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.
Wonder how Raul and the board feel about the “NOISE “ now?
It’s going to get a lot louder and that in itself will be the amazing thing, considering how many more empty seats there are going to be.
Don’t honestly believe that Arteta is even an option, let alone consideration any longer. He would be a fool to take on this mess.
You get the feeling Pierre is actually enjoying all of this with the number of times he’s had to write “no nothings”
Un – If the players are of sufficient calibre to finish top 4 under Emery, and he completely failed and was justly pilloried for it, then the same players (you have said repeatedly that our squad is better now than it was under Wenger) are of sufficient calibre (some better, according to you) to finish 4th under Arteta given the same timescale; 18-24 months. If our players need leadership, find it and deliver it. Why replace the players if all they’re missing is the right vision and motivation? Surely you’re not suggesting they’ve forgotten how to kick a football over… Read more »
Rodgers would be in need of an MRI if he left Leicester to join us now.
Well-balanced squad to join our mish-mash of mediocrity. Righty-0.
*any legit stars
*a Europa League club
Jamie – Spot on.
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. J mean to be fair there was a lot of us predicting that it was going to take a few years to properly address Arsenal after the malaise that Arsene Wenger was responsible. I don’t think anyone suggested an instant turn around. Truth is we’re still being punished for poor player recruitment going back for many years. And yes we absolutely need a manager asap but don’t get… Read more »
There may not be much to fight for come January, Marko.
Agreed that its going to take time, but at the very least it would not be a tall ask of the players themselves to actually give a shit and show some semblance of pride.
Jamie I think the players are of sufficient quality to finish within the top 4. I think Jose could get this lot into the top 4 for example. However there is a caveat, what has become apparent in the past few weeks is that the senior players are poisoning the atmosphere. Look at how Luiz, Aubameyang and ozil were behaving last night. How is that a conducive environment for young players to step in and do well? It’s not like when Thierry was berating everyone but still producing the goods. This lot are stinking the club out with their attitude.… Read more »
Batistuta I’ve supported Arsenal and attended Arsenal matches since the mid 60’s., not so much now though . Up until Wenger arrived, our football was in the main ,pretty drab with a few exceptions during our title winning runs and the Brady years. I tried to tell the know nothing’s on here that their expectations were too high considering we didn’t have the financial clout of city , chelsea and United . Winning domestic trophies, attainining a top 4 spot and playing entertaining football was something to be proud of , not despised. Nobody listened , they felt entitled because… Read more »
I said last season that it was really summer 2021 before we could reasonably expect to be competing for anything again. That was the point when Ozil, Mkhitaryan and Mustafi would all be out of contract. Xhaka is still contracted up to 2023 unfortunately, but he’s more likely sellable than the others. Our performance last year and the excitement of the transfer window was probably misleading and made me think we might be a bit closer to competing again. I was wrong.
Can’t disagree with any of it Jim jam. To this day I’ve always maintained summer of ’18 whoever got the Arsenal job should have insisted certain players were sold and replace otherwise it was going into the job with one arm tied behind your back. Certain players are just a total hindrance to the club and any new manager coming in. Penny might be falling for management finally in realising this for many around here it’s been clear as day for a long time. I mean how the fuck does a team struggling with confidence and for clean sheets pick… Read more »
Agreed that its going to take time, but at the very least it would not be a tall ask of the players themselves to actually give a shit and show some semblance of pride. Ernest a leopard doesn’t change it’s spots. To expect someone like Ozil to all of a sudden give a shit is beyond wishful thinking at this point. This is someone who has been ghosting the club for a few years now and he’s not the only one. Which is funny because you keep hearing about how we’re good enough for top 4 but it’s just the… Read more »
After Wenger was relieved and prior to Emery being hired we all talked about how very important getting the next hire right was. Optimistically it looked like the setup was positioned well to that with Sven Mislintat, Raul fresh from Barca with Gazidis giving up some control to the new power structure. Cut to 6 months later, Gazidis had walked to Milan, Mislintat left under a cloud of uncertainty and Raul took control. For me this was the red flag moment of what was coming may not of been what most collectively expected. Emery wasn’t going to cut it that… Read more »
Agreed Marco – Its these same guys who went “Tools Down” on Wenger, then on Emery, and now on Freddie. Its no longer a coincidence, its now a full on chronic problem.
