We are cooking!

The different papers have us in the summer going for Napoli’s Osimhen but he will not come cheap £133m is what is being battered around. If this comes to fruition we would have one hell of a squad for next season and may just be able to win the CL two years late as promised to Willian, but nevertheless a possibility.
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We would also have a to be feared front line with Saka, Jesus, Martinelli, Trossard and ESR rotating. only thing left get a world class DM or backup for Partey plus if we are selling KT a replacement at LB.
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As far as in game management is concerned, I do have to agree MA has definitely improved or shall we say learned? It does take guts to take of ESR who came on as a sub and replace him with Reiss but it did prove to be part of the winning formula. As much as it pains me to admit this, but still deserved credit where it belongs.

just a couple of things—(1) we don’t have a game in hand, as that mid-week affair was the match that brought us level with City, from a games played standpoint…still really pumped that we took all 9 available points this week, no matter the “level” of the competition (we have played one more than United, but their serious bedwetting on Sunday has likely made this a two horse race)

(2) regardless of Nelson’s beauty of a strike, we shouldn’t rush to re-up him anytime soon, as I’m not sure if he makes sense if our ultimate goal is to compete for major awards year-in and year-out…these are the kind of short-sided decisions, simply to avoid paying transfer fees, which have come back to bite us, like with Eddie and Xhaka, amongst others…of course, sometimes re-upping makes perfect sense, like with Marts, Saka and Saliba but Nelson certainly isn’t in their respective leagues…I’m always a little concerned whenever we choose the path of least resistance, like with our recent transfer window, as I would much rather we made one high-priced seminal purchase than 2, 3 or 4 coin toss propositions…not to mention, Nelson’s propensity for injuries shouldn’t be overlooked come contract time

(3) the whole subbing off a sub gig is an interesting one….from what I’ve heard and read ESR was on a “pitch count”, so he was coming out regardless of the circumstances…considering our lack of bench depth I’m not sure who could have logically come on minus Nelson, as I find it very difficult to believe that MA had planned all along to give Reiss any significant minutes…now if I’m wrong I would have no problem whatsoever apologizing for my previous statement, but oft-times the greatest predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour and there’s nothing I’ve seen thus far that would lead me to believe that Nelson’s on MA’s selection radar…ultimately I’m happy that he potted such a glorious goal in such a timely fashion, as this could be a definitive turning point should we win the title, regardless of the circumstances

(4) we’ve got 4 games before a much-needed international break, 2 League fixtures and 2 Europa matches against Sporting…under the best of circumstances I would want us to start are best 11 in all 4 matches, but with our present injury concerns I would very much doubt that this is a viable option…as such, I would do whatever it took to ensure that our best players were healthy and starting against Fulham and Palace, whereas if we needed to be a bit more inventive with the selection pricess against Sporting, I would have no problem with rolling the proverbial dice…of course, this is by no means an attempt to disparage the Europa gig, but for me it takes a distant second to our League pursuits…who knows, maybe Nelson can put on his cape again in Lisbon

by a couple, I meant 4 things LOL

Trvl

I meant the 5 point lead gives us a game buffer where even if we drop points, we would still be on top.

Regarding Nelson, I agree with you. There are players which are good to have, and some we must keep. Saliba, Saka, Martinelli needs to be kept for whatever it takes. Frankly, Nelson hasn’t achieved anything with us, Mikel favors him which is the only reason we still get to see him. I doubt we are going to up his salary significantly,if we decide to keep him. A 30% hike? Sure.

He does a good job. He is young. He will improve. Treat this as a first contract and not an improvement to the previous one and we are Ok with that.

Regarding the subs, there was no way in world Mikel planned this all through. He was planning things with Willian who used to play whole 90 stinking all over pitch. ESR wasn’t meant to play 70minute after this injury, Trossard injury forced him to come early but then he had an assist, and he is a fan favorite. If Nelson didn’t win us the game, you can imagine the anger.

White in place of Tomi coming in 46th minute helped too. How many times have we condemned Arteta for leaving the subs to 82nd minute? A lot.

