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City Are In Another League To Us Right Now
Nov 5th, 2017 by 'holic
I was doing my usual write-up as the match progressed but decided at the end of the game to delete everything and consider a little further what I had just seen.
The manager surprised many with his formation and selection for the trip to free-scoring Manchester City. With Per Mertesacker ruled out by illness and Rob Holding injured the manager put Francis Coquelin in the centre of the back three. Presumably Mohamed Elneny was unavailable too? Alex Iwobi was drafted in to convert the midfield to a five with leading goalscorer Alex Lacazette dropped to the bench.
The Gunners started on the front foot, forcing a string of early corners, although from the first of those we got a glimpse of City's power and pace on the break when Alexis surrendered possession, not for the last time. Thankfully Aguero blasted his effort wide of the near post. It was a warning of how the match would pan out.
That opening few minutes were not the only spell in which we achieved a degree of control and attacking menace. However the difference in quality between the two sides was marked. When City knocked it around it was with the foremost thought of getting the ball forward quickly and accurately. They play the way we did a decade ago, and why not, for they have spent a small fortune on buying some of the best players assembled at a Premier League club. There is no point in bemoaning that. It is what it is.
They took the lead when De Bruyne played a one-two with Fernandinho through a static Gunners midfield and drilled a shot between Laurent Koscielny's legs and into the far corner. If City had demonstrated their attacking threat then at least we did try to fashion a response, but all too often that came to nought as Alexis is not a lone attacker. He simply cannot win the ball in the air and his distribution today was often the trigger for another City counter-attack.
When we did get support up to him we did threaten. In the opening half Alexis himself, Mesut Ozil, Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey had efforts on goal but we lacked the clinical finish that De Bruyne had displayed. At half-time we had to concede the scoreline was about right but we were far from out of the contest.
It didn't take long though before we had a second-half mountain to climb. The best way to describe how the second goal came about is to borrow from the BBC website.
49′ Penalty Manchester City. Raheem Sterling draws a foul in the penalty area.
How accurate was that? Sterling got in behind Nacho Monreal, got across him, slowed down and tumbled to ground following the inevitable coming together. Nacho might have been a bit naive, and I think I would have screamed for a penalty if it had happened at the other end, but it is one of those decisions that will not always be given. Aguero's penalty found the net via the inside of Petr Cech's left-hand goalpost.
The travelling Gooners, or rather those that reached the ground despite Network Rail's best efforts to leave them stranded, were in no doubt what should happen and chants of "Super Jack Wilshere" boomed out from the away section. Personally I would have preferred to get Lacazette into the action as well, and as the hour approached the manager finally sent him on, withdrew Coquelin, and reverted to a 4-4-2.
Was it too little, too late? Perhaps not. Lacazette did what Lacazette does and scored to bring us back into the match, thus making a mockery of the decision not to start him. We had a head of steam again and City survived some serious pressure, but with a quarter of an hour left we were finally beaten by a controversial third for City.
Silva ran in behind the Arsenal defence, one of two City players in an offside position, and we stopped awaiting a flag that never came. Silva crossed for Jesus to sweep the ball beyond Cech. Hopefully we have learned the oldest lesson in football as a result. Always, always, play to the whistle. We didn't lose because of the assistant referees incompetence, however. City were deserving winners without that.
We ended up with some displays of petulance. Granit Xhaka, Alexis, and Ozil picked up late yellow cards and the latter was fortunate not to receive a second. It's good that they were hurting, but that is not the way to show it.
So to the feelings two hours later. We are twelve points behind City having lost four out of six matches on the road. We are a million miles behind at least City right now. We are ahead of Burnley on goal difference. This isn't what we moved to a bigger stadium for.
We go into yet another international break on a downer. Who is up next? The manager will have to get his selection right for the visit of the neighbours. Losing to a team as superior as City clearly are at the moment is one thing. Get it wrong against Tottenham and the reaction does not bear thinking about.
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77 Responses to "City Are In Another League To Us Right Now"
on 05 Nov 2017 at 7:11 pm1 the 3 degrees
It would be rude not too?
on 05 Nov 2017 at 7:11 pm2 Dapper DanC
Guardiola would win the league with the current Arsenal squad under Arsene Wenger's charge and "coaching/man-management" brilliance! I'll take a bet with anyone on that claim; and of course using some of my offshore funds for tax purposes! Godspeed Chaps!
on 05 Nov 2017 at 7:20 pm3 Bergkamp's The Man
A sobering but very fair report. The better team won on the day. I wasn't optimistic going into the game and wasn't overly disappointed by the outcome. The Soccernomics dictume that 'the team with most money to spend eventually wins all that it wants' is, as you say, what it is. We saw it with Chel$ki and we're seeing it now with Citeh. Even Yanited, with the squillions they've spent aren't cutting it.
Our midfield isn't up to winning the league. Neither defensively nor creatively nor 'gutsomely'. Watching Cesc and Kante outplay Yanited today was a pleasure that brought back some wonderful memories of our former Catalan, captain and Number 4. A favourite topic of-course, Holic…..and I'm hoping we'll continue the discussion pre and post the upcoming encounter with the Spuds.
Something to look forward to.
An excellent contribution from Desi around 55 in the last drinks btw.
@2 – not a chance. Midfield squad isn't good enough. Don't waste your money betting on the hypothetical.
@4,
You mean like the "Mega-bucks" big boys of Leicester in the EPL, Atletco Madrid in La Liga, and Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga? Hmmmm….🤔
on 05 Nov 2017 at 7:45 pm6 Bathgooner
Fine report, Guvna. Quite right BtM. Midfield improvement has to be the summer priority. LJW's cameo was encouraging but we need an upgrade at DMF. Facile and incorrect comparisons Dan.
on 05 Nov 2017 at 7:50 pm7 Cynic
From previous drinks
Conversely I really wish we could have seen a season of Arsene with the kind of Goodies Pep has at his disposal – an embarrassment of riches almost…
We have spent £50m on a striker who our esteemed manager has left out of the starting line up against Liverpool and Man City, and we've lost both matches.
Whatever rocks your boat too, Bathgooner.
Only a maximum of 19 more months left, Gents! 🤤
There will always be upsets and exceptions, Dan, which is what keeps it interesting. But go back and look at the data in all three of the leagues you mention, add in Italy and France if you like, where you omitted PSG from your list (Hmmmmm…) and you'll spot the obvious.
If you're still in betting mode, this might be a year to put money on Borussia to break Bayern's long, money-fueled run of supremacy in Germany (Yaaawwwn). Having watched yesterday's match in Dortmund, I'll predict that you'll lose your dough on that one too. Don't even think about Leicester or Athletico, their 15 minutes of fame has come and gone……unless, of-course, they're acquired by an oil rich nation or a Russian 'very honest businessman'.
And keep smiling and using that hair Pomade 🙂
on 05 Nov 2017 at 8:14 pm10 TTG
I have only rushed through highlights of the game which I didn't see live.
I didn't respond to Holic's preview because I was certain we would lose and didn't want to piss on everyones' chips. I sense my position is very close to that of Trev and Steve T and heartbreakingly with Kroenke in charge it won't ever get much better. Wenger is a spent force but Guardiola wouldn't win the league working for Kroenke. Desi'gner Gooner , in the last drinks produced two excellent posts which I thought were spot- on.
Today is Coquelin really all we had to fal, back on. I saw Debuchy pla6 120 minute's two weeks ago and he is at least a class better than Coquelin especially at centre back. Wenger is increasingly playing people out of position – Elneny, AMN, Nelson and now Coquelin. I think he reckons in a three it is easier to play CB- not against Citeh it isn't. When I saw the side I though we would play 4-5-1 and flood midfield. Dropping Lacazette against the two best teams we have played is utter folly. It seems to me that Wenger doesn't fully trust him as he has only played once for ninety minutes.
Apart from that we were very unlucky with the last two goals. The penalty was a pathetic decision and Silva was offside. Did we deserve a draw? No but we could have got one with a better referee.
