Arsenal Banter Archive February 23 2019

23 Feb 2019 18:09:18
If reports are true about the reasons why Milsintat was let go and why Monchi may be coming in, then I salute the direction.

Basically reports say the club want to go back to roots and find exceptional young talent, like Monchi does, and move away from buying experience, apparently like Sven does.

I can get behind that reason.

23 Feb 2019 18:16:08
Ed’s, is the above comment from RSharpe true about the direction the club wants to go in?

{Ed002's Note - I have no idea, sorry. If that is what the club has said then it will likely be correct. It will remove all major involvement with transfers away from Emery and he will be aware of that.}

23 Feb 2019 18:16:37
Yep - reading that and would love to see some of our first team youngsters, loaners and U23 squad given a chance. Building a team that hits 6th gear in 3 seasons is fine with me as long as we have a clear plan with ambition. Add a couple of 25 to 28 year old experienced heads and I like it.

I ran through that list a few weeks back and there’s talent. Emery inherited some great potential, great attacking force but a poor defence. Hopefully he sees that or the new DOF sets the tone and direction.

23 Feb 2019 18:22:08
Guendouzi? Personally I though Sven did a fantastic job of getting us we we needed immediately first and foremost.
Last summer we needed ready to go now players like Torreira and Papa and Sven delivered well in my opinion.
I think we might have made a huge mistake in letting Sven leave and bringing in Dicks mate instead, time will as always tell.

23 Feb 2019 20:24:45
That word potential sends shivers down my spine when used in connection with Arsenal's next generation of young players SY mate.
In the 2006 league cup against Chelsea even though we lost 2 1 all the talk was of the potential of our young players and how they were going to be dominant in a 2 to 3 years time, well 13 years havr past since then and the last player from our academy to really make a big name for themselves was Cesc.

23 Feb 2019 20:41:07
Thanks Ed.

24 Feb 2019 10:24:46
And then we sell them to make a profit, this leadership is all about the bank not the cabinet.

24 Feb 2019 13:02:47
Banbury - that was the issue. The team was picked apart to fund the stadium. Probably lacked a few leaders also.

24 Feb 2019 13:48:20
It wouldn't have happend if we'd stayed at Highbury, worst move ever in our history in my opinion.
It took away Arsenes focus 100% from football turned him into a legacy builder off the pitch rather than on it.

25 Feb 2019 14:15:35
We couldn't stay at Highbury G62.It was outdated and needed replacing. If we were still there we would be so far behind other teams now. I still think it a miracle that we found the room for the new stadium so close to the original. All we need now is for TFL to spend some cash and improve the local tube stations. As Spurs fans will soon find out, increasing your crowd without really improving surrounding infrastructure is not a good idea.

23 Feb 2019 15:08:59
Well done Burnley 😊.

23 Feb 2019 16:39:55
How many times is that the spuds have bottled it this season alone. They work wonders to get back in it then choke yet again.

I almost feel for them. Not. 😂😂.

23 Feb 2019 19:54:45
Stoner, I would just love it if we caught them in league. Imagine the raver's face with no CL football and no stadium.

24 Feb 2019 08:42:03
I heard the Comac Group were their new sponsors and they are really excited.

23 Feb 2019 10:27:19
Been reading lots of posts regarding emery and whether he is right for us. I think he had a great honeymoon period, we were getting results that we rode our luck in. The only games we played well in were Spuds, Liverpool and Chelsea.

Truth be told we could have Pep in charge but the board have no interest in investing like other teams around us, we were all sold a lie regarding the stadium move, i for one would go back to Highbury tomorrow, better atmosphere and we made it a hard place to play, but hey ho that is the past.

Get owners out and some serious investment in the squad and back room staff and we have a chance of top 4. How we allowed out key players to leave on a free is nothing short of criminal and heads should have rolled. Ozil remains marmite with me, our highest earner needs to step up and deliver, that being said are we expecting him to do things he is not capable of, tracking back tackling etc, would we not all prefer to have the stability in midfield and our defence that allows Ozil to be the creative force he can be.

I am happy to give emery the summer window to address our problems, getting Reiss Nelson back with give us a instant improvement on Iwobi. Here’s to getting behind the team for the remainder of the season. Really fancy us for the Europe league which is a must.

23 Feb 2019 14:16:06
So we want a new investors and new back room staff so we can have A chance for a top 4 finish? Not much ambition there mate.
Emery knows his team better than anyone else at the moment. And if nelson is ready for the PL next season would be awesome and we don’t have to invest massively in that area sobwe can invest on the defence and sort out our leak at the back. Going forward hasn’t been a massive issue but keep it tight at the back has.
Next summer signings should give us more knowledge of the team Emerys want as we have a lot of replacement to do. But I think we need an upgrade on bouldy.

23 Feb 2019 15:52:55
Leaving Highbury was the beginning of the end as far as footballing ambitions went under Arsene.
I don't think that was the plan originally but it just became more about money than winning and competing at the very top.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but it was a mistake to leave football wise.

23 Feb 2019 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 23rd February 2019