International week is so miserable, especially the third one of the season. It’s like going back to the doctor for the third time after an ‘accident’ in Kavos.
‘You again?’
‘Yes’
Still, at least this one is short.
More news crept out today that the club is going to give Emery the next 4 games to sort himself out. Raul propping up Emery like a 4-year-old he’s trying to teach football to at a BBQ.
‘Come on Unai, here’s Standard Liege, put your front foot here’
I know I go back and forth on this, but my biggest fear is that Arsenal lose the next two games and Don Raul makes a stunningly bad move and hires in Jose Mourinho or his BFF Luis Enrique. Both are panic hires, they’re the go-to phone numbers for those that lack imagination. Mike Ashley and Steve Bruce were the absolute perfect match, I think Don Raul and Jose Mourinho would be a similarly noxious cocktail. On paper it makes so much sense, but you always know where it’s going.
Regardless, I think there will be a decision by the turn of the new year. That’s 50 days. £821,000 of Emery cash to go. That’s a chunky amount of time to work out what’s going on and who might be interested. Remember, they went from first interview to hire with Unai in 8 days.
The big problem is timing. There aren’t a lot of great managers out of a job at this time of the year. If you want a Marco Rose or a Paulo Fonseca, you’d have to wait until the summer. I’d imagine that even someone like Arteta will wrestle with the ethics of leaving a title-challenging team midseason. That leaves you with the grifters like Jose or Enrique. The problem with those types of hires is you can gingerly let them into your bed only to then find they’re very hard to push out.
Freddie Ljungberg makes a lot of sense on paper. The fans love him, he’s a sexy man, and he’s already the defacto communicator in the camp. My worry is that he’s been part of the current mess and he didn’t have much joy when he went to Germany. If you bet on a young pretender because you like him, you blow the chance to do that with the next hire. I love Freddie, but you know I badly want some of that Pep IP at Arsenal. If Freddie tanks December, we’ll be BEGGING for something that feels safe, which I really don’t think is the right direction.
Moving on Emery is a complicated operation. There are landmines everywhere. But before we get there, we still have to wrestle with the reality that one of our CEOs really has a thing for Unai. Remember, he brought him to the table, it’ll be hard for him to admit that he made a disgustingly bad decision because he’d have to admit that the murky world of contacts based decision-making left him naked to a very ill-informed decision. A few people have mentioned to me that they feel I shouldn’t be questioning the logic of a man that has worked at more football clubs than me. As Arrigo Saachi once said, you don’t need to have been a horse to be a jockey. If anyone in this godforsaken international week flavored week wants to sit up here and tell me that hiring Emery was defendable, I am here, sitting by my laptop, all day. If you don’t like to keyboard-warrior, here are some refresher notes.
Emery couldn’t speak English. He had no record of building resolute defences. He had a bad record with big-name players. His football across all his clubs has been described as negative. He is known for blowing leads. HE STILL CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH.
This guy, according to Raul, was a bigger draw for him than Ralph Rangnick and Massimiliano Allegri. I think even a horse would confidently say that the lack of diligence on this one is a crime against football. The type of people who don’t want to talk about how a club should be run because they’d impinge on someone else’s expertise are the same type that say they don’t like transfers. Absolute traitors to the football community.
I digress. Raul is going to give Emery all the patience he can, because in the same way I thought Nik B could be a world-class striker, he still thinks Emery can deliver us Champions League football.
So let’s see what comes next.
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Terrific Effort as always PedRo. Many thanks. Ennuique…….. As soon Luiz has had his family Christmas – he will swan over into London in the new year – probably on a 2.5 year deal….. And bore the Living Daylights out of us. That’s why there is talk of 50 days or 6 games before the Clown gets chopped . Impossibly difficult to get a proper coach mid season. So we will be left this useless scruffy urchin. (But then again , the Dopes – should have thought of that before they gave us Emery ,Season 2) Decade in the Doldrums… Read more »
Pedro, please, stop whining about Arteta, we love him too.
(lol)
I just can’t see them sacking him till its mathematically impossible to make the top 4. I mean we are shit be we are not losing 5-8 games in a row shit.
I agree though that Enrique would be a mistake and Jose and even bigger one.
The next two games against the bottom sides will be Unai emery’s sacking.
Don’t worry about 50 days.
Against Southampton a loss or draw.
Against Norwich a loss or a draw.
No wins for Arsenal.
The dressing room is lost.
