Guest Post: A trip to Holloway Road

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This is the final instalment of Jonathan Blaustein’s guest post series. Please give him a big fat follow on the Twitter @JBlauPhoto

I was in North London a couple of weeks ago, staying just off the Holloway Road.

I hadn’t been back in 6 years, and the neighbourhood had certainly gentrified.

The London Metropolitan University put up a bunch of high-rise dorm buildings, since last I was there.

Shiny and modern, for sure.

I was walking along the Holloway Road, on a Tuesday morning, trying to figure out which lane led to the Emirates Stadium, as I’d only ever found it accidentally.

When I hit the first major crossroads, I looked to the left, but the road was curved, so I couldn’t see very far, and anyway, I didn’t see a stadium-top.

I was headed to buy some merch for myself and the kids, and when I looked across the street, those fancy new buildings caught my eye.

So much so that I raised my new iPhone to take a photograph.

As I went to snap the photo, a nice middle-aged Englishwoman walking behind me stopped, looked at the image on my screen, looked up, saw the buildings, and then said, “That’s a lovely photograph! So great of you to notice it. That’s really art!”

Of course that began a conversation, as I accompanied her to her office at the college in a building up the block.

I continued Southeast on the Holloway Road, trying to find the damn stadium.

I passed one intersection, because I couldn’t see it, and took the next one instead.

Finally, I saw signs, and followed them, dejected, as we seemed to walking just back where I came from.

(And I was in a time crunch as well.)

Sure enough, I finally saw the stadium gleaming in the London morning sun, and realized it was exactly where I’d just been.

I’d gone out of my way, and essentially walked in a circle, to get back to where I started. Only by the time I got there, I was annoyed, rather than excited.

Did I go into the Arsenal store anyway?

Yes, yes I did.

I bought things from the bargain bin, if you’re wondering, because all the cool new clothes were branded with the new marketing slogan “Kings of London.”

Kings of London.

(Pause.)

Kings of London?

Are you fucking kidding me?

By what possible metric are Arsenal the best team in town? Let’s be honest.

Right now, we’re #3.

I know it. You know it.

And so do all the players who are going to sign for new teams this summer.

What kind of player, or better yet, what actual player will want to sign on for the Unai Emery era, if they’re also being recruited by City, Chelsea, Liverpool, or Tottenham?

Who would choose Arsenal over those teams, to join the Emery experiment, now that we’ll be in the Europa League for the 3rd consecutive year, and we just pulled a massive double-choke in the Premier and Europa Leagues.

So we’re clear, I’ve written a column here all year long. I was consistent. Let’s give Emery a year and see what he produces. Maybe his chokes at PSG were a thing of the past.

Maybe we were getting a bruised-but-still-high-end-talent who’s ready for redemption?

Like a Pre-Liverpool Klopp?

That was wishful thinking for a best case scenario, to mix my business jargon. And now, in early June, it has been proven farcical.

I know there were a few small green shoots this year, like beating Chelsea, Tottenham and ManU, and drawing with Liverpool.

And I guess PEA co-won the Golden Boot, and Laca emerged as awesome.

Guendouzi was fun, and Torriera had a few proper runs.

But now that I’ve gone through the pretense of looking at both sides, I’m here to say that if I were in charge of Arsenal, I’d be firing Unai Emery.

Now.

If Stan and Josh, much less Raul, want anyone to believe that accountability has returned to Arsenal, you can’t keep on a coach who oversaw that type of collapse.

Not after Late-Wenger.

Say this for the old man, at least he bagged those 3 FA Cups.

To choke as badly as Arsenal did at the end of the season, (not to mention PEA’s penalty choke against Tottenham,) will stain Unai Emery’s credibility forever.

He’s tarnished goods, for absolute certain, and his ceiling for greatness was likely limited to begin with.

Really, who was banging for “Emeryball” before he was hired?

Coach was a last-second panic hire by Gazidis, to get us out of the Europa League.

And it didn’t work.

So now, rather than wasting more time trying to slowly walk back the soft comfort that Wenger created, it’s time for a new, fresh, hard-working, grinder of a coach with a dynamic offensive AND defensive philosophy.

Someone the players will go to war for.

If I sound a lot like Pedro, it’s because I agree with him completely.

Sweep the decks.

Start over before you walk too many blocks in the wrong direction.

