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Well, might as well get the depressing news out the way first… The Rams are going to the Super Bowl.
It’s like 95% of Arsenal fans must have been real shitty things to puppies in another life, because this is just utterly depressing.
Still, on the flipside, maybe Stan will be so enthralled by actual sporting success he’s rarely tasted, he’ll chuck a couple hundred mill our way.
Hopeful and naive. I get it.
Or is it? At some point, he has to wonder whether it’d make good business sense to have two world class teams on his books? Maybe Josh will want to show he’s dad he’s well clever? Who knows… I’d just reccomend your read my blog post on how they made the magic happen (HERE).
In more positive news, Emery went and done a good this weekend.
I think a lot of Arsenal fans are prematurely blowing their ‘SEE HE’S AMAZING’ load on the curtains, but I can’t take away from the absolute destruction he dropped on Sarri’s Chelsea.
Alex went over the game in great detail, so I won’t rehash it. What I will say is that Emery pivoted this weekend and it paid off handsomely.
He put his best players on the pitch, he played them in a system that worked to their advantage, and he absolutely sussed out Sarri.
Many were saying that he axed Mesut Ozil, I’m not quite sure about that. He had a player on the bench who is supposedly coming back from injury, and whether you like it or not, that’ll have an impact on the squad psychologically. Interestingly, Jose Mourinho echoed some of the points I’ve been raising about Mesut.
Mourinho says the best way to get the best out of Özil is to how him ‘care and love’ pic.twitter.com/rEnfrki0N7
— Osman (@OsmanZtheGooner) January 19, 2019
Emery has yet to find the balance between tough love and empathy, something Jose said Ozil needs both sides of. If you can’t be bothered to watch the video, he says if you’re too soft, he goes limp, but if you’re too hard, he retracts into himself because he needs to feel the love. I heard a similar thing on The Totally Football show about De Gea, apparently, he’s always looking for reassurance from his keeping coach on the sideline at games. Weird as he’s so good, but just doubles down on the fact that players are people and all have different motivations. Anyway, good to see the coach move to repair bridges there.
Additionally, it was great to see the manager start with Aaron Ramsey. No one in the league is going to harass Jorginho like he did. He sat at the top of that diamond and shut down the Brazilian, whilst also doing a good job of putting their centre-backs under pressure. We’re just better with Aaron in the side.
Having two strikers in a 4-4-2 worked wonders, especially as both did such an incredible job of defending. Lacazette in particular impressed. He does so much dirty work for the team. Not just that, look at the flair for that goal, unreal control, spatial awareness and outright audacity to strike the ball at one of the few places he had access to that Kepa didn’t.
The front three allowed Emery to live out his dream of 3 defensive midfielders who all did a very good job. I have to hand it to Xhaka, when he’s not making stupid mistakes, he’s been good this season. He had a very good game, racking up ball recoveries like a hero (11). I have a lot of love for LT and MG. The Uruguayan pitbull made 9 tackles, with MG making 5 but having a go at 10. Both have real tenacity and it was a pleasure to watch. Honestly, fuck people who thin MG is anything outside a top tier youth talent who could take the world… NO… universe by storm if he continues his upward trajectory.
Then there’s the defence. Chelsea had nothing. Sokratis did a sterling job, but no one stood out more than Laurent K. When he’s playing in a defence that playing behind a system that is not trying to play a highline, he’s in his element. His experience, positioning and outright hunger to win was a joy to watch. He was our most potent attacker with 2 shots on target and a goal. He had a very important game.
I also liked that Arsenal let Chelsea have the ball in wide positions knowing they had no one to attack the ball in the box. We clogged up the middle of the pitch with a sea of red shirts. We also allowed them to have the ball, giving them 300 more passes than us over the 90. It was almost a reversal of the roles of the past 10 years. Chelsea were… a bit… you know… Arsenal like.
You do have to be honest about Chelsea. They were a fucking car crash. Sarri is a fanatic. He has his way of playing and he doesn’t give a fuck who his players are. Willian on the left, Hazard through the middle with no runners, Kante in a more advanced position, with Jorginho sideways passing like peak Denilson… it was really difficult viewing.
Chelsea had some bad luck, no doubt, but you felt the explosion Sarri had after the game, when he questioned his players’ mentality, is going to bite him. The manager doesn’t have the bodies to do what he wants.
