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The interview where he was thoroughly pissed off with Bruceball

If we win our final 3 then we definitely finish above Fulham (we play them) and one of Chelsea/Sunderland (play eachother). Realistically its both of the latter 2 so that's 10th. You just don't see Everton winning 3 on the bounce at any point so that's 9th realistically. Then looking at the 3 B's, mixed bag of fixtures for them all but I reckon 9 points just scrapes Europe

Some name pressure on young Connor there

It has to be top 5 or top 7 and a cup. That's the trade off for not being in Europe in any given season

Pray for Arteta

Jacob Ramsey ftw

Gordon is the one player who if he wants away we should say, sure but after the World Cup. if the rumours are to be believed we have Bayern, Barcelona, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool all sniffing around. A good world cup and we could see £90m with a bidding war (probably from Man U as a desperation move). Said it earlier in the season that he should go to Spain, he will put up serious numbers in that league and Europe as he just suits the overall style of the league

If Tonali stays I wouldn't be against Miley having next season as first choice right back. Playing 30+ games ina position where he gets to see the full game unfold Infront of him will be really beneficial. Yes he is the medium term midfield answer but id rather he gets a full season playing at RB compared to a mix of starts and sub appearances in the middle.

We'll all be bemoaning the lack of midweek football come November if we don't fluke a top 8 position

If City did win it then there's a good chance Pep and Arteta leave this summer. Has to be a bonus

I've been saying it all season that I'd have gone for Vipotnik last summer as the development striker, would have been £5-£10m. Signed a new contract a few months back and looking at £25m+ this summer. He'll get a move then be a £60m player in a couple of years. He'll also dislodge Sesko for the national team for the next Euros He needs coaching and experience at a higher level but he's got the tools and attitude. I'd be happy with a Jackson, Osula, Vipotnik striker pool next year under Howe.

True, didn't realise they had Bournemouth away which could be tricky. The 3 home games should be straight forward

I reckon that's the goal that wins them the league. Arsenal now have to be perfect rather than having a draw in the back pocket

Maybe, but we put a bid in for Elanga deadline day 2024 and the links continues second half of last season so he was at worst choice 1.5 Even with Wissa the first bid went in pretty much the same time as Ekitike so we must have been looking at him early on the summer, even if as the Wilson replacement.

Honesty? I expect the line up first game of the season to be 4-3-3, Burn Schar and Murphy starting along with Osula because we bring in a new striker too late for Eddie to integrate them in time. I just don't see how he evolves the way he wants his team to set out to play without a 12-18 month spell away from the game.

Does it? I read it as top 8 is the max, Forest and Palace winning the EL / CL doesn't impact the league qualification places. But it's early and brain still half asleep so could be wrong

bearing in mind that if we keep or sell the 26/27 amortisation hits the accounts we’d need to make around £25m on Wissa and £45m on Wolte to not completely screw up FFP

Fuck me that Missa was bad today

replace age with length of tenure and you could be talking about Howe

First game of the season, who from the current squad are you happy to see in the xi - taking into account likely departures GK RB Thiaw Botman Hall Miley Bruno CM/10 LW (although I'm ok with Barnes) RW Wolt That's 5 first teamers needed, on the bench: GK Schar Ramsey Osula RB LB CF RW LW 2nd CB Big Joe So another 6 first team squad players. So unless we really use some of the u21s it's a minimum of 11 needed, if not this summer then over the next 3 windows (and Schar/Big Joe probably gone in that time frame so add 2 more)

He has to be right about something! If the checking out is true then they've done it with a quarter of the season left and with a good shot of getting back into a European place. That would be unforgivable imo so yeah, drop them, let the world know that they have been dropped for attitude.

sorry but if that is the case he should be dropping them even if it means playing the kids see how they like losing their match fitness before the world cup

You could argue that an Arsenal team ravaged by nerves are there for the taking, certainly the majority of teams facing them atm would see it as an opportunity to give it a good go. We were passive as fuck at the weekend, if we had gone in with a press, putting pressure on them and looking to get behind then the result is what it is. As it was we were given 2 warnings on the corner routine, ignored them and paid on the 3rd then spent 80+ minutes playing nicely on front of them. That's what should be considered, why were we unable to pressure them, and not the result

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c202rgdlqxqo Love this, was thinking at the weekend that it would be great if players covering their mouths got a yellow, a red even better. It's childish and looks stupid. Id also like to see throw ins reversed whenever a team buys more than 5 yards from where it went out of play

We've sold 4 of the signings and made money on them all, so they have to be positive signings overall. Trips and Burn will leave for nothing but we've extracted enough juice to make that irrelevant. Of those who are left, I'd look at who would you need happy to see in the line up next season, and of those who you would not, who would we get a profit on. Those who answer no,no are poor signings, the rest good. Numbers wise good likely to ahead, pounds wise there is likely to be the reverse of this