The Arsenal official ‘no apology’ was actually inaccurate according to a Swiss Arsenal fan who spied the Insta story.
‘It’s badly translated by the way. The German version on his insta sounds more like an apology. He said “that was not my intention and I am sorry”. Not “I’m sorry if that’s what people thought” which is indeed not apologising…’
Via @amackenz1e
I think it’s important to fairly note, that after 3 days, Xhaka finally apologised, sort of.
Before I crack into this, just from a personal perspective, I understand what it’s like to have people hate you on the internet. If you’re well-liked in real life, but most people think you’re a massive whopper online, it’s quite hard to deal with the disconnect. It’s also mentally frying when you’re saying things the masses violently disagree with… logging onto, ‘cunt’, ‘attention seeker’, ‘liar’, ‘scum’ and ‘dog pervert’ is not fun.
I know what it feels like, because I’ve had it on and off for 13 years. I even had someone throw a bottle at me in a pub once when I was with Matt Scott.
So please, before I start dissecting this, understand this comes from a position of kind-of-experience, even if it’s not at the same volume as an actual famous person.
Here goes.
Social media is a cesspit. The internet took away hierarchy of opinion. Every single person in the world can have a view and if it gains enough traction, it holds a weird equal weight online regardless of who posts it. This is not real life. If a homeless person throws dogs mess at someone in the park, it’s not news. Someone of the equivalent level throws a dog shit comment and it can become news and hold authority because there’s no context to who is saying it. This is why disinformation online is so easy.
Back in the day, it was hard to access famous people, so superstars didn’t really feel the heat of the day to day dog shit throwers. That is not the case now.
It doesn’t matter how many times you complain that ‘the abusers should be held accountable’, the simple fact of the internet is that accountability is not achievable because of the scale of the issue. Abuse is here to stay. It’ll never go. Even if we had the powers to police it, in the grand scheme of local London issues, I think I’d prefer the police focus on real issues like knife crime and such.
The above commentary does not mean I am condoning abuse, far from it, I’m just saying it’s an immovable reality.
So this was Xhaka’s response:
“My feeling of not being understood by fans, and repeated abusive comments at matches and in social media over the last weeks and months have hurt me deeply. People have said things like ‘We will break your legs’, ‘Kill your wife’ and ‘Wish that your daughter gets cancer’. That has stirred me up and I reached boiling point when I felt the rejection in the stadium on Sunday.
“In this situation I let myself get carried away and reacted in a way that disrespected the group of fans that support our club, our team and myself with positive energy. That has not been my intention and I’m sorry if that’s what people thought. My wish is to get back to a place of mutual respect, remembering why we fell in love with this game in the first place. Let’s move forward positively together.”
There are two issues at play here.
- Arsenal fans booed and sarcastically jeered him after he walked off slowly when we were chasing a game. Booing, as YankeeGunner on Twitter pointed out, is part of the game. It is not abuse. Sure, it’s not pleasant, but let’s not roll boos in with wishing cancer on children.
- The internet is not real, nor is it tightly linked to fans that go to the ground. No one knows the people that made those comments, no one would condone them in the ground, no one even knows if the fans were linked to Arsenal.
Xhaka showed extremely bad judgement when he gesticulated to the fans last week. He is supposed to lead by example and for the 3rd time this season he let his guard down (‘we were scared + ‘it was the strikers’), he caved to his feelings and he told the fans to fuck off.
He should have apologised, he should have blamed being tired on the stress of a difficult newborn and he should have asked for forgiveness even if he didn’t mean it. Simple. We’d have all forgiven him.
The two comments he pulled out reminded me of being back at school.
‘Damian, I fucked your mum last night’
‘My mum’s dead. Died in a helicopter crash’
Xhaka found the two worst comments and spun a narrative from them. He went straight for the victim card. How can you knock a man that’s had his kids spoken about like that? It shut down rational conversation and diverted attention to the scourge of dim people online.
I can’t abide by that. It’s the biggest shirk of responsibility going. A cowardly move.
I have two points on this.
People prone to stress complaining about the internet making them sad is an actual trend.
Here’s an idea. Turn off the comments to the general public. I did that on my Twitter last year and it stopped me feeling like my phone was a giant ball of molten hell in my pocket. What you can’t read doesn’t hurt you. Surround yourself with people that love you (Yo Twitter/LG fam, I literally love you) and it immediately makes you feel better.