If you’re honest, nor does Emery, but the whole point of us hiring in the Spaniard is we had a manager who’d dropped a powerpoint presentation for the ages on how he’d use the players we had.
For me, Emery has shown the way forward.
All the fans saying 4th place isn’t possible without a billion in January expenditure are out of excuses. We’ve already outperformed Wenger-2018 with points against the top 6 this season. We smashed Chelsea, beat Spurs, held our own in all the big games bar maybe City and Liverpool away. I don’t think it’ll happen, but that’s not because I think the players aren’t good enough. Points dropped at West Ham, Brighton and Southampton in such a short space of time shouldn’t have been part of the equation.
Emery has to shake of his PSG delusions of grandeur and get back to extracting more out of his squad. He needs to be better tactically, he needs to utilize his star names even if that hurts him personally, and he needs to make sure no one heard him say Arsenal was a distinct club because winning wasn’t that important.
Just a word to the injuries. I was devastated to see that Hector dropped an injury that has been a career ender in the past. Hopefully, it’s not as bad as it looks. It’s very difficult to apportion blame in these incidences, but it’s hard not to have noticed that our players have looked leggy this past month, and the big injuries are coming in at a rate of knots. We’ve lost 3 players sub 30 to nasty 3 letter acronyms and had a lot of problems this season.
Emery brought in his own strength and conditioning coach, despite us having hired in Darren Burgess to huge fanfare and already having a World Cup winning S&C man in Shad Forsythe. I said at the time that was unbelievably weak from Ivan, as it essentially handed veto power to someone who had unlikely been vetted. Factor in that we know Emery was more than happy to let the press know that he was hitting his players with double sessions early in the season (and was horrified at the fitness of the squad), and the leaked story Mokbel had in the DM that said the club reduced the intensity of training to help the players. Whatever is going on, if we’re to have a good backend of the season, we need to have fresh players and we need to stop losing them to injury.
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The Emery out crew seem to the 4-4-2 diamond will work against every other team because we beat Chelsea with it…..
News flash, if we play that against City, we would be annihilated.
Its important to note that Ramsey started the first two games of the season and Pierre and co were wondering why Emery was playing Ramsey…..
I recall Wenger groomed Elneny at CB….has Emery really used all the resources at his disposal?
Dale
Who was the last starter from our Academy?
“Maybe make better decisions pre-season then instead of loaning a fit Chambers out. Or turnover the squad better in the summer?”
CC
We already have two LB’s and Chambers was destroyed playing Right back against Swansea by you think he can do a job at left back?
City’s current fullbacks are not the ones Pep met there
Liverpool’s fullbacks are not the ones Klopp met there
On Le grove, Pep and Klopp are great managers but its funny how they were only able to compete when they brought in their own players.
Pedro No, that’s actually not what Un Na is saying. If it were, he and I would have no difference of opinion on this point, as I too think we are capable of finishing top four. The difference is this: whereas I (and others) think we have the 6th best squad but are nonetheless good enough to manage to finish fourth if Emery gets everything right and certain stars align, Un Na thinks our squad is just as good as teams 2 – 5 and that if we do not finish fourth or better, it will be on Emery. Those… Read more »
The principle reason for our “failures” this season so far are at the feet of Emery in the form of his tactical approach, selection of personnel, and inability to utlilise what he currently has at his disposal to the fullest potential.
Simply not true it suits a certain narrative but not true. It’s a poor squad a 5th/6th place squad and if it’s in with a shot of 4th or if it’s got a better record against the top 6 sides in the league this season it’ll be because of the manager who said certain types love to deride.
Dale
“I recall Wenger groomed Elneny at CB….has Emery really used all the resources at his disposal?”
I hope you’re being facetious.
Bamford
That is exactly what I’m saying. You just don’t seem capable of digesting it.
The funny thing Is some are running interference believing Emery is being absolved of all blame until he brings in a first 11 when that’s not the argument at all
Marko
Were we the dominant side in these games
Chelsea 3-2
Liverpool 1-1
Spurs 4-2
United 2-2
Chelsea 2-0
5/7 of our top 6 matches
Maybe make better decisions pre-season then instead of loaning a fit Chambers out. Or turnover the squad better in the summer?
Sure why not have 3 players for every position just in case you know. Have 3 RB’s 3 LB’s for rainy days. See if the premier league can make it a 35 man registered squad instead of 25
Bamford
I’m saying we cant hide behind the farcical concept of our players being of insufficient quality to reach top four this season. I’d put us 4th best above United and above Chelsea this season.
