Man, things took a turn for the worse yesterday. I have never thrown up in public (sober at least). That shame befell me on the mean streets of Soho… made worse because I was wearing my finest drug-addict athleisure (sick comfort clothes), the fancy shoppers did not view my involuntary actions with much sympathy. Worst trip to the dry cleaners ever. It happened FOUR times in the space of 50 meters. Totally soiled my new shoes as well.
But, but, but… I can see the v’s in the mirror for the first time since I was 19. Peak Freddie over here if you can handle the fragrance.
ANYWAY, enough about my problems.
Let’s talk about Arsenal’s.
How about a Snapchatter calling Koubilaly an n-word in the ground… and broadcasting it to his fans (lol, his two mates)? What in the actual fuck? In North London? At Arsenal? Are you fucking kidding me?
It’s despicable behavior. Arsenal are on it.
“We utterly condemn use of this type of racist language and have launched an investigation to identify the culprit,”
“We operate a zero tolerance approach, and anyone behaving like this is not welcome at Arsenal and will be banned from matches.
“We have an extremely diverse community of fans who are all part of the Arsenal family and such incidents are rare at Emirates Stadium. We encourage supporters to report any incidents as they happen to stewards or via our matchday alert service.”
Amen. If you watch the video, the person in question whispers the bad word, because if you shouted that in the stands you’d likely find yourself getting whacked. It wasn’t so long ago that shouting #WengerOut before the game started was a punchable offence.
Still, disappointing an Arsenal fan would stoop to that sort of shit. It brings us all down. Ban that person.
In Sporting Director news, Sky Sports are making noises that Paul Mitchell of RB Leipzig talent spotting notoriety, is interesting Arsenal. He’d be a great signing for us, he’s proved himself at Spurs and with the Germans. The only thing that worries me there is that he might have an allegiance to his old employees.
Still, we can hope until we put a deal on the table and he goes somewhere smaller.
BIG rumours that Xhaka might move to Inter Milan this summer if they don’t get Kroos or Rakitic.
I mean, I’m a bit whatever about this… he’s a good player, but ultimately, I don’t think he’s ideal for the Premier League. He’s been far better of late, but that’s because he’s improved on making a major mistake every game. We’ll see though, sounds like he’s angling for a move or a bigger contract… maybe both.
We’re being linked with Ander Herrera for £200k a week. Tidy player, but surely there are better ways to spend that sort of money?
A bit frightening to think that the team who brought you Denis Suarez are currently overseeing the summer transfer plan without a proven talent scout at the wheel. Let’s see how that pans out.
Huge game for Arsenal on Monday. Watford are going to be a handful. We need to really up our away game mentality and deliver a really top performance. They’ll come flying out the traps and we know Troy Deeney will come to bully.
Let’s see what we have for them.
P.S. Check out the new Ian Wright collab Fokohaela have pulled together.
Ian Wright just being Ian Wright on that one on the bottom. A lovely piece of clobber! (one on the top is part of the range as well)
See you in the comments… x
I think arsenal should go after west ham’s antonio. A powerful striker and not the light weighted auba
Pedro
I’ll make you a deal – we get a win on Monday and I owe you several Peroni’s.
Assuming that is still your beer!
Typo: should read, “at home”!
Words
Evidently. I’ll try to avoid another infringement in future.
vickingz
“I think arsenal should go after west ham’s antonio. A powerful striker and not the light weighted auba”
You are either a child, a moron or a child moron.
Auba (appearances 31, subs 6) – 17 league goals
Antonio (appearances 29, 10 subs) – 4 league goals
Of course it is possible that Antonio could score 14 goals if he made 2 more starts but I think that’s unlikely.
Marc, unless it’s vegan, filtered through carbon and cruelty-free… I can’t drink it.
Pedro “you’re talking subjectively” No, actually, I’m not. The quality of this or that squad is an objective fact, even if you and I happen to have different (subjective) opinions on the quality of this or that squad. You are, again, conflating two entirely different things. Our squad is not as good as Chelsea’s, United’s or Spurs’, and anyone who says it is is saying so either because he is biased towards Arsenal or because he has an agenda. And again, admitting that we are not as good as our rivals is not the same thing as saying we have… Read more »
Pedro i don’t have time to police blogs just last week was big drama on here and cutter advising ppl how to force u to police ur own blog through your LinkedIn lol. nvm i don’t really care but its weird for me.
