Well, yesterday marked yet another tumultuous day of back and forth over the most boring saga in football. Mesut Özil dropped a statement in the morning and played up that he felt hurt, betrayed, and sad. All fair comments, no professional footballer wants to be cut from the team, especially not a World Cup winner playing in a drossy team that barely makes the Europa League qualification places.
It was starting to look like Arsenal had lost control of the narrative. The bit in Özil‘s statement when he mentioned ‘humanitarian work’ was designed to whip up his base into assuming that the fix was in… Arsenal loved Chinese Yen and Vinai was a union buster that dealt out punishment to non-pay-cut-taking-slags.
We shouldn’t have worried. Mikel Arteta put on a masterclass in leadership, dropping one of the most candid, honest, and clear ripostes to the biggest crisis of his managerial career to date.
Here’s what was smart… he simply reiterated the same message he has from day one. He has set high standards for the squad, if you don’t meet those standards, you will not be part of the plans.
‘I have to see on a daily basis, the input, the performance and what every player brings to the team, and from there I make the decision.’
The message was clear, Mesut Özil is not delivering what is expected or needed. This was a footballing decision and it all focused around one of the greatest players of a generation not applying himself to the Mikel Arteta standards of 2020.
He also did what all great leaders do… he absolutely owned the decision.
Honestly, I take full responsibility. I have to be the one getting the best out of the players. It’s my responsibility and again, it’s nothing related to anything, any behaviour or things like I read, like the pay cuts. It’s not true, it’s my decision. If someone has to blame me, and that will happen when we lose football matches, it’s my responsibility. I have to make the decision to get the best possible squad out there to win football matches and competitions as often as we can. In order to do that, I try to be fair with him and with any other players in the squad to defend, as much as possible, the interests of the football club.
Remember a babbling Unai Emery blaming the exec team for dropping Mesut? Pathetic and something the players noted. No one likes a weak leader. That sort of carry-on is why things went very south for him when he reintroduced the German into the side. Arteta has avoided looking like a beta male, even through crises of creativity.
Truth is, our manager held a lot back. He could have gone into detail. He could have shared granular incident reports and gone toe-to-toe. He could have rolled brand MÖ10 under the bus, but he didn’t, and that was classy. He also didn’t shy away from how he saw the decision.
I feel that at the moment, today, that I’ve failed because I want the best possible Mesut for the team. In some moments I was able to get close to that but in other moments I haven’t been able to because I had to make the decision to leave him out of the squad.
Trying to get Mesut Özil purring again was always a big ask. We’ve been through it so many times before. He starts off well, then he slips into a footballing depression, then things go south. I had high hopes that Arteta could change his ways, like he did for other players that were flops, but at the heart of it, if the desire is not there, it doesn’t matter how good at coaching you are, you’ll never get a turn.
As my good friend Alfred from the podcast said to me… he dealt with this like a founder of a start-up. Direct, straight to the point, with care and compassion.
The overall message though was not about the player, it was to ask the fans to trust that this decision was made with the best interests of the team at heart. Everything he does is about putting Arsenal back on top of the game. That’s all you can ask of a leader.
I’ve seen some of the melt brigade disgracing their ‘support’ online by calling Arsenal classless. Please. This decision wasn’t 6 weeks in the making, it’s been coming for 4 years. This was the humane way to do things. The club has been honest with the player, they offered him a way out, and they’ve tried to negotiate his contract termination like they did with Mikhi. It’s interesting that the cuck collective of our fanbase, those who actively seemed to enjoy the years of decline under Wenger, are now up in arms we have a ruthless manager that is trying to build out a winning vision. Let’s take their outrage as a positive. There was nothing more depressing than hearing us become the home of ‘well, you are spoilt, we don’t have a right to trophies’ rhetoric. Weak sauce is not the condiment of choice for the 2020 era.
It hasn’t just been the weirdoes in our fanbase crafting terrible defences of a player who doesn’t care. We saw Gary Lineker explayer-splain to Piers Morgan that you can’t exit a player under contract, like we don’t have a transfer window dedicated to that exact process. Jack Wilshere weighed in saying Mesut is our best player and that professionals just want to play… again, Mesut could have left and wasn’t short of offers. All these folk have an axe to grind and that is fine. Though the reality is simple, if Mesut Özil was playing the maximum of his ability, he’d be in that squad right now and he’d be starting.
