Edu and Raul scowling at the pitch was all Arsenal fans on a rainy day in the midlands. Unai Emery set up to nullify a rampant Leicester and in the main, he did pretty well for large parts of the game. However, when it came down to it, the difference-maker was Jamie Vardy and the rest is history.
Unai lost the day, Arsenal are now 9 points behind Leicester, sitting in 6th, behind Sheffield United and the usual suspects in November. It’s not a good look, especially considering the investment this summer. The players look uninterested. The fans are unanimous. It’s over for the manager.
Our starting 11 only had one of our summer signings in it. Our record signing benched, Kola preferred over Tierney, Ceballos not even in the squad…
I wasn’t overly impressed with the first half. I thought our midfield was run ragged at times and despite the front three playing a specific tactical role, I felt their effort was limited off the ball. I think our core issues stemmed from our inability to play the ball from out the back, a problem we’ve had since day one of Emery. The players don’t know how to move the ball past the third pass.
The second half was all about the midfield, or lack of one. If this season has been marked by any issue bigger than our terrible midfield, I don’t know about it. We struggle with shape because players are asked to play unfamiliar roles, LT playing in a more advanced role is poison. Watching them either drop too deep into the defence to affect what’s ahead of them, or push too far forward to make up for an immobile strike force, is absolutely painful to watch. None of them have a clue. It’s not a personnel issue, it’s a coaching problem.
We had three very good attacking players on the pitch today, but as usual, it was an absolute struggle to involve them in the game. There’s no structured idea of how we move the ball forward, that results in long dangerous balls or a total breakdown and a quick turnover.
No one likes xG, but just like last season, it’s always a precursor to a correction. We had a lot of luck at the start of the season and we were bailed out by individual brilliance. I think the game against Leicester was an example of individual talent not being on hand to rescue a bad system.
Leicester have great individuals, but they combined that with a sense of identity and a vision of how to play the game. Brendan Rodgers has them organised, energised and playing great football. As Matt said on the podcast in the week, football players just want to know what to do. I’m not sure Unai Emery has his players singing off his hymnsheet (horrible tune no doubt). We looked good in patches, but the game was same old, same old. Unai Emery went away to Leicester hoping to defend deeply and nick a win, depressing when you consider how shite Leicester were last season before Rodgers took over.
I can understand why Emery is hiding behind negative tactics against a good side, he’s had it rough the last few weeks, the problem I have is that’s generally the way he approaches every game. The vision he has for the team is more miserable than it needs to be. He’s treating our squad like he’s back in Sevilla, something the PSG players moaned about. I don’t think the players want to play that way. I think a coach with a bit more confidence would recognise that our front three are amongst the most lethal in the league, and the depth is pretty decent as well. We’re geared up to play an explosive brand of scary attacking football. We need a coach that can play that way.
That’s not coming under Emery and his negative football isn’t paying off. I can’t see him surviving much longer, but as I’ve written about extensively this week, there don’t seem to be many options open to the leadership team.
Freddie, Mourinho, Allegri and Wenger. I like Allegri, but as I wrote yesterday, we’d be matching an elite manager to a situation that is going to require time and a lot of patience. I am guessing he wants to win the Champions League with his next outfit, and I would imagine he’d want instant funding to get there, that’s not us. I’m not sure it’s a fit. Freddie is too junior, Mourinho is an arsonist, and Wenger is a no go.
But what do you do? You have to have a crack at reviving the season, and that’s clearly not going to happen under Emery who appears to have lost the confidence of the players.
This is where the Edu has to come armed with a solution. Trouble for him is that the up and coming managers doing great work at the moment are unlikely going to want to move to a dumpster fire midseason even if the club is tempting.
… making a decision under duress could lead us to a 4-year disaster that makes this look like a drop in the ocean. I don’t want to be the ‘careful what you wish for’ guy, but remember, Raul was captivated by Unai Emery, so I can’t imagine what his shortlist is looking like, but I’d imagine Luis Enrique and Jose Mourinho is the shade of manager we’re looking at. The ‘we need a winner’ solve. The United path.
We’re breaking for international week, I’d imagine we’ll find out in the next two days what the club is going to do. If nothing happens now, he’ll be here until January, and boy, that December to Jan fixture list is brutal. But at least it might give the club a little more time to source someone who can stabilize and build.
