Has the transfer window been flung wide yet?

[Sir C]

If it has, how come Sanchez is still at our club?

[PSRB]

If it has, how come Sanchez is still at our club?

Well, the scousers have bought VVD for £75m and are now shocked that Coutinho is almost certain to go to Barca......can't honestly believe they thought they'd fork that out for a player and not sell

[Burney]

If it has, how come Sanchez is still at our club?

Is it because he’s the only fúcker who seems to know roughly where the goal is?

[SWv2]

Well, the scousers have bought VVD for £75m and are now shocked that Coutinho isn't almost certain to go to Barca......can't honestly believe they thought they'd fork that out for a player and not sell

Strikes me as a terribly large sum of money.

[World's End Stella]

Well, the scousers have bought VVD for £75m and are now shocked that Coutinho isn't almost certain to go to Barca......can't honestly believe they thought they'd fork that out for a player and not sell

Excellent article in the Sunday Times by Jonathan Northcroft on the changes taking place at Arsenal in preparation for Wenger leaving. I believe it included the suggestion that Wenger would not be in charge of the transfer window decisions this January, not entirely anyway.

Goretzka and Lemar in, Sanchez and Ramsey out. :cloud9:

[SWv2]

Excellent article in the Sunday Times by Jonathan Northcroft on the changes taking place at Arsenal in preparation for Wenger leaving. I believe it included the suggestion that Wenger would not be in charge of the transfer window decisions this January, not entirely anyway.

Goretzka and Lemar in, Sanchez and Ramsey out. :cloud9:

Indeed I read said article with interest.

I cynically assumed it was a piece placed by the club as it was all extremely positive and reinforcing how great the future could be.

[IUFG]

Is it because he’s the only fúcker who seems to know roughly where the goal is?

Lacazette?

Works hard. Finds more ways not to score than Kaba Diawara.

[World's End Stella]

Excellent article in the Sunday Times by Jonathan Northcroft on the changes taking place at Arsenal in preparation for Wenger leaving. I believe it included the suggestion that Wenger would not be in charge of the transfer window decisions this January, not entirely anyway.

Goretzka and Lemar in, Sanchez and Ramsey out. :cloud9:

The relevant part of the article, it gives me hope. :-)

That’s the vision, anyway. Same old Arsenal? Not really any more. It has happened stealthily, often quietly, but 2017 was the club’s biggest year of behind-the-scenes change since Arsène Wenger arrived in 1996. Because Wenger stayed on a fresh two-year deal when his contract came up for renewal in June, the cliché has remained of Arsenal as an institution meandering along — and a continuation of the varied first-team results and performances of recent seasons has furthered that impression, shared by many.


But it may be wrong. 2018 is a year where the effects of huge alterations to the structure around Wenger are expected to start being felt. The January transfer window could be a beginning, with Mislintat coordinating recruitment for the first time.

[IUFG]

Excellent article in the Sunday Times by Jonathan Northcroft on the changes taking place at Arsenal in preparation for Wenger leaving. I believe it included the suggestion that Wenger would not be in charge of the transfer window decisions this January, not entirely anyway.

Goretzka and Lemar in, Sanchez and Ramsey out. :cloud9:

Wenger to go out with a massive triumph?
Or more a bit like Phil 'The Power' Taylor did last night; when the new kid on the block handed him his arse.

[Sir C]

The relevant part of the article, it gives me hope. :-)

That’s the vision, anyway. Same old Arsenal? Not really any more. It has happened stealthily, often quietly, but 2017 was the club’s biggest year of behind-the-scenes change since Arsène Wenger arrived in 1996. Because Wenger stayed on a fresh two-year deal when his contract came up for renewal in June, the cliché has remained of Arsenal as an institution meandering along — and a continuation of the varied first-team results and performances of recent seasons has furthered that impression, shared by many.


But it may be wrong. 2018 is a year where the effects of huge alterations to the structure around Wenger are expected to start being felt. The January transfer window could be a beginning, with Mislintat coordinating recruitment for the first time.

I used to love football. I used to meet my mate Dave on a Saturday, drive to Highbury, have a couple of beers, get sasuage and chips from the Arsenal Fish Bar on Avenell Rd, stand on the North Bank and sing viciously anti-semitic songs, enjoy a Mars Bar at half-time, cheer when we were good and giggle when we were outrageously bad, then go home and get on with my life.

