Arsenal Banter

07 Sep 2024 07:39:11
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06 Sep 2024 08:29:36
I think there's a couple of problems with Kieran tierney

1-obviously his injury record

2- his style of play

Does anyone think a year in Spain has improved his technical ability and is more suited to the style of play which Mikel wants to play.

{Ed014's Note - Mikel has included him in his Champions League squad.

I’ve not seen anything of him since he left so no idea if he’s progressed at all mate.

06 Sep 2024 08:42:54
I we that Ed, has to be a strong reason for his inclusion

Very interesting.

{Ed014's Note - yes mate, wasn’t expecting it but think he’s back from injury after the international break.

06 Sep 2024 12:02:19
I`m worried we don`t have enough cover at left back! COYG.

06 Sep 2024 12:27:39
I’m more worried about LM Sussex

Let’s just ride these few injuries and we’ll be grand.

{Ed014's Note - we have Calafiori, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Timber, Tomiyasu and Tierney who can play left back so SUSSEX must be taking the mick! 😂

06 Sep 2024 15:15:53
I was Ed014, it’s how Chelski must feel in all positions. It’s the midfield that is strong ordinarily but a concern for Spuds.

If Odegaard and Partey fit we start with them plus one more maybe Zinchenko or Jorginho. Maybe with a pretty much full strength squad we have a go this time at C£ty. Always remember one win one loss better than two draws.

Also is the Belgian manager okay - they must have some squad to leave Leo out.

Agreed Mal and the C£ty game isn`t a title decider. Hope your much better half doing good Ed014 COYG

On Partey I know some don`t rate him at all and he can look he`s lazy but I rate him as a player and he can pick a pass. Not our best but certainly not thieving a living. Stays fit a great option.

{Ed014's Note - haha I thought so!

That’s why I think maybe Timber might slot into midfield and Calafiori into LB. I think we’ll have enough what ever we do.

Be interesting to see what impact if any that Sterling may make.

Has Trossard been left out of their squad?

She’s doing fine thanks mate, taking her off to Prague later in the month for her birthday.

I’ve always liked Partey and think he takes a few games to get up to speed.

He played 90 for Ghana yesterday so getting fitter all the time.

06 Sep 2024 16:54:16
Tross left out - check out the arsenal.com website footage of training - Tross and Sterling looking sharp in particular. Timber a good shout in midfield I`m getting more confident by the hour! Enjoy Prague COYG.

{Ed014's Note - that’s an odd one and I always looks at the training vids and Sterling was looking very sharp. It didn’t occur to me that Trossard being there has meant he was left out of the squad.

Tedesco as well and surprised he doesn’t like Trossard.

And thanks mate, hopefully we will.

05 Sep 2024 19:16:18
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05 Sep 2024 09:57:38
Spurs fans, are you feeling down, alone, unloved? For help, phone now on 080010 10 10. That's 0800 won nothing, won nothing, won nothing.

05 Sep 2024 15:08:59
Ahh the old ones are the best.

05 Sep 2024 20:47:22
Nice of you to say that Mark, us oldies really appreciate it 👍.

06 Sep 2024 07:58:41
Saying that to the wife the other night John that us oldies are the best
She has spoken to me since🤷‍♂️💔.

06 Sep 2024 08:32:43
Your lucky Billy my old girl never stops talking or should I say moaning.

06 Sep 2024 17:50:58
Hi Bill, I told my missus last week that if she ever leaves me I'm going with her.

04 Sep 2024 07:39:09
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03 Sep 2024 07:39:08
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02 Sep 2024 20:26:24
Falconry expert trains one of his birds to disco dance in the the garden at night time.
Local newspaper run a story on it
with the headline
Our kestrel manoeuvres in the dark.
And with that I shall see you after the boring int break.

{Ed025's Note - love it Bill..

02 Sep 2024 21:55:21
Hey ed25! Hope you're well?

I see lots of your fans want Dyche gone. Where do you stand on it?

Didn't he do quite well last year with the deductions and everything?

Still it's a rough start you've had and it must be pretty dire football to watch!

Would anyone be able to do a good job if you don't get new owners?