But hey, some of us are just optimistic or we expect more from arsenal.
I have noticed azed that people like to make the comparison with what Pep and Klopp are doing but at the same time they argue that Emery should be able to do it what he’s got which is incredible really. No win scenario really
Just like Pep came in and decided he needed four new full backs, two 50m defenders, why didn’t he just coach what he had and stopped spending
Funny enough Emery has never even complained of a lack of funds or the need for better players, all he ever says is we need to keep working hard to be better.
Champagne “The principle reason for our ‘failures’ this season so far are at the feet of Emery in the form of …” No. Sorry, but that is complete nonsense. While some of where we are at the moment is down to Emery and what he has not gotten right in terms of tactics or selections, most of the responsibility for where we are at moment lies at the feet of an inadequate squad. We have the 6th best squad in the PL. If Emery finishes 5th, he will have failed to achieve our goal for this season, but he will… Read more »
A couple of weeks back I gave up on 4th. The team selection had been poor yet again, the lads looked toothless, the defence was absolutely shocking. Yet along comes that Chelsea performance, admittedly against a team that is delivering less than the sum of its parts, and I see a glimpse of what could happen if we strengthen at the back this month, Emery gets his shit together when picking his starting line up, and we get back to brutal efficiency in front of goal. The financial return for getting back in the CL justifies Kroenke letting a few… Read more »
Azed
Do I think Chambers would’ve been a better option than Xhaka in defence? Yes.
Did you work out how many points we lost with Xhaka playing as a defender?
“On Le grove, Pep and Klopp are great managers but its funny how they were only able to compete when they brought in their own players.“
Not one person has made this argument.
It’s amazing some people are saying or at least pretending (to fit their agenda) that our squad is good enough. It’s almost like they haven’t been watching us the last two seasons or are oblivious to the total lack of balance and quality in the squad. Zero wingers in the squad not one pace merchant/dribbler who can beat a man. Serious lack of quality at the CB position (says alot that a 29 year old from Dortmund for 15 mill is probably our best CB) and our full backs plural need work. DM and goalkeeper issue kinda got addressed after… Read more »
This from Ornstein on twitter
As per @DaveHytner Bellerín ruptured ACL confirmed in scan today, 6-9 months. Rest of squad were paintballing pre #MUFC. Francis Cagigao tipped by many to succeed Mislintat as HoR with Monchi among names for TD (no timescale). #AFC want 2 loan deals, 1 being Suarez but not close
Did you work out how many points we lost with Xhaka playing as a defender?
Or as a CM…
Francis Cagigao tipped by many to succeed Mislintat as HoR with Monchi among names for TD
I could get behind this. Monchi is as good as it gets
Un Na
“I’d put [our squad] fourth best, above United’s and above Chelsea’s this season.”
OK, and you’d be wrong, in my opinion. Both of them have better squads than we do, IMO.
I would argue that Arsenal has the fourth best squad in the EPL. ManCity, ManUtd and Liverpool have a better first eleven and a better bench.
However man for man, Arsenal has a better squad than Spurs. From the Chelsea squad I can only see the Kante, Hazard and maybe their goalkeeper and left back better than Arsenal corresponding position.
So expecting a top 4 finish is not being deluded.
If Bellerin and Iwobi were capable of some improvement, then so was Chambers. He would have been a versatile player that could have played RB, CB and defensive midfield.
It made no sense in August when Chambers was sent away on loan.
It still doesn’t make any sense in January why he is still away on loan.
That was part of our summer blunders.
If we get Monchi, great work from us
However man for man, Arsenal has a better squad than Spurs.
Are you fucking kidding me? Absolute bollox. To a man they’ve got a better 11 bar Torreira for someone like Winks. Better squad
Valentin
Just curious, you’re a PSG fan who believes we have a lot to learn from them. An astroturf club founded in 1970 that didn’t t win it’s first championship until 1985.
What are you dong here, on an Arsenal blog?
Please don’t tell me that you have a “second team”, if so, who are you going to support is we ever play PSG?
