Don Raul deals with the ‘noise’ of an empty stadium

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Well, the absolute worst outcome for Arsenal happened last night, we played our best striker in a dud game, against a terrible Frankfurt side, and managed to lose. Unai Emery stood on the sidelines like he was 40 feet from his front door watching the police remove his PC in plastic bags. He knows what’s coming, so do the fans.

The Emirates was painfully empty, even when you factor in the Frankfurt ticketing issues, it was embarrassing. No one wanted to be there. I had friends in chat groups desperately trying to give tickets away before the game to no avail. Last night felt like an end-of-days scenario for the manager… the players delivered a performance to match the feeling. Raul was right, the ‘noise’ of the fans did pass, because no one cared enough to show up.

Those that did dealt with familiar themes.

  • We tanked a lead, again
  • Emery insisted on starting Xhaka, again (makes error). Worse, he was all smiles and jokes with the Frankfurt players after the game. Get him out of the club immediately. He’s a disgrace.
  • Brings on Ozil to save game (told the press a month ago he wanted rid)
  • 2-1 down, last roll of the dice, he brings on Torreira (Pepe on the bench)

We could dive into the details of the match, but why bother? We know Emery is finished. Let’s talk about what is next instead, it’s far more urgent.

Raul is bad for Arsenal. He is going to try with all his might to move us down a path that suits his agenda. Everyone who matters at Arsenal knows this.

He’s not Arsenal material I’m afraid, so as supporters, we need to be very alert to what’s coming next, because if it suits him, it’s likely not good for us.

Emery was his idea. Sven left because of his ‘contacts’ approach. We made some very bad decisions this summer on his say so. Judge a man by his actions. Those actions in the cold light of day do not look good.

The next moves he’s hyping look even worse.

Ignore the nonsense coming from Wolves PR team. Nuno is on the Arsenal shortlist because of his relationship with Raul. Move past the bullshit notion that he wouldn’t take the job. We’re the biggest offer that’d ever go near him, there’s simply no chance he’d pass on it because he has ‘good vibes’ with his Wolverhampton squad.

Pay attention to Kike Marin reporting that Enrique is being seduced by a big club, it’s likely Arsenal because we’re in a contacts kind of world. We shouldn’t be giving him the time of day. No one in Europe touched him because he’s expensive and he has a poor reputation despite winning trophies at Barcelona. This is the same issue we had with Emery winning the league with PSG, you look at the wiki page and it excites you, read what the fans and press wrote at the time and it’s a different story. The idea that we’ll hire him after he fails at next years championships with Spain is quite frankly embarrassing. Being Raul’s mate should not be part of the equation, we should stop hiring managers other clubs don’t want.

‘Contacts’ recruitment isn’t good for Arsenal. It’s backroom deals. It’s jobs for the boys. It’s not how professional outfits operate because it removes merit from the equation. I know the ‘who you know’ approach happens in many walks of business, it’s gross regardless, it’s unprofessional, and it’s becoming rarer because it has a deeply negative impact on the culture of a business.

Sport should be the purest form of meritocracy, especially if you’re pushing the idea of an elite performance culture. Why would any player perform to the best of their ability if they had even the slightest suspicion that a teammate who was competing with them was getting preferential treatment because of their agent?

Now imagine the squad know the manager is there because they are pals with Jorge Mendes? Horrifying.

Our next appointment should be made against a strict set of guidelines, one of them should be that no one we bring in should be as deeply tangled in super-agent gunk as Nuno. He’s a no-go. We are too big to be beholden to the whims of a manager that will always have deeper loyalties to his agent than the club. Outside just the agent ties, why would you want to be making an appointment Everton fans would find bland?

Thankfully, most of you understand that this move is a terrible idea. Your response to the blog yesterday gave me hope (read if you didn’t). It showed that 99% of Gooners understand that values are hugely important, even if they have been used to defend mediocrity over the past 10 years. It also showed that together, we will go to war to make sure we’re not turned into a 90s Liverpool by grifters with no love for the club DNA.

