click to leave fresh arse

Imagine Isak on the left. Martinelli to switch in and out as games dictate.
I think Uncle Stan needs to dip into his pocket and give us a loan until we sell Trossard, Zinchenko, whoever else needs to...

He wouldn’t sit on the bench. He’s made for that left forward position. But that he’s even considering Spurs is a massive turn-off if true

Heh, once bitten, eh? I do like an ice cold Duvel. One usually does the trick these days.

It's savage, but they usually taste strong...except for Duvel. It doesn't taste 8.5%

It's the German beers that fuck me over, the ones about 5.5% or so...they just taste like standard beer and before...

Ignore Belgian ABV at your peril. Oh boy.

Fucking Trump what a piece of shit. What the fuck is going on with this country.

Heh! I blame it on the classy Belgian beer I just had in this “PAB” 😂 The Guinness my bro had was also well-poured by a red-haired Italian. Busy on the playa, jus warming up close to midnight.

Isak...

If we sell the players we’re supposed to sell it’s doable. I always heard he wanted to come to us before he fluttered his eyelids at Liverpool. I’m taking the silence on the Liverpool interest and our...

Here's NB (played by the late Dennis Hopper) in dreams...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0PbwLTLKA4&t=24s

It's a made up drug coloured yellow to attract teenagers ;p

Ha ha I wondered what caké was! I remember a British satire doing something on the latest illicit recreational drug called "cake" and I was thinking .... should I ask? Glad I didn't!!

Oh, haha no it was a conflation (in my own mind) of colli's and NB's woke whence I remembered an Italian ex joking about her relatives pronouncing "caké". I've heard the orange fella's problem (one of...

If we sell the players we’re supposed to sell it’s doable. I always heard he wanted to come to us before he fluttered his eyelids at Liverpool. I’m taking the silence on the Liverpool interest and our...

Don't think we can afford Isak.

Are you sure you responded to the right comment there? mayhap it was intended for goldz's question. 😏

goldsoundz:
"Fucking Trump what a piece of shit. What the fuck is going on with this country"

Here’s me hoping like a kid on Christmas Eve that Arsenal hijack the move for either Eze or Isak. Come on! We have big ambitions, get them in!

I hope we get Eze too. Walcott was saying does Ezrcit risk his England place in world cup year if he joins us and sits on the bench half the season ...

Too much caké

You'll die of back ache on their so called mattresses. Utter bastards. Good luck to Hazza and his spine.

Here’s me hoping like a kid on Christmas Eve that Arsenal hijack the move for either Eze or Isak. Come on! We have big ambitions, get them in!

Here’s me hoping like a kid on Christmas Eve that Arsenal hijack the move for either Eze or Isak. Come on! We have big ambitions, get them in!

Here’s me hoping like a kid on Christmas Eve that Arsenal hijack the move for either Eze or Isak. Come on! We have big ambitions, get them in!

The referee was "woke"? He was fast asleep when Zubimendi copped an elbow!!

Mate, I’m in Italy, in a village, chatting to a distant cousin my age (58) who was always a bit of an arrogant prick. We start chatting, gets on to politics and life and he’s doing the moaning things ...

Hilarious comment on the BBC Match report from a ManUre fan: "As usual, Arsenal could only beat us due to woke referees with an anti United-bias."

I've seen various ignorant idiots blame every...

"Hernia plank"? ...dying here

Hilarious comment on the BBC Match report from a ManUre fan: "As usual, Arsenal could only beat us due to woke referees with an anti United-bias."

I've seen various ignorant idiots blame every...

I once went there and the mattresses in our "chalet" were f#cked beyond belief. When I complained about it they told me I could have a hernia-plank to help. I have no idea what a hernia-plank is, but ...

Center Parcs arse!

You have to wonder why their agents aren't trying to hustle their client out the door to a new club, especially if they want to play regular football.

Rodrygo or Leao. But we have to sell for FFP

I don't see any chance in adding anybody else until we clear the deadwood. Look at all the guys that did not make the bench on Sunday.

Problem is I'd expect all of those outgoings not really to happ...

United on the day were way better than us going forward but they were also vulnerable as well. Just so happened we were so pedestrian and blunt on attack it covered up all of their issues. It was a ba...

I feel for your wallet

Rodrygo or Leao. But we have to sell for FFP

I feel for your wallet

we're not getting a creative left 8, that much I feel pretty confident in. If we had an inclination of doing that this summer we'd have still been in for Eze.

