Ok, let’s get the bad things out the way first. There are two issues from yesterday’s game.
The first one was that buried in the selection, was Auba. Our only fit striker, he is imperative to our strategy because we don’t create many chances and he’s the most clinical sharp shooter in the world at the minute… so why would you risk him away at a bang average German team in the first game of the group stages?
Emery made the same mistake last season in the group stages when he over-played first teamers, that had a knock-on effect and saw us battle through two very lethargic months. It was so bad he had to lower the intensity in training to bring back some freshness.
Europa League is a pub version of Champions League. It’s not important compared to the league. It is a HUGE advantage that Arsenal can theoretically rest players midweek, while our rivals have to battle hard with a first-team squad in a comp they can’t rest players in until much later in the group stages.
We shouldn’t be taking risks. If we lost Auba yesterday, we’d be in deep shit. That wasn’t a smart move and it’s worrying that Emery is making panic decisions like that because it shows he hasn’t learned from last year. Europa League should not be a primary strategy for CL this season, because it’ll be a coin toss final again, potentially against a very good team.
Bad shit, part two.
We really struggled defensively yesterday. We were open, we gave them space and we conceded 26 odd shots against a very average side. People can rightly talk to the quality of the shots and how they were lacking from Frankfurt, but from where I was watching, the reason the shots were so bad was down to shoddy technique versus a lack of openings.
The midfield was non-existent.
We signed a defensive midfielder in LT and we prefer to play him in a more advanced position. We have Xhaka, on the FBI most wanted list for crimes against football, stinking out the place with mistakes, poor positioning and fear. Then it’s a total mixed bag what the other player in the trio does. If the captain can’t lead, how can you expect kids like Willock or Ceballos to make a difference?
Emery is out of tricks. He doesn’t know how to make his midfield work. This is very worrying.
ANNNNND ONTO THE GOOD STUFF.
The kids did alright, didn’t they?
I thought Emi Martinez was an absolute rock in goal. He was decisive with the short passing, making correct decisions under pressure, not falling into the ‘PLAY IT SHORT EVEN IF THE PASS IS SUICIDE.’ I thought he was very light on his feet, he made some special saves and was always alert to danger (because it was everywhere). He had arguably his strongest performance to date… he looked far more solid than Leno has this season.
Willock also had a good game. He runs with the ball like a machine, he fights for every challenge and he’s decisive with his passing and shots. His goal was a joke, but at least he was there taking the shot when he had limited options. Very Frank Lampard of him.
Finally, the main man of the night… Saka.
I have been purring about him for a while. He did not disappoint. My intel was CORRECT about him starting.
What a little gem we have there. He is incredibly quick, his movement is hard to track. He prods, he pokes, he accelerates, he drops… he is a very tough player to deal with.
Most important thing for me is this: He stood up when we needed him.
We were an utter shambles in defence, it would have been easy to sink into the melee, but he shone brightly and made that his moment. His goal was composure beyond his years, his two assists were also lovely to watch.
I think the person most concerned with that game will be Reiss. Saka was so much better than anything we’ve seen from the more senior wide man. Same can be said of Pepe as well… this is the sort of internal transfer Wenger was banging on about for 15 years!
ESR also had some good moments, but I think he’s a little further behind in minutes and form than then others. Still, he didn’t let himself down, so no shame there.
Overall, a very fun game. Our transitions in attack were much better. Saka is clearly the new Dembele for Auba, so we’ve had a win there. The main grey cloud is always going to be the absolute mess we have in midfield.
The theory that Emery likes a tall DM seems to have merit… our manager sacrifices quality for inches… a sorry situation if ever I saw one, especially when you consider the height of the best DMs in the world at the minute.
Those midfield issues, if they remain, will have Emery fired by Christmas. He has to pivot.
P.S. For all the folk that said my attack on Emery’s communication skills was unfair… this is Saka on Freddie.
“He helps so much. Sometimes when I don’t understand what the coach [Emery] is trying to communicate with me, I have a better communication with Freddie. He speaks better English”
When you ponder why Emery’s ideas aren’t translating, sometimes you need to channel a bit of Occam’s Razor… simplest answer is usually the most boring, but it’s starting to look quite obvious, right?
See you in the comments. xx
Most of this pod still holds relevant.
