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The race for #Top3 is no longer a dream, it’s a fat slab of steak on an unguarded BBQ in a neighbors garden, can you taste it? I can…
I don’t care what anyone says about the quality of that Newcastle team, they set up solidly, they can beat big teams and before last night, they had conceded the same amount as us.
That was a banana skin and we absolutely passed it by without a slip.
We dropped a whopping 600 passes across the night, the manager elected to play MG and Ramsey at the base of midfield and the two of them controlled the game. I thought Mesut was menacing, dropping in and out of the game, adding that touch of class we missed earlier in the year.
The Welshman opened the scoring after capitalising on some lost control from Lacazette, his swept shot easing past the Newcastle keeper.
The last goal was a thing of beauty, a very messy one-two with Auba saw Lacazette slipped in on the 18-yard box, lobbing the keeper with a lovely half volley. He really has come on leaps and bounds. He does SO much dirty work for the team, he never stops, and he’s becoming more and more decisive as the season goes on. I love him so much. He’s also well cool… like, oozing in something I don’t have. I want to be him.
I thought AMN had a very solid game, he genuinely looks like competition for the injured Bellerin. What he lacks in final product, he more than makes up for in work rate and defensive work. He was savaged by some of the fanbase earlier in the year, I hope they are all scrubbing their DIRTY DAMN MOUTH HOLES… he’s a player.
Ramsey was a total beast. He’s wearing the captain’s armband and he’s performing like an absolute model professional. He’s the guy in the HR videos touching below the elbow. He covered the ground, he bombed forward, he looked out for MG and he produced the goods. What a good player we’re losing, but fuck it, I have to get over it and move on.
The only moan I’d have for the evening would be the empty seats on TV. Are people really not showing for Arsenal when we’re playing well? Seems very odd. But it might just have been my TV. If it’s not, is it a deeper issue with the oversaturation of football in an increasingly connected sports world? A question for another day my friends.
ONE MORE MOAN. Anthony Taylor was f*cking awful. He’s going to be shite, even with VAR. Terrible decisions all game.
The race for top 4 is well and truly on. Spurs have 5 games at home, 2 away, we are the reverse. United are prowling, and don’t write off Chelsea.
We have not been great away from home this season, our next batch of games are exactly the sort we could switch off in, so we’re by no means guaranteed to drive this home.
Now it’s all about the manager. How well can he motivate? How can he manage training to preserve energy? Can he bring maximum insights to all his game plans? Can he continue to defy the laws of hairstyling by using weapons-grade hair gel?
If he does, we’re looking good.
The great thing for us is we have two chances at CL. Europa and Top 4. I’d say top 4 is looking more likely, but let’s see.
A really great night for Emery, and super exciting that we’re in the mixer for this after such a drab post-unbeaten run.
COME ON ARSENAL! 10 PREMIERSHIP WINS IN A ROW! x
Guendouzi has not regressed, he has been found out. He has two major flaws in his game and now teams are adjusting to it. The first flaws is that when he receives a ball with his back toward goal, it is possible to nick it away from him. Could be technique or lack of spacial awareness. Personally I think it is a question of technique. He leans forward instead of backward with an arm ready to keep the opponent at bay. Compare that with Pogba and the difference is clear. Leaning forward allow him to turn more quickly but that… Read more »
One can’t emphasise the importance of top 4 this season- and champions league football: 1) The £100 million additional revenue. This new largesse can rectify – the mistakes of the past. And get us back us a PROACTIVE track as opposed to always being REACTIVE. 2)It will mean- No more dreadful Thursday night Europa Cup garbage to suffer – which in turn decimates the weekend fixtures. 3)It means a major rival ( spurs or Man Utd suffer financially as a result… and in spurs case- DiRE consequences financially. 4) with the expected transfer Bans of Man City and Chelsea for… Read more »
Guns you continue to amaze me with how much you continue to deteriorate as a serious person. Nothing you say can change how you are viewed around here. it’s one stupid thing after another followed by an attempt at humour because you’ve embarrassed yourself I don’t even know why you bother. We all love a good laugh but you’re the village idiot around here. I would suggest that you try to actually engage in serious discussions once in a while
Griezman is well known to only play well with a big physical striker who can take the focus off him and let him roam free.
