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.
Charlie – We will not get 70 million from Madrid for Auba(31 years). It will be significantly less cash and a loan option for Jovic with an option to buy if we’re lucky.
There’s literally no point in looking back and laying blame for this that or the other on Kronke, Wenger, Raul or Emery. What’s important is what we do next and we need to hurry up about it too. We are in a crisis the worst I can remember since I started as a fan around 85/86. We need to rip it up, have a clear out and start again. We might need to lower our expectations too as to who we can attract going forward as a manager and players. Why would Arteta want to come here when he’s nailed… Read more »
Listen available or not they’ll have to find money from somewhere in January. Left until the end of the season this squad full of pathetic chodes will continue as is.
Marko
Yeeeah mate. Net spend of around £25m
They are only spending what they generate from players sales from the world class stars they develop.
As I said. We spend more money than Leicester.
I bet Emery’s sleeping well last few days. Shit managers don’t win Europa League three times. Shit players get you relegated. Arsenal is full of shit players.
Get a grip Pedro. This bunch of overpaid instagram tough guys would turn Klopp into shit manager.
But it all boils down to the fckng cowboys in charge of the club.
If we don’t get anyone in January, we might as well prepare for the championship and no that is not beyond the realms of probability as some on here will have you believe
alexanderhenry
“I watched the game last night and it has got to be the worst performance from arsenal I can remember.”
Southampton match was worse remember.
They could have easily won 6-2 but somehow Arsenal got a draw out of it.
These shit performances are piling on top of each other that people are forgetting.
Marko
Yea but you’re being one-dimensional in your idea of replacing Auba. Like the only way to be a better, more potent side is to replace a CF with someone of the same quality.
I’d stick my neck out and say we’d be a better side with Laca and Martinelli as CF options, Pepe one side and a new recruit the other side (Leon Bailey sort?).
Or alternatively we could use the 70 mil to improve the defensive talent at the club, not like we’re clean sheet merchants.
Again, Doucoure from relegation bound Watford wouldn’t be a bad place to start our business
Don Because we have mainly shit players that no one wants, how does that improve your point? Net spend was about the same, they just had more valuable players to sell and didn’t have to ship out 3 players for everyone they could bring in, and lower their wage bill by 500k a week in the process. It just glaringly exposes what a shit show of a squad Wenger left and now we don’t have the money to properly rebuild so we have to make do with youngsters, stop gap signings and loans to tide us over. Not really the… Read more »
“Azed, they won’t be like that with a permanent hire.”
Pedro
I hope so.
At this stage, I’ll take Simeone just because he would probably best the shit out of some of this players.
Ed – Klopp is a strong alpha male, he doesn’t suffer fools. Emery has been known to cower under the pressure of superstars as we have seen with Neymar and Ozil(superstar now in name only).
It comes down to discipline and respect for the club. Which is 100% lacking from this current crop of players.
Obviously meant gross spend, which is what matters when comparing the type/quality of players coming in. Net spend is more a measure of how efficiently the club is run and if they have any valuable assets. No secret we’ve been terrible in the transfer market for years, of course it’s going to cost a lot to catch up.
Long read. But no mention that what we actually need is a new owner. Mention of Wenger boys as soft… You might remember that we used to be the nastiest PL side and would top the red card league. Still we won 10 against 11… What actually made us change from nasty to soft??? Remember the media and Co going after us because we were too tough… remember the uproar it cause with FA stepping in…. until we had to accept other teams could bully us off the park but we could not hit them back… You mention players going… Read more »
Yea but you’re being one-dimensional in your idea of replacing Auba. I mean at least I’m replacing him. You’re taking away our best source of goals replacing him internally and all for a very short time because Lacazette is nearing 29. There’s is zero internal options to address problems at Arsenal. Like the only way to be a better, more potent side is to replace a CF with someone of the same quality. As opposed to someone of a lesser quality yes. Look how about instead of replacing a 30 year old striker with a misfiring 28 year old striker… Read more »
‘Milner and Henderson are far better than the shite we have.’
How do you know this?
Milner was cast out of Citeh for being inadequate, now look at him in a proper set up.
If Guen was playing for Liverpool with all that energy, he would be rated at around £100m as we speak.
Our setup under Emery was a sad nothing.
It’s even sadder that Freddie would come in and start acting so sad with his sad sad line ups.
@Marko,
I think we have a good forward line.
