WE WON A GAME YES

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Congratulations Liverpool. I hate it, but you can’t be angry at Jurgen Klopp. What a manager, what a job, what a season. Well done.

Onto Arsenal.

The bloodletting has officially stopped for a few days.

We won a fucking game. Lovely.

It wasn’t always pretty; there were some heart-in-mouth moments, and there was some luck… but we won.

Arteta switched things up with 3 at the back and we looked pretty solid. He’s still prioritising defensive structure over attacking flair, but the formation allowed us to get in behind Southampton and force Hassenhutl into changing his approach.

Our two goals were pretty lucky, the first came from Eddie’s relentless pressure from the front, he chased down their keeper, forced an error and picked up an easy tap-in for our first.

The second, LATE in the second half, came off the back of some serious Saints pressure. Again, it was another error. Auba was professionally fouled in the build-up forcing the ref into a red card for Jack Stephens. The resulting freekick on the edge of the area from Lacazette was parried poorly, giving Joe Willock the chance to sweep home for the winner. It was great to see two of Arteta’s subs give us the edge after some horrible in-game ‘accidents’ during his short tenure.

So what to make of it?

Well, a few things. We’ve quite often been a bit shit against Southampton over the past 5 years, so it was nice to pick up an away win there (Arteta’s first in the league at Arsenal). Additionally, we have been a car crash off the pitch and even worse on it in the last two matches. Actually, when you layer in context, not as bad as everyone has made out, but let’s just say it’s been a miserable start, so anything that stopped the rot was happiness.

Sure, we weren’t great in the second half, but the fear kicked in. We’re dreadful away from home and the team was clearly nervous. It showed character for the boys to see out the win and stick to the plan.

Additionally, it’s clear that Arteta has a plan he’s activating against. He’s making it clear that a new dawn is ahead of us and there is a clearout that is certainly happening this summer. Mesut Ozil, Alex Lacazette and Saed Kolasinac all sat in the stands as the kids kicked on. That was a long overdue statement that I thought was pretty bold. A lot of people thought Arteta would bottle it and roll out the Ozil apology. He didn’t. That’s good leadership.

The coach also left out Matteo Guendouzi. This has drawn some anger amongst the fans because there’s a chart going around showing that the Frenchman is a standout talent on the stats front. I totally understand that, he’s exciting, he’s only 20, and the world is his lobster. However, we have to live in reality. If you work for an organisation and you are a precocious talent but can’t behave, you are a problem. This is elite level sport, we are looking to activate a high-performance culture, if you can’t play the game, you don’t have a right to be a part of the club. Being a massive whopper is not a key attribute worth having around if you don’t live up to the non-negotiables.

I have told you for a long while that he’s a problem. The staff find him difficult and even the players think he’s problematic and unfocused. More interested in Instagram babes is something I’ve heard, very unArsenal is something I’ve heard from other quarters. You can’t afford that in a team that is at the bottom. I’d draw parallels to Dennis Rodman who won a championship with the Pistons but was a wild child. The only reason the Bulls pursued him in is that they had two alpha males at the club they knew could control him. Matteo hasn’t won a championship, he’s just acting out like peak Mario B without the substance. Put him with Diego Simeone, maybe that’ll help him, but let’s not make out it’s an Arsenal problem if they can’t control a player who has fucked over 3 managers in a row. It’s a Matteo problem.

Still, the one positive with Arteta is he always leaves a door open for forgiveness.

Some additional positives from yesterday. I really thought Martinez looked good. He has a great frame for a keeper and the Premier League, he’s a good shot-stopper and he is shockingly good with his feet. I thought he was a calming figure in the defence yesterday.

Rob Holding, who was a little bit on the outside also had a good game yesterday. He’s regaining confidence, he looks stronger and a clean sheet will do him the world of good.

We also need to give a shout to some of our counter-attacking play. It was much better yesterday. We created 4 big chances yesterday. I thought Saka found a good stride yesterday and we were unlucky not to score more goals. Granit Xhaka, love or loathe, made a difference with his passing. We missed him, suck it up, it hurts to say it, but he was good. He made one sublime line-breaking pass in the first half that was very, very sexy.