Un – “So no I don’t subscribe to player poverty but I concede that since emery ranked this season the squad has been poisoned and now it’s unmanageable for all but a few elite coaches” In my view, that’s textbook player poverty. Mental attributes are just as significant as technical ones, and it seems you agree that we’re laden with mental weaklings who need a wizard to help them perform to their maximum abilities. “I never thought I’d see us this low. Not this quickly at least.” Honestly, and I really mean this, I can’t believe it’s taken so long.… Read more »
Sal
Couldn’t agree more. All overseen by that lizard faced cunt Kroenke.
What last night made clear to me was how bad the mentality in this squad is. From top to bottom they are finished. Xhaka was our best player on the field imagine that. It looks like Freddie won’t be able to inspire this lot in anyway so the best thing is to bring in a disciplinarian. The attitudes are horrible at the moment and none of this lot will fight for the club. As many have said Freddie is ruining his rep staying as interim so a change has to be made. In regards to Kroenke, our only hope is… Read more »
Geez Pierre, don’t know whether to feel sorry for you or to offer you a Shirley Temple Drink? Somewhat melodramatic there, Bub.
Sal try as you might to pin everything on the Boogeyman Raul much like Pedro but since he’s come in we’ve gotten rid of two underperforming managers. No one’s saying that he’s perfect but alluding to the blame being at his door is agenda tinted. Agree that he has to get the next hire right otherwise it’s steadily going to get worse. Also please for the love of God get rid of the Mislintat love pillow he was a shocking hire who saddled us with poor signings. What good did he bring?
Jamie Not quite because at this stage that mental strength is going to come through leadership and coaching and the subsequent self belief gained from them. Look at Milner, Henderson and wjinaldum (I know) look at what K-POP has done with them. Average players at northern clubs and boom. That’s what a top coach gives you. Emery took what belief we had a fucked it. And the squad are all biting at each other ever since. Emery did that. He took a team capable of beating all of our rivals for top 4, a team that went on a 23… Read more »
Pedro
“GG”? Most on here only go back as far as Arsene lol.
Good ol’ Choochie Graham, now he was a proper gaffer.
But back to now, make no mistake about it, Stan has to sell his shares, may as well be all of them, to a suitor who understands footie. Otherwise this circus could last for 37 years.
Honestly, and I really mean this, I can’t believe it’s taken so long. That’s what happens when you accept mediocrity as a target. There’s little room to manoeuvre when the wheels finally come off. Jamie Yes, if you consider top 4 and champions league knockouts mediocrity. I fully agree that a change was sorely needed but it had to be for someone better than Wenger. Not worse. Come on man, you’re a smart fella. You know full well that without spending a penny a better coach improves us and elevates us into the top 4 last year while spurs, Chelsea… Read more »
eyman Raul much like Pedro but since he’s come in we’ve gotten rid of two underperforming managers
Marko
One could argue he’s given the job to two incapable coaches.
Marko
“Certain players should be sold”
Like Ramsey, Cazorla, Wilshere , Mhkitaryan, Koscielny, Cech , welbeck , Elneny.( all wenger players)
These were the certain players ( amongst others)that many were calling to be sold.
£200 million later and we are a few points off relegation..
Your vision of the future didn’t quite work out did it Marko.
What next, let me guess ….let’s sell the rest of the Wenger players I hear you say….some people never learn do they.
One could argue he’s given the job to two incapable coaches.
???
Jeanette KligerDecember 6, 2019 12:30:26
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.
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Aaron Ramsey got injured….
Like Ramsey, Cazorla, Wilshere , Mhkitaryan, Koscielny, Cech , welbeck , Elneny.( all wenger players) I mean there was more than that. Which again highlights the job Arsene done and the dire mess he left the club in. Imagine getting rid of those 8 cited and still having about 6-8 absolutely nothing players conning a living. What next, let me guess ….let’s sell the rest of the Wenger players I hear you say….some people never learn do they. Some people don’t is right. Yeah no you’re right let’s just wait a bit longer and see how Özil, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Sokratis,… Read more »
Phoenix from the Flames stuff this:
Fergie did it with Aberdeen, then the rest is history. I reckon Stevie Gee will take Rangers back to its rightful place. It’s a gamble, but The Arse could be brave & get him. He is a winner, speaks Scouse (that’s almost English) & he would have been there done that after Rangers dethrone that Irish club.