Bamford
Why don’t you try to back up your assertion then? Just because you’re saying it is doesn’t mean it is. What evidence do you have that this squad is worse? We have beaten those teams and currently sit above them while under performing ourselves
Pedro
That’s strange because I only drink stuff that is heavy on the carbon footprint, has seen a few dozen’s cries of agony tear down creation and then butchered several vegans along the way.
Peroni do make a gluten free version now – would that do?
“The quality of this or that squad is an objective fact, even if you and I happen to have different (subjective) opinions on the quality of this or that squad.“
What metrics are used to measure squad quality exactly? It’s a subjective argument because the footballing nuance is abundant.
Marc
‘Fuck off with your anti Kroenke spin until they’ve done something other than being hands off or extending Wenger’s contract.’
‘They’ have done nothing positive at Arsenal since they got involved back in 2007.
We’ve gone from top two to top six in 10 years.
Maybe you should fuck off with your hopelessly deluded belief that ‘we might be ok’.
Bamford
Pedro has an agenda against emery. He wants to claim that united chelsea and spurs dont have better teams (they clearly do) because if Arsenal don’t hit a top spot he can then go and claim Emery underachieved.
The anti Emery lot are incredibly obvious.
“We’ve gone from top two to top six in 10 years. ”
No we haven’t we’ve finished in the top 2 once since 04-05 when Leicester won the league.
The only thing the Kroenke’s have done wrong is let Wenger continue for so long.
I’ve never said they are great owner’s but all of our issues have nothing to do with them not allowing us to spend what we have. Something that you continue to perpetuate.
They let Gazidis stay too long as well it would seem
David
I have no issue debating things the Kroenke’s should’ve done or have done wrong, Alexanderhenry has run the same line for ages now that they stop us spending any money when that is a lie.
“We’ve gone from top two to top six in ten years” and that’s the reality of the situation.
Whatever way some would like to spin things, that’s called regression where I come from.
Win at Watford and we’re still in the mix for top 4. Lose and it’s going to be tough to qualify.
It could be worse, we could be twelve points adrift and drifting aimlessly along.
Believe me folks, that would have been the reality.
I can’t see arsenal getting above a point against Watford…. it just can’t happen, I don’t even have any enthusiasm about that match… I just have this feeling that Everton loss would hunt emery in in his dreams…. why the hell did he put such a miserable line-up against, when we had four days to rest against Napoli… started lacazette against everton, when he knew lacazettes away goal drought is as bad as arsenal away form…. now we are making 2 travel’s in the space of 4 days… would have been better to beat Everton and fight for a draw… Read more »
ddkingz Your comment is either misguided or wrong on many levels. “I just have this feeling that Everton loss would hunt emery in in his dreams….” The guy is a professional he might not be happy about it but he’ll get over it. “why the hell did he put such a miserable line-up against, when we had four days to rest against Napoli… ” You need to be more specific – we had injuries and suspensions. “started lacazette against everton, when he knew lacazettes away goal drought is as bad as arsenal away form….” Who would you have started instead?… Read more »
Actually if you look at the bigger picture, we’ve gone from being #2 in Europe in 2006, to # ? in 2018.
What do you think?
Graham
I think we built a new stadium that put a huge drain on resources and then let a manager who was past it spend money really badly after us not having any for years.
Marc
Yes, I have been running the same line.
Arsenal have deteriorated under kroenke and will continue to do so.
.. And Xhaka has a good shot.
I think we have the fourth best squad in the league. Spurs have a smaller squad than us but they have a quality starting 11, Pool and City have both better squads and starting 11s. Our midfield options are better than that of Chelsea and United. Ozil, Ramsey and Torreira are good players. Xhaka has done well this season. Guendouzi has regressed a bit in last few weeks but he has the tools to become a quality player. United are heavily reliant on Pogba and even he is very inconsistent. Others are rank average. If we talk about Chelsea, Kovacic… Read more »
Tr7
Perfectly summed up us usual. Nobody who refutes it seems capable of mustering a comparative summary of the 3-4 squads.
