It’s very interesting reading the different perspectives on what’s going on at the club at the minute. The general notion is Arsenal are winning ugly and we’re shithousing our way up the league.
I’m not quite sure I buy it.
This bit of analysis from Gracenote was very interesting.
#Arsenal are the only #PremierLeague team which is either over- or underperforming the chances created and conceded this season.
The other 19 clubs are all within 3 points of their expected points totals based on the quality/frequency of chances in their matches. pic.twitter.com/IjVT53nXLm
— Simon Gleave (@SimonGleave) September 30, 2018
Now, you can take a few things away from this.
We’ve been ruthlessly efficient in front of goal to start with, and we’ve had some luck. Yesterday we only managed two shots on target and we claimed an own goal.
Defensively, we’ve been shite, but thankfully, the teams we’ve played have been useless in front of goal (and our keepers have been good).
What this table tells you is we’ve been very fortuitous. The idea that we’re ‘shithousing’ teams doesn’t really sit right with me. This isn’t doing what you have to do to win, like Inter Milan in the semi-final of the CL against Barcelona. This isn’t United under Mourinho. This isn’t Ramos like evil genius. This is Arsenal playing really badly and falling up the stairs.
We’re not creating good chances moving forward, and we’re terrible at the back… but we’re 4 points off the top of the table, so it’s hard to be real about the situation without sounding like a brat. But, you know, I am a brat. I think a big reality slap is heading our way if we don’t quickly improve.
We’re 9 competitive games into the season and we’re still shite. That’s with the players training almost every single day (which comes with its own issues, usually in December). The ideas, whatever they are, aren’t settling with the players at the minute. We’ve seen Bielsa at Leeds turn them into a spectacle, they’re scoring freely, 2 a game, and they’re conceding less (a goal a game last season, 0.8 a game this season). I mention Bielsa because he’s bringing elite level ideas to very average players. Emery took over from an artist, not a butcher, it shouldn’t be taking this long to see an identity.
The play has to get better if we’re going to make it into the top 4 this season, because luck won’t carry us through December. Emery has either got to make changes to the way he’s setting up so he can get the team clicking from the off, or we’re going to have to do some reshaping in the January transfer window.
Starting Ramsey seems like a bad idea. The club withdrew the offer because they didn’t see value in Ramsey signing a £300k a week contract. So it’s not about the Welshman, it’s about Arsenal making an aggressive call on his ability. No wonder he looks pissed off, he’s just been told by the clubs hierarchy they don’t rate him. Here’s the thing, I absolutely agree with that decision. Trouble is, now he’s going to be uninterested for the rest of the season. He’d be a useful player if he was on top form.
Mesut Ozil needs to play as a #10, or it’s simply not worth it. Emery is going to have to work out a way to make him work harder for the team, or he’s going to have to build the system to be able to deal with his lack of defensive work. He’s the most creative player in the league, we’re not creating anything, let’s make it work.
We also need to work out why our defence is so poor. Is it a back to basics kind of issue? Who knows. But it shouldn’t take more than 3 months to see an improvement. I mean, it doesn’t help having someone like Xhaka protecting you, but honestly, I don’t understand how we’ve regressed so badly at the back.
Anyway, a little bit of a moan this morning.
What do you think about it all? Let me know in the comments! x
*Mourinho’s
Joe
By the way, Vancouver, the finest city in the world — has everything… beach, mountains, modernity, history… amazing nightlife and a fantastic hotpot of cultures…
Lovely place.
The only think that let’s it “down” are the BC Lions. Do they still exist? 😉
Oh, yes… the other thing that is a downer is the insane property prices… eye watering… but besides that amazing place.
Haha they do Leeds. But I watch the NFL can’t bother watching the Lions or the whitecaps. Both too slow and amateur
Thanks for the Vancouver shout! It’s is quite the city! Especially in the summer sun 1,5 from whistler. The sea wall is amazing way to see the city. Ocean. Mountains.
We’ve just had over 75mm of rain in the last 24 hours haha.
Dude. It’s completely crazy what happened in the last 10 years with housing prices. And it’s not like we are a financial centre like Toronto, London or NYC. It’s was all an false economy built on people being equity rich on houses
When were you here Leeds?