So that’s it, the Özil chapter is closed. We can all move on now because it is finished business. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him go on a free in January. He will 100% not be playing for the club again. It is done.
A sad end to a story that could have been so promising… but it’s the best for Arsenal FC. As fans, we now we have to back where the club is going. There is a short, medium, and long term vision. It will be tough at times, the success won’t come overnight, but I tell you… there’s not a better young coach in the game that could be taking us on this journey.
Let’s look toward the positives. We’re no longer a banter club. This was a strong decision that put sporting excellence at the front of the queue. We have Bukayo Saka tied to Arsenal, an immense young talent hungry to impress. We have Gabriel Martinelli coming back into the fold, an explosive player tied to a long term deal. We have Thomas Partey earmarked for a debut tonight, the Patrick Vieira type midfielder we’ve missed since we sold the Frenchman. We have Auba, we have Gabriel, we have Kieran Tierney… we have a lot to be excited about.
So ignore the negative vibes. Let’s kick on and have a great season! But first, let’s crush Rapid Vienna. x
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Yeah an absolute master class , but is there any chance he can produce that masterclass sauce of his into actual performances and results. Or is he allowed to just talk the talk and get away with the walk?
Does anyone have any of the granular detail?? I would love to know what really has gone on over the last couple of years – has he just been loafing around North London with a bad attitude in training or is there more to it?
Also, “explayer-splain” 👏👏
Either Ozil has some other loyalty bonus money to receive or he really is going to retire if he doesn’t get a high wage offer from another London club.
Its a little early to claim Partey as a patruck Viera type.
Mesut Ozil believes Arsenal’s commercial interest in China
is pivotal to him being left out of the squads.?
‘Arteta makes Mesut Özil the centerpiece’
Posted January 1st, 2020 by Pedro & filed under News Review.
Good job MA
Tell ozil to sling his hook.
Never was a fan and will be delighted to see the back of him. Only emery left a worst taste in the mouth and that’s saying something
What master class?
Sounds a lot like Wenger-speak to me.
Tyagn.Rome wasn’t built in a dayMiracles take a little longer.Patience is a virtue.Learn to walk before you run.blah blah blah.How often do we have to repeat it for the “ instant” brigade.The “ sauce” inherited a shit show.Hes working on it .Very commendably.🤫
Arteta is proving himself a skilled diplomat, hasn’t as of yet given the media any snippets of stories to sensationalise and feast upon.
Don’t want to see Saka, Aubameyang or Tierney, anywhere near the starting eleven today.
Our squad is far too big, no need for anyone who’s starting on Sunday, to be anywhere near the first team tonight.
Hopefully we’ll get to see Nelson, Willock, Smith-Rowe, and also get Mustafi some minutes, who unfortunately is the best of our current 8 centre half’s.
When he dropped it, did it break?
Hope not..his leadership has been good so far.
Only a careless buffoon goes around dropping things…
“Masterclass in leadership” would have been true if he had replaced a creative player of Ozil’s caliber or developed a system which compensated for the lack of one. He hasn’t done either. I’m not anti-Arteta because I always back managers that win trophies and Mikel has done that twice already. But his arrogance in some of the interviews is astonishing. You’d think the man has won 3 back to back Champion leagues with Arsenal. The biggest flak he is rightly facing currently is about creativity. Till we don’t see an upward trend in chances being created, the jury will very… Read more »
Hopefully we can focus on what matters, which is the football. Good performance and a good result tonight is what we ask for.
James Wood If I was Ozil, I’d be trying to use any little distraction from the fact I’d been steadily declining for 4.5 years, and that I’d had plenty of opportunities, but hadn’t taken them. Ozil can say what he wants, there’s no doubting his ability, he’s not playing football, because he doesn’t deserve to be. He’s absolutely finished at the top level, and has been for a long time. Emery worked him out within weeks, Arteta gave him opportunities, then rightly decided he’d rather go with team structure, rather than a maverick with no end product, no consistency, and… Read more »
Arteta has dealt with the Ozil situation well.
