It has turned out to be such a strange season, that even after we playing at our best, beating teams for fun, winning at shite hart lane, keeping clean sheets more than any other teams, scoring more than anyone else – we are going to end up second! Man City just can’t lose can they?
Fulham can do us a favor, they can restrict Pep to a draw or win against them. I have zero confidence in Tottenham beating City and West Ham can’t go through them on the last day at Etihad. If something can happen, it’s today. Lets hope the gods favors us and Fulham and we get to see for once the sad face of Pep Guardiola. We have one of ours play for Fulham, Bernd Leno, who has promised that he will give his 100% to stop our competition.
There has been some happenings while I was missing. Jorginho signed the contract for another year, Mikel was full of praise for him and it basically confirms it’s time for Thomas Partey to go. I don’t believe Mikel wants to keep two 35 year olds to fight for one place when Declan Rice is a starter. If I was you Mikel, I would sell Thomas for whatever money we can get, and go into the market for a DM understudy to Rice/Jorginho.
Bayern did us dirty in the quarters. Saka was denied a clear penalty. Harry Kane got away with an elbow on Gabriel which should have been red. They weren’t so furious then about refereeing, but when it happened to them against Madrid when the offside whistle was blown a bit too early, all hell broke loose. Mr Tuchel, Karma is a bitch.
Next year’s kit has been leaked, and I am disappointed to say the least. Last season was best of Adidas, both Red and White, and the black ones were great. This season, the third kit was a standout and home one was fine too. I think I might skip the next season’s if the leaks are true.
A belated Happy Birthday to Dennis Bergkamp, you happened when I was playing cricket as 10 year old but looking back, I would have loved to see you play live. A gentlemen, a magician, red through and through.
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Fabrizio reported that we are monitoring the young 18 year old Ajax centre back Jorrel Hato. He has a deal till 2028 and he will be an investment for the future. We most certainly need a third regular CB to rotate with Saliba and Gabriel without hampering our game play. White/Tomi are CB but we haven’t seen them play there, and we don’t know if they will turn out to be equally good. If it costs us 10 odd million, I would say go for it.
Sacking news have started about Pochettino. He talked about an interview, the content doesn’t really matter but if the manager comes out and talks about it, either he is fearful he will be sacked, or he knows he will. Chelsea has just moved from a billionaire russian who managed to win things to a billionaire american who can’t make things happen. Loving it.
Right, and Ten Hag just can’t stop talking about us can he?
… So chips are a good thing that give you a ’rounded physique’. Well I never!
KP
I saw Brady make his depot. Seventeen I believe. Skinny (but tough), shoulder length hair and baggy shorts down to his knees (not quite the fashion at the time). He was spaying accurate passes all over the pitch – a lot of happy gooners that day.
debut – probably needed a depot to fit his rounded frame in later years.
KP
We can only hope. If it happens, I hope Aitcho has a good support network for his El B PTSD.
He is a LIR gooner and likes seals after all.
NORG
Brady still makes my Arsenal all-time XI (and probably always will). He didn’t put a foot wrong in the 5 minute final against Manure and was everywhere. It must have been a real buzz at THOF when he made his first appearance.
KP – if their ages were the same Cesc would have loved to play alongside Brady. So would Steve Williams and Paul Davis.
KP You got any local football this weekend? Last trip with the young lads.
Norg
Loved all three but Brady was a one off and Davis was also gifted and such a sad loss.
