Listen, I’ll take the win. Away from home, Arteta’s first European away game, a victory, a clean sheet, and a very valuable away goal.
That’s all we need at this stage.
We’re in our worst season in 400 years, we’re shite on the road, I’m struggling to believe that anyone is out there at the moment bitching about the performance.
The first half wasn’t exactly sexy. From a defensive perspective, we were a bit loose and we gifted chances to a team that were well off the mark in the final third. It does have to be noted, most smart clubs in Europe don’t blow their load in the first thirty, staying in contention is the name of the game, so by that barometer, we did a good job.
The second half was incredibly bland, but the Greeks couldn’t keep up the same intensity. Bernd Leno was called upon to make some good saves, but I have to break to it people, most keepers at top clubs have to make saves. We also had some good chances that we spurned, our game in the final third is still pretty bland, but we’re at least venturing into the opposition half and players are still suffering from a lack of confidence.
It wasn’t a great day at the office for Martinelli. His decision making was poor and he had a weird moment with Xhaka. I think he was pulled early to save him from himself. A great talent, but we have to remember he’s young, and inconsistency is just part of the game.
We nicked it in the end though. Mustafi played a stunning long ball to Auba on the right, he showed tight control and rolled it Saka, he hit a low cross to Lacazette and the finish was perfect.
You can’t argue that sort of performance in Europe. We have suffered it over and over again. At this level, it’s about making the least mistakes and waiting for your moment. We did that and took our chance.
We still have a lot to do in the home leg, but we own the away goal and they’ll have to come at us… dangerous game with the attacking players we have on call.
So what do we have? 3 wins in 4. 3 clean sheets in a row. 2020 unbeaten. The squad looking like they are beginning to believe.
… and what of that squad? Xhaka, Mustafi and Luiz are looking superb. Even Sokratis had a solid game last night. Players people had in the bin… including me… are playing far beyond our expectations.
So why are people moaning?
There’s a dog shit website peddling deeply thought out 9 game analysis designed as Spurs fan catnip that’s pushing numbers to make it seem like we’re not moving forward, but that shouldn’t worry people, it’s a piss poor analysis. If you are comparing Emery’s last X amount of game with Arteta’s first X amount of games, you shouldn’t be allowed near the internet. Arteta picked up a sinking ship and a group of players those exact same people said were uncoachable. We’re now 2 months in and we’re seeing the folly of that narrative. Things are steadily improving and the vampires are struggling because they don’t know where to pivot – shit data formulated by clickbait merchants isn’t a counter to what’s going on. Fact is, we have the right coach, the players are on board and things are steadily moving forwards.
We have a huge game on Sunday with a massive point to prove. Hopefully, the squad can make another statement about the new regime.
Onwards and upwards.
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Tr4phy
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DM why?
Because it’s what I do… 😉
Taking that 3rd spot is always a risk my friend
Morning all,
Performance wasn’t great last night and didn’t like the line up either. But an away win with an away goal and clean sheet. I’ll take it.
Be interesting to see how we balance the line up for Sunday after having played the majority of starters yesterday.
you can’t complain of the teams loosing to teams they should be beating only to turn around to complain when such teams are beating at their on their own ground, the performance may not be peak Henkies’ Bayern but the fact that the boys gave it their all and came out with a victory is worthy of celebration.
bring on Everton at the weekend
*you can’t complain of the team (Arsenal)
Pedro
“It wasn’t a great day at the office for Martinelli. ”
Martinelli had one piece of outstanding skill early in the game when Lacazette should have buried the chance.
However, Martinelli was a little disappointing again .
Maybe the slight doubt about his game that Arteta showed last week has knocked martinelli’s confidence as he didn’t look as positive on the ball as usual.
I do expect him to bounce back though.
RP
I would say Pepe, Ozil, Bellerin will come back in at the weekend , plus it wouldn’t surprise me to see Eddie get another start and Lacazette drop to the bench.
Pierre – I don’t think you can drop Laca to the bench now that he’s scoring again. Plus despite my massive frustrations with him, he’s a much better striker than Eddie and still more reliable at this stage.
