Unai Emery has come out swinging in the media and to be quite honest, it’s a sight to behold. I’ve always suspected he was a bit on the spectrum, his words really drive home that point for me. This proclamation was particularly delicious for me.
“In Paris, I missed the chance to become the best coach in the world,”
My word. For starters.
“My mastery of French was enough to explain and make me understood,”
Trying to become the greatest with basic French, in a city that’ll throw shade for speaking French with an accent they dislike, is not a good start if you’re a serious person.
He then upset the most expensively assembled squad in the world, had them playing negatively, and tanked a one-horse race to Monaco. He is the only coach to have had a full season with the Sheikhs and not win a league title.
He was such a cuck, that his assessment of his time in Paris was basically, ‘Neymar was the leader’, and ‘I was in the out-group.’
“A player, a president and a coach. Each time, a different leader profile. I know when I’m the main person in a group and when I’m not.
“It’s a process that every coach has to live and internalise, it’s something you learn with time and experience.
“In each club you must know what role you play and what role you assign to the rest of the group. My opinion is that at PSG the leader is called Neymar.
“Or more exactly, the leader will be called Neymar, because that is what he is becoming. Neymar came to PSG to be the leader, to live the necessary process to become the world’s number one.
He took over a defence that conceded 19 under Blanc and conceded 30% more goals. He took over an elite attack that had scored 102 and tanked it to 83. Things turned around the next season when Monaco was decimated and PSG went on a wild spending spree. He was a joke in the media, a laughing stock with the players, and the football was negative.
Fast-forward to yesterday.
“Arsenal was a club on a downward slope for two years before I arrived. We stopped this fall and even began to rebuild the club with the Europa League final and fifth place in the league, only one point off Tottenham despite the fact that we took just one point in our final five matches. We had Champions League qualification in our grasp and it went wrong in the end. But it was a good season and we had this notion of continuing to improve. But we lost our four captains: [Laurent] Koscielny, [Petr] Cech, [Aaron] Ramsey and [Nacho] Monreal. They were personalities that we missed this season to stay on the right track, and some stars did not have a good attitude and asked for more than what they were giving back. Taking all of that into account, we needed time to succeed with our transition to a new Arsenal, which is what I wanted.”
It’s clear he’s out here trying to land a new job, I hope it happens for him, but cherry-picking what happened is embarrassing.
He was a disaster start to finish. No club in our situation would have hired him if they’d done even 5 minutes worth of due diligence. He landed the job because Canales put him forward, which is an outrageous privilege to start with. He didn’t learn the language. He had no connection with the squad. He didn’t know what he was trying to do on the pitch. No one wanted to play for him. The fans couldn’t stand the football.
Was he helped by what Wenger and Ivan left him? No. But he knew what the situation was when he took over, he had a presentation of the ages to explain how he was going to return us to greatness. He had a good sense of what needed to be done as well, fix the defence, be the protagonists, play great football… but he was a classroom manager. He couldn’t take complex football theory and execute it in terms players could understand.
Now we are where we are, overseeing the worst Premier League season in our history.
The players seem in a better place. This is Mesut.
“As a team, we are much happier and everyone wants to give everything for this club”
“Especially tactically we have improved a lot and I hope in the future we will be more successful.”
This is Lacazette.
“We are more together now. The way we think as well on the pitch and outside the pitch. Tactically we are better and we’re going to see a big improvement in the next few weeks.”
The next two months is huge for us, we need to rack up points to clear relegation, we need to find the balance between attack and defence, and we need to take the good vibes behind the scenes and see some output. Great process is all well and good, but obviously, we’re still in the business of points.
Hopefully, we’ll see a decent cup run.
Right, see you in the comments. x
Rspca
Is that Greenwood and Balogun? Yeah seems to be the most likely along with Azeez. Forgot about him actually, he’s further back in midfield too.
Probably not going to be ready for a while though.
R.S.P.C.Arsenal, there are 14 players with question marks over their heads this summer. Plenty of movement I suspect
If we sign Pape it would be worth it keeping Papasok for another year just for the lulz.
Papa Pape and Pepe in the same team? going to be gold hearing commentators trip up on that one
Pedro,
After we smash spurs 4-2 at the Emirates I honestly thought Emery was going to be great for us. MA wasn’t my first choice to replace Emery but after 30 minutes against CFC at the Emirates, I knew he had something about him. So I’m holding hope that he the one to take us forward, something that most fans does. I think that’s normal.
