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!
Instead we spent £3.2 on a loan deal
It’s apparently about 1.9 million. Agree about Tielemans though I think Leicester only got him cause Adrien Silva went the other way too. Would Monaco have been interested in Elneny? Doubtful
Marko, DaniAtlos and Alexanderhenry bringing much needed sanity around here.
Well done guys, keep it up.
Ishola
It’s been well documented for years on here what I’ve thought of Aubameyang, when he was at Dortmund, when we signed him, early on and recently. Been pretty consistent the entire course in not rating him as a top CF.
Wasn’t a popular viewpoint back in the day either, most on here had the lube out when we signed him. I was asking why no other top club was interested in him considering he was going for just 60m in a market short of quality strikers.
WE – What I like most about him is his aggressive, front-foot philosophy. To give an example, I would refer to United at home.In the second half of that game United were going for us, a real end to end scrap. Emery boldly decided to keep Ozil, Lacazette, Auba on, and stretch them as a high three across the pitch, so whenever we countered we had serious numbers up-field to take advantage. Another manager might have told them to sit deeper, or taken one off for a defender, but Emery was determined to stay aggressive even with a lead. Just… Read more »
There’s no Emery fanboys here gambon, just balanced Grovers without an agenda who recognise our problems run much deeper than Emery alone and have done for years.
I don’t think any manager with £70m would make us significantly better than we are now even though I personally don’t think Emery is up to the job and has lost the players’ respect and understanding.
Ishola
You’re being very revisionist on Alexis and it’s comical that you’re branding us Alexis fc- AWAY from home.
Would bet my left bollock that were chewing him out on here more often than not away from the Emirates.
WE – You might ask, where was that philosophy at Leicester, but I don’t think we have the means, ability or energy wise, to impose our game at the moment.
‘We’re just shit’ seems to be the narrative when things go badly for Emery. We weren’t shit when we were on a winning streak. We weren’t shit when we were pushing for 3rd But now the manager has tanked three games, 3-0, against three average teams for the first time since 1966… we are back to shit players. The Rioch comparison is spot on… we’re never finding the next level with Emery, he doesn’t have the pedigree, so we should find someone who can help us. Better ideas, sharper vision, real coaching ability and the strength to drive through his… Read more »
Thought it was our director of high performance, Mr Burgess behind alternating staff for the David Brent team talks, along with presumably some haka type ritual at the huddle, and yes I know he’s an Aussie
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”
Eh it had nothing to do with where we finished there was a dispute about money available for transfers
Bennydevito
you’re sounding a little desperate I’m afraid …Emery is like the dead parrot in the month python sketch.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wdOb_Nt8NuE
Pedro
Indeed.
I dont remember anyone on here after we beat Spurs or UTD saying
“Thank god Wenger put this squad together, they were brilliant”
OR
“Its not Emery that won us this match, its the players”
Bd
“””””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…”””
right on the money-
I have already purchased my Leicester City goals,
Brendon Rogers to belatedly win the title for Liverpool????
WE Look at the teams Arsenal beat away in the season you cited 2016/17 and tell me one really significant side they beat away. Also you may be underestimating the improvement of the league as far as teams up to 10th are concerned at this time in comparison to two seasons ago. Watford, Hull, Burnley, Sunderland, West Ham, Swansea, Middlesbrough, Southampton, Stoke. Those were the teams Arsenal were beating away from home in the season you cited. Five of those teams are not even in the EPL now so it shows the standard of these teams on offer. It’s not… Read more »
Marko
“We’re just shit.”
Anyone arguing otherwise are just disingenuous
Watch that second goal we conceded against Leicester.
How does a manager new to the league teach Koschielny, [who has played 254 premier league games for Arsenal] not to make such a basic error?
People can yap about a manager til the their face turns red,…wont make a difference until we get proper players.
A nice touch today amid all the fury on Le Grove.
Arsenal have paid to restore the grave of the man who inspired the formation of Dial Square (later AFC) in 1886. David Danskin was honoured by family and Arsenal officials at a graveside ceremony.
Danskin got fellow munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal plant in Woolwich for a sixpence each to form Dial Square FC.
‘Just balanced Grovers who realise that we Emery is the least of our problems’
‘I don’t think that Emery is up to the job and has lost dressing room’
For such a balanced poster you’re all over the gaf here.
City will blow Leicester away.
Stop with all this “Leicester are the 3rd best team in world football history” bollocks.
Gambon
Any team up to 10th in the league can beat Spurs or Man United in one off home matches.
