I am leaving emotion at the door. Yesterday was hard for me. Firstly, being taken down by the Emery Ultras over my love affair with Thomas Tuchel (‘Who lost worse?’ the shortest lived attack of all time), secondly, having to bear witness to another Arsenal away day disaster.
Here are some of my opinions dressed up as bona fied facts.
Arsenal will win the return leg
Don’t fall for the drossy idea that Rennes are some sort of secret team of elite mercenaries that were placed in France just to show Arsenal up for one game. They are 10th in an inferior league, their squad cost about 50 pence to put together, and they are more than capable of being beaten by two goals in the return leg.
Emery has to rally the troops, get a decent game plan together, and make the magic happen. I can tolerate exiting the last 16 in the Champions League. The Europa League? No flipping way. Winning Europa is literally Emery’s only speciality. Make it happen.
Relaxed Attitude
Emery needs to inject a bit of fear into the players. Our lads make so many dim mistakes game after game, and it’s starting to look like a focus issue. Sokratis was sent off for what looked like a clumsy error versus an intent-laden foul, but when you’re on a booking, don’t do something rash in the first half of leg one, away, in a cup competition.
Mustafi is a lost cause, so why do we continue to play him? Could a youth child do any worse? Xhaka, a serial offender of ‘WHY WHY WHY’ moments, tends to drop a terrible performance that usually coincides with a Four Four Two hot take patronisingly headlined ‘WHY XHAKA IS UNDERRATED AND ARSENAL FANS ARE DUNCE PERVERTS.’ Wake up chaps, he’s not underrated, he’s an error terrorist that earns a pass from the ‘I WORE COPA MUNDIALS TO MY WEDDING’ journo crowd because who the fuck would dare challenge a pass completion percentage on the Stats Zone app?
Guendouzi being outpaced by a player 10 years older who has signed a deal with another club… shocking, really shocking. I love him, but that sort of carry-on is a very new issue. What’s going on?
We are in March. It’s hard to say that focus is beyond these players because they went 22 games unbeaten and put in a brilliant performance away from home against Spurs. Whatever the mental block, it needs to be addressed by Sunday.
Bad Strategies
Emery once again went all guns blazing in a cup with a first team, once again coming up woefully short. Why did he pick such a strong side? One would assume to DESTROY Rennes in the first leg. So what happened? I can understand that a red card against Manchester City is likely a death sentence, but Rennes? Embarrassing. Did the changes Emery make look smart or feel ambitious? Not to me. Auba didn’t have a great game, but why take him off for a full back when you could do with a second goal on the counter?
Bad Vibes
I heard whispers that the manager dropping Auba and LT for the Spurs game wasn’t communicated optimally. Whatever is going on, both players were utterly miserable. Auba looked like he’d just been sent down by kangaroo court for whistling too loud in the toilets at a Mick Hucknall gig. So much anger in his benched face.
I hope that the training camp is strong because if there are fissures appearing at this stage of the season, we’re in trouble when United come to play this weekend.
Consistency
Tough to call last night a freak accident. We did almost exactly the same against BATE. We’ve come off the back of a fairly glorious run against teams that are in bad form or just, you know, poor. Rennes wasn’t even a test and we flunked it. We’re not doing well away from home. Now we’re in a situation where our best shot at CL football is… qualifying via the top 4.
Here is the absolute craziness about it all. Who would be surprised if we dropped an incredible performance on Sunday? I wouldn’t. There’s no consistency or rhythm to our season. Our mental strength is determined on a whim. Our tactics are either bang on or non-existent. Sometimes there’s a style formed, sometimes it looks like cat faeces on a lightly toasted cream cheese bagel.
Who knows what’s coming… but unpredictable it shall be.
Anyway, like I said. No emotion from me (ish). You know my opinion. He’s not going anywhere, just pray that better players solve issues like defensive solidity, on-field identity, and squad mentality.
HUGE game on Sunday.
Let me know YOUR thoughts below. x
P.S. Monchi is heading over… more on him tomorrow.
