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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Bankz

Bankz is here for the tr4phy again

Silverhawk

Tro4phy

Bankz

Sorry Silverhawk

Silverhawk

I’ll console myself with being first

Bankz

It’s beginning to look like whatever Emery does or doesn’t do will still be used as a stick to beat him at some point.

Globalgunner

No sympathy for Mustafi and Ozil. They can eat 5 week old cake.
They should both pick their sorry arses up and leave with what little dignity they have left

Words on a Blog

Lol so the conclusions from today’s blog:

1) Mustafi was great until, inevitably, Emery misused him

2) Once again, Emery is to blame.

Watch this space on October 31st for a detailed exposition on why Emery is ultimately responsible for a no deal Brexit

@SE19Gooner

Whatever happens now, Emery can’t win. He’s been beaten into an underdog position without the elite squad to bail him out like he did in his title winning season at PSG (comparative to the league). Feel like he needs a PR agency to have a word and salvage his reputation before he loses the fans altogether.

Words on a Blog

Pedro,

EKB?

I just think Emery is an above-average manager who is likely to get us into the top4 playing football that ain’t too easy on the eye.

What I don’t buy is the line that he’s directly responsible for everything bad that’s happened in the world since he was appointed manager of Arsenal

azed

This was my post on the alleged miss treatment of Ozil last season by Emery 2018/19 24 appearances, 5 goals, 2 assists 2017/18 26 appearances, 4 goals, 8 assists 2016/17 33 appearances, 8 goals, 9 assists 2015/16 35 appearances, 6 goals, 19 assists 2014/15 22 appearances, 4 goals, 5 assists 2013/14 26 appearances, 5 goals, 9 assists The idea that Emery somehow miss treated Ozil last season is a figment of Pierre’s imagination. Appearances and goals are similar the only difference is the assist numbers and they have been dropping since 2015/16 which going by Ozil’s record was an exception… Read more »

Mysticleaves

Pedro doing to Emery what the fans did to Mustafi. Delete my posts all you like but this post is shameful. The fans ruined Mustafi, Ramsey is injury prone, Ozil doesn’t train like he wants to play, last season he chose Ozil as one of the captains (no 4 I think) cos he was a senior player and also before he found out he doesn’t train well. This season the players chose Ozil as the fifth choice for captain.

Wiscogunner

I mean, is mustafi wrong for wanting to look for the right deal for himself? Would you all not do the same…well most, I’m sure some of you are so thick headed you cut your nose spite spite your face.

Bergkamp63

“The fans ruined Mustafi”

It’s difficult to ruin something that wasn’t fit for purpose to begin with ! He’s never possessed any pace and is technically impotent, World Cup winner or not, the PL was never suited to his style of play, in short, he should never have been purchased in the first place. You can’t expect fans to take every player, particularly if they are error prone.

HighburyLegend

“he’s certainly better than Phil Jones.”

And mostly, he’s less ugly.
(not very difficult, I know)

Knoxville

LOOOOOOOL!

I am Emery out but you were reaching here Peddars

HighburyLegend

We need to start a #WeLoveGranité hashtag.

HighburyLegend

“Be nice to Mustafi you beasts x”

What about our beloved Swiss disaster ?

Bergkamp63

Highbury,

I hope your referring to kitchen worktops !

Rich robbins

Yesterday I was surprised at the response on Pepe. He needs time, support, and guidance. That is the responsibility of the manGer to see staff and team execute and help bed. The talent is there. I find that we ourselves have another conundrum…….a manAger who seems clueless on what is needed to change. There are good points in playing the youth; attention to detail and no rigid time for substitutions; but as an observer, no leadership and instilled passion to the squad seems to be part of his makeup. His strangeness with xhaka, Ramsey, and others, belie understanding. Hope springs… Read more »

salpardisenyc

Defense was threadbare at this stage was either Mustafi or Koz who was just coming back from the long term so there was no real choice, in the end both played a half and got abused.

What his is for me is yet another example of not keeping the house internalized, Mustafi leaking what can be perceived as not favorable info in the press, kind of thing Fergie would ship you to the Turkish super liga for.

