Arsenal Banter Archive February 04 2019

 

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04 Feb 2019 21:29:37
How much of a say has Dick in arsenal's transfers? Would he have been involved in last summer's transfers?
One of the Ed's said in the summer that Dick is to be the coach and Sven and Raul were the transfer men.
Thanks in advance.

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04 Feb 2019 21:42:33
Who really knows but the fact he had Gouendouzi at psg and suarez at seville, may mean he has an input. don't know about leno soc or lich, the first two sound like sven. Lich is a mystery.

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04 Feb 2019 22:01:28
I understand people's frustration with the lack of defence organisation but when people are having a go about his signings then that's unfair. Dick has to work with what he has got.

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04 Feb 2019 22:53:59
Paddy I think the summer signings are the highlight of Dicks tenure so far, whoever chose them, Sven is my guess because that's was his job.
Lich is the only slight downside but 1 out of 5 bad signings, wow if we'd had that strike rate with all our deals of the last 10 years we'd be champions of the premier league and probably la liga too :-)
The lack of progress on the field is the problem.

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04 Feb 2019 23:34:55
Think arsene snuck in for the lich one Steve. And without looking in sure guendozi didn't come from psg mate.

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05 Feb 2019 00:58:29
D, Gouendouzi was at psg when emery was there. He then went to a team in the french second division.

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05 Feb 2019 03:18:30
He was a psg youth, D.

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05 Feb 2019 04:47:51
Steve, Gwen was a Mislintat’s buy. Unai might have a suggestion. But Unai hasn’t worked with Gwen, as Gwen left PSG at 2014 and Unai joined PSG long after that.

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{Ed001's Note - Emery has had input only in the January window and the only player signed because of his input was Dennis Suarez. Emery had nothing to do with the rest, he has never really had much involvement in transfers at any club he has been with. He is a head coach, not a manager. His remit does not include transfers.}

05 Feb 2019 05:32:21
Sen i stand corrected on his departure. i'm quite sure i read somewhere that Dick had been following his career. But i wouldn't take it away from mislintat, he's a great kid.

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05 Feb 2019 06:38:23
Thanks Ed.

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{Ed001's Note - welcome mate.}

05 Feb 2019 08:19:19
Well full credit to Sven on Papa Torreira and Guendouzi, Leno I'm uncertain about and Lich was definitely worth the gamble for a season on a free and he has been needed.
Looks like we will miss Sven next summer more than we actually realised.

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05 Feb 2019 09:29:55
Thanks Ed001 for the clarification.

As Ed001 stated, Emery has always worked with the players he has, and he has inherited a squad which has finished on top 6 last season. And in addition to that he has got a proper DM which we were craving about (a great one as well) , kid who is doing very well and a full season from one of a lethal strikers.

It's pretty clear he wants to ship Ozil out, but until club manages to do that, it's imperative that the best creative outlet which we have should be played. Playing Ramsey (who is leaving) and Suarez ahead of him is not the right approach at least to me.

Thanks.
Sen.

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{Ed001's Note - welcome Sen.}

05 Feb 2019 09:44:46
Good post Sen
I'm torn on Mesut because of him being unavailable so often more than anything else.
But he might be and Aaron won't be here next season so it doesn't make sense to play Ramsey before Mesut.
Personally I'm happy for Dick to play neither in order to build for the future my biggest problem with Dick is either not being capable or not being focused on sorting out our defence and forming it into an any more effective unit than it has been for a decade, for me that at is a huge concern because what we needed more than anything after Arsene was a manager who understood the value of being organised and effective at the back in order to be competitive.

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05 Feb 2019 10:37:26
I can't imagine Emery as manager doesn't have the final say in signings. As stated Guendouzi was with Emery at PSG and Suarez was with him Spain. Of the 5 signings made during Emery's time at the club, only Lichtsteiner has been a disappointment and we have to see how Suarez shapes up.
We must be more positive as we are one win from 4th placed Chelsea who are away to Man City at the weekend, whilst we face bottom club Huddersfield. We have a decent draw in the last 32 of the Europa League.

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05 Feb 2019 12:47:03
Accept it RG Dick didn't chose the players we bought last summer Sven did.
I know you want everything good to be down to Dick and all the bad bits to be someone else's fault but if that's not the reality then it's silly to pretend otherwise just to make Dick look good.
Accept facts mate even if they don't suite your argument.

