3 games against teams outside the top six. Three defeats. 9 goals conceded.
An abrupt end to our top 4 hopes you would think.
A pretty horrendous day out in general. It looked like we setup to give Leicester possession. We were totally overrun in midfield start to finish. The players were afraid, they sat deep, they dropped off and they allowed themselves to be bullied.
AMN found himself sent off for two pretty innocuous fouls, but hey, that’s Michael Oliver. We’d given up 71% possession at that point, hardly like that sending off was going to save our bacon. We were always going to lose.
Arsenal scrambled into halftime, a real low was seeing Papa point to the clock to sooth the nerves of his nervous players. Players begging for halftime. Scrambling against a mid table team like it was a City masterclass they were hiding from. Really embarrassing.
Second half saw the intro of Kos to stabilise the defence. We looked a touch better, but then the floodgates opened.
There’s no point in going through it goal by goal, needless to say that being easily beaten by a side that KNEW they’d take us down, was not good.
Emery has a tough job on his hands. There was only one player out there I’d keep on next season, and that’s the keeper. Everyone else is expendable.
The manager is culpable. He was gift wrapped top four this week and he’s flunked it badly. His selection against Palace was baffling, his game plan at Wolves was awful, and he made mistakes again yesterday. We have bottled the top 4 against much weaker teams.
“Our gameplan was to be strong in our defensive moments and in our attacking moments, to take our chances, attacking their back four,”
With a game plan so complex, it’s hard to fathom why we struggled. A few brief thoughts. We played Mustafi again, I’m all for charitable suppprt, but he’s finished. Bigger thought here is this: if the young players can’t oust someone so utterly broken, do they really have a future?
Xhaka and LT had no control of the midfield, both struggled hugely under the physical pressure placed on them. The Swiss is 80% good, 20% awful. That awful shows up too often. He’s like a fancy orchid, you need to find the absolute perfect conditions for him to thrive, that’s not good enough at Champions League level. LT just looks shot to pieces. How long will it take Arsenal management to realise that power and pace is what it’s all about in this league?
Our wide players offered nothing. We have to be real about Iwobi. He’s limited. He’s not improving. We are chasing the ‘he’ll make it’ dragon. He doesn’t assist, he doesn’t score, he has limited locomotion, and he loses the ball under pressure. Mikhi showed signs of promise for about 10 milliseconds, but it’s over for him. He just doesn’t cut the mustard. Very disappointing. So much talent, very little application.
Our strikers were poor outlets and offered nothing. They’ve given us so much edge this season, but in games like yesterday, where brute force and hard pressing is on the menu, those two are lost. By the way, Leicester have some brilliant young players. Maddison and Tielemans were so good. I also enjoyed the performance of Choudhoury, super intense, aggressive and effective. How has Leicester found these players? Why isn’t our youth setup producing talent like theirs?
That was a nothing game. The reality is that Emery is just here as a transition. He’s solid and dependable, but there’s no next level. He’ll have good days and he’ll have bad days. But the simple reality is he’s made a very limited impact on us being protagonists. We literally approached Leicester like we were playing Barca away. The defence has gotten worse, we have no consistent style, our away form is diabolical and we are still soft. He’s also been incredibly lucky this season. Our conversion rate is the best it’s ever been, that won’t last.
We are better against top 6 sides, but what’s that worth if you blow the top 4 with 6 games to go against cloggers?
Still, he’ll land another year where he’ll be charged with rebirthing the squad with new blood and I think you’ll be disappointed with what it reaps. You can’t have an ok manager and bad recruiting, but that’s the reality of what’s about to happen. Raul hasn’t hired a technical director, he didn’t replace Sven M, so we are going into the summer either using Sven’s old list, or with an exec that passed on Tielemans to bring in Denis Suarez.
With better coaching, we’d have seen those three games out. It wasn’t to be, and now we have to beat a solid Valencia side and cross our fingers Chelsea don’t show up.
… and don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying fire him. I’m just saying what I’ve said all season. We have made lots of bad decisions with recruiting and they are going to bite us hard over the next 3 years.
Still, despite all the AKBs enjoying this… I’d not have changed out this season for another with Wenger under any circumstances. That attitude is loser talk my friends.