It is the defence and midfield which need addressing. This is where we need the owners to step in and provide funding. As we address the footballing side and grow the balance sheet of the club, they will recover their capital.
The sad thing is that we were sold to the wrong people. If AFC had been bought by Usmanov, we would have had the best players of the world wearing our shirt today.
Folk raving about this Martinelli boy.
Granted he has scored goals in the Loosers and against Liverpools 3rd team- he has not scored in the Prem yet.
Proper soccer.
Clearly he is an exciting prodigy- but he is 3 years away from being a regular first teamer.
His explosive start in Arsenal colors would have already alerted other clubs, so there is no Suprise factor any more.
If we are relying on Martinelli for our goals to stay up. …dont.
(But he does press nicely)
Arsenal are 24 points from the top of the table and 5 points from relegation places, CG called it similar and was subsequently banned, as unbelievable as that.
More alarming is that Arsenal’s relegation mates are coming to Emirates to get points, which means as it stands, Arsenal can’t survive a relegation battle.
The new regime is a true blessing.
“Milner was cast out of Citeh for being inadequate, now look at him in a proper set up.”
So he was cast out for not being adequate after five years and 147 appearances. For a club not slow to release the underperforming – unlike us – they tolerated him for an awfully long time.
We also need to start buying players who know the league, that’s always vital… Doucoure, Delofleu, Grealish, Dunk Also like the look of Saint-Maximam at Newcastle, might not have the numbers but love his direct approach…. We’ve bought really poorly of late so we need to be smarter with our recruitment.. Our academy is also very shit at this time constantly churning out lightweight footballers who are technical and otherwise useless…Almost every team presses in this league so we need players who can either beat the press or is more direct… Of course without the proper manager, all of this… Read more »
Pires said we need more English players in our squad to really get us going again. Get rid of Ozil and sign Grealish. Get rid of Luiz, Sokratis and Mustafi and bring in Dunk and Lundstram. Get rid of Xhaka and bring in Doucoure. Get rid of Aubameyang and get someone like Danny Ings. Doucoure not English, granted, but they all know the premier league and are all top players playing exceptionally well and are all fighters. What a CB pairing Dunk and Lundstram would be. Lundstram can also play DM so can cover 2 positions when Saliba comes in… Read more »
‘So he was cast out for not being adequate after five years and 147 appearances. For a club not slow to release the underperforming – unlike us – they tolerated him for an awfully long time.’
So why do you imagine the city hierarchy sold Milner to a direct rival? Because the Sheikh was broke?
Thanks GentleBris
(Always been my favourite.)
Gentlebris – Probably because he had been there five years and it was time for both parties to move on. Liverpool got him on a free as well so Milner was calling the shots and saw a nice opportunity to fill his pockets.
Fact is he wouldn’t have been playing regularly for five years if he wasn’t good enough for them. Basic logic.
Well said Bd
Not quite sure about PEA/Ings swap though.
Love how the conversation borders on xenophobic when we struggle.
Make Arsenal all English again! That will solve all the problems!
I mean really? Yes, EPL players are what we need but to say Arsenal-Make Arsenal English Again is stupid.
MAEA lol
We need an English speaking coach!
lol
Clearly, but should this person speak the Queens English or not?
Very interesting how things turn inward
‘Fact is he wouldn’t have been playing regularly for five years if he wasn’t good enough for them. Basic logic.’
Paulinho,
Imagine us being lucky to bin Ozil and someone imagining Ozil must have been dynamite for playing for us all these years.
It escaped me that Milner went on a free transfer because Citeh felt there was no need for a renewal. Think for a moment if that could have happened with say…….Kompany, at the time.
“James Milner has agreed personal terms with Liverpool and will join Brendan Rodgers’ side on a free transfer when his contract expires at Manchester City at the end of the month.
The 29-year-old has been a target of the Liverpool manager since last summer, when he refused City’s offer of a contract extension worth up to £165,000 a week. He has agreed in principle to move to Merseyside despite Manuel Pellegrini’s desire to keep him and interest from Arsenal. Milner will officially become a Liverpool player on 1 July.”
Yep, cast out and tossed aside by City.
Milner has been mustard for years, abit foolish to doubt his quality. He is the type of player Fergie would have loved. Consistent performances with a 7.5 out of 10 in all areas of play.
Would have loved him at Arsenal. He is exactly the type of player we need both on the pitch and in the locker room
Gentlebris – Seems quite bit escapes you.
Paulinho
Whilst you are here.