What the fúck happened to football? Now it belongs to people like you who touch themselves inappropriately because some **** called Mislintat is in charge of transfers?

Fúcking hell.

[Sir C]

Important point to add:

I used to get battered sausage. Dave preferred plain, although occasionally he would substitute the sausage for a beef and onion pie. Another chap came with us sometimes and he would have 'a nice piece of cod' until the week it was his turn to pay, when he would decide he wanted sausage too.

[Burney]

I used to love football. I used to meet my mate Dave on a Saturday, drive to Highbury, have a couple of beers, get sasuage and chips from the Arsenal Fish Bar on Avenell Rd, stand on the North Bank and sing viciously anti-semitic songs, enjoy a Mars Bar at half-time, cheer when we were good and giggle when we were outrageously bad, then go home and get on with my life.

What the fúck happened to football? Now it belongs to people like you who touch themselves inappropriately because some **** called Mislintat is in charge of transfers?

Fúcking hell.

Literally, we used to have no idea about what went on behind the scenes. There was the team, the manager and the Chairman. That was it. And that was all you actually needed to know.

Too much light has been let in upon magic imo. This has resulted in football fans giving a flying fück about the balance sheet and who owns what shares. Bad.

[Sir C]

Literally, we used to have no idea about what went on behind the scenes. There was the team, the manager and the Chairman. That was it. And that was all you actually needed to know.

Too much light has been let in upon magic imo. This has resulted in football fans giving a flying fück about the balance sheet and who owns what shares. Bad.

Exactly. It used to be a fun part of your life that you thought about during the day of the game, or the day after when yopu could read a match report in the paper. NOW YOU HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY ENRAGED! And not just about results, no; you must also be angered by the activities of the marketing department.

For the first time in my life I find that I don't like football very much at the moment. It's all become depressing.

[World's End Stella]

I used to love football. I used to meet my mate Dave on a Saturday, drive to Highbury, have a couple of beers, get sasuage and chips from the Arsenal Fish Bar on Avenell Rd, stand on the North Bank and sing viciously anti-semitic songs, enjoy a Mars Bar at half-time, cheer when we were good and giggle when we were outrageously bad, then go home and get on with my life.

What the fúck happened to football? Now it belongs to people like you who touch themselves inappropriately because some **** called Mislintat is in charge of transfers?

Fúcking hell.

I care only that Wenger is being phased out, I have little interest beyond that. And I never touch myself inappropriately, not too often anyway.

And I certainly wasn't doing so when reviewing V's latest Facebook photos which included one of you and your hairy nipple.

Can you ask her to never do it again, hmmm? I was in the middle of a fine bottle of Burgundy at the time and it put me right off. :-(

[World's End Stella]

For the first time in my life I find that I don't like football very much at the moment. It's all become depressing.

Yeah right. :clap:

You've been going on about this for almost a decade. :hehe:

[Sir C]

I care only that Wenger is being phased out, I have little interest beyond that. And I never touch myself inappropriately, not too often anyway.

And I certainly wasn't doing so when reviewing V's latest Facebook photos which included one of you and your hairy nipple.

Can you ask her to never do it again, hmmm? I was in the middle of a fine bottle of Burgundy at the time and it put me right off. :-(

You'd have had the fish, wouldn't you? Unless it was your turn to pay.

[Peter]

Lacazette?

Works hard. Finds more ways not to score than Kaba Diawara.

Has hardly any chances created for him. Our attacking play is as bad as it has ever been under wenger. Sanchez seems to be reluctant to pass to him.

[World's End Stella]

Literally, we used to have no idea about what went on behind the scenes. There was the team, the manager and the Chairman. That was it. And that was all you actually needed to know.

Too much light has been let in upon magic imo. This has resulted in football fans giving a flying fück about the balance sheet and who owns what shares. Bad.

BTW - Straw Hat :nod:

One of the finest Chinese/Asian meals I have ever eaten; the Wasabi prawns and the soft shell crab were sublime. We treated it as a sort of Asian tapas; ordering loads of different starters until we were stuffed. And interesting dishes as well, not just your bog standard sweet n sour chicken and crispy duck offerings.

