Unai Emery went on the record with an interview from yesteryear, leaning hard into a garbled narrative of someone looking to deflect attention away from the obvious: Things are getting worse.
“At Arsenal it’s maybe the first time I feel that I have the support to build up from the bottom in order to get where we want to be.
“That allows us to work more for the long term and supports the kind of work we want to do here. After my experiences in Spain, Russia and France, I believe that people at Arsenal see football from the heart in a very distinct way.
“The question of whether you win, lose or draw is still important but there is always a respect for the football beyond the result.”
“That means you can do a more progressive job building the club without thinking only about results, because sometimes a result can hide solid foundations.”
The Sun ran two puff pieces that were no doubt arranged by the club. The way PR defence works in football is very simple. A well-read tabloid is offered an exclusive with someone who will drive clicks and hard copy purchases. The interview is conducted by a friendly ear who will usually ask predetermined questions. This allows a professionally crafted narrative to be spoonfed to fans with all the relevant buzzwords that make people feel good about something shite. Remember, fans are not pragmatic, they are hopeful, they want to be optimistic. Arsenal are experts in feeding hope.
Step 2: A chief sports writer will drop an ‘opinion piece’ follow-up that sympathises with the said narrative as part of the deal. (here)
Emery essentially told the world that Arsenal is a little different to his previous clubs because they don’t put pressure on him to win. Which is exactly the opposite reason he was hired. He was supposed to bring an elite shift in mentality to a squad of pampered children. Here’s what said when he was hired.
Big players. Big ambition.
“This team is a big team, with big players, and we think we need to change little things – a few players.”
“The target is to be a candidate and to challenge for the title. It is very important for the club, after two years outside the Champions League, to work this way, to be the best club, the best team in the Premier League and also in the world.”
A focus on better attack.
“I want to create a team that know how to exploit the space, are able to counter-attack, or when there’s no space, calmly find a way to create openings. We are in that process: create an idea, a style, be competitive. We came to an Arsenal that hadn’t beaten any of the Top 6, and while we still haven’t done so yet, they also struggled to win away from home at all, and we have already improved in that area.”
Better defence.
‘You can only take care of technique and attacking freedom, losing your defensive structure. What I want to do is unite the two and become more competitive. Arsenal were falling. We had to stop that and start to lift them.’
A gym a smidge closer to the training pitch.
‘Only little details like putting a gym next to the pitch to make the transition from gym to pitch easier. Purely methodology. The same idea remains as before.’
Less juice for men who consume 4000 calories a day.
‘Together with the nutritionist and the fitness coach, we decided to get rid of juice with sugar, but that’s normal and what I do at home: eat without sugar, less fat, healthier food. That’s it.’
The foundations he referenced have gotten weaker across the board. The defence is porous, there’s no creativity, and the style is absolutely drab. Oddly, the gym and juice move appears to have worked against overall fitness.
I think Emery cottoned onto the mess he was creating for himself halfway through and tried to rescue things with a garbled stab at how he might get fired.
“As a manager, I have always put myself under the pressure of the necessity to win.
“You know that winning allows you to either continue what you are doing or find another project.
This is not what we signed up for. We were supposed to push for top 4, now we’re making excuses, and telling the world there’s more to Arsenal than winning. What was the point in sacking Wenger if the plan was another long-term transition where we’d excuse failure?
Sarri moved to Chelsea, a team that played 5 at the back for two years, before that they played under Mourinho, both offered drab pragmatic football. Sarri installed a style by October. Is it perfect? No. Can you see where it’s going? Yes.
Bielsa, a bat shit crazy manager, took an uninteresting directionless team from 7th, to 1st, playing the most outrageous and joyous football Leeds fans have ever seen (that from my Leeds supporting uncle (away days levels of fandom)). Sure, they have a big wage bill, but so do Arsenal.
You can compare Emery’s record to Poch, Klopp and Guardiola… but that’s spreadsheet analysis. Use your eyes. What do you see? A club on a path to better? Or a club regressing under a manager who looks out of ideas?
The manager continues to look inconsistent and indecisive on and off the pitch. After freezing Mesut Ozil out in the hope he’d leave, he’s now decided the give him another go. Here’s what he had to say:
“With Mesut it’s the same. He didn’t play the last matches but to me he’s just like any other player. This Saturday he can be with us if he’s OK. Now? He’s training consistently with his work over the past two weeks and I think he can be.”
