Nonsense never sleeps at Arsenal. The Telegraph is reporting that Unai Emery, a man suffering third-degree burns from his last democratic election (Xhaka for captain), is once again canvassing the squad for their opinions on whether to sack Xhaka as captain (#XhakaOut).
You couldn’t make it up.
Firstly, the players voted him in. They are not good decision-makers. If this were Manchester City, I’d understand, but Arsenal? Please. They’re not voting for what’s good for them. Secondly, does Unai have an advisor? An agent? A friend? Someone intervene and explain to this man what leadership is.
You don’t ask the team who should get fired. You don’t vote for promotions. This habit of sharing poor decision making is incredibly beta male and I have no idea why no one at the club has thought to intervene. Emery was doing it last season without oversight (motivational speeches from the fucking travel booker), and he’s at it again this season. Where is Edu in all of this?
It’s not a surprise either, all this information was out there when we hired him. This is the manager on power at big clubs shortly before he joined us.
‘I am of the opinion that PSG’s leader is Neymar. Or that he is currently becoming it. Neymar came to PSG to be the leader, to go through this process to someday become the best in the world. At Manchester City, Pep is in charge. At PSG, Neymar has to be.’
Distilled: The manager at Manchester City is the manager. The manager at PSG, where I was, is Neymar.
Quite an incredible statement to make public, but again, not surprising if you’ve paid attention to his behaviour over the past 15 months.
My prediction? I think something else Emery said in the same interview could be pertinent.
I think that I managed the dressing room quite well. My greatest satisfaction was that the team didn’t sink, after losing against Barcelona or Real Madrid. A few weeks ago for example, we had a horrible first half against Saint-Étienne, but after the break, with one player sent off, we reacted well and managed to equalise. One of my staff members told me, “Unai, today the players showed that they are with you. If that weren’t the case, we would have lost.”
And he was right. If the team wanted to end me, that would have been the moment to do so. But the team was able to react. That was my main satisfaction, even if this will remain something personal which won’t matter for much from an external point of view. Of course, I don’t control everything. Both round of 16 eliminations showed that. It is difficult to control the necessary elements with a big team, and I still need to improve in that respect.
Emery has very little control over the dressing room at Arsenal. His captain hasn’t apologised a day after his disgraceful actions. Lacazette is out here liking #EmeryOut posts on Instagram, then retracting when people paid attention. Players are leaking to the press that the dressing room is split. Ozil is running amock with his peaceful protests now the manager and Edu doubled down on making him a martyr. We have Liverpool, Wolves and Leicester next in the league
Blood is in the water. I am very much doubtful Emery has the resources to rescue this. I think the players might give up on him… then we’re in a whole world of trouble because according to Ornstein, Edu doesn’t have a contingency plan.
Not good enough. Our strategy, Champions League qualification, is an objective. That is no way to build a football club. It’s likely why we stuck with a bad manager. On paper, he has what we need in the short term. But paycheque to paycheque seasons is no way to build a winning machine and we’re seeing the fruits of that for the second season running. The big worry, as I said yesterday, is that a club with no plan will always opt for Jose Mourinho. A toxic has been with a jerrycan and a box of matches.
Beware the obvious choice…
I have been up late to record a podcast with Matt, a more considered offering can be found there! Enjoy.
DM
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Anyone here?
Tr4phy
Where tf everyone at?
present DM
What is wrong with Edu? Has he just taken the club hierarchy line of take the money, do nothing about anything?
Sounds like this will get very ugly
End of season prediction at per current scenario:
Arsenal don’t qualify for Champions league,
PEA and Lacazette are sold to highest bidder,
Owner and board make profit,
Fans pay for it as always
and next season we play to top 10 finish and not top 4
This is the last time Emery will manage a truly global club. His aura is filling this club with and uncertain nervous energy. You don’t know what he stands for after about 16 months in charge. There’s no brand of football to even write about and didn’t get started over the lack of leadership. The manager should have backed him halfway in public by acknowledging that he was frustrated then told him in no uncertain terms that he had to apologize. The apology doesn’t even have to be a groveling mea culpa, just and acknowledgment that he went too far.… Read more »
TOP10!!
Wonder what Emery will come out with in the next press conference?
Dissenter
Nice post and totally true.