We’ll see though, choppy waters ahead regardless. See you in the comments.
‘Misleading in the sense that for both Leicester goals and the Ndidi shot that hit the bar Torreira wasn’t further up the pitch. He was in defensive position as DM for all of those plays. It was just that he wasn’t very good in defending in those instances.’ Ishola, Have you ever had the misfortune of working under a bad CEO/President? Because only then can you understand a Torreira who came in smoking hot from the world cup and immediately lit up the premier league to now become, in your eyes, a Torreira who is inferior to an Ndidi that… Read more »
Tee
Don’t be a prat.
To state that Ndidi is a better DM than Torreira doesn’t make you an Emery fan.
Tee
Ndidi is African. So he gets his arse hole licked. Victim hierarchy. That’s why everyone hated Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey.
Ishola is just being tribal…. ndidi is average
Most sensible pundits would say Leicester are the better team at present or have some good players that we could make use of but before the match the arrows were pointed at Emery as we have more talented players than they do.
Arsenal need someone to put out the flames, and Emery is no fireman.
Bamford the gold standard for virgins
Leftside
“the arrows were pointed at Emery as we have more talented players than they do”
No, we don’t. We have some bigger names. But those aren’t one and the same thing. As for the arrows, they were only being pointed at Emery by the Emery-out crowd. It sounds like Edu and Sanllehi have their arrows pointed at some of the players in the first 15, not Emery.
Tactics are bad. Performances are bad. In-game management is bad. Goal scoring is bad. Defending is bad. Midfield is bad. Creativity is bad. Controlling games isn’t so much bad as non-existent. Despite heavy investment which – and I keep stressing this – fans were happy with and willing to get behind, this team is performing worse than the one which saw Arsene Wenger sacked.
Yes. No banners over stadiums. No abuse at train stations. It would be the pond life scum like ishola and marko abusing our greatest ever manager
“When they scored the first goal, that’s when we lost the opportunity to do something in that match.”
Emery, timid and pathetic as ever.
Gentlebris
Torreira never excelled though in a purely defensive sense on the edge or just inside his own penalty area.
He has always been known to be at his best in a more pressing sense a bit higher up away from his own penalty area.
If you don’t know this then you haven’t seen him play for Sampdoria previously and Uruguay.
That’s why his disappointing defending against Leicester yesterday for their goals and the shot that hit the bar really wasn’t very unsurprising.
You do like to try a spin though Gentlebris I’ll give you that.
I’m also interested in the question posed to you. Where does this Arsenal squad rank in the Premier league Bamford?
To state that Ndidi is a better DM than Torreira doesn’t make you an Emery fan.
No. But it does make you a bullshitter or a fantasist
Strongly suspect they will let things drag on until the summer, then, at some point, SK will just make a decision to keep UE for his final year and see how things progress
Bamford
Where does this arsenal squad rank in the premier league
How long are you going to try and avoid it?
Answer the question. Put your balls on the table for once
This is going to get ugly this season.
The disrespect from this club towards the fans is staggering, has been for about 6 or 7 years.
They hope the ‘external atmosphere’ will allow Emery to succeed…basically saying the only thing stopping this team being successful is the fans.
They won’t listen to the ‘noise’…that is supporter’s voices. The reason Sanllehi and Edu have jobs at Arsenal is because of that ‘noise’.
If they truly are resting their hopes about the direction of the season on 60 minutes against Leicester vs the first 4 months of the season we’re fucked.
Every minute Fred stays aligned to this regime- he will be tarnished by it.
He has to break ranks.
Resign Fred.
Where are your principles?
Pedro should be ashamed of himself for allowing this guy to continue to post here.
Whilst I am here
Apologies Cescy- went in two footed again yesterday.
I have to learn.
And absolutely loved your Gun Gag!
I think anyone claiming player poverty should rank our squad in terms of the PL 20.
Last season I said we had a squad capable of challenging top 4. We finished level on points with 4th and 2 points shy of 3rd. That plus our summer business only made my view more resolute.
If you disagree we have a top 4 squad then go ahead and rank us so it’s known where the line is being drawn. Because it’s getting tedious to see player poverty used against literally EVERY team we fail in front of.
