Arsenal banter 7

28 Sep 2025 08:50:40
Good morning Gooners, let's hope we take advantage of yesterday's results.
On a more important thing check out the mural of Billy Vigor down at the Emirates
Take care everyone.

28 Sep 2025 07:39:35
{Ed's Note - Tusole has posted a new article entitled, Chelsea FC No Longer Has A Trophy Winning Policy?

26 Sep 2025 21:16:57
The one that got away……Harry Kane, the goal machine. Already 100 goals for Bayern and could possibly reach 100 for England. Glad he moved to Bayern and got the trophy his career deserves.

27 Sep 2025 09:52:27
That's a bit OTT Highbury mate LOL.

27 Sep 2025 17:21:05
Not really Bill mate, baffling how our academy didn’t see the potential in him, always hated when he scored for the spuds against us but he is one of the best England strikers of all time.
On the other hand, one of our own has done us a huge favour against Liverpool, our turn to do the job tomorrow! COYG!

27 Sep 2025 17:43:37
Can see your argument Highbury mate.
Deffo Eddie has done us a favour, it's must win for us tomorrow
COYG👍👍.

27 Sep 2025 18:21:41
Wasn't he 10 years old or something when the club let him go?

Loads of kids who went on to become great players suffered rejection at some stage and equally loads of kid's who were retained throughout their childhood get released by clubs at 16 to 18 and end up drifting out of the game completely.

How did Newcastle allow Shearer to end up at Southampton and didn't Chelsea let Salah and KDB go when they were in their 20s?

{Ed001's Note - Keegan scrapped the youth programme at Newcastle, so Shearer went to Saints.}

27 Sep 2025 18:34:00
Thanks Ed001.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome. }

27 Sep 2025 19:06:20
Just out of curiosity Ed mate, why did Keegan scrap youth system, was it for economic reasons.

{Ed001's Note - he didn't think it was worthwhile as he had no interest in developing youngsters.}

27 Sep 2025 19:12:59
Yes G62, that’s always the case, we can never predict, however, I can’t think of anyone except him who we released or who left us and went on to have a stellar career like he did. So for him, I always have the ‘what could have been’ thought at the back of my mind.

27 Sep 2025 19:15:35
Thanks for the insight Ed.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome.}

27 Sep 2025 19:35:08
Zlaten Ibrahimovic was arguably a bigger slip up Highbury mate. Admittedly it was pretty arrogant for a 17 year old to say " I don't do auditions " but he certainly backed up that arrogant attitude on the pitch over the next 20 years.

27 Sep 2025 19:57:20
Serge Gnabry was a big miss although not a youth product.

27 Sep 2025 20:27:20
Zlatan is Zlatan :D but we never had him on our boooks.
Yes SY, Gnabry is a good shout, he had decent tome in Germany after leaving us.

27 Sep 2025 21:16:27
Apparently Zlaten was very happy to join us and willing to sign a contract but not do an audition before signing Highbury. Personally i'd say letting a 17 year old Ibrahimovic slip through our fingers was a much bigger mistake than allowing a 10 year old Harry Kane leave the club.

25 Sep 2025 19:38:06
RIP Billy Vigar terrible news only 21 my thoughts are with his family and friends.

25 Sep 2025 20:04:57
Absolutely terrible terrible news R_G.
To be taken at like that doing the thing he most loved, can't get my head round it
RIP Billy🫶🫶🫶.

25 Sep 2025 20:22:25
Horrific news - thoughts with his friends and family
So young.

25 Sep 2025 20:44:49
Sad, sad news. peace and love to his family. once a gunner always a gunner. 🔴⚪️❤️.

25 Sep 2025 20:57:13
RIP Billy, condolences to friends and family.

25 Sep 2025 22:18:22
So young, truly heartbreaking. Rest in peace Billy 🙏.

26 Sep 2025 05:18:09
Very sad.

25 Sep 2025 12:14:23
SALIBA!

Get in there my son.

25 Sep 2025 14:58:58
BOOOOOOOOM…🔥🔥🔥🔥.

25 Sep 2025 15:59:45
Great news COYG.

25 Sep 2025 17:29:25
Excellent news, way to go Saliba! You will always be a hero at Arsenal 🔥 💪.

25 Sep 2025 17:31:26
And he's in the PL team of the year again!

25 Sep 2025 18:55:29
Excellent news, obviously Saliba stil believes he can achieve everything he wants with Arsenal.

25 Sep 2025 19:47:13
The players do seem to rate Arteta don't they.

25 Sep 2025 19:55:29
They certainly seem to SW, they obviously think he and themselves are close to fulfilling their ambitions together at Arsenal.

