Well good morning one and all.
It seems the CEO role at Arsenal is hotting up with The Evening Standard linking us with Josh K taking over the role.
I mean, I’m really struggling to see that as a viable option if I’m honest. I understand the basic premise of nepotism, but at core, Stan is still a businessman. I’m not sure stints at under-performing NHL/NBA franchises quite prepare you for the serious business of managing an entity as huge as Arsenal. The link looks thin as well… a ‘well, duh’ kind of equation to fill copy space.
American sport is a different beast geared around fairness and everyone stumbling on a winning formula at some point. They evenly distribute money, they have a draft, there are wage caps and there’s generally very little competition state by state for eyes and dollars.
Stan has witnessed first hand what happens when you take your eye off the steering wheel in the Premier League. He absolutely loved Wenger for scraping into the Champions League every year but didn’t pay attention to the marginal losses that were occurring each season. He underinvested, he ignored what was going on around his manager, and he let the club rot from the inside.
Two years after the happening and we’re £200m+ worth of investment from being able to compete at the highest level. That’s the issue with the Premier League, it takes a ruthless capitalist approach to competition. Not only do you have the big boys plunging money into staying on top, you also have team like West Ham, Fulham and Everton capable of blowing £100m. Every team in the Premier League has 2-3 decent players, they all share the same technology, and all teams boast nearly the same fitness. It’s dog eat dog throughout the league, everyone is there to compete if they can… so much so, they’ll happily bankrupt themselves in the process if that’s what it takes.
Arsenal are in a precarious position in the world of football. Like it or loath it, we gambled a lot on Emery this season. If he doesn’t return us to top 4, we’re going to be even more unappealing than we were under Wenger, because we’ll be associated with the also-rans. That’ll make bringing us back to the top even harder/more expensive for the next person in charge.
I’d much prefer a scenario where a 38-year-old is given an active role in the club where he shadows a CEO who has been tried and tested in the game. If we’re serious about taking the club to the top, we need to have someone capable of building out a long-term vision on and off the pitch. We need to drastically improve our commercials, we need to fire up our squad and start adding better parts, and we need to make an aggressive play at the Champions League.
Ivan modernised Arsenal over the last 10 years, he put in place a strong infrastructure, he took the brand global… but you’d be hard pressed to say we’ve done anything that looked like a risk outside moving stadium which was on the cards before he arrived.
Everything Ivan has done since he’s been given the keys to the club has been solid, but very, very safe.
Arsenal won’t move to the next level with safe.
Look no further than the LA Rams for a club going balls out to make a super bowl final. Big contracts, big moves, young trailblazing coaching hires… everything about what they’re doing is about the statement of intent.
Will it pay off? Who knows… a lot in LA think it already has, but at least they’re going hard for their goals.
Could Josh K be that man for us? Maybe. I mean, there’s no better person to have the ear of an absent dad than his progeny. But are we being too simplistic here? Assuming that dad gives up the habit of a lifetime and busts out the Grizmann coloured chequebook because Junior throws his toys out the pram at the Walmart Thanksgiving dinner?
I’d love to will myself into thinking that the Kroenke family are keen to dominate the NFL and European football because that’s what you should want to do when you’re a billionaire. Be the fucking best with each of the sports entities you own. You should want to build a revenue machine both sides of the pond. I mean, I can’t believe there hasn’t been talk about taking the LA Rams to London to play at The Emirates yet. Nothing shuts London down quite like the NFL crowd heading to Wembley. Imagine Arsenal being the go-to club in LA?
I WOULD GO, ONE TICKET, SOLD.
Those sorts of dreams only count if you have a product LA gives a fuck about. That was literally one of the thoughts Kroenke mused on when he moved the team, I can’t find the quote, but it was something to the effect of… ‘people from LA aren’t going to care if this team isn’t great.’
London is obviously a touch different, people would care about Arsenal if we dropped two divisions. However, the huge missed opportunity is to become the club of London. To charge exorbitant ticket prices to Asia and America. To realise the additional capacity in a stadium that generates the second most revenue in the land. To make your players and team an actual tourist hotspot.
