OUR NEW GOD
Sooooo, Denis Suarez is set to be returned from whence he came.
The pretty Spaniard has not made much of an impact. Not really surprising, is it? If you’re 25-years-old and a Spanish analyst says you’ve had one good 6 months in your career, the chances of you landing in the Premier League and bossing it like peak-Ronaldo are slim. It was an odd signing. Some might say Unai Emery’s very own Kimmy K moment. SOME I SAID. Calm yourself.
The real banter train that’s hurtling towards us this summer is the transfer market that’s being driven by a Raul and Emery combo team. The hope is that Sven Mislinatat left his password protected hard drive open and we’re raiding that beauty for all the tasty morsels.
If not, expect a smattering of rejects that are struggling at top clubs, exbestpals of Emery, combined with a touch of bizarre.
I cannot wait.
There’s an Italian journo linking us with Luis Campos, not sure if there’s any truth to that or it’s just that I’ve screaming his name like a 14-year-old fan boy at his first Boyzone concert… what a time that was… what a time. Miss you, Stephen.
The other item I was musing is this: Does Raul really want a technical director? He had Sven at the club and ignored him despite a pretty good track record. Part of me thinks he just wants someone in as a cover story so he can live out his Championship Manager dreams.
Ok… I’m not getting upset
*squeally tearful voice*
I just really miss Sven. What did he do that was so wrong? He was just here minding his own business, bringing in cool players and then he’s let go… LIKE A PIECE OF SAUSAGE DOWN THE DRAIN.
The AS Roma boss went to TOWN on Monchi.
“I appreciate that Monchi never set out to fail at Roma but I want to make something very clear; right from the start, I was very clear about the direction I wanted us to go in and that’s why we spent a lot of money bringing Monchi in.
“From the start, I said I wanted first class coaches, first-class performance staff, first-class medical staff, first-class scouting and recruitment and a first-class football organisation. I gave Monchi the keys to deliver that. I gave him 100% control to appoint the coach he wanted, to employ the assistant coaches and the performance staff, to manage the scouting and to bring in the players he wanted. If you look at our results and our performances, it’s clear that this hasn’t worked.
“In November, when our season was going from bad to worse and everyone could see that the coach was struggling to get a reaction out of the players, I asked Monchi for his Plan B should things continue to get worse. He had sole responsibility for football operations at Roma but he didn’t have a Plan B. That was November. He said his Plan B was just to keep doing the same as Plan A.”
Woooooahhhhh… we spent 10 years bitching about Wenger’s lack of a PLAN B.
That is quite the assassination from the Roma boss.
My big fear with Monchi was that we were buying a man adept at punching above his weight for a small team. I’d imagine, like in business, there are specialists that can operate well as specific sizes of business. He was very smart in cutting a market for himself with a small club that could act as a second life for broken players that were undervalued.
‘Come play in the sun, eat good food and drink wine. No pressure.’
I think he struggled when an instant impact was asked of him. Say what you will about Emery, he’ll only make it into the third year of his deal if he’s made substantial gains at Arsenal. Football is too quick to allow people to build empires without significant year on year improvements.
Monchi couldn’t crack it at Roma. He sold too many elite bodies too soon and he filled the pipeline with average.
That. Could. Have. Been. Us.
Now Raul has run out of contacts, perhaps it’s time to go back to the job spec and reassess what we really want from a Technical Director.
For me, the following:
- Someone who can work comfortably in the youth range, and in the 17-23 bracket
- Someone with a reputation for installing exciting coaches
- A person with a deep understanding of technology and data
- A true believer in playing the game the beautiful way
This is Luis Campos on the English.
“I think most English clubs don’t know how to recruit for an issue that I almost think is cultural as almost everyone makes the same mistake. English clubs really like top attacking players, yet to a large extent make them play alongside medium-quality defences”
YES!
Get him in.
Right, that’s me done. Off to a style guide meeting. Fun times. x
I thought Paul Mitchell specialised in hair products.
Pierre is the real “Wenger obsessive” on here.
We all know that.
Marko, I may be naive here but I would have thought being able to identify players to bring in for the right price is a separate role to selling players on.
The money men / negotiators can be left to get rid of players at the right price and leave the scouting to a Minslat type.
