’TIME and MONEY’ pleas lose steam after BATE nightmare

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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

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Bob N16

Arsenal u23 bearing the scum away 3-0 after 31mins…Willock x 2……

Guns of Hackney

Bob

Trump walked the first one and he’ll walk the second. People love to talk and tweet about the president but let’s be honest…most of the people who are against trump, ain’t getting out of bed to vote.

Just like the remainers. Young, dumb and full of “can’t be fucking bothered but I’ll show my ire in a tweet”. Grrrrr!!!!

Twunts.

Black Snake

I honestly dont think our board has the spine to kick emery out after one year. If hes only on a 2 year deal theyll wait until then. Unless the fanbase actually wants to do something about it, we can munch on shite until then. We all know out fans are pussy whipped, glory hunting snowflakes so enjoy the ride, or don’t. Go do something else until there is real change.

Guns of Hackney

Bunga

Serial killer.

Ishola70

Waz “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” He brokers some deals and has no football background. The deals he done at Barca has no relevance now to Arsenal. He is now in a completely different environment under constraints in relation to Barca. When you see in the article “he” = Sanllehi acquired this player, that player he was obviously prompted because he has no football knowledge, no football background. When he was first appointed as director of football at Barca there… Read more »

Bob N16

Guns,
Walked it? I hope you’re wrong…I think you will be.

Guns of Hackney

Bob

Trump was a guy who literally up until 12 months before he ran for presidency had zero (still doesn’t) any political dreams…he ran, and became the most powerful man on the planet. He beat career politicians easily. The guy is a weapon wether you like him or not.

Bob N16

Sad but true Guns

Champagne charlie

Weagle

Yea, that and the pitch. BATE still managed to look dangerous but, and after no competitive match in 63 days he offered up that they were “well rested”. Lol

So in reality we merely got unlucky to come across such a well rested side on a cold night with a dodgy pitch. Stacked deck and that

Guns of Hackney

Bob

If it wasn’t for the national rule…Arnold Schwarzenegger would have been pres 15 years ago.

Can you imagine the copy he would have got?

I’ll be back.
Run…get to the voting booth.
If it votes, we can kill it.
Considerthatthedivorce.
It’s not a tumour.

Man alive…Arnold would have been amazing!

bunga party

Serial killer.

ha ha. internet tough guy

Guns of Hackney

Bunga

Tough girl actually.

bunga party

perv

Graham62

Bunga

That means you’ve definitely never seen Liam Brady play and probably only saw DB10 play on the MOTD highlights.

Oh well, at least you can Google it all now.

Cheers! Lemonade only remember.

Graham62

Guns

“Hasta la vista baby” as Theresa May leaves The White House.

alexanderhenry

qna

Not sure regarding the fans. A lot of them are getting very pissed of and those season tickets ain’t cheap.

Charlie George

Graham “””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.””” Emery would have frozen Brady out – like Ozil! And He would have sold Dennis! How this man – deems that Ramsey is surplus to requirements and yet Suaraz is pivotal to his plans is actually depressing. Suarez – has the appearance an underfed whippet- how’ does Emery expect him to be a major force in our physical league? It’s only the sheer incompetence of sarri- that… Read more »

Valentin

@azed, I know that Cech is retiring at the end of the season, but it is because he has been told by Emery that Arsenal was not going to renew his contract. At the beginning of the season, he was hoping to impress Emery in order to get a new contract. Because of his family, he does not want to leave London. Where have you been, this is well known. Like I said, Cech is retiring. He has nothing to lose. If we get eliminated from the Europa League, the best he could hope for is Leno getting injured. He… Read more »

bennydevito

Champagne charlieFebruary 15, 2019    17:08:22

“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

>>>>>>

Yep, Allegri was my choice too, but he can’t have wanted it working under a DOF structure with very limited finances.

Incidentally why were Vieira and Arteta ruled out? Did they rule themselves out or were they eliminated?

qna

Alex. I hope so. But they put up with a lot since the move from the Emirates. There is still a long queue afaik. Not many giving up their season tickets for fear that we might actually come good again in the not too distant future.