Arsenal needs to find that ambition again. Our fans need something to believe in that’s exciting, much like the City project. Stan needs to show the same belief in our club as he does in LA.
My gut says you need to hire in know-how from a club like Juventus or Barcelona, but look, if the yin is nepotistic youth and the yang is a dad who’ll do anything to please junior, bring it on.
Nothing ever goes wrong when the kids of rich parents get the chance to show what they’re made of, right?
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Nice one DM
RE -Pedro’s post .
” The foothold get’s stronger.”
Another yes man bad day for us if this comes about.?
We should be lining up like this
————-Cech————–
Litch Mav. Sok. Mon
Lucas. Xhaka
Ozil
Well. Lacca. Iwobi
Justification;
We stiffen both wings by using the work rate of Wellbeck and Iwobi. Iwobi has dribble and shots as well.
Defense drops Mustafi, and go with Mavroponous who proved himself at Old Trafford last season. Montreal left. Lucas anchors with Xhaka box to box.
Lacca ad our 9 and Cech or Leno.
Sub Ozil for Mikki. Wellbeck for Ramsey. Sub Iwobi for Lacca and Xhaka for Guendouzi.
Team sorted!
I have a feeling we’ll see more of emerys stamp and style from the second season onwards. Not to make excuses but this was always going to be a transition period where not everything was going to fall into place.
Maybe with a few better additions, we’ll look a decent side. Not that emery isn’t doing well atm, but we can only get better
@Un na naai, I’d like to see us eventually swap to a 3 5 2. I’d also like to see HB have competition to, the guy seems to lack any interest and I feel if he had someone waiting to take his position we may see a little more fight from him.
I agree with you though that for now it is what it is and they are doing well enough.
Pedro, I disagree with u for saying Gazidis took the club global.
Wenger did, for that I salute him. IMO though.
Josh could be a magical wand to get his dad splash but still with doubts.
Did Wenger really take Arsenal global?
He just happened to be manager during the tech/social media era, the same period the premier league grew to stratospheric levels.
Arsenal would have grown regardless.
Playing a game in LA or the Rams in London will not make any difference. Its nice but that is about it. Kronke needs to add more capital investment. Bottom line. We have a scouting network- that is kind of so so IMO. I think the jury is still out on what Diamond eye can bring in. Pedro you make a good point. Emery does not get into top 4, then we get overlooked again- which would be devestating. Capital is what we need badly. We need a winger, 2 defenders and get rid of Rambo. We are stuck with… Read more »
Has Stan managed to buy Usminov out yet?
I know some on here like Ivan, but I always considered him a snake. A slippery customer with the gift of the gab. A Footballing Boyce.
I’m glad he’s gone. I’d rather not have been given to Kronkunt Jnr, but it’s Stan’s toy, he can do as he pleases.
Im firmly in the emery camp, well that’s until he fails. But some posters are deluded if they thought after getting rid of wenger, we were going to start dropping money for top notch players, and start competing for the title. Just because we got rid of wenger doesn’t mean, we were going to make wholesale changes nor did it mean we were going to compete for the title off the bat. Wenger was failing so he had to go. If he had continued to give us CL foot ball I doubt he was going to get fired. 2 seasons… Read more »
As for Ivan and stan. I despise both of them. They don’t really care about arsenal just the profit at the end of their balance sheet.
Whats the deal with Auba? I know he needs service to get going, but hes really struggling now.
That left sided winger seems to be much needed to take care of the attack on that side. I was hoping that Auba could make this work but dosent seem that way
KAY Boss,
You should be aware of where you are.
A comment like that makes you the king of the AKBs here.
Here, the correct talk is to bad-mouth Wenger as much as possible, the more the better.
Auba shouldn’t be beyond getting dropped, he’s been absolute dirt this season barring that one glorious finish vs Cardiff.
Would like to see Lacazette up top next game, won’t happen though.
vicvic
no one bad mouths wenger. They tell the truth about him but you take it personally…
Your Comment Here
@gonsterous, to be fair to VicVic some did mate. Some wouldn’t give him the benefit of the doubt about anything.
