The end is nigh for poor old Unai. Rumours abound about the succession plan. The slow walk towards a fat pay off for the post-Wenger nightmare hire.
I feel for him on a human level. He wanted to succeed, but things were never going to work for him at Arsenal. He was badly miscast and Raul has a lot to be sorry for.
At the core of the failure is a simple one. His English has been terrible; if anything, it has regressed. That he failed to improve on it over the course of 18 months is on him. Watching a Sky Sports reporter take the piss out of him was a real struggle for me. On the one hand, it’s really fucking unprofessional to do that to someone for a cheap laugh, kicking a man like that was cowardice. On the other hand, I can’t help but think it summed up the whole issue of communication rather well. If Emery had understood what was going on, he might have had a chance to fire back at him.
‘You stand before the great Unai and you mock my accent? Come here little bitch boy and I will spank you bare arse with my leather belt like your mother’s boyfriend should have’
The reality is, he’s at the absolute pinnacle of the game, he’s earning £6m a year… he’s in the top 0.01% of humans on the planet when it comes to wealth. If you can’t master the language of the country you reside in, you don’t deserve the job or to be successful. It’s a very important details thing for me. I keep coming back to it, but his inability to master the word ‘evening’ 18 months in speaks volumes about how seriously he’s taking his Duoling apps. That issue should have been nipped in the bud two press conferences in.
‘The Brits can’t talk, they’re language ignorant’
Yes we are, but if £6m was on the table, you’d have Big John from Mardyke Estate chatting Mandarin to his clients in no time.
This is a reductive line of attack anyway. Emery took the job, presumably predicated on learning the language quickly. He has failed. I have two cousins that work in the trade, they wanted to learn Spanish. In a year, they are fluent enough to have elevated conversations with my Hispanic girlfriend. If they can do it in the name of getting access to elite foreign women, I think Unai can do it to help save his job.
I still can’t quite believe that large portions of the fanbase argued language wasn’t a problem. Quite staggering. The internet will argue anything if it’s me. Poor me. But right me all the same.
That means the next person we hire is going to have to be a sharp-tongued master of the Queen’s English. I want a manager that does poetry slam’s on the side. Someone that has – I enjoy puns – in their social bios. A manager that didn’t need a ghostwriter for the best selling novel they penned on the side.
Step forward Steve Bould.
‘GRANIT YOU FUCKING DONUT’
The story doing the rounds is that the job will be given to Freddie and Steve until Arsenal lock in a new manager. That makes sense, it’s not a longterm solve, but it’ll bring a bit of spirit back to the squad. We might see a bit more logic to the way we set up. The fans might actually want to go to the games.
Then we have the familiar selection of names being pushed around. Pochettino will be talked about because he’s the obvious candidate. I would love him, he’s everything we need, but the guy seems like he has values and I can’t help but think he’s being groomed for United… or he’ll be eyeing the PSG job when Thomas Tuchel moves to Bayern Munich in the summer.
Allegri still doesn’t have a job, but by all accounts, he interviewed so badly with Arsenal the entire selection team thought Emery was mesmeric. Think about that. What the fuck did Allegri do? Did he pull out a presentation for Spurs because he’d misinterpreted the brief? Did he fart and acknowledge it as part of a wider metaphor about resolute defending? I suspect his English may have been poor at the time, which could ONLY have been a problem because Raul couldn’t translate because that certainly wasn’t an issue for Emery.
Big worry for Allegri is simple. He’s a big fucking deal. He is part of the elite. He’s unlikely going to want to oversee a major rebuild on children’s money. I worry he could be bigger than the club and I’m just unsure if he feels right for the brand of football we pretty much all want to see.
Mikael Arteta is my man. You know this. Question is, would he move midseason? Are we appealing after we bitch-slapped him back to Manchester? Does he have the stomach for the mess?
He’s a much-hyped coach. There’s a high chance he could be the next thing. A football obsessive, an ex-captain, and part of the most winningest machine in Premier League history (that plays sexy future football). You’d be mad not to want some of that Manchester City hot sauce. Aash mentioned on the podcast that Eddie Jones visited Pep to get tips on territory strategies for the rugby world cup. That’s how phenomenal the IP is down there. Our next coach needs to be thinking beyond Kola on the overlap.
