Well good ebening my wonderful darlings, and how are we today?
Glad to hear it. Let’s crack on.
John Cross leaked the news that the travel booker at Arsenal is running team motivation exercises before the games. I’d heard that Arsenal do some sort of cringe David Brent huddle preseason, but the news that the responsibility is being passed to a guy who is making sure there are no sharp objects in Mustafi’s hotel suite was quite the revelation.
Outside the big fat bag of cringe this whole thing is, I have some questions.
Firstly, who came up with that idea?
Was it Dave Priestly, team psychologist to the meek? Is it one of his brilliant ideas he imported in from Saracens?
If it is… what the fuck are we doing listening to this guy. He’s here to improve mental strength and we’ve just lost three games in a row by 9 goals for the first time since 1966 (true, according to @AngryofN5).
Raul needs to sit this guy down on a bruised banana patterned bean bag and ask, ‘what have you done for me lately’ (Eddie Murphy accent essential here)? Does the team look mentally stronger this year? No. I mean, like, it did for a bit. But right at the season’s money shot, when you hope all those motivational chats would settle in, we’ve flunked terribly. They literally had a collective nervous breakdown. So WHAT is he offering up here? We are in mental strength regression. The LG team has see the motivational posters on the wall at Colney, but WHAT are they doing for the players? Nowt it seems. Maybe the posters could say better things, like…
‘DON’T DIVE IN’
‘LOOK BEHIND YOU’
’VARDY IS FAST’
‘RESIST THE PUSH IF YOU ARE IN THE BOX NEXT TO THE REF’
‘DO NOT LICK THE PLUG’
IMPORTANT QUESTION: What Mystic Dave talking to Mesut about? Is he digging into that childhood past. Asking him if his dad bullied him about being greedy at party buffets. Probing if his mum made him wear hi-tec Velcro’s BEFORE they were hipster cool. THOSE ARE TRIGGERS!
RAUL, the line of questioning he is using is psychological kryptonite.
‘When you see a long ball over the top, do you see your first childhood pet grinding under the wheels of daddy’s new Ford Focus?’
We need less players sitting with him. More help on the posters. Ultimately, maybe we need to bring back Arsene ringing the ‘MENTAL STRENGTH’ bell around Colney like that scary bitch in GoT.
Secondly, if this magical idea came from Emery, answer me this… why is he outsourcing it?
That seems a bit of an odd thing to do. It’s like he’s struggling to motivate these players, and he’s passing the buck. If you are going to make people do a David Brent, I can at worst understand letting the captain do it, but the guy charged with telling the players to NOT urinate in empty Lucozade bottles on the bus? Fucking mental. That’s like me getting my Uber driver to write me a pitch deck. Or my dad asking me to hold the steering wheel on the M25 when I was six because he dropped a Wine Gum under the seat.
I feel like this sort of carry-on shows you how little leadership is going on at the club. How is an operations guy getting charged for fighting in the tunnel at Palace? Who is nipping that in the bud? Who is paying attention to admin staff running the players motivational excercises? Who has a pulse on the training ground to stop bad leaks happening? Because the above reads like it was leaked to JC for a reason, maybe by the players who think this info needs to be out.
Also worth remembering, shared leadership ends in death or a lack of accountability. Where do you think Arsenal are?
EVEN MORE interesting that The Times say the players are frustrated by the tactics of Emery, and that the manager is more concerned with nullifying the other teams strengths than capitalising on what he has at his disposal. He was accused of this at PSG. Again, why do multiple journos have this? Looks like a choreographed leak by agents of players.
Also adds fuel to the thought I posed at the start of the season that he looks at Arsenal more like a small club like Sevilla than a big one. The big man needs to step out of that mindset, because firstly, he’s not doing a very good job of nullifying strengths of mid-table teams, secondly, WE ARE ARSENAL. Gung-ho or go home… pretty sure that’s what the Latin under our old badge meant.
We have Valencia coming up on Thursday, if there’s one pattern in Emery’s career that’s working in our favour, it’s the Europa League.
Valencia aren’t that bad. They went 2-0 up against Barca away and they beat Zidane’s Madrid. They’re also mathematically out of the running for Champions League spots. That makes them dangerous. What also makes them dangerous is we’ve been utter shite of late. Still, we have more quality than them and Emery comes alive in the Europa (kind of).
The manager has to save his season. I think people will struggle to defend him if we finish outside the top 4 and don’t make the final of the Europa. If he makes the final and loses, he’ll save enough to face give people comfort.
So basically, it’s a big game on Thursday.
Right, I’m done, heading to the work roof deck to practice my Arsenal David Brent special.
WE ARE ARSENAL
WE ARE ARSENAL
WE ARE ARSENAL
Damn, I could KILL A BISON RIGHT NOW.
