PATRICE EVRA CALLING US BABIES WTF IS THIS 2009?!?!
We’ve gone full cycle people. We have a new set of babies. Granit Xhaka is out there showing more fight in the papers than on the pitch.
“We have to stop about mental [strength] bulls*** like this. For me, it is the same whether you play home or away – you have to win and show big character and a good game and not to always find the same excuse.”
YOU TELL THEM GRANIT YOU ABSOLUTE SPARE KEY WIELDING MENACE.
To be fair to Granit, I find it a touch implausible that any pundit is talking about mental strength at Arsenal this season. David Luiz sits at the heart of our defence, his trophy cabinet wasn’t the byproduct of a weak mind. I think the more likely cause of our meekness is the lack of a clear and concise plan. As Aash said on the podcast, we’ve lost 4 out of 7 against newly-promoted teams. I think the players go into all games not understanding the brief, but against better teams, they raise their levels because it’s more interesting. Alternatively, better teams play into our negative approach more easily. The big teams come at us, the little teams don’t fall for the nonsense.
Confusing times. Not as confusing as cracking the enigma code of an Unai Emery prezzer.
“Each match is important to use different players. Tomorrow for the players, the team and me, this game is going to be important for us.”
“We need a lot of players and to use different players to achieve the best performance. We can make some changes for the Premier League and Europa League.”
Yes, yes. Tomorrow there will be different players.
The great bonus for Emery is the pub games he picks up in the front half of the season. It stops the accumulation of negative fan energy from reaching AIRPLANE BANNER levels of retribution. We play badly in the league every week, then we play a shite Europa team with the kids and win 9-0, the fans forget the bitter taste of weekend football, then we play badly and CURSE that we can’t play like we’re beating a pub team every week.
This following comment is quite special.
“We lost a very big opportunity in the Premier League to finish third in the table. We are five and have chances on Sunday. We have to get better but it’s one process.
“Our strategy is – when I was watching in my office – we changed 10 players. 40 per cent more or less. We are using new players, above all also some young players to give them chances more quickly.
“The most important is the club and team. Our objective is clear on where we want to get. I am very confident in the players, in our job, in our work, in the club strategy and in our way.”
I like that there’s a strategy, though I’m not sure what the content of the said strategy is. But there is one.
I am looking forward to playing Vitoria. It’s a good chance for the fans to lose themselves in a faux reality of Arsenal greatness. It’s a good chance for the first team to inject some confidence into their legs.
See what I did there?
Play Pepe tomorrow night. The man needs an open play goal. Give Torreira and Ozil a run-out. Let’s see Holding, Bellerin and Tierney on the pitch. Those three should have played on Monday, been rested tonight, then played at the weekend. I’m sure there was a super strategic reason behind that, it might even be in the cut/pasted paragraph above, we can’t be sure.
Let’s have a BIG game.
I’ll leave you on this thrilling quote from the big man.
“Our response could be better. But good attitude, good mentality.”
I agree.
Let’s have a massive one, but before you leave, listen to my fucking podcast. It has good sound, some great chat, and some absolutely electric banter. Kind of. I mean. Maybe.
Still awaiting the breakdown illustrating we are good in terms of organisation, collective defending, and discipline..
You can’t make claims like that and buttress them with ‘because we are’.
I hear the calls for David Luiz for DM.
If he is such an obvious choice for the DM position why hasn’t he played in that position more.
The problem with David Luiz at DM is that at CB he shows his biggest weaknesses defensively when he is drawn out from his own penalty area. This is when he mistimes tackles and looks silly with challenges. And people are calling him to play away from CB and play DM.
David Luiz doesn’t fix the midfield issue.
Signing a proper established midfielder does.
Champagne
That we are better on all of those fronts is obvious to anyone with eyes. If you can’t see it, you might be watching the wrong sport.
Ishola
Who is calling for Luiz to play in central midfield?