A miserable week. Bring on the Europa. Pray United and Chelsea draw. Hope Emery brings the Habanero on Thursday. Xx
Pedro Tottenham don’t have that bad a squad to call 12 league loses special sauce
Don’t care what anyone says,Emery has earned his extra season regardless of where we finish.
That’s my take
RH, semi final of the CL.
That is special sauce. Poch is extra spicey.
This DVD watching, clipboard carrying, tactical savvy, modern European technical coach has seen his team Ship in 9 ( NINE) goals in 6 days at the business end of the season.
There are 92 clubs in English football .
No coach is performing as incompetently than the totally discredited Unai Emery.
Arsenal 2 Palace 3
Wolves 3 Arsenal 0
Leicester City 3 Arsenal 0.
Is he the worst coach of the 92?
Charlie George
He’s the USB Alan Curbishley.
He watches every game 1000 times from every angle, but cant seem to see whats wrong with our defence.
Absolutely mental.
CG,
Well considering Arsenal are 5th out of 92 one could argue he’s actually the 5th best of the 92 could they not?
The problem is not so much the defense than our midfield.
He does not seems to understand that the EPL is not la Liga. Teams do not roll over before Big 6 teams. You need to earn your victory and good coaches do that by selecting a strong and well balance midfield.
“Well considering Arsenal are 5th out of 92 one could argue he’s actually the 5th best of the 92 could they not?”
So Iwobi is the 5th best winger in the PL?
Bd
I want to congratulate you on your Scouting Report at The Molineux.
Very illuminating and insightful
Especially with regards to body language, persona and perception, with regards to Emery.
It was a thoroughly enjoyable piece.
I hope your Boy was not put off from the experience.
If he is..
Put some Charlie George goal highlights on for him,please
There are ample to enjoy… and he will be an Arsenal fan for life
Because Charlie was better than Dennis…
Emery is the type of worker with a better CV than he actually is. Use the right word during the interview, dazzle management during the selection. Everybody fight to be the one who saw him first. And then in real life he is nothing like management expected. Generally it takes management longer than colleague and underlings to wise up. Once they do, everybody try to weasel out of the being the one who signed him. Instead of admitting their mistake by sacking him, that person is just strongly advised to leave. Or if that person has a fixed term contract… Read more »
Koscielny was absolutely dreadful when he came on. First goal he jumps under the ball but he is not the main culprit for that one, Yet again our Xhaka senses no danger from opposing players and just watches on as Tieleman sprints into the box. Tielemans was Xhaka’s man. Xhaka was not interested in defending his goal. It’s all well and good saying Torreira is the DM but he was trying to close down the crosser Maddison and went to him, He can’t do two jobs track the runner receiving the pass and close down the provider pf the pass… Read more »
I think the only positives for me this season are the development of AMN and in Leno, finally after all these years we’ve finally found a worthy successor to Seaman, although he was at fault for 2 if the goals at Wolves.
Pedro
‘The reality is that Emery is just here as a transition.’
I really don’t think that’s true. He was signed as a long term manager.
Overall, it’s very simple. For arsenal to progress in any substantial way, the club needs to invest significantly in better players.
This isn’t something that has to happen every single transfer window, but right now our squad is way off the pace and the PL just keeps getting tougher.
The smart thing to do is to speculate now otherwise the club will be left behind.
gambonApril 28, 2019 22:00:50
“Well considering Arsenal are 5th out of 92 one could argue he’s actually the 5th best of the 92 could they not?”
So Iwobi is the 5th best winger in the PL
>>>>>
Eh? No, but Emery is managing the team that is currently 5th, ergo he is doing a better job than the managers beneath him is he not? My point is that losing 3 games in a row doesn’t make him the worst, even if he’s not good enough to restore us to greatness.
gambon
“So Iwobi is the 5th best winger in the PL?”
Name 4 better ones
Alex,
Yes, better players.
But, better manager. Otherwise the players thing won’t matter.
Emery just choked Palace, Wolves and Leicester. We have a manager issue. No cataclysmic, which means we’ll persist under the false hope he miraculously comes good. He won’t.
ES
Good post.
Stan won’t sell unless the club starts losing money and depreciating in value.
Success obviously is not an issue for him at all.
Even if he gets stick from fans, press, pundits etc. he has the luxury of not even living this country.
He’s the specialist in average.
