Unai Emery is like one of those rich billionaire folk that falls off a boat in a hooker accident. The family are waiting for the major payouts only to find out the whole wealth game is a fucking charade.
Arsenal sit 19th in the league for pressing, almost twice as ineffective as the leaders (Leicester I think).
Data via @UtdArena
Data:
- 8.30 – Manchester United (3rd)
- 8.38 – Liverpool (4th)
- 8.72 – Manchester City (5th)
- 10.20 – Tottenham (9th)
- 10.39 – Chelsea (10th)
- 14.71 – Arsenal (19th)
That is some stat. But what does it mean? It’s hard to know, because really, what does Emery mean in general? Who is he? What does he stand for?
Some rumours are doing the rounds that the players say he doesn’t coach the press in training. Why would you take that approach in the Premier League? I thought he was a drill sergeant?
Could be worse though, he could be asking the players to press, but they’re not listening.
Whatever the deal, we’re absolutely awful without the ball moving forward and when we defend. Our transitions from deep, which you’d imagine he is coaching, are horrible, the players don’t know where to stand to create passing channels.
Sky Sports also ran a horrific set of numbers.
That is since Emery took over. Rumours are that the internal numbers the club has are even more depressing.
Fans went from, ‘give him time, it’ll come round’, to, ‘FUCK PULL THE RIPCORD WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.’
Truth is, we’re somewhere in the middle. We might not die, but it’s looking increasingly likely we’re going to sprain an ankle out here if he doesn’t stop the rot soon.
Thing is, none of this is new. It’s been happening since our 22 game unbeaten run when we ignored our eyes because, you know, victories do that to a man/woman/child. I think it’s fair to say that we all wanted to believe as well. We used to do it under Wenger, we’d win ugly 9 times in a row and convince us that the shitty underlying performances were ‘exactly what we’ve been missing’, then the correction would land.
There is a familiar tipping point for nearly all Arsenal fans: Xhaka.
As Aash said on the podcast, the saddest indictment of the weekend was listening to OUR CAPTAIN tell the press that Arsenal were scared. That is an abomination. You can’t read that in a postive light. There are serious issues on the pitch, but even bigger ones off it if that’s an acceptable line to roll out to 100m people. Unai Emery told us last season he wouldn’t let players behave like cowards… a year on, it’s looking like that’s par the course when the going gets tough.
Auba was caught leaving a club at 3am looking very dazed.
I don’t blame him.
His goals should have us top of the league. If our pragmatic manager was good enough to, you know, park a bus properly, we could feed off his elite finishing all the way to fourth. But things are so bad, we can’t even stop the flow of shots with 3 holding midfielders in the team.
I repeat: We can’t park a bus.
The odds on Emery leaving before Christmas are increasing. I was told it was unlikely, but I can’t see Arsenal sitting on their hands if things don’t improve drastically.
It’s interesting to strategise what the club does. I think Freddie would be tempting based on what Chelsea have done, but please, look at what Chelsea have done. I don’t think you can let Freddie pick up December misery. That’d be like throwing on a kid to chase a game in which you are being beasted. Lots of fans talking about Jose, I’ve flirted, but I have my sensible hat back on and it’d be a disaster. He’s toxic, he’d make it all about him, and I don’t think players care for him anymore. He’s mean and he’s been a disgrace to Arsenal over the years. I think the smarted move would be Allegri. An elite Sam Allardyce. Strengthen the defensive structure of the team and create a system that can feed our finishers. The saucy Italian is out of a job, it’d make a lot of sense. Let me know what you’d do should the best worst happen.
We have Frankfurt away from home on Thursday. The season isn’t over. We can use that competition to inject a bit of form into the legs. Well, not with the first team, that should be a reserves exhibition. Still, any victory would be an exciting one for me at the moment.
A performance is needed, I’ll talk more about what that looks like tomorrow.
See you in the comments. x
Again Marko can’t agree with the downplaying of the press.
It is important I was thinking more specifically about the Watford game. For me we lost it on individual mistakes and a group of midfielders scared shitless to look for or demand the ball. Zero influence from apparently good passers and good in possession footballers.
The fact that Danny Welbeck called Emery a talented coach means Wenger was doing a Total Fuck All in his time there. Even i thought that it was a tongue in cheek comment. Can’t believe that people are still absolving Emery by blaming the players entirely.