There is only a 42% chance of us beating watford unfortunately
Alexander
“.. And Xhaka has a good shot.”
I’ll tell you what – I don’t agree but if you are right and he starts using it to score goals I’ll buy you a beer.
If he truly has a good shot he’ll score double figures in the league this season and I’ll buy you 2.
Of course you could just admit he can hit the ball hard and fuck knows where it’s going to end up.
Tr7
No one buys your shtick mate ypu have got a rabid anto emery agenda, you aren’t rational or logical but blinded by bias.
Chelsea have a beastly squad sarri just can’t get the best out of him.
Tr7
No one buys your shtick mate ypu have got a rabid anto emery agenda, you aren’t rational or logical but blinded by bias.
Chelsea have a beastly squad sarri just can’t get the best out of them.
Chelsea have Hazard, WC striker higuain, Willian, Kante, jorginho is epic Sarri just can’t play him well. They even have amazing fullbacks.
London
Where do you get the 42% from?
LG
Who from Chelsea starts for us? Kante and hazard aside, nobody
Amen TR7, how anyone can talk up Chelsea’s squad when they haven’t had a striker all season is beyond me.
They finished 5th last year and have looked that good this year.
Higuian doesn’t start for them let alone get past aubameyang and lacazette
Arsenal have deteriorated under kroenke and will continue to do so… And Xhaka has a good shot. Gotta give Alex credit he sticks to his guns no matter what. As for the squad stuff I can only assume that Arsenal fans are idiots at this stage. We’ve by far the worst squad of the top 6. Totally unbalanced starting 11, poor defenders, midfield that still needs work and literally no wingers in the squad. We have zero speed merchants who can dribble past players and consistently score that’s zero while Chelsea have Hazard and Willian and now Hudson Odoi United… Read more »
LG, no I don’t have any agenda against Emery, I merely have a subjective opinion of him like anyone else on here. Similarly, I have an opinion on the quality of our squad like you do. If you really think we have the 6th best squad in the league after adding 5 new players in the summer,then I guess you believe Wenger did reasonably well last season finishing 6th without these 5 additions and perhaps over achieved finishing 5th the season before that. In that case the only problem with Wenger would be betting on wrong players rather than tactics,… Read more »
I think LG is on the sauce…. chin chin old boy
MU have been lucky against Watford and WH.
David de Gea saved them yet again.
If it weren’t for de gea they’d be in trouble.
Same with Chelsea and hazard
There is no one single player who would have such a catastrophic effect if we’d lose him through injury. I’d say koscielney is the player we would miss the most
‘World class’ Higuain is on record saying he has found it difficult to adapt to the EPL. Don’t get me started on Jorginho. Nobody is going to give him the luxury of zero pressing and acres of space to make exquisite passes. Epl defenders and midfielders figured out his weakness within a month.
If you really think we have the 6th best squad in the league after adding 5 new players in the summer,then I guess you believe Wenger did reasonably well last season finishing 6th without these 5 additions and perhaps over achieved finishing 5th the season before that. I know in your mind that probably made sense but honestly it sounds ridiculous. First off just adding 5 players doesn’t exactly improve you no matter what. You’re talking about a squad that needed significant work and I mean serious work because the previous manager went years without addressing key areas such as… Read more »
Marko.
I have come to the conclusion- you have not got the foggiest what you are talking about.
What you have just posted is bunkum and sheer balderdash…
DD kingz – is correct ( not for the first time- in recent weeks)
We have moved from 3rd to 6th in a space of a week- because Unai – selected the wrong team.- we should have gone all out and attacked Everton.
Instead Unai as always- tried to over complicate matters.
That’s all.
Keep it simple. It’s only football!
