4 types of hire Arsenal could make + The joke of ‘board unrest’

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BOARD UNREST.

Can you believe it?

Sir Chips might throw in the towel because he’s being left out of decisions making and doesn’t have a voice.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Arsenal don’t have a board, if we did, we’d not be in the mess we’re in now. We’d have moved Wenger on when his time was up, likely hired someone like Klopp or Pep when they were interested, and we’d still be in the Champions League.

The BoD at Arsenal was for years absolutely complicit in accepting the elite level mediocrity that Arsene Wenger was bringing to the table. They all sold out. They all accepted the deal with Stan that they’d take their ceremonial salaries and STFU.

Now we’re in 2019, and they want to have a voice on Unai Emery? Quite amazing. They’re like the Arsene apologists that ignored the obvious for years, but now suddenly have Gary Neville like analytical superpowers.

I’m no fan of Raul and the very odd relationship he’s cultivated with Emery’s tenure. For a footballing man raised on the cutthroat approach of Barcelona, he sure does seem to be weirdly tied to giving his man every chance to fail. The manager has lost the fans, the players, the press, and his self-confidence. I don’t know a single person that thinks he can rescue it. But still, I wouldn’t want the board having a say on any decision. They’re the zealots that have us in this mess, weighing in like white knights on this issue is not acceptable.

Arsenal need a refresh at board level.

Sir Chips Keswick – 79

Stanley Kroenke – 72

Ken Friar OBE – 85

Richard Carr – 81

Lord Harris of Peckham – 77

Josh Kroenke – 39

Average age without Josh – 78.8

Average age with Josh – 72.2

Those are staggering numbers, what makes the number worse is the lack of know-how. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with age if it’s backed by elite levels of vision. The Fenway has a senior board, but they’re unreal at what they do. Reality with names that don’t have a surname starting with K, is none of them are of this era. They all believed in Wenger for too long, they were always out of touch with the fans, they all signed off on Unai Emery being shunted through the door last minute.

I’d say it’s time for a fresh lick of paint at board level, but the reality is simple: There is never going to be any power there. The direction of the club is Stan and Josh. Which really means that a majority of the thinking comes from Raul and Edu. If those two can’t deliver, we really are fucked for the foreseeable.

Mutterings from the papers are confused because there’s no strong narrative either way behind the scenes. The bottleneck on Emery is Raul. He’s going to try and tee him up for success as much as he can, but I think it’s apparent to everyone that the maternal approach isn’t going to work. I think you’ll see a decision when events start to impact Raul’s position in the hierarchy, I think that’s coming soon.

Spurs have made a decisive decision which helps us immensely. I think longterm, it’s a bad one. But short term, Jose is one of the most capable in the world at landing you top 4. He has a great squad of players, he’s on best behaviour because this is literally his last chance at a job he’d deem at his level, he also has a group of players very suited to his methods. Point here, Spurs binned a world-class manager 4 months after he took them to the Champions League final, and they’re already a point behind us.

Arsenal spent next seasons transfer money. Champions League is imperative. Chancing on a Europa League strategy is very, very flawed as we saw last season. At least we had a run of games to give us hope that the Emeryball machine could challenge. Not so much this season. This is very different. The players don’t want to be part of the turnaround. You saw that in the ground when we scored a winner, it was elation from Lacazette, then the slap in the face of reality… he just extended the circus another two weeks.

Arsenal have options on the table as far as I am concerned.

1. Rolling with Freddie.

Pairing Freddie Ljungberg with someone like Per Mertesacker is the fans choice. The Big Fucking German is an immense personality behind the scenes, I was explicitly told that in his last season with us, despite being mostly injured, he was monumental behind the scenes. Things would have been SO much worse without him. I only hear great things about how smart he is and I like that he has very thought out views on the game.

Freddie is the face we all dream of in the dugout. He’s good looking, he has deep, deep heritage with the fans. The kids love him, they might not remember him playing, but they speak extremely highly of him in the press. He’d be a good stop-gap until we find a suitable replacement.

I love the player, but I don’t think there’s enough on the resume to indicate that he’d be good longterm. He’s been at two places, Arsenal and Wolfsburg. He went to Germany with Joncker and saved Wolfsburg from relegation. Then the whole team were fired inside 6 months. This from the press release:

“Decisive for us in taking this step at this point in time was not just the impression made upon us during the game against Stuttgart, but rather based upon the perception of stagnated development amongst the team, which was to a great extent newly formed during the summer.