The two worries were Spanish. Hector Bellerin still doesn’t look comfortable at right-back. He’s lost a bit of pace and he looks broken. His decision making isn’t quite there and you can see the nervousness in his game. I’m not sure if that’s just him moving forward, but he’s a shadow of his former self at the moment.

Dani Ceballos just ain’t it. We’re looking at a player that isn’t suited to Arsenal as an 8. Bake in that he doesn’t give a fuck about Arsenal, and, well, you have a hot pie with a nasty filling. We need a proper number 8 that has power, pace, great passing and a presence on the pitch. That has to be top of the list this summer, hopefully Kia has a good idea of what we can do there, because our midfield isn’t right. Does he know Dominik Szoboszlai by chance?

Big shout out to Eddie, he earned his bread yesterday. He’s a hard worker and he patrols that frontline with more and more urgency. I think he’s a good bet for the future, he needs a few more goals, but if you get his confidence in the right place there’s no telling how far he can go. Also, I am thankful for Auba when he plays in such a selfless way. He was unlucky not to get his 50th goal, hitting the bar early on, but overall, he had a great game.

Just before I tap out of the game commentary, just a reminder, last time we beat Southampton in November, we conceded 21 shots and lost on xG 2.71-1.91. Today, our xG was 0.76-2.53.

Final word for the coach. It was a solid performance. He was tactically correct, he lifted the players, and his in-game management was better. As I will continue to say, he is the least of Arsenal’s worries. The guy has it all, leadership, passion, tactical vision, communication, and positive vibes. Limited experience, but that’s what vision is about, taking a chance on potential. Arteta just needs a bit of luck and a very good squad overhaul this summer.

Onto the next game, an FA Cup quarter-final against Sheffield United. xxx

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Habesha Gooner

Funny you see him failing at city with a midfield with Debruyne, Silva and Gundogan and he has as his partners Willock and ceballos ( who had a crappy game btw) as his yard stick. The people who see Guendouzi as a failure at arsenal still expect him to be sold for over 30 mil. So if you guys thought we will get 30 mil+ for him be must be decent at 21.

Marc

Pierre

“I’m not so sure”

I do hope you’re right but it’s going to be a difficult window, not only for us but most clubs.

Goonies

Marc

Again are you being ironic throwing the word stupid around. I know you bullshit prejudices of both players renders you unable to form a reasonable opinion by just using your eyes.

Currently they are 2 of our our best performing players.

Goonies

Habeesha

He was hiding. I couldn’t give a fuck if he was showing for the ball and got crowded out or pressured of the ball but the point you are missing is HE WAS HIDING when we were under pressure.

Don’t suppose you’ve ever played football to understand that this happens.

Marc

Goonies

Over what period?

Versus

Guendozi £40k pw
Maupay £50k pw

*Shrugs*

Hey lads. You wanna read a joke. It goes like this. Go to whoscored.com. click comparison. Select NEAL MAUPAY and LACAZETTE. Enjoy.

Habesha Gooner

Goonies, Guendouzi is rarely accused of hiding. You are the only one I have heard say that about him. Others criticize him for not contributing enough to offensive play or his positioning and tackling abilities which some of it is fair but never hiding. He actually was the best arsenal player on the pitch the year before at the ETIHAD. He didn’t hide at city this year too in my eyes. Gary Neville even pointed out how much he showed up for the ball this year too. I didn’t see what you saw happened. He is always confident and shows… Read more »

Thorough

I saw a tweet about Guendozis imminent departure and Arsenal fans were jubilatinf. Came on LeGrove and it’s exactly the same thing. I think Arsenal fans actually deserve the despondency they get. We, as a club, just never learn. If we paid attention to our youths our attack probably would have been Malen, Gnabry and Saka by now. Our midfield prolly could have consisted of Benacer, Adelaide and some DM worth the hype. We sold those 5 players above and they are better off and worth more to their respective clubs. In a midfield consisting of Saka, who can’t dribble… Read more »