Because the truth is, when that lady interrupted me on the Holloway Road?

I was 150 meters from the stadium, and my camera was set to video.

I never got that photograph, and I walked right past the stadium, because I got distracted by a cute and comfortable little moment.

It seemed harmless at the time, but it cost me twenty minutes of wasted walking.

That’s what this year felt like, now that it’s done.

A fucking waste, with no trophies.

Start over, and do it right this time, before we’re looking at Everton and Watford and Wolves thinking, “Wow, how did they get ahead of us? We’ll have to work pretty hard to make sure we qualify for the Europa League again.”

That’s the cold truth.

We need our own Sean McVay.

And we need him now.

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MidwestGun

No chance imo, Zidane loves Isco.
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Man, I love Isco too.. I would cut off a limb .. to swap Ozil for Isco.

Receding Hairline

I am just happy Hazard is leaving

Sick of playing against him, sick of watching him bail out Chelsea time and time again

WengerEagle

Dream Agree on Herrera, they ought to be looking at bringing in a marquee player too though because their CM for elite European standards is bog average. Yeah Liverpool are a scary proposition when you look at how young the majority of the squad are, no aging players really aside from the timeless James Milner who still rolls out of bed and tops their fitness tests. If they add Pepe it allows them to rotate and possibly move Salah more centrally, he also adds plenty of goals and spark. Bruno Fernandes has come out and said that he prefers Liverpool… Read more »

WengerEagle

Middy

Stupid sexy Isco.

WengerEagle

Charlie

He’s the best player in the PL and a top 10 player in Europe no question.

I’d say that he’ll be worth every penny that they spent on him. Still think that they need to add another goalscorer though, possibly the only criticism that you can put to Hazard. For a player of his ability, he should be scoring more.

He has the ability to score 25-30 goals a season and this was his only season at Chelsea where he cracked 20.

Graham62

Lol!!

What did Mr Wenger “teach us” these past ten years?

How to make regression look sexy?

How to make excuses?

How to fudge up on a consistent basis?

How to embarrass us all time and time again?

How to bugger up our finances?

How to change a philosophy that had worked?

I could give you list of 100 different things that Wenger taught us.

MidwestGun

Eagle –
Yeah man… he has Fabregas Hair. This is how I judge all attacking midfielders. 😀

gambon

So the CIES have got another player value correct.

They’ve been spot on with Hazard, Jovic, Schulz and Thorgan Hazard, yet I keep hearing how they have all our player values wrong.

Dream10

Wenger Eagle

Yeah adding two goal scorers is what Liverpool need. Still think they have a better shot of making a third CL final rather than winning the league.

I’m expecting Isco to join City this summer.
David Silva struggled for long stretches of the season and who knows if De Bruyne will stay healthy. Guardiola won’t take.any chances

Graham62

Emery didn’t build the house, he’s just trying to make it liveable once again.

Anyway, back to the cricket.

Bamford10

Champagne “We only managed 4 points from 18 to miss top 4, then got absolutely embarrassed in a Europa Cup final 4-1 against a side already qualified for the CL. The feeling that Emery isn’t good enough has quite obvious grounding.” Except you’ve never demonstrated that any of the above was the result of the manager’s inadequacies (as opposed to the squad’s inadequacies). Further, we lost to Chelsea as we did because they were a much better team with much better players, not because of the manager. And this points also to why we finished fifth rather than higher: the… Read more »

Pierre

Graham “PedroWhat a load of bollocks!!!( excuse my English).” no need to get your knickers in a twist …it doesn’t make it bollocks just because you don’t agree with it. I actually found the post to be very fair in its appraisal of the present situation . You’re in a little bit of a muddle at the moment aren’t you as deep down you know that Emery is not the right man for the job but because of you obsession with Arsene Wenger , you just can’t commit either way ….flip flopping I think they call it these days I… Read more »

alexanderhenry

Changing the manager would be the wrong move. What Arsenal needs is better players. The current squad is not good enough to make top four. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that Kroenke won’t do the sensible thing and at least temporarily break from the self sustaining model. In other words, we won’t spend big this summer. It is also the reason why a genuinely ‘elite’ coach wouldn’t take the arsenal job. There is no new coach equipped with a magic wand to coach the current side into the top four, and there are no new mega signings coming this… Read more »

CG

PedRo

“””Isco has so many elite headline possibilities.””””