A touch of honesty and constructive dishonesty I think.
Arteta was honest about the fact that any player who doesn’t give 100% doesn’t get in the team- period.
He also covered himself with the deliberately disingenuous self blame angle.
Nobody believes for one second that Artetea is responsible for Ozil’s decline- least of all Arteta himeslf. It’s all on the player.
Buzzkill
“if he had replaced a creative player of Ozil’s caliber”
Are we talking 2020 Ozil now, because that’s a pretty low caliber, ESR could easily fill those shoes if he can stay healthy, hopefully we’re aiming higher than 5 assists in 2 seasons though and bring someone in in January.
Pedro
I think that today’s post is amongst the best you have produced and a clear analysis of the
changes in direction and leadership required at the club, which has been rudderless for a number of years.
There will always be those who post on Le Grove who will publish a contrary view but that
does not mean they are in the majority.
Arteta will make mistakes. Who does not do so? However, on the whole I think he will turn out to be what he is a “first class coach” and excellent manager.
ES you are too much
Quite simply, this post is 100% correct. Well said, that man. Nothing else to add.
Happy birthday Arsene Wenger! Have blast!
Well, you don`t mention that there could be other reasons behind the axe of Mesut. On the forums in Norway, most of the supporters think the owners of the club is instructing Arteta to avoid telling the truth about economics, china… forcing Arsenal to avoid using Mesut. If so, and if this are made known – then Arteta will struggle…
Rich 9.47
The China connection was a Daily Mail report.
I agree with your comments.
He was finished when he left the German National
side citing racism and disrespect.
He is good at passing on his own problems to one
and all.
Alway’s a good player but not in the top 10 of all time
greats.
A sad end but another former employee with a bitter streak.?
Love the positivety Pedro, its true we’re getting bogged down by the negative, when there’s so much to be positive about..namely Partey’s debut today, l hope him plays no more than 60 mins then we wrap him up in cotton wool for Sunday.
Ps l would love to be a guest on the podcast on one 🙂
Ozil is scared.
He’s scared because he is not loved. He’s scared because the footballing world is against him. He’s scared because , should he play again, he will be scrutinised and judged like no other. He’s scared by the consequences of his own actions.
His defence mechanism is embarrassing and clearly shows he is in his own unique world, with little or no understanding of reality.
Should I feel sorry for him?
*parteys STARTING debut l mean
Top post, Pedro.
I would add that Arteta exhibited another great leadership quality: humility. He could have lambasted Özil for not caring or trying or performing for 3 years. Instead he said that he had failed, failed to get the best out of a player whom he played alongside and whose qualities he knew better than any of us distant watchers. By owning that failure, he is even more of a strong leader in my view.
We are in good hands and we need a little patience because turning a broken club, organisation or company culture takes time.
I am just glad that the Ozil chapter is done.
When we will continue to have creativity issues this season,I hope fans don’t bring up Ozil again.
Ozil had a succession of games under Arteta, in most of those games we had creativity issues. Many of those games ended in a draw.
Ozil is not the answer,not in 2020.
We probably have to buy to solve this issue.
For now,we should make do with Willian-Auba-Saka as the front 3.
It’s not a great solution but till we buy,it’s the best solution available.
I actually think , pound for pound, Ozil could be one of Arsenal’s worst ever signings. He had some good spells but I think he was a panic buy. After failing to land Suarez and fan frustration after years of austerity at arsenal , Wenger needed a marquee signing. In that sense, it was more of a PR signing than a footballing one. We didn’t really need a player like Ozil at the time and it’s debatable whether he would have had susutained success at any PL club, taking into acount the speed and physicality of English club football. It… Read more »
100% behind this post and the team.
Well said a brilliant summing up of our current position. Ozil has not delivered since he got the present contract.
