Lokonga is shite. Sell him to Burnley as it was Kompany who recommended him from Anderlecht.
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Lokonga is shite. Sell him to Burnley as it was Kompany who recommended him from Anderlecht.
Cunt (Kompany)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
A year or so ago when Arteta subbed him at half time against Forest in the fa cup I thought it was ridiculously harsh a) he wasn’t the worst player on the pitch even and b) was just going to knock his confidence.
But fuck me this season, he’s just been so terrible….the fact that he looked off the pace even against Oxford United is saying something.
I also notice that he went from being a regular starter under Patrick Vieira to a benchwarmer under Woy, and considering as much as I like PV he wasn’t getting the results and Woy was that speaks for itself.
So yeah agree, think we’ve given him time to prove himself and he’s not a youngster anymore he’s 23/24…he’s just useless
Late last night Ornstein revealed that we’d reached “total agreement” over Rice with the Ammers.
So the signing announcement is likely imminent (well within next few days anyway)
City are claiming that the price and the payment structure for Rice was set too high
Just wanted to reiterate that for those who have been recently sheepish, despite bemoaning Arsenal for low balling and lacking ambition with the structure of payments we offer.
Now do I think paying this much is worth it? Absolutely not…I’d have walked away just like we did with Baldrick. But I think it puts to bed the claim that Arsenal have too much of a small club mentality to get these big deals done.
In fact I’d actually say we’ve shown the Chelsea mentality, which in my mind is far worse…but the people stating the opposite. You were very wrong about this, it’s not your debut at being wrong so there’s no reason to feel too downhearted
Massive signing really, probably the most significant since Ozil or maybe Alexis.
Times have definitely changed since the days of signing no outfield players in a summer window and even profiting from transfer windows most of the time.
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...five-year-deal
I couldn’t be more excited says man with most dour facial expression
No doubt we've overpaid for Rice and probably Havertz too but fair play, we've gone out and got the players the manager wanted. Timber too.
I've a feeling we might see one more in once the sales are sorted.
Tchouameni talk doing the rounds which would be awesome.
Partey and a few others would need to be moved on first though.
Fee agreed for Jurrien Timber
Also there appears to be a devil worshipper skulking about (apparently the dark lord is in to all variety of cue sports). Can someone kindly come and remove him, and remind him that most people grow out of summoning demons.
Walking a Timber Wonderland :unsure:
Our new spammer has been booted out.
I will remember him as a Cunt who loved his cue sportsQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I had to look up Russian Pyramid, sounded debauched
can you boot out 'FootyJohn' while you're at it he's obvs a spammer tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Letters
And GP can go too. All of his accounts.
Xhaka to Leverkusen confirmed. :wave:
Nelson and more importantly Saliba have signed new deals.
No selling off key players, our best players all on long term deals, new signings done early…this is all rather nice isn’t it?
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Take that disgraceful attitude elsewhere
Arda Guler has gone to Madrid.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66125179
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Originally Posted by dostoy
2023 version of Odegaard (though Odegaard was 16 when Real bought him)
Will be loaned out and eventually sold (maybe we can buy him in his early-mid twenties and make him our captain :haha:)
https://www.arsenal.com/news/granit-...eaves-the-club
:yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee:
Last remnant of Wenger dross
left about 5 years too late
No afraid not, Holding is still here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
My thoughts on Xhaka's departure...
:dance: :patrice: :lol: :yippee: :scarf: :d :dancingman: :wave: :clap:
21 million fuckin pounds for Granite Xhaka???????
Fuck Wenger...get a fuckin statue of Edu up, right fuckin noo.
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Originally Posted by mandela8
In fairness that has to be seen in the context of a market where we’ve paid 105million for a player who wouldn’t actually be worth what we’ve sold Granit Xhaka for, if prices were realistic.
That said I’m not complaining, it’s a decent price we’ve got for him
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-b2371195.html
Still dreaming there is a chance on this :pray:
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Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
No harm in dreaming. That would be the transfer coup of the century whatever the cost
I think in fairness we have got to a place where this transfer has elevated from risible to unlikely. I think it will be hard for any club to pull this off…and we will almost certainly have Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich to contend with.