Wenger made Arsenal into a global entity with the style and brand of Football, of that there is no doubt.
Unfortunately, as time progressed, he also made us into a global joke.
Of that, there is also no doubt.
See, I can give a positive.
gon,
The truth? Yea.
I wish that was the case, though.
The man overstayed and he’s now gone, and one would think if we could knock him for his many wrongs, we should also give him credit for a few things he did right.
But nay, not here. If you try to be objective in any chat involving Wenger, then you are nothing but a big fat AKB!
I am just not convinced Stan even cares that much about this club.
Would JK have the time to be CEO , with all his other roles? Arsenal will demand a lot of time from a CEO, not least constant dealings with sponsors, just not sure an absent Kroenke will cut it, unless JK is prepared to move here and throw everything into it.
But if he can make his dad a little more engaged and ambitious, that would be a good start
Even if you try to discuss what Emery did wrong in the last game, you are still an AKB who doesn’t want to give the new manager a chance because of your love for Wenger.
I cannot express how little I care about Ivan G.
Whoever has that role will be shackled by finance and to be honest, if he was any good he’d have been sacked long ago for constantly knocking at stans door and asking for wenger to be sacked.
Instead he just milked the cow and rode the gravy train and made some token attempts at looking like he was in charge.
The guff some idiots type here is unbelievable.
It’s like a corporation destroyed the entire rain-forest in Amazon and the government decided to revoke their license and elect a reforestation entity to reinstate it to the same state…within 3 months! I know the analogy may sound too steep..but reading these buffoons spew such idiotic tripe here day in day out, its not that far fetched.
Rome was not built in a day.
Did Wenger really take Arsenal global? It is my humble opinion that Dennis Bergkamp was the one for me who got us rolling on the global stage. He was the signing who signalled a change in how we wanted to play and his signing I believe attracted players to the club. Wenger then helped with his knowledge of French players but I believe it was the Bergkamp signing that signalled a culture change at Arsenal football club. Imo Would like to see Lacazette up top next game, won’t happen though. WE he’s started up top the last two games. Agree… Read more »
A mixture of David Dein and Wenger sent the brand global.
Thier purchases in the first few years made us huge in France and Africa.
We were never the same after Dein left, the transfers were left solely to wenger and he made a lot of fluffs.
If JK intends to grow the stature of AFC and make it a global giant. I’ve no issue who the CEO is. I’m sure any CEO would want to show growth in financials and global reach of a company (that’s the way it is in today’s global economy) and for JK to do that he needs to make AFC appealing to more mass..globally. Only raising ticket prices won’t cut it. So I’m hoping against hope that the new CEO (JK or any other) understands that the main “product” of AFC is it’s on field performance, which can be improved only… Read more »
WE
‘Would like to see Lacazette up top next game, won’t happen though.’
For a self proclaimed footballing sage this is weak. Have you even bothered watching your own team in the last 2 games?
I hate to break the news to you but Arsenal are not ‘global’…not really. Ask yourself this, and be honest…when you think of global clubs or European giants…Arsenal do not come to mind. In England, it’s united and Liverpool with Chelsea and city coming in next. Defo not us. Sorry but Arsenal, even as good as they were were never on the radar ‘globally’ as a club. We had marketable players as individuals, but as a unit, we weren’t. Ivan did nothing in my mind and has jumped ship. Why…I don’t think it’s money as the pay raise isn’t that… Read more »
Saturday was such a joyous day.
Plonked myself Infront of the TV to watch Gillette Soccer Saturday. With an ice cold beer in one hand and the recliner up, I watched and waited in anticipation (that’s right, anticipation!) hoping (omg!) that Arsenal could sneak another win.
When Phil Thompson shouted goal!!, imagine my elation and surprise that GX had scored. Fudge me, anticipation, hope and elation, all in one afternoon.
My expectations are minimal, but the joy is back.
Yep, life is good again.