Next up in the league, the Totts. A very difficult game and one we dare not lose . We will probably drop Lacazette again then.
on 05 Nov 2017 at 8:52 pm11 Dapper DanC
BtM,
For the EPL, I'll just wait until AW has departed in less than 19 months' time, then I'll bet on the Arse to challenge and to win the EPL within 1-2 terms of attendance! 👨🎓
Any "modern and dynamically astute head-coach" overseeing the squad that Arsene Wenger has had under his charge over the past 4 seasons, would've won the league at least once. Guess what; Leicester did it on one of those seasons! Strange that isn't it!
Not being one of the top ten richest soccer clubs in the world (a title which Arsenal has had for many a season under Professeur Wenger) "little-bucks" Leicester had little capacity of keeping their "engine room" when one of the top-ten came a knocking. However, one of their "Champions" did turn another top ten club down when they came a calling. Hmmm…Who was that and who did he turn down for 20 Million?
Regarding French Ligue 1, let me add-in Monaco to fill in that small oversight. 😎
Aren't Burnley (yet again) doing rather well in the EPL, Valencia in La Liga, and Freisberg in the Bundesliga, Gents?! 11 men vs 11 men in any given match-day, and each with a pair of lower limbs to employ! Must be the "quality of their midfield" that does it?! 😋
TTG,
Wenger has "decimated" Debuchy's once promising International Career. Has he also done that with any other "promisings"? Hmmm…🤔
on 05 Nov 2017 at 9:15 pm13 Cynic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41878954
on 05 Nov 2017 at 9:19 pm14 Trev
Fair and a bit dispiriting, Holic.
My own thoughts closer to the final whistle, and reading in the previous bar (cut off) were –
A very sober, objective couple of comments by 'desi'gner.
The spending of Man City is, of course, key.
The fact that they have been allowed to get away with it, as were Chelsea and now PSG, amongst others, while FFP was flouted, ignored and seemingly abandoned, has killed the game as a true competition.
That, and the attitude to the clubs supporters by the current owners and board, have all but killed my interest and certainly my passion.
Sorry, but there it is.
on 05 Nov 2017 at 9:34 pm15 Devon Stu
I hope we are not going to get two weeks of whingeing and moaning negativity. Lest anyone forget, we have a manager who has led us to two Doubles, the invincible season, twenty years of CL qualification, a few other FA Cup trophies, and just to prove it is not just ancient history, three FA Cup trophies in the last four years. We lost today against a better team, in great form, aided by some dubious refereeing decisions, a team bought for hundreds of millions of pounds, which will no doubt have hundreds of millions more spent on it every transfer window. We can't compete with that unless we get our own free spending oligarch, which, personally, I hope will never happen. In my opinion, no club should be bankrolled in that way. I'm proud of the fact that Arsenal's spending is commensurate to its income, a model for all clubs. It means we are unlikely to be able to challenge effectively for the title while things are the way they are, probably for several years to come. Spending power will see it restricted it to City, United and possibly Chelsea, as long as Abramovitch is happy to keep bankrolling them. Still, it seems to be what the Premier League and the Media want.
Incidentally, injuries finished Debuchy's international career. Nothing else.
on 05 Nov 2017 at 9:44 pm16 TERS
Devon stu, hear hear.
on 05 Nov 2017 at 10:43 pm17 SanAntonioGunner
@ Devon Stu.. stop making excuses men. I don't want to whine, cos I am tired of whining. Please stop making excuses for this past sale date manager. He is done. He was great years ago, its time to go. We have two billionaires as owners. Why don't you want them to spend money on the club? is it your money? you don't want people to whine, then stop making excuses for Wenger. We are shit/rotten as a club from the top to the bottom. Tactics/team selection is rubbish, and is that the owners fault? or referee's fault?
on 05 Nov 2017 at 10:46 pm18 Dapper DanC
Guardiola's team's are arguably "more" respected and renowned for "what they do when they don't have the football"; not what they do when they have it. That doesn't need you to spend a small fortune on it! Or does it? "Defending" properly requires "good coaching" and "personal discipline". It's called "character and professionalism". 👨🎓
Who is meant to "instill character and professionalism" in your defending? Hmmm….🤔
on 05 Nov 2017 at 10:50 pm20 Steve T
Nice write up H. I've not seen any of the game yet but will catch up with the highlights shortly.
Funny how things can change. It's not that long ago we were being told in the bar that FFP would be our saviour, and the fact that Pep had joined Citeh meant that we had dodged yet another bullet.
It's a funny old world.
on 05 Nov 2017 at 11:04 pm21 Delia Block 30
Still can't get my head around our formation with the players who were available. Surely 4 3 3 would have been a better bet with Lacazette instead of either Iwobi or Ozil.
Thank's Holic for your resume of the game. I particularly concur with the comment " surrendered possession ", everyone was at it particularly in the early stages of the game where we looked very nervous. We are devoid of confidence at the moment and the away fans did not help the cause this afternoon. I won't repeat the sort of songs being sung but I know you will get my drift.
We struggled to impose ourselves on the game and were out played in just about every area on the park, no one had a good game apart from Cech who made a couple of really good saves.
You have to question Arsene's decision to leave a 50m+ striker on the bench and his reluctance to give Jack more than 15minutes. The Ref didn't help our cause but only 10 days ago we had the benefit of 3 significant decisions going in our favour in the Norwich game.
My fellow Norfolk Gooners made the day enjoyable and we ran into some friendly Citi fans in a quaint pub "The Bridge" on the canal.
Perhaps Ozil was saving himself for Friday night at Wembley ?
COYR
Should have said that the said pub served best bitter at £2.60 a pint !!
on 06 Nov 2017 at 12:00 am23 Steve T
Having just watched the brief motd highlights there is little to add to what has already been said. Soft as it was, it was a penalty in my opinion. We would certainly have been screaming if it was at our end. The third shouldn't have stood.
I really don't get all of this moaning about how much Citeh have spent and how unfair it all is. We can moan all day about FFP but no one should be surprised at its lack of impact. We have had money to spend. We either haven't bothered or we have, on the whole, just wasted it.
In recent years the players we have spent our hard earned cash on include Ozil, Sanchez, Chambers, Welbeck, Gabriel, Debuchy, Ospina, Bielik, Cech, Elneny, Xhaka, Mustafi, Perez, Holding, Asano and Lacazette. The total spend is estimated to be around £330 million. How many of those would you class as good signings? How many have are likely to take us to the next level? We've paid £50 million for a striker in the summer and he's only been allowed to complete 90 once. Add that to the fact that there is massive possibility that we could lose Sanchez, Jack and Ozil for free in the summer and the whole situation just smacks of ineptitude and miss management.
FFP matters not a jot if you to going to waste what you are prepared to spend and you are prepared to let your prize assets walk away for nothing.
Time for a reality check people.
Delia, sounds like budget ale was the highlight of the day?
on 06 Nov 2017 at 12:06 am24 Chris
For a minute there, up to kick-off, I thought AW had reverted to 4 at the back (at last). But no, he was simply continuing with his tried (and failed) ploy of playing people out of position. This time it was Coq. One of our players most likely to see red given the job of guarding the penalty area.
Not that the rest of the starting XI filled me with joy. Ozil Gummidge and Iwobbly has to be the least creative midfield duo in generations (true to form Iwobi 's first attempt on goal looked more like a rugby league drop goal sailing high over the bar). I though we'd given up on Alexis as lone striker, but no, there he was again in no-man's land like a a navy destroyer surrounded by battleships.
Anyway, it's all been said already. Forget the pen which could have gone either way and the off-side goal, we were well beaten by a better side employing better tactics and could have lost by six again.
Had we started with the XI we finished with it might have been closer, but AW thinks otherwise and he remains in charge. Sadly. Consequently I am losing interest in the Prem comp and looking at the cup team as our only hope currently. And they need to buck their ideas up as well. 🙁
This is not a good time to be a gooner (if still far better than being anything else of course)
Playing to the whistle could have prevented their third, right Kos? Standing there waving your arms about instead of cutting off the cross to Jesus was just not in the Adams and Keown tradition.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 1:23 am26 Chris
That's the tenth loss (and just one win) from the last 18 on the road against the rest of the top 6. How long till we drop out of the top 6?
on 06 Nov 2017 at 2:02 am27 Dapper DanC
Regarding the Monreal on $terling penalty debate; arguably, Michael Oliver squared-up his first-half penalty miss and red card error of Koala's foul on $terling just as he was about to tap-in to an empty net.
