‘Thank you for your interest in our affairs’

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There were some questions as to whether the David Ornstein story was briefed before or after the Leicester game. Sami Mokbel writing in the Daily Mail appears to confirm that Arsenal’s briefing angle is very much in line with the exBBC journo’s narrative.

Thank you for your interest in our affairs. Emery ain’t going anywhere.

When it was Arsene Wenger at the wheel, you’d generally be safe in the knowledge that the players would respond in the end. This was mostly down to a simple truth that Wenger couldn’t be ousted by the players. He was too deeply ingrained in the club to be moved on.

The stance by the current hierarchy makes sense, they don’t want the fans to think they can run a manager out of the club. In my opinion, we’re not the people the exec leadership team should be worried about. The players are the biggest challenge to Emery’s doomed tenure. The current situation around the manager has nothing to do with the fans in the stadium, for me, it’s all about the breakdown in the relationship with a manager who is making more mistakes off the pitch than on it.

He’s sacked his captain who now looks likely to leave in January. He has performed a 360 on Mesut Ozil, who is now back in contention after Emery told the press leadership agreed he should drop him. The manager seems to not fancy any of his summer signings, bar David Luiz. The kids are taking the piss behind his back. He let the failed club psychologist advise him that a vote for the captaincy was smart. The football is absolutely atrocious.

It’s hard to see how Emery makes it to the end of the season, but the good news for him is the fixture list looks very kind until we meet Manchester City in mid-December. At the very least, he should be able to stabilize the ship, then we’ll be mauled through the frightening Christmas crunch.

I took in the Liverpool vs City game yesterday. It’s hard to overstate what an incredible job Jurgen Klopp has done with Liverpool. Their brand of football is truly a delight to watch. They make the basics look so simple. Watching them play the ball out the back brought tears to my eyes. It was interesting that once they’d played it short, the transition out of defence was often a longish ball to one of the front three that had dropped deep, with the hope of catching a full back breaking into space. Arsenal almost never seem to make it out of their own third when they go short. Why is it so hard to teach talented players to beat the pressure?

Outside that, the speed of their counter-attacks are a sight to behold. The accuracy of their balls into the box is dreamlike. The application of every single player must be a joy to watch.

Arsenal are unlikely to find a Jurgen Klopp, but hopefully, we can find a manager that has a vision as vivid as the one he has for Liverpool. Personality goes a long way at the highest level, but deeper than that, having an idea everyone can gather around is where you want to be.

Looking at the sort of players Arsenal have, I think it’s clear that we should make the Arsenal idea an exciting one. I don’t think we’re built for a Jose Mourinho. I think the kids coming through want to play explosive football. I think we have electricity in our front line, and with a couple of powerful additions to our midfield, we could have a scary offering moving forward.

Ideally, you’d have Emery in until the end of the season so the leadership don’t have to make a bad decision under duress, I just can’t see that happening though. That’s why I think I’d opt for Freddie Ljungberg until the end of the season if we do have to end Emery’s tenure early. Give Edu a chance to find the coach that’s going to give us a vision for the next 5 years.

What a complicated mess we have ourselves in, the good news is we have some time off to stew on the ramifications as we enter yet another boring international break.

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Cesc Appeal

Sal

The lady gooners?

As in you think Tuchel would causes swooning?

He looks more like an old school Bond villain.

salpardisenyc

Words

I’ve been that guy, very strong LOOK indeed.

Cesc
Haha NO Rose causes the swooning, Tuchel opposite.

Great list mine quite similar, different order but the unknown is are any on Raul’s list? As his first go round was pretty surprising to me, more surprising to arrive at Unai.

Think the pod boys of Pedro and Matt have very good point with him not being a ‘footballing man’ and going for a ‘name’ with him being under the cosh of getting Emery wrong and need to get this right.

Marko

Words I’ve found very little pleasure in watching Arsenal and been left disappointed by them for a solid decade now but I still want them to make a good decision over a bad one.

