Topic: Arsenal: Top of the divers league

[Terry de Niro]

[RedKenWah]

That was harder work than it should have been. First half was excellent then we stopped playing and could’ve thrown it away in the end.

Still, ill put it down to early season cobwebs, 3 points is all that matters first game.

I thought Rice was very good but Havertz….. not seeing it so far.

Sometimes winning is all that matters, yes beating someone handsomely is always nice but first game of the season and players are likely to be still getting up to speed so 3 points is more important. Notts Forest are always going to be a tougher team than expected though and especially their first game and likely their first home game they’ll be something. After that though the bubble will burst for them somewhat and the usual they’ll rely on their home ground to get points.

However either way good start for Arsenal.

[The G in Gerrard]

Can see why they are getting another keeper. Ramsdale didn't look great in second half.

[The North Bank]

No Raya for Brentford, medical at Arsenal tomorrow. Every little helps, if the competition drives the keepers on then its good for the team.

So thats 4 in this summer, 3 im really excited about…. And Hevertz!

[ScottishGoon]

Talk is the Timber injury is a bad 1. Meniscus looks like being best case scenario, hopefully not ACL. 

[tonysleft]

Sad, he looked great in those two games. Very silky player.

[The North Bank]

Big blow, he already looked like our best left back after 2 games, and hes not even a left back.

I guess that changes any plans for Tierney to leave.

[killer-heels]

ACL injury?

[Crosby Nick]

ACL injury?

Woodworm.

Actually I’ll have another go. Dutch Elm disease.

[The North Bank]

ACL injury?

Nothing official yet but these are the rumours

[RedG13]

That sucks about Timber.

[Vote For Pedro]

Nothing official yet but these are the rumours

So might be barking up the wrong tree?

[farawayred]

So might be barking up the wrong tree?

Cut that, and log out!

[The North Bank]

So might be barking up the wrong tree?

Hes seeing a specialist, one of the best carpenters in the country.

[ScottishGoon]

https://twitter.com/MikeVerweij/status/1691119104399491072?t=K5QzAH0fe-_RO9sM-XoRAQ&s=19

Looking like ACL. Think he missed a couple of game the last couple of years. Joins Arsenal, does ACL first league game. 

[Haggis36]

Been a real spate in the past week or so - Timber, Courtois, Militao and Mings all suffering ACL injuries. Suppose that's the counterpoint to spunking your entire budget on one player ala Caicedo - only takes one freak injury and your season can be derailed. Shame for Timber - he's young enough that he should recover fully, but always a risk after these kind of injuries that a player won't come back fully the same.

[Ghost Town]

I have a nice line in Timber gags which I was saving to mill one at a time over the season, but I don't think they're really appropiate now he's injured, so I'll have to set aside the pleasure.

Unless it's all paper talk?

[TepidT2O]

Well it’s always sad news to see get an ACL injury…

There’s a chance it’s only a grade one injury in which case rest (still months) might do the job, but they usually seem to operate and it’s usually pretty much a year out.

Is it more or do there seem to have been a lot of ACL injuries at the start of the season?


On Forest, it did remind me a bit of our game against them at the end of last season.  I think it might be the case that they are actually bloody hard to play against.

[Crosby Nick]

If Timber falls against Forest does he make a sound?

[The G in Gerrard]

Neville thinks these lot will win the league.

[The North Bank]

Neville thinks these lot will win the league.

I dont think he does , he either :

1- hates arsenal so much that he wants to say we underachieved if we dont win it.
2- have been told by sky to predict an arsenal title win because going for city again might turn people off watching .

[The G in Gerrard]

I dont think he does , he either :

1- hates arsenal so much that he wants to say we underachieved if we dont win it.
2- have been told by sky to predict an arsenal title win because going for city again might turn people off watching .

I mean all other pundits they have pick City so it's unlikely it's for the second reason. Just thought it was a terrible pick

[The North Bank]

I mean all other pundits they have pick City so it's unlikely it's for the second reason. Just thought it was a terrible pick

Hes seen as the main pundit on sky, and because all the others went for city, it makes sense for them to mix it up a bit.
In fairness i dont see anyone else giving city a challenge.

[The G in Gerrard]

Hes seen as the main pundit on sky, and because all the others went for city, it makes sense for them to mix it up a bit.
In fairness i dont see anyone else giving city a challenge.

Not really.
Agreed as it stands they will win it easily.

[TepidT2O]

Raya deal is an odd one, but shows that Arsenal are now up against FFP buffers.

We’re the only top club not to have to worry about it, makes you proud eh? 