Talking of killing things. Someone told me bears don’t kill deer… I was like, ‘bitch, stfu, they eat deer’… and she was like, ‘no way, bears are pescatarian’… I said, ‘check Youtube, bears do not have dietary requirements’… and oh my. Ruined my weekend and my dreams forever. DON’T LOOK (OR LISTEN).
P.S. Denis Suarez injured himself preening his beautiful hair. Gonna be sad to see him go. Nearly as many goals as Iwobi this season. Good luck. One of the most obvious terrible loan signings in years, and we have had MANY.
P.P.S HUSS MY MAN, you know this guy, get him in!
I read that Bould is on 30 grand a week. Blokes been stealing a living from us for nearly 20 years! I mean what actually does he do?
Charlie George Leicester had good players to start with. They’ve been buying up very good young players. That’s was their identity for a while. It’s only natural that a manager like Rodgers would improve them. Leicester are so good they had Adrien Silva just lying round s spare parts- that’s how they got the Tielemans transfer done. Adrien Silva would definitely be starting most games for us. Look we don’t have the ingredient s for a dramatic turn around -We have two strikers that NEVER win headers when matched against defenders. They’re one trick ponies. -We don’t have a winger;… Read more »
Paulinho
Are you saying Emery has no say on transfers? Selling Perez was not his choice? Suarez, not his choice? Etc do clarify..
Dissenter
Where did you land on your Leicester squad appraisal?
Is it better than ours or not better? (But “their squad players would be starts”)
Charlie – Well he has to get rid of some players. If Perez is one of a few who was actually wanted then he has to go, he hasn’t exactly tore it up at West Ham. The issue with him is the low selling prices versus outlay.
That settles it really
When you look at our squad without emotions
You realize that we have a less adequate squad than some teams that are not even in the top 6.
We signed players that typically go to Everton and Leicester last summer and people assumed they would be enough to get us back?
We are literally competing in the same transfer market as the 7-12th placed team after Wenger was done with us.
I have long stopped taking soem posters serious whenever I’m in here to read the blog. I still don’t know how the so called “Wenger players” can go on a 22 unbeaten run then all of a sudden turns to being beaten by teams we should at least be drawing against away. I wonder why non of you saying Leicester players are better than what we have weren’t saying this at the beginning of the season. You can twist it whatever way you want but the fact remains Emery looks like he has lost the dressing room. the players no… Read more »
CC
They have some players in their squad that will certainly start a lot of games for us
-Demarai Gray didn’t start the game – he starts most games for us.
-Harvey Barney starts most games for us.
-Soyuncu was our major transfer target and he’s only good enough for their bench. You don’t think a £20 million defender would start for us currently?
Is it dawning on you yet how shit our squad is. The squad that W acquired for £230 million?
Paulinho The fact he hasn’t torn it up at awestruck Ham is of what significance? He was serviceable when he was here, and do you think he could’ve offered us more than Denis Suarez for instance? Dissenter Because you suddenly overrate a team in direct comparison to ours doesn’t leave me rattled to the core. The fixation has been Leicester, does the same ring true of Palace and Wolves? Are they too bettering our squad? It’s standard football fan chat this, Vardy couldn’t hit a barn door early in the season but now he’s odds on better than Aubameyang. Why?… Read more »
Charlie – The significance is pretty fucking obvious isn’t it?
He’s obviously not massive loss if he can’t even make an impression at a club with supposed lesser players.
DaniAltos April 30, 2019 11:47:16
I am still waiting for the Champions League managers who would walk into the building 70m at hand and do better than two points off 4th with two games remaining.Of course keeping in mind all this is at a club that has been in the europa for two seasons and has been on free fall for the last couple years.
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Mikel Arteta!! The guy is mojo picante!
just kidding. blog of lube.
Lol so we don’t have a clue about football now because no rational football follower expected better than a 10-3 arse ramming from Everton, Wolves, Leicester and Palace in the space of a couple of weeks to absolutely blow 4th spot?
And 15 players sold?
Come on now Paulinho, really rate you as a poster but what’s this about.
Bamford “To clarify, it might have been better for me to say not that “we” are living with the many consequences of Wenger’s many bad decisions — although we are — but that EMERY is living with the many consequences of Wenger’s many bad decisions. This was more my point.” Was this the case at the start of the season during our 22 match unbeaten run. Maybe the football we played at the start of the season was still our previous managers football philosophy but once Emery’s football philosophy kicked in around December,the shit hit the fan . Would just… Read more »
Bati
Except you weren’t proven absolutely right at all, Leicester are an average outfit that will finish well below the top 6 season after season.
You blowing smoke up their arse to this degree is hilarious, I suppose Everton are better than us too then? And Wolves/Watford.
WE – I said the moment Ramsey got injured we may as well throw the league because we were not winning any away games with the shit-show that congregates in his absence.
