It’s really amusing to read the opinion police out in force when they read something they don’t like. I think the Unai Emery hire is bland, I laid out my reasons if you don’t like them, it’s really not a problem.
Here’s the thing, Emery is going to be far better than Arsene Wenger because anyone would bring improvements to us. I’ve been telling you for years that our ex-coach was dated and past it, so it’ll be really hard for anyone born of this era to not improve on 6th, no real analysis, no pressing system, and a poor grasp of coaching.
What I do find interesting is the lack of interrogation people are giving this signing. I mean, I guess people just want to feel safe knowing we’re going come out of hibernation as a club, which I’ve no doubt we will.
My issue is that Emery feels every inch the panic hire, namely, because he is.
Firstly, the reason no one had his name on their lips is that Arsenal was not interested in him until Emery’s agent took a punt on the job. The Spaniard has been in the consideration loop for about a week.
Mark Gonnella is feeding a narrative to the press that this was a well thought out and all part of a thorough process, but I’m struggling to see how you can claim that when your decision was to hire a manager who can barely muster a word of English.
It’s also being widely reported that Emery is planning on bringing at least 4 of his coaching staff and some analysts who also likely won’t be able to speak the language.
Think of the divide that causes from the off. English speaking players who can’t speak Spanish or French are on the back foot straight away, because all the comms will go through others.
For a man who is famed for his complex ideas and a rigid dedication to extensive video analysis, he certainly has his work cut out trying to educate players in an unfamiliar language. Neymar hated the 12 hours of analysis for every game, imagine how our players will feel having to do that through translators so early on? Also, you can’t take a translator into the dugout.
Carlo Ancelotti was very firm in his book about the importance of being able to speak in the native tongue. It’s an absolute basic of any job in a different culture. It’s also an impressive attribute that says you were focused on working in that country. If Emery was being considered properly, we’d have put the feelers out months ago when it was clear PSG were done with him, so he could start the English lessons.
People fob of the language as a footnote, but you only have to look at the good PR Pep got when he rolled out fluent German when he arrived in Munich. Scolari tanked at Chelsea having not mastered the language, legendary names like Neville and Moyes failed in Spain because they didn’t speeeeka da lingo. Bobby Robson had poor Spanish at Barca, and let Mourinho translate his tactics, rumour has it they used to reimagine the instructions in his own vision with Pep.
Explaining complex systems to players who have never worked in them, in Spanish, is going to be tough. Think back to what it was like being a kid in school learning how to say ‘my dog eats baked goods’ in German. Now imagine having a tactical masterclass explained to you in a foreign language?
Now multiply that challenge through the coaching staff he’s bringing and you can’t quite believe they’re doing this. If there is one unifyer at a club, it should, at the very least, be the language.
Who is vetting his coaching staff and analysts he’s bringing with him? Did we interview all of them in a week? Seems odd that the club went from wanting to own the infrastructure, to simply handing it back to the new manager by letting him replace the coaches we just fired. Also worth mentioning his assistant Carcedo wasn’t liked at PSG, Hatem Ben Arfa was caught shouting,
“You hurt my head. You are shouting too loudly. Let us play. Why do you shout like this?”
Old school journo’s and pundits will lap up that type of carry-on, but is that really the way to deal with players? Who knows. But our players are closer in persona to PSG than Sevilla or Almeria than they are to a tin-pot selling club in Spain. No one has mentioned that he also tanked at Spartak Moscow, getting fired in the dressing room. Did he know the language there? Notable that his main successes have come in La Liga, where he can quickly grasp the culture and express his ideas effectively.
It certainly didn’t work at PSG where they went backwards. The press bluster about this being a masterclass hire, or a coup seem self-aggrandizing.
‘Emery is meticulous’ they tell us, because apparently, he does 12 hours of video analysis before each game (try listening to an hour of a tactical podcast). Here’s the thing, all managers are meticulous at that level. It’s only exciting to Arsenal fans because Wenger wasn’t (despite furious denials when I told people that over the last ten years).
The club would have been prepared under Jardim, who bossed Emery in his first year at PSG with kids.
The club would have been well prepared under Antonio Conte, the so-called serial winner, who not only knows English, he’s won the Premier League.
For me, this signing is about Ivan protecting himself. It could be great, it could be terrible, my guess is it’ll be ok. A bit like Brexit will end up.
