Mesut Ozil is back in the news again, drawing attention to himself in an unflattering light, but making the same statement again… he ain’t going nowhere.
He doubled down on his grim relationship with a dictator. He stated his love for Arsene. He reiterated that he’s training hard and wants to play.
So how did Unai respond? With a messaging approach as garbled as a hippy atop a London Underground train in Canning Town.
“But really the last two to three weeks he has improved with us in training,”
“I didn’t close to him the possibility to play. … My idea is to use all the players and he is one who can help us. He also has very big skills and quality we will need in the next matches.”
UNAI FFS MAKE UP YOUR MIND.
You either like him… or you hate him. This indecision on what you want from the player looks so bad. Worse than your assistant coach learning Spanish.
Leadership demands consistency.
Emery needs a PR strategist in his team. Every time Mesut talks to the press, he manages to persuade the people he’s the victim and he’s just out there trying to make a living at a club he loves.
It’s masterful… because Emery always caves. It’s clever, because the German’s army rises up and amplifies his victimhood.
I think we should offer a way back into the side for the German. We lack creativity, and as far as I can see, there’s been no benefit to his absence. We don’t create. We don’t defend well. We are one dimensional. The manager should find a way to extract some value from this mega deal he’s on. Worst case scenario… Mesut shames himself again. Best case, we unleash the front three with opportunities.
Short post today, can’t believe we’re a Monday game again.
See you in the comments. x
Iwobi has to score in that situation. It is part of the reason you felt he would never make it with us. In the penalty area one on one with the keeper and he pokes it straight at him.
Iwobi missed a sitter
Nelson
Calvert Lewin is a non scoring forward. Makes a nuisance of himself. Even though Bernard scored, I think he’s been very underwhelming for them. Would like to see Kean get a run at #9 with Bernard, Calvert Lewin both on the bench
Ffs Iwobi
Walcott again showing that his decision making in the final third leaves a lot to be desired. It’s a shame but both him and Iwobi just not quite up to the standard we need certainly.
Wilshere yet to make any real impact on the game.
Gomes is so much better than Jack.
That’s a goal of the month contender from Sigurdsson.
That’s hat Sigurðsson is good at, long shots.
Oh dear jack left on the ground.
WestHam doesn’t look like a top4 team.
Normski I wasn’t suggesting that we are Liverpool. I’m trying to get over that work rate will beat talent without application. In an ideal world you want both talent with application and you’ve got a Vieira or a Bergkamp. Again you make my point when you say no one will pay for Ozil and we’ll have to subsidise his wages to shift him. If Messi was available on a free tomorrow even with his colossal wages would a club take him on? Ozil is a busted flush and playing him just tells the youngsters you don’t have to perform to… Read more »
Marc
Exactly.
Theo, Jack and Iwobi were all on the pitch at the same time, 3 exes at one time, maybe a record?
Poor Jack. He was out tricked before Everton scored the second goal. Highlight will show poor Jack lying on the floor.
Marc I’m sure you don’t want a team of lee catermoles though do you? The point is we’re not Liverpool as they are set up with a clear way of playing every game we’re not. You’re right they’re functional and efficient but the players know their roles and understand what the manager wants. If we were creating chance after chance like Liverpool do and not conceding opportunities like they’re going out of fashion by playing a functional midfield I wouldn’t have a problem not using Ozil but we don’t. What is your point about Ozil and his high wages? It’s… Read more »
Fuck off grandad62 no one was talking to you
Normskibeat
👏💤💤💤
Blog of love 💕
Lol spurs being spursey
Welbz done his hamstring within 5 mins of starting for Watford. Poor lad!
Grandad62
Give everyone a post without moaning or bitching about something or someone.
A viagra won’t help you rise to the occasion this time.
U4GN
If the Spud’s drop points today they’re really getting into trouble. Their next league match – away at Liverpool!
We’ll create more chances when we have Tierney and Bellerin and proper overlapping fullback play.
Also when we have a settled front three who have grown into the system & one another.
If we’re still short of chances in 3-4 weeks’ time, these people will have an argument. But it won’t necessarily be an argument for Ozil.