In the History of football, so it was always the players fault for not implementing the Manager’s style or making individual errors. Is it come to this now ?
S asoa
“Agree with Marko. The neurotic setup is ALL DOWN TO EMERY.”
You are agreeing with me not Marko..it was me who said “ It wasnt individual errors that allowed Watford to have 30+ attempts at goal …it was the set up of the team. “
Asoa,
You agree with Marko?
The neurotic setup is ALL DOWN TO EMERY.
That is exactly the opposite of what Marko is saying. In his mind It is down to the players.
We’re 19th in the league for it mate, not middle of the road because one or two aren’t doing the business and knackering us. efficiency.
It’s not one or two it’s far more than that. It’s a forward line that doe it sporadically. It’s a midfield in which some don’t know how to and it’s two full backs who don’t know the basics. Not to mention two cb’s who are slow and cautious to any sort of press.
Paulinho Everything you’ve just rattled off is coaching based. And you’ve no clue whether being deep is actually an instruction from Emery or not. “Arsenal are actually allowing opposition sides to complete slightly more passes on average (9.61) before making a defensive action than they did last season (8.96). When looking at their defensive distance, it has continued to largely fluctuate, and Arsenal are in fact doing their defending from slightly deeper positions than last year.” That’s a quote from a statsbomb article (no idea their pedigree) after last season, and they seem to highlight since Emery has come in… Read more »
https://www.sofoot.com/jose-mourinho-est-le-coach-le-plus-depensier-de-l-histoire-en-transferts-474182.html
lol Wenger was not THAT bad after all!!
Pierre
“It was obvious to me that xhaka had been told not to tackle v Watford and stay on his feet after being so heavily criticised for making so many fouls v Tottenham.”
So that’s a problem in itself isn’t it.
How far are you going to get as a team with a central midfielder that is instructed as you imply not to tackle because of the fear of the consequences of it.
Doesn’t sound like a recipe for real success does it.
It was obvious to me that xhaka had been told not to tackle v Watford and stay on his feet after being so heavily criticised for making so many fouls v Tottenham.
Was he also told not to have an influence on the passing side of things and to get caught out of position? It’s incredible really he can’t be blamed for anything he’s a puppet on a string under strict orders to do stupid things every single game
Marko
You live in an echo chamber mate, completely numb to the realities of coaching. I don’t expect you to grasp what’s being said given your views on the matter.
But you really ought to avoid offering up a bogus idea of what others are saying as your rebuttal, it’s your go to.
Leno had this to say
“ The distances between all parts of the team were too big so they had so much space, especially in the second half. It was too easy for them and they could go around our box. I don’t know why it was like that but everybody could see that we have to talk about this.
In the first half it was better but not perfect. I think we have to be honest and analyse this game. We were lucky we didn’t lose. “
Tinkerman Emery is on his merry roller coaster ride of confounded confusion
Ishola
I’m not a defender of xhaka, I’m just saying it as I saw it..
I may be wrong but I doubt if he made more than 2 tackles ( if that) in the game.
“That suggests it’s not a player issue, it says they’re being coached to take up those positions.” Yet when Bellerin was fit last season, and Holding etc, I would hazard a guess we weren’t the team conceding the most shots in Europe You’re going to extremes. Will we still concede goals and be open when Bellers and Co come back? Yes, Emery plays an open game, but we those improvements will mean we pick up those loose balls and be the ones attacking rather than defending a million Deulofeu shots. I mean, we saw all this at the start of… Read more »
“I’m not a defender of xhaka”
Correct, you’re a defender of Ozil.
But you really ought to avoid offering up a bogus idea of what others are saying as your rebuttal, it’s your go to.
So you’re not saying that Allegri would come in and improve us? What am I offering up that’s bogus?
*those improvements not we those
Who’s idea/instruction is the playing out from the GK to the defender then? is that player based or Coach? I ask because out of 5 GK/Defender 3 put us immediately under pressure, 1 gave away a goal and the other Luiz punted up field much like the keeper should be doing. Kick offs, throw ins, goal kicks are the most basic of areas so to keep repeatedly acting in this incredibly dangerous way even after we lost a goal to it is on the manager. Then not to react and change tacts is on the manager. Even Lee Dixon said… Read more »
@Pedro,
Best scenario would be to give Emery 3 games to display a solid gameplan of the season and team going forward(and this would be result and team-selection oriented).
