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
Please not Steve Morrow!!
With him, there will be no toMorrow!!
(sorry)
Aleaxander
Who told you that that was “the guiding principle” at Arsenal? Have you had private conversations with the men who run the club in which they’ve disclosed this to you?
Oh right, you’ve just made that up.
I would say short term goal get back into the Champions League and improve the revenue streams what happens after that will be key to our future and our ambitions. For example back in the Champions League with an improved budget do the new guys fuck up that advantage like the previous manager or do they better plan for the future of the club and squad and maintain their position or even improve it. I don’t believe it’ll be just a case of getting to the Champions League and resting on our laurels or I’m not one of them who… Read more »
Just read that Ramsey has a thigh problem and PapaSok has an ankle problem. It is good that we have some time off. Hopefully, the whole team will be healthy by April and put up a good show for the fans. I can see that this blog will explode with so many games packed together. Hopefully, we don’t overextend ourselves as our squad is not deep enough to act like a top team.
Nelson
Hopefully those injuries are similar to the ones ManU players used to suddenly get before meaningless international fixtures and then it’s a miracle they’re cured.
Banford, You state in relation to Sanllehi, that: 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. I don’t understand how you adduce Sanllehi’s previous employment recorded on his CV as proof that the club’s “off the field” management has been “quite good”. It’s irrelevant when Sanllehi’s performance as an employee of Arsenal is evaluated. Can you please explain this assertion? Likewise, the success of Emery’s appointment is premature. Additionally, Sanllehi’s supposed key role in employing Emery is… Read more »
Dissenter and versus https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/02/02/mesut-ozil-contract-cheapest-option-says-arsene-wenger/ Excuse me for questioning your intelligence but this link you posted confirms nothing. It says absolutely sweet fa about wenger sanctioning Ozil’s contract, it is Wenger just giving his opinion of how things work when a contract ( Ozil’s in this case) is up and what the best options are. Versus ” The reality of what Wenger said from his own mouth is still there. Your answer is simply you avoiding the fact you really have no answer, because Arsenes own comments put you in the shits. ” Oops ..you’ve done it again …it’s a habit… Read more »
Pierre
Wenger was arguing that the Mesut Ozil extension at those wages was still value for money. He is quoted as saying that
It boggles my mind that a grown up like you will argue that Wenger was not in favor of extending Ozil at his 350k weekly wages when he’s publicly arguing that the said excessive wages makes economic sense.
I don’t only question your intelligence but your honesty.
Excuse me for questioning your intelligence but this link you posted confirms nothing.
I would say that the link to the independent article confirms even less and makes your argument and yourself look even more stupid if that’s even possible. His comments may not prove he sanctioned it but it proves he was okay with it and not as you tried to put it against the Ozil deal. We’ll just add it to the never ending list of fuck ups bad decisions and brain farts of Arsene Wenger as Arsenal manager. Or as I like to put it his autobiography
Essentially Pierre is implying that Wenger is a liar.
The implication is that he advised against the said extension in private with the BoD, even when he was assuring everyone alive that Ozil will stay… at the same time he was publicly defending the deal as good value for money.
Pierre reminds me of one of those poor saps that decided to drink cyanide with Jim Jones in 1978. He shared the dame bling faith and unquestioning allegiance to Wenger.
Dry your tears and proceed to the next hole of your golf.
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1102761/Arsenal-news-Monchi-director-of-football-Sevilla-Guillem-Balague-Unai-Emery
To quote again:
‘But there is a bigger question here than simply which well-paid football executive they are going to appoint. And that is what direction the club is meant to be going in.’
We lost our CEO, our new head scout and now we’ re being turned down in favour of Sevilla.
However, we should be jumping for joy because the owner’s son popped in for a chat the other week.
Apart from somehow persuading pops to part with some cash, josh kroenke offers absolutely nothing to arsenal football club.
Very interesting input there Alex. The direction and drive it seems certainly on the playing side is likely to come from the technical director. Very unfortunate that Monchi decided to go back home. And the club can hardly be blamed for the greedy and incompetent Ivan leaving us. I will say this about you Alex pretty much 95% of what you write is in reference to the ownership and that’s it. It’s an uncomely obsession at this point
Give it up dissenter
There is no evidence that he sanctioned Ozil’s contract , you along with versus are sounding desperate just to prove a point.