“We expressly wish to thank Andries Jonker and his coaching staff for rescuing VfL’s position in the top flight at the last minute at the end of last season.”

Key to that statement is that after 6 months, leadership felt the club had stagnated. That’s a huge red flag. He’s not been part of a winning machine or even just a good shithousing operation like Hassenthutl was before he went to Leipzig.

2. Pochettino

I simply refuse to believe we won’t be making phone calls to the best coach out of a job at the moment. The exSpurs manager would be the biggest coup for a football CEO that’s struggling. He’s perfectly suited to the squad, his style of high octane pressing would excite the fans, and his ability to actually coach players would be a dream.

Additional factors that could sway thinking. His two sons work in football in London. One plays for Spurs, the other just quit the sports science team. That means his family live here and are settled. I’m also pretty sure he doesn’t speak German.

Major watch-out is his deal post-exit. £12m a year will no doubt have clauses galore, I’d be hard-pressed not to think Levy had the Arsenal job opening up in his mind when he was negotiating, but hey, who knows. You can’t stop someone taking a job at a rival in the UK.

Weirdly, the exSpurs manager is the most unifying figure we could bring in. There would be no problems. The guy is a class act, a perfect remedy in a post-Emery world.

3. Arteta

There are leaks all over the place about Arteta. I don’t know where they’re coming from, but I have my doubts it’s Raul doing the dirty work. The Spaniard was top of the shortlist before he was lumped out in favor of a very bland hire that was unsuited to the job. His stock has only risen. The Spaniard has the Manchester City IP, he has a huge reputation in the game despite never having managed a club, and he has Arsenal DNA. He joined the club when Per was there, the German is winning the power war behind the scenes with scouting and the youth, I can’t believe there’s not a fan there.

The hire would be a divisive move, no doubt. The experience issue would be a huge red flag. Some fans see his tenure as a player as miserable one. I don’t share the same fears, I think he has a few things going for him:

  • He’s been captain at Everton and Arsenal, he’s a natural leader
  • He was a very good player, trained in La Masia. He can command respect in that sense.
  • He has elite level endorsements from top players and top coaches
  • He’s worked at the Apple of football clubs, he’s bringing a winners mentality with him, those ideas will captivate players and push us to another level. He’s an obsessive as well, he’s had a one-track vision of becoming the best and he’s made all the right moves chasing that dream.
  • He knows Arsenal

4. Hire a progressive coach in the summer

The idea that there’s a lack of great coaches is a false one. There are lots of young coaches breaking out all over the world. The major challenge is finding someone that has ideas that can transfer into the Premier League. Marco Rose, Paulo Fonseca and Erik Ten Hag all play exciting brands of football, but bringing them over is always a risk. Ralph Hassenhutl, based on his last 2 jobs, should not be at the bottom of the league, but he is, does that tell you something? Maybe.

This sort of approach to hiring really needs a lot of time and a lot of honesty. The club would need to articulate a vision that goes beyond “MAKE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, MABYE THROUGH EUROPA.” If we establish how we want to play, then determine how we want to activate, mapped to the realistic resources we’ll have available, we’ll be in a good position to know who to hire as a manager.

Brighton don’t have money to splash. They need to do a lot with a little. They needed to move their football forward. So who did they hire? A manager that built his rep on making the most of broken parts, a progressive thinker, and someone with a reputation for building outrageously effective cultures at clubs. It might not pay off, they could still get relegated, but the move was smarter than hiring in Alan Pardew hoping he could repeat the fluke of Newcastle finishing 5th way back when (which is basically what we did when we hired Emery without checking the reality of his career to date).

Arsenal’s reality is that without Champions League football, we’re going to be struggling for money next season unless we sell some of our best players. We could see 60 goals walk out the club. We’d doubtful be able to replace at the same level and some of that money will need to go towards a rebuild. That means young players. That would mean we’d have to hire in a proper coach that could build a team of the future. To make that happen, you’d need someone with a strong personality, big ideas, and the patience to deliver. You’d also need a manager the fans could abide by, so either an explayer, or someone that’s walked this walk before.

That’s why Mourinho wouldn’t have worked. That’s why Enrique and Allegri likely aren’t suited. That’s why this decision is very, very tough… and likely why the club don’t have an answer.

