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
It’s called Paralysis by analysis.
Marc
Another one missing the point…
It’s nothing to do with hiring an ” amazing coach ”
I don’t think anyone would call Solksjaer an amazing coach , he is someone who has the intelligence to realise that he has a talented squad who certain players need to be let off the leash and to get them to play in areas where they do the most damage.
As I say I wouldn’t have Chambers as a starter, but he is versatile and can step in and do a job when needed at centre or right back. Don’t forget he is playing for Fulham this season who are porous themselves.
If we could get £20 million for him then great, but if he ends up back as part of our ‘squad’ I wouldn’t be unhappy.
Chris
There’s still plenty of matches that will see Utd or Chelsea potentially drop points. We have Spud’s away and Utd at home, the following fixture is Wolves away which won’t be an easy one after that we have 7 fixtures that are winnable with Leicester away being the toughest.
Utd have: Liverpool, Arsenal away, City home, Chelsea home as well as CL fixtures to juggle.
Chelsea have: City away, Spud’s home, Liverpool away and Utd away.
It won’t be easy but it there’s plenty to play for. We must get 9 points from our next 3 matches.
I doubt Man Utd can keep up this run they are on for the remainder of the season. ” Why not You probably made a comment like this also after their first 2 or 3 wins.. 9 straight games and they’re still on a roll We’re more likely in a fight with Chavs for 5th Spuds are jammy cunts. They’ll probably continue to fluke their way to a top 4 spot, I mean we all thought Kane’s injury will derail them, apparently not Think Europa league is our best bet but fear we wouldn’t win it either.. Too many strong… Read more »
Marc
Agreed on the hypothetical managerial genius.
Also, if such a manager exists, why would he manage arsenal?
Overall, I actually think Emery has done well. He tinkers a little too much perhaps, but given the squad he’s got to work with and bad luck with consecutive injuries in defence, he’s done as well as should be expected.
We’re 6th and that’s a fair reflection of where our squad is at the moment.
What will propell us back into the top is better players.
“Too many manager’s and coaches over complicate matters, which leads to stagnation. This was Mourinho’s downfall.”
Er no Mourinho’s downfall was completely down to him being a complete cunt and the players switching off. Exactly the same thing happened to him at Chelsea previously.
And Marc , believe it or not , by allowing the United players to play with more freedom in attack they have become more disciplined in defence with Hierra and matic protecting….but he allows the offensive players to play with freedom.
Pierre
The United situation is different from ours
They finished with 81 points last season and only conceded 28 goals in the league.
OGS was picking up an under-motivated squad not the scrapyard [bar Laca and Auba] Emery was given.
Agree Marc. All still to play for. Was looking at our fixtures this morning and thinking the same. 9 points from 9 is a must and very achievable. Bournemouth perhaps the trickiest of those but they have a poor record away to the top six.
One of Man Utd or Chelsea will likely have a deep run in the FA Cup too.
Victorious needs to keep his chin up!
Pierre
I’m not missing the point I’m asking that you give me some suggestions of the coaches that would be both available and able to do what you say.
You spend too much time talking Emery down without offering any alternatives.
United will certainly beat PSG
That I have no doubt about and OGS will get the job permanently
Marc
Ok, that as well.
Chris
Utd have also had a pretty nice run of fixtures under Solskjaer with the Spud’s the only difficult match – one that De Gea pulled off a couple of very good saves and the Spud’s strikers spent the rest of the match shooting straight at him.
With Neymar 50:50.
Now 60:40 MU.
Pogba scores again
Fuham have the worst defense in the league.. Only just though we’re also down there with them
They’re my favorites to go down first
People who compare our squad with United’s and say a manager who focuses on the positives can come in and get us playing to their level need serious help
Yeah I don’t know other meme backroom staff that we can get but with his supposed good relationship with Emery and his track record with Roma et al thought he can unearth those badly needed gems for us.
Chambers is fucking shit. There’s a reason he’s loaned out to one of the worst teams in the league. It’s his level.
Arsenal fans are so thick and fickle sometimes.
Chambers has a couple of half decent games and all the sudden everyone’s happy to keep dross like him in the squad.
