Many things to talk about today.
David Ornstein dropped the bombshell yesterday that in the whole of world football, the best we could do for our next manager was Unai Emery. I know nothing is confirmed, but Orn-dawg rarely makes a hash of an exclusive.
Now, we can start with the positives. Unai an improvement on Arsene Wenger. He won 3 Europa League’s in a row under Sevilla, which is a monster achievement. He partnered with the legendary Monchi to turnover players whilst maintaining a semi-major trophy a season for 3 years. He took Almeria to 8th. He took Valencia to 3rd 3 years running before getting fired for not being able to find the next level. He also managed to convince the vain hierarchy at PSG that he had what it took to oversee the most expensive squad in history. Apparently he has a plan…
Outside the above, he fits the brief. He can work in a crappy environment, he can deal with high impact shocks to his squads, he’s very organised, and his mind is obviously valued in Europe.
However, I’m finding it very difficult to accept this was a; to quote Ivan, ‘a brave and bold decision.’
It’s a safe choice. Our CEO flirted with the idea of Arteta, but at the last minute, he bottled it and went for experience. But not exciting experience, no, he wimped out and brought in someone fairly cheap, and fairly middle of the road in the grand scheme of 46-year-old managers.
Say what you want about Arteta, but if you’re going for an exciting young coach, he was your chance to do something bold and brave. I totally understand why Ivan lost his nerve. He probably saw Henry Winter on The Sunday Supplement, he probably worried that Areta hadn’t managed a club, and he maybe read some fan boycott tweets.
Ivan being a weak decision maker shouldn’t surprise us, he’s spent the last 10 years being the lapdog of Arsene Wenger.
However, I was foolish enough to think that if we were going for a tier 2 or 1 manager, we’d at least opt for the best money could buy.
How does Emery fit that bill?
At Sevilla, in his last season, he didn’t win a single away game.
He never made the top 4 for the Spanish club.
He went to PSG and in his first season, he lost a one-horse race to a Monaco that took a chance on kids.
He botched a 4 goal lead in the Champions League to Barcelona in an utterly humiliating defeat.
This year, he was knocked out of the Champions League by Madrid, getting beaten 5-1 in the last 16. This is a manager who has the best squad in the world. This is a man with Neymar, M’Bappe, and Cavani as a front three. This is a club with the sublime Veratti in the midfield with Thiago. This is fucking PSG dripping in oil.
Here’s the real kicker, his English is bad. He’s learning a new league, a new club, and a new language all on the fly.
Our thorough search for a new manager deduced that all of the above issues didn’t matter.
Gazidis and our fancy backroom team totally bottled the chance to do something exciting.
In a world that had Jardim and Sarri available, we opted for a person who was moved on from Paris because the players didn’t listen to his ideas, and he gave up trying to discipline them.
What is wrong with the club?
What is the Emery superpower?
Ivan Gazidis will say that he just won the treble. Sure, but only after Monaco were raped of their best players. Only after PSG spent so much money they’re under investigation for FFP violations.
Chelsea are literally about to fire Conte. Why not hire him if we wanted experience? Why not sign Carlo, at least he’s won the Champions League!
I cannot understand why we’ve played the experience card, and blown the biggest opportunity of the last 20 years on a guy who has 3 Europa Leagues under his belt. Wenger nearly won that trophy playing unmotivated second stringers, losing to Koln and Ostersunds along the way.
There are 10 managers I’d have gone for before Emery.
Gazidis is weak. The leak that the board voted against Arteta isn’t cover either. Who on the board do we trust? The same guys that have let Klopp, Guardiola and Tuchel pass us by swearing allegiance to a failing Wenger? Please. The board are an embarrassment to the club.
I cannot believe I was duped into thinking Arsenal would do something interesting.
I genuinely think the fans are all united under the WTF HAVE WE DONE right now.
We just signed a manager who was fired because he couldn’t take the best squad in the world past the CL last 16. Let that sink in.
THE CLUB JUST GAVE CECH THE #1 SHIRT!
Emery is a dull signing from a CEO who just proved the banter era didn’t die with Wenger.
What a fucking moment.
Also, massive shout out to all the frauds on Twitter who said Arteta had signed. I told you it wasn’t done. Grown men desperate to appear like they’re ITK. Pathetic.