Marko
Are you confident Raul has the nous to make next move for this club?
Not like what was coming with Emery was unexpected, yet it most definitely caught Raul and co out, pants down. I’m not going to debate Mislintat as we’ve been down that road but if my questioning Raul’s track record paints him as a bogeyman so be it as theres genuine concerns to his ability’s in terms of top level decision making.
Un, Don’t forget that for all the congratulations on getting rid of dead wood Raul received, the only players he permanently got rid of were Cech, Lichsteiner who he himself brought to the club and Iwobi who we could do with right now. Koscielny departure was not an initial club decision it was pretty much forced upon the club by his behaviour. Same with Ospina who had already made clear that he would not sign an extension. Basically for both we were forced to accept a low ball offer. He did get rid of Cech who then retired and joined… Read more »
……& the bonus is he knows what it take to win the CL.
Pedro ” Raul should have fired Emery before the international break and had a manager ready the next day.” As it’s been widely reported that the Kroenke’s insisted that Emery be given more time you can’t lay this at the door of Sanllehi. Having a shortlist is also difficult is you don’t know the time line that you’re going to be operating under – we would never have even considered the Poch in the summer but now he’s available it’s an unlikely hire (I don’t think he’d some to us) but you’d at least test the water. I do agree… Read more »
Valentin
“under his leadership Xhaka got a big pay rise”
Stop lying – Xhaka signed his new contract on 15th June 2018 when Gazidis was still in charge.
This constant laying of everything that goes wrong at Sanllehi’s door when others are involved in the process is childish.
I’m liking more and more into the idea of bringing Simeone just for the sake of giving these entitled players the ride of their lives
imagine the power players scampering trying to get out from the club because they can’t handle him
that would be a first step to gut the soft underbelly culture alright
Marc, you and a group of others keep telling everyone Valentin is lying, when he’s not.
Raul was in charge of football when Xhaka signed that deal. That is fact. He would have sanctioned that deal.
Additionally, Raul was the bottleneck on the manager, as was widely reported.
Pierre Bravo! On the flip side…………. Those of us who advocated change many years back were well aware of what Wenger did for our club. It is what he didn’t do that frustrated us most and please don’t give the predictable excuse of stadium debt and financial restrictions, because that’s a cop out. One thing you learn in life Pierre is that those people that sit and accept the status quo and who show little or no desire or passion for change, when change is clearly needed, are the core reason why stagnation and neglect manifest. The “cancer” you speak… Read more »
Nothing Raul has done has painted to him having a clue too by the way… There was literally no reason why Emery wasn’t sacked during the International break…There should have been a list of manager back on September when we started to flounder which looked like a continuation from last season but they kept giving him more games to sort it out and this is where we are now, a broken directions less club owned by an American who wouldn’t give a fuck if we were relegated
Didn’t Raul resume his duties in February?
Well the overall poor player recruitment over several years is being more widely discussed now.
Arseblog on his podcast is on it today.
Don’s usual favourite go to.
Pedro
Sorry but you seem to absolve Gazidis of everything that happened at the club under his tenure and put it down to Sanllehi.
If you can’t see this you need give those beer goggles a wash!
Again, unless Holding is injured and Mavropanos is broken, no reason why Sokratis should be playing for us, he’s god awful…Tierney should be playing more and same with Martinelli…. Stop the Laca/Auba thing, doesn’t work…. Get rid of Ozil, he’s done his job by outlasting Emery but he’s done or you play him in the middle and have an actual winger out wide, how hard can that be? Don’t play your main striker on the wings and have him chasing back almost all game, it’s stupid. As bad as the squad might be, those in charge don’t make it easier… Read more »
Marc
This Kroenke thing needs some light shed as for years fans on here were claiming Wenger needed to go and the idea Stan was to blame for not acting was ludicrous as he wasn’t a “football man”.
