The show DOES go on. Unai Emery racked up an impressive 8 wins on the bounce, the first time we’ve rocked that many since 2015. That year we finished 2nd to the mighty Leicester and won an FA Cup. I’d take that this season.
So what did we learn?
Well, we’re good at beating shit teams. The Europa League is our level currently, and we’re very good when we get to strut out stuff on trendy Thursday nights. Emery is still trying to work through style challenges, this competition gives the players on the fringe the chance to click with his system.
Guendouzi was impressive, scoring the third goal from a low dragged shot from the edge of the box. His range of passing is impressive and against weaker opposition, you could really see the sort of player he could become.
Smith Rowe took a while to settle into the game, but again, you can see where his career is heading if he keeps his focus. His power is immense for someone of 19 and he’s already scoring. His goal from a well-timed Iwobi pass was clinical.
Iwobi, player of the season so far (I jest, kind of), put in another great performance. He’s very much focused on an end product this year and he’s using his brain to open up space with clever runs into space.
I also thought Kolasinac as a left wing-back was impressive. He dropped some outrageous skills, always looking to be found out wide, making some incisive passes.
The win was fairly straightforward, but let’s be honest, simple games in Europe have been anything but under Arsene Wenger.
Overall, the team still needs a lot of work if it’s going to push for top 4, but as plenty have said in the comments, if the club can make CL through the back door, who wouldn’t take it? It’ll give us the money to hire in better talent.
All eyes on the next game that sees us heading for a Sunday matchup against Fulham.
Can Emery see in the big 9? We’ll see… onwards and upwards!
Weagle ‘It’s true that Ferguson left Moyes with a pretty crap squad and future talent to work with but they’ve spent more than enough money over the last 5 years to be competitive with City and Chelsea.’ It’s not fucking true at all. They won the league the season before ffs. Moyes just didn’t build on it properly and get the players he needed to continue Ferguson’s work. By the way hope your boy gets the fucking life choked out of him tonight the gobby gypsy fuck. I’m fairness he was pretty convincing in the pressers but he was v… Read more »
Jamie
Wtf.
“Emery out”
Why?
Un na
Speak a lot of sense fella. Try avoid the hot rocks and trade up to green but needs must at times I suppose!
Ah great, the gimp is back.
You alright there Northern pal, or is it Uruguayan Pitbull?
M24
Pick up on the sarcasm you dick.
Fulham or the arsenal tomorrow mr plastic fantastic?
Still talking shit weagle I see
And who do you hang your hat on, that actual gypsy Tyson Fury?
At least we have an MMA fighter worth talking about.
Stefanie
Haven’t touched either for 10 years now pal.
Have you got your Irish flag wrapped around you ready for some late night disappointment? Haha swigging on his shit whisky.
You spud munchers get behind any cunt from there no matter how embarrassing they are desperate for something to cling onto.
Talking shit but at least it’s under the same moniker.
You’re talking shit under you’re 5th or 6th by now, think you would have at least tried to reinvent yourself along with the cringey new names you give yourself.
Un Na
Tell me about it. Too old for that shit.
Michael24 –
I was joking. I’m on Team Emery. Imagine having to watch Mourinho football every week.
Fury is a joke. And an embarrassment that’s probably down to his Irish roots.
Try AJ.
W eagle
What’s wrong with fury? He’d do Joshua.
un na unai Emery….
I couldn’t help but notice all the negative things you and your old c*nts of AKB’S have hoped for to happen to the new era….just because you fucking think Emery was the wrong choice for the job, without giving the man adequate time before you judge him.
But wait….who cares what you and your old c*nts of AKB’S think, and who the f*ck made you AKB’S the jury..???
Listen kid you’re called Wenger eagle and have a picture of steve kean. You haven’t a leg to stand on.
Is that your dad? Boyfriend? You?
KO’d every single UFC fighter who’s been put in front of him besides a 200lb Zombie that can’t be finished in Diaz who he beat in rematch.
But yeah, he’s ’embarrassing’… lol
Can’t stick fury. Think he’ll do wilder and give AJ something to think about.
Credit to him going to the US to fight him, got the bottle for sure
Uruguayan Pitull was probably the gayest of your monikers although it’s a tough choice tbf.
Aubergine was up there too, do us a favour and slide it down your gob after you slip it out from between your arsecheeks.
Weagle listen to how the gypsy fuck carries on he’s a fucking dick.
Don’t think the Irish Mafia like I’m too much either lol
Weagle getting inspiration from gaytube it seems
Ah Fury’s grand, best of a desperately poor HW bunch.
Think he beats Wilder on points.
UP
Would you rather he was a stiff robotic Eddie Hearn puppet in AJ?
At least he exhibits some personality, talks plenty of shite but you’re a liar/boring old fart if you claim he’s not entertaining.