Barcelona should not be interested in him if that’s the case.
That is exactly the reason why Griezman decided against joining them. Plus the fat contract he got offered by his club.
4) with the expected transfer Bans of Man City and Chelsea for systematic cheating- allows us a tilt at next season’s title.
5) possibly allow us to revoke Rambos contract. AND re sign the player
I stand corrected guns is not the biggest idiot around these parts
Personally, I think before we buy another RB, we need to address our more pressing issues. Namely, LB, CB, and a winger. Bellerin is coming back next season, AMN can do the job, and I hope Chambers is not sold in the summer. He can slot in there as well.
For a supposedly quality player Ozil should be having far more impact than the odd decent game.
5) possibly allow us to revoke Rambos contract. AND re sign the player ..
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What?
Leave it out.
Guns, take a day off your all over the shop today
“5) possibly allow us to revoke Rambos contract. AND re sign the player”
WOW
Griezmann at Sociedad didn’t need a target man to play off of.
The Ryan Fraser rumors are gaining traction
“Guns, take a day off your all over the shop today”
Take Charlie George with you
You both need a lie down
Giroud barely plays with Hazard. I’m not sure that’s relevant. I did not say that he was playing often with Hazard, just that Hazard has stated that he loved playing with Giroud for the reason that I have mentioned. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11499260/eden-hazard-calls-olivier-giroud-the-worlds-best-targetman-after-performance-in-chelsea-win Look if France can’t find another way to play than to continually pick Giroud then going forward they ain’t going to win shit because he’s nearly finished he’s nearly 33 and barely playing. How often he plays for his club is irrelevant. What is important is how well he plays for his national team. Giroud has already stated his desire… Read more »
You don’t think we can’t win the league, next season??
We are third currently…
And most of the season- not played 2 of our better players( ozil and rambo)
And hector has missed half the season too.
Just imagine- had they played all season?
Off course We Can Win The League Next Season….
Let’s hope we revoke Rambos contract – make him Captain
And he inspires is to title glory., next season.
Anything is possible.
Leicester City won the League, Marko
Don’t be a loser!
Valentin
“The second flaw is that he has no diagonal play, especially no long diagonal play. Xhaka is a specialist of the long diagonal ball to quickly change the point of attack.”
Like Xhaka is the complete player.. lol lol
Chambers at RB? Absolute desperation. Can’t play CB (his natural position) can’t really play in midfield and has never been able to play RB. I don’t know why people are trying to make Chambers a thing because he isn’t and he never will be at Arsenal
Guns is really struggling today. What next – the earth is flat or Father Christmas is real ?
CG
What do you mean revoke Ramsey’s contract? We can’t revoke the deal he’s done with Juve – he’s signed a contract with then which might have a clause re passing a medical but we can’t do anything about it.
@Redtruth,
I never said that Xhaka is the complete player. However he is not completely useless and one of his good point is his ability to quickly switch play with long diagonals.
I am just saying that MG needs to learn that skill to improve his game. He could be learning that from Xhaka.
I did not say that he was playing often with Hazard, just that Hazard has stated that he loved playing with Giroud for the reason that I have mentioned. No I know that but the implication was that he plays better with Giroud which I’m saying isn’t true because he’s played well without him and they don’t play that much together anyway. How often he plays for his club is irrelevant. This is obviously true it’s just grossly unfair to the club exploits of Lacazette and Ben Yedder who’ve been brilliant the last few years. I mean Ben Yedder is… Read more »
Xhaka’s weaknesses far outweigh any strengths he supposedly has.
Let’s hope we revoke Rambos contract – make him Captain
One I don’t think you know how contracts work and two and most importantly the statement doesn’t make sense. I mean at all. Do you mean revoke the contract he’s signed with Juve? Or revoke the last few months of the contract he has with us?
