I love the papers.
ARSENAL WILLING TO SELL OZIL
TURKISH CLUBS WILLING TO BUY OZIL
TURKISH CLUBS NOT WILLING TO PAY WAGES
OZIL WANTS TO STAY
… and so goes the cycle.
Rapha Honigstein, an impeccably sourced writer, says Ozil is digging in and hinted his team think he’ll outlast the manager. Absolutely no doubt he’ll do that and I’ve said for months that calculation is almost 100% correct.
This poses a huge problem for Arsenal. Preseason now comes loaded with a cancerous tumour. When your biggest player is on lip-reading record in a Europa League final saying the coach is ‘not a coach,’ you cannot have him there at preseason. His attitude will impact preparations, the whispering campaign will start early and his mere presence will burden Arsenal every time we lose and the factor cited is creativity.
Not just that, as you all know, when there is someone at your work that’s getting paid a boatload of money and they aren’t delivering, it has adverse effects on the culture. It can make you resentful, it can make some players take their foot off the gas, it can create fissures in the dressing room (I don’t work in a dressing room, but you get it).
It’s a dreadful situation to be in… and could be made even worse if the players he lambasted in his yearly reviews aren’t shifted on easily. Emery needs to have a settled squad by July, if he doesn’t, our start this season could be problematic.
Hopefully, we can counter a lot of the nonsense by hiring in so many new players, the miserable voices will pipe down… however, in football, status is a big thing. Mesut Ozil is a megastar in the eyes of most players, even at elite clubs. He’s also our most talented player. It’s going to be very hard for Emery to out-gravitas him, and it’s a huge ask to expect someone that is an average people person to manage the situation delicately.
Horrible news that Arsenal are apparently prioritising Fraser over Carrasco… that’s a hard one to digest. One is a workhorse, one is a delicate player with a very high ceiling. Let’s see how that goes.
As the dust settles, you start to see which rumours have substance, or they’re just there to whip up interest. Praet looks like noise for the sake of noise. AC Milan are now interested in the player, with his agent insisting there is interest from abroad.
I also keep hearing ill-informed people parroting this £40m transfer budget like that’s set in stone and nothing can impact that number. If Arsenal sell Xhaka for £50m, that budget moves up to £90m. If we sell Mustafi for £1. It’s £90,000,001. Arsenal absolutely has to cut the wage bill this summer, we need to ship out dross, we need to correct the imbalance in our squad. The £40m number is so low because we missed out on CL and the Kroenke’s no doubt want to get some control back over the finances.
However, it has to be noted, we have consistently spent what we’ve earned. Bemoan Stan all you want about being absent, but the reality is the people leading the club are Vinnai and Raul. They are your focal point this summer. Let’s hope the transfer plan is youth focused and we can get European clubs to commit to the players we want to exit.
Big Unai has been out in New York taking risks with his fashion. I was on the fence with his gilet move a few weeks ago, but I can’t give him the benefit of the doube on the choice of belt here. Branded belts is VERY Essex 1997. It was always a classic trip on the 248 to Romford to look at the belt buckles. But in 2019? On $6m a year? A branded buckle? It’s not on. I’m also not one for the colored leathers either… keep it earthy. I can see what he’s trying to do here, and I’ll commend the risk, but I’m not going to endorse this look.
Let’s see where he goes tomorrow…
CAN SOMEONE JUST BUY OSPINA? Is this not the longest transfer saga since we tried to buy Batistuta? What is the fucking issue? Why is £3m such and issue? I reckon we could GoFundMe the deal. Get him out of the damn club people!
Finally, I was VERY sad to read that Myles Palmer is packing up the blogging game.
Myles, you may have let a nutter slate me in your letters section, and that nutter may have egg on his face now after an embarrassing diatribe that proved incorrect, but you are a hero of mine regardless.
Give me a provocative writer over bland on toast prose that leans into ‘balanced’ territory every time. Myles was a demon writer, short and sharp, and he always had a view that would stretch your mind. He never pulled punches and his salacious tidbits on transfers was my gateway drug to mainlining pure transfer stories erry damn day.