Marko
‘It is my humble opinion that Dennis Bergkamp was the one for me who got us rolling on the global stage’
Bergkamp was an inter Milan reject. It was massive for us domestically but hardly made a ripple in Europe let alone globally.
It was the swashbuckling football mixed with iconic footballers and appearing in the Champions Leagues Cup consistently year after year.
Global, would say Dein, Fiszman and Edelman played a key role, Arsenal men,much more ambitious than Stan. They , or especially Dein were also able to keep wengers more destructive instincts in check
Those guys , it is said would wake up each day thinking how to make the club bigger and better, I,suspect Stan doesn’t do that
Pedro, everything you said about Josh and his inexperience contradicts your opinion and everything you said about Arteta.
you wanted the club to hire an inexperience Arteta as the manager but you don’t want the same for an inexperience Josh as the CEO
Who gives a shite about IG?
Good riddance.
A leech of the highest order.
If anyone took Arsenal global, it was TH14, everyone loved to watch him.
love or loath him, wenger took Arsenal global, give the man credit where he deserve one and blame him where he deserve blame
Kroenke Jr does have experience running large sports teams so I wouldn’t have a problem with him succeeding Gazidis. Perhaps Josh will get tired of watching inept Arsenal players and will force change on the club and we start buying proper players again.
Broadly speaking the rules in US sport are designed by the owners to protect the owners. This ‘fairness’ claim is an attempt by the owners to occupy the high ground. Fairness in sport should apply to the rules and the referees, nothing more.
That is what makes football the world’s favourite team sport, the sheer ‘unfairness’ of the professional game. And of course, the players take every advantage they can on the pitch. And it’s the injustices that inflame fans passion most of all.
We are still running on the fumes of the Invincibles I think sometimes. that was a hallmark that made us a known brand- whether you want to argue it was worldwide or not. The CL final, helped. top 4 helps so for sure, I would say that Arsenal are known globally.
In recent times, we have fallen down- a direct result of not winning anything worth anything for over a decade.
Im just hoping for a top 4 this year. That is gravy.
But if Kronke does not invest, we will stagnate like usual
Here’s another dream – except it’s a nightmare. Stan has been so bad for the Club that it’s starting to look like a revenge mission. “We don’t want your sort here,” from the toffee-nosed chairman may have started him off.
Okay, okay, I am only kidding , but I’d have been annoyed if PHW had said it to me – which most probably he would.
For the record, I will not be happy if josh kroenke becomes arsenal CEO.
No surprises there.
It’s embarrassing enough having an old Etonian banker, a carpet salesman and a couldn’t care less owner on the BOD as it is.
Also, the idea that son of Stan is anything more than a chip off the old block is extremely optimistic.
The hope that he can squeeze more bucks out of daddy’s wallet seems a little desperate.
We’ll see I suppose.
Arsenal might be Josh’s little new toy to play with.
How invested is he? was the the cataylst for Wenger to be fired? Was the reason we hired Emery vs others? Is he the reason that Ivan is leaving? Who knows…
I dont like the idea of the owners son taking over. There is no accountability at that point. only dad- who is somewhat senile it seems
I hope i am wrong but this is more and more looking like a dictatorship
Guns
Good friend of the Kroenkes?
Give Josh a chance, just like we should be giving Emery.
For all we know, he may NOT be a chip off the old block.
GOH
“I hate to break the news to you,but Arsenal are not ‘global’……not really”.
Obviously you don’t get out much.
GOH,
Go ask in Africa and Asia if they know Arsenal.
Ask for the Barca, R.Madrid fans in Nigeria, and then ask for Arsenal fans.
Then you will understand that being global is not just about winning C.L.
Whenever there is a plea for money, food or there is a natural disaster and those images of children are rolling about in mud come on…not one is wearing an Arsenal shirt. Fact.
TH14 shirts were even worn from Tiverton to Timbuktu.
Was in Karachi in 2000, saw a guy with a Freddie Ljungberg shirt and hairdo.
Of course we are global.
If the Syrians ain’t wearing arsenal shirts, we ain’t global.
Arsenal were global under GG.