Maybe the next time I see wenger I will ask him if he sanctioned the contract to put you out of your misery.
If he says he didn’t then I’m sure Marko will believe him .
AlexanderH “Apart from somehow persuading pops to part with some cash, josh kroenke offers absolutely nothing to arsenal football club. C’mon man, that’s just balderdash..and I’m one of the folks that likes to read what you post Stan Kroenke turns 72 years old in July, Josh Kroenke is the future of Arsenal. It’s a good thing that he’s getting familiar with the ins and outs of the club. It seems that he will take a more active role than his father did. At some pint, one would expect that the old man will retire or at least semi-retire and hand… Read more »
Marko
I know I repeat myself but my position regarding arsenal remains unchanged.
The club will always fall short as long as Kroenke owns it.
We might be able to scrape into top four and win the odd cup in spite of Stan’s negligence, but that will be as good as it gets.
And that’s what wenger did for years anyway, isn’t it?
Pierre
I’ve provided a link to prove that Wenger thought signing Ozil at those wages made good economic sense.
Care to provide any reference or link to what you’re alleging, that he didn’t want him signed on those wages?
I won’t hold my breath while waiting for an answer.
Whether we like to admit it or not, so many negative aspects of our clubs operation leads back to our previous manager/regime.
Those if us that will never forgive( yep, me!) will bite on anything where fans blindly defend his actions and motives over the past decade or so.
My pov in respect to Wenger is therefore set in stone and for that reason I will never accept or agree with those posters who continually defend his corner. This is not being disrespectful, it is being honest.
Sorry for that.
Dissenter
Christ, is that what we’re left with?
The hope that Kroenke snr pops his clogs or retires and Kroenke Jr isn’t like his dad.
It’s possible I suppose.
Maybe the next time I see wenger I will ask him if he sanctioned the contract to put you out of your misery. If he says he didn’t then I’m sure Marko will believe him . You’re coming across as an idiot now and unsurprisingly you’re moving the goal posts. Whether he sanctioned it or not he was on board with the decision. His reasoning for it proves that you posting an article from the independent saying that he was against it isn’t proof compared to quotes from the horse’s mouth. Also who are you kidding if you met Arsene… Read more »
I know how you feel Alex but you come off as unhinged when you randomly spout Kroenke nonsense especially when no one is discussing the Kroenke’s. I don’t think they have anything to do with Monchi turning us down for Sevilla and us not hiring a technical director yet. I’m not sure they even know what one is. It’s Raul and Vinai who have the reins
Christ, is that what we’re left with? We’re not getting rid of our current owner unless they decide to up and sell so yeah the best we can hope for is the son giving a toss and the recent hires being up to scratch. That fact that we’ve gone from everything going through one man to actual people taking on different responsibilities is a good thing. I personally think the fact that Raul is admitting to needing a technical director because he can’t do the specific job is an indication that we are finally on our way to being well… Read more »
So basically, there is no proof anywhere that wenger sanctioned Ozil’s contract . I’m sure Marko and Dissenter have been frantically looking on line for a link as proof , instead they have settled for wenger’s comment of ” making economic sense” and Marko’s comment of “Whether he sanctioned it or not he was on board with the decision” .. Whichever way you look at it , it wasn’t the greatest piece of business in the world was it especially as we then hired a manager who has used every trick in the book to get Ozil to leave but… Read more »
Marko My post was prompted by the article in the independent, which was partially informed by the Monchi rejection. It rightly points out that there is a lack of leadership, direction and financial commitment at Arsenal. Kroenke is therefore ultimately to blame. There’s no getting away from that and pointing that out is hardly ‘unhinged’. What is unhinged however, is believing that arsenal fc can significantly improve-by this I mean actually win the PL orCL- through unearthing a coach with a magic wand or by employing a new director of fruit juice. I’m not saying you believe this, but a… Read more »
Pierre
Where’s your link to even suggest that Wenger didn’t want Ozil’s contract extended at those wages?