Interesting that you also prefer playing the best XI in League, neglecting Europa.

Cheers

Killroy

Osimhen would be awesome. Two concerns though, he is in a different league, playing against weaker opponents compared to PL. Heck, even Laca started scoring. I have not seen him personally, gonna wait for next Napoli game now 😅

Second concern being the big money transfers almost always don’t work. Eden Hazard career after a 110m pound transfer broke my confidence.

If I have a choice between winning the El versus topping the League I do take the league and therefore I would play my best XI in the league games. Money wise winning the EL is peanuts and IIRC it compares to either being in the last 16 or 8 of the CL. Further money wise winning the league compared to 2nd or 3rd is also quite a difference. So, for me it is winning the league as top 4 is virtual assured for us next season and that is the big price of winning the EL.

From the last post from HerbsArmy – couldn’t agree more. VAR has fucked up more than fixing things.

Players score beautiful goals and wait for 2minutes to celebrate. Either automate it completely which fixes any manual errors or let the god damn human do the job on field.

We are robbed even with VAR, what’s the point.

I have been following Napoli this season because I like the club and the players they have. The Georgian Kvaratskhelia is tearing up Serie A and is now on the radar of the European elite clubs. He is the Vini Jr. of Serie A and he is 22 yo. Osimhen is fast tall and terrorizes defenses in Serie A as well as the Champions league. They play the 2nd leg against Frankfurt and take a 2:0 lead into that leg.

Because I have the US streaming service Paramount+ it carries all the EL & CL games with TH14 as a studio pundit and in addition it broadcasts Serie A so yes I watch Napoli and the Italian giants when I can.

By the way Kvaratskhelia is nicknamed in Napoli Kvaradona.

Good post Ambarish. Agree with some, but also TRVL makes strong alternative thinking.

With Arteta you know he’s going to want to make a statement this summer, especially when (if) we win the league. He’s already said he wants 4 new players and is ready to let Xhaka go.

Where it’s all gone wrong before is Arteta’s 1st, carved in stone choices have all gone to other clubs or stayed where they are. Will it finally go right this summer is in the hands of the footballing gods and how deep KSE’s pockets are and if the player wants to play for Arteta – at the end of the day it’s the player’s choice only.

I am not buying for one minute that Trossard and Jorginho were out Jan targets or even plan Bs. I believe they were never on our radar as has been said before.

Jacob Kiwior from what I watched of him playing as an AM chasing shadows for the U21s is; he clearly needs loans. To be fair ESR didn’t look much better in the1st half using it as more of a fitness run out. Kiwoir looked lost and it wouldn’t be fair to judge him on that showing. I’d also like to see him in his preferred DM position a few times.

We got lucky with Trossard falling out with De Zerbi. Equally, Jorginho was on their Chav’s clear out list so father Ted B can continue to create a footballing nightmare for Potter.

I think Fulham away is a tough gig to go to and a potential banana skin.

Our home games looked safe bets until Bournemouth turned up gung ho, guns blazing. The presses are going to get tougher because it’s the only way most teams can beat us getting turnovers and quick counters, bar City and Pool; they have better and more experienced squads this season.

Palace, Southampton and certainly Brighton will push us hard where with Leeds on a good day will be also fast & furiously hard with obscene fitness levels.

The Hammers have dropped levels so not worried about our trip there. Obvious concerns are Pool & City away: we need to take something from each game, either 1 or 3 points. Newcastle will be another tough game I feel we’ll scrape through.

City’s run ins is no walk in the park and should be our only rivals for the PL crown. https://www.mancity.com/fixtures/mens

Junior is in the same boat as you, Ambarish, hasn’t seen a title win. We have the squad if it’s managed right with selections & in-game management. I’m afraid, Ambarish, I disagree with you Arteta is still getting both wrong. Bolagun should be back now as a precaution. Just think if we had Guendouzi to partner Partey?

Too many mistakes are continuing to be made by Arteta, but our blind hope continues, as does our undying support for our players in the trenches.