I’d drop Xhaka to the U23s, play David Luiz in DM with Torreira for tough away games, with home games oscillating between Luiz/Torreira as DM and tow Ams (Ceballos & Ozil)
Yep Valentin
Just read the first part of statement of facts by Marko and agreed to that observation.
But you are right Marko seems to have the tact to read Inversely Proportional Observations. Something like the apple shot out off Newtons head. He will argue it ricocheted, of course, and he would be right.
😁😂
*Two AMs.
Also play Papa with Chambers as we slowly wean Holding back to the fold. ‘d rather a more pragmatic and agile long term CB pairing of Holding and Chambers for the season, with future competition from Salibi than see Mustafi or Luiz at the back.
Xhaka made 4 out of 5 tackles against Watford which was 1 behind the most made by any player on the pitch (Capoue) and twice as many as the next Arsenal player (Sokratis). According to who scored.
Willock, Torreira, Ceballos made 0 tackles between them. Guendouzi made 1.
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1375986/Live/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Watford-Arsenal
Stroller, Of those 8 goals conceded, how many are due to fullback bad positioning. Maybe one or two. In fact most have been due to mistakes made by our CBs or by our midfield players. Against Burnley, Ceballos lost the ball in a dangerous area, Guendouzi tries to intercept the ball but unluckily for him it reaches the Attacker and he is on the wrong side. You could say that Kolasinac is to high and should be tucked in but clearly that is not what Emery wants from his fullback. The initial mistake was due to the interchange of position… Read more »
N5 – Is Guardiola a bad coach then, because City were doing it and made a similar mess of it on Saturday. Spurs did it against us in the London Derby.
Difference is Otamendi receiving the ball on Sat instead of Laporte.
It’s a tactic that seems to test the capabilities of defenders to their max.
and we’d better be thinking of selling Kola, AMN along with Mustafi, Ozil and the returning Mkhi.
BUT all in all #ALLEGRI_IN
You can press with ill-suited players but it won’t be effective for a sustained period and it will just make a team more open. Hence my point earlier about asking Ozil and Ramsey to press and getting two different outputs.
Riiiight
So lacazette, Pepe, Aubameyang, Ceballos, Torreira, Guendouzi, AMN, kolasinac.
All slow and unsuited to the press? There’s no way you can get this team pressing?
It’s daft to try and convince others that the sky is green. You’re doubling down whilst being fully aware the point you’re making is not correct.
I meant Liverpool first goal is pure bad man marking. Nothing to do with luck. In fact the only luck was that they scored otherwise it would have been a penalty conceded by Sokratis.
Don – I’m giving you benefit of the doubt by assuming your trolling. No one that can be that stupid.
If you think Ceballos, Guendouzi are up to pressing aggressively in away games then there is no point.
I’ve just made the point AMN is too stupid to know when to press, so again, make a better point.
“Yet when Bellerin was fit last season, and Holding etc, I would hazard a guess we weren’t the team conceding the most shots in Europe“ We shouldn’t be near that stat at any stage of any season bar opening day if we’ve had an absolute mare. Look at the stats in Pedro’s post, we’ve conceded the 4th most shots since his arrival. Explain that one away outside of horrible tactics and utter disregard for defensive discipline? Marko Of course I argue Allegri improves us, but not in the manner you’re claiming. In a structural and collective sense, which is in… Read more »
” aren’t we blessed to have a such an adaptable and ‘talented coach”. WTF! That was our problem! Emery is proud of his chameleon qualities. Since the end of last season and continue into the new season, he still keeps changing formations. The result is, as Alan Smith in his Friday Evening Standard column suggested the players don’t understand what Emery wants of them. The players are confused. The fans are confused also. I really like Pool’s 4 3 3 formation. Once the team loses the ball, the three midfielders defend in a compact formation. They are close to each… Read more »
You could say that Kolasinac is to high and should be tucked in but clearly that is not what Emery wants from his fullback.
Emery’s fault Kolasinac is poor positionally despite evidence of this since he’s joined.
Difference is Otamendi receiving the ball on Sat instead of Laporte.It’s a tactic that seems to test the capabilities of defenders to their max.
And yet tonight and on Sunday they’ll still play out from the back no matter what.
Charlie – You’re obsessed with defence, and never look at the bigger picture.
