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Big thanks to James for that cracking post about the Arsenal performance team. Very insightful, then he went and ruined it with his Xhaka fanboying. Jokes aside, do check out the post, suuuuper interesting. <LINK> Also, big thanks to Arsenal for inviting us in. It’s always a risk with muppet bloggers, but we appreciate the insight and the hard work going on to make our club great again.
Tony Adams and Jens Lehmann didn’t take long to sink their teeth into the Arsenal’s new manager. This is one of our greatest captains getting frank about the new regime.
“I don’t know what he has been doing for the last five or six weeks,”
“He has rotated all his players and given them all a game basically and they’ve got some good results but it’s pre-season.
“From minute one, I would’ve picked my own goalkeeper, my back four and put the two lads in that I want to screen those, and get a firm base that’s been missing for the last ten years.”
“You’ve had six weeks of pre-season – go on, get on with it.”
Come on Tone, give it a rest, he’s only just landed and he took a spanking from the most expensively assembled team in England. 14 years of decline cannot be solved in 10 minutes.
Big Jens Lehmann, bitter from being shunted out of the club this summer went for a stealthy gut punch as well.
“Petr has played hundreds of games and I think sometimes he would have kicked it long before, now he is under pressure this year. The game dictates what to do and not a certain style you have to play.
“Even at the age of 36 you can practice and improve, but it’s the amount of passes you have to do.
“Also, sometimes it is better to not to do what the coaches ask because at that moment you understand the game better than anybody else.”
Does anyone else get the sense that Emery is being teed up for a massive slap down when things go wrong? The press don’t rate him, the explayers aren’t fancying him, and it feels a little like people want it to go a bit David Moyes. Unfair. I find it especially uncomfortable when the barbs come from people who haven’t had an opinion for 10 years.
Also, isn’t it sad how our media react like they just found a foreign burglar in their house when a coach they have little knowledge of lands. Open your minds chaps, admit you never watched Sevilla and be real about the fact you didn’t buy BT Sports for the PSG games over the last two years.
Positive signs in Emery’s first game against an excellent Manchester City side, we need to be patient but I am enthused, here is my key hot-take from yesterdays game.#AFCAnalysispic.twitter.com/0rMT8XXpUI
— Woz ⚽️ (@wozthegooner) August 13, 2018
I thought this was an excellent summary of the work Ramsey and the team overall did utilising the press against one of the most intense teams in world football. What I found particularly interesting is how the effectiveness of Aaron Ramsey was greatly limited when he’s put in a system where he has a very specific role to undertake. Hopefully, he’ll be more potent against lesser teams, but it is one of the challenges Emery faces… how does he extract the best-attacking instincts of this team without sacrificing the teams’ defensive solidity.
It’s also fun to see people making comps of Arsenal. We haven’t done anything of interest over the last ten years to merit that sort of treatment.
There’s been some chatter about fans clubbing together to block the Stan K takeover so we can land another AGM. I can appreciate the endeavor, but like a few others out there, I think it’s a waste of time. Firstly, let’s not pretend the fans have had any real power with the club. Ivan G has been the master of saying absolutely nothing for an hour for years. I’ve spent enough time at those AGMs to know they don’t give a fuck about us, and it’s actually a challenge for the board to be professional enough not to say mean things to fans. Fan involvement is just a PR stunt. I’m not sure antagonising the new owner is the way forward…
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Pierre fuck off. You defended him to the hilt and he’s gone you’re trying to appear like you weren’t in his little club. He failed 21 summers in a row and you said nothing. Emery had 6 weeks to prepare for one game and you’re up in arms. You’re surprising no one. Still to chances created yeah
You have to hand it to Le Grove.
We are a bunch of whiny bastards.
Emery made some poor decisions that game. Shouldn’t have been cech or Ozil in there. 4-4-2 diamond wth Ramsey in an advanced pressing role.
Ozil can’t be used for games where we need 11 men.
