We’re at that stage of the Europa League when even banter can’t disguise how pointless the group stages are. The level of competition is so low, it drags all quality of football down to a level that makes it hard to analyse what’s going on and whether it means anything.
We beat Dundalk 4-2. We qualified with absolute ease. We blooded some kids that caught the attention of fans desperate for a better Arsenal on Premier League days. Cottrell and Azeez made their debuts.
The big performance of yesterday that mattered to the league was seeing AMN put in another clever performance. It’s very simple, he’s extremely talented. He moves like a Premier League footballer, his passing is ambitious, and he brings a bit of flair to a midfield that we don’t really have. His game is really simple, his passing is one touch, he can do the dirty work no one else we have can (bar Thomas Partey). Notable that Dani Ceballos was getting stick from Arteta for the quality of his passing, which has been problematic all season.
We are now at the stage where it’ll be a criminal act if we continue to see Granit starting in Premier League games. Sure, Ainsley can switch off sometimes, his focus needs to improve, but how are you countering that Xhaka is the person that is better suited when it comes to concentration? It’s a dead argument. He might be a really good guy behind the scenes, but this is elite level sport, if you can’t cut it physically, goodwill isn’t going to save you.
The other player that had Yannick Bollasie and the fans purring was Balogun. He’s quite the talent, we all know this, he has a presence in that #9 role. He wills the game on, he’s extremely hungry, and he truly believes he has the right to be playing at this level. I think he has the self-confidence of Bukayo Saka. I love the way he hunts the ball out, his touch is really dreamy, and he has that sharp turn of pace combined with quick feet that make small spaces seem large. He gave Willock his goal with a short pass and he made the right run for Pepe to feed him, his swept first-time finish was very mature. Another big game.
You also can’t forget about Eddie. He scored another goal (now our top scorer). It came from a one-touch flick from Willock, the pass didn’t quite hit, but Eddie was on hand the take from the defender and dink his shot past their keeper. He’s dogged as a forward and he’s trying to be more a part of the build-up play. He’s also the most physically impressive of our strikers. The main issue is he needs service and we don’t have that.
ESR landed his first start. He was vibrant on the pitch. He’s powerful, he looks to play between the lines, and he is an actual creative player. His assist was a backwards pass to Mo, but it was still an assist. I like him, it’s a shame he isn’t a bit more experienced, but he certainly looks like he could be value additive at some point.
There’s no point in labouring the rest of the game analysis too much. It doesn’t mean a lot. What we do know is that additional speed in an Arteta system makes us more dangerous. We also know that a lot of these players aren’t at the level we need to move forward as a club… but honestly, we’re 15th playing with the so-called better players. Is it not time to take a chance on legs? Dynamics? Hunger?
The biggest challenge Arteta has going into the fixture crunch is two-fold.
Our older players aren’t elite competitors at this stage of their careers. They don’t really care about the club, they’re thinking about what is next, so they don’t give their all. They’re 75%ers. They do an impression of commitment. They’ll listen to the coaching, but don’t really care about improvement. They’ll do the minimum but won’t die on the field. The idea of seniority being better is a mirage at this point. Our level is 15th based on the current model.
The second problem – our younger players aren’t the level of Chelsea’s. They’re not taking us to the top 4 this season. Some might grow into serious talents, but I doubt many of them will. We know that as fans. Arteta probably knows that as a coach. They have mistakes in them. They’ll drop stinkers. It could be messy.
However, the upsides are in the multiples if we accept top 4 is dead. Firstly, young kids give a fuck about their careers. Reiss Nelson knows it’s Palace if he fails here. He wants Arsenal. He’s taking extra one-on-ones with the coaches. He’ll be 100% focused on the project because survival is on his mind.
The best young players at Arsenal only care about Arsenal. The rest is noise. You will never doubt the committment on the pitch.
Additionally, young players get better. Sure, we’ll get battered every now and then, but we’ll also have players that can show off the system at its best. The players coming through have the athletic profile we need, they can do the things the seniors can do, but maybe not to perfection… but at this point, we need to see there’s a promised land so we can get behind the project.
There’s also the other consideration. There’s no value in most of our senior players you’d want rid of. Damaged reputations, huge contracts, or expiring deals. We do not have a talent harvesting machine like other clubs are. If you give 5 players a run in the side, you pump their value, because most clubs want young players, especially those from Britain.
