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
Best post in ages Pedro, good read 👍
Hoping the lack of action from the club is because were formulating or enacting a plan as this simply has to change.
Cant believe Raul doesn’t understand Emery is done, like us, hes blessed with eyes.
Wengasballs, who took us out of top 4 again?
Well said WengaBall
Halcyon Days them.( I dont know about you- I loved them : good and Bad.)
Wilderness Days to follow
Cyclical…
Cant be stopped..
Thinking outside the box. How about Joe Montemurro?
I’m still puzzled as to why Emery is still here. Unlike Wenger, he has no history with the club or bedrock constituency of supporters. The players are no longer listening to him. He clearly won’t make top 4. The football is turgid, lacks any discernible style. We are super-open at the back and struggle to create chances in attack. If no suitable external candidate is available, what is the problem with giving the Head Coach position to Freddie on an interim basis? Pedro’s criticism of his record is well made, but that really is only relevant if he were to… Read more »
Dyche?
FFS ! A cheap porn flick actor look alike who would on his first day request groundskeepers grow Emirates grass taller to slow technical teams passing game down.
I’m sure his calves are awesome but no thank you.
“Bringing in Mustafi and Xhaka kinds for 30 plus million.”
Both bought by Wenger when he had sole input into who we bought.
The fucking AKB’s never died out just went in to hibernation, I’m amazed none of them have suggested Wenger as interim manager till the summer. That of course would be followed by “who’s better or knows the club as well?”.
CG,
I’d rather Arsenal was managed by a trendy bisexual German than by an insipid asexual Spaniard.
Wengaball, or wenger’s balls
Are you for real!?
Rap
Why would we be interested in another failed euro manager…
Let’s be bold.
Sean d or Chris w.
No arteta.. a failed yes man.. only kept in job by his best mate, no other club in the world of football has looked or are looking at him..
No thanks. .
Words
He is still here cos they won’t sack him and his non English speaking entourage,…
They are learning English from a book…
By the time they have sussed two world , your sacked, is good enough English for me.
Receding
“Can he win the Europa league a competition he never came close to winning nor rated”
What’s this obssession with a second tier trophy?
And a Russian Roulette style second tier trophy as well.
The notion that Arsenal get back into CL by winning the Europa League is not only hugely risky notion it is also a defeatist notion.
https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/update-provided-on-arsenals-stance-over-eddie-nketiah/
There’s a surprise .
Ishola
The way things are going the EL is going to be the only chance we’ve got for CL football next season.
Ishola
“The notion that Arsenal get back into CL by winning the Europa League is not only hugely risky notion it is also a defeatist notion.”
It’s also a realistic notion , as it’s our only chance of qualifying for the champions league.
Pierre
Don’t cream your pants just yet he’ll be sent out to a different club on another loan.
Marc
After Christmas was/is the time to send him on loan , he has wasted 4 months at leeds when he could have been playing in europe and in the league cup for Arsenal..
Yet another decision that I queried at the time and has proven to be correct, whereas you Marc have continually defended this poor decision.
To me , it was obvious that we would have given him more than enough game time from August to december.
Look
After taking 7 years to sack Frenchie, let’s not drag out feet. Football is a game today no yesterday. Boot him out.
Its heartening to see RSPCA ain’t a footballing snob.
Why, Why oh Why do folk always need an erotic name and an exotic location
Pre Wenger
We were just
Herbert/Tom/Bertie/Terry/Don/Bruce & George etc
Sean..?
Sean Dyche wont win us the League.
But he will put some foundations down and get some drawings for the architects to have a look at.
If you dont give them a chance – you will never know
Man Utd gave Fergie a Chance….
Wengaball
For every Cesc
There were a couple of Sanogos
Go get Jorge Jesus (Flamengo) who ends his contract in April or May. Will win the Brazilian Championship today or tomorrow, won the Libertadores Cup and after the Club World Cup in December (Liverpool, Flamengo …) should be waiting for offers. (The Brazilian Championship is over).
At this current time Arsenal winning the Europa League isn’t a realistic notion.
Not with this flawed manager and team.
Sure the nature of the competition will most likely see Arsenal go deep into it again but actually winning it seems unlikely at this time.
And that is also with any caretaker manager that steps in.
Hillwood
I would say that for every Sanogo there were a number of cesc, rvp, cazorla, Adebayor, nasri, Sanchez, wilshere.
Pierre
Beware of LWB’s!
( Lazy Wenger Bashers)
Ishola
“Sure the nature of the competition will most likely see Arsenal go deep into it again but actually winning it seems unlikely at this time.”
