Arsenal are in trouble, big trouble. Freddie isn’t the man to take us forward, and worse, I think the true rot is at the head of the football side of the business. I have very little faith we’ve hit rock bottom, I think that’ll come when Josh makes deeper cuts than simply the manager.
Freddie Ljungberg, despite the introduction of a suit, couldn’t raise a performance out of players that are totally broken. Our form is so atrocious, we look like relegation fodder. Brighton were the better side. They had a plan, they played for each other, and they genuinely believed they were coming to The Emirates for the 3 points. The tidbit that I found interesting was that Potter had his team dropping GG style offside traps, because VAR now makes that exercise worthwhile. I love that. Very smart.
The task at hand for Freddie is a thankless one, made even more difficult by the fact that he has caretaker in his job title. Deeper than that, I think part of the issue is that Freddie is as deeply entrenched in the malaise at Arsenal football club as Unai. It’s hard to ring in changes when the only difference is an internal promotion and a coach that’s switched from training kit to suit.
The starting 11, for a second game in a row, didn’t fill anyone with any sort of hope. Freddie opted once again for Kolasinac, he left Pepe on the bench, and he played Lacazette, Ozil, and Aubamayeng. He also started Willock again. The football didn’t really look any different, mostly because the players haven’t raised their effort beyond anything they offered Unai Emery. This is no slight on Freddie, but really, Arsenal need a new manager, and we need huge shake-up of the culture.
I know I go on about vision a lot, but having an idea of where you’re going gives people a collective belief that what they are doing has more purpose than just a paycheque. It creates a north star that people can either agree to follow or not. For those that follow, that vision is their higher purpose, the reason you go to war, work through injuries and sacrifice yourself for something spectacular. A great manager instils a culture in service of the vision. A set of expected behaviours or virtues everyone gets behind. We don’t have that at Arsenal, marked by the behaviours of the players on and off the pitch. No one cares, because they don’t have anything to care about.
Sir Alex Ferguson was a master of the winning culture, his vision was so powerful, so exciting, squad players would take half their market value to be a part of it. Jose Mourinho was win at all costs, he instilled fire in his players, it made his team rugged, nasty, horrible to play against… he demanded everyone do their bit, if they did, he’d protect them and deliver them glory (Think Eto’o for Inter). If you didn’t follow his rules, you were out and he’d chargrill you under the flames. Pep G builds his culture around winning the beautiful way. He creates art, he hires in artists, he trains them to think differently, to control territory, he express themselves in his vision, and players go to war for him… who doesn’t want to be an artist? (Jose)
Arsenal haven’t had a vision since Wenger left his soft boy socialist culture behind. Unai took over a spoilt group of players and somehow managed to make them worse. The players had no reason to believe because Emery didn’t know what he wanted from them. Add to that all the additional problems he layered on top with botched leadership votes, throwing players under the bus, pushing Ramsey out the door and countless other microaggressions and you land where we were last night. The players don’t give a fuck because there is nothing to give a fuck about. Freddie ain’t changing that in December.
We are still 10% off the pace, maybe more. Defenders aren’t sprinting back, players are half arsing challenges, our midfield isn’t interested, and there looks to be nasty ruptures in the overall spirit. The lack of leadership on the pitch is embarrassing, but that all stems from the previous two managers.
Freddie can’t save this, he’s not getting the job, and the players know that. Arsenal can’t give him the job until the end of the season, because we’ll be in a relegation fight. They need to hire for January 1st.
Trouble is, the options are very, very unsuitable. Making an ‘ANYONE’ hire could be devastating for the club. We’ll either end up hiring a show pony manager that won’t be good longterm, or we’ll hire in someone from Raul’s Rolodex, and that’ll be fraught with conflicts.
This next move is so, so important. My fear is our shortlist is so fucked, the only chance we have of landing on a good hire is by accident.
Arsenal should have had the shortlist ready in August. We should have known the way we wanted to play, who could deliver that style, and had a plan for refreshing the backroom team. Raul should have fired Emery before the international break and had a manager ready the next day. The fact we didn’t have a plan in place shows you how badly we’re being run. No contingency plan at a top 6 Premier League club that has a turnover of £300m+. Savagely amateur.
The Freddie experiment is doomed to failure. He’s not set up for success, that’s not his fault. The next hire has to be made soon, and my word do we need to make sure it’s not a journeyman or someone that can’t speak the language.
