Iwobi The Destroyer the One Bright Spark in Dismal Day

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Arsenal took 3 points.

That is basically the best way to frame the victory. We are chasing top 4, we need to win points, we delivered the goods.

There were some positive performances. Alex Iwobi had a very good game, he scored a deflected volley after watching a Kola cross find him at the back stick. He nearly had goal of the weekend when he ripped a screamer into the top corner, only for the ref to disallow it dubiously for offside.

AMN racked up stats galore that on paper looked great, even though there were groans about how he played in general, and unfortunately some absolute children abusing him in his Insta-comments. He created the most chances, had the most successful passes in the final 1/3, made the most ball recoveries, most tackles… he wasn’t perfect, but he gave it a damn good go yesterday. Good for him, he’s a confidence player, he’s trying to find his feet in a team that’s playing badly and he’s playing out of position. I like the cut of his jib, Arsenal fans should lay off him.

Matteo G had a mixed bag in midfield. He certainly didn’t allow himself to get pushed around, in fact, he was being pretty spiteful to the Huddersfield players. I think he was seeking revenge for the pre-Xmas scrap. We’re in a situation now where our best midfielder is a 19 years old, who is outshining Torriera who looks very tired.

Mustafi was a disaster all afternoon. When does it become a safer bet to give one of the younger players a go? Where is Mavrapanos? What about Zech Medley?

  • Can you stay on your feet?
  • Can you pass?
  • Can you pay attention?

Meet those criteria and you have as good as chance as any at making that defence. Mustafi looks broken. Like a man who read his club wanted to sell him this summer. He’s done, pass the baton to someone who is focused.

Arsenal dropped another poor performance but won. The win is a great thing, but there does come a point when you have to start asking when the performances are going to land? People were saying that Ozil, Ramsey and Auba weren’t available… sure, not having Auba was a miss, but the other two? Please.

Unai Emery has vastly more resources available to him than the poor Huddersfield manager, yet it was they who seemed to play more interesting football for large chunks of yesterday. There was a point when they were absolutely hammering us for posession, maybe I could stretch that we were letting them play to conserve energy? Regardless, giving a bottom of the table team that much of the ball felt a touch emasculating. We’re 7 months into the campaign, we have no defined style of play, no preferred formation, our defence still hasn’t kept a clean sheet on the road and the football is dreadful.

I understand the arguments that it would be ideal to give the manager another £200m, I totally get that some people think there’s some miracle coming and that this all gets better after this summer, but I really have my doubts.

The team looks like it’s going backwards. We’re taking solace in the manager being within spitting distance of the top 4, but for me this is no different to the last 6 years of bumming around ‘nearly’ in contention without any visible direction of how we’re going to improve.

My big fear is that we’re going to give this man £100m in the summer. He’s going to likely spend that cash with no oversight from a sporting director. His taste in players at PSG outside the mega signings is pretty grim, his taste this January was Denis Suarez, Ever Banega, Ivan Perisic and Yannick Carrasco. That stinks as badly of Europa League as our football does on the pitch.

The warning signs are everywhere… we are not progressing by any success metric, the fans aren’t showing up in the ground, the players look lost, and the manager is eyeing up bland players to fix these issues in the summer. There are too many examples of managers turning things around in the first season to ignore. Lucian Favre has Dortmund top in February with the same amount of points accrued in the whole of last season. Leeds have dropped to second, but are 2 points off top after finishing 7th last season. Gerrard is closing the gap in Scotland in his rookie year with a squad that had huge turnover.

All of those managers are having an impact on the football and it’s fair to say are making big improvements under tougher conditions. This notion that is pushed around that Emery took over the worst squad of players since Harry left Pompey is not acceptable. There is plenty of talent in that squad, he has two of the most potent strikers in our history at his disposal, he’s elected to alienate Ramsey and Mesut, and he bolstered the defence with £70m worth of talent we’re largely happy with.

We can’t keep hiding behind Wenger for February performances when the whole point of Emery was that he was a world class coach who could pick up a depressed squad, develop our players and give it some serious style on the pitch.

