The Arses - 8/28/2025

arseblog1 @ 06:23 | Aug 27, 2025

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northbankfc @ 06:02 | Aug 27, 2025

Reply to goldsoundz:

I feel like we are about to go bang. It is written.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/s/1SgWVee7Ox

It’s a long season, so many variable. What I can say for sure is I’ve never been as satisfied about an Arsenal squad. The feeling is like when Wenger was bringing Suker in and covering right-back with Luzhny. It sounds a weird comparison but at the time those positions needed to be covered and he got them straight away. Then he brought in Pires for Overmars and Henry for Anelka. He was so on it in those days. Arteta has got his wish and so have we. A lot of football to come but I’m so pumped for Sunday. I’ll be back in England and ready to see what this magnificent squad can do. 10/10 window congratulations to The Boss, to the Don and to the Bank that funded it all. Let’s go!

goldsoundz @ 01:57 | Aug 27, 2025

I feel like we are about to go bang. It is written.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/s/1SgWVee7Ox

hazza @ 22:09 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

Penalties 3 - 0 ?!?
ha ha, that's pretty awful, didn't even put up a fight.

Yup!

gooder @ 22:01 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Haha... Dirty Leeds dumped out of the Carabao Cup on pelanties!

Penalties 3 - 0 ?!?
ha ha, that's pretty awful, didn't even put up a fight.

hazza @ 21:35 | Aug 26, 2025

Haha... Dirty Leeds dumped out of the Carabao Cup on pelanties!

myleftwingfoot @ 21:20 | Aug 26, 2025

Arteta has spoken frequently about wanting a larger squad, and he now has one. I think the injuries, especially those last season, haunted him a bit.

We're already seeing him utilise that larger squad, partly due to injuries and partly due to managing player minutes.

Many of us have been wanting him to do this, and it appears, perhaps for the first time, that he has a squad where he feels he can genuinely do so.

gooder @ 20:18 | Aug 26, 2025

It's going to be fascinating to see how Arteta allocates enough minutes to all these players to keep them happy. A good problem to have but not one he's had to manage before.

gooder @ 20:16 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to mrswoo:

I see Liverpool are after Hincapie, too. (who aren't they after). And so to possibly are the Tiny Totts.

heh, well now we HAVE to buy him. can't have Liverpool beefing up their defense.

I wouldn't put much weight in their interest though. as long as their Isak chase remains on their resources would have to be running pretty thin.

mrswoo @ 19:46 | Aug 26, 2025

I see Liverpool are after Hincapie, too. (who aren't they after). And so to possibly are the Tiny Totts.

sly @ 19:31 | Aug 26, 2025

Frankie Howard (I am using Chat GPT for this):

“Oooh, no, missus! What’s this I see on the replay? The centre-back’s got both arms wrapped round the striker – ooooh, saucy! You can’t do that here, not in front of everybody! I mean, what would the vicar say? It’s illegal, yes, yes, naughty boy! So, regretfully – oh, don’t laugh – I’m overturning my decision… yes, yes, I’m giving the penalty! Oooh, it’s all coming out now!”

hazza @ 19:12 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

Samuel L Jackson as Ref Voice.

'Talk back one more time and I'm gonna red card your muthafuckin' ass off my muthafuckin' pitch, muthafucker!'

Enough is enough... I have had it with these mothafuckin' cunts on this mothafuckin' pitch!

pppontus @ 17:51 | Aug 26, 2025

I’m just getting more and more psyched about Eze

bassarse @ 17:26 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

AI is advanced enough to make every VAR stadium announcement in the voice of Barry White.

“Mmm, baby… after lookin’ at that sweet, sweet replay, I see the sexy centre-back’s got his arms all wrapped ...

Samuel L Jackson as Ref Voice.

'Talk back one more time and I'm gonna red card your muthafuckin' ass off my muthafuckin' pitch, muthafucker!'

trailhombre @ 17:24 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to mrswoo:

He seems to be know as Ebere Eze quite happily

You're getting confused with the Shamen hit, Ebere Eze Goode.

trailhombre @ 17:21 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

AI is advanced enough to make every VAR stadium announcement in the voice of Barry White.

“Mmm, baby… after lookin’ at that sweet, sweet replay, I see the sexy centre-back’s got his arms all wrapped ...

I reckon Bob Dylan would be great.

malaisegooner @ 16:46 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

If the headset was good enough for Madonna in 'Vogue' then it is good enough for the Premier League.

