Well, well, well.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a line of defence when it comes to the rapid decline of the Unai Emery maiden voyage. Last night’s loss to BATE is a tough result to compute for many reasons, but before we jump into the details, let’s be real here… we will beat them in the return leg. It’ll be a destruction.
I’m just going to bullet out some concerns that the game threw out.
- Chelsea is in freefall, United were totally outclassed by PSG and have a nasty run of games that will leave them fatigued and sad. We have just clawed our way back into top 4 contention. It’s incredibly important that Arsenal remain fresh until the end of the season. Emery just tanked away from home against a shite team and now he’ll have to rescue the game with a hard return at The Emirates when he should be resting players.
- BATE is an out of season pub team. Their last game was December 13th vs PAOK. How can there be any excusing a loss like this with a first team that is in PEAK fitness mode? We’d be furious if the kids tanked that game. Alex fucking Hleb played. This is what he had to say on the game prior:
‘Arsenal are at the peak of readiness – for them this is a huge plus,’ Hleb told Pressball, a leading sports newspaper in Belarus.
‘It will be hard for us, and very much so. But we will try to squeeze the maximum out of the physical form that we have gained.
‘We are not yet ready (to play at) 100 per cent, but the coaching staff decided not to force anything – realising that the guys had to rest after a hard season. And now we are working – in general, everything is according to plan.’
- A lot of fans are blaming the TERRIBLE PLAYERS EMERY INHERITED from dear old Arsene Wenger. That excuse took a sharp slice to the jugular last night because Wenger put 10 goals past them, winning 6-0 and 4-2. In the 2017 6-0 game, do you know who scored? Debuchy, Elneny, Giroud, Theo Walcott, Giroud and Jack Wilshere. Emery added £70m worth of talent and still took an L away from home. To repeat: Wenger, with a squad that had given up on breathing, still managed to turn over a pub team twice.
- Also worth remembering at the start of the season, the people celebrating the WINNERTIVITY Emery had brought to a limp squad of Wenger babies (me), are now saying nothing can be done with Wenger’s limp lizards (not me). Are we really blaming Wenger for an away loss to Bate Borisov in mid-February?
- The manager didn’t take Mesut or Ramsey away (the Welshman damaged a knee carpet sliding after that deal), leaving our creative outlets to be our fullbacks again. This isn’t bearing fruit. Why does Emery persist? Why not use the players who can help? Mend those collapsed bridges, because we are literally throwing away any chance of success this season by leaning on failing strategies that the players seem to have given up on. This was BATE away from home. Emery can’t even be bothered to humiliate Ozil in the hope that maybe he’ll drop a performance worthy of a Premier League start (or, dare I say it, a performance that might invite a bid this summer).
- When the players lose faith, it cannot easily be rectified with additions. You can’t replace an entire squad, gossip memory is a thing. That’s why it’s so important for Emery to turn this around. The cracks need to be filled this season with good coaching, adding a layer of class to proceedings in the summer. You can’t prop up a toxic squad with more bodies. That’s not how it works. If Emery doesn’t have the player believing by the end of the season, he’s done by December.
- Additionally, does anyone think the effort output of anyone in the side is greatly outshining what Mesut would bring? Is Mikhi really putting in a shift? Iwobi? Is it not time to make Mesut and Ramsey work for their money. I’d prefer lazy and class, versus meh levels of effort and meh levels of ability. We had 3 shots on target today. In the second half, we didn’t hit the target until the 92nd minute. That is shite. We need to create. A lazy creator feeding outrageously clinical strikers sounds a better plan than average creators feeding nobody.
- We are in February and the same predictable approach of using our fullbacks to create cutbacks is being used. We have no interest in working through the middle. We are so dull to watch. If you are predictable, you are easy to plan against. This used to happen under Wenger.
- The players can’t motivate themselves for the small games. That tells you a lot about how interested they are in the manager and his ideas. Motivation should not be an issue with top level footballers. It certainly shouldn’t be an issue in a new managers first season.
- Emery stands on the sidelines like he’s just found out The Daily Mail has accessed his ephemeral SnapChats from 2015. Zero sauce. Total panic. You might think that’s a minor observation, but come on, who isn’t going to be affected by the weak body language?
