Arsenal banter 7

01 Sep 2026 11:29:25
Fofana going to Sunderland.
Fabrizio and Ornstein got that one wrong.

{Ed025's Note - you need at least 1 forward maybe 2 for me Bill, i just hope you dont sink the ship for a half penny of tar mate, the rest of the side is excellent..

01 Sep 2026 11:44:17
It's baffling. Looks like we are banking on Merino to provide striker backup, and Eze and/or Dowman for left wing.

{Ed025's Note - it must be a worry for all of you Highbury mate..

01 Sep 2026 11:46:12
Hello Ed hope you are good.
Well with the outgoings we do look light up front.
Alvarez Just cannot see it happening but according to reports we still think we are in with a chance.
I thought it might have been Ndiaye but he has gone to City.

{Ed025's Note - hi Bill, i think you are 90% there mate and what i have seen up to now are more expansive and entertaining mate, you just need that final piece in the jigsaw and i believe you will be unstoppable, im good thanks and hope you are too my friend..

01 Sep 2026 14:53:40
It's a worry when you see what the other top clubs have done this window..

01 Sep 2026 15:03:49
It really is Sally, and I still can't get my head around how City can spend so much year after year. It's like the ongoing charges and financial rules are a joke.

01 Sep 2026 14:57:44
Spot on Ed - it's the one area we should have improved not weakened. There's been players we've just been too timid

{Ed025's Note - i agree SY, you may not want them but players like Haaland or Kane score over 30 goals in this Arsenal side mate at least, Ndiaye from Everton and Thiago from Brentford would have guaranteed you the league for me..

01 Sep 2026 17:17:44
It's such a terribly worrying time to be a gooner.

While fans of all the other 19 Premier League clubs get to sleep like babies from now till May, it's yet another season of nessun dorma for us poor Arsenal fans. 😢 😞 😔

01 Sep 2026 18:13:47
Looking on the bright side, think how much in wages we are saving. All the better for the January window. 😉

01 Sep 2026 18:27:07
Apparently 600,000 a week, Sally.

01 Sep 2026 18:30:24
Even bigger buses for even more trophy parades, Sally. It all comes at a cost. 👏👏👏👏

01 Sep 2026 19:14:46
30 million quid to spend on trophy parades then, Bill, mate? 14 million on each of the Champions League and Premier League parades, and a million a piece on the FA and League Cup parades. Sounds like forward planning to me, mate. 👍

01 Sep 2026 19:21:47
. 👌👌👌👌👌

01 Sep 2026 07:39:14
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31 Aug 2026 22:33:50
Kai, Ode and Tzolis showing why we need to address the key positions we haven’t addressed for a number of windows. Viktor not even given the chance to shine. We didn’t really need Bruno (glad we got him) but we really needed a CF and LW but Agsin nothing except selling LWs and CF. Really odd strategy. Other teams acting with intent and ambition.

Come on Brian - others are getting attackers signed, why can’t you! Give us a cutting edge please.

City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs, Real etc getting deals done.

Well done Saka for goal today.

For all those say - here he moans again. I assume you are happy with our ineptness in sorting the attack and banking our entire left wing on Tzolis who has been in a poor league and will need time to/ rest etc.

31 Aug 2026 23:42:24
I think we need a lw with pace in behind. We really lacked that tonight.

01 Sep 2026 00:08:14
Now the two Gabis have gone. We need a left-sided attacker with pace to burn and a striker with an eye for goal, or it could come back and bite us on the backside later on in the season.

31 Aug 2026 23:48:01
Sy, lad we just won what was one of our banana skin games without playing at our best. Last year we signed one of the highest goal scorer's in Europe (I agree with you in the why isn't he starting or at least getting game time) maybe somethings in the works of a transfer (which I'd be disappointed with as he's had one season with us n helped us win the title.whether that goals against lesser teams or not it still contributed)
You keep crying about we need more than what we've got who's available to get SY? Who in the real world can we get up top or at LW? It's a small pool to pick from n the ones that are are already at the top teams in Europe.


You keep saying your pish winning is winning but did we not win the league after 22 years just? .did we not win our first two games of this defending our title season?
Lad give it a rest eh.

01 Sep 2026 07:25:23
Morning Jegooner, I'm sure plenty LWs & attackers have been secured this window.. I get your point. Yes, we won. Villa were depleted, but we won. Enjoy your week. Thanks for the reply.

01 Sep 2026 07:46:24
The really weird thing is Villa fans, neutrals, and pundits were all raving about how strong our squad is and the insane quality we had on our bench last night.

01 Sep 2026 09:06:34
It's a funny ol game, John, isn't it?

01 Sep 2026 10:14:33
It certainly is, Bill, mate. 😊

01 Sep 2026 14:44:07
Many are saying we need offensive additions & no question our depth is good, but we need better quality upfront. Villa aren't our yardstick either.

01 Sep 2026 17:53:58
We ain't getting no one, unless we do. It's been a bad window for me. Not got the players we needed at the start.

31 Aug 2026 07:39:12
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30 Aug 2026 17:53:24
I don't think we will sign anybody now this window. Maybe just sell players for the last couple of days.

30 Aug 2026 10:25:29
Morning all Ed's and fellow gunners. if anyone is feeling a bit down today jump on YouTube and watch yesterday's talksport spurs v Newcastle watch along highlights with o'hara and Cundy 32minutes of comedy gold I love that before a ball was even kicked in the Premier League, o'hara was claiming spurs have spent loads of cash and boldly stated spurs are back 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah mate spurs are back, bigger, crapper and more delusional than ever.

chicken on a beach ball, to dare is to do . Do absolutely nothing. won't be long before the players down tools, the manager gets the boot. and the pain starts all over again I can't stand that lot up the road and absolutely love watching the poison toad o'hara lose his sh💩t it's brilliant. 🤣🤣 you can call me a sadist for revelling in someone else's pain. because when it comes to spurs pain I'm 100% all in. 🔴⚪️❤️ COYG/VTH.

