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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Diss….Someone even claimed we have better defenders. Who amongst the Utd squad is Mustafi better than?
So Pierre finally concedes 3 FA Cups in 4 seasons was a decline …….
TR7
It means we’ll have 100m in operating revenues that can go entirely to transfer signings (because it won’t be needed for any other operating expenses).
In contrast, imagine we wanted to spend 100m on signings but had only 75m in operating revenue that was free for such spending; if we were to spend 100m, we’d clearly need to take 25m from our cash reserves.
Point being that according to gambon’s numbers, we can spend 100m on signings and not even touch our cash reserves.
Second half FC 55 minutes away…
3 at the back as I wanted but no Ozil in the side
I don’t like that XI at all. Iwobi in support of Auba and Laca? Not good enough.
“Cech, Mavropanos, Elneny, Ramsey, Ozil, Suarez, Nketiah”
Thats our bench today.
To the rabble rousers who said our squad is as good as United’s.
Pierre,
Yes it is a coincidence; was Kronke buying and selling the players? Signing off the contracts? Picking the team? Setting up the tactics?
I’m just going to leave some extended dots so everyone can tell that I’m right and that I think I’m being clever……………………….
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………………….
Nelson
We are getting spanked. Lichtsteiner and Mustafi on the right? Just can’t see us walking away without a beating here.
Fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Ruth
Not bad for a team in decline though eh..
A draw today would be massive for us. Keeps us in contention for top 4.
I remember Pierre boasting Arsenal were on a par with Man City during our FA Cup Wins…thick shit…
De Gea really does save United about 15-20 points a season.
Iwobi will be off after 45 for Suarez. Emery wants the new boy to have a front line view of the fire and thunder of the EPL
Lichtsteiner?
Looks like Emery is counting on Iwobi/Kola combination.
Dissenter
Exactly. United’s squad is way better than ours.
3-0 to city
Dissenter
Mad to think de gea never went to real madrid. He is better than man united. Really should be in a club winning cl’s.
He wasn’t doing those things. He was allowing someone to do those things.
Wenger couldn’t have managed to do that without an enabler. In fact he didn’t only enable but facilitated it with contract renewals and salary increases
Stan was active in our decline, not passive
It speaks volumes that we are still expecting Ramsey to keep producing when at some point self-preservation motivations have to prevail for him.
I would only have started one of Aubameyang and Lacazette — probably the latter — and I would have supported him with either Ramsey and Ozil or Ramsey and Suarez.
Iwobi? Come on.
Johnny Evans misses………On purpose?
Bamford if my dog is running around off Leaf and bites someone would you say the dog alone is to blame, or the owner for walking a dangerous dog off lead?
If the dog consistently bites and the owner still doesn’t put a lead on then it’s outright negligence.
I don’t know what your deal is with protecting Stan. There’s nothing for you to gain from defending a man who has facilitated the systematic decline of your club, but each to their own
Only 1 right back ?
Bam
‘Point being that according to gambon’s numbers, we can spend 100m on signings and not even touch our cash reserves.’
Won’t drag it anymore but 100 M spend only from operating profit is impossible, never going to happen.
finally Ainsley Maitland-Niles has been dropped from the squad. one of the worest players to play for arsenal.
Hilarious reading the Kroenke apologists re-writing hundreds of years of the basic principles of capatlism to enusre that Sleazy Stan cannot be blamed for the demise of our club.
Wenger was a member of staff. Kroenke owned (or controlled) the club and paid his staff.
In what parallel universe is the owner not responsible for the actions of his paid staff ? Wenger fucked up, big time. Stan watched and did nothing until it was too late.
Un na nai,
I’m talking peak Wenger banter years after Kronke bought the club.
Pretty obvious really. Kronke wasn’t at Arsenal until 2007/08 by which point the oil money of Chelsea had changed everything and Wenger’s decline was already in hand.
