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Two points dropped. Right?
The story was a familiar one. A Granit Xhaka mistake costing us a needless goal. Two if you’re being very harsh.
The first came when he and Sokratis made a total mess of a clearance inside 11 minutes. The whole team folded allowing Lamela to fizz a shot across Leno, he parried it into the path of Eriksen, and we went one down.
The second mistake was an inexplicable lunge in the penalty box. Careless, unprofessional, but oh so very Granit Xhaka. Kane buried the penalty like a robot was a two-step special.
I don’t even want to get into the needless fouling towards the end when we were trying to chase the game. He wasn’t even playing players and he was slowing down the play.
It’s all so avoidable. Just don’t pick him. Emery has watched him make mistake after mistake for an entire year… he knows that he can’t stand up to pressure… he knows that he does dim things very consistently… so what does he do? He picks him against Spurs and gives him the captains armband in some sort of weird masochistic show of authority.
The midfield he chose was quite odd. Basically 3 deep-lying midfielders. Very little creativity. It didn’t really give us much solidity, as we were all over the place in the first half, and it gave us real trouble transitioning the ball forward. Lacazette was constantly dropping deep to collect the ball, sometimes from our own penalty box.
Thankfully, the Frenchman came through to save our half. Pepe sliced a ball into his path, he took two very good touches and forced the ball past Lloris from close range. That goal gave us a much-needed boost heading into the second half.
We came out a much more forceful side. The halftime team talk must have focused on urgency, pressure and more adventure moving forward. The game suddenly clicked into a proper North London derby, there was next to no structure, the ball was travelling end to end at a ferocious pace, and defending went out the window for both sides (not like it was ever in the window for us).
The manager introduced Ceballos for LT, and that gave us a different sort of energy. It introduced a link between attack and midfield, and it gave us a bit more mobility in midfield. Still didn’t stop Harry Kane waltzing into the box and ripping a shot off the inside of Leno’s post.
Still, you’d be hard pushed to convince me Arsenal weren’t deserving of a goal, the winds blew heavily in our favour and we looked far more menacing than Spurs.
The goal that levelled it was a thing of beauty. Matteo G threaded an outrageous pass that levelled the whole Spurs team, Auba gliding it past with the lightest of touches. It was out of this world.
We still had time for a Harry Kane dive, he shifted his body inside Sokratis running path and threw himself to the ground. It wasn’t even clever. It was pure out and out cheating. It really, really, really needs to be dealt with. His cheating is out of control. If he weren’t English, he’d be getting lampooned by the media.
So what can we conclude?
The Xhaka thing
Emery has to stop relying on Xhaka. He’s slow, ponderous, bad under pressure and he makes massive errors more often than any Arsenal player I can remember. I can give a pass to him for last season, but now it’s starting to look like a real blindspot.
Bland Midfields
Additionally, the manager needs to start being more aggressive with his line-ups. That midfield was always going to be bland. We shouldn’t have to watch strikers drop deep to make up for a lack of creativity. It made little sense to have 3 similar midfielders sitting in a flat line yesterday, especially when Spurs were there for the taking. We gave them far too much defensive respect and it didn’t even pay off, we conceded 8 shots in the first half, with 7 of them on target. An abomination.
The Masterful
I think that Matteo G just announced himself on the world stage. That performance was nothing short of sensational. He was at the heart of everything. His passing was good, he ran with the ball well, he was ambitious and his attitude was absolutely exceptional all game long. That should be the standard for every game moving forward. Incredible that he’s only 20 years old. A megastar in waiting.
Pepe
I’ve seen some tasteless Arsenal fans comparing him to Gervinho. Utter drivel. The man hasn’t clicked yet, but you can see he’s going to be absolutely class. He has that air of unpredictability we need in that front line, he’s fast, he can pass, he reads the game well and I think he’s going to be capable of explosive moments of brilliance. He just needs a bit of luck, then he’s away.
Defence
Spurs had a lot of good chances yesterday. I think if I watched that game again, I’d be appalled at some of the defending. We are going to need to sharpen up, we are too easy to get at, and we gave key Spurs players far too much time to do their thing yesterday. Leno kept that scoreline acceptable yesterday, but he won’t save us like that all season. David Luiz also needs to be pulled to one side… that’s 4 errors in 3 games from him. Not good enough.