dissenter
Surely one should find proof that they did something not prove that they did nothing…
Alexander More nonsense from you. The Denver Nuggets have the second best record in the Western Conference and are only a game behind the Golden State Warriors, one of the best teams in the history of professional basketball. Care to tell us how Kroenke is holding them back? I thought you said that Kroenke-owned teams can never be anything other than mediocre? Also, as you know, the LA Rams made the Super Bowl. Care to tell us how Kroenke is holding them back? Again, I thought you said that Kroenke-owned teams can never be anything other than mediocre? I guess… Read more »
Pierre
The burden of proof is on you, mate. Every public comment of Wenger’s suggests that he was on board with re-signing Ozil at his desired wages, and given Wenger’s historical role at the club — power over nearly everything — the onus is on you to provide evidence that this wasn’t the case in January of 2018 or with respect to Ozil’s contract.
Further, given that Ozil hasn’t been all that great when he has played this season, your claim that Emery has something to account for because he hasn’t used Ozil at times is nonsense.
Wenger always insisted on being the highest paid at the club.
Very much doubt he had much to do with that deal. He was on the way out and he knew it.
“the onus is on you”
lol I’ve first read the “anus”… sorry.
Bamford defending Kroenke, Graham stating his anti Wenger stance, Marko arguing with anyone… good old Legrove….
Comment of day from BobN16, put one on my tab at the Shakespeare.
Someone is defending Kroenke ???
Bloody hell…
I hate those international breaks so much…
Sal, Auld Shillelagh, pint of Guinness, cheers!
… And there are still some people out there who think the Kroenkes have done a good job at Arsenal, rather like there are some people who think the moon landings were filmed I suppose.
Thankfully they are in a tiny minority.
I’ve said for over a year now that Pierre is a wind up merchant. And yet people still engage him and take his bait. Please stop feeding the troll.
The man in an unapologetic liar, there’s no two ways about it.
To him, Wenger exists as a deity exists to the religious. You can’t prove there’s no god to a theist, it’s literally impossible. Pierrot the clown here believes in Wenger the same vein.
Although I dislike agreeing with a super patriotic pro-America “Kroenke-can-do-no-wrong” sun worshiping drama queen like Bamford, he makes good points occasionally.
Ivan the terrible was responsible for the Ozil deal but Wenger put us in that situation in the first place he was okay with the deal his quotes suggest just that. The idea that he was against the deal however is tosh and something Pierre cannot prove
Luteo Guenereira
“The man in an unapologetic liar, there’s no two ways about it.”
Are you calling Pedro and Valentin a liar also as they appear to think I am correct.
I would say they are 2 very intelligent, perceptive Arsenal supporters whose knowledge of the game far exceeds anything you have produced .
If fact , I find it difficult to remember anything you have posted ,good or bad .
I would put you on the level of Redtruth and Highbury Legend when it comes to meaningful contribution on Le Grove.
Pierrot the clown
It’s a classic weasel move to try and throw other people under the bus with you. Not surprising but still disappointing somehow. I never mentioned Pedro and I don’t really have an opinion on Valentin as his posts are too long and I don’t read them.
Thanks for not denying that you are a liar though.
Also I changed my handle recently, figure it out or not.
Also Redtruth is a legend, you will not convince me otherwise. Besides the Messi troll period he went through he has been virtually correct about everything, terse as his contributions are.
Luteo
Agreed about Redtruth
Once despised by many ere, now growing to be a sage.
He was right about Petr Cech too
Also Redtruth is a legend, you will not convince me otherwise. Besides the Messi troll period he went through he has been virtually correct about everything, terse as his contributions are.”
Lmao,is this guy for real,I mean not like it’s joke Friday or anything.
Victorious
It’s like you heard my thoughts like a dog whistle and showed up, I was really considering invoking you in my last post, no joke. I was gonna say how Pierre is worse than Victorious because Pierre actually knows what he is doing. Vic you are just a thick dumb welching bin dippers supporting cunt that will never realize what a waste of skin he is. So you are forgiven for your transgressions due to stupidity.
Pierre
Why fall back on others to justify your opinions?
Pedro – “I very much doubt he had much to do with the deal” is not an intelligent perception.
Wenger was a part of it, in which case he was 100% responsible.
In my opinion.