AMN still injured not dropped
China
I have explained myself on the point a thousand times. Twice above. Why don’t you deal with the argument I’ve made above.
You don’t get a lot right do you ..
I get more than you and I’m cool with that.
No Xhaka, Ramsey and Özil today
Guendouzi and Iwobi are the two key players in this XI. Ball progression is dependent on them. Interested how Torreira does in this away match against a top side. He was awful versus Liverpool.
No big deal. But, the big worry was that he looked slow.
Shame AMN isn’t fit, he’s the type of player that would have given Walker and Otamendi problems on the flanks.
If it’s 1-1 (lol at me) at minute 70
Ramsey for Iwobi
Özil for Aubameyang
China1,
“Stan was active in our decline, not passive”
Yes…he was ACTIVE in his PASSIVENESS
He was “active” for staying away and not awarding contracts, picking the team, supervising the scouting etc
Being too passive when action was called upon doesn’t mitigate his major role in the decline. You don’t have to stretch then meaning of “active” to explain indifference.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles injured or dropped as long as he’s not anywhere next to the first team.
TR7
Not profit, mate, REVENUES. You know the difference between revenue and profit, yes?
It’s not important. I’ll paste in gambon’s post later if I have time.
Not an inspiring XI from Mister video analysis
That’s actually a horrible starting eleven
Bam
Top 5 best keepers in order.
David de gea (most world class saves, incredibly clutch, best reflexes))
Ter stergen (very controversial pic but I secretly watch every barca game and he is a level above everyone bar DDG, superstar in every aspect of the game)
Oblak (best hands/catcher in world football
Ederson (very consistent, no errors in his game and excellent ball distribution like playing with another body)
Courtous (Ideal body type for keeper decent all rounder, missing the wow factor for me and a little overhyped.
I take the dog is Wenger and the public are fans..who unconditionaly love the old dog.
Michael
“Hilarious reading the Kroenke apologists re-writing hundreds of years of the basic principles of capatlism to enusre that Sleazy Stan cannot be blamed for the demise of our club.”
Obviously you haven’t been “reading”
If you were, you wouldn’t be drawing those conclusions.
Bamford, benny, Redtruth and I aren’t absolving Kroenke of his major share of the blame. Just try to keep up.
Iheanacho is painfully bad.
To think there were people who actually wanted us to sign him from City.
Stan’ s a business man, not a dog owner letting his rabid dog off a lead. Stupid analogy. As a business man and being an owner of a self sustaining business that isn’t losing him any money – why would he need to intervene? And unless I missed him in his tracksuit taking the training sessions and picking the team, missed him in his suit identifying and buying the transfers, and missed him in the dugout fidling with the zip on his caterpillar coat and only getting out now and then to kick a water bottle about, then it’s not… Read more »
That’s actually a horrible starting eleven
Well only Ozil and Ramsey are missing from the line up.
What would you change?
Neuer is or was a better keeper than everyone. But he hasnt been the same keeper for awhile and it remains to be seen if he will return to the player he was. Buffon I suspect might be better than ederson still but I dont watch enough of him to comment. Same goes fo handanovic. Hugo loris is overhyped, has a lot of errors per season and was known for his ball distribution and ability to play with the ball at his feet but with the rise of gk like edderson and allison and ter stergen they surpass him in… Read more »
United will beat PSG over two legs.
Call me crazy.
Bamford you didn’t though You said correlation is not causation and that wenger alone is responsible How does that make it untrue that the club became a shadow of its previous self entirely on his watch because he *actively allowed and supported* wenger in making this so? This is literally a fact beyond dispute. By the same logic than Stan can be let off for always innocently trusting wenger, why do you not let off wenger for trusting players who were not good enough to deliver for him? Poor old arsene trusted chamakh and park chi young don’t you know?… Read more »
Diss
Psg have too much talent.
Neymar mbappe and buffon…
Man United look like psg b team lol
Surprise that Sané is not in the lineup. Maybe that is Lichtsteiner’s effect. 😀
There you go we’re now 6th.