👀🤣

lukas @ 16:14 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to kleinfeld:

That slot cunt is coated in teflon

Apart from his big fucking shiny bald head, that's coated in crisp n' dry

Haha

kleinfeld @ 16:01 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to myleftwingfoot:

He also moaned about the amount of throw-ins and corners, as if that isn't part of the game.

Can only imagine the faux outrage if another Arsenal manager had said such things about a northern club wi...

That slot cunt is coated in teflon

Apart from his big fucking shiny bald head, that's coated in crisp n' dry

brucelee4ever @ 15:32 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

so do Everton and Forest.

Perhaps, there was a need to fiddle, or overlook.

gooder @ 15:28 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to myleftwingfoot:

I see Slot is not happy with the way Newcastle Arabia played football last night. Apparently, the ball was in play for the shortest amount of time since football was invented.

I wonder if those miser...

some clever observer with more time on their hands than us could probably fairly easily find Slot matches where his side were down to 10 men and played the exact same way.

gooder @ 15:21 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to buckagh:

I think you should park your worries. They have highly paid accountants that are able to add and substract.

so do Everton and Forest.

buckagh @ 15:17 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

I mentioned this yesterday. My only concern is in regards to PSR. They smacked Forest and Everton around over PSR, I think they'd be quick to smack us around too given the opportunity, and they'd b...

I think you should park your worries. They have highly paid accountants that are able to add and substract.

collibosher @ 15:10 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to myleftwingfoot:

Heh, Slot certainly does seem to be on the side of the angels.

More the other way round. Or maybe the little devils.

myleftwingfoot @ 15:09 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to collibosher:

I suspect that Liverpool have the support of a much higher authority than those miserable northern cunts on Sky. And I say that as an atheist!!

Heh, Slot certainly does seem to be on the side of the angels.

collibosher @ 15:08 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to myleftwingfoot:

I see Slot is not happy with the way Newcastle Arabia played football last night. Apparently, the ball was in play for the shortest amount of time since football was invented.

I wonder if those miser...

I suspect that Liverpool have the support of a much higher authority than those miserable northern cunts on Sky. And I say that as an atheist!!

myleftwingfoot @ 15:07 | Aug 26, 2025

He also moaned about the amount of throw-ins and corners, as if that isn't part of the game.

Can only imagine the faux outrage if another Arsenal manager had said such things about a northern club with such great British foundations.

myleftwingfoot @ 15:05 | Aug 26, 2025

I see Slot is not happy with the way Newcastle Arabia played football last night. Apparently, the ball was in play for the shortest amount of time since football was invented.

I wonder if those miserable northern cunts on Sky will berate him for such remarks, or will he get a pass as he's protected.

baichungbhutia @ 15:01 | Aug 26, 2025

I don’t mind the ref explaining the decision. In fact the whole conversation with the VAR team should be public.

collibosher @ 14:56 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

AI is advanced enough to make every VAR stadium announcement in the voice of Barry White.

“Mmm, baby… after lookin’ at that sweet, sweet replay, I see the sexy centre-back’s got his arms all wrapped ...

We don't need AI. Don't we have an Arsenal content provider who has a voice like that already?

sly @ 14:49 | Aug 26, 2025

AI is advanced enough to make every VAR stadium announcement in the voice of Barry White.

“Mmm, baby… after lookin’ at that sweet, sweet replay, I see the sexy centre-back’s got his arms all wrapped around that striker like it’s a Saturday night slow jam. But love’s for the dance floor, not the penalty box, sugar. So I’m switchin’ things up… and givin’ that penalty, oh yeah.”

pip @ 14:41 | Aug 26, 2025

Partridge

pip @ 14:41 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

was she wearing a headset? I never saw much past the cones.

🤣

pip @ 14:40 | Aug 26, 2025

They should get other people who can actually deliver the lines coherently to announce VAR*

I'm thinking along the lines of the explainers in the Big Short

gooder @ 14:40 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

If the headset was good enough for Madonna in 'Vogue' then it is good enough for the Premier League.

was she wearing a headset? I never saw much past the cones.

gooder @ 14:40 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to malaisegooner:

*Typo alert, Blogs*

There's an 'e' missing from Eberechi in today's piece and also previously.

"I’m sure Mikel Arteta will have looking at last night’s game.."
"if he goes then we’re going to looking to bring in..."

sly @ 14:31 | Aug 26, 2025

That's what I always say. Regardless of whether people know me or what I am referring to.

sly @ 14:29 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

100
Arse!
Bruce!
Just so I have it straight, we complain about not knowing what's happening with VAR within the stadium so they change it so that we do... and we complain? 🤨😂

I can understand bei...

