Arsenal head out on the road this weekend after not winning in 6 games. Fear not, Emery knows what the double-flip is going down.
“My first critic is myself. We can make the top four, but we know it’s not easy.
“We are strong at home, but I think we need to do better away. We started very well, changing our mentality to get more points away. But now we need to recover our confidence and performance.
“Also we know defensively we need to do better. We tried to play with three and two centre-backs. Be passionate, be calm but above all work.”
Away form is an odd one. It’s all in the head. I find it interesting that something like that can impact elite athletes, you’d kind of think they were a bit above that? I understand the butterflies might be on fire in Istanbul, but at Huddersfield this Saturday, I’d hope less so?
We take on bottom of the table Huddersfield. They recently agreed to part ways with the excellent David Wagner. He was replaced by Dortmund first-team coach, Jan Siewart. Not sure I can speak about him with any sort of knowledge, so I won’t even try and Google research him. Huddersfield take chances on managers in the same way I would, and it’s paid dividends for little investment.
I have my doubts they’ll have enough to take down Arsenal at the weekend. We have Mikhi coming back into the fold, which I would hope could give us a little more width and creativity from wide positions. However, it’s clear that the most important thing is to keep a clean sheet. The team really needs to get back to basics. We were overrun by Cardiff at home a few weeks ago, that’s not a good look.
Emery needs to get his season back on track, he needs to get him best players on the pitch and he needs to find a system that he can roll with for more than 24 minutes.
Finally, Hector B has dropped a fan TV channel. He’s talking about his surgery, sure, I love that, but be real, when is the high-end fashion chat dropping? I wanna see the latest Balenciaga sneakers I can’t by because I’m old. I want to know about OFF-White print shirts. I wanna know when the male sarong is coming back?
Good luck sir, and don’t get downbeat about the muppets in the comments.
JUST KIDDING GUYS, see you in the comments. x
DM
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Tr4phy
No one around?
6th
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Not sure about the Huddersfield game.
Should win but you never know.
Chance to see Suarez play. MC game didn’t count.
Crying out for some creativity.
I’ll go 3-1 to the Arsenal.
‘muppets in the comments’.
Where? Oh…right.
If we can’t beat Huddersfield away we may as well pack it in.
Surprise that a Spaniard can speak fluent English. 🙂
I’d be surprised if we don’t win but even more surprised if we don’t concede haha
“We are strong at home, but I think we need to do better away.”
Simple solution : play Ozil!!
(I’m not Pierre in disguise)
Hilarious Post Today Peter! haha!
“Also we know defensively we need to do better. ”
Without buying a proper defender.
In Wenger Jr. I don’t trust anymore.
I wonder if Emery will start Mkhitaryan and Suarez? He seems to trust Mkhitaryan the most out of his CAM options, but even then it’s clear there’s dissatisfaction. Could be one at CAM and one at RM. I wouldn’t be starting Lacazette and Aubameyang. I would give Aubameyang a rest at the weekend, he’s looked a little flat lately and people do forget the shift he has put in for us in big games and in operating at LM. I would probably have Suarez, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi behind Lacazette. Then Torreira and Guendouzi in midfield. Maitland Niles at RB if fit,… Read more »
‘We take on bottom of the table Huddersfield….Huddersfield take chances on managers in the same way I would, and it’s paid dividends for little investment’.
The way forward. Bring on the baggage handler.
.CA
4-2-3-1 ..interesting.
Cesc]
You don’t have Ozil in your set up
Didn’t you get the memo?
lol
If we can’t beat Huddersfield away we may as well pack it in.’
Agree LFS, our attacking play should be markedly better now as Suarez is clearly a level above our other options there
Huddersfield have lost their past 7 out of 10 games
Basically no excuse not to take home all 3points
Huddersfield will give them a game. Normally a new manager brings a buzz for a game or two and there is no better team than Arsenal to get your season moving. We’re that ride you need after your long term love of your life leaves you.
Emery’s press conferences are sounding more and more like Arsene every time I hear one. Do Arsenal tell them what to say or is Unai trying to be Wenger?
Batshit mental.
Emery’s press conferences are sounding more and more like Arsene every time I hear one. Do Arsenal tell them what to say or is Unai trying to be Wenger?”
Yh becoming boring as hell
dunno which is worse and more boring.. He’s rehashing of the word ‘improvement ‘ and ‘moment ‘ or the fact most of the time nobody gets a clue what he’s talking about.