Marko
I am of the opinion that unless he changes personnel, formation and tactics this weekend then alarm bells will be ringing.
But you believe that all was ok… Fair enough
“chances are it’s you and your likes(tiny minority) who hounded the previous manager in a disgraceful manner that will be the first to quickly bring out the pitchforks when things gets thorny for Emery” http://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/story/3092828/arsenal-supporters-trust-survey-shows-78-percent-want-arsene-wenger-to-go 2017, AST survey shows that 78% wanted Wenger gone. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11278024/huge-majority-of-arsenal-supporters-trust-members-surveyed-vote-against-arsene-wenger-continuing-as-manager Same survey in 2018, 88% wanted Wenger out. Try using the word “minority” again. Re me and my ilk quickly bringing out the pitchforks when things get thorny for Emery – I can see it happening now, but from some of the AKBs. Proves that WOBs genuinely wanted a change from the expected mediocrity and… Read more »
GoH – as certain song goes: sad but true
Obviously you must be pleased with the way Emery set out his team and expect him to be successful with these methods. Nope. It’s like what i’ve been arguing with idiots like yourself for the past few summers a new manager and wishful thinking isn’t enough to fix this mess. It needs a squad overhaul and players need to be purged. But of course I kept hearing that it’s not like PlayStation and these players are good enough and it’s tactics we need. This club needs to get rid of players like Ozil and Xhaka and Ramsey and Mustafi and… Read more »
Seems like Marko has woken up with the hump this afternoon…
Nice to see him coming out in support of the club and manager.
I am of the opinion that unless he changes personnel, formation and tactics this weekend then alarm bells will be ringing.
Absolutely agree. Until he finds a way to keep Ozil and Xhaka away from the first team we’re going to do fuck all this season. We might be able to get away with some of the others playing but the lazy lethargic CAM who generally does fuck all offensively and the error prone shit CM have to be dropped indefinitely.
Tbh i find this AKB and WoB labeling hilarious.
Like some of u feel stronger about your own opinion if there is some label to it and there are more people thinking the same against some others that are called minorty and think different.
Marko/Pierre
Come on. Pack it in.
Every day there is always two posters taking chunks out of each other. It totally dominates the thread.
You don’t agree. Fine.
Let’s at least pick on a player. Xhaka has barely been kicked today.
you’re Nigerian and openly admitted to only supporting Arsenal around the time we started playing good football ” Quite the cheek there Marko, I mean from a guy that chose to follow the club because of the ‘pretty jersey ‘ we donned back then..I bet you’ve never been to the Emirates,have you? How bout u raptora? lol I mean folks like you and raptora sit your fat asses on the internet all day swearing on Wenger and the club when you’re simply nothing more than glory hunters bringing shame and disgrace to the club. We are watching with keen interest… Read more »
Nice to see him coming out in support of the club and manager.
I’m giving him three transfer windows. I think he’s going to do it too. This is Xhaka’s last season and I’d be shocked if it wasn’t Ozil’s either. We’ll find a way to bin him and it isn’t in Xhaka to change everything about the way he plays and actually become a good player so he’s off too
GoH – Xhaka is made of granit. He cant be picked, he needs to be mined
Vic, have you been to the emirates?
This is worrying:
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11472800/arsenal-fan-tv-forced-into-8216rebrand8217-by-club
Arsenal fc becoming increasingly authoritarian.
I mean folks like you and raptora sit your fat asses on the internet all day swearing on Wenger and the club when you’re simply nothing more than glory hunters bringing shame and disgrace to the club. Again I was 8 or 9. What age were you when we started playing good football and you happen to start to support us? I don’t know how I’m a glory hunting fan when I was supporting the club when Graham and Rioch were manager and you started supporting the club when Arsenal went a season unbeaten We are watching with keen interest… Read more »
For me it makes perfect sense to be drawn a line between the club and the youtube fan channel. Back in the days when I watched Arsenal Fan TV for the very first time, I did think that it’s an official club supported fan channel. I bet a lot of people still think that it is. Which is truly not the case. And it makes sense this to be dealt with. AFTV has become a joke tbh. They talked trash about Wenger and then would see him face to face and ask him for his signature. Muppets.