It’s still ours to win and maintain our grip on its handles. If nothing else this is going to be a nail biting 12 games, not for the feint hearted.

So 1st quandary facing us is who to play against Lisbon and who to keep for the PL?

Any ideas? Bench and Hale Enders for me.

The PL is far more important because we’d have to really shit the bed to finish 5th.

Haven’t seen you for a while Almunia, hope all is well with you and fam. What’s your take on all this?

Just a quick James Horncastle quote from the Athletic:

Osimhen, 24, is enjoying the best scoring season of his career with Napoli, having joined the Italian side for €70million (£62.1m) in the summer of 2020.

And on Monday, Osimhen spoke about his future while receiving an award from the foreign press. “I’m working so hard to make sure that I achieve my dream of playing in the Premier League some day but like I said, it’s a process and I just want to keep on this momentum and continue to do well.”

Killroy
Let’s hope Osimhen’s process and Arteta’s process intertwine in the summer.

Great signing but would create a big headache for Eddie, Nelson & Bolagun.

Jesus would be 2nd striker or false 9.

I watched a good part of that Fulham-Brentford game yesterday and the 3-2 defeat flattered them frankly. Bernie is as slow as ever with the ball at his feet and their efforts to play out from the back were as bad as that early Emery era was for us. Craven Cottage is a small ground so we should be able to press them for most of the game meaning lots of action in their half. Gabriel M and Saliba should have enough between them to cope with Mitrovic. I think this weekend will be a good time to play Fulham. And I suspect old boys Bernie and an only slightly rejuvenated Willian won’t be able to put up much resistance.

Ambarish—my bad about the whole “games in hand” misunderstanding…as for the rather “unusual” White for Tomi sub, I would suggest that this might have been in the works prior to gametime, as I think MA wanted to see how they were going to defend Saka…when it was clear that they were going to layer-up their doubleteam and not send two defenders directly at him at all times, it made infintely more sense to have White come on and overlap the shit out of them…of course, it could also have something to do with the fact that White was salty when the reverse happened in a game recently

Killroy—like you, I’ve watched Napoli all season on Fubo, as they’re the only truly watchable team in Serie A this season, minus the odd Atalanta fixture or a Milan derby…I’ve been a big fan of Osimhen’s ever since he made a big splash in Ligue 1, but I very much doubt he will ever don our kit, at least not for the foreseeable future, as I beleive he’s priced himself out of our particular financial equation…I would suspect that we will focus on different positional needs, so long as Jesus comes back and perfomrs well, as we have both Eddie and Balo on term…as for the Georgian winger, Kvaratskhelia, he’s been a real revelation, not to mention he’s incredibly enjoyable to watch

KP—I likewise “watched” the Brentford/Fulham affair and I wasn’t impressed whatsoever by Fulham’s performance, as they looked listless at times and totally ill-prepared to handle what the Bees’ had on offer…the scoreline flattered them, as it was fairly one-sided 3-1 encounter until a late somewhat sloppy tally,…the only positive I could really find was when Leno almost touched the ball on Toney’s penalty kick, which considering his historical ineptitude was a rather surprising development LOL…if that Fulham shows up on Sunday we should have little difficulty putting them to the sword

For me Eddie was always a backup striker that has purple patches and doesn’t offer anything really in the air. Jesus is excellent centrally and on the wings. Perhaps the deal for Osimhen can be struck by sweetening the pie with throwing in one of the hale enders. I definitely feel we need a top striker if we want to go deep next season into the CL tournament.

Killroy—I totally agree with your sentiments, I just don’t think this sort of potentially astronomical investment is in the cards for us…not to mention that Napoli are an incredibly difficult organization to conduct business with even at the best of times, so just imagine how they will try to milk the shit out of this particular transfer…the only possibility where I can see this happening is if the player himself creates such an acrimonious situation that Napoli are willing to take a cut-rate deal before it negatively impacted his market value even further, which is possible considering Osimhen’s history in this regards…that said, I think MA, much like Wenger, has no interest in cowtowing to a superstar Stirker of this ilk, especially considering how it might tie his hands when it comes to both his tactical and selection options

Anyone still feel we could have used Willock in our midfield? I didn’t want him sold. Guendouzi for discipline? Fine.