First Don was alright with Xhaka.
Now he still champions Torreira as a proper sole DM.
Watch him turncoat on Torreira in good enough time just like he did with Xhaka.
I think it is time Josh should release the following statement:
“We expect the team to make the Champions League. Failing to achieve this, both the board and the coaching stuff will suffer a consequence.”
The owner has to do his job also.
https://arseblog.com/2019/11/emerys-misuse-of-torreira-leads-to-uruguayan-questioning-his-arsenal-role/
Exactly what I’ve been saying for months
Ishola and hairline denied it
Emery is taking a wrecking ball to arsenal and it cannot be allowed to continue
I wish all the Wet Lettuces on here- stop demanding people get banned.
As My old nan back in County Down used to say to me:
Stick and Stones will break your bones Charlie, but names will never hurt you.
Cesc Appeal
“If they truly are resting their hopes about the direction of the season on 60 minutes against Leicester vs the first 4 months of the season we’re fucked.”
It’s all bullshit anyway CA.
It’s irrelevant what Arsenal did for 60 minutes against Leicester yesterday in the big scheme of things.
It’s irrelevant because Arsenal will not continue playing that same formation against every side for the rest of the season.
Where does our first 15 rank in the PL? I’d say 7th, probably, as Chelsea, Leicester, Spurs and United all have better first 15’s, in my opinion. Others from my side of the fence might say 6th, I imagine. The we-have-a-great-squad-the-problem-is-the-manager crowd will likely shout: “how could we still have the 6th or 7th best squad when we spent money this summer?” The answer is: other clubs did not stand still, other teams’ players did not stand still, and some of our players are not as good as we want them to be or as good as we hoped they… Read more »
Stop quoting that Irish fella on me.
Everyone knows his wry humour is superior to his football knowledge.
Ishola
You are one primitive individual.
I haven’t turned on xakha. I actually feel sorry for him. Emery hung him out to dry and he’s right to tell arsenal fans to fuck off. That was to you ishola. He was telling the likes of you to go and fuck yourselves
Bamford
Where does our squad rank in terms of quality then
I knew it yesterday with that 3 at the back system and a slightly improved performance (went to pot after the goal and to be honest still leaky and non-existent in the second half i.e. no shot on target after 53rd minute) that that was what they would rest on to claim progress and ask for patience.
They’ve got some cheek blaming the fans.
They should count themselves luck they have the Arsenal fan base. If most fans had sat through the last 6 or 7 years of Wenger and had Kroenke as owner they’d have burnt the stadium down.
Yeah, I love the idea that if Arseblog has an opinion, it must be the right one. Ummm, no.
What is so fucking special about Maddison ? Some of you guys just love to overhype flavor of the month.
Ishola
Ex-fucking-actly.
So two options here:
1) They are too stupid to see that which is worrying if they are setting the football direction.
2) They are lying, which is equally worrying.
Arsenal will not be able to set up like they’re shitting their pants with 5 at the back and the STs playing wide and actually being more concerned with defending every week.
And the fact is Arsenal already concede relegation form amount of chances on their goal against shite like Palace, Burnely, Wolves, Bournemouth etc at home without essentially playing 6 or 7 sitting deep.
‘He has always been strong in understanding those defensive tactical aspects and he is very mature tactically in terms of how he reads the game. “He can cope with the gaps that emerge in midfield with great intelligence and he covers very well. He is the one who corrects the spaces and cuts out the passes between the lines in the defensive phase.’ A coach who worked with Torreira at Pescara, Marcello Donatelli had that to say about Torreira. But our great Ishola of Le Grove had this to say ‘Torreira never excelled though in a purely defensive sense on… Read more »
Cesc
What is going on at the moment is completely different from the shit-show that was late Arsene Wenger. Your comparison is absurd.
TR7
“What is so fucking special about Maddison ? Some of you guys just love to overhype flavor of the month.”
Errr Willock?
The Great Mesut Ozil?
Take your pick.
TR7
Ummm, he’s quick, tidy, technical, intelligent, tough and scores from 20 yards out? I’d say that begins to explain why people like him, why United and others have been looking at him.
Gentlebris
That quote you gave never said that Torreira was good defensively around his own penalty area. That was what was mentioned by me. That he is not particularly good in defensive situations in and around his own penalty area.
