Morning all.
When things are going a bit wayward, which to be fair has been all too often, we soon hear from a few of the players on the official website. They talk about how they’ll learn from defeats or individual errors and how they’ll move forward and make things better. Then comes another defeat or draw coupled with another error or bad performance….. Nothing learned…
The Monaco trouncing at The Emirates was one of those occasions, Anderlecht earlier in the season was another.
Perhaps the worst in the league was being 3-0 down so early on at Stoke and surrendering a lead to lose at WHL. Those six points alone would have made so much difference going into this weekends fixture, let alone all the silly draws at The Emirates when really, we should have won.
I bet if we could play those fixtures again today with the players we now have back fit, healthy and much improved, the results would be very different. But we can’t.
Those silly errors, individual muck ups seem to have left us and even when the players are not at the top of their game, the team are digging out better results than perhaps they would have even just a few months ago.
We haven’t lost a game since that awful night against Monaco, more importantly, we haven’t lost in the league since that trip across North London and David Opsina, who I think has calmed the defence, has been talking to Afc.com:
I think that we have created our own way of playing.
We have excellent players at our disposal but now we have to keep on track. We have a brilliant manager in charge who has been able to put us on course for where we want to go.
The defence I play with is full of experienced players who have played many games in strong national teams. It has helped for sure. We take pride in doing things well and I’m sure we can achieve a lot.
I think he’s right. This group of players who have been doing so well of late can achieve a lot. This season they can secure Champions League football without having to worry about having to play a qualifying round and of course the FA Cup is down to one final match.
With just a couple of additions in the summer, I think Arsenal will be right up there next season I really do.
Transfer gossip:
Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama claims Arsenal want to sign him. Wanyama said: “Wenger has been talking about me. And he has let it be known he would like to sign me this summer.” (The Sun)
Wasn’t that the summer when he was still at Celtic?
Arsenal are reportedly still plotting a move for long term transfer target Geoffrey Kondogbia. (L’Equipe)
Hang on, we are said to have entered ‘serious’ discussions with Borussia Dortmund for midfielder Ilkay Gundogan. That’s according to German publication SportBild (via Bild reporter Heiko Ostendorp).
There you go, three central midfielders all being linked to Arsenal. Which one to choose eh…
Kondogbia can play in defence and left back apparently….
Finally, an independent view of the game ahead.
That’s it for today, have a good one all…
Rumours….bllaaaahhhhhh.
Not much happening, hey Rico?
You earn your keep on days like this 🙂
Morning all.
Very quiet Scott….
You can write Wanyama off the list. Wenger does not court publicity and will not like his hand forced in the papers.
🙂 re my keep, I wish…. lol
Morning All
Morning Rico…
Excellent post, but on the subject of those three midfielders, I wouldn’t take any of them, but I would take Schneiderlin
Morning rico, all.
Thanks goodness we play midweek CL each year, for a while anyway! A whole week without games is just so…. boring!
Totally agree Potter..
Morning Kev, thanks. Morgan for me too..
Morning Andrew – bored silly I am….
Good afternoon Lovelies and Hunkies.
Good post boss. But like Kev I am going for Morgan
What Ospina said confirms my belief……..they have developed a playing style of their own. a style which suits the players. And I thought I was the wrong one……I always adapted the style to the players ?I have and not adapt the players to the style.
At the end of the day one works only with the players he has. The players have to be the subject of the team and not the object of the style.
Thanks Devil. Me too re Morgan…
After years of square pegs in round holes , we are now seeing the fruits of playing people to their strengths. I wonder if the likes of Arshavin and even Podolski look back and wish that the revelation had come earlier.
Good question….
Hi all
Jordan Henderson for 5 years at 100 grand a week! The world has gone mad. Such an average player
Good afternoon Rico and all. 🙂
Hi Bob, has he signed a new deal then?
Afternoon Adam….
Another top daily sermons.
I have one concern about this Wanyama rumours.. assuming its true of course.
Victor is one of Micko’s fave players; Syg does not rate him…; so how will Aw please both gents? 😀
who wants to place a bet on how long it will take for Daglish to pop his head out claiming he was right to buy Henderson after all seeing as Jordan H. is now the captain of the self-professed biggest club in the worlds’ and that Henderson is worth even more than 100k per week? 🙂
Thanks Ts. Wayama won’t be signed imo, AW didn’t want him when he’d have been a lot cheaper so he’s hardly likely to pay a lot for him now. And as someone said earlier, AW doesn’t sign players who chat to the media….
Yes Rico. The dippers must be getting really desperate.what next? Joe Allen on 150k s week!
I’m not impressed with any of those players Rico! We can surely do better?
Morgan was the name of my maternal grandfather so that at least has some resonance! And the Telegraph insists that our interest in him has waned, so that’s no good then?
It’s all so much tosh. I believe in signing on the bottom line and when a player has then I will believe it! Usually we don’t know who Le Boss is looking at until they are unveiled on Arsenal.com!
Good article on another empty news day.
Ha ha Bob, or Kolo with a new contract….
