Arsenal internet spits out first casualty

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This is serious people. We need to chat. I think Arsenal internet has taken things too far.

Mustafi was asked if he was the second-worst defender in the world because Arsenal fans voted him into that position for an online poll.

In the moment, it’s amusing. Reality is, we’ve crushed the career of a footballer.

The guy is a World Cup winner and he’s certainly better than Phil Jones. Sure, he makes some wild errors, but it’s hard not to think he’d be a more solid right-back than Cal Chambers when the tougher games start to roll in.

Do we have a responsibility to bring him back into the fold? Do Arsenal fans need to repent for their sins? Do we need to start a #WeLoveUMustafi hashtag?

OR IS THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STAY AT A CLUB BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR CONTRACT.

Overall, the tone of the interview was disgraceful. I don’t think you’d get that sort of tone in the English press, which is saying something.

… but.

One thing that is notable is the section where he says he spent three weeks out injured, didn’t train, then had to face Liverpool in 2018 where we were spanked. This really is quite the statement. I don’t mean to make this about Emery, but that really is brutally unfair, not to mention a shocking decision. The double sessions that he bragged about killed him in December, reckless decisions on player fitness killed him with Ramsey and basically crushed Mustafi (in that moment, appreciate he’s been average for a while).

The best football coaches think strategically about what they are doing on the pitch. So many fans judge decisions in the moment.  They miss the little things that build up to a disaster. Good decisions are like acorns you collect for a barren day, bad one’s are like too many late nights… at some point, you’re going to get hit with the full force of the flu.

Do you like how those two metaphors are completely disconnected? Amateur writing at its best.

Last season Emery yanked Ramsey’s deal and benched him. He dropped Mesut. He went too hard on the double sessions in the summer (bit like Ole G this summer). He distributed the captaincy amongst the wrong players. He didn’t settle on a system. He tried to do too many things at the same time. He played Ramsey injured when he realised he was important. He depended on Ozil after he’d ostracised him.

It all added up to a flat run that saw us lose 3rd from a winning position.

Same thing looks to be happening again this season.

Dithering on the captain’s armband. Giving the captaincy to a weak cog in the system. Giving Mesut vice-captaincy. Dropping Mesut relentlessly. Subbing Pepe on 60 minutes for an 18-year-old. Failing to settle on a system. Playing Auba in a dead Europa game despite being our only fit striker.

These things add up over a season. Sure, you can justify many of them in the moment, but if you’re not looking at how your decisions scale over time, you’re not elite management material.

Right, that’s me done, see you in the comments.

P.S. Be nice to Mustafi you beasts x

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HighburyLegend

Back to politics…. marvellous.

Valentin

Un na naai,

“It’s one way traffic. Where are all the Europeans flooding into Middle East, Pakistan and Africa?”

The irony of that comment written by a white man in Thailand.
🤔

Bamford10

Don using the blog to promote anti-immigrant, anti-brown-people, white nationalism. Lovely.

Receding Hairline

I believe Sylvinho’s appointment at Lyon was lauded here or am i mistaken?

@ Don take your bigotry elsewhere

Normski

Oh here we go. Blandford the liberal tampon taking things to the extreme.

Calm down and go have a soy latte big boy.

Left testicle

Who’s Don?

Left testicle

The irony of that comment written by a white man in Thailand.
🤔
……………………………..

Valentin,
Did Un na naai enter Thailand illegally?

Valentin

Sylvinho’s appointment was viewed in France as a gamble likely to fail. Juninho’s the newly appointed DoF tried to exert more influence on things by choosing one of his mate as headcoach. Unfortunately instead of choosing somebody familiar with the French League or an experienced manager, he chose an debutant coach who did not speak French, was Unable to communicate his plan effectively to a young team who needs lots of clear and precise instructions. Here is the interview where he explain his communication issue. https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/ol-sylvinho-est-enerve-de-ne-pas-pouvoir-parler-francais-1771541.html Sylvinho had never worked as coach outside of the Brazilian environment. He would have… Read more »

Valentin

Left,

Where did I mention that Un had entered Thailand illegally?
Un’s issue is with mass immigration both legal and illegal.

Bamford10

Left

Except that Don/Un Na isn’t making a point about illegal immigration. He is arguing that a country is better off remaining white majority. Don has a problem with brown people, and he has expressed this racism here many times and in various forms. For example, one time when people were discussing the AFTV guys, Don said something like: ‘What happened to Arsenal? That Arsenal crowd is a third world crowd.’ The racism involved in his comment was overt. And again, he has said this kind of thing here many times.

Freddie Ljungberg

Don doesn’t live in Thailand, that’s Tony.

It’s easy to tell the difference between them because Tony isn’t a douchebag.

Bamford10

Given Gemma O’Doherty’s recent anti-brown-people, white-nationalist tweet and the alarming response to it by like-minded racists — see below — everyone should be vigilant about the kind of “subtle” racism one sees in something like Don’s comments above, IMO.

