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Stewie Griffin
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re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 6/11/20 at 5:02 pm to different arse
On a long term deal. It’s a spot we need athleticism and it’s a spot he’s shone before. I dig it.
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re: GOAT soccer commercial
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 5/10/20 at 7:36 pm to Broski
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 2/22/20 at 12:05 pm to DB10_AFC
Wonder if Tierney can come in to the team and push Saka to left wing. I’m not of the opinion that Saka is our of position at left back. He’s been stellar there. But it’d be interesting to see Saka on the left and Auba up top.
Will be good to have options.
Will be good to have options.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 1/1/20 at 2:51 pm to DB10_AFC
frick that was excellent. I forgot what that feels like.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 12/28/19 at 10:29 am to different arse
Top photo is an average position map from our 2-0 loss to Leicester under Emery.
Bottom is from the draw vs. Bournemouth under Arteta.
Thought our tactics were vastly improved and in a really short amount of time.
Loved how we used AMN as an inverted fullback. Thought Torreira showed signs he can be our 6, and we need to find the right pair of 8s to play in front of him.
Laca needs to get his confidence back. Martinelli is going to shine in this set up.
Glad to finally have something to enjoy about this season. Really optimistic about Arteta.
re: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 12/25/19 at 11:31 am to Mr Personality
Don’t post here much any more but still lurk like a mofo.
Merry Christmas. Hope it’s sexy.
Merry Christmas. Hope it’s sexy.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 12/2/19 at 4:42 pm to S
Can Thierry come back and play for us again in this one?
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 11/30/19 at 2:20 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
Think my preference is:
- Arteta (we have nothing to lose, high ceiling, great communicator, tactically astute)
- Poch (for banter if nothing else)
- Rodgers (always liked his Liverpool teams...is that weird?)
- Ancelotti or Benitez to finish the season (try and salvage something)
Not interested in Nuno at all. Whatsoever.
- Arteta (we have nothing to lose, high ceiling, great communicator, tactically astute)
- Poch (for banter if nothing else)
- Rodgers (always liked his Liverpool teams...is that weird?)
- Ancelotti or Benitez to finish the season (try and salvage something)
Not interested in Nuno at all. Whatsoever.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 11/5/19 at 11:49 am to GeauxHouston
frick Mourinho. He is a club destroyer. He is the antithesis of the ideals Wenger asked us to uphold.
He can stay far the frick away.
Freddie as caretaker. If he wins the league he keeps the job. If not we bring in someone else.
Would be fine with Arteta. I’m okay if we miss on managers as long as we take chances and keep stability with Edu, Raul, etc.
Josh seems more invested this year too which is good. Seems like we are a good head coach away from being where we need to be.
Short term sucks and has sucked for a while but long term we seem to be in a good spot.
He can stay far the frick away.
Freddie as caretaker. If he wins the league he keeps the job. If not we bring in someone else.
Would be fine with Arteta. I’m okay if we miss on managers as long as we take chances and keep stability with Edu, Raul, etc.
Josh seems more invested this year too which is good. Seems like we are a good head coach away from being where we need to be.
Short term sucks and has sucked for a while but long term we seem to be in a good spot.
re: Malcolm Gladwell
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 10/2/19 at 1:26 pm to ecb
Apparently Talking to Strangers is selling more as an audiobook than a physical copy, which is unheard of in publishing.
He did create a podcast-like audiobook after his success with Revisionist History.
I like Gladwell. He’s a bit reductionist and more of a summarizer/aggregator than anything, but that’s his niche and he’s good at it.
Just read The Tipping Point. Talking to Strangers is in deck.
He did create a podcast-like audiobook after his success with Revisionist History.
I like Gladwell. He’s a bit reductionist and more of a summarizer/aggregator than anything, but that’s his niche and he’s good at it.
Just read The Tipping Point. Talking to Strangers is in deck.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 10/2/19 at 10:06 am to TutHillTiger
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Pepe has a few assist, he is great at getting ball down there but can’t shoot for shite
Leads us in chances created. He's just stuck out on the wing by himself. You can tell he misses Laca to connect with.
Bellerin's return will really help him. And I think Laca's will too. Pepe likes to beat his man, run at a defense, and play 1-2s. All he can do right now is the first part because of who is around him and the system.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/31/19 at 8:28 am to saderade
Also terrified at the prospect of Kola in a back four.
