‘Move bitch, get off the plane, get off the plane bitch, get off the plane’
Was humming this as an old lady struggled to pull her heavy bag out of the overhead bin. Total nightmare wait, but I was amused by the internal soundtrack to the debacle.
You know what else amuses me? Watching Arsenal fans online. What a bunch of weirdos.
I love that after 10 years of mostly arguing over a single topic, we now create our own weekly subgroups of fandoms and anti-fandoms to get our fix of viciously polarised debate.
PEPE IS GREAT BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS vs PEPE IS GERVINHO WITH BETTER HAIR, the latest great issue polluting the websites.
Am I above this charade? Absolutely not.
I find it staggering that anyone is writing him off after 7 games. Dennis Bergkamp, our greatest ever big name signing was so bad, Alan Sugar claimed he wouldn’t wash his car with his shirt and he was a waste of money (did I make up the car washing thing?).
Thierry Henry had a shaky start to his career until he fizzed a screamer from 22 yards out at The Den. Freddie Ljungberg scored on his debut against United, but be honest, he was a mess in front of goal for at least a year. Then he found magic with the maturing Dutchman mentioned above. Even Bobby Pires, an absolute dream of a player, looked well off the pace during his maiden season. He was weak, he was unsuited to the league and it was tough to work out how a 6ft+ winger was going to adapt. I remember Wenger saying he’d be like Zidane and laughing to myself very quietly (AKBs were like Corbynistas on 2019 Twitter back in the day).
Pepe, or Pete as Sky fondly nicknamed him, is 24 years old, he’s come over from a slower league, and he’s trying to adjust to a new culture and language. It is rare that a talented player settles into a bad system immediately. I do not think we have to worry just yet. He’ll find his magic eventually.
The other thing I’ve noticed that is mildly amusing is reading the safe people of the Arsenal internet present concern about Emery as a risky opinion.‘You know what, I’m going to say it, something ain’t quite right about Unai’
Well I’ll be damned. Folk that took until late 2017 to determine Wenger might not make the much promised come back to the top, have sussed the new coach might not be up to snuff and they want to project it like a first to market notion.
So many of the people we lean on in the Arsenal community for sound direction on the club are almost always entirely off base, but because they deliver a bad narrative with ‘balance,’ they’re passed off as must-read intellects that know their stuff. I call it right and even my own friends don’t let me round their houses for prematch beers. It’s a disgusting injustice.
I guess yah just have to live with it.
Someone is going to write a highly intellectualised book about Arsenal internet one day and it’ll sell bundles. When you sit down with people and talk it through, it is actually weirdly fascinating. Remember QOS in the comments here? Told people on ACLF that I was phoning her home and abusing her kids? Remember the cucks feigning concern because they were talking to an actual woman? Her husband added me on LinkedIn! Turned owut it was a man with an online alter ego (his wife’s). That’s epic. Simply magnificent. Still not sure whose kids I was talking to.
Just kidding. I knew whose kids they were.
How about Arsene Wenger? Picking up an award I’ve never heard of. Begging for a job on LinkedBeIN.com. Complaining that people had expectations of him.
“Every year people want something more from you. I experienced that at Arsenal. We were twenty consecutive years in the top four but in the end it was not enough anymore. Today if you get into the Champions League people are very happy.”
It’s sad to read. A man who was earning £190k a week, complaining about expectations. I think he’s holding out for a major job, but no one is biting. The oligarchs and sheikhs have wised up and despite his prestige as a man, he really sullied his football rep by clinging to power like a deluded despot. He should have quit in 2008, taken a New York sabbatical, toured around some modern clubs, taken notes, then rebirthed at a big club when he had some of that 2004 sheen about him.
Knowing when to exit is one of the finest qualities a man can possess.
On that fine note, I’m tapping tf out.
Why don’t we reminisce about the weirdos of Arsenal Internet today?
p.s. Listen to my solo podcast you scoundrel!