There will always be a set of fans that promote the idea that a club can’t be fixed by a great coach. That is a nonsense and you should beware the pessimists. Wenger was defended for years with toothless deflections like ‘but who could replace him’, now look where we are 5 years on. Liverpool and Spurs, who were both behind us by a margin on and off the pitch, are now in far better shape than us.
Both rebirths started with an exciting vision brought about by two exciting coaches.
Arsenal need a vision. If we don’t make top 4 this season, a long shot at this moment, we’ve basically got the transfer ban Chelsea had this season, so we’ll need a similar strategy to move forward. Young coach, everything to prove, doing it with exciting young talent. Arteta is a great coach, no doubt, question is, can he be a great manager? I certainly think he has enough elite endorsements to be worth a shot midseason.
Fingers crossed Edu doesn’t have a friend that has a pal that knows a dog that has a line into Neil Warnock.
You can never be too careful…
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Emery still the here?
Benitez wouldn’t be a bad shout, I’d be pretty happy with him. My biggest concern is that we appoint Freddie as a “temporary” hire and then he pulls an Ole and we have no choice but to give him the job, and then he pulls an Ole-Part-Deux and it all turns out terribly. So much can go wrong with an interim manager if they’re trying to land the main job, and it’s extremely hard to get it right – if they do amazingly well, you basically have to give them the job or you get hounded, and then they have… Read more »
I think Allegri did a Ozzy Osbourne when he went to see Sony for a record deal and pulled a dove from his jacket pocket and bit the head of it (true story documented by pictures)…that’s rock n roll. Anyway, Arteta for me. Emery out. Nothing against him personally, but as Peter said…he was never the right man in a million years. Raul failed amazingly…and he’s still failing. This season is a write off but we must do our best to ensure that next season, we have a cemented plan on where we are going and want to be as… Read more »
“The end is nigh for poor old Unai. ”
Fuck Yeah.
“I feel for him on a human level.”
I don’t.
“Mikael Arteta is my man. You know this. ”
No, we don’t. (lol)
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11869686/arsenal-fans-criticise-owner-stan-kroenke-for-rudderless-leadership-of-club
Ah ah.
What the fuck did Allegri do? Did he pull out a presentation for Spurs because he’d misinterpreted the brief? Did he fart and acknowledge it as part of a wider metaphor about resolute defending? This little bit of elite writing is what Im here for. Keep going man. . Finally it looks like the board are starting to see what the fans see. Its Monday and Ornstein has not come out with his Monday weekly and some Arsenal news which usually is in support of Unai. Maybe it means that we really are looking at options. Right now for me… Read more »
I can get behind a Freddie/Bouldy coaching team for the rest of the season, as Pedro said the goodwill from seeing Freddie in charge is enough to stop the rot and potentially have us back challenging for that top 4 position this year. To be honest all names mentioned are fine replacements for Emery. Pedro alluded to it in his post but Emery’s mandate was to learn and continue to improve his english so he could communicate with all levels of the club a lot better. He has failed. I personally see no issue if we hire Allegri and he… Read more »
All these are meaningless if Emery is still around as the coach.
Emery needs to be fired this week before the so called board can be taken serious.
I will take Freddie and bould till the summer and by then we should have contacted some visioned coaches
Why didn’t they make Emery take on a translator, Jose was available for much of his tenure
“I can get behind a Freddie/Bouldy coaching team for the rest of the season, as Pedro said the goodwill from seeing Freddie in charge is enough to stop the rot and potentially have us back challenging for that top 4 position this year.”
If you think all we need to improve as a team is goodwill then you are in for shock. Freddie Ljunberg is part of the present coaching staff, funny how the mess we are witnessing has nothing to do with him.
Pedro, you’re right about language but that’s not the key reason he’s failed. It’s the complete and utter absence of man management skills. Emery hugs spreadsheets and cuddles videos. It’s all data and analysis to him.
I have said previously that history will show that Arsenal winning 3 trophies in 4 years is one of the most successful periods of the club. And yet history will show that during this successful period in the clubs history, there was this strange minority called WOBS, I prefer to call them KNOBS ( know nothing only bullshit) . The KNOBS set up a hate campaign against the clubs most successful manager who changed the way we played the game.. The media of course latched onto this sad attempt to discredit Wenger and in the end more fans were brainwashed… Read more »
Pierre
From previous post.
😂😂😂😂😂!!!!
Only you could write this.
