Jose Mourinho is like that sexy abusive partner you have. You know the type, you crunch a crisp too loud and they’re up in your shit. They throw plates at you when you leave tea bags in the sink. They wear your dry cleaned shirts.
… you beg them to change. They come back to you and say, sure, I’ve had a sabbatical and I will be more tea bag tolerant. You believe them because they are sexy and charismatic, then literally the next day they’ve shredded your tea bags to teach you a lesson and posted something negative about you on Facebook.
Jose Mourinho rolls back into the Spurs with more baggage than Prince Andrew, but he’s charming… and now we’re all in a deep panic that this time, maybe he has changed, and he’ll do bits for Spurs.
I am an UNbeliever in radical personality change at 56 years old. You are who you are. You can change the crest on the badge, you can smile, get a facial… but I think it will be near impossible for him to be different because so much of his success was built around his persona.
We’ll see though, stealing backroom demons from Lille is smart. I’d be desperately worried if Spurs nabbed Luis Campos from there as well, he really is a top drawer technical director. It looks good on paper, but remember, Wenger had loads of data people and analysts he didn’t use.
Whatever goes on, it’s a huge gamble. The Times alluded to this being part of a wider masterplan for prospective owners. Makes sense, the Amazon series is the most serious way to get a prospectus out there, Jose Mourinho looks great on paper as well. Especially for all those star fuckers with enough cash to buy a club.
ANYWAY, onto Arsenal. Unai Emery has been given time to think about the season. A bit of me space to strategise his way out of the mess. So what’s his plan you ask?
Bring Xhaka back into the mixer.
Perfection. The equivalent of photocopying your bare arse and leaving it on your CEOs desk. He is addicted to one of the least effective midfielders in the league.
Love Sport asked me if I could forgive the player for his tantrum.
YES
He has done his time and he lost his armband. The point of his absence was never about whether the fans could forgive him, it was more about how bland he is and damaging for our overall play.
“Xhaka is coming back better. His mindset is better and this morning I have a very good conversation with him. My objective is for him to come back helping us and convincing everyone that he is going to be better in the short or long future with us”
Cannot wait, Unai.
Interesting that The Times are leaking stories about Arteta / Unai not being on the original shortlist of managers (which Ivan G confirmed, so not new news). Certainly wouldn’t have come from Raul or Edu.
Right, short one today, NORMAL FOOTBALL SERVICE RESUMES. x
1st
2nd
3rd
Tr4phy
Easy
In the top 10 for once.
Stop
The sacking of Pochettino highlights the difficulty of a club moving to a new stadium. There is no doubt that white hart lane had become a fortress for Pochettino and Tottenham. Levy has pushed the panic button too soon in my opinion. He should have taken the move into consideration. Did Arsenal have a blip in their home form when they changed stadiums….yes, our win percentage dropped, as did west ham’s, man city and Cardiff when they moved home . If a clubs home form is stuttering , it can also put more pressure on the away performances to get… Read more »
Typical of a failing manager, trying to prove a point that is a total waste of time.
Desperation to please Raul and save his arse.
Spurs will bounce back and wave to us as they go by.
Man U will do likewise soon.
Typical Arsenal of present waiting far to late to react.
Just poor
Pedro, I was also apprehensive that Mourinho would also poach Luis Campos, but it looks like that it is not going to happen at least not straight away. I am not sure that Levy is willing to relinquish control of Spurs and any Director of Football worth its salt would request effective power. Luis Campos would not settle for being a figurehead, a puppet managed by Levy. Mourinho always says the right thing initially so that may mean nothing. But in his initial media message he really insisted on Spurs desire to integrate young players into the first team squad.… Read more »
Jose has more respect from the players than Emery. His team is going to be competitive. Can he convince Vertonghen and Alderweireld to sign an extension in January? He may influence Levy to offer them a better raise. In any case, Jose is good for EPL.
Jose tried to put a show yday however he looked completely fraud to me. On numerous occassions he referred to the fact that every time he goes to Chelsea he wins the championship and that he has been humble his whole career. What a joke… He still thinks he is special. Wharever i am still shocked by our inertia..
