GOOD EBENING.
Does it ever get old? Absolutely not.
You know what does get old? Bag bargers on the train. Like, mate, I am not putting this slim bag on the floor… why are you assaulting my bag and trying to adversely impact my ability to read a broadsheet during commuter hours? Here’s my thing, if I was just really fat, you wouldn’t be barging my back fat, would you? It’s abuse, plain and simple. I need to campaign on this after I drive my oat milk and EMERY OUT agenda over the line.
Talking of BIG UNAI… there was a delicious report from JC about his new end of year reviews with the players that went down like a sack of potatoes.
I absolutely love this.
In the normal course of business, sitting down with your manager is important to your career, because there are a lot of soft and hard skills in business and it’s hard to gain a full picture of your person.
But football? Precious children being sat down and told what the manager likes and dislikes… I’d be fascinated to understand what the output of this was supposed to be.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO MESUT?
‘Mesut, I noticed you mouthed something to me at the final. Care to explain?’
‘Mesut, do you like to run anymore?’
‘Talk to me about assists, where have they gone?’
How do you frame things with Mustafi?
‘Mustafi, attention to detail is an issue’
He apparently didn’t let on about the future of the players… BUT SURELY THE POINT OF A REVIEW IS TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE?
If you landed a good review, great. But if you landed a brutal one, you’re going to go straight to your agent and give them the lowdown. You’re going to stew on it all summer in paranoia. You’re going to read the paper talk and then if you’re not sold, you’ll come back in bad mental shape.
When Cesc, Nasri, Robin and Song were agitating for moves, it apparently rocked preseason badly. The focus was all over the place and the vibe at the training ground was very off. Having players not clear on their futures is not a good thing for our preparation, and we need to have everything in fine shape this season because we could exit that first five games on the back foot in a big way.
These Brent-esque moves the Emery team keep dropping are exactly the reason we need Edu in the building quickly. The club needs his light tan Crockett & Jones on the ground immediately, because there is so much shabby stuff going on around the place. Dave Priestly has overseen the greatest Arsenal end of season choke in living memory. We have bus drivers running motivational speeches. Our high performance leader has been chopped… and weirdly, because we’ve been so inept, we don’t need to hire a new one because WE HAD TWO HIGH PERFORMANCE LEADS AT THE CLUB FOR TWO YEARS.
Well, it seems our fresh fragranced Brazilian savior is working the contacts list already. We’ve been linked with Reinier. This midfielder is fast, strong, has light feet, a brutal shot, he has an imposing 6ft1 frame and he’s extra exciting because he is Brazilian.
It also looks like we’re squeezing the very last drops of juice out of the Sven Mislintat black book… we’re close to signing Markus Schubert of Dynamo Dresden on a free transfer. This is a smart move, he played 43 times last season and kept 12 clean sheets, he’s regarded as an excellent prospect. That’s great news and starts to calm the Sevilla MKII nerves I had at the start of the summer (yesterday).
There are also SPICIER THAN A HOT PEPPER rumours linking us to St Etienne’s 18-year-old centre back, Saliba. He looks an incredible talent, he’s great on the ball, immensely built for someone so young and he’s exactly the sort of talent you want to be snapping up before they become a £80m player with Monaco or Dortmund. That’s smart scouting. I still have worries that he’ll be too green for the Premier League, but regardless, he’s the sort of investment we SHOULD be making.
Fuck Ever Banega.
Lucas Torriera HATES OUR LANDS.
“I don’t know if there are many things that I enjoy,” he said. “I think I had a better time in Italy.
“England is a totally different world. The language (barrier) has stopped me being able to relate with my team-mates and the people. It is very difficult when you can’t have dialogue.
“And then there is the weather. You go out in the morning and it is cloudy, you arrive at your house in the afternoon and it is cloudy.
“We are from here (Uruguay) and we are used to always – or almost always – having the sun. But as the years go by, I’m going to adapt.”
“We all know what England is about and what the Premier League is about. I made a very important jump at a football level.
“At Arsenal we played four competitions, while in Sampdoria I was used to playing in only two – the Serie A and Coppa Italia.
Lolz. Context police out in force yesterday.