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05 Feb 2019 13:56:35
So the one window Emery has a say in - we sign the wrong bloody player and not what we need 👏 👏👏👏.

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Manchester United Must Acquire an Appropriate Centre Back in the 2019 Summer Transfer Period

04 Feb 2019 12:44:48
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, Manchester United Must Acquire an Appropriate Centre Back in the 2019 Summer Transfer Period

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04 Feb 2019 11:53:58
Steve, you will never convince those negative fans we are in a better place than the last 10 years.

Just over half a year Emery has been our manager and their calling for his head. They we're willing to put up with the "FRAUD " and won't give Dick a chance.

3 points of a CL spot compared to last year.

Pep and Klopp had mediocre first seasons,

Anyway, Emery has my support 100%.

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04 Feb 2019 12:26:45
I fully agree Malaga-gooner. Emery took over one of the weakest and unbalanced Arsenal squads that I can recall. His summer signings with limited funds were decent, with the exception of Lichtsteiner, then again was any better RB available on a free?
It wil take some time to repair the damage done over the last decade by Gazidis and Wenger. We need to ship out players that are simply not good enough, such as Martinez, Jenkinson, Elneny, Iwobi, Mustafi, etc. Others will leave as their deals end; Cech (retiring) , Welbeck, Ramsey and Lichtsteiner. Ozil and Mkhitaryan are on contracts that are excessive, so need to be move on if possible. In addition Emery has had to cope with season ending injuries to Bellerin, Holding and Welbeck.
The basis of a squad Emery can work with is there, but we need another 5 or 6 signings this summer, when sponsorship deals with Addidas and the deal with Emirates kick in, as well as a reduction in the inflated wages commitments reduces as players leave.

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04 Feb 2019 13:27:32
We are not any better, 3 pointe of the champions league spot doesn’t mean we are any better, we had that lucky long unbeaten run which helped a lot to be where we are.
We were shambles at the back when wenger was in charge and we still are bow Emery is in charge. No organisation at the back and stop with the player been crap. Man u were shyt when Mourinho was in charge and they are a lot organised now, pep first season of mediocrity and was still up there fighting for the league.

Top 6 teams when they changed managers with the same players you always see there some new ideas and organisations especially at the back.

When ozil had a year left on his contract everyone was saying just bloody pay him what he want he’s worth it, now with Emery bad treatment he is been slammed even when not playing.
We all wanted Micki before he goes to Man u now he’s nothing.
How about these player are not managed to thier ability and skills.
Sort out the defence and the midfield behind ozil and let him do his wonder to feed lacca and auba.

Yesterday all we did was defend we had 10 player behind the ball and they still went through us.

As I’m seeing now, its not about who’s at the back anymore its about how we are set.

About Lichtsteiner he’s always been a top class at juve, he know how to defend, its not impossible he forgot it when he moved to us it’s not impossible that suddenly he doesn’t know how defend especially that italian teams are the best at it. Its how he is told what to do and follow his manager tactics.

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04 Feb 2019 13:30:55
And there we have it :-)
No one has called for Emery to be sacked to my knowledge, I certainly haven't and I've not read one post ( apart from an early joke post after opening day of the season ) .
People are allowed to complain about be disappointed in and be disillusioned by plus have doubts Dick without wanting him sacked.

There is no improvement our defence is as awful as ever it was under Arsene so what are people supposed to be? Thrilled about it :-) There would be something very wrong with our fan base if we were happy just to change the face of our manager and not the results and performance of our team.

Chill out loyal Dick defenders, put away your capes and open your eyes, just because a couple have a row it doesn't mean they are getting a divorce and just because people criticise Dick it doesn't mean they want him sacked.
People voted for change and so far there is zilch so it's only natural for them to doubt the man who so far has achieved no improvement in the slightest with our defence or anywhere else come to that.
Allow people to be disappointed without accusing them of wanting the manager sacked, you never know this time next season you might be one of them :-)

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04 Feb 2019 14:06:29
Agree malaga, just saying, six months in, and unlike last season we are still in a position to challenge top four. Loads of injuries but Dick isn't coming out with any excuses, just getting on with it. Even yesterday, under wenger we would have got hamered 6 or 7 with all our defenders out. It wasn't pretty at all in fact it was bloody awful but until the hand of agg we were in the game. But for me yesterday didn't matter, how many team are going to go there and win? Or even draw? . Even with a patched up defence, i expect a good February and to still be in touch with the top four. I don't think we will get top 4 but that wasnt an expectation for me this year. i'm just so happy that we have a manager that is actually proactive at so many things and might actually manage to turn round the dross that was left.

