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
Bob N16, ES & Graham Another great game coming tomorrow against France. I think Woodward is exactly right in this below article, and I’m glad it’s a home game rather than in Paris. I said last week England have a tendency of late to win a huge game then slip up the next game, so now it’s time for Jones to make sure this doesn’t happen. I suppose the possible difference here is that the players are playing for their places in the WC. Equally, France is in our WC qualifying group, so the win will have far more importance… Read more »
Tony I am personally not too concerned about England winning this game against France., although the team will be without Itoje who is probably their best athlete in the pack. The French pack are a bunch of “lumps” and that is where I think the game will be won. I watched Saracens play Worcester yesterday in Premier League Cup with a significant number of Academy and Second Team players in their squad. They still won easily with something like 18 or 19 First string players missing. During the week they recruited Daly from Wasps for next season which indicates just… Read more »
Much has been discussed about Arsenal’s inept management and transfer policies. Yesterday it was announced that Liverpool had overtaken Arsenal in revenue league and had made the largest profit last season in the history of professional football. Whilst these figures may be somewhat distorted by transfer dealings it is clear that they are at the moment a significantly better run club than we are despite being bankrupt seven years ago with the new owners investing virtually nothing in the club. Liverpool even now has a net worth which is less than a quarter of Arsenal and cash reserves, which are… Read more »
Lol Pedro arteta would’ve been a better hire based off a grand total of zero evidence. Awesome
After your backing of gazidis you’ll have a way to go to convince the critical people in the room that your spider senses are on point when deciding who to back in management
The extent of the pro arteta argument is you feel it in your gut because pep said a couple of nice sentences about him and you find the thought of him exciting
Whether or not emery works out, there has never been any substance in the arteta hype outside of a good reference and a gut feeling
Let’s be honest with our players such as Welbeck, Iwobi, Chambers, Kolac, etc. At 23 (?) Iwobi has been in the first team for 3 to 4 years and did wot exactly? Some highlights here and there ,yes. Don’t see a van Persie sort of late comer case either. In any case, we don’t have another 5 years (and budget) for Iwobi and the like to muck around. A squad player? May be, at 3/40k max. Look at it another way, based on the stats of Iwobi etc these are players we’d have voted down everyday if they were prospects… Read more »
Uzeros agreed If iwobi was playing for palace or Everton and we were linked I doubt any of us would be satisfied based on his last 3 years of football I wouldn’t be against selling him and replacing him with a cheaper like for like As you said he’s a squad player who should be on 40k a week given his footballing ability and numbers As for the late bloomer van Persie notion as well, tbf rvp wasn’t a late bloomer he was just plagued by injuries. At 19 years old he was clearly an elite talent who just needed… Read more »
If arteta was brave enough to do what lampard and Gerrard are doing and had similar results and people said he’s an exciting young manager who can take us places then maybe they’d be worth listening to as at least we’d have *something* other than a couple of quotes about how good he is
Until then arteta talk is just total hot air
Pedro u r wrong on Arteta just like u were on Mikhitarian and Gazidis.
Emery has performed better than some of the most reputable managers in EPL after his first 24 games, including Wenger. And he is not far off, even the very best. Yet, look at the mixed reception he is getting. Can you even imagine if the club had signed a rookie manager without even a single game of top level experience as head manager and things had gone the same or even worse? The whole suggestion that Arteta was a viable candidate is insane and only an idiot would not see that. Arteta may one day be a great manager and… Read more »
You can’t compare international footballer wanna be Arteta to seasoned internationals: Lampard and Gerard as players and managers as it seems Arteta is too afraid to leave Pep’s bosom.
Click bait subject and nothing more.
I would be happier if I thought it was purely click bait. Because believing it is so much worse.
Who is to say Steve Bould wouldn’t look like a genius with Pep above him and one of the most expensive squads in world football to work with. Its just nonsense.
Have a lot of time and respect for Romford Pele and hope this isn’t just another AFC induced player PR for the club.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6684309/Arsenal-Invincible-Ray-Parlour-insists-Emery-given-time-build-capable-competing.html
His book was refreshingly honest, though.
I’ll wait until the start of the new season to offer my thoughts on Emery and especially what’s going on with the Kroenkes down through the management.