Lucas is a darling of the fan base… we love a terrier, and he’s certainly one of them. However, it was pretty clear that his little legs struggled in the back half of the season. Most players fade in their first year in the Premier League, so I’m not bothered about that… but here’s the thing, he’s SO young, so if he does decide he wants to exit next season, we’ll make a ton of cash on him.
AC Milan are admirers of him and are looking at £35m as compensation. Love to see that Arsenal are getting the Ivan treatment here. We bought him for £30m. No way he’s leaving for anything short of £60m when he goes. He’s a top talent, but maybe needs a London chaperone if he’s pining after Italy. Someone get him down Pizza Express immediately.
Sarri is OFF to Juventus. The man never adapted to London, he wasn’t able to beat out player power, and the lack of smoking in the stadium drove him crazy. He’ll get more time at Juventus who are taking marketing to new heights. They’re trying to win the global content game by bringing an exciting brand of football to Turin, so he’ll get time and money there to make his mark. There was a lot of debate about him at the start of the season, but, he did his job, won a trophy and made it into the top 3. Is it fair to say he has sauce?
Now Chelsea are going hard for Frank Lampard. Their excaptain, one of the most productive midfielders in Premier League history, is being lined up to take over with Jody Morris. Seems Chelsea are into the notion of bringing an exciting idea to the fans. He’s young, he’s inexperienced, but the fans will be electrified, they’ll give him time and he ‘could’ do something incredible. They are a bigger club than us, now with more global prestige, and they are taking a bold risk.
When the time comes for Arsenal to replace Emery, will we do the same? It’s in Raul’s DNA. Barca take risks on talent they believe in. German clubs are masters of investing in innovative young coaches. Lyon just took a major chance on Sylvinho. United hired in OGS (lol). I fully expect as clubs get smarter, they will try and grow their own talent a little like RB has been doing, and the focus on the manager being the most important person at the club will fade.
It’s all about the infrastructure, fam.
All very interesting… but not as interesting as this next bit… footballers with tits.
Why not I guess? I’m getting one for my office. Buy yours here.
Bankz is here for the tr4phy again
Where’s DM?
Hello
BOOOOOOM!
I am already a Laca fan…Now with tits?. Irresistible
Can anything bad come out of Brazil…..except Andre Santos of course
Im with Jesus
Found a mug for your Oat milk Pedro, well played.
Good mug right?!
By moving to the Emirates we were told we would be able to compete. Shame we can’t because Wenger and Gazidas wasted mountains of cash up the wall on absolute rubbish. Shame really.
Wenger said he loved the club, but his actions have shown to be otherwise.
I can’t stop looking at the mug.
Weather in Britain is brutal, the constant grey sky and rain gets you down after a while. I am Canadian who use to harsh winters but delightful summers and when I moved to England I found the constant crappy weather to be hard to deal with, rain and grey clouds are depressing.
And then there is constant dampness that chills your bones even if above 0 temp, crazy weather in Britain, and I not surprised at all people from tropical countries have hard time adjusting.
Pedro
Good find for sure. On the Emery performance reviews, have you heard if anyone sat him down and applied the same unpacking of his managerial performance?
Jwl
You take that back right now. I’ll have you know it rains profusely for 6 days straight in June everywhere in the world!
and we’re edgy here ok, fuck a blue sky that everyone else has. Grey is the way.
Pedro
Reinier might have amazing skills and look like he’s going to be a top top player but does he know the Premier League? The fact is if a player is not English or French they are a waste of time.
jwl
I think the thing that probably aggravates the issue with Torreira is the language barrier. Nothing worse than feeling alone and isolated if you’re not used to it / can’t cope with it, being stuck in doors in crap weather makes it worse.
This is where clubs need to help overseas players integrate.
Go to say that’s the strangest mug I’ve ever seen – I’m talking about the cup not Pedro’s!
I am going to enjoy watching Serie A next season, with one of my favorite managers Conte taking over at Inter and Juventus trying to play an exciting brand of football with Sarri, not to forget Paulo Fonseca who i have a lot of time for at Roma.
Gonna be exciting
It will be interesting to see if Juve maintain total domestic dominance next season with Sarri in charge, rather than Allegri.
A penny for Ramsey’s thoughts.
