OK SO I WALKED PAST PIRLO.
Man, what a fucking babe.
That hair is more elite than his career.
Incredible moment. I shared a pavement with him.
Did I consider saying hello? No way. You gotta play it cool. He definitely doesn’t know who I am, but if he saw me again he’d say, ‘great job walking past me, real breezy, let me buy you a beer.’
I spent some time at the weekend watching a bit of PSG vs Rennes. Thomas Tuchel’s side isn’t clicking quite yet, but it was interesting watching Rennes. They have a young squad with a highly rated coach. Their stadium was packed and very loud. One of their star kids coming through is Ismaila Sarr. He’s tall, fast and a reminded me a little of an early days Dembele (who is about the same age). Anyway, we’re being linked with a move for him by The Mirror.
Seems highly likely we’d be interested in him, we’re really lacking explosive pace and skill out wide from someone who knows the job. Could be an exciting move if he carries on his trajectory. He has 3 goals in 7 matches this season. Last season he managed 5 goals and 5 assists in 27 games. Not bad considering he had an injury that kept him out for 3 months (be real, the injury makes him more appealing to us)
Petr ‘great hands’ Cech trash talked Wenger.
What? He did.
“What we lacked in the past – I would say the ‘Arsenal way’ was more important than getting the points sometimes, and this is not how you win the league,”
“Sometimes you need to make sure you win an ugly game, when you are not playing completely well but you just dig deep, close the back door and win 1-0 no matter how.”
Fair shout, there’s no doubt that Emery knows how to win a game ugly, he’s done it five times on the bounce. Now, do I desire sexy? Yes. But let’s not pretend Wenger was winning ugly or sexy. Arsenal has been a drab ship of misery for 10 years.
These words on preparation were music to my ears.
“It comes from the preparation, the everyday work and from the manager’s way of playing the game as well,” Cech said. “We work very hard every day to give ourselves the chance to compete with everybody and hopefully it will be working even better than it has been for the last four games.
“He is very demanding and this is how you improve. I think the place has become much more demanding in every way so this is great to see because this is what initially drives everybody forward and gives you the kind of kick that ‘I’m not doing enough to start the game’, or ‘I’m not doing enough to keep my spot in the game’, because the manager asked for precision and hard work every day. This is how it should be. We have very healthy competition and we are actually taking the benefit of it.”
FEED ME THE GOODNESS OF A MODERN MANAGER.
There was a half-interesting analysis of Ramsey in The Times. It kind of read like the sort of person who’d been given access codes to Opta but only watched 2 of our games in the last year.
‘RAMSEY HAS CREATED SOME CHANCES, the difference? The manager’ <ish
Errr, sure, but the difference is he’s playing as a #10.
The article referenced how Ramsey has more assists and goals than Ozil over the last 30 games. Again, looks great on paper, but Ozil has been a fucking car crash for the last 30 games, struggling with being miserable and having a back problem.
I’d LOVE to think Aaron is a magical #10, but I’m struggling to see that come to fruition. I’m certainly not convinced after two assists (1 accidental) with zero goals to his name. Some say he’d be a nightmare at the base of midfield in the Xhaka role, I’m not so sure. I thought he looked pretty good next to Arteta back in the day. Would it be fair to say Torreira is a little Arteta-ish?
Could be the Xhaka disdain talking, right guys? How can I be so mean to someone who plays so many wonderful balls into the final third!
We’ll see, it’s really not my problem, as long as we keep winning ugly, I’ll have to keep my big mouth shut.
That said, after being pilloried for daring to say I can’t see the vision Emery is offering, people are dropping that same line everywhere. It’s like I cleared the way. The Guardian and The New York Post piped up with similar musings.
Brentford are up on Wednesday, should be a grudge match after they beat us convincingly in preseason. Emery will want to avenge the savaging, and he’ll no doubt want to give Leno a nervous twitch by forcing him to keep a clean sheet and bag and assist. Should be fun.
Right, that’s all I have today, thanks for popping by. Listen to my damn podcast.