Unlikely is not impossible though, and he’d only be 25.
:lol: was this meant for me Precious ??Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
https://news.stthomas.edu/wp-content...-for-lumen.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Not you specifically. But you were one of the people I was referring toQuote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
I voted Remain, but the remain lot are so shrill that it makes me defend Brexit
You and the other one (Mac76), are my Arteta equivalent of that
PSG are in the shit with Mbappe. They only extended his contract for 2 years last summer, so surely they need him to sign a new deal every year. I can't believe any club will sign him this summer so what will happen when he is still at PSG in September ?
Pretty sure only Real Madrid will push the boat out to try and sign him.
He’s well out of reach for the majority of clubs. His wages alone are absolutely obscene.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I’m not sure it’s even within their gift. Jude Bellingham I think will see them have to sell a lot of players
That said he’s another player where money would be no object to bring him in, absolute top quality
Partey to Utd needs to be done before saner minds at Utd intervene.
Lools unlikely, though I'd have no objection, he seems crocked to me, be funny to see him in the Utd treatment room
As long as we don’t mince about whilst trying to source an adequate replacement they can by all means add him to their already seismic wage billQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Surely Rice is the replacement?Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Haven't seen enough games to figure out the starting line-up next season. Xhaka is a big loss in terms of energy and leadership. Can Rice compensate for that. Don't know enough about the guy. But £100mill surely can't be spunked on a whim?
Odegard isn't great but he's good enough.
Who else? Honestly, a couple of years ago I could reel off every player and know exactly how they would perform. Now it's a bit of a mystery. What will the midfield be, assuming we don't want to sabotage it with Partey?
Rice, Odegard, and that chav?
I have a feeling he might convert the chav to a striker.
Nah…we were already short on numbers (and quality) in midfield. Can’t sell both the Albanian halfwit and Partey sign one midfielder and shoe horn Donkey Boy into the Xhaka role.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Well obviously we can, but I don’t think we will
Clearly some of you guys are only interested in rebuilding this team till kingdom come!!
IMO we definitely can't afford to lose Partey now if the idea is to beat Man City this season and stay above the other pretenders. To think some are even happy to sell him to a direct rival, come on guys!
An hour ago I stumbled upon this interview Edu gave a while back after his return, reminiscing on the good old days....a good weekend read.
One of the takeways from it was that despite the fact that he, Gilberto, Parlour and Vieira were all fighting for really only 2 spaces in the starting lineup, they were all great friends. However this did not inhibit the crazy competition among them which he feels only encouraged them to bring their A game given any opportunity.
The 2nd takeaway was AW agreed that one of the big mistakes he made was letting both Vieira and Edu leave at the same time (probably influenced by the untested shiny new toy he had unearthed, but thats another debate).
So can we stop with the foolishness by repeating the past over and over again. No need to knock it all down and rebuild when we can reinforce a pretty good foundation and keep on from there.
https://theathletic.com/2978675/2021...ncibles/?amp=1
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Of course, the arrival of Gilberto meant increased competition for places. Edu found himself battling for game time with some of his closest friends within the squad. “That’s what I want to see from players,” he says, the technical director within him flickering. “It wasn’t just Gilberto and Patrick — I had a great relationship with Ray Parlour as well. But when you go to training, you compete. It was the four of us fighting for the same positions.”
Edu believes that was a defining characteristic of the team that would eventually become Invincible: a close bond and unbreakable spirit, combined with a ruthless competitive edge. “The mentality of that team was something else,” says Edu. “When you’re talking about Sol Campbell, Vieira, Henry, Pires, Ljungberg, Dennis Bergkamp, Jens Lehmann, Lauren… man, all the guys were crazy to win. No one was nice. You went into games with the veins in your neck throbbing.”
It's not rocket science, if Arteta is sticking with the same system (and when doesn't he) it's obvious Rice will play DM and Havertz will play left 8, hence they're happy to lose Xhaka and Partey as they've upgraded in both positions
Given how unreliable Partey is and how well Jorginho did, they're probably happy to let Partey go
Apparently the club wanted to keep Xhaka as a utility player to have on the bench, but he wants to go to a club where he's still a regular starter, which presumably Leverlusen has promised he will be