ARSENAL HEADING TO USA JUST LIKE BALOGUN, BUKAYO, AND MAYBE EDDIE
Quick lil update for ya’ll.
Eddie Nketiah, nursing a bad ankle, had time to climb the stairs to present Kimmy K with an Arsenal shirt.
Are you mad, son?
You think we don’t know what you were up there doing?
That is a mother of 2!
What would Kanye say?
Then I see Bukayo on the Facetime having a crack at cementing himself in the next TV series?
BOYS!
Get some focus.
Honestly, not good enough.
Tomi is out for the season. The poor guy has had surgery. It caps an awful year personally for him. Here’s to wishing him a speedy recovery!
It feels like we’ve been waiting on Saliba news for about 987 days. No news is usually not good news. If it was a back spasm, we’d have been told the back was ok by now.
Am I catastrophizing?
Do I fear for his career?
IS THIS THE WORST THING TO HAPPEN TO ARSENAL IN 100 YEARS?
Who knows. But if Arsenal don’t fill the silence, the silence will be filled by others. So here we are. Filling silence with panic speculation.
There’s a funny story doing the rounds that Arsenal have sent someone from their Performance team to watch over Thomas Partey when he’s away with Ghana. Is that to protect his beautiful bones? Or is it to make sure he’s not out with the boys Parteying after hours? Who knows… I’m just filling the void.
Mesut Ozil has exited football for good. The playmaker has retired after a pretty rank 5 years in football. I don’t really feel anything. The player gave me joy in a grim era. He was supposed to be a catalyst for a better Arsenal, he kind of was, but his flaws were also Wenger flaws.
Beauty without guile.
Raw talent without tactical refinement.
The impression of greatness without ever delivering it.
Comfort in a big salary.
Mesut Ozil’s short career at Arsenal reflected Wenger’s in a way. A giant of sport aged out by the progress of the game. He arrived a devastating playmaker and left a shadow of who he once was. The shame of it is he was part responsible for downing Wenger, he was very much in the mixer for taking down Unai Emery who he hated, and he totally failed to take down Arteta with his ‘trust the process’ tweets and pathetic commentary on where we were. He is one of the most disruptive players to ever wear an Arsenal shirt, namely, because he didn’t care.
Well, who had the last laugh? Don Mikel.
Arsenal is heading to DC for the MLS All Star game this July.
Did I make it happen?
Yes.
It was me.
Ok, it wasn’t.
But it’s serendipitous that St. Louis City sc went live this season, we’re top of the league after breaking a record for the strongest start for an expansion team EVER, playing some great football… and someone from our team might play against Arsenal in an All Star game. Right? Very right.
I’ll be heading down there with Matt Kandela for SURE.
More USA propaganda?
Folarin Balogun is in Orlando, near the USMNT training camp for an undisclosed reason!
Is it because I’ve been campaigning for him to sign for TEAM USA? Absolutely not. But come on, why wouldn’t he pledge allegiance to the star-spangled banner?
- He’d be the best striker in America
- He’d definitely go to a World Cup. Not guaranteed with England or Nigeria
- America would LOVE him
- He’d make loads of money as the face of 2026
The most commercially righteous decision a young man with 17 Ligue 1 goals could make.
ENGLAND VS ITALY TODAY. Pray that Saka stays fit. Also, can we have a word about all these clubs faking injuries of their players this week to avoid England duty?
Back later.
xx