“I wonder if Wenger will have the “cojones” to apply for the Man United job when Mourinho is given his marching orders….” This, of course has to be placed in the context of what Wenger used to tell us every year… Remember howe he used to tell us that he sacrificed giving up lucrative job offers from the biggest clubs in the world JUST to stay with us. How, because of this amazing sacrifice, we should be somehow grateful… even when the proverbial was hitting the fan? The implication, was that Wenger just had to speak the word and pick… Read more »
2008… I have relatives in Canada 😉
And I have relatives in London and Bristol
London cousin is a spud so I don’t talk to him haha
“Would love to go to a dinner party with Charlie,can imagine his straight talking might get socially awkward at times. Maybe im wrong CC and you’re more tactful in real life,if so apologies. Not a negative just find some of your insults in posts hilarious.“
I thought i’ve been quite reserved of late 😀
I do bite my tongue more in social gatherings however, as per your curiosity haha delightful fucker if i do say so. Probably shock a number of people here.
*how
Pedro, can’t take your oppinion seriously on Emery.
If you could have swapped this for Wenger last season you would have walked over coals to make it happen.
You slated Ivan for walking out on the project you talked up for years, yet here you are, on the bandwagon yourself after just 9 games.
How can you point to Beilsa and keep a straight face?
Well done to the U23s for their six game undefeated streak. Defeating Leicester City U23s.
Freddie Ljungberg killing it as our U23s manager. Inspired decision to appoint him, an Arsenal player in the making? 😉
*Arsenal manager 😉
“Stan refused to give his permission.”
Never happened.
Englandsbest
“At the time, the two [a CB & GK] would have cost under £30m and there was circa £150m in the current account. And we have it on record direct from both Wenger and Gazidis that Stan refused to give his permission [for such spending].”
Please tell us where this was reported, and please paste in the link. Thanks.
Jeorge Bird’s excellent blog on Arsenal youth players reporting that Emile Smith Rowe, Joe W.illock and Eddie Nketiah didn’t play with the U23s game tonight.
I really want to see all three players at some point (bringing home the victory of course!). 😉
Banford if you saw Stan in public would you resist the overwhelming urge to fondle his genitalia and stroke his beard?
You’re Smithers to his Mr.Burns
Of course Joe is enjoying our games: Wenger is gone and we’re winning. But he’s not enjoying our games because we’re playing great football. We’re not. We’re not even playing better football than we were last season. We’re just getting more desire and more intensity out of the players, who may also be a bit more fit. That’s why we’re getting results. Which is fine for now. But eventually we will need to actually improve — on both sides of the ball.
Leedsgunner
Freddie in his prime.
What an asset.
Leeds
Maybe they are in the Thursday night squad!
I’m loving how Mourinho’s career is spiralling into a Special pit of Failure
Bam
Don’t tell me why I’m enjoying the games.
I thought Saturdays game was great. The crowd was into it. The players were into it. It was great entertainment.
I’ll ask you the same Bam. If we play the same as you feel we are now and we get into CL and win Europa and a cup , would
You be satisfied with Emery?
‘Europa OR another cup’
“Arsenal riding the luck train” “We’re 9 competitive games into the season and we’re still shite. ” Who are you and what have you done with the real Pedro? The Pedro that said we should write this season off, as it would be a transition, rebuild kinda period. The Pedro who I thought should give the manager more than 9 games to sort out a 10 YEAR mess? Unreal that Emery is being given next to no time at all, expecting him to jump in and sort out the defence like it’s fucking FIFA 19. Y’all need to take a… Read more »
Rainman Pedro wants us all to wish we had hired arteta because he doesn’t want to look like a fool with all his arteta ramblings He knows Emery is doing a great job. He knows 7 wins in a row is great. He knows Emery was behind the 8 ball with the wenger mess left behind. He just wants us to think with arteta it would have been 6-0 wins over everyone including city and Chelsea. Because you know arteta once have Aguero a hug when he came off the pitch, so he must be the next big thing in… Read more »
Joe
“Maybe they are in the Thursday night squad!”
