Arsenal Discussion

[Chaaay AFC]

Amazing news, I think he has at least 2 more top seasons in him and re-signing Aubameyang was probably our most important business of the season. 

[Cicero]

No signs of slowing down either. 

[Dr. Gonzo]

On 13/09/2020 at 08:11, 6666 said:

Looks like it's done.

 

That's some pretty good business. He's been owned by Arsenal for a while, right? But never really got his chance until Leno went down last season - then took it, and took that chance really well.

Good amount of money and good work selling him at probably the highest point his value's been at for his whole Arsenal career.

[...Dan]

 

[CaaC (John)+]

Dennis Bergkamp: Ex-Arsenal forward on his football philosophy and future in the game

As a player, my mantra was: practice makes perfect. It's the same now I'm a coach, but I'm not looking for the next Dennis Bergkamp. I want to improve players and it wouldn't be a challenge to coach my younger self.

By that I mean I was a player who could solve problems myself - I didn't really need a manager or coach for that. I did my own thing but I was always professional about it. I was respectful enough to the manager to play in his philosophy, in his system. None of them had to ask me to change the way I played or trained.

Of course, with some of them - Johan Cruyff or Arsene Wenger, for instance - it was my philosophy as well, and that helped. But when I work with players now, I always prefer a challenge - like someone who is upset with me for any reason or, technically or tactically, doesn't know what to do. I feel that I can help.

I've not worked full-time since leaving Ajax in 2017 and I am not actively looking for a job in football at the moment. But, more and more, I am thinking about getting back on the training pitch again, because that is what I love the most.

Whatever I do next, though, I don't want to be a head coach. It's not my ambition and I like my freedom too much. I like to spend time with my family and have a life outside football, and I don't think you can be a fully committed manager if you want to play golf sometimes as well.

Seriously, though, I know certain clubs work with strikers' coaches, just like the old goalkeeper specialists who came in two or three times a week and as soon as the session was finished they were gone. But, for me, it would be too restrictive to be limited to that side of it. If someone is not doing well, I'd want to talk about the rest of his game - whether it be something tactical or a personal issue.

What I have in mind is a role that worked for me at Ajax, which was a lot like the one I had as a player - a little bit in between the lines. I wasn't really a striker or a midfielder, but in between.

That's how I see myself as a coach as well. I like to be involved with the first team but I think my power, my strength, is to bring players from the youth to the first team.

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[ScoRoss]

 

[Stan]

9 minutes ago, ScoRoss said:

 

@Gunnersauraus time for a name change...

[Rick]

They should be embarrassed. Having a player (who has been frozen out) offer to pay the wages of the club mascot is a sham. 

[Danny]

Surely they haven’t got rid of the mascot due to cost cutting? Surely that is something made up by the media? Surely.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Given that Ozil doesn't really play football anymore, couldn't they just give him the Gunnersaurus costume?

[Rick]

1 hour ago, Danny said:

Surely they haven’t got rid of the mascot due to cost cutting? Surely that is something made up by the media? Surely.

Nope, seems to be the case. Able to pay Partey 260k a week, can’t pay the mascot 80k a year. Also, how the fuck do I get a job as a mascot if that’s the wage?!

[Cicero]

2 hours ago, Rick said:

Nope, seems to be the case. Able to pay Partey 260k a week, can’t pay the mascot 80k a year. Also, how the fuck do I get a job as a mascot if that’s the wage?!

It was a joke

[Stan]

9 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Given that Ozil doesn't really play football anymore, couldn't they just give him the Gunnersaurus costume?

Plot twist, he's been in it all the time and he is Jerry Quy. 

[...Dan]

Tierney out for the Man City match.

[Stan]

3 hours ago, ...Dan said:

Tierney out for the Man City match.

 

42 minutes ago, shut up said:

 

 

Doesn't look like it

Well as it stands, yes. He has to self-isolate for 14 days. You play Man City on 17th, which is within those 14 days.

Unless the investigation proves otherwise, he'll be missing it...

[Cicero]

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Cicero said:

 

To be honest a bigger regret for me is not winning it in 2004. We really had a good chance that year. 

[Asura]

pathetic that the club cant pay wages for the mascot.