If the headset was good enough for Madonna in 'Vogue' then it is good enough for the Premier League.

mrswoo @ 14:26 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to malaisegooner:

*Typo alert, Blogs*

There's an 'e' missing from Eberechi in today's piece and also previously.

He seems to be know as Ebere Eze quite happily

bassarse @ 14:23 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

Willock, Balogun. we did not bad with those two.

Forgot those - thanks.

gooder @ 14:23 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

We did pretty well on OC, Iwobi, Smith Rowe and Nketiah.

Willock, Balogun. we did not bad with those two.

bassarse @ 14:19 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

I mentioned this yesterday. My only concern is in regards to PSR. They smacked Forest and Everton around over PSR, I think they'd be quick to smack us around too given the opportunity, and they'd b...

We made over £100m from the CL run last season and over £170m from the PL, not to mention all the other income streams. Not paying Partey and Jorginho will also free up well over £15m.

There's money available.

myleftwingfoot @ 14:18 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to gooder:

100
Arse!
Bruce!
Just so I have it straight, we complain about not knowing what's happening with VAR within the stadium so they change it so that we do... and we complain? 🤨😂

I can understand bei...

Like most things with the PGMOL, it's the implementation rather than the idea.

Using Amstrad technology and telling everyone before the player is a bit shit.

gooder @ 14:16 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Anyway, this is fucking weird.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times

"I feel unseen"
yep, it's 2025 alright.

gooder @ 14:14 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

https://bsky.app/profile/theathleticfc.bsky.social/post/3lxbtb326pf27

What complete bollocks this is!

There's only one response to that, a Max winner at Anfield. 😏

gooder @ 14:13 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to myleftwingfoot:

It's a first to hear complaints about signing too many players.

It's not like this will be happening every summer; we'll probably have a relatively dry summer next year.

I mentioned this yesterday. My only concern is in regards to PSR. They smacked Forest and Everton around over PSR, I think they'd be quick to smack us around too given the opportunity, and they'd be overjoyed to do so.

but I'm trusting that the club have their accountants keeping a close eye on things.

hazza @ 14:10 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to myleftwingfoot:

Has your other order turned up from that 'other' place?

gooder @ 14:05 | Aug 26, 2025

100
Arse!
Bruce!
Just so I have it straight, we complain about not knowing what's happening with VAR within the stadium so they change it so that we do... and we complain? 🤨😂

I can understand being annoyed with shitty mics (what is this, 1985?) but complaining about the concept in general when people had been asking to be kept more informed...

myleftwingfoot @ 14:04 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Heh, after sending an enquiry email... I got notification that it has been shipped!

Has your other order turned up from that 'other' place?

myleftwingfoot @ 14:04 | Aug 26, 2025

It's a first to hear complaints about signing too many players.

It's not like this will be happening every summer; we'll probably have a relatively dry summer next year.

hazza @ 13:57 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Eze signing has fucked up Arsenal Direct.

Ordered a customised kids shirt almost 2 weeks ago, and not had any update to the order.

Useless cunts!

Heh, after sending an enquiry email... I got notification that it has been shipped!

mike1 @ 13:54 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to iufgn:

I don't mean the unknown/are they a good buy aspect. I mean the "affinity with the group" aspect and assimilating too many hitherto non arsenal players at once.
I know this rubs against the pursuit o...

If we had a very young, talented, fit, motivated, balanced, and full squad, then I'd agree. There will be a choice of churn or atrophy, the further away a club is from that ideal.
We needed tweaks to the first team, and major augmentation to the squad. The fuller the squad, the more rotation, the less likely stress injuries occur, and it will also reduce fatigue-related mistakes.

I assume, the next couple of years will mean smaller tweaks will be required - if it all works out.

northbankfc @ 13:47 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to malaisegooner:

Ah, it wouldn't be an Arteta era transfer window without a Left Back signing now would it? 😅

😂😂😂

malaisegooner @ 13:44 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

I'd like to think they do a 3D one with a free pair of splash-proof 3D glasses these days.

That would be really cool 😎

sly @ 13:40 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to malaisegooner:

+ a stack of lad mags. Are those still a thing?