I hope so. I didn't see the game yesterday, but I trust those who have mentioned a new directness of our play.

I hope we get another creative player for the left 8, as all the current ones are defens...

I hope so. I didn't see the game yesterday, but I trust those who have mentioned a new directness of our play.

I hope we get another creative player for the left 8, as all the current ones are defens...

I feel for your wallet

Center Parcs arse!

I think yesterday bodes well in terms of our attacking style evolving and adding more arrows to the quiver. It just so happens that the execution was just dire. But it appears that the desire is there...

I think yesterday bodes well in terms of our attacking style evolving and adding more arrows to the quiver. It just so happens that the execution was just dire. But it appears that the desire is there...

The only stat that counts.

0-1

I don't think thats true. Part of our struggles yesterday is not understanding each other's movement in transition. But the desire to play the quick through ball was there. That one sequence where Mou...

United on the day were way better than us going forward but they were also vulnerable as well. Just so happened we were so pedestrian and blunt on attack it covered up all of their issues. It was a ba...

I didn't mean just the game yesterday; I was referring to our attacking style of play since Xhaka left.

I don't think thats true. Part of our struggles yesterday is not understanding each other's movement in transition. But the desire to play the quick through ball was there. That one sequence where Mou...

No.

There's already talk of Gyökeres having to adapt to the Arsenal way, which is kind of odd as we don't exactly set the world alight in the final third.

United on the day were way better than us going forward but they were also vulnerable as well. Just so happened we were so pedestrian and blunt on attack it covered up all of their issues. It was a ba...

man, over there that stuff is like crack! When I was in Italy I had a dish the second day and had to have it again every single day thereafter.

sounds like you're having a great trip... clouds notw...

That's the rub, will Arteta's Boreball adjust to fit the players and talent we have?

Don’t know about that, but the gelato’s to die for 🍧

Thought Rice should have done a lot more to support plugging that hole on our left. Possibly fitness preventing him from shuttling up and down the pitch

I still have nightmares about that time he made a 24 carat cunt out of Zinchenko

ArseWiB.
3 points!
Watching tha game it was clear to me our biggest failing was incompetence on our counter attacks. Get a couple of those right and the world looks very different.
As James points ...

We had Zubimendi dropping into LB to cover for Calafiori forging forward but the problem was we gave away the ball so cheaply and United to their credit were very accurate with their out ball. We also...

"cross field pass to the wings in the gaps left by Cala and white."
this was the the most explicit example so far of a team figuring out and exploiting our fullback inversion. We're going to s...

"cross field pass to the wings in the gaps left by Cala and white."
this was the the most explicit example so far of a team figuring out and exploiting our fullback inversion. We're going to s...

I know he barely had any time, but nothing positive to see in Madueke yesterday.
He got completely schooled twice at the back by Diallo, both could easily have ended up in goals. His first touch and ...

Don't click on the link, not sure why "pitch" has become one!🤷

Let's hope Noni follows this line from said classic nest week against Leeds:

"I shall be up before you're awake, I shall be afield before you're up, and I shall have breakfasted before you're afield....

It was only a matter of weeks ago that you were part of the converted believers… and that was even before Mikel got his Gyok out.

Keep the faith 👊 there’ll be plenty of better performances soon.

LOL. He's not looked the same Saka since coming back from being out with a nasty injury. Often happens, I suppose.

It was the first time I'd seen the half time crap. FFS, the captain should be resting and planning-hope this ends soon.

Beware, the cup fixtures. But yes, a hard fixture successfully navigated.

Would love Eze to join the ranks. Can we swap Noni for Eze? Would anyone notice?

Merino did a great job for us at the end of last season. He has an eye for goal. But when he comes on, my heart sinks. We really do have the most workmanlike, functional midfield possible. Fantasy is ...

Hey noni no

Would love Eze to join the ranks. Can we swap Noni for Eze? Would anyone notice?

Another reason I wanted Eze. Arteta needs to trust Nwaneri as creative midfield back-up because a midfield of Nørgaard/Merino, Rice and Zubimendi is creatively bankrupt.

I blame Arteta. Too busy ironing.

LOL. He's not looked the same Saka since coming back from being out with a nasty injury. Often happens, I suppose.

Saka always has been a liability.

And yet could run faster than Saka.