If you REALLY can’t handle the abuse, delete the apps. Take them off your phone. Give the access codes to someone else. SUPER easy when you’re a rock star footballer. Most of them have agencies to take care of their feeds so the STARS don’t have to deal with it and can spend their time being RICH.
Another point that people need to remember here. PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS ARE NOT NORMAL. Being in the top 1% of humans in the world comes with perks and not-so-much-perks. Huge money, fame, nice seats in Nandos… are the perks. The not-so-much-perks are pretty easy to deal with, don’t go on social media, don’t leave the game on the train, and don’t send 🍆 pics to models if you’re married.
As Tim Payton, expert in sports PR said yesterday:
‘Correct Pete. Of course it’s scumbags doing it. But professional athletes have to manage their lives to perform well. That includes insulating themselves from this sort of abuse. It’s literally day 1 of personal development/media training for sports people.’
People from the club have told me that the players are trained not to look at it, absolute basics. Some do, obviously, but as I said earlier, it’s often the media team doing it for them.
Toughen up, you are the captain of the club, there are no excuses
A lot of people are taking deep offence to the notion that you can ask someone to be tough in 2019.
This is elite sport. The captain is a warrior position. If you can be rattled by twats on the internet, lose your cool at the home fans, then take three days to drop a half-apology littered with excuses, are you really captain material?
People lose their cool, that’s life. Apologise fast, own up, show the team that you’re fallible but brave enough to own it.
Everyone takes abuse personally, it’s not nice, but it’s part of fame. If it stresses you out, take action and make changes to your habits that allow you to see it. Abuse has always been part of been part and parcel of leadership, the greatest absorb it like a lightning rod, the meek cave.
Rapinoe went against the President and hard right of America. She didn’t fade. She used it to her advantage. She channelled the rage of ugly America and raised the women’s game to new levels and brought the World Cup back home to America. Her bravery and leadership single-handedly landed her ENTIRE team a raise.
Unreal. She never caved. She never wavered. She absolutely owned it… and let’s be honest, she dealt with far worse because she was a woman.
That’s leadership. That’s inspirational. That’s being accountable.
That’s all I’ve got. Time to move on for the fans. The apology was there, I’m just not sure the circumstances were befitting of a leader and I’m not sure the substance showed he understood the gravity of his petulant actions. I don’t think he’s a leader, but that’s not my decision to make.
Tell me, what do you think? Don’t you dare call me a dog pervert…
P.S. Listen to my Pod with Matt on leadership.
Receding Hairline ”How many clubs have issued statements condemning online abuse of players? Honest question. Not many if any. There seems to be a culture now though that is coming into football from society at large that people can’t be called out for failure or underperformance. The time when fans are frowned upon for showing their own emotions at football grounds that being either happiness or disappointment will be yet another nail in the coffin for the match. You may as well have automons placed in the grounds instead of human beings. And this has nothing to do with 13yo… Read more »
If that’s not evidence enough for you then what is?
Ozil saying he’s not a coach
Xakha calling out our scared approach.
Every single pundit around saying that he’s not improved anything at arsenal
Yet here you are, trying to squeeze that pineapple up your arse. So you’re either thick or disingenuous or both.
Truth is I know you know that emery is failing. It’s patently obvious and that’s why you’re doubling down. Because being right matters more to you than being honest.
Yes agreed Guns of SF.
This whole episode now will be a brushing under the carpet but we all know why this siruation flared up in the first place.
Internet trolls are a distraction from that.
“The first is the person, the human. Like everyone he feels, Xhaka, with his issues, needs time to recover normality,” Emery said.
Jesus. Nobody died! Give that man a tissue for his issue. Talk about ‘first world problems’.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11851009/granit-xhaka-arsenal-captain-will-not-play-against-wolves-says-unai-emery
Ishola70, I don’t dispute that Xhaka’s reaction was over the top. We live in the age of social media but basic rules of decency should still apply. Personally every government should have a separate cyber crime division that investigate abuse and threatening on social media. Anybody guilty of such action should pay a fine that would be used to finance that department. Mandatory anger management training should be taken until the ban of the account could be lifted. They should also be named and shamed. If any idiot were at the risk of being fined and/or losing his/her job everyone… Read more »
… and you guessed it, he said…
“I believe in our work in this process”.
What work? What process? Explain man!