Raul’s reputation has taken a battering, get this next hire wrong and his head will rightly be on the chopping block.
Right, see you in the comments.
Honestly, I can’t for the life of me see how the Kroenke’s are being blamed for this sh!t show. We had one of the best summers in modern football thanks to the Kroenke’s ,Raul & co. The fault lays with the manager, he picks the team, he is in charge of who is captain and anything that has to do with what goes on on the pitch, its not that hard to grasp. Our main issue lays with the attitude of the team, in a game of fine margins we are 9/10 found wanting. I want you all to be… Read more »
@Paulinho –
“We desperately need a Nasri, Rosicky, Hleb that can just slow the game down and give everyone a break.”
I totally agree, these were players we took for granted, but we don’t have anything close to that type of player any more, I would add in Cesc, Arshavin and Santi to that list also. Footballers who could read the game, find a pass under pressure and dictate play. You can feel the panic throughout the team at the moment.
It’s time to stop ripping on individuals within the team. It’s bigger than one boogeyman player. There is a collective malaise at the club from top to bottom. Xhaka, Ozil etc…sure they represent what’s wrong but they aren’t influential enough alone to be responsible for this mess. I’d like to think that the beautiful Arteta could come in and sweep the decks, but even the great one might struggle. I don’t think any player cares. Not one. In fact, I’d say 90% of them are on the phones to their agents. Who, except for the ones on monster deals, would… Read more »
I know its not a popular opinion but Nasri was one of my favourite players over the past decade. Just the control and movement was class.
Would take Ramsey and Santi back in a heartbeat.
Just to put into perspective the total mess the defence is in we have David Luiz pointing fingers, barking orders and shaking his head at his fellow defenders.
David Luiz has been designated as the leader of the defence.
David Luiz lol
Take that on board.
Jim – It’s actually quite interesting in a way. Shows you have to think about how players interact with each other, and you can’t just lump players together and get by because they are valued at a certain amount on transfer market websites.
Just wish we weren’t the team illustrating the perils of ill-thought out recruitment.
PedRo* “”””The players don’t give a fuck because there is nothing to give a fuck about.”””” And that simple straightforward sentence , is why we are going……. (When you allow a man like Raul to run the show- this I what you will get: when the players see that fat cock sucking cockroach loiter in the locker room pre match- the players must feel physically sick) …….Going to places that we didnt think were remotely possible under Wenger. Even if a new manager can lift the troops- other teams know we can be got at. (Even the weakest ones) They… Read more »
“I’d like to think that the beautiful Arteta could come in”
The word “beautiful” is so important!!
I remember GGs last season, it wasn’t great we finished around 12th I think but we had a core of proper Arsenal players including Wright up front. Also reached cup winners cup final, it was Ropey for a time but we were never seriously in danger of going down. The difference now is that you have a bunch of over paid pussies who couldn’t give a flying about Arsenal and a leadership who have no clue how to stop this. Massive difference which is why next manager is vital – I agree with others Rafa would calm a lot of… Read more »
HL
He commands a room.
@Paulinho –
I agree, the balance isn’t there at all.
Chelsea free to buy players in Jan, nice boost for them.
And it was said on the previous blog entry that every EPL team now smells Arsenal blood when they walk on the pitch to face Arsenal.
Every EPL team from top to bottom of the league.
Home match or away match. It doesn’t matter which now.
Every EPL team senses Arsenal blood.
Good clear concise Queen’s English, that was all this not needed to stop losing possession, leaving the midfield exposed, standing around while the opposition took shots and won headers.
Anyone who mentioned the players and their stinking attitude was immediately shot down.
What serious team spends trips back from lost games openly mocking their coach? That’s high school stuff. We have Assembled social media junkies lost in their own hype.
Ishola
Still haven’t told us who claimed a new manager would have us competing for anything more than top 4.
Shall we chalk that up to one of your lies?
Whoever takes charge next needs to be able to fire the players up. I don’t care about the style of football we play, I don’t care about anything other than winning and fighting to do so. In all seriousness, I’d take Sam Allardyce right about now, for six months anyway. We are softer than any other team around. And it’s infectious. Ozil needs binned, he doesn’t care and can’t be relied on to turn up. Xhaka doesn’t care, he hates the fans now because he got booed. Mustafi doesn’t care now because he knows we all hate him. I could… Read more »
Cut and paste from todays online gooner:
“Arsenal have taken four points from their last seven league games, against Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Wolves, Leicester, Southampton, Norwich and Brighton. And now the games are about to get tougher”.