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Highburylegend
Tielemans isn’t doing badly this season,that’ said I wouldn’t like to see another Xhaka type signing, a carzolaesque midfielder with defensive awareness would be great like Thiago alcantara(65m) lol
Dream10
Watched a few games of his I agree with you, but we need a goal scoring wideman and their arent many around these days, a younger Marco reus would have been ideal. Ousmane Dembele is beyond our reach now except barca see Pogba as a more important peg in midfielder .
Difference is dissenter he’s been doing it for over two seasons now whereas Torreira was making his first start so no not the same. Also no Ramsey and Ozil and Bellerin and Mustafi get their share of criticism so no Xhaka isn’t a scapegoat he literally gets called up on everything. Also I don’t think if Emery played Iwobi instead of Ramsey that would have made a difference in Xhaka’s first half performance
Also noticed that no criticism was aimed at Torriera after referee Moss ignored his potential 2nd yellow card challenge …just the sort of challenge that Moss twice red carded xhaka for
Oh shit were you talking about the Digne challenge? Where Torreira literally pulled back and didn’t touch him and the cunt pretended that his shin was in half? Embarrassing really. Yeah had that been Xhaka…
Alexis Sanchez not performing is no news or new. Most players who left Arsenal and consistently spoke against the club or force themselves out don’t get going after their wish is guaranteed. Nasri, Cesc, Clichy, Adebayor, Hleb, Petit, Overmars etc.
A winger is a must sign come January because the lack of width is clear for all to see.
Xhaka, due to his past record invites criticism from people who choose to focus on his past and and transpose it into his playing style now. It’s as if they are choosing to look into a tunnel.
As for me, I’m willing to see what Emery can do with him. If Unai can accentuate his strengths and minimise his mistakes — that’s millions saved right there. The asme goes for Bellerin and Mustafi… let’s see what they can do under the new manager.
*the same
“that’s millions saved right there. ”
lol Leeds are you Arsène in disguise ??
I’ll give emery a chance to work on xhaka and co. Like he managed to get two quality halves out of him which is two more than arsene. I won’t hold my breath though.
Leeds we are waiting it’s all we can do right now. But no he’s not going to save us money the opposite in fact
Receding hairline I agree but I wouldn’t give 200m to spend on signings with the amount of players Arsene wenger(O Lord bless his soul,) the squad is in shambles but it all lies at Unais feet he needs to get his 11 sorted, then on to the market to move out the undesired On Ramsey Hes 27 now and we still don’t know what to do with him ,says a lot about him …I saw a passing map of our play against everyone and he was well ahead lacazette ! Our Cf ? Ozil for all his faults at least… Read more »
Leeds, All the players can get a clean slate, but if you see Xhaka with the error for Cardiff’s goal, then in Sunday he had another lapse when we should have conceded because of him again, there are several ways to get the situation: 1. Manager is responsible for not removing the mistakes out of his game; 2. Player is responsible for making the same mistakes time and time again; 3. Oh, but he had a top corner vs Cardiff and a fabolous free kick vs Newcastle. Imo, it’s 2 time and time again. And I don’t think that he… Read more »
Marko
It should also be noted that the Everton player was also on a yellow and should have been shown a 2nd for trying to get another player sent off.
Digne is an Ex-Barca player , getting opponents sent off comes naturally
Xhaka will continue to start until we get a midfielder who has ability to pass like him.
Ramsey lacks it.
El neney has a congenital foot defect that limits him to side ways passing.
Guendouzi may very well show it over time.
Xhaka has legions of mistakes in his games, all of which have been highlighted [and I mostly agree with] but not even Ramsey cannot play his role.
Also does it really surprise people that xhaka gets jumped on when he was gash for two straight seasons?
Like how many second chances to prove himself does he really need to be given before we’re allowed to criticize him?
We’re not talking about a player who has just hit a little rough patch of form. We’re talking about a player who in two years has never found good form…
Raptora I did say potential yellow card challenge..I have said previously that the player wasn’t touched but Torriera sort of did a Gael cliche and made himself look guilty by holding his hands up and looking at the ref. My point is that xhaka would have been criticised for allowing himself to be put in a potential red card situation by making the challenge and to be honest ,the 2 straight red cards that Moss had previously given xhaka were debatable and have remained a cloud over xhaka as people often refer back to those red cards and his indiscipline… Read more »
Xjaka is not an all round central midfielder.
