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Nothing quite like a Friday night game to hype the cockles of your heart. Ole G to the S brings his band of now merry men to The Grove to duke it out with an Unai on FIRE. A trophy for the Norwegian would help him secure the contract he so desires, for Emery, it’ll keep melts like me off his back for another week.
Let’s get down to brass tacks.
Arsenal is fresh of the back of a victory against Chelsea, who just went to a final of their own, beating the GREATEST EVER SPURS SIDE on penalties.
I am greatly amused by journalists crying like grown men who’ve just seen their first ever vegan sausage roll because everyone is taking the piss out of Poch.
“SUPPOSE YOU THINK THAT MEANS HE’S SHIT. WELL, HE IS NOT LET ME TELL YOU. BUT YOU ARE. FOR YOUR VIEWS THAT RUN COUNTER TO DATA’
Take a fucking CBD latte precious one, it’s ok to laugh at the masters of marginal gains, and their hero manager for once again inflicting a cold backhanded slap of reality to ‘this is our year’ Spurs fans. I also think it’s amusing how many excuses people make for Poch, like he’s some sort of charity case. He has consistently tanked at important junctures with great players, after a while, it starts to look Spursy.
Anyway, where was I?
Ahh… Arsenal has a tough game against United. Unai Emery is going to have to reach into his metaphorical pot of wet look gel and activate more than just a great hairstyle. He’s going to have to, you know, pull out some tactics as well. Arsenal cannot roll with a 4-4-2 like we did against Chelsea. United have a livewire front three that will absolutely obliterate our slow defence. We also won’t get away with pushing them out wide, because their crosses are going to be met by players with more height and in box aggression than Hazard and Pedro.
Good news is Manchester United can’t pull off their most effective tactical move because De Gea didn’t travel south with the rest of the team. For all the glory the press are hyping around United, they’ve not been great. Their run stinks of Unai Emery’s if you ask me, lots of cracks there waiting to be exposed. There’s obviously a little more joy about the way they play now. Ole G has installed a more defined football identity, but the buzz there is the same as it was for us at the start of the season. He has Pogba enjoying his football again and Rashford has been reborn now he doesn’t have a manager flicking dog poo at him for motivational reasons.
This is a big one for Emery. In his excitement, how did he prepare? Did he flog his players with double sessions all week, or did he rest them hoping for another explosive start? How is he planning on using Ramsey? Did he communicate his ideas with clarity? How will he nullify that United front three? How is he going to control those long balls in behind our defense? How is he going to set up the defence without Bellerin?
IS HE EVEN THINKING ABOUT CARDIFF AND CITY AFTER!
We’ll see. An FA Cup win would take a lot of pressure off the manager. This will be important to him. I just wonder how our renewed top 4 bid will affect his thinking. He has to have a fresh team that beats Cardiff, and puts on a show against City.
In other news, the MIGHTY John Cross reckons Monchi could join this summer. I. would. be. game.
David Ornstein says Arsenal are in for Paris livewire, Nkunku. Do I know much about the midfielder? Absolutely not. But I have seen this video twice.
He looks fast, powerful and mobile. He’s a risky signing, but he’d certainly be more interesting than punting on Suarez. He can play across the midfield, even right back. I am game for these sorts of risks. The move is still hugely complex apparently – when are they not when it comes to Arsenal?! But still, at least we’re trying and exploring options. Thomas T has also sanctioned the deal.
Finally, Thierry Henry has been suspended by Monaco as they prepare to fire him. Or he’s already fired. Whatever, he’s done there. It seems like all the things you feared Thierry would be as a manager were true. This from GFFN.
He, he is supposed to be worth €10m?” All of the substitutes heard. The message he sent to the players was very negative.”
Another anonymous source close to the Monaco 1st team group added: “He would speak badly to the players, it is a fact. He would also make examples of people and that annoyed a lot of people, he gave this haughty impression as if he would not consider anyone else’s opinion.”
