Emery sacked. A disaster hire, but who is accountable for it?

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Unai Emery arrived at Arsenal on his 555th as coach and was told his contract was to be terminated. I suspect he knew what was coming judging by his body language last night. His staff will also leave the club with him.

The hire was a disaster from start to finish. Raul put the Spaniard’s name on the table when Ivan Gazidis wobbled on Arteta during the search and select process. In a fit of panic no one ran his credentials through a quick Google search. No one picked up the phone to people that had worked with him in the past. No one consulted the data people. The deal was rammed through at such a pace, not one person seemed to raise a red flag about his terrible English. Interview to hire in 8 days.

We paid the price. Almost all of the problems faced by Emery seemed to revolve around his lack of ability to communicate both verbal and non-verbally.

He couldn’t command a room. The man had zero presence. No X factor. People laughed when I raised that, but let’s be honest, if you don’t have an impressive stage presence, you are going to struggle to maintain the attention of 21-year-old boys in a football environment. Players ripped him behind his back, to his face, even Sky presenters weighed in on the action. Disrespect happens to people that don’t have the magic. Wenger had the magic, Mourinho has it, so does Poch… Emery is right there with Glen Roeder when it comes to persona and it dripped through every single press conference. In fact, I hear that press conferences were barely attended towards the end, that says something, doesn’t it?

He couldn’t connect his vision to output on the pitch. In fact, it was questionable if there was a vision there to start with. If Emery was good at anything though, it was talking up a game he couldn’t deliver on. He told the fans he wanted to be the protagonist, when in fact he was a conservative pragmatist. He said he’d fix the defence, he broke it further. He promised us exciting football, he emptied stadiums.

I wrote very early on that Unai Emery represented our version of David Moyes. We’re now heading into the difficult second hire. Inexperienced execs will clamour for experience over substance, just like they did at Manchester United when they moved in on an LVG that was well past his prime.

This is not the time for regressing into bad ideas. We hired ‘experience’ last time and look where it landed us. We have to be looking to where the future of football is going. If we’re in the power and pace era right now, we have to peer around the corner to where the trends are going and find a coach who can take us there. Intense possession-based football is likely going to make a comeback and with young coaches like Thiaggo Motta making claims about 2-7-2 formations and controlling the game through the midfield, the evidence is mounting. Huge focus will be given to off the ball movement as well. A new type of coaching where the spaces you occupy are the tackles of yesteryear. We are not big enough to make a ‘tried and true’ coach work for us, so we need to go where the new thinking is.

‘This is all so hipster’ is something I hear a lot, but listen, looking to the future might feel like an oat milk latte served in a ‘goat support’ cafe in Primrose Hill, but it’s not, it’s absolute basics if you want to succeed. Pep was lambasted because of his ideas when he came to England. The English press were literally slamming the guy because he likes to experiment and push the game forward. Don’t be that person. If you need any evidence as to why, simply look a what just happened to Arsenal after we hired a mainstream Starbucks filter coffee.

Arsenal need to be bold, we need to look at what clubs like RB Leipzig, Gladbach, Rangers and Chelsea are doing. Go young, find someone that can galvanise the fans with future football, let’s not do the top 4 equivalent of calling Sam Allardyce to move us forward marginally over 15 months. Bring in a coach you can build around, don’t let Carlo bring in 18 of his mates with a spice of football that was bland 5 years ago.

What is desperate for us all regardless of the type of coach we desire is knowing that Raul is playing a key role in this decision.

That man is not good for Arsenal football club, he should be kept in check by a CEO that has oversight on him. The Spaniard and Vinnai have been the worst combo since Houllier and Evans. Our organizational structure is meek and so is the performance of it. The lack of strong leadership will continue to kill us, and in times like now, we really could do with a CEO that has a clue.

Raul will be stacking the deck in favour of people he knows. He was happy to jam through his preferred candidate last time, knowing full well he didn’t have the basics for the job. The fact he’s pushing Nuno tells you immediately where he wants to take us… to a super agent paradise.

Most fans don’t want that sort of future. It might seem glitzy, but when you boil it down, you simply open yourself up to be a fee cow for someone that wants to trade players around their personal network. Those systems are opaque, they lack accountability, they move the club away from being a meritocracy, they almost always end in tears. No super-agent cares about your club, they only care about their fees.