So, I fully expected us to lose every away game and fully expected the shit performances. The score lines mean nothing to me.Most of the goals were individual fuck-ups from players that are fuck-ups in general.
“Soyuncu was our major transfer target and he’s only good enough for their bench” the fact soyuncu was our major target doesn’t exclude the fact that we didn’t buy him because we believe he doesn’t worth that amount. it is a known fact fact that soyuncu said during the TW that he would rather go to a team where he will be used frequently – Leicester (though he met the opposite ) than us. why not open your journals to also prove crystal palace have better players than us to justify the trashing they gave us at home. Most of… Read more »
Paulinho How’s Alexis getting on at United? Didn’t do too bad at Arsenal did he? Lucas Perez was serviceable at Arsenal, he’s also got 3 league goals in fuck all minutes this season. So might not have had a good time at West Ham but don’t dodge the point, has he offered more than the guy we drafted in to replace him in Jan? I’d say so. Hindsight being a wonderful as ever, but the idea of getting shot of average stock is to replace with better. Getting rid of Perez for 4 mil and loaning Suarez for 3 mil… Read more »
“Except you weren’t proven absolutely right at all, Leicester are an average outfit that will finish well below the top 6 season after season.“
Have to pull you up here lad. Obviously you’re unaware of Leicester challenging for top 4 inside two years under Brendan.
Keep up lol
WE – Leicester have been a good side this season. Very impressed with their level of passing at Old Trafford and Wembley. They outplayed Spurs and United in general play but just couldn’t convert. It was the same against us at the Emirates for a well.
Brenda was always a good choice because a few tweaks and they are converting that good football into more goals.
Paulinho
Ramsey would want to be prime ZZ to be making that much of a difference now.
When in reality he’s a very decent player but not exactly a world beater.
So with the absence of Ramsey those kind of performances are acceptable now?Where have those kind of excuses been in the past with the many vital players getting crocked along the way in crucial stretches.
Dissent
I do agree- Leicester are an exceptionally well run establishment.
they do have a template – we should imitate in many ways,
they buy very athletic players suited to The prem
they play fast exciting soccer
they quickly rectify their mistakes with regards to managers- ( puel/shakespeare etc) and replace immediately with better ones.
They have the correct synergy and the right amount of nervous energy permeating through the club.
As a poster just stated – the comatosed Bouldy is still at AFC trousering obscene amounts of money,
We need some sackings
And we need them now.
How impressed were you WE with the unbeaten run from Emery and the team which saw them in the position where they had the chance for top four but look to have flunked it now?
What notable teams were beaten away from home or even teams of a certain standard say 10th and above currently in the table?
Impressive to you?
WE – As number ten maybe not, as a number eight yes, he makes a massive difference, which was pretty obvious to see in the Rennes,United, Newcastle and Napoli first leg matches. Made them look very easy but would’ve been anything but with two holding mids centrally. As soon as he came on versus Everton we pinned the back for twenty mins for the first time in match, but we were chasing and we got increasingly ragged. Without him that’s the reality of this squad,yep. Ozil is certified a waste of time away from home, and him performing at home… Read more »
It’s dangerous keep over-rating this current side because the people who matter that can make the changes will go along with that view as well and the club will stand still or more likely regress even further.
Fans should stop over-rating the side and hope against hope that we see significant player personnel change in the summer.
Ishola Wasn’t as ecstatic as some on here because they were too many draws even in the purple patch, but we were playing noticeably better football compared to the last couple of months. Even as far back as Chelsea away at SB we played some really decent stuff and had Chelsea pegged right back for large spells, would have won if Auba in particular could finish a Chicken Sub in pressure matches. We also choked away to Spurs and United when both games were in our hands so not buying the narrative that we’re just complete shit and that 10-3… Read more »
Which players would WE like to see offloaded this coming summer?
Let’s gauge how good this team really is by how many players WE would like to see moved on.
To be honest , at the start of the season I remarked that Leicester have the potential to be a very good side , I was surprised that they struggled but they made a very wise move in sacking Puel and bringing in Brendan Rogers who I have always rated very highly. If I was to pick a side to challenge for the top 6 next season it would be Leicester. They have everything in place to have a successful season . Are their players better than Arsenal …No. They just have a better manager than Arsenal who knows how… Read more »
WE
The Chelsea away game was a joke and could have ended up 6-6 and that game was a foretold of what would be happening with both those sides this season meaning they would be plenty away from the top of the table.
After that loss Arsenal played away from home five teams that are currently below 10th place in the EPL and a few pub teams in the Europa League for good measure.
Where I’m being confused is why saying that I expected better than the horror show we’ve been served up in the past week now equates to overrating the players and of the opinion that we don’t need drastic improvements?