3 points are a gift, but if ignore the consistent rank performances at your peril, they are an early warning siren that all is not well.

Things need to get better. We can’t keep getting outplayed by relegation fodder.

P.S. I see some people asking about Wenger and why he doesn’t have a job. I heard that he is having difficult time with some family issues, so it’s by choice he hasn’t rejoined the world of football.

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Freddie Ljungberg

Danish gooner

They wouldn’t if they didn’t have magnificent players. Give them our squad and watch the crappiness continue.

qna

Freddie. Wow. That is criminal. This is the job that Raul walked into. People forget that Raul + Emery are taking over one role that Wenger has mismanaged for a decade. That takes time to unravel. Since moving to the Emirates it has been a death by a thousand cuts. Even since the Emirates move Arsenal has hovered around the 6th highest wage bill in world football. Including transfers and wages Wenger must have spent what 2 billion pounds??? In all that time I can only think of Nasri, Ozil and Sanchez as the only “world class” players to walk… Read more »

Marc

“which is nothing more impressive despite none of those factors inhibiting his work.”

Talk about not seeing the wood for the trees. Unreal pressure on the manager? What was he supposed to get – cheers for being shit. The toxic atmosphere in the stadium was self inflicted. Club officials scrutinised – well that’s their job when they are responsible for who’s manager.

You give an excuse for a manager who was in charge for 22 years – you didn’t give the new guy 22 weeks.

Redtruth

How anyone can defend a crap manager like Wenger who has done mors harm than good is beyond me.

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The ‘shit players’ commentary falters under inspection as well.There is no excuse at this point of the season to not see big strides being made with our style. So many people lying to themselves about what they see. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear Pedro. Poor defenders and we have a poor defence shocker! Midfield struggles when there’s no creativity in it and defends badly when Mr cement boots plays. Attack scores lots of goals because that’s where our two best players are, shocking! Poor players mean a poor style, I see it and so… Read more »

Marko

Moment of truth for Emery and Raul is next Transfer window.
Need to see long standing problems resolved -better defenders, wingers, creative midfielder. Pace and power required.

Exactly. My judgement is properly reserved for next September. I become Emery out there and then if I see the same full backs or Mustafi and Xhaka still starting and no significant attackers added. But I see the links to Pepe and Grimaldo and Konate and I’m hopeful that they’ll address some glaring problems

Valentin

Sarri is exactly like Wenger, a dogmatist who refuse to alter his tactic despite being found out.
It is only going to be more difficult for them as more and more teams will copy the tactic of man marking Georginho, and cutting Luiz long ball.

However Arsenal is fifth despite ManUtd having a terrible start of the season and Chelsea imploding in front of our eyes.

Champagne charlie

“Because what he’s doing now is just a continuation of that, how can the squad be shit when it was the almighty Wenger that assembled it?“ Ehh? You’re lost. The squad doesn’t have balance, I acknowledged that when Arsene was here if you paid attention and avoided lazy slandering. That being said I’m not defending the quality of the squad as a defence of Wenger, it’s a defence against the absurd idea we don’t have talented players. We do, and the group has enough talent to make top 4 despite the claims against that. Wenger isn’t a feature here, move… Read more »

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You give an excuse for a manager who was in charge for 22 years – you didn’t give the new guy 22 weeks.

This!

Receding Hairline

“You give an excuse for a manager who was in charge for 22 years – you didn’t give the new guy 22 weeks.”

Weird really considering his great idea is Rafael benitez

Marko

There is no excuse at this point of the season to not see big strides being made with our style.

Ridiculous statement. Also no one’s lying to themselves about what they see. Ask any level headed fan who doesn’t have an agenda and they’ll say work in progress with time and improvements needed. Certainly not we should be improved by now.

Champagne charlie

“You give an excuse for a manager who was in charge for 22 years – you didn’t give the new guy 22 weeks.“

Grow up mate, I never gave any excuse. I said it was justified, but that doesn’t prevent those factors inhibiting the team performing does it?