Now he’s in amongst it? You sure?
Are you confident Raul has the nous to make next move for this club? Not like what was coming with Emery was unexpected, yet it most definitely caught Raul and co out, pants down
Dunno about confident but he’s earned enough time to see what he can do. Wenger and Emery getting sacked suggests that buying Pepe and Martinelli and Saliba suggests that. I think you’ll find the delay was down to your fellow Americans Sal
Marc, You seem to think that poor Raul had no power and was never able to make any decision. You keep Blaming Wenger/Gazidis and now Edu. Tell me What does a football operations manager do if he does not take football decision. In his last year, Wenger was already on his way out. Nobody in the organisation was listening to him about long term decision. That included recruitment where Wenger was put in front of a fait accompli and was just told to stand and smile in front of the photo. Remember when Sven signed Mavrapanos and Wenger had never… Read more »
the one certain positive of last night is Ljungberg shown us the players who care more about their own brand than the club
used to hide behind the criticism towards Emery
downed tools and got rid of him thought it’s honeymoon period for a bit
now pointing fingers to others when they didn’t even put the effort in
even in post-match Ljungberg said it all most are just in self-preservation mode
Tony Adams who aged a lot now (who don’t when one watch this freefall) said everything that need to be said too
Raul gave Ozil his pay rise too. Raul signed PEA too. Raul signed Mikki Raul ousted Rambo. Wenger had nothing to do with all of these decisions. He was out of the decision making processes – although he was in position of the manager . Nothing, nada, nunca, jamais & nooit. Although to be fair to the Spiv- PEA has worked out in terms of the goal scoring stakes- whether it was wise to pay for £50 million for him at his age is another matter. Arsenal have been on a slippery slope since the moment the Spiv arrived. And… Read more »
Marc, you and a group of others keep telling everyone Valentin is lying, when he’s not. He’s absolutely a liar. Steve Rowley was never back at Arsenal, Eboue doesn’t have aids and he was never given champagne by Carlos Vela while being held up in traffic at Hampstead Heath. Raul was in charge of football when Xhaka signed that deal. That is fact. He would have sanctioned that deal. Kind of reimagining things to suit an argument aren’t we. I thought Huss Fahmy is responsible for the contracts? Wouldn’t he be responsible for the bump? And if Ivan was the… Read more »
Hey plonkers Brendan Rodgers just signed a new contract at Leicester. LOOOOOOOOOOOL… No one is coming. Relegation battle should be fun to watch, the championship not so much.
Diego Simone is the answer here.
fuck it it’s relegation battle anyway so bring on Rafa already he’s the master of ship steadying sadly he’s on lucrative contract now
but the OG Fat Spanish Waiter must like a challenge right?
Raul gave Ozil his pay rise too.Raul signed PEA too.
Raul signed Mikki
Raul ousted Rambo.Wenger had nothing to do with all of these decisions.
See what I’m saying you allow a little bit of bullshit in and the next thing you know you’re wading in it
Simeone would be my choice too ! Not sure how realistic this is though.
Marko,
You of all people should not be lecturing people on factual inaccuracies.
Huss Fahmy feeds into Raul, who heads football. It’s that simple. He doesn’t work in a silo deciding who should and should not get a deal. Raul will have signed off on that Xhaka deal. Valentin is correct, Marc is wrong.
I seriously want Arteta to be hired now. Stink it as much as possible.
It will for a change unite the fan base or at least isolate the wengerites.
And when Arteta manages to toss it up, we hire someone like Allegri or Conte or Simeone who can kick the shit out of the players we have.
Pep says there is no approach for Arteta and he may succeed him. Can we all stop suggesting and clamoring for Arteta. It’s not happening.
Spud, do NOT waver.
We need an elite coach.
Someone with vision.
That man is Arteta.
Fuck the big name managers. Fuck Carlo. Fuck Perreira. Fuck Pards.
Get in the next level of coaching. Intense training sessions. Exciting future football. A coach that improves players, using English.
Fuck hiring in a survival manager. We’re not Bolton.
Bring back santi
Also those saying the next manager has to speak English are numpties. Its 2019 FFS. Hire a translator and let the man do his job.