CG, Thanks! It pained me to write what I did but I had to be honest and say it how I saw it. Seeing it in the flesh as opposed to in the TV paints a very different picture and it just seems painfully obvious to me now after seeing what I saw combined with how bad we’ve been when the pressure is on that the players can’t respect Emery because they’re playing like they don’t give one fuck. I’d like to see Emery gone and the whole squad barring Leno, Torreira, Guendouzi, AMN, Iwobi and our youngsters. I think… Read more »
I wanted Arsene to go after the last FA cup win but I feel he was a better manager. Think of it – 20 years of CL a few trophies and playing better. No regrets of him going but we could have done better probably
Just finished watching MOTD.
We were properly shit today- Vardy’s second?
alexanderhenry
Just finished watching MOTD.We were properly shit today- Vardy’s second?
All on Kos wasn’t it. Painful to see.
The problem is that a vocal minority of Wenger haters seems to interpret any criticism of Emery as wanting Wenger back. The reality is that Wenger was past it, and that Emery does not have it. It is now painfully clear that this manager is not the one who will take us forward. The idea that we should stick with him for another year, despite all the sign that he is out of his depth is ridiculous. Imagine this squad with all his preferred players: Suarez, Banega, Krikowiak… In one year time, the new coach will have to clear his… Read more »
Sorry third goal. Just waltzed through.
Kola joke defending on that one beaten three times. Kos also involved with poor defending.
Bd
Good to hear…
And Tell little Bd… CG says hello.
Ishola
Shearer and Danny Murphy laughing at us in the MOTD analysis.
No Valentin that is not the issue at all and I have not detected this from other posters. No-one in their right mind thinks Wenger will walk back through the door and anyone of sound mind could see he was finished as a top manager. What others all seem to be doing is trying to point out that these players a few fair of them are not good enough. You can crucify Emery all you want but the fact still stands that too many who see consistent first team football are not good enough over the long period required. Emery… Read more »
alexanderhenry
“Shearer and Danny Murphy laughing at us in the MOTD analysis.”
Not surprising. But the team have been laughed at for these same sort of defensive cock-ups for years now by the pundits.
How can Stan get so much wrong at one club, apart from increasing personal wealth that is.
He by his own admission knows nothing about football, Raul admits he needs a director of football, Emery seems out of his depth, is there anyone who knows anything about the game running the club?
What a shambles
We are keeping our powder dry for the Europa Cup. They were a ragged,tired, worn out team in need of a rest against Leicester. A top 4 place hardly worth using up whatever was left in the tank. Not that I give a damn for CL qualification anyway, it would only expose the gap between Arsenal and the best. Call me an optimist, but I think we will see a positive change against Valencia. What matters most though is what happens in summer. There will be very little net money in transfer pot, Emery will have to sell to buy.… Read more »
“The idea that we should stick with him for another year, despite all the sign that he is out of his depth is ridiculous. Imagine this squad with all his preferred players: Suarez, Banega, Krikowiak… In one year time, the new coach will have to clear his mess of a squad. Except that because all the new players would have fat juicy contracts there will be even less money to rebuild.” How come Emery is not allowed to clear Wenger’s mess before he is judged? With a team consisting of Aguero, Sterling, David Silva, Kompany and co, Guardiola only finished… Read more »
“What others all seem to be doing is trying to point out that these players a few fair of them are not good enough. ”
Well said Ishola.
We lead the league in individual errors leading to goals and right now, I doubt there’s any manager that can coach that out of Mustafi or Xhaka.
Marko
I’m not sure how you draw those conclusions but so be it.
If your worst option in the squad is bloody good value in some capacity then you’re doing well. That’s basic surely?
azed ”Well said Ishola. We lead the league in individual errors leading to goals and right now, I doubt there’s any manager that can coach that out of Mustafi or Xhaka.” Mustafi may be binned but I fear the Xhaka years as I call them will continue for a good long time yet. The culture at the club would seem to indicate that they will carry on with him despite him being such a liability defensively for the team and as others have pointed out Emery isn’t really a defensive coach. Personally I think it’s a shame that such a… Read more »
We are heading for mid-table obscurity for a long time. I don’t see what can stop it, barring hiring a genius manager who can do it on a shoe string (clearly not Emery), and/or massive investment from Kroenke, or selling out to someone who wants to invest to succeed – none of these are remotely likely.
35,000 crowds at the Emirates could be a reality in a couple of years.