Or are we trying to suggest that fan revolts and pitchside fighting is usual practice come 3pm on a Saturday?

Receding Hairline

There is no excuse at this point of the season to not see big strides being made with our style.

Injuries maybe or is that to be overlooked

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Cc
Gerrard and Scottish football is a completely different thing.
Our squad now could win the Scottish league easily.
I’d probably fancy wolves or Leicester to win it as well.

Scottish football is irrelevant.

Redtruth

Zaha is far more talented than Iwobi yet he wouldn’t improve Arsenal one iota.

Marc

Receding

I have to admit to being a bit of a hypocrite – I dismissed the Benetiz idea after 22 milliseconds. Of course others might call this common sense.

Redtruth

Luton Town could win the Scottish league

Marc

U4GN

Er Scottish football is like our lower leagues. The Dog and Duck would win the SPL.

Receding Hairline

Scottish football is irrelevant.

Embarrassing really using what someone does in Scotland as a benchmark.

Maybe point to Lampard and you may be taken a little more seriously

Receding Hairline

Luton Town could win the Scottish league

Very good team Luton

Champagne charlie

Up4grabs

How is it irrelevant?

It’s evidence that a guy can rock up in the summer and make a side play a certain way that they weren’t doing prior. Could mention Dortmund too, Leeds as well.

It was a nod to the talent being worked with at Arsenal, we’re a top 6 side in one of Europe’s best leagues. We have a squad that can with the Europa and people are essentially giving this season a pass on any progress until we spend 100 mil. It’s madness

Marc

Red

It’s an argument about just how lowly a team from England would dominate in Scotland. They’ll go fucking bananas!

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Marc,
Honestly,
I think you could take 2-3 team’s from the championship and they would win it.
Maybe Leeds under bielsa Pedro has a thing for him as well.

Nelson

Pedro: “What exactly are we plugging the new players into? What’s the style that’s nearly there but lacks XYZ?” Allow me to repeat what I posted before. ” Emery’s football philosophy is high defensive line to reduce the pitch and high press to suffocate the opponent. Build the attack from the GK” – We have to rebuild the defense that can play a high defensive line and can pass the ball out from deep. For that, we need 1 CB, 2 LB’s and 1 RB to back up Bellerin. – We need 1 right winger and 1 left winger Hopefully,… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

CC You’re not fooling anyone that’s been reading the comments for a longer period of time. Sure, let’s say it’s not in defence of Wenger then, you’re simply deluded. “Absurd notion that we don’t have talented players” What are we comparing with here? Are they more talented than say Leicester players, sure, some are, not all though. More than the other top 6 teams? Not even close. If we make it into the top 4 with this squad it’s a fucking miracle, we still have a shot too so really hope it happens but it won’t be because our players… Read more »

Receding Hairline

Nah Marc

Benitez is doing wonders at Newcastle

When you look at what he drags up as credible alternatives and like for like comparisons you begin to see he is not to be taken seriously

Redtruth

The Arsenal job is the toughest in British football.
Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea all have won titles. Liverpool have come close a couple of times in the last 10 years. Arsenal haven’t competed for a title since 2004.

James.wood

Some contributors on here can just see things better than others.
Namely Emery.
Some posters just have to much belief and patience namely Wenger.?
and possibly Emery.
We all have a different views.
But all want Arsenal to progress and win trophy’s and the league .
Some are right some are wrong.

Receding Hairline

Nelson Emery’s philosophy has been posted on here many times, they simply chose to ignore it.

Marko

I thought Paulinho made a good point. I’m sure Charlie will make an argument for Wenger being able to play without wingers maybe he should have converted whoever into a winger. A recurring theme seems to be given time these managers change their squads to suit what their approach and style is. Neither Wenger, Klopp or Pep were able to do these things with the squad’s they inherited. But Emery is expected to?

Champagne charlie

Receding

Still fixated on Benitez just because I prefer him over Emery? Move on with your life, it’s an opinion I have and it doesn’t require your approval.

@Freddie
We’ve a talented squad compared to Leeds, why has their manager changed their approach in a season with lesser players? That’s the nod to “talented” players.

