Firstly, what an absolute pain in the arse watching an away game in London is these days. I went to three pubs trying to find the game and it was a f*cking struggle. I eventually found one in deepest darkest, but what an ordeal. I can’t believe with the pub trade struggling up and down the country, SKY or the ruling bodies can’t weigh in to give landlords a bone and some extra business. Craziness. It’s so greedy. When I’m in America, I can watch whatever game I want, whenever I want. UK customers should be afforded the same privilege considering how much they pay all 32 of the companies you have to subscribe to these days to find the game you want.
Anyway, onto the game.
Emery is slipping into a familiar pattern. He picks the wrong starting 11, makes some bold decisions at halftime, then we go onto make the game look a little easier.
The big mistake yesterday for Emery was once again not realising that the team ticks a lot better when Torreira plays. The base of midfield contained Xhaka and Guendouzi and it just didn’t work. Add into the mix a keeper who really isn’t ever going to adapt to being a sweeper, Aaron Ramsey clunking away like peak Alex Song in a #10 role, and Mesut Ozil mostly silenced in the right of midfield (right-central-central midfield)… and you have a mess of a side.
The first half was a painful watch. The team couldn’t string a move together, Petr Cech managed to pass behind himself again, and we were letting a very poor Newcastle make a nuisance of themselves.
I think the really difficult part about watching Emeryball is the lack of pace in the play. We’re insistent on slowing the speed of the game down, we look to draw teams out, then I guess the plan is to move the ball up the pitch and make chances. It’s not really working for a number of reasons, the main one being we don’t’ seem to have the staff on hand to make it out the back.
The whole defence is at pains to move the ball forward, they look incredibly uncomfortable under pressure. There’s so little agression in the way we move forward, the opposition has time to reset and close off the angles. Things seem to get even worse when the ball does make it into midfield. The players really struggle to transition the ball into attack, no one seems to know what they’re doing and play just goes around in circles as we recycle the ball back through defence, quite often all the way back to the keeper. Another problem we have is the length of pass we play, we play lots of dangerous balls through midfield that are cut out or put the receiving player under pressure. The aggressive movement I’d hoped for isn’t really there yet, players often look lost as to where to move the ball to next.
The second half saw the introduction of Torriera, and once again the side came to life. Newcaslte lost a lot of their first half dicipline and Arsenal found their grip on the game. We created more chances and moved the ball a lot faster. Our opener was a little bit special, Xhaka stepped up to a 30 yard freekick and placed it high and to the right of the Newcastle keeper. A real dream striker for the under fire Swiss.
We struggled to make much count after that, though we never really looked under any pressure, you get the impression Newcastle know they’re shit. There was very little belief in their play considering they were only one goal down.
Mesut Ozil stepped up to put us two goals ahead when he made simple work of a Torriera rebound. Granit Xhaka the key man in a move when Monreal found his run in behind.
We still had time to give up our clean sheet. A long ball over the top missed by Mikhi, the offside ignored by the lino, a looping ball to the back post, Bellerin no where to be seen. A silly goal and a real shame.
I think the only way to look at the game, despite my annoyance at the time, is that we’re racking up points. Emery needs to win hearts and minds and the best way to do that is to sit on the same points as Spurs at this stage of the season and win three games on the bounce. That game was only our third away win of 2018, which is a stunning stat in how miserable it is, but you have to take it.
Staying on the positives, we’re working with a manager who can admit mistakes, he once again pulled Guendouzi off at half time so we could take control of a midfield that was all over the place. Torreira freed up Xhaka and he also brought everyone into the game. He’s mobile, quick witted and he speeds up the play in a team that can really lack urgency at times.
There are still quite a lot of issues at hand and there’s a lot that needs to get fixed. Cardiff, West Ham and Newcastle really aren’t the sort of games you can write things like ‘X player proved the doubters wrong.’ That Newcastle team is shite, it’s underinvested in, and it’ll likely get relegated this season. We shouldn’t be that close, and we shouldn’t be having halves of football as poor as that.