That’s why the power vacuum at Arsenal is so incredibly dangerous because really, a proper CEO would be laser-focused on Raul after this debacle and the mess of the summer.

They’d be asking questions like:

  • Why did Sven leave?
  • Why is there still no chief scout?
  • How did you come to the decisions on transfers last summer?
  • Why did you spend so much money on a 32-year-old centre back?
  • Can you replay the thinking behind hiring Unai Emery?
  • Knowing the history of Nuno and Mendes, can you explain why you think this is a good idea?
  • Can you show me how much money we have spent on agents fees over the past two years?

There’s no one guarding the chicken coup, and that would be fine if you had someone competent running the show, but it’s increasingly looking like Raul is the fox and he’s coming to town with his mates until he spies another chicken coup.

Josh Kroenke, the man who told us to get excited, let the club pull next years transfer budget forward, and seemingly blow it on a mess of players. I cannot deny that I wasn’t excited by the moves, but I’m just fan looking at a tasty cracker in the desert after not eating for 10 years. Our first summer of ‘contacts’ recruitment has been a disaster outside of Martinelli. The hiring approach run by Raul was horrendous. This season so far has been handled in appalling fashion, from Ozil, to Xhaka, to the horrendous press releases.

Now we’re out here hoping phase two of the project won’t be just as opaque and awful? The very fact the club is only just now building a shortlist tells you all you need to know about our leadership. We should have had a name ready to go just like Spurs did. That there’s now going to be a fight to the death for the next name is exactly the sort of incompetence I fear driving a terrible decision. Emery’s form this season was not a surprise, we should have known it was going to end by Christmas because many of us were predicting that last season.

We need a complete reset. The club has to move away from ‘contacts’ back to the footing Sven sold to us. There has to be aggressive moves from Edu to control the direction of the technical side. He needs to tell us what the future plan is. Then he needs to deliver something the fans can get behind that doesn’t have the paw prints of Raul on it.

Manchester United are the most powerful footballing entity on the planet, they can afford to continue making horrible decisions with their manager. Arsenal cannot afford another mismanaged hire. We are on a precipice, if we make another bad decision, it could be curtains for us for the next ten years… and you know who won’t be around for the clean-up? Raul.

Be careful what you clamour for… this is a definitive moment for Arsenal, pray the club doesn’t fuck it up.

Good luck to Freddie Ljungberg.

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Marko

Wenger came close to signing Saliba.That’s because he’s astute

He didn’t he’s not he signed Mustafi.

Nelson

DivineSherlock “I am willing to cut Raul some slack Pedro. Reason is because he didn’t let Emery sign Banega or Nzonzi or any of his favorites. He has signed Saliba , Pepe , Martinelli . All point towards future . Made Emery use Willock , Saka , Martinelli and other youth options.” I agree with you. Raul has hung Emery out to dry. He didn’t have the players he wanted. He was pressured to play the kids. Once the performance went south, he couldn’t handle the pressure. He became weak and timid. It all added up to the rapid collapse… Read more »

Bergkamp63

Left testicleNovember 29, 2019 16:25:20
Confirmed as a terrorist incident. Probably one of Corbyns mates

Yeah, probably wanted to give everyone in the country £1m each but wasn’t allowed.

Chika

AFC Legend “Any employer bases their judgment largely on the CV, do they have the necessary experience. He doesn’t. So he would be a risk. Okay, he’s helped Pep on teh training ground and that isn’t a bad thing but does that means he’s ready for the Arsenal hot seat? We’ve tried one gamble, Emery, I don’t think we need another the clubs in too much of a mess. Based on mitigating risk we need someone with a record of success, someone who has walked the talk . As Pedro has said, there’s a lot wrong at the club so… Read more »

Chika

People who claim Arteta doesn’t have fear factor are the kind that’d pick a Christopher Samba ahead of a Van Dijk.

Bergkamp63

Poch would be great, especially if he succeeds and sticks it to the spuds !

Marc

I don’t wish Emery any ill now he’s gone but anyone saying he’s been treated poorly etc is way off the mark. Whethe Emery had the players he wanted or not the quality of the squad is better than what we’ve been seeing this season and constantly playing players out of position is all down to one man.

Emiratesstroller

I don’t always agree with Gary Neville, but on one point I do agree with him.

The recruitment of Messrs Mustafi, Sokratis, Luiz and Xhaka has been appalling.
As he suggests none of these players are improvable or coachable.