He was a pioneer in the blog world, he was always a MUST READ and his work, or lack of daily writing was a huge driver in me setting up this blog. I needed the fix.
I was also lucky enough to meet him by accident at the AGM. What a lovely guy he is. A total pleasure to hang with him for an hour or so.
Myles, you were the original provocateur, you never bent the knee, hopefully, we can replace some of that over here. You are a loss to the blogoshpere, and you should be saluted for your 21 years of service to Arsenal fandom.
Know this sir, you’ll always be a legend in my eyes.
Right, that’s me done… see you awful bastards in the comments.
P.S. I think Faust, Liebestraume, S541/R211 : No. 3: Nocturne in A-Flat Major is the most beautiful piece of music I’ve ever heard? I know you guys love a bit of classic between cunting each other in the comments.
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BobN16
My perceptions are my perceptions.
Feeding CG is not my intention.
I think we’re going young this summer for the most part and trying to be clever. We’re closing in on Claude Maurice, we’re negotiating for Saliba, already got Martinelli, we’re looking at this Reinier, there’s interest in Palacios, interest in Tierney as well. If there’s going to be a big signing, and by that I mean anything over £30 Million it will be a CB like Upamecano etc but only if we’ve got everything else we want and we make some good sales. Only way I see that changing is if one or more of Xhaka/Torreira/Lacazette/Aubameyang etc are sold for… Read more »
If it comes down to Emery v Ozil and Ozil wins, Arsenal Football Club would become even more of a laughing stock(if that were possible).
Then again, those that sat and did nothing over the years wouldn’t care, because they love the club so much.
That’s right, the club always come first for the likes of Pierre and CG.
Makes me sick.
Am I the only one on here who is embarrassed and ashamed to be associated with a small element of our fanbase?
To be honest Torreira is not as good as I thought he potentially could be. So if we can make a good profit on him, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to sell him. I think Docoure can more than replace Torreira.
Is this even a topic for debating. Do we want a used tampon to beat out our manager (wouldn’t matter who that manager is)?
Graham You’ve got to remember our management structure has changed. It’s not Ozil vs Emery it’s Ozil vs entire management structure of Arsenal. If Emery were to be sacked tomorrow nothing would change with regards to Ozil, Pedro made a comment yesterday about clubs going for young hungry managers – name one of these that doesn’t have a high tempo, high energy philosophy? Now try to name one who allows a player who drifts in and out of games – when he does show up and that’s rarely? Ozil is finished when it comes to the top leagues in Europe… Read more »
‘I think Docoure can more than replace Torreira’
I like Docoure.
Persoanlly I would go straight an activate Partey’s release clause. Not sure he would want no UCL but who knows, he would have the starting CDM/CM role he wants.
The pair of them would revolutionise our midfield. Especially as Docoure seems to be playing as a ball carrier a bit more now.
TBone
Beautifully put.
TR7
So you want to sell our best CM (even if he faded second half of the season) instead of selling Xhaka the traffic controller? Knowing he would most likely do much better his second season after some rest and adapting.
A Doucoure – Torreira midfield would be miles better than any midfield containing that slow muppet Xhaka
I would take 30m for Xhaka over 50m for Torreira any day.
Celtic want Jenkinson on loan. Surely we can do something there to take Tierney off their hands in the same transaction.
Loan him and pay his wages for the last year of the contract meaning they can sign him up on a free in January if they like him.
That would count for about near £2 Million in wages. Probably more than we’d get for him a fee. That and £18-20 Million for Tierney?
Freddie
Nah, I am.merely resounding to rumors surrounding Torreira. I agree Torreria can still come good in his 2nd season. Needless to say Xhaka is the guy to be offloaded.