Valentin – I thought it was harsh as well until I listened to a West Brom journo/fan on the radio who said the performances were a lot worse than the results and that it was the right decision. It’s only one journo and he could’ve been talking nonsense, but I doubt many of us actually watched West Brom that often so hard to know.
I thought Djohorou had the potential to be a good defender. Kosscielney and Djohorou could work as a solid pair. Djohorou should have spent more time in training than making videos on dot com.
John Gregory has a reputation as being arrogant. Combine his patronising attitude with his lack of talent in management and that explain why he has disappeared from the management radar. Usually you start at the bottom and make your way up before eventually going down. He started at the top with Villa and been gradually going down. Years ago, I was attending an Arsenal reserve game against QPR. A few rows in front of me, there was a group of obviously QPR staff talking among themselves. I think that Gregory was still in charge of QPR or has just been… Read more »
Djourou wasn’t bad I remember one season he did well at Chelsea but ultimately like pretty much every CB we had around that time they simply weren’t good enough. We’re still having the same problems. Though we’re seemingly looking at addressing it finally with moves for Saliba and Upamecano.
Paulinho,
You may be right. Still he gave them a fighting chance to stay up after the Long running slow car crash that was Alan Pardew tenure.
It is just that I remember a debate show where pundits were just surprised with the fiasco of sacking him to hire a Play-off specialist just for that specialist to change his mind and turning down the job.
They were speculating that there must be something very wrong inside the club.
Years ago, I was attending an Arsenal reserve game against QPR. A few rows in front of me, there was a group of obviously QPR staff talking among themselves. I think that Gregory was still in charge of QPR or has just been sacked. They spend the entire game bitching about him. “You ever notice that the guys who do that, the Blairs, the Glasses, the Kelleys, they all start with something small, you know. Just a little quote that they clean up. And then it’s a whole anecdote. And pretty soon, they’re seeing some amazing shit. They’re the lucky… Read more »
Marc “Ozil can’t take set pieces or at least corners”…..yeah he is rubbish from dead ball situations isn’t he. I’m still waiting for someone to tell me in what area of the football pitch we have improved without Ozil …its on the football pitch that matters, all the rest is just speculation . Defence, midfield , offence, goals conceded , goals scored , away form , possession , better composure on the ball , more entertaining , a higher technical level, …. have we shown any improvement without Ozil … If the answer is yes then Emery incorrect in his… Read more »
Is correct
I take it that it’s a NO then
Alex Song was very good in one to one situations and tackles. He could pass the ball too. The only weakness in his game was his lack of discipline but then we could have played another defensively minded central midfielder along side him. It is always ‘what could have been’ when we look back at Wenger post 2005. Some great work but there was always some piece missing from the jigsaw.
Marko,
Compares to Pepe Ikone plays now more centrally and act as a relay for the team. Of the 10 games he played for Lille in the league, he has played 5 as RW, 3 as CAM, 1 as 2nd Striker and one as LW.
Not remotely comparable with Pepe.
Marko,
It is true that you are unlikely to hear anything from the backroom of the post-office.
If you went out more often you would have anecdotes to relay.
Still no answers on the questions about your attendance to games.
Oh, I forget you spend more time criticising season ticket holder who can’t make weekday evening game than actually physically attending games.
Of the 10 games he played for Lille in the league, he has played 5 as RW, 3 as CAM, 1 as 2nd Striker and one as LW.
Not remotely comparable with Pepe.
Played mostly on the right and not remotely comparable to Pepe? Are you sure you should be taken seriously
From Football fancast.com
Dani Ceballos has created 6 chances in his last 5 games.
Mesut Özil created 6 in 71 minutes.
I’m taking an efficient playmaker over a hardworking “playmaker”.
It is true that you are unlikely to hear anything from the backroom of the post-office.