Would agree on Ozil, Pepe and Bellerin though. Maybe Torreira too if he’s recovered from his illness as Everton are good in transition.
RP
Personally I’m with you , I would go with Lacazette as he is amongst the goals again.
However, Arteta does like to come out with a surprise as with the inclusion of sokratis last night and playing Ceballos and Nketiah instead of Lacazette and Torreira v Newcastle..
Lacazette is an all round better striker at present, though I think Eddie has better movement off the ball…
If we win the Europa and make it to 5th in the league with Mustafi playing the way he has been playing. Will anyone want to give him a chance for next season? So as Xhaka
Obum
I would give him a chance. Clean slate right? As long as he consciously tries to not make mistakes then he should be ok. I wouldn’t have him as a starter though. Probably gets on the bench and rotates for fitness. He is astounding me though.
Pierre – yes for sure. Hard to know what Arteta deems his strongest line up at the moment. Everton are a big threat with Richarlison and co in transition so we’ll need to be wary.
I agree that Eddie is quicker and has better movement off the ball. I just don’t think he’s Arsenal quality personally.
As has been said a few times, the system that Arteta has put in place has benefitted the defenders more than anybody else. I think I saw last night that we’ve kept 6 clean sheets in the 11 games so far. It’s making our defensive players look better as we’re more compact and conceding less shots on goal. That said imagine what could be done with actual athletic CBs in this system. I would sell Mustafi and Sokratis in the summer and keep Luiz personally.
Good post Pedro
Really exited about this Arteta transformation
Add in a couple of extra top drawer players and who knows how far we can go
Excited!
Never never analyse, disect,concern yourself or stress about a Loosers Cup match. Its irrelevant if you win it,loose it,draw or or even how you have played it. Its filth. It’s all about navigating it and from my point of view – exiting it ASAP. Totally vile stuff. Real soccer Sunday. Proper. Everton are a powerful, athletic ,speedy, well rested but not technically adroit team. Our defence will have the work cut out against Calvert Lewis and Theo on the counter. During the Wenger years – Everton were our Whipping Boys- but obviously not been that way since he left. In… Read more »
Ok. Hold on. Let me get this straight. People are defending Artetas piss poor start to his tenure by blaming emery for leaving a poor squad, for Causing the ship to sink. And the best Arteta can do, is just stop the rot. EXCUSE ME? How you have the cheek to say this after protesting Wenger. For blaming wenger for every single little thing at the club. The most successful Arsenal manager ever and you HOUNDED him out. You forced him out, banners, podcasts, petitions. You did all of this why? Because wenger left Emery a good squad? You did… Read more »
Yesterday one poster asked the question whether Arteta knew what was our best Starting X1. I posted that probably 10 out of 11 positions was now settled with one position in central midfield to be settled with Ceballos competing with Torreira and Guendouzi for selection. Having a settled side, which did not exist under Emery is a recipe for improved understanding and performance. That applies in particular to our defence where in spite of the ongoing criticisms we have seen considerable improvements which did not happen under either Wenger and Emery. The fact is that in 12 games since Arteta… Read more »
Eddie has everything in his game to be a top striker.
Good technique, movement , heading and is a poacher in the box.
Decent pace, decent shot and brings players into the game.
However, it hasn’t quite happened for him and I would say that this season he is at the crossroads of his Arsenal career.
Could go either way.
Don’t rate Willock at all. Can’t wait until ESR is back next season.
Yesterday, I gave Arteta credit of selecting Leon instead of Martinez. But I don’t like playing Auba as the right wing back until Martinelli was subbed out. If he needed a right wing back, AMN could do the same job. At least he has corrected that mistake and Auba has contributed to the winning goal.
Not all young player has inconsistency. Unlike Martinelli, Saka played with confident. If Raul don’t find a way to keep him, he should be fired.