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Cc,
Rangers or Celtic are almost guaranteed a top two finish in Scotland.
Gerrard has it easier than lampard at derby.
Dortmund as well. Almost guaranteed a top two finish.

Leeds have been in and around getting promoted for years.
And are a big club.
Bielsa comes in and changes things but he arrived at a team that was competing.
So it’s not like he reinvented the wheel there.

MidwestGun

dismissing the idea Emery could’ve changed our performance and approach during one season is ignorant. It’s haponed, and happens, elsewhere. ____________ Nope it’s not ignorant at all it’s realistic.. Given the style of football needed to change from tippy tappy Wengaball. and the players we had it would take a miracle. Again.. not sure who this miracle manager is that would have had the “special sauce” to show this elusive “vision” in a 1 season turnaround with players that don’t fit his system. The managers Pedro cited where not Premier league managers. I mean seriously Gerrard. Emery is on a… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

I don’t follow the championship CC but my guess is he doesn’t have 5 teams in there with much better squads? Also taking a stab in the dark and saying he probably has players that fits how he wants to play ie wingers?

Pointless comparing us with other teams like that anyway, no other team has been watered down and neglected for this long and then suddenly turn into world beaters just by changing manager. Time and money.

Champagne charlie

“Rangers or Celtic are almost guaranteed a top two finish in Scotland.“

Rangers went into administration 6 or so years ago and have been clawing their way back ever since. They finished 12 points off Celtic last season in 3rd and are 6 points off the pace this season in Gerard’s debut campaign.

So not true. You’re taking about the Old Firm of a decade ago.

Freddie Ljungberg

Are you saying we don’t have defenders that can pass out from the back?

Eh, yes? Are you saying we do? Bar Monreal and maybe Bellerin all our defenders are pretty terrible on the ball.

Marko

It’s evidence that a guy can rock up in the summer and make a side play a certain way that they weren’t doing prior. Could mention Dortmund too, Leeds as well. Neil Lennon shit manager was able to win the league in Scotland. It’s a shit league not even worth noting in any argument. As for Dortmund with all due respect Farve walked into a well run club with some decent players and really a balanced squad to boot I’m sure if he took over at Arsenal we’d likely still be competing for 4th. Dortmund finished 4th and had some… Read more »

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Pedro,
Huddersfield ran there,arses off yesterday closing us down so Leno did have to hit a few balls out long.
With mustafi playing in the back three It doesn’t inspire confidence either.
How many times did mustafi play a back pass that was dangerous to Leno. You even said he was terrible at the top of the page.
I’ll take a win over style every day of the week.
The press will come with quicker and better defenders.

Receding Hairline

Yea i am fixated on it because just like the Gerrard one this evening it shows up your arguments for what they are

Valentin

I have no confidence in that management team, because all the rumour on the players and type of players they go after seems wrong. Also they have history in getting wrong in recruiting players. At PSG Emery backstabbed the DOF and got his own players. All of them flopped as completely inadapted for the more aggressive Ligue 1. He got Krikowiak a year later he was on loan at WestBrom that he promptly help getting relegated. He got Jese, six months later he is on loan at Stoke that he promptly helped getting relegated. Emery tends to favour players he… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Interesting, so 6 points better off at this stage of the season with 20 players brought in?

Give me some of that special sauce at the Arsenal please, asap!

Nelson

@ Pedro

Emery doesn’t have the players yet.

Champagne charlie

“I don’t follow the championship CC but my guess is he doesn’t have 5 teams in there with much better squads? “

You’re missing the point with chat like this. Why is the manager at Leeds having such a change on their style and approach after a season? Their rivals are irrelevant.

Emery hasn’t changed what we’re all about since last season, still a shit defence, still spanked by good teams away etc, and none of this is dependant on who we’re competing against for eventual finishes in the league.