Know this, there is a battle underway for the soul of Arsenal.

Take your eye off the ball for a minute and we’re fucked. We have to be vigilant when names are thrown our way. We have to use the power of Arsenal internet to call bullshit if we see something that looks off-key. So make Raul an agenda point with journalists. Tweet the bloggers when you see something that looks ghastly. Remember, the Arsenal agenda is set by the fans because you’re the people clicking adverts. The big publishers will follow your lead. Don’t let up. You have a part to play in making sure Arsenal are not dragged into the swamp.

Right, that’s me done. More tomorrow. x

 

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Ishola70

Anyone that wants to call the next appointment right in regards whether he is a success or not just wait and see what occurs under him in the first main transfer window next summer.

Un na naai

Receding

Oh bore off
This is the best arsenal related news since we beta Chelsea in the cup final and you’re on here warning of the dangers of a bad appointment??
It can’t get any worse than it already is
Worse form for decades and here you are trying to save face for backing a failure. A real failure too. The type you attempted to paint wenger as.

Anyway, rejoice!! Alas we are free of the doom

peanuts&monkeys

Its over to you now , Auba!

Champagne charlie

Max Allegri ‘wants’ the Arsenal job according to Sky.

I’m a huge Allegri fan, but 18 months on and a couple of steps back, I do wonder if his ability to communicate isn’t of the required level needed immediately.

We’re in a bit of a desperate state, I think there’s a lot of value in someone that knows the league, commands the language, and has the shoulders to bear the responsibility.

That said….he’s a brilliant coach and I’m splitting hairs here and talking absolute best fits for the moment as I see it.

PieAFC

It’s been done.

Now let’s get behind Freddie and the players and move forward.

Guns of Brixton

Poch , Allegri , Ancelotti ….

Pierre

Fingers furnell
“Bertie Mee’s time did the incredible, I watched the incredibles, it is now incredible that such a huge football club lies in ruins at the feet of its owners.”

There’s an incredible amount of “incredibles ” there .

Emiratesstroller

One of the major issues now is who will make the decision on who will be responsible for appointing the new Head Coach. In normal circumstances it should be the Owner and/or his son Josh advised by the Board of Directors. It is clear that the current Board have been sidelined from process of making appointments based on rumours that Chair is considering resigning and since departure of Gazidis who as CEO sat on Board. The AST has expressed concern about the makeup of the current Board and I concur with that view. It is too old and there is… Read more »

Valentin

Was I the only one who saw all Aubameyang flick as proof that he was uninterested in the game overall. Never put himself in danger of getting kicked. He never go for 50-50 ball, but yesterday it was really like he could not be bothered to even go for 30-70 ball. In fact from the starting 11 the only players who showed remotely interest were Martinelli, Willock , Saka, Martinez and Xhaka. Xhaka got injured after a bad touch and soldiered on. He should be commended for that, even if it was a stupid move as it was clear its… Read more »

Dream10

Journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi of French broadcaster RMC tweeting that Nuno is very much the priority for Arsenal. Talks are already on.

Allegri the bookies favourite? He previously rejected us in 2018. Since then we’re a worse side having spent money. Budget will be tighter now than back then. Some combination of PSG,.Man Utd, Barça, Real, Bayern, City and Juventus will be looking for new management. Why sign with us in the Europa League when he could be making 15m a year and spending 200m every summer with no restrictions?

Samesong

Our father who art at Arsenal, Eddie Howe be they name. Thy Allegri come, Thy Arteta be done. On earth as in Freddie Ljungberg. Forgive us our Emery, As we forgive those who Emery against us. In Nuno Espirito Santo. Henry.

Found this funny on Twitter

Micheal

The timing of the dismissal is imortant because Freddie has three fairly straightforward fixtures to things in place before we meet Man City.

