Emery open to huge suspension risk

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Happy Boxing day to you all! I hope you took things to suitably crazy levels yesterday, kept conversation non-Arsenal for at least two drinks, then spoiled the day with an aggressive debate over the merits of Arsene Wenger’s career.

I just hope the players feel fresher than I do…

Brighton is the late kick-off today. We head down to the south coast to chase an extremely important three points in a title race which has so far proved to be relentless if you have #Top4 goals. As Emery said, “we are going to play [with] full [commitment]… the same three points are in Brighton that are in Liverpool.” Important to remember that beating Spurs in the league was tragically wiped out by that horror result against Southampton away from home.

The manager sounds like he’s going for a full-throated line-up. When asked about fielding LT, who is on 4 bookings, he didn’t flinch.

“In my career, I never made these decisions,”

“We are going to play the next match in Brighton and we are going to play full – not with considered options or playing with more caution.

“I don’t know whether Torreira would even be able to play cautiously but I don’t want him to think about the possibility of a suspension for one yellow card.”

I think the decision to play LT will be more about having a shite defence. It would be a full-on disaster if we don’t have him available for the Liverpool game. But, I do understand the worry that we flunk a typically flat day for football, then nullify a potential win we might have against the Premier League favourites. This sort of decision really does show how skinny our squad is. We should be able to field an Elneny like object for this game and feel fairly confident we can deliver a result.

Rotation should be a consideration today, I think the players have looked tired and we’ve picked up a lot of injuries of late. Interesting that Emery dropped this comment as well.

“I was speaking with [Laurent] Koscielny about the possibility for him to play against Burnley and he said: ‘Not today’ – because he was very tired after two matches in a week and I decided for him not to be with the group. Koscielny said: ‘I’m not Mattéo! Mattéo is 19 and I’m 33 years old!’

“I am very happy with Mattéo and he is improving a lot. He gives a lot of moments with the combinations, the quality and the possibility to play with our style. He needs to continue his progress with us but I think he’s [still] very young.”

Great to hear that Matteo likes to play, but a sharp warning that players in their 30s cannot be relied on for 60 games. Amazing how quickly you can go from a pivotal figure to a creaky old man!

Brighton have lost 3 on the bounce, the last they won was against Palace. Also worth noting they haven’t won any of their last 9 league games on Boxing Day. They’re without Lewis Dunk, their best defender by quite a margin. The stats line up nicely for us, but ultimately, as we saw a couple of weeks ago, the old Arsenal always lurks in the wings.

Right, that’s me done, see you in the comments!

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Batistuta

Wenger Eagle

Not the Higuain I’ve watched this season sorry, he’s been absolute shite all season, there has been calls to play Crutone up top rather than Higuain

WengerEagle

TR7

Besides Toreirra who he bought he hasn’t at all improved the defence or the midfield possibly Xhaka aside who’s gone from liability to steady at best.

Laca and Auba were both scoring at a similar rate even under AW.

Agree, hard to see all that much improvement so far.

Batistuta

Pierre

I can agree with you that taking off Laca was a poor decision but Ozil was absolute wank, one can say he was partly at fault for the goal by not tracking his man who then went on to score

S. Asoa

Finally Kroenke is the culprit holding Arsenal back. Didn’t kick Wenger out in time when top Managers were available.
JWe needed to address defence or replace our weak position in summer, unlikely to do much in summer.
Time to shout out Kroenke Out

Bob

without wingers the attact is crap and this is putting pressure on the defence. iwobi and Maitland-Niles please never play for arsenal again. what is even Maitland-Niles doing playing for tge first team?

gambon

No

AMN needs to be sold to a championship team.

Lichsteiner needs to be fucked off.

Koscielny needs to be sold.

Chambers needs to be sold.

We need to sign at least 5 first XI players and 7 or so overall.

Problem is we won’t do that…we will sign 3 players of ok but not great standard then wonder why we don’t really improve.

WengerEagle

Bari

He started off like a house on fire, first 10 matches was superb.

