OK, I'm glad France won the WC ... and acknowledge Mbappe's awesomeness. Vida and Lovren are scum.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/s ... 786870002/

If we sign a winger or a central midfielder presumably as a regular starter not exactly a problme but fun and games fitting Aubameyang lacazette Özil Mihkataryan Iwobi and another starter in the team.

Do you see Iwobi as a first team regular Ash? At this point in his career, I don't as I think he's gone downhill since coming into the side. Hopefully the explanation for that is simply him being what I call 'Wengerised'. But even if that is the case and he gets better, in my view he has a lot of improving to do before I'll consider him a guaranteed starter.

Always loved that track. Enjoy this stellar line-up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrTMc2i6Lzc

On the football I hope the new manager and his buys do well. Have to say though two 30+ defenders, a mid-ranking keeper and a young French prospect doesn't immediately appear to have shattered the Wenger transfer mould? Big hopes for Torreira - he looks the business.

Best piece yet from the Kiwi man

*narrator*

it does.

My take on the signings:

1. Torreira.

An exciting prospect if the WC is anything to go by. A proper DM who reads the game well, can tackle and intercept but also has a nice range of passing and seems to be exactly what we need. Will probably take some time to adapt. Seems to take good freekicks, too, which could be useful.

2. Leno

From what I have read he is a player who has never quite fulfilled the potential he showed as a kid and whilst capable of great saves is still prone to occasional howlers. I think he's around 6'3" so it will be interesting to see how commanding he is aerially.

3. Sokratis

If reports from the Boreham Wood game are anything to go by he seems to be a big slow lump with organisational abilities (where have we seen that before)

4. Lichsteiner

Seems to be an experienced back-up for Bellerin. In the twilight of his career but perhaps has the attitude required to kick a few backsides when needed.

5. Guendouzi

One for the future who could have some short term impact. A work-in-progress probably destined for some cup games but may surprise.


I'd like to see us make at least one marquee signing because whilst we've filled a few holes we do need a bit more stardust if we genuinely want to compete with the very best.

It doesn't .... the 8 million ... he wouldn't have been on that to start with ; he was compensated for his early triumphs but money wouldn't have been the main driver .

For him it would have been the power , passion for football at a big club , the status .

He isn't bitching and whining about his suffering just stating a fact perhaps he stayed too long in light of the way things turned out .

I'm not defending him , what happened was all his own doing ; too stubborn , too dumb , pin any label you want to it BUT what I am saying , given the type of guy he was , no amount of money would have insulated him from the stress .

Tu entiendes

.......That's sorted the little psuedo Chilean alpaca herder .

Liverpool sign the Gk Becker for £67m. An insane amount for a gk. Liverpool have jumped to sugar daddy levels of spending.

One thing I do admire is that if they make a mistake or they see an opportunity to improve they go for it. For far too long under wenger, mistakes were made and then made worse by stubbornly sticking with the mistake in some forlorn hope the player would come good

how he leaved and breathed it

On YouTube a couple of stories that we beat Crawley Town 9-0 in a friendly at the training ground and the following day we lost 2-1 to Brentford. Suggests a lot of players got a run. Also states that Leno error led to the winner for Brentford. Sorry I can’t give the link because I don’t know how to give the link to a YouTube video on my iPhone.

Wenger repeatedly refers to his tenure at Arsenal with a tone that suggests a tremendous sacrifice he made for love of the club: how he leaved and breathed it, how he turned down other offers, how ungrateful all the know-nothings without his years of coaching were, he was almost incredulous that anybody could question his right to decide everything including the time of his own departure. The sub-text of his latest bleating is precisely that: he stayed too long for our own good and at the expense of his own well-being out of sheer desire to make us successful. Humble-bragging - my fault you ask me? Perhaps it was caring too much. It is not, therefore, unreasonable to draw attention to the the massive pay cheques he was receiving and which - much as he might want to downplay it - were presumably a reasonable level of consideration for the terrible burden he carried on his shoulders.

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On YouTube a couple of stories that we beat Crawley Town 9-0 in a friendly at the training ground and the following day we lost 2-1 to Brentford. Suggests a lot of players got a run. Also states that Leno error led to the winner for Brentford. Sorry I can’t give the link because I don’t know how to give the link to a YouTube video on my iPhone.

