It’s depressing to be at the despair stage of the season after one game, but here we are, things are not looking particularly sharp at the club at the moment. The rumblings around the organisation aren’t positive, the players look unhappy on the pitch, and there are lots of rumours leaking out that indicating preseason has been a disaster.
The immediate concern is short-term. There are a number of things going on at the moment that need control if we’re going to have a better season.
Firstly, it feels like someone needs to pull Arteta and his crew to one side and talk a bit about accountability. There seems to be an almost Trumpian air about Mikel Arteta at the moment and it has to stop. I’ll cite three things that I’ve found disturbing over the past week.
That press conference. I’m sorry, unacceptable for a rookie manager to sulk in public. His behaviour sets the tone for how the fans feel, and more importantly, how the players feel. Complaining in public about the lack of movement with half-baked answers and a sullen vibe just won’t fly. It’s what children do and that’s how I felt seeing that carry-on.
Arteta needs to own the issues. This magical system he’s building cannot be two players away from banging. His right back problem is on him, he told us Cedric Soares has special qualities. His lack of cash for forwards is on him, he sanctioned Auba and Willian. This summer of dithering at least has to be partly on him. Odegaard is his choice, by opting for him, he accepted he wouldn’t have a #10 before the window. He’s got to own this versus finger-pointing about the things he doesn’t have. If your system is one injury away from hell, then maybe the system you are building isn’t very robust?
Can I do forthly? Let’s talk about leaks. Someone at the club is putting stories into the media that are very unhelpful. The latest is that the club has been underwhelmed with Auba’s preseason output. Sorry, cannot have that. This shows the naivety of operators we have at the club. No one is signing Auba on £350k a week, no one. So leaking he’s available is next to useless. All it does is depress the player and worse… it tells the squad, that like in a Trump cabinet position, once you are no longer useful to the manager, it’s the scrap heap for you. Think about the mindset of whoever shared that story… ‘Let’s tell the world Auba had a shite preseason and we want him out’… hardly an appetising advert for one of the best-paid players in the world.
Arteta played a role in this. When he was asked if Auba could get back to his best, he said he didn’t know. An embarrassing answer, that for me felt like he was preparing an excuse as to why the season might go off the rails. Wenger would have said, ‘this is one of the most clinical strikers in world football. He has had some problems, but I promise you, he will be back and prove the doubters wrong.’ Same thing with Willian. I get that he’s been appalling, but you know who pushed that deal? Arteta. Now he’s trying to reverse out of owning that decision, and once again, the player has been binned.
Where is Josh K here? That’s £600k a week worth of investment in two players over 30 and the manager that went hard for both deals is walking away from the players. It is unacceptable and extremely immature.
For me, this mess we’re in all stems from the promotion we gave Arteta last season. The Spaniard land grabbed because he knew Edu was weak, and Vinai caved. Now you have this dreadful structure where no one is accountable. When no one is accountable in an equal power structure, you invite cliques… because every decision becomes a power struggle where the loudest voices win.
Who is responsible for the lack of players this window? Is it Edu, who we know drives home deals even if they are shit? Or is it Arteta dithering over names in the hope that better ones come along? Who is the captain of the ship here?
Vinai has to shoulder a chunk of the blame here because it would appear that after a disaster of a season, no additional controls were put on Arteta and we’re careening into another nightmare scenario praying he can be the rockstar Wenger was. Wenger was 47 when he took over Arsenal, he’d gone through the authoritarian stage, he’d been sacked, he’d built a bottom of the table club back up to the top in Japan… Arteta cannot be expected to take over a more complex operation and do all the bits.
As any of you reading who work in big corporate business will know, things like over-promoting happen all the time. You put someone junior in control of too much, they panic under the stress, they kick out at the system, they blame people, and make the lives of their subordinates hell. When you see it happening, you don’t let it slide. You get to the truth of the problem, then you sit the person down, you tell them that you are going to take away some bits of the job and allow them to focus on a few key elements. It is not a tough conversation to have if you have evidence where the person is failing.
