Rumours are heating up around Jardim, with Spanish and French outlets suggesting Arsenal prefer the Portuguese coach over Enrique. He has a contract with Monaco until 2020, so unless he quits, he might come with a fee. He’d make a lot of sense, the guy is understated and over delivers. He’d be perfect, and the career step would be on the ascension.
Chelsea are the immediate threat to this name if he does move, they’re in the market for a new person, and after the ego whipping they took from Conte, they’ll likely be looking for someone who can work in their well-oiled structure. I’d say they can offer more cash to a new coach, but they’re in the same boat as Arsenal. Chelsea operates like a business these days, so £250m net spend is likely off the cards.
If Jardim has any sense about him, he’ll want to work for a club where he has a future longer than 2 years. Arsenal are the plum job, lots of talent to work with, better young players, and the chance to build Arsenal into a superclub.
That said, he might fancy working with a club that’s very serious about winning things.
Either way, I’d be surprised if we don’t have a chat.
Here’s where we are currently:
Free Agents: Carlo, Enrique, Tuchel, Buvac
Contracted, rumoured to be available: Sarri, Allegri, Arteta, Vieira, Rafa, Jardim, Rangnick
Off the market: Nagelsmann
NO WAY DON’T: Brendy, Pards, Big Sam
Lots of movement, I just hope we don’t shit the bed and go for bland on toast.
A game that won’t have a hint of bland about it is the one tonight.
Arsene takes his team to the fortress of death… or something like that. He has one final chance at European glory, his odds are massively stacked against him. The only team to win at Atleti this season is Chelsea. Which means it’s possible, I’m just not sure it’s highly likely.
That said, we dominated the last game, with a bit more efficiency in front of goal, we’d have come away with a scalp. It was only a shoddy error and a hoof that gave Atleti an advantage. All we need is an early goal and we’re right back in the mix. No reason Ozil, Ramsey and Lacazette can’t pull something out the bag here.
It was interesting to read that Simeone planned to go to 10 men before the last game, rolling with 10vs11 in training. That’s mental preparedness.
Let’s hope this evening is an actual event, I can’t be dealing with a sloppy early goal and panic stations.
Give us hope Arsene, be a fucking hero, go out a king!
I’m not sure we have any players good enough for an AFC first eleven except Auba, Mikki and Ozil.
Cech, Ospina, Bellerin, Chambers, Mustafi, Koscielny, Nacho, Ramsey, Wilshire, Xhaka, Welbeck, iwobi should all go. Of all of Wenger’s shortcomings, his transfer “strategy” and squad building is right up there.
KDB makes Jenas argument about Ozil sh*t.
Azed
Jenas is basically supporting the idea that Ozil is a luxury player with his points. Stupid.
Highbury
Many apologies
I misunderstood your reply
Rob from Arsenal Fan TV tweets he is angry about tonight.
Nothing to be angry about really.
All too predictable to get angry or upset.
After all the arguments subside the plain truth is we are not good enough
Keown sounded like he was going to burst into tears there at the end
Poor old Arsenal! This squad isn’t a patch on the squad Wenger inherited. It’s been a slow and steady fourteen year decline because, yes, Wenger has lingered far, far too long, and yes, he was given far, far too much power, and yes, he was paid far, far too much – but I guess Danny & Co had to give him whatever he asked for to keep him on. Wenger’s love affair has always been with himself. The signs are that none of that will happen again. It seems that the football management will be a tripartite effort, the manager… Read more »
Known doesn’t do original thought , he just parrots the prevailing opinion after he sees the wind has changed direction after the fact. At the beginning of this season he was a ardent Wenger supporter.
Great player boring pundit.
All Keown is doing is deflecting away from Wenger when he slates and focuses in on individual players.
We all know there are problems with Ozil but how about saying that Wenger as a manager is not good enough.
Too much for Keown to say that. He’d rather take the easy way out and slag one player.
*Keown
Our shameless board should be made to explain again to the fan-base, who they’ve happily fleeced for the last 12 years, why we moved stadium, because we’re a smaller, less significant force now than before we left Highbury.