- If Emery is such a demon with the video analysis, why didn’t he realise the pitch would look like a WWI trench warfare simulation rehearsal had taken place on it? Playing it along the ground was never going to work. As someone pointed out, Chelsea complained about the pitch. We had no plan to deal with it.
- Suarez. Can someone hit me up with the ‘why’ here? Light-weight, weak passing, can’t even take a corner. Why did we bother with him if he wasn’t ready to hit the ground running?
- Finally, a lot of folk gossiping that the lack of Emery funds were down to the board worrying he wouldn’t make it past this season. Does Raul see Emery as an Ivan signing? Does he identify the folly in giving a £100m to a man who needed £300m to rectify PSG taking a spanking from Monaco in his first season? Doubtful. But come on, it’s not unreasonable to be logical about Raul and his thoughts, is it? If you’re a real football man, and you watch the game with clear eyes, do you truly believe Emery is any good? Of course not. Zero vision or style in 9 months is alarm bells for real football people. Telling the world you’d be the protagonists whilst fixing the defence needed tangible results, and they haven’t come. Why waste a summer on someone who can’t craft a style or vision with a squad that costs £220m a season is a joke, especially when you can see what Bielsa did with Leeds (a 7th place team in a lower division that had never played expansive technical football).
Before you go, GFFN has a supportive article on Emery you should read here.
“There is no success without a real relationship with the players”. Right from the start, he has been making pain-staking efforts to create strong bonds with his players. For example, he went to meet Neymar before the Brazilian left for the World Cup. “That’s the great difference between him and Emery”, surmises Canal + pundit Eric Carrière. “The Spaniard saw players as “X”, like tools he could use to win. It is the opposite for Tuchel. For him players are human beings, with a name, a personality, a sensibility and proper characteristics”.
And to whom you must show affection through a little hug, a little text message or some extra holiday time. “His management relies on benevolence, which doesn’t exclude authority and discipline, just like Rabiot and Mbappé experienced after being late at the pre-Classique speech and therefore sent on the bench at the Vélodrome,” says Carrière. “The strength of this manager is his ability to unite. Today, if a player doesn’t feel the kindness or thinks it is fake, he won’t fight for you. And you can tell that it is not fake with Tuchel. It is way easier to win trophies with such a team… Emery was a good tactician but didn’t have this ability”.
My narrative on Emery is fueled by good intel, not gut feel. Watch this space, Le Grove will lead the way on this one, I can assure you. He’s the Spanish David Moyes, or hopefully, the 1996 Bruce Rioch. Either way, he’s not leading us to the promised land. Be sure of that my friends. x
Qna
Tuchel. Arteta. Vieria. Nagglesmann. Allegri.
Five names I believe could do a better job than emery. Five guys I thought should have got the job ahead of emery…and some!
Fat frank could probably do a better job than Unai is at the moment.
James H, What has he improved? More points away from home and victories away already than the whole of last season. 1 point off 4th place when last season at this juncture it was 10 I believe, maybe wrong on that. Also we’re only 13 points away from last season’s finishing total. That’s improvement. It might not be pretty. It might not be saucy. But it is real factual progress. The Emery haters hate this fact but it is indisputable. Out of all the candidates interviewed Emery was the best choice. Won more than David Moves could ever dream of.… Read more »
qna…. to be fair there’s one positive he did…He showed Jack the door.
Typical knee jerk reactions really. Was last night disappointing ? Yes. Is the tie over ? I believe its Not. The only thing similar to Wenger here is Emery’s stubborness to not use Ozil . It shows in players performance , they believe in Ozil . Last night game was ideal for him , could’ve coasted the entire game yet might’ve produced a killer assist for Lacazette or Aubameyang . Instead we saw Iwobi killing off attacks over and over again. Wenger was stubborn enough to not play according to the opposition. Emery is stubborn enough to not see his… Read more »
Benny Can I stop you there. The “Emery haters” don’t hate the fact we’re 5 points better off in the league. They point out how flimsy that one piece of ‘evidence’ is. For instance I can counter your stat by saying if we had Aubameyang from the start of last season (and not Jan) we would’ve been 5 points better off than we are this term. Basically you’re highlighting one variance and giving praising Emery because it’s suitable. Meanwhile other elements of the season (4 clean sheets from 26 games, no clean sheet away from home) are because of the… Read more »
Hey Benny, thanks your comments and respect to you.