It was absolutely clear the ‘manager’ role ruined the progress we were making the season prior. Did Vinai scale back Arteta’s job? Did anyone look at the team that surrounds him and make suggestions of upgrades? Did anyone deep dive into the goalkeeping mess and ask him what he was doing about it? Did anyone suggest bringing in some fresh thinking?
No. It didn’t happen. It looks like gridlock in the backroom team and it sounds like Arteta is throwing Edu under the bus for not getting the deals done that he wanted. That does not feel like the sort of thing that goes on when there’s a tight working relationship.
If you and I can see backroom politics spilling out onto the shop floor, can you imagine what is actually going on behind the scenes?
The idea of hiring a young and innovative coach was an exciting one and it could have worked, but it was executed with naivety. If you take a punt on someone young, you control who is around them and you limit their power. Just like RB Leipzig did with Nagelsmann. You don’t promote a rookie after 6 months. Arsenal shouldn’t have put an inexperienced Technical Director above him and they certainly shouldn’t have downgraded the power of that role so soon. These are super simple things that should have been foreshadowed. When there’s a lack of leadership in an organization, power vacuums open up, and people that lack maturity run riot and the business lacks coherence.
Our keeper, central midfielder, and our right back all wanted out. We have been trying to find a buyer for Lacazette, someone at Arsenal is leaking that we are disappointed with our captain. Our big summer bet of last year has been binned off and told to find a new club. There are rumors flying around that there is unrest at the training ground. We can’t even handle the illness rumors properly, whatever it is, it’s better to be upfront about it rather than let it fester as something more nefarious. Leicester just came out and owned that Bertrand had covid, why haven’t we been given and update on Auba, Lacazette, and Runarsson?
Good leadership would prevent things like the above from happening. The passivity and willful inaction is now part of our DNA. We didn’t manage Wenger properly and let him spend his way to mediocrity, no one in leadership paid a price for that. We didn’t manage the transfer of power from Ivan to the dual CEO model and let Raul take over and do some really bad things. Then when that all went to hell and we found what looked like a promising model, we crushed it by breaking the hierarchy and creating a dual power structure in the footballing backroom team. It beggars belief that we can’t do better than this, but until we stop hiring people based on convenience, and start hiring people with a vision and an iron fist to activate it, we’ll be here, swimming around in a messy unstructured model hoping something clicks by accident.
These next two games are going to be telling. If we lose both of them, we’re back to last seasons run of game, this time, it’ll end in a firing. Where do we go then? You think Arsenal are finding £15m a year for Conte, or that he’d be interested after turning down Spurs? No way. We’d be back to trusting a Technical Director whose best ideas come from his super agent buddies.
It’s dark time ahead if Arteta really is causing as many problems as the rumours would suggest. Let’s pray to the footballing gods that the Brentford loss has inspired some action and some solves. Otherwise, this could be yet another messy year of painful transition football. It’s so disappointing because this whole situation could have been managed better if someone had the foresight to structure the right team and processes.
Right, see you in the comments.
fair*
Chelsea would feel so embarrassed and ashamed if they lost to us…goodness…even West Ham would be devastated!
Honestly I don’t see him lasting more than 10 games to be honest. He is going to have to pull a rabbit out of a hat to stay. Like a rabbit that contains a Chelsea and Mancity win all rolled on to one. He has done it with the FA cup before but I don’t think he will this time. He really fucked up in not winning against brentford. Lose the next two and it is going to be the toxic Emirates atmosphere that will sack him. He lasted this long because of COVID.
“ Things are bad, but anyone hoping we lose our next 6 games so Arteta gets the sack is a joke of a supporter.”
I’ll second this , the Brentford loss nearly done me in as it is . My fucking Tv nearly went through the window when that second goal went in and the shit I’m going to get in work tomorrow will be fucking unbearable. Can’t do another 6 weeks of that . What’s wrong with you .
Just sack him anyway regardless of results we know he ain’t cutting it
Gentlebris
Here are a few additional names SpongeBob, Englandswaste.
Very well put Pedro. Nice. I’d only add that between Arteta and £15m per annum Conte is a wide range of managers capable of filling that role.