Wow that’s scary with the December schedule we have, dark times indeed.
Leadership comes from the top and that means Kroenke. All the time that his dead hand remains on the levers of control, Arsenal are doomed to mediocrity.
We can change players, sack managers and bring in new DoF’s but it counts for nothing if there is no leadership or vision for the club. Why should the players bother if the owner does not give a fuck ? They still pick up their wages. And Kroenke still ignores everything.
And please don’t tell me that Kroenke’s doesn’t pick the team. On current evidence, he might just as well.
I ain’t got the time to do it because I’m a playa with money on my mind but…
Anyone fancy doing a cheeky games left list and the WLD predictions and points totals?
I think we’ll be shocked. Bottom six I’d say.
Charlie
I said we need more than just thinking about a top four dog fight in the future.
And as Paulinho states the talk in the summer on here of comfortably fourth and talking of even third place has proved a laughable prediction and I don’t think that was even you who said stuff like that at the time.
Pedro certainly did though.
Jim As much as Emery needed sacking, really should have been before the international break as well, watching last night I had a real feeling of dislike toward the squad. Thinking I want them to know they are the biggest shower of shit we’ve had in decades. Pathetic. Entitled. Blame shifting. Victims. Honestly I would think about starting Martinelli at ST and dropping Aubameyang and Lacazette. They both think they’re too good for this club and both are a big part of our total lack of balance. The club need to stop offering new contracts and start thinking about selling… Read more »
Anon
“”””Arsenal have conceded 82 shots in three games this season against Watford, Southampton and Brighton. In the same games they had just 31 shots themselves.”””””
relegation fodder.
What manager can rectify these stats?
Horrific!
Total agreement with Cesc.
Sell the stars, promote youth and forget our sense of entitlement for a while. Rebuild.
Ishola That’s commentary on the quality of the squad, it’s also accurate. The flaw being Unai Emery utterly tanking is to levels not seem for 40 years. Now suddenly we were a David Luiz away from going a point off 4th to bottom half. Give me a break. The problem is the role of manager, we haven’t had a competent one for 3.5 years and it’s shown. Now people like you have your toy daggers out for any and every squad imbalance or shortfall. Like perfection exists amongst any of the clubs we’d have been in direct competition with. As… Read more »
Yep, total rebuild needed.
That’s why I was saying that relegation would not necessary be a bad thing.
GofH
“”””Sell the stars, promote youth and forget our sense of entitlement for a while. Rebuild.”””
And have you anyone in mind to do this?
The Grubby Spiv?
The Ponce in a suit?
Playboy Josh?
Vinny?
Hussey?
PedRo?
Big Ron?
Matt Scott?
& we have no manager?
Who does this Rebuild and Reboot?
“Yep, total rebuild needed.
That’s why I was saying that relegation would not necessary be a bad thing.“
🤡
Feels like we are the next Leeds or something.
Nothing positive atm.
Worse than late end of the Wenger era right now.
Who is this manager then?
.The so called big managers want a nice war chest to be available, which Stan won’t give them.
Our shite management will not let the manager have a free hand, they are the problem, with the old farts upstairs, and investor Stan.
What a club heh!
Kronke has fucked up. The management team has fucked up. Emery fucked it up . Freddie is fucking it up . The players are fucking it up. All this is doing is making Wenger, who was supposedly a one man band, look like a footballing genius for keeping the club in such a lofty position for so long. You all thought it would be so easy to emulate a” tactically inept, clueless manager ” How wrong you were . Maybe Wenger was a lot lot better than you would give him credit for. Flat track bullies was the usual term… Read more »
Charlie The talk on here was of a comfortable fourth place and even third place not just a “top four challenge” Do we need to go over this yet again? Arsenal need to improve player recruitment as well as getting in the right coach. Otherwise we will continue to just be a club that occasionally dog fights for fourth and only at certain periods when players respond to a new face. It’s clear that you want to make this about coach. We all know the importance of a coach. But we also know too damned well the importance of player… Read more »
CG
New manager. Sell stars. Promote. Period.
We need to become an Ajax.
@Champagne Moron : do you see any other way to get rid of the Kroenke family ??
Djokehead…
Yeah the problem is the players. Wenger and Gazidis left us in a hole. Ozils contract will go down as one of the worst decisions in history!