That was my assertion which I didn’t get to finish. 😉
Bamford said it up there and I agree, ultimately our quality of football hasn’t in the slightest improved but the intensity and desire from this bunch of players is chalk and cheese compared to last season and tbh that’s about all you can ask for at the moment with Emery, he needs to make a proper stamp on the recruitment side of things in the upcoming windows or the quality won’t improve much because there is only so much you can do with the group of players he has at his disposal compared to Pep at City and Klopp at… Read more »
I would hire Freddie Ljungberg before I would hire Arteta for two reasons :
He’s a legitimate Arsenal legend who understands passionately what it means to win the biggest and the best trophies in an Arsenal shirt.
I care not one jot what Pep thinks… he can stick his nose out of my club’s future as far as I care.
Ps. It’ll probably annoy Pedro even more that his favourite got snubbed again.
PPS Arteta will not be City’s next manager.
Joe
Well, I understand the reasoning why some might like Arteta as manager. If it worked out it would make for a nice romantic story, with headlines like
“ARTETA TAKING THE PREMIERSHIP BY STORM!
But in reality, doing that would have been a massive gamble, and this is not a 2quid punt, we talking about Arsenal, a massive football club, playing safe was our best bet, and as it stands it’s paying off. I don’t understand the consternation from Pedro and some posters tho.
Seems like we’re shopping for a new midfielder. Links links links. All to better CM’S than Ramsey happy days. Looks like this might be the kind of regime that looks to constantly improve window after the window. Pepe looks like a good link too.
No chance that Arteta succeeds Pep at City, it’s big boy shit at the very top gig at such a football giant and no way that they hand over the reigns to a coach with no managerial experience whatsoever at any level as well as having no previous connection with the club in any shape or form.
When Pep moves on, so will Arteta.
Marko
Where do you see Ramsey ending up?
I honestly think we’re as good as it gets for him, would be surprised if he even managed a lateral move.
He’s not as good as he thinks he is.
Wenger Eagle
Shhhh, don’t crush Pedro’s dreams … He’s been telling us for weeks now, ever more since Lyon beat Man City. 😉
It’s like a teenage crush 😉
*even more
CC i have no doubt you are at social events,couple of pints in it’s tempting to just say what you think though. Life would be so much simpler if everyone said what they really thought. Got hammered once at a works do,and my fat manager was whining about how she can never lose weight/find the right diet/has the wrong metabolism. I said,nah Julie its none of that shite,you just eat shit loads and you’re a bone idle fat lazy cow. There was a shared awkward silence between 20 people …. then the Mrs took me home and tried to smooth… Read more »
“He’s not as good as he thinks he is”
Defining motto for the last 12 years of Arsene Wenger and his pet projects.
Just like Walcott, always knew it would be a backwards club move for him because he was riding the Wenger socialist gravy train for years earning far more than he deserved and brought to the table.
He’s done ok at Everton tbf to the lad, a club like that was always his level once he pace let up. His end product has largely been quite good over the years and along with his pace is the only reason he’s even near the PL.
Imagine ever thinking that he was better than Eden Hazard though, Christ on a bike…
WE exactly the one thing that he could actually improve on (work rate desire and tenacity) he’s actually improving on which to be fair wouldn’t have been that hard cause this club has lacked those things by and large for years. As for improvements on how we play well that’s going to take time money and recycling of the squad. Huge summer coming up for the club next year huge. With the Adidas money potential champions league money and more than a couple players hitting selling age there should be big squad changes be interesting to see who we target.… Read more »
Haha Leeds if anything the Lyon lesson made Pedders an even more ardent Artetaista.
How you keeping pal? Enjoying being near the top of the league for once?
Where do you see Ramsey ending up?
I’ve a feeling at best bench warmer contributing to the home grown quota maybe at Liverpool or Chelsea but I think he could go to Everton or Wolves they might splash the cash on him. Almost certain not to go abroad because like Paulinho said he’s introvert. I would have said a bit of a pussy but whatever
Marko
Yep I’m not bowled over by Dortmund either, only players I’d be into would be Pulisic and I’m keeping an eye on Jadon Sancho who looks interesting. He’s scored a goal and clocked up 5 assists in just 125 Bundesliga minutes this season, that’s outrageously good.
Anyone caught your eye from around Europe yet?