Potter, Gaultier (sp), Favre, Valverde are but a few.
In making the decision to sack or retain Arteta Kroenke would have to consider if the cost of keeping him exceeds that of replacing him.
Think we’re all in agreement that it’ll better to rid Arsenal of its rookie manager.
Son killing the spuds with his indecisiveness.
The proper way to change opinion is with the following statement,
‘ i (insert name) have been a Diet Pep fanboy, i (insert name) have seen the error of my ways, i humbly offer my sincere regret for giving the most intelligent true Arsenal fans a hard time with words like, negative, doom & gloomers etc.
I have now seen the light that was shone by Sid, CG, Gentlebris, Samesong, Sasoa, Raptora, Marc, Receding etc’
In all fairness, I think Pedro should hang boots on bullshits for a while.
He sold Ivan, Edu and Le Tet here as if on 50% commission.
You can not just think ‘let me bullshit them and ban them if they resist, if the bullshit becomes public knowledge, I would just walk it all back; after all it’s my blog.’
That’s so terribly Mugabe.
Gentle
Pedro, ES, CC, Bob, Zacharse, Tee, Englandbest, Rich, Muppetman and there are a few more. I hope none of the posters listed here take offense to I putting them in Arteta in camp.
The Amazon documentary department must have footballing geniuses, because they looked at the PL and identified Arsenal as a club that give them a melodrama worth millions. By this time they must be high fiveing themselves for a job well-done and we will be the beneficiaries when the docu is being released.
Sid,
Pedro Leads the way IMO
That just it whose pulling Arteta aside and having a word? Which leads to the bigger question, whose actually running Arsenal and holding accountability? We’ve apparently got a technical director whose gone missing, a manager whose sulking from inactivity, now feuding with one guy who can score goals for us, a chief exec whose ducking for cover apparently hoping to stay dry for next round of hires and ownership polishing the rails of new LA stadium gun shy on another reboot. Doesn’t really exude the sweet smell of success now does it? Hard not to feel it would be a… Read more »
Fucking hell Amazon crew only ones loving this, has to be VERY good TV, unless of course Arteta has binned them as well.
No one has to hope arteta loses the next six games…
Can any of you see him winning the next six games..?
So I’d say where have you been all this time it was clear this time last year he was way out of his depth……are you spurs fans the same ones who wanted Wenger to stay maybe..?
That’s the question I would ask……is Pedro D levy..?
I noticed that with the comments on Auba rediscovering his goalscoring form. You don’t even have to be an experienced manager in that case, you just have to not be dim. Arteta makes so many baffling decisions and says so many questionable things that I just don’t think he’s anywhere near as intelligent as he deems himself.
TR7 as far as I’m concerned there is no camp, I want Arsenal to win. If that means we have to sack Arteta to get the results then I couldn’t give a shit.
Amazon has power and money AFC wouldn’t dare to breach an ironclad contract. Amazon took on Trump and binned him.
‘Pedro, ES, CC, Bob, Zacharse, Tee, Englandbest, Rich, Muppetman and there are a few more. I hope none of the posters listed here take offense to I putting them in Arteta in camp.’
Thanks for the comprehensive list, TR7.
I’m sure they feel blessed lining them up under the Arteta umbrella.
Habesha Because of the Brentford loss I can see the emirates getting toxic against Chelsea . He wins the Brentford game and fans be a bit more lenient knowing it’s a 50/50 game , because we lost the fans while excited about the first home game of the season are going there with some built up anger and embarrassment after the Brentford debacle . We go 1 – 0 down and it’ll start dread to say go 2 down it’ll kick off especially he serves up that shit he did against Brentford. Chelsea has just become a must win game… Read more »
Let me correct that list a bit:
Bob – SpongeCob
CC – Confused Charlie
Englandsbest – Englandswaste
ES – Error Prone Stroller
😆
Regarding our 30+ players fading away so quickly – I admit that Wenger was right in practicing the one-year extension policy in the past.
From another dimension, either give them more than one year on the same wages or ciao.