Our defensive problems will continue even in absence of Emery.

Bergkamp63

I couldn’t fathom why Pepe wasn’t playing last night either ?

Words on a Blog

Why is no one on here ecstatic that a a LeGrove legendary poster, Freddie Ljungberg, is now interim manager of Arsenal FC?

Words on a Blog

Un,

You’re gonna have to cut out your anti-Swedish political stuff now that Freddie is on board…..

Leftsidesanch

Poch can bide his time for a top job with a club that has a chance of winning things or he can stay in North London for comfort and manage Arsenal and have to deal with the delusional entitled fanbase.

He’s not coming here.

Rambo Ramsey

Lol

As if Barca would ever consider hiring the pompous, perennial loser.

Receding Hairline

“Sad day for everybody , especially because we let u down Boss,sorry !! Thank you and the amazing staff for everything !! You are a hard worker , passionate for football and a big example always , doesn’t matter the results ! Good luck for the future !
@UnaiEmery_”

David Luiz

I guess we can take that story about Emery angering Luiz and drop it in the bin.

The next few weeks will actually tell the tale of what actually happened at Arsenal, people see a downing of tools to get rid of the manager, i don’t .

Leftsidesanch

Barca have made several errors in last few years RR. I don’t personally see him going there but he could go to another top job.

Ishola70

“doesn’t matter the results”

Luiz is taking the piss out of him isn’t he.

Receding Hairline

“As if Barca would ever consider hiring the pompous, perennial loser.”

They have hired worse

The LOL is that the pompous dude believes he can turn down Barca because he ran around the pitch for Espanyol then coached them

Guns of Hackney

Has anyone called is ‘fallen giants’ yet?

I bet they do. Or ‘sleeping giant’. Love that one.

Gentlebris

‘Arsenal need to be bold, we need to look at what clubs like RB Leipzig, Gladbach, Rangers and Chelsea are doing. ‘

So we have to spy on great clubs like Rangers and Gladbach to find our own direction? Great solution.

Good post nonetheless.

þorkell einarsson

Carlo Angelotti is a class act and experienced
Jao Moutiniho from Wolwes for the middle
dump luiz and sokratis and if Auba wants to leave let him go and
bring in Nketiah..

Un na naai

Words on a BlogNovember 29, 2019 16:41:47
Un,You’re gonna have to cut out your anti-Swedish political stuff now that Freddie is on board…..

Words
I’ve nothing at all against the swedes
Some of my best mates from travelling are swedes. Just using current affairs to be winding FL up.

Un na naai

Guns of HackneyNovember 29, 2019 16:54:20
Has anyone called is ‘fallen giants’ yet? I bet they do. Or ‘sleeping giant’. Love that one.

Why’s that so funny? We are.

Guns of Hackney

Hiring anyone like Ancelloti or Hiddink and it’s turn the lights out time.

The next hire need to be a ten year vision.

AFC Legend

Chika. Fair comment. Emery was a gamble to me because I saw him as a cup manager – his league record is not a good one and his teams tend to concede a lot of goals. His only title was won at PSG but that’s not exactly heroic. Yes he did well in the Europa League with Seville but again this is a second-tier competition missing the top European sides. I admit I didn’t want him when he came but I was prepared to give him a chance. I haven’t changed my mind. We are a big club with problems… Read more »

Guns of Hackney

Un

No mate. That’s the kind of BS they say about Newcastle, Villa and Leeds.

If we get called that…we’re done.

Un na naai

The LOL is that the pompous dude believes he can turn down Barca because he ran around the pitch for Espanyol then coached them

And then took a decent spurs team to second in the toughest league in the world and got to the champions league final after getting past Barca, inter, Dortmund, city and Ajax

Yeah
Total dogshit
Wake up man

Rambo Ramsey

He mostly could, at the end of the day its down to the person to choose where he wants to work.

But you most certainly don’t hear anyone making loud proclamations about such, its embarrassing.

Graham62

Best of luck to Freddie.

Let’s all get behind him.

At least we will have someone who we can all understand for once.

Listened to Matt Scott on TalkSport radio again this afternoon. Can’t believe he still thinks Emery is a good coach.

What does he know anyway.

Un na naai

Guns

But we are. We have a 60k stadium
Money to burn (although they deny it)
And are London’s biggest team.