And none of them will involve Emery and his Clipboards- that is for sure. .

And any other Iscos potentially out there.

They will all run a mile from him…..

Only the demented,injured ,and bankrupt player need apply…..

Graham..

(You really need therapy.. )
Get to The Doc man…..

Bamford10

Valentin

“I worry that we will successfully get rid of Xhaka and replace him with an inferior clone. Slow ponderous …”

One, can you please explain why anyone would determine Xhaka wasn’t good enough and sell him, but then turn around and sign an inferior clone of this same player? Please explain why anyone would do that & how this is reasonable concern to have.

Two, what players are we being linked with that strike you as inferior clones of Xhaka? Do tell.

David Smith

Putting Freddie there looks like a shot across the bows aimed at Emery to me,
He will be given some time to improve things, and if he does, great, but if not, a message not to get too comfortable like his predecessor

Bamford10

* a reasonable concern

TR7

Real could not have signed a better player than Hazard for 88M. Great piece of business. He is twice the player Coutinho is who is little more than a dead ball player.

salparadisenyc

Bamford

“because they were a much better team with much better players,”

Flawed narrative we split the points with Chelsea in the league each winning a game, finished 2 points back in the league is there a better barometer of a teams qualities than that?

Emery bottled the end of the season underestimating a few sides notably Palace at home with a terrible lineup and he’ll have to bear the brunt of that. Along will getting mauled in the final with ill preparation.

Receding Hairline

“Interviewed by the local media last night, Edu Gaspar has taken responsibility for allowing Neymar’s father to enter the dressing room: “I was watching the game from the tribune and was informed that Neymar’s father was near the locker room. Obviously I authorised it. For him to have his father close in a time like this. I authorised Neymar’s father to enter the locker room to accompany the athlete.” (via Globo Esporte). The quotes didn’t go down well with journalists who are more critical about the national team. ESPN’s Mauro Cezar Pereira went heavy on Gaspar, recalling the time when… Read more »

Bamford10

Champagne

You never answered: how many new first-XI players do we need to add in order to be a legitimate top four team next season? You laughed at the idea that we need 5-6 new first-XI players — as some of us here think — but you never stated how many you think we need, nor did you identify which current players are good enough for a top-four-finishing Arsenal XI.

Interested in others’ answers to these questions as well.

Jamie

CIES values Xhaka at between 50-70m euros! Same with Iwobi!! Ozil at 15-20m, Mkhi same. At the low end, that’s £110m for all four players. Sell, sell, sell!

How anyone imagines we’ll be moving Mkhi or Ozil for anything more than a handshake and a smile I just don’t know.. If any of the 4 go for those prices, I’m a CIES convert!

Receding Hairline

Carl Jenkinson, Mohammed Elneny and Mavropranos those are the three names that started the famous Palace game that were not regular starters , the game Emery supposedly underestimated palace.

Jenkinson and Mavro only lasted 45 mins, Elneny 68. These are players paid weekly to play for Arsenal football club. If they cannot be trusted at home against Palace when can we play them??

Valentin

Jenkinson against Zaha and/or Andros Townsend.
Mavrapanos against Benteke.
And you wonder why people think that Emery under estimated Crystal Palace.

salpardisenyc

Receding defending the indefensibly quite poorly there.

Pierre

Bamford “Further, we lost to Chelsea as we did because they were a much better team with much better players, not because of the manager.” We actually best Chelsea quite comfortably a few months back…was that down to the players or the manager …..who knows. I would say the final was a game that could easily gone either way , I think we were marginally better in the first half , on another day could have had a penalty which would have changed the whole complexion of the game. Arsenal’s and the manager’s mistake is that we started chasing the… Read more »

Valentin

@Bamford10,

People make mistakes. They rarely do it deliberately.
We bought Xhaka because he looked good. It turns out that he was unsuited for the pace and aggression of the EPL. We loaned Suarez and same thing it turns out that he lacked the physicality to thrive in the EPL.
When I looked at the names we are linked, none of them scream dynamism, physical holder of the ball, breaker of lines. They look like Xhaka Lite. Tidy players in slower league. Perfect in Italy and/or Spain completely unsuited to the EPL.

Receding Hairline

Valentin you always said Mavropranos should be used and now you are saying he should not have been used against a striker that hadn’t scored for almost a year?? Wonder when he can be used then.