Dissenter I just hope we’ve got some type of succession plan in place Last time we sacked Emery, winged it, the Athletic we’re saying we were thinking about letting Freddie stay until May, then panicked, and took a punt on Arteta The idea that just anyone would be better, is highly flawed, and it’s not a decision we can afford to get wrong Conte would be interesting, he’d certainly shake things up, he’d either succeed, or quit in an almighty strop The Amazon documentary would be epic though….. Ideally we dump Edu, go for Overmars, and see if he can… Read more »
With a few Arse ITK’s touching on this, next blog post Pete… whose Tim Lewis and whats he doing right?
I picked Brentford to beat Arsenal not because I’d watched them extensively, only watched them about 3/4 times, nor that they have better players but because they’re a better run club. The positives of having a well run organisation permeates down from the top to the team. Clearly not the case at Arsenal.
Chris, interesting idea – which legends would you be having on the board though. Too often all our ex-players seem to do is slag off the club in the media. See Petit appeared again out of nowhere for another dig. For my money Ian Wright would be getting things in order if he was involved but think he ruffled some feathers when he said what we were all thinking re:SuperLeague Rich, ‘you don’t fire a manager unless you’ve got someone better to replace him’ couldn’t agree more, should be getting feelers out and discussions underway for avoiding having to deal… Read more »
The way spurs are playing I hate to.say this. Is the way we should.approach the Chelsea game. So far they have defended well.
Spursay very well get battered in the second half but they have soaked up the pressure well this half.
Before anyone else says anything about the MOBs we have bragging rights at least until the Chavs game.
Rich
Bringing in Overmars, and Ten Haag at ANY time will bring an immediate improvement of the existing squad because they know how implement game plans and do proper coaching.
This City team almost matches the great Spanish team during 2008-2012 in terms of no of ballers – KDB, Grealish, Mahrez, Sterling, Bernardo and Foden.
‘Let me correct that list a bit:
Bob – SpongeCob
CC – Confused Charlie
Englandsbest – Englandswaste
ES – Error Prone Stroller’
Mid,
CC will come for your neck😂😂😂😂😂
I think someone said Vieira wasn’t up to the job at Palace in the previous thread.
To be fair to him he should be given at least a season if Arteta is getting 2.
But I can see why some might think he’s not much cop based on ‘eye test’
He looks like he should be managing a McDonald’s branch not a football club 😀.
If anyone thinks that the Emirates crowd will not be behind the team v chelsea, they are sadly mistaken..
The atmosphere will be red hot and it may just spur Arsenal on to a great performance..
Sid, CG, Gentlebris, Samesong, Sasoa, Raptora, Marc, Receding etc
The above gentlemen are very modest, they will accept the statement on change of opinion without rubbing it in, then we can open a new chapter.
The ball is your court fanboys!
DoogieAugust 15, 2021 16:36:45 Bloody hell, a man is allowed to change his opinion. Why are so many ready to twist the knife on Pedro? It’s like some of you see him as Arteta himself, positively frothing at the mouth to reiterate and remind that you were right and he was wrong! So what! The club is a shambles top to bottom, you should be directing the same amount of effort at the board to get rid of the axis of evil, MA, VV and Edu as you do at a blogger! Personally, I would love to see 5 fans… Read more »
‘TR7 as far as I’m concerned there is no camp, I want Arsenal to win. If that means we have to sack Arteta to get the results then I couldn’t give a shit.’
Another one has just made a glorious u turn…welcome back to the fold, brother…we all love you.
Sal
In hindsight Tim Lewis was brought in purely for the ESL, I’m pretty sure the company he works for was on all the official documentation which all the participating clubs signed up to .
MD-Gunner
Allowing Edu + Arteta to buy and sell players, then bringing in a new DOF and head coach, 3 games in, at the end of a transfer window
Is bat shit crazy
We do some bonkers things, but that would be right up there
Flip flopper is back! Never give up!