Forget about us, fucking Rafa at Newcastle or Howe at Bournemouth would be getting criticised if they were beaten in that fashion 3 times in a week, are they better than us now too yeah?
Arsenal then had a very poor away result against Southampton after the infamous unbeaten run and couldn’t manage another league away win until they bumped into the worst team in the EPL Huddersfield. Five away games on the spin without a victory. Couldn’t beat Brighton, lost to West Ham.
This team is just above average only because of some good home form. No more than that.
A host of them Ishola, more than I’d like to keep but then again perennial top 6 but miles off challenging mediocrity doesn’t sit well with me.
If I was to be content with letting Pool and Citeh ride off into the sunset and Spurs go balls deep in the CL/finish above us year after year while we scrap for top 4 then it would be a different story.
He couldn’t win to save his life away from home in Seville either Ishola, you conveniently omit to mention that.
Paulinho
I was blue in the face arguing how much of a nothing player that Elneny was for ages on here and you were one of the people I argued with because you rated him, you also rated Toreirra and Guendouzi during that unbeaten run and I even remember you praising Miki’s ability in the final third.
So that’s quite a leap to now where we lose Ramsey and are no better than a relegation outfit.
“but we were playing noticeably better football compared to the last couple of months.” We were physically fresher as well back then. We never really convinced but we had that energy to get a second win in games. Leicester have played half as many games as us in April and twelve less over the season. We just look knackered and haven’t the technical ability to ‘rest’ during games or control them. Average players like Iwobi need to be 100% physically to be remotely useful. Same story with him,he looked half-decent at Chelsea in 0-0 draw last season as well before… Read more »
Dissenter When did I say that emery shouldn’t get improved players? I’ll make it easy for you, I didn’t!!! What I am saying is that Dani seems content with a “Europa manager” and I am not. I want arsenal back (at least) above spurs and contending for those champions league finals and league titles. Emery has proven already that he is not that man. I do expect him to possess the capability of utilising the players we have this season to win that fourth spot He’s already shown that HE HIMSELF can as he has used those players to win… Read more »
You know WE that this brittleness from Arsenal emerged under Wenger which adds up to the same that being that the team cannot be seen as a good side if they can’t win on the road against any decent opposition. Fair enough if you think that Emery only makes matters worse in this regard but let’s not pretend that Arsenal did not have these problems before his arrival. If a team has shown weakness previously before a manager’s arrival then it seems reasonable to see if he can right this weakness after more than just one season and one transfer… Read more »
DANI
Emery’s points total this season would have had him already out of the running for 4th last season so I wouldn’t hold his performance up to anything other than that of our previous manager. He’s only managed to replicate wengers worst ever season with an extra £70m in reinforcements and with a supposedly superior coaching ability. With spurs united and Chelsea throwing games constantly I’d say wenger might alreadyhave had us qualify and sitting in third.
Ooooo, controversial, I know.
“you also rated Toreirra and Guendouzi during that unbeaten run and I even remember you praising Miki’s ability in the final third.” That’s bullshit about Guendouzi. I said to you last week I praised him in pre-season so you’re just making things up there. As early as Palace away I wanted him dropped. Mikhi is well-schooled in the final third?And, he won’t drop deep like Hleb and Rosicky and improve our play with dribbling from deep. Saying he’s better than Iwobi in terms of being more efficient in the final third contradicts what exactly? Elneny has barely played and yes,… Read more »
It’s very hard to read the commentary on Lucas Perez from a known Wenger acolyte. Why did we sell him for 4 million he was serviceable blah blah blah like he would have made a difference. Why didn’t Emery sell Ramsey and Welbeck and others last summer. Basically passing the buck off on Emery at every single turn. We’ll just totally forget that it was Arsene who pissed away 17 million on Perez barely used him (for some reason) and then loaned him out as soon as possible. We’ll also turn a blind eye to all the contract situations of… Read more »
The Chelsea away game was a joke and could have ended up 6-6
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But Hazard came on as substitute in the 78th minute otherwise if he’d started it would’ve been 6-2 to them.
Paulinho “WE – I said the moment Ramsey got injured we may as well throw the league because we were not winning any away games with the shit-show that congregates in his absence.” You do realise that Ramsey has only started just over a third of our league games this season ……13 GAMES. I do agree that in his short time on the pitch that he has been effective but Emery’s misuse of him is clear to see. Ramsey started 6 of the first 7 league games ( winning 5) …..he was then substituted v Watford and was benched for… Read more »
“Fair enough if you think that Emery only makes matters worse in this regard but let’s not pretend that Arsenal did not have these problems before his arrival.“ Haven’t seen one argument for this. Have seen numerous addressing the idea a new manager should’ve been able to come in and impress upon this team his ideas/influence to where we see noticeable improvements – particularly in the glaring issues with the side. The glaring issues being away form, defence, and mental fragility. How many of those has Emery went full steam at? …also don’t fall into the trap of claiming Emery… Read more »
Oh here we go, Marko steamrolls the room in typical fashion, splashing ignorance up the walls in the process.