We are the epitome of the term sleeping giants

Freddie Ljungberg

Words “Un, You’re gonna have to cut out your anti-Swedish political stuff now that Freddie is on board…..” Yeah. That’s probably not going to happen, he’s too far gone to the dark side our Don is. Not sure why Raul gets so much shit on here, hiring a manager is never a sure bet, especially with a club in flux and a aging sub par squad, it didn’t work out, we move on, happens to all other clubs, doesn’t make Raul the anti-Christ. So the sacking took a bit too long, we don’t know the dynamics or reasoning behind the… Read more »

Champagne charlie

Tr7

Care to outline the next 18 months at Arsenal as you’d sooner see it?

Feel free to drop managerial names outside of Poch to lend some understanding.

Rambo Ramsey

Lets put it this way, you wouldn’t hear giants of football like Fergie, Mourinho, Wenger making such statements about any club or job opportunity.

Chika

AFC fair enough, although I have Arteta as my prime choice, I totally understand your sentiments.

Graham62

The David Luiz comments.

Sorry, but just doesn’t ring true.

As for last night.

That was Luiz’s parting gift. To give up.

Luiz is a disgrace.

Batistuta

Tr7

That’s quite a claim that we can’t still make top4, it’s not like we are 20 points further back so no the season is not a write off and the whole long term thing while a great idea doesn’t at the moment feel like it’s what we need… As much as it’ll feel like a great idea, we need to also recognize the huge deficiencies on the playing side of the squad. Not exactly a position you’d want a newbie coming into, might work, might not work either way

Receding Hairline

” got to the champions league final after getting past Barca, inter, Dortmund, city and Ajax”

Barca finished top of that group

Both them and Inter each won their respective home games

Don’t know where you got the getting past Barca and Inter narrative

HillWood

Right Said Freddie
I’m too sexy for this (temporary) shirt

Marc

Freddie Agree re Sanllehi. Gazidis and Sven seem to have been white washed out of history for their part in the recruitment of Emery. As you say recruitment is never guaranteed to work out. How often do Chelsea change their manager? How many managers did Levy go through before lucking out on Poch? How many managers have Liverpool gone through in their desperation to win a PL title? Unfortunately for the site I fear that Pedro has become so absorbed by his Arteta love in that we’re never going to get another positive post again. Even if we appointed Arteta… Read more »

Marc

Bati

I appreciate the squad needs to be improved but are you telling me that we don’t have enough quality to be doing a damn site better than we are?

Guns of Hackney

Top four!

I’d say we will be lucky to finish top seven. There will be a boost no doubt and we will win a few games but then revert to type.

Our players aren’t good enough. Or I should say, don’t have the stomach.

If FL can galvanise this team…he’s a genius.

Marc

Bati

Sorry misread your previous comment!

Wasi

Whatever’s done is done.
Lets just thank Unai for his Hard Work and wish him luck for future. Its clear that he was a hard worker and really wanted to succeed but it just wasnt to be. Lets all get behind the team now. Also the Unai Emery mockery has to stop.
#GoodLuckUnai

Gentlebris

‘The LOL is that the pompous dude believes he can turn down Barca because he ran around the pitch for Espanyol then coached them’

You do realize that Poch will eventually get the ideal job and show that he’s as good as Klopp and Pep, don’t you? And that all this bitching of yours will still be on record here?

Marc

Guns

It shouldn’t be that difficult to get the team at least pulling in the same direction.

Firstly drop Xhaka, second play players in their natural positions, thirdly get the midfield to at least offer some screening to the defence.

Guns of Hackney

Marc

The team is a joke. We are totally unbalanced, players don’t want to be there, players are seeing out contracts, fans are disparate.

As I said, there will be a OGS moment and we’ll have a cheeky run and then the wheels will fall off.

The players got Emery sacked FFS. They are snakes. Disgusting.

Sorry but this club stinks.

Negation

No to Arteta please. Vieira, Simeone, Nagelsmann or no one. Or leave the job with Freddie if he’s half decent.

Guns of Hackney

Simone doesn’t speak English.

Negation

Yes but Simone will come in and punch these lazy lot into shape. He probably has more drive than 75% of them .