Rich This one feels different I can;t think of where Arteta will get his second wind from. It’s not going to be Odegaard, that much I know There’s a reason why some managers change clubs a lot. It’s because they exhaust their goodwill very quickly and the players would have heard everything for the umpteenth time. I knew enough Kf Arteta the moment he mistreated Saliba last season. Whatever hunch I had back then has been validated. Arteta has made too many mistakes to still be in charge Worse still he isn’t suave enough to learn from his mistakes He… Read more »
‘The above gentlemen are very modest, they will accept the statement on change of opinion without rubbing it in, then we can open a new chapter.
The ball is your court fanboys!’
I think Pedro just did that for the crew.
Until anyone of them come out to contradict Pedro’s repentance, we have to assume our brothers are back from the land of denial to the place of reality.
Rich
So your alternative is to allow Arteta to continue to have a negative effect and what is most important, the results in the pitch?
I’m that scenario Ten Haag for example would very likely improve the players we currently have, and allow Overmars to assess and get things in place for January, and the summer beyond. The most organised clubs have lists of players they would potentially sign for each position, and track the next big things. Forgive me but I don’t get the impression Arsenal are currently that way inclined, having sacked all their scouts.
Rich
“ Allowing Edu + Arteta to buy and sell players, then bringing in a new DOF and head coach, 3 games in, at the end of a transfer window”
Gives them half a season to assess the squad to know which players need keeping and which to get rid of . Which are just bad or which are just bad in arteta’s system .
Which players fit their system and which don’t .
Chucking them in right before a window opens is the bigger gamble as they haven’t assessed the squad long enough
Samesong have you ever seen an Arsenal game against the top teams with Arteta in charge when we haven’t sat deep like Spurs are???
Good governance would have overruled Arteta about the White signing on so many levels.
One simple one is that how can we commit so much to another defender when you haven’t given the £29 million dude a chance to swim or sink, more so after we saw his club twin do well at Leicester.
Instead they caved into the bully, went back again and again Brighton to get a broom stick stuffed in their you-know-what.
“Allowing Edu + Arteta to buy and sell players, then bringing in a new DOF and head coach, 3 games in, at the end of a transfer window Is bat shit crazy”
Yes ideally we should have got rid of Arteta at the end of last season and let a new manager get his own players in. But we saw last year with Chelsea where Lampard was replaced mid season with Tuchel and still it worked like magic with the same set of players.
Brighton miss Ben White’s leadership so damn much that they didn’t even sign anyone to replace him.
In the last 10 years we have spent 880 m on players and what and what have we got to show… fuck all…
More than the stadium cost 5 th highest in UK…
Club is run by cunts
Mr Serge it is an art of dialogue of supporting a looser without nailing your colors to the mast. I do appreciate from your earlier comments that you have evaluated the present AFC situation with more reality. Anybody can be blinded by fools gold. Hopefully your feelings are not too much in turmoil after the disappointment over the past many months.
Diss
Yes must have been a complete shock to them ..
‘If anyone thinks that the Emirates crowd will not be behind the team v chelsea, they are sadly mistaken..’
Where are you getting that crowd from, Pierre?
I don’t know an Arsenal fan that is not fed to the teeth with all of this.
Easier to cheer for Adolf Hitler than for Arteta right now
Jim Well for one I would have been happy to see O’Leary come on board to advise, despite some ill feeling from his time at Leeds. I would love to see Bergkamp involved with the club in some form. I rate Overmars far more than Edu so he would be a great appointment for a role at the club. And the most obvious one is Arsene Wenger. Would he accept a board position? I get the feeling relations between him and KSE are not good. At the moment our identity seems to be suffering greatly. It won’t solve everything, but… Read more »
Tr7…
Correct .
Known as dropping tools by players.
Peter
It ain’t a rumour pre season was a cunt of a warm up.
Samesong have you ever seen an Arsenal game against the top teams with Arteta in charge when we haven’t sat deep like Spurs are???
Muppetmam
Spurs are actually looking competitive against the best team in the league.
MD gunner no I am good with it
My main reason to back them was that I could not see them being binned any time soon
Which is of course not the way to go
We will be in the grounds from next week and we can asses what the home ground feels
I hope it’s how we feel angry and let down then the regime will change
Pierre is correct, of course the Emirates crowd will be behind the team at kick off. And yes, let’s hope that inspires the team.