I also think at some point, when we commit to honesty and the path forward, we’ll go young. It’s cheaper, it gives you assets you can sell, and it matches our finances. Arteta blooding youngsters and making them better this season makes our job of attracting talent in the summer a bit easier. We can become a destination for career betterment just like Dortmund is.
What do fans want to see now we’re in mid-December? Commitment. Power and pace. A clear identity of what we’re working towards.
We’ve tried the senior route. It’s shite. We need to move on a better plan.
Finally, it’s amusing to read some Arsenal fans lose their minds about Arteta being spikey with the press. Honestly, tone is now your issue? Like Mikel has to be polite after a week of being called the Spanish David Moyes? Please. Jose has never been pleasant with the press. Klopp has always been spikey when the chips are down. If tone of the manager is bothering you right now, you’re paying attention to the wrong things. I like that he’s feeling the heat personally because he should be feeling stressed, as we need a reaction. Banter and high fives with the press wouldn’t send the right message, would it?
ALSO, before we go, thank you to all those that helped me with the vote yesterday. The poll went up to 70,000 votes and we won. The Arsenal community came to my rescue. I really, really appreciate the help. YOU ARE STARS xxx
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Arteta is the Don Trump of football, Make Arsenal Great Again!
Arteta is the Boris of football, he wants Arsenal out of Europe.
I would say in Jan, lets invest in raiding some scouts from Red Bull and Dortmund…
I think that will pay off long term. no question…
We need to start being that team, again- not a retirement home..
Im jealous that those fellas are constantly getting young gems…. its like a pipeline
Arteta is Louis XIV, l’état, c’est moi,
Arteta is own by social media, he’s an Instagram butt model
Halaand, Mane, Keita, DS
all came through Salzburg at some point
I am sure there are others there waiting to explode….
Id raid their youth team coaches too…..with their scouts….
when Arsenal fans think that AMN is the solution you just know shite ain’t healthy
Someone explain to me, how firing our entire scouting network is supposed to help move this team forward?
https://amp.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/transfer-talk/news/arsenal-ready-to-offload-granit-xhaka-in-january_426169.html
So now apparently we are ready to offload Granit. Where was this realisation a year ago when there was apparently 25m or so on the table for the useless cunt.
No goals or assists all season.
We need to bin off Edu as soon as possible. I don’t have much faith in him for the Jan window, which unfortunately is going to be a critical one for us.
I’ve read up on his time in Brazil and there really isn’t that much success there he can crow about. On top of that, what’s he achieved with us of note? What good deals has he struck or great insights has he brought? I could have bought out Partey’s contract, if I wanted to be reckless with the club’s finances.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed striker Edward Nketiah is in strong contention for a starting spot in Sunday’s Premier League meeting with Burnley
Been following youth football since 17/18 season. From the current crop based on talent alone ESR, AMN, Reiss, Flo Balogun, John-Jules, Matt Smith & Willock (as a number 8) will all play at the top level. Simple. One guy you should watch out for is Kido Taylor-Hart got a serious injury last season. Would be pushing for first team minutes this season if it wasn’t for the injury.
I said at the beginning of the Reign of Sauce that we should ONLY play the youngsters…with a few of the senior players used sparingly throughout the season. We literally had nothing to lose doing that method, except now…we have everything to lose based on the salaries of players Arteta got in or resigned. £3m a month on Willian (garbage), Auba (flat tracker and shite) and Ozil (Ozil). Arteta is doubling down on his bullshit and this is why we’re fucking dreck. Play the youth = low expectations, high ceiling. Play the mercs = high expectations, lower that bottom ceiling.… Read more »
Can the kids deliver? I think not. Outside of martinelli and saka, I don’t rate our youngsters. They are below the jack wilshere range and I did not even rate him. Will they do well occasionally against a pub team? Yes, cmon, at arsenal that will be the minimum requirements. Will they do well in the PL? Not to my knowledge and the amount of times they have been on the pitch. AMN is a great athlete but that’s all he is, never rated him at RB and never rated him as a full back. Now we want to try… Read more »
There is something to lose if these kids are not good enough and not just not good enough but all of them playing in the same side while not being good enough. 15th place can become 18th place. It’s unusual for a whole host of kids to come through together at the same time and play at the “top level” and actually be succesful. In fact it hardly happens at all. I think this is a purely desperation call now in the situation Arsenal find themselves in. Arsenal are in big trouble off the field. So many changes with personnel… Read more »
Mesut Ozil has earned £18.2 million in 2020, apparently, for doing nothing!!!! The Club can’t move on till that parasite is gone!!!