Good balance to our line up today….
Jean Michaël Seri is very poor too
That for a player that was on the verge of being signed by by Barca in 2017.
Raul Sanllehi was sacked in dramatically fashion whilst negotiating with Nice.
Barca dodged a bullet and it’s no wonder he’s at Fulham today.
@Pierre “it should have been an important part of the interview process that our new manager would want to work with these talented players.” The ship has sailed. Talking about that won’t help the CURRENT team. After watching the team for the past few months, we can see that Emery prefers hard working player who can run a lot and can perform various tasks in the pitch. That’s why he said that Suarez can play many different positions on the pitch. His football philosophy is high defensive line to reduce the pitch and high press to suffocate the opponent. But… Read more »
Questionable line up
No ozil again
Auba on the bench
Mikki starts
Suarez should be playing
Thomas, so that’s a no for Chambers?
*dramatical fashion
Today’s team:
No Auba, Xhaka, Ramsey, Ozil
Leno, Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Guendouzi, Torreira, Iwobi, Mkhitaryan, Kolasinac, Lacazette.
Subs: Cech, Lichtsteiner, Suarez, Mavpropanos, Elneny, Willock, Nketieh.
Arsenal: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Guendouzi, Torreira, Iwobi, Kolasinac, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette
Subs: Cech, Elneny, Lichsteiner, Suarez, Mavropanos, Willock, Nketiah
Victorious, ‘Suarez should be playing’ as someone who has just arrived, bench seems reasonable to me.
Thomas
Was you formerly known on here as Steve?
Told you Solksjaer has United humming.
Auba not even on the bench!
Bamford, what do you want, a medal?
Graham 62 Agree totally with your paralysis by analysis theory with regards to Emery We will never see a fluent team him with in charge- he is always chopping and changing. And if we are playing well and in a rich vein of form like the Chelsea game ( 2 nil up) he will take the best players off ( laca and Rambo) to try and be clever. His touchline demeanour does not inspire confidence- scuttling up and down like a stressed city trader in the pit! Emery does not believe football can be fun He thinks it’s chess. He… Read more »
“People who compare our squad with United’s and say a manager who focuses on the positives can come in and get us playing to their level need serious help”
Let’s have a look shall we and then we will see who needs “serious help”
Aubamayang/Lacazette/ozil/Mhkitaryan/Ramsey
Lukaku/Mata/Pogba/rashford/martial…
Pretty similar quality wise if used correctly.
Midfield
Hierra, matic, Fred.
Torreira, Guendouzi/Xhaka
Similar
Bellerin ,Sokratis, monreal,kosielny
Jones ,shaw, lindoff, Darmein
Similar.
Goalkeepers are probably the main difference.
Marc
Maybe Pierre wants the job himself. 🤔
I’ve also never heard Pierre mention an alternative either. Typical grumpy old man that thinks he’s physic.
CG
So Emery’s going to get us relegated – what an utter cunt you are.
Aubameyang was/is ill.
I’m glad that Auba isn’t starting
Bob16
Agree, he looked rusty and unfit when he came on against city but Mikki is starting despite been out for a long while also
He is better than Mikki and Iwobi even from the wing
In all honesty I’ll still prefer him to Mikki for this match
Samesong
Pierre just wants to be able to say Wenger would have done better. I wonder how many managers we’ll need to have before Pierre can look at the team and the players with any sort of objectivity.
Marc
I don’t think we have any chance of finishing top four. With 12 matches still remaining, it’s about the quality of the team, not the quality of the opponents. United are much better than we are, and Spurs are too far ahead.
If we want CL football, we must win the Europa.
Aubameyang’s got an illness, calm down everyone.
Bamford
The quality of the opponents has everything to do with how a team will do. Now if we drop points all over the place of course we won’t finish top 4 but with the fixtures Chelsea and ManU have there’s the chance that they could drop some serious points as well which if we can get a run of form going who knows.
Where the fvck I’d ozil
No updates on injuries
Not even on the bench
Pierre
You say you don’t think Solksjaer is a good coach as if you have any evidence that he isn’t. You don’t.