Chris “Emery got it wrong in executing his idea but it was the right thing to attempt to do, damage limitation” damage limitation? I’m not sure how you have come to that conclusion…putting Mhkitaryan at right back and allowing Torreira to vacate the centre and leaving Ozil on the pitch is not my idea of damage limitation . As far as I’m concerned,Emery has 2 choices once Sokratis went off …play 2 banks of 4 and make it difficult for the opposition to break us down or bring on Kolasinac and AMN.and play the wing back system …this would leave… Read more »
Leeds, sportsmen are arrogant. That’s how you make it to the top. He attracted interest because he’s hungry, he’s aggressively pursued his coaching badges, he’s working under Pep and he’s delivering hard at Manchester City. I really don’t think he’s coaching credentials can be questioned now. Pep loves him, so do the City hierarchy, and they are winning things. The Arsenal dream is over, but don’t think he was considered on a whim. It was a bold idea that could have been inspired or insipid. We’ll never know now. … but no doubt, we took a dull route that’s not… Read more »
This made me laugh.
RH, this is why your rice choice was subpar
https://twitter.com/iamDULO/status/1103357672579977216
Upstate
You just bragged. That didn’t help! Bastard.
Kidding…we have hope!!!
Keep up the good work. Peace.
Ozil out?
or
Emery out?
“Leeds, sportsmen are arrogant. That’s how you make it to the top.”
Henry made it to the top
Viera made it to the top
Arteta???????
Fact of footballing life…..no money:no trophies…..
Long gone are the days of the Brian Clough team building using recent talent and drilling them hard into a unit…it’s about the chequebook…..
And although Wenger had money to spend….ozil auba etc….he basically had no clue how to get the best out of them.wecarebleftvwith Wenger’s frankenstein construct…..does anyone really believe top managers want to destroy their CV here? Under kroenkes minimal investment?….
Azed, 4 year deal as Arsenal captain for a CL team is making it.
Pedro
What exactly has Arteta done?
Lampard and Gerrard are achieving more.
Graham, if the question is, did Arteta make it in football? The answer is yes.
If you are asking if he made it as well as Henry? No.
Does any of this make a jot of difference to how you coach? No
Why do we never raid relegated clubs for players? If Pool can do it (Wijnaldum, Shaqiri) then so can we. There was a lot of talk about how much money needs to be spent and which players need to be brought in, and I think most of us are in agreement that we need wingers (among other positions). How about Josh Murphy from Cardiff and/or Sessegnon from Fulham? Both shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg. Another area that we never replaced/improved was creative midfielder in the mold of Santi Cazorla. Aaron Mooy anyone? And if we are able to… Read more »
Lampard and Gerrard have far better credentials than Arteta.
Graham, because they won trophies or are currently managing?
” How about Josh Murphy from Cardiff and/or Sessegnon from Fulham?”
I suggested Sessegnon a while on here. We give Fulham Chambers + 10m and we have someone who can be our left back for the next 12 years.
No to Jonjo Shelvey….
Pedro
How does Arteta coach?
Can you answer that?
Graham, ask Hector: “He’s very intelligent, he knows how to play football, he’s got very clear ideas and I speak with him a lot about it,” “Even though I’m a fullback and he’s a midfielder, he’s always got words of advice for me, so I think he would make a good [manager].” Bellerin also considers Arteta to be the bossiest player in the squad, something which comes with the territory of being the Gunners’ club captain. “He’s the captain so he’s got the right to be [the bossiest],” “But he always does it with a positive mindset, so he’ll never… Read more »
Ask Pep: “What we have done this season, Mikel his contribution was outstanding, amazing, we work together so good,” “I think Raheem is enjoying scoring goals,” Guardiola said. “He’s not scared, he’s not afraid to take a risk. “And now he’s seeing how fun, how good it is to score goals. Now he’s more focused on that. “Mikel Arteta is working many, many hours and days after training specifically about the last action on the pitch – that control in the last moment to make the right movement in the final three or four metres. “It’s part of the mentality… Read more »
“How does Arteta coach? Can you answer that?”