The bookies expect so much Arsenal to mess things up so much that now the odds for Arsenal to lead Aston Villa at Halftime but the game to finish as a draw is a ridiculous 1/16.
We are officially a laughing stock.
As I have stated on numerous occasions on here, Eddie Howe is as good as, if not better than, most other top managers in Europe.
Would take him at Arsenal in a heartbeat.
‘If we don’t get Champion’s League football, you can forget adding anybody to the squad to alleviate its deficiencies especially in midfield.
We will have to sell about £40 millions worth of asset to cover the planned expenditure.’
Valentin,
How could that even escape me!
And if you listen to Vinai re-Emery it’s really clear we are spending another season at Europa.
Emery is not getting the boot until it’s too late.
Rather than predict the score, I’m going to predict the number of shots on target by Villa as well as the number of defensive clangers.
10-3 then.
What are the odds?
Gentlebris,
There is loyalty and there is blind loyalty.
Like lemming following their leaders to the cliff edge.
I just hope that Josh has a calm reminder with Vinay and Raul before Christmas that if Champion’s League is not attained this season, they all are shown the door. That should motivate them to act decisively.
Graham,
It’s another disco entirely at big clubs. The demand, the ambition, the expectation and the pressure would flat out Howe from what I see of him.
At Bournemouth, he could be shit here and there with no one paying any serious attention and that allows him to recharge and re apply his focus and energy under little or no pressure.
People stepping up from there to here like Poch are scarce commodities.
Valentin We only spent 65m net last summer, with a chunk of that in installments, we also shaved 25-30m off the wage bill so why would we have to sell off players and not add any even if we would miss out on CL? With Ozil only a year left of his contract next year there’s a much bigger chance of getting rid of another 18m a year + another couple of players like Mustafi and hopefully Xhaka that just aren’t good enough. If we don’t fix our CM properly with a signing we’re going to be scrapping for 4th… Read more »
Gentlebris
Sorry my friend but I don’t agree.
Mark my words, one day soon he’ll be at a big club and he’ll succeed.
Valentin, If Josh had demanded such success at the beginning of this season, I don’t think Vinai would be talking like that. Clearly CL is the minimum target this season and all parties are aware, but I think Josh would let Raul and Edu make the red calls or not. The only friendly factor is that if Emery fails top 4 again it would be Raul’s failure as well and Raul doesn’t look to me like the kind of guy who will not be bothered about failure. Still what Vinai said worries me. Being pleased or not with Emery is… Read more »
‘Mark my words, one day soon he’ll be at a big club and he’ll succeed.’
Graham,
Only if any big club is foolhardy enough to even hire him.
I’m also not buying that we shouldn’t have started Auba vs Frankfurt, yes it’s a risk since he’s our only (settled) star player but we’re pretty shit without him and this was the hardest game in the group. A win sets us up nicely to play more youngsters in the other games. Both Bellerin and Tierney got an hour for the u23s last night so hopefully they can play against Nottingham Forest in the jokers cup next week and then be ready for some PL minutes. Badly needed. Also hoping to see Holding at the weekend. Frankfurt isn’t the same… Read more »
Fred, I’m afraid Valentin was correct. Josh was already lamenting having CL budget while playing EL. Ozil exiting would be great news but that wouldn’t change much if we land at Europa again. And more and more elite players would really begin to believe we are a Europa case and begin to avoid us. Then guys like Auba and Laca would begin to ask themselves if they want to continue playing Europa for the rest of their careers. It would be a lose lose situation…..a load of troubles. I just hope those in charge can see what is really at… Read more »
Gentle I’m not saying that not getting CL wouldn’t be bad, it absolutely would be, and we absolutely need it. This notion that we would have to sell 40m worth of players and not add anyone is just bs though. Sure we spent a lot last summer but we got about half of it back, Pepes payment is over 5 years and Salibas is probably over a couple of years as well. We’ll still have room for signings, especially if we can shift a couple more of the high earning deadwood. We still absolutely need CL if we are going… Read more »
What I find hilarious is that none of you have cottoned onto this: Vinai praised UE and said they stood by him. In the footballing world when the board know that the club’s manager is on a tight rope they will always praise him. If within 3 weeks he continues to underperform he gets sacked. This is exactly what has happened with Vinai’s comments in the Indy interview/ article today. In a nutshell UE is now in last chance saloon. No way does The Arsenal, after the investment we made this summer, carry on with UE as manager if he… Read more »
Gentle As for the CL budget while playing EL that has been rectified somewhat already but more work is obviously needed there since we couldn’t find enough clubs desperate and rich enough to take on some of our wasters, hopefully that will be easier when they have less left of their contracts. This transition period was always about getting the squad back to an acceptable level again after years of neglect and collection of players that were unsuitable to the league, not good enough and at the end full of aging players. Get that done and if Emery gets sacked… Read more »
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11815179/pep-guardiola-pretty-sure-mikel-arteta-will-succeed-him-at-manchester-city
Big LOL coming from Pedro
Freddie If in the next couple of months it’s absolutely clear Emery can’t get us into CL then get rid, As i said above, in no way, shape and form are the club are going to standby UE if he flounders. Edu is our Tech Deck (as this cunt CG would put it) and he most certainly would have watched all our games. An ex-player who played in the Invincibles era who would have experienced these glorious years and know how we should play, think that UE is up to scratch. He surely must be thinking that he is not… Read more »
Eddie Howe??
