Well, we dreamed for a few weeks, didn’t we?
Our hopeful bid for top three came crashing down like the career of an MJ wedding singer… deep down, just like with the man in the mirror, we all knew something wasn’t right.
We’ve picked up 2 away wins in 12 games. Huddersfield and Blackpool. We haven’t kept an away clean sheet all season, and we’re the only team carrying that record. This is a giant hangover from the Wenger era and it’s very difficult to work out what to do about it.
Emery certainly didn’t help himself with his team selection. When you’re struggling on the road, starting Mo Elneny and Matteo G at the base of midfield isn’t inspiring or confidence building. He also opted to play Mikhi and Ozil together, something that’s rarely a sure thing. Hard to critique rotation when we’ve seen the impact of doing it badly, but that starting 11 was saw dust on toast levels of tasty.
Nothing really clicked. There was no intensity to our play, we looked very short on ideas and we really struggled with their aggressive pressing which held up all game. One of my pals mentioned that we lacked athleticism, hard to disagree. We simply didn’t look like a force out there, and more worrying, Everton knew we’d be like that.
The only goal of the game was a hodgepodge of calamities. Mustafi let Jagielka take a run on him from a long throw, the exSheffield United defender nodded the ball into the box, it bounced off Sokratis, Mustafi forgot Jagielka was behind him and the loose tap-in was never in doubt.
Emery changed things up in the second half immediately, bringing on Rambo and Auba… losing Kola and Elneny. At kickoff the Welshman mouthed, ‘play it forward, play it forward’, clearly noting the lack of a shot on target in the opening 45.
The second half did see an improvement moving forward, but we fell to pieces in midfield and at the back, allowing Everton to box us in, with no real answers. Thankfully it was just Everton, on another day, they’d have made more out of their 23 attempts on goal.
As for us… it’s hard to know where to look. We go from some truly encouraging performances, and big game wins… to abject, listless poverty football.
Is it the preparation?
Is it a motivation issue?
Is the away form like a festering fungal infection that can only truly be addressed when we have a massive clear out? Those players shouldn’t be struggling with the intensity of Everton. This problem is not technical, it’s all in the mind. It’s obviously disappointing that Emery has managed to make such huge strides for the big games, but can’t suss out a plan for middling teams away from home. Both are essentially problems borne of the same factors, seems odd that as we solve one, we drop off somewhere else.
Part of that might come down to pure experience. Matteo is a talented young player, but to expect him to boss a game next to Elneny is ambitious. Next year though… well, it could be different.
I think we saw again what we’ll miss with Aaron. He might be ill-disciplined at times, but he is an engine of football zest. He’s always pushing the game forward and he seemed to be the only player with any spark yesterday. Replacing him goes far beyond his running stats, we need to find a heartbeat and a big footballing personality.
The manager gambled on resting big players, clearly in the name of preservation. I’m not sure I buy that it was about prioritizing the Europa League (though we might have to now). Laurent, Ramsey and Xhaka were all concerns and the manager rightly erred on the side of caution. However, I do think everyone looked at the lineup and knew we were in trouble.
Now we have a real uphill battle. Everton are the easiest of our away games, we have a rejuvenated Leicester, plus giant killers Wolves and Watford to deal with.
We also have to play a tough quarter-final against Napoli this week. No doubt the game with be high intensity and we’ll need to keep a clean sheet. That won’t happen with Mustafi in the side. The walking mistake seems to have ramped up his desire to give Arsenal fans heart palpitations at least 4 times a gameg. Sokratis also didn’t help himself picking up a two-gamet ban right at the wrong time.
It’s quite incredible how rollercoaster this season has been. It could still be absolutely epic… but it could also end up looking just as miserable as the year before.
… but at least it’ll be interesting.
Onwards and upwards!
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hahaha DM you lurker.
Focus on the EL
We’re not finishing top 4, we never were going to.
We’re the 6th best team in the PL, who managed to sneak into 3rd by virtue of a helpful fixture list over the first 31 games.