If Arsene Wenger ever wants to consistently compete and to realistically be able to beat our top 6 rivals ever again within the time that's now left within his current tenure, then he has to come up with a way to drill-in a better "without-the-ball", defensive strategy into that "team". Pep does it, and it's all about territory and compressing the game to the force mistakes from having little time on the ball! Arsene Wenger wouldn't do too badly to watch how Guardiola's teams do it?! And that shouldn't require you to spend Millions of Squids, to be able to coach it to a bunch of Pro-athletes. Many a coach with far less resources and athletic man-power, has managed to achieve it. The 50+ Million players are merely icing on the cake at that point. The desert after the main course.
The Arsenal attempt at a collective high-pressing defensive game, was unconvincing – it looked amateurish!
Liverpool's effort earlier in the term at the $tihad before Saido Mané was sent off, was the way to do it. Liverpool were well on top in that match with Klopp's burgeoning Gegenpressing. Does one have to be quite intelligent and hard working to play it well? Or does one have to worth 50-100+ Million Squids? Hmmm….🤔
on 06 Nov 2017 at 3:31 am29 Derrick
I stand by my comments that Pep would probably win the league or at the very least do much better than Wenger with our current squad. Not trying to slate Wenger, it is just my assessment.
City had to buy a lot of players this season as their past squad was full of older players that needed to be moved on or relegated to the bench. Our squad, however, is shaping up nicely on paper. Ozil and Alexis both in his prime, Lacazette, Giroud and Welbeck worthy options for striking position, and even Theo can score goals too. Would Theo be a better player under Pep, like how Sterling developed this season? Mayb, but if not he would probably already be moved on.
Our midfield is a bit light due to injuries to Cazorla, and persistently Jack. But we still have Ramsey, Elneny, our expensive Xhaka, and Coq as our specialist DM. Look how Fernandinho performed under Pep? And Ozil at the tip of our kidfield was one of the world's best number 10 when he joined us.
I would also say our defense on paper is better than City. Would you rather have Kos, Mustafi, Holding, Per, Bellerin, Nacho and Kola or City's backline? Otamendi, Stones, and aging Kompany…?
Bottomline is, would Pep make our team perform better? Play better football? Win more matches? I would say yes. And our achievements this season is below par – look at Spurs and how they played so far this season? Did they spend as much as City?
The FA cup wins in recent years have been enjoyable and I credit Wenger for that. But the PL looks past him at the moment. Winning the Fa cup last season against Chelsea and City suggests that this team should be doing more than we are now. Just my 2 cents.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 9:16 am30 ATG
What Derrick said @ 29
You don't need millions to coach discipline and territorial marking this should be any common standard in today's coaching regime.
You also need players who are 100% committed to the cause, it's true Alexis didn't have a great game. However when we pressed higher up the pitch as usual he waved his hands to push up. It looked to me as if our team is out of sync at times only few players followed his commands the rest weren't sure what to do hence made it comical to watch. It's either everyone is doing the chasing or no one because it just makes look like a right plonker.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 11:08 am31 cusop
The marshman are coming, coming after You
Wenger's Sterling comments are a bit strange. Especially considering he was meant to be part of Sanchez deal in the summer?
on 06 Nov 2017 at 11:57 am33 OsakaMatt
Let's hope Sterling gets the
hump Steve T and refuses to join
us ever.
Very well argued posts from
Desi G and Derrick I thought.
I found myself nodding along
with both.
Thanks for report as always
Guvnor – as you say beating
the Spuds is important for
morale as well as an enjoyable
duty of course.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 12:02 pm34 Vinay
We will finish 7/8th this season. No, not based on yesterday but based on a couple of years of seeing the set of players plying their trade for us. This group is just average, mid table and so shall be shown.
The team selection was poor. Coquelin cannot play europa league properly and he was selected to play against city. Ramsey for all his industry and talent is poor positionally and decision making leaves a lot to be desired. Xhaka was alright but then after his card a week days, he has become too subdued and totally off the pace.
Alexis and Ozil played like the way they wanted to- let us go. We should.
Arsenal are nowhere close to any of the top teams and it is Wenger's fault to a large extent as well for us to land at this stage. The great man just does not want to accept that his methodology is long gone and we are far behind in almost everything.
Dreading the spurs game but then nowadays nothing truly affects, not even a loss against anyone.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 1:20 pm35 Goonerholic
Cusop, you old tart, how's things? Enjoy your brief view of the sun. The shadow begins to close in a fortnight hence. 😉
He may be a diving cunt*, but he'd have been OUR diving cunt.
*That wasn't a dive anyway. Yesterday.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 2:41 pm37 ATG
If you compare the Chelski away game with the game yesterday we were well below par! This is why it's so frustrating.
On top of that our 1st eleven had not played a game for a whole week they did and were better prepared either way. Then you bench your 50mil striker so go figure what do I know.
Steve T,
Fair points made above about our having spent a lot of money.
It's true that many of them have not proved to be top players and much of that money appears to have been wasted.
I still feel the failure of FFP has a lot to do with that for these reasons –
Firstly, Wenger cannot, whatever he says, buy top top quality simply because if he tries to, he will be outbid by the likes of Man City, PSG, Chelsea, Barcelona, Madrid, Man United, Bayern, now Inter and even Monaco not so long ago paid £65 million for Falcao.
I accept that some of those clubs have huge commercial incomes but some , were it not for sheiks, oligarchs and investment corporations, would not.
Wenger is left, therefore, to buy players from the second and third tiers of internationals.
We could try to concentrate our investment into, say, six £60 million players, instead of twelve £30 million players. That strategy would also fail though because the "financially doped" clubs would simply offer players two or three times more in wages than we could, even if we agreed to pay the transfer fees.
So I do think FFP is, or rather would have been, important.
What I don't understand is why anyone would go to Man City, knowing that their only weakness is in defence, and play their tiny left winger at centre forward, leave their best playmaker out on the right and their newly and expensively acquired best striker on the bench.
Hardly seems the best way to attack a side, does it ?
on 06 Nov 2017 at 3:52 pm39 Bergkamp's The Man
Your having a laugh @11, Dan.
In December 2011, Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev bought a majority share in AS Monaco. They were bottom of Ligue 2 at the time. Appointment of 'dynamic young coach' Claudio Ranieri and a healthy injection of Russian money saw them win promotion to back to Ligue 1 in 2012-13. Using Rybolovlev's funds, Monaco were one of the biggest spenders in Europe in 2013, spending roughly £140 million, including a club-record £50 million for Radamel Falcao. So your reference supports my point wonderfully.
Monaco's ability to compete for the Ligue 1 title over the long term will depend entirely on their billionaire's ability to outspend Qatar's billions at PSG. And both will have to compete with City's Abu Dhabi billions. Money talks and over the long term, rich clubs win.
As for Burnley, Valencia and Freisberg doing "rather well". What have they won? How many times in the past 20 years have they been top 4, or played in their national or CL final? Are they the standard you're aspiring to? Go for it.
Gorgeous George will always be THE manager for me.
He chuckles before talking about his love of gardening and how he once duped a journalist into writing that he planted his bulbs in formation with four at the back
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/nov/06/george-graham-mourinho-arsenal-anfield-1989-interview
Rather excellently detailing my point @38.
A constructive debate post the Emptihad disappointment. Re Wenger while I always admire loyalty and find it a quality in diminishing supply these days I can't agree with Devon Stu on him. Yes he was the best manager in Europe once – in 2004- but he hasn't evolved and his stubbornness and unwillingness to freshen his confidantes has seen the team stagnate as other teams have caught up and passed us. Tactically I've never been particularly impressed but I did love the first ten years of Wengerball when it was a delight to watch us play. There was a new and refreshing approach to passing football with the emphasis on attacking . Defensively , his recent teams have often looked a shambles against better teams.