Emery is clueless on tactics.
Should have gone before the international break.
You herd it here first gunners.!!!!!!!
“till its mathematically impossible to make the top 4. ”
It’s almost already done.
In closing, thanks for asking, fuck you, and I’m sure bamford is a good guy in person, but his internet behavior suggests that something’s not quite right.
Cutter Great news mate. Hope you get back on your feet and your locks grow black as glorious as ever. You’re a trooper mate. Fuck you too.
Bamford10November 12, 2019 22:16:58
If Arteta took over today, we’d be in 14th place by February. No chance he would do well with the weak squad we have. He’d try to play the one approach he knows — .
Bam
Yet Brendan Rodgers can do it with bargain basement team who finished 9th and Lampard can do it with a team of kids Yeeeah. Keep trying Bamford
Pedro, Ultimately it doesn’t and shouldn’t matter whether Emery was the right hire after Wenger’s long reign. All clubs hire and fire managers all the time, and they make mistakes all the time too, before they (sometimes) get it right. It is incredibly tricky to get the right fit between manager, squad and supporters. Before Rodgers there was Puel; before the 3rd best manager in the world Poch, there was a successive-shower-of-shits. The club -led by Raul- thought they’d played it safe with Emery, who’d won things and, crucially at that time, had his own backroom team. For a while… Read more »
So tired of reading these 2 words so often, “sauce” and “Arteta”.
(sighs…)
HL – A 9 point difference can shrink in the space of a bad two week period for Chelski and Leicester. Not saying it will happen btw.
Given the recent statements from the board I think they see it that way at the moment.
‘Come on Unai, here’s Standard Liege, put your front foot here’
Looooool
“I’m with Patrick Vieira and Edu; you’re with Champagne Dipshit and Don. I’m not the one who isn’t thinking clearly. Cheers.“
Right….
What are your views on Xhaka again? Are you with Vieira on that one too, or just the part you want to use to make to feel correct…
“I know how good he is and he will come through this difficult period because he’s a strong man, he’s a good player. And he will show how good he is.”
Bamford,
What Viera is doing is peak diplomacy: keeping everyone at the club happy in case he receives The Call.
Then he can start with a clean slate.
“Given the recent statements from the board I think they see it that way at the moment.”
Given their recent statements I think they are complete morons.
I’m not sure Sanllehi is wedded to Emery in the way you suggest. It’s always seemed to me that Sanllehi’s favourite choice has always been Enrique. I think your own article makes some solid points as to why the board might be thinking sticking with Emery is the safest choice right now or most prudent I should say. He could turn it around (very unlikely) or he could win Europa League (eve playing shite that could happen if the draw is kind and there is far more chance of that than in any other competition). I would take either Mourinho… Read more »
Troopz is a 3rd world council estate mong.
Represents a good chunk of our fan base.
…………….
Un,
There is a case for castration. Make it happen Priti Patel.
Also the rumours start about Guardiola leaving City. Along with the rumours of him wanting to spend another trillion pounds to catch up with Liverpool in January I think he might actually exit the EPL soon. I’ve always had that thing with Guardiola of thinking he’s clearly a great manager but can he be truly considered in there with the greats? When I was talking about my worries with Arteta part of that is what has he learnt from Guardiola on how you fix a leaky defence? Or when other sides start performing at a higher level than you? Spend,… Read more »
“Before Rodgers there was Puel; before the 3rd best manager in the world Poch, there was a successive-shower-of-shits.”
Rodgers is already hailed a success 12 games in, where Leicester ultimately finish will determine that not how they started. A bit premature in my books.
At the end, a well planned change is much better than any try and error solution.
Regardless of whether performance and results improves or not, they(Raul and edu) should d better be shopping for a new manager that has a blueprint with a short term contract. Else we will continue to recycle the same problems from even the Wenger years.
Good post Pedro, I will comment on the podcast when I listen to it later.
“Also the rumours start about Guardiola leaving City.”
Please stop right now.
He won’t coach a mess like Arsenal.
RH,
Not necessarily hailing Rodgers as a success, but he is clearly a better fit with the players and the fans and has got Leicester playing better football than Puel
I wonder if those who are keen on Vieira being considered are doing so because they think he’s a hard taskmaster?
I’m pretty sure he’s very much a disciple of Wenger in as much as he’s calm, quiet, supportive, and fatherly to the group. He’s no Simeone.