Pedro, you didn’t mention Niles who was sooooo bad yesterday.
Judging by yesterdays starting line up its obvious that Emery is going for the Europa League, he really has a hard on for that crap competition.
“The walking mistake”
lol perfect nickname for Mustafi!!
Get ready for the circus coming to you soon
Clown defending away at Watford, Leceister, Wolves.
It’s weird that Emery believes he can win the Europa Cup but can’t get top 4. Why is he so scared of our final (incl. yesterdays) 7 games to the extent to just give up on them?
A very accurate post by the always erudite PedRo. And I thank him for it. “””Replacing him ( Ramsey) goes far beyond his running stats, we need to find a heartbeat and a big footballing personality.””” Is it not the fact . That the reason why Emery is jettisoning Ramsey is because he has big PERSONALITY and he want players devoid of personality? Emerys coaching ethos – is all about his tactics and tweaks. And stifling talent not blossoming it .. Players – like Ramsey – who play off the cuff and are slightly unorthodox-are the antithesis of what Emery… Read more »
we have a dud in charge.
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We’re 4th in the 2nd week of April and in the quarter finals of the Europa League, wow some dud…..
“We’re 4th in the 2nd week of April”
We’re going to finish 6th, no improvement from last season.
We’re only 4th because of a kid fixture list that saw us play 17 home games in our first 31 games.
Danny – sorry? we should be happy at being 4th and in the quarter final of the Europa League?
Am I missing something?
Perhaps we can stop the short termism which follows a standard home win against Newcastle and concentrate on the underlying flaws which have been there all season.
The reason why Elneny, Mhikitarian were playing and Lichsteiner was on the bench is clearly because of the Napoli game. However that is not the mistake, the mistake is not having properly bed young players earlier who could have taken their place. With Koscielny injured or reduced workload, and Mavrapanos ineligible for Europa League, today would have been the perfect time to keep Sokratis out of the yellow card danger zone. Now as Emery does not intend to play Mavrapanos in the premiership, we will have to play two games with Mustafi and Monreal as CB and/or hope that Koscielny… Read more »
Pedro ‘Is it the preparation? Is it a motivation issue?’ It’s mainly a squad issue. We currently have about the 6th strongest squad in the league and we’re trying to finish 4th. This is possible but very difficult. Surely you agree with this though. Had the club freed up some cash this January it would have really helped. It chose not to. Moving forward, all the noises coming from arsenal HQ indicate a relatively low spend this summer. Add that to the loss of Ramsey for nothing and the fact that many senior players will be put out to pasture,… Read more »
El Gooner
April 8, 2019 10:10:20
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I didn’t say that, I was just stating that for Emery’s first season so far, it could be a lot worse.
We have barely any leaders in the team and too many who only feel emboldened once someone else takes the lead or we are in position of ascendency.
Ramsey is the only one with balls home & away, and we’re are totally screwed next season if we don’t bring in some talent with the mentality to match it.
This lack of leadership/confidence away from home primarily manifests itself in the team playing ten yards too far back in every position which means we can’t impose ourselves at all. Always reacting, never dictating.
Pedro
Watch the goal again. Both Mustafi and Sokratis moved up after the throw. It was that Kola who didn’t move and kept Jagielka on site. The ball bounced off Kola, who stood like a lamp pole on the left of the goal. The ball rolled back from left to right where Jagielka was.
It wasn’t Mustafi’s fault. Defense is a team game. Every defender should be aware of the defensive line. I can’t believe you kill the wrong person.
@gambon, : please feel free to STAY on Untold.
Paulinho
‘This lack of leadership/confidence away from home primarily manifests itself in the team playing ten yards too far back in every position which means we can’t impose ourselves at all. Always reacting, never dictating’
You’ve hit the nail on the head.
Essentially Emery assigned the leadership role to Ozil yesterday
He’s had the squad for 10 months and ought to know the players by now.