Reality Check “””””””””” The most successful Arsenal manager ever and you HOUNDED him out. You forced him out, banners, podcasts, petitions.”””””””””””””””” He was not the only one. So thats harsh, I am sure deep down – they all have prayed for forgiveness. They are not bad folk who meant any harm when they committed their ‘crimes’ Just spoilt, entitled and misguided. They wont be the only fans in the world- that will have regretted their behaviour. Do you remember when the urchins protested with their banners stating: ”’Top 4 aint a trophy or good enough”’ or that angry tubby chap… Read more »
Stroller The problem that a striker has is if he continually makes runs and the ball isn’t delivered , the striker will stop making the runs. All the central midfielders are culpable, even Ozil. Pepe and Saka are the players taking risks with the ball , our central midfielders are in the main just recycling the ball. Is this a managerial decision, maybe . The final defence splitting ball from midfield is the most difficult ball to play. If the ball is intercepted it can leave the team open to the counter so there is an element of danger in… Read more »
I’ll take the win. But truth be told. Arteta needs to get better at in game management. This is no dig at him. Its just this weakness of his has been very visible in his tenure and Im pretty positive he’ll get better at it as he gains experience. It shouldn’t take Arteta 70+ mins to see that Auba is utterly ineffective when shunted to the RW. Especially when our current system demands the RW to hug the line before cutting in . These are qualities Auba has never really been good at in his whole career. He is a… Read more »
Next Season* ESR …
Europe is more about results than performance and as long as Arsenal keep progressing while beating clubs like the Oly, Arteta will continue getting a pass from most on the performance side.
However, if he fails to make the final while falling to a club outside the PL put together at a fraction of Arsenal cost,
the “vampires” will have a field day on here, and Pedro will have to up his excuses game a notch or two.
It’s becoming hard to keep up with the ever changing expectations the naysayers on here have for Arteta. The party line a few weeks ago was ‘it’s a results business’, and the same names are now slating a 0-1 away result in Europe because we didn’t hit peak Barca levels. Unreal, though not at all unsurprising as you could name exactly who was likely to spout such flaccid analysis. That was our first European game under Arteta, that should remind you of the clear and obvious context here……nearly every game provides a “first” situation for Arteta’s managerial applications to address,… Read more »
Great shout Charlie. In two months, we have gone from a team that conceded possession, conceded chances at an alarming rate and conceded goals game after game. In that short space of time, we now look organised without the ball and have tightened up the concessions mentioned above, all with limited opportunity to address personnel changes. But no, let’s ignore that because we aren’t tearing teams a new one. Such short termism and this demand for wanting perfection immediately is quite depressing!
Literally everything in life must be such a disappointment for these people
it’s not rocket science is it, it’s pretty clear the defence has improved .just a quick look at the clean sheets compared to Emery should shut up this stupid talk about is Arteta better than Emery ….just straight up dumb shit , what is a concern is the use of xhaka who is just very very poor and same goes for Guen , hoping he rests Xhaka for Everton and brings in Torriea and Ceballos , push Saka further forward as Arteta said Saka is not a full back which should be pretty clear to most with Kola and Bellarin… Read more »
I think for me personally when Arteta I thought the attack would be the immediate thing to benefit but that hasn’t proved to be the case, not because Arteta is defensive but because we haven’t got the right profiles in midfield and attack. Structurally and systemically we’re very compact which is why we’re not conceding shots on goals like we used to. We broadly have a similar set up to City in that we attack with 5 players as the LB is pushed very high. Where the problem comes in is that we do’t have enough midfielders who can dribble… Read more »
Good result, game was too late for me to work watch
If it was me I’d offer saka a contract at 40k a week but with incentives and options built in that will reward him akin to his output
For example if next season he scores/assists a combined 25 goals he’d automatically get bumped onto 100k. If he repeats the feat another season onto 130k or something
Basically low starting price and very decent incentives to both keep him motivated and stretch him
Any f*ckwit that cannot see we are moving forward needs to be put down like the stray animal that they are. Wenger led years of decline….since around 2010 since by my reckoning. He was allowed to stay in the Job, far past his sell by date, picking up a couple of FA cups…because in all fairness he wasn’t shit, just past it. Then we get Emery, who was appointed after zero background checks…just because he managed PSG. We get Arteta, at a difficult time, best up and coming coach the world, and we have total amateurs thinking Ancelotti would have… Read more »
Pierre,
‘Good technique, movement , heading and is a poacher in the box.