Anyway, rage over.
I’m not going to run an Emery out campaign if that’s what you’re worried about, it is what it is. I’ll rally around him and hope he wins the Champions League so you can all laugh at me.
Still, we got the experience the fans wanted. Let’s see how that pans out.
Pete x
P.S. Something actually important
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Leeds
Sorry mate not sure what “this!” means?
“Again Charlie if say Juve come in with a bid for Bellerin are we not even going to entertain the idea of selling him because of a changed number? Honestly reading too much into it.” I literally just stated this wasn’t what I said. Stop being a dense cunt. The fact they’ve changed numbers is indicative of there being conversations already about all of them continuing at the club. So patently you announce number changes with players who are earmarked as staying. I’m fully aware things change in football, but the initial suggestion is that Arsenal see those four as… Read more »
Marc
I mean it was an excellent point.
Marc and Leeds
We will know soon enough whether this presentation is not just guff spin from the club or it is based on reality.
And we will know from the first window coming up real soon.
Marko.
Hopefully it’s not true, or if it is he can at least instill some discipline in Ramsey so he can play CM, a CAM he is not.
Interested to see our transfer activity. With a few players receiving lower player numbers, don’t think we should expect much. Player recruitment is by far the most important thing this summer. Hope the snake oil salesman Ivan Gazidis doesn’t get involved in incomings & outgoings. Man has been waiting to flex his muscles for a decade. He’s lusting at the prospect of more power since his former boss AW is now out of the way.
Marc
Frankly I am concerned if he does not speak English. When I have suggested that managers should have at least basic knowledge of language in the distant past I was criticised for making that suggestion.
Communication is a vital skill for any Manager/Head coach or at least the
ability to speak to players. Whatever criticisms were directed at Wenger we
know that he had excellent language and communication skills.
Leeds
Thanks
Ishola
Er I don’t think someone putting a detailed plan forward can be classed as spin, my view of spin is sounding good without actually saying anything of merit or detail, of course we’ll find out in time but this window will be as much about Sanllehi and Sven as much as the new manager. We need to give them next summer before we judge too much on transfers, the test of Emery will be how he improves the existing players etc.
Lucien Favre confirmed as new Dortmund coach on 2 year deal.
So Favre to Dortmund, Kovac to Bayern, Tuchel to PSG, Emery to Arsenal.
What are the big, unfilled jobs remaining? Chelsea (assuming Conte goes)?
Emirates
Well of course if he speaks no English that’s a major problem, if it’s “hopefully” better than limited but not fluent then an assistant who can help get ideas across / translate will be necessary. It’s where both Mourinho and Pep began and it’s not as if we don’t have any ex players who speak a couple of languages – does anyone know what Henry’s Spanish is like?
“Emery made it clear he planned to build his vision around 2 key players he regards as central to his plans – Aubameyang & Ramsey.”
I’m sure Emery must have got his names mixed up. Surely he meant Xhaka Ahem.
Elmo
You might be adding Madrid to that list after Saturday.
Apparently he is a disciplinarian in his style… according to the Arsecast Extra podcast, which I’m listening in spurts – the more I hear about him the more that I like.
Listen from the second half.
Hilarious… the record was a live session so they were all caught unexpected.
Very very informative.
If this story is true about Emery’s stunning presentation about the weaknesses of the current team then we should expect action quickly and a few culls to be made from the first team. There is no point stating weaknesses if you are going to sit on them for a whole season or god forbid two seasons. It is also very easy to say that I will improve such and such a player in a new or certain system. More often than not a new player is required in the position that is deemed weak. Not always but for the majority… Read more »
Meticulous, hardworking, and tactically decisive… are some of the other things they are saying about him.
Marc
Mourinho and Guardiola spoke perfect English when they managed in England.
Mourinho was an experienced linguist who acted as translator at Barcelona and Guardiola spent a year in USA perfecting his English.
The only manager currently managing a top five club who did not speak good
English when he arrived in EPL was Pochettino. However, by all accounts he
did speak basic English at Southampton, but chose to give interviews in Spanish.
someone can probably confirm it, but apparently he picked up French very quickly while at PSG
Giving Cech the number 1 shirt means nothing. He can be the back-up keeper which is financially prudent since he still,has one year on his contract.
