Well, here we are, reality.
Life is pretty shit if you’re an Arsenal fan right now. But, things can improve fast if you believe. Positive. Mental. Attitude. Who said that? Kriss Akabusi?
For example, by thinking posi (shortened for impact), I managed to muster the energy to have the letter ‘T’ fixed on my laptop. Do you know how good that feels as a writer? Glorious. Absoluely glorious.
What doesn’t feel glorious is overseeing the current wreckage at Arsenal. However, spare a thought for Aston Villa who were beaten by the might of David Moyes and the strong backhand of Lady Luck last night. Also, pour one out for the main man, Brendan Rodgers, whose Leicester lost to Fulham. We’re still just five points from 4th, even after losing half our games. This year is going to be rough for everyone.
What those losses mean more generally is that you can go from fraud to not-fraud quite quickly. 5 wins on the bounce and you are in the mixer.
The main problem Arsenal has is there don’t seem to be too many escape routes out of this mess.
Thomas Partey is apparently out for a long time.
We banished the one creative we had at the club.
Willock, Eddie, ESR and Reiss are a long way from being ready.
Ainsley must have sat on the boss’s guinea pig because he’s out in the cold again.
Pepe, let’s face it, is not good enough. He can barely look elite against pub teams. No chance he’ll click and be the Zaha Senor Emery wanted him to be.
All the great solutions we have as fans just don’t work with the mix we have at the moment.
Let’s also be honest, we lost our three big games in fine margins matches. Aston Villa was the blip. Then all hell broke loose and we demanded a more attacking brand of football.
What did we get? Emery carnage.
What does that teach us? That maybe we’re not good enough to play a delightful brand of football with players that couldn’t do it last year.
So much for the fans that said ‘I’LL TAKE SHITTY RESULTS IF WE TRY AND PLAY MORE ATTACKING FOOTBALL.’ Monday morning after a loss and people are sacrificing sheep on the Armoury stairs hoping the gods of football termination are listening.
Arsenal are a five at the back squad right now. Without Partey and Mo driving the midfield, we’re fucking shite. WIthout a creative to connect midfield and attack, we’re pedestrian and anti-playing through the middle. It’s a real shit sandwich.
Things will get better because I don’t think they can get worse at the moment.
By January, we’ll have Partey and Mo in the middle. That gives us tempo and speed at the base of midfield. It also gives us players that can press for a full 90. We’ll bring Gabriel M back into the mixer, much needed, again, he gives us something we don’t have. He’s direct, good with his head, and no one attacks the ball like him. He’s the Leeds United energy we lack. Then you have Pablo Mari and Cal Chambers coming back into the mixer. Who the fuck knows what Pablo will be like, but he can pass and he’s built. Cal was playing very well before the break and he can move the ball with purpose.
Then you have the transfer kitty that the execs will go begging for. We’re being linked with a whole collection of players. Buendia of Norwich, Isco of Madrid, Max Aarons… there are rumblings that we’ll try and do something sexy so we can unlock some sort of exciting football in the back half of the season. I don’t know how much I believe that noise… Vinnai is like a gambler racking up bigger and bigger debts at craps table. How many more ‘please sir, can I have some more’ moments will the Kroenke family accept with the wage bill we have and the empty stadiums that are happening?
The hope is we’re not starting January thinking about next season. I’d like to be in the mixer. That could start with a win this weekend, though I’m hard-pushed to see us dealing with Kane, Son, and Mourinho who are all in excellent in form at the moment.
Still, crazier things have happened. Are we not due something crazy? DO WE NOT DESERVE A THING AT SOME POINT?
I tell yah, fuck being the positive beacon of hope in the Arsenal community. It is way easier to be a miserable c*nt. Just take a negative position on everything, because eventually, in football, you’ll always be right.
Why did I back the vision? I could have just taken it easy, but oh no, I had to treat the Arteta brand like I was selling cookies at work. WHY DID I CHANGE? Now I have nowhere to hide, but you know what, fuck all of you that come to the site to gloat. You may have won the battle, but the war isn’t over… and let’s be honest, the people that are crying ‘SACK ARTETA’ would be the guys at war playing cricket with live grenades.
I think most people are on board with the idea of keeping Arteta on the project. We’ve seen 3 managers downed by this group of players, I’m not sure the club has the stomach to give someone else a go. The pipedreams of Allegri, Poch, or Nagelsmann are just that.