It was on the podcast. The podcasts are good overall btw but don’t always agree with them. And there is this notion being given out by some that this squad is good to very good. Newsflash. It isn’t good or very good. Not when it lacks an obvious mifielder that is capable on both sides of the ball and not until Arsenal buy an AM that is going to be a threat in the opposition penalty area and score goals. Yes Arsenal have goalscoring power from the forwards but if that is the only goalscoring threat in the side then… Read more »
I’m really not enthused about the club atm.
I’m not sure any of our youngsters are gonna come through. Even eddie.
Saka ok but lightweight, Nelson, nah, esr nah. Wilcox.. who can he learn off ? Xhara.
The insistence if the club to play Luiz. Baffles me.
Maybe it’s the manager , maybe it’s me but there is nothing to get excited about regarding arsenal .
Bamford “Two, Mount is better than any central midfielder we have, barring Ceballos” He looks better because he is playing in a system that plays to his strengths and he looks a far better player than Ceballos at this present time…. Let’s not forget that jorginho and Kovasic were regarded as nothing players last season by many on Le Grove ( not me). You only have to look at the improvement in mounts and Kovasic’s play this season to realise what an influence a good manager can have on a player. To say I’m impressed with Lampard is an understatement… Read more »
Pierre
It’s not about systems in relation to Mount and Ceballos.
Mount is an AM that bursts into the opposition penalty area and scores goals.
Ceballos is a CM that is not going to burst into the opposition penalty area at every given chance and score a healthy amount of goals.
Yet again Arsenal are stacked with CMs in the squad. Been like this for ages. The only proper AM is Ozil who is virtually a zero goalscoring threat.
RSPCA
“I’m really not enthused about the club atm.
I’m not sure any of our youngsters are gonna come through. Even eddie.
Saka ok but lightweight, Nelson, nah, esr nah. Willock. who can he learn off”
Its difficult for a kid to come into a dysfunctional team with a dysfunctional manager.
Even the experienced players are struggling under Emery .
The jury’s out until we bring in a new coach.
“Champagne
That we are better on all of those fronts is obvious to anyone with eyes. If you can’t see it, you might be watching the wrong sport.”
Absolute bollocks Bumford.
Ishola
Got it. I don’t listen to P’s podcast. I listen to Arsecast and Bergkamp Wonderland. Cheers.
There are problems with the first team still regarding personnel as well as having a manager that isn’t good enough.
It is a case of both.
Bamford10October 24, 2019 08:53:22
ChampagneThat we are better on all of those fronts is obvious to anyone with eyes. If you can’t see it, you might be watching the wrong sport.
Lol
Oh the irony of that statement. If it’s so obvious then why do the stats tell a different story? More goals conceded, less scored, more shots conceded, more turnovers, most shots against than any team in top 5 leagues. Any fucking team.
13 scored 12 conceded in 11 games
Yeah Bamford
We are flying mate. Just scraped a lucky 1-0 loss to the mighty Sheffield untied
Ishola “Mount is an AM that bursts into the opposition penalty area and scores goals.” He does ,but Odoi and Wiillian are not going to score a hatful of goals so Lampard recognises that and gives mount the freedom to get into goal scoring positions. Arsenal are slightly different in that hopefully, the majority of the goals will come from Aubameyang 20/25 , Lacazette 15/20 and Pepe 10/15 , maybe more as to me , he looks like he has goals in him. With Chelsea, they have Kovasic and jorginho dictating the play in the middle and providing the base… Read more »
“That we are better on all of those fronts is obvious to anyone with eyes. If you can’t see it, you might be watching the wrong sport.“
So obvious you’re incapable of providing an relevant data to support it. In fact the performance data argues against what you’re saying but here you claim I’m watching the wrong sport..
It’s open to anyone, where’s the evidence that we’re:
– well organised
– defend well collectively
– are disciplined
Answers on a postcard.
Pierre
Even if Ceballos was given more freedom in the side he would not have the same impact that Mount has had.
They are different players.
Mount is an AM that has an eye for goal.
Ceballos is a CM that doesn’t have an eye for goal.
Arsenal don’t have one proper AM in the side except for Ozil who we all know is not a goalscorer.
