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YEEEEAAASSSSSSSSSS!
What an unbelievable night for Arsenal.
We went away to one of the most devastating attacking teams in world football and nullified them.
We made them look average.
Arsenal used their physical advantage and made a Carlo team look like a group of school kids.
Emery out thought one of the greatest managers to have graced the game.
Our players held their focus and kept a clean sheet over 180 minutes.
We landed our SECOND clean sheet away from home in a week.
We took on a high-pressure game and DID NOT bow.
The players everyone said were Wengerfied stuck a big middle finger up to world and showed the way forward.
Arsenal demonstrated that they can rise to the occasion. We showed that we want to be in the mixer come what May. We delivered a stunning result.
I don’t want to overegg this, but fuck it, I am going to. This is what we bought into. This is why we changed manager. This is what we wanted.
The most important part of this week for me is that it is clear we have a manager that doesn’t have an ego when it comes to his methods.
How many seasons have we watched the same mistakes made over and over again? About 10. I almost couldn’t fathom the notion of a manager that would pivot. Someone who’d assess what’s going wrong and make a better choice. Someone who’d suck up their pride for the greater good of the club.
Last night was all about Emery for me. That’s his imprint on the team. It was fucking majestic.
Now we have to go on and make it happen again in semifinals against Valencia. Our season can still go to shit. The players need to retain focus. Nothing is won in Aprill.
However… I will savour this moment. That was a big night in Europe and we shone by playing the game, not the team. A tactical masterclass. ARSENAL DOING A TACTICAL MASTERCLASS.
Wonderful.
See you in the comments.
Jamie
We had to deal with the fallout of the Ozil contract, something ManU are struggling with because of Sanchez.
Arsenal have now dealt with that and drawn a line under the situation. It’s far from a perfect situation but it’s the right thing to do.
Which players are we selling this summer? What can we get for them?
For example, surely we are selling Mustafi. What might he go for? Where would he go?
Anyone that wants Wenger back at the club, in whatever capacity, is totally clueless.
This will have a detrimental impact on the entire infrastructure of the club.
It would be a disaster.
Happy Easter.
Marc –
Honestly, the primary reason we didn’t re-sign Ramsey is because of Ozil’s deal.
Break off £100k a week from Ozil and give it to Ramsey and he would’ve probably stayed. Financially, we’d be no worst off, if not still making negligent financial decisions.
bamford
of course it evens it self out, but we felt that draw like a loss. Though tbf to city, that handball would have been harsh. And the pundits agreed it wasn’t a pen( apart from Tim Sherwood cause he’s a twat).
But I’m glad tottenham felt cheated lol.
dont know what mhiki is on but he’s not worth that much, same with ozil and a few other players. We need to get rid.
Bamford Well I think Elneny and Chambers will be sold. I reckon we’ll get £30 – £35 million for the pair of them. I’d take £25 million for Mustafi if we could get it in a flash – wasn’t there talk about Inter being interested? There were also rumours about Inter being interested in Xhaka and under normal circumstances I’d take anything over £25 million for him but with Ramsey off I think it might be a bad idea to lose to many PL experienced CM’s in one hit. We’re going to lose Monreal, I’d keep Kos for a season… Read more »
For example, surely we are selling Mustafi. What might he go for? Where would he go? I’d say at least 20 million. He’d have some interest some big clubs might like him as a back up CB while some half way decent side might take a chance on him. He’s shit but he’s not totally shit. Like with Xhaka in certain systems around other better players for example they might look a lot better but here? No. I’d like to see him Elneny, Mhiki, Ozil and Kolasinac binned I’d like to think if someone bid for Xhaka we’d consider it… Read more »
gonsterous
Please do not call Tim Sherwood a twat – it’s most unfair on all of the twats out there.
I note that you are not disputing that the team is now set up how I wanted it from day one .And Le Grove now regard Emery as a master tactician….say no more.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you say anything substantive honestly. It’s mostly incoherent bollox. It’s why you can never be taken seriously. That and you’re stupid as fuck
Once Mkhi, Ozil, Cech, Mustafi, Chambers, Elneny, Welbeck and unfortunately Kos and Monreal leave, we’ll have over £1m a week in wages to reinvest at our current level. Outrageous mismanagement of our current wage bill.