How does he NOT coach? Can you answer that?
I know layering your own disdain for a player makes you think you are right on Arteta… but I’d tend to lean on the more believable people.
1. The best manager in the world
2. The manager being linked hard with Madrid
3. The best right back at Arsenal
Anything else is ill-informed speculation.
Again, I don’t bring up Arteta… but I’ll defend the thinking behind his hiring. Especially when the alternative was bland on toast.
“Again, I don’t bring up Arteta… but I’ll defend the thinking behind his hiring. Especially when the alternative was bland on toast“
Bland on toast, hold the juice.
… mine’s a beetroot, please sir
I feel like Emery deserves a chance to get his men in with Monchi and then be judged. For me it’s no surprise that last season we were dog shit away and still are now
Pedro “Azed, 4 year deal as Arsenal captain for a CL team is making it.” Thanlks for making my point for me. Like I said, Arteta, without Arsenal is a bland nobody footballer. As far as his playing career goes, he has nothing to be arrogant about. Arteta was a professional footballer, but he was nowhere near the top of his profession. Winning a EPL title is making it to the top. Winning a Champion’s League is making at the top. Winning a World Cup is making to the top. Winning a Ballon d’Or is making at the top. Arteta… Read more »
*Thanks, Balon, believe
“Arteta was average at best. He has none of these accolades.”
He made it to top leagues in Europe. He made to PL and was a captain of a decent team.
That my friend is in 99th percentile of all footballers. That’s NOT average.
Were there other players who accomplished more than him?
You betcha!
Will he make a good manager/coach one day?
To be seen
Winning a EPL title is making it to the top.
Winning a Champion’s League is making at the top.
Darren Fletcher has 5 EPL titles and one UCL.
He didn’t make it to top anymore than Arteta.
Looks like the AKB tag won’t go away
Arteta knows best
Pedro Is the 1st AKB without the guy even managing Arsenal yet lol
“Darren Fletcher has 5 EPL titles and one UCL.
He didn’t make it to top anymore than Arteta.”
Jenkinson has been at Arsenal longer than Arteta, would you say he made it to the top?
Leeds
Not sure you can describe Arteta as average, he came through the Barcelona academy, played for PSG, Rangers, captained Everton, and then captained Arsenal.
Yea, loads of more talented or better players in the game, but if Arteta is average that’s a grim/unfair outlook for a shit ton of footballers who never captained Arsenal at their peak.
The trophies arguement is flawed, Quinton Fortune better than Arteta? No. Check his medals out.
Azed, see Bunga Party + CC.
Monchi a reserve team keeper with Sevilla and now he’s one of the hottest TDs in world football.
Being accomplished at football means very little when it comes to management.
“Azed, see Bunga Party + CC.”
If playing for Arsenal counts as making it to the top, then
Justin Hoyte made it.
Dennis Suarez is f**king making it.
Frimpong?
Fran Merida(Arsenal and Atletico)?
Samesong, not defending him as a manager. I’m defending the thinking.
“If playing for Arsenal counts as making it to the top, then
Justin Hoyte made it.
Dennis Suarez is f**king making it.”
“Some people just take a pride in being stupid.”
–Obama circa 2008
Azed
I see you’re being nice and disingenuous, Arteta and Frimpongs Arsenal careers being a total mirror of one another and all that.
What counts as making in your eyes?
“What counts as making in your eyes?”
Being a top player..
And Arteta was basically the Spanish Jonjo Shelvey.
Azed
That’s a brilliant take, thanks for clearing that up. Bunga nailed it
Arteta can only be judged when he takes on his own project.
He is no further forward than Kolo Toure who, I hasten to add, is also well respected as a coach.
azed
“And Arteta was basically the Spanish Jonjo Shelvey.”
That’s an insult to Jonjo Shelvey.
“That’s an insult to Jonjo Shelvey.”
Upstate
My apologies.
Arteta was the Spanish Denilson( who going by CC, Bunga and Pedro’s criteria) made it to the top.