Thursday next (Dec 5) Brighton at home, West Ham at home on Monday Dec 9 and Standard Liege away on Thursday Dec 12. All winnable.

gambon

Im not liking the talk of Nuno. Hes just a good mid table manager that looks like Brian Blessed For me there are 3 obvious choices: Max Allegri – the highest calibre option. Would improve the shocking defence almost certainly. Pochettino – the PL experienced option. People may call him a bottler, but lets be honest, trophies arent the aim right now. Getting back into the top 4 is the only real goal. He would be a great option for this. Arteta – the unknown quantity. He’s highly thought of in the game, and has learned from the best. Outside… Read more »

Leedsgunner

Note to the new manager whoever it may be.

Could we bring in a new spine please?

Get rid of Xhaka, Mustafi and Sokratis…

Good news is we’re probably going to strengthen in January if a new man comes in permanently.

BacaryisGod

I honestly don’t like any of the candidates who might be available right now. Allegri: Never coached outside Italy and we have no Italian players. Next. Ancelloti: Hard to dislike, but he’s struggling with Napoli in Serie A and there was a lot of negativity around his time at Bayern. Arteta: Let him manage a good club first. Nuno: He needs more than a couple of overachieving years at Wolves. Poch: Give the man a long break. He needs it. I’m fervently hoping that the team goes on a big run with Freddie as a caretaker. Not because I want… Read more »

Ishola70

Micheal
“The timing of the dismissal is imortant because Freddie has three fairly straightforward fixtures to things in place before we meet Man City.”

Any away EPL fixture for Arsenal isn’t straightforward and hasn’t been for years regardless of an Unai Emery.

Pierre

Nu no looks a little too scruffy to be an Arsenal manager, he’s probably bottom of my list of the names that have been mentioned( even if he smartened himself up)

Can’t be any worse than our former manager though.

Leedsgunner

Pochettino for me if we can’t get Nagaelsmann. Knows all the Spurs secrets and it would wind the knuckle draggers no end.

Good to see you back gambon!

Leedsgunner

*wind up

TheLegendaryDB10

A mate at work has just pointed out to me that UE has been sacked. Good riddance!!!

Really curious as to to who will be appointed next.

I’d still want Allegri as his experience would command respect from the players and help to balance the ship.

My worry with Raul is that he’ll do anything to ensure that he meets his only target: to get top 4. That’s why, if Pedro is right, these Nuño stories can lead us down a route which may not be the best for the club in the long run.

TR7

1. Poch
2. Naggelsman
3. Brendan
4. Jorge Jesus
5. Arteta

Nothing against Nuno, he is a good manager but not sure whether he can lift the morale of our players and excite the fans.

Ishola70

Leedsgunner
“Note to the new manager whoever it may be.Could we bring in a new spine please?”

Everyone goes on about the next appointment which is right of course but what occurs in next summer’s transfer window is just as important as a solitary appointment.

Of course some current players will have to be sold on to fund some cleaning of the current first team.

HighburyLegend

“Knows all the Spurs secrets”

Sorry but it’s not enough.
Big NO to Spice Poch if we can get Allegri.

Nelson

ES

I believe that Raul has lost a lot of credibility when he said just two weeks ago that Emery is the right man for the job. I am sure that Josh will be very careful this time.

HighburyLegend

@TR7 : you do realize that Allegri is not on your list, right ??

Pierre

Valentin
“Was I the only one who saw all Aubameyang flick as proof that he was uninterested in the game overall. Never put himself in danger of getting kicked.”

I saw he was in self preservation mode ..I have commented on this before , that’s why I was surprised that Emery didn’t give Martinelli a run up top as he is the Duracell bunny who will run for ever and has defenders continually on edge.

He’s too restricted out wide.

Paulinho

“has now plumetted the club into depths that haven’t been seen for decades”

Not quite.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20474718

Pierre

Getting slightly desperate there Paulinho.

Ishola70

Well it’s bad enough Paulinho.

You haven’t really given your thoughts Paulinho and you have been quite sympathetic towards Emery.

Like yourself I recognise that this squad needs improving but really Emery was failing big time at the end there.