Goonies

Since Arteta took over Marc

Thorough

In a midfield consisting of Xhaka

Valentin

Wasi, It depends at what point of their development you get those French young players. If you get them when they have signed a long term contract and have just been called to the France U21 team for which they have been excellent, of course they are going to be expensive. But look Jean Clair Todibo was bought for less than a million by Barcelona in January 2019. Within six month he was send on loan to Schalke where he is now considered a €25 millions player. The club needs to be smarter and have proper scouts in those markets.… Read more »

Goonies

Habeesha Again missing the point. Against city he was hiding from the line of the ball when we had it. He wants the ball when he’s in acres of space that’s fucking obvious not when he’s in serious danger of losing it and making him look bad. He’s a shit show pony. He’s never brave on the ball,will never receive it when he’s crowded or on the half turn. Cesc was so brave on the ball, would take it in any position and it often goes unsaid but he had fire and he could back it up unlike this jumped… Read more »

Goonies

Thorough

You’re taking shit. Those players were subpar just like Guendouzi is.

The only mistake and it’s massive was
Gnabry.

Marc

Goonies

Clearly you are not stupid – you’re a cunt. PL numbers since Arteta took over

Xhaka stats

11 appearances
3 yellows
5 wins
5 draws
1 loss
0 goals
0 assists

Mustafi stats

10 appearances
3 wins
4 draws
3 losses
13 conceded

Thorough

Goonies.
I’m talking shit but Gnabry was good. Which one is it?
Bennacer was best player in afcon and won it for his country. He’s linked to Man city now.
Adelaide had only a season with Angers and Lyon paid 25 million euros for him, whereas Ozil has been around for 3 years and nobody has offered us 25 dollars.
Donyell Malen is already established in the Dutch team and is valued highest in the PSV team and has the 6th highest valuation of all the players in Eredivisie.

So who’s talking shit now?

salparadisenyc

Arsenal supporters always want the next shiny object, nothing new there.

If we do end up selling Guendouzi for decent money will have been a great signing considering he was plucked from Lorient for £7m.

Wasi

Val I’d happily warm to that strategy. The thing is right now a lot of young French players choose to stay in France and develop their game before moving abroad. So their value automatically goes up when they are high potential and play in the Ligue 1 for a season or 2 . It seems to be the trend and helps in their personal development. And I do agree we need to look for bargains like Todibo. The recent one we missed is Kuoassi. Reportedly we were in the race but he had many suitors and Bayern is massive. I… Read more »

Marc

sal

All supporters of all clubs always want the next shiny object.

If you don’t know that you have no idea about football fans.

salparadisenyc

Thanks for that update Marc.

Wasi

Val

You mention about Grimandi.
But if you read the article ( I cant remember which one) it says Sven started trimming the scouting system because we had a very bloated but inefficient system. And Raul reportedly stopped that. So we dont know who cut out Grimandi and tbh we don’t know if he was good enough or not.
What we know is that we still have capable people in and around.
We found 2 gems last summer. Saliba and Gabi.
And I hope we keep finding more.

Marc

sal

Well if you knew it why did you make the differential?

Marc

Wasi

What I’d like to hear but the Mislintat “groupies” never answer is if he is so good would they rate the signings that we made whilst he was head of recruitment?

salparadisenyc

Didn’t really put my opinion in there Marc was just a statement.

Think your just pissed Mislintat was involved and it could produce a nice profit for club. You may not rate him but it sounds like PSG and Barca do.

Marc

sal

Er – not at all I’d love Mislintats’s time to produce some money to offset the rest of the money he pissed up the wall.

Marc

sal

” You may not rate him but it sounds like PSG and Barca do.”

Rate who Mislintat or Guendozi?

salparadisenyc

Dozi.

salparadisenyc

If were going to really slate Mislintat lets do it for being complicit in the Emery hiring along with Gazidis and Raul.

Marc

Pedro Stop lying. 1) I said I’d give Emery a chance which I’m doing to Arteta as well – the fact that I enjoy baiting you over him is banter. 2) ” think Mislintat made some pretty good signings” who? name them? Of course if they don’t play for us they don’t count! 3) Mislintat “was an elite name in scouting who had his career cut short” and where’s he working now? PSG, Barca Madrid or the football equivalent of Morrisons? 4) “But of course you rate Raul” One summer of Sanllehi vs one summer of Mislintat and yeah I’ll… Read more »

Goonies

Learn to thoroughly read you clown it’s not difficult. The players you mention are all average with the exception of gnabry you pedantic prick.

