courtesy @allthatchas
The real competition starts today.
You won’t see pansy footballers crying about red cards, oh no, the Europa League is for real men. Leave your emotions at the door, stop talking about gluten-free and prepared for a politically incorrect fight on the footballing senses.
The home game against Vorskla should be fun. Bernd Leno is going to make his long-awaited debut. Keepers were a topic of conversation before the game with Emery.
“Each goalkeeper has different qualities. But they cannot change our style. Maybe one quality is better Leno than Petr, maybe one Petr than Leno. We need the same style and to work to improve each goalkeeper in our style.”
“He’s here because he showed us his quality,”
“The quality for the goalkeeper for me, is being complete. He has it.
“He can go a long way here at Arsenal. He’s young.”
A rumour in one of the papers stated that his big faux pas was dropping a clanger against Brentford preseason. The club were tanked in that game and looked really average causing panic in the ranks of the new boys. He was the sacrificial lamb.
That said, I still think the reason Emery persists with Cech is that he wants to have influential figures in the dressing room onside during the difficult first three months of his job. Leno was in need of rehab after an average prior season, so hopefully he doesn’t drop a Karius in front of the home support tomorrow.
The additional good news is Eddie and Smith Rowe will be in the squad, so hopefully, we’ll see some minutes from those two.
Emery was diplomatic when he spoke about how he’ll line up tomorrow.
‘For me, every match, each moment, is about finding the best performance with the players. We have four competitions this season. Tomorrow is the Europa League, Sunday is Premier League, then it’s Carabao Cup and then we’re going to play in FA Cup. I want the same thing for every player because each match is important. The second situation is that we need to give minutes to the players who can produce the best performance for us. The best 11 will play tomorrow so that we can continue to improve in our way both tactically and individually. What’s important for us is to produce a winning performance but also to continue to improve.’
If he’s picking the best team to beat Vorskla, you’d imagine he’ll be able to flex into the deeper reaches of the squad. I think his main worry will be making sure he lands 3 points at home. That’s hugely important in a competition most of us probably think is our best route into the CL this season.
Complacency is always the devil in these situations, so hopefully Emery will have the players fired up and we can go hard a team we really should breeze past.
We’ll see!
Oh, before I go. I saw that Arteta lost against Lyon.
You were right.
He’s a fraud.
That proves out he’d have been a terrible coach for Arsenal.
Thanks for the analysis.
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Danny
September 20, 2018 21:27:43
Elneny and Iwobi should only play in cup matches, they must never play in league matches.
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even if they play perform better than Ramsey and co?
play/perform*
ESR is a manager fav
Hear, hear Leeds. hope that’s on the shopping list in Jan (if possible), comes next season, most certainly.
Best game for Iwobi since he first came on the scene and wenger ruined him
Good to see Emery getting the best out of him
Well said zaco, I don’t get people and their constant agendas. What exactly has Ramsey done that warrants he starts ahead of Iwobi or Elneny??
Smith Rowe getting back to defend when Holding is caught out of position is brilliant
Pleased that Welbeck got the goal but I’m a little disappointed that Eddie didn’t get a run out… the boy deserves his chance.
Ozil. 4-0!
Ozil getting in on the action. Nice stab.
Alright, alright……Vorslka is pub
Cool goal by them…..
Will we EVER keep a clean sheet? FFS.
FFS still no clean sheet.
And we can’t even keep a clean sheet… FFS!!!
Socratis was a worry for me, but he’s been a serviceable defender
Leno, not getting near that!!
Are we allergic to clean sheets??
Lol chechs face
He probs would have saved that tbf
Papa really wanted his pant.
It had to be a goal for Vor isn’t it. Not a lot Leno could do tbh
That was poor defending. Lichsteiner was poor on that and Sokratis was slow too
Even Barcelona get scored on by pub teams.
Not a big deal
Seriously ?! How the fuck did we not keep a clean sheet against this tripe ?
Unfortunate that mistake from Lichtsteiner nothing Leno could do about it. Shame it’s ruined a perfectly good second half performance
Damn — why can’t we keep a clean sheet?
He probs would have saved that tbf
He would like fuck
Dudes
4th win a row. Confidence is building. Aubu scoring 2.
Things are on the up and up!
Even Ozil scored
Had Leno kept a clean sheet, there would have been a bit more pressure for him to play against Everton… oh well, I guess we might have to suffer Cech a bit longer…
Smith-Rowe has a good touch
Leeds
Buffon wouldn’t have saved that
Maybe Leno is for next season. Surely this is Cech’s last.
Is richarlison back for Everton Sunday ?
Guendozi is the future. That boy is shit hot.
Kids on lower wages looking better and creating a lot more than Ozil
N5
It most certainly is the case the way UE bigged him up recently. He said that he would be the future for The Arsenal.