Graham, some people are far too reactive with their view on players…a couple of average games and the player is questionable. Torreira, understandably had a drop in form around Dec/ Jan and some are questioning if he’s all that, after performing fantastically well for 10/12 weeks. This is a 22 yr old who had never not had a midwinter break, apart from anything else.
He’s off to China for a couple of games but other than that, he’s not available until about mid April. Would like to think he’ll be fully recharged for the final push . Great young player.
“I thought Paul Mitchell specialised in hair products.”
DoF by day, hair stylist by night. He’s a football fan first and foremost, and does it out of the goodness of his heart. The hair stuff pays the bills.
On guendouzi While he undoubtedly has talent in the way he glides through the centre of the pitch all legs and hair like a cross between vieira and sideshow bob, I am concerned with his inability to ever find a final ball. It’s not like it’s once or twice, it’s seemingly every time he reaches the area he freezes and runs out of ideas. It’s not like he even makes the wrong choice, he just does nothing and gets dispossessed. Still it’s his first season and in a new league so I’ve been mightily impressed with him. Even more so… Read more »
Early in the season, Guen impressed with his tenactiy, energy and movement.
Later in the season, the grind took a toll and he did slow down… gone are the splitting passes to Auba etc. He now offers a wide body, who can slow down teams and some short passing. Creating, forget it…. helping to break up play, and tidy passes yes…
He will learn to develop his game. He needs better vision, and better decisions in the final third, which like UNNAI says, he freezes up
Reported by the independent that he hugely resented the sanctioning of the Ozil contract..
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-transfer-news-mesut-ozil-january-epl-premier-league-unai-emery-a8692366.html
Un ” I am concerned with his inability to ever find a final ball. It’s not like it’s once or twice, it’s seemingly every time he reaches the area he freezes and runs out of ideas. ” I would put iwobi in that category as well though he is improving. That is why players like Mhkitaryan and Ozil are crucial in the final 3rd , yes they may struggle physically but it has been proven by both players over their careers that they have the ability to play the right ball at the right time and not have a brain… Read more »
Yeah I dunno which one I’d believe the one where the independent says “Arsene Wenger is understood to have hugely resented sanctioning such a contract. It has left his successor with a problem.” Or actual quotes by Wenger justifying the Ozil contract. It’s a tough one cotton that’s for sure but I’m going to have to go with the actual quotes by the former manager as opposed to the independent understanding something.
Pierre
Brain freeze is endemic to young players. With time, this usually subsides.
Unless your name is Theo Walcott or Eboue-bless him
Leeds Yeeeah… I’m gonna go ahead and sort of disagree with you there (movie buffs?) “PEA – inconsistent but prolific goalscorer, on track to score 30 goals a season… not enjoyed at Arsenal since RvP left. Misses too many sitters but still an integral part of our attack. (SUCCESS)” One trick pony. Misses more clear cut chances than he actually scores. More pace than skill. A year from now, and he’ll be pretty much useless. (FAIL) “Sokratis – slow start but he has integrated himself into a good partnership with Kos… a no nonsense defender… adds experience and steel to… Read more »
Looks like it’s the poison chalice job…
Marko
This Mitchell guy… is he the one who spurs stole from saint only a couple of years ago?
If so why him bouncing clubs so quickly ,,,, money?
That is why players like Mhkitaryan and Ozil are crucial in the final 3rd , yes they may struggle physically but it has been proven by both players over their careers that they have the ability
This!
Just to add my £2 worth for me cause our two central midfielders lack discipline and go wherever they want that is a cohesion thing and a management issue but this is Guendouzi and Torriera first season also.so many factors.
We give away possession in the midfield like water at times it’s a joke. Hopefully next season we will see a better approach.
Same
I think Lucas should play deeper , just in front of defence no side by side with another mid.
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He has been playing to high up the pitch….
Players have roles not personal glory to achieve
The above, by the way, was Leeds and my assessments of Sven Mislintat’s work. Needless to say that we “slightly” disagree. I, for one, was not said to see him go. Granted, I expect a quality replacement and at this point it doesn’t look promising but time will tell.
*sad
If Chelsea and City do not somehow wriggle their slimey oligarch/Sheik sponsored arse out of a transfer ban, then you can fully expect Utd and Pool to make hay whilst the sun shines. Meanwhile we will be shopping for the likes of Dennis ‘not exactly Luis’ Suarez in LIDL.