Since then we've dropped out of title contention and make embarrassing exits from European competition at the QF stage. At best we've plateaued and we've slipped down the league accordingly. I put us down to finish sixth this season and would be astonished if we finish higher
( or lower. )
Trev's point re the financial resources of the owners kicks in here. Kroenke doesn't care enough about winning to invest his hard earned cash in competing with oil rich sheikhs and oligarchs, he just wants us to maximise revenue by crossing the CL threshold if possible . Wenger is almost the perfect manager because he is deeply honourable and loyal and absorbs flak that could be deflected on. But Wenger is given a free enough rein to enable him to be able to put his imprimatur on the team . He is naturally financially conservative and always tends to underresource the team. Many of us can't see that changing and many of us feel rather used by an owner that hasn't got any intention of competing with the teams at the top of the tree.
Trev's point re the financial resources of the owners kicks in here
I think we need to look more at what we've spent and who we've bought rather than not being able to outspend clubs like City.
We have been pissing money up the wall on some pretty dire players even before the market went nuts this summer. Whodecided Mustafi was worth that fee, or Xakha was worth £35m, or Chambers nearly £20m?
Does Wenger really fancy his one big signing of the summer, if he doesn't pick him for our most important games and gives him the hook when he DOES start?
The money is not really all that relevant in terms of competing, it is how you use what you do spend, and we've fallen way short on that score.
The money we've spent for the return is very poor, and I know we've recovered a fair bit as well but have we actually sold anyone who mattered in the last three or four years? We've not a single player who was vital to us IMO
In the last four years we've spent something like £200m more than we've recouped, I think. It's not been spent wisely.
not sold*
on 06 Nov 2017 at 6:58 pm45 Barack O'Barman
Cynic, the damage was done pre-2013. When we were 2 or 3 players short of a title winning squad. The neglect of transfer window upon transfer window was bordering on criminal (to borrow 'Holic's words after the opening day home defeat to Aston Villa in 2012-13 ish). Then once we inevitably lost Cesc, Nasri and RVP there was no way back.
on 06 Nov 2017 at 8:31 pm46 Steve T
Trev. I hear what you say but for me FFP was never destined to work. If a club can afford to spend te best part of £200 million on one player then they can afford to pay decent accountants and lawyers.
There was talk amongst many here about how we were just waiting for FFP to kick in. Some used it to explain our lack of activity in the transfer market. Not only would FFP make us really competitive but we could all expect a reduction in ticket prices???
I get what you say about not being able to compete with the likes of those listed but we have always been in the same, or very similar position. We have never been bigger hitters thstbthe likes of Man U, Barca, Real, Bayern etc. Of course others through their new backers have crashed the party but that shouldn't mean we have to feed off scraps.
Bo'B above is spot on. We lost quality players and never replaced them. If we had reinvested the money we received for Cesc, RvP, Nasri etc then we would be in a far healthier position than we are now.
Since the demise of The Invisibles we have always been at least 3 players short. Then it was 4, then 5, and so on. We have been the masters of our own downfall and it has now come back to kick us very hard in the Charlie's.
When we did decide to spend money we have done nothing but play catch up. We have let others overtake us. We have watched the TV money add a zero to the end of almost every transfer fee. Players wages have spiralled out of control and we are now sat playing catch up whilst moaning at those with ridiculous financial backers.
Our transfer dealings in recent years have largely bern shocking. That goes hand in hand with our contract negotiations. How several players have still Ben at n the payroll for as long as they have is simply baffling.
Whilst we will never compete with the oil clubs and the like that still shouldn't mean that we can't be competitive. But we have a clueless board whose only aim is to make enough money to build Stanley his new ranch and new American Football stadium.
We can moan and try and blame who we want for our current situation but the truth is that we should look a lot closer to home first. Let us not forget that it's not that long ago that Citeh gave us what was then, a ridiculous sum for the players sold. We had ample opportunity to reinvest that cash in replacements but quite simply didn't. No one forced us to buy the players we did. We have been linked with numerous names over the years that for some reason have all resulted in dodged bullets, irrespective of what they have gone on to achieve. Consider that and then look at what we have spent money on. Then decide if we maybe could have done just a little bit better?
Ok BtM, lets see where this goes…..🤤
Since you've rather conveniently decided to omit what has now happened to Monaco's modus operandi in the transfer market since Dmitry Rybolovlev took his stake in the club, and since they've been under the Head-Coaching and Man-Management acumen of Leonardo Jardim (i.e. Rybolovlev's not followed the same madhouse, big-spending strategy of the previous regime that resulted in Monaco's fines/bans/relegation), tell me what happened to Monaco last season when they managed to win the Ligue 1 yet again over PSG, and then reached the Semis of the CL with a young and far cheaper squad than Arsenal's and most of the other "money-bags" superclubs in Europe? Oh yeah, that's right; their new policy to buy low and sell high the likes of Martial, Mbappe, etc. has proved to be rather successful, thus far!
Monaco now another spanner in that seemingly lazy observers' and "gurus' analysis of "what's needed to win things" in the modern game of Association Football! Perish the thought that actual "good" coaching and tactics, have been largely to account for it all via a "humble & non-pig-headedly stubborn" head-coach and man-manager. A mere mortal human-being that appreciates his "real" strengths and weaknesses, and "still" knows how to get the best out of the talent that he has at his disposal against his rivals with much bigger bucks?!
Finally, and just as a belt to the braces, as of this 2017-18 season already, aren't AS Monaco currently the 3rd or 4th highest goalscorers in the whole of European Football; and that's after losing, Mbappe, B Silva, Mendy and Bakayoko? Perhaps it's because of their retention of the services of that "past-it at ManU and Chelsea" 60 Million flop called Falcaó that's done it? Or is it because they retained the services of Thomas Lemar after Professeur Arsene Wenger bid 90 Million Squids for him on the last day of Tranfer Valhalla in the Summer? No wait, perhaps it's cause they actually "do" have a head-coach that "appears to know what he's doing", like most of the other big European Clubs (and even the lesser ones) demand and expect from their employee?! Hmmm…..🤔 But hey, what do I know anyway?! I'm just a fan! 👨💻
As this cyclical hypothesising shall never end, we'll all just have to wait and see what happens tangibly once a new bloke (or lady) has a go at it all in less than 19 months time. QED! 👨🎓
"Time, thankfully, does not expire like Milk." And the Milk of Arsene Wenger that so many have enjoyed drinking, has finally expired. It's turning into yoghurt now – and not the micro-biotic one – but clearly there are some who care to risk Gastroenteritis with its continued consumption?! Bon appétit! 🥛
AFCOF! NAWF!
on 07 Nov 2017 at 3:18 am48 can't be arsed
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pull yerselves the gether ya verbose nyammmers
MASSIVE MISTAKE
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anyhoo .
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on 07 Nov 2017 at 5:23 am59 gedo
Devon Stu, thumbs up. Take cover, knives are flying. Wanted: dubious oligarch with a shady past willing to spend a billion or two.
we already have one who owns a club or two
A golfer is he, cba?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lROruo8G7Yo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ej_X2_SggQ
on 07 Nov 2017 at 8:43 am63 OsakaMatt
Thought Pep was the golfer, his
club selection is excellent.
on 07 Nov 2017 at 9:23 am64 Goonerholic
DDC, I want nothing from that twat's YouTube channel in the drinks please.
gedo,
Other than the odd comment I
don't really see the knives out
for AW. On this blog anyway.
Part of the problem with owners
is that they're nearly all ultra-rich
and ethically iffy. It honestly
doesn't seem to matter much
which one we have. Personally, I
want the German model for the
PL but want doesn't get
on 07 Nov 2017 at 11:25 am66 Cynic
*wonders who "that twat" is* 😉
This would never have happened with Emma Byrne in goal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41893604
Cynic, Me too 🙂
Cracking shot.
🍻 Boss ,holic!
Which "twat" is that by the way 'holic? Joe or Jack Black? 😎
The twat who shares initials with the President who believes when a white guy shoots up a church full of people it's a mental health problem, not a gun problem.