Marko ‘First off just adding 5 players doesn’t exactly improve you no matter what’ How can a team which buys 5 new players and then 4 of them go on to cement their places in the starting 11 not improve ? ‘Because we still struggle defensively, we still have issues in midfield we never seem to be totally in control and give up chances easily and dispite our goal tally there is a problem still in our attack. ‘ Again I am.not saying we have addressed our squad issues totally. One has to be deluded to believe we don’t have… Read more »
Another bizarre stat.
Chelsea shipped in 10 goals in 2 successive away fixtures and yet they still have let 6 less goals than us..
Emery is certainly no George Graham in the defensive coaching stakes…that’s for sure….
The team.needs a major overhaul as most of our players individually are poor.
Emery needs in the region of 5 major signings to maximize his management skills.
As if 5 major players aspire to play for him???
Top players are not attracted by Emerys’coaching ability.
Emery is petrified of top players!!!
Ramsey
Ozil
Neymar
Alves.
He prefers workmanlike plodders.
His history shows us that.
How can a team which buys 5 new players and then 4 of them go on to cement their places in the starting 11 not improve ? Cement? Way I see it Guendouzi is a squad player and we’ve seen Torreira in and out of the starting 11 quite a bit. I’d argue 3. Again just adding players doesn’t necessarily improve the team and certainly it isn’t enough to all of a sudden have a better squad than some of your rivals. We’ve basically only recently mind you replaced Mustafi for example with Sokratis. That’s hardly vastly improving such a… Read more »
Marko
all you’ve done is just name a couple of problems with our squad
But guess what? Chelsea and untied have them too, far worse ones than us. Yes we need this and we need that. Everyone needs to improve their squad. Chelsea are dog shit and United would be in a world of troubles without ddg. Other than him they are poor.
“Emery is petrified of top players!!! Ramsey Ozil Neymar Alves.”
Do me a favour, Ramsey good player never proved himself to be anything more, Ozil top player then why did Madrid sell him?, Neymar major pain in the arse, Alves err was 34 and on a pay check.
This commentary on Emery is ridiculous.
Ask yourself realistically are there any Arsenal players who’d make the Chelsea or United starting 11’s (forget the other 3 it’s a non starter). Back 4? Maybe Monreal and that’s it even though it’s worth noting that he’s very much on the downward slide these days. Midfield I personally think that recent performances by Ramsey and a slight improvement by Xhaka this season doesn’t make one forget the previous two seasons performances and compared to the likes of Kante and Pogba and Matic I wouldn’t think so but maybe Torreira depending on the formation. For example would Kante and Matic… Read more »
5 players don’t improve you?!
LT, MG, LENO, SOKRATIS… all massively impressive this season.
Ramsey, Ozil, Leno, Bellerin, LT, Auba / Laca would all be making it into United / CFC.
Not every game, but all top players that would be playing lots of games for those two clubs.
Giroud is playing for CFC ffs
Can someone tell who these 4 new signings are who have made themselves “cement”.
I would like to emphasize that cement means being first choice when everyone else is fit against the hardest opponents you could face.
“How can a team which buys 5 new players and then 4 of them go on to cement their places in the starting 11 not improve [us]?” Is this a joke, friend? It depends on the players, right? 2011 trolley-dash next level is the next level signings Gervinho Artetasauce Per Santos Ox Park Joel Campbell Jenko The first 4 ‘cemented’ their place in the starting 11 until even Wenger realised they were garbage. None of them improved us. Just adding players doesn’t necessarily improve a squad. Chelsea have plenty of talent on the books who could replace any one of… Read more »
Marc
Fair observation.
I used the wrong word.
Replace ‘ top ‘ with high profile.
Emery is not comfortable being surrounded with high profile players.
That’s just his personality.
He lacks an aura- which really successful invariably have.
Eg.
George Graham
Wenger
Klopp
Pep
Fergie
Mourinho
Obama
Bill clinton
Nelson Mandela
have.
Chelsea and untied have them too, far worse ones than us.
