It’s not often I’ll concede and take a fat L, but today, I must.
Aaron Ramsey’s agent has only gone and done it. £140k a week NET fam… which works out at around £280k a week GROSS. That’s good cash. Baldwin, you’re the British Raiola, and we’re proud to have you raping the game for all it’s worth.
Well played.
As for Aaron, it’s over. The much-loved Welshman is ducking out with a huge win. He’s going to one of the most prestigious clubs in the world, he’s playing for a top 3 manager, and he gets to live in Turin.
God speed.
This goes down as one of the worst episodes in a long line of Game of Thrones like transfer catastrophes. Arsenal could have tied Rambo, Ozil and Sanchez down to longterm deals 4 years ago after we’d just beaten Villa in the FA Cup final. We dithered, wouldn’t pay out wages that outstripped Wenger, and the rest is history. We let one go for £35m, lost one on a free, and stuffed ourselves with the one that cared the least for £350k a week.
What a disaster.
It was the right decision though. A Europa League team cannot keep on dishing out £150k+ a week deals. We’ve made a total hash of those sort of contracts already. Ozil, Lacazette and Mikhi spend most of their time on the bench. Aaron is a good player, but I don’t believe in him as £300k a week player. If he’d been Pep trained from 20, sure, but he’s been schooled in the woods for 8 years. I also don’t think we can afford that sort of luxury anymore. We need Torreira players. £25m in fee and £65k a week in salary.
The big fear that I have now is how we get out of this absolute mess.
Our wage bill is fucked, we have no saleable assets, our youth players are good but there are no Cesc’s bubbling up, we have an ageing defence and most importantly… there’s no fucking money to pull ourselves out of the problem. Oh, and we also fucked our managerial appointment.
The pain is real.
We’ll have to unfuck ourselves first, then we’ll have to reset, then we’ll have to pray for diamond eyes to come good.
It very much looks like we’re going to be out in the wilderness for a long time.
Such a shame we spent the banter years hoarding money, buying shit players for big money, as well as sheltering an utterly dross coaching staff.
Anyway, needed to get that out my system.
Onto more positive tones tomorrow.
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Pierre So we’re back to Ozil………….again! This has nothing to do with “alienating Ozil”. It’s all about Ozil showing a commitment to the cause. He has brought this upon himself. Being talented, as Ozil clearly is, doesn’t give him the right to continue on his own merry way. He is a liability, mainly because he only benefits the team when it suits him. Emery is dealing with things in the correct manner. What else can he do? The Lacazette situation, on the other hand, is different. Here is a guy that gives 100%, genuinely wants to play and is beneficial… Read more »
‘No Cescs bubbling up’… Maybe not but Saka looks like the next C.Ronaldo!
Pedro
I think he’s more than functional. Given a run in the side I think he could really come on
What’s all this about having no memory to spend anyway? So the Carrasco and Banega rumors are rubbish?? Emery himself says we can only loan.
Maybe they are trying to lower prices to get who they want??
If they know you have £200m to spend the price goes up.
Could be negotiating strategy.
Money to spend
Annoying phone
Made to love magic
He looked good for 20 mins in one game. Like the Jeff
Where is he now?? Any news on his progress?
Un na naai, we’ll be able to give the teams loan fees and pay wages… which might be of interest to them.
I think spunking January money is a bad idea as well, especially on the names being linked so far
Guardian says we are looking at letting Mkhitaryan go to milan to fund a signing
Pedro
We are in desperate need of little star dust though. A little magic.
Emery put all his eggs in the ozil/Ramsey/Mkhitaryan basket and it’s backfired
Marko have you honestly no life that you instead spend time trying to deconstruct what I say on here to spin it some other way you see fit?
You do it every time I comment, and you’re made to look stupid every time too. Go get a job
Charlie George the British Trump.
With this mob in charge
Why not get shot of everyone and go into the championship….
Wretched .
They ain’t got a lateral thinking brain cell between them..