Until Arsenal get one of these in the team then they are not going to threaten the top of football.
Improvement matters not when he doesn’t have the overall tools.
It’s like wondering why people jump on welbeck when he misses from 3 yards out. It’s not a one off or an exceptional instance. It’s what he does. If Henry missed for 1 yard he’d be forgiven because of the ridiculous number and quality of goals and assists he got.
You have to actually earn that respect from the fans. You can’t just play like fucking potato for 2 straight years and be indignant when people give you a harder time about it than better players
Raptora
“Your point being what? That Moss is as biased as we are?!
There was not the slightest of touches on that tackle. It should have been a yellow card for simulation. Ugly dive. Ugly.
Torreira managed to calculate it or maybe stop himself in the right time.”
I have copied that reply because ,if it was xhaka instead of Torriera making the tackle ,there is no way you would be defending xhaka with such ferocity …..no way
Ishola
” Xjaka is not an all round central midfielder”
I agree 100% with this statement in a literal sense. but it really means nothing beyond being a tool for sophistries
However it’s also correct to crucial to point out that;
We don’t have an all around striker/attacking player
We do not have an all around attacking player on the team
We do not have an all around goal keeper
You can make the case about EVERY player on the squad.
All players have their strengths and weaknesses. The manager needs to find a system/combinations that is based these strengths.
Midfield is very, very important Dissenter for a team. The most important because it has consequences for defence and attack. This is something you seem unable to grasp. Arsenal sort their midfield out and the team as a whole improves. And the midfield doesn’t improve with a physically limited “specialist” in it. You have already underplayed the importance of midfield before when you said the GK spot was the most pressing concern in the team. You were wrong. You were wrong because you continually downplay the utmost importance of central midfield to a side. And god knows why you keep… Read more »
Pierre,
True. Because like China has just said, you’ve got to earn the fans respect. Torreira is an exciting little player that I enjoy watching so far. Hopefully he keeps playing well. Xhaka on the other hand…
Holy Hell Torreira is nothing like Arteta. Worst comparison ever. For your next trick you should compare Bendtner and Aubameyang. They’re both strikers that got moved out wide at Arsenal so they must be just alike right?? Not surprised your opinions are lining up with the msm after that little pearler.
Dissenter
Arsenal need an all round central midfielder in the side.
If they get one in the future then there is no need at all for Xjaka because he doesn’t offer protection and he can’t dictate a game from central.
That’s how much worth Xjaka is.
Marc “It should also be noted that the Everton player was also on a yellow and should have been shown a 2nd for trying to get another player sent off.” Agreed …basically moss decided to ignore the challenge and the blatant play acting. Unfortunately sky intimated that Arsenal were fortunate to still have 11 on the pitch in the interview post match. What I find strange is that they never showed a clear view of the incident which indicates to me that he never touched him as it would have been a major topic of conversation if the proof was… Read more »
Torreira is more like Flamini, but from the little I’ve seen, he might have a bit of Santi Cazorla in him. We might have a real player in our hands. Someone that can, as I said, reach Kante’s level meaning absolute world class.
My point is that xhaka would have been criticised for allowing himself to be put in a potential red card situation by making the challenge
This is a player that has been sent offf 9 times in 3 years lol
So pools next 4 ‘games are chelsea, chelsea, napoli, city. So they should drop points somewhere.
Trap on Ramsey. “Hes 27 now and we still don’t know what to do with him ,says a lot about him …I saw a passing map of our play against everyone and he was well ahead lacazette ! Our Cf ? Ozil for all his faults at least is positionally aware.” Spot on. I believe that is why Ramsey was substituted with 15 minutes left ..maybe Emery has looked at video of the Cardiff game and realised that Ramsey is a liability towards the end of the game as his only interest is getting on the scoresheet and not playing… Read more »
Pierre
If emery has indeed seen what you’ve said, there Is no point in trying to tie ramsey down to a contract then. we should sell him asap. But we are still in negotiations.
though all the training videos, suggest he’s rather good. Just shit when it comes to real games
hope we are pro active in the Jan TW. no more, there are no quality players for sale b.s..