Chambers are shite if Inter are tempted to make an offer for Xhaka wr should consider it and Koscielny is old and injury prone. Shouldn’t be so attached to these players who frankly hold us back
Don
“Le Grove now regard Emery as a master tactician”
Nonsense. People here really don’t think this. I’d say the consensus (that you’re opposed to here) is that he is doing fairly well with what he has, that he is getting certain important matches, like Thursday’s, right, and that he is good enough for the moment, good enough to get us back into the CL.
Beyond that, I’d say few here rate him much higher than that.
What people reject is the notion that he’s terrible or that he needs to go this summer.
Ancelotti on Arsenal—-
“They don’t play fantastic football but they deserved their victory and I wish them all the best in the Europa League.”
So with how close it is now in the chase for 3rd and 4th does anyone see any upsets / surprise results coming up?
How do you think it’s going to finish?
Some will think the above from
Ancelotti is a little petty on account of the dig about our football, but I think it’s pretty fair, actually. That’s just where we are at moment, I think.
Bamford
It’s definitely a dig, never heard anyone talk about Mourinho teams playing shit football when they were progressing in competitions.
Ancellotti and Mertens either think too highly of themselves or are genuine sore losers. Either way they’re disrespecting us no end.
Marc
April 20, 2019 13:57:59
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Well of course Ramsey should’ve started and maybe there was a chance there to have had Sanchez as well.
Suarez not Sanchez!!
What does it say about the job he’s doing at Napoli then
Danny
Ramsey wasn’t fit and had come off early in the Newcastle match, If we’d have started him and he got injured Emery would been blamed for starting an unfit player. Of course that’s a moot point now. I thought Suarez was injured as well.
football can only get better at arsenal. People tend to forget how shit, creativity wise we were under wenger in the last few years. We relied heavily on RVP then on Sanchez. We had no other play. And when we played tiki taka, we were the shittier version of Barca. Opened up weak teams but resorted to side ways passing when coming up against the big boys. Give me fast and direct ala henry, pires and co. over cesc, nasri, hleb and rosicky pretty football Any day of the week. Henry and co never did 20 passes to score a… Read more »
Carlo and Mertens hella salty.
Perish the thought – the likes of Holding and Bellerin ask for juicy pay rises in the seasons ahead..
Under these 2 ( Emery and Raul) – we will be giving them away for nothing too.
Frankly the two Mark’s on here – have more business acumen.
And I class them as delinquents.
With the greatest respect.
CG
Don’t care about respect from a cunt.
CG
I think Jamie just gave you a simple explanation as to why we didn’t sign Ramsey
“Honestly, the primary reason we didn’t re-sign Ramsey is because of Ozil’s deal. Break off £100k a week from Ozil and give it to Ramsey and he would’ve probably stayed. Financially, we’d be no worst off, if not still making negligent financial decisions.”
He’s the one who suffered the most from the foolish Ozil deal.
I would keep Welbeck for another two years on the same or lower wages.
That way we can get something for him next summer.
Dis
You are not figuring in – Ramsey needs to be replaced???
Dont you too – defend the indefensible.
Perish the thought – the likes of Holding and Bellerin ask for juicy pay rises in the seasons ahead..Under these 2 ( Emery and Raul) – we will be giving them away for nothing too.
I don’t see Holding turning into an unreasonable player. Bellerin should be sold anyway
Dissenter
I agree – when fit Welbeck is a useful squad player and offers something our other strikers don’t. It’s strange there hasn’t been any links to other clubs.
“Perish the thought – the likes of Holding and Bellerin ask for juicy pay rises in the seasons ahead..Under these 2 ( Emery and Raul) – we will be giving them away for nothing too.”
No one has an issue with paying players more if they are worth it – Ozil is not worth £350,000 per week.
As for Ramsey I’ll ask again – why didn’t he sign the contract when it was on offer – a period of months?