However, we are so bad I’m now getting a hard on at the mention of David Moyes.
At my age every hard on is well received !
Dare I say it, but even Steve McClaren could do a better job !
How quickly everyone forgets… we had a reasonable amount of time to replace Wenger and there wasn’t a lot available to us. The big names were either settled elsewhere or backed away presumably when they heard about the state of our finances. Allegri was one of those. Since Emery joined, three of the supposed new management team have left. There has obviously been dissatisfaction behind the scenes for some time. On top of that, no incoming manager could have known how badly the club has been run this past decade or so or how poor your contracts have been managed… Read more »
It’s a shame that management does not read the blogs??? The passion that was so heightened, is diminishing. In the world of finance, the only way to get the strategic plan changed, is to cost them money or value. The manner in which the ownership has dismissed the loyal fan base; showed no ability to bring football expertise to the board; and has not seen their so called responsible financial model failing now for nearly a decade, is a terrible joke on the club’s history and the fan base. Hearts are broken with management clueless
There appears to be just as many Emery apologists as there was Wenger apologists. Which is just plain dumb. The last decade of Wenger was pretty much indefensible but…he had earned a lot of reprieves due to the first half of his tenure. THAT is what kept Arsene in a job! Emery has done the sum total of piss £70m up a wall and created a worse defence than the one Arsene did!!! Which is mind boggling. Arsene was finished but holy shit…the guy was still a draw. Emery is yawnsville and it doesn’t play well. If he gets to… Read more »
Our defence is shite without question.
But we’ve had injuries and the season isn’t over.
Emery will be judged by whatever targets the board set. If they were to make top 4 and we don’t, he failed.
If they were to finish 5th with less points to 4th than last season and that’s what happens then that’s target met.
I just think there’s a massive amount of an over inflated sense of entitlement with unrealistic expectations based on denying the actual mess left behind by Wenger and Gazidas.
GoH,
Emery hasn’t pissed anything up the wall.
The massively earth shattering sum of £70m was spent by Raul and Sven.
Keep up.
GoH,
We might get forth and then the ‘guffaws” will be on you.
Of course the club care. What a stupid thing to say to suggest they don’t.
Emery is fast becoming our Christian Gross- only difference is in their command of the English language.
The fact that Emery persists with 3 CBs and 2 wing backs makes me question his coaching ability. We are creatively inept in our present set up. Against weaker teams playing this line is ridiculous. Four at the back, two in front of them and then play an attacking mid to link the attack and provide cohesion. Whether he inherited a pile of sh*t, suffered from key defensive injuries or is unable to talk convincingly due to his limited English- none of these excuse what we’re witnessing. Unless he finds a cohesive line up before the end of the season,… Read more »
James H,
No worries.
Moyes? C’mon man get real, anyone who seriously think he would do a better job than Emery can’t be taken seriously.
“Tuchel. Arteta. Vieria. Nagglesmann. Allegri.”
GOH
4 of those in the list ruled themselves out for certain reasons…..
As for Arteta, please give me facts/data why you think Arteta would be better.
Benny is Unai.
At the end of the day I want Emery gone.
It’s become more boring and more frustrating in here amongst the comments already than it had got with Wenger.
I’m sick of it.
I’m sick of the fan divide.
I want Vieira this summer.
At time of appointment. Emery ticked all the boxes.
Sometimes, like in any other walk of life, that person for whatever reason just doesn’t succeed at the role.
And last night was a bad result and we really need to see a big improvement , but Emery hasn’t failed yet. He is in a tough spot right now though, no doubt.
As CC says, we also need improvements from the owner and his team.
“Emery hasn’t pissed anything up the wall.The massively earth shattering sum of £70m was spent by Raul and Sven.Keep up.“
So didn’t matter who was manager then, which makes the argument for letting Wenger see out his contract and having the club put more due diligence in replacing all the more compelling. Pass that along to RH.
Benny can I ask what your expectations of the season were the day the summer window closed?
The initial burst of excitement and unity for the fan base were Vieira to be appointed, hypothetically, would be huge.
However if things went south halfway through the season with no sign of improvement, would the atmosphere turn for the worse again, in the club, in the stands, Twitterverse etc
A club legend would be an exciting appointment, but it would have to be the right decision to take.
“There appears to be just as many Emery apologists as there was Wenger apologists. Which is just plain dumb.”