Way I see it Chelsea need a striker in attack compared to us needing at least 2-3 widemen or CAM’s. They could probably do with a fullback and I’m sure they’ll piss away big money on a CB. I actually don’t know why I’m even talking about it it’s unquestionable the squad work that needed to be done since Wenger and the way I see it we’ve only properly addressed the keeper situation and finally added a ball winner to midfield
Jamie, are you really arguing that the 5 players we signed have not improved us… or are the people running off on a semantics drive to prove that you can sign 5 players and get worse?
Marko
Earlier this season you were arguing the total opposite point
That the table doesn’t lie. Those were your words.
Now you’re arguing the opposite to aid you in your pursuit of what? To prove how great emery is? How shit Wenger is?
What a spin merchant
LT, MG, LENO, SOKRATIS… all massively impressive this season.
Torreira has had consistency issues (to be expected) Guendouzi is a squad player and nothing more, Sokratis is by no means great it’s not enough to be slightly better than Mustafi but I’ll admit that Leno has been a success so far. None of that is remotely enough. Even with those players added you’re still talking about a squad that is in dire need of better CB’s some fullbacks a replacement for Elneny and Ramsey leaving and a couple of wingers.
… and that example you used.
We finished with more points that season and one place higher in 3rd
Pedro Come on mate. I really like Leno and think he’s been a good signing but De Gea is the best keeper in the league. Chelsea spent £70 odd million on a keeper so if Leno is better then the senior management deserve some credit. If Bellerin is so good then Emery deserves a bit of leeway because he lost him in early Jan. If Ramsey is that good then why weren’t Utd and Chelsea in for him? The others are good players but Chelsea and ManU have mega money – haven’t you been told so then why didn’t they… Read more »
Marko, they improved us.
Doesn’t matter if you think MG is a squad player, he’s been a brilliant addition and he’s improved us.
The only dud has been the right back, but he was never meant to be a first teamer. He was there for experience and grit.
5 signings made us better. TR7 was right. It’s not a debate.
fact::: — in my lifetime till now, I’ve come to realized arsenal fans are the most foolish of all sporting fanbase on planet earth… how the hell does 5 players improve a dead team left by dead Wenger…. toreira… just came from another league, and wasn’t a world beater until he arrived at arsenal… who could swear on here, that he knew torreira before arsenal started bidding for him. Leno… definitely an upgrade to our previous past 3 first choice gk. Socrates… a good defender but not elite by any stretch. guendozi… it’s a shame a teenager from ligue 2… Read more »
Marc, De Gea isn’t the best in the league. He has moments of greatness, but he’s made a lot of errors this season.
Pete –
Words matter so, in part, yes I’m arguing semantics. A blanket statement made about how 5 players improve a squad needs to be qualified, no? That’s what I feel I did after the quote.
I also agree that some of our signings have improved us. Hard to argue that Papa, Leno, and Torr haven’t improved us. Lich has been a bust, and the jury is still out on Guendouzi for me.
Pedro/TR7/UN
You are good lads, but incredibly biased and bipartisan so you refuse to aknowledge reality.
Let’s be honest we have the 5th best squad with some major defencies.
Pretty shite cb for most of the season, no wingers and no decent or consistent CAM’s.
If Emery finishes 4th this season that’s an A star job especially as this is first season in the most competitive season in decades in the most competitive major league.
Marko The way I see it Leno is the 3rd best GK in the league behind Ederson and DDG. If he improves his ability to handle crosses in to the box (the only glaring weakness in his game), he will be a real elite GK. Torreira has made more of an impression in his first season than much heralded Keita. Not saying he is necessarily better but despite him being in and out of the side, he has made an impact. Mustafi is so fucking bad that he makes an average Sokratis look like a worldie in comparison. So again… Read more »
Jamie, in both the 2011 example you gave and this season, additional players have improved us. It is very rare in elite football that hiring in new talent impacts a club adversely.
Licht might have been a bust on the pitch, but you don’t know what his impact was behind the scenes… maybe he’s given us more belief in the bigger games.
Marc
If you come with the words beseeching:
” Come on Mate”
apart from being reprimanded for being a prize Wally.
You have lost The Debate
Pedro &Un 1 Marc 0
“… and that example you used.We finished with more points that season and one place higher in 3rd”
Wait a minute.. Are you suggesting that those players improved us because we finished 3rd that season? Say it ain’t so! That season was about as embarrassing as it got under Wenger.