I can’t remember who it was but some commentator/football analyst called Arteta “The King of a 5-yard pass”. That is precisely who he was. A complete NOTHING of a player. 5 yard pass sideways, 5 yard pass back… all when we were 2-0, 1-0, or 2-1 down. Used to drive me nuts.
“I can’t remember who it was but some commentator/football ”
Was it Azed? Was it Leeds?
Have to say I find this whole debate about Arteta (for or against) as a little bit pointless and surreal. His ability as a player, or lack thereof is irrelevant. His ability as a manager is unknown as he has no record as a manager we can debate. He was not selected (bravely or foolishly) to be Arsenal’s new manager. Two of the people on the selection committee have left Arsenal. For better or worse, Emery is our manager for the moment. Talk about Emery’s decisions, his temperament, or his “philosophy” by all means. But let’s cut the pointless endless… Read more »
Hear hear WOAB!
Nonsense, Arteta was a very good player for us. Had a great partnership with Rambo.
Azed just super salty because Emery has had another disaster.
An Arteta hire will just further divide an already divided fan base.
Freddie or Viera for me but definitely not a manager with no single managing experience especially for a club that barely has any real money to spend to be competitive enough
Arteta was exceptional at Rangers and Everton. He was older when he played for us and had to adapt as older players must. He was also a victim of Wengers blindness for having a proper DM. Using your second string attacking mid (Denison, Song, Arteta) is mental.
However Arteta is not the answer for us. Solskjaer comparisons fall flat as Arteta does not have the back up Solskjaer has (Phelan, Fergie etc) who is Arteta pulling in who is ex Arsenal and not in football? Wenger, Frimpong and Eboue!!!
Just found out that Monchi has a 17-year tenure as director of football at Sevilla. He must know all the prospects in Spain. At least, there is no gamble on this one.
Batistuta, not if he makes us better.
No manager divides if they’re good (Rafa at CFC an exception)
Actually I just thought of a brand name for that trio (Wenger/Frimpong/eboue)
The French, The Dench and The Bench!
This marketing lark is a piece of cake Pedro!
Charlie, Raul would build a team around him that would help the inexperience.
I don’t know how we land here, no one is asking for Arteta… it’s just the Emery Ultras deflecting.
Give me Jardim.
Charlie, that is good. Really good. You just branded them well.
Pedro
Chelsea fans had banners up almost every home match while Rafa was there…Not a very good example to use
Rafa won the Europa League and he was hated… an example of a manager who does well but divides.
That is a prime example.
Seeing as no-one can decide on an insider, can we all settle on Zeljko Buvac (Klopp’s ‘brain’)? He’s finally agreed his departure terms from Liverpool in the last few weeks. How could Arteta possibly be in front of Buvac, when Buvac has a far longer track record of pulling the strings of a top gaffer?
lol GoH by friends also had their new born son on dec 25. Congrats.
Just watch the reply of yesterday’s game. When Guen doesn’t have the ball, he behaves like a small kid. For the second goal, the way he jog towards the opponent. When the opponent kicked the ball, he moved his body away to avoid the ball hitting him. During the counter that resulted in the third goal, again he jog slowly back. I am not sure he’ll have more heart when he grows up.
Re: “Samesong, not defending him as a manager. I’m defending the thinking.” Very Trumpian of you Pedro, keep that drilling wheel spinning…maybe you will hit the mother load of special sauce …………….. CC “Give me someone with ability in spades over a fluffy fan connection, not a lover of that shortsighted nonsense.Arsenal need smarts and execution. Not some Hollywood style return of the king shit.” That’s very disrespectful toward Patrick Vierra. You openly derided him in the summer because his record was limited to the MLS at the time. He’s taken over a club in the relegation zone and taken… Read more »
Interesting
Pep to Juve?
Arteta to take over at City?
Emery back to PSG?
Allegri to us?