Struggles since then but Milan create absolutely fuck all tbf.

Hazard, Willian, Barkley, Pedro, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek would create plenty for him.

loyika

Lolz.. But seriously HLeg do you think Emery will get the same time or benefit of doibt with supporters!? As in really!? He needs to hit his targets asap and we can’t keep saying transfer windows because all clubs have money and will spend, so we will have to be smart with our buys because we won’t get Cream of the Crop players off the bat, so Unai will need all his managerial skills to come to fore. First port of call is to sort out that defence, if he can’t even do that then sadly I see him only… Read more »

HighburyLegend

And now watch TR7 join his new band of pals, GoH, gambon, pierre and all the others.

They are stupid enough to believe that Carlo, Allegri, Jardim or any other manager would have do a better job with the mess wenger left behind him.

Nelson

First half they parked the bus with 10 men A few times we broke through on the right wing but Licht only crossed to the opponents. The second half they came out to play. But AMN and Iwobi were disappointing. They ended up controlling the game.
As I said a few weeks ago, our team lives and dies with Auba. He missed the chance to score the second goal. But Laca has to stay on to support Auba.
Our midfield looked tired today. I can’t see our defense can stop the pool.

Globalgunner

At current rates, If we dont see 3 players at least in Jan, this squad will end up behind Utd, 6th at best, maybe worse.

Dissenter

Emery is keeping Laca happy at all and I sympathize with the French man.
His Laca subs are too predictable and somewhat senseless.
You can see what he’s trying to do but he must realize that we do not have the back-up players to change games.

Auba wouldn’t have scored had Laca no created the nuisance in the box. Playing them together is a necessity. T

Upstate Gooner

Iwobi horrendous. AMN shocking. Ramsey useless. Lichsteiner … no words can describe that performance. Yet for some it’s Ozil’s fault again why we dropped points. There’s only one person responsible for today’s game and that is Emery. He’s finally ran out of luck and been found out in recent weeks. He’s making teams like Soton and Brighton look like title contenders. We’re not very good going forward because we lack creativity up front and we’re a complete joke defensively. For me, absolutely nothing has changed since last season.

bennydevito

Batistuta, yes Lich was at fault too but if Leno stayed on his line he had a loose ball to pick up or good away.

Bob

let’s me real players like Maitland-Niles,Joe willock,Eddie Nketiah never will make it at a primer league club.

HighburyLegend

Lil’ P. he wants wenger back. …….. Yeah right.

bennydevito

* hoof, fucking autocorrect.

azed

“Emery in his wisdom decided that he didn’t want a player on the pitch who passes to his own team mates and brought on a player who is not fit to tie Ozil’s bootlaces.”

You mean the guy who didn’t track the goal scorer?

G8

Players look like they scared of the ball.
Lich and kosa at this stage is a joke..
Think AMN had enough chances to look just decent and he failed
We should have better than this surely
Iowbi, Ramsey, ozil all have been substandard
Auba scoring enough but keeps missing those one v one chances..frustrating.
Emery doing a Wenger taking out Laca at every opportunity is really baffling
Guendouzi, xhaka, Toreira , Socratis putting good shift in so I will give them a pass…
Not looking forward to the dippers game

Nana Darfour

Ddkingz December 26, 2018 19:10:04

“….Why waist your time passing the ball at the back…. ”

*Waste*


Yawning… Unai is trying his best to mould up a different Arsenal but after a first half season, I reckon he first has to deal with the ghost of Arsene which still lurks freakingly around.. Don’t know how long it’ll take but I shadder to think Unai is another Wenger in the making and being a typical Arsenal…
Why can’t we take advantage of slip ups!!!!!!
To be a gooner.. smh

vickingz

Auba scores a goal and he’s walking like a King,,, I wonder how henry should have been walking during his days. He just can’t carry a match on his head and win for us. If he’s scoring chances after chances he’s getting, we’ll be better off. He scores one in every four chances, radarada. AMN, oh how I detest this stupid boy who isn’t holding down this window of opportunity with his two hands. I’m not seeing arsenal players as strong but light feathers, amn, iwobi, ozil, gend, auba, and so on. These guys are shameless

azed

Yet for some it’s Ozil’s fault again why we dropped points.