West Ham Monday
Big pitch……nay……humongous pitch
London Damp and and cold….
Should we press ?
Or should we concentrate on keeping the ball so we dont need to press…
The reason I ask.
We have a game in Belgium Thursday
And The Champions on Sunday?
Should the conservation of energy being a consideration?
Or should we run about like nutters for 3 games in 5 days?
‘The 29-year-old has been a target of the Liverpool manager since last summer, when he refused City’s offer of a contract extension worth up to £165,000 a week. He has agreed in principle to move to Merseyside despite Manuel Pellegrini’s desire to keep him and interest from Arsenal. Milner will officially become a Liverpool player on 1 July.” I could dig out one thousand media yammering like this that are totally incorrect. There was no way a Brendan Rodgers Liverpool would outbid or be more attractive to a player than a super rich Citeh regime. Leaving that out, everyone and… Read more »
Gus hiddink. You’re welcome.
Doucoure and Grealish added to our midfield would improve us dramatically. Would still a CDM. My favourite would be Ndidi but he’s going to cost a lot. I’d sell Xhaka, Torreira and AMN to raise some money for the rebuild. Have to get rid of the poisonous attitudes like Xhaka, Ozil, Mustafi etc. Fragile, entitled, victim mentality players that poison the squad. Hilarious these wimps complained about Emery, had the audacity to mock him and are playing like vaginas on legs still after he left. Pathetic. Get rid of the lot of them. Go after the elite young and up… Read more »
We need to clear out the bellrins, Torreiras and any other soft metro sexual in the side and get in some fighters.
Any purchase we make should be scouted by a team of psychologists to see if they have winning mentalities and arnt our typical weak minded hires.
Tierney and Martinelli are prime examples of the players we need, maybe guendouzi fits that bill too.
Any other player we have is expendable IMO.
Benny
Not sure about Ings though, i mean common man, we might as well get Charlie Austin if that’s the case…But we really do need to get in players who don’t need any getting used to the league business.
Graham flagged up Grealish.
That is the prototype of player Arsenal should always attempt to sign up.
‘Milner has been mustard for years, abit foolish to doubt his quality’
My argument is that if he was such an obvious gem to Citeh there was no way a Citeh side with burning ambitions would let him go. It is, of course, foolish to think differently.
And is Milner a better player in Liverpool? 100% yes.
That’s my argument.
lol Guns of SF considering where you are of course you are averse from a bit of loyalty stuff innit?
even then it’s vito in CG mode
but he forgot the most vital key in all of these
calf definition
tick tock lads
Marc, The problem is that you don’t have an opinion on football matter, you have an opinion on people’s opinion. You spend more time commenting on other people comment than actually writing on Arsenal. Usually you stand on the fence or the status quo and take snipe at anybody who dissent from that opinion. Only when things are so obvious do you start taking a stand. Supporting Gazidis and Emery until the last moment when the tide of evidence against them was overwhelming. You will do the same thing with Raul and then pretend that people who had seen through… Read more »
“Or should we concentrate on keeping the ball so we dont need to press…” I think you’ve answered your own question, CG. Effective pressing comes as a natural consequence of a confident bunch playing dynamic football. Play good football high up the pitch, and if we lose it, hunt in packs, because the opposition are strained and struggling from trying to contain us, and are vulnerable to giving the ball away again . Teams have been doing that to us in the last few months: Playing through our midfield, playing the game in our final third, and compounding our problems… Read more »
“I could dig out one thousand media yammering like this that are totally incorrect.”
Go on then.
Get rid of Aubameyang and get someone like Danny Ings.
I just vomited in my mouth thank you
Just another Customer,
You dont a team of scouts to judge a player- just look at them calves.
Same as scouting a keeper.
Big hands +big fingers = a potential Gordon Banks
Always keep it simple ,because it is only football.
“Leaving that out, everyone and his dog knows that the old ageing Milner at Liverpool is still way more productive than the young agile Milner at Citeh”
Every man and his dog is wrong then. About as wrong as you were when you claimed City ‘cast him out’.
If Arsenal lose to WestHam on Monday, and Everton win any of their next two matches, then congratulations, Arsenal officially become a relegation battle candidate. Of course you know we can not get even a point against Citeh.
The joys of the new regime.
Thanks as always Paulinho
Totally befuddled by it all though.
Wonder how todays player vote ended in the new manager pool.
CG – Press when the opposition are vulnerable – whether due to lack of confidence, low quality footballer on the ball – and stay compact when they are secure.
