HOTTEST RUMOUR OF THE SUMMER

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Gooood ebening.

I love saying that. I say it in the office 7 times a day, in a Spanish accent, which some people think is racist, but then I say my Dad has a house in Spain so I’m technically Spanish, then people ‘get it.’

HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A FUCKING EXCITING STORY:

Nerazzurri looking at many profiles in the Premier League , even in midfield. The ‘Corriere dello Sport’ confirms the interest in Granit Xhaka , a player who can leave Arsenal . The Swiss is a profile that appeals, even if it is not considered a priority at the moment.

I will make myself available for references, I know at least 30,000 others that’ll do the same. This would be an EPIC move for him because, jokes aside, I think he’d be a machine in Italy. Less intensity, slow build from the back, the only person pressing in the entire country of Italy is going to be Rambo next season. He’ll be golden. They’ll love that leadership story about the spare key as well.

I also think we could look at landing £50m for him. Maybe more? But, what I truly hope, is we don’t fuck around like we did with Chambers. Move Granit off the wage bill, accept it didn’t work, open a Samaritans hotline for the apologists, who, once again have proved that it is they who ‘might not really get the game,’ and rehire someone that can do the passing bits, but offer up power, pace and real aggression in the middle.

YES. YES. YES.

Oh man, is it weird to say that the rumour is making me feel frisky? That is weird, I retract (but come on, finding that rumour on Newsnow was a little like opening your first ever saucy link circa 1996 on copper dial-up (kids, you’d wait 4 hours for 1 still of Pamela Anderson to load)).

The Baku nightmare seems to be deepening. Arsenal are struggling to sell their weak allotment of 6000 tickets because, well, I guess people aren’t comfortable dropping £2000 for a final that is far from a sure bet. I love all the UEFA wokeness about putting the big matches in countries that have bad football teams, but if you’re real, it denigrates the competition and it’s awful for fans.

A bit like extending out the World Cup to 700 teams. It becomes like those school sports days where everyone is a winner, which, to be fair, I fucking loved as a kid. I was literally shit at every single sport, but I’d still get a trophy for faking a hamstring injury 10m into the egg and spoon race. Thank the lord for the overwoke Brighton parents helping to make sure the chubbers felt like sporting heroes, you made me the soft trophy-laden failure I am today.

Baku to it (<deserved a trophy)… it’s a bit embarrassing. Apparently, the one England based Arsenal fan of Armenian heritage that had £2k spare for the flight can’t gain entry to the country. How fucking bad is that? Literally banning a nation they don’t like. Imagine if the English just decided they hated Europe and wanted to extricate themselves from the European Union. We’d all be up in arms.

Just kidding @BrexitJonny, I’m not drawing FALSE parallels. It’s awful. Poor Mikhi. Like when your pals have a banger of a party organised and invite an ex that destroyed your life, confidence and self-esteem. I feel you Mikhi, and fuck you Dave, I’ll never forgive you.

‘PEDRO YOU MENTALIST, HOW COME NO BIG CLUB HAS COME IN FOR ARTETA?’

Well my friends, it seems they have… Lyon, one of the most decorated teams in France, has put the feelers out for my main man of ELITE hair notoriety. They are a Champions League club. They are a powerful entity in France. Aulas is one of the shrewdest operators in world football.

No, no… please… a visionary? Me? Gosh, this is embarrassing. No… I won’t put my hat in the ring for TD.

NOW, just to cover my bases like the pro flip-flopper I am, who knows if he’ll succeed if he takes the job (I think he’ll stay on for City unless he’s really hungry to have a crack), all I said is the move is a clever one. Aulas is looking at what City are doing and he wants a piece of the action. Very smart. He’s buying the IP of the best footballing mind in the world. Uber did a similar thing when they stole trade secrets for driverless cars from Waymo by hiring their guy and making him bring his USB sticks. The Lyon owner sees an opp to hire in a guy with a great rep in the game, that is hungry, who could deliver unreal off the ball movement, beautiful free-flowing attacking football and maybe success. Worth a punt.