Pierre 19.49.
Seems a very hasty decision by Levy but Poch
body language over a long period has seemed
that problems where imminent.
Arsenals biggest mistake with the Emirates not
paying the extra millions for a retractable pitch
like Spurs.
Arsenal really should have done this?
The continuous revenue Spurs will receive will
tell over time.
Emery is a complete incompetent. No guts. No leadership. No inspiration. No imagination. Let’s face it, if he was given a squad with less talent, Everton, for instance, they’d be battling relegation. He simply can’t cut it in the PL. We should have sacked him by now.
It’s strange how things have changed at the Emirates and how edgy the crowd are. I can’t ever remember the Emirates crowd screaming for the defenders to hoof the ball up the pitch…they do now. The crowd had confidence in the players and manager to make the right decisions, hence why Arsenal had such an impressive home record . Our possession stats were probably averaging 65/70% and in the end , the amount of possession we had in those games enabled the team to break down opposition defences with sustained pressure. What we have now is a team that are… Read more »
Hope Xhaka isn’t stepping in for any match till he’s sold. He’s been a ridicule to the club. For crying out loud, why is Emery still at post?
Hope we win tomorrow.
100% with you Pedro. They’ll get a bounce, will finish the season above us and will likely slaughter us next season. After that it will all go pear-shaped and Chernobyl scale toxicity. Question is who will have the most toxic effect on their respective clubs? Emery or Mou?
The quality is just not there.
We have not had a decent centre half
for the last decade.?
Now that we have both Tierney and Bellerin available, It would help advancing the ball forward. I still don’t like playing Auba as the LW. I would prefer Martinelli and Pepe as the two wingers. They should overlap with the run of Tierney and Bellerin. Auba should focus on finishing the chances inside the box.
Auba wouldn’t stay with us for long. We should develop the chemistry between the FB’s and the wingers. I don’t think Emery has the gut to bench Lac.
It’s a bit early to be calling time on Jose M, he will likely as not make Pedro eat his words as they overtake us in the league, don’t see us finishing above them that’s for sure.
Can see us finishing 7th sadly.
I’m with you on this.
Our players are good enough technically, it’s just that our manager over complicates matters and is basically not very good at explaining himself.
Hence we are exceptionally “vulnerable” and “lacking in confidence”, as will be shown tomorrow against Southampton.
The old adage of let the ball do the work needs to be brought back into Arsenal’s game. One and 2 touch football is obsolete from our play since Emery arrived. We need to play in triangles, this allows us to have players around the ball. All too often our players look isolated on the ball with no team mate to pass to , this will inevitably result in either a negative ball back to the keeper or being caught in possession. Emrty has quietly but effectively removed from our game any semblance of letting the ball do the work… Read more »
Pierre
“One and 2 touch football is obsolete from our play since Emery arrived.”
I agree with this. I have already criticized Guen’s game. He likes to carry the ball sideways. He is the one who slows down our game play. I am hoping that Bellerin and Tierney could speed up the flow of the game. Torr and Ozil are OK.
Nelson
I’m thinking a 4-2-3-1 with Pepe, Aubameyang and Lacazette with Ozil in the hole .
Bellerin and Tierney are hopefully fit to start and 2 holding midfielders who are to get it and give it.
When our keeper gets the ball he must speed up his delivery, catch the ball and immediately release the full backs before the opposition can regroup .
Pierre
I am against playing both Auba and Lac. They are very good inside the box but very average outside. They can’t help the build up of the attack. The team becomes imbalance when you have two players who are waiting for service only. I admit that once they have the ball inside the box, then they can combine well. But our team have difficulty getting the ball to them inside the box.
I am counting on crosses from Tierney and Bellerin. They both can deliver the ball accurately.
Everything Wenger did from his press conferences to the way his team played was so Easy on the Eye. He actually made the game look easy.( it aint) Compare to what we have to endure now. Sure away results went awry but home form was always immaculate. At least myself and Pierre and maybe some others savoured the footballing memories, enjoyed the cup final triumphs and the highs and lows of Wenger’s tenure. The damage has been done , the club has shifted far too away from Wengers version of Arsenal. Where it needed evolution we have had revolution. And… Read more »
Xhaka just needs to fuck off
Pierre
Have you forgotten when Wenger’s team used to try to walk the ball into the goal
And the crowd were screaming SHOOT ?