I recall the hype over the “Chosen One” being recommended to by Fergie himself to succeed him (smart move that.) Howe’s star is shining at it’s brightest at Bournmouth, we don’t need him at Arsenal. Moyes and Howe found their niche at Everton and Bournmouth respectively.
By December, Emery’s payout would be between 3-5 million. If things haven’t improved, he’ll be gone.
Saka and Martinez make it into the official Europa team of the week.
Just noticed that Chambers also named in team of the week. Must be some shit defenders in the competition.
Re Auba playing at Frankfurt. At first I thought it was a ridiculous move but now I do think it’s right. We’ve won the toughest game of the group stages already. Now let’s not play Auba in this competition again until he is really needed. Hopefully we can win 9 more points without him so he will be rested for the entirety of the group stages after this without impacting our chances of going through
Ok now Pep is parading his boy for the Arsenal job.
No pls.
Fred I can see your points.
Bojangles it’s the Europa league! Most of the teams are championship quality until the CL 3rd place teams drop in. Even then most teams are only mid table perm quality with just 3-4 exceptions
There’s no way we escape horrendous arteta based trolling from pep in Pedro’s next blog post lol First emery loses a lot of the fans then arteta gets this big a push. Pedro will be meatspinning in smugness haha Tbh tho I still think arteta didn’t make sense for arsenal at that time. He could be the smartest and the best but it was still an enormous gamble. He would’ve potentially done better than emery but there was no particular evidence of that at the time Emery’s hiring seems to be a failure but I still think on paper he… Read more »
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has hailed his “incredible” assistant manager Mikel Arteta, tipping the Spaniard to replace him as manager when he leaves.
There you go. No more the sauce one.
Pepe will definitely come good. He’s just lacking finishing atm and I’m sure training with laca and Auba will help immensely. Also, OUT of the the three im most excited about Martinelli, really think he should be given a start this weekend with Saka being bought on in the second half when the defenders are tired. Or bring Auba off for Martinelli. We finally have a tricky Brazilian in the side, it would be nice to use him. Granted I’ve only seen him play once but he’s direct (Like Pepe) and has an eye for goal. THESE are the type… Read more »
To all posters living in the UK, it maybe time to give up the extra egg for breakfast. There have been 45 reported cases of salmonella poisoning since January caused from eating infected eggs produced in the UK.
not sure how many farms have been checked but 75 farms tested were shown to contain chickens infected with the bacterial.
Valentin
What betting site are you looking at for those odds? (Arsenal HT/Draw FT)
That is 16/1 on SkY Bet and Ladbrokes for example, not 1/16!
Cheers Bojangles was looking forward to some scrambled eggs. Do you have link to all of what you are saying?
Chris,
It was BetFair. Must have been a single person laying the bet as of now the quote is 14/1.
Valentin
That result is so specific it would be incredible to get odds on for it, think perhaps you read it the wrong way around!
As an aside I am taking the odds for us to win at 4/9, that is generous in my opinion. Will combine it with something similar for a nice evens bet.