Mercifully this season will conclude soon. For One Arsene Wenger there will be no glorious finale but rather a tepid conclusion, one that matches the last decade of his performance. For the Pro-Wenger supporters, and you know who you are, an equally fitting conclusion to your deluded half-baked decade of fruitless arguments based on past glories that simpky were that, past and gone.
What’s left is a mess, not a bloody mess, but a mess requiring a better than good cleanup. That will be Wenger’s legacy, a tale of two decades – the good, bad and the ugly.
I don’t understand all this “The players let him down rubbish.”
He bought every one of these players, supposedly trained every one.
Who let who down?
The manager let the club down and the fans down by sticking with these players.
Don’t absolve Wenger of his responsibility!
Well, we have to assume Kozzer will be a non-factor next season. He’s at the age where an achilles recovery will be so much harder and it will be around January when he’s likely to come back anyway. Very sad, but he’s a shadow of the player who was so aggressive a few years ago.
Keown is absolutely right and he’s supposed to be a yes man. Ozil has been coasting by for ages now there’s no accountability at the club maybe if Wenger chewed out some of these cunts more often he’d still be in a job ffs. Amazing to think of how many “rests” and “illnesses” the google eyed fuck has had the last two years and he performs like that? He’s barely played any league games recently what a fuck up. Ramsey too he doesn’t get off litely either he was shocking tonight and another just coasting through games doing fuck all… Read more »
People would respect Keown more if he wasn’t such a Wenger groupie.
People understand what he is saying but when it comes from him when you know his real primary aim is to deflect away from the manager it has less meaning and significance.
I think he was an arsehole tonight tbh.
Arsenal’s problems are more deeper than just about one player but such is Keown’s loyalty to Wenger and most probably his seniors he made it about one man tonight.
Cheap and easy way out from Keown.
And Arsenal are stuck with him, Marko. Should have sold him for a song and a dance last August, now he’s sucking the life out of the budget. Could have had half a dozen useful players sharing on his salary alone. Thats bad business every night and every day.
“the best team didn’t progress.”
Lol, same ol’ wenger till the end.
@HillWood : yes my point was that, basically, he destroyed Highbury for nothing.
(Excepted earning more money from the fans of course)
Pretty obvious that even if they wanted to, the players haven’t the skills nor desire to even give the guy who has given them their livelihoods a decent send off.
Blow up the whole thing and rid yourselves of the stench that Wenger has left behind. This team is softer than a pitch filled with marshmallows.
Idiot spent all this time bad mouthing supporters and couldn’t even muster up anything to give the collective a proper middle finger. Thats cause its up his own backside!
on Sunday sourness slates xhaka Tonight keown slates ozil One could argue that being non British means extra shit from the pundits . Wilshere or Ramsey never receive even a fraction of the criticism that those 2 do . Tonight , I thought Wilshere had a tidy game(nothing special) probably no better or no worse than ozil.. Ramsey had a poor game similar to the United game at the weekend . In theory you would think playing Ramsey as the cam in midfield with Wilshere and xhaka behind , it would suit his style of play but for some reason… Read more »
Sadly it would not surprise that Koscielny retires at seasons end. He’s given a lot to the team. May not go down as one of the best, but he tried more often than not and put in a good shift enough times to be noticed positively.
https://youtu.be/fwM4Ip24PyI
Atletico never had to be in control over two legs Pierre, they have that one thing that Arsenal could only ever dream about having, a defense. As it is with any sport, defense wins games more often than not.
Its not about whomwere the better team, its about who were better overall – that would be Atletico and the final score does not lie.
If it was up to me, I’d use Wenger’s pay-off to supplement Ozil’s wage. The club and it’s fans should not be held hostage to a sacked managers stupid decisions.
But if they were considering Wenger’s position it makes even less sense to allow him to give Ozil a vastly over-inflated contract.
We are in dire need of genuinely real football intelligence at Arsenal, something we haven’t had for years.
Let’s just get this season over with, hire a new coach, evaluate who goes and stays and move on. Should have been done 8 years ago.