Dark days.
Most of Xhaka errors are due to playing him as part of a midfield two as he does not have the mobility and pace to face dynamic midfield 3 opposition. So that is on the coach who keep select him in that position against proponents of such systems. When Wenger was in charge, we criticised him for that. I can’t see a reason to give Emery a pass for the same mistake. Regarding Mustafi, again if Emery had properly introduced youngsters such as Mavrapanos and Osei-tutu when he had the opportunity, we would need to play Mustafi nor have Lichsteiner… Read more »
@azed,
Emery is not solving Wenger’s mess, he is just making the same mistakes but from the opposite direction.
The defense is worse than under Wenger despite having spend £70 millions to upgrade the defensive side of the squad.
@azed,
The situation at Monaco was completely different. Jardin told the owner that due to how the new DoF was operating, he would not be able to do his job. He offered his resignation that was refused. When a few months, results prove him right, he left. Within six months the owner recognised the errors of his way and reinstated him with the power and influence he had initially requested.
Here we have a manager who said that he could do the job under the constraints. Now realise that he can’t, but won’t resign.
@Ishola,
Read the answers to Emery criticisms. Most find a way to bring Wenger back into the conversation for no reason whatsoever.
“Emery’s attacking tactics are on par with Hodor’s vocabulary.”
Hahahahaha, Un Na, made me laugh out loud.
Club went belly up with the sacking of Dein, If Wenger had a backbone he would of resigned that day but his ego got in the way and has cost this club our heart and soul, We have a loser as an owner, Or board know nothing about football and our staff are answering to know one as nobody is in charge , We unfortunately are being led by foreigners who don’t know the club or the league, We need a serious shake up from the bottom to the top in the hierarchy, This situation needs to addressed immediately as… Read more »
“Hahahahaha, Un Na, made me laugh out loud.”
Better only one laughing than no one.
Regarding Mustafi, again if Emery had properly introduced youngsters such as Mavrapanos and Osei-tutu when he had the opportunity Mavropanos has played twice this season and he was horrible. He was also injured for the first half of the season. Osei-tutu was also injured for three months and AMN plays the right back except you are suggesting Emery drops AMN for Jordi. We have 7 Central defenders and if you think Emery can just drop 5 of them and play youth team members, then I’ll say drop the FIFA you are playing. “The situation at Monaco was completely different. Jardin… Read more »
Valentin “The problem is not so much the defense than our midfield.” I agree with this. I mean, our defense is bad, but our midfield provides no control or protection. We consistently struggle to move the ball from midfield to attack, which is why Lacazette and Ozil often drop so deep. We badly miss Ramsey. This is going to be an unpopular opinion here, even though I’ll preface it by saying I’m no fan of his, think he’s declined quite a bit, and think he should have been sold two or three years ago. However, I think that without Ozil… Read more »
@azed, Jordan Osei-tutu is a right back by trade, AMN is not. He is learning on the job the position. Round peg in round hole. Same with Willock, central midfielder per trade, instead of asking Mhikitarian to fill in a position in which he has demonstrated numerous times he can’t play. We don’t have 7 fit central defenders, we have four. Koscielny, Sokratis, Mustafi and Mavrapanos. Monreal is a left back who can cover in a back 3. Knowing that Koscielny can’t play three games in a week, that means that every 2 out of 3 games, we only have… Read more »
@Mics_, We don’t have a powerful dynamic central midfielder. We are either small (Torreira) or not dynamic (Xhaka), lacking technical ability (Elneny) or awareness and experience (Guendouzi). The only one who combine both power and dynanism is Ramsey. As bar Özil and Ramsey, none of our midfield have the technical ability, nor mental fortitude to receive the ball under pressure, we have to endure those lateral and backward passes, which when intercepted lead to goals and free-kicks. As Emery keeps selecting a midfield two, we are now consistently overrun when put under any kind of pressure. For Leicester, he chose… Read more »
Zidane said: ‘I will always defend my players, but I cannot today. We cannot play like this. It is not just them, I am responsible too because I pick the team and prepare the game with the players. Today was just opposite of plan we had
Even ZZ knows it’s the managers fault at times.
Like today.
Valentin
AMN has played fullback in his senior career, he’s not learning to be a fullback, he’s learning the game at senior level.