WE – I’ll even copy and paste a comment from Palace game seeing as you have such a problem
“PaulinhoOctober 28, 2018 15:03:20
Guendouzi has been a zombie when starting in the last month or so.Play Ramsey there.”
The huge TV pay-outs are enabling the PL as a whole to bring in high-quality players – which is why smaller clubs like Leicester and Crystal Palace can create teams that are a match for a big-name Club like Arsenal. Add in two super squads, like Man C and Liverpool, and you get a league competition which all the world watches. So, unless football loses its popularity, the TV money will grow and grow. Which means that small well-run clubs will create teams that get better and better. We all recall that the Emirates was built so that Arsenal could… Read more »
Ishola Arsenal away from home in 2016/17 under a way past it AW picked up 30 points. Here is a list of the players that were most prominent that season in terms of apps: Alexis [who most agreed hurt the collective and was poor away from home compared to his Emirates performances] Cech Monreal Bellerin Mustafi Xhaka Ozil Walcott Coquelin Welbeck made just 8 PL starts, Cazorla just 7 PL starts and 8 total apps, Oxlade just 16 starts and he was being rightly smashed back then, and Ramsey made just 13 PL starts and 23 total apps. Giroud was… Read more »
Pierre – Probably a mixture of things. Not trusting Ozil consistently, Ramsey being versatile, and Emery also not realising how good he was there until he tried him there, so element of mis-judgement as well. Also, Xhaka and Torreira decent duo at home when they can get on front foot.
Weagle
I never blew smoke up anyone’s backside….All I’ve said is they have some players who would comfortably walk into our starting 11/squad and that’s just facts or for the sake of argument
Who would you rather have?
Chilwell or Kolasinac
Madison or Mikhitayran
Maguire or Sokratis
Perreira or AMN
Gray or Iwobi
Kindly intimate who you’d rather have
So that’s quite a leap to now where we lose Ramsey and are no better than a relegation outfit. It’s actually quite a statement on the state of the squad that it’s actually true though. I mean you lose Hector Bellerin to injury and that’s our best fullback gone he’s our best full back which is incredible. One of our most productive players in the final third is Alex fucking Iwobi. I also don’t think we fully recovered from Rob Holdings injury earlier in the season and that’s unbelievable to say. As of right now we’re so desperately dependant on… Read more »
WE why pick that season?
We could go even further back can’t we? 2005 anyone?
This weakness manifested itself to it’s highest degree in Wenger’s last season. Whether Wenger himself was entirely responsible for this regression and not the players is hearsay. The matter of fact is that Emery walked into this job with the team poor on the road from the previous season.
Emery – End Game
Black Widow – Pierre
Iron Man – CG
Valentin – Thanos
Jeez, even writing out that comparison made me feel dirty that Leicester freaking City have some real genuine young talent in their squad that’ll if we’re being realistic start for us.
Again, no one is shifting blame on Emery as most won’t bat an eye if he was sacked this night and i don’t half care who comes in as manager unless we rid this club of half the playing personnel on our books
Have seen numerous addressing the idea a new manager should’ve been able to come in and impress upon this team his ideas/influence to where we see noticeable improvements – particularly in the glaring issues with the side. Speaking of ignorance. So again basically you’re just passing the buck off. It’s the manager not the players. He should be able to improve people like Kolasinac and Mustafi. I said before and I’ll say it again there’s not a manager in world football who can do it much better. No way a Pep or Simeone comes in and improves our defence with… Read more »
Paulinho I’m not bullshitting, you praised him past pre-season when he was given cameos. You weren’t exactly the only one, I was one of the few that was lukewarm on him even then. It contradicts that he’s a totally useless lump that provides nothing which is what is being peddled on here. Re Elneny, if that’s true does Emery share other’s blind spot? Because I don’t see it. And neither does he apparently. The point is he’s playing like shit and he can do much better. Saying it’s his first season is all well and good but when you’re getting… Read more »
I don’t know what sort of coach he is CC.
Nothing really comes through with the team apart from some pragmatism at times which to be fair was what some fans were asking for so that is one thing.
I don’t think anyone is really convinced by him but to sack him after just one season and one transfer window is entering into the lunatics have taken over the asylum territory. That should only be considered if he completely flunked and was midtable. Some sanity needs to be adhered to here.
And I’ll be sad bastard and post another from that game to show there is no inconsistency or change of tune to defend Emery. lol.
“PaulinhoOctober 28, 2018 15:20:41
Maybe it’s an indictment of our poor front four in any sort of tough environment away from home, but we could do Ramsey’s runs from deep. Have zero faith in any of Iwobi, Ozil, Aubameyang doing something against aggressive well-drilled defence.Stil think Guendouzi has been far too passive and lethargic and we need some forward thinking energy in there.””