Get over it. Just because Arsenal are capable of this also doesn’t make them as good as you think.
Everton smashed Man United at home just the other week there.
“Better ideas, sharper vision, real coaching ability and the strength to drive through his own ideas (and run his own huddles)”
Yes Yes Yes
I hope that new technical director has 500 million to spend too
I have one word for you …shhhhh…. Gazidis 🙂 🙂 🙂
Paulinho
Fair enough, we’ve looked good under AW at home too though, smashed Pool, Spurs, United and Chelsea at Emirates in recent years and even beat Pep’s City albeit in his first season.
Gambon you remind me of the miserable bloke in the chip shop in the pre match scene in the the Fever Pitch film. “I don’t care what anyone say we’ll be fucking rubbish next season, and the year after that”
Lighten up you miserable git
Everyone knows ultimately it’s about the players you have not the manager.
A team that has good players but an iffy manager can get by.
A manager without enough good players is nowhere. He is lost.
One final thought before I head to the airport,
In 2019 – there really is no such thing as ‘shit/bad’ players.
(maybe in the 1980’s there were genuine plodders.)
they are ALL potentially good.
Man management , motivation, inspiration, cajoling, a clear and coherent plan and nurturing can improve everyone TEN fold.
Get the right man in – and at the right time-and anything is truly possible
LEICESTER CITY champions of England. 2016 are testimony to this.
And could Spurs win the Champions League – whilst not buying a player for 2 years?
f people were as quick to notice Wenger’s tactical failings as much as they are at noticing Emery’s we would not be in this shit hole in the first place but that’s water under the bridge now.I am sorry to disappoint some guys but newsflash,Emery is still going to be here next season.Lastly,since my question still remains unanswered.If Emery is a europa league manager,why is here?..Answer, because we are a proper Europa league side and some people just haven’t come to terms with it Dani altos This was your comment I responded to. We didn’t discuss pep or Klopp making… Read more »
Ajax are in the semi finals of the CL and have dispatched Juve and Real. They are in a pathetically weak and poor league and constantly have to rebuild after bigger clubs come calling for their superstars. Leicester winning the league with a drunk up front and a journeyman manager with the budget of less than a pint. Whatever IT is, Arsenal don’t have it. Both clubs did and are doing something quite exceptional under very different circumstances. Arsenal with two billionaires on board couldn’t make fourth in a shite league and haven’t been close to a semi in the… Read more »
You know there’s a problem when we are playing a game against a 8th place team to save our lives…and the 8th place team has better players in the starting line up
Some people are afraid to face the obvious because it doesn’t gel with their narratives.
The fact that Iwobi starts so many games says everything about our squad. This from someone who defends Iwobi more than most.
Wenger left Emery with a poor set of players who last season limped home in 6th spot.
A huge chunk of our cash reserves was squandered on a lame duck manager when it should have been stored up for the next manager.
‘he looks at Arsenal more like a small club like Sevilla than a big one’.
Therein lies the problem with Arsenal fans.We think Arsenal is some big club that has WC players lol.The truth of the matter is that people should wake the fuck up and realize that we stopped being a big club along time ago.I will repeat this,we are a proper Europa league side for now.Ffs a while ago Bayern Munich players were laughing when they drew us in the Champs league
Benny
Yeah yeah Benny you were saying you wanted him gone Sunday. So much for balanaced. You were behaving like a drunk slapper at an Ibiza after party. All over the shop.
Ishola
It’s not meant to be impressive but that’s the point, as shit as we were that season and boy were we crap we will put 30 away points on the board.
We’ll be doing very well to beat Burnley and put up 25.
And this is with 4 Emery signings, Auba and Laca as well only losing Alexis as a key player who was much worse away from home.
Pedro “We weren’t shit when we were on a winning streak. We weren’t shit when we were pushing for 3rd” I think you’re being a little disingenuous there. When we were getting results and 3rd looked like a genuine chance Xhaka was still not the player we need in CM, Mustafi was still Mustafi, we still lacked a serious wide option in the squad, Ozil was still lightweight etc etc. There were still arguments on here about players not performing and too many over paid under performing and how we’d sort that. I can only speak from my own point… Read more »
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.
Emery doesn’t make the signings though. Sven for example is both to blame for Lichtsteiner, Sokratis and Mhiki as well as Torreira, Aubameyang and Guendouzi.
