Well my darlings, here we are, JUDGE ME IN MAY has landed and the judgement is that we made a terrible mistake with the hiring of Unai Emery.
We have nothing to show for the season. No underlying improvement in positive statistics, no sense of style on the pitch, and no belief from the players.
Emery added £73m worth of talent last summer, mostly to the defence, and after a full preseason and a year with the players, we actually look worse.
For a manager that boasts of being the king of video analysis, I again find myself asking what the fuck he’s watching. We had no game plan for one of the most rigid managers in the league.
Emery regularly talks about passion and character, where was it yesterday? He couldn’t motivate his team to turn it on in a cup final.
He speaks of making big decisions, well, it seems like the biggest decision he made this year was binning Aaron Ramsey, but when it came to benching Chelsea’s new Sporting Director, a man that jibed the lack of pressure at Arsenal this week, he faltered. I love Petr Cech, he’s going to be a banging asset for Chelsea now, but that decision set the tone for the evening. Sentimentality over winning.
But be real people, Emery has said on two occasions this season that the reason he likes Arsenal is there isn’t the same pressure to win. He literally said it this week. That thought is a sporting atrocity that could only be said out aloud at Arsenal. I don’t like that anyone is comfortable enough to opine like that as a manager, to say it twice, the second time on the eve of a cup final is outrageous.
The game itself was bland. Both teams were shite. Yet somehow we were the team to concede 4 goals. The defence was utterly shambolic, we had no power in midfield, we created next to nothing for most of the game (two shots on target all game). Ozil hid in the shadows, not his worst game, but yet another example of how uninterested he is in playing for Emery, and how badly the manager has worked with him. Willock came on and immediately looked more dangerous. Chelsea seemed to let Xhaka have all the space he wanted, presumably because his searching balls were mostly feeding players not fit for the one-track system of findings players on the overlap.
The one highlight of the game was Iwobi who scored an absolute screamer. An unreal strike that deserved to be a winner.
So where do we go from here?
Emery finished 5th in the league. He bet it all on Europa glory, in my view, because winning four trophies on the bounce was more attractive for his resume. That adversely impacted our season. We blew games like Palace because of Europa. We took strong teams away to weak teams. We allowed Aaron Ramsey to play injured, because of Europa. We held our judgement on a poor body of work, because of Europa.
Now it’s all said and done, Arsenal have reaped what they hired. We shot for Europa League and we missed. We bottled our hiring policy last year, and we paid the price.
In football, there is no such thing as an interim manager. That’s a mythical crock of shit. You hire for what you aspire to do as a club. We hired in a supposed safe pair of hands that knows Europa League. When you aim low and miss, the consequences are thick, bland and tasteless. We should have hired someone with a vision, someone with ambition, some with charisma and firm grasp of the English language.
The only good thing to come out of yesterday is that Emery’s demise just took a shot of steroids to the arm. That failure was brutal. 4 points from 18 at the backend of the season was a world-class bottle job. 4-1 in a final to a team that’s been shite all season was hugely embarrassing. This was a Kevin Keegan-eque collapse. Tell me this, now the dust is beginning to settle, would any other club aiming to be the best tolerate what has happened at the tail end of the season when ideas are supposed to have settled?
Absolutely not.
Raul can talk about beautiful structures. He can point to a tepid vision of proudness. He can excite you with buzzwords. But the brutal reality of elite sport is if you fill that structure with average talent, you’ll always be average. Arsenal’s owners need to take a realistic look at what they are building and map Raul’s words to reality.
Do we have the best manager for what we’re trying to achieve? No.
Do we have a footballing vision anyone can believe in? No.
If stasis was acceptable, we should have taken a risk on a bolder hire.
If great football and results is what we’re aiming for, we should fire the manager right now and go all in on Allegri. He’s out of a job and nothing looks like it suits him right now. You’d be hiring in Juventus IP, a winner, a man of great charisma, a person that could address a defence inside a year, a manager that up until last year was making Champions League finals with free transfers and small transfer budgets.
David Dein would do it. This is our Bruce Rioch moment, except we’d not be moving on a manager that achieved his goals. We’d be course-correcting a mistake that’s been glaring since November.
Arsenal is at an important crossroads. We have no Technical Director, no Chief Scout, and an average manager we’re about to let loose with a small budget.