However if we surrender meekly or lose badly, you may hear some rumblings of discontent.
Spurs always look better without Kane as I always say. More mobility and variety in their attack.
Son scores !
White Hart Lane is Pep’s bogey stadium
TR7 are you really advocating Spurs are better in attack than with Kane?
Chris I don’t know what’s happening internally, there’s so many stories flying around, people tend to believe the reports that suit their narrative, and discard the ones that don’t Sometimes things completely break down, and if that’s the case, then we should pull the trigger ASAP, there’s no value in dragging it out If it’s just a bunch of handbags, or complete gibberish, then our situation can absolutely be turned around, even if we lose the first 3 I can see what Arteta is trying to do with the 2-3-4-1 in possession I like our discipline off the ball, and… Read more »
#PepOut 😂
I cant remember how many times I’ve tried to make the point that posters who argued for Arteta’s removal had the right to do so because they believed it was best for Arsenal. They should not have been binned or labelled for logically forwarding their view on why Arteta should go. Well, that principle only stands if it works both ways. Those who believed that Arteta would succeed or deserved more time or needed more support, they too should have their right to forward their opinion without ridicule. No need for labelling or triumphalism. Our club is on it’s knees,… Read more »
Sometimes things completely break down, and if that’s the case, then we should pull the trigger ASAP, there’s no value in dragging it out
The club will try to save face and leave it till at least November/December
AlmuniasaynomoreAugust 15, 2021 17:48:38 I cant remember how many times I’ve tried to make the point that posters who argued for Arteta’s removal had the right to do so because they believed it was best for Arsenal. They should not have been binned or labelled for logically forwarding their view on why Arteta should go. Well, that principle only stands if it works both ways. Those who believed that Arteta would succeed or deserved more time or needed more support, they too should have their right to forward their opinion without ridicule. No need for labelling or triumphalism. Our club… Read more »
“ The club will try to save face and leave it till at least November/December” You can be fairly certain this is what Amazon are hoping for. Arteta to continue to make things worse before a spectacular departure full of fireworks, and the struggles of the new guy to come in a fix the mess. One half Arteta’s decline and exit, the other half the new coach’s journey to bring the club back to the top. Why the club allowed this to happen I’ll never understand. It can’t be worth whatever money is being paid. Bad publicity is not good… Read more »
What a hit from Son. So many attacking players can’t hit a ball cleanly. He can do it with both feet
Ederson is not as good as advertised. City can get away with it because they usually create 30 chances every match.
Muppetman
Kane is a prolific goalscorer but when he plays he becomes the focal point of Spurs game which makes their game a bit predictable. With a front trio of Son, Lamela and Moura earlier and today Son, Moura and Bergwain upfront they look much more mobile and dangerous. It is just that except Kane other forward players are wasteful and their attacking potency does not yield desired results.
Hi Pedro, Why don’t you come to the comment section these day? Wussy puss
But Son and Kane have an amazing partnership when playing together
The Amazon guys have elite foresight… picking Arsenal as the new season telenovela and picking up the League 1 rights just before Messi arriving….
The gunners have until October or the manager should resign.
Ego is bigger than the club he thinks…
Why should we be surprised ?
Peter you yourself said years ago that arteta was aloof to other players thinking he was higher than he was with Wenger in charge…
Man needs humility of being sacked then going to Spain and it working for him..
We are to big to be run by a toy .
We have a comparison today the way Sp*ds play against City with us following in 2 weeks that will give an idea on the gap between us and the Sp*ds.
This is only my opinion but I’ve always felt pep was over rated. Don’t get me wrong you don’t win what he has won as a manager if you’re shit, he’s obviously a very good manager. But until he goes to a club with limited resources I don’t think you can put the guy in the same league as Alex Ferguson and Jupp Heynkes . Just my opinion
I once worked in a company where the orgaisation structure was terrible. We had plenty of business but kept screwing up with poor quality, late deliveries etc. Morale was on the floor, everybody felt useless. Then they changed the CEO. That was all, the only change. Within six months, everything was streamlined, departments were efficient and profits rolled in. that same workforce that felt useless suddenly was confident and happy. I kmow the Arsenal situation appears way more confident, but maybe not. I think its fairly obvious the orgaisational structure at the club is awful, maybe it just needs the… Read more »
Non-diet pep found out again today.
