Tomorrow's game vs PSG will be very colorful, there are 3,000 PSG ultras expected to attend. They arte impressive once they get going.
If we don't play at our very best, they will beat us.
They have an elite midfield , one of the best in Europe- Vitinha, Joao Nedves and Fabian Ruiz. They are very technical.
We can't do the premier league style corner kick FC routines, European referees are going to blow once the goalie gores down feigning a foul in the mayhem that we create.
In retrospect maybe the bench at the Emirates pending a move to a better club wasn’t the worst idea lad. This Southampton experience will cost you an England spot for sure
Benni Blanco not in the training vid, I wonder what's happened with him. He must have tweaked a muscle or something.
And Arsenal go hard on SOBHA Realty, they make sure their signs are prominent in all training ground vids, they must have paid some serious £££ to get this much promotion.
Groin injury supposedly, but I would entertain the idea of him getting a rest to completely heal whatever knocks and niggles he might be carrying. An absolute warrior that has been our most consistently present defender.
Right now is a decent time to rest him and with the upcoming yet another international break, he'll be getting a solid one.
With that being said, Timber is a very important piece of the puzzle and we need to be very careful in overplaying him coming back from a tough ACL injury.
It's a thin line as Tomiyasu is the other option on the right and he's just so unreliable.
But it's great that White isn't being asked to play through his injury. With TT back able to reliably come on for 15 or 20 mins at the end of games, Timber won't need to play every minute. I have to say against Southampton, game dependent, but I'd really happy to see MLS pick up a few minutes.
Good news on Calafiori. There was fear of him getting injured at the end of the game vs Leicester but it's good.
I love that from Arteta btw:
"We missed Jurrien 11 months and Riccy wasn’t here. They are two players that have the football brain, adaptability and ability to occupy different spaces. That makes us unpredictable."
As I said a few days ago - these two are the next level in our game. A bit of a teething pain in the defensive side of their game, as it was literally our first game with the two starting together, but it'll be only up from here on.
That pair on the opposite flanks will make us impossible to defend against in any kind of strategy - high press, mid block or deep defensive block, you name it.
Calafiori and Timber will pop out in places you don't expect them, they will create havoc and they will help us find space that without them we might not be able to find at all.
They were involved in our first 2 goals - goals that will become a normality.
- Timber literally made a burst and went on the flank like a typical winger
- Calafiori was in the box for our second goal, occupied Faes' attention and Martinelli's assist went right past him to reach Trossard
With Calafiori, he's got abundance of quality but how quickly he's fit in the group is astonishing. Kudos to Jorginho for sure, no doubt he's been like a dad to him. When you see Calafiori celebrating our goals the way he does, the way he hugged Martinelli, I forget Martinelli is a year older big brother to Calafiori. I forget he's just 22 yo.
I really hope he can overcome the many injuries he's been having so far in his career. If he does, he'll be golden.
No big news. We have a training session later. We’re not expecting anyone to return.
On White and Calafiori
Those are the two players that are in contention and we have to review today.
On Calafiori
We didn’t do any training session yesterday. He was a bit emotional after the game. Let’s see how he is today.
On playing at home
Everybody is looking forward to it. We missed it for a number of years. The group stage is a bit different this season. The opposition we’re facing is probably at the highest level in European football. It’s a great opportunity.
On Luis Enrique
One word is honesty. He’s straight forward. He looks in your eyes and tells you what he thinks. I think players appreciate that. When someone can make you feel like that that’s a great thing.
On Timber and Calafiori's ability at full back
We missed Jurrien 11 months and Riccy wasn’t here. They are two players that have the football brain, adaptability and ability to occupy different spaces. That makes us unpredictable.
On PSG
They are really tough. They dominate every phase of play. They have very clear intentions. When they don’t have the ball they want it straight back and they confront you. That’s Luis. Anywhere he is, he plays the same context.
On the absence of Dembele
We just got the news before. I don’t know if It’s true or not, but we’ll prepare for every possible outcome.
Loved Eduardo but he’s wrong. This team is much more pragmatic and therefore less beautiful when it needs to be. The corollary of that is we no longer get thumped by 4 - 8 goals when away to top teams. Means we are much more likely to be title contenders and indeed have been much closer the last 2 years.