Emery( quite simply) wants a fourth Europa Cup to add to his CV. For the benefit of his next job prospects. Doing what is in the best interests of AFC is not his priority. As , I have said earlier. Its pointless – now regurgitating about Emerys palpable flaws- even The Sycophants ( they know who they are -on here) would have seen from yesterdays debacle- that our coach is sub standard for a major club- like ours. Our fury should be addressed to the owners- who are allowing Arsenal legends ( and winners) like Ramsey and Jens Lehman to… Read more »
We deserved nothing but why could I spot the Digne’s foot over the line for the throw and none of the officials did?
@DM Tr4phy
I am amazed. How can you time it so well?
Valentin, You make some very good points about Emery’s (failure) to manage to introduce young players over the course of the season, with the result that players like El Neney have to be relied upon, and Mikki being used on the left to manage players’ workloads. Others have made equally valid points about the team selection against Everton, even if we take into account the need to rotate. But we could have made the same points about Emery (failure to use young players, weird team selections) about many of the home matches, and we did well in those…. But I’m… Read more »
Davey
“””but why could I spot the Digne’s foot over the line for the throw and none of the officials did?”””
you can spot that minute detail. But you dont notice that emery picked a shocking line up.
and we have not kept a clean sheet away from home all season.
I put you- in The Sycophants group.
Our away form is indeed relegation quality.
That’s an indictment of Emery. He acknowledged his bafflement when interviewed yesterday after the game.
Words
Our home form was exceptional last season.
Our away from was chronic -last season- it had to improve- regardless who was in charge,
there has been no improvement.
Delusion
Oh I spotted the shit line up CG and as I say deserved nothing but his foot was clearly over the line and at a throw on that is all the linesman has to do- watch for a foul throw just saying FFS!
My gut says that we won’t qualify for CL through finishing top 4. Our real hope is winning the EL but even then can’t see us sustaining constant high levels over five games. Watford, Leicester, Wolves and Burnley will give us major problems unless Emery changes his methods. We are crap at sitting back( always have been), so I feel our best form of defence is to attack. Ozil is not strong enough mentally and physically to play the defensive game. If Emery is to play him we have to open the games up more. We all know he will… Read more »
The officiating was particularly bad yesterday. The ref was aptly named.
All the 50-50s were called for the home side.
If there were a pair of sol-kolo, per-kozzer or even socratis-kozzer yesterday they would have destriyed calvert-levin in 10 minutes and bent the whole everton team into peases…
Interesting to see if the club manages to move on the weak bits next summer and replace them with stronger players
ok Davey
Apologies,
I am exempting you from The Sycophants group.
CG
Nothing sycophantic about anyone saying that the goal should have been nullified on the basis of the foul throw.
NBC contacted the PGMOL during the game and they acknowledged that Digne’s foot was clearly over the line constituting a foil throw..
The goal should not have stood….and the assistant should not have missed it. That was his only responsibility at that moment- monitor the throw in.
Davey is providing you objective factual information.
In battle( from previous post).
I lived and worked in the Middle East for 16 years between 1984-2001.
Respect and adhere to the laws, rules and regulations and beliefs. That’s what it’s all about.
We need “draconian” laws in this country to counter the upsurge in scum that is consuming our society. Crime is on the up because we have minimalistic law and order.
Bring back CP I say.
Why not?
@Word, I don’t think that this is a mental block. To me it looks like the managers (Wenger had the same blind spot) create the problem by their initial team selection. When we play at home, Emery tends to go for a more dynamic team. When we play away he goes for a more conservative/defensive team. However most of the time it has the exact opposite effect. The defensive team plays so much deeper that we can’t create any attack, so we are constantly defending. In the end we concede. Özil had to go between the CB to fetch the… Read more »
Graham,
I think you’re right – since we’re particularly shit at sitting back and playing defensive football away from home,Emery needs to take a gung-ho, high risk attacking approach in terms of tactics, formation and personnel.
Against Man C, Liverpool, etc, we would be exposed and heavily defeated.
But maybe, just maybe, it could work against arguably second order teams like Watford and Leicester.
I’m not particularly hopeful, but to date everything else has failed…..