We shouldn’t though. Stan should get his giant fuckoff checkbook out and buy our way to Premier league glory. We only need to spend about £150 mill and were bang in with a shout. He makes that in Interest every month, the tight septic, syrup wearing yankee cunt.
This is the first time for many many years that I am actually looking forward to seeing England play during the international break.
So many talented/exciting youngsters.
Rule Britannia !
Wenger gave interviews on BeIn Sport where without explicitly saying so, it was clear that toward the end of his tenure he had been sidelined by Gazidis with regards to contracts. For example he was OK with Sanchez running his contract and Gazidis overruled him. Regarding Mhikitarian swap, Wenger wanted Martial and was willing to give Sanchez plus 40 millions for Martial. Gazidis negotiated Mhikitarian. Wenger blew a gasket when he was told that Arsenal had to pay Mhikitarian a higher salary than what he was on at ManUtd. The worse is that we spend 50 millions later on for… Read more »
@Un Battle, On Guendouzi, I disagree. He still has the knack of playing the right ball forward His main problem is that he does not protect the ball well. When put under pressure, he can be tackled and lose possession in dangerous area. That is why Emery is now not playing him or playing much further up. Ball protection is a technical issue, he needs to learn to position his body in such way, leaning away from the ball toward the opponent, so that the ball is out of their reach without obviously fouling him first. His second weaknesses is… Read more »
Marko
“Yeah I dunno which one I’d believe the one where the independent says “Arsene Wenger is understood to have hugely resented sanctioning such a contract. It has left his successor with a problem.” Or actual quotes by Wenger j”
Now there’s a first …..Marko actually believing something that wenger has said, after all those years of disputing anything wenger has ever uttered , Marko now decides ( when it suits him ) that we should all behold to wenger’s words.
Who gives a fuck about Wenger anymore? If he wasn’t happy with the way Gazidis did business he should of grown some balls and walked. I’m fed up with all of this ‘let’s get the best backroom staff, scouting network, youth development bollocks’. Lets get rid of the overpaid dross and buy some world class players to support the thin veneer of class we have (Laca, Auba …, Torreria, Leno, Bellerin, Holding, Kozzer [for another year], Socratis.). Continue developing Iwobi, AMN and Guendouzi, Smith-Rowe. NOW is the time. Strike whilst the iron is hot and Shitty and the Chavs have… Read more »
Half of Guendouzi’s problem is he goes to ground too easily expecting a free kick but the refs are now wise to it .
Good player though and could go on to be top level due to what he has already achieved at such a young age.
Versus
“I’m waiting for pierres reply to dissenter. Wenger clearly said the opposite to what pierre stated. Will pierre apologise. Can we have a little accountability on this blog for a change.”
Oops…spoke a little too soon there didn’t you .
Martial was never on. 40 million and Sanchez wouldn’t have been enough
LMQ
We cannot spend as we need to sell all the fat rats taking up the budget.
Its the massive contracts that are killing our spend budget
@Marko,
Sanchez + 40 millions = 80 millions
80 millions was Martial price at the time.
Wenger wanted Martial and was willing to give Sanchez plus 40 millions for Martial. Gazidis negotiated Mhikitarian. Wenger blew a gasket when he was told that Arsenal had to pay Mhikitarian a higher salary than what he was on at ManUtd. The worse is that we spend 50 millions later on for Aubameyang. We could have gotten Martial as at that time Mourinho wanted him out and Sanchez was seen as an upgrade on Martial.
Haha this has to be one of the more roundabout “I could have signed him” Wenger classics I’ve heard.
Pretty harsh assessments there Upstate, that local IPA gone to you’re head.
Pretty harsh assessments there Upstate
It’s the cynicism only possible from Bills fan. Also he probably lives in Buffalo.
Sal
Not an IPA guy. I like a good lager. Stella is my go to beer.
Luteo
Buffalo is a shithole. Luckily, I live in Rochester area.
Maybe I was a tad harsh but truth of a matter, guys, Sven didn’t do that good of a job.
Dinner time. Wifey made chicken fagitas. Tequila and beer await. Cheers!