Stan isn’t here to win trophies. Unless his bottom line changes, he won’t.

Bob N16

QNA, I’m sure I’m not alone in renewing my season ticket because it’s habitual and more importantly I go to the games with my mates and it’s a social, win lose or draw.

Charlie George

Qna
Who on earth is going to watch this garbage?

I accept season ticket holders might very well renew-as old habits die hard- but there will be swathes of empty seats- fans just won’t attend…

Only the clinically insane -would pay to watch this tripe!

Graham62

Charlie George

Let’s not forget the Ozil/Ramsey debacle was not Emery’s doing.

This scenario could have been prevented at it’s source had Wenger and Gazidis used basic common sense.

Emery shouldn’t have been put in this position in the first place.

Charlie George

Graham

Nonsense.
And you know it.

GuNZ

Arsenal get six when Rix plays tricks

Charlie George

“”Emery shouldn’t have been put in this position in the first place.””

We can agree on this through.
He should never have been appointed.

Bob N16

Bit patronisining CG 5000 miles or so away., criticising supporters attending games. Heard of loyalty?

Bob N16

Beat the scum away 4-0 u23…well done lads.

alexanderhenry

Bob

It’s a tough one.
As long as fans pay up, I don’t see arsenal’s business plan changing.
I understand giving up a season ticket is a wrench butI wouldn’t renew .

Bob N16

Take your point Alex H. but I always feel that those people who don’t attend games tend to be the ones who shout loudest about the non attendance of games as the best strategy for change. It’s too important a part of my life to give it up. If that makes me a part of the problem, so be it. I sing up for the team which counts for something I reckon. Non attendance has never been an option for me.

Freddie Ljungberg

“Emery would have frozen Brady out – like Ozil!
And He would have sold Dennis!How this man – deems that Ramsey is surplus to requirements and yet Suaraz is pivotal to his plans is actually depressing.”

Nostradumbass strikes again.

Charlie George

Bob N16

Interesting- you never rebuffed- that you will be watching garbage though.

Off course- it was not a criticism of the supporters- just an honest observation…

Crowds in general are dropping all over
With the advent of VAR – I forecast crowds plummeting even further.

Graham62

Charlie George So you’re basically saying that it was a sensible decision by W & G to give Ozil such a ludicrous contract, irrespective of the fact that they also chucked away £60m on Sanchez leaving at the same time. By giving Ozil £350k a week, why shouldn’t Ramsey want parity? Emery came into a shitfest, caused by two buffouns that should have known better. Shite, they even agreed to give Mkhitaryan £200k a week! Whatever way you look at it Wenger and his sidekick fudged things up big time. Emery is not to blame for problems created before he… Read more »

Charlie George

Graham
Sensible or not sensible – you deal with your cards your dealt with.
That is what talented managers do- look forward and find solutions.

Negative folk who are inherently bitter look back!

azed

“Leno made the comment that Özil is a world class player who would improve any team he plays in.”

I’d like to see a comment were a player said his team mate was shit…

Champagne charlie

Bob

Totally agree, that line about not buying this or that is always shouted loudest by those miles and miles away who wouldn’t go to a game if they were pushed.

alexanderhenry

Bob

I respect your position.

I won’t be buying any arsenal mugs or boxer shorts anytime soon though.

Bob N16

CG…I watch my team regardless of the football on show. Thankfully it’s been for the most part pretty good over the years. I’ve seen more than 10 cup final wins and got a full set of losing finals. I’ve seen dire seasons and GG’s teams at their worst were awful. Wenger’s teams at their best were sublime. Even this season it’s been as high as it gets, beating Spurs and Chelsea but we’ve still had turgid moments. That’s the way of the supporter who goes to games. At the end of the match we troop out and have a couple… Read more »

Charlie George

Bob
I had a season ticket for decades

Bob N16

Fair enough, my grandson whose 6 months old has already got Arsenal gear up to 3 years old. You pay your money, you make your choice.

Bob N16

CG…so you should understand. In all those years you saw some rubbish. Did you ever think, I’m not putting up with this rubbish, I’m going to give up my season ticket as a protest? Have things really changed that much?