Emery is struggling with the same issue Arsene did. He has all these wonderful jigsaw pieces, but they simply don’t work if they’re all in the same box. He’s putting square pegs in round holes, and the output is clunky. Auba is not a very good winger. Lacazette through the middle is limited. Aaron Ramsey has been attrocious this season when he’s been given a specific role (shocker). Mesut Ozil really struggles to take hold of a game from the right of midfield.
There’s simply too much going on. We seem to be over complicating every single decision. When you change too many things at one time, things come to a grind.
Emery needs to work out what the most important items in his transformation are, then build around the vision of what he’s trying to do.
If your philosophy is focused around creating space and making the pitch bigger, and a core component of making that work is to have a keeper that can play with the ball at his feet, you need to play the best keeper at that job. Petr Cech has been excellent with his hands, but if the first 20 minutes of every game is the defence with their hearts in their mouths, you have to change something.
In midfield, we keep on persisting with a Guendouzi and Xhaka. It doesn’t work. There’s not enough urgency in the two of them and they get overrun easily. Make it easy on yourself, start with the best man for the job. Start with Lucas Torreira. Fitness can’t be an issue. We can’t keep trying something that clearly doesn’t work.
Moving onto the forward players is a little more difficult. The system needed a Malcolm like being this summer. Auba isn’t the guy to play out wide, and the challenge is he’s also not built for a system that doesn’t play incisive counter attacking football. We really need a striker with the hold up skills of Lacazette, but with the height, physique and power of Lukaku. I mean, let’s be honest, a Giroud with pace would be ideal right now, but that name doesn’t exist.
If you don’t have any wingers, and you don’t have strikers that can do it alone, do you opt for two strikers? Lacazette seems more than capable of doing the grunt work of dropping into midfield when needed.
The players baked around them make life even tougher. Aaron Ramsey isn’t skillful enough to be a pure #10. Mesut doesn’t want to do the dogs body work there. Mesut is limited out wide right, and he stunts Bellerin’s freedom moving forward because he spends the whole game creeping inside to get some of that central action.
What a shambles, right?
I really hope Sven has been working hard to address the issues. We’re still in an Arsene Wenger squad hangover. But it’s apparent there needs to be some brutal decisions this January because we’re not equipped to compete with the players we have moving forward. However, we could make life a lot easier by simply making the easy decisions in every game, versus having a flap at half time to make things right.
OK, that’s me done, see you in the comments.
vicvic any coach that comes in and tries to get arsenal moving again is a good coach. This isn’t Sunday league where you can change the formation every week. That’s not how it’s done in professional football. You ease players into a certain way of playing. As I said, matteo (someone playing in the second league of French football just last season) can follow instructions and looks a very good prospect. ozil and co on the other hand don’t know when to go up or when to fall back. 10mins to go, we have a one goal lead and the… Read more »
Whilst I disagree with bits of it, I can see criticism of emery from posters who have always been critical as fair game
It’s the criticism from posters who spent most of the last decade as at best passive enablers and at worst actively against any criticism of the previous regime which is really, really tiresome
Richarlison returns back for the Arsenal game next week.
Everton look better when he’s playing because he takes people on
Torriera, Sok and G
Three new singing and have been our 3 best/most solid players.
Coincidence?
Richarlison against Bellerin next week. Almost a given that he’ll be a major influence for them
Wait until Leno and Lich get their chances.
Westham win when Wilshere is out injured.
I hope they have seen the correlation
you know sometimes, I don’t even understand anything about arsenal f.c and fanbase….
where did we get it wrong( was it Wenger staying 7-8 years more than he should have, is it the personnel or players we have, or is it our fan base who are so awfully blind to see the truth any and say it), and what is the obvious way forward
it think our fan base is the most fucked up part about arsenal fc….
people complainzm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6173201/Hazard-lauds-Chelsea-team-mate-Giroud-worlds-best-target-man.html
Another huge blunder among 1000s from wenger. Selling giroud to Chelsea so he could help his chances for France.
What a cunt wenger is.
Giroud would have been great coming off the bench for us this season. Or just as another option for some matches.