Not a popular opinion but I think injury to Mkhi, affected our forward play a bit.
Huddersfield must crush, other than that then Emery ain’ t fit for purpose.
Also wanna see ozil in there. No matter how some may not like his input, these are the sort of games that mostly fit him.
3-1…. Since we can’t keep clean sheet.
Emery is a honest guy. He even admitted that Suarez dropped a shocker last week and must improve
Of course the manager who speaks a smattering of English will recycle the same words over and over again.
He’s probably stuck on a vocabulary of 500 English footballing words.
Anything to knock the manager
Arsenal fans new favourite song :
“Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of”, by U2.
Id always listen to Arsene over emery. Arsene was crayyyyzeeee and his press conferences were gold. Emery is still trying to actually make sense with what he says…in the end, Wenger didn’t care.
If Unai mentions FFP or Brexit…game over.
Did anyone else see our new top-10 trophy?
Mesut Ozil made the top-10 most highly paid footballers.
Escalation of financial power, that’s what I’m talking about.
Emery sounds like Wenger… minus the caustic sense of humour.
Not having Xhaka in the side is a big plus for me. As we know, he struggles against hard-working teams whose workrate is too much to handle. Sames goes for Ozil.
Assuming they are fit, I would go:
Leno
AMN – Mustafi – Koscielny – Kolasinac
Torriera
Guen – Ramsey – Iwobi
Laca – Auba
_______________Leno
__Mavropanos__Koscielny___Monreal
AMN___Torriera___Guedouzin___Kolasinac
_________Suarez______Mkhitaryan
_____________Lacazette
What a hugely impressive young man , Our Hector is. The complete opposite to his fellow countryman Emery; Speaks impeccable English- yet half his age. ( I know Zimbabweans- who have learned and spoken perfect English after 6 months). Who is teaching emery- its cringeworthy listening to him? Full of color, charcter and verve Loves and loyal to The Arsenal And what a disservice Arsenal( inc Old Regime) have done to him -Hector- by not supplying adequate back up for him His injury should not have happened. Overplayed and rushed back. Let’s get more full backs They are pivotal in… Read more »
Left
I like that XI, but I think we should give Ozil a run; I’d replace Suarez with Ozil and bring Suarez in in the second half for Mkhitaryan.
Kay
I think Welbeck’s injury hurt us even more. Losing him gets almost no talk here, but he could have helped us a lot this season, given us width, pace, dribbling, stretched defenses, etc. Not a great player, but a useful player.
CG
Yeah, great comparison, Bellerin has only been at the club since the age of 16, so for nearly 8 years. Fuckwit
Languages also gets more difficult to learn the older you get, so being younger is clearly a benefit. Can’t believe anyone can be this stupid. You’re doing it though , great job champ.
“Speaks impeccable English- yet half his age.”
One has been in the country 6 months the other 8 years…
“Full of color”
Also, if you love the English language so much, learn to fucking spell
Color is spelt 2 ways
USA version is color
UK version is colour
I like color
U can keep colour
I live in South Africa . Have to be careful with this word.
I remember last January we signed Auba. Since he was with BVB, he was not allowed to play for us in the UEFA cup. Since then, the rule has changed. Suarez is allowed to play in the UEFA games. Similarly, we could push FA to adopt a rule used in North America sport. A team can get ride of a player by paying 60% of his remaining salary.
Charlie George
‘Speaks impeccable English- yet half his age. ( I know Zimbabweans- who have learned and spoken perfect English after 6 months). Who is teaching emery- its cringeworthy listening to him?’
You’re the biggest dolt on this blog
-you know Zimbabweans who have learned and spoken English?
English it the language of instruction in Zimbabwe. They don’t have learn it in 6 months. You make is seem like teaching monkeys magic tricks.
lol CG.
QNA To return to our discussion from yesterday, the point is this: your proposals (way back when) for who we should sign always consisted of this £75m player, that £75m player and that other £75m player. You weren’t calling for us to sign one £75m player (and, say, two £35m players); you were calling for us to sign three £75m players. One, this required no insight whatsoever. Everyone here can call for a Pogba, a Griezmann, a this-or-that-fantastic player. Two, even when we were flush with cash, this wasn’t a reasonable proposal for a variety of reasons, including the fact… Read more »
Dissenter
U might be referring to Rhodesian times
Recent times- there has been the systematic break down of schooling
I have been to Harare and Bulaywalo a few times. I Have witnessed this.