Agreeing with you again GoH…’whiny bastards’….. Should I be surprised that people are drawing conclusions already about Emery’s time at Arsenal. For sure, we hoped for more against City and now the Chelsea game feels like a game not to lose but come on, one game. I’m confident Torreira is going to make a massive difference. Our squad lacks balance in most areas but by having him in at DM provides more complimentary talents in midfield. Emery needs to work out how our FBs get sufficient help, be that Ramsay further forward on the right or one of the CMs… Read more »
No complaints with Arsenal wanting to distance themselves from AFTV. It first came to prominence after a genuine rant from Chris Hudson following our woeful performance v Villa at home to kick off our campaign a few seasons ago. It was fresh back then, variety of different views, personalities and Robbie would interview an assortment of people. Now you get the same 8-10 morons on there, with their faux outrage and overly dramatical statements who coincidentally now have youtube channels of their own. I rarely tune in to watch unless a particular video has been put in my face via… Read more »
Bob
It’s not about drawing conclusions, with me it was more about being surprised /shocked /bewildered about what I was watching…
It really was not what I expected..
When I saw the line up I thought, Fair enough, 4-3-3 a solid midfield with ozil mhkitaryan and aubamayang as the front 3 but as the game progressed it was a case of wtf is going on… Why is ramsey playing centre forward, why are ozil and mhkitaryan in their own box, why is cech playing out from the back.
Against chelsea I believe there will be different personnel, formation and tactics.
That may not be to marko’s liking but you can’t please everyone..
Team I would pick vs Chelsea:
Leno
Licht Mustafi Sokratis Nacho
Torreira Guendouzi
Ozil Ramsey Auba
Lacazette
Leftside
That’s unfair to Arsenal fan tv.
They just interviewed fans walking out of games and give repeat interviews to the ones that can cut it.
The founder is actually right in the middle and handles his interviews like a professional. They have also have fans from all aspects of the spectrum on.
What’s wrong with fans making money out of Arsenal.
Do you think that right is reserved for only Kroenke?
Where did I say that it’s wrong for them to make money from Arsenal? I’m saying the product is stale because it’s no longer a platform for all types of fans to speak about Arsenal but now has a cast of Johnny come latelys who are now ‘internet celebrities’ who contradict themselves all the time. With all the disdain certain panel members were showing to Wenger regularly, the least you can do is not be pictured trying to take pictures/ask for his signature. Also, it’s repeat interviews to the ones who can garner the most traffic to the channel. Thats… Read more »
I like the lineup Raptora, and if I was saying this rather than typing I would be whispering it but I’d rather go with Iwobi or Nelson in place of Ozil at the bridge. I don’t think we can afford to have him in the starting XI vs the stronger teams.
They will at least try to cover themselves in glory.
Leftside
Very well. We can agree to disagree about AFTV.
You keep saying 4-3-3 it was 4-2-3-1
funny how lehman and Tony Adams never criticised Wenger when he played a certain way against city. I love These players and respect what they did for the club but if they come out with comments like these, makes me feel they were more wenger kiss asses than anything…
All good Dissenter
To be fair Gonsterous, Tony Adams is quite critical of most things at Arsenal which is what I alluded to before. This isn’t a change of tact for him.
Leftside,
There might be place for Iwobi in the starting 11. We are that short in terms of speed and dribble that he doesn’t sound to me as bad as before. Fuck me!
left side
im not sure, he’s was very critical about the players when wenger was around. wenger gone and the new manager gets criticized. make of that what you will….
graham from aftv is the only one worth watching. everyone else on there are twats who take the number of their video views on YT too seriously…
That’s where I am Raptora,
really looks a foolish decision to not invest in one player out wide who can take a player on and contribute with assists/goals.
I’d definately start Iwobi over Ozil on Saturday. Ozil will be a non-entity at the Bridge.
