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Emeryball is more than a style of football, it’s a disease that deteriorates your expectations.
I should be fuming this morning. I should be spitting BLOOD! But I’m not. In the grand scheme of 2019 Arsenal, that performance was pretty good.
We played some neat paces, the front three had some lovely combinations that focused more through the middle of the park, and Pepe looked much, much better.
Be honest with me and yourself. That wasn’t bad. Compared to some of the games we’ve won this season, it was pretty ok.
Therein lies the problem. Emeryball has us in a fever, symptoms include constantly reevaluating reality, then undervaluing what progress should look like. Fans are using whichever metric is on hand to support the dismal prosecution of ‘this is pretty ok.’
Last season we hung our hats on comebacks, early subs, the 22 game unbeaten run, DRIVE, DETERMINATION, PASSION, PLANNING, all the double sessions, Ozil dropped, Ramsey binned, a manager dancing down the touchline. We willfully ignored what the performances were telling us, because the rhetoric was like nothing we’d seen before, and we wanted to believe in the new dawn.
This season, we’re looking at the paper metrics, because looking up from the Premier League points totaller to see what’s really happening is too damn unnerving to consider.
‘The table doesn’t lie’, yells the blinkered cuck…
Oh yes she does, you’re at home with her reading Inverting the Pyramid, but as soon as you nod off, she’s fucking the next-door neighbour in the bushes… and his name is F.Shite-Performance. You’ll wake up to it eventually, but it’ll be in March when you’ve caught a nasty bout of Europa-League-itis. Third infection in three years, you might be a carrier.
Unai Emery isn’t a fraud, he’s just fallen up the stairs since Sevilla and the people hiring him haven’t paid attention to the details. The issues we’re dealing with now were absolutely obvious if you’d undertaken even the most basic of due diligence.
We hired in someone that failed at PSG because he couldn’t handle the egos of the dressing room. A manager that has no history of being able to organise a robust defence, averaging 49 goals a season at Sevilla, whilst adding 30% to a record-setting PSG defence he inherited. He couldn’t master the French or Russian languages. He has been in England well over a year and his press conferences still sound like he’s a struggling pedicab driver trying to flog you a Halloween tour of his city. He played negatively at Valencia and Sevilla. He was given the most expensively assembled side in world football and the players complained he spent too much time worrying about the opposition.
He’s now at Arsenal and we’re looking to nick a goal on the counter away at Sheffield United, and he can’t even pull that off.
The goods we are now critically inspecting are exactly what we purchased. So don’t complain. There will be no refund. This was all in the product description.
You can’t blame the players.
You can’t blame Edu.
You can’t blame the high winds of Sheffield. Mike Riley. The penalty shout.
It’s all on the manager.
Most curious fans are wondering what Edu and Raul see. They both know what good football looks like. They know what the kids are capable of, they know where the ceiling of our senior players sits… so what do they think of Emery? His vision? The atmosphere in the stadium? What do they think of our results given the context?
It’s intriguing to wonder what they’ll do should this continue. They have bet next summer’s money on making the Champions League. If Emery can’t muster more than 2 shots on target at a newly promoted team, what the hell do they think is going to happen when it comes to that nasty December crunch?
We are nearly in November. There has been no improvement in any area this season, and it ‘s hard to point to what shifted last year. The publicly available metrics we’re seeing all point south, I hear the private metrics are even more damning, there’s no organisation, we’re not doing the basics right, and we’re sitting here looking at that game last night thinking that the performance was ‘pretty ok.’
We hired a self-proclaimed protagonist that doesn’t want to provoke. He’s actually a pragmatist, but he only understands the negative football side of the equation. We don’t get the rock-solid defence, aggressive pressing, and the DIE for the cause attitude. How can you make it this far as a bad pragmatist?
I am constantly told there’s no way the club will terminate his deal during the season, but I keep asking myself how that can be the stance? Our strategy surely can’t be, ‘hope Spurs and United continue to be shit’… can it?
There are two coaches waiting in the wings that could make an impact. I don’t want to mention their names, but both can organise a defence, and both know how to make the top 4.