Dear, but definitely worth the trip.

[Burney]

Exactly. It used to be a fun part of your life that you thought about during the day of the game, or the day after when yopu could read a match report in the paper. NOW YOU HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY ENRAGED! And not just about results, no; you must also be angered by the activities of the marketing department.

For the first time in my life I find that I don't like football very much at the moment. It's all become depressing.

The chaps ran about in the mud kicking the ball about, the crowd sang the most vile filth uproariously for 90 minutes and the Chairman wore a coat with an Astrakhan collar. And then you'd go outside via crumbling concrete steps and the police would look at you like something they'd found on your shoe all the way to the tube station.

Simpler, better timez.

[Burney]

The chaps ran about in the mud kicking the ball about, the crowd sang the most vile filth uproariously for 90 minutes and the Chairman wore a coat with an Astrakhan collar. And then you'd go outside via crumbling concrete steps and the police would look at you like something they'd found on your shoe all the way to the tube station.

Simpler, better timez.

:thumbup: I shall hold off visiting until I actually have some fücking money again.

About 2025 at this rate. :-(

[PSRB]

Has hardly any chances created for him. Our attacking play is as bad as it has ever been under wenger. Sanchez seems to be reluctant to pass to him.

Currently, almost every chance he has, seems to fall on his left foot. He is very clearly not confident with his swinger

[World's End Stella]

:thumbup: I shall hold off visiting until I actually have some fücking money again.

About 2025 at this rate. :-(

I cannot stress strongly enough the genius of the Wasabi prawns. They were deep fried but seemingly with virtually no batter whatsoever and as a result were just beautifully, lightly crisp. And the Wasabi tasted of Wasabi but was sweet. Quite exceptional, I thought.

[Sir C]

I cannot stress strongly enough the genius of the Wasabi prawns. They were deep fried but seemingly with virtually no batter whatsoever and as a result were just beautifully, lightly crisp. And the Wasabi tasted of Wasabi but was sweet. Quite exceptional, I thought.

Point of order. I don't believe you've ever tasted wasabi.

[World's End Stella]

Point of order. I don't believe you've ever tasted wasabi.

Not even when I had teppanyaki at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Tokyo? :-(

Please tell me you aren't doing this 'oooh I know food so much better than you because I'm a worldly traveler and you aren't' thing again. :rolleyes:

[Sir C]

Not even when I had teppanyaki at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Tokyo? :-(

Please tell me you aren't doing this 'oooh I know food so much better than you because I'm a worldly traveler and you aren't' thing again. :rolleyes:

I suspect they gave you the dyed horseradish anyway, secure in the knowledge that you wouldn't know any better :shrug:

[World's End Stella]

I suspect they gave you the dyed horseradish anyway, secure in the knowledge that you wouldn't know any better :shrug:

I used to have a small team I was responsible for in Tokyo when I worked at Merrill Lynch.

I've forgotten more about Japanese food than you will ever know.

That's twice you've b1tch slapped while being a pretentious foodie tw@t, Charles. Might be an idea to stop?

[Burney]

I used to have a small team I was responsible for in Tokyo

Seems a bit lacist.

[Luis Anaconda]

Seems a bit lacist.

Very true, b - mods should nip this thing in the bud early doors

[World's End Stella]

Seems a bit lacist.

:clap:

Although none of them were Japanese, funnily enough. A Canadian albino, a nerdy Swede and a Filipino woman. Strange city with strange people in my experience. Brilliant food, mind.

[Sir C]

I used to have a small team I was responsible for in Tokyo when I worked at Merrill Lynch.

I've forgotten more about Japanese food than you will ever know.

That's twice you've b1tch slapped while being a pretentious foodie tw@t, Charles. Might be an idea to stop?

:hehe: Two conversations with your little yellow friends and and a 48 hour stopover at a tourist trap in Tokyo clearly makes you an expert.

Tell us more of the exceptional local cuisine you enjoy in the UAE. Club sandwiches and cheeseburgers, is it?

[World's End Stella]

:hehe: Two conversations with your little yellow friends and and a 48 hour stopover at a tourist trap in Tokyo clearly makes you an expert.