One thing to remember is that good managers/coaches can fail at overall failing clubs.
However good a manager is he needs the club overall to be in good shape or at least not in a bad way.
We could hire the best around as manager but he would still fail because the overall set-up is not up to scratch atm.
Kroenkes need to fuck off and no it is not relevant how much money they have made available because they have been overseeing poor decisions at the club overall.
The list of poor decisions this club has been making over a couple of seasons is quite mind blowing.
And all this has been overseen by the Kroenke’s and been rubberstamped by them.
Awful owners.
Spot on Ishola.
Ishola70
Arsenal have the dumbest fans in football and you talk about the owner…..lol
As someone said, Arsenal fans should just accept that we are no longer an elite club and that Wenger made the club punch way above its weight for a while though slowly eroding any hopes of a successor getting joy from taking over.
We will probably draw or be spanked by Burnley and we’ll be subjected to another drab, excuse-filled soliloquy of how building a world class team needs time blah blah.
I just want the season to end already
Arteta won’t be sacked any time soon. The team will go on a 10 games unbeaten run and all of you will be posting ‘The sauce is back’….then ……
Ishola I agree 100% regarding off the field stuff. To put it all in context, it’s important to accept the fact that Kroenke owns a whole roster of average teams and arsenal are now one of them. Over the years KSE has had very little success from any of its franchises. The only bit of success has come from arsenal ironically, with recent FA cup wins. If you compare that with the Fenway group, they had significant success with the Boston red sox before their success with Liverpool. They are therefore a far more effective organisation and prioritise winnning as… Read more »
So where’s the #ArsenalAre SlippingBadly communication to Stan and Josh?
Just had another look at the PL table.
Fail to win tomorrow and Arteta is in deep shite.
He’s swimming in it already.
Who the fuck gives Granit Xhaka a contract extension which obviously means a pay rise for him at the same time?
One of the reasons stated was to protect his sell-on value. lol his fucking sell-on value.
These sort of decisions are so poor. Blindfolded and shot at dawn should be the consequence of such a decision.
And Josh K signs it off. Yep sounds good that.
I actually think AMN is presently too good for Arsenal. He should find another club
CalypsoDecember 12, 2020 09:28:36
Ishola70Arsenal have the dumbest fans in football and you talk about the owner…..lol
The irony, lmfaoooooo
Josh is a playboy, underachiever. Supreme leader is a court jester.
With Stan we only stagnated, when Josh conned his dad into taking control we have moved backwards alarmingly.
Sidney
*****With Stan we only stagnated, when Josh conned his dad into taking control we have moved backwards alarmingly.****
Well noted,
Talking of gormless underachievers- have a read of Vinnys interview in The UKs Times.
What an unispiring useless, wet lettuce of a leader- this one is.
Been here 10 years. And seen the clubs brand and reputation diminish alarmingly and now finds himself the clubs CEO! Only at AFC.
He has had more bloody promotions than Neil Warnock.
Useless, useless , useless.
Vinay is just a suit with ZERO experience in football. Gazidis at least had some MLS background, still nowhere near the European football, but it was, well, anything.
Edu is a yes man stooge, who probably can’t believe his luck, another lazy appointment.
And there’s Arteta, where the fuck do I even start with him? Blandness? Unmerited arrogance?
…basically, Wenger overstaying his welcome by at least five years has got us in the malaise, which needed a visionary shakeup to have any chance of being put back on track.
What have we got? Signing pensioners on stupid money whilst being Kia’s bitch, most boring football in the league, pumping aimless crosses to non-entities as far as the aerial play is concerned and being lost as to why this does not work.
Saucy generational coach? Fuck. Right. Off.
Wenger now advising Arteta how to deal
with Ozil.
What a complete DORK that man has become.
No 3 points and Arteta should be sacked. We don’t have a worse team to Burnley, no excuses!