Don’t know why your all doing it to yourself she ain’t leaving till both of 4 th place and CL qualification through theEL are gone then it will probably be March and then he will be allowed to complete two years.
With Emery’s away record, there is no chance we can get back into top4. I agree with that super computer. We’ll most likely end up in the 7th spot with 56 points. I remember there was an interview released in Arsenal.com shortly before the season ending collapse of the team. Raul was very proud to have hired Emery because he had a record of winning the Europa cup. I wouldn’t be surprise that it will be our priority again. I am disappointed that we have spent 72 m on Pepe and Emery can’t come up with a system to use… Read more »
Bam
What’s wrong with siding with me and dipshit?? 😂 😂
I’m not sure about paddy V
There’s just something about arteta. He’s got that vibe of a star in the ascendancy.
Like I said if he’s good enough for city then who the fuck are we to turn him down for bloody emery? Or Enrique?
“Like I said if he’s good enough for city”
So Arteta is head coach at City ?? Breaking news ??
“He’s got that vibe of a star in the ascendancy.”
Lol the only “star” of this story is his boss, Guardiola.
To Le-Grove, I addressed the below comment late last night to Coco-The Clown/AKA Bumfack-0(A fat zero on a scale of 0/10 in terms of logic and fairness)..I did not expect the response.But thought to repost it,in terms of ‘information gathering’ to all on Le-Grove,who can redress who is culpable for our status quo? Any constructive arguments and reasoning behind Bumfack’s logic would be greatly appreciated…I really want to understand the logic behind-‘Player poverty’ one season,then the next season despite a massive investment in the squad-‘Players are not good enough,’ etc,etc.Given that we are ‘better organised,more disciplined and the manager is… Read more »
The Special One!! lol
Pedro
I appreciate the time, effort and money you put into entertaining us every day but you’ve got to stop this re writing of history.
It’s like Gazidis and Sven never existed.
Cesc
Couple really good points earlier.
Good enough for City in what aspect?
He is the co-assistant to Pep Guardiola together with Brian Kidd. They were very much willing to let him join Arsenal in 2018 and i assume they were let him leave whenever he wants to. Using him being at City as some sought of validation is deceptive
The Delinquents and Deplorables ( not UN- he is a bright boy) and indeed our magnificent PedRo have to stop this nonsense that Arteta or any other manager worth their salt will want to work in our current structure. After all. They can’t choose the players to buy or sell ( rauls job) They cant choose the way to play ( edus job) They cant choose their coaching team ( rauls job) A ridiculous failing structure set up solely to preserve their positions and not for the betterment of the club. The day we get a proper figure head in… Read more »
I’ve said this before..we understand you want Arteta. And that’s just as good and valid an aspiration as mine or anyone else’s opinion. But to somehow suggest that a robust, fit and proper due diligence, interview process(add in as many modern, HR text book corporate jargon or slang terms as you see fit, it doesn’t validate it) would lead you to Arteta is quite frankly outlandish science fiction rubbish. Any valid recruiting process of any kind last year would have returned not just Allegri Enrique or Rogers ahead of Arteta, it would have returned Emery ahead of Arteta every single… Read more »
If Guardiola leaves, remember what Pedro said… Arteta will be the next manager.
I for one will be amazed if City decide to take onboard an untested novice to head up their operation… especially when they have the money to hire almost anyone.
I just can’t believe they would take that risk.
I’ll be the first to say I’ve got it wrong though if they do though.
I should have added in the above post the following::-‘Given that we are ‘better organised,more disciplined and the manager is an earnest,honest ,competent worker,operating under a modern structure.’
&
Or ,are you afraid to criticise the modern structure and the owner,who helped put together or sanction this structure by hiring the so-called competent people(in your eyes) in the first place to kick on from when Arsene was forcibly retired?
sleeping giant
Agree 100%.
Someone remind me Alan Shearer was a “Newcastle guy” knew the club and understood the club how did he get on?
Fergie was “sauce” how many of his many Assist Managers have gone on to be better than pretty useless?
Arteta may be the real deal but at this moment he’d be a punt and a huge risk. The question is – is it a risk worth taking?
Leeds
Can you imagine if Pep recommended Emery over Arteta! Pedro would have a complete meltdown.
I wonder what makes the board think Emery can turn this around? What rational are they using? It’s not like we’re waiting on some injured players to come back.
Hasn’t he already shown that no matter what personel and formation he uses we are still losing.
Giving him more games WHY?