Hard not to laugh at what’s happening at Spurs to be honest
Blandford
‘ Also when we have a settled front three who have grown into the system & one another.’
How will we have a settled front 3 when emery doesn’t know his best 11? We don’t have one system either the manager has stated we adapt our approach depending on the opposition.
You could say players don’t get the chance to make and build relationships or grow into any system as the manager doesn’t have a ‘system’. And/or doesn’t know what he’s doing.
It’s almost like you’re watching something different to everyone else. How is OGS and Utd doing?
Blandford
Anyway you shouldn’t be on the internet don’t want you using all your data. Thought you were pleading poverty last night? Are you stealing free WiFi from a library or something?
Normskibeat
Oh yes, the joys of social media.
Morons “R” Us allowed their chance of glory.
That IQ of yours is really showing us all up.
Swear some of you are 12 with all the name calling
Cracker of a game in Rome… Atlanta about to throw away a 3 goal lead away to Lazio
Var get it wrong again Watford should have had a penalty.
“Swear some of you are 12 with all the name calling”
Wanker!
Marc
Cunt
My dad’s bigger than your dad
Marc,
They look awful, considering Watford are poor there easily the better side compared to the spuds.
They’ll be lucky to get anything today and the bindippers won’t do them any favours either.
Blatant penalty ref doesn’t give it and var review it and won’t give it. Shocking.
U4GN
I haven’t seen it but VAR just seems to go with what ever the ref says on these decisions.
Completely defeats the object of having it.
What’s really shocking is that Poch has gone for a back three against Watford at home. lol. Watford at home. And they still end up trailing in the match.
End times for Poch at Spurs.
Ishola
Are you telling me the sauce has gone off?
Marc
“Are you telling me the sauce has gone off?”
That he even considers to play a back three against the worst team in the league at home tells us all the massive problems now at Spurs.
And these problems there are so big now you feel it is not just about Poch here although of course he is well part of it all.
This Spurs set-up reached it’s pinnacle in their CL final appearance last season and now they have just dissolved.
The way they are running VAR is a joke. It’s set up to protect the referee. I don’t understand how English football can taken simple concept as VAR and use it to maintain the status quo.
Watford had a 100% penalty call not called by referee, Vertoghen clearly took out Deulofeu….VAR does not reverse it. It’s like referees don’t want to hurt the feelings of other referees.
It was so obvious that even Steve Wonder wouldn’t have missed it. The score stays Spurs 0-Watford 1.
*can take a simple concept
Dermot gallacher just said penalty and can’t work out why it’s not given by Var.
The refs can use the pitchside monitor but won’t.
Var won’t over rule the ref.
Pepe was pulled To the ground against Bournemouth two weeks ago and var say no pen! Lol.
Dissenter
That’s the problem ref’s are like an old boys club. They cover up each other constant incompetent performances and then wonder why fans think they’re all cunts.
Ishola
I was fucking about but there’s clearly a major issue at the Spud’s that is clearly beyond a run of bad form.
I get the distinct feeling that the Poch wants out and is too cheap to just quit. If they don’t get a reaction in the second half it’ll be clear the players have given up on him as well.
No wonder why no English ref was used at the last WC. Long may it continue. Club of clueless twats.
Grandad62
Still nothing?! Only thing you have to offer is Alzheimer’s and werthers.
Tedious fact of the day.
The last time Liverpool opened the league season with 8 wins from 8, Arsenal went on to win the league!
Effing referee
That was handball from Dele Ali. He extended his arm to make it bigger.
Fucking Foster.
And he keeps blaming others when he fucks up.
How can that not be handball.
Dissenter
“Effing referee
That was handball from Dele Ali. He extended his arm to make it bigger.”
It’s fucking VAR.
Scrap it now.
Useless
It was his arm. It was Dele Ali’s arm. How could they miss that with the benefit of video review
VAR is a joke
Fucking spuds are always almost sure to get late dodgy goals ffs…also,what is this with shit teams always playing as if their lives depend on it when facing us but just roll over when they face other top sides?..And this has been happening for a long time now
Foster is a cunt as well.
He always blames others when he makes errors.