Paulinho
Yeah that comment was 28 October, 2 and a half months into the season.
So not just pre-season.
Marko
Mustafi was one of the legendary World Cup winning squad members
Sonyes, I think there are managers in the world that get better out of him
Kolasinac was in the bundesliga team for the year
So yes, there are managers in world football who get better out of him
Emery himself has got better out of him and then started tinkering with the system again only for it to blow up in his face
WE – I had concerns with him when we played Chelsea at the the Aviva and barely mentioned him after because I didn’t like what I saw.
He looked good pre-season because we played a diamond out from the back with Leno at the base and him at the tip, and the centre backs out wide. His composure under pressure was impressive, but as soon as we ditched that he was rendered obsolete.
Ishola
Are you having a laugh with that question?
Because it’s 2 years ago and that list of players is the same as we have this season barring Alexis, Wally and Coq is why.
Cech no longer starts but is Leno better than 2017 Cech?
“with an extra £70m in reinforcements” Can we just stop saying that like it’s supposed to be a massive sums that would in any way elevate us? 6 or was it 7 other teams spent more than us last summer and you’re expecting us to be automatically better because we’re Arsenal? I said at the beginning of the season that we barely have the 6th best squad and that was with no injuries, now I’m not sure anymore. Other teams below us, like Palace, Wolves, Leicester etc certainly have squads more fitting for the premier league with pace and power,… Read more »
Paulinho
Why would you think that Emery would bench Ramsey for 8 consecutive league games after playing in 5 consecutive league wins.
My theory is that he was punishing him for showing displeasure at being substituted , what do you think.
WE – He basically got subbed at half-time every game from start of the season for Torreira so would be interesting to see these posts of me eulogising over him.
So what does everyone want to see happen in the summer? Transfers in and out?
The squad needs a lot of work. I’m sure everyone can agree on that.
I’m bored of the daily back and forth on who’s to blame for the current situation.
You also have to realize that the recent performances aren’t that shocking if we’re honest. We struggle anyway away from home have done for a few years now and we literally lost the only player with any sort of personality or fight in him to injury. The fact that Aaron Ramsey is the only player in our squad with a bit of fire in the belly is again an unbelievable statement on the squad at Arsenal these days. One injury prone and slightly overrated player goes down and it all falls apart. By the way Sokratis wrestling with a striker?… Read more »
Englandbest
It’s not just theTV money, it’s owner financial support
According to Swiss Rambe, Leicester’s owners injected £205m in cash to the club between 2008-2017, the net cash they generated from operations (inflows and outflows of cash costs and revenues) -during that period (includes TV money) was £79m.
During that period (and after for the foreseeable future) Stan injected zilch.
Barring Alexis?
He is quite insignificant isn’t he.
As others have said forwards/strikers saving Arsenal’s bacon in the past and this season also.
The difference is though is that Alexis at Arsenal was on another plain altogether to the current strikers we have in Aubameyang and Lacazette in influence and game changing moments.
Does this make Arsenal an overall good team in 2016/17 because they had at that time a world class forward in the side? And they still finished nearly 20 points away from the top of the table that season despite being Alexis Sanchez FC.
still don’t know how the so called “Wenger players” can go on a 22 unbeaten run then all of a sudden turns to being beaten by teams we should at least be drawing against away.
If am not mistaken Darren Bent once had a 20goal season in the Epl.He then quickly came back to his mediocre level.Why dont people want to look at the other side if the coin,in that it may be that the players were simply punching above their weight and have come back to their level
Triple edged sword for me players not up to challenge playing with little or no intensity at the business end of season. Virtually collapsing in the league, we’ve seen signals this season they are in fact good enough but lack any sort of away form. Pinning it all on Ramsay’s loss is hilarious considering Emery’s history with him this season, couple that with then loosing him. Manager out of ideas in the league, swinging a tactical bat in all directions taking club into new territory with this run. I don’t buy players aren’t good enough to take top four in… Read more »
Mustafi was one of the legendary World Cup winning squad members
Sonyes, I think there are managers in the world that get better out of him
He started like one or two games. Was only in through injury. Since then barely plays for Germany.
Kolasinac was in the bundesliga team for the year
Signed off the back of that and has been bad ever since.
“Why would you think that Emery would bench Ramsey for 8 consecutive league games after playing in 5 consecutive league wins.”
Would that happen to be the games leading up to the January transfer window where we tried to get a fee from Juve and they would take him earlier?
Yes.
After the window closed he started playing more regularly again, worth remembering that Ramsey is fragile as fuck and breaks down for at least a couple of months every season.
any more conspiracy theories today Pierre to further your agenda?