Comparing Eddie Howe to David Moyes.
Lol!!
Football has changed and that’s why the management style of Eddie Howe would benefit any top club.
Samesong
This is one of many.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/20/salmonella-inuk-eggs-haspoisoned-45people-2019/
Bojangles
Snobbery at its best.
Do you actually watch how Bournmouth play?
This fixation for so called top European managers drives me up the wall.
Graham
Football styles may have changed, the hype hasn’t. What has Howe accomplished with Bournmouth that Moyes didn’t with Everton? Both have limited ability as far as I am concerned. I don’t see Howe being picked up by any of the “top 6” clubs, I can see Newcastle going four him though.
Freddie, Arsenal made an operational loss the previous year that was compensated by players sale. This year looking at AST projection (which tend to be pretty accurate), Arsenal is also going to have an operational loss, however it will not be able to cover those loss with players sales. Iwobi’s unexpected sale will just limit the loss. However next fiscal year, without Champion’s League Arsenal income will stay flat. because we Reach the Europa League final this season it may even be lower. So another operational loss that can’t be covered. So if Arsenal does not get Champion’s League football… Read more »
Chris,
BetFair is different in that it is an exchange of bets. Anybody can offer their odds on betFair. You’ll find that odds on their site tend to be much more volatile. If a single person lay a bet, then their odds is what is quoted however ridiculous the odds are.
Valentin
I understand the concept f that, most betting sites do it, but why would anyone want to place a bet of 1/16 or think that would be the odds for such an outcome? Was it you? 😉
Lets start Martinelly against Villa instead of Laca, the guy needs to be trusted..asap.
saka willock and dani Matteo in the middle Xhaka in front of defence ..
Chris,
No it was not me. I would be more likely bro be the one laying the bet. 😉
However it is clear that some people go on betFair and don’t check if they can get better odds somewhere else and get fleeced.
Bojangles
Ok, your opinion.
I suppose it’s a case of watch this space.
Valentin
Yeah I use OddsChecker quite a lot, definitely worth shopping around for a price if you have a real gut feeling about something.
I’m not a massive gambler by the way, just flutter loose change at the end of the month, I am glad there are deposit limits in place these days.
Graham
Lol, yeah maybe sometime in the future one of us may be proven correct, may be not.
Chris,
One of the traders at a bank I used to work has now retired. He made his fortune on BetFair fleecing gullible people.
He was a below average derivative trader for the bank, but he was a shark on BetFair against uneducated people. Laying ridiculous low odds initially, before reselling the bets at a later time. Enticing people with high odds during live game match play while he had already hedged the bet via fixed odds before on standard bookies.
Valentin That was before our increased sponsorship with adidas, we’re now getting 30m more a year. We also slashed the wage bill by 30m. Next year Ozil will have a year left of his contract, would he want to play professional football after that maybe he shouldn’t sit on his ass for another year. He could get a 3-4 year contract at another club in Italy/Turkey/MLS no problem, don’t think he expects another 350k a week at his age, don’t think we have to take a loss there. Same applies for Mustafi and Mikhi. They’re all good enough to play… Read more »
Ozil is going to see what will happen with the next manager will he?
Such talk is distasteful really considering the bullshit we have had to put up with regarding this player.
No self-respecting serious club looking to progress to the top panders to such a player. No serious club nor serious manager.
Bojangles
Remember why I haven’t addressed you? Well that’s about to change. You have said something extremely stupid….
‘To all posters living in the UK, it maybe time to give up the extra egg for breakfast. There have been 45 reported cases of salmonella poisoning since January caused from eating infected eggs produced in the UK.’
45 cases over 9 months and with more than 8 BILLION eggs consumed since then…i think we’ll be ok. Thank you for your interest in our affairs.
Idiot.
Ishola70
Totally agree.
With Ozil, it’s all about Ozil. Nothing more, nothing less.
I know he still has his supporter on here( Pierre) but let’s be honest, he is always going to be a burden whoever he plays for.
Having to pamper to his mood swings and limited commitment to the cause, is a definite non non( sorry watching the Rugby)
Ozil is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with the game. Do I sympathize with him? Of course not.
He remains an unfortunate blott on the Arsenal landscape.
