HomeSteak With his girthy Rolodex. Was an idiotic appointment. We saw what a mug Gazidis really was over that year or two.
Former Arsenal Players Thread
RocktheCasbah I doubt it. I think the owners needed Emery to realise how rotten things were. The dressing room had too much sway under Emery and I don't think Arteta gets the power to move on from that without it. Plus covid took some pressure off, etc Its all just lined up nicely in terms of timing. You need that luck sometimes.
18 days later
Kevin Campbell is seriously ill in hospital apparently, he's suffered kidney failure. Fingers crossed he can pull through but it doesn't sound good.
Just read that, hope he pulls through!
Fingers crossed he can recover but it does sound very bad.
Nice story about Sylvinho
5 days later
Still got it Jack!
Didn't Pep once say they had dozens like Wilshere in La Masia?
They clearly didn't.
5 days later
I wanted to be mad.
But I couldn't.
This motherfucker was class. Imagine a peak van Persie quality striker right now. We'd be mega
flobaba Two goals from December 2007 to August 2008 
They oughta make fixture annotations like that mandatory for goal compilations.
If you're watching the brief snatches of the goal celebrations, you can feel his ego and standoffishness. But he was a stunningly good striker (in the most literal sense).
He was a striker that had the quality to win games. Intelligence, awareness, technique. All top class. Imagine him being the one ahead of Odegaard instead of Jesus and or Havertz. We'd lose that physicality upfront but mehn would we beast the Premier league. This has to be the one of the criteria for our next striker if we are serious about dominating in future: He has to be, or at least have the potential to be the very best player in our team, and consequently in the league.
flobaba this striker you describe is a rare phenomenon. training has changed a lot of positions, including striker. the 9 and 10 positions have largely been decimated. mulit-skill players have come in their place, and power has shifted from these players to 8s and wingers, with your forwards typically hybrid 9/10s who faciliate these players. i wouldn't hold out for players football academies aren't producing in large numbers.
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Rest in peace Super Kev. Really sad news to wake up to.
JazzG awful news. RIP Kev.
RIP Kevin.
RIP Super Kev.
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So sad, be in peace Kevin
Ohhhhh shit.. RIP Kevin!
Far too young. Very sad.
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Honestly, this is very upsetting. I'm old enough, as a few others here are - I'm sure, to remember Super Kev breaking through into the first team and having quite an impact towards the end end of the almost Invincible season. It never quite happened for him thereafter because of his great mate Ian Wright Wright Wright, but he still scored one of the biggest goals any Arsenal player has ever scored in the Cup Winners Cup semi thirty years ago.
He seemed a lovely fella and that he has been taken from us at a relatively young age feels like a sick joke.
Ah geez, RIP Super Kev. Ridiculously young, not OK!
Rest in peace. That Cup-Winner's Cup run and win is probably my fondest memory as a young fan. Campbell didn't make the hugest impact on me I'll admit, but that achievement really cemented my loyalty as a teen.
Very sad. You can see Wrighty is cut up trying to go through the motions on ITV today. Way too young.
Incredibly sad news. Way too young. RIP.
17 days later
Ozil getting ready to come after those who called him weak!
He's an interesting character.
Would make it less likely you say it to his face though...
santi taking a picture with a female east german olympian.
13 days later
he left-footed winger said: “People say that he identified me as a player that wasn’t up to the level in his team, in his philosophy. It’s completely false. When he arrived, he had [Manchester] City’s philosophy. He had a squad that was filled with quality and back-ups in every position. When he spoke to me, he said he counted on me, he wanted me to do this or that, and you have to focus on that. He improved me in every way. He spoke to me the whole time, I watched videos with his assistants all the time. He really believed in me. He said I had incredible potential, so we need to extract that potential. At the end of the first season, he spoke with me and told me to do this or that. The second season comes along, I was a substitute. I was going mad. How could I be a substitute when he said he counted on me? Everything is spinning in your head. I was a substitute. It was at the time when they signed Willian. He is a number 10 or a winger. But he plays on the wing for like 11 or 12 matches in a row.”
Meh, he was just not good enough
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The whole situation was a mess. He did alright but he never got any momentum going for a number of reasons. I think he's right to feel a bit hard done by. He wasn't responsible for his price tag and it wasn't his fault Raul forced him on Unai who didn't want him. He did well enough in terms of end product too but when he'd have a bit of form he'd be dropped and never had the chance to put some form together. And signing Willian to play ahead of him was an absolute joke.
a month later
pepe out here gooning. no wonder he didn't make it here. did they do any research, he didn't turn into a freak when he joined arsenal. if they did a deep dive on his socials and had a p.i. follow him they would have figured out he was a freak. someone who puts a porn star (no matter if she can suck the soul outta you) front row at his presser isn't a serious person.