Regardless of what I think about the hire, ultimately, we’ll be seeing something very different this season. It sounds like the future is going to be built around Ramsey and Auba. I mean, I don’t know why people find this notion so groundbreaking… but what was interesting about the snippet of info that came from The Sun is it didn’t include Ozil.
We’ll see subs before 70minutes, we’ll see a change of tactics when we’re losing, we’ll see the ball played out of the back, we’ll learn how to press, we’ll be far more competitive, and I suspect we’ll probably win the Europa League in our first season.
Arsenal has hired a manager who, language skills pending (and the ability to adapt to the best league in the world), will be able to stabilise the decline. He’s going to coach players, they’ll learn under him, and they’ll have to work hard to survive. He’s a manager who makes players go to war for him, and I’m telling you, we’ll see a massive improvement in the effort, attitude, and footballing output.
Worst case scenario, the next manager will have a group of players who are far more prepared for the rigors of elite football than they are now. Manager who takeover after LVG usually succeed becasue they’re fiercely disciplined, and just need a bit of love and a warm heart (which is why United should have hired Poch, not Mourinho).
My critique of this whole scenario is really centred around the fact that we could have been more ambitious. This is a low-hanging fruit kind of job for anyone; we were ripe to take a chance on a young coach, and we’d have been even more ripe for an elite coach. We opted for a solid operator, the middle ground, a manager at the back end of the top 10 in Europe. If it goes well, we’ll be top 3. If it goes badly, we’ll have to hire a so-called big name to appease a rabid fan base.
I worry we did what’s best for Ivan’s job security because the move was nowhere near the ‘bold and brave’ he promised. My biggest fear? Ivan Gazidis is the new Arsene Wenger. He’ll just plod the club along, hoover up that fat paycheck, and always create as little risk on a new manager as possible so he can put his hands up and say ‘I tried’ if things go wrong. You don’t make it in this game without taking a risk, either financially, or with personnel. Pep G famously told the Barca hierarchy, ‘you don’t have the cajones to hire me’, and the rest is history. Can’t help but think we blew it with Arteta, and blew it on the experience card. We hired a safe pair of hands when we needed to take a strategically sound risk.
Nice to see that Arteta didn’t lose out after Arsenal shafted him late in the game. The owner of City and Pep called him after the news broke, that’s good leadership and constitutes bold and brave planning for the future. They want him takeover after Pep, that’s the exec team who ran Barca during the good years. I think we’ve made a mistake there, but it is what it is. Not like Arsenal haven’t made a living out of passing-by elite coaching talent over the last 5 years.
In other news, I am very excited about Per Mertesacker looking after the kids. He’s a really smart player, and I can’t get enough of reading about the way he thinks. A modern leader who understands that mental health is important, and understands deeply what it takes to maintain levels in the game. I love his incredulity about players not asking him for advice, bringing in kids who have a curiosity about what it takes to succeed will hopefully inform the recruitment process.
Right, that’s me done. See you in the comments.
(ps : yes it’s true, the new kit is f*ck ugly)
Can I be the first?
Emery out!
Farteta IN!!
GOH out lol
I have lost all confidence in gazidis now.You are campaigning to get your legendary manager out of the door for over a year and you end up with a panic buy.Shocking.It is clear that he wasn’t clear in which direction he wanted the club to go. Arteta wasn’t a bad choice because there was simply no better time to gamble considering our squad and budget.We are finishing out of top4 anyway.So,time was ripe for a gamble. If we wanted to go safe,then get a manager who focuses on overall organisation and midfield presence and get the best attackers you can… Read more »
@Guns of Hackney
I thought you stopped supporting the club a while back?
It’s nice to see Pedro’s rankin as he comes to grips with Gazidis.
Many of us told you he was up for himself. He’s been hiding behind Wenger’s skirt for so long.
I bet it took the geezers on the board to snap him out of his Arteta-ritis.. These old bastards told him to bugger off with his novice manager…and in came Emery.
Jokes aside, people crowning Arteta as this guy who loved Arsenal because he shed a few tears at the end of his time here – cute xxx.
Same guy got rid of everything Arsenal related once he donned the colours of blue as one of Pep’s assistants like a jilted ex lover.
It’s going to be fun winding up Pedro if he remains so upset by this.
Fuck me can you imagine the conversation on here if this site had existed when Wenger was hired?