Tony
Goodmorning (afternoon with you).
Based on my shite prediction last week, I should stay well clear of this weekends game. Nevertheless –
France were excellent in the first half against Wales, but imploded (typical French) in the second.
I feel that it will be closer than some may think but if England play like they did last Saturday, there is only going to be one winner.
28-16 England.
As for the football, 3-1 to the Arsenal.
Yes, we will concede.
Tony
Ray Parlour is a legend in my eyes.
Loved his book and love him on TalkSport.
Never had a bad word to say about Wenger but maybe that was because of his Arsenal connections and obvious fringe benefits.
The fact that we are still in with a chance of top 4 should mean something but, unlike Ray Parlour, I am somewhat on the fence with Emery and his methods.
The MC v Chelski game should be interesting tomorrow. Higuain will make a difference and I can see them getting something out of the game.
Another crap prediction then.
Talking of TalkSport does anyone on here ever listen to Simon Jordan?
The guy is brilliant. Should be head of the FA/PFA and leading our Brexit negotiations.
I’d vote for him.
Love your humour and honesty Graham.
Don’t think you’re far away with your score prediction for both matches.
ES
I wasn’t really concerned about us beating the Irish, but just a little nervous about France being our banana skin.
I agree would should win comfortably against France.
Tony, expectations high for the French match. Would expect nothing less than a 20pt win, assuming England play anywhere near their best. At home against a transitional France… In complete agreement about right wing. Assume Jones will mix it up a bit and give a few ‘squad’ players game time. Ashton considered a French specialist after his successful time over there. Cokasiniga, looks like a real star in the making. WC may come too early but I’m sure Jones will want to give him an opportunity. As he is just returning from injury that maybe explains the choice. I’ll have… Read more »
Graham 62 I do listen to Simon Jordan online,occasionally He is a superb listen. Puts other pundits to shame with his forthright and truculent views. He has been very critical of the way Arsenal are run And has been particularly scathing in his assessment of Emery (And his clear unsuitability for his post ) He has also repeated what I have said about the structure of the club – including Rauls role and lack of experience in English football and his natural tendencies to choose players and agents he knows. How we could do with someone of Jordan’s instinct, experience… Read more »
I was also in favour of appointing Arteta as head coach following departure of Wenger. However, in hindsight perhaps it was best to appoint Emery in what is a transition period for the club. Let’s face it the club are likely to make more mistakes before the “TITANIC” is finally turned around. Personally I would rather give someone like Arteta at least a fighting chance to do a good job with the right tools. In 2-3 years time Arteta may have the experience to handle the job. When you see how poor several other Ex Arsenal players like Adams and… Read more »
Raul’s transfer dealings could go either way. We don’t have the money to be going after big fish, so his ability to sign these types of players would be wasted here.
On the other hand, the Spanish clubs are the masters of finding the rare gems in South America and bringing them over before their values explode. If he can use his networks to have us competing for these types of players then I think he could benefit us greatly.
If anything, Emery’s first six months shows that it would have been insanity to appoint Arteta.
Illuminating reading the comments section. Some how buying 20 players ‘pisses on the gimme players philosophy’.
Qna
“””On the other hand, the Spanish clubs are the masters of finding the rare gems in South America and bringing them over “”
Arsenal ain’t a Spanish club.
Very few South American players can play here ( because of the tightening up of 3rd party ownership rules)
Raul to my knowledge- has never ever sold a player for a profit in his career ??
(Any objectors on this?)
He has been here 12 months.
We have not raised a penny ( from player sales)..
You are in the blindingly optimistic category.
I am in the realistic one.
Tbf to Emery ,legacy and culture are hardest things to change for a new CEO of a company (liken to our first team squad) especially when a new high performance mindset is pursued. New CEOs almost always move people on to pursue new ways of thinking, working and winning. With still half a team of relative ‘losers” in their departments, such as defence, why would we expect to see instant turnaround. Having said that, Emery could (and should!) have set things up at times to play less gung ho/ for an odd draw, even with the shitty squad. That may… Read more »
CG
It’s difficult to sell overpaid rubbish players. Inability to sell players now is a legacy of Wenger’s last years.