I think Maitland Niles can be a decent squad player, unless of course a newly promoted side or some team lower in the EPL offers us great money for him relatively speaking in which case sell. While we are limited in terms of options I would like to see him get a go at RM. If Bellerin is sharp enough to start I wouldn’t mind seeing him at RB and Maitland Niles beyond where he played while on loan. Xhaka and Torreira at the base of midfield, Ramsey at CAM and then Maitland Niles at RM with Aubameyang/Lacazette and Iwobi/Aubameyang.… Read more »
Baca is playing against Levante now. Lev is leading 2 – 0. I don’t see Suarez.
So I mentioned a Danny Drinkwater loan earlier any other names that might tie us over the rest of the season.?
Bearing in mind our priority of winning our European competition as a a way of moving forward.?
CA
Thought you weren’t a xakha fan?
I think if we are worried about guendouzi getting too much exposure in his first season then why not give niles some game time there? Look at how holding has benefited from a good run. Same can happen to niles. Worth a go beacuse I think he’s got real potential. Great in game attitude.
If the signs are here now that Emery isn’t getting the change hoped for then why should we shelf the action until the middle of next season?
What did you mean then
James, has it come to this!
I can’t wait to what what some of you cunts say when/if:
Emery wins the EL
Gets us into top 4
This season
As for Ramsey. He won’t last 2 seasons at juve. If that’s where he winds up. Will get found out faster than hleb at an ice cream parlour
Drinkwater has won a league title
He has come from the very professional youth ranks of Man Utd.
He has played for his country at various levels..
Chelsea spent 30 mill on him
Why would he not be anything but a cracking signing, for us.
Too many footballing snobs on here..
Great pick James
..
Pedro
Funny you nor any of emery outs haven’t mention PSG being knocked out the league cup yesterday especially since you use the “easy to win trophies at psg” as a stick to beat emery with.
Guess it’s never as easy as you think. Unless it’s to push an agenda.
What I said, why is there a sudden blasé attitude to whether a manager is fit for purpose. Why should we wait until the middle of next season if the signs are already there that he’s not a good fit? No mention of getting rid mid season, but is a whole season not enough to judge all of a sudden? Depending how the season plays out I think Emery’s future should be assessed end of season. We finished 5th under Wenger and were poor, I find it difficult to accept we can’t see improvement over the course of an entire… Read more »
Well Pedro you would know that better than me.?
I have supported the Arsenal since the 1960s.
Things have improved but moving to that next level costs.
If loan deals are what Emery is looking at then that’s what we have.
Winning in Europe as a way of getting Champions leaugue money
and the kit sponsorship money will move us on.
I think we should sell aubu and laca and sign Vardy
Good English boy. Brought up right. League title winner
CC
How many times did you push “judge him in May” when it came to Wenger. You still defend him
Yet emery doesn’t even get to jan to clean up the French frauds decade long ruining of the Arsenal.
Funny that. Agendas.
Sorry Cc. I retract my last post
CC
What would you consider a “successful “ Season for emery ?
I can’t wait to what what some of you cunts say when/if:Emery wins the ELGets us into top 4
Haha
The height of your ambition is wenger’s worst years!!!
good ole boy Vardy :p
Lol good one Joe, you premature across the board?
Success is improvement. We want CL but it’s jot a god given right so it’s not black and white in that regard.
I expect to see a vision and style getting implemented, to see change from a previous regime of mismanagement, a glimpse of what the future could be. I’ve no idea what Emeryball is, no idea the profile of player needed to make it come to life, I’ve seen no sign of improvement in major areas. It’s been hugely underwhelming.
Un
It’s his first season. Has to clean up a comeplete mess left by a loser fraud of a manager.
I would be happy with a CL place this season no matter how it comes but would expect a lot more next season.
22 games unbeaten-
Injury crisis
a hiding from Liverpool and its out with Emery. Incredible
Everyone needs to calm the hell down… our defenders are coming back-
Add an attacker-
Get our rhythm back…. and its quite possible top 4 and EL is there for us.
Stay positive people
Emeryball?
Sarriball?
Comedy gold..
Some cheeky little mixed up muffin maker who has to lie on faceless blogs for attention ($2m home on fireman’s salary 😂😂) calls the greatest AFC manager of all time a fraud.
Good thing you don’t get irony joe. You’d burn yourself constantly.
UnIt’s his first season. Has to clean up a comeplete mess left by a loser fraud of a manager.