Ddkangz
No. Don’t try and slip out of your nonsensical statements. Have the courage of your convictions. Why would someone who backed wenger leave the comments section if Arteta doesn’t join real?? Absurd
What’s equally absurd is your assertion that I’ve said anything negative about emery. I haven’t and I back him too. It’s our owner that I cants stand. Emery doesn’t stand a chance while Stan owns arsenal.
That’s my view. Anything else is bullshit that mugs like you project.
Eagle. Best heavyweight around he is.
Think he beats Wilder on points.
Na, someone’s getting knocked out.
Samesong
They said the same about Wlad-Fury.
Weagle
Haha he is entertaining that’s for sure. He just doesn’t represent me as an Englishman, hated haye for the same reason talks too much shit. Don’t get wrong fury’s certainly got personality and that’s why he’s talked himself into a title fight after been out for 2 years and fighting two jokers.
AJ will be the next Lennox. He never got the credit he deserved, he was robotic and efficient but it worked and he had class…
even tho he was Canadian lol
Lennox and his fake English accent.
Wasn’t fooling anyone
Stefano
You rate Joshua too highly. He’s yet to be properly tested. He’s not a boxer either. Too cumbersome. To slow. No defence. Let’s see what his chin is like.
I’ve met him too actually just before he went pro
Fucking massive
Haye was a tier below as a boxer, got schooled by Wlad. Difference with his shit talk and Fury’s/McGregor’s is that his wasn’t funny or entertaining, just embarrassing. His face off interview on Sky with Wlad he came across as a scared schoolboy with his nervous fidgeting and stuttering.
Lennox was a far better boxer than AJ is, athletically AJ’s a machine but his fundamental boxing ability and footwork is pretty average if we’re talking about the elite level.
Joe
He was English mate. Let it go. You’ve still got Terrance and Philip though
un na unai Emery… my issue with you and co…who are AKB’S is the fact that you are always ranting here and there without due course…saying we are playing bad, we are riding our luck and your other bullshits…. Kovac and loptegui would have given anything within the past two weeks to play bad and ride their luck with 3points and then try to work out the style of play in training… both have more balanced, squad playing in a league with 70% below average teams and still can’t get good results against weekend opponent’s and you are plotting against… Read more »
Wolves look like a dark horse for a Europa spot
Everton are stronger, more goals in the side.
Wolves will go through a rough patch where they’ll struggle to score goals, relying on Jimenez is playing with fire.
Thing is they’ll probably bring in more players in January if they think they need to. I’m sure Mendes has others lined up
Won Canada the Gold Medal at the Olympics
Thank you very much Britain.
And you have Mr Bean
Joe, can you tell your boy Drake that he’s not Irish?
Ddkangz
I’ve never said that once dopey. You’re projecting again. I’m quite happy with how we are progressing under emery and feel quite positive about arsenal moving forward
Any more words you want to attempt to put in my mouth dopey??
Wenger eagle
Diaz destroyed Connor both times.
The second fight decision for Connor was a fucking travesty
And you have Celine Dion and Bryan Adams
LG
Was close but you don’t destroy someone when you’re dropped 3 times and lose 2-3 rounds.
Could have went either way but wasn’t a travesty.
Diaz clearly had more rounds
If you wernt Irish you’d be agreeing with me
What rounds did you give Diaz?
sorry un unai Emery…
I’m not sue, I’m projecting anything against you, or putting words into your wide mouth…..
But what I’m sure of is the fact that you f*cking AKB’S are always ranting without a good reason for it…fuck
as far as you are an AKB member, any statement a staff at the akb head quarters(le Grove) makes pertains to you all…
Ddkaaaangz
Whatever you say ya fucking looney. Back to your padded cell, window licker
un na unai Emery
sorry I pissed you off …
always knew you were an old cunt been bruised by a fat fuck
Ddkangz
What the hell are you babbling about?? I’m not even close to being old fool.
Being bruised by a fat fuck?? Are you referring to yourself here??
Bed time little boy. Make sure you do your homework before Monday.
un na unai Emery
Oh, you are right, I do need my bedtime..
sorry, I forgot you live and dwell on le-grove 24hour of the fucking day, and that has made you look jobless (not saying) with nothing left but to whine about something of little importance to yourself and everyone..
un na unai Emery
oh… I’ve gone past doing homeworks before Monday.
You can fucking have drake.
Ha
Rashford is only on the Man Utd team because they have an unwritten law about giving youth a chance
He’s literally a 7/10 player getting so much game time at utd for that reason alone. Same reason welbeck did. When you’re winning the league it must be easier for the fans to accept but when you’re struggling it must be tiresome to watch
Sanmi,
“To think legrove had this man utd team finishing above us, shows the level of cluelessness here”
It’s fucking October you bellend, still 7 months to go ffs.