Bold leadership would make the decision early and try and rescue the team from the steeper challenge that’ll come if we allow the rot to continue. It should not take longer than 18 months to organise a defence. It should not take 18 months to define a style. We should not look like we’re day one of a transition, but that is where we are.
The reason we don’t have any of the basics in place is because we hired a manager out of his depth, the sooner we own up to that reality, the sooner we can attack this season and release the true talents of the most likeable/talented squad in 15 years.
Until then, get used to enjoying ‘pretty ok’ performances whilst losing to teams like Sheffield United away from home on a cold Monday night.
Emeryball fever; god bless it, at least I was too delirious to see the game for what it really was.
See you in the comments. xx
1st
Trophy 2 days in a row
1st
Trophy
Top 4 Tr4phy
Emery out!
Freddie in.
And baaaack to work.
Bollocks! DB10 I had the posting too quickly comment. Nice one.
He has been in England well over a year and his press conferences still sound like he’s a struggling pedicab driver trying to flog you a Halloween tour of his city. ”
Agree with everything else but not sure what this has to do with anything. Can you speak another language fluently?
Fucking lol! 🤣🤣🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCj5mYgIR1Y
Emery destroys the confidence of good players.
This is so fucking stupid…. Honestly I don’t know what to say… The squad we posses has been the best squad we have in almost a decade… We have attackers that can scare the shit out of defenders, midfielders that can hold the midfield, protect the back line and create chances (only ozil), we have decent cb and fine wing backs plus a good goalkeeper… I don’t understand how we can’t make top 4… Even Wenger with this kinda squad is definitely gonna make top 4
For Sheffield united 2019, read Bolton, Blackburn, stoke 10 years or so ago.
THE SOFT UNDERBELLY ARSENAL
Samesong,
Agreed.
“You can’t blame Edu.”
(ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME ??)
If Edu and Raul are happy with what they sees on the pitch, why could we not blame them ??
The first 20 minutes of the game last night showed all of the problems. There was no urgency, the players looked confused and nervous, we are supposed to play short passing football out from the back but players aren’t showing for the ball. It’s an absolute shambles. Emery clearly spends more time worrying about the opposition than setting up his strongest team to play in a way that suits them but then that makes last night even more worrying. Because if there is one thing you know you’ll get from Southampton it is good pressing and an energetic midfield. So… Read more »
“so what do they think of Emery? His vision? The atmosphere in the stadium? What do they think of our results given the context?”
If Emery is not fired this january, I guess you will have your answer.
Arsenal were time-wasting in second half !! Emerys managenent is becoming
farcical, he looks like he is shitting himself on the sidelines..
Emery out ASAP before this season gets even worse, then bring in José Mourihno until the end of the season.
Torreira, Ceballos, Pepe have all suffered under Emery and the first two are now squad players. Ramsey had a streak of 18 games in the EPL last year, where he started in 2 out of the 18 games, came in as a sub in 12 and in 4 games he wasn’t even used. Two starts in 18 games. Two starts from October 2018 to March 2019. Healthy Ramsey and he decided against starting him. Turned him into a frindge player. The definition of a squadie who’s now the 2nd highest paid player in Serie A. When he finally realized what… Read more »
Eric Ten Hag should be in serious considerations to replace our current powerpoint manager. It’s really sad watching a newly promoted Sheffield United execute perfectly execute a game plan that was obvious to many. With UE, one has to wonder if he has a game plan, if the players understand what the game plan is and why can’t the players execute the game plan. Another glaring fact is that UE refuses to play his best team. The most important match to be won is always the one about to be played. Same mistake he made last season with Crystal palace… Read more »
Motivationless manager!. No leader on the pitch! Is it a surprise that on particular games such as this, we fail..??? There is a well-known gameplan to beat arsenal and managers such as the limited ability Sheffield united one will use that plan and are suited to it. Press the hell out of the goalkeeper and defense when they start to pass it about near the area. Make every 2nd ball yours by a work ethic and aggression arsenal cant deal with. Put plenty of crosses in and theres a mistake waiting to happen. Wind up xhaka , or take him… Read more »
