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Hello top 4 my old friend.
I’ve come to try with you again.
Here we are AGAIN people. Spurs shit the bed against Bournemouth losing two players to red cards. Chelsea has a London derby against Watford tomorrow morning. We have to face off against the MIGHTY Brighton at home in a later kick-off.
This goes down to the last day if we can pull off a win. It’ll be a classic top 4 face off where any of 4 teams could sneak it on the last day. Who really needs a title race when you have a battle like this going on?
United are taking 6 points, no doubt. FIXTURE FRAUD RIFE AS USUAL.
Last game for Spurs is Everton, which won’t be easy.
Last game for Chelsea is apparently one of the most underrated midtable teams in the world… Leicester.
We have to go away to Burnley, which is never easy… because 1) we are Arsenal 2) it is away from home.
All we can do is win both our games and pray for an upset. Incredible that we’ve lost 4 of our last 5 games. A travesty.
Still, worth remembering we have two chances at the promised land. Europa League is looking good for us. Mulling over whether I’d prefer Chelsea or Frankfurt… at least we know we’ll turn up if it’s Chelsea.
Alex Iwobi, had something to say on his record this season.
“I try to dwell on the positive and not dwell on the negative as much as I can. If I make a mistake I try to use it as a lesson and try to improve on it. We have a lot of good fans as well.”
“They are entitled to their own opinion and I am happy with the progress I have made this season. I have been able to get more goals than I had in the previous season and I have”
Not exactly a ringing endorsement of himself here. 4 assists and 5 goals across 48 games is a pitiful record in his third season. That’s the sort of return you’d expect from a decent full back. Not someone who in an attacking role for a team trying to be protaganists. If you’re brutally honest, it’s not good enough and it’s hard to see when it comes good. He lacks physicality, offers up little pace and the decision making hasn’t gotten any sharper.
As we rebuild this summer, the focus really has to be on players that aren’t happy with ‘a few assists’, we need to bring in electric pace, and a brutal winner takes all mentality. We’ve really struggled out wide this year and it’s the excuses are running out because he’s been given a huge amount of game time.
What would Saka have done with that many games? Maybe we should find out… or just pony up the money and bring in Pepe, Sarr, or Zaha?
Alex Lacazette took the player of the season. There’s been some fierce debates in my chat groups. No one really stood out majorly this season. There was a lot of ok or good form in spits and spats. Dare I say if Ramsey hadn’t have been benched for the first half of the year, he’d be taking that? Him or Leno for me. But hey, I love the Frenchman. He works hards, he makes so much out of nothing and he’s popped up with important goals all year. He and Auba have had a far beyond average impact on our conversion rate in front of goal and we are very lucky to have the both of them.
Emery was asked by a paid-up journo whether winning the remaining two games was important. Imagine that being the extent of your questioning when you’re handed the mic?
Good afternoon. We need to win the next match and if we win against Brighton we are going to the last match against Burnley with the possibility to be in the top four. It’s not in our hands, but we need to win our matches and the first is Sunday. It’s not easy to win each match – for us and for other teams – but the focus for us is to win against Brighton for different situations. We are going to play the last match at home. We are going the play the last match with Petr Cech, with Aaron Ramsey and also I think we want to finish at the Emirates with a victory. The first objective is to finish in the top four and it will give us the chance.
The ‘good afternoon’ is a lovely touch. Interesting that we might start Cech. He had a good game against Valenica, but this game isn’t a dead rubber.
The manager was asked if he thought we’d progressed.
Yes I am. Our progress I think – when we started the season we lost against Man City and Chelsea and we worked for this process, little by little and at the end of the season now we are with this possibility. I think when we started we would have been happy to have today these two opportunities in the Premier League and Europa League to reach our target.
I think he’s trying to say that we are competing for top 4 this season, which hasn’t been the case. He’s right. If we make top 4, it’s hard to argue about his success. It’s like the FA Cup final in 2005, it was grubby, but we did it. However, if you are into reality, he’s not progressed the club like most of us would have hoped. But, he’ll get the next season to stamp his authority… I’m sure there will still be those that can’t tolerate any critique until he’s purged every last binman that was under Wenger’s control, but there we go.
One step at a time… Emery HAS to put on a show tomorrow. Send the fans home with a smile and make sure they’re hanging back for that lap of honour!
Right, see you in the comments x
Emery is to blame for world poverty also, blame the guy for everything.
That’s what happens when we start with Ozil and Mykhi
It’s like depending on 3-pointers in basketball.
We desperately need a proper defensive coach. Fuck knows what Bould is doing overseeing this team. They just back off and invite the pass into the box. Awful.