25 Sep 2025 19:57:18
The salary on offer dwarfs any number Real would pay him. He’s already on 190k pw and this blows it out the water. Real had already moved on due to the size of contract. Sure that plays a bit as would him hoping to win stuff with us.

Great news.

25 Sep 2025 22:08:06
Rudiger for example is on £245k per week, and I reckon tax is less there, but you're welcome to smoke whatever you wish.

26 Sep 2025 05:18:49
What's the opposite of looking for silver linings? Brown edges?

26 Sep 2025 12:57:42
Not really - I had read that the amount we were offering Saliba had suprised Real and made them move on. It doesn’t mean that he’s unhappy or that he’s fully on board with Arteta but I’m sure the amount of money agreed has had a sway on both sides of the fence and its disingenuous to think it’s all about one of them ; money or his love of Everything Arteta but you can believe that if you wish. I read that Real had mov3 in because of the money.

26 Sep 2025 15:54:39
I couldn’t care less of the what's and wherefors one of our best players has signed. Real do pay if they rate players but obviously didn’t rate Willy enough which is our gain! You don’t say no to Real yep you do! Rudiger left on a free hence big wages so a moot point. Just very happy he’s signed not looking too deeply into it COYG.

26 Sep 2025 17:03:00
Brilliantly put Sussex👍👍.

26 Sep 2025 18:47:31
No No No we should not be paying competitive wages to our key players. They should play for the love of football. Sack Arteta

Bring in the highly recognised SY4 he will turn our fortunes around with his positive attitude and vast experience and knowdlege of the game.

Get a grip pal we secured the services of our rock in defense, the partnership between him and gabs you can't put a price onit. Take a day off and enjoy it.

26 Sep 2025 20:28:38
G4E - thank you. At least I have an opinion, shared it over the years and guess what. A lot of it is being thrown at Arteta now - bottle job, tactics, in game management etc… I am very happy that he’s signed - yes, excellent news. But why throw in “the players must back Arteta, ” I am just saying the massive wage increase that Real couldn’t compete with will have had a say in it and why do we overpay on wages. Who else would pay Kai and Trossard what we did. We struggle to sell eg Zin. So we pay Kai the same wage as Isak! Is that competitive or stupid. This Pro-Arteta bandwagon is coming to an end. I guess you were one of those people who never thought Kai was any good but once Arteta overpaid for him - he’s better than slice bread because you have to agree with everything he does.
I am a novice and don’t know a lot but I have conviction. I have praised him, the players etc but I am critical. How about you think for yourself and share an
opinion., stay away from personal digs and post something sensible yourself.
It’s a banter site not a school yard. Very so often you pop up and have a dog saying I’m not a fan or know crap. Who knows, I might surprise you…

Hope you are well and the world brings you happiness.

26 Sep 2025 20:30:12
Agree 100% Sussex - excellent news.

25 Sep 2025 11:25:07
Lovely to see Gykores get the Gerd Muller trophy. 54 goals in 52 games last year!

Once he gets the service he needs we will hopefully see some of that here in the PL 😀
My view is we have for so long tried to weave our way through on goal it is a big adjustment to target one striker.

Bring it on!

25 Sep 2025 08:11:23
Does anyone on here worry about the number of chances we create considering the amount of possession we have because I think it is a real issue. We control games up to the final third but do not seem to be able to cut through organised defences these problems were evident again last night. Also is it just me but does Ethan N totally underwhelm when he gets a chance to play?

25 Sep 2025 10:02:03
Agree on both the points Oleary, in my post below, I expressed the same worry/ fear. There’s no confidence that we will score goals, too predictable and always ready to pass back to the CBs rather than the CF. Nwaneri does perform below expectations when he gets a chance and get a feeling that his attitude is ‘I have made it’ but he is still very young so hoping he will get better at everything.

25 Sep 2025 15:53:31
Hi oleary. Hope you're good 👍
Not sure I agree with Nwanieri comment, I think his performances have been OK. They were better last season when he had a run of games, in fact he was our best player for most of them. Maybe, because he performed so well, then didn't get many opportunities after that might of affected him, I don't know. But, for his age, he's certainly not disappointing me. Maybe because of his early showings we were expecting big things constantly, don't know. Probably same with MLS, not sure what's happening there.
Anyway, let's hope this future arsenal breed carry on the levels they've previously shown.

25 Sep 2025 17:05:36
Let's hope so ramsgate but our lack of a cutting edge is worrying it's not as if we are missing chances but we are not creating them!