CG Your extreme anti Emery stance and belligerence to those who stick up for him is becoming tiresome and a little weird. I’m not sure what your agenda is here. It’s never easy to take over a team that’s been managed by the same man for 20 years–man utd is a case in point. Emery got 5th place and made a European final in his first season in thePL. All the teams that finished above us and man utd who finished below us had better squads. The jury is still out but I give Emery 7 out of 10- good… Read more »
It was very easy to predict last August that Ozil would take the place of Wenger in being the whipping boy, and sorry to say, I was proved correct ….the Ozil obsession from the wenger obsessives is frankly embarrassing.
Graham
True. The pro Özil anti Emery stance is absurd and pretty embarrassing.
I think the club is firmly on the manager’s side though.
I’ve no doubt they are trying to get rid of Özil. Ideally, they want something for him but they might have to give him away.
Alexanderhenry
I’m afraid CG is programmed to respond in only one way.
The agenda is simple.
To annoy and antagonize as much as possible.
Why not strip ozil of his place in the 25 squad,
He will cave in by January
Time for hard ball arsenal
Walt “””It’s not Ozil vs Emery it’s Ozil vs entire management structure of Arsenal. If Emery were to be sacked tomorrow nothing would change with regards to Ozil, Mr. Mitty – living in his own world – as per usual. Off course it changes. It always changes- when a new manager comes in-at any club. (Do you actually follow soccer….) Morale will be lifted. Players will hopefully- have a new manager that they respect. The clouds lifted.. Etc,Etc It will be interesting to see who Edu backs in the Ozil v Emery War. If its Emery- we know Edu would… Read more »
Alex
Post at 12-40
Makes perfect sense to any reasonable person…
Full6 agree.
Watching cricket India v Pakistan…
RSPC
Exactly what I said yesterday – also trip him of the number 10 shirt give him something random like 26.
I would take 30m for Xhaka over 50m for Torreira any day. I would take reports of AC Milan spending big too seriously. AC Milan no doubt want Torreira but they are deep in the doo doo regarding FFP. They probably would be happy to do a deal worth say €40 million but that probably would only come about if a player went the other way. Torreira is coming out with nothing other than negativity regarding London everything is disliked by him from the weather to the language. But as much of a concern is the report that is his… Read more »
Pierre
The stupid thing is for most posters on here the general view of Ozil is ship him out – he’s not performing and on more money than we can afford and that’s as far as it goes – until that is you start with this ridiculous defence of him.
I bet you a cold beer on a sunny day that if you stop making stupid arguments as to why he’s so good you won’t hear much about him beyond get rid of.
Hardball only way.
Offer him 5 m payoff
Get a club to buy him for ten he can negioate new deal
Alex Henry
The so-called viewpoint that Ozil will outlast Emery with implication that his views are currently more important than those of Head Coach is complete moonshine.
Emery’s job is not currently at risk despite what some ill-informed posters on here seem to think.
Ozil’s saving grace at the moment is that no-one appears to want to buy him or
pay his current wages. The problem for Arsenal is how to extract themselves
from a contract with minimum loss.
.the Ozil obsession from the wenger obsessives is frankly embarrassing. _________ Huh? Again wtf.. are you talking about.. Pedro asked the question at the top of the post.. who would win in a death match.. between Emery and Ozil. I know you don’t read the posts apparently but people were talking about Ozil because that was the topic of the day because just about every paper.. media person or organization in the world recognizes Ozil is a problem for Arsenal so I guess 99% of the world are Wenger Obsessives in your mind.. Although why people like E-stroller who pretty… Read more »
terraloon
I agree about not being happy being an issue – the club need to work harder to help him integrate.
I’m also a little sceptical about how much of an issue is it. By that I mean is this one interview that’s being constantly repeated – not as if the press would ever fan barely existent flames to shit stir.
Em St Jose Mourinho finished 2nd in the league and runners up in the FA cup last season Every man and his Dog – knew he was still going to get sacked the following season The Air had gone out of the Balloon.. Every man and his Dog – knows Emery will go the same way. Gone mid Nov After international break Loosers Group fixtures time.. Edu to announce Fred at the press conference….big Per juxtaposed…. Raul the shark and Vinai- nowhere to be seen.. Hiding upstairs- unable to Face The Music. If Emery is still in charge 2020 I… Read more »
Duncan Wright [Exclusive]: #AFC are now out of the running for Carrasco who is expected to join another top European club. The 30m asking price proved to be excessive considering the budget.