You know my take on the subject
Graham, very unlikely and certainly not 100%.
That was Raul, Ivan and Sven.
Bamford defending Kroenke, Graham stating his anti Wenger stance, Marko arguing with anyone… good old Legrove….
And Bob doing what he always does, moaning about other posters. Good Old le Grove..
Redtruth is the truth. You all should know that by now.
Oooopsy…tough guy Luteo is triggered! Hilarious I don’t suppose you’re new here right? My guess is that you are a weird little angry mug and was binned for exactly that but has swiftly come back under another vomit inducing moniker to continue your shit throwing because that is all you live for I honestly think you’re going back to the bin in no distant time, that’s exactly where little angry fellas like yourself are meant to be, yea the trash bin You could prove me wrong BTW by behaving like a normal human being except I wouldn’t hold my breath,… Read more »
Pedro
Raul didn’t join us till after Ozil had signed his contract. Looking at the time line of Gazidas leaving and then Ramsey’s contract being yanked I wouldn’t bet of him being involved in the Ozil deal.
Umm no you plonk I was not binned. This is just another example of your intellect misfiring, you really are quite dumb. I changed my handle to avoid confusion because it coincided with the name of a player on the rise and sure to be a regular part of conversation should he come to England or during CL matches.
To me the Ozil deal was in the end a pure act of desperation, having already lost the only other big name that we had: Sanchez. As much as AW would have squirmed at the idea if having a player being paid more than he was, I suspect that he was dragged into agreeing due to the fact that we absolutely could not lose him because, otherwise, we would be losing face big time as a supposed big club. When you think of it, it is hilarious (well not really, but you catch my drift) that on the one side… Read more »
Don’t you remember? I’m the guy that shamed you into fucking off for six months because you welched on a bet. Still couldn’t keep to it. You’re a fucking joke around here. I take back what I said earlier. You’re below Pierre again.
Seriously mate. You wanted Arsenal to lose vs Liverpool to spite Emery, bet that you would fuck off for 6 months if we lost, and did not honor the bet after we drew. You sided with the bin dippers in the name of Wenger, and in your puny little mind that is justified. I would say I don’t know how you show your face around here, but I know exactly how, it’s quite simple. You’re too fucking dumb to realize how shameful you actually are.
I really want us to sign Brandt I mean like really bad.
Watching the Deutsche National Mannshaft. The team is very average. There is no midfield gereral. The striker, Timo Werner is average. Sane has also a bad game.
I have always wondered why Theresa May doesn’t just take the Brexit question back to the people.
Why doesn’t she just call for a second referendum?
Just musing out loudly. I know next to nothing about all the intricacies of the Brexit palaver
Got no idea how a person can assert any blame towards Raul for the Ozil contract.
Marko
“Got no idea how a person can assert any blame towards Raul for the Ozil contract.”
In the past Pedro had asserted that Raul would have been in the know even though he hadn’t come on board.
I find that ludicrous because that’s not how businesses are run. He wouldn’t have gone through HR procedures and had the initial orientation new employees get.
Marko
Brandt doesn’t do anything special in this game. Gundogan plays better.
Dissenter “Why doesn’t she just call for a second referendum?” Well firstly we’ve effectively had 2 votes. the original referendum and then a general election where 80% of the votes cast went to parties who were committed to BREXIT. The second major issue is if we were to have a second referendum what happens if the vote is 52% stay? Best of three, best of five? It would go on forever. We had a vote with the largest turnout we’ve ever seen in the UK. The EU are playing games we should tell them to fuck off, leave with no… Read more »
Nelson I’m talking in general he’s a top player can play on the left and has been deployed as an attacking CM this season and is flourishing for Leverkusen and perhaps more importantly he’s available and on the cheap this summer
Same song, observation not really a moan but whatever …..
Marc, Raul was definitely involved. He was annoucned late November, would have been talking to the club for months prior… then officially joined in Feb.
No way he wasn’t asked about the most expensive decision the club had ever made.