It looked like he might be going off on a weird tangent when he made that kid come back to tuck his chair in. I’m all for high standards, but humiliating a player in front of the media over a chair is a misunderstanding of people. Don’t get me wrong, it was a crowd pleaser, but you can’t embarrass people to make yourself look powerful, that’s petty. He topped it off with another awful prezzer where he told the sitting journalists he was removing the squad “of individuals who only care about their own futures”.
Bad times, but deep down, you know it was very predictable. Still, he’s getting a fucking huge payout apparently. So he’ll be ok.
Right, that’s me done. Enjoy this evening!
COME ON YOU REDS! x
Cech is fucking garbage
Jaysus Cech is shite
Alright, that’s it then…shame though
Game over.
Good ol’ Cech and his non-ability to parry it out of danger. C’ya!
Nice assist from Cech
Terrible keeping Cech’s been a huge player in the PL but he’s so finished. We’ve got 15 PL matches plus the EL Leno should be starting them all.
Cech
Fully cooked…
Where the fuck was the defending on Martial Drs????!!!!!
Sad that we got Cech at the tale end…Chelsea knew he was done.
How many on here said Cech was better than Leno too, jokers.
Oh lawd, ozil the ozil
*FFS not Drs What the fuck with this comment box???
Cech parry was poor, but anyone else notice how slow he was getting up.
Well shit
Call me an optimist but this game sucks fuck!
We huff and puff and nothing. they go down the other side and its dam busters
Probably the beat possible outcome for us what with bodies dropping like flies and us being too poor to get anyone in this month
Was quite optimistic at first but I don’t think emery’s the right fit for arsenal
Kolasinac clueless defender but he occasionally gets into a scrap so all’s forgiven
Lol get stuck in Lads at least we aren’t pussies anymore
No Money.
Absent Owner
Squad not good enough for top 4
Just fucking sucks. I hate fucking manure
And Iwobi is more influential than Ozil……don’t care what some of you think, We looked better with his busy runs, we’ve resorted to tippy-tappy with Ozil, and Ramsey is shit too! better to let him go…he’s not the kind of midfielder we need.
To be fair to Arsenal and Emery we actually played some pretty good aesthetic football, just lacking in the final ball.
Ozil showed great passion runnig behind Pogba for third….
Its the squad. not good enough.
Our backline is decimated.
This season is a wash. Feeling down right now
slow he was getting up.
By the time cech got up I had gone for a run and back.
The whole season and Emery career is really riding on Europa league now.
Yea Emery isn’t the right fit.. Injures two of our players and plays the reserve keeper in cup games. The audacity.
Painful again. And this Manc team is not top drawer by a long chalk.
Well once again Pierre was 100% right. Losing and struggling for creativity and then Ozil comes on, scores 2, assists 4 and plays the pass for the assist 5 times.
The greatest FA Cup performance ever and possibly the greatest single performance in the history of football.
It’s just a shame that Pierre won’t be on here for weeks to bask in the glory.
IF only our players take shots rather than passing it around the box.
I can’t stand Lingaard…i really want to punch him in the face,
Lol get stuck in Lads at least we aren’t pussies anymore
If Kolasinac shies away from his defensive responsibility and instead gets into a pointless squabble then I’m afraid he’s a massive pussy
More worried about the injuries. We are not in a position to lose a single body in defense let alone two. But hey we can only make loan signings, dream job for top managers
Lingard is a twat.. a good punch should fix that ugly mug
Ramsey had me question my stance on him based on first half. Well no love lost in second, he didnt need much to revert to his usual not that good level. Wish him best of luck in Italy, he will definitly need it with defences over there.
Where’s Aubameyang? Other than the goal, he hasn’t been involved, not even when the fracas was on…
Its pretty obvious Wenger never left the building. He still takes training at Colney
Marko
Nah that called being a shite defender. Not connected to being a Pussy in anyway.
Kola is an elite level wingback why are people expecting him to be a good left back very very different positions.
I don’t blame the lad for being brought into a set up that is hopelessly mismatched for him.
