Four things I’ve been thinking about intensely for a whole day.
The Squad is toilet commentary:
Sven Mislintat gave Emery 5 players last summer at a cost of £70m. He focused on mainly defensive players, with one player hired in for his FIRE mentality.
Bernd Leno: A massive improvement on Cech, can play with his feet, makes good saves. HIT
Lucas Torriera: Ferocious defensive midfielder that has a super instinct for the game. He’s a good tackler, he can pass and he’s comfortable sitting at the base of midfield. MASSIVE HIT
Matteo G: If you don’t love this guy, you’re dead inside. A bit rough around the edges, but he’s been very good considering his age. HIT
Sokratis: Beast at the back. A fighter, solid on the ball, good in the air and a proper leader. Should be our captain. Guy is so aggressive he told his ankle off for being injured. HIT
Lichtsteiner: 34 years old, was never going to be able to do it on the pitch, but he’s not shite, he’s just off the pace.
We have improved the squad. It is difficult to argue anything else. These are good players.
So why haven’t we seen an improvement to our defence?
- Wolves
- Leicester
- Brighton
- Palace
- Newcastle
Five teams that either share the same goals conceded, or have conceded less than us. Seriously man, Newcastle United.
Add to that the fact that we have two 25 goal a season strikers (£116m) that even the most miserable Arsenal fan can’t be unhappy with. Do we love Lacazette? Yes. Do we love Auba? Damn right we do, even if you don’t, he’s joint second in the Premier League for goals with Kane and 2 behind Salah He also has a banging haircut and a nice smile. He also has 7 more than Lukaku, who everyone is now pivoting towards being better than Auba. Bitch please.
Lacazette has 1o in all competitions and we love him as well. Chelsea would die for our frontline.
Emery has a world class player in Ozil he can’t motivate and he’s chosen to leave a player like Ramsey on the bench all year. I know Mesut is a being a little bitch, but come on, buy him a Balenciaga snood and make up already. Seriously, this has gone too far.
So in short, this idea that our squad is Stoke levels is more dramatic than the output of a mild Ospina collision.
United Tactics:
I thought the tactics against United were subpar, but as I am somewhat dyslexic when it comes to writing about them, I stole a piece from Valentin in the comments:
The most depressing of Friday’s defeat is that the manner of the defeat was predicted. Everybody knew the tactics that ManUtd were going to employ except our coach. Soak up pressure and let Arsenal have the ball wide but intercept any cut back and counter-attack at pace.
Arsenal left side via long balls over the top from Pogba or Matic. Emery did nothing against that. In fact his tactics and players selection played into their hand.
We needed a quick and decisive left back and instead of Monreal he played Kolasinac who is not the quickest nor the best at defending.
We needed a deep line with a compact midfield in front. Instead we played a high line with regularly our midfield and Kolasinac ahead of the ball which means that when they counter-attack they had one more attacker than defenders. 3v2 as for the second goal or 4v3.
We needed somebody to man mark Pogba and as far as I could see neither Ramsey nor Torreira were tasked to do that. The closest to regularly block Pogba was Lacazette !
Newcastle employed those tactics and it nearly paid off for them. With luck and better players (which we have compared to Newcastle) they could have won it.The worst thing is that on the sideline everybody could see that clearly Emery had no idea how to turn the tide.
Ole G, Mike P and Carrick just rolled out the same strategy Alex Ferguson used against us for years.
Emery apparently does more video analysis than a 14-year old who’s just discovered incognito mode.
What happened here? Did he miss the Spurs game?
Power:
Emery has helped see off Sven by basically blacklisting ‘hot youth talent’ e-mail suggestions, instead, favouring journeymen stars from Champ Man circa 2014, preferably with an agent Raul knows… what does that mean for our F5 Newsnow refresh trigger finger?
ARSENAL LINKED WITH IVAN PERISIC.
Holy mother of Mary. What a boner killer. Like ‘accidentally’ opening a really bad tab in incognito mode.