Goonies

Marc the way you go on and try to overcompensate on a daily basis screams average, bland, lacking, whatever you want to dress it up as.

Thorough

Goonies.
Hahahaha, you’re pathetic. This dumb comeback is not worth a dignified response.

Marc

Goonies

Yeah because you’re a real fan – overcompensate, I gave you stats and you’re bitching like a little whore.

Does mummy know you’re still on the internet?

salparadisenyc

Marc

Most who questioned the Mislintat dismissal were doing so wondering what fucking direction this club was going in the power vacuum Danny Devito sprung, not really groupie stuff for a talent spotter.

Marc

sal

Please rate the signings made whilst Mislintat was head of recruitment?

You guy’s never do – everyone loved the idea of Mislintat, the reality was a world away. Some of us can see that other’s can’t.

salparadisenyc

Mislintat wasn’t what we hoped but what are his big misses? Emery, Sokratis no question along with Lichsteiner. The latter who came in on a free to add a season’s depth to our 23 yr right back. Mislintat inherited the shit storm Sanchez spun under the architecture of Wenger for not selling to City that summer. Then Wenger apparently wanted either Mkhitaryan or Martial in return for Sanchez that January from United. Hard situation to shine. Leaves: PEA Torreira Guendouzi Leno All solid signings. Torriera may not work out but were not loosing money. Guendouzi has all the qualities to… Read more »

Marc

sal

Sorry got bored reading that – was there a positive for Mislintat at all?

Pedro

Marc going full on Marko over here.

Sal, pretty apparent the Emery was Raul’s doing.

Torreira, Matteo, Auba, Tierney and Leno isn’t a bad run… especially when Marc is out here defending someone that just signed up Mari, Luiz and Soares.

Dan Ahern

Marc “you never rate the signings”
Sal “ok here are all the signings”
Marc “I’m not reading that”

Lol, what a child you are.

Goonies

Marc you’re definitely single.

Marc

Pedro

“Torreira, Matteo, Auba, Tierney and Leno isn’t a bad run…”

Torriera – failure can’t get a game
Guendozi – What did you call him the other day a “wrong en”?
Auba – £ 56 million and 28 – not exactly the rough diamonds you’ve been
preaching about.
Leno – I’m so glad we signed Diamond Eye’s to get an Internationally Capped keeper.

Tierney – Ops again signed by Sanllehi long after Mislintat had left.

Marc

Dan

I read his comment and was dismissing him as he should be. He was talking up Mislintat and managed to prove his period at Arsenal was a disgrace.

Why is it everyone who talks a progressive Arsenal can’t see that Mislintat was a fraud?

salparadisenyc

Pedro

Yes but Sven was a party to Emery being the third member, not to mention he could easily take Raul in a knife fight.

Should of stood his ground then.

Pedro

Marc, why are you talking about Sven still? A guy with a far better record than the man in charge now?

Are you just being contrarian?

Goonies

One day Marc I’ll get a cape to go with my season ticket. Oh no that’s just you.

Marc

Pedro

Eh again you just laid out his “amazing” performance only for me to bitch slap you and now you don’t want to discuss Mislintat – someone you said the other day the Kroenke’s should take advice from.

Goonies

I’d start with a brain before you start making bold steps to season tickets.

Pedro

Mislintat is top class and left the project early because of Raul.

Not sure what is left to discuss. Our biggest assets are his buys. Case closed.