Emirates
My point about Pep and Mourinho was that they were doing the translating, does anyone actually know what level Emery’s English is at?
Emiratesstroller
“You can interpret the phonecall any way you like, but the fact is I was phoned byArsenal and more to the point a critical opinion about was going on at club was expressed. Also it was confirmed that my email had been discussed by the senior management at club. The point about staff at club preferring ‘in-house’ appointment i e ex Arsenal
player/coach was also raised.”
Like i said irrelevant and clueless too……
Dissenter
I have no issue with Cech as back up – I actually wonder whether he’s someone who make a good GK coach in the future. Worth keeping some experience of winning the league around the club.
From one crap manager to another
The fact that he can’t speak English may actually be a blessing.
He can use it to dodge post match interviews while he does the more important work,
Pochettino did it all the time at Spuds in his first year. He would feign poor language in public while speaking passable English to his players and staff all the time.
The English stuff is overblown. Most of our players are continentals anyway -speak more than one language.
Guardiola has one year t practice his English in NewYork, Emery does not have that luxury.
Looks like ES was trolled along with Pedro by the club lol
It isn’t hard to see why Arsene was endorsing Arteta, chances were he would have failed/stumbled and in contrast he would have looked like a genius.
I suspect he has a face like he’s drunk sour milk.
To begin with, Emery has done 3 times, what Arsene has failed to do in his whole career.
Wenger, I bet was looking forward to a whole season of “backseat managing” with the novice Arteta in charge.
He can’t do that now can he?
Emery is going to show up Wenger completely.
Tomtom
“From one crap manager to another”
lol
Any expansion on this?
What grates you the most about our Dickie?
Sounds good eh “our Dickie”
Thank fuck Gazidis was (presumably) brought to his senses. In the state Arsenal are in right now, to have gone with a failed leader on the pitch/dressing room who’s never managed any football club before would have been madness.
Hoping Emery’s going to prove a good choice. Done well to get him I think.
A remit of getting back in the CL with a 50m net budget is bullshit…..we were never going to attract a Top1 tier manager with that..
Emiratesstroller
“Whatever criticisms were directed at Wenger we know that he had excellent language and communication skills.”
Shame he lacked the most vital ingredient required in a manager i.e. football skills. Lol
Dissenter
“Guardiola has one year t practice his English in NewYork, Emery does not have that luxury.”
Luxury?
Hold The Mayo Why Don’t Cha!
I don’t buy all this talk that Arteta was used as a distraction while we were conducting the real business. I’m pretty sure Arteta is somewhere right now scratching his head wondering what just happened. We must have come within a hairs breadth of signing a complete novice. The old geezers in the board revolted, years of suppressed anger. It’s one thing losing out to an urbane manager who’s delivered in the past but they weren’t going to allow Gazidis,with no track record to dump a novice on them. Emery walked in to put out the embers of turmoil brewing.… Read more »
““Whatever criticisms were directed at Wenger we know that he had excellent language and communication skills.””
Shame he used them to make excuses after defeat after defeat.
People forget that despite his brilliance, Guardiola is yet to win the CL without Leo Messi.
You have to wonder who won those CLs in 2009 and 2011?
Guardiola or Leo Messi.
They’ve won two more without Pep, with lesser managers.
Don’t use the CL to bash Emery, especially since the alternative that was proffered has never managed a league cup game.
RJM:
“A remit of getting back in the CL with a 50m net budget is bullshit…..we were never going to attract a Top1 tier manager with that..”
Emery not Top 1 tier?
Don’t tell Leeds lol
Emiratesstroller
That’s now three managers in a row Arsenal have appointed who are not connected to the club…so much for tradition…plonker
Ishola
Looks like ES was trolled along with Pedro by the club lol
Actually ES deserves special trolling for the ITK comments he kept dropping on us; His email was read at the board meeting, he was told by staff at the club that ….
Wenger’s grammar was still a bit odd after 22 years here. He was fluent but not great for a 22 year immigrant.
Regarding emery’s presentation, I don’t think his language skills are as requir d for a good presentation as you’d expect. The part where language skills will be more required is a Q&A section.
It’s part of my job to train Chinese technology staff to give good presentations in English and I can assure you that the preparation, approach, structure and audience engagement/management amongst other things are more important than language skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuqJFK58ve8
When Emery beat Klopp, Europa League Final — this is after falling behind as well.