All the animosity and in-fighting on this blog is so boring and really putting people off reading it. I’m all for debate and decent arguments, but damn lots of posters need to get a grip. Anyway. My little two pence worth on our Defence.. Chambers (or even Bielik) is easily as good as Mustafi and can do a job there next season. But can they be apart of a title challenge in the first 11, probably not. I’m sure everyone agrees we need at least one world class beast of a centre half. That means we will have Holding, Papa,… Read more »
Legrove has to decide if our players are better than Chelsea and man utd players OR emery is better than sarri , mou and Ole. You can’t have it both ways.
But I guess, the moaners will say our players and coach are worse. Silly bunch
Anyone that wants xhaka sold needs their head re-examined.
I would keep Welbeck for another two years on the same or lower wages.
That way we can get something for him next summer.
I’m not sure I would. Cause honestly you’re taking it for granted that he comes back and stays injury free. We’d hardly be able to sell an injury prone player in a year there’s no guarantee so you’re leaving yourself with a injury prone player for another two seasons
Crimson
You too
Mark’s x2
over stepped the mark!
Apologies
Sanmi
It’s actually more complicated than that. United and Chelsea could have better players than we do, and Sarri, Mourinho and Solskjaer could be “better managers” than Emery, but Emery could be getting more out of his players and squad at this point than they are. For any number of reasons. Note that I am not really taking a position on the questions above — whose players are better, which manager is better, though I definitely think Chelsea and United have better players — I am simply pushing back on your all-too-simplistic logic.
Marko
I think it all comes down to how much money we’re going to have in the summer and who we’re lining up to buy. The good news is it won’t be a Wenger summer of buying no one having a couple of shit results early in the league and then doing a panic buy.
Bamford
You’re overthinking that one mate.
Bamford
It’s that simple. If emery is getting the best out of our players then he’s better than Ole and sarri. Period!
Have to respect Vardy, plenty thought that he would be a one season flash in the pan but he’s never gone away and has kept banging them in at an impressive rate.
Best CF in the PL outside of the top 6, can make a real case for being the best CF outside of the current top 4.
Man utd vs Arsenal squad 2018/19
DeGea vs Leno = DeGea
Bellerin vs Young = Bellerin
Smalling vs sokratis= sokratis
Lindelof vs kos= Lindelof
Shaw vs kolasinac = Shaw
Matic vs Torreira = Torreira
Xhaka vs pogba = pogba
Lingard vs Ramsey = Ramsey
Aubameyang vs Rashford= auba
Lacazette vs Lukaku = lacazette
Martial vs mkhi= martial.
Arsenal wins 6: 5.
Can u explain to me how that man utd squad is better than arsenals?
Wenger eagle,
I disagree he’s the best cf outside top 6. You need to watch Jimenez more
WE hates Jimenez…or at least doesn’t rate him.
Sanmi
Are you still of the view that Mane is nothing more than a slightly better version of Gervinho ☺️
Koss is miles better than Lindelof.
Arsenal vs chelsea squad.
Leno vs kepa= Leno
Emerson vs kolasinac = Emerson
Luis vs sokratis = sokratis
Rudiger vs kos= Rudiger
Azpi vs bellerin= Azpi
Kanter vs torreira = kante
Jorginho vs xhaka = xhaka
Ramsey vs kovacic = Ramsey
Hazard vs auba = hazard
Lacazette vs higuian= lacazette
Pedro vs mkhi= pedro.
Chelsea wins 6: 5, means emery is better than sarri
Samni: Sorry Rashford is miles better than Auba. the rest i agree with. ask any manager in world football who they’d rather have and 99% will say Rashford
TR7
Mane has proven to be better, it could also be klopp was the right coach for him. Same with sterling, pep was the right coach for him. I don’t think they are exceptional talents, their coaches focus on their strengths. Iwobi is of that mould he just need to get his end product right
Vardy is better than Jimenez.
Jimenez has had a very good season, he’s only scored 12 PL goals though while Vardy has 16.
Jimenez’s previous best in 4 seasons in Europe is 6 league goals.