Said it yesterday, I’ll say it again Mustafi likely more fit for purpose than Sokratis based on what we’ve seen this season.

HighburyLegend

A Man’s Anger ?? lol

Marc

I’ve said several times on here over the last week that I can’t see Emery getting an extension beyond the summer so I’m not an EKB but Pedro give it a rest. You don’t like Emery – fine but stop trying to put things down as his fault when they are not i.e. Emery did not pull Ramsey’s contract that was Sanllehi. The problem with harping on about things that have nothing to do with Emery is it just gives ammunition to those who want to protect him and it makes you look like someone who can’t give an unbalanced… Read more »

Bob N16

The best defenders rarely make individual errors; they read the game brilliantly and know when to fully commit and when to hold off. Mustafi has moments when he looks excellent, fully committed and effective- he’s even capable of some decent passing. Unfortunately for Mustafi and all Arsenal supporters is that he has misjudgements, brain farts to use a technical term. These have often led to goals or opportunities for the opposition. I don’t think that supporters are to blame for his regular mistakes- it’s a question of his recklessness. I can’t say whether he had these moments at Valencia for… Read more »

Batistuta

Lolz this post is such maybe one of the worst I’ve ever read on here…. I mean sure lots of stick to beat Emery with but again, citing Mustafi as an example is borderline comical especially when you then go on to say he would look better at RB than Chambers….. Jeez, we get it you hate the manager but surely don’t have to go over board just to spite him

Leedsgunner

When Mustafi went to ground at every opportunity, conceded silly penalties and found himself woefully unable to anticipate his opponent’s moves — was that the fans’ fault too?

Mustafi is doing what he always does, refusing to accept responsibility or learn from his mistakes. No wonder he finds it so easy to play the victim rather than growing up.

Batistuta

It’s just like the whole Ozil argument, utterly pointless because we know what we’d get with the German so why all this pretence that his presence would add some sort of “control” to our play? He is what it is, we’ve lived through it for some time now so not sure exactly what it is we are meant to be missing with him

Leedsgunner

The only reason Mustafi was signed for £35m was because Valencia had us over a barrel. Mertesacker and Gabriel were long term injured and we needed a CB desperately.

His price tag was not a mark of his quality, but a mark of Wenger’s folly.

Danny

Do Arsenal fans need to repent for their sins?
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Our Jewish fans today are as it’s their day of atonement!

Mysticleaves

No, the fans aren’t really to blame for his mistakes. He’s become error prone and it doesn’t help going from Wenger to Emery as a defender. But I remember Mustafi very well in his first season with us. He was mostly very good. Made less mistakes too. Before he was Wengmerized. And the fans didn’t help. He’s a good defender. If there was more focus on our defending over the years, he’d be a dependable defender. He’s a beast in the air, has qualities to play from the back, has reasonable speed and is vocal. He’s gone to shit but… Read more »

Un na naai

Mongo 1) I never said he wasn’t a despot/tyrant, I said it’s questionable wether or not the chemical attack in question was committed by him you dick head (that’s the last on this) 2) why don’t you stop? Charlie and normski have made you look the utter fool you are all afternoon but you can’t stop digging. Here’s an idea. Why don’t you actually go to an arsenal game for once in your life rather than making smug unbased assertions from your Dublin post office? Just once. It’s not like you’re in Calcutta. You’re an hour away by plane. Easy.… Read more »

Valentin

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. Pedro talks about strategic thinking, I just call it bad management. Football is not rocket science or brain surgery. If most of your players get injured, maybe there is something wrong with your training regime rather than the… Read more »

Batistuta

Valentin

Like most of our players were dropping like flies under Wenger yea?