But Willock had a good patch and he is young, could have been an attacking midfielder, could have replaced Xhaka. Could have played along side Partey. We let him go too cheap.

Ambarish—Willock was simply a short-sighted sacrificial lamb during the first phase of Artetaball, or was it the second, it was so hard to keep track…at that time MA had opted for a much more experienced lineup, so all of a sudden Willian, Xhaka and Auba etc mattered most, so JW was deemed expendable…now if we had known that he was going to be given another mulligan, when his makeshift retool went sideways, then I would have much rather we had kept Willock and shipped Xhaka…of course, normally when a manager shows a glaring lack of foresight they’re subsequently sacked, but not only did that not happen, he was actually given a raise and a king’s ransom…ironically JW plays almost the same advanced role as Xhaka, but he contributes considerably more in the all-important final third

as a follow-up to my earlier response, I just want to add that I’m not suggesting that if JW jhad stayed he should or would be an everyday starter for us…I just think that he made sense for a variety of reasons: (1) his long-term connection to the club, (2) his age, from a narrative persepctive, (3) he’s more offensively prodcutive than Xhaka, which means we could have shown him the door and (4) from a financial perspective, in that he was a re-up so there was no transfer fee required, so we could have put the monies saved towards properly redressing our longstanding midfield concerns…let’s face it we functionally replace JW with Lokonga and we all know how that’s panned out thus far

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just watched the Chelsea/Dortmund return fixture…still not exactly sure about the whole penalty encroachment gig, but Chelsea showed some much-needed fight for once…maybe it’s just me, but Chilwell is undoubtedly one of the most punchable players in the PL, probably in large part due to his Napoleonic complex

TRVL:
The Dortmund player that kicked the ball out of bounce had his head stuck inside the 18 yard box and therefore became active and encroached. If he would not have kicked the ball no encroachment, if another Chelsea player would have touched the ball first no encroachment. Anyhow Chelsea staying in the competition is to our advantage as it may weaken them when we play them.

As far as Osimhen is concerned,I agree De Laurentiis is very hard to deal with but he likes to make profits and doesn’t put a lot of money into the club, which is annoying to the Napoli supporters. Since Napoli most likely will win the Scudetto he might just be tempted to sell Osimhen especially if he can get £130m for the striker which is what is being bantered around the media. We don’t have the money that state sponsored clubs have but if we want to compete season after season we need elite players. There are 3 ways to get them, the academy, the scouting department and paying for elite players.

History has shown we are not very good at digging up gems, BHA seems to have a pipeline of developing elite players, Bissouma sold only to be replaced by Caicedo, we don’t have that kind of personnel to unearth these gems, so it is buying expensive players which is a risk. For me I would love to see Osimhen in AFC colors, even if he doesn’t come it is still good as my closest friend is an avid Napoli supporter.

Cheers Killroy—I was watching the game whilst on a Zoom call, so I didn’t have any volume on…they kept showing the replay but what they kept showing didn’t make sense without the accompanying verbiage…thanks for clearing that up

in regards to Osimhen we’re in total agreement, as he was in my TW bucket list last summer, along with Nkunku and Haaland, which we knew very early on was never going to happen (that very fact speaks volumes about who we are in the minds of the best and brightest, which is what we need to change)…as you know, I’m a firm believer in the notion that we need to go big game hunting if we hope to reinvent our organizational wheel…since the time of our move to the Emirates we haven’t acquired a readymade seminal player minus Ozil and Auba, which were both horribly mismanaged in the end…these largely self-inflicted cockups should in no way deter us from pursuing other big fish, instead they should simply provide us with invaluable insight into how to best avoid the mistakes of the past

as I’ve said on countless occasions, I would rather we spend 150M on 2 seminal players than the same amount on 5, 6 or 7 coin toss propositions…in fact, and much like the present day QB centric business model in the NFL, we needed to find a way to bring in top-end complimentary pieces before our budding blue chippers became vastly more expensive propositions…most managers aren’t fortunate enough to have such a confluence of circumstances like MA, who inherited several bargain basement priced high ceiling prospects on term…unfortunately, MA fell in love with his own headlines, after our very fortuitous FA Cup victory, so we wasted a couple years trying to force-feed his rather selfish retool shortcut initiative…live and learn, I guess??