“Jenkinson against Zaha and/or Andros Townsend”….did they both play on the right wing?? Someone signed him here and placed him on a never ending contract, he should be played.

“And you wonder why people think that Emery under estimated Crystal Palace.”

Yes i do, you cannot advocate overplaying and then frown at squad rotation, you are basically speaking out both sides of your mouth

Bamford10

Sal “Flawed narrative” Really? So Chelsea weren’t a better team with better players? Yeah, sorry, but that they were a better team with better players is a bit obvious. We got the result we got against them earlier in the season b/c of Emery’s excellent tactical plan for that match and because Chelsea were still figuring Sarri’s system out, not because our squad was equal to theirs. “notably Palace at home with a terrible lineup” Really. Tell me: who played in that match that shouldn’t have played? And who should’ve played in these players’ places instead? When answering this, however,… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“Receding defending the indefensibly quite poorly there.”

If you cannot beat palace at home with just three players rotated in to the starting eleven then maybe you don’t have a squad , yes squad is the operative word not first eleven, good enough for top four

Words on a Blog

Jamie,

€50-70m for Iwobi?

I’ve been one of his defenders on here, but what are they smoking over there at CIES?

I’m beginning to wonder whether CIES is funded by football agents.

TR7

Pierre

I have said it before as well but I want to reiterate that I have really enjoyed your posts this season. Except for your sometimes overzealous defense of Ozil, your analysis of our games has been spot on.

Bamford10

Pierre

“was that down to the players or the manager …..who knows”

You’re joking, right? That we won that match because we went with a smart 4-4-2 diamond with Ramsey man-marking Jorginho has been discussed by pretty much every observer on the planet.

Wasi

The Emery-out posts have to stop and we have to give the guy at least one more year.Because unless the hierarchy changes or something drastic happens EMERY IS GOING TO BE OUR COACH FOR THE NEXT SEASON.So instead of talking about how he piss his pants at the tail end of the season and cleen sweeps we should be supporting the man.He took a team that needed serious ramifications.He took in players that har become too comfortable in the previous regime.And say what you will about EMERY,THE MAN GAVE US HOPE.We actually beleived that we were going to finish in… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“getting mauled in the final with ill preparation”

During the game one of Emery’s biggest critics came on here to commend the team for what he termed a brilliant first half. We then conceded thanks to Koscielny’s lack of awareness, then the response was quite good until AMN lost the ball attempting to dribble out the back, the got lazy and nudged Ozil over, the game was pretty much done and dusted then.

We all watched the game so don’t patronize us

Receding Hairline

Nudged Giroud over not Ozil

Luteo Guenreira

Bamford You are doing that thing again where you are dismissing a valid opinion in a huff simply cause you can’t wrap your head around it. Plenty people feel otherwise. The head to head meetings with Chelsea, the table at the end of the season, we had a golden boot winner etc can easily be considered by a lot of people, even if not by you, to be things that show the gap between Arsenal and Chelsea isn’t as cavernous as you make it sound to be. Tone it down, the cumulative quality of a squad is an objective thing… Read more »

Bamford10

Can anyone imagine our having Willian but leaving him on the bench? Yeah, Arsenal had just as much talent as Chelsea. What a joke. We had a Kante in midfield, did we? We had a Hazard in attack? We had two Spanish national team fullbacks (or equivalent)? Again, what a joke.

Jamie

WOAB

You have to see it to believe it!

http://www.football-observatory.com/-values-1227394805

WengerEagle

Bamford’s become the resident EKB it seems, welcome back nonetheless bud was definitely quieter on here without you.

MidwestGun

Pedro –
Yeah too bad Pierre decided to ignore the last 10 years before that… he only sees things when it suits his purpose. And continues to attack everyone who could see that Wenger was finished. He can take his “Le Grovellers” type comments and shove it up his azz as far as I’m concerned. Biggest hypocrite on here besides CG.

Trask

These sampdoria links are really depressing

WengerEagle

Sarri is an average manager himself and underachieved with Chelsea.

And even at that he won the EL, came 4th and lost a League Cup Final on PK’s.