Guardiola fielded a £140 Million defence or something at Anfield and people were still talking about his missing players and how they need to spend to sure things up.
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VVD and Alison alone are £150 m
Edu, Sanllehi, Venkatesham: “We are 100% behind Unai Emery and believe that he is the right man for the job.” Le Grove Braintrust: “They don’t really mean that. Like us, they think Emery is incompetent, but they are … well … they are … like …. well … like … Well, I’m not quite sure what they’re up to, but they definitely don’t mean that, because clearly he’s incompetent. Right?” Arsenal Player A: “Emery has been brilliant since I’ve come in. I have learned a lot. I am learning a lot every day, playing with great players. Everybody in the… Read more »
Marc,
Re Arteta.
Maybe it’s only a risk worth taking when it becomes mathematically impossible for us to get top 4?
At this stage it’s only highly unlikely…..
Is that why the club is waiting before taking any concrete steps?
Pedro “Let’s keep it civil people, we are all entitled to opinions, regardless of how odd they are.” Thank you for this, Pedro. The abuse has been beyond the pale for some time now. It’s lame. If you disagree with someone, make an argument. If someone’s posts annoy you or if you think they’re nonsense, skip over them. I skip over plenty of people’s posts here, as do many others. There are people here who literally come here simply to insult me. This is not an exaggeration. And yet good posters don’t even call these people out for this. Again,… Read more »
Marc
May I remind you that City wants to win the Champions League and not the Europa Cup.
Banford
Can you rattle off the list of players who called Wenger incompetent whilst working under him?
Cheers. You’re wedding yourself to a group of people (execs) you derided previously for their wrongful backing of our previous manager.
Do me a favour, now what comes from the club execs is kosher? Hahahaha OK.
“Phd”
I will gladly answer the question you have posed if you (i) apologize for all of the insults you have hurled my way, (ii) refrain from insulting me going forward, and (iii) address me by my actual name.
Geez,more baloney witout addressing the questions at hand..
In simple terms for the cerebrally challenged-Coco..
If we have a poor squad this season,despite a significant investment into the squad over the summer,who is culpable for this?Where does the blame lie?
As a starting point,given in your own words,’We are better organised,more discplined,especially under a more modern structure?
Explain?
The defeat at Leicester and the shocking statistic of one shot v vittoria, should have seen emery out the door,.(After a run of horrible performances and results)
But hes still here and I’m resigned to his stay till may.
We will probably finish 6th and make the Europa. Maybe have a cup run to deflect the depression.
No major changes, just more of the same bland boring football and mediocre results.
I hope I’m wrong but history with arsenal suggests these periods are prolonged.
City didn’t loose at Anfield because their players weren’t good enough.
They lost because of simple mental mistakes a well coached Guardiola side shouldn’t be making.
Losing your rag over a non pen call on five minutes in a scoreless game, and tracking the ref instead of the opposition on the counter is a text book how not to react.
Walker switching off for Mane goal another example.
Pep can talk all he wants about being proud of his players but you can’t go to Anfield and make those mistakes and expect to win.
Bamford10November 13, 2019 11:57:00
“Phd”I will gladly answer the question you have posed if you (i) apologize for all of the insults you have hurled my way, (ii) refrain from insulting me going forward, and (iii) address me by my actual name.
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Sorry guy,I don’t do terms or conditions of surrender or deal with empty ultimatums..It’s not how it works with me.You should have gathered that by now.
You get,what you give..Pure and simple…
So,you can jog on son…(or guy,as you would say).
That was some post Sleeping giant
Agree 100%
Nothing wrong with putting forward a candidate in Arteta but Pedro is seriously over selling this guy.
Many clubs have changed managers over the past year and i guess they did not do their due diligence also seeing as Arteta hardly featured in their thoughts
“He still cannot speak English.” Sorry, Pedro, but this is nonsense. His English may not be perfect, but it is a lot better than you allege, and it is plenty good to communicate what he needs to communicate to the players. Below are excerpts from his interview with SkySports which make it clear that his English is fine. “We are still in construction, trying to be competitive. There have been games where the team has played very well from the point of view of building up the play, and there have been other games where we have performed very well… Read more »
If Pedro had the same grasp of Spanish as Emery has of English I am pretty sure his resume will proudly include “Fluent in Spanish”.