Gunner
Do you still feel the same way after the Burnley game…if so, then you are a plonker…
“there are 14 players with question marks over their heads this summer”
I’ll be happy as long as Xhaka and Mustafi are long gone.
Red
It’s quite strange that accuse someone else of being a “plonker” when you spend so much time following a team that’s managed to give you 18 months worth of pleasure (Emery’s tenure) in over 23 years, from your general comments the 23 years have been pure torture.
You are clearly either A) a really miserable bastard with masochistic tendencies or B) a troll.
Thd proof is in the pudding, the last 9 games have been poor and only a masochistic would disagree…
Marc,
RT is neither a) a really miserable bastard with masochistic tendencies nor b) a troll.
He is simply applying a rigorous and revolutionary Trotskyite dialectical materialist analytical framework onto the goings on at Arsenal.
Come the revolution and the inevitable collapse of capitalism, his analysis will be proven right.
This should be easy even for Arsrnal fans to suss how bad an appointment Arteta has been…
Words
I forgot he was a raving lefty!
Freddie
Seems like azeez has an agent pushing him already..
If he has got it … Give him a go.
But two strikers possibly 18/24 months away.
Red,
Gunner
“Do you still feel the same way after the Burnley game…if so, then you are a plonker”
Red you’re mad funny! Why are you so reckless with the ish you say on the internet dude. 😀😀 Sometimes I be thinking you’re Pedro in disguise. If we say half the ish you saying on here, joker hide us in the bin. Where is Marko and Bamgod? Free the homies Pedro!
Feeddie
You do have a point
The Pape lad looks good
Freddie …not Feedie.
It’s past my bedtime, time to get tucked into bed
Papa pape pepe also in defense, saka xhaka and sok
Dr Seuss wouldnt be talking shit on artetas tenure!
After looking at the fixture list, i think we have a good chance of getting on a run and sustaining it. We don’t have too many tough games ahead. The next toughie is away to wolves and the only other tough away game in the league is spuds, both games we win if we’re on a run. The only one i’d be willing to concede ahead of time is liverpool at home near the end.
The only point made by Emery which has some validity is that we lost at end of last season 4 “experienced” players albeit that they were all in decline. However, Arsenal’s decline started already last season with a defence, which leaked like a sieve and a midfield which was completely unbalanced. The so-called progression this season was in a downward direction with a “disunited and underperforming” squad. Yet RT thinks that the club was playing better under Emery than Arteta!! No-one would argue that our performance under Arteta has not improved dramatically, but there is at least a light at… Read more »
“Arsenal was a club on a downward slope for two years before I arrived.” Very true but Emery’s claim to have arrested this ‘downward spiral’ is a bit far fetched. His impeded communication skills, appalling team selections, poor in game management, abject player management etc just increased the angle of the decline and left the club in an inferior position on his departure! It’s a long way back from there. If you are flying a jumbo jet and put it into a steep dive it takes an awful long time pulling back on the stick to level it off, let… Read more »
Jesus.
Give it a break with Emery.
If we sign this pape gueye guy and Pablo Mari works out, We really need to go big at CAM come summer. Even if we sell both subs and Laca (which I don’t think will happen) we will have enough to replace them with the money they bring in. Grealish, Isco, Havertz, Van de beek, Odegard, Couthino are all on the market for the right price. We could transform our attack with one of these players. Buendia, Fekir and Luis Alberto also might be cheaper and reasonable options too.
If we sign this pape gueye guy and Pablo Mari works out, We really need to go big at CAM come summer. Even if we sell both auba and Laca (which I don’t think will happen) we will have enough to replace them with the money they bring in. Grealish, Isco, Havertz, Van de beek, Odegard, Couthino are all on the market for the right price. We could transform our attack with one of these players. Buendia, Fekir and Luis Alberto also might be cheaper and reasonable options too.
RT
Irrespective of all the negativity you spout out on here, has it occurred to you exactly where we stood the day Emery left the building, bearing in mind we were already in a shite state prior to his arrival?
I get it, you don’t rate Arteta, although it is clear to most of us on here that he has improved a few things already.