The only stat that matters is scoring more than the opposition.
Middlesbrough were good defensively and were ‘organised’ in their season in the Premier League. Still got relegated because they couldn’t score goals.
For the hundredth time, Emery is not a defensive coach. I keep saying it and you keep isolating defensive stats oblivious to that it seems.
Pedro It doesn’t take statistical analysis to understand where Arsenal are failing miserably. On my shiteometer, which I like to carry with me at all times, Arsenal’s frailties always register highly on the shite readings, but, in the case of their abilities to play out from the back, it has, for some reason, gone off the scale. I now agree with you, “The odds on Emery leaving before Christmas are increasing”. Infact, based on what we all now see and feel, the chances of him leaving before the Brexit deadline are also on the up. Please let it happen soon.… Read more »
Of course I argue Allegri improves us, but not in the manner you’re claiming. In a structural and collective sense
Right. Structural and collective but what about the individual? Cause in that scenario you’ve still got braindead players making errors. There’s a reason why a certain of these players are never targeted and will never play for the truly best sides in Europe. They tend to avoid these types of players.
Paulinho. The big difference is Pep seems to learn from his mistakes.
Over last season and this we’ve had more shots against us than any other club in (I don’t want to exaggerate) the universe.
Something is going terribly wrong somewhere. Surely Emery has to be comparable at least in part no?.
“Rumours are that the internal numbers the club has are even more depressing.”
What does this even mean????
On a more serious note; that pressing stat Pedro was talking about, what is measured there?
For the hundredth time, Emery is not a defensive coach. I keep saying it and you keep isolating defensive stats oblivious to that it seems. This is where he’s failing miserably for me. I’m sympathetic to what’s happening defensively given the players involved and how I do think that most if not all managers in Europe would struggle with certain players in there but we should be scoring more and playing better offensively. He’s stuck with trying to fix the roof before it collapses when I think he’s better just hurling bowling balls in the air and going for it… Read more »
Paulinho Obsessed with defence? We’ve been poor defensively going on a decade and this is just another hiding spot you think you’ve got with Emery by claiming he’s not a defensive coach. It isn’t the reasonable line you think it is, we’re among the 6 biggest sides in the league, have a squad of players capable of being among the top 4 clubs in the country, yet we’ve been the 4th WORST at conceding shots on our goal since Emery turned up…..but, but, but Emery isn’t a defensive coach? Seriously? He isn’t a competent coach is what you mean, you’re… Read more »
Can we just hurry up and write josh K another letter , titled “we can see how shit emery is , can you ?”
N5 – Did he learn from them, or just buy better players) Laporte) and continue? If he had learned he would’ve known that Otamendi and Stones are a disaster waiting to happen, and told them to hit it long on Saturday. I think things will improve back to some sort of normality once we get players. Sunday was horrific though. Not sure why Leno has stopped clipping the ball to the midfielders though, especially after supposedly being good at it. I find the tactic bizarre in general. Like an exercise in self-indulgence for the most part, although Norwich did show… Read more »
* we get players back.
Paulinho
A bit naive don’t you think?
We have the offensive weapons but we are heaping the crap on them by not sorting out our fudging awful defence.
My son is working towards his level 3 coaching badge and could sort out Arsenals defensive problems. If, as you highlight, Emery is not a defensive coach(and we all know Wenger wasn’t) then why the fudge did we hire him?
Oh yeh, that’s right, it’s all down to Ivan Gazidis.
Silly me.
Paulinho, do you not rate Pep?
Edu
You forgot #!!
Marko
You’re in complete denial about coaching, how any grown man can be so oblivious to such a basic thing is honestly beggars belief.
Still waiting for your idea of what a manager does at a club. Go on, what’s Emery getting paid 6 mil a year for?
Charlie – Okay, so Emery isn’t competent. You drop the there is no ‘black and white’ routine when it comes to Emery, not when it’s one of your favourites.
If what Paulinho is saying is correct and to be fair he does make a lot of sense a lot of the time and Emery isn’t a defence coach, who does this fall too? who is our current defensive coach is it still Bould? If it is, then of course our defence is still a shambles, he couldn’t do it under Wenger so what was going to change.
Ultimately the buck stops at Emery’s feet so he needs to get quality coaching in, if he himself can’t do it.