Ouch! Now this post.
Dave Smith – yes agreed similar to what Poch did for his first few years or what Bielsa does at Leeds.
Receding – It’s not all we need but it will make a difference in attitude as it looks like Emery has lost the confidence of the players. I don’t know how much of an impact Freddie is having in the tactical indecisiveness of Emery or the team selection/substitutions or the captaincy debacle but I’d wager its not much.
I hope Pedro is right about Emery’s time being up, but there appear to be mixed messages coming out of the club, and I fear that his shambles might continue to drag on…
As for Arteta – a big risk, IMHO. What do we know about him really? Zilch. Lots of wishful thinking, not much hard data. I’d love it if the club brought in Rafa on a short contract, while long term options were being considered. I wonder if maybe Paddy V would be worth a punt somewhere down the line?
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You are right again Pierre but Wenger is now part of Arsenal history. Allow him to wither away at FIFA in peace.
I would be happy with Arteta , especially if he could come at Christmas or better still even NOW, with perhaps Freddie as his assistant.
Also what about Vieira? what do you guys think about him coming back, a greater Legend than Arteta ever was & already loved by all the fans , but no idea which one is the best coach
I keep coming back to it, but his inability to master the word ‘evening’ 18 months in speaks volumes about how seriously he’s taking his Duoling apps. That issue should have been nipped in the bud two press conferences in.”
The guy is a dumpster fire but i think you blow this stuff way out of proportion. Ancellotti had bad English as well. Emery is just a bad manager.
Like you peter I do feel for the fella on a human level…
It’s like Lennie Lawerence in his prime getting the Fulham. Job, just to big for him…
Good luck to him in the future.
Philip Auclaire has been talking up Vieira’s credentials as a possible contender. I don’t know enough about how he’s done in the States, but he’d be a massive figure at our club if his coaching levels/abilities are up to the job. I’d love to see him back at Arsenal.
“I would be happy with Arteta ”
I would be happy with anybody exepted Emery.
The biggest load of tosh you’ve ever written Pierre and that’s saying something.
Remind me again, who are the Wenger obsessives on here?
Peter
The club should pu5 a formal compliant to the premie4 and get the sky twT sacked…
Which presenter was it. ?
That is what I think 71 Guns, but I am sure the Board can find out how he did in the USA I have the feeling he did not pull up any tree’s otherwise we would have heard about it. There is no doubt he loves Arsenal & we ALL love him so that is a great start, & his English is good, not sure he knows the present PL as well as Arteta does , but I am sure he has kept an eye on it
Anyone but Wenger.
Anyone but Emery.
Anyone but Arteta……..
Give it to Freddie and Steve for the interim period and lets see how it goes.
Give it to arteta so peter stfu …
Lol
Pierre we did not compete at the “very top” consistently under Wenger We were an embarrassment in the champions league for years, what was it seven straight second round eliminations, some with shocking aggregate scores We consistently lost big games in the league to the point it was expected Yes we won three FA cups in four years and it was nice but that wasn’t the “most successful period” in our history Wenger consistently passed up on signing good talent because he was scared of raising the expectations level, he is presently occupying a ceremonial position at FIFA for a… Read more »
Pierre must’ve just walked by his Wenger shrine.
I think the language issue is blown out of proportion. Conte and Ranieri don’t speak any better English than Emery but they won the league title with Chelsea and Leicester respectively. The biggest problem with Emery is he has not been able to figure out his best 11 and best formation in 18 months. Arsenal players are used to being played in a defined set up and tactical instructions. Emery has played these players in countless formations and positions. Cesc Fabregas was a brilliant player at Arsenal but even he struggled tactically at Barca and that is when Barca under… Read more »
Digital bob i say get rid of the lot of them Freddie Ljunberg was brought in to assist Unai Emery, we got worse this season with him assisting. Why should he then be entrusted with turning things around? Because he won some trophies as a player? Get rid of Emery and all his team, send Freddie back to the youth team. Get in a competent caretaker coach or if we can get in someone for the long haul now and give him this season to find his feet do that. Freddie Ljunberg is not getting us anywhere on goodwill, goodwill… Read more »
Cannot fault Pedro’s post. Communication is everything in football. If you’re a great tactical and demonstrative coach in training, maybe you can work with minimal English. Emery believes he can communicate, he’s like a bad driver crashing every day and continuing to be on the road doing the same bizarre driving. He obviously doesn’t wait to see if his instructions are understood. He is a calamity, and yes his obvious pride plays a part in his delusion. Freddie to take over, I think we would see a massive uplift in spirit and results will improve .Bouldy will probably have some… Read more »
“I think the language issue is blown out of proportion.” Of course it is, Pedro is just doubling down on a point to say look i was right. “Conte and Ranieri don’t speak any better English than Emery but they won the league title with Chelsea and Leicester respectively.” Add Carlo to that list, you can barely understand them when they speak in English. We had some great tactical performances last season and Emery’s English was just as bad then. ” The biggest problem with Emery is he has not been able to figure out his best 11 and best… Read more »
Receding…respect your view of goodwill ljungberg… But he has the support of the players, and that is a massive gain to our current dressing room apathy.