I totally stand by argument
Charlie George,
You really are a contemptuous fuckwit of mind boggling epic proportions.
Bellerin has been here since he was 16. Why would Emery have ever needed to learn English up until now? Plus it’s a lot harder to learn English as a foreign language when your middle aged.
What’s cringeworthy is you and your continuous attack on Emery based on his language, how he looks, what he eats, the colour of his teeth, it’s fucking unbelievable.
Dissenter
He may be a dolt, but he’s right about English: British English is not the “correct” version of English; it’s simply one version of English, i.e., a dialect. Neither is American English the “correct” version of English, of course, as it too is simply one version of English, a dialect. Neither “color” nor “colour” is the correct spelling per se; each is simply the version used in a particular place.
Bd
I think having all these basic traits are all imperative to Be holding the elite position of figure head of AFC.
I am entitled to hold these beliefs.
You are entitled to see a figure head with:
Bad team
Bad appearance
Bad English
That’s ok too.
Thanks
Bam
I’ll accept JL apology in due course.
https://arseblog.news/2019/02/iwobi-i-need-more-goals-and-assists/
No shit Sherlock!
Bamford. That’s bullshit.
By the way. Missing Welbeck? His 1 goal and 1 assist in the PL before he got injured in his 8 appearances? It’s funny how Arsenal players become superstars while they are out injured, yet are utterly useless when they actually have to play.
“Huddersfield take chances on managers in the same way I would, and it’s paid dividends for little investment.”
Huddersfield have 11 points from 25 games. They’re 13 points from safety. Even if Burnley in 17th played no more games this season, Huddersfield would need a 50 game season to overtake them.
This pro-Arteta, anti-Emery agenda is truly irrational.
qna
I think Welbeck is better when he doesn’t play.
QNA
“That’s bullshit.”
Care to elaborate?
As for Welbeck, I didn’t say he is or was “a superstar”. I said we could have used him these past few months. And your reduction of a player to a couple of stats is simplistic reductivism and is a really facile approach to football.
Bellerin is a living advertisement for the benefits of compulsory military service.
But CG, You criticised Emery’s appearance based on him meeting Suarez in a tracksuit and cited both AW and GG as doing the same but wearing suits thus proving your point. I then proved you were talking utter, utter horseshit by posting pictures of AW and GG in fucking shorts and t-shirts having their pictures taken with Ozil and Smith & Winterburn Bad team? Wenger inherited a team in 5th place from Rioch whereas Emery inherited a team from Wenger in 6th. Wenger was at Arsenal for 22 years!!!! Emery has had 8 months, this isn’t Emery’s team yet so… Read more »
This is priceless from Iwobi…
“I have an analyst now who is always trying to help me, which I didn’t have in seasons before, so he’s sending me clips and saying what I can do better. That’s helped me and I’d like to say I’ve been involved in a few goals this season, even it’s not the assist or the goal“.
The Man City game springs to mind.
“I’ve been getting a few pre-assists which go unnoticed“.
What about the pre-pre-assists and the pre-pre-pre-assists?
https://arseblog.news/2019/02/iwobi-i-need-more-goals-and-assists/
Left. True. Very true. I take that back. It’s like a new signing when he gets injured. Bamford. Not really. Your post was full of shit. Sounds like you just you rationalising being wrong for the last 15 years. Not sure which three 75m players you think I was asking for, but even if I take that to be true (which it isnt), it probably changes our destiny quite significantly to the one we are have now. If we did spend that much, that wouldn’t have left us with room to spend the hundreds of millions we did on mediocre… Read more »
“I’ll accept JL apology in due course.”
Not a chance, you come on here, banging on about British this and English that and it turns out you are an American
Bamford It appears to me that you are twisting QNA’S words . What he was saying is , and I agree with him, is that the club should have pushed the boat out and signed top quality . If we had followed that process we wouldn’t be where we are now . If we had supplemented our already excellent side 10/12 years ago with 2 or 3 top quality additions , for instance a goalkeeper, a central defenders and a defensive midfielder and paid the players at the club what they were worth , then we wouldn’t have seen a… Read more »
I don’t know, I think the creators of the language get to have ownership of what is correct.
British English is English.
Everything else is ‘Insert Country’ English.
Making a couple of tackles a game wouldn’t go amiss for Iwobi too, if you’re an attacking player that doesn’t score or assist a lot I would’ve thought he’d work harder defensively but I guess not.