If I was Auba, Lacazette and Pepe, I would be knocking on Emery’s door demanding what the fudge is going on.
Moral must be so low.
N5 – Overall, yep, but that wasn’t the argument I was making. People are using the playing out from the back routine to illustrate how poor Emery is when the supposed best coach in the world is doing it.
“You drop the there is no ‘black and white’ routine when it comes to Emery, not when it’s one of your favourites.“
Except that’s complete nonsense and Emery was judged with all things being considered. Trouble is he’s not delivered progression, hasn’t course corrected, and is making errors on top of errors so the only reasonable suggestion is his lack of competency.
But here you are feverishly explaining away all his accountability because of the players, so do you really have a leg to stand on about anything being “black and white”?
Charlie – Is Emery a competent coach or not?
Ffs, I’ve gone from sitting on the fence to putting Emery in front of a firing squad.
“Except that’s complete nonsense and Emery was judged with all things being considered. ”
That’s good one. You have to be constantly reminded three of our players went down with season-ending injuries early last year, but yeah, “all things considered”.
“But here you are feverishly explaining away all his accountability”
We not bottom of the table BTW. We are level with Man United, Chelsea, Leicester.
“That’s good one. You have to be constantly reminded three of our players went down with season-ending injuries early last year, but yeah, “all things considered”.“ Is that why we conceded 9 goals in 3 games to mid table sides, and failed to beat bottom placed Brighton at home? All in the last 6 matches of the season. Is that also why we played well first half of a EL final and got our arsehole shoved in second half? Did it just dawn on us during the halftime team talk that Bellerin and Holding were out for the season? You… Read more »
You’re in complete denial about coaching, how any grown man can be so oblivious to such a basic thing is honestly beggars belief.
That’s not the argument you think it is. It’s fine if you think a different manager will see improvements and a difference in certain players but I don’t. Why do I think that? Because certain players are beyond improving and certain players are on their third or fourth good manager and still making the same mistakes.
You keep asking me what a manager does I suggest a Google.
“We not bottom of the table BTW. We are level with Man United, Chelsea, Leicester.“
And? We missed out on CL football last season by a point, 3rd place by two points.
We just threw a 2-goal lead away to the bottom placed side in the league and it’s cost us 2 points already. If we miss out on CL football I’ll be sure and remind you that after 5 games we were level with United and Leicester though, that should comfort all.
Nelson
“We have a confused team. Like deserted soldiers in a battle field, no wonder the players are afraid.”
Do you mean something like this
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DvH3-Gt7mgyM&ved=2ahUKEwjTnI7UrdrkAhWpRhUIHeFpCTMQwqsBMAB6BAgEEAU&usg=AOvVaw2pLCSe979miLYQUrZtI1PQ
“Or will any faltering reintroductions be blanketed under ideas like ‘they’ve been out a long time”
As I said agenda trumps common sense/reality.
Bellerin/Holding have been out for best part of a year, but no biggie supposedly.
“You keep asking me what a manager does I suggest a Google.“
I keep asking what YOU think a manager does, google is good, but it doesn’t tell me what other peoples views are.
So go on, what’s Emery getting the full 6 mil for according to the book of Marko?
Paulinho
As suspected, that’s your next get out of jail card for if/when they falter in this mess of a system.
I’m well aware of the rehabilitation thanks very much, just knew fine well you’d be sat with that one pocketed so it falls your side of the fence.
Let me guess? If Holding has a stormer then that vindicates your idea its players and not Emery, but if he becomes another jester in the mix it’s because of his injury. The classic win-win scenario, love to see it.
So go on, what’s Emery getting the full 6 mil for according to the book of Marko?
To steady the ship in a post Wenger Arsenal and champions league football before we either keep him for another year or let him go. They clearly gone for the short term appointment with the intent of getting back to the Champions League. Funny thing is despite his obvious limitations he could still end up being a success if we get champions league football this season.
Charlie – Holding was from perfect before his injury, so no, I’m not expecting or predicating our results on playing like Maldini.
I’m not the one with an agenda.
Hopefully if Bellerin gets re-injured,or Holding comes out in the media and says he is still feeling the knee, you won’t pretend it never happened.
Urgh, *far from perfect.
I think the Unai “unlikely to leave” scenario will progress game by game. A defeat will lead into mini crisis after mini crisis . A run of defeats full fledged crisis.