Anyhow, Xhaka is not playing tomorrow. Phew
Lets see how the team does…like I said earlier this is crunch time… I want to see how the team performs… do we have a bounce back mentality?
Do we score early and let them into the game later on??? Will that pattern change?
Looking forward to the game… I want to see a response.. a strong one…
Who the hell wants footballers to be robots
Good that he showed some personality.
Valentin
You are now making this situation about internet trolls.
It’s not about internet trolls.
It’s about more than enough fans not rating Granit Xhaka as a captain or first XI player of Arsenal FC.
I give up trying to decipher Emery in interviews.
Pedro
“If you’re well-liked in real life, but most people think you’re a massive whopper online, it’s quite hard to deal with the disconnect.”
How would you know!
He just says the same boring shit that doesn’t tell us anything.
Left,
Indeed… that is what is frustrating with Emery- he really doesnt say much. What he does say is hard to understand.
Ishola70, When Pogba was relentlessly abused by racist trolls because he had missed a penalty, the players union were debating whether to go on social media strike to force them to better police their site/app. Personally I think they should have done in a coordinated concerted manner. Those sport icons/influencers are some of biggest drivers of traffic and therefore advertisements. If they decide to switch off Tweeter/Instagram/Facebook for a week, that would have a serious impact on their revenue stream. I am pretty sure that everyone of those will suddenly be a lot more motivated to police their active members.… Read more »
So Xhaka, a player on £90,000 PER WEEK, won’t be playing tomorrow because of a few trolls. Footballers have lost touch with reality.
We have Ozil who can’t be trusted against the big teams and tough away games and Xhaka who can’t play at the Emirates because of the keyboard warriors. Pussy’s.
“We have Ozil who can’t be trusted against the big teams and tough away games”
Yet his name was chanted by 10,000 fans if you go with Pierre’s calculator
Valentin
You know that race abuse is seen as more sensitive than other general other forms of abuse.
Bringing Pogba into the equation now is yet more distraction from why this Xhaka situation exploded into what we saw.
Let’s not veer from the main issue here.
The main issue is that more than enough fans are not happy with Granit Xhaka as a football player.
Ishola70, One feed the others. Internet feed the anger in the stadium. And people who go to the stadium feed internet. Arsenal Fan TV is a classic example of that echo chamber. Two guys create a YouTube channel. Get big on internet. Now people in the stadium starts quoting them and treating them as celebrity. So more and more talk about them. They get invited by regular media. Got a late show on TV. Remember the Chicken Connoisseur and his 15 minutes of fame? When channel surfing, I found out by accident that he had a show. The well dressed… Read more »
Left testicle
“So Xhaka, a player on £90,000 PER WEEK, won’t be playing tomorrow because of a few trolls. Footballers have lost touch with reality.”
The guy really needs to take a step back and act in a more mature manner.
As said before Xhaka has been reacting and getting annoyed/upset at an AFTV contributor who has his own youtube channel who was criticising him for his performances on the football field.
He needs to self-reflect and step back . Not just point fingers and play the victim.
Valentin
I have said before if fans feel that a player is not worthy of captaincy or even being in the team they will eventually voice their displeasure. They will not remain indifferent or silent forever.
This is regardless of any social media outlet online.
He’ll still get paid his £90,000 for his no show.
Ozil + Xhaka = £440,000 PER WEEK
Ishola70,
I am not excusing Xhaka, I am explaining his behaviour.
One of my colleague had a name similar to an US politician. He started to receive viles message. He had to change Twitter handle because he was starting to spend more time blocking people. He showed me some of the tweets, it was depressing.
So you receive that level of abuse, your pregnant wife receives that level of abuse, you can get pretty easily pissed off. The Booing was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. He snapped. Big deal.
Left testicle
“He’ll still get paid his £90,000 for his no show.Ozil + Xhaka = £440,000 PER WEEK”
They both need to be moved on.
They both reinforce other club fans view of Arsenal as being soft.
“Rapinoe has a massive ego, is self righteous and will disappear up her own backside.”She, along with her two World Cups and Gold Medal, will be remebered in 50 years, where as Xhaka might manage to be a trivia question. And you…
She does have a massive ego….forget the world cups and gold medals. We’re talking personalities, i’m not particularly fond of her because of her ego.
Receding HairlineNovember 1, 2019 16:23:35
“We have Ozil who can’t be trusted against the big teams and tough away games”Yet his name was chanted by 10,000 fans if you go with Pierre’s calculator
Was Ozil’s name not chanted???