Member this quote a few years back Gon
“Every time I’ve tried to get back to Arsenal the door’s been closed in my face – and I’ve now moved on with my life because ‘she’ doesn’t want me back.
It’s hard to take TA serious when he speaks about Arsenal as he comes across indignant as he’s been shut out.
I would go 4-3-3 with this team:
————————-Leno———————-
Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal
———————-Torreira———————
———Guendouzi——–Ramsey————
Ozil/Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, Aubameyang
The experience of our full backs to keep Hazard and Pedro/Willian quiet, or as quiet as possible with the added protection of Torreira who can also distribute quickly to our attackers.
Use Ramsey to swarm Jorginho and stop him having the time to get his passing game going and to pull Kante out of position with his overlapping runs when we’re attacking.
That attack should be enough to test that Chelsea defence out.
Chelsea will have Giroud and Hazard retruning back to selection.
They will be able to hurt us in every conceivable way.
I’m going to hold back my angst until we play Westham. How we beat them will decide where our season goes. The fixture list has been so unkind.
I’ll definitely will leave out Ozil and Mykhi for Iwobi and Wellbeck [just for the energy they’ll bring]. I’m not sure that Emery will that because he needs to hold his dressing room together.
Some of the press around Arsenal these days is just pathetic.
I don’t bother reading most of the crap anymore. I just read some comments on a silly daily mail article, it was almost like we were in December and languishing in ninth place
Raptora….’Re the transfer structure placed above Emery…That’s actually my biggest concern…I’ve had 2 transfer windows to judge on the new power duo of Sanllehi and Sven and my opinion about their work is not good. Which in the grand scheme of things is probably an even bigger problem than who our manager is. And, to say the least, is worrying.I literally not like a single of their decisions bar acquiring Torreira, Guendouzi and possibly Mavropanos. I don’t like the Alexis – Mikki swap. I don’t like Ozil’s new obscene salary. I don’t like that we got another 50m+ striker when… Read more »
Tony Adams has earned the right to say what ever he wants. I dont agree with him at all on this, but he is one of the most important people in the history of the club.
Jens on the other hand is talking absolute bollocks. The club was in a real mess, and that mess will take a while to sort out. Years worth of poor signings, terribly unbalanced squad, unmotivated players, complete lack of managerial innovation, stagnant coaching to name a few issues.
gambon
earned the right to say any thing? I don’t think anyone ever earns the right to say any thing. there should always be boundaries, unless maybe if you are sleeping with the other person…
De Laurentiis told Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli: “There are four in contention: Ochoa, Mignolet, Ospina and Tatarusanu. It is true that Ospina could arrive, we are negotiating, there are still some differences on the requests.”
Too good to be true. Ospina would be the luckiest guy on earth if he gets that Napoli gig. Life doesn’t really get better than living in Naples.
Will Give Emery 2 years and that is about 3 to 4 transfer windows before I pull out the knives on him and try sacrifice him to the ghost of Wenger.
Big Rebuild Job to do at this club.
Not too fussed about Tactics.
Its the recruitment thats gonna give me heart attacks
Jens Lehmann and his perfect environment. No title challenge in 14 years no champions league in two and a squad full of wank players doesn’t sound like a perfect environment. He’s just bitter he was sacked
Tony Adams was a legend of a player but a pathetic manager or footballing administrator.
At least he gets some credit for not holding back in the Wenger years even though his Wenger critique seemed based on perceived slight.
We actually have four senior goal keepers in the club now
Cwech, Leno, Ospina and Martinez
Talk about a bloated club
Who’s making all these decisions. Is it possible we have too many cooks in the kitchen.
There is a common factor amongst all those who are already questioning Emery. They want to be seen as being important. Lehmann’s remarks are laughable. The club hasn’t been a perfect environment for many years. Infact, the vibes surrounding the club and general infrastructure have become so negative since our move to the Emirates, that I find it very difficult to give any positives in respect to environment. Tony Adams was also vocal about Wenger and seems to think that just because he was a great captain and club legend, people consider his opinions to be relevant and correct. Although… Read more »
In regards
You guys are on top form today, cracking me up!