A 29-year-old who is 30 in a month. A player working in a much slower league, in physical decline, with a goals and assists record this season WORSE than Iwobi’s. 25 games (72mins a game), 3 goals and 5 assists. Did we learn nothing from the Mikhi disaster? Pepe over at Lille has 13 goals and 10 assists in 23 games. Wait for him! Save those loan pennies.
If this is the future, why does it smell so much like Everton?
What makes things even more worrying is we’re hiring in Spaniards at a rate of knots. Emery has been adding to his backroom staff over the course of the season and he’s even picking his mate as the Technical Director this summer, and look, I think Monchi could be a great candidate (5th with Roma, which is fitting), but it’s quite clear Ivory Towers are being built which could be problematic, and even worse, tough to break up should the worst happen.
Also, is there no search and select process for this? You know, even just to pinch ideas from the other candidates.
As Matt noted on the podcast, this is all happening because there’s no defacto leader at the club. We need a Bepe Moratta like figure, or a Michael Zorc. Someone who purposefully decentralizes power, sets the vision and makes people work smart to deliver a great footballing experience to the fans. Most CEOs wouldn’t want to create management cliques. That’s why you’d limit the power of the manager, take ownership of the staffing around him, and be very careful about hiring in friends. In football, an industry known for bullshitters, you really need to have your wits about you.
We just shipped out Wenger’s regime and now seem to be allowing a new one to form. This is all the more worrying because the raid is being executed by people who have little affinity for the club, which wouldn’t be a problem if we had a CEO and a strong board with business and footballing acumen (preferably people that have Arsenal DNA (Brian Marwood)). Just look at Ivan Gazidis giving himself a massive payrise in his final year at Arsenal despite achieving nothing on or off the pitch. That’s scandalous corporate greed. But who was there to overrule it? No one. That’s who. I mean, no one isn’t really a who, but you get what I mean.
Change:
The season should be judged on expectations.
My expectations, ok?
- Do we have a defined style of football?
- Are we better defensively?
- Are we better going forward?
- Are we technically a better outfit?
- Are the fans excited?
A very basic list. If nothing has improved and we’re still 6th, we should think about a different path.
Bruce Rioch picked up the pieces of George Graham era, was told to land European football, and he was sacked two weeks after he achieved his goals. Why? Because David Dein recognised he could do better.
Nigel Adkins took Southampton up from League One, he was doing well in the Premier League, and he was fired because they were able to bring in Pochettino (remember the reaction in the press to that!).
If there is no improvement this season then good leadership should course correct and make a change.
Can anyone disagree with that notion? No they can’t. They absolutely can’t.
Right, that’s me OUT. See you tomorrow when I promise it’ll be sparkles and rainbows.
Luuuuurve u x
Okay Pedro let’s say Wenger was in charge of transfers. When do you think Gazidis should have persuaded Kroenke that Wenger should be replaced? How did he allow our players to wind down their contracts to a length that gave their agents too strong a negotiating position? If again Wenger was in charge of contracts, why was Gazidis paid so much money for simply improving commercials at a rate that our competitors were comfortably matching? If you praise Gazidis for bringing Ranheli and Minslat in, then how do you explain his bailing , leaving a vacuum which caused a power… Read more »
Perdo, I would love to share your enthusiasm about Kroenke. Sorry, mate, it’s impossible.
There is clear evidence that Arsenal will ever flourish under his dead hand. I wish it were not true, but where are grounds for optimism
Also, you get time if there’s progress.
Sarri has raised questions, but most CFC fans know where the football could be, so they will give time.
Ole G is playing United football and he has a bond with the fans, he’ll get time.
Poch was a young coach willing to work with the kids and bring high octane football to the fans, so he got time.
Emery is boring the shit out of everyone and regressing the club
And Pedro, you trust what John Cross writes? Pinch a salt I reckon……
Pedro
Like you and the good minority on here have given the new manager? What Arsenal fans need is instant success because they’ve had unreal football and no trophies to show for it from the previous manager. Either way, not so sure Arsenal fans such as yourself are going to give any manager “time” if they’re not matching up to whatever metrics you’ve set for them.