Ghana

Why is the great Ozil only €15-20M

Bamford10

Luteo

Sorry, but the position you’re describing as equally reasonable — our XI was just as good as Chelsea’s — isn’t actually reasonable. I realize you might disagree, which is fine. We’ll agree to disagree.

gambon

I love the way people are trying to make out Emery is in no way to blame, which is amusing considering how we ended the season: – Lost 5 of our last 10 games – Conceded 12 in our last 7 games – Conceded 3 or more in 4 of those 5 losses – Humiliated in a final When you bring a new manager in, the immediate results arent overly important, its the progress thats important. How a manager finishes a season tells you a lot more about what you can expect going forward. The fact is that Emery has… Read more »

Moe

All 4 teams that finished ahead of Arsenal have better squads, more astute ownership, and better management. Truth be told, even United have a better squad and ownership. Look no further than your poor squad to figure out why Arsenal finished fifth. You can live in denial and point at Emery till the cows home home if you wish. That ain’t changing nada. Brace yourselves, this team will be lucky to be in top 7 next season barring significant changes. Arsenal’s dereliction has finally caught up with them. This isn’t going to be pretty for the next few years. Don’t… Read more »

WengerEagle

‘With a new manager, 11 months, 200+ training sessions and £70m spent, you would expect to be a better team in May 2019 than August 2018 – that is definitely not the case.’

Exactly. Why that’s so difficult for many to acknowledge is beyond me personally.

MidwestGun

No Pedro… But I will question your judgement and wonder what the hell you were doing for the last 10 years. Seriously how cans consider yourself a professional drinker and just now be getting into Bourbon..?. disappointed. 🙁

But welcome to the club.. Cheers!

Jamie

Malt Whisky > Bourbon. Come on, gents.

TR7

Emery has.not shown any promise,let alone delivering any tangible results. He reminds me of Andre Villa Boas who like him could talk a good talk but couldn’t walk the talk.

Valentin

In most games, Zaha and Andros Townsend keep switching wings. That means that whoever is fullback eight or left side will have to face both of them during the game against Crystal Palace. Not very difficult to understand. Regarding Mavrapanos, I have said that he should have been introduced toward the end of games to give time to acclimate. Instead we never used him and then threw him to the deep end in a must win game. On top of that we switched defensive system to man marking on set pieces against a striker whose specialty is set pieces. Purely… Read more »

CG

Gambon

A gold standard post.
Superb

Reality has to Bite soon….

Valentin

For people who are genuinely gluten intolerant, I would recommend Japanese whiskey. Smooth.

Pierre

TR7/Pedro

Mucho Gracias.

I will try to refrain from upsetting the natives with my Ozil comments 😇

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Gambon

Your points in latest post are absoultely correct.

However I still think we should give him another season.

Lot of turmoil around the club the ozil saga is probably more damaging than we know..

Personally don’t want to go the way of united but more Chelsea with less managers.

If after 2 season still no improvement out

This mulberry bush of having to have CL is bollocks
Only enter it when we can win it.

Graham62

Pierre

Not at all.

Just find things a bit distasteful and one sided on here at present.

My prerogative.

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As for the cricket.

What do I know.

Jamie

Last week, CA receives some praise for his posts.

This is Pierre’s reaction:

Pierre May 31, 2019 22:43:34
Has Le Grove turned into the mutual appreciation society …” Oh You are such an elite poster” … ” oooh thank you , it’s so nice to have decent posters on here ” …..Pass me the sick bucket..

Today, he’s on the receiving end of some praise and loves every minute. Dumb.

Danny S

So much doom and gloom. You would think from what some are saying, that Emery walked into a world class squad and turned it into Newcastle. He’s had 1 season in a very difficult league, he’s gained 1 place and got us to a final. He’s also massively closed the gap with the top 4 and was unlucky not to make it. We also got better at beating top 6 teams. There was a cancer at arsenal, and his apathy and lack of ambition ran deep into the squad. They are mostly physically and mentally weak. Next season will be… Read more »

MidwestGun

Jamie.. meh.. You say Barley I say Corn.. at least you are in the same family.. of drinks. Using Pedro’s metaphor, if you were leading the charge against whiskey for the last 10 years then suddenly rolled up in here and said .. Hey Guys Whisky is amazing, now. I would be like… hypocrite whisky has always been amazing. And why were you calling me names for loving whisky the last 10 years and more then that you were adamant about it to the point of having it banned. Anyhow.. Pierre is just a lost soul.. looking for something to… Read more »

Samesong

Jamie

Clearly you are not fooled by his antics.