29 Aug 2026 09:15:09
As I read the whole situation is understandably getting too much for Alvarez, and if that is the case, I reckon we should back off and let him recover.

29 Aug 2026 09:44:17
As much as I love, [Kai] Havertz and [Viktor] Gyokeres, we missed something special there, and he's that special, special player that might go and get us 25 to 30 goals a season.

"When Gyok came in last season, I did say, if he can get 10, 15 goals [that's] amazing. Do I think he can get more than that? I'm not sure. Does he give us that much to his feet? I'm not sure."

Couldn’t have said it better, & if you take a level view, you can’t disagree. Get a star. I thought Eze would do more, but he’s flopped due to style of play.

Vic has done as expected, & I know that’s what was expected from a few people connected from the outside.

Let’s get serious, & give Saka, Gabs, Rice and Raya the quality they expect & deserve in attack. Get your job done, Brian, & add some star quality. It’s a crazy market, but we are Champs, have ambition & money; use it! Perhaps sell better, & give more reasonable wages to reasonable players while only giving star money to stars.

29 Aug 2026 11:17:15
I got no sympathy at all for Alvarez.
He should stop playing the victim as a lot of footballers do.

29 Aug 2026 13:47:33
We need to stop messing around, and Brian needs to earn his corn.

We’ve wasted time, & not added again what we need - do your job, Brian. Give the boss the tools to perform at the highest level.

29 Aug 2026 13:50:33
Some people get very upset and take it very personally when they don't get all their own way, Bill, mate, while other people are better able to accept life doesn't revolve around them personally, and just get on with enjoying things as they currently are.



Alvarez might not be getting his dream move, but he still has a wonderful life and he would be far happier if he learned to appreciate all he does have rather than focusing on what he doesn't have.

29 Aug 2026 14:05:16
Hi 62, hope you are well. Fluffy stuff aside, football is about winning, & a multibillion dollar industry. You happy with us not getting the positions we need? It's not ruining my life, but I like winning, mate, & the club to show that. I'd argue we have too many people happy with whatever happens, & hope the player is happy in their 20m house on 7m pa.

No deal for Fabio Vieira or Jesus - that's negligent wage control. We've terminated Reiss Nelson's contract. That's terrible from the club. Sorry.
Then, departure of Leandro Trossard looks goddamn awful.



We napped on Rogers, got charmed by big names, & left with no star up front like a Henry. All the Kai is king and Vic rules despite just a dozen goals against poor sides. Shocking in the final - touch, hold up, pace, finishing, desire. There's a place for one or both, but not in a starting 11 for me. Emperor Kai gets my nod, so that tells you all you need to know there. Ex players are saying the same thing. I support the team, but reserve the right to complain and have a strong winning opinion.

Let's get some business done as it's a poor window.

29 Aug 2026 14:44:32
Sy mate, Guimares, Konsa and Quantum are not a poor window, plus Hincapie on a permanent contract. 👍👍
What I am struggling with is the Alvarez situation.
Jesus and Vieira are hard to move on because of their wages and contract, which were signed pre Brian, as you like to call him.
Martinelli and Tross were the right time to sell, imo.


Reiss Nelson was hard to sell because of his injury record and not really maturing as the talent we all thought he would be.
If we don't add to the squad, I will be OK with that, as I think it's good enough to retain prem title and go 1 better in CL.
Enjoy your weekend, Sy mate.

29 Aug 2026 15:45:58
If we don't get our superstar striker before the window closes it's not the end of the world.
It's only 4 months till the January window opens lol.

29 Aug 2026 15:51:03
Hi Sy, mate, my comment was about Alvarez not you. 😊😊😊

All the fluffy stuff aside, life is a wonderful experience to be enjoyed as much as humanly possible, while we still have the opportunity to do so. It really is something to constantly be looking to find fault with and reasons to be dissatisfied about, mate.



But if moaning and being upset by anything and everything that doesn't go the way you want it to makes you happy, then please crack on, mate. It's your life, and how you choose to spend the time you have is entirely your choice, mate. 😊 👍👍👍👍

29 Aug 2026 16:24:36
It certainly wasn't the end of the world last season, Sally. 🤪🤪🤪

29 Aug 2026 21:44:36
Hi Bill, we had Hinch last season. We bought Xube last season, sold Trossard. So where's the great window, seriously? So was Xube a bad buy? We haven't added the two key positions we needed last season - Lw and Cf. How's that progress or good?

29 Aug 2026 07:39:18
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28 Aug 2026 12:30:24
Just a teeny bit political, and for which I apologise, but this made me, lol.


How about we rename Canada geese, Donald Ducks?

28 Aug 2026 14:47:23
They should show him a map of the Great Lakes and see if he can pick out the Lake of America.

28 Aug 2026 14:50:32
🤣 Was that yours? Because that's a good one!

28 Aug 2026 15:50:11
That is hilarious, so they have orange beaks?!

28 Aug 2026 17:16:29
Very good, Sally. 👍

28 Aug 2026 18:00:46
'Fraid not, can't take credit for it, Kernow.

28 Aug 2026 18:01:38
Naturally, Highbury, lol.

28 Aug 2026 07:39:16
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