- We don’t have the money for their salaries
- We don’t’ have the money for the transfers managers on the up need to fulfil their ambitions
- We’re a fucking mess. Until we address the issues that are 10 years in the making, it’ll be hard to attract the very best.
We took the young manager route. We’ve made some bad decisions along the way. We will hopefully learn from them and course correct.
Arteta turned things around once, he can do it again. He needs to get back to basics. For starters, we’re not pressing, something that was really effective before. Where did it go? Players should be picked on form, not on reputation. Players should be dropped if they don’t’ hit the standards. Why have we gone from starting Reiss against Liverpool at the start of this project to bumming around with Willian again? If 5 at the back is the way, fuck it, it’s the way. If Auba on the left is better for him because he won’t press like our system needs, put him on the left. If Xhaka needs a special system to look half decent, then maybe he’s not the player for an 11 that needs 11 players that can run.
My hunch is it is not over, we’ll get into a good run, and we’ll laugh and joke about this moment as a turning point.
Dream, not hunch… but I can dream grenade cricketer.
Listen to the podcast with Aash and Pedro. It’s is GOOD.
The ones that want Arteta out are just being unrealistic. We won the cup just over 3 months ago but that falsely raised expectations to somewhere they shouldnt be.
We’re a good cup side with no consistency in the league but we have a shit squad lacking creativity.
Arteta might be a good coach but he’s not a miracle worker. Give the cunt a chance you entitled pricks.
Le Sauce “ Nothing we have seen from Arteta shows generational coaching as the arseblog article indicates. Looks more like we’re being set up by Lucy the tea lady Our play is so risk averse, ponderous, one-dimensional (loading the wings), predictable and very boring. It look’s a very silly decision to bench Ozil without any back up plan. Arteta needs to wake up!! “ The link you posted earlier substantiates. Another thing we do not have a bad squad. Even the stray Xaka can function in some system. Of course he is not fit against quite a number of teams… Read more »
Watched a replay of the Wolves game again. It appears that Xaka, Auba,, and Seniors have given up on Arteta. His micromanagement has taken away the initiative and capability to react to situations. Players seem freezing in their passing awaiting instructions. This could be the cause of the ponderous play.
Don’t know what people are having a go at Pedro for, he backed Arteta and now the chickens are coming home to roost, debate him respectfully no need to get all Billy big bollocks about it. Me personally I see Arteta has made mistakes but calling for his sacking this early on is equally as stupid as was calling Emery out so early, even if Pedro was one of those. I didn’t want or rate Emery but wanted to give him a fair crack of the whip as I don’t agree in willy nilly manager sackings within a year of… Read more »
Gbat
*****So who do you want in then?****
Its obvious and been obvious for a while.
Arsene Wenger as technical director/DOF
And Eddie Howe as manager.
18 months steady the ship. Get the players smiling and enjoying their football again.
After that then we can look for someone more exotic and erotic.
ES.you should be worried what happening down the table than top 4 coz we are miles away from challenging for 4th.really how does arteta changes this turgid it seems to be his style safety first no wonder we have scored 10 in10 games fallacy
ES – No-one is saying we’re a top four squad – apart from Pedro a few months back. Thing is, you may have noticed that we are currently fourteenth. Do the thirteen sides above us have better squads? You cannot seriously believe that. Even if that were the case isn’t the point of an ‘exceptional’ coach to get more out of the players than a poor one? As an aside I’ll give you a list of our players that are not mediocre: Leno (good) Bellerin (good to excellent) Tierney (very good) Gabriel (very good) Partey (excellent) Saka (very good) Auba… Read more »
SuperRob
Yes and?
Changes nothing, I admit I was eventually swayed by repetition and Pedro’s enthusiasm.
I wanted Ancelotti or Nunes for the role previously.
Admitting to it doesn’t change my misgivings on Arteta either, I’ve been calling him out for his fuck ups as often as he’s made them.
Emiratesstroller
I think Pedro has become weighed down by the sheer negativity on here. And no wonder!
Benny
“My biggest criticism of Arteta is I don’t think he’s a good judge of player ability”
Why the fuck do you want to give him more time than? This is the most crucial aspect to being a good manager.
ES is living in a state of denial in la-la land. Now he’s just making ups staff to prop up his ego.