He would only be caretaker….and it affords us time to get the right man in….not grab whoever is available as a panic move.
The language issue is a red herring, how many of our players speak English as a first language??
Communication is another thing, Emery either cant convey his tactics in an understandable way, either that or his tactics are just shit.
I’m going with his tactics being shit!
Receding “Pierre we did not compete at the “very top” consistently under Wenger” Which is of course not what I said, and I quote “Maybe they will now understand how difficult is to compete at the very top consistently” Receding ” but that wasn’t the “most successful period” in our history” Which is of course not what I said, and I quote “that Arsenal winning 3 trophies in 4 years is one of the most successful periods of the club.” I would suggest that if you want to make a valid point then it would be wiser to be more… Read more »
It’s as if the period from 2008-2018 is irrelevant for some posters on here.
It’s difficult to comprehend how such folk were not able to see “the writing on the wall”.
Emery is to blame for our current failings but Wenger and Co constructed a dynasty of abject regression.
It may have been pretty to watch on occasions but, at the end of the day, it made us predictable and a soft touch when it really mattered.
The fans are showing their frustrations and anger based on years of failings, not just six months of Emery cockups.
@graham,
A perfect viewpoint
China 1 My anger is always measured and controlled. I don’t react like a raving lunatic. That anger is about “lost opportunity” and some very poor decisions made in recent years. Pedro I have posted many times precisely what you suggest. The reality is we are not going to finish in top 4 this season and qualify for CL with or without Emery. In short term we need to stabilise situation and make sure that when we appoint a new Head Coach that it is the right choice and someone who fits in with culture of the club and is… Read more »
“But he has the support of the players, and that is a massive gain to our current dressing room apathy.” How do we know this? What is this statement based on? We have only heard things about Ljunberg from Saka and Willock, players he coached at the junior level before moving up with them. We don’t know what the senior squad think of his coaching abilities The goodwill of the fans is not what we need to get out of this mess, we need a level of competency. Freddie failed with Jonker Freddie is failing with Emery Freddie has never… Read more »
We have a GD of -1
Why is the club just starting the process for replacing Emery, if you believe the football tabloids?
This is now a failure of leadership. It’s stopped being about a poor manager weeks ago..
Spuds and Everton sack their managers within a few days of each other while we sit around hand wringing not having a fucking clue how to handle matters. If we had a proper management setup, Emery would have been sacked 3 weeks ago. Now we wait around for another 3 weeks while Emery convinces them what most fans have known for months. He not up to the job.
Is there anyone on here that can fully understand what emery is saying?
If so can they also fully comprehend what he is meaning to say?
To me it s an exercise in deciphering the meaning from a rapid poorly constructed sentence delivery. Players shouldn’t have to think that hard.
Not necessarily anyone but Emery will do. Those words were spoken before and they were not true then either.
We need a better manager than Emery. I’m not sold on Poch – his time at the bed dirtiers ended badly. And he should have won at least a cup. I am delighted we won’t be getting Mourinho. Guaranteed to end badly. Freddie as caretaker, or Vieira as manager… both are risky. If we are taking a punt, why not Dyche?
For me – Simeone or Allegri please.
“Not necessarily anyone but Emery will do. Those words were spoken before and they were not true then either.”
Bless you
Again receding, I hear what you say and its hard to argue against. I agree I want KLOPP MK2…wherever he may be… Loch would also be a big plus.
Just think freddie wouldnt be a bad shout as a temporary fix until we get our man.