There are no Emery apologists, just folks who know we can’t afford to the sacking and paying off managers every season.
Rumours have it that our summer budget is 50M, and I for one would rather use all that money to buy players than use a part of it to pay off Emery and his crew.
I survived 10 years of Wenger, 2 years of Emery is a walk in the park in the summer.
GOH: QnaTuchel. Arteta. Vieria. Nagglesmann. Allegri
Tuchel chose PSG. Allegro and Nagglesman turned us down. So you’d have chosen a rookie manager in Viera or Arteta.
At least your willing to put a name to your choice. Giving a rookie the job to take over from a long standing manager would be incompetence in my opinion.
But you may get your wish soon enough. We won’t attract any top line manager any time soon. Not unless we are willing to put up some money to build a proper squad.
Benai Emery.
Charlie. Just to clarify. You would have chosen Arteta, kept Wenger or gone for a British manager from a lower club?
It did matter Wenger going because he can’t do tactics and only knew one way to play without making allowances for the opposition.
Even if we had £500m to spend and Wenger had no say on how to spend it I would still have wanted him gone.
That Wenger finished so many points away from fourth place in his last season compared to the previous and before that getting in the CL places could well indicate that the wheels had completely fallen off by the end of his tenure. As Moray said there doesn’t seem to be enough acknowledgement that Emery took over a tricky and what can be seen as a difficult situation, A tough job as Moray put it. If he does get in the top four in his first season (don’t think he will) then he should be very much congratulated on a very… Read more »
Benai – you need to work on another tactic other than getting Iwobi to pass to Kola haring down on the left!
The opposition has that one worked out!
My expectations were for us to be extremely lucky to be anywhere near top 4 come season end.
5th place with visible signs of improvement in our defence was my realistic expectation.
azed
“I survived 10 years of Wenger, 2 years of Emery is a walk in the park in the summer.”
Exactly.
Ishola70February 15, 2019 16:56:00
azed
“I survived 10 years of Wenger, 2 years of Emery is a walk in the park in the summer.”
Exactly
>>>>>>
My sentiments too.
“Charlie. Just to clarify. You would have chosen Arteta, kept Wenger or gone for a British manager from a lower club?“ I’d have gotten my shit in order and made sure I lured Allegri whilst I had his interest. But after that, I’d have decided how I wanted to manage the next 2/3 seasons transition first before making a decision on the profile of manager. Personally I value a more aggressive and exciting offering in “potential” (a Nagelsmann, Arteta, Jardim type = raw and big upside). Failing that I can understand a more conservative approach, but to me the first… Read more »
The reality is, if we somehow end up fourth, or even more improbably, win the Europa League, Emery will get another season to enact his “plan”.
But if we start drifting down into fifth or sixth with more weak performances, particularly away, then his position will be under threat
If Benitez is the man, why did real Madrid sacked him before the season over?
Genuine question?
Is it because the job was too big for him?
Is it because he couldn’t handle big players due to his poor man management?
Is it because he didn’t know the Spanish league or speak spanish
Is it because he is chubby and dosnt wear tailored fit suits?
And before that why did he fail at inter Milan, a team that just won the champions league?
Why is he in Newcastle now?
answers on a postcard please..
And to get fourth or (yes, I know) win the Europa, Emery needs to rethink his cautious approach to formations and the personnel he has at his disposal.
It’s one or both of Ramsey and Ozil – one last hurrah from a player on his way out and another in accelerated decline.
It is more important to get a new manager in the summer than to get new players.
Qna
‘We won’t attract any top line manager any time soon. Not unless we are willing to put up some money to build a proper squad.’
You’re right.
Arsenal’s ‘values’, project youth 2. 0 and self sustainability just won’t cut it.
In the end, arsenal’s future must come down to how paying fans react.
However the club try and spin it, if we finish 6th and there isn’t a serious statement of intent this summer, I think a lot of arsenal fans will turn their backs on the club.
It seems in all this Emery out clamourthat one Steven Bould is getting a free ticket.
Could we not instead campaign for Bould our and Keown in as Assistant? He could sort out defensive shape out and has done it before (under an even more attack minded manager).
Bouldy is starting to look like a common thread here. A death’s head at a feast kind of character.
If Benitez is the man, why did real Madrid sacked him before the season over?