This guy gets 3 times more than everyone else bar Auba and Laca. For what? Taking fucking corners!! What else did he do last night?
To be honest playing Ozil feels like we’re starting with 10men.
Last night Aaron Mooy showed Ozil what he should be doing for us. But Ozil doesnt care…..his stats say he got an assist, that’s all that matters to him.
Pierre
spot on
“”””All this is doing is making Wenger, who was supposedly a one man band, look like a footballing genius for keeping the club in such a lofty position for so long”””””
It seems to me only one man can manage Arsenal competently when KSE are the owners.
Arsene Wenger
Ishola
That’s why a new regime was put in place, are you slow on the upkeep?
We got rid of big bad Arsene so we no longer recruited men to hit your bedroom wall like Xhaka. That’s an evolutionary practice, the installation of a new manager was the revolutionary aspect we completely botched with a dud.
Are you caught up yet?
At least FL saw the problem. The players were afraid, had no confident, they stood still and they couldn’t pass (when players stood still and not playing together).
You can’t fire all the players. With the conditions the players were in, no way we could play possession football. Until we start winning some games, play defense and counter football.
If Arsenal supporters are serious about stopping the decline and fall of our club, the focus should be placed squarely on Kroenke. All sensible suggestions gratefully received.
Moaning about Ozil or Emery or Xhaka and Luiz is the football equiivalent of re-=arranging the deckchairs on the Titantic.
“At least FL saw the problem. ”
But he don’t seems to understand, at all.
Agree with Micheal.
axe luiz
axe Bellerin
axe ozil
axe Toreira
axe xhaka
axe Auba
Finish outside Europe and reboot next season with new midfield and a decent manager
Well the new regime has given us David Luiz Charlie.
That’s not a ringing endorsement is it.
Are you going down the line of careful what you wish for Charlie like Pierre?
Wenger time ran it’s course.
Whatever happens after Wenger is just mother time. Be it bad or good.
Charlie
Does Arsenal FC need to improve it’s player recruitment from what we see today?
You are still entirely fixating on coach.
Maybe a good relegation dog fight is exactly what the club need to bring the players and fans together.
The fans of Clubs who survive relegation by the skin of their teeth on the last day of the season always celebrate longer and harder than teams that win the league…
Imagine the tension that a relegation battle would bring .
Arsenal fans have never experienced this and maybe in reality would not be such a bad thing.
As long as we dont go down of course.
Ishola
We went from Kos to Luiz. If you want to hold that up as taking us from 5th to bottom half you’re welcome on that typical crusade against one player. The Xhaka one ran its course, now Luiz is your source of obsession.
Most sensible folk outside the asylum gather it’s not about this or that player. You’ll get there eventually champ.
‘Emery shouldn’t be sacked after one season’…. good one mate.
“As long as we dont go down of course.”
If we stay in the PL, Kroenke will also stay.
Just saying…
Wenger is the biggest prick of them all..
He failed miserably in his last 2 seasons spending all the money on the like of xhaka and mustafi and contacts for pussies like ozil ..get over yourself
RGG
“To be honest playing Ozil feels like we’re starting with 10 men.”
Try saying something original.
Agree with your posts ES. Sadly, I cannot see what the leadership will do, Raul will look after himself, Vinai…well…Edu might bring in the odd decent player, but what else? Stan will worry about things stateside, Josh might try his best , but possibly out of his depth, and ultimately, reports to Stan. I can see why Stan would have kept Wenger for as long as possible, the club were completely unprepared for the transition that followed, completely the wrong people running the club. I would now even go as far to say they should have held off sacking Wenger… Read more »
Charlie
Arsenal are lacking in regards player recruitment.
So many will tell you that this current team has flaws and individual player flaws.
But you want this great new coach to come in and turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse.
Why so?
A great coach coming in that can tweak already suitable players is much more preferable.
Arsenal have a few too many in the current team that are nit suitable Charlie.
Attempting to take any sort of positives from last night (!), I thought the second half saw the possibilities of Bellerin/Pepe down the right and Tiernay/Martinelli down the left. Freddie should just decide that they are the best combinations available and play them. Confidence is obviously a resounding issue and the thought of playing Man City in our next home game is pretty scary. We simply don’t have CBs and CMs who can protect the overworked Leno. Not sure if there is an internal solution. We need a new coach in fast who is willing to make some quick judgment… Read more »
Guns of Brixton
“””Feels like we are the next Leeds or something.””””