Probably the best “2nd option striker”
In the league and wenger failed to use him
Properly and then sells him when we have the strikers to
Actually use him properly
Laughable.
it think our fan base is the most fucked up part about arsenal fc…. people filling complains without stating the most obvious truth about our club, which is the player.. how do you expect emery to perform magic (even pep and klopp couldn’t in their first season and not with a shitty squad like arsenal). A club without no natural winger like (hazard,sane, martial, salah). A club with without a baller like (de bruyne, isco, hazard) and the worst part of all, A club without a leader, no body to take responsibilities, no body shouting, no angry face, so many… Read more »
i think our fan base is the most fucked up part about arsenal fc…. people filling complains without stating the most obvious truth about our club, which is the player.. how do you expect emery to perform magic (even pep and klopp couldn’t in their first season and not with a shitty squad like arsenal). A club without no natural winger like (hazard,sane, martial, salah). A club with without a baller like (de bruyne, isco, hazard) and the worst part of all, A club without a leader, no body to take responsibilities, no body shouting, no angry face, so many… Read more »
how the hell do we have: RAMSAY, WILSHERE, XHAKA, CAZORLA, ELNENY, OEZIL, MKHI, IWOBI, AMN,IN A TEAM vying for one position in a football pitch where there are eleven positions to cover for. we’ve got no wingers in the team and some many player for one place in the muddle of the packand worst of all they are nearly fu*king average…. It think we all knows fault is it.He left arsenal with the most shitty team in modern top 6 era… So if emery can quickly identify his problem and be ruthless in his position we might have a shot… Read more »
Emery picked an unchanged side from the one that beat Cardiff two weeks ago, which made sense as winning performances should be rewarded fostering trust between player and manager. Some supporters are way too impatient regarding their expectations of Emery and don’t seem to have a holistic appreciation for the challenges behind his decision-making processes. He has to make a lot of decisions that aren’t necessarily related to putting the best team out on the pitch. Leno is better at playing out than Cech, but the defence is fragile and benefits psychologically from having a hugely experienced keeper behind them.… Read more »
true talk Joe…
you know my problem about arsenal right now….I want to skip all our matches and go straight to the transfer window…can’t wait for all the below average players to leave my life alone because I can’t wake up in the morning and see players like xhaka, Ramsay, belerin, elneny, mustafi,welbeck and I don’t even know if cech would be sold or maybe just maybe I would wake up one morning and see Cech has retired
‘ Ozil completely wrecks Emery’s tactical strategy, but there’s few credible alternatives so why alienate one of his few creative players?’ Joke blogger! He used to rip Wenger apart and rightly so for shoehorning players but it’s all good now when someone else is doing it. ‘Leno is better at playing out than Cech, but the defence is fragile and benefits psychologically from having a hugely experienced keeper behind them.’ So the defense benefits psychologically from having someone who looks nervous and completely at unease playing out from the back? Must be why we have been able to keep 5… Read more »
TR7
How many players could he sell?
Don’t be ridiculous. It has to be done over a few windows
We should play double bubble at the back against Everton…
I find this article VERY negative. Didn’t know much about “Dick” before his appointment – apart from the fact that he is only 46 & a serial winner. But I like what I have seen. He must know he has inherited a crap squad but his obvious enthusiasm on the touchline & the way he has transformed the Colney Creche training sessions has won me over. I don’t think he is going to tolerate idiots or slackers for too long but, as had been said before, he is going to need a few transfer windows to get things right It’s… Read more »
Who’s he going to sell all at once
Ramsey Ozil Xhaka Bellerin Mustafi wellbeck Cech?
He’s given the “best players”
Of wengers era a chance to prove themselves.
He can’t just buy 11 new players now can he TR7?
Are you even thinking before you type?
Yeah wenger got shit for shoehorning in players but they were all his players. He had been here for 20 years
Emery has to deal with the shite wenger has left behind.
Go to bed tr7. Making a fool of yourself
Love guys like Tr7.
Wenger didn’t move dross ever and gave them new huge contracts. Diaby anyone?
But Emery should have moved them all on in the first window.