Spuds getting away with absolute nonsense.
Hudson Odoi is tremendous man. What a prospect he is.
English refs. Mike Riley trained the most of them
Watford only have themselves to blame. Should have been out of sight. . Bet the ref will play on till the Spuds score
Globalgunner
“English refs. Mike Riley trained the most of them”
Nothing to do with the ref this one.
He refered to VAR as he should.
If VAR then fails to spot such an obvious handball by Delli Ali on video replay then there is no need at all for VAR in the game.
Ishola. Who do you think are in the VAR room?. Refs of course
Annoying that the Spud’s got a point – Soccer Saturday saying it was a definite handball for their goal and by all accounts Watford should have had a pen but they are still dropping points in matches they would’ve won in the first part of last season. This run of form with key players ready to walk means top 4 for us shouldn’t even be in question.
Chelsea won.
Leicester show they can do a bit of flat track bullying at home.
Over to Unai now to see if his flat track bullying capabilities extend to an EPL away match.
Need a win at Sheffield.
Yeah bit of a stretch to see this Spurs result as some sort of revival for them.
Still a poor result for them.
Ishola
They are away to Liverpool next Sunday – lose that one especially if they are well beaten and todays result doesn’t mean anything.
Spuds not too far away. Leicester goal difference of +8, Chelsea +5, Arsenal and Spurs both +2. Four teams competing for two positions.
Ishola
Arsenal have not won in Sheffield since 1993
Marc “his run of form with key players ready to walk means top 4 for us shouldn’t even be in question.” Very handy indeed that Spurs have imploded in relation to top four. But question for you. If Arsenal fail to beat Sheffield United away on Monday and this after failing to beat the worst team in the league Watford away after being 2-0 up can it really be said that top four is absolutely not in question for Arsenal? Could it be said of any team with these type of results let alone Arsenal? By your suggestion that top… Read more »
VAR is a corrupt. Absolute joke of a system.
There was that very nice win at Bramall Lane by the kids in league cup in 2007
”Another reason why we are still the greatest country in the world.””
At what?
Ishola
I’m not saying we will I’m saying there’s no excuse for us not to.
Emery’s KPI has to be qualification for the CL via the league and I believe Sanllehi has come out and said as much.
Lovely seeing the Spuds imploding. Fluking a result today via VAR-gate was a mere stay of execution for Poch, he looks to have lost the players.
Unrecognisable from the side that got to the CL Final. His body language and pressers have been off all season, serious problems in that dressing room.
Fair enough Marc.
Arsenal certainly favourites to get in top four but as we know favourites not always absolutely certain.
Tierney now needs to be picked ahead of Kolasinac.
If we don’t see Tierney taking over from Kolasinac real soon then that will be another dubious move from Emery along with his loyalty to Xhaka.
City in their rhubarb and custards again
“There was that very nice win at Bramall Lane by the kids in league cup in 2007”
Back in the days when Bendtner actually looked a real talent.
Him and Eduardo were a decent partnership around that time, and they linked up well for a goal in that match if I remember correctly.
Dortmund are so good to watch, Brandt such a smooth baller.
Arsenal will be back in the top 3 on monday, will be in the top 2 early January, im telling you this for free!
Peak Bendtner had to be when he came on as a sub for that corner at the Emirates when we were level 1-1 with Spurs near on the end of the match and bulleted in a headed winner.
Immensely frustrating and largely a disappointing lump but he definitely had his moments, didn’t he score a hat-rick vs Porto in the CL knockouts too?
WE – Can’t remember Porto, but he was good as a number ten in whenever we played 4-4-2 in the cups. Always feeding Eduardo, who was just starting that period of making finishing look ridiculously easy.
WE
“Peak Bendtner had to be when he came on as a sub for that corner at the Emirates when we were level 1-1 with Spurs near on the end of the match and bulleted in a headed winner.”
That’s one of my best NLD goals ever.
