Apparently it was originally built as an Athletics stadium for the 1997 World Championships - which Madrid didn't get. It was then part of bid for the 2016 Olympics, which also failed, whereupon it was abandoned. AM took it over in 2013 and effectively re-built it, raising the capacity from 20k to 67k. Not surprising that it's all a bit lumpy.

I don't think that's fair.

He's a very specific talent. He's not a coward just that tackling isn't his strength and his game is about depectively getting into the right spaces and laying the ball off.

I really think it's hard to go to town on any specific player whilst Wenger is in charge. You could see a marked improvement under a different manager.

Also Cundy is a massive c u next Tuesday

Mail on 365 today


“Fairy tale over” bleats the headline on football365 this morning. Poor old Arsenal, plucky underdogs, doing really well until the bigger boys came.

Income from the Deloitte money league:

Arsenal £487m
Atletico £272m

Let’s not dress this up. Arsenal have failed miserably again and will take a long time to turn round years of mismanagement.

And it’s f***ing hilarious.
Adam

I could be wrong but isn't it all written in history. From the World of Banking the Rothchilds, Gold and diamonds, to the Sainsbury family etc etc the money followed the Jews did i not. I have no problem with this it is as Ken Livingstone would say fact? Whethwer he is right in his other claims I'm not that knowledgeable but I defend his right to have his beliefs as I have mine.

Babu you forgot the British in Cyprus, how very dare you lol. Should I hate them because they locked up and abused Cypriot Eoka fighters in the war of independence? Well sorry I don't, it's history and GB is being brought to book by people who were tortured during this period.

Liverpool and Real Madrid have an interesting history.
Still cheering for the Reds. Hate RM too much. They are no longer a football club but a marketing machine. They think they are above football.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ory-so-far

Özil has always been sensitive. Arsenal supposedly analyzes a player's personality before buying them. His personality could easily have been sussed out.

Özil was never going to be a leader. I was a huge critic of him initially and he's convinced me over the years. He's improved in areas he hasn't. He's tougher. The English game forces you to. He's on the end of build ups more. Scoring more.

That said, in matches like this where he can't he doesn't want to meet the occasion that it calls for, sub him out. The problem with that is, he is so sensitive he might be on the phone to his agent wanting to leave.

We would have been better off selling Özil and taking back Cesc when he wanted out of Barca. Yes, we would have. And this time not try to build the team around Cesc but have him play the role that best suits the club. But that's water under London bridge.

I guess its up to the new manager on Özil's fate. We needed him to stay with Sanchez leaving. It would have been too big of a hit to morale if both left.

If we change our belief and have a squad that fights for a change, I think Özil will be okay. It will be difficult to be withdrawn as he does on occasion if everyone else around him is up for it.

Watched a video of a Canadian hippie getting lynched in Peru - was there for the ayahuasca experience.

People saying he killed a shamen and this was, like, an ancient indigenous vengeance and therefore OK.

Only it isn't an ancient custom to film somebody being throttled with a seatbelt and upload it to the internet.

My point?

I love Britain. I love our flawed democracy and our idiot customs. I love the fact we don't tend to lynch people. I love the fact that when injustices take place like Hillsborough and Stephen Lawrence we actually have enquiries into them and sometimes things change as a result. I am not a big nationalist, I could easily live in Chile, but I think we have magnificent traditions like motorway service stations, dogs outside polling stations, and going a bit mad when it's sunny. We used to have Saturday football too but that's another story.

I've seen countries where the rule of law breaks down and people get murdered by their neighbours it really isn't pretty.

Which is partly why I could never vote for any *%^@** who thought Iran, Cuba, Russia or Venezuela offered a desirable alternative naming no names.

Uh-oh.

I in contrast am quite relaxed. Have made two enormous Pisco sours to celebrate my birthday and am waiting for my Chinese takeaway (not a euphemism by the way I'm too old for that nonsense).

Trick with a Pisco sour is to go heavy on the Pisco and light on the lime.

*%^@*** delicious.

I agree about Özil by the way. Couldn't give a *%^@ about tackling back, you don't buy a gazelle and moan that it isn't a cow. He is annoying but only annoying in the current set up.

Is Mrs Babu Chinese?

Pisco is delicious it is like a light grappa. I drink Chilean Pisco for vaguely chauvinistic reasons but they nicked it off Peru in fairness.

Now I have stuffed my face with dumplings and lemon chicken so it's all going to plan.

I am definitely getting old because my daughter made me a birthday card with a picture of Neruda's house and saying Querido Papa because she knows I have a thing about Chile and I burst into tears.

Pisco sour.

3 ounces Pisco

1 ounce lime juice

1 ounce sugar syrup

Half an egg white

Shake over a ton of ice, pour and leave a few secs for egg white to rise, add a few drops of angostura and BOOM!