Wonder if any of the above is going to happen?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6788743/Man-City-boss-Pep-Guardiola-makes-verbal-agreement-join-Juventus.html
Pedro I accept Monchi’s CV but what has he really done at Roma? It seems he’s left the club maybe because he was going to be let go anyway. We have a propensity to hiring people who have been fired or about to be pushed out of their clubs, such as Sven and Raul. Throughout my time in management, as a business consultant and running my own businesses I almost never hired any key personnel who had been fired, laid off or had left their jobs on their own accord without thorough due diligence on them. I would, however, hire… Read more »
If we hire Monchi it’s a clear indication that Emery is not a short term appointment but a medium term one at least. I’ve been disappointed in Emery but it is undeniable that he has a good and successful relationship with Monchi in bringing players through and selling them on for a profit whilst building strong cup sides which played attractive football. Wenger prolonged his tenure with Champions League football which brought the cash flow and revenue which kept Kronke happy. It appears that Emery looks to do the same through player development rejuvenation and sales. We are to become… Read more »
Tony. I’d rather Overmars. My gut feel is Monchi is yesterday’s man. I am not so negative about Emery. Most of the names you suggest there are nice on paper, but what have they actually done. I’d be more than happy to replace Emery with a manager that has a good record, but not one that has yet to make a name for himself. In any case, whoever is our manager has to make lemonade out of lemons. Our squad isn’t good enough. Whether it’s Emery, Allegri, Arteta or OGS, how would you fairly judge that person with the squad… Read more »
Leeds, if that approach brings Champions League qualification then great. So long as that in itself is a means to building up the quality and depth of our squad with the comparatively limited funds we have available. Which itself should be our plan to compete with the other big clubs for trophies and success.
The problem is, I fear the club’s ambition ends somewhere in the middle of all this.
Overmars with his links to the club and to the Ajax machine is by far the obvious choice…which is why of course Monchi is coming.
Limited funds for transfers was what prompted the club to build a new stadium so that we could compete with the best. That was in 2004. Now fifteen years later we are in exactly the same position. Sad that we sold our history and identity encapsulated in Highbury to basically stand still in a soulless box that is the Emirates. As I said before we should have been building on the advantage of Champions League football and a modern stadium but we absolutely wasted all that money on mistakes by Gazidas and Wenger. Now all our rivals are building modern… Read more »
Dissenter
What are you talking about?
It’s not disrespectful to Vieira if he’s got the requisite quality. It was a comment on the vying for an ex-player to take the wheel vs the most competent or talented.
Dead simple, I’m not interested in a fluff piece bringing back a great player. I want a great manager. That could be an ex-player, but there’s no prerequisite as was being mooted.
Pierre
Sorry I worded it poorly. Damage limitation was the right idea but poorly executed, as you say wrong players in wrong positions.
It was the right thing to try and keep them out as opposed to just carry on carry on as we did in previous years.
As I say I still think we will go through despite Rennes obvious danger on the counter.
I would have taken Vieira over Emery all day long not because he was ex-Arsenal, but because he understands the EPL and the importance of creating a foundation and style that we could all relate to. Some on here are anti Vieira because of his MC connections, which is absolutely ludicrous. His mere presence would have created a feel good factor which, whatever way you look at things, Emery was never going to do. I have a feeling that Emery will not last the course unless CL qualification is assured and If I’m totally honest, would not be a bad… Read more »
Nice to see Sarr destroy our right side the other evening.
At the moment it is hard to judge Emery’s competence as he has been saddled with a deficient squad. The first half of next season things will become clearer.
I’m with CC, as long as important jobs are filled by top quality applicants I don’t care where they’re from. That said, a PV 4/ Freddie combo with Overmars overseeing things would certainly have my support
( unless things went tits up of course!)
Leeds I think you’re being optimistic in thinking we can get top four through youth development and returning to the days of selling off our best players. What’s ironic of course is that’s exactly what wenger did for ten years. As I’ve been saying on here for years, top four on a budget is the extent of Kroenke’s ambition. Post wenger, he basically wants the current management to replicate what wenger did. The problem is that the league has become more competitive, so getting back in there ‘self sustainably’ will be very difficult. Also, arsenal fans expect more. Even if… Read more »
Whoever the coach is, we have to replace most of our defensive players.