China1

In preseason as well willlck looked like a proper prospect

I hope we manage him well

TheLegendaryDB10

China1

I hope we manage him well

Well with UE reluctance to play the kids in the first team, you wonder if they ever will get a shot.

My gripe with him is that he is so pragmatic that he seems afraid to try something out of the box. Not a good sign from a supposedly good manager.

GunnerDna

Arsenal fans thinking Emery will be sacked. lol

TheLegendaryDB10

GunnerDNA

That’s my main worry. Instead of trying to get us back where we should in a serious manner, they will cling on to him in the hope that his shit sticks. Same old, same old eh?

GunnerDna

DB10

I respect every fan opinions and concerns, but after 7 months its too early to judge the manager. I don’t get the sudden uproar from fans who is demanding total transformation in months when Arsenal have been also-ran for over a decade. If we get a new manager not much will change because the players aren’t good enough and that’s where the problems is. UE is 7 months of Arsenal problems, the other 13+ yrs is before he was hired.

TheLegendaryDB10

GunnerDNA

Yes most of the players are shit. But it is a bit damning to see a manager not being capable of coming up with something different by now.

He probably sees how shit we are, so why not adapt a strategy that can make things simpler for the players to do. Have them re-learn the basics so that we look less shit when on the pitch? That’s what’s getting at me.

TheLegendaryDB10

He needs to forget his winning 5-4 winning bullshit and get back to us grinding out a 1-0 win.

GunnerDna

To be fair to him, yesterday if HM and AL took their chances it would be a different scoreline. UE have to get use to the narrative that whenever he doesn’t win Ozil is the answer but in reality Ozil is rubbish. I have no problem if the club replaces UE but if its to replace him with a manager and still play Ozil, GX, Mustafi and all the other trash players we might as well keep him. For too long we celebrate style over substance.

TheLegendaryDB10

GunnerDNA

I wouldn’t mind getting a bit more style but as you have seen lately there is very little substance as well to the way we are playing.

This summer TW is going to be really crucial.

GunnerDna

In the summer transfer window our main focus should shifting as many of the deadwood as possible. We need at least 6 good players to compete and I don’t see it happening in the summer. For us to compete its going to take more than 4 transfer windows.

TheLegendaryDB10

GunnerDNA

It will take time. The problem is that in these 4 transfer windows our rivals will be strengthening as well. Which means we are only going to be playing catch up.

GunnerDna

Our rivals are years ahead of us and 4 transfer windows will not be enough to catch them. It might even gets worse because there is a new king that is dividing the fan base. Every defeat he is trolling the fans who fall for his bs.

Sid

Though I don’t agree with UE getting the sack without having a proper go at the summer window but last night’s game was dire.
We should have smashed BATE playing a U23 team really. No excuse for the performance last night.
What is concerning is that this very team bosses Chelsea then looks devoid of ideas against BATE?
UE needs to get the team playing much better, pronto.

Sid

Arsenal as a team desperately needs more goal outlets. Right now if our strikers have a bad game we are toothless. If I was a opposition manager I would simply park a man each on Auba and laca and that’s arsenal done right there.
The amount of chances Mikki misses is criminal really.
We need goals from the midfield and the wings. Otherwise are a far too static in our play.

TheLegendaryDB10

GunnerDNA You feel that Pedro has been trolling. For me he has just been giving his own opinion. I was on the onwards and upwards train at the beginning of the season. What I have seen lately has not inspired me. As much as I am expressing my doubts, I will be happy to be proven wrong. Time will tell. I just feel that UE is not the answer to us doing well if we move back into the CL. Will the club have the balls to move on from UE once CL qualification has been achieved or will they… Read more »

PaddyV

Wow what a pathetic post from Pedro. Le Grove is well and truly dead. Feels like he’s been waiting for a result like this all season. Pathetic. Just cause he didn’t get his way with his beloved Arteta. Emery is not a world beater but can only play the hand your dealt. We will go through against BATE at home. We are 1 point off fourth. He has spent fuck all and been left a trough of shit by the previous regime. Pedro maintains this squad is good enough to get top four. Lol. If Emery gets us in the… Read more »