This, paired with Ornstein’s chatter on the player makes for good reading.
“He has no desire to leave, Mesut Ozil, so he won’t be leaving in the January transfer window. I’m told he’s working extremely hard to get himself fit. Reports coming out of London Colney is that he’s now doing extra gym work and he has a positive demeanour. He’s determined to work his way back into the side.
“The word was he wasn’t doing a lot of the extra work most players were, and he is now. I’ve heard positive things about his behaviour, his commitment, his relationships with the teammates.
Commendable he’s now giving him another chance, but the whole episode reads like an ego-driven attempt at commanding respect. I also feel like bringing Mesut back at the weekend against Chelsea is as bad as dropping Ramsey into the starting line-up against Liverpool. It looks like a preplanned scapegoat move.
Anyway, it’s clear he’s been burned by his experience at PSG where he was bullied into handing over power to Neymar so he could stay in his job. This was penned last year by the GFFN folk for the Guardian.
‘Neymar demanding to be the centre of attention is hardly surprising but Emery’s passivity and his eventual solution of allowing the players to sort out the disagreement between themselves only played into the culture of player power. There is no fear of rebuke for poor displays or selfishness as a significant chunk of the first team will be picked no matter what. As a result PSG lack any semblance of rigour or discipline and players dally in possession and struggle to find any intensity.’
This is Mourinho on young people.
How the new breed of footballers differ from those of previous generations.#beINMourinho #beINAFC #AsianCup2019 pic.twitter.com/aroOGBVREb
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) January 17, 2019
A lot of Arsenal fans dismiss the idea that Emery can be critiqued for his time at PSG, but I’d disagree. You need to work out a way of dealing with big names if you’re an elite coach (Enrique did, despite massive issues with Messi at the start). Communication is a massive part of any job. Young people expect to be able to communicate with their managers. They don’t believe in hierarchy. They have grown up in an access culture. You have to show love and as Mourinho said, ‘share power.’
Peak Mourinho lambasted Drogba in his prime for meeting Milan behind his back.
‘OK, seeing as we are not kids we are going to talk.
“I trusted you – I’ve done everything for you and there you are telling me you’re going to the dentist in Paris when in fact you’re in Milan talking over your transfer.
“You lied to me. You didn’t keep your word. Have you been badly brought up or what?”
He benched him for a bit, brought him in from the cold, then watched a 34 goal season unfold. Jose knew how to deal with huge egos. The man had so much sauce in his prime. We need some of that. Think about it, our two best players are our freshest. A helluva weapon going into the next 5 months if we can make it work.
Back to the original interview.
The PR team at Arsenal need to understand that their strategies of appeasement won’t be tolerated by fans in the new era. There is no bond with Emery. Long-term plans and painful transitions won’t be tolerated unless there is clear progress on the pitch. That interview was a disaster. We cannot fall into the doomed trap of ‘more money’ being the requirement for progress when Spurs are ahead of us in the league after spending ZERO this summer, and we’re being out-defended by Palace, Brighton, Newcastle, Leicester, Wolves and Everton.
We hired a coach, time for him to start delivering. If not, we should find someone new in the summer. Simple as that.
Don’t fall for the dark arts of the Arsenal PR machine. We are better than that.
P.S. This is how you run a football club when you don’t have a sugar daddy. (LINK)
DM
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Bankz is here for the Tr4phy again
Tr4phy
4th
Too late
Late
Throw in the youths..
Build 5hem up for next season….
Maitland Nile
Smith Rowe
Eddie
Wilcox…
Should be on bench every game getting introduce for game time….
peak pedro.
Ok
“we should find someone new in the summer. Simple as that.”
I’m afraid this will not be for next summer, whatever our results.
Pedro…. What was all that for???
What does your post has to do with peak mourinho…???
Or are you trying to compare drogba and ozil??? Based on what???
Drogba is a much better and greater player than ozil will ever be….
Drogba is a hard working and self motivated player… My oh my, ozil is the DIRECT opposite.. He just believes his artistry and fame will get him what he wants.
The problem of this club is so fucking obvious, but some people are just too BLIND to see it…. Pedro included.
@ Pedro… We hired a coach, time for him to start delivering. If not, we should find someone new in the summer. Simple as that.