Emery’s training method had good effect initially. Our team ran more than our opponents consistently. This advantage is gone after the holiday season. Since then, our result is more like a mid table team. Injures in defense also hurt. On top of that, the board didn’t sign any defensive reinforcement. For me, every manager will have a hard time with our owner and our board.
Tobs
You might be right in your assumption.
(Let’s say you are, In this instance)
But surely the difference between a good DOF and a bad one- Is the good DOF can sell the rubbish players and a bad one can’t.!
We might have rubbish players( I don’t subscribe to this ,by the way)
But We most certainly have a RUBBISH DOF!
If the arteta conversation isn’t based on his excellent (non-existent) management record to date then it’s based on faith Faith is what we invested in for the last 10 years and that didn’t do us many favors in recent years We have a club that has been horrendously mismanaged at all levels for a solid decade. Why would we try and undo this huge mess by handing the shit shovel to someone who has never done it before and just saying go? Faith is not what will turn this club around. It’s being smart, clinical and logical. We need to… Read more »
Raul’s job description when he first joined us, was to get deals over the line.
You may differ about the players we’ve bought in the two windows since he’s been here, but in comparison to the usual, it was relatively painless.
He stood his ground against Barcelona and got Suárez on terms favourable to us. We didn’t give into bullying or intimidating tactics.
Sorry CG, who is our DOF?
Raul
Nelson yeah I’m not convinced that double Training was the solution to our problems I don’t think we’ve ever lacked fitness. The change to a high press need not be a physical revolution, more a tactical one from my perspective. We don’t need to be burning ourselves out physically over a tactical change I also think emery underestimated the winter period. These are two mistakes which may have cost us around 6 points or so thus far. Hopefully he can turn things back to the pre winter direction sharpish because he still needs to get a bit more out of… Read more »
CG. Being realistic has nothing to do with it. I just suggested an unlikely but beneficial scenario that could make use of Raul’s supposed Contact’s. No idea if Raul will be good or bad and btw I pointed out two options. One good and one bad. That have only noticed one says more about you than me. South Americans when they pan out are gold. Sanchez wasn’t bad. Aguero probably finishes up as the all time greatest scorer in English football. If we ever want to be world class these are the types of players we need. And we can’t… Read more »
“Illuminating reading the comments section. Some how buying 20 players ‘pisses on the gimme players philosophy’.“ Seems you skipped some parts, allow me to fill you in… Rangers have overturned their squad since administration some 6 years ago and not reached anything close to the level Gerrard has them at this season in this debut campaign. The “gimme players philosophy” isn’t a literal one dismissing the value of recruitment, it’s where no judgement can apparently be made on a managers skill set as a coach/manager based upon an inherited squad. That much as I see it is total nonsense. Rangers… Read more »
Raul and Emery have had their roles for 5 minutes. The mess was created by Ivan and Arsene over 10+ years. The first job at hand is to clean up the mess. At that point we can evaluate their performances not before. How is this just not plain commonsense?
Raul fixing the wage bill and the stupid socialist policy that nut job Wenger had in place is a great start. Losing Sven – not so much.
Qna
Sanchez cost us 40£ mill
Aguero cost 25£ mill
From Barca and ATM
You were , I think , were referring players coming direct from South America.
Very few players come direct from South America to English football.
All the players apparently are pimped by agents- 3rd party slaves basically.
Morally and ethically Arsenal can not touch these players.
We must adhere always to the highest standards
“””that nut job Wenger had in place is a great start””
What an absolute absurd thing to say-
Qna
The mind boggles sometimes.
CC
I’m in agreement with your take on SG and what he is doing at Rangers.
Wonders will never cease.
CG. You could be right. But we can’t afford to bring players in £50m at a time, which is the very minimum that any promising Ageuro/Sanchez type will cost. So if we want to get the next Aguero/Sanchez/etc we probably need to identify and take them before they break out and then be able to develop them. Possibly loaning then out. The idea of that doesn’t sit well with Arsenal fans because of our utter failure with guys like Wellington. I would agree, it’s the same people identifying the talent then we shouldn’t be doing it. But if we can… Read more »
CG: What an absolute absurd thing to say-
Qna
So you think the socialist wage policy was smart and rationale? How do you think it worked out?
