I’m in Paris for the Olympics. Have tickets for the diving tomorrow morning!
But this opening ceremony might as well be renamed to the DEI ceremony Jesus H Christ.
Having to explain to my 7 year old wtf is going on when they are pushing trans threesomes and bearded men doing sexualised dancing in corsets is frankly pathetic.
I always say it how I feel it. Merino is not an exciting signing.
Are we stronger with him than we were last season? Yes. And that's probably why we want him. Upgrade is an upgrade.
But don't tell me it isn't hard to upgrade when Kai is now officially a CF (predicted it with ease 12 months ago) so we basically played a full season with a CF as makeshift LCM and a weird Jorgi-Rice midfield duo.
It's weird we didn't win the league when in 23/24 we had the best CB pair, the best DM, the best RW and the best CF in the league.
Sadly, our left flank - LB, LCM and LW, never formed any kind of understanding and the likes of Zina and Martinelli had tough, tough seasons.
Merino is the guy to correct that but is he a better player than Xhaka? At best, he's a better quality when defending and comparable quality when attacking.
I'm hearing Fabian Ruiz as well but Merino looks like the way more mentioned name, including just now by teamnewsandtix and Fab Romano.
I'm not sure we've done enough if our only midfield signing is Merino.
We've moved from Bruno G, Douglas Luiz and João Nerves, to Mikel Merino...
Nothing too conclusive about pre season games, particularly when the team is made up of a hotchpotch of first team and academy players.
For the youngsters it must be a surreal experience to play with first teamers but one can’t help but feel that these are commercial and training exercises first and foremost.
Calafiori will hopefully be flying out there right about now and we’ll see him get assessed and integrated in the training ground pictures in the next week.
Sad to see ESR go but happy that he’s going to Fulham, a club I’ve always had a soft spot for. It feels like all parties are getting a good deal. £35m is a decent chunk of change all things considered and regardless of what the whiners might choose to say, another great success for the Academy. You know that if and when he scores against Arsenal, he’ll be respectfully restrained in his celebrations. Best of luck!
I wanted ESR to go. Because it was the best thing for both us and him. And the fee is exactly what I would expect for a talent like him. Still, It doesn't make it any less sad though. I had hoped he would succeed here. It is the first player I gave a shit about leaving since Sanchez.
ESR to Fulham is probably the best sale of the Emirates era. £35m of pure profit for a guy who hasn't scored a goal in 2 years. No one can criticise this deal. It's the biggest sale in the history of Arsenal ffs.
I’m in Paris for the Olympics. Have tickets for the diving tomorrow morning!
But this opening ceremony might as well be renamed to the DEI ceremony Jesus H Christ.
Having to explain to my 7 year old wtf is going on when they are pushing trans threesomes and bearded men doing sexualised dancing in corsets is frankly pathetic.
The virtue signalling games. Step right up and be gifted a gold medal
I always say it how I feel it. Merino is not an exciting signing.
Are we stronger with him than we were last season? Yes. And that's probably why we want him. Upgrade is an upgrade.
But don't tell me it isn't hard to upgrade when Kai is now officially a CF (predicted it with ease 12 months ago) so we basically played a full season with a CF as makeshift LCM and a weird Jorgi-Rice midfield duo.
It's weird we didn't win the league when in 23/24 we had the best CB pair, the best DM, the best RW and the best CF in the league.
Sadly, our left flank - LB, LCM and LW, never formed any kind of understanding and the likes of Zina and Martinelli had tough, tough seasons.
Merino is the guy to correct that but is he a better player than Xhaka? At best, he's a better quality when defending and comparable quality when attacking.
I'm hearing Fabian Ruiz as well but Merino looks like the way more mentioned name, including just now by teamnewsandtix and Fab Romano.
I'm not sure we've done enough if our only midfield signing is Merino.
We've moved from Bruno G, Douglas Luiz and João Nerves, to Mikel Merino...
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Nothing too conclusive about pre season games, particularly when the team is made up of a hotchpotch of first team and academy players.
For the youngsters it must be a surreal experience to play with first teamers but one can’t help but feel that these are commercial and training exercises first and foremost.
Calafiori will hopefully be flying out there right about now and we’ll see him get assessed and integrated in the training ground pictures in the next week.
Sad to see ESR go but happy that he’s going to Fulham, a club I’ve always had a soft spot for. It feels like all parties are getting a good deal. £35m is a decent chunk of change all things considered and regardless of what the whiners might choose to say, another great success for the Academy. You know that if and when he scores against Arsenal, he’ll be respectfully restrained in his celebrations. Best of luck!
I wanted ESR to go. Because it was the best thing for both us and him. And the fee is exactly what I would expect for a talent like him. Still, It doesn't make it any less sad though. I had hoped he would succeed here. It is the first player I gave a shit about leaving since Sanchez.
Not bad for friendly.
2 saves for Hein, Kiwior with the winner.
6 shots to the left lol
Kiwior wins the shootout
It’s hard to know who’s who in the away kit
That, and all the new faces playing.
Crazy deflection off Benny Blanco's boot --twists over Hein and in... 1-1
Who lost the ball?
Was it Zinchenko or Jorginho
Blame is important...
If you say so amigo
Isn’t it past your bedtime?
Be a bigger cunt. Can you?
Bulshit
Havertz married at the weekend!
ESR to Fulham is probably the best sale of the Emirates era. £35m of pure profit for a guy who hasn't scored a goal in 2 years. No one can criticise this deal. It's the biggest sale in the history of Arsenal ffs.
This keeper good.
Hein with a 1v1 save to keep it 1-nil!