Goobergooner

Good to see the Emery out crowd happy that we lost. You hypocritical cunts. Yes I agree the bate game was a shit showing from both Emery and the team. But there is many points here that should be understood. This loss is not the end of the world in any respect. Too many people are losing their shit. First point: Chelsea have lost to bate in the Europa league. 2nd: not every game is a given. Especially a game in Belarus, on a shit pitch, with a shit ref and with a home team quite up for it. And… Read more »

TheLegendaryDB10

Can’t believe that Robbie of AFTV now has his own show on C4 called The real football fan show.

Pedro when are you getting your own TV program? 😁

Ishola70

GunnerDna “It might even gets worse because there is a new king that is dividing the fan base” Do you mean Mesut Ozil? I’ll tell you what it would be absolutely fucking embarrassing if this manager has to go after being at the club for 5 minutes because of Mesut Ozil. Mesut Ozil. A player that has been a disgrace to the name of a professional footballer since he has been at Arsenal and at his best just a flat track bully. Regularly gone missing in the big matches against the big opponents and crying off with “injuries” for large… Read more »

Ishola70

And he’s got the cheek to tweet a quote from Dennis Bergkamp on his twitter line.

Man is not fit to tie Bergkamp’s boot laces.

PaddyV

TheLegendaryDB10

What’s not to believe Robbies a legend, knew he could make money off the end of the the Wenger days fair play to him…he’s also genuine Arsenal fan with no personal vendetta unlike Pedro

TheLegendaryDB10

Here is a link:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/sport/soccer/ozil-quotes-bergkamp-in-cryptic-tweet-to-hint-he-will-fight-for-arsenal-future-37821192.html

Ozil dared to try to compare himself to DB10, a true club legend? The piece of shit. As you said, Ishola, he is not even fit to tie his shoe laces. What a disgrace he is.

TheLegendaryDB10

What makes it worse is that he thinks this justifies his coasting at the club. Fuck him.

I wonder what Pierre will make of this.

PaddyV

Ozil is a cunt bleeding the club dry and calling in sick every few weeks needs to be booed out of the club. Just get rid of him on a free he is s cancer

TheLegendaryDB10

PaddyV

Just watched his show and it’s really good. Good for him. I’ve always respected him.

Never watched him consistently but really loved his interview with John Lydon.

BacaryisGod

My god, Pedro is highly schizophrenic. He just bounces back and forth. He was full of praise for Emery during our strong run earlier this season. Now he’s back on the anti-Unai bandwagon after some bad results. I’m no big Emery fan but please Pedro, just pick a lane.

Tony

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6710289/Mesut-Ozil-ready-frustrate-Arsenal-refusing-leave-loan.html ‘His absence in Belarus means Ozil has now missed more games than he has played this season due to illness, persistent back problems, a niggling knee injury or being left out culminating in concerns over why the club’s top-earner is missing so many games.’ And………. obviously AFC were dumb enough not only to give Ozil a stupidly unwarranted, excessive financial contract, they didn’t cover the club with any legal ways to exit the contract for the various non playing reasoning, which I pointed out in a much earlier post last week. Emery may well not be the guy to… Read more »

Tony

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6711087/Arsenal-preparing-appoint-director-football-imminently.html

So the DM says AGC spoke to Monchi and Overmars, but no others such as special sauce Bertha who seems to be a decent candidate from your recent post.

Do you have ITK to share?

Tony

Overmars says that Sanchez could go back to Arsenal.

Great just what we need from a DOF

Tony

I think you’ve been on some special sauce for the last couple weeks Pedro.

Been amusing, though especially with a dash of salt.

qna

Tony LOL. That would be funny. I cant see that playing out well with the fans. Personally, I would have straight swapped him for Ozil in January in a heart beat. I’d rather overpay Sanchez than Ozil. But in terms of us spending any more money than we already have on EXTRA overpaid 28+ year olds. No thanks. As it stands the wages we are paying to Ozil and Mkhi is really hurting our ability to bring in the players we need. Personally, I would sell one of Auba as well and use the money to buy a younger star.… Read more »

Un na naai

Christ overmars looks like shit

Dissenter

Lol
Tony going on a full throttle rant straight from Thailand.

