Sweet April Showers do Spring May Flowers.
Aubameyang may well be starting THE season of his career. A fotballer’s career is over in a flash. Remember Nasri joining us and showing so much talent? He is now 34 and a free agent. That’s how quick it goes.
Pierre is now 32, just two years younger than Sammy Nassery, as we used to sing his name.
I don’t know him of course but I have sensed that PEA had hoped for one more transfer to reach the Apex of European top clubs, say Barca or RM, or mayby even Juventus, the last few summers. They did not come and he excepted the golden jail ticket that Arsenal offered him.
Arteta started to build something new and C19 happened. We witnessed an Auba who was often not cooking with gas, struggling to fit into Arteta-ball and not being the inspirational leader we had hoped he would be. There were family reasons too of course.
I think he still has hopes to make one final move but nobody came as yet, and now it is time to focus fully on Arsenal again.
Last season was not great but if Pierre can embrace his situation and work his socks for Arteta and the team, he can make all the difference once again.
For this he has to be passionately committed, embrace his fate, and find joy in being such a pivotal player in the Arteta revolution. It’s about doing his epistemic best and learn to live in the moment again. I really hope he does.
And that a career can still reach its apex late on was made clear by one of the finest Gunners of the 21st century, Ollie Giroud, who won the shiniest silverware in the ‘fall’ of his one and is still going strong at almost 35!
Come on Prince Pierre. We need you to rekindle your fire and embrace your self declared mission for this team. The rewards will be very, very sweet.
By TotalArsenal.
Bergkampesque 
Fine post Total.
Lets hope that both Lacca and Auba regain their top form, with the old heads and the new blood we could have a chance to become a surprise element.
I fear the next two games will be a bridge to far – but we can always hope to spring a surprise.
We’ve checked-in with our medical team ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match against Chelsea.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Auba tested positive for Covid-19 and was unavailable for last Friday’s match at Brentford. Auba is now negative on Covid-19 testing, is well and following all protocols for return to play. He will return to training and be assessed prior to Sunday’s match.
Alex Lacazette
Alex tested positive for Covid-19 and was unavailable for last Friday’s match at Brentford. Alex is still recovering and will not be available for Sunday’s match.
Gabriel Magalhaes
Right knee. Gabriel sustained an injury to his right knee whilst with the Brazilian Olympic Squad. Gabriel is progressing well with the medical team and is aiming to be back in training later this month.
Eddie Nketiah
Right ankle. Eddie sustained bruising to his right ankle during the friendly match against Chelsea on 1 August. Eddie is working hard with the medical team and is aiming to be back in training in early September.
Thomas Partey
Right ankle. Thomas sustained an injury to ligaments in his right ankle during the friendly match against Chelsea on 1 August. Thomas is working hard with the medical team and is aiming to be back in training by the end of August.
Alex Runarsson
Alex tested positive for Covid-19 and was unavailable for last Friday’s match at Brentford. Alex is still recovering and will not be available for Sunday’s match.
Willian
Willian has also tested positive for Covid-19 and is adhering to protocols. His health and fitness will be monitored and assessed ahead of Sunday’s match.
As part of Premier League protocol, all members of our first team squad and support staff continue to be regularly tested for COVID-19.
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Cheers GN5, I have a good feeling about tomorrow’s game. If I was Chelsea I would not want to play us at the home of football tomorrow
TA, there’s nothing I would love more than to have Auba firing on all cylinders again. I wait in hope and with bated breath. He just needs to take some risks in 50-50s, even where it hurts a bit.
As for the game tomorrow, it may be one of those games where we deploy Elneny to the detriment of either a forward or a midfielder. We’d see how it goes. Whatever happens, all I want to see is some fight and clinical finishing.
Was thinking the same re Elneny, Eris.
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Been busy at work, so catching up now Total, a really nice post mate, from the heart.
You know it would be an awful shame if Auba’s Arsenal career was defined by it winding down without a whimper especially after the great times he’s given us up the FACup final of 2020.
There could be many many reasons why he didn’t maintain his standards last season, family, health, mental health even, this WuFlu has affected us all in so many different ways and footballers are not automated, they’re people like us.
Arsenal are evolving into a different animal a lot different from the beast he joined back in the dying embers of Wenger. He’s lived an unbelievable period in anyone’s life at Arsenal, played under four managers, experienced the highs and the lows and yes, maybe there was a chance for him to realise his ambition of playing for Barcelona, but he took the Arsenal contract and our adulation and maybe regretted it a tad afterwards, who knows?
I’m hoping that he can recapture his verve whilst surrounded by a team of youthful exuberance, boundless energy and technical brilliance, I’m sure that Martin, Emile, Bakayo, Nicolas, Martinelli and Co will deliver him the goods, he just needs to rekindle his hunger and enjoy the feast.
Brilliant comment, Kev. Let’s hope he will indeed find his fire again.