Perisic rejected
Arsenal and Unnai are looking for another 30+ player.
Bob, love him or loathe him, he’s incredibly well connected with the club. Don’t doubt that.
No B, what we need is to see progress after years of listening to people roll with judge him in May.
*There is NO clear evidence that Arsenal will ever flourish under his dead hand. I wish it were not true, but where are grounds for optimism”
Pedro,
Ok, John cross the mirror guy.
Yeah I remember a vague link with him concerning utd and Chelsea Because they were looking for midfielders and they both went elsewhere.
I don’t believe for a second though, that cash strapped arsenal would turn down 50 million for a player with ten months to go on his contract.
Especially getting bent over at the start of the year by ozil and Sanchez.
Surely the club would have said yes to that deal. If that’s genuine then heads should roll for not accepting the cash.
Emery is boring the shit out of everyone and regressing the club
This exactly is your problem with him, the fact that he’s “boring”, never mind the fact that all the teams you mentioned above have for a start much better individual and less error prone players than our lot
Spurs up against it here
Batistuta, the other clubs have better managers.
Don’t want errors vs United? Don’t start a keeper that’s retiring would be a good place to start.
Up 4 grabs now, Emery said he was building his team around Aaron and we had a deal on the table which he was going to sign.
“less error prone players than our lot”
Unai could have fixed that a bit, no? Just a little bit.
TR7January 27, 2019 14:42:30
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Good post..Keep up the good work.Nice style,measured and hits all the points in a concise and logical way.No room for bias or idiocy like some others.
Hope your day is good.All the best.
Glorious chance for Palace to make it 3 spurned…
Sure John Cross is connected, he’s been writing about Arsenal for decades. Hasn’t stopped him writing an incredible amount of tosh! It’s not easy to know what is true and what is ‘information’ from the Arsenal PR department!
I have quite a lot of sympathy with Emery. He has inherited a weak, unbalanced squad and the fan base have felt impatient and frustrated for a fair few years before he arrived. Guess most manager’s ‘life expectancy’ is only a couple of years and he knows that!
Emery came from a club which had top players and a sizeable budget. He accepted to work within the constrainsts of the club SS model but I am sure he bever thought that our spending would be so low. I can understand that he gives the impression of being cheated and looks disappointed now. He probably wants out. Apart from Arteta no serious manager wanted this job. Enrique asked for 200M spending and the talks stopped there. We should be looking towards other managers for whom going to EL would be a step forward and who would be hungry to… Read more »
Pedro
The other clubs have better players my friend, don’t go deluding yourself to think otherwise and oh, Cech has been our cup goalie all season so don’t really see any points with that one
Bob, I gave the source. I’m not going to open a special investigation into where it came from
Not being funny but if your in charge of arsenal and we’ve tried to tie Ramsay down to a new deal for 12-18 months and he has refused to sign it, you say too him sign the deal by 5pm today or were selling you. Man utd are bidding for you.
Your choice. You don’t turn the 50 million offer down and risk another contract crisis like you had 7-8 months before with Alexis and ozil.
We had the Same problem with Cesc Nasri RVP, how stupid was gazidis?
Pedro Liverpool are spending though. They put £200m up for Alison, VVD and Keita. A man who can’t eben get into their side. Batistuta I’d be patient for a guy I believe in. If we are playing lovely football and scoring good goals and there is a sense of style and something to build towards. What’s happening right now isn’t convincing me. Emery is making to many mistakes. He flip flopping which shows me he doesn’t trust his own judgment and can’t figure out what to do. Other managers have come into worse squads this season and performed better with… Read more »
Batistuta, this hands out ‘pffft, this is the best it could be’ is so meek.
It’s also not what we bought into
Poor miss from Trippier
Emery:
“I believe we can grow with the players we have. The objective is to work hard together and with these talented players.”