Herb’s Army You’re a little off-base here. You can’t refuse to pay Wenger. It doesn’t work that way. He had a year left on his contract. There’s no way around that. What bothers me is that we’re paying him a fortune to disappear for next year but we don’t have a no-brainer candidate (someone like Klopp) to replace him. This seems mismanaged all the way through. As for Ozil, his new deal was signed off by the CEO and the owner, so of course the club should be held hostage. The fans have as much power as their percentage of… Read more »
Bacary
Yeah, I know how manager compensation works, it just seems so wrong that the club have to pay a fortune to rid themselves of someone so painfully useless.
There are parasites and then there’s Wenger!
Tonight’s game was pretty even , I don’t know why le grovellers have condemned the performance as Arsenal were much the better side over the 2 legs and I would say Atletico were never in control of the game , never
Never in control then you go on to talk about how immense their defence was. Yeah they were absolutely 100% in control tonight. Had the better chances and looked like a team comfortably going through. We had one shot on target and you thought it was even. Are you sure you saw the game
Worth noting the away goal from the first leg came back to bite us.
Pierre so this game was pretty equal and but we were much the better team over two legs?
So what you’re saying is when we were a man up at home we managed to play better football than them? Brilliant achievement that is!
It’s hard to say we were the better team over two legs if we were equal yesterday but only managed a draw at home with a man up in the first leg…
Lol Pierre with his usual insightful input. What a dickhead.
As I stated a couple of days ago Herb, Wenger is but a symptom of a much bigger problem at Arsenal.
True Frankie, Arsenal don’t behave like a real football club anymore, that too was left behind at Highbury.
Arsenal really are a horrible club to support, exacerbated by the way they use and abuse their supporters.
The club simply sees the fans as a resource and the purpose of resources is to be exploited
Unfonrtunately they thought this bs would continue forever at no cost but now it’s finally sinking in that this arrogance and mismanagement has turned us from elite into nothing particularly more than a glorified mid table team with a big shiny stadium.
I’m really curious in general as to whether the apologists will remain apologists for the next manager in the name of ‘supporting the club’ or if their true loyalties just lie with the old goat in charge now
The way forward is pretty clear for next season even if we have a relatively limited transfer spend. Here are the 5 top priorities: 1. Get a new starting goalkeeper. Ospina and Cech are both average back-up keepers. We need to find someone who will lock down the starting spot for a number of years and provide a solid foundation for the defence. Let’s not forget how City struggled for a reliable keeper until they arrived at Ederson. 2. Make signing a top centre back the other major priority. Kozzer could very well be done for his career. For a… Read more »
This is on Dein and Lady Bracewell-Smith.
Dirty greedy bastards.
Kos is done folks. Keep as a back up perhaps or sell. Heard he wanted to move back to France
Hopefully now The Club signs a manager for potential silverware he can win & not potential dividends & profits for the Board & owners.
Oh, & btw, Arsene Wenger has left the team worse off than when he arrived 22 years ago.
We lost this in the first leg, you don’t come away 1-1 when you’re playing at home, the opposition has a man sent off early on and their manager is sent to the stands.
You also had a manager to fearful or vacuous to make a sub during the whole game to try to counter their plainly obvious defensive stratagem.
This defeat hurt and made me realise why the fuck I became so anti-Wenger to begin with. 22 years in Europe, NO European Cup.
Duplicity is alive and well in Islington.
Now that the remaining games become meaningless, those world cup bound players will probably save themselves for the world cup. We should give our youngsters opportunities to gain PL experiences. In the mean time, speedup hiring the new manager and coaches that can train young players and have knowledge of a balance team formation. Wenger’s formation requires the FB/RB to play like wingers. There is no surprise that Costa toke advantage of that. Football is a team sport. The coaches should also be responsible when our defense is making critical errors every game. When our offense can’t breakdown a team… Read more »
I hope the stadium is empty on Saturday. except for that twat DT, who will show up just so he can rant on arsenal fan TV after…
What struck me about Keown is not so much his parrot like commentary, but what he said about Ozil not playing the rest of the season after having an emotional meltdown. Striking… TBH I have felt the flu days were really mental health days for him…. I wonder about how resilient he really is, and how he can handle the pressure of being the top earner and delivering on that. I have serious doubts…. to a point where Im thinking what a huge mistake we made resigning him… We were caught in a very bad positon with Sanchez, and also… Read more »
Xhaka is a shit show. He is the worst ever midfielder ive ever seen. Denilson was better than him. I hope he is the first player to leave in the off season.
