I feel like a child of absent parents this morning. Daddy has tumbled down the stairs, barged into the living room slightly hungover, and handed me an IOU for a Mars bar. This is Josh ‘Daddy’ K.
“To see where Sean has taken us [the Rams] in a short amount of time gives us a lot of confidence.
“The only thing on a par with the Super Bowl is Arsenal making the Champions League final.
“It is something we are very focused on.
“I have been telling my friends all week the Super Bowl is the biggest spectacle that we have here and the Champions League is something in Europe that we strive for and we look forward to being a part of in the future.”
It was all going so well, then he kind of let slip that he was thinking about the other kid who is more handsome than I, and he kind of got his wires crossed.
“I think he [Emery] and Sean are very comparable in the way they approach their craft on a daily basis,”
“There is a lot of data they break down. They are very active on the practice pitch. Their styles are similar even though they are half a world apart.
“Unai’s energy is contagious and his dedication is immense. They love what they do and they are leaders. The players want to run through a wall for them.”
Daddy has not been paying attention, has he? Styles the same? Really, Josh?
The whole interview is mildly amusing. These billionaires are so out of the loop in life that it took a Super Bowl final to acknowledge it’d be cool for Arsenal to make a Champions League final one day.
No message as to how we hit those heights, just a confident nod to Unai Emery that he’s got this, and he should spend that £40m he has in the summer really well.
JOKERS.
Denis Suarez has LANDED. Get excited people. This is him giving his new manager mad props.
“The main thing is that he dedicates a great deal of time to his work. He spends many hours and days watching videos of other teams and his own side.
“His training sessions are really demanding and he ensures that the team is completely prepared. But as I say, the biggest thing is the time he dedicates to his work. As we’d say in Spanish, he’s ‘un enfermo del fútbol’ – football mad.”
Emery is bloody football mad, isn’t he? Good times.
Really hope Denis is the real deal. He has a lot to prove. He’s a little lost in his career, he’s had spats of excellent play, but he’s never really found a place he can call home. He’s playing for a career with Emery, let’s hope he can deliver.
LOAN WITH A VIEW TO PERM, FAM.
Manchester City tomorrow is a huge game. Pep G and his team are recovering from a Newcastle United inflicted bloody nose. They need to find that winning gear against us to keep their title hopes alive this season.
Arsenal had a bit of a shocker against relegation fodder in midweek, but the eventual win turned out to be a dream ticket to TOP FOUR. We need to tighten up, because I have to tell you, City have a lot more to offer than Cardiff.
Emery needs to stop talking the talk about video analysis and show us the output of this meticulous planning we hear so much about.
But I tell you… if I see a high line with the defence we have on offer, I’m gonna bloody lose my mind. I will absolutely slam my fist on the table. Don’t doubt my commitment to aggression.
The downside to the win is that we could hand Liverpool the title. Can you imagine that? The internet memes? The southern Scousers burning their City shirts in the street? The endless coverage in the papers. Oh my, won’t it be awful… At least no one cares about City and their 23,000 fans.
Speaking of which, isn’t it amusing to see how empty the Spurs ground has been lately? I really, really hope they struggle to fill that toilet bowl of theirs. I also hope it’s quiet and too expensive for the average Spurs fan. No way they’re shifting £14 salt beef bagels there. Levels people, levels.
Right, that’s me done! Check out my solo pod. I say nice things about the comments section. Sorry to A&N who I missed but value dearly. xx
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Tr4phy
No more politics.
Too late
Tottenham must have sacrificed a somrthing serious to the football gods because they are pulling it out of the bag.
Uggh. Annoying.
*something serious
“if I see a high line with the defence we have on offer”
Emery talked about trying to have control of the game. I am really worried that he wants to go toe to toe against MC. He did that against the Pool away and Manu. Both times, we got our arse kicked.
As far as I can tell the Spud’s are screwing their fans on season tickets compared to the old shite hart lane. They used to get 2 cup credits and at the new stadium they’ll get 0. So effectively a £50 to £100 (on average) increase on your season ticket before they’ve kicked a ball.
29,000 at the Watford match is also a shocking turnout as well.
Pedro still doing the unreasonable, evidence-free, negativity thing. We should have ample money to spend this coming summer, and there is no reason to believe we will not spend the money available to us. There is also no reason not to believe Kroenke, Sanllehi and Venkatesham when they say their aim is top four, then competing for PL and CL titles.
Well we all used to be quite rightly upset with Silent Stan for not communicating with the fans. Now they are stating publicly an aim to be the best which is at least something. They need to back these words up with a big summer of investment in the playing squad.
Bamford
Well we’ll find out in 6 months!