Top 4
I think we’re nailed on for the top 3 this season. Spurs don’t look the same, Chelsea will struggle, and United are utterly average. It’s basically ours to lose, I just hope that isn’t an invitation to coast. Emery needs to tighten the ship and he needs to find a way of unlocking the magic more consistently.
Right, that’s me done, see you in the comments. x
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Mikhi looks to be off, wish we could say the same about Captain Calamity Granit Xhaka – what a total plank.
I’ve seen some tasteless Arsenal fans comparing him to Gervinho. ”
4 games into the season, in a new country, in a new league(perhaps the most physical in the world). Shows the level that some operate on intelligence -wise.
I like the talent that we have on paper but unsure that Emery is the guy to put that talent in the best position to succeed. “Disjointed” is the word that comes to mind.
Pedro: “I’ve seen some tasteless Arsenal fans comparing him to Gervinho. Utter drivel.”
That’d be TR7. And this one from DanishGooner: “Pepe a very expensive Kaba Diawara.”
Good Morbing Grovers, Good post Pedro. For me personally even though Guendouzi did have a good game it wasn’t great. He’s so slow especially when chasing a loose ball or long pass and looks like he’s running through quicksand. His running style is also frustrating with a very large bouncy stride and runs like a giraffe on a bouncy castle. There was a time in the 2nd half where a loose ball broke in the box and he had a head start on the Spurs defender to sprint to the ball and smash it in first time but got nowhere… Read more »
Having Xhaka as the captain this season was where it all went wrong. Now he’s basically undroppable.
A midfield with 3 of Willock, Özil, Ceballos, Guendouzi, and Torreira will be a formidable one. That’s what we need to try out this season.
I know this is bad but I wish Xhaka a 3 to 4 months injury during this international break. That’s the only way we can get rid of him for a while.
We were shit. Period. This is a 7+ score line against city or a warmed up Liverpool. What’s the point of even analysing Emery? The man can’t pick a team. He did the right thing going three up front…tick. Then he totally neutralises it by picking the midfield he did. Either start cabellos or dare I say it, Ozil but not that f-ing shambles. Sokratis gets a lot of love on here. Not sure why as he’s shit. A total lump. Lucky not to get sent off for his BS with Rose. Leno kept the score down but a better… Read more »
Benny
Mhiki is gone. Thank fuck
“Sky sources understand Henrik Mkhitaryan is travelling to Rome this morning to finalise loan move.”
Loan move though. Still going to be a problem in the coming summer. Wages out of the club is a big thing though.
It’s all so avoidable. Just don’t pick him. Emery has watched him make mistake after mistake for an entire year… he knows that he can’t stand up to pressure… he knows that he does dim things very consistently… so what does he do? He picks him against Spurs and gives him the captains armband in some sort of weird masochistic show of authority. after reading the above and not just then actually a few times since the spurs game I found myself thinking “we need to get that Center back sorted and start looking for that coach who is going… Read more »
Juventus are interested in Arsenal centre back Shokdran Mustafi, according to Sky in Germany.
The Serie A club are looking for a replacement after losing their captain Giorgio Chiellini to knee injury at the weekend.
Mustafi has yet to feature for Arsenal this season.
Juventus have also enquired about Dejan Lovren, Medhi Benatia and Jerome Boateng.
Huh? Are they on drugs?
Sokratis gets a lot of love on here. Not sure why as he’s shit. A total lump. Lucky not to get sent off for his BS with Rose.
some gems on here today but beginning to that that as well lol……………..lol kinda needs replacing …helping to close out a game by coming on in the 89th minute when we are 8-0 up maybe ????
Emery is the reason why Arsenal failed to win yesterday and he will be the reason in future matches. The earlier he goes the better for everyone.
Why is no one talking about our flat footed left back in Kolasinac? He’s so rubbish and can’t track back when he goes upfront. How about the centre back pairing? Why did Sokratis go for that header when Granit was contesting with Kane? He could easily have marked the resulting flick. And the kamikazee positioning of David Luiz for that goal was something else.
For Emery and his choice of midfield yesterday? I can’t deal
That game should be Xhaka’s last chance.
If Emery keeps playing him and he keeps costing us points, its on him. No need to make a rod for your own back, especially when we have better options.
With Mhiki off to Roma, WTF is Emery doing bringing him on for the last 25 mins to win the game!!!! He was waaaaaay off the pace, had 2-3 half chances, esp the Sanchez header that fell to him!!