But something has to change, we can’t dither forever. The saddest indictment of yesterday, a comment I am stealing from the internet, is that Hassenthutl usually plays a back 5, but he dropped it against us yesterday, opting for 4-3-3. 19th position Southampton came to play at Unai’s Arsenal. That’s not the Arsenal we want. Let’s hope change brings a more exciting future.

Right, on that note, drop your managerial thoughts in the comments. x

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Bankz

Bankz is here for the tr4phy again

Chef

Hello?

Chef

Unexpected

Bankz

I won’t be surprised if Emery is still manager till Jan.
The board are looking relaxed and don’t seem to care about this fan unrest.

Shad

Fuck off Emery, Raul, Edu, Chips, the groundsman and the fucking waterboy!

grooveýdaddy

Tr4phy

Spanishdave

Poch knew he was to be sacked and something was very wrong at Spurs, so why wouldn’t he come to us?
If he resigned from Spurs and came to us it would be different.
He may need a break though so maybe Freddie until Jan and then Poch.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Pedro…

I for one couldn’t care less what the club do,
They have lost me, rich men whining that other rich men ain’t making all rich men happy…

Fuck em.

vickingz

But what was poch’s style of play at spurs (his philosophy)? Do we have players for that at arsenal? I’d rather pick arteta than poch. Is poch really attacking minded? Defensive minded? Or just neither here nor there? If he couldn’t really do much with players at his disposal at spurs, you expect him to do much with the old legs we have at the back? Can he actually wrap his hand around players and man manage them well? He doesn’t look like someone who actually lifts up his players when they are down. Arteta, though untested with Freddie, bring… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Peter has a way of winning you over doesn’t he? Per Mertersacker? The tallest, most rubbish header of a ball in history. But, he’s the man who won us the FA Cup while having no liver and lungs (I think).

Never liked the player. Like the man. Seems to carry himself quietly and classily.

Artesacker?
Perteta?
Merteta?

The names aren’t landing at the mo but give me time to work up some pizazz. If I get the names to blend, I think we should do this.

Sackart?

It’s not rolling.

grooveýdaddy

LOL @ Hassenhutl not playing a back 5, but Emeryville choosing to at home

grooveýdaddy

LOL @ Hassenhutl not playing a back 5, but Emery choosing to at home

Guns of Hackney

We know which way RSCA is voting in the election.

Words on a Blog

Bankz,

“The board” have nothing to do with anything. As Pedro has pointed out, except for Josh K, they’re all powerless geriatric symbols of a bygone era.

It’s all on Josh, Raul and Edu. And at the moment they’re like rabbits in headlights. With Wenger Stan and Josh and Gazidis were “Frozen”.

Now we’re watching Frozen 2.

CG

A sensational and sublime post by our PedRo- and I off course thank him for it. I know he wont have anything to do with it- but there is not a better manager over in England than Sean Dyche. You can have all these trendy bisexual Germans and all their pressing fads and 10 principles nonsense. But straight forward and ego free Dyche every year and for many a year now extracts the most out of his players like no one has since Alec Ferguson. (He would work well with Fred/Bould and Per.) We are in the Cart. And We… Read more »

Words on a Blog

What was really obvious at the Emirates yesterday is that, whatever it is Emery had told the players, they weren’t listening.

An utterly confused and dispiriting performance.

Micheal

Sacking Emery after only 18 months exposes Raul & Co for appointing him the first place.

Henry Root

Very good article. I was in the North Bank yesterday and there was a fight behind me. Even during the last days of Wenger things never got that toxic. Most of us would kill for Poch or Arteta and I’m also interested in whether Benitez might be tempted back to the PL. If you can stomach Mike Ashley you might be able to function at our place. On top of the incompetent football and coaching the football is Sooooo boring . Emeryball has no signature, no style and no element of entertainment. This group could be much better without this… Read more »

G

Keep hearing how Mourinho will be bad long term for spurs.. But don’t think the fans give a shit.. Short term he will keep them right up there and win a trophy.. Chances are he won’t even want to stay long term anyway..

Paul Mc Daid

We are fucked as long as we are owned by the Kroneke’s, But getting rid of this useless pathetic bunch of geriatrics on the board has to be our number one priority now, We have zero leadership at board level, This foreign influence is also a load of bollocks.

raptora

Readthat Lucien Favre is getting sacked by Dortmund in the coming days.

Should he be the one?

Guns of Hackney

Fucking Dyche. Again!