Is it perfection you seek?
Graham, RT is seeking attention and social interaction.
Shame laca and Ozil can’t show their happiness on the pitch.
Two of our most underperforming players under Arteta are happy. Well isn’t that nice.
Tits
Did you not read the title of the post? “Emery plays the blame game”.
There is a clue in there somewhere!
20M for a 31 year old smh
. PedroFebruary 11, 2020 20:00:36 Dissenter, it wasn’t a principled argument you had, you defended him because you thought he was great and that he’d come good. You mean the same way people are defending arteta?It’s like when you say that we need to get wins on the board and select the correct team on Legrove it is interpreted as being an emery defender and an arteta hater.We sacked emery because of drawing too many games(we lost two league matches before he was sacked) and we are still drawing games.The point here is simple,if we don’t start getting wins then… Read more »
Es
RT has criticised you on many occasions, now he is talking about a situation that has passed.
It is over it was nearly but not quite enough.
Now new man (phone shop) at helm yet your still engaging with RT on the man who is no more ?
Why
Nothing to be learned or gained from it.
R.S.P.C Arsenal RT annoys me intensely, because he pretends that he is a world authority on football and Arsenal and chooses to criticise and rubbish other people who post on here. This is someone who by his own admission does not go to games and seldom even watches games on screen. He has chosen to criticise Arteta after just three or four games for no particular reason other than that he finds it amusing to do so and wind up others who either rate Arteta or like myself willing to give him the chance to prove himself. It is exceedingly… Read more »
ES,
RT he doesn’t pretend to be an authority on Arsenal, he has his agenda that is nothing to de with reality and should only be responded to if bored and/or your feeling charitable, as by responding his ego receives a modicum of empowerment by getting a rise from a complete stranger.
Bob knows
Bob N16
You are 100% right and last season I chose to do just as you suggest.
However, when I keep reading the same repetitive views of RT and more importantly he abuses others I take exception.
Is it necessary for example to call another poster a “plonker” as he did at 21.22
last night?
Sure ES, his posts are deliberately inflammatory. To answer your question, it is ‘necessary’ for him to call someone a plonker as it might get a rise from the person his comments are directed to or as a happy bonus, get a rise from somebody else, in this case yourself. Enough about him already. With a touch of irony, I’ll be missing the first home game in what seems like ages when I head off to Dubai this weekend for my own winter break. If we start well I think we’ll comfortably beet the barcodes. It won’t be a linear… Read more »
Ziyech please, Stanley.
Bob NI6 Hope you enjoy Dubai. I used to travel frequently 3-4x a year on business to UAE. However, yet to go there on holiday. I am optimistic that Arteta will be able to turn things around, but perhaps it is too early for that to happen this season. The starting point has to be to “stabilise” our team and for Arteta to know who is his preferred First X1. Clearly that will take time. I am not going to make any judgment on Mari. He is an unknown quantity, but as we know defenders can be discovered from lower… Read more »
Its clear Artetas style is along the lines of poch, simeone, mourinho
Less of pep, wenger, klopp
You heard it here 1st!
With the rate we are going.top 4 possibly the title is ours next season. Am telling you this for free Sid
With arteta coaching the blinded and mentality ridden and hands and legs shopped off top 4 squad. Expect the usuals to say arteta couldnt make top 4 next season cause the ravaged top 4 squad could not be healed or repaired by the SPECIAL SAUCE.
Bob – Have fun in Dubai. If you’re flying Emirates, they’ll show the game live in the air. If you’ve landed, every sports bar in Dubai will be showing the game live on BeIn Sports. If you need some ideas on where to go or what to do, happy to provide you with a few. Also, I can get you into some exclusive clubs/restaurants if you want something a little special while you’re there. Best thing about Dubai is being able to use my BeIn Connect package here in the UK. Every game of football you can imagine, live online… Read more »
Emiratesstroller
Why do you waste your time to read every posts here? There are a few here who are obviously trying to annoy other posters. Just skip over them because they consistently write only rubbishes. You won’t find me arguing with them because I never read their posts.
Yes & the scousers I remember use to also purchase 1 or 2 superstar players every year to also prop up their “ cheap finds” from lower leagues.Dalglish,Barnes,Beardsley just a few to mention.were doing this trick long before Madrid took a leaf out of their book with the Galactico annual policy.