CAUSE I WANT IT TO STOP

DaleDaGooner

SO some Xhaka boys and management are on Aubameyang’s case for actually being loyal to the fans……

PieAFC

I’m over it.

I was so positive about it change when wenher left.

Now, 15 months in, with this shit. I don’t care. Until he’s sacked or something miraculous happens I don’t care.

We’re a nine entity to me. Have been for years. I used to go to games for social. Now I don’t even bother – sad times.

PieAFC

We’re an embarrassment.

Years ago I’d tell people I was a gooner, there was hatred and jealousy.

Now it’s pity.

People feel sorry for us as a club and supporters base. That’s disgusting.

China1

Wilshere is working for the nhs as a cadaver LOL

Marko

Wilshere is working for the nhs as a cadaver

When he’s not calling in sick yeah

Cesc Appeal

Sal Haha. I was going to say. I think what is really important is that we hire someone with a record of doing well at sides not regarded as the biggest and best in heir league or in the UCL, someone who has a record of developing youth and someone who has a personality and a style of high work rate, high pressing physicality. I honestly think if you want some technical masterclass side and manager you need to spend massively to achieve it. Part of the reaction to ridiculous football transfer pricing might be these blood and thunder sides… Read more »

Receding Hairline

I see some excuses being dropped in already for the new coach whoever he is..apparently we are in a mess.

Here is an idea,rather than bringing in someone on the short term who then tries and fails then gets excused with they were already a mess, why not let the man clear up his mess.

Cesc Appeal

Aubameyang firing back over the whole AFTV thing.

Arsenal would be a better ITV soap right now than they are a football team.

versus

Then when the new kit is about to be released or season ticket renewals arrive, instead of “noise” the club will say “support” instead of telling players to stop relationships with fans, they’ll make adverts offering fans the chance to be on cam with players.

And every one of us will buy the flippin kits all over again.

Pierre

Marko

“Words I’ve found very little pleasure in watching Arsenal and been left disappointed by them for a solid decade now”

If you can’t get pleasure watching players of the quality of Fabregas, Van Persie, Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil, Adebayor, Nasri, Wilshere , Hleb and Rosicki then you are watching the wrong sport….How about Hurling.

The sooner ” the entitled ones” disappear to another club the better .

Nelson

Hurling? In Canada, we call it curling.

kenyangunner

Who is this Troopz?

Millions are on google searching for details about him.

Un na naai

Super super jack
Super super jack

bennydevito

Looks like Aubameyang’s rocking the boat looking for a move in my opinion.

If it’s true that management and some players have told Aubameyang to stop cohorting with AFTV and his response is this, then I think he’s off either this January or definitely the summer.

https://twitter.com/ScottyBoyGooner/status/1194004988508430336?s=09

Receding Hairline

Guess he should be stripped of the armband too then?

Or maybe he is a hero for telling Raul and co where to go while Xhaka the scapegoat is a prat and bad leader for telling those booing him to f off.

Bamford10

Pedro You didn’t say a single thing at 15:55:04 that in any way dealt with any of the many arguments I’ve made. All you’ve got is bogus, empty generalizations. Very weak, very poor, but that is honestly the state of things here at the moment. You talk of “regression,” except that we finished 7 points better and one place higher last season than we did the season previous. That’s not “regression,” that’s progress. As for “regression” this year, we’re twelve games in and they’ve made it clear they are taking the long view, that they are just as much gathering… Read more »

Un na naai

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aEVkc6uscmM

This is what jack is all about
Driving at teams and opening them up through the middle of the pitch

Everything you claim Ceballos can do jack did for us 10x better Cesc Appeal

Un na naai

Receding HairlineNovember 11, 2019 21:47:09
Guess he should be stripped of the armband too then? Or maybe he is a hero for telling Raul and co where to go while Xhaka the scapegoat is a prat and bad leader for telling those booing him to f off.