Benitez isn’t a yes man and not one to get the crowd over excited.
Charlie. So apart from naming people that were ungettable the only name you suggested that was possible was Arteta.
So Arteta? Good to know.
Everything else you say is just a straw man argument. Any degree to which what you say could possibly be true is only relative to having Arteta instead of Emery.
Luxury position to be in because your hypothesis will take years to prove. Arteta would need to get a job at a good club and prove his worth before any argument you make can have any weight.
By the way Charlie. Most of us wanted the club to get its shit together many many years ago. It must be a shock to you to only just learn that we aren’t a club with its shit together.
Alex. I wouldn’t hold your breath. I’m hoping that Stan will allow the club to spend its cash reserves, but on form it isn’t going to happen. If we can’t get access to a LOT of money then project youth 2.0 is the only way. Which is why it’s disappointing that the only guy at the club with a good project youth track record just left. I am really putting my hopes in Raul. I’m not saying that I’m backing him. I really have no idea if he is the right man. Just mean that he is the guy that… Read more »
Qna All of those managers except Nagelmann were gettable so idk what you’re talking about. Also, let me just set the record very clear here. It’s not up to a random fan on an internet blog to come up with a strategy – including names of whom are suitable for the role. I can say something isn’t good enough without having the cure for it, I’m not employed by them. Arsenal have millions of pounds and untold resources at their disposal to strategise a better transition from Wenger. Let’s not pretend that anyone on here has the necessary information at… Read more »
Charlie. No they weren’t mate. That’s why everything you say is a straw man argument. We weren’t prepared to make the investments that the good managers we spoke to asked for. We lost them because of that. Not surprising when you look at our squad. It needs more money than we have.
It’s interesting how people seem to have inside knowledge on the options the club had when selecting Emery.
QNA ‘We weren’t prepared to make the investment…..’ Sounds like you were interviewing.
Appreciate there are certain assumptions we all make but sometimes it does sound like people are ‘flies on the wall’.
Qna
We couldn’t have appointed Jardim, Benitez, or Ancelotti? Yea ok then..
GOH Just stick to the game I was talking about. You can’t assume I blamed the ref for the 10-2 loss to Bayern. We were absolute crap in both games. End of. You singled out the PSG game loss to Barca and blamed Emery for it. You ignored he masterminded the 4-0 thrashing of Barca in the first place. The 2nd leg, like I said earlier, was due to Di Maria & Cavani missing sitters, a World class freekick by Neymar and dodgy reffing in injury time. Barca won, ok fair enough but it’s way too harsh to blame Emery,… Read more »
“We couldn’t have appointed Jardim, Benitez, or Ancelotti? Yea ok then..”
Jardim was with Monaco.
Ancelotti was going to Napoli.
Benitez with Newcastle.
You really think Arsenal was going to pay off Wenger then pay off the contract of another manager?
For some positivity…..
Emery in one of his interviews pre Arsenal talked about winning cups where in that journey there had to be a suffering at some point along the way. This was to mentally charge the group focus in order to achieve.
So maybe that’s the overall strategy here to make it through to the Europa Leugue Final 🤞🏽
Perhaps he has some sort of longer term strategy for Ozil as well 🤔
Bob. Not me. But plenty claimed to be. Google is your friend.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/football/958920/Arsenal-Massimiliano-Allegri-Arsene-Wenger-next-manager/amp
Whether it’s true or not, fact is that they had turned their backs on us BEFORE we went for Unai. He wasn’t even on our shortlist until the list only had Veiria and Arteta left. Hardly looks like we went out and headhunted Emery.
Who would you have chosen Bob out of Emery, Arteta, Veiria or some British manager. Humour me that these were the only choices left.
MuddyGooner
“You ignored he masterminded the 4-0 thrashing of Barca in the first place.”
And in that match PSG won the match in midfield with the unheralded Matuidi playing a blinder.
Interesting that when you hear that Emery is devoid of any thought regarding midfield and just relies on flank play. Not on that night against Barca.
“You really think Arsenal was going to pay off Wenger then pay off the contract of another manager?“
How much would it have taken to secure any of those names Azed? You talk like it’s uncommon for a managerless club to get a manager at another club.
Wasn’t Ancelotti a free agent that summer too before moving to Napoli?