Tom

So now that Emery’s gone predictably we are seeing the Le grove forensic accounting of who said when Emery was a bad hire and a would be failure. Admittedly I was late to the Emery out movement ( sorry about that ) but I’d like to remind everyone here that some months ago I did predict that the next Arsenal manager would be a failure too. So when the “ I said on here long time before the poster x, y , z this was a bad hire” credits are given out in six months or so just remember I… Read more »

Thomas

First they miss out on Guardiola in 2013

Then Klopp in 2015

Then Guardiola AGAIN in 2016

And now Mourinho

This club really is hopeless

Ishola70

Thomas

“And now Mourinho”

He’s embarrassing now.

Doing cartwheels because he beats a team like Olympiakos.

Shouldn’t have been 2-0 down at home to such an average side in the first place.

andy1886

Arteta was Gazidis’ man wan’t he?

The bald tw@t that got just about every decision wrong during his tenure.

Doesn’t give me confidence.

Just sayin….

Un na naai

Ah bore off man.

DigitalBob

Gunz – So what? The whole speaking english thing is and should not be a deal breaker if Simeone or Allegri are interested.

Emery was undone by alot of factors, the language one of them but certainly not the key factor.

If either one of those two, who for me are very close to Klopp and Pep when it comes to high class management see a vision for Arsenal, its more likely to be realised than Unai Emery’s and his beta-coach mentality and methods.

raptora

Ornstein: “Arsenal see former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino as a credible option to succeed the sacked Unai Emery as head coach. How the 47yo Argentine would view an approach is unclear, but he is among the #AFC candidates” Well the second part is what worries me. No idea how his compensation works and if he’d be losing 12 mil if he gets a job this soon, but managing Arsenal after he undoubtedly said that he will never do it, makes me doubt he is going to be attainable. Him and his whole staff living in London could be of a… Read more »

DigitalBob

Thanks for the Orny update raptora!

I cant’t back StevieMe, I very much doubt he wants the job, Klopp won’t stay longer than 3 more years at most so the anfield hotseat will be StevieMe’s for the taking.

Poch i just can’t see but he would be great for us, like you’ve said its an outside chance as his issues are with the spurs hierarchy and not the fans.

TR7

Charlie I think we should go for a manager who has a clear idea of how should we play at home and away, someone who can work with what we have this season and find out the guys who fit his style, develop/mould some of the academy guys to suit his style and then use the next summer to plug in the remaining pieces of the jigsaw. All this may take more than one transfer window and even 18 months but at least if we can observe a definitive plan and discernible style that will be more than enough for… Read more »

TR7

‘Ornstein: “Arsenal see former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino as a credible option to succeed the sacked Unai Emery as head coach. How the 47yo Argentine would view an approach is unclear, but he is among the #AFC candidates”’

You mean to say the powers that be at Arsenal are not dissuaded by Poch’s comment that he would rather work in his farm than manage Arsenal as Receding would have us believe it ?

raptora

DigitalBob,
Now that you mentioned StevieMe, this https://twitter.com/LFC/status/863425125172953088 always gets me. Cringefest.

Guns of Hackney

DB

So what? Ha ha. Language is THE most important thing when trying to convey ideas.

How about going to a board meeting in Tokyo and trying to pitch an idea in English to a group of Japanese. See how far that gets you.

raptora

TR7,

I posted Poch’s quote (too). He looks like a stubborn guy who cares what other people think of him. I don’t think he’ll manage us or Barcelona. Ever.

If he does, then we’d be lucky, cause he’s about as good as we could wish for at the moment. But I don’t think it’s going to happen. Would be happy to be proven wrong.

Sid

Theres not much any manager can do with the current midfield. Arsenal have played beatiful football only when we had gems like carzola, fabregas, rosicky. The rot started when fabregas left by the time carzola left arsenal was dead.
those type of players were never replaced.
Coquelin>torr
Song>ndozi
Denilson=or>xhaka
Thats how dire arsenals midfielf is

Sid

Ramsey> or=ozil

TR7

Rap

Poch was unceremoniously sacked by Totts, not sure how much he really cares about his past affiliation with the club now. He doesn’t owe them anything. My only concern is he might be holding out for a bigger job than Arsenal

bennydevito

Gazidis said Emery was on the original 8 man shortlist from the start. Gazidis was Raul’s boss, not the other way around. Gazidis, Raul and Sven all independently put Emery as no 1 of the final 3 man shortlist. Emery and Raul have zero history together. Emery was not Raul’s hire. Sven got let go because his signings were uninspiring and he wasn’t considered to be doing a lot, Pedro said as much in a post at the time. Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan and Sokratis were Sven’s Dortmund contact hires, nothing special there. We haven’t spent next summer’s budget at all. We… Read more »

Cesc Appeal

It sounds as if Pochettino is the main target and then the other options will be pursued if Pochettino says no or is noncommittal.