It states that he had a good understanding defensively in midfield presumably central midfield and that wasn’t really disputed by me.
Good try though. Have another crack. Decent effort.
If Ornstein is anywhere near the truth, that Emery is going to be given until the end of the season, I’m astonished. Our performances are so far below a standard that is acceptable. To believe that the supporters who attend matches both home and away are going to meekly accept this rubbish is naive in the extreme. The number of empty seats will speak volumes. I honestly feel that Ornstein has been used to hide the boards real intentions. ES, you mentioned a rumour about Vieira, ac; you offer any more on that? The discussion about player poverty is a… Read more »
Bamford10November 10, 2019 11:45:18
Where does our first 15 rank in the PL? I’d say 7th, probably, as Chelsea, Leicester, Spurs and United all have better first 15’s, in my opinion. Others from my side of the fence might say 6th, I imagine.
Bamford?
So why did Leicester finish behind us last season with the world’s most expensive defender in their side?
Bob N16
“If Ornstein is anywhere near the truth, that Emery is going to be given until the end of the season, I’m astonished.”
Why? Europa League or bust innit.
Nelson,willock,Saka ,maitland niles, holding, Eddie nikita replace them all with some world class players and let’s see if that works. arsenal only have them because of the home grown rule.
Bob N16
I don’t think so.
I thought to myself last night if by the morning Emery hasn’t been sacked then he won’t be.
Classenal, we do things differently remember. Part of our classy DNA to accept mediocrity (and that would be a term used at best at the moment).
Ishola
Madison is an okay player. There’s nothing special about him. He is young and like most English midfielders looks at home with the pace and tempo of the league. Nothing about his game makes you stand up and take notice. There are scores of midfielders like him in European football. Not a fan of Ozil myself but it’s not that Maddison is on a different level to Ozil. In terms of pure technical ability, he is nowhere near the German, just that intensity of his game is higher than that of the German.
Un Na
As I already said, that has been explained several times by several posters. As for Harry Maguire, Soyuncu looks his equal if not his better. Price tag and name are not everything.
Those bashing tor are obviously one eyed, some even went as far as saying he got nutmeged, as if ndidi never got dribbled at all yesterday and ndidi struck the bar like he did that staying at his position as a dm. Dunno why people expect a makalele to be as dominant as a viera. One match and y’all got out your knives against torr yet match after match y’all keep defending your lord emery. Silly folks
‘ Classenal, we do things differently remember’
Funny they’re classy with everything but the fans Cesc. They treat our fans with contempt and are lucky that Arsenal fans typically are such a meek and “understanding” bunch.
TR7
I’m not saying Maddison is super either.
The AMs of Arsenal and Leicester were being compared that’s all.
And Willock obviously isn’t even in the same ball park just yet and Mesut bless him looks a bit old fashioned in comparison to Maddison. Old fashioned in the sense as you say he looks more dynamic but not only that he looks like he can chip in with a few goals which we know really wasn’t Mesut’s thing.
*IStandWithNoise starting to become a thing on Twitter
Leftside
Could not agree more.
The only reason they behave like this is because Arsenal fans are so laid back.
The Kroenkes essentially hit the jackpot with Arsenal and they know it.
Like Arseblog and many others are saying this is a total PR disaster for them this morning. They’ve misjudged how done the fans are.
As for ozil, he’s to be played, as simple as that. The veterans yesterday communicated and you could see they all wanted to put up an appearance which would have been had laca scored the chances he had.
They are really going to regret that ‘noise’ statement
Bob
Fuck off. Cave man
“As I already said, that has been explained several times by several posters. “
You could’ve just offered your view once instead of say this about 4 times.
That’s why you’re slimy, you go on and on about things chapter and verse and then clam right the fuck up when asked to go into any depth at all.
Cesc, I don’t think we truly accept mediocrity. Our wages and income are certainly not mediocre but our performances on the pitch are. That’s what we’re getting now and it’s unacceptable. I think the board have been caught out by Emery’s lack of improvement. We’re still in the first half of the season. It’s a shitfest. The board are going to have to bite the bullet and pay to get the coach that they see as the future, be that Vieira, Arteta or whoever. If they don’t, then they become part of the problem and the Kroenkes return to the… Read more »
Arsenal’s PL win percentage worst since 1995…but yeah, 60 minutes against Leicester to judge the direction of the team.