“To look at it a different way, You could ask ” how many mistakes did Martinez make in the game” Caballero had much to deal with than Martinez all through the match and We were astute defensively. “And the answer would be none …and we won the game.You could then ask, ” how many mistakes did Leno make in the home game v chelsea ” …the answer would be one( at least ) and it lost us the game” You are boring as hell for picking the Chelsea defeat and ignoring other matches were leno was the hero of the… Read more »
One of the key things you and your coach has to do as an older/ageing footballer is to manage your inevitable physical decline. The expectation/hope is that some tactical adjustments to the way you play, together with your intelligence and experience, compensate for any physical deficiencies. Brendan G and Vardy illustrate this. Vardy has been told to, and has reduced the number of his runs in behind, and the frequency/intensity of his pressing, so that he can be more devastating when he does run in behind or press. So far, it’s working. Ignoring Freddie’s brief stint, we’ve had three managers… Read more »
100% agree with the post. People complaining about a manager who in his first 9 months in charge took over a club, who this time a year ago where genuinely on the kind of slope that gets you into relegation scraps, and got them just shy of a top 4 spot, won an FA Cup and then beat the champions to win the charity shield (dismiss the shield all you want, but Klopp stuck out his full team, wanted it and has stated he considers it silverware). We’ve lost two games this season, 1,Man City who’s past 3 seasons points… Read more »
Arsenal football club is a brand, as an employee of the the club you don’t go jumping into political issues and expect the club to give you their support. Arteta is pure class he handled the situation really well.
Spot on.
Ditto. Great post Pedro. We finally have a robust leader. Wenger was found wanting on many occasions and a bit of a snowflake, although he brought a better brand of football to AFC. Emery was an out of date dick-cheese who smelt funny from the off and we wasted time hiring him when we should have got Arteta in. However these things happen for a reason and I’m confident that we are building a solid base by weeding out the zero value takers and endorsing the givers who truly do want to play for the badge on their shirt.
Happy to read this fantastic masterpiece of explained this saga between Arsenal and Ozil and am really excited to read all of this.
Hopefully more good things will come from Arteta and any decision he had to take from tha club would be interesting one and I will be supporting.
Ozil’s order of importance : Twitter, Fortnite, Football(maybe)
Amazon/Netflix better get going with Arteta. His journey till now has been immense & so will the future when Arsenal win the League & CL under him. Love the man
Does this mean Ozil will not be allowed to train with the players? Really need to cut off this cancer.
I enjoy the blog but fuck me Pedro if Arteta was exposed as being a best mate of Jeffrey Epstein and found with the dead body of a young girl in the boot of his car you’d be on here providing excuses. Arteta did his job – it’s sort of my minimum expectation. As for “he dealt with this like a founder of a start-up.” good grief for every one that’s a success (loose term success it seems making a profit isn’t what you’re judged on today) there are dozens and dozens who flop. It’s possible I’m in a very… Read more »
I would hardly call this present Ozil stuff a “crisis” for Arteta.
Ozil has been on the fringes for a long while now which started with Emery starting to bin him.
It’s a very straight forward and comfortable situation for Arteta.
Arteta needs to show ruthlessness to a few other players not just Ozil.
Truth is Ozil had his cards marked eve before Arteta walked in the Arsenal. He would have seen what went on with Emery and Ljungberg would have told him as well what a twat Ozil is.
“Ignoring Freddie’s brief stint, we’ve had three managers (final season Wenger, Emery and Arteta) trying to help Mesut to arrest his decline and remain relevant.They’ve all failed.”
It hasn’t been any of the managers fault – if Ozil doesn’t have the drive to perform you can’t make him.
We need a few tough decisions from Arteta regarding the first XI rather than fringe players.
Ozil a fringe player for a long while now.
There has already been an error regarding the GK situation but that may have had to do with overall wage structure.
Babbling uni Emery is top of the league
Özil would have gathered more sympathy had he been dropping elite performances every 3 games or so. Unfortunately he was too tepid in most, lost in most while finding space. The fact that 2 coaches before MA deemed him surplus to requirements _ coupled with his fortnite addiction especially preceding hard away games, was never going to help his case.
It is simply good riddance to a product that is long past its sell-by date.
Arteta’s rhetoric is good but the results are patchy so far.
We need to see the light at the end of the tunnel, trouble is it could be a train coming the other way!
Agree 100% what I find weird is that people seem to forget that Mesut held Arsenal for ransom and threatened to go out on a free to Man Utd when he had 6 months on his contract and he did it to extract the maximum contract he can from the club. so don’t come crying about Loyalty when you were the highest paid player in the EPL in a team that finished 5th. He and his agent bargained too well for their own good and got a contract that made him look like the savior of Arsenal but unfortunately he… Read more »
I’ll tell you what will be an interesting book to read in the future rather than the present predictable boring wafflings from Arsene Wenger.