AFC can’t afford to buy even the cheapest talents in the whole of Europe… But should have enough funds in their bank accounts (AZA) to pay emery off after one season and bring on arteta…
So naive.
The Gloves are off
The Groves are off.
(sorry)
The club has been going backwards for years, I doubt any manager could do more with those players at his disposal. Most of the defence needs to be replaced, and we badly need wingers and another CM. You should at least give Emery another full season before judging what he can do. He’s a multiple trophy winner, hardly the sign of a poor manager. Yet you champion people like Bielsa (it’s the Championship), and Arteta (never managed a single game in his life). Arsenal has the body of a Ferrari, but parts of a Fiat. Why can’t you see the… Read more »
I wonder if similar articles would have been written about Arteta or he would have worked miracles by now…
Until unai Emery has his own players I will withold my judgement. If he fails then he goes.
A lot of disorganization has happened behind the scenes in the past year. A lot of time and patience is needed.
Simple as that? No. It is anything but simple. Arsenal’s problems run a bit deeper than Emery, and firing him at the end of one season ignores the one constant in this equation. Arsenal. You told us Pedro, that top four this season was optimistic at best. You agreed that there was a lot to destroy before anything of substance could be built. Ten years of negligence to get rid of. Players that have been breastfed “go out there and express yourself”, comedic training schedules, profound levels of laziness, no structure, no accountability, Believe you me, half a season is… Read more »
“I wonder if similar articles would have been written about Arteta or he would have worked miracles by now…”
Stupid question.
With Arteta we would top of the PL right now, with a gap of 20 points over Liverpool and City.
*write off my of.
(lol)
The tabloid rumors that the AC MILAN hierarchy are torn in dispute about taking Ozil on loan from Arsenal.
Gattuso and the football director want Ozil but Ivan Gazidis [the new CEO] is adamantly against bringing Ozil in.
If it’s true then it’s worth a laugh. The idiot who made the worst deal of,th4 century doesn’t want to make spoil his new job with the fake footballer.
Nice work Peter.
Arsenal went and got a Toyota Prius when we actually needed an AC Cobra pushing 500bhp down a winding mountainside with no brakes…and the driver is Oliver Reed after an arm wrestling match.
Arsenal are the magnolia of colours.
Pedro No offense, but your offensive against Emery has reached embarrassing levels of unfairness, pettiness and silliness at this point. Everyone here (save one or two) has criticized Ozil for years for his lack of energy, battle, assertiveness, etc. but now Emery’s insistence that Ozil show a bit more work-rate and bollocks is “an ego-driven attempt at commanding respect”? Complete nonsense. Emery may be many things, but one thing he is clearly not is “ego-driven”. Just stop, mate. This daily assault on the man is ludicrous. It is true that things at Arsenal are a bit messy at the moment,… Read more »
For the people who continue to snub their noses at Arteta…personally I do not think Mikel would have been doing a worse job. Maybe not ‘better’ but not worse and I guarantee the football would have been more pulsating.
Pedro I’m glad you’ve taken off all pretenses at being logical. Now it’s just vendetta stuff, you’re just intent on stabbing the man with little daggers. You supported Gazidis through all his snake oil dealings as he’s sucked the life out of this club we all love You backed the appointment the appointment of Arteta to fix the mess. Thanks for providing a marvelous forum for people to interact a. Thanks for your undying devotion to Arsenal. I’m sure you’ve been right multiple times but who can forget your whoppers. You’re now out in the open; you want a manager… Read more »
Emery is allowed to be criticised.
Like Arsene before him…although Arsene actually had pizazzz and credentials.
Emery isn’t Arsene.
Yeah, Spurs didn’t spend in the summer but their squad was already miles better than ours and is actually balanced, with players fit for purpose. Not strikers plying on the wings, no CAM and an ageing, decrepit backline. A squad isn’t built in 1 season and we are years behind the other top 6 teams. Keep comparing to managers coming into teams with quality players needing maybe 1 or 2 additions to compete for the title with an Arsenal needing 10 new players (including the ones brought in in the summer) just to have a shot at top 4. Incredibly… Read more »
Receding
‘The globes are off’
Nah, actually Pedro has just laced his gloves with pettiness. There’s a reason they check those gloves in boxing to make sure the fight is fair.
GoH
Something would be pulsating alright, and it wouldn’t be our play…
Judge him in May.