Now I see which "twat" you mean Guv! Both are indeed "monumental". The US one arguably more psychopathic and more deranged than the other! 😼 👐 💆
But it's a close call….
on 07 Nov 2017 at 1:36 pm72 cusop
life is good finally winning at Wembley, managed to loosen that anchor from around our necks.
you guys have been there and done that trick
I have come back to the UK for good, therefore able to attend more games. Shall be at the Emirates for the Liverpool game as my wife is guest of some wealthy goons. your next game is a big one, we are in better form away from wembley. but the clash of the usurpers and the marsh men is always fun. That arse tv fellow is a bit of donkey .. wat wat!
Ah, right… got you, boss…
There's so many twats I get confused over which one is which.
Blud.
Or do I mean Fam?
It's going to be a very long interlull 🙁
George Graham is clearly not very impressed with our current Board
http://www.thesportsbank.net/football/arsenal-2/there-is-no-board-at-arsenal-says-former-gunners-manager-george-graham/
Sorry I won't be at Liverpool now , cus. I am long overdue sipping a large malt courtesy of your largesse!
89 review up now, all. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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The second mani I did featured the Chevron stencils. Man did I love this mani. I put this on Monday night and I took it off Thursday night, but only because I got a chip in my thumb when I was opening a box. Same method as before, I painted my nails and waited for them to be completely dry. I applied the stencils where I wanted them, then I painted two coats of the gold polish.
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By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press • 19 September 2016, 12:00AM
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton on Sunday condemned what she described as "apparent terrorist attacks" in Minnesota, New Jersey and New York.
The Democratic presidential candidate made the statement a day after a bomb rocked the Chelsea district in New York City, a pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey seaside community and a stabbing attack unfolded at a Minnesota mall. Officials in New York and New Jersey said Sunday they were still investigating who was behind the explosions and what the motivation was, while the Minnesota attack was being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.
Clinton stressed that investigations were still underway, saying: "Law enforcement officials are working to identify who was behind the attacks in New York and New Jersey and we should give them the support they need to finish the job and bring those responsible to justice - we will not rest until that happens."
On the attack in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the former Secretary of State noted that the Islamic State group had claimed responsibility and added, "this should steel our resolve to protect our country and defeat ISIS and other terrorist groups."
Clinton noted her plans to take on the Islamic State group, which include increased intelligence and efforts to better combat propaganda and recruitment online.
Both presidential candidates have been quick to weigh in on the attacks. On Saturday evening, Republican nominee Donald Trump appeared to pre-empt New York City officials when he declared that a "bomb went off" in New York City before officials had released details. Trump made the comments around 9:10 p.m., shortly after the explosion in Manhattan's crowded Chelsea neighborhood and as emergency officials were responding to the blast.
Clinton was briefed on the incidents Saturday shortly after her speech at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner in Washington. On Saturday, she stressed that it was important to support first responders and "to let this investigation unfold."

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Maximum HAZ Hardness in C-Mn and Low Alloy Steel Arc Welds
The Prediction of Maximum HAZ Hardness in C-Mn and Low Alloy Steel Arc Welds
Joanna M Nicholas and David J Abson
Paper presented at the 17th International Conference 'Computer Technology in Welding and Engineering' Held at the University of Cranfield, 18-19 June 2008.
There have been many attempts to model the combined effects of composition and welding parameters on the maximum heat affected zone (HAZ) hardness of C-Mn and low alloy steel welds. Each model has provided a good fit to the data examined, but has not been found to be consistently good for other data. Using over 300 data points for which the composition, welding parameters, cooling time from 800°C to 500°C (t8/5) and maximum HAZ hardness were known, twelve methods for determining the maximum HAZ hardness were examined. The measured and calculated hardness values were compared for each method, and the distributions noted.
No single method was accurate over the entire range, and the statistical parameters did not identify any one method as superior. A range of hybrid methods was also examined, and the same statistical parameters determined. The most successful hybrid model combined a method by Lorenz and Düren with that of Yurioka (1981), and included the estimation of a martensite hardness limit. This hybrid model gave a good fit to the measured data, with a standard deviation of 28HV. The hybrid method requires the value of t8/5. Using the rearrangement of the Rosenthal equations given in EN1011-2 (after Degenkolbe et al[19]), this can be determined from the welding parameters.
Thus, if a welding engineer knows the steel composition, joint configuration and welding parameters, an estimate of the maximum HAZ hardness for a single pass weld (or the final bead of a multi-pass weld) can be derived from this hybrid method. Where a specified value of the maximum HAZ hardness must be met, the approach should substantially reduce the number of welding procedure qualification tests needed.
Many factors influence the hardness of a metal, including the elements present that contribute substitutional strengthening or precipitation hardening to the alloy in question, and the thermo mechanical history of the material. Depositing a weld bead alters the original macroscopic boundaries (preparation edges) and subjects the surrounding material to a thermal cycle, which usually changes the microstructure and hardness of the material. For instances where, in order to avoid a service cracking mechanism (e.g. steels in sour service), it is important to determine what the maximum heat affected zone hardness is likely to be, prediction tools can assist in selecting appropriate welding procedures.
The maximum heat affected zone (HAZ) hardness in C-Mn and low alloy steels is likely to arise from a location within the parent steel that has only experienced one thermal cycle during welding, at temperatures greater than approximately 800°C. If a subsequent thermal cycle is experienced at this location, it is unlikely that the maximum temperature will be >800°C and so some tempering, or reduction in hardness may occur, but an increase is unlikely. In a multiple pass weld, this 'single thermal cycle' location is the parent material adjacent to the capping passes (assuming no further temper beads are deposited).
A number of investigators have published equations to predict HAZ hardness, but it is not clear which of these is the most conservative, or the most appropriate to use for a particular steel. Many of the authors[1-7] have utilised a time-temperature parameter in conjunction with the chemical composition to determine the algorithms for the determination of hardness. The time-temperature parameter selected is the time taken to cool from 800°C to 500°C, a temperature range characterising the transformation temperature range (but not necessarily bounding it). This parameter is known as t8/5.
In order to consider which method of calculation was most appropriate, a validation exercise, considering hardness data, which could be related to composition and t8/5, was used. Over 300 data were used to validate the algorithms, and also provided a base for a neural network analysis.
Empirical equations
The relevant equations from each investigation were largely composed of three parts, corresponding to a maximum hardness, low t8/5, 100% martensite regime; a minimum hardness, high t8/5, 0% martensite regime and an in-between regime. As t8/5 increases, the slower cooling rate results in a lower hardness (arising initially from a reduced percentage of martensite). A schematic of such phenomena is given in Fig.1. Data generated at TWI from a number of controlled thermal severity (CTS) tests, (8-15)) in which a single pass fillet weld is made, were used in this validation exercise. In each case, a thermocouple had been lanced into the weld pool, and the t8/5 value had been recorded. Additionally, the full chemical analysis of the parent material and the maximum measured heat affected zone hardness had been recorded.
Fig.1. Diagram illustrating the concept of the change in HAZ hardness with increasing cooling time
Each empirical method was employed, using the input compositional and t8/5 data, to generate a predicted hardness value, and this was compared to the measured hardness data. The relationship of the calculated values with the recorded values was composed with a 1:1 relationship and thus judged as 'conservative' or 'unconservative' (over or underestimations), over the relevant range. Each algorithm was different, and had been originally applied to a limited compositional range. Combinations of various existing algorithms were explored to determine the best match of the data to a combined algorithm, along with a complete reassessment of the data using regression techniques. An estimate of t8/5 would need to be considered for the practical application of the method selected, so consideration was given to the Rosenthal equations, and the rearrangements of them (16-20) for steels.
Neural networks are suited to addressing problems that are difficult to resolve using traditional methods, i.e. those that include noisy or subjective data, and that require classification by pattern recognition.