Mb I agree. I had high hopes for Arteta and have supported him through out but lose or draw tomorrow he has to go. Also if he gets the sack the fans will have to turn on the owners bigtime. Kronke needs to go as all this is happening under his ownership and on his watch. Total dereliction of duty since he became majority owner. It wont be until we get owners that are more hands on, know football and are ready to implement radical changes on how the club is run and financed. Never though I’d say this about… Read more »
If we loose tomorrow Arteta should be sacked.
A win is really only delaying the problem.
Would Nagelsman come?
Burnley are the subject of being bought by one of two US consortiums with healthy financials.
No doubt the players will be looking to impress the potential new owner.
Look’s like you’ve lost the comments section Pedro – bar one or two posters everyone seems to have come round to the conclusion that Arteta is not the right man for the job.
The question is do you fall on your sword and admit you were completely wrong or do you say the blog was hacked by a Spuddie and you’ve only just regained control?
Dave
How you getting on mate – treatment going well?
Tony
No idea why but I’ve got a feeling we’ll see a 1 all draw tomorrow.
Still not good enough though.
Sad thing is that sacking Arteta wont fix the fundamental problem at the club….the owner.
“Quizzed on how disappointed many Gunners fans still are about the open letter, Van Persie added: “I get that. But I can promise you on my kids, if someone comes with proof that Arsenal offered me a deal, I will give you a million [pounds] now, today. “It was Arsenal’s decision not to offer me a deal and that is up to them. After many conversations it became clear that we had different ideas about the club. “I had seven points where I thought Arsenal could improve and in my opinion those seven points they should start dealing with them… Read more »
Before sacking him strip him butt naked
tie a bell on his longstuff,
Make him walk from the emirates to the Stamford bridge
While we chant, shame shame shame shame
Pedro
Your blog is no more a blog of lov. It has become an Arsenal hate center. I can’t see that is a good thing.
Calypso
I’ve been saying the same sort of thing since day one on here.
Wouldn’t call them “dumb” though..
I see them as being blind and deluded.
Just imagine where we would be if our fans weren’t this way inclined.
London gunner
Doesn’t surprise me one bit.
There are still those on here who will never get it though.
According to folk like Pierre, RVP was “an entitled player” or an “obsessive winner”
Never mind.
It’s not “hate”.
It’s all born out of frustration and dismay.
Graham
Agree 100% – God knows what it would be like if we had full stadiums at the moment.
There are things that annoy me about arteta but I have to give it to him he had the balls to take on the arsenal job which was about as poisoned of a chalice as you can get.
Apparently arsenal sold van persie to united for an extra 4 million as opposed to juventus. United go on to win the title… That’s the level of incompetence be are dealing with. Club run by snake oil salesmen
Makes little difference what the fans at LG think, Arteta’s job is safe,.
Kroenke is not the one repeatedly selecting Willian, Xhaka and Bellerin in the league .
Yes, sacking Arteta doesn’t solve all the evils in the world but it addresses the poor man management, in-game tactics and diabolical squad selection problem that only a manager can dress.
Marc
Been thinking the same – a score draw but with our PL record of late the odds of us scoring 2 goals are slim.
Probably no Balogun who should get game time, but we’ll see Eddie because he’s our top scorer never mind against pub teams for most of his tally.
Wenger to Emery to Arteta sealing the Groundhog Day loop.
Wenger post 2008 I hasten to add
Arteta looking more and more a one hit wonder (FA cup) I don’t count the charity shield as a trophy of any note.
Arteta feeling upset for being called Spanish David Moyes.
That is not so truthful. For the type of football and persistently playing people out of position, in spite of a bloated choice , he is more of a shit – on- a- toothpick . Sophisticated turd
Where is that van Persie interview from? Is that an excerpt or the whole thing?
I would be interested (and likely appalled) to see what Gazidis’ fancy numbers were. The man was an incompetent buffoon but the leadership of this club is still rudderless even after his departure.