If you take into the equation that we reached the final last year, I would say that with a competent manager, I see no reason as to why we cant go one step further .
Of course , if we stick with Emery we have no chance as he has lost the confidence of the players and fans.
I can’t believe one man Raul could hold us all at the collar like this. What qualifies Raul to do this to us? He’s not even an Arsenal man, he is just a Barcelona wannabe gangster. I think boos are not enough now, we have to stage a walkout at the next home game, if Raul insists on using force, we have to correct the situation at once. Wenger became authoritarian, but at least Wenger was a gentleman until power grabbing formulas demanded corruption from him(and I’m sure he’s very gentlemanly again), but Raul? A corporate roughneck who goes about… Read more »
The confidence has totally gone from this team Pierre and there is quite a big difference to last season where there was nowhere near the negativity to the team that there is now.
There is a long road back even to win second tier Europa League and with any caretaker as well.
Most likely there will be a few teams in Europa League that will take Arsenal down.
Pierre
Yes I know you would
Pierre
Eddie isn’t good enough and was sent out on loan so we can sell him. The fact he’s not getting matches at Leeds should tell you enough.
You seem to think we’ve got some amazing talent that’s waiting to explode.
‘And that is also with any caretaker manager that steps in.’
Wrong answer, Ishola.
All we need is a good coach, and we will stroll into the CL with the Europa shortcut. We need a coach that can actually dig in and win a semi or a final against difficult opponents.
Emery is a lost averageness, average and can’t do much even at his peak, but now he’s lost.
You can imagine.
bris
What time will you be walking out?
Wilshere. Do me a favour. One game against Barcelona and that Norwich goal….
Odd few MOM’s for England.
Lad was overhyped by all of us for years.
Silly talk Gentlebris
Arsenal don’t stroll to any trophy at this time even with a caretaker replacement.
Not with shit like Luiz and Sokratis around. Not with for some reason the over-rated Calum Chambers.
Not with that midfield.
No strolling anywhere.
Bring in a good coach and use the January transfer window to do some smart work in the midfield.
Move Xhaka on, and if Torrey insists on going, let him. Bring two quality midfielders who can stay behind Ozil and give him the platform to shine, like Cazorla and Le Coq did; and we will be a unit again.
Chelsea’s back four are not better than ours, but they have a proper midfield and we don’t.
All the major problems are in the middle.
Ishola,
Have you forgotten that we technically ambled to the final last season with almost same setup, blasting Napoli and in form Valencia on the way?
The shit show you see today is because the team has been greatly confused by Emery this season with the introduction of more of his ridiculous ‘tactics’ and eventually the players are no more listening to his Spanish English.
This can be salvaged if somebody acts fast.
Ok Gentlebris
Arsenal “stroll” to the Europa League trophy with omitting Emery.
Of course omitting Emery is paramount to any better chance of winning the thing but I just don’t think winning any trophy of note or importance is in the Arsenal make-up atm as a club as a whole. Club is flawed as well tbh atm and for long enough.
Hope I’m wrong of course.
‘What time will you be walking out?’
Marc,
Unlike you I don’t have a ST so I should be asking you.
You silly old muppet.
Man Utd gave Fergie a Chance ————- CG, Fergie won in Europe against the likes of Bayern , Madrid and Hamburger SV – a European powerhouse in early 80s – before Man U gave him a chance. How did Dyche do in Europe last season? Not very well. The only thing Dyche and Fergie have in common is being strict disciplinarians, not much else. If your idea of the game is to slow the pitch down by having taller grass (which he did) , or hoof the ball up the pitch and trying to score from set pieces then he’s… Read more »
We need a coach who has a defined system and who’ll train the players with this system. No more tinkering of formation. He needs to put priority in developing chemistry among the players. We have to play as a team. I wouldn’t mind we sell one of our two strikers. We could recall Nketiah back. Martinelli can also be a backup striker. This double striker formation is killing our team. Auba hardly had a kick of the ball in the last three games. We should play one striker and two wingers. We need to change Pepe into a team player.… Read more »
bris
OK I thought you were going to do something yourself rather than rely on others to do the dirty work.
https://youtu.be/l2clvKiIHjM
According to the papers, Spuds spent £25 million this week to change their manager, and I think this is number one reason why Arsenal still employ Emery and they hoping he can fix situation.
Jwl
I really really pray that the Arsenal bosses are still not hoping he would turn things around. That’s like waiting at the bus stop for the next bus when the last bus for the day already left. No hope.