Lived and worked in the Middle East from 1984 to 2001 and travelled to the Far East/Africa/Subcontinent, on numerous occasions.
Believe me, Arsenal were global well before Wenger.
Wenger made us trendy.
VicVic
You are correct.
My wife is Eritrean and we have family and friends in both Asmara and in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
Arsenal merchandise everywhere.
Michael24
Of course give Josh a chance if he turns out to be CEO. There is no other choice. And, fingers-crossed, he might prove to be a good one. And there is a chance that he will buck Kroenke’s bottom line policy (which it’s fair to say no other Kroenke employee has ever done) because his dad wants his son to make good.
Stan is too dedicated to money-making to care a great deal about anything else. Josh on the other might fancy the adulation of the Arsenal fans. Easy peasy. Go spend a little of dad’s pocket money.
Are the same guys offering up particular players, instead of Wenger (no shock), as reasons for our global appeal going to state Ozil is keeping us global? Or is the narrative going to change because he’s usually a lightening rod for criticism? Just curious, seems the Bergkamp/Henry thing is just an attempt to dim the light on Wenger from that POV. Wenger unquestionably elevated this football club to global levels with the recruitment of numerous talents, and consistent attractive play at the top tables of European football. We never won it under him but we were synonymous with the CL… Read more »
Awfully muted input from the usually vocal lot who kiss Kroenke arse, where’s their take on the blatant nepotism at play with Josh/Arsenal?
Probably some spin that Josh is qualified or some other nonsense. If it goes the way its being mooted I’m not sure how anyone can justify Stan as an ‘Arsenal first’ owner, he’s treating us like a valuable heirloom. Can’t stand the bloke, he’s done nothing in a decade that says he cares from a fan level. Nothing.
‘For a self proclaimed footballing sage this is weak. Have you even bothered watching your own team in the last 2 games?’
Meant to say up top with the support of a proper wideman, my bad.
Without Auba getting in his way basically.
And I don’t claim to be anything you cheeky cunt.
Lol and by proper wideman I mean a player that isnt a CF like Auba and is always looking to drift centrally.
Not that we have many but even Iwobi, Welbeck would be options.
Wenger should be a lesson to all. No matter how smart you are, never become too smart. Wenger was good, he was a winner. But he became too smart, too arrogant and wanted to win ONLY on his own terms. Playing average players to win the league against great players, so all could say ‘hail Wenger, the master of soccer’. Well, it didn’t work, the heat turned on and the man became desperate. So desperate that he began to hire the likes of Xhaka and Mustafi for huge money in panic. You know the rest. If the man had kept… Read more »
I fucking hate SK, but you’d like to think, that if anyone can get a few million out of him……it has to be his son…..otherwise, there literally is no hope.
Na I think that Wenger’s main issue was that he lost his eye for talent/hidden gems many years ago. Wasn’t that he became too smart per se. Besides Koscielny and Santi Cazorla which was more opportunist due to Malaga’s financial meltdown, still credit where it’s due, you have to go a long way back that Wenger snagged a hidden gem. In the early to mid noughties you had so many, including the likes of RVP, Rosicky, Hleb, Adebayor, Sagna, Nasri, Ramsey,list goes on. Mixture of hidden gems and bargains of more marquee players. This eye deserted him a long time… Read more »
Even Koscielny and Cazorla were 7 and 6 years ago each which is a long time.
Koscielny 8 years in fact.
Only a bubbling idiot will deny the fact Wenger played a major role in making us a global entity.
“Whats the deal with Auba? I know he needs service to get going, but hes really struggling now.”
I, Gambon, Marko and a few others stated that it was pointless to deploy Aubermang to the wings just to accommodate Lacazette and it would make more sense to get a natural winger even if it means selling Lacazette and buying young striker to sit on the bench.
We were blasted on here as having an agenda against Lacazette.
Wenger was a victim of his own self delusions. Yes he got the players together. That heady mix of English grit at the back and European flair elsewhere. The team flourished for a while with this group. Going toe to toe with SAF and Utd but ultimately losing out to Fergusons indomitable will to win. Wenger never had this, The players themselves substituted for him in that department. The invincible season was the peak of his success but Wenger thought that he was the magic elixir that made it all happen, he was certain he could recreate the same thing… Read more »
Arsenal became truly global on May 26th, 1989.