Herrera and Mata to PSG and Barcelona it seems. There’d be uproar if we were signing them. I’m actually glad. And now I wouldn’t class them as elite either
Ok, apologies, I’m gonna have to do this from memory, so will inevitably miss out on details and nuances on the Telegraph/WyScout article on Emery’s “Technical Revolution”. In summary, and from what I can remember: 1) relative to the same time last year, Arsenal’s shots on targets and our expected goals stat have gone down significantly; our shots taken stat compares to teams in mid-table and and the stragglers. notwithstanding that, our goals scored column is significantly up relative to last year. 2) this is partly due to outperformance by Auba (minor) and Laca (quite significant) relative to their expected… Read more »
Marko Re: Ramseys Revocation of Juve Contract The club ,especially Emery should apologise to our longest serving player – for his treatment Accept he was wrong in his hasty judgement of him. Compensate Juve …. maybe offer Torreira at a discounted price. And Install Ramsey as Captain of The Arsenal. This would propel us to guaranteed glory.. and lift the fanbase mood immeasurably. Anything is possible.. Gerrard was going to Chelsea- until the last moment. Frank Macavennie actually signed for us- before changing his mind to West Ham. Fans should demand Ramseys contract reinstated. Regardless of cost… the club is… Read more »
Again Deschamps choice are based on two tjings: 1) tactic and formation. Ben Yedder does not play well with his back toward goal, so he can’t play the Giroud’s role. Ben Yedder is good, but he is not better than MBappe and I can’t see him playing with MBappe, Griezman except in a 4-3-3 that has been shown to not work for France against packed defense. Any other system will then require to either drop one out of Griezman and MBappe. Right now in the second configuration, Fekir is preferred. 2) ability to blend within the team in term of… Read more »
“Xhaka’s weaknesses far outweigh any strengths he supposedly has.”
Exactly. Same goes for Mustafi… except that he doesn’t even have any strengths. Between the two, I’m guessing we probably dropped around 10 points. Bottom line, I’d love quality replacements for both in the summer.
@Charlie George
April 2, 2019 15:24:49
In the long list of idiotic things that have been said on here over the years, this is the most idiotic of them all, its astonishing. I honestly hope for your sake you are just a troll.
Aaron Ramsey was offered a new contract at Arsenal which he turned down in order to leave the club on a free so as to make as much money for himself as possible, end of story.
Emery could replace Ramsey with hundreds of similar players.
We should be setting our standards much higher…..
CG
You are stark raving bonkers
CG and GOH speak with one voice.
I’d actually take Ryan Fraser over some of the more fancied names around here…Him and Brooks are pretty good, British plus know the league very well too… Fraser second highest assists this season i think, we definitely should be all over that as we need to spend a chunk of our budget on fixing that defence
lol Valentin, nice try…
Aaron Ramsey has single handedly got our season back on track.
Not the manager , not the other players.
Although -lots of them have played well.
His magnificent goal at Wembley against Spurs -has been the catalyst for our upturn in form.
The following week – he totally outshone the £100 Pogba.
We should be doing everything in our powers to keep this player.
On the big occasions- he always comes good.
And in professional sport- these players are priceless.
In my opinion- his goals,energy, team play, combativenes and class are irreplaceable..
Valentin
“Guendouzi has not regressed, he has been found out. He has two major flaws in his game and now teams are adjusting to it.”
This is one of those oops moments that you tend to drop here…and that’s from one who likes to read some of the stuff you post.
How can you find out a player who’s still developing nicely at the age of 20 years.
Not all intelligence is innate, most of it comes from tutelage and that takes time to bear fruit.The lad won’t be twenty for another two weeks.
CG
He’s already gone. Over, finished, done.
Ramsey is a headless chicken hence him always being substituted.
Emery figured Ramsey out quickly but he had tio tinker to get to the right result.
I specifically mentioned the tinkering because the usual pantomime actors were slamming Emery for tinkering with the marvelous ready to go squad that Wenger left him.
I mean who goes after a new manager for daring to tinker or changing the tactics too often?
The club ,especially Emery should apologise to our longest serving player – for his treatment
Accept he was wrong in his hasty judgement of him.Compensate Juve …. maybe offer Torreira at a discounted price.
You continue to show yourself to be the stupidest motherfucker on this blog
Words thank you for the gist of the article
Oh dear. His absence didn’t make CG any smarter that’s for sure.
Ramsey is gone, we can’t do anything about his contract with Juve you absolute fuckwit, and neither should we.
Won’t be that hard to replace him with someone that fits our team better. Although to be fair he hasn’t been that shit recently, we still need better and he’s not worth anywhere near the money he was asking for.