Graham62
“I know he still has his supporter on here( Pierre) but let’s be honest, he is always going to be a burden whoever he plays for.”
Plenty of posters on here such is their disdain for the current manager will champion Ozil still or at least give him more due than he is worth.
Whatever your thoughts are on the current manager there should be no serious time for a player like Ozil.
Ishola70
Yep.
What are the odds of Freddie Ljungberg getting the post after Emery ? anyone ?
Ishola,
There is not a lot a club can legally do to get rid of a player who wants to see out his contract.
We can scream, complain, boo but the law is clear. Both parties must respect their contract.
As long as Özil respect his legal obligations, he is entitled to dig his heels.
Same thing with Mustafi. The club has made clear they wanted him out, but he is just staying put.
Norm
Keep eating the eggs, bit of luck you’ll be number 46.
Freddie, That was before our increased sponsorship with adidas, we’re now getting 30m more a year. We also slashed the wage bill by 30m. The AST number already took into account the Adidas deal. We did not slash the wage bill by 30 millions. The only big salaries gone are Mhkitaryan, Koscielny, Monreal, Iwobi. But we have added Pepe . All credible reports indicates that it is closer to 15 millions. That also did not take into account the raised salary for Willock, Guendouzi, Saka, Nelson (was on loan so loan fee compensated his salary). So the real number could… Read more »
the defending is as bad or worse then when we had the madman next level is the next level bollocks managing .It’s not only bad it is totally unprofessional and if he can’t communicate then whats the point .Lets give Freddy ago. This defending is not going to change with Emery that’s obvious as the man is clearly brain dead .he has won all his trophies in Spain bar one and that doesn’t count . lets see but a loss to Aston Villa and he’s done .what I really did not like was his comments about there not being the… Read more »
Valentin
Any sources for that 10-15m savings?
I was actually conservative in the 30m claim, everyone is saying we cut between 45-50m from the wages.
only a small portion of that has gone to new players and increases.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal/arsenal-transfers-save-45m-wages-year-unai-emery-squad-overhaul-continues-a4227626.html
Oh, and the adidas deal just kicked in this summer, are they predicting our future budget now too? Do you think they have next weeks lottery numbers? Asking for a friend.
Ramsey, Cech and Welbeck were all on 100k+, guess they don’t count as big salaries.
We shipped 11 players from the first team and more than 20 total but keep making up your own numbers to fit your the sky is falling narrative, it seems to amuse you.
Shaun ellis
I actually agree.
If things continue the way they are regards our defending, against AV, Emery should be removed with immediate effect.
No amount of chin scratching will help him on this one.
The standard article is a financial mess. It mixes salary and payments. Also it is not a net saving, just the fact that we got rid of players, just a few lines on the players added. Also nothing on the contractual payments due to reaching a final and loyalty bonus as described in the AST document. For example did you know that every goal Aubameyang scored is costing us £25k in bonus. £10k in appearance and £15k per goal. On top of what he is also bagging an an extra £15k per win. Lacazette has something similar. Because those bonus… Read more »
Valentin Sure ok. So mikhi 180k Kos 100k Ramsey 110k Welbeck 100k Licht 90k Nacho 70k Iwobi 70k Elneny 55k That’s 775k a week/40m a year and I’m sure I forgot some. then add in all the youth players and players like Ospina and Lucas Perez that we still paid a part of their salaries even though they were on loan. That 900k a week/ 46.8m a year figure looks pretty accurate to me. Ceballos 65k Pepe 140k (most reported figure, seen much lower) Luiz 125k Tierney 90k 425k a week/22m a year So 25m off the wage bill give… Read more »
Would have been another 23m if we had managed to get rid off Mustafi and Ozil.
I know you’re hoping that they stay out their contracts and outlast Emery but for the clubs sake we can only hope these dead weights holding us back are removed. Include Xhaka in that too.
Emery’s English is poor, yes we know. Saka saying he understands Freddie better shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s the reason why translators are hired. Mourinho and Sir Bobby at Barca come to mind. I’ve never heard Biesla speak English. I’m not really sure how good his English is now, yet that hasn’t stopped a number of posters here from wishing he was manager at Arsenal. The inability to speak a language is a handicap that can be overcome over time. However, there are more serious challenges in football. Like trying to teach a 30+ year old defender how to… Read more »
So from £30 millions then £50 millions, you are now down to £22 millions.