We lost Cesc and Nasri that summer.
Of course our squad has improved with signings.
But so did liverpool, chelsea. As for spurs they have such an amazing first 11 so that even with our additions and the lack of theirs they still have a superior squad.
CG I need to break your comment into 2 pieces “Emery is not comfortable being surrounded with high profile players.” I think Emery has an issue with ego’s and wants players who will fight for the cause hence the Ozil situation. People who are successful? OK some of your list are but the following? “Obama Bill Clinton” What does Bill Clinton get? An award for services to dry cleaning? Fully responsible for the financial crash. Obama? Really thought he was going to be my / our generations Kennedy – what a damp squib. Was so bad he managed to be… Read more »
Jamie
‘The first 4 ‘cemented’ their place in the starting 11 until even Wenger realised they were garbage. None of them improved us. Just adding players doesn’t necessarily improve a squad.’
We lost Cesc and Nasri , two top players in that summer and that’s why we didn’t improve despite adding 6-7 players. This season we added 5 players without losing any quality player.
I’ve had too many IPAs. Forgive me, Peter. This one seems like a bit or a reach:
“maybe he’s given us more belief in the bigger games.” re: Lich.
At 80k a week, seems expensive for maybes.
Pedro
In my opinion De Gea is the best in the league. Where would ManU have finished the last few seasons without him?
LG I agree we need to sign a dominant centre half. A leader. Someone Campbell-esque. I do think holding was brilliant in the first 3rd if our season and koscielney has held it together for us. Sokratis has improved and so has Leno. I’m not blind though. I know we need additions. I just don’t think we are behind Chelsea and United Only de gea, kante and hazard get into our team without question from those two squads. De gea, keppa or leno? Bellerin, Cesar or Valencia? Our centre halves are just as good as theirs, better than united’s Our… Read more »
CG
“You have lost The Debate ”
I lose the debate when someone makes a point that undoes my argument, you didn’t.
Being polite to Pedro does not do that. He’s man enough to tell me when he’s not happy with my comments.
That the table doesn’t lie. Those were your words. Now you’re arguing the opposite to aid you in your pursuit of what?
Right you see us we’re currently 6th now. We’re not 3rd or 4th we’re 6th battling for 3rd/4th. If we finish 6th that would be reasonable giving the previous two seasons. If we finshed 3rd or 4th that would be considered a brilliant season we’d be overachieving it wouldn’t be expected.
Marc
“Come on mate”
I was focusing on aura.
Or charisma.
I know you didn’t rate Wenger. And quite rightly you wanted him to leave seasons ago.
But you are defending the indefendable in backing Emery.
He is not good enough. ( For Arsenal)
Not now
Not tomorrow
Not next season
Never.
Face reality…
5 signings made us better. TR7 was right. It’s not a debate.
I believe the debate is that it’s made us better to the point that we’ve got the 3/4 best squad and it’s clearly better than United and Chelsea and that’s an emphatic no from me. If you’re someone who thinks Leno Torreira and Sokratis makes us better than United and Chelsea then you are wrong
Wow for the first time in ages we have an interesting conversation going on.
Un’s talking about player X vs. Y etc this is what we should see more of.
Un – Not sure I’d say we have the better squad but to many on here spend so much time writing off our players and overrating other teams, I’d much rather talk about who we all rate and don’t.
Marko
With a game in hand. But fine let’s just go along with that argument. We are 6th
But if we finish fourth or third does the table lie?
Either way it doesn’t really matter. If we finish top four I’ll be happy whatever yours or anyone else’s assessment of our squad is
Sometimes it’s just arguing for the sake of it here.
Chelsea and United have poor midfield
Poor attack
Poor defence
We are superior in those departments at a minimum
I will admit Emery doesn’t have the Aura of Mandela or Obama. But if you logically think about that with even the slightest bit of thought you’ll realize that’s stupid and irrelevant
We came into the season as the 6th best team in the league and now we are on the cusp of finishing in the top 3.