Paulinho
You’re focusing in on Guendouzi and he was one of four players that I mentioned, I’m not trawling through past posts hoping to find one where you praised the lad and I’ll take your word for it if you say you didn’t rate him from early on because I rate you as a poster.
“I don’t think anyone is really convinced by him but to sack him after just one season and one transfer window is entering into the lunatics have taken over the asylum territory.“ Why’s that Ishola? Because a manager ought to absolutely rank before you decide he’s not up to snuff? Why is no improvement not cause for his position being questioned and others considered? I don’t think he’s gone by any stretch, but there’s talk of Allegri finally walking away for something new. Are you telling me we shouldn’t (assuming the board/Stan can function enough to put a proposal together)… Read more »
I don’t buy players aren’t good enough to take top four in league, we’ve just lost to 3x mid table opponents within a week and are still potentially in it with two to play. Yeah that’s more to do with United being in abject form too and Chelsea downing tools on their manager. That we’re in with a chance of 4th speaks more to the failures of the other teams around us than ourselves. Suarez situation stinks of whats potentially to come. Nah. Are you kidding me in the past we would have not only signed this player up outright… Read more »
MarkoApril 30, 2019 13:14:48 It’s very hard to read the commentary on Lucas Perez from a known Wenger acolyte. Why did we sell him for 4 million he was serviceable blah blah blah like he would have made a difference. Why didn’t Emery sell Ramsey and Welbeck and others last summer. Basically passing the buck off on Emery at every single turn. We’ll just totally forget that it was Arsene who pissed away 17 million on Perez barely used him (for some reason) and then loaned him out as soon as possible. We’ll also turn a blind eye to all… Read more »
WE – No worries mate.
And yep, while I was gushing about him pre-season you were bang on to reserve judgement. Credit to Mystic to be fair as well.
Ishola
Re Alexis, well that doesn’t add up favourably for away points tally given he was far worse away from the Emirates now does it? And he hurt our collective game.
Or were you not in that camp?
What some are failing to recog us that our 22 game unbeaten run was helped by Bellerin and Holding being available. If they had stayed fit all season I’m confident we’d have a few less defeats especially in the few games wwve lost.
Benny
Yes but we’ve beaten spurs Napoli Chelsea and United without those two, so I don’t really subscribe and to that theory
Paulinho
Where do you honestly see Emery taking us next season if he’s given another 70 million ish budget?
Benny, our 22 game unbeaten run was a bit of a shit show.
Didn’t keep a clean sheet, kept going behind, our xG was way off key, and we had a huge amount of luck.
Holding and Bellerin are important, but I doubt they’d do much for the mess on the field.
It’s pretty simple to understand that a team can have a better starting 11 AND have overall a worse squad and that is definitely the case with Leicester who have 8 better starting 11 players than us and with a better manager than Puel we are seeing the inev resurgence. I think Leicester could offer City serious problems at the Ethiad this weekend where you’ll have Brenda doing all he can to help Liverpool out along with Benitez who will throw the Newcastle Liverpool game to help Liverpool out too. The Liverpool fans and pundits are probably already writing their… Read more »
Marko
If Chelsea are downing tools how you explain our plight?
Regarding Suarez, i’m not interested in what we “would” of done in past as I thought we’d moved on from that.
Instead we spent £3.2 on a loan deal when we could of gone in for Tielemans knowing Ramsay was lost. Emery and Co actually pulled a Kallstrom esque signing but that would be doing Kimmy a dis service as he contributed positively to the cause.
CC he has not absolutely ranked though has he. He is still in with a very outside chance of top four and has two games to play in the europa league. If he had finished 10 points away from fourth and crashed out of the europa league then that’s rank and he parts ways at the end of the season. If a name manager becomes available in the summer then consideration has to be made to get that name in but Allegri? He has made it plain that his motivation for many seasons now is to win the CL. Why… Read more »
Yeah that’s more to do with United being in abject form too and Chelsea downing tools on their manager. That we’re in with a chance of 4th speaks more to the failures of the other teams around us than ourselves.
Marko
So this squad is clearly good enough for top 4 then. Whatever it’s down to doesn’t matter, it’s just true.
Thanks for agreeing
Xx
Pedro,
Yes that’s a fair comment, although I do feel we would have been a little bit more solid at the back recently had they been available but then we’d still have the El-Douzy problem to contend with.
Except for the fact that we were conceding a shed load of goals even with those 2 in the side.
We’d conceded 32 goals by the time Bellerin was crocked after 22 matches.
And 20 in 15 apps with Holding and Bellerin in the side, pace for 45-50 goals conceded which is where we are now.