Red truth
Ah yes, good one. The thing is RT, everyone on here knows that MC do actually have the right manager in place because, unlike our manager, he genuinely knows what he’s doing, wheras our guy will continue to make the same mistakes over and over again because of his systems and methods.
B10
I know Sheffield United are not “a poor team”,what I am saying though is that Emery is a poor manager for persevering with things/players, that are clearly not functional.
Good morning.
Back to what really matters :
#EmeryOut.
#Raul & Edu = cowards.
Champagne
If a team is better organized and more disciplined — something we undoubtedly are — is there a chance that certain metrics won’t reflect this in the short run on account of the fact that football is a complex game and there are many variables involved?
Answer: yes, that is definitely possible.
It’s even more possible when said team is deploying inadequate personnel.
As I say, if you don’t see that we are better organized and more disciplined now than we were under late Wenger, you simply don’t see the game very well.
Unai is a foreign dog so let’s give him a lost in translation pass for his bizarre rant. However, I think he’s shit so fuck him and his verbal ravings.
You’re right, Peter…Pepe does need an open goal. Oh…wait.
The guy is shit. £72m down the toilet.
Can’t believe Raul has decide to hire Wenger Jr, we are definitely cursed as a club….
Graham Your point re leadership appears key to me . From what my Chelsea supporting mates tell me Lampard most definitely is the final decision maker but the bulk of their technical and tactical work is undertaken by his two assistants both were themselves developed in Chelseas academy and it seems not only worked very closely with the gaggle of youngsters now either playing or pushing their way into Chelsea squad but also bought up in a way very similar to the structure in place at Barcelona. What that means not just that Lampard knows how to win big but… Read more »
Very disappointing to see that Edu and Raul aren’t able to react as real Arsenal fans, it really seems like they don’t realize the shit we endure since so long…
Ishola
That’s why I think — beyond playing Ozil — he should think about deploying Martinelli as a #10. Otherwise, sign a CM or two in January. Overlapping runs from Tierney and Bellerin are going to help, but I think we’re going to need attacking midfield play as well.
Raul and Edu are towing the line. Just like Gazides and Arsene before them. Everyone is looking after each other to keep their jobs and lucrative contracts. No one is taking risks. Look at chelsea…risk takers and it might just pay off. German teams do it all the time and produce some of the best young managers in the world.
After Wenger, we needed a fresh brain and a fresh start. We decided on a fire damaged reject.
Arsenal can’t think progressively.
“Arsenal boss Unai Emery says he wanted to sign Fabinho before he went to Liverpool”
A fucking clone!! He “almost signed”, him too!! Can you fucking believe that ??
Chelski love in today.
Yuck!!
Anyway, it’s obvious to us all( except RT) that when you’re players buy into a managers philosophies, they’ll give it 100%. On top of that, they will outwardly show their commitment and enjoyment of the process.
Compare that to Arsenal.
Positive results are achieved by a genuine belief that they know it works, NOT because of a winning culture.
This is one of the main reasons why Arsenal have dropped down the pecking order over the past decade.
Bamford
“Otherwise, sign a CM or two in January”
lol please no more CMs.
An AM and a CM that is more of a DM will do.
Arsenal have to stop stacking up countless CMs.
People actually believe that Chelski are playing good football because they have a “winning culture”.
Explain Leicester City then?
“is there a chance that certain metrics won’t reflect this in the short run on account of the fact that football is a complex game and there are many variables involved?“ How is 18 months a short run? How is 9 pl games this season even a short run? “As I say, if you don’t see that we are better organized and more disciplined now than we were under late Wenger, you simply don’t see the game very well.” Yea I heard you the first time, trouble is that’s not even remotely close to a valid argument. It’s the football… Read more »
I don’t know a lot about golf, but if a golfer needs to retool or change his swing or his drive for some reason, is there a chance that as he goes through this process he won’t necessarily be seeing improvement in his overall scores? Is there a chance that at times he won’t even be seeing improvement in his drives? I think the answer is yes.
Re-tooling, re-shaping, re-working a football team is a complex process. Even when things are headed in the right direction or a better direction, you don’t necessarily see this in every metric.