He had an amazing dossier.
What happened?
Fair enough Pedro just saying he’s connected so he can be used as a mouthpiece by Arsenal management. Could it not be possible that it suited Gazidis to attribute responsibility for transfers on Wenger, particularly when they weren’t exactly stellar?
Trippier missed a penalty, excellent!
Up 4 grabs now, we pulled the deal. Not the other way around.
@ Up 4 grabs now
And what if the player did not agree terms with the buyer club and decided to run down his contract so he could get a sign on fee and a fat paycheck?
Un na naii Emery isn’t convincing most fans including myself i might add and I’m sure he knows that if not he’s just clueless but the reality is, we’ve not played anything resembling entertaining football in a while now and we don’t even have the players bar our strikers to be reasonably competitive which is why us being just 3 points behind 4th with a chunk of the season to go means he’s getting as much as he can from the squad with the little he has been given. I’m only admonishing patience and realism with the situation we currently… Read more »
Yeah TR7
Kudos to you. Great post. I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed reading your thoughts.
Guest spot beckons surely??
I find alex’s Posts a bit bland
No offence Alex if you’re reading this but we could do with a bit more tactical analysis.
* TR7 is treading a thin line. Stop with the praise
Pedro, I know we pulled the deal but that was September/October time.
If utd really had bid 50 million in the summer surely you say to him make a decision now, sign or your on the transfer list.
Mgooner,
That’s why you don’t let contracts go below two years you resign or sell that’s common sense.
Something the arsenal manager and chief executive didn’t seem to have!
At the moment, I won’t be surprised of Emery throws in the by the end of the or before the start of next season. He looks tired, exhausted and completely outgunned.
No one is asking for instance. We need proper performance and show of improvement in the style of play.
Defensive fralities(I am gutted for Sokratis) is still evident and the current transfer potential after good acquisitions in the summer is below 0%.
@MGooner “I can understand that he gives the impression of being cheated and looks disappointed now.”
I have the same feeling. Emery looked kind of depressed when he told the press that the club has no money to sign player in this TW. We all expect the club will back the coach and will strengthen the team. I suspect that the owner is taking money out of the club. He is now the sole owner. s. -s. model is just a smoke screen for him now.
Batistuta The last time we looked good was when Alexis had the bit between his teeth and santi was playing in cmf. After that we flopped. The chelsea fa cup final was the death knell. I’d give time for a manager who came in and got us playing again. The arsenal way. With exiting young talents getting us off our seat the way they used to. I’d buy into that. I can’t get into this 29-30 year olds and dull football only to be running on the spot. It’s the worst of all worlds. We as fans should demand more… Read more »
On another note,I don’t think Higuain will cut it this season in the EPL. Simply(in my view) for the following reasons,chiefly:- 1) He peaked a while ago.He’s coming to the EPL at the tail end of his career. 2)The EPL is a far more physically imposing, dynamic and combative league as compared to Serie A.One is going to need a lot of athleticism also,in order too adjust to the EPL. 3)He hasn’t had a preseason in the EPL to adjust to his teammates,lifestyle,culture and playing friendlies to slowly feel his way around.He’s literally coming in and is expected to hit… Read more »
Pedro
You are right, Arteta is irrelevant. And so is Wenger.
What is relevant is that the rest of the season is most likely a complete write-off.
So let’s blame the manager, he’s bland, lacks drive, pretty useless.
Never mind the mess Wenger left behind, the lack of real money in the summer, no reinforcements now, injuries, Ozil, and on and on – it’s all the manager’s fault. Simple.
Englandsbest, he signed 5 players and had plenty to work with.
“Don’t expect me to improve anything’ was not the vision.
