Morning all.
Actually, since we signed Danny Welbeck on deadline day, I don’t think he’s been out of the news has he? Even Alexis has been pushed to one side on the official site to make way for interviews, pictures and anything else relating to our final summer signing of the summer. But still no word on him from Arsene Wenger and I wonder how that makes the player feel.
All is very different for England of course and following the injury to Daniel Sturridge, our new man might finally get his wish to play central for his country instead of being asked so often to play out wide. Pretty much the same happened to the player he hopes to replace tomorrow night.
It still seems odd reading ‘Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck’…..
New England captain Wayne Rooney, yes, it’s hard to believe he has been given such a responsibility isn’t it, believes he’ll flourish both for club and country:
Dan is quick, he can score goals and I am sure now that he has got his move to Arsenal and him playing up front there, that can only help England.
I hope Hodgson puts his faith in Welbeck and we get a glimpse of what he might bring to Arsenal….. Mind you, who’d bet against Wenger sticking him out wide against City and playing Sanogo through the middle?
Talking of English players, Ian Holloway has heaped nothing but praise on Arsene Wenger and Arsenal:
I’ve never made any secret of my admiration for Arsene. I think he runs the Gunners in the way any side should be managed, with the long-term good of the club being the principle aim.
He’s probably the best example of the sort of manager I’m trying to be, where you develop a side and build over time to leave behind something better than you took over.
It’s easy to forget that, when he walked into Highbury all those years ago, the club had slid away from winning trophies and had become almost mid-table.
It is down to his work in identifying young players and bringing them through his system that they are now one of the superpowers.
It can’t be argued that the club is in a better place than it was when Arsene Wenger took over. We have achieved top four every season since the man arrived and during his early days, we even won a few trophies including the big one, the Premier League on more than one occasion but our manager did benefit from what managers before him left behind, especially the back five.
Back then he added many players of exceptional quality and he got the balance right and with that came success but not everyone was happy, certainly not the media as more English players left and were replaced with overseas players. In fact nearly ten years ago, Wenger fielded a side which didn’t contain one English player, much to the horror of all but the Arsenal fans. Why should it have mattered, after all, it was permitted back then…
Jump forward to today and it’s Arsene Wenger and Arsenal who are providing a good number of players for the England side.
As Ian Holloway asks:
Who’d have thought that Arsenal’s manager would all this time later become the standard bearer for young British players?
Not many I bet, so perhaps he’ll stop being accused of ruining the England team from now on?
Not that he’ll escape criticism when it comes to ruining the Arsenal team……..
That’s if another day, roll Wednesday when all the international games are over……
1st
Bang on again. Number 1. 🙂
Good Post Rico. Yes, why no mention at all of DW23? Myles Palmer said that as well. Is there a conspiracy??? Or none at all?
I hope DW23 is used in the right way.
Thanks Devil..
It’s a strange one re DW isn’t it. Wait until he starts scoring, AW will start talking then I bet…
Maybe,Wenger is yet to come back to London.
Or possibly, Welbeck is the board’s signing.
Morning Rico and all HHers
Are people still asleep or in the Church?
good post about Arsenals England bias, not like the sc*m at the northern and souther oilers, namely Chavski and UAE FC
Morning Xr’s, I reckon DW is a Gazidis signing…
Thanks deejay..
City have offloaded quite a number of their English players and must surely be hanging on to home grown rule by a thread…
Xrs, international break, it’s always like this…
Morning everyone.
Still on mention of Welbeck…….oh well, no need to worry.
It’s what happens on the pitch we all care about.
Morning rico, good post. I guess we should be grateful to have Welbeck to talk about, the blank alternative would have had us hopping mad.
Absolutely right there Scott…
Morning Andrew, thanks.. Agree, the thought of no Welbeck doesn’t need thinking about…
I think that slowly the club is moving to become like Real Madrid. That is the club buys the players and the coach is there to coach them. Nothing else.
Erosion of AW’s power, albeit slowly slowly.
I hope not Devil, not entirely anyway, but Real only seem to do that when they sign the big money players..
HRG, that depends on who at the club makes the decisions ….
I’m all for the shift of AW’s power though, that’s long overdue…
Devil, as long as Wenger has a say in player targets, but none at all in the negotiations, all is well.
Write a list, and that’s all.
Write a list and head back to Brazil I say Scott… lol
Rico
Every International break,we go on break on here too. How do you cope with the boredom?
If that’s what it takes to get the likes of Sanchez, I agree, Rico hahahahaha
Morning all. Everyone seems to have picked up on the fact that Wenger hasn’t commented on his Arsenal’s third biggest signing…. … if Welbeck was indeed a Wenger signing …. and that Welbeck could be played out wide to accommodate Sanogo …
Strange. But then again I found it strange that we actually signed him…
If Wenger plays Sanogo ahead of Welbeck than it’s the epitome of arrogance, and nothing more.