Eh, fully expect Juve to canter to another Scudetto. By double digit points.
They’re a well oiled machine that virtually run themselves at this stage, not to discredit any of the work that Conte and Allegri did there.
I can be a bit negative about us but have to disagree with Pedro about Chelsea being bigger than us. I look at this such as when Hamburg had their time in the sun. Where they bigger than Bayern. Are City bigger than UTD? Arsenal have largest social media traffic for any club. Largest fan membership ( Season ticket , Silver and Red ) Benfica I believe are second. Whether we think it’s a bit of a cheat measuring ticket sold to actual attendance . We are none the less highest overall percentage in London. China and Far East ,… Read more »
Jamie
Apparently Rabiot is in talks with Juve as well. Could be a crowded midfield next season.
PedRo “”””We have bus drivers running motivational speeches. “””” No surprise to me – as it seems Blakey is running the 1st Team …. And what with Raul in charge – it would be no surprise if Olive is in the dugout at some stage next season as well. What Is heartening to hear- is that we might actually be recruiting players ‘yonder of 186cms … and the two linked seem excellent specimens- fit for fighting in the fierce battlegrounds of The Prem. I have not the foggiest idea what oatmeal is..( or it does to one )…but it must… Read more »
I am going to enjoy watching Serie A next season, with one of my favorite managers Conte taking over at Inter and Juventus trying to play an exciting brand of football with Sarri, not to forget Paulo Fonseca who i have a lot of time for at Roma.’
I mean how breathtaking it Will be for you,Wish you could say the same for your beloved arsenal and Emery.
Rabiot would walk into that Juve CM, it’s by far their weakest area.
* meant to say if we played a lowly team in the cup our crowd would still probably be bigger than Chelsea v Man U.
Ps. if UTD got relegated they’d still be bigger than Chelsea
Mark
Agree Chelsea are a flash in the pan. Let’s see how things pan out with Abramovich not chucking money about any more.
Vic
Yea, how nice of Serie A to have some excitement coming their way. Meanwhile at Arsenal….
Chelsea are huge in South America, particularly Brazil because of the raft of Brazilians to have had success with them in Ramires, Luiz, Oscar, Willian, Diego Costa, Alex, Beletti, Deco.
It’s really as simple as that a lot of the time. I’m sure that Bayern Munich and Monaco are the two biggest European club followings in Colombia because of James and Falcao for example.
Think of how many Nigerian supporters who’s love for Arsenal was kick started by Kanu.
“I mean how breathtaking it Will be for you,Wish you could say the same for your beloved arsenal and Emery.”
You can enjoy more than two leagues at once dude
I happen to like the two appointments made at Roma and Inter, same way i like the appointment we made, you are allowed to rate different managers at once too.
As for the other fellow make him go hug transformer
Pedro
You do realise every time CG puts up one of these ridiculous trolling comments I switch off from the site for a while.
I wonder how many others do the same.
Champagne Charlie – I don’t miss weather in Britain, that for sure. For work, I spend a lot of time on twitter going through people’s feeds and I’ve been seeing lots of photos past few days of terrible English weather this ‘summer’. Marc – I guess Sampdoria had more Spanish or Portuguese speakers which allowed Torr to adjust, I don’t know how Arsenal could fix his problem when we have few Spanish speakers. I agree language differences can isolate you, I moved to South Korea to teach english without having a good idea where country was, never mind speaking their… Read more »
Success too is obviously the main factor.
Citeh and Spurs fans were a rarity a decade ago outside of Manchester/North London. Now you’ll find children from countries all over the world with Sterling or Kane jerseys.
“Eh, fully expect Juve to canter to another Scudetto. By double digit points.”
I disagree …Conte is a winner, he will be giving them a run for their money, especially if the focus at Juventus becomes winning with style
Receding
‘I am going to enjoy watching Serie A next season, with one of my favorite managers Conte taking over at Inter and Juventus trying to play an exciting brand of football with Sarri’
Interesting, you find Sarri appealing now that he has left Chelsea.
Jwl
It’s absolute gash mate, easily the hardest pill to swallow on these shores.
RH
The focus will be the CL, as it has been every year since their 2nd title under Conte.