As many have said since the beginning, time will tell regarding Emery and 2019 thus far has not been a great endorsement. If he’s not good enough, he’s not good enough, and we’ll all see it eventually because everyone gets found out sooner or later, but this clamouring to be the one to be able to say “Well I knew he was shite first” seems juvenile. Based on history the discussion shouldn’t be “Emery is shite, sack him” it should be “If Emery is obviously shite after a season or two, will Arsenal have the fortitude to move on in… Read more »
I clearly remember many posts on this blog criticising Pep in his first season at City, saying that he’d been found and is hugely overrated.
Following season, after spending in the right areas he smashes the league record.
We’ve been patient with Wenger for all these year, give Emery another year at least before shooting him down.
Luteo Guenreira “If Emery is obviously shite after a season or two, will Arsenal have the fortitude to move on in the right direction or will they maintain with the dismal status quo like they’ve done before?” As there are no emotional ties to Emery then you can only think that he will be moved on if there is no discernible positive outlook from the team and he fails to qualify for the CL in the two seasons. Fans will not turn up to home matches just like at the end of Wenger’s reign. This in turn will force those… Read more »
CC Thanks for the response. You see it as ” being in neutral for 5/6 years”, whereas others, myself included, saw it as a slow and painful regression. Infact, I would say we were thrown into reverse by a regime and mindset that took us all for a ride. Whoever came in was going to encounter the same problems as Emery. Like yourself though, I would have assumed that after nine months he would have been able to create an identity that we could all relate to. Last night’s game was painful to watch, both from the playing side as… Read more »
Muddygonner
You’re right about the Pep criticism.
The difference is he was given a shit load of money the next season and Bob’s your uncle.
Emery on the other hand will be plodding off to Poundland with his shopping list.
Hi Jess lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfzvSQa3rXk
Nice to hear Donald give us some backing by saying the US will be increasing it’s trade with the UK.
Maybe we can become the 51st state and build a wall between ourselves and Europe.
Works for me.
Graham Matter of perspective, I don’t think we regressed but we stood still and allowed others to progress – so you could argue regression that way for sure. Much of a muchness. Either way we lost ground on rivals by inaction. That wasn’t confined to the manager though and that’s my overall issue with fan discontent. That loss of touch (from Wenger) was allowed by leadership that themselves were out of touch, so it was/is a mess. When the question was posed wayyy back about whether we needed to get rid of Wenger or Stan I made the case for… Read more »
From the Evening standard report, it looks like it suddenly down on our Spanish overlords that maybe Emery is not the right man and that they are in deeper shit that they thought. There was also an interesting quite from Cech. We could have played 90 minutes more without scoring. To me that looks like a player who already know he is not getting another contract and the need to toe the party line tell it like it is. We’re shit and that system is not working. I wonder if others feel the same way and are too afraid to… Read more »
Deluded bastards.
QNA, I would have been happiest, and this is not hindsight, if Vieira had been chosen. The thing is though, I always have the hope that when Arsenal make an appointment, they are being thoughtful and have a wise vision for the club- naive possibly! With that in mind, whoever Arsenal pick I’m up for it. I wasn’t disappointed by Emery being selected, I certainly would have been more excited by Vieira.
Someone on here the other day was comparing Chippy Brady to DB10.
Both exceptional players from two different eras.
Let me say this, if Liam Brady or DB10 had been playing last night, they would have carved out chances for Lacazette and Co and Arsenal would have won at a canter.
They’d probably have scored as well.
Recalling Ozil would drag Arsenal even further down ….
“Let me say this, if Liam Brady or DB10 had been playing last night, they would have carved out chances for Lacazette and Co and Arsenal would have won at a canter.”
I hate comments like this. We don’t know and we will never know.
And footy is such that everybody has a bad day and I am sure they have had their share of shittery.
@bunga,
You’re right, because it is clear that Iwobi, Kolasinac, Suarez and Xhaka are way better than Db10 and Liam Brady ever were. They offer a lot more than those two legends at their peak could ever offer.
Just in case (sarcasm)
December 23rd, 1978, will go down in Arsenal folklore.
I was 16 and I was there with my Dad.
Jesus, only 41 years ago.
What memories.
Emery is a coach not a magician.
You can’t turn duds into superstars…
“I’ll leave the exact details to the finance guys, but the loan was for around £260m and will likely be paid off over 20-30 years. It’s been 14 years or so, I believe. We pay £20m a year on it.”