Stop it CG.

Guns of sf

Great post

Guns of Hackney

Dyche looks like he would sell you a can, caravan or windows.

This cannot stand.

Guns of sf

Based on your outlook Pedro it seems Freddie might be the man

Micheal

Getting rid of the board is irrelevant. Kroenke owns 100% of the club and the board does as it’s told. If the board has any clout, the club would never have been allowed to fall apart in the way it has done under Kroenke’s ownership. The board has watched with a calm detachtment and done nothing.

Get rid of Kroenke. That is all that matters.

Guns of Hackney

It won’t be OGS. What a mink.

Ps. Phil Jones. Is still in football. That’s mind bending. He’s beyond bad. The goofball.

James wood

Mousett roasting MU.
Pepe should look to see what he is supposed to be doing.
Instead of all the showboating.

Guns of SF

sheffield just climbed above us in the table

Gunnernet

Freddie would galvanize the team. The smart option is giving him the reigns up until the end of the season. But then have a replacement ready. Dont do the same mistake as Man Utd did. Emery out now!

Guns of SF

the real power players are Josh Raul and Edu… Vinai in 4th place.

Its these fellas that will fire Emery- hopefully soon.
let Fred L take over

Guns of SF

Freddie will give us a needed boost. Knows the team , players etc.
who knows… what if Fred L gets us top 4???? We might just keep him on.
If not, thanks for helping the team Freddie.- always will be a legend regardless

its a win win for him
and hopefully he can get us top 4 this season

Valentin

Technically the BOD is supposed to supervise the club and act as a buffer/interface between the company executives and the owner. For years it acted as record chamber for Gazidis. However the BOD is now irrelevant as Vinai and Raul directly talk to Josh. The club chairman can threaten to resign because Raul does not listen to what they want, but nobody is listening. That just shows how disfunctional is Arsenal: A distant owner, the owner son popping up in the club dressing room after a defeat, a board circumvented by the executives, a CEO more interested in the commercial… Read more »

Gunnernet

Freddie is the most concrete and reasonable option at the moment. Stop dreaming we MUST try and bring Poch but wont happen..

Youngsters look up to him and has a strong bond with them.

Pepe will be helped immensely by him. They have had pretty similar style after all.

And senior players like Ozil, Auba and Laca respect him because of his legendary status with the club..

Apart from inexperience I cant really find a drawback on him

TR7

Not a secret that I rate Poch very very highly. He is up there with the very best in the game. Raul should invest all his energy in landing the guy at Arsenal. We missed out on Pep and Klopp, we can’t afford to miss yet another great opportunity.

Batistuta

Modern football is slowly moving past the whole “long term” thingy…Most managers aren’t gonna stay for more than 3 seasons anyway so it’s more important that it’s the people upstairs who get it right when it comes to recruitment e.t.c.

Gunnernet

The squad is more than good. What we hugely lack is cohesion between the lines, good communication and boost of confidence. FL fills the bill 100%. He is a beloved legend, will win dressing room fast and will help rebuild attacking philosophy again. He will instill team spirit in the group and all the fans will be united and stand by him. He is not a strong personality alienating players like Mourinho or Emery.

Guns of SF

Poch is great no doubt… getting him would be a coup. However, I do feel that there are clauses in his severance package that state he cannot move to a direct rival… would seem like standard contract language to me. So he might be out of the question. He also might NOT want to coach our team- I can see him back in Spain. I think the stalling of firing Emery has to do with something going on behind the scenes… I think that the team ( hoping) is speaking with other coaches hush hush I hope this is the… Read more »

Ishola70

Poch = “He’s perfectly suited to the squad” He’s really not. He likes to build teams starting from the back and Arsenal have shit in there such as Luiz, Sokratis and Chambers. Jury still out on Holding if he is as good as many fans think he is. Midfield he would want a physical holding player capable of defending. Arsenal don’t have one of these types in the whole squad. And the press? We saw small signs of this when Emery first joined but now it is virtually non-existent so Poch would have his work cut out to get this… Read more »

TheLegendaryDB10

Great post, Pedro. My big worry with Raul is that he has seen the shitfest that was going on under Gazidis and realised that the bloke managed to survive by doing fuck all. He must have thought: the Arsensl gig is an easy job so make sure to get top 4 and sit back. This “4 games to turn it around” bullshit reeks of a desperate hope that UE will turn it around and that therefore all our cries and pleas for change were in effect just “noise”. And to think that Raul and Vinai already think thst we are… Read more »

Ishola70

“Arsenal spent next seasons transfer money. Champions League is imperative. Chancing on a Europa League strategy is very, very flawed as we saw last season.”