Who can forget the ‘Arteta is an experienced manager’ comment.
Superrob
*****Arteta might be a good coach but he’s not a miracle worker. Give the cunt a chance you entitled pricks.*****
He could not coach a five a side team!
Ill tell you what though – its a bloody miracle he has got The Arsenal’s manager job!
He is bullshitter. And there are an awful lot around , you know.
Face it, its over.
We need a new manager.
I support the club more than I support Arteta. He is harmful for the club.
Cannot believe you want to give him a season to force out our best players and further alienate us from the league.
KazDecember 1, 2020 12:42:24
Benny
“My biggest criticism of Arteta is I don’t think he’s a good judge of player ability”
Why the fuck do you want to give him more time than? This is the most crucial aspect to being a good manager.
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If you read my whole post you’ll see I’ve already answered your premature question.
Because I don’t agree with sacking managers willy nilly so early in the season, and because I think this player ability judgement is naivety and inexperience that he will quickly learn from, that’s what I said.
bennydevito
‘But as Arteta is young and a novice I’m confident these errors in player judgement and thinking he can turn around unreliable old players is more to do with naivety and inexperience than bad judgement longterm. Hopefully he learns fast and ships out the unreliables and the overpaid oldies and integrates the youngsters as soon as possible.’
Essentially, you’re hanging unto blind faith because like,you said he’s ‘young and novice”.
Asoa It is reasonable to say that some players aren’t good enough but let’s not forget that they played in other teams and looked good enough for us to pay transfer fees and purchase them so they’re are not complete duds that can’t get the basics right. This same team on their day can beat anyone in the league as we’ve done in the past That being said, some of them are not good enough for where we want to be at a club but we shouldn’t be playing like we just got promoted from the championship last season. The… Read more »
It totally looked like the player refused to fight for Arteta yesterday – Auba and Saka being the obvious ones. Possibly the following decisions made players turn on him. – He froze AMN after I assume he promised him to play. Pedro even said AMN is first choice – unsure in which position though. He has a total of 8 minutes in the last 7 EPL games. Why did he decline £20m for a player he does not plan on using? Kolasinac has more minutes than him this season. – Arteta got Willian for Pepe’s position. It wouldn’t have stood… Read more »
kaz it shows your fickle. Take the cup win , see with your own eyes how he shored us up at the back and the way he stopped the slide that was started by emery and give the guy a chance.
We’re 10 games in the league season ffs and you’ve got people like Andy saying ‘but but we’re in 14th position’. Yes we’re not playing well and we’ve losing fine margin games by fine margins and the season doesnt finish tomorrow it’s in May the last time I checked.
Benny
If we’re going to gamble a season away why not on someone who knows how to set the team up, talk to players without making them resentful and let’s them enjoy the game as well as make them competitive.
30 games isn’t too early to decide… He’s taking us lower and lower
Dissenter,
No, I’m hanging onto my principles that managers should be given a whole season minimum before kneejerk calls for sackings take place. I also believe Arteta isn’t stupid and will see over the season what we’re seeing.
‘Essentially, you’re hanging unto blind faith because like,you said he’s ‘young and novice”.
dissenter how is it blind faith when he’s already delivered us silverwear and shown he can produce in the big moments.
Rob, are we not 14th then?
But it’s more than that, we are not playing well. At all. Fine margins is lame, it works both ways. We were very lucky to win at home to West Ham, the United game could have gone either way. Leeds should have beaten us. Fine margins too. We should have got something from Leicester, possibly a win, but Wolves absolutely deserved to win that game on Sunday.
I disagree SuperRob
It shows I have a standard and have the self awareness to admit when I’ve been had. Which most posters can never admit too.
If you can’t spot the players dislike him then that shows your own lack of perception.
Managers do get the blame first, in this case it’s right. 🤷🏾♂️
Pedro would do very well as the press secretary or communication officer for Trump…
How can you defend our shit play? 😂
Even worse how can you be so willing to accept it.
He fluked that FA Cup, the league form was shite at that time too.
Sam Allardyce would get this team playing better, that’s how bad it is.
Back to the Wenger cry of ‘Judge me in May’ now are we? Why did the same not apply to the previous coach?
Kaz,
Who do we get in then? Poch won’t join us, so who?