RockyRoe

Not sure what is left to discuss. Our biggest assets are his buys. Case closed. Pedro oh pedro!! Making shit up again I see 🙂 Here are mislintats signings: Auba – very very important signing, no one can deny BUT not an unknown signing for the so called data driven maestro AND from his last club to. Talk about spreading the net far and wide. Mikki – you want me go into how this turned out for us? Mavroponos – can’t get games with Mustafa and luiz ahead of him. As you say, case closed. Lucas T – again can’t… Read more »

David Smith

Raul next in the firing line if things go wrong next season.
Then KSE to sell.
Hopefully failed Wenger transition will rid us of this owner as he releases money for other issues
This club needs a new owner to achieve its massive potential

China1

I don’t think Sven or Raul have done a good job tbh

I don’t see it as good vs bad, more like bad vs bad

China1

Man the Ox won the lottery joining Liverpool He was a permacrock at arsenal, didn’t live up to his potential at all, had a worse record on the pitch in terms of goals and assists than Wally walnuts and apart from having a great frame, and being a powerful sprinter, lacked any particularly special qualities. Then he managed to get sold despite his very hefty price tag to the best team in the world where he has again spent half the time injured and only in and out of the team but he’s now collected a CL and a PL… Read more »

The Godfather

“GooniesClearly you are not stupid – you’re a cunt. “

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Guns of SF

We miss his power and pace when he is healthy

An athlete for sure . How skillful is debatable

Bojangles

For those who feel Guendouzi has doesn’t progress the ball.

“2nd on the team in progressive passes/90 (10th among MFers in the League) – 6.75

2nd most progressive distance/90 (among Arsenal MFers, 13th in the League overall) – 282m

2nd in progressive distance carried/90 (among Arsenal MFers, 3rd in the League overall) – 200.6m”

Taken from 7am.

Johnno

Arteta has the power now. No way club sacks another manager. No point not supporting him LeGrovers. He has work to do but he will be given the chance to fail. All Stan would have read about in dispatches would be all the player drama these past 2 years. I’m sure arteta will have been told to fix the culture so we start getting our monies worth. So he had laid down standards. Expects discipline. Diligence. Guendouzi- a 19 year old with a lot to learn – has took one look at what arteta demands and said “non merci” Says… Read more »

CaliGooner

Hey Marc just start your own blog since you love your own opinions so much while insulting those with contrary opinions. Like dealing with trump.

azed

Our signings over the last few years have been dodgy because we recruited players without a plan for the team.
What was the point of signing Torriera and Guendozi in the same window?

Luiz and Mari should be back up defenders so we should be signing only one of them so our CB’s look like Saliba, new CB, Holding, Luiz/Mari

Emiratesstroller

Arsenal is a club in transition. Our horizon this season if we are being realistic is a top 7 place finish ahead of Spurs and Sheffield United if we are lucky. We are not going to overtake either Man Utd or Wolves. My personal preference is not to finish in Europa Cup places so that the club can focus on our performance in EPL. That view is not widely accepted by other posters, because of financial implications. Sometimes you need to weigh up your priorities and getting our squad/team up to scratch is more important than the money. At the… Read more »

Wasi

Marc ‘What I’d like to hear but the Mislintat “groupies” never answer is if he is so good would they rate the signings that we made whilst he was head of recruitment?’ Marc they wont do that. They love Mislintat because they like the idea of what Mislintat does (which I do too). But the fact is other than Leno and Guendouzi Mislintat did no good for the club with his diamond eye( Did great for other clubs I’m only talking about Arsenal). Auba didn’t need a diamond eye. Diamond eye was needed to see that Sok , Mkhi and… Read more »

Useroz

“ Additionally, it’s clear that Arteta has a plan he’s activating against. He’s making it clear that a new dawn is ahead of us and there is a clearout that is certainly happening this summer. Mesut Ozil, Alex Lacazette and Saed Kolasinac all sat in the stands as the kids kicked on. That was a long overdue statement that I thought was pretty bold. … As I will continue to say, he is the least of Arsenal’s worries. The guy has it all, leadership, passion, tactical vision, communication, and positive vibes. Limited experience, but that’s what vision is about, taking… Read more »

Moray

Useroz, the problem is that Arteta is not the leader as such. Certainly not in the Wenger mould. The manager these days is really a glorified coach and a figurehead. We have a set up which purposely weakened the power of the manager after Wenger left. Unfortunately we didn’t take that time to bring in proper governance or “Arsenal Football men” Into the fold. Neither Gazidis Nor Sanhelli one suspects see the club as much more than a cash cow. But then neither do the owners, so you get what you deserve. We lack passion and a sense of history… Read more »