I could look silly for the above, but wh0 cares, glory is in the moment, internetting like a powerhouse is all about the hunting down of the win of the day… I just caught a 50 pounder and it has an overpowering smell of SMUG. If I lose later on, I’ll just delete this post and change my story.

Let’s end on some sympathetic lolz… Chelsea played a friendly and lost Loftus-Cheek to an injury. My Chelsea pal says he’s been their second best player over the past 6 months, coming up with goals and assists. What a terrible blow to their chances… never fuck with Unai in the Europa would be my learning, bad juju… but really, what a wildly shit decision by Chelsea to play a friendly at this time of the season. Mad, mad, mad.

Right, that’s me done. Meet me in the comments to kiss the ring and apologise for your insolence on Arteta last summer.

BIG LOVE x

P.S. Sad NYC Gooner news. Barleycorn closed down because the floor collapsed next door to it… and the Bling Pig also closed. O’Hanolons, Smithfield Hall and Roebling is where it’s at now. Where are people watching Europa? Let me know!

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Valentin

@EnglandsBest, I clearly stated that it was done for internal political reason, not for altruistic view. I think that you are the one naive if you think that the commonwealth is still relevant. It is a remnant of an old empire that nobody below the age of 20 cares about. It is part of the delusion that small historical countries like UK or France are relevant on the grand scale of things. Big Blocs are the future. People may believe that the EU will be gone in 20 years, but that does not mean that people like the idea nor… Read more »

Goonah

We should never ever comment we were in a final 06 vs Barcelona…it didn’t happen

Marko

Dream you are absolutely wrong if you think one more year of coaching the under 18’s will lead to Freddie Ljungberg being offered the managers job. No way

Marko

I don’t think the Kroenke’s are actually responsible for who gets the manager job anyway. Ivan Raul and Sven decided on Emery. I’m guessing Edu and Raul will decide on whoever’s after Unai

Receding Hairline

“What are yue arguing against? Posh did “ok” to reach CL final?” You can read what i wrote I said he did “exceptionally well” if you are talking about the Champions league alone It’s a cup competition, they had a mediocre group stage and should have been eliminated, once you get past that it becomes a lottery ..that’s the nature of cup competitions, even the not too stellar teams can go far, because it”s called the champions league we all seem to forget it’s still a cup competition. You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that a… Read more »

Valentin

@azed, You may be right in that if a player had not been coached something before the age of 23 he can never properly get it. However that should not stop us from trying. Whenever any of our players receives the ball with his back toward the goal and an opponent behind him, he just pass the ball back. Since Sanchez is gone, nobody ever attempt to receive the ball on an half turn and run away. We only break defensive lines via passes between fullback/wingback and CB to an onrushing Kolasinac or AMN, who then cutback. No diversity in… Read more »

azed

“Whenever any of our players receives the ball with his back toward the goal and an opponent behind him, he just pass the ball back.” Valentin I’m not saying we should try but intangible things like creating space and awareness are hard to teach. Players like Messi, Xavi, Cesc, Ozil all survey the areas around them before the even gets to them. In that split second, they’ve read the situation, understood how opposing players can dispose them of the ball and the moves they can make to avoid being disposed of the ball. It’s why they seem to have more… Read more »

Receding Hairline

Even at 17 Cesc Fabregas always seemed to have ages on the ball, contrast that with 26 year old Xhaka who lays an egg whenever someone as much as challenges him while on the ball No coach is teaching Xhaka that at this age, they will simply replace him. I am tired of all this coaching talk for now, get us better players with better attributes and at an age where we can still say they are learning or need coaching Kolasinac,Xhaka,Elneny,Mustafi,Jenkinson do not need coaching, they are flawed players that need replacing Kos,Licht and Monreal are ageing players that… Read more »

TR7

Bati

Nothing revisionist about my stand on Santi. He was the best Arsenal player during his time at Arsenal and even now I will have him ahead of any midfielder in our team. People are too obsessed with physicality of players these days. It’s football, not rugby. Prefer intelligent players with good technique over talent less grafters.