I think you will find – I exclusively forewarned this to all my fellow Le Grove patients this some time ago ( think 88.5%)
I repeatedly forewarned Raul was our Peter Risdale incarnate
The similarity between the two are striking:
Egostistical, fat squat dodge pots with a penchant for spending money on the ‘never never’ for ostentatious signings we never ever even needed.
Raul wont be around when the bailiffs come knocking!
Ishola
There you go again, down the path of nonsense. Bang on pal, just get us a new gaffer and watch out Liverpool.
Outside of the English top division.Arsenal are the only team never to be relegated from the top division.Sunderland were relegated in 1958,up to then they were the only Team never to play outside the Top Division.One of my favourite statistics,in the 30,s Man City were once relegated from the Top Division having scored more Goals than any other Team that Season.
Great post Pedro, I concur; we are in deep, deep doo doo. The lineup confirmed that we do indeed have a reincarnation of Wengemery in Freddie who I am now calling Wengemerfreddie. He clearly isn’t up to the job and is too afraid to put the youngsters in and would rather play it safe. Combine this with his bizarre insistence on shoehorning all the shit into the same side and it’s clear to see we are doomed. If Arteta wants the job then we need to make a move for him now. Waiting until the end of the season could… Read more »
G8 “He failed miserably in his last 2 seasons spending all the money on the like of xhaka and mustafi and contacts for pussies like ozil ..get over yourself” £200 million and 18 months later and we are heading for a relegation battle . It sort of puts Wenger’s failure into perspective doesn’t it. Let’s not pretend that the WOB movement started a couple of years ago , it was ten years of abuse from these cretins as they believed they were entitled to win league titles. What we are seeing now is a fractured club due to the WOB… Read more »
Crazy that Charlie doesn’t want to address player quality and suitability for a successful team.
As said before I’d love him to give a brief overview of each Arsenal player currently at the club. Their strengths, their positives and negatives.
It would be hilarious to read.
But then again he would probably cop out.
For each player entry he would put as description = see coach.
RGG
“To be honest playing Ozil feels like we’re starting with 10 men.”
Pierre
“Try saying something original.”
Okay, I thought Ozil had a great game last night.
You asked for it.
Freddie did put a youngster in.
Willock.
He was shit.
Pierre, that’s a straw man argument, nobody ‘expected’ us to win titles in Wenger’s last decade, what they did expect was that we at least compete and did not keep making the same mistakes over and over. For example: Desperately need a top striker so we spend £42m on Ozil Ditch the likes of PV4, Gilberto and insist on a midfield of technical midgets. Ignore the need for a DM Pay zero attention to defending as a necessary part of the game Think that Almunia and Ospina are Arsenal quality keepers. Turn up and get spanked by top clubs year… Read more »
None of you lot can remotely tell me where we get a win next, confidently.
Please help me understand.
What happened last season when we were in 3rd and then imploded and lost out on everything. That didn’t just happen, but I am really totally bemused.
No one even mentioning a possible battering on the cards ala United style.
Don’t you stupid cunts get it?
It’s kroenke
Top down
Every single time he gains a bit more control we drop a level or two. Coincidence? No.
Now he has full control and we are fucking bombing. He owns the club. He runs it. He employs the Wenger’s, the Gazidis’, the Rauls. He holds fire on the sackings. He’s responsible for the hirings and the control giving to useless cunts
Ishola
You really think I’m going to delve into a man-for-man assessment of Arsenals 25-man squad to satisfy you? Where the fuck are you from?
The squad was good enough for top 4 last season. If you want to break down how it’s suddenly not good enough for the top half be my guest.
Five points off relegation, managerless and in free fall.
Ishola70December 6, 2019 12:21:34
Freddie did put a youngster in.Willock.He was shit.
Ishola
Yet remarkably he’s scored more goals this season than our combined midfield….
Champagne charlieDecember 6, 2019 12:32:41
IsholaYou really think I’m going to delve into a man-for-man assessment of Arsenals 25-man squad to satisfy you? Where the fuck are you from?
Cc
He was born of Fritzl’s lair. It not his fault he’s only seen daylight for the first time a decade ago
Don
He nearly scored again last night but was still subbed at half time.
Scoring a few goals here and there isn’t enough for a central midfielder when his overall play is still lacking.