And with Lichsteiner and Mustafi starting I’ll be amazed if we’re still not 6th in 2 hours time.
We also need to win by 6 goals to go above Chelsea on goal difference into 4th.
Leicester were unlucky in the end, had enough chances to snatch a draw then at the death.
@azed
A lot
That starting lineup neither contains City nor goes toe to toe with them
I would play Jenkinson before Stephan who would probably come off with a pulled hamstring
I would have Auba on the bench for Ramsey
Montreal where kolasinac is and Mavro at center back
“If you were, you wouldn’t be drawing those conclusions. Bamford, benny, Redtruth and I aren’t absolving Kroenke of his major share of the blame. Just try to keep up.” You are missing the point. Since the earliest days of capitalism, the owner or contorlling shareholders determine the actions of a business and take the rewards and where necessary, the pain. They pay people to do a job. Keeping up so far ? Kroenke was the only person with the power and authority to intervene as Wenger fucked up season after season. Keeping up ? Kroenke did nothing while his staff… Read more »
Looking forward to this game. Despite the potential score line.
Lol Benny you have such backwards ideas of business
If Stan wants to make as much money as possible from arsenal it’s in his best interest to ensure it’s run as effectively and efficiency as possible
Over the last 10 years has that been the case?
Nelson
Hahahaha. Sané, like Mané, never has a poor match against us. Think Guardiola dropped him for his display against Newcastle. Both he and Sterling w’re terrible on Tuesday.
Diss………smoking is bad for you. Then again. Fergie will be working overtime fo Ole behind the scenes. He might even lend him famous watch
DissenterExactly. United’s squad is way better than ours.
Bamford
That’s not what he said. He said de gea is worth 20 points a season
Their keeper is better. That’s it. Nothing else they have is better than what we have
Benny I have to make rabid dog analogies because your understanding of business management seems to have been derived from a book published by penguin.
My 2 cents to the Kronke funding issue. AFC did not with the PL since Kronke became the shareholder.
It is simple. Invest and win. Abramovitch does it, United, City owners do it and they have been regularly winning.
There is only 1 difference between the owners. The former have money but Kronke is USD 1 billion in debt. Our owner is a pauper.
I said this on page two, but I would’ve gone with the XI below:
___________Leno
____Must__Kosc___Monr
Jenk___Guen___Torra____Kola
____Ramsey____Suarez
_________Lacazette
For me, that’s a stronger XI.
RH
Mavropanos hasn’t played a game all season, this would be the wrong game for him to start.
Taking out Kolasinac means we would have no outlet or means of attack.
United have one player way better than even Liverpool ‘s, De Gea, the rest are toss ups. They are were they are, the table doesn’t lie. Rashford isn’t anywhere near PEA, Laca is way better than Lukaku, Sanchez, been there done that, he’s good, but there’s a reason Barca discarded him. He loses the ball way to much. Pogba in our team won’t make it better, he doesn’t work as hard as he should. They’ve got more defenders than us, that’s it. Jones is not better than Mustafi
I said 14 months ago that Sanchez had lost half a yard of space and nothing I have seen since then has made me change my opinion.
Pace
The line up looks ok to me.
Leichsteiner might be ok today as if they are all over us, his tactical sense could be a plus. His lack of speed should not be a negative today.
Ozil can’t even get in front of Iwobi, says everything about our squad. Remind me how much he is on?
Dale
Completely agree
Pogba is overrated table dressing. No substance. Couldn’t lace vieira’s boots. Pogba only works in a team full of workers who cover for him to showboat. A £100m Ramsey but without the work rate.
Maybe, just maybe up until Kronke had full control he wasn’t in a position to make those decisions…. Keeping up? Maybe, just maybe seeing that Wenger has gone, Gazidas has gone and a new structure is being put in place Kronke is actually taking an active part in appreciating the value of his business… Keeping up? Maybe, just maybe now that Kronke has 100% full control we will see a more involved owner taking more of lead to improve Arsenal’s results on the pitch…. Keeping up? China, I didn’t know Penguin publish books on business but seeing as you do… Read more »
Can someone tell me what Emery just said ?