I mean that is practically the sole reason that they bought Ronaldo. They clearly didn’t need him to win the league as they had won 7 in a row without him.
Conte is a winner but he’s coming into an average Inter side where their only world class player has just had a shocking season and is desperate to leave. He’s up against it if the title is the barometer of success.
“Interesting, you find Sarri appealing now that he has left Chelsea.”
I don’t see where in that post you saw me mention Sarri, just acknowledged the fact that Juventus going for him has a lot to do with the brand of football played at Napoli while he was there. Watching Juventus most times in Serie A wasn’t really exciting under Allegri, now they are moving towards what they believe is a more exciting brand of football, i am interested to see what that does to their results with Conte around to compete.
Eagle Icardi isn’t world class
Cc
Yea, how nice of Serie A to have some excitement coming their way. Meanwhile at Arsenal….”
Clearly not looking forward to much next season are you?
Really low times for the club that one could potentially get more excitement from watching a few Sierra A teams than the Arsenal.
Would be better if we had some sort of vision/philosophy to believe in and get some measure of hopes up next season but alas we seem to be making it up as we go along.
Absolutely no plan whatsoever from what I can see
RH
I agree was being generous although he’s in the tier just below.
Kind of validates the point even more though doesn’t it? Conte hasn’t got one world class player to rely on.
Eagle the Inter squad isn’t really that bad all things considered. They had a flying start in the league last year then faded away badly. I don’t think much of Spalleti as a manager and i expect Inter to make a lot of changes to their squad anyway
This Conte Chap.
Fabulous manager……
Pedigree
Arsenal and Man Utd……missed the boat with this one………
Chelsea’s social media presence seems to consist of stopping people getting on trains if they are not white. Or shouting moronic abuse at Sterling ( he’s not white ) once you get past that and the hissing Tap sound they do to Tottenham You can always read about their assault on the Chelsea Independent site manager ( he dared to complain about Combat 18 ). Chelsea to me are choc full of moronic cocksure racists . I suspect every game a foreign visitor or two sadly gets to find out. This ultimately holds them back. If you ever go onto… Read more »
RH
happen to like the two appointments made at Roma and Inter, same way i like the appointment we made, you are allowed to rate different managers at once too.’
Not questioning your ratings or preferences of these managers mate,
just wondering if you’d get as much excitment from arsenal considering how badly we ended last season
As for this:
As for the other fellow make him go hug transformer”
Lmao, shey na your Paddy him be now
“just wondering if you’d get as much excitment from arsenal considering how badly we ended last season”
Hard to get excited when the some of the usual suspects are still very much in the squad stinking the place up. Check back after the window is done and i will tell you how excited i am or not
Things just grew a bit stale under Allegri, wasn’t that surprising really.
Juve at this stage are like Bayern and take the league for granted each season, it’s seen as a requirement rather than an achievement.
Same thing happened under Conte beforehand. I’d argue that Allegri achieved more given the deep European runs and Italian Cup wins in addition to the Scudetto’s although Conte deserve more of the credit for crafting the side and instilling that champion mentality in them.
We won’t be getting anywhere near Reiener
He’s valued at over £60m and is not only out of our league value wise but talent wise. Every top club in Europe will be ahead of us in that queue
It’s pie in the sky. Him and Saliba are 17 and 18 respectively and worth £90m for the pair
Can you see us blowing that on two teenagers with a £45m starting budget? I don’t
Or had kroenke suddleny released £200m to play with against all the odds?
and we’re edgy here ok, fuck a blue sky that everyone else has. Grey is the way.
Champagne Charlie
Great weather for ducks. And heating engineers….
This Allegri Chap
Fabulous manager…….
Pedigree
Arsenal and Man Utd have missed the boat with this one????? Or have they….
Hello Raul…….Hello Raul
CONTACTS BOOK.!!!!
Letter A….
Allegri… **************67
Call him before Woodward does…….
You said it, Pedro, without the transfer rumours we’d be doing the washing-up out of boredom. Just so long as we remember that maybe one in twenty of the rumoured may actually turn up.