Wenger Eagle
See my comment at 20.47 😉
You wouldn’t happen to be Arseblog’s alter ego would you? Being from Ireland?
Very good blog and podcast. 😉
‘Almost certain not to go abroad because like Paulinho said he’s introvert. ‘ Why would that make a big difference? Bale’s an introvert too. I get that it would make adjusting more difficult but it wouldn’t be make or break imo. If he had a shred of ambition from a playing perspective he’s not going to turn down an offer from Napoli/Atletico Madrid over Everton but then again most Britons seem petrified of moving abroad and it should not be underestimated. Could count the amount on your hand at present and they all seem to be in Germany with Sancho,… Read more »
Anyone caught your eye from around Europe yet?
Mate sky dropped the rights to La Liga (booo) and Eredivisie (yeaaa) this season. Unless I’m aware of specific big games I’m missing a lot of European football this season. I’ve watched a bit of Lyon this season though they’ve impressed me. Got a chub for Ndombele and that LB if I’m honest.
Leeds
Ha, no mate haven’t ever really read any other Arsenal blog extensively besides Le Grove tbh. Enjoy the banter and commentary too much on here compared to the others although I do venture over to Untold for a good old chuckle now and again.
Not actually a huge amount of Arsenal supporters over here, the ones that are tend to be die-hards in contrast to United who the vast majority over here ‘support’ on a casual basis from my experiences.
Dortmund is good but at the moment Bayern Leverkusen has a brilliant young squad… Brandt, Bailey, Havertz, Tah.
*SIGH*
If he had a shred of ambition from a playing perspective he’s not going to turn down an offer from Napoli/Atletico Madrid over Everton but then again most Britons seem petrified of moving abroad and it should not be underestimated.
Exactly scared shitless of failing in another country and being away from mother’s cooking so they stay where’s safe which is a shame because players like Sancho and Reiss Nelson will be better for their experiences playing in Germany. Also no fucking way he gets anywhere near the midfield of either Napoli or Atletico.
Yeah I’m hoping Lyon morph into the new Monaco myself although they’ll struggle to hit those heights.
They’ve put together a really nice collection of young talent with Memphis looking rejuvenated. Ligue 1 has a habit of doing that to CF’s with Falcao and Balotelli before him.
Very impressed by N’Dombele, Bertrand Traore, Moussa Dembele, Memphis and obviously Fekir. Would take any of the lot tbh.
WengerEagle
Take it as a tip of my hat to your superior football knowledge buddy. 😉
Leeds
I was harping on about Leverkusen all summer, so far they’ve been a big fat disappointment and, more importantly are making me look a right cunt.
Not sure what’s the matter with them because they have the 2nd most talented squad in the Bundesliga.
Still think that they’ll pick up it soon and surge up the table, too much quality not to really, unless they down tools. Extremely young bunch of players and we all know how streaky they tend to be.
Marko
Atleti prob not although I would be curious to see what Simeone could do with him, no way he lets him doss about like a dozy cunt when he loses the ball or put the hands on the hips during a defensive transition.
Napoli he would get into the side, Hamsik is absolutely spent these days and is a passenger. Allan is the only player he wouldn’t replace in the CM.
Bats
Haha
Arteta couldn’t take Lyon by storm with man city
Never mind taking the PL :-))))
WE/Marko
I think ransey is over hyped by arsenal and his agent. Don’t think any top team is going to pay the wages he asking.
He’s Everton / west ham level. Jack
realized his level. So will Ramsey when no
Team comes in for him and he begs us to
Sign
Him on for 150 a week.
He can’t even handle Emery’s tactical
Discipline never mind what Diego would
Ask him to do haha he’d last a week.
Re Lyon
What about the youngster Aouar? I know lots of French commentators were singing his praises at the end of last season.