Cape town gooner
So Bellerin says says “Everyone is really sad.”
I can’t believe he has gall to say anything since it was his mistake that directly led to Costa’s goal.
After a single breakout season where he showed promise he has regressed. I would keep him just to see how he responds to the new coach. If he remains the same, he needs to go. He believes his own press too much.
Wasn’t he the one that slated fans earlier this season dressed like a stuffed peacock? What a real knob of butter of a defender.
Well the curtain has been drawn on the most overrated managerial career in world football. Thank bloody god. I couldn’t give a shit about Kos. He was done anyway but not a nice way to leave. I post here regularly and state that Arsenal will have to spend enormous amounts of cash to become competitive…people rebuff that and seem to think that a new manager will be able to shape this squad into something. No. The rot is so deep, nothing but major surgery will be needed to male us winning again. The defence is shot. We need a whole… Read more »
Just when I start to dream about Arsenal again this team reminds me it’s better left until Wenger goes.
Thank goodness we do not have to endure his incredible incompetence.
Even in the Europa League Wenger demonstrates he really doesn’t understand Europe.
Laughable he says the “better team” didn’t go through. How ungracious.
The ironic thing is even if we were the better team why didn’t we go through? Because they had the better manager and we had him.
Just like Bayern weren’t the best team even after scoring ten against us.
I will not miss Arsene. It’s a shame he can’t take his pieces of shit with him.
Ozil is a disgrace to professional sport. I’d cancel that bastards contract ASAP. Horrid little man.
“I think this would be close to a £400m rebuilding job. Arsenal are a decade behind the best teams.”
This is WITH the Emirates built since 2006. Wasn’t the new stadium supposed to put us ahead of our rivals not behind?!? What an absolute shambles.
Wenger has spent hundreds of millions and he has nothing to show for it as far as league titles and Europe is concerned.
Leeds
Yup. Wasted players, monster contracts. Utter joke.
We are so far behind I doubt if we can catch up if they keep building. We will get there but the danger is that we won’t be able to get back into the CL for years. City, Liverpool, United, Chelsea and Spurs are all a lot better than us.
Wenger has done more damage to arsenal than I think people realise.
The Wenger out people saw the damage being done but we weren’t listened to. Well…
Ozil will cost Arsenal £46,800,000 for three years.
Let that sink it for a bit.
This is Arsene’s legacy.
Wenger doesn’t think the team needs a major rebuild over the summer, that’s a shocker.
Thank god he’s gone so we hopefully can move on some of this dross and start competing again.
Must say the quality of commentators on this page has declined over the years. People digging out Keown for stating the obvious about Ozil. How is he deflecting from Wenger. If you listen he says Wenger should have called him out ages ago and it will be up to the new manager to do it now. Ozil is a cancer, he opitimizes everything about a modern Wenger team; flashy, spoilt, wasted potential, soft underbelly, weak, bottle job, shirker. The Ozil apologists are modern hipster fans who seem to accept a player who takes REGULAR days off, travels away whilst his… Read more »
For me, selling the players has to start immediately to raise funds.
Under no circumstances should Wilshere get a contract.
Ozil has to be offered to anyone.
Iwobi, Welbeck, Xhaka etc offloaded for small change.
Cech and Ospina. Gone.
This is not a good squad. It really isn’t.
And I’ll repeat what I’ve said in the last few years. Wenger has damaged this team physically and psychologically. There is a mountain for the new man to climb. Everything has to change at Colney, everything. This will be a bloody hard job for the new man but I admit there is a foundation from which to work from. My immediate worry is Cech, Koscielny, Monreal because of age (and declining quality). Then you’ve got Bellerin, Holding, Mustafi, Kolasinac and Chambers who are either rubbish or coached incredibly bad. If the new man wants to overhaul this area of the… Read more »
Guns
That’s the issue with Ozil. We are stuck with him. NO TEAM will pay his wages.
He’s not totally a lost cause though under a different regime.