Loaning Chambers and Reiss Nelson were two bad decisions. Emery is the one who took those decisions. He can complain that he needs a right sided winger, but he had one. He send him to a Champion’s league club. Regarding Chambers, Koscielny had to play 6 weeks earlier than anticipated because of Rob Holding injury. And it showed and he was struggling for form. Having an extra body who could have been used in the cup competition was the wise decision. It is not a question of hindsight after the event, because I made the cases against on this blog… Read more »
David Ornstein; Ornstein: As per @DaveHytner Bellerín ruptured ACL confirmed in scan today, 6-9 months. Rest of squad were paintballing pre #MUFC. Francis Cagigao tipped by many to succeed Mislintat as HoR with Monchi among names for TD (no timescale). #AFC want 2 loan deals, 1 being Suarez but not close This guy and his verbal diarrhea or shall we say sticky fingers. He doesn’t say anything anyone cannot guess but he threw in the paint balling stuff. What nonsense. Why would Monchi want to come and work under Raul when he’s already running another big club in a famous… Read more »
Hope to be proved wrong, but sadly, I imagine the club will go for the safe option already on the payroll rather than Monchi who might ruffle too many feathers
@Dissenter, As I have already told you. I am not a PSG fan. One of my brother and his sons are. They live in the outskirt of Paris and are season ticket holders. I didn’t like PSG before the Qatar because it was mostly full of racists degenerates and/or media show off. Post Qatar, I still don’t like them as despite having one of the best French football academy, they rely on mercenaries. Their financial dopings is slowly killing Ligue 1. 2 years ago they spend more than the rest of the entire league together! I have been leaving in… Read more »
Loaning Chambers and Reiss Nelson were two bad decisions
Not at all. Nelson needed games and by all accounts the Hoffenheim loan has been a success so far. Any appearences made last season he looked out of his depth and now he’ll come back next season ready to compete. As for Chambers we missed the chance to sell him when Palace offered 16 million for him then by keeping him last season and he underperforming we were left with little option than to loan him and hope he impresses enough to garner some interest next summer
Valentin
I was just curious, accept my apologies my friend. The intention was not to offend.
Why would Monchi want to come and work under Raul when he’s already running another big club in a famous European city?
Because Arsenal are a bigger club than Roma. And I’m sure we pay more
I imagine the club will go for the safe option already on the payroll
That would have been Sven then. I’m assuming the reason he’s leaving and the reason they didn’t offer him the position is because there isn’t a person at the club for the position and they have someone in mind for the job
Valentin
Are you there?
Charlie George,
Not a bad shout bringing Oli G back on a free, not a bad shout at all.
Everyone knows I’ve always loved Giroud.
Bringing him back as option B will be great for the club.
Fuck Giroud the useless fuck. Should have been binned at least a couple years before he finally got binned and now people wanna bring him back now he’s older and worse. No
Marko
Lol…oh oh my
We want Giroud
‘he says if you’re too soft, he goes limp, but if you’re too hard, he retracts into himself because he needs to feel the love’ 🤔
Was just having a look at our injuries of recent.. Holding, Bellerin and Welbeck all out for the season and would have played key parts in the team . Of recent we haven’t had Monreal, Mustafi done is hamstring, Mhkitaryan and Ozil has also been out. Koscielny is till coming back from a long term injury, same with Mavraponas. Lichsteiner has also been out the team lately. Any team, including Liverpool and City, would suffer. It’s near impossible to attain any sort of consistency with so many players coming back from long term injuries and with players in and out… Read more »
I agree with Pedro we should have a CEO – preferably a time served, successful footballing chief executive. Maybe because I’m from an older business generation I haven’t worked in a shared senior executive management environment; however, alpha personalities – often dictatorship or autocratic like – are generally the norm for MDs and above, although maybe less now since Horizontal Management replaced ‘Top-Down’ management autocracy has no real function. So who monitors Vinai and Raul when their performance levels drop? Who sets their KPIs? Who are they really accountable to? Certainly not Chairman Chips or absent Kroenke unless the bottom… Read more »
Vontae Daley-Campbell playing well for the U23s as their starting right back. Yes, it would be a big step up but let’s remember Bellerin himself made his first team debut under similar conditions when Debuchy was injured. Coming to think about I think Julio Pluegeuzo has played in there as well.
So for the rest of the season, I would play AMN as the RB. Then I would play Jenks. VdC can sit on the bench as the understudy. Sure, Lichtensteiner might have the experience but he doesn’t have the legs anymore to play more than very occasionally.
Bamford
I think we are struggling because a talented roster might not translate into results.