Ol bug eye’s done bugger all
10 minutes to equalise boys! We can still do it! We’ve got PEA and Laca
Where’s AMN??????
The Ole G hype train rolls on
Did he outthink Emery tactically? Does this mean we should have gone for a younger bold exciting unknown? Do our world class players need to be freed from Emery just like mourinho?
Questions people questions
Receding
I think Koz will be fine. Very much doubt his jaw is broken it just hurts like fuck when you get banged in the jawplex.
Bug eyes knackers
Only after 20 mins…
Looks like the Europa cup or bust…
Like Laca…he’s there….still fighting.
What exactly does Steve Bould do again.
London gunner
Really hope so.
Globalgunner
January 25, 2019 21:45:41
Its pretty obvious Wenger never left the building. He still takes training at Colney
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His stench will linger for a long time thats for sure
Told u Rambo burnt out…
He’s in charge of the cones and defensive yelling…
No card there for Pogba?
Ozil created 6576 chances… Pierre is so elated he will need help getting home tonight
Would be nice if one Xhaka or someone fucks up Rashford after what he did to Holding
Aubameyang runs and forgets the ball behind…LOL….Walcott with a fairly better scoring record
They took their chances today and we defended woefully can we actually buy a defence in the summer please I would only keep bellerin and sokratis
Bamford
Marko
Is AMN still shit? If you say yes then it’s clear why your nation’s are so far behind footballing wise
Well we’re done for on this one. So pissed off that we weren’t capable of challenging Manure.
I hope juve are watching Rambo
Tires early
Sulks
Not team player…
This is fucking poor
13 shots to their 7…they have just been better defensively…we just leave spaces defensively, still look the same since 2009
Aubameyang is wanker
Ozil is a wanker
Both the same
One assists regularly but is detrimental to the team
The other scores regularly but is detrimental to the team
We are not winning the Europa league…don’t do it to yourselves expecting us to.
Emery either demands a squad turnover or resigns at the end of the season. He carries on with this players he deserves all the snide comments he gets
Think that’s the debate done on Ozil, fucking dump. 19 year old kid comes on as sub and does a lot more. Fuck off ozil.
Emery doesn’t have sense I keep saying it. You kept ozil out of tough matches so far and we have all applauded you despite losing some of them cos we believe ozil ain’t just in it but playing ozil tonight??? A very very bad decision
Kola is an elite level wingback why are people expecting him to be a good left back very very different positions.
Are you for real? He ain’t elite nothing and the difference between a LB and a LWB is fuck all probably about 10 yards. He’s still got to defend. Elite level…he’s fucking awful. Also he played LB at Schalke
Receding
Fuck ozil
Aubameyang has been on the field all day and been nothing but a hindrance
Now we know why Emery doesn’t play Ozil.
You can see why emery don’t rate ozil…
Smith Rowe of Wilcox for me…over him..
Marko is an elite level dub mong
You’re from the pale marko
Your blood is my blood
Do you reckon Stan knows we’re playing tonight?
Loan some bloody defenders!
RH
‘Did he outthink Emery tactically? Does this mean we should have gone for a younger bold exciting unknown? Do our world class players need to be freed from Emery just like mourinho?’
Do not worry RH. Your apotheosis of Emery will make people think twice before raising any question against the infallible Spaniard.
This team of ours will not win anything.. I know we have been disrupted by injury.. but two supposed excellent strikers, have had how many shots on target? Not necessarily their fault, as we have created nothing. Listening to their comments, the BBC commentators are watching a different match than me.
Less games now is a positive
Bug eyes knackers
Only after 20 mins…
Brilliant. Yeah he’s tired as fuck making all those training montages for his Twitter
if this isnt enough for Mavro to make appearances then we are really fucked
Sell the whole team this summer and start over I guess.
fuck
Big worry for me is Sokratis. Huge miss if he’s out for a while. Could completely derail our hopes this season
Clearour list for summer
Ozil
Kolasinic
Xhara
Ramsey
Cech
Welbeck
Mustafi
Kos..