Aubameyang hasn’t received any abuse and he’s acting a bit like a prat.
Xakha has been booed, had someone threaten to kill his Mrs and say they hope his baby dies of cancer

Chalk and cheese
Aubameyang has been treated like royalty in comparison.

Un na naai

Bamford10November 11, 2019 21:50:04
PedroYou didn’t say a single thing at 15:55:04 that in any way dealt with any of the many arguments I’ve made. All you’ve got is bogus, empty generalizations. Very weak, very poor, but that is honestly the state of things here at the moment.

Yaaaawn
Yeah, cos you’re so important Bamford….top of everyone’s list

Un na naai

You talk of “regression,” except that we finished 7 points better and one place higher last season than we did the season previous. That’s not “regression,” that’s progress.

With £70m of defensive recruit and a full season with both Lacazette and Aubameyang settled

Had Wenger had either Lacazette or Aubameyang for a full season scoring all season….. there’s an argument to be made.

However you’re isolating everything to suit your argument Bamford

Overall he’s lost more games and won less if you include this season.
It’s the worst season for 37 years Bamford

Un na naai

You haven’t dealt with a single argument that either I or Paulinho or anyone else has made regarding our player quality / squad quality. Why not? I’ll tell you why: because anyone who looks at this carefully instead of just saying “200m spent!” will come to the conclusion that we don’t have a very good squad relative to the competition Bam So emery and Raul overhaul the squad, we regress and it’s not their fault? Got it!! They either recruited badly or/and are failing to coach what they have If you’re so fond of people giving straight answers to questions… Read more »

Bamford10

Pedro

One, given what Ornstein has said, what evidence do you have that Edu and Sanllehi are not 100% behind Emery? Please present this evidence.

Two, you have still not replied to a single argument I’ve made. Not one. And I have made many. Why don’t you try doing this? I’ll tell you why: because you can’t. All you have is sneering and snark.

Whatever. I shouldn’t even have bothered. You’re not a fair broker or a serious commentator. You do you, though.

Bamford10

If Edu and Sanllehi are not 100% behind Emery, can someone tell me why they would’ve said that provocative bit about not giving in to fan “noise”? Because if they weren’t 100% behind Emery, they would never in a million years have provoked fan ire in that way. They would have said something like, “we too are concerned about recent results blah blah blah”. That they said that provocative bit tells you they are in fact 100% behind Emery — at least until May. In saying that they won’t give in to the noise, Edu and Sanllehi were basically saying:… Read more »

bennydevito

I think it’s fair to say that our squad overall and the new acquisitions aren’t as good as we’re making out. Midfield and defence especially still needs a lot of work. I think Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Spurs, Leicester have better first 11s if not squads, and Man utds is on a par. However a lot of it boils down to management as demonstrated with Leicester as Puel couldn’t get the best out if what Rogers is now. If Emery and Rogers were to swap jobs then I hazard a guess we would be in 2nd and Leicester where we… Read more »

bennydevito

Pedro,

Is there any evidence of this meal Raul and Mourinho went on? The club have denied it so if it happened then where are the pictures? The club couldn’t deny that surely?

salpardisenyc

Cesc Its a very good thought and I agree so many avenues Raul can investigate to get this side playing up to its potential, certainly doesn’t need to be one of the elites. Great friend of mine grew up in Liverpool now lives NYC, his perception of Klopps Liverpool before and after arrival is quite an interesting listen. He reckons Jurgen gets a pretty decent percent more out of each player than Brendo did. All fighting to be noticed by him in training, its cliche to say but they will bleed for him. Then I look at PEA our new… Read more »

WengerEagle

The whole Xhaka situation showed what a coward that Emery truly is. He had every right to react to fans abusing him and all he did was a simple fuck off and he gets hung out to dry publicly by Emery and forced to issue a public apology, reconsider his attitude and stripped of the armband not to mention dropped from the XI. His ability and his captaincy are irrelevant to this treatment (Emery was a pleb for making him captain in the first place), Emery pushed him out under the bus and it had the desired effect, shifted blame… Read more »

Un na naai

Funny isn’t it? Every single time Bamford is asked a question that disproves his narrative he turns into a ghost.