Leverkeusen
Give them time…. they have too much talent not to do better but even if they underperform I wouldn’t mind the players I mentioned above at Arsenal. 😉
Joe Right, so you enjoyed Saturday not because we played great football — or even better football than last season — but because we have a new manager and we won. So … exactly what I said. Which is fine, by the way. But let’s be honest about what we’re seeing and about what we’re enjoying. As for your question: would I be “satisfied” with Emery if we play no better this season than we are playing at present but finish top four, win the Europa League and win some other cup title? Well, that would be a VERY successful… Read more »
Right, so you enjoyed Saturday not because we played great football — or even better football than last season — but because we have a new manager and we won Did you even read what I said? I said the game was great. Laca was everywhere. It was exciting. We scored two good goals even if one was an OG. The football is better for me. The players are more Committed and energized. So yes that means we are playing better. The player care and it shows in the football. I have been so bored with wenger ball for years… Read more »
Call me uncouth but this debate about whether we are playing better is splitting hairs and in my mind utterly premature.
Emery has been there for just over 4 months and played 9 games in total. We’re winning… after losing to two of the title challengers. Why are we complaining so soon? Seems impatient and very petty.
Before we crucify him shouldn’t we give him at least 2 seasons when he’ll had a chance to build a team in his own image?
Bam
How will he get top 4 if he hast improved our play?
He’s already improved our play as we are only 4 points out of 1st in 1 Oct instead of
6 last year and by beg of nov we were 12 points adrift.
Let’s see how we are looking in a months time. Points wise and performance wise
That makes no sense at all.
Leeds
Don’t. It’s like banging your head against a brick wall
Armchair managers who think any manager would have turned this team into peles
Brazil after 9 matches.
Shows how much they know football. Or that they have a wenger based agenda
AKB’s more interested in playing ‘beautiful’ football than supporting the team.
Red
Too bad we haven’t played beautiful football in bloody ages. They live in a make belief wenger world where they think we played beautiful football under him for
90
Minutes every week for all 22 years
This was always going to be a throwaway season, by hook or by crook we just need to get into the UCL then we can start the serious rebuilding with UCL money and status and also the Adidas money with Sanellhi now calling the shots. We need to pick up some points against the big teams at home but other than that just make sure we do what we’re doing right now, winning the games we should. United and Spurs look a little dodgy, especially the former and Spurs are starting to feel injuries now from fatigue and that should… Read more »
Seems like a moan on purpose just to be controversial. ‘Luck’ comes out of Hard Work and that’s been the difference this season. That along with better calculated substitutions, which have brought about results. The defence has actually improved when looking at the recent score lines too. That’s even though Sokratis has been injured – the tweaks have been an improved mindset, better goalkeeping and with even Ozil and Xhaka doing more or better defensiveness than they had before. So quit the moaning and recognise effective and steady management + hard work grafting when you see it (also note the… Read more »
Joe Yeah, sorry, but your post above reveals that it is pointless discussing certain things with you. You just kind of understand things in a very simplistic (and ultimately false and misleading) way. One, just because we’re getting results doesn’t mean we’re playing better football. Two, you continue to avoid saying that you enjoy that we’re playing better football because you clearly know somewhere in the deep recesses of your mind that we’re not. You just don’t want to admit this, I guess. Three, it’s clear that all of this is completely emotional for you. You hated Wenger and so… Read more »
Ramsey’s contract withdrawal may also have come out of a hitch with the Adidas sponsorship which hasn’t as yet got into the public domain
He hasn’t gotten a single selection right yet, nor our formation. We haven’t even played one minute of good football. Not one. The “Emery revolution”? Fuck off.
Fucking bufooon Bam
How have we won 7 in a row and he hasn’t got one thing right in your eyes
I’m starting to see why you’re hated on
Here bam.
“We haven’t even played one minute of good football. Not one. The “Emery revolution”? Fuck off.“
Absolute bollocks. We’ve lacked fluency and consistency, but in amongst that there’s been good football.
Bam You have no clue whatsoever about football as Neymargate showed. Now you’re trying to lecture me about it?? You said Chelsea are playing better football than early in the season. I came back with they have dropped 4 points in the last 2 matches. How are the playing better and dropping points bam? When they had won 5 in row and were playing worse in your eyes You’re clueless bam And how many times do I have to Tell you morons that I’m enjoy the football because we are playing better football than We had with wenger for years.… Read more »
You
5am
Ramsey thinking he’s Ozil is the final nail in his Arsenal career.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1025336/Arsenal-shirt-sales-Mesut-Ozil/amp
Ozil leads the shirt sales by a mile at Arsenal, it’s never just about what happens on the football pitch.