For example, the 2 teams with the biggest roster of talents are the Manchester teams, but their league position do not necessary reflect it.
To make things worst, our top tiered talent is not suitable to our manager.
Maybe Emery is better off building from the ground up than using “Superstar” players.
Potts do not have “Superstar” players on his roster. Kane don’t count since Spurs pay him in cash and the rights to playing for Spurs.
Excellent analysis Tony. I think you are spot on Raul will ultimately make descions that ARE best for him- But not what’s best for Arsenal (,e.g. The RamseyWithdrawal and the existing of Dortmund Eye) – to lose both in such a short space of time for no compo is total ineptitude. Like you – still astounded that Emery got the prestigious Arsenal job . Did he get in Emery because he was pliable to his way of thinking and his dealings. We have to watch him like a hawk.. Analyse him, scrutinise him…. I have serious reservations about his acumen… Read more »
Surely Raul should have found a way to keep Dortmund Eye on a consultancy role?
Surely Raul could have given Ramsey a 18 month contract with a soft buy out clause in it.
My prediction: more Spanish speaking
recruitment to ENTRENCH his position.
No evidence yet too that Vinai has the cojones to question Raul or the Kroenkes…
The most worrying feature at Arsenal is that the club has made no material changes to the Board of Directors to either Holding Company or Football Club
Ken Friar and Richard Gibb are in their 80s and Lord Harris is in late 70s. Only
Josh Gazidis is not past retirement age.
Whilst there may be an argument for wisdom and stability there does not seem to be much evidence of this going on in recent years particularly when
there are now such financial restrictions at the club as a result of poor management decisions.
The Pro and Cons of Raul s first year: Pros Torreira & Gendusi signings. Cons Tacit agreement for Ozil eyewatering contract Green lighting the Emery appointment.( not the man to unite and excite Arsenal 2019) Ramsey fiasco ( to make him look like the strong man no nonsense negotiator) Lichsteiner in/Chambers out fiasco Elneneys extension ??? Slew of 30 year old players with no resale value( PEA, SOK,Miki) Losing a highly rated Chief Scout so quickly( for £000) ( the last few days – I have come to the conclusion- this has real serious undertones for us) Signing of his… Read more »
The undertones being- the now Departed Dortmund Eye- will now know about all our youngsters.
His next club – might get this and all his other knowledge.
Absolute insanity – how Arsenal 2019 operate.
I do like reading your posts Charlie, it’s like a reality check when I’m questioning my own intelligence.
Thank you.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6615463/Head-recruitment-Sven-Mislintat-leave-Arsenal-just-14-months.html
Why were Grimaldi and Rowley still used as consultants?
What exactly did they bring us during Wenger’s tenure?
Bamford Our squad is talented. It’s just not suited to emery’s style and preferred formation. He went with the diamond Saturday and it worked perfectly. It’s down to him to get the best out of what he has as he was signed on that basis. He’s done well enough in that regard vs our rivals but not agaisnt the lower teams. This is down not to personnel but either tactics or lack of motivation. Which comes back to the manager We have a squad able to defeat Southampton Brighton and West Ham but we chucked 8 points away there That’s… Read more »
Thanks Un.
ARSENAL 2020?
Richard Scudamore CEO
David Dein: Head of Recruitment.
Gareth Southgate Head Coach
Sol Campbell Asst Coach
That will put the cat amongst the pigeons!