The “gimme players philosophy” isn’t a literal one dismissing the value of recruitment, it’s where no judgement can apparently be made on a managers skill set as a coach/manager based upon an inherited squad. That much as I see it is total nonsense.
It’s all about agendas. People will interprete/subvert anything to fit their agenda. The illustration does not fit the point you are trying to make.
“It’s all about agendas. People will interprete/subvert anything to fit their agenda. The illustration does not fit the point you are trying to make.“
I disagree entirely. It’s aimed at those who are resolute in saying Emery can’t be judged with this set of players and needs several windows to work with. As such they know the POV being challenged unless they choose to otherwise take it literally and act ignorant.
How else would you categorise that train of thought if not under an epigram like ‘gimme players philosophy’?
Qna There has to be a wage structure. Nothing you can do – if financially doped or other clubs offer more. (Wenger can’t win:) He sells RVP for big money to Man Utd – he gets it in the neck! He sells Nasri, Adebayor, Clichy for big money to Man City he gets it in the neck! He sells ox to Liverpool for big money- he gets it in the neck! He sells Cesc to Barca for big money- he gets In the neck! He doesn’t sell Ozil or Sanchez ( tries a different tactic)- he gets in the neck!… Read more »
Charlie. He doesn’t need several transfer windows. He just needs to be judged within reason. That takes into account the squad that he has specifically inherited and the injuries. If he had inherited City’s squad the expectation could naturally be higher. People just have to be reasonable. But this basic logic aside. I personally have no interest in the opinion of anybody who was opposed to Wenger’s sacking all this time. It’s just laughable that after refusing to see the woods from the trees all this time, that these people are all of a sudden about sacking the guy who… Read more »
Charlie George It’s a new day and you’re here spewing crap already The man who lives in South Africa and still didn’t know that English is the language of educational instruction in Zimbabwe. You think it’s absurd to say Wenger was a pseudo economists? What economist thinks it’s okay to play people above their capabilities? Wenger was also a megalomaniac who wanted poise for the sake of power. ‘”I don’t know what director of football means. Is it somebody who stands in the road and directs players right and left?” he said. “I don’t understand and I never did understand… Read more »
Charlie George didn’t he make a profit on Sanchez?
Qna That’s not the opinion of several on here in absolute defence of Emery, all you read is how he can’t be judged with this set of players etc. Which I find to be utterly illogical. I’d be very interested to see the variably progress of all managers who took up new roles this past summer at the end of the season. I cite Gerrard because he took over same time as Emery and has delivered noticeable improvement to his predecessors, and I’m not talking league position or the like. I’m talking the competitiveness, approach, style etc. Just serves as… Read more »
Totally agree that he should be judged within reason. He inherited a mish mash of a squad with players being bought just because, with others being kept well beyond their sell by date, poor contract management and no spirit. That has to be borne in mind. He wants to play a particular way and doesn’t have the tools(players) to. He could be more pragmatic about how he sets up his teams and he has made mistakes. Could another coach have done better? Maybe so. At the point where we are now, I have certain expectations from him and the team.… Read more »
Charlie George ‘He sells RVP for big money to Man Utd – he gets it in the neck!He sells Nasri, Adebayor, Clichy for big money to Man City he gets it in the neck!He sells ox to Liverpool for big money- he gets it in the neck!He sells Cesc to Barca for big money- he gets In the neck!He doesn’t sell Ozil or Sanchez ( tries a different tactic)- he gets in the neck’ You’re living up to your reputation as the legrove dolt. There’s no player there that was sold for the appropriate money. One can argue that Oxlade’s… Read more »
Dissenter I refute what you say. You are just coming out with cliched jargon( you have heard from others fans. , I am guessing) (Megalomaniac/pseudo economics , etc) What on earth are you talking about? Wenger was a brilliant footballing operator in so many ways. You not acknowledging that shows you do not really understand the concept of managing a huge operation (e.g. AFC) for nearly a quarter of a century .. I know he made lots of mistakes. And over stayed his welcome .. I also hazard to guess- he would have made less mistakes than Emery – if… Read more »