I’ve been yapping about the imperative need to sell one of Auba and Laca. No I’m not so sure. If we eke out a CL qualification, it’s better to just build around them. We would still need a winger- Ismaila Sarr or the lad from Bournemouth We need a center forward veteran who can hold up the ball and take on crosses. We need a young full back who can partner with Holding when he returns. Is Mavros that player? , one good game in 18 months does not inspire confidence. We need a left back so that Monreal can… Read more »
It is also worth noting prior to us pulling a contract offer off the table (around September I believe) Ramsey had refused many contract offers put forward. Technically we did all that we were willing to do to keep the player and therefore we went about things in the right way. The only thing that I can fault is that we allowed it to go down to the wire. We should have done more two years ago and when it became apparent he wasn’t signing sold immediately
Marko,
Thanks, but I’ve only really managed to partly capture what the analysis was saying. well worth a read if you can get hold of it if you can manage it.
The one thing I would add is that it really gave me the sense that we were being managed by a details-obsessed guy and his team, and that they really know what they’re doing.
I do hesitate to say that, given the risk of being labelled an Emery Ultra!
Dissenter, I had some sympathy for the view that we needed to sell one of Laca or Auba, given cash constraints etc, but more importantly given that Emery initially struggled to accommodate both of them in an effective line-up. Now he’s managed to achieve that, and with CLqualification more realistically achievable (but of course not at all a foregone conclusion), I’ve come to the view that it would be crazy to sell either of them. Between the two, Auba and Laca have contributed to just under half our goals, and the team does not look at all unbalanced when they… Read more »
Freddie L “””Ramsey is gone, we can’t do anything about his contract with Juve you absolute fuckwit, and neither should we.”””” Off course- we can do something. You can always do something..about anything… unless you are a defeatist.. If we match Juves contract- and better- I am sure we can get the player to stay Don’t you think- the way his is playing ( note his reaction to PEA last minute penalty miss) – he wants to stay? Players do not react like he did against Spurs if they wanted to leave? Is he on a mission to get us… Read more »
@Dissenter,
Maybe found out has too many terminal connotations.
I should not have said “been found out” but “know about him”.
Team were initially standing off him, but now that they know they can nick the ball off him, players are clearly under instructions to put him under pressure. He needs to adjust his game to that new attention.
Remember Wiltord and his turn. He was so one footed and always making the same turn, players wised up to his habit and started to nick the ball off him.
Marko, we pulled the deal from him… he was going to sign, then we yanked it.
Pedro
The deal was on the table for months if he wanted to sign on he had plenty of time to do it. Why did he wait?
CG
“If we match Juves contract- and better- I am sure we can get the player to stay ”
What if he wants £500,000 per week to stay?
Marc, from what I’m told, it was not sitting on the table for months, and he was going to sign.
Point here is this: why does it matter?
We negotiated with Ozil until the end of January.
Is there some sort of rule when negotiating that you have to sign immediately?
Emery didn’t fancy him in the end.
I think £250k a week is steep… especially if we are skint.
However, there is not blight on Aaron. He wanted to stay and wanted to spend some time with the biggest decision of his career. Can’t fault that.
CG
He wasn’t worth the money he was offered in the contract that we eventually withdrew so why should we offer even more now? That would be the stupidest thing ever.
Oh almost forgot who I was talking to, of course you want us to do the stupidest thing ever because that makes sense to you. Nevermind, carry on being a dumbass.
Thank you PedRo for clearing this up.
Emery didn’t rate Ramsey …. he wanted Banega … he was particularly hasty in his judgement of our longest serving player.
But To be fair to Emery- he has corrected this – by playing him recently.
Ramsey is playing like he still wants to stay
.
The club – regardless of Emery should make this happen. Regardless of cost- and embarrassment.
If fans- think you can replace players like Ramsey – they are deluded.
His goal at Wembley against Spurs from the halfway line was a thing of beauty..
Pedro
I have no issue with Ramsey, in fact I think he’s doing himself proud by showing a real level of commitment when he’s leaving in a few months.
As for using Ozil as a marker of previous behaviour – look where that got us. I think Ramsey (or his agent) was playing things out and Sanllehi pulled the plug after a deal being on offer for months to show the club will not be held to ransom.
Pedro
You have no way of knowing if Ramsey was going to sign a contract that was in the table forever until we yanked if away.