Eagle the Inter squad isn’t really that bad all things considered. They had a flying start in the league last year then faded away badly. I don’t think much of Spalleti as a manager and i expect Inter to make a lot of changes to their squad anyway
Hairline
😂 😂
We pasted the second best team in Italy last year and you slate our squad while taking up a cast iron, inferior squad
Fuck me you’re priceless.
England is best
Yeah, and then we get blown out of the water when they mention asking prices
We are toilet. Kroenke is doing nothing to alleviate the pressure among the fans with his party £40m budget
“We pasted the second best team in Italy last year and you slate our squad while taking up a cast iron, inferior squad
Fuck me you’re priceless.”
Inter Milan do not compete in the premier league. What constitutes a good squad or player in that league may not be the same here. Notice how many believe Xhaka will do well in Serie A??
Now back in your box
@Vic
Hopeful vs genuinely excited. Arsenal haven’t a clear plan, certainly not one they’ve communicated to the fans, and it’s more a shrug of the shoulders and ‘we shall see’. I want to be excited by us, and think it should be the case given it’s a new chapter…..but alas.
@un naai
lol bang on.
Hard to get excited when the some of the usual suspects are still very much in the squad stinking the place up. Check back after the window is done and i will tell you how excited i am or not” Fair play man, I know you’re a fan of Emery but you should also know regardless of the abilities of certain players a manager’s vision or style of play should be evident enough after watching him a full season Mourinho played dog shite football even with a 400M squad Nobody has a clue what Emery is trying to do and… Read more »
Allegri taking a year off to “recharge his batteries”..
Can’t help but noticed the absence of chuckle brothers Marko&Bam
What they got binned?
Vic
Nailed. This fallback to slating players is so weak, Klopp would make us exciting next season even with the parts that don’t fit well. There’s no excitement about next season because we are completely muddled from the manager down (arguably higher).
Emery is done after this season, Allegri incoming. Duracell mode
“Nobody has a clue what Emery is trying to do and it gets even puzzling with his chameleon patter”
Maybe it’s just me but would think it’s better for your opponents to be “confused” as to what they are about to face rather than the predictability we have been used to as Arsenal fans.
I mean we predictably collapsed towards the tail end of last season and everyone was pretty upset, upset not surprised really. If you have watched these group of players for any length of time you know a collapse is always around the corner
No to Allegri but agree Emery won’t last the season.
“If you have watched these group of players for any length of time you know a collapse is always around the corner” Is this true? Under Wenger we c couldn’t compete against good teams, and were embarrassed by really good teams. But when the pressure was on late in the season we always put a run together to edge into top 4. Seems a bit of revisionism the make out the players are bottlers. The end of last season was new territory of embarrassing, 4 points from 18 in crunch time is not a common occurrence as far as I… Read more »
‘Maybe it’s just me but would think it’s better for your opponents to be “confused” as to what they are about to face rather than the predictability we have been used to as Arsenal fans.’
More than our opponents , Emery and his players look confused.
“Under Wenger we c couldn’t compete against good teams, and were embarrassed by really good teams. But when the pressure was on late in the season we always put a run together to edge into top 4.”
Yet we played the last two seasons in the Europa league, you might want to check up the meaning of always.
Mark Lowman
This is one of the many reasons I hate Chelski more than any other club.
I hate their fans (who are indeed racist morons), I hate the way they try and cheat (like when Avram Grant was manager, they were awfully good at it), I hate the way how they won their CL cup (awful football), I hate…. well I think you get the drift: I just plain hate them.
Can’t wait for their transfer ban to be slapped on them, I’ll be the first one laughing.
“Seems a bit of revisionism the make out the players are bottlers. ”
No revisionism there, Arsenal players are bottlers.
There was no grand master game plan required to beat Palace and Brighton at home. Pro footballers doing their jobs will see to that.
What exactly was the confusing game plan by the manager that led to the draw against Brighton??
“Yet we played the last two seasons in the Europa league, you might want to check up the meaning of always.”
Standard cockwomble tone.
Are you saying we become bottlers in the last two seasons?
Since 2015 we added the following first team players that were about last season:
Cech, Holding, Mavro, Kolasinac, Mustafi, Xhaka, Mkhi, Laca, Auba.
Who are the bottlers?
Is this the last we hear from Pedro before it’s announced he’s been put on gardening leave due to his new mug trivialising the struggles of the non-cisgender community?