Bam is hilarious.
Trying to prove he knows so much about football and tell us how Emery isn’t doing this or that
It’s about winning you clown. And we are doing it while I enjoy watching it!
There really are some of you on here that are never happy. You went from having a massive whinge that supporters wanted your hero Wenger out, to now having a cry about Emery. You can’t win with you clowns. Victorious you asked if anyone has enjoyed any of the games? Well I for for one, have enjoyed every match this season. Including pre season. I don’t care that we lost to city or Chelsea, as that was my predictions for the season before it started, and has now gone even better than I expected, without playing a draw and only… Read more »
? Are you fucking kidding me, Joe? He hasn’t gotten a single selection right yet, nor our formation. We haven’t even played one minute of good football. Not one. The “Emery revolution”? Fuck off.
Haha and this clown wants to be taken
serious?
We must be in last place then. Emery has not got one thing right according to bam
Amen Goober!!!
Great post
Would also just like to say, those stats posted by Pedro are those arbitrary stats that don’t mean anything, and are just used because you can make whatever judgement you like based off of them.
Gotta say also I’m loving the positive Joe haha.
How one man could take so much away from what this club means to so many people, for so many years is a joke.
How people can’t see that just removing Wenger was enough to make people happy, I will never know.
What’s funniest to me is how guys like Bam and Victorious and Pierre think they can tell people that they are not really enjoying something
You’re the judge and jury on what someone enjoys or not?
Just because youre all humourless miserable Gits and can’t enjoy a new and different arsenal under Emery and enjoy a new life and Breath of fresh air under Emery and 7 wins a row then that’s on you not on anyone else on here
All I know is that the Emirates crowd seemed to be enjoying it on Saturday
Ramsey won’t go abroad is my expectation Everyone knows brits are mostly terrified of moving to a non native speaking country The idea of being expected to learn another language to do well goes against the British education system’s message that foreign languages are just token subjects you do in senior school to learn how to swear at your mates in a second language Maybe he’ll surprise me tho. I’ll respect his choice if he does. A lot of British players talk a good game of being open about going abroad but it’s no coincidence that in the last 20… Read more »
Also moving to the chinese league doesn’t count (not that we have any brits) because they let the famous foreign players walk around like billy big bollocks without needing to make any effort at all to even support the team, let alone learn the language. Watching tevez walk around the pitch for 90 minutes against my local team was frankly disgusting. That count was on 600k/week and didn’t even break into a jog
If Ramsey isn’t going in January then he needs to be dropped permanently It’s not like we’re better when he plays. One of the main reasons we struggle between midfield and attack is that we’re accommodating two passengers in ozil and Ramsey. Dropping him for someone who is on form will make us better, not worse. Nothing to fear on that front. Also if we stop playing Ramsey entirely then he’ll get to January and hopefully be willing to take a transfer just to escape us. As long as we pander to that prick and give him minutes he might… Read more »
Also this by victorious: “so cut out the bullshite ,the football right now is effective but painful to watch, hurt the eyes and makes it tiresome these days, my excitement is literally draining atm” Wtf were you watching for the last 10 years? Yes it took different amounts of time for different people to get sick of Wenger; but the last 5 years for me definitely, despite winning fa cups, drained way too many fans of their excitement. Just because you’re a spoilt brat doesn’t mean you’re right. Literally just changing the manager gave fans hope, even if it doesn’t… Read more »
And for the record, yes I would love Stan to dig deep and help the team out, of course I would. But I am happy to be self sustaining and trying to give it a crack. I love the values of the arsenal fc. I don’t expect trophies I just expect commitment and desire from the club on and off the pitch. Atm I am seeing this within our self sustaining values. I believe in the new backroom team to produce a better squad in the next 3 seasons than Wenger has produced in the last 10. And how many… Read more »
I don’t expect trophies I just expect commitment and desire from the club on and off the pitch. Atm I am seeing this within our self sustaining values. I believe in the new backroom team to produce a better squad in the next 3 seasons than Wenger has produced in the last 10. And how many times does it have to be repeated, even with 100s of millions of pounds, pep didn’t win the league in his first season. Wtf do you expect Emery to do in 8 games?
