‘YOU ARE NOT A COACH’
A blistering put down from our mercurial German.
I thought he was calling someone a pussy from the bench, but apparently not.
What to make of it?
Well, one thing is for sure… next season, Emery will remain. The relationship is broken. There’s no chance at redemption. You can’t abuse a manager like that from the bench and survive it, unless you’re an Arsenal player.
The story about Conte wanting the German over at Inter is true, I think they’re willing to take on some of his wages. Still a nightmare from our perspective, and it’s still optional for Mesut. If he doesn’t fancy Milan, why bother? He doesn’t need to go anywhere… he’s playing the system like a machine.
One thing I will say is this: Emery needs to get better at managing egos. The way he dealt with Ramsey and Ozil this season was embarrassing. He didn’t know how to operate to their strengths and he made a total hash of their treatment. You job as manager is to make top tier talent fit into your system.
We’re in a very drossy situation this summer. Everyone knows we’re absolutely desperate to sell off our average players, so I would imagine most clubs with any sense will wait until the last minute to see if they can land a good deal.
We’re already moving slowly. Dortmund has done all their major business early, we’re still stuck in the starting blocks.
To make matters worse, we now have an average manager in survival mode. You know what that means? Hiring in players that he knows, and hiring in players that can give him at least one good season. It’s a poverty version of what Mourinho used to do.
Emery isn’t going to give a rats arse about bringing players in that could set the world alight in 2 seasons. He’s going to want pros that can get him another year in his job. My worry there is we’ll see some sort of attempt at recreating the Sevilla magic from way back when… but even when you scratch the surface there, he just won cups, the team ended up 7th in his last season.
Thomas Meunier is a good player, but is a 27-year-old right back a smart move when we have Hector Bellerin? Is there not more value to be had elsewhere in the market? He’ll be expensive to contract, he’s not a necessity, but he’s Emery’s pal. Seems an odd place to start.
But, we’ll see, at least he’s good.
This summer has so much riding on it. If we blow it with short term thinking, we’re just putting off our 5 year ascension to the top by another year.
Let’s see where Raul takes it.
If Eriksen hasn’t moved by Christmas… pre-contract agreement to replace Ozil?
Just need to remind him that Sol won the double twice with us and the best he ever got with the Spuds was a League Cup. Hell, even Pompey got Sol better trophies (FA Cup) than the Spuds did!
Jamie
Of course Mesut “loves Arsenal so much”.
Wouldn’t you if you were on £350k a week?
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In his post Pedro talk about the Ozil “problem” with the coach…
But he never clearly take the defense of Emery.
Pedro, even if the manager is garbage, no player should have the right to behave like Pierre’s best pal.
(That tells you a lot about Pedro’s opinion about Emery… )
https://www.onlinegooner.com/articles/view/4791
Interesting piece to read…
How could we need 6 new first XI signings to make top 4 when we would’ve made it this season if we beat Brighton at home…
Agendas people, they’re strong.
There’s no reason why even a decent summers recruitment wouldn’t leave us prepared to compete for top 4.
“How could we need 6 new first XI signings to make top 4 when we would’ve made it this season if we beat Brighton at home…
Agendas people, they’re strong.”
Because a certain manager thought signing Xhaka over Kante was a good idea.
Ch Ch With these Clowns in charge- forget any semblance of us being a Top 4 club again. Had ample chances this season. And blew every single one of them.( Truth Hurts) And If we cant beat Brighton at home- when we are leading at half time- they wont do it next year. Every club in the land is getting better- Arsenal ( IF, they keep Emery ) will be undoubtedly be the only one getting worse. How the hell is Emery going to juggle with Thursday Loosers Cup Fixtures with the demanding Prem calendar? He is totally transfixed with… Read more »
You definitely don’t have an agenda Charlie. Never not you. Replacing players that have continually let us down is a must. There’s probably more than 6 of those. It’s weird how you perk up at the notion of replacing 6 first teamers but also criticize the manager for not being someone to take us from point c to point a. Me thinks you’re a bit confused
The undesirables seem to be in the shop window. Which is nice. Rumours of Kolasinac priced at 20 million and Xhaka at 40. Would be nice
Marko
I’m confused yet everything you’ve written has no relevance to the point I’ve made.