Valentin,
Good points, reinforce (much more precisely) my hope that Emery adopts a less conservative approach away from home…..
Davey
AMN does foul throws 75% of the time. Doesn’t have both hands behind the head on many occasions.
To add insult to injury, he acts brain dead when he takes a throw-in. Needs to be taught the fundamentals.
Petty to blame the linesman for yesterday’s goal.
I also believe that our away form hoodoo becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
We are not a very good defensive team, yet away that the tactic we use. So we are under the kosh, so manager set us up even more defensive, which does not suit us at all, so we are even worse.
In view of our points tally and the fact most of our remaining games are away, at one point Emery will have to make the decision to go for it.
Attack the second tier teams in their own back garden instead of trying to contain them.
Valentin,
“…at one point, Emery will have to make the decision to go for it.
Attack the second tier teams in their own back garden instead of trying to contain the.”
I think we’re now at that point.
Can anyone explain to me why so many of our players, especially the younger ones, lack basic footballing intelligence?
AMN, Iwobi, Bellerin, Eddie etc etc all seem to play as if they’ve been programmed by a six year old. No disrespect to any six year olds reading this.
Is it the grounding and training methods or is it we just pick out the thickest youngsters and say “yes, we can fix them”.
Can someone explain please.
@Graham, I would say that is exactly the other way around. Most of our players have football intelligence buy are stiffled by some tactics that expose their Flaws. Bellerin was asked to play very high as a right back. That left a huge gap behind him that the opposition exploited. Until Emery decided to switch to 3 at the back to compensate that. Iwobi is a dribbler, but in order to be effective he needs to know where the attackers will to be to release a good ball. He now has a good understanding with Kolasinac. Same happen with Kolasinac,… Read more »
“No disrespect to any six year olds reading this.”
lol
Valentin
Still need convincing.
Your defining “football intelligence” as what exactly?
The ability to control the wall and look good, or the abilty to think on your feet?
Good footballers(sportsmen) do both.
Where did our lot go wrong?
Dare I say it?
You’re
This savage knee jerk criticism has to stop especially of our youngsters. The commentary on AMN is ridiculous, especially when he has done well in the context of the season as a whole. Ainsley had a bad day at the office. I can forgive him that.
In contrast, Mustafi is bad for the office. For a supposed seasoned professional World Cup winner he is woefully inadequate. Criticism of him is not knee jerk… more like long suffering.
P.lease Snr. Emery get rid of him.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for teams away from home to play their football. Manchester city are the one side who look comfortable away from home , I put that down to the fear factor , similar to what Barcelona had for all those years. Teams are afraid to press them as they believe they will be taken apart so most teams tend to stand off of them and sit deep which in turn gives city possession , consequently they do not get involved in physical battles. As we have seen with Arsenal, Chelsea,Tottenham, United and at times Liverpool ,… Read more »
Walcott and The Ox were prime examples. Even Ramsey, Wilshere and Jenkinson have had their moments. All brain dead to a degree and programmed to do the most stupid of things.
Christ, even Mertesacker got cloned and he was supposed to be an Einstein.
I know, we all make mistakes. The thing is, at Arsenal FC, it all came so naturally.
Why was this?
Last time I looked we were still 4th in the table, and yet some are claiming that we will definitely finish 6th and that Emery was the wrong apppointment when they are still games to play and win in the league and the Europa.
One defeat away against a team with the best home record outside the top 6 equals a full blown crisis I guess.
Of course there are questions to be asked of the coach and the team but the over the top spiel from the usual morons is really wearing thin.
Leeds
No “knee jerk reaction”.
Just pointing out some fundamental flaws in our clubs teaching methods.
“Goodness me, he’s only twenty, don’t criticise”
If you can’t take a throw-in at twenty one years of age, you’ve got problems.
Take him to one side and say to him –
” look son, there’s a couple of things we need to work on”
It’s called development.
Get Ian Wright to teach Eddie for a month.
I guarantee you’d see a difference.