Also from the last post I wasn’t having a pop at Cuba’s health system I was trying to put a context against Dissenter who seems to think there’s nothing of benefit that comes out of the US’s health system.
By the way with my admittedly limited knowledge of the US health system I think you do need to bring it forward to match a more modern outlook but don’t think the NHS is perfect as a template.
Marc
Ah, got it. Agreed.
Bamford
Whilst I’ll watch some of the Superbowl I have no idea what the expected outcome is. What’s the general view in the States?
Pedro is just being cheeky as usual
I prefer the sneaky Pedro who pushing soft agendas to the one who was in lockstep with Gazidis as he bled the club dry.
Azed
“As you can see, Emery gives the characteristics of the player he wants and it’s up to the Scout/DoF to find that player based on club budget.”
Thanks ,so he does have an input as to which players he wants in the team , just what I thought.
Allow me to re_post my previous post. It was drown under all those political discussions.
“Josh Kroenke tells Unai Emery to follow the lead of Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay. Did he talk to Pedro also…”
Bamf: “Pedro still doing the unreasonable, evidence-free, negativity thing. We should have ample money to spend this coming summer, and there is no reason to believe we will not spend the money available to us. There is also no reason not to believe Kroenke, Sanllehi and Venkatesham when they say their aim is top four, then competing for PL and CL titles.”
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Dissenter
I enjoyed our little debate – shame it got interrupted by the new post!
Pedro
High line has been one of my pet hates from the new regime too. Cannot fathom it at all
Pierre
Again with the agenda. That’s not what Azed said, he said Emery gives the characteristics he wants in a player. Therefore you could say he has an input in the type of player he wants not the individual.
How far his input goes beyond that none of us know.
Wolves are really well coached. They have that settled look that Spuds players have on the field.
Black cat on the field at Goodison park.
Refusing to leave, what a lovely cat.
This will make the news all over the world.
No one will catch this cat today. The game may be cancelled.
Higuain finding his feet. On course for a hat trick. Making up on the goal difference
Dissenter
Don’t get attached to the cat it’s in Liverpool. If Scouser’s think a dead cat’s a treat what do you think they’ll make of a live one!
Poor old Giroud. Higuain scores more in 1 game than he does in half a season
The guy who writes this blog seems so certain he knows how to solve all our problems…..
He spent years hounding out Wenger, and now he’s already lightly beating the drum on #EmeryOut….
At least the other guy who used to share writing dribble had the sense to disappear under the nearness rock after a little while.
Only a fool could speak with such certainty on issues he has no experience in.
If spurs actually invest next summer you could see them winning a league title.
Only four points off top. They are just relentless at grinding out wins.
Hate it to be honest that we are reduced to being under them. The tables have really turned on us thanks to Wengers incompetence.
Marc
So we agree, he does have an input .
London
You do know that they are broke? The new stadium is costing over £1 billion and several hundred million over budget. They are the first team since the introduction of the transfer windows not to add a player during the summer one and haven’t added in January, there are also several players running contracts down.
I’ve also heard rumours that some subbie’s are refusing work at the new stadium because of issues with getting paid.
I fully expect a quite severe drop off from the Spud’s over the next couple of seasons and that’s without the Poch moving on.
If Higuaín finds his feet Chelsea will be different gravy.
Heard he’ll do nothing at Chelsea though so all is well.
Time for the rugby!
Pierre
Yeah he has a limited input but you make it sound as if you’re making some sort of Zen like revelation.
Maybe it’s because at your age you’re close to the other side – Pierre walk towards the light!
CC
I’m not going to comment on whether Higuain will be a success or not but I don’t think playing Huddersfield at home after being spanked by Bournemouth is the match to make a definitive decision on.
Marc
‘I fully expect a quite severe drop off from the Spud’s over the next couple of seasons and that’s without the Poch moving on.’
I remember you predicting Spurs would struggle this season as well due to them not signing any player in transfer window.
Marc
I didn’t make a definite decision, I said if he finds his feet he’ll transform them.
I don’t make daft absolute statements and spend the year bending the conversation to suit it.
TR7 My prediction was that the 4 clubs chasing top 4 – Arsenal, Chelsea, Utd and the Spud’s all had issues. New managers, Mourinho, lack of money / no new signings etc and moving into the new stadium. I’ll admit the Spud’s have coped better than I expected with the squad they have but I still maintain that being in a new stadium will have an effect. I said this when they moved to Wembley for the supposedly only season and was told I was wrong. Last season at shite hart lane 4 points dropped at home, first season at… Read more »
England 7 up
CC
Fair enough – it’ll be interesting to see what he does against City away next weekend.