My worry is that if an authoritarian came in and berated Ozil he’d have a full on breakdown and spend the rest of his career on the bench. When I look at him, that’s the kind of coward he is.
WrightIsGod We all know the problems with Ozil. But Keown is a Wenger lick arse who hardly ever calls Wenger out and if he does it is very reluctantly. He is playing the who to slag off by seniority, Arsenal’s problems are not just Ozil. It was poor from Keown to savage one player like that when Wenger for so many years has been a problem collectively. I think Keown is a poor pundit who takes the easy way out and judging by twitter comments plenty to be of the same opinion and Arsenal fans as well. Pedro in his… Read more »
I saw how Paulinho dug out Ozil in the first page for being “useless again”. Wonder what he thought of Ramsey. You know, the only player that had balls to make runs into the box LOL. It’s funny how Arsenal played the first tough opposition in the competition and they were booted out quite comfortably, players turned to shit. Goes to show the standard of the EL. Only take away is that Xhaka showed we can definitely work with him. Chambers didn’t do his chances any harm either. Onto next season. Maybe we can win the thing next season with… Read more »
Please, please do not make this just about Ozil.
There is other problems in addition to Ozil.
But this is typical of the football fan.
They will reduce the problems and in this case reduce it to one player because that is easier to cope with then confronting the reality that Ozil is just but one problem.
Ishola
I’ve watched Keowns comments last night more than once and he says, and I quote:
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WIG
Personally I’d rather Ozil not be on the field. Let the ass rot in the reserves. He can kiss his Germany career goodbye.
He is mentally weak and that’s something one can’t train.
Wenger knee this which is why he kept him around. Wenger loves his weak boys.
Typical Arsenal bending over to a player (Costa) who hadn’t scored for 7 games and who has only scored 7 goals all season.
Wenger cut a desperate figure on the touch line, last night – bereft of the required attributes to prove any of his doubters wrong; or inspire his cohort of mediocrity. A good domestics manager some 15 years ago but nothing more than a great pretender when it came to European football. Pacing up up and down the touch line looking like a teen on work experience who was given the keys to the city. It’s sad, because the man really should’ve tapped out after the Hull FA Cup game, but his delusion had him genuinely believe that he was due… Read more »
A Busted Flush Called Wanda.
Ishola
I’ve watched Keowns comments last night more than once and he says, and I quote:
“Maybe Arsene Wenger should come out and say more about these players because THEY should have performed for him and he is one that hasn’t”
I think it’s fair game to single out a player who is the highest paid at the club and is supposed to be accounted for in the dressing room.
WrightIsGod I do not care if Keown is finally having a go or digging Wenger, He can be easier with his words now the man is going. Keown was known for being a Wenger groupie previously and I hated his words which he kept repeating that Wenger would go when he wanted to, Well Keown was absolutely wrong, Wenger did not decide when he wanted to leave. He was pushed and forced out. So much for Martin Keown. Wenger apart it is poor to savage one player in any case when there are multiple problems with the team and Keown… Read more »
Xhaka only plays well when the opponents doesn’t press, that’s why he’s looked like a decent footballer the last month or so.
Not good enough if we want more than 6th, revoke Jacks new contract too, we need better.
Ozil is basically costing us a million a game.
One game a month? I bet he goes sick again until the end of the season.
Ozil schooled arsenal over his contract. He is the Winston Bogarde of the 2000’s.
Wilshere will also do the same.
Arsenal: the gift that keeps giving.
It was perfect for Xhaka last night.
Atletico Madrid got behind the ball and only occasionally pressed higher up the pitch.
But of course we will hear Xhaka is good and Xhaka will be the business.
Ishola
Correct me if I’m wrong but you were a Wenger apologist up until last year if I remember.
Also what is the use in still blaming Wenger. He’s out the door. Now we need to look at the players that have perpetuated the rot and how we can improve our team.
The likes of Ozil, Xhaka, Mustafi, Wilshere, Bellerin, Ramsey, Welbeck.
If I come in as manager they’re the types of players that either improve or walk.
So if I want to make it about those players or Ozil in particular I will.
Wenger gave sanogo a professional contract.
That’s amazing.