Unai has no Well of goodwill from the fanbase or at least it will dissipate very quickly.
I was so anti Wenger it was untrue, but I always felt the players had strong loyalty to him. I think Unai’s communication problems and shortness of reign will cause far easier splits in the team. I’m beginning to think it’s only a matter of time
Baldrick is Torreira(tiny)
Blackadder is xhaka( the joker)
Darling is Ozil (who else)
And the other is Guendouzi
Being sent out like lambs to the slaughter.
Let me guess? If Holding has a stormer then that vindicates your idea its players and not Emery, but if he becomes another jester in the mix it’s because of his injury. The classic win-win scenario, love to see it. Question what happens if say for example Allegri comes in tomorrow and in January we say I dunno bring in Rugani or Izzo or Romagnoli and I dunno some highly rated midfielder and it sees or completely reduces the game time of the likes of Sokratis and Xhaka and one or two others and say in this scenario there’s an… Read more »
Paulinho Some agenda I have, lambasting the manager for our garbage defensive stability? Both players have had an extensive rehabilitation, I’m not their surgeon but if they’ve been given the thumbs up and have put in the work then there’s very little issues concerning their injury outside of competitive ring-rust. What will be interesting is after a period of reintroduction will your tune change if they too start making errors and delivering shit performances like the much maligned names getting scapegoated at present? – Marko Nice cop out. So if you were explaining the role of the manager to someone… Read more »
Charlie – Mate,if they come back, play well, and we lose, I will be completely unbiased, objective, and blame it all on Xhaka.
Nice cop out. So if you were explaining the role of the manager to someone totally unfamiliar with football they should be illuminated by the idea he’s there to “steady the ship”?
I didn’t realize I was communicating with someone totally unfamiliar with football. My mistake I apologise would you like me to go into more detail the job of a manager? I suggest a Google to get you started.
Don’t blame the players? I’ll agree they may well have been confused by Emery. He may have told them not to aggressively press but I guarantee he didn’t tell them to back off and allow Watford to walk the ball into the pa, or run away from the ball. That lot that wore an Arsenal shirt on Sunday in the second half, with the exception of Ceballos and Leno, should be thoroughly ashamed of the way they played. Any pub team would have shown more fight than that shower. Then I hear they were treated to a night out. The… Read more »
Marko Oh my ribs…….that was a doozie… Or maybe you could put your cards on the table and actually provide a detailed breakdown of Unai Emery’s role as you see it. Hiding behind throwaway nonsense like “steady the ship” is a clear sign you’re unwilling to divulge exactly what you consider a manager accountable for. My guess being that if you did in fact do that one of two things would occur: 1. You’d be shown up for not having a scooby what the manager is actually tasked with at the club. 2. You’d inadvertently make the case most posters… Read more »
Ok, my comment has been deleted again. Deary me
Or maybe you could put your cards on the table and actually provide a detailed breakdown of Unai Emery’s role as you see it. What’s the point you’ll completely dismiss it or have a smart answer all the while likely moving the goal posts. He was a short term hire with the likely objective of getting into the Champions League. How do I know this? Because he was given what is effectively a two year contract. That to me suggests “steady the ship” don’t slip further behind and champions league qualification clearly given last summer. I could go into how… Read more »
Bojangles if it appeared and then went it was deleted, if it didn’t even show, it contained a band word I’m afraid mate.
N5
Can you please inform me which words are banned? I’ve seen every word in a normal person’s vocab on here in the short time I have been posting.
Emery doesnt have a plan B. I dont think he has a Plan A as well. He makes his players play the only way he has known since he started to walk.
After Wenger we should have gone big and got a manager who was technical and has won stuff.
If you felt miserable under Wenger, Emery is worse
I know Emery is a cocksucker isn’t banned. Wenger is a useless cunt. Not banned. Oat milk as well
“We not bottom of the table BTW. We are level with Man United, Chelsea, Leicester.”
Yup. We consider two of those teams as shit.
So guess what, we are in a shitty league.
In the interview to select the next manager, the first question should be, whether he will play Xhaka or not. if he says yes, then ask him to leave immediately.
Any sane manager would never play Xhaka after knowing how much of an error prone player he is.