Any book from Emery that comes out and his chapter on Arsenal.
It will be interesting to see at what point the players completely downed tools on him.
Say what you want about Emery but he was the first to start ostracising Ozil and there were signs that he was starting to throw Xhaka under the bus as well before his sacking.
Both great moves from him in my opinion.
Now with Özil out of the way, let us see how good MA’s solution for creativity is. We need a more fluid attack if we are to get Auba firing again and a midfielder has to step up to increase that goal threat.
You just know that Pedro has that portrait of Arteta in his home, in a place of prominence. You also know he’s got a wallet sized version at the waiting! Very saucy photo!
Two years ago when the problem started between Emery and Ozil, I have suggested a split between Ozil and the club. I have also suggested to ask Ozil to train with the U23 but some Le Crovers said that it is against the labor law.. On the other hand, unlike Pedro, I don’t trust what Arteta said. Surely, Arteta is a company man. I find it so out of character that KSE spent their money to buy player. Of course we’ll never know the truth. I suspect KSE is calling the shot. How quickly they got rid of Raul. Since… Read more »
Marc ar 11.20
” hopefully we never have to discuss Ozil again except to say he’s gone.”
4 minutes later , here he is discussing the very thing he hoped he would never have to discuss again.
Marc at 11.24
“It hasn’t been any of the managers fault – if Ozil doesn’t have the drive to perform you can’t make him.”
They do say alcohol befuddles your brain…..is this you marc ?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dab9ew4G5UXU&ved=2ahUKEwimiPXGhMjsAhW1lFwKHfuzBdYQwqsBMAB6BAgMEAM&usg=AOvVaw1AGWo_fXQ88dst3MQQwu2M
The Ozil contract was Wengers last throw of the dice. Not long afterwards they were both gone.
Together they really screwed the club up.
Whose to say i don’t, Highbury???
We should sue Gadzis for getting us into that contract as he was heading out the door
Put blame where it is due
You have about as much shame as Ozil does Pierre, none!
“Surely, Arteta is a company man”
And so what if he is Nelson? Bottom line, the architect for the decline and fall of Mesut Ozil is…Mesut Ozil. It would actually be quite refreshing if Ozil would own up to his own failings for just once. Seems to me that he’s pretty much blamed everyone and anyone but himself for the predicament he finds himself in.
Just remember that Pierre is just trolling
A masterly defence of Mikel. I’d like to go a step further. Getting rid of Ozil is like a shot in the arm for the Club, the most praiseworthy act of the season.
Ffs he dropped a player that Emery dropped, big fucking deal. Want to see improvements on the pitch and in results as in case people haven’t realised he’s hardly set the managerial world alight ,and keeping xhaka, giving luiz another contract, signing a piss poor Portuguese and a guy who flopped at city hardly covers him in glory
This is akin to someone mopping up the dried blood off the floor after a big fight has occurred previously.
The Ozil expulsion happened before Arteta walked in the Arsenal door and it seems Ozil made it an easy decision to keep ostracising him thereafter.
Not to mention a team playing football just slightly better than they did under Emery, hardly makes him a klopp/pep /Ferguson hybrid does it
I’m just loving the absolute hate Arteta is getting on Twitter and Facebook from the fans. after this whole Ozil fiasco…I’m backing him but he’s not making things easy for himself. Apart from the piss poor man management, his tactics have been so poor. Consistently playing your best players out of position is really a sign of a poor manager and that’s why every time I see our line-ups and cringe, I start thinking if our FA cup win was more down to luck than ability.
Buzzy
“I’m just loving the absolute hate Arteta is getting on Twitter and Facebook from the fans”
Who are these fans?
Thickos? Teenagers? Old men in their second childhoods? Or Wenger adorers that associate Ozil with Arsene Wenger?
Tick any of the above or several of them.
Banford is just here to defend Emery, who he believes overachieved and received unfair criticism from Le Grove. He has stated this several times. Emery was a means to an end for Banford, as ultimately it was simply about his opinion being the one-above-all it needs to be as student of the game.