@ Bamford,
I personally don’t see the issue with your posts. I don’t agree with keeping emery now, but I can see how maybe you have the opinion he should stay till the summer .Even the great T.A, believes we have a poor squad of non-combative players and believes emery hasn’t a great deal to work with.
This maybe true of the players, but it doesn’t excuse emerys performance which, coupled with his non-intelligible English communication makes him a failure.
But hey its just opinion after all.
‘Come on Unai, here’s Standard Liege, put your front foot here’
Elite level writing Pedro. 👏
“Phd”
OK, have it your way. I guess you can just keep talking to yourself.
Emery: “We are playing a lot of games and each game gives us more information.”
Bamford, you may be right: his English is
clear enough.
But what’s also clear is that under Emery we are data rich but results and performance poor.
Guest
I appreciate your reasonableness. We could use more of that around here. I’m still just waking up, though; who is “T.A.”?
“If Pedro had the same grasp of Spanish as Emery has of English I am pretty sure his resume will proudly include “Fluent in Spanish”.
That’s funny!
I like Arteta the idea managing our club. He’s more suited to CL contenders though. City, PSG and Barça jobs may all be available in the summer. Spending and fine tuning one of those would be great for him
Words
“we are data rich”
Yes, and the data tells us that our players are not good enough to finish top four in the PL. The midfield is not good enough, not quick enough, not athletic enough, and not skillful enough. The central defenders are not good enough, not quick enough, not pacy enough. Believe it or not, the data may also be telling us that our forwards (despite being very expensive) are also not good enough.
Receding
More than it being on his resume, I’d say we’d find Pedro in Madrid bars flirting with Spanish women in what he thought was excellent Spanish. They’d be giggling at his awkward phrasing, but he’d think they were enjoying his charm and wit.
(I mean this as friendly banter, Pedro.)
That’s it Banford, veer past the question and continue the stunning hypocrisy you’ve adopted with the new regime.
CGNovember 13, 2019 11:36:24
The Delinquents and Deplorables ( not UN- he is a bright boy) and indeed our magnificent PedRo have to stop this nonsense that Arteta or any other manager worth their salt will want to work in our current structure.
CG knows!! Thanks CG. You footballing sage. You don’t make the sort of money you make from predicting results without knowing a thing or two about a thing or two!!
Bamford, I am British, we do NOT attempt to speak other people’s languages. They work around us. It’s our way.
Ignorance, always.
Pedro
😂😂😂 bang on, we speak English and slower, louder English when abroad.
Charlie
As I’ve said before, if you want me to respond to you, call me by my name, not that stupid, condescending moniker you like to deploy. I will then be happy to reply to you. Otherwise, no.
“As I’ve said before, if you want me to respond to you, call me by my name, not that stupid, condescending moniker you like to deploy. I will then be happy to reply to you. Otherwise, no.”
You mean like when you call him Churlish?
You do yourself no favors sometimes
Ola Babe,
I am Breeteesh……you like?
Banford
You’ve made a habit of calling for bans, your name is now Banford. It’s of your own doing, and the fact you’re acting as you are just further perpetuates how seriously you take yourself on here.
Receding
I started doing that only in reply. Obviously. I will drop that as soon as he drops his stupid thing.
I asked for people to be binned like three times some two or three years ago. The guy clings to anything he can to try to get at me. Like I said, I’m happy to treat him with respect if he does the same with me.
Charlie?
The only type of Spanish I need to know is ‘DOS ESSSTREELLLA GEEZER’
Anyway, think we need to move on from the argument of, ‘the players aren’t good enough’, as it is day 3 and that idea was laid to rest before we spent a tonne of money last summer.
Let’s start a fresh.
Champagne charlieNovember 13, 2019 12:28:16
Pedro😂😂😂 bang on, we speak English and slower, louder English when abroad.
With hand signals 😎
Phd/Kyoto Ito/ at least 3-4 other banned monikers
Haven’t you been banned numerous times before by displaying this obsessive behaviour towards other posters?
Heading that way again with Bamford now, looks like you don’t learn your lessons very well, doesn’t bode well for that alleged phd.
feel free to respond with as many commas as there are left on the internet after your semi-lucid ramblings over the last couple of days, it’s likely I skip your post as per usual anyway.
“Bamford, I am British, we do NOT attempt to speak other people’s languages. They work around us. It’s our way.
Ignorance, always.”
The truest comment I’ve seen in my short time here. Lol.
With a good follow up from CC.
By the way, a good podcast. You’ve almost convinced me about Arteta… Not quite on board yet though.