Ozil is finished at the top level and we are stuck with him.
There was little to no interest when he was approaching the end of his deal which speaks volumes.
And then Arsenal gave him his mammoth deal with no other interest. Incredibly poor judgement.
Laughable that some people (person) still big Ozil up.
Pierre
Lol!!!!!!
Thought it wouldn’t be too long before you came out with the same old crap.
You do realise the only joker obsessing about anything is you.
Actually, as you are in the minority(story of your life) I think what is really embarrassing is that you continue to support individuals who are doing their utmost to fudge up our club.
Give yourself a pat on the back my friend.
Well done.
Remember folks, Pierre is a golfer.
Birds, badgers, rabbits and the occasional reindeer, are his only real friends.
Hence, no human contact.
I wonder who the Ozil obsessive will latch onto once he’s gone from the club? Won’t be many of Wenger’s players left.
Oh yeh, Happy Fathers Day to all us Dads.
If Emery is still in charge 2020
I ll retire from Le Grove
You have my Word
_______
oh wow… classic.
Anyhow… Happy Father’s Day to y’all. Hope y’ all get to spend some time with yours of if your a father with your kids.
My Dad wasn’t an Arsenal fan but he supported them because I did… he isn’t around anymore but I miss him.. and if he has any influence over events from the great beyond… we could use a little of that this season.
Graham, you are obsessive in your own sweet way.
Again I wonder why you poke the resident wind-up merchants knowing you’ll get the same old,tired jaundiced reaction.. If people stopped directly and indirectly poking them, they would get bored of being ignored. If you don’t like what their response is going to be, knowing their fixed viewpoint, why effectively seek it?
Loved your ‘my perceptions are my perceptions’ though, very Zen!
I hope Allegri sticks to his sabbatical plans.
Once this year is up, part ways with Emery and then get Allegri instead.
Graham, I thought golfers played in pairs or threesomes. Did you mean gopher?
Getting rid of Ozil will be our best bit of business this summer. He’s the most overrated player in football.
CG
‘If Emery is still in charge 2020…’
I think he will be in charge in 2020 but you’re missing the point.
Arsenal fc is not Chelsea fc.
The current ownership does not have a win at any cost philosophy and the fan base is hardly the most militant in English football.
I think the club will stick with Emery unless he has a truly bad season–worse than last year.
In fact, I think it’s more likely that Emery will quit than get fired.
It’s very unlikely that we see this fire sale of players that many wish for. To do this the powers that be at the club would be signifying that there are serious problems with the squad and you know they just won’t be admitting to that. Club will sit on players in the summer to disappoint many. Of course if what they see as good offers come in for these players they will sell without hesitation but there will be no real will from them to cull the squad which many wish to see. Most probably we will see a… Read more »
It’s fucking poverty really isn’t it.
Spurs are being linked to better standard players than Arsenal so far this summer.
I suspect Allegri alledged sabbatical is just him positioning for any big club managerial job being available at the beginning of 2020-2021. That could be Arsenal, ManUtd, Chelsea, Bayern. The question that club will have is will he fit into the philosophy/brand of football we are trying to move to. Juventus had decided that his brand of functional was not what they wanted. They had already started to move away with the recruitment of Ronaldo. ManUtd may also have doubt as they seems to go for young, hungry, athletic players. Chelsea if Fat Franck fails may be his best bet.… Read more »
‘Pep and Klopp never direct play during a match by pointing and shouting at their players from the touchline. Ever. Behaviour exclusive to Emery and parents at their kids’ games. Top analysis. Excellent observations. Keep going.’
Pierre’s point absolutely roasted.
Ospina is gone then.
Rumours Arsenal have spoken to Kimpembe as PSG pursue De Ligt.