Tell us more of the exceptional local cuisine you enjoy in the UAE. Club sandwiches and cheeseburgers, is it?

No, excellent Italian at the Italian restaurant cooked by an Italian chef. And excellent Indian at the Indian restaurant cooked by an Indian chef. And excellent Asian at the Asian restaurant cooked by a Thai chef. And excellent seafood and steak cooked on an open grill by some chap whose nationality I don't remember.

Keep going, Charles, and don't for a second think you're making an idiot of yourself. Bye. :wave:

[Peter]

No, excellent Italian at the Italian restaurant cooked by an Italian chef. And excellent Indian at the Indian restaurant cooked by an Indian chef. And excellent Asian at the Asian restaurant cooked by a Thai chef. And excellent seafood and steak cooked on an open grill by some chap whose nationality I don't remember.

Keep going, Charles, and don't for a second think you're making an idiot of yourself. Bye. :wave:

Why do you feel the need to explain yourself to him? I mean, who really cares what food any of us have ever had to eat?

And anyway, neither of you know anything about real food. Not like me :)

[World's End Stella]

Why do you feel the need to explain yourself to him? I mean, who really cares what food any of us have ever had to eat?

And anyway, neither of you know anything about real food. Not like me :)

I don't. It starts off as a bit of mild banter and then when he gets boring and starts embarrassing himself I move on. :shrug:

And I've forgotten more about xxx food than you'll ever know etc etc :-)

[Burney]

I don't. It starts off as a bit of mild banter and then when he gets boring and starts embarrassing himself I move on. :shrug:

And I've forgotten more about xxx food than you'll ever know etc etc :-)

There is just the possibility, of course, that Sir C is pushing your buttons.

Unlikely, I know. But there it is. :

[Peter]

I don't. It starts off as a bit of mild banter and then when he gets boring and starts embarrassing himself I move on. :shrug:

And I've forgotten more about xxx food than you'll ever know etc etc :-)

THere is nothing wrong with a club sandwich. There is nothing wrong with going to the Irish pub and having a Guinness and a burger. I do it all the time when I am away.

THen again, I am rather uncouth, uncivilised and a bit thick- in other words, working class. For those who aspire to more, I suppose this stuff matters.

[Luis Anaconda]

THere is nothing wrong with a club sandwich. There is nothing wrong with going to the Irish pub and having a Guinness and a burger. I do it all the time when I am away.

THen again, I am rather uncouth, uncivilised and a bit thick- in other words, working class. For those who aspire to more, I suppose this stuff matters.

I see nothing wrong with a Guinness and a burger in a pub anywhere and I am well civilised. Except when it comes to food, I guess, but I can blame that on Irish parents

[Sir C]

There is just the possibility, of course, that Sir C is pushing your buttons.

Unlikely, I know. But there it is. :

The very idea, b.

[Peter]

I see nothing wrong with a Guinness and a burger in a pub anywhere and I am well civilised. Except when it comes to food, I guess, but I can blame that on Irish parents

I know plenty about food, I just dont care about it. I love a good chinese or indian but have no interest in socialist chefs or fusion bul****. I like pauper food.

[World's End Stella]

I know plenty about food, I just dont care about it. I love a good chinese or indian but have no interest in socialist chefs or fusion bul****. I like pauper food.

I was given a deep fat fryer for Christmas, the only reason being that Mrs WES finally agreed to let me have one provided I keep it in the laundry room as she doesn't want her kitchen smelling of a 'chip shop'.

I tried pointing out that chip shops smell quite wonderful but she wasn't having it. :shrug:

Anyway, first things I have cooked are chicken wings and calamari. Chicken wings because they are a personal favourite of mine from my Canadian days (good chicken wings are simply unavailable in the UK) and calamari because Mrs WES wanted something more upscale if she was going to have to put up with the 'smell'. :rolleyes:

Both exceptional, BTW.

[Peter]

I was given a deep fat fryer for Christmas, the only reason being that Mrs WES finally agreed to let me have one provided I keep it in the laundry room as she doesn't want her kitchen smelling of a 'chip shop'.