Pedro ‘Ivan being a weak decision maker shouldn’t surprise us, he’s spent the last 10 years being the lapdog of Arsene Wenger.’ After portraying him as arsenal’s knight in shining armour, the man to take the club forward? You need to be more consistent if you want to be taken seriously Pedro. Also: ‘Chelsea are literally about to fire Conte. Why not hire him if we wanted experience? Why not sign Carlo, at least he’s won the Champions League!’ I don’t know whether you’re deliberately avoiding the truth or in denial. The reason why Conte has been in such a… Read more »
I don’t like the new course that Arsenal has taken now, giving all the power to the DoF and the main scout. I really think that the manager has to have the final say regarding all the transfers in and out. Wenger had way too much power, but I don’t find it logical that the sporting decision aka transfers in/out, loans, extensions now look to be completely usurped by the spanish/german duo. Ideal option for me was that we get a better manager than Wenger, because he was past it, limit his influence on the outside decisions, but not completely… Read more »
Can we cut Pedro some slack on here. This is a forum – i.e. a debating platform. It means differences of opinion crop up. We even tolerate the sad people who say anything to provoke responses. Pedro’s opinion that Emery is a bad decision is just as valid as anyone else’s. Personally, I don’t agree with him. I don’t know Pedro personally and have never had any direct contact with him beyond joining Le Grove. But I do know how much time and commitment it takes to compile a regular blog. And I also know that he writes with passion… Read more »
How can Emery be a two tier coach when the criteria for a top tier coach is all about how much money you spend…
Lets see how elite Guadiola is working with limited resources.
Emery pisses all over Guardiola in that department.
Micheal
Of course Pedro is allowed his opinion on how good/ bad ,Emery/ Arteta are for their suitability for the arsenal managers job he just needs to cut out the nonsense propaganda about the majority of fans being behind Arteta and against emery as anywhere any else looks it appears it’s quite the opposite. Total bullshit by him on that score
“They’ve won two more without Pep, with lesser managers.”
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2015 and…?
Actually loving the Emery appointment, it’s perfect timing in respect of where he is in his career right now . Younger than most of his contemporaries in this league so comes equipped with modern techniques and approach but has enough experience to have ironed out any of his flaws he’s had . We could just about be appointing a top class manager coming into his prime
I think Pedro’s a bit like someone who’s going to a restaurant that does a great Rib Eye. He’s spent two weeks thinking about how great it’s going to be and when he get’s there they’re sold out, he’s being offered Sirloin, Fillet, Rump etc etc but he had his heart set on the Rib Eye and just can’t see past that at the moment.
It’s not really the appointment that’s got him vexed , pedro’s just pissed he’s been played like a fiddle by his man who’s in with Ivan
I’m with Pedro, feel its a totally meh appointment. Many could not wrap heads around Arteta for various reasons, but had he not been mentioned and the club pulled Emery out of the hat, mood on here would be drastically different. Emery for me lacks the upside of several of other candidates notably Jardim or Sarri. Why not go with Carlo if its stability were after, much better fit to club than Emery having managed in league and speaks the language. Emery got sacked from Spartak Moscow three months in for putting them in the relegation zone, he blamed it… Read more »
Pedro is discovering the dark arts of controlling the narrative. He writes sentences which he cannot honestly believe. But we love you, Pete! Observation: how is it that a few ‘Arteta Knows Best’ members – who were rebuking dissenting commenters for complaining about Arteta “instead of getting behind the team” – are here today crying and ranting about Emery? ‘Bold’ is such a vague adjective. It might have been even bolder if Arsenal made Jack Wilshire player-manager, but so what? Maybe they should have really gone for it and handed the reins to the kit manager. I’m sure Arteta will… Read more »
Yes we missed a chance to get a good Manager although 2 good ones were there. Jardim is a huge miss . Would have addressed our shortfalls to a T.
But Emery still a safer bet than Someone who Sat next to Pep Shuffling his Legs for Two Years.