Bamford10

Except Sanllehi didn’t have dinner with Mourinho. That was straight internet rumor and fake news.

Words on a Blog

Bamford,

I’m genuinely puzzled as to why you’re over complicating things:

1) We have upgraded the squad at great expense

2) but The football we’re playing this season is ugly and turgid

3) and more importantly, we’re dropping points like mad and losing touch with the top 4

4) therefore Emery has to go.

That’s all. Forget agendas, and who said what when, or whether they were reasonable and justified or not saying it at the time.

It’s simple really.

Bamford10

Pedro

No, you haven’t. Not one. As I said, all you have is sneering. I shouldn’t have bothered.

WengerEagle

Can’t go along with that Pedro. Booing an individual player off is rotten ‘fan’ behaviour, goes against everything that a team is supposed to stand for when you single out and lynch one individual player.

Wasn’t right when they booed off Eboue either. We’ve had many players far worse than Xhaka that never got booed off.

Xhaka is far from pur biggest problem as a club, anger should be directed at those in proper power.

Champagne charlie

“Two, you have still not replied to a single argument I’ve made. Not one. And I have made many. Why don’t you try doing this? I’ll tell you why: because you can’t. All you have is sneering and snark.Whatever. I shouldn’t even have bothered. You’re not a fair broker or a serious commentator. You do you, though.“

Who else speaks to the architect of this entire platform like this? Nobody, literally nobody.

Absolute state of some of you on here claiming any foul toward this fucking beach ball. He gets exactly what’s asked for.

bennydevito

I don’t see the point in carrying on with Emery because the next 3 games against Southampton, Norwich and Brighton anybody could win with our squad so it’s not exactly going to represent a huge turnaround in fortunes is it? We’re only going to get our arses handed to us in December and we’re back where we are now. I don’t see Arteta coming to us now especially as Pep has openly said he’s being lined up to take over from him. What would you do if you’re Arteta? Stay at City with all their money and preside over the… Read more »

Words on a Blog

Bamford,

Also there’s really no need or point in asking Pedro, or any poster for “evidence” against your increasingly esoteric arguments.

He’s a blogger with a (pretty reasonable) viewpoint and some links into the club, not some hotshot journalist for the Washington Post.

WengerEagle

Even long after Emery is sacked, Bamford will never admit that he got it badly wrong on him.

Just not in his nature, to this day he fails to acknowledge previous opinions on Benteke and Renato Sanches being up and coming world class players.

Un na naai
Un na naai

WengerEagleNovember 11, 2019 22:30:00 Can’t go along with that Pedro. Booing an individual player off is rotten ‘fan’ behaviour, goes against everything that a team is supposed to stand for when you single out and lynch one individual player. Wasn’t right when they booed off Eboue either. We’ve had many players far worse than Xhaka that never got booed off. Wenger Eagle Well said mate. Glad someone else has said it. Feels like I’m the only guy here who calls for some common decency towards our players. I’m no fan of emery professionally but I find that type of personal… Read more »

Bamford10

Benny

“If Emery and Rogers were to swap jobs then I hazard a guess we would be in 2nd and Leicester where we are.”

No chance.

Champagne charlie

I cant take anyone seriously who offers up the points tally as the sole indicator of progression. There’s a degree of natural fluctuation season to season thanks to 3 new teams joining the fray and the rest offering differing levels of output compared to the previous campaign. Man City got 98 points last season, two LESS than their previous campaign. Did they regress to our progress? Don’t be daft. It’s an indicator, but its superficial. You then scratch the surface and look at our own metrics that are less reliant on other sides, like passes, defensive actions, pressing, types of… Read more »

Un na naai

Benny

Arteta has made it clear how much he adores arsenal as a club though. It seems we hold a special place in his heart.