Mysticleaves

Last season and the one before when we were baying for blood on Xhaka, I defended him too. Cos we didn’t have better and weren’t going to buy so there was no need benching him. We needed him and he was central to how we played. But now we have atleast 3 options better than him for the starting positions I can’t defend him. He needs to sit. Same for Mustafi. His performances over 3 years might have proven he’s not good enough long term (as we don’t seem to know how to sign coaches that can improve defence) but… Read more »

Un na naai

Pedro Couldn’t agree more. Fucking basic errors. I also read the Mustafi interview this morning, weirdly and I actually felt sorry for him My view on him is this. He’s a better defender than Luiz and he’s actually very good 95% of the time. He’s always got a mistake in him though but a lot of that can be negated through rigorous work on the training field. You aren’t teaching him how to be Messi but training a unit to work to together The more you do it the more confidence the unit gets, knowing their team mates positions and… Read more »

Wasi

Pedro man why you trying so hard to blame it all on Emery. Mustafi’s decline already began under Wenger . Had good Physical attributes to be a good defender but his mind is at Championship level at best. He keeps making childish errors . Even still. He’s got 3 clean sheets this season sure but he is still making rookie mistakes which in PL would be punished . Mustafi just trying to blame it on Emery and go with the general consensus that Emery is an idiot. It surely is helping him out tho. Ramsey was always injury-prone. Sure Emery… Read more »

Batistuta

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. I’m not sure you’ve seen first hand what “abuse” means man, he’s a professional being paid millions weekly, i highly doubt he gives a toss about being “abused” as you put it and I’m sure Emery has cone in defence of Mustafi on more than one occasion last season so again, don’t know what you mean by the above man. Again it’s like you lot that hate the manager… Read more »

Mysticleaves

Valentin, Emery has mostly said very good things about Mustafi when the fans were baying. As has been detailed here he didn’t have many choices but to play him. Also Mustafi has been training now for over 10 years as a professional footballer. Missing 3 weeks and playing without much training didn’t cause that performance that day.

Batistuta

Lolz at Mustafi being shit being blamed on the manager, yea sure like he wasn’t already looking horrible under Wenger, again, let’s not go over board with this whole Emery is responsible for everything bad in the world theme, makes you look like someone with a very big fat agenda.

There’s about a million things he’s gotten wrong with our squad but not Mustafi

Mysticleaves

“I’m not sure you’ve seen first hand what “abuse” means man, he’s a professional being paid millions weekly, i highly doubt he gives a toss about being “abused” …”

He’s a human being first off. And he has been very poorly treated by the fans, millions or not. Humans have emotions and thresholds. You’d have to consider that angle. As for abuse, maybe a strong word but I can understand why Valentin would use that given how Mustafi has been treated

Un na naai

Bati

He’s gone to a whole new level of shit under emery along with xakha and most of the other players

Yes things were bad under wenger but he isn’t here any more. He’s gone. And the new coach should be able to get his defence playing as a unit

We are actually worse
Conceding more goals
Scoring less

Yada yada yada

Leedsgunner

Honestly, if I was Mustafi I would just keep my mouth shut.

He has just made it back into the manager’s plans why is he shooting his mouth off? What does hie think he will gain by doing this?

Pierre

Mysticleaves
“Valentin, Emery has mostly said very good things about Mustafi”

Have you not learned anything in the last 15 months .

Emery talks gibberish and has always talked gibberish.

It’s never a good thing to quote anything from Emery as you are on danger of making yourself looks as stupid as he is.

What Emery says about any player is totally irrelevant…that’s obvious.

grooveydaddy

Pedro

Forget Mustafi. Today’s post should have been about Colleen and Rebel ah!

salpardisenyc

Actions have consequences, Mustafi going it for himself. Writing on wall with Saliba coming in as well.

Graham62

Pierre

In this respect, I agree with you.

Nice that you didn’t include Mesut in your hypothesis because, as we all know, Emery speaking Klingon would have sufficed on that one.

Luteo Guenreira

The facts don’t make the narrative, the narrative makes the facts. If Emery was killing it with the lineup selections and the football wasn’t so tepid then Ozil and Mustafi wouldn’t even be a topic of discussion. There’s probably only like one or two fans left in the world remotely knowledgeable about football that would include either of them in their best elevens, can’t imagine either being depended upon in a big match. Mustafi and Ozil not playing isn’t the problem. Ozil will always be a talent but he’s such a head case right now. I don’t see an athlete’s… Read more »

Mysticleaves

3 weeks is give or take 21 days. He wasn’t bed ridden either. his fitness was not poor. He just couldn’t probable do muscle work or tactical (lol) work. He didn’t come back from an 8 month lay off. Just 21 days

Graham62

So is it now all down to social media that players make so many mistakes and poor decisions?

