to get the 325. That is the best option with the personnel we have.
I agree that that is where Zinchy belongs but I don’t know why Arteta continues to persist with him at a position that simply highlights his weaknesses and exposes him to abuse and ridicule. It’s almost as stupid as playing Partey at right back! I don’t want Jorginho anywhere on the field for the NLD! Sorry the man is a liability and will cause Partey’s fragile lower body to crumble trying to carry Jorgi on his back.
Nah I’d sooner play Trossard as a false nine and move Havertz back to the 8
Arteta would never play him there. Its just one of those things we can dream of that will never happen, like Arteta actually rotating. LOL
Merino will be back at some point
Zinchenko can play a hybrid role
We now have players that can invert from two sides
Our strengths lie in the system
Sterling is going to be a starter for us, on a rotational,basis.
Trossard, despite his production hasn’t skated an undeniable claim to start
Martinelli is in poor form
I expect him to start the NLD and again at city.
Yeah I think havertz will be used at CM vs spurs and I also think that’s the right decision.
Why’s Rabiot still available?
Football circles are small, people know people and they talk and chat.
I bet the reports about Rabiot behind closed doors isn’t flattering.
...his momager...
Well, we're going to need to buy a midfielder (even if its for only one season) once Partey drops, and with Merino out long-term, who is a freebie that's better we can get? I didn't know Jorginho can play 3 games a week. After Rice's suspension and the likely injury to Partey, its a midfield trio of Ode, Rice, and Jorginho playing 3 games a week.
id still take him. That size and left footed. Aside his momma, he can be a squadie
I think it’s better to wait till January and buy/set up a summer buy for a younger version of Partey.
Who is coming into that midfield then? Havertz is who we need up top or playing Trossard in Ode's position. We're getting overrun with that setup. I'm giving our transfer window a 6/10. Squad building after shifting out the unwanted has been complacent given our history of crocks and freak injuries.
The likes of Spurs, Chelsea and Newcastle should buy Partey, Jesus or Zinchenko from us. These players would get them top 4.
Haha I just read somwhere that Rabiot could be gotten. A free agent of something like that. TO be honest, he would make a great cover for Merino being out, TP eventually will be out etc. If his wages can be kept reasonable, why not
I mean, at this point I would take him. Partey going to play for Ghana and likely getting injured there or the moment he returns to training. I've seen this film way too many times. I'll be surprised if he remains fit (a miracle). Might as well start praying to all the gods, including the football god, whoever the hell it is.
Watch THE GOAL WE CONCEDED he goes with the wrong foot yet again
So Gabrielle cost us 2 points and our new Mikel for 2 months.....................
2 Points? How?
If White wants to play for the England NT, he needs to show respect to the gaffer and follow instructions. Nobody is bigger than the team, let alone a country.
Respect goes two ways.
I wonder how much respect Arteta gave Ozil, Auba and Guen. I wonder also how much you hated how Arteta treated them.
The boss is the boss. Everyone falls in line or get booted
You’re going off on a tangent…..
England’s assistant coach was a dinosaur and thought it was appropriate to shame White in front of his teammates. I believe that Arteta and White share a mutual respect so this won’t be an issue.
Auba as captain didn’t show enough respect to his position as role model for his teammates, Ozil had ‘back injuries’ for certain away games and Guendouzi was (and probably still is) a hot head. I agree with your lcomment, if you don’t get into line you’re booted, that’s also why a player’s personality and temperament is considered before deciding to go in for a player. By all accounts, that’s why, for example, Toney wasn’t deemed the right fit.
So what if England has decided that based on his temperament and personality, that White is not suited to what they want to achieve? That's an honest question by the way.
There's no way we can know the full details but only White has ever had issues with the management since GS took over. And he's not close to the highest profile player he's managed as England manager.
Everyone would want white to be part of the squad based on his skillset and how good he can be for the NT but to make GS, his "dinosaur" assistant and co as the villains in this issue is just straight up rose tinted bias.
Believe what you will.
Personally,I am delighted Whitey isn’t being considered by bonehead Carsley.Who is part of the current set up,so no surprise there.Just a mirror version of Southgate I bet.From the ‘ Northern School’ so you know where he’s coming from.
Arsenal have nine defenders in our first team squad. Eight are regular starters for their respective national sides when match fit.
The only one who does not get picked for their national squad is White.
Southgate claims that he wanted to pick White for national squad, but did absolutely nothing to resolve the fallout between coach and player. Sadly the FA have done nothing
to resolve the situation since his departure.
White may not be a glamorous footballer but his versatility makes him one of the best defensive options in the country.
I find it astonishing that the management of England have still made no effort to bring White back into the fold. Okay there were clearly problems between Southgate, his coaches and the player,
but it is now time to sort the matter out.
White is a regular member of Arsenal's starting lineup, which is rated the strongest defensive unit in the league. He is in my book well ahead of both Lewis and Livramento in the defensive pecking
order at right back. Lewis is a "bench" player.
Most of England's defence selections are not remotely international class players
I'm sorry international pointless Nations league games in a already heavy scheduled season is utterly stupid, can understand it for world cup qualifiers but for surely UEFA can't keep at it like this
I don't give a monkeys about England. All our players need as much rest/ recuperation as they can as Arteta does not rotate his best players. This tournamentis a joke and I'd prefer they all have "sudden injuries" as Fergson's players used to get before internationals. COYG.
Not one single person likes the shitty ass international football breaks. But who cares right..
Surely it's not that hard to make the club football end a month earlier, then have the qualifiers played right before the big event - European/World Cup/whatever. It's not rocket science really.
Maybe it's a tougher job for say Africa to host AFCON in the summer months but we've seen it being done before.
It would even make international football watchable as the players and coaches would have an extended continuous time of working together. Not the start, stop, start, stop spread throughout the year.
But that's my two cents obviously. Surely the masterminds at FIFA know much better.