God bless akbs. The gift that keeps giving
3 wins out of our first five matches, the first two of which were City and then Chelsea away, I’ll take that. Already have doubled our away PL win count in 2018 under Wenger in our first three matches away which is very important not to overlook. Hard not to be concerned by large spells of the performances though especially going forward of late. Aubameyang in particular has apparently forgotten how to play football, can’t even make half decent off the ball runs anymore let alone finish. And why Emery continues to persist with the suicidal Cechball at the back… Read more »
Joe
Emery didn’t sell anyone who was a regular in Wenger’s starting 11 last season, not even one player. He offloaded only fringe players.
Joe
TR7 makes a valid point even if I wouldn’t go as far as to blame Emery for failing to shift on all of Wenger’s deadwood accumulated.
Defensively it can be argued that Emery hasn’t at all improved us, certainly not in the personnel stakes.
Outside of Toreirra and Guendouzi who’s very raw it was an underwhelming window in truth without much in the way of improvement.
‘God bless akbs. The gift that keeps giving’
Knowing how thick you are, I should have avoided engaging with you, my bad
TR7
Who should he has sold with out giving them a chance?
Knowing how thick you are, I should have avoided engaging with you, my bad
Hahaha
I’m not sure what a lot of people were expecting from Emery. Anyone who thought we could go and get 2 wins against city and Chelsea are delusional. We have since picked up 9 out of 9 points against teams we have been expected to beat, but would have struggled to under the old regime. Emery has a vision, he has a team set up based on very specific roles and attributes using the best bits of certain players at his disposal. Then he’s trying to build on those players by getting them to learn new skills and mindsets. Currently,… Read more »
WE
What has Sokratis done wrong? Monreal
Has been solid.
Lich needs his chance. Hopefully soon.
TR7
Stop making a fool, of yourself.
Emery’s job description does not include “selling” players.
Great post Danny!
The ones that are expecting a lot more are the ones waiting to yell:
“ we told you to be careful what you wish for “
Jonny’s put on a bit of timber…
Still a hero tho….
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6173693/The-Sex-Pistols-star-John-Lydon-62-worlds-away-hell-raising-punk-heyday.html
Joe
Do you think Emery is a flat track bully.
Dissenter
Said who? If you think a manager has no say in who plays for him then I am afraid you are making a fool of yourself, not I.
Your Comment Here
I don’t know Pierre
He’s only been here 5 matches.
Maybe I can make that judgment at the end of the season or next?
Shows where you’re at though Pierre.
Thanks for making it obvious.
Maybe I can judge him in May.
Your mantra for the last dozen years.
Joe
Sokratis looks clunky and uncoordinated, also extremely uncomfortable with the ball at his feet.
He’s not getting any younger and he was pretty poor for Dortmund in recent years, was never a fan of the signing. Just screamed cheap and easy with the Dortmund link to Sven, really lazy one for me.
Tr7
If you think a new manager can come in and say I want the core of the team sold I think you’re the fool not us
Hey Gazidis
Could you sell Ramsey Bellerin Mustafi wellbeck Ozil Xhaka Iwobi
Thanks
You haven’t even seen them play
Fuck you Ivan. Sell them all
Dont you read Le Grove? I should sell all
If them and buy 11 new players! All starters.
Sorry Emery. We will do it right away.
Tr 7 said so.
Pierre
It seems you would rather have Arsenal and Emery fail so long as the legend of Monsieur Wenger grows.
For me it’s this season to consolidate and stableise after the shit show that was the past decade. Then next season to show some marked improvement in both players, recruitment and the level of youth coming through.
3rd season, I would like a solid and genuine tilt at the title. Not expecting to win it, but a note of serious intentions.
And in all that time, not being humiliated routinely in Europe and maybe a few minor trophies would be considered a success.
You can really tell Pierre is rooting for Emery to fail so he can go on with his “be careful what you wish for” bullshit. What a fucking muppet.
Wenger eagle.
I thinks he’s been fine. Looked better than Mustafi
its very obvious, arsenal is the most wreck up team in the top 6, from an article I wrote he sold seven player before his breathtaking title winning team, just can’t imagine arsenal even selling four players, because too many negativity within this club whilst the supporters.
firstly we have too many deadwood in out team, and making matters even worse is that they have either huge wages making arsenal unable to sell them, some have signed long contract, and common for heavens sake begging Ramsay to stay when he’s not even Worth his current salary..