Decisive action needs to be taken, otherwise we’re heading towards a mediocrity that is going to become harder and harder to escape.
See you in the comments.
More than the rumours about new targets what worries me is the absence of rumours regarding key positions.
No left back to take over from Monreal and Kolasinac.
No central midfield that can be both defensive but also going forward with a little bit of physicality.
No left winger to upgrade on Iwobi
Cesc
The Spud’s have the same problem as us they’re just at the opposite end of the spectrum. We’re over paying players who we can’t get rid of – the Spud’s have players who could easily earn a lot more at other clubs. That’s fine if you can keep replacing established players with new “unknowns” but it’s not easy.
Also why has the Poch constantly talked about leaving / moving on for the last few months?
Joe
Please remember Arteta stated this group was shit and needed 200 mill. Emery stated he loved them, could work with them and compete. Then approved 70 mill of spend.
Hence we got a muppet West Ham declined.
Emery is saying we achieved something by just getting to the final.
He is now in denial, very Wenger mk 2
We are rudderless , no club in the Prem will worry about playing us , mid table dross
So in Emery’s first season, Arsenal have reached the Europa league final, gained more points than last season and pipped to the top four place by one point. That’s actually progress made.
From reading Legrove over the years I see someone who had waned as an actual supporter to now being, just being a staunch critic of whatever he feels like talking about.
One-dimensional commentary that’s completely written out of context, Yet still enough to get a bandwagon going.
The original point of being a supporter through thick and thin, ups and downs has been totally lost.
“No central midfield that can be both defensive but also going forward with a little bit of physicality.”
The money from Elneny and Xhaka would be used for that. I’m not really concerned about rumours because they tend to be rubbish.
That French article isn’t particularly damning at all. Meunier was coming back from a bout gastroenteritis, didn’t feel up to playing vs OM (the french version of the classico), but Dani Alvez was suspended, so Emery played Meunier despite the player’s protests. Subbed him off after 80 mins.
“I’m too sick to play, coach”
“Sorry, no other options and this is a big game. Dig deep.”
Kind of like Kante taking an injection last night and playing through pain. Needs must sometimes.
a bout of*
Upstate Gooner
“LOL. Something is wrong with my browser I think. I typed up a long comment but it won’t post for whatever reason.”
Your browser will automatically reject inept posts when drivel mode is on.
5am
“The original point of being a supporter through thick and thin, ups and downs has been totally lost.”
Could you imagine some of this crowd having to support Hartlepool!
James
Who was going to give arteta 200m?
You don’t think emery would have spent 200m if it was available?
We would have hired Allegri if we had 200m
Alas, we didn’t have 200m.
And what kind of manager is arteta who needs 200m. At least emery was man enough to try to win with what he was given.
Give me 200m to spend at arsenal at the beginning of last summer and I’d just as well as fucking arteta
@azed, Arsenal are not legally authorised to do that. If a player has no shame and does not want to leave, it is very difficult unless you can prove professional misconduct to get rid of a player. Chelsea had to keep paying Winstone Bogarde for 4 years. The only way they found to get rid of Adrian Mutu was to have a private detective following him and see him taking drug. The following day a drug test was administrated that proved that fact. Knowing Özil, he will religiously follow the letter of law for his contract. Our hope is that… Read more »
Marc “Also why has the Poch constantly talked about leaving / moving on for the last few months” No Poch is using the prospect of his exit to publicly force Spuds to make good signings. He is using the political capital earned for not leaving after a barren summer window to steer the club in the right direction. That’s something Wenger failed to do. He kept quiet after the Emirates move and used his political capital to curry favors that kept him in the job for the next 12 years. I’ve always told you that Spuds will spend heavily this… Read more »
I agree that Ozil has no shame and isn’t going anywhere unless his contract is paid off.
Danny’s indepth player ratings:
#1 Agent Cech
This guy continuosly recycled possesion of the ball to chelsea. Constantly lumping up the balls up to luiz and christiansen. Suspect at his near post as always which led to girouds first. Cnt save a pen to save his life. Made a few saves to throw the scent of his treachery, overall a solid 1 for his performance.
Dissenter
We’ll see although a CL win (can’t believe I’ve just typed that) would make a huge difference.
Marc
Are you the resurrection of Peter Hillwood ?