Emery gave Kimpembe his big chance so rumour is he would be quite keen to work with him again.
PSG would doubtless expect a lot of money. I guess the issue will be whether we can stagger the payment or not.
Not sure on Kimpembe, good physical CB, athletically great, but inconsistent and occasionally rash.
Saliba, Kimpembe, Holding, Mavropanos is a good batch of young CBs though.
I do not want us to miss out on Saliba.
Ishola
You do realise that links are worth fuck all? I know there’s nothing to do during the close season but you’ve got to learn to ignore transfer gossip 99.9% is pure click bait.
Cesc
Redtruth’s going to go mental!
We’ve just lost the best keeper in the league.
‘Spurs are being linked to better standard players than Arsenal so far this summer’
Of course they are.
They are in the UCL.
They made it to the UCL final.
They’ve got the UCL money and pull and the’ve high value players that other clubs actually want and will likely sell such as Eriksen.
Just common sense. Nothing to do with ambition but rather functional reality.
No UCL for us, wage bill overblown, least valuable squad in the top 6 with the poorest wages to value ratio.
Not hard.
Marc
At £3 Million as well.
Napoli clearly know how to play the market. Laughable that Liverpool paid £60 Million for Allison. Twats.
Yeah Kimpembe is not really the answer.
As you say rash and indisciplined too many times.
As for youngsters club will be looking at lower price scale youngsters akin to Guendouzi last summer.
Ishola
I don’t think we will be looking that low.
More like the £10-25 Million youngsters I think. Then any players with 1 year left on their deal/release clauses etc.
I’m totally guessing but I would imagine the issue with Carrasco is that the Chinese club wants the £30 Million up front and we want to give them it over 2 years or something.
Pep and Klopp make tactical adjustments during the play. They sometimes remonstrate with mistake made during games. They also instruct at set pieces, however they don’t give play per play instructions to players. Emery is one of control freak who does that. That is mostly pointless as players just filter that out. I don’t think that any player on the other side of the pitch is really concerned when he does his calm breathing signal. That’s more for him thinking that it has an influence rather than really influencing players. The same with the tapping the temple with the index… Read more »
Cesc
I think Leno was a great signing last summer – he looks a good keeper but when you look at what we paid for him compared to Chelsea and Liverpool’s keepers and what they cost it’s crazy.
Would you swap Leno for either?
Valentin
Would like to hear your opinion on Alexis Claude Maurice. Is he better than all our available youngsters???
CA
Of course it is obvious but it just hurts when you see the reality of them being on the higher plain than Arsenal now.
Some were still in denial just a few seasons back that Spurs were overtaking.
Now with their transfer links compared to ours it is plain reality.
I don’t know why we’ve seemingly gone so cold on Sarr, to be honest.
Ishola
That’s exactly it.
As many of us said things would have to get so bad before the club made changes that it would take years to get back to where we should be.
We’re living it now.
The amount of times fans on here were right, cash being a bad investment, Wenger basically fucking things up so badly that it would take years to fix, that Wenger was actually a buffoon in the transfer market and economically, that his socialist wage structure would be a massive issue.
Years and years and years and years.
Alexanderhenry *I think the club is firmly on the manager’s side though. I’ve no doubt they are trying to get rid of Özil. Ideally, they want something for him but they might have to give him away. ” You seem an intelligent fellow ,normally. My argument is nothing to do with Ozil being this fantastic irreplaceable player, never has been……he can leave tomorrow for all I care. My argument is with the whole process of hiring the manager after awarding the ridiculous contract to Ozil. would you think that surely some thought and discussion must have occurred during the process… Read more »
Cesc Appeal
“I don’t know why we’ve seemingly gone so cold on Sarr, to be honest.”
His club are probably asking a fair amount for him which Arsenal can’t meet at this time simple as that.
He’s not on Pepe level of course who is totally out of range but he was still seen as one of the better young performers in Ligue 1 and this will mean his price is big enough for Arsenal at this time.