Good points Killroy & TRVL.

Ambarish, Discipline Really?

Guendouzi had a go at Malpay(?) in the tunnel for a very bad tackle on Leno that sidelined him. I would expect that from a petulant and talented kid sticking up for a team mate, wouldn’t you?

What does Arteta do? Brandish his non-negotiables card and banish Guendouzi instead of putting an arm around the young lad and getting the resident sports psychologist to find out what triggers Guendouzi and find a solution.

Simple man management 101.

Handled correctly as Guen was at Marseilles he became captain and a regular in the FN side starter. Will probably go onto captain the French team in future world and Euro cups.

How is this ok, Ambarish?

Let’s not rewrite history here young man.

Have you ever thought why top young players don’t want to play for Arteta? We can pretty much match salaries and deals if KSE wants to? £70+ for Mudryk and the player turned us down, but if he had said yes, Father Ted would have gone home empty handed with suit cases of cash no matter what he offered as cash inducement.

Reality is Jesus and Zinchenko were surplus to requirements at City, and Arteta was a good home to find as they would be his pets. Both are quality players as are most of City’s surplus talent compared to Xhaka who Arteta has as chief pet.

Willock being sold was a travesty and the reason? We needed money BS.

Omari Hutchinson couldn’t be developed now struggling with the Chavs while Ted B is going for the Guinness Book of Records in player acquisitions. A good right wing apparently.

As those who have man managed or team managed at any level will tell you it’s not rocket science, it’s the understanding of others’ abilities and temperaments especially their triggers. Our Thai company employs over 100 engineers and admin long term staff, so I have a good idea how management works. That and corporate and management consultant work for start ups and £multi million concerns.

From my experience I can tell you Arteta is no manager. A decent coach maybe. How much money has Arteta lost Arsenal in lost assets (players) revenue alone. How many players have turned Arteta down?

Ambarish, by all means get intoxicated by our current position and dare to dream, but keep hold of a little reality for your own sanity’s sake if we finish 2nd or 3rd, as most of us aging Goonerholics have learnt to do. 2015/2016 Leicester?

We will all be going through the cauldron of emotions on a weekly basis until season’s end. Probably best not to praise Arteta’s continued poor decisions. If you do, wear a flak jacket and tin (not foil) helmet.

We’ve seen nothing but excuses in the last 3.4 years: I’m hoping LIR won’t stand for excuses any more.

I won’t and haven’t since last season.

Looks like the exSpud Lineker maybe on his way to his brother’s Balaric clubs. Can’t stand him and never have. I’m up for: #Wrighty for Lineker’s job 🙂

Some talk of Jesus being on the bench at the weekend. I hope he’s not rushed back by Jesus’s demands to play or Arteta doing a Partey on Jesus.

Finally, it’s reported we are in contract talks with Reis Nelson, which is probably because Nice have said they want him on a free as other clubs will. I hope Reis does well in the EL cup against Sporting Lisbon. He will probably get a run of games, so I hope he continues his promising performances this season.

My recorder has arrived so no more missed games. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Ambarish
I think Willock has grown at the barcodes as a player in a different system. I’m not sure he was ever going to cut it playing in the company of Ode, Saka, Martinelli and Jesus. I also think he’s lacking when his team doesn’t have the ball. We got a good fee form him considering. Iwobi ditto.

I agree with Tony that Guen is an altogether different kettle of poisson 🐟🐟. Scapegoated by the club and appallingly treated by the basque bantamweight, I think its not an overestimation to think he could have gone on to be PV4 or Emmanuel Petit Mark 2. He’s kind of doing that for Marseille now isn’t he? Poor Gunnerdouzi sadly became a casualty of Tets’s small man arrogance and aggression. A big error by the club.

