haahaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!
I mean, come on.
£15m a year.
Pure winner.
Elite.
Squad BUILT for him.
Premier League looking good.
He’s taking Spurs back to the top.
HE WILL NOT LOOK DOWN THE TABLE.
hahahahahhaahah!
2-0 up after the home leg because Jose managed to switch the tie so Arsenal would have to play Spurs after an away leg in Europe. Cruuuuuuising 0-0 on 60 minutes. Then bang. Next thing you know, Mislav Oršić turns it on. 2 goals. Extra time. One more goal. BOOOOOOOOOM
Spurs drop out of the Europa League as Dinamo Zagreb drop a win for the ages.
Hahhahahahahahhaaaaaaaaa!
That loss was for all the melts that maintained Jose Mourinho was an elite hire.
That loss was for all those who did a little wet patch when Spurs were top of the league.
Never, ever forget… Jose is a busted flush.
He’s not coaching a sustainable model of football. He has one trick, if it doesn’t work, he has nothing. They let Dinamo Zagreb have 21 shots at their goal. STAGGERING. A total battering. A beautiful one as well.
Anyway, Arsenal played, we were shite, but we did what we needed to do and made it through to the quarter finals.
But Spurs, come on, isn’t it funny? Poch takes them to the Champions League final, and Jose can’t get a turn out of them after 19 months. INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS.
Back to Arsenal.
The headline is we won. We learned some very important lessons about our midfield and defence. The team has a lot to learn from that game.
The biggest miss in midfield was control. Mo Elneny and Dani Ceballos aren’t going to give you what you need when it comes to control. When central midfield doesn’t work, the entire system fails. That said, we still went into half time giving them two attempts at goal.
The second half was really poor. The Greeks weren’t good, but we couldn’t click, we didn’t work hard enough, and there was a lack of concentration all over the park.
It was the sort of game that shows you why David Luiz needs to be moved on this summer. He was really poor. Switching off when it mattered, giving us a really low energy game. It’s part of who he is, not a good day for him. I also thought the difference between Hector and Cedric was clear… I didn’t trust the runs down the right would amount to much.
Auba had a really, really poor all game. I don’t say this lightly, but he was a disgrace. Was he hungover from being dropped? Was he angry at starting a Europa game? Whatever it was, it was bad. It looked like he was sulking. He fluffed some extremely good chances, his control was terrible, and he was half in it with his movement. Embarrassing stuff from him. I’m surprised he stayed on. Martinelli would have made us far more dangerous. Auba just didn’t fancy it and really, a man of his talents should be killing that game with chances like he had. Very, very sloppy… it was very immature from a man in his 30s.
Arteta had eventually seen enough. He subbed off Mo and Dani and brought on control in Partey and Odegaard. It made things instantly a lot better, but still, we were messy in possession. Thomas Partey was very iffy with some of his play and though he gave us comfort, it wasn’t exactly a reassuring performance.
Sure, we need to do better in the next round, but I’m not sure we’d have played like that if we’d needed to win. Something about the marching orders had the players thinking about Fortnite or whatver they do in the evenings. I’m not sure the squad is professional enough to take a 0-0 instruction set without fucking up. A bit like kids on non-uniform day, they just went straight to slacker mode.
Still, we had enough chances to do more damage than the score suggests. 12 shots, 5 on target… a few really big chances. ESR even popped up to tip a shot of their line. Very kind of him.
Overall, it was the worst performance of 2021 for me. I hope there are consequences for the weekend thinking. Gabriel M came on and offered us control and he created chances and noise that Auba wasn’t really doing. If we drop something like that against West Ham, make no mistake, they will smash us.
Still, we won. We did the bare minimum and limited a decent European side to 2 shots on target in a game they needed to come at us in.
The squad needs work this summer. The midfield is a couple of injuries away from absolute November form. That needs to be fixed. No new deals for players that needed to go last summer, no renewal of loans for players that haven’t found their footing in two seasons… Arteta needs to kick his addiction to players that have no future with us.
Anyway, enough analysis. Today, the floor is yours… let’s all laugh at Spurs ahahahhahahahaaahaha!
That couldn’t have gone much better for us on paper at least.
Lots to do but we can realistically look at getting to the final.
Hopefully we get Granada in the final…..
Rich no coincidence I knew we would be kept apart hahahhhaaaa spurs
The Villarreal tie will be sumptuous though.