Marc I hope you’re right. But I worry they are going to take a step up, it all depends how much their stadium impacts them or helps them. If they land some of the players they are being linked with and make a forward line of Son, Kane, Moura click they could be something. But this season shows you, don’t draw with Brighton you get UCL, don’t lose to Palace you get UCL, don’t lose away to Southampton you get UCL etc…a little tweak, with Chelsea banned from transfers and losing Hazard and Ole at United and we could slip… Read more »
Is Meunier really 6ft 3?
A welcome plus. And he’s got a good engine on him.
“Tottenham really don’t look like they’re in that much trouble to me.”
Announced a fire sale of about 11 players? Rose, half of starting defense, Erikson entering last year and won’t renew? They are in trouble if they don’t increase their wage bill significantly
JamesH
Not that I’m aware of!
What made you say that?
You know, what feels worse is being let down all the time. I recall at one point last season we had 6 or 7 games left and it was entirely in our hands to end not 4th but 3rd with matches against lower quality opposition. What happened, we blew it again. Massive shake up needed. Why not bring in Tony Adams behind the scenes, and start firing up this squad!
“Much better than the usual hackneyed stock phrases (“enigmatic playmaker/ mercurial playmaker”)”
Irony is that you know exactly what you’re going to get from Ozil yet so many over the years have referred to him as enigmatic. He’s the most predictable dull flair player ever. Has his set routines to break down defences- the dummy step over and run for the return pass, the overload behind the full back and cut-back- and very little else. The former on the counter and the latter against deep-lying defences.
2 years left on Ozil’s deal this summer, Sanllehi’s rule, new contract or sell.
We need to sign Ozil replacement ASAP.
Its early, and that should get him to see that he really has no future and no playing time whatsoever. Add to that Willock as the back up and Ozil a third option.
He will leave… we might have to pay some of his salary to the new team, but he is a total noose around our necks…. financially, and on the pitch.
Ditto the same for Mikki, although he might leave on his own… seems like a much smarter guy than the dud.
#2 Roadmaitland Niles
At fault for the 1st goal, ronaldo chopping in the middle of the ground when he could beat jorginho for pace. Lost the ball and was punished by the opposing left back. Gave away a pen, enough said. A few overlapping runs here and there. 1-2 blocked tackles but what good isit not to piss yourself if you already shit the bed? Solid 1 out of 10.
Marko
My views are consistent, as much as your constant spoiling for confrontation and ankle biting.
Joe
We could have raised 50 by selling Ramsey last summer. 5 more squad player and you already at 150 plus.
James
We could have raised 50 by selling Ramsey last summer. 5 more squad player and you already at 150 plus
What does that have to do with emery?
That’s on gazidis etc
Cesc
I know this is going to sound stupid but a bigger stadium doesn’t have the same benefits as when we built the Emirates. With the new TV and commercial deals match day income doesn’t have the same impact as it did. Now all income is obviously an advantage but you could have built two and a half Emirates for what the Toilet Seat cost – I can’t believe that it won’t have a serious impact on their finances. Especially when players are going to expect to start earning on a parity as other big clubs.
Your browser’s obviously fucked Red because your posts always seem to get through!
James how do you sell a player no one bid for? Even in football manager, it’s hard to wake up and just sell players
#3Koshitelny
In the words of a great road man. ” ‘es dun out here” Lost a 1vs 1 against giroud. No pace, walking dead. Baboozled by chelsea players dribbling around him. A complete liability. solid 1 out of 10
Joe
come on mate you’re a clever bloke…. the same Emery had no say in Ramsey and no say in Suarez. Please.
Joe
What about the £60 million we could have got for Sanchez?
#4 Papa
Papa is the only defender to leave with his rep intact. They couldnt beat him so they targeted the others around him. Had giroud in his pocket all night. Stopped Hazard many a times. Should be made captain next season. 5 out of 10
Our wage bill is horrendous but allowing it to drop too low would also be an error. I think there is a limit to year on year increases, 7m or so unless offset by player sales or increased matchday revenue. So as much as we’d like a hard reset that isn’t likely or prudent as it would hamper us in a few years time. Gradually phasing out overpaid tossers seems like the only way its going to happen. In the meantime why not sign talented youngsters for 15-25 mil, oh thats right we sacked Sven. Raul needs the summer of… Read more »
Joe
Sorry miss read your post – thought you were looking at money we’ve lost through not selling when we could.
mystic
you mean no one bid for Ramsey last summer ?
yet he’s signed a 400k a week contract with Juve ?