Left side
I’m going…don’t you worry. I’m going to throw a fit of epic proportions…on the way to protest the Emery appointment!
Who’s with me?
Yeah no way Emery was a panic appointment we only started interviewing the last two weeks. Of the people we interviewed he was obviously the best. Henry would have been a risk. Arteta would have been a risk. Vieira we had no interest in. Enrique wanted ridiculous wages which cost him the job and we didn’t interview him. Would have liked Jardim but whatever. If Emery is considered a panic hire then I’m sorry but Arteta would have been a pathetic hire
Jim
I stopped supporting while Wenger pissed over the club. Now I’m back ranting about Emery.
Got a problem?
Kidding. I’ll get behind Emery as I’m genuinely interested how he’s going to tackle this shit show.
Good luck to him.
Apparently Emery has sent out his first pdf instructions to the players on a memory stick
It just says
“You dont think im tough enough? You lot are going to be wearing the new kit until we get top 4”
” Panic appointment”
League ended 10 days ago..
‘Personally, the fans have accepted it because they are in shock that Wenger has gone ’ HA ! You think fans are shocked he’s gone ! Pleeeaaseeeee – how overdue was it !? 8-10 years – safe to say we weren’t shocked Pedro should have titled this post ‘ It’s my blog so you can all fuck off hhhmmmfff ‘ Not sure if anyone remembers , but David moyes spoke perfect English when he went to Man U , how did he get on ? Lvg ? AVB ? – I was a bit worried about the language barrier also… Read more »
It was a panic buy because the candidate Gazidis wanted to foist on the club was not qualified.
It happens all the time. The candidate they eliminated EVERYONE else for did not pass the scrutiny of the board. Most people know you don’t appoint a novice to manage a major club.
Emery was the COMPROMISE candidate, much like one to settle a truce on.
So now it’s his lack of English skills that’s the crux of the problem?
utASS
When is your 13th birthday?
Urhmmm I think is same you’ll turn 4…..
welcome from your self-imposed exile,was a bit worried you’d end up doing something stupid if we had hired Arteta.
EKB
Ehhh.
Doesn’t roll of the tongue as smoothly as AKB did … but it ll have to do
I would love to know if the rumours going around that Neymar complained to the owners about Emery taking up too much of his time are true?
I hope they are!
Most Europeans I know speak more than 1 language well if not fluently… is Unai Emery going to read your children’s bedtime story every night? On an day to day basis the most important people that need to understand him are the players and him — if they understand each other and they can perform on the pitch that’s what really counts. Everything else about the importance of English is just white noise… just looking for a stick to beat Emery with… talk about grasping at straws to complain at the new manager. So what if Arteta could speak English?… Read more »
“The club would have been prepared under Jardim,”
Jardim who doesn’t speak English or is that only an Emery problem?
If we had hired any of Pep’s assistant aside Arteta, would you have been happy?
Neymar is basically uncoachable
The club set him up as undroppable and untouchable . That’s not the managers fault that he didn’t want to better himself for the teams sake.
That’s why he left Barca because Messi led by example and applied himself. He was willing to sacrifice hispnslef for the team, Neymar on the other hand wants Neymar before everything else.
“They want him takeover after Pep, that’s the exec team who ran Barca during the good years.”
hahaha. So City will ask Arteta to become the coach after Pep retires? Or after Pep is sacked? This Arteta takeover talk is ridiculous to say the least.
wonder how much time the KNOBS will give Umery before boycotting matches and bringing disgrace to the club again…hmm
*didn’t take the job for granted
The guy is a proven winner. Lol. Hatem Ben Arfa is a complete fool. You can’t be serious about quoting him. Maybe Arteta will become a good coach but for now we need to play it safe. I’m so happy he didn’t get the job. It’s crazy to go from all the Wenger rubbish to someone with 0 experience. He wasn’t even a great player (doesn’t mean he won’t be a good coach) for us and many hated he was even our captain. You even tried to scare us by writing we were considering Brandon Rogers to make Arteta more… Read more »
@Victorious –
“wonder how much time the KNOBS will give Umery before boycotting matches and bringing disgrace to the club again…hmm”
Maybe 21 years like they did with the last manager?