Emery knows us intimately and is a EL specialist.
We have to be at the top of our game, no repeat of last nights.
We’ll take that!
Golden oppo to get the final at least…
Need to play better than that shitfest last night though..
Still, at least Spur’s sublime Spursyness saved the evening 🙂
Slavia Prague were excellent against Leicester. Lucky Man Utd getting Grenada.
It is possible that the winner of Ajax vs Roma could easily beat United in the semis.
However the United with a fit and motivated Pogba combined with Fernandes will prove to be too much.
Honestly this week has been so good for us , we win Derby , round of 16 and Spurs get knocked out . Now we get the luck of the draw as well . Cant wait for Arteta vs Emery although the racist Prague team might be tough .
Yea, Granada are the weakest in the draw.
They have Kennedy from Chelsea leading the line and are certainly going to be knocked out by United.
Pepe still lacks composure. His chance early on when the keeper came out should have been rolled into the middle for PEA to tap in. Massively unlucky with ESR blocking what would have been a certain goal for Pepe in the second half. Haven’t even started on the 3 clear cut chances Auba missed.
We should have score 2, could have scored 4 or 5. Got away with it though.
And what is it with our defenders deflecting the ball past Leno. That’s 3 I can recall since the start of the year.
Divine
Why do you keep calling Slavia Prague “racist”/
Wasn’t this an isolated incident last night, one that will be investigated?
Jammy manc b’stards.A lucky draw once again.I said it years ago.That club sold its soul to the Devil.c** ts.
Slavia Prague will fancy their chances of beating us at home in the Emirates. They’ve gotten away wins against their last two British opponents.
Exactly, it’s too easy to accuse teams of racism, especially after you lose. Footballers hurl abuses at each other by default.
Good draw a If we have to play united I prefer our chances in a one match rather than two match tie. We seem to always struggle re the latter
I fully expect that the player (Kundera) who claims he went to whisper “fucking guy” into the ears of a black player will not be playing in the quarter finals because he will be serving. a lengthy ban.
No one goes to whisper effing “guy”, he said “monkey” but then it is still an isolated incident.
One player who let his team down with his stupidity. UEFA will investigate and ban him.
The last thing we need to do is to take opponents for granted. Slavia Prague aren’t a marquee side but they will want to prove themselves against us… If D. Zagreb can knock Tottenham out — Slavia Prague can do the same to us if we switch our collective brains off. What’s this side renowned for? Not switching their collective brains on. Most of us have placed us in the semis already. This is dangerous. We need to take it one game at a time. If this round taught us anything, we need to win the first game in the… Read more »
Zagreb not as strong as they used to be, slavia will be a tough one
ION, CL final will be liverpool vs PSG
I want us to start picking up some points in the league and perhaps begin a late challenge for the European places… I have never really enjoyed putting all our eggs in the Europa League basket…
Yes Leeds.The last thing we need is going All Spursy😂😂😂😂
Arteta to win Europa and Pedro claims gloats forever.
I’m telling you for free.
Arsenals advantage is that officials would want the epic Good ebening vs Diet Pep
Call me a pessimist but I don’t want to face Villarreal if we don’t have to. Hopefully D. Zagreb will pull off another coup.
Emery will be extra motivated to knock us out and to redeem himself. He has a great record in this competition… he will relish facing us.
Arteta vs Emery always felt like it was going to become an issue I thought Emery got a rough deal, he slightly overachieved in his first season, we then lost a lot of experience, and in spite of spending £140 million, we actually decreased the quality of our squad in the immediate Saliba €30 mill, which was a medium- longer term investment, that we were unlikely to see a return on for a few years Pepe £72mill sent expectations soaring, but you could see within his first few games he was incredibly raw Luiz for Koscielny was a slight backwards… Read more »
Leeds
Facing Gudibini is an unavoidable right of passage for Tets, Pedro, and the club.
If this is the bright new dawn we hope it is, then Emery must be convincingly slayed, and all those questions conclusively put to bed.
The stage is set for the Le Grove derby. It’ll shut up one group once and for all. I wish good luck to RH and Marc.
Rich
I respected Emery for the chances he did give to young players. Saka acknowledged him too when he signed his new contract recently… and I suspect Martinelli AMN Nketiah and Balogun would be getting more minutes under Emery.
I suspect Emery would have stayed had Arsenal managed to snatch Monchi… he would had a powerful ally who would have understood his vision.