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04 Feb 2019 14:18:04
You are spot on Moe mate, our players might not all be great but they are all capable of a great deal more than either Arsene or Dick have got out of then so far.
Our organisation was terrible under Arsene and it's terrible under Emery, it took me ages watching yesterday's game to work out what formation we were supposed to be playing and who was supposed to be playing where, unfortunately I think the only people who were struggling to understand yesterday's tactics more than me were our own players.
Dick really does have to simplify things so the team can walk before its asked to perform gymnastics and triple whatevers.

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04 Feb 2019 14:19:40
Malaga, lich is turning out a poor signing but the fact that our defence had been left untouched for 10 years and due to injuries, yesterday our back three total age was 100, we were away at citeh and until the handball goal were actually still in the game, is a miracle in itself. i'm not trying to convince anyone, just being realistic. After the last 5 years its like a pools win. Lol.

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04 Feb 2019 15:37:44
Malaga, “You will never convince those negative fans” 😂😂😂😂.

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04 Feb 2019 17:11:27
I don't think any manager could improve the defence we have atm guys emery is trying his best with what he has after nmthe summer window with his players brought in if we're still bad then maybe you could say he isn't good but after 6 months for me is a it harsh.

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04 Feb 2019 17:31:44
Well said Stephen.

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04 Feb 2019 18:44:39
I say sack Gareth Southgate too! He’s had a couple of years and no World Cup! 😂 haven’t commented for a couple of years but have to defend dick, you can see he lives and breathes football once he’s given some funds then we can judge. Good to see some old faces still here.

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{Ed025's Note - nice to hear from you 337, he does need time but it is the same old arsenal with the same old failings mate, poor defending and overplaying the ball, when he gets his own players in hopefully that will change..

04 Feb 2019 19:02:42
337 welcome back.

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04 Feb 2019 19:07:44
Good to see you’re still here 025 I guess you’re still an Everton fan? 😂 my point is unfortunately there is only a small percentage of our players that will adapt to his game, the others just physically can’t and he can’t teach them to.

You can see by the few signings he has made what he is trying to achieve, they all have fantastic energy and demand the ball wherever they are (maybe not Lichtsteiner lol)

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{Ed025's Note - unfortunately i am 337, i think you are 4-5 players short and fear that if top 4 escapes you then the money will not be there to address the issues mate, its not a quick fix and attracting top players without the lure of CL football will be very difficult..

04 Feb 2019 19:10:19
Hi 737 mate howz you? Grate two here from you gessa :-)

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04 Feb 2019 19:24:18
All good g69 😜.

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04 Feb 2019 20:05:22
Dick is going to need another 3 transfer windows and £200 mil at least, he will get the 3 windows but can't see him getting the £200 mil.

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{Ed025's Note - knowing kronke, the 3 windows he will get will be from safestyle uk..

04 Feb 2019 20:13:42
It does make me laugh how this time last year according to many on here myself included absolutely anyone could get more out of our players than Arsene could because Arsenes out of date tactics and inability to organise and motivate our players was our biggest problem, turns out we were all wrong and Not absolutely anyone could do better than Arsene with these players even with 3 very useful additions in Guendouzi Torreira and Papa we've found someone who can't organisation motivate or come up with any better more successful tactics than Arsene could come up with.
It's ok saying what Dick is going to do after next summer but so far at least with the same if not better players than Arsene had there has been absolutely no improvement in performances.
Dick needs to be given two seasons minimum but with 25% of that minimum period gone it's very much as we were last year, and the year before that and so on.

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04 Feb 2019 20:46:37
I think too many are misunderstanding the point, defencively we are not organised and its been this way from day 1 and nothing changed.
Lets get on with this season and see what will the summer bring us.