Nottingham Forest fans wants to give us back Jenkinson, how nice of them. They predictably thinks he’s trash.
Can’t believe he stayed with us for 8 years and played 70 games for us.
That right there is the reason this regime is so much better. Imagine if instead of signing Suarez on a short term loan he would get 2 4 year contracts on 100k+ instead?
That’s the equivalent to what we did with Jenks.
So many examples of bad squad decisions over the years it’s unbelievable. It was never going to be a quick fix.
kristomanFebruary 12, 2020 11:42:53
With the rate we are going.top 4 possibly the title is ours next season. Am telling you this for free Sid
Xhakalson has made an error, ozil is playing for the team, mustafinovs is back from the cold everyone hugging and singing kumbaaya, top 4 surely has to be underachieving its got to be top 3
You heard it here 1st!
*hasnt made an error
Very kind offer Jamie,
I imagine that my wife and teenage sons will probably stay in resort the whole time! If I’d been travelling in my 30s rather than my 50s I would have loved to get some insider information. Been a couple of times before and it’s all about exercising, relaxing and eating, enjoying the warm weather.
Es
Hear hear.
RT is like the squeakist wheel gets a the attention..
I’m happy to go with art flow . Think it will be good journey.
Freddie, “That right there is the reason this regime is so much better. Imagine if instead of signing Suarez on a short term loan he would get 2 4 year contracts on 100k+ instead?” Imagine if instead of selling Elneny like it was planned, the new regime had given him a pay rise and an extension. Or worse imagine if Xhaka with still 4 more years of contract left was given a pay rise. Even worse imagine if our star striker Aubameyang had one year left on his contract after Arsenal decided to implement the policy that players would either… Read more »
You Brits and your obsession with warm weather.
I’m down here in the mid-Atlantic states hoping everyday for a wintry winter. We need a few days with some fluffy snow.
I need the winter, you need the sun.
Bob –
Book the Marhaba Services at the airport before you fly. So worth. They collect you from them plane when you land, grab your luggage, make you jump the passport/customs queue, and a driver takes you straight to the hotel. No messing around, saves at least an hour after a long flight.
Enjoy the weather! Check out the fountain show at the Burj Khalifa at night. Makes the Bellagio look like the Manneken Pis.
from the* plane
Valentin
Shocking really that you would come to Wengers defence. Not
The Elneny and Xhaka contracts was both renewed when Gazidis was calling the shots. Aka the same regime
Auba is a tricky one, if you can’t persuade him to sign a new contract do you sell our only reliable source of goals in the midst of so much squad upheaval?
Don’t know but he should definitely get sold this summer if he doesn’t sign.
Dubai is really cool. Very much a recommended experience at least once!
In Dubai we stayed at a hotel that is or was the second tallest purpose built hotel in the world (on the main road).
The coolest part outside of the insane views was the hotel pool was on the roof of an adjoining building about 4 stories up. You could lie on your back in the water and see three towers in a row (including the hotel) around 400m tall.
Insaaaaanely cool for an architecture buff like me. All those years studying city planning at uni could not prepare me for what a sick experience of urban design that was
China –
Dubai is like Vegas on crack, but without the gambling/strip clubs. So much to do there if you can stand the heat. The summers are ridiculous. The sea in July is as warm as bath water, no exaggeration. Absolutely crazy sensation swimming in it.
Full of modern day slavery though, so there’s that thin veneer of glamour concealing mass exploitation..
The only thing about Dubai that disappointed me (but still awesome) was the viewing deck of the burj khalifa should’ve been much higher than it was
It’s called ‘at the top’ but it’s only about half way at just over 400m. This means the top floor of many super tall skyscrapers are actually higher!
I’ve no doubt Jamie. I gather there’s a lot of sinister abuses going on under that impressive veneer.