25 Sep 2025 17:46:13
Can't argue with that. The amount of creative players we have, and the amounts all these players are creating, is a concern.

25 Sep 2025 20:38:29
Time to worry is when Arteta has coached the forward play out of Eze, Noni and Dowman. Looks like Dowman is playing it more sideways now. if Arteta somehow manages that - yes I will be afraid. He’s done it to plenty others.

Creativity is in the team - my only fear is Arteta’s fear of attacking and playing it forward plus if he doesn’t change that the club will still stick with him regardless as we’ve backed him so well.

25 Sep 2025 21:11:14
We are a fearful lot aren’t we COYG.

25 Sep 2025 07:39:46
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 5 - Quick Round Up

24 Sep 2025 22:57:36
Through to the next round - Eze gets a goal which is great &? Trissard with a lovely finish. Shame Viktor didn't find the net.

Surprised Saka was risked but at least he survived and it's some game time as he looks very rusty.

Brighton at home - would be great to get to the final.

Job done.

24 Sep 2025 23:30:57
Hey SY mate, positive at last 🤔 hahah. All good fun dude.
Portvale playes with some gutts. Glad Eze off the mark too.
I wany Gyogeres giring in the league and champions league where it matters and i really hope he will get the service he needs.
If you watch him you closely you will see he does do some runs but unfortunately our players don't see that sometimes.
I really hope the team will be unsatisfied from the weekend and arteta plays it right this time.

25 Sep 2025 02:03:48
My feeling Moe is that Arteta is trying something new and increasing the directness. Not just from the players we've bought (Gyokeres, Madueke especially) but the style. Several goals already this season from longer passes over the top. I can imagine there are teething problems when playing differently and Gyokeres will probably start getting better service as time goes by.

24 Sep 2025 21:27:36
Not going to be popular with this statement but I have to get it out, ‘I fear for us this season! ’.

24 Sep 2025 21:55:33
What are you afraid of? Do you need G62 to hold your hand?

24 Sep 2025 22:43:05
Im not too sure about the hand holding SW, but i'm happpy to join Highbury and yourself in a group hug if you both need one.

By the way Highbury, yeah, what is it that's giving you the willes 🤔.

24 Sep 2025 23:04:20
Why you worried Highbury? I don’t believe we will finish outside of the top 3 despite our managers tactics. We should be able to put a decent run in Europe where it’s a bit slower and I’m hoping for a cup run too. I can understand being not as excited as you should be or nervous with team selection for big games but overall I am sure we will be decent in all areas but may be not win a cup unless Viktor gets going and Arteta gets us playing better. with better set up / tactics. Those two individuals are pretty key to it all.

25 Sep 2025 06:12:01
:) yes, a group hug for now, but someone definitely needs to hold Arteta’s hand and help release the “handbrake”
Our build up is slow and lacks energy, apart from the Leeds game, all the games I watched, never got a confidence that we will score goals until we somehow did. The only positive so far for me is we have conceded only two goals.
I try to tell myself that the team will click and we will get back to the exciting football we are craving but my fear is it may be too late this season.

25 Sep 2025 15:40:26
Fecking hell! Win Lose or Draw but never fear! COYG
As for too late are we mathematically out of the Championship race yet? Nope . Come on Highbury we’re still in everything until we aren’t which gives us a chance- some may say it’s the hope that kills you nope that's not breathing that does that! We have tons of great nights ahead of us if only we got out from behind the sofa or out of the group hug to see them COYG.

25 Sep 2025 18:53:07
Your very welcome to join us in the group hug anytime you wish to Essex mate 😘.

I agree absolunothing nothing is lost as things stand, not only is this seasons title mathematically still a possibility its still very much a realistic target for us to look forward to pursuing. If any Arsenal fans are considering throwing in the towel already I'd urge them hold their fire until at least the end of October by which time we will genuinely know an awful lot more than we might think we know right now.

If Arteta can find the courage to start trusting the excellent squad he's put together allowing them off his leash everything is still to play for 👍.

26 Sep 2025 10:26:30
Not throwing in the towel at all, it’s just that the number of chance we are creating or not creating is worrying, if we don’t score then the clean sheets will count for nothing. Mathematically still everything is to play for but then as they say, it’s not in our hands anymore, right? We have to rely on others now to help us. I am still positive about the season but only the league or champions league title will be progress for me, not even the FA cup or the league cup. Again, this is my personal feeling and it may be unrealistic.

24 Sep 2025 18:37:04
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Matchday 5 - Quick Round Up