KP-the reason I said Columbia, Missouri had nothing to do with anyone’s preferred NFL team, as sadly I’ve been a Browns fan since the Cardiac Kids of the 70s, so if your’s is made of glass, my house must be constructed of something considerably more penetrable, like maybe paper mache, it’s actually the birthplace of one Enos Stanley Kroenke…there was a similarly “styled” poster that I butted heads on another Arsenal blog, who presented himself as the supposed voice of reason, until covid hit, then he quickly emerged as a tin foil hat wearing Trump sympathizer with a penchant for racist rhetoric…I’m not suggested that the poster in question here is the same individual or even a full-blown carbon copy, but he does use some very similar phrases when on the offensive and employs the same divide and conquer techniques…Cheers
Tony-just to set the record straight, I’m not a big Sesko fan, which isn’t to say that I don’t think he could develop into a Striker of some note in the years to come…my concern with this particular player was that he appeared to be a cheaper option, who was a little too similar to our gangly giraffe…as such, I was worried that he would only be brought in as a backup, thus leaving Havertz as our primary Striker…not to mention, he was seen by some as a poor man’s Haaland, due in large part to the fact that he’s tall, was “discovered” by Salzburg, like his Norwegian counterpart, then likewise went to the Bundesliga shortly thereafter…in and of itself, this certainly isn’t the end of the world, except that it fits a settling narrative where MA seems to be always chasing Pep’s scraps or “lesser version” players and it likely doesn’t give us a viable Plan A or Plan B option that would provide us with a much-needed different kind of Striker option
no harm, no foul of course, as I do produce some lengthy posts at times, so I can see why one might misremember on occasion…have a good one
Tony-I have some similar concerns about Zirkzee, even though I do like what he’s accomplished at Bologna, as he’s been key cog in their unexpected rise in Serie A, considering that they’re typically a middling to lower half club…he to me is Jesus on steriods, as he plays a little deeper, with his back to goal, and has considerable link-up capabilities, but isn’t likely to score 20+ goals on a regular basis…I think he has more goals in his boots than our German tweener, if he was deployed a little differently, but I very much doubt MA would ever opt for a more Striker-centric tactical philosophy…with this in mind, he would likely be another Havertz backup option or, even worse, be shoehorned into a role that wouldn’t get the best out of him…just another potential rinse and repeat nightmare…it’s too bad though, in that if MA wasn’t married to Havertz, I could see this player really fitting in nicely with Saka and Marts, especially if we got another CAM and kept Rice in his rightful position
Guys, do you mind if I try some pop ups ads? The ads revenue is so poor that it don’t cover even the domain renewal, let alone the hosting costs.
Just asking, if you say NO, it will be a NO.
Ambarish
we are grateful for your blog – do whatever you have to to keep the blog ticking over. If it is bad we could let off a silent scream and you will not hear us.
A quick post is live now, I will be back before the finale!
Thanks Norg. I will do it in the 3 months of quiet period. At least it won’t ruin the game days.
Vera, Marc, chill kids.
The link between thinking Arteta has done a good job this season and supporting Trump is a tenuous one. It comes across like you’re just flinging random insults at the wall because you’ve been wrong all season. Venting your collective spleen on a blog is the wrong way to make whatever point you’ve been trying to make. Unless your tall tales were the point.
If my comments upset you feel free to scroll past and ignore them as I advised you yonks ago. I’ll go on whatever blog I feel subject to being blocked. Nobody will care that you or any other unstable fantasist feel sad about it.
I’ll leave the tall tales to you and tweedledum, leave the football chat to me. I do it better, you can do bitter.
Most goals ever suggests a striker isn’t a massive priority. I’d prefer taking a punt on Biereth to wasting money on the Slovenian kid. It smells like agent talk, creating a buzz where non existed.
KP
Tets constant flapping was probably a sign of his inexperience and possibly insecurity. It grated the hell out of me.
He does it a lot less now. Not quite Wenger levels of inaction but an indication the team is coached better and need less in the moment guidance.
Achole —typical clown chowder…no one was making a direct corelation between supporting Trump and Arteta, but, as per usual, your inability to process anything with even a modicum of nuance is on full display once again…as for footballing knowledge, you’re the grasshopper to my Miyagi, and prior to you gracing us with your trolling nonsense, I spoke of little but football…maybe if you spent considerably less time trying to overcompensate for all your obvious shortcomings, you just might learn something…btw no one was suggesting that you couldn’t or shouldn’t be involved with this particular blog, albeit it’s certainly not surprising that you couldn’t quite grasp what was being said, I was just wondering aloud why you would want to in light of your managerial leanings…I think we all know the answer to that question little guy
KP
Tets constant flapping was probably a sign of his inexperience and possibly insecurity. We also had a bad team that needed constant on field coaching. It grated the hell out of me however.
He does it a lot less now. Not quite Wenger levels of inaction but an indication the team is coached better and need less in the moment guidance. He’s still got some way to go before hitting Ancelotti zen levels..
Vera, just ignore me. It’s better than you writing half baked fan fiction.
If you need to tell me you’re Mr Miyagi, and that’s a really odd way to visualise yourself in my view, perhaps it shows you’re not coming across well.
Go back to football and I’ll judge for myself whether your views are any better than your diatribes.
thanks Mr. Pot…sincerely, Mr. Kettle