That hurts. I need to attend games to be a snot nosed liar is that it. Val you’re wrong on so many levels it’s not fair on you. Quick tell us about that time you went with a kick about with Pele
Marko,
Is it one of your usual Clifford C. Clavin, Jr impersonation: I have an opinion despite not having a clue what you are talking about.
Same thing with you having an opinion on Pedro’s post despite stating that you has not read it.
Have you seen Lille play?
Or you just like arguing for the sake of arguing.
Ikone plays more centrally than Pepe, even when he is nominatively a right winger.
Also we’re all very impressed that you watch cheers we get it
Pierre
From the national medical journal.
Ozil was the cause of 250,000 headaches last month.
I prefer an Ozil free Arsenal, rather than having him drag his ungrateful backside around the pitch week in week out.
Luteo GuenreiraOctober 8, 2019 18:05:17 benny You’re so tribal it’s not even funny, always so ready to team up with whomever you deem to be on your side that day. You’re so all over place though I’m sure you’ll be buddying up to me some day soon too. Just to be clear though, I don’t call people cunts based on their opinions, I call them cunts based on the presentation of their opinions. Yamford in his insufferable stages is about as cunty with his verbiage as you can get. >>>>>> Lol! I’m actually not. I don’t take sides with anyone… Read more »
Clifford,
Did I hit a nerve?
Still not answering the question. Have you seen Lille play?
Comparing Pepe and Ikone would be akin to compare Ronaldo and Paul Scholes. They both play nominatively on the left, yet their role was completely different.
If you can’t grasp the difference, I am not sure you can grasp the difference between Pepe and Ikone.
Mind you, like Pedro said you don’t even understand the basic like coaching, potential, reading what the other people said before jumping in and commenting.
I must admit I’m finding the Ozil business hard to fathom. I was inclined to think that Raul was behind the exclusion of Ozil because of his wages and balancing the books but if that were true then surely Raul would have ordered Emery not to make Ozil one of the 5 captains, even if it is the last one. If it is just down to Emery and like Mertesacker said in his book, Ozil is a lazy bug eyed turd who can’t be bothered to train properly or even turn up, and would rather play Fortnite, then why would… Read more »
Marko,
Instead of doing your best attempt at obfuscation by giving the name of players you just googled, answer the simple question.
Have you seen them play?
In which games Ligue 1 or Champion’s League?
In view that you named Araujo, I would say Champion’s League. Unfortunately for you in the Champion League Ikone played in the middle.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/losc-lille_chelsea-fc/index/spielbericht/3252176
You really are thick and ignorant.
Ronaldo is now a forward, but when at ManUtd he was a left winger.
Paul Scholes was never a striker. He played sometimes second striker, but mostly in midfield .
You really are thick and ignorant.
Ronaldo is now a forward, but when at ManUtd he was a left winger.
Paul Scholes was never a striker. He played sometimes second striker, but mostly in midfield .
How am I thick you compared Ronaldo to Scholes? You yourself brought out a stat about Ikone playing mostly on the right so I have no idea why you’re now trying to make out differently
Also I just lost a comment so not to worry fibber Pedro is here to back you up. Love how objective this place is sometimes
Marko,
For fear of being called tribal, I agree with you.
Valentin seems to be getting awfully muddled up with your comments accusing you of saying what he’s actually said.
That’s how I’m reading it anyway.
As you were. (Munches the popcorn…)
Comment from Insta:
“Q. Name one thing Emery has improved since joining Arsenal?
A. Wenger’s reputation”
🙂
Of the 10 games he played for Lille in the league, he has played 5 as RW, 3 as CAM, 1 as 2nd Striker and one as LW.
Okay
Not remotely comparable with Pepe.
Ikone plays more centrally than Pepe, even when he is nominatively a right winger.
?
Comparing Pepe and Ikone would be akin to compare Ronaldo and Paul Scholes.
??
They both play nominatively on the left, yet their role was completely different.
???
Valentin seems to be getting awfully muddled up with your comments accusing you of saying what he’s actually said.
Benny he’s all over the place when asked to say something truthful.