Because a manager ought to absolutely rank before you decide he’s not up to snuff? Oh the fucking hypocrisy. How many years did it take for you to realize Wenger was rank? I’m sorry big Weng. So lemme get this straight big Weng was given how many extra years and yet you complain about Kroenke not sacking him and allowing the club to deteriorate and at the same time have spoken about giving him more time to see if he can get us challenging if transfers were taken away from him. And Emery gets one season. I’m not advocating Emery… Read more »
WE – I would be content with another season similar to this. Just get a couple quality of attacking mids to take the game to teams more away from home and strengthen to the point we don’t fall away to the extent we have. Emery is a weird one. He likes passing football but his teams never really flow, so I do always think he will divide opinion. We will continue to play in spurts and look a bit scrappy in the interim. I really like him as a manager though. I didn’t even think of him last summer, but… Read more »
When did I say that emery shouldn’t get improved players? I’ll make it easy for you, I didn’t!!! What I am saying is that Dani seems content with a “Europa manager” and I am not. I want arsenal back (at least) above spurs and contending for those champions league finals and league titles. Unai naai,stop twisting the point.I am not ‘content’ with being a Europa league side.I am just someone who undertands that the amount of work needed at Arsenal is huge.Look,I know Emery has made mistakes which is normal for any foreign coach in the Epl.Klopp did it,Pep did… Read more »
Un nai,
Yes but I think we’ve got a touch of the Wolves syndrome this season where the players are able to raise their game against the big teams but slack off and lose focus to the teams beneath them. It’s a common problem.
Where do you honestly see Emery taking us next season if he’s given another 70 million ish budget?
Another struggle for 4th. The hope is that certain types are finally replaced which will significantly strengthen us. Enough is enough it’s time we realized that certain players have just been failures for us and move them on. It’s been over two seasons with Xhaka and Mustafi for example. Enough is enough
Paulinho
See I find that interesting, what have we done to make him have grown on you during the course of the season?
And tbh I wasn’t bowled over by the summer we had last season so I’m not confident that he’ll bring in the right players.
There are serious question marks over 2 of the 4 players that he brought in excluding Licht who has been incredibly bad but was free so we’ll look the other way on him.
Pedro ‘Raul needs to sit this guy down..’ Maybe Stan needs to sit Raul down. Remember Stan? ‘he looks at Arsenal more like a small club like Sevilla than a big one’. Well, it hasn’t been run like a big club , despite actually being a big club. Arsenal managers are treated like the offspring of an exceptionally rich , but equally mean father. They get to live in a vast mansion with gold taps in the downstairs loo, but they only get a tenner a week pocket money. ‘WE ARE ARSENAL’ We are, but big effing deal. Arsenal or… Read more »
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/8970643/arsenals-former-badboy-daniel-crowley-slams-youth-system/amp/
This kid was blinding
He should still be at arsenal
Better than iwobi and guendouzi
WengerEagle “Re Alexis, well that doesn’t add up favourably for away points tally given he was far worse away from the Emirates now does it? And he hurt our collective game.Or were you not in that camp?” He tailed off yes and at times could be disappointing at times but overall he is on another level in his time at Arsenal compared to Aubameyang/Lacazette. Aubameyang for me has been a disappointment despite him getting good enough stats in the goal stakes and I think you agree with that. Away from his limited play away from scoring goals he doesn’t even… Read more »
If Chelsea are downing tools how you explain our plight?
We’re just shit. It’s hardly rocket science. You’ve seen us the past two seasons right so this is hardly surprising. Seeing Mustafi defend like he did against Palace, seeing Xhaka not remotely impose himself against Leicester and Ozil moon walk through game after game none of this is new these past few years.
“Fair enough if you think that Emery only makes matters worse in this regard but let’s not pretend that Arsenal did not have these problems before his arrival.”
Surprise surprise and I guess the merry band we’re here every single day breaking down Wenger’s tactical failings away?We we’re beaten 5-1 away at Bayern and a poster I shall not name still managed to blame the koscielny red for the loss.
MarkoApril 30, 2019 14:07:44
Another great comment Marko, you’re hitting those nails well and truly on the head today.
Imagine all you Emery fan boys in 1996.
“Why the fuck should we sack Rioch. He’s done a good job getting us to 5th with this squad”
“Its not Rioch, we just have shit players like Bergkamp, Wright, Adams & Merson”
“Of course we shouldnt be beating Middlesborough, they have a better starting XI than us”
DaniAltosApril 30, 2019 14:08:59 When did I say that emery shouldn’t get improved players? I’ll make it easy for you, I didn’t!!! What I am saying is that Dani seems content with a “Europa manager” and I am not. I want arsenal back (at least) above spurs and contending for those champions league finals and league titles. Unai naai,stop twisting the point.I am not ‘content’ with being a Europa league side.I am just someone who undertands that the amount of work needed at Arsenal is huge.Look,I know Emery has made mistakes which is normal for any foreign coach in the… Read more »