Nelson, Willock or even Ozil would have done a better job.
Defo 2 points dropped yesterday.
GoH
Yes Pepe is 24 but dont compare him with Gervinho, he made an assist yesterday.
He didn’t have a preseason. So how do we expect him to hit the ground running.
Give the lad some time to blend.
Hopefully IF we get top 4 or 3, I hope Raul will call Uni in to his office thank him for his work and wish him well in his future endeavours. I believe Uni is not the man to take us farwd, he’s a mid table manager at best. I don’t know about you guys, but I can not see any definitive style to our play and he seems to nor know his best midfield. Now I find that kind of worrying, considering he’s been in the job over a year. I pray D’on Raul gets shot of him at… Read more »
Rather see Martinelli given game time than Mkhitaryan.
We had the players to beat spurs and least take the game to liveroool and make them sweat
We failed on both counts due to the tinker man fucking around and over complicating things in midfield with zero improvement defensively
I posted on the previous thread an observation about the vulnerability of our defence when we play both Maitland-Niles and Kolasinac in wing back positions. Both play effectively as wingers with little or no evidence that they know when to defend. Too often both are bombing upfield at same time or are in no man’s land leaving our two centre backs totally exposed on the flanks as was the case yesterday. I was at the game and it was obvious in the first half that Spurs had identified that weakness when they counterattacked. Indeed watching the rerun on BBC last… Read more »
Many seem to think that when holding is fit that he will come straight into the back 4 …think again . Enery will be reluctant to drop either Luiz or Sokratis as in his mind they are influential players ….the same as xhaka ( in his mind) Emery thought he could copy klopp and play 4-3-3 with advanced full backs, all he did was leave our centre backs exposed to the counter. Will the manager ever find a system and stick to it , probably not. Will the manager ever find his best 11 and stick to it..probably not. And… Read more »
Glad Mkhi is off, but makes it all the more strange why he was brought on yesterday and not, well quite frankly anyone else instead.
A lot of Emery’ decisions regarding the game yesterday were just bizarre.
I’m kind of opening my eyes re Emery. I liked him but you cannot consistently pick Xhaka as a starting player but to even make him the captain?! It shows he likes the player and that’s obscene. I’m glad that he and the club as a whole identified Mustafi, Mkhitaryan, Elneny, Jenkinson, Ospina as players not needed but Xhaka firmly belongs in that category. So do Ozil, Sokratis and Kolasinac. The sooner we get rid, the better. And as long as they are still in the club, we should be only using them in the cup games and not in… Read more »
There’s no synchronicity anywhere in our team outside of lacazette and Aubameyang
No partnerships, no understanding, no familiarity. It’s like they don’t work on anything in training
Like these guys don’t know each other
Yes there are 2 new faces in the starting lineup but the rest of the side play like they don’t know each other
It takes Ceballos to come on and add that know how.
the positive is I think Emery will bow to fan pressure and I am not even joking. We got rid of Mustaffi although we were massively helped by his high profile errors . but hey same goes for Xhaka … it is that obvious and we know Emery is not gonna try and defend that now . Not after the situation is explained to him but one of his English speaking friends …”your ass is fucked if you keep playing that dude ” and Emery will be like “ahh yes yes ,Xhaka we have spoken many times and he has… Read more »
14 months in and Emery still thinks Xhaka is a key starter for such fixtures and tops it up with giving him the captaincy.
Either he is utterly incompetent or he is giving Xhaka just enough rope to be hanged by the masses (i.e. me and Pedro)
My conclusion is Emery isn’t the man to take us up a level. And I do not want to see Xhaka starting ever again. I’d rather lose trying out Willock, Nelson and Saka than see another brain fart from our captain.
Pierre,
You’ve been advocating Mikki that he is still able to produce quality moments. Guess it’s what Emery hoped for. I mean I would have picked Mikki instead of Ozil and Nelson as well. But I don’t get to see how they play in training. So who knows if it was the right decision or not.
“Juventus are unlikely to be successful in their efforts to sign Arsenal centre back Shokdran Mustafi, Sky in Germany understands.
The Serie A club are keen to bring in a centre-back after their captain Giorgio Chiellini suffered a serious knee injury at the weekend.