And that before the fact as mentioned in the Evening article that we pay a significant part of Mhkitaryan salary. Let just say £2 millions. So £20 millions. Closer to my £15 millions than your initial £30 millions.
With Willock given a pay rise, so did Guendouzi. The return of Nelson on the payroll. In all likelihood that Saka, ESR will also be given new contract.
Taking into account the contingent salary bonus and the £10~£15 millions is a more realistic numbers than £30 millions.
Valentin from the article: “Standard Sport understands Roma will pay a significant portion of Mkhitaryan’s £180,000 a week wages and the player’s exit was the 11th from the first team this summer.” They’re also paying a loan fee. Guen hasn’t got a new contract yet, if he does and it’s what’s been reported it’s a 35k a week increase, the other youth players you mentioned are on small salaries. It’s 25m if you can count, 22m if you can’t . So no, not very close to your 10m prediction. Keep reaching though… This all came about because of your doomsday… Read more »
It’s nice being ridiculed in the press as to how easy it is to allow teams so many shots against us. Thanks a lot Emery, the dickhead.
I would like to see Folarin Balagun getting some minutes on cup games. He is hot and has scored both goals for U23 yesterday.
Let’s give Emery what we gave Wenger for at least 8 seasons and say: Judge him in May. Yes, that second half against Watford had shattered many beliefs, and it was totaly unacceptable performance, but things are not as bleak as many feel at the moment. The problems Arsenal fans are having in general is lack of patience, which tells me we didn’t get thos last Wenger’s years out of system yet. I belive we are TWO good signings (CM and CD) from having an awesome team. This squad is brimming with talent and I personally would not swap our… Read more »
Emery speaking to the press about pressing from the front and staying much tighter as a team…all well and good saying it but we need to see it tomorrow. We’re giving away far too many chances.
Unfortunately tomorrow we’re likely to see AMN and Kolasinac, but that shouldn’t go on for much longer now, I’d play Chambers at CB after looking decent in the games he’s played this season, Torreira at CDM, Guendouzi at CM, Ceballos at CM/CAM and then Saka, Aubameyang, Pepe up front.
@Pedro
re- Auba playing on Thursday.
He played a game in late Summer at beginning of the season. We won our toughest game in the group and he won’t have to play another match in group stages. How about that for great management?
I mean Valentin, we’ve been a joke of a club long before Emery came in, I’m sure we’ve had much worse things said about us so don’t know how a bookies odd having that much to do with us being a shit club, we’ve been shit for a while now
Point on Auba playing – Ed is right – we’re not going to give up the Europa Cup just because we want top 4. Playing Auba for the toughest game in the group makes perfect sense to me. Getting Saka linking up with Auba also could play dividends too.
Not happy with Emery and think he should be chopped now, but no problems with that particular decision.
Edthered
You’re on one there mate, you can’t wax lyrical about the talent of the squad and simultaneously say leave off the manager.
Nearly all performance indicators are cause for concern, the spectacle each week is utterly lacking, and there’s no expectation for us to witness a particular type of thing because nobody can name what we’re trying to achieve as a side.
Pierre
I mean you’re the only one still going on about the Nketiah thing, jeez give it a rest already.
Caught the highlights of the under 23 game, just so refreshing to see Bellerin and Tierney back…..I’d also draft Folarin Balogun in for the Carabao cup, dude looks a unit and knows where the goal is.
We need to keep blooding Saka, Martinelli and ESR wherever possible for 2nd half of season. Chambers needs game time too as he will be main stand by and is better than Sokratis.
Cesc
“Torreira at CDM”
It is the opinion of most of the fans everywhere I read. Torr was hired as a CDM. But I don’t thing Emery will do it. Emery’s footballing philosophy is high press, high defensive line and play out from the back. He has this slow Xhaka who can’t do high press. The only place he can put him is CDM. He told the media recently that Torreira will play more advance and do high press. I don’t have problem with that as long as we have a good CDM playing behind him.
“Emery’s footballing philosophy is high press, high defensive line and play out from the back.“
Is that why we’re 19th in the league for pressing, and the worst in the top 6 for ‘high turnovers’ (meaning we press and win the ball 40m from the opponents goal less than any other top side)?