I would be disappointed if Torreira were to leave, because I do think that he is a decent player. However, I am not altogether surprised about some of his comments. The only Spanish speaking player at the club apart from him is Bellerin and of course he has lived in England a long time and speaks perfect English. Torreira is probably the only person now at the club apart from Emery who does not speak good English and that has impacted clearly on adapting to living in this country. Hopefully his language skills will improve next season and he will… Read more »
Now back in your box
Hairline
You are praising an inferior squad. However you frame it you’re just coming across as a massive hypocrite and your hypocrisy has been laid bare today, ceremoniously.
Them being in serie A doesn’t impair their ability to build a better squad than the 6th or 5th best team in the premier league yet here you are, fawning like a spotty teenager over a team that want s to offer profit on Granit Xakha to improve their midfield!!!
Now your balding head son
Now back in your box
Hairline
You are praising an inferior squad. However you frame it you’re just coming across as a massive hypocrite and your hypocrisy has been laid bare today, ceremoniously.
Them being in serie A doesn’t impair their ability to build a better squad than the 6th or 5th best team in the premier league yet here you are, fawning like a spotty teenager over a team that want s to offer profit on Granit Xakha to improve their midfield!!!
Now Bow your balding head son
“Are you saying we become bottlers in the last two seasons?” Failing to win a league title or European title in the last 15 years and God know’s how long will be considered a bottle job for a big club don’t you think? Since the change of managers you have always been complaining at the lack of vision to challenge for a league title in 5 years , yet you are championing fourth place finishes as evidence of bottle. Anyway I will take Cesc Appeals advice and stop conversing with the supporters who just reclaimed their critical voices after years… Read more »
Elmo, that comment was so real it actually made my stomach drop.
“The only Spanish speaking player at the club apart from him is Bellerin”
Monreal, Mustafi, Mkhi, Ozil, and Auba speak Spanish.
Notice how many believe Xhaka will do well in Serie A?? Balding head You believe xakha to be shit. You also claim him to be not worth £35m. They are offering £50m for him. So they have enough money to buy class central midfielders right? Why not buy better then? They have the money to blow on shit so there is no excuse for an inferior squad They also have one of the best cities in the world to offer, great weather, Greta food and great culture- champions league football Yet they are inferior and her you sit praising their… Read more »
CC Re end of seasons games under AW, I’ll always put our wins down to the teams thinking about their holidays. Don’t get me wrong we always pushed for that goal and once we scored we played with more freedom while the other team would kinda give up with the knowledge that they were safe even if they lost. Now this season was very different. Teams were hungry and pushed and punished us and the reverse happened, once they would score we would collapse while the opposing team would feel galvanised. What I blame is really that we we went… Read more »
Pedro
Reports also say the price tag to be close to 60 mil.Defo we wont pay that much.And if the price tag really is that much we are already out of the race.What do u reckon is a fair price tag.
And what is the fraser-carrasco tug of war. Honestly i would prefer carrasco. Hope emery gets this right.
Saliba may not be ready for the PL just yet but looks overwhelmingly good. Definitely sign him even if we gotta pay 30 mil for him.
ES
The only
Spanish speaking player at the club apart from him is Bellerin and of course
You forgot Nacho!!
Leonardo to PSG.
Interesting to see who Ivan hires at Milan.
Guys, watch the tone… it’s been pleasant on here this week.
“Failing to win a league title or European title in the last 15 years and God know’s how long will be considered a bottle job for a big club don’t you think?” No, you’d have to be in a position to actually achieve those things to then bottle it. We didn’t have a good enough side to do it for much of the last decade. Be like saying Southampton have bottled the FA cup the last decade. “Anyway I will take Cesc Appeals advice and stop conversing with the supporters who just reclaimed their critical voices after years of aiding… Read more »
I don’t believe other than Ozil that any of the mentioned
are BOTTLERS they are just piss poor players.
I think players like Mustafi give their all but we all
have seen the result.?
Pedro
Yes but let’s be fair it’s been a bit special sauce free in the comments section lately.