Yep, he failed to track the player who scored for Brighton. Defending is part of the game, if Ozil can’t do his fair share he should fuck off

raptora

Performance like this by Emery will make his critics speak but even people who sympathize with him would start to doubt him. Shocking, shocking subs.

Guns of SF

IF we are going to go with the plan of Auba and Laca together- then we need a new central attacker in the 4-3-3 system. Ozil etc will not cut it. Same goes for a 3-5-2 Shit it doesnt really matter i guess… we need more quickness and dynamism in the final third Hell I would even take a 31 year old Cesc who can at least spark the attack better! But seriously- we need someone badly Mikki out- been mediorce this season Rambo gone Ozil shit Iwobi- regressing- makes you wonder if he really improved or was just fortunate… Read more »

HighburyLegend

“If we dont see 3 players at least in Jan, this squad will end up behind Utd, 6th at best, maybe worse.”
Correct. Amazing to think that this same squad would have already booked the 4th spot under wenger. Wait… we are not on Untold ?? Sorry. lol

Marko

Emery in his wisdom decided that he didn’t want a player on the pitch who passes to his own team mates and brought on a player who is not fit to tie Ozil’s bootlaces.

I think he made about 11 passes with 69% today. Basically you’re dream player is playing like a turd these days. Having zero impact. Went from assists to chances created to flicks and now successful passes. Some justification that

Ddkingz

Arsenal as a football club is a total waste….
Where are the amn supporters who won’t let anyone on here to have a piece of mind when always cheering about our up and coming players…

Someone already cheering for mama and papa combination…. A player with just one full match appearance for the club….

This is why this club would never move forward…. Too many unrealistic people within and around arsenal.

Alexanderhenry

I think some of the criticism of Emery is OTT.
He’s done remarkably well overall. After the two defeats at the beginning of the season who would have predicted the run we went on?
Also that victory again spurs was particularly sweet.

The problem is simple. We don’t have good enough players. We installed two supposedly top men in the director of football and head scout roles.
Let’s see them earn their wages and let’s see the club give them some proper financial support.

Bob

when you have joe wilcock, Eddie Nketiah,Maitland-Niles on your bench you have no chance.

loyika

@ Alex

Our defending is utter shyte and we might concede more goals than we did last season.

Improvements yes, but somethings are the same (and might end up worst)

Lets see what the BoD have up thier sleeves to back the Manager in the market.

raptora

Why do you need to sub off Laca and put a shit player though?! That’s not on having bad bench. You have a good player playing. And he’s fresh also. Why take him off at all?!

Champagne charlie

Alex Respectfully disagree. Much of what’s being said was obvious to any and all not getting swept away in emotions of something new. We’ve had a terrible defence since Chelsea, and occasionally brilliant attack. But half a season later that’s still the case. Yes, he needs backing that he’s not had, and yes, there’s been marked improvement in some areas. Like mentality, confidence, and assertiveness. But that’s low-end returns if you ask me. I was hopeful we’d see a proper defensive structure, yet to see it, I was hopeful we’d see an attacking blueprint we’d take to any and all… Read more »

Bob

allow even wasting time watching the Liverpool game.

Guns of SF

yes the Laca sub is baffling…. did Emery think the points were in the bag? Was he thinking of resting laca for pool game? who knows….. I think he might have thought we could take the points.
Iwobi is the only other midfield option… unfortunately.