Vardy’s last 4 seasons are 24 PL goals, 13 PL goals, 20 PL goals and 17 this season now he scored today.
Globalgunner
You are on weed if you think a striker that’s never gotten to 20 goals in his life is better than a striker that does it for fun.
Every man utd fan is clamouring for Rashford to be dropped as he’s not consistent
Rashford is not better than Aubameyang. Aubameyang the last 3 seasons alone has scored over 90 goals.
Wengereagle
Jimenez plays for a defensive minded team.
He’s hold up play is the best in epl. Watch him when he plays
Koss is better than Rudiger too. I don’t think people really appreciate how good has Kosscielney been over the last 7-8 years.
Marko
You mean you’ll choose the 29 year old Auba ahead of the 21 year old mega-talent?
I mean, Auba turns 30year old in June and his speed is bound to start dropping. What will we be left with then?
I would rather have Rashford in my team.
WE – Remember being pissed off he turned us down three years ago. Would’ve been a great signing.
Some weren’t that bothered because they still thought Sanchez could play there but Sanchez is nowhere near him as a number nine.
Dissenter,
No one cares what rashford might become, the argument is, on the 2 at this time, who’s the better striker. How’s that even a debate?
Only aguero and Kane is better than auba in epl as a striker
Paulinho
The problem with vardy is that if he plays for a big team, the opponents will sit back and park the bus, vardy then becomes anonymous. It’s the reason he doesn’t start for England and permanently on the bench. His entire game play is to run behind.
Jimenez has varied approach.
Jimenez makes Giroud look prolific, and the latter shits all over him in terms of link-up play too.
Sanmi
‘The problem with vardy is that if he plays for a big team, the opponents will sit back and park the bus, vardy then becomes anonymous’
Auba is not much different from Vardy.
Paulinho
He’s a much better player than he’s given credit for by the masses.
Turned into a bit of a meme but he’s a guy that puts up a minimum of 15-20 goals a season for a side that don’t create a lot of chances.
Sanmi – Could make exactly the same argument for Aubameyang, and I rate Vardy higher than Aubameyang.
WE – One of my favourite finishers to watch. With both feet he can lace it with precision.
Auba turns 30 this summer, his athleticism already looks to be on the wane.
Can’t see us getting much back on him if we do move him on in a year or two.
You mean you’ll choose the 29 year old Auba ahead of the 21 year old mega-talent?
I mean, Auba turns 30year old in June and his speed is bound to start dropping. What will we be left with then?
The question is now and right now Aubameyang is better than Rashford
The next thing I’m about to write is not a joke..
Who would be interested in bringing Mitrovich over from relegated Fulham?
I think he gives us an opportunity to play a different way.
The lad doesn’t turn 25 till September. I’m not sure he’s ready to be a third striker yet
Paulinho
I’ve been dying to ask if you’ve reviewed your initial assessment of Rashford.
What do you think now?
Auba has proven to score all types of goals. In fact most of his.goals don’t even require sprinting. They are goals scored from being in the right place. His positioning and movement in the box is the worldclass
Who would be interested in bringing Mitrovich over from relegated Fulham?
Nope. So is that Rashford and Mitrovic over Aubameyang? Man no one rates a goalscorer these days. 90+ goals the last 3 seasons 33 goals in less than 50 games for us and still not enough
Dissenter,
Yes on Mitrovic. I’d go for Sessegnon too.
This is mental, mitrovic? Really
Who’s he better than? Lacazette or aubameyang?
Sanmi
Third striker to give us another option
Marko,
We have no other strikers after Lacazette and Aubameyang so a 3rd option is a must for a title challenging CL squad and as good as Aubameyang is he misses more chances than he scores some of which are Giroud/Chamakh/Walcott misses with a big dollop of Andy Cole.
Unless we’ve got some good yoot ready to join the squad we could do a lot worse than Mitrovic he could be a useful addition.
“Every man utd fan is clamouring for Rashford to be dropped as he’s not consistent.”