Pedro can’t get any love here. Now it’s 24-7 body slaps from round the world

qna

Apparently Kai Havertz would cost 50m. Damn. I was excited for a second. Rule him out then. That is too rich for our blood. If we could offer Leverkusen player(s) as part payment that would be ideal. Only Guen and Torreira would be off the table as far as I’m concerned. They could make a lot of money if they can make a decent player out of Iwobi imo. Worst case they can sell him back to the EPL. Throw in Mkhi. Havertz for Iwobi, Mkhi + 10-20m. Or Havertz for Iwobi, Mkhi and Ozil and we’ll pay 200k/year of… Read more »

Dream10

qna

linked to Havertz? Don’t know how good he is as I don’t watch Leverkusen, but he’s considered a can’t miss prospect.

This is Arsenal PR being nasty and preying on our feelings after the OzIl-Emery standoff.

If PSG,Juve or Real offer 70m for Torreira (we reinvest in another CM/DM who covers ground easily like Guendouzi. I’m thinking Partey for 50m.) would you consider it? I would.

qna

Dream. Depends who we could get in to immediately replace him and how much he would cost. I dont think it would be worth it. So no I wouldnt sell Toreirra for 70m. He is only 22. If he is worth 70m now, I will back him in to be worth that in 4-5 years time. Same with Guen. I dont think we can afford to spend all of our transfer funds on Havertz. He is 19, one for the future. If we had a good team already, he would be perfect to spend on. But we need so many… Read more »

qna

Dream. If Stan did want to invest in the team, e.g. let us use our cash reserves. A player like Havertz might not be a bad investment. If he is the real deal then he could be worth 100m in a few years time. I really don’t understand why owners invest in football clubs if they don’t understand this aspect of football. Its not just about sponsorship and selling tickets. You must make money by buying and selling players. Even Real Madrid and Barcelona do this. But you have to buy players that are likely to appreciate. I am not… Read more »

Graham62

Tony

Great post. Nothing like a good old rant to get the adrenaline pumping.

How’s life out in the Far East?

Over here we’re getting ready for/not getting ready for, March 29th. Trump has done his bit by announcing “a very substantial trade deal”. Watch out Europe!

Donald “The total p**k”Tusk also did us a favour the other day by confirming what we all knew.

Emery, still on the fence but after watching Thursday nights game, I must admit I am starting to have serious doubts about his philosophies and methods.

Your take on Ozil was spot on.

Cheers.

Pierre

It appears that many on here would rather see Arsenal continue with this , I think it’s fair to say , poor run of form and lacklustre, insipid , bland performances. 7 defeats in 2 months , knocked out of 2 cup competitions , and an embarrassing defeat to Bate is confirmation of how things have slipped lately. Thousands of fans are clamouring for the return of Mesut Ozil and understandably so but the strange thing is that many posters on Le Grove would rather we continue without an obviously talented player who plays with intelligence, technique, composure and patience… Read more »

Graham62

Pierre

Agreed, we are crying out for some creativity and, Ozil, it seems, is the only “go to” player we have.

If only he could be trusted.

Pierre

Let’s be honest Graham , we can’t do any worse with him than we have been doing without him. Though Suarez is lightweight ( but that was obvious anyway) I actually think he can bring something to the team . His movement was very good off the ball and he looked like a player who wanted to get on the ball , keep the ball and pass to his team mate , a skill which is underrated on Le grove. However, his team mates were too slow in giving him the ball or just ignored him. I’m of the opinion… Read more »

qna

Play Ozil. It’s the only chance of finding a suitor for him in the summer. Emery is being too cute and most likely costs himself by having to have Ozil for another season, rather than a few more months.

James.wood

Yes Ozil is our only true playmaker.
But Breach of contract comes to mind.