I think i know how Emery got this job ahead of other competent managers? After the end of their presentations and shortlisting of candidates to 3. Emery having sensed our boards’ eagerness to qualify for Champions League by the back door, proposed the Europa league passage with the history of his heroics there and the panelists jumped on it. That was it. What the above tells us is that the board doesn’t know the problem this football club has which is heavily mentally inclined and not wholly tactical (at least Cech confirmed this again). Our basics are terrible and need… Read more »
Marc
Shhhhhhhhhh
Can’t bring that up.
James
Maybe they thought Ramsey was signable at reasonable numbers? Would you want Ramsey kept at 200k plus a week??
Who knows? But I can almost guarantee keeping Ramsey had very little to do with what emery wanted.
Cool it Guys. Like it or not, Emery will still be the gaffer for the coming season.
As his predecessor used to say, a fan is only entitled to buy a ticket and watch a football match. Just like going to watch a movie 😉
Besides Arsenal excel at tragedy movies
Elite sport is harsh and until we start acting accordingly and stop accepting this mediocrity the same thing shall just repeat.
‘Lets keep our heads held high : WE ARE THE ARSENAL’ …. is the best they can do today.
James
Ramsey fuck up is on gazidis and wenger for letting him get into his final year
You blaming it on emery is fucking hilarious and pathetic and then trying to say arteta would have sold him
Hahaha
Fuck me
Pat
I agree it’s not so much the size of the wage bill it’s the allocation. Transfer a chunk of it into much better players and it wouldn’t be a problem.
#5 Nacho
Quite game, didnt have much trouble with pedro as he has lost his legs aswell . Did fuck all in the attack. We could of played a back 4 if we had a lb who could defend and attack. instead we have two donkeys for each job. Deservedly hooked off 1/10
Joe
maybe you are right… that just my view and feel better to have made it !
Koscielny’s baffling standing in the game almost rivals that of Ozil in terms of being based a whole lot of nothing and a head-scratcher to anyone who watches defenders objectively.
Decent against passing sides that like Barca, but against any team with any type of aerial threat or physical presence he’s a complete liablity.
We didn’t miss him at all this season, and our defensive performance in the 2017 FA Cup final – with Mertesacker organising and being his usual calm self under fire – was a joy to watch. No surprise serial panic merchant Koscielny wasn’t playing.
Yeah James
Juve got him for free
They didn’t bid 50m. They wouldnt even take him in Jan for a cut rate fee
No one was givjng us 50m for Ramsey. Maybe 25m at most
Joe
You asked me where the 200 comes from. 70 spend 50 Ramsey 30 squad , 50 Stan
Happy to keep rowing with you if you misinterpret my words.
Kos actually let Giroud past him for the opener, one minute he was with him the next he has scored
Looked like an 80yr old last night
Joe
we turned down 60 for Sanchez 12 months earlier in same scenario. circa 50 is not unreasonable in my opinion for Rambo
People forget the Ramsey backheels and going awol in midfield amongst other things.
He had just one good season for us. This season he played for his contract and would have done a Walcott afterwards if we would have signed on. Anyone remember those great Walcott matches when his contrcat was up for renewal,,,
Oh right
I forgot how happy Stan is to put in his own money.
James
Maybe he would give us 100m because arteta asked for it. Maybe arteta would get Pep to write a letter to Stan to giving arteta more money.
Show me one source where we turned down a £50m offer for Ramsey
Marc Spurs new stadium will earn them more money, they have doubled capacity almost and then there is the outrageous prices they will charge for their hospitality packages, which some suckers will pay for. I don’t think it can be understated how much it could earn them long term, even with repayments for it. In a way they are at a cross roads themselves on Saturday. Win and they have the potential to attract the majority of top class players with the prestige of European Champions and the new stadium/facilities. That could herald in a sustained golden era of success… Read more »
I quite enjoyed watching Lens in their barrage to Ligue 1.
I used to go to the stadium before its refurbishment with my great grand father(RIP).
He was the only one interested in football on that side of the family.