The problem with Emery was he knew where he wanted to go. He just couldn’t communicate that to anyone else… and we weren’t willing to wait.
I wish no ill will to Emery.
He tried his best, but following on from Wenger was always going to be an unappreciated and unthankful task.
I found his football philosophy confusing and the teams he put on… dull.
Arsenal v Man U final
Man c v Chel final
simples
Rich,
I’m not sure you could call Pepe “raw”, the man is 26 in May, he simply wasn’t and still isn’t good enough and never worth £72m (not his fault) to start with.
I think last nights performance was, ‘they have to score three away goals’ type of thing. Psychologically that must be very difficult to overcome. It just looked to me like we didn’t really get out of second gear. I think you can overanalyse it. Surely our starting back 4 has to be Cedric, Holding, Mari and Tierney. Its screamingly obvious, lets hope they get to go at West Ham. To me, the unluckiest player on the pitch last night was Dani Ceballos. On another night, he would have had a hat trick of assists and everyone would be praising him!!… Read more »
An all English final might make EL places awkward ? Only top 6 instead of 7 ?
Will only top 3 go into CL if English team wins EL ?
I feel Pepe is unfairly judged.
He didn’t ask for that ridiculous transfer valuation to be placed and paid on his head.
Even if he consistently improves and contributes a part of our fan base will always write him off because he is not in their minds a £72m player… and he may never be.
He isn’t, but he is constantly improving. I wouldn’t write him off just yet.
Rich
I agree with you.
Emery’s problem was his communication skills.
As a manager, he’s tactically sound. The games against Spurs (4-2, 1-1), Chelsea (2-0), Liverpool (2-2) and UTD(1-1) where games in which his tactics were spot on.
The club was right to sack him because the players did not respect him but he was no bum.
I wish the Diet Pep fanboys the best of luck when their patron faces Emery,
They will need it
You can take this to the bank!
SidMarch 19, 2021 13:26:59
I wish the Diet Pep fanboys the best of luck when their patron faces Emery,
They will need itYou can take this to the bank!
Which Bank would that be, Barings or the Wank Bank ?
Cannot wait for Arsenal vs Villarreal
Pedro would be shitting his pants.
Pedro you should know it’s all about Call of Duty Warzone and not Fortnite anymore
Let’s sign the DZG no. 99 Orsic …. we defo can use such a striker.
25yo
Dribbles, rather pacy and looks strong
Shoot clinical
17 goals in under 40 games
Can shoot outside the box …
Importantly, we play Orsic in all NLDs….
😆🤣😂
I disagree Jose is a one trick pony, clearly he has two and they both involve a bus. Parking the bus is his favorite no doubt. But if that fails and he has to move it, he only does it to throw his players under. As crazy as this may sound I’d like to face United in a two legged tie and not a final which would be in essence a away game for both. Their home form is terrible but they do excel on the road. A lot has to happen before can even talk Arsenal making the final… Read more »
Ok. Orsic is 28 yo, not 25. But he’s valued at €8m!
“I’m not sure you could call Pepe “raw”, the man is 26 in May, he simply wasn’t and still isn’t good enough and never worth £72m (not his fault) to start with.“
Didn’t Pepe play goalie until 15 ?
If true, that would make his outfield experience equal to a seventeen year old player’s coming out of the academy.
Tom – you forgot Jose’s third tactic. Instagramming on the bus.
“The stage is set for the Le Grove derby. It’ll shut up one group once and for all. I wish good luck to RH and Marc.“
You mean if Emery gets one over Arteta in Europa Pedro will admit henwas wrong about him and apologize he called him a bum?
That will never happen.
Tom, if it happens… I’ll have to.
The blog will go.
The twitter will be deactivated.
No more podcast.
My life, over.
Crabregas, is that game worth buying?
Bergkamp63 Players develop and drop off at different ages We overpaid for Pepe by a lot, he’s definitely got ability though Maybe it’s blind optimism on my part, but hopefully he can find intensity throughout the 90 minutes, and develop tactically We never know what he’ll dish up from game to game, he goes from one extreme to the next, but there’s nothing to say it won’t all come together for him There’s always the chance that he’s just a late developer, and his best years could be from 26-32 Emery said he wanted Zaha instead because he wanted to… Read more »
We never beat United in any semi-final so glad it won’t happen. I was 14 when they beat us in the milk cup and fa cup semi 1983 and was there at Highbury and Villa park, beat us 4-2 at home after being 4-0 up! We beat them in finals not in big boy semi’s I am telling you this for fuck all as nobody will give a shit.