I tried pointing out that chip shops smell quite wonderful but she wasn't having it. :shrug:

Anyway, first things I have cooked are chicken wings and calamari. Chicken wings because they are a personal favourite of mine from my Canadian days (good chicken wings are simply unavailable in the UK) and calamari because Mrs WES wanted something more upscale if she was going to have to put up with the 'smell'. :rolleyes:

Both exceptional, BTW.

We got one a while back. Do some onion bhajis, they are absolutely amazing :o

[World's End Stella]

We got one a while back. Do some onion bhajis, they are absolutely amazing :o

What type of oil do you use? We went with sunflower oil although in hindsight rapeseed might have been better. :rubchin:

[Sir C]

What type of oil do you use? We went with sunflower oil although in hindsight rapeseed might have been better. :rubchin:

:sigh:

I'll say nothing.

[Peter]

What type of oil do you use? We went with sunflower oil although in hindsight rapeseed might have been better. :rubchin:

Errrr.....I dont do the cooking. Its some sort of vegetable oil but I have no more information than that.

[Peter]

:sigh:

I'll say nothing.

If you wouldn't mind, that would be great :)

[Burney]

:sigh:

I'll say nothing.

:nod: I can't believe he's not filling his entire deep fat fryer with ghee and whacking it up to full temperature, tbh.

Some people have no idea :shakehead:

[World's End Stella]

Errrr.....I dont do the cooking. Its some sort of vegetable oil but I have no more information than that.

Mrs WES wouldn't allow vegetable, because of the chip shop thing again.

The Yanks swear by peanut oil but it's not easy to get over here, not as far as I could see, anyway.

[Burney]

I was given a deep fat fryer for Christmas, the only reason being that Mrs WES finally agreed to let me have one provided I keep it in the laundry room as she doesn't want her kitchen smelling of a 'chip shop'.

I tried pointing out that chip shops smell quite wonderful but she wasn't having it. :shrug:

Anyway, first things I have cooked are chicken wings and calamari. Chicken wings because they are a personal favourite of mine from my Canadian days (good chicken wings are simply unavailable in the UK) and calamari because Mrs WES wanted something more upscale if she was going to have to put up with the 'smell'. :rolleyes:

Both exceptional, BTW.

I can't help but feel that somewhere where you keep clean clothes is pretty incompatible with somewhere where you have grease and chip shop smell, but there you go.

[World's End Stella]

:nod: I can't believe he's not filling his entire deep fat fryer with ghee and whacking it up to full temperature, tbh.

Some people have no idea :shakehead:

Before purchasing the aforementioned oil I spent some time reviewing the opinions and options of a number of chefs or foodie people on the internet and there was no clear consensus.

What a surprise that you and Charles have an opinion on the matter and anyone who feels differently knows nothing. :hehe:

[World's End Stella]

I can't help but feel that somewhere where you keep clean clothes is pretty incompatible with somewhere where you have grease and chip shop smell, but there you go.

Unlike you, we keep our clean clothes in dressers, wardrobes and the odd closet.

A laundry room is where you wash them and dry them. And not while deep frying things.

[Burney]

Before purchasing the aforementioned oil I spent some time reviewing the opinions and options of a number of chefs or foodie people on the internet and there was no clear consensus.

What a surprise that you and Charles have an opinion on the matter and anyone who feels differently knows nothing. :hehe:

I'm taking the píss, you silly tool! :hehe:

[Burney]

Unlike you, we keep our clean clothes in dressers, wardrobes and the odd closet.

A laundry room is where you wash them and dry them. And not while deep frying things.

Indeed. But sometimes it's necessary to hang clothes up to dry in said room. That wouldn't go well with chip fat smell imo.

My missus is starting to get a bit antsy about me brewing cider in her laundry room. Seems to think that the heady scent of yeast and fermentation is not compatible with laundry. I take a different view.

[World's End Stella]

Indeed. But sometimes it's necessary to hang clothes up to dry in said room. That wouldn't go well with chip fat smell imo.

My missus is starting to get a bit antsy about me brewing cider in her laundry room. Seems to think that the heady scent of yeast and fermentation is not compatible with laundry. I take a different view.

Nope, we hang them up in another room, the laundry room is only for washer/dryer stuff.

I can't help but feel this is all getting a bit personal now, Burney. There's only so much about my life I want to tell you.