And it was all because the home form that Arsenal have been relying on now for years quickly collapsed and badly.

Paulinho

That one probably burns eh Pierre. Garlic to a vampire getting confronted with the reality of Wenger.

Receding Hairline

“Getting slightly desperate there Paulinho.”

No he isn’t

When statements like the one he answered are made they should be pulled up

By the way your earlier Ozil commentary was embarrassing even for you

China1

Higher ups always give the manager a public vote of confidence before the decision has been formally made to sack them. That’s standard and doesn’t mean anything I like that some big names and some interesting names are being bandied around. Contact with allegri and ancellotti I can dig Vieira is high risk and could easily fail tho would give the fans a short term lift Arteta is a wildcard like vieira and is supposedly very switched on Nuno I’m not sold on as a manager but might do ok Poch would presumably improve us a chunk Freddie or boils… Read more »

Gentlebris

‘You are comparing a born winner to a guy who has never won anything and you expect to be taken seriously’

I insist you don’t have to rub a carabao in my face before I consider you a winner.
If you could take a really average Europa league team to a CL final in 5 years while producing guys like Kane, Dele and others, then you are a winner in my book everyday of the week.

Receding Hairline

“Thank you Unai and Javi I’m sorry we let you down,” the 27-year-old wrote on Instagram. “Its our fault for not performing the right way, I’m sure we will meet again ❤️“

Emi Martinez

At least someone involved isn’t absolving himself of all responsibilities

HighburyLegend

Big, huge post to come from Pedro.
With a big picture of Arteta, of course.

China1

Also I would be quite surprised if Raul is willing to let his mates run the show.

Raul will be under far greater scrutiny than before make no mistake. He would be extremely dumb to assume he can just let his sub standard mates walk in the front door and run the show badly without consequences.

He can’t be dumb enough to be under any illusions about this

Paulinho

Ishola – You still think Guendouzi is an elite prodigy?

Our squad is wank, and I can see it that realisation slowly seeping into the mind of even the most ardent Emery-outer in recent months.

Until the recruitment team bring in some quality players with the needed mix of athleticism and mentality I’m not interested in who our manager is.

Wilder would be my choice. He’s probably got a good knowledge of English players in lower leagues that are better than over-hyped young talents from abroad.

Guns of Brixton

Its Allegri imo

HighburyLegend

@RH : Martinez is Spanish, if I’m correct…
Coincidence ?? (Don’t think so)

Chika

A poster who defended Wenger until the last minute, backed Emery militantly is still busy barking his opinion around and expects to be taken seriously. No self awareness whatsoever lol.

Globalgunner

China
You are married. Leave Brenda alone

Marko

Thank fuck for that. This is why I’ve been less willing to go for Raul’s throat like certain others since he’s come in there’s been a lot of change and a willingness to actually sack underperforming managers. It seems like the delay in a Emery’s sacking isn’t down to him being Raul’s man or anything to do with Edu either but down to Josh or Stan giving him more time.

Question now becomes who’s the next guy? I think many Arsenal fans are in for a rude awakening

Emiratesstroller

The real concern for me is that the appointment of new head coach is likely to
be made on recommendation of senior management.

The current Board including the Kroenke father and son have virtually no football expertise.

My personal opinion is that the Board of Directors needs to be upgraded before any permanent head coach is made and should include some football
expertise.

It would not surprise me that Arsene Wenger will be consulted by the Kroenke family regarding the Head Coach appointment.

HighburyLegend

@Guns of Brixton : that would means HUGE power and HUGE resources for him at the helm.
If you’re right I could even kiss you!! Lol

Ishola70

Paulinho I have said Guendouzi is a prospect but not one that would see so much playing time in a real serious side and that he has been a bright spot at times in an otherwise drab team. There is nothing wrong at all in those sentiments. I agree with you in regards to the squad being over-rated by enough fans and we are not talking here about scrapping into the top four. We should be looking to build a squad that is better than just that. Like yourself I am just as interested in future player recruitment as any… Read more »

Jim Lahey

“Question now becomes who’s the next guy?”