Emery 100% has problem with strong characters. It’s why his plan always was to make Xhaka captain before the voting was even planned. He likes weak-minded players. He has troubles with big personalities. The leaders are probably laughing at how ridiculous of a manager he is while the rest, the sheeps, the yes men are who he is perfectly comfortable surrounding himself with. He just doesn’t have the skills, quality, intelligence. He is not that good in his job it’s all. And we have to get rid of him. The sooner the better. We haven’t moved an inch from the… Read more »
What if Emery tries setting up like the below? _________Leno Bell__Hold__Luiz__Tier ____Ceball___Guend _______Martinlli Pepe____Laca____Auba Why do guys here think guendouzi is a cdm?There was a time yesterday when he was the deepest lying midfielder and he was just escorting a sheff utd player towards our box without even making a tackle,God bless the kid though,he tries a lot I swear.I think we should fast track Miguel Azeez to the team.,if we want to continue with this DLP experiment.I have watched him alot and he has an excellent pass and realtively strong….basically a guendouzi with a defensive brain. I am tired… Read more »
Nothing about losing to Sheffield United is ‘pretty ok’ it was dreadful. The team just has no urgency. Considering all the talent we have, we have no identity or style to our play. I thought for a moment they had Eddie McGoldrick playing on the wing for them and it wouldn’t have surprised me
I am perplexed how Leno has regressed from last season. He looked like a quality keeper in the making last season. All of a sudden his distribution has got worse. He was never great at commanding the box but this season he has been very poor at handling crosses and crowded box.
I guarantee that every Arsenal player, bar Granit Xhaka, are laughing at this ridiculous state of affairs.
It’s embarrassing.
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Pedro
Agree, Pepe looked hungrier, but the others didn’t.
Strange.
If it was up to me, Emery would be gone by noon today.
Unfortunately, it isn’t.
Nice to hear Pepe,having a little praise.I was surprised,to say the least.For me ,he look the most likely to break them down.OK what a sitter.
Been calling it for ages, leno should be dropped asap. Martinez is way way better than him
@Dani, saka thrived well as a 10 yesterday, martinelli can’t play 10
Sign Howe, before the chicks from the Shit Lane snap him and make the new Pochetino
Surprised he was subbed.
Jesus wept! If you see Leno as the problem here, you need to step away from the keyboard, stop trying to be a football hipster and go back to your Fifa career mode… but with that level of intellect and football knowledge i’d advise keeping it on semi-pro…or possibly amateur.
“If it was up to me, Emery would be gone by noon today.”
Would you burn 12m of your own $$ bucks to run after 40m non-guaranteed?
‘I don’t know what what Evra was doing punditry work last night. His “babies remark” was an insult, similar to a slur.
That has no place in punditry. The club should make an official statement about it.’
Lol go home Dissenter you’re drunk. In what way is that a ‘slur’? He was speaking truth, we were a bunch of soft babies under Wenger around the time United beat us whenever we faced them in a competitive game even when we had the better team.
“Agree, Pepe looked hungrier, but the others didn’t.”
Most of them have already been wengerized long ago.
How much longer will people make it about the players before the penny drops on Unai lacking a notion?
Our player coverage on the pitch looks badly spread…4 players wide creating a free player that basically doesn’t cross the ball. We overload areas with no end product, but this thins out our coverage elsewhere…its why guendouzi covers a lot of turf trying to cope.
Pepe: not zaha is he?….his only chance is with a totally different setup that releases him as a luxury player. He needs time, space and freedom……any workload for him is like a burden and takes energy from him.
If I had the clout, yes I would.
Dark Hei
40m non-guaranteed?
For what?
Freddie in charge interim and if things work out, which I believe they would, everyone would benefit.
Am I being too optimistic?
Let’s start #emeryout# movement
Vickingz
Agree totally.
Martinez is head and shoulders a far better keeper.
Commands the box and is forceful in his communications.