Decent pace, decent shot and brings players into the game’
You really love this Nkettiah lad, don’t ya?
He’s not decisive and he lacks aggression. He plays with no hunger. He needs to get nasty ad start taking the chances that come his way.
The Europa League MUST be taken seriously as it can lead to CL qualification which is key to a self-sustaining financial model .
Arteta is twice the manager Emery was . He could have got us relegated . The team is immeasurably improved but Xhaka is very poor creatively , slow and conservative.
The CMs are playing with ze handbrake under instructions since loosing the ball means xhakalson wont recover.
ESR spends most time injured expecting him to move the team forward next season would be a big mistake.
Ozils fanboy will jinx Nkettiah thats the worry
You heard it here 1st!
Pierre and Wasi I agree with a lot of what you have posted. My personal view is that Guendouzi and Willock are no better than bench players and not of sufficient quality to play in starting lineup of key games. Guendouzi in particular runs around the field expending a lot of energy, but I see virtually no end product in what he does and he lacks the stamina to last 90 minutes. Yesterday both players were virtually anonymous in second half of game. Arsenal’s lack of creativity this season is reflected in the performance level of our forwards. That has… Read more »
I praise Arteta for what he’s done, but he’s not the answer yet. As I’ve said many times. But it seems so many people watch football but so few understand it. Tam selection is key. Lacazette again starts. He’s far too slow to reach fall balls Ceballos and Xhaka we’re giving him, he missed 5 simple chances then scored in an empty net. Last game, I thought Arteta finally learned, Lacazette is a player you bring on at 3-0 up on 70 minutes for a run out. Lacazette only starts if the opposition is Sky bet League 2 opponents. Why… Read more »
Yesterday performance was one of the worse I can remember since watching Arsenal. To be honest the team performance look worse after the Dubai holiday. No system or cohesion. To be a midfielder in his playing days, played under AW and understudy to Pep at the moment it seems like we have Sam Allardyce in charge. If the Club don’t invest in better players, fans won’t be turning up to watch what I saw in the last two games. Everyone was going on about style of play at the moment Arsenal don’t have one
“Yesterday performance was one of the worse I can remember since watching Arsenal. ”
Lol you’ve not been watching Arsenal long.
@Luisjo for gods sake, look at the bigger picture! Arteta has been dealt a shit hand and is working with it. Lacazette is a big player in the dressing room so Arteta is playing a game! Give him a transfer window and half of these players, who we all know are not good enough, will be gone. He is increasing the value of shit players that will be gone in the summer. That is good for the club and the transfer kitty. Let’s be fair, we are not currently a top 4 team thanks to Wenger and Emery (and Raul,… Read more »
GunnerDNA
How long have you been a fan?
To claim yesterday’s game one of the worst you’ve ever seen suggest you’ve been following since about Jan 11th.
We could win the next game 25 – 0 and same people will still be moaning that the players are shit, manager clueless and Emry should be brought back because we did not win 26 – 0
Gavqatar To be honest Klopp couldn’t get more from these rubbish players I agree, but just because Lacazette is popular that doesn’t mean he has to start. That’s not good management. Be popular after training, you can’t ruin your team selection cos Lacazette tells good jokes. If he’s so popular he can still be that guy, coming on at 70 minutes. Freddie and Emery were not scared to drop Lacazette so don’t give me the popular excuse.
I praise Arteta for what he’s done, but he’s not the answer yet. As I’ve said many times. But it seems so many people watch football but so few understand it. Team selection is key. Lacazette again starts. He’s far too slow to reach final balls Ceballos and Xhaka we’re giving him, he missed 5 simple chances then scored in an empty net. Last game, I thought Arteta finally learned, Lacazette is a player you bring on at 3-0 up on 70 minutes for a run out. Lacazette only starts if the opposition is Sky bet League 2 opponents. Why… Read more »
Lol twerking for Emery in 2020. Seek God.