I only went briefly for about 5 days in an April a few years ago. That was hot enough in the day time but surprisingly a bit mild at night
Makes one wonder why we didn’t go in for Ziyech in the summer , he would have been a fraction of the price of Pepe, plus it looks like he wouldn’t need much persuading. “The Dutch side’s director of football and former Arsenal winger Marc Overmars previously spoke about Ziyech’s future, and claims the midfielder could have moved to the Emirates had the Gunners taken his advice. Overmars said he advised Arsenal to sell Mesut Ozil and sign Ziyech, but he claims his former club ‘didn’t listen’ to him. “I am a little surprised that things are still so quiet… Read more »
I’ve long since made it my mission to visit the viewing decks of all the world’s callers supertall and megatall skyscrapers. Taipei101 gets the award for scariest I’ve done so far as the glass leans outwards which for someone scared of heights really got me lol https://cn.bing.com/th?id=OIP.qZo_MrlR9aEEzil_a3b0oQHaE7&pid=Api&dpr=3 Hong Kong has decent one ‘sky 100’ but the glass was a bit too shiny for good photos at night Shanghai has the best one I’ve tried which is the ‘bottle opener’. Stunning building, ridiculous height and also literally directly across the road from two of the tallest buildings in the world. Fabulous… Read more »
Pierre
It’s nit going to happen because Ozul
Dissenter
“Its not going to happen because of Ozil”
Slightly ignorant remark considering
Ziyech plays a similar game to Pepe…
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DTeHhsj16Ruc&ved=2ahUKEwi11piRjcznAhUlpHEKHX8eBScQwqsBMAB6BAgCEAU&usg=AOvVaw0m6ThsIPvnWQuGbhz_xebL
“Makes one wonder why we didn’t go in for Ziyech in the summer , he would have been a fraction of the price of Pepe”
He would be sitting on the bench just as Pepe is now.
Maybe, but at a third of the price.
A place like Dubai can never ever be ‘cool’ or ‘amazing’. Funny how few people actually see through the facade.
Dec 29th 2012
Arsenal 7 Newcastle United 3
(Lets hope – we see something similar Sunday and not another snoozefest like the last home fixture v Sheff Utd or that Burnley nightmare)
Ironcially Arteta played in that game
When I travelled to the UAE/Kuwait and Qatar in the 1990s it was like visiting
a Building Site. I stayed for example in Dubai near the Creek. The Beach resorts were only just being developed.
At that time Abu Dhabi which was a lot wealthier than Dubai was more developed and the sea front was built similar to the French Riviera.
Times have of course changed dramatically over past 20 years. Bob should
have an enjoyable holiday.
Thomas
“””””A place like Dubai can never ever be ‘cool’ or ‘amazing’. Funny how few people actually see through the facade.”””””
I agree.
But we are talking about Bob and Jamie types. But each to their own.
And if that floats their boat- good luck to them.(Having said that- Bob gets aroused when Luiz hits a forward 50 yard pass into space)
Get down to Joburg/Pretoria and the Kruger and witness real nature, real people and real life not tall glass buildings in the desert.
How bloody boring is that?
Emery’s “joined the blame game” more like….
This is not an anti Arteta statement.
But I find our players reluctance to take personal responsibility more unedifying than what I’ve read Emery saying.
Interesting from Overmars……wonder if Arteta is going to meet the same opposition when trying to move Ozil on this summer?
And to think the World Cup has gone there in Qatar,
I hope our Wenger – now FIFA’s finest- is cleaning up that toxic org as we speak.
In other news Emmanuel Adebayor is getting reunited with EPL legend Roque Santa Cruz at a Paraguaian club!
I never said Dubai was cool or amazing, it’s great for decent weather in February with some great hotels at competitive prices and not too far away. I admit I’m going for fairly pragmatic, superficial reasons.
From London you can head to Morocco and the Canaries which I’ve visited numerous times – the Caribbean is too far in my opinion for one week, being tied to half term.
CG- your limited knowledge of me matches your stultifying approach to AFC. At least you’ve stopped your appalling faux posh writing style.
Bob N16
You know that hotel you will be staying in- workers have probably died in building it.
(Working in temperatures unimaginable.)
As Thomas states- how can folk not see through the facade?
Who do you think built them?
And you are a bright conscientious chap.
Going back to Arsenal. Was it not a terrible gaff from the club when it showed Arsenal players sitting on those camels?
Tourists should not exploit overworked animals for entertainment.
Especially in hot countries
Am I right or am I right?