Its laughable that people are throwing the toys out of the pram at Emery. Those people had zero understanding of what job was at hand for the new manager. Emery has done an outstanding job given the cards he was delt. The idea that this squad would genuinely compete even under the worlds best manager was always laughable. Now people are blaming Emery for their own poor judgement of the situation. None of us know if Raul is doing a good or bad job at fixing the mess that Ivan has made either. Its too early to tell. But I… Read more »
The reason why I do not trust the current management team is that they were the team that negotiated some of the worst deals at Barcelona. They are the one who passed on Raphael Varane to buy Jeremy Matthieu. They are the one who bought high, sold low and paid unsustainable wages. Because of them now Barcelona are broke. Barcelona had one strategy, make full use of their academy, and sprinkle that team with very high level players. Once the academy team left for Manchester City, the flow from the academy dried up. Instead of fixing the academy and concentrating… Read more »
CG I wouldn’t say I was astounded about Emery getting the job that’s bending my narrative somewhat. Emery is a reasonable manager but like many others here, I don’t see him taking us to the next level. Maybe the odd cup including the European and maintaining CL positions. If you like he’s a more playable Wenger without the condescension toward fans and tactically improved – hence the small gains we’ve made this season. However, small gains are nowhere close to what The Arsenal needs or wants from the fans perspective, but certainly enough for its owners only interested in keeping… Read more »
I think what we are seeing as the weeks and months go by is that is that it seems more an more likely Raul chose his fellow compatriot Emery as coach. probably Gazidas did want Arteta ( but knowing he was leaving to Milan) meant he could not reinforce his preferred pick The reason Raul chose Emery – is he sees him as pliable and knows he ain’t gonna rock the boat, ie. “Yes Man” ( and accept his signings) Raul also Probably orchestrated Dortmund Eye s exit. ( as soon as Gazidas left- freezing him out of the picture)… Read more »
You gotta be kiddin’ me with these arguments that the scousers will be top of the league with the same injury gallore we are going through!hell no! van dijk out injured,milner injured,fabinho not fit,firmino injured.you think they”ll be in top 3?We are pulling through a serious injury crisis to our main defenders,full backs and a winger,yet we doing averagely well.lets see things a better way.
If you are right CG, and the circumstances show you may well be, means The Kroenkes have let another authoritarian control freak in at the top, very soon after the club said it was moving on from such things
It’ also shows a terrible naivety on their behalf.
Can billionaires be that naive, these days??
What does Raul really gain by running the club badly??
Sven has been here for just over a year, how is it that all of a sudden he is seen as the Knight in shinning armor who wanted to get the club back among the elite when he actually has no track record of doing that, he simply finds good players while competent executives ran Dortmund
Charlie George if i took you seriously i would find your posts disturbing but i don’t.
RH
I don’t for one second- think he wants to run the club badly.
I just think he will!
Depends how much the billionaires really care, or where their priorities are
I think they obviously care. But
I think they need to get their Arses over here- and keep an eye on what’s going on..
Chief Ex left
Chief Scout left
Longest serving player going…
It’s only January…..
RH
I don’t think Raul wants to “run” it badly.
Just that if he and Sven can’t work together, I think it is best if one of them makes way.
Who knows?Maybe we beat the naysayers and win the 4th place trophy with the likes of Denis Suarez on loan and Ozil on ice.
Agree on that. Wasn’t JKs role to keep a closer eye on things?
Just hope they hadn’t become reliant on Ivan with Wenger gone, and are taking too long correcting this reliance
Dark Hei
Is the relationship between Raul and Swen not working – because Raul does not want it too work?
Swen scouted dembele for 8million for Dortmund
Raul bought dembele for 130 million for Barca.
Do those facts alone- make uncomfortable reading alone!( for us fans and Raul)!!
Just stop buying tickets
Kroenke would soon fuck off
Even if he does sell to tourists it would put enourmous pressure on the club as they’ve drained the life blood
You do not actually want them to put their own money in the club ( ie buying players)- by the simple fact – they will want it back.! We have seen Villa and Sunderland with their USA owners nearly go into administration and relegated because their owners stopped the money taps.( and wanted it back sharpish) No- We have to be run properly . BUT we have to have competent people in charge. Unfortunately we have none of that at any level at Arsenal 2019 We spend ample on players and their ludicrous wages. We just need to spend it… Read more »
CG probably Gazidas did want Arteta ( but knowing he was leaving to Milan) meant he could not reinforce his preferred pick The reason Raul chose Emery – is he sees him as pliable and knows he ain’t gonna rock the boat, ie. “Yes Man” ( and accept his signings) Raul also Probably orchestrated Dortmund Eye s exit. ( as soon as Gazidas left- freezing him out of the picture) Raul and Emery were obviously In cohorts with regards to the Ramsey Withdrawal. They are also in cohorts with the Suarez/Banega/James nonsensical signings. Raul is a streetfigher . And supposedly… Read more »
Charlie G: Chief Ex left Chief Scout left Longest serving player going…It’s only January…. Chief exec leaving is the best thing that has happened since the news that Wenger was leaving. I can’t see how that would have been Raul’s call anyway, but if somehow it was then its a big tick As for Ramsey leaving, he had an offer of 200k/week on the table and we can’t buy players because our wage bill is too high. Having Ramsey as our second highest paid player is ridiculous in and itself. But having that deal block us from actually getting players… Read more »