Just bad subs and bad players… its all coming home.
Need reinforcements…

Give me Banega, pepe, Aouar !

vickingz

The earlier the fans start giving emery some heat the better. This match and even against soton could have been won even with these players if he hadn’t messed it up with his team selection and subs. He shouldn’t feel he’s untouchable or he just can be costing us points and go away with it. I’m pissed right about now

Guernsey gun

Huge reality check. United will surge past us, let’s be honest we are 6th at best. Very worrying to see such a shit torreria display today. It’s going to be a Wenger day at Anfield next week. I know there is someone on here who thinks we’ll take points…..the reality is if we mirror Newcastle’s result today I’d see that as ok. We are that shit in reality.

Pierre

Azed With regard to the Brighton goal, I have previously made the point that having one player back when we have a corner is a recipe for disaster …I made this point months ago. We had Guendouzi back on the half way line ( not the most reliable play to have as last man ) and we had Lichsteiner half way into the opposition half , this leaves us completely open to the counter attack . If we had 2 players back on the half way line the Brighton attack would have been dealt with comfortably ….but you want to… Read more »

Alexanderhenry

Loyika

I wasn’t expecting as much from the first post wenger season as many on here were.

A lot of fans seemed to think we’d just stroll back in to the top four, then seriously challenge for the PL and CL after a couple of seasons.
Not me.
I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised arsenal haven’t struggled more this season.
Emery deserves some credit for that.

It could be a long road back but it all depends on how ambitious the club is.

Bob

emery is addicted Guendouzi.
I don’t see what Guendouzi adds to the team.

Marko

We’ve had a terrible defence since Chelsea, and occasionally brilliant attack. But half a season later that’s still the case.

Yeah it’s almost like the players that are still here aren’t good enough. Weird that

Dissenter

alexanderH “The problem is simple. We don’t have good enough players. We installed two supposedly top men in the director of football and head scout roles. Let’s see them earn their wages and let’s see the club give them some proper financial support.” I partly agree, especially when you consider the defense we have. We did let Chambers go off on loan and didn’t provide a replacement so the back staff already have some egg on their faces. I really don’t think Emery has used his current squad properly. The Laca substitutions have defined common sense especially when the alternatives… Read more »

Upstate Gooner

azed I know that there’s nothing that Ozil can do for you to give him any credit, and you’ll give him crap no matter what but to blame him for Brighton goal is just ridiculous. It was a counter attack that came from a corner kick. Guendouzi and Torreira weren’t positioned properly but ultimately it was Lichsteiner and Leno who were at fault. Both didn’t exactly cover themselves in glory. People are singing Emery praises for been ruthless and benching certain players yet guys like Leno, Xhaka, Iwobi, and some others are making plenty of mistakes but get picked week… Read more »

gambon

A simple diagonal ball upfield has been enough to create a shot on target since the Chelsea game.

18 league games later and nothing has changed.

Now as much as I wanted Emery, and as much as I want him to succeed, I can’t just pretend these issues aren’t real

It seems a lot of fans think it’s an Emery vs Wenger thing.

As if criticising Emery means you are pining for Wenger.

Ddkingz

Ozil is the worst and the most overrated midfielder for the past half a decade….

The guy doesn’t even know how to control the middle of the pitch … Always looking to make a greedy killer pass, when you could just behave like every other world class midfielder….. Control a fucking game….

Did modric win the Fifa world best and ballon d’or????? NO.
He did it by doing what a great midfielder should always do ….. Control the tempo of the game and dictate play.

Champagne charlie

Yea cool Marko, le grove knows you only understand football from the point of replacing players.

Conversation is more subtle than that so I’d skip it and go play connect four or something more your level.

Marko

With regard to the Brighton goal, I have previously made the point that having one player back when we have a corner is a recipe for disaster …I made this point months ago.

It’s two always two.

Ddkingz

Ozil is the worst and the most overrated midfielder for the past half a decade….

The guy doesn’t even know how to control the middle of the pitch … Always looking to make a greedy killer pass, when you could just behave like every other world class midfielder….. Control a fucking game….

Did modric win the Fifa world best and ballon d’or with assist or been the assist king????? NO.
He did it by doing what a great midfielder should always do ….. Control the tempo of the game and dictate play.