I don’t think Allegri wants anything less than a completely safe job where he can spend fortunes…no good for us.

Interesting to read it was Kroenke who let Emery have more time.

Wasi

Where is the quote saying Poch will never manage Arsenal?. Right, nowhere. He clearly said he wouldn’t manage Barca but he never said he would never manage Arsenal in direct words. So there is still a chance guys , a slim chance but chance we’ll take. Honestly has to be on the top of list. If it were up to me , my course of action would be the following-. 1- Give Freddie the reins till 1st Jan and let him know that if he does good we will give him till the season end and assess him. Any decision… Read more »

Leftsidesanch

Here you go Wasi:

“I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal because I am so identified with Tottenham and Espanyol,” Pochettino told reporters in January 2018.

Thats not to say that it couldn’t happen, but don’t get your hopes up.

Wasi

Benny Good digging there. Dont know why Pedro is fixated on making Raul the bad man. Ivan was at the top of the power pyramid when Emery was signed . Athletic reporting that Emery having a backroom team at the time was a major reason why Enery was preferred to Arteta . Emery was a bad hire and lets not forget Sven was also the a part of the trident that put Emery in charge . And at that time i beleive Sven had more influence on Ivan as Raul was hired after Sven (right?) (I dont remember correctly but… Read more »

Samesong

https://football-talk.co.uk/154274/i-could-never-manage-arsenal-pochettino-ruled-out-managing-tottenhams-rivals/

rap it came from Poch himself loom at the interview. scroll down to Twitter video.

situations change though.

Marko

Yeah I’m not really buying that Poch would pass up on 6-10 million a year because it was say Arsenal or Barcelona offering him it.

Graham62

Worst case scenario is that Freddie will at least steady the ship. Best case scenario is that the players will take to him and we can push on. At least the players will understand him and I feel commit 100% to playing for him. I also feel he will motivate them and handle the pressure of being in the hot seat . I know there are some on here who feel Freddie is not the right fit and is not a suitable long term solution, but I want someone who understands the club, it’s workings and instills a belief amongst… Read more »

azed

It is understood senior figures at Arsenal, including head of football Raul Sanllehi and technical director Edu, had decided before Thursday night that Emery needed to be replaced, and though owner Stan Kroenke was willing to give Emery more time, the Frankfurt defeat proved to be the final straw. Sanllehi and managing director Vinai Venkatesham flew to the USA on Monday, 48 hours after the 2-2 draw with Southampton for pre-planned talks with Stan and his son Josh Kroenke about the club, where the conversation about the club’s form continued. Valentin Remember how many times I told you Raul could… Read more »

bennydevito

No to Rafa Benitez, we’re already a laughing stock thanks to Wenger then Emery. Bring in Benitez and we may as well send the players out in size 20 clown shoes with red noses on. I’m not sure giving the job to Freddie full time should he initially succeed is a good idea. Even if he does well we should still look to hire someone else but insist on Freddie being the no 2 and have him complete his coaching badges and carry on gaining experience for 3 or 4 years time. We don’t want another Man utd situation on… Read more »

Wasi

Leftsidesanch
Thanks for the info there. Never had my hopes high really as it is a very unrealistic scenario. But we have to try for Poch really. He is literally the first manager id want in our current situation after Klopp.
He’s well settled in London, His family is well settled in London.+ Throw in 10m a year, promise 100m in the summer if we qualify for CL + all of the player sales money and anyone’s head could be turned.
Jose said he would never manage Tottenham now didnt he?

Graham62

We should all be elated that Emery is gone and Freddie is at the helm.

Im convinced all the players feel the same.

Guns of SF

Viva Freddie

Big decisions he needs to make
Please drop sokratis and Luiz

Insert our attacking instincts again
Help Pepe to score or assist more

And teach off the ball movement!

Link play must be drilled over and over

Wasi

Add Brendan Rodgers in my list at 6 and mkve everyone else one step down.

Cesc Appeal

People say all kinds of shit, their words will remain written down but the context they said them in changes meaning they might no longer hold true for them.

James wood

Give me a Harry Redknapp type manager.
With the brain of Ancellotti/ Ferguson.