Marko

Farve only added Diallo and Hakimi on loan to the Dortmund defence and Alcacer to their attack and they’re on course for the league title. Not remotely comparable to what Emery walked into. Sancho, Reus, Pulisic, Dahoud, Weigl, Akanji and Zagadou not bad to walk into that

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Cc
Yes I know rangers went into administration six years ago and they did a great job clawing there way back through the three lower Scottish leagues under ally mcoist for most of them.

It was quite easy with a a full ibrox and playing the dog and duck every week though.
And who won the league every year they wasn’t in the spl.
Celtic at a canter every year as rangers wasn’t there to make it competitive.
Now there back watch it become a two horse race again.

Freddie Ljungberg

Valentin

Think you missed the memo

In the last week we have been linked with Konate and Baboucar Kamara , we have also previously been linked to Upemecano.

Why are people banging on about Banega, it was most likely jist a lazy connection for the “journalists” to make, doubt there was any substance to it.

We got Suarez because we had fuck all to spend in January, we will of course have different targets when we have money.

Marc

” and 5 signings for a pittance”

Er one of those was Vieira – how many of those come up a decade let alone for a pittance?

TR7

Paulinho you still believe in Emery ? What makes you rate him ?

Valentin

@pedro,

Sorry, I won’t do it again. LOL.

Why name players who I believe could improve the team without costing a fortune. realistic target instead of complaining that the owner is not putting 400 millions into the club. Like that is likely going to happen. Let’s go after Messi and Ronaldo and MBappe.

Receding Hairline

Sarri on Sky Sports 🗣

“I am right now not able to explain, because the feeling during training was very good. We made a lot of mistakes, but the opponent was very good. We wanted to press them at the beginning, but the plan was completely gone after 3 minutes.”

LOL we conceded in the first few seconds, conceding early is not a good enough excuse for implosion

englandsbest

‘He (Sarri) has turned Chelsea into Arsenal’ – Jamie Carragher after watching their 6-0 defeat. It’s not true, Chelsea are nothing like Arsenal, but his comment shows how low we sank under Wenger. Light years away from competing with the best. The question is no longer ‘How soon will we return to the elite?’ but ‘Will we ever return to the elite?’ I can give my answer to that question straightaway: ‘Never, while Stan is the owner.” And let me add, ‘No matter who is the manager’. I honestly don’t mind Man City winning the PL, I don’t care that… Read more »

Marc

Pedro

Year one do you mean 96 – 97 or 97 – 98? Wenger also moved the “drinkers” on pretty quickly after 97 – 98 as well.

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Wenger implemented a style in his first season and finished 3rd (level points with 2nd and 4th). Did that with no preseason with GG/Rioch squad and 5 signings for a pittance.

Pedro back when the premier league was a two horse race.
Now it’s got six top teams.

Wenger also pulled a rabbit out of the hat bringing Vieira in.
He also had gg back four/five to build on.
He still relied on wrighty and Dennis that first season. For goals.
That first season wasn’t a complete overhaul that came the following season.

Pierre

JJ “Anyone else notice that our record has deteriorated since Emery has played LT higher up the pitch where he is less effective at what he does best? He’s doing a Sari on Kante to LT.” I’ve been saying the same since December , he doesn’t have the legs to play box to box and he doesn’t have the energy to play box to box. All Emery is doing is highlighting Torreira’s weaknesses by asking him to play a different role to earlier in the season. It’s no coincidence that our results and performances have suffered since Torreira has changed… Read more »

Un na naai

Supporting arsenal has got so fucking boring this season

The return of boring boring arsenal
I never thought I’d see the day after wengaball lit up the premier league

Bamford10

Pedro I feel like you’re trying to slide past a couple of points that have been made above, so I am just going to highlight them again for your comment: 1. In your post, you claimed that if he stays on, Emery will be spending our 100m in the summer with “no oversight”. Except that Raul Sanllehi will obviously be deeply involved in this process, if not directing it. So I feel like this was a misrepresentation of the situation, no? 2. You claimed in one of your replies above that Emery pushed Mislintat out, but everything I’ve heard and… Read more »

Valentin

@Freddie,

Boubacar is going to sign for one of the Milan clubs. Marseilles are trying to generate more noise and interest of him. However I am not sure if he was on Raul’s radar.