We are getting what we asked for, no Xhaka in the starting line up….let’s see how Emery will carry on without anyone else to blame for his setup.
WOAB
Your Lottery joke made me chuckle
Word is Puel is hurt Saliba is sold to Arsenal…feels like they’re letting their best player go to easily.
Music to our ears here at Arsenal then, considering how badly we need a CB.
“Was Ozil’s name not chanted???”
Do you have an actual number of how many chanted his name? 10,000 was the figure Pierre gave…that is the crux of the matter. Comprehend before rushing to respond.
By the way, Pep can have Xhaka in January….but he may turn out to be good under Pep, who knows.
Receding HairlineNovember 1, 2019 16:48:17 “Was Ozil’s name not chanted???”Do you have an actual number of how many chanted his name? 10,000 was the figure Pierre gave…that is the crux of the matter. Comprehend before rushing to respond. “Comprehend” this is my problem with some of you…i come on everyday for a bit and i read very egoistical comments from people like you….whether it’s 10,000 0r 5,000 FACT is we heard loud and clear, the majority of the away fans singing Ozil’s name. Look, I am not an Ozil fan boy, but at this time, Ozil vs Emery/Arsenal board…I’m team… Read more »
Booing by fans got Xhaka out of our starting line up something Emery would never have done otherwise.
What does it matter what the number is???? Says comprehend…
Like TR7 said just above, the crowd booed Xhaka, the crowd’s message was loud and clear, now maybe we need to define the number so you can use it against your online detractors.
RH
Ozil’s name “was chanted by 10000 fans”
When was this?
Did I miss something?
Bearing in mind that a large percentage of the fans at the Emirates are on a tourist visa, that means an awful lot of lot of people were chanting for someone they’d probably never heard of anyway. Mesut who?
Sorry, it is joke Friday after all.
“So you receive that level of abuse, your pregnant wife receives that level of abuse, you can get pretty easily pissed off. The Booing was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. He snapped. Big deal.”
Anyone with an ounce of sense would understand this.
“FACT is we heard loud and clear, the majority of the away fans singing Ozil’s name” Well it’s not a fact as it was the home fans who were singing his name, unless you are saying majority of Palace fans spent the game chanting Ozil’s name. “I’m team Ozil” Not a crime. “Auba did fuck all in the last game vs Palace.” Aubameyang has made a better impact as an Arsenal player than Ozil in shorter time too. It’s short memories though for many of you, we have forgotten how ineffective he can be and this will be remedied in… Read more »
Graham62November 1, 2019 17:00:42
RHOzil’s name “was chanted by 10000 fans”When was this?Did I miss something?Bearing in mind that a large percentage of the fans at the Emirates are on a tourist visa, that means an awful lot of lot of people were chanting for someone they’d probably never heard of anyway. Mesut who?Sorry, it is joke Friday after all.
Yeah, you obviously missed it. It was at the Liverpool vs Arsenal League Cup game as well…those weren’t tourist fans mind you
Oh, at Anfield.
Now I get it.
If it’s a vote between señor Emery and Mesut Ozil, I wouldn’t tick either box.
Receding ..what’s hard to understand in your argument with any and everyone you seem to take up issues with?
You come across a bit, …let’s leave it
Short memories you say…yeah, same could be said for you. Ozil got 350k a week doing nothing before then…talk of short memories. Aubamayang is one of my favorite current players, but i’ll call a spade a spade. He has been dire in some games and let’s not sugar coat it. He has done a lot well, but he’s been found wanting at some crucial times.
If it’s a vote between señor Emery and Mesut Ozil, I wouldn’t tick either box.
Agreed.
Last season, Auba scores his penalty vs Spuds and we might have been playing CL….not to say that Emery wasn’t the culprit in totality
Xhaka all over Sky Sports News.
The joys of being an Arsenal supporter.
Dale you talk about Ozil getting 350k like he deserved it. He didn’t.
Ozil is on 350k a week because his and Sanchez contract situation was criminally mismanaged and we were facing losing two “big name” players for nothing so someone panicked and got shafted on the negotiation table. Nothing to do with just rewards for contribution made on the pitch.
“You come across a bit, …let’s leave it”
Don’t care what i come across as, was hoping that penny has dropped by now.