Whatever little faith I had in his line-ups vaporized last time around against City. I was so relieved to see the line-up that made it look like Auba was playing in the center. I even lit up a cigar and was so optimistic. All this to see fucking Willian running there like a headless chicken. That move totally killed any belief I had in Arteta’s lineups.
Bamford We are where we are , partly due to the ignorance of the entitled supporters, otherwise known as WOBS. Ozil is an irrelevance., he hasn’t played for 6 months so i dont understand what the big deal is , any idiot with half a brain knows the reason , and I’ll give you a hint …its not footballing. There are some in favour of Arteta’s decision and some against,but what i do know is that the Emirates crowd always supported him and never turned on him , like xhaka for instance…..no one walks off the pitch slower than Ozil.… Read more »
The penalty miss against Bayern Munich was the moment I knew Ozil was a massive fraud. I don’t know why he’s so loved by the fans because Alexis, Santi and Ramsey had more influence on games they play for Arsenal than Ozil and I don’t think they get the same recognition. I support Mikel decision because with the exception of Ozil first 6 months, he’s rarely a standout player for Arsenal. The decision is probably 5 yrs late but I agree with how the Club treated him. If Emery had the same support Mikel is getting now, Ozil would be… Read more »
Wonder what his line up will be today? Leno playing through the middle with Willian in goal
Pierre still seething and out to make Arteta to be dishonest as they come, with the denial set well in stone at this point that the decision to leave Ozil aside ISN’T football related.
He’d sound absolutely ridiculous and out of touch if it wasn’t some kneeslapper of a troll he had going on…
@ Highbury legend
With arteta’s genius way of setting a team up he’d probably put mertesacker out on the wing to utilise his pace
Fans should be careful what they wish for. Trying to play a certain style of play, without the players to execute that style of play, won’t end well. Teams aren’t build in 10 months. Hopefully today we go for the throat, but if we commit too many players forward against the likes of Leicester, Palace, Wolves, Brighton, Everton, then with the pace and quality they have in their forward lines, they’ll easily just sit tight, and pick us off. Hoping Smith-Rowe, Willock and Nelson all get 90 minutes tonight, nobody who’s pencilled in to start on Sunday. Should be anywhere… Read more »
Sorry Pedro I just don’t agree with your coments, our midfield is crying out for creativity and with Partey now on board I believe ozil could play a role in the team complimented by Partey
Pierre, I won’t have you spraying propaganda on this site. I know Dr Sogut is funding your comments. It has to stop
Camden
That implies that the only thing preventing Ozil from being a useful player was another player like Partey missing in the puzzle.
It’s not true, and Mesut Ozil isn’t playing because he’s a complete fanny who despite being a senior figure at the club has shown total reluctance to be a team player. You don’t reward characters like that with game time on the basis of their talent alone.
To play for Arsenal you need to show dedication daily and put the team before yourself. Mesut has failed spectacularly at both, end of his story.
Ozil….spoilt, entitled, manipulative, duplicitous, lazy, deluded, melodramatic, pathetic….his latest statement on the matter is disgraceful, totally disgraceful. Good riddance.
It seems to me Ozil has a massive chip on his shoulder, a compulsion to play the victim. Nurture or nature? Who knows. Wenger wised up and treated him with tender loving care. His ego would not allow him to admit that he’d made a dreadful mistake bringing Ozil to the Club. An ego that led finally to that lethal contract. Looking at Ozil’s track record, it appears that, in an insidious way, he has ended up as a drag to spirit and morale in every team he has played for. Nurture or nature? In that sense, we might feel… Read more »
Kia Joorabchian dropping bars on Talk Sports about the Ozil situation, I wonder what Pedro think about this?
£350k a week. Average salary in the UK £36k. Ten years of labour to earn what he earns in a week. Let that sink in…..
Awful.