Pierre

Marc “Goonies Clearly you are not stupid – you’re a c*nt. PL numbers since Arteta took over Xhaka stats 11 appearances 3 yellows 5 wins 5 draws 1 loss 0 goals 0 assists” I Like the disingenuous way you include the Man city defeat as Xhaka’s only loss to prove a point , despite the fact he was injured in the first 5 minutes. I would think it’s fairer to say he had 5 wins and 5 losses in his 10 games played and in the 3 league games he was missing, we lost all 3. That sort of proves… Read more »

China1

If we do serious work on the midfield this summer then next season could be interesting. If we’re still rocking into matches with a vaguely similar midfield as now then all hope is lost lol

China1

I don’t mind if we don’t get partey if there are some serious under the radar players out there we can get instead

I just hope the quality of the midfield signings is serious because we’ve been trash in midfield for so long and we’ll never even be slightly relevant without a midfield

China1

Totally agreed useroz I think Arteta didn’t need to get us top 4, it was always going to be tough coming in when he did and enacting change – but the door has been wide wide open to challenge for 5th at least, so if we don’t do that Arteta shouldn’t walk away without any accountability in this. I’m Arteta in and have high hopes he’s going to do big things, but those hopes shouldn’t negate the reality that he’s not overachieving which is what top end managers are often able to do. The whole point of what distinguishes solid… Read more »

Useroz

Moray. Dialling back the authoritarian regime Wenger manages to built is definitely needed however we don’t seem to have the smarts to put a proper target operating model in place. It’s a chicken and egg situation. Classic. With both owner/KSE and the board practically ignorant of how to build a successful football club let alone in the PL, they defer the business plan (VMV really) to these cronies. What had Raul achieved at Barca really, other than built a network of super agents around himself? Vinai is an accountant who got more than he bargained for. And why not if… Read more »

Graham62

ES

There’s a passion at Liverpool, amongst the entire Footballing structure and fan base, that demands success.

Arsenal hasn’t had this ever since we left Highbury.

Jamie

Shame we didn’t sack Wenger when Klopp was available.

Jamie

Danny –

I like his humility.

Wenger: “You should all be grateful I stayed. I turned down the biggest jobs in the world!”

Graham62

Jamie

Indeed.

As an “obsessive and entitled fan”, as some on here like to see me, it was clear that the structure created by Wenger, was also there to protect him from his obvious flaws. This is my club, my methods, my way.
Unfortunately our ignorant owners and somewhat deluded fan base, bought into all this crap.

Pretty football became more important than winning football. Winning the Emirates Cup, Community Shields and a few FA Cups became the new norm.

Consumed by this philosophy, we became a lost cause.

The consequences are there for all to see.

Graham62

I’m sure his upcoming book will have us all reaching for the tissues.

China1

Liverpool have also blown away every excuse that arsenal relied on for years when we were just treading water and aiming for top 4 There was a lack of money, there was oil money competition, then there was a second oil money club and arsenal were absolutely loving having every excuse under the sun to not win any PL titles or compete in Europe Then Leicester came along and won the league. Now Liverpool have not only won the CL last year without being bank rolled but finished with breathing distance of winning the league ahead of record breaking oil… Read more »

alexanderhenry

David Smith

‘KSE to sell’

We can dream. One thing though, is this:

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/stan-kroenke-la-rams-sofi-stadium-nfl-a4446186.html

That stadium seems a massive risk to me . Way over budget, not in a football town and he’s now had to borrow literally billions to build it.
Also, Stan borrowed the half billion to buy out usmanov.

Let’s hope the Rams flop and KSE is forced to sell arsenal or something along those lines.

alexanderhenry

China

It’s not just the money. The Fenway group are proven winners.
Look at their track record with the Boston red sox.

Now look at KSE’s with their franchises.

Jamie

Amen, Graham.

