11 Feb 2019 07:41:45
62 - good article on "she wore a yellow ribbon" that could have been written to you and I plus a few others who I won't single out on this site :

Only fans of The Arsenal could moan when we win.

"Yes saturdays performance wasn't a 10/ 10, but with 3 of our best defenders out right now and Emery wanting to build from the back we may struggle. With Granit Xhaka out we may struggle. With both Ramsey and Ozil out we may struggle. And with the 2nd highest goalscorer in the league this season out, we may struggle. We struggled, but we won, job done. "

Just nice to get some balance on Emery's tenure todate to keep me honest

Have a great week everyone.

1.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 08:00:19
Haha if this was a one off fixture under those circumstances then I’m with you all day long but we’ve had all those players fit and still be garbage.

Emery has done zero so far to prove he is better than Wenger.

Mislintat brought in the quality additions we have, Emery is making them look pony. Mislintat has gone. Figure that one out.

2.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 08:28:57
I do think for some fans Dick is brilliant Just because he's not Arsene and for them that's enough.
What can you do? To each their own.
From a strictly football point of view it makes absolutely no sense to be any happier with Dick than with Arsene because absolutely nothing is different now that it was last season.
Dick has a little under a season and a half to show he is different and is more capable than Arsene because I'm pretty certain that many of those fans who are simply happy for Dick not to be Arsene right now will be wanting a lot lot more this time next season when the delight of simply having a different manager has long worn off.

3.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 13:37:24
Without repeating what's been said on here time and time again, what is concerning people with Emery is that we are looking and playing identically to previous, which is not what we were expecting. Solskjaer has got Man U playing differently to the previous manager within weeks, with the same players, and yet we are still playing the same (boring) slow, flat build up, and over committing full backs and midfielders when we have the ball, and therefore being completely vulnerable to swift attacks down the channels.

This is exactly the same as under Wengers final seasons. Yes, we have to give him more time, and I have seen glimpses of what could be, with the Chelsea home game an example, where we played a more diamond 442 formation, so for me a good example that he can set us up differently. If he can get us playing with more pace, with the ball being transferred up the pitch quicker (like Huddersfield did against us on Saturday) , with more movement from the forwards, perhaps trying to run in behind the defence, rather than coming towards the ball player (watch Man City versus us, an absolute masterclass on how to drag defenders out of position) , then yes, i will change my mind. Emery started out as an 8 out of 10 choice for me, but has now slipped to a 5 out of 10. Depending on how we do next season was always going to be his make or break, and i haven't changed my mind on that.

4.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 15:09:36
I think that somes up much of what people are feeling brilliantly Epping mate, we wanted change but all we have so far is a change of personality not style or method from what we had before.
Emery or Arsene what's the difference?

5.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 15:45:59
Thanks G62. I realise that i responded to the wrong post, it was supposed to be a response to HenryNostalgia! However, to be honest, what i said could pretty much go into any post on here for the past few weeks! I am still more optimistic than pessimistic, in that we knew in the end with Arsene that he couldn't/ wouldn't change our set up, and we were stuck in a Groundhog Day type scenario. With Emery, for me, he still has an opportunity to surprise by changing our set up and style, but ultimately, if were still playing the same football this time next year, then i think we will need to look for a new manager. Someone who actually plays a different way to what we are currently doing.

6.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 16:27:19
g62, mate, you're starting to sound a lot like me! haha.

7.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 17:41:54
Not been on here in ages so this was a good read. Are we the worst team in the top6 imo yes. Happy to give him time but the clear out is massive.

Totally different job to utd imo plus they finished second last year don't forget and the players just stopped for the manager

I don't see top4 it will be the 4 that are there now. All on Europa and winning it would imo be massive for the club.

Klopp I'm sure has changed the whole starting 11 since he arrived could be wrong. Done a great job love the guy but changes were needed and same goes to arsenal player wise .

Hope everyone is ok.

8.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 18:15:26
Hey DG, good to see you back. All good here. Just missing Dags, he seems to have gone AWOL as well!

9.) 11 Feb 2019
11 Feb 2019 20:10:26
Hi Sharpie, yes you've knocked all that silly enjoying football out of me, gone is the beer and crisps watching the games and back are the note book and magnifying glass looking for and making notes on every tiny mistake I can possibly find :-)
Hi Derby mate great to hear from you Geeza.