WE – True, but earlier in the season I saw progress in mentality away from home as well. Not content with a draw at OT, pushing for a winner, which would’ve never happened under Wenger in the last decade. Chelsea away first half we shrugged off early goals. Spurs away we controlled the game and look dangerous even when they equalised. Even at Liverpool we started well and scored the opener at Anfield for a change.
“You know there’s a problem when we are playing a game against a 8th place team to save our lives…and the 8th place team has better players in the starting line up”
So why are these amazing players sitting 8th in the PL?
WE
It’s not impressive at all.
Five of the nine teams Arsenal beat away from home that season are no longer EPL clubs. That shows the standard of the league at that time and I think the league as a whole has improved up to 10th place at least.
Dani
Yes and with your mentality that’s how we will stay. Some of us actually want us restored to our former glory. Which will start by employing a manager capable of doing so.
Un na “Lastly,since my question still remains unanswered.If Emery is a europa league manager,why is here?..Answer, because we are a proper Europa league side and some people just haven’t come to terms with it” That’s why many people refer to Emery as the transitional manager. We all know he will only take us so far. I cannot imagine Emery here beyond two years. So long as he keeps us on the periphery of the bigger teams while the club clears out the mess your idol ex-manager left behind—i ‘m fine with that. We are not going to attract any of… Read more »
Ishola
3 of the 6 sides we’ve beaten away from home are getting relegated, Newcastle and Bournemouth are 13/14th and Watford we crawled over the line against even with them having 10 men most of the game and a flukey goal from Auba.
We’ve been worse this season away from home than even that shocker under AW.
Dissenter
Fucking spot on.
“WE – True, but earlier in the season I saw progress in mentality away from home as well”
Lost to Southampton who hadnt won a home game all season
Drew with Palace who hadnt scored a home goal all season
Lost to BATE, who our reserve XI beat 6-0 last year
Lost to Rennes, 11th in France
Therein lies the problem with Arsenal fans.We think Arsenal is some big club that has WC players lol.The truth of the matter is that people should wake the fuck up and realize that we stopped being a big club along time ago. Pretty much yeah. The fanbase has serious issues with reality it seems. Wenger for years for example and even now you have people this season talking about how much Xhaka and Kolasinac have improved, how Guendouzi is potentially world class and about how AMN is a worthy option at fullback for us. And not to mention an endless… Read more »
Marko
Well if he doesn’t have a say in who we’re bringing in and he can’t improve who we have, wtf is his function as gaffer?
Come on now.
Emery doesn’t make the signings though. Sven for example is both to blame for Lichtsteiner, Sokratis and Mhiki as well as Torreira, Aubameyang and Guendouzi.
Marko
What does he do? He doesn’t choose his own players
He doesn’t coach
He can’t create a tactical framework to extract the best from his players or to even beat mid table sides
What is the point of having him then?
He does fuck all and is still as bad as wenger was in his worst season
We didn’t discuss pep or Klopp making maid takes but let’s be clear, emery isn’t anywhere near their league He’s tier 3 of world managers. Who would come in and do a better job? Brendan Rodgers, Klopp, poch, Jose, pep, allegri and ancelotti. Straight off the bat Then you have managers like naggelsmann, tuchel, Arteta and Vieira who May or May not be better but certainly would be worth trying. Emery is just a David Moyes with a fancy foreign name. He’s proving it every few days now. Yes lets just assume pep want to come to Arsenal and have… Read more »
Marko
That last post is bracketing a group I have nothing to do with, never rated Guendouzi or AMN or Kola in fact pretty much the opposite.
You’re being pretty lazy at this stage.
I’m reserving total and utter judgment on Emery until he gets to work with better players. Because as I’ve said before there isn’t a manager out there who can improve this lot we’ve got and frankly it doesn’t matter who’s Arsenal manager until a significant amount of wank players are replaced at the club. Simple as for me
WE
Do you know what Emery’s job title at Arsenal is without googling it?
We
Beat me to it
You’re absolutely correct though
Regardless of whether Emery is here or not next season, whoever is manager will need more than £45m to improve our squad and our performance relative to this season. Neither Emery nor Herr/Senor Special Sauce will be given more than £45m to improve the squad. Key members of our current squad are ageing; regardless of whether you think their quality is top4 or not, their performance will further deteriorate. Our current Under 23 players are not yet at a level to improve our squad / first 11. We do not have the right management infrastructure to source and attract budding… Read more »
Because you’re defending Emery from being criticised for last weeks freak show Benny, fucking hell not quantum physics.