Valentin

@azed, Some players like Cesc instinctively look around them just before receiving the ball so they are ready and know what they are going to do before the ball reaches them. Some need to be taught. There are exercises that can improve players spacial awareness. At the beginning of the season, ManCity players trained with specific blinders on and earplugs that muffled the sound. That forced them to move the head laterally to get a better vision of their surrounding. Now they do it naturally. If a journeyman like Fabian Delph can be coached this late in his career, there… Read more »

Goonah

TR7

Do you remember Santi being our best nr. 10?? who did Wenger buy at that point?

Goonah

Özil fell in his laps

did we need him

hell no

Goonah

Santi pushed to the wings…..nope

Santi pushed to CM……Best at the club but still not suited to it

Un na naai

Oh I’d love to weigh in with Valentin and England is best in this debate but it seems I’m the only poster who’s banned from discussions non arsenal based so I’ll keep this as brief as possible Valentin 1) there is a massive rising anti EU sentiment all over Europe as we speak and it’s growing, look at Poland, Hungary Italy, Holland, Denmark, France, U.K. and Austria. The worse the migrant crisis gets, the more these sentiments will continue to fester and grow. Without us and the Italians the burden on the remaining nations will be too much if they… Read more »

englandsbest

Valentin Wow, I take back that word ‘naïve,’ My view on EU is that Germany will be first out of the door after Brexit. Back to the deutschmark for them. A few other western democracies will cluster around the currency. Maybe a rump EU of Mediterranean states will drag on for a bit, led by France. Unlike you, I believe the Commonwealth (or most of it) will stick together. Assuming that mankind is not obliterated by global warming. I think it will become one of those power blocks you speak about. As for China, I suspect it will wither from… Read more »

gambon

Ryan Fraser is Brexit Ribery.

There you go. Politics and football in one.

gambon

Hakim Ziyech available for £25m, Ismaila Sarr £25m

Emery probably too busy chasing Krychowiak and Banega.

This is the summer Emery turns us into the London West Brom.

Samesong

That Kanneman got the Mustafis about him.
Can see him getting a few reds in the prem.

Marko

Gambon you can’t help yourself. I still think you’re smart but you’re really struggling with it so I’ll give you a bit of help okay. At Arsenal the manager isn’t responsible for the signings. And there it is. So I wouldn’t worry about Banega and Krychowiak (who Emery apparently always buys) signing for us cause Edu and Cagigao are responsible for the transfers at Arsenal

Graham62

gambon

“This is the summer Emery turns us into the London West Brom”.

The seeds were sown long before Emery arrived.

gambon

Marko

Can you answer me one question.

Why have you dedicated your life to defending Emery?

You literally trawl through the site looking for anyone that doesnt think Emery is the greatest manager in the world and immediately jump on them.

Its just incredibly weird.

China1

I think you make some interesting points Valentin but I’d be very surprised if China doesn’t remain a top 3 world player in the second half of the century They will likely face great pains socially and economically as the demographics and economy change, but an advantage they have compared with most of the World is that their government has the authority to make bold changes and enact a long term vision without the perils that come with constant infighting and the short termism of democracies This doesn’t mean their government system is better but it does mean they have… Read more »

Guns of SF

As ive said, Banega in January might have made a difference compared to Suarez ( Pedros bestie)

When our midfield was lying dormant in the last few games, he might have helped. He is not the flashy player we might desire but can check a lot of boxes

Oh well, its water under the bridge

Pedro, I like your Hot Transfer news headline…. Transfer Xhaka out ! lol

Champagne Charlie

“I would like someone a bit more practical, and a genuine tactical genius.My hope is that we have a vision that exists above the manager and hire towards the objective.“ Totally agree Pedro, in fact I believe it to be mandatory for success among the elites. That being said I also find managers in the top bracket are there because of a fundamental view they have of the game, coupled with that dogged/arrogant way of implementing it. Not to offend the cheerleaders, but Emery doesn’t appear to have this and that’s apparent both in what we’ve seen; and his reluctance… Read more »

Valentin

OK. back to football.