Just because he hadn’t managed a big club prior to this doesn’t mean he’s not a good coach; it just means he has a limited CV.
Every good coach once had a limited CV, and there are many good coaches out there right now with limited CVs.
Bottom line: limited CV ≠ not good.
The only team of any note United have played in the league with the new manager is Spurs and fortuitous does not begin to describe that win.
Let’s see how they do with the run they’ve got coming up.
A team that has had £700 Million dropped on it in the last few years should be able to beat 90% of the teams they have since Ole took over relatively simply with a competent manager.
Has Ozil got a bug too? Not even on the bench.
Both my daughters have got terrible sickness bugs, my 2 year old is chundering as I type.
Suarez not starting which I knew would be the case, unlike others who seem to think his purchase (loan) is some sort of conspiracy.
Back in a bit.
Marc
Yes, but not with 12 matches left. With 4-5 left, OK. With 12 left, that’s something like a simple random sample, and if it’s a SRS, the key factor is the quality of the team in question, not the quality of the opponents.
Unless, of course, there is something “skewy” about our last 12 versus their last 12, in which case it might not be a SRS.
Someone paste in all 12 remaining fixtures for both clubs and let’s have a look.
That team…
Man looks poor.
I hope that our formation is 4 – 3 – 3. The midfield three would be Guendouzi, Torreira, Kolasinac. The front, we’ll have Mkhitaryan on the right, Iwobi on the left and Laca the front man. We can take advantage the chemistry between Kola and Iwobi. In the second half, Suarez will come in to replace Mkhita.
Cesc appeal,
Agreed. I could manage that utd team, it pretty much picks itself and the only reason Ole G looks like the messiah is because Mourinho chopped and changed the team leaving out their best players, and like Chelsea under Mourinho, the players just stopped bothering.
Bamford “You say you don’t think Solksjaer is a good coach as if you have any evidence that he isn’t. You don’t.” Did I say that , of course not .l Marc said something like, where are we going to get this amazing coach and I said ” I don’t think anyone would call Solksjaer an amazing coach” which is different to saying I don’t think Solksjaer is a good coach . I think he has been superb so far in the way he has brought the whole club together playing excellent football and getting their most talented player playing… Read more »
Nelson
It looks like 3-4-2-1, which is precisely what we should be playing with such suspect CBs and fullbacks. It’s what we should have played v. City.
Bamford
He did take Cardiff down having taken the team over outside of the relegation zone. He had a great run at ManU but I’ll judge him after a couple of seasons not a dozen matches.
Pierre scoffed at formations under Wenger now he’s obsessed with tactics ….
“Just accept he’d have been a better hire and move on with you life.”
I just saw that Pedro wrote the above here yesterday. He is really persisting with this. Remarkable.
Bamford
Would usually be happy to get the full list of remaining fixtures but I’m heading down the pub to watch the match in 10 minutes so I’ll have to pass. We should however pick this up another time!
Pierre
Fair enough. I thought you said “good” or I thought your implication was “good”. I read too quickly; my bad, my apologies.
The real Pierre “We would have won the league with VAR”..
No mention of VAR when we was robbed by City …lol
Fabianski being praised on Gillette Soccer Saturday.
Says he feels like he’s just starting to understand the game.
Great! We got Flapianski under Wenger. West Ham( and Swansea) get Fantasticanaki.
Another kick in the groin for Arsene.
Sorry: in Pedro’s quoted remark above, “he” is Arteta.
Fantasticanski
The stellar job OGS is doing at United is a testament to why a totally left field option might just be what triggers the hope in a chaotic period for a club The answer sometimes are hidden in plain sight Madrid got the memo by giving the zidane the chance to etch his name as the most successful manager in history for them Nobody thought Favre will be a hire that has Dortmund winning a title other more accomplished managers had failed in the quest for Bielsa is another one A ‘safer’ choice is just that,safe,bland,limited,no vision, no scope for… Read more »
Redtruth
Pierre ACCEPTED “formations and tactics under Wenger”.
That’s the difference.