If I were Arsenal, the decision to pick the next manager will be made with Pepe and his 72 million in mind. Dude can ball but his confidence is fragile as fuck. We need a coach that can toughen him up. Or else it’s 72 million down the loo.
Put Pepe in the right system and with the right coach and he’s on his way.
Are we sure the BOD’s are actually still alive given their known ages and not some kind of King Ferrante of Naples style taxidermist showpiece ?
Just saying !
What about Wilder the Sheffield United manager?
Nuno Santo of Wolves.
Not keen on Dyche at all. May as well get Sam Allardyce as well and Tony Pulis to complete the dream team.
Get Dennis Wise, Vinnie Jones and John Fashanu as coaches.
8 points off top 4 and 8 points off relegation zone.
let that sink in. i cannot remember anytime under wenger being that close to relegation after 13 matches.
i think arteta could return to everton. As for poch, he likes his own backroom team, so freddie could well get pushed out.
Pierre, Tony or Graham should be able to tell me when last Arsenal was on negative goal difference after 13 league games.
In 2007 David Dein resigned/sold out/was ousted can’t remember which. I went in to a colleague’s office at work (Spurs fan) and said I have some good news for you this is the beginning of the end of our dominance and slowly it has been. We got properly spoilt for ten years till then , and although Emery has to go it could well take several more appointments before there is any real improvement. I would be very downbeat about any of the current options. Poch is just burnt out at the moment for him to walk in this week… Read more »
Honest question, was Emery always obsessed with playing out from the back at all costs with his other clubs?
Just wonder if he is employing what is currently a disastrous policy of his own volition or he has been told to and doesn’t have the ability, or players to do so?
Give the team to Ljunberg. Emery is stinking out the place because he’s refuses to change his ways. It’s the same guys that has failed him every time. He subs the same set of people. I was 100% sure he was going to remove Chambers and Torreira yesterday when people like Sokratis and Ozil were stinking out the place. The answer is so obvious it’s ridiculous. Auba has no business playing out wide. Lacazete is more a playmaker/support striker. Why not then play a 4-4-2. Use any 2 of Chambers, Holding, Mavropanos and Mustafi for central defebce. Sokratis and Luiz… Read more »
This summer, Raul bet the future of the club on getting Champion’s League football. All the planned expenditure for the next 5 years are serviceable only with that extra revenue. Without Champion’s League football, we will have to sell our most precious assets. At least one of Lacazette and Aubameyang would have to be sold. We will have to lower our expectations of new players. We may even sell some of our academy players if somebody is willing to pay good money for them. So the best we could hope is a new manager willing to work with kids and… Read more »
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-fans-issue-statement-outlining-20951283
#wecaredoyou
Mokbel has spoken, emery still has some time, but they are now looking into replacements, temporary if need be and permanent.
Not quite Ornstein, but Mokbel usually pretty well informed, even if he is stating the obvious. He believes it is Raul, and Edu asking Emery be given more time, others want him gone now
Lol, nice picture you painted in there Valentin. Didn’t know we’re going to become Leeds mk2. Apocalyptic stuff. God bless you are not a nuanced writer. It’s either black or white for you. So you’ve made up your mind that Raul is devil reincarnated. Fair play. I happen to think we are not going to bankrupt based on our Summer buys. We might not be able to spend as much money as we did several months ago, but our Summer 20/21 budget will not be significantly lower than Summer 19/20. We lowered our salary expenditures which is extremely important. If… Read more »
Wolves’ Nuno Espirito Santo is only realistic gettable forward thinking Manager that clueless Raul & Edu has not think of, and I am 1000% sure Mourinho despite the dinner with Raul was a “Nothing Burger” because Stan “Tight Arse” Kroenke will not approve £15 million/season, and despite Pedro’s line of thinking about Maureen, I absolutely think he knows he is in “last chance saloon” with a top club who can pay and will be a brilliant appointment for Spuds! Forget Poch – why the fuck would he come when it is clear as daylight he’s already been poached by Real… Read more »
How reliable are Times?
Arseblog quoting Times that we are considering Arteta or Allegri as replacement for Emery.
Its actually too late. Damage has been done. Should’ve sacked him 2 weeks ago.
Raptora, I never said that we would plunge as low as Leeds. I said that our spending power will be severely diminished. Josh had stated that we were spending Champion’s League money while having Europa League money revenue. Last year, Arsenal made an operational loss. By all accounts this year will also show an operational loss. As the Kroenke are unlikely to put more money into Arsenal, those losses will have to be compensated by lower spending. Arsenal biggest expenditure is its wage bill. You reduce it by either having less people, (hence some of the people made redundant may… Read more »
Thorough,
Agreed. Emery has been failing to pick his best 11 for months. The strategy is off. There is no style. We are playing not to create but to react vs the 19th placed team in the EPL at home. Terrible sight to behold. We deserved to lose yet again like in almost every game in the Prem so far. We haven’t dominated a single game in the Epl so far. We gotta sack Emery at this point. He isn’t turning this around for himsef and for us. He just can’t.