– Koscielny, Monreal, Lichtsteiner -> old and slow
– Mustafi, Xhaka -> can lose the brain suddenly
– Kolasinac -> can’t defend
– Jenkinson, Elneny ->not good enough
I agree with the idea that perhaps PV4 would be a better fit at this point in time as arsenal manager, but succesful management is about a progressive and enduring period. Emery has a good track record…PV4 is possibly a potentially great manager as his captaincy was superb….a leader. But we really don’t know about Patrick yet do we.? Emery is a good tactical manager….if you analyse his formations and players, he normally gets it right..sometimes spectacularly. Maybe Emery lacks that scary hard presence that is required to get these Wenger duds to play out of their skins. That debacle… Read more »
CC It’s disrespectful because the comparison is Arteta who’s still yet to managers a club as head coach. Vieira has sojourned across two continents to ply his trade and is doing quite well. NYC FC haven’t recovered from their post Vierra slump and he clearly overachieved there. He’s taken Nice from relegation place to within striking distance of a European qualifying spot. All the while, your point of reference for that ‘give me someone with ability in spades” comment is still in a safe nest, away from the realities of day-to-day head coach’s experience. Please don’t tell me Arteta wasn’t… Read more »
Krone keeps wallet
Certainly Auba look disenchanted.
Some of the players are showing the classic signs of TMFISD.
Too Much Fudging Information Stress Disorder.
Kroenkees wallet
Sorry, had to laugh at how the above came out.
Spell check couldn’t cope.
Apologies.
PV4 has taken Nice from 8th last season to…. wait for it…. 8th.
I think PEA was still affected on Thursday by his penalty miss. Hopefully a goal will put a smile back on his face. Don’t think his obvious unhappiness on the bench was anything but a natural reaction to not playing well after a difficult week.
Auba is utter tripe these days. He can continue his look of disenchantment when Monchi frogs him to wherever.
I have a feeling one if him or Laca will be sold anyway…
*flogs
Qna
Thanks for the correction
Didn’t they sell thier best players last season ; Allasana Plea and Seri?
Didn’t they just dispense with Balloteli who was a leading goal scorer.
You don’t Vierra is doing well in France?
“Please don’t tell me Arteta wasn’t the point of reference. This was no hypothetical argument – it was about Arteta because he was the one being discussed at the time you made that comment.“ How about you don’t tell me the subject of my commentary, and I’ll go ahead and be the one to define what that is.. The point was made in reference to talk of Vieira, Freddy, Overmars, even Thierry previously. This wasn’t an Arteta comment as much as you’d love to moan about it being one. It also makes no sense to claim as such because I’m… Read more »
One thing I admire OGS: he is brave to play so many young players in a Champions League “do or die” game. Everyone can see that Saar was toying with Monreal all night long. Instead of sending in the young and fast AMN, Emery subbed in Kola. Auba was so shit the whole game, why not give Nketiah a chance. Our club can’t progress if we don’t give our young players a chance to progress.
CC
Oh I see….
Who’s this individual with ‘ability in spades’ you’re referring to?
I hope that ‘ability in spades’ is measured based on actual experience as head coach somewhere, not in liters of special sauce as assistant manager.
I’ll go back to reread your comments. Maybe now I’ll use a codebreakers manual to decipher them.
Nelson
I agree with that criticism of Emery
When faced with adversity, he resorts to the same failed players. He never takes a chance on the academy players.
He’s not helping our academy the way good manager are supposed to do.
That red card should have been responded to with 1-2 academy players because they’re fresh and full of running.
We are not going to promote good academy players the way he’s handling the team.
I think we’re beginning to see just why no one else was in for Aubameyang, and at 30…it’s downhill from here. Sure he gets goals but he does not influence games. His all around game is very weak. A show pony who’s actually a bit, pony. As for Lacazette. Again…phew, when this guy doesn’t score, he’s a passenger. Both forwards don’t have the tools to keep defenders busy which is why we’re so easy to defend against. For the £120m, I would want more or at least younger players who can either develop or have sell on value. I can’t… Read more »
Dissenter
Academy players are hungry while those established players are making millions like Auba and Ozil. They’ll never fight as hard as the young players.