Nketiah still can’t displace Bamford in the starting lineup!
Transfer window podcast reporting that the board is beginning to doubt Wmery and Kroenke Jr. is becoming more reserved about splashing the cash while Emery is in charge.
Emery*
I’m afraid Arsenal can’t take a risk on a novice if Emery is shown the door. Another season in Europa league would be terrible from financial viewpoint and for growth of the club. The increasing quality of mid table teams will mean that there will always be a dogfight for 4th place and two big teams are always going to be disappointed at the end. It was the perfect time for Arsenal to experiment with a fresher when Wenger left. The situation is now so volatile due to circumstances that i doubt any inexperienced newcomer will be having any breathing… Read more »
Why the press didn’t ask Wengeremery his opinion about the ugly words of our so called Captain after the Watford game ??
Maybe the press are pussies, them too ??
#Xhaka+EmeryOutAsap
Seriously where is the bald cvnt? Used to be on all day giving it large to everyone who criticised Emery. Now he’s gone into hiding? Guess his bravery is Receding.
Can’t hide forever.
Peter Crouch
“ You can play out from the back by clipping high balls to your full-backs – watch Ederson do it for Manchester City. ADVERTISEMENT ‘To keep doing what Emery wants Arsenal to do, with little passes around the penalty area, is just asking for trouble.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/21/peter-crouch-criticises-arsene-wenger-failing-sign-steven-nzonzi-says-unai-emery-asking-trouble-arsenal-tactics-10782830/?ito=cbshare
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from the mouth of babes ..the bare truth
“Unai Emery has urged Arsenal to improve defensively and has called on the whole team to help out.”
At least he’s a funny guy.
(He’s not ??)
“Unai Emery has urged Arsenal to improve defensively and has called on the whole team to help out.”
Sounds like Emery is out of ideas.
To be out of ideas you have to have some to begin with.
Looks like Pierre may have been right in that Nketiah is still view as back-up to Bamford.
Bamford is also showing why he is a championship player unlikely to attract bid from premiership clubs. He is not lethal enough, he needs too many chances to score. Also his movement inside the penalty box is not that great. There are times where he is not running into the most likely position to score.
Keown on passing from the back. Arsenal should use tactic to play to players strength not like force fed Emery purgative “ Sokratis seemed obsessed with passing to Matteo Guendouzi and, well, we know the rest. For all his faults defensively, Luiz is a good passer. It’s time to play to his strengths. As their most proficient player in possession, Arsenal ought to consider leaving him as the only outfield player in their box. Him stood next to Leno can be like having two men stood over a free-kick. He can receive a short pass from Leno, control it with… Read more »
Highbury Legend , Nelson
Yep. Emery is so funny, he is a joke.
Nelson Agreed. I think early last season we saw what Emery wanted to do but one of my big gripes with him is the fact he abandoned it instead of trying to find a line up that allows his system to be carried out. Xhaka really does throw the spanner into the works of any kind of high tempo pressing system…but then Emery keeps playing him and he frequently is as deep as a CB almost which means with the high press there is then a giant hold in the middle. But again, Emery keeps playing him and allowing him… Read more »
The other side of the coin is, if he can’t break into a Championship side maybe he’s not as good as we think he is.
Asoa,
The clipped pass from the goalkeeper to the full back was Wenger preferred method of restart. A clipped pass to Sagna then later to Monreal.
Interesting piece about Nkiteah and Beilsa.
https://www.gunnerstown.com/arsenal/2019/09/21/wrighty-esque-eddie-cementing-his-arsenal-future-at-leeds-exclusive-interview/
If he can’t dispose Bamford then of what use would he be for us? The whole Nketiah thing is a non-story and is now a very boring topic
Plenty of stick to beat Emery with and i mean plenty but even the player wanted to go on loan so why the constant reference to what he would have done if he was here and not at Leeds
Always found it sad posting about a poster who hasn’t been about for days in s derogatory tone and bravery was even mentioned. Always knew something wasn’t quite right with u.
Leicester not as good as many will have you believe they are.
Always thought Saka was our best prospect and would have helped us late last season, Emery messed up there
Leicester looking like they can win here.
Very entertaining game.