It doesn’t have anything to do with a lack of ability?

Leedsgunner

Pedro

It’s a stupid thing to do.

Let his football do the talking and if he really wants a move, let it be known that he would be willing to take a wage cut in return for a slightly longer contract.

It’s not rocket science!

Valentin

At the time of the incident, Emery could have explained the reason of the poor performance. Mustafi was injured coming back from a 3 weeks break. The reason he did not say anything is because then people would have asked questions about why our players were falling like flies. At the time there was numerous rumours that the training regime was too physically demanding. Instead of fronting that problem, everything was kept quiet, the double session quietly stopped and the players were the one who had to support the brunt of “fans” discontent. For context, Koscielny gave an interview a… Read more »

Mysticleaves

Pierre, I don’t listen to managers press conferences. I only read what has been modified (due to bad grammar and/or composition) and translated to the papers. So unless you have reading difficulties…

Un na naai

Graham

But he doesn’t lack ability. He lacks coaching within a defensive unit. Get him into a peak chelsea or Italian side and he’s game will improve drastically just as flair players and strikers wilt at Chelsea.

It’s all to do with coaching and systems

For years under wenger arsenal has been a career killer for many promising centre halves
Why? Because he virtually hung them out to dry with his barn door wide open approach.

Valentin

I am sorry if some think that the word abuse is too strong, but having idiots sending family of players death threat, Twitter and Instagram picture of dead animal, wishing people that their kids have cancer, because their dad is a cancer to the club is abuse.
Keyboard warrior who use bully boy tactic and then justify their abhorrent behaviour because of a player salary should take a hard look at themselves.

Mysticleaves

UNN, I agree

Graham62

Ability includes many different skills.

For example, the abilty to think clearly and calmly when under pressure.

I agree though with your Wenger take on things.

Nothing new there then.

HighburyLegend

“abilty to think clearly and calmly when under pressure.”

Xhaka!!

Graham62

Emery’s press conferences are incomprehensible. Can’t make head or tail of them.

Wenger’s press conferences were, in the second period of his reign, just staged.

Never listened to them.

jwl

I feel bad for Mustafi, he is being targeted by gooners, but that is what sports fans are like.

If they did worst midfielder poll, I would not be surprised to see Xhaka and Ozil in top five. Arsenal fans are frustrated and angry from Wenger last few seasons and now we taking it out on our new manager and Wenger era players.

Receding Hairline

I prefer not to speak

Sid

CG I know your handwriting!
Taking Pedro hostage wont work. Release him ASAP.

Un na naai

Receding HairlineOctober 9, 2019 17:41:51
I prefer not to speak

Breaking the habit of a lifetime!! Keep up the good work

Rambo Ramsey

“I prefer not to speak”

Its OK lad, your wife is not here.

Luteo Guenreira

Honestly though Mustafi was considered a good purchase by most fans for at least the first year or so, at least the first few months for certain. That’s how I remember it at least, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

Un na naai

Mystic On what? Graham. Yes absolutely does but you’re expecting what exactly? Him to have more abilities than he has naturally? The abilities he does possess are enough to get him into a World Cup winning squad and playing for a giant club like arsenal. With the right coaching I could virtually guarantee his mistakes could become almost eradicated if not entirely. As I’ve said before, Bould, Dixon, winterburn were not world class or even international class in an era when england were utter shit. But Graham moulded them into a world class defence through respective coaching and drilling as… Read more »

Un na naai

Luteo

He was very good in his first few months. As were chambers and The Verminator. Unfortunately arsenal is a cb graveyard

I was hoping we might see a change in that respect but like ive said, emery is worse.