Emiratesstroller

I suggest that many posters who are currently so negative about Arsenal take a look at Liverpool’s progression since Fenway took over as owners. In first two seasons Liverpool finished 7th and 8th in EPL and there was little or no significant investment in the team. Liverpool’s reputation until recent times was a Cup team not dissimilar to Arsenal. The major difference between Fenway and Kroenke is that they owned Liverpool 100% and therefore could make decisions without reference to other parties. Kroenke became owner as opposed to major shareholder only at end of 2017. So you can only make… Read more »

Jamie

China nails it too.

Graham62

Arsenal should have been renamed Excuses FC as soon as we left Highbury.

The really amusing thing in all of this, is that those that have been critical of everything post-Wenger, are the same individuals who bought into all the excuses.🤪

What a surprise!

alexanderhenry

ES Good points regarding the stadium. Dein was against it and I think that lead to him being pushed. I disagre on your point about decision making however. KSE has had a controlling stake at arsenal since 2011. Usmanov , despite owning a third of the club had no influence on decisions whatsoever. He didn’t even have a seat on the BOD. As for the other BOD members, as they have no shares at all or very few, they have. no real power. They pitch up to club events, give speeches, cut tape etc. Kroenke owning 100% of arsenal won’t… Read more »

China1

ET the difference between Liverpool and Arsenal comes from the fact that their owners are aiming for major success and have been recruiting people below them to that end. They’ve done it expertly and have now been rewarded

They were funded by the sales of Suarez and Coutinho only because they managed to buy such players low and sell them so high. Arsenal have paid high prices for low quality players consistently now going on several years and this is why we’re left complaining about a lack of money whilst they were not

Spanishdave

ES
Right on the button.
Every week there are team changes, which does go down to the coach.
We need a first team selection and get some consistency so that players know where to find passes and get better movement.
Arteta must now start to show authority in picking players and get rid of the dross so we can properly start the rebuilding.

Emiratesstroller

Graham 62 There should be no excuses, but a sense of realism. Arsenal are in transition with a new head coach and if we are to be competitive then the club needs to focus on rebuilding the starting X1 in a methodical and patient way. We should not be spending mega bucks on squad players. Our focus if we spend serious money should be on players who will improve first team. If you read today’s Telegraph article on Liverpool that is precisely what they have been doing since Klopp has arrived. The club is working to a formula based on… Read more »

Jamie

I think people are underestimating just how wealthy the Kroenke family is.

Stan and his wife are worth almost $20 billion between them. They aren’t losing any sleep over a potential $2 billion paper loss. They’re empire builders. A shit empire, but an empire nonetheless. Asset stripping is completely counterproductive to that goal.

They have no reason to sell, imo.

CG

Martin Keown on Arteta and David Luiz. “””””Nonetheless, I think he should be making the right decisions for the football club and I don’t believe David Luiz is the right man to be in that dressing room. “Frank Lampard took a different view when he took over at Chelsea; he wanted David Luiz out of his dressing room, for whatever reason, whether that was performance or character, I’m not sure, but he made that clear decision””””” No more to add. Apart from. Maybe one of the reasons Frank Lampard’s Chelsea team beat Pep’s Man City a week after Luiz gets… Read more »

CG

Forget all the transition twaddle ES continually spouts.

I am guessing he is like Arteta.
Lovely bloke , got an awful lot of contacts but is uber naive in the extreme.

Quite simply,

Liverpool would not be English Champions and European Champions today if the inexperienced Steve Gerrard was appointed Liverpool manager.

They are becuase they recruited a man who has worn the ‘ seen it, done it ,been there ‘ T shirt.

And that is that.

Stopp faffing around.
Arsenal ain’t working.

Change it and if necessary keep changing it until it does work.

Jamie

CG June 22, 2020 16:02:30

“Lets persist with him. Arteta In.”

Then one game is played: Southampton 0 – 2 Arsenal.

CG June 27, 2020 10:02:56

“Arteta Out.”

There has never been a bigger dipshit on le-grove.

Jeff

Yes we won but it was a shit game. We have no style, no flare, no charisma, no excitement. The match was so boring that my son – who is a fanatic Arsenal supporter went to play a computer game at half time and didn’t come back for 30 minutes – that’s how boring it was.