Pedro The real issue for me is that Arsenal are producing at the moment an awful lot of fairly meaningless “job titles” without any real clarity as to what is the role of the person being recruited is actually doing. We see that for example with the roles of Burgess and Shad Forsyth when we discuss fitness programme at the club. Now we are discussing Sanhelli being the Football Director, Emery being Head of Coaching of the First Team and suddenly we need a Technical Director as well. The reality is that the club needs at the moment a Senior… Read more »
United would never sell us Martial is the key thing to remember in that fictitious scenario
Upstate
We have that in common, IPA no mas I’ll take the wife beater any day over that.
Radeburger a big winner in my house.
Aubamazette
“I too have read that Wenger didn’t sanction the Ozil deal. He wanted him to stay but not on that money. It was gazidis that pushed it through.”
Please produce a link to this alleged article.
Well for one thing United don’t sell us players that they want. They were willing to get rid of the manager in order to keep players like Pogba and Martial from leaving. And he didn’t have 18 months left cause they exercised the option of another year. Also the butter wouldn’t melt in Wenger’s mouth routine has to stop he was genuinely incompetent for the last few years there the Sanchez and Ozil situations were examples of such
“That is why players like Mhkitaryan and Ozil are crucial in the final 3rd , yes they may struggle physically … ”
Except that Ozil hasn’t been very good in the final third for a long time now, and there are plenty of players with creativity, technique and vision — e.g., DeBruyne, Coutinho — who are not a liability physically. The notion that you have to accept a player being slow or soft if you want someone technical or creative is nonsense.
I’m ok with emery as manager for now but so far I don’t trust him in the transfer market
Not only did we sign Suarez for absolutely no good reason whatsoever but we are constantly linked with average, old players. Maybe he’s never actually been in for banged and nzonzi but the constant links scare me
I feel like emery can do a job with the players at his disposal but we need someone smarter making the transfers
Valentin “When asked about Özil’s salary, he pointedly retorted that he was not the one who decided the number on the paycheck.” Classic Wenger. He’s trying to have it both ways: he was definitely in favor of keeping Ozil — if anyone would overlook Ozil’s deficiencies, it is/was Arsene Wenger — but he wants to distance himself from a contract that has become more obviously terrible with time. Bottom line is this: one, Wenger wanted to keep Ozil; two, Ozil was asking for a certain amount of money, a huge amount of money. Wenger might not have been in the… Read more »
* rather than pay him
Aubamazette not necessarily – that’s an overly simplistic view on money (more evidence that wenger can’t remember what he was taught in his economics degree) For example, what is ozil’s value to us right now if he was sold in the transfer market? No one has even come in for him. In real terms his value is actually pretty low and his on field performances have also been mostly really underwhelming this season. He also hasn’t been good value for his wages whilst sitting at home playing fortnite with back pains. On the other hand you can buy a 70m… Read more »
Not only did we sign Suarez for absolutely no good reason whatsoever but we are constantly linked with average, old players
We signed him as a back up. Emery doesn’t make the signings. What average old players are you specifically talking about? Surely not Grimaldo or Tagliafico or Konate or Ban Wissaka or Fornals. Heard we’re close to a 17 year old Brazilian too
Yeah, the notion that our choice was to re-sign Ozil at a massive salary or spend £60-70m on a CAM type is ridiculous on a number of levels.
One, quality CAM types can be found for a lot less than that. Look at what Tadic is doing, for example. How much did he cost Ajax?
Two, some would say that if you play 4-3-3, you don’t even need a #10 type.
Three, 2017-18 Mesut Ozil is/was worth £30m tops. The notion that you’d need to spend £60-70m to replace a player worth £30m is nonsense.
France Football’s writers and editors have placed Wenger 32nd on their list of all-time best managers. He is behind, among others, Simeone, Klopp, Hiddink, Chapman, Van Gaal, Mourinho and Ancelotti. Putting Zidane ahead of him is a bit silly, but the rest is probably right. I love it. I really hope Wenger is well aware of this.
We didn’t need Suarez as cover. He was a really odd choice
We had defenders dropping like flies and zero wingers and we signed like a 5th choice AM. One who hasn’t done anything of note at that
Banega and nzonzi have been linked to us over and over. I don’t know how much truth there is in it but I don’t want these two ‘average and old’ players as I put it
What makes you think Suarez wasn’t anything to do with emery?