Wenger’s first season he bought only one player and took us from 5th-3rd with a compete overhaul of our club inside a season. He had fry up eating piss heads and rehab frequenting junkies handed to him. Not a multi million pound squad if internationals and athletes.
Why oh why
Can’t we just sack players or make 5hem redundant ?
Reversing the busman sort of thing clubs take back power from the agents
He’s not the greatest
Chapman. GG. Whitaker. Allison.
All greater thAn Wanker.
Even Bertie Mee is a toss up between him and wenger
UN, just because you’re a dead shit living in council estates with Mum doesn’t mean I’m lying. Sorry that your life is so sad that you think other people have to lie.
If you ever save enough bottles and cans to
Afford a trip to Vancouver you can come by for a beer.
Wenger’s first season he bought only one player and took us from 5th-3rd with a compete overhaul of our club inside a season. He had fry up eating piss heads and rehab frequenting junkies handed to him. Not a multi million pound squad if internationals and athletes.
A team a season removed from a European trophy.
Something the loser wenger never managed
Charlie
We now have
Fuckall
Yea what’s with the whole #Emeryball nonsense, i just need the team back in the champions league by any means possible, don’t care too much about style or how we play to get there to be honest, let’s just get there…We’ll worry more about style when we have significant investment in the squad, call me naive but that’s my opinion
Nothing is fucked, dude. Nothing is fucked.
And a team with db10 and platt. England’s best back 5
Yeah poor fucking wenger.
Compare that to the shit wenger left emery.
Apples to rotten oranges
Well put un nai
Wenger won the Double in his first full season
The team he inherited was 5th
Emery has overseen the worst defensive record since the 60s
…
Stop making excuses for him..
The discredited Gazidas chose him
Gazidas has gone.
Charlie
Ain’t drink water a defensive mid ?
If he’s box to box good call
Give the man a chance
Someone had to come in an clearout the dead wood….
we are left broken due to bad contracts etc….
otherwise we would be getting in some new blood.
its the old regime- Gazidis and Wenger who left us this mess.
Thank God Adidas came on with us- how Gazidis convinced them who knows!
Looking at the Sancho move and the Hudson Odoi links to Bayern…it seems the German clubs have hit upon a new business model. Take promising young English talent, develop them, and sell back to the Premier League in a few years for massive money. They will get more opportunities at a good level than at Arsenal, Chelsea, City….also grow technically in a way they wouldn’t at most English clubs….get continental exposure….and develop tactically. Arsenal should sell their youth prospects at low- to mid- fees but with a reasonable buy back clause. This way the club can generate cash for immediate… Read more »
“Wenger’s first season he bought only one player and took us from 5th-3rd with a compete overhaul of our club inside a season.”
He met Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Martin Keown, Nigel Winterburn and Lee Dickson in defence.
Emery met Bellerin, Monreal, Kolasinac, Mustafi, Koscienly and Holding.
I can agree with Pedro regarding emery has not managed to coach the defence or sort out the best offence out. I also do not see an identity of a style of play. All the mangers have this whether is great,good or bad like pep has klopp mourinho in his pomp.
I do say we give him at least 3 windows to prove himself and it’s far better than the cross and same old same old we had for the last 8 years.
Tonga, very true. Super smart as well
Tonga I agree with that add what Barca do have a minimum buy back clause. They did it with lots of young players like delufeu and Romeo Suarez etc
UN, just because you’re a dead shit living in council estates with Mum doesn’t mean I’m lying. Sorry that your life is so sad that you think other people have to lie.
Hahaha
Muffin man
No. Me living in a council flat with my mum wouldn’t mean you’re lying.
But you lying means you’re lying.
€2m house on a fireman’s salary looooolz
One day he’s Indian. Then he’s Canadian.
Bakes muffins for the boyzzzz
Right little mixed up fella. Doesn’t know what or who he is.
Wow. Alot of theories being battered about. I think emerys effect (positive or negative) is being over exaggerated tbh. Even Emery himself has probably been abit premature in giving himself a pat on the back for the 22 unbeaten. When it’s all said and done. Goals win games. Auba and laca together scoring assisting and causing dangerous moments for others to benefit from is what got us the 22. As soon as Emery decided to tinker with the lineup and formations dropping Laca, fighting with ozil, xhaka at LB ramsey… everywhere. Things started to unravel. Not dramatically. We would’ve lost… Read more »
Great point Tonga.