CC
I’m with you on this CC.
Are we really better organised? Are we really more disciplined? Where’s the belief and understanding that it works.
Someone can go and ask you to stand infront of a door and look disciplined. The thing is, does that same person explain to you that you can also ring the doorbell/ open and close the door/ fix it’s hinges/ even communicate to the occasional passer-by?
What I see is utter confusion.
Chelsea’s whole ethos is risk while Arsenal were led by fans bleating ‘be careful what you wish for’
“I don’t know a lot about golf“
I’d have left it there honestly. Yes, results will undoubtedly be subject to fluctuating returns, but the improvement is still measurable outside of the bottom line.
It would be one thing arguing that we simply weren’t seeing results. But that’s not being offered up in the most part, it’s the performance markers and patterns associated.
If we were better organised, disciplined, and collectively as a defence it would have direct implications on our performance markers.
B10
Two words.
Granit Xhaka.
This is not a “complex process”.
This is very simple to fix.
18 seconds, 18 days, 18 weeks or 18 months. What’s the difference?
Emery is cocking things up big time.
“This is very simple to fix.”
The opposite of Emery’s brain.
“Tooling” how apt!
Redruth To a degree what is happening at Chelsea is indeed about risk but where they found themselves taking risks was forced on them. Sari wanted out, Hazzard being sold and the transfer ban but in Lampard and his coaches you clearly see they have a plan and after the first few games trusted not just their beliefs but also in the abilities of their youngsters. At Arsenal the comments around being careful for what you wish was more about being concerned as to what would be self inflicted and like many I agree such change was overdue but most… Read more »
Bamford
But the metrics price he opposite of what you’re trying to say. Football isn’t so complex that nearly every statistic available shows that we’ve either not improved or have actually gone backwards with a better squad than we’ve had in wenger’s last 2 years.
You’re sinking. Grab hold of a life jacket while you still can
Bamford,
The golfing analogy in football is usually called a “period of transition”.
Fans will usually allow a manager a period
of time to make changes to a sides
Style/patten of play.
Given how instrumental Wenger was to everything about Arsenal, it was reasonable to be patient with Emery and give him a whole season.
With no improvement this season, and some evidence of deterioration relative to last season, its reasonable for people to want him.
And if they want to say I told you so, well that’s their right.
Watching Emery’s post match interview, it seems that his English is still quite poor. When someone asked him about his starting eleven, he talked about corner kick. I wonder whether he can communicate well with the players. He talked about his project. I suspect that the players are as confused as we do. What the fuck is his project?
Words “With no improvement this season, and some evidence of deterioration relative to last season” Nonsense. There is no support for ether of these assertions some nine matches into this season. “And if they want to say I told you so, well that’s their right.” Even worse nonsense. Plenty of people here, including myself, have long had questions about Emery, and there are good reasons to have questions about Emery; that doesn’t mean that every criticism leveled at him here or every claim made about him here has been accurate, reasonable or fair. Not at all. Indeed, much of what… Read more »
*either
“Let’s not forget that jorginho and Kovasic were regarded as nothing players last season by many on Le Grove ( not me).” They still would be if Mason Mount and Abraham hadn’t been added to the Chelsea squad. They both (instinctively) run ahead of the ball, and act as a completely natural compliment to deep-lying ball circulators like Kovacic and Jorginho. We don’t have that. Everyone comes towards the ball, and we have no one whose natural inclination is to move ahead of the ball and disturb the shape of the opposition higher up the pitch. Throw in limited forwards… Read more »
Bamford,
I agree that there’s been a lot of nonsense written on here about Emery.
But you simply can’t dismiss the deterioration in performance and results, especially when this is much more of an Emery squad and Emery first 11 implementing Emery tactics and strategies
Well….
….done ?
Words
Actually I can, as there is no evidence of “deterioration” in our performances whatsoever. Indeed the opposite is true: we’ve improved from last season and are improving. Maybe not enough, and maybe he’s getting too many things wrong, but that’s not the same as “deteriorating”.