Did anyone object signings? No.
I said why do we suddenly need 6 new first XI players to ‘just compete for top 4’? We competed this season…
Where’s my agenda in stating the obvious, do enlighten? We weren’t a win against Brighton from top 4 this season? Am I wrong?
I could understand wanting Andersen from Sampdoria as he’s young and with room to improve, also good on the ball but can’t for the life of me wonder what we’re doing bidding for Dennis Praet….Surely we can do better than him
I’d sooner have Bakayoko on loan with an option to buy as we’re cash strapped than touch praet…What is wrong with this football club
It’s not a football club anymore.
(Who the fuck is Praet ???)
We competed because we have a good manager or because we have good players?
Was the collapse the fault of the manager or did the players do what comes naturally to them.. Choke at the first sign of pressure?
Your answers will naturally depend on what agenda you are peddling
Rumours of Mbappe dropping a transfer request.
I said why do we suddenly need 6 new first XI players to ‘just compete for top 4’? We competed this season… I dunno if you realize this or not but we didn’t make top 4 this year or the previous two seasons before that. So I don’t know why you’re struggling with the idea that we’ll need to add players to compete for top 4. Unless you think that certain teams next season will be poor again or no one around us will improve. Charles you’re always working an angle. People have also said that the squad isn’t good… Read more »
The choke against Brighton
Our players put away the many first half chances and we win
Xhaka doesn’t pull down his man in the box we probably win
Aubameyang puts away the second half chance he tried to unnecessarily volley we win
In all three scenarios I don’t get where the “choke” comes from the coach. Its not play station. Players are not paid small fortunes weekly to have someone direct their every move on the pitch
“Rumours of Mbappe dropping a transfer request.”
He wants to come to Arsenal ??
(the “I almost signed” tradition is not dead yet…)
Receding It was a combination of all of the above, the fact you’re looking for an “or” shows you’ve bias. I’m not the one patting Emery on the back for his unbeaten run and then passing blame when he failed end of year (cough, cough). He and the players get their due for the run they put together, and they also get their critique for utterly imploding at seasons end. It’s curious that while a squad overhaul is met with unanimous approval there’s still plenty utterly against even the thought that the manager isn’t up to scratch following our capitulation… Read more »
Leverkusen reportedly rejecting a 90m euro bid for Harvertz from Bayern Munich.
Some of these valuations and bids getting silly. Football is so removed from real life.
HL
That Online Gooner article – Kroenke was never going to look at the likes of Klopp in 2013 and think ‘let’s move on Arsène and bring him in’. Wenger was bringing in top four and would have been satisfied with the money coming in for it.
As well, probably 90% of the fan base were behind Wenger and there would have been outrage from the majority if he had been pushed out considering his past achievements.
So in hindsight it may have been a winning move but in reality it was never going to happen.