Agenda is fine.
But agenda after 5 games is stupidity.
He can obviously be judged in May. And we should pray to god that the board would be proactive if it goes tits up.
Joe
Learn to read first ! Did I say Emery should have sold the entire core of our team? That he didn’t sell even 1 player tells a lot though.
Wenger’s starting 11 last season
Cech
Bellerin koss Mustafi Monreal
Xhaka Ramsey Iwobi
Ozil Laca PEA
Each one of them still at Arsenal.
TR7 “Said who? If you think a manager has no say in who plays for him then I am afraid you are making a fool of yourself, not I.” Having a say is not the same and having his way. Stop conflating the two. He cannot ‘sell” anyone. His voice is only one of the several that go into transfers. That’s why you have DoF and a chief scout. Stop making a fool of yourself really. It’s pathetic to think a new manager can come in and start selling players left and right. Emery is not even a traditional manager,… Read more »
Tr7
And I asked you who should he have sold without giving them a chance???
Of that starting 11
I would have sold Ramsey and Xhaka but I’ve also been here for 30 years.
TR7 can be added to the list of people with an agenda if he cannot tell the difference between having a say and having his way.
Give the man time …
Over the next 2 windows. I would sell Ramsey. Wellbeck. Mkhit.
Kos need to be replaced. As does Monreal.
Buy 1-2 CBS. 2 wingers. 2 Cms.
Evaluate Xhaka and his partnership with torriera
I thought the sole played well yesterday
How do you wind up a Wenger obsessive…
Easy
Throw a few cliches their way and they bite every time ……
Some of you really need to get a sense of humour “be careful what you wish for” is a classic line that will always get Joe going .
Double bubble the way forward
With lichstein n Montreal
Pierre
You muppet
You said it yesterday and meant it
“Be careful what you wish for rings true”
Don’t try to play it up like you threw it out there as joke
You aren’t that smart
Just fuck off from the arsenal.
I’m pretty sure Emery wasn’t the one who demanded for Sokratis to be signed. That was Mislintat tapping into his Dortmund rolodex. Emery’s role in transfers will grow after his first season. That’s when he will have the standing in that transfer group to say this players isn’t working for him. He can’t have that much sway in the first transfer window. Even Guardiola didn’t have all his needs addressed the first season. He was still using the likes Sagna, Zabaletta and Gael Clichy in his first season. You don’t just come into a new club and start “selling” half… Read more »
Pierre
Its quite obvious why you’re always playing gold as a “1” joining other groups
Instead of playing with “friends”
like it or not so many big trees will fall at some point… so many arsenal supporters are not even worth to have ever heard of the name arsenal much more of supporting my beloved club…because some of u are pussy and ass eaters,what surprises me is not just you that you actually do it but the fact that you act like it… 1) its because of this pussy eating fans that we lost the top 4 and now we are spiralling down to top 6…Wenger has been the past 8yrs and some fans were still supporting him as if… Read more »
*golf
Joe
“You said it yesterday and meant it“Be careful what you wish for rings true” Don’t try to play it up like you threw it out there as joke You aren’t that smart”
And you are obviously very gullible not to realise that I set you up ……
Like I said Pierre
You aren’t that smart.
Sorry.
Sure you did Pierre
I’m sure you did
Don’t worry Pierre. I’m sure the specialist in failure will be hired soon and you can fuck off from The Arsenal and go support whatever team wenger ruins next
The sooner fans like you leave Arsenal the better
You don’t have to be smart to get you to bite Joe …..
some people are still licking oezil’s ass and saying he should not be sold, and that’s bothering me a lot…
and I ask myself : who the fuck is is the fucking oezil?
was he ever a legend to arsenal like the big yaya toure( an all-round performer and achieve greatness in a short spell) was to city.
A player with one attribute to his game and some many weakness…GOD/ALLAH BLESS arsenal with a player like yaya toure who made so many good things happen for his team
Pierre
Not golfing with all your “friends” today ?