Amazing that someone llke Chris Wild can do so well, and nobody even mentions hims or gives him credit. He has done an amazing job with the resources he has. Very reminiscent of George Graham’s Arsenal. And the fantastic atmosphere at a traditional old ground. Everything that is utterly absent at the Bowl.
Not that I am advocating him for the Arsenal job, but the fact that he is leagues ahead of Emery in managing a club tells you a lot of how clueless corporate entities (not football clubs any more) are.
I’d love to know where this story has come from that we’ve spent next season’s transfer budget. All reports confirmed that our net spend was actually £45m that was being reported in advance of the summer. Pepe is financed over 5 years, so less than £20m over 5 years. The Saliba fee wasn’t paid in full last season either, only around £5m was paid with the rest when he actually joins so effectively we’ll be signing him next summer and paying the other 20 odd million then too. With outgoings this winter and summer, probably Xhaka, Mustafi, Elneny, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang… Read more »
Into the red,
Yes, I’ve mentioned the Sheffield United manager earlier. Would much prefer him to Shaun frigging Dyche!
The Telegraph -Matt Law now reporting ,supposedly from a source that most of players have completely lose faith in Emery, and the situation has been made worse by Spurs taking decisive action.
Stating the obvious, but still being reported, starting to at least have some hope that Emerys days really are now numbered, whatever Raul may think. A manager as poor as him will not survive players losing faith
into the red
Chris Wilder knows what he’s doing and the players want to play for him.
Emery, on the other hand, doesn’t know what he’s doing and consequently the players don’t want to play for him.
It’s simple.
It’s all over twitter that Emery will be gone in the morning (betting suspended, etc.)
Great stuff for the fans groups to publish that article.
Just like last time it will either reap instant results or push Raul to corner and make him feel threatened as he should – which will result in action very soon
I love that the arsenal fans have grown teeth and are baring them
Just imagine if the fans had been willing to publish such letters 5 years ago, we’d be 5 years down this line to recovery…
Also lol at the BoD. Since the year 2000 or so the BoD’s entire contribution has been to sell shares. They’ve contributed and done nothing for us and can kindly fuck off
Gone by the next time we speak.
( tomo)
Good Ebening and Good Riddance
Raul next!
Really, as early as tomorrow, has Kia finally made the decision?
Emery gone by all accounts…..
Sources?
I’m not with these calls for Wilder and Howe. They are fine managers for the club’s they manage but that is pretty much their level. These guys bring promoted teams to the PL, keep them there for a few years and eventually see them relegated.
Who was the last English manager to win anything and it’s not simply because they haven’t been given the opportunity. We bring foreign managers to our clubs for the same reason we bring foreign players; we won’t win anything relying on English talent alone.
Get in!
Emery is sacked!
Announcement on Arsenal.com before noon today!
If he’s gone, which sounds likely, the irony of it all will be that what has galvanised the nowhere men of Arsenal won’t have been his glaring inadequacies but the move by Spurs, poaching Raul’s favoured option, and showing him up as a useless ditherer.
Even more irony if they got Poch, but I can’t believe he would fancy it so soon. He clearly needs some time off to recharge.
Thanks for the Emery’s
But will they get it right next time?
Is he gone ?
On the plus side, if Sir Chips resigns from the BoD, it does give us the opportunity to bring in Sir David Attenborough to replace him.
Joe Lewis is selling Spurs to Robert Kraft and family, owner of New England Patriots.
That is a pretty big deal. They bought Patriots in the mid 90s and turned them into the biggest American sports franchise.
ENIC, Kraft’s company has informed its shareholders of the deal.