I'd like to think they do a 3D one with a free pair of splash-proof 3D glasses these days.

malaisegooner @ 13:39 | Aug 26, 2025

*Typo alert, Blogs*

There's an 'e' missing from Eberechi in today's piece and also previously.

malaisegooner @ 13:37 | Aug 26, 2025

Ah, it wouldn't be an Arteta era transfer window without a Left Back signing now would it? 😅

malaisegooner @ 13:35 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to mike1:

Ask Letters

Hehe

mike1 @ 13:34 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to malaisegooner:

+ a stack of lad mags. Are those still a thing?

Ask Letters

malaisegooner @ 13:34 | Aug 26, 2025

Arse

WiB

malaisegooner @ 13:34 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

Surely we'll pay him in Panini football sticker packs?

+ a stack of lad mags. Are those still a thing?

sly @ 13:32 | Aug 26, 2025

Surely we'll pay him in Panini football sticker packs?

trailhombre @ 13:06 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pip:

Apologies, I shouldn't have used the abbreviation. A National Insurance number. In the UK you need one in order to get paid. You usually receive it around the time you are 16.

I want to know if he ...

My turn to apologise, crap attempt at humour. Presumably Dowman gets paid in the same way paperboys do, ie £30 a week cash in hand and nothing said about the occasional stolen Twix.

jackster @ 13:03 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pip:

Apologies, I shouldn't have used the abbreviation. A National Insurance number. In the UK you need one in order to get paid. You usually receive it around the time you are 16.

I want to know if he ...

I had a job in the summer holidays at a hospice when I was 15. They paid me £12 a week from the petty cash and kept back £18 a week to give to me all at once at the end.
I was rich beyond my wildest dreams

bassarse @ 12:46 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to collibosher:

I'm 71, and I got my NI Number when I was 16, but subsequent to that, they changed it so that you were given an NI Number the moment your parents claimed Child Benefit for you. I don't know whether th...

I got my NI number when I was a kid but it seems to have changed to getting it just before the sixteenth birthday.

collibosher @ 12:42 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pip:

Apologies, I shouldn't have used the abbreviation. A National Insurance number. In the UK you need one in order to get paid. You usually receive it around the time you are 16.

I want to know if he ...

I'm 71, and I got my NI Number when I was 16, but subsequent to that, they changed it so that you were given an NI Number the moment your parents claimed Child Benefit for you. I don't know whether the two-child benefit cap has affected the issue of NI numbers (as parents can't claim it for the 3rd child).

pip @ 12:37 | Aug 26, 2025

-bad spelling
+good spelling

pip @ 12:37 | Aug 26, 2025

Wonder if his apperances will be impacted by this legilsation

https://www.gov.uk/child-employment/restrictions-on-child-employment

chrism @ 12:36 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pip:

Apologies, I shouldn't have used the abbreviation. A National Insurance number. In the UK you need one in order to get paid. You usually receive it around the time you are 16.

I want to know if he ...

Brown envelopes

pip @ 12:32 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to trailhombre:

56

Apologies, I shouldn't have used the abbreviation. A National Insurance number. In the UK you need one in order to get paid. You usually receive it around the time you are 16.

I want to know if he has one and if not how he gets paid!

gunnerlocutor @ 12:25 | Aug 26, 2025

I think we will come back from Merseyside with all 3 points.
Liverpool 2-3 Arsenal seems likely, or at least plausible.
Just have to avoid dumb mistakes and not give the officials an excuse to screw us.

trailhombre @ 12:22 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to iufgn:

Is it just me feeling negative to this latest potential signing. I don't want a collection of players I've never heard of and I do want continuity

I can see where you're coming from. I think there's an optimum number of signings you can make in a single transfer window. Not saying we should go back to the days of bringing in one guy (and it being Petr Cech), but seven or eight seems an unwieldy number of players to integrate in a short space of time. Unless of course we have a specialist coach for that.

trailhombre @ 12:15 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pip:

Has Max Dowman even got an NI number yet?

gunnerlocutor @ 11:48 | Aug 26, 2025

Arse
Well in the usual.
Thanks for the bday wishes yesterday gents. Turned into a decent day. Got several nice notes from past GL GFs (including from 2 different countries - one in your town Olz). After imbibing some bday Makers 46 I invited one to join me next week for holiday on an idyllic New England island. She demurred due to a work trip but was pleased to be invited. As some sports star once said, you miss every shot you don’t take. 😂

benzed @ 11:30 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Eze signing has fucked up Arsenal Direct.

Ordered a customised kids shirt almost 2 weeks ago, and not had any update to the order.