Kay
You actually want our next manager to fuck up??
Hahaha
Fuck me that’s weird.
Marko
???
Urm yeah. Under Raul we’ve had emery and now Freddie. Neither should have been given the job for any length of time whatsoever.
Marko
Pedro’s so wrapped up in a new crusade that he’s looking for new disciples.
I’m beginning to think Pedro is now running this a bit like a shock jock – picks an extreme position and then propagates it knowing it will keep the comments section lively. The Wenger out crusade was a genuine position he’s now looking for a new target – step forward Sanllehi.
Marko
“I think you’ll find the delay was down to your fellow Americans Sal”
Thats some line Marko.
The more important will always be whats next knowing what was coming. Thats the job, looking into the future.
Pedro in CG mode.
I reckon that it’s all shitty right now but it’s really not as bad as it looks. Emery did accentuate our shit and Freddie is doing same thing with his stupid line up and unnecessary shoehorning. For goodness sake, we can use our pacy, dribbling wingers in pepe and martinelli to put our opponents on the back foot, which at least covers how shitty our midfield and defense is, but just as emery, freddie too isn’t making judicious use of our wingers. We know that we have very porous defense, why not use players who can defend from the front?… Read more »
Pedro
Do you really think Arteta would sort this mess? Straight out of prep school into the fire? It’s too much too soon surely for a first managerial post. Trust me I want Arteta nearly as much as you do, not least to shut the usual suspects up but I fear our current mess would damage him before he’s off the ground.
That said if he comes in and smashes it then there can be no doubts whatsoever that he was always the right choice and not emery.
You of all people should not be lecturing people on factual inaccuracies. Right back at ya. He doesn’t work in a silo deciding who should and should not get a deal. Raul will have signed off on that Xhaka deal. Valentin is correct, Marc is wrong. He’s responsible for the contracts so he would decide on the bump or not. I’ve never been okay with him getting a new deal but my point is that blaming Raul exclusively for Xhaka getting a new deal and payrise while Ivan was CEO and someone else dealt with the contracts is biased. Is… Read more »
The Wenger out crusade was a genuine position he’s now looking for a new target – step forward Sanllehi.
Marc
Aaah
It was genuine because you agreed with it. But emery out was disingenuous because….
What? Our worst run of firm since the 70s doesn’t constitute wanting a shit manager out but champions league and top four does?
Nice try mate
Quick synopsis of who were burning at the stake this afternoon please.
I need a catch up.
The more important will always be whats next knowing what was coming. Thats the job, looking into the future.
Eh sure. What kind of a response is that? You blamed Raul for the delay and it’s reported that Stan and Josh delayed sacking him during the international break which makes sense given the delays to getting rid of Wenger.
Pedro Think you’re being inflexible to this idea of a transformative manager as a necessity of right now, and ignoring the stark realities of the club as a whole. The Klopp that walked into Liverpool post-Brenda had a lot going for him as far as the running of the club is concerned. Their outfit had ambition, a plan, a work ethic, they stumbled to 2nd place under Brenda and just needed a leading light to funnel it through proper to reach the heights we see today. Arsenal don’t have that presently, and it was a grave assumption that this sea-change… Read more »
besides pepe the only other 2 wingers arsenal have saka and Nelson and both of them are shit.
Funny thing is that if I had a choice I’d much prefer someone like Berta or Marrotta or even Campos (though I think he’s more of a Edu replacement) over Raul but at the same time I can’t look past how he’s gotten rid of Wenger and Emery since he’s been here and just think there’s something there that can help us.
No Marko I blame Raul for not having a plan, did Levy had a plan for a tanking Poch?
I like Bob.
Okay, say we go and spend £50m on Rafa…he saves us from the drop and then???? What, terminate his contract and then get a young gun in?
Please. We need change now, not a steady fucking ship. We had a steady ship for 22 years in case you forgot.
We actually need someone to come in and light a fire…not put one out.
No Marko I blame Raul for not having a plan, did Levy had a plan for a tanking Poch?