End of the season *
Joe, I have to say, the absolute cheek you have claiming that people making fair critiques have agendas.
You wanted Arsenal to lose the EL to get rid of Wenger. You were the most ridiculously agendered critical person on the blog. It was borderline ridiculous.
Now you’re out here slagging people off who critique Emery?
Outrageous hypocrisy.
Charlie George
“Ranieri won the league with Leicester
Emery inherited better players than Ranieri ”
Ranieri won the league with Leicester
Klopp inherited better players than ranieri still no league title in his 4th year
“As soon as Emery decided to tinker with the lineup and formations dropping Laca, fighting with ozil, xhaka at LB ramsey… everywhere. Things started to unravel. Not dramatically. We would’ve lost to pool anyway imo, but the glaring holes in defence became more apparent.”
Given that Mustafi was injured/suspended, Sokratis was suspended, Holding injured, Monreal, Kos also injured I wonder how you expect Emery not to change the line up.
Or do you think he woke and decided he was going to play Xhaka at left back?
Sell Leno, buy Pickford and make him captain. We will sure concede less. Lol
He met Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Martin Keown, Nigel Winterburn and Lee Dickson in defence.
Azed
A Defence that finished 10th,4th,12th and 5th the 4 seasons before Wenger took over
A team of alcheys junkies and fry ups
How many internationals?
Adams, seaman, platt and Bergkamp.
Wenger left a team that finished 3rd,2nd,5th and 6th in the four seasons before
A team full of multimillion pound athletes and internationals a multi million pound stadium paid for and a state of the art training ground.
Let’s just keep some perspective here.
Emery got the keys to the kingdom.
Klopp inherited better players than ranieri still no league title in his 4th year
Klopp didn’t have a full preseason or something to that effect, that excuse him losing 6-1 to Southampton his first season
Catalyst
I’d love that.
Bin lacazette and bring in Charlie Austin. Sure way to success led by Gareth Southgate. Highly doubtful some in here are even arsenal fans.
Suarez is ready to come in to replace Malcome
Un
Pickford has been somewhat of an embarrassment in an average Everton side.
Slowly becoming an almunia at a young age.
We are far better off than we were this time last year and I like his buys. Some of them obviously were cover players. I don’t think emery is a top tier manager but at the moment we are a top tier club. Don’t get me wrong the pull of London and our great stadium and huge fan base is a massive pull but we are broke because of shit mismanagement at the top. Emery alone is not going to fix this. Promote the kids buy a couple more up and coming plsyers. Sell the deadwwod and the lazy feckless… Read more »
ES4
Completely agree
He should have left lacazette in the side and tinkered in cup games with his ideas
He just doesn’t seem to fancy lacazette though. Even though he’s better suited to his pressing game than Aubameyang ozil or Mkhitaryan.
I have a feeling if welbz has stayed fit we’d have been a lot better this season. Shame. Underrated player is welbz
Arsenal are apparently going to move for Sarr in the summer.
That is one Mislintat has been watching for a while, I think that will happen.
Welbeck is indeed a much underrated player.
And a championship winner.
Emery and Raul know best
They don’t want him, either..
Can anyone mentioning Southgate for the arsenal job please leave and never darken the door of this blog again you are crazy lol what next for Christ’s sake
Me serge
We are FAR batter off??
How? We have less points. More goals conceded and sit in the Europa league slots. We have no style or rythem to our game. Our defence has gone backward (who thought it possible?) and we have no money at all after years of hoarding and tv money and new stadium paid for and sponsorship deals. We can only loan a Barca reject who they can’t ship out fast enough.
While allowing one £50m asset to walk. Another dropped to the bench and another in the stands.
Yeah. We are flying all right.