Leno has been picking Cechs brain in kicking it seems. Wise up Bernd
Being outplayed by Brighton at home.Thank God for the Spanish Protagonist”
I mean it’s a painful watch really, Emery has absolutely no style of play
Protagonist my ass
Lich(my balls)steiner…
Must be a nightmare to build an attack around Ozil, Mkhi, Lacazette et al all of these players have little to no dynamism.
Tis why Emery gets a lot of leeway from me.
But if he goes into next season with the same bunch………
Gambon very true but he’s not out on the pitch. It’s the players who have to do better
Bould should have been shown the door with wenger
Christ! Xhaka is daft
Besides playing his honesty offensive players, what else can the manager do?
This is are the best attacking players we have on the field
If Wenger were still at the helm this would be a relegationfight
with the 6th best squad in the league…………
Brighton is almost a half step quicker all over.
That’s more like it. At least it’s proper attack play…
Vic Obviously your reading comprehension isn’t the best. I said the 3 losses were shit but emery still deserves summer TW and if no CL then get till nov to show massive improvement or he will be hounded out If he wins Europa or top 4 he should get at least until Jan to show improvement. I’ve maintained that all along The 3 losses in a row were shit and showed emery in a bad light but no way does he deserve the sack at the end of the year Now go be a good boy and read the comments… Read more »
We don’t even generate a cross on half of these short corner disasters
Bloody hell we’re playing poor. My feed is a few minutes behind the radio coverage, is it still 1 nill?
Oh Ozil is playing, good ball there Aubameyang should have done better.
Great counterattack- Ozil to Auba
Need another goal
Ozil is dreadful
Where is his home form! Lol
What a hospital ball by Ozil. Laca already flanked by two bad guys. What’s the point?
Hey Vic
Why is wenger still
Out of a job? Weird that
We always seem to manage to play the ball behind the man during an Attack rather than to feet or in front. It takes the momentum out of our attacks/counters
Does Ozil ever play with intensity?
Even home games are off limits now
Very soon he will only be good for exhibition games
Fuck me! I watched the many game earlier and I thought they were shit. What the fuck is wrong with this Arsenal team?
We are getting looks
Need 2
More
It’s not like we couldn’t shoot… do more
Our defenders would have ducked, the useless cvnts.
Moray May 5, 2019 17:14:46
We always seem to manage to play the ball behind the man during an Attack rather than to feet or in front. It takes the momentum out of our attacks/counters
Exactly. So so inefficient.
Lots of empty red plastic seats showing round the ground between supporters.?
And unlike you Vic I don’t have a man crush father figure weird thing going on with emery.
He doesn’t do the business he can fuck off
I won’t blindly follow him and lick his balls for 14 years too long and make every excuse in the book for him
And foolishly defend him like you and others did wenger.
It will be emery out as soon as he shows he’s not good enough
We can’t even give Özil away. Expect 2 more years of these tepid performances as he runs the contract down
Wenger and Gazidiz really..really fcked us over with the bloated wages to many players
Xhaka’s been so bad that first half. The amount of times he’s passed backwards and slowed down play is ridiculous. And considering he offers next to nothing defensively again I ask what the fuck does he offer or do well. As for the ongoing debate about whether or not our squad is completely shit or not sky threw up a graphic in the first half showing not only how Brighton struggle for goals the last 5 or 6 games but also for actual attempts on target. And sure enough you come up against Arsenal with their defence and their midfield… Read more »
Good teams should not have to rely solely on instructions at this stage of the season, they should know what’s required and push on themselves.
Halftime pundit
“ it’s not a structural issue , it’s a personal issue “
If the usual suspects still make the first 11 next season we may as well just pack it in
Marko
Of course I blame the players. Of course others blame the manager
It can be a bit of both. And this is where I stand at the moment. Yes our players are shit, but it is pretty damning to see that we are still seeing this slow backpassing tippi tappi crap through the back 4/gk that slows everything down. Why the fuck is UE not doing anything about this? Or does he feel that is the best we can do, which is replicate what we used to do under AW?
Other than getting more money for Stan what’s the point of ELC?
We ain’t gonna win it. Barely good enough for the first stage.
Lots of empty red plastic seats showing round the ground between supporters.?
They are protesting to get Wenger out 😉
The pen and two, three shots aside we didn’t really create much.
Hopefully can up the tempo and see more intensity and urgency in the next 45
We do need goals boys
it is pretty damning to see that we are still seeing this slow backpassing tippi tappi crap through the back 4/gk that slows everything down. Why the fuck is UE not doing anything about this? I think there’s fuck all you can do about it it’s just the way certain players play. In my opinion of course. I just think this kind of performance is all too familiar at this stage and with that in mind it surely must be a question of personnel and individuals. I mean expecting Xhaka for example to play with speed and to control a… Read more »
The teams between 2 and 6 have been inconsistent but the reality is we are not doing bad from a points tally perspective. We are at our usual level.
