Unai Emery: Adios

[Polar Bear]

Why hasn't he been sacked yet? whats the hold up.

 

[Polar Bear]

I can't believe what the board are doing, what are they waiting for?, the longer it takes them to sack this guy, the worse its gonna be for us. This is not after a few games, we have played nearly 20 games now in all comps this season and its there for everyone to see, we look unbelievably bad.

Mind you its the same board that let Ramsey go, which has been a catastrophic mistake, we miss Ramsey badly I feel, he is such a vital goalscorer and his energy is amazing. Its hurt us badly losing him and he has not been replaced. And yeah I get Gazadis/Wenger had a huge hand in what happened, but the current board should have offered him a incredible contract and done whatever to keep him, paid him big figures, he deserved it, when we really look back at the last ****ty 15 years the only good times when we won stuff he was always at the heart and center of it, always giving the vital goal or vital assist for us to have a bit of cup glory. Its a huge loss, board is idiots. Sack Emery ASAP

 

[Jack Russell]

Leicester and Brendan Rodgers are lighting him up. Club must be thinking ‘ No... this will NOT happen again’.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Thanks for making me lose interest in the sport!

 

[Ashybashy86]

I totally forgot he can get CL by winning the EL. All these weeks I have been focusing on the league.

So two bites of the cherry. Chances of him being here till the summer have further increased for me.

Can't trust a guy whose specialty is EL, but got humiliated by a team who were already on holiday - and a manager who'd never won a trophy.

 

[field442]

I totally forgot he can get CL by winning the EL. All these weeks I have been focusing on the league.

So two bites of the cherry. Chances of him being here till the summer have further increased for me.

For me that just increases the chances of change. This squad with a competent manager should walk it in that competition. If top 4 is out of the equation and the Europa is our only chance of making it I wouldn’t want that **** in charge.

 

[Jasard]

So Emerys team away to Watford drew 2-2 with 48% possession, setup to soak up attacks with 31 shots against and 7 for.

Lampards team attacks with 67% possession and wins 1-2 with 16 shots vs 12.

Probably don't need to be a meek defensive scared team every game then huh Emery?

 

[Mark Tobias]

A mid table manager, doing a mid table job, playing mid table football. That's the constant.

Midtable? That's generous.

 

[albakos]

A comment from Athletic, that I found funny and very apt

Views from The Emirates:

1. Under Emery we are a 2* inner-city hostel in mainland Europe: You will struggle to find a single clean sheet.
2. Well, well, well. 1-0 up. Playing an actual DM in Torreira. Subbed off unnecessarily for Saka (not even Pepe?!), and we concede within 3 minutes.
3. Draw is a fair result. Wolves kept their shape, kept pushing and deserved their equaliser to be fair. Leno can keep us ahead for only so long.
4. Chambers impressed. It will be sad to bench when Bellerin is back, as the former has hardly put a foot wrong.
5. Guendouzi really needs to stop passing the ball back to Leno.
6. Mesut Özil, that lethargic, poor training, slouching, droopy-faced, Erdoğan-support berk is our best playmaker and a welcome return to the side.
7. Desperately seeking a winner, 3 mins to go, last roll of the dice. What does Emery do? Replace Tierney with Kolasinac. He was lauded for his sub changes last season. Can’t even seem to get that right anymore.
8. Emery out. I’m not a knee-jerk petulant infant but honestly, the sooner we stop the rot, the better.
9. On the plus side, Brexit has been delayed so we can not worry for a couple more months!
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[Jasard]

A comment from Athletic, that I found funny and very apt

Views from The Emirates:

1. Under Emery we are a 2* inner-city hostel in mainland Europe: You will struggle to find a single clean sheet.
2. Well, well, well. 1-0 up. Playing an actual DM in Torreira. Subbed off unnecessarily for Saka (not even Pepe?!), and we concede within 3 minutes.
3. Draw is a fair result. Wolves kept their shape, kept pushing and deserved their equaliser to be fair. Leno can keep us ahead for only so long.
4. Chambers impressed. It will be sad to bench when Bellerin is back, as the former has hardly put a foot wrong.
5. Guendouzi really needs to stop passing the ball back to Leno.
6. Mesut Özil, that lethargic, poor training, slouching, droopy-faced, Erdoğan-support berk is our best playmaker and a welcome return to the side.
7. Desperately seeking a winner, 3 mins to go, last roll of the dice. What does Emery do? Replace Tierney with Kolasinac. He was lauded for his sub changes last season. Can’t even seem to get that right anymore.
8. Emery out. I’m not a knee-jerk petulant infant but honestly, the sooner we stop the rot, the better.
9. On the plus side, Brexit has been delayed so we can not worry for a couple more months!
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[albakos]

Assuming you are subscribed, do you recommend The Atheletic?

Yes I am subscribed and I think it is much better than the traditional media, plus some heavy-hitters have switched to Athletic.

Amy Lawrence offers a lot of interesting articles and connections with Arsenal history. She is definitely connected to Arsenal through a lot of years and has her sources within the club. She recently upped her ante against Emery, so hopefuly her pieces can effect some changes.

Then there's David Ornstein, Rafa Honingstein, Oliver Kay etc..

Michael Cox (Zonal Marking) has some superb tactical analysis articles,
James "Gunnerblog" McNicholas offers articles that are more from the fans perspective.

One thing I also like of them is that pre-match and after-match chat with them. Amy, James, Orny etc.. You can ask your questions and they will do their best to answer them. I 've had plenty of answers from Amy, Orny and others...

Overall I am happy with the content their concept of user engagement.

https://bitly.com/2nRSe17

 

[albakos]

True

 

[Big Poppa]

https://www.skysports.com/football/...senal-are-in-decline-with-no-sign-of-progress

Best article I’ve read in a while. We’re a tactical mess

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Looks like were heading for another reboot of the Arsenal franchise. TBH would prefer it if we had a completely new slate and cleared out the last few remaining legacy players at the same time. Not going to happen though.

 

[krackpot]

fcukin drew with fcukin Wolves

 

[thierrytheking14]

https://www.skysports.com/football/...senal-are-in-decline-with-no-sign-of-progress

Best article I’ve read in a while. We’re a tactical mess

Very good article.

I know it's not all about stats, but the sheer amount of how weve regressed in so many key areas is seriously alarming.

 

[Pepes blue pill]

 

[Mark Tobias]

fcukin drew with fcukin Wolves

TBF Wolves have been a very good side in recent years and we're so bland just about every team will see a draw to us as a bad result.

 

[krackpot]

TBF Wolves have been a very good side in recent years and we're so bland just about every team will see a draw to us as a bad result.

Still hate it that someone who was in the championship a few years ago is now a minor threat to AFC. At home!

There has to be someone with bloody self-respect in the board room. I'm almost in panic mode...

 

[A_G]

Emery still has credit in the bank from reaching May’s Europa League Final, helping youngsters including Matteo Guendouzi and Bukayo Saka emerge while facilitating Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s prolific scoring form.

odd that reaching simply the final is considered something positive to the board