Leno is a puppy.
‘How much longer will people make it about the players before the penny drops on Unai lacking a notion?’
I think most people now realize Emery is out of his depth. I genuinely believe his days are numbered if there’s no significant improvement in our performance in say next 2 months.
TR7October 22, 2019 10:15:20 I am perplexed how Leno has regressed from last season. He looked like a quality keeper in the making last season. All of a sudden his distribution has got worse. He was never great at commanding the box but this season he has been very poor at handling crosses and crowded TR7 Leno has always been just a good shotstopper nothing more..even in his bundesliga days he wasn’t all that and he was constantly leading the ‘errors leading to goal’ tables…I actually think we should give Martinez a chance….Leno has this habit of holding that ball… Read more »
It’s coming to the point of it being unbearable to listen to Unai’s post match conferences. I’m not sure about you but I genuinely have no idea of what he’s trying to say. He is as incoherent as they come and doesn’t appear to know why we have problems or how to fix them. If your also going to have favourites that must always get a game time even when common sense, quality and form dictate otherwise then at least make sure your favourites are actually good players. I’m not sure what anybody expects fielding Kolasinac, Xhaka, Luiz and Sokratis… Read more »
Pedro
Emery won’t be sacked this season unless arsenal completely collapse.
Regarding Raul and Edu, the main goal for them and the club is to get CL qualification.
We’re still very much in the mix for that.
If that is achieved, that’s job done at Arsenal fc.
In fact, I’ll bet you a tenner they give Emery a contract extension.
TR7
One thing I noticed yesterday about Leno is that he wanted to kick long and Emery was on the sidelines interferring telling him to go short.
This is not intelligent behaviour. I bet the guy is petrified of kicking long now that Emery the IT Clown is facing him saying they all float down here.
The manager out of his depth. Big time.
TR7October 22, 2019 10:15:20 I am perplexed how Leno has regressed from last season. He looked like a quality keeper in the making last season. All of a sudden his distribution has got worse. He was never great at commanding the box but this season he has been very poor at handling crosses and crowded I get you but then again if we kick it long we are just giving the ball staright to the opponent because auba,Pepe,saka and willock cannot win headers if their lives depend on it.What we should be complaining about is why we haven’t found a… Read more »
TR7
One thing I noticed yesterday about Leno is that he wanted to kick long and Emery was on the sidelines interferring telling him to go short. This is not intelligent behaviour. I bet the guy is petrified of kicking long now that Emery the IT Clown is facing him saying they all float down here.The manager out of his depth. Big time.
Sorry my above comment was in response to this statement
@ Dani, at least kicking it long won’t always give you the “heart in your mouth” moments leno gives us whenever he plays from the back. This is one of the reasons why I prefer Martinez, he doesn’t just kick aimlessly long, he distributes and alternate between kicking long and playing from the back based on his assessment of the situation
“The leaders are probably laughing at how ridiculous of a manager he is while the rest, the sheeps, the yes men are who he is perfectly comfortable surrounding himself with”
Can we have the name of these” Leaders” in the squad and when exactly they led?
Samesong
Yes, the back 4 and our Gk look totally confused as to how to move the ball forward. Besides I think the pace at which we move the ball forward is extremely slow, slower than last season. No PL defense will have any problem dealing with us if this remains the case. United suffer from the same problem.
Edu + Raul happy with UE, happy with last night performance = cowards.
Emery’s press conferences/interviews mirror his management for me, unsure, twitchy, no real coherence or direction.
I’d much rather witness him confidently handle questions in Spanish than stumble about as he’s doing, I don’t think it’s a helpful element to matters however ‘admirable’.
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Banford
Claiming we’re more organised than we were under Wenger is complete nonsense, you’re full of hot air on Emery. The same with your infatuation with Man United and Ole, closet United fan claiming an Arsenal allegiance.
“We didn’t score tonight, but if we played another match like tonight, I think it’s more easy to achieve the points”
The man hasn’t got the slightest clue.