Marko, How to shift the goalpost because you suddenly realised that you made a fool of yourself. I was trying to explain to you that comparing Pepe and Ikone was akin to compare Ronaldo and Paul Scholes. But you are accusing me of comparing Ronaldo and Paul Scholes!?? Like I said Ikone is more similar in his play to Paul Scholes. At Lille Pepe was more similar to ManUtd Ronaldo. Hope that you brain can process that. BTW, nice try googling the name of Lille players. But still no answer to the question. Sorry no need to answer the question… Read more »
But you are accusing me of comparing Ronaldo and Paul Scholes!?? “Ronaldo is now a forward, but when at ManUtd he was a left winger. Paul Scholes was never a striker. He played sometimes second striker, but mostly in midfield .” I know incredible right. Like I said Ikone is more similar in his play to Paul Scholes. Are you for real? Honest question are you for real? You that’s YOU ya idiot yourself said that Ikone predominantly played this season RW. I’m not even going to comment on you now comparing Ikone to a CM like Scholes. You’re confusing… Read more »
If Ozil could get back to this sort of levels I’d buy the new home shirt with his name on. Those days seem long gone unfortunately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wlmC1Zzks8
Champagne charlieOctober 8, 2019 21:03:46
Comment from Insta:
“Q. Name one thing Emery has improved since joining Arsenal?
A. Wenger’s reputation”
>>>>>>
Lol! That’s a good stretch.
The simple answer of course would have been last season’s league position.
Benny
That game for me is tinged with regret because I think it was the last game Santi played for us.
Santi Cazorla, what a player he was for us…I genuinely wish him the best!
Congrats Santi for being called up to Spain!
Marko, YOU ya idiot yourself said that Ikone predominantly played this season RW. I’m not even going to comment on you now comparing Ikone to a CM like Scholes. Again how to fake outrage when you can’t grasp basic facts. In the league Ikone played 5 games out of 10 on the right. However even during those games he was drifting more centrally. In all competitions 12 game Lille played, Ikone played 5 (3 league + 2 CL) games a CAM, 5 as RW, 1 as LW, 1 as second striker. So overall he has predominantly play in the center.… Read more »
Ikone played 5 (3 league + 2 CL) games a CAM, 5 as RW, 1 as LW, 1 as second striker. So overall he has predominantly play in the center. Like a CM. Like Paul Scholes. How extraordinary? First off even if you weren’t changing the goalposts as per usual how can playing CAM 5 times and playing RW 5 times then be predominantly CAM? It’s the same literally according to you. And secondly a CM and a CAM aren’t the same. In fact I’ll be honest with you I have no idea why you brought up Paul Scholes out… Read more »
Benny
Ozil had accountants and surgeons skidding out of frame. I’m sorry but as a meme/gif it’s the shit. But in context that piece of skill isn’t anything to write home about.
Mustafi is not the second worst defender in the world.
The methodology of that poll is suspect. He’s no worse than Sokratis. He should take solace in the fact that he wasn’t voted the worst defender in the world.
Agree with Leeds, the Ozil freeze out is strange. One can only assume its highly motivated to move him out. Pretty clear the Emery – Ozil relationship was fractured beyond repair last season, yet he continued into this season. Named one of the five captains by player vote, which indicates a few rate having him around. On playing front apparently Ozil has created more chances than any other player during Emery’s time with club. Surely that contribution would merit a place on the bench vs Bournemouth at home? That said he’s never really looked settled in an Emery side, always… Read more »
Leeds
Absolutely phenomenal resurgence from Santi, he was close to having his foot amputated only a couple of years ago.
He’s genuinely playing some of the best football of his career for Villarreal at the moment and he’s close to 35. Really happy for him, top bloke that always played with a smile on his face and was technically one of our best ever players.
Sal
Have you considered the possibility that Ozil may not be up for it?
We are privy to what’s happening behind the curtain, for all you know Ozil may not be training well.