Hi Rich,

Cloughie always said that the two most important positions on the pitch are the CF and the goalkeeper.

Liverpool's defence and keepers have been their achilles heel for years and it's been undermining their efforts to challenge. They have partially addressed that with the signing of Van Dijk and if Becker is as good as they say then they will have gone a long way in addressing those defensive issues. I say "if" because we seen keepers with big reputations fail in the PL before.

My concern with Leno is thate was available for a fairly good price and Klopp must know him well and yet he passed on him. Personally, I'd have liked us to sign Butland. Not the finished article but has a presence about him.

AW, just leave it. You just drew attention back to yourself. You wanted sympathy but I don't think you will be getting much. Definitely none from me. Good riddance.

It doesn't .... the 8 million ... he wouldn't have been on that to start with ; he was compensated for his early triumphs but money wouldn't have been the main driver .

For him it would have been the power , passion for football at a big club , the status .

He isn't bitching and whining about his suffering just stating a fact perhaps he stayed too long in light of the way things turned out .

I'm not defending him , what happened was all his own doing ; too stubborn , too dumb , pin any label you want to it BUT what I am saying , given the type of guy he was , no amount of money would have insulated him from the stress .

Tu entiendes

.......That's sorted the little psuedo Chilean alpaca herder .

Quite right. Dignified silence is what we need from Wenger right now.

Cloughie was right. World class keepers are priceless. If Allison is as good as the likes of Courtois and Neuer 67 million looks a bargain. It's the sort of business we need to be conducting.

Cloughie was right. World class keepers are priceless. If Allison is as good as the likes of Courtois and Neuer 67 million looks a bargain. It's the sort of business we need to be conducting.

I understand everything said above but I’d be interested to see some analysis of someone like de Gea last season. Based on his points won vs strikers. It’s dofficult to measure but the expected goals stat can help.
Gk’s can save points and win matches but top strikers earn more points I reckon. Maybe it’s just more measurable with strikers.

Gazidis to Ac Milan rumours growing.

https://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/a ... ardo-86601

Wenger potentially being lined up for Gazidis job.

Wenger repeatedly refers to his tenure at Arsenal with a tone that suggests a tremendous sacrifice he made for love of the club: how he leaved and breathed it, how he turned down other offers, how ungrateful all the know-nothings without his years of coaching were, he was almost incredulous that anybody could question his right to decide everything including the time of his own departure. The sub-text of his latest bleating is precisely that: he stayed too long for our own good and at the expense of his own well-being out of sheer desire to make us successful. Humble-bragging - my fault you ask me? Perhaps it was caring too much. It is not, therefore, unreasonable to draw attention to the the massive pay cheques he was receiving and which - much as he might want to downplay it - were presumably a reasonable level of consideration for the terrible burden he carried on his shoulders.

Anyway he may be *%^@*** off back to Japan where he can take a great interest in their culture and eat sushi like it's a novelty he discovered and make like he's a Professor again, the old fraud.

That;'s sorted out the little hobbit-bothering, wheelbarrow-welding, Illuminati-fearing, exile from the Museum.

Peter ... yes of course he still feels pain and some regret for years spend in a failing project.

Even if it wasn't 8 million most people wouldn't want to hear it.

BUT, 8 million does make a major difference.

8 million

a) would surely dull the pain (compared someone who lost their job and had zero money) and
b) means he get zero sympathy ... nada .... dololo, from most people (including myself). In fact the reverse. I actively do not want to hear about the woes of the very rich, such as the Trump offspring and spouse, the royals, Elon Musk, etc.

Copy and paste the address bar, simples really.

There is no address bar but try this
https://youtu.be/l79XUEEX_S8

I understand everything said above but I’d be interested to see some analysis of someone like de Gea last season. Based on his points won vs strikers. It’s dofficult to measure but the expected goals stat can help.
Gk’s can save points and win matches but top strikers earn more points I reckon. Maybe it’s just more measurable with strikers.

I'd still like to see another pacey wide player come in.