“Really, my point of view tonight is that there are things to analyse and improve”
These are the regular kind of soundbites we receive after each performance and then the next Premier League game rolls around and nothing has changed. What exactly is being analysed then?
“I am tired of saying this but sokratis,kolasinac and xhaka shouldn’t be starting games for us ffs” Laughable how we have Holding, Tierney and Torreira available and they are warming the bench for the three fools. As a Bulgarian I can 100% tell you that the fact that all three of these are Balkans, and have 0 football intelligence is not a coincidence. How can you be this brainless while playing football is annoying the shite out of me. For an instance Sheffield players were literally begging to get fouled and of course Sokratis was there to provide exactly what… Read more »
What does “In our way” mean anyway. Just waffling, and its worrisome how much of a clue he doesn’t have.
Pedro
“Most curious fans are wondering what Edu and Raul see.”
They see a competent, hard-working manager doing a competent if imperfect job.
‘Competent and hard-working’ as his top qualities ha, might as well get in Pellegrini so.
The famed David Luiz diagonals have not come into play yet The chance Pepe spawned in the first half, it took Xhaka half a day to release a simple pass to Saka and you wonder why we move the ball slowly I thought Pepe had a good game yesterday so all the stuff i read here about him during the game is actually nonsense, the chance he missed was due to making a wrong decision, go with the right foot he scores. The midfield is the problem and remains the problem, Sokratis as first choice defender is a problem, trusting… Read more »
Emery is regressing and I’d be amazed if he’s manager next season. As for sacking him mid season – it’s not how Arsenal have historically operated but the people running the club (Sanllehi and Edu) aren’t what we’ve had behind the scenes before.
A few more bad results and the limb might just crack.
The two managers / coaches Pedro was referring to are Allegri and then I’m guessing Enrique?
Eagle enough with the Pellegrini thing, West Ham are as shocking away from home as we are and they have bought well. He isn’t really working miracles over there
Anyone still laughing at the idea of getting Mourinho in? Or do we still hoping this clueless manager of ours gets better?
*hope*
“The two managers / coaches Pedro was referring to are Allegri and then I’m guessing Enrique?” Hope so Man United have tried the proven winner Mourinho bit and it did not end well, why make the same mistake they did. I used to be big on Allegri but if aesthetics is a requirement then i don’t think he is the man. Conte was the big miss for me, after that i prefer we experiment a bit, bring in someone doing a good job in another league who has not yet made a name for himself. Allegri, Mourinho, Enrique don’t really… Read more »
Probably at that point where you hope we lose 3/4 in a row so as to force the hands of those in charge to make a decision?
Timmy “The squad we posses has been the best squad we have in almost a decade. We have attackers that can scare the shit out of defenders, midfielders that can hold the midfield …” If it’s the best squad we’ve had in a decade — that claim probably deserves a little scrutiny — then that is only because the squads Wenger built were so unbalanced and poor, not because this squad is a great one. It’s a decent squad, but it has weaknesses, most of which are in midfield. As for that midfield, our midfielders are not actually all that… Read more »
‘The table doesn’t lie’, yells the blinkered cuck…
Oh yes she does, you’re at home with her reading Inverting the Pyramid, but as soon as you nod off, she’s fucking the next-door neighbour in the bushes”
Er…….. What??
Receeding
I’m pretty sure Mourinho would still be here if he got us 2nd and won the Europa league… Personally prefer a manager who knows the league over some newbie
“Probably at that point where you hope we lose 3/4 in a row so as to force the hands of those in charge to make a decision?”
It never gets to that stage for a true supporter of a football club sorry to say. Will you also wish we lose 4/5 on the bounce if the new messiah does not hit the ground running? Never wished us to lose a football game in the many years Wenger ran us as a pet project nor will i start now.
People calling for Mourinho have to be out of their minds. What about his time at United tells you he’s the right man for the job? Further, we have a number of important young players to be brought along. Is Mourinho the right manager for this? No.
Mourinho is an absolutely terrible call. If we need to replace Emery sooner rather than later, let Freddie take the reins.