One of my pet peeve is Goalkeepers especially young ones who can only receive the ball from one side. The new generation of goalkeepers will need to eradicate that lack of ability.

A lot of so called ambidextrous players are so, because they trained their weaker foot at a young age.

Guns of SF

I would like to see real 2 footed players in our midfield.

Where have they all gone?

Monreal is the worst offender, as is Xhaka. Cannot use their right peg whatsoever.

Marko

Gambon I’m not defending Emery grow up I’m merely pointing out that what you are saying isn’t true. How’s it weird to speak up against something so obviously wrong. It’d be weird not to. You know he’s not responsible for signings so why do you keep up with the charade?

Graham62

I knew Arsenal’s transfer dealings were fucked once I knew Bendtner was given £50k a week back in 2011.

Gambon, you need a reality check.

Marko

it is odd how you throw all reason out the window for a faith-based view on a coach that is out of his depth. I don’t get you idiots I really don’t. I see something false and I try to correct it and that somehow turns into me defending the manager at all costs. I know around here facts and truths are a bit loose these days compared to outright lies and falsehoods but I don’t swim in that shit. I see a false narrative I’ll correct it irrespective of the narrative. I don’t care about Emery but he’s not… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“Marko, it is odd how you throw all reason out the window for a faith-based view on a coach that is out of his depth.”

Nothing “faith-based” about any of Marko’s view on Emery

Your views on Arteta though is what fits into the “faith-based” bracket Pedro

Marko

I’ve also got no faith. Honestly. Not in religion not in mankind. I’ve got zero faith in my dog not stealing off my plate.

Receding Hairline

I know it was probably said in jest seeing as it’s gambon but the Banega,Nzonzi,Krykowhatever jibes have gotten pretty old

Signing a player twice in your career as a manager, once actually because he was probably signed by Monchi the first time, doesn’t mean you “always” sign him

That sought of repeated falsehood Pedro is what you should caution against not people’s view on the manager. We can’t all think he is bland and out of his depth can we?

Champagne charlie

“I see something false and I try to correct it and that somehow turns into me defending the manager at all costs.”

You don’t correct facts, you correct opinions with your own opinions.

Massive, massive difference.

Receding Hairline

“RH, my Arteta thoughts are based on people I speak to in the game.”

And you are entitled to it, although you can see how it can be seen as faith based. Pastor says hell is real so it most be…..FAITH

Marko

Good thing about Edu is it’s all new with him and Cagigao really. There’s no track record and therefore no stick to beat them with. Yet anyhow

gambon

Pedro

Did you see the Statsbomb piece?

Basically, they are of the opinion that our league position was down to extremely positive variance in goalscoring, as well as form from Leno that he probably wont sustain.

Valentin

@China1, Yes, Chinese Geo-politic will have a major impact on football. For the moment football is fundamentally changed because Qatar and other Emirates countries have decided to buy political legitimacy via Sport. They either buy athletes. Half their hand ball team is not even Muslim! African long distance runners that switch nationalities to Qatar are paid $1 millions as a bonus and then have a guaranteed $100,000 per year salary on top of the Qatar male adult annual oil dividend payments. Or they buy clubs or events such as the FIFA World Cup. Thai and China were doing the same… Read more »

Marko

Charlie they’re not opinions. The manager of Arsenal isn’t responsible for the signings at the club. That’s not an opinion it’s a fact. It’s backed up by the club hiring a new technical director and a new head of recruitment. It’s also common knowledge cause it’s the same structure that exists throughout the world of football. I won’t say that he has absolutely no say but I won’t say that he’s responsible. Again not an opinion. I thought that was pretty obvious. What part of this very common structure aren’t people getting?

gambon

Marko, what part of this didnt you understand:

” I don’t believe in bringing a player in that the coach does not want individually and also positionally.”

Un na naai

Marko

I’d find some faith soon cos CC and Pedro are mullering you.
Read this man his last rites.