Bergkamp63 still lots to be decided on European places for next season. Top 4 go into the UCL, 5th and winner of the Arsenal FA Cup into the Europa League. Winner of the EFL Cup get a Europa Conference place. When Man City win the EFL (lads… it’s only Tottenham) then that adds 7th place to the league assuming that one of the current top 4 wins the FA Cup (all 4 are still in it, probably 90% chance that Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea or Leicester win it). England can only have a total of 7 representatives – normally… Read more »
I once saw Slavia grind out a 0-0 away draw with Zizkov in the early to mid 90s I think. Ex Manure winger Karel Poborsky was playing I think. A small ground under a huge Soviet Built Communications tower. All very ominous and still felt a bit cold war ish. Midday kick-off but we’d been drinking pilsen heavily and sampling some white powder that smelled and tasted of Harpic since about 8am. I started sobering up about 20 hours later while leaving a club. Tee vo leh! It’s possible to go all the way but we need to screw the… Read more »
Isn’t this the same team Wenger’s Arsenal thumped 7-0 in the CL?
Pedro
Call of duty warzone is free
Saliba tested positive for Covid apparently.
Pedro it’s free to download and play. I enjoy playing it and it’s been good to catch up with friends during lockdown
Supreme leader is ready to break into the stadium while we face villareal and stop the counting
“Tom, if it happens… I’ll have to.
The blog will go.
My life, over.”
___________________________
Oh! o o o…. I better wish Arteta good luck then!
Rich
Emery was never a good choice for Arsenal, his domestic record at Valencia, Sevilla, and PSG was bang average with no underlying markers for future success/challenging. He’s a cup manager over a decade into his managerial career.
The remit every fan craved post-Wenger from a new coach with modern pedigree was to become a league contender once again. Not to become a top 4 club again, enough with the rewrite to paint Emery a lighter shade of brown.
Pedro, wouldn’t worry too much yet, we still need to get past Slavia Prague, which with our erraticism, certainly isn’t a given
If we do get to the final and it’s United, it’s a 50/50 game, toss of a coin
There are some profound a-holes in that Spuds squad, mostly the English ones of course (Kane, Alli, Dier, Winks) plus Bale, Lamela and Son with his fake wholesomeness, but I have to say I admire Lloris for calling out his colleagues after yesterday. I get the strong sense that cohesion and loyalty are lacking and that the entire edifice is teetering.
Fuck ’em, but limited respect to the GK for standing up.
Champagne Charlie Emery got Lorca promoted for the first time in their history, at the first time of asking, then came within a whisker of back to back promotions He took Almeira to La Liga for the first time in their history, at the first time of asking, and then finished 8th He had 4 success 3rd place finishes in La Ligament with Valencia, in spite of crippling debts, and having his squad decimated every summer, considering the dominance of Madrid + Barca who’ve won 16 out of the last 17 titles, he was the best of the rest He… Read more »
I was neither for nor against Emery, he was on a hiding to nothing with the shit squad he inherited, as is Arteta, and my prediction at the start of this season of 6/7th still stands, we were never in the hunt for top 4, I doubt we will be next season either.
Not until 22/23 season until we shift all the deadwood and then start challenging for top honours.
A long slog !
Fuck yeah, CC’s back. Agree with him or don’t, dude writes like a pro.
I read that Slavia Prague is leading their domestic league by 14 points. They can focus on the game against us.
Haha just like one of those horror movies – just when you thought the bad guy/monster/zombie was a goner – he’s back to zap the (dumb and trusting) good guys.
Welcome back Champagne Charlie – good to have your zingers around here, even if (I think) I’m immune to them.
Rich You’re absolutely besotted with surface level reading, and I’m not calling him a bum I’m saying he was a terrible appointment for what we needed/wanted. Can you tell me what about his prior achievements made him a good candidate for Arsenal post-Wenger? He never got within 21 points of Real and Barca at Valencia, and his Valencia team was unreal (name it if you dare). His Sevilla team finished a league high 5th under him, 7th in his last season, and finished 4th the season after he left. He’s been the only manager to not win the French league… Read more »
Matteo Guendouzi has ‘no future’ at Hertha Berlin, with the player now ‘conspicuous’ for his ‘theatrical appearances’. Talks about another loan to Hertha have ‘come to an end, unsurprisingly’, with the Premier League ‘certainly more appealing’ for him
https://mobile.twitter.com/afcstuff/status/1372923565268434947
Damn spolied brat.