Samsung
“This is a player that has been sent offf 9 times in 3 years lols”
Slight mis information there don’t you think .
He’s been at Arsenal nearly 2 and half years with 2 very debatable straight reds.
With those who see the Brentford game as a nice little tough fixture that should be competitive…. I concur.
That’s why I’m going. Hoping to see a bit of youth but Emery taking it seriously. Welbeck MOTM if he starts.
Gonsterous
No one really knows what has been offered if anything…. They may have been trying to sell Ramsey but he is digging his heals in …he doesn’t have to go anywhere as he is under contract and could be using the situation to his benefit.
Alternately ,Arsenal may have offered him a new contract but he is biding his time as he knows that he is holding all the cards.
Pierre
I think Unai is trying to see if he fits into the team, and it just isn’t working, his reported 250k demand should be saved for a more deserving player coming in to replace him.
Lol Kevin de Bruyne earns just about that ….. Ramsey on kdbs level ? I think not
Ozil on the other hand needs to get a run of the 10 position before i judge him.
no team is going give ramsey 250k a week. didn’t wilshere also take a pay cut to join west ham ?
He’s been at Arsenal nearly 2 and half years with 2 very debatable straight reds.
debatable or not he’s been sent off 9 times in his professional career thats shocking!
These Xhaka arguments are similar to the ones I made to support Giroud several years ago here.
People will come on here and just babble like Giroud had no strong attributes. It was all about who could call him a worse name to describe how bad he was.
It’s become glaringly obvious Giroud wasn’t that bad after all.
The same way people will come to realize that Xhaka isn’t as bad as is being made out.
dissenter
we’ve been past this. everyone knows what Oliver is good at but what he is not is a goal scorer. Some thing Arsenal needed since the departure of RVP. If you want to employ Giroud as the ST, you need goal scoring wingers like hazard, or griezman or mbappe or sanchez. Then he becomes useful.
Regarding Ramsey,this is I believe how it works and whichever way you look at it, the situation doesn’t look good. In January Ramsey is allowed to sign a pre contract agreement for a team in Europe meaning no fee received for Arsenal. At the end of the season Ramsey is out of contract which means no fee for Arsenal. Ramsey signs a new contract which will probably mean we will have to pay him a massive wave …probably 250,000 a week or thereabouts. In January Ramsey is sold to a premiership club for.a reduced fee …15/20,000 or thereabouts but it… Read more »
Dissenter Xjaka may improve individually this season with Torreira alongside him and that pairing is the best that can be offered up from what the club has at present but it’s not the real long term point is it. The long term point and what people want to see on here and fans is Arsenal challenging at the top. Arsenal will not be challenging at the top with a midfield that has no player that can dictate from central. Torreira looks good but he would be an ideal partner for this sort of player rather than being said player. When… Read more »
Trap
Yes ,let’s see ozil as our no.10.
To be fair to Emery he isn’t being overly stubborn with his team selections and tactics.
He is now starting Lacazette and Torriera…I think his next changes will be ozil at no.10 and Mhkitaryan on the right (I’m hoping anyway).
Tactically he isn’t sticking rigidly to playing out from the back and the high press as he probably realises that we don’t have the players for it .
Would just like to see the full backs play a little more conservatively .
@Marko Is there any reason you feel endowed to talk for me on here? Receding asked me a question and you presume to answer on my behalf? Yea you can fuck off with that. I’m not going to rehash my beliefs from the summer because you want a little chirp session, but let it be known that you’re talking bollocks as per. @Receding You want me to names managers that could’ve been a bigger deal than Emery? Then in the same breath say you think our hands were tied, and 70 mil isn’t affording anything groundbreaking…. I mean you do… Read more »
Ishola’
I hear you
Do you really think we will compete for the title teh da after we replaced Xhaka with a “complete all around midfielder”?
There are still too many missing parts.
-mobile central defenders
-full backs
-an elite winger
*Cech has removed the acute need for a goal keeper for now but long term we still need one. I haven’t seen enough of Leno yet.
That’s the point I’ve been making to you from day one.