Charlie George Although, to some extent, I agree with you, I will never forgive Wenger for his part in all of this. The truth of the matter is that he left the club in a shite state, ignored the signs of regression, promoted nothing but excuses to all and sundry, misused club funds and, significantly, disrespected us as fans. Calling someone a “c__t” is appalling and you are right in saying “it says more about the individual involved”. Such language is totally unacceptable and unnecessary. “The poverty years”, as you call it, was a period overseen by and created by… Read more »
Yea TR7..your posts are very good
I have printed screenshots of them pasted on my wall…a kind of words on Marble collection.
PhD
You might be right on Higuain. However, all they need from him is four or five goals. If Chelsea finish in 4th, they’ll regard his signing as a success. Unlike us, they don’t have a problem signing quality players when they have one or two on a high wage.
England’sbest….bland – possibly. Lacks drive…appears hard working to me! If you meant direction…possibly.
Yeah TR7
I read your posts to my two year old daughter before bed every night. The gruffalo just doesn’t cut it since introducing her to your musings on Le grove
Just for the record
All these players need to be sold or resigned in the summer as they are down to two years remaining on there contracts.
Mustafi
Sokratis
Ozil
Mikiytarian
Aubameyang
And that’s before we carry on with the new players we need to bring in for the summer.
We’re also losing cech, jenkinson, litchsteiner, Ramsay, monreal, wellbeck who are out of contract. Who need replacing.
And koz has one more year left.
Next summer will be manic.
Un na naii Which is why nothing really is going to change no matter who the manager is because there is no laid out plan asides fleecing fans of their money. I can see why Emery can’t even be bothered with the whole youngsters a chance experiment because he knows he needs to produce instant results else fickle Arsenal fans will stop going to games or start asking for his head barely a year in and despite being in a position our squad says we should be in. I’d actually be ecstatic if he left in the summer so we… Read more »
Okay Graham but Gazidis and Kroenke are guilty of letting Wenger go on for as long as he did. It’s the same as expecting a turkey to vote for a roast at Xmas to expect the deluded Wenger to walk away from Arsenal by his own volition.
Bob
Well put…
The greedy fucker knew what he was doing for years
All about self preservation…
Horrible man
I believe Sanelli has recognized the lack of football acumen and is capitalizing on it…old dogs….very predictable and lacking any new ideas
The KSE group recognized Barca as a known success but didn’t dig any deeper
the problem is KSE doesn’t know how to develop a sustainable backroom and cant identify those talented enough to take AFC to the next level…
Sven would have been a better option than Raul
To be honest anything that Gazides has touched I don’t really trust at this point. There are other very good scouts out there it’s not all doom and gloomat that front. Frankly Gazides has really put this club in some serious problems. We have a wage bill just 8 million less than Liverpool yet look at the difference between the two teams.
Now if you look,at the quality of the players in the squad, we possibly three world players in the squad, we have no wingers, and the defenxevis a joke
England’s best
Didn’t you get the memo?
There’s no centre defender in the EPL better than Mustafi and Koscielny.
If Pep was managing Arsenal, those two would not have conceded any goals.
If Klopp was managing us, Xhaka and Ozil will be masters of pressing the opponents. Iwobi would be showing what a fraud Mane is.
I really dont think we can judge Emery is given the chance to bring in his own players. He has inherited an extremely average squad. We have a defence that is clearly not good enougj
“If Pep was managing Arsenal, those two would not have conceded any goals.
If Klopp was managing us, Xhaka and Ozil will be masters of pressing the opponents. Iwobi would be showing what a fraud Mane is.”
Of course, all they had to do was spunk that special sauce all over them. Job done, from useless to world class in 0.2.
We are 6 months in to a new regime and people are already hitting panic stations. We are going through teething problems aswell as weeding out the rotten apples from the squad. We were playing great football before Sokratis and Holding got injured. Many players are leaving this summer while many players will be coming in to the ranks. We have been sussed out due to not having any wingers. Come June we will have Reiss Nelson and others to provide true width and stretch teams when we are protecting the lead. The futures looking bright. I think Emery is… Read more »
Pochettino is about to exit another cup competition. He definitely isn’t getting past Dortmund in Europe nor winning the league.. So I ask again why is a man who is clearly not a winner so revered ?