Emery has cover so long as his team keeps grinding out just-enough results that keep Arsenal in a decent place on the table.
I’m putting it out: I think Pepe will come good.
It’s madness to cast judgement on him so soon. There’s no doubt in my mind that he has a bit about him and he must be allowed to come good.
One thing that fucks me off is his over-dependance on using his left peg. It’s from the school of Arjen Robben, ffs.
I know that it’s early days still so hard to say as of yet but would people be happy if we were to spend 40-50m to make Ceballos a permanent signing at the end of the season? He started brightly but has looked a little out of sorts of late. Technically a very good and composed player but he’s one of those weird ones that doesn’t really have a concrete position. Not creative or penetrative enough to play in the final third, more of a B2B than a CDM obviously but he’s fairly cumbersome in his movements, not exactly a… Read more »
Ozil’s role is also redundant because he does not typically operate from he middle, he;likes to drift to the wings.
Problem is we have a glut of players who are more direct runners vying to get minutes now.
Seems people still don’t realize that the only way to get rid of him is by not playing him. Strange people are calling for him to come back considering his decline and how he continues with the sickies. Remember it was one game into the new season before he was out with “illness” again
Wenger Eagle
“Absolutely phenomenal resurgence from Santi, he was close to having his foot amputated only a couple of years ago.”
Oh yeah, I forgotten about that… insane how he resurrected his career to finish his career on his terms. Good for him. Mental strength? Yeah you could say that.
Shame he didn’t stick around… just imagine if we had him in this side… playing like he is now. Hands down, no contest for Captain!
*SIGH*
WE
Santi’s new lease of life is a joy to behold.
Sadly I don’t think Arsenal would’ve managed his physicality as well as Villareal have.
Carts Always intrigued me why lefty’s are mostly over-reliant on their strong foot. Quite rare for an ambidextrous player like a Pedro, Perisic, Santi Cazorla, Ousmane Dembele to be naturally left footed. And then you have Robben, James Rodriguez, Pepe, Adriano, Podolski, Wilshere, Griezmann, Ozil, Di Maria that can barely stand on their right peg let alone put their foot through the ball and hit it in any anger. Even Messi isn’t particularly good with his right foot albeit he scores some lovely dinks/close range finishes with it. Don’t ever recall him smashing one in with his right peg from… Read more »
I think Cebellos is a good player.
Personally, what I’ve seen from Willock is enough for me to rather him that Cebellos.
Leeds
I’ll be the first to admit that I wanted Santi moved on as I thought that he was finished post-injury. Only recall Champagne Charlie making the case to keep and use him.
Definitely did not see this level of performance coming, Villarreal are a really good side and he’s at the heart of it in CM.
Dissenter
Of course its quite possible Ozil isn’t up for it, then why as many others have asked is he still here captaining the side a couple weeks back if the idea was total and complete freeze out. Raul seems far too ruthless to put anyone in that situation.
I was good with him going this summer and club rebuilding, Willock a great place to start, yet here we are.
ValentinOctober 8, 2019 20:11:19
Marko,It is true that you are unlikely to hear anything from the backroom of the post-office.
If you went out more often you would have anecdotes to relay.
Still no answers on the questions about your attendance to games.
Val
Marko has NEVER been to see arsenal. He’s a tosser. Couldn’t really give a shot about the club. The only thing that drives him is his hatred for wenger.
The signing of Ceballos and the introduction of the likes of Saka, Nelson, Martinelli and Willock means that we literally don’t need Ozil this season. The only ones asking for him seem to be fanboys who can’t move on and the lads who keep bringing him up as a means to criticize the manager. Like I said earlier plenty of things to criticize the manager for and rightly so but on Ozil he’s right in that regard and should be backed up.
Yeah Carts, Villarreal definitely suits him better as he has runners/protectors alongside him in Anguissa and Iborra. He’s the brain and allowed to pull the strings in there with some freedom to roam forward and neglect a bit of the defensive work.