Gotta get three points tomorrow. Chelsea and United have problems. Top four is a must this year and we should take the chance to start staking a clam for third.
Gotta get three points tomorrow. Chelsea and United have problems. Top four is a must this year and we should take the chance to start staking a clam for third.
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/23/19 at 6:53 pm to DB10_AFC
More Ramsey vs. CSKA
re: Arsenal 2019/2020 Season Thread - FA Cup Winners - #14
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/8/19 at 11:11 am to crazy4lsu
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Honestly, there is a good player in Mustafi somewhere
Used to think so, but I think half the battle defensively is IQ and instincts, and he's so deficient in both. Don't think that'll ever change.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 5/9/19 at 1:24 pm to glassman
From gunnerblog
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The only thing keeping me going is the idea that we could win a European final in the same week Tottenham lose one. Don’t. Screw. This. Up. ??
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 5/8/19 at 9:21 am to crazy4lsu
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Not trying to discount that at all, just commenting. He's a better finisher than Giroud, but he arguably misses just as many good chances.
Some stats from Premier League's website.
Big chances missed, 2018-19:
Auba: 20
Vardy: 17
Salah: 16
Kane: 11
Auba's missed a bunch this year, but he also gets into spots no one else does. For example, last year, Salah missed 23 big chances, and Kane missed 18. Auba missed six after coming in in January.
Look at conversion rate.
Auba: 20 goals on 82 shots (24%)
Salah: 22 goals on 128 shots (17%)
Aguero: 20 goals on 112 shots (18%)
Kane: 17 goals on 102 shots (17%)
Hazard: 16 goals on 90 shots (18%)
Laca: 13 goals on 74 shots (18%)
We also lead the league in conversion rate. The problem is we aren't creating enough chances or shooting enough. We're 8th in shot attempts but 3rd in goals.
We desperately need a winger or attacking mid who can carry the ball and beat people inside or down the line. We have a bunch of passers and no ball carriers.
ETA: From Twitter
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Arsenal's conversion rate of 23.1% of shots resulting in goals this season (excluding blocked shots) is the highest of any team in any Premier League campaign since Opta first started analysing games in 1996
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 5/5/19 at 1:01 pm to crazy4lsu
Just leaving that here. Honestly afraid to check my post history on those two clowns. And Mkhi’s give away today.
Europa or bust.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 2/9/19 at 8:06 pm to dgnx6
Clive made a good point on the last Arsenal Vision pod that Mustafi was a fullback coming up and probably got moved to CB because of his body type and lack of speed. He just has no sense of how to be a CB. Positioning is terrible, tackles terribly. The sooner we’re rid of him the better. I always rated Gabriel and wished we’d have kept him over mustafi. He wasn’t amazing and he had his share of mistakes but he was on a way better deal and was tough and tenacious and better than Mustafi.
Iwobi was good. He’s so frustrating in the final third but he’s quality. If he can improve 10 percent in the final third and be more consistent he can be really quality.
Iwobi was good. He’s so frustrating in the final third but he’s quality. If he can improve 10 percent in the final third and be more consistent he can be really quality.
Good piece in The Athletic on Tab Ramos and the U-20s
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 1/17/19 at 10:59 am
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Ramos pointed to Paul Pogba, who was released by Juventus to be able to play in the 2013 U-20 World Cup for France. Pogba was a regular starter in Serie A at the time. Similarly, Mexican stars Chucky Lozano and Erick Gutierrez were released by Pachuca during the Liga MX playoffs in order to prepare for the U-20 World Cup with Mexico. “Yet, I’ve already received a letter from an MLS club this year saying if their player is playing (in MLS) he’s not going to the World Cup,” Ramos said. “That’s already happened and we’re six months away. So I have to hope this player is doing terrible in the next six months in order to go to a World Cup? This is ludicrous. It’s ridiculous.”
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One of the top U-20 players in this cycle, Alex Mendez, was never signed by the LA Galaxy out of its academy and signed with SC Freiburg in Germany. Ramos believes Mendez compares with most any top young player signed in MLS in the last few years. “When I watch him play, I’m thinking, wow, this kid is American? How is that possible? This is Riquelme.” Ramos said. “I see some of the signings in MLS that come from South America, $10-15 million, and I’m thinking let’s turn around and say Alex was born in Buenos Aires and let’s put a price tag on Alex. He’s worth every bit of $15 million. That’s how I see it.”