Emery is fine. Not great and not particularly exciting but there we are. I’ll back him. I’m more interested in: A. How we’re going to play B. Who is going C. Who is coming in D. Will Arsenal have an identity? After the bleak years, hopefully we can only go up. But, to bridge 40 points to top and go up two places in the league is going to be really hard. City and united might blow £400m between them. Liverpool are getting Keita and will probably add a couple. Chelsea will spend. Spurs likewise. They also have pretty settled… Read more »
“City and united might blow £400m between them.”
Even with the FFP ??
Guardiola already said that it would be impossible for City to spend big this summer…
i don’t actually understand why people view Leonardo Jardim as a better manager than Unai Emery.
He was not my choice for the Arsenal job but to simply disrespect the man’s achievements is insulting , he has won more than Jardim even if u ignore his PSG days. He is just 3 years older than Jardim yet he has more experience working in the game and working with what he has. Same as Jardim.
I always felt Emery didn’t do himself any favors taking the PSG job.
Do we know if Moyes was among the candidates ??
(just kidding)
Stop your bitching Pedro,
This is a good appointment, Emery will make us a team again,
Arteta was only being interviewed for the Ladies team but someone forgot to tell him.
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11381567/arsenal-fined-20000-by-fa-for-penalty-protests-against-leicester
FFS…. we aren’t rich anymore!!
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/17/sevilla-monchi-liverpool-europa-league-final Monchi, the man who worked with Emery to guide Sevilla past Liverpool is very much like Sven and Raul. No doubt, Emery would have been known to Raul Sanllehi when he was at Barcelona too. Seen in this light, Emery’s appointment makes good sense. Emery was willing to work within this structure and devote all his energies into coaching and developing the first team. The comments I read so far about how meticulous he is in his preparation is exciting to hear and long overdue. FRom all accounts, Arteta shot himself in the foot by demanding more power than… Read more »
Rare commenter but long time reader; Felt the need to pipe up here as I think the post has been presented from a very acute angle. Lots of insight to Emery’s failings and not a lot of context or balanced view on his successes. I feel like this is the right appointment and the general consensus is similar dare I say it. He has my full backing. The exciting appointment in my eyes remains Sven Mislintat and Emery has a track record of working well alongside guys of similar ilk to him and Sahnelli. THIS along with proper COACHING is… Read more »
When it comes to big decisions at Arsenal, nobody knows what goes on there apart from the hierarchy. And probably not all of them either. If Ornstein is given prior information, it’s because he speaks with the voice of Ivan. A quid pro quo: you get to know first, but you tell it my way. For all we know the whole selection process could have been smoke and mirrors. Never liked them, a way of passing the buck . “Look, the guy ticked all the boxes, not my fault that he flopped.” How much better for the CEO/Owner to make… Read more »
Posters ask about Unai Emery’s command of French. He sounds like Manuel trying to speak English in Fawlty Towers. All things being equal, there’s a lot of good will, but it’s poorly delivered and… comical. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__SL7EqALmE
Arteta speaks English, Emery doesn’t Arteta knows EPL, Emery doesn’t Arteta knows Arsenal, Emery doesn’t “Arteta was an Arsenal player, Emery wasn’t Arteta is a fan, Emery isn’t Arsenal is a mission for Arteta, for Emery it’s just another job Arteta is a junior, he will take advice, Emery has done it all before Arteta will be happy to work with Svenand Raul, Emery is more likely to blame them if things g wrong – and move on to the next job.Now tell me which of them is better-fitted for the job.” Did u type this with a straight face??… Read more »
@englandsbest : when I imagine a training session with Emery, I imagine toughness, discipline and no more “sleep training”.
With Arteta… no so tough, as he knows the players well, maybe he is pal with some of them ??
You know what I mean…
“Arsenal is a mission for Arteta”
Where did you get that ?? It’s Arteta himself told him to you ??
Arteta was part of the malaise and rot at Arsenal, he would have never been able to solve it. Do you think Wenger gave him the captaincy because he was outspoken? He was given the captaincy because he was a compliant yes man.
Let him earn his chance at a big club like everyone else. Why the uproar?
What we need at Arsenal is someone completely independent to assess the problem and solve it without any sort of emotional attachment whatsoever.
Emery is that man, he has my backing.
*it to you
So much for “the fans rally behind the Arteta hype as evidence mounts he’s quite good”
What rally?
What evidence?
Pedro, for whatever reason, called it wrong completely wrong and tried to dictate to everyone else how good his preferred candidate was — and tried to paint it as a mainstream view — when it was a minority view at best.