It is a shame that a club in Ligue 2 has better wingers or at least more effective than Arsenal
Marc One thing is they haven’t got naming rights yet, I thought it was dumb at first but they might have played this (inadvertently) well. A UCL final and that exposure might mean a sponsor pays more to them, forbid the worst happens on Saturday and that could be even more the case. If they have NFL and other things going on there which they appear to do, a sponsor might well pay a hefty sum a year to have their name on an ultra modern, highly used stadium. That could easily bring them another £40-60 Million a season. I… Read more »
Everyone has better wingers than Arsenal…we don’t have any.
Rambo is no Sanchez.
Rambo has been garbage or hurt for us for 75% of his career.
He had one 6 month purple patch and a few good games this year.
He is not in the same league as Sanchez
And it’s great that only you thought of getting 50m by selling and it didn’t even occur to our management or emery
Guess you’ve won 3 Europa’s and all
Those trophies with psg too
Joe
Original point was Tets wanted 200 mill and we could have bene creative and got near it . Nothing you have said gets near to refuting this. Even 150 cleverly spent would have been better than this shambles.
Where was Suarez last night by the way ?
So exciting to see players trying to beat their man instead of passing backward.
Dennis Suarez was back Barcelona as his loan had been terminated following his season ending injury.
Ramsey is much better than Sanchez.
That bow-legged one footed midget is a one-trick pony that leaves his trail of destruction, which damages his own team in the long run as much as the opposition.
Valentin
That’s the point…. Dennis Suarez possibly the worst Arsenal signing since John Hawley.
Right thats off my chest, thanks for the debate Joe and co.
Joe
when you’ve finished googling John Hawley… note Kim Kallstrom scored a vital penalty at Wembley.
night fella
Cesc Yeah I have a sinking feeling about Spurs too. The way the CL has gone for them this season their name seems to be written on the trophy already. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them win it on penalties Saturday. A bit like we were in 2006, it does feel like this is now or never for them. Win and the sky is the limit. Lose and I don’t think they will make another final anytime soon. This is their one shot to do it, and if they are aware of that it may put more pressure on… Read more »
Midfielders not afraid to receive the ball under pressure who can screen the ball and break the line.
Wingers who can beat their man.
How come we have none of those and young hungry players with those characteristics exists in abundance in French leagues?
Valentin
City have one called Phil Foden.
I know what you mean though. The amount of young talent France produces is astounding.
Cesc The American football thing is a load of bollocks. They only lined up to play a couple of matches per season with profits split with the NFL etc. It sounds brilliant but I’ve seen talk of making about £15 million profit over the 10 year deal. If you offset how much the retractable pitch etc added to the cost of the stadium it will lose them money. I also believe that the quoted capacity for 62,062 is for American football matches, for real football the capacity is less. All of the hype over their new stadium is purely that… Read more »
Lol – so we’ve reached the stage now where posters are casually referring to Arteta as ‘Tets.’
This club is in a whole heap of sh*t.
Tets? That’s actually brilliant. He’d be the new Wenger if he ever got in here. I’m talking deity who won’t go away.
I like Tets, as in he will never stop suckling at Guardiola’s.
Marko “””I’m still confident that we’ll be rid. We simply have to”””” OZIL ain’t going nowhere…. ( rightly) He will relish the battle Royale ahead Ozil wants Emery Out! Mikki wants Emery Out.! Sead K wants Emery out! LACA wants Emery Out! Sok wants Emery in. Elneny wants Emery in. Iwobi wants Emery in. Torreira The Myth wants Emery in. Vinai and Raul have nailed their colors to Emery. This is a recipe for disaster. This is no way to run a Major organisation Thursday Night Filth on it’s way Oodles of it. Arsenal 2019. Rotten to The Core Have… Read more »
No one fall for it. Don’t get sucked in
Well said Marko
Bring on the wingers….
Who knows what could have been if this season we had true wingers.
And yes Valentin, they seem to be all over the place. Should not be too hard to get one or two
This team needs a rebuild
Marko, my response to Emery hasn’t been ‘hire Arteta’
My view was Arteta would have done a better job and that at the time, we could have afforded a risk, and Arteta knew the club and had Pep G IP.
Post-Emery is going to be interesting, because the club can’t really afford a risk. It’ll have to be experienced, someone capable of building a culture and bringing back pride to the badge.
No idea where we’d go.
… how about the Iwobi strike last night.
He’s never struck the ball that well.
Unreal.
My view was Arteta would have done a better job
You simply don’t know that. Longshot some might say. Pep IP is a good one
Marko, I am aware that there is no way to prove it.