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re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 1/15/19 at 12:41 pm to braud2go
Guessing this is a power struggle with Raul and maybe Emery.
re: Best young player in the world has a New Iberia haircut
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 1/14/19 at 3:07 pm to S
First he wears this necklace. Then he wears your girl.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 1/4/19 at 10:01 pm to cwil177
Coqzorla* forever
* with Ramsey on the right
* with Ramsey on the right
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 12/23/18 at 7:54 am to crazy4lsu
From OptaJoe
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22 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has scored 22 goals in his 31 Premier League appearances for Arsenal, five more than any other player for the club after 31 games (Thierry Henry next on 17). Superstar. #ARSBUR
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 12/22/18 at 11:28 am to DB10_AFC
I just wish we could keep some goddamn clean sheets.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 11/26/18 at 4:10 pm to glassman
Miki is such a strange player. Moments of great quality mixed in with moments of WTF.
Would’ve preferred Ozil obviously but a win is a win.
Would’ve preferred Ozil obviously but a win is a win.
re: Whitworth getting owned by Justin Houston
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 11/19/18 at 10:26 pm to Tiger1988
Honestly thought the strip sack was more the fault of the center of the line. No pocket for Goff to step into. Whitworth drove Houston back 10+ yards behind the line. Can’t do much more than that.
re: Clint Dempsey retires
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/29/18 at 11:47 am to lsu31always
Scramble haters. Omelette.
Thanks Deuce. For your goals and for your fire lyrics.
Thanks Deuce. For your goals and for your fire lyrics.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/20/18 at 8:29 am to braud2go
Problem with dropping Xhaka might be a lack of control. I didn’t watch closely enough to know if his absence was the reason why but we clearly lost control in the second half. He remains a very good breaker of defensive lines with his passing. Hopefully a 3 of him Torreira and Ramsey gives us the balance we need.
ETA: Obviously Guendouzi could be a big factor if he keeps his form. Also not sure that a central role isn’t where Iwobi would be best suited. Such a smooth user of the ball, strong, keeps possession. If he maintains his final third form from Chelsea that’s ideal and frees up some room for Auba-Laca up top.
ETA: Obviously Guendouzi could be a big factor if he keeps his form. Also not sure that a central role isn’t where Iwobi would be best suited. Such a smooth user of the ball, strong, keeps possession. If he maintains his final third form from Chelsea that’s ideal and frees up some room for Auba-Laca up top.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/19/18 at 12:34 pm to RebelVol
Next eight games are winnable. Would love to run off a good streak.
Hopefully we embed Torreira fully. Xhaka May come good but he looks like a Mustafi signing that’s a level above where he needs to be.
Wouldn’t mind seeing Welbeck get a run in this system. Would be excellent in our press and would add some needed athleticism.
Hopefully we embed Torreira fully. Xhaka May come good but he looks like a Mustafi signing that’s a level above where he needs to be.
Wouldn’t mind seeing Welbeck get a run in this system. Would be excellent in our press and would add some needed athleticism.
re: Arsenal 18/19 Season Thread
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/19/18 at 12:32 pm to Mengel97
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Unai is Wenger 2.0 version. Some of you said that we have quality players? Please name them. Ozil? Lazy as frick. Ramsey? What quality does he have? Running like headless chicken around the field. Auba? It's ok about him, he maybe had a bad day. Not to mention Xhaka... When Iwobi is our best player then you know everything is wrong. Even if Guardiola comes, he can not do anything with this team. They are all useless. It's time for Emery to bench this 'stars' such as Ozil and find another solution.
Jesus Christ. Have some patience. Two games, one against the best team in Europe and one at Chelsea. The difference in tactical approach, lineup selection and sub patterns is night and day.
I’m going to remain positive until the sample size is large enough to do otherwise.
Very happy with Guendouzi. Hope he continues to progress. Laca and Auba will get us goals. Back line needs an overhaul. If Iwobi takes off I’ll be thrilled.
Concerned how little our 10s have impacted the games so far. Not sure why, haven’t watched closely enough.
re: Father Time >>> Jimmy Bullard
Posted by Stewie Griffin on 8/16/18 at 1:45 pm to Stewie Griffin
Also a reminder of this 
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