Mysticleaves

UNN, your opinion on Mustafi. He’s got ability. Just didn’t meet the right coaches at Arsenal in WengMery. Is he a world beater? Hell no. But he’d have been very dependable

Dissenter

I’ve been asking myself why I defended Emery on le-grove so vociferously last year?
My conclusion is I ws just revolting against Pedro’s penchant to turn every thing about Emery.
Even now that I want him gone, I will still say this post is click bait at it’s worst.
Fans voted Mustafi to be shot because he was really shite.

Valentin

Pedro,

He wants the Arsenal job, but he would settle for the Spurs one.
The first question is who will offer him the job first?
The second is which Mourinho the club would get? The happy settled one willing hungry for success or the bitter, willing to start fights with everybody?
Maybe a short 18 months contract with explicit target clauses would keep a leash on his more nefarious tendencies.

Pierre

Batistuta

It’s just like the whole Ozil argument, utterly pointless because we know what we’d get with the German ”

True

Chances created ( 6 in 71 mins in his last game) and creativity.

Spot on there batistuta, we know exactly what we will get .

Dissenter

I wasn’t aware that Emery could pull any player’s contract?
After arguing for decentralized management system for one decade, Pedro can resists Wengerizing Emery.
That’s what you call Emery Derangement Syndrome [EDS]; Emery is not responsible for everything that goes wrong at Arsenal.

Danny M.O

in my view Mustafi and Xhaka are warrented the abuse they get. Without going vile on wenger in his last two seasons he would still be here today.

Mustafi and Xhaka are need to smell the coffee and move away. Its the same in any relationship when one person if failing. Fix up or cut your losses and move kn and find a girl that will tolerate your bullshit which they old one didnt (weed smoking).

Marc

“If they did worst midfielder poll, I would not be surprised to see Xhaka and Ozil in top five”

Top 5 my arse they’d both make the top 2 and they’d be recount after recount trying to see which was worse.

Luteo Guenreira

Pedro

You’re not going to will it into existence. Mourinho will never be welcome at Arsenal. And why would Arsenal go after a Man United reject?

Actually there is a history for that. So who knows then, never mind.

The funniest thing would be if he did sign and all the devoted Wengerites, having hated Emery so much, welcome Mourinho simply because he is replacing Emery, in spite of the near decade of open contempt, disdain, and mockery Wenger previously. Full fucking circle.

Eduardo

So now Mustafi being an incompetent and brainless hack of a “defender” is on Emery too. Pathetic, agenda-driven nonsense. There is plenty to be critical of Emery about without resorting to the ludicrous idea that he “killed” (to use an AW phrase) Mustafi by playing him against Liverpool. Who else was he supposed to play, exactly? Our fit center halves were sokratis, Mustafi and… Er… That’s it. Thanks to Wenger and your and Arteta’s pal, Ivan G. Plus, the idea he’d be a better right back than Chambers is laughable. It would be the same old story, look decent for… Read more »

Batistuta

Pierre

Not going to get into an argument with you regarding Ozil and chance created, would be pointless…. Azed posted a link of his actual assists and goals over the last few seasons, that’s what I’d judge by, how much work he puts in when he’s played.

Words on a Blog

Pedro/Valentin,

I’d far prefer Mourinho to end up at Spurs.

He’d play nice for a while, then demand a £400m budget to address squad deficiencies. If he gets anywhere near it, Spurs go bust; if he doesn’t he sulks, plays his usual games and becomes The Nefarious Destroyer.

Bob N16

Pierre, give it a rest. Whatever bullshit statistic you come up does not mask the fact that he is no longer an asset. There is a chance that with a hell of a lot of nurturing he could return to something close to his best but if we are going to progress as a club we can’t have our best paid player being given special dispensation to play when he wants.. The message should always be, bust a gut for the team, if you can’t give 100% find another club. You might argue he’s worth it, I would argue he’s… Read more »

Batistuta

Funny that all of a sudden Pedro now sees Ozil as this midfield maestro because it suits his ongoing agenda against the manager after spending the past few seasons calling the same player out because of how bad he’s been.