Dissenter: You don’t Vierra is doing well in France?
I’m not sure. Is he getting rave reviews about his tactics or innovations. Has he differentiated himself from other managers. Would we even be talking about him if he wasn’t a former player?
He’s got the Nice job because of his name. He should get his next job because of his record as the Nice boss.
As a player he was the legend PV4. As a manager he doesn’t have that title. He’s just another guy.
Guns of Hackney That’s one of my peeves of Sven Mislintat I think his Arsenal record was low average at best When tasked with getting a striker to salvage our 2017-2018 season, what did he do. He went back to his club like a septuagenarian going back to recreate his 1965 number one single. He went back to get Auba at FULL PRICE. Dortmund squeezed every last drop from is for a player they no longer fancied. He went back to get that one striker who didn’t qualify to play in the Europa league. I openly mused why no one… Read more »
qna
Nah, he got that Nice job because of the work he was doing at NYC FC.
Just my opinion.
Dissenter. True. MLS is just a fertile breeding ground for managers. Who is the new NYC boss. Maybe he can take over from Emery.
Dissenter Agreed 100%. Perhaps Sven was on the take? £63m or thereabouts for a 29 year old that isn’t Messi or Ronaldo is crazy money. Especially when that player isn’t what you’d call a goal machine. I don’t really have an opinion on Sven or any of the backroom team. As I’ve said, for me the players and manager will win you the game, not the suits. But I appreciate the game is changed forever and now it’s a complete ‘team’ game all the way through the club but still…he’s a scout for god sake. Ultimately though you can have… Read more »
Auba has a gold plastic wrapped lambo ffs. I know footballers have a way of making cool things look bad, but holy hell. Remeber when the Bentley GT came out and there was that photo of the United training ground and about 9 players all had one…sales dropped like a stone! I have nothing against people flaunting their cash – it’s not classy but hey, so what. However, I remeber way back and the great Michael Johnson (American 200m/400m runner) rolled into the start with gold shoes and the commentator said “you have to be Michael Johnson to wear them”.… Read more »
Guns. I have been strongly against most of our decisions for a long time. Including, but not limited to, not selling Ozil, Sanchez, Welbeck and Ramsey with at least 12 months left. Buying Mustafi, Xhaka*, Laca, Auba and Sokratis. *I didn’t hate this one, but didn’t think he was worth that. Sok has proved me wrong, but still I think we should have gone 5 years younger. These mistakes have probably cost us as much as our stadium. But my main frustration is why are people surprised that things have turned out like this? The decisions were mistakes at the… Read more »
qna,
‘Dissenter. True. MLS is just a fertile breeding ground for managers. Who is the new NYC boss. Maybe he can take over from Emery.’
Lol
Funny enough the current NYC FC manager is Domènec Torrent, the long term assistant manager to Pep Guardiola who was with him until last season.
He was appointed on Pep’s recommendation.
This place really is full of clowns sometimes. Slagging Auba off over the colour of his car? Saying he’s pony?
How about he’s currently joint 3rd highest scorer in the league, tied with Kane who seems to walk on water and before anyone says Kane was out injured – Kane’s averaging 135 minutes per goal Auba’s 133.
If there’s a criticism it’s that we as a team aren’t providing enough chances for him.
Qna Ha ha. As much as the stadium! Probably…wages etc could get close. And that would be the ultimate FU to sanity. I’m at a loss. I really am. It amazes me that a club that must have fairly smart people in prominent positions keep making such terrible decisions. Even if you don’t know or like football, the business of making money, contracts and running a business is universal. We make it look like we’ve given an alcoholic the keys to the pub. This is a club that once made £22m on Anelka! We also sold a really young Cesc… Read more »
Marc
The car was a bit of fun. He isn’t a very good player and I think we’ve done a good job of explaining why.
Kevin Phillips once won the golden boot for Europe…yeah. He won’t exactly be on many people’s all time greats list.