It’s time to learn from past experience: changing the manager is not the answer. There were some who believed (or pretended to believe) that getting rid of Wenger would act like a magic potion ridding the club of all its ills. It turns out (as some of us predicted) that the illness was systemic, tthat Wengeritis was a symptom, a skin rash. Blaming the manager is self-indulgent, it gives a chance to those who think they know better to suggest all kinds of changes in tactics, man-management, personnel. Well. some of what they say may be correct, but none of… Read more »
Pedro
“[Bringing Ozil back into the side] looks like a preplanned scapegoat move.”
What complete and utter tosh. You just acknowledged that according to reports Ozil is working harder in training, likely as a result of Emery’s not playing him. So if he’s being brought back in, it’s because, one, he is showing the right attitude in training, and two, because we need more creativity in attack. It is not because Emery has some nefarious plan to pin the blame for a poor performance tomorrow on Ozil. That is an absolutely ludicrous theory.
Guns Emery isn’t Arsene….exactly, which is why he should be allowed to do his job without all this nonsense. He has a two year contract and the club even have provisions in his contract to sack him without cause on performance basis. Why don’t you at least wait until the end of the season. He’s managing a club that can’t even make a minor signing without drama. We have no money and yet let’s sack a manager, shall we? You think Arsenal is on peril? Wait until you sack a manager in 5th place in Jan to really become the… Read more »
LTRFTW
What a load of cobblers! Just look back a few seasons to how Klopp initially struggled and where are the scousers now?
Emery hasn’t even been here a full season, I’ll reserve judgement till he’s actually bought the players he needs for his way of playing and shifted on the absolute tat Wenger left him.
Judge you right now and fuck off.
GoH probably thinks that Arteta would have had much more money from Stan lol
HL
Emery should be able to coach the team to perform better…he hasn’t. He also spent £70m on defence and it’s worse than last season.
It’s not always about money.
Good coaches can extract performances.
Jheeze, Pedros not even pretending he wants to see us do well under this guy anymore is he?
GOH. Arteta. . The most boring sideways passing midfielder I have seen in 2 decades is bang on to deliver exciting football. All you have proven is why courts should never judge a case based on eye witness reports.
either that or you’ve “sold your soul” for a few clicks, to stir up war in the comments section
Reports are that the loan move for Denis Suarez — with an option, not an obligation, to buy in the summer — has nearly been agreed. Unlike many here, I think this could be a fairly smart move, though we clearly need a defensive signing and maybe a wide attacking signing as well. However, not to give some here more reason to dislike Emery, but there’s a chance he isn’t all that interested in wide players, and this because he wants to play two playmakers underneath a lone forward rather than play two wide players on the flanks. That is,… Read more »
In complete agreement with Bamford. Emery seems to be damned if he does, and damned if he doesn’t. I thought we’d be better than this after having finally gotten rid of Wenger and the decade of humiliation.
Jheeze, Pedros not even pretending he wants to see us do well under this guy anymore is he?
Nah..he dropped the pretense a few posts back
He wants the man sacked now
He wants to be proved right now!!!!!
With the exception of Auba and Lacazette, our squad is not better than Westham’s or Leicester. That’s the chalice that was given to Emery.
Torriera isn’t as good as we all thought. Is he really better than Wilfred Ndidi?
I’m not even sure we really have the sixth best squad in the league?
Globalgunner
Alex Ferguson was the shortest player ever but the worlds greatest manager.
Go figure.
Do not make the mistake of thinking football ability and management skills are intertwined. They aren’t or maradona would be the greatest manager in the world.
“However, not to give some here more reason to dislike Emery, but there’s a chance he isn’t all that interested in wide players” Well the problem is lack of technical quality across that area thirty yards from goal. Against West Ham we played with two number sixes in midfield that can’t run beyond the ball or link with the strikers, and we had two limited divas up front that are incapable of linking with each other or creating for themselves (at least consistently) so we had a big void in that area. We need someone that can receive the ball… Read more »
‘There’s less pressure to win at Arsenal’
Sign me up then!
If those Gazidis stories are true, you just have to shake your head in disbelief.
Interesting questions for the AC Milan hierarchy to ask him though, hold on, you’re rallying against this signing but weren’t you and Wenger the ones who offered him £350 000 a week at Arsenal?