You say we have a midfield problem but how much will it cost to buy a decent midfielder and also pay the wages?
Valentin
You’re literally frothing from the mouth with your rapid Emery babble.
Jeez, you never stop.
Can’t we just sack Emery in the morning and be done with all these rantings of yours.
FFS
Just read the post and yah the sharp reality is, we could have any one being the manager or head coach but if there’s no money to change the average playing personnel than there is no hope of winning anything significant.
Having an average squad will mean, you will have good days and bad.
I’m not defending emery, but the club as a whole look like they don’t have a plan.
I think it’s possible to get an extra 10% out of this squad over the course of a season, which emery appears to have fallen short of That said, even if he gets that extra 10% we’re still a country mile away from genuine relevance I’m very very concerned about the state of our club The squad needs an enormous overhaul from top to toe but we lack any decent scouts or football people in senior management We also are saddled with a squad of wenger babies which is a death sentence in and of itself, especially those on obscene… Read more »
As Emery keeps selecting a midfield two, we are now consistently overrun when put under any kind of pressure. For Leicester, he chose Mhikitarian (who keep hiding) as the third central midfield instead of using a U21 specialist of the position. If Willock was that good, he won’t be playing under 21. Bayern were willing to pay 30M for Callum Odoi before he started a game for Chelsea, Gnarby was also wanted as a youngster… We saw Willock in the Europa League and he was nothing special. We’ve seen the hype around the likes of Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Dan Crowley, Vlad… Read more »
The problem is that a vocal minority of Wenger haters seems to interpret any criticism of Emery as wanting Wenger back ________ LOL this is not the issue at all, the issue is where were you 5 or 6 years ago with your daily breakdown of bad tactics on Wenger? Where was your criticism of completely idiot lineup decisions and lack of transfers and dumb loans?..Because let me assure you there were plenty and just as bad. So when you and Pierre and others like you go on a daily rant about Emery .. it smacks of hypocrisy at it’s… Read more »
Pedro doesn’t get enough credit for seeing this slide coming years ago…what ?almost a decade ago or whenever this blog was founded and you got some on here acting like it just started this season due to Emery and his tactics. It goes much deeper then that and much farther back.
It’s wenger who has set this club back a decade. What a waste of a new stadium that was meant to make us compete with the elite. Too bad we didn’t appoint an elite manager at the same time we moved stadium. Emery did not cause this but i also don’t think he is the one to get Us out of it. Hopefully he wins us Europa. Has a great summer TW. And leaves the team more equipped for the next manager to come in and in better shape than wenger left it for him. For me, repeating myself, emery… Read more »
Stan, the board, Ivan, wenger and the fans have all been complicit in leading us to this moment The old adage is true that you reap what you sow. The club have told us that mediocrity is fine for a solid decade and most of the fans were more than happy enough to agree 10 years of that and people are honestly disappointed and surprised that we didn’t attract an elite manager or become great again in a single season We’ve got exactly what we deserve as fans for excusing mediocrity for so long. It’s ok to have a couple… Read more »
Accountability starts from the paying customers in any business and football is no different People are expecting stan to care about arsenal when it quietly makes him a huge profit are living in dream land. There’s no pressure on him because no one holds him accountable when the club fail And with a feckless owner we have to just hope that club staff such as management and players will care – why should they? Are they accountable? Nope The irony of it all is that fans have always had the power in their hands to shape the club regardless of… Read more »
“Wenger haters” Also, for the most part.. wanting Wenger gone years ago does not equate to hating him… I personally felt sad mostly and sorry for what we had become.. Kind of like watching your grandfather slide into Alzheimer’s disease. while being the head of a once great family. Or do the people criticizing Emery today actually hate him? I know I don’t I just want him to not suck. And people trying to lump fans into haters just because they were unhappy with Wenger and what he did to the Club during the banter years… is incorrect. Wenger gave… Read more »
Of course the players or previous manager are not blameless but I feel that Emery is sort of digging his own grave . Let’s go back to earlier in the season , we were riding the crest of a wave , we had just beat Tottenham 4-2 at home and it appeared that Emery could do no wrong, Around that time I often said is Emery a tactical genius or lucky…I said this because I was amazed at how many times we were behind but came back to win due to his substitutions and change of tactics…deep down I always… Read more »
Wenger picked and signed the majority of the players on the squad. Wenger decided on the pay of the majority of the players on the squad. Wenger has been the manager for the majority of the players on the squads careers while at Arsenal. Wenger’s defensive coach Steve Bould is still the defensive coach. That’s the reason people still bring up Wenger by the way.. and most likely still will until those factors change.. His imprint is still on the squad. Emery is responsible for this season and will be held accountable for it but let’s try not to deny… Read more »
Mid West Agree with what your saying but my point is , things could have turned out so different for Emery if he hadn’t decided to get into this power struggle with players and his constant tinkering with tactics, personnel and formations have not helped. Let’s not forget that those same players that you say Wenger picked and signed went on a 22 game unbeaten run from August to December….maybe in those early months Emery’s style and philosophy hadn’t taken effect. We do have a decent team but I don’t feel he is the right manager for these players and… Read more »
Pierre-
I actually posted that before I read your post ..apologies as I wasn’t responding to it really. it was more in response to why people keep bringing up Wenger..it has not much to do with obsession with him but the things I outlined.