I can only use the example of the Chelsea player that took over and won the champs league…
The Chelsea players seemed to love the guy.
Just can’t recall his name…its Chelsea why should I !!!
Receding – You say we get nowhere with goodwill but it helps, as I’m sure it has with Lampard at Cheski. Yes he has had to back up that sentiment of good will with tactical nous and results but the positivity around that team was evident from day one. I think we disagree on how much of an influence Freddie is having on the day to day running of the first team. As i understood it he was promoted from the youth setup to provide that link between the youth players ready to step up (Willock, Saka, ESR, Nelson) into… Read more »
Receding hairline-
Point remains. You took the time to not address the point. It is stupid to assume that anyone will do.
Freddie and Bould combo isn’t it, both these men have “assisted” in our troubled times, they don’t have a clue between them”
Bet you’re also one of those who thought Lamps had no clue until he was given a chance at Derby and now doing wonders at Chavs with zero spending
Would also wager they’re both clued up enough to at least better the offerings of your hero.
Emery’s pathetic English was not responsible PapSok’s maddening performance on Saturday.
At some point it was as if he was working in corners with match fixing syndicates in Asia when he refused to clear the ball and gave it to the opposition. We have to clear out half our squad in addition to getting the proper manager.
Many of these players aren’t good for any good purpose.
Wenger-wanger who our players love should be the last thing on our minds right now.
I know most of you love to exonerate them from this mess, i don’t. They are every inch as culpable and who they love is their business. They aren’t very good at their jobs at this very moment, they did not play for the shirt.
“. Pochettino will be talked about because he’s the obvious candidate. I would love him, he’s everything we need”
Pedro, this opinion is a head scratcher for me.
Five years in charge of a very talented squad of players and not only not a single trophy, but also a late Wenger – like title collapse in the league ( to Leicester) and in Europe ( Bayern).
At least Arteta gives you the hope of the unknown. Poch offers none of that.
With respect receding I think you’ve overstated your case, its all hypothetical at this point in time. I think we can agree that tactics aside, freddie has the support of the players more so than emery.?
Talking about Poch is just a waste of time.
We all know he’s not going to manager Arsenal. Mr Levi would will be the biggest fool in the world if he didn’t have a clause in that payoff.
Besides Poch has always categorically ruled out ever managing Barca in the future because he managed little Espanyol. How would he rationalize coming to work at Spud’s natural rivals?
Of course the club needs to recruit a manager/head coach who is tactically astute and gets the best out of his players but that does not mean that you bring in someone who cannot communicate properly with his players. Frankly there is not a half decent manager/coach on the planet who would not jump at the opportunity of coming to Arsenal. The club has a tradition for looking after its staff well, is a stable institution who have been longer in top division than any other club and the club is not short of money albeit sometimes there is a… Read more »
It’s not just language it’s team set up and tactics.
Emery has failed to understand the EPL, where unlike other European leagues has stronger teams many of whom are very physical.
He seams to be scared of attacking and taking the game to the opposition, so the defence sits back and creates a big hole in midfield which teams can exploit with freedom hence the amount of shots against us.
He cannot change and hasn’t learnt anything in 18 months, language included.
Really don’t know who can sort this mess out.
Going to go on record and say that Auba, Laca and anyone else with a pulse will be off sharpish if Emery stays on or Arsenal fail to inspire with the next hire.
No one wants to play at Arsenal. Except for the money and easy life…but no genuine footballer wants what Arsenal are peddling at the moment.
We need to inspire players with the football, vision and to show that THEY the player will improve at us.
A Freddie/Bouldy combo could go the way of Ole or the way of Frank. I agree with Pedro in that it would/could work till the end of the season and then we can see where we are. If Poch(incredibly unlikely) or Allegri(my 1st choice) were available and said they don’t want to wait then even better, go for them instead. Point is Emery is fastly becoming a toxic manager and if we need an immediate change while Poch, Allegri or Arteta want to wait then Freddie/Bouldy filling in till the summer is certainly a viable option and will stop the… Read more »
“I think we can agree that tactics aside, freddie has the support of the players more so than emery.?”
No we cannot agree on this,Emery and his coaching staff have lost the players, his coaching staff happens to include one Freddie Ljunberg
Dissenter
Unless Poch wanted out too, why would he agree to any such a clause you suggest Levy inserted into his pay off?
Makes no sense at all.
