Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2020/2021

L'prof

Azatadine wrote: »

Chelsea have really turned it around since Tuchel came in. Bit of a gap opening between them and the chasing pack. Still tight but they are on a roll.

They have a huge squad full of quality. He’s had a great start though, really turned them around

Azatadine

L'prof wrote: »

They have a huge squad full of quality. He’s had a great start though, really turned them around

Moyes doing a great job with the Hammers at the moment too. They are 2-0 up vs Leeds now.

L'prof

Yeah, I can’t say the same about their squad :pac: Great work done by Moyes, I’ve been surprised and impressed

Bobby Baccala

tayto lover wrote: »

You could be right but it’s a very dangerous game for Arteta to play.
If we don’t win the Europa and also lose more ground in the EPL he’d be signing his own death warrant imo. The teams around us have games in hand and we could drop to as low as 13th if we’re not careful,
Anyway I’m still hoping Arteta becomes a successful manager and gets us back to where we belong but it’s a tightrope he’s walking.

Not sure how losing more ground in the league would matter really because top 4 is long gone and we’re better off avoiding being in the europa next season.

Can’t see us winning the europa this season either tbh, the current team has too many errors in it to make it to the final and there’s still some pretty strong opposition left in it including Olympiakos this Thursday night who are a bit of a wild card.

Would be quite the feat if they did pull it off all the same.

Each spot in the league was a difference of £3.2million last season. FA Cup win is £1.8million.

EDIT: Winner of the FA Cup gets £3.4million total, prize money is paid at each round.

Bobby Baccala

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Each spot in the league was a difference of £3.2million last season. FA Cup win is £1.8million.

EDIT: Winner of the FA Cup gets £3.4million total, prize money is paid at each round.

What’s the europa prize money like?

Bobby Baccala

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

What’s the europa prize money like?

No idea off the top of my head but there's a £12.8million difference between 8th and 12th, it's not nothing. And again just depressing that we're even having this conversation.

DvB

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

What’s the europa prize money like?

8.5m in 2020 anyway.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/how-much-money-do-europa-league-2019-20-winners-get/meutfpowb2kr1p757syy3cdzk

I assume it's like the CL whereby there's also TV money which varies depending on where the club are from.

DenMan

Let's hope this isn't a recurring thing! Also the prospect of no European football next season for the first time in twenty years or so.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12237370/arsenal-report-47-8m-loss-citing-impact-of-coronavirus-on-clubs-finances

beer enigma

Sounds like Mikel Merino & Mikel Oyarzabal are both being looked at by Arsenal, how many Mikels make a team

Bobby Baccala

beer enigma wrote: »

Sounds like Mikel Merino & Mikel Oyarzabal are both being looked at by Arsenal, how many Mikels make a team

Had to google both of them tbh, haven’t a clue when it comes to la liga football these days. Any truth in the rumours about Hakimi?

wonski

DenMan wrote: »

Let's hope this isn't a recurring thing! Also the prospect of no European football next season for the first time in twenty years or so.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12237370/arsenal-report-47-8m-loss-citing-impact-of-coronavirus-on-clubs-finances

All clubs will be in similar situation, no European football will make it worse for us of course.

I suspect transfers prices will drop, but with these financial results it won't help much.

Transfer market could get very quiet this summer.

tayto lover

DenMan wrote: »

Let's hope this isn't a recurring thing! Also the prospect of no European football next season for the first time in twenty years or so.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12237370/arsenal-report-47-8m-loss-citing-impact-of-coronavirus-on-clubs-finances

I’d say the club will only take players on loan for awhile until the finances get back to where they were and fans can return to matches.

stuchyg

beer enigma wrote: »

Sounds like Mikel Merino & Mikel Oyarzabal are both being looked at by Arsenal, how many Mikels make a team

Can't imagine there is a chance we can afford oyarzabal

emmetlego

According to Sky sports, Balogun and the club are negotiating a new contract at the moment.

Quazzie

emmetlego wrote: »

According to Sky sports, Balogun and the club are negotiating a new contract at the moment.

I won't believe it till I see Beers creaming himself figuratively on this thread.

brianregan09

Be great if we can intergrate him back into the team for the run in

DenMan

Both Utd and Arsenal's Europa League games are live on Virgin Media 2 tonight. We're the later game with an 8pm KO. Looking forward to seeing the team tonight and performing well. Gabriel is expected to start tonight in place of Mari. COYG

Ol' Donie

DenMan wrote: »

Both Utd and Arsenal's Europa League games are live on Virgin Media 2 tonight. We're the later game with an 8pm KO. Looking forward to seeing the team tonight and performing well. Gabriel is expected to start tonight in place of Mari. COYG

Oh yes!