I have never seen a better vertical jump from a standing position
Paulinho What did you make of Eduardo? I really liked him, wouldn’t go as far to say that I think he would have turned into a world beater for us but he was an outstanding finisher as you say with that great knack for ghosting into those pockets of space around the box and his composure was class. Easily could have been that 20 goal a season poacher which you could argue would have pushed us over the line in a time when we created more chances than anyone but had nobody to reliably put them away. Shame it was… Read more »
‘I have never seen a better vertical jump from a standing position’
Great header so it was, something Bendy did well tbf.
As for best leap though? Has to go to Ronaldo surely for that header vs United in the CL when his knee cleared Evra’s head.
WE – I really liked him. That injury killed him, and he never regained that mischevious streak that set him apart from other forwards. Wenger also started giving him the Vela treatment by playing him wide when he didn’t really have the attributes to prosper there. That Everton match was probably my favourite memory of him. We were terrible that day, getting battered and couldn’t string two passes together, but he basically got us two goals out of nothing and Everton collapsed and we rubbed salt in the wounds with two more. He had this incredible ability to control the… Read more »
I have too say I passionately dislike English referees, silly pricks.
How can Anthony Taylor not give De Bruyne a yellow card for that challenge?
Effing shite
Interesting thing about that 2007-08 season is that we consistently alternated between 4-4-2 and 4-5-1. These days people make such a big deal about not sticking to one formation.
I’m wondering why City can play so well and we struggle to show half the attacking prowess they are showing, then I realize we have Xhaka running our midfield…
Paulinho Yeah he was one of the few players that you felt whenever he was through on goal in a 1 vs 1 would score rather than miss. Adebayor was a quality all-round package but he was erratic and panicky when he got in front of goal at certain points. Funny that you mention Vela because he shared that same composure in front of goal. Not as clinical as Eduardo was but he had more to his all-round game. Real shame that his head was never in football [admits that he much prefers Basketball and doesn’t ever follow or talk… Read more »
DaleDaGooner
“I’m wondering why City can play so well and we struggle to show half the attacking prowess they are showing, then I realize we have Xhaka running our midfield…”
Jorginho is suspect off the ball as well like Xhaka.
But watching him today for Chelsea he is a little bit more quicker and mobile than Xhaka and that can make a difference as well as being a more mature player.
WE – Agree on Vela. What I liked about him – compared to Wally for example – was that even at 19 he had those old tricks, like backing into and rolling off defenders. He had that man-strength and nous beyond his years, and flair and pace to go along with it. Both Eduardo and Vela were made for 4-4-2, and suffered from not having complete enough games to play wide, or not having enough physical strength (perceived anyway) to play as a one forward. I still think both would’ve been more effective as lone forwards than on the wing(which… Read more »
Sterling’s striking of the ball is still as a ropey as ever. It’s his off the ball movement and mentality that has come on leaps and bounds.
Eduardo was a class act. If not for that horror injury, he would have finished his career with a mention among the finest strikers and forwards. It’s a miracle that he was able to play football after recovering from that blow.
We can always find solace in what would it have been if he hadn’t suffered that horrible injury.
Yeah Ishola, like every player in the City 11 knows if they make the run, they’ll get the ball on the spot, the pass an move as a unit is exceptional, then you watch us and you’d think our midfielders are holding back to protect the defenders….just not enough numbers to overwhelm the opposition in their box, watching City, they’ll over power and overwhelm the box with passing and such precise movements around the box
Then there’s having great goalkeepers….
Bob Graham & DB10
Always good to see what could be and they are not wrong. NZ will be favorites but I’ve always said this year and especially in the last few months that England have something special about them and their chemistry : similar to Woodward’s 2003 WC winning tam.
I’d class myself as a hopeful realist for the Semi.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7592183/Sir-Clive-Woodward-Englands-win-Australia-proved-magic-beat-Blacks.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7591221/Ruthless-Eddie-Jones-got-call-absolutely-spot-England-demolished-Australia.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-7592237/TOBY-FLOOD-Im-sorry-George-youre-good-finisher-start-game.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7591305/Dani-Ceballos-discusses-future-Real-Madrid-s-Florentino-Perez-wants-Arsenal-move.html
Probably will divide opinions as to whether Ceballos is the right player for around £35 million
God! when will Emery leave Xhaka out of this team????? And Guendouzi got outjumped…..