Cork City Gooner, you are absolutely right: Xhaka cannot set foot on the pitch for Arsenal – ever – without being humiliated by the fans booing him even more loudly. This is a fact. I don’t want to see a player being so destructively humiliated so openly. Although he thoroughly deserves to be boo’ed for his abnoxious behaviour towards the fans, he should be put in a position to be destroyed by attempting to make him play. He would not last 10 minutes on the pitch. Emery, no more stupid actions please like naming Xhaka in the team. Get rid!… Read more »
Emery is like an addict with xhaka it’s unreal
‘I know it isn’t good for me. I know it will be the end of me. But maybe this time will be different? Just one more match won’t hurt surely???’
Watch and see what happens if xhaka plays badly/makes a major gaffe. Why does emery do this to himself?
Also I don’t think the fans will be very forgiving of xhaka because he never gave a proper apology and he spent the last week or two chatting shit about it
Seriously just watch what happens when one of our worst and most gaffe prone players makes his next mistake. It’s going to be ugly
Mourinho will have them rally this season and next and collapse the season after
So for the next 18 months expect to see spurs kick on
Lip service? Peace advocate or just wanting to keep his image intact? Never been a big Bellerin fan as a player or person. As a player he’s adequate, but not the star he thinks he is. Plenty of pace with no real end product and poor defensive awareness and ability. If Bellerin’s skills matched his big opinionated mouth, he’s be a world class RB. Sadly this isn’t the case. He’s a very ordinary/average PL player with too much to say who likes to play the rallying card with no real attentive audience other than the press. “‘It has been hard… Read more »
Like it or not, signing Jose will help Spuds gaining some prestige. Now they can act like a big club and can attract some top talents. I wouldn’t think that a young saucy coach would have the same drawing power as Jose.
Wouldn’t Emery training & playing LT in his preferred positions DM be the answer? How did we end up with a clown like Emery? Oh yes step forward Gazidis & Raul take a bow for the stunning due diligence you put into hiring such a PL unfit manager. “Unai Emery shows Lucas Torreira videos of his best Arsenal performances in bid to help midfielder rediscover his top form Unai Emery has shown Lucas Torreira videos of his best Arsenal performances Torreira has started four league games this season and hasn’t been at his best Uruguayan has been used further forward… Read more »
The North London challenge: Proactive Levy & Mourinho vs Reactive Raul, Edu & clueless Emery For now to be only judged on the remainder of this season so judge them in May. Who will finish higher in the PL? Who will win a trophy? With much anger and a very heavy heart I can see Levy & Mourinho being the more successful club this season. However, if we get rid of Emery, Xhaka, Mustafi, Kola & Ozil (still yet to perform better than Martinelli & the mis firing because of not playing to his strengths Pepe) and replace with a… Read more »
Emery on Torreira ” his capacity to get in the box, to get opportunities to score, is very good for the team.” Emery still wants Torr to support the attack. Did he see that our midfield was so open and we were giving up many shots on goal. We saw so often that Torr didn’t have time to come back during a counter. Emery deployed Xhaka as the lone DM. Didn’t he see that Xhaka was not suitable to play that position. Did he realize that he has put Xhaka in a position to fail. Did he realize that he… Read more »
CG
“He (Wenger) actually made the game look easy.( it aint)”
Yeah, for the opposition…lol
How did your horse do yesterday,Un?
How are you this morning Ishola? Congratulations on having Xhaka back.
PierreNovember 22, 2019 21:08:34 It’s strange how things have changed at the Emirates and how edgy the crowd are.I can’t ever remember the Emirates crowd screaming for the defenders to hoof the ball up the pitch…they do now.The crowd had confidence in the players and manager to make the right decisions, hence why Arsenal had such an impressive home record .Our possession stats were probably averaging 65/70% and in the end , the amount of possession we had in those games enabled the team to break down opposition defences with sustained pressure. What we have now is a team that… Read more »
Bris
Came in 3rd
Won got £300 back
Had it won I’d have £2350
Was nice to get money on it but was disappointed still.