“So I don’t know why you’re struggling with the idea that we’ll need to add players to compete for top 4.“ Pretty obvious why, we didn’t come short this season for lack of capable players. We picked up 4 points from 18 in our last 6 fixtures against lower ranking teams. Amazing that those facts still need spelled out. “You’ve argued over the years about the squad not being as bad as people think and Wenger didn’t leave the club in such a bad state. It is and he did” I said at the start of the season we had… Read more »
Maybe because we have seen said capitulation for many seasons now and guess what the coach wasn’t here then. He wasn’t a common denominator in the collapse. Some of the players many unanimously want out though have been showing same weakness again and again to suggest it’s just the limit of their abilities and temperament. You on the other hand your speciality lies with telling us what manager can travel from what point to what point but snorting when others give their views on managers. For instance you lost your cool on the mere suggestion Allegri cannot win a league… Read more »
90% of fans being behind Wenger in 2013 is a gross exaggeration. Unless of course you alone Charles represent 50% of the Arsenal fan base
” We don’t “need” 6 new first XI players to ‘just compete’ for top 4″ Defence Koscienly and Monreal would be a year older by next season and they are both past it. Mustafi is a horrible defender while Holding is injured. We need at least one center back. Bellerin is injured, the Lich is gone(Alleluia) and Kolasinac can’t play in a back 4 so we need two full backs. Midfield If we are going to play out from the back, we need midfielders that can handle the ball under pressure and evade the press so we need at least… Read more »
There’s your other agenda coming to the fore. We’re literally speaking about addressing the squad and the notion that someone wants to see the starting 11 addressed and right on cue you bring up the manager. “I’m not the one patting Emery on the back for his unbeaten run and then passing blame when he failed end of year…There’s still plenty utterly against even the thought that the manager isn’t up to scratch”. First mention of the day goes to Charles. Squad has finished 5th, 6th and 5th with by and large the same individuals letting us down. That alone… Read more »
Receding Kai Havertz is absolutely worth it. He’s outstanding. The prices are obscene true but once in a while you get one who’s absolutely worth it
Receding Except that’s not been the case with our recent history at all. We’ve bottled big matches, but until recently we always had the bottle to negotiate the run in and sneak top 4. Pure revisionism to suggest we’re suddenly a bunch of bottlers now Emery is at the wheel. I lost my cool because you said Allegri won’t win in the league in England? No I laughed at the brazen suggestion because it was so contrived and complete conjecture. No rationale behind it, just a swipe at anyone who fancies Allegri over Emery. Because similar opinions have been offered… Read more »
Marko
Becoming more clear you haven’t a clue what an even agenda is…
What’s my agenda, I asked before and you offered nothing, do tell?
I said at the start of the season we had a squad capable of competing for top 4 I know and this is one of the reasons why I can’t take you serious when discussing these types of things. You think we have a good enough squad we all know your opinions on certain players and the previous manager. You continue to be shown to be wrong in this regard. Every pundit every football writer had us down as the worst of the top 6. It’s universally acknowledged that had we made top 4 it’d be a case of one… Read more »
I was making reference to if Allegri is offered the Chelsea job. That you literally see Emery in every post certain posters make on here is your problem not mine. You are so predictable and boring.
Its a pretty safe assumption the squad was capable of finishing top four. Turn one of the losses to a win and we top Chelsea in 3rd spot.
New Post.
“You continue to be shown to be wrong in this regard”
Lol, yes, us missing top 4 on goal difference really shows up my appraisal last summer that we had a squad capable of competing for top 4.
You got me there, we never stood a chance 😂
What’s my agenda, I asked before and you offered nothing, do tell?
Your agenda is to argue that Arsene didn’t leave the club in such a mess. That the squad that he assembled wasn’t as bad as people suggest and you have a weird agenda trying to convince people that Xhaka hasn’t been a poor signing.
Wouldn’t be the most shocking admission from the guy who continually advocates for 15 new players a summer.
This is a terrible insult by the way. That I want the Arsenal squad to be good enough to compete while you want to keep it together for some reason. I’m hurt honestly hurt. I only think that we need a squad overhaul because the previous manager was so negligent for so many years and left us with such a pile of shite that we need it.
“Your agenda is to argue that Arsene didn’t leave the club in such a mess.“ “Mess” is suitably subjective so I’m sure you’d simply argue anything I offered on the topic. I don’t agree for a second we were left in the pits like some hyperbolic rubbish I’ve read over the year. “you have a weird agenda trying to convince people that Xhaka hasn’t been a poor signing.” I’ve made no comment on what sort of a signing he’s been, I’ve only ever commented on the characteristics he possesses and his value given the standard approach at times has been… Read more »
Receding Hairline June 5, 2019 12:30:32 Southampton just signed a winger from Standard Liege for 10m. Very probable he might move in two seasons for triple of that or more if it works out. I was hoping we will do more deals like that. Not pay clubs 70m for players they bought for 8-10 a year ago ______________________________ Hahhahahaha this is why le grove hates arsenal. They set impossible objectives in the transfer window and then moan bout it. They want instant success for next season by spending big, they also want cheap youngsters, and at the same time they… Read more »