Joe
I’m not blaming Leno particularly… his defenders let him down there.
Matteo
The best prospect since Cesar!!
Cesc
Pub team or not, a lot of positives came out of tonights game and that’s 4 wins in a row now which is nice.
N5
Exactly. Building up nicely. Bring on Everton!
Another one, what a joke.
Bloody hell!!
Lol concede two at home against this lot.
I like positive Joe
That’s disgusting
“Lol concede two at home against this lot.”
You happy with that Steve?
Two silly goals to give away. Arsenal going to Arsenal.
FFS. Defence is too easy. And Ozil looked as sleepy as Lacazette.
Bellends.
Fuck a duck
N5, of course he is!
And we let another one in… fuck that.
Any way we win. Lot,s of positives. Still a shit load to prove against more solid opposition. But I will take that.
I guess we have to wait a while for our first clean shit…the longer it goes on the more everyone fancies scoring against us
Ughh…we cannot keep a clean sheet, big or small we concede to them all…
Late goal after team shut it down. They were already at the pub
Emery will let him hear it.
Good win
Another confidence booster.
And the wins keep coming
Pierre? What are you going to complain
about now to prove we should be careful what we wish for and wenger should
Be back as our manager
Jaysus. Again nothing Leno could do about it and better defensively but my god the fucking concentration of this team is diabolical
Sheet not Shit…don’t think a clean shit is possible
Agreed Joe, they guys switched off at 4-0. Oh well, lots of good tonight, even if it ends a little sour.
First of all, 4 wins in a row is good for the momentum going ahead. It was so comfortable that we lost focus during the last mins of the game. I’m so freaking pissed off! Can’t have freaking lackluster attitude in professional game. As for Leno, sorry mate you need to buckle up. Great keepers have great concert ration level throughout the game. Yes the defenders could have done better to stifle both shots, but that’s where great keepers shine. The first goal was hard, but if Leno had saved the 2nd one, he sure would have made a great… Read more »
Sheet not Shit…don’t think a clean shit is possible
Not true. Ever have a phantom poo?
We are fragile at the back….. Emery should work on that too…… I don’t think Leno is better than Cech…. We are just like kids that bought new toys and don’t wanna play with the old ones anymore….
@nepGunner I genuinely don’t feel he could have done anything about either.
N5
Sour, but we are on the long road of: Onwards and Upawards!!! This is just the start (I hope!!!)
Nothing I repeat nothing Leno could have done about the goals. Concentration had nothing to do with them they were both worldies as they say
Fingers crossed DB10. It’s looking good!
Arsenal win big.
Tiger tied for the lead at the Players
Pierre at al have gone missing
Great day on Le Grove.
I know I know the lack of a clean sheet is worrying but for me the ongoing issue of starting slow as chode and only turning up second half is as much as a worry. Still though more positive than negative tonight
Yes marko…. I’ve had many a phantom 🙂
Joe
They haven’t gone missing … they are at the game. Stop trying to score points. Rise above them and stop catching their baits. Pierre has got good at trolling particularly with his wenger obsessive jibes.
Well, Leno seems to have good positioning than cech as to receive back pass from his players. I really don’t think he could have done better for the goals but playing gendouzi, elnenhy, ozil, miki is suicidal. None of them is strong enough or has it in him to play dm effectively
The second goal was preventable with quicker reflexes. Leno saw that coming from the time it was being set up. I totally understand it’s his first game and the defenders were slow to sniff out the danger, but these are the saves you need to make to challenge and potentially dislodge Chech and to put yourself in manager’s thoughts. He hardly had to do anything in the entire game besides those two shots from Vorlska. Maybe I expected a supercharged and super focused Leno as I genuinely want him to replace Chech with Unai hell bent on playing out from… Read more »
Joe, did you just say Wenger ruined iwobi? Bamford vindicated
here when he said you are just an hateful individual.
I like your positivity but to have find a way to drag Wenger into this kinda taint your driven positivity.
“Latino refers to geography, Hispanic refers to language.“
LOL. If you’re going to quip, don’t be a moron
On the other hand…
The Thor – 22 yrs
Mattie G – 19 yrs
Smith-Rowe – 19 yrs.
Good to see young gunners rocking again. I hope they develop into world class talents for the club.
So do I nep!!
Good result stained yet again by failure to keep a clean sheet even against a pub side, sort the defense out and we might look serious again
tee
I actually didn’t say that Joe was “hate-filled”. I said that I was beginning to think his entire criticism of Wenger was emotions-based, because his attitude towards Emery is clearly entirely emotions-based and not critical or rational.
Q: What has Emery done thus far to make you think he knows what he is doing, Joe?
Joe: EMERY WILL SUCCEED YOU, MOTHERF*CKER!!!!!!! STOP TALKING NEGATIVE SH*T!!!!!!!!