Definitely helping get through another crap working day.
Cheers!
Whispers behind the scenes are that Leno does not look that good in training…..not to take the number 1 shirt at present. (According to gunnerblog anyway)
Irrespective of whether Emery should or shouldn’t have been appointed, fact of the matter is this: he should be afforded at least 3 transfer windows, and the necessary financial backing.
The performance against City was quite frankly disappointing. Anyone with a basic grasp of football will agree that his team selection was destined to fail. I think he took the bait of having fielding the…more high profile players knowing it would make for a disjointed performance.
Emery needs to find his testicles like yesterday and really make a statement against Chelsea.
Leno isn’t ready to be number one at Arsenal????
It says a lot that it is only gunnerblog that heard those rumors.
The lad had played over 300 competitive games for Leverkursen in the Bundesliga, CL and Europa league before coming to Arsenal.
Emery is the one that’s causing the silly uncertainty that become fodder for rumor mills. . When you bring in a new expensive keeper, you start with him, end of.
Zeus
Whispers were also heard on Sanogo.
Apparently he was sensational in training.
Lol!!
Some players are crap in training, that’s a fact of life.
Let’s just give Emery a chance.
I’m all for patience with Emery. I’m frankly shocked at the backlash. Did people really think Emery was some sort of magician? Pep finished almost 20 points behind Chelsea in his first season. He required 3 transfer windows and unlimited funds to turn this around. this will take time. We won’t make it to the top until our playmaking has evolved. Ramsay has NEVER displayed the required consistency, in form or fitness, to try to build a team around him. At this stage, lets call a spade a spade, Ozil is a luxury player. If he has to stay then… Read more »
“If Wenger got us into this mess over 14 years, Emery won’t fix it in one.”
Or after one game even LOL
I’ve said it b4 and to repeat; this shit-fest of a wenger-styled squad isnt going to be sorted in an instant.
Let’s be patient. Let’s see where we finish in the prem, or more accurately how many points we achieve. Let’s see if we manage to beat a notts forest type team in the cups.
My money is on emery to do better than Wenger’s last 2 seasons.
After this season is over, we can then expect to mount some kind of challenge to the top teams.
Didn’t a bunch of actual journalists comment on how Leno looked good in training during the summer? Might just be some Cech fans saying it
Emery is just paying Cech the respect due to him. He will be eased out slowly
I personally thought it was a good thing. Say Leno started against City and we got smashed he’d be crucified before he even got started. He’d be compared to Karius unfairly. At least now he plays against Chelsea or West Ham he’s got a chance to look good
Seems people would rather lose Xhaka than Elneny in what remains of the transfer window. I personally think if he does leave that we’re taking a risk with Xhaka. We should seriously consider Yaya Toure
“Absolutely shocking manager” who “got it wrong 21 summers in a row”
Markos expert take on the most successful manager Arsenal has seen.
😀
Na fuck Yaya, guy’s a certified prick.
Might be a different story if he was 31 and still in his prime but he’s a washed up and bitter 35 year old shadow of his prime- hard pass on that.
When is this dick head, Milinstat going to get blasted???
Leno, the £22m keeper not ready?
That’s his man, right?
What about Sokratis and Mavropanos? They are his guys.
Are we honestly going to believe that you spend money on a GK with all the attributes to play Emerys chosen way, and leave him on the bench?
Do talented people just stop ‘talenting’ when they join Arsenal?
Nasri currently without a club as well, speaks volumes about his rotten attitude because he still has a tonne of talent in his feet.
Or…£22m gets you a shit keeper and £70m gets you a world class one. Arsenal doing it cheap again.
Eased out slowly? Fuck that if it comes at the expense of points dropped.
Not saying that Leno saves us any points vs Citeh but it sets a dangerous precedent cause now you have to wait until Cech fucks up to drop him which will cost us points on the board.