Arsenal sold Lucas Peres for €4 millions and subsidise his wage. We paid €5 millions as a loan fee for Suarez on top of his wage.
Whoever made those deals need to go.
Why could we not loan Lucas Perez for that same fee without subsidising his wage?
I wonder if we would have been better off keeping Lucas Perez who had never been given his chance at Arsenal and send Nkethia on loan.
I’m reserving total and utter judgment on Emery until he gets to work with better players. Because as I’ve said before there isn’t a manager out there who can improve this lot we’ve got and frankly it doesn’t matter who’s Arsenal manager until a significant amount of wank players are replaced at the club. Simple as for me
Hahahahaha
Marko you’re some boy eh!?? He’s (at best) as bad as wenger and you just can’t take it. Hahahaha. Just admit you were wrong
Marc
Touchline Brent-esque motivator?
gambon I dont remember anyone on here after we beat Spurs or UTD saying “Thank god Wenger put this squad together, they were brilliant” OR “Its not Emery that won us this match, its the players” Not sure what you’re trying to say with this comment as it seems to contradict everything else you’re saying? Why would anyone say this when our squad is largely shite and our only saving grace is that we have 2 good strikers? put Auba and Laca in any of the teams above 10th and they would have had a CL place wrapped up by… Read more »
A lot of people making ridiculous excuses for Emery based on our expectation for the season. I had no expectation for the season. I just wanted to see improvement in performance, there hasnt been any. Sure, we were doing well to potentially finish 3rd or 4th. So what, we have absolutely blown in. If you got the the CL final, and happened to fins yourself playing the Genk U13s team in the final, then lost 3-0, would you a- be greatful to get to the CL final, as it wasnt expected? or b- be fucking incensed that you lost to… Read more »
“Reserving judgment until he gets better players”
PSG. He couldn’t make that work either.
Emery is a fraud.
“Lost to Southampton who hadnt won a home game all season”
Ah yes, when Laurent Koscielny made his much anticipated(not) return from injury to re-organise our defence, and then proceeded to have a fucking nightmare.
Well if he doesn’t have a say in who we’re bringing in and he can’t improve who we have, wtf is his function as gaffer? That’s a good point. Again though the guy after him will be in exactly the same situation. Vieira for example he comes in after we sack Emery in the summer what then? He either improves what we have or replace players. He can’t do one without the other and the other he wouldn’t have a say in. Again if you have problems with the actual signings you need to direct your ire towards Sven and… Read more »
“Ah yes, when Laurent Koscielny made his much anticipated(not) return from injury to re-organise our defence, and then proceeded to have a fucking nightmare.”
Emery chose not to revamp the CB positions in the summer, against pretty much every fans wishes.
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. – – – – – – – – – – – We could’ve gone for Tielemans but that would’ve most likely been a waste of time. Three things happened in the Tielemans loan from Leicester perspective, none of which would’ve happened in Arsenal’s case. One, Leicester had something Monaco wanted going the other way in… Read more »
That last post is bracketing a group I have nothing to do with, never rated Guendouzi or AMN or Kola in fact pretty much the opposite. I wasn’t necessarily talking about you WE you are I think in that bracket of fan who has unrealistic expectations of the Arsenal squad and has no idea where we go from there and who basically just complains a bit like gambon. It’s not meant as an insult btw it’s just how I see it. You’re complaining about a manager doing a poor job with an even poorer squad and you’re suggesting but not… Read more »
There really needs to be a reality check about the manager here. We aren’t gonna replace him this summer, especially if he manages to deliver Champion’s League football one way or another. There’s also going to be fairly low investment in the squad, because if we went and dropped £50m on a world class player on a 4 year contract, they’ll be halfway through it before we have managed to surround them with other world class players, and we’d be at the 2-years-to-go-need-to-extend-or-sell point. The timeline might move up if we get shot of Ozil and Mhikitaryan sooner than end… Read more »
UN na
“extract the best from his players”
I keep seeing this from many posters, not just you, but have you considered that this is about as much as can be extracted from our set of players?
Not the one off performances where we overachieve or like now when they’re running on empty because they’re weak or old and we don’t have any better options, but over the full season? Do you think this set of players have another level in them long term?