Give him a good spanking. A proper beatdown
Soo many people on here slagging off and nitpicking Arteta after that performance. Feels like a lot of people are very agenda-driven at this point, you really have to look at the bigger picture sometimes… Was yesterday a good performance? No, of course not, but that’s really not too shocking when we’re resting some of our most important players, and the team knows that all we have to do is not ship three to move on. But regardless of all that, it really wasn’t terrible, a lot of margins went against us, that result is probably the worst outcome we… Read more »
A shame about Guen, he had talent but by all accounts, he’s toxic.
Plenty more talent out there and no doubt he won’t be the last of the Big Whopper’s.
Facing Emery in the semi is written in the stars.
Dynamo Zagreb might have something to say about that written in the stars semi final ?
They have won their last 5 league games, are top of their league & averaging nearly 3 goals a game (sounds familiar that !).
It might not be all that plain sailing for Good Ebening !
Mike vs Unaii
Get in the octagon!
On Guen, he’s clearly far from baggage-free. But there is talent and age is on his side. To coaches and managers, he represents a challenge. If anyone can get a tune out of him without the histrionics, the rewards could be significant. Start with assessing his talent – if he’s good enough and genuinely willing to tackle his demons, then offer him a short extension in the current climate and offer him support. I think he and Partey playing together at the base could be a revelation. Someone said on here he’s captain of the French U21 team and they… Read more »
Bergkamp63 “I was neither for nor against Emery, he was on a hiding to nothing with the shit squad he inherited, as is Arteta, and my prediction at the start of this season of 6/7th still stands, we were never in the hunt for top 4, I doubt we will be next season either”. You know, I have never been one of those who think the manager is responsible for everything and should be sacked annually. Thats for kids and the fantasy fans because it flies in the face of reality. Team building. However, I was against Emery when I… Read more »
Kroenkephobe,
Sadly, if you don’t get on with your boss, and more
importantly, your boss doesn’t care for you, no amount of sports psychology work is gonna solve the problem.
Villarreal on the other hand have lost 3 or their last 5 and drawn 13 of their 27 games, currently hanging on for a EL place next season.
Nothing to fear there !
Good post at Pedro
That spurs defeat was truly cathartic
I keep saying how much I wanted to trash those losers in the final but I mean wow where do you even start with picking apart that scorching pile of pigs excrement? Dunno whether to laugh at spurs or pity them
China, nothing better than seeing Spurs go out. Jose over two legs would not have been my fave.
AFC I share your sentiments on emery I don’t think he’s a bad manager and I think the hire wasn’t a terrible idea on paper at the time. It was also an extremely difficult task. Look at the steaming mess of a squad he inherited… But after a very good start it didn’t work out, likely due to various reasons including communication as you say, but also he always looked a bit overawed by the expectations of it all and by the second season he looked like a cow just waiting to get slaughtered sitting on the touch line groping… Read more »
Pedro but the final would’ve been amazing because it’s one leg and it’s spurs. There’s never been anything more nailed on than that!
HolyFudge, bigger picture: look at Spurs
WOAB
Fair point – but if this pans out as we all expect it to, I think questions need to be asked about why the management were unable to iron these problems out, irrespective if whether he makes it elsewhere.
Financially, it also makes sense to develop Guen as a rounded professional. With all this negativity he could be unsellable, unloanable and possibly unwilling to play next season. When he first broke on the scene, he looked brilliant in an average team.
Emery’s downfall was not coping with all the ego’s and I’ll discipline as much as results and style of play, which was bland at best..
Jamie “Fuck yeah, CC’s back. Agree with him or don’t, dude writes like a pro.” Anyone writes like a pro compared to you, though Charlie is particularly good Charlie disappeared when the going got tough for Arteta. He should have listened to me when i said in mid December that even though results were poor , Arteta was turning it around. Instead he decided to jump ship when Arteta was at his lowest ebb. Anyway, he could be proved right in the end regarding Arteta , though the non negotiables are still questionable as they set us back 12 months.… Read more »
If Arteta defeats Emery and then Solskjær, he would be crowned by all of us as the generational coach.
CC, welcome back!