Dissenter
That was exactly what I was going to write, that’s the level our squad is at now. In fact I think both Leicester and West ham would be a lot better than us if they had Laca and Auba. Ridiculous to think a bit of coaching is going to fix that.
Torriera isn’t as good as we all thought. Is he really better than Wilfred Ndidi?
Yes he is
He is actually a very good footballer,as good as we all thought he was. He moved to a new league and experienced his first rush of Holiday fixtures. Wilfred Ndidi is a nothing footballer,
PaulinhoJanuary 18, 2019 11:19:33
Spot on.
Pedro
Emery’s interview reads straight out of the arsene wenger play book.
Or is that the Stan Kroenke play book?
One thing you’re right on is that post wenger, arsenal fans won’t stand for mediocrity.
Marko marko marko
1) PhD didn’t take me down. He called me a chav. Because he’s an elitist snob. He was incorrect on that and money other of his flaccid lefty points. His comment to stroller about being that last of a dying breed being a case in point. For a supposedly intelligent bloke, he gets an awful lot wrong. All education and no common sense
2) you revel in any negative interaction with me bacause you lack the brain power to tackle me yourself. You’re inept.
We’ve got the worst squad in the top 6 and little room to make changes because of the undesirability of our players and lack of funds. If Emery had this team sitting comfortbaly 3rd or something the papers would rightfully be hailing him as a miracle worker. He absolute needs to improve the defence, that is a fair criticism, that is a defence that has been conceding more goals year on year and players like Mustafi have got worse year on year, but Emery needed to stop that rot and as of yet he hasn’t. Perhaps it was a mistake… Read more »
Dissenter
Ndidi better than Torreira?
Whatever you were on when you typed that, you need to ease up a bit on it.
Alexanderhenry
Arsenal fans are the most docile jerks in world sport. We already have loads of emery apologists on here and it took fans over a decade to realise Arsene was going wrong.
Arsenal’s fanbase. Club. Hierarchy are rubbish.
Well suck this shit up for another three years, no sweat.
Receding
Regrading Torriera
…or maybe he had a purple patch and has settled into his basal state. Only time will tell.
Gotta disagree Diss,
I think he’s probably been tired in recent works.
I was on flavored ganja when I wrote last post about Torriera
Never challenge the gooner’s morbid infatuation with thier own.
…or maybe he had a purple patch and has settled into his basal state. Only time will tell. Not really…he is a player who has been on the up since he came to Europe. Hope the two goals are not your reference point because he is no goal scorer. He is a solid midfielder who also carries the ball well from the back and can pick a pass. His intensity has reduced over the past weeks probably due to how fast the games has come at him. Your Wilfred Ndidi comparison is quite funny though i will give you that,… Read more »
Arsenal fans are the most docile jerks in world sport Ironic statement but of course. I know Man Utd fans who are still unsure on Ole getting the gig full time because although a six game winning streak is good, they’re still unsure how he would fare in the long term. Ole has cut his teeth in management for years now. Yet at AFC we have people who are trying to be out there championing a very average player for us who hasn’t ever managed before beside one game which he lost. Of course AFC fans are imbeciles. The last… Read more »
Un na
PhD undressed you to be honest. You had your one-liners and he had his 5-paragraph diatribes.
Stay out his way man, once he sinks his talons into you, there’s no escaping.
Receding
Maybe it’s fatigue, Emery didn’t give him enough rest, should have alternated him with Elneny.
He was dreadful against Liverpool. The man looked like a statue against Firminho who’s not even the fastest guy around.
Maybe it’s fatigue, Emery didn’t give him enough rest, should have alternated him with Elneny.
Definitely Fatigue and Yes Elneny should have played more games..frankly surprised how little time Emery has for him. Seems besotted with Guendouzi, who has his moments but has also been struggling badly lately, standard for a 19 year old.
It looks like Suarez is happening then, apparently we are paying a £1.7 Million fee now and then potentially a £17.5 Million fee in the summer if we like him, so no obligation to buy.
Not sure what his wages will be.
“We cannot fall into the doomed trap of ‘more money’ being the requirement for progress when Spurs are ahead of us in the league after spending ZERO this summer”
Spurs have been ahead of us for 3 years now but I guess that’s also Emery’s fault.
Pedro how many of our players do you think would get into the squad of the other top 6 clubs.