No , I was asking the question to Bennydevito if Emery has any input regarding new signings , Azed decided to butt in ( as he often does) and now you are giving your two pennies worth .
But we are all in agreement that Emery has an input on new signings which is how it should be as it would be pointless Saul and whoever bringing in players that Emery doesn’t rate.
Emery would have had the biggest input with regard the saurez signing as they have worked together previously.
I hate fucking chelsea
Pierre
Why would anyone think the manager would have no input at all, especially on a short term loan where he’s had experience of working with the player?
If nothing else, one would expect Higuain to perform better than Morata and Giroud .
TR7
I think the Higuain question is how he’ll fit into the way they play. Chelsea have played with a battering ram of a CF for god knows how long now. Will Sarri get them to adapt or have time to affect the changes?
West Ham fear Jack Wilshere’s season could be over as he struggles to overcome a persistent ankle problem.” – SkySportsWait, what was it we said about Wilshere here, Un Na? Oh right, we said he was crocked. And we were right. Bamford And I told you and your little posse that this squad is good enough for 4th spot. I dont care if Wilshere is injured. He’s not an arsenal player any more. If had had my way though he would be and he’d be wrapped in cotton wool and used sparingly to get the best out of him. Just… Read more »
Marc
Higuain has lost some pace but his movement is still quite good and he knows how to score goals. In fact I think a battering ram is exactly what Sarri doesn’t need. Higuain may still struggle but if I were a betting man I would bet my money on him faring better than Giroud and Morata at the very least.The challenge for Sarri is to get his midfield to play quick football. Jorginho and Kovacic are painfully slow.
Tr7
I agree but Xavi Scholes and Alonso were slow but highly capable of playing quick football. Same as teddy sheringham. What they need is runners. And quality creative players to bounce off. Kavacic more than Jorginho who is just not suited to the league at all. A la Juan Sebastian Veron.
TR7
You sort of missed my point. Chelsea have used a battering ram CF since Drogba got the gig and they’ve struggled to adapt to another type. This isn’t Sarri’s style of football but when you look at what’s going on at Chelsea you wonder whether the players just down tools again. Do the Chelsea management have the balls to let him have a mass clear out.
The Premier league making Higuain look like a worldbeater
England 10 7 down
Bayern have been a painful watch this season, Kovac certainly out of his depth there
Un nai
Yes, not impressed by Kovacic at all. Ross Barkely is not a very smart player but his mobility and athleticism will help Chelsea. He should be played more often.
Un Na
I have always said that our squad is capable of finishing fourth, so you “told me” nothing.
However, unlike you, I recognize that Chelsea, Spurs and United all have better squads than we do, so to finish above one or more of them will require us to overachieve.
Smart money is on Chelsea, Spurs or United to finish third and fourth; it is not on Arsenal. And this because the former have better squads, not because they have better managers.
Marc
I do get the impression that some on here think the manager is not influential on any new signings , loan or otherwise.
At least we are in agreement that he does have an input.
To all the akbs out there
Higuain another quality player. If wenger wasnt a complete fool we could have had him for many years.
Pedro
Maybe it’s my browser, but that £40m hyperlink in your post isn’t working for me. Can you re-post this link in the comments? I’m curious to know where you’re getting this we’ll-only-have-40m-to-spend story.
Overachieve, underachieve……here we go again.
Marc
Think Abrahmovic should stop being trigger happy and give Sarri more time. All these years Hazard was instrumental in dragging Chelsea over the line but looks like he will move on next season. So Chelsea are due an overhaul in their squad and style of play anyway come next season. Better to have a manager who is already there to oversee it than someone else.
“I think the Higuain question is how he’ll fit into the way they play. ”
The bigger question is how will Higuain fit into the Chelsea shirt..
Its two goals at home to Huddersfield… Calm down. No one said he won’t score at all if memory serves. Even Moratta had his braces.
Pierre
Yeah, you don’t like the discussion because you’d like to pretend that we have a top four squad. We don’t. Five clubs have better squads than us; so yes, to finish fifth or above will require us to over-achieve.
London
“Higuain another quality player. If wenger wasnt a complete fool we could have had him for many years.”
Shush you, why are you revising history?
Didn’t we bring in the great Yaya Sanogo that summer.
Bamford
Its not a url its just htlm web code.
It references a podcast epsiode of the arsenal opinion on spotify/itunes ect
10 – 17 @half time
London
Ok, but where does this story about our only having 40m this coming summer come from?
Arsenal are done and dusted.
£40 million….
I would not even bother giving it to Emery.
Its not worth it….
$1.8 billion on the RAMS
£40 million on Arsenal and its not even his money.