Gonsterous
Wishere was on a free with no top level interest, besides would you pay a crock 100-150k a week ?
Pierre
However it plays out I just want him out, his demands aren’t worth his standard of play, a player like Ndombele would bite our hands off for 100k a week
Ishola
*Do you really think we will compete for the title the day after we replaced Xhaka with a “complete all around midfielder”?
CC
Will guarantee that if Allegri was here we wouldn’t be seeing the same mistakes defensively as what we are seeing atm.
Dissenter
You’re spot on with your comparisons with Giroud. When he was here it was literally a turn-taking exercise in who could call him all the names under the sun and dramatically overstate how he wasn’t fit to wear the shirt. He was fit, always was, and it wasn’t nearly appreciated enough.
Note how some of those same guys now talk about him with greater reverence since he’s gone on to play well for France and Chelsea.
Bellerin and monreal both in the opposition box without adequate cover ……under Allegri it wouldn’t happen .
Dissenter
Midfield is crux.
Stop downplaying it.
To remedy that area will see progression quicker.
Arsenal have been throwing money on attack because they don’t have the overall finances to throw money at all areas.
It’s no good throwing money on fullbacks, wingers and such if the heart of the team the midfield is off.
These areas need to be addressed but midfield sorting should take precedence.
VicVic
These players are now only communicating what we all knew.
Why are you surprised by this?
Ishola
Leicester won the league with drinkwater in midfield, how about you stop pretending that Arsenal would transform if we replaced Xhaka with someone like Rabiot.
There is a weird fixation with Xhaka, how about the totally useless Elneny? Same position, offers absolutely nothing, but no it’s Xhaka that needs replaced apparently. Seems replacing the poorest players you have is too old school for some..
CC
Giroud is without doubt a decent player with a quality touch around the box but very frustrating at times….the strike force we have now is much more effective and mobile .
Pierre
I have belief in the new manager and I’m very sure he will get us to play better than we do at the moment,Unai is a Tactician, he reads the game and his team,he’s the type to prepare for the opposition,at the moment hes trying to implement a Blueprint , at Psg in his first season he had them playing very good possession football barring that Barca game were Neymar,Messi and Suarez came to battle, and now tuchel isn’t fairing better than he did to me
How about Allegri, and giving the man 150 million to make a real dent in the squad? He was open to coming (the past 2 seasons actually) but we couldn’t satisfy his demands for an overhaul. Or are you going to take the Gazidis outline of the recruitment approach as gospel? Ok ..that’s 80m more than we spent, wonder what that would have got us in the current climate. Two Allegri is not a ground breaking appointment, everyone likes to point out how Emery “failed” at PSG, the only reason Sarri did not walk the Serie A last season was… Read more »
Not long to go now to one of sports greatest events………..The Ryder Cup.
Just love the intensity and tension that surrounds the whole thing.
Bring it on.
If you love your sport, you can’t help but get pumped up for this.
Elneny is not a factor CC.
We hardly see him in the side.
Atm Xjaka is taking up a first team spot and this team would be in a much better place if we had an accomplished all round midfielder in it rather than what we see now with Xjaka in it.
This is all for future of course.
Pierre
Giroud is a very good player, and I disagree. Imo we’d have been better off keeping him and spending the Auba money on a wideman like Mahrez
Mahrez – Laca – Mkhi is more balanced than Ozil – Laca – Auba
We’d also have Giroud as a plan B, instead of Welbz
On allegri
I’m not sure he would have given up that Juve team for us, they have better players in all departments ( even szcezz) finances and got to the latter stages of champions league football .
Our project calls for at least 200m
Cb
Cm
Wg x2
Top ballers today cost no less than 50m.
The only thing I would remotely consider ground breaking is if we somehow found a way to convince Pep to dump City and join us then handed him a blank cheque Anything other than that is fanciful, Klopp is just now seeing a well balanced team after several transfer windows which has also included several dud purchases, I notice everyone is screaming where is Leno on here and casting doubts as to his abilities, I ask where is Fabinho?? Mourinho is finding it rough at United, this is his first season Allegri was once upon a time sacked by Milan,… Read more »
CC
Fair point regarding mahrez and giving us better balance..always rated him, top quality imo,massive mistake by wenger not to buy him a couple of seasons ago when he was ready to come here .