Un na naai

Joke Friday

Marko

Marko

Gambon that doesn’t prove that he’s responsible come on man you’re not one of those dumbos knocking around here. That just means that if he’s so against someone then they won’t do it but again he’s not responsible for the signings. You guys insisting on this doesn’t make it so. I’ll give you an example Gabriel Martinelli you think he’s an Emery signing? Kannemann?

Receding Hairline

” I don’t believe in bringing a player in that the coach does not want individually and also positionally.” That you do not believe in it does not mean it isn’t being practiced Sarri had no idea Chelsea were signing Pulisic, he said so himself. He was asked a month earlier and simply said he was a good player, he never specifically asked for him. Same thing i reckon happened when we signed Torriera, Sokratis, Licht and Guendouzi…Emery was asked and he said yes we need those caliber of players and we signed them If Emery picked those players what… Read more »

Un na naai

Gambon

He’s only on here on days that end in Y

Graham62

Jesus, what the fudge is going on?

No wonder Arsenal supporters have such a poor reputation.

We rid ourselves of “the monster within” and there are still those posters, especially you Pedro, who feel the need to attack from all sides.

Shame on you.

Marko

Also I think that’s just something that Ivan would have said. No way they’ve left the say on transfers to the manager after all those years and fuck ups by Wenger. No way they’re going back to that

Un na naai

Knock Knock

Who’s there

Marko: emptiness and darkness. Meaningless for all eternity………plays creep by Radiohead

Marko

We already know how this all ends anyway. Any good signings or signings people like they’ll attribute it to Edu or Cagigao. Any signings that don’t work out or that people don’t like they’ll attribute it to the manager. It’s just how things work around here

Un na naai

Rh

Suarez was emery
Banega was emery
Perisic was emery

She left over it. Wonderful little invention called a newspaper.

Marko

Don adding to the conversation as always

Champagne charlie

Marko

In a view to rid the agenda you’re alluding to, care to outline what Emery’s role is at the club for us?

Un na naai

Marko

😉 you luv it you shlaaaaag

Receding Hairline

Yep all the bad ones goes to the bland one

The good ones reserved for the guys they approve of.

Le grove these days in a nutshell

The statsbomb piece had a lot lot more to say about our squad than it did the manager but gambon is running with the manager part because it fits into the narrative

Un na naai

He doesn’t coach
Doesn’t sign players
Doesnt have a philosophy
Does he even pick the team?

And they say arteta is a cone boy

Marko

In a view to rid the agenda you’re alluding to, care to outline what Emery’s role is at the club for us?

You know how to use Google right? Have at it.

Charlie do you believe he’s responsible for signings at Arsenal?

Receding Hairline

https://theshortfuse.sbnation.com/2019/5/8/18536887/xgunners-judge-me-in-may-unai-emery-arsenal-stats-premier-league

Pedro who is Scot Willis and why will what he has to say affect my views on a particular subject??

I have been reading you for years and i haven’t bought your views on Emery so why will an article by a random dude change that?

TR7

So if Emery flops again next season, we will be told it’s not Emery’s fault as all the players are either Wenger signings or Raul signings.

Marko

I actually liked that statsbomb article. It just illustrates more the point of a need for a overhaul of the squad

Valentin

@Pedro, I am not going to name the older generation of French goalkeeper just the upcoming one. There will be a lot of movement, because 2 clubs have already announced that they will change. Plus at Marseille, Mandanda has been extremely poor. Looking at the French goalkeeper, there is 1) Areola – PSG. He used to have huge concentration lapses. But the last two seasons, he has been quite impressive. When PSG went after Buffon, everybody expected him to kick a fuss. In fact he buckle down and now the question mark is more on whether renewing Buffon who stank… Read more »

Pierre

Makes one wonder what posters like marko, Bennydevito, RH, dissenter Bamford, Jamie, Azed etc are worried about in their continual insistence that the manager of Arsenal football club has no responsibility for incoming players (and possibly outgoing players presumably).