What we are seeing now is a fractured club due to the WOB mentality .They will go down in history as the most vile, selfish , ignorant bunch of arrogant fans ever witnessed in the history of the game . Pierre We tried to warn them. Careful what you wish for. It’s wont be plain sailing if we do this and it could be a lot lot worse for a long long time. Behold. The fruits of your efforts lads. I mean I’ve been saying we won’t win a title while kroenke is at the club but now I’m convinced… Read more »
Gents, Things are that bad it reminds me of one of my old Sunday league teams. We were getting hammered every week due to the guys just turning up and not giving a rats ass about the setup or how we should play. The manager just shoe horned all his mates into the team so they could have a laugh. After a while those of us who could play, got on the managers back so much he finally left due to ‘we hurt his feelings’ and we replaced him with someone competent. As crazy as it seems, he then took… Read more »
Charlie
You can give us your brief descriptions of the first XI that started last night.
That’s a scale down.
You can tell us why each of those players last night with their undoubted qualities are nailed on for top four rather than nose diving as we see at present.
It will be comical to see.
Go for it.
Ishola
Oh yeah? Was it not he who slipped Aubameyang in only for the lazy gap toothed mug is o just pull up and throw his hands in the air
He’s toxic
Also, care to remind me of any other midfielders that outperformed him last night? In arsenal colours, obviously
Face it. Your Dani Ceballos mouth off has back fires along with your emery mouth off. Slagging off every single other player isn’t going to save you from the shame of backing the worst arsenal manager in over 45 years you bunion
“You can tell us why each of those players last night with their undoubted qualities are nailed on for top four rather than nose diving as we see at present.“
Yea no problem, right after you show me where I’ve said them “nailed on for top four”.
Idk who you think you are, but I’m not insecure about my arguments to the point of indulging some wobbler let loose on an iPad.
Especially one that is feverishly misrepresenting views left and right because he’s too big a cuck to absorb what’s actually being said.
lol Don.
Willock was subbed at half time.
Every player knows that is a shame on a player.
His pass to Auba was shit as was several other of his passes.
He was hauled off in a big boys game at half time as well a few months ago.
He isn’t ready yet.
As for Ceballos Willock can only dream of putting that overall performance in that he did against Burnley.
As said nothing really against the kid but your present over-rating of him is ridiculous.
Pierre, the WOB were showing their passion and love for the club, shame AW and co didn’t see it that way and called them ungrateful!
Stayed over 20 yrs as a manager(CEO) earning 100s of millions and had the bigotry to say that..as I said he brought it all to himself!
Ishola
You give klopp, pep or poch this squad and we are top four. No doubts.
Shit you give wenger this squad and we are top 4
Only emery has failed to win in 9 games in 45 years man. Chew on that for a while. See if it sinks in. Who knows, maybe the penny may even drop
A couple AKBs jizzing over the memories of being irrelevant in Europe for over a decade as if the decline started yesterday. Yeah, let’s bring Wenger back so we can have our arses handed to us in the knock-outs again year after year. I really miss those nights of glorious failure because we didn’t show up for the first leg. Or either leg in the case of our Bayern fixtures. Those were the days filled with pride and dignity. Good times. It’s genuinely as dumb as Bamford still defending Emery. Wenger arguably being only slightly better at his worst than… Read more »
Ishola70December 6, 2019 12:49:35
lol Don.Willock was subbed at half time.Every player knows that is a shame on a player.His pass to Auba was shit as was several other of his passes.
No
His pass to Aubameyang was the right one. Old gap tooth is fast becoming a serious problem at arsenal. Can not wait til that fucker is flogged.
Tell me ishola, how are Ceballos and Emery doing? Looool
Both binned off to Spain before they k is what day it is
Yesterday was harrowing. It raised a weird type of feeling inside me. I still feel it now. Last time i felt like this was when Liverpool knocked us out of the Champions league.
Fuck them all. Write off this season, sell what ever senior “stars” we can in January and strangle the rest in the summer window.
Scorched team theory. Burn down and restart.
JamieDecember 6, 2019 12:54:06
A couple AKBs jizzing over the memories of being irrelevant in Europe for over a decade as if the decline started yesterday.