Glad you agree that a lot of nonsense has been written here, though.
Paulinho
That’s why Frank Lampard is head and shoulders a far better manager/coach than Emery.
He sees things and acts.
By the way, what Emery did at Sevilla and PSG is irrelevant.
If he can’t see what we all see, he is not fit for purpose.
It’s two months till Xmas, time is running out.
Blandford
‘“With no improvement this season, and some evidence of deterioration relative to last season”
Nonsense. There is no support for ether of these assertions some nine matches into this season.’
There is statistical evidence with numerous metrics that absolutely back this assertion up. This has been provided by numerous posters.
WHERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE THAT THIS IS NONSENSE????????????????
You can’t refute the cold hard facts. Stop embarrassing yourself.
Blandford
And your opinion isn’t evidence you cuck.
“Glad you agree that a lot of nonsense has been written here, though.“
Can some of the apparent nonsense be specified?
As I think most would agree that claiming something with no evidence, then dismissing anyone who doesn’t share said view is pretty much the hallmark of “nonsense” on here.
Graham – Chelsea having Mount and Abraham in the squad has nothing to do with Lampard ‘seeing things and acting’. He’s just very fortunate to walk into a club with a load of very talented youngsters. Giroud has been a nothing but a super-sub for three years now so the supposed ‘big call’ of playing Abraham ahead of him is not really a big call at all.
He looks to have everything to be a good manager though. Players want to play for him, he’s very intelligent and sees the game well.
B10
You’re digging a hole for yourself.
As Normski highlights, where is the evidence?
Our players are not gelling under Emery, although we do have some talented individuals/youngsters.
I’m sorry but one and a half years is an awfully long time not to get your team performing to a consistent level.
The evidence that things are not working is clear to the vast majority of supporters.
You are “embarrassing yourself”.
As for Ceballos, we still have time before making a decision. Madrid has already agree to sell him. Whether he is worth the quoted price. Last game, he failed his first test against an organized defense. He couldn’t create a single chance.
Emery’s brain cells are not gelling, period.
If there has been any improvement, it’s been negligible, even though our squad appears stronger. If you believe we’ve made reasonable improvements, you must be wearing a metaphorical filter that allows you to see ‘the good’ in everything.
If Emery is unable to oversee a considerable improvement by Xmas I think it’s highly likely the pressure on Raul and Edu to act will be considerable. Unless Emery has an ‘awakening’ I think he’s done for mid-season.
Lampard is going to be the new Pep.
Imagine giving Lampard the pep transfer money……
I wonder what we would be getting now had we tried our own Arteta who is highly rated by Pep.
Btw, Bamford you are a straggler with your ManU is better than Arsenal stupidity.
Nelson, Real needed to be sure Ceballos was not good enough before they would decide to sell him, now they are sure. Ceballos is not good enough, not for them; not for us. We need a player like the James lad at ManU.
Unless Raul and Edu buy themselves new balls, Emery will stay till summer.
Don’t start with the Arteta talk.
Listened to your podcast Pedro. I thought your brother had replaced you for the first half, I heard what sounded like excuses being made for Emery. Still prefer your solo efforts.
Vieira?
Paulinho
No disrespect, but Poppycock!
Lampard knew these players well before he took over at SB.
He also knew what he was going to do with these players.
He did his homework, just like he’s always done.
Smart? Too right he is.
This playing out from the back has come a joke. We are spending more time passing the ball in our final third than in the opponent’s final third. This is a failure of the coaching staff. How can we trust this coaching staff to develop our players?
the epic contrarian Bamford whose his opinion only matter why bother discuss anything with him your opinions are nonsense in his eyes he just want to force his opinion down your throats instead that’s all
on that note I’ll take anyone that has a plan and know how this club operates inside out already rather than Emery right now
Do you think Lampard would be telling his players to take 90 seconds to get the ball into the opponents half of the field knowing that he had Auba, Lacazette, Pepe, Martinelli in his team?
I don’t think so. It’s pathetic.
That’s why Emery is “cocking things up”.
Nelson
Now we’re talking.
It’s not a joke Nelson.