I agree Emery really wasn’t the right pick as is getting proven out unless he was brought in solely to win a European Cup.
Midwest
As an AKB, I think it is unfair on Wenger.
If we win, the narrative here is that “See what proper coaching does”
If we lose, “See what Wenger did to the team; nothing could save it”.
The reasoning is circular with one conclusion that is terribly unhelpful.
How do you get Wenger out when he is already out? Burn his house?
Where’s The Grizzly Bear Geoff nowadays? I stopped visiting the blog during the peak banter years because even the blog hit the groundhogdayception only to return when there were some illusion of some changes last year.
Lol No burning of houses.. You get rid of his bad players and correct the payroll situation. However it does concern me we don’t have a DoF in place to address how to get that done and make sure everyone is on the same page.
Man.. haven’t heard mention of Geoff in ages… Pedro used to keep people up on his doings.
I’m beginning to think it’s me. I arrived in the UK nearly two weeks ago now. I missed the Napoli game because I was too jet-lagged and fell asleep before it began, but I’ve watched the last three. Are we really that utter shite? I’ve never claimed to be a master technical analyst like some on here yet it is patently obvious, even to me, that a vital connective element (one that was, to some extent, performed by that nice Mr. Ramsey, is lacking. I’ve been watching the games in various pubs around London (even one in Rochester yesterday) with… Read more »
I don’t think the players have given up , watching them yesterday they looked frustrated , confused and looked like a cat caught in the headlights. The decision making in the final third was poor , the ability to retain possession was poor and when AMN received the red card you could see the team visibly wilt. The manager looked under pressure on the touchline from the start, his nervousness did not help the players. You need a calm , composed manager on the touchline when thing are going against you …Emery is the opposite. Emery is learning that Arsenal… Read more »
I’m beginning to think it’s me.
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I was just about to write a rant about how it was GuNewZealand’s fault too.. Because he gave up on us after his favorite whipping boy Geeeeerooo left us for the Scum.
hahahah a How are you? missed the late night banter.. Your in new time zone then… probably why.
Yeah it’s a regular 3 ring circus anymore. complete with clowns like Mustafi..
Hi MidWest
Here in the UK for my father-in-law’s funeral and my eldest step-daughter’s wedding. Was supposed to be a three week trip only but the missus’ old man popping his clogs means we’ll be here until mid-June – enough time to see out the season.
I have put in a call to my boy Giroud but he has, as yet, not returned my calls. Probably got the pip with me. I miss him so.
GuNZ-
Awww man sorry to hear about the ol’man.. Weddings and funerals.. the sole purpose of the one suit I own. Well I hope you get to see something worth seeing. Bet your not looking for Oli G in the right spots.. Hair salon would be my first stop. .
Cheers Mid
I am currently staying in Millwall territory – I’m not sure they know what a hair salon is here. Although I did get the impression that my late night large donner with extra chillie sauce and chips from the takeaways outside Bermondsey underground station on Saturday night had been cooked in Unai Emery’s hair gel.