Agreed - wish Arteta would sub Jorginho for him regularly. Partey should play 60-70 mins and Jorginho 20-30 mins. Both get game fitness, are ready and invested and never overworked.
I remember a game against Wimbledon where Justin Fashanu had been in the news after he'd come out as gay(early 90s?). The North Bank was chanting along the lines of 'Your brother takes it up the arse" and John Fashanu, to his credit, turned his back on the fans, bent over and slapped his arse. The North Bank warmly applauded- pantomime at its best!
Ahh.The good old days.Terrace humour at its finest.Remember Stan Collymore coming in for a pasting after the Ulrika incident.Got slaughtered & hates us to this day.
Mystic Leaves, Benkind, Ciro off the top of my head.
I don't remember who but last season someone was saying Solanke is the real deal and the ideal striker for Arsenal. How he belongs to a top club and he can do it all. I'm sorry but it's funny. He's the ideal striker. For spuds.
This one is classic:
Mystic Leaves Aug 2
It will probably be easier for Arteta to swallow a cow than to swallow shame and buy a good striker this season.
I may not even go for Solanke if I were in charge. I may prefer Watkins, Alvarez, Isak who are ALL DEFINITELY better than Kai.
But you should know that availability or not of suitors for a play doesn't decide his quality. Solanke is a better CF than Kai.
I believe there were about 5+ people here that rated him above Havertz and since I'm absolutely sure you are very anti-Havertz, who you've called "lanky donkey" before, I assumed you rate Solanke above him.
I'm 100% sure for the other 2 fellas but I'm convinced there were more especially one die hard Solanke fan who used to push very hard for him but I can't seem to remember exactly who that was.
The tactical base is present for the players to use as a framework, but the fluidity within that is on a scale we have never seen before, & that will only increase when Ødegaard returns..
Brace yourself, guys.
You are on the brink of witnessing some incredibly dynamic football.
This is competitive sport, and teams will look to find any margins they can to try and win.“
Naive is probably the last adjective I’d use to describe myself.
As a matter of fact I’m probably the most clear eye, cynical cunt you’ll eve meet.
And I got news for you, football has always been competitive.
It’s not a recent phenomenon.
What is fairly recent though, is the public’s acceptance that 22 overpriced, overpaid athletes should use every trick in a book to get a leg up on competition so long the result of their trickery aligns with their particular colors.
But if that’s your position, I’m cool with it.
Just don’t expect a single ref work his way through all their bullshit without fail.
I watched him against Leverkusen, he plays midfield, I know it was only one game,buuuuuut I believe we got the talented twin. He didn't impose himself on the game and was not influencial, didn't make any telling passes and lost the ball a few times. His positioning wasn't good either. I don't think Arteta will be going for him.
Ben White will soon be a regular on the bench
Tomorrow's game vs PSG will be very colorful, there are 3,000 PSG ultras expected to attend. They arte impressive once they get going.
If we don't play at our very best, they will beat us.
They have an elite midfield , one of the best in Europe- Vitinha, Joao Nedves and Fabian Ruiz. They are very technical.
We can't do the premier league style corner kick FC routines, European referees are going to blow once the goalie gores down feigning a foul in the mayhem that we create.
Hoping for a good game and hope we turn up.
Tomorrow is PSG... and I am very confident.
Tets is going to push out a strong team tomorrow.
PSG without Mbappé are a much easier proposition to deal with.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Jesus upfront with Dekkers, Jorgi and Kai in MF with Marti on the LW and Saka on the RW.
The back four will be White, Saliba, Gabriel and Timber. (Raya in GK)
There is no way Tets doesn't play our strongest setup in our 1st game vs PSG to ensure a solid win.
Oh dear Ramsdale.
In retrospect maybe the bench at the Emirates pending a move to a better club wasn’t the worst idea lad. This Southampton experience will cost you an England spot for sure
Calafiori, Tomiyasu and Merino all took part in training-great news!
Benni Blanco not in the training vid, I wonder what's happened with him. He must have tweaked a muscle or something.
And Arsenal go hard on SOBHA Realty, they make sure their signs are prominent in all training ground vids, they must have paid some serious £££ to get this much promotion.
Groin injury supposedly, but I would entertain the idea of him getting a rest to completely heal whatever knocks and niggles he might be carrying. An absolute warrior that has been our most consistently present defender.