Shite! I’d chant for Ozzie Osbourne if it helped to put an end to all this crap.
criminally mismanaged and we were facing losing two “big name” players
Yeah, you put the qoutes there…very convenient…if they were waste players, why offer them a deal??? You’re on one habd saying Ozil was never influential prior, yet you think their contract was miss managed….maybe because they were our best players and they knew their worth and waited their contract out.
I don’t get you. You seem to argue just for the sake of it…i read it everyday, you’re always in the chats offering something against.
Interesting information from Mr Arsenic saying player’s agents have complained about Emery to the hierarchy. Seems the hierarchy agreed about the limitations.
If this is true two bad results and Emery could well be gone before the international break.
Interesting information from Mr Arsenic saying player’s agents have complained about Emery to the hierarchy. Seems the hierarchy agreed about the limitations.
I can’t doubt this…seems reasonably likely.
Bellerin is 100% making a play for the captaincy.
He might publicly back Xhaka, but his actions…I really think he wants it.
I’m sorry, Bellerin would make another weak captian….i don’t know who in the squad worthy to be an “Adams, Vieira” type of leader
Dale
I agree.
Bellerin is not my choice.
But he’s making a play for it. Whatever he says.
The problem is for years and years we’ve not looked for strong characters in the squad and we’ve actively disrespected the role of captain.
Shouldn’t be surprised that most people are saying Guendouzi is the best on field leader…it’s sad but true.
“Independent: Some players – including some of the more senior players – are “just not having” Emery. They wonder whether he’s even that good. There are plenty that doubt the tactics. Emery doesn’t seem to want to work on their weaknesses.”
Nice to see Ozil has been reinstated back into the side .
Emery never learnt from last season did he, it failed then and it failed this time.
The Mesut Ozil song will be resounding around the Emirates stadium tomorrow.
music to my ears.
How I’d love to see the faces of those on here who positively rejoiced at Emery’s crass decision to not even include Ozil in the squad.
You know who you are…..you will be gutted when he walks onto the pitch tomorrow as they chant his name.
Independent: “While some players struggle to understand what Emery is saying, a good portion of those regularly playing still support him and like him as a person. However, they aren’t *massively* backing him & there is a feeling he is “losing that changing room bit by bit”.
Everybody knows you shouldnt listen to keyboard warriors spouting shite. It means nothing and Xhaka shouldnt be reading it. No excuses. He was boo’d cause he was not good enough. And he should not be captain, and thats Emery’s fault. Both need to go.
Ishola
You think being racist is worse than wishing someone’s baby had cancer and threatening to kill their wife? Political correctness gone mad….
Dalegooner Ozils worth isn’t 350k a week, that’s not an argument.
Paddy Gooner
Clear and concise and 100% correct.
Shouldn’t be having that many leaks from the camp, it’s never an ideal situation where the club is in the spotlight and mainly for off pitch reasons…Club needs to get a handle of the situation immediately. Again, if all that noise from the camp is negative towards the manager, then it stands to reason that on the pitch, things might not necessarily improve
TR7November 1, 2019 16:52:40
Booing by fans got Xhaka out of our starting line up something Emery would never have done otherwise.
Tr7
Oh right. So now we magically transform into a cohesive unit and our attack will magically start producing goals and chances galore…
Boooooo
He has been dire in some games and let’s not sugar coat it. He has done a lot well, but he’s been found wanting at some crucial times.
Dale
As always you cut through the shit and see what is really happening on a football field.
Spot on. Aubameyang is a passenger throughout 90% of our minutes on a football field
The issue with Guen is that he is young, a bit of a spas and how much can he influence the team on middle of the game and off the field as well. Way too young for me despite him being the only one showing he tries in every game… A captain should be experienced, not shy to make tough decisions and someone who can lead by example… is that Bell? who knows… perhaps This team I feel needs a leader who will kick them up the ass. Not all leaders are screamers but with our choirboys, we need someone… Read more »
“You come across a bit, …let’s leave it”Don’t care what i come across as, was hoping that penny has dropped by now.
Hairbrain
That’s quite clear as you cum across emery daily 😂
Funny though. You seem to mind when you came across as chubby and bald recently.