No, they’re not. He’s been out with an injury for the most part. They were at their best when he was starting through the center, with Martial and Lingard wide, and Lukaku on the bench. Scoring goals is important, but so too is movement, so too are runs off the ball, runs in behind, stretching defenses, playing in combination with the two other strikers, etc.
Dissenter – Nothing has changed. Am I missing something that he has displayed in recent months? Even Solskjaer has said he needs to improve his intelligence in terms of positioning in the box, and stop relying on trying to impersonate Ronaldo.
If you check out his player thread on Redcafe you will see most of the United fans think he is pony.
We need a striker that can hold up the ball, neither Auba nor Laca have this skill in there repertoire
This may be key to playing away games next season.
You’ll like this WE
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11838/11697761/diego-costa-refuses-to-train-after-being-fined-by-atletico-say-spanish-media
We have no other strikers after Lacazette and Aubameyang so a 3rd option is a must for a title challenging CL squad and as good as Aubameyang is he misses more chances than he scores some of which are Giroud/Chamakh/Walcott misses with a big dollop of Andy Cole.
I don’t agree.
We need a striker that can hold up the ball, neither Auba nor Laca have this skill in there repertoire
I don’t agree with this. Of all the squad issues that we’ve got number 3 striker who can hold up play is not one of them
Sanmi
“It’s that simple. If Emery is getting the best out of our players, then he’s better than Ole and Sarri. Period!”
No, it’s actually not that simple. And for a number of reasons.
I think Mike Phelan’s doing a good job at United but nothing excellent about it. 5 defeats in 7 is no bueno
http://www.sportbible.com/football/reactions-news-legends-theres-a-petition-for-the-emirates-to-be-renamed-20190420
Honestly pathetic shite
Marko
We have a legally binding contract where Emirates have the rights until 2028.
Cue one of the idiots to come on and explain how legally binding contracts aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.
Cue one of the idiots to come on and explain how legally binding contracts aren’t worth the paper they’re written on.
Thank fuck we do. We’ve been a laughing stock for long enough under the man just let him go.
I don’t think emery is thinking about the top4 anymore…
The Welbeck situation is really difficult. If he was fit and firing then easy decision. I would keep him as a flexible striker, can play anywhere on the front line. Always reliable and run all day long. Scores important goals as his england record is pretty good.
But obviously injuries are a major problem.! We don’t need a wilshere situation. 😢. Maybe he would want to go anyway and not happy as a third of forth choice (behind Nketiah).
Emery has a decision to make. But that’s what he’s paid for.
Be pleasant to each other! ❤️
Surely it should be renamed the Unai Emeryates stadium after the great man that has rescued our dignity?
he’s got his mind set on top3 now
@ bd… totally agree with you..
our stadia should be renamed the unai emery(rates), if emery win win the EL and get top 3..
Lol @ Rashford being better than Auba.
Diss
If we already didn’t have Auba I would have gone for Mitrovic. Hes a beast and not a shabby goal scorer too. But we have 2 expensive strikers already.
Ideally what we need is a winger like Sanchez/son who can deputise as a striker if need be.
benny
It’d almost be worth it to see Pierre, CG and Un have a meltdown of epic proportions.
Can you imagine their reaction?
Herbert Chapman stand and the Arsene Wenger handicap toilet. How does that sound?
le- grove is so f cking boring…
just read a post on manure blog… where someone actually wanted young( Ashley) to make a deliberate back pass to aguero, so man city can win the league over pool…
is that really how everyone hates to see pool to win the league.
a manure fan, even said they should donate the 3points in that derby match as a charity to city, with +4goals difference, just so pool doesn’t get their hands on the titles
real comedy on that manure blog… here’s just filled with bitter trolls and akb’s
dd
ManU hate the scousers more than I do. They’d rather get relegated than see them win the league.
Ramsey is out. Does this mean Ozil definitely starts?
I’ll have Giroud as replacement for Welbeck. He’ll be free in the summer.
Bam
“Ramsey is out. Does this mean Ozil definitely starts?
Nope, Emery may play Mykhi ahead of Ozil
I just hope he doesn’t repeat the same mistake of playing Ozil and Mkyki again.