Pedro, everything you said about Josh and his inexperience contradicts your opinion and everything you said about Arteta.
you wanted the club to hire an inexperience Arteta as the manager but you don’t want the same for an inexperience Josh as the CEO
Three bottles for Zaco
Azed
Well Lacazette has show far more ability to play as our CF than Auba so not sure the angle you’re coming from about selling Laca. Be as well saying we shouldn’t have bought Auba, but we did so the next most sensible option is to have the better central striker playing from that position. Lacazette
Wenger had many downfalls, but one of the worst, he refused to confront the under performing, whether it be players, backroom staff or himself.
And the more pressure he was under, the more under attack, the more he reverted to type.
He once did great things, but Stan let him stay way too long
CC
If we can afford to keep both Lacazette and Aubermayang, then lets keep them but it makes no sense to keep playing Aubermayang on the wings. The suggestion to sell Lacazette was on the basis of the club having limited money for the last transfer window.
We need a proper wing that can take on players and beat them.
Enough of putting square pegs in round holes.
Did anyone watch the top 10 Football coaches on Sky TV?
My god, forgot what an incredible coach Giovanni Trapattoni was.
I assume Charles was referring to me mentioning Bergkamp earlier on which was weird because I did also mention Wenger. I stand by it us signing Dennis Bergkamp was for me a catalyst for what the club was to become and a major factor in the club changing to a more continental approach. He was our best foreign signing when he joined he was a huge influence on the club. It started with him imo.
Lacazzete is a far better bet at CF for us compared to Auba, his hold up play against Newcastle was superb, he stretches the field, brings others go play, uses the body well for a guy with small stature, shoots with both foot and makes himself a nuisance as well
Also noticeable Our attack has looked markedly better since he replaced Auba as CF
“Can’t stand the bloke, he’s done nothing in a decade that says he cares from a fan level. Nothing.”
A-fucking-men.
Well Lacazette has show far more ability to play as our CF than Auba
Just an opinion that
Having a winger in the mode of Sane or Dembele would also stretch the field and create more space in the center.
Its not a zero sum game.
Auba needs service even as a lone striker. If we cannot create chances then we are in real trouble. Id rather have Guen and Torr in the center- at least both are mobile and capable of the defense splitting pass. Guen looks for Auba a lot as well.
Wengers main issue was that he got lost in his own hype.
As I’ve highlighted on here before-
8/10 from 1996-2006.
6/10 from 2006-2010.
4/10 from 2010-2015.
2/10 from 2015-2018.
Auba looks ripe for his customary shenanigans to secure a move to china
Azed I don’t disagree, just feel the musings of Lacazette being sold are in the same realm as stating Auba shouldn’t have been bought. Since when do we splash 50 mil and ditch a year later? Also, Lacazette is 27 and Auba 29. More sense in arguing Auba shouldn’t have been bought imo. Anyway, we have both and they can form a great partnership so there’s that to try and foster. Auba can play from wide, but he’s not going to be effective with a mandate to track back like recent showings. Marko Yea, kind of like it being a… Read more »
I think Auba is frustrated and its beginning to show. I dont think he wants to move. I think he is a competitor who needs a run of goals to really get going.
We dont have a Dortmund midfield for service- and he is playing on the wing- per Emery. Not really his fault
Hoping for the winger his Jan to balance our attack
Guns
You don’t get it,He isn’t a winger and doesn’t seem to want to play there, doesn’t enjoy it when asked to play there, doesn’t track back, can’t dribble,doesn’t press, cant even make off the ball runs which i’m lead to believe is his strongest strength, he’s literally sulking at the moment and probably needs some time on the bench
he’s body language when substituted against Newcastle was worrying.
ATM Iwobi might give us something better from left wide but then what do yo u do with ‘superstar’ Auba?
Looks like Emery got another Neymar situation to deal with.