However, don’t misrepresent my view that I have a replacement in mind for Emery.
I mean, Allegri would be nice if we’re continuing down the path of functional football.
The manager should go , for failing to reach his objectives which should haven been cl qualification and nothing less , we have seen slight improvement in objectives but at what price … shit football and just as bad defensively.but what is most upsetting and is the real problem is the winning is not the most important thing about a football club attitude and it is all the way though the club from players to Stan and even a lot of fans chezh told you himself arsenal as a football club do not have that winning at all costs mentality… Read more »
I watched the game with a Chelsea fan yesterday, he absolutely detests Sarri.
I wonder if Chelsea will ever be able to move to a beautiful football model?
Realistically it’s best we are not in champs league.
We had so many goes last time without getting really close.
So when we do get into it I want to have it with a team that can win it.
I’m doubting wether we will keep
Auba n laca
If we get our money back I think we will sell.
I would keep Iwobi as a central AM
With Ramsey and hopefully Ozil going, we will need 2 players in the midfield that can get forward.
While Iwobi has serious end product problems, I think he could do OK in the middle. He is good at moving the ball up the pitch, but he is no goalscorer.
Buy a top CM, and have Iwobi as a squad option that can sometimes cover wide if needed.
He also seems better off the bench anyway.
Also 10 years of a declining Wenger we could take a risk. One season of Emery and we now can’t take a risk on the next hire. Makes sense. So when Unai goes next season you won’t be harping on incessantly about hiring Arteta? Thank gawd
I wonder how Emery feels about project youth part 2
It might work,,,, some of the older players are tuning him out it appears… XHaka, Ozil and Laca have all had their frustrations with him this season.
I think Im slowly beginning to get on the ship of bringing in our boys… they have been watching and waiting for some time now.
Add more English youth in the team! You like that CG!
Im all for the youth….
Just do NOT overpay them
https://twitter.com/muller_cpfc/status/1133855131768897541
Gambon
We need to start blooding youth.
Maybe Wilcox n iwobi
In front of Torreira
RSPC
Im not sure about Willock.
Every time Ive seen him in the first team I havent been impressed.
Maybe needs a season on loan.
I think he’ll get a shot in pre-season.
I could however see the club selling Willock and NKetiah, who are both valued at c£8-10m.
“Maybe Wilcox n iwobi
In front of Torreira”
Are you trying to get us relegated?
Marko, the big win for Le Grove will be me not having to read your weird defence of Unai every day.
That AFTV thing… oh my.
Azed
If the club want money best way to do it play n produce youth players n sell high.
Quickest way play 3/4 one may be good sell for inflated figure.
The over-hyping of youth needs to stop.
People are looking for easy solutions.
Just play the youngsters.
Just sack Emery.
The truth is our problems are so deep they are going to take a while to fix. Limited finances, under performing talent on massive wages locked into contracts we will have to try to shift on, a wage bill that is out of control, basically attempting to drag Arsenal from a 20th Century set up to a 21st Century set up in 12 months.
This is going to need a competent job being done by DoF, TD, Manager and Venkatesham.
What is aftv ?
Is it that Robbie channel.?
dissenter Another delectable lamentation. No question who screwed up: Wenger and Gazidis. But tell me, who hired them, and who kept them on when it was perfectly clear to all and sundry that they were not performing? Who allowed such terrible things to happen as the sale of RVP to Man U? The egocentric purchase of Ozil? the ridiculously high wages to twenty-year olds? The Sanchez transfer fiasco? The non-renewal of Ramsay’s contract? A committed owner would not have allowed that. Stan behaved as though Arsenal was a far-flung outpost of the Walmart business. Still does. He looks at the… Read more »
I never thought I would say this but maybe it’s time to go back to the style of the George Graham days of Rocastle, Thomas, Hayes etc. Hard running, total commitment players who will just die on the field for the team. Maybe we’ve become just a little too cosmopolitan as a club. It’s a good business strategy. We can’t buy the best young English players like Chilwell or Maddison but if we have a couple who come through for us like Willock and Nelson then they’ll be worth a fortune too. All of us fans are so sick of… Read more »
“Every time Ive seen him in the first team I havent been impressed.”
Really Gambon. What the fuck does he have to do? Ball carrier, runner, vertical player, possession play, goals, aggressive. He has fleetingly shown all these in the first team already. How will he develop them if he doesn’t play???