@gunnerdna, you have zero football knowledge or insight into the past 20 years of AFC . You are a Knee jerk Nobby, thank you for your shit comments, and good night
Romford
What do you make of the EL bunch after round one pal?
Ajax going down was a surprise to me, soft underbelly they seem to have. Inter in second gear, United were shite, Wolves had a stormer.
All a bit interesting. We’ve the quality to go all the way in that comp for me.
CC,
“GunnerDNA
How long have you been a fan”
That’s not your business! I said what I said and no shouting match with you will change it. You might be of the thinking that I’m new to the online games Arsenal fans like to play, no I’m not. Don’t play yourself.
Romford
I thought Willock played well , carried the ball well through midfield. Passing still not Ozil level but wasnt that bad . I am more concerned about Nelson though , Two straight games not even included in the squad , whats going on there ?
@luisjo if the whole team plays better because Lacca is in the starting line up, and they trust him then so be it. I admit Lacca is limited, but if the team trust him then give him some slack. Like I said, look at the bigger picture. This is not about individuals, but the whole team. I could call out shite players over the past 35 years as individuals, but if they make the team hum, then it just works. If Arteta is increasing the value of Lacca in a write off season then who gives a shit. Worry in… Read more »
GunnerDna
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We scored a great goal and hit the bar later on. We’ve all seen 100’s of Arsenal matches where we would’ve died for those!
CC, it’ll be interesting for sure. I do feel Inter are the probable favourites but they may choose to prioritize winning Serie A which could work in our favour. Was a surprise to see Ajax lose yesterday but Getafe are doing well in La Liga this season so they may be a bit of an outside bet. United are very strong on the counter so anyone who plays them will need to be wary. Pogba due back now too so they could be a very big threat as they’re relatively stable defensively. Wolves are a proper dark horse for me.… Read more »
Divine,
Have to disagree, i’m not too keen on Willock. He’s a willing and able runner the but the quality on the ball is lacking imo in terms of passing, link-up, final third play. I don’t see it. Much prefer ESR who’s on loan.
Nelson is coming back from an injury so maybe he’s not ready yet but the squad is big. People are being left out regularly so it seems it’s down to the players to impress Arteta so they can play.
Gavqatar,
“@gunnerdna, you have zero football knowledge or insight into the past 20 years of AFC . You are a Knee jerk Nobby, thank you for your shit comments, and good night”
🙄😀
That’s all you can come up with kid? You’re mad corny. You can’t troll me to get me out of character because I’m from the internet. The last fan who did, and I saw him at Stamford Bride it was mad love and I’m in his City. You will always win the online smoke. Be good kid ✌🏾
GunnerDNA
When you became a fan is protected info for you now is it? That’s totally normal, although you’re maybe attributing a touch too much importance to yourself there.
It’s a really basic question, and one that came about after YOU claimed yesterday’s performance one of the worst you’ve seen since being a fan.
And to clarify, there’s no shouting match with you over such comments. They’re too daft for that.
Romford Yea I’d pretty much go along with that, I’ve been saying we’re a good bet for knockout football vs a run of games for a while now. Being better at the back and having Auba, Laca, and Pepe finding some game will always allow for a narrow win or important away goal. Inter the favourites like you say, but there’s no team I particularly fear in all that remain. Not like Atletico a couple of seasons back who I felt would do a number on us no matter what because of their matchup in style. Wolves and their aggression… Read more »
@gunnerdna
Shit comment, out of your depth. Cannot even spell the blues ground correctly. Spurs fan in disguise. Two minute Charlie. Not interested in your 5 minute fan comments thanks, leave it to the big boys 😉
ObumFebruary 21, 2020 09:33:35
If we win the Europa and make it to 5th in the league with Mustafi playing the way he has been playing. Will anyone want to give him a chance for next season? So as Xhaka
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Lol was just waiting for a comment like this. Let’s give them new deals as well. Also give Ozil a new deal too. What a joke.