Guns of SF

when the fuck is Mustafi coming back. Yes he is shit, but at least he offers some threat on corners- he has scored some headers for us.
Anyhow, Kos against pool is like a wounded animal

Licht will get smoked
Will we stick with a 4-3-3? I think so

TR7

Emery.squandered away a 6 goal lead in CL.against Barcelona, didn’t he ? Let’s not pretend it’s all players’ fault.

Bob

this club has become a project for manager and owner. this playing youth shit needs to stop.

Guns of SF

Come on Mooses of Watford

Marko

Charlie how’s the keeping on shite players and hoping for the best approach working out for us these past few years? Pretty good huh. Expecting Emery to work miracles with a piss poor squad of sorry sacks is ridiculous. It’s a 6th place team with 6 place players and that’s what you get. You’re just adverse to signing players because you were conditioned to for years under Wenger. The only way we get better is with better players and the only way that happens is with signings. Unheard of I know

Bob

even the football has been shit to watch this season.

Champagne charlie

Tr7

Some fans are totally absent to the quite obvious fact managers can coach players to a particular style or performance. Always yapping for new players, which clearly helps, but isn’t the sole issue here.

Alexanderhenry

CC

I agree in part. I’m not saying the guy is the real deal but he needs more time- and money.
Also we need to see how well arsenal’s new, much lauded backroom structure works.
Sanlehi and mislintat need to prove their worth.

Emery should get two full seasons – unless we really collapse. That’s fair for me.

G8

Ozil,iwobi AMN are all uncoachable
They need to be moved on..

Nelson

I still think our midfielders looked tired today. They couldn’t advance the ball fast enough to the attackers. Xhaka passed a lot of time backward. Guen hang on the ball for too long. Torr was average. The attackers didn’t get enough services. If it stays like that, I can’t see how we can compete for top 4.
Obviously, this 4 at the back with a midfield diamond doesn’t work against a team parking the bus. Our best formation is still 3 at the back with Kola and Bellerin bombing as wing back.

Ddkingz

This team is so crippled, it makes me wonder….
We have the worst midfield in the top 10…… We have the worst midfield in the world…..
No single bit of creativity from the center of the pitch…..

We can’t score goals without cut-backs….
No flair…. Just passing the ball like some gutless cunt….

Hate AFC…
As I’ve said it before…. If Stan does not make good decisions by supporting the coaching with enough transfer funds… Then I pray we hit rock bottom and miss Europa league… Just to get the KSC out of the club….

Chika

Nana Darfour

“Don’t know how long it’ll take but I shadder to think Unai is another Wenger in the making”

*Shudder*

Bob

why not just pick a strong team from the start so you don’t need to waste a sub at half time? why start with3 holding midfielders? shit football to watch.

BacaryisGod

I can actually understand the subs. Ozil wasn’t providing any pressure up top and was mostly ineffective with the ball. Lacazette was having a good game but we were badly losing the midfield as Torreira looked exhausted. Ramsey was brought in to add more help in that area. Of course, the better solution would have been to move Auba out wide, keep Laca in the middle and if you’re going to roll the dice, bring on Ramsey for Torreira to at least save him a little for Liverpool. Anyone could see that Lichtsteiner was an accident waiting to happen so… Read more »

G8

Ramsy welbeck, are no staying
Lich,kosa,monreal should retire..
So that 8 players in total

Marko

Some fans are totally absent to the quite obvious fact managers can coach players to a particular style or performance

Right but all that waffle matters fuck all if you have shite error prone players littered throughout the squad. Do you get that? No probably not.

Bob

Guendouzi is emery’s little bitch. at half time take Guendouzi of and put on Ramsay or the disgusting iwobi on.

Champagne charlie

Alex See what you’re saying, I just think a two year period is a bit fanciful modern day. You tend to know with a full season whether you’re on the right track, and I’m yet to be convinced we are. Still, an injection in January and some tweaks from Emery could see us be a different animal. I had hoped for more improvement via coaching than what’s being seen so far is all. Wenger had lost it of recent season and it was a prime opportunity to refresh the lot. I’m more than open to the club going hard this… Read more »

Globalgunner

The main problem with Ozil is that he wont even acknowledge why he was taken off today. He will put up the same milquetoast performance next time. Lost cause. The result of any match means nothing to him. A legend is his own mind.