If Pep and city truly are grooming him to take over we’d be mugs not to have him
Utter mugs
They are so well run compared it is it’s nit even a comparison and if a club that on the ball and well prepared is lining this guy up then why the fuck are we turning him down for emery or Enrique or any other mid level manager.

Un na naai

7 points that could just as easily be explained away by having Auba (the PL golden boot winner) since end of Jan, and not the start of August like Emery was privy to. Just a complete shower of an argument made by a shower of a poster.

Cc
My point exactly- but more articulate

Bamford10

WE

Except that I haven’t got anything wrong here. I was one of the earliest skeptics about Emery here, and I have been saying for a long time (since last November) that I don’t think he’s the right man for us beyond May. So, sorry, but no. And I love that you highlight super old and meaningless throw-away opinions to score points. That’s just pathetic. As I said yesterday, enjoy your summer off, mate.

Words on a Blog

Pedro,

Didn’t mean to offend you!

I take it back.

You’re the Bob Woodward of Arsenal journalism

Un na naai

The 7 points thing is the the ONLY tangible metric on offer when literally every other piece of available data points the other way
Every piece

He won’t entertain it though. He won’t address the squad of last season beating all our rivals and Leicester
He won’t address the squad overhaul being carried out by the men he’s claiming are faultless.

Sometimes blokes like bam just need a good kick in the bollocks.

CG

“””””””We firmly believe Unai is the right man for the job,” they told Arsenal staff at a meeting.”””””””

Edu is a Ponce.
Raul is a Spiv.
Vinny is a Liar.
Josh is a Playboy.
& Freddie is mute….

We cant nail down a Captain to rally the troops.
And the cash register is empty.

What chance you Got?

Champagne charlie

Weagle/Un I said the same, and in fact said to Pedro immediately after that Emery would latch onto this in a desperate bid to absolve himself and try and hit reset on what was a huge circus around the captaincy. He saw a chance to bury a player and save some of his own skin. Lapped up of course by those with a huge hard-on against Xhaka, but this is elite team sport and the second the players dont feel their gaffer is taking pelters for them they’ll get tetchy and look to oust him. That’s where Maureen has failed… Read more »

salpardisenyc

Great fuxxking line from Ronay’s Pep article on the Guardian

“There is a restlessness to this too. Guardiola is like an artist in the sense he seems constantly to question the limits of his medium. Why central defenders? Why give the ball away? What is tackles? There is even a creative angst in the way he moves through club football. Create a brilliant team … and then what?”

Un na naai

Bamford10November 11, 2019 22:44:51 WEExcept that I haven’t got anything wrong here. I was one of the earliest skeptics about Emery here, and I have been saying for a long time (since last November) that I don’t think he’s the right man for us beyond May. So, sorry, but no. And I love that you highlight super old and meaningless throw-away opinions to score points. That’s just pathetic. As I said yesterday, enjoy your summer off, mate. Knob There’s a list as long as the Thames of how many times you’ve made a big call and have it backfire on… Read more »

China1

Yes un wilshere was a better player…. when he was 18-21 and he was a nothing player ever since

bennydevito

Bamford,

Why no chance? Look where Leicester are now under Rogers compared to where they were with Puel. Pretty much the same team having lost Maquire but gained Soyunco and Tielemans.

Look how close he got Liverpool to the title only for a Slippy G fuck up? Look how good Swansea were and how dominant Celtic were, ok Celtic not that difficult.

You seriously deny that Rogers would have us playing much more attractive football with a settled team, tactics and identity?

You seriously think Emery would have Leicester playing as good as they are under Rogers?

Wow.

Un na naai

Charlie

It’s so painfully obvious and weaselish, I almost feel pity for emery. He’s not got the bottle for the top. That much is clear

Champagne Charlie

“Yes un wilshere was a better player…. when he was 18-21 and he was a nothing player ever since“

Didn’t you claim Ceballos the best you’d seen since Cesc opening day?