Marc I don’t think the EU is doing anything unexpected. I think the complete and utter fuck up is on the Brits end. They sold the British public on a fair amount of lies and scaremongering and convinced them it was easy and in their best interests to leave and it’s two and a half years later and they haven’t got a clue how to leave now it’s just one blunder after another. They should do another referendum considering how close the last one was and considering so many idiots didn’t know what it was that they were voting for.… Read more »
Marko
It is always difficult to establish chemistry in the national team. If I can pick someone from this team, I’ll choose Reus and then Sane.
Pedro we’ve had this conversation before and it just isn’t plausible that he was involved in the contract or could have convinced them not to give it to Ozil. He wasn’t even in the job and the idea that he could have stopped his boss or someone who’s been there for 20+ years not to give the contract is fanciful. Blame Ivan Pedro he made quite a few mistakes he fucked over the club then he left and now he won’t give you back your letterman jacket
@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 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. ”
😂😂🤣 Brilliant !!
luteo guenriara …next time you change your handle I would suggest calling yourself …… “a barrel of laughs” .
You make Marko seem like a pleasant person ( not easy).
Pierre
I’m plenty pleasant, I just call it like I see it. I called you a liar not based on this bit about Wenger and Ozil’s contract but based on your overarching presence and existence.
Have you got any golf tips? Depending on what you say I may choose to do the opposite, you fib-filled bore.
Pedro “Very much doubt [Wenger] had much to do with that [Ozil] deal. He was on the way out and he knew it.” Yeah, I don’t agree with this at all. One, Wenger’s shock announcement that he wasn’t returning to the club was on April 20th of that year, and when asked about the timing of his shock announcement, he said it wasn’t up to him — see the article below — so there is little to no chance he knew he was on the way out three months earlier, in January. Two, just two days after Ozil’s contract was… Read more »
Bamford, Wenger might not have known he was getting fired, but he knew the club were taking player purchases and contract decisions out of his hands.
He always tows the party line, regardless of his feelings.
Graham you are being I bit disingenuous as regards to Sanchez- refused MC and joined MU and became the highest paid player in the PL , earning upwards of £450 k per week. I am happy he is gone- purely on form. Even Mhiki has better return than Sanchez and that’s saying a lot.
It’s laughable how some people are lauding the “younger Kroenke “ presence one day a year and answering questions. The owner passing by for a tete-a-tete.
NW 9 gooner
I don’t think so.
Going to MU wasn’t his preferred choice.
Have to say this whole “who was responsible for the Ozil mega-contract fuck-up” discussion feels like a third-rate police procedural / murder mystery TV series. Or maybe even a boring game of Cluedo? So, whodunnit? Was it Wenger? The man who was in complete control for over a decade and a half, but who knows he was on his way out…. Was it Sanllehi? The Catalan wheeler-dealer from Barcelona, the man who was not yet employed by Arsenal, but who was talking to key Arsenal insiders, and was almost certainly on his way in (just like Monchi was…..) Or maybe… Read more »
So where did he want to go and why MU in the end? Money?
Words, agree, but it’s a boring day so we have to argue about something.
God, I hate the interllul
I agree with Pedro- Arsene was too much of a narcissist to allow anyone to earn more than him. I think ( my conclusion only) it was mainly Gazidis decision. A face saving decision in view of the utter shit the club had engendered in the Sanchez, Ozil fiasco
NW9 Gooner
When you think of it, Gazidis was the only one who could overrule anyone as he was indeed CEO. He had to be the one who pulled the trigger, or in this case his Mont Blanc fountain pen to sign the contract.
He had to save his, and The Arsenal’s, face in this situation.
What is so telling is that he knew that Ozil’s contract was a total fiasco in footballing terms when he overruled the idea of Ozil being an AC Milan player.
Man are you all bored or what..? My vote is Gazidis fucked us over with Ozil’s contract then .. said.. I’m Out of here enjoy… Y’all are missing the point though.. The point is Pierre is basically agreeing That Ozil isn’t worth the money and has set us back for… years.. Otherwise why not just argue he was worth it? Not only that because we signed Ozil to an outrageous contract… we couldn’t sign Ramsey who as it turned out would have fit in Emery’s setup perfectly.. And now… my bet is any DOF we want to potentially hire is… Read more »
Just watch the highlight of the 17-year old, Bukayo Saka scored two and assisted one for England Under-19 today. Saka is fast and runs like Sterling. His technique on the ball still needs some refinements. He has already an accurate shot ( much better than Iwobi). Hopefully, his future is with us.