China I just said he doesn’t make the signings which he doesn’t. We signed Suarez at a time where Ozil was shit Mhiki was injured or getting back from injury and Ramsey wasn’t playing much. Simply put he’s back up and his transfer has honestly not hindered us in the slightest. As for the Nzonzi and Banega stuff it’s just regurgitated rumors
“Tottenham fans have been left in disbelief and furious that their first game at the new stadium against Crystal Palace will not be on television in the UK. Instead, Sky Sports will be showing Manchester City’s clash with Cardiff at the Etihad on the same night.”
Well done Sky.
Who gives a shit about their shitty new stadium? And anyway, maybe they should have got it completed on time rather than mismanaging the project and no doubt being cheap.
Should be a good UEFA cup venue for next season.
B10
“and in at number 32”
I wonder why no job offers have been forthcoming?
It’s quite amazing how the Spuds new stadium looks like a Twyfords toilet seat from up high.
I believe that within five years there will be substantially more British players playing in the EPL.
The talent at youth level is quite frightening.
Graham, it will also be a good sign if more British players are to be found in overseas leagues. Both because it doesn’t make sense to have too much money sloshing around in the Premiership and spiralling up salaries for mediocre talent and because it would enrich the skills and capabilities of our national team.
Moray
Agreed.
Teams and Associations on the continent have started to sit up and take notice of our younger generation of players.
Gareth Southgate deserves our utmost respect for what he has done over the past few years to help develop our younger players.
graham
southgate was just at the right place at the right time. Credit should actually be given to the clubs for developing the youngsters, namely, spuds, city and Leicester.
If city hadn’t sold hart, England would still be playing that buffoon in goal. If Leicester didn’t win the title, the likes of vardy and Macquarie could get no where near the English squad. England have never taken advantage about young, good players in the smaller teams, they always wanted the big names.
Let’s make it perfectly clear, just to avoid any confusion. Sanchez wanted to leave Arsenal because he was pissed off. He wanted to go to MC but because of our shambolic regime at the time, that fell through. This cost us a wee bit of money and although we got HM in return, can we honestly say we got a good deal. MU would never sell us a player they wanted to keep. We, on the other hand, have always done the complete opposite. There are many reasons why it hasn’t worked out for Sanchez at OT, but I’d take… Read more »
Anyone that thought that chump, Sanchez was any good should be immediately sacked. What did emery see in him except a warm body that said “I’ll sign this guy on loan to improve the team”. Emery couldn’t find a street walker in Amsterdam.
Sack him now.
gonsterous
You are obviously unaware of the amount of time and effort GS has put into the youth set up over the past six years. He has been the catalyst for change.
This whole noise around Suarez is a bit silly, why do people forget that he is here on a loan with no obligation to buy. We are spending at most about 900k on the chap on salaries if we keep him for 6 months. Also, emery is on record saying that he wanted a defender and someone to play the wings during the window, as it so happens we didn’t have 2 pennies to rub together and could only manage a backup AM, that’s not on emery, that’s on the club being unable to pay loan or transfer fees. Infact… Read more »
Sid
“Reality is Ozil, atleast on the form of last 2 seasons is an average player and a lot of players from the 30-50 range will give is far more that what he does.”
https://www.dreamteamfc.com/c/news-gossip/372787/mesut-ozil-is-the-third-most-creative-player-in-europe-this-season/
Not bad for an average player last season.
” …we’re raiding that beauty for all the tasty morsels”
Super. what an analogy!
Marko “China I just said he (Emery)doesn’t make the signings which he doesn’t. ” Personally,I think it is ridiculous to assume that the manager of a football club doesn’t have the final say as to who comes into the club . Emery doesn’t seem the type of person to select a player that doesn’t suit his style of play ( Ozil the exception as he realised his mistake in freezing him out) so if Marko ( and a few others) are correct and all new signings ( including loan) are not made by Emery then that is a policy that… Read more »
yes, get him in
Bamford “France Football’s writers and editors have placed Wenger 32nd on their list of all-time best managers. He is behind, among others, Simeone, Klopp, Hiddink, Chapman, Van Gaal, Mourinho and Ancelotti. Putting Zidane ahead of him is a bit silly, but the rest is probably right. I love it. I really hope Wenger is well aware of this.” It depends how you look at it …32nd all time best is probably in the top 5% or so in history . When you say”I love it ” does that mean you are proud of the fact that we have had a… Read more »
Nah that “I love it” quip is because Bamford is a massive cunt…
Graham
I am in agreement with you regarding the English players coming through and the fine job that Southgate is doing.