I’m not exactly blown over by Emery but I’ll give him this season at least and hope he can find some better players this month. I hope his Mustafi and Xhaka fixation is purely a case of needs must. We need to dump those two to get any hope of progression this season. Both are walking liabilities. Cahill and Drinkwater are both available and an upgrade on both. Loan deals I must add.
Calm down people.
Emery got two year contract.
Simple as first year, no CL spot, the board and half of the fans will tolerate.
Second year still fail to qualify the CL spot, the board and all fans won’t hear any excuses, and surely Emery knows he ain’t Beloved Arsene, then he will fuck himself off and gone.
Second year still fail to qualify the CL spot, the board and all fans won’t hear any excuses, and surely Emery knows he ain’t Beloved Arsene, then he will fuck himself off and gone.
He has a two year deal so i don’t understand this need to start an Emery out campaign and comparing him to Wenger ..he has his objectives and if he does not achieve it he packs his bags at the end of two years
I really do not see the need for all this panic and smear campaigns
Jamie “Emery seems to be damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t” This just wasn’t about getting Wenger out the door. It has also been about giving the fans a far clearer insight into the workings of the club and the shambolic systems adhered to by Wenger & Gazidis Ltd. We all know this was never going to be easy for Emery. He has had to try and adapt his methods and philosophies, based on the infrastructure and systems he confronted.The fact that the owner and board oversaw such embarrassing business activities over the past decade is an… Read more »
Cesc – Not inspiring re: the mooted Suarez deal, but at least it’s risk-free. If he does well, £20m isn’t bad business in the summer. If he’s average during his loan period, he goes back to Barca. It’s all on Suarez and Emery over the next few months to make the case for a permanent deal. The real concern is our lack of quality defenders. Sokratis is just about decent, as is Bellerin. The rest are mediocre to outright liabilities. Poor Mavrapanos is being thrown to the wolves. So much pressure on the kid to hit the ground running. A… Read more »
I don’t agree with everything Pedro scribbles. But his analysis in this case is correct. In the age of austerity under Stan’s moribund ownership, the quality of coaching and breeding good youngsters becomes significantly more important than simply spending money. We all know that money is need but equally that there will be no spending spree in the foreseeable future. This means Emery’s coaching ability becomes crucial. Like most here, I don’t think he has made a great start and I am strongly critical of the slow-paced, sideways football. But I do believe it is far too early to write… Read more »
Paulinho
Two number sixes who don’t advance ahead of the ball is Emery’s bread and butter. Two hard running wide players down the sides to tuck in, fullbacks as the major creative players and a tap forward at #9
*goal poacher at #9
Graham –
I get it, and Emery deserves his fair share of criticism. His squad selection is questionable, his half-time subs which initially seemed to pay off now look increasingly like an admission that his 1st half tactics/selection were wrong, we’re leaking goals for fun, and our build-up is often pedestrian.
That said, we’re hardly in a melt-down. We’re probably the 6th best squad in the league, and that’s likely where we’ll finish. A two-year deal seems about right. Failure to qualify for the CL (by any means) in that time and he’s sent packing without compensation. Seems reasonable.
Who knows Jamie.
I trust Mislintat’s judgement on this Mavro kid.
Maybe there was a reason the next window Sven brought Sokratis to pair him up with the more senior and fellow countrymen at the heart of our defence.
Emery should pair them up at least at Cardiff match. Who knows it might turn to be great. Have faith sister.
No comments here on tactics today. It makes sense. The key factor for a top coach is man-management. That’s why he is generally given the title of ‘manager’.
Tactics is the tool he uses to control his players. No surprise to anyone who has served in the armed forces. There they call it ‘drill’. The aim is to create an obedient fighting unit. Emery’s task is the same.
If Emery wants a comfortable life without the pressure to win anything, he is no different than Wenger. We’ve had 22 years of Wenger telling us “results aren’t everything” and frankly, I’m tired of it. We have one of the best stadiums in the world, with the one of the highest wage bills in the world, with an elite rehab and medical facilities with long suffering fans that pay the most expensive season tickets (and match day) tickets in the world. We deserve better than this. What is the club’s excuse for not willing to compete for the best trophies?… Read more »
Un na PhD undressed you to be honest. You had your one-liners and he had his 5-paragraph diatribes. Stay out his way man, once he sinks his talons into you, there’s no escaping. Dissenter Bollocks. His five paragraphs were falsehoods and mildly insulting: He claimed that brexiteers or conservatives were a dying breed His own statistics proved him wrong He called me a chav (big wow) and claimed I had a low IQ (incorrect again) if you think that’s stick then you live a very sheltered life. As I said I get worse from my brothers before breakfast He’s clearly… Read more »
Do people realise Pedro has to drive the needle and spark reaction?