Juventus had also enquired about Dejan Lovren, Medhi Benatia and Jerome Boateng, but a deal for Mustafi is unlikely to be completed before Serie A’s window closes at 9pm today.”
Oh lord…
Excellent Post Pedro.
Emery is clearly not the man to take Arsenal forward. I don’t understand how the man spends his days analysing the opposition with tonnes of videos and still adapts shite tactics. What exactly is he watching? My gut tells me he is a pornhub regular.
You dont get top 4 if you cant beat your closest rivals home.
Thanks for the memories Unai (If any) but its time to go.
Ughh 2 points dropped. Same old story.Defensive Errors gift opposition 2 goals. Strikers carry us again.Idk where to start. Maybe Emery choosing such a bland midfield or starting the game with a deep defensive line at home against a struggling Spurs team. Honestly i beleive Emery should have started positively. Started Ceballos or willock in place of torreiraor guendouzi. I know i know . Even i want xhaka to be benched or sold but emery was never gonna bench him. Midfield lacked creativity . Front 3 didnt have enough support and we started too deep. Spurs had too much tym… Read more »
Yeh, I really don’t get some posters writing Pepe off , I’ve never seen a ball stick to an arsenal boot like it does with him , it’s crazy , and when he finally shakes of the new team nerves and stuff he’s going to be exceptional Not too sure I agree that we’re nailed on for top 3 , I’d wait until we’ve played teams like Leicester and wolves away until we can say for some certainty that we’re nailed on for that lofty position. I still think we will get a beating away by one of those top… Read more »
Pierre One of the reasons that Xhaka has become a liability and his mistackle resulted in a penalty was that Maitland-Niles as is too often the case was ‘off station’. Son was left completely unmarked as was too often the case in first after when Spurs counter-attacked. We can blame always the Centre Backs and the Defensive Midfielders for their mistakes, but the reality is that when we play wing-backs and in particular both Maitland-Niles and Kolasinac we are left totally exposed. I have been critical in past about Guendouzi, because despite his work ethic there has been little end… Read more »
Supposedly mikki flew to Roma and juve after mustafi?????
If these deals happen arsenal have had a glorious window
Ozil and xhaka would be the only stench left! Incredible times
If Mkhitryan is leaving today for Roma it just shows what a useless manager we have by bringing him on instead of Nelson or Willock yesterday.
Actually he’s useless anyway.
There’s a comment on here slagging of Geundouzi, stating that he’s slow and that the commenter, dislikes his running style and hairstyle… For fucksake mate, you’re a moron and should not, under any circumstances, be allowed near a keyboard.
Yes, ES. Guendouzi has always been shit. He literally played his first good game yesterday… Do you actually believe yourself? This performance was in the making and most people could see him being very good this whole time.
I think Emery made a mistake with the midfield. I’d have been tempted to go Willock – Torreira – Ceballos personally. A bit more energy, a bit more running. Xhaka is clearly the weak link. My thinking is that Emery thought we were going to be under more of a siege and wanted more deep lying midfielders to try offer extra defence. If we can get Mkhitaryan out on loan, then good. I’d have preferred an outright sale, but on his wages it’s not going to happen. He’s 30, he’s under contract for another two years and he’s on £200k… Read more »
The Run of games after the break should provide enough game time for maritnelli ,saka and nelson to fight it out for Mykhi’s position. That is the impact sub for one of the strikers. Also i think john jules can get some time in CC or EL. Chambers and Holding will be starting the CC and EL games and pushing Sok and Luiz. Tierney and Bellerin can hopefully get some time towards the end of the month. Willock/ Ceballos will get games to displace Xhaka in the starting 11.Ozil will get time tl prove his worth. Lets hope that Emery… Read more »
Also wattup with all these loan deals?! They are soooo manyyyy. Now Icardi to PSG on loan is supposedly going to happen.
Anyone already writing off Pepe looks to look in the mirror, Arsenal fans can’t help themselves but embarass and be over reactionary to everything.
Also lets not forget about ESR who imo has the highest ceiling of all the academy player.s
After last 2 games seen enough – sack Emery immediately and the a risk on Freddie as caretaker manager. Emery is completely out of his depth
*take
The game yesterday was piss poor with no pattern and shambolic defending, a draw was about the right result just feels like we scored all 4 goals! Grant Hacker has had too many chances and must be dropped we also need our fullbacks back A.S.A.P and am getting really worried on our Greek colossus Papa (not)
Leftsidesanch: “Arsenal fans can’t help themselves but embarass and be over reactionary to everything.”