Freddie, What is shocking is you jumping to the defense of Raul and Emery when it should be clear that instead of improving the situation they just made it worse. I am on record criticising Wenger and Gazidis. However you have never criticised the current regime and always blaming it on the previous regime. Even Emery was clearly failing you were still trying to use that as an excuse. What last transfer window has shown is that they were not better than the previous one, just bad in a different way. We used to dithered and miss on targets because… Read more »
I lived and worked in the Middle East from 1984-2001.
Dubai was a far better place back then, that it is now.
Reason: Too many ignorant Brits visiting and spoiling the ambience and culture.
Valentin Don’t recall me mentioning Emery at all actually, he wasn’t in charge of signings or contracts. Pepe Martinelli Tierney Saliba Luiz When have we had a better window? 15 years ago, more? Of course we still need a new spine, you don’t turn over a whole squad in 2 transfer windows without oil money. the stop gaps and loans are necessary because we get fuck all for our players when we sell them because they’re either too old, too injury prone or on too high wages, sometimes all 3. So yes, not very difficult to blame the old regime.… Read more »
Valentin
Don’t recall me mentioning Emery at all actually, he wasn’t in charge of signings or contracts.
Pepe
Martinelli
Tierney
Saliba
Luiz
When have we had a better window? 15 years ago, more?
Of course we still need a new spine, you don’t turn over a whole squad in 2 transfer windows without oil money.
the stop gaps and loans are necessary because we get fuck all for our players when we sell them because they’re either too old, too injury prone or on too high wages, sometimes all 3. So yes, not very difficult to blame the old regime.
Damn, tried to be a bit nicer but the system defeated me, oh well.
If you want to experience beautiful landscapes, old style beliefs and culture and lovely people, visit Oman.
Stay at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel(Muscat). Turquoise waters, sandy beaches, fantastic facilities, Al- Hajar mountains behind.
Frigging marvellous!
If you want glitz, glamour, OTT facilities and all that shite then, by all all means, go to Dubai.
Aubamayang joined Arsenal Jan 2018.
Wenger was still at the club.
May not have had a say in much, but still at the helm.
Jeepers all the SJW are out in force today. People ridding camels just as the locals have been doing for 50,000 years. Im shocked. I expect CG to show up at the next Grand National and demand the jockeys run the race on foot.
“If Nelson is fit, Arteta would most likely to send Pepe back to the bench. Once Mari is fit, Luiz will be there as well. ”
Based on what would Nelson automatically relegate Pepe to the bench, performance or just your desperation to see Pepe fail here? What exactly does Nelson excel at? dribbling? Scoring? He tracks back you say, how nice for our attacking game which is currently at its lowest.
As for Mari sending Luiz to the bench that’s just you imagining things to win an argument as usual
Pierre
‘“Its not going to happen because of Ozil”Slightly ignorant remark considering
Ziyech plays a similar game to Pepe”
You’re forgetting that Ozil is useless in the middle and likes to drift to the wings where he is ineffective.
Global gunner “”””Im shocked. I expect CG to show up at the next Grand National and demand the jockeys run the race on foot.”””” Far from it. Jockeys are little buggers. They are made for horses. they fit hand in glove, I was alluding to tourists. Fat beer guzzling tourists who sit on/squash animals in the searing heat. Big difference. Why Arsenal thought it was a clever idea to release fotos of players sitting on these camels- I have not the foggiest, Another PR own goal, Following on from the ‘ nose pinching footage’ how excruciatingly embarrassing was that? And… Read more »
Freddie, That has been reported numerous time Raul has nothing to do with Martinelli (Cagigao does). Regarding Saliba (who Sven tried to buy a year before), at the start of the negotiation Romeyer the Saint-Etienne chairman said that he would accept around €20 millions but that the only condition in which he would not budge was Saliba had to spend a year on loan there. Raul very cleverly tried to convinced him to let Saliba go by offering more and more money. In the end we offered £30 millions but still Saliba stayed on loan. So he ended up with… Read more »
Pierre
This is for you.
Guess which player Ozil has passed to most often this season? The answer is Matteo Guendouzi.
In 2015-16 Ozil passed most frequently to Sanchez and the next best combination was that willing forward runner Aaron Ramsey. This season after Guendouzi, the next favoured pass is to Lucas Torreira and then Granit Xhaka. That’s three defensive midfield players rather than two players with attacking instincts who love to take risks. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is, bizarrely, eighth in the list of players found by Ozil.