Aging like wine. Opposite to Cesc who’s aged horribly past 30.
To be fair to Cesc though he was playing first team top level PL football at literally 17 though, as a starter. Like Rooney, his body was always bound to break down earlier than most of his peers.
Look at the state of Wesley Sneijder, he’s the same age as Santi Cazorla.
“Look at the state of Wesley Sneijder, he’s the same age as Santi Cazorla”
Really impressive decline, dude looks like he’s coming off a decade long bender and not stopping.
Santi is back home.
That makes a huge difference when trying to resurrect your career.
Wish him the best of luck.
Super player.
Super guy.
It’s sad man, only seems like yesterday that the new kids on the block in Van Persie, Van Der Vaart, Sneijder and Robben were all coming up to form a Dutch superteam. Very nearly won the World Cup on two occasions to be fair. Now all four are retired with Robben sporting less hair than Homer Simpson, RVP rivaling Matt LeBlanc in a grey-off, Sneijder with a beer belly that would have Steve Bruce feeling notably slimmer and Van Der Vaart taking on a fate much bleaker than weight-gain/hairloss- a darts career which will result in a home run fr… Read more »
Ozil is dead as a footballer and has been for some time. To suggest that he is a solution to any of the problems we have in the PL is laughable. Further, it’s fairly obvious that Ozil must have done something recently to rupture his relationship with Emery or to lose Emery’s trust. Emery has been plenty willing to give Ozil opportunities to play and to prove his worth, and yet when he was asked why Ozil was not in the squad for Standard Liege, he said: “When I decided he shouldn’t be in the squad, it’s because I think… Read more »
Cheers, Benny. Don’t worry about my foul-mouthed haters. They don’t have any arguments, so they hurl insults. That’s all they have.
Darts?
Had no idea how dire it could get, Tottenham really was his level. That sexy wife certainly one foot out the door.
I don’t think Madrid will want Ceballos back. Odengaard is pulling up mahogany trees already.
I can see paying a lot for Pogba and selling Ceballos to partly fund it.
Forget Ozil get behind Ceballos and Willock instead and potentially Szoboszlai who we’re apparently tracking on a near weekly basis.
Those Extin Rebellion idiots are getting right on my tits. Why don’t they go and protest outside the Chinese Embassy or even in China ffs!
Just watching Ceballos hustle to get the ball back tells you why Ozil isn’t getting a look-in.
Some players buckle up and start competing…I doubt Ozil even cares enough these days.
Bamford You seem to be spending a lot of time trolling ..with Ozil the main subject . It’s all opinions.as to whether or not Arsenal are a better team with or without him but, as yet , you or any of the other ozil obsessives have not come up with one aspect of our game that have improved with Ozil out of the side. Attack…no Creativity…no Midfield …no Defence .. no Away form …no Discipline…no Possession…no. Composure…no. more exciting to watch …no Intelligent…no. Give me one , just one part of our game thats improved without Ozil In the side.… Read more »
Let me help
How about pressing the ball , though we haven’t seen a lot of the high intensity, pressing game in the premier league this season , have we , so I’m not sure that can be counted as an improvement.
Pierre
Making reasonable points is not trolling. Trolling is what you have been doing on Le Grove for a couple of years now. At one point, you actually explicitly acknowledged that that is what you are up to here.
The topic above was Ozil. I made a reasonable point about Ozil. That’s not trolling. Trolling is what you do.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOyvRtH9ZI
Pierre
This one for you pal
Ceballos is a not what arsenal need
Not in the same class as Santi, Wilshere and ozil creatively.
We won’t sign him permanently
Wilshere’s a pile of shite always has been. 27 and useless beyond words
Arsenal dropped outside of the top 4 because of players like Ozil.