Cesc
I know we have issues but I think things aren’t quite as bad as you paint. It’s more luck than judgement but with Chelsea playing silly bollocks and a transfer ban, ManU all over the place (one of the papers is carrying a piece where Pogba is threatening to go on strike) and the Spud’s with a huge debt we have a better chance of turning this around than under normal circumstances.
It might just be me being positive or at least trying to!
“from what I have seen so far the match going fans haven’t turned against ”
There not exactly over awed by him or his performances either. Most fans I sit with wouldn’t care if we got rid of him and those that do would be happy. That ratio is also moving closer and closer to waste of space.
Bob
I suppose.
This is a blog, I’m just being polite/ rude/ sarcastic . Take your pick.
Where’s the harm in responding?
These two are in the minority of posters/fans.
Its probably their only chance to converse with people.
Cesc Appeal
“””Laughable that Liverpool paid £60 Million for Allison. Twats”””
European Champions Twats..
Experts said he was the best player in CL final.
Credibility crushed.
What an absurd comment….
Nelson, My opinion of Maurice is that he is decent, but not extraordinary. I think that he will find it very difficult to adapt to the level of physicality the EPL has. He may start as a house on fire, but by December Iwobi would have wrestle the start position from him. If he adapt to the roughness and relentless of the EPL, then he will be a good acquisition. He is pacy, quite direct. However as the Arsenal team is already quite short, I am not sure that adding another short midfielder is a smart move for the team… Read more »
Marc I think we’re in a pretty difficult place. Not necessarily bad, but very difficult. We’ve sort of spent 7 years painting ourselves into a corner. Man Utd will spend massively this summer, I think Spurs are going to drop a couple of big signings (I know you disagree), Chelsea are a saving grace for us certainly. But things are difficult. This summer is massive damage control and trying to lay foundations for the future. I want to come out of this summer having shaved £50 Million off the wage bill, having brought in some young exciting talent and hopefully… Read more »
Graham, now I get it…community service!
Ishola
That is probably true.
But Rennes are a club I could see going for staggered payments and/or one of our players in part exchange if we could make it happen.
Mar ‘I know we have issues but I think things aren’t quite as bad as you paint. It’s more luck than judgement but with Chelsea playing silly bollocks and a transfer ban, ManU all over the place (one of the papers is carrying a piece where Pogba is threatening to go on strike) and the Spud’s with a huge debt we have a better chance of turning this around than under normal circumstances’ Marc, you were downplaying Spurs chances last season too, you are doing it yet again. Spurs must have made £85-£90M from CL final berth. Besides they have… Read more »
Pierre
Are you a Chameleon or something?
Now your saying ” Ozil can leave tomorrow for all I care” and your agreeing that it was a “ridiculous contract awarded to Ozil”
Shite, no wonder you need the time and space to play golf.
You promote Ozil as if his some sort of superhero or something. Then you say you don’t care if he leaves tomorrow.
Bloody hell, what next?
you’re
Sarr is one of those limited footballers that only make sense if the club are confident of significantly upgrading central areas and wide left positions in order to able to feed Sarr high up the pitch in areas he can be effective. Without space he is useless; he was only a threat against us when we went a man down. if we bring Sarr and keep the same central midfield he will flop because he can’t drop deep like a Zaha and create his own space. In that case it will better if we can bring in a more well-rounded… Read more »
TR7 Last season I said the Spud’s would have issue’s because of the new stadium. I was told we were fucked. We finished 1 point behind them and should’ve finished above them. That £90 million you mention is really fucking handy it means they’ve only got £910 million to find to play off the stadium. They will spend this summer but I have a real feeling their net spend will be either low – £30 million ish or even negative. Why have they advertised 12 players (not including Eriksen) are available? Many of them either first choice or close to… Read more »
Emery will be gone within 12 months
No doubt about it
We won’t be in the champions league come the start of 20-21 either
We should never have hired him. What a sad sorry state of affairs we are in now.