I hope the RAMS get ******* hammered.
And something particularly nasty happens to Kroenke…
We let Gabriel go too soon.
He was a good defender who was still settling into the English game.
Pierre, You and the Emery haters are stating that Emery selects the actual person and is in full control of the transfer process, that’s what you’ve been saying. The reality which is what I’ve been saying is that Emery merely identifies the holes in the squad that need filling, the director of football, scouts or whoever then actually identify the person himself, like the abysmal Lichsteiner. You can try and shift the argument like to try and save face, but I have been proven right. I never said Emery doesn’t have an input, I said he doesn’t select the actual… Read more »
Bamford
Bamford you said that the table doesn’t lie.
Now youre back tracking.
I don’t think united do have a better squad
Do united have 2×25 goal a season strikers?
Do they have an attacking midfielder capable of creating 100 premier league chances per season all by himself?
United’s squad has huge potential but it’s no better than ours
I don’t think Chelsea do either
United have DDG and that’s it (Pogba is overrated)
Chelsea have Kante and hazard that’s it.
Dissenter
Gabriel was gash. He was too skinny and weak for the prem.
“We let Gabriel go too soon.
He was a good defender who was still settling into the English game.”
Like a lot of our defenders, he was being poorly coached, and just looked awful
Devastating counter attack by Valencia
Not sure how that wasn’t a foul on Messi, moments prior
I’m watching Gabriel play for Valancia against Barca.
He’s good, really good.
We would have been better off with him now.
Coquelin’s reputation never recovered after Hazard spun him and put him on his arse.
Gabriel was a nervous wreck and destabilized our defense. He looked half decent playing as a right back but just wasn’t up to the mark as a CB.
Hillwood
10 – 17 @half time
Who the fuck cares? It’s a footy blog. Cardiff vs Bournemouth, 1-0.
TR7
I’m afraid you’re confusing his animated remonstrations with his team mates as anxiety.
He’s a talker on the field which was out of place with Wenger’s style.
Benny
I never said Emery doesn’t have an input, I said he doesn’t select the actual footballer.
So who picked Suarez then?
Watching the same game, Dissenter
Tbf, to Gabriel, he’s been good since signing for Valencia – it simply looks like he’s been coached to defend with intensity
At Arsenal, our defenders look feeble
Upstate gooner
Raul
Gabriel was a garbage of a defender. And it didn’t help that he spoke zero English.
Carts
It ;looked like a promising game in the beginning
Now it’s really got the makings of a good contest.
Now Barca have to do some diving to get back into it.
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London gooner
Raul AND Emery. Not for one second I’ll believe that Emery had nothing to do with bringing Suarez to Arsenal.
I told ya…some excellent Barca diving to come back into the game.
Dissenter
LOOL
Semedo went down…a tad softly
Messi scored, but ref blew for a pen
Game on?
13 – 17
Norwich 2 up away to Leeds, will go joint top if that stays the same.
Un Na I don’t know if I said “the table doesn’t lie,” but that’s also completely beside the point. I have always said we’re capable of finishing top four; I have also always said that Chelsea, Spurs and United have better squads than we do. So I haven’t “backtracked” on anything. As for your thinking we have as good a squad as United, OK, well, I disagree. I also don’t think much of your football opinions, though; you wanted us to keep and start a crocked Jack Wilshere and you rated Walcott and Giroud. You also have an agenda, namely,… Read more »
HillWood
Any NBA or NHL action?
Upstate
Footy ?
Every CB defender that Wenger has bought has been hobbled by his non coaching and shite tactics. He will also never buy 2 quality CBs at the same time. one always has to be hobbled by the sheer shiteness of the other. Wenger considers any player behind the AM as making up the numbers. Crap keepers are ok too. ALMUNIA!!!!
Gabriel…became worse when he joined us. His career is back on track
La liga has no head injury protocols
Players have head injuries and the refs just play on
13 – 22
Jesus Christ. Why do we constantly have to go back over shit that has already been established (or is obvious)? Emery tells Raul what he needs. He also recommends specific players, if he has specific players in mind. Sanllehi and the chief scout do the rest, but Emery retains veto power over any eventual signing. Of course Emery recommended Suarez; this is no slight on Emery. Suarez hasn’t even played for us yet much less proven certain dipshits’ assertion that signing him is proof that Emery doesn’t know what’s he’s doing. Emery needs a technical, dribbling, attacking player who can… Read more »
Gamiero with that massive contusion
England have given Ireland a lesson, superb. Graham, glad your prediction was overly pessimistic!
Graham
Told you England would beat the Irish.
Comfortably as well.