Rambo Ramsey

10 million a year for Potless Pochettino who was deemed not good enough for Spurs’ ambitions.

This after most of you dunderheads spent the last few years bitching about giving 7 million a year to our most successful manager ever.

I really, really fvcking hope Arsenal sign Pochettini so that I can name, shame and laugh at you morons when he flops miserably to live up to expectations.

raptora

Samesong,
Nice find. I know he’d said it but watching him said it is even more clear. Then this quote https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/news/poch-id-never-consider-arsenal-barcelona_317134.html and the famous “I am never going to be manager of Barcelona or Arsenal. That is my decision – I prefer to work on my farm in Argentina than in some places.”

Guns of sf

How on earth would Nuno or Rodgers leave their current teams mid season to join us?
Makes no sense and why would they? we are shit and their respective teams are doing better..

I hope Freddie can get us going. Who is Freddie assistant coach?

Marko

Worst case scenario is that Freddie will at least steady the ship.

That’s not the worst case scenario

raptora

Nuno would prolly jump the ship. He’s just about made a legendary feat by progressing through Europa League groups with Wolves while not winning Europa is seen as a failure at Arsenal. Much, much, much bigger job.

Leicester and Brenda not as much. They have a real go at finishing in top 4 and Brenda knows how big teams sack their managers. He’d rather get all the plaudits while being competitive in a good surrounding like Leicester. Finish the season in top 4 or thereabouts and have another serious thought on Arsenal, ManUnited or whoever comes calling.

RodneyK

Freddie would have to work closely with the players to have any chance of success. Nothing wrong with getting input from them regarding formation, tactics and players’ preferred positions.

That will undoubtedly make for a happier and more motivated squad.

Rambo Ramsey

Not that this Arsenal board have any shame but they should hang their heads regardless.

That they would approach a man who said he would rather work with pigs than with our club.

Tsk tsk

Marko

Every major journo on Arsenal had Raul as the roadblock on Emery. I’ve seen more than a few say that Enrique was his preferred option originally and now a couple are saying that Stan delayed sacking him. It’s listening to what you want to hear and ignoring what you want to ignore at the same point at this point. It’s like yesterday when you referenced the two Portuguese kids signed from Lazio as a red herring on the contacts approach to signings while completely ignoring that fact that that same approach got wolves players like Neves, Moutinho, Jota, Jimenez and… Read more »

Marko

Vitor Pereira is the latest name. Not for me. Only Portuguese I want Fonseca or Conceicao

Valentin

Azed, For weeks now internal people who do not like the direction the club is taking have been leaking negative stories how Raul was the main Emery’s supporter. And then suddenly Raul is not responsible. It was Kroenke senior. I call that PR pushback bullshit. I can’t see how a draw with Southampton would have convinced our US billionaire to change his mind. It is more likely that the bad results, the bad press, the deserted stadium, the friction with the board have come to Kroenke senior attention and during that face to face meeting, Raul had to concede that… Read more »

RodneyKing

Freddie has got to take this chance and run with it. If he succeeds, it will be great for Arsenal as he’s truly one of our own.

Samesong

How on earth would Nuno or Rodgers leave their current teams mid season to join us?
Makes no sense and why would they? we are shit and their respective teams are doing better..

Forget the shortness for a moment we are a bigger club. Even he football pundits were saying it earlier.

Samesong

shitness

Sohara

Dear Wasi
, I just wanted to say that I REALLY liked your plan of action & list of prospective managers. Although I personally would want to try for Nagelsmann before Poch ( we won’t get him I don’t think but I would LOVE to get him for a manager , really brilliant up and coming manager)
Excellent list great post

theskywalker

In the dressing room and training ground I hear from here living in Highbury, not thousands of miles away,Emery was not respected. No chance for a novice like Arteta who has not managed anything, and players like Auba and Laca simply would not respect him. The manager has to be experienced and no problem with Ancelloti or Poch. Pedro thinks Enery was not good enough.He did win 2 Europa titles and had experience,where as his favourite, Arteta, a boy , was a mediocre player,injury prone in his days at Arsenal. Anyways,these bloggers ,sitting thousands of miles away,simply do not decide… Read more »

Guns of sf

Rodney

I’m with you. I want Freddie to succeed

HillWood

Think Poch has his eye on much bigger jobs than a sideways shuffle along Seven Sisters Road