Thanks Tony for your concern for Nigerian groovers…october 20,2020 was a bloody day when unharmed youth was gunned down in coldblood by the military just for peaceful protest against police brutality and poor governance…
Very sad end to the lofty days of “We got Mesut Ozil” emanating at the Emirates, but if we’re honest its been done for quite a while, fact side went out and won the FA cup without him featuring in slightest was just adding insult to injury. I’m in the camp that thinks Arteta has handled this extremely well, gave Ozil a chance which didn’t blossom. Made his decision and hasn’t looked back, what more can he do? Was a shit situation to inherit acted decisively and done what he can to conclude it. Over to the others to find… Read more »
The big Kia J talked about the Ozil situation and for once i can’t agree more and commented the same about his lawyer agent! “It’s just pure stupidity. “I think it’s the essential role of the agent not just to bring high transfers to clubs, but also where there’s a problem to fix it. “I think that’s what the role and job title says. “There was a situation at Everton where Theo Walcott wasn’t going to get enough game time and so he moved to Southampton, because they were very proactive. “The role of the agent in the case of… Read more »
GunnerDNA, Kia is an exboard director these days… and he’s agreeing with company policy.
Mulerise14, I hope you, your family and friends are all staying safe. Nigerians have done an incredible job making this a global issue!
Thanks Pedro…..am okay,not residing in Lagos state.my heart is still heavy for the lost of so many…..gruesome videos keeps coming up
feck Ozil .
CV19 , Nigeria they are real issues and concerns.
On to the actual football looking forward to this evening , few tweaks to see hwt awe can line up with but I’d go with
___________Leno
___Elneny___Luiz__Gabriel
Soares___Partey___Willock___ANM
__Pepe_______Eddie____Nelsen
Sal Totally agree with that summary. Remember the exact moment and place when we signed Ozil, was a terrific moment. Quite sad he’s let his career decay to such a degree. Would’ve been fondly remembered if he’d have kept true to his wary season form and application. Instead he’s looked like a guy that’s landed a mega deal and not given even half a shit that the club has been struggling across the board since. That’s not to say he’s cause, but he was signed in the hope he’d be a large part of the remedy. Absolutely couldn’t be further… Read more »
Here’s my problem. Not 1 or 2 or 4 but 6 goal keepers in the Europa League squad. We are not idiots Perry. Secondly if his Arteta standards are so high for players, why Arsenal 2nd best against both Liverpool and Man city? We should be winning those games. Sorry Perry you have it appears become an apologist for Arsenal football club. The values Arsne instilled in this club now lay in tatters.
I do agree with the opinion on Arteta and leadership. I don’t agree with this reimagining of how Emery tried to address the whole Ozil problem from Pedro because it conveniently lacks how this place was up in arms and demanding that he be put back into the team when a unpopular manager started to struggle. I remember it it happened this place did in fact call for a pussified Emery to bring Ozil back into a struggling team to then come back months later and criticize him for doing exactly what they wanted. It’s a cheap shot that gets… Read more »
‘”Here we have one agreed strategy as a club and a team. Because the most important thing is the club, the team and finding a performance. Previously we were all speaking between us to take that decision. I know all the supporters want to know something [more] but now is not the moment.”‘
Emery sharing the decision.
What this comments section thought of the decision is an irrelevance. Emery showed a lack of leadership in making the decision, then he doubled down on his weakness by bringing him back into the fold.
“but he was signed in the hope he’d be a large part of the remedy.”
This is pretty much it, club needed him to step forth and it never really happened. Not his fault club offered that insane contract which worked total opposite to the remedy it was suppose to bring. Easy to look back now but had club just sold Ozil, Sanchez and reinvested whilst extending Ramsay we’d surely be in a better place.
Primary reason why many are so enthusiastic about the goings on now with Arteta and lack of indulging further.
Oh for the love of god.How many time’s can I say it.(please refer to earlier posting) this Am.There are clearly some numptys who still haven’t grasped the picture of what Mr Sauce is trying to do.Want everything & want it now.like spoiled brats.It will come children.Patience.
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Truth is if we did exactly what we’re doing now back in the summer of 2018 Ozil would have been long gone. I said it at the time they should have gone aggressive after him zero games your training with the kids and you’re not registered for any competition and I guarantee you that he would have done exactly what he’s doing now but the difference is that instead of sitting out one season he would have had to sit out 3 which he likely wouldn’t have done (right???). Glad to see the back of him it honestly pains me… Read more »
Ah Emery and his continuing to find our performance. In our process and in our way.