Also wanted to say big thanks to everyone that wished me well yesterday for the interview. I owned it. The ball is in my court now as I have to make a decision to accept or reject today, thanks guys
Mystic
Do male prostitutes have to interview these days?
Damn.
lol no WIG
You must confuse me with someone else.
I have been anti-Wenger since I have posted on here.
And to say that Keown was a Wenger groupie is not blaming Wenger.
And yes I know Ozil is a problem but again he is not the only problem.
Glad you listed other players there.
Ishola is ret@rded if he’s only been a WOB for a year
Did anyone truly believe that Ozil would put in a match winning performance last night?
He goes missing so many times when the going gets a bit tougher.
Said for years he is a luxury player par excellence.
But one of several problems in the team.
But he will produce now and again against the average Premier Division dross. That’s when he is not taking holidays or sickies.
Ishola
“All Keown is doing is deflecting away from Wenger when he slates and focuses in on individual players.”
Your words earlier.
There is no point in discussing Wenger anymore. If we want to discuss players who should or shouldn’t be at Arsenal we should be allowed to.
If an ex-arsenal legend wants to discuss the performance of the over paid and overrated truent…. It’s 100% fair game.
But according to you he’s not allowed because we should blame Wenger. Those were your words dude.
I don’t understand all this “The players let him down rubbish.” When you are desperate you’ll throw anything to the wall and see if it sticks. According to the AKBs Wenger is the most unlucky man in the history of the earth. If it wasn’t for those big bad “money clubs” he would have conquered the footballing world. If it wasn’t for the referees and their conspiracy against us he would have won the league every year. If it wasn’t for the players(his players) we would have won XYZ game. If it wasn’t for Pep,Mourinhno, Fergie, Klopp, Pochettino he would… Read more »
Of course he is allowed to. As others are allowed to, That’s why he said what he did because he can. You are missing the point entirely. I have said for years that Ozil is a luxury player but for the umpteenth time he is not the only problem. Wenger has sen to that. And due to Keown’s past of being a Wenger groupie it was no surprise that he took the option of savaging an individual player. I don’t care if Keown is an Arsenal legend. If I think he is the wrong or deflecting I will call him… Read more »
Keown has defended Wenger for years. Even after it was obvious Wenger was an old man on his way out. Have to take his credibility with a grain of salt.
“Tonight’s game was pretty even , I don’t know why le grovellers have condemned the performance as Arsenal were much the better side over the 2 legs and I would say Atletico were never in control of the game , never….if Arsenal had been more clinical in and around the area the result could easily been different …Atletico’s defence deserve immense credit for their resolute defending and their ability to sense danger .” You sound me Pierre along with Victoria. What game did you watch? 1 shot on goal and you call that pretty even. Maybe you and Victoria should… Read more »
Ishola
You are using pre text from Keown’s past as a reason why him slating a player must mean he has an alterior motive to protect Wenger.
It’s crazy and more than a little far fetched.
The irony is you are singling Keown our when up until the last year all apart from Stuart Robson would avoid badmouthing Wenger. And you’re wrong I’ve heard Keown with my own ears say he thinks Wenger should walk away.
What’s happening here is, you don’t like Keown as a pundit, so you’re looking to undermine his opinion.
It’s a bit weak.
Wenger cut a desperate figure on the touch line, last night – bereft of the required attributes to prove any of his doubters wrong; or inspire his cohort of mediocrity.” He’s cut a desperate figure on the touchline for about a decade. Unless he is up against an opponent that we just outclass(bottom feeders) 9/10 he’s gonna come up short.He got away with it for a decade or so. Competition in the league has increased so he can’t just trot out any old squad and finish top 4 by default anymore. Only the most blinkered bought his “i’m rejuvenated” spiel… Read more »
TitsMcGee
Henry, bould, Merson, Nicholas, Dixon, Wright, Viera, hell Lehman works for him atm.
They’ve all towed the company line in the past. They were doing the honourable thing for their gaffer.
This singling Keown out is nonsense.
Still bottom line is, if he wants to dig a player out he can he has no ties to that player.