Talk about nothing players.

Thomas

Emery sacked yet?

Oh im sorry of course he’s not sacked beacuse the club is a complete joke.

Un na naai

China1November 11, 2019 22:51:20
Yes un wilshere was a better player…. when he was 18-21 and he was a nothing player ever since

Yeah. And Ceballos is 23, hasn’t had injury issues and has failed at both Madrid and Arsenal.

My point is that CA gushed over Ceballos all summer and over extended himself on his attributes whilst today slating JW who actually did possess those attributes and displayed them regularly for us, shining in a side that had Cesc, Nasri, Arteta, arshavin and RvP at 19-20

Bamford10

Benny

“You seriously think Emery would have Leicester playing as good as they are under Rogers?”

No, but that is a completely different claim from the one above.

HighburyLegend

“Give Edu a chance to find the coach that’s going to give us a vision for the next 5 years.”

It is true that Edu seems to be very motivated by that task.
(Lol)

Bamford10

Benny

“Why no chance?”

Because we don’t have good enough players, Benny. Our midfield options are poor. Leicester has much, much better midfielders. We don’t have good enough CBs. I don’t even know if our forwards are good enough, honestly. But there is absolutely no chance he’d have us second in the league. We don’t have good enough players for that. Not even close.

Words on a Blog

Bamford,

Amazing really, how much Leicester players have improved since last season….they’re all one year older and wiser I guess.

Bamford10

Words

“It’s simple really.”

Well, you’ve certainly presented the situation in simplistic terms. But that only tells us how you think about the situation, not what the actual situation is. However, before I expend energy explaining how and why you have oversimplified the situation, please respond to the points I made to you this morning at 12:47:17. Thanks.

Un na naai

Bamford10November 11, 2019 23:01:54 Benny“Why no chance?”Because we don’t have good enough players, Benny. Our midfield options are poor. Leicester has much, much better midfielders. We don’t have good enough CBs. I don’t even know if our forwards are good enough, honestly. But there is absolutely no chance he’d have us second in the league. We don’t have good enough players for that. Not even close. 😆 We were third last season until emery chucked it away Who recruited our midfield Bamford? Wasn’t Wenger. We’ve done nearly £60m on centre halves A £25m left back and a £25m goalkeeper too… Read more »

Bamford10

Words

Leicester’s improvement has been explained here now many times. No offense, but you really need to read the comments section better.

Bamford10

Un Na

Who cares how much we’ve spent or who recruited these players? Neither our central midfielders nor our central defenders are even close to good enough. Our CBs are slow and old, and our midfield options are (in general) slow, un-athletic and ill-suited for the PL. This is what Emery is working with.

WengerEagle

Lol I mean Emery has spent 200m since he’s taken over and hasn’t lost any player of note outgoings wise. We’re scoring less goals, creating less chances, conceding far more shots on goal and chances not to mention conceding goals at the same rate as before Emery came in. We have a -1 GD after 12 matches, that’s absolutely feeble. Bamford keeps bitching about a lack of player options available for Emery while concealing the fact that he’s spent 200m on Pepe, Toreirra, Leno, Tierney, Sokratis, Luiz, Martinelli, Ceballos, Guendouzi. And we’re actually getting worse from every metric. We haven’t… Read more »

Un na naai

Let’s break down this logic please

So Rodger can get Leicester to second

But he can’t get arsenal to second even though our shit squad finished with 18 more points, 5 places higher and 20 odd goals more scored than their much better squad?

Words on a Blog

Bamford,

I’m sure there are myriad reasons explored extensively and intimately in the comments section for Leicester’s impressive improvement this season.

I apologise for not reading the comments section too closely. As a simple guy, may I venture one simple reason for Leicester’s improvement: Brendan Rodgers. Apologies if this reason is not nuanced enough for you.