Arsenal are not getting CL football again next season.

So what next?

Sell Lacazette in the summer to generate some funds?

Gunnernet

I fully agree but it is high time we stopped dreaming TR7.. Poch is the most optimal solution. But why risk his career working in a club that cannot win any major trophy at least for the next 2 years when he has a safe option of Madrid or Bayern waiting for him.. If i were him i would wait a couple of months, calm down then starting weighing options. We cant wait that long. I repeat we must try with him, but on the other hand we must act now, meaning we cant wait for him. Emery needs to… Read more »

CG

“”””‘You can have all these trendy bisexual Germans and all their pressing fads and 10 principles nonsense”””

Nagelsman??
Mateus Rose???

(Say no more)⬇️

_____________________________

Re: Dyche

(And in particular to G of H)

In the next 3 seasons we will have the equivalent of Burnleys Budget- so why not SD.

The art of management is getting the best out of your resources.

Name me one manager/ coach who does that better?

You wont – because there ain’t one.

We have missed out on The Special One!

Lets not the miss out on The Caravan One?

Danny

when we scored a winner, it was elation from Lacazette
———————————–
Winner Pedro?

Gunnernet

That must be the case Guns! I cant really believe that this lack of inactivity and inertia has been in vein.. Sth must be on the cards by now..

Ishola70

Don’t know why people are so big on ten Hag.

He’s blown healthy leads against Chelsea this season and Spurs last season in CL.

Why so many Arsenal fans like him?

Because it reminds them of the flaws in Arsenal for so long in conceding goals?

Guns of SF

Our squad is not adequate despite the new players Guen is not the answer. He is a spaz- dribbles all over the place. does not have any idea of an attacking tactic- looks for the open player all the time and does the easy pass. The rest of the midfield is the same. No attacking moves or strategy – we have little technical skill in our midfield0 including Dani C. The midfield needs a huge refresh…. but the real challenge for the new coach is how to get these guys doing much better. Our woes are directly related to our… Read more »

HillWood

Can’t see why Poch would want to make a sideways move to Arsenal
Surely he sees his next move is to Man U or one of the big European clubs

Ishola70

I don’t like the thought of Arteta because he was a typical soft holding midfielder for Arsenal who while looking neat and pretty on the ball was a defensive problem for the side.

And the club have still not moved on from having soft holding midfielders e.g. Xhaka.

But then again maybe that’s not a good enough reason to not want him as coach but the worry persists that he will just continue too many Wenger principles if he was appointed. Principles that over time proved not to be good enough at the real top level.

Wasi

Guys please turn on your TV sets and watch Sheffield United completely batter Manu right now.
CG
Chris Wilder>> Dyche

Ishola70

Union Berlin 2 Borussia Moechengladbach 0

Saucy Marco Rose.

Matt

You know how his ends…. Sanllehi dithers a few more weeks, the rabble gets more restless and then we announce Bouldie as caretaker, supported by the first class team of Lungsacker. Better get used to them shit sandwiches as that’s the only option on the menu ‘til Summer.

Dream10

Ishola70

Yep. Don’t think Ten Hag is for us. He’s the type who should coach top teams like Barça/PSG. Fernando Llorente came off the bench and dominated De Ligt and their back four. Ajax couldn’t adjust.

TR7

Gunnernet

I agree Poch might not be interested in us,all I am saying is we should not leave any stone unturned in trying to get him.

Globalgunner

Poch would be nice but it wont happen. If I was Kroenke. Id be sending my private jet to City airport waiting to bring him to Denver for a chat. But Stan is not that kind of owner. Realistically Id give Freddie the job til May and look to get the Wolves manager NES in for next season.

Arteta, Mertesacker. It seems the crappier the player for us the higher Pedro seems to rate them. Mertesacker the player had the heart of a new born foal. I dont want him leading the first team anywhere.

CG

Wasi

Well observed re:Wilder

Dark Horse this one.
Next Everton manager?

Good to see British mangers back in vogue.

Pierre

Ishola
No that isnt a good reason for not wanting Arteta

I dont know if you are aware but George Graham was one of the most poised, sophisticated footballers you would wish to see.
All flicks and one touch football played with pure elegance

Then look at his managerial style …hard as nails.

