Freeeeedddddiiiiieeeeeeee

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I am so BORED.

Yep, I’m one of those children this week. Someone tap me out of international week. What a waste of fucking time. The fact a team as ‘ok’ as England hadn’t lost a qualifier in 10 years until last week tells you what a total nonsense having an ‘everyone can compete’ qualifier is.

Anyway, AMN, fresh from bitching about playing in the wrong position / taking a red card to end the experiment… is talking about how bloody marv Freddie Ljungberg is as a coach.

“There’s quite a few things [I have learnt] really,”

“He knows me as a winger, so attacking-wise he’s helped my game a lot. Defensively, I go to someone else to help me because they’re two different styles that I have to play.

“Him personally, he’s pulled me to the side a lot and has shown me different techniques and ways of beating players, ways of crossing the ball and shooting. It’s helping me and I’m happy to have him around because he’s such a big figure in the team.”

If this is the first piece of evidence in the deep state conspiracy to overthrow Emery, the comments Raul made about Freddie are the makings of case, with David Ornstein’s puff piece on the man being the smoking gun.

You don’t need me to punch the numbers into your pocket calculator… I am not going to be vaccinated. Simple as that my friends. #FreddieIn

The pinch of ‘hmmm’ you have to take with these stories: Does Freddie look so damn good against Emery because he can do the basics really well… you know, like speak the language? Mad piece of intel is he’s learning Spanish so he can talk to the Emery. How mad is that?

It’s also not difficult to see who has more sauce unless you’re a weirdo on the sauce spectrum. He’s literally a legend in the eyes of those kids. They’ll have grown up on his partnership with Bergkamp, the flash of red hair, and all the trophies.

I remain sceptical, but it’s hard to when you keep hearing kid after kid going out of their way to talk about how incredible he is.

If I were Emery, I’d get on the double sessions of Rosetta Stone, because outsourcing communications is a sure-fire way to lose authority… I just pray he never loses that ‘good ebening’ opener.

In other news, can everyone jump online and celebrate this elite piece of journalism penned by the mighty Rob Smyth?

He works for a paper that truly believes Twitter is a barometer for what’s really going on in culture, if we create enough noise around this story, maybe The Guardian will rally around a ‘Save OGS’ agenda.

That’s something I could live with. #SaveOGSHeDeservesRespectAndLongDeal.

Right, that’s me done. See you in the comments. Listen to my podcast. Sound is a bit off for the first 9mins, but then it gets better because I fix the mic problem (turned it on).

LOVE YOU xxx

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S Asoa

Continuing from somewhere above
Or
The Swiss gives him satisfaction ( imagination , imagination )
and
Like anyone else addicted, Emery has used his limited brains to ensure Xhaka is forced on the team.

Pierre

Bojangles
What’s the point of you saying what’s the point.

There were actually some good points made in that article about our style of play and the reason why we are struggling in certain aspects of our game.

S Asoa

We have a better defense, better attacking options, better organization, and more depth. We will undoubtedly have a setback or two, but there is no reason for some of the extreme negativity above.
But then we have an Spanish Waiter -oiled up hair et al – to mess up for same unappetising results every damn time

Normski

Blandford ‘So instead of continually making futile remarks about Ozil, I suggest you look at the bigger picture and recognise that Emery is making decisions that are detrimental to the team .’ Absolutely Pierre. Add Xhaka to this as well. Blandford can’t see the bigger picture. After posting all the analysis above Blandfords only response was… ‘Xhaka because he is slow of foot, slow of thought, reckless, mistake-prone and poor under pressure; Ozil because he is a listless and ghostly shell of the player he once was.’ Come on Blandford dig a bit deeper other than Ozil is listless. Thought… Read more »

Nelson

Valentin

The idea of attacking through the wing is sound. It opens up the pitch. It gives our strikers more room to operate. Also, if you have fast wingers and full backs, it is much easier to break through than trying to go through the middle when the other team is parking the bus.

Chris

Bamford

Sorry the article is too long and has accompanying diagrams that illustrate rhe points made (team heat maps etc)

It’s one of several high quality articles posted on there each day (more so if you are interested in 3 or more sports) so for the cost of 40 quid a year it is well worth it if you love sports journalism.