This looks like a good team selection to me, Emery doing the best with what he has.
He has gone for speed by dropping, Xhaka, Ramsey and Ozil. Only weak link for me is Iwobi.
Come on you Gunners!
Oh lawd, what kinda line up is this? Lichtsteiner? You see why I keep saying emery is the man killing this team, for whatever’s sake, at least play a competitive squad and not handcuffing us with stupid team selection.
Yes, Pogba is incredibly overrated. Shows flashes of brilliance on one or two occasions but rarely runs a game like class midfielders do.
Gone for speed and selected Lichtsteiner?
MGooner, lechsteiner having a tactical sense? In which of the matches played so far has he instilled this confidence in you?
Wenger wasn’t good for us in the last 5 years, absolutely terrible how he ran the squad, but to absolve Kroenke in all this?? Look at how the Red Sox owners are running their teams, see Liverpool….less said about Chelsea, City and United. Even Leicester invested well in their winning year . We cannot behave how we are currently as a club and expect to win the league, no doubt about it, the owner must invest in the team
Playing jenkinson and Kolasinac as wing backs would have at the least have given us width and pace…our only outlet will be on the left . The worse thing that could happen today is Emery puts Aubamayang on the right, he will have lichsteiner giving him the service and supporting him and as we saw when lichsteiner played away to Brighton , he offered no support to ozil on the right so he was starved of the ball and I can see the same happening to Aubamayang if he starts there. Hopefully Aubamayang will play on the left and link… Read more »
Nah…we gonna get whopped. A bridge too far.
That back line is a mess…
Nothing creative going on in midfield
Good news is If the game isn’t over by halftime we have players on the bench that can change the game
Don’t like this starting 11
Jenkinson would have been better..
One of Ramsey or suarez as well..
Let’s say our prayers. All the best everyone!
See you at Full time. I dread this place at half time
I’d like to know who Kroenke’s have additionally brought in from an analytics perspective, The Liverpool owners have vastly invested in that space, even if they have to spend 75m on a player, it’s because the numbers absolutely call for that to get a chance to win.
Pierre
‘The worse thing that could happen today is Emery puts Aubamayang on the right, he will have lichsteiner giving him the service and supporting him and as we saw when lichsteiner played away to Brighton , he offered no support to ozil on the right so he was starved of the ball and I can see the same happening to Aubamayang if he starts there.’
This and the fact that we are going with just two midfielders. Jenko and Ozil in place of Licht and Iwobi would have been better.
And it’s Arsenal,
Arsenal FC,
We’re by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen….
Oooh Otamendi and Fernandinho are weak links at the back there for sure.
Why no Jenks even on the bench. No way Eddie plays, so why no Jenks?
May not be pretty, but I doubt it will be anything different from a 1-3 loss, maybe we get a draw? Doubt it
Bamford, you’re basically saying that Kroenke was ignorant about footballing matters. A man who spent considerable amounts of money acquiring a football club. Says it all really.
Tr7
I suspect at half time that is what we may see. Ozil and Jenkinson I mean
Alex cunting Iwobi.
Bob
Well, that’s actually not exactly what I’m saying. It’s not that important, though. Let’s move on.
What the hell are you doing Iwobi
Iwobi…what idiocy !!!!!
What can a manager doing about a player that can’t clear the ball
Guandouzi too….clear the ball
Stupid Iwobi
king iwobi
If I ever see anyone defend Iwobi again. I will lose my mind.
Jesus, could be another ugly one today.
Iwobi
Cunt
And Iwobi costs us a goal in the first minute, I can’t stand the guy.
Just imagine this
Iwobi deserves any disparaging he gets today
Iwobi auditioning for the Riverdance again.