Merino did a great job for us at the end of last season. He has an eye for goal. But when he comes on, my heart sinks. We really do have the most workmanlike, functional midfield possible. Fantasy is ...

Another reason I wanted Eze. Arteta needs to trust Nwaneri as creative midfield back-up because a midfield of Nørgaard/Merino, Rice and Zubimendi is creatively bankrupt.

Berbatov was blessed with talent. I doubt very much he could play left forward in Arteta’s system. He’d have an aneurysm!

Possibly, I'm of the belief that a top quality, creative, attacking player can slot into in any role, if they have the talent.

Possibly, I'm of the belief that a top quality, creative, attacking player can slot into in any role, if they have the talent.

He ate the fatted calf.

What's Luke Shaw got to do with it

How about Ethan from the left? He’s proved he can shoot with his right too. It’s up to Arteta to maximise these players’ potential. And Gyökeres needs early balls slotted into his path.

Hope they “kill the fatted calf” for you

I like it, hopefully Mik gives Nwaneri more of a chance and Ethan seizes it. He tended to fade in influence the few chances he got last season.

Hope they “kill the fatted calf” for you

Some in the village, most down from Milan. We’ll visit tomorrow. But mostly it’s just to pass through various spots by the sea and surrounding areas we used to visit. Thunder’s still rumbling but it’s...

Ethan right cuts in n scores goals .
Saha left wing , he will find Big Vik .or Kai . And Saka can score from left

Arse

Wib/FoB :-)

Morning/afternoon OT winners.

What about moving Saka to the left and trying Madwookie on the right? Saka has become a bit too predictable of late and was in the pocket of R2D2 (Sha...

Let's hope Noni follows this line from said classic nest week against Leeds:

"I shall be up before you're awake, I shall be afield before you're up, and I shall have breakfasted before you're afield....

Far from the madding crowd.

Madueke has been training with the team for 2 weeks, please give it a fucking rest hammering him already

If you want to find a little grass shoot from yesterday it's probably that through ball to Gyokeres that Odegaard played into his path. The run and pass just a bit off but something to be refined.

To Arteta's credit, that's three wins in six PL games at Old Trafford. Contrary to what some people would have you believe, our recent record there is quite respectable.

It's been said before but I t...

Sounds lovely.

Any family still there?

In other news, I’ve just landed on the Ionian coast of Calabria, a beach town called Soverato, my dad’s village 10 miles inland up a mountain. Here for four days. First time here in 30 years. Arrived ...

In other news, I’ve just landed on the Ionian coast of Calabria, a beach town called Soverato, my dad’s village 10 miles inland up a mountain. Here for four days. First time here in 30 years. Arrived ...

In other news, I’ve just landed on the Ionian coast of Calabria, a beach town called Soverato, my dad’s village 10 miles inland up a mountain. Here for four days. First time here in 30 years. Arrived ...

We did have quite a few counters in the first half. Mostly with Odegaard driving forward into space. But in none of them did we get the pass right. And then there was the one where Martinelli ran into...

I really hope he sharpens up, not least because he’s popular with many fans, with his team-mates, with his manager, and he always gives 100%. But I’d be lying if I denied that he regularly frustrates ...

To be fair I loved the sequence of him picking up the ball and driving through the middle of the defence. Much like the rest of his teammates on the day he just made a poor choice with his ball.

Rival managers say a lot of things about other players. Martinelli of two years ago was a prospect. Martinelli now has stalled, that’s the best I can say. Works hard, great pace and a fair call to say...

That's just not true - Klopp loved Martinelli, said he was player of the century or something like that.
And Liverpool fans are just cunts, higher standards my arse. They've watched their fair share o...

Heh! So much for “the next Yaya Touré” as Kompany once described him!

Heh! So much for “the next Yaya Touré” as Kompany once described him!

That's just not true - Klopp loved Martinelli, said he was player of the century or something like that.
And Liverpool fans are just cunts, higher standards my arse. They've watched their fair share o...

Just read something on Threads about how we're dirty and how people hate our style of play after yesterday's match. It's fucking on!

Liverpool fans have higher standards. Martinelli wouldn’t have been allowed through the door. Diaz frustrates but he can play football. Martinelli can run fast and works hard. Lacks true football IQ. ...