If a club wants a manager gone they hold absolutely no such a card as to dictate his future employment.
“Besides Poch has always categorically ruled out ever managing Barca in the future because he managed little Espanyol.”
Let him get offered the job first before categorically ruling anything out. If you believe Pochettino is turning down the Barcelona job if it is offered to him then i have a state i can sell you.
Spanishdave I agree Emery’s tactical gameplan is ridiculous. A club with the firepower we have up front should not be “outgunned” by the very average teams in EPL as we have seen in virtually every game this season. Tactically we have allowed every opposing team to ‘dictate’ tactics and the way game is played. Everyone apart from our Head Coach knows how brittle our defence is and yet we spend an inordinate amount of time in our half of pitch. Both Aubameyang and Lacazette must be tearing their hair out in frustration by what is going on. How many times… Read more »
Emery is a confused idiot who has zero clue of how he wants the team to play, we were meant to believe his style of play includes wingers and FBs overlapping and providing chances for the attackers and then we brought in Pepe and Tierney but the clown isn’t even setting up the team to that effect,he started with no single winger against Southampton despite having a plethora of them at the club and our play was so narrow and dysfunctional The Guy is utterly so out of his dept that literally anybody will be an improvement on him, infact… Read more »
Whats Sol Campbell doing these days?
He went into an already sunk Macclesfield Town and saved them.
You want a caretaker who knows the club, has the respect of footballers and more importantly has not been tainted by the current mess…well give him a call.
Not sure the club are confident in Freddie being a #1 for us. I like coaches like Arteta/Ten Hag, but they’re not for us now.
Better off at Barça/PSG/City where they are favourites 95% of the time unless a fellow super club is the opponent.
The club needs a nutter like Viera,tactically astute and a legend of the club, will unite the fanbase as well,ask him to watch Lamps at Chavs and give us a measure of the sauce, he would also bitch slap the likes PapaSok if he attempt most of the shit he does under Mr bland, I’d get him and see how far he can take us by the end of the season where we can properly reassess our options
Huh?
Sol Campbell? Nooo.
AKBs still praising Wenger’s 3 FA Cups in 12 years. Or his 3 league titles in 20 years when it was a 2-horse race.
The old waster even dropped £100m on a pair of strikers during his final season in charge and somehow managed to finish in 6th place. And he handed Ozil the most ridiculous contract in the club’s history on his way out the door. Criminal.
He belongs with the other washed-up crooks at FIFA, hence why he couldn’t land a job managing a decent side. Everyone except his millennial fans know he’s useless.
Could Pierre stick his knobs elsewhere instead of pumping up departed Wenger ? ( pun intended )
There was a time , before 12 years ago. Read Bayern. They understood Wenger’s time is past and said so.
I’d take Vieira, Wenger, Bould, Benitez, till the end of the season. I like Leipzig recruitment and Nagelsmann’s style of play looks like it will translate well to the PL. But, think he wants to challenge Bayern for a couple of years. Leipzig have the cash to keep him happy.
If we can’t get Nagelsmann, would not be opposed to Vieira getting the job on a permanent basis. Kept Nice competitive last season with limited attacking talent. Allegri wants a proper warchest, so he’ll likely say no again.
Six wins in our last twenty games in the Premiership!
Our owner and management team still can’t make a decision!
Liked the way it was put
“ Until the club, especially the senior management structure, is running efficiently, effectively and ambitiously then few other issues can, or will, be satisfactorily resolved. ‘The last decade, notwithstanding the FA Cup wins, can legitimately be seen as lost years, both on and off the field, when the team has not only stagnated but actually regressed. ‘To date, that is the legacy of the ‘Kroenke years’.’
Pierre
David Starkey you ain’t. Fascinating piece of revisionism let down by excluding key facts and moments from that history.
Wenger left 7 years too late in my view. His mismanaged decline of the club during that time has created the conditions for the mess we see today. He was the arsonist, he wasn’t Fireman Sam.
Emery changed the formation so often. I wonder he did the same thing in Spain. To do this, he has to communicate very well with the players. To make things worse, he became erratic under pressure. With his broken English, no one can understand what he wants. The result is this mess that we are seeing. There is some truth when the board said that the fan noise was the problem. On the other hand, those top coaches would not be affected by fan noises.