Not unless you’re on his management team.
Who’s more important Ramsey or Emery ?
Only Aaron and his agent will know whether he wanted to stay
Either way, the club owes him our gratitude for the way he’s managed himself all through.
I wish we had the decisiveness of Sanlehi when were dealing with the Sanchez and Ozil deals.
We have 63 points already with 7 games in hand. 63 is also our last seasons final total😜
But, sure Emery hasn’t had a positive impact 🤦♂️
Who’s more important Ramsey or Emery ?
Ramsey
Ramsey is keeping Emery in a job.
Aaron was always talented and hard working. His biggest problem was persistent injuries and then, perfectly understandably, taking some time to get back into his grove after coming back from injury. This seasons he has not been played in every match that he was fit for, hence less load on his fragile and hence the improved quality of his performances.
Ramsey kept Wenger in his job too lol
“Ramsey kept Wenger in his job too lol”
Comment of the year from Redtruth
FA cup final – 17 May 2014
Emery is on course to surpass Wenger’s best rally app f of 75 points in his final few seasons. Not too shabby for just £70m across two windows and his first ever season in the Premier League.
#IrrationalPeopleStillGonnaHate
RedtruthApril 2, 2019 16:48:08
Ramsey kept Wenger in his job too lol
Ain’t that the truth
#RedPill
Akkimaniac, The problem with Emery is that, unlike Wenger, who always had something to say and would no doubt be regaling us now with his views on Brexit and it’s potential impact on the Premier League, Emery doesn’t provide good copy to journos (and bloggers?). His limited grasp of English, and his determination not to say anything interesting about anything (including football and the form or otherwise of Arsenal players, will always damn him. As a journo what can you do with a statement like: “in the moment, we are working very hard in training and with tactics and every… Read more »
CG is back with his Spanish armada bollocks ..
Ramsey has single handedly got our season back on track he says?? not the manager!!
R u for real?
Didn’t take you long to re impose your obvious hatred towards Emery and try to get revenge for your cult hero who is still unemployed by the way!
What a troll!
Words
Completely agree with you but forget the journos. My posts were mainly directed at some of the posters here who berate Emery day-in day-out on here.
If fans- think you can replace players like Ramsey – they are deluded
Why can’t Ramsey not be replaced?
As a journo what can you do with a statement like: “in the moment, we are working very hard in training and with tactics and every match is important”? Pretty much the same response would be given by Emery whether he was asked about his views on how Özil played or whether he supported a second Brexit referendum…
Last time I remember that’s called keeping card close to your chest.
Why does Emery have to be a media darling. F dat. His results do all the talking.
Ramsey will do well at Juventus as well as he won’t always be an automatic starter when fit like during the Wenger years. Plus it’s a less physical league. He would be amongst the best midfielders in Serie A, stats-wise, during his time there.
For me Leno has been outstanding in the 6 weeks.
Looks much more confident and assured. He’s made some great saves also.
G8
If Emery gets Ramsey resigned- and accepts he was wrong in withdrawing his contract – I would be his biggest fan.
One of the reasons- I don’t rate our manager – is because he doesn’t rate our best 2 players ( Ramsey and Ozil)
Don’t you think Ramsey is playing, acting and performing like he wants to stay at Arsenal?
samesong/Akki
Don’t worry, I agree that results and performances matter much much more than the views of journos and the esteemed posters on Le Grove
I’ll give you the truth about Ramsey. It’s based on inside knowledge, otherwise known as common sense. The club was in negotiations with him. We put out an offer and his agents kept pushing it just that little bit further. We withdrew that offer. Happens all the time. Think about it this way. If our offer was actually accepted and signed, we legally couldn’t withdraw it. His side tried to grind and the club just said, ‘too bad, the offer’s off the table’. Let’s not forget that these issues are largely down to the players. Like Walcott (eventually signed), Ozil… Read more »
Great man-management from Emery to allow Ramsey to leave then bring the player back all motivated and out to prove his doubters wrong.
Bacary
Your analysis is interesting.
But by withdrawing his contract- meant we can’t sell him.
He walks a away for zero?
What other football club does that?
Is that common sense?
How much does it cost to replace him?