I’m putting it down to the cock up in the January window( suarez) and mishandling of the Ramsey contract situation..
It would be an admittance that Emery’s judgement is flawed if they were to admit that of course the manager has a say in these 2 errors of judgement

Champagne charlie

Marko

I’m not having a convo with Google, I’m talking to you. So why not pony up your take on what Emery’s job is given you’re talking on the subject?

Marko

So if Emery flops again next season, we will be told it’s not Emery’s fault as all the players are either Wenger signings or Raul signings.

That’s not true at all. I don’t think anyone has said that at all. I actually think next season will be his last. I can see you’re another one having trouble with understanding the difference between responsible for as opposed to having a say. Lemme me ask you this if we end up selling Lacazette this summer who’s responsible for that decision?

WengerEagle

‘ once you get past that it becomes a lottery’

I rarely agree with you RH but you’ve really outdone yourself here, fucking hell.

CL knockouts a lottery?

Marko

That’s what I’m doing Charlie. The conversation is is Emery responsible for our transfer dealings or ins and outs and that’s a no. You want to change it to his coaching have at it.

WengerEagle

‘So if Emery flops again next season, we will be told it’s not Emery’s fault as all the players are either Wenger signings or Raul signings.’

Correct.

Oh and don’t forget that they will all also be immune to being improved via coaching.

Receding Hairline

“I actually liked that statsbomb article. It just illustrates more the point of a need for a overhaul of the squad”

Exactly , yet it’s only mentioned as a look Emery is bad piece

Receding Hairline

“So if Emery flops again next season, we will be told it’s not Emery’s fault as all the players are either Wenger signings or Raul signings.’”

Flop again??

How exactly did he “flop”?

What were your expectations before a ball was kicked??

Champagne charlie

Marko

No I don’t want to change it to anything, I’d rather the fuller picture of what you believe he is or isn’t responsible for. It’s not a difficult one to answer, but only you can give your view on the subject – that’s how opinions work.

Telling me to google your view on something is a bit dim.

Champagne charlie

“Exactly , yet it’s only mentioned as a look Emery is bad piece”

I’d be happy to read a stats based ‘Emery is good’ piece, got any of them on hand?

Receding Hairline

You won’t find me bothered you rarely agree with me Eagle cos i am not on here for validation.

Cup competitions are not the true indication of the strength of a team, that’s not an outlandish statement. Yes you have to have something about you to win it no less but flawed teams still win cup competitions and the champions league is a cup competition

Receding Hairline

“I’d be happy to read a stats based ‘Emery is good’ piece, got any of them on hand?”

Stats based he says thinking he is clever ….pfft…..abeg shift.

gambon

Of course the Statsbomb piece made Emery look bad.

Emery took over from a senile manager, a broken dressing room, a manager that didnt prepare properly, couldnt train a defence, didnt do tactics, and made life way to easy for the players.

He spent £70m on new players.

– Less shots on goal
– More shots against
– Less big chances
– More big chances against
– Lower possession
– Less pressing
– Lower xG
– Higher xGA

The whole point of the piece is to say it was luck that got us 70 points, not Emery.

Champagne charlie

“Cup competitions are not the true indication of the strength of a team, that’s not an outlandish statement. Yes you have to have something about you to win it no less but flawed teams still win cup competitions”

Curious statement from a guy that’s continually leaning on Emery’s Europa League record and has previously dismissed his domestic records when mentioned.

bennydevito

PierreMay 17, 2019    12:36:52

….sadly Emery prefers workers and not technical players so do not expect to see a Cazorla type player at the Emirates anytime soon.

>>>>>>

Signed Draxler, Neymar and M’bappe whilst at PSG……

Yeah……. awkward………..

Receding Hairline

“The whole point of the piece is to say it was luck that got us 70 points, not Emery.”

Luck must have hated the 15 teams below us

This thing called Luck we should sign more of it

bennydevito

PedroMay 17, 2019    17:18:12

Marko, you don’t.

You have militant narrow views about things you don’t understand.

You are an aggressive defender of Emery. Quite the sight.

>>>>>

He really isn’t, not in the slightest.

gambon

“Signed Draxler, Neymar and M’bappe whilst at PSG……”

Ah, so when its a good player he IS responsible.