We have sunk even further into the abyss and there seems to be no one at the club strong enough to try lift us out.
and lift
Peckobill “if he does ever start Xhaka again, common sense says it would be in an away game. He’d be nuts to bring him back in a home game. I don’t know if it will happen, but my guess is he won’t even make a squad until the Norwich game away game. Honestly, though, I think Xhaka is toast and will be gone in January” Good points. Xhaka could be off in January, but we don’t have a lot of options in midfield, so I think there’s a chance Emery might have to use him more in the near-term than… Read more »
Sick to death of Dick Emery’s pressies really struggle to understand him and must be a great hindrance getting his message across to the players. I didn ‘t want B Rodgers but would take him in a heartbeat now.
What’s up with this xacka love in? What’s has granit done worse then torreira? Play for starters. Come on man
Receding
“the decision lies with certain men who apparently have more patience than the average fan”
More vision as well, and more sense. It’s a good thing the club is in the hands of Sanllehi and Edu and not the average fan.
“Ozil knows he isn’t wanted but is playing the victim card and dividing the fans, winning a supposed PR battle rather than seek a move to a club were he can play. And we had grown ups chanting his name on Sunday.”
I know. Absolutely embarrassing.
Dissenter
I agree with you re Xhaka, but not re Emery. Xhaka should have apologized already, and that he hasn’t reflects very poorly on him.
“This is the last time Emery will manage a truly global club.”
Says the top CEO at which top European club?
Most of you just brandish your opinions like facts
Starting XI for the last League Cup match:
Martinez
Holding
Mustafi
Tierney
Chambers
Özil
Willock
Torreira
Martinelli
Nelson
Smith-Rowe
Subbed in:
Bellerín
Ceballos
Saka
Will be interesting to see what Emery does this time.
I don’t rate Torriera that highly too and it’s not like he’s some redeemer.
He actually cried because a player was booed…who’s handling our recruitment?
The entire midfield is a shit show. The last truly effective midfielder we got from a transfer was Santi Cazorla. Everyone else that followed him have been limited; Ozil, Xhaka, Torriera…the lot of them have their asterisks.
Excellent post.
Peckobill made the good point on the previous that Emery will likely need to start Torreira on Saturday in place of Xhaka, which means he is unlikely to select Torreira tomorrow. That leaves a pretty big hole in central midfield, as he is unlikely to select Xhaka either, for obvious reasons. This leads me to return to the thought I expressed over the weekend, namely that Emery should consider Chambers as a possibility in midfield. He’s young, skillful, a battler and was player of the season for Fulham in the role. We don’t have a lot of other options prior… Read more »
Receding
‘ Most of you just brandish your opinions like facts’
Actually you re the one struggling to distinguish an opinion for fact.
It was my opinion and it remains mine. You disagreeing with it is also an opinion. Fact doesn’t come into the picture in any way or form.
Are you happy with Emery’s management of Arsenal, mitigating factors exist for sure but do you think we are going in the right direction?
Why apologise to xacka. Part of the same fanbase that eventually could see we were not progressing under wenger but would never call for him out. Lay it back on the players by calling out their efforts. This is the same blaming emery’s system (which is shit) rather than being bold and realising xacka has been a terrible signing, has no real position and has the mentality of a child. It’s his poor minerals is the real poor element of xacka.
Don’t think Tierney will play had cramp against Vitoria then was knackered Sunday will play at home to Wolves on Sunday IMO
“Are you happy with Emery’s management of Arsenal, mitigating factors exist for sure but do you think we are going in the right direction?”
No i am not, we are not doing well due to a lot of factors but that does not :
A. Make him a substandard manager or coach
B. Automatically rule him out of top jobs in the future.
Dissenter “The entire midfield is a shit show.” If this is the case — and I agree that our midfield is very, very weak — how is everything on Emery? This has been your narrative of late. If our “entire midfield is a shit show,” how is the Palace comeback on Emery as opposed to the weaknesses we have in midfield and defense at the moment? Because as much as we have weaknesses in midfield, we also have weaknesses in defense. He had to deploy Chambers as a fullback on Saturday. Against Zaha. That’s not good at all, and yet… Read more »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50201291
“Emery is an increasingly divisive figure as Arsenal fans grow frustrated by the Spaniard’s failure to stamp any obvious identity on his side and old failings from the Arsene Wenger era remain unaddressed.” And therein lies the problem ..Divisive figure We will never make progress unless the fan base is united The constant reference to how better one is doing in relation to Wenger is nonsense and pointless. Wenger’s later years should never be a benchmark for anything. The constant talk about how better this and that manager will be doing is also rubbish because if Arsenal fans are asked… Read more »
Football is all about results and if we win the next 4/5 games, all that has happened this week will be forgotten. It’s a fine line between success and failure. Look at Arsenal’s last 3 games , we won one, we drew one and we lost one …we could easily have won all 3 games if a couple of refereeing decisions had gone our way. Emery’s luck ran out this week and I believe he will need an awful lot of luck to get through the next 3 games unscathed. I cant see any way he will bring Ozil back… Read more »
Receding
Right, but he is only “divisive” because certain sections of the fanbase are being small-minded and petty. Any fair-minded person would in the very least be saying: “back the manager, at least until May”.