Useless cunts!

Seems to have confused Fantasy PL too. One of my sock teams (consisting of only current and former Arsenal players) now has 4 Arsenal players, after Eze's acquisition and the site appears to be allowing it. A glitch in the multi-million dollar matrix.

pip @ 11:28 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to sly:

We’ve already had four injuries (White, Saka, Odegaard, Havertz),

+Norgaard

Already a LANS

sly @ 11:01 | Aug 26, 2025

We’ve already had four injuries (White, Saka, Odegaard, Havertz),

+Norgaard

freddieathome @ 10:55 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Eze signing has fucked up Arsenal Direct.

Ordered a customised kids shirt almost 2 weeks ago, and not had any update to the order.

Useless cunts!

Was the same a few years ago when the green third came out took 3 weeks

hazza @ 10:44 | Aug 26, 2025

Eze signing has fucked up Arsenal Direct.

Ordered a customised kids shirt almost 2 weeks ago, and not had any update to the order.

Useless cunts!

brucelee4ever @ 10:34 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to collibosher:

“simulates all the characteristics of consciousness but is internally blank”.

Reminds me of a few people I know, to be fair.

😂

northbankfc @ 10:18 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to iufgn:

I don't mean the unknown/are they a good buy aspect. I mean the "affinity with the group" aspect and assimilating too many hitherto non arsenal players at once.
I know this rubs against the pursuit o...

Let’s get the right squad first and then keep them. We have a core group of England players now, most from the club youth, others like Rice from London. The big players coming in like Gyökeres want to play for Arsenal. It’s never ideal this many signings but it feels absolutely necessary. I always dreamed of such a revamp, and built already on serious change after some dodgy and incompetent previous directors of football. This is a transformation and I’m all for it… AND I miss Highbury too and wish they hadn’t turned it into flats. But we are where we are, this is revolutionary. You do want Arsenal to win, don’t you?

northbankfc @ 10:10 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

Kiwior did very well what is his main function - to defend. A very different player from Calafiori, for example, but no worse because of it. Kiwior is a central defender who was asked to fill in at LB...

I wasn’t sure about him at the start but I agree a model professional and a decent defender. I always felt he lacked personality though a bit too humble. He saved us after Gabriel’s absence. Top work. But Hincapié looks (from a few reels, granted!) someone who can defend and attack. Likes a cross from the byline too it seems. I’m all for this. Hope it works out for all concerned.

iufgn @ 10:10 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to mike1:

I've got a group of players that may interest you: Michael Keane, Casemiro, Onana and Fulkrug.

All known. All experienced

I don't mean the unknown/are they a good buy aspect. I mean the "affinity with the group" aspect and assimilating too many hitherto non arsenal players at once.
I know this rubs against the pursuit of success and you can't have your cake and eat it. But I'm minded to have it a bit more.
I like looking at the arsenal teams over the years and it not to be a different group every couple of years. Then, I'm sentimental and would've stayed at Highbury..

lukas @ 10:02 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

Kiwior did very well what is his main function - to defend. A very different player from Calafiori, for example, but no worse because of it. Kiwior is a central defender who was asked to fill in at LB...

I really like Kiwior, I follow a lot of Serie A so was hoping he'd get a signing over there. I'll be wishing him well at Porto all the same. A very solid player and a good pro.

mike1 @ 09:59 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

Kiwior did very well what is his main function - to defend. A very different player from Calafiori, for example, but no worse because of it. Kiwior is a central defender who was asked to fill in at LB...

Good solid pro who never seemed to complain. I wish him well. Replacing him with someone faster and more robust.

Good business

bassarse @ 09:55 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to northbankfc:

I thought ending on the Eze signing would have been poetic. But I didn’t see hope for Zinchenko and Kiwior, while proving himself a dependable player, lacked the dynamism going forward. Hato was the s...

Kiwior did very well what is his main function - to defend. A very different player from Calafiori, for example, but no worse because of it. Kiwior is a central defender who was asked to fill in at LB from time to time.

I hope he does well at Porto.

salaar @ 09:55 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to mike1:

I've got a group of players that may interest you: Michael Keane, Casemiro, Onana and Fulkrug.