I like the fact that he is willing to trust the young players ..
Not many managers would put Jordan sancho straight in the side plus adding Hudson odi to the squad despite him not starting a premier league game shows that Southgate is willing to back his judgement.
Your opinion on Alexis Sanchez though is frankly a load of waffle.
GOH
“Anyone that thought that chump, Sanchez was any good should be immediately sacked. What did emery see in him except a warm body that said “I’ll sign this guy on loan to improve the team”. Emery couldn’t find a street walker in Amsterdam, sack him.”
Many on Le Grove are of the opinion that Emery has nothing to do with the signing of Sanchez…
Arsenal have now got a very problematic run in for the rest of the season with scheduling which could well sabotage our season the direct result of UEFA favouring Chelsea in Europa Cup and Television also handing us unfavourable schedule with too many games close together. My concern is that the three injuries to Welbeck, Holding and Bellerin plus the fact that Mavropanos is not registered for Europa Cup means that our squad is waifer thin. The situation is also not helped by having another four players who are unlikely to be selected to start in any game this season… Read more »
Bamford
Any organization no matter who they are who has Klopp ahead of Wenger in a poll shouldn’t be taken seriously, Klopp would do well to have half the impact Wenger had in his prime. The fact that we all wanted him gone for a long time doesn’t take away the man’s achievements in the game
Emirates
It’s not like we have to play every 48 hours and this wouldn’t be the first time these players have had to play games that close to each other, not going to be an excuse I’m afraid
ES Looking at our fixture list next month doesn’t make for pleasurable reading. I know it’s been mooted on here to stay in both competitions but with the squad depth/injuries we may have to prioritise one. I would favour the Premier League. We have to win our home fixtures as that is where we are strongest, and pick up at least two victories on the the road as I initially projected that 76 points would be enough for CL football but I’ve come around to the thinking that 75 will do. That means that we can lose I think 3… Read more »
The plus is that the sides around us will all drop points as well.
Emery is the new tinkerman and has chopped and changed the side frequently, this may be beneficial in our run in.
Batistuta
We have six games in 17 days between April 7th and 24th. Leaving aside the
two difficult games against Napoli none of the others are exactly a doddle.
If you have such a small squad of players available assuming that we have
no further injuries or suspensions it will be difficult to maintain momentum.
Leftsidesanch
I made the case two weeks ago that 75 points would probably qualify for a top
4 place in EPL. That means dropping a maximum of 9 points from remaining
8 games.
Our problem is that we have five quite difficult away games including against
Wolves, Everton and Leicester who are not exactly a walkover. Arsenal have
got a decent record against Leicester, but I think that the other two fixtures are
problematic in their backyard.
Oh to clarify I have no major issue with Suarez per say because he’s practically free. It’s more that the sum of an entire January was him – a player who is roughly 4th choice CM the hen we have zero wingers and had no defense was baffling
Suarez plus a defender or something would’ve carried some logic at least but Suarez by himself was kinda pointless imo
Signing only Suarez would be like walking into H&M and buying a scarf when you’re already wearing a t shirt, jumper and coat but aren’t wearing any trousers hahah
I would be looking at the games against Burnley and Leicester away. The Wolves, Watford, and Everton game (depending on they’re mood) are ones I’m not so confident about.
If we can get at least a point in the tougher away games then we’ll really help our cause.
I suppose, Graham, that RVP was having your respect, him too, when he betrayed us by signing to Manure ?
Alexis Sanchez helped to bring about change.
Highbury Legend
What do you think?
In his own way, he also questioned the regime.
PierreMarch 19, 2019 21:40:55 Versus “I’m waiting for pierres reply to dissenter. Wenger clearly said the opposite to what pierre stated. Will pierre apologise. Can we have a little accountability on this blog for a change.” Oops…spoke a little too soon there didn’t you . / Sorry missed your reply as i was too busy having a life. You still didn’t and haven’t replied or answered dissenters post where he has actual quotes from Wenger. You decided (quite ridiculously) to throw up some article from a unreliable two bit newspaper journo. The fact you scoff at Marko choosing to believe… Read more »
Graham, in a way, you’re right… but still, it was very hard to swallow.