“Couple in ad campaign left ‘shaking and fearful’ after online abuse”
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/couple-in-ad-campaign-left-shaking-and-fearful-after-online-abuse-1.4031549

Bob N16

I believe in the freedom of speech however when I read or hear somebody’s views that are abhorrent to mine it’s hard not to wish that person’s voice should not be heard. I don’t agree with Unaai’s world view but I believe in his right to express it, however distasteful I find it. Obviously there is a line to be drawn where someone’s views become offensive to the point of being definitively unacceptable – the right for someone not have to be the target of racism etc. Glad I don’t have the power to police that on here. My instinct… Read more »

Bob N16

Freddie, thanks for the laugh!

China1

I know it would be very hard for me to be racist when not only is my wife Chinese and my boy biracial but my cousins are mixed race because one of my aunts is Jamaican

What I find sweet is how lovely my grandma is for being so ahead of her time. Her dad never approved of her son (my uncle) marrying a black Jamaican woman and my grandma told him to get stuffed

My grandma is amazing

Un na naai

Thailand??

I’m not anti brown people Bamford you bellend. My mrs “brown”

TR7

Breaking | Lyon President Aulas confirms in a telephone press conference this morning that José Mourinho turned down the vacant managerial role because he’s about to take a new job elsewhere.

Interesting ! Real Madrid is my guess although there are rumors Jose could replace Poch at Tottenham.

Frank Mc

“Don using the blog to promote anti-immigrant, anti-brown-people, white nationalism. Lovely.”

Cuntford being a total cunt yet again, this place was better without your fucking boring input you sanctimonious waste of internal organs.

Jim Lahey

“anti-brown-people, white nationalism”

You Americans are obsessed with race! Everything is race this, race that!

Frank Mc

Nah Jim it’s just Blandford……….

Leftsidesanch

Jose Mourinho’s last 27 PL games:

Won – 14
Draws – 6
Lost – 7

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first 27 PL games:

Won – 14
Draws – 6
Lost – 7

Very interesting this.

China1

Let’s be real here Jose can’t and won’t manage spurs

He’d have a limited budget, need to work with the youth setup and smart scouting and the expectations would just be to barely scrape top 4 each year.

Not his gig at all

That said he’s well past his sell by date as a coach and no bigger clubs have offered him anything to date

Valentin

Freddie,

I thought that Un also lived in Thailand. That he has an adopted son for whom Thais prostitutes were fighting over.
Where does he live? India, Pakistan?
Still my comment stands, the irony of a white man condemning brown people moving to a white country whilst white man lives in a brown country.

China1

Those 14 ole wins were basically all the first 14 games too haha

TR7

Well as I said Real Madrid is my guess if at all Jose has already accepted an offer. But off late he seems to have developed a craving for job security if his recent bytes on various clubs and their managers is anything to go by. At Spurs or Arsenal he is more likely to get a long tenor than say at Madrid or United. So if his priority is a long stint with relatively less pressure to win, he might opt for Spurs too.

Receding Hairline

Real Madrid are top of the table in Spain. Yes the Champions league has been hard going for them but hardly a reason to sack a man who won three champions league trophies on the bounce for you anyway .

Don’t get how you arrived at Jose’s destination being Real Madrid

China1

I’m not sure spurs or arsenal can offer job security – especially spurs because they need top 4 to keep the house of cards standing with their new stadium and Jose hasn’t operated on a budget since leaving Porto in 2004 or whatever year it was At spurs he’d probably start quite well, get third, then get frustrated at lack of signings the following summer, lose the dressing room, results would turn and the fans/higher ups would be on his back. Familiar sacking routine The only way I think he could make a success out of time (and last a… Read more »

Dissenter

Jim Lahey
““anti-brown-people, white nationalism”You Americans are obsessed with race! Everything is race this, race that!”

Get a history book
Race is deeply embedded in the history of America. You ought to know better.

China1

Imagine the shit show if Jose took over at spurs and they didn’t make top 4

Fire sale of best assets in the summer with only a couple of signings.

He might like the idea of job security but I expect he couldn’t last 1 month in that kind of summer without making sly digs about the club’s lack of ambition

He doesn’t have it in him to do a wenger and put profits over football unless he’s changed a lot during his hiatus

Danialtos

Nowadays I don’t even read the entire post I just look at the header and jump into the comments because I know the first paragraph is a topic which will eventually lead to the other ones being all about our manager….for example,how did Emery ruin Ramsey,an injury plagued player?If anything he was managing his minutes pretty well,unless am wrong I remember him being subbed in or out quite often so I don’t know how an injury prone player getting an injury was the manager’s fault

Un na naai

Val

Wtf?? I live in Surrey

And I’m not against immigration you muppet.

Un na naai

China

Could go the other way. Jose could win them the league.

Marc

China

It isn’t just a case of dealing with a budget below what he’s historically had it’s having to use a chunk of that budget to replace the 3 players about to walk on a free.

On top of that the Spud’s are out of the League Cup already so he couldn’t pull the usual Mourinho special and win that to claim success.