So is Luis Campos for real then? Surprised Zorc hasn’t even been mentioned.
Wenger is 100% responsible for the contract situation re Ozil, suggesting that he “He always tows the party line, regardless of his feelings”, is extremely disingenuous when it was well known that he had full control of the club, right up until he was unceremoniously sacked. He pushed the Ozil deal through, it was on his advice, just like 100% of the other egregious decisions over the years. But you keep trying to re-write history Peter, the sheep will lap it up, I’m sure! Just to get the facts straight, it was Wenger’s decision to let Alexis run down his… Read more »
jasongms
Seriously
Why not give Wenger credit for Aubmeyang, Mavropanos, Guendozi, Sokratis and Torreira etc?
Since he is the all-powerful Wenger surely he had a hand in their signings? Surely scouting wasn’t just done after he left?
Or are we just playing a game of blame apportion.
In that case, since you are the game master, your decision is arbitrary.
Ivan hired Sven.
It was him and Sven who went and got Aubmeyang signing done.
They sold Giroud and Walcott to finance it.
But of course, they left everything to Wenger for Ozil so that you fans can shoot Wenger with it.
Man some of you guys are really determined.
I know his club record is good but every time I’ve watched timo Werner in a national shirt he has been absolutely awful
But we wanted a winger and a defender in January and got a CM who can play on the wings. As far as I’ve seen he’s not a real winger (not focusing on quality, I mean play style). He’s also pretty slow on the ball. What’s the difference between having Suarez on the wing or using ozil/Ramsey/mikki there? I’m not expecting miracles, but I don’t see the Suarez signing solving any problems (even slightly) He was cheap as chips, which was nice, but beyond that his value added to our squad is really close to zero. He’s just padding out… Read more »
Previously I have mentioned Luis Campos, Paul Mitchell, Sergio Garcia (head of scouting at At. Madrid) as potential technical director candidates.
Here’s a couple more:
Bergkamp (unemployed at the moment)
Guus Hiddink
Daniele Pradé (technical director at Udinese)
The Suarez signing strikes me as very wenger banter era
Loading our squad with diminutive AMs regardless of need or value
He might actually be a good player, he just seems like he brings nothing to the table to our club outside of squad numbers – in our most densely packed position
China
He’s squad filler, and adds nothing.
I’d rather give his spot to Joe W.illock…
Leeds true, but remember we’re at a stage where it’s either you sink or swim..Suarez is a low risk to enable willock etc grow without throwing them in the deep
Won’t Willock be twenty later this year?
He should be thrown “in the deep” now.
As for Suarez, he looks so disinterested.
Dark Hei @ 3.13
Completely pierced the rhetoric, good post. It’s mind numbing watching the selective praise and blame being dished up. Really lays bare some attitudes on here.
Can only echo others in cringing at Banford “loving” that a former manager features ‘low’ on a list of all time managers. What a weird thing to be elated by. Shows the total disconnect he has as an apparent fan of the club.
We are reaching the point in season when the club needs to make its plans for next season’s transfer market albeit that we do not have a technical director/head coach. Much will obviously depend on Arsenal’s formation as much as availability of players. My view is that Emery’s preference is to play three defenders at back plus two wing backs. For that reason I do not think that the club will go for the more expensive option of buying a winger. Looking at our current squad there are in my view eight or nine players who should be shifted out… Read more »
Emirates,
Agree with your statements that Emery has a preference to play with three at the back and wing-backs and that we may well not bring in a winger, and also agree with your FOR SALE list, except for Monreal, who is very likely to stay and play as part of the three at the back rather than as a wing back – so we would still need a left wing-back to compete with Kola as AMN and eventually Bellerin when he returns from injury can take care of the right wingback slot
ES
It is always good to have a plan B (4 2 3 1). Also if we sign a good CB and a LB, we can play a back 4 and one striker.
Complete nonsense. Arsene Wenger ≠ Arsenal Football Club, and plenty of London-based supporters here and elsewhere have nothing but contempt for the man. Not surprising that you would use this as an opportunity to attack non-UK-based fans, though. Very Charlie.