Right now is a decent time to rest him and with the upcoming yet another international break, he'll be getting a solid one.
With that being said, Timber is a very important piece of the puzzle and we need to be very careful in overplaying him coming back from a tough ACL injury.
It's a thin line as Tomiyasu is the other option on the right and he's just so unreliable.
But it's great that White isn't being asked to play through his injury. With TT back able to reliably come on for 15 or 20 mins at the end of games, Timber won't need to play every minute. I have to say against Southampton, game dependent, but I'd really happy to see MLS pick up a few minutes.
Thats fantastic. I cant wait for Ode to come back and see a trio of Ode, Merino and Rice in midfield.
Our left hand side with Calafiori, Merino and Martinelli will stand up nicely to our right!
Good news on Calafiori. There was fear of him getting injured at the end of the game vs Leicester but it's good.
I love that from Arteta btw:
"We missed Jurrien 11 months and Riccy wasn’t here. They are two players that have the football brain, adaptability and ability to occupy different spaces. That makes us unpredictable."
As I said a few days ago - these two are the next level in our game. A bit of a teething pain in the defensive side of their game, as it was literally our first game with the two starting together, but it'll be only up from here on.
That pair on the opposite flanks will make us impossible to defend against in any kind of strategy - high press, mid block or deep defensive block, you name it.
Calafiori and Timber will pop out in places you don't expect them, they will create havoc and they will help us find space that without them we might not be able to find at all.
They were involved in our first 2 goals - goals that will become a normality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmjMzNKcut8
- Timber literally made a burst and went on the flank like a typical winger
- Calafiori was in the box for our second goal, occupied Faes' attention and Martinelli's assist went right past him to reach Trossard
With Calafiori, he's got abundance of quality but how quickly he's fit in the group is astonishing. Kudos to Jorginho for sure, no doubt he's been like a dad to him. When you see Calafiori celebrating our goals the way he does, the way he hugged Martinelli, I forget Martinelli is a year older big brother to Calafiori. I forget he's just 22 yo.
I really hope he can overcome the many injuries he's been having so far in his career. If he does, he'll be golden.
Arteta on injuries
No big news. We have a training session later. We’re not expecting anyone to return.
On White and Calafiori
Those are the two players that are in contention and we have to review today.
On Calafiori
We didn’t do any training session yesterday. He was a bit emotional after the game. Let’s see how he is today.
On playing at home
Everybody is looking forward to it. We missed it for a number of years. The group stage is a bit different this season. The opposition we’re facing is probably at the highest level in European football. It’s a great opportunity.
On Luis Enrique
One word is honesty. He’s straight forward. He looks in your eyes and tells you what he thinks. I think players appreciate that. When someone can make you feel like that that’s a great thing.
On Timber and Calafiori's ability at full back
We missed Jurrien 11 months and Riccy wasn’t here. They are two players that have the football brain, adaptability and ability to occupy different spaces. That makes us unpredictable.
On PSG
They are really tough. They dominate every phase of play. They have very clear intentions. When they don’t have the ball they want it straight back and they confront you. That’s Luis. Anywhere he is, he plays the same context.
On the absence of Dembele
We just got the news before. I don’t know if It’s true or not, but we’ll prepare for every possible outcome.
On set pieces
Every team has his own strengths and weaknesses.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4310019/2023/04/06/eduardo-da-silva-arsenal-premier-league-title/#
JLT
Loved Eduardo but he’s wrong. This team is much more pragmatic and therefore less beautiful when it needs to be. The corollary of that is we no longer get thumped by 4 - 8 goals when away to top teams. Means we are much more likely to be title contenders and indeed have been much closer the last 2 years.
Wirtz will replace KDB at Man C
You heard it here 1st!
I'm sure he's excited at the possibility of playing championship football. You heard it here 1st!
Partey needs a rest. The man can’t play this many games!
Agreed - wish Arteta would sub Jorginho for him regularly. Partey should play 60-70 mins and Jorginho 20-30 mins. Both get game fitness, are ready and invested and never overworked.
https://youtu.be/4hX89EFHJWk?si=GGRVhli0DPvZXaP0
Club has made a statement and this will be an issue. Don’t even know what to say
“ It is understood to have read: "Dom Solanke is f*** class, Mik Arteta takes it up the a***, 60 million down the drain, Dom Solanke scores again."”