Thauvin is on a lot of money for Ligue 1, ans I think that we could get him. He is a proper attacking winger. He grew up and matured a lot since his Newcastle’s days.

Bamford10

* off of fourth

my bad!

Marc

Bamford

The Ramsey being frozen out argument is so retarded. If he wanted to stay why didn’t he sign the new contract that was sitting there waiting for over 3 months?

I really don’t know what’s wrong with Pedro, he’s lost all sense of objectivity.

Receding Hairline

Guardiola on Sarri 🗣

“People don’t understand how difficult it is… In my first season it was tough too. It takes time, it needs owners to really believe in that. I don’t have to convince Txiki, he knows me. He knows I’m not good when I win or bad when I lose.”

As i am pretty sure Raul knows Emery and has his confidence to at least see out his contract.

So don’t even know why we bother

Charlie George

“””Emery tends to favour players he is familiar with. Players who will be grateful for the opportunity and will obey diligently his instructions”” That is very accurate analysis from the always excellent Valentin. Hence why Ramsey and Ozil are out of the team… They are far too bigger characters/ names for enemy to handle…. This man won the treble at PSG – and yet the French club could nt wait to get shot of him. We will witness the most dour Arsenal team if Emery stays next season since the Mcgoldrick/Selley / Hillier days. Emerys s team’s are so lifeless… Read more »

Pierre

Un
Agreed.

It’s hard to watch at the moment but don’t worry because Receding Hairline is convinced that we have a winger to do his impression of Marc Overmars and Pires and some even think he has been bought because he can track back and help out defensively..

His name is Denis Saurez .

Paulinho

TR7 – I respect him and think he should be given time to implement the aggressive, intense, offense-first style of football(in terms of positioning) he’s shown throughout his career when given the time to mould teams into his image. He was never my first choice but I always respected the way he had his teams switched on and able to pounce. For me, what his style lacks at times in terms of positional rotation – and the lack of Barca-style triangles we see in midfield as a result of that – he makes often amends for in terms of keeping… Read more »

Receding Hairline

His name is Denis Saurez .

SIX MONTH LOAN DEAL

London gunner

Whose having a better first season sarri or emery….

Emery and with a worse squad and first 11

Alex James

I honestly don’t mind Man City winning the PL, I don’t care that the owners have spent huge amounts of money. What does matter to me is that Spurs don’t win the title. That would be unbearable. And the worst part of Liverpool as champions is that it might lead to another period of Liverpool dominance. The last carried on for two decades.

Well said. It’s my fear also

Marko

Wenger implemented a style in his first season and finished 3rd (level points with 2nd and 4th). Did that with no preseason with GG/Rioch squad and 5 signings for a pittance.

Inherited a brilliant back 5. Inherited some brilliant midfielders and inherited Dennis fucking Bergkamp. Put it this way if Emery inherited that back 5 we wouldn’t be 5th right now

Graham62

Highlighted earlier today both Maddison and Tielemans of Leicester City.

Why can’t we find talent like this? They were superb, especially Tielemans.

Leicester were very impressive today and should have won the game. If Vardy had been on from the start, I think they would have done.

Stupid decision to get him to take the penalty.

HillWood

Anyone denigrating George Graham’s Arsenal needs a history lesson

Marko

Year one the football was glorious.

Finished 3rd was knocked out early on in every cup competition and the football was glorious…

Receding Hairline

“Emery tends to favour players he is familiar with”

Like Jorginho and Higuain ??

We bring in a player on a six months loan deal and all of a sudden he has taken over the club

Pierre

RH
“SIX MONTH LOAN DEAL”

Do you mean a six month loan deal similar to Kim Kalstrom which was also a pointless piece of business.

I can’t remember anyone defending that loan deal the way some are on here.

Just because it’s only a six month loan deal doesn’t make it ok

Marko

Pedro who’s that to?

Marc

“I can’t remember anyone defending that loan deal the way some are on here.”