Emery isn’t performing to the level and Pedro is spot on to give him both barrels. If he put out some middle of the road piece it would be a nothing read.
Agree or disagree, this policing of his content as “petty” and “agenda-driven” is laughable. Emery is giving his doubters all the fuel they need to continue doubting, maybe think more about that.
Bit of a laugh if true:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6606369/Arsenals-Mesut-Ozil-causes-hours-tension-AC-Milan-transfer.html
lol
“(incorrect again)”
Your opinion, only…
“Two number sixes who don’t advance ahead of the ball is Emery’s bread and butter. Two hard running wide players down the sides to tuck in, fullbacks as the major creative players and a tap forward at #9” Maybe that’s why our defense has so many holes. I prefer Pep’s formation with two fast wingers and a midfield playing fast one touch football. They are doing those double passes until the defense opens up and then a deep pass to the wingers or striker. To achieve this, our defenders and midfielders need to have good chemistry and good passing skill.… Read more »
Leedsgunner
Correct.
Emery must show some balls and question the regime, rather than sit back and accept the norm.
This goes far deeper than results on the pitch.
CC
In total agreement.
“Yeah, Spurs didn’t spend in the summer but their squad was already miles better than ours and is actually balanced, with players fit for purpose. Not strikers plying on the wings, no CAM and an ageing, decrepit backline. A squad isn’t built in 1 season and we are years behind the other top 6 teams.Keep comparing to managers coming into teams with quality players needing maybe 1 or 2 additions to compete for the title with an Arsenal needing 10 new players (including the ones brought in in the summer) just to have a shot at top 4. Incredibly agenda… Read more »
Why does Pedro need to spark reaction? By writing a grossly unfair piece on the manager?
Not all of us need sensationalist articles, some actually value balanced pieces that unlike this piece, wouldn’t look out of place in the Daily Mirror.
One thing that really interests me. Emery said that he uses friction to improve players performance. I am looking forwards to see how this works out.
Ivan G pulling the Ozil/Milan deal is amazing.
Oh how equity changes how you make decisions!
Sensationalist and petty?
Please. Play the game people. Argue the points, not me.
This Emery tenure is going to be bland and uninspired. Outside what I can see with my eyes, I speak to enough people to know where this is going.
It’s exacerbated by Sven leaving, Stan not paying attention and Raul locking in an shit plan to resurrect us.
We have to hold Emery accountable, that interview was peak Wenger.
Should I ban the word Brexit?
What was he supposed to say? It’s just a normal interview.
“I’ve never seen such a bunch of lazy, overpaid, shite players in my life, the owner is an absent wig wearing cunt and the board? Fuck those guys. This place is a shitshow”
All true but normally not something you’d see any sane person say in an interview.
Goh, don’t make the mistake of assuming the understudy is as good as the master either.
Pedro… Your losing it.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8221499/arsenal-unai-emery-mesut-ozil-pr/amp/
What a mess
All revolving around ozil. We’ve lost over £140m between his contract and the failure to collect a fee for Sanchez plus his £42m fee and wages over the past 5 years.
Uninspired.
Feel there’s too much emphasis on the manager/coach here. I mean in some cases it’s justified Mourinho/Wenger etc. But mostly it’s about marginal gains, where if you’re roughly on the same footing a smart manager can take you the extra step or 2.
It depends largely on the players though, which is why the biggest clubs have the best players and wins the most trophies.
We’re now much closer in player quality to the teams in 7th-15th than we are the other top 6 teams. That’s not something that’s fixable with coaching alone.
Freddie, totally disagree on your squad views there. We are not that bad. We just look that bad.
Plenty of tools at Emery’s disposal. He has goals, which is the most important weapon.
Also, if you want to talk marginal gains, over training players that are now fatigued and less intense was probably a huge mistake. One that could have been avoided.
So Emery was right to keep subbing Ozil and then shit can him for a while ?
If he is now doing extra on the training & fitness side and his attitude has apparently change. Would Wenger have done this, NO.
How about some credit where it is due !