Ok Jamie
And what are we now? An irrelevance to Brighton wolves Norwich and Sheffield United. 🤢
I know where I’d rather be
Yeah, let’s bring Wenger back so we can have our arses handed to us in the knock-outs again year after year. I really miss those nights of glorious failure because we didn’t show up for the first leg. Or either leg in the case of our Bayern fixtures.
Jamie
Nobody suggested this but while you’re on it, yeah, I’d rather be qualifying for the knockout of the champions league and winning cups than being in the bottom half of the league
Un –
I’m sorry to be the one to break it to you, but Wenger is irrelevant too, and has been for a number of years. That’s why he’s at FIFA now.
The more interesting discussion should be about how to move forward, not how to live in the past. It isn’t helpful.
I’m really not sold on Rafa He’s a decent manager but do this bunch of wankers really look at Rafa and see someone they wanna go to war for? He’s decent but pretty meh for the upper echelons. If you are xhaka, auba, luiz etc do you really look at Rafa and go right he’s the guy who can tell us what’s what? Regardless of how expensive he’d be and regardless of the fact he’s tactically solid, he’s not that charismatic and I don’t see how or why our pack of cunts would raise their game for him Rafa is… Read more »
Jamie These players aren’t going to pay any attention to emery. We have to clear the rot of bad attitude. Aubameyang, ozil and Luiz are the worst. They are bitching non stop on the pitch while offering barley there insipid performances every single week. Nothing wrong with banging heads together if you’re leading by example but they aren’t. The squad is shot They need leadership now. Arteta just isn’t that guy. He’s a novice. It’s got too bad to try someone like him unless we are willing to accept it may be bottom half for us for a season or… Read more »
Jamie
Arteta I meant
Not emery
And yeah whoever said it’s inmates running the asylum this is it in a nutshell If we see a similar lineup next game it’s probably safe to assume the players are picking themselves lol… Freddie has no serious authority as a caretaker and the very brief window he had to instill some kind of confidence he unfortunately failed. The result is he has no credibility amongst the players and has probably one game left to demonstrate he’s anything other than a lame duck Make no mistake, if we don’t win the next game, the players are running the show from… Read more »
Jamie
I agree he’s irrelevant as far as moving us forward is concerned
From a footballing perspective we have a squad of under-performing, over-payed losers. Looking at the management structure, it’s ego-centric, everyone for themselves. The owners only want the club as “collateral” for other projects. I quote Private Fraser from Dad’s Army……………”We’re doomed!!!!!!!!!”
150-1 to be relegated
Yeah however smart arteta may be, hed be walking into a snake pit right now and he would have no more credibility than Freddie right now Does anyone seriously think being pep’s assistant will count for anything in terms of street cred with these players? Ozil is gonna look at arteta and see a guy who wasn’t a particularly great player and who has never even had a proper job before and is gonna eat him alive Xhaka will be grinning with his stupid arsehole smirk all the way and auba will just show up to score tap ins Luiz… Read more »
China
“Luiz will be defacto boss lol”
He already is lol.
It’s scary I tell ya. Scary.
Auba wasn’t on the toilet. He was on the blower to his agent.
The board picked a “save hand” Emery. Now they hand it over the Freddie. How ironic. What is Freddie’s credential as a coach?
China
Exactly. We need someone with big fucking balls
Jose would have been the best option available to turn this team around. Missed a trick their but our loss is Tottenham’s gain.
Davey
“”””150-1 to be relegated”””””
I bought at a much bigger price than that old bean ( add a zero)
I see Buck Rogers has signed a new contract at Leicester City.
He has played a blinder here- using the Arsenal link as leverage to get the new contract he richly deserves.
Talking of contracts:
Raul wanted to extend his Clown’s in the summer!!!
And our ‘Luiz- loving’ Teck Deck is on a bullet proof 5 year one!
Fail to Prepare.
Prepare to Fail.
And if you think we are bad this year- wait till next!
So we’re now seeing a shite standard of football and are playing in lesser competitions yet still being charged the most for season tickets. The club has pretty much fucked itself through greed, it’s just a fucking corporate shithole. Hopefully this massive fall from grace means we get the club back but there’s not gonna be much left of it. Welcome to mediocrity!
Everton getting on with finding a new manager.
We are hiding in the cupboard hoping it will all go away.
Frauds
Rodgers signs an extension, bit of leg shown to get himself a raise at Leicester
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/pierre-emerick-aubameyang-criticised-treatment-21037971.amp
In short- most people are starting to realise what an overrated wanker Aubameyang is.