They are not many people who’ve done that tbf. 95% of the people are supporting Pepe and know we got a big player in our hands. The other 5% are either trolls or hipsters wanna be cool.
Reports saying Roma will be obliged to buy Mykhi if he makes 25 appearances. Don Raul.
“Grant Hacker”
This must be the best auto-correct I’ve seen in my life. LOL
“The Premier League club also remain open to letting defender Shkodran Mustafi go before Monday’s transfer deadline – but it looks unlikely the 27-year-old German will leave.”
A bummer…
“Grant Hacker”
This must be the best auto-correct I’ve seen in my life. LOL
That was from a spuds fan I work with this morning, very funny and spot on.
Rap,
You’d be amazed at what I was seeing on twitter yesterday after the game.
raptora I have never suggested that Guendouzi is “shit”. Indeed I am reluctant to describe any player in that way. However, I have not been impressed until yesterday with his performance level. It is all very well running around the pitch like a rabbit, but there needs also to be end product. Yesterday he delivered it for the first time. If he plays consistently in that fashion then I am a fan for his inclusion in starting lineup. What I do know is that Emery needs to make decisions on who is going to play regularly in first team with… Read more »
I have read all your comments above & I think you have all not taken into consideration that Emery has only been here for one year, no doubt he would LOVE to get rid of ll the players you mention above, but it takes time, you cannot get rid of over half our squad in ONE YEAR. All the new signings that have been coming in have all been good signings , considering we do not have CL & we do have financial restrictions. I feel sure that in another year, most of the players that you deem ‘Not good… Read more »
Raptora “You’ve been advocating Mikki that he is still able to produce quality moments. Guess it’s what Emery hoped for” Mkhitaryan is not a bad player, he is just another creative player misused by the manager Add him to the list of CAMs who look lost under Emery He tried Ramsey….it failed. He tried Ozil…it failed He tried Mhkitaryan….it failed And now he has Ceballos who has everything you need in a creative midfielder…. and he doesn’t play him probably because ,like all the other creative players he has , Emery doesn’t trust them . Personally, I believe he hasn’t… Read more »
We have a squad with enough quality to go for a top 4/3 finish but it is hard to be confident as there are still too many errors in this side and we have no solidarity defensively. I can only hope that it will tighten up once Bellerin, Tierney and Holding come into the fold. I keep saying that i wouldn’t be averse to playing Chambers and Holding as I don’t have much faith in Sok and Luiz (admittedly the latter wasn’t too bad yesterday). We dropped points yesterday due to silly errors, at least Leno made up for it… Read more »
Calamity Emery doesn’t have a clue, the man makes the worst player at the club captain of the team. Arsenal’s defensive disasters started in 2016 when Xhaka arrived at the club and they will only be sorted out when he goes. He adds nothing at all to the team that a whole lot of other players couldn’t do better. His continued selection by the manager exposes the weaknesses of how the club is run..Low expectations No ambition
Surprisingly good article about the Xhaka situation from Metro on the morning yesterday before the match. Metro usually just copy other media but this is from one of their own writers. The positives to take from the article: Xhaka hasn’t been made permanent captain. The article highlights the mess of Emery’s five captain’s with Xhaka the last man standing out of all of them and despite this not been given permanent captain. Set-pieces have been taken away from Xhaka this season which may indicate that Emery is lessening Xhaka’s role in the team gradually. Emery is surrounding Xhaka with midfielders… Read more »
I’ve never been a fan of Luis and I was really concerned when he was brought in! It screamed of a panic buy to me!! Very Kim Kallstrom! Since he’s joined he’s been terrible! He doesn’t need to adapt to the league or the city so that’s not an excuse. I’ve always felt he conned a career!! So often erratic and crazy than dependable and decent!! Sok was terrible too and his fighting was embarrassing!! Our defence has been awful for far too long now! That should have been the priority not getting in another winger!! Emery renewed hope but… Read more »
“My gut tells me he is a pornhub regular” what kind of thinking is that ….you don’t have to be brain dead to be a pornhub regular
“….you don’t have to be brain dead to be a pornhub regular”
No, exactly you just have to be married 😀
All those people who were saying Poch was Shit and Emery is the best thing which has happened. your best thing couldn;t even beat shitty Poch at home. Xhakha should never have been in the squad. Instead Mr Best Thing makes him the captain. why was Ceballos not started. We are heading into an international break. What was Emery trying to do by not playing him. Its not as if we are going to have a mid week game. He is the best mid fielder we have. Then comes Mikhi. Pick anyone from our academy and they would do a… Read more »
Arsenal took the game to Spurs from virtually the first whistle so I don’t see this massive problem with the midfield of course with the exception of Xhaka. Spurs had their best CB partnership back which steadied them defensively and they took out their defensive calamity Sanchez out of the firing line by taking him away from central and shunting hi out wide. It’s unrelistic to think that the team are going to over-run Spurs and create chance after chance but even so Arsenal were on top for long periods of the match and did create more than enough chances.… Read more »
On that subject Ishola, who would you pick as captain? I’ve been thinking about it and it’s quite a difficult decision. Torreira I guess when he’s playing.