Nicolas Bendtner autobiography – “During one session we are playing 11 v 11 with a maximum of two touches at a time. I am standing in a position to see Thierry Henry touching it three times. “Three touches,” I shout. Wenger’s assistant, Pat Rice, shouts back: “Play on, for fuck’s sake!” But Henry has heard me. He turns in my direction and puts his finger over his lips: “Sssssssh.” Shortly afterwards I do the same. The ball touches my heel, and then my toe before I pass it on. It is one movement but the academy player gets a free-kick… Read more »
we can say that the prevalence of social media really messed up the zeitgeist of our society with all these nonsense these new types of addictions and the increase of polarity in whatever issue discussed on the net creates more issues in real life too for example increase of paranoia, mental health issues, general mistrust and other sickness of the minds in my multicultural country where racial politicking are the way to stay in power it’s easy to create issue out of nothing and spread hatred against each other by misinfo/disinfo etc acted by shills not just governments but corporations… Read more »
People missed or have ignored Emery’s comment about Arsenal having fans all over the world who are respected but the real response that matters most to them is fan response inside the ground.
With this comment he is underplaying all the online internet troll stuff and implying that players and himself should heed fans reactions on matchdays inside the ground.
Fair enough comment and is a subtle reminder to Xhaka as well. Of course Emery himself could well be feeling the force and discontent of match going fans himself personally as well in the not too distant future.
The people who wished those horrible things on Xhaka’s son, wife and legs are despicable pigs. Xhaka had been playing very badly and the boos in the ground were totally correct, but not the horrible curses on social media. Ozil is our best attacking midfielder today.
By the way, RH and Bamford should give it a rest, they are becoming a joint embarrassment here.
comparing the landscape of the internet when this blog started to now it’s atrocious evidently by the comment section
and that was at its deathbed stage too at that time
I just miss the late 90s early 00s internet that’s all haha
wasn’t Emery got booed at the ground on last matchday of last season?
“Being right matters to you than being honest” This got me
Anyways, it doesn’t matter whether or not zhaka plays tomorrow if torrera gets played far upfront and either guen or ceba gets played in zhaka’s position. Emery is more cancerous than xhaka
Pierre saying black is white YET again.. yaaaaaaaawnnn zzzzzzz….
It wasn’t Emery’s decision alone, multiple sources including Emery himself have said it was a club decision.
But you carry on, whatever gets your Ozil love juices flowing….
Everybody can see that Aubameyang rarely contribute to the flow of movement. He finishes movement but does not participate to their creation. The big conundrum with Aubameyang is that when we do not create anything of note he is a passenger, but he is also capable to finish an half chance and put us back on track. The manager needs to find a way to involve him more. There has been numerous time when a quick long ball above the top was available and he made the run but the ball is recycled. We should not be afraid of sometimes… Read more »
By the way, RH and Bamford should give it a rest, they are becoming a joint embarrassment here.
Took the words out of my mind……
It’s just as well Xhaka is out of the side for a bit as that affords the possibility of reinstating Ozil for a bit putting him in the shop window ready for January.
We can’t afford to have 2 passengers in the midfield so I’d rather it be Ozil than Xhaka as at least Ozil gives us the odd spurt of creativity 2 or 3 times a game.
Ooooh
Another burn from gentle Bris
He’s right. You two do standout as the most misguided, most blindly protective of Emery and his continued failure to elevate arsenal above the very worst of what wenger could offer.
Good observation there Valentin….I miss the days of Cesc Fabregas, Alex Song, Nasri et al….the type of mid fielders ready to make forward passes and throughballs to attackers…we had the ideal midfielders back then but lacked the strikers and defenders…we still lack the defenders but severely hampered by a disjointed and very unreliable creative corps in midfielders. Guendouzi was the only one who made a Cesc-esque pass to Auba early on in the season…i wanted more of those, but Xhaka, who was supposed to be equipped with such long passes to the front line is more concerned about the idiots… Read more »
vickingzNovember 1, 2019 18:20:37
“Being right matters to you than being honest” This got meAnyways, it doesn’t matter whether or not zhaka plays tomorrow if torrera gets played far upfront and either guen or ceba gets played in zhaka’s position. Emery is more cancerous than xhaka
Vickingz
Why? Why did it get you?
DaleDaGoonerNovember 1, 2019 18:29:20
By the way, RH and Bamford should give it a rest, they are becoming a joint embarrassment here.
Took the words out of my mind……
>>>>>>
No more than the ones constantly abusing them and bringing nothing to the blog other than insults.
I’d much rather read Bamford & Receding’s posts even if they are in denial regarding Emery.
Benny , you forgot to mention that with Ozil, it will be like having ten men on the pitch …tut tut.