Danialtos

ValentinOctober 9, 2019 16:42:43 I don’t particularly rate Mustafi, but what is shocking is the way he has been treated by both the coaching staff and some “fans”. This is borderline abuse in my view.Emery could have at least publish a word of support to explain Mustafi situation at the time. Because it means that again Emery threw an unprepared player into an important game. Valentin at the time Kos was just coming back from a long term injury and Dino’s injured as usual.Rob Holding was also done….so please enlighten us was Emery supposed to out zech medley in there,because… Read more »

Receding Hairline

“Could go the other way. Jose could win them the league.”

Again the wild inconsistency

Pochettino is great manager and only thing holding him back from trophies is Tottenham Hotspur

Jose Mourinho could win Tottenham Hotspur the league

salpardisenyc

Mourinho seems past it to me, that said i’d put nothing beyond him. He finds that win at all cost form he’s exhibited in the three ‘major’ leagues anythings possible.

But titling out Spurs does seem a bridge too far, in fact if one combined the greatest strengths of Pep, Klopp, and peak Ancelotti, Mourinho they’d still find a way to fall short and fail in epic fashion.

Un na naai

Rh

When have I said the only thing holding him back is Tottenham? If he stays in for 3 more years and spurs continue to support him in the transfer market then he could win the title too.

You’re projecting the comments of others onto me.

Receding Hairline

“If he stays in for 3 more years and spurs continue to support him in the transfer market then he could win the title too.”

3 years added to the five he has already spent will be 8 years

Glad to know your standards drop dramatically when the coach isn’t named Unai Emery

Un na naai

Rh. Emery started off with a much much better squad than the one Poch inherited he spent fuck all money and produced a side that was challenging for the league and got the the final of a champions league beating inter, Dortmund, Ajax and City among the way Emery doesn’t compare. If you think he does then please illuminate me. Better squad. More money spent. No champions league football. Several chances to secure it v severely inferior opposition. Battered by Liverpool twice. Battered 4-1 by London rivals who were on their arse comparatively. His one title at psg really was… Read more »

Un na naai

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J48LQSQIinA

For all you climate change deniers out there

Stupid people

Freddie Ljungberg

Don Neither Poch nor Emery spends any money at their clubs but Spurs have spent 400m on 41 players since he took over as manager. Our squad has been almost completely revamped in 1 season. That normally doesn’t happen at a top club, and for good reasons, it brings about too much instability having too many youths and new signings integrating at the same time, especially when most of the existing senior players already at the club are dog shite. Compare that to the 63m that we spent on trying to improve a piss poor aging squad last summer and… Read more »

azed

“Rh. Emery started off with a much much better squad than the one Poch inherited he spent fuck all money and produced a side that was challenging for the league and got the the final of a champions league beating inter, Dortmund, Ajax and City among the way” Un You should do more research before you say things like this.. Lloris, Vertonghen, Kane, Lamela, Eriksen, Rose were in the squad when Poch took over. Eric Dier was signed that summer and Dele Alli in the winter. That’s 8 current first team players. Notable players Poch met include Kylie Walker and… Read more »

Un na naai

Emery inherited a squad that was one point from spurs at the end of the season
Whilst adding Torriera, Guendouzi, papa, Leno and letting wilshere and cazorla leave on a free whilst ostracising Ramsey and ozil

Let that sink in

Un na naai

Azed

Lamela has been shit
Rose was mid level until Poch got him to perform as part of a unit
He improved every player you met ones thoug so you’ve just proved my point

None of those lads you mentioned were capable of a champions league final run outside of Kane, eriksen and vert before he took over

Freddie Ljungberg

Don If it wasn’t you I would ask if you’re really this stupid. He didn’t inherit a squad that finished 1 point behind Spurs and then added those players, he inherited a squad that finished 6th the year before, we spent like a midtable club to rectify a squad full of massive holes and he ended the season 1 point behind a manager that had 400m spent on players over 5 fucking years, ample time to build exactly the squad he wanted and had a settled team. Yet some Arsenal “fans” are making excuses for the spurs manager and bashing… Read more »

Un na naai

Freddie

So what are you getting at here? That emery himself was responsible for making up the pints difference?

Tell em how he brought this about
This should be good

Un na naai

Freddie bearing in mid that the squad big Weng had the season before only had lacazette for half a season and Aubameyang for half a season

Un na naai

DonIf it wasn’t you I would ask if you’re really this stupid.

Ok big balls
How smart are you? Can we see an IQ test?
How much money do you earn? How big is your home that you 100% rent? How may homes do you own? Do you live in England and if so then what shot hole area do you rent a piss ridden shoe box?

Bob N16

Unai, stinking the place out.

Dissenter

BBC: Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman has warned his players that they must be ready for “direct confrontations” against Northern Ireland.
The Dutch side host Michael O’Neill’s men in a vital Euro 2020 qualifier in Rotterdam on Thursday evening.
“They are fighting machines,” Koeman said of the Northern Ireland players.
“Perhaps they haven’t got the structure or quality technically but it’s very direct, direct confrontations.

Talk about motivating your opponent.
The NI manager doesn’t need a team talk anymore. Just print out a blown up portion of that interview and post in the locker room.
Koeman is really a shitty manager.