The real David Moyes should be more upset for being likened to this charlatan
I can’t believe reading a report that the club know saliba hasn’t a future at the club while Arteta remains. Fucking hell we’re a comedy club now. Fuck off the Spanish beach bum and put in someone who fucking knows what they’re doing. Bin edu as well. Shit club
What annoys me is you have idiots like Nelson saying this is a blog of hate blah blah blah. Come on then Nelson, give us one fucking reason Arteta should stay, what improvements have you seen? Don’t say defensively as that’s bollocks. If half teams had taken their chances we’d have been battered, West Ham and Leeds to name 2 . Has he improved our youngsters? Do we have an identity? Fuck me how fucking dumb and blind do some people have to be to see the guys a fucking joke
Is it just me that does not want Aouar? Has anyone actually watched him this season? He’s been terrible.
Not what we need right now.
Graham
“According to folk like Pierre, RVP was “an entitled player” or an “obsessive winner”Never mind.”
https://youtu.be/4pQcn2L65J0
Is it jackanory time Graham ?
If Xhaka and William start tomorrow, I will be fully Arteta out.
Bellerin should not play either.
Even Auba, why should he start? He’s been just as bad as Willian if not worse…
Willian*
Why you going to tell us a story Pierre?
Love Carra, loathe Gary
Samir
I wouldn’t worry he’s not going to join us.
Thank you and good night Fuck you. Get lost. You are a negative shit .
@Nelson
Negative because I want the best for the team I support. Yeah right. So go on, give us Arteta out people 1 good reason to keep him
ESR has the making of a good attacking midfielder. The argument is that he is inexperienced. How will he get any experience unless played at least some. His passing is intelligent and he intercepts well. Regarding injury record , noticed how he always over commits, which incidentally is a good thing. With his speed of thought and reported frailty he should be in the midfield. ANM is a massive upgrade on the Swiss Tractor.
But guess we have to factor in the perversity of Arteta.
Bojanges “Makes little difference what the fans at LG think, Arteta’s job is safe,.” Do you go to matches often? I agree that the comments section won’t have a huge impact but it is reflective of fans views at the moment. The club need to be aware that fans clearly aren’t happy and some would’ve got into the habit of not going to matches. Come late May after a season of piss poor football and piss poor results, no European football etc you just might see a much larger number than normal number of fans decide that they can spend… Read more »
RvP – loved the guy, one of the best the Club ever had. Never doubted him, always blamed Wenger and Gazidis for his sell-off to SAF. Most fans made Robin the scapegoat – I was a kind of lone voice – but I always knew the truth would come out.
Which brings me back to the ludicrous hounding of Arteta. A similar gross misjudgement by many on here.
“Powerful individual” to win tomorrow?
eb
What is an unacceptable level of performance by Arteta in your opinion?
Lol folks already going at each other even before watching another potential dogshite performance tomorrow
Cue the meltdown on here should fcking Burnley come to the Emirates tomorrow and shithouse a win.haha
The only positive about Arsenal these days is the Women’s team. Little and Miediema can show the men a few things about playing football. Miediema eould easily displace Auba even on last year’s form.
Oh, also the Adidas ads are cute.
And gunnersaurus is back.
Well, we actually have stuff to be grateful to santa for lol
@englandsbest.
Arteta will fall on his sword of stubborness just as Wenger did. Only difference is the 3 titles and 6 FA cups between them.
Arteta will be sacked end of season if we finish in the lower half of the table.
Victorious
The meltdown will start when the team is announced if Xhaka and/ or Willian are selected. You can add Mustafi to that list for me and others will have Bellerin or a few others.
Wonder who’s job it is to sack Arteta seeing as he’s on the same hierarchical level with the tech Dir.
If anything I think he’s even more likely to influence the dismissal of Edu, lol, modern structure my scrawny ass
I mean we could drop points tomorrow and nothing will change, this could be the most depressing season yet for arsenal fans
No ishola, no one is asking the kids to play at the top level, we’re asking for them to play against Burnley FFS.
It’s Burnley… Burnley, like come on now. I would understand not wanting to see the kids in the league if this were City on Sunday or something, but it’s Burnley, if we can’t play them here then they’ll never play and we should just let them all go to further their careers cause we are wasting them.
Marc
I don’t think there is any doubt that both Willian and Xhaka will start .
If Xhaka starts then he definitely has nudes of Arteta stashed next to the Emery ones..