Benny
My first pick is Rafa for a season or two.
bennydevito
Very well, you want the process to play out but I bet you wouldn’t bet your mortgage on Arteta to get it right.
I remember you were one of the very few posters that defended Emery when Pedro was repeatedly dissing him, even when we were grinding out results in the first season.
My point is that it’s touch and go as to whether he will get it right. He has little record for you to draw upon nor experience fo him to fall back on.
andy1886December 1, 2020 12:54:03
Back to the Wenger cry of ‘Judge me in May’ now are we? Why did the same not apply to the previous coach?
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Not sure who this is aimed at but I was against the early calls for sacking Emery just like Arteta. At some point you need to stick with one guy for a period because constantly changing the manager is destabilising for the players and costs a lot of money.
Last season Pedro told us the table was a liar when Emery was in touching distance with the top four (he was right) so why should we suddenly believe the same table by saying we’re just five points away from top four. I wouldn’t have any issues if we are playing well (the underlying metrics would indicate it) and we’re just unlucky.
As it stands were playing rubbish and are lucky to even be fourteenth if you look back at some of the games we’ve managed to get a point or 3 as the case may be
More on the subject. Dr Tim O’Brien, who spent almost a decade behind-the scenes at Arsenal and began working with the club in the days of Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Robert Pires. A highly respected award-winning psychologist with internationally acknowledged expertise, O’Brien spoke to Goal about the relevance of psychology in football in what is his first ever interview with a journalist. “Football squads are a small community of people who need each other – and this applies to the staff as well. You must have people whose psychological orientation is about the team and they have to be… Read more »
Emirates “Arsenal have at the moment a bloated squad of mediocre players accumulated over many years at inflated transfer fees and in many cases on ridiculous wages and contracts.” I agree we need to trim the squad although I’m not sure that’s a reasonable excuse for recent results what I would like to know is with the above in mind why has Arteta at minimum had a hand in the following: Convincing Xhaka to stay – he’s now surplus to requirements Turning down a bid for AMN – can’t get in the team Bringing in Soares when we already had… Read more »
Le Sauce
” so why should we suddenly believe the same table by saying we’re just five points away from top four.”
It’s worse Pedro’s saying believe the table when you’re looking up and ignore the table when you’re looking down – we’re 6 points off Fulham and 7 off 18th.
Dissenter,
Fair enough. And I hope I’m right, but without trying to make excuses even though we are 14th, points wise we’re what, 5 pts from 4th? It’s not insurmountable with 28 games yet to play is it? I think we just need to hold fast and show some faith and not get all toxic again because the players do read it online and must feel pissed off if we the fans are slagging them off all the time.
I really think we’ll be alright.
Arteta got a little too comfortable and started to believe his own hype. He needs to return to the basics and start making the right decisions
The culture he claims to be building is just BS, there is no consistency to his decisions right now and a lot for em are head scratching. The club probably needs to silently demote him to being the head coach ONLY and focus on coaching as it’s very clear he is a poor manager
Auba is like one of the happiest guys ever. If you’re constantly pissing him off and demoting his talent. You shouldn’t need more time. You need a P45.
To illustrate the sheer ineptitude of Arteta ‘s management- he freezes out Ozil – BUT then has him in mingling with the players in training every day.
(Likewise Saliba and Sokratis)
How can that possibly work? How can that not affect morale?
And giving Willian 5 times more wages than Saka?
Its simply appalling and inept man management.
Arteta/Edu have made so many horrific calls- that its beyond belief a multi million company allows it.We will pay for it , in the seasons ahead too.
Benny
Can you say with a straight face that in 28 games we would surmount the current five points deficit. The problem is we’re getting worse with each passing week, we don’t look like we can beat any other team except Burnley. We’re already losing winnable home games keeping in mind we still have an atrocious away record. This brings the question that if we can get beaten by Leicester, Aston Villa and Wolves at home can we actually go away to their respective grounds and Bea them?
Right now I don’t see that happening
benny,
“and not get all toxic again because the players do read it online”
You mean some of our players can read?
I’ve seen lots of videos on the Arsenal YT channel where they answer simple general-knowledge questions, and about 2/3 of them come across borderline retarded… Sokratis was asked to name as many countries which start with the letter ‘A’ as possible and could not think of a single one. jeez.