QNA
What, exactly, have I been wrong about? That we needed to find quality at a range of price points, not just at the top price point?
Please explain how that POV is/was wrong.
Pierre
No, I am not twisting his words at all. And I too of course argued that we needed to sign quality. The question was whether quality can be found at lower price points. I (and nearly everyone else here) said yes, QNA said no.
That was the debate.
My brother always says Iwobi is the most frustrating player to watch, because he looks as if he should be good. He has the frame. He has the pace. He has the skill on show sometimes. But then he just loses it the second he gets into the final third, or just drops clangers occasionally.
Nothing wrong with him as a squad player, and maybe in that role he could emerge later on. But I’m not expecting it.
He shouldn’t be in the starting line up next season.
“https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11631207/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-has-shared-manchester-united-vision-with-ed-woodward“
Someone should tell Ole not to worry about a vision, he just needs loads of new players..
Iwobi’s pass forced Mancity to concede the corner from which Koz scored
Bamford you are wrong because what you were suggesting is exactly what the club tried to do. They weren’t scouring the earth looking to unearth gems like Dortmund. Instead they looked at mature players who represented good value because they were of no interest to the other big clubs. I have been arguing for years that this is the wrong approach. That it assumes that at least a dozen other clubs in world football are stupid and don’t know how to evaluate a players potential.
You were wrong because the club has proven to be wrong.
Yeah, but Aubameyang took the kick off which, 10 minutes later, resulted in the corner that lead to the goal. Does Aubameyang get an assist?
Haha CC, thought the same thing when I read that.
United are United so we all know that more heavy investment is on its way. One of the only clubs where they can keep throwing shit at the wall until some of it sticks, they’ll keep on spending large until they get it right.
You can see Iwobi’s body get visibly wracked with fear whenever he has the ball near the opponent penalty area, it sometimes looks like he’s about to have a seizure. No amount of support or advice can help him with that.
The thing about Iwobi is that he can put the ball in the back of the net. That is one thing that he really has going for him. He wants too much time on the ball. Wants to hold on to it a bit too long. You don’t get that time on the EPL.
I am convinced that if he spent a year in Germany that he would get some end product for his good work. I’d like us loan him out with a view to increasing his value and then sell him at the end of next season.
WE/CC
Yh,just read somewhere united are ready to back OGS with a war chest of £250M to get them back competing at the top level
I figure His vision and philosophy might have weighed in heavily for the purse to be loosen for such ridiculous amount
You then read of us with the touted 40M without champions league footy and it’s becomes no surprise we’re no longer taken serious and seen as a mediocre club by many
‘The thing about Iwobi is that he can put the ball in the back of the net. ‘
I don’t think we’ve been watching the same player. The Iwobi I’ve seen can’t shoot for toffee. He has good close control, but his decision-making is terrible and he lacks courage.
I am a bit confused
The rumor is United are backing Ole , whose squad is already superior to ours, with 250m and somehow it is meant to be a lesson to Emery to stop asking for new players??
“United are United so we all know that more heavy investment is on its way. One of the only clubs where they can keep throwing shit at the wall until some of it sticks, they’ll keep on spending large until they get it right.”
How is this a lesson for Emery??
Do we have a proper squad??
What exactly was he meant to do as the injuries mounted besides chopping and changing??
Will Ole play with the same eleven and style he did if 3-4 of his starters are injured ?
Eduardo. Not often granted. But when he does score a goal it’s usually deliberate, well taken. It’s not like Welbeck scoring off his knee or something ridiculous.
So that’s what I mean by that. He knows how to score a nice, quality goal. But I don’t think the EPL is the league for him. I think he’d do well in Germany with a bit more time. I think he’d score more of those goals and get more assists.
He was replaced by Dortmund first-team coach, Jan Siewart
Under 23 coach I believe
Weagle
Undoubtedly so, the benefits of being mega sadly. It’s why we have to get all the details spot on along the way, including the dismissed ones such as vision and strategy.
RH
Not sure what you’re on about?
Wasn’t talking about Emery at all there.
Nothing confusing there when you drop the Emery blinkered specs
It’s easier to back a manager more when he’s doing something unbelievable with a squad he hasn’t spent a penny on
United were a joke under boringho and looked relegation plodders,OGS has come in and instantly has them as top4 favorites
Complete contrast to Emery who is not only making us play shit football with the squad he inherited, but has spunked 70M on his own players and we don’t looked any better from last seasons debacle.