Tony
You need to clear this up for me old bean, you think me and Martinelli’s Head are one and the same?
RT
Correct.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1060940090262937600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1060940090262937600&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Farseblog.com%2F2019%2F11%2Fdepreciation%2F
Graham
Don’t be stupid
Emery makes it easy for the likes of Watford and Norwich and Leicester to tear at us
Even in Leicester’s title season we did the double on them
Un
“But we needed to clear the “deadwood”
Ramsey, Ozil, Ox, Wilshere and Cazorla aren’t beast DMs. We just needed shit loads of big African beast DMs. Not cultured skilful midfielders”
Technique is a dirty word at Arsenal these days.
Though I still think with a half decent manager , the lot we have in midfield are better than what we are seeing atm.
The days of the cultured skilful players have gone at Arsenal under Emery I’m afraid .
CG Your 22:36 post last night made me chuckle. Without going into the details of the past decade or so, no one on here is disputing that we played in a far more pleasing manner and that the press conferences conducted by Wenger were easier on the eye(if you bought into them that is) but your perceptions that greed and power are now ruining the club shows that you are still in denial. Yes, the current regime are making us look stupid but this is actually no more stupid than watching the likes of Wenger and Gazidis screw us over… Read more »
Un
The Torreira link…a perfect example of where his strengths lie.
Un na naai
Don’t need a lesson on Emery’s methods. I know they’re crap.
As for our “double” over Leicester in their title season, sort of irrelevant don’t you think.
Graham 1 “”” That’s why we should all be hoping for a Saints smash and grab, to rid us of this painful negativity.”””” I don’t think will Saints will Smash and Grab anything. It’s more likely we will be smashing and grabbing if we get 3 points. (We will play like The Underdogs.) We have not beaten any team by more than one goal this season. Today’s soccer offering- if you can call it that- will be akin to picking scabs off a sore. I really hope therapy is at hand for the fans who will be attending today. (To… Read more »
A Draw and the pain continuos.?
Pierre
In reply to your post above at 21 08
Around 2016 Wenger had instructed the players not to shoot at goal from outside the box
That lead to endless passing around the penalty area often losing posestion and coming to nothing
The frustrated crowd would scream at them just SHOOT
James. Wood.
“”””A Draw and the pain continues.?”””
This pain ain’t going away for a while.
So crank up The Morphine Levels.And start thinking of a new pastime.
Play bridge…?
Great game……
The damage has been done.
Raul has seen to that
We are in the Widerness Years
Cold,barren , desolate and grey.
CG
“Play bridge…? Great game..”
Now I understand why you sat around all those years accepting regression.
It all makes sense now.
Pissing down with rain on the South coast…………….yet again!
Looks like I’ll be sitting down to watch things unfold at the London stadium at lunchtime.
Manuel v Jose.
No love lost there.
Will Jose get the Spuds firing again?
Will WH continue their slide?
3-1 Spuds.
Graham Re: Wengers Regression . How can anyone criticize Wenger now- when after £200 million spent on players and a whole new raft of management added to the wage bill eg: (edu/Hussey/raul/vinny) And we are worse in every piece of criteria and data ? Had it been a roaring success post Wenger off course criticisms of him would have been totally valid. You are just being a LWB ( Lazy Wenger Basher) Criticisms of him are fine and dandy. Lazy ones are not. Enjoy being in The Wilderness (Now Shedtime Sinbin for you.) Come and see me after the Saints… Read more »
Graham
Nope. Highly relevant when you’re making false claims over how we used to make it easy for the opposition
Now we really roll over
You moaned like a cheap hooker back then but you didn’t know how good you had it
Pierre
Yeah I was being sarcastic mate
We’ve cleared out our technical attacking mids and replaced them with pedestrian neat and tidy no marks
We blame the Kronkes’ for doing what executives do – delegate
we blame the board for waiting on Emery, but we all know a hurried sack will bring us back to blaming the board for not sacking soon. So they wait, because in any case we’ll still blame them. That’s what we do best… apportioning the blame game. Everyone else but us, has got to be blamed.