CC
My problem with giroud is that he always ended up as our first choice striker under wenger despite us looking more potent with either Sanchez or Walcott up front.
Reports:
“Switzerland’s federal police advised that the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich posed a “threat to public security and a reputational risk” to the country if he became a resident, it has emerged.
The Chelsea football club owner on Tuesday lost a seven-month legal battle against a newspaper publisher to prevent the publication of information on the reasons for his failure to secure Swiss residency.”
Let’s look at how Giroud does at Chelsea.
He’s got the right players around him, with the right system, and it works.
Ask Hazard what he thinks of him.
Leg end
They are playing to his strengths at Chelsea but I doubt he will improve on his goalscoring ratio at Arsenal.
Chelsea midfield is up there with the best in the world imo..jorghino and kovacic are great additions …sarri may even bring in ces (when fit) to replace kante who is p!aying further forward but is not so composed in front of goal and his final ball as ces.
I rated Giroud coming off the bench rather than a starter.
IMO his hold up play was overrated.
But on his day some of his finishes was superb.
Anyone else feel that our inability to retain possesion and sustain pressure once the ball enters the final third is making our defence look worse than it actually is?
Receding
So was Emery the best manager for you come the summer?
Is 70 mil an ambitious outlay to back a new manager with after finishing 6th the previous campaign?
My point is if you answer no to either/both of those then you acknowledge our leadership is pragmatic and far from ambitious.
RH, you can slate every manager like that.
Fact is, we hired a manager who tanked a one horse race with the most expensively assembled squad in history, and bombed the CL.
Allegri, Klopp, Sarri, Jardim and Nagelsmann all would have been better
So was Emery the best manager for you come the summer? First of all give me the list of available managers during the summer we could have got..Allegri ruled himself out quite early, He was the man i had my eyes on.I Have never been as impressed with Jardim as most of you, frankly i did not even think Emery will be interested judging from his experience at PSG but he seemed pretty keen and yes i would have given him the job. He should not even have borne the indignity of being made to contest a job with Arteta.… Read more »
Fact is, we hired a manager who tanked a one horse race with the most expensively assembled squad in history, and bombed the CL. Fact is we hired a manager who did a wonderful job with Valencia and Sevilla, two clubs who did not have money to throw about. In case you have not noticed we are not eating on the same plate as PSG, have you stopped to ask yourself why he got the PDG gig to begin with? Allegri, Klopp, Sarri, Jardim and Nagelsmann all would have been better Allegri and Klopp…YES Jardim, Sarri have not yet earned… Read more »
Doublethink
“Anyone else feel that our inability to retain possesion and sustain pressure once the ball enters the final third is making our defence look worse than it actually is?”
it doesn’t help that’s for sure.
Replacing Ramsey with ozil will improve that at a stroke…ozil does have his faults but retaining possession of the ball is not one of them ..
He is not on the ball anywhere near enough atm.
Another fact we appointed a manager who went into half time in a European cup final against the better Klopp a goal down, came out for the second half and completely blew him away to win 3-1.
I mean he won the last tow Europa cups, he could have shrugged and let Klopp take it home and give him a hug, but nah, he worked out the game they were playing, nullified it and took him to the cleaners.
The discrediting Emery agenda committe is still in situ I guess.
Allegri was the only “better” available manager and he wanted 150-200 (rightly so) but Stan spat out his coffee and went for the best his miserly fingers could get their grip on.
Our full backs.look way too far forward for my liking..drop them back a little and that will help with our ball retention.
Having our No.10 playing ahead of our striker seems a weird tactic to me .
I have said before that it looks like Emery uses his no.10 as more of a first line of defence rather than a creative force.
RH
Have to say that we have improved in the 2nd half of games since the Chelsea match so Emery deserves credit in that aspect.
Maybe his tactics are to lull the opposition into a false sense of security by playing so crap first half …..if it is ,it’s working .
Joe …..that’s a joke by the way
RH
Have to say that we have improved in the 2nd half of games since the Chelsea match so Emery deserves credit in that aspect.