CA, have you watched Rennes? Very fun team. Sarr is rough around the edges, but he’s exciting to watch. Makes some very fine touches in a game, some Kanu like tight control when I watched him
Danny Drinkwater on loan – mate, at this rate how could anyone say no
Un nai I go to the matches I see that we are on the right path we are 3 points off of 4th. There are always casualties when a new coach comes in. We spent less last window than pool did for their keeper. We have some good kids coming through and players that were shit last year are decent to very good. We also have square pegs in round holes and only replacing them will sort it. Ramsey is going because Gatzidis screwed up and gave ozil a new contrzct on mega money. Our wage bill is stupid because… Read more »
Suarez wins a panelty…
Unnai do you remember last season we got one win all of the last half of the season and lost almost every away game are we not better now ?
I’m not sure I like Sarr.
Good at running into open spaces but I’m not sure he gets his head up properly in final third
Could be coached. The very epitome of raw
My first impression of Suarez: He is right footed. He is good with the ball at his feet. He is calm and sees his team mate well. He is not very fast. He is more an inside forward than a winger. I think he can help us.
Wenger left Emery a bunch of bottlers who have not contested for a league title in 14 years.
Guns of Sf
Your girl Cortez getting burned more than joe and marko these days man.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fsRlt2Q0zo
Wenger left Emery a bunch of bottlers who have not contested for a league title in 14 years….
All these bottlers now being signed up by big clubs
Giroud, Sanchez, Ramsey, Walcott, Ox etc
Charlie and what have any of them done at the big clubs ?
CC also Everton really big club ?
Pedro
Not a lot, I’ve seen some stuff on Sarr and he looks good. If Mislintat likes him I’m willing to trust it.
I think that is the sort of thing we will be looking at, players like Sarr, Maier, Wolf, Aarons etc. Young players with potential in that £10-30 Million range.
The grove has become the new untold.. Wenger this and ozil that.. I would take posters seriously, only if they didn’t think arsenal should have kept sick note wilshere and extended cazorla contract.. Some think Cech still got what it takes and AMN is the next Viera.. Seriously? Also Ramsey must be the most overrated arsenal player ever..guaranteed he is a lovely bloke and try his best for the team, his best has been very average , so ..good luck to him wherever he goes. This season is always going to be hit and miss, we were doing ok ,beating… Read more »
Giroud, Alexis, Ox, Walcott have all been mediocre signings. Of course, Ramsey is Hollywood by virtue of signing for a big club. His subsequent performances are irrelevant.
Makes sense.
I have watched today’s game; Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla. Banega was subbed in. He looked pretty slow.
“CC also Everton really big club ?“
Come again?
Unnnaaiiaiai,
what is that ? One of your scary right wing propaganda sites you frequent for your extreme views? id be scared to open that link here at work. I would be automatically be put on a Trump supporter role sheet or some shit like that.
Anyway, love you man. Keep up the fight.
Your favorite Commie,
Guns of SF
Emery’s hard on for Banega, even at this stage of his career, is concerning
He’s on the decline; Sven and Raul should veto that shit
G8 all true well said
CC Everton have done nothing in 25 years they are not a big club
If banega comes.
Everton will overtake us..
To be fair Sarr is 20 years old. Lots of room for improvement.
At the same age, Sadio Mane was a nobody.
Suarez on loan with the option to buy is making a little more sense and can benefit us. The player knows, if he does not make the cut with Arsenal, we can return him- he is back to his misery at Barca. hopefully, the motivation will be there for him to perform and get the deal permanent. He knows, he needs to make a super impression in a short amount of time. can he do it? Well let us see. I hope so… but its like an insurance policy where if he doesnt, he can go back. These loans with… Read more »
Is everyone in agreement if Banega comes
Its confirmation that Emery is out of his depth to be AFC manager?
Micheal
“Kroenke’s lop-sided policy is that the club must be self-sustaining …”
Actually, as everyone else here except for you knows, the self-sustaining model was adopted by the Arsenal board prior to Stan Kroenke. It is not “his” policy.
G8, we’ve been talking about a whole plethora of comments… if all you’re seeing is Wenger and Ozil, you’re being lazy
Bamford
Spot on
Its Gazidas and Wengers nonsense
However, if the loan has a mandatory buy clause. then basically we bought the player now and are too cheap to pay his full transfer fee so we split his salary. How nice of barca
CC I agree that if we sign banega it is a backward step he is past his best
I do like Suarez though