False 9 is just ridiculous
Nuno knows how to beat Pep and City have a poor record at Spurs.
City get Kane especially and they are still big favourites for the title.
Muppetman
Yes last season Kane played almost as a no 10 and it was Son who ran the attacking channels. Kane has lost a bit of pace and with him up top Spurs look a bit pedestrian in the way they play. Lucas Moura doesn’t get many goals or assists but he is always a nuisance for opposition defense.
Taylor
Could be…
Look things can’t get any worse.. or can they..
I personally feel Emery was harshly treated…
Talking some sense at last there Pedro, however, Arteta need to go now, otherwise season is lost, period. It seems there are too many alienated players already in the squad. And as you have mentioned, it is not only the players fault. MA pushes for the deals.
Almunia Love your posts But the club isn’t on its knees, assuming we sign Odegaard and the security of another keeper We’re the 5th or 6th best team in the toughest league in the world We lost one game we shouldn’t have with some mitigating circumstances, we’ve got 2 nasty games coming up, and some key injuries, which have weakened us We finished 6 points off 4th last season, in the most competitive league in the world Our transfer activity has been disappointing so far, but moving players on has proved difficult for everyone, not just us, hopefully things start… Read more »
TR7 well personally I’d be delighted if Kane leaves Spurs
Man United champions 21/22.
Serious heavy artillery.
Pep and diet Pep obsolete.
Tr7,
they are more unpredictable yes, but kane is far more clinical than whatever spuds possess. we already talked earlier today about Giroud. if teams adjust accordingly, while defending, they will be in trouble.
The strangest thing about Pre-season for me was that players like Laca, Auba, Holding, El Neney, Hector played most of Pre -season. Yet are nowhere to be seen on match day 1.
Xhaka “Well i performed well last season” Xhaka spends the most part of the summer having sly digs and showing a bit of calf to Roma leads us out as captain on match day one.
Strange
City look shite
But still to good for us
Love it 37 and 1/6 games to play for current title holder and they’re now obsolete to some going down a goal to Spurs.
Give me strength.
I am still not convinced that Gabriel will be a top CB. Still raw and makes frequent errors. Personally, I would have sold him to a Europa level Serie A/La Liga side. Unlikely that White and Gabriel become a good partnership
He might not ever play for a quality Arsenal side or be consistent, but Partey has the tools to be a very good player. He’s shown it at Atletico.
“I personally feel Emery was harshly treated”
I didn’t, until i saw how the goalposts are being moved so far for Arteta that they’re no longer on the pitch.
No wonder we can’t score or hit our targets!
Lets sweep the whole lot of them out. They dont know what the fuck they are doing!
CG
Remember the narrative around OGS at the start of last season, and after the Europa final?
Now United are champions elect after 1 good performance against Leeds, and City are in trouble after 1 loss
United will be in the mix, but give me a break….
Rich
You are loosing your way
“We’re the 5th or 6th best team in the toughest league in the world ”
Only one word describes this DELUSIONAL
You know trolls like Rich are begging for response with the ‘one loss’ nonsense. I shudder to think how many aliases he’s gone through.
Please don’t give him any more
I knew we should have hired El Nuno after Emery..
😎
Pep can spend another billion- but he still won’t do an unbeaten season.
Only one man can do that.
A. Wenger.
What an atrocious weekend of football for any Arsenal fan
This weekend really testing ze mental strength.
The weekend couldn’t have gotten more worse
Spurs can sell Harry Kane and use the proceeds to actually get better.
Rich
I don’t know why u always behave like the resident lunatic. You kept saying we shouldn’t bother when it was clear Emery was going down now you’re doing same with Arteta. Why are you so comfortable with failure?