All known. All experienced

Now I like you Mike but that...is the language of the snooker hall ;p

northbankfc @ 09:50 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pip:

I think Berta is on commission

I thought ending on the Eze signing would have been poetic. But I didn’t see hope for Zinchenko and Kiwior, while proving himself a dependable player, lacked the dynamism going forward. Hato was the star signing but he was expensive. Hearing that the Hincapié is a loan with option to buy. And he looks good. Another disciplined and efficient bit of business. Vi bacio le mani Don Berta 🤌

chrism @ 09:38 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Kiwior on loan to Porto with a mandatory €27m purchase at the end.

Not bad going, I guess.

This appears to me what you have to do with good backup players. If they are good enough to start in most teams then they will, for the most part, want to test themselves. So we sell him and get Hincapie in and rotate the backups every couple of seasons. Ferguson did this for years. Eventually the starters will need replacing and hopefully you have a ready made replacement waiting in the wings. And if one of these guys really explodes and is worthy of replacing one of the starters then you sell the current incumbent for £150m.

mike1 @ 09:35 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to iufgn:

Is it just me feeling negative to this latest potential signing. I don't want a collection of players I've never heard of and I do want continuity

I've got a group of players that may interest you: Michael Keane, Casemiro, Onana and Fulkrug.

All known. All experienced

pip @ 09:29 | Aug 26, 2025

I think Berta is on commission

benzed @ 08:52 | Aug 26, 2025

That's it, you basically want PL clubs to be interested. As I understand it, Kiwior was not interested in staying in England. Which considering he is Polish, says a lot about the decline in the once glorious Brittania :)

trailhombre @ 08:52 | Aug 26, 2025

Today on the Moral Maze: How many players can you buy in a single transfer window without straying into Chelsea/City 'buying the title' territory?

northbankfc @ 08:47 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to catfishstgermain:

Does feel a bit like we've been too stubborn on the whole. So many of the players we are looking to sell have major issues and when you look at someone like Vieira, having cost like £24m, you can't ex...

This

catfishstgermain @ 08:42 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

Difference being that they were English players sold to English clubs, I guess.

We haven't done so well with overseas players and overseas clubs.

Does feel a bit like we've been too stubborn on the whole. So many of the players we are looking to sell have major issues and when you look at someone like Vieira, having cost like £24m, you can't expect anyone to have watched the last few years to pay that. Looks like we're making a small profit on Kiwior which...yeah he's had a small profit sort of time here. Ofc we don't know anything about how discussions have gone so...

Basically no team does well selling overpaid or injury prone lads they obviously want rid of and thats often been a large % of who we need to sell.

salaar @ 08:30 | Aug 26, 2025

WiB
Well left Blogs
Brain fog on the Tyne

iclass @ 08:28 | Aug 26, 2025

50 arses already. Busy start

WiB

bassarse @ 08:25 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to bassarse:

We did pretty well on OC, Iwobi, Smith Rowe and Nketiah.

Difference being that they were English players sold to English clubs, I guess.

We haven't done so well with overseas players and overseas clubs.

bassarse @ 08:23 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to pppontus:

Kiwior for that price is a steal. But we haven’t really sold well since Barca stopped buying our players.

We did pretty well on OC, Iwobi, Smith Rowe and Nketiah.

pppontus @ 08:21 | Aug 26, 2025

Kiwior for that price is a steal. But we haven’t really sold well since Barca stopped buying our players.

bassarse @ 08:19 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Kiwior on loan to Porto with a mandatory €27m purchase at the end.

Not bad going, I guess.

It still seems low to me, Hazza.

hazza @ 08:12 | Aug 26, 2025

Kiwior on loan to Porto with a mandatory €27m purchase at the end.

Not bad going, I guess.

northbankfc @ 08:12 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

I mostly fear the dormant Salah who will no doubt step up his game against us. I would play Timber out there myself, though what that leaves us on the right side is far deeper thinking than I am capab...

Mosquera has already shown he can be solid on the right. I agree about left side. Calafiori’s great for our attack but is waiting to be skinned by Salah.

benzed @ 08:07 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to blindpug:

That’s twice Liverpool have given away two goal leads. Not saying they don’t have a good attack but we’ve got a good defense - best they will have played against so far anyway. And can we score two go...

I mostly fear the dormant Salah who will no doubt step up his game against us. I would play Timber out there myself, though what that leaves us on the right side is far deeper thinking than I am capable of without first consulting AI.