We need to bring in our legends of the game more, this I agree with. Why aren’t we bringing in Henry and Bergkamp to teach our youngsters and to pass on their know how? Especially when they are unemployed and unattached? Madness.
Graham62
April 8, 2019 11:04:57
Davey
AMN does foul throws 75% of the time. Doesn’t have both hands behind the head on many occasions.
To add insult to injury, he acts brain dead when he takes a throw-in. Needs to be taught the fundamentals.
Petty to blame the linesman for yesterday’s goal.
Sorry not sure where I blamed the linesman incompetence for yesterdays goal just a factual statement- calm down
Reading all above posts, of course Pedro was to the point.
Just a thought
It won’t cost , because he is a true Gunner
Valentin could be an excellent Director of Football. If it is Kroenke choice he might even cull the frisky underling like they do the bull put to yoke
Emery’s persistence to play Mustafi frequently is mind boggling.
“It is becoming increasingly difficult for teams away from home to play their football.
Manchester city are the one side who look comfortable away from home , I put that down to the fear factor , similar to what Barcelona had for all those years.
Teams are afraid to press them as they believe they will be taken apart so most teams tend to stand off of them and sit deep which in turn gives city possession , consequently they do not get involved in physical battles.”
Food for thought…
in agreement Leedsgunner
How refreshing for the fans and players alike- if the likes of Henry and Bergkamp were called in time to time – to inspire and coach the players.
We know that wont happen.
Emery and his cronies- want full control.
I don’t blame them- I and you would do the same.
Absolute folly that we chose them
The first thing emery did was sack Jens Lehmamn remember ,but re-instate the pathetic Steve Bould .
Everything about Arsenal 2019 smacks of mediocrity.
And for that the Kroenkes should shoulder the blame. 100%
Premier leage away table
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Liverpool 17 11 5 1 29 10 +19 38
2 Tottenham 17 11 0 6 33 21 +12 33
3 Manchester City 15 10 2 3 28 9 +19 32
Pierre talking a load of bollox as per usual.
The table clearly shows Liverpool have more points away from.home followed by Spurs with Man City down.in third spot.
When you don’t have Ramsey and Xhaka midfield, you need attackers who can create their own opportunities with limited support. For the last five years, our attackers don’t get shots on goal Lacazette, Alexis, Aubameyang have done minimal work away from home to a top 10 side. They all perform like stars at the Emirates. Van Persie, Walcott and even Giroud have been more effective away in difficult. Aubameyang is much better away than Lacazette as he can create chance because of his movement. I like Lacazette, but he is physically limited. Can’t be an elite attacker. Emery trying to… Read more »
criticising the line up with omission of facts. typical of you. Torr suspended, Ramsey recovering frfom groin doctors saying not fit to start, xhaka injured. SO WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WOULD BE IN MIDFIELD. Plus Koscielny HOlding Bellerininjured, Aubam had fever in week,
IT WASNT ROTATION IT WAS NEEDS MUST
Maitland-Niles is shit. Won’t make it at Arsenal.
Ruth
Tottenham do have one point more but they have played 2 away games more and they still have to go to city so the differential will probably be approx ten points in city’s favour .
As for liverpool I said ” and at times ,liverpool” and again, liverpool have played 2 away games more though earlier in the season they did possess the fear factor but not so much recently ….hence the comment “at times”.
I hope this isn’t too difficult for you to comprehend ruth.
Arsenal have not been a top 4 club in years despite finishing in the top 4.
The facts remain Liverpool and Spurs have banked more points away from home than Man City.
Koscielny injured and playing a Lesley King type role
Holding injured.
Mavropanos not even in the squad which in it’s self is very worrying.
Socratis / Mustafi complete liabilities.
And yet in the last window we never even got one loan signing in.?
If this costs us a top 4 position or denies us in the Europa.
Then that’s on a blinkered Emery.?
Outstanding results against teams outside the top 4/6 ensured Arsenal remained in the top 4.