Bamford,
Like rat up a drainpipe you provide proof of your predictions like the season is over, “I was right” syndrome… kin calm down.
tbf many had us making top 4 at the expense of united and Spuds. Think I had us 3rd above Chelsea too.
We win by 3 clear goals tomorrow, we go above the Spuds. Come on gunners, go do it!!!
So many people on here judging Emery after 9 matches.
Saying they are right about predictions after 9 matches.
Yearning for attention
Bernard looks like a good buy for Everton. He would have been good for us.
“Diaz destroyed Connor both times”
Actually rewatched that fight yesterday without the volume and McG won that 3-2. Could’ve argued that the round where he dropped Diaz was a 10-8 round if not a 10-7
Think the difference we’ll see, barring Khabib getting a surprised first round KO, is McG cardio being better. At 170, he literally had to eat way more food and less cardio just to weight in at 170, where as Diaz probably had to diet more and come down from 190
Cesc Appeal, October 5, 2018 11:11:40 “Dream10What is becoming obvious is that Emery is having a similar problem to that which Guardiola encountered at City, his CBs are not good enough in possession, they are too slow and want too many touches. That is something we have to improve and it may be something that has to be bought in.A massive problem for us though is midfield, I think that really is a cause of a lot of our issues. Xhaka is just too slow to work in a 2 man midfield whatever his attributes possession wise might be. You… Read more »
Khabib to ko McGregor is the dream for me in the fight today. The bet is on haha
Can I but in from up top? No way could Fury beat AJ! He’d certainly give him a better fight than most but Joshua has to much in his tank for Fury!
Also Fury’s a cunt!
Latest filth ESPN has put out is a possible Herrera for Ramsey swap. Any one else seen that or heard any rumblings about it? Thoughts?
Fulham’s Slavisa Jokanovic has praised Unai Emery’s ‘brave’ approach to replacing Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. Most recently Emery has attempted to play with two strikers in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, and Jokanovic said: ‘They reset the club in some ways after Wenger, choosing a different (philosophy). ‘The team right now is brave; really offensive at a good level. Arsenal’s an important club so he doesn’t have much space to make mistakes, but there’s enough quality for him. ‘It’s not an easy place to arrive when someone’s been coaching Arsenal for 22 years. They found a really good, quality coach.… Read more »
Fight time!
Haha mcgregor got battered.
Kicking off!
Poor Conor. Schooled again…
Wow
To think that we spent £70m on Mustafi and Xhaka. Imagine what Emery could do with that money now with Sven and Raul handling our transfers.
Had we played our cards right we could have had Dembele from Barcelona… As it happens if we really want Nicholas Pepe it looks like we’ll need to spend as much again.
*That is, £35m not £70m!
Congrats Khabib, just a different level altogether.
Ugly scenes in aftermath will unfortunately overshadow the whole event which was phenomenal start to finish.
Pochettino favourite to take over to take over from Mourinho from present EPL managers… although speaking objectively Man Utd would be mad not to consider Conte.
Would love it if they hired Wenger just for laughs.
Although if you were an old time United fan you probably even take Steve Bruce.
In the presser promos before the fight MacGregor just looked unhinged, plenty of mouth but lack of focus.
Khabib let his fighting do the talking in the ring but what was he thinking after the fight finished? He blew a big chance for mma to be considered a mainstream sport in the eye of the ordinary public.
“Think I’ll take the word of a professional football manager at the highest level and his praise of a “brave” choice Arsenal made with Emery over Le Grove’s keyboard warriors“ Fallacy of authority Joe, you’re free to tip your cap to who ever shares your view but at least understand it’s only someone sharing your view – doesn’t validate it in any way. For the perceived “hate” Emery gets, there’s a laughable amount of shit talking from people like yourself continually backhanding about Arteta and ‘boldness’ of appointment. Some have a different view, the world still turns mate so pettiness… Read more »
Let’s smash Fulham today
Another mixed bag performance and a smash and grab win in the second half. I’m calling it already lol
2-1 after going a goal down to a bit of dodgy defending
I’ll take it tho
come on arsenal
My prayer for today is to have holding and pappa though o expect emery will stick with Mustafi (mistake imo)
The sooner Mustafi is out of this team the better. He’s honestly the worst first choice CB we’ve had since pre wenger times. He’d have a bit of competition with a few of our backup CBs over the years but as a first choice player I’m not sure anyone tops him. Was silvestre ever an established first choice? If so he’s a top rival tho I think he was playing due to injuries
Arise Sir Lewis.
Typical behaviour form that part of the world
They have no honour
Like the “refugees” who push past children to get on boasts
Sickening. He should be stripped of his title and banned.