I have in the past enjoyed it with a Bolivian flake but I stay away from sweet things now.

strictly zopiclone.

And orange rennies.

Yes yes yes. Seriously *%^@*** delicious.

Couple of those bad boys and a xanax.

None of your herbal nonsense that just gets you lynched.

Actually the story of the Canadian guy is really sad and very indicative of where that whole new age/indigenous worship/ayahuasca stuff can get you. They were no innocents and were obviously taking the piss out of him royally in that ancient noble tradition of fleecing the stupid gringo and he obviously flipped out and they ended up throttling him.


But he had a nine year old kid he loved and the video of the lynching is repulsive.

Honestly? I am quite happy in suburbia watching football and drinking Pisco sours. *%^@ spiritual enlightenment.

Ok so go easy on the egg white because it's fine but you don't want it too frothy. The brown sprinkle is probably drops of angostura bitters that have spread out - that's what I make it with it is really lovely.

I have made loads in my time and you can get it seriously wrong. Too much lime and it's harsh, too much sugar and it's sickly, too much egg white...well let's not go there.

But a 3:1:1 ratio and properly mixed over ice and there are few things better. Mrs Daz LOVES them and it always puts her in a good mood. It's a giggly drink.

I once drank them in Latin America and played Cacho (Perudo/Liar dice) and got the drunkest I have ever been, walked into a tree and knocked myself out which might on reflection have been a good thing.

If that's a Peruvian photo btw it could also be cinnamon on top...

I googled BBC and got a porn video.

You left out The Rolling Stones, Beatles. etc but it could be argued the Brits never invented Rock and Roll, only expanded it.

Well done to Brighton, delighted for them. Always had a soft spot for them, ever since Liam Brady and Gerry Ryan. And Hughton is a top man.

Brighton won?! hahaha...good job. At the pub I visited for our match at Old Trafford, the one or two Man Utd fans that I sat next to didn't like Mourinho. Liked Martial and can't understand why Jose won't play him so he can get his confidence back. They expect to lose Pogba and Martial in the summer.

Greetings Hoxton ..... I watched with mild interest from the 50th minute mainly as a sideline to having breakfast .

Hard to get excited about Arsenal these days , the three FA Cup finals and a fifteen minute spell to destroy Man U ... the rest has been pure drudgery .


Just read a book entitled " How Toyota became # 1 " and struck by the polar differences between Arsenal / Arsene Wenger and them .
Sakichi Toyoda started building wool looms , his son moved into cars .

[ 1 ] Toyota ..their main objective was NOT to become No 1 but to make a product that satified the customer ..... tippy tappy , laughable defence , lack of shots , Wenger out banners ; quarter empy stadium have shown we've failed dismally on that count .

[2] Toyota board meetings don't focus on the positives , they want to hear about negatives ..... any problems and how to fix them .

Contrast this with Wenger post match interviews , warm gushy twaddle about 75 % possession , good spirit , then it's on to tiredness from a previous fixture , state of the pitch , poor referees nah nah nah
and the classic "don't highlight a problem with a player because it could get worse " ......... asinine

[3] Every employee is encouraged to have input , any problems , views sort from all quarters .

Wenger when journalists asked about some Bould input benefitting the defence ; Arsene got snotty .

[4] They don't have a them and us mentality , the CEO , managers sit in the common staff canteen , no special parking places reserved , no exorbitant bonuses , pension schemes .

How gay
HB by the way!!

Just saw 'Dunkirk'. Not bad.

Watch Burnley catch up and overtake Arsenal Sunday in the table. We drop to 7th.

What a thrill ride.

Ooops.....

Oh well then......

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Puzzling how Rangers ; a giant club in the doldrums , opt for an untried Steven Gerard to lift their fortunes when they must have known Arsene Wenger was available .

Come on now, they're not going to win by nine goals.

Just be thankful that Arsenal, a giant club in the doldrums, didn't notice Gerrard was available.

Are you in possession of in the know information or being informed by frustration and prejudice? - I'll let you decide on that

Good point that Giroud, Walcott or Debuchy would have improved the lot in the tie.

Rangers is too small for Wenger. He prefers to ruin a bigger club.

I didn't realise there was such a big gap in goal difference. Just looked it up and Arsenal are +19 and Burnley are +3, which is basically worth an extra point. I think that shows goal difference is relevant throughout the season. But what I noticed from the table was that currently there are only seven teams with a positive goal difference. The first seven teams, City down to Burnley. The other thirteen all have negative goal differences and I'd say with -3 only Leicester look like they might finish with a positive goal difference. The next 'least bad' goal difference is Newcastle with -9.