One of the many indictments that will be levelled at Tets is the dreadful way in which he’s systematically trashed player values.

K’phobe
You’re right Willock was never going to be an elite player, but with our midfield being short & clearly Mikel had no plans to buy, it was very short sighted of Arteta. If you look at Emi being sold, they were 2 players who had we had last season and Saliba, we wouldn’t have missed 4th.

In a way I can see why Emi was let go going by his world cup antics and leaving snipes. A great keeper maybe, but very short of decency on human levels from his displays.

When you look through Arteta’s tenure today 2 x 8th 1 x 5 and an FA cup for what? £700m spent? It’s layered with rookie errors and still is.

We hear about the process, but all I see is chaos from Arteta being adapted to a process by the players now they don’t play by numbers. We have more nuances about our play that comes from Zinchenko and Ode primarily and Jesus and Vieira when he finally gets up to speed. Jorginho will be a great influence on Vieira as we’ll see on the coming months and next season.

I see Mitoma is firing well still for Brighton. Shame Arteta pissed off Mr. Bloom.

Anyway, I ended up frying my new recorder. Everything was in Japanese so translate was working overtime and I overlooked that Japan has 100 volts and we have between 200 and 260 so voltage surge protectors are required. However, they don’t cover for a numpty not checking what voltage was required.

Then Junior looking very please-don’t-kill-me-dad like holding one end of an HMDI. The one that stopped the old recorder working no less. Don’t worry junior is still alive, just. It’s Mrs T he has to fear to the tune of £400 including ridiculous import duty.

To be fair I should have checked the voltage for the new one from Japan. Good lesson for junior to learn as well.

Considering my levels in tech you couldn’t make it up. I should vape first. 🙂

As a variation on the old misogynist terrace favourite ‘get yer tits out’, and to properly commemorate the fact that it’s international women’s day today, here’s this which proves how much of a feminist the wonderful ex-Spurs and current Citeh favourite is…

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/08/kyle-walker-could-face-police-action-after-exposing-himself-in-a-bar

Man City’s apparent response that its his own business shames a club that also cheats on the field to succeed. In a sane world, that sort of behaviour merits being put on the register.

The report suggests that Walker engaged in conversation with the two victims after he exposed himself to them. Might be fun to have a caption style competition. I’m sure the players on their women’s team will ve thrilled to be in the same organisation as him. This after he broke covid rules with sex workers. Kin ell.

Sorry to hear about your tech travails Tony. Tell Junior that if he’s getting fined by you and Mrs T, I’ll chip in to any crowd funding!

Amazing to think of a sophisticated place like Japan running on only 100V.

Walker to women – After that display, any chance I’ll be doing the double tonight?

Women – Yes Kyle – sexual assault and gross indecency you scumbag.

KP–just read about the latest cock-up, or should I say cock-out, by the former Spurs and current City RB…one has to wonder what’s behind the seemingly habitual fucked up actions of this clown, especially considering the fact that everyone and their brother knows that very few things in public life go unnoticed nowadays…is he just an out of control egomaniac who doesn’t give a flying fuck or does he have some sort of diagnosable chemical imbalance that becomes even more heightened when under the influence..either way consequences are required, as the previous hand slap option has clearly failed to register

as to our previous discussion regarding JW, I think it’s important to reiterate the fact that we functionally replaced WIllock with Lokonga, as the fee we received from Newcastle was not too dissimilar from what we paid for the young Belgian…so my point wasn’t that I felt JW was the missing link to unlocking our flailing offence, but he was clearly better prepared to help in that regards than the unpolished Sambi…not to mention, the notion that we didn’t have monies in the coffers unless we sold the likes of Emi and Willock is absolutely ludicrous in retrospect…just another club-spun narrative so as to justify the rather unjustifable, from a footballing perspective anyways

TRVL
Sambi was punted onto us by Tets’s old Man City protégée Kompany wasn’t he? I’m still not sure about whether he has a future with us – the current prognosis can’t be positive given all the other runners and riders (including the sinecure offered to the geezer from giza) . He seems to have made an impact at Palace, where he can only get getter under Vieira’s guidance.

