It is exactly the type of gobshite story that is pefect to generate clicks ahead of the second biggest game in the PL calendar. I doubt it would have seen the light of day had we won on Sunday.
The rumour doesn't surprise me...it fits in well with how Poch has been behaving...unless someone decides to tell me I'm imagining it and it's all part of the bigger plan and that Poch has just been toying with the press. Chin up sulky we've got a ****in NLD to navigate
I don't believe it's real but there's definitely something off with him. This should be a time where he's buzzing, 3 new lads (4 plus Clarke) through the door, pretty much everyone he's wanted to keep will be kept and yet you'd think he's just been told we've sold the first team and told him to get results with the reserves. Needs a joint or something I reckon and just chill the **** out.
Could play Alderweireld there and Vertonghen with Sanchez at centre-half, but it'll probably be Sissoko. Limits our midfield options quite horribly though, as Winks is basically the only one available.
Great though ain't it, £55m new signing brought to essentially replace Dembele has certainly replaced him... Injury-wise.
Hugo Aurier, Toby, Jan, Davies Sissoko, Alli Lucas, Eriksen, Son Kane Tempted to even chuck Gio in at CM so that Alli isn't rushed back.
Is it a good or bad sign that I'd totally forgotten Aurier existed, so much so that I was working out which of Toby or Dave would be best at RB with Tanganga coming in at CB? I guess given the circumstances I'd go with a similar team. Only worry is it's pretty heavy on rusty players (Aurier, Jan, Davies, Alli), so Rose starts over Davies for me.
He was at the Copa America until July 6th, then went on holiday and didn't sign until the last day of the window. He's not fully match fit and needs to be brought up to speed before starting, something which we probably should've done with Ndombele.
Usually I'd agree but Rose has been so dogshit that I don't think Davies could be any worse despite not being fully fit. In the 5 or so minutes he was on the pitch, he knocked in a great cross, more than what Rose managed all game.
Remember... @PleaseNotPoll is to blame for me spewing what passes for my thoughts on here! When I was a kid I played a match on a bog of a pitch in mid winter. An opposition midfielder put a through ball to the striker which was slightly over hit. This encouraged the keeper to come for the ball. As he slid out the forward pulled his foot back to shoot. The sickening crack as the boot connected with the keepers face on the half volley was followed by a second of utter silence. The keeper was laying on his back with his arms and legs splayed wide covered in mud looking like a blacked up snow angel. The silence was broken by a dull but deceptively hard thud as another player, attempting to to clear the ball (which had landed between the prone keepers thighs) missed and caught the keeper full on in the bollocks. 19 stunned players, 2 guilt ridden ones and the ref stood over the poor kid who was laying in a fetal position covered in mud, blood, teeth and puke. He looked like he had exploded as he lay there letting out pitiful wimpering sounds inbetween throwing up and spitting out blood and the occasional tooth...I don't remember his name just that (because he looked like his face had exploded) he was forever known as "Grenade" after that. As he was taken from the pitch...doubled up, one hand holding his teeth and the other holding his balls ...walking as slowly as our midfield passed the ball around v Newcastle last Sunday ... some one finally cracked and began to laugh ... can't remember who ...so he had the final indignity of hearing 21 kids giggling at his horror moment. He was off school for weeks and, although he tried to disguise it he spoke with a lisp and and had a slight limp from that day on. The pain, embarrassment, shock, fear, terror, helplessness, humilation and deep sense of foreboding that the keeper felt pretty much sums up the build up to and the game which we know as the North London Derby. No other game is like it...thank feck...cos unless you win or come from behind to draw you end up feeling like Grenade the keeper. I do not wanna be controversial but what's the big deal sbout childbirth ffs ... that's a breeze compared to this ... Arsenal achieved a momentous moral victory last week by not conceding 4 or more goals against Liverpool while we plumbed new depths in which there was a world where Newcastle were defensively sound and Steve Bruce was a tactical wizard. We finally got a break on the injury front when it was announced that KWP will definitely not be playing on Sunday but before you unpack that bunting Aurier has been delared ****...I mean fit. Arsenal plan to go with a team of: Keeper Good Back 4 Ok , laughable, ok, ok Midfield Decent ok good ok Front 2 Excellent excellent Whereas we look certain to go with Keeper Where's my ****ing defence Back 4 Fatty, where's jan, wish I was jan, god knows Midfield Sideways, Wtf am I still here? sideways Front 3 I got a new range of fashionwear out No movement, no movement All the smart money is on me to throw the mother fecker of all tantrums come 6.35pm Sunday night. Sunday is my last day off after the 6 werks summer holiday...so God help the first little kicky spitty mofo brat who messes with me. BTW...if I ain't around next week it wont be cos of the result...it will just mean that Mrs RCL has read this and I will be in the back garden doing a passable impressionof the Grenade Keeper.
In today's brief Poch was asked what player he would've like to manage he said ....... Paul Merson so that he could kick him back of the queue mate there are thousands before you