Receding Hairline

“Curious statement from a guy that’s continually leaning on Emery’s Europa League record and has previously dismissed his domestic records when mentioned.”

Curious observation from a man who flip flops on his opinions depending on the side he wants to argue from

Champagne charlie

“Stats based he says thinking he is clever ….pfft…..abeg shift.”

Because I don’t want to read an opinion piece, that was surely self-explanatory?

You got some articles that summarise the good season Emery’s delivered? Or are you being dismissive as a tactic because you’ve no answer?

bennydevito

At PSG? Who knows, but when it’s the shit players it’s Emery? Can’t have it both ways…

Champagne charlie

“Curious observation from a man who flip flops on his opinions depending on the side he wants to argue from”

My opinions have been incredibly consistent actually, I’m stubborn like that. So do me a favour and tell me what I’ve flip-flopped on?

Receding Hairline

“My opinions have been incredibly consistent actually, I’m stubborn like that. So do me a favour and tell me what I’ve flip-flopped on?”

Incredibly consistent …….give me a break

You can read the last few comments over the past few days, you are all over the place like a drunk teenage girl

TR7

Marko

Of course, he must be having a major say in all our transfer dealings. If he doesn’t then I am not sure what is he here for. He can’t coach our poor players you say, he doesn’t decide our transfers and there’s only so much he can do tactically given lack of quality in our team then we better move on from such a lameduck manager.

bennydevito

The day that Emery is gone can’t come quick enough for me. Then we can all get back to being a united fan base once more like we were 98 – 04, and 86 – 94.

WengerEagle

Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic just unbelievably unlucky then RH? Because despite playing for Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan and PSG he never even came close to sniffing the CL.

And were AW’s Arsenal just cursed?

Nope, you massively undervalue the hardest competition to win in club football and it’s not surprising because Poch and Spurs/Klopp and Liverpool are about to win it.

Does the fact that the entire basis of this season is to merely qualify for the CL next season not show how prestigious a competition it is to you?

Receding Hairline

“The day that Emery is gone can’t come quick enough for me. Then we can all get back to being a united fan base once more like we were 98 – 04, and 86 – 94.”

We will need more than one manager for that

Everyone seems to get upset unless the man they want is on the managers seat

azed

Pierre I am very happy Ramsey’s contract was not renewed. We need a massive clear out of the Wenger era players. As for Emery not having a hand in signing players, this was what Monchi said in 2016 “Monchi pulls out his phone and, carefully reducing the image so the names can’t be seen, says: “That gives us this.” A colour-coded spreadsheet shows players by position. Around 250 potential targets, in all positions. “The manager says: ‘I want a left-back who averages 11km a game, runs 800m at full speed, uses both feet.’ And from these, 10 will fit.” Pay… Read more »

TR7

RH

That we haven’t improved one iota in any aspect of our game proves Emery flopped. I haven’t observed any noticeable change in our game except our offensive play has become soporific.

Graham62

If your house had been destroyed by a category 5 tornado, would you delight in attacking those individuals brought in to try and rebuild it?

Same scenario.

Champagne charlie

“You can read the last few comments over the past few days, you are all over the place like a drunk teenage girl”

Leave your daughter out of this and offer up actual answers.

Do you have any articles breaking down the ‘good Emery season’?
What opinions have I supposedly flip-flopped on?

Should be able to answer both pretty easily if your snarky remarks are anything to go by.

Receding Hairline

“Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic just unbelievably unlucky then RH? Because despite playing for Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan and PSG he never even came close to sniffing the CL.”

What does this even mean?? Are you saying he somehow hindered this teams from winning the champions league or what??

Is the champions league a cup competition yes or no?

bennydevito

Good ebening Grovers,

Good post Pedro.

Seems like there’s going to be a massive managerial roundabout about to take place and with it a very busy transfer window all round. We really need to get our business done early and make sure we sell who needs to be sold quick sharp, but unfortunately I don’t see us getting any business done until the EL final has taken place and we have a confirmed TD in place.