In essence, he started quite strongly in N5 but then got Arteta’ed, ie fucked and bombed. I would be surprised if he’s not already on the summer sales list. As with too many others during Tets’s reign, we’ll probably be hit for a loss. Fine Arteta the exact amount of any amortised deficit!

KP—the whole scenario is rather analogous to when a horribly mismanaged multi-billion dollar corporation receives a massive governmental bailout, in that MA/Edu’s ineptitude cost us a considerable fortune, due to their piss-poor asset mismangement and propensity to pay above the number in the transfer market, yet somehow, someway they not only received a king’s ransom, they were likewise given substantial raises…now if we’re able to secure the title and find a way to compete for things next season, these financial misdeeds will likely become little more than a footnote in the annals of the Arsenal Football Club, as winning is usually the ultimate cure-all

personally, I will judge them according to their actions or lack thereof when it comes to getting our house in proper order, which includes all facets of organizational life…this simply can’t be a one-off gig, especially after the monies already invested, as our expectations must align with those of the big boys and not with the LC’s of the footballing world, which means there must be tangible growth year-in and year-out…keeping in mind, that if they do accomplish these very arduous tasks, I will have no problem whatsoever eating my words…in fact, I would like nothing else, as this would mean that we would have gotten our Arsenal back

Romero sent off for the spuds. Who could have seen that coming?

Analogous to when a horribly mismanaged multi-billion dollar corporation receives a massive governmental bailout

Over here, that might mean paragons of the free market economy such as tricky dicky Branson or the so-called brain behind Dyson vacuum cleaners (a significant donor to the Tory party naturally). Two of the biggest blood suckers in UK industry, both if whom avoid tax by living abroad. Neither are backwards in coming forwards when it comes to cheap or free UK government money or dodgy privatisation related subsidies.

Marc and I are poles apart on economic and industrial policy, but I’m certain he’d agree with me that these two are massive parasites that help to keep his and my tax bills high.

the PSG experiment continues to fluonder when it matters most…in a way I wanted them to progress now that Neymar has been removed from the equation, as I find his antics on the pitch rather despicable, even though he’s undoubtedly a highly skilled individual…their performance today, much like in the first leg, was rather listless and lacking in any notable invention, which seems difficult to fathom considering their current roster…maybe there’s something to the whole narrative about how Ligue ! doesn’t properly prepare one for the rigours of the Champions League…I’m more inclined to believe that for far too long this club has tried to assemble a team made up of largely self-serving individuals who simply lack the togetherness that’s generally required to win the day against a more cohesive well-managed squad…no wonder no manager/coach can survive more than a couple campaigns in the French capital

on a side note, is the Spur’s Romero the most brain-dead fuck on the continent…his record of yellow and red cards for appearances made is unrivalled…he’s even surpassed our bull in a china shop former skipper…say goodnight Spurs!!!

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Wicked! This moment every season arguably means more than when we enjoyed beating spurs in the league.

Another trophy less season. 1961 since they won the title. Fewer spuds fans with each passing year who were alive to witness it. They are THE biggest underperformers in English football. Lovely.

TRVL

Or it could be a case of

Properly run, historic big club beats oil kleptocracy packed with cynical, disinterested money grubbing turds. And (still) my main man Serge Gnabry scored.

KP—Britain’s got nothing on my North American corporate brethren, as you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting some unjustified rich c**t who pays no taxes and who’s whole business model depends on loopholes and corporate welfare gifts from the state…not only do the rich get richer, but they do so on the backs of those with the least to give…when the covid gig hit and the government tried to help those “most” in need, 70+% went to the richest 10%…of course, they all have lawyers and accountants on retainer who spend every waking hour finding ways to fuck the system for the sole purpose of stuffing their respective boss’s already overflowing pockets…of course, this form of unbridled greed knows no geographic boundaries, but I do feel that it’s become an elitist sport nowadays in my part of the western world