What a sad state my Arsenal are in, sup par players consistently picked to play. No style or identity on the pitch, 10 games and the ground is toxic. The only difference between now and the latter years of Wenger reign, is that Emery is more inept.
Pedro The compounding continues. The excitement of the summer expunged in 10 PL games, that’s impressive. How can anybody with a finger on the pulse go down the same path of putting matters to a vote amongst the squad? Is that for real? Emery is striking me as a manager that can only function when he is respected by default, typically the case the lesser the club. The second he’s upped the ante and dealt with more volatile and demanding players, fans, executives, his frailties have become totally exposed. How can Raul and Edu witness this Xhaka episode and garner… Read more »
Bamford10
I don’t like Emery because his football is uninteresting and unambitious.
I can kind of bear with it if we are winning, but we aren’t.
You say he has bad players; but he picks the worse to be captain, then hang his ass out to dry.
That is on him.
I used to think he is a nice guy. Now I think he is merely polite.
If his football is uninteresting, like Jose style, then at least bore the opponents to death and win.
Receding “The constant reference to how better one is doing in relation to Wenger is nonsense and pointless.” Except it’s not pointless, because you don’t get from here to there without small steps in the right direction in between. As you yourself admit, a manager doesn’t come in and magically transform everything overnight. No, it takes many, many small steps in the correct direction, e.g., being better organized, adopting more structure, applying high-energy on both sides of the ball, etc. The results of these small steps in the right direction will not always be immediately obvious or massive, but said… Read more »
We all like Matt but on that latest podcast he is underplaying just what an individual hindrance Xhaka is to the side.
Also there is not going to be any real repercussions for Emery in losing what is basically a reserve team fixture against Liverpool in the League Cup.
Emery has his hands full after the Liverpool reserve League Cup match as it is. Wolves and Leicester in the EPL are a big enough task for him as things stand atm.
Bamford except the last two seasons under Wenger we did not perform like a big club so using it as a bench mark to judge progress is deceptive.
Receding hairline says this ..
“Most of you just brandish your opinions like facts”
Yet earlier said this ,which looks to me like he is brandishing his opinion like facts…
“Ozil knows he isn’t wanted but is playing the victim card and dividing the fans, “
Dark Hei “You say he has bad players; but he picks the worst to be captain, then hangs his ass out to dry.” Yeah, I agree he was wrong to select Xhaka for anything, but the players themselves elected this player captain. If Emery is so foolish for selecting Xhaka, what does this make the Arsenal players? And I don’t agree that he “hung” Xhaka “out to dry”. He selected a player who has certain leadership qualities and who players like and respect. That player happens to be a poor player who makes bad decisions and has a bad attitude.… Read more »
“ I get the frustration, but I think you are getting caught up in the anti-Emery mob fever and being unfair to the man. We are in fact better organized and more disciplined and more modern than we were under Wenger. But Emery is working under difficult circumstances. He may not be a genius, he may not be the man to lead us beyond May, but he is doing better than the mob would have it, IMO.” I can’t see how we’re better organised and more disciplined ? We conceded a record number of shots against bottom of the league… Read more »
Receding
It’s not “deceptive” at all. Do we not need to take three steps to the right in order to travel ten steps to the right? Yes, we do. This is what Emery is doing.
Roy Hodgson knows that he needs to assign two players to stop Pepe. That’s watch a good coach would do. Emery, not so much.
“Applying high energy both sides of the ball”
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11847752/unai-emery-facing-mounting-problems-at-arsenal-following-stormy-crystal-palace-draw
From article:
“- 11th in the PL for high turnovers (ie ball won back in opposition half as a result of pressing)
– 8th in PPDA (passes per defensive action, we let the opponent pass at will with no pressure)
– 12th for pressed sequences (opposition passing sequences of three or fewer passes that end within 40m of their goal)
*Arsenal do not rank highly among Premier League sides for pressing”
But we’re high energy both sides of the ball according to Banford
#what
On a completely different note, I’m about to begin teaching Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” to my tenth graders. Those who know this work will appreciate this.