Bamford, just find yourself a Leicester blog or stfu!
I was thinking of some name handles/tags for Bumford10..
Some that spring to mind are :-
Bamford ‘ The Boorish’ Bastard
Bamford ‘The Bastard’
Bamford ‘The Illegitimate’ Sack of Wine
or
Bamford ‘The Fornicating’ Terd ‘ of a Bastard
Any suggestions on possible name handles for the c**t in question?
Yeah, Maddison isn’t a different level from Ozil: he just plays with more energy, is quicker, is more productive, scores from 20 yards out (something Ozil hasn’t done in a decade) and is the kind of player top PL clubs want in their XI (where Ozil is the kind of player they want to ship).
Other than all of that, though, he’s not “a different level” … because … you know … Ozil was once one of the best players in the world.
Bam should find a blog for his true love United and Ole and if that fails then find a Leicester Bob.
Bob N16 I think we certainly do accept mediocrity as a fan base. Wenger was here for 6 years longer than he should have been. We accepted a late 90s structure off the field for a decade longer than we should have, same with the coaches, we accepted mediocre performances against the best sides, even though our slide into a Europa League team was called 5 or 6 years ago we sat back and accepted it. Just hoping with Wenger gone as a fan base we’re not as accepting. Social media this morning certainly is sending a clear message. But… Read more »
Bob N16
I was here long before you, mate. You don’t get to tell people here how to talk or when to talk or whether to talk. And by the way, it’s hilarious that you talk about my tone. Here you are telling me to “stfu”. I have never presumed to say something like this to you, even when I thought you were horribly off the mark. Again, you are the one behaving badly, not me. Try making an argument.
I think the fact that Emery still has a job this morning, should give you a big red flag warning about how Arsenal view him and success: it’s all cool. I would say that any other club, especially the ones who crave success, would have fired him, probably at the end of last season, definitely after yesterday. Arsenal do not want success. Fact. With success comes the responsibility to keep producing results…this means pressure. And Arsenal and the board DO NOT want pressure. We are happy ticking along, taking the cash that Sky, the fans give us. Sure we get… Read more »
Take it easy on Bamford, he’s clearly had a brainstroke. Religiously chanting the ‘Its all on Wenger’ mantra for years can do that for you. The mind clearly could not accept the full reality on view from the last year or so, it collapsed on poor Bamford.
“I was here long before you, mate. You don’t get to tell people here how to talk or when to talk or whether to talk“
There it is.
Founding father entitlement mentality for all to see. Acts superior because he ‘was here first’, if anyone had any doubts about how big a bellend he is then look no further.
I was here before all of you so shut the fuck up.
Just bantz. But I was.
Unai Emery has issued an appeal to the Board for everyone to stay calm.
Good advice. Emery should be CALMLY FIRED !
The papers today have a full run-down of last 50 games of Weng vs first 50 of Emery. We really are worse on almost every count: Wins 27 (Weng) – 25 (Emery) Defeats 16 – 13 Points 88 – 87 Goals scored 96 – 89 (7.8% decrease) Goals conceded 64 – 68 (5.9% increase) Clean sheets 18 – 10 (45% decrease) Attempts on goal 764 – 617 (19.3% decrease) On target 299 – 223 (25.5% decrease) Chances created 582 – 479 (17.7% decrease) Shots faced 576 – 696 (20.8% increase) On target faced 210 – 252 (20% increase) Average possession… Read more »
Last year, we were all crying out for a winger. This year, we have so many wingers, Martinelli, Saka and the 72 m Pepe. Emery couldn’t come up with a system to use them effectively.
Those £72 m, we should have used it to sign a good DM and a good CB.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eadYtA_iWHk
This explains woke culture exactly. People who’ve done sweet fuck all with their lives. Maybe got shit at school for being a nerd and now they want payback
‘Yeah, Maddison isn’t a different level from Ozil: he just plays with more energy, is quicker, is more productive, scores from 20 yards out (something Ozil hasn’t done in a decade) and is the kind of player top PL clubs want in their XI (where Ozil is the kind of player they want to ship).’