Guns of Hackney “People were actually banging on about how Emery “is guaranteed to be better than Arteta because he’s got experience”…what a lot of claptrap. There is not one shred of evidence that experience guarantees anything except for…experience” Now tats a load of horse crap. You don’t think it’s just logical to assume that a professional with some experience at the job he’s applying for will do better than the professional with NO experience? What planet are you living on? The next time you fly, request for a captain on his maiden flight, who has 2000 hours as first… Read more »
Wengers English improved over the years
That went well footballing wise didnt it
Remeber what Adams and co thought about Arsene we he first arrived they all got on board once we started winning let’s give the man our full backing Pedro call the Waaaambulance mate
Untold seem to be unable to not mention Wenger a dozen times or so in their comments section when talking about non Wenger things. They seemed to be pro Arteta too wonder why?
So to answer your question Victorious maybe you should go over to untold ask how long those knobs are willing to give the new manager.
Pedro
Go and see videos of Guardiola in training sessions.
He’s a lunatic in training, shouting and getting in the players faces.
Since when did shouting become a problem?
A point goes in Emerys favour for
Being so keen to be Arsenal manager – that he did all the homework needed on the club, players, league, and even announced himself as manager before the club did.
Victorious,
Its funny but I think you’ll find yourself in a positive bizarro world here because majority of Le-Grovers are happy with Emery appointment and willing to give him time. I think we all recognise their is major reconstructive surgery and laissez faire culture that needs purging.
We’re mostly all on the same page. Huzzah!
Of course you are free to choose to focus on a few posts that ruffle your feathers….
He’s not a panic appointment, Pedro, he’s the best available manager, and given the work that needs to be done this summer, the sooner he gets started the better. Emery is a smart appointment, much, much smarter than Arteta would have been. As for his English, Balague says he has been working on it for some time, he’ll go through an intensive immersion process over the next few months, and he’ll undoubtedly have at least one assistant who is fluent and who can communicate for him any time necessary for the first six months. This is not the issue you… Read more »
gambon
“Visit Rwanda” are probably paying a lot more than the other typical sponsors you mentioned.
At least we now have a sleeve sponsorship, sign of catch up to progress.
On another note, looking at Emery, he has a bit of a Dracula vibe going on. Which is ironic following on from a guy who sucked the blood out of our club 😉
Let’s hope he scares the opposition
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/04/europeanfootball.sport1?CMP=share_btn_tw
An insight into Emery when he was at Almeria… he prepares, prepares, prepares and he drills his players so that they know exactly what is expected of them.
I’m fascinated by what he does with our carefree, undisciplined squad. They’re in for a rude awakening.
“What do I expect from emery?
Boring football.”
@Ankit : more boring than under wenger ?? That is worth a bet!!
“I would love to know if the rumours going around that Neymar complained to the owners about Emery taking up too much of his time are true?”
Did anyone tell Neymar he was a full time professional football player?
ok Some basics. Arsene is legend –> Arsene’s legendary status got withdrawn 10 years ago. He was just an average manager when he left. Panic Buy –> they called Viera in NY and had a chat with him. and its not like the season is starting on Sunday that they will do panic buy. Get over this Arteta obsession. Board considered Arteta, but Arteta wanted full control of transfers and wanted to be another Wenger, which the board rightly rejected. and they moved on. you guys were all shouting on top of your voices when Wenger was controlling every aspect… Read more »
Glad to read that Emery’s assistant Juan Carlo is coming with him.
By all reports he is an absolute madman in training; very loud, attentive and demanding of all the players.
Bamford,
I forgot where I read it yesterday but Emery has acknowledged his video/tactics training can be a bit too intense for some players and he has learned from that and will tailor his approach here hopefully.
“Let’s hope he scares the opposition”
Not as much as Thomas “Nosferatu” Tuchel, unfortunatelly…
“he is an absolute madman in training”
Ozil is already in love with him.
I dont want another manager who does not shout but throws water bottles in frustration. I would rather want a manager who is shouting and screaming on top of his voice to get things done.
i dont care which language he shouts. it should be effective enough for Ozil and Ramsey to start acting as superstars
Pedro,
I’ve been reading your blog for the best part of 10 years and I’ve basically agreed with mostly everything you’ve written but this statement here…
“Ivan Gazidis is the new Arsene Wenger.”
Come on, that is very very harsh.
Arteta wasn’t ready for Arsenal. If he had managed a team, even the under 18s, then, yes I would consider him.