It’s a frigging shambles.
Graham – Yeah, he did his home work, looked through the squad list and realised he had a nice blend of players already available to him.
Genius stuff.
We can’t successfully play out from the back with the current team selections. The defenders aren’t good enough on the ball, the midfielders take too many risks and are easily brushed off the ball and if we decide to play long we’ve nobody to hold it up.
Dont comment too much but read every day. Just a suggestion and i want dick emery out as much as anyone. He’s a chancer, a bluffer a con man. If you haven’t done already check out his history. He, simply put is a Europa manager managing a champions league CLUB (not team for now) Anyway i digress..who would i want to replace him yesterday? Someone whos attached to the club, knows what AFC means, someone who has played for the club and someone who has managerial experience..ladies n gentleman i present EDU. Thanks for reading chaps have a good 1
The reasons for Emery to be relieved of his duties are clearly racking up. For me, the simple fact that we are currently unwatchable (in the league), should be enough. It’s insipid, lacklustre and frankly boring and you can’t even hang your hat on any green shoots of positivity in the current performances.
The squad can improve in certain areas but for me, there is enough talent in it currently, that if in the right hands could be cementing that 3rd place.
People are getting a little premature on Lampard. He took over Derby in 6th and with the highest wage bill in the Championship finished 6th and lost the playoff final. He’s taken over a Chelsea team that although they have lost a great player in Hazard have spent £60 odd million on a replacement and have been buying up scores of talented youth players for years. They also still have the core of a title winning team from 3 seasons ago. To start declaring him as the new messiah after 9 games is typical of the knee jerk reaction you… Read more »
Bob I agree that the improvement we’ve seen thus far has been modest, but we certainly have not “deteriorated,” as someone claimed. It’s really pretty simple: Emery is a competent if unspectacular manager who is tightening things up, making us more organized, more disciplined, more modern in our approach, but he is not doing enough as of yet in terms of producing the kind of football we want to see and he is getting a number of important things wrong. If he continues to get certain things wrong, and if these failings are jeopardizing our chances of finishing top four,… Read more »
Forget stats for a moment and just watch back some of our games this season. The overall play has not exactly been impressive. In some cases it has been shocking. If we were seeing different to what stats were telling us, as is possible sometimes in bizarre ways, then there would be more room for optimism. However a lot of stats point toward a downward turn this season, and then look at the goal we conceded on Monday night. Dreadful defending. It was getting toward being as bad as that goal we conceded against WBA a couple of years ago.… Read more »
“People are getting a little premature on Lampard. ”
Other people are just born premature.
(Unai, if you read us…)
“I feel that Emery is running out of time to turn this around”
I disagree, for 1 very simple reason : we’re gonna destroy most of the teams in the ELC.
Emery will try to save his ass the same way he did last season.
“Emery is a competent if unspectacular manager who is tightening things up, making us more organized, more disciplined, more modern in our approach“
You need to qualify this with something other than a pathetic ‘if you had eyes’ rebuttal.
All of that should be probable, or quantifiable in some capacity. Otherwise kindly refrain from talking what can be considered ‘nonsense’.
*provable not probable
Chris
One, could you tell us when and where our play/performance was “shocking” this season? Maybe I’m forgetting a match, but that adjective reminds me more of what we saw under late Wenger than anything we’ve seen this season. Be specific, please.
Two, re the goal on Monday, was that goal down to the team not being properly organized or drilled, in your opinion, or was it down to player error, player failure or player weakness?
The OX goal was sublime.
What a waste letting him go.?
Unai is a foreign dog
Bloody hell guns you don’t hold back.
Its funny the vibes I get from you at times you can insult anyone but the minute someone say Jew you want to kill them. Pretty hilarious tbh.
