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.

Arsenal ready to sell striker for £15million

Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, is ready to offload striker Danny Welbeck this summer, as he looks to trim his squad ahead of the 2018/2019 campaign.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/07/21/arsenal-ready-sell-striker-15million/

Welbeck has not made a strong impact since joining. IMO, good to let him go.

There's one at Everton called Theo something or other who might be available.

Disagree. If he does go, I will see him as a good signing, even if not one of the best. I would be interested in seeing any player under Emery.

Pretty explosive statement from Özil, good on him I say. He’s been made a ridiculous scapegoat for Germany’s failings, something that I think was decided before the World Cup even began. A bit like Sterling being England’s scapegoat if they had had a poor World Cup - minus the political side.

Hopefully he can put all his efforts in to proving people wrong for arsenal next season.

I agree generally and think his treatment has been awful by the Germans but what I would suggest is that if footballers want to avoid criticism they try and stay away from controversial political figures. Erdogan is a controversial figure with instances of interference with democracy, restraint of free press and all sorts. There was only a coup attempt not that long ago. Özil attending an event with him, getting a picture then plastering it all over his social media saying “my president” Isn’t the same as Matthaus having to shake hands with Putin at an event in Russia during the World Cup.

Just think Özil could have been smarter and shaking hands with a dick because of his “ancestry” played into the hands of the far right. Also if Germany had won the World Cup we wouldn’t be talking about this

Spot on. It was as you say the "my President" bit that riled many Germans. Is Özil Turkish first or German?

Spot on. It was as you say the "my President" bit that riled many Germans. Is Özil Turkish first or German?

Is the real problem that President Trump did not approve. Afterall he seems to tell everyone how to think or act in Europe