Luteo Guenreira

Bamford

That’s not what I said at all. Forget it, carry on you canary.

Jamie

Mid and Same –

Both of you are right on. Someone pass Pierre a sick bucket. He can dump his used tube sock into it when he’s finished staring at his Ozil posters.

“You’re the chance-creator-in-chief, Mesut. No one unlocked your exquisiteness like Arsene did. Oh yeah, that’s it, baby.”

CG

RSPCA

“”””However I still think we should give him another season.”””

A totally futile exercise.
If he starts the season- he will not finish it.
( See the Gambon stats)

We are in Freefall. Under this man.
The players dont rate him… end of.
(No one turns results like that around.)

He is a one trick pony
Loosers Cup or Bust.
He busted.
It’s over…
Failing to act now – is a total indictment on Raul,Emery and Kronekes part.

Managers currently available.

Allegri
Benitez
Jose
Wenger
Howe
Dyche
Southgate
Arteta
Vieria
Freddie L.

Reality has to Bite at some stage

Carts

Fair to assume Madrid’s net spend to fall around the e100m mark?

Militao, Jovic and Hazard is just shy of e200m. Add Pogba to that and we’re talking close to e300m.

HillWood

Come on England
Let’s be the first country to win thing

Dissenter

Neymar is is really in a big mess, injuries aside.
His reputation is at an all time low, even sewer rats may score higher.
He needs to hire a lot of good people to burnish his image, Pedro may very well be needed to to the magic on him.

Pierre

Moe “Brace yourselves, this team will be lucky to be in top 7 next season barring significant changes. Arsenal’s dereliction has finally caught up with them. This isn’t going to be pretty for the next few years. Don’t elevate your hopes beyond reality. Arsenal’s current reality is depressing.” not necessarily. There were enough performances last season to feel encouraged about..I’m not of the belief that we need to make wholesale changes , 3 or 4 at the most will be suffice. Our home record over the previous few seasons is not a problem . We need to prioritise our away… Read more »

Carts

That crazy bitch tried to frame Neymar and it back fired.

That said, Neymar’s career, at this rate, will be over in 2 year. His ankles are on the way out.

Dissenter

Carts
I read that he paid her way to Paris from Brazil. Is he that pu**y-deprived?
Secondly why release confidential material without the consent of the other party? The rape allegations, aside, one has to wonder if he’s surrounding himself with good people. You don’t do stuff like that in this me too movement era.
I don’t think he conducted himself well at all. He certainly didn’t handle the fall-out well.

Pierre

Jamie & the rest.
ha ha ..So easy to wind up ….I just knew that the obsessives would have steam coming out of their ears if anyone dared to appreciate my comments.

MidwestGun

Luteo is correct in that comparing squads between us and Chelski and Man. U. is very subjective and not clearcut .. thin margins and all. And mostly pointless even though seems to be an obsession around here. There are 3 distinct tiers in the PL. Top tier City and Pool. Second Tier.. Spuds close to top tier. but not there. Chelski, Arsenal, Manc U. The rest of everyone else. Liecester and Everton ,Wolves ..etc.. close to our tier but not there. I guess you could say relegation is a 4th tier.. but not really a tier. Very little between teams… Read more »

Freddie Ljungberg

Keep whining about the manager people when the players are our biggest problem by far, smh. A lot of links to Upemecano for 30m today, would be a fantastic signing, throw in Saliba as well and we have our CBs sorted for the next 10 years, do it even if we have to loan him back for a year. If not we might not be able to afford him later. Talks we’re going in with an improved bid for Claude – Maurice as well at 11.5m, think he could be very good out on that left wing and a punt… Read more »

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Cg

I disagree

Maybe some of 5he old journey men are uncomfortable with him… so be it.

Sling the youth in …

It will work wonders.

MidwestGun

I just knew that the obsessives would have steam coming out of their ears
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Umm my point exactly… you calling others obsessive is pretty rich and hypocritical considering your Ozil obsession and also your inability to see the bleeding obvious regarding AW.

WengerEagle

Dissenter from the looks of it is taking the nutty thots word as gospel despite the overwhelming evidence pointing to her being a sociopath looking for a nice payout, lol at Neymar a sewer rat, wtf?