Danish Gooner

Papa is back from injury

Majesticgooner

Why not give some of the U23s a chance, Willock looks ready to me,he has added goals to his game and I see him as a direct replacement for Ramsey, the right back , Osei tutu, mavrapanos also need chances, George graham took advantage and a chance on the rocky, mickey Thomas, tony Adams and Merson’s and fergie did the same with the class of 1999. Look at Liverpool and the spuds , taking a chance on some of their youth players and it’s paid off. Surely the boys can’t be any worse, their youthful energy is maybe just what… Read more »

Graham62

Pierre You keep harping on about technique and skill being underrated on here, when nothing could be further from the truth. The Ozil saga has become a joke, as we all knew it would. Wrongly or rightly, Emery has dealt with things in a tough manner. Your love of Ozil is admirable but even you must realise that this situation goes far deeper than just Ozil turning up and playing. It is consuming the club and is having a negative affect on everything. Where’s Mesut today? Why isn’t he playing? I personally feel that Ozil will play in next week’s… Read more »

Siddharth14

Hello. A newbie here…. I think this is actually my second post. The First one, Pedro didn’t sanction, i guess. All the issues concerning Arsenal are already being discussed so i won’t go there. But I’m really struggling to understand the present contrast in our performances when compared to our 22 game unbeaten run. I find it hard to accept that losing Holding and subsequent players to injuries have lead to the sudden collapse of the team structure. There is a strange feeling of Deja Vu to our miserable performances. We have seen this pattern regularly under Wenger. The Emery… Read more »

Nelson

Tony:”If I was AFC, I’d find a way take Ozil to court and drag the case out for years ” Just read Tony’s rant. Regarding Ozil, none of us outsider knows exactly what happens. What Emery said may just be excuses of not playing him. Tony also not mentioned that Emery likes to use the term “Tactical Reasons”. For me, only a mad man would come up with an idea of bringing Ozil to court and dragging the case out for years. It would hurt the club much more. What the club should do is move Ozil this Summer with… Read more »

Pierre

Nelson
“For me, only a mad man would come up with an idea of bringing Ozil to court and dragging the case out for years.”

I can understand you inferring that Tony is a mad man , but I believe you are being a little bit harsh on him .

Nelson

Pierre
I only talk about this idea only.

Pierre

Graham Put it this way ,If Emery wants to act in the best interest of Arsenal football club as we need to qualify for the next round , then he should select Ozil for the 2nd leg . If his interests are purely personal and he is also scared of losing face then he will not play Ozil. Let’s see what sort of a man our manager is and if he has the good of Arsenal football club at heart. Let’s remember , the 2nd leg is made for Ozil, the situation we find ourselves in means we need composure… Read more »

Dr Emil schaffhausen

Got to say I’m with the club on the club on the Ozil saga but they desperately need to move him on somehow. I think fans are forgetting the inept, weak performances he has put in for the team , because we haven’t seen him for a while he’s suddenly for some become some world class performer again , if he was played in the team for rest of the season would he make a difference? For me he might put in a couple of good performances but he certainly wouldn’t improve us much , he’s weak and lacks motivation,… Read more »

Pierre

Will*(I’ll)

Jamie

Anyone who has ever watched Mesut Ozil play football knows he’s one of the last players you burden with a must-win performance. He’s never been Cesc.

A fairer assessment would be to let Ozil play in any return leg we’re leading 3 nil in aggregate, ie a dead rubber.

Ozil is a mentally weak as they come. Super talent, utterly useless under any sort of pressure, and the first to down tools when the going gets tough on the pitch.

Jamie

as* mentally weak as

Nelson

Pierre

I can get mad also. I want to smash Lingard’s face when I made his moonwalk…

Nelson

*he

Pierre

Doctor who says that the club are in agreement with Emery regarding Ozil. Anyone with an ounce of sense within the club should realise that what is happening is damaging the club and needs to be rectified sooner than later. The club offered him a contract because they didn’t want him to leave , he signed the contract , last season it was reported that he was the 2nd most creative player in the league so he must have done fairly well wouldn’t you say . After giving Ozil this ridiculous contract we then compound the error by bringing in… Read more »