Deep down I hope for Salah to be their Walcott / Özil / Auba / Adebayor - playing out of his skin at contrat time, then falling away like a wet lettuce once the wealth is secured.

northbankfc @ 08:06 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to iufgn:

Is it just me feeling negative to this latest potential signing. I don't want a collection of players I've never heard of and I do want continuity

Had you heard of Mosquera? I hadn’t, but as soon as he came on pre-season I knew we’d found a gem. Hincapié from the reels looks good. Strong, dynamic, great left-foot delivery. My trust has grown exponentially. We have a serious director of football now.

bassarse @ 08:05 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to iufgn:

Is it just me feeling negative to this latest potential signing. I don't want a collection of players I've never heard of and I do want continuity

It is just you

pip @ 08:01 | Aug 26, 2025

Has Max Dowman even got an NI number yet?

iufgn @ 07:58 | Aug 26, 2025

Is it just me feeling negative to this latest potential signing. I don't want a collection of players I've never heard of and I do want continuity

blindpug @ 07:45 | Aug 26, 2025

That’s twice Liverpool have given away two goal leads. Not saying they don’t have a good attack but we’ve got a good defense - best they will have played against so far anyway. And can we score two goals against them? Chances aren’t bad. Quite a game coming up?

bassarse @ 07:40 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to shrek2be:

The Rodrygo saga is getting boring - a case of "will he or won't he"?

What saga? All it's been is a series of posts by aggregators for their own benefit.

Stay away from anyone but Ornstein (and Romano, at a push).

collibosher @ 07:39 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Anyway, this is fucking weird.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times

“simulates all the characteristics of consciousness but is internally blank”.

Reminds me of a few people I know, to be fair.

shrek2be @ 07:35 | Aug 26, 2025

Also saw us linked to Spanish fullback Arnau Martinez from Girona in a cheaper deal.... of €10M. But the source is iffy.

But if it is true, does that mean Ben White is injured for a longer period than expected?

northbankfc @ 07:30 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to northbankfc:

It’s not swollen. It’s damn near perfect!

Apart from Vieira, Reiss, Lokonga, Zinchenko. They can go. Kiwior too if we get the Ecuadorian.

northbankfc @ 07:28 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to optimist:

Morning all. FOB.
Huge outlay, swollen squad, collecting CBs…. Let’s get Saliba’s contract extension done quick before Madrid come with an offer which makes too much financial sense to turn down.

It’s not swollen. It’s damn near perfect!

northbankfc @ 07:28 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Anyway, this is fucking weird.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times

😂😂😂 being gaslit by code. Why are some tech people so fucking dumb? The issue isn’t AI sentience, it’s the lack of sentience in AI programmers!

benzed @ 07:27 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to arseblog1:

"Grok is this true?"

Haha. But you have to type Gork

optimist @ 07:19 | Aug 26, 2025

Morning all. FOB.
Huge outlay, swollen squad, collecting CBs…. Let’s get Saliba’s contract extension done quick before Madrid come with an offer which makes too much financial sense to turn down.

brucelee4ever @ 07:16 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

AI will be the death of this species. Instead of using it to quickly generate a pretty flowchart based on mundane data, people want to play around with creating a conscious digital human. Get it to de...

Heh

AI, to work out, that the best thing for the survival of the planet is the end of the human species.

Sci-fi stuff, but scary.

arseblog1 @ 07:10 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

AI will be the death of this species. Instead of using it to quickly generate a pretty flowchart based on mundane data, people want to play around with creating a conscious digital human. Get it to de...

"Grok is this true?"

benzed @ 07:01 | Aug 26, 2025

AI will be the death of this species. Instead of using it to quickly generate a pretty flowchart based on mundane data, people want to play around with creating a conscious digital human. Get it to design an efficient biological weapon. Combine the two, boom.

brucelee4ever @ 06:59 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Anyway, this is fucking weird.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times

Heh, just read that.

AI well-being.

chrism @ 06:59 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Anyway, this is fucking weird.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times

Yeah, saw this this morning, fucking wierdos.

chrism @ 06:58 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Wolves turning down 50m for their Norwegian so-so striker. The barcodes can't buy anybody, this Isak thing will go down to the wire. If the Saudis are made of anything, they'll hold him and make him t...

The rotting in the reserves thing won't happen. While it wouldn't hurt them financially immediately, they'd still have a striker they can't play, keep all the bad publicity going and most likely end up in a constructive dismissal court case. If they keep him, he'll most likely sign a contract with a release clause next Summer and play for the rest of the season like nothing happened.

benzed @ 06:57 | Aug 26, 2025

Anyway, this is fucking weird.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times

benzed @ 06:57 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to shrek2be:

As Andrew said in the blog, they will be regarded as massive losers if they let him go to Liverpool now.