Champagne Charlie

Un

I told you earlier, he hasn’t a care in the world for how this militant Emery stance is conflicting hard with his previous ideas about Wenger and recruitment etc.

Incredible really.

Got rid of the devil, new structure, competent folk in, 200 mil spent, and what is it? We don’t have a squad as good as Leicester and Aubameyang and Lacazette aren’t good enough 😂😂

Un na naai

Our CBs are slow and old, and our midfield options are (in general) slow, un-athletic and ill-suited for the PL. This is what Emery is working with. Bam Yeah. So why did emery and Raul recruit Luiz and Sokratis then? Over £60m of our budget gone. Who’s to blame? Why didn’t they go and buy players to suit his high line? Or his passing out from the back? We were told with Luiz, Bellerin and Tierney that’s what we would get. It’s got worse since they returned. Bellerin have a couple of clangers Saturday. All the stick AMN, Mustafi and… Read more »

Bamford10

Charlie

“Talk about nothing players.”

So in the course of two days, Charlie has told us that Xhaka and Torreira are ill-suited for the PL and that Ceballos is “a nothing player”.

And yet somehow we supposedly have this great team that Emery should be doing so much better with.

What a joke. You lot can’t even make a consistent argument.

CG

UN “”””This could happen. Should have had this fella 18 months ago”””””” It wont happen but off course it should have happened. Big difference. Every day Arteta would be thinking – why would I want to work for these idiots who choose The Clown over me? We have Raul , Vinny and Edu sauntering into the locker room every match before and after every game – what proper football coach would stand for such nonsense? the moment a serious football coach comes in – these charlatans are finished. And thats why -they wont choose one. Why do you think they… Read more »

Bamford10

Words

Yeah, he’s a big part of it. No argument there. To make life easier for you, though, I’ll see if I can paste in some of the better things that have been written here about how Leicester could’ve finished 18 points behind us and yet have a better first 11-15 than we do.

Un na naai

Charlie

His responses are unusually slow for Bamford at this time of the day/night. His little cogs are working overtime trying to come up with a way out of that one. I know he is fully aware that what he’s saying has no logic to it.
Really I’m just debating an acute personality disorder

WengerEagle

Emery-sceptic my bollocks Bamford, his wife would be jealous of your all encompassing and incessant defence of him after each terrible result makes him look more and more out of his depth.

You’ll slyly flip-flop back to being a ‘sceptic’ when it’s convenient for you to save face i.e when he’s sacked.

Anyone who’s been remotely active on this blog this calendar year knows that you’re the biggest Emery nut-hugger here.

Un na naai

Un na naaiNovember 11, 2019 23:12:03
Let’s break down this logic please

So Rodger can get Leicester to second But he can’t get arsenal to second even though our shit squad finished with 18 more points, 5 places higher and 20 odd goals more scored than their much better squad?

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Bamford
Urm, please don’t slip the question.

Marko

The whole Xhaka situation showed what a coward that Emery truly is.He had every right to react to fans abusing him and all he did was a simple fuck off and he gets hung out to dry publicly Absolutely disagree with you WE talking absolute shite in all honesty because your perpetuating I misconception about the situation that the fans just started to give the bollox dogs abuse. He literally only starting getting jeers when he was walking slowly and then it got louder as he reacted badly. We were chasing the game he should have run off. Told the… Read more »

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Come on bam
I noticed you glossed over the facts on arsenal and Leicester last season so can you please try and remain on topic? You’ve made a point.

I’ve presented you with facts that pretty much demolish it. You’ll only make yourself look silly if you evade it

salpardisenyc

Emery nut hugger…. oh boy.
Good Ebening baby.