Bamford- I’m pretty sure you are wrong about this. The stadium debt has been paid off since 2014 if I recall correctly.
You can’t turn turn mare into studs, but you can turn studs into gelding.
To me Emery is neutering all our attack.
bunga party
What’s to hate.
Did you ever see Liam Brady play( or DB10 for that matter)?
Brady was an artist. Just ask the Juve supporters. He was the jewel in their crown between 1980-82.
Go on you tube, take a look for yourself.
Bunga
I agree. Totally. Like…there’s no way for sure we know that Bergkamp is better than Mikki or Iwobi, right? Totally no way of knowing. Or Marco Van Basten probably, without direct comparison is better than Lacazette…we will never know.
Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson would both struggle to get Kell Brook out the ring! Because, you know…there’s just no way of knowing, right?
OMG. FFS.
Graham
Bunga has been doing too many Bongas if you know what I mean.
Ket head.
Graham, it would be preferable if you went over and snuggled up to Trump if you don’t mind.
No offence to you intended but that man is such a d**k it’s not even funny!
Liam Brady, my boyhood hero. Until Bergkamp came he was on a pedestal alone, then Dennis joined him.
Emery is a coach not a magician.
Aha! That’s it then. Emery please stop being a magician and just coach the team.
Bunga
The drugs aren’t working for you, son.
Nobody’s suggesting Liam Brady and Bergkamp weren’t better players than what we got.
Just saying that anyone can have a bad game like yesterday and both Brady and Bergkamp have had fair share of those.
The drugs aren’t working for you, son.
Nah you gotta open your mind.
This is interesting, wonder if he wasn’t on the emery train and will get his own man in in summer given jan holding of funds
http://youaremyarsenal.com/raul-sanllehi-right-guy-lead-arsenal-right-now/
Bunga
You’re coming across as a Redtruth lunatic. Stop now before you ruin yourself.
Stop.
BobN16
Agreed. DT is a “d**k”.
Got to widen your horizons though. We need a pre-Brexit boost.
The US are still our allies whether it’s Trump at the helm or Homer Simpson.
Bunga, the fact Brady and Bergkamp are two of the greatest players who ever wore the shirt suggests that they generally turned up and performed at a level which was above everybody else.
Yes they had the odd bad game but to equate that with what we watched yesterday is facetious at best.
‘Bamford- I’m pretty sure you are wrong about this. The stadium debt has been paid off since 2014 if I recall correctly.’
Stadium debt will be paid off by 2033.
Bunga
If you don’t mind me asking, how old are you?
Bamford seriously using the weather conditions as an excuse for yesterday? Lol please tell me I’m reading that wrong.
We used to banter on AW for that type of thing.
Bob
Don’t engage!
I would say that in DB entire career (probably outside inter) you could count the number of ‘bad’ games on one hand…if that hand had been put in a blender.
DBS bad games probably still resulted in him getting a 9/10 on every rating metric going.
Bunga is bongo.
“probably outside inter”
ha ha ha you make me laugh
“There was also an interesting quite from Cech. We could have played 90 minutes more without scoring. To me that looks like a player who already know he is not getting another contract and the need to toe the party line tell it like it is. ”
Cech is retiring at the end of the season…..you need to keep with the news Valentin.
He announced his retirement since last year.
Bunga
To be honest, right now I could do with what you’re on. I’ll cut you some slack you drugged up, wanker.
Bunga is the new redtruth. I actually like that.
Agreed Graham, USA are our allies but with Trump in charge he would ditch us if he felt it was in his own best interests. He’s gone in 2020 so we’ll move on……
Old enough to use heavy machinery
Trump will walk a second term.
Bunga is the new redtruth. I actually like that.
Doubt it.
You sound like truth is something you are not accustomed to
Guns, Bunga Bunga is ok though, no?
Bunga
You write like the heavy machinery has crushed your skull, dude.
But as I said, you and redtruth are drugged up wankers. Le Grove doesn’t have enough drug addicts…way too many serial killers, weirdos and drunks, but not enough dope fiends. Keep on trucking!
Guns, only if Trump decides democracy is fake!
Bob
Whatever bunga bunga is…GOH isn’t digging it.
way too many serial killers, weirdos and drunks
which one are you?