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04 Feb 2019 21:10:16
I think that's it in a oyster shell Moe, from day one we all expected tings to be chaotic as Dick tried to change things especially at the back but I don't think anyone thought there would be absolutely no progress by the first game of February, it's not the pace but the total lack of progress that's a real concern.
We all knew it could take 3 or 4 goes at finding Arsenes peflrfect replacement and although it's to early to say definitely one way or the other contestant number one isn't doing contestant number two chances any harm at all so far :-)

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04 Feb 2019 21:26:14
The difference is gunner, i had no confidence in wenger, i have in dick. My time with wenger was done and dusted, my time with dick has just started. I can see major differences and changes, i'm confident with a little luck and patience he will get it right. The difference is he is a coach and his phylosophy isn't getting through to some, some aren't good enough and some are just plain injured. that's the life of a manager. I actually think he is dragging us out of the dark ages but with coaching, sometimes it doesn't work straight away becsuse you only need a couple of elements missing and it goes pete tong. Wenger changed absolutely nothing, never mixed it up, always subbed at the same time, relied on the same players making the same mistake, never subbing them. From a coaching pount of view, i can see what he is trying to do, from a player point of view, some are not on the same page. The only one of his players shall we call them, is lich, the rest are doing well. The players that let him and his system down constantly are what he inherited. i'm realistic enough and patient enough to give him some slack. You learn a lot from making mistakes, you learn nothing from doing the same thing. Plus i honestly am happy we haven't slipped anymore and at least stayed the same. We were turning into a mid table team and i know how hard it is to get a mid table team into the top four.

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04 Feb 2019 22:02:57
Hey 337 mate, how you doing? Good to see you back, I’m actually all for giving Emery at least another 10 days but after that I’m done! 🤪😂😉.

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05 Feb 2019 02:13:37
Steve, our major weaknesses were - being defensively naive and being caught out playing a stupidly high line, leaving people unmarked in the box, full backs pushing on to much, left exposed at the back, caught out on the counter attack and a general lack of organisation. Another - pressing the opponents to win the bell back. Another - a weak underbelly. Another - no tactics . Lastly, not addressing our main issue in our team in the transfer windows.

Where have you seen “major differences” and where have you seen he has the horsepower to resolve this when he’s done nothing in over 6 months.

Outside of blind faith - what’s he done at our club to show he’s got what it takes

For me - nothing. BUT I will give him time but I would be a lot more patient if I saw some improvement.

Get your rose tinted specs off and be honest about the progress. You were quick to pull me up on my rose tinted glasses with Wenger and I had the grace to agree with you or support my position to a certain point.

You keep posting that we’ve improved and improved greatly - what am I missing

Don’t confuse this with I want him out or being harsh etc . Anyone could get top 6 with our squad so that’s not improvement. Everyone was saying they could do better than Wenger on defence and tactics - well why isn’t Emery?

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05 Feb 2019 04:59:52
It’s not about wanting Emery out, but I haven’t seen anything in him yet to say that he’s is the one who will take us forward. He’s is a lot more reactive. And I still think he’s confused about what philosophy is he going to follow. Klopp or Pep knew what they wanted to do and of course they were backed up with lot of money. Is Emery a right person to provide the limited arsenal finances to spend? I’m not sure yet.

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05 Feb 2019 05:34:54
He has an impressive managerial record sen, at clubs with limited finance. Time will tell.

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{Ed001's Note - let's be honest, you just love him because he is not Wenger. His managerial record is not that great. He took over a Valencia side that was battling for a top 2 place in Spain, with a team including Davids Silva and Villa and finished 6th, 3rd, 6th and 3rd. You have to remember this was the days before Atletico emerged as a power in Spain. So twice he finished where he should have, Valencia being the 3rd biggest club in Spain, and twice he was nowhere. Then went to Spartak where he was abysmal. Went to Sevilla and his only actual success, when he won the cup no one else actually gives a stuff about and most teams actively try and get out of in the early stages - the Europa League. Then he went to PSG and couldn't handle the job.

Emery has not got an impressive record, he has not shown any signs of being the right man for Arsenal at all. In fact what he has shown throughout his career is a total inability to deal with egos. He is 15 years behind the times with his management, so that is about 15 ahead of Wenger, but that is all he has to recommend him, is that he is a few less years out of date in his coaching methods.

The only real success he has had is as much down to Monchi's and Sevilla's excellent recruitment as it was down to him. Now that you have lost your only decent quality member of staff, in Sven Mislintat, you are not even going to be able to help him out on that front.