Ospina signing for Napoli
Campbell signing for Jossys Giants, or whatever theyre called.
Emery is draining the swamp.
Come next summer we can start shipping out the under performers from the first team squad.
How long will Emery stay? Was he misled by Ivan? Was he told that he would be forced to trim the squad to reduce the wage bill? I don’t think so. Of course we are pleased to see some of the deadwood go, we wish there were more departures. But in certain areas we seem dangerously stretched. Where are the replacements? What was eager anticipation is becoming dire foreboding. And it’s not because we lost to Man C. That is on the cards for every PL club. It goes far deeper. Instinctively we know that Arsenal has lost its core… Read more »
Good material about Guendouzi: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/matteo-guendouzi-profile-who-is-he-arsenal-signing-transfer-lorient-story-behind-him-a8492171.html Few parts of it: “We were all very impressed by how he plays with his head up,” remembers Fery. “Very much in the style of what Lorient had been historically playing, our passing game. That is what characterises him. I know he plays in front of the defence, but he is more of an offensive midfielder than a defensive midfielder. He is always looking for the impossible pass, the pass to make the difference.” “He loves football, he eats football, drinks football, sleeps football,” he says. “He would be frustrated when training ended, even after… Read more »
Yeah well the personality part definitely appears to have truth to it, guy is already besties with Aubameyang and Lacazette who are two of our best players and most outgoing characters, impressive for a 19 year old new to the club.
“£22m gets you a shit keeper and £70m gets you a world class one.”
?????????
Guns, I have to admit your rantings are getting more bizzare
What evidence do you have that Kepa is better than Leno.
We can always wire another 50 million to Leverkursen reassure your bent ego.
“£22m gets you a shit keeper and £70m gets you a world class”
Where’s this been evidenced exactly?
Kepa no doubt is talented and could well turn out to be a worthy successor to Courtois/prime Cech but there’s no question that he was a panic purchase and not a planned one.
I think that Chelsea were really banking on Courtois extending and were taken by surprise when he decided he wanted to fuck off.
I would say the fact Leno didnt play after signing for £22m, and has fallen off the radar for Germany, definitely raises question marks about his quality.
Eagle
Agree even though they’re all French-speaking players, which probably helps in this case.
Athletic Bilbao must have been rubbing their greasy mitts together when Chelsea raced over to replace Courtois once it became apparent he was Real Madrid bound, they had mere days to do it or would have been staring starting Rob Green in the face which must have been a terrifying prospect for Sarri.
karim
Absolutely, looks like Auba in particular has taken it upon himself to take Guendouzi under his wing, he did the same with Dembele at Dortmund.
KDB out for 2 months apparently, well it’s not like they don’t have world-class depth but still, they’ll certainly miss him.
I don’t believe that Leno not starting is an indication that he is a poor keeper. We have to realise that Cech is a big character in the dressing room and is well respected by senior members at the club, one can not simply drop him. Leno will get his chance.
Eagle
He’s a good character for sure
( Auba ).
Good vibes around a team always helps imo
Apparently Ospina is a loan with option to buy.
Fuck me, Arsene left this squad in a mess.
The recruitment both in and out in recent years has been absolutely shocking.
Cant sell Ospina, cant get rid of Jenkinson, took a 75% loss on Perez, had to cancel Debuchys contract to get rid of him. £70m for Xhaka & Mustafi who are worth £30m even in todays inflated market.
Its incredible how bad things have got
Chaps
My comments are misunderstood. I am not saying that paying more guarantees you quality (although that’s mostly the case)…that’s silly. But as Gambon just pointed out, this guy didn’t make Germany’s squad. Didn’t his stats also come into question? I’m sure they did.
Along with Emerys bizarre starting lineup, the Leno one really bugged me. Wasn’t he meant to be the sweeper keeper that we were crying out for? The catalyst for our new style?
Odd, odd, odd.