I will do it… I will take the ring to Mordor..

Gentlebris

I’m 100% sure our guys in charge will not rush this.
The earliest you can expect a permanent appointment is in a week and that is if Freddie tanks the Norwich and Brighton games. If Freddie does excellently well, things will be put on hold for further observations. If he makes top 4 and win the Europa or if he wins the Europa and give a tough fight in the league, the job belongs to him permanently.

HighburyLegend

“Wenger will be consulted by the Kroenke family regarding the Head Coach appointment.”

Why do you ruins a good day like this one ?? Lol

Receding Hairline

“I insist you don’t have to rub a carabao in my face before I consider you a winner.”

No one mentioned the Carabao cup, you compared him to two bundesliga titles and three german cups, Klopp also threw in the losing a champions league final thing as a bonus

“If you could take a really average Europa league team to a CL final in 5 years while producing guys like Kane, Dele and others, then you are a winner in my book everyday of the week.”

WTF

Jim Lahey

I wonder if Alex Ferguson has another couple years in him!

Leftsidesanch

Sok, Luiz can’t start for us. They are so poor it’s hilarious.

Cesc Appeal

The right decision has been made.

It looks like Allegri, Nuno, Ancelotti and Arteta are the candidates Arsenal are looking at.

Interesting times ahead.

The way the statement was constructed and the rumours coming out that Arsenal have made contact with a number of managers, I wonder if Ljungberg will take charge at Norwich with the new manager in the stands already?

Paulinho

Receding – That post from Martinez one went beyond the usual platitudes you see from players in times like this. Interesting and not surprising he sees it that way.

Jim Lahey

Odds for Wenger with a fake moustache applying?!

Marc

Pedro

Would it be possible for you to give us a few names of managers you’d find acceptable outside of Arteta.

I get a vibe that anyone else is not going to be “good enough”.

Gentlebris

‘I wonder if Alex Ferguson has another couple years in him!’

Good idea Jim, good idea. At least he would understand our BoD, they belong in the same generation.

G8

Anchelloti
Allegri
Naglesmaan
The Poch

Ishola70

Marc

“I get a vibe that anyone else is not going to be “good enough”.”

He’s that good that yes no-one else is good enough.

HighburyLegend

No needs to search too far to find Pedro’s favourite….

Gentlebris

‘Anchelloti
Allegri
Naglesmaan
The Poch’

Ancelloti has not won in his last seven or so games too!

TitsMcGee

People let their hatred of Spurs cloud their judgement.

Pochettino did wonders for Spurs. I’d dare say he took them to at or near their ceiling.

I’d take him in a heartbeat.

G8

Xhaka and Toreira can fuck off too in January

Globalgunner

Who else would Wenger reccommend but himself?

China1

Haha Jim

HighburyLegend

New post!! Arteta in!! Lol

Gentlebris

‘Odds for Wenger with a fake moustache applying?!’

The joys of Xhaka!

Danny

All this talk of Poch who’s never won anything. The bloke was just incredibly lucky to have had Kane and basically told him to be a selfish cunt and shoot whenever he felt like it. Without Kane, no one would be talking about Poch.

Guns of Brixton

@Highburylegend

Im holding you to that Kiss.

😂😂

Marko

Obvious choice is Allegri, Van Bronkhorst or Marcelino who are available. Shame English is a prerequisite cause we might have been able to target Gallardo possibly.

As for the Nuno stuff I personally don’t want him at all nothing screams out but in saying that how people can turn their noses up to him all the while talk up a Benitez or a Arteta is beyond me. His win ratio ranges from 51-55% and his points per game at his last three clubs is about 1.8/1.9. which is comparable and better in some cases than Benitez.

Gentlebris

Now we will know on Sunday what Freddie thought of Emery all this time.