In short – pick your battles.
Supporting Gazidis and Emery until the last moment when the tide of evidence against them was overwhelming
Don’t think he’s ever supported Gazidis
Look you need help Val so I’ll help you out.
Sokratis signed when Sven Mislintat was head of recruitment and responsible for signings = a Sven signing.
Saliba signed when Sven Mislintat was at Stuttgart = not a Sven signing.
It’s not that hard to get it’s really simple in fact.
yeah Paulinho thus we revert to type that is passing to the back and when the slightest thing doesn’t work the players start to have a go at each other
such pathetic display
I don’t know where the foundation is to regroup and rebuild confidence
Just another customer..
This is for you mate…
One of my fave bands… have you heard of them before you lil millenial? This sums up Arsenal at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=qbmWs6Jf5dc
Saint Maximin is exactly the kind of players Arsenal should stay clear. He looks busy, good on the highlight but in reality is wasteful and ineffective. His pace, athleticism and purposeful runs initially impress people, but that soon fades. Unless coached properly he will keep running into blind alley, shoot with force when a placed shot would have been more effective, shoot on sight instead of passing to a better placed teammate.
Or how about this one? JAC
More like “Arsenal calling”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c
lol Guns of SF ok boomer
we should add more of this diverse mercenaries who only play for themselves to add the anarchy in the Arsenal eh?
not like aaanotherr club
lol Sex Pistol and The Clash are literally the big names of punk
why do you post me that we millenials know those but yeah we don’t experience those thus that lack of identity we are suffering right now
and who’s fault is that?
it’s the degenerate boomers
I will take any mercenaries that can get us to win.
you can be a mercenary from Tibet, Timbuktu, Tonga, i don’t give a shit.
However, The Clash and Sex Pistols are some of Englands finest…
perhaps you should study your music… its really good!
Lil Millenial 😛
PS. Im a Gen X’er
Lack of identity is a problem of millenials.
Wishy washy- on to one thing if another doesnt work out.
Loyal to themselves ( Ozil Xhaka etc)
So tell me, which team showed more loyalty? Current or ones of the past mate? I think you might have already answered this question.
Marko, I know you struggled earlier with the concept of timeline with regard to recruitment of manager, but it the same with the recruitment of players. Nobody cares about who actually is there for the signature of the contract. The important thing is who spotted the player and initiated the negotiation. If Sven spots a player, tell Arsenal to buy that player but leaves before the deal is completed, that is still a Sven signing. If Sven does not want to hire a player but is then overruled by Raul, then it is a Raul signing despite Sven having the… Read more »
“I mean at least I’m replacing him. You’re taking away our best source of goals replacing him internally and all for a very short time because Lacazette is nearing 29. There’s is zero internal options to address problems at Arsenal.“ You missed the point so hard in your usual attempt to score some point. Your only concept of us replacing Auba is to buy another CF, I called that one-dimensional. I said the money gained could be used to balance the front three better with a recruit like Leon Bailey. Or offset the goals for by adding defensive talent to… Read more »
that’s what I meant lol Guns of SF sorry if you took it harshly
just look at Tony Adams he personified Arsenal and preserve the identity of it then gets more and more diluted as years gone by and here we are with nothing left
I like Rock the Casbah I appreciate the elders and their culture but I’m frustrated when I don’t have one myself with how separated and fractured my generation is from one another
JAC,
No worries mate… we both want Arsenal to rise up again..
hehe sorry though so I’m too ‘woke’ with all these allegories let’s talk footy instead but that need to virtue signal should be tone down a bit Guns of SF you are not helping the stereotype of folks from that area ahaha
English players for English club is nothing heretical or a sacrilege isn’t it?
If Sven spots a player, tell Arsenal to buy that player but leaves before the deal is completed, that is still a Sven signing. If Sven does not want to hire a player but is then overruled by Raul, then it is a Raul signing despite Sven having the title of head of recruitment. That really is that simple… It’s all so simple and can be proven of course. Ah yes Sven was overuled on Denis Suarez therefore he was overruled on them all I guess. So what exactly did he do at Arsenal? Was he responsible for any signings… Read more »
I don’t think the issue is with not enough English players at Arsenal, it is more about players being too individualistic and flashy to care about the team. David Bentley was as English as they come, but he was still a flash bellend.