Fascinating permutations if Wenger was to be made Man Utd manager… even on an interim basis: Would he actually buy the players that would challenge for the title (like he always said he wanted to but in his latter years never did.). For example Antoine Griezemann – and would they go there because it’s United or would they reject it because it’s Wenger? Would he try to acquire back his players like Ramsey, Wilshere and Walcott? For example would he sanction a Ramsey for Martial swap deal? How would he handle Utd stars like Lukaku, Mata, and Pogba? Players that… Read more »
Leeds
I doubt Wenger misses football. If I was a billionaire, I’d not want to go back to work at the age of 70. doesn’t Wenger have kids or family ??
2-1 to Fulham?
A win is a must but after getting two clean sheets in a row in the EPL, and a clean sheet in the Europa league, I would love another today.
An another 3-0 win with Auba, Lacazette and Özil scoring would be perfect for me. Plus I think the goal difference would take us above Spurs.
It’s at their ground so it’s unlikely but worth hoping for but a win is a bare minimum.
“I doubt Wenger misses football. If I was a billionaire, I’d not want to go back to work at the age of 70. doesn’t Wenger have kids or family ??“
You obviously have a job and not a career
There is absolutely zero chance of Wenger taking over at MU.
Got that everyone?
ZERO!!!
As for today’s game, 2-1 Arsenal.
Just in case you’re wondering.
gonsterous
I think he’s divorced with a grown up daughter. I think he would supremely gloat over Mourinho that he replaced him at Utd if he got sacked. In his mind it would be vindication for all the jibes he had to endure.
“Yeh guys, let’s take a backward step and hire Arsene Wenger”
Stupidity to the highest order.
Michael24
You and I know that but what will the Glazers decide? One thing Wenger could bring to United is stability if they’re not bothered about titles.
Besides, I’m not saying it’s likely just it would be interesting.
Goobergooner replying to criticism from ces appeal on Emery’s tactics…. “This is exactly how I view our midfield. There is never enough options coming towards the ball when a cb or fullback has the ball deep in our half ” That’s what you have I’m afraid when you play your no.10 so high up the pitch.,as .CA pointed out. Play your no.10 as he should be played and he will come deeper to pick up the ball providing more options for the player on the ball.. This could be regarded as a criticism of Emery’s tactics by you goobergoona and… Read more »
Michael 24
““Yeh guys, let’s take a backward step and hire Arsene Wenger”Stupidity to the highest order.”
Let’s be honest Michael, me or you could go out and spend nearly a billion pound and do a better job than the 3 previous United manager so to think that wenger would not be an improvement is “stupidity of the highest order”.
I hope the Nevada gaming commission fines the Russian as much as half his earnings.
He marred what would have been a simple beat down of a braggart.
There were police offficers injured because of the melee that Nurmagomedov started..
UFC needs to also manage the pregame press conferences. They let McGregor get away with too much before the fight.
utd won’t hire Wenger for the simple reason that their principle rule Is “win at any cost ” and wengers is “play beautiful attacking football at any cost “.
utd and a lot of clubs like to have defensive stability, Wenger has a” sod off” attitude to defense.
CC
You obviously have a job and not a career
Don’t see many people with a career go back to work at 70.
Gons, I’d imagine Wenger misses football, he always said or at least insinuated that he didn’t have any idea of how to live without work! It scared him the thought of not managing or spending his every moment at the office.
He worked, or at least he said he worked from early morning to late night 7 days a week and as a result damaged nearly every relationship and friendship he had.
I’ll try to find the interview because it’s interesting.
Gonsterous
,”Wenger has a” sod off” attitude to defence ”
Similar to Emery.
On a seperate matter. Judge Kavanaugh CONFIRMED. Good times.
Now back to footballing matters.
Fulham 1 Arsenal 3.
Don’t see clean sheet against this lot. They are too creative
Has that always been the case Pierre? How was PSGs defense or Seville’s? Or is it just his first 10 games at Arsenal?
I guess my question is, is how you’ve managed to make such a comprehensive opinion of Emery’s management?
Samni please no politics. We can’t manage to discuss football with name calling so you can’t expect civility on such a controversial subject!
Dissenter
So you’re blaming mcgregor for the actions of someone who can not control their temper? He already beat him in the ring. He won. He didn’t need to behave in such a savage and undignified manner. I would say he’s brought shame on his family but they wouldn’t know real shame.
If you can’t take the shit talk without attacking people once the fight is over then you shouldn’t be in such a privelaged position in the first place
I hope they can the cunt and revoke his green card.
I don’t follow UFC but I do boxing and the smack talk has always been part of the entertainment. What was different about last night? Was it next level abuse or something?
N5
How do you think Emery has set up defensively so far this season …
Can you see a fundamental difference in how the team sets up defensively to previous years ,do you think we look more solid as a team from what you have seen so far on the pitch.