DB10 – Amen!
Bam
We’ve won 4 in a row.
What more could you ask of him?
DB10
I can guarantee Pierre is not at the game.
Tee
Who else would you blame
Came on the scene. Looked great. A few months under wenger and he looked a shell of what he was.
Coincidence? There is too much evidence of it happening with so many other players that it’s not.
Have to say the first 30minutes was dire and served for a painful watch, I mean a proper snoozy
First time I slept off while watching arsenal
Joe Well, I haven’t had a chance to watch tonight’s match, so I don’t want to say too much; tonight’s match might provide indications that Emery is in fact figuring things out, improving players, improving us, etc. I don’t know. However, I haven’t been too impressed with what I’ve seen from our performances under him so far, from his selections, etc. Just because a manager wins four matches against mediocre to poor teams doesn’t mean he’s doing a good job. You might be winning simply because you have better players; you might be winning IN SPITE of the manager. To… Read more »
First half was abysmal, to suggest otherwise is an outright lie. We were clueless going forwards and taking no risks against a team that clearly had little quality.
Our superior players ultimately told, but that wasn’t a game to show off Emery’s prowess whatsoever. Very much a good side vs a pub side and we limped about until a half time rocket I’d imagine.
Joe’s had a personality change…
Pierre
You definitely haven’t. You’re still a cunt
😀
missed the last goal of the game…but the match was filled with more pros than cons…I can’t really say we played well, because we played a sub par…but I think emery is really doing great work with this team.
up until we conceded the first goal, we were solid defensively, and calm.
my major issue with this team is the fact that we lack intricate passes among the players, and too slow with the ball, and some players don’t tend to come closer and receive passes mostly in the midfield..
I have come home a short while ago having been at tonight’s game. The stadium was more than a third empty, which says a lot about the interest and value of this competition. Second we played a team which frankly would struggle to get into the Championship. They did not have a shot on goal for the bulk of the game. Third we have failed once again to keep a clean sheet conceding two necessary goals. I have to question the manager’s decision making in the final quarter of the game. He played five players in midfield four of whom… Read more »
unnecessary not necessary.
If we are being honest,the season is panning out no different to the last few seasons ….the only difference is joe has decided to be totally positive about everything instead of being totally negative about everything….weird but funny and the strange thing is ,he’s being serious which I find hilarious … tonight Joe wrote “Good win..Another confidence booster. And the wins keep coming” Last year would have read “what a boring pile of shit against a pub side” Tonight joe said “We’ve won 4 in a row. What more could you ask of him?” Last year would have read “Flat… Read more »
this team lack ideas going forward, at times we just kept passing the ball sideways until LT decides to try something new, that is a fact that can be worked on by the coach and his staffs at training. And also we lack what a true winger brings to a team both individually and collectively, that can be worked on in the transfer market. most of our players, just need to learn or be sold. most times that are stock in their position and lack the necessary off the ball movement to either come close and collect a pass, or… Read more »
See that Joe,
I don’t have to call you a c*nt to make you look a c*nt.
Pierre
I don’t give a flying fuck how you take me
That’s the funniest part, that you think I give a shit what you think
I love watching Arsenal again. I’m excited about watching them win again.
The difference between the last dozen years and this year is that you knew already that wenger winning the games against shit teams meant nothing in the end.
This year there is hope that it’s building blocks to something under Emery
Just because you’re too daft to figure out wenger was a loser. And still haven’t.
See that Joe,I don’t have to call you a c*nt to make you look a c*nt
See that Pierre.
You actually think I care what a lonely 60 year old man who plays golf by himself and sits at home all alone at midnight chatting on Le Grove thinks
Bless you dear
Pierre
Wenger is a false track bully.
Wenger finished 6th last year 40 points back
Pierre
If wenger is so great. Why isn’t he in a job and Emery is?
Why if what wenger did last year was alright in your books is he out of a job and Emery isn’t ?
ddkingz
Yes we do need to recruit a quality winger who can cross the ball a lot better
than Iwobi.
I think that we do not need to make massive changes to what I consider should be our starting eleven. However, there two or three critical weaknesses, which
do need to be addressed.
Goalkeeper is still a major issue and the club needs to find a reliable centre
back to play alongside Sokratis.
Torreira must play in the team. He is by far and away the most intelligent and
solid midfielder that we have got in our squad.
Pierre
Wenger is gone! Get over it
It’s Emery’s Arsenal now! and we’ve won 4 in a row
And guess what. We never had to wish everton to beat us because we already knew wenger would make it happen all by himself.
In Emery we Trust!
Emery’s red and white army!!
BB King
Good for you ,saying it as it is …..
What you are basically saying is that the players have forgotten how to play the intricate one and two touch football that we have been playing the last 20 years…
Hey Pierre
I bet we draw or beat Liverpool.