Vic
I see it. You nailed it.
Iwobi might be an option- strong- quick footed- no end product as much
Worth a try
Im a fan of Auba and I would like to see him central- with Laca subbing
Marco it’s a but of a stretch to say that the signing of DB propelled us to being a global brand – no doubt AW was responsible for that. And if any players can be attributed as a cause then Henry and Vieira were more iconic. Dennis was a great player no doubt but don’t raise him to a level even he would be embarrassed . You are just being your usual contrarian self
he’s body language when substituted against Newcastle was worrying.
To be fair to him he’s being played out of position and he was as had as anyone could just as easily have been Lacazette or Ramsey or Ozil taken off instead
Nw9
You’d discover everyone stayed away from engaging Marko on such myopic take
There’s a reason for that.
Let us see how Auba adjusts , it hasn’t been just a few matches. All of us were shouting out for both to start and just two matches and Auba doesn’t score we are calling for his head. Alternatively why not try Lacazette on the wings- he offers more skill than Auba and can score as well. But any one who saw the last match can see that the moment Auba and Lacazette came closer the attack was much better. Torriera as the Dm Xhaka more forward and Ozil as 10:would be much better. No place for RMsey though
With whom did aubamayang have his best partnership on the pitch…..Mhkitaryan
This may seem obvious ,but why not play Mhkitaryan as the CAM then he and aubamayang can renew their partnership.
This season Mhkitaryan has only played on the right wing and if I remember correctly he and bellerin created some decent chances v Chelsea down the right so why not try him centre and see if he can supply aubamayang with the chances.
It could work .
Dennis was a great player no doubt but don’t raise him to a level even he would be embarrassed . You are just being your usual contrarian self
I mean I wasn’t being contrarian to anyone it was my opinion and I stand by it. The second we signed Dennis Bergkamp this club became a more attractive proposition for players and we started playing better football. I don’t diminish the impact Wenger had I’m just stating that it began with Dennis Bergkamp.
To be fair to him he’s being played out of position and he was as had as anyone could just as easily have been Lacazette or Ramsey or Ozil taken off instead” Look Auba is a CF and Emery did the right thing by starting him there for the season opener against city, guess what? He was missing, Lacazeete came in as a sub and we immediately looked threatening Again the benefit of the doubt was given and against chavs he had the nod as wee and FLUFFED his lines big time so it came as a surprise to no… Read more »
UA will take us further no doubt. See Cezc he has improved in the last match. When in doubt kick it . The Mirror’s analysis of our second half was good – with Torriera sweeping behind Xhaka was able to move further ahead and link play and we were so much better. Arsene did not recognise the importance of a DM and in my view he failed because of this shortsightedness. Coquellin was tried for some time and we became better in the short term but his technical shortcomings were a limitation and Arsene just reverted to type by selling… Read more »
Not as if he hasn’t been given chances, hasn’t impressed one bit and grabbed his chances is all, such a laid back footballer lightweight,poor technique but probably a better finisher than Lacazzete.. but Arsenal don’t play counter attacking system, we are a possession base side, with intricate passes and combination, the CF should be able to bring others into it, Presses well, graft, makes spaces ,hold up play etc.. lacazzete just about dwarf him in all of this.
Confident
“Iwobi has dribble and shots as well.”
I hope you’re kidding. Iwobi offers zero aside from work-rate. Little to no dribbling, terrible technique, terrible shooting.
And your line-up places a £60m signing (Aubameyang) on the bench. You’ve selected Iwobi ahead of him. If you lot don’t think Aubameyang is good enough to start, we should sell him in January for good money, as we have many needs and limited resources.
Vic one has looked as bad as the other this season but sure the whole attack has been scrappy and inconsistent so far this season so let’s judge them both on last seasons exploits shall we. Lacazette prior to his injury last season struggled for a period scored only one goal in 14 games I believe 8 consecutive games in there and then in the second half of the season it was Aubameyang who impressed with 10 goals in 14 games 31 goals for the season compared to Lacazette’s 14.
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Three bottles for Zaco
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