Arsenal are woefully short of creative midfield options at the club as has been clearly demonstrated in Monday’s game against Sheffield United. There is an overemphasis on defensive/holding midfielders with so-called work ethic. The fact that we have managed so few goal scoring opportunities from this department reinforces that opinion. Yet Emery’s refusal to consider Ozil even for the bench as has been the case for most of the season raises very serious concerns about his judgment. Ozil for all his so-called deficiencies is by far and a way the most gifted midfielder on our books and the most likely… Read more »
Lampard would be the perfect replacement for southgate…..the F.A would love him…intelligent, diplomatic and good with young English talent. Its a no brainer..put money on a well crafted wager….say Lampard to be manager by 2022.
Football loyalties, and the biased fan base that rears its head may not get where I’m coming from.
Emery’s brain signals are much like his football, getting confused and stuck at the back and incoherent by the time the message gets to his mouth
Meh it wasn’t a waste sellig ox
He was injury prone as hell for us and injury prone as well for pool. They paid a lot of money for him.
Even when he was fit he was often a headless chicken, probably in no small part because of a lack of coaching but still. That was good money we got for him no doubt
Emirates
“The fact that the Head Coach refuses to use him is in my view a clear indication of his narrow minded mentality and stubbornness.”
Or it’s evidence that the player has been disrespectful to the manager in some way. See this morning’s dust-up on Twitter for evidence that this is in fact what is going on. It’s not really that surprising; Ozil has always been an arrogant and petulant twat.
“One, could you tell us when and where our play/performance was “shocking” this season?”
Sorry Bamford but the second half at Watford was shocking at best.
The problem with Emery is he’s regressing and beginning to look as if in his attempts to turn things round he’s actually digging deeper.
HL Not convinced Europa League progress would be enough if league results continued to suffer. Bamford10 I am thinking mainly of the Watford game as the shocking example, however we have looked far from convincing in the majority of league games we have played. I certainly do not see vast, if any, improvement on last season. In year two of Emery and with more players brought in, this wasn’t a big ask. Anytime we conceded a goal such as Monday’s it is infuriating, because basics were failed almost everywhere. Bad play for sure, but if defence was drilled properly I… Read more »
Emirates
How many matches would you give Ozil to show a regular difference? How many matches where he doesn’t show up or makes indifference look like an art form?
“What a waste letting him go.?”
@J. Woods : that is all you find shocking ?? lol
Marc, Chris
The second half of Watford was shocking in what way, specifically?
Lamont’s hasn’t proved that he’s an elite coach by any stretch of the imagination BUT he has started his coaching life really well and I don’t think he or the fans would have expected he’d be doing better All things considered he and gerrard have both hit the ground running. Fair play to them. Let’s see if they can build on their good starts and take their careers to the next level. I’m looking forward to seeing how Campbell does in his new role. He did a great job in his previous role and this is a big step up… Read more »
Bamford10October 24, 2019 10:56:01
Words“With no improvement this season, and some evidence of deterioration relative to last season”Nonsense. There is no support for ether of these assertions some nine matches into this season.
Bamford you absolute mongo
I’ve been dropping stat bombs on you for 3 days
You know full well there is evidence to support the FACT that we are conceding more and scoring less
Your dopey, self important opinion counts for nothing in the face of hard data
Bamford
Are you serious?
You’re just looking like you’re either defending the indefensible or being contrary for the sake of it. We don’t need anymore of those on here!
Chris
I don’t think we’ve looked convincing either, but there’s a big difference between “not convincing” and “shocking”.
I also don’t know that that goal on Monday is down to the manager not properly organizing or drilling the team.
I’ll re-watch Watford, but I’d like to hear more about what specifically was “shocking” in that match.
Again, I remember many genuinely “shocking” performances under late Wenger. I don’t feel like I’ve seen anything approaching that kind of thing in some time. But I am definitely going to re-watch Watford.
Bamford10October 24, 2019 12:47:42
Marc, ChrisThe second half of Watford was shocking in what way, specifically
Hahahahaha
Do you actually watch Arsenal you plonker?
Marc
No, I’m just asking you a simple question. In what way was our play against Watford “shocking”? I’m not even claiming it wasn’t; I just want to better understand where our play was so utterly deficient so that I can think about the claim, re-watch the game, etc.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49624219
31 shots conceded
A CLUB RECORD.
Yeah, you were saying? Shhhhh