Ozil, Kolasinac, Xhaka and Mustafi all need to piss off.
benny If you make a good comment that I like and I feel inclined to do so I’ll say so. If you read my comment this is exactly what I’d said you’d do. I don’t think you’re a bad sort just all over the place. You can pull me up all you want, don’t mind it. Same as you, when people say outlandish things outside of their station I’ll comment on it. Perception changes the subject matter is the only difference. If you wanna know the truth though, the thing I find most offensive about Bamford is that he’s such… Read more »
“I know that it’s early days still so hard to say as of yet but would people be happy if we were to spend 40-50m to make Ceballos a permanent signing at the end of the season?“
I asked similar the other day, for that cash he doesn’t justify it imo. Too slow, not electric or clever enough, tidy player with occasional class is where he seems headed. Dubbed him diet Cazorla and stick to it.
Would’ve preferred us to have signed Fekir in hindsight, and if were quoted 40-50mil this summer I’d say cheers and go Grealish.
Weagle
Ask Dissenter how Cazorla is getting on, I’m sure he used his every mention last season as reason to dismiss his form and claim if he was any good Villarreal wouldn’t be in a lowly league position.
He updated his view since at all? Been a bit quiet that end…
If it was 30-35 million odd I’d sign him. Plenty of managers would love to have him and play him in their midfield. Problem becomes what would Madrid ask for and it’s very possible that the next manager might prefer to spend that money on someone else but I’d be surprised if whoever the next manager is that he wouldn’t want it to be a permanent signing. Despite him not being Santi Cazorla. Apparently that’s how we’re judging our prospective CM signings from now on.
Luteo GuenreiraOctober 8, 2019 23:33:16 benny If you make a good comment that I like and I feel inclined to do so I’ll say so. If you read my comment this is exactly what I’d said you’d do. I don’t think you’re a bad sort just all over the place. You can pull me up all you want, don’t mind it. Same as you, when people say outlandish things outside of their station I’ll comment on it. Perception changes the subject matter is the only difference. If you wanna know the truth though, the thing I find most offensive about… Read more »
Ceballos is exactly what I said he was in the summer
Tidy. Keeps possession. Nothing more
Cazorla lite? More like Arteta lite.
We won’t make the signing permanent in the summer when emery leaves.
I’m gonna put it out there
I would rather play ozil more regularly at home over Ceballos.
And I don’t Bamford writes poorly either, his comments are very easy to read. Nit sure I get where you’re coming from tbh and this isn’t an English exam.
But, if you feel that way then who am I to deny your sense of perception and point of view and say you’re wrong?
As you were.
Fuck me the typos, good job it’s not an English exam! 🤣
*And I DON’T think Bamford writes poorly…
*NOT sure I get…
Who ever Emery fields in the business end of that MF, they need to create chances for me the future is Willock.
A mid field three of Willock, Guendouzi and Partey would work but I don’t see us getting that over the line.
Luteo a 10 on the banter scale.
Looks like we are leaving the Eu without a deal
Blinding.
Next up is a points based immigration system. Woohoo.
benny
It’s arguing semantics at this point, innit? I said you’re tribal for exactly those reasons, quick to form sides depending on the topic at hand. If not, then fine.
But I’ve seen you make comments complete opposite of Pedro the day before, then effusively praise how much you agree with everything he’s said in his post the next. You’ve praised Emery than signed off with Emery Out at least once. That’s where the all over the place bit comes from.
Anyway. Are you done standing up for Yamford now or can we move on?
As far as the EPL is concerned, Emery is going the Liverpool route with the CM’s and the fullbacks being our major attack route.
The problem with this, is Xhaka. You need 3 mobile midfielders who can run for 90 mins and neither Xhaka nor Torriera are really it.
Re ceballos he still has a lot of work to do.
His debut was incredible and just what we need though that was his best performance so far.