That’s for starters…
Gas
Twisted ankle
2 weeks
Knocked out in the 4th round. Not great. But hardly the 3rd round and being beaten 4-2 by Forrest
We cannot create in the final third. We miss sorely a Cesc that could unlock those defenses. When they play 9 in the back… Cesc always found a way in- lob, chip, through ball, something
Ozil and Rambo forget it. I would have left Iwobi on.. at least he can dribble a little bit
TR7 no one has called him infallible nor elevated him to saintly status but nice try though.
Guess you are one of those who believe our squad is world class and all we need is Allegri to step in for a clean sweep.
No spending needed here
Beeeeeejaaazus! some key observations..
Ramsey is only good for 60 minutes…unless there’s a big gold bar at the end I expect…
No fit defenders worth their salt left.
Ozil obvs.does not give one iota of fuck.
Cech is retiring a couple of years too late..
Torreria….worst game in an Arsenal shirt so far.
Iwobi….looks busy, occasionally does something good but is mostly dog shit.
PEA and LACA were good. With a decent couple of Wingers and a good number 10, we could be world beaters. So we need to sign about 7 top players and well be sorted.
*sob*
@Marko “Not one drop of blood”
Go watch the reply. There was blood running down the back of Kos’s ear while he was lying on the pitch with the trainer pressing something against his cheek.
Walcott with a fairly better scoring record
Yeah a fairly better scoring record… just a tad really
We have a thin, unbalanced and mediocre squad.
Hard to know how long it will be until that situation can be resolved.
Man Utd weren’t impressive given their resources.
Knocked out in the 4th round. Not great. But hardly the 3rd round and being beaten 4-2 by Forrest
Marko
Also not record winner or 49 unbeaten
Back in your bog ya little bogger
Kos broken jaw? I hope not. From a simple human perspective… I feel for the dude.
I thought we actually played decently, just that defence again. United do have some front like as well with Martial, Rashford, Sanchez and Lukaku. We really are not being helped by the fact we’ve now lost Holding, Bellerin, Sokratis and Kozz to knocks or seemingly innocuous moments. For a defence that struggles anyway the constant chop and change is no good. I thought Ozil was shite, still waiting for this reaction. Showed again why we can’t keep Lacazette and Aubameyang. Just doesn’t work for us. Lacazette worked hard tonight but jeez he needs to stop the flicks, gave possession away… Read more »
Emery with another tactical masterclass, defence is starting to take shape at last which is really encouraging.
Usual suspects having to run mental amounts of interference bless them. Laca might be valuable, but it’d be foolish to sell because he’s the only proper baller we have.
Can anyone name one Arsenal positive from tonight’s game? Lacs never say die attitude is all I can think of.
Aubameyang is wasted on the wings, there’s no point playing him there.
Ozil is a waste of space and resources
We need new defenders(minimum of 5)
Best to switch off chaps. Lets all come back in August. You never know. we might have a new defence, our strikers may have improved eye-leg coordination
Emery has to go.
We are a complete disaster at the back.
We’ve basically been conceding the same goal over and over since week one of the season.
Good old fucking days…
CA
take your blinkers off
Laca is our best player at the moment.
Bad idea to attempt that lay off by Laca for their third goal. He seems to do it in every game.
Out of the FA Cup but more worrying Sokratis out injured. We look bad defensively with him and hopeless without him. Montreal has been a big loss as well, wonder why the one year extension was triggered if he can’t stay fit.
Mavro needs to start playing now.
Emery has to go? Take them all with him.
Goonah
Blinkers?
Was it a different player who gave the ball away on the halfway line?
Not the first time he’s done that either, is it?
Unless we’re setting a standard for our favourites we don’t apply to others. Stupid mistake made worse by the fact it is a repeat mistake of his near the halfway line.
You can work as hard as you like all game, you don’t wrap a gift up for the opposition and get a pass.