Pierre

Marko on how many players we have at the back when we have a corner.

“It’s two always two.” …..

Look at the replay ….we were one nil up in a game that we had total control of.

We had a corner …..we had Guendouzi on the half way line ….we had Lichsteiner, torriera and ozil 5 yards outside the opposition area. ….other than that, we had NO defensive cover .

Schoolboy football ……

Champagne charlie

“Right but all that waffle matters fuck all if you have shite error prone players littered throughout the squad. Do you get that? No probably not.“

Yea I grasped that thanks.

Now one for you, if the new manager is on course to replicate the same defensive output as the old manager with ‘the same’ players. What’s he bringing to the table exactly?

Sounds like Wenger was fine and just needed better scouting done on his part according to your one-dimensional ramblings.

TR7

Charlie

Pep did not hit the ground running with City in his first season but he showed signs of things to come the way he changed their playing style. Klopp is yet to win anything major with Pool but his gegenpress was in full swing as early as in his first full season. Players are important cogs in a wheel but there has to be a discernible change in the way we defend and build our attack even with our current crop of players.

G8

Cant judge Emery in half a season for sure think the changes in the backroom staff, scouting and recruitment department give us some hope for the future.

Bob

we need to win a game and the idot takes of laca and puts on iwobi and maitland niles and keeps on guendouzi.

Globalgunner

Smashing equalizer for Watford by Pereyra

Guns of SF

nice volley by watford

Champagne charlie

Tr7

Precisely. There’s always a need for new blood when a new manager comes in. But both of those guys changed things with what they inherited and then replaced what they needed to along the way.

Struggling to see the change in approach that would make this an Emery team over a Wenger one. Leno comes in and we can play from the back finally, but then what? Could’ve done that by just buying Leno

Bob

should cut our loss with this emery idot now and get a new manager and few new players for Jan. not a single change since Wenger left.

Alexanderhenry

CC

I’ve deliberately avoided mentioning ‘you know who’, as I seem to get slated for it on here quite a lot.
When I refer to the club’s ‘ambition’ I am of course referring to the ambition of arsenal’s illustrious owner- now full owner.

Bob

ok after 19 games from last season we are 4points better off. had 34points from 19 games last season.

Champagne charlie

Alex

Yea I know you get pilloried for it on here, but I think that’s becoming more and more apparent that his input is subject of serious scrutiny.

Notice all the clamouring for players etc, at what point is someone going to mention whether Stan is going to stump up the cash for such a makeover?

Pierre

Marko
“Right but all that waffle matters fuck all if you have shite error prone players littered throughout the squad. Do you get that? No probably not.”

it doesn’t help when you have a manager who sets the team up wrong when we have a corner …..one player (Guendouzi)left to defend 3 quarters of the pitch is criminal.

azed

“If we had 2 players back on the half way line the Brighton attack would have been dealt with comfortably ….but you want to blame ozil ……I blame the person who sets the team up in such an amateurish way ..”

We had three players behind the ball and that’s all you need. Having two players on the half way line changes nothing because it leaves the midfield open.

HighburyLegend

Yes, Emery made some huge errors with his substitutions today.
He’s human, and has the right to be wrong once in a while.

During the last decade, Lil’ P. and Co. have been kind with wenger every time he was failing, and now they jump at Emery’s throat at the first opportunity, for his first season at the club ?? And of course they are right to do it ??

F*cking lol….