A lot of Liverpool fans I know said he drove them mad

So 25m for martinelli is definitely absurd. Double that, minimum. Fuck sake we paid 52 for Madueke

He's scores and assists at the same rate as Martinelli. He has one action, cut in and hit it. Force him wide and he's totally neutered.

No, sorry, we’ve been through this. Diaz is head and shoulders a better player than Martinelli. For one, he can look up and run with the ball at the same time, a skill that somehow escapes our dear Ga...

Was just posting my observations of his key moments in the game in response to the suggestion that he should start v Leeds.
Maybe it’s not such a bad idea.

Nelli was mostly anonymous - not all his...

Absolutely. Look what Diaz to Bayern commanded. An equally as flawed player.

25m for Martinelli is too low! He's a 40m plus lad, otherwise better to keep him.

£10m for Lokonga is optimistic!

25m for Martinelli is too low! He's a 40m plus lad, otherwise better to keep him.

6.5m for Zinchenko is oddly specific, has someone put a bid in?
Seems really low

25m for Martinelli is too low! He's a 40m plus lad, otherwise better to keep him.

You can't hold back the years.

Agree-maybe not the smoothest start of the new order-but can't help feel joy looking at the division. Old Trafford never an oasis of calm for us but we saw it through- even in our slightly hexed white...

£10m for Lokonga is optimistic!

6.5m for Zinchenko is oddly specific, has someone put a bid in?
Seems really low

6.5m for Zinchenko is oddly specific, has someone put a bid in?
Seems really low

Zinchenko £6.5m
Lokonga £10m
Trossard £20m
Martinelli £25m
Vieira £20m

£81.5m

All down to outgoings and FFP

Nothing is impossible

I’d take Leao

Arse,
WiB/FoB

BBC Football absolutely creaming themselves over how vastly improved ManU shoulda/coulda/woulda won. Fuck them.

3 points on the board and happy Monday.

Zinchenko £6.5m
Lokonga £10m
Trossard £20m
Martinelli £25m
Vieira £20m

£81.5m

All down to outgoings and FFP

Nothing is impossible

I’d take Leao

Raphael Meade

Talking about good selling clubs yesterday, Arsenal probably at a critical juncture now on Martinelli. Two years left on his deal, £180k a week wages, performances really sub standard and likely impac...

Okay.. So Eze ain't happening because we extended Nwaneri. That's well and good but I thought it was mooted that we are still on the lookout for a (left sided) attacker despite having signed Madueke? ...

NB they had easier games. Pool at fortress fuckfield, man city away to a toothless wolves.
We had to go to castle greyskull with their dicks up with their 2 new really dangerous forwards.
I wouldn't ...

Okay.. So Eze ain't happening because we extended Nwaneri. That's well and good but I thought it was mooted that we are still on the lookout for a (left sided) attacker despite having signed Madueke? ...

Madueke has been training with the team for 2 weeks, please give it a fucking rest hammering him already

Fair point. We’ll get a clearer idea at home to Leeds

NB they had easier games. Pool at fortress fuckfield, man city away to a toothless wolves.
We had to go to castle greyskull with their dicks up with their 2 new really dangerous forwards.
I wouldn't ...

Honestly it's put me in a fantastic mood all this man utd wankfest, it's hilarious. They fucking lost , look how far they've fallen. Cunts.
Even Liverpool fans blowing smoke up their arses. Everyone h...

There is an argument that it wasn’t because of injuries last season or rustiness (why rustiness anyway? Did Man City and Liverpool look rusty?). Martinelli is Exhibit A. The argument is that we lack c...

Arse,
WiB/FoB

BBC Football absolutely creaming themselves over how vastly improved ManU shoulda/coulda/woulda won. Fuck them.

3 points on the board and happy Monday.

There is an argument that it wasn’t because of injuries last season or rustiness (why rustiness anyway? Did Man City and Liverpool look rusty?). Martinelli is Exhibit A. The argument is that we lack c...

Yes. limited attacking play last season was borne of the limited availability of the playing personnel (and some drops in form, most notably Ødegaard, who’s clearly looking better). Yesterday it was f...

Yes. limited attacking play last season was borne of the limited availability of the playing personnel (and some drops in form, most notably Ødegaard, who’s clearly looking better). Yesterday it was f...

Will it sort itself out tho? Whilst yesterday was a nadir with regards to our attack in open play, it is just a continuation of last season. Technically limited with little to no threat through the mi...