Marko

Also found out tonight that people have been misattributting a Winston Churchill quote for years. Something about being a whatever in their 20’s and a conservative in their 40’s. Yeah it was some french lad apparently. Facts and all that

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Bamford10November 11, 2019 23:19:35
WordsYeah, he’s a big part of it. No argument there. To make life easier for you, though, I’ll see if I can paste in some of the better things that have been written here about how Leicester could’ve finished 18 points behind us and yet have a better first 11-15 than we do

Bamford
It’s not the comments section being asked though bam. It’s you. The floor is yours. You’ve got all that attention you crave.
Everyone is listening. This is your time bam. To prove how right you are

Take the mic…..

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Also found out tonight that people have been misattributting a Winston Churchill quote for years. Something about being a whatever in their 20’s and a conservative in their 40’s. Yeah it was some french lad apparently. Facts and all that

Who cares? Still true.

Un na naai

Amazing how Leicester have finished behind us for the last 3 season yet have a superior squad

Biggest underachievers in football until now.

Marko

Classic conservative response. Blagging a Winston Churchill quote for years find out it was by someone else and eh who cares. Who does care I suppose.

Bamford10

WE

No, you’ve just misread the commentary here. One, I have only defended Emery from criticism I regard as bogus, unreasonable or unfair, not from criticism per se. I have criticized him plenty.

Two, I have literally been saying since last October that I don’t think he is the man for us beyond May.

Three, I have been a critic of his and a skeptic about his tactical nous since Pedro began raising these concerns last September. See below for the early record.

https://le-grove.co.uk/2018/09/24/frankenstein-squad-winning-games-not-fans/comment-page-1/#comments

https://le-grove.co.uk/2018/10/01/arsenal-riding-the-luck-train/

https://le-grove.co.uk/2018/10/02/emery-hitting-the-incremental-good-vibes-right/comment-page-2/

Pierre

It is impossible to judge the quality of our midfield due to playing in such a dysfunctional set up. We have a midfield that consists of a spanish international, a uruguayan international, a switzerland captain , a French international and a german world cup winner, so obviously they must be reasonably talented to be regarded as one of their respective countries finest midfielders.. Sadly , we may never find out if the present side is up to standard as it looks like the manager will be allowed to carry on indefinitely. Emery deserves to suffer a slow and painful departure… Read more »

WengerEagle

What are you on about Marko? They booed him off the pitch which is the ultimate humiliation for any player much less a captain on his home turf. Qualifying it by saying it was down to him walking slow is the real pathetic take, not surprising as you hate Xhaka more than anyone walking the face of the earth. He’s been the scapegoat and getting personal abuse for weeks prior to the incident, were you really expecting him to be measured in his response to being booed off the pitch? And apologetic? He did actually apologise too. Fans can be… Read more »

bennydevito

Leicester were champions in 2015. 4 years ago. Their team is better now than it was then and more experienced. They have a better starting 11 than anything we can put out. They finished behind us last season because they downed tools and were playing poorly under Puel hence his sacking. All that being said I firmly believe you swap Emery and Rogers and Arsenal and Leicester would swap places in the league. A good manager playing good tactics can seriously improve a standard set of players just like a poor manager playing poor tactics can make good players bad.… Read more »

WengerEagle

Bamford

Would love to see a single comment from you being critical of Emery this past 6 months because I can’t recall one.

Very weird even if you weren’t full of shit the lengths you’re going to in order to defend a man that you DONT think is up to task or has the ability to take us in a forward direction. Which if the criticism that he is facing on here and media wide is unjust exactly?

You continue to gloss over the 200m spent, Liverpool brought in their front 3 for half of that amount.

Champagne Charlie

Un

Leicester have finished 12th, 9th, 9th before this season.

But they’ve a superior squad. Get dopey to unpack that one, he’ll tread so carefully to avoid mentioning managerial influence

Words on a Blog

BennyD,

#telling it straight.

Well put.

Sometimes the truth is not so complicated.

bennydevito

Yeah, because Ozil has been so magnificent on his return to the side…

Oh wait, hang on; we haven’t won a single game with him back in the team…

#OzilOutAsWell