Dissenter. That’s exactly it. The problem has been that Arsene didn’t allow a Raul type person at the club all this time. Ivan wasn’t that guy. His role has been taken by Venkatesham whose role is to look after the business side. Over the past decade the role that Raul will now fill has been badly neglected. Arsene took this role as well as the coaching role. He did this DOF role particularly poorly. In my opinion it was his duties in this area that he messed up by far and away the most. If I judge him purely on… Read more »
Champagne,Charlie You’re being disingenuous here with your egregious misrepresentations of other people viewpoints. “That’s not the opinion of several on here in absolute defence of Emery, all you read is how he can’t be judged with this set of players etc. Which I find to be utterly illogical.” I’ve never read ANYONE. tender an ABSOLUTE defence of Emery here in any issue. People express their skepticisms or misgivings about certain aspects of the club but want to wait for a reasonable time [end of the season] before assessing him. Do tell Where did you pull our this ‘absolute defence of… Read more »
Emery says it like it is – something we never got from Wenger. He just told us bluntly something that most of us know already: Arsenal squad rates at best 6th in PL. And like it or not, personnel counts first when it comes to winning things. At the start of the season I had Arsenal at 6th/7th – I thought Everton or WHU would do better than they have. Nevertheless, even at 6th spot, Emery has done pretty well in PL, because of strait-jacket spending on signings and a spate of injuries. And there is still the Europa –… Read more »
Dissenter
Definitely one of the more passionate and Intelligent posters on here.
He is good.
Just a shame he has so much vitriol amd anger towwrds Arsene W- let that poison go ,man!
Get it out of your system Dissenter
(Not good for you.)
This season , in the league, we have conceded 36 goals so far . Out of those 36 goals, not one has been conceded from a corner which I have to say is a positive and whoever is working on that area of our should be commended for his efforts. However , the improvement shown from corners highlights how bad we are from open play. I would imagine that Arsenal are top of the table or thereabouts for conceding the most goals from open play in the prem. Some will say it’s because we have Poor defenders that we concede… Read more »
Pierre. Good post. I feel it is aimed at supporting the view that Emery is no good. He might not be good enough. But a lot of those decisions are quite natural as the new manager learns about his players, the league and adapts to injuries. I don’t watch AFTV but caught something the other day where they said that Xhaka is #1 in the PL over the last 2 years for giving the ball away leading to a goal. I think a lot of our goals are self inflicted. Yes, some of that comes from the manager (Wenger and… Read more »
Pierre I can’t work our defense out I don’t think the players are consistently poor, it’s more that they most have a couple of brain farts per game. Most of the players make 1-2 inexplicable mistakes that are often unforced or really thoughtless in each game and we get punished for 1 or 2 of them most games But that corner stat is surprising. Why are we able to concentrate and not fuck up corners? How are our stats from other set pieces? My feeling is that the n1 problem is the players can’t concentrate for 90 minutes but it… Read more »
Charlie George if you want to play wenger off as the timeless victim then you’re preaching to the wrong crowd, sorry
AW is responsible of 90% of the mess that is happening now , and ofcourse Gazidis who was interviewed and appointed by Wenger shares the blame..
Utter incompetence both in financial and football terms.
To think he was earning 8 millions plus is just mind boggling!
This current regime deserves to be given time to undo all that..
I don’t care about Emery that much, at least he is not running the show all by himself.
Hope we make some progress this year, and comes Xmas we will know if we really turning that elusive corner or not!
Charlie George We can all agree on somethings Wenger was a breath of fresh air on the English footballing scene, once upon a time. Wenger was a world class manager once, once upon a time Wenger was a connosuer of finding rare gems, either untapped like Kolo Toure or misused like Thierry and Vierra. Those times were when he had David Dein at his side. He lost his way and I do think his footballing capacity. He became ravaged by power and seemed to confuse trees with forests. It’s the Wenger of the last decade that I can’t forgive. He… Read more »
Qna
Don’t say you have fallen for this Emery philosophy guff !
What’ is it at Arsenal?
What was it at PSG and Seville?
What style of football does he like?
What type of footballers does he want?
I think he is a footballing charlatan.
I think you are being duped.
No
Dissenter
I do not.