“He’s been the only manager to not win the French league with PSG since 2011.” Anyone who has followed football for more than five minutes would disregard this stat as totally meaningless unless it fit some chosen narrative. Once in a while a squad gets put together, either by careful planning, a sheer luck, young players maturing at the right time, or all of the above…………..and 2016/17 Monaco was just an example of such convergence. Just Mbappe, Silva( the Bernardo variety), Lemar and Falcao had over 130 goals and assists between the four of them that season, and that squad… Read more »
The stage is set for Arteta to get to the EL final. Although they are decent , none of the the teams on our side of the draw should knock us out at all. This is our chance to get back to champions league football and improve the team. If we focus we can get to the final. The only team that might be better than us is Man United. And we have shown we can beat them this season too. Ajax are also a wild card of a team. They are an absolute joy to watch. But I feel… Read more »
Emery was doomed to fail from day one as unlike Arteta, he didn’t address our weaknesses.
I fully expect Arteta to pinpoint and adress our weakest areas in the summer window.
I was 50/50 on Odegaard at first but he’s becoming crucial to our game, his intelligence and composure on the ball gives fans a sense of reassurance when he is in possession as he rarely makes a bad decision.
In my own view.Man utd and Villarreal in the Final,that’s
how I see it….And i Man Utd might be the winner
China1 Yep. Imagine being born a Spurs fan. I mean seriously, just think about it. Why would a parent inflict on their kids, it’s the epitome of child cruelty. It isn’t as if the parents can reminisce about past success or watch DVD’s of Spurs success because there hasn’t been any. It’s not as if they can use Youtube because they don’t really do black and white TV very well. Forget that joke of a Carabao Cup they won 13 years ago, nobody takes that seriously, as Harry Redknapp was at pains to point out this morning when some Spud… Read more »
Champaign Charlie So every manager who failed to get near Barca or Real isn’t good enough? Give me a break….. Maybe…. just maybe…. it has something to do with their finances that allows them to attract far superior players, and pick off any almost any players they want from around the world Managers come and go at both clubs, but their dominance has remained the same If Emery wasn’t qualified for the job, , I don’t know what type of CV you’d expect Arsenal to be targeting? Mourinho? Benitez toppled Madrid + Barca 20 years ago? There’s a lot of… Read more »
China1 Yep, agree. There are no guarantees with managers or Players, some work out, others don’t. This is why the Spurs thing is so weird. They had a manager that was building a squad and made Spurs relevant but as soon as he reached a CL Final, Levy suddenly decided that he wasn’t good enough. This is Spurs, a club that couldn’t win a raffle if they had the only ticket and yet he is behaving like that. Instead of backing Pochetino financially, he decided that Jose would be better placed to spend the money, unable to reconcile the fact… Read more »
Pedro Cheers mate, have been reading along daily as per but needed to take a break from going south of your posts as it was becoming a real echo chamber around Xmas and beyond – very boring. Bit less of the dissenting circle jerk now though, so a much better environment… …Even if you have the usual suspects trying to manifest their shit opinions into reality months and months later. Shocking nobody this side of the phone, Ceballos is still gash, Elneny is nothing, Guendouzi is a wanker, and Torreira is crying somewhere whilst sipping his yerba mate. It’s what’s… Read more »
Dunchirado
“In my own view.Man utd and Villarreal in the Final,that’s
how I see it….And i Man Utd might be the winner”
Unlike OGS , Arteta has already proved to be a winner and i see no reason why he won’t win another trophy..
Rich,
“ Klopp’s achievements at Mainz”
Not sure you could include Mainz in that, he got them promoted, then relegated in his 6th year and resigned after failing to get promoted again in his 7th year.
Certainly BD & Liverpool though.
We’re all thinking the same thing – bring back Marko.
Full send the comments section to the moon.
Pierre “I want Arteta to be given time to work, but if Emery was such a failure and under qualified, Arteta should have long being given the boot” Really? What did Emery win at Arsenal in his time here? If you actually watched us under Emery, you will know that without the ball we were self-destructive. Emery failed for a number of reasons not least the language issue. Players said they couldn’t understand him and were confused by his tactics, hell so was I. After a while, his funny grasp of English stopped being amusing, just imagine the players trying… Read more »
Welcome back Charlie
I was starting to worry!
Since you said you’ve been reading the blog you’ll know most of us still hate xhaka but some things may never change lol