Pierre, You really are the master at making up shit and believing it yourself. Ramsey wasn’t dropped he got injured and when he recovered he was back in the side. Ozil got dropped because he was going missing in games, not putting in the effort in training and pulling sickies – hiw many times do you need to be told? But you keep telling your lie enough times and you think people will think it’s the truth. It’s not. Emery’s not power hungry or trying to prove a point at all, this is complete nonsense and fantasy made up in… Read more »
Midwest,
Yes that’s what’s annoyed me the most about the Emery haters; most of them are AKBs who said nothing of Wenger and have enabled the shortness we find ourselves in now and are trying to make out it’s only happened this season when in fact it’s been a 10 year decline. I blame Wenger for the meas we’re in now but unfortunately I now feel Emery isnt the right man to get us out of it.
We are a very lucky outfit as Wolves and Leicester are better teams have outplayed us both within the week. Where was our supposed pressing game we were giving them so much time on the ball. Let the season/pain be over I have had enough and Valencia will beat us.
Garry Neville in an interview yesterday discussed Mustafi whilst he was manager at Valencia. He said that Mustafi is a centre back who needs someone to play alongside him who provides leadership and direction. That was the case when Otamendi was at Valencia. Once Otamendi left for Man City the shortcomings of Mustafi were exposed. His main weakness according to Neville is that the Centre Back likes to move off station and play in midfield. This will probably have appealed to Wenger who likes his centre backs to be “footballers” first and “defenders” second, but is not what is required… Read more »
I saw someone here a while ago saying Leicester had a better 11 than us and I laughed at first but come to think of it,man for man,they had a better 11 didn’t they?. Chilwell better than sead, perreira better than Niles,Maguire better than one of our CBS….and maybe Evans is a 50/50….ndidi better than xhaka…maddison better than Miki,maybe torreira better than choudhoury….I’d give auba and laca the benefit of doubt but I still think vardy is a better player…..that said,Emery has made a complete shit show of the last couple of weeks but I have always maintained I’ll give… Read more »
I’m going to give Emery some more time.
Also am i the only one worried that even our youth set ups are producing shit defenders?I know the under 18s won the league but they also conceded a large amount of goals.This also applies to the under 23s.I am also not seeing a standout dm,infact the last I saw was Isaac Hayden and I was gutted we shipped him to newcastle,I am pretty sure he can do a better job than xhaka/elneny
Emirates Holding and Deligt pairing?
I don’t think the players have given up , watching them yesterday they looked frustrated , confused and looked like a cat caught in the headlights” Doesn’t look good mate, think they’ve absolutely lose all confidence on Emery,I mean it’s literally same players who went on a run of unbeaten games this Can’t believe the last three matches are a true reflection of the players abilities,theyre tanking badly because they can’t be arse anymore to out the effort for the man They want Emery out is the only reasonable explanation I can muster in the midst of such shocking performances… Read more »
Holding has been a huge miss though,would have held it together a bit, defence started going to the shitters the moment he went out injured
Bennydevito “Pierre,You really are the master at making up shit and believing it yourself.Ramsey wasn’t dropped he got injured and when he recovered he was back in the side” Ramsey was substituted in the home game to Watford , he came off off shaking his head ……prior to the Watford game ,which we won 2-0 , Ramsey had started our 4 previous league games , all victories. Ramsey was then named as substitute for the next 7 league games , so was obviously not injured …..he was being treated like a schoolboy for showing his displeasure. Emery only started Ramsey… Read more »
Victorious
Holding has been at the heart of some car crash performances. He doesn’t make as many dumb decisions as Mustafi and Sokratis, not sure he would have made a big difference.
DaniAltos
“I saw someone here a while ago saying Leicester had a better 11 than us and I laughed at first but come to think of it,man for man,they had a better 11 didn’t they?”
One things for sure …they have a better manager than Arsenal who gets his team to play quality football and seems to have the ability to get the best out of the players at his disposal.
Bennydevito
“Emery’s not power hungry or trying to prove a point at all, this is complete nonsense and fantasy made up in your deluded head”
If that is the case then maybe you may be able to explain why a manager would not start a player( Ramsey) for 7 league matches after starting the previous 5 which were all victories…..
Doesn’t look good does it , Ramsey comes off shaking his head after being substituted and then is put on the bench for the next 2 months or so.