I mean if Levy had to run things by the Kroenkes maybe things wouldn’t have gone through so smoothly. Kind of ignoring the elephant in the room when you blame Raul for not having a plan while the Kroenkes are delaying the decision to begin with
saka,wilcock,nelson, all need to be replaced with zaha,dybala,and bring back mkhitaryan.
the arsenal u23 is full of bang average championship future players
Simeone would be great…who remembers when Gilles Grimandi smacked him in the head in a European game and cut his forehead!! Simeone spent the rest of the game chasing him around the pitch, I think Grimandi was shitting himself (rightly I suspect)
I don’t like Bob anymore. Mikki back?
Sweet Mary and baby Jesus.
Simone is the highest paid manager in the world.
He speaks zero English.
Plays pragmatic and boring football.
FFS get over it.
leon
Luiz
koulibaly
tierney
bellerin
xhaka
doucoure
zaha
pepe
dybala
aubameyang
this is my dream team for arsenal.
Un No I’ve been advocating getting rid of Emery for a while now. My point is that making a single figure the bogie man for all of our ills is a bad idea if he’s not responsible for what’s being claimed. There are serious problems at the club and wasting time seeking scapegoats and putting out misinformation is crazy. Just look at what Sanllehi get’s solely blamed for on here- the recruitment of Lich, the hiring of Emery, taking to long to sack Emery, binning off Cazola, Ozil’s contract, Xhaka’s new contract etc etc etc. It’s as if Gazidis and… Read more »
Guns
“I don’t like Bob anymore. Mikki back?
Sweet Mary and baby Jesus.”
Think I’d throw in the donkey and three wise men into that as well!
Brendan Rodgers signs a new contract.
That leaves Neill Cugley.Folkestone FC.
Mikki over saka, willock ,Nelson to come of the bench is a much better option.
Gunz – this squad needs the discipline that Simeone or someone like that brings to the table. Allegri is another non English speaker but tactically astute and doesn’t suffer fools.
Please don’t assume everyone has Emery’s level of learning when it comes to english.
Funny thing is those Sven signings you had Raul being blamed for the poor ones but Sven got credit for Guendouzi and Torreira. I have a feeling Raul’s being blamed on them now
Marc
Bob has also thrown Xhaka and Luiz into his dream team. Dream team!
Bob…that’s insane. Really worrying.
Brendan just used the arsenal circus/crisis for a pay rise, well played sir, well played!
Digital
I agree. Some people learn quicker etc but at no point in history has Simone or Allegri from that matter suggested managing in England. Also, according to Peter, Allegri had a shite interview.
I do not think Simone or Allegri is the right person.
Guns
You just need to imagine me screaming “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
Don’t be too sure. Leicester are a better club all around than Arsenal. Fact. Perhaps he’s happy there and sees a big future. This isn’t about a pay rise as I’m sure Brendan could have got more at Arsenal.
Arsenal are fucking toxic. Like a CM Burns powerplant dump.
lol bob and GoH the amazing duo of stand up comedy
you both suit each other
I’m all for Simeone, Benitez is just to get the conversation going again
Mourinho would’ve been a shock to the system but the inept people upstairs still were behind Emery at that time
Is anybody able to tell me why multimillionaire footballers need ‘confidence’ to press and close down the opposition ?
Marko
The one to really watch will be Saliba. If he comes in and looks good it’ll be Sven – Valentin’s already started a line about how Sven tried to get him at Dortmund or something. If he stinks the place out that’ll be forgotten and it’ll be another Sanllehi master class.
ok should I replace xhaka with west ham’s, bench warmer jack wilshere? and Bolton’s rob holding?
Simeone is on over 40 million Euros a year.
It ain’t happening people.
Bob
You don’t have to go from Xhaka to Wiltshire. There are a million players in between.
If it’s a dream team…why not Messi or Ronaldo? You plumped for Luiz and Xhaka.
That’s cray cray.
Wenger’s last 2 seasons saw us finish 5th then 6th.
Yet the demented AKBs are back in their deluded droves claiming Wenger would have us in top 4.
Hilarious stuff.
If Wenger had stayed the season Emery took over we probably would have been 7th or 8th,,season after 10th.
Emery was the wrong guy from the start but let’s not rewrite history and pretend this mess is solely on Emery.