Guns of sf
You’re musical taste is impeccable
You missed the point so hard in your usual attempt to score some point. I’m not looking to score anything it’s a discussion. So we sell Auba and buy a younger Auba to replace the goals or what’s the point in selling? Top notch. I mean it’s actually smart because it’s an opportunity to replace a 30 year old goalscorer with a 21 year old goalscorer. It’s far better (IMO) than replacing a 30 year old with a 28 year especially considering that said 28 year old is going to need to be replaced in a year or two anyway.… Read more »
https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/22/robert-pires-tells-unai-emery-needs-sign-english-players-arsenal-11200632/
Look at Pires the Frenchman being all Xenophobic saying Arsenal need more English players.
Bloody frenchies being all English.
Nigel Pearson lands at Watford on a rolling contract until the end of the season or some crap like that
Completely forgot about him.
Marko, Just shown your true flat earth colour with that comment. Should be easy enough to prove even though they get pretty much linked with everyone. So in short, I can send me the link but that does not prove anything anyway. Your personal opinion trumps facts. I sent you links before showing that Dortmund was interested in Saliba the year before, you argued that it did not matter because Raul is the one who did the negotiation. There is no point in having a debate with you. Once You have belief in something , facts are irrelevant. The same… Read more »
“Yep, cast out and tossed aside by City.”
If Arsenal had players with half the sack of Milner, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
BatistutaDecember 6, 2019 18:40:53 Benny Not sure about Ings though, i mean common man, we might as well get Charlie Austin if that’s the case…But we really do need to get in players who don’t need any getting used to the league business. MarkoDecember 6, 2019 18:48:39 Get rid of Aubameyang and get someone like Danny Ings. I just vomited in my mouth thank you >>>>> Lol, I’m not necessarily saying we actually sign Ings, just someone of his ilk. Aubameyang is 31 and will soon lose his pace. There’s not much to his game other than scoring, which is… Read more »
Did anyone else find it concerning that Ljunberg said he didn’t even notice Auba had left the pitch for a toilet break until he saw him emerge from the dug out.
I am getting quite concerned, we need a new face in that dug out ASAP.
I repeat, Cruzeiro 2014 Brazilian Serie A champions are one game from relegation, it was considered impossible when the season started
Cheers Hillwood.
Turn it up…. Happy Friday all
If we get relegated perhaps the Kroenke’s will call no joy and sell.
Erling Haaland. He’s the lad we should be going for if we’re selling Auba. No idea how much he would cost.
p.s. 4 James Milners in our squad and we’d be set. Such an underrated player. 7 out of 10 performances every week for 10 years.
The thing I find infuriating is how come we did not have a manager ready to go when we sacked Emery ? Spurs did it same day
Watford straight away Leicester 2 days us God knows how long
Fish rots from the head. Owner, innefectual and ancient Board of Directors, grew complacent under Wenger and have no answers. There is no short term fix for a group of players who lack intensity. It will be a long way back.
As with Wolves, we need world class technical players with the blue collar ethic of say Wolves, Pool, Leicester, Spurs etc.
Teams that have players that put in a shift all the time.
Look at teams like Brighton even…. hard work for 90 mins…
No confusion of roles and consistent max effort.
I’m not football expert and I don’t watch french football or championship football etc but you can bet your bottom dollar there will be a highly rated up and coming manager who is known for organising defences. I feel the club should be out there looking under every stone, looking at their metrics and resources they’ve had to work with to unearth the next big manager. Someone who can sort out a defence. Graham Potter or that Wilder fellow at sheffield are good examples where they’ve been unearthed.
we laughed off Jonny Evans a while back.
Now look…. he is a rock at CB
What the hell is going on with Mavro as well?
grrrrr
Our CB’s need to be held accountable. The evidence is clear for years. Bench these guys and bring in their replacements. Chambers and Holding…. /Mavro/Tierney- just let it be known that enough is enough despite how good these players were once upon a time!
So in short, I can send me the link but that does not prove anything anyway. Your personal opinion trumps facts.
Look by all means you consistent lying little shit prove to me that Sven was responsible for Saliba signing for Arsenal. Because I can easily prove that he isn’t responsible for the signing. It goes like this try to keep up he left us in February joined Stuttgart in April and ARSENAL signed Saliba in late July.
Arsenal is currently a sinking ship under the current management and ownership. How the mighty has fallen.
The same thing happen when we discussed PV4 being forced out of Arsenal.
Yep player who tried/wanted to leave us was forced out. Makes sense. We really forced all of them out. Van Persie, Fabregas, Henry etc all went out kicking and screaming.