What a joke the five captain were eh.
Of the five only Xhaka left around in the first team.
Three have left the club and the other is a whatever member of the group.
Xhaka has got the captaincy by default.
“Mkhitaryan is not a bad player, he is just another creative player misused by the manager”
You are absolutely right. Its Emery’s fault. . Emery should have known that his 140K per week player cant hold a f8king ball.
The problem we have in midfield at the moment is the roles that the players are expected to play.
Both Xhaka and Torreira are supposed to be specialist “defensive midfielders”.
Guendouzi, Ceballos and Willock are supposed to be specialist “central midfielders”.
Ozil, Mkhitaryan and Smith-Rowe are supposed to be specialist “attacking midfielders”
In an ideal world if you are playing a balanced team you need a combination of
the three.
The problem, which was highlighted in first half yesterday is that there was
very little balance and it was unclear what was actually the role of the three
midfielders selected.
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On that subject Ishola, who would you pick as captain? I’ve been thinking about it and it’s quite a difficult decision. Torreira I guess when he’s playing.”
I would go for some one Like Papa. His passion will be contagious.
So we’ve gotten rid of Jenko, Kos, Nacho, Elneny, Mkhi for less than £10m, and a couple of them might have to return when their loans finish. Mustafi, Ozil and Xhaka still here and we can’t give them away.
The theory that Wenger left loads of value in the squad has been well and truly debunked. It’s been awfully quiet here since we sold Iwobi.
I’d go for Lacazette as captain N5.
He seems very much liked at the club and most times he shows good attitude.
Guendouzi of course is earmarked as future captain.
I hope the loans for Elneny and Mikki are with an option to buy. Some places have reported they are and some haven’t so it’s unclear.
Ishola
“Set-pieces have been taken away from Xhaka this season which may indicate that Emery is lessening Xhaka’s role in the team gradually.”
You could be right, Ozil was always our go to player at set pieces until Emery arrived.
I may be wrong but I’m sure we used to score more goals from set pieces with Ozil being able to pick players out in the box.
Good call with Laca Ishola, he is our French Ian Wright. I know Arsenal have always been reluctant to have someone lead from the front though.
Ashwin, I imagine if he were to pick Pepe as captain the internal politics would be an issue. Players getting their noses out of joint after being here longer etc.
Guendouzi as Ishola says is likely future captain.
Leftside, I asked yesterday if Elneny’s was with an option to buy and I was told it has but the price asked is unreasonable so is a non starter!! Disappointing if true because he’s a average player if being nice!!
Jimmy BSeptember 2, 2019 10:26:05
There’s a comment on here slagging of Geundouzi, stating that he’s slow and that the commenter, dislikes his running style and hairstyle… For fucksake mate, you’re a moron and should not, under any circumstances, be allowed near a keyboard.
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Why don’t you name the commenter and quote the comment fucknuts?
I criticised his running style and pace of a fucking snail because it’s a fact, what of it? I didn’t criticise his hairstyle though because what’s that got to do with anything?
If anyone’s the moron it’s you.
I’d be happy to give Ozil away like the rest of them.
Although literally no one wants him.
When Wenger played Chamberlain against Liverpool ,2 days before Chamberlain left for Liverpool, we all slated wenger , and rightly so.