Finally we won because of a very long pass from Mustafi to Auba who squared it to Saka ,who put it to Laca to finish with his usual 2 touches.
The point is
What the fuck is the Midfield doing except back-passing
In our obsession of minding a defence that leaks goals we forget to notice the real culprits at the midfield who have no imagination, absolutions no ambition, forcing a lethal strike force right back to pick the ball. So far away , they usually get dispossessed .
Gavqatar,
“@gunnerdna
Shit comment, out of your depth. Cannot even spell the blues ground correctly. Spurs fan in disguise. Two minute Charlie. Not interested in your 5 minute fan comments thanks, leave it to the big boys”
As I said before kid you’re mad corny!
There’s no doubt at all we are moving in the right direction. We play with purpose and there is a clear game plan and we are tighter defensively than we have been in years.
I just wonder sometimes at the team selection. However, one way or another it’s grinding out results so how can I argue.
I’m just hoping next season when arteta has more of his own players we see a more consistent first 11 with players playing in their natural positions.
Blimey- 1-0 away win in Europe with a dour but ultimately resolute defensive display with us nicking it at the end. Time way back we used to celebrate victories like that. After the meh of the AW Europe years with the muddled mess of Emery- I loved every single minute.
“Arsenal dont know how to win ugly.” Thats precisiely what last night was about. Delighted with the progress under Arteta so far so soon- better than I hoped.
@ s asoa
We fucking won didn’t we? Who would have put Mustafi in the build up play 2 months ago? Put a sock in it and go watch Liverpool with @gunnerdna you muppet
ET We do not need to make wholesale changes to our squad in the summer but as I and others have posted we need to recruit perhaps two or three top quality players in CB and CMF positions. For starters yes. And then upgrade other positions in the upcoming windows. CM and CB is what is probably going to be prioritised. A bit more creativity and flair in the midfield can help us improve our attacking play. Ceballos showed in the Newcastle game what a difference a creative player in the centre of the park can make. Retaining the services… Read more »
GunnerDNA are you familiar with the 1-0 to the Arsenal chant?
You must live a charmed life if that’s as bad as it gets for you.
I’m going to the game on Sunday and am wondering whether your spider senses are predicting a game to avoid.
@wasi same shit comment different decade. We know we have shit players, we have done for years. Who cares! We have what we have and a coach that has changed the mindset of the team in the most difficult part of the season. Fuck what we need, and what would make us better, get on board and shout in the stadium or online in support of what we have! We are the new Arsenal and supporting the team and the decision to appoint Arteta is the right one until proven otherwise….after a decent period, not after 10 games at our… Read more »
Gavqatar,
You already blew your cover kid, you’re a corn ball.
Ban him for what?
Disagreeing with you? Why don’t you just ignore him if he’s aggravating you that badly.
We won.
I also love the fact teams don’t think they can bully us anymore, nor the fact do we look pushovers tactically or inept of a game plan.
I’ll take 1-0s for the rest of the season, I don’t give a fuck.
@wasi same shit comment different decade. We know we have shit players, we have done for years. Who cares! We have what we have and a coach that has changed the mindset of the team in the most difficult part of the season. Fuck what we need, and what would make us better, get on board and shout in the stadium or online in support of what we have! We are the new Arsenal and supporting the team and the decision to appoint Arteta is the right one until proven otherwise….after a decent period, not after 10 games at our… Read more »
Pragmatic Pie, agree totally.
I honestly don’t get what people are complaining about. Most coaches have a reason for selecting an 11 sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. I think artetas reason for picking sok at right back was reasonable enough (he wanted an outlet for long build up) apart from the opening 15mins I think we handled ourselves pretty well. Martinelli was not in the game last night maybe he was match rusty? Overall a pretty decent European match that we managed to win. Upwards from here
‘@ gunnerdna is a total fuckwit and waste of space 🙂’
You will probably get the Ban before him the way you are going.
Romford
I see where youre coming from . ESR is more similar to Nasri , when he played for us. Still very encouraging that we won there , I had hopes of a scoring draw . We nicked a clean sheet. We do have a very good crop of youngsters dont we.