Ishola I’m not saying Emery has tanked, I asked you if a a manager well and truly tanking is the only entry point to deciding to make a change? I’m like Gambon, didn’t have clear cut expectations for this season beyond seeing a “better” manager get more from the players, address the weaknesses we had, and give us a look at what the next stage could be all about. He’s not delivered any of that. So if there’s an opportunity to change him out for someone better I’d not piss my pants about the club taking that view, and I’d… Read more »
WengerEagleApril 30, 2019 15:00:52 Because you’re defending Emery from being criticised for last weeks freak show Benny, fucking hell not quantum physics. ->>>> No I’m not. Where am I defending him for those 3 performances? Nowhere, nada, zilch, nil poi. The Wolves game made me revise my position on Emery whereas before I was happy to wait until the season ended like so many of you saps were with Wenger for a decade. It was painfully obvious the players didn’t respect him or understand him and that’s what I said. The Leicester game was inevitable based on the Wolves performance… Read more »
“gambon,”
“a lot of people making ridiculous excuses for Emery based on our expectation for the season.”
Nobody is making any excuses for Emery
The squad is shit and it’s only Auba/Laca’s goals that have us above the chasing pack of 7th-10th clubs.
Our midfield is non existent. We have no wide players. Our defense is shit.
I really don’t care whether you sack Emery today or tomorrow.
Would it change anything? Nope, not until you do a proper clear out.
We paid €5 millions as a loan fee for Suarez on top of his wage.
I don’t think that’s true. I’ve read somewhere 2.5 million euros and about 600,000 in wages through the loan period. Not great. Prove me wrong
PSG. He couldn’t make that work either. Emery is a fraud.
Define couldn’t make it work? And fraud in this instance. 4 trophies in two seasons but no champions league though so therefore fraud
A good manager can do both + Improve his current players. Technically by organising skill sessions like Guardiola did with Sterling. Tactically by selecting a system the players can fit in. by taking into account their or thereafter lack of ability in certain domains. Don’t ask a slow player to be a dynamic defensive midfielder. Don’t confuse thick or slow-witted players by changing system multiple times per game. + Purchase better players. The squad is not full of world class players, so it is possible to buy better players and players who do better the coach system without breaking the… Read more »
Well said Dissenter, so many on here seem to think getting rid of Emery alone is the magic wand coupled with the huge sum of £45m that will see is as champions next season.
It’s laughable denial at its finest.
“Emery chose not to revamp the CB positions in the summer, against pretty much every fans wishes.”
gambon just keeps these doozies coming
Emery CHOSE not to revamp the CB positions
Never mind the restricted purse
This is just shocking stuff really. The club offered to buy the McGuire calibre of players and Emery said Nope.. i will persist with Mustafi.
Just read that Ramsey will be back by 12 May and Rudiger to miss rest of season. Looks like the stars start to align.
gambon
“I had no expectation for the season. I just wanted to see improvement in performance, there hasnt been any.
So why bang on about the top 4…muppet
I keep seeing this from many posters, not just you, but have you considered that this is about as much as can be extracted from our set of players?
Freddy
No it’s nit the best he can get from them
We have all seen every single player perform at multiple levels higher for prolonged periods including under emery.
We’ve seen Emery himself extract much more from the guys.
So no, I don’t buy that.
Dissenter
Yea right you are mate. No defending of Emery, then you drop its Auba/Laca stopping us finishing 7-10th..
What a hero. Why didn’t we finish there last season? Theo?
So I’m an AKB now Benny? Even though I’ve probably been calling old Weng’s head for longer than you.
Lol fuck this getting nowhere with you, might as well be writing in Mandarin. You turn into a flute when you’re questioned, Shame really because you’re a decent poster a lot of the time.
There is no way we pain 2.5 million Euros for a 6 month loan fee of Suarez
Are they suggesting it would have cost 5 million loan fee for the year!
That’s utter rubbish. Some of these tabloid reporters don’t engage a calculator before they spew out lies.
When was this former glory Don?
A long, long time ago eh.
And you expect a significant sign for a return to these glories after one season and one transfer window from a new manager that has taken over from a previous manager that was incumbent for over 20 years.
Let’s get real now Don shall we.
In all honesty the debate shouldn’t be about Emery because it doesn’t matter if it’s him or Vieira or Allegri who’s Arsenal manager next season we’ll still have to turnover a piss poor squad anyway. Unless you’re one of those people who think that the squad is actually good enough in which case there’s no amount of reasoning that can help you.
I always knew you were and AKB at the core Eagle.
Looool at all the insecure ‘spot on’ and ‘top post’ comments desperately craving reassurance on their wank argument, cringe.
Charlie Champagne
Same way we would have dropped out of top 6 long time before Emery had it not been Sanchez’s world class form. He was literally carrying Wenger and the team on his back.