“To illustrate the sheer ineptitude of Arteta ‘s management- he freezes out Ozil – BUT then has him in mingling with the players in training every day.”
Very difficult to find a reasonable explanation for the above. Either freeze the guy out or have in the camp.
kaz it’s shows you havent got the courage of your own convictions that Pedro could brainwash you and now at the first sign of trouble you jump ship. I admitted Arsenal arent playing well but this isn’t our peak output IMO. Things can change very quickly in football including performance. You’re championing Rafa? To do what exactly? Make us hard to beat and be extremely unadaventurous going forward. Haha you’ve already got that but you’re not happy. Andy football is a game of fine margins and sometimes you dont get them in your favour rightly or wrongly. That you dont… Read more »
South African Gooner
‘Arsene Wenger as technical director/DOF
And Eddie Howe as manager.’
Wow. I knew it was a mistake replying to one of your posts. I’ll go back to just skipping past them.
Marc
Obviously Pedro’s agenda is very clear. Some seasons ago we all became data analysts as we were peppered with XG and all footballing metrics. Guess what? XG is so 2019 now. Same way the table was a liar under Emery, the table is now the Pope under Arteta
Like wtf!!!!
Marc
Obviously Pedro’s agenda is very clear. Some seasons ago we all became data analysts as we were peppered with XG and all footballing metrics. Guess what? XG is so 2019 now. Same way the table was a liar under Emery, the table is now the Pope under Arteta.. wtf!!!!
Andy and the same did apply to the last coach, jusge them in may absolutely. Supported all the way through the season, alarm bells ringing at how open we were to 10 man relegation fodder, and the end of season collapse with the hammering in a euro final was the end for me.
He should have been canned after that.
Mikel deserves a full season everyone is taking points of everyone this season but it’s only hormonal arsenal fans that are crying after 10 games.
Arteta is trying to replicate what he picked up at Man City
It hasn’t worked so now he is out of his comfort zone and is fire fighting
The players don’t know what he wants and they have become slow in their thinking
They clearly are not buying into his methods
The club will not sack him yet as they have chosen him and they now will hope for some improvement
We are stuck with this situation until at least January
Wenger and Howe.. No one would be able to convince me that SA gooner isn’t CG.
CG, while you’re at it when do we get our Tick Tock back
Dave
“The players don’t know what he wants and they have become slow in their thinking”
Do you think Arteta actually knows what he wants?
You also have to remember that Arsenal are not fast movers. Mountains of evidence supported Wenger being a busted flush, but things didn’t move against him until the stadium emptied out and the finances started to weaken. It’s very rare that a manager has ever been as bad as Unai Emery and turned things around. It is in the Kroenke DNA to really, really, really make sure the manager they have in charge is completely useless before they pull the trigger.
Pedro Nov 2019
Le Sauce
Ask him if he wants some Gazpacho
We built a global brand playing stunning football. We are not currently capable of behaving like a superclub. Arsenal has a golden generation of kids coming through. We have a squad built for attacking football. Our next hire needs to be mapped to our reality. There is no point in hiring the archetypal ‘winner’ because that sort of reputation is ALWAYS tied to a chequebook manager. We can only afford to work with one of those types on the way out of the top tier (Jose). We need to make our gains by hiring in someone that can outperform our… Read more »
Le Sauce
******CG, while you’re at it when do we get our Tick Tock back*********
I have bought Arteta weeks at 40 -1 to get the chop this season.
Arteta is in Tick Tock Time now.
I can also reveal Edu, will be gone by the transfer window.
Everyone thinks he is absolutely useless.
Our Wenger- after his very lacklustre autobiography- still waiting and in the frame for DOF job!
SpanishDave did you mention Hexham yesterday? Not many people know that little place even exists. Posh Geordies at a stretch but Northumbrians really.
Azed go easy on the man. Absolute belters from Pedro. Legrove without an agenda makes it just any other blog guess that’s what makes this place special
That is definitely CG.
It’ll be interesting to see how long before Pedro bans him for being critical of Arteta – he allowed him to get away with murder when he was attacking Emery including borderline racism.