Dplanet

Emery should have gone after failing to get the required points for CL qualification at the end of last season – and the shocking Europa League final capitulation. The rest has just been icing on the cake of confused crap that he’s been serving up since then.

Why are there so few elite (or potentially elite) managers in world football? Things looking a bit grime with Raul around. Nuno seems like a huge (and obvious) mistake.

HighburyLegend

Why don’t they sacked Granité with Emery ??

And a question remains after Unai’s departure : who will consolate Torreira ??

Dissenter

Why don’t I feel any elation now that Emery has been sacked 3 months too late?

It’s because I’m waiting with bated breath because it seems the club will bungle his replacement.
We are in for some time in the doldrums, maybe eventually we will fortuitously stumble on a good manager after several attempts …in 2027.

Receding Hairline

“Receding – That post from Martinez one went beyond the usual platitudes you see from players in times like this. Interesting and not surprising he sees it that way.” He has been the only one to say anything so far, others are hiding behind the bad man who has just been sacked. I hope his exit will unleash the greatness in them, we will no longer see misplaced passes , runners not tracked etc Like you said earlier maybe our new 70+ million player will now strike the ball properly I am sure the next few bad performances will be… Read more »

Paulinho

We need to quickly regenerate the midfield.

I would try and negotiate cut-price deals for Emre Can and Ross Barkley. Two athletes with ability. Both flawed but bring a higher level of ability than we have.

Moray

Bye bye, Unai.

Micheal

Sky Sports reporting that Raul and Vinkat flew to the US earlier this week to consult the footballing oracle, Stan Kroenke. Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Marko

One things for sure it’s a tough thankless job whoever takes over at Arsenal. Whoever comes in will absolutely have to gut the whole squad to stand a chance. Absolutely no way that defence and midfield are getting any better without replacing half of the cunts. It must be insisted upon. Doesn’t matter if it’s January or not certain types need culling and replacements need brought in.

Dissenter

Paulinho
Juventus don’t do ‘cut-price deals
They will make us pay through the nose for Emery Can…and the club may think they have to sell the boot load of shite we have in the midfield first.
Torriera, Xhaka, Ozil and evening Mykhi [on loan] have to be sold to free up funds for a midfield rebuild.
Ceballos isn’t going to be kept….he too is shockingly unsuited.

Gentlebris

I have this feeling that Freddie will blow up on this. He seems to have the fire.

shaun

with all the negativity and our previous experience I would say benitez or Ancelloti …Nuno no CV is shite , Arteta no again no CV as others have suggested get some frigging management experience and not just PEP’S PUP …Allegri no, no prem experince and possibly language issues for me Benitez looks the best of that bunch and possibly the safest bet and with a bit of backing could do wonders is a nice guy and will be respected

Dissenter

Receding
I don’t think any player is hiding behind Emery.
He really has been that bad in the last few months, mistake after mistake left uncorrected.
The writing was i]on the wall. Managers losing the squad is a cliche most if the time…this time it was true. Emery was out of his depth.
I fear we are about to hire another manager who’s out of his depth. That would include Nino and Arteta.

Ishola70

Dissenter

This crystal ball glazing of yours of managers losing their players didn’t encompass Poch at Spurs did it lol

We will know if the next appointment is any good by what he does in next summers transfer window.

Dissenter

Anyone throwing Poch’s name around is a clueless dreamer. You know he’s not coming to Arsenal same reason he’s vowed to never manager Barca He’s clearly burned out and needs a new experience in a different league or just some time away from the game. He doesn’t need to come to a club with a squad FAR WORSE than the last job he got sacked,from. Arsenal will have to issue very clear assurances to any top manager before they take on this job. We have very poor options in central defense and in the midfield. The club can’t just go… Read more »

Marko

Also Xhaka is an absolute piece of shit of the highest order. Literally not one Arsenal player had the audacity to even remotely appear to smile or be happy after such an abject performance last night except for him smiling and clapping with some Frankfurt mates. A literal embarrassment. Too stupid to know what the result meant for possibly the one guy who was stupidly in his corner.