Davy
Just highlighting the fact that many rules are overlooked in games. Be it throw-ins, offsides, a GK moving off the line in penalties, players encroaching into the area before the penalties are struck etc
Some see it as a conspiracy against Arsenal.
I don’t.
Sorry if I came across a bit aggressively.
Thomas aka Chelseatroll is in the house.
Here’s a thought: As we enter a crucial period of figures, we have Kos injured/uncertain, Sokratis suspended for two games, Holding injured and Mavro not considered good enough.
On the assumption Emery sticks with three at the back we will start games with a back line of Lichsteiner or Elneny, Mustafi and Monreal or Xkaha (if fit). That is before any further injuries or suspensions.
The likes of Saha, Deeney and Vardy must be looking forward to it.
*figures ? please read fixtures
Pierre has a point. Our bad away form is not only down to us but also down to our opponents. They pressed us harder and the Ref is also influenced by the fans. They got most of the 50/50 calls. Instead of trying harder to play our game, our players sort the easier route and complain to the Ref. It is not going to work. Of course playing Elneny and Guen as the two holding midfielders is a disaster. Furthermore, Mikki and Ozil shouldn’t play together. They need a strong character like Ramsey or Iwobi to play along side them… Read more »
Teams are not afraid of us when we play away, because our build up is slow and predictable.
We no longer break quickly on the counter, we pass sideways and backwards to frequently, pocession doesn’t always win games.
Emery has got it wrong many times now, no second chances in the EPL.
“Lacazette is physically limited”
I beg to differ.
Takes two or three defenders to hold him down. Can turn on a sixpence. Good close control. He needs instant service though.
Someone like Fabregas would have sussed him out.
If our CBs could distribute the ball better, and occasionally dribble through the lines, we would not be so easily pinned back. Without good ball playing central defenders, everyone else on the field looks weaker.
@Spainish
“We no longer break quickly on the counter, we pass sideways and backwards to frequently, pocession doesn’t always win games.”
Yesterday, we had 53% procession and our team looked shit. What I am suggesting is that for the remaining away games, once we lose the ball, we’ll all move back and keep a defensive formation. That includes the two strikers. We let them have the ball. Once we got the ball, their whole half is empty. We can break quickly.
Graham62
“Petty to blame the linesman for yesterday’s goal.”
Why not spend some time googling the laws of the game about foul throws?
PGMOL acknowledged that the goal should not have stood…and here you are talking about pettiness.
People here tend to minimize the burden of coaching. Ian Wright may have been a good striker in his days but that doesn’t necessarily translate to being a good coach for strikers. Ian Wright chose the comfortable pathway of cushy sofas in TV studios rather than spend days sitting on hard benches and toiling in the rain trying to help players. He’s the last person you want around a young striker ‘teaching”. Not so say he can’t utter a few words of advice from time to time. He is not a coach. It’s the same for teaching in general. Not… Read more »
Dissenter,
Graham is correct
you are being pedantic and petty,
We deserved to get beat,End of!
in fact- we were beat – an hour before the game – when the teams were announced,
We should have gone there like last season – when we battered them for 5!
instead – the likes of you are hiding behind the PGMOL rule book
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The race for top four isn’t over till the fat lady sings. We fucked up against everton but we are still in the fight.
If we can reach another gear do or die mentality.
Two wins away and one draw and a win against Burnley and brighton at home sees us in 4th maybe even third.
We need to play both auba and laca agaknst wolves watfprd and lecister amd look to outscore them on the counter. We have the goals in this team we have the firepower.
We have the goals in this team we have the firepower.
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Yeah we saw that yesterday………
What I would give for a players like RVP and Cesc back in the team.
Yesterday, Auba played 45 minutes and hardly touched the ball. We still played this ball procession style. The two CB’s passing between themselves. Then, the two midfielders also making those little passes until they lost the ball. What is the purpose of doing all that. Look what Everton did. They kept sending those high balls to their strikers. Our defense was so open. They had 23 shots on goal, while we had 53% possession rate. Did our coaching stuff watched the game?