The fundamental reason why Wenger last 10 years went off kilter ( and he made so many more mistakes )was because The Chelsea oligarchy money came to prominence.
(And then City. )
As a consequence players who might have come to Arsenal before ( hazard, drogna etc) went to Chelsea.
We were stuck with lesser lights.
Thats the reality.
https://youtu.be/fwM4Ip24PyI
CG. You seem to be from from the old school of British football. I get the feeling you think that the answer lies within the empire. 🙂 I am very skeptical of people who think like that. Can you name me some managers who do have a philosophy that you like?
I am not an Emery man. But given the options he was one of the better ones available. He certainly has a philosophy. Whether you like it or not.
Three things are certain in life:
Death
Taxes
Wenger being a specialist in failure
CG You’re still running a Wenger interference mate Certainly the influx of stateless billionaires [Abramovich] and oil state billionaires certainly made it harder. Wenger seemed to handle it properly by rightly using a youth model with the 2007 team that was in the cusp of winning the league until Gail Clichy suffered an absence seizure at St. Andrews. We would have win despite the new money. That’s when Wenger’s brain got scrambled . He decided to over-austere and kept some very bad players like Almunia in the guise of no money. He also started spending way too much on wages… Read more »
There are no Emery men here.
There’s no emotional attachment to the man. He’s not earned it yet.
If he got fired today, I wouldn’t shed a tear.
I would grab my popcorn though, ready to enjoy the shit fest that will ensue.
The ditherer ,snake oil salesman & syrup have wasted the 10yr advantage we had over many of our rivals.For that there can be NO excuses.Arsenals new regime are now having to pay the price of clearing up the mess & starting afresh.This WILL lead to short(hopefully) term teething problems/pain.we are where we are.unless syrup changes his investment strategy we are having to look below the radar for future stars.Not kids(wenger error) But 19-23 yr olds.with high sell on potential.Emery needs time & another 2/3 windows.Then & only then can we effectively judge progress or lack of it.
*was on the cusp of winning
**We would have won despite the new money
“…Faith is not what will turn this club around. It’s being smart, clinical and logical. We need to be calculated and not get sucked into a pointless vortex of just picking our next favourite guy to support based on nothing other than a dream.” On that basis, is the current execs and senior management, football side or not, good enough to design, and implement? Say, not. Raul is like a 2nd/3rd gen rich kid who never earned a living but has expertise in purchasing fine wine via his extensive contacts in SA, Europe, etc. We can’t afford his taste and… Read more »
Dissenter
So there’s no been numerous calls for Emery to overhaul the squad before judging him?
Might I suggest you sharpen your gaze instead of sitting perched and offering platitudes. There’d be no need to offer a rebuttal if the original point was non-existent.
Charlie George
Ah, if it was that simple.
Blaming the “oligarchy money” on Wenger’s fall from grace is a cop out.
He was found out.
Qna “No doubt that Emery has contributed to those 36 goals. But he is trying to play a philosophy that we need to adopt but with players that aren’t good enough.” At that leads us back to the point I made after the first 2 games We have a manager who has a certain football philosophy but doesn’t have the players to implement that philosophy and the owner will not provide the funds to buy the players to implement his philosophy. And they is why his appointment didn’t make sense , he has players like ozil, Mhkitaryan and Aubamayang whose… Read more »
Hoping Fulham can get something against MU.
Oops!
1-0 MU.
Pogba.
Great goal.
CC
“absolute defense of Emery”?
Arguing that harsh and impetuous criticism be paused until he’s 2-3 transfer windows is not an “ABSOLUTE DEFENSE OF EMERY”
I’m absolutely sure that you fully well know what “absolute” means.
Are you being intentionally clueless or just happen to have your tongue permanently stuck on your cheeks?
Pierre
“The club should have known”
You mean Gazidis, the BoD and our knowledgeable Football owner Mr SK?
No fudging chance.
Two weeks ago, Pedro was referring to OGS as a “young manager” in a failed attempt to attach an Arteta-type meme to the United resurgence.
Surely during the interview process there must have been some discussion amongst the Arsenal hierarchy as to what we needed at the club.
We had just given huge contracts to 3 offensive players so it should have been imperative that the new manager was willing and able to work with these type of players.