The Brits can’t talk, they’re language ignorant’
Yes we are, but if £6m was on the table, you’d have Big John from Mardyke Estate chatting Mandarin to his clients in no time.
Erm there’s not many Brits on more than Gareth cunting Bale. He hasn’t even learnt the Spanish for blowjob.
“But senior figures including head of football Raul Sanllehi and technical director Edu Gaspar have been shocked by the speed of the team’s rapid decline in recent weeks.”
This is a very worrying statement from the suits. They are not able to see past results. Blind to the underlying numbers we have been posting since last season. Not a fan of Emery, but Raul/Edu are looking like a much bigger problem than an underperforming
Freddie/Bould is a big fat no for me too, more open to an Arteta than that lot simply because he’s not been part of an already failed set up…. Ishola Did you see Ajax at the weekend? Lost their best players but somehow still playing some of the best football in Europe, of course they’ll throw away leads but he’s got them playing some brilliant football so not sure he’s just flavour of the month… Again, best time to have been rid of Emery was the international break but the spineless lot who run the club couldn’t and now they’re… Read more »
Regarding the language problem, I wonder how many of our foreign players speak better English than Emery. I don’t believe that’s his main problem, he’s just not good enough for us.
The language talk is just that….Pochettiono’s English is just as bad as Emery and he’s been here longer…
It’s the muddled up tactics and lack of proper communication of ideas that’s been Emery’s undoing
Dream10 – That is very very worrying, the writings been on the wall for a while now, I’m shocked if they are both truly surprised by the teams decline.
Good ebening, and Emery Christsmas.
Fucking hell.
Give it a rest Pierre. Constantly bring up Wenger or Ozil every day. Change the record man.
We needed change. It went wrong.
Had it been successful you’d have nothing to say. Move the fuck on.
Danny
Language ability isn’t the issue for Emery.
He’s just a poor communicator. La Liga covering journalists found him difficult to understand even in his native Spanish. Antonio Conte doesn’t speak great English, but Chelsea players didn’t have a problem understanding him. Clubs have multiple translators. Emery’s message isn’t clear (or convincing enough)
#stopthePierrebashing
(lol)
Receding,
Sol Campbell is a left field suggestion.
The problem is that it could go either way.
Good a la Macclesfield Town. Reach top 4 and save us from mid table mediocrity.
Bad a la half time against west Ham. Walk out in despair and leaves us worse off.
However I can’t see Arsenal taking such huge gamble.
“He’s just a poor communicator. La Liga covering journalists found him difficult to understand even in his native Spanish. ” Evidence on ground discredits this Led two separate teams to first time promotions in their history, Led Valencia to three straight third place finishes, Led Sevilla to three straight European titles. His problem here isn’t communication, not one bit. It’s indecisiveness. He doesn’t believe in the squad of players he has so he kept chopping and changing and now the players have lost interest in whatever it is he is trying to do because what he is trying to do… Read more »
“The problem is that it could go either way.”
Same can be said for literally every appointment in football, it could go either way.
Bare in mind we are talking a stop gap solution here, someone who has not been tainted by the mess that has been Arsenal for a while now.
Talking about Arsenal tactic of surprising the opposition by playing from the back.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/e0xa0s/sneak_peak_into_emerys_office/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Pedro
Another good post.
Poch coming to arsenal is illogical. We are currently a step down from spurs.
Allegri won’t happen. I suspect he bombed the arsenal interview – if there ever was one- because he mentioned the M word.
Maybe he laughed in Josh’s face when he was told what was expected of him.
Arteta? I’m into it.
An interim like Freddie is the likeliest outcome though.
The Wolves manager should be in our target.
He’ll dump Wolves instantly and he’ll improve our defence quickly.
“Desperate times, desperate measures”… lol
It is really amazing. Considering our capitulation at the end of last season and Edu/Raul didn’t see any need for a contingency plan if everything went tits up this year…for me that is gross negligence. While Spuds may not have had Mourinho in mind until recently, they were able to pivot and get their man and pull the trigger. We are a club who left a corpse to pilot the ship for a decade and yet we still haven’t learnt our lesson. Now yet again we find ourselves in a shit league position with our backs to the wall and… Read more »
Victorious
I’m confused. Were you not saying just a couple of days back that Emery should stay on until the end of the season?
Moray,
Actually it is very believable , that’s because we have a bunch of fossils as our BOD’s !