Jamie

Is your son CG, Jeff?

CG

Totally unacceptable Arsenal’s MO is to be a poor man’ s Manchester City for the foreseeable future.

Even down to the way the incumbent head coach dresses.

And by the way -City themselves are miles behind Liverpool.

(Even with all their horrible, cheating blood money.

Pep has only won 1 league title in 3 attempts.)

If we are to copy anyone- lets copy Liverpool.

Terraloon

ES I think you are in massive denial. For me there is no direct comparison whatsoever between the first few years of FSA at Liverpool and KSE . Ok Fenway had 100% ownership from day one but once KSE became major shareholder other than forcing through special resolutions or the like they in effect had operational control. Klopp was appointed in October 15 this followed a transfer window where Liverpool had bought in 7 players at a cost of £82 million. In the January 16 window , Klopps first, Liverpool bought in one player. Fast forward to season 16/17 and… Read more »

London gunner

Pedro + arteta fan club. I think arteta needs time before both praise and both damnation. So far I haven’t seen much to be impressed about but Arteta did inherit a shit show. I think he needs this season and half of next before we can fully gauge him as a manager. That’s not to say we can’t praise or critque along the way. But in regards to final judgement pro or against i hold my judgement for now. Tbh though @pedro what I’m disappointed about is not the results but the perfomances. Even in klopps first season with the… Read more »

Uwot?

Wouldn’t mind seeing Partey AND Danillo .Now that would be 😋 Throw in Upamencano & I’d be Dreaming.course I would.Would give us just about all we need.

Emiratesstroller

CG You know fuck all about football. Teams who win trophies are those who work to a formula and more importantly operate with an element of stability. Throwing money at a problem and changing every five minutes your coaching team does not produce results in most cases. Liverpool are successful because they have the same coach for five years and he has been building methodically the team and not making wholesale changes. Gomez is the only change to starting lineup this season. Manchester City under Guardiola are not that different. Yes they buy a lot of players, but their first… Read more »

China1

100% agreed London After 2 or so games Arteta clearly had the players persist with 2 touch football for spells of each match. It resulted in us looking fluid and likely for the first time in yonks and we immediately looked better in defense and midfield with quick transitions and movement leading to sudden attacks etc Then after about 3 games it vanished and I’ve not seen it since No idea why, it was making us look a better team and helping us open teams up with pace, but it got scrapped and we slowed back down with constant back… Read more »

andy1886

Graham: I’m sure his upcoming book will have us all reaching for the tissues.

Maybe, but I don’t want to think about what the Wenger acolytes will use them for!

CG

ES

They sacked Hodgdon after 14 games
King Kenny after 6 months
Rogers ( who nearly won the league there)

They kept sacking until they got Klopp

Dissenter

I have respect player who requests to leave Arsenal. I wish we had more players with that that type of Cojones.
We are overstocked with players who just want to s9t in the bench and milk their wages while tweeting that’s the live the club.
Guendouzi knows when he’s not wanted by a new manager, he wants out…let’s respect that and stop piling on him.
How many of our 20 year old players are in such demand by bigger clubs?

Emiratesstroller

Terraloon I suggest you read the article of Burt in today’s Daily Telegraph. There have been very few changes to starting lineup of Liverpool and they have been playing in a 4-3-3 lineup for all but first season since Klopp became manager. I did not suggest that Liverpool do not make changes to their squad, but when it comes to spending serious money that is focussed on first X1. The only players in their current squad outside First X1 who cost serious money since Klopp arrived are Keita and Oxlade Chamberlain. Both were expected to starting lineup but failed to… Read more »

Useroz

“ That stadium seems a massive risk to me . Way over budget, not in a football town and he’s now had to borrow literally billions to build it. Also, Stan borrowed the half billion to buy out usmanov.“ KSE borrows because HE CAN. Smart businessmen mostly build with others’ monies. As one stated above, SK (and wife) worth plenty and wouldn’t take a hit, ego a bit bruised may be, even if Arsenal bankrupted. Comparing Liverpool and Arsenal isn’t relevant at this juncture when winning mentality, passion and footballing know how from inside out are different. They appear to… Read more »