Ddkingz

Somehow I sense emery is worst than Wenger…..with Wenger we managed to have flair mixed with the dilly dally….
But emery is so fucking rigid…. He should just fuck off serie A.. He is making arsenal play like juventus… Playing tactical football without flair…
His team just lack gut and flair…..
Licth is the worst free transfer of the summer…

Ddkingz

Somehow I sense emery is worst than Wenger…..with Wenger we managed to have flair mixed with the dilly dally….
But emery is so fucking rigid…. He should just fuck off serie A.. He is making arsenal play like juventus… Playing tactical football without flair…
His team just lack gut and flair…..
Licth is the worst free transfer of the summer…

Joe

Chelsea drawing 1 – 1 away to watford

Guess their fans should be throwing their toys out too

Joe

Somehow I sense emery is worst than Wenger

Hahahahahahah

Fuck me

That’s me done for the day.

raptora

With some of his passes Guen made me remember Cesc. The pass where he found Auba and Auba missed 1v1 was pure class. He had similar albeit less impressive passes throughout a lot of the first half. I see his uses.

But when you are chasing a goal to sub Laca with AMN?! You fking kidding me?!?! Pure banter…

Was he desperate to point out how we don’t have a proper winger in our whole team to the management so they give him funds in the winter?!?! Fk me. Extremely disappointing.

Cesc Appeal

The club is going to have to make a decision on Ozil, he was predictably pathetic today and we played 45 minutes with 10 men. This ridiculous climate about creating a support net for Ozil and encouraging him is a joke. The club massively blundered giving him his new deal. The result felt predictable which is a massive worry for Emery, we should have finished them off early but you always knew a hoof downfield and we would likely gift them opportunities. Lichtsteiner and Kozz are not good enough anymore, I also thought Kolasinac had a bad game today as… Read more »

Alexanderhenry

CC

It’s interesting.
Le Grove now has everything it’s asked for. Wenger out, an at least decent replacement and a new, more modern infrastructure and backroom staff set up.

We’ve still got the same financial model though, and of course the same owner.

Let’s see where arsenal fc ends up.

azed

It was a counter attack that came from a corner kick.

Go and watch the replay again. The person who scored wasn’t tracked by Ozil. It’s a counter and defenders are out of place, everybody expects players to track the runs of players but Ozil just jogged back.

You would never see anything wrong with what Ozil does but funny how the German National team got rid of him, Ancelotti sold him and played Di Maria in midfield.

Ddkingz

Arsenal as a football club is shameless and spineless….. That’s all.
No matter the angle or perspective you try to view it from.

I just tend to hate this club more and more……
They are so irritating to watch.

HighburyLegend

Somehow I sense Ddkingz is so drunk he posted the same shit twice.

Joe

I just tend to hate this club more and more……
They are so irritating to watch

Fuck off then

Go support Liverpool

Guns of SF

DD smoke some herb brother…. it will be ok…

Joe

Highbury

I imagine his pram is empty.

Pierre

Cesc Appeal
Obviously you didn’t watch the game as you would have seen that Arsenal had complete control of the game until Brighton ‘s goal…we created enough chances to be comfortably in front.

Half time ..take Ozil off and what happens…..no chances created …Brighton totally dominate the 2nd half ….

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HighburyLegend

3
lol

Guns of SF

i do think that Emery thought we had this game. We scored early and I always felt that is a dual edged sword
We paid for it… I was waiting for BHA to make a run and they got their goal.
What is distressing are the subs and the lack of defensive awareness, also the lack of creativity when the levelled. We just dropped completely. – tactically and physically.

Batistuta

Pierre

You watch the replay and see Ozil leaves his man seeing fully well there’s only one player back, he literally stops chasing his man who goes on to score

raptora

Yes AH,
We have what we’ve always wanted. It came too late though. Give us a proper manager in 2012 or 2013. Even if we made the change in 2014 we still were in vastly better position than what we were in the end of Wenger’s reign. So calm down with the becareful what you wish for brigade. It’s Wenger that made sure we need years to recover after him. Not a thing to congradulate him for.

Joe

so many wenger era players are holding this team back as wenger was holding our team back for so many years.

Iwobi. Mkhit. Kos. Ozil. all need to go

Emery needs a good 2-3 TW windows to clean out the dross.

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