RH
That’s basically the point, I wouldn’t want Pellegrini either but we may as well have gone for him for all that Emery brings to the table.
Pellegrini has actually won a competitive league title as well.
Emery is dog shit
Bad pragmatism is spot on
How the fuck did he end up at arsenal
I wrote before the game that Emery would use it as a warm up for Thursday and that is exactly what he did. El-Dicko’s not interested in playing teams like Sheffield U, Brighton, C.Palace, Southampton etc he only cares about his precious Europa League.
We have a good squad, one of the best we’ve had in years but we ain’t got a manager. I’d have no problem with Wenger replacing El-Dicko till the end of the season, with these players Le Senile would have more chance of making top 4 than Dicko.
“I’m pretty sure Mourinho would still be here if he got us 2nd and won the Europa league… Personally prefer a manager who knows the league over some newbie”
Why isn’t he still at United then?
Oh wait the football was drab, he complained about players that were bought during his tenure, showed how wonderfully he handled big egos with Pogba ……the list is really endless. I don’t want that guy and his sideshow anywhere near Arsenal.
“The squad we posses has been the best squad we have in almost a decade. We have attackers that can scare the shit out of defenders, midfielders that can hold the midfield …”
Where to begin with this …….
Good to have you back, Receding.
Bamford10, You are surely taking the piss my sir. Even if for 1 second you forget we are playing drab, ugly football, we have laughable defence, nonexistent midfield, we create close to zilch going forward, the only thing that won us the points were Auba’s goals that were not even scored through some good attacking moves but almost out of nowhere. Even if you forget all of this, he had Xhaka as his captain long before the team supposedly voted for him, Xhaka is the first name on the team sheet, Tierney has been back to full fitness for more… Read more »
Why should we be looking at a coach externally when we have Freddie? I’m tempted to think that he can do better than emery in giving out instructions clearly, playing to our strengths rather than playing against opponent’s strengths, man manage the players better, spot on team selection and so on. We really don’t need a big coach, just a coach who understands the basics and has good rapport with the players
If Emery achieved what Mourinho did at United by winning the EL, finishing 2nd, winning the league cup he’d have been held up as a hero on here by some.
Mourinho is everything anyone can name, but he’d give us what we miss which is defensive stability, doggedness, and tactical competency. That much, even with all the warts, is better than what’s currently getting delivered.
Eagle and what would he be doing better at Arsenal exactly Pelligrini?
He cam back to a league where he won a league title and finished 18 points behind the village idiot he should have beaten to the job. The new season is here, West Ham have again bought well but he is being outperformed by Palace, Burnley and Sheffield United
Some of you bring up the weirdest things to make a point
“Notice marko, Freddie, Rh and Bamford were quiet tonight
Pussies”
Haven’t seen
Happy Birthday to you Arsene!!
Enjoy your retirement old chap. You deserve it.
‘Never wished us to lose a football game in the many years Wenger ran us as a pet project ‘ Yeah I’m calling bollocks on this, it got very dark towards the end of AW’s stint and we were a laughing stock among the bigger clubs. There didn’t look to be an end in sight before AW announced that was it out of the blue in Spring of the last season. Getting rid of the old man was the best thing that we’ve done in over a decade even if his successor Emery looks to be a clueless buffoon himself.… Read more »
Imma predict the next problem that Emery won’t be able to solve.
Lacazette’s injury was a blessing in disguise cause Emery had the easy choice to just play Auba through the center and forget the conundrum he has ahead of him.
Now that Laca is back, we’ll again see the struggle of our manager to resolve important problems.