Point taken though
I won’t say fuck or buggar
“Re end of seasons games under AW, I’ll always put our wins down to the teams thinking about their holidays………..Now this season was very different. Teams were hungry and pushed and punished us and the reverse happened, once they would score we would collapse while the opposing team would feel galvanised.”
The safe teams tried this past season and didn’t in Wengers years? Come off it…
“Interesting to see who Ivan hires at Milan.”
There’s only one man for the job. 20 years a ze top level.
at*
Anyway I will take Cesc Appeals advice and stop conversing with the supporters who just reclaimed their critical voices after years of aiding and abetting mediocrity
Balding head
Just as you’ve lost yours whilst we hurtle into oblivion with a lower standard at every facet of our club.
All overseen by our hungry ambitious lizard of an owner
I honestly believe Xhaka would boss the Italian league.But will his mental lapses vanish im not completely sure of that.And the lapses are the reasons why he wont become an elite midfielder.Hope he gets rid of them so that everyone can appreciate his beautiful play. At least he has got his head in the right place and is constantly improving Just look at how far he has come since we signed him.If the upward trajectory continues definitely there will come a time where he completely removes the mental lapses and become the elite midfielder we thought he would be when… Read more »
Re end of seasons games under AW, I’ll always put our wins down to the teams thinking about their holidays………..Now this season was very different. Teams were hungry and pushed and punished us and the reverse happened, once they would score we would collapse while the opposing team would feel galvanised.”
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Jesus it gets better and better
Unai
Don’t you think it’s true though. The players must have been lacking in total confidence. We were losing game after game by that point.
For me it’s a combination of UE being supremely confident in winning the EL and letting these defeats slide. And the players still not finding their footing with UE excessive tinkering.
And should I add that under AW players then still were confident in their abilities regardless of the lack on tactics given by AW.
Db10
Spot on
DB10
No I don’t agree with that whatsoever, I think it’s changing the landscape completely to suit a narrative.
The safe teams end of each season have the same outlook imo. They’re 5% less threatening from the off, but also potentially more dangerous if given the opportunity to be because there’s no pressure on them.
In previous seasons we’ve imposed our game enough to dominate them in the main, last season we couldn’t impose a thing and succumbed to average sides freewheeling and relishing the fact we were pony. That’s setup, approach, and preparation.
Question:
Is the no preparation to your opponent approach better than bad preparation to your opponent approach?
Discuss…
Quite staggering to think Juventus will pay Chelsea over £5 million for Sarri- and yet we can not rustle up a pretty penny for: Dortmund Eye Petr Cech Rambo Welbeck In the age of FFP – this is Rock bottom incompetence. When will Josh wake up…….or is he being Blackmailed….. Are the Kroenke financial sadists? Are they playing a Footballing version of that film Trading Places? Raul who has been in charge for 18 months- has ( unless I am mistaken – not received a penny in transfer fees) We have the worst Owner in the Prem We have the… Read more »
CC I am not changing any narrative whatsoever. As I stated afterwards, confidence was key in helping us impose our game in our previous seasons, which we indeed lacked in our final run in this season. For me the loss at home vs CP was this catalyst where players lost total confidence and litterally went through the motions in following games and dropped their heads the moment we conceded. And for me this was not helped by UE who was so confident about winning the EL (if you remember in the Raul & Vinai interview they were also both confident… Read more »
“For me it’s a combination of UE being supremely confident in winning the EL and letting these defeats slide. And the players still not finding their footing with UE excessive tinkering.“
This a fair assessment, id agree here. But I think the end of season ‘safe opponents’ are the same each season.
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I think suggesting the safe teams played better this season vs any season under Wenger is changing the landscape.
I don’t think there’s a difference. I think our difference in results came as a result of Emery.
We also have the worst fans in the premier league.
Leg db10 The Palace result is linked to the Chelsea Tanking If the players see Jenks and Elneny in the team sheet against an excellent counter attacking outfit like Palace They will lose Respect for the manager. The players have stopped playing for the coach. Hence The Tanking in Baku. 5/10 losses As PedRo has alluded to- Emery End of Season one on ones will only sow more discord and contempt for the manager. Angel Di Maria recent remarks about Emery and Bramalls are totally scathing towards him. Its utterly maddening that a magnificent club like ours – persists with… Read more »