Batistuta

Bob

It’s almost like its another Mesut Ozil people have been harping on about, all of a sudden we should be building the squad around him in 2019?

I know we are not exactly pulling up trees but to pretend like Mesut Ozil in 2019 would give us more “control” or whatever word has been used to justify that claim is clearly agenda driven

jwl

“Top 5 my arse they’d both make the top 2 …”

Marc – I thought the same but it’s an online poll and there might be manure or spuds fans who are disgruntled and might get one of their players into the mix.

Words on a Blog

Pedro,

Just waiting for the moment when you to mount a full throttle defence of Ozil.p and blame his decline on (guess who?) Emery.

Then you truly will have gone full circle and become the former Marxist-Leninist who’d just discovered the joys of capitalism….

Chris

I read a lot about assists and chances created and would it be fair to say that both are possibly misleading? For example, an assist may be something as simple as a side foot pass from the 6 yard line to a team mate in front of an empty goal, or it could be a defence splitting through ball a la Messi. The same with a ‘chance created’. This could be another simple side pass for a team mate to have a speculative attempt on goal, or it could be the killer though ball prior to the assist (is pre… Read more »

Batistuta

Mystic

Only crazy folks go online to abuse players families but I’m sure these players have their guys who filter and keep this stuff away from them if not then I’m sure at one point or the other every footballer will get abused online, it’s not peculiar to Arsenal fans alone so again, Mustafi has not been treated any more poorly than Alumunia or Senderos or all the abuse Van Persie or even Fabregas got after they left…. Sadly it’s part and parcel of the modern game whether we like it or not

Pierre

Bob
Why not tell the others who constantly criticise Ozil to give it a rest .

I’m still waiting for an area where we have improved without Ozil on the pitch .

Any ideas Bob…

Luteo Guenreira

Andres Escobar was basically killed for an own goal. An extreme example but fan abuse is hardly new, everyone just has a more accessible medium is all.

Batistuta

Also and I’m sure its been highlighted, if the clubs hierarchy were upset at the managers treatment of Ozil or even Mustafi to an extent, I’m sure they’d have had a word in his ear about it so just maybe it’s their own way of saying, we told you that you weren’t part of our plans but you decided to stay so you’d have to work extra hard to earn a place and in Mustafi’s case, he’s buckeld down and actually looked good when he’s played in Europe and the league cup which at the moment is maybe his level… Read more »

jwl

Chris – don’t know what best site is but this one is thorough.

https://www.whoscored.com/Statistics

Batistuta

Pedro

Have no clue whatsoever about any vote about anyone being the worst midfielder in the world, my comments are generally about how certain folks suddenly think Ozil is the answer to our problems….

As for my take on Emery, i backed him and he’s turned out not good for purpose and I’ve admitted and said as much so nothing embarrassing there man, we all get things wrong and only reasonable folks hold their hands up and admit they were wrong you know like you did with the whole Gazidis thing, no shame admitting you were wrong at all

jwl

Pedro – it was online poll I believe, so I have no problem at all believing angry gooners would vote Ozil and Xhaka top five worst, just like Mustafi even tho he not top five worst either.

Pierre

Chris Pepe has 3 assists , 2 from corners(I think) , not sure on the other one. Ceballos has 2 assists ( v Burnley) One was a simple 3 yard pass to Aubameyang who swerved inside a couple of players and scored from 20/25 yards and the other from a corner , nonetheless they count as assists and rightly so. Believe it or not , i believe a creative player should be judged on the amount of chances he creates as once he creates the chance , that’s his job done in that aspect of play . It is then… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Watched a star is born. Jesus…I didn’t see the ending coming. Ruined my afternoon a bit. I tuned in to see Ga Ga’s tinkle and got that ending! I won’t spoil it. I can’t deny that those two really looked like a couple. I totally bought into it. As for Mustafi. He’ll get over it. Jesus…multi millionaire footballer reads internet poll: gets sad. Nothing to see here. I agree that Emery couldn’t run a race, let alone a football club. His treatment of his two stars last season was him throwing his weight around, losing and then doubling down this… Read more »

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