Marko Again, you’re talking macro because you don’t want to offer up the micro. Everyone knows CL qualification is the goal, everyone knows a transition from Wenger was a goal, but that isn’t what anyone is talking about when dissecting a performance at Watford and fine you know it. I’ve asked, about 6 times now, what the role of a manager is to you. None of the above is an answer, because there’s absolutely no detail considered and you’re robotically naming whole season objectives. What does Unai Emery do at Arsenal everyday? What does he oversee as part of his… Read more »
N5
I have had comments deleted and they didn’t contain any dodgy words.
Ironically Bo, trying to post some of the banned words made the post not show. I even tried to mask them by adding full stops halfway through the word.
A lot of them are just names of ex-users.
LT did the comment show first? if it did then Pedro deleted it or did you post it and the message didn’t show (you can normally tell it hasn’t because rather that it load your comment, after you click post comment it just shows you the title of the post).
Like I just said to Bo, some of them are just names like Nei..l but without the ..s
neil
Is Joe still a banned word? Lol
OK Neil now does work, but other names don’t 😀
Guess not…
Come back Delia, you know you want to
Gr@pe was because it the word without the G.
N5
They posted then disappeared. It was my view(s) that were the problem.
If Joe is now posting that means Pedro has unbanned him. The Fireman could be back soon 😀
LT, I am surprised about that. Pedro was always very good at leaving us to moderate ourselves and only stood in if it contained offence. If your opinions are getting deleted and they are not offensive then sadly it might end up going the way it used to with Geoff, where you either agreed with him or got banned.
Pedro was always so much more level headed than Geoff.
that isn’t what anyone is talking about when dissecting a performance at Watford and fine you know it. You asked me about his remit and then you gave me shit about being macro. In the grand scheme of things if he gets champions league qualification the Watford game won’t matter. I agree it should stop him from going past the summer as manager. What does Unai Emery do at Arsenal everyday? What does he oversee as part of his duties? What is he held accountable for as evidenced week after week on the pitch? You’re unbelievable. It’s all of a… Read more »
It’s all very simple. A manager/coaches role is to maximise the potential of the team and its players. As it stands, Emery is not doing this. Transitional play and defensive systems are not too difficult to instill into players. They are all professional athletes,not Sunday league cloggers for christs sake(sincere apologies to any Sunday League players out there). I wonder what Emery’s communications were at HT against Watford. “Sit back/ stay calm/ take your time/ see out the first ten minutes”. If this was the case it was asking for trouble. What do you think? Why not “keep a high… Read more »
A manager/coaches role is to maximise the potential of the team and its players.
I would argue that sounds more like the job a manager who inherits a proper talented squad with expectations would have. I think if someone comes in on a two year deal with a squad that finished 5th and 6th in the league his job is stop the malaise and get us back to the Champions League. That’s me personally. I don’t think there was ever any great belief or expectation of Emery at Arsenal it’s two years ffs.
‘Tuchel the serial killer has that look.’
I thought it was only me that thought Tuchel looks like a serial killer 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀How did they even let that man through the door before he got his first job?!
We were exercising the 4 2 3 1 and 4 3 3 formation during the preseason. We have to drop this 4 diamond 2 formation. Under this formation, the two attackers are not helping out the defense. The whole team is new to this setup. It creates on-field confusion, lack of awareness, and players looking confused, bewildered (and maybe ‘scared’?) We should stay with the 4 3 3 formation. Each time when we lose the ball, the three midfielders should move into a compact shape like most of the teams do. The two wingers should move back to support the… Read more »
N5,
If I remember correctly somebody was complaining about their posts being deleted – I compared the blog to North Korea. I was binned for a week or two.
Marko Jesus Christ, I’m not asking what his objectives are I’m asking what his role as manager of the club dictates. That would be… HOW he is tasked with meeting his end of season goals. No wonder you’re so lost on coaching, you don’t think it fucking exists patently. I think as manager he’s responsible for the following: – having a vision for the team – hiring staff around him to enable that vision – educating the squad of their roles and training them to execute under pressure – being tactically flexible – identifying strengths and weaknesses of our own… Read more »
CC,
You are wasting energy with somebody who does not believe in coaching, who does not believe that analysing past performances rather than results is a better indicator of future results, who does a 180 turn but can’t admit it.
He is the king of deflection and WhatAboutism when cornered. Confuse gaslighting for debating. Has his own logic where hiring on a short term basis a worse coach than the previous long term one in order to improve is a logical choice.