You know who does have an impressive managerial record steve? Arsene Wenger. Now his is impressive. Emery's is ordinary.}

05 Feb 2019 06:55:47
Sy, your moaning is getting boring, your posts are just moans. don't slag me off if you have no patience after the crap we had to put up with under wenger, you soon forget the 10-2 and the 8-2s. I have stated numerous occasions where we have improved, in my opinion. What ever anyone says on here, we are not any worse and for that i am really greatful. This club was in massive decline, wenger had turned a massive number of fans against him, his buys were a joke and so were his lame excuses. I said at the start, i would give the bloke time and that is what i will do. The defence is a huge concern but for god sake, its been ravaged by injuries and was that on sunday our first choice, second, third or fourth choice defence, i'm not sure a back three totalling 100 years old is Emerys 10th choice defence. The few games and i actually think it was one and a half, where we had the best combination so far, we looked good. But the truth is since November he hasn't been able to call on more than two first choice, sometimes one or none. Slate the guy when he has had a fair crack but don't just winge for winging sake. If by next season we are not looking more secure, i will be joining the Dick out brigade but until then i will cut him some slack. You may or may not have noticed, i don't change my mind easily, i give things a chance. i'm supporting Emery because he is giving everything to the cause and he's got enough previous to hope he can turn it around. I am at the moment blaming the players, at some point, if it doesn't change after a fair go, i will blame the manager. I haven't got rose specs, i can see the sh*t he has to rely on sometimes.

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05 Feb 2019 08:14:26
Ouch ed01 😂 I’m sensing dick stole your lunch money at school or something! Glad to see you still say it how it is, I’m off for a year or 2 again now.

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{Ed001's Note - no mate, I have no problem with Emery other than him being vastly overrated by people with little idea about him.}

Football Comparisons 1 - Frank Lampard v Steven Gerrard v Paul Scholes

04 Feb 2019 10:51:04
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Football Comparisons 1 - Frank Lampard v Steven Gerrard v Paul Scholes

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04 Feb 2019 11:47:22
I wholeheartedly agree with you Tris, this was a great read.

There's always the debate had Gerrard gone to Chelsea or played under Mourinho, would he have got better? I think personally the reason Gerrard was such a monster for us was adrenaline playing for his home town club. I think he loved taking on the pressure of dragging us through games, he wouldn't be a good bystander which i think he may have been had he left.

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{Ed001's Note - I don't know I think he needed to get away from the hero worship to put him back on the ground.}

04 Feb 2019 09:20:45
An unsurprising result against City. The team must now get going and win the upcoming match at Huddersfield, beat Bate over 2 legs and follow up by winning the next 2 matches, both at home. The other contenders for the top four have a heavy schedule with domestic and Champions League fixtures, so although extremely difficult, don't rule out a top four finish.
We must show patience with Emery as the players he has brought in, except Lichtsteiner, have all been quality signings. Yesterday, Guendouzi, Torreira and Leno were arguably our best three players.
Hopefully the summer window will be more active, as some players deals will end and not be renewed, other will be moved on. We will then start to see a squad shaped by Emery.

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04 Feb 2019 11:09:34
Why do you write all of your posts like a news reporter and always state the obvious? Annoying.

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04 Feb 2019 11:35:54
5kywalker - If you don't like my style or content then simply don't read my posts.

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04 Feb 2019 12:57:04
Good post RG.

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04 Feb 2019 14:08:06
Agree Rg Feb is a big month, we need a few injured players back though.

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04 Feb 2019 17:32:55
Good to see that Mavropanos is back.

I thought we were a bit unlucky yesterday with the goal right before half time and the handball goal. We didn’t play well, but with a bit of margins we could have gotten more out of it. They didn’t create that many chances.

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{Ed025's Note - i dont know what game you were watching nor, the second half was like a training session for city mate..

Review Of The Day 4th February 2019

04 Feb 2019 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 4th February 2019

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03 Feb 2019 23:51:22
Just to remind people, this time last year we were 10 points behind fourth in 6th.

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04 Feb 2019 02:41:21
And we sacked our manager as a result and expected issues to be addressed.

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04 Feb 2019 04:52:32
Remember what we were expecting - from an article in amay:

“He is flexible and pragmatic, but what will certainly change at Arsenal is the relaxed attitude to positioning that existed under Wenger. That was the sadness of those repeated Champions League exits to Barcelona. It often felt that Arsenal was not so much technically outclassed as just it was not as organized. Emery will work relentlessly on that. He uses videos so much that winger Joaquin, whom Emery coached at Valencia, once observed that he’d run out of popcorn. If you don’t have the resources, discipline and shape are a way of making up the shortfall. ”

Do we need a new VCR?