@Bamford10
The problem with 3-4-2-1, is that Kola would forget his defensive responsibility. If you have both AMN and Kola bombing up front, it would leave a big hole behind these two wing backs.
Great appraisal V
We are gonna die of boredom with this Emery.
If we are confused with his team selections
..heaven knows what the players make of it all….
Marc “You spend too much time talking Emery down without offering any alternatives” If you read my comments , I was criticising the process of hiring a manager who likes a certain type of player when we have just given 3 players(ozil,Aubamayang,Mhkitaryan) huge contracts 12 months ago who are not his style of player . These players cannot be moved on due to the size of their contracts so consequently, we have 3 players at the club who will cost the club 40/50 million a year who do not not fit the style of our new manager . Plus Saurez… Read more »
Victorious
The only part you missed out was “and inherit an absolute shitfest”
Bamford & Nelson
Has to be a 3-4-2-1/3-4-3. No other way to fit those XI into a team. Agree with Bamford that CBs and WBs are suspect
Like last week, ball progression depends on Guendouzi and Iwobi.
I don’t think Pierre has mentioned VAR once this season lol
Huddersfield haven’t scored in almost nine hours of play. Don’t worry guys, the Arsenal are coming to town!
Oh so there’s an illness going around. That’s fair enough otherwise play Ramsey till his legs fall off
Wenger presided over that disgraceful 8-2 hammering at OT. I have never forgiven him for that. In my time, I have seen some duffers as Arsenal managers, starting with George Swindon, whose arrogance let Dennis Law slip through our fingers. And we all know what Law eventually did for MU. Wenger’s last five years at the club regrettably puts him in the duffers category. A fact as far as I am concerned.
Any streams, please
Back then Arsenal had standards and would have sacked duffers like Wenger on the spot.
This line up isn’t inspiring at all. We need to reinvent what we are working with, in terms of tactics, shape, and look onwards at reserves for defenders and wingers. I am not against really looking at what Saka can add.
Any U.S-based fans know where I can watch the game? It doesn’t seem to be on NBC Sports Gold, ESPN+ or on regular TV
And it’s Arsenal,
Arsenal FC,
We’re by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen….
Watching sky and Merson is scathing about how the club is fleecing fans.
None of the pundits blame Emery for arsenal’s lack of progress.
All of them agree arsenal need to invest more Emery needs more time.
None of them have suggested arsenal need a new manager.
Leeds with 100 minute equaliser to go top !
Nelson
I think you’ve misunderstood the 3-4-3. If you feel you need to play conservatively, you can play it like a 5-2-3. Here, the wingbacks stay home for the most part and focus on marking the opposition’s wide attacking players as well as the back post.
Also note that if played correctly, only one wingback should ever be in an advanced position. The other should stay home, giving you four defenders at all times.
What nonsense. The club isn’t “fleecing” anyone. They are saving their money for the summer and abiding by FFP.
Dumb, tired, lazy narrative.
Mikki has given the ball away 3 times in the first 5 minutes
Why not just give Suarez a start? We know mikki is not a top level player. At least let’s see if Suarez can do better
Iwobi is so awful
Merse is a lot more upfront about arsenal’s parsimony.
The others are polite, citing the fact that Emery isn’t going ‘to get much help’ and words to that effect.
Iwobi is just utter tripe
Iwobi and his poor choices
Bamford
We are talking about ticket prices. Considering you’ve never been to a game at the Emirates, you really do not know what you are talking about. We are the most expensive club in terms of season tickets and game day tickets!
Laca and his misses
I mean what manager in football can stop Mustafi from being brainless
Streams guys!!
Batistuta
“I mean what manager in football can stop Mustafi from being brainless
Mustafi is that you will call a “write-off ” int business circles.
He’s uncoachable
Sloppy start as per
…….and Iwobi scores!
arsenal have become back and side way specialist.
Goal!!
Huge deflection
I always said iwobinho was world class
Didn’t I….? Guys?
Seriously tho it seems chinese streams are always a solid 30 seconds behind British TV because I read about the goal on here before I saw it and this keeps happening lol
Maitland Niles doesn’t have the talent his over confidence on the ball shows…Too relaxed on the ball each time i watch him