Gotta move a few things round in work to finiah in time, but that is perfect. Thanks!

Marcus Antonius

DenMan wrote: »

Both Utd and Arsenal's Europa League games are live on Virgin Media 2 tonight. We're the later game with an 8pm KO. Looking forward to seeing the team tonight and performing well. Gabriel is expected to start tonight in place of Mari. COYG

Also glad we're the later game tonight. Hoping for a good performance, set us up well for the weekend too if we get a result!

tayto lover

Never cared much for this competition until they allowed the winners into the Champions League where the money is and where you really have to be to attract the top players. Looking forward to tonight’s game. Hope Arteta picks our best team for tonight and Sunday.

Gizmo55

I really want Arteta to succeed and I do have hope but I’m certainly one of the people who are not sure at all yet. What really bugs me is his generic answers to pretty much everything. It just makes me trust the process even less. Some honesty would go a long way. I’m fully aware that he’s not the first Arsenal manager to not be transparent, but I hear a lot of waffle. I just hope things come good soon.

Gizmo55

I think he's done great work shifting out the deadwood and bringing in some good players. I think he genuinely sees what needs to be done at the club. He can talk and talk as we've seen. I'm just not sure that he's able to motivate players in the way that a special manager can. To me it's clear by our results. There was no upturn when he arrived, a new manager usually gets that. I just don't see him motivating the players. Again, I really hope I'm wrong.

DenMan

If Willian starts he'll have another blinder just like the Leicester game.

tayto lover

DenMan wrote: »

If Willian starts he'll have another blinder just like the Leicester game.

He’s due a few at this stage.
One swallow .......

Ardennes1944

https://twitter.com/ChrisWheatley_/status/1370081881518133250?s=19

Awesomeness

Eddie hasn't been seen in a while. I would assume he's out the door this summer

DenMan

I like this team! COYG

Underground

Just watching Arsenal's greatest Champions League nights on BT sport there. I completely forgot we beat Pep's Bayern Munich team 2-0 in the 2015 group stage.

My god how far we have fallen since then and how far away we are from that now. That is not a gradual descent, that is falling off a cliff,at least in terms of stature. Hopefully we're in the process of reversing it.

emmetlego

Awesomeness wrote: »

Eddie hasn't been seen in a while. I would assume he's out the door this summer

I know he's been awesome with the English underage teams, but I've seen very little to excite me when he was with Leeds or with us in cup games. He's certainly no Haaland!

Azatadine

Underground wrote: »

Just watching Arsenal's greatest Champions League nights on BT sport there. I completely forgot we beat Pep's Bayern Munich team 2-0 in the 2015 group stage.

My god how far we have fallen since then and how far away we are from that now. That is not a gradual dissent, that is falling off a cliff,at least in terms of stature. Hopefully we're in the process of reversing it.

Yeah, its sad for sure but it's the reality I'm afraid. We have regressed to the pont where we are a mid table team and that's not changing any time soon.

Azatadine

Azatadine wrote: »

Yeah, its sad for sure but it's the reality I'm afraid. We have regressed to the pont where we are a mid table team and that's not changing any time soon.

The weird thing about it is that I fear us playing top teams less now. Maybe it's because the expectation isn't as high, but there's also less concern that we'll completely lose the plot and get a hammering.

Ol' Donie

'Sake Oodegard

Ol' Donie

I'm saying this after 5 minutes. If we don't beat these, I'm gonna be very upset.

AdamD

Should be battering these

Quazzie

Great save to deny Auba

emmetlego

Should be 2-0 up. Familiar ring to it...

wonga77

Hope we make this pressure count. These look atrocious. Forgot that sokratis had moved there

Arghus

Dirty enough there on Saka.

Underground

Moronic loss of possession by Xhaka from Leno's throw there. Opportunity to get out and instead he puts us straight back under pressure.

AdamD

Ref forgot his cards?

tayto lover

We have no composure at all.
These are useless and we’re rushing everything. Awful miss from Odegaard earlier. That might have settled us.
We need to be scoring when this much on top because at some stage Olympiacos will get a chance or two.

emmetlego

Feel like I've watched this movie before. I hope it has a happy ending...

Ol' Donie

Odegard looking like an Arsenal signing tonight.

wonga77

These individual errors are so common, really lucky not to be punished there

tayto lover

Awful stupid from Odegaard there.

Ol' Donie

Holy hell these guys like a foul.

wonga77

Don't ever rember getting this many free kicks from scorable positions in a single game

AdamD

Saka fouled 3 or 4 times already