[The North Bank]

Now De Bruyne out for a few months. Strange start to the season it’s been.

[Tobelius]

https://twitter.com/MikeVerweij/status/1691119104399491072?t=K5QzAH0fe-_RO9sM-XoRAQ&s=19

Looking like ACL. Think he missed a couple of game the last couple of years. Joins Arsenal, does ACL first league game. 

Horrible luck.Bit like that Kalajdzic who signed for Wolves and injured in his first game i think.

[Crosby Nick]

Horrible luck.Bit like that Kalajdzic who signed for Wolves and injured in his first game i think.

Is that the guy who did his knee? First game this season he got his lights punched out!

[Tobelius]

Is that the guy who did his knee? First game this season he got his lights punched out!

Yes.Should've loaned Cech's old helmet for the game,anything goes at Old Trafford as ever.

[ScottishGoon]

Raya deal is an odd one, but shows that Arsenal are now up against FFP buffers.

We’re the only top club not to have to worry about it, makes you proud eh? 

Think we thought we would have done a few more sales by now..

Still got the likes of Balogun, Tierney, Lokonga, Tavares etc we'll probably look to sell in the next couple of weeks, although some might have to be loans I suppose.

[Ghost Town]

Think we thought we would have done a few more sales by now..

Still got the likes of Balogun, Tierney, Lokonga, Tavares etc we'll probably look to sell in the next couple of weeks, although some might have to be loans I suppose.

Bet you don't get as much for your Tavares as we did for ours. 

[Clint Eastwood]

https://twitter.com/MikeVerweij/status/1691119104399491072?t=K5QzAH0fe-_RO9sM-XoRAQ&s=19

Looking like ACL. Think he missed a couple of game the last couple of years. Joins Arsenal, does ACL first league game. 

Very innocuous cause too, wasn't it? No contact, running and just twisted his knee awkwardly. Similar to Owen that time. Never good when a player goes down injured and they're not near anyone else.

[Bullet500]

Bet you don't get as much for your Tavares as we did for ours. 

I think I said it before, we won't get as much for Balogun as Liverpool did for Brewster.

Arsenal are absolutely terrible at selling. At least, Edu has made us better at recruiting. Under Sanllehi, we were terrible at everything.

[The North Bank]

https://twitter.com/afcstuff/status/1691493760968929300

Arteta and Edu signing Raya’s grand dad

[The North Bank]

I think I said it before, we won't get as much for Balogun as Liverpool did for Brewster.

Arsenal are absolutely terrible at selling. At least, Edu has made us better at recruiting. Under Sanllehi, we were terrible at everything.

Yeh we need to start making brochures for the players we want to sell to hand them out, like the one Michael Owen once did when looking for a club.

[The North Bank]

Eddie Nketiah: “A lot of the boys all grew up around the same area, so you knew them well away from football too. You all helped each other out, and your parents might drop your friends in, or your friends’ parents would take you and vice-versa. Especially when you move to an academy, it’s a bit further away to travel.

“I was at Chelsea from the age of nine so it was quite a journey. The boys who came in from similar areas like south-east London, Lewisham, would come in together. We’d get the train together or one of the parents would drop us. It made us closer as friends and was good fun. We all grew up as one big family.

“We’d go on tour together, our parents and family would be around together all the time, so we all got to know each other, and obviously Deccers was part of that too.

“That’s why we have such a good relationship now. We’ve got a lot of memories together, I know his dad and he knows my parents too. It’s a big family that always stays with you.”

[child-in-time]

I think I said it before, we won't get as much for Balogun as Liverpool did for Brewster.

Well that is partly due to your unrealistic expectations of what fee Balogun should command. I have read on more than occasion you value him somewhere around 50m pounds. Sorry to say it, but unless Chelsea are interested, you are either not getting that amount and will have to send him on loan again for next to nothing or you come back to reality and lower the asking price.

[ScottishGoon]

I think I said it before, we won't get as much for Balogun as Liverpool did for Brewster.

Arsenal are absolutely terrible at selling. At least, Edu has made us better at recruiting. Under Sanllehi, we were terrible at everything.

Na, that's the 1 fee I'm confident of getting a decent amount for. Problem is just now is that we are sticking to our valuation of near £50m. I think he'll go for £35m+, perhaps Monaco or an EPL team will come in for him.

The rest I'll give you, probably more loans knowing us.

[The North Bank]

Its a strange one, Newcastle want Tierney but are reportedly hamstrung by FFP. Yet Chelsea are spending a billion. Nothing makes much sense right now.

[Garlicbread]

Confirmed now that Timber have suffered an ACL injury.