What top clubs are vying for Madison’s signature ? Real, Barca, Juve, Bayern, City, PSG ? Madison is more productive ? How many assists and goals in his career ? Has he been picked by his national team yet ?
Bamford10November 10, 2019 12:16:15
Bob N16I was here long before you, mate. You don’t get to tell people here how to talk or when to talk or whether to talk. And by the way, it’s hilarious that you talk about my tone. Here you are telling me to “stfu
Bamford
Being here first doesn’t make you automatically bullet proof from criticism.
G of H
“”””Whatever you think Arsenal are, or can be, they won’t. Not while Stan and his boy are there. Not while they are hiring passive people like Emery to manage the club. Not while they hire in clowns like Raul and Edu. Not while they let the likes of Leicester piss all over us.”””
Quite simply
The Le Grove paragraph of the year!
Superlative
Nothing much more to Add.
Bamford you go on and on and on and on and on and on. It’s quite clear where you stand on Leicester’s relative strength compared to Arsenal. Whether you’re right or wrong it doesn’t really matter but you choose to post again and again. This is on a day where most of us are pretty down on the state of AFC but you as usual miss the zeitgeist in your on-the- spectrumesque way and big up ‘ and Leicester’. You’re so unaware it’s laughable. Then you are surprised that people find you annoying. I’ve been supporting Arsenal since 1972, not… Read more »
Unai Emery’s win percentage at Arsenal is worse than Andre Villas Boas’ at Spurs and also that of Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho at Man Utd
That’s horrible horrible stats
Charlie chimes in with one of his customary red herrings.
Bamford10November 10, 2019 12:03:33
Un NaAs I already said, that has been explained several times by several posters. As for Harry Maguire, Soyuncu looks his equal if not his better. Price tag and name are not everything
Bamford
I’m not asking other posters. I’m asking you. Come on big gob. Grow a pair and air your views.
You’ve got no bottle at all do you?
Bob N16
Yes. We are down. Don’t you think it’s strange that those who defend emery the most seem quite jubilant this morning? You don’t think it’s weird that they all came on to Le Grove last night after being absent for most of the season?
These cunts are trolling man
Bamford,
On balance Leicester midfield maybe better than ours, individually they are not….
We don’t have any pure defensive mid as of now so Ndidi is clear upgrade but in limited role as pure destructor in which role Coquelin was deemed not good enough….
We have Guendouzi, Torreira and Ozil but I will take a midfield of Ndidi, Guendouzi and Ozil any day over their midfield…
Point is you are looking at a balanced group of average midfield players playing at their optimal level as them being individually better than ours player in unbalanced midfield/team.
When we hired Arsene, we took a gamble. It paid off hugely. We reinvented ourselves on the european stage and were at some points, playing the best football in the world. New stadium. Big fanbase. Money.
All because we gambled on the guy no one had heard of.
Here we are 20 years later shaking like a leaf, panicking about what to do next.
As a fall from grace, Arsenal’s has to be up there with some of the best.
Also means that Raul and co are just an extension of the Gazidis era if they genuinely are saying that because we didn’t concede before the 65th minute or whatever that it means we are improving…. Thankfully haven’t seen any of our last 3 games and looks like it’ll continue that way for a while yet….
We’re such a poorly run club
Bob N16 What you want to hear or not hear this morning is irrelevant. You are the sort who didn’t want to hear that Wenger was the problem, but every day people woke up and posted that very sentiment here for years and years and years. You are the one presuming that you have the right to tell other people what they can say and not say, not me. I am simply saying my piece and allowing others to say their piece. You are the one who believes that because he has been a fan since 1972, his views and… Read more »
That said I won’t argue with you rating Maddison ahead of Ozil, but it is just the result of Ozil declining rather than Maddison being some top quality AM…He is just a average player, lots of player like him in England…
I don’t want to believe the Arsenal board members and Execs are even remotely satisfied with Emery and his lack of performance. I want to believe that today the club is agonising over what it can do. I want to believe the club is thinking about its targets and when realistically they could be extracted from their current clubs. I want to believe the club is struggling to make the numbers add up having sunk an advance into the summer window leaving a cash shortage for the millions that would need to be stumped up to pay off Emery and… Read more »
Unai, don’t quite understand your last post. Are you saying people who stood out in their support of Emery are ‘jubilant’ today? Why would they be happy?