Liverpool sold their 3rd choice GK to Leicester for £14m this summer.
Arsenal have made less than £10m from selling 4 players, and cant sell our second choice GK.
Chelsea is the game. Win it and win it well, I’ll hold fire.
Lose or draw and I will start making black magic dolls of Emery for the masses to hurl abuse at.
I haven’t watched Leno extensively myself. Whenever I did watch him thought that he was a very good shot-stopper, was quick off his line and very agile with excellent reflexes.
Has mistakes in him though and loses concentration in games.
Having said that, to make over 300 apps for a team like Bayer Leverkusen that are no mugs and are regularly in the CL is impressive at age 26.
“Arsenal have made less than £10m from selling 4 players, and cant sell our second choice GK.”
Doesn’t even cover Ozils wages for a season. Just about gets halfway.
If Leno changes his name to something cool like Flameboy and adds £30m to his transfer fee…I would feel better. Much better.
Lol Guns, beating the Chavs at the Bridge will be a tall order. They’ll be full-strength as well with Hazard and Kovacic likely starting.
The performance at this stage of where we’re at it is more important than the actual result for me. I’d be more encouraged by outplaying Chelsea even at the expense of dropping points than simply pulling off a Tottenham at WHL smash and grab 1-0 job being battered for most of the 90.
gambon, don’t forget about Ozil’s outrageous contract Wenger left us with as a final ‘fuck you’.
Gunnerblog is always apart of the press core though. Over the years he must’ve developed some relationships with people on the inside. Hope the whispers aren’t true though.,
WE
Six points down after two games is weak.
The top four is already going to be taking shape. I can see us in a dog fight with Burnley, Palace and West Ham.
Christ, it’s like 1983 again. But without the Smiths.
Incredible isn’t it Jamie that Ozil walks away pocketing 350,000 from a ‘performance’ like he ‘put in’ vs Citeh?
You genuinely could have hooked an 18-30 year old at random from the crowd that would have put in a better showing.
GOH
I don’t see us picking up much points in the matches vs the other big boys and certainly not on the road vs them, look up Emery’s stint at Sevilla for context.
I’d gladly take a draw at Stamford Bridge and build on that.
Did anoner else read the awkward confrontation the Leverkursen twitter people had with Cech?
https://twitter.com/bayer04_en/status/1028674552388300801
Didn’t Cech get shirt number 1 before Leno arrived?
I assumed Leno was going to replace Cech gradually during the season and Cech won’t have his contract renewed next summer. Give Leno a couple of months to acclimatize to hurly burly of England football and then by Christmas time he should replace Cech.
“I would say the fact Leno didnt play after signing for £22m, and has fallen off the radar for Germany”
Leno was in the preliminary World Cup squad with Germany, just how is that being off the radar you muppet?
Throw me the ‘he never made the 23-man squad’, go on…because neither did Sane.
You would think we’re bottom of the league with ten games gone on zero points with the way the knives are out for Emery already. We played one game against the champions who have blown about double what we have on transfers fee over the last five years. We played ok, and had a few half chances, we were never going to win with our team compared to there’s at the moment. They have a top manager who took a year to get a well equipped city team to win the title, but emerys struggling after one game. Wenger left… Read more »
Find the Ospina move a queer one, of the two he’s far better suited to life under Emery. Cech is so clearly the odd man out of our three GK’s at present.
Cech should’ve been ushered out and Ospina replaced next season. Suppose it’s of little consequence ultimately, but just a bit weird we’re going with a. guy that literally cannot function adequately in the role asked.
Cc I think all the eggs are in one basket with leno,
Cech will eventually be second choice as back up.
Ospina has had his chances & isn’t good enough.
I’d be astounded if cech is number one by the time xmas comes.
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Oh I’m aware neither were the answer, but as a number two to Leno at least Ospina would’ve been competent with his feet and married well with the Emery system in place.
Cech looks like a dinosaur by comparison, and we’re unnecessarily fucked if we have to continue to watch him try and establish competency with his feet.