Obviously Le Grove is still the best and also free 😀

Normski

Pierre

You beat me to it with Bojangles. There is no point to Bojangles.

People prefer to assassinate a former manager than to dig deeper into the football and why we’re performing the way we are. It doesnt just happen there are numerous reasons.

People took for granted our levels of performance in previous years even though we were still winning trophies.

Before some cunt pipes up. We did need a new manager that isn’t in dispute but the narrative of anyone will be better than Wenger is just bullshit. Isn’t it know nothings? Blandford, Marco, Bojangles, Tony ladyboy, Grandad62?

Graham62

Normski

“People took for granted our levels of performance in previous years even though we were still winning trophies”

😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂

Words on a Blog

Reading the piece Un linked to and Pierre referred to, and given our performances in the PL, EL and Carabao, I think we could come to two distinct ways/personnel in which we could successfully play:

1) A “pressing” side with a dynamic midfield trio comprised of any of Guendouzi/Torreira/Willock/Ceballos (no Xhaka) running at defenders and working to stop attacks against us early.

2) A “patient possession” side with both Xhaka and Ozil, with Ozil making himself available for vertical passes from Xhaka and finding key passes for Auba/Laca and others.

Graham62

The fact that Wenger has gone is still the best thing that has happened to our club over the past ten years.

Waking up each morning knowing your club is at least breathing again is just wonderful, irrespective of Emery.

Sorry Normski.

Bojangles

Norma

It must be a real bitch when your on your period. Stay away from the library for a few days, there’s a good girl.

Graham62

Each and everyone on here knows where I’m coming from on this.

Don’t deny it.

Cheers.

Nelson

I read that Real Madrid wants Fabian Ruiz and Zidane wants Pogba. It is likely that Real still wants to sell Ceballos.

Sid

“A “patient possession” side with both Xhaka and Ozil, with Ozil making himself available for vertical passes”

This only works with Giroud(and a sidekick e.g Alexis Ramsey) as your striker not Auba, maybe a little with laca but not so well

Sid

Sangare, zakaria better options than ceballos considering the other midfielders at arsenal

Guns of Brixton

There’s a poster called ladyboy?

😶

Up 4 grabs now

Raptora,

Sorry had to nip out earlier.
A wins a win for me, however we get it.
Your right our midfielders haven’t clicked yet and looks a bit ponderous and lacking creativity.

I’m hoping with Tierney and bellerin in the team it opens up the width, and the midfielders can be a little more creative without worrying so much about our defence. As long as holding plays and Xhaka doesn’t we have the basis of a good side.

Let’s see where we are in January if those players all come in and can start to improve the side.

Normski

Grandad62 ‘Waking up each morning knowing your club is at least breathing again is just wonderful, irrespective of Emery.’ We’re not breathing we’re being held in a headlock with our mouth covered off a timid spaniard that hasn’t got a clue how to be or try to be a front foot team that tries to be dominant. The team is limp and we’re analytics are trending negatively and we’re going to be worse than we ever were under Wenger. It’s ok though Graham thinks everything is great. Emery has made us worse and easier to play against with less of… Read more »

Normski

Bojangles

Great crack. You really showed me sport. Surprised you know what a period is…normally too old for you by then.
Haven’t you got a teenage boy to go service? You sex tourists are always busy with one thing or another. Where do you draw line? How low can you go?

Graham62

Normskibeat

😴😴😴💤

Pierre

WOB Good points made , with regard to the pressing , yes playing Willock , Guendouzi Ceballlos /Torreira will give more energy in midfield but a pressing team needs the front 3 to instigate the press. This is where Emery hasn’t solved the problem . Our front 3 of Pepe, aubameyang and saka will never press with the required intensity that Emery is after… Lacazette coming back should help . So the conundrum for Emery is , does he drop aubamayang and Pepe and bring in Martinelli and carry on playing Torreira as the CAM in the hope that it… Read more »

Graham62

Emery is irrelevant in the greater scheme of things.