“Tonight’s game was pretty even , I don’t know why le grovellers have condemned the performance as Arsenal were much the better side over the 2 legs and I would say Atletico were never in control of the game , never”
The mating cry/call of the idiotic.
Always some excuse. Always some “we should have won but…..” or “we would have won if…..” Been hearing it since 2006 or so.
It’s amazing people that stupid can even get up and function during the day.
It’s not far fetched WIG.
In fact it is typical Keown to only slate individual players and hardly ever question or call out Wenger himself.
Ozil is just but one of several symptoms that Arsenal ail from.
But because Keown decided to call out Ozil last night then all of a sudden all eyes on Ozil and no-one else.
A couple of weeks ago it was Xhaka he was digging out.
Mercifully this season will conclude soon. For One Arsene Wenger there will be no glorious finale but rather a tepid conclusion, one that matches the last decade of his performance. For the Pro-Wenger supporters, and you know who you are, an equally fitting conclusion to your deluded half-baked decade of fruitless arguments based on past glories that simpky were that, past and gone.”
It’s poetic justice.
“As I stated a couple of days ago Herb, Wenger is but a symptom of a much bigger problem at Arsenal.” That has been my viewpoint for many years now. I never isolated Wenger as the whole problem, but definitely for all matters on the pitch and recruitment. I don’t subscribe to Pedro’s beliefs that Ivan and co are doing all Pedro claims is being done. We need a manager to be named now, and for him to be at least working behind the scenes to sort the rebuild strategy with Sven & Raul out in the first instance. The… Read more »
Ishola
Bloody hell its a pundits job to critique players.
Keown also mentioned Monreal and Kos from the last game, he mentioned Bellerin’s mistake this game.
What more do you want?
Was what he said about Ozil incorrect in any way?
I take my stance on Keown because of his past arselicking of Arsene Wenger and to me Keown was OTT last night about Ozil.
We have known for years that Ozil is a luxury player that doesn’t turn up in the big matches enough so why the big crying game about it all of a sudden? It’s no surprise to anybody.
Maybe Keown should be asking and querying why Wenger brought such a player.
I know too well about Ozil. That’s why I wasn’t keen on bringing Mhiki in. Another lightweight who can go missing.
Guys, pack it in.
Keown is a sycophant.
Ozil is wet and symptomatic of larger issues at Arsenal but he isn’t the only one.
Let’s move on and get back to discussing the managers we won’t hire!!!
Buvac would be a ridiculous choice. Jardim would be a good choice if we are looking for a manager with tactics and good football. I feel Ancelotti is the best available option to put things back on track for 2-3 years.
“Also what is the use in still blaming Wenger. He’s out the door. Now we need to look at the players that have perpetuated the rot and how we can improve our team.” Precisely my point all along,Wenger has been the shield covering these shit players,taking blames for Koscielny been a weak tissue in the first leg,Bellerin being a bellend,etc,now he’s gone the beam light are firmly on how rubbish these players are,unbelievable the amount of dross we have in the first team,…major rebuild needed to become relevant again,dont trust the board at all to be up to the task(Buvac… Read more »
Guns of Hackney:
“Keown is a sycophant.”
Thank you. I was getting bored of the discussion as well
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog/the-match/60/post/3482320/arsenal-must-clear-the-rubble-of-arsene-wengers-fallen-empire
Even this guy at ESPN gets it:
“That has been one of the problems at Arsenal during the autumn of Wenger’s reign, which will now officially come to an end at the John Smith’s Stadium against Huddersfield Town on May 13. For too long, they have indulged the idea that Wenger’s way will come good in the end and silence all of those doubters who have long suspected that there was a footballing version of the Emperor’s New Clothes being played out at the Emirates.”
I’d be surprised if the new appointment isn’t announced until they have an angle on ST renewals.
The major factor in firing Wenger was the empty seats.
If they make there BOLD appointment,and carry on with their limited net budgets for player purchases,they know they will quickly back to empty stadium situation again.
This job is far to gone for a top manager to risk his reputation on,I fear an Arteta type appointment is on the cards.
Victoria
You’ll never get it. Try taking your dick out of Wenger’s arse.
These player are Wenger’s players who have never been properly coached, been played constantly out of their true positions and never heard of the word: Tactics.