Cruzeiro 2014 Brazilian Serie A champions are one game from relegation, it was considered impossible when the season started
I mean they finished 8/12/5/8 since then. It’s hardly 5th to 17th inside a year is it.
“I mean it’s actually smart because it’s an opportunity to replace a 30 year old goalscorer with a 21 year old goalscorer. It’s far better (IMO) than replacing a 30 year old with a 28 year especially considering that said 28 year old is going to need to be replaced in a year or two anyway“ Martinelli is there, are you that perturbed by Laca as the senior CF with him in support? That’s a solid setup of you ask me, I’d trade Auba for a wide player like Bailey to slot in alongside the remaining as means of supplementing… Read more »
Guns of sf
I have had Never Mind The Bollocks on vynl cd and now on Spotify
It’s frightening to think where 40 plus years have gone
“we laughed off Jonny Evans a while back.
Now look…. he is a rock at CB“
I touted Evans more than once, was repeatedly shot down because he wasn’t the level. For 3 mil it was a no-brainier, or not.
Im like you Hillwood..
have a collection of Vinyl stored at my parents house from my college days…
Now its all Itunes etc.
My kids find a record player to be so fascinating.
Like a dial telephone or even a push button telephone
Phone booths are artifacts to them
‘I repeat, Cruzeiro 2014 Brazilian Serie A champions are one game from relegation, it was considered impossible when the season started’
‘I repeat, Cruzeiro 2014 Brazilian Serie A champions are one game from relegation, it was considered impossible when the season started’
R.H,
Why keep mentioning Cruzeiro when Arsenal are, in all reality, on same level.
Seems you lack believe…….in Arsenal’s incapabilities.
Charlie can I ask you then what do we do in the next year or so when we have to replace Lacazette? I am very perturbed yes with having someone like Lacazette leading the line someone who can’t break 20 goals across all comps for us and who’s been absolutely unreliable during a period when we need someone anyone to step up. Next summer or the following summer we’ll need to bring in either a starting or back up striker depending on how Martinelli/Balogan get on. By then we’ll be dependent on who’s available and who we can attract and… Read more »
You all are recommending that Arsenal patch a weary garment. It’s no way to go.
We have to sell all these ‘senior’ players and start again!
Can you imagine Arsenal dangling all that goodwill over relegation waters!
“There is no more important factor in the demise of Arsenal than Arsene Wenger’s vice like grip on power.
As he faded, so did our competitive edge.
People polluting the feeds that moving him on was a bad move are willfully reimagining the past decade.
Embarrassing.”
Great tweet Pedro. Couldn’t have put it better myself.
Funny thing is if Madrid want Aubameyang and are willing to let Jovic go in the deal that means he’s available and I guarantee you that if we don’t take him someone else will. Bayern Munich could but I’d say Chelsea would be very interested considering they’re looking for a replacement for Giroud and Batshuayi now that their ban is lifted.
Marko You realise we earned a top 4 place with Giroud as our main striker right? Having Lacazette as the senior CF with Martinelli right behind him is an improvement on that setup. The idea about buying in another flanking player is so the front 3 because a better balanced side, so the shortfall of goals Auba provides over Laca is mitigated by the improved work of the collective. Bit puzzled how Laca suddenly needs a sale in your mind at 29, it’s only being talked about with Auba because there’s apparent interest and he’s soon 31. If Laca gives… Read more »
Marko, You comment just proves my point. You are so entrenched in your own belief that nothing can be proven to you. How can you prove that Sven is not responsible for spotting Saliba when clearly Sven knew of Saliba before he joined Arsenal? Raul called you in Ireland and told you that he and only him is responsible for all recruitment and that Sven was a bad man who needed to be kicked out of the club. Did Raul also told you that he was not involved in David Luiz joining us? Soon you will tell us that Denis… Read more »
Moving Wenger on was a bad move in the context of what has followed and the sheer amateurish leadership we’ve seen from the men in suits.
You don’t get one without the other, we made the move to oust Wenger in order to bring in Emery, it was a failure. Trying you pick and choose the decision making you agree with in amongst it is bogus, we didn’t simply need to replace Wenger, we needed to replace him with competent. We’re not better for replacing him with muck.
Weird throwback to the AKB/WOB faction bullshit. There’s no winners here.
Yes Champagne a complete fiasco.
But Wenger was deteriorating in his
decisions.
Quicker than a rat up a drainpipe.?