Banford
You’ve called for CG to be binned, pretty sure the same for Un. All in the last week.
Even still, it’s a legacy thing at this point. Get over yourself, this isn’t your classroom and no cunt is referring to you as Mr.Bamford.
If ‘Banford’ is causing you so much grief that says a ton about you.
You’ve previously called me Churlish, Chumpagne, dipshit et al. I couldn’t care less. This is football chat and you try and treat it as if it’s a high society dinner. Rim yourself, how’s that fit?
CC
To be fair, calling for Don to be banned for all his racist crap is hardly outlandish. Much more shocking that he’s still allowed to post here or roam the streets without 2 men with nets and long coats 1 step behind him.
As for CG, well, he’s pretty much Don without the anger issues.
Haaland would be such a weapon in the Premier League.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpQL-eSfGoY
Bamford, the ‘you haven’t made a single good argument’ thing sends people into repeating themselves over and over. The whole comments sections has made good arguments. You have no one on your side, which should tell you something considering how football savvy the people here are. The team made a good argument last season when they finished 2 points off 3rd. This year, after telling us last season we shouldn’t pat ourselves on the back for beating Leicester, you’ve pivoted to saying that a side that’s finished on sub 50 points two seasons in a row actually has better players… Read more »
PedroNovember 13, 2019 12:36:58
Anyway, think we need to move on from the argument of, ‘the players aren’t good enough’, as it is day 3 and that idea was laid to rest before we spent a tonne of money last summer.
Along with Bamalam’s suggestion that Leicester were better man for man
Pedro
Mate I was going to say Haaland
Kid is on fire. Bin off Aubameyang and get haaland and Martinelli tipping it up. The dream team. The forwards of DOOOM!!!
Ripping it up, cold hands. Working outside this morning…. brrrrrrre 🥶
Un, he’s a bit clumsy, but kind of reminds me of Adebayor when he came over. He’s explosive for a big guy.
Little bit of the Lewandowski’s about his game?
Freddie LjungbergNovember 13, 2019 12:48:39
CCTo be fair, calling for Don to be banned for all his racist crap is hardly outlandish. Much more shocking that he’s still allowed to post here or roam the streets without 2 men with nets and long coats 1 step behind him.
Oi Freddie. B’ave yourself lad. Cutter has already made this clear (and he’s a proper lefty) I’m not racist im a nationalist. Race doesn’t come into it. Now let’s drop it there before i get put on the naughty step. It’s strictly football related topics for me. Eh Pedro 😉 😉
Off topic but at least there’s something we can cheer Arsenal for at the moment.
Pedro – I hear it’s all Sanllehi’s doing as well!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50317760
Pedro
Yeah but it’s more about his desire to score. I think he’s got a bit of Shearer about him
Time will tell if he can be anywhere near as prolific but in terms of sheer will to score goals
Might just be a lucky season where everything falls to him
Another episode of Bamford vs the world huh. Is Bamford the new Gambon then ?
P.S Emery Is still shit.
Pedro
Who’s about for a Jan purchase?
Be curious to learn what folk think err in desperate need for. Particularly the remaining Emeryistas, curious what player is still needed to see Emeryball come to life.
Personally I’m still keen on a bit of variance for CM (as I called for in the summer), we could do with a Doucoure. Probably do with him in particular in fact, good age, profile etc with the likes of Guen and Willock still in nappies.
Un
I can’t believe you’re suggesting we shouldn’t come to a final judgement on a player after a handful of games!
CC
Well if the rumours about Xhaka going to Milan are true (I so fucking hope so) then another midfielder would definitely be a requirement.
I haven’t a clue who’s available at the moment though. Time for the scouts and Edu to earn their money!
Bamford can quote players comments all day or what any ex player thinks e.t.c. but the only metric which a manager should be judged is on the pitch and the current Arsenal manager has been failing all season as all the relevant stats points to
Distant, Gambon always came armed with numbers and a grounded argument.
Marc, no extinction rebellion protest for the home fans!
CC, I don’t know where the club would need to buy… it’s tough to suss whether we have bought a load of dud players, or the manager is just very, very bad at extracting talent from them.
Can’t help but think a powerful centre midfielder like Doucoure would do us the world of good.
Bati, when was the last time a manager of another club came out and said, ‘fuck me, he’s a cunt, he’s driving that club into the ground, have you seen the state of the football? Not my manager’