B2b is probably good for him but we can’t drop guen on recent form yet guen also needs supplementing with a dedicated DM (torreira)
The easiest thing for everyone would be if he can make the n10 position his own but he hasn’t done enough to cement that yet
Azed, I would say that the problem is more than just the midfield. Yes we need 3 mobile dynamic midfielders who can run for 90 minutes and we have only two young inexperienced players who fit the criteria: Guendouzi and Willock. That’s why I was advocating this summer that we should go for Tanguy NDbombele rather than Pepe. That trio would have been our midfield for years to come. However we also have a problem in attack. The reason why Liverpool recover the ball so often is because they have a front three that work incredibly hard to put pressure… Read more »
“As far as the EPL is concerned, Emery is going the Liverpool route with the CM’s and the fullbacks being our major attack route.“
Liverpool don’t attack centrally, and certainly not from CM.
Emery is also not doing anything resembling a Liverpool route.
If you’re reading Pedro, I have to say as much as I disagree with your view in emery, your blog is a superb piece of work…always interesting and thought provoking.
Pepe?
I stand more on the side that he appears to be predominately not fit for premier league purpose….a gervinho with turbo and the one foot only drawback adds to my concern.
But yeah let’s see…I hope he breaks through….none of us knows his capability in the red shirt yet.
We know so far he hasn’t impacted games and that’s the fact we all agree on.
What manager past or present would most resemble Boris Johnson?
Just popping in and out but off topic a bit..I saw in the previous post that Receeding hairline and Charlie made up. That’s seismic!! I also saw that Pedro was asking for the reintroduction of Mesut Ozil. That’s nostalgia. I too was like that till I heard Mertasacker talk. Think we need to give props to Emery for calling his BS out and to the suits for supporting him. Someone that doesn’t train as well as others shouldn’t be given any game time at all. It’s disrespectful to other teammates and sets a bad example to the youth coming up.… Read more »
CC
Liverpool play three CM’s who are the work house of the team and use the fullbacks for the majority of their attacks.
Valentin Until we bought Pepe, most of us thought Ndombele was out of our price range. For now, we will not know how Pepe came into the picture as Zaha was who all reports suggested we were talking. As for the midfield, you’ll see I said Xhaka and Torreira are not fit for that purpose and I wanted both Xhaka and Torreira gone in the summer. My replacement would have been Darcoure and an unknown player like Guendozi. While Ceballos has been ok, I would not sign him right now as he’s doesn’t have the pace to cope in a… Read more »
https://1.ftb.al/IqEAA7ruD0
Something Emery will never get our players to do
CL qualifying looks like it’s going to get tougher:
“Premier League clubs face LOSING a Champions League place and over £25m of guaranteed payments under a proposal to revamp European football”
“The European League Association has tabled new Champions League proposals”
“The four Premier League clubs in this season’s tournament are set to earn £89m”
“The ELA wants money dished out to teams according to current performance”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7550817/Premier-League-clubs-face-LOSING-Champions-League-place-25m-guaranteed-payments.html
“Ceballos is a not what arsenal need
Not in the same class as Santi, ”
If we are buying players we should get better than the academy is producing, ceballos is at the level of willock ESR.
Small players like ceballos need to be exceptional. There are physical specimens with the skillset of ceballos that would be preferable.
azedOctober 9, 2019 00:30:58
As far as the EPL is concerned, Emery is going the Liverpool route with the CM’s and the fullbacks being our major attack route.
The problem with this, is Xhaka. You need 3 mobile midfielders who can run for 90 mins and neither Xhaka nor Torriera are really it.
Azed
No
The problem is that emery is pushing two central midfielders wide to protect full backs and leaving xakha exposed. The last cm any rational coach would want alone in dove guarding the central defence.
Sid
Agree. Again it’s his first season in prem and is being misused in a dysfunctional midfield by a confused manager so I’d be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for now
You’re having a laugh, right Pedro?
Someone posts stats from Arseblog supposedly showing Emery in a bad light… No problem.
I post figures adding context showing we are not as badly off as other teams around us and you delete it.
No agenda therethen.
Mind you this may not see the light of day either.
Alone in space (not dove)