Morning Grovers,
Good post Pedro, I’ll give the podcast a listen to tonight.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/10231992/arsenal-crisis-emery-fears-dressing-room-revolt-strips-xhaka-captaincy/
When there are no earthly reasons available, there are multiple posts one after the other.
Volume speaks volumes in lieu of substance.
That’s only thing can say about staccato poster
Edu
“What are the difficult circumstances emery is working under?”
Inadequate midfield options, inadequate defensive options.
Emery got no leadership about him asking the players to decide what to do with xhaka . Players are paid to win games , he’s paid to make the big decisions not passing the buck onto the players .
No wonder the dressing room has split , big players spot weakness in a manager unable to make tough decisions and that split will only grow with each poor result until those sticking by him now they’ve become the minority.
“On a completely different note, I’m about to begin teaching Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” to my tenth graders. Those who know this work will appreciate this.”
A very good book but i fear a tad overrated
I personally think Arrow of God and Anthills of the Savannah were better books and underrated.
No Longer at Ease (a book following the life of Okonkwo’s Grandson) is also very good.
C.C all moving in the right direction then?
It’s amazing the amount of disfunction at the club the last few years. Simply astounding.
Pierre it is actually a fact that Ozil is no longer wanted by the decision makers at Arsenal, that you prefer to bury your hand in the sand and call it an Emery decision alone is a personal issue
I wonder if those rooting for the Clueless one do it for football reasons or just the love of hearing good ebening. We have some of the best squad in epl since donkey years ago. ESR and Nelson have stagnated in their development, Pepe still plays like in France while Cebalos looks confused.Our backline has become worse while the attack lacks coherence, more like a trial and error thing. We have no midfield to talk about while Santi and Ramsey were let off for free.That said all sundry know Xhaka, Niles, Guendouzi and Willock are 1 type of player, box… Read more »
Receding
Does one not need to take three steps to the right in order to travel ten steps to the right? Is this not what Emery is trying to do?
“Does one not need to take three steps to the right in order to travel ten steps to the right? Is this not what Emery is trying to do?”
Except he is finding it extremely difficult to take those three steps and seems to be taking them in the opposite direction.
Pedro,
I may have missed it, but did you elaborate why you stated that putting Freddie in charge would likely be a disaster?
Regarding Arsenal management, I feel that they want to be fair and not undermining Emery by directly interfering. However we have reached a point where it should be obvious that unless decision are taken out of his hand, he will lurch from crisis to disaster. Managing crisis by delegating all responsibility to the lower echelon of hierarchy is not managing a crisis. Josh to Vinay. Vinay to Raul. Raul to Edu. Edu to Emery. Emery to Xhaka and the players. It is allowing it to fester and grangrene a limb until the only solution is the complete removal of the… Read more »
Bamford
Is Things Fall Apart a prophecy about Arsenal
Receding
“Except he is finding it extremely difficult to take those three steps and seems to be taking them in the opposite direction.”
No, he has already more or less taken these steps. Better organization, more structure & discipline, more workrate on both sides of the ball. That some do not see that he has taken these steps is down to the apparent subtlety of such steps, the inadequacy of some of these people’s eyesight, and the fact that some of these people are under the influence of intoxicants (frustration, anger, Wengerism, anti-WOBism, Artetaism).
Lose the next 2/3 games & Emery is a dead man walking( if not already) Freddie is on standby as temp fix.& Toxic Maureen wasn’t in our directors box cos he loves watching Arsenal & is a closet gooner.& if dick is stupid enough to wash his hands of the decision his & his alone should be making on his bestie Hacker well he’ll be gone before Xmas …..
IMO I think the club will act. But it will be after these next run of game.
Either to late t some, or just enough fuel to actually fire the man.
The clubs gone all toxic again. No unity or passion.
The players will step up when Mr bland leaves I believe.
Wasn’t xhaka given time off for his baby being born anyway? I thought it was around this time of year….:
Frank
Yea mate looks like it lol
Mid-table with our off the ball efforts, but full of high energy if you read a certain guy on here.
Don’t know what to believe….
Fire/Bamford/Receding,
Things Fall Apart can be read as a docu-drama about the last days of Unai Emery…..