Wasn’t aware that Saurez has a broken back?

Marc

Pedro

You’ll have to point out to me where I was rude?

Receding Hairline

Marc, the conversation is about what he will do this summer. Keep up. We are not buying Ever Banega this summer of that i am certain … Perisic was Sven’s recommendation. Carrasco makes sense on loan seeing as he is an unsettled winger, Dortmund brought back the dude from China and it’s working wonders for them, Suarez made sense as he was a kid not getting game time and we needed the bodies seeing as we are trying to get into the Champions league through two possible routes Guendouzi and Torriera, two youngsters we bought have retained the faith of… Read more »

Champagne charlie

Up4grabs

I don’t know what point you’re making here. Rangers are putting in a challenge this season under Gerrard which serves as proof a manager can rock up at a club and set the wheels in motion to deliver good things within the year.

That’s the reference being used with Rangers/Gerrard, because in our case it’s being dismissed that Emery is capable of coming in and getting us playing a different tune without another summer and 100 mil.

Marko

Marko, you were desperate for cups, Arsene was hunting down the Premier League. Europa mindset, no wonder you love Emery

Huh? No he was coming up short was my point. You’re point of good football straight away compared to what Emery is offering I simply ask compare the squads.

Marc

Pedro

Oh dear mate – you’ve been away far too long. As for saying someone – I assume it was you is talking shit well I’ve gone back half an hour and can’t see anything. It does look as if a post I made has been removed – if it’s that one you are far too sensitive. I only said I’d keep up you if don’t’ judge our summer transfer business until the TW opens.

Redtruth

Fair play to Emery for putting his reputation on the line by managing a dysfunctional club.

Marko

Read Valentin’s post. Emery likes to surround himself with his own names. You think Suarez was a Sven recco? Banega?As it stands, Emery is the foremost voice on scouting. Raul is a merchandiser from Nike This whole bit is just nonsense. You name drop some poster simply because he fits in with your narrative and you continue to post Emery is behind our transfer business because it ties in nicely with the agenda. It’s not true and you are lying when you say that it is vendetta or not. We haven’t signed Banega. Suarez worked under Raul longer than Emery… Read more »

Receding Hairline

which other Seville player sailed off to Paris??

Still waiting

Champagne charlie

“Huh? No he was coming up short was my point. You’re point of good football straight away compared to what Emery is offering I simply ask compare the squads.“

This would make sense if the argument was for Emery coming in and winning cups and getting top 4. It’s not.

Emery is being asked to show us the new way, that’s what Arsene did his first season with the football and the new approach – do you want to recall how the following few seasons went?

Almost like you could see where the club was headed…

DaniAltos

Pedro and his merry band of converts should be ashamed of themselves….am sorry to say this but Pedro comes across as a hypocrite.Bigged up Gazidis for gazillion years against many posters here with the simple retort that he is ‘in the know’ of the dealings inside Arsenal.He and many here are on record saying change will be painful(it hasn’t even been that painful we are still in the race for top 4)the whole of last summer only to change tune and start an anti-emery campaign.A simple look at the post and you would think that we lost the fucking game… Read more »

Charlie George

Paradoxically and no with no irony- I think- Spurs winning the league- might awaken us from our inertia..

We have been hibernating for far too long now.

We need a catalyst of some sort.. maybe it will be Spurs winning their title for 50 + years.

That way – it will force us to finally up our game.

At the moment we are dire- and on a Raul to nowhere!

Bamford10

Pedro

I’m sorry, but that’s not really an adequate response to the points I raised.

And now you’re threatening Marc with a binning because he questioned your objectivity of late?

I don’t know; I feel like you’re coming a little undone here.

Champagne charlie

Charlie George

Don’t even speculate such things!!

Marko

It’s irresponsible to make false statements just because you don’t like the manager. Suarez is a loan with the OPTION to buy. If Emery wanted it so bad wouldn’t it be an obligation to buy? Links to Grimaldo, Konate, Kamara, Trossard and Pepe Emery behind them too? Surely behind links to Rabiot though right? Don’t sign him then