Its a new chapter and I’m fully on board.
*stop
Ballague said Emery knows that his tactical meetings are too long and he is changing it to 2 hours max, watch ballague last 2 podcsrts
Truly incredible how some are trying to rationalise the appointment of a completely untested candidate, all on the basis of sentimentality and hope.
Some people just can’t wait to form another cult it seems.
Victorious
It seems you always fall in line, regardless of who’s appointed.
You were roaring for Arteta last week, calling out people for being disloyal.
Today, it’s for Emery.
I get the feeling you’ll be championing Jackie Chan had he been appointed manager.
I’m not knocking you though. Just thanking you for your lock-step fidelity to the cause of Arsenal FC.
OleGunner
That’s good to hear. I’m all for an intensive approach, but one has to find a balance.
Now cant wait to see who will be sold and who will come into the squad
if he is building around ramsey and auba in a 4-2-3-1 then i hope we bring in
a top DM
an up and coming DM
a top leader like CB
and if money is still available – a decent keeper and an up n coming attacker
Poor Ozil.. He must be a worried man now that he has to put in some efforts to take home 350k per week.
It does seem that we are signing Seri
We would be signing him regardless of who we appointed as manager. The DoF has always liked him.
Ashwin learn to read a room we’re all mostly happy or content with the appointment bar like two people. Even Red is backing him. Yes even him
Gooner63
I hope he sells Xhaka. That guys is an embarrassment not only for Arsenal but for football in general.
Giving him the armband was an embarrassment for humanity.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44204959
Julien Laurens on our new manager.
victorious is like a demented vulture frantically circling legrove to pick at the remnants of wenger-hating posts. He wont fly to untold as his style conflicts with their chummy-fantasy world they inhabit.
Marko
i was pointing to those who were in Arteta love. Not everyone. by all of you, i meant all of the people who are going nuts now… 🙂
*Sorry, head coach. 😉
I actually like the “visit Rwanda” sleeve sponsorship.
It has the feel of something more than monetary gain.
It makes it seem like Arsenal are part of a reparative process of one of the most egregious genicides in modern times.
It has the Barcelona “UNICEF” feeling, like a halo of goodness them to it.
It’s a lot better than say a random gambling website in Macao renting the sleeve.
Errrm… Pedro, at least yesterday you tried to start by listing the positives with Emery, though it really was a short list. This time round you’ve actually listed many more positives, but only with the purpose of shooting them down. And by the way, if anyone would have man management issues at Arsenal, it’s Arteta. Just imagine how Arteta would fair dealing with Neymar. I was firmly in the Arteta in team and excited on what was to come, but it was all rumours and leaks, despite how clear it seemed. They made a decision and announced a new head… Read more »
The only English Emery needs to learn is FUCK OFF to Ramsey and the rest of the English.players ….
Culled from the BBC; “Brighton defender Bruno played under Emery for two seasons at Spanish side Almeria and for another three years at Valencia. He told BBC Sport Emery will introduce a “big change” of mentality at Arsenal. “He is a really good manager”, the Spaniard said. “He is a really hard worker. He loves to analyse every single team – it is one of best strengths. “Arsenal will be a big challenge but I think he is ready to take this challenge.” Bruno also said Emery would be used to dealing with players with “big egos” from his time… Read more »
Im disappointed, relieved and excited!
Disappointed we didn’t get Jardim or Nargelsman
Relieved we didn’t go for Arteta
Excited that regime change has finally occured.
I am content with that for now
I dont think many people realise how badly Wenger f@#ked us up.
Arenal is a complete reno job right now.
If Emery can simply get us back into CL and genuinely competitive for the league again in the next two or three years that is sucess
If he cant go to the next level after that then reassess.
Most trophies by managers in Europe’s top five leagues since 2013/14:
Unai Emery 8
Pep Guardiola 8
Massimiliano Allegri 8
Laurent Blanc 8
Luis Enrique 7
Definitely wasn’t on my list but let’s back him and see how it goes.
If you look at the three-CM midfields Emery went with while at PSG, this may give us a clue as to where his thinking would begin at Arsenal. Here are a few iterations from his time at PSG: 1. Verratti, Lo Celso, Rabiot 2. Motta, Rabiot, Lo Celso 3. Matuidi, Verratti, Rabiot For me it’s fairly clear he likes two holding CMs and one more advanced mid, but he likes one of his two holding mids to be a little more ball-playing and more like a B2B CM. The other is more purely holding and defensive. The question for me… Read more »
Dissenter,
Im sure when we keep missing out on talented players to Chelsea, UTD and City, we will be comforted that we are helping Rwanda to attract tourists.