Apparently Tottenham have been reported to the FA for this chant and the police are being involved. Wow.
No further comment from me smh.
This was a fallout from the United game yesterday
No need to give oxygen to some stupid people, who are not even able to create their own song !!
What a bunch of fools. This chant just shows that they have no class whatsoever.
Compared to our version for Kai, which has a real party vibe to it, this is just gutter level garbage.
Not as bad as chants I remember in the 80s.
I remember a couple of particularly mean chants directed at Watford one Saturday
I remember a game against Wimbledon where Justin Fashanu had been in the news after he'd come out as gay(early 90s?). The North Bank was chanting along the lines of 'Your brother takes it up the arse" and John Fashanu, to his credit, turned his back on the fans, bent over and slapped his arse. The North Bank warmly applauded- pantomime at its best!
Ahh.The good old days.Terrace humour at its finest.Remember Stan Collymore coming in for a pasting after the Ulrika incident.Got slaughtered & hates us to this day.
Rooney 'Granny Shagger' went on for years!
I don't really give a damn since it's a fan chant, it's whatever.
But imagine having Solanke as the counter to Arteta. Solanke is a mid striker. And that's literally the best they can do as their team is shite.
I can't believe there were a few in here pushing for Solanke as a Havertz upgrade. I can't stop laughing.
No way?
Who wanted Solanke here??
Name and Shame ‘em 🤣🤣
Mystic Leaves, Benkind, Ciro off the top of my head.
I don't remember who but last season someone was saying Solanke is the real deal and the ideal striker for Arsenal. How he belongs to a top club and he can do it all. I'm sorry but it's funny. He's the ideal striker. For spuds.
This one is classic:
Mystic Leaves Aug 2
It will probably be easier for Arteta to swallow a cow than to swallow shame and buy a good striker this season.
I may not even go for Solanke if I were in charge. I may prefer Watkins, Alvarez, Isak who are ALL DEFINITELY better than Kai.
But you should know that availability or not of suitors for a play doesn't decide his quality. Solanke is a better CF than Kai.
I'm sorry if I made it up that you like Solanke.
I believe there were about 5+ people here that rated him above Havertz and since I'm absolutely sure you are very anti-Havertz, who you've called "lanky donkey" before, I assumed you rate Solanke above him.
I'm 100% sure for the other 2 fellas but I'm convinced there were more especially one die hard Solanke fan who used to push very hard for him but I can't seem to remember exactly who that was.
Soy lattes didn’t exist then!
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The tactical base is present for the players to use as a framework, but the fluidity within that is on a scale we have never seen before, & that will only increase when Ødegaard returns..
Brace yourself, guys.
You are on the brink of witnessing some incredibly dynamic football.
Very exciting and interesting
Rich
1 hr ago
“No.. You’re just incredibly naive.
This is competitive sport, and teams will look to find any margins they can to try and win.“
Naive is probably the last adjective I’d use to describe myself.
As a matter of fact I’m probably the most clear eye, cynical cunt you’ll eve meet.
And I got news for you, football has always been competitive.
It’s not a recent phenomenon.
What is fairly recent though, is the public’s acceptance that 22 overpriced, overpaid athletes should use every trick in a book to get a leg up on competition so long the result of their trickery aligns with their particular colors.
But if that’s your position, I’m cool with it.
Just don’t expect a single ref work his way through all their bullshit without fail.
A few can.
Richards views on trickery on the football field align with his views on accumulation of wealth at the expense of humanity.
Just think of a hundred thousand watching that gash. You'll be able to hear the boos from north London. Long may it continue.
Early prediction-we're letting Thomas Partey's contract run out so next summer we'll sign Quinten Timber to team up with his twin.
I watched him against Leverkusen, he plays midfield, I know it was only one game,buuuuuut I believe we got the talented twin. He didn't impose himself on the game and was not influencial, didn't make any telling passes and lost the ball a few times. His positioning wasn't good either. I don't think Arteta will be going for him.
I think there is a good possibility although we’re rumoured to be going after Wirtz so won’t have any budget left if true
That would be f king amazing
A real cherry on top
I’d love Vitinha also
Don’t know why we went for vieira over him
I thought at the time we went for the inferior option
Same as when we chose ozil over di maria