Wolves is geared for sucking the opposition and getting them on the counter-attack. We need to have A very discipline midfield. Instruct Torreira or whoever is tasked to be our DM to sit in front of the back 4 and to not make any forward run. If Adama Traore starts, Tierney should forget any idea of bombing forward. Also any attempt at playing from the back should be avoided at all cost, because their pressing in that situation is too good for our uncoached midfield. Sokratis, Guendouzi will be dispossessed and we will concede a goal if we try to… Read more »
Daledagooner
Chelsea are proving this season that you can have a midfield with technically gifted players , they dont have to be 6ft plus workers who run and run .
What happened to the old adage of letting the ball do the work.
Leno
Chambers – Sok – Luiz – Tierney
Torreira – Guendouzi
Ozil
Pepe – Aubameyang – Saka
That is my predicted line up.
Would prefer Martinelli instead of Saka.
DaleDaGooner,
I wrote a while ago that Guendouzi slight pass over the top to Aubameyang should be repeated. Song used to play that ball to RvP with devastating effect. Defenders were taken out of the equation and even when it did not work, we were able to get the second ball or a corner out of it.
I have no idea why it has not been repeated. Lack of movement by Aubameyang, lack of vision by Guendouzi, instruction not to go long by Emery incorrectly interpreted as excluding those passes?
Valentin
I get your point of not over exposing ourselves when going forward.
The policy of leaving one player back at corners I have always thought as a risk, especially if it is a player who is lacking pace , last season it was Torreira more often than not.
Wolves ain’t going to be easy.
They have been improving after their poor start to the league. Unbeaten in five EPL matches.
Massive game for Emery against Wolves because both Leicester and Chelsea have winnable away EPL games this weekend and if he fails against Wolves the gap increases away from the top four spots with Leicester away on the horizon as well.
A draw is not good enough for Emery against Wolves. Has to be victory.
Benny, I would drop Saka. He is running on fume. Put Martinelli in his place. I would go for a 4-2-3-1 formation. Chambers-Sokratis-Luiz-Tierney Guendouzi-Willock AMN – Özil – Martinelli Lacazette I would also go with AMN instead of Pepe on the right because Pepe is still not attuned to the requirement of the defensive side. Get him there with 20 minutes left should help pushing back Wolves. Also if AMN crosses Martinelli may be able to head on the far post. I put Lacazette, because I believe that we need somebody ready to fight their defense. Somebody who will not… Read more »
What’s worse than a snowflake?. Its imported snowflakes like Xhaka.
Got enough inadequates with a sense of entitlement of our own to contend with.
Shameful AFC PR Team went along with this apology charade and defamed fans at the same time. No one in the ground wished I’ll on his family. Liar to boot.
Of course “no one in the ground wished ill on his family”
What they wished for was for Xhaka to get off the pitch quickly so that we could try and win the game.
On top of this, they also wished that our manager would stop making braindead decisions that led to all this crap in the first place.
You lost me at AMN.
Un na naai
https://youtu.be/-aMjAJApyg4
https://youtu.be/-aMjAJApyg4
Hitman
Well said.
Got to love Valentin dropping our record signing as well as Auba.
Valentin has you ever thought about going into management? I’d love to see you at the Spud’s.
Marc
https://youtu.be/-aMjAJApyg4
“A draw is not good enough for Emery against Wolves. Has to be victory.”
A draw wasn’t a good enough result against Watford, Palace or the Spud’s, it wouldn’t have been a great result against Sheffield Utd.
The difference is Emery’s running out of “everybody has the odd bad result” excuses. A win against Watford and Palace plus a draw against Sheffield Utd would put us a point behind City. There’s an argument to be made that the Spud’s were there for the taking as well a win against them and we’d be in 2nd 5 points off Liverpool.
Quality post Red, dudes a tit.
Red
Amazing how Boris having an affair is criminal but yet when Corbyn did it it was OK .
The very fact that Corbyn put his cock inside Diane Abbott tells you plenty about his judgement.
Rt
Put your tampon back in. The election is coming and once it’s over, No Deal brexit is on the cards or at the very least a deal that benefits us.
Ya little arse licker
The very fact that Corbyn put his cock inside Diane Abbott tells you plenty about his judgement.
🤢 🤮
Bet he rimmed her too the dirty git
Can you imagine Alex Ferguson’s reaction if Xhaka strolled off the pitch for his team?