Maybe we should start playing with 10 players every game to highlight global inequality as well.
We dodged a bullet with Arseteta
Arseteta is Wenger lite which is frightening in itself.
On what fvcking basis is Nagelsmann a better candidate than Emery?
Unai Emery’s record against Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho:
15 matches (10 vs. Guardiola, 5 vs. Mourinho)
0 wins
5 draws
10 losses
lol Rabiot just turned his back to the French squad, he don’t support the fact to be on the “substitutes” list… what a jerk.
Emery will take his side abroad to America for the 2018 International Champions Cup to play Atletico Madrid, PSG and Chelsea.
Interesting lol
Fuck me people whining on and on about no experience Arteta. Acting sad that Arsenal actually hired someone who’s managed a team.
To other teams we must seem a sorry bunch. Bitching about everything. It seems to me that it was more important for Pedro to be right, than Arsenal actually hiring a proper manager.
I for one can’t wait to see what he can offer.
@Frost : the same Guardiola who rate him highly ?
“Unai Emery’s record against Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho: 15 matches (10 vs. Guardiola, 5 vs. Mourinho) 0 wins 5 draws 10 losses” To be fair that was during La Liga’s strongest point with peak Barca and a very good Real Madrid side. Wouldn’t read too much into it. Generally speaking, i’m quite underwhelmed but always willing to give someone a chance. It’ll be nicer to play with greater intensity. He’s very much Klopp-like in that approach but I wonder about his teams against low-blocks. For all of Wemger’s thoughts, we were generally quite good at breaking down teams. Emery’s… Read more »
Unai Emery’s record against Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho:15 matches (10 vs. Guardiola, 5 vs. Mourinho)
0 wins
5 draws
10 losses
You do realise the majority of those games would probably have been Seville vs Barca, Chelsea, Utd etc
All in all. Lots of valid reasons to be positive/Negative about Emery. Let’s see how he gets on
Wenger lowered the bar for his successor. He’s diminished the job to the extent that many were happy to get a complete novice to fill the spot. He reduced the status of Arsenal manager to the point that the Arteta camp can drop credible stories that he turned the Arsenal job down. At the end , Wenger just became a drag and dead weight on the club. The position of Arsenal manager is not a major one again. We have to accept that. Emery is the best we can get for a club in the Europa league with an unbalanced… Read more »
“Unai Emery’s record against Pep Guardiola & Jose Mourinho:…”
Now for Arteta’s record:
…..
Exactly
“When you also consider that we have restrictions on what the manager can do.
Emery is the best we can do for now.”
Amen to that.
Let’s go to the next level!!
Well Emery it is then. We move on to the next phase of our history. @ Pedders, could we give it a rest on the “anything is better than Arsene” nonsense. Arsene came, saw and served his time and moved on. The sooner people keep all that “refering to Arsene” talk in the past the better. Football Historians will eventually place Arsene at whatever level he will be on in the hierarchy of past Arsenal Managers. We need to move on and that includes not comparing every single thing (good or bad) a manager does to the one that came… Read more »
Everyone point and laugh at Pete as he’s thrown all his toys out of the pram. You were wrong about Arteta. Man up and move on. Taking cheap shots at Emery is rank amateur. Language barrier?? Really? Unai didn’t know French when hired at PSG, yet his first post match interview he came out speaking the language. Funny how you purposefully failed to mention that.