Cause he’s a primadonna and enjoys a leisurely dive? Well he’s been a primadonna for years, that’s nothing new. Most hyped Brazilian since Pele after all.

The diving antics are irritating and a real shame but remember that he’s on the receiving end of more punishment from defenders than literally any other player on the planet, you have to acknowledge that.

salpardisenyc

Bamford Everyone gets this squad lacks in certain areas but to say it can’t compete with Sarri’s Chelsea this season is purely agenda driven nonsense. Large swathe of this site put that final as a 50-50, with Hazard being the x factor. As Pierre stated earlier it was a pretty even first half, i’ll go a step further and say I felt we exerted more control if not overall authority but neglected to take our chances. The banter of Giroud starting for Chelsea then scoring the opening goal with our two elite CFs costing a combined £110m ambling about wasn’t… Read more »

Cesc Appeal

Chelsea getting £88 Million for Hazard and they paid £60 Million for Pulisic.

Jeez.

Hopefully with their transfer ban that turns out as bad as it sounds.

WengerEagle

‘Secondly why release confidential material without the consent of the other party?’

Is this a joke? The ‘other party’ is accusing him of rape.

He’s the most marketable footballer on the planet and has a brand to protect, even if these accusations turn out to be BS unless he releases those messages many will always assume him to be guilty or at least associate with it.

Did you even read the messages? She was practically stalking him.

azed

Sal

We didn’t loose to Chelsea due to tactics, we lost due to personnel with AMN responsible for 3 of the 4 goals.

There’s literally anything Emery could have done to prevent the 4 goals aside from not playing the players responsible.

Chelsea’s top player earned his wages. Their defenders made fewer mistakes than ours.

salpardisenyc

Middy

Scotch over Bourbon 7 days a week, 27/7. Preferably Lagavulin in this house,
ask Ahern he knows.

Alex Cutter

“ha ha ..So easy to wind up ….I just knew that the obsessives would have steam coming out of their ears if anyone dared to appreciate my comments.”

Which, as a supposedly grown man, makes you feel how?

Marc

Cesc

Well I don’t think Pulisic is going to be a replacement anywhere near the level of Hazard when he’s on form. Abramovich has also stopped financing Chelsea the way he was they are now operating on a self sustaining basis so I can’t see losing Hazard as anything other than seriously damaging. Not being able to strengthen in other areas is just going to compound the issue.

Luteo Guenreira

Really going out on a limb with adjectives like “grown” and “man”.

Marc

WE

That’s the issue with this type of case. It could well be rape and if so he should face the full consequence of the law however there’s always the chance that’s it’s a case of “but I thought he loved me – I’ll get the bastard back”.

MidwestGun

Cesc- Yeah I hope so too.. which pains me to say .. because I want Pulisic to develop.. just not with those Fockers. He has some attributes which are very Harzard like.. But I doubt he will last very many games… in the PL. if he is overplayed. He doesn’t have the same body build.. and is prone to injuries. He does have a great burst of speed though and is very quick with his decision making and dribbling skills to match.. tends to make things happen. Not sure he is ready for the PL intensity though. Plus a lot… Read more »

Marc

Everyone you need to get a grip – Pierre gets loads of appreciation on every comment he makes. It’s just happens to be on Untold, bar the retard club 99.9% on here think he’s a complete moron.

Marc

Pedro

Why what you going to do spank me!

Marc

Pedro

Getting £88 million for Hazard under the circumstances is good – it’s just how they cope with only Pulisic coming in if the transfer ban goes through.

MidwestGun

Sal-
You just need to get your azz to Kentucky on a chilly horse racing day… Couple shots of Elijah Craig and you will feel fine.. or if your really feeling adventurous you can go full on Wild Turkey. Although you will most likely lose about 3 days of your life.. I mean… so I’m told.

azed

“Why what you going to do spank me!”

He’ll probably do worse like lock you in a room with CG.

Words on a Blog

Pedro/Marc,

Get a room.

Pierre

Azed
“We didn’t loose to Chelsea due to tactics, we lost due to personnel with AMN responsible for 3 of the 4 goals.”

It was similar to the defeat against Rennes when Sokratis was sent off and Emery made very poor tactical decisions which led to us conceding 3 goals..

The Chelsea game was similar in that when we conceded the first goal we were tactically all over the place …surely the manager has to have some responsibility for the tactics or is that another responsibility that a head coach is relieved of.