It’s no wonder Wenger botched the transfer to city because he knew what would happen once he left.
Charlie the truth hurts doesn’t it
It was initially €3 millions, but because we refused to have the obligation to buy Suarez, it was announced that the fee was €5 millions and we pay his wage in full.
I don’t know his wage, but €600k for 26 weeks seems to be very low. That is less than €25kpw.
Its pretty basic Dissenter the club paid a £2.5 m fee adding in £55k per week for faux Ramsay which washes out at £3.2 in total.
Sal
I thought I had you ye bastard.
Was waiting to make the grand reveal before Benny ruined it.
Weagle
Still didn’t answer my question earlier about the player comparison i put up with our starting players and theirs
So who do the likes of gambon, CC, Un nai, Weagle etc think we should replace Emery with armed with the kings ransom of £45m that would instantly transform us overnight into world beaters?
Any bright ideas?
I’d love to hear it.
And who would we buy with our earth shattering fortune that would cover the needs of a WC CB, LB, AM and Winger?
C’mon let’s hear what all you Emery out experts have to say?
Emery chose not to revamp the CB positions in the summer, against pretty much every fans wishes. Gambon you’re not getting it mate he doesn’t make the signings he wasn’t responsible for last summer. If you have a problem with how we spent 70 million last summer talk to Sven and Raul. In hindsight given our available budget I’d probably have kept the fees from Sokratis and Guendouzi and tried for a better CB. But you’d then be talking about one less CM option and a 25 million CB instead of one for 15-17 million. If you want to go… Read more »
Batistuta
I asked Wenger Eagle the same question
He gave me a question of why are they 15 points behind us?
That question was duly answered- they had a manager [before Brendan] who was more focused on defense rather than unleashing the pace in the squad.
Benny, you sound a bit like the AKBs used to.
‘Who in the world could fix a defence! Who would take £10m a year! How could anyone else have an idea?!’
There are lots of great coaches that’d eat up the Arsenal job and inject some excitement into the football, fix the flaws and give the fans a bit of excitement.
BennyD: “the problems with our club lies much deeper than Emery alone.”
Spot on.
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Dissenter
Haha good one mate, ‘if Wenger hadn’t have signed Alexis we’d not have been the beneficiary of Alexis’ is what that reads as. Should get you in the Sky studio.
No nod to Wenger managing that form out of him? Hardy done wonders at United has he. But you’re right, lucky Wenger for signing Sanchez.
You’ve hit top form lately…
Mitrovic top 6 material
Leicester top 4 challengers inside 2 years
Wenger lucky he bought Alexis
Keep them coming, brightens this place up.
We have all seen every single player perform at multiple levels higher for prolonged periods including under emery.
We’ve seen Emery himself extract much more from the guys.
This isn’t remotely true at all the whole season has been a struggle for consistency even through the unbeaten run there was so many underlying problems it kinda papered over the cracks.
Words, I certainly don’t think it’s all the manager.
However, if you have an average manager, it doesn’t help things, which is our situation.
A lot of doom and gloom here… I reckon we’ll sneak the Champions League. It’ll be a disaster, but I wouldn’t put it past him.
benny “So who do the likes of gambon, CC, Un nai, Weagle etc think we should replace Emery with armed with the kings ransom of £45m that would instantly transform us overnight into world beaters?” They want us to take a chance on a manager with pizzaz They musk know that whatever approach we take with this disjointed squad will take time, a lot more than one season. Yesterday Charlie C was scoffing at the notion that it will take a DoF 3-5 seasons fo the work to come to fruition. He doesn’t see the same scale of decay that’s… Read more »
Ishola
Not sure if you’re aware but we are behind only Liverpool and Manchester United as England’s most prolific trophy winners.
That former glory
Bati
I did answer that, if not today than yesterday.
You’re going by form which is easy to do, are Leicester better than Chelsea too? Or United?
Do Auba, Laca, Toreirra, Sokratis, Leno, Ozil not start for Leicester now over the course of a season?
UN na yes, when they’re fresh, when we don’t have to rotate because of injuries and suspensions. several levels higher? I agree that some players have, like Monreal who has been our best defender for some time but he’s just too old now, same with Kos , we might get the odd great performance but their bodies can’t keep up. Ozil has also been much better than now, but his detoriation started long before Emery, Mikhi has always been inconsistent at best. Hard to expect improvement in defence when half of the regular starting line up is out injured for… Read more »