Joey quipping about intelligence….bless him
Ahhh look who’s here.
Weren’t You smart enough to put money on arteta being our manager because of your “guy at arsenal”.
Smart!!!
Can’t wait for more of your “in the know”
Info!!
Take away the First two games we would all bee jumping for joy …
Give dick a chance
“Give dick a chance”
Just make don’t say that to the wrong gender.
Joey nope I backed Allegri, and betting works by chance you muppet lmao
The fucker is playing games with us …
The cunt,,,
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7270885/aaron-ramsey-asked-unai-emery-to-be-substituted-during-arsenals-win-over-newcastle/
I’m really disappointed with Ramsey. I honestly thought Emery could repair him but the damage done over the past few seasons is too much.
But it wasn’t chance. You told us your buddy at the arsenal was in the know!! So
It was a lock. According to you. Just like griezmann was
LMAO! At you.
Are VicVic and victorious related in any way?
Bench him till jam then let him rot,,,
Any player not in the cause is the cause of 5he problem…
Rid,
Joey you’re the only numpty that runs down those paths. Nothing is ever a lock, that’s saved for Gazidis and co. are you slow?
You know I’m really disappointed at arsenal…. we shouldn’t even sell Ramsay, or negotiate contract extension.. let’s be sincere about some facts: which arsenal player do you think has a release clause? Ramsay has been In contract saga with arsenal over his weekly wage he’s not even worth the current pay check he’s earn and he is demanding about 170% pay rise to his current wage and arsenal might end up give into his wish when clearly: 1) there are no club after his signature to pay him whatever he thinks in his little of his is worth. 2)paying Ramsay… Read more »
When Wenger left, what exactly were some of you hoping for? Instant improvement? An end to the predictable weaknesses and failings of recent years? An influx of new faces and a mass exodus of those we longer wanted? Jeepers creepers, it scares me to think we have a core of supporters amongst us who actually felt that things would be hunky dory from the word go, once a new manager was in place. 5 games in, nine points gained and two away wins already. Not bad all things considered. Just a pity that those supporters who still have a connection… Read more »
I really held out hope for Ramsey, but I was completely wrong I think.
Hopefully we get rid in Jan.
” You told us your buddy at the arsenal was in the know!!”
Don’t forget Emirates Troller, who had his email to the board personally replied to with a phone call that intimated that the new manager would come from within.
VictoriousSeptember 15, 2018 14:24:47
“God help us and Emery this lot put in a better performance this time because yet after another shambolic showing from the usual suspects people will still choose to misdirect their angst and lambast the players instead of the one person responsible the decisions in opting to always field them.”
Now this couldn’t be more Ironic from you. This is exactly what akbs have done for the last 8 years ffs.
MY UNAI EMERY ANALYSIS:
5 competitive games,
9 points,
2 away wins in 3away games,
first back-2-back way win in almost a year…
that’s the reason I said arsenal fans are the most fucked up fan in the world….
someone managed to watch and support arsenal in the last 10years with no end product, and constant complaining of team mental strength and all, and just 5 games into a new new era is already barking like a dog…
can’t you just have self-respect for once and be hopeful of what the future.????
I think that some people who post on here need a perspective on the changes which have taken place sofar since Summer 2017. We have offloaded from the first team squad no fewer than 19 players who were on the payroll namely: Oxlade-Chamberlain Walcott Giroud Coquelin Szczesny Gabriel Gibbs Sanchez Debuchy Sanogo Ospina Perez Cazorla Wilshire Campbell Mertesacker Chambers Ospina Macey The only one who is currently on loan and might conceivably return is Macey. So this is already a massive overhaul of squad in just 13 months. The idea that Emery comes in and shifts out more players before… Read more »
Don’t push the blame to emery just yet…85% of the fielded player are all Wenger’s boys.
I really don’t see any Wenger player improving and that will affect the team performance, but hopefully with a few transfer window and he starts buying his own players to instill emeryball, then we can start blaming him for team performance, tactics delivery and so on..
Emirates.
Wow. I actually agree with what you wrote!