@Jim : they both can fuck off.
That could have been worse yesterday, Theo might have scored one.
@HighburyLegend –
Both better than anything we have at the moment.
is Mavrapanos injured at mo, i know he was earlier but can’t understand why he’s not getting any minutes
Jamie
Haha
Who cares what you think?? I don’t need your approval dick head. Free holidays on my Amex from now on. Don’t be jel. Not my fault I rack up them points.
Graham
What like rape victims needing 4 male witnesses or homosexuality being illegal?
Those laws deserve no respect.
You can’t compare being gay or raped to being the perpetrator of knife crime.
Some of our refs are useless but to my mind a lot of the problems lie with the line runners. There are real dunces amongst them. Hopefully, VAR will make them largely superfluous. Ask Neil Warnock!
Afternoon Grovers, good post Pedro, love the Christian Bale photo analogy! Charlie George, We all know your feelings towards and about Emery but the notion that Emery is only thinking of himself and doesn’t have Arsenal’s best interests as his priority is absolutely ludicrous. Just stop it. As for Emery being a shocking appointment, may I ask you if you were equally shocked and as vocal about it when Wenger was appointed? A manager who was referred to as Arsene Who? Because nobody had heard of him? A manager who at the time of his appointment had won far less… Read more »
CG We deserved to get beaten, just not from that goal. Saying that the goal should not have stood is not tantamount to disputing the fact that we didn’t play well. That still doesn’t take away from the fact that the goal should not have stood. It was an obvious foul throw…no ifs, ands or buts. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE STOOD. Leno kept the score line respectable for us and Everton were wasteful in the final third. We were crap and deserved whatever came our way so long as it was legitimate. Digne made the first throw-in about the 7th… Read more »
I’m hoping Watford will take the pedal of the gas and worry about not getting injured for their cup final, with Leicester and Burnley hitting form, I can not see where we can get points away from home. Mustafi is an accident waiting to happen and it does, we really need some strong defenders in the Summer to buy or it will be the same next season, if we get fourth or even win the EL, for the mess Wenger left us in, Unai has done well and will need the money to take us forward
bd hope all is well I am moving beyond castigating the clueless emery ( we are on course- for shipping in more goals away from home this season- than last – i might add) to focusing the blame on the invisible Kroenkes- and their inertia. I have noticed since my ‘harsh’ banishment- the Pro-emery faction have become very muted. Even invisible, they know- and have seen enough – by now -he is , quite simply – not good enough for us . its the kroenkes – that are to blame. they are the ones – who dictate policy. Making observations… Read more »
Gerard Deulofeu showed how to respond to being dropped from the starting eleven
I just wish we had players with that kind of character
A player is binned for long, then gets a chance to prove the manager wrong and comes back as a limp dick.
Dissenter
“”Your Emery hatred is telling at the moment.””
I dont hate him.
I just don’t rate him
Why do you hate the fact- that I do not rate our manager?
CG
There’s a difference between “not rating” and just plain hatred
Not rating someone still tries to acknowledge objective information like knowing a foul throw occurs when the player throwing the ball in crosses the touchline with his foot.
Some of your writing here are emblematic of wild lurching rantings.
Dissenter
I get where you’re coming from but what I’m trying to say is that there are so many basics not adhered to when it comes to applying the rules of the game.
Un battle
Not disputing there are some things that are very very wrong. The thing is, when it comes to abiding to certain rules and the law in general, we could apply far tougher punishment here in the UK to deter crime.
Basically if you’re a scumbag here in the UK, there’s not enough of a deterrent to stop you in your tracks
Wouldn’t you agree.
silentstanApril 8, 2019 12:40:37
criticising the line up with omission of facts. typical of you. Torr suspended, Ramsey recovering frfom groin doctors saying not fit to start, xhaka injured. SO WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WOULD BE IN MIDFIELD. Plus Koscielny HOlding Bellerininjured, Aubam had fever in week,
IT WASNT ROTATION IT WAS NEEDS MUST
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Well said Silent Stan, spot on.