"then the tap-in miss looked woeful on the screen. Probably harder than it looked, but it just gave me Sanogo vibes. "

Defender got a touch, I think, hence it looked bad for Madueke

I thought the general shape and intent going forward, or trying to go forward looked pretty good but we were just half a second out of sync, or half a metre off the pace. A lot of mistakes as Arteta s...

Not sure I see any value in analysing Madueke's 20 minutes amongst that team performance and game situation when he came on, other than noting that he didn't look great at the defensive aspects. Not e...

Not sure I see any value in analysing Madueke's 20 minutes amongst that team performance and game situation when he came on, other than noting that he didn't look great at the defensive aspects. Not e...

"then the tap-in miss looked woeful on the screen. Probably harder than it looked, but it just gave me Sanogo vibes. "

Defender got a touch, I think, hence it looked bad for Madueke

I would be tempted to start Madueke vs Leeds

Kiwior not even on the bench and he's catching strays

Bit unfair

It's simple, we won because of Gabriel and would have lost if Kiwior played..Gabi made some crucial interventions, especially against Mbeumo..

Ditto.
Delighted with the result.
Performance - not great-hard to gauge.
Man U dominated the midfield.
When they countered their passes were fast and incisive. They always had open options.
No cohesio...

It's simple, we won because of Gabriel and would have lost if Kiwior played..Gabi made some crucial interventions, especially against Mbeumo..

Probably just trying to fit in with his new captain.

Haven't watched enough full Wolves games to understand if Cunha is always such a hand-wringing, wailing drip or if he was putting on a show for his new fans?

Sorry blogs, disagreed with you in the Preview post with your team selection (and reasoning). I thought Timber should have play left back to stop the threat of Mbeumo because, as you said, he was by f...

That 'pass' from Martinelli. Not sure what he was doing in that area, so I briefly thought, can't be him, though the way he ran and the way he fucked up I thought I'd recognised him, so wasn't surpris...

Wasn’t an off day for Martinelli. That’s his level these days. We badly need a change there and I don’t think it’s Madueke.

I worried Zubimemdi would struggle with the physical aspects in cut and thr...

I'd start Trossard, assuming he's back to full fitness.

I would be tempted to start Madueke vs Leeds

Amorim putting Maguire on to play up top ain't getting enough stick.

My head would have been on mars had we put Mosquera up front if we were chasing a goal.

I think we need to improve in the Leeds game and we will. We need to gain more confidence while playing Liverpool 2 weeks from now.

And moved the ball quickly. A big change from last year’s slow build up

I'm totally meh and blasé about it, it's been happening for what, at least 20 years over here? There are worse things in modern football.
Also, didn't even realise/notice it as I was just chatting wit...

Equally Cunha was all over Zubimendi for the goal. Have seen that give a penalty.
Never got why ok to wrap a player without the ball.

It's proper nonsense. I need to know, who asked for this and what value do they perceive it will have? Just more unnecessary "content".

I am basking in the utd feelings of being totally deflated.

It's proper nonsense. I need to know, who asked for this and what value do they perceive it will have? Just more unnecessary "content".

Also. The ref

He seemed unwilling to give a foul against Manure at OT. Maybe that’s the stadium thing Blogs is going on about.

It’s not just us but the man in black/blue

It was the first time I'd seen the half time crap. FFS, the captain should be resting and planning-hope this ends soon.

I don't think we were expecting Man Utd to be so intense in terms of their approach. They looked fitter.

Beware, the cup fixtures. But yes, a hard fixture successfully navigated.

I’m
Just pleased we don’t have to go back there this season

Morning all!

I’m grinning this morning. Tough watch though

was gonna say - they cudda had 2 pens on another day, plus our goal might've been disallowed - so I forgive the pettiness. I doubt we'd have been given that goal in the CL

was gonna say - they cudda had 2 pens on another day, plus our goal might've been disallowed - so I forgive the pettiness. I doubt we'd have been given that goal in the CL

at least he didn't give 'em any pelanties

🤗

I could do with us playing better and enjoying the whole match. Raya can’t be that good all season

I’m
Just pleased we don’t have to go back there this season

Arse. WiB.

Morning all.

The team in general were poor yesterday. You might call it rustiness, but whatever it was they will need to get much better quickly. Gyokeres looks like he wasn't even nearly...

Hugs Ted.

Morning all!

I’m grinning this morning. Tough watch though