Brooklyn
Sorry, but no: Ndidi + Tielemans + Ndidi is superior to any of our midfield combinations on every level. And Ndidi is a much better player than Coquelin. I don’t know where you’ve gotten that Ndidi only offers what Coquelin offered. That is simply not true.
The Arsenal media/crisis control team is just either supremely incompetent or locked up by upper management. That new message that was supposed to placate fans just inflamed the situation even more. Talk about Own goal when #IStandWithNoise is gaining traction and is started to trend on twitter in response to the message. Looks like more and more people are coming to my way of thinking with regard to Emery AND Raul. Don Raul impersonation of somebody who knows what he is doing is fooling less and less people. The great pretender is facing an open fan revolt if Emery is… Read more »
Raul woke up this morning, rolled over and kissed Edu gently on the neck.
There was no agonising. No decisions. Carry on as normal. Nothing to see. We are Arsenal. Staying classy since 2009.
I’ve just realised that I was in my 20’s when Arsenal last won the league. I’m now in my 40’s.
Oh my.
Bob N16November 10, 2019 12:28:35
Bamford you go on and on and on and on and on and on.You really are socially clueless.
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Bamford ‘The Boorish’ Bastard is the biggest jerk -off on this blog by a mile.
He’s so socially clueless it’s not even funny..
He’s that kind of wankstain of a dude, that is invited to an informal gathering. Once introduced and the formalities and pleasantries are dispensed with. Within five minutes of back and forth with Mr B’stard, everybody suddenly lives the room.And he wonders,why everyone has left and the room is empty!!
Bob
I’m saying that certain posters appear to be happy with the current state of arsenal. They are coming on to antagonise us after a soul crushing couple of weeks capped off by a loss to Leicester.
Bamford I don’t understand why you keep hitting the wrong notes and then step back wondering why there are comments. Do you honestly not hear the condescension in most of your posts? I picture you rolling your eyes, sighing and typing your ohso-disappointed posts. Even you mentioning you went to Harvard to try to establish a platform of superiority, is cringeworthy.
Just make your observation and cut out the tone of self-appointed superiority and shocked victimology when called out
Leicester were favourites against us. Let that sink in for a bit.
And the game played out as expected, though we were lucky not to be a couple down at half time.
If the Board don’t have Emery out now in Super quick order then we are in big, big trouble. Things can and will get worse, as we are sliding already during our supposed easy run.
G of H
“”””Raul woke up this morning, rolled over and kissed Edu gently on the neck”””””
And Vinny was engrossed further below.
Bamford,
Ndidi is better as destructor than Coquelin(who is good enough destructor by himself) and Coquelin has far more rounded game than that of Ndidi…
Sorry but Tielesman is nothing player with good shot(Like AOC one goal every 5-10 game)….
I said if we had Ndidi in yesterday’s lineup instead of Torreira we have better midfield than Leicester yesterday….Not that we have better midfield combination as of now….Point is you are confusing their better combination of midfield to them being individually Superior to our player…
Brooklyn
“more Ozil declining than Maddison being some top quality AM. He is just an average player. Lots of player like him in England.”
See below. Sounds like United, Liverpool and Spurs disagree with you. As does Maddison’s play.
“Maddison ‘likely to sign new deal’ at Leicester City, with United’s pursuit of midfield star set to take yet more twists and turns”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7598323/James-Maddison-likely-sign-new-deal-Leicester-amid-Manchester-United-interest.html
I think the ritual bullying of Bamford has to stop. Enough.
I don’t see what the problem is. If you don’t like reading a poster, skim over it.
Ditto Guns. I sincerely hope that’s not as good as it’s ever going to get!
Thank you, Guns.
Coquelin was a much better than he was rated by Arsenal fans. He played quite succeafully in Germany as a right winger. The thing is when he became our DM, he stopped attempting to play. He abdicated any forward responsibility, because Cazorla was able to do the job better than he could. Unfortunately when Cazorla got injured all his replacement were not as good going forward, but did not contribute defensively either (Ramsey, Xhaka, ..). So he got stuck in that pure DM and Wenger tried to have a more balance central midfield pairing making him redundant. Properly coached, Coquelin… Read more »
* + Maddison