Watching United just go 2-0 up with pogba and Martial scoring excellent goals , 2 players who were going nowhere( like Ozil) under the previous manager but now look world class as they have a manager who appreciates their talents.
Could be a cricket score.
Fulham just can’t defend.
Fantastic goal by Martial though.
2-0.
nothing less than a win tonight. need to put those points up on the board and pressurise chelski and utd. hope city do us a favour tomorrow.
That goal by Martial!! No way we score that kind of goal. Our players will cross it back, than fend off two defenders n shoot let alone score.
Pierre
Maybe the club shouldn’t have bought another weak arsed puny attacking midfielder days after giving a certain weak arsed puny attacking midfielder.
We lost the plot in January 2018. W made so many blunders that would retract the options whatever new manager would have had.
We have two 55 million center forwards and neither of them can give us the opportunity to hold up the ball or be a target for crosses.
We brought in Mykhi [because we screwed up the Sanchez exit earlier on] when we had no need for him.
Dissenter
You’re missing the point , whether the decisions in January were poor or not is irrelevant when it came to hiring our new manager.
They were here on huge long term contracts and would be difficult to move on so it was imperative that our new manager( whoever he is) could work with these ,in my opinion, very talented players.
Instead we have the situation now where our new manager has brought a new player in on loan who looks a carbon copy of what we already have in the squad …
Baffling to say the least.
Funny feeling dick will spice up the team today…
One or two shock starters ..
Got to say
Chambers is beginning to look good,.
Could deffo do a cb job for us.
So are we shoo in for Monchi? That will lessen the dread of the loss of Sven.
Chambers playing decent right now tbh.
How we could do with a player of Martial’s ilk. Fingers crossed for the summer.
If Jose was still at United those same players would be playing bland ,boring football ( similar to Arsenal) .
Pogba and Martial would still be sitting on the bench or in and out of the team or maybe have even been sold in the January window due to their disruptive influence( similar to Ozil).
That’s why it is important to have a manager who focuses on the positives in players instead of the negatives.
Chambers has been decent at CM last few weeks…..backup RB, backup for CM in place of Elneny as 4th choice and 5th choice CB, he should do good job, probably isn’t over 50k a week….home grown, still young..
Probably should sell Xhaka and bring in 1st choice CM, Sell Mustafi, release Kos, buy new 1st choice CB, will also need 1st choice LB….
2wingers, 1CB, 1CM, 1LB for about 120-150 million should be possible?
Pierre
Can you please enlighten me on to who this amazing coach is who would have come in and got so much more out of the current group of players?
Why Monch?
Is he the only footballing mind that can do the work of a DoF?
What;’s the craze for celebrities all about?
The last celebrity chief scout stocked the club with 29 year olds from Dortmund and elsewhere. He;’s the one who recommended Perisic.
We need good people, some of whom we have never read about.
Dissenter
Whilst I agree that someone doesn’t have to be a household name to be good at what they do when you are talking about an entertainment business that attracts so much fanatical attention stand out people will often be in the spotlight.
United are odds on for 3rd/4th
We won’t come close
Yh, What a difference a clued up manager can make to a failing team
We won’t know how it feels
Hopefully Chambers can become part of the squad for next season although I wouldn’t have him as a starter.
Victorious
I doubt Man Utd can keep up this run they are on for the remainder of the season. They needed it just to get back in touch with the top four. All isn’t lost yet.
If we do start to slip too far behind in the league we should absolutely put all our eggs in the EL basket.
Chris
Chambers will be sold in the summer for much needed funds – with the English factor we should be able to get £20 million ish.
Chris
Chambers is pony, he’s been shafted from his normal position to midfield because of how porous he is
no way we ever become serious if we continue to indulge his like
I hope we inserted an option /obligation to buy in his loan deal with Fulham..
Or better still he can be a sweetener for a deal to bring in their left sided player sesessgnon..now that’s a talent
Pierre
“That’s why it’s important to have a manager who focuses on the positives in players instead of the negatives”
I am with you on that philosophy.
Too many manager’s and coaches over complicate matters, which leads to stagnation. This was Mourinho’s downfall.
This is my one main gripe with Emery. We have gone from no tactical analysis to total overkill.
Just an observation.