No Kane, no alli, no son. No trophy again this season for the great Pinocchio!
Reel them in boys, St totteringhams day might be back on this season.
‘A tortuous week for Tottenham and their supporters’, what a lovely quote!
Poch wins another trophy.
Receding
Er, let me think, maybe because he’s a decent manager.
I’d have him instead of Emery, all day long.
What do you think?
“I ask again why is a man who is clearly not a winner so revered ?”
1. Exciting football
2. Works on a small budget
3. Seems to improve players
RSPCA, the greedy fucker you refer to – Gazidis? I really don’t think money was what motivated our last manager to continue for as long as he did- more delusions of grandeur.
Arsenals trophies nowadays cosisits of celebrating that Tottenham misses a trophy chance. It’s what they used to do.
Pathetic. Small club mentality.
Receding
Beacuse he’s taken spurs and turned them into a competitive team on less funds than what even we offer.
He’s done it by promoting youth and actually giving the England side most of its best players
They play attractive football.
Why would you not love Pochettino? Rather that than emery. Bore everyone to death and still not win anything. Not even qualify for the champions league
“Arsenals trophies nowadays cosisits of celebrating that Tottenham misses a trophy chance. ”
Ain’t that the truth? Then again we are left with nothing on and off the field.
Apart from the fact he is tainted by being Spurs’s manager and he would never come to us, I would certainly have a manager with the ability of a Poch.
But let’s not forget “ Rob Holding you know….he’s won more than Pochettino” and repeat….
This receding fella is a proper oddball, mocking Pochettino? He’s not broke through and won a trophy, but to undermine his work at Spurs is woefully dumb.
He’s an excellent manager with scope to improve. He’s a spud cunt but a spade is a spade whatever you want to think.
Poch any day. And all night.
Bunga… it’s tradition to laugh at Tottenham regardless of our situation, get a grip!
““I ask again why is a man [Pochettino] who is clearly not a winner so revered ?”
1. Exciting football. Works on a small budget
3. Seems to improve players”
….and he did all of these in 8 months?
When people question if Poch is any good as a manager they are obviously not taking into account the club he manages.
This is a club that last won a league title in 1961. They have only ever won a league title twice.
He is doing an excellent job for a club that has such a paltry footballing DNA.
Thomas,
We’re arsenal fans we take joy in seeing the spuds fail.
And it’s not like we had much this weekend to take joy in.
Un,
Who cares about England it’s arsenal First every time.
Pochetino is old school Wenger between 2006 & 2014
Potless and pretty football.
There not challenging, there also rans.
Graham and Un na nai Question was is he a winner? Spurs haven’t played a cup final under him, he hasn’t played a cup final 11 years into management Harry Redknapp basically achieved the same things he has at Spurs and no one was clamoring for Harry His saints team were taken to a cup final by Puel and narrowly lost to united I’m not asking for a lowdown of his work at Spurs, I have eyes. My question is ..Is Pochettino a winner? Wenger won the FA cup without breaking a sweat even in his clueless days The bland… Read more »
Harry got them into the top four twice and won nothing does that mean he’s a great like Pinocchio as well.
Sorry but it’s put your medals on the table time.
Is it four or five years now without coming close?
Ooops……..
“Top four?”
I wouldn’t denounce it so casually after our struggles last few years.
RH
Pochettino got Spurs to the League Cup final in 2015.
Ishola if he isn’t turning them into winners and altering the DNA is he really special?
This is Spurs golden generation..where is the Gold?
Poch isn’t going to move to United because he’s happy in the pressure free zone that the spuds have created for him.
Anything goes these days, so long as it’s to knock Emery.
I”ve been saying this for a while, I hope Emery walks away from this job and this lot of insufferables get the young pizzazz manager of their dreams.
Good teeth, telegenic skills and debonair to boot.
I want to be there when the shit hits the fan.
Walk away Emery. give them back the club.