I think people are giving Pete a hard time because for the past week, we felt relentlessly preached at.
Long Live freedom of speech!
“Arteta knows EPL, Emery doesn’t
Arteta knows Arsenal, Emery doesn’t
“Arteta was an Arsenal player, Emery wasn’t
Arteta is a fan, Emery isn’t
Arsenal is a mission for Arteta, for Emery it’s just another job”
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Haha surely this guy is trolling?
Raptora I think the manager will have more input on transfer dealings than you’re imagining, even if that is not his primary domain and even if he isn’t the one making the final decisions. He will, I believe, still be presenting them with a list of players he wants to sell and a list of players he wants to sign. He’ll also have veto power over final decisions, so if he really disagrees with something, he can say so and put a stop to it. Also, they hired him, so whatever he said about our current players and our near-term… Read more »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5757037/How-Unai-Emery-differ-Arsene-Wenger-Arsenal.html
Arteta speaks English, Emery doesn’t Arteta knows EPL, Emery doesn’t Arteta knows Arsenal, Emery doesn’t Arteta was an Arsenal player, Emery wasn’t Arteta is a fan, Emery isn’t Arsenal is a mission for Arteta, for Emery it’s just another job Arteta is a junior, he will take advice, Emery has done it all before Arteta will be happy to work with Svenand Raul, Emery is more likely to blame them if things g wrong – and move on to the next job. Up there with some of the worst comments I’ve ever read in my 5 years of visiting/commenting on… Read more »
Not sure what’s happening to Pedro.
Arteta for me is a meek appointment.
Emery, if he is okay to cook with what sven and raul give as ingredients is actually a sort of confidence in his ability.
A la Simeone or Klopp.
Probability of Arteta taking us to Champions league via top 4 league finish is lesser than what Emery can do via Europa.
I for one am excited to see what he can do with our squad with decent defensive and midfield reinforcements.
Lefsidesanch
During his presentation Emery impressed everyone with an in depth knowledge of the Club players including their fitness . The knowledge, not known how he gathered, was more in-depth than even what most Club officials were aware about.
Apparently Arteta was mostly sentiment.
So that’s why Emery was selected over ex-Arsenal player Arteta
Lets take up the pitchforks if he falters in the next 2 seasons
S Asoa
I know, I can’t believe that poster came on here making those arguments
englandsbest
The.majority of your points for Arteta over Emery you could quite easily replace Arteta with Carl Jenkinson. Now think about that one. Shows you theres a hell of a lot of hype with little substance around Arteta.
If someone says something enough like Pedro did people start to believe it to the point where Arteta is the second coming of JC. Some people need to take time out and figure out how they can be so influenced by the media so quickly.
Good job it wasnt some fake news about the world coming to an end.
Modern.Young.Tactical.Energetic.Insightful.Flexible
That’s all I wanted from a new Arsenal manager and Emery ticks all those boxes for me. Very very exciting times ahead!
We’ve been told in the last week by Pedro and a few others to shutupandsupporthelads/Arteta so I’d ask the very same clowns to apply that logic to Emery now please 🙂
Now tell me which of them is better-fitted for the job.
Emery
I think Wenger recommended Arteta because he loves promoting “his babies” — this is his whole avuncular, father-figure thing — and because he saw Arteta as a kind of continuation of his reign at the club, a continuation of his philosophy at the club, a little like if one of his nephews took over. I don’t think he wants the team to do poorly, though I think he will enjoy it if the manager comes under criticism. “I told you eet eez deefeecult,” he will smile and say. And Northern, no one here has to “change the record” re Wenger… Read more »
Jesus, do you people never stop whining? We are signing a manager that won the Europa League three times, consecutively. He has as many major trophies in three and a half seasons than Klopp and Pochettino have won in their entire managerial careers combined.
Pedro going off on this post about all of Emery’s failures – at least he has managed a club. Ffs.
I was advocating Dacoure ages ago and yes Bamford that would be a decent signing IMO.
“Ivan being a weak decision maker shouldn’t surprise us, he’s spent the last 10 years being the lapdog of Arsene Wenger.”
If this is so then Arteta is the laptop’s bitch.