But,is it possible for the CEO to sign Welbeck on a long term without Wenger’s notice?
And Wenger has not commented on anything Arsenal, is he leaving or mourning the loss of his commentary job with the French TV? So,he decided to avoid making comments for a few weeks
And Chambers Scott.. 😉
Sanogo ahead of Welbeck would confirm what many think about AW…
Plot and lost spring to mind….
Syg, DD left the club with little choice really…
I’m sure he could Xr’s, perhaps AW just had to get on board with the signing, similar to what happened with Ozil apparently…
I bet he’s sulking after being sacked…
Deadline Day, not David Dein.. 😉
Rico
What about the Sanchez,Chambers,Ospina and Debuchy’s signings? I guess most were done before the end of WC and Wenger was away.
If those deals were brokered without him being around, why is this one different? Or because he’s always said he doesn’t need a striker? Any good manager will always change their mind after watching Sanogo and Poldi play Leicester
1st…..
Xr’s – my guess is AW wanted those you mention but he had little to do with sorting out the actual deal. I’m sure the manager would have had some kind of communication with all of the players but the actual financial stuff was left to Gazidis and his side kicks..
Just how it should be. And it’s no coincidence that once AW returned to the club the signings stopped.
Not quite Kev… 😉
afternoon all!
International break…
did we sign anyone more?
time for watching La Vuelta, Itália rad Prix and the world cup of basketball
No JM, not even a freebie as yet…
GP for me…
Catch up in a bit…
jonas (ex-Valencia) Benfica or totts?
Hugo Almeida (ex-Besiktas) QPR ?
Hi from Orlando in a long line just a thought on on players joining arsenal no player joins arsenal without Wenger’s say so
Hello all..
I’m not so sure Joe…
Hi Rico. Are you watching the 20-20?
Hi Adam, no, catching up on Piers Morgan Life Stories from Friday..
Are the girls doing well?
Oops, the men you meant… I didn’t realise it was on, thanks.
Wow what a great ride whether.:-DI am right or wrong I can’t see Wenger allowing anyone else at the club have any say remembering that Wenger could walk in to most other large football clubs.
Think India will get the 134 with ease from here…
I can Joe…
rico, Bendtner is playing for Denmark
JM, they must be desperate.. 😉
Good catch Hales…
Touch and go Rico. Could go either way now.
Yes Adam, have been watching…
Bowling full tosses won’t win this game!
Shocking last over from Woakes, but phew!
Great game of 20-20. Probably the best I have seen.
Crikey Adam, you have shocked me… 😉
Wish I’d seen the entire game now.
Why is that Rico? 🙂
I think you know Adam… 😉
Oh well, all quiet on here tonight so I’m off to talk to my hens before tucking them in for the night…
Night all….
Night Rico and all.
Last…..!!!
The real last 🙂
The very last
The penultimate.
I’m always last…….
International breaks are worse than watching paint dry……
No, no, no…..I’m last!!
Last anything from now is the start of tomorrow
Nah, it’s still today here 🙂
First…
They are Wath….
Morning all…
Morning Rico and all.
Can’t believe you went into moderation Lee, and after being first too.. 😉
Morning to you…
Morning Adam..
God I’m bored….
Join the club. Been up since before the birds. Done the ironing, fed and cleaned out the chickens and even peeled and frozen a load of apples which fell off the tree overnight….
La de dah….
Rico. You shame us all with your endeavours. 🙂
Morning guys.
Very, very slow time of year.
I’d have rather been sleeping Adam… 🙂
Morning Scott, it is.
Two more days of boring internationals….
Reus is rumoured to be out of our CL fixture…
I feel incredibly groggy this morning and have been laying on the couch eating Linda McCartney veggie sausages in a toasted sandwich. Next up a cappuccino and perhaps a visit to see the tall ships at Greenwich.
I like those sausages, with ketchup and mustard.. nom nom..
Nana Mouskouri has been on the BBC news this morning. She’s soon to be 80 years old but looks about 60.. Incredible, and no plastic…
Apparently her youthful appearance is down to a daily dose of kleftiko and using taramasalata as a face cream…..
That’s not what she said this morning…
Why would she spill the beans to the nation?
Nana is the topic of the day?
We really are struggling lol
I know it’s true as Kev follows that same regime every day! Adam told me…
She doesn’t eat beans either…
Sure are Scott, darn internationals….
🙂 Lee, I thought it was the other way round…
New post up now…