So why the fuck would Emery pick mikhi knowing we’re trying to get rid of him? Fucking madness. Last season I stuck up for Emery, yet it’s obvious now after only 4 games played that Emery is truly clueless. I’d get rid of him now, why bother fucking about waiting till the end of the season. Emery out now
If mikki and mustafi are out that will really put a positive on our weekend after the dropped 2 points
As well can you imagine being ozil right now if mikki and mustafi goes
He’ll be looking around the dressing room for fellow wasters and he’s gonna see absolutely no one who isn’t giving their best and sitting out a fat contract.
Xhaka is still there and sucks but tries at least
Alright TYAG mate, how are ya!! Did you hear Liams dad’s been banged up for 18+ years for being a nonce!! Gobsmacked mate!!
I’m not normally a fan of a goalie-as-a-captain, but I think in our case Leno makes the most sense. He’s unlikely to be dropped, whereas any of the other senior players like Lacazette, Xhaka or Sokratis could be dropped. Obviously you can drop your captain, but it’s never a good look and you still then need to pick a backup anyway.
N5
I was going for Papa – “Sokratis Papastathopoulos”.
I like Laca as well. the guy plays his heart out. never seen him relaxing or complaining. but he is not as vocal as Papa. some who can kick Xhaka and Mikhi on their balls if they make a mistake.
“He’ll be looking around the dressing room for fellow wasters and he’s gonna see absolutely no one who isn’t giving their best and sitting out a fat contract. ”
That in it’s self may be enough to get the bug eyed chameleon looking fucker to work harder and not just against the shit clubs but in tough games that matter also. Lazy bastard 😀
Sorry Ashwin I misread it as Pepe! God I need to slow down and actually read comments properly. Sorry mate.
A year back ozil must have felt so safe and assured
Where will he hide now? Who are his allies if his fellow losers go?
That arsenal bench is gonna become a very lonely place if he doesn’t either make some effort or fuck off
I don’t think Papa is a good enough player to be captain.
And if he was vocal without the danger of being sent off always hovering over him then fair enough but like Xhaka he seems to be on the edge all the time of getting in trouble with the officials.
Pierre Ozil was ripped of his set-piece duties because his set pieces were not really that good. They were flighted and not fast whipped deliveries. Though they were very accurate and he did pick up some assists through his set pieces. Honestly Pepe, torreira and xhaka are better at set pieces and should be taking them regularly. And with Emery easing out Xhaka from the set piece duties and not making him permanent captain it might be possible Emery might try to ease him out of the starting 11.Hopefully. Also id like Bellerin , Holding and Lacazette to fill the… Read more »
Leno for captain isn’t the worst idea and we do lack genuine options unless we’re gonna go really wildcard like we did when we gave it to cesc
N5 I agree, but you hope that Elneny pulls up trees over there in Turkey to persuade them to part with the cash. That being said, I genuinely don’t think he’s much worse than Mr Granite who is now a staple in this side.
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We still have some losers on the bench. It will be some time till we get rid of all the fat bast*ards who add nothing to the team.
“I genuinely don’t think he’s much worse than Mr Granite who is now a staple in this side.”
Jesus, from Viera, Pires, Petit, Fabregas, Gilberto to Elneny & Xhaka!!
There are no words for how this feels!!
Big lol at Fifa nominating Kane for The Best award but not someone like Sterling or Bernardo Silva.
Stats for last season (EPL + UCL):
Kane – 37 games, 22 goals (4 penalty goals), 5 assists;
Sterling – 44 games, 22 goals, 12 assists from a winger position.
Kane’s previous season was nothing special and he surely was far from being super influential for the spuds. Their hero last season was Lucas Moura because he scored when they needed to.
“And if he was vocal without the danger of being sent off always hovering over him then fair enough but like Xhaka he seems to be on the edge all the time of getting in trouble with the officials”
Agreed. He is a constant threat of being sent out. But he is going to be threat anyways. Give him the captain band and atleast we can be sure that there will be no Park walkers in the team.
Raptora, FIFA is an old boys clubs of lunatics and sycophants. No way should Kane be in the same sentence as Sterling, let alone winning the award ahead of him!!
When we discuss “captaincy” of a team you are considering leadership, playing performance and above all regularity of selection in the team. The problem at Arsenal is that very few of the players are guaranteed currently a place in the team let alone meet the other criteria. Personally if and when he is match fit I would pick Bellerin as captain. He is now the player who has been the longest at the club, he is a good player and would be expected to be selected in starting lineup when fit and I think that he is also one of… Read more »