With all due respect i have very little interest in what you have to say Pierre. I prefer chatting with Arsenal fans not Wenger fans. Living in the past is not my thing. You couldn’t even last two months before trying, in your mind, to make all who criticized Wenger eat their words with your rather laughable attacks on Emery.
Little p,
BUSTED.
As someone said earlier our midfield is dysfunctional, that is the problem. I’ve said for years, our midfield is shit and it is looking like it can only be cured by additions which is why Torreira is important. But equally important is that we go out and continue to buy while getting rid of everyone except Guendouzi and Torreira over the next couple of years. A good midfield should allow you to maintain possession, control tempo, shield the defence and support the attack when working well. It is literally vital and has been crap for years. Right now we’re playing… Read more »
“If you love your sport, you can’t help but get pumped up for this.”
I’m sorry, Golf is not a sport.
And Golf has the same excitement as Synchronized swimming.
Emery felt like a very sensible decision.
Not sure how Allegri would have fared with Wenger’s mess and only £70 Million, not sure how Jardim would have handled it or Sarri.
Ryder cup isn’t just about the golf as such. It’s the rivalry and tension and in the end, heroism…..that’s sport.
RH
Chill out ….we all have our opinions..
You happen to think Emery is doing a good/great job or whatever
I happen to think he needs to be a little more cautious in his approach especially defensively or we will just be repeating wenger’s mistakes ……..and we don’t want that do we…..
Oh how the tables have turned, now Pierre is getting shit for not backing the manager
Using the words “golf” and “sport” and “heroism” in the same post is interesting.
Don’t worry pedro ,I can take it…can give it as well. Actually pedro , your concerns regarding Emery and his selections,tactics and formation are not too far off mine .I Seems weird that after all these years of wanting wenger out because of his failure on defence and defensive midfield and indiscipline in the team that we have employed someone who is not addressing these issues. We will always score enough goals with aubamayang,Lacazette,Mhkitaryan,ozil and Ramsey …..let them do what They do best but why not build a structure and a base for our offence to flourish instead of playing… Read more »
Cesc Appeal hit the nail on the head regarding Arsenal’s Midfield. Until we replace carzola we cannot get the outcome required for Emery’s tactics to flourish.
For now we Emery must find the Midfield that works efficiently else Arsenal will get a spanking when they play liverpool.
The akb are really full of shit. Hundred and one thousand chances for master wenger.
Emery doesn’t even get 7 games
Here come the AKB jibes…..
Axed
To compare the Ryder Cup to synchronised swimming is moronic
Heroism in golf???
That’s something an old dear who jumps out of her wrinkly skin every time the post office door makes a moderate slam, would say!
Heroism playing on manicured greens with everyone sworn to silence and someone to hold an umbrella over their head!
WTAF?
Hillwood..you can’t educate the uneducated so wouldn’t even bother trying.
HillWood
What should I have compared Golf to?
Horse Riding?
Maybe heroism is.a bit much …their lives doesn’t exactly depend on it .
Emery’s vision cannot be fulfilled until we have a balanced team.
As of now, we have no midfielder who can travel with the ball or beat his man. Mikki is the closest we have to that and I don’t think he should be a starter.
We also have no wingers.
The balance in our squad is unreal.
Azed
Golf is just a great sport to watch and participate in ,but that is just my opinion.
PierreGiroud is a very good player, and I disagree. Imo we’d have been better off keeping him and spending the Auba money on a wideman like Mharez
Cc
Spot on.
I’d have kept Giroud, without a doubt. Really underrated player. One of the few who truly cared and played with his heart on his sleeve. Yes his finishing was frustraimg at times in tight games but emphatic in others. Said as much a few days ago and the usual suspect lined up for a lynching
Pierre
Do you not back emery? I know (like me) you defended Wenger but you’ve got to back your boys.
Cesc
I get what you’re saying regarding 424 so why not adopt the 433 he normally uses
Tell Ramsey to temper his attacking instincts a bit and play him as more of a Lampard type breaking from deep or guendouzi-Torreira-xakha as a trio?
Mkhitaryan and Aubameyang wide supporting Lacazette and ozil-iwobi-Welbeck on the bench