It’s going to be a fairly quick post from me today, I’m mainly writing this now because I did a podcast with a friend who was over from London, check it out at the bottom of this blog! Today was all about the battles Emery hasn’t really won. Namely, he had to drop Granit Xhaka from the squad after his captain refused to tow the party line and apologise for his nonsense on Monday. He also brought Mesut Ozil back into the fold after banishing him a week ago very publicly. The starting 11 kind of looked interesting on paper,… Read more »
CG is back!!!! Lol
Tick Tock
Tick Tock
Rob
Yes Hexham and Corbridge are great towns both near the Wall
My grandkids love it there good pubs to
haha, ANY blog without an agenda is not worth visiting.
Azed, still in need of therapy after doubling down hard on Emery.
Now getting his kicks trying to get Arteta out after 10 games. Cricket with grenades.
On the positive side of things, looking to the future, it’s clear that we have the raw ingredients for spectacular football. Emery tried to show the world that the way they see the squad is wrong last night. I genuinely believe he thought a Xhaka-less midfield with Ozil and Torreira was a throwaway game that’d show the fans what he’s persisting with in the league is correct. Woooah was he wrong. Moving forward, we looked spectacular at points. Saka and Gabriel is a partnership for the ages. Mesut pulled strings. Torreira looked great. Willock was a force. We looked special,… Read more »
HE NEEDS TO BE SACKED… Words of wisdom from the supreme leader
This is Pedro after Emery drew wolves and 6 points off top four (if Leicester win). Wow!!!
The only thing that has changed since then is the current Spaniard speaks better English and gels his hair perfectly
Pedro
I have always said our problem was player poverty, you on the hand were so sure it was a coaching problem.
I wasn’t the one who said we have an attacking 100 goals a season team, that was you.
A year later, you are blaming the same players you said were awesome… Are you saying Arteta’s coaching has regressed them?
We are on course to score 45 goals this season with a “generational ” manager in charge.
Pedro
It’s funny how it’s not about Arsenal anymore or wanting Arsenal to do well any criticism of Arteta is by someone who loved Emery and is hurt he was fired.
Strange thing is I haven’t seen anyone call for Emery’s reappointment.
Pedro’s 7 stages of grief status is officially: Denial
SpanishDave
Great part of the world up there decent boozers but theyre dying out now. Beaumont Hexham decent for food and The Angel in Corbridge pretty good. Seen big Sol in there a few years back.
Thank fuck the nightclub in Hexham has been shut down, that was a place for some right mutants.
Pedro any predictions for next week. It’s the NLD and the form book goes out the window
Pedro
If UTD win their game in hand, we will be 6 points off fourth after losing to Wolves at home.
You should look at your post last year and see what you recommended.
Has anyone ever been haunted by their own words quite like Pedro is at the moment?
Marc, what is strange is the Emeryista are here, every day, defending his honour… like, move on guys, it’s embarassing. He was a fucking job brought in on a super agent recco.
So many of you are attached to him like he delivered us joy. It’s pathetic. You need to get off the blog, go for a walk, and come back with some perspective.
I shan’t tolerate this mopey behaviour. Especially you Azed. Digging through old posts like a madman. Pick yourself up man.
Azed.
Take a bow son. I guess we’re all knee jerk specialists after all and we all know where we learnt that from
Marc
Sometimes I believe Arteta is suffering just because of the sins of Pedro.
Sid
Supreme leader is about to bin me. I trust you to carry on the work.
Pedro that isn’t really the point tho
The point is both Emery and Arteta have proven not to be good enough for us. Criticism of any of them isn’t an endorsement of the other
haha, Azed, this is true… it’s gods way.
Marc, I’m an opinion writer, if you think I’m haunted by a good battle of ideas, you are sadly mistaken.
I love it. I’ll be on the right side of history… you and Azed won’t. St Pedro at the pearly gates of opinion will not be kind to either of you.
Pedro knows he’s in deep shite every time azed rolls out the time machine
Pedro of Nov 2019 vs Pedro of Nov 2020
The difference is clear.
Pedro
No ones defending Emery – people are asking why have the rules changed?
Why isn’t what’s good for the Goose good for the Gander anymore?
Pedro
You sound more dejected on Twitter than over here
What a difference 280 characters can make.
“Sometimes I believe Arteta is suffering just because of the sins of Pedro.”
100% this is karma kicking Pedro in the bollocks.
No Le Sauce, Arteta won an FA Cup, got us fairly solid, started beating big teams, and gave the club a bit of pride.
He’s going through a rough patch, the vultures are DESPERATE for this to be the end game… but it won’t be, we’ll turn a corner, then all the miserable folk will retreat as per usual.