Do we need a translator?

Somethings not right Steve as we are none of the above.

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{Ed001's Note - whoever wrote that knew nothing about Emery. He does use video footage a lot, but the reason players complain is because he uses that instead of work on shape and positioning on the training ground. If he had the players out on the pitch working with them on what they saw, then the videos would be beneficial. As it is, they are just pointless.}

04 Feb 2019 08:19:20
I'd read about the videos before he came and about some players complaining about the home work he game them to do by watching videos but I didn't know about the not using what they'd learned on the training pitch, but it does explain the total lack of organisation and professional footballers looking like a group of 10 year olds playing organised 11 a side football for the first time.
It's incredibly how we lack the basics of defending and although we obviously need upgrades I refuse to accept that our current players are as bad individually as they look collectively.
People talk about how they are not Dicks players but they are professional footballers and if organised properly wouldn't look as poor as they do, Arsene couldn't do it and so far Dick doesn't look any more capable of doing it than Arsene.

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04 Feb 2019 08:25:29
We were a cup team under Wenger and we’ll never be any more than that under Emery.

We are exactly the same pushovers we’ve been for the previous ten years. Kroenke won’t spend the money to make this club big again, he alone has allowed us to become this weak by continually failing to act and by employing this joker he’s failed again.

Emery has never actually challenged for a title because you don’t challenge with PSG where he even managed to lose the title in his first year. Went a whole year at Sevilla without winning an away game.

You really are dreaming if you think he’s going to even have the money to buy the players we need let alone organise them to do anything.

Add to that the hapless Steve Bould and here we go again.

Then look at Iwobi, Xhaka, Mustafi, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Ramsey, Monreal, Welbeck Kolasinac, Jenkinson, Leno and ageing central defenders. Yep we’re only two players away from challenging. 😂

We are a budget club employing budget managers, budget coaching staff and too many budget players.

And don’t even get me started on Mislintat! 🤬.

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04 Feb 2019 09:12:15
Add to that Gary Neville taking the mick out of how bad we were the whole match in his co-commentary and that City we’re having an easy game using it as a training match.

Zero shots on their goal in the 2nd half! ZERO. Not sure we even got in their half. Abject, weak, poor, spineless, clueless and watching Suárez get shoved off the ball by David Silva summed that all up.

Wenger sure ain’t presiding over this dross.

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04 Feb 2019 09:47:20
Absolutely, and this year we are 3 points, one win, off 4th place. Next week we have a winnable match away to bottom placed Huddersfield, while 4th placed Chelsea are away to Man City.
Don't forget that yesterday the team, due to injury was missing: Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Welbeck, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles and Mkhitaryan.

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04 Feb 2019 10:47:57
Stats! Don't you love them :-)
Thw government says Britain has its highest level of working population ever in its history
Yet there are people depending on food banks to help feed their families despite them having full time jobs for the first time ever.

Stats are things people drag out to try and support the argument they wish to support
While the reality is what people see and experience for themselves.
Everyone loves a stat almost as much as they do a terms and conditions statements but the reality is both are designed to hide the nasty bits and make things look different to what they really are.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating and so far Dicks pudding tastes almost identical to Arsene pudding in fact I'd go as far as to describe it as extremely Darsene in texture and taste.

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{Ed025's Note - i agree G62, its cloning mate..

04 Feb 2019 11:04:07
I think if you'd be living in a cave for the past 12 months and got back yesterday you'd be forgiven for thinking how young Arsene was looking these days Ed025 mate and how much height he'd lost too :-) but the team and performance would soon remind you yes this is the Arsenal I remember when I left.

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{Ed025's Note - except it looks like arsene turned into a vampire mate.. :)

04 Feb 2019 11:24:32
Must be why he does so well in the europa league mate, all those night time kickoffs must agree with him :-) certainly explains our opening two defeats of the season in August, those cloudless bright blue sky's and all that sunshine, tough start that for Count Darsene:-)

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{Ed025's Note - being like arsene is no reflection on him mate.. :)

04 Feb 2019 11:52:29
Excellent Ed :-)

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04 Feb 2019 14:10:13
Lads, i'm just saying we are 7 points nearer to top four than last year. No improvement, just seven points nearer and in the mix. that's all.

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