Arsenal 2021-22: The Youth Movement

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

 

[Dutch 4465]

 

[Dutch 4465]

The bad news:

Partey looks likely to miss the first few weeks of the season. 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

i'm trying to pay to watch this match against Spurs on arsenal.com and the website is going nuts, refreshing over and over and not letting me pay. shit is very aggravating.

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

[skipperj 377]

They were fucking rubbish last year. And they were fucking rubbish the year before. And I don't care if they are top of the League, they'll be fucking rubbish this year, too. And next year. And the year after that. I'm not joking.

[Ted Lange 16082]

Arsenal aside I glad you are alive 

[Ted Lange 16082]

Thread title looks even more appropriate now 

[idigTexas 2284]

17 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Thread title looks even more appropriate now 

So does skipper's post.

Edited August 13, 2021 by idigTexas

[shadow_operative 15932]

helluva start to the new campaign. 

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1603]

Well, looks like we’re getting Odegaard.

[shadow_operative 15932]

24 minutes ago, GlenFromTheMailRoom said:

Well, looks like we’re getting Odegaard.

much needed, and much cheaper than Maddison. 

[dbecks 442]

Bologun should starts(?!?)

[Ted Lange 16082]

Why no Saka?

 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Like the looks of these kits...we will see about the play on the pitch

[CooterBrown 18001]

Same old shit.

[shadow_operative 15932]

yup, that's what i was expecting.

[shadow_operative 15932]

i recently predicted that we would finish september on 5 points (that's through six matches). i may have been optimistic.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Generally control play, don't do shit with it give up a goal to a lesser side.  Yep it's Arsenal again.

[CooterBrown 18001]

I figured we’d do well to draw against a newly promoted team but I guess that was a bit too optimistic.

[CooterBrown 18001]

Our passing is atrocious. We keep mistaking out of bounds for a teammate.

[Ted Lange 16082]

Once we get a red, we will have the trifecta of excuses for Arteta.   SMH 

[Ted Lange 16082]

Leno is so average.   

[Surly Bevo 24908]

It's piss

[Buzzrock 14901]

Well. Fuck.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

13 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Well. Fuck.

Motion to retitle thread.  Arsenal 2020-2021:  Well Fuck

[dbecks 442]

Holy fuck... are they going to lose to a club playing its first game EVER in the Premiership?  Nothing surprises me about Arsenal at this point.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Honestly at this point it feels like we should sack Arteta and just see if Arsene wants to run it back.  Yea yea some of his tactics and decisions are dated and we will never win the Prem but he at least seemed to know how to make the best chicken salad of this chicken shit of an owner.  

[Ted Lange 16082]

Arteta masterclass on having your team continually cross the ball to no one. 

[Surly Bevo 24908]

16 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Motion to retitle thread.  Arsenal 2020-2021:  Well Fuck

Do I hear a second?

[CooterBrown 18001]

[dbecks 442]

8 minutes ago, dbecks said:

Holy fuck... are they going to lose to a club playing its first game EVER in the Premiership?  Nothing surprises me about Arsenal at this point.

Yes, yes they are.

[QuesoEspecial 255]

Welp, this stings 🐝 ... 3rd kit is 🔥 

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1603]

New signings played well.

Mari sucks.

Leno sucks.

For the love of god, get odeegard.

wtf Balogun?

Did some forget to tell Arteta this isn’t preseason?

It’s the first match of the season and it feels like it’s already over.  

Edited August 13, 2021 by GlenFromTheMailRoom

[Surly Bevo 24908]

14 minutes ago, GlenFromTheMailRoom said:

It’s the first match of the season and it feels like it’s already over.  

It is

[Capn81 372]

Well, that was something.

[Ted Lange 16082]

Balogun has never been anything more than ok to me,   He needs to be loaned to a mid table German or Italy side to get a bunch of minutes.

Also, Arteta sucks. 

[Capn81 372]

Arsenal 2021-2022: Same Circus Different Clowns

[Buzzrock 14901]

Do I hear a second?

Seconded

[Dutch 4465]

 

 

I put more effort into this post that the entire club did today. What an absolute fucking joke. Arteta’s got to go. Not that we have a board or owner that gives a 0.00000000001 of a fuck.

If relegation gets Kroenke the fuck out of our club, then bring it on. Fucking hell…

Edited August 13, 2021 by Dutch

[texanbychoice 354]

Tough loss, guys. Go get ‘em next week.

[shadow_operative 15932]

On 8/13/2021 at 6:55 PM, texanbychoice said:

Tough loss, guys. Go get ‘em next week.

 

[Dutch 4465]

Spurs aren't on the list? Damn. I mean... even the aggy hall of champions has more silverware than Spurs.  Chin up.  You lot can't be EPL aggy forever.

[Dutch 4465]

Reported fee of £34m, net of ~ £8m after the Willock sale. I think he’ll settle in more this season. Should join the squad in a few days.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/17/arsenal-set-to-sign-martin-degaard-from-real-madrid-and-target-ramsdale

Edited August 17, 2021 by Dutch

[Dutch 4465]

Reportedly may play vs Chelsea. God knows we need the creativity.

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

hallelujah. we still need a RB, a striker, a CM who's better than Xhaka, and potentially a GK. since that shit ain't gonna happen, we just better hope that our post-xmas form last season was the real deal, cuz we're basically running it back. 

that said, i know how bleak shit looks right now, but i really do think we have some serious young talent, and the potential to be right back in Europe/CL by 2022-23- if we have the right manager.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

They play like they have some weight on them. It sure as shit shouldn’t be expectations at this point so I fear just poor management. Wanted Arteta to work not sure he will but then again not sure anybody we can get with this shitty ownership group will unless we catch lightning in a bottle.

[shadow_operative 15932]

16 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

They play like they have some weight on them. It sure as shit shouldn’t be expectations at this point so I fear just poor management. Wanted Arteta to work not sure he will but then again not sure anybody we can get with this shitty ownership group will unless we catch lightning in a bottle.

yeah that's the thing- Arteta has shown nothing as manager, but i just can't get all that worked up over it when year after year after year after year i watch our rivals hit the ground running, knocking out big transfer after big transfer while we spend 8 weeks trying to lock down maybe one guy who will be in our starting XI. i've got to much vitriol built up towards them and the board to get worked up over our players and manager. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

the summer transfer window of 2016 was illuminating for me. i remember Man U rolling out of bed and bringing in Zlatan, Pogba, Bailley, and Mourinho. meanwhile at Arsenal, after agreeing to sign Granit Xhaka prior to the summer window, we brought in the amazing haul of...checks notes...Skhodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez. that's two clubs operating in totally different stratospheres.

Edited August 18, 2021 by shadow_operative