Gentlebris

I think Mikki should be re-called, not the world best but he’s better than hoping Guen will create chances.

Binning Elneny and Mikki was a mistake, I think we got too carried away with Ceballos and Guen.

Then imagine binning Le Coq to now have Xhaka, binning Gabriel to now have Sok, binning Iwobi to now expect Saka to do better.

If we are to dispose players, shouldn’t we be sure we have an upgrade lined up?

Marko

That Salzburg manager should have his name considered imo

Valentin

Paulinho,

In that BBC article it states that after 14 games games Arsenal had 21 points. After 13 games we have 18 points. So the best Emery could have hoped was to equal Wenger worst start. However at the time Arsenal was in the Champion’s League. So yes worst situation than at the time.

Ishola70

Gentlebris
“I think Mikki should be re-called”

Arsenal really need to fuck off away from keep bringing in technical players with no substance in the future.

Mikki falls into that category.

If they keep doing it will just be a hangover from Wenger.

Dissenter

Ishola Can you just kindly shut your gob. You too were on the give-Emery-time wagon with me last season….and got off the same stance just about th4 same time as I did , at the beginning of the season. I see you blindly sticking your toy dagger everywhere. What’s all the puerile attacks at the likes of Receding for? Poch isn’t coming to Arsenal. I can take that to the back. Wanna bet/ If Arsenal approach Poch and he comes to Arsenal…I stay off legrove for 3 months. If it does not happened. You get to change that silly moniker… Read more »

Paulinho

Valentin – Hardly worst state decades though is it if only seven years ago we were two places lower in the league at the same stage and basically on the same points.

AFC Legend

“Allegri: Never coached outside Italy and we have no Italian players. Next” Seriously? Allegri has won four Serie A titles and reached two Champions League Finals. He is a TOP coach so this idea that he couldn’t cope outside of Italy is ridiculous. As for there being no Italian players at Arsenal, so what? If that’s so important he could always buy a couple of Italian defenders in January…… Klopp hadn’t managed outside of Germany and Pep had never managed outside of Spain, I am sure there are other examples. I’m fed up with Arsenal behaving like a mid-table club.… Read more »

Marko

I fear for this place if the next manager speaks Spanish that isn’t Mikel Arteta.

CG

Thing to watch.

Press Conferences.

Who is announcing Freddie’s Interim appointment?

Will it be the Teck Deck , Edu?
Will it be the Head of Football Operations, Raul?

My money will be on the patsy Edu.

(This is why Edu has been ‘ bought ‘ to shield Raul.)

Absolutely fascinating to see if The Spiv can face the music at the press conference??!!!

Dogs!

Pierre

Ishola
“We will know if the next appointment is any good by what he does in next summers transfer window.”

We have been told enough times by the know nothing’s that the manager doesn’t buy the players and here you are now telling us that he does.

Dissenter

Gentlebris
Ditching Elneny and Mikki were mistakes?

I always knew Emery was not the only clueless one in the Arsenal world.
How come no one was queuing up to buy either of them from our hands? We had to kick them out on money losing loan deals- we still pay the balance of their wages.
Both Mykhi and Elneny were mistake signings to begin with. One of the reasons why were are where we are today.

Marko

Blocking or muting all AKBs – how do these people still exist? – as well as anyone who retweets that fake SkySports tweet about Emery being dismissed

Oh Bam.

Dissenter

If the lesson from Emery’s tenure is that we English fluency is the number one pre-requisite for managing Arsenal….then we are royally fukced.
The best available managers aren’t fluent in English.
Emery’s problem was never the disfluency in English language.

Receding Hairline

“Ishola
Can you just kindly shut your gob.”

Don’t know what exactly is getting him all giddy and attacking everyone left right and center asking for views

This is a guy who thinks Nuno is pragmatic and top notch yet hasn’t answered the defensive numbers i posted

Dream10

So according to Gazzetta, Allegri has turned down the offer. Wants to continue his sabbatical.