CG
“I know you didn’t rate Wenger. ”
I think Wenger was a legend for us who stayed on too long. I’ve said repeatedly that whilst most split Wenger’s reign into 2 periods I think that’s not fair – it should be 3. There was the first successful period, the stadium transition period where he did a great job and then the aftermath where he lost the plot.
Emery is about righting a sinking ship. I’d love to know who you think can take us from drowning to winning the PL in a single season?
But if we finish fourth or third does the table lie?
Right so considering that it is a team that by and large has finished 5th and 6th the last two seasons if it were to finish 5/6th again it would be expected if we finish 3/4th it will be overachieving. You see the difference. Unless you think that the previous two seasons were flukes
Marko
How many Chelsea players walk in to our starting 11 ? Hazard, Kante, Cesar for sure and Willian if you really stretch it. How many of our players walk in to Chelsea starting 11 ? Leno, Kosscielney, Torreira, Lacazzete and PEA for sure, Monreal too probably.
United ? Martial, Pogba and may be DDG (Leno suits our style better). Except these 3 players, our players are either as good or better than what United have. You seem to.over rate Matic.
If you told me we were swapping
Aubameyang lacazette ozil Ramsey and Mkhitaryan for Giroud higuain hazard Willian or lukaku Rashford martial Sanchez I’d say no
Only city and Liverpool (barley) have more goals than us. We have beaten all of our rivals and should have taken victory over Liverpool as opposed to a 1-1 draw. You can’t be that consistent against the top teams in your league if your squad is not at the very least equal in quality
Marko
“I will admit Emery doesn’t have the Aura of Mandela or Obama. But if you logically think about that with even the slightest bit of thought you’ll realize that’s stupid and irrelevant”
I was right earlier.
You do not know what you are talking about.
We are Arsenal not Watford
Off course it matters.
You can argue -It matters more than even the results.
You obviously- have no idea- the history of the club
I suggest you go to bed.
Pedro…. sorry to say, but are you this deluded, or naive or just biased…. Pedro… just a question for you to answer…. is arsenal going to make it to the semi’s of the UCL with this kind of squad??? with a 19yr in mildfield, winger an out and out winger, with mustafi as a backup defender… take a good look at fucking arsenal… Leno.. not a consistent representative at the national level… koscielny… no.longer rep. his country. Monreal…. I could probably count on one hand how many caps he had with spain, if he had any. belerin… hmmm, I can’t… Read more »
CG –
“Off course it [aura] matters. You can argue -It matters more than even the results.”
Please argue this in a few short sentences.
Can I just say these discussions are a prime example of what’s the matter with Arsenal fans. That some people think that a club who hasn’t challenged for a major title in 15 years that has been on a steady decline for years with a particularly piss poor squad the last two seasons has a squad that’s 3rd or 4th in the league is ludicrous to me. Some of you fuckers aren’t of this reality I swear
without an out and out winger
Marko, you didn’t land that point.
You think it’s ludicrous that people think we should challenge for top four… even though we are?
Jamie
I have no need to argue my case.
If you know the history of the club- its self explanatory.
Aside from 3-4 guys on Le Grove — all with agendas — no one in all of world football thinks Arsenal’s squad is as good as that of United, Chelsea or Spurs.
Anyone know what odds oddsmakers have given us (throughout the season) of winning the title? I bet on average said odds were nearly always lower than what they gave the three clubs above (except for in United’s lowest Jose-is-killing-us moments). This because the oddsmakers have good sense and are not biased.
Marc
Yeah I’d agree with that. Too many do write off our players. It’s to do with their bias. And their love of shiny new toys. Everyone loves a fantasy signing but the best work is done on the training ground
Look what was done with rvp and cesc as opposed to just throwing money at problem positions. Look what was done with our famous back 5 and Ashley Cole.
Look at the improvement in Ramsey and xakha under emery:
Bamford
Nobody is saying spurs.
CG –
Cool, so you could argue the point you suggested was arguable, but you don’t have to argue it because you know the history of the club. Got it. You’re really great at this.
arsenal fans are morons… I have met a few of them in real life..