Bamford, “Better organization, more structure & discipline, more workrate on both sides of the ball. That some do not see that he has taken these steps is down to the apparent subtlety of such steps, the inadequacy of some of these people’s eyesight, and the fact that some of these people are under the influence of intoxicants (frustration, anger, Wengerism, anti-WOBism, Artetaism).” The fact is that you are the only one who can see progress. Every metrics show the complete opposite of what you consider the truth. Instead of accusing the other of agenda or not being clever enough to… Read more »
I don’t necessarily believe emery is safe because the board has come out to back him , how many chairman at clubs in the past have come out , backed the manger and a few weeks later sacked them . Happens all the time that’s why it’s called the dreaded vote of confidence. To be asked the question and to have to answer it is always a sure sign things a going south . If the results against Leicester and wolves are negative ,like the recurring ozil question to emery the media will keep pushing the question about emery to… Read more »
Mark my word Pedro, if Emery is around till the end of the season, Arsenal will be fighting to qualify for Europa and not CL. Without any disrespect to what he has achieved, at best, Emery is a power point coach punching above his weight with the expectation placed on him at Arsenal. I doubt very much if he has a tactical approach to matches other than to rely of the individual abilities of the players to bet the team through. He certainly does not have an understanding of what coaching in the Premier league entails. The management should take… Read more »
CG prediction that Emery could be sacked by November starts to ring true.
I miss the old fellow.
Some of his comments are strange, but at least he never insulted people or make racist, or bigoted comments like some still allowed on this blog.
He should be allowed back on this blog.
Receding Hairline
“Pierre it is actually a fact that Ozil is no longer wanted by the decision makers at Arsenal, that you prefer to bury your hand in the sand and call it an Emery decision alone is a personal issue”
““Ozil knows he isn’t wanted but is playing the victim card and dividing the fans, “
It’s your opinion that he he is playing the victim card and and dividing the fans so it’s probably not a good idea to say
““Most of you just brandish your opinions like facts”
Otherwise you could make yourself look a little foolish.
Bamford your comments re emery are carbon copies of the AKB judge him in May line He’s had enough time to at least show us what he’s about and very few of us are seeing anything good. People would have more tolerance if there was a clear strategic vision. If we were scoring for fun but also conceding a lot, or if we were defensively tight but not scoring. Or a good combination of both you’d go okay well room for improvement but a bit more time and a couple of good signings and we’ll be there Nearly November in… Read more »
Bamford we all (non AKB) have been willing emery to deliver and lead us into a better era but no amount of willing it to be true can stop the reality in the light of day, which is that emery is doing a very poor job
“It’s your opinion that he he is playing the victim card and and dividing the fans so it’s probably not a good idea to say”
No it is not, social media activities and love notes to Arsenal fans say otherwise, why the fcuk am i even playing this game with you
Lol receding falling into the Pierre ozil bait
I do miss CG. Why was he banned?
No one ever mentions calf muscle index anymore
BI0
No disrespect to Emery😉 but I think a level 2 FA Coach could have probably got more out our players than he has over these past few months.
You know how I blamed Wenger for everything, well, I’m sorry, he’s not responsible for our current embarrassing state of affairs. That’s all down to Mr Emery.
PS: What’s the equivalent of a level 2 coach at Harvard?
I can’t Understand Xhaka, How can a player Who has put in the worst performances in arsenal shirt for the last three years can get pissed off because he was playing badly and got booed by fans who have had enough? It is truly astonishing. I think I would prefer Denilson to him and he was shocking. He should have been sold last summer. If Emery had any balls he would have made Aubameyang or lacazette Captain. I would have rather seen Guendouzi than Xhaka as Captain. Ornstein’s updates don’t sound good at all to be honest. Reactive rather than… Read more »
China1
Mark my words, CG is still out there.
He’ll be loving all of this.
Except his Watford prediction.
This season is going from bad to worse. The board has already mortgage the future. They have to back Emery to get the top4. I don’t think they have a plan B yet. They don’t even have money in the bank. How big is the risk to have a care taker? This season started with so much promise and so much hope. I am at a lost why all these happen. It’s like a nightmare.
Graham
“You know how I blamed Wenger for everything, well, I’m sorry, he’s not responsible for our current embarrassing state of affairs. That’s all down to Mr Emery.”
This is a groundbreaking day , Graham (the archetypal wenger obsessive) has absolved wenger from any blame.
What next , Graham seeing sense and reasoning regarding the treatment of Mesut Ozil.
I suppose they go hand in hand really as a large part of the “embarrassing current affairs” is Emery’s man management skills.