David Smith

“We cannot dither forever”
There is one man who really counts at the club, above Raul, Josh, Chips and the rest.
His name is Stan Kroenke, and as we know, he certainly can dither forever. In owing his clubs, he has made a career out of doing just that.
Raul may be holding things back regarding emery, but he will be doing it for two reasons, self preservation for bringing UE in the first place, and an attempt to gain favour with Stan, he will have learned from Ivan’s antics

Marc

I don’t think there’s ever been a PL season where you have so many managers at bigger clubs not going to make the summer. As it stands it’d be unbelievable if ManU, Arsenal and Everton don’t all change their managers over the next couple of months.

Ishola70

Pedro We all know Marco Rose is going to even out and finish around 5th place or if he does better than expected 4th. Our vry own Unai went on that unbeaten run in his first season at Arsenal. Rose has the same affect in his first season for a while. Truth is he has been hugely over-rated on here by some and the calling for him to be manager of Arsenal after managing only a handful of Bundesliga matches is crazy. Don’t think you were one of those though Pedro. More wait and see from you and talk of… Read more »

Marc

Pedro

The only reason that I can think of as to why Sanllehi wouldn’t pull the trigger is that the manager we want is not available at the moment and for whatever reason he doesn’t fancy a temp or promoting Ljungberg.

Marc

The Poch isn’t going to happen – he’s going to wait for either the ManU job or Madrid.

HillWood

2- 0 Sheffield

Dream10

Pedro

Do the suits want a guy who will toe the line or someone who has high ambition?
Arteta, Freddie, Bould have a reputation of being good coaches. Mertesacker seems like more of an overall picture guy to me. Not for the dugout, bit of a company man.

Samesong

We need someone with ‘Premier league experience’.

Marc

Samesong

You mean like Klopp and Pep has when they joined Liverpool and City?

bennydevito

Man utd losing 2 nil at Shef utd.

OGS sacked tonight and Pochettino announced utd manager in the morning.

Marc

benny

Not sure it’ll happen quite that quickly but your bang on with what’s going to happen. They could even promote OGS to Tech Dir if they don’t want to sack him.

Dream10

Bennydevito

That might happen in the summer. Woodward is desperate for ogs to succeed as he’s guy that be kept in check. Pochettino has a little of Mourinho in him, in that when it goes wrong he’ll set a fire to the place. Ole is easier to deal with.

Samesong

You mean like Klopp and Pep has when they joined Liverpool and City?

Yeah like Emery and OGS

The two managers you mentioned are exceptional.
Liverpool weren’t winning titles when Klopp first joined nor was Pep either.

Gentlebris

Sheffield doing United.

Soon all the entourage at United will go in a procession, each having a bouquet in hand and singing a sweet anthem with a great melody at Poch’s door.

Marc

Samesong

OGS does have PL managerial experience before ManU.

You think a new a manager even with PL experience is going to have us competing for titles in a few months?

Gunnernet

TR7

i got your point we are on the same page. However, imo Poch will bide his time choosing carefully. He wont rush. What if he is willing to join but asks for more time like 1 month lets say?? We cant wait that long. Emery needs to go asap. Let Freddie take over at least until then..

Batistuta

Tony Martial is one hugely overrated footballer

Edu me a favour

“ You can have all these trendy bisexual Germans ”

Hilarious 😂 😂

And I of course thank you for it ..

Samesong

You think a new a manager even with PL experience is going to have us competing for titles in a few months?

Not even the best manager in the world would come in now and do that.

I would rather someone with premier league experience come in and manage us.

Marc

Samesong

But who? I can’t think of someone who’s available, would come to us or is suitable.

Samesong

united 2-2

Gunnernet

What i must admit as well is we have missed Ramsey big time. He loved the club, great connection with the fans, would carry the ball at the final third and scored goals as a midfielder making as less predictable. Ofc he had his drawbacks being injury prone and so on, however, i miss him. Another huge mistake we made last summer imho.

And that one was on Emery also..

HillWood

Pedro
I am young(ish)
I have played Sunday League
I have played soccerball in theUSA
I have listened to Gary Neville match analysis
I speak English
I would be willing to take on the Arsenal gig for £200 per day
What you reckon?

Samesong

United players fighting for their manager.