Dani “Why do guys here think Guendouzi is a CDM? There was a time yesterday when he was the deepest lying midfielder and he was just escorting a Sheff Utd player towards our box without even making a tackle.” Yes, because he is slow, as I’ve noted before. The reason I’d have him in our base, though, is that he is more mobile than Xhaka or Torreira and are midfield options are limited at the moment. I agree he’s not a CDM, but he can be a decent holding mid. ” God bless the kid though, he tries a lot… Read more »
“If Emery achieved what Mourinho did at United by winning the EL, finishing 2nd, winning the league cup he’d have been held up as a hero on here by some.” As indeed he should and Mourinho was lauded for that. The issue is what followed later? Did United kick on? Are they in a better place? Why isn’t he still there? “Mourinho is everything anyone can name, but he’d give us what we miss which is defensive stability, doggedness, and tactical competency.” We aren’t tactically incompetent right now so don’t get that part, Mourinho of later years has teams leaking… Read more »
RH
Think you missed the part where I said I wouldn’t have wanted Pellegrini either.
A similarly uninspiring and bland coach to Emery was the point.
Cheers Bamford
I see you have been fighting the good fight
You, Paulinho and Ishola seem to be the only ones who can see what is happening for what it is, others thing we have a “world class” squad.
Charles has his little pet project still going bless him.
raptora
If he struggles to see that he should start Auba, Laca and Pepe across the front three — at least for the foreseeable near future — then he really needs to go ASAP. I don’t think he’ll fail to see this, though; he’s struggling at the moment and getting a number of things wrong, but he is not that clueless. I guess we’ll see, though.
Normski
“Enjoy your retirement old chap. You deserve it.”
This explains a lot.
“Notice marko, Freddie, Rh and Bamford were quiet tonight
Pussies”
Marko hasn’t been here for more than a week, has he been banned? If so, makes it a bit difficult for him to comment.
“Think you missed the part where I said I wouldn’t have wanted Pellegrini either. A similarly uninspiring and bland coach to Emery was the point.”
Begs the question why bring up his name at all? What purpose does it serve?
Lol, Charlie boy he actually said it unironically. That expecting a result or saving that some kind of pulse-present away to the mighty Sheffield United would require an XI of ‘world class’ players.
We must have watched a different game. Pepe was shit. Utter shit. Again.
Ya,
RH. Explain why he’s playing Xhaka, Kolasinac and Sokratis, when he has Torreira who’s miles better DM than Xhaka, Tierney who’s started games in Carabao Cup ONE month ago on 24th of September, and Holding who even started games for the U23 as soon as the season started on 12th of August, more than TWO months ago.
Explain if you, like Emery, rate the first 3 players higher, please.
“As indeed he should and Mourinho was lauded for that. The issue is what followed later? Did United kick on? Are they in a better place? Why isn’t he still there?“ Yea, time has really put that Mourinho tenure into perspective hasn’t it…. They look a marvel under Ole. “We aren’t tactically incompetent right now so don’t get that part” We’re not? Haha lost your hair and your eyesight I guess. “Charles has his little pet project still going bless him.” That’s it lad, summon the troops and forge the allegiances when given the cue. My ‘pet project’ is dismissing… Read more »
Auba, Laca and Pepe isn’t really a fearsome front three most of you think it is, their limitations clear as day.
Personally i think Laca and Auba should take turns through the center same was Jesus and Aguero are doing. I don’t believe they both combine well on the pitch, that they are friends and close off it is irrelevant
A quick note of Xakha:
1. Silly Fowl to concede for the free kick. Really daft. Just plain pushing right in front of the referee.
2. The Free kick resulted in the Corner
3. From the resultant corner – Xakha was covering no one but was playing everyone else onside which meant the goal stood.
RH
It was to show what a dull and uninspiring hire that Emery was. Nothing indicated that he was the man to rebuild us from his previous work where his teams actually showed regression towards the later years especially at Sevilla.
His stint at PSG is silly to base your opinion of him on considering he had the best front in football in Neymar, M’Bappe and Cavani when he won his domestic honours. Laurent Blanc managed that with even lesser players at PSG.
Agree with RH
Very average line up. Zero threat generally. Last night was no exception.
“Yea, time has really put that Mourinho tenure into perspective hasn’t it….”
Why was he sacked? and why is he still out of a job?
A man has been sacked by Chelsea then United but none of that is his fault? Nice
“A man has been sacked by Chelsea then United but none of that is his fault? Nice“
Just making things up now, even nicer.