Quite a feat
CC
Yeah even if we spend decentish money on a player, we can’t really afford anyone to flop. Certainly can’t spend 60 million on the likes of Mustafi and Xhaka again if we’re to go anywhere.
Fine line though isn’t it between cheaping and finding a gem beneath the rubble? That’s where Sven was supposed to come in but we’ve cut those ties now haven’t we.
Wasn’t talking about Emery at all there.
Eagle well the link you were replying to was apparently dropped to highlight Emery’s lack of vision in comparison to Ole
Victorious
Abeg shift make i see better people
Charlie George
You come across as a bit of a dick with your continued personal attacks on Emery.
Klopp/Pep/Sarri are not perfect, although my wife thinks Mr Guardiola is a bit of alright.
Maybe you prefer your managers to go galavanting off on a photo shoot for a French fashion magazine instead of working on fundamental flaws in our team or, better still, embarrassingly trying to zip up a sleeping bag on the touchline.
Criticise by all means, but try and act with a bit of respect and keep your bigoted opinions to yourself.
Victorious. Emery didn’t spunk a dime. He said as much the other day when talking about Sven leaving. Don’t let facts get in the way of a good story.
Emery has come to the team and not one are his signings.
Iwobi averaging 1 goal in 10 games this season.
Koscielny averaging 1 goal in 9 games this season.
Lol
Receding you too carry Emery matter for head sef
He is remarkably average
There is one thing I don’t understand regarding football players. There are players like Torr and Laca, who tackle and try to win the ball. There are also players like Ox, Ramsey and Iwobi, who just follow the opponent but never try to tackle the ball. It can’t be a physical thing. Could be they don’t have the heart to get dirty. There are also players like Mustafi and Xhaka who like sliding tackle.
I personally think that Iwobi’s time is up. He has had his chances and the board should look to sell to a mid-table club for a cool 20m. (Everton or West Ham as they always buy our dross.)
Its time for Reiss Nelson and ESR to try and succeed with Arsenal.
“, but has spunked 70M on his own players ”
Oh wow 70m… that a lot of money, back in 2007..
Yes its Unbelievable that a squad that contains Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Lukaku. Pogba, Lindelof (30m ish defender) Baily (30m ish defender) Shaw( one of the most expnsive full backs around) Herrera, and co can go a few games without defeat.
Very unbelievable …what a rubbish squad Man United have
Everyone mocked Mourinho for complaining about his squad because he had already spent a lot on them and they had talent
I don’t think anyone will bat an eyelid if Emery say’s a squad that finished 6th isn’t good enough.
Victorious
Maybe we should have gone for PV4 after all.
Someone with the blood of the club in his veins.
A true Gooner.
He is remarkably average
Yet he has managed some of the most well known clubs in world football
Your special sauce Ole relegated Cardiff and ended up at Molde. Ole’s true test as a manager will still come, I hope you are around for them. It wouldn’t always be this good
Someone should tell Ole not to worry about a vision, he just needs loads of new players..
You’re a fool if you think his vision for United doesn’t include spending millions and replacing players. But sure why not hire him Charles he’ll turn players like Xhaka Mustafi and co into smart intelligent players who don’t make countless mistakes. Cause you see that’s what we need not to replace these players but to persist with them until they’re good enough. Very smart
“Eagle well the link you were replying to was apparently dropped to highlight Emery’s lack of vision in comparison to Ole“
No it was dropped in defiance against those who dismiss the importance of a manager having a vision for his team, an idea and strategy of where to go. The application of that I could extend to Emery, but I didn’t, it was for anyone interested in mocking the calls for a style and strategy to be visible along the rebuild.
Maybe we should have gone for PV4 after all.
I respectfully disagree although he is a more sensible choice than Arteta.
But he has not really achieved much in management. He left the City football group to go to Nice because they saw he was average in my opinion. OGC Nice are also having a pretty average season under him as well. A negative goal difference as we speak
RH
Think the sarcasm was missed by you in that link CC dropped, the joke was that OGS’s ‘vision’ will equate to little more than spunking as much as is possible in the summer on the best available players that they can find in their respective positions.
It was mocking OGS not Emery.
United were a joke under boringho and looked relegation plodders
At worse they were 8 points behind us when we were at our best. Relegation fodder apparently
Or maybe not, still half asleep it would appear.
Eagle i think you are the one that missed the tone. Read his rejoinder above.
He was taking his customary pot shots at Emery