@wasi I doubt it, as I am speaking sense, and not total bollocks 🙂
Lets see
‘Sounds like you are a thick fucker with no way out. Someone should take away your keyboard before you embarrass yourself anymore! Clown’
Is this what you call sense?
We ground out a win. I’ll take that… especially with a clean sheet.
Utterly undeserved, but football is like that sometimes.
Who is the better team at the moment, Arsenal or Wolves? The answer is Wolves, and this tells you nearly everything you need to know about why we are in 10th place and about why we will not be winning the EL or frankly even advancing to the semifinal. Yes, Arteta is making some improvements here or there, but this squad is a million miles from “top four quality”. Even people who acknowledge that we need 2-3 new first XI players to get to that level have underestimated the problem; we need 4-5 new first XI players, and this will… Read more »
Leeds, miserable away win is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Much rather that than glorious failure and being nicked at the death.
Worried about Sunday. Everton are going to come all guns blazing, Carlo miffed he wasn’t considered for the big job.
Gav, you have to play nice on here. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, even if you disagree.
Gav
“If we are not in top 4 this time next year then I will bow down and admit I was wrong.”
You can do this now. Unless we have the greatest summer in the history of football, there is little to no chance of our being top four this time next season. Liverpool, City, Leicester, Chelsea and United will all have better teams.
… and what of that squad? Xhaka, Mustafi and Luiz are looking superb.
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This is priceless from Pedro. A-game trolling.
Ahhh yes, the much lauded Wolves. Have dropped 200m in the last two seasons, had total stability of manager, and sit a massive 2 points ahead of Arsenal in their worst season for a century.
We are 10th because Emery was a terrible coach.
Banford
Wolves are literally 2 points better off than an Arsenal side that’s had 3 managers this season. You never learn with these ridiculous assertions.
Also, we’re “a million miles from top 4 quality” yet again in reality that’s translated to the very real 7 points……
Swing and a miss on all counts as per.
If Arteta was in charge at the start of the season, we’d be nailing top 4.
I fully agree @bamford10, but if Arteta can raise their value for sale on a write off season for extra funds in the summer then I am all up for playing them. Up their value, sell, and buy the right players at the right price then it is a win. Let’s not dissect the results in the interim and expect miracles from a broken squad. We are starting to get results, it’s a process, and not a quick fix. We are on the verge of something special, and the pessimism won’t help
Bamford you say unbelievable things sometimes. Wolves a better team than us? Really? I dont blame you though emery caused all this
If Arteta was in charge at the start of the season, we’d be nailing top 4. “
Agree with Pedro. We might have been somewhat less disreputable if Emery was fired when the penny dropped. Blame Raul for that – for standing by his mistake Manager
Sorry Pedro, I don’t post in here often, you know I have been around for 10 years or more but crappy comments get my back up. We all knew Emery was the wrong appointment , I just don’t want negativity around the new coach now we have it right. Give him time and support the process
Bamford
Wolves is miles ahead of Arsenal because they beat relegation threatened Espanyol 4-0 , lol . Bamford used to be intelligent what happened to him.
2 weeks in Dubai , a mini preaseasom and we are winning away games again . Arteta is doing wonders.
Wow, you have a really bad case of denial, Pedro. As I’ve pointed out before, our results in the PL under Arteta have been no better than they were under Emery. 1.38 points per match.
We were in 10th place when Arteta arrived; two months and 8 PL matches later, we are still in 10th place.
The reality of the situation will settle in with you at some point. I hope.
“I think for me personally when Arteta I thought the attack would be the immediate thing to benefit but that hasn’t proved to be the case, not because Arteta is defensive but because we haven’t got the right profiles in midfield and attack” Yep, I always said our football would remain as poor as it was under Emery and this is the reason why. It’s like our midfield/attack options are a perfect storm for horrible football. Straight-line attackers that can’t do anything but run into space, and a midfield that either stay rigidly and deliberately behind the ball(Xhaka) or spend… Read more »
And that’s Emery’s results THIS SEASON, btw.