“A dominant Eibar played with their characteristic high press and gave Valencia’s Champions League hopes a real kick in the teeth.”
https://betweentheposts.net/valencia-eibar-0-1-laliga-missed-chances-dominant-grab-late-goal/
“He doesn’t make as many dumb decisions as Mustafi and Sokratis, not sure he would have made a big difference.” On one hand you say he doesn’t make dumb mistakes like the rest our CBs and then insinuates he won’t have made a big difference Bit of a contradiction eh? I mean I dunno but think he was in a good form before he went out injured, you shouldn’t expect consistency from a player who is partnerd by different players every other week In short what I do know is that Holding getting all the minutes Mustafa the clown have… Read more »
“Our mids have been woeful, we cannot create shit even from the wings
If we have to get all archaic again so be it
Play the long ball!”….yes let’s play the long ball to 5ft laczette and auba who is a pussy in the air!
United are apparently in for Pepe, who is now allegedly valued at £60m. We must develop the ability to sign these kinds of players before they become inordinately expensive.
Isaac Hayden,Lewis Dunk,Phil billing,Jonas lossl,Shayne Duffy,Tom Cairney,Kongolo,Ayoze Perez…all these guys would make better squad players than some of the dross we have
United are apparently in for Pepe, who is now allegedly valued at £60m. We must develop the ability to sign these kinds of players before they become inordinately expensive.
I have watched alot of Nicolas Pepe and I really don’t see the hype.His goal scoring record is good but alot of them are pens,but hey that’s just my opinion.
Bennydevito
Ozil is substituted v wolves , he walks off shaking his head , he had started 7 of the precious 8 league games , undefeated in those games .
What happens…Ozil starts 3 of the next 12 league games .
Will just add that during that period ( Southampton onwards) , in all competitions we lost 7 out of 14 games and Ozil didn’t start one of them .
But no, you keep believing that ” Emery is not power hungry and is not out to prove a point”
When will it dawn on us? Whatever the manager, the problems will remain. Blaming the manager for everything is nonsense, It will get us nowhere. We should step back and consider the three alternatives facing us as fans. The first is to accept Arsenal as a second-rate Club with a mediocre side, that will never win major titles, and to live with that. The second alternative is to get rid of Stan, the root cause of the problem. A simple enough procedure as I’ve explained on numerous occasions. (Quite happy to explain again should anybody ask me.) The drawback with… Read more »
Among the greatest hits I have seen this last few days are iwobi lacks locomotion and we should not sign seasoned pros from toblerone countries lol😂
If you set aside people who clearly have an agenda, one thing that separates reasonable Arsenal fans at the moment is how they rate the players Emery has available to him at the moment. In short, I’d say that some understand how inadequate our players are, while others do not. I’ll give you an example from Twitter of a guy who somehow seems to do both simultaneously. This is “GoonerDub” (@johnanthonyr4) after the match yesterday: “One thing we all loved about Emery at the start was if you weren’t performing you don’t play. He has now completely ignored this and… Read more »
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@Bamford
He hasn’t answered because he has none. To be honest Iwobi’s a squad player (at best) and Mhiki’s heads fell off in a big way since the turn of the year. I’d go as far to say he already knows he’s surplus to requirements for next season.
Emery did ask for two wide players and a CB at the start of the Jan TW so he does understand where most of our problems lie.
“Most of Xhaka errors are due to playing him as part of a midfield two as he does not have the mobility and pace to face dynamic midfield 3 opposition. So that is on the coach who keep select him in that position against proponents of such systems. When Wenger was in charge, we criticised him for that. I can’t see a reason to give Emery a pass for the same mistake.” Cue when Emery plays him with torreira and guendouzi posters here will be the first ones to criticize him for playing with 3 ‘dms’…just as they criticized him… Read more »
“LOL this is not the issue at all, the issue is where were you 5 or 6 years ago with your daily breakdown of bad tactics on Wenger? Where was your criticism of completely idiot lineup decisions and lack of transfers and dumb loans?..Because let me assure you there were plenty and just as bad. So when you and Pierre and others like you go on a daily rant about Emery .. it smacks of hypocrisy at it’s highest level.. And it makes it hard for people to take you seriously when you say it has nothing to do with… Read more »
French media have reported that Lille have received a written offer of €70 millions, but want to start an auction in the summer. So unless we sell Aubameyang and Mhikitarian, we are unlikely to be able to afford him.
Pepe and his agents have also said that he wants to join a Champion’s league club (Lille is likely to finish second in Ligue 1 and get Champion’s league football next season). So we need to win the Europa League, otherwise we are out of the running.