+ at the time, if he questioned the regime, that has changed absolutely nothing.
China1
There’s nothing baffling about the Suarez deal
We wanted a winger and a defender
We didn’t have money and were restricted to loan signings with no obligation to buy. That’s a very difficult proposition to make to any player we were interested in; move to London for 5 months but we cannot guarantee that we will keep you!
We kicked every tire that was attached to a vehicle..it just didn’t happen. I don’t recall any defender signed by any club in the January transfer window..
Emery was candid about the lack of funds
Versus
Pierre was a Wenger devotee
Everything he writes here is borne out of vindictiveness. He is still mourning the exit of Lord Wenger.
Be gentle on him
So so naive. It was because he was “South American” Lol!! Do you have any idea how ignorant that sounds? Wenger made the same assumptions. You are amazing. Just come out and say it. It’s really not that difficult. Alexis wanted to leave the club because he was fed up and wasn’t prepared to sit back and accept the status quo. Oh yeh, why didn’t he go to MC? What stopped this move going ahead? It’s so simple on Le-grove. You either wanted change or you didn’t. So, in respect to your perception that I can’t “pigeonhole people into two… Read more »
All those players that were worth their weight in gold and left the club over the years, left for the same reasons as Sanchez.
They were also fed up with the “regime”.
Don’t deny it.
The issue with Sanchez and also for that matter Ozil as well is that Arsenal allowed both contracts to run down to the final six months. It was blindingly obvious that Sanchez had absolutely no intention to stay at Arsenal and would not sign a new contract whatever the terms. Ozil was a slightly different situation, because no other clubs had made any bids for his services. Arsenal were faced with the prospect of losing their two star players at same time. When you factor in that Szczesny was sold for just £10 million to Juventus and both Ramsey and… Read more »
The world is FLAT ??
WTF ?? lol
Pedro
On the pitch arsenal are doing better than most people thought. All credit to Emery for that despite your misgivings.
Off the pitch It’s all looking a bit off the cuff don’t you think?
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/arsenal-news-monchi-sporting-director-unai-emery-raul-sanllehi-a8830786.html
DissenterMarch 20, 2019 10:20:53 China1 There’s nothing baffling about the Suarez deal We wanted a winger and a defender We didn’t have money and were restricted to loan signings with no obligation to buy. That’s a very difficult proposition to make to any player we were interested in; move to London for 5 months but we cannot guarantee that we will keep you! We kicked every tire that was attached to a vehicle..it just didn’t happen. I don’t recall any defender signed by any club in the January transfer window.. Emery was candid about the lack of funds Exactly right.… Read more »
Apologies if I’m repeating what someone else has already stated, but the fact that Wenger made the re-signing-Ozil-at-big-wages-was-less-expensive-than-the-alternative argument proves two things: one, he was totally on board with re-signing Ozil at a massive salary; two, he wrongly believed that Ozil was still a 60-70m caliber player. He wasn’t.
News is that Arsenal playing safe and mediocre and signing good old SteveMorrow from Youth Academy to be new Technical Director.
What attributes he has…. Valentin ?
Everyone wanted change, some far more than others.
The problem was that those fans who wanted change in the last two years of Wenger’s tenureship, we’re just a few years behind those of us that saw the writing on the wall many years earlier.
The irony of it all, is they saw too.
Never mind.
Emery was hired “off the field,” and given we’re doing reasonably well on the field and given he had a very good CV, it would seem that some of our “off the field” management has been quite good. Sanllehi was hired “off the field” as well, and given the role he had in bringing Emery in and given the quality of his CV, it would seem that some of our “off the field” management has been quite good. And I’m not sure you noticed this, but the younger Kroenke was in London for our last match and took questions (from… Read more »
I’m liking this Versus.
Asoa
How do you know that Steve Morrow is “mediocre” at what he does or at what he will be asked to do? Please explain.
To quote the article in the independent, arsenal fc may well seem ‘rudderless’, but that’s a bit harsh.
There is a guiding principle at Arsenal:
Get top four and do it on the cheap.
Emery so far is on course to achieve this.