50£ million
75£million
100£ million
The truth is . Emery made a seismic error and didn’t rate him…
And i think Rambo is relishing the challenge of proving him wrong…
The player is acting like he wants to stay.
CG
“Aaron Ramsey has single handedly got our season back on track”
I think there is a wee bit more to it than that.
Emery is not responsible for Ramsey leaving.
The seeds were sown long before Emery’s arrival.
Emery is responsible. He didn’t fancy the player. He pulled the deal.
Charlie, I understand your point. Let’s not forget that Emery said upon starting here that one of his main priorities was keeping Ramsey. I think when it came down to it, Ramsey’s team wanted world-class money and we either thought that he wasn’t worth it or that we had greater needs to fill in our squad (or both). At the point where he’s in his final season, we were now competing with teams that were offering Ramsey huge signing bonuses plus a massive salary, especially in lower tax countries. I just don’t think you can look at the situation these… Read more »
Pedro-your comment is succinct but too simplistic.
Is there some sort of rule when negotiating that you have to sign immediately? No but there should be a limit on how long you wait for a response. I mean I highly doubt it was the first offer on the table so the notion that he wasn’t given enough time is ludicrous. I assume that we made many offers over a long period of time and he didn’t sign up. He wanted to stay and wanted to spend some time with the biggest decision of his career. Can’t fault that Again I personally don’t believe he did want to… Read more »
Emery is responsible for Ramsey leaving and more power to him for doing the right thing.
Ramsey loves the club, of that there is no doubt, but why blame Emery for a situation and state of affairs that was not of his making?
I’m sorry, but it beggars belief that some on here can’t see that.
Pedro
Emery didn’t fancy Ramsey?
After naming him as one of the five captains and singing his praises all the time.
The deal was taken off the table for financial reasons, this one is not on Emery.
Ramsey is leaving because of our ludicrous decisions prior to Emery’s arrival.
It’s no secret that we have a limited transfer and wage budget compared to the last 4-5 seasons. We’ve invested heavily in Lacazette, Aubamyang, Mustafi, Xhaka etc in the last couple of years. We were counting on Champions League money and our failure to qualify for the last two years is being felt now even with improved commercial deals kicking in.
It would be nice to have a more generous owner but we’ve known he’s the self-sustaining type since he bought the club and we’re powerless to change that.
Emery is responsible. He didn’t fancy the player. He pulled the deal. Unless you can prove it it’ll have to be put down to an agenda driven comment honestly. Because he’s not involved in who gets signed he’s not involved in who gets offered a contract he’s literally the head coach and that’s that. You say that Ramsey wants to stay and that he’s not because Emery wanted him binned while Ornstein says that he didn’t really want to stay because of all the contract offers that were made that went unsigned. One has a vendetta the other kind of… Read more »
And even if it was down to the manager (it isn’t) given the job he’s doing let’s actually trust in his judgement. Even though he won’t have much of a say in Ramsey’s replacement though cause he isn’t responsible for the signings. Be interesting to see who replaces him. Barrella? Joan Jordan? I personally would like Lo Celso
All this talk about Emery pulling the deal. He’s head coach and has input but not decision making power.
The timing is too convenient – look at the time line of Gazidis leaving, Sanllehi taking control and the deal being pulled.
Thank God Ramsey is off after this season. Bog standard player.
Marko doesn’t let facts get in the way of #Markologic
Facts are facts mate. Steve Rowley isn’t back at Arsenal and Eboue doesn’t have AIDS. Just facts you know.
Who are you by the way I can’t quite put my finger on it. Hardly aubergine unless you got slightly rehabilitated. Still a cunt though
Ramsey clearly ( by his brilliant) recent performances wants to stay.
Emery would get dissenters like me -on his side – if he gets Ramsey resigned.
It would be his best move – as Arsenal manager.
It would show he is flexible, and would garner huge respect from fans and players alike.
Ramsey wants to stay
And He should be captain..
It’s never too late.
CG
He’s signed a contract with someone else. He cannot go back on that he’d be in breach of contract and exposed to litigation where Juve could go after him for millions.
You don’t have to like it, you don’t have to agree with it but it’s too late it’s a done deal give it a fucking rest.
Ramsey wants to stay
He’s signed for Juve
Marko
He’s also talked in the past about playing abroad at some point in his career.
Strange that!