There's a blog?

chrism @ 06:55 | Aug 26, 2025

Arse. WiB.

Morning all.

shrek2be @ 06:55 | Aug 26, 2025

The Rodrygo saga is getting boring - a case of "will he or won't he"?

shrek2be @ 06:53 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Wolves turning down 50m for their Norwegian so-so striker. The barcodes can't buy anybody, this Isak thing will go down to the wire. If the Saudis are made of anything, they'll hold him and make him t...

As Andrew said in the blog, they will be regarded as massive losers if they let him go to Liverpool now.

hazza @ 06:51 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to benzed:

Wolves turning down 50m for their Norwegian so-so striker. The barcodes can't buy anybody, this Isak thing will go down to the wire. If the Saudis are made of anything, they'll hold him and make him t...

They have to keep him, otherwise they'll be shown as being weak cunts!

benzed @ 06:46 | Aug 26, 2025

Wolves turning down 50m for their Norwegian so-so striker. The barcodes can't buy anybody, this Isak thing will go down to the wire. If the Saudis are made of anything, they'll hold him and make him tow the line or rot in the reserves. Let's see...

shrek2be @ 06:43 | Aug 26, 2025

That was a quality finish from the Liverpool youngster, Ngumoha

shrek2be @ 06:42 | Aug 26, 2025

LiVARpool constantly getting decisions their way.... nothing new

benzed @ 06:42 | Aug 26, 2025

Perhaps Bluesky is taking the Twatter route and not allowing access to the goodness if you won't login (at work so largely avoid logging in to socials, even more so now there's been a raft of sackings)

benzed @ 06:40 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

https://bsky.app/profile/theathleticfc.bsky.social/post/3lxbtb326pf27

What complete bollocks this is!

Arse.
Is that link deleted? Won't open for me.

northbankfc @ 06:28 | Aug 26, 2025

The ref announcing decisions on a headphone mike should be banned just so we don’t have to hear another overweight ref panting and breathing heavily while blurting out a decision! I guess it’s meant to keep fans informed in the moment, but I agree it’s quiz show contestant entertainment fluff that should never have happened.

And Anthony Gordon will serve his ban and be ready to join his band of Orcs as they try to decapitate every Arsenal player when we meet them. They did so well to come back, but as soon as I saw 11 minutes it felt inevitable. Elanga played well but was hopeless tracking back for Liverpool’s winner. It’s down to us now. Game on!

freddieathome @ 06:25 | Aug 26, 2025

WiB

hazza @ 06:21 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to brucelee4ever:

Thank you.

So they can get a ticket for themselves and one adult?

Yeah, technically.

But I've set up their accounts... So once they're old enough to enter themselves, I'll do it for now.

hazza @ 06:20 | Aug 26, 2025

https://bsky.app/profile/theathleticfc.bsky.social/post/3lxbtb326pf27

What complete bollocks this is!

brucelee4ever @ 06:19 | Aug 26, 2025

are the biggest LOSERS in the history of the Premier League. Ever.

They’ve already been there: "I will love it if we beat them,"

brucelee4ever @ 06:18 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

An adult has to enter for them.

Junior Cannon/Gunners - ages 4-11

Thank you.

So they can get a ticket for themselves and one adult?

hazza @ 06:16 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to brucelee4ever:

Only just saw it.

Hazza, what type of membership does Jr have for the Emirates?

And are they able to buy tickets for competitive games, or do I as an adult need to be a member?

An adult has to enter for them.

Junior Cannon/Gunners - ages 4-11

hazza @ 06:15 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to brucelee4ever:

Only just saw it.

Hazza, what type of membership does Jr have for the Emirates?

And are they able to buy tickets for competitive games, or do I as an adult need to be a member?

They both have the Junior Cannon membership.

I can enter the ballots on their behalf and assign tickets to them if successful.

brucelee4ever @ 06:15 | Aug 26, 2025

Gordon, is a moron 🤔😉😁

brucelee4ever @ 06:13 | Aug 26, 2025

Reply to hazza:

Fuck off Bruce!

Only just saw it.

Hazza, what type of membership does Jr have for the Emirates?

And are they able to buy tickets for competitive games, or do I as an adult need to be a member?

hazza @ 06:11 | Aug 26, 2025

Fuck off Bruce!

brucelee4ever @ 06:11 | Aug 26, 2025

Cheers blogs

Hello Team

brucelee4ever @ 06:11 | Aug 26, 2025

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