On the Emery appointment. From Gazidis : “Unai has an outstanding track record of success throughout his career, has developed some of the best young talent in Europe and plays an exciting, progressive style of football that fits Arsenal perfectly,” Gazidis added. “His hard working and passionate approach and his sense of values on and off the pitch make him the ideal person to take us forward’ …sounds familiar to me- ‘values’ again. From Emery: ‘Arsenal is known and loved throughout the world for its style of play, its commitment to young players, the fantastic stadium, the way the club… Read more »
@ Dissenter, Sorry i disagree with that politely. The recruitment is all on Ivan and has nothing to do with Arsene. The Hammers got Pellegrini even in their state, Leicester after surviving relegation got Ranieri, Newcastle got Benitez, so your conclusions seems flawed. Ivan is like a kid locked in a candy store, he is now in the position of power and is trying to adjust to how to handle it that it doesn’t come back and bite him in the butt. You think the fan base would have kocked up much of a fuss if he had approached Paddy… Read more »
gambon Do you know how much Rwandan tourism paid for the sleeve sponsorship. Waiting………. You have no idea if there was an open bid and there’s was the highest. In advertising and endorsements, the atypical message pays MORE than the conventional one. -Under amour had to outbid Nike to get endorsements from Nike and Addidas -Emirates/Etihad/Qatar air had to undercut ticket prices to take the market away from western airlines. New tourism designations have to bet far better and cheaper to sway people from going to conventional spots. That’s how it’s always worked. The idea that we are taking less… Read more »
I have spent at least the last five years desperate for the club to move on from Wenger.
So even if Pedro’s take is correct, I am not bothered.
Arsenal now have a competent, modern manager. I am happy. Let’s see what happens.
At a time when both sides of my family have been a bit of a pain in the neck and my work situation has been a bit messy, and my wife has been ill, at least arsenal have given me some excitement recently.
I’m grateful for that.
I want certain players to come and go but whatever happens I’m excited. The clouds over arsenal are parting and this August will bring a brand new day. Good luck to everyone involved. Fingers crossed
Loyika
Pellegrini is a spent force
Isn’t he 64 year old now? He will be 65 y.o in September.
He was resigned to China after he peaked at City.
Sorry that appintment doesn’t tickle me at all. It’s the typical Westham appointment.
I hear they did it in the hope they can get access to young Argentine players like Lanzini who make take their chances with him in a London club. The Chilean is known to have an extensive knowledge of the Argentine market.
Visit Rwanda is cool with me
Even if that wasn’t the highest bidder, I won’t be annoyed if the club actually has some values for once.
Our values of the last decades consist of swindling the fans and laughing all the ay to the bank as Rome burns.
If we’re trying to improve the club now and also do some good along the way, that’s cool
@Gambon –
“Maybe we should start playing with 10 players every game to highlight global inequality as well.”
Don’t we already do that when Iwobi starts…
As said, all this; “Blame it on Arsene” syndrome. Guess it will take like 2 seasons to wear off. I can predict how it will go – Squad start well or win a game – Oh look how we played, bet Arsene couldn’t do such and such. Look how so and so made that move and so on. Squad start slow or when we lose – Man!! Those are still Arsene’s players and it will take eions to get his philosophy off their heads, This loss is on Arsene as they (players) are refusing the instructions from the new manager,… Read more »
Bamford I reckon sarri will replace xhaka in cm
@ Dissenter Spent force or not (and only time will tell) he has his merits (some which you just listed) Same way C Ranieri was a spent force when appointed by Leicester. Still won the league didn’t he? Reverted back to type after that. Conte is the new Gen right? Apart from 1 FAC what difference was his time in England to that of Claudio? Leicester even went further in the UCL than they did under him. Point is, there really is no hard or fast rule to this, it involves lots of hard work and luck for any Manager.… Read more »
Pedro
Been listening to Wenger’s goggledygook for far too many years. The players didn’t adhere to it and neither did the fans.
Coaching involves visual analysis and constructive demonstrations, not just word of mouth.
This negativity surrounding his language skills is a bit ott.
For me it’s all about applying a work ethic and a set of principles that all professional athletes can benefit from.
Chill out a wee bit.
Let’s wait and see before assuming the worse.
“it’s strange that an incoming manager would comment on the ‘way the club is run ‘at all. I think most fans hate the way the club is run”
Sure alexander, generally the new coaches first say all the things that are wrong in their new club as soon as they’re appointed lol
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/arsenal-sign-premier-leagues-biggest-sleeve-sponsor-deal/1sttmo87a4spn10aduyl0zb65t
Can you give it a rest now Gambon?
Come on Pedro, time to come clean regarding Arteta.
What was in it for you?
Like i asked Dissenter; do you think The Toffees would have approached Arteta? He is more a “Leg” there (and thats me strectching it) than he is here? Like Troopz asked on AFTV? Did we even have a song for him during his time here.
Sorry, the Arteta scenario was all on Ivan G wanting to be smarter by half. nothing to do with the state of the club