Un na naai
Ah yes, the joys of “back then”, when a manager who had been at the club so many years led us down the spiral staircase, instead of expanding on what we had.
“Back then” for me was pre 2006, before our move to be with the big boys.
Don’t bring Emery into the equation.
We all know he’s not fit for purpose.
Hillwood
Scoring on average 2.5 goals a game at home and winning over 75% of home games from the period you mentioned , is confirmation to me that the fans who shouted shoot , struggled to understand how effective this strategy was.
Arsenal 2016/17 League average
Points per game 2.37 1.70
% Wins 74% 49%
% Defeats 11% 29%
Goals scored per game 2.05 1.60
Goals conceded per game 0.84 1.20
Arsenal 2017/18 League average
Points per game 2.47 1.63
% Wins 79% 46%
% Defeats 11% 28%
Goals scored per game 2.84 1.53
Goals conceded per game1.05 1.15
Graham Don’t be silly. Why would I not bring emery into the equation when your head is still stuck “back then” and we currently are in a worse position? Instead of focusing on the here and now you’re busy attending to your unhealthy wenger obsession and it’s highly contradictory considering we have bigger problems than we ever had at the very worst of wenger’s charge. Maybe if the likes of you were as outraged now at a far worse manager we might be above to get rid of him and force the change that you claim you’ve wanted for so… Read more »
Bridge not for me ?
Much prefer Conquian.
Played many epic games on the train to
away games years ago.
Would just love to relate to a manager
who is understandable has charisma
and shows some semblance of knowing
what he is doing.
So Emery comments on Torriera that he should do build up play from dm and bla bla bla. I think we are wasting another 1 month with this man.
He just can’t do it simples, over complicates stuff and gets screwed.
Kay
Well then why hasn’t he played him in that role rather than pushing him upfield? He’s a weasel and liar, just trying to weasel his way out of any criticism.
Asked why Torreira hadn’t been featuring as a conventional defensive midfielder ahead of Saturday’s must-win match against Southampton, Emery said: “But what is a defensive midfielder … We need that position for the capacity to build up, it’s a big responsibility. He needs to achieve confidence, achieve more matches and more experience to take the confidence to do that. He can play as a defensive midfielder but we need a defensive midfielder [to be] offensive because the build up for us is very important. Lucas can learn and improve but to give him that responsibility of building up and creating… Read more »
Maybe someone needs to have a word with Emery.
All you hear from Emery is Torreira needs to be better offensively and Ozil needs to be better defensively.
Pierre
Well maybe he needs to start getting them doing what they do best before giving them additional duties
He’s a bumbling fucking fool
And a spineless jellyfish to boot
Terrible combination
And what the fuck is he up to with Pepe? He’s ruining one of the most exciting young attackers in Europe with his negative bumbling incompetency
Our Clown…
(via Pierre)
“””””He can play as a defensive midfielder but we need a defensive midfielder [to be] offensive because ………”””””
Please Pierre can you send that to Matt Scott……. see if he can decipher it- he might because he is a ‘smart arse’- like Emery too.
What chance have you got with this man.?
And how can he be allowed to continue to Besmirch the name of The Arsenal?
If anyone don’t think this whole New Regime dont need sacking then they clearly wish for Arsenals demise.
An earth shattering comment!
Quoting
“Emery is like an addict with xhaka it’s unreal‘I know it isn’t good for me. I know it will be the end of me. But maybe this time will be different? Just one more match won’t hurt surely???’Watch and see what happens if xhaka plays badly/makes a major gaffe. Why does emery do this to himself? “
Err
Who’s got a good arse ?
Mourinho has reinstated Dier right away, a player he chased at United.
That Spurs forward line has the potential to be something.
Interested to see how this goes.
Obviously have to be mindful of the new manager boost that usually occurs, by the end of the season we will see his real effect.
Personally would have liked Mourinho to replace Emery…but only on a short deal to the end of the season. Certainly wouldn’t have gone for a 3 year possibly 5 year deal as Spurs have.