Receding, When Nelson was fit, he started the games ahead of Pepe. During Nelson absence and Aubameyang suspension Pepe has not gain massive playing time under Arteta. Arteta has specifically requested a left sided CB. Which is exactly what Luiz is. So unless Arteta intend to play with 3 at the back with 2 left footed CBs, Mori is a replacement for Luiz. Like I said Luiz is a great footballer and leader but a mediocre defender. In a defense pushing for a high line and a midfield that does not press (Xhaka, Guendouzi) he will be exposed. Mori excelled… Read more »
CG upset because he can’t afford to travel. Thinks Dubai is nothing but ‘tall buildings’.
He passionately hates slavery, but probably doesn’t care where/under what conditions his smart phone is manufactured from mineral to pocket. Suggests we visit JoBurg, doesn’t mention the townships where ‘real people, real life’ exists.
Cool.
“Arteta has specifically requested a left sided CB. Which is exactly what Luiz is. So unless Arteta intend to play with 3 at the back with 2 left footed CBs, Mori is a replacement for Luiz.”
My guess is Arteta wants to play both Luiz and Mari. Have two defenders who are good with the ball makes it easier to build from the back.
Chelsea set to get Ziyech for 38M
They really do have a fetish for buying players who have ripped them one at some point don’t they?
But damn he is a guy i would love to have.
Valentin What does it matter who scouted who? Is Raul a scout? No. Was he responsible for handling all the signings last summer? Yes. That’s it, you don’t have to be the one deliver=ng them from their womb and watch them grow up from the shadows to be responsible for signing them. Some of the agent fees stories are made up and/or unsubstantiated as per usual with you. Always choosing to believe the worst version of everything published when it suits you. Monreal was done, we needed a left back. We didn’t have any wingers, we bought one. Sure we… Read more »
I truly believe Tierney can become our Robertson. The guy just needs a bit of Lady Luck to stay fit. It will be the left back position sorted for the next decade. Still a sound investment that unfortunately we haven’t seen the best of as of yet.
Azed
“Guess which player Ozil has passed to most often this season? The answer is Matteo Guendouzi.”
That doesn’t surprise me.
It confirms what i have regularly said this season that Ozil is not taking enough risks on the ball , especially with his passing.
As I have said previously, unless Ozil starts taking more risks with the ball then Arteta will have a decision to make on whether he starts him or not.
Pierre
It also screams that Ozil is passing either backwards or sideways. As you say he needs to be less risk adverse, if he gives the ball away occasionally then that’s the prices of business – if we’re set up correctly we should have enough players behind the ball to not get caught out constantly.
Freddie your points are only valid- if we are improving. but you ignore the evidence in front of you, The league table. And the fact we have won 2 games in 17, and only Watford and Norwich City have won fewer games. Raul has come to Arsenal decimated the squad: spent £250 million, bought over 12 players, installed two patsies( Edu and Emery), taken us from 6th to 10th and never attended one bloody conference. His influence is so malign – the directors box- has become a Spivs Paradise. No other figure in football has as much power and him… Read more »
Wenger biggest mistake at the end of his tenure was to
re- sign Ozil on a contract that was catastrophic to the club.
Wenger was at the helm no question.
He convinced Ozil to re-sign.
Ramsey was looking for an Özil type contract
I’m sure Ramsey would be with us now if it was not for that
Ozil deal.
Ozil has milked the system I have no respect for him .
Wenger’s motives on the Ozil deal leave me wondering.?
James wood – Ozil’s agent played a blinder, didn’t he? He had club by short and curlies, our two most expensive signings both going to leave on a free in six months, and Gazidis panicked by re-signing the wrong player on an outrageous contract for a semi-retired player.
CG
“He was accountable”
Classic!!!!😂😂😂😂😂
Marc “It also screams that Ozil is passing either backwards or sideways. As you say he needs to be less risk adverse, if he gives the ball away occasionally then that’s the prices of business – if we’re set up correctly we should have enough players behind the ball to not get caught out constantly.” I agree. Fred highlighted a very important aspect of Ozils game This negativity in his play started when Emery arrived and it has continued under Arteta. Of course many on here will disagree but , continuing the theme from fred of using stats to prove… Read more »