When we take a step back and reflect, its not been a bad season even if we miss out on the top 4. The atmosphere is no longer toxis
Mgooner no they are protesting at the crap we are playing.?
1H continuing…sorry scenes so far.
BHA looks dangerous ffs.
Had we move home??
backpass sidepass backpass sidepass repeat all day erryday
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Side together back, side together right, side together back.
That’s Arsenal now. Kings of tippy tippy.
Murray fouled 3, 4 times already wouldn’t that be a yellow?
He’s so fucking bad it’s unreal
and when you finally made a forwardpass your teammate was surprised by it
Top teams should not have to rely solely on instructions at this stage of the season, they should know what’s required and push on themselves.
It’s the manager, can’t see a thing wrong, Mr Faulty.
Marko
I mean expecting Xhaka for example to play with speed and to control a game from midfield in the premier league is wishful thinking at best these days
I can only agree with you.
Hilariously this is what Arseblogs liveblogger had to say about Xhaka (please read from bottom to top).
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Xhaka collects, turns …
Why does Chaka always take free kicks and corners ?
Cos of special relations with Emery could considering the shit outcomes
We’re playing terribly here ffs!
gosh dang meanwhile Leverkusen os obliterating Frankfurt
surely they have both eyes on Evropa
Mkhitaryan having a good game imo
What a rag bag collection of players.
Standing around , no plans no ideas.
Have they played together before?
Hilarious
About time
All from a stupid Mykhi give away
OOOHHHH YOU FKING IDIOT XHAKA
you absolute cunt
DM
Mkhi been shit look at what he just gave away.
usual suspects as usual
all these reruns are boring now
Can we start a GoFundMe to have Granit Xhaka shot. My fucking god
FUCKING embarrassment
Lol. Out of nothing.
Simple pass by Mki
Typical
Xhaka the Wanka strikes again.
Xhaka needs to be sold or back up next season
Never want to see xhaka and mustafi in an arsenal shirt again. Idiot
And you disingenuous mugs on here wanted us to field weakened sides because you think we have a chance at the EL?
Fuck off
If players are fined 1K for each side/ back pass, even Ozil’s pay packet would feel the hit
Rubbish.
Pure rubbish.
Started with Mkh’s fucking 3 yard pass.
Xhara needs therapy. He can’t help but put his hand on the back of the guy….in our damn box
1 – 1
Fuck sake
There’s nothing a manager can do about Xhaka.
One stupid pass from Mkhshit…..
Fuck me
what a fcking disgrace to the shirt
Xhaka dunnit ..if not Mustafi then this Idiot.
And Xhaka will be here next season, you can bet on that.
Xacka is a pathetic petulant child. He has no minerals, takes the easy option and hacks out when he’s angry
people are going to moan about Emery but SWTF was Mykhi doing?
It’s unbelievable truly unbelievable how bad this set of players are
Xhaka is such a dipshit. Totally on the player; nothing on the manager.
Azed there is you not pick him or sell him
Don’t need to sack Emery do we? Let’s have some more of this for another year.
And that also started from Mikkis pathetic ball at the other end of the pitch.
Xhaka lack of pace and defending has cost us many times
Disgraceful
when you see player like Phelipe Anderson, Tielmans, Goucoure play for midtable teams then you have to ask yourself why the likes of Mkhi, Xhaxa, Litch are playing for Arsenal
300 IQ stuff from Xhaca he just want to up the intensity of the match and our play
now go all out guns blazing
top 4 qualitee
XhakaBOOM
Xhaka you idiot!
Fuck the football this season has been painful. Look like journeymen , no zip in anything we do
Did you see what Monreal did there. That’s Monreal btw the way
Bamford
That would bebthebmanager that went into this season with Xhaka as one of his 5 captains..
Xhaka who has the most errors leading to goals of any PL midfielder.
Xhara is a useless cunt who ain’t learned a thing since he’s been at the club.
He should top any list of players out.
He is undefendable he is a waste of scream place
Can we start a GoFundMe to have Granit Xhaka shot. My fucking god
I was gonna ask sometbing similar so we can get GoH on the ball on that one.
Of course, Mustafi is top of the hit list.
Jenk can’t be worse than Licht seriously
Mr Serge
And play Elneny?
How can you put the stupidity of Xhaka and this side on anyone but the regular culprits?!
Mykhi and Ozil
What do we doing about these two ?
This is why we need a technical director
Arsenal, the team with the HIGHEST number of Back passes in the whole of Europe this season
Emery has to go in the summer.
We have been outplayed by almost every lower team this season.