Thanks Wavy – yes, all rumour and most garbage. Until it’s official it’s officially made up… 😉
Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash against Chelsea:
On the latest team news…
Last week against Reading, Per Mertesacker got injured and he has not been out [training] since. He’s still in the treatment room and I don’t know if he will be available or not. [He is] 50/50 [to start against Chelsea] at the moment. Apart from Mertesacker, everybody else [from last weekend] should be available.
on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain…
He’s still out, he has not been in training. He’s not being considered at all.
on Mikel Arteta…
He’s getting closer. He’s back in full training but is still a bit short physically to go into a game of this intensity.
on Gabriel…
He’s ready [to step up]. He came on in the FA Cup semi-final and I think if Per is not ready, Gabriel will start.
Read more at http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150423/team-news-mertesacker-ox-arteta#wrsRQiEJx99pb5VA.99
Good news re. injury front. It could be a blessing in disguise.
I agree Rico re. Victor.
Agree Ts re Gabriel. I’ve been reliably informed that he and Costa have a bit of history so it could be fun…
lol Rico… Costa the brute. if it is anything like his love hate relationship with Thiago Silva or even Luiz of Psg then we are indeed lined-up for a treat.
I didn’t know about other fall outs he’s had Ts, in fact I didn’t know he and Costa had history..
Wanyama on twitter:
“I have to make it clear that I have not said what as been brought up today am professional and will never say that.
“To cut the story short have never spoken to Wenger.”
Lol… Can Victor sue the papers for ‘defamation’?
David vs Costa
So Rico. More bullshit from the papers?
Thiago vs Costa
More bullshit from the papers?!!!
Papers inventing news?!!!
Surely not…
Is nothing sacred???
Seems so Adam. Shock eh… 😉
Tbh I get all my football related news from Squawka
🙂 Kev.. Afternoon to you…
Afternoon Rico…
I used to rely, totally on Jamie Sanderson and that organ of integrity Metro…
But I feel that there is an element of dishonesty that has crept into their reporting….
The realisation was hard to take Rico…
It made me feel a bit nauseous…
Groggy even…. 😉
Ha ha Kev, the Metro is in a world of it’s own….
Booooo!! Hello hello hello. 🙂
Boo to you Agag, where have you been hiding….
Nasty Lee, sly elbow in to the ribs….
Evening Rico and all.
Cheeky Adam… 😉
I’d have more of a conversation if I sat down the garden with my chickens than here……. Lol
Night all.
Don’t go Rico. I just woke up!
Too late I fear….adios amigos. 🙂
Hasta pronto Adam y todo
Rumors. Sigh.
Ill take any of the above…but alas rumors are just rumors.
Im confident Moureen will bring two buses to the Emirates on Sunday.
We win and id be over the moon…
Is it too much to ask for at least a draw?
Wakey wakey Adam….Don’t give into the call of The Vape!!!!
Bock, bock, bock, Berkeeeeeeerk ! Who ruffled rico’s feathers.
tsgh, has SYG gone all hermitized on us, hope it’s got nothing to do with his Leicester predictions this season !
Oh no, too late again….night all. 🙂
Missed you again, Adam….was reading up on Glare products..lol
Diego Costa will play Sunday…
I don’t pay any attention to all that rubbish about a 17 year old leading the Boring Boring Chelsea attack…
It’s all subterfuge and lies, from ‘You Know Who’, better known as the Portugese Prick.
Night All…
Arsenal wearing yellow & blue in Cup Final
Morning Rico and all.
Good Morning lovelies and hunkies.
How is the weather up there??? here its windy today….which means I hate it.
On Sunday I would like to see the chavs park more than one bus. yes I would enjoy it if we score the type of Wilshere goal vs Norwich, or TR07’s goal vs the spuddies…..you know those goals where we play tippy tappy one touch passes which bamboozle the like of Terry and Co into submisson. And have the portuguese prick poison dwarf squirm when facing the cameras.
I would like to see our men go for it. FOR THE JUGULAR. and demolish them. not 1-0 or 2-1. that is close. No I want payback time. I want our men to destroy Roman’s empire and confidence in the above mentioned farting one.
I want to see our men relentlessly not giving up and giving it all for 90 minutes. and not stop even if we are 15-0 up with 10 mins to go.
Morning Adam, Devil and all…
Boring Boring Chelsea
Don’t we all, devil! Don’t we all!
15-0 to the good guys would be a it of a turn up!
Morning all. Sunny and calm here just now, think it may change for the worse later.
Morning all.
Morning Rico
Morning Coach n Adam
Morning All
Sanchez thru on goal.
Terry bring him down, penalty!
Terry gets a straight red.
Mourinho gets sent to the stands.
Sanchez scores from the spot.
Arsenal win 2-0
Chelsea collapse and fail to win any of their remaining games.
Arsenal win the Double…
Then I woke up… 😉
Morning Kev..
Very boring Chelsea!
So Michael predicts a Chav win……well put your house on us wining as that vertically challenged cnut’s previous predictions have all been way off the mark!
***Owen***
🙂 Kev. If only….
New post up now…
Owen is all puff and wind!