Pochettino is an overrated mug. Nothing worse than a cocky loser.
The fact that some Arsenal ‘fans’ rate this moron more than someone who has won trophies in multiple countries is quite comedic.
Bunga it was a stick to beat Wenger with ..he only makes top four
People conveniently forget that spuds have the best English striker in a long while.
Poch inherited a good squad, not to take anything from him. He’s a good manager.
Dissenter I won’t be running anymore Emery commentary here, I have said my piece on him, I will wait and see where we are season end then I may have something to say on that subject
And if he stays on without a huge squad turnover he is fool.
“multiple countries”
Winning at PSG is like taking candies from kids.
3 europa cup….that’s a good achievement.
Rambo
“The fact that some Arsenal ‘fans’ rate this moron more than someone who has won trophies in multiple countries is quite comedic.”
Pedro has been running an increasing overt campaign against Emery. He has drawn people from all sides of the spectrum to join him.
Anything goes, so long as Emery is the target. Every logic can be bent and no blow is too low.
Poch has done very well so far no doubt..
He got the time to be good..not 6 months..
He used to have interpreter..
The minute he had injuries he lost 2 cup competitions..
We can’t judge Emery on the current circumstances..
is he good or bad for arsenal..all just speculations and the evidence is that most people here change their view on him every week..
“Winning at PSG is like taking candies from kids.”
So is winning the title at Munich. Pep did very well at Barca but he’s hardly set himself a major challenge since.
Bunga yet Jardim the great couldn’t take those cup candies in his glory season. It was impressive winning the league but in Emery two season in France he walked the domestic cups
PSG have been knocked out of one of the cups already under Tuchel…candy
Emery has helped see off Sven
If it helps with your daily agenda I’ll play along. Can only afford loans but it’s our not listening to Sven’s recommendations that has him leaving… can only afford loans though
Dissenter
Spot on it’s funny how Pedro’s list of expectation doesn’t include winning more points which ultimately is what the game is about.
Just for those who aren’t aware against like for like fixtures we’re 8 points better off.
Marc Pep failed for three seasons at Munich
Even he will tell u that
His Job was to conquer Europe
There are levels to failure
Marko
We don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes. If we’re keeping our powder dry for the summer it’s one thing, if we’re going to plead poverty for eternity then Kroenke will find himself with a stadium only half full.
In May, This will be five years without a trophy for pochetino.
Not even a league cup, that apparently no one takes seriously.
So should be easy for a well established manager with the best spuds side in 30 years to win right.
Leading goal scorer three out of five years is it.
Lol.
Let’s hope the bindippers blow up and city Nick the title and we can discuss klopp as well.
At this point in time, I see no difference between Pedro and any of those hacks at the Daily Mail or the Sun.
Break stories, be controversial… That’s all that matters.
Receding
Tell me – if Pep wins the League Cup this season but fails to win the PL and CL how much pressure do you think he’ll be under next season?
What a fabulous job Roy Hodgson is doing at Crystal Palace …
3 goals at Man City
3 goals at Anfield
2 goals today against Spurs.
Fair play to Palace Chairman Parish too
Admitting his mistake with DeBoer and replacing him with local boy Roy ( after 4 games)
Mistakes like we have made with Raul/ Emery need to be rectified quickly- to get back on track.
They are reaping the rewards for keeping it simple.
Employing a manger who knows the arena he is working in.
U4GN
It’s funny how quickly people on here put managers up on a pedestal and then forget all about it.
If Klopp doesn’t win the PL this season what next?
Receding
“This is Spurs golden generation..where is the Gold?|”
What do you call gold? Nabbing an FA Cup or Caraboo?
The real gold is league title or champions league. Everything else in modern football now is just kids candy with gold foil covering.
I think you were going along the same lines with Klopp as well at the start of the season saying he isn’t worth a lot when it is evidently now clear to everybody that he has that club seriously buzzing.
The difference between Klopp and Poch is that Klopp manages a football club with serious footballing DNA.