A neural network is made up of many small processing elements that work in parallel. These elements or neurons are interconnected through connection 'weights' that control the flow of information through the network, and hence its response to input data. The values of the interconnection weights are set by the system during a training process to optimise the network's response to the given problem. The training is an interactive process, and requires a comprehensive set of data that the network is to classify. Once trained, a neural network system has several advantages, namely it is fast, it can generalise (when presented with new data), it is adaptive (being usable even when the dataset is incomplete), and it is easily embeddable.
The same data were used to train, test and validate the neural network as were used for the empirical formulae. The data were separated into three sub-sets in order to facilitate the development of the network. A multi-layer Perceptron type network was used, with a single processing element for the output, and thus only one 'hidden' layer. The quantity of data was relatively small, and so the neural network was not able to be trained to predict effectively the maximum as-welded hardness and was also limited by the scatter in the data.
The data selected had a range of compositions, resulting in a variation in carbon equivalent (International Institute of Welding, CEIIW) from 0.2 to 0.7, and a range of thickness and heat inputs resulting in a range of t8/5 up to 6s. The compositional ranges were shown in Table 1:
Table 1. Range of compositions used.
C 0.04-0.25%
Si less than 0.50%
Mn 0.9-2.0%
Cr less than 0.05%
Mo less than 0.6%
V less than 0.15%
Nb less than 0.07%
Ni less than 0.9%
Cu less than 0.4%
Al 0.01-0.06%
Ti less than 0.02%
Ca 0.001-0.006%
S less than 0.04%
P less than 0.03%
N less than 0.015%
Only one steel contained boron, at a level of 0.0005%.
Graphical representations of four of the algorithms used are shown in Fig.2-5. The method used by Yurioka[2] in 1981 gave largely conservative (over) estimates of hardness (Fig.2), whereas the other algorithms gave largely unconservative (under) estimates of hardness. The Yurioka algorithm was matched with one by Lorenz and Düren[5], Fig.3, that had a similar level of under prediction to that of the over prediction and combined on a 1:1 basis. This improved the prediction (Fig.6), but the maximum martensite and minimum bainite hardness was lost due to the combination of the methods. It was considered that bainite could continue to soften with increasing t8/5, due to grain growth, but that the martensite maximum hardness 'plateau' should be re-instated. Using the value of t8/5 to give the maximum hardness in the Lorenz and Düren model, a single value for martensite hardness for the combined algorithm was determined. This is shown graphically in Fig.7. The full algorithm is as follows:
For t8/5≤tm
For t8/5≥tb
For tm<t8/5<tb
Where C is the carbon content in wt%,
This algorithm gives the predicted hardness with a standard deviation of 28HV. Thus, most points will lie within ±56HV of the prediction.
Fig.2. The results from determining the predicted hardness based on the Yurioka 81[2] algorithms
Fig.3. The results from determining the predicted hardness based on the Lorenz and Düren[5] algorithms
Fig.4. The results from determining the predicted hardness based on the Suzuki[3] algorithms
Fig.5. The results from determining the predicted hardness based on the Terasaki et al[4] algorithms
Fig.6. Combined algorithm without martensite levelling
Fig.7. Combined algorithm with martensite levelling
In determining a value for t8/5 where no measured data exist, the Rosenthal equations were considered. It is known that there are two solutions for heat flow during steady state welding, for 'thick plate' and 'thin plate' heat transfer conditions. Degenkolbe, Uwer and Wegmann[19] considered the application of Rosenthal's equations to low alloy steels. Their re-arrangement for arc welding gives values of t8/5 which are within 8% of the measured values on average (Fig.8). This method of determining t8/5, when applied to the overall method of determining hardness results in a prediction reasonably close to that of the measured values (Fig.9). Comparing the use of measured or calculated t8/5 data, the spread is similar, although the under and overestimation at the lower and higher ends of the scale respectively skews the data away from a 1:1 correlation slightly. However this skewing of the data is comparable to that generated by the enforced martensite plateau, so where t8/5 data is unavailable, the method can still be employed.
Fig.8. Comparison of calculated values of t8/5 with measured values
Fig.9. Comparison of using a calculated t8/5 to predict hardness against when the value of t8/5 is known, showing a similar spread of values but with greater deviation at high values of t8/5 (low hardness)
Neural network results
Examination of the data revealed significant skew in the data with respect to certain variables, and also that for a single set of variables, the ranges of t8/5 and hardness did not necessarily correlate in the manner expected. All the models developed generated hardness values with a standard deviation of between 25 and 30HV, and a correlation of between 0.8 and 0.88. The best correlation has a standard deviation of 26.1HV, which is close to that of the combined empirical formula. It is not anticipated that any improvement in prediction would arise from using a larger dataset.
The selected method of hardness prediction shows a reasonable agreement with the data. Thus, the method can be used as a predictive tool to indicate trends in hardness, and particularly at the procedure design stage, or procedure modification stage. Welding engineers can establish the effects of small and large changes in parent material composition, and welding parameters, without needing to establish by testing every possible combination. It should be noted that for individual cases, determining the predicted hardness by this method may be 56HV above or below the actual values achieved, and as there seems to be no common factor for these cases, the prediction has limited application for single cases. This would be of particular note for times when the HAZ hardness must be restricted in order to comply with ISO 15156 for example - a steel and welding procedure predicted to give 250HV HAZ hardness may give as low as 194HV, or as high as 306HV. This is mitigated by recognising the limitations of the method and using it primarily as a tool to indicate which factors are most important for the steel composition and welding parameters in question. Thus the prediction cannot replace procedure testing, but can be used to determine whether there could be a problem with the applied procedure. Where the required maximum HAZ hardness has been exceeded in a procedure qualification test, the measured and predicted values can be compared, and further calculations undertaken, to indicate what welding parameter adjustments would be needed to obtain the required maximum hardness. Additionally, when the procedure has been shown to achieve the required hardness levels, any restrictions on composition that may be necessary in order to achieve the requirement in the field can be determined from calculation.
As noted above, the scatter band appears rather large. The following items are considered to contribute to the scatter:
Errors (including rounding errors) in the coefficients used in the carbon equivalent formulae employed.
Errors in the cooling time measurements from which the empirical equations were derived.
Lack of data to fully characterise the empirical equations for an adequate range of t8/5.
Experimental errors in the 300 data used, either in the determination of maximum hardness or in the measurement of t8/5.
The effect of elements not accounted for in the empirical equations, such as Ti precipitates and sulphur content.
Additionally, the scatter in hardness measurements may have been influenced by the indenter loads, as at loads <10kg, the scatter in the value determined increases.
From a practical outlook, particularly as the neural network did not demonstrate any improvement over the empirical equations, the translation of the equations into a computer program, or as equations within a spreadsheet package would be sufficient for the requirements of most users.
Following the evaluation of a series of empirical algorithms designed to predict HAZ hardness in steel welds to over 300 data, and neural network modelling of the data, the following conclusions can be drawn:
None of the empirical equations successfully predicted the as-welded maximum HAZ hardness sufficiently well to provide a satisfactory 1:1 correlation between measured and predicted values.
A combination of two empirical formulae, namely those from Yurioka 81 and Lorenz and Düren, gave the best correlation, being very close to 1:1, albeit with a standard deviation of 28HV
The Neural network coding of the hardness values gave a 1:1 correlation with a standard deviation of 26HV.
The combined empirical formula, used with the method of predicting t8/5 (or a measured value from identical welding parameters) can be used to predict as-welded maximum HAZ hardness, and trends in hardness changes with varying input factors.
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IvX 0
Today, Spencer and Drew are discussing IvX 0, originally released November 30th, 2016. As always, this article contains SPOILERS.
Spencer: I don't know much about my ancestry or heritage other than the fact that I've got blood from at least six or seven different European countries in me (I've been known to describe my ethnicity as "White Mystery"). Combine that with a family that's never been all that worried about tradition and you get a guy who just doesn't care about his culture (if I could even be considered as having one). This is absolutely not the case with the mutants or the Inhumans, though; although the two groups' concepts of culture and tradition differ greatly, they're absolutely vital to both camps. That's something Charles Soule and Kenneth Rocafort make abundantly clear in IvX 0 — the conflict that's been brewing between them isn't really about the literal deaths of individuals anymore, but about the possible figurative death of their very ways of life.