Marc

Sheffield Utd fucked that right up.

Wasi

Some notable points from watching Sheffield this season. -Very very average squad. -Excellently coached – 110% committed to the cause – Not one player sulking , showing bad body language. – Hard Hard workers. – Each player knows their job and most perform admirably. -Fixed playing philosophy (from my observation it is following- Overlapping CB, create wide overloads, Good crossing, strikers running down the channels) -Very organised pressing. If you take on of these players and put them in another team top 10 PL team most wont probably even make the starting 11. But as a collective they are a… Read more »

Upstate Gooner

Hated Arteta as a player. The only one I hated more was Andre Santos. Having said that, I’d take Arteta over Emery in a heartbeat. That’s how much I despise our “master tactician”. 3 CB’s against one of the worst teams in the league?! Madness. The man is lost and so are the players. Give me Arteta, Freddie, Allegri, Spalletti, Blanc, Rafa, Jardim, Vieira… give me Sam fucking Allardyce. Anyone, really, would be better than what we currently have.

PieAFC

Talking about Arsenal, has become very boring and tiresome. I feel for Pedro always having to try out content out.

For years the frustration is paramount. How we could be so much better than we are with some tweaks at playing and BoD level, yet here we are.

Cue the same conversation for as many years until we maybe fall so far behind, we’re mid table or even worse battling for relegation.

Then change would happen. Money won’t stop rolling in until then.

Marc

Sheffield Utd equalise but now we have to wait for VAR

Marc

No way that’s a handball.

MGooner

Wenger is responsible for our woes

Yeah sure…

James wood

At last VAR gets it right?

James wood

Hill wood anyone who has an American connection to football does not need to apply.?🤫

alexanderhenry

GOH (from the previous post) ‘We’ve spent a ton of money since Stan took over and a small fortune just this season.’ None of it his money , all earned from tv money, ticket sales and player sales. Also, if you look at the Pepe transfer, that’s being paid off in installments so he will cost £70 million but arsenal haven’t actually paid anything like so far. Also regarding the BOD: ‘There’s a BOD. And I assume, unless Stan literally has the last say on club matters, the BOD will have a vote and I assume again that democracy will… Read more »

Receding Hairline

We don’t have a better squad than Tottenham. Tottenham have been rubbish in the league since January hence the sack. Pochettino never respected arsenal as a club throughout his time at Spurs, if he really believes he has outgrown spurs hence the sulking and relegation form in the league last season, and if we have really blown last seasons budget what does hiring him for us now? Can he make champions league with this squad against Jose and Rodgers Leicester? Can he even beat Chelsea to top four? Can he win the Europa league a competition he never came close… Read more »

David Smith

Emery is a friend of Poch, that, and a number of other factors will stop us getting him.
Stan has the final decision, but it seems Raul is a massive force in keeping Emery. I am sure he will do all he can to keep him until at least the end of the season.
Will love to know how they explain this lack of ambition when trying to attract players, or sponsors, what company would want to be say Guatemala’s official club spark plug supplier to this shower?

HillWood

James wood
Scrub the U S bit
It was 1980

James wood

Hill Wood youv’e got the job..👍

Words on a Blog

Sir Chips: “Feel free to our Wenger on me. But don’t fucking dare put the hapless Emery on me. That’s it,I’m fed up. I’m off.”

alexanderhenry

Pedro Excellent post. The BOD are an ancient joke. I flagged that on here about five years ago. Useful for cutting ribbons, after dinner speeches and passing the port around at Christmas. The only member of any use has probably been Lord Harris of Peckham . He was chairman of Carpet Right, so he probably got the Emirates carpeted at a discount. Also, thanks for highlighting the truth about this summer’s ‘big spend’. No CL qualification this season and next season we’re back to selling in order to buy again. Regarding your candidates for manager, I can’t see Poch taking… Read more »

Wengaball

Did some people say careful what you wish for once upon a time… Top 4 was not good enough. Fluid, passing football was not good enough. A team that, despite the austerity, always had world class players that moneybag clubs wanted to steal – Cesc, RVP, Rosicky, Adebayor, Nasri, Arshavin, Sanchez, Ozil, Ramsey, Wilshere and many that I am surely missing – that was not enough. Even the supporting cast – Sagna , Giroud, Clichy, Song, Montreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker – used to be pretty decent. But the so called fans made the atmosphere toxic because on yes, we were not… Read more »

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