Paulinho
Agree. Dare is a kick and run merchant. He’s so low on footballing intelligence he makes Theo look like Paul Scholes
Paulinho Agree with you on Sarr. You put it more eloquently than I could have. Our first team needs two types of wide player. A creative one like Ribery (upgrade on Iwobi) and one that gets in behind like Mané/Salah. The priority should be a the latter who gets in behind and can generate close to three shots per game. We need more output as we have enough players who come to the ball. Only Aubameyang and Ramsey are regular outlets. Sometimes you find a unicorn like Sadio Mané who can carry the ball 40/50 yards like Sané and can… Read more »
Rennes FC is owned by one of Francois Pinault. It is the plaything of his son Francois Henri Pinault who is married to the actress Salma Hayek. It does not need the money, but they are not run by mugs. They know the value of Sarr and are unlikely bro sell him on the cheap. They wanted £45 millions and I can’t see Arsenal paying that fee for him. Even if we were willing to pay the fee, we would then have to convince the player. Rennes are also in the Europa League and intend to give it a go,… Read more »
Valentin
If we made the CL, I was expecting us to sign someone like Florian Thauvin. He’s a good player who has reached his ceiling. The type the Arsenal, Roma, the Milan clubs, Valencia would sign.
Emery has destroyed this club.
How dare he.
Things were so rosy before his arrival.
Dream
What? Who are our ball players then? Ozil? Mkhitaryan? They are dogshit. One of our biggest problem is that we don’t have any consistent technical players who can deliver quality service and create variety in our play. There’s no point having an off the ball runner if we have nobody to find them. As it stands you mark mark Xakha and our full backs and we are fucked. No variety. Too predictable. Easy to deal with.
Paulinho,
Not entirely true about Sarr. He got Sokratis sent off because he made a lateral ghost run who baffled our defense.
Iwobi on the left can give that kind of pass, as he does it for Kolasinac.
I think that for the return game he was instructed to stretch our defense by sticking to the line. However the few times he did not, he caused us troubles.
Oshika
They were better before his arrival than they are now. Undeniable.
Ishola
Dream,
I agree, Thauvin is a No brainer for me. He is available at a reasonable price as Marseilles want to lower their wage bill. For Arsenal His salary would not be a problem. He is pacy, tenacious and willing to follow instructions.
I think that a lot of team have him as their call-back option if they can’t get their firstvtarget. We should go for him before he is snapped by those clubs.
Unai
You’re correct that we don’t have an elite technical level anymore. Neither do we have players that can get behind and generate their own shots. However, if we are to prioritise one, a top wide forward is my preference. We need two more CMs that pass forward and two quality wide players.
Pierre- My argument is nothing to do with Ozil being this fantastic irreplaceable player, never has been……he can leave tomorrow for all I care. ————– Say what? Nothing to do with it you say? Ummmm………… “Let’s see how we get on without Ozil in the team for our home games next season…..headless chickens springs to mind.” “We lost 7 out of 14 games without Ozil starting one of those games , culminating in the defeat to Bate …” ————————- Which is it then…..? you need to have a talk with your other self Pierre .. you just said this yesterday… Read more »
Dream
We need a proper creative player. A pires, a bergkamp, a Cesc, a Santi. Aubameyang and Lacazette look for more dangerous playing off the shoulder as they did vs Valencia
Emery’s style lets the opposition fill their box too much to create the space necessary. He’s playing the worst tactics for our current squad and it’s little wonder we are getting carved up by inferior teams
We are so predictable now.
Thauvin left Newcastle because he couldn’t adapt to the Premier League. He has found his niche at Marseille so doubt he would want to leave.
Valentin – Your post reminded me of something else I didn’t like about Sarr. Diving tosser, like the rest of the Rennes team.
Paulinho,
When he arrived at Chelsea, Drogba was a diving tosser as well. That bad habit can be removed from player with some choice words by the coach or the captain. I am sure that Koscielny would be able to do that.
Un
I think you are being rash on yer comments..
Time may show he is just the manager we need,
The 248 to Romford! That takes me back! Didn’t know you were an Essex-boy, Pedro.