No Eriksen. Probably he wants to quit in January.
“Why does emery do this to himself?”
A question asked by someone who’s never ever been addicted to another person’s dick.
Let Emery continue to add more nails on his coffin.
Total buffoon.
Emery continues to confuse as usual.
Can only assume that the likes of ES are correct in thinking it’s possible Emery is only here because their choice to replace him is not available until the summer – Vieirinha, Arteta, Howe, Roberto Martinez, Rogers or whoever , not all my choice but any would be a massive improvement
Even Freddie as caretaker won’t do any worse, and may in fact improve things
Amazingly Peter has described my abusiveness in one paragraph. I liken myself to the suave bastard that terrorised Julia Roberts in that movie where he played heavy classical while he made tender love to her.
Xhaka just plain stinks. As Peter said, zero to do with armband, more to do with the shitness.
Jose will do okay for spurs for a time until someone leaves a can, label facing backwards in the cupboard, and he’ll alienate them, verbally abuse them and then get sacked with another £30m pay off.
Emery out.
SPUDs doesn’t play like an away team. They outclass Weatham.
West Ham boy should be sent off there.
Very poor dangerous challenge on Son.
That was a challenge with the foot up on Son. It could cause serious damage.
SPUDs is really firing.
west ham pile of shit.
terrible defending by Creswell.
Spurs already above Arsenal !
That didn’t take long.
Fortune favors the brave.
I’m not a big fan of Mourhino but I acknowledge that he will give them that new manager bounce that will last the rest of the season. They will still crash and burn medium term.
We are still twiddling our thumbs and hoping the fairy goddess drops by to sprinkle magic dust on Emery.
Just makes me sick seeing them seem like they are kicking off their season.
“Very poor dangerous challenge on Son.”
He missed him ?? Damn!! Lol
There you go get a winner as a manager and see what happens.
We prefer projects and dick heads like Emery, looser management and an owner who doesn’t give a shit.
Great isn’t it?
Arsenal’s BOD’s will do what they always do,
Nothing !
Pelligrini is not doing a good job at West Ham
An equally bland appointment as Unai Emery is for us.
Everyone expected a reaction from Spurs players and he played into their hands.
Why does Son generate so much good feelings from opposition fans?
Don’t let his smile disarm your natural spuds hatred.
He dives, cheats and tackles as bad as any other player.
No surprise there, this is the “Maureen effect”, part one.
Just avoid to tell Edu and Raul that bring a new manager can be good for your team, they will not even know what you’re talking about. Lol
SPUDs is playing a typical 4 2 3 1 with two fast wingers opening up the field. Son is technically very good. He is very dynamic. Emery should ask Pepe to study how Son plays.
Dissenter
“Why does Son generate so much good feelings from opposition fans?”
What are you on about.
A dangerous poor challenge is just that regardless if there are any sympathies for the player or not.
It was a very bad challenge and the West Ham player that committed it should have been sent off.
HighburyLegend
I think Mr. Levi is not looking past the “mareeen effect part 1”
You can’t afford tomtit on your arse and do nothing when you’ve just built a £1 billion stadium, you just can’t play safe and think small.
When the Mourhino effect predictably sours…he will fire him and move on.
Should be no surprise to anyone if Spurs recover and pick up plenty of points until the end of the season.
As has been said by many Mourinho is pretty good coming into clubs for the short term and it’s not as if he has an under par squad to work with.
It’s a good squad they have.
Ishola
Shouldn’t you just stick to bashing Xhaka.
It was not a definite red card, he got the ball clearly and caught Son with the trailing foot. It wasn’t even that high. That wasn’t a dirty challenge by any means.
Sheath your toy dagger and stop moaning.
Dissenter
The West Ham player went flying in with his foot up and caught the player.
It was reckless and it was dangerous. Another day he gets sent off for that.
He cut him in two.
Spuds already showing the benefits of change.
So many players in the team that follow the Mourinho principles and work ethic.
Posted 3-1 win yesterday. Could be a real tonking.
West Ham look bereft of ideas.
Son would be in my World XI.
What a player.