I read often that the wrong team is constantly being selected. Besides the 3 injured defenders that are now returning what are the other changes ? Is it just Xhaka ? I have been through bad times before with Arsenal. And only given up on them in one game. (Losing at home to Walsall) but this looks and feels worse. Manager has lost the supporters. It’s hard to find a post or comment anywhere backing him. It also seems he has/is Losing the dressing room. For me there seems to be no direction from the top and the manager. Things… Read more »
‘Mark my words CG is still out there’
Haha
“What I’m suggesting to you is that this is the crummiest, shoddiest, worst run Football Club in Western Europe”
“No no, I won’t have that. There’s a club along the Seven Sisters”
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Receding hairline
Some great decisions being made from the decision makers in recent time hey…..
“Some great decisions being made from the decision makers in recent time hey…..”
What does this even mean?
What makes you believe their decisions have been wrong or that if things were done the way you approve we will be better off?
Get over yourselves
How well do you do the job you are paid to do or run your own business?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
We could of had Kante instead of Xhaka?
Pierre
As you well know and as I promoted on here numerous times last season, I remained on the fence in respect to Emery.
I decided to jump off based on his inabilities to solve even the simplest of problems.
He has had more than enough time/chances to give us a new identity. He has failed.
Wenger is irrelevant now( although I’ll never forgive him for what he did). Don’t worry though, my perceptions of Mesut will never change.
Cheers.
So Emery is facing a revolt if he removes Xhaka as Captain?
Player power gone made, you hate to see it!
If they care about him so much those senior players that went over to his house for a sleepover should have advised him to issue an apology and say something similar to Heccy Bellerin about us being “all together” etc.
“Lacazette is out here liking #EmeryOut posts on Instagram”
Pedro is serious about that ??
Ah ah ah, keep on screw up dear Unai, the exit is near, you stupid dumb.
“Granit Xhaka’s “atrocious” behaviour means it would be a surprise if he played for Arsenal again, according to the club’s former striker Charlie Nicholas. ”
“He’ll have to take his medicine.”
looooooooool
I think Emery rules much more from the heart rather than the brain and that’s never a good idea. He seems to go with instinct rather than cold calculating tactics and evidence based on performance, fitness, player ability etc. It’s never a good idea to be purely one or the other but a healthy mixture of the two is best in my view. Emery is proving to be a “weak” manager as the months go by and even though I keep saying two seasons are not enough for any manager to show his worth, Emery is proving that perhaps it… Read more »
Nice to see “fans” spitting their vitriol on Ceballos twitter already
Receding Hairline ““Some great decisions being made from the decision makers in recent time hey…..” “What does this even mean?” Let me help if you dont quite get it. I think he is talking about The decision to allow the players to vote Xhaka as captain . The decision to freeze Ozil out of the side in the knowledge that if results and performances took a down turn, there will be a backlash from the fans. The decision to let Ramsey go. The decision to spend fortunes and allow the manager to continue . The decision to back the manager… Read more »
Receding I was defending Emery last season same as you. Because Unless a manager tanked I was going to give whoever was appointed in charge a full season because we had some horrible players. But now is the right time to judge our progress. We are not really great at anything now. There isn’t great attacking football and no mean defense. And you are right, there are no guarantees we would be better off If we had appointed another manager, there is no guarantee that we would be better even we sacked Emery now. but We should at least try… Read more »
Let’s face it : it all ended when we left Highbury – Wenger’s megalomania and his desire to build a tourist attraction kill the club. Or maybe the gods of football thrown a curse on us ?? Arsenal as a great football club no longer exist, so there’s no needs to torture yourself, our situation all goes madness, and it seems that nothing can save us. The lucky ones (I’m part of it) who were witness of our golden era are left with nothing but memories to share – but at least they have some. (p.s. : I wish the… Read more »
*killed the club
Something seriously flawed with Emery’s logic. Could you imagine asking your staff at work who should be made redundant?
“Nice to see “fans” spitting their vitriol on Ceballos twitter already”
Totally disagree with this but this is the knock on effect of Emery and the decision makers to freeze out Ozil .
Fans have realised that Ceballos is not as creative as Ozil and are wrongly criticising Ceballos.
Ceballos is a decent player but will never be as creative as Ozil, again this shows the incompetence of the decision makers who wrongly believed that freezing out Arsenal’s most creative player is acceptable behaviour.
“The Athletic also says that after the match, three players – whose names are not mentioned – would have visited Granit Xhaka at his home to give him their support and comfort.”
And Torreira was in tears when Granité was booed…
Pedro why don’t you talk about this ??