Marc Its a sad state of affairs really, literally anybody that has watch us for 2mins this season will tell you certain folks should be no where near the first team, some coaches have openly claimed they had to target Xhaka because they see him as the weak link in our midfield and yet our generational coach can’t seem to have a clue or the balls to do the needful See, a totally finished Wenger destroyed Burnley in his last match 5:0 with a far more inferior squad of players Arteta should naturally get the sack if we fail to… Read more »
Anonymous
You are way underestimating Burnley and as I pointed out yesterday way overestimating where the majority of the youngsters are in terms of their readiness to play in the PL as a group.
https://www.goal.com/en/news/he-didnt-put-his-foot-down-and-say-youre-a-centre-forward/12bv0gydja9op1n1wazhkp0okz
This is what good coaches do. Ancelotti confirmed if Ronaldo was okay to play as a striker. Then changed his system to suit it.
Unlike Arteta. Playing everyone out of position. Asking Auba to defend and fuxk all.
Terraloon
I think we’d both be more surprised if they didn’t.
Our crossing will improve from 51 to 61
Victorious
The worst thing about Arteta picking Xhaka is that he sat next to Pep for however long – don’t tell me Pep didn’t consider Xhaka as a weak link so he’s had first hand experience of a team doing that.
I’ve got few bucks chucked in on Xhaka and Willian starting.its a non negotiable for Arteta.
AC
Actually, I would play all the kids v city in the quarter finals of the league cup next week.
They keep getting us through the early rounds and group stages in the cup comps so now is the time to let them go all the way in the 3 competitions.
I would let Saka play with willock, nelson, eddie, Balogun , smith rowe, saliba, Azeez, cockerill and martinelli
What usually happens is the manager brings in the experienced players in the latter stages…
Crossing high into the box will be off the menu tomorrow….
Should either be the near post cross or the cut back …
Marc
No evidence whatsoever Arteta learnt anything sitting down with Pep all this years,
his brand of football and management is the very antithesis to the bald man at Manchester.
I hope they boo him if he set the team up to deliver pointless crosses to the attackers tomorrow, that’s dogshite football meant for relegation fodders.
Pierre
***Crossing high into the box will be off the menu tomorrow….
Should either be the near post cross or the cut back***
We need to cross correctly tomo- Pope is in goal.
And he is good.
Victorious
I’ve already asked if Arteta will get any grief from the fans tomorrow. Pretty damning if he does when there’s only 2,000 going to be there.
It’s also looking likely that London will be moved into Tier 3 soon so we could lose the fans again anyway.
CG
Are you suggesting the ridiculous idea of not playing to your opponents strengths?
Okay, another dip into the past. Do we want to be misled the way we were? To be fed lies again? To be strung along once more? Yes, I’m talking about slippery oily Gazidis and weak meek Wenger.
Or do we want an honest straight-talking tough guy? Yes, I mean Arteta.
*Arsenal get relegated*
Some Arsenal fans STILL “He needs more time, it’s not his fault.”
Fucking pathetic.
He is a huge factor for our current shit.
If you can’t see it you’ve blinded yourself.
And the fanbase is fractured.
So many fans think he deserves more time, I honestly think most aren’t watching.
eb
More and more of what Arteta is saying is becoming cringe worthy. He’s a shit manager and will be sacked – it’s just when and how much damage will he do to the club in the meantime.
Terra I disagree on how talented you think the kids aren’t, along with how ready you think they are. was the same thing said about saka or is he just conveniently the only bright spark in the team and is now undroppable? He’s younger than all his associates from the academy. How is it saka was ready to play at 16 but conveniently no one else is ready when at the age of 20-23? We’re wasting these players with this fear of them not being PL ready, they’re as ready as they’ll ever be without actually getting PL minutes, it’s… Read more »
Marc
I make what YOU say as cringe-worthy
Let me straighten you out: Arteta will still be manager come next season.
You live in a sort of bubble, you expect a manager to wave a magic wand, and everything becomes sunshine and roses. Most of us are sensible enough to know that returning Arsenal tto the elite is a process that will take a deal of time.
The owner is pumping in cash into the club in hope of reaching the CL and that’s where we as a club are failing. No short, medium and long term plan at all. Just a trolley dash in the transfer window and hoping we get enough good players to make it back to top4. The owner should be sacking the people who hired edu and arteta. Both have no experience and haven’t proven anything, anywhere. And the person who thought we would be better off without a scouting network should be taken out back and shot. Terrible, terrible football club.… Read more »