This
ChinaOctober 2, 2018 02:22:37
“If Ramsey isn’t going in January then he needs to be dropped permanently”
Hopefully this is the case. We need less players that cause debate every time they play, rather actual players who can put in a proper shift every week.
So if laca goes down and wins the penalty and doesn’t fluff his lines on the breakaway and we are up 2 nil early and the game takes on a completely different look I’d say Watford were lucky more than us. We should have the game buried early if laca wasn’t so honest and he had his finishing boots on. By the way, weren’t Watford 3-4th before the match? Hmmmm. So we beat a team that had played itself into the top 4 and posters are complaining we didn’t smash them 6-0 playing Barca football v a well drilled team.… Read more »
Two places I can see Ramsey going to in January:
Liverpool: Champions ‘ League football, linking up with the Ox, working with Klopp, staying in EPL.
Real Madrid: Marquee name, perennial Champions’ League contender, linking up with Gareth Bale
Price? They’ll give us £20m-£25m. Take it and run, I say.
Leeds
You must be drunk if you think real
Madrid will want Ramsey. Haha
They want him as much as they want wenger
Goober gooner – this x100. Thanks for expressing this point so well I didn’t become an arsenal fan for guaranteed trophies or for promises of the world’s best football. For the last decade all I have asked is that the club appears to be trying and that it doesn’t treat the fans like shit I now see a club that is looking forwards. That has accountability and that has a few very motivated new personnel on and off the field for the first time in a decade Without spending 100+ more million I never could’ve expected more than this. The… Read more »
As well, people want us to sign quality players but are turning their noses up at how we pick up points
If we played better football but dropped more points, how would that be useful? If we miss out on the top 4 or EL then bang goes any hope of a useful transfer budget. We need points not style
“so cut out the bullshite ,the football right now is effective but painful to watch, hurt the eyes and makes it tiresome these days, my excitement is literally draining atm”
wow vic must have been the only person on le grove that was excited by wengers football last season. Our excitement drained a long time back, it’s coming back now but for vic Its the opposite.
Lol Vic thought it was exciting when we lost 15-3 to Bayern over the last 3 matches
It was very entertaining and exciting seeing so many goals in so few games. They went in at the wrong end for us but at least it was exciting man. Had me on the edge of my seat!
are liverpool dumb enough to pay ramsay 250k a week ? if they are, why not ? klopp loves to over pay for players. where does ramsey fit in that liverpool team ? he would be better off going to everton or west ham where he can at least get into the first 11
torreira is on 50k a week. elneny on 55 k. wtf ? and we can thank wenger for handing out 120k to kolasinac. a free transfer but that’s just crazy money for a sub
Joe
“Emery has not got one thing right according to Bamford.”
Actually, as I’ve said a couple of times, we are playing with more desire and intensity, and we seem to be more fit than we were under Wenger. So he is in fact getting a number of things right.
You should try dealing with the arguments people are actually making, not straw-men.
Bam
Why don’t you just support the team
And have fun watching us winning instead of constantly moaning
Wenger is gone.
Enjoy it
You seem to get no enjoyment from The Arsenal. Not when wenger was here. And now with Emery here you’re still morning. At least most WOBs are enjoying us winning.
You’re being a miserable git
Only reason for this post has to be that Pedro was endulging in a little cyber tug with Arteta, and while Pedro was totally captivated by Arteta’s hair, the slippy Spaniard video captured the whole sordid scene and blackmailed Pedro for the passwords to the blog!
Nothing else makes sense.
Just saying…
Joe is an EKB in the making.
The performance is crap but the results are great; that is the typical conclusion from most on the web.
The prudent thing would be to enjoy it, but not revel in it since it can all come crashing down unless our performance improves.
So because a manager hasn’t picked the players you want or played the formation you want means he hasn’t gotten it right bamford? Who are you …Fabio Capello?
We haven’t played a minute of good football? Lol…..clown… Stick to teaching kids rubbish in the classroom
Steiner
I think Ped has made his case quite clear.
Our Xpoints is only 7.
You can either pretend that we are awesome or we are just incredibly lucky.