Give me the organ grinder over his monkey any day
I don’t see how Arteta with ZERO Managerial experience would have been better than Emery. Emery wasn’t my plan 1 but no way is that worse/riskier than Arteta.
Arteta has bigger bust potential than Emery.
50m budget? Wheres the fucking money, we made a profit last season sold off a bunch, stan really wants to win the league? 50 fucking million what a joke
lol
Dare I say it it seems like a vast majority on here are at least comfortable with emery.
Not everyone is bowled over but only a few here seem to be particularly against him.
Happy times ahead of the fans can remain united behind him
Why did west ham sign Pellegrini and didn’t go for Arteta ? The fact is that nobody takes assistant coaches seriously. There are many examples of assistant coaches of top managers failing miserably. Arteta should prove himself at Everton or any small club before dreaming for Arsenal job.
Micropenis…
You annoy me a lot northern but I did chuckle.
Despite preferring others I’d come around to the arteta upside and excitement but with taking a step back.
As someone said, Emery is same age as pochettino, won more trophies and got a higher win % in his career…… not saying I’d want pochetino or that Emery is elite and clearly his time at PSG wasn’t the best but he’s not the worst by any stretch!!
Well at least they did a clever bit of PR in all this …
No one is talking about how fucking awful the new kit it.
Aubagine14
Let’s change the record then, as you suggest.
Wenger is the past. Emery is the future.
Let’s back the new man.
Wishing you the best,
Some great quotes on Emere off DM article comparing a variety of his managerial aspects to Wenger: Tactics “Any Arsenal players hoping to coast through next season will be in for a rude awakening. Emery is highly-demanding of his players and staff on the training ground and in the meticulous preparation for each fixture. He firmly believes that the little things make all the difference in the heat of battle. In terms of his tactical approach, he stuck religiously to a 4-2-3-1 approach at Valencia and Sevilla, with an accent on fluidity through midfield. Hallmarks of these sides included an… Read more »
Wenger was getting soooo boring anyway 😉
Emery is a good coach he should well for us but not if this wank stain owner just wants to continue hoarding the cash
Oh yeah be shocked if the DM issue isn’t addressed this summer
If Emery plays the 4-2-3-1 formation with auba up top the side needs to be NewGK Bellerin NewCB NewCB Monreal NewDM, NewDM Ozil, Ramsey, Mikki Auba/Laca So assuming we go this way, we need 2DM, 1GK, 2CB, Forward We could sell KOz/Mustafi, Holding, Welbeck, Iwobi, Ospina plus other crap that we save wages on to use as transfer money Lets say that brings in £130mill + £50mill we are expecting to have, that should easily cover the cost of players we need We would have cover (yes i know average for now) in all positions Plus promote through players like… Read more »
I’d take Emery over Arteta in a heartbeat. He has a proven record in the Europa League – which remember, is where we’re actually going to be playing next season. This is good, we can genuinely be contenders to win it. Definitely a point over Arteta. He can work in a proper structure, this is also very good. Look at Bayern – they aren’t relying on big name managers now. Look at Barcelona, they aren’t relying on big name managers now. Look at Real Madrid, they aren’t relying on big name managers now (well, ZZ is now but he wasn’t… Read more »
Any thoughts on the new kit ?! What’s with the ghostly red stripe on the white sleeves? Did the PR department think it was a good day to bury the news?
* ghostly / ghastly – delete as appropriate…
Think people are making way too big a deal of the alleged £50m budget.
Firstly, its probably complete bullshit.
Secondly, what did people expect? Man Utd have far far far more money than us, and they have averaged £87m net for the last 5 years.
Wenger has absolutely wasted money in recent years on the likes of Mustafi, Perez & Asano. Until we clear this shit out we shouldnt be spending good money after bad.
Klopp has transformed Liverpool with an average of £12m spent per year.
Potchettino has improved Spurs vastly while spending virtually nothing.
I do recall watching Emery put Klopp over the barrel in his last Europa league win, after going down by 1 at the half. There is that.
Curious to see how ruthless he goes with current squad. Question marks over back 5, Xhaka, Welbz. Think Ramsay now stays on, where as with Arteta he’d of been gone.
Not another manager who watches endless hours of football videos, we had all this with Wenger.
Lets hope Emery unlike Wenger brings more to the table than just waffle………