I hope things turn round for you guys.

{Ed025's Note - hi eden, a lot of supporters are calling for Dyche,s head and blame him for the debacle that happened on Saturday mate, im on the fence at the moment but if he was replaced i would not be shedding many tears, his substitutes were awful but i have to question the mentality of the players as well, it was a total bottle job at the end but before that we played very well actually and could have easily won by 4 or 5, the 2 names mentioned to replace him according to the media would be Moyes (god forbid) or Potter but the state the club is in im not sure there is anyone in charge to sack him, i hope you are good as well mate...cheers..

02 Sep 2024 23:01:32
Yeah that capitulation was pretty bad! But like you say you played well otherwise, but that's going to shatter their confidence!

Bit worrying how open you are, when defence is supposed to be Dyche's forte.

I think potter would be quite exciting, but only if you're reasonably stable already to give him time, it took a couple seasons at Brighton before it clicked, I think I remember the first season they were flirting with relegation and he was on the brink and Chelsea didn't give him the time.

Is there no one really running the club then? Does it look like you can find a buyer?

{Ed025's Note - Textor is in line to buy us eden but we have been here before with Friedkin and that went tits up at the final stage, if we dont get a buyer by the end of this month we could be looking at administration mate and a 9 point deduction, that would surely send us down. Moshiri is still at the helm but in name only as i think we all know its really Usmanov money, but miracles do happen and if we do survive and Arsenal win the league i will be a very happy bunny..

03 Sep 2024 10:39:44
Ahh that's brutal mate! Fingers crossed things turn for you and you manage to get a good owner.

{Ed025's Note - yeah cheers mate..

02 Sep 2024 16:38:04
Harry Potter grateful for Ten Hag clarification.

02 Sep 2024 16:52:02
Ten Hagrid COYG (stolen)

{Ed014's Note - I’ve just watched a clip of some of the absolute waffle he came out with after be quizzed by the press.

He is just an embarrassment!

02 Sep 2024 17:55:35
More like Harry Houdini the way he escaped getting the sack last season😊😊😊😊.

06 Sep 2024 11:39:09
Lads the best reply to that was on social media, one guy quipped:

'No harm, if Harry Potter had've spent £600 odd million, Voldemort wouldn't have gotten to book 2.'

Love it 😂😂😂.

02 Sep 2024 07:39:07
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01 Sep 2024 19:34:16
I wanted to do a short post about the transfer window yesterday but had to delay it because the game got my head all messed up 😅 Now it's slightly better so here are my thoughts:

The deals we made were smart. Calafiori and Merino fit comfortably in our budget and improve the squad. Sterling is a great addition because he improves us and the finances were very generous for us.

I terms of sales we held onto our valuations pretty well apart from Ramsdale who i thought went for a bit too low a fee. But in general i was pleased with the sales.

Now here's the more critical part. To me we did everything but the most important thing: the striker.

It feels like the requirements we have are quite strict. You have to be technical, physical, tactically smart and a good guy who fits into our "family" -like squad. And as a striker most importantly you need to be clinical as well.

It looks like this kind of a player is tough to find. The feeling i have is we maybe should have loosened the criteria just a little bit to find someone. Sterling does solve a couple things, most importantly he can be a runner-type forward which gives us more options. But he doesn't solve our box efficiency issues Arteta himself pointed out recently.

I think we have improved compared to 12 months ago. But it's a small step. I recently predicted we're going to sign Sesko and Wharton next summer. Now those two would present a leap forward similar to 22/ 23. For this season we have a strong squad who have every chance to be successful. But i know if we won't win i will be thinking back to this transfer window.

Target for this season has to be to win something. Even the league cup would be a start.

01 Sep 2024 20:38:27
Agreed and let’s be honest we haven’t addressed the inefficiencies properly in the last few windows. We have always needed better width, fullback (s) , Granit replacement and a striker. We seem to be content with not being serious or deadly or ruthless or whatever it is when it comes to really lifting the standard of the starting 11 and then the squad….

01 Sep 2024 19:30:05
Mind you I have to say if you thought Deckers sending off was harsh like I do have look at RVP sending off against Barca😜.