He has to be gone soon, can’t fix whats broken from supporter to apparently the players. All asking WTF is the man still in charge for? None of us understand the vision, now a huge ask from Raul to the mainline Arsenal supporter to endure any more of Unai Emery. He’s been appalling since the end of March. For me a left field hire that never made sense with what this club could of done post Wenger, that falls on Gazidis, Sven and Raul. More important is what comes next and how its all dealt with now that the shine… Read more »
heh it finally happened huh?
should’ve done that back in Baku the incompetent fucks
China “Just imagine if the fans had been willing to publish such letters 5 years ago, we’d be 5 years down this line to recovery…” Well, by your way of thinking, we are 18 months down the line to recovery… Imagine where we will be in another 3 and a half years of “recovery” . Relegation ? Will just add that our management team are quite capable of cocking up the next appointment, and let’s not forget , they are the ones who have brought in the new signings since wenger left and they will also want to retain the… Read more »
‘Personally, I believe the manager must have the final say as it’s his job that is on the line if the players coming in are not of sufficient quality or they dont suit the new managers football philosophy.’
I concur.
Valentin:”Josh had stated that we were spending Champion’s League money while having Europa League money revenue.” From that statement you formed all of the following: Valentin: “This summer, Raul bet the future of the club on getting Champion’s League football. All the planned expenditure for the next 5 years are serviceable only with that extra revenue.Without Champion’s League football, we will have to sell our most precious assets. At least one of Lacazette and Aubameyang would have to be sold. We will have to lower our expectations of new players. We may even sell some of our academy players if… Read more »
https://twitter.com/PatrickTimmons1/status/1198577967720476673
“Graph showing how many shots Arsenal have taken per season as opposed to their opponents.”
From 170 more shots taken than the opposition in Wenger’s last season, to 32 and 56 less shots taken than the opposition in the 2 years under Emery. Shocking stats coming from everywhere. I hope Emery’s pathetic reign is finally coming to an end. Good guy but so far from the right person.
False alarm, people of Emery. Your man is not sacked yet.
Maybe I should quit the Emery vigil now, I’m not responding to it very well.
Pierre if we’d hypothetically binned wenger 5 years ago and hypothetically had an emery style disaster the following year, we would still be about to hire our next manager but with more cash, in the bank more prestige (from missing CL for only a single season under Emery) as opposed to multiple seasons under wenger and emery. That’s better if you ask me. As well if we’d done it five years ago we’d have had more chance of getting someone like pep or Klopp depending on timing. We can’t hide behind emery being trash and the senior managers being trash… Read more »
Raptora, the club spent next years transfer budget last summer.
They need CL or we’re fucked. Valentin is right.
Pedro if we already spent next years transfer budget then what of the supposed 50m odd bid for upemecano near the end of the window?
Either that bid didn’t happen / we do have money (or some method of spending without breaching FFP)
Not all the info can be correct simultaneously…
If we really do need cL football then Raul is the biggest form going to keep standing behind emery as we fall farther and farther off the pace with zero chance of a revival
Sir chips need a voice now 😅😅😅 couldn’t make this up. Chief AKB is hurt
Tbh I’m not sure how fucked we can really be. Let’s imagine a worst case scenario where we need to sell auba for around 60m to make up for our fuck ups. Okay so we still have laca as first choice and Martinelli backup. It’s hardly panic stations. We have Saliba coming in at Cb and presumably a better coach can get 15% more out of the other existing defenders apart from probably Sok and Mustafi who shouldn’t be in the team next year anyway The only gaping hole in the squad is CM where we all want an elite… Read more »
Yeah sorry Pedro but you need to beat raptora’s post with numbers rather than a ‘just no’ type response
Buying a beast CM with defensive prowess is the only hard requirement alongside having a quality manager to make this a very good first 11. Ofc an elite CB as well would be fabulous but we will see if Saliba is up to much onnthat front next season
Outside of that just 2 or so bargain under the radar type signings would be very adequate if the remaining funds are consequently stretched
My personal feeling is that when Raul and Edu say “Give Emery more time”, what they really meant is “Give us more time to find a replacement”.
China1 It really depends on the formation. If we play a 4-3-3- or a 4-2-3-1, there is currently a void on the left-wing where Iwobi used to play. I am not sure if the youngsters like Saka and Nelson are ready to start for it. Aubameyang plays there but like Martinelli, he is too good of a CF. The centre position feels more stable as I think we do have a stable of mids there and that it is Emery that undermines their performance. Personally, I think another coach can get a lot more value from these crop. Willock, Torreira,… Read more »
Well xhaka is highly limited but the others can all improve in the right tactical setup and alongside the right team mates
Dark Hei whilst the players matter hugely, it’s not the primary reason why our wing play sucks
We have pepe as well who also is struggling. It’s not for lack of ability, it’s due to a system that spends most of its time arsing around nearer our own goal, and with huge gaps between defense midfield and attack.
You could put Neymar on our left wing and he’d look out of his comfort zone
If the setup and tactics are trash then the players too will look so
Someone please tell me the good news.
Have aliens finally landed?