Also not happy with the fact that Torreira was shipped out, I like him and assuming it would be like another Ox, Gnabry kind of regret to let him go 

[Cicero]

You're upgrading him with a vastly superior player though. 

[Dave]

2 hours ago, Asura said:

pathetic that the club cant pay wages for the mascot.

Also not happy with the fact that Torreira was shipped out, I like him and assuming it would be like another Ox, Gnabry kind of regret to let him go 

Torreira looks to be better suited in a diamond formation behind two midfielders. Think its just a case of a good player that can't fit in to a new system.

[Bluewolf]

On 15/09/2020 at 16:31, ...Dan said:

Hopefully this means that we've shown him we mean business and we'll have some big transfers confirmed soon.

 

On 15/09/2020 at 17:02, Chaaay AFC said:

Amazing news, I think he has at least 2 more top seasons in him and re-signing Aubameyang was probably our most important business of the season. 

 

On 15/09/2020 at 17:25, Cicero said:

No signs of slowing down either. 

He has got a bit of a slating from some fans and Darren Bent about his performances so far this season.. 

Former Premier League striker Darren Bent has hit out at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for his form since signing a new lucrative contract with Arsenal.

 

"It's not the fact he hasn't scored a goal, it's the performances," Bent said.

"Before he signed his contract he was absolutely everywhere - running back, tracking back, putting tackles in, breaking forward. There was a real hunger and intensity to his game.

"At the minute, you can see there's been a massive drop off. I don't know if it's coincided with the new contract, but you can tell that he's not playing with the same intensity that he had before.

"When you focus so much on getting a new deal like Aubameyang did, you'll run that extra yard and make that extra effort.

"When he sits down now and analyses his performances before and after the contract he'll see that there's been a massive change."

Aubameyang also risked the wrath of Arsenal supporters when he was seen smiling and laughing with City's Ilkay Gundogan at full-time at the Etihad, with many upset that he did not seem too upset by the defeat.

[Cicero]

3 hours ago, Bluewolf said:

 

Blame the system. 

[Machado]

 

[Lucas]

I can't help but feel Arsenal are not handling this situation very well. The PR from them the last few months has been awful. Very 50/50 from amongst the fanbase from what I can gather on Ozil.

As an outsider, I can't help but feel you have Ozil's story, Arsenal's story and then somewhere in the middle is probably the truth.

I know he's had his critics, I am sure at some stage I have panned him for his lack of effort at times too. But he seems to be a very easy scapegoat there. I just can't help but feel he's being thrown under the bus a bit considering he has been at the club 8 years, so it's not like he doesn't care. 

All I do know is, to completely cut someone out altogether is brutal. There is no going back from that, which makes me feel its all become personal. Maybe this is a decision being made above Arteta's head.

I know he has had his critics but I don't think it's really the way to manage the situation. You are talking about a guy with some ridiculous talent still.

I'd have still kept him involved, especially in the cup competitions because end of the day, you are talking about a bloke who can come on and change a game, something I don't think Arsenal currently have a lot of.

[Mery003]

On 03/03/2017 at 19:16, Guest Cannabis said:

Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Highbury, London, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 13 League titles, 12 FA Cups (a joint record), two League Cups, 14 FA Community Shields, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Arsenal was the first club from the South of England to join The Football League, in 1893. They entered the First Division in 1904, and have since accumulated the second most points. Relegated only once, in 1913, they continue the longest streak in the top division. In the 1930s, Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups, and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war. In 1970–71, they won their first League and FA Cup Double. Between 1989 and 2005, they won five League titles and five FA Cups, including two more Doubles. They completed the 20th century with the highest average league position.

Herbert Chapman won Arsenal's first national trophies, but died prematurely. He helped introduce the WM formation, floodlights, and astroworld classic t-shirts in numbers, and added the white astroworld t shirt and brighter red to Arsenal's kit. Arsène Wenger has been the longest-serving manager and has won the most trophies. His teams set several English records: the longest win streak; the longest unbeaten run; and the only 38 match season unbeaten.

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All discussion relating to Arsenal that does not warrant it's own thread (i.e. - players signing new contracts, newspaper clippings etc...) should take place here.

Great. Very Informative.