You see, he won’t be at the club long enough to cause any serious problems.

Thankfully we’ve wised up to things a wee bit.

Graham62

Where did this Normski geezer pop up from?

Seems a bit of a ##### to me.

Up 4 grabs now

Graham,

I think we’ve wised up and I’m no lover of Emery.
And don’t think he’ll be here in 3-4 years time.
But if he get champions league football at the end of the season do you think he’ll be moved on, I don’t.

And I think he deserves a shot at trying to improve next season.

Up 4 grabs now

Pierre that style that Emery doesn’t have, May change if he gets his first eleven in place for a run of games?

If the defence is stronger it will only improve the midfield, it may mean a recall for ozil if Emery isn’t worried so much about the defence and needing midfielders in there to defend? Which he knows ozil won’t do.

Words on a Blog

Pierre,

I agree that the “pressing” side would also have to have Laca and/or Martinelli playing. Having said that, I thought Auba pressed very well for the first half of the game against Bournemouth. Whether he tired in the second half or he was instructed by Emery to drop off I don’t know.

Graham62

Up4gn

He’ll be here 3 years max.

Up 4 grabs now

Graham, probably, if we don’t get top four this season then I think he’s gone in May.. Unless he wins the Europa.

Champions league qualification is the minimum requirement. Next season it’s probably try and put a title challenge together. Not necessarily win it but be in the mix.

Pierre

WOB
Pressing and intensity are not natural to Aubamayang..
It’s similar to asking Thierry Henry to press.
They may be able to do it for a limited time, that’s about it.

Also, Aubamayang is always in self preservation mode and will give the impression of pressing but he will never put his foot in where it hurts as maybe Lacazette or Martinelli would.

raptora

Lol at Titi’s two footed tackles. They were a sight to behold. A scary one mind you. He was mostly getting yellows back then and in today’s football that’s a suspension for 3 games. Easy.

Leedsgunner

Bamford

Instead of asking others to break copyright why don’t you acquire a subscription to the Athletic yourself?

I would heartily recommend it. If you can afford to give up two cups of coffee a month you can afford to take out the Athletic.

Wishing you the best,

Words on a Blog

Pierre,

Auba I’m self-preservation mode?

Sure, and I admire him for it. Don’t want him and his goals lost to an unnecessary injury.

Still Auba bearing down on defenders and goalies at speed does make them nervous and prone to mistakes.

I can’t remember, but wasn’t he part of Klopp’s geggenpressing machine when they were both at Dortmund?

Words on a Blog

*Auba in

Pierre

WOB
“Sure, and I admire him for it. Don’t want him and his goals lost to an unnecessary injury.”

Same.

Pierre

Raptora
“Lol at Titi’s two footed tackles”

There’s nothing brave about a 2 footed tackle, its a chickens way of going into a 50/50…

Bamford10

Leeds No thanks. I’m on a teacher’s salary and can barely afford modern life as it is. If I were to pay for everything I read, I would be hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. I think it makes more sense for those who can afford it to subscribe and to share with those of us who can’t once in a while. I personally am not all that worried about the writers at The Athletic. They’re all doing pretty well for themselves. I realize others will disagree with my take on this, but I think there is more grey… Read more »

Bamford10

Just read Chris’s post above. Maybe I will in fact look into a subscription to The Athletic. Cheers, all.

Chris

Well here is a snippet or two from the live Q&A with Amy Lawrence.

Put it out there that Pepe has been our best creator this season and shouldn’t be judged so swiftly.

In answer to a question regarding Emery’s future in terms of a summer decision, she feels Edu would make an informed decision.

Chris

Bamford

I assure you it is worth it. You can assign feeds to different sports/teams. There is podcasts and live Q&As etc

Normski

Blandford

LOL at the Harvard educated gobshite poverty.

If you want something put your hand in your pocket ffs.

Bob N16

Normski, why so mean?

Goobergooner

Come on the Aussies!

HillWood

Not a good ebening for Bamford tonight
Outed himself as a Manc loving
Everyone should earn the same
Downtrodden
Life is so unfair
Why am I not privileged
Whining knob