So you give this blog a break for a couple of weeks and when you come back some things are exactly as they were…. 1)Wenger is still the main bone of contention
2) 12 year old still loves being the village idiot on Le grove
3) little p still can’t hide his disdain that his god has been booted out the club… and still tries to make out he’s intelligent when he is so clearly not.
Fun times.
Don’t push the blame to emery just yet…85% of the fielded player are all Wenger’s boys. I really don’t see any Wenger player improving and that will affect the team performance, but hopefully with a few transfer window and he starts buying his own players to instill emeryball, then we can start blaming him for team performance, tactics delivery and so on..and now that they bought Allison and haven’t lost a match this season while conceding just two goals. This goes to say not until we reap all our bad eggs out of the team nothing for certain is sure… Read more »
Brillant people here, guys who are super smart.
If you find any error in Cech making a comedy pass or anything, then you must be a Wenger guy.
Smart people, they have such broad minds.
Look i never really believed in this “AKB” of a thing, but my God they trully exist. Every sinle ounce of respect i had for some of this posters has totally dissapeared. It pains me with the change we are going through right now people would prefer to stick to agendas just to prove a point about Wengers exit. Look, i get it some fans disrespected Wenger in so many ways, sometimes i even got offended but it shouldn’t about ARSENE vs ARSENAL Fc. My God, you are Arsenal fans just drop your angst for the WOBS and get behind… Read more »
You shouldn’t loose your optimism because Wenger is gone. Some of you (Pierre) sound life fans before Wenger and such should a manager should not come before the Club you say you Love and have dedicated most of your existence to. Wenger is gone and doesn’t matter how he left, but Arsenal, YOUR ARSENAL still remains and has been sleeping for years now . And lets be honest was a major part of the rot. Even if Emery fails, it shudn’t be used as a medium of “i told you so” “becareful what you wish for” to the WOBS because… Read more »
Well said Kelvin. It’s a pissing contest at this point.
Vic
Haven’t heard one Akb Like you mention the some of the point saving saves Cech has made
It’s all been about his passing out from the back?
Agenda much?
Arsenal after 5 games last season- 7 points Arsenal after 5 games this season- 9 points Game for game comparison vs City home- lost last season, lost this season vs Chelsea away- draw last season, lost this season vs West ham home- won last season, won this season vs 2nd placed promoted team away- lost last season, won this season vs Newcastle away- lost last season, won this season 4 points out of 15 last season, 9 points out of 15 this season. All angles you look at so far, Emery is getting better results with a predominant Wenger team… Read more »
Had Iwobi, Auba and Mkhitaryan put away those sitters vs Chelsea, the narrative of the EPL would be completely different today. It would be that Arsenal are already showing signs of a champion team in grinding out wins even when playing badly. But with our next 3 EPL fixtures being Everton(h), Watford(h) and Fulham(a) and all realistically winnable, should we do so, people will start to sit up and take notice. Combine those games with our Europa games and League Cup game, Arsenal has the perfect fixture to build serious momentum and go on a genuine winning run. The more… Read more »
Well said kelvin
I’m happy I see these arsenal games and not rely on articles like this. Emery is rebuilding and you’re dropping analysis on his decision making like he’s been here for 5 + years. Emery can’t start Toreira ‘cos you need someone to introduce when a game is not going well. Who would you introduce to the midfield when he starts games. You need strong personnel coming as a sub and for now Lucas fits the bill. Emery has won back to back away games with this underfunded team. 3 games in a row win. Come on! Defence needs to be… Read more »
@tayo, I’m not sure the overall plan for Toreira is to be a supersub, but it’s worked so far, so either why change a winning formula or we’ve had a great bit of luck waiting for him to get 100% match fitness.
Whatever the reasons for not starting our strongest 11, it’s currently working.
Winning ugly is still winning and we’ve only lost so far to the 2 teams that we’d expect too and those games were close! Emery is winning and as confidence rises, so too will the more fluid football, I’m almost certain of it.
Amen A5!
Hey Joe how are you mate?
What’s your view on Maureen at Manure? do you think he’ll leave this season?