But it’s basically a lot of people burnt by how bad Emery was… namely because I called it.
I’ll take the pelters now, but when you know where they’re coming from, they are easy to ignore.
Once upon a time, I said we had a collection of players who might be good individually but as a team was fundamentally flawed and no matter what system we played, that flaw will be exposed.
I was called an Emerysta who couldn’t see the light. A year later, player poverty is the excuse.
Pedro
It’s not a battle of ideas it’s you moving the goals posts so fucking far away it’s probably the reason we haven’t scored in open play in 2 months.
Pedro Nov 2019 vs Pedro Nov 2020
More like in politics
opposition party vs ruling party
Diss, it’s more extreme here on vs Twitter. Normal views get drowned out in moments like this.
… but it doesn’t take much for opinion to turn. Fingers crossed for Sunday.
Le Sauce, yes. That is accurate.
SuperRob “Kaz it’s shows you havent got the courage of your own convictions that Pedro could brainwash you and now at the first sign of trouble you jump ship.” What a load of bollocks mate. We were all speculating on who the next manager could be and who we would like, I initially wanted Ancelotti but wasn’t going in 100% on him because I really wasn’t sure. I just hoped the next appointment would be good for the club. PEDs started his Arteta propaganda and I fell for it, let’s not forget a lot of media also started championing Arteta’s… Read more »
Marc, you guys make these rules.
DM saying he wants consistency at the start of the post. Evidently, that is not true.
I write what I like, that is the consistency you get.
Pedro
So you’re saying you’re like a politician?
Mate that’s just asking for abuse.
Kaz, pretty weak man. You’ve let Azed get inside your head.
Fair play to you Pedro
You’ve chosen your man and you’re sticking to your guns. Asides the FA cup, I don’t see much difference between the two and the stats say I’m not too far from the truth. I hope this is just a rough patch like you said as it’s always nice having a young, “arsenal man” in the dugout. We just wanna see progressive football and growth not having to debate that the former bad coach isn’t too bad from the incumbent. That only indicate not much progress has been made
PedRo should take it on the chin.
The Arteta appointment was a gamble – and one that was worth taking,
But, some gambles do not work out- like this one.
Arteta did great work initially – but when the initial enthusiasm wore off – he had no experience to fall back on.( and he is also an incredibly good bullshitter)
He has not helped being assisted with the clueless Edu- but its too late- the damage has been done.
Its terminal.
He is finished.
And probably – I am finished too.
But the truth always has to be stated,
I actually believe we will beat Spurs.
Arteta will revert to a 3-4-3 and the players will be up for it.
azed
And you, me and 99.9% of Gooner’s will be over the moon.
All of us better dig deep holes if Arteta performs a miracle and we play in the UCL next season, one way or another.
I’ll admit my sins for not believing in the one and first of it’s kind Don Arteta.
Pedro will be gloating so hard, he’ll turn it into floating.
I would a happy man, though. Being proven right or wrong shouldn’t matter a zilch if your team is succeeding. Sadly, we are far from it at the moment and I see no light at the end of the tunnel. Zero.
Kaz, pretty weak man. You’ve let Azed get inside your head
Pedro
Just so you know, Marc, Sid and I are taking over this blog…
It would be the first coup in the blogosphere world and we will do it biggly!!!!
We just need Pierre to get over his Ozil fetish and fall in line.
Kim Dumb Pedro’s reign of terror is officially over
Rejoice people
Azed
I don’t know what to believe right now. Even when we were high flying last season they still managed to beat us so I am just hoping for a win but I won’t be shocked whatever the outcome.
Big up to Pedro though
The man don’t hide
Raptora
If Arteta finishes in the top 4, I’ll send Pedro a months supply of Oat milk.
Heck I’ll drive the NY to deliver it myself.
Oh and he can mock me everytime he posts.
Pedro
Nope, I just didn’t invest myself emotionally into a newcomer the way you did. That’s why I can tell it’s time for him to go.
I’m using my eyes and they tell me we are imploding and the guy leading the ship is one of the biggest causes.
I was glad Emery was sacked. I’ll be glad when Arteta is.
The board have made two wrong choices in a row, I only hope they get it right third time of asking.
Azed
I have no problem stating Pedro is a good writer.