IvX 0 fills in the blanks between Cyclops' death (and the transmutation of one of the two Terrigen clouds) in Death of X and the present day. Soule splits the narrative equally between the two camps; Beast works with the Inhumans to find a cure/vaccine for M-Pox while, simultaneously, Emma Frost slowly formulates a plan to wipe out the final Terrigen cloud and get revenge on the Inhumans. In theory, this difference in approach should paint the mutants as the bad guys, but it doesn't for several reasons. The first is that Emma's largely a rogue agent, unaffialiated with Storm's core group of X-Men (in fact, we barely see Storm or Medusa in this issue — the leaders are being quite hands-off so far). The second is that the Mutants appear to be suffering far more than the Inhumans.
I'm struck by how cavalier the NuHumans are here. Sure, Flint and Grid are worried about literal war, but they're saying this on the deck of a state-of-the-art warship touring the world, and they barely know the names of the mutants they're scared of. Meanwhile, the X-Men are literally hiding in Limbo to avoid death from Terrigen exposure, and Magneto of all people is so spooked by the Inhumans that he can recite the names and abilities of all their major players at a moment's notice. The mutants clearly come across as the underdogs in this conflict.
I mean, they're fighting for their lives while the Inhumans are simply fighting to protect the last of the world's Terrigen, right? Magneto points out that Terrigen is sacred to the Inhumans, bound up in their culture, but surely culture and tradition shouldn't trump actual human (or mutant) lives, right? When we find a part of our belief system that's harmful, we change it, right? Absolutely, but, Soule throws in a few wrinkles that keep the Inhumans from being the "bad guys," and keep the mutants from simply coming across as victims. The first is the fact that, without Terrigen, the Inhumans can't undergo Terrigenesis, can't attain their trademark abilities. If Emma were to destroy the last Terrigen cloud, the Inhumans wouldn't just lose a sacred artifact, they'd lose a key aspect of their identity. Maybe it's worth it, losing part of your culture if it means saving another, but it's not a decision that can be made lightly, and it would never be one that all Inhumans would go along with: they'd spark a civil war by trying to avoid war with the Mutants.
The second wrinkle is the fact that the Mutants have the very same option at their disposal.
Beast has found that coming up with a one-size-fits-all vaccine for M-Pox may be impossible — Terrigen attacks the X-Gene of each and every mutant in an entirely different way. As Iso points out, though, one option that would work would be to excise the X-Gene altogether. It would save the lives of all mutants, but at the expense of the very thing that makes them mutants in the first place; it's essentially the same scenario the Inhumans would be facing if they eliminated the last Terrigen cloud.
I love how Soule has taken what could have been a black-and-white, good guy vs. bad guy conflict and made it far more complicated. Both groups have an "easy" option at hand that actually ends up being as complicated as humanly possible. In a way the mutants may still have more to lose if this stalemate keeps going, but either war or compromise would mean either massive loss of life or the loss of an entire culture, respectively. For both groups, their powers are about as entwined with their identities as their race or sexuality would be. Is losing an aspect of your identity as intrinsic as that really something we can, or should ask of a group? It's not an easy question to answer, especially when you factor in the current imbalances of power between these two groups.
Further complicating things is that neither group will ever reach a complete consensus. Among the mutants alone we've got Storm, who's withdrawn her school from the world as a result of the Terrigen, Beast, who is trying to straddle the line and work to save both groups, and poor, poor Emma Frost.
Emma isn't supposed to be able to feel emotions while in her diamond form, yet here she is crying literal diamonds at the sight of Young Scott. Combine that with the fact that Emma seems to have forgotten her own role in Scott's death in her grief, and you've got one complicated situation; I may be more interested in what's going on in Emma's head than I am in this conflict as a whole. Regardless, it's hard enough to broker peace from a place of objectivity — throw this many volatile emotions and viewpoints into the pot, and it might as well be impossible.
Drew, are you as taken by this upcoming war as I am? Any theories on why the Terrigen Cloud is shrinking, and how that's connected to the Savage Land? Do you think there's any chance of this ending well?
Drew: If by "well" you mean "peacefully", I'd have to say all signs point to no (after all, the "v" in the title doesn't stand for "validates"). If, however, by "well" you mean "entertainingly", the answer is quite the opposite. As ever, Soule has a confident handle on the voices of his characters — all the more remarkable here given the size of his cast. Soule has always been a capable team book writer, but this series features sizeable contingents of five separate teams, plus the important leading roles of Beast and Emma Frost, neither of whom fit neatly into any of those teams.
More importantly, Soule's characters don't just talk differently from one another; they think differently. Beast is the best example of this. While lesser writers might rely on big words and the occasional "oh my stars and garters", Soule bakes Beast's reverence for science into virtually every act in the issue. His opening "through science, all things are possible" conversation with Iso is an obvious example, but I'm most impressed at how his love of science advances the rest of the issue. He basically can't stop collecting data, even when he incidentally sees an image of the terrigen cloud on screen.
Of course, that nose for observation puts Beast in an uncomfortable position when he overhears Medusa's plan to prepare for the worst in the Inhumans/X-Men conflict.
Spencer, I'm glad you dug into the apparently intractable differences between these groups. For me, it doesn't take much to read the premise as a parallel to any number of conflicts throughout history, all of which revolve around some important element of identity for the parties involved. Maybe it's religion, maybe it's national identity, maybe it's a subtler political disagreement, but virtually every war in history could have been avoided if one or both sides were simply willing to give up the element of their identity at issue. Soule cleverly avoids any pretext that this conflict is about land or rights — this is an existential conflict, down to its core. Either one of these groups could insure their own safety (at least temporarily) if they eliminate the other.
In that way, the conflict most resembles the Cold War, a conflict whose tactics revolved around consolidating power and positioning offense as defense — in effect, preparing for the worst, but generally trying to avoid provoking the other side. At least, it's clear that that's the Inhuman's strategy. What's scary is that, while Emma seems to get the "consolidating power" bit, she's taking the adage of "the best defense is a good offense" a bit too proactively. In spite of Magneto's warnings, Emma doesn't quite see the mutually assured destruction in advocating open war with the Inhumans.
(Then again, a stronghold in Limbo — a plane of existence unreachable to the Inhumans — might make that destruction less mutually assured than I'm giving it credit for. So long as Magick is safe, the X-Men could launch attacks from Limbo without much fear of reprisals. Or maybe Magick can swap the school for the cloud, allowing the X-Men to basically hold the Inhuman's future hostage. Point is, there's a lot of shitty things Emma could have up her sleeve.)
I'd be remiss if I allowed all of this strategic theorizing to prevent me from mentioning Rocafort's art. I'm so used to seeing Rocafort drawing heroes in spaceships and shiny armor that I may have pigeonholed him a bit. This issue presents an opportunity for Rocafort to flex his range a bit, and boy does it shine. Beast is about as far as you can get from shiny armor, and this issue carries its characters to some truly exotic locations. It's a feast for the eyes, right down to the big establishing shots that kick off each vignette.
It doesn't look like Rocafort will be the artist for this miniseries going forward, but with pages like this one, it's hard not to wish he was.
Taken together, this issue puts all of the pieces in place for the coming conflict, hinting at how each side's strategies might play out. I'm never quite clear what a "#0" on a cover is meant to convey, but Soule makes a strong case for its use as vital connective tissue, lending texture and characterization that may not be essential to the series proper, but adds depth for those who pick it up. It's a hype piece for #1, but it's one of the subtlest, most nuanced hype pieces you'll ever hope to find.
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By Spencer • Posted in Alternating Current, Drew Baumgartner, IvX, Marvel, Spencer Irwin	• Tagged Beast, Black Bolt, Charles Soule, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Flint, Grid, Hank McCoy, Iso, IvX, Kenneth Rocafort, Magneto, Medusa, Ororo Munroe, Scott Summers, Storm, The Inhumans, X-Men
6 comments on "IvX 0"
patrickjehlers
December 8, 2016 @ 10:21 am
Rocafort is such a specific talent. I think there's something about the way he draws (and maybe it's all that extra visual noise he includes between the panels) that makes me very anxious. He's best deployed when that anxiety is part of the storytelling, as it is here. Because there's no "good" way for this to end, it's kind of just a prelude to fucking disaster, with no satisfying outcome for either team.
I also think he's a great match for drawing metallic Emma Frost – it's the prefect mix of terrifying and emotionally detached. Emma was the secret protagonist of Death of X, and I expect her to slip into the background of IvX proper, but it's nice to see her take center-stage in this zero issue.
Interesting — I guess I assumed Emma was going to be a key player in bringing the conflict to a head. Without her machinations, the rest of the mutants seem more than comfortable leaving the Inhumans alone. She's the only one on either side spoiling for a fight.
Emma is certainly going to be a key character. In fact, she looks like she will be the lead of the story.
And honestly, Patrick, I disagree with your description of Rocafort. I think Rocafort's strength is a real mix of organic and sci fi elements. To me, Rocafort combines the two in such fascinating ways, and really manages to to create this sense of these two worlds being both seperate and interconnected, to create amazing images. TO me, that is what I've always liked about Rocafort
I actually read this issue, despite having not read X-Men in ages and not starting the Inhumans. Not sure why. THe issue itself was done really, really well, but felt… ordinary. After Civil War II, I can't help but find this disappointingly typical
I'm obviously doing some guessing about the future of this series, when I speculate about Emma. I'm just taking cues from Death of X, in which she plays a huge role, but the size of her influence isn't really revealed until the final couple pages. I actually really like the idea that she can be a rogue actor and revolutionary from behind the scenes. We see a fuck ton of her scheming in this issue, but maybe that's all she needs to do to give the X-Men an advantage in the upcoming war.
And Matt, I don't think we're saying different things about Rocafort. It's absolutely his mix of glossy sci-fi imagery with organic textures that appeals to me. I think it's just that he does it in such a singular way – he's not a provocateur like H.R. Giger, for example. There's light, energy and color to his stylistic mashups that makes the confluence of technology and human feel welcome but still sorta unnatural. I just think it's perfect for telling a story that expresses some kind of fundamental anxiety. Like – worked well for the first issues of Red Hood and the Outlaws partially because Jason's very existence is anxiety producing. Ditto The Ultimates. But Rocafort's art didn't make much sense to me in Superman (which was going to be a bad series anyway).
You gonna be sticking around for the rest of the series? The first issue is out next week and Drew and I were a little surprised to see how fucking expensive it is. We're in it 'til the end on IvX, but that $5.99 price tag is a bit of a deterrent. (Though, it should be noted that future issues look like they're coming out at regular Marvel pricing.)
I think it is entirely possible for Emma to be both the lead of the series and be a rogue actor from behind the scenes. In fact, she feels like she will be a bit of a villain protagonist in this series, though a sympathetic one. The character who goes out of control at just the time everyone else comes to their senses, creating a threat that can unite everyone so that they enter the brighter future of ResurreXion.
On Rocafort, I guess I didn't explain myself well enough. To me, a big part of Rocafort's ideas is a harmony between those two worlds. I remember is Cyborg Superman design, and while the mechanics look scary (of course they do, he's a supervillain), the way those mechanics combine with the organic elements is wonderfully harmonious. To a degree, it reminds me of Deus Ex: Human Revolution's Neo-Renaissance look. THe superficial elements are all different, but the elegance in how the too elements interweave never feels unnatural. THe mechanics look unnatural, as Rocafort loves to emphasise technology's difference from organic components. Yet it appears to fit in place, and there lacks a border between the soft organics and the scary machines.
To use IvX as an example, the page in the Savage Lands shows the Inhumans' craft doesn't feel out of place, even the purples and oranges and harsh lines inside the ship contrast with the Savage world outside. Distinct, but harmonious.
You are right that Rocafort 'makes the confluence of technology and human feel welcome but still sorta unnatural', but I don't think that unnatural aspect is supposed to be anxiety producing. To me, the fact that something so unnatural fits so perfectly in Rocafort's art feels less anxiety producing and more peaceful, unified.
I'll probably read a bit more of IvX. It is well executed. As much as I love Civil War II, it botched its first issue (though interestingly, in retrospect, the problem with the first issue isn't that it made mistakes, but that it looks like a mistake without the full context of the rest of the story. Thanos is a bad inciting incident for Ulysses, but that is what Bruce Banner is for. But Thanos is the perfect inciting incident for the true story, about Tony). So IvX certainly has that advantage.
But I would like to see something that feels a little less ordinary. Something like Civil War II that twists expectations and so fully commits to the ideas that it starts giving completely new ideas. That zags when we expect it to zig. I'll give IvX another chance. But I hope it comes up with something a little fresher soon
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"Emma isn't supposed to be able to feel emotions while in her diamond form, yet here she is crying literal diamonds at the sight of Young Scott."
I imagines it was rolling down her cheek before she turned and it just fell off. I love everything about this issue except this moment. That diamond is so cartoony. It's already cut and just look at the size of the thing. I understand where her riches come from now.
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Amazing 9-Year Old California Girl Helps Raise Money for Electric Wheelchair
As someone who is considered 'alt-right', I don't think too highly of California. After reading this story, I am forced to change my mind, and so will you. Californians are known for a lot of things, but this young girl from Eureka, California is absolutely amazing and is gonna make for one hell of a wife one day.
27-year-old Dave Menza was left critically injured after a car crash near Ferndale, California about a month ago. When 9-year-old Amaya Diamond, also of Ferndale heard the news, she had no question about what to do next.
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Amaya's mother, Sadie Nilsen, recalled how Amaya went into her bedroom after hearing about the accident, grabbed her tooth fairy money and stated that she would start washing cars in order to raise money to buy Menza a specialized Electric Wheelchair.
Amaya then came up with the idea of setting up a lemonade stand in front of her grandparents Tony & Tommy Pichulo's bakery, Humboldt Sweets, in Ferndale this Sunday.
"I thought lemonade is a pretty popular thing," Amaya said.
Word started getting around town about Amaya's upcoming fundraiser. The Pichulos decided to join in the effort. They plan to donate all proceeds from Sunday's mimosa sales to Menza's wheelchair fund. No other members of the community are planning to pitch in as well.
"People are wanting to donate items to sell. It's turned into this amazingly huge thing that we couldn't have dreamed it could go this way," Nilsen said on her way back from Cash and Carry with a load of lemons and sugar.
Nilsen said she began to cry when telling her daughter how much positive love she and the community are bringing to Menza.
"She doesn't understand why people are so excited and why this is such a big deal. Amaya's answer is, 'Why wouldn't I try to buy him a wheelchair?'" Nilsen added. "She thinks all 9-year-olds are like this."
There is a connection. Menza is an expectant father of Amaya's cousin, Ari, due to be born in December. Menza had spent half the year working the counter at Humboldt Sweets and the other half of the year touring as a bassist for the popular British punk rock band, The Adicts, according to Nilsen.
Amaya said Menza is very nice and funny, and that he has his own nickname for her: "Little Moo Boss."
On Sept. 17, 2017, Menza was airlifted to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento after suffering the severe injuries in the car crash that took place in Ferndale.
He remains in critical condition. He is unable to speak and his injuries will now require him to use an electric wheelchair, Nilsen said. The wheelchair is expected to cost close to $9,000.
When Amaya learned that Menza had been hurt so badly, she was sad but determined to do something for him. Amaya is hoping to raise as much as she at her stand serving both regular and pink lemonade at her appropriately named "Lemonade for Dave" stand.
Nilsen said that when Menza's sister showed him one of Amaya's flyers promoting the lemonade stand, Menza began to cry and mouthed "Little Moo Boss". (How truly touching)
"He's trying to stay positive. He has a huge recovery," Nilsen said. "He's working very hard. He's still not in